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|Application number
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|Sep 11, 2007
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|Sep 28, 2001
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|Sep 28, 2001
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|Larry D. Woodring
|Original Assignee
|At&T Bls Intellectual Property, Inc.
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|Patent Citations (102), Non-Patent Citations (47), Referenced by (34), Classifications (25), Legal Events (4)
|External Links: USPTO, USPTO Assignment, Espacenet
The present application is related to co-pending, commonly owned application of Larry D. Woodring, entitled "System and Methods for Recording and Providing Enhanced Caller Information in an Advanced Intelligent Network", U.S. application Ser. No. 09/964.392, filed concurrently herewith, and which is herein incorporated by reference in its entirety.
1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates generally to telecommunications systems, and more particularly, the present invention relates to caller identification systems.
2. Background of the Invention
"Caller-id" services such as calling number delivery (CND) and calling name delivery (CNAM) are well-known services implemented in Advanced Intelligent Networks ("AIN"). The implementation and operation of CND systems are described in Bellcore Specification TR-NWT-000031, Calling Number Delivery, which is incorporated herein by reference in its entirety. CNAM systems are described in Bellcore Specification TR-NWT-001188, Calling Name Delivery Generic Requirements, which is incorporated herein by reference in its entirety.
Caller-id services operate by providing a signal to a caller-id display device attached to a subscriber's telephone line. The device interprets the signal and displays or stores the information for future display to the subscriber. Conventional caller-id services are not available when the subscriber is away from the home or office. That is, subscribers typically cannot access the information stored by the caller-id device without being physically present to operate the device. Another problem with conventional caller-id services is the limited amount of information provided to subscribers. Caller-id devices and public switched telephone network (PSTN) systems that provide conventional caller-id services typically support only text messages. Moreover, the text messages are typically limited to fifteen text-based characters. Caller-id devices typically have only a limited amount of memory so as to make them inadequate for long-term record-keeping purposes.
Some in the art have sought to overcome some of these problems by designing computer-based software and hardware systems which are connected to the subscriber's telephone line. When an incoming call is received, the signal destined for the caller-id device is intercepted and the information can be input into a database to make a log of all inbound calls. These systems have been known to fail and result in the subscriber's telephone being tied up until the subscriber is made aware of the problem. Also, such end-user solutions do not take full advantage of multimedia resources available via modem communications networks.
Embodiments of the present invention comprise systems and methods for providing user profile information in conjunction with an enhanced caller information system. The methods include provisioning a trigger on a subscriber's telephone line at a service switching point (SSP) and receiving a call from a caller to the subscriber at the subscriber's SSP. In response to the trigger, the SSP sends a query to a service control point (SCP). Upon receiving the query, the SCP sends an information message to a server for delivery to the subscriber upon request. The information message may include, for example, calling number, calling name, caller's address, caller's location (for mobile callers), calling date, calling time, call length, call ending time, and the like. The information on the server can be cross-referenced with other useful information such as a map of the caller's address or location.
Systems embodying the present invention may include a trigger provisioned on a subscriber's telephone line at the subscriber's SSP. When the SSP receives a call for the subscriber, the call hits the trigger, causing the SSP to send a query to an SCP. The query includes calling party number information and called party number information. The SCP responds to the query in the usual manner (e.g., by providing calling name information, if available), and additionally, the SCP sends an information message to a server. The server stores the information received from the SCP and, upon request, provides the subscriber with enhanced caller-id information. The server may also be used to maintain long-term logs recording the subscriber's caller activity. Additionally, the subscriber may download caller information for use with other applications.
Embodiments of the present invention may also be implemented for wireless subscribers and/or wireless callers. Further, embodiments may include servers adapted for access via the worldwide web or other commonly used applications accessible via communications networks, such as, for example, the Internet. In another embodiment the server may be adapted to provide information to the subscriber via a wireless device. In another embodiment a subscriber may access the server via a telephone call and receive calling information via voice message.
Embodiments of the present invention allow users to submit profile information providing enhanced caller information that may be accessed by others during or after a telephone call. Embodiments of the present invention utilize AIN systems and data network servers to provide a server-based enhanced caller information service. The service enables subscribers to receive selected profile information in addition to standard calling number and calling name records for incoming calls. Examples of user profile information may include photos, links to personal web sites, images of business cards, or other multi-media content. By receiving such user profile information together with caller identification information, subscribers may be provided with a full range of detailed information and graphical images related to the calling party.
In embodiments of the present invention the server comprises a caller information application adapted or programmed to receive information from users and to provide the information to subscribers of the service in conjunction with caller information services. In exemplary embodiments of the present invention the server may be a web-server allowing subscribers to monitor their telephone records from any location from which access to the server is available. In other exemplary embodiments, the server may comprise, for example a mail server or a file transfer server, accessed by subscribers and users via client application programs installed on their local computer systems.
As used herein, the terms "caller" and "user" are both used to refer to a person, company, organization, or other entity that provides user profile information to be presented to a subscriber in conjunction with enhanced caller information according to the present invention. As used herein, "subscriber" refers to a person, company, organization, or other entity that receives user profile information in conjunction with enhanced caller information according to the present invention.
Caller 10 may setup his or her user profile to provide enhanced caller information to one or more called parties. That is, for example, the user profile may include one or more lists of full access called parties (identified, e.g., by a party's directory number (DN)), one or more lists of partial access called parties, and one or more lists of blocked access called parties. User 10 may include a default access level such that any called numbers not on any higher level list will receive only the default information which may comprise no information. For example, whenever caller 10 calls a party (i.e., dials the party's DN) on a full access list, the called party receives or may access all of user 10's profile information. In contrast when caller 10 calls a party on a different access list, the called party will only receive or access that material specifically allowed by user 10. Caller 10 may implement such multi-levels of access to control how much information is provided to called parties. This may be useful, for example, if user 10 include highly personal information in his or her profile.
When caller 10 uses telephone 11 to place a call to subscriber 20, caller-id device 23 may receive the calling name and/or calling number information as it would in conventional caller-id services. However, in addition to sending the information to caller-id device 23, AIN 30 also sends the information to server 40.
Server 40 may be accessible from any computers used by user 10 or subscriber 20, such as, for example, computer 15 (located at user 10's premises) or computer 24 (located at subscriber 20's premises). As shown in
Server 40 may optionally include access control systems to maintain the users' and subscribers' privacy. For example, server 40 may be programmed to verify user 10's identity and authorization prior to allowing the user profile information to be updated. Similarly, server 40 may be programmed to prompt subscriber 20 for a valid username and password or other security tokens before providing any information about callers to the subscriber's telephone line.
SCP 33 provides the calling name information to SSP 31, which in turn provides the information to caller-id device 23. As known in the art, the calling name and number could be marked as private by the caller in which case the caller-id information provided to device 23 is "unavailable." Further, as known in the art, the calling name may be indeterminate, in which case device 23 displays "unknown" for the calling name but may display the calling number. SCP 33 provides the information including, at least, the called party number and the calling number (if available) to server 40 to store in database 45 for access by subscriber 20.
Server 40 may combine information received from SCP 33 and the user profile information received from user 10 with other information to enhance the caller-id service. For example, server 40 may provide additional geographical information such as the postal zip code of the caller or the caller's county, state, or country. Such information may be compiled and stored in database 45 and cross-referenced with the calling number and calling name information as needed. Similarly, server 40 may rearrange the information according to the subscriber's display preferences. For example, server 40 may provide a sort option to display information according to the date/time of the calls, by calling party number, by calling name, by geographic location, by area code, or other criteria.
Server 40 may also provide detailed reports to subscriber 20 and present information in many formats. For example, a report may be provided to summarize the prior month's calls. Another report may provide a breakdown of calls, for example, by time of day, by calling number, or other criteria.
In another embodiment of the present invention, SCP 33 may provide follow-up information regarding incoming calls. For example, after a call has ended, SCP 33 may send a message to server 40 indicating the length of the call. SCP 33 may also provide detailed information such as the circuit and trunk id for the call. In an exemplary configuration of this embodiment, SCP 33 may respond to SSP 31's query in the usual manner and also issues a Monitor-for-Change query, or other suitable instruction, to SSP 31. In response to the instruction SSP 31 monitors subscriber line 22 for a change in status (such as the line becoming idle after a call has ended). When SSP 31 detects the change in status it reports the event to SCP 33. SCP 33 may use this information, in conjunction with the original query to compute a call duration. The call duration may then be included in an information message sent from SCP 33 to server 40.
In an alternative embodiment, the server may include text-to-speech functionality allowing the subscriber to retrieve suitable portions of the caller information using any telephone device.
In addition to providing detailed multi-media information to subscribers and near real-time views of incoming call information, the present invention provides a permanent or long-term log of all incoming call information in a database stored by the service provider. As described above, a subscriber may download this log onto a computer for historical or other uses. For example, a subscriber could use to the information to bill callers for the time spent on the telephone. Additionally, the caller information and historical log information could be integrated with other applications on the subscriber's computer, for example, address books, time-keeping logs, and the like. The information captured may be used in conjunction with existing web information services to create complete entries in address books such as those associated with email applications. Moreover, the information may be used to perform various business analyses such as geographic and demographic analysis of callers.
Servers used in embodiments of the present invention may include, e.g., web servers, email servers, file transfer protocol servers (FTP), and the like. Users and subscribers may use any suitable client or server application to access and receive data from the server.
The foregoing disclosure of the preferred embodiments of the present invention has been presented for purposes of illustration and description. It is not intended to be exhaustive or to limit the invention to the precise forms disclosed. Many variations and modifications of the embodiments described herein will be apparent to one of ordinary skill in the art in light of the above disclosure. The scope of the invention is to be defined only by the claims appended hereto, and by their equivalents.
Further, in describing representative embodiments of the present invention, the specification may have presented the method and/or process of the present invention as a particular sequence of steps. However, to the extent that the method or process does not rely on the particular order of steps set forth herein, the method or process should not be limited to the particular sequence of steps described. As one of ordinary skill in the art would appreciate, other sequences of steps may be possible. Therefore, the particular order of the steps set forth in the specification should not be construed as limitations on the claims. In addition, the claims directed to the method and/or process of the present invention should not be limited to the performance of their steps in the order written, and one skilled in the art can readily appreciate that the sequences may be varied and still remain within the spirit and scope of the present invention.
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Mike was in town only for the holidays and then was going back to the UK where he lived and worked. We had fucked a few days before Christmas and then I only saw him one other time before New Year's Eve. Our mutual friend invited us to a party but Mike had family to visit so he wasn't able to come along. I was noticeably down about this fact and spent most of the night nursing a rusty nail on the side of the lounge where everyone was partying.
As I sat there, my friend disappeared and almost like a scene out of movie, came back into the main room with Mike in tow. When I saw him my heart skipped a beat or two as he walked toward me. For a guy who had come out maybe a month earlier he did something very bold. He walked over to where I was sitting on the lounge sofa, leaned over, put his hand on the wall behind me, turned his head slightly and kissed me long and deep.
"Happy New Year babe" he said as he pulled away. Sitting with him made the night seem almost perfect and we ordered another drink to herald in the New Year. As the party dissipated we made our way through the snow that had been falling all day arriving at my place cold and using our bodies to warm each other up.
"Did you go out like a good boy and buy some rubbers cutie?" Mike asked as we went through the doors into the lobby. "Fuck, I completely forgot," I said to him averting my eyes and looking down to the floor feeling stupid and slutty. As the elevator doors closed, he pushed me against the back wall for the shortride up to the 5th floor and kissed me saying, "I was hoping you wouldn't ruin the fun by buying some." He giggled a bit and said, "Your ass was meant to be fucked natural."
He was looking just as sexy tonight wearing some well fitted Diesel jeans. Underneath he told me had on a surprise because in the course of our fuckfest the other night I had told him that I thought guys with his build and body hair looked sexy in a jock strap. Earlier that day he had gone to the mall downtown and bought a black CK jock with red band. As I undid his sexy jeans and tugged the denim down to his ankles his dick was already rock solid hard and poking out the top of the jock. I teased him saying "you need a bigger jock strap stud."
"I've been this hard since I kissed you at the lounge." I wanted to enjoy him in the jock for awhile and so he helped me out of my clothes and the two of us stood in my living room. Him in his jock and me in a new pair of JM boxer briefs that somehow made me feel horny everytime I wore them. I had gotten shit from my roommate over the last time Mike was over because in the heat of me being fucked like a whore for a solid 4 hours I had completely forgotten he was in the room next door. He was polite enough not to pound on the wall but did make a few snide comments about not needing to hear me begging for raw cock.
"Whoops" I thought. But tonight he was gone so we had the place to ourselves.
My apartment at the time was a two story corner unit with windows on two sides that overlooked downtown. At some point after we got home, we stood in the dining room with me in his arms and his hard dick pressing against my back looking out into the city with the snow falling. I turned around and kissed him and then slowly lowered myself to my knees with my head lined up perfectly with this massive bulge in the sexy jock strap. I ran my tongue up from his nuts through the fabric feeling him twitch as I licked my way to the band and then onto the helmet of his dick.
Precum was oozing down and I made some comment about him having saved me a nice snack. "I jerked off four times this morning dreaming about your ass on my dick" he said in response. That made me even hornier and I pulled the jock to the side. His fat dick fell downward and hit my face smacking me and splattering precum into my eye. I didn't waste anytime in licking up every drop I could and started to use my hands to jerk while I sucked him deep. He moved slightly so his butt crack was straddling the wall of the room divider and for a second I thought, "I better rim this fucker and see if he is versatile."
With him being the dom one though, I honestly to this day don't have a clue if he takes cock and don't care to find out. I kept pumping his dick into my mouth while he moaned and pushed my head onto his pole. Even though it was cold outside that night and we had walked 20 minutes, his ball sack hung down low and every time I slammed his dick into my throat his nuts swung from the momentum and slapped against my chin. With every downward motion I could taste his juice oozing out from his dick and it made me hornier and hornier as I worked to satisfy my friends former boyfriend and now my New Year's lover.
"Do you think your neighbours like the show?" "What" I asked and stood up to look out the dining room windows. Across the way on a terrace behind my building there was a group of partiers standing there obviously able to see us and gesturing with their hands and screaming something we couldn't hear. We had inadvertently put on a show for them all and Mike didn't seem to mind one bit.
I took his hand and led him upstairs. As we rounded the stairs he stopped me and pushed me downward to bend over on the stairs. "You sure your roommate is not home," he asked? "Positive" was my reply and as I bent over he pulled my briefs down to my ankles and got behind me to start licking my ass from behind. I held onto the railing bent over as Mike delicately flicked my pucker with his tongue. I tried to clench but it was useless. After sucking his long fat dick for awhile downstairs and knowing that he wanted my hole raw, there was no pretending that my ass was begging for it.
He lashed at my ass rimming me into oblivion and then started using his fingers to spread my cheeks wide open and get his tongue in even deeper. Kicking my briefs away from my ankles I repositioned myself so I could hold on better. "Spread your legs and show me that ass" he said.
Now with my feet pushing against either side of the carpeted stairs he tongue fucked me better than some guys have fucked me and I looked down the stairs between my legs to see my cock dripping precum without even touching it.
Upstairs in the bedroom we continued to kiss and lick each other's bodies and for whatever reason, tonight he really wanted to rim my ass. I didn'tmind one bit because not only is he talented with his dick, he knew how to get a boy's ass to open up with just the slightest touch, and as he moistened the flesh around my ass his breath would send a shiver through my body as the wetness cooled it off. I don't think I was so brazen as to beg for dick but I know that after awhile I was straddling him with my poppers in hand as he lubed up his cock and rubbed the shaft in between my cheeks.
After 4 big hits of the poppers, I stood up and slowly slid down the length of his dick but this time I felt it at the top end and I winced as he hit rock bottom deep inside me. I guess the position of being on top like this was slightly different but it didn't seem like he was going to go through the top. But it didn't really matter because just rocking back and forth on this telephone pole of a dick was feeling so good. When I would lean forward his snake dick would slide out of my hole and then I would rock back down onto it with each time the movement becoming faster and faster.
I took his hands in mine and used them to lean against and started to furiously fuck myself as deeply as I could take it and he just lay there letting me use his gorgeous body and huge dick as my personal dildo. He let go of my hands and put his hands on my hips motioning for me to move onto my side.
I laid down on my side and grabbed my free leg and pulled it straight into the air. With his free hand he guided the head of his cock to my hole and slid back inside and started to screw me from the side which was an altogether new sensation from this stud.
In this position like me on top he wasn't able to pop through the top of my ass but his cock felt so good and as he held my leg and supported his own body, his abs tightened up beautifully and his arms flexed as he thrust into me. "Could you taste your ass when I kissed you" he asked as one long stroke slammed into my butt.
Like the first night we made love, I took dick in every imaginable position including in the shower after he blew the first of three loads that night. I had been taking a pounding on my stomach and slowly got pushed off the bed. Using my hands to stop me from falling completely to the floor he grunted and pumped the first load of the night into my guts. "shower?"he asked as we got back onto the bed? In the shower he got hard again and bent me over to fuck me again and with the hot water running over our exhausted bodies he dumped the second load into my piggy ass.
Towelling off I foolishly thought we would lay down and go to sleep because I noticed that is was almost 4am and I know I was still tired from 3 nights before with him. "Would you like some water" I asked as I made my way down the stairs to the kitchen? He followed me and before either of us had a drink of water, I was laying on the couch with my legs in the air and him slamming into me yet again with a pool of spit and lube soaking the sofa.
While bent over the couch taking a pounding from him much later on he groaned and spurted the last load of the evening into my well fucked cunt. We didn't even bother to go upstairs to bed but instead fell asleep with a blanket on the couch in each other's arms. We should have gone up because when we woke up at 11 that morning and I sat on his lap to get some more dick in me, my roomie came home and blew a fit over the scene.
If my roomie at the time hadn't been such a tool it would have been a hot thought to be tag teamed by Mike and him but I just grabbed the blanket and said "Could you go to your room for a few minutes?" Giggling like little girls we ran upstairs to my room while my roomie who obviously didn't get laid last night banged shit around in his room.
We were able to fuck for another hour before he had to go. I lost count of how many times he came in the end but it was at least 4 times and all of it was in my ass. I didn't even get a taste this time but I liked knowing that his seed was in me deep.
I had an early dinner at some friend's house and didn't have the time to clean out so as I sat there at the table eating I was keenly aware of cum oozing its way from my ass. Everytime I would get up to take a piss there would be a puddle of wet cum in my briefs and standing there pissing into the toilet, I couldn't help but take a taste once reminding myself of how tasty it was. Mike and I tried to connect again before he left but it never happened and it would be almost another 7 years before Mike and I met again. By then, things had changed. It was in Dubai as I was making my way home from Afghanistan.
Sadly, it would be awhile before I had another Daddy dick like that in me.

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CHARLOTTESVILLE, VA. -- Part 2 of the NBPA Top 100 Camp recap breaks down the statistical assist leaders and other standout performers.
Assist leaders
Kendall Marshall, 6-4 PG, 5.0 apg
2010, Arlington, Va./Bishop O'Connell, North Carolina commit
Marshall did a very good job locating open teammates, willingly giving the ball up to them in position to score. Although he does not have great quickness, Marshall has good size for the point guard spot and needs to use this size more effectively by putting smaller, quicker point guards on his hip and backing them down instead of trying to dribble past them. He also plays too upright, which allows smaller guards to get under him and bother him. Once he gets sped up by smaller guards, Marshall has a tendency to leave his feet for passes and get caught in the air without options.
C.J. Harris, 6-2 PG, 4.0 apg
2009, Winston-Salem, N.C./Mount Tabor
Harris has good quickness and hits open teammates for layups, especially in transition. He will have to improve his decision-making and harness his abilities; he has a tendency to sometimes get out of control. Harris will become an even more effective passer once he improves his jumper, which will make teams have to honor him a viable offensive threat in addition to a passer.
Junior Cadougan, 6-1 PG, 3.9 apg
2009, Humble, Texas/Christian Life Center
Cadougan aggressively attacks the rim off the bounce and looks to hit open teammates off penetration. His thick body and good quickness make him tough for opponents to cover. He will have to work on his conditioning, resculpt his body and improve his decision-making for the next level. Cadougan can become an even better passer if he alleviates his tendency to over-penetrate, which gets him in trouble. He plays very similar to former UConn point guard Khalid El-Amin.
Phil Pressey, 5-9 PG, 3.8 apg
2010, Ashburnham, Mass./Cushing Academy
Pressey uses his small stature to his advantage by getting under point guards and pestering them into turnovers. Once in the open court, he swiftly pushes the ball up the court and finds open teammates for layups. Pressey also has the ability to break down defenders in the half court and either pass to bigs in the lane or kick out to guards on the perimeter for jumpers. Once in the lane, he will have to cut down on his tendency to shoot wild, difficult layup attempts.
Eric Bledsoe, 6-1 PG, 3.6 apg
2009, Birmingham, Ala./Hayes
Bledsoe has good quickness and strength, which allows him to easily penetrate to the paint and hit open teammates. He does a good job of processing off the pick-and-roll, correctly deciding if he should score himself or finding bigs rolling to the rim or popping out for jumpers. Bledsoe has a tendency to overlook easy passes in his effort to make the spectacular play, which he will have to improve for the next level.
Other Standout Performers
Harrison Barnes, SG/SF 6-6
2010, Ames, Iowa
Barnes has explosive leaping ability and good quickness, making him a very tough offensive player to handle. He has good range on his jump shot, easily connecting on 3-pointers. He can also get to the rim and use his leaping ability to finish in the paint. For the next level, Barnes will have to add a midrange, pull-up jumper to his arsenal, which would cause defenses fits given the fact he will elevate right over most defenders. He says he has offers from: Iowa State, Iowa, Indiana, USC, Kansas, Texas, Maryland, Oklahoma, Minnesota and TCU.
