text:
Blues diva Janiva Magness to headline blues festivalWritten by Vicki L. Kroll | | firstname.lastname@example.com
The title of Janiva Magness' 2010 disc says it all: "The Devil Is an Angel Too."
"I knew instantly I needed to do the song," she said. "It was not only going to be the title cut, it turned out it was the theme of the record."
Twelve tracks explore darkness and light.
One of the singer's favorite songs is "Walkin' in the Sun."
"It's an old Percy Sledge tune that I first became aware of in the '70s from a cover by a band called Rufus, and the lead singer for Rufus was a woman named Chaka Kahn," Magness said. "I have been carrying around that tune for that long, hoping one day that I might have the opportunity to sing it.
"And I just don't know anyone who has had the experience of being beat up by life and then coming out the other side — I don't know anyone who has had that experience and not known that feeling of what it's like to walk from darkness into light; it's beautiful."
Magness knows. Growing up in Detroit, she lost both parents to suicide by the time she turned 16.
"I went through 12 foster places in two years. That's not an uncommon story, sadly," she said during a call from her Los Angeles home. "[Carrie] was an unlikely candidate to be a foster parent, yet she ended up being the one that was willing to truly stand up for me when no one else would. She wasn't willing to let me go back out on the street again. She was a kind and loving and generous adult that had boundaries.
"What great luck it was to have found her. It didn't just change one thing in my life, it ultimately changed everything; it changed the end of the story for me."
She credits the right foster parent and the blues with saving her.
"The music has carried me through, given me hope. It helped me in some of the darkest times to understand that I'm not alone," Magness said. "It lifts my heart, it soothes my soul; it always has."
These days she offers comfort and hope by sharing her story as a national spokesperson for Casey Family Programs and as an ambassador for Foster Care Alumni of America.
"It turns out the purpose of the early part of my life and the struggles — and also the fact that I've come through it and come out the other side and most days I'm a pretty happy person — to be able to say that to youth that are still in foster care is huge," she said. "[Sharing] helps it make sense for me; maybe I'm going to be able to help someone else."
She added, "My job is about human connection: The gift is the music."
Magness — the second woman to win the Blues Music Award for B.B. King Entertainer of the Year besides Koko Taylor — will headline the 2011 Blues & Jazz Festival at Centennial Terrace in Sylvania at 10 p.m. June 11.
Tags: Blues & Jazz Festival at Centennial Terrace, Blues Music Award for B.B. King Entertainer of the Year, Casey Family Programs, Chaka Kahn, Foster Care Alumni of America, Janiva Magness, Koko Taylor, Percy Sledge, Rufus, Sylvania


text:
(Author's Note: The following review was solicited and is written in accordance with this site's policy for such reviews.)
Summary: Just what you'd expect from its author: outspoken, boisterous, crude, frequently vulgar, often hilarious. Unapologetically atheist, but more about Penn Jillette the person than about atheism per se.
God, No! is written by Penn Jillette, the louder half of Penn & Teller who's well-known for his skeptical and libertarian views. He's also known for being outspoken, boisterous, crude, and vulgar, and the book embodies all these traits in equal measure - although I have to say that it's often uproariously funny as well. Although many of the chapters have a strong atheist bent, I'd say it's less a book about atheism per se and more of a loose autobiography, comprising Penn's life, his professional career, and his views on family, show business, and whatever else he feels like writing about.
The book is divided into ten sections, each of which comprises several chapters roughly themed around one of Penn's proposals for a secular set of ten commandments (hmm, where have we heard something like that before?). Most of them I quite liked, such as "Do not put things or even ideas above other human beings." It's not hard to conclude that Penn's moral view is superior to the Bible's, though of course the same is true of pretty much anyone alive today who has a modicum of education and common sense.
So, let's start with the disclaimers: This one definitely isn't for the prudish or the easily offended. Aside from the ubiquitous swearing, some chapters were explicitly pornographic, especially the scuba-diving one and the one about Penn's visiting a gay bathhouse. (It's not what you think.) There was also quite a lot of nudity (mostly Penn's own, sometimes others'). Penn claims he's never drunk alcohol or tried any other kind of drugs, and given some of the exploits chronicled in this book, that would be hard to believe, except that he clearly isn't the kind of person to hold back any details about his personal life, however embarrassing. There was the aforementioned chapter about the bathhouse, as well as one about a hair dryer that's likely to have all his male readers cringing. (It's not what you think - or maybe it is...)
But mixed in with all that, there was a powerful and well-written atheist message. One of my favorite chapters was the one about Penn's friendship with three former Hasidic Jews - an amazing story about three different people who each had the courage to escape from one of the world's most oppressive and insular religious enclaves. One of them had as brilliant and poignant a deconversion story as I've ever read: he approached Penn after a show and explained that he was in the midst of leaving his religion. He wanted, of all things, to taste a bacon cheeseburger for the first time in his life, and he said it would be an honor if Penn would accompany him for the meal - and he did exactly that. This story could easily have been ridiculous (and okay, maybe it is, a little), but the way Penn writes it, it was unexpectedly moving. Seeing a man deliberately break a religiously-imposed taboo for the first time in his life, as a symbolic proof of his newly freed mind, is a powerful statement.
I do have to mention, as if you didn't already know, that Penn is a libertarian. He mentions both his libertarian views and skepticism about climate change, although he doesn't really explore either of them at length. The whole chapter about libertarianism is only three pages, and basically boils down to, "Even though I think funding cancer research is a good thing, it's still wrong to make me support it by paying taxes." (There's this thing called a social contract, which most libertarians seem to overlook.)
The chapter about climate change, likewise brief, is in the context of one of his talks at a convention. He says that he doesn't know enough to know if it's real, if it's dangerous, or if there's anything we can do to stop it. Fair enough, not everyone can be a climatologist; but if you really don't consider yourself qualified to render an opinion, then you should stay out of the debate altogether. If you say "I don't know" and use that as the basis for policy, then you have rendered an opinion whether you like it or not. And it's not a big leap to guess that the reason for Penn's refusing to render a verdict is that, if climate change is a real threat, preventing it would require collective action of a kind that his libertarian philosophy says is never necessary. Claiming to be perpetually unsure is one way to avoid this cognitive dissonance.

subset: commoncrawl


text:
Now, get an additional $15 when you sell your cell phone on the site. Make just a little bit more on you old Apple iPhone, Android Smartphone, Blackberry, & MORE. Items are Free to list and packaging is included. Once your items is sold on Glyde, you receive a pre-paid shipping label + shipping kit. The item is fully insured all the way to the buyer, and once the buyer receives it you get the listed amount + an extra $15.
Listing is easy - just find your product in the drop-down list, check a few boxes about its condition and hit "List for Sale". Glyde generates the listing automatically with photographs and the product description.


text:
(October 30, 2012) -- Vanguard's Jake Schwartz and Bruceville-Eddy's Whitney Doyen have been named state finalist for the Wendy's High School Heisman. Only 10 male and 10 female athletes are chosen as state finalist each year.
The Wendy's High School Heisman Program and The Heisman Memorial Trophy team up to recognize the nation's most esteemed high school seniors. The culmination of this process takes place in December in conjunction with the National Heisman Memorial Trophy presentation during Heisman Weekend in New York City. Wendy's selects its National High School Heisman Winners during a broadcast on ESPN networks.
Since 1994, the Wendy's High School Heisman Program has honored more than 250,000 of the nation's most esteemed high school seniors in partnership with the Heisman Memorial Trophy® Committee. The leadership award-honorees are well-rounded young men and woman who excel in learning, performing, and leading in the classroom, on the field and in the community.


