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Talk About Rivalry
The Chicago White Sox have been able to take advantage of strong starting pitching during their current winning stretch. The Chicago Cubs, meanwhile, have been suffering due to a shaky bullpen.
The crosstown rivals face off for the start of their three-game series at Wrigley Field on Friday.
The White Sox (20-17) are 8-3 over their last 11 games, and took two of three from the New York Yankees.
Oddsmakers have made Chicago Cubs -135 money line favorites (MLB Odds) for todays game, the over/under has been set at 10ev total runs (Matchup). Our public betting information shows that 74% of bets for this game have been placed on Chicago White Sox +125 (View MLB Bet Percentages).
The teams split a doubleheader on Wednesday before Chicago closed out the set with a 4-1 win on Thursday to win its fourth consecutive series.
Jermaine Dye, who entered the series batting just .203, had all four RBIs on Thursday. With the White Sox batting just .222 collectively, he is just one of many struggling hitters.
"Sooner or later offensively we're going to come out of it," Dye said. "We've got too many good players in this clubhouse to not do that."
The pitching has done its best to compensate for the lack of hitting. The starters are 6-2 with a 2.61 ERA in their last 11 starts, all of which lasted at least six innings.
The Chicago Cubs (18-21) haven't had the same luxury. During the team's current 3-7 stretch, the starters haven't made it out of the sixth inning on four occasions and when they do, it hasn't always been to good results. The Cubs have blown four saves in their last 10 games, and the bullpen has a 6.83 ERA during that stretch.
Two of the blown saves came during their recent four-game series with the New York Mets.
The Cubs dropped the final two games of that series, including Thursday's 6-5 loss, after splitting the first two. Ryan Dempster earned the loss after failing to protect a 5-1 lead in the ninth. Scott Eyre was charged with the blown save after inheriting a 5-3 lead from Dempster with the bases loaded.
"I just lost the game. There's not much to say," said Dempster, whose five runs allowed matched his total from his first 16 appearances. "It's tough for the other guys to clean up my garbage."
The Cubs will send Ted Lilly (3-2, 2.53 ERA) to the mound to start the series. Lilly allowed one run and three hits over eight innings on Sunday against the Philadelphia Phillies in a 4-1 win.
Lilly spent most of his career in the AL, pitching with the New York Yankees, Oakland Athletics and Toronto Blue Jays before coming to the Cubs. The left-hander is 4-2 with a 6.64 ERA in eight starts against the White Sox.
The White Sox will counter with Mark Buehrle (2-1, 3.61 ), who is making his fourth attempt for his 100th career victory. The left-hander gave up four runs and seven hits against Kansas City last Saturday, but he did not receive a decision in the White Sox win.
Buehrle is 3-3 with a 5.63 ERA in seven starts against the Cubs. He'll be throwing to backup catcher Toby Hall, who will start on Friday instead of A.J. Pierzynski.
Hall, who dislocated his right shoulder during a spring training game, has been on a rehab assignment after being placed on the disabled list on April 1.
The White Sox have a 29-25 advantage over the Cubs since interleague play began in 1997, and they are 13-14 at Wrigley Field. They have won four of the last six games play there the last two seasons.
"I enjoy playing the Cubs, no doubt about it," White Sox manager Ozzie Guillen said, reiterating that he's no fan of Wrigley Field except for the field itself and the excitement it creates. "I love to play there as soon as the national anthem starts. It's great, it's awesome."
This will be Cubs manager Lou Piniella's first time experiencing the rivalry.
"The fans are probably ready for it in Chicago," Piniella told the Cubs' official Web site. "There's a lot of excitement, bragging rights."
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William Morris Endeavor has bought a minority stake in Droga5, an advertising agency that counts Coca-Cola, American Express and Motorola as clients, the agency announced Thursday. Terms of the deal were not disclosed, but individuals with knowledge of the deal described it as a significant minority investment.
The deal will connect Droga5's client of top brands with WME's client base of filmmakers, actors, musicians and athletes like Lady Gaga and Dwayne Johnson. The idea is that stars could get involved with brands at an early stage in an advertising campaign to find out how the two could work together.
Brands often know what they want in their campaign by the time WME can pitch its clients, so this gives WME an earlier look at what's coming through the pipeline.
Also read: WME, Kleiner Perkins Lead $8M Investment Round in Social Video Start-up Chill
One example of what WME would be intersted in is Droga5's campaign for Jay-Z's memoir "Decoded." The agency launched a marketing campaign mixing traditional advertising with mobile apps, an interactive game and corporate partners like Bing.
"Droga5 is best-in-class across the board — from its management to its creative output," WME co-CEOs Patrick Whitesell and Ariel Emanuel said in a statement. "Through this investment, we will be able to join the best artists and storytellers from all verticals, and we look forward to creating new opportunities for our collective clients."
WME has previously made a series of strategic investments in companies such as the Raine investment group and the new production company of "South Park" creators Trey Parker and Matt Stone. Droga5, which was named Adweek's U.S. Agency of the Year in 2012, will continue to operate as an independent company with the same management structure in place.
"Droga5 has always endeavored to be the most influential creative agency in the business, with ideas that move our clients and our industry forward," David Droga, Founder and Creative Chairman of Droga5, said in a statement. "This partnership will exponentially accelerate our ability to realize that ambition."

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Welcome to the Fevered Hearts Series page. I hope you enjoy these stories set in my paranormal world.
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The white man blamed the Indians saying they used their mojo on them.
The Indians blamed the white man saying they angered the spirits.
The survivors know it doesn't matter.
Meet the fevered hearts, the men and women who survived spirit fever. Forever changed, these are their stories.
Marshal of Hel Dorado
Book 1
Meet Sam Kane. The oldest brother, the steadfast son, the confidant marshal – he's never met a problem to hot to handle.
Brave Are the Lonely
Book 2
Meet Cody. Wolf brother, wild cowboy, wicked lover – he's never met a woman who can handle him.
Micah & Mrs. Miller
Book 3
Meet Micah Kane. The second son, the helpful one, the protector of those he loves. He's never met a challenge he couldn't overcome.
A Fistful of Dreams
Book 4
Meet Buck. Spirit brother, dream walker, shaman's son—he's never been at the mercy of his abilities nor hungered for violence…until her.
Raising Kane
Book 5
Meet Kid Kane. The youngest brother, the passionate one, the one who lives with his soul exposed—he's never met a woman he can't seduce.
Book 6
Meet Jason Kane. The third son, the secretive one, the keeper of lies—he's driven by personal demons he can't outrun. A man on a mission, he wants what he can never have…
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The Quick and Fevered
Book 7
Meet Jimmy. Quiet brother, sharp shooter, dangerous one—to save his family he must leave them and undertake a mission where the only certainty is death.
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Movies & TV / Columns
Nether Regions 09.28.10: The Cook The Thief His Wife & Her Lover
Nether Regions started as a segment of the Big Screen Bulletin that meant to showcase films that have been discontinued on DVD, are out of print in the United States, are only available in certain regions outside the United States, or are generally hard to find. Now it is a column all its own! You might ask "Why should I care about a film I have no access to?" My goal is to keep these films relevant because some of them genuinely deserve to be recognized. Every time I review a new film I will have a list of those I covered below so you can see if they have been announced for DVD release, or are still out of print.