Karron Johnson, 6-8 Combo-Forward
2009, Durham, N.C./Mount Zion Christian
Johnson has great athleticism and leaping ability, often finishing above the rim with ease. He has the ability to create off the dribble and hit the pull-up jumper, but he needs to improve his jump shot consistency. He also has a tendency to try to do too much with the ball in his hands and needs to exercise better shot selection. His demeanor toward coaches was worrisome, as he was insubordinate once or twice when he was taken out of the game. Overall though, Johnson's aggressive nature makes him very tough to defend.
Brandon Knight, 6-3 PG
2010, Fort Lauderdale/Pine Crest
Knight displayed maturity beyond his years, leading his team vocally as well as through effort and example. Though thin, Knight does not shy away from the paint and uses his good quickness to get into the paint. Once at the rim Knight can finish, but he sometimes struggled in the paint. He will remedy this problem by adding strength. He shot the ball of the dribble well, especially in transition. Knight came up short when he missed jumpers due in large part to his tendency to not finish his jumpers by dropping his hands quickly on the shot. Knight has a great motor and gets a number of buckets in transition due to his hustle and energy.
C.J. Leslie, 6-7 Combo-Forward
2010, Raleigh, N.C./Word of God, N.C. State commit
Leslie has lively legs, electric athleticism and leaping ability, all of which make him a great offensive rebounder and shot blocker. His second jump also allows him to get to offensive rebounds quicker than many opposing interior players. Leslie has the speed and quickness necessary to get out in transition and frequently finishes above the rim on the break. Leslie will have to improve his jump shot range and accuracy in addition to his ballhandling skills to see more time on the perimeter.
Trent Lockett, 6-5 SG
2009, Minnetonka, Minn./Hopkins, Arizona State commit
Lockett has good athleticism and a quick first step, which makes him a very good off-the-dribble offensive scoring threat. He has the leaping ability to finish at the rim, but he can also elevate over defenders for jumpers in the mid-range, Lockett also plays good defense, and any team loves a two-way player.
Damon Powell, 6-6 SF
2009, Oakland, Calif./McClymonds
Powell possesses off-the-charts leaping ability and athleticism. He also has a never-ending motor and competes with fire and intensity on both ends of the court. His athletic ability allows him to guard almost anyone on the court. His intensity and desire can sometimes get the best of him and make him commit unnecessary fouls, but you do not want to take that intensity away from him and limit his effectiveness. Powell has quick leaping ability which makes him a great offensive rebounder and incredible weak-side shot blocker. He gets unbelievable lift on his jumper -- almost too much -- and he ends up releasing his shot on the way down. He also sometimes drops his hand instead of holding his follow-through on his jumper. His aggressive style of play and athleticism makes him favorably compare to former Virginia Tech G/F Deron Washington, though Powell will have stronger body in college than Washington did. Powell has a huge amount of upside and has interest from schools such as Fresno State, San Francisco, Kentucky and Stanford.
Josh Selby, 6-2 PG
2010, Hyattsville, Md./DeMatha
Selby has great scoring ability and has the quickness to get anywhere he wants with the dribble. He aggressively breaks down defenses and gets in the lane at will for layins at the rim. Selby can hit from the perimeter, though he needs to improve in this area. His exceptional scoring ability tends to cause Selby to hunt down shots as opposed to creating scoring opportunities for others. As Selby matures, he will have to pass the ball a little more and understand that if he involves teammates, he will have easier scoring chances.
Tristan Thompson, 6-8 Combo-Forward
2010, Newark, N.J./St. Benedict's, Texas commit
Thompson has great length and leaping ability, making him a tough cover for slower, bigger defenders that come out on the perimeter to guard him. He also has great hang-time and body control, allowing him to convert on some very difficult shots in the paint. Thompson has a very raw offensive game and will have to smooth out his jumper, though he has a nice, high release which makes his jumper extremely difficult to block given his length and leaping ability. He also has to improve his ballhandling and add more strength as stronger, more physical defenders sometimes give him problems.
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I Came to the health centre with my husband, he wanted me there.
He had a scan and took sample, the staff were good at that point, then when I went in to the consultant room with him, the consultant looked at me and said, who are you?...friend?.... I said his wife,...I am afraid I did not like the attitude of the consultant....of course I was his wife....it was clear they were not impressed that I was there.....
then my Husband had to have an examination, which he wanted me to be there for, the helper only pulled the curtain across slightly, and said you wont be shocked so I will leave it there, I said yes that's fine.....but then the consultant gets up, drags the curtain totally in front of me so that I cant see......I was absolutely livid.....they were so rude..... my husband wanted me there and to see what was going on, this consultant just did not want me there..... I am not impressed.


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Issue No. 05 - September/October (2008 vol. 28)
pp: 22-36
DOI Bookmark: http://doi.ieeecomputersociety.org/10.1109/MM.2008.76
Ahmed Louri , University of Arizona
Avinash Karanth Kodi , Ohio University
Although CAD tools have significantly assisted electronic system simulation, the system-level optoelectronics modeling field has lagged behind due to a lack of simulation methodologies and tools. Optisim, a system-level modeling and simulation methodology of optical interconnects for HPC systems, can provide computer architects, designers, and researchers with a highly optimized, efficient, and accurate discrete-event environment to test various HPC systems.
high-performance computing, optical interconnects, modeling and simulation
Ahmed Louri, Avinash Karanth Kodi, "Optisim: A System Simulation Methodology for Optically Interconnected HPC Systems", IEEE Micro, vol. 28, no. , pp. 22-36, September/October 2008, doi:10.1109/MM.2008.76


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As someone who has always been terrified of needles, I have always dreaded blood tests and unfortunately I became very ill which requires regular blood tests. Doctors have always struggled to get blood from me as I have very very deep viens and I usually end up being stabbed multiple time before we get any luck, often leaving me with lots of bruising. However there is an absolute super woman down at the lister hospital in Stevenage! Her name is Latifa (otherwise known as the blood fairy) and she wears a head scarf, she is one of the most kind and gentle ladies I've ever met. She has always managed to get my blood first time and I never even feel it. She is absolutely Incredible, always keeps me talking and keeps my mind off of it. It may not seem important to other people, but she really makes me feel much more at ease during what can be a very stressful situation. She even offers to come down each time I go as she has told me to request her. She's been doing this job for many many years and definitely deserves some serious praise! ! Thankyou!
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Patatas a Lo Pobre (Modification on a Traditional Spanish Dish,
Recipe by Samuel Holden
My Brother in law and his girlfriend, love these--as does my BF, and everyone else that's tried them. It's not really patatas a lo pobre, they have chorizo sausage and things in them. I use more spices!
Top Review by canarygirl
Fabulous Sam! I am a huge fan of these potatoes, and the seasonings were just right! I do miss getting the chorizos here in the States, and I used "pimentón choricero" to give it that bit of smokey-ness. The instructions were clear and easy to follow--this one's a keeper!
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Ingredients Nutrition
- 3 green peppers, in small pieces
- 1 (7 1/4 ounce) jar red peppers (in oil with garlic ( if you can't get these please see my recipe)
- 2 medium tomatoes (peeled... make a cross at the top and the bottom, toss into boiling water for 2 minutes and plunge i)
- 1 cup water
- 1 tablespoon vinegar
- 1 teaspoon brown sugar
- 1 tablespoon soy sauce
- 4 medium potatoes, medium chunks
- 2 large onions, in small chunks
- 1 head garlic (the whole bulb, yes...the whole thing!)
- 1 red chili pepper (usually dry, use more if you have a cold, or like it hot!... I use 2 if its for me and 0 if my BF is)
- cayenne pepper
- Tabasco sauce
- pepper
- salt
- 1⁄4 cup olive oil
- oil (for deep frying)
- water, for boiling (stock is best, but water will do)
- crunchy bread (for mopping up)
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- Cut potatoes into smallish chunks and boil them for 4 or 5 minutes in salted water, they should be very firm and only slightly cooked.
- Drain the potatoes and rinse with COLD water.
- Heat frying oil to 160ºC and fry for 5-6 minutes, or until they are cooked, not crispy.
- Turn heat up to 190ºC and fry until golden and crunchy.
- In a deep skillet with a good lid (I use a wok) heat the olive oil.
- Fry onions until they have wilted on a high heat, then turn down the heat and cover.
- Peel your garlic (bash it with the flat of a good kitchen knife and "top 'n' tail") and chop into smallish pieces (if you're going to serve this to kids put it through a food processor, if you like garlic just cut it into rounds).
- Add to the onions and turn the heat up again.
- Chop your red chili pepper very, very carefully into really tiny pieces; add to the pan and WASH YOUR HANDS!
- I mean it!
- Go wash 'em and then come back!
- Throw in your peppers and your spices, you'll have to experiment with this, because I love my papas to be real spicy, I add about 2 tsp Tabasco, a good Tbsp pepper and then a liberal amount of cayenne to give that extra colour and flavour.
- Mix the water, soy sauce, vinegar and sugar and stir into the pan.
- Reduce for a bit, you should end up with something thick and gooey that looks unappetizing, sort of chutney consistency.
- Cut up your tomatoes into eighths and put into the mixture.
- They WILL disintegrate.
- Just before serving, and I do mean just, toss the potatoes in this jam/chutney you have just made.
- It looks, ummm, not too pleasant, but it tastes great.
- If you have left overs, refrigerate and then when you want to use it shape them into a sort of "patty" by mashing the potatoes a bit, then either fry in oil or "dry-fry" them in a large pan.


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Craig Bierko had a good life in Los Angeles. He had been working steadily as an actor for the last decade. He had a nice house in Hancock Park and cruised the freeways in his Jeep. Boyishly handsome, 6 foot 4, with thick hair and green eyes, Mr. Bierko was socially in demand and found the hardest part of working on a set was the waiting around.
But something was missing. Perhaps it was that he was doing guest appearances on popular television shows like ''Ally McBeal'' and ''Mad About You'' without landing a star vehicle of his own. But Mr. Bierko says it was something deeper than that: at 35 -- corny as it may sound -- he wanted to do more than coast through the rest of his career.
So he raised his hand for the role of Harold Hill in the Broadway revival of Meredith Willson's ''Music Man.'' And somewhat incredibly he won the part, even though the producers originally wanted a more bankable star like Steve Martin, Matthew Broderick or Alec Baldwin.
Now Mr. Bierko is performing night after night on Broadway and has won a Tony nomination (losing to Brian Stokes Mitchell of ''Kiss Me, Kate''). Though critics have said that he reminds them of Robert Preston, who originated the role in 1957 -- indeed there are times when Mr. Bierko seems to be eerily channeling the voice of his predecessor, it is so similar -- the critics agree that he has brought his own winning charm to the role of the slick but disarming traveling salesman.
Mr. Bierko ''steps into Preston's long shadow with remarkable assurance,'' Ben Brantley wrote in The New York Times. ''At times he seems to be patterning his gestures and inflections too closely on his famous predecessor. But he has a gleaming impishness of his own.''Continue reading the main story
Inexperience notwithstanding, Mr. Bierko has also apparently won over his fellow cast members.
''All the ladies love Craig,'' said Susan Stroman, director and choreographer of the revival. He has also passed muster with stage veterans like his co-star Rebecca Luker, who has been on Broadway four times before.
''He's so consistent,'' she said. ''He's right there with me every night.''
Before he could attempt this role, Mr. Bierko said, he got to the point where he believed he could survive falling on his face. He has not read his reviews, he said, so he does not wholly realize just how fine things turned out.
He said the experience had proved to be precisely the ''something more'' he had been craving. He is working harder than ever before. He has no social life. And he has never been happier.
''I didn't realize how thirsty I was for a life like this,'' he said.
Still, the adjustment has been profound. ''I wasn't psychologically prepared for what it means to do previews at the same time that you're rehearsing eight hours a day, then promote the show after you open,'' he said. ''I didn't know what it meant to buckle down and really learn to dance. It's an entirely new world of discipline for me.''
Mr. Bierko said the process of mastering this role had had a maturing effect on him. ''I finally felt like I was older than 18 for some reason,'' he said. ''Grown-upness kicked in. I now have to clean up. Up until now it was adorable to keep dishes in the sink.''
Though he had not performed onstage since he appeared in a revival of ''The Boys From Syracuse'' in Los Angeles in 1989, Mr. Bierko said he was not nervous about being on Broadway for the first time. He credited this calm to Ms. Stroman, who he said taught him his huge part one small bit at a time and made rehearsals feel safe.
''Rather than creating a relationship where I was constantly trying to prove something to her, where I felt like I was still auditioning even after I had the role, she would light a fire,'' he said. ''She inspired me. I wanted to come in and learn all this stuff.''
Ms. Stroman said her leading man came in with no Hollywood attitude, that he was ready to make a fool of himself if necessary.
''He has a fearless personality,'' she said. ''He was very willing to learn how to twirl the baton, though the first day, he clipped his eye and was bleeding.''
Mr. Bierko was not entirely new to the stage; he grew up around it because his parents ran the Harrison Players community theater near Rye Brook, N.Y., their hometown. As a boy he helped out with menial chores there. His mother, who worked for Dolce International, a hotel and conference center company, and his father, a traveling salesman, divorced when he was 10.
At Northwestern University he studied theater, appearing in plays like ''The Threepenny Opera'' and ''Twelfth Night.'' But he also studied film and television, and when he graduated, the glamour and sprawl of Los Angeles beckoned.
''I'm a weird freak who actually likes to drive, so it's a perfect city for me,'' he said. ''It was a lifestyle choice.''
His film roles have ranged from the villain in ''The Long Kiss Goodnight'' to a comedic turn in ''Sour Grapes'' and a part in the virtual-reality thriller ''The 13th Floor.''
''I like the things that I've done, I like the choices I've made,'' Mr. Bierko said. ''But suddenly I developed a hunger to learn other things. I felt I was beginning to fall into a groove in L.A.''
Ms. Stroman said: ''He studied in school but went west instead of east. Thank goodness he's finally come east because we need him here on Broadway. We don't have leading men like Craig Bierko.''
Mr. Bierko said he had grown up loving the 1962 movie version of ''The Music Man'' and Mr. Preston's performance in it, but that he was doing his own version of the role.
''I think he kind of haunts this performance a little bit,'' he said. ''But I didn't purposely try to recreate his performance. Rather than try to copy him or go out of my way to disregard everything he did, I was just going to try to honor his performance.''
As much as hard work has sobered and intensified his outlook, Mr. Bierko said, perhaps the most lasting impact of his ''Music Man'' experience has been watching firsthand how Ms. Stroman created a work of such buoyancy even as she was weathering the loss of her husband, the director Mike Ockrent, to cancer in December.
''The way she navigates her way through her life right now and pulls so much beauty from the darkness: it's been an amazing lesson in keeping things in perspective and trying to achieve some kind of balance,'' Mr. Bierko said. ''She's dealing with the unspeakable grief of losing the love of her life and finding solace in the work. What that is teaching me nothing can take away.''
''It saves her, her work saves her,'' he continued. ''And it's not an escape. It's a true healing experience. Some people are workaholics, and some dive into work with their souls and heal themselves. And that's what I've watched her do.''
Mr. Bierko said he believed that Ms. Stroman's loss had added a darker side to the show than it had before, and that the searching quality of both Harold Hill and Marian the librarian, who ultimately find companionship in each other, is more pronounced in this production.
''I think there is something in what Susan is going through right now that is very attached to that sense of loneliness,'' he said. ''She's living it every minute. It's the perfect example of grabbing something joyful out of something horrendous.
''That's a long journey from trying to get a sitcom deal together. I feel like I've beheld something majestic.''Continue reading the main story


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"Twinkle, twinkle, little star, /How I wonder what you …."
Your mind automatically filled in the blank with the word "are," right? The rhyme is irresistible. And Jane Taylor's poem "The Star" (public domain) is so often sung as a lullaby that many of us have known it by heart it since we were children. My copy of this poem is in a tattered old book called "Poems to Read to the Very Young." I treasure this thin volume because it carries cozy memories of my mother reading from it to me at bedtime.
The next two lines are magical: "Up above the world so high, / Like a diamond in the …."
You probably would finish the line with the word "sky" even if you had never actually heard the poem before. Not only is it the logical word to finish the sentence, but it also rhymes with 'high,' so it satisfies our ears.
Rhymes are pleasing to the ear and to the mind.
Lyrics of popular songs rhyme. Advertisers use rhyme to make their jingles unforgettable. The stories of our heroes, says Gina Kolata, "are often relayed in rhymes. The first patriot Americans remember is usually Paul Revere: 'One if by land, two if by sea. And I on the opposite shore will be.' In the Vietnam era, rhymes of protest became devastating taunts: 'Hey, hey, L.B.J., how many kids did you kill today?'" (from "Rhyme's Reasons: Linking Thinking to Train the Brain," nytimes.com)
Teachers use rhymes to help students remember important information: "ABCDEFG rhymes with HIJKLMNOP." Rhymes can also make it easier for children to remember what is expected of them. At school, I overhear teachers clapping in rhythm to get their students' attention: "Clap, clap! Clap, clap, clap!" The kids respond in unison: "One, two! Eyes on you!" This simple strategy works because kids delight to shout out the rhyme.
Rhymes are also a way to help kids become better readers.
One of the interventions that Reading Corps uses to help young readers get a stronger grasp on the way language works is a rhyming activity. Earlier today I sat with a first-grader asking her to tell me which two words rhymed out of a group of three words. For example, I would say, "Which of these two words sound alike? Duck. Cow. Truck." The ability to distinguish sounds is called phonemic awareness, and it's a crucial skill for beginning readers.
How can you help young children increase their phonemic awareness? Read them books with rhyming words. Doctor Seuss is a good choice. So are nursery rhymes.
"Experts in literacy and child development have discovered that if children know eight nursery rhymes by heart by the time they're four years old, they're usually among the best readers by the time they're eight (Fox, M., 2001, Reading Magic, quoted on kbyueleven.org).
As you spend time with family this holiday season, consider reading some poems aloud. Even if children don't understand all the words, they'll enjoy the rhymes. And exposure to rich vocabulary will help them become better readers. You can find some poems to share at familyfriendpoems.com/poems/famous/children.
Rhymes are fun for everyone, so share some poems in your homes
"Twinkle, twinkle, little star, /How I wonder what you …."


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Wednesday, June 5, 2013
Strawberry Picking at Eckerts
Last Sunday, we decided to go to Eckerts for some strawberry picking. We go every year, but with the cool and rainy Spring weather... and with all of the end of the year activities, we almost didn't think we would make it there this year! I decided to cram in a trip on Sunday before Nathan's friend's birthday party and Autumns dance rehearsal. Hectic, yes, but totally worth it.
Every year, Nathan has to have his photo by this old red truck with the flat tire.
And, they're off! Here goes Autumn, dressed all cute (for now) with her empty crate in search for red and juicy strawberries.
Picking their berries. There was a little competition going on between them (of course) on who could find the biggest berries and who could fill up their crate the fattest. Sigh. Siblings!
Holding a strawberry by its tiny little stem
Autumn picked me this tiny little daisy. They both love to pick flowers for their Momma!
Holding their crates... aren't they getting full?!! (Yeah, and once they get TOO full, I land up holding them!)
And, when I am holding the crate... that is when Nathan thinks he can throw the strawberries in! Uhh, no, no! Let's not squish the strawberries!
Poor Nathan tripped and his berries went flying. Poor boy, I had to help him pick them up. He was so worried we'd miss one and leave it behind!
Autumn's precious little hands holding some berries. I remember last year these little hands were much smaller.
Not bad for group photos! I cherish these every year and always look back on them to see how much everyone has grown.
Its funny how time changes things... last year the kids sampled the strawberries without hesitation. This year they told me they wouldn't try them until we got them home and washed them! lol! I got Nathan to try ONE strawberry and I finally got Autumn to try one and then she had 20 more! She couldn't stop!
I LOVE this photo. Every year Autumn falls in the mud... every.single.year. This year, I thought... wow, its not going to happen, she's old enough to not slip easily or fall... or want to jump in a puddle. But, NOPES. I was wrong. She sat in a big mud puddle at the very end. Ahhh. My laundry stain pile never goes away, but this photo will always give me precious memories.
Wagon ride
After paying for our strawberries, we went and got ice cream and then let the kids play on this old tractor. I even put the one of Brian with them on Eckert's Instagram page to try to win a dinner for two! Wish us luck!


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Room Description
Non Ac Super Deluxe Room
Room Amenities
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Offering free internet accessibility to its guests, Garden Cottage and Lawn is located at a distance of 4 km from Mahabaleshwar Bus Station and 2 km from Lingmala Waterfall This property in Mahabhaleshwar houses its guests in 8 spacious rooms. These rooms are equipped with air-conditioner, bottled drinking water, makeup mirror, separate sitting area and an attached bathroom with supply of hot/cold running water.
No of floors: 2 | No of rooms: 15
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How often have you been browsing a website only for it to finish loading, and regardless of where you click, loads an advert in a separate window? The main difference between this type of advert and the traditional pop-up is that these often load underneath the active browser window, only rearing their ugly heads once you've finished browsing. These aren't pop-ups, but pop-unders.
As a browser, Chrome Google Chrome - A Fantastic Replacement For Mobile Safari [iOS] Google Chrome - A Fantastic Replacement For Mobile Safari [iOS] Do you use Chrome on your computer to browse the web? A lot of people do, as it is one of the most popular web browsers out there. It runs fast, and it offers a... Read More has long been effective at killing pop-ups but not pop-unders. Poper Blocker is an extension for Chrome which promises to finally kill pop-unders in a similar way to how the browser itself kills pop-ups. By default whenever a pop-under appears, the extension displays a notification with the option of displaying it in case it is something you want to see.
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A simple optical method for determination of crystallographic orientations ±x, ±y, and ±z in photorefractive crystals based on light amplification via backward two-wave mixing (TWM) is presented. We consider a photorefractive Fe-doped lithium niobate crystal (LiNbO3:Fe) with a standard x–y–z cut as an example to illustrate the principle, manipulation, and experimental results of this method in detail. Also we see that the direction of the light amplification, namely, the direction of the nonreciprocal steady-state energy transfer, strongly depends on the direction of the grating vector with respect to the corresponding crystallographic axes mainly under the diffusion mechanism. Finally, a way of determining the sign of the charge carriers in photorefractive materials is proposed.
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