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|No passing fancy: C's determined to show NBA 'what basketball is like'
|01.22.11 at 11:35 am ET
In a stat sheet filled with superlatives, the thing that shone for the Celtics like a neon sign could be found several columns over and several rows deep.
The Celtics had 31 assists on 37 baskets in Friday's 110-86 dismantling of the Jazz at TD Garden to improve to an Eastern Conference-best 33-9. The most impressive part of the performance was that it wasn't all Rajon Rondo. Yes, the Celtics point guard led the way with 12 dimes, but Marquis Daniels had six, Ray Allen had four and Kevin Garnett had three. Of the 11 players who dressed, only Paul Pierce and Semih Erden failed to register at least one helper.
From the opening tip, the Celtics were determined to spread the wealth. Shaquille O'Neal drew people to him in the paint as he usually does then found Pierce to his left on a cut to the basket for a lay-up 35 seconds in. The Celtics were off to the races.
That would be the first of 31 times one Celtic teammate found another for a field goal.
"It's just a product of our work," Pierce said. "Everyday we come in here and that's what we work on. We work on making the passes, running our offense. Believing in one another, not caring who gets the credit. When you have a selfless group like this, that's what happens.'
The Jazz did their best early to keep up but as a team built on strength and power, the Celtics seemed determined to take advantage of that. Let KG explain:
"Typical stuff. We know a lot of the offense goes through their bigs," Garnett began. "They lay a lot of high post, lot of movement. Everybody knows Jerry Sloan's system, he has been here for 30 years, 25-plus years. They are a physical team. We knew that we had to come out and not only meet their bigs' physicality, but to be aggressive ourselves.
"I thought for the most part, we moved the ball. The things we worked on in practice the other day definitely showed and good showing by us. I liked the way we were forceful, physical. I thought we were firm. Again we moved the ball, everything we worked on and everything we have practiced up until this point was exemplified tonight.'
Utah Hall of Fame coach Jerry Sloan pushed every button he could but the Celtics were too much for his team, which came in tied for first with Oklahoma City in the Northwest Division.
'Well they showed us what basketball is like tonight," Sloan said. "They came out and they played a terrific game, they took us out of our offense, we couldn't do anything of what we were trying to do. I thought they were terrific passing the ball, and they made us turn the ball over way too many times, 21 turnovers for 26 points, it's tough to beat anybody when you have that happen.
"But give them credit for how they came out and got after us. They were good in their offense getting the kind of shots they wanted and the kind that they can make. Doc was pretty generous not keeping his players out there, letting us breathe a little bit I guess.'
|Shaq on Celtics' effort: 'Blame it on the sleet'
|01.20.11 at 1:00 am ET
I've heard of "Blame It on the Rain" before, but "blame it on the sleet"? That's a new one.
But Shaquille O'Neal has made a living off coming up with new slogans, and Wednesday night was no different. In a span of about five minutes after an ugly 86-82 Celtics victory against the Pistons, he blamed the Celtics' sluggishness on the weather, invented a nickname for himself and Rajon Rondo, explained his team's need to step on the Pistons' throats, vowed to make free throws in the clutch and described how he got on Semih Erden's ass. Not bad.
O'Neal produced on the floor, too, for all 25 minutes. One of few Celtics to play inspired basketball throughout the game, he recorded a season-high 12 rebounds — including five on the offensive end — to go along with 12 points, three steals and a pair of blocks. He did miss a pair of free throws with three minutes to play that would've tied the game, but his effort sparked the comeback that eventually resulted in a four-point win.
It was all in a day's work for Shaq. We'll let him explain:
- On the effort: "It was just a flat game. Blame it on one of those days. I'm going to blame it on the sleet. Is that the right word — rain and snow combined? Yeah, I'm going to blame it on the sleet."
- On the starters: "You got any one of the Big Three and 'La Odda Dos' — me and Rondo — that can take over a game at any time. We've just got to continue to play hard. We've got to learn to get up for everybody." (I think Shaq actually meant "La Otra Dos," the Spanish translation for "The Other Two")
- More on the effort: "We don't make excuses. We've just got to get it done. … We just have to learn to put our foot on people's necks and kill them right away. We can't keep playing with people."
- On Erden: "I had to get on his ass tonight. He was out there messing around. We have a pretty great relationship. He listens to me, and after I got on his ass, he had a couple dunks and a couple rebounds."
- Even more on the effort: "We knew that we were out there messing around … and not really as focused. It's kind of hard getting up for teams like that, but if we want to win the whole thing we've got to get up for everybody. We have to realize that teams are going to come in here and play way above their heads."
- On his free throws: "If we had lost the game, I would've been really upset. Keep in mind, when we really, really, really need them, I'll be there, and you won't have to worry about it — studies show."
- On his effort: "The whole team was flat. I just had to pick it up. I haven't been playing that many minutes, so I'm not really tired. I really haven't been rebounding all that well, so I just wanted to try to grab every loose ball, every rebound."
|Ray Allen never thinks about the misses, neither do Doc Rivers or his teammates
|01.19.11 at 11:38 pm ET
Ray Allen is a future hall-of-famer so when shots aren't falling he doesn't panic. After drilling the game-winning jumper with 24.5 seconds remaining in an 86-82 win over the Pistons, he said that approach helped him again Wednesday night when he missed two fourth-quarter free throws and was just 1-for-7 before hitting the decisive jumper.
With 31.8 seconds remaining, Rajon Rondo grabbed a loose-ball rebound and Doc Rivers called timeout. He drew up a play that had Allen coming off a screen and Paul Pierce, with a game-high 22 points – available as a second-option.
"It was more than him as the option," Rivers said. "He was the first option on the play. And then Paul was the second, on the flare. Ray just makes shots, you know? He's one of those guys, he can go 0-for-10; you know the one guy that believes he's going to make it is Ray. And the second group is our team. When we drew it up, you could tell, they thought it would work and they went with it. It was great.'
"I wasn't surprised," Allen said of being given another chance on a pass from Rondo. "Anytime the situation comes down to the end of the game, we've been in these situations enough to know that it's going to be either me, Paul [Pierce], Kevin [Garnett] or Rondo if he gets in the gaps.
"If he didn't throw it to me, it would've went somewhere else and somebody would've been able to make the shot. I've said this before, I wasn't shooting the ball particularly well and I didn't really think I had a great rhythm but I always think the next one is going to go in. So, I was never worried about it."