Starring: Michael Gambon, Helen Mirren, and Tim Roth
Directed By: Peter Greenaway
Written By: Peter Greenaway
Running Time: 95 minutes
Release Date: April 6, 1990
Missing Since: 2001
Existing Formats: Region 1 DVD and VHS
Netflix Status: Not Available
Availability: Very Rare
The Cook The Thief His Wife & Her Lover is the cinematic equivalent of a spicy food dish. It's not for everyone, but it has a lot of distinct tastes to offer those who are willing to venture out of their comfort zone. That opening line might be more appropriate than you think considering the plot takes place almost entirely in a restaurant. This is a picture for people who enjoyed Lars von Trier's Anti Christ, and since I fall into this category, I found The Cook The Thief His Wife & Her Lover to be a mesmerizing, hilarious, and wickedly intense experience.
You might notice the way I typed the title. This seems to be a source of confusion for viewers, but I have displayed it how it appears in the opening credits and on the official website. The grammatically correct way would include commas and would take out some of the capitalizations. To each his own I guess. Sadly I must confess that the version I am reviewing is the edited cut that clocks in at 95 minutes. The other version is 124 minutes. Both were released on video, but this is what I was sent. I would like to be picky, but these out of print titles tend to be expensive. This is a perfect film for Criterion to release. Someone who works there needs to make that happen because the VHS copy I watched was in dire need of an audio and video upgrade.
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Because of the explicit content, and the fact that writer/director Peter Greenaway refused to make certain edits, the MPAA gave Miramax a choice on either an unrated version or an X-rated version. The studio wanted to avoid the X rating that was associated with pornographic films, so they opted for the unrated route which is for adults only. Yes, this is a gutsy film that contains violence, nudity, vulgarity, and much more. The first scene involves dog excrement so you should know what's coming. The difference between The Cook The Thief His Wife & Her Lover and say, Salo, or the 120 Days of Sodom, Caligula, or Fellini's Satyricon is that the graphic nature means something. This is not gross just to be gross.
Albert Spica (Michael Gambon) is our thief, an English gangster that has taken over a high-class French restaurant called Le Hollandais, which is run by French chef (the cook) Richard Borst (Richard Bohringer). Spica eats at the restaurant every day and brings his wife Georgina (Helen Mirren) and band of thugs with him. Spica and his men engage in confrontations with the staff, the customers, and themselves frequently, all the while maintaining a very tight leash on his quiet wife. Despite this, she begins an affair with an erudite bookshop owner named Michael (Alan Howard) right under Spica's nose. As the week goes by, we are privy to the menu selection for each day. To see what they offer, click here. Ultimately, Spica learns of the adultery and goes berserk. With the aid of Richard the chef, Georgina and Michael must hide out as long as possible.
The satirical nature of the story, the scatological humor, and the roles of the titular characters all combined into an idea that Peter Greenaway laced carefully into his final cut. He did this so well that upon its initial release, The Cook The Thief His Wife & Her Lover sparked frequent debates on "what it's really about." When a filmmaker accomplishes this in a way that leads us to believe he had a specific aim and was not just posturing, it can be extremely revitalizing to avid moviegoers. The fact that it is so thought-provoking and not too desperate to be a complex puzzle is one of its strongest and most accessible qualities. Greenaway has fashioned a darkly comical allegory that can be tackled from many angles and be enjoyed from basically all of them.
The most prominent theory is that he placed the conservative British government of Margaret Thatcher in his crosshairs. She was in power from 1975 – 1990 and in the mid to late 80's, a system of taxation was passed that favored the rich and placed the burden on the poor. It was vastly unpopular of course. It led to people not paying, which resulted in harsher punishments, which in turn led to riots. The Cook The Thief His Wife & Her Lover hit theaters at the tail end of all this, and was analyzed with the four key players occupying parts relating to that chaotic period. In boils down like this: The Cook is a dutiful citizen that obeys orders. The Thief represents Thatcher and the greedy that plagued the country. The Wife adheres to the notion of Brittania, and Her Lover is the ineffective leftist opposition who only complains about wanting a change and never actually take steps to seeing it through. The descriptions I laid out can be found on various sites and in Roger Ebert's review. He then counters that Greenaway wanted to be more general, striving to point out this problem with the times as a whole.
I would disagree with him. The year is just too coincidentally close to the Poll Tax Riots for Greenaway's approach to be about how governments everywhere support the rich and are strict to the poor. His genius is in the subtlety with which he communicates this message. I think some may give him a smidgen more credit than he deserves, but the fact is The Cook The Thief His Wife & Her Lover is sharp in how it suggests its underlying meaning. Others have stated that Greenaway crafted it all around the impossibility of finding a fixed objective, that the imprecision of meaning was the purpose all along. Again, I think this transforms Greenaway into a writer/director who is too big for his britches. One's gut reaction should be that he was knocking Thatcherites, and usually that is a safe bet.
The acting is superlative from top to bottom, but almost two-thirds of the film belongs to Michael Gambon's Albert Spica. He never stops talking, but every sentence, rant, insult, and verbal lashing that spews from his mouth is absolutely riveting. It is the best performance I have seen Gambon give to date. This is a person who revels in the damage and pain he causes others. This seems to be his fuel. Whenever anyone tries to bite back, it only adds gasoline to his fiery temper. Gambon is a true professional, someone who always impresses audiences, but here his level of bravery exceeds anything one could ever dream of. His tendency to go over the top increases and swells with rage as the film progresses, but he always exaggerates with conviction.
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At this juncture in her career, Helen Mirren was known mostly for the terrific Prime Suspect series. Mirren mostly sits obediently beside Spica, but truly accentuates her skills in the sex scenes, which are sensuously captured by Greenaway. She compliments Gambon beautifully and observing how she is molded into a new woman by the jaw-dropping conclusion is fascinating. The rest of the cast is harder to rate. Alan Howard does his job with a personality opposite of Spica. Richard the chef needs only to convince onlookers that he is one, and his casual strolls through the dining room as customers eat fades him into the background appropriately. Ciaran Hinds and Tim Roth can also be spotted in stable supporting roles.
The Cook The Thief His Wife & Her Lover is also a masterpiece of style and formalism. It is exceedingly animalistic, but its visuals augment the rest of the components. The colors change depending on what room we're in. The dining room is red, the bathroom is white, and the kitchen is green. The costumes correlate with the color of the location so the cinematography from Sacha Vierny is just as intriguing and entrancing as the plot. The mural on the back wall of the restaurant is also hard to ignore. It is not a particularly exciting image, but it demands to be seen during the action. It is "The Banquet of the Officers of the St. George Militia of Haarlem" by Frans Hals. Some characters wear outfits seen in the painting. If this wasn't sufficient, the score from Michael Nyman is imposing and superb. His compositions heighten every scene necessary, especially when Spica grabs Georgina for a beating in the car.
The Cook The Thief His Wife & Her Lover is a challenging film to endure. It provokes without hesitation, and commands more attention from its audience than they are used to affording. When it was over I had the urge to watch it again just to catch anything I might have missed. This is gory, the language is crude, and you will see cruel torture, cannibalism, and rotting meat, but it is not defined by these outlandish aspects. Every nook and cranny of Peter Greenaway's vision is passionate, whether it be a vicious tirade from Spica or a couple making love as duck feathers float about. It's exuberant, disgusting, and transfixing.
I hate to say this was my introduction to Greenaway, but I definitely plan on renting more from his canon soon. Knowing the rating issues I outlined above and taking into account the films I've compared The Cook The Thief His Wife & Her Lover to, you should already know if you want to seek this out, but I heartily recommend it if you can track it down.