text:
The present invention relates to storing information including electronic ink. Ink is stored in a data structure that includes a mapping of the ink's coordinates from one space to another. The responsibility of transforming the ink into desired coordinates occurs after the capture of the ink and at least based on the mapping in the data structure.
1. A computer readable medium having a data structure stored thereon, said data structure being read and processed by a computer, said data structure for use with handwritten electronic ink for providing a standard ink framework, said handwritten electronic ink being data in a first ink capture space, said data structure comprising:
a first portion storing coordinate data relating to said handwritten electronic ink in said first ink capture space;
a second portion storing a first mapping of the first ink capture space to a virtual ink space, said virtual ink space relating to a coordinate system of an ink space rectangle, said first mapping for transforming the coordinate data in said first ink capture space to said virtual ink space defined by said standard ink framework, wherein said first mapping is of the form of:
Y′=dx+ey+f; and
a third portion storing a second mapping, said second mapping for transforming said virtual ink space to a display space, such that said second mapping is of the form of:
such that combination of said first mapping and said second mapping is of the form of:
said variables a, b, c, d, e, f, g, h, i, j, k, and m are coefficients that define the first and second mappings and said first and second mappings allowing said coordinate data to be rendered to said display space.
2. The computer readable medium according to
3. The computer readable medium according to
4. The computer readable medium according to
5. The computer readable medium according to
6. The computer readable medium according to
where (X,Y) is a coordinate of the data in said first ink capture space and (X′,Y′) is a coordinate of data in the virtual ink space.
7. The computer readable medium according to
8. The computer readable medium according to
9. The computer readable medium according to
10. The computer readable medium according to
This application is related to U.S. Application No. 60/212,825, entitled "Methods for Classifying, Anchoring, and Transforming Ink Annotations", filed Jun. 21, 2000, to U.S. application Ser. No. 09/750,288, entitled "Classifying, Anchoring, and Transforming Ink", filed Dec. 29, 2000, to U.S. application Ser. No. 09/852,799 (BW 03797.00132), entitled "Serial Storage of Ink and Its Properties", filed May 11, 2001, and to U.S. application Ser. No. 09/870,478 (BW 03797.00131), filed Jun. 1, 2001, entitled "Information Storage Using Tables and Scope Indices", each of whose contents is expressly incorporated herein by reference as to their entireties.
Aspects of the present invention are directed generally to apparatus and methods for controlling a graphical user interface (GUI). More particularly, aspects of the present invention relate to capturing and/or storing electronic ink in an efficient manner.
Typical computer systems, especially computer systems using graphical user interface (GUI) systems such as Microsoft WINDOWS, are optimized for accepting user input from one or more discrete input devices such as a keyboard for entering text, and a pointing device such as a mouse with one or more buttons for driving the user interface. The ubiquitous keyboard and mouse interface provides for fast creation and modification of documents, spreadsheets, database fields, drawings, photos and the like. However, there is a significant gap in the flexibility provided by the keyboard and mouse interface as compared with the non-computer (i.e., standard) pen and paper. With the standard pen and paper, a user edits a document, writes notes in a margin, and draws pictures and other shapes and the like. In some instances, a user may prefer to use a pen to mark-up a document rather than review the document on-screen because of the ability to freely make notes outside of the confines of the keyboard and mouse interface.
Some computer systems permit a user to draw on a screen. For example, the Microsoft READER application permits one to add electronic ink (also referred to herein as "ink") to a document. The system stores the ink and provides it to a user when requested. Other applications (for example, drawing applications as known in the art are associated with the Palm 3.x and 4.x and PocketPC operating systems) permit the capture and storage of drawings. These drawings include other properties associated with the ink strokes used to make up the drawings. For instance, line width and color may be stored with the ink. One goal of these systems is to replicate the look and feel of physical ink being applied to a piece of paper. However, physical ink on paper may have significant amounts of information not captured by the electronic collection of a coordinates and connecting line segments. Some of this information may include the thickness of the pen tip used (as seen through the width of the physical ink), the shape of the pen tip, the speed at which the ink was deposited, and the like.
Another problem has arisen in the storage of ink. The fact that ink may be created from number of different platforms (for example, from interactions between a stylus and a digitizer, from a mouse and the like) yields a variety of ink sizes (based at least in part on the resolution and sampling frequency of the digitizer or ink input system). To reduce the size of created ink with its variety of data points, one technique includes normalizing the size of the ink from the coordinate system in which it has been captured (referred to herein as the ink's native coordinates) to a different coordinate system. This normalization may have devastating effects on the ability of a handwriting recognition system to recognize and appropriately treat ink. For instance,
However, the device or system that captured the ink of
Application of this process results in the quantization of the ink. Other quantizations or roundings are possible.
The original set of coordinates when divided by 4 is as follows:
A further problem is shown in FIG. 13. Ink captured on one environment may be distorted when displayed, rendered, or printed, in another environment. In general, tablets capture in a first coordinate system and covert the ink to a second coordinate system. This process is generally handled by the capturing system (for example, a digitizer tablet) itself. An application using the ink received from the tablet only sees the ink in relation to the second coordinate system. If the application (for example, a word processing program) receives ink from a number of different tablets, the possibility exists that the second coordinate systems may be incompatible.
The ink from tablet 1304 has kept the same coordinate system yet the ink is so large that it dwarfs the other ink in output 1305, despite the fact that the ink of tablet 1304 was originally created with the same size drawing on the tablet 1304.
Yet another problem with handling ink occurs in compression of the ink after scaling.
Accordingly, an improved system is needed for storing information with its associated properties that minimize the size of the data used to represent the desired information.
The present invention provides a flexible and efficient system, method, and data structure for receiving, storing, and rendering electronic ink.
Aspects of the present invention are directed to an improved system, method and data structure for storing ink in a first coordinate system and a mapping to a second coordinate system. In some embodiments, the ink coordinates and the mapping (also referred to as a transform table) are stored together in an ink object. In further embodiments, the ink coordinates and mapping are stored in an ink object in a serialized format so as to minimize the size of the ink object. In yet other embodiments, the mappings may be combined to minimize degradation or loss of resolution of the ink (caused in some instances by rounding errors). Finally, some embodiments relate to defining and using a virtual ink space as the second coordinate system.
These and other features and aspects of the invention will be apparent upon consideration of the following detailed description of the preferred embodiments.
The foregoing summary of the invention, as well as the following detailed description of preferred embodiments, is better understood when read in conjunction with the accompanying drawings, which are included by way of example, and not by way of limitation with regard to the claimed invention.
The following description is divided into sub-sections to assist the reader. The sub-sections include: characteristics and storage of ink; terms; general-purpose computer and associated hardware; an example of strokes of ink; transforming ink; data structures for storing ink and transform mappings; transform properties; encoding of values; and a summarization of the storage of ink.
While described with respect to the storage of ink, it is appreciated that the storage structures defined herein may be applied to non-ink items as well. For the purposes of this disclosure, ink objects are used as an example. Other objects reflecting information having properties may equally be used as well but are omitted for simplicity. For example, the storage structures may be applied to text (with properties including bold, font face, underline, margin settings and the like), graphics (with properties including modifications), non-modifiable information with subsequent modifications (for example, non-modifiable images with properties comprising subsequent comments), displayed information, and the like. The transform aspects described herein may be applied to the various objects and are considered within the scope of the present invention.
Characteristics and Storage of Ink
The present invention supports the storage of electronic ink and/or properties or other data associated with electronic ink. Ink as used herein refers to electronic ink. Ink refers to a sequence of strokes, where each stroke is comprised of a sequence of points. The points may be represented using a variety of known techniques including Cartesian coordinates (X, Y), polar coordinates (r, Θ), and other techniques as known in the art.
As known to users who use ink pens, physical ink (the kind laid down on paper using a pen with an ink reservoir) may convey more information than a series of coordinates connected by line segments. For example, physical ink can reflect pen pressure (by the thickness of the ink), pen angle (by the shape of the line or curve segments and the behavior of the ink around discreet points), and the speed of the nib of the pen (by the straightness, line width, and line width changes over the course of a line or curve).
To provide the look and feel of physical ink, the exemplary disclosed system and method store ink strokes and properties associated with the ink strokes to more fully render ink. In some embodiments, ink may be stored as a series or set of strokes and a series or set of properties. In other embodiments, ink may be stored with a complex series of properties in which the properties have properties of their own. Properties of the ink may include, for example, color, width, pressure between the stylus and tablet, and angle between the stylus and tablet, and pen shape and the like. While these properties may suffice for many applications, embodiments of the present invention provide for the extensible storage of custom properties (and other data) generated by applications. All strokes and values may be stored directly with excess information. However, alternative embodiments reflect considerations that eliminate excess information when possible or practicable.
One of these properties may include a mapping of a coordinate system to another. For example, ink may be stored in its original coordinate system. The ink may be associated with a transform mapping from the original coordinate system to another coordinate system. In further embodiments, the mapping may be altered to reflect the application of the ink to further coordinate systems.
As a part of the ink object, a transform mapping may be stored to represent the transform of the ink in its native coordinates to a virtual ink space. At a later time, the mapping may be used to transform the ink. In further embodiments, a second transform that maps coordinates from the virtual ink space to an output (for example, a printer, display, graphical file, handwriting recognition system, and the like) may be combined with the original mapping to the virtual ink space. The combination of the mappings may be applied to the ink in its native coordinates to directly transform the ink into a final coordinate system. It is appreciated that further combinations of mappings are realizable as well.
Ink—A sequence or set of strokes with properties. A sequence of strokes may include strokes in an ordered form. The sequence may be ordered by the time captured or by where the strokes appear on a page. Other orders are possible. A set of strokes may includes sequences of strokes or unordered strokes or any combination thereof
Stream—A sequence of strokes that may or may not include properties that comprises a data structure.
Ink object—A data structure storing a stream with or without properties.
Stroke—A sequence or set of captured points. For example, when rendered, the sequence of points may be connected with lines. Alternatively, the stroke may be represented as a point and a vector in the direction of the next point. In short, a stroke is intended to encompass any representation of points or segments relating to ink, irrespective of the underlying representation of points and/or what connects the points.
Point—Information defining a location in space. For example, the points may be defined relative to a capturing space (for example, points on a digitizer), a virtual ink space (the coordinates in a space into which captured ink is placed), and/or display space (the points or pixels of a display device).
Space—A context in which objects have meaning. For example, a digitizer space may include the capturing of ink (or other information). A rendering space may refer to the context of determining how information is to be rendered. A virtual ink space may be considered to exist between the digitizer space and the rendering space.
Virtual Ink Space—A framework to which all ink strokes relate. The framework may include a two- or three- (or more) dimensional shape. In one example, the framework may include a unit size square. In another example, the framework may include a defined rectangle, referred to as an ink space rectangle. While some ink strokes may extend outside of the framework, the framework may be used as a starting point for rendering purposes including dimensioning for a printer or a display or subsequent processing by, for example, a handwriting recognition system, or the like. In one aspect, the virtual ink space is a norm to which ink strokes may be spatially defined.
Ink Space Rectangle—a defined rectangle to which ink may be referenced. For example, when ink is captured, the mapping to the virtual ink space may include its relation to the ink space rectangle.
Transform Table and Transform Block—A mapping from one coordinate set to another coordinate set. The mapping may include equations, coefficients, from and to rectangles, or any combinations of these as well as others. The mapping may be provided by itself, in combination with an ink object, in combination with other mappings, or in combination with other mappings in an ink object. When used in combination with an ink object, the mapping may be specified in a transform block. When used with other transform blocks, the transform blocks may be combined into a transform table.
Global Ink Properties—These are properties that apply to a stroke or set of strokes unless otherwise defined. For example, a selected ink color may be blue. By setting all strokes to blue, the default color of the strokes would be blue.
Local Ink Properties—These are properties that apply to a specific stroke (or data point or data points). For example, while a global ink property may be blue, a specific stroke may be set to red. Some local ink properties may be interpreted, in some cases, as global properties as they affect subsequently encountered strokes in an ink object. It is noted that properties may or may not be labeled as global or local. In some examples, the created data structure defines the scope of the properties.
Render—The process of determining how text, graphics, and/or ink is to be displayed, whether on a screen or printed, or output into another file format.
General Purpose Computer
A basic input/output system 160 (BIOS), containing the basic routines that help to transfer information between elements within the computer 100, such as during start-up, is stored in the ROM 140. The computer 100 also includes a hard disk drive 170 for reading from and writing to a hard disk (not shown), a magnetic disk drive 180 for reading from or writing to a removable magnetic disk 190, and an optical disk drive 191 for reading from or writing to a removable optical disk 192 such as a CD ROM or other optical media. The hard disk drive 170, magnetic disk drive 180, and optical disk drive 191 are connected to the system bus 130 by a hard disk drive interface 192, a magnetic disk drive interface 193, and an optical disk drive interface 194, respectively. The drives and their associated computer-readable media provide nonvolatile storage of computer readable instructions, data structures, program modules and other data for the personal computer 100. It will be appreciated by those skilled in the art that other types of computer readable media that can store data that is accessible by a computer, such as magnetic cassettes, flash memory cards, digital video disks, Bernoulli cartridges, random access memories (RAMs), read only memories (ROMs), and the like, may also be used in the example operating environment.
A number of program modules can be stored on the hard disk drive 170, magnetic disk 190, optical disk 192, ROM 140 or RAM 150, including an operating system 195, one or more application programs 196, other program modules 197, and program data 198. A user can enter commands and information into the computer 100 through input devices such as a keyboard 101 and pointing device 102. Other input devices (not shown) may include a microphone, joystick, game pad, satellite dish, scanner or the like. These and other input devices are often connected to the processing unit 110 through a serial port interface 106 that is coupled to the system bus, but may be connected by other interfaces, such as a parallel port, game port or a universal serial bus (USB). Further still, these devices may be coupled directly to the system bus 130 via an appropriate interface (not shown). A monitor 107 or other type of display device is also connected to the system bus 130 via an interface, such as a video adapter 108. In addition to the monitor, personal computers typically include other peripheral output devices (not shown), such as speakers and printers. In a preferred embodiment, a pen digitizer 165 and accompanying pen or stylus 166 are provided in order to digitally capture freehand input. Although a direct connection between the pen digitizer 165 and the processing unit 110 is shown, in practice, the pen digitizer 165 may be coupled to the processing unit 110 via a serial port, parallel port or other interface and the system bus 130 as known in the art. Furthermore, although the digitizer 165 is shown apart from the monitor 107, it is preferred that the usable input area of the digitizer 165 be co-extensive with the display area of the monitor 107. Further still, the digitizer 165 may be integrated in the monitor 107, or may exist as a separate device overlaying or otherwise appended to the monitor 107.
The computer 100 can operate in a networked environment using logical connections to one or more remote computers, such as a remote computer 109. The remote computer 109 can be a server, a router, a network PC, a peer device or other common network node, and typically includes many or all of the elements described above relative to the computer 100, although only a memory storage device 111 has been illustrated in FIG. 1. The logical connections depicted in
When used in a LAN networking environment, the computer 100 is connected to the local network 112 through a network interface or adapter 114. When used in a WAN networking environment, the personal computer 100 typically includes a modem 115 or other means for establishing a communications over the wide area network 113, such as the Internet. The modem 115, which may be internal or external, is connected to the system bus 130 via the serial port interface 106. In a networked environment, program modules depicted relative to the personal computer 100, or portions thereof, may be stored in the remote memory storage device.
It will be appreciated that the network connections shown are exemplary and other techniques for establishing a communications link between the computers can be used. The existence of any of various well-known protocols such as TCP/IP, Ethernet, FTP, HTTP and the like is presumed, and the system can be operated in a client-server configuration to permit a user to retrieve web pages from a web-based server. Any of various conventional web browsers can be used to display and manipulate data on web pages.
The stylus 204 may be equipped with one or more buttons or other features to augment its selection capabilities. In one embodiment, the stylus 204 could be implemented as a "pencil" or "pen", in which one end constitutes a writing portion and the other end constitutes an "eraser" end, and which, when moved across the display, indicates portions of the display are to be erased. Other types of input devices, such as a mouse, trackball, or the like could be used. Additionally, a user's own finger could be the stylus 204 and used for selecting or indicating portions of the displayed image on a touch-sensitive or proximity-sensitive display. Consequently, the term "user input device", as used herein, is intended to have a broad definition and encompasses many variations on well-known input devices such as stylus 204. Region 205 shows a feedback region or contact region permitting the user to determine where the stylus 204 as contacted the display surface 202.
In various embodiments, the system provides an ink platform as a set of COM (component object model) services that an application can use to capture, manipulate, and store ink. One service enables an application to read and write ink using the disclosed representations of ink. The ink platform may also include a mark-up language including a language like the extensible markup language (XML). Further, the system may use DCOM as another implementation.
An Example of Strokes of Ink
An exemplary ink object is shown in FIG. 3. The ink object starts at point 301 where a pen down action occurred. The pen down action may be stylus 204 contacting the display surface 202, the click of a mouse button, the operation of a button on a trackball or joystick, or the like. The user controls an input (such as stylus 204) device and the resulting stroke continues through points 302-316. At point 316, a pen up action occurred. The pen up action may be the lifting of the stylus 204 off the display surface 204, releasing or another operation of a mouse button, or the operation of the button (or other buttons) on the trackball or joystick or the like. Here, a pen up action and a pen down action are known in the pen digitizing art.
From points 301 through 308, the width of the stroke has a first value. At point 308, the width of the stroke changes to a second value. This may have been because the user increased the pressure between the stylus 204 tip and the display surface 202, because the angle between the stylus 204 and the tablet changed, because the stylus 204 was rotated and projected a different cross section of the stylus 204's nib, or the like. The stroke then continues through point 316 with the second stroke width. In an alternate embodiment, a user started the stroke with a first line width and selected a different line width at point 308 to complete the stroke. In a further embodiment, two strokes may form the ink object as shown in FIG. 3. For example, a first stroke may include points 301-308 and a second stroke may include points 308-316.
In a further embodiment, the ink of
Next, the ink object may be stored (or transmitted or displayed or the like). The ink object stroke may be represented as a single stroke with varying line widths and colors. Alternatively, the ink object may be stored as a variety of strokes having a few data points in which each stroke has its own set of properties. Third, the ink object may be stored as short strokes between points. In short, the ink object may represent a stroke in a variety of forms.
Transforming Ink
Ink objects may be created with a number of different input sources. The input sources may include a variety of tablets with different tablet resolutions. The different tablet resolutions may result in ink drawn on a screen be rendered incorrectly when the created ink is ported to and displayed on a tablet having a different resolution or screen size. To adjust the ink to a common size, a set of transform properties (or transforms) may be stored to indicate how the ink object is to be adjusted to a common space.
As described above, ink may be captured in a variety of ways. The ink may be transformed larger or smaller, rotated, translated, warped, and the like. Along these lines, ink may need to be transformed from its native coordinate system to a different coordinate system. For example, a tablet may capture ink in a first resolution, transform the ink to a second resolution, and output the ink in the second resolution to an application.
Blocks 406, 407, 407, and 409 represent transformation from the initial coordinate sets of tablets 401, 403, 404, and 402, respectively, to the virtual ink space. The ratio for mapping tablet 401 to the virtual ink space by the transform 406 may be 1:1 for both the X and Y directions with the origin of tablet 401 placed at the at point A in virtual ink space 405. Note that points in the X direction from the tablet 401 exceed the length of the rectangle 405. The ratio for mapping tablet 403 to the virtual ink space by the transform 407 may be 1:1 for both the X and Y directions with the origin of tablet 403 placed at the at point B in rectangle 405. The ratio for mapping tablet 404 to the virtual ink space by the transform 408 may be 1:1 for both the X and Y directions with the origin of tablet 404 placed at the at point A in rectangle 405. The ratio for mapping tablet 402 to the virtual ink space by the transform 409 may be 1000:400 (or 1000/400:1 or 5:2 or 5/2:1) for both the X and Y directions with the origin of tablet 402 placed at the at point B in rectangle 405.
Tablet information 502 may be obtained and parsed in step 503. Alternatively, tablet information 502 may be obtained and added as a transform mapping property in step 505. Next, in step 507, the data structure is stored. Here, the storage step 507 is considered optional as other things may occur to the created ink object including, but not limited to, the inclusion of additional transformations in the ink object. Alternatively, the data structure may be forwarded to another device, displayed, further manipulated, and the like. Co-pending U.S. Ser. Nos. 09/852,799 (BW 03797.00132) and U.S. Ser. No. 09/870,478 disclose various tagged structures, which are incorporated by reference.
Next, in step 804, a stroke is added to the ink object. In an alternative embodiment, strokes may be added as a group to the ink object. In step 805, the system determines whether an event has occurred that signals the end of the ink stroke. This event may be a "pen up" event or any other event that may indicate that no more strokes are to be added to the ink object. In an alternative embodiment, the ink object may have strokes added even after the pen up event or alternative event.
In step 806, a transform mapping may be applied to the strokes. For example, if a tablet has a high resolution and the ink object is not to store coordinates in such a high resolution, an initial transform may be applied to the stroke or strokes in the ink object in step 806.
In step 807, the ink object is finished. The finished ink object may be stored or otherwise handled. For example, the stroke or strokes may be transformed in step 808. Also, the ink object may be rendered in step 809. The steps 806, 808, and 809 are optional in this process as shown by their dotted boxes. Further, the definition 803 of the transform or transforms to be applied to ink strokes may be determined after the ink strokes have been added to the ink object.
Data Structures for Storing Ink and Transform Mappings
An ink object is one of a variety of structures for storing ink.
When more than one property block occurs, it may be stored with other property blocks in a property table. The specific property blocks may be specified by an index referencing a specific property block or a default property block. Strokes 3 910 and 5 913 do not have immediately preceding indices. In one example, this may indicate that strokes 3 910 and 5 913 are to have properties specified by the default property block (not shows). In an alternate example, the strokes 3 910 and 5 913 use the most recent preceding index. Stroke 3 910 would use index 908. Stroke 5 913 would use index 911. Eliminating the recitation of an index for strokes 3 910 and 5 913 helps reduce the size of the ink object by the space that would have been consumed by separate indices for strokes 3 910 and 5 913.
Here, the identifier 1001 is generally referred to as a tag (or TAG or Tag). A "tagged" structure, as shown in
The structure as shown in
One benefit of placing the size after the tag itself is that applications that do not recognize the tag may know, by reading the next portion of information (the size block 1002, 1005, 1009), the length of data needed to skip over to arrive at the next tag or end of the ink data structure.
As to the specification of size of following data or the count of items in following data, it is appreciated that one may use either of the two ways of specifying information. For simplicity, the following description includes the use of size information. In some instances, count information is also shown. However, where only size information is shown, count information may readily be specified in place of or in addition to the size information.
As applied to ink, the tagged data structure of
The "tag" describing the "data" indicates whether the "data" contains tagged structures or even how many tagged structures. For example, custom properties are considered opaque to the present system since they are application-defined and thus only contain data. However, a stroke may have one or more stroke properties, which are also represented as tagged structures.
Ink properties may be defined to minimize or eliminate redundant information. In simple streams, there may be no ink properties. However, if there are ink properties, then it is preferable that they appear before any strokes so that they may apply to all strokes when needed. It is appreciated that the properties may be placed after the strokes as well. A number of global properties may be used. More or less global properties may be defined and used as needed.
With respect to ink objects, common properties appear. The properties may be grouped into transformation properties, drawing attributes properties, metrics properties, and stroke description properties. Other properties may be defined and used as well. Also, not all (if any) of the specific above-identified properties are required to practice the invention. Sample implementations of the above common properties are shown. Other properties are addressed in greater detail in co-pending U.S. Ser. No. 09/852,799 (BW 03797.00132) and U.S. Ser. No. 09/870,478 (BW 03797.00131), which are incorporated by reference.
Transform Properties
One may use the identifier of TAG_TRANSFORM_TABLE as the identifier 1101 to identify the transform table 1100. The size or count of the table may follow 1102. The size of the table may be is equal to the sum of the sizes of all transform blocks. The count may be equal to the number of blocks 1104, 1108 in the transform table 1100. Each transform block 1104, 1108 may include a transform block identifier 1103, 1107, a size or count field 1105, 1109 and a data field 1106, 1110.
To transform a point (X, Y) in two dimensions to a new point (X′, Y′), one may use the following two equations:
The two equations provide a general solution in two dimensions for both rotation and translation of a point or points as based on the transformation matrix of six coefficients, namely M11, M12, M21, M22, and Dx and Dy (M11, M12, M21, and M22 being the rotational and scalar coefficients and Dx and Dy being the translational coefficients. A matrix of the six coefficients may take the form of
A general equation for three dimensions may be given by:
A specific solution without rotation for two dimensions may be given by:
The following description relates to transforms in two dimensions. It is appreciated that any n-dimension transforms may be used.
The specification of the six coefficients for the transform properties of equations 1 and 2 may be preferable to only specifying the four coefficients of equations 6 and 7 due to the fact that tablets (and/or capture systems may orient captured ink differently, for example, the origin being at the top left corner of a screen as opposed to the bottom left of a screen). On the other hand, specifying only four coefficients takes less space.
In one example, if the size of the four or six coefficients is constant (as opposed to the actual values of the coefficients), the size or count fields 1105, 1109 may be eliminated. Further, a transform table containing only one transform block is a special case. As with other properties in which there is only one block, the table tag 1101 and size/count 1102 for the table may be omitted and the entire table may be replaced by a single transform block.
In the simplest case, where the capturing environment and the rendering environment have no transformations between them, as well as in cases where scaling and transforms have been applied outside of a native capture environment, no transform tables may be created.
To assist in the transformation to a common coordinate space, an ink space rectangle that defines a virtual coordinate space (or virtual ink space) for receiving ink may be specified. One tag that may be used includes TAG_INK_SPACE_RECT, which identifies the ink space rectangle when present in the stream. This rectangle may be, for example, rectangle 405 from FIG. 4. The entry for the rectangle may have a size field. On the other hand, the entry for the rectangle may not need a size field the rectangle has a fixed number of elements of, for example, four signed numbers. These four numbers represent the left, top, right, and bottom of the ink space. The ink space rectangle defines the virtual coordinate space for the ink. An application may use this rectangle to determine what area of the ink to either display or print. The ink space rectangle may be referred to as defining a virtual sheet of paper that the ink is drawn on. This does not mean that ink may not appear outside this area. However, the application may use this rectangle when deciding how to display the ink according to a given view or on the printer.
As described above in some embodiments, transforms may be combined prior to application to ink in a first coordinate system. The following is an example of how two two-dimensional mappings may be combined into a single mapping. It is appreciated that more mappings in N dimensions may be combined as well but are not shown for simplicity.
A first transformation mapping may be given by:
A second transformation mapping may be given by:
These two mappings of equations may be expressed as:
Equations 12 and 13 simplify to:
These equations may also be represented in matrix form with equations 8 and 9 as
Equations 10 and 11 as
Accordingly, having the coefficients for a first mapping and a second mapping may be combined. The resulting mapping may then be combined with other mappings or applied to ink to transform the ink.
A number of tags may be used to indicate the type of transform to be applied to ink. The following table provides a list of tags and information relating to the coefficients for the transform. The values having no value (or zero as a value) may have a placeholder in the matrix (e.g., 0) or the placeholder may be eliminated. Eliminating the placeholder further reduces the size of the data structure storing the ink.
Of course, other tags are possible that further define additional sets of transforms.
Transform Index
If only one transform is to be applied to all strokes in an ink object, then a transform block 1104 with identifier 1103, size/count field 1105, and coefficients 1106 may be specified. If more than one transform is specified in an ink object, the ink object may use an index to relate a stroke or series of strokes back to a specific transform (for example in a transform block). The transform index (which may be specified with the identifier TAG_TIDX) assigns a transform block to a stroke. A transform index may be followed by an index value that specifies the entry in the transform table. All strokes in the stream from that point on may use the specified transform block until the next transform index is encountered in the stream.
In an alternate embodiment, if there is no transform index in the stream somewhere before the stroke, it may be assumed that this stroke should use the 0th transform block in the transform table. And if there is no transform table in the stream, then no transforms should be applied to any stroke.
Encoding of Values
To further assist with the storage of ink, the content of an ink object may be serialized as described in U.S. Ser. Nos. 09/852,799 and 09/870,478, which are expressly incorporated by reference. Also, the X and Y data may be compressed. A number of encoding strategies and compression methods may be used alone or in combination.
Sizes of Tags and Numbers
At the most basic level, the ink object may be composed of numbers. Even tags may be considered indexes, which are just small integer numbers. In fact, most of the time these numbers are small enough that they could be represented by a single byte if there was a way of determining when a byte represented a single number and when it was just part of a bigger number. In some embodiments, no encoding is used. In other embodiments, it may be possible to take advantage of this observation by encoding numbers using a multi-byte encoding technique.
Multi-byte encoding makes it possible to represent small numbers in one byte, larger numbers in two bytes and very large numbers in however many bytes are necessary. This means that tags, which usually have a value less than 100, are stored as a single byte and sizes, which may be small or large, are stored in the most efficient manner. In effect, multi-byte encoding may be a compression technique.
Various types of multi-byte encoding are known. An example of multi-byte encoding is shown and works as follows:
In other words, the system handles information such that:
In general, bytes are processed until a byte with the most significant bit clear may be encountered. For example, the first number encountered may be the ink object identifier number. For version 1.0 this value may be "0" and can be encoded in a single byte. The next number may be the size of the stream following the size value, and for small ink objects as in the first example this will also be encoded in a single byte. However, if the stream may be long this value can grow as large as necessary. For example, a multi-byte encoded number of 10 bytes can represent a 64-bit number.
This same process may be applied to "tags" and other values in the stream. In general since "tags" are small integer indexes, they too may be one byte encoded.
Multi-byte Encoding of Signed Numbers
Multi-byte encoding as described above works well for positive integers. However, in some cases it may be necessary to store signed numbers. For example, the coordinates of a point may be positive or negative depending on where the application situates the origin.
To multi-byte encode a signed number, the absolute value of the signed number may be determined, the absolute value then may be shifted left by 1 bit, and the sign of the original number may be stored in the list significant bit.
Using the technique set forth above, the signed numbers with absolute values are handled as follows:
Further, ink may be compressed using known compression algorithms (for example, using Huffman compression systems and the like).
A Summarization of the Storage of Ink
A transform mapping may be stored in an ink object. The transform mapping permits the ink object to be stored in a first set of coordinates and later transformed to a second set of coordinates when needed.
Although the invention has been defined using the appended claims, these claims are exemplary in that the invention may be intended to include the elements and steps described herein in any combination or sub combination. Accordingly, there are any number of alternative combinations for defining the invention, which incorporate one or more elements from the specification, including the description, claims, and drawings, in various combinations or sub combinations. It will be apparent to those skilled in the relevant technology, in light of the present specification, that alternate combinations of aspects of the invention, either alone or in combination with one or more elements or steps defined herein, may be utilized as modifications or alterations of the invention or as part of the invention. It may be intended that the written description of the invention contained herein covers all such modifications and alterations. For instance, in various embodiments, a certain order to the data has been shown. However, any reordering of the data is encompassed by the present invention. Also, where certain units of properties such as size (e.g., in bytes or bits) are used, any other units are also envisioned.
Citas de patentes
Otras citas
Citada por
Eventos legales
Imagen original


text:
The School of Nursing's undergraduate and MSN programs are both accredited by the Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education (http://www.aacn.nche.edu/accreditation/).
Students entering the School of Nursing may earn a Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) Master of Science in Nursing (MSN) degree, or Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP) degree.
BSN Program. There are two tracks within the BSN program.
MSN Program. There are two tracks within the MSN program.
DNP Program. There are two tracks in the DNP program.
Certifications. In addition, the School of Nursing collaborates with the School of Education to prepare registered professional nurses from accredited baccalaureate nursing programs to be eligible to apply for the State of Illinois certificate issued by the Illinois Board of Education with the School Nurse Certificate (Type 73).
The School of Nursing faculty earnestly believes that the best nurse is one who is well-rounded both professionally and personally. We are committed to delivering on the promise of education as described in the mission of the University [Millikin University Bulletin]. We prepare students for professional success. Our students have a 100% placement rate and are highly sought by prestigious health care facilities across the country. The curricula prepare our graduates to practice evidenced-based care within an ethically-grounded framework, to engage in life-long learning, and to become leaders in the nursing profession. We prepare students for democratic citizenship in a global environment. Our nursing curricula are soundly based both upon the liberal arts and the natural sciences. This interconnectedness places our graduates in the unique position to work with individuals from a variety of cultures, to think critically, and to act as advocates for our patients' well-being – both within and outside of the formal health care system. We prepare students for a personal life of meaning and value. Our students have the opportunity to be engaged as integral members of the University and their broader communities. Our alumni consistently demonstrate active engagement in leadership, service, and community outreach.
Faculty and Staff. When you enter our program, you are assured of the fact that 100% of the SON faculty holds a master's degree in nursing and brings a wealth of professional experience to the curriculum to facilitate your learning. With 53% of our School of Nursing faculty holding earned doctorates, our program surpasses the national average of 40%. In addition to their teaching excellence and their service as your academic advisors, our faculty members are committed to the profession of nursing and participate in a myriad of professional activities. Our Administrative Assistants are integral to the success of the nursing programs. Their knowledge about the School of Nursing and their earnest desire to facilitate student success make them invaluable to you as you make this academic journey at Millikin University.
Contact information. I hope you will take the opportunity to visit us on our beautiful campus and learn more about our excellent nursing programs.


text:
Our Price:AU $259.00
Other Images: 1
click to enlarge
For designer style, sensational comfort and durability you simply cannot go past this designer range of shag pile rugs.
With an undeniably soft and plush feel beneath your feet, this premium quality, 4.5mm pile woven rug, features twisted dual-toned fibers that give the rug its beautiful texture. Perfect for high traffic areas, this rug is highly durable and being heat-set does not shed.
Available Colours
Available in a range of this season's designer colours, our Pandora Range is a timeless and stylish addition that will not only keep your feet warm in the cooler months but is a significant styling accessory for your home.
Cream Linen Latte Rock
Anthracite Cocoa Violet Rouge
Product Features


text:
- Product Details
- Reviews (0)
- Fabric Estimator
- Rewards
This is light weight off-white silk shantung with a large floral print. Great for sheers and accent pillows.
Color: Off-white/Fuchsia
Width: 55"
Content: 100% SILK
V Repeat: 25.00
H Repeat: 17.50
Learn about fabric careHOW TO CARE FOR SILK:Dry cleaning is usually preferable, but silks can be hand-washed or machine-washed on delicate, cool water. Line dry. Test a swatch first.Mood strongly recommends test-laundering a swatch, if you plan to wash your garment or home furnishings yourself.
PLEASE NOTE: The above numbers are estimations only. Please take into account garment size, lining and fabric width.


text:
Rebney ecstatic over redesigned glove
However, now two months, nine events, and countless camps into the use of the glove, Bellator founder and CEO Bjorn Rebney says the results have been phenomenal.
The hand injuries have gone down exponentially, and broken hands have gone down exponentially, Rebney said after Bellator 118 as transcribed by MMAJunkie. Guys who used to suffer the broken hands in the organization consistently, like (Bellator welterweight champion Douglas) Lima who every time hed throw one of those big overhand rights would end up in the hospital and have to get reconstructive surgery on his hand again have no issues.
(Hand injury requiring surgery) is almost gone from this company, and its because of that glove technology. Its shocking how cool its been in this company and for the most important thing we have, which is the fighters.
I would be willing to share these gloves and this technology with anybody any small organization, the UFC, anybody who wants this technology. They should have it because it has absolutely changed the dynamic of guys breaking their hands in our organization.
Injury statistics are being compiled and Rebney said the sport will be amazed when you see the release and see the actual numerical documentation on how much better hand-injury results are from our events since we changed those gloves.


text:
|The most helpful favorable review
|The most helpful critical review
0 of 0 people found the following review helpful:
By James from USA on 2013-08-05 21:35:05Things I liked:This is an excellent product! Absolutely bulletproof. I'm using this scope mount on a Gamo Bone Collector Bull Whisper. Scope - UTG 3-9x50mm with AO (SCP-U395AORGW). Everything fits perfectly and the objective sits about 3/16" above the barrel which is just about as close as I would want it. Tip: Be sure to use Scotch double sided tape between the rings and the scope if your gun is a springer. My scope moved in the rings without the tape. The Gamo has some SERIOUS recoil!
Things I would have changed:Nothing.
0 of 0 people found the following review helpful:
By BirdUp from USA on 2013-07-15 22:06:40Things I liked:BKL quality. True one-piece mount, no separate side plate to flip around. Almost everything about this mount is perfect...
Things I would have changed:One star to warn others away. None of my 1" scopes will fit properly due to limited clearance between middle of scope and mount. Yes, this is easily fixed by using some kind of shim, but at this price I shouldn't have to play that game.
What others should know:Until BKL redesigns their one piece mounts to accommodate real-world scopes, I suggest purchasing their two piece mounts only, or looking to a different manufacturer.
CheckoutSubtotal (USD):
does not include shipping and tax


text:
Enjoy this article? You may also be interested in these related items from our partners
Star Wars Command Star
Destroyer Play Set by Hasbro
Ariel and Rapunzel
Magnetic Dress-Up Dolls Set
Minnie Mouse Swim Cover-Up
for Girls - Disney Cruise Line
Hasbro and Disney Consumer Products today announced that starting in 2016, Hasbro will be granted worldwide rights (except for Japan) to produce dolls based on the Disney Princess properties including Cinderella, Beauty and the Beast, The Little Mermaid and Frozen. This will further expand Hasbro's existing deal which already encompasses Star Wars and Marvel properties.


text:
The way I understand it is the following:
- Preeclampsia is a disease of the placenta. The baby is starting to use the placenta around 12w. This is why some babies do great until 12-14w, but get IUGR after that. This is most sure a sign of preeclampsia.
- Preeclampsia cannot be tested on its own, but having this disease usually causes HBP OR labile HBP (going up and down) and it affects the kidneys: protein in urine. They say that you have preeclamsia when you have HBP higher than 140/90 and protein in urine over 300mg in 24h after 20w. This is a technical definition to help doctors disgnose it. It is symptomatic and it sometimes is an overdiagnose (its a blanket to make sure that none of us will get eclampsia or severe pree unexpectedly)
- The same symptoms can be caused by chronic hypertension, kidney diseases or other problems. These are issues on their own, especially hypertension that can affect the vessels in the placenta and cause the preeclampsia, so they need to be taken just as seriously and treated. They also mean you are at greater risk for preeclampsia. Preeclampsia on top of any of these conditions is called superimposed pree and it's really dangerous. (I imagine that diagnosing superimposed pree, when you already have the HBP and the protein from a previous condition, means that the baby has IUGR or other problems with the placenta or baby, like too little amniotic fluid. These issues are visible on US)
I am not a doctor, I think the above is what I understood about this disease, and I welcome anyone to add more info or correct me if I'm wrong.
Ileana 33
Angel stillborn 24w p-e 2/17/03


text:
On Friday, June 10, 2011 Pamela Massengale went to Pre-Paid Legal LLC., to pick up a donation they were making of a flag which needed to be retired.
The Northern Star District Cub Scouts will soon be participating in their Cub Scout Day Camp (the second weekend in July) and part of the festivities will be the yearly ceremony to put to rest all flags that needed to be retired. This will take place on July 8, 2011 at dusk at the Historic Ft. Towson Fort and is open to the public.
Any businesses, groups, organizations or individuals who have flags that need to be retired may drop them off at Sharpe's Department Store in Antlers. If you have any questions or would like more information please contact the Northern Star District Cub Scout Leader Pamela Massengale at 580-298-7191.
[1] mailto:email@example.com
[2] http://www.theantlersamerican.com/sites/default/files/Cub Scouts Flag Retirement.jpg


text:
|64 posts found
Advanced Member
Joined: 3/28/07
Need longer quote limits.
When then Cryptic Studios and NCsoft America announced they would be making City of Heroes a super hero MMO I thought it was a great idea. At that same time I was wondering how long would it be till DC Comics and Marvel Comics make their own MMO. Then DC Comics teamed up with Sony Online Entertainment to make DC Universe Online a decent little MMO where we could team up with known DC Comics super heroes. Then Cartoon Network decided to make the browser game Fusion Fall also a decent little game to play. WHile all this is happening NCsoft bought City of Heroes/City of Villains from Cryptic Studios. Also at that same Marvel Announced that they were teaming up with Microsoft and Cryptic Studios to create Marvel Universe Online. Shortly after this announcement for some strange reason Marvel and Micosoft got into a pissing contest and the MMO was canceled. Cryptic Studios then took the ideas they had for MUO and created Champions Online. Years then passed with no Marvel MMO then came Marvel Announced Marvel Super Hero Squad Online a crappy game based off of a crappy cartoon. And now Marvel announces another crappy MMO where instead of making our own Super Hero we have to use already known super hero in a Diablo-esq style game play. When will Marvel finally come out with a Super Hero MMO that rival DCUO Champions Online and City of Heroes?
"Possibly we humans can exist without actually having to fight. But many of us have chosen to fight. For what reason? To protect something? Protect what? Ourselves? The future? If we kill people to protect ourselves and this future, then what sort of future is it, and what will we have become? There is no future for those who have died. And what of those who did the killing? Is happiness to be found in a future that is grasped with blood stained hands? Is that the truth?"
Login or Register to never see this panel
Hard Core Member
Joined: 11/07/11
Any fool can know. The point is to understand.
Actually I think it's because DC and COH/CO have already covered those areas of the gaming world and Marvel does not want to be compared to existing franchises. Instead of trying to compete with DC by creating what is essentially a clone they opted to make a new version of their existing franchise. I personally loved the console beat'emups and played nearly all of them with my friends.
Turning X-men legends into an online MMO/ARPG is almost a stroke of genius. People are not happy with Diablo 3 and I wouldn't be surprised if this was held back if D3 launched successfully. Presenting the market with a superhero diablo isn't a terrible idea. The thought of playing the game to unlock new characters is kind of exciting. You can get many more playthroughs by having rare collection drops for unlocking new chars rather than farming for gold or boring items.
I personally and honestly couldn't tell you what made me stop playing COH/CO (quest grind) some people can handle it but I wasn't one of those. I haven't tried DCUO but have been interested in the past. The best thing I can think of is that a lot of us are sick of stale MMOs and Marvel did not have enough new ideas/gimmicks to sustain a genuine MMO structure (which is slowly decaying)
tl:dr Marvel does not want to be compared to COH/CO/DCUO.
Marvel did not have enough ideas for a new superhero MMO to be viable.
Diablo 3 failed.
Play for fun. Play to win. Play for perfection. Play with friends. Play in another world. Why do you play?
Advanced Member
Joined: 3/28/07
Need longer quote limits.
the reason why the people who played Diablo 3 assume its a failure is because they expect it to play like a MMO. When in all actuality it is a single player linear hack and slash dungeon crawler the only end game for games like that is to kill the final boss. once gamers understand this you will see the number of complaints decrease. i highly doubt that will happen seeing that the vocal minority always likes to complain over anything.
"Possibly we humans can exist without actually having to fight. But many of us have chosen to fight. For what reason? To protect something? Protect what? Ourselves? The future? If we kill people to protect ourselves and this future, then what sort of future is it, and what will we have become? There is no future for those who have died. And what of those who did the killing? Is happiness to be found in a future that is grasped with blood stained hands? Is that the truth?"
Novice Member
Joined: 6/26/07
Originally posted by akiira69
People expected Diablo 3 to be an APRG not a MMOARPG. The game has more similar elements to a MMO than it does to an APRG.
The dev team instead of expanding and improving on an already gold winning game they took it and did nothing with it. Diablo 3 is not even a true sequal in any sense besides it keeping the name Diablo.
Your forced into acts, every character is the same. Itemization in that game is a complete joke. The gear its self are just stat boosts, and the difference between crap and usable items is the size of the grand canyon.
The game has no end game. No incentive to create more than one character with the time it takes to build up even one character. You litterally farm to get better stats.
Not to mention the constant nerfs to classes and items in a single player PvE game.
Apprentice Member
Joined: 8/31/12
Originally posted by akiira69
Sorry brother, you're way off. We didn't expect an mmo, we expected DIABLO. Instead, we got a shallow grindtastic POS with a real money cash shop focus.
EA CEO John Riccitiello's on future microtransactions: "When you are six hours into playing Battlefield and you run out of ammo in your clip, and we ask you for a dollar to reload, you're really not very price sensitive at that point in time...We're not gouging, but we're charging."
Novice Member
Joined: 5/25/06
Overall as a general rule of thumb, once an IP or game has proven successful, other titles or sequels based on it will be more focused on captializing and profit versus actually trying to make a good game.
If you take awake the IP aspect of these games and just look at the gameplay and level of detail I seem to find most are really terrible and wouldn't garner a second look from others.
Novice Member
Joined: 11/08/06
Waiting for the xbox 360 vr of champions online.
You might not like being able to play as marvel heros but i do and this gives them a chance to put out more of the char's we would never get to play as in the ps3/xbox360 games for free.I dont care for making my own char to play as and i dont wanna team up with a char i cant play as.
thanks both u guys
Novice Member
Joined: 5/05/05
Originally posted by akiira69
Everyone I know that played DCUO (including me) had the same complaint:
Why am I playing errand-boy for Robin? Is this game mocking me? When do I get to meet Batman? Can I play Batman?
Fact is, most people don't want to play Sidekick38127. They don't want to play characters with powers -similar- to the Flash, they want to play -The Flash-
DCUO, on its own, as a game, and mechanically, while flawed, is a good game. But since its licensed under DC and you encounter all your favorite heroes, you want to actually play -them- not play -with them-
Marvel will fill that need with their "MMO"
Honestly, even if this is only Ultimate Alliance with online multiplayer and some hub-trading, it would already be worth it, because UA was pretty good.
Novice Member
Joined: 10/08/10
lol I love the concept of Marvel Heroes and i really really really cant wait to play it. Looks freakin awesome and playing my favorite Marvel characters is freakin uber.
Do people play The Amazing Spiderman game and complain that they only play as Spiderman? Of freakin course not.
DCUO is the best F2P game out right now. =)
Apprentice Member
Joined: 10/24/12
I agree with you about DCUO, however, unfortunately SOE is/has destroyed/ing the game. It seems like they have gone out of their way to completely abandon people how have dumped gobs of money into it and only focus on how many new free-to-play subscribers they can get. I played they game since closed BETA and have only recently been forced to stop along with well over 100 of my longtime friends who were considered to be some of the upper echelon of the elite players on the PS3 servers.
The main reason for us stopping was that none of us could continue to justify dumping time & money into a game where the developers seemingly don't care about the people that are paying the bills to keep the game going, and for no apparent reason can ever give straight forward feedback to any of its paying subscribers. SOE constantly penalize the long standing community every time a new group of players can't seem to get the game down and continue to dumb it down to where it is your basic console experience; which completely goes against every idea for an MMO or RPG that I have ever heard of or been a part of. Apparently from doing extensive research this is SOE's motive in every game they produce; make as much money of anyone no matter what it means to the integrity of the game or its content.
SOE has focused on making a system where every player is equal no matter how long you have played (whether it be 2 days or 2 years) or how much effort that you have put forth. There is no chance to become elite with skill or gear, and if you start to become elite they just give out the things you and your fellow league mates have worked for years to obtain in a matter of days to anyone who is willing to pay for it. The same issues have gone unanswered or unfixed since the day it came out, and unfortunately my love for the comic books & comic based games could not keep me playing any longer.
I am super happy that Gazillion picked up Marvel Heroes for the simple fact that they will not put any game out that they do not test and work on tirelessly to give its players the ultimate experience, and I really look forward to playing it for a long time.
Novice Member
Joined: 9/25/12
But... I was under the impression that this was a Diablo style game, not an MMO.
Are there people claiming this is an MMO?
Advanced Member
Joined: 12/21/07
Originally posted by DavisFlight
I heard there are some persistent world zones. But personally i wouldn't care less. This GAME sounds good.
- i can play actual marvel characters .. huge plus. DCUO turned me off exactly because i have to play some unknown dude.
- Diablo type game play. Much better combat than the standard MMO combat.
As long as it is Marvel Ultimate Alliance online, i am happy. Whether it has a "world" or not, is irelevant to me.
Novice Member
Joined: 12/29/09
This is why MMOs are going the route of SWTOR and why SWG went its route. Why do you want to play AS Batman or Wolverine in a MMO??? Dont you find it silly when you see a team of Spider-mans? Oh right but different costome so thats okay. How about this crazy idea you build up a new super hero (or villian) start from nothing and build your OWN legend?
Through PVP, PVE, helping people or messing with them theres many other ways to make your char. feel like a badass just the current formula doesnt allow for anything off rails. (in any game really atm) I always liked building my own charactor and not being stuck with a templete but guess thats just me.
Novice Member
Joined: 12/02/12
This is what will drive me away from this site, a site called MMORPG.com should not be about games like this. You have a great site address and dilute its appeal.
Joined: 3/06/09
Poacher killer.
Originally posted by DavisFlight
You didn't hear? Everything is an MMO now. My fucking shoe laces are now considered an MMO. Cool stuff, huh?
"Mr. Rothstein, your people never will understand... the way it works out here. You're all just our guests. But you act like you're at home. Let me tell you something, partner. You ain't home. But that's where we're gonna send you if it harelips the governor." - Pat Webb
Novice Member
Joined: 12/24/11
To be fair, I never even thought Marvel Heroes looked Diablo-esque, but I can definitely see that now. If anything, I would've immediately compared Marvel Heroes to be an online version of Marvel Ultimate Alliance or X-Men Legends...
Joined: 3/06/09
Poacher killer.
Originally posted by ObiClownobi
It's really starting to get out of hand. I come here to learn about and discuss MMOs, not to get news on every MOBA or ARPG that comes out. The effect this has had on the forums is quite noticeable; we have members that drag these types of titles in nearly every one of their posts, which in turn derails every thread they grace with their prescence. It's a shame.
"Mr. Rothstein, your people never will understand... the way it works out here. You're all just our guests. But you act like you're at home. Let me tell you something, partner. You ain't home. But that's where we're gonna send you if it harelips the governor." - Pat Webb
Novice Member
Joined: 8/08/12
What's with the butthurt people crying about mmorpg.com featuring mmo's on their site? Just because it doesn't fit your subjective opinion of what defines an mmo? Please get over yourself, it would be great if you just got "driven away" like you claim.
As for Marvel...if it really is an online version of X-men legends/Marvel UA..I will prob try it out. Im not gonna expect much though.
Novice Member
Joined: 9/25/12
Originally posted by nukempro
It's not subjective. It was firmly established what an MMO is back when the term was coined. This website just ignores it so it can get more ad revenue, and developers ignore it so they can justify their billing plans.
Novice Member
Joined: 8/08/12
Originally posted by DavisFlight
Lol, right...and what authority was it that "firmly established" what defines an mmo? What your saying would make sense if MMORPG.com was the only site/group/person/publication that happens to disagree with you. But as i'm sure you already know there are just as many if not more people that disagree with your "firmly established" definiton of what an mmo is. But hey as I said, it's subjective so you are entitled to think what you like. Although, if I where you, I would leave this evil money grubbing site as soon as possible. I heard wall street is in need of some occupying!


text:
Terry Anderson
Mon, 02/23/2015
A new generation of environmental entrepreneurs is more interested in "finding the ways that work" than regulating for the sake of punishing. These enviropreneurs see market opportunities where others see environmental problems.
Randy Simmons
Tue, 11/18/2014
Allowing price to ration water may be a bitter political pill to swallow, but it makes economic and environmental sense. Writing at The Conversation, Randy Simmons lends insight into California's water crisis.
Timothy Taylor
Thu, 07/10/2014
President Obama recently proposed a federal strategy to promote honey bee health. But an economic perspective may provide some lessons for the government task force.
Annie Ireland
Thu, 07/10/2014
PERC senior fellow Jonathan Adler testifies on state vs. federal environmental policy implementation.
Terry Anderson
Mon, 05/12/2014
Today's Sagebrush rebels want federal lands transferred to states, while environmentalists want more federal control. Both sides should be careful what they ask for.
Shawn Regan
Tue, 04/22/2014
When environmental groups buy ranchers' permits, there's no need for the feds to start rustling up trouble.
Roger Meiners
Wed, 03/19/2014
With central planners promising such extraordinary economic returns from regulation, what could possibly go wrong?
Shawn Regan
Wed, 02/12/2014
The Farm Bill will make it more difficult for Asian catfish to enter the U.S. market. But critics say it's a trade barrier in disguise.
Terry Anderson, Reed Watson
Mon, 01/27/2014
Montana's Stream Access Law has led to an erosion of property rights and reduced public benefits flowing from private lands. Isn't it time to say enough is enough?
Shawn Regan
Thu, 07/25/2013
PERC research fellow Shawn Regan provides testimony for the U.S. Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources hearing on "Funding the National Park System for the Next Century."


text:
Buscaino: Clean Air and Safe Streets for Kids in CD 15
"The most significant obstacle to CD 15 becoming more bike friendly is the amount of automobile traffic on our streets," wrote Joe Buscaino, Council District 15 candidate, in Bikeside's biking and walking survey. "It makes biking more difficult for casual riders. While we have some bike lanes throughout the district, I do believe we need […]Read more


text:
Moctoberfest is a month-long celebration of Chattanooga Mocs men's basketball. It includes historical moments, social media interactions and introduction to UTC's freshmen among the myriad of video tributes and stories.
Day 12 introduces freshman guard Gee McGhee (Baton Rouge, La.). At first glance, McGhee is not what he appears. He is listed as a freshman on the roster, but he certainly comes off as an older student-athlete in a number of ways.
"Gee McGhee, that's one tough guy," said head coach John Shulman. "This summer he became our vocal leader. You don't expect a freshman to be a vocal leader, but he was. He's a unique blend. He's got a big smile off the court, but he'll kill you on it.
"That kind of competitiveness...that's what you want."
Having the vocal swagger of a veteran is backed by the body of one as well. When watching film, you have to be reminded he is just a first-year performer.
"Gee is 6-5, 205 pounds," Shulman added. "He is a man on the wing. Gee has combo guard skills. He can handle it, he can shoot it and he can defend it. We are very excited about what Gee brings to the court."
McGhee chose Chattanooga over Murray State and Arkansas State. He led Redemptorist High School in Baton Rouge to 99 wins during his prep career playing for Tim Waller, Jr.
He averaged in double-digits all four seasons including 29.2 points per contest as a senior. He posted 26.2 points per game as a junior. He ranked No. 11 in the state by Scout.com, No. 3 shooting guard, heading into the fall of 2011.
The son of Cheryl and Ronnie McGhee, Gee played AAU ball for his dad and the Bayou Flames. He also teamed up with fellow Mocs freshman Casey Jones on the Louisiana Dynasty.
Chattanooga opens the season Monday, November 12, against Tennessee Temple in McKenzie Arena at 7 p.m. Season tickets for a school-record 18-game home slate are available. Call 266-MOCS (6627), go online here at GoMocs.com or stop by the Gate One McKenzie Arena Ticket Office.
GoMocs.com is the official website of the Chattanooga Mocs. The Mocs can also be followed on their official Facebook page (ChattanoogaMocs), or on Twitter (@GoMocsMBB & @GoMocs).
Find out how to join the UTC Mocs Club and support more than 300 student-athletes by clicking here.MOCTOBERFEST
1 - First NCAA DI Game
2 - Walter "Moose" McGary
3 - Stephen McDowell
4 - 1980 Recruiting Class
5 - Gerald Wilkins 4-point Play
6 - Social Media Factoid: UTC's 10 NCAA appearances are the most in the SoCon since joining the league in 1977-78. Leaders: Chattanooga 10, Davidson 7, ETSU 6, Marshall 3, App State 2, Furman 2, Wofford 2, Western Carolina 1, UNCG 1 and College of Charleston 1. Sources: http://twitter.com/GoMocsMBB & http://www.facebook.com/ChattanoogaMocs
7 - LeVert Threats to Keith Nelson Buzzer-Beater
8 - 1st NCAA Tournament Win
9 - Social Media Factoid: Today's Moctoberfest Factoid is in honor of tomorrow's 30 minutes or less ticket promotion. Derrick Kirce holds the UTC record for career 30-point games with 5 in his 2 seasons (1990-91). He scored 1,113 points which is a school record for a two-year player averaging 19.5 points per contest, another all-time leading mark. Chad Copeland (1993-94) is the only Moc with back-to-back 30-pt games. He scored 30 in a home win over Southern Miss on Jan. 2, 1994 and followed with 33 keying a one-point road win three nights later at Furman. Sources: http://twitter.com/GoMocsMBB & http://www.facebook.com/ChattanoogaMocs
10 - Drazen Zlovaric Makes ESPN Top 10 Plays
11 - TRIVIA GIVEAWAY: Who led the Mocs in scoring in the two 1997 NCAA Tournament wins over Georgia and Illinois? Answer: Willie Young with 39 (24 vs. UGa/15 vs. Illini).
12 - Meet Gee McGhee
13 - Mocs Top Moments Video
14 - Meet Alex Bran
15 - Meet Eric Robertson


text:
iPhone 3G + Cancellation Cheaper than Un-Contracted iPhone 3G
I'll admit that when I saw the prices for the iPhone 3G sans contract ($599 for the 8gig and $699 for the 16gig), I was disheartened. It turns out these prices are a actually more surreal than they appear at first blush. Gizmodo did some math and figured out the following: it is cheaper to just buy an iPhone 3G and sign up for the contract, pay the activation fee, then cancel the contract immediately and pay the early termination fee. Check it out:
$299 - 16GB iPhone w/contract
$36 - Activation
$175 - Early Termination Fee
$70 - One month of service
Total Price Using The Shady Method: $580
...Of course, the above method does have a hidden cost: the cost of having AT&T run a credit check on you, which technically can put a ding in your credit rating if there are a lot of checks in a short period of time. There's also the ding on your morality -- financial shenanigans may make you feel like a huckster. If you try the above method, we can't be held responsible for anybody confusing you with Ron Popeil.
Have something to say about this story? Leave a comment! Need help with something else? Ask in our forums!
Reader comments
iPhone 3G + Cancellation Cheaper than Un-Contracted iPhone 3G
yeah I am going to do that but actually is 299+tax it's
plus the ETF 175
+activation 36
+ 75.76 of the month that is all total up with taxes and everything so it's about
all of it it's $610.43 if you cancel after 30 days.....and if you buy the iPhone 3G without contract you are paying $648.41
So it's even cheaper than buying an iPHone without contract and more memory and if you want different color too
what I am not quite sure is about the deposit the credit check
the credit check is ok with me
but I don't know if they are
going to return to me the deposit
here is my email
Will the iPhone obtained by terminating the contract (and paying the fee) be unlocked by ATT so that it can accept SIM cards from other companies?
Will ATT unlock the iPhone for regular folks who fulfill their 2 year contract?
No one seems to be discussing (or asking ATT) about their unlocking policies ...
You probably shouldn't count the voice/data cost in your assessment if you would be using that service otherwise and paying for it. ie- i pay 40/month in voice from AT&T anyway, so in fact for me, it's just an extra 30, not 70, so the cost of the iphone is that much less.
You should also realize, at least for iphone 1, you can unlock it, but it's on a diff platform than verizon, so you cant use it with them. ONLY Tmobile and AT&T in the states, im not sure if this logic extends to 3g iphone
What information does AT&T need for you to purchase an iphone ? I dont live in the US, im only here for vacation, can I buy one ?
I bought two 3g iphones from Bestbuy on September 13th, I signed a two-year family plan contract with the deposit of $150 per line. Unfortunately, I lost them a few days ago. My question is that can I cancel the contract with AT&T after 30 days without returning the equipments and get the deposit of $300? Of course, I will pay the ETF. Any information are appreciated.


text:
Aug. 25, 2009
NORTHRIDGE, Calif. -
While may of their peers were busy relaxing during their three month break, a number of student-athletes chose to hone their skills as members of a number of summer baseball and softball teams across the nation. Below is a summary of their successes in this summer's final baseball/softball report.
Left-Handed Pitcher, USSSA Pride - National Pro Fastpitch
Softball Assistant Coach Fennell provided outstanding relief from the bullpen for the Pride, finishing with a 1-1 record and one complete game. In her 17.2 innings pitched, Fennell struckout seven batters, while only allowing nine walks.
Right-Handed Pitcher, Humboldt Crabs - West Coast League
The sophomore pitcher was named the Horizon Air Summer Series Pitcher of the Year for his performance on the mound for the Humboldt Crabs this summer and was also one of two Crabs named to the fifteen-member Horizon Air First Team.
Helping his team earn the inaugural West Coast League (WCL) Tri-State title, DeBoo pitched a total of 45.1 innings in the 16 games he appeared in, finished with an unblemished 9-0 record, and possessed a miniscule 0.60 ERA, the lowest average of any pitcher in the WCL. DeBoo allowed four runs to his opposition throughout the entire summer, struckout 27 batters, walked only six batters, and earned two saves during his time in Humboldt.
Middle Infielder, California Mariners - Southern California Collegiate Baseball Association
As a member of the Western Regional Stan Musial Division Champions, DeMarco split his time in the field at second base, third base, and shortstop, compiling a .996 fielding average in the process. At the plate, DeMarco batted .362 with nine doubles and six triples.
Right-Handed Pitcher, Palm Springs Power - Southern California Collegiate Baseball Association
In addition to his appearance as a member of the Southern California Collegiate Baseball Association All-Star team where Longpre pitched one inning, struck out two batters to eradicate a potential Pacific West scoring opportunity to earn the win, Longpre's summer was just as successful as a member of the Power pitching staff.
For the season, Longpre was the only Power pitcher to finish with a 0.00 ERA (min. thre einnings pitched), finished with a perfect 3-0 record, and led the team with four saves. In his 22 games and 30 innings pitched, Longpre struckout 33 batters, allowed only 13 hits and seven walks.
Jacob Peterson
Pitcher/First Baseman, San Luis Obispo Blues - Sierra Baseball League
Peterson appeared in six games, started on one occasion, and finished with a total of nine innings pitched. Finishing with a 2-0 record and an ERA of 0.00, Peterson allowed only six walks, struckout nine batters, and held his opponents to a miniscule batting average of .103.
Second Baseman, Wareham Gatemen - Cape Cod League
Pineda finished the summer 19 hits, 12 runs, fine doubles, ten walks, eight RBI's, five doubles, two stolen bases and a .170 batting average. Pineda's five doubles and 12 runs scored ranks him tied for third-highest marks in each category amongst his teammates.
Second Baseman, Sedalia Bombers - M.I.N.K League
On July 14, the Bombers had a two game sweep against Nevada at Liberty Stadium, which left the two teams tied for first in the MINK South Division. On July 16, the Bombers won their double header against the MINK North leader, Chillicothe, which preserved their spot atop the standings. As the week progressed, Nevada lost to Joplin, while the Bombers split their double header with Beatrice to clinch the MINK South Division Championship. Reed finished the regular season third on his team with a .343 batting average, 16 RBI's, and ten stolen bases.
Outfielder, Edenton Steamers - Coastal Plain League
Swanson lead his team with a .325 batting average, 39 hits, and 8 doubles. Due to his successful season, the Coastal Plain League announced Billy Swanson to their American All-Star Team.
Robert Vickers
Shortstop, San Luis Obispo Rattlers - California Collegiate League
For the season Vickers started 25 of the 26 games he participated in, hit. 157, and finished with a .286 on-base percentage. Vickers collected 14 hits, scored 12 times, and drew the third-highest number of walks on the team with 16. Defensively, Vickers held a .965 fielding percentage, with 35 putouts, 48 assists and only committed three errors all season.


text:
Use the tools below to refine your search by only displaying reviews with a certain number of star ratings or to only show reviews from a certain time period. Eg click on '1 star' to just display the reviews we have which received a 1 star rating click or 'Within the last month' to display just reviews posted over the last month.
As rated by our community of reviewers
" Ford focus etate 2000 " Read More
" A great alround estate car " Read More
" Skoda UK Customer Service is a Dishonest, Unfair Cover Up! " Read More
" Why Pay More? " Read More
Written by jopari
" The best Audi that Audi don't make?. " Read More
Written by dogsbody


text:
- Material: Finished with a radiant luster, the proprietary blend of professional-grade stainless steel resists oxidation and discoloration over time for a lasting shine
- Side Wall: Tri-ply construction features a full aluminum core with a magnetic exterior side-wall that is compatible with induction stovetops. Side-wall design includes a precision-pour rim. The sealed rim protects the cookware's core construction, preventing pitting or deterioration over time
- Handle: Exclusively designed, stay-cool ergonomic handle makes for easy maneuvering and is secured with stainless steel rivets
- Lid: With Le Creuset's iconic three-ring design, the lid follows the classic cast iron construction with flat rims for stability
- Vent: Designed to mimic the functionality of cast iron, the vent controls the flow of steam, keeping the lid securely in place while cooling
- Knob: Made for easy gripping, the stainless steel knob is safe to 500°F


text:
Whether you take frequent Wichita vacations or have yet to visit that city, you may be interested in finding good deals on Wichita Kansas hotels. Expedia.com can help! Although Wichita is not often thought of as a prime vacation destination, hotels in Wichita Kansas are often kept full for most of the year. Many of those who stay in Wichita hotels are business travelers; several important American businesses were founded in Wichita. A drugstore in Wichita is also the site of the first official sit-in for racial integration. In 1958, the Dockum Drug Store hosted protesters who would sit at the counter for the entire day. After three weeks, the owner relented and agreed to serve black patrons. Travelers still visit the area as a sort of pilgrimage and frequently book rooms in hotels in Wichita, KS. The hotels downtown are an excellent option for those wishing to visit Wichita for cultural reasons.
Travelers who arrive in Wichita by plane can select from several good airport hotels that feature easy access to car rentals. Even though flights to Wichita are easily available, its location makes it a prime destination for those on road trips. Many people crossing the country will stop for a night at a Wichita hotel and rest up before continuing on their journey in the morning. For those traveling with pets, Wichita hotels in the southeastern part of town are recommended because the Arkansas River flows through that particular area has many good parks along its banks for walking dogs.
If you are looking for specials on cheap hotels in Wichita, KS, Expedia can help you book your stay. Cheap lodgings in Wichita are usually easy to find - even in the best parts of town. You can easily reserve rooms through us no matter what time of year you intend to travel. We frequently have special offers available to you that are exclusive to Expedia and too good to pass up. Book your stay today!


text:
Precision Windsports, Inc.
Precision Windsports, Inc. is Virginia's Light Sport aircraft discovery center. Want to see what it feels like to FLY a motorcycle. We can show you. Our FAA certificated aircraft are officially called Weight-Shift Light Sport Aircraft. We call them Trikes. A Trike is one of the best ways to see Lynchburg and the surrounding mountains, lakes, rivers, and streams. There is no better way to take it all in than from 500 feet above. Want to do something different, out of the ordinary, that you will remember for the rest of your life? Then give us a call. We are centrally located at Lynchburg's Regional Airport and offer introductory flights Mon-Sat on a reservation basis.


text:
News & Events
June 16, 2015
Gov. Baker helps The Home for Little Wanders honor its BSU Grads
June 11, 2015
Patricia Fry, G '99, is the state's Principal of the Year
June 5, 2015
Educational partnership with Moroccan university completed
June 5, 2015
The 20th annual celebration of faculty scholarship features many highlights
June 5, 2015
New trading room gives students hands-on training in investing
June 1, 2015
Chris Perry becomes Bridgewater's first national champion
June 1, 2015
Smoke stack demolition ends 'dirty' energy at BSU
June 1, 2015
In-state transfer students eligible for tuition-free scholarship at BSU
May 26, 2015
BSU shines in Times Square during visit to NASDAQ
May 22, 2015
New partnership to help expand student opportunities around the globe
July 10, 2015
Santander steps in to aid campus food bank
July 10, 2015
See the first-ever drone footage of BSU
July 8, 2015
Students head to Hollywood to compete in final round of Campus MovieFest
July 1, 2015
Frederick Clark Jr., '83, takes office as Bridgewater's 12th president
June 30, 2015
Outgoing President Dana Mohler-Faria feted at farewell event
June 24, 2015
President calls opening a 'great moment for all of us'
June 22, 2015
Ribbon-cutting ceremony opens Welcome Center
June 17, 2015
Institute to be named after youngest Marathon bombing victim
June 16, 2015
Mary Waldron recognized by Metro South Chamber of Commerce, Eastern Bank
June 16, 2015
Gov. Baker helps The Home for Little Wanders honor its BSU Grads
June 22, 2015
First annual Cape Verdean studies conference held
May 22, 2015
Students present a wide variety of research at annual event
May 5, 2015
Conference looks at energy concerns north of the border
April 30, 2015
Campus speaker deals with difficult but important topic
April 29, 2015
Visiting writer delivers lecture, remembers late BSU professor
April 16, 2015
Summit aims to safeguard opportunities and open doors
April 13, 2015
Job and career fairs draw hopeful students
April 5, 2015
Comedians share with students importance of being open minded and accepting
April 1, 2015
Area students get a taste of various professions
March 27, 2015
Afro-American Alumni Association marks 25th anniversary


text:
Apple Releases iTunes 8.0.2
Harbinger of things to come? Or just coincidence? You decide. But while you're deciding, head on over to Apple Software Update and grab yourself a copy of iTunes 8.0.2 and its quality, connectivity, and accessibility fixes.
(Though if you've jailbroken, or intend to Unlock when it becomes available, AVOID as we've already seen that the new MacBook lineups have jailbreak unfriendly iTunes builds, and this could be more of the same).
Got it? Gotten it? Let us know if you find any tantalizing iPhone hints!
Have something to say about this story? Leave a comment! Need help with something else? Ask in our forums!
Reader comments
Apple Releases iTunes 8.0.2
why does it crash?... why not just make safari take a little longer to load... who wrote the code that makes it crash?
And BTW, the itunes store seems much snappier now!
2.2 is UP!
I updated and I've lost my library, be cautious. I didn't do anything out of the ordinary, just accepted the usual agreements and let it do it's thing. Anyone know how to get it back? It changed the library location so I pointed it back to the old one but that doesn't work. I can't really figure out their logic. But then again, it's apple, their logic isn't exactly normal.
Downloaded 8.0.2 and my Ipod Touch 2nd ten crashed. Lost all data, bookmarks& history. Sux.
Such a usefule blog…wow !!!!


text:
There are several Apache directives that allow you to change the PHP configuration from within the Apache configuration files. For a listing of which directives are PHP_INI_ALL, PHP_INI_PERDIR, or PHP_INI_SYSTEM.
Sets the value of the specified directive. Can be used only with PHP_INI_ALL and PHP_INI_PERDIR type directives. To clear a previously set value use none as the value.
A handy trick to pick up parse errors in test_file.php if you can't set display_errors in php.ini or use .htaccess:
error_reporting (E_ALL);
ini_set ('display_errors', true);