The second-most prolific 3-point shooter in NBA history, Allen also wasn't worried about missing all four of his 3-point shots on the night before getting a chance to drill the game-winner – which ironically was ruled a trey before officials reviewed it during a timeout and changed it to a two-pointer.
"It wasn't odd at all because I was kind of replaying in my mind the shots I had tonight," Allen said. "Early, I had two threes and one of them was a '911' shot trying to beat the buzzer. Offensively, we weren't in a great rhythm , a bad rhythm overall for the team and that translated into how we were playing."
If Allen had no hesitation about taking the shot, Rivers certainly didn't. 'Not with Ray," Rivers answered without any hesitation. "No, No. Ray is a shooter. Shooters make shots. So, no.'
|NBA will rescind Rajon Rondo assist
|01.18.11 at 2:20 pm ET
It's no secret that stat inflation goes on in every NBA game, but how about getting credited for an assist on as pass you didn't even make? That was the case Monday night in the Celtics 109-106 win over the Orlando Magic when Rajon Rondo was given an assist on a play that ended with Shaquille O'Neal scoring on a pass from Ray Allen.
This was first caught by Sham Sports, an invaluable NBA site, and given some more exposure by Zach Lowe, from the Sports Illustrated NBA blog, The Point Forward. The league emailed Lowe and told him the assist will be changed.
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|Fast Break: Kevin Garnett, Celtics cast spell on Magic
|01.17.11 at 11:00 pm ET
The Celtics handed Kevin Garnett a pretty nice welcome home present, delivering a 109-106 victory against the Magic at TD Garden on Monday night. Of course, the C's All-Star forward — who returned for his first game of 2011 after missing nine games with a strained calf — had a hand in the win, totaling 19 points and eight rebounds.
A Paul Pierce jumper plus the foul with 38 seconds left put the Celtics up 107-104, and a Garnett steal with 15 seconds to go led to a pair of Ray Allen free throws that sealed the victory. Allen led six Celtics in double figures with 26 points as the Celtics improved to 31-9. Rajon Rondo (10 points, 13 assists) notched his 16th double-double of the season, as the C's avenged their Christmas Day loss in Orlando.
Dwight Howard had a monster game for the Magic (26-15), finishing with 33 points and 13 rebounds.
The return of KG: Obviously, any time a former Defensive Player of the Year returns to the lineup, it's a bonus. When that guy also averages 15 points a night, it's basketball's version of a double rainbow.
In his return, Garnett showed no signs of the strained calf that kept him out of the last nine games. He was active on both ends of the floor — especially the defensive end — and saw plenty of playing time until foul trouble somewhat limited his minutes. He finished with 19 points, eight rebounds, two assists and two steals in 31 minutes.
Banging the (defensive) boards: Entering the game, the Magic owned the league's fourth-best rebounding percentage because they have a guy named Dwight Howard who's fairly tall, pretty strong and kind of good at grabbing boards (13.3 per game upon arriving in Boston). Led by the Big Three's combined 18 rebounds, the Celtics out-rebounded the Magic on the defensive end, 24-21. However, the Magic grabbed 13 offensive boards to take the overall rebounding edge, 34-30. Still, not a bad showing against one of the NBA's best boarding teams.
Rajon Rondo'd Jameer Nelson: Lost in the discussion of the recoveries of Garnett, Delonte West and Kendrick Perkins is any talk about Rondo's resurgence after missing time for an ankle sprain. The Celtics point guard had a remarkably efficient night, recording 10 points (on 5-of-6 shooting), 13 assists (and only 1 turnover), four rebounds and three steals. His best pass of the night — a transition delivery to Allen that led to a pair of free throws — didn't even result in an assist. Rondo's counterpart, Nelson, had just nine points and five assists.
Hack-a-Howard: Whether Howard forced the issue or not, the Celtics went to this strategy early and often. In the first half alone, Howard took almost as many free-throw attempts (12) as the entire Celtics team (13).
The results were two-fold: 1) Howard made 13-of-18 foul shots for the game, which was a win for Orlando, considering he entered the game shooting just 58.9 percent; and 2) the Celtics' bigs got into foul trouble, as Garnett, Shaquille O'Neal and Luke Harangody all had three personals at the break.
Defending the perimeter: The Celtics ranked sixth in the NBA in opponents' 3-point percentage, but on a few occasions they've failed to successfully get out and defend the 3-point shot. Orlando takes more treys per game than any other team. When the Magic are making them, they'll be in the game. That was the case Monday night, as they shot 11-of-27 from beyond the arc. Ryan Anderson killed the C's, making 4-of-6 from downtown.
Technical difficulty: Doc Rivers was all over the refs all night, picking up his fifth technical foul of the season (arguing a Howard walk that wasn't called) and he very well could've gotten whistled for his sixth. Shockingly, Rivers' archnemesis — referee Bill Kennedy — was not involved in the game. Rivers and Pierce are now tied for the team lead in technical fouls with five apiece.
|Doc Rivers needs more out of Semih Erden
|01.15.11 at 2:05 pm ET
Doc Rivers admitted after Friday's escape against the Charlotte Bobcats – without Shaquille O'Neal and Rajon Rondo playing at another level, the Celtics wouldn't have been too happy.
And rookie Semih Erden would've led the list of players feeling pretty miserable.
On a night when the depleted front court needed minutes from their Turkish import, Shaquille O'Neal had to play 35 minutes because Erden – still learning the intricacies of the NBA. Rivers was more than aware that Erden was playing one day after missing practice with a pulled groin.
"Semih, we just needed him more on the floor tonight," Rivers said. "I just kept telling him, just point, and we'll get you out, and then we'll bring you back in and do whatever we can, but we need you tonight. And they went small and we did a great job of not forcing it to them, but letting it come to them in the flow without taking us out of our flow."
Rivers would not give the rookie a free pass just because of the injury.
"I don't ask," Rivers said. "If a guy's playing, he's healthy. Listen, they don't care on the other team.If you're going to be out on the floor, I don't want to hear about it and neither does the other team. That's how we always function, and our guys know that."
Rondo fell just four rebounds shy of another triple-double while Shaq scored a game-high 23 points in the Celtics' 99-94 win over the Bobcats Friday night at TD Garden. The Celtics were very effective from long distance, draining 8-of-19 from beyond the arc.
The Celtics joined the San Antonio Spurs and Miami Heat as 30-game winners, improving to 30-9 on the season and 2-1 on their six-game homestand. They are off until Monday night when they host Dwight Howard and the Orlando Magic in the possible return of Kevin Garnett to the Celtics lineup.
And, if called upon, Rivers hopes Erden does his level best to stay on the court.
The date was April 8, 2009. The site was New Orleans. Shaquille O'Neal led his Phoenix Suns to a 105-100 win over the Hornets. O'Neal scored 17 points and grabbed 11 rebounds and accomplished it in 36 minutes, 38 seconds of action.
That was the last time O'Neal played 35 minutes in a game – before Friday night.
On a night when the Celtics were without three big men and another fell into early foul trouble and had a sore groin, O'Neal delivered the goods.
The 38-year-old center played a season-high 35 minutes, scoring 23 points on 10-of-12 shooting, leading the Celtics to a 99-94 win over Charlotte Friday night at TD Garden. After the game, O'Neal said he wasn't motivated by Doc Rivers' pre-game jab that the future Hall-of-Famer is day-to-day and will be for the rest of the season because "he's old as hell."
"I would agree," O'Neal said without hesitation. "I've been around a long time. I knew that whatever happened I was going to be ready. I've been in foul trouble and haven't really played a lot of minutes so there was really no excuse for me to be tired. I just came out and got a few more touches tonight and just did what I do.'
The signs were there early on that Shaq was ready to turn back the clock 5-10 years – like when he ran the court with Rajon Rondo and finished the two-man break by flushing down a jam on an alley-oop from Rondo with 9:36 left in the first quarter.
'It helps a lot when he's out there looking for me," O'Neal said of Rondo. "He's played well. It's my job when I get the ball I have to finish. Whether its low or a little drop off.'
O'Neal added that he's on the Celtics to do whatever the team needs, especially while Kevin Garnett, Kendrick Perkins and Jermaine O'Neal are out of the lineup.
On Friday, it was Shaq who had to help out the bench when Semih Erden picked up fouls early and often. When Erden was whistled for his fourth with 1:29 left in the third quarter, neither Shaq nor coach Doc Rivers were particularly pleased.
"I was [ticked] too. Shaq wants to play but he doesn't want to play 35 minutes and he had just said coming out, 'Give me a blow here' and then bam, bam, Semih's out," Rivers said. "With Shaq, it's just too many minutes. You know, tonight we had no choice. It's not a big deal for one night; I don't worry about it. And we don't play again until Monday, so that's nice. It came at the right moment.'
It was just Wednesday, when O'Neal played just over 13 minutes, that Rivers felt Shaq took a foul just to get out of the game and get a seat on the bench in the second half.
'You know a lot of times I get fouls helping out so I got to be selective," O'Neal said. "So I knew we were a big man short so it was like a couple lay ups I knew I had to let go. I was just trying to play smart."
So how does he go from 13 minutes to 35 minutes, 13 seconds in the span of 48 hours?
"I live in Sudbury and the people at Sudbury Farms won't allow me to eat junk food," O'Neal explained. "So I'm eating salad, eating fish. I'm really in shape and work out every night. I'm ready. I came here to be ready."
As for his role now, O'Neal said he's not worried about that.
"I'm here to do whatever Doc asks me to do," O'Neal added. 'I knew that whatever happened I was going to be ready. I've been in foul trouble and haven't really played a lot of minutes so there was really no excuse for me to be tired. I just came out and got a few more touches tonight and just did what I do.'
The Celtics are hopeful to have Garnett back on Monday night after a nine-game absence due to a strained right calf.
Oh yeah, Shaq turns 39 on March 6. Maybe Doc will have something special planned for his big man that night.
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More survivors lined the hull, each pressed against the wall in horror as Frederick idled past them. Turning a corner, he found the familiar medical symbol and entered the area. The place was full of villagers, some suffering from horrible wounds, others covered in burns of various degrees.
Everyone froze, including the two medics as they watched Frederick direct the dark skinned stranger to a bare corner and lay him against the wall. He ignored the piercing stares of curiosity and horror as he unclasped one of Kelstrin's fibulae and inspected the bleeding wound.
"{You're lucky, the stitches held.}" Frederick whispered softly, Kelstrin returning with a tired grin.
"{You doubt my abilities?}" he muttered playfully, wincing as Frederick applied some antiseptic to clean up the blood.
"You can't bring that Mystic in here." Said one of the medics, trying to tower over Frederick.
He stood up and faced the doctor, the Elban in turn gasping and backing away.
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"Correction, I am one of you." Frederick replied flatly, arms folded, "Once I am done with him, I will assist you."
Whispers ran through the group as Frederick returned to cleansing Kelstrin's wound, rewrapping it in a clean bandage. People shifted away from the pair, cradling broken arms and covering wounds, as if the mere presence of Kelstrin would give them infection.
The night continued in tense silence, the humming of rotors echoing through the ship. Frederick had helped the two medics with a number of patients, focused on the task rather than the expressions on their faces. Once or twice, a villager would draw away, saying they'd rather be treated by one of the ship's medics. Frederick only responded with a stoic expression before he took up a space beside Kelstrin.
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"We could all be butchered by then! How can you just let a traitor sit in the hull with all those innocent people?!" Joseph hissed, trying to keep his tone in check but failing.
"Have you ever seen what happens when cattle panic in a paddock? I guarantee you more lives will be lost if we take an aggressive approach towards the situation. Besides, if the Mystic wanted to escape, why hasn't it taken the form of a bird and left?"
"Maybe it's just biding its time." Joseph plopped into the navigator's seat, looking at the maps without interest, "Maybe it's trying to trick us."
"The fact that we remain in control tells us it doesn't plan on making a move anytime soon."
"Are you really sure you want to gamble with innocent lives on that?"
The captain sighed, pursing his bottom lip. He bowed his head down for a moment, turning the thought over as his teeth softly grinded against each other.
"Escort them to the larder to use as a makeshift holding cell. If there is a fuss, you have my permission to deal with it calmly and quietly."
Joseph nodded once and darted from his chair, heading for below deck as the captain looked down at the Lore Stone that rested on the sill of the window. The runes still glowed a brilliant white, as if trying to escape from the black mass it contained. He checked his compass, rubbing his chest as a slight pain began to grow.
"Get up." Came a gruff voice, a harsh tap on Frederick's shoulder making him jerk awake and reach for his sidearm.
"What is going on?" Frederick groggily replied, Kelstrin still dead asleep in his lap.
"Captain's orders, get up." Joseph replied laconically, spotting the firearm, "and you are to relinquish your weapons to me."
People began to form protective huddles away from the scene, staring fearfully at Frederick and Kelstrin. Frederick's brows lowered, but he drew his hand away from his belt, gently shaking Kelstrin awake.
"Dokoi na wa?" Kelstrin asked blearily, his world still spinning.
"Iishaná solkor." Frederick whispered, helping Kelstrin stand up.
Joseph extended his hand towards Frederick, not blinking as Frederick matched his stern expression. He unbuckled his holster and begrudgingly handed it to Joseph.
"Move." Joseph commanded, following behind the two as Frederick aided Kelstrin.
"{I have a bad feeling about this.}" he muttered to Kelstrin.
"{You don't have to be a genius to notice that.}" Kelstrin replied, humor in his voice despite his fatigued expression.
"{They're going to turn us over to the authorities once we reach shore.}"
"{And we're not escaping why?}"
"{In your present condition, I think you'd turn yourself into a blob sooner than a bird or a fish.}"
Kelstrin chuckled quietly, following Frederick's guiding hand as they turned a corner.
"{So what is the plan?}"
"{I don't know…}"
Silence passed between them for a moment.
"{What for?}"
"{For protecting me.}"
Frederick remained quiet as they walked down the hallway, his mind lost in thought as they passed through the kitchen and arrived at the bolted larder.
"Open it." Joseph snapped, holding them at gunpoint now that it was safely away from fearful eyes.
Frederick sighed and turned the latch bolt counterclockwise, an audible snap making Kelstrin jump and come to his senses. Upon seeing the door swing open, his primal sense of panic took over.
"Nie! Nie! Kah'eteh!" he screeched, trying to run away.
Joseph swung with his firearm to strike Kelstrin, but Frederick got between the two, getting clocked on the back of his head. He fell to the ground, sprawled on the ship's floor and dazed as Kelstrin now lunged for the first mate. He pistol whipped the Mystic, catching the corner of his lip as he yelped and spiraled onto the floor.
His hand was shaking, but upon seeing the two down, he stuffed the firearm back into the holster and shoved both Frederick and Kelstrin into the larder. Kelstrin came to before Frederick, throwing himself against the iron door in a last attempt to stop Joseph, but it was too late. The latch bolt snapped, the sound echoing in Frederick's senses as he came to as well.
"Nie! Nie! Jokená! Jokená!" Kelstrin clawed against the iron, trying to break the stitches in his shoulder to release blood.
"Kah'eteh, Kelstrin!" Frederick barked, cradling the back of his head, "{You're going to give me an even worse headache.}"
"{How can they just lock us in here!? What have we done!?}"
"{It's a precaution, although a dumb mistake on their part.}" Frederick stood up, looking around in the cramped space, {At least we won't starve to death.}"
Frederick's black humor wasn't helping, noticing Kelstrin was in a terrible state. He abandoned the door and was now backed up against the wall, his body visibly shaking as tears trickled from his wide eyes. His arms were latched to themselves, rubbing his biceps so hard he could have started a fire.
"{Kelstrin, calm down.}"
"{I need air, I need to see the sky, I need to- I need to-}" Kelstrin's face grew pale, his breathing faint.
Frederick caught him just as his hyperventilation caused him to faint, lying him out carefully so he wouldn't knock anything over once he recovered. A few tense seconds and his eyes refocused, his breathing rapid and laborious.
"{Kelstrin, look at me.}" Frederick commanded gently, "{Look at me!}"
The Mystic complied, staring into Frederick's eyes as he continued to cry.
"{It's going to be okay, Kelstrin, I just need you to take deep breaths, okay? Think of something pleasant.}"
Kelstrin tried, but for a moment when it seemed he was calm, he now started to cry silently.
"{How can I? All I can remember is the fire, and the screaming, and the Korukogo devouring all they could see.}" He looked back up at Frederick, "{I thought they had killed you all those years ago. Why did you run away from us?}"
Frederick exhaled, unable to look into Kelstrin's sorrowful eyes.
"{How can I explain it? I'm not a part of your world.}"
Kelstrin slipped his hand over his chest and pressed his palm up against Frederick's, trying to quell his tears.
"{You will always be a part of my world.}"
"{What if I don't want that?}" Frederick drew his hand away, refusing to make eye contact.
"{You took part in the Hápushen, how could you not have desired it?}" Fear and woe fought for dominance in Kelstrin's face as the words trembled from his mouth.
"{What if…what if I was forced to?}" His brows furrowed as the words left his mouth, as if he knew them to be untrue.
"{No one forced you to do anything!}" Kelstrin shouted, springing up from the floor and regretting it as he crumpled back into a colorful heap.
Frederick realized the conversation was getting dangerous and instead remained silent, unable to find a way to staunch the Mystic's tears as they both sat in the cool, dark larder.


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|Oct 26, 1999
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|Nov 14, 1996
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|Richard W. Lappenbusch, Eric T. Bauer, Charles H. Shoemaker
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|Microsoft Corporation
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This is a continuation of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 08/748,993, filed Nov. 14, 1996, which is now U.S. Pat. No. 5,982,298.
This invention relates to public highway monitoring systems and to systems at display the data and information available from such monitoring systems.
Several states have implemented systems for monitoring conditions on potentially congested public highways. Such systems typically incorporate sensors or speed traps installed at various locations to monitor current traffic speeds at those locations. Often, the monitoring systems also include video cameras at different locations to provide continuous images and live feeds of conditions.
FIG. 1 shows a prior art traffic information system, generally designated by reference numeral 10, for monitoring traffic on a public highway system. Systems such as this have been implemented by several states and other governmental agencies.
The information system of FIG. 1 includes a plurality of speed sensors or traps 12 at various locations along a public highway or along a network of public highways. The speed sensors might typically be spaced at intervals ranging from a tenth of a mile in highly congested areas to perhaps over a mile in less congested areas. Different sensors are positioned in different directions of travel.
The information system also includes a plurality of video cameras 14. The video cameras are positioned at chosen vantage points to allow highway personnel to view critical stretches of highway. The cameras do not necessarily have a one-to-one correlation with the speed sensors.
Signals from the sensors and cameras are routed to a central facility 16 for monitoring by highway personnel. The central facility typically includes one or more computers 18 for receiving speed sensor data and for displaying it in a meaningful way. For instance, the central facility might have a large wall-mounted map with computer-controlled lights that flash to indicate highway locations where speeds are unusually low.
Camera video signals are routed to a video switch 20 within the central facility and distributed to one or more monitors 22. Typically, there are fewer monitors than available video signals, so the video switch is programmed to cycle through the signals in a predetermined sequence. Alternatively, the video switch might be controlled by one of computers 18. In this case, there might be some type of logic that determines which video signal is routed to a particular monitor. For example, the computer might be programmed to cycle through only those video signals that correspond to highway locations that are experiencing congestion.
The information system also includes a database 24 maintained by computers 18. The database is used to store historical data relating to highway conditions. In most cases, the database will not contain video, but instead will contain historical speed data.
Public highway monitoring systems are used by both highway personnel and news media. In addition, many systems are now being used to provide realtime traffic information to the public via the Internet. For example, traffic conditions can currently be accessed through the Internet for the following areas at the indicated Internet sites (designated by their uniform resource locators or URLs):
Houston "http://herman.tamu.edu/houston-real.html"
San Diego "http://www.scubed.com/caltrans/sd/bit_map.html"
Los Angeles "http://www.scubed.com/caltrans/la/la_transnet.html"
Manitoba: "http://umtig.mgmt.umanitoba.ca/default.htm"
Seattle: "http://www.ivhs.washington.edu/trafnet/"
To implement these sites, a server computer 26 is either located at the central facility 16 or connected for high-speed communications with the central facility. The server computer has a connection to the Internet.
The server computer is connected to access sensor data from the traffic information system. It uses the sensor data to create a continuously-updated map that indicates current traffic conditions.
While these Internet sites are useful, improvements are needed. One problem with the sites is that they display traffic information in different ways and require different user instructions to provide traffic information. While it would be desirable to create a common user interface that would access and display data from all of the available public highway monitoring systems, this is difficult because the data from the various systems is available only in different formats, depending on the particular proprietary format used by each monitoring system.
Another problem lies in the fact that information is presented in visual formats that are not immediately useful to users. For example, typical user interfaces for traffic monitoring systems show rough maps having roads that are divided into sections corresponding to locations of speed sensors. The sections are color-coded to indicate current speeds measured by corresponding sensors. For example, red might indicate "stop-and-go" conditions, yellow might indicate "slow" conditions, and green might indicate "normal" conditions. Icons might be used to indicate traffic incidents such as construction zones and crashes. While such user interfaces indeed present the available information, they do not do so in a way that is particularly useful to a person planning a commute across town.
The invention includes features that make traffic data more useful and accessible to travelers and specifically to commuters. A traffic information system in accordance with the invention has a user interface that includes an interactive road map. The road map is a stylized representation of a given coverage area, with major highways broken into high-level segments such as segments between major highway intersections. A user can interactively select any particular segment. In response, the user interface displays either the average speed for that segment or the time required to traverse that segment in light of the current average speed. The user can zoom in on a particular segment, resulting in a detail map showing a road segment broken into sub-segments. Each sub-segment is a major highway span such as one between two significant highway interchanges.
The traffic information system also acquires and displays still images of whatever segment or sub-segment is currently highlighted. The still images are acquired from video cameras located at vantage points above or adjacent highways.
The invention allows the user to personalize the parameters of the system to his or her specific household preferences by implementing a trip planner. The trip planner allows a user to designate beginning and ending locations and in response determines the best route and alternate routes from the beginning location to the ending location. To accomplish this, the trip planner evaluates all possible routes between two locations and identifies the one having the shortest travel time based on current average speeds for the sub-segments covered by the routes.
The invention further includes facilities for converting raw data and media feeds obtained from an existing public highway monitoring system into standard file formats used for internet enhanced personal computers and for interactive set-top boxes so that a single user interface can utilize data from many different highway monitoring systems.
FIG. 1 is a block diagram of a prior art public highway monitoring system.
FIG. 2 is a block diagram of a traffic information system in accordance with one embodiment of the invention.
FIG. 3 shows how a video server acquires still images from a plurality of video cameras used in a public highway monitoring system.
FIGS. 4-8 shows examples of a user interface in accordance with the invention.
FIG. 9 illustrates a common data format for providing traffic data.
FIG. 2 shows a traffic information system in accordance with one embodiment of the invention, generally designated by reference numeral 30. Traffic information system 30 utilizes or includes a plurality of public highway monitoring systems 32 such as system 10 described above with reference to FIG. 1. Each monitoring system includes a plurality of sensors (shown in FIG. 1) indicating speeds on sub-segments of public roads, and a plurality of cameras (also shown in FIG. 1) focused on the road sub-segments, providing video images of said road sub-segments.
The traffic information system further includes a server computer 38 in each monitoring system 32. Server computer 38 is connected and programmed to obtain traffic data and road images from the public highway monitoring system in the format that is used by the monitoring system, to convert it into a pre-defined common format that is independent of the format of the highway monitoring system, and to provide it to requesting client devices in the common format on demand or in broadcast data form.
Server computer 38 can be one of the computers of the public highway monitoring system shown in FIG. 1. However, it is more likely that additional computers and servers will be used as intermediaries between the highway monitoring system and the client devices. For example, the server computer might be an Internet server. Alternatively, it might be part of a headend for a cable television network that implements some form of interactive services to subscribers. In some cases, the functions of server 38 might be performed by more than one computer. In other cases, a single computer might be used as a server for a plurality of highway monitoring systems. The server computers might be located at the central facilities of highway monitoring systems or at other, remote locations.
To provide images to server computer 38, a video server 39 is used within or in conjunction with each monitoring system 32. The video server maintains connections with the video cameras and captures still images or short video clips from the cameras' video feeds at periodic intervals. The still images are stored in bitmap, JPEG, MPEG, or other conventional formats and provided to server computer 38 as requested.
FIG. 3 shows how a video server might be connected to acquire data and still images from the highway monitoring system. FIG. 3 shows a video server 39 connected to control an analog video switch 40. Switch 40 receives video signals from the cameras of the highway monitoring system, and produces a single output to video server 39 with a signal from a selected camera as commanded by server 39. Video server 39 has a digitizing card that grabs still images or short motion video clip from the supplied video signal at appropriate times. Video server 39 stores the images as bitmaps, JPEG, or MPEG files.
Upon receiving a static image in the form of a bitmap, server computer 38 adds a time-stamp in the lower area of the image and compresses the image. Other optional formatting, assembly and image enhancement can be performed at this point if desired. In some systems, the highway monitoring system will have already stamped the image with information identifying the camera from which the still image was acquired. A short motion video clip can be substituted for a still image if the appropriate transmission bandwidth is available.
Server computer 38 maintains a dynamic library 41 (FIG. 2) of acquired images stored as data files. It uses a reverse alphabetical naming convention for the files. The first file ever generated is ZZZZZZZZ.i** (where ** is replaced by a number representing the camera from which an image was taken) and subsequent files are named using the alphabetically closest but preceding name in all upper-case letters. Thus, the second file would be ZZZZZZZY.i**, the twenty-seventh file would be ZZZZZZYZ.i**, and so on. This naming convention can be extended by adding more characters to the naming system, such as lower-case characters. However, the convention described will accommodate 2.1*1011 images, thereby accommodating one acquired image every 1.5 minutes for 610,000 years.
After acquiring each image, the server computer determines how many converted files currently exist within library 41. If the number of images has reached a specified limit, the oldest image is eliminated, and the newly-acquired image is stored. This allows external devices to access a significant historical record of transportation conditions.
Traffic information system 30 further includes a plurality of client devices 42 configured to receive sensor data and static camera images from the server computers. Preferably, the requesting client devices receive data in a data format that is independent of the particular format used within the central facilities of the public highway monitoring systems.
Client devices 42 might comprise a number of different types of devices, each having some form of associated display device and graphical display surface. A CRT is an example of such a display device. A flat-panel LCD is another example.
In the embodiment shown, client devices 42 comprise personal or desktop computers having data processors configured and connected to communicate with server computer 38 through the Internet and to receive current traffic data and images. Each such client device has one or more forms of computer-readable storage media, including both volatile and non-volatile memory. For example, the client devices shown in FIG. 2 have hard disks 43 for storing application programs. The client devices also have internal electronic memory into which application programs are loaded for execution.
A client device 42 might also be a so-called "network computer"—a limited-capability computer designed specifically for navigation on the World Wide Web of the Internet. Alternatively, client devices 42 might be set-top boxes or intelligent televisions connected to receive data through an entertainment medium such as a cable television network or a digital satellite broadcast.
In the embodiment shown, the client devices 42 conventional Internet "browsers" such as Microsoft's Internet Explorer™. Such browsers download and render multimedia content that is formatted in "hypertext markup language" (HTML) or rendered by small, downloadable applications called Applets. In this environment, server computers 38 might be programmed to implement the most significant portions of a user interface. Specifically, most of the intelligence for implementing the user interface would be resident in server computers 38: the client devices would use their browsers to simply display downloaded content and to relay user inputs back to the server computers. The server computers would respond by formatting new screen displays and downloading them for display on the client computer.
In other embodiments, server computers 38 might be used primarily as sources of data, with primary responsibility for a user interface being placed upon the client computers. In other words, a client computer would run an application program implementing a desired user interface, and would retrieve raw images and data from a server computer as required. The servers would provide the data in a common format which will be described below.
With newer technology such as ActiveX™ controls, a combination of these approaches is conceivable. Client devices could use Internet browsers, with a sophisticated user interface being implemented as one or more intelligent ActiveX™ controls. The controls could be configured to download raw data and images rather than full HTML documents. Thus, the intelligence behind the user interface could be distributed between the servers and the clients in different ways.
FIGS. 4 through 8 illustrate a preferred user interface in accordance with the invention, generally indicated by reference numeral 60. As mentioned, the user interface can be implemented using various technologies and different devices, depending on the preferences of the designer and the particular efficiencies desired for a given situation.
User interface 60 includes a road map in an interactive, graphical format The road map is designated by reference numeral 62 in FIG. 4. In this example, it is a stylized representation of freeways in the Seattle, Wash., area. The entire coverage area is broken up into high-level regions, referred to as segments, which represent major highway segments—such as segments between major highway intersections. These segments are further broken into sub-segments of lengths that retain some realistic meaning to a user. For instance, a sub-segment might be a highway span between two well-used exits. There may or may not be a one-to-one relationship between monitoring sensors and highway sub-segments: the sub-segments are defined based upon factors that have meaning to users, rather than on the arbitrary placement of sensors. Each sub-segment might span a plurality of sensors and have a plurality of cameras.
FIG. 4 shows road map 62 in broad view, in which road segments are identifiable. A user can interactively select particular road segments by moving an on-screen cursor or other type of on-screen indicator. Towns or residential areas are identified on the road map, as are highway numbers and prominent geographic features. The road map is located at the left side of the user interface.
A road image area 64 occupies the upper right portion of the user interface. The road image area changes as the user highlights or selects different road segments, to show recent still images or short video clips of any currently selected road segment. The images are obtained from server computer 38. Generally, the images come from cameras that coincide with sub-segments of the particular segment that the user has selected.
A command area 66 occupies the lower right portion of the screen. The command area has icons that can be selected to carry out various commands as will be described in more detail below. The command area also has room for logos or other advertising materials.
Referring again to road map 62, individual road segments are highlighted by moving cursor control keys on a keyboard or infrared remote control device, or by manipulating a mouse. The currently selected road segment is indicated by a series of adjacent arrows or arrow heads 67. The arrows are positioned on both sides of the segments to indicate direction of traffic. In FIG. 4, a road segment through Renton, identified by reference numeral 68, is highlighted.
A traffic description is depicted on the user interface when a particular road segment is highlighted or selected. The traffic description is relevant to the selected road segment, and is positioned adjacent the road segment when the road segment is highlighted. In FIG. 4, the traffic description, indicated by reference numeral 70, indicates the current average speed for the selected road segment in both directions of travel. By selecting or activating the "time" icon in the command area, indicated by reference numeral 72, a user can instruct the user interface to display the current travel time for the selected road segment. The travel time is the time, displayed in minutes and seconds, required to traverse the road segment, based on the length of the segment and the current average speed. Speeds and travel times are shown for both directions of travel for any selected road segment.
FIG. 5 shows the effect of pressing an "up" key or of moving a cursor upward and selecting road segment 76. The highlighting arrows move upwardly to be positioned adjacent segment 76. The traffic descriptions change to show the current speed or travel time for the new road segment, and the image in road image area 64 changes to show a still image from the currently selected road segment. Pressing an "up" key again highlights road segment 78, as shown in FIG. 6, with similar changes in the traffic description and road image area.
In general, each road segment represented on map 62 contains a plurality of sensors and a plurality of cameras. Readings from the sensors are averaged to derive an average speed for the overall road segment. When a particular road segment remains selected, camera images are cycled at a rate of about once every ten seconds, to show different recent images of the road segment, taken from different vantage points. Optionally, the user interface might include a way for the user to request historical images. The user interface in this case responds by cycling historical images of the selected road segment in the road image area at defined intervals.
FIG. 7 shows a detail map that "zooms in", on a selected road segment. The user can select this view by highlighting the road segment and then pressing an "action" or similar key. In a Microsoft Windows� environment, the segment might be selected by double-clicking. A detail map corresponds to a particular road segment and breaks that segment into its sub-segments, designated by reference numeral 80 in FIG. 7. The user can select individual sub-segments, in a manner identical to that already described with reference to FIGS. 4-6. The road image area changes as different sub-segments are selected so that a still image from the currently selected sub-segment is always shown. If more than one camera has coverage of the selected sub-segment, still images are cycled through each available camera view. A progression feature is optionally implemented in this view: after a certain sub-segment has been highlighted for a pre-determined time, the highlight will automatically progress to another sub-segment.
The traffic information system also includes a trip planner implemented within the user interface. A trip planning mode can be initiated by selecting an on screen "commute" button 73. In response, the user is prompted for a starting ii location and a destination location on the displayed road map 62. The starting and destination locations are specified by highlighting the desired points with directional keys and/or mouse movement. The trip planner is configured to store two sets of starting and destination locations, so that a user can specify and store two different commutes. In the preferred embodiment, the selections are made from detail maps such as the one shown in FIG. 7. This allows the user to specify the starting and destination locations in terms of sub-segments, thereby allowing the commutes to be tailored more carefully to the actual trip routes used by individual users.
In response to specifying starting and destination locations in the trip planning mode, the user interface calculates or derives a shortest-time route from the starting location to the destination location based on current sensor data from the highway monitoring system sensors. It examines all possible routes, and plots or highlights the shortest-time route on road map 62 as shown by the highlighted portion 85 in FIG. 8. A dialog box 82 also appears, showing the estimated travel time and average speed based on current conditions. The selected starting and destination locations are indicated by labels 83 and 84, respectively. The user can select either of the two stored commutes when initiating the trip planning mode.
The shortest route for the selected commute is determined by summing the travel times for all the segments or sub-segments of the routes. Optionally, the trip planner allows the user to also show less preferred routes, such as the second shortest route, the third shortest route, and so on.
As another optional feature, the user interface is configured to automatically show trip preview images. Specifically, images taken from segments and/or sub-segments of the preferred route are chosen and shown in sequence in road image area 64.
As mentioned above, the server computers supply traffic data and images in a common format that is independent of the particular formats used within the various monitoring systems. In the embodiment described above, the information is supplied in HTML format However, embodiments in which the client devices assume more responsibility for the user interface might provide the information to the clients in a more basic format or as an applet.
FIG. 9 illustrates a format that is advantageous in environments where traffic data is supplied from a server without graphical formatting. In general, the data includes a first series of values in a known order, indicating speeds for sub-regions of a public highway system, followed by a second series of values in a known order indicating locations of traffic incidents in said sub-regions.
More specifically, the format comprises a binary data file 90 having two portions, each consisting of a series of one byte (eight bit) values. A first portion 92 has a series of bytes, each of which has a value representing a speed measured at a particular highway sensor. The values are in a known, pre-determined order. They are arranged in pairs, with each pair having values corresponding to the two different directions of a single sub-segment, with each sub-segment corresponding to a single pair of sensors.
A second portion 94 is used for describing "incidents" such as crashes or other highway disruptions. The first byte of this portion indicates how many incidents are reported in the following bytes. Following this are two-byte pairs, with the first byte of each pair indicating the sub-segment of an incident and the second byte indicating wherein along the sub-segment the incident is located. This second value indicates a proportional location from north to south or east to west along the sub-segment at which the incident occurred.
While the invention has been described above primarily in, terms of its exemplary components, the invention also includes the methodological steps implemented by the components. The invention is also claimed in teams of computer-readable storage media containing computer-executable instructions for performing such methodological steps. Such computer-readable storage media includes various forms of removable magnetic and optical media, such as floppy disks, optical disks, and other similar media, as well as volatile program storage memory such as hard disks and electronic RAM and ROM within a computer. Furthermore, the invention is claimed below in terms of a programmable computer, data processor, or other device configured and/or programmed for performing the methodological steps described herein.
Methodological steps for providing traffic information to client devices include a step of obtaining traffic data and road images from a public highway monitoring system in a format that is particular (and possibly proprietary) to the public highway monitoring system. A further step includes converting the traffic data and road images into common file formats in a near real time process such as described above, regardless of the formats used by the public highway monitoring system. The invention further includes providing the traffic data, road images and video in the common format to requesting client devices. These steps are advantageously performed by one or more computers that act as data servers or Internet servers.
The invention further includes methodological steps for presenting traffic information in the form an interactive user interface. Such steps include obtaining current traffic data from a plurality of road sub-segments. The traffic data includes travel speeds for the sub-segments. The steps further include displaying a road map to a user in a graphical format. The road map shows a plurality of road segments, each of which comprises a plurality of the road sub-segments. Another step comprises allowing a user to individually select road segments on the road map. In response, the user interface performs steps of deriving and displaying a travel time for the selected road segment. The derivation of the travel times is based upon the travel speeds of the selected road's sub-segments.
Further steps include obtaining a recent image of the selected road segment and displaying it along with the road map. The user interface cycles different recent images of the selected road segment when the segment remains selected for a pre-determined time. Optionally, or at the user's specific command, the user interface cycles historical images of the selected road segment at defined intervals.
The user interface uses further steps to display more traffic and commuter-specific details. Such steps include showing a detail map of a particular selected road segment in response to a command from the user, wherein the detail map includes the selected road segment's sub-segments. These steps also include allowing a user to individually select road sub-segments on the detail map, and displaying recent images of the currently selected road sub-segments alongside the detail map.
The invention also includes a method of identifying a preferred route on a public highway system. This method includes a step of obtaining current traffic data in terms of travel speeds on sub-segments of the public highway system, and deriving current travel times for the sub-segments from the travel speeds. Further steps include displaying the travel times in conjunction with a road map. Such steps also include accepting a starting location and a destination location from a user and in response identifying a shortest-time route from the starting location to the ending location based on the derived current travel times of the road sub-segments.
The invention provides a needed improvement by making it possible for users to access information in a format that is chosen for their particular needs, specifically standard PC file formats.
In compliance with the statute, the invention has been described in language more or less specific as to structural and methodical features. It is to be understood, however, that the invention is not limited to the specific features described, since the means herein disclosed comprise preferred forms of putting the invention into effect. The invention is, therefore, claimed in any of its forms or modifications within the proper scope of the appended claims appropriately interpreted in accordance with the doctrine of equivalents.
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|Publication date
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|Dec 20, 1988
|Madnick Peter A
|Traffic monitoring and reporting system
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Qurevok: Battle
Me sitting in room with Anju, beutifulest girly ever. She sleeping cause she got angry and shes betiful when she gots angry too, but Zander HAD to help her. Me angry and... fustated becas Me se Anju's ies glow, like with love when she sees him. me think Fialka is very bad cause she thinks she wants to byte Anju. Mommy bot byted once, and she died. Me cant let Anju die like that, because me know now that I LOVE HER. Me hopes she loves me back.
So, Me sit in her room allthetime to keep her safe and happy. That way no one, nots even EVIL, can hurt her. When shes slepps, her face is like a perfect wite rock, moving only with little puffs in her cheks, and theys loc-
"Qurevok, we're under attack! EVIL StockHounds are circling the Sanctuary's clearing, and tin cannons are firing on us! We need you to come break open the closets in the clinic hall!" Says Celttam. Me looks out window, and sees big tin ball smash against- air, like a invisible sheild. Me no likey tin, It hurts mythilogical creatures like me, and popa, so Me run downstairs to save the Sanctuary (Me learns later, that Anju waked up when I left). StockHounds are bad too, theys almost as big as Me and very mean.
I first closet I smash, there is many many sheilds pour out on the ground, and other "Troops" pick them up. Second one has big room full of swords and hammers and knives and arrows and bows and hatchets and pistols and guns and lots of other things. Next one has all diferent armours, and next one after has lots of fighty technology, like night goggles and barbed wire. Last one has all medicine stuff, which is suo=per good. There other ones, but Then fary named Sorrel talcs and says there's someone missing and we all get dressed super quick and go out. I haf dark blue, super thick battle armour, and pick up BIG hammer with green shinys on the hilt and BIG double-bladed battle axe with crimson staff like boobo blood. I goes out first, and we all stand in a backwards V with me at front against the StockHounds. No one says anything.


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snowboarding with an iphone/other expensive electronics
i have an iphone. normally i wouldnt bring it with me, but im gonna be with a bunch of friends who all ride considerably worse than me this weekend, and im probably gonna end up getting separated from them by accident. anyone ride with something expensive like this? how'd it go?
got insurance on it?
PUT IT IN A ZIPLOCK BAGGIE WITH BUBBLE WRAP! lol
Had a friend who took her camera. She got hit by a skier and it was toast. I really don't recommend it.
i found a lost camera last year :):laugh::dunno:
you know an 18 year old boy is not gonna turn in a digital camera. dont give me a lecture about morals either mom.
i found a cell phone on the ground at a 311 show last year. first thing you do when finding a cell phone is look for "mom" or "dad" in the contacts! i got a hold of dude's mom, who was able to get in touch with the friends her son was with at the show & i was able to get him his phone back before he even left the show! and just in the nick of time too, cuz he was out in the parking lot getting ready to leave!
so you're a thieve'n mormon? that's kinda like a drunk priest! isn't it funny how life contradicts itself?
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It's in the accent (Chris #1)
Book by: Kirkyb
Status: Finished
Genre: Young Adult
Chapter8 (v.1) - The Boy's are back in town so burn it to the ground
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it's a long one i know but i think this had to be one of my favorite chapters i've ever written (the music helps)
i loved this one kirk :) twas really really awesome! and now i am absolutely dead tired.... so
sleep tight all! or well enjoy the rest of your days :)
goofy smile on my face lol.
I like Alfie, he sounds cool :D
Kirsty, I'm leaving tomorrow afternoon for a weekend trip to Disneyland so I won't be on tomorrow, Friday, and maybe Monday; just thought I'd let you know :)
oooooooooooohhh Kirst my FaveChaptwer yett :) :)
made my day - cute read.
jocks are hot...checked out runners at a local university the other day and hitting up bio with some hot hockey players...
anychance a xc runner can befriend her to make the cliques less evident?
haha i take it we have to wait until tomorrow to see the teams reaction?
haha I love how the guys reacted!
"Oh god! I need to think of my grandma now"
best line ever!!
is there going to be at least ONE more today?? plz?
The whole show thing and your trip :D
hey kirst :) how are you?
Im loving it.
Dimitri is a hott name,
thats like the best chapter of all the non-marine stories in my opinion
Amber you know me so well PMSL ?ya
Sorry Patty no more tonight i have to go grocery shopping
Lina i know i was trying to think of lines and that was from a UK comedy years ago LOL
Riki did you see his picture??
No Aly i've done 5 chapters today sorry LOL
"RickiandShay" (sorry i dunno what your actual name is :$) I completely agree. Dimitriiii
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Not at anything or anyone in particular, just random arm waving with a huge grin on my face. I looked a little simple. As if the more complex issues in life wouldn't be a concern to me.
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PepsiCo India is hiring FRESHERS for Research Associate profile
. Data processing & additional analysis on SPSS
. Initial level coordination with the field agencies for research progress
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. Support the manager on Questionnaire building, project details sharing (TG, Methodology),
. Field kit and on the other supporting activities for the consumer researches.
Company Name: PepsiCo India
Position: Research Associate
Education:Any Graduate
Experience: 0-2 Years
Location: Gurgaon
Job Description:
1. Should be a graduate / post graduate with a high level of working knowledge on SPSS & learning
2. On other analytical software will be an added advantage.
3. Graduate in Economics will be preferred.
4. Project management skill will be must for this job.
5. Should have working level understanding on custom table, some of the additional analysis understanding
6. Along with statistics knowledge. Working knowledge of SPSS & Statistics, along with supporting on other MR activities.
Company Profile:
PepsiCo is a global food and beverage leader with net revenues of more than $65 billion and a product portfolio that includes 22 brands that generate more than $1 billion each in annual retail sales. Our main businesses Quaker, Tropicana, Gatorade, Frito-Lay and Pepsi-Cola – make hundreds of enjoyable foods and beverages that are loved throughout the world. PepsiCo's people are united by our unique commitment to sustainable growth by investing in a healthier future for people and our planet, which we believe also means a more successful future for PepsiCo. We call this commitment Performance with Purpose.
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