Final Rating = 9.0/10.0
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Latin Lovers
State Fair (1933)
Sleuth (1972)
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Children of the Corn 2: The Final Harvest
High Noon Part II: The Return of Will Kane
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Only Yesterday
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Richard Burton's Hamlet
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Random Thoughts
-I must apologize for not delivering a column last week, but it was the first time I watched a movie I thought to be out of print, but actually was available. That movie was William Lustig's Maniac from 1980, and I didn't really care for it. I knew an anniversary edition was on the way, and assumed any previous releases were out of print. I was wrong, and in retrospect, I'm not sure why I thought it was out of print.
-I just finished the 9-part documentary The Civil War from Ken Burns, and I have to say it's one of the greatest achievements I've ever seen. That's a large statement, but I mean it. So many documentaries these days are manipulative and biased, but Burns proves that you can educate people, move them, and inspire them by conveying material in a straightforward manner. I can't wait to watch more of his efforts. His new documentary, The Tenth Inning, a follow-up to his 9-part Baseball series, airs this week.
-I wanted to write about this last week, but Linkin Park's new album, A Thousand Suns, is every bit as bad as the review on 411's music zone made it out to be. I liked a total of 2 songs. The rest was an incredibly generic, mediocre, and overly slow series of songs that make me wonder what the band was thinking. A new sound is one thing, but this strikes me as severly misguided. I also bought Weezer's Hurley, which is pretty solid overall.
-As for movies on DVD, it has been a slow week. I watched the first half of the first season of Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job because their DVD covers keep catching my eye and I wanted to see what it was exactly. It's a sketch variety show, and is sporadically funny, but also very dumb at times. I'm glad I checked it out, but won't be revisiting it any time soon.
-It was announced that Roman Polanski is making God of Carnage with Jodie Foster, Matt Dillon, Kate Winslet, and Christoph Waltz. Opinions on Polanski aside, this is outstanding news. I loved the play, and can't wait to see what this cast does with the material. And one of the greatest rumors in history has Chuck Norris, Oliver Gruner, and Lorenzo Lamas in The Expendables 2. Please let this happen.
-Also, Kenny Powers rocks.
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Burke: As far as my training model from year to year, it's ever changing and evolving from season to season. 2009 will be my 12th year as a professional and I'll be 36 in March. So far, I've found that getting older is more about preserving and maintaining strong motivation than anything else. In fact, I feel I continue to grow stronger physically as well as mentally and I'm looking forward to a few more years yet!
That being said, I approach my training with a strong emphasis on keeping things fresh and trying new things, as well as relying on the tried and true principles I have found to work for myself. Above all, I aim to keep things fun, because I have always found I perform best when I'm happy and enjoying myself.
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? In regards to an early-season peak, I think it's important to start planning a peak two to three months in advance and train accordingly. If you wait until January, it may be too late to peak for a February race. That is why Dario mentioned the early-season classics that take place in March and April as a possibility for his early-season peak.
Another factor is how fit you were at the end of the previous season and how well you were able to train during the fall. For example, Burke knew that he wanted to do well in February back in the fall, so he designed his program with that information in mind.
? Another important point to assess is, in general, how long it takes to achieve a satisfactory level of racing fitness. As athletes, you train and race year after year gaining experience and fitness that builds upon itself. Early in your career, you see more gains, where later in your career, fewer gains. This is especially true when you consider time constraints and competition level.
The question then arises when you begin your program: how long it takes you to get prepared to race and how do you know you are at that level? One way we do it at Athleticamps is to utilize a consistent testing protocol.
Dario also does that at the Mapei center with its director, Dr. Sassi. If you have test results, you can compare year over year results from previous seasons. This comes in very handy for knowing how long and what type of training will get you to the level you need to be at to compete successfully.
? Burke identifies an incredibly simple but important point concerning training when he talks about training with Jeff Louder. To be successful in cycling, you must be single-minded and do what's right for you. That includes choosing the right training partners that complement you best and allow you to excel in your program.
Cycling is unique; it's unlike something like golf where you can play or practice with a 5 handicap if you are a 15 handicap. Cycling presents a unique challenge in that if you find the right partner or small group, you can immensely benefit from having them around. But if you choose the wrong group, either one that is at a lower fitness level or just the opposite, too high a fitness level, training may not be as effective.
? I absolutely love the fact that after 12 years of racing, Burke still looks for different training routines. Dario is correct that there are no major changes or revolutionary training methods being discovered. It's all about finding what works best for you given your physiology, psychology, goals, age, etc. Nonetheless, varying your training regimen to keep it interesting is important.
It's all about hard work and knowing where you're going in the sport. That is why training is more of an art versus a science. Books and fixed training programs are limited in the amount they help athletes. Serious athletes need good resources and coaches to help them. Burke utilizes Dr. Testa, Dario utilizes Dr. Sassi. Two of the best in the world.
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A rooftop overlooking Manhattan's Fifth Avenue, and a fleabag motel on the banks of the Susquehanna River. A bus traveling through sleeping Chicago suburbs, and a book-filled bedroom. A sculpture garden in Washington, DC, and a tragicomic garden party. If the songs on Ace Reporter's debut LP, Yearling, feel as though they wander through the dioramas of specific memories, it's because the songs themselves constitute memories. Memories, that is, of a year — 2010 — that Ace Reporter's Chris Snyder spent writing and recording one new song every day. The impetus for such an ambitious undertaking? "At the end of 2009, my longtime band The States broke up in a bit of an emotional plane crash, and all of a sudden I was a musician without a mission. I wanted to do something extremely solitary, almost monkish, and overnight the 'threesixfive project' was born." One year and three hundred and sixty-five songs later (and much to his surprise), Snyder found himself energized. "I fully expected to be drained by the end of the project, but instead I felt more creative than ever. I wanted to make a record, and more importantly, I wanted to play shows again. It felt great."
"Gowanus Lightouts resurrect the melancholy chug and darkly sexy swagger of bands like The Cure, Girls Against Boys, JAMC and Afghan Whigs and impolitely jam it into the drum machine crunch of contemporary locals like Sleigh Bells, Year Of The Tiger and the Death Set." -Christopher Weingarten, Village Voice
"Lightouts put the guitar back in indie rock" -The Dadada
Brooklyn, NY indie-pop band overlord is proud to present a new album, IN SOVIET RUSSIA, MY HEART BREAKS YOU (out 4/1).
The misleadingly-named group draws inspiration from '60s British Invasion, '70s Bubblegum, '80s New Wave, and '90s self-involvement.
In the past, songwriter George Pasles recorded overlord albums on his own, recruiting members of A Sunny Day in Glasgow, Longwave, and Ui for live shows.
Now, for the first time, the studio and live bands are the same: vocalist/guitarist Pasles, bassist Sarah Brockett (Palomar), synthesizer player Tris McCall (My Teenage Stride), and drummer Matt Houser (The Human Hearts).
While writing this album, overlord has played with the Dodos, Frightened Rabbit, the Wrens, Shilpa Ray, and, inexplicably, Robert Plant's son.
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Green power roundtable: Exploring green impacts of electrical distribution systems
Q: What electrical system reliability issues have you seen, and how are your technologies addressing these?
Loucks: Switching inductive loads can produce voltage transients, which are initiated whenever there is a sudden change of circuit conditions. We have seen situations where dry-type transformers have been damaged due to switching transients. These switching transients produce both steep-front wave and end-of-turn damage to transformers and motors, but they also excite resonances that occur within a core-and-coil assembly of a motor or transformer. A transient voltage study is highly effective at identifying the corrective measures that are required to avoid system downtime and equipment damage. Typical corrective measures include surge arrestors, damping resistor-capacitor combinations, and modified switching resistors.
Powell: Power outages are occurring more frequently than ever and lasting longer with devastating effects. Siemens standby generators protect homes and businesses from unpredictable weather and unforeseen outages. They are available from 8 kW to 150 kW and are powerful enough to back entire homes or businesses without the cost of an expensive configured system.
Smith: When powering equipment from dc with a direct connection to a backup battery, failures in the upstream ac generation and distribution network do not impact the critical load for a period of time dictated by the capacity of the battery system. Additional isolation from electronic failures is provided by provisioning redundant elements in the system architecture. Multiple redundant battery strings are employed to protect from battery element failures. The same redundant approach is taken in renewable energy systems, with multiple solar panel strings being used to feed the dc storage bus and battery elements through independent converters.
Walker: CES attacks reliability issues head-on and results in a new paradigm for level of service. The CES units are deployed near the customer and contain an energy reserve for reliability. If a facility outage occurs, the storage unit immediately isolates from the grid and continues to supply the local customers. The interruption can be avoided altogether as long as the grid is returned to service within a few hours. Even the momentary interruptions typically associated with a line sectionalizing event are avoided due to the immediate transfer of load from the utility system to the energy storage battery system.
Q: What impacts are green power sources having on system reliability, and how is your company addressing these issues?
Loucks: There is voltage imbalance due to variable single-phase distributed generation. But even 3-phase distributed generation is causing issues. The Texas Competitive Renewable Energy Zone project is adding 20 GW of wind from West Texas and the Panhandle to highly populated metropolitan areas of the state. Due to the variable nature of renewable energy and to reduce flicker, substantial additional power electronic hardware is being added.
As the percentage of renewable power increases, grid stability is reduced. A solution is to provide more transmission interconnects to distribute sources and loads over larger areas. However, there is a lot of resistance to building more towers where people live, work, and play (and rely on electrical power to do so). To address these issues, Eaton is working with energy storage solutions that mitigate fluctuations due to the variable nature of renewable energy. Integrated, grid-tied storage is helping to make renewable energy a dependable, on-demand power that is deliverable with controllable power ramp rates.
Powell: Renewable energy can be hard to control because it generates power intermittently. However, our control systems—together with storage—minimize the adverse impact arising out of these on the micro grid as well as the macro grid.
Smith: Many sources of green power, such as solar and wind, are inherently intermittent. The traditional architecture of a dc power system with battery backup provides protection from the intermittent absence of the green source by storing backup energy for use during these times. Proper understanding of the availability of the sources, combined with appropriate provisioning of the power generating elements, sizing of the storage battery, and provisioning alternative or backup sources, allows for maximum reliability and minimum cost to be achieved.
Walker: One of the concerns of highly distributed, small solar generators is their power output fluctuation, which results from rapidly varying sunlight. The power output variations of solar generators across a distribution feeder are tightly synchronized, causing voltage swings that are faster than traditional voltage regulation can compensate. CES units that are deployed in the same area will provide the necessary compensation to stabilize voltage. The CES units operate in four quadrants, which are defined as real and reactive power both in and out. They can be configured to perform power smoothing where real power is exchanged, stored, or released to compensate solar generator output variations. The CES units also consume or produce reactive power as required to directly control local voltage magnitude swings.
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Medium Term Business Cycles in Developing Countries
Overview — At the end of 2007, the U.S. economy entered a recession that, by the first quarter of 2009, had reduced U.S. GDP by 2.2 percent. The Mexican economy was showing no sign of distress until the U.S. recession began. Despite that, Mexican GDP declined by 7.8 percent during the same period. This and similar episodes from other developing countries motivate several questions: Why do shocks to developed economies affect developing countries to such an extent? Does the response of developing economies to shocks that originate in their developed neighbors account for the larger volatility of developing economies? More broadly, what ingredients do macroeconomic models need to incorporate in order to account for the unique features of economic fluctuations in developing economies? To investigate these questions, the researchers developed a two-country asymmetric model to study the business cycle in developing countries. The mechanisms introduced in the model should provide an accurate account of business cycles in other developing countries. Key concepts include:
- First, U.S. shocks have a larger effect on GDP in Mexico than in the United States. This result is driven by the larger amplitude of fluctuations in Mexican productivity and by the subsequent effects on investment. This finding has important implications for the sources of Mexican volatility.
- Second, the slow diffusion of technologies to Mexico results in U.S. shocks having more persistent effects on Mexico than in the United States. This result explains the observed lead of U.S. GDP over the medium-term component of Mexican output and the relative price of capital.
- Third, consumption is no less volatile than output in Mexico. The researchers' model accounts for this stylized fact because a Mexican recession slows down the diffusion of technologies to Mexico, generating a gradual increase in the price of installed capital. As a result, Mexican interest rates increase despite the lower marginal product of capital, and consumption drops precipitously.
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We build a two country asymmetric DSGE model with two features: (i) a product cycle structure determines the range of intermediate goods used to produce new capital in each country and (ii) there are investment flow adjustment costs in the developing economy. We calibrate the model to match the Mexico-US trade and FDI flows. The model is able to explain (i) why US shocks have a larger effect on Mexico than in the US and hence why the Mexican economy is more volatile than the US; (ii) why US business cycles lead over medium term fluctuations in Mexico and (iii) why Mexican consumption is not less volatile than output. Keywords: Business Cycles in Developing Countries, Co-movement between Developed and Developing economies, Volatility, Extensive Margin of Trade, Product Life Cycle, FDI. 58 pages.
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- Working Paper Publication Date: October 2009
- HBS Working Paper Number: 10-029
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|Application number
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|29 Aug 1995
|Filing date
|2 Oct 1992
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|2 Oct 1992
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|Stephen P. Capps, Benjamin W. Sharpe, Gregg S. Foster
|Original Assignee
|Apple Computer, Inc.
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|BiBTeX, EndNote, RefMan
|Patent Citations (9), Non-Patent Citations (2), Referenced by (63), Classifications (11), Legal Events (5)
|External Links: USPTO, USPTO Assignment, Espacenet
1. Field of the Invention
This invention relates generally to computerized databases, and more particularly to graphical interfaces used to query and store data into computerized databases.
2. Description of the Related Art
Electronic databases are useful in storing, ordering, and retrieving large amounts of data. Electronic databases typically comprise a database program ("software") running on a digital computer system, although a computerized database implemented purely in hardware, or in hardware and firmware, is also possible.
One application for computerized databases is to serve as a Personal Information Manager (PIM). Pocket calculator sized PIMs are made by such companies as Sharp and Casio of Japan, and typically provide such services as calendaring, name and address lists, to-do lists, etc.
Currently available PIMs, while useful, tend to have a cumbersome interface with their databases. This is due to the fact that the primary method for inputting data into these PIMS is with a keypad or keyboard. Even as simple of an operation as inputting a new appointment into a calendar can often take several keystrokes and the traversal of a number of menu items.
A relatively new type of computer which is well suited for use as a PIM is the pen-based computer system. A pen-based computer system is typically a small, hand-held computer where the primary method for inputting data includes a "pen" or stylus. A pen-based computer system is commonly housed in a relatively fiat enclosure, and has a dual-function display assembly providing a touch sensitive viewing screen along one of the planar sides of the enclosure. The touch sensitive display assembly serves as both an input device and an output device. When operating as an input device, the display assembly senses the position of the tip of a stylus on the viewing screen and provides this positional information to the computer's central processing unit (CPU). Some display assemblies can also sense the pressure of the stylus on the screen to provide further information to the CPU. When operating as an output device, the display assembly presents computer-generated images on the screen.
The touch sensitive display assemblies of pen-based computer systems permit users to operate the computer as a computerized notepad. For example, strokes representing character objects, graphic objects, or other object types can be input into the pen-based computer by merely moving the stylus on the surface of the screen. As the CPU senses the position and movement of the stylus, it generates a corresponding image on the screen to create the illusion that the stylus is drawing the image directly upon the screen, i.e. that the stylus is "inking" an image on the screen. With suitable recognition software, text and numeric information can also be entered into the pen-based computer system in a similar fashion.
Prior art pen-based computer systems tend to be forms-oriented. For example, these systems may present a user with a form containing a number of fields which can be used to query a database. However, form-type interfaces tend to be awkward and do not take full advantage of the input and display capabilities of the pen-based computer systems.
The present invention provides a method for managing a computerized database which takes full advantage of the input and display capabilities of pen-based computer systems. The present invention furthermore provides a pen-based computerized database apparatus which presents information in a flexible, intuitive, and easy-to-use fashion.
The method of the present invention includes the steps of: a) providing a number of view styles including at least a card view and a list view; b) selecting an initial view style; c) determining an initial record index; d) deriving information from at least one record of the database indicated by the record index; e) displaying the information in the selected view style on the screen of a computer system; f) detecting a user input indicating a view style, an index selection, or both; and g) repeating steps d, e, and f in response to said detected user input.
The card view preferably includes both a card area for displaying structured information concerning a single person or entity, and a free-form area for displaying unstructured information about that person or entity. The list view is used to display structured information about a number of persons or entities stored in the database.
A computerized database in accordance with the present invention includes a digital computation system having a central processing unit (CPU), memory and a display coupled to the CPU, and a pointing mechanism for pointing to user selected locations on the display. The computerized database further includes at least one record of data pertaining to an entity stored in the memory of the digital computation system, and a card area displayed on the display of the digital computation system which depicts selected structured information concerning the entity. Preferably, the display is provided with a touch-sensitive surface and the pointing mechanism includes a stylus adapted to "click" or "write" upon the touch-sensitive surface of the display.
An advantage of present method and apparatus is that a computerized database can be accessed in an intuitive and natural fashion using a pen-like stylus. Structured information such as names, telephone numbers, etc. can be displayed in familiar business card or telephone list formats, and unstructured information such as notes, sketches, etc. can be stored and accessed in conjunction with the structured information.
These and other advantages of the present invention will become apparent to those skilled in the an upon a reading of the following specification of the invention and a study of the several figures of the drawing.
FIG. 1 is a block diagram of a pen-based computer system in accordance with the present invention;
FIG. 2 is a top plan view of a case and a screen for the pen-based computer system of FIG. 1 illustrating a notepad area and a keypad;
FIG. 3 is a view similar to that of FIG. 2 with an list view display of a name and telephone number database;
FIG. 4 is a view similar to that of FIGS. 2 and 3 with a card view display of the database;
FIG. 5 is a view similar to those of FIGS. 2, 3, and 4 illustrating an editing screen for the database;
FIG. 6a illustrates the database structure utilized by the present invention;
FIG. 6b illustrates a filtering process for information stored in the database;
FIGS. 7a and 7b illustrate the view structure utilized by the present invention;
FIG. 8 is a flow diagram illustrating the computer-implemented process of the present invention;
FIG. 9 is a flow diagram further illustrating the "Display View" step 146 of FIG. 8;
FIG. 10 is a flow diagram further illustrating the "Process Universal Function" step 154 of FIG. 8;
FIG. 11 is a flow diagram further illustrating the "Process Card View" step 151 of FIG. 8;
FIG. 12 is a flow diagram further illustrating the "Process Edit" step 218 of FIG. 11; and
FIG. 13 is a flow diagram further illustrating the "Process List View" step of FIG. 8.
In FIG. 1, a pen-based computer system 10 in accordance with the present invention includes a central processing unit (CPU) 12, read only memory (ROM) 14, random access memory (RAM) 16, input/output (I/O) circuitry 18, and a display assembly 20. The pen-based computer system 10 may also optionally include a mass storage unit 22 such as a disk drive unit or non-volatile memory such as flash memory, an array of input buttons in a keypad 24, a serial port 26, an "Other" I/O port 28, and a clock 30. Other port 28 can be an infrared (IR) port permitting the system 10 to communicate with other data processing systems by IR transmission.
The CPU 12 is preferably a commercially-available, single chip microprocessor. While CPU 12 can be a complex instruction set computer (CISC) chip, it is preferable that CPU 12 be a low power reduced instruction set computer (RISC) chip having a high performance to power ratio. CPU 12 is coupled to ROM 14 by a uni-directional data bus 32. ROM 14 contains the basic operating system for the pen-based computer system 10. CPU 12 is connected to RAM 16 by a bi-directional data bus 34 to permit the use of RAM 16 as scratch pad memory. ROM 14 and RAM 16 are also coupled to CPU 12 by appropriate control and address busses, as is well known to those skilled in the art. CPU 12 is also coupled to the I/O circuitry 18 by bi-directional data bus 36 to permit data transfers with peripheral devices, and to the clock 30 by a uni-directional data bus 38.
I/O circuitry 18 typically includes a number of latches, registers and direct memory access (DMA) controllers. The purpose of I/O circuitry 18 is to provide an interface between CPU 12 and such peripheral devices as display assembly 20, mass storage 22, keypad 24, serial port 26, and Other port 28. Keypad 24, serial port 26, and Other port 28 are coupled to I/O circuitry 18 by bi-directional data busses 40, 42, and 44, respectively.
Clock 30 provides a series of clock pulses which are used to time various functions and events relating to the computer system 10. The clock 30 can be eliminated and the clock function replaced by a software clock running on CPU 12, but this tends to be a wasteful use of CPU processing power. In the present invention, clock 30 provides clock pulses at 60 hertz (Hz).
Display assembly 20 of pen-based computer system 10 is both an input and an output device. Accordingly, it is coupled to I/O circuitry 18 by a bi-directional data bus 46. When operating as an output device, the display assembly 20 receives data from I/O circuitry 18 via bus 46 and displays that data on a suitable screen. The screen for display assembly 20 is preferably a liquid crystal display (LCD) of the type commercially available from a variety of manufacturers. The input device of display assembly 20 is preferably a thin, clear membrane which covers the LCD display and which is sensitive to the position of a stylus 48 on its surface. These position-sensitive membranes are also readily available on the commercial market. Combination display assemblies such as display assembly 20 which include both the LCD and the input membrane are available from such vendors as Scriptel Corporation of Columbus, Ohio.
Other types of pointing devices can also be used in conjunction with the present invention. While the method of the present invention is described in the context of a pen-based system, other pointing devices such as a computer mouse, a track ball, or a tablet can be used to manipulate a pointer on a screen. Therefore, as used herein, the temps "pointing device", "pointing means", and the like will refer to any mechanism or device for pointing to a particular location on a screen of a computer display.
Some type of mass storage 22 is generally considered desirable. However, the mass storage 22 can be eliminated by providing a sufficient amount of ROM 14 and RAM 16 to store user application programs and data. In that case, the RAM 16 can be provided with a back-up battery to prevent the loss of data even when the pen-based computer system 10 is turned off. However, it is generally desirable to have some type of long term storage 22 such as a commercially available miniature hard disk drive, or non-volatile memory such as flash memory or battery-backed RAM. Mass storage 22 is coupled to the I/O circuitry 18 by a bi-directional bus 50.
In operation, information can be entered into the pen-based computer system 10 by "writing" on the screen of display assembly 20 with the stylus 48. Information concerning the location of the stylus 48 on the screen of the display assembly 20 is input into the CPU 12 via I/O circuitry 18. The CPU 12 then processes the data under control of an operating system and possibly an application program stored in ROM 14 and/or RAM 16. The CPU 12 then produces data which is output to the display assembly 20 to produce appropriate images on its screen.
The aforementioned process produces the illusion that the stylus 48 has an "ink" which appears on the screen of the display assembly 20. Therefore, as used herein, the temps "inking" and "ink" will refer to the process and the result, respectively, of displaying a line or other indicia on the screen of display assembly 20 in response to the movement of stylus 48 on the screen. The when the ink comprises alphanumeric characters, the "inking" may be referred to as "writing" on the screen, and when the ink comprises drawings, the "inking" may be referred to as "drawing" on the screen. The placement of the stylus tip on the screen without substantial movement is sometimes referred to as "tapping" or "clicking" the screen.
In FIG. 2, the pen-based computer system 10 is shown housed within a generally rectangular enclosure 52. The CPU 12, ROM 14, RAM 16, I/O circuitry 18, mass storage 22, and clock 26 are preferably enclosed within the enclosure 40. The display assembly 20 is mostly enclosed within the enclosure 40, but a viewing screen 54 of the display assembly is exposed to the user. As used herein, the term "screen" will refer to the portion of the display assembly 20 which can display an image that can be viewed by a user. Also accessible to the user is the keypad 24.
Upon power-up, pen-based computer system 10 preferably displays on screen 54 an initial note area 56 including a header bar 58 and a number of guidelines 60. The header bar 58 preferably includes the date of creation 62 of the note 56. The optional guidelines 60 aid a user in entering text, graphics, and data into the pen-based computer system 10. Other breaker bars, such as breaker bar 64, may be provided between adjacent note areas, such as initial note area 56 and an adjacent note area 66. A status bar 76' may also be displayed near the bottom of the screen. The status bar 76' is context sensitive, and may have different looks and different features in different applications. A status bar 76 (which is similar to status bar 76') will be discussed in greater detail with reference to FIG. 3. Of course, other initial or "root" screen layouts are also possible.
FIG. 3 illustrates a "list view" 68 displayed on screen 54 of computer system 10. In this preferred embodiment, the list view 68 is called into view by pressing a "who" button 70 on keypad 24. As will be discussed in detail subsequently, the who button 70 can also call into view a "card view" screen, depending upon certain defaults and user preferences.
The list view 68 includes a number of distinct fields including a list area 72, an tab bar 74, and a status bar 76. The list area 72 includes a name column 78 and a telephone column 80. In this example, the names in name column 78 are arranged in alphabetical order by last name, and range from "Glen Adler" to "Hugh Hemp."
The tab bar 74 displays the letters of the alphabet. When one of the letters of the alphabet is touched with the stylus 48, the first name in the database starting with that letter is displayed at the top of the list area 72 and is highlighted by highlighter bar 82. For example, if the letter "H" were selected from tab bar 74, "Hugh Hemp" would appear at the top of the list area 72, with other names in the database following in alphabetical order. The tab area 74 allows a user to quickly "tab" to a selected area of the database.
The status bar 76 has a number of icons including a close box 83, a clock display 84, a "filter" button 85, a "new" button 86, and an action menu button 88. The close box 83 permits the status bar 76 to be removed from view. The clock display 84 shows the current time in an analog fashion. The filter button 85 causes a menu of filter types (not shown) to appear on the screen. One of the filter types can be selected by touching the screen with the stylus over the desired filter. The currently selected filter is "business". The new button 86 permits a new record (or "card" or "frame", etc.) for an entity to be added to the database. The action menu button causes a menu of actions (not shown) to appear on the screen. Examples of actions presented in the menu can include trashing, faxing, printing, labeling, etc. Again, an action can be selected from the menu by pointing to the action with the stylus.
The list of names and telephone numbers in list area 72 can be scrolled through using a "scroll up" key 90 and a "scroll down" key 92 on keypad 24. A "zoom" button 94 on keypad 24 can be used to toggle between the list view 68 and an alternative view to be discussed subsequently. The alternate view can also be accessed by touching one of the names in the list view with the stylus 48.
An alternate or "card view" 96 is shown in FIG. 4. The card view 96, includes a card area 98, a free-form area 100, and the status bar 76. The card area 98 includes selected information concerning a single person or entity which is stored in the database. In this example, the single record is the record containing information about "Glen Adler", and includes his name, business name, address, and telephone number. Other formats with more, less, or the same information can also be provided. An "edit" button 102 is provided in the lower right-hand corner of the card area 98.
Free-form area 100 accepts free-form ink from stylus 48 which may or may not be recognized by recognizer software of system 10. The purpose of free-form area 100 is to provide a doodle or scratch pad area which is associated with a particular record in the database. Scratch pads, free-form inking, and recognizers are well known to those skilled in the art of pen-based computer systems.
The status bar 76 operates in the same fashion as it did with the list view 68 of FIG. 3. The scroll up key 90 permits a user to scroll through the filtered records of the database in a forward alphabetical direction, and the scroll down key 92 permits a user to scroll through the filtered records of the database in a reverse alphabetical direction. The zoom button 94 permits the user to switch to the list view 68.
An additional "zoom" button 101 can also be provided to permit the user to display only the card area 98. Preferably, when the button 101 is activated by the stylus the card area 98 drops down almost to the status bar and the free-form area 100 is obscured. Views beneath the card view screen 96 (such as the notepad area) can be seen in the section of the screen that the card area 98 used to occupy. Pressing the zoom button 101 a second time returns the screen to its original display, as seen in FIG. 4.
FIG. 5 illustrates an edit screen 104 that is called up by pressing the edit "button" 102 in the card view 96 of FIG. 4. The edit screen 104 has three sections: an edit area 106, a command area 108, and the status bar 76.
The edit area 106 includes fields for first and last names, company, title, and address. The edit area also includes fields for various telephone numbers for the individual, including home, work, facsimile (fax) and "other" telephone numbers. Fields for other information, such as the individual's birthday, can also be provided. Finally, the style of the "business card" shown in the card view 92 can be selected by using a card select "button" 110. In this instance, the card style selected is "Hopkins", which produces the business card shown in FIG. 4.
The command area 108 includes two "buttons", namely an "ok" button 112 and a cancel button 114. The ok button 112 enters the information of the various fields of the edit area 106 into the database and then displays the card view screen 96. The cancel button 114 displays the card view 96 without updating the database with the information of the edit area 106, thereby "cancelling" any changes made to the fields of the edit area 106.
A status bar 76" operates in a similar fashion to status bar 76 described previously, except that it has no "new" button, since such a button is redundant in the edit view. The scroll-up button 90 and scroll down button 92 can be used to scroll within edit area 106, or can be inoperative in this view. The zoom button 94 causes the card view 96 to be displayed.
FIG. 6a illustrates a preferred database structure 116 for implementing the process of the present invention. This preferred database structure is known as a "frame" system, which is a form of semantic network. As is well known to those skilled in the art, a semantic network is a knowledge representation system where unary predicates are treated like types and binary predicates are treated like attributes. Frame systems are a semantic networks with elaborated structure types and attributes. A description of semantic networks and frame systems can be found in "A Fundamental Tradeoff in Knowledge Representation and Reasoning", Readings in Knowledge Representation, by Brachman and Leveseque, Morgan Kaufman, San Mateo, 1985.
In FIG. 6a, a frame 118 is a "type" frame of the type <PERSON>. Frame 80 has a number of slots for various attributes of being a person, such as first name, last name, company, title, etc. Frame 118 also includes a list of all frames which are an instance of the type frame <PERSON>, namely <PERSON-1>, <PERSON-2>, and <PERSON-3>.
Frames 120a, 120b, and 120c are "instance" frames of the type <PERSON>. For example, frame 120a is instance <PERSON- 1>of frame 118, and has the name <CROON-1>. Frame 120a is provided with the same slots as frame 118 except at least some of the slots are filled with data. For example, the first name slot FIRST of frame 120a may be filled with the name "Bill", and the last name slot LAST of frame 120a may be filled with the name "Croon." Untilled slots have a null value or can be set to a default value. Likewise, frames 120b and 120c have slots filled with data about the next individuals "Glen Adler" and "Joe Smith." As depicted by the arrow 122, there is a "IS-A" link between the instances frames 120a-120c and the type frame 118 for traversal of the semantic network.
As used herein, the term "database" will refer to the collection of data comprising frames 120 (e.g. frames 120a-120c) and the processes which allow data to be stored into and retrieved from the frames. The individual frames 120 may be referred to as "records" of database 116, although they contain more functionality than simple database records of the prior art. Furthermore, information concerning an individual can be stored in more than one frame in the database, and information concerning multiple individuals can be stored within a single frame. Therefore, as used herein, a "record" is any subset of the database which permits information concerning a particular entity or entities to be retrieved for use in the process of the present invention.
FIG. 6b illustrates several index lists used to derive data from the database 116 in the present invention. A first index list 122 is a complete, unfiltered, unsorted, numerical list of the frames 120. The index list has four columns listing frame number, name, filter type, and telephone number. This first index list is filtered by a software routine 124 to produce a filtered, sorted list of frame numbers. In this example, the filter and sort routine 124 selects or "filters" only personal (P) filter type frames, and then arranges the P filter type flames in alphabetical order. Therefore, the filtered, alphabetized list 126 lists the frame number 4, 6, 10, and 3 corresponding to the flames 120 for John Chow, Susan Eads, Owen Green, and Joe Smith, respectively. Software routines, such as routine 124, for filtering and alphabetizing lists are well known to those skilled in the art.
FIGS. 7a and 7b illustrate the "view system" used to enter and display data on screen 54 of system 10. In the view system, various "views" are stacked on top of each other, like pages of paper on a desk top. These views include a root view 128, a first layer view 130, a second layer view 132, and a third layer view 134. Higher order layer views can be similarly provided.
The view system is a software routine which returns two pieces of information when the screen 54 is "tapped" by the stylus 48. A first piece of information returned is the highest order layer that was tapped. For example, a tap 136a on the third layer view 134 will return the information that 134 was tapped, even though the tap was also over the lower order layer views 132, 130, and 128. A tap 136b on the second layer view 132 will return the information that 132 was tapped, even though the tap was also over the lower order layers 130 and 128. Similarly, a tap 136c on an exposed portion of the first layer view 130 will return the information that first layer view 130 was tapped. The second piece of information returned is the position of the tap on the layer view. For example, the view system might return the information that a tap 136b was a tap on second layer view 132 at position (x,y) on the screen 54, where (x,y) are the cartesian coordinates (in pixels or otherwise) of the tap on the screen.
The view system therefore handles much of the routine input work for the system 10. Taps by stylus 48 on non-active areas of the screen 54 can be ignored by the view system. Likewise, inappropriate inputs on active areas of the screen can be ignored or can generate error conditions which may or may not be acted upon by the system.
In FIG. 8, a process 138 for managing a computerized database begins at 140. In a decision step 142 it is determined whether the "who" button on keypad 24 has been pressed. If the who button has not been pressed, the process loops back on itself to await the pressing of the who button. Of course, other system and user functions can be taking place while the decision step 142 waits for the pressing of the who button. The pressing of the who button can therefore be thought of an as interrupt signal which alerts the system that a user wishes to access the database.
Next, in a step 144, a number of variables are retrieved from memory (such as RAM 16) including the variables VIEW-- TYPE, FILTER-- TYPE, AND LIST-- INDEX. The variable VIEW-- TYPE determines the type of view of the database that will be displayed by the system. The variable FILTER-- TYPE determines which record types will be displayed. Finally, the variable LIST-- INDEX is a pointer to the current record number.
Each of these variables VIEW-- TYPE, FILTER-- TYPE, AND LIST-- INDEX will have an initial value as determined by step 144. This initial value can be a predetermined value. For example, VIEW-- TYPE could always be initially LISTVIEW or could always initially be CARDVIEW. Alternatively, the variables could be some default value, such as the most frequently used previous value for that variable. Also, the variables have a value equal to their last used value, e.g. if a user was in card view the last time he or she was using the database, then the VIEW-- TYPE would initially be CARDVIEW.
In step 146 the view determined by VIEW-- TYPE is displayed on the screen 54. In this preferred embodiment, VIEW-- TYPE is either LISTVIEW (as illustrated in FIG. 3) or CARDVIEW (as illustrated in FIG. 4). The mechanics of producing such views are well known to those skilled in the art. For example, step 146 can be readily implemented by graphics software such as QUICKDRAW from Apple Computer, Inc. of Cupertino, Calif. A description of the QUICKDRAW graphics software is found in the book Inside Macintosh, Volumes I, II, and III, by C. Rose et al., Addison-Wesley Publishing Company, Inc., July 1988.
In a decision step 148 it is determined whether a user has "tapped" the screen 54. By "tapped" it is meant herein that a user has placed the tip of stylus 48 somewhere on the active portion of the screen 54. If not, then a decision step 150 determines whether there is any other user input, such as the pressing of one of the buttons 90, 92, or 94 of the keypad 24. If not, steps 148 and 150 are repeated until there is either a tap or some other user input. If step 150 determines that there is a user input, process control jumps to a point D to process a step 151 "Process Card View", to be discussed subsequently. Again, other processes can be operating on the system 10 while steps 148 and 150 are being performed.
If a tap is detected in step 148, a decision step 152 determines whether a "universal function" is being requested. If so, then the universal function is processed in a step 154 and then in a decision step 156 it is determined whether a new record is to be created. If so, then step 151 "Process Card View" is performed, and process control is returned to point B, i.e. step 146. If a new record is not to be created as determined by step 156, a decision step 158 determines whether the user is done with the process 138, i.e. whether the user wishes to exit the cardfile function. If so, process control is returned to point C, step 142, and if not then process control is returned to point B, step 146.
If decision step 152 determines that a universal function is not indicated by the tap detected by step 148, a decision step 160 determines whether the card view is being requested. If so, then step 151 "Process List View" is performed, after which process control is returned to point B.
If decision step 160 determines that a card view is not being indicated by the tap, then a decision step 162 determines whether the user is requesting the list view. If so, then a step 164 "Process List View" is performed, and process control is returned to point B. If not, then process control is returned directly to point B.
It should be noted that many of the steps are preferably automatically performed by the aforementioned view system. For example, decision steps 148, 150, 152, 160, and 162 can be implemented as a part of the view system. In other words, the view system determines what function is being requested by a user's tap, and automatically branches to the appropriate routine to be processed. Again, the operation of view systems are well known to those skilled in the art.
FIG. 9 illustrates the process 146 "Display View" of FIG. 8 in greater detail. Process 146 begins at 166, and status bar 76 is displayed in a step 168. Again, QUICKDRAW graphics software can be used to accomplish this step 168.
In a decision step 170, it is determined whether the variable VIEW-- TYPE is equal to CARDVIEW. If it is, the data is retrieved corresponding to record number LIST-- INDEX in a step 172, and the data is displayed in the card and note area in card view format in a step 174. Process 146 is then completed as indicated at 176.
If decision step 170 determines that the variable VIEW-- TYPE is not equal to CARDVIEW, then a decision step 178 determines whether VIEW-- TYPE is equal to LISTVIEW. If it is not, then the process 146 is completed as indicated at 176. If the VIEW-- TYPE is equal to LISTVIEW, then the list view data is retrieved in a step 180. The list view data begins with the record LIST-INDEX and includes a number of subsequent records, e.g. an additional 14 records. Once the list view data has been received, it is displayed in the list view area in a step 182. The process 146 is then completed as indicated at 176.
In FIG. 10, the "Process Universal Function" step 154 of FIG. 8 is illustrated in greater detail. The process 154 begins at 184 and a decision step 186 determines whether the zoom button 94 has been activated. If it has, a step 188 reverses the view type, i.e. if VIEW-- TYPE=CARDVIEW then VIEW-- TYPE is set to LISTVIEW and if VIEW-- TYPE≠CARDVIEW then VIEW-- TYPE is set to CARDVIEW. The process 154 is then completed as indicated at 190.
If the zoom button has not been pressed, a decision step 192 determines whether the who button 70 has been pressed. If it has, the current view is removed from the screen ("made invisible") in a step 194, and a flag DONE is set to YES in a step 196. The process is then completed as indicated at 190.
If the who button has not been pressed, a decision step 198 determines whether the new button 86 has been pressed. If so, the VIEW-- TYPE is set to CARDVIEW in a step 200 and a flag NEW is set to YES in a step 202. Process 154 is then completed as indicated at 190.
Finally, if the who button has not been pressed a decision step 204 determines whether the filter button 84 has been pressed. If not, the process 150 is completed as indicated at 204. If the filter button 84 has been pressed, the FILTER-- TYPE is read from memory in a step 206, and the database is filtered and sorted in a step 208. The process 154 is then completed as indicated at 190.
In FIG. 11, the "Process Cardview" step 151 of FIG. 8 is illustrated. The process 151 begins at 208, and a decision step 210 determines whether there is any user input. If there is, the user input is processed in step 212 and the process 151 is completed as indicated at 214. If there isn't any user input, a decision step 216 determines whether the edit button 102 has been pressed. If so, a process edit step 218 is performed and the process 151 is completed.
If the edit button 102 has not been pressed, a decision step 220 determines whether the scroll up button 90 has been pressed. If it has, a step 222 decrements the LIST-- INDEX by one if LIST-- INDEX>0. If LIST-- INDEX≦0, then LIST-- INDEX is set to zero. The process 151 is then completed as indicated at 214.
If the scroll up button 90 has not been pressed, a decision step 224 determines whether the scroll down button 92 has been pressed. If not, process 151 is completed. If the scroll down button has been pressed, a step 226 increments LIST-- INDEX by one if LIST-- INDEX<N-2, and sets LIST-- INDEX to N-1 if LIST-- INDEX≧N-2, where N is the number of records to be displayed in the list area 72. A typical value for N is 15. The process 151 is then completed.
FIG. 12 illustrates the process edit step 218 of FIG. 11. The process 218 starts at 228, and a decision step 230 determines whether the user wishes to edit an existing (old) frame. If so, then a temporary frame TEMP is created by step 232 to store a copy of the old frame OLD-- FRAME. If the user does not wish to edit an old frame, the temporary frame TEMP is created in a step 234 to store the value NEW-- FRAME, which is a blank frame having the correct data format.
Next, in a decision step 236, it is determined whether there is any user input. If not, step 236 waits until there is user input. Of course, other processed may be running on system 10 while step 236 waits for user input.
If there is a user input, a decision step 238 determines whether the user has selected the card style button 110 (see FIG. 5). If so, the card style is selected in a step 240 and process control is returned to step 236. The activation of the card style button 110 preferably produces a list of card styles in the form of a pop-up menu, any one of which can be selected by stylus 48 in step 240. Pop-up menus and processes for implementing pop-up menus are well known to those skilled in the art.
If the user is not selecting a card style, a decision step 242 determines whether the user is entering data, such as a name, address, telephone number, etc. If data is being entered, it is processed in a step 244, and process control is returned to step 236. The process data step includes such tasks as handwriting recognition, the storage of data into the TEMP frame, etc. Processes for recognizing handwriting are well known to those skilled in the art.
If the user is not entering data, a decision step 246 determines whether the ok? button 112 has been pressed. If so, the frame TEMP is inserted into the database at LIST-- INDEX (possibly overwriting OLD-- FRAME) in a step 248, the frame TEMP is deleted in a step 250, and the process 218 is completed as indicated at 254.
If the ok? button 112 has not been pressed, a decision step 252 determines whether the user wishes to cancel the edits by pressing the cancel button 114. If yes, then the frame TEMP is deleted and the process is completed.
In FIG. 13, the process list view step 164 of FIG. 8 is illustrated. The process 164 begins at 256, and a decision step 258 determines whether the scroll up button 90 has been pressed. If it has, then LIST-- INDEX is decremented by 15 (the preferred number of names displayed in this view) as long as LIST-- INDEX is ≧15, otherwise LIST-- INDEX is set to zero. The process is then completed as indicated at 262.
If the scroll up button has not been pressed, a decision step 264 determines whether the scroll down button 92 has been pressed. If so, the LIST-- INDEX is incremented by 15 (again, the preferred number of displayed names) as long as LIST-- INDEX≦n-14, where n is the total number of records (frames) in the database. If LIST-- INDEX>n-14, then LIST-- INDEX is set to n-14 to show the last 15 entries in the database.
If the scroll down button has not been pressed, a decision step 268 determines whether there has been a "tap" on one of the names, i.e. whether the stylus 48 has been placed on screen 54 over one of the names or telephone numbers listed in the list view list area 72. If there was such a tap, a step 270 set LIST-- INDEX is incremented by the line number TAPPED-- LINE, where the first line number has the value zero. For example, if the third name "Joe Berry" on list 72 is tapped, the number TAPPED-- LINE is 2, and the value of LIST-- INDEX is set to LIST-- INDEX+2. Step 270 also sets VIEW-- TYPE to CARDVIEW. The process is then completed as indicated at 262. The process is also completed at 262 if no tap on a line is detected in step 268.
As an option, step 270 can allow a tapped telephone number to be dialed. With this option, the tapping of a name will perform step 270 as shown in FIG. 13, but tapping on a telephone number will perform an alternate step 270' (not shown). In this alternate step, the telephone number indicated will be dialed, and the view type will remain unchanged, i.e. the view type will remain LISTVIEW. Methods for dialing telephone numbers stored in a database are well known to those skilled in the art. The process is then completed as indicated at 262.
While this invention has been described in terms of several preferred embodiments, it is contemplated that alterations, modifications and permutations thereof will become apparent to those skilled in the art upon a reading of the specification and study of the drawings. Furthermore, certain terminology has been used for the purposes of descriptive clarity, and not to limit the present invention. It is therefore intended that the following appended claims include all such alterations, modifications and. permutations as fall within the true spirit and scope of the present invention.
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So a healthy blend of poor time planning and almost zero training has led to the greatest of shames... pulling out of the race.
But, to try and restore some honour you can have my entry in exchange for a donation to the Kendal Mountain Rescue. My mate is probably going to do the same so if there's interest in two I expect he'll offer his too.
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