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This is a continuation of U.S. application Ser. No. 10/731,227, filed Dec. 8, 2003, now U.S. Pat. No. 7,299,281, which is a continuation of U.S. application Ser. No. 09/705,391, filed Nov. 2, 2000, now U.S. Pat. No. 6,662,226, which is a continuation-in-part of U.S. application Ser. No. 09/492,559, filed on Jan. 27, 2000, now abandoned, and U.S. application Ser. No. 09/644,404, filed Aug. 23, 2000, now abandoned.
1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to interactions with terminal devices having a user interface to display information, and more particularly to a method and system for capturing, tracking, storing, augmenting and replaying the displayed information encountered during one or more interactive session, wherein the one or more interactive session involves a series of screen displays.
2. Description of the Related Art
Various information is accessed through wide area networks (WAN) such as the Internet. The content of these wide area networks is dynamic, information is always being added and deleted. Information available at one time may be unavailable at a later time because a user may not save it when it was available or its source may have been deleted, or it may be still available but the user is not quite sure of its location. In other cases, one desires to see how others proceed with interactions with provided information.
Computing devices enable users to interact with various information streams such as interaction with various web sites over the Internet. These interactions are typically achieved via hardware devices including a display device and a user interface (i.e., a keyboard and a pointing device). In order to instruct a computing system to perform a task, a user may type a command on a keyboard or make a selection from a menu or button bar using a pointing device (e.g., a mouse or touch pad). In response to the user's input, the computing system may display text on the display device, display an image or play a sound, all of which provides an indication to the users of the results of their interaction.
Selectively preserving some of these interactions is akin to transmitting the information associated with a particular interaction from the present to the future. There is therefore a need for information retention, source identification, and processing services associated with the transmitted information from designated terminal devices. Additionally, since this information must be stored for future access, there is also a need for information annotation (i.e., from where, for who and when).
An object of the present invention is to provide a method and system that facilitates an individual, enterprise or business entity to record, store, process and manage information associated with interactions transacted on designated terminal devices. More specifically, individual and sequenced display presentations are captured or recorded and supplemented with associated information such as input control sequences, time stamps, user specific identification information, processing instructions, source information and validation information which may take the form of alpha numeric sequences or machine readable entities either of which may be encrypted.
In an embodiment of the present invention, software agents (resident on a user's terminal device and/or a remotely accessible server devices) record the activities associated with a given interactive session where that interactive session comprises a series of screen displays and any associated user interface or network activity. The captured information is indexed, processed (i.e., sensitive information may be encrypted and the captured content may be compressed for efficient storage) and stored for future access (i.e., replay or playback) either on the initiating terminal device or a designated remote server device. Additionally, since source addressing information is retained with the captured information, future modifications to source files associated with the captured information may also be tracked either offline or upon request.
The present invention can be implemented in numerous forms. Different implementations of the present invention yield one or more of the following advantages. One advantage of the invention is that an effective digital tracking system is provided to track device interactions (i.e., screen activity over a period of time and associated input and network interactions) associated with user interactions with various information streams accessible through a network such as the Internet or an Intranet. This capturing process may be activated automatically or may be initiated by the user as desired. Another advantage of the present invention is that the captured information can be processed (i.e., encryption, compression) augmented by time stamps, user specific information (i.e., electronic signatures) and validation information which may take the form of alpha-numeric character strings or machine readable entities which may be encrypted. Still another advantage of the present invention is the captured information may be stored and managed on initiating terminal device and/or remotely on a designated server device for future reference.
The foregoing and other objects, features and advantages of the invention will become more apparent from the following detailed description of a preferred embodiment, which proceeds with reference to the accompanying drawings.
The present invention will be readily understood by the following detailed description in conjunction with the accompanying drawings, wherein like reference numerals designate like structural elements, and in which:
The invention pertains to a method and a system for capturing, processing and replaying a series of screen displays associated with one or more transactions. As used herein, a transaction means data exchange between two devices. For example, a transaction occurs when a provider accepts an order of certain items from a buyer. Likewise a transaction is deemed to occur when pertinent data/information entered/provided by one side is released to the other side. In general a transaction means a sequence of information exchange and related work (such as database updating) that is treated as a unit for the purposes of satisfying a request and for ensuring database integrity. For a transaction to be completed and database changes to occur, a transaction has to be completed in its entirety. One of the common transactions over the Internet is a catalog merchandise order by a customer. When the order is received on the server side, the order transaction involves checking an inventory database, confirming that the item is available, placing the order, and confirming that the order has been placed and the expected time of shipment. If the order is deemed as a single transaction, then all of the steps must be completed and validated before the transaction is successful and the database is actually changed to reflect the new order.
Generally, a transaction is supported by one or more screen displays so that a user can interact with the displays to conduct the transaction. One of the key features in the present invention is to capture such displays including user's interaction. Another feature is to provide a mechanism to store and manage the captured displays. Still another feature is to playback the stored displays so that review of the displays reveals how a user interacts with his/her terminal to proceed with a transaction. In one embodiment, the stored information as a series of captured screen interactive information (i.e., screen displays and user inputs) can be augmented with validation information and played back in a predefined order upon request.
Terminal devices, also referred to as computing devices herein, include but are not limited to personal computers, laptop computers, computer terminals, personal digital assistants, palm-sized computing devices, cellular phones, two-way pagers and computer work stations. Such devices typically have a user interface comprised of a display, a keyboard/keypad and a pointing device (e.g., a mouse, a trackball, a joystick, a navigation key-set or a touch-pad).
The detailed description of the invention is presented largely in terms of procedures, steps, logic blocks, processing, and other symbolic representations that directly or indirectly resemble the operations of data processing devices coupled to networks. These process descriptions and representations are typically used by those skilled in the art to most effectively convey the substance of their work to others skilled in the art. Reference herein to "one embodiment" or "an embodiment" means that a particular feature, structure, or characteristic described in connection with the embodiment can be included in at least one embodiment of the invention. The appearances of the phrase "in one embodiment" in various places in the specification are not necessarily all referring to the same embodiment, nor are separate or alternative embodiments mutually exclusive of other embodiments. Further, the order of blocks in process flowcharts or diagrams representing one or more embodiments of the invention do not inherently indicate any particular order nor imply any limitations in the invention.
Referring now to the drawings, in which like numerals refer to like parts throughout the several views.
According to one embodiment of the present invention, services associated with the capture and storage of a terminal device activities are processed by software modules resident on the initiating terminal device (i.e., PDA 112) or on remote server devices such as Transaction Recording System (TRS) Server 140. These software modules provide services relating to the acquisition, processing (i.e., compression and encryption), validation and management of screen display content (i.e., a series of screen displays), input commands, device status information, user specific information, source specific information, network information, resource utilization (i.e., printers and external storage devices), time stamps and in general any information associated with the user's interaction with the terminal device. Additionally, the software modules provide services related to the management and utilization of local and remote user specific storage areas.
The communication system illustrated in
According to one aspect of the present invention, a user interacting with a terminal device (i.e., PDA 112), via an associated user interface (i.e., a touch screen and associated display), may initiate the capture process to capture a series of displays on a screen through a pre-defined user interface interaction (i.e., a soft key on PDA 112). Upon process initiation, software modules resident on the terminal device or embedded as an applet or an application cause a series of screen displays and associated device and network interactive event indications to be captured. The captured images and event indications may be supplemented with validation information (i.e., a time stamp, a user specific electronic signature and validation information which may take the form of alpha numeric character strings or machine readable marks) and then processed for storage and future display. The archived event information may be stored locally and/or on a designated remote server device for future reference.
It is defined without the loss of generality that an interaction involves activities (i.e., display content, user input/output in response to what is being displayed in the subject terminal device) performed by a user with respect to the user interface of a terminal device that may or may not be networked. Some key advantages of the present invention include the ability to archive device interactions, validate those interactions (i.e., an encrypted alpha numeric character string which encodes a portion of the archived content) and associate the archived information with attribute information such as electronic signatures or time stamps.
Referring now to
TRS server 240 comprises a processor (or multi-processor) 248, a server module 242 and a storage space 246. In practice, any computing device having reasonable computing resources (i.e., processing power and memory capacity) may be utilized as an TRS server. Storage space 246 may be resident within TRS server 240 or in a separate accessible server device (not shown). Part of the storage space 246 is allocated to retain captured information from the client devices and accessible upon request. It should be noted the storage space 246 may be a single storage device or a cluster of storage devices located locally and/or remotely (e.g. storage space 249 is connected through a network). In one embodiment, the captured information may be respectively associated with a particular user, type information of the client device, billing information, electronic signatures, device information etc.
According to one embodiment of the present invention, server module 242 is a compiled and linked version of a computer language implementing the present embodiment and loaded in a memory. When executed by TRS server 240 (i.e. processor 248), server module 242 performs a number of functions to facilitate the operations associated with a preferred embodiment of the present invention.
Server module 242 comprises a management module 242 a, validation module 242 b, attribute module 242 c, security module 242 d, indexing module 242 e and content analysis module 242 f. Management module 242 a provides account initialization, management and service functions for a plurality of user accounts associated with users having access to this service. In one embodiment, management module 242 a is an interface selectively accessible by users and an administrator respectively. Typically, a user is permitted to retrieve the recording of his/her screen activities while an administrator is permitted to retrieve any one's recording.
Validation module 242 b provides validation services that serve to generate evidence that the archived event information has not been modified. The evidence may take the form of alphanumeric character strings containing encoded or encrypted information associated with the archival information. For example, a portion of the archived event information may be incorporated into a machine-readable symbol or a certified copy may be accessed via a trusted third party server device. Attribute module 242 c associates additional information (i.e., time stamps, electronic signatures, position information, etc.) with the archived event information. Security module 242 d protects the archived information from unauthorized access. Indexing/Routing module 242 e provides services relating to cataloging and providing an index of available event files. Content analysis module 242 f is used to analyze what is in the captured events (i.e. screens). In one embodiment, content analysis module 242 f employs an OCR engine to perform optical character recognition of one or more selected pages of the captured events. Together with indexing module 242 e, content analysis module 242 f may help automatic indexing of the captured events. It is clear to those skilled in the art that not every element in the module 242 needs to be implemented to achieve the desired results contemplated by the present invention.
As used herein, a display screen or a screen is the physical display apparatus in a computing device, such as a 15 inch CRT or LCD screen commonly seen with a computing device. A screen display, a displayed page, a displayed window or simply a display is an image presented on the display screen. For example, a file that constitutes a display may be an HTML file, wherein HTML stands for HyperText Markup Language, an image thereof appears on a display screen when the file is read or executed by a display application.
To understand the representative screen displays in
In one embodiment, the TRS archiving is initiated when a user logs onto a particular screen display, such as an initial page of a personal account. Once TRS archiving is initialized, user interactions with PDA 312 (i.e. screen content, user inputs, URI's, and associated cached information) for the series of screen displays illustrated in
Each of the screen display is captured by a screen capturing process that may be an application or a Java applet embedded in a display. In one embodiment, the screen capturing process is implemented by utilizing calls provided in Microsoft Foundation Class (MFC) supported in MS Windows OS. An example of such implementation is provided as follows:
BOOL CaptureCurrentScrollArea(int nHeight)
wherein g_rcCapture is the global variable that contains the coordinates of the active window being captured. The only parameter passed by calling module is the height of the display window that can be readily determined.
Once the displays in
As the user interacts with the initial display or proceeds with subsequent displays, the displays are automatically captured by the screen capturing application at 606. The user's interactions with the terminal device may include an entry of data, one or more words/phrases, a click of a designated area in the display. As an option at 608, the captured displays may be attributed with one or more notions that include a timestamp, the user's identity information or device information of the terminal device.
At 610, it is determined if the respectively captured displays are to be cached. Depending on an exact implementation, each of the captured displays is respectively transported to a storage device at 612, hence there is no need for caching a captured display. The storage device may be a server located separately with respect to the terminal device and coupled thereto through a data link under a session (e.g. opened for the transaction). Whenever a display is captured, the image thereof is transported to the storage device. At 614, the process 600 goes to 606 to capture another display till no more displays need to be captured, which can be indicated within a last display to inactivate the screen capturing application. When no more displays need to be captured, the process 600 ends.
Depending on another implementation that required that all captured displayed are transported together to the server, then a captured display is to be cached at 610, and the captured display is stored in a memory space 616. At 618, the process 600 may go to 606 to capture another display till no more displays need to be captured, which can be indicated within a last display to inactivate the screen capturing application. At 620, the captured displays are then transported to the server and the process 600 end.
It should be noted that an optional procedure may be provided just before 612 or 620 to process the captured display(s). In one embodiment, the captured displays in image format can be compressed using a commonly known image compression technique such as JPEG. In another embodiment, the captured images are compressed using a commonly known image compression technique such as MPEG or other compression to take the advantage of similarity between two immediate displays. The purpose is to reduce the data size so that the transportation of the captured displays to the server is more efficient over the data line. In any event, the captured image or images, regardless processed or not, are referred to as a file that may be resident locally or being transported to the server.
The invention may be implemented as a method, a system or code on a computer readable medium (i.e. a substrate). The computer readable medium is a data storage device that can store data, which can thereafter, be read by a computer system. Examples of a computer readable medium include read-only memory, random-access memory, CD-ROMs, magnetic tape, optical data storage devices and carrier waves. The computer readable medium can be distributed over a network coupled computer system so that the computer readable code is stored and executed in a distributed fashion.
The advantages of the invention are numerous. Different embodiments or implementations may yield one or more of the following advantages. One advantage of the invention is that user's interactions with terminal devices can be archived in a form that could be hardly altered (e.g. an image of a screen display) and validated for future use. Another advantage of the invention is that supplemental information may be associated with the archived content (i.e., time stamps, electronic signatures, location information, subject, and indexing). Still another advantage of the invention is that the individual screen displays may be stored as a single file that can be played back to show how each of the screen displays is formed.
The many features and advantages of the present invention are apparent from the written description, and thus, it is intended by the appended claims to cover all such features and advantages of the invention. Further, since numerous modifications and changes will readily occur to those skilled in the art, it is not desired to limit the invention to the exact construction and operation as illustrated and described. Hence, all suitable modifications and equivalents may be considered to fall within the scope of the invention.
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BERLIN (Jan. 28)
Two noted German Jewish writers, Arnold Zweig and Alfred Schirokauer and their wives will be arrested immediately if they ever set foot in Germany, Nazi authorities announced today.
The charge against the writers is that they failed to pay their taxes. Zweig is alleged to owe the government 13,285 marks, and Schirokauer 9,550 marks.
Recently the Nazi government announced the confiscation of the property of Arnold Zweig, including furniture he left when he fled from certain arrest by Nazi storm troopers.
Herr Schirokauer, who was born in Breslau in 1880, devoted himself to the law after his graduation, but soon abandoned it in favor of literature. He is the author of many novels. In late years he has written a number of biographical novels including fictionized versions of the lives of Byron, Napoleon, Borgia, Mirabeau, Ferdinand Lassalle and others. He has also written a number of scenarios for the German movies.

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AUTHOR: Stella Vance
BOOK TITLE: Dancing with Duality: Confessions of a Free Spirit
PUBLISHER: Create Space
Tell me a little about your book and give a short synopsis.
Dancing with Duality: Confessions of a Free Spirit is about the 30 tumultuous years of my life from 1970 (age 14) till 2000 mostly – though there is a bit after that, mostly of some of the characters' deaths. My life included whirlwind relationships, world travels, and many adventures. But the book also details the confusion as well as excitement we women experienced while pioneering the sexual revolution, the pain of abortions and date rape, eating disorders, sexual harassment, and more. The tone, however, is one of adventure, healing, humor and discovering that life is a game to be enjoyed, with the ups and downs of a roller coaster. As I am in my 30s I discover more of who I am, thanks to spiritual teachers. Having parted ways with religious dogma, I finally discover a spiritual philosophy I can live with and thrive on. But this happens after being involved in a cult! The story has a very happy ending, however, with an optimistic view of freedom for humanity. The theme of the entire book is FREEDOM, but my view of freedom evolves from "freedom to indulge in pleasures" to "freedom from the mind with all its worries, fears, and judgments."
What gave you the idea for this particular book?
I read Eat, Pray, Love---and though I enjoyed it, I thought, "You know, I could write a better spiritual/travel adventure book than that!" I had traveled to 20 countries as a single woman. I have also been on a spiritual path since age 15.
Are you a full-time writer or part-time, and how do you organize your writing time?
I write and market my book full time now, working in the mornings every day. I love it!
When did you first know you wanted to be a writer?
I began writing at age 14, inspired by Anne Frank's diary. Then a very traumatic event occurred at age 21, and I stopped writing for over a decade, just when I should have been journaling the most! I devote an entire chapter to this event.
What do you hope readers will take from your writing?
I hope everyone gets inspired to feel and crave freedom—freedom is the theme of the book!
What is the toughest part about being a writer and how do you get past it?
You have to write, and the first draft will take you around three months. But you have to rewrite, rewrite, rewrite! Then when you are satisfied with the book, you have to proof it at least five times for typos, etc. When you are finally done (and it could be years, depending on the topic and your time put in it) you feel like the world owes you to be a bestselling author.
But that was the easy part…. Now comes the marketing!
What draws you to non-fiction writing?
I love nonfiction READING—since I do not read fiction (except maybe one book every ten years!) I would have no idea how to write it.
What kind of research did you do for this type of book?
For my reflective essays, I quote some of the spiritual and inspirational books I have read over the past few decades.
What about your book makes it special?
It incorporates how we women (Baby Boomers) felt as pioneers of the sexual revolution. It also contains a lot of philosophy of forgiveness, gratