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Ulan Bator, Mongolia (UPI) Oct 4, 2012
Mongolian President Tsakhia Elbegdorj has encouraged Mongolian-Australian cooperation in Mongolia's mining boom.
Elbegdorj, noting that Mongolian-Australian relations have moved forward in various fields since the countries established diplomatic ties 40 years ago, said his country's emerging mining sector represents an opportunity for the countries to improve bilateral ties, Xinhua news agency reports.
The president's comments were made during a meeting Wednesday in Mongolia with Australian Foreign Minister Bob Carr.
Carr, in an interview with the Australian Broadcasting Corp. from Mongolia Wednesday, addressed concerns that Mongolia's rising mining sector poses a challenge to Australia's dominance of the export trade to China for coal and iron ore.
"Whatever we do, they're going to have a mining boom anyway," Carr said. "They've got a very strong mining sector."
Aside from coal and iron ore Mongolia has vast deposits of copper, fluorite, gold, lead, molybdenum, oil, phosphates, tin and uranium.
Carr said he presented Mongolia with a guide on sustainability in mining, produced as an Australian aid project and written in Mongolian.
"We've learned a lot of lessons in Australia; we can share it," Carr said.
"We can help them make sure it's an environmentally sustainable mining boom and that's a real Australian contribution. We can make sure they don't wreck a beautiful country in generating mineral wealth."
Carr pointed out that Mongolia's biggest mine -- the Oyu Tolgoi, slated to become one of the world's five largest copper-gold mines -- is owned by Anglo-Australian miner Rio Tinto and that 54 Australian companies are operating in Mongolia.
While Oyu Tolgoi is to be operational in mid-2013, it already accounts for about 30 percent of Mongolia's $10 billion economy and represents the largest foreign investment so far in Mongolia, the Financial Times reports.
Even though only one-third of the mineral-rich country has been mapped in detail, more than 6,000 deposits of commercial value have been identified.
"There are centuries of specific exploration still to be done in Mongolia," the Financial Times quoted T. Munkhbat, one of the geologists who discovered Oyu Tolgoi, as saying.
Carr also said that China's economic downturn and the ensuing fall in commodity prices had been foreseen.
Australia had been feeding China's demand for iron ore but as China's economy cools and supply increases, prices have slumped in recent months to a two-year low.
"We have anticipated a falling off in prices reflecting not only the cyclical downturn in China, but a cyclical downturn against a backdrop of a restructuring of the Chinese economy, that is, less emphasis on major traditional industrialization and the working out of a different economic model," he said.
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Mr Peabody and Sherman, 300: Rise of an Empire, The Grand Budapest Hotel
"300: Rise Of An Empire"
A gory, sexy prequel to "300" that makes up for the loss of Gerard Butler with the mother of all villainesses: Eva Green.
There is one reason and one reason only to see this : Eva Green. Best known as a Bond girl, after "300: Rise Of An Empire", she will forever be known for one of the most outrageous sex scenes ever. Or, should I refer to it as a battle scene. This is definitely NOT making love. This sex is making WAR. Eva Green is beyond fierce as the battle-leading Artemisia. She is deliciously sinister and makes everyone else on screen fade into the background. And that's hard to do considering the beyond perfectly chiseled body after body after body. I'm talking both sexes. The nudity starts maybe 30 seconds into the film.
Like "300", this movie lives by CGI. Unlike "300", this time the humans look real, not CGI-cartoonized. That was my problem with "300". The digitized bodies.
The prequel is frenetically gory. So if you're gonna take it in, do it right : in 3-D and Imax.
I promise: you will never forget Eva Green.
2-and-a-half stars
"Mr. Peabody & Sherman"
Based on the cartoon characters from the 60's "Rocky & His Friends" and "Rocky & Bullwinkle", this is one animator that not only doesn't dumb-it-down, it smarts-it-up.
This animator may end up more beloved by adults than kids. With jokes for all ages, the puns are aimed at adults . It's witty, smart, sweet and sentimental. For kids, it's an entertaining history lesson as Mr. Peabody and Sherman time-travel, thanks to Mr. Peabody's WABC (way back) time machine. Adults will appreciate the sharp humor.
Sounding uncanningly like "Frasier" star David Hyde Pierce, it's "Modern Family" star Ty Burrell who voice-stars as the bespectacled smartest/most accomplished dog on earth. Burrell's tv daughter, Ariel Winter, also star-voices, along with Stephen Colbert, Leslie Mann, Allison Janney and as Mr. Peabody's adopted son, Sherman, it's the kid who played a 4 year old Peter Parker in "The Amazing Spider-man" in 2012, Max Charles.
The 3-D makes this already colorful animator even more lively. It's an absolute joyride through history. I loved it.
3-and-a-half stars.
"The Grand Budapest Hotel"
Wes Anderson's most layered and ambitious movie yet: a mad cap caper-thriller centering on the adventures of a legendary Eastern European concierge between wars.
This is the first Oscar-worthy film of the year. Peculiar that it's being released in March, when most people are still catching the latest Academy Award winners. But peculiar is what writer-director Wes Anderson is all about and his latest is absolutely his best.
Forty-four year old Houston native Wes Anderson first made his mark 20 years ago with "Bottle Rocket", followed by, among others, "The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou", "The Royal Tennenbaums", "Fantastic Mr. Fox" and "Moonrise Kingdom".
Always whimsical and meticulously and colorfully stylized down to every detail, every shot in this film is just gorgeous. Anderson is equally unique for his dry wit, sharp writing and droll rapid-fire speech, which Ralph Fiennes brilliantly nails as the concierge of a famous hotel in a make-believe Eastern European country, set during the rise of Nazism. This is the story of a stolen priceless painting and a family feud during rapidly changing times.
Wes Anderson brings back his perennial faves: Bill Murray; Edward Norton; Owen Wilson; Jason Schwartzman; Jeff Goldblum and Willem Dafoe and he initiates Jude Law; F. Murray Abraham; Tilda Swinton; Tom Wilkinson and Saoirse Ronan. Most notably an Anderson virgin: the incredibly talented Ralph Fiennes, who anchors all others in this magnificent film.
Wes Anderson's films are always in a class by themselves but this tops them all. He creates his own world . Richer than his previous work, "The Grand Budapest Hotel" is more than a quirky comedy. It's pretty much perfect.
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The British based automaker Rolls-Royce has recently announced a recall for some of the Phantom models sold in the United States because fuel filler may be missing a safety component.
According to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, a total of 27 units of the Rolls-Royce Phantom will be affected by this recall in the United States and their owners will have to take a trip back to the dealers in order to get the problem fixed. The NHTSA says that the Rolls-Royce Phantom vehicles in question might not have the anti-misfueling devices mounted on the fuel-filler necks.
"Without the anti-misfueling device, there is an increased risk of fire from static electricity", as Rolls-Royce told the NHTSA.
The affected Rolls-Royce Phantom cars are from the 2013 model year and they have been produced between November 2, 2012, and January 18, 2013. No reports of accidents or injuries related to this issue have been received so far by Rolls-Royce or by the NHTSA. Owners of the affected vehicles will be notified by the carmaker soon. The cars will be inspected and the affected fuel filler necks will be replaced, free of charge. The recall is expected to begin soon.


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1939 in jazz
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|1939 in jazz
Clarinetist and bandleader Benny Goodman popularized many of the 1930s standards, including "Darn That Dream", How Deep Is the Ocean, and "Stompin' at the Savoy".
|1930s in jazz
|1939 in music
|List of 1930s jazz standards
|See also
|1938 in jazz – 1940 in jazz
This is a timeline documenting events of Jazz in the year 1939.
- The earliest formal books on jazz begin to appear, including Wilder Hobson's American Jazz Music and Frederick Ramsey and Charles Edward Smith's Jazzmen.[1]
- Fletcher Henderson becomes the first black musician who is a regular member of a white big band when he joins Benny Goodman, although he does not became a featured artist in the band.[1]
- Charlie Christian makes some revolutionary electric guitar records which allow to the guitar to play lead with the trumpet and the saxophone for the first time.[1]
- The Duke Ellington Band experiences major success. Django Reinhardt records "Montmartre", "Solid Old Man", "Low Cotton" and "Finesse" with the band.[1]
- Ma Rainey, Blues singer
- Charlie Irvis, American jazz trombonist
- Chick Webb, American jazz and swing music drummer as well as a band leader.
- Herschel Evans, tenor saxophonist
- John Robichaux, American jazz bandleader, drummer, and violinist
- Louis Douglas, American dancer, choreographer, and music businessman
- Tommy Ladnier, American jazz trumpeter
- Abu Talib (musician), African American blues and jazz guitarist, singer, and harmonica player.
- Aladár Pege, Hungarian who was dubbed "the Paganini of double bass
- Alan Silva, American free jazz double bassist and keyboard player.
- Albert Dailey, American jazz pianist
- Andrew Cyrille, avant-garde jazz drummer.
- Andrzej Jastrzebski, Polish jazz tuba player.
- Andy Bey, jazz singer and pianist
- Art Themen, British saxophonist
- Bernard Purdie, American drummer
- Bill Watrous, American trombonist
- Brian Smith, saxophonist
- Bruce Cale, Australian double-bassist and composer
- Butch Warren, American double-bassist
- Carlos Emilio Morales, Cuban guitarist
- Carlos Lyra, Brazilian singer and composer
- Charles Gayle, American saxophonist, pianist, bass clarinetist, bassist and percussionist
- Chris Karan, Australian percussionist
- Chris Pyne, English trombonist
- Christer Boustedt, Swedish saxophonist and actor
- Cleveland Eaton, American double-bassist
- Csaba Deseo, Hungarian violinist
- David Batey,
- Dianne Brooks, American singer
- Dick Berk, American drummer and bandleader
- Dick Griffin, American trombonist
- Don Alias, American percussionist
- Elaine Delmar, English singer
- Enrico Rava, Italian trumpeter
- George Braith, American saxophonist
- Greetje Kauffeld, Dutch singer
- György Szabados, Hungarian pianist
- Hartmut Geerken,
- Hubert Laws, American flutist and saxophonist
- Hugh Masekela, South African trumpeter, flugelhornist, cornetist, composer and singer
- Idris Muhammad, American drummer
- Jair Rodrigues, Brazilian singer
- Jaki Liebezeit, German drummer
- James Booker,
- Jamey Aebersold, American saxophonist and music educator
- Jeanne Lee, American singer
- Joe McPhee,
- Joe Roccisano, American saxophonist and arranger.
- Joe Sample, American pianist, keyboard player and composer
- Kent Carter, American bassist
- Larry Harlow,
- Lou Gare, English saxophonist
- Mario Pavone, American bassist
- Mario Rivera,
- Marvin Stamm, American trumpeter
- Mary Stallings, American vocalist
- Masabumi Kikuchi, Japanese pianist and composer
- Meco,
- Michel Colombier, French composer, songwriter, arranger and conductor
- Mike Cotton,
- Mike Longo, American pianist and composer
- Nick Ceroli, American drummer
- Okay Temiz, Turkish percussionist and drummer
- Paul Winter, American saxophonist
- Phil Ranelin, American trombonist
- Richard Teitelbaum, American keyboardist
- Roger Kellaway, American composer, arranger and pianist
- Rosa King, American saxophonist/singer
- Sam Brown, guitarist
- Sonny Fortune,
- Steve Marcus, American saxophonist
- Tommy Stewart,
- Trevor Watts, English alto and soprano saxophonist
- Wayne Henderson, American trombonist and record producer
- Wilson Simonal, Brazilian singer
- Wojciech Karolak, Polish-born organist
- Zbigniew Namyslowski,
- ^ a b c d "History of Jazz Time Line: 1939". All About Jazz. Retrieved December 2, 2010.


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Man City's fans song for midfield juggernaut Yaya Toure
Ya-ya-ya-ya Toure, Ya-ya-ya-ya Toure, Oh before, He breaks away and he scores, Oh Yaya Toure I think we should pay him some more, Pay him some more...
Man City's fans song for midfield juggernaut Yaya Toure
Watching City on a Wednesday Night Chant
Having a go at local rivals Man United for being crap and in the Europa League on a Thursday night. Ed; Catchy tune, one of them you can't get out of yer head.
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Leroy Sane Runs Down The Wing For Me Chant
Heard Monaco away 2017
In 1963 When We Fell to Division 2 Chant
The good old days, a Man City song from the past
The greatest Football chant ever written. Best ringtone.


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Sonny Parker scored the crucial try to give belief to the Welsh side who have so far struggled this season.
The Frenchmen were often rocked back by a swarming defence and were limited to just one late try from Lucas Borges.
But a poor kicking display from Juan Martin Hernandez cost Stade dear as the full-back missed four simple chances.
The Ospreys received two early let-offs when Martin Hernandez hit the post with a penalty, then some furious tackling denied flanker Remy Martin a try.
Bodies were being put on the line by the Celtic League champions at the Liberty Stadium, as they repelled waves of Stade Francais attacks.
The pressure being exerted was evident in the number of Welsh players needing running repairs from the physio within the first quarter.
No one was digging deeper than the home forwards, both in the loose and set piece as the much-vaunted Stade Francais line-out found itself losing ball on several occasions.
The Ospreys number eight and Stephane Glas suffered a sickening clash of heads as Lloyd tackled the Stade centre.
Referee Tony Spreadbury acted magnificently to swiftly support the head of the unconscious Lloyd, who was stretchered off with his neck in a brace.
Thankfully Glas was able to limp off after a little attention with no serious hurt evident, and Lloyd came to in the dressing room with his neck given the all-clear.
The game resumed with Martin Hernandez finally landing a penalty on target, but the Ospreys hit back immediately.
Centre Parker sailed in under the posts as Connor sold a beautiful dummy in midfield, with the fly-half adding the conversion and then a penalty for a 10-3 lead at half-time.
Martin Hernandez fluffed another simple kick, before a thumping tackle from Ospreys wing Richard Mustoe stopped Julien Arias in the process of scoring.
Next it was the Ospreys to go agonisingly close, as skipper Barry Williams had the ball tackled from his grasp as he dived for the line.
Finally the Parisians made the breakthrough their possession deserved, as scrum-half Jerome Fillol sniped down the blind side to send wing Borges over in the right corner.
But Martin Hernandez was again wide with the kick for the extras and replacement Ospreys fly-half Matthew Jones showed the Argentine how it was done with a fine penalty.
The Ospreys lived dangerously in the final 10 minutes, but furiously defended their five-point lead with a mixture of bravery and some fortune.
Ospreys captain Barry Williams:"We've let ourselves down all season, but we set a bench-mark today that we can't step below again.
"The defence was awesome, the boys did a great job, and luckily enough we held on.
"But we've started something now and we've got to go to Clermont Auvergne next week and probably put in an even better performance to win out there."
Stade Francais coach Fabien Galthie:"We controlled things in attack but we couldn't score - when you lose the first match in this competition it is always difficult to qualify.
"We had a lot of injuries already and now we've got two more serious ones to contend with in Stephane Glas and Julien Arias.
"We will do our best to play well next weekend, but it is going to be hard. "
Ospreys: Karauna; Mustoe, Parker, L Davies, Williams; Connor, Spice; D Jones, B Williams (capt), A Jones, Newman, Bateman, Thomas, Pugh, Lloyd.Replacements: M. Jones for Connor (65), James for D. Jones (75), Bennett for B. Williams (75), Millward for A. Jones (65), Cockbain for Bateman (65), Beech for Lloyd (38). Not Used: A. Bishop.
Stade Francais: Martin Hernandez; Borges, Glas, Messina, Arias; Penaud, Fillol; Roncero, Szarzewski, De Villiers (capt), Marchois, M James, Parisse, Martin, Sowerby.Replacements: Sarramea for Glas (37), Mirco Bergamasco for Arias (49), Rabadan for Sowerby (60). Not Used: Kayser, Montes, Jechoux, Williams.
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On February 3-4, I attended various meetings associated with the National Prayer Breakfast. By invitation of Bob Hunter and the various hosts, I was able to attend the African Prayer Breakfast, the International Luncheon and a dinner hosted by a group of people who put on prayer breakfast meetings in the western US. On the day of the prayer breakfast, I was allowed to watch the proceedings in the African Suite. One of the highlights of my visit was the opportunity to meet and interview Doug Coe … [Read more...]
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A contractor working for the Athens-Clarke Leisure Services Department is cleaning up trash and construction debris illegally dumped near the North Oconee River over past decades.
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The problem: Neither leisure services nor the contractor, Circle A, got a permit to encroach on a 75-foot county stream buffer to clean up the past violations.
Code enforcement officers with the Athens-Clark Transportation and Public Works Department cited leisure services Greenway Coordinator John Devine for violating state and local sedimentation and erosion laws, according to Community Protection Division Administrator John Ward.
"It's embarrassing," said Mike Wharton, administrator of the leisure services natural resources division. "There was a mix-up as to who was pulling the permit."
The contractor was removing tons of debris such as concrete blocks and shingles from riverbanks near Dudley Park to make way for an extension of the North Oconee Greenway, a series of trails across Clarke County, Wharton said.
The contractor will put up a silt fence today, and leisure services officials have applied for a permit to disturb soil inside the buffer, Wharton said.
The citation carries a fine of up to $2,500, but Wharton said he hoped prosecutors or a judge would consider letting the department clean up the site as a penalty - which they already are doing.
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Large apt with big balcony and views!
尺寸140 平方米
Floor No.6(with elevator)
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- 大厦电梯
- 适合家庭/儿童
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|Plateia Eleftherias, 10553 Athens, 希腊
Both large bedrooms have direct access to the terrace. Both bedrooms can be made into two single beds or large king beds. There is a large sofa that can be used as a bed and there is a portable bed that can be set up.
MR1 has air conditioning, high speed and free wifi. We provide linen, towels and toiletries. Our kitchen is fully equipped with fridge, microwave, washing machine, coffee maker, oven, dish washer and cooking utensils.
You should be aware that this apartment is in a quiet, residential building and late night noise is not tolerated by the neighbours. If you are a group looking to party, this is not the apartment for you. We can assist with places less residential if you require.
The apartment is located in Psirri, minutes walk away from Monastiraki and Plaka.
Monastiraki station serves the Athens International airport and the port of Piraeus.
Plaka is the heart of Athens historical city centre, where most main monuments are located.
Psirri is a place where you still find lovely artisan shops such as candle making and leather work shops. It has great restaurants, cafes, art spaces and an outdoor cinema where you can enjoy films in the original language.
You will also find grocery stores, bakeries and the Athens Central Food Market, the famous Varvakios Market.
Walking around Psirri can be deceiving as it has many old buildings and lots of street art. The street art scene has produced many outstanding artists and their work is widely photographed and admired.
The artisan shops, the residents who greet each other by their first names and the visitors create a place of unique character.
住宿规定Other things to note
• We are happy to provide flexible check in and checkout times....so just let us know when you would like to arrive and depart and we will do our best to satisfy your requests. Please note that depending on availability check in will be by 3pm and check out is by 11am.
• Check in between the hours of 9pm and 7am.
Our staff work from 7am un¬til 9pm every day. So, if you are checking in between 9pm and 7am we have asked our reliable taxi drivers to check you in. This allows you to arrive at any time you like. You can check in at any time after 9 pm and before 7 am by simply booking your transport to the apartment via one of our trusted taxi drivers. They charge no extra to check you in. On arrival he will let you into the apartment and ask you what time you would like our permanent staff to take you on a tour of the area and to show you the apartment in detail.
House rules
• If you would like to bring a pet with you please ask if we can accommodate your pet
• Smoking is allowed only outside the apartment
• Please be respectful of our neighbours. Remember siesta is between 3pm and 5pm. Many people sleep at this time so please be careful to keep the noise level down. Also keep noise to a minimum after 11pm.
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Perfect for 4. We enjoyed every second in this wonderful apartment.Hope, we can come back again!
Super Apartment. Well situated fore visiting Athens. Great view from the terrace to Acropolis, and at night one could enjoy a glass of retsina looking at the mountain lit up by lights.
Super central, but quiet, great view from the terrace, reliable and kind guest service, lots of street art
Very well situated apartment, close to Sintagma, from where you have all the options (Metro, Tram, Buses).
Everything worked well, kitchen good equiped, very comfortable beds, nice balcony.
Easy and friendly communication with host.
Apartment looks biger and newer on fotos than it is though.
Die Wohnung Yperidou liegt mittendrin und dennoch sind die Schlafräume richtig ruhig.
Die Wohnung war sauber ordentlich und das Bett hatte eine gute Matratze und SEHR (!!) gute Bettwäsche. ( leider nur eine Matratze und auch nur eine Decke.. wir sind alt genug alles zu teilen aber bitte nicht die Decke!)
Der Schrank im Schlafzimmer war richtig gut, da haben wir schon anderes erlebt.
Der Balkon bot eine Übersicht über das pralle Leben drunten, wir haben das sehr genossen.
Lustig fanden wir die Waschmaschine auf dem Balkon, aber sicher ist das im Hochsommer vernünftig, in der Wohnung wirds nicht so heiss. Die Maschine entwässert offenbarübers Regenfallrohr in die drunten liegende Strasse: Schaumberge wenn wir wuschen.. sehr lustig!
In der Wohnung funktionierte alles ordentlich, selbst das wirklich winzige ( charme der 60ziger) Bad war gut benutzbar.
Die Küche ist zwar auch winzig, bietet aber komplettes Besteck und Geschirr, sowie vernünftige Töpfe. wir sind gut zurechtgekommen. Spülmaschine und mikro wären nett aber dafür ist kein Platz.
der Glastisch auf dem Balkon gefiel uns nicht.. wir haben schönen Stoff gefunden und drüber gelegt, und nun prunkt er zu Haus..
Wir benötigten ein Auto: der Verkehr ist unglaublich, alle ( !! ) Verkehrsregeln werden offenbar als Empfehlung verstanden !
Parken in Athen ist nen Abenteuer.. man kann handeln!
Dankschön für eine schöne Woche.
Super appartement super bien situé pour visiter AThenes a pied.... accueil de Costas top et aussi de sa gentillesse et disponibilité. ..ainsi que de toute l organisation
Décoration recherchée avec tableaux magnifiques et il ne manque vraiment de rien ...
Je recommande vraiment et vous passerez un magnifique séjour dans cette ville si 'carpe diem'
Merci encore
It is basically the best place to be in Athens. Its location is perfect, allowing you to visit the Acropolis and its surroundings and to have drinks in very nice bars just down the street. The apartment itself is huge and very usable. We were 8 people in it and felt all very happy of it. With 220 m2, everyone could have its privacy. Also the terrace is the place we used the most with a beautiful view on the Acropolis.
If you are a group of 7 or 8 people, don't hesitate, this apartment will fit all your needs and expectations.
Thank you very much for professional service! Appreciated!
very nice and friendly team, very nice flat and nice location.
the only minor disadvantage is the view from the windows(((
hope to stay there again
We had an amazing time in Athens. The 3 nights we spent at 3 of the apartments were great. There were 11 of us altogether, with 2 being infants, the accomontions worked out perfectly. The apartments are very secure & quite at night & the air conditioning was great.Everything you need is close by, food, entertainment, shopping & site seeing. I would recommend these apartments to anyone wanting to visit Athens.
What a gorgeous apartment in a central location. Perfect for exploring Athens. I could see it eoukd nit be to everyones taste, however it was to mine.
The apartment is located on a street surrounded by wonderfully decaying other buildings, covered with vibrant street art. The apartment itself is cool and bright. The bedroom is small and could get a little stuffy, however there was aircon.
The apartment is very well presented and is filled with greenery and street art which gives it a an edgy modernist feeling.
2 minutes walk and you have a good selection of bars and restaurants. 5 minutes walk and you are in the middle of Athens. What more could you ask for. I only needed to use the metro twice and one of those was to get to the airport.
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Today, Facebook has rolled out their long awaited updates to Facebook Pages. Pages are generally used for businesses; it's typically a Page used to reach out to the market of said business. Our FilesAnywhere Facebook Page is pretty awesome. I mean, maybe I'm a bit biased, but it's still pretty sharp. With the new updates, Facebook allows Pages to act like normal user profiles. The top of the Page will show latest uploaded pics. I just recently added an album for Apps that I will regularly update to show off how our applications look as well as sneak peeks into future designs.
These new updates will just make it even easier for us here at FilesAnywhere to keep in touch with anyone out there using our service. Even while looking like a standard user page, there is still a Discussion link. I recommend any users of our service to make use of it. Give us suggestions, leave comments, and even ask questions. Our 'About' box that used to be right under the profile picture is now accessible through the 'Info' link.
Another new feature is allowing updates made to the Page to be sent to Twitter. Here at FilesAnywhere I have my method on connecting each social network together, so whether it be Facebook or Twitter, I will get the message. There's a lot more to the update as well, so I recommend checking out The Facebook Marketing Bible.


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The American Society of Health-System Pharmacists and the ASHP Research and Education Foundation sponsored The Pharmacy Practice Model Initiative (PPMI). The goal of the initiative is to significantly advance the health and well being of patients. We created a tool for pharmacists to identify areas within their practice model that need attention based on the PPMI recommendations.
November 2001 – current date
The Philadelphia Youth Orchestra is one edgimo's oldest clients. We have managed their website for over 10 years. So, when it came time to redesign it we were well positioned to design a management system that saves them money and time – doing more with the same budget. We chose WordPress for content management system because PYO staff had experience with it.
We partnered with PYO's design firm of choice, Paone Design Associates, on the project. The result is sophicated site designed to following the work flow for a given season with the orchestra. We highly customized the CMS to include instructions within the interface and automate much of the updates.
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November 2014
Renowned Chef Marc Vetri hired edgimo to design, develop and maintain the web sites for Amis, Alla Spina, Osteria, Lo Spiedo, Pizzeria Vetri, Vetri Ristorante, Vetri Family, and the Vetri Foundation.
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edgimo has produced the annual compilations of lectures given by the Harvey A.K. Whitney Lecture Awards recipients since 2004. Initially we produced searchable DVDs, but of course we moved the entire collection of lectures (63 in all) to the web. Most recently, we developed a responsive, searchable collection of the lectures that Foundation staff can manage themselves.
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The Vetri Foundation for children strives to help kids experience the connection between healthy eating and healthy living. They needed a website that was kid friendly, yet appealing to adults as well. Plus, as a non-profit entity they needed strategies to get the most out of their budget.
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Seer Interactive envisioned a forward thinking tool for travelers to plan their time during layovers at airports. The result was mobile friendly tool that recognizes your location and offered options for staying in the airport or going outside the airport. Complete with estimated travel times and mapping features. The whole application is driven by a CSV file that is managed by non-technical staff.
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Sitting out is not an option for Lakers center Andrew Bynum.
"I'm going to try to play as hard as I can," he said a little more than 24 hours before Game 7 of the NBA Finals tonight. "It's the last game, so I'm going to go out there and give my best effort. I'm going to try to stay out there as long as I can."
Bynum has a torn meniscus in his right knee, which requires surgery. With the exception of the first three games of the Finals, he hasn't played with his customary effectiveness. He hasn't had the necessary mobility or explosiveness.
He has averaged 8.3 points and five rebounds during the series.
He had his knee drained of fluid twice since the Lakers defeated the Phoenix Suns in the Western Conference finals last month. He undergoes almost around-the-clock treatments designed to reduce the debilitating swelling in his knee.
His injury isn't getting any worse, but it's not getting any better, either.
Surgery is the only solution. It hasn't been scheduled yet.
"I'm waiting for my doctor (David Altchek) to come back from Europe," he said.
Meanwhile, Bynum plans to play in his first Game 7 in the Finals tonight.
"I wish it was (Wednesday night)," he said. "We want to play. Get this thing done. We have to win. We're at home. We've got the momentum right now. We've got to go out and win. It's just a boost for the team for me to be out there contributing.
"We're all fighting. We all have each other's backs, so it helps in that way."
Bynum's willingness to play hurt has earned much respect from his teammates.
"He just wants to help his team," Ron Artest said. "He's out there trying."
Bonus, what bonus?
Lakers coach Phil Jackson danced around a question about a reported $2 million bonus - on top of his $12 million salary - if the team wins the title. Jackson is in the final season of his current deal and will decide soon whether to sign a new one.
"I wouldn't ever disclose what's in my contract, but I know that the rumor has come up and it's been around," he said, referring to a report on ESPN.com. "I know that I have a bonus in my contract, and I was mistaken about it.
"So, I know there's one there at some level, but I'm not sure if what they're saying is correct, whoever has reported it. I don't know who got a hold of this information in the first place."
Jackson also said he would donate any bonus money to charity.
Milestone achieved
The Lakers' victory over the Celtics in Game 6 on Tuesday gave Jackson his North American-record 224th coaching victory in the playoffs, one more than former NHL coaching great Scotty Bowman achieved in stints with Detroit, among other teams.
"That's a lot of wins," Jackson said.
Of Bowman, he added, "Scotty was a great figure in sports, especially in North America with hockey. It's great to have been able to have these kind of teams, just a wonderful factor. But it's not going to be a significant thing that I'm going to remember."
Facts and figures
The Lakers and Celtics will play the 17th Game 7 in Finals history, and just the second one since 1994. The home team is 13-3 in Game 7s. The Lakers are 3-4 in Game 7s, having won twice while the franchise was based in Minneapolis and won once and lost four times while the team called Los Angeles home. The Lakers are 0-4 in Game 7s against the Celtics, including a defeat in 1984 at the old Boston Garden. This is the Lakers' first Game 7 in the Finals since rallying from a 3-2 series deficit to defeat the Detroit Pistons in 1988.


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|Jeffs Split Doubleheader at Middlebury
Jeffs Split Doubleheader at Middlebury
Sophomore Jack Britton tossed a gem for the Panthers in Saturday's opener, allowing just two runs on five hits and two walks in seven innings. Junior Brian Donahue (Sudbury, MA) suffered his second straight loss for Amherst, surrendering all six runs on five hits and three walks in 5.1 innings of work and falling to 3-2 on the year. Senior Andrew Green (Lexington, MA) showed almost the only sign of offensive life for the Jeffs, going 3-for3 with a double, an RBI, a stolen base and a run scored. Classmate Zach Schonberger (Rye, NY) was 1-for-3 with a double and an RBI, while sophomore Josh Card (North Adams, MA) was 1-for-2 with a run scored.
In game two, it was Amherst junior Nick Kehoe's (Washington Depot, CT) turn to dominate the hill as he tossed all nine frames, relinquishing just one run on five hits and a walk, while striking out five to improve to 4-2 on the season. Green scored after a walk in the first inning to put Amherst on top, 1-0, and the Jeffs added two more in the sixth as junior Jared Banner (Brooklyn, NY) knocked home classmate Brendan Powers (Walpole, MA) with an RBI single and later scampered home on a wild pitch. The Panthers got one back in the seventh, but Amherst tacked on an unearned insurance tally the following inning to solidify the win. Banner finished 3-for-5 with an RBI and a run scored, and senior Dave Levinson (Chester Springs, PA) was 2-for-4.
At 8-3-1 in NESCAC West Division play, the Jeffs would secure a bid to the NESCAC Postseason Championship Tournament with a conference loss by either Middlebury or Williams College.
Amherst returns to action Tuesday at 3:30 p.m. at non-conference foe Brandeis University.
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You thought it would be fun if your girlfriend told you when you could and couldn't come.
She didn't let you come for 2 days and you wanted her so bad.
She asks you go down on her before you could fuck her.
Then she let put your cock in her and you came in seconds.
Then she made you wait 3 days.
She just pushed your head down to her pussy this time.
Then she let you put your cock in her, and you tried not to come so fast, but you could barely move your cock or you'd come immediately.
She let you do this for a while, then told you to come.
You came.
She made you wait 7 days.
You crawled to her pussy when she crooked a finger and lapped at her for 30 minutes.
Then she gave you a long, slow handjob.
She made you wait 1 day.
You had romantic sex and she was wetter than she's ever been.
You crawl to her pussy again, and she gives you a handjob.
She whispers in your ear.
"Who owns this cock?"
"Oh god..."
"You do".
"That's right.
And she let you come.
She made you wait another 3 days.
She gives you a long handjob and makes you swear that she owns your cock.
You swear that you won't come without her permission.
You swear that you'll never ask her to make you come.
You swear that you'll have your hard cock out for her any time she asks.
She doesn't let you come.
You wait another 4 days.
She strokes your cock for 20 minutes, forbidding you to come.
She looks at you with fascination, she sees how you are controlled.
She makes you swear again.
"You do ma'am".
"Who owns your balls?"
"You do ma'am"
"Who owns your orgasms?"
"Would you ever come without my permission?"
"No ma'am"
"I want to put your cock in a cage"
"I don't want to worry about you coming when I'm away"
"You weren't going to come anyway, right?"
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She puts your cock in a cage.
You wait another 7 days.
You eat her wet pussy for an hour.
You pound her cunt with her dildo.
You make her cum 4 times.
She takes a shower.
You wait.
She comes back into the room in lingerie.
Your cock swells against the cage.
She produces a key.
She ties up your hands.
"From now on I am the only one who touches your cock."
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text: I've heard alot of people on here lumping these three guys together. The way that I read the book it seems obvious that Chet and Rant are one in the same. I guess my question would be if Green and the Rant/Chet are the same. I think that based on behavior Rant would be the anti-Green. If it's possible for multiple people to be doing the time travel, then couldn't Chet/Rant be different from Green. And just another idea would be that Green/Waxman might be the same. While not explicity and understandably terribly evil, there characters have a similar manner about them, and are seen by others as bad in one way or another. I just wanna see how anyone else read it, maybe I missed something.


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In its boilerplate apology for Brokeback smears, MSNBC omitted mention of Matthews
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In its apology for comments made by Don Imus and Chris Matthews -- which was identical to an apology MSNBC issued in 2004 over ethnic slurs made on Imus's show -- about the film Brokeback Mountain, MSNBC did not mention Matthews or his affiliation with MSNBC.
MSNBC issued an apology for comments made during Imus in the Morning, a radio show the news channel simulcasts, by MSNBC personalities Chris Matthews and Don Imus about the film Brokeback Mountain (Focus Features, 2005). But the apology -- which was identical to an apology MSNBC issued in 2004 over ethnic slurs made on Imus's show -- failed to mention Matthews by name and drew no connection between the network and Matthews, an MSNBC employee. During the January 18 edition of Imus in the Morning, Matthews, host of MSNBC's Hardball, quoted radio host Michael Savage in referring to the film as "Bareback Mounting." Imus in the Morning host Don Imus responded that his own producer called it "Fudgepack Mountain."
The Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD) complained about the comments to MSNBC, and Jeremy Gaines, the news channel's vice president for communications, subsequently made the following statement, according to GLAAD:
"Imus" is produced by WFAN radio and is simulcast by MSNBC. The views expressed on the program are not those of MSNBC. Having said that, it was unfortunate that these remarks were telecast on MSNBC. We sincerely apologize to anyone who was offended by these remarks.
But MSNBC failed to apologize for the fact that the remarks were made by Matthews -- one of its lead news hosts -- instead deflecting responsibility to WFAN, which produces the Imus show. In posting the apology, GLAAD criticized MSNBC's failure to name Matthews, writing:
[I]t's ludicrous to suggest that Chris Matthews, one of the network's anchors and most visible commentators, should not be held accountable to the network's standards and practices, particularly for comments he makes on MSNBC.
The language of the apology repeated a previous MSNBC apology. After WFAN sports anchor Sid Rosenberg, a regular guest on the Imus's show, on the November 12, 2004, edition called Palestinians "stinking animals" and said, "They ought to drop the bomb right there, kill 'em all right now," MSNBC issued an apology to the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR). According to CAIR, the apology read: "The views expressed on the program are not those of MSNBC. Having said that, it was unfortunate that these remarks were telecast on MSNBC. We sincerely apologize to anyone who was offended by these remarks."
In 2003, MSNBC fired Savage -- whom Matthews called "wonderful" while quoting his variation on the Brokeback Mountain title -- for labeling a caller to his MSNBC show a "sodomite" and instructing him to "get AIDS and die."
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If you're a long-time supporter of Romania Reborn, you know we publish a Christmas giving catalogue every year. In the midst of our culture's seasonal focus on toys, clothes, and gadgets, we think it's a helpful way to put a bit more real joy and meaning into your Christmas.
This year, we're doing something a little different. We're still offering gifts you can "buy" for children in need: food, shelter, adoption services, and more. (You'll find these in our online giving catalogue.) We're also still offering gift dedication cards, sent to the recipient of your choice. This might be a great alternative to the traditional Christmas gift for someone on your list.
But this year we're also offering a small gift to you: a week's worth of Christmas devotions you can use as an individual or a family. These seven brief reflections (starting here) include Scripture readings that tell the Christmas story, thoughts on the needs of abandoned children, and ways you can make a difference through prayer and action.
As a mother of four children myself, I'm always looking for simple new ways to make the Christmas story come alive and inspire my kids to share God's love with others. Whether you have children in your home or not, I pray these devotions from Romania Reborn will bless you and enrich your Christmas season.
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The first part of the Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act went into effect on October 1, making e-signatures legal. Other parts allowing electronic documents with e-signatures to replace paper copies are scheduled to take effect in March and June of 2001.
An e-signature must meet specific technical requirements before it can be implemented. To qualify as an e-signature under the law, a signature record must be unique, must verify the identity of the sender, and must be unalterable. Copies must be readily identifiable, and it must be easy to tell if a copy is authorized or unauthorized. Transmitted documents must have a means of verifying that neither the documents nor the signatures have been altered while in route from sender to receiver.
There are many potential advantages of e-signatures. A significant amount of time could be saved in complex negotiations by exchanging documents electronically instead of passing physical documents back and forth. Storing documents electronically instead of in paper form could save tremendous amounts of space.
Implementation of e-signatures is expected to be a slow, deliberate process. It took nearly 2 years for Congress to pass the law, and it still doesn't specify exactly what technology is approved for creating and tracking e-signatures. Companies must evaluate the law and decide which technology to use. Today's technology presents many options, including credit-card-sized smart cards that can be scanned into a computer and various encryption methods.
For example, digital signatures that use encrypted algorithms, in combination with passwords, can be employed to identify an individual. Public-key infrastructure (PKI) is one such technology. With PKI, senders and receivers each have two "keys," one public and one private. Passwords and specialized software encrypt and "lock" the document and signature, and a second set of passwords act as the "key" to open the "lock." PKI technology ensures that a document came from a particular computer, but the e-signature is only as secure as the computer from which it is sent. You must guard against unauthorized access to individual PCs when you use this method.
Other methods are also making their way into the marketplace, including some that use biometric identifiers such as fingerprints or retina images. Still, e-signatures must overcome a few barriers before they become mainstream. The law applies only to interstate or global commerce, so each state will need to implement its own rules for intrastate transactions.
Getting people to trust the technology is another hurdle. For someone leery of an Internet credit card purchase, committing to a large electronic transaction could be a real challenge.
The law does not apply to family law matters such as wills, adoptions or divorce, and it also excludes various credit transactions such as termination of health or life insurance and termination of utility services. Product safety information and residential rental agreements are not covered either.
Insurance, software and healthcare industries are likely to be among the first users of e-signatures. Insurance companies could use the technology to obtain signed applications. Software companies could require a digital signature on software use agreements. Doctors could use e-signatures on e-mailed prescriptions.
Before these consumer transactions become commonplace on the Internet, most e-signatures will probably be used for business-to-business transactions on private networks.
You can find out more about digital signatures on the Web. Check out the Uniform Electronic Transaction Act information at The National Conference of Commissioners on Uniform State Laws site.
For more background information, see the tutorial at the American Bar Association site.
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My name is Danielle, and I am currently a student in the New Haven, CT area studying Business & Marketing. Originally from New Jersey, I got a job doing promotional events for Scion cars all over the east coast, but mainly in Brooklyn, NY. Through the Scion industry, I landed a job with Toyota as a Model/Product Specialist with their Truck division tour. I did ten days with Toyota in upstate New York where I got to see my first Nascar race, enjoy a Farmer's Fair, and even work at a rodeo event. The rodeo event was something that has changed my life forever. I was given the opportunity to ride a live bull in the rodeo ring during our off time, after the rodeo show. To others this seems like a crazy idea, but to me, it summed up my outlook on life. You have to grab life by the horns and not let go. Life is just like that bull, as it tried to throw me off, but I held on. You always have to remember to hold on, no matter what life throws your way. In the same manner, you must always take advantage of every opportunity you are given.
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Steven Berkoff: "Today's writers are so weak they wouldn't know a villain if they were kicked up the arse by one."
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On screen and stage, Steven Berkoff can be a nasty piece of work, writes Richard Jinman.
Villainy has been good to Steven Berkoff. The English actor's gaunt, rather menacing looks have seen him cast as the bad guy in movies such as Octopussy, Beverly Hills Cop and Rambo.
Berkoff welcomes the money he's paid to play the kind of brutes who tend to be shot, burned or dropped off a tall building just before the credits roll, but reserves the right to loathe the resulting film. The 67-year-old is a card-carrying enfant terrible not given to small emotions.
Ask him about his appearance as a Russian loan shark in the film of James Hawes' book Rancid Aluminium, for example, and his words are corrosive. "There's nothing to say. Except I was knee-deep. In shit," he says in a weirdly clipped voice that manages to evoke a Shakespearean actor, an East End gangster and a Dalek all at once. "I have rarely been in a film of such banality. It was the most awful experience. Utterly, utterly ghastly. Puerile."
He pauses for a moment, possibly to wipe the bile from his chin. "But I appreciate the work. And the wages."
Berkoff is a true iconoclast. Born into a working-class family in London's East End, he studied drama in London and Paris, before forming the experimental London Theatre Group in 1968. Over the years he's become associated with a kind of edgy, no-holds-barred theatre both as a writer - his plays include Kvetch and the semi-autobiographical East - and an actor defined by his threatening persona.
Despite frequent forays into film (his credits include two Kubrick films, A Clockwork Orange and Barry Lyndon) theatre has always been his first love. Australian audiences have seen his productions of East, Salome and Coriolanus, a version populated by jackbooted, leather-clad soldiers.
The latest Berkoff production to travel to these shores is billed, rather melodramatically, as Shakespeare's Villains - A Masterclass in Evil. It's a one-man lecture that sees him probing seven of the Bard's bad guys to see what makes them tick. Some, like Iago, the Macbeths, Shylock and Richard III, are predictable. His inclusion of Hamlet and Oberon, a character he describes as "Shakespeare's first drug pusher", rather less so.
"It's a kind of entertaining lecture, so to speak," says Berkoff, who spices his performance by acting out key scenes and rating his villains on a scale of one-to-Richard III.
"Iago's villainy is pathetic, petty," he says. "He's second rate because his villainy is based on his obsession with two people (Othello and Desdemona) who humiliate him because they have love and he doesn't. "But a genius villain like Richard III is able to put to death scores of people. Armies. Thousands. This is a villainy of much higher level."
Hamlet is included because he's a serial killer. Steeling himself to slay the king, he becomes desensitised, callous.
Berkoff says Hamlet's dark side was far more evident in Shakespeare's source material - Thomas Kyd's The Spanish Tragedy - but even in Hamlet, the prince's winning wit can't entirely disguise his darker impulses.
Is he fascinated by villains? "Not really. All actors are attracted to the villain because most people have an unfulfilled villain in them, which through their own moral cowardice they've held back. The villain performs a vicarious function, as does the hero. The audience identifies with them."
And not all villains are to be found on the stage. Berkoff has used his lecture to lash his adversaries, in particular the theatre critic at The Daily Telegraph in London. Charles Spencer had the temerity to call Berkoff's production of Messiah a "stinker", and mocked the actor's age by suggesting he was probably eligible for a bus pass. "I look at him (Spencer) and he's fat, slobby, balding," says Berkoff.
Berkoff says the ability to create great villains is a dying art. Hollywood's bad guys are often so badly written, he struggles to make anything of them. "I just wear their awful clothes, say their awful lines and do less," he says.
The nadir was the 1995 thriller Fair Game. It starred the model Cindy Crawford and cast Berkoff as yet another thick-accented, Eastern Bloc cipher called Colonel Ilya Kazak.
"They could have used me really well," he fumes. "Instead it was just garbage. It was the worst film experience of my life."
But at least movie-making has a certain profit-driven honesty, says Berkoff. It's all about opening weekends and bums on seats. He appreciates its "fast and furious" production schedules. "There are no cabals and cliques like there are in the theatre," he says. "There's a certain honesty in film that I prefer to the dishonesty in theatre."
Well-written villains are also in short supply on the stage. "Today's writers are so weak they wouldn't know a villain if they were kicked up the arse by one. You don't see them in modern plays. You see neurotics, impotents, deviants and misfits. The writers don't . . . have a fascination with the arcane arts or a desire to use language as a weapon."
Modern plays? "Awful." Today's actors? "There are some good ones around. But I can't think of any that turn me on like they used to."
Shakespeare's Villains - A Masterclass in Evil is at Her Majesty's from Thursday until February 20.
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Junior College - Poem by Adam Holmes
Up is down, spin me around. I won myself a degree. Bow at my feet, fear my intellect, I should buy me a new pipe. Perhaps if I felt different I would, but it's me, the same lost boy I have always been. I knows where I wants to go, but how do I get there? I stare at the map. Straight lines, squiggly lines, no lines, I am still lost. Seems to me I bought the wrong one.
My parents sure were proud. So were my grandparents. Oh yea and my sister and my friend's mom and my dad's ex-girlfriend, the family dog, the waitress at the pizza parlor shit, even my boss. What I didn't tell them through my stupid smile was that I am a fraud. Sure, I had my flashes of pride, but they came and went between roaming clouds. The hardest part of earning this degree was waking up in time to hear my teacher ramble on and on and on about things I already knew and no longer remember. But hey, I have myself a cap and a gown and a piece of paper, that's all they needed to see.
Gold tassels! I didn't get one of those. This would have caused poignancy if it wasn't for the old woman with a limp sitting beside me. Seventy-five years it took her to graduate junior college and she couldn't be happier. Neither could I, all seven of her great-grandchildren were in attendance. This woman sparked a spark of something in my otherwise numb normal state. I laughed with her, I celebrated with her, I almost cried with her, for goodness sake, I did more then sit there with a blank stare. She counts her days, I piss away mine, yet we graduate together, from the back row.
Am I average because I'm average or is it because I choose to be? A day later, I have forgotten the old woman, and remembered those gold tassels. The deans shake their hands with smiles mine in disgust. Compare them to me. Ha. No comparison, gold is better then green. If only I had woken up a little earlier, opened my textbooks, the same ones I was supposed to have been opening for the last 10 years, maybe I would have that gold tassel. What will become of them? What about me? They know how to get where they are going. I'm stuck circling the same streets. Damn, not only did they get pretty tassels, they got a better map.
Comments about Junior College by Adam Holmes
Delilah Miller (4/7/2009 1:18:00 AM)
You're so honest, all the time. Why should this poem be any less honest and almost cutthroat. But how can I agrue with it? Some valedictorian should be reading this... (Report) Reply
Apple Jean L. Aba (6/25/2008 11:52:00 PM)
wow! its nice....
i was touch.... perhaps....
studying is what i want...
but now im finding a work.. well
this is life..
i like it!
God Bless (Report) Reply
Greenwolfe 1962 (5/27/2008 7:16:00 PM)
This is like an article written for a university newspaper,
and it should well be printed at every university. An
excellant graduation essay.Really one of the better
things I have read recently. It has real substance.
I know, I could have written it myself.
GW62 (Report) Reply
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|Publication number
|Publication type
|Application number
|Publication date
|May 10, 2011
|Filing date
|Dec 9, 2009
|Priority date
|Oct 22, 2001
|Fee status
|Also published as
|Publication number
|Anthony M. Fadell, Christoph Krah
|Original Assignee
|Apple Inc.
|Export Citation
|BiBTeX, EndNote, RefMan
|Patent Citations (102), Non-Patent Citations (48), Referenced by (8), Classifications (18), Legal Events (2)
|External Links: USPTO, USPTO Assignment, Espacenet
This application is a continuation of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 11/270,901, entitled "METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR CHARGING A BATTERY IN A PERIPHERAL DEVICE," filed Nov. 10, 2005, which is a continuation of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 10/278,752, entitled "METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR CHARGING A BATTERY IN A PERIPHERAL DEVICE," filed Oct. 22, 2002, now U.S. Pat. No. 6,995,963, issued on Feb. 7, 2006, which claims the benefit of priority under 35 U.S.C. �119(e).to U.S. Provisional Patent Application No. 60/345,253, entitled "METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR CHARGING A BATTERY IN A PERIPHERAL DEVICE VIA A FIREWIRE CABLE," filed on Oct. 22, 2001, all of which are incorporated herein by reference.
1. Field of Invention
This invention relates generally to computing systems. Specifically, a method and apparatus for managing power delivered by way of a FireWire cable to a battery operated peripheral device.
2. Description of Related Art
FireWire is an IEEE1394 compliant High Performance Serial Bus that provides two types of data transfer: asynchronous and isochronous. Asynchronous is for traditional load-and-store applications where data transfer can be initiated and an application interrupted as a given length of data arrives in a buffer. Isochronous data transfer ensures that data flows at a pre-set rate so that an application can handle it in a timed way while providing the bandwidth needed for audio, imaging, video, and other streaming data. Isochronous service means it guarantees latency or the length of time between a requested action and when the resulting action occurs which is a critical feature in supporting real time video, for example. FireWire provides a high-speed serial bus with data transfer rates of 100, 200, or 400 Mbps as well as a single plug-and-socket connection on which up to 63 devices can be attached with data transfer speeds up to 400 Mbps (megabits per second). In this way, FireWire offers a standard, simple connection to all types of consumer electronics, including digital audio devices, digital VCRs and digital video cameras; as well as to traditional computer peripherals such as optical drives and hard disk drives.
The standard FireWire cable consists of six wires in which data is sent via two separately-shielded twisted pair transmission lines that are crossed in each cable assembly to create a transmit-receive connection. Two more wires carry power (8 to 28 v, 1.5 A max.) to remote devices. In some cases, such as with DV camcorders manufactured by the Sony Corporation of Japan, a 4 conductor FireWire cable is used (configured as the 6 wire cable but without the power wires) that terminate in smaller, 4 prong connectors. To connect a four prong device, such as the Sony DV camcorder with a standard IEE1394 FireWire device or interface card, an adapter cable is required having 4 prongs on one side and 6 on the other. In this way, the data lines are connected while omitting the power connection.
In those situations, however, when a battery operated six prong peripheral device is coupled to a FireWire cable, it is important for the power delivered to the device (typically 1.8 v, 3.3, or 5.0 v) to be both stable and reliable especially when the FireWire cable is either connected or disconnected.
Therefore, what is required is a method and apparatus for managing power delivered by way of a FireWire cable to a battery operated peripheral device.
According to the present invention, methods, apparatus, and systems are disclosed for providing a cascadable state machine for broadcast content is disclosed.
In one embodiment, a power manager for managing power delivered to a battery operated peripheral device is disclosed. The power manager includes an input current limiter arranged to suppress a power surge associated with an insertion event by a power cable arranged to provide an external voltage. A voltage converter unit coupled to the input current limiter converts the received external voltage to a supply voltage that is transmitted by way of a main bus to a voltage sensor unit coupled thereto. During the insertion event, a comparator unit coupled to the voltage sensor, sends a first switching signal to a switchover circuit that responds by connecting the peripheral device and an uncharged battery to the main bus such that the supply voltage is provided thereto. When the battery is substantially fully charged, the switchover circuit responds by electrically disconnecting the battery so as to not overcharge the battery. During a cable removal event, the comparator unit sends a second signal to the switchover circuit which responds by substantially simultaneously disconnecting the main bus from the peripheral device and connecting the battery to the peripheral device.
In another embodiment, a method for managing power delivered to a battery operated peripheral device is disclosed. Suppressing a power surge associated with an insertion event by a power cable arranged to provide an external voltage. Converting the received external voltage to a supply voltage and sending the converted voltage by way of a main bus to a voltage sensor unit coupled thereto. During the insertion event, sending a first switching signal to a switchover circuit that responds by connecting the peripheral device and an uncharged battery to the main bus. Wherein when the battery is substantially fully charged, the switchover circuit responds by electrically isolating the battery from the powered cable. During a cable removal event, sending a second signal to the switchover circuit which responds by substantially simultaneously disconnecting the main bus from the peripheral device and connecting the battery to the peripheral device.
In still another embodiment, an apparatus for managing power to a battery-operated peripheral device is described. The apparatus includes means for receiving an external voltage from an external voltage supply by way of a cable, wherein the cable includes a number of lines some of which are data lines arranged to form a transmit-receive connection and some of which are power lines arranged to carry the external voltage from the external power supply to the device means for converting a received external voltage to a supply voltage, means for sensing a voltage, means for generating a switching signal based upon the sensed voltage, means for receiving the switching signal by a switchover circuit, and means for connecting the peripheral device and an uncharged battery to the supply voltage in response to the received switching signal.
The invention will be better understood by reference to the following description taken in conjunction with the accompanying drawings.
Reference will now be made in detail to a preferred embodiment of the invention. An example of the preferred embodiment is illustrated in the accompanying drawings. While the invention will be described in conjunction with a preferred embodiment, it will be understood that it is not intended to limit the invention to one preferred embodiment. To the contrary, it is intended to cover alternatives, modifications, and equivalents as may be included within the spirit and scope of the invention as defined by the appended claims.
In a battery powered FireWire compatible device, a method and apparatus for supplying power to the device that can be used to either operate the device of charge the device's battery are described. In one embodiment, various power signals on a FireWire data bus coupled to the device, provide for operating the device and/or charging the device's internal battery over a prescribed range of supply voltages. In a particular embodiment, the apparatus includes a built in surge suppression unit as well as a FireWire power/battery switchover unit to ensure that a stable and reliable power supply is provided the device. In this way, additional power connectors are substantially eliminated thereby saving product cost and reducing product size.
The invention will now be described in terms a FireWire peripheral power management unit suitable for supplying power to any FireWire compatible device. Such devices include, for example, personal digital assistants, personal MP3 player/recorders, and the like.
Without the inrush current limiter, the rise time of fire wire power is slower because fire wire power is loaded with the bulk capacitance of the fire wire buck converter. The rise time of fire wire power is: 30V/20 us=1.5V/us.
A voltage is injected into the ground plane that elevates all supply rails by close to a volt. This voltage gradient can destroy components and cause reset due to undershoot. A 3.3V buck converter (is current limited (0.75A max) and can not overcome the inrush current and therefore can not compensate for the voltage gradient on the 3.3V supply rail.
With the inrush current limiter installed the rise time of fire wire power is much steeper because the inrush current is limited to well below 1 amp.
In the described embodiment, the voltage converter unit 108 is coupled to a voltage sensor 114 arranged to provide a voltage signal Vsig to a comparator unit 116. The comparator unit 116, based upon the voltage signal Vsig, provides a switchover signal Vswitch to a switchover circuit 118. In those cases where the voltage signal Vsig is above a voltage threshold Vth (indicative of a FireWire insertion event having had occurred at the input port 106), the comparator unit 116 provides a first switchover signal Vswitch1 to the switchover circuit 118. The switchover circuit 118, in turn, responds to the first switchover signal Vswitch1 by connecting the main bus 110 to the active circuit 112 (and thereby the supply voltage Vcc) and to a battery 120 when the battery 120 is substantially uncharged so as to provide a charging current to the battery 120. As shown in
The important feature of the fire wire buck converter is its soft start capability, meaning that the output voltage/current limit is slowly increased until it reaches its maximum. The soft start cap C131 is charged via internal current source. Without the external pull up resistor R48, the output voltage of the buck converter is going to change about 1.2 s/uF. With the additional pull up resistor and the soft start cap being 0.1 uF, the output voltage rise time is going to be much smaller, <15 ms.
In those situations shown in
Referring to
The switch over control circuitry is a very vital part of the system because it ensures a smooth transition from battery to fire wire power and the other way around. The switch over circuit ensures that the voltage on the main supply bus (net VCC_MAIN) doesn't drop below a minimum voltage, at which the reset circuit generates a reset.
The minimum VCC_MAIN voltage can be calculated as follows:
With the values inserted we obtain:
For this voltage, the buck regulator U17 behaves as a linear low drop out regulator and PFET Q5 is closed all the time.
The fire wire buck converter is going to be switched in/out when the voltage on net VCC_MAIN has risen/dropped above/below VVCC_MAIN,MIN. For this, the forward voltage drop VFW,D7 of isolation diode D7 has to be taken into account :
3.235V+0.55=3.785V (equ. 2.1.4b)
U18's comparator threshold is calculated as follows:
The minimum threshold is:
with R116=340K, R119=806K, VREF,U18=1.182V inserted in equ. 2.1.4d we get:
V TH,MIN,SWITCHOVER=3.85V<3.785 (see equ. 2.1.4b)->OK!
In one scenario shown in
Although only a few embodiments of the present invention have been described, it should be understood that the present invention may be embodied in many other specific forms without departing from the spirit or the scope of the present invention. Therefore, the present examples are to be considered as illustrative and not restrictive, and the invention is not to be limited to the details given herein, but may be modified within the scope of the appended claims along with their full scope of equivalents.
While this invention has been described in terms of a preferred embodiment, there are alterations, permutations, and equivalents that fall within the scope of this invention. It should also be noted that there are many alternative ways of implementing both the process and apparatus of the present invention. It is therefore intended that the invention be interpreted as including all such alterations, permutations, and equivalents as fall within the true spirit and scope of the present invention.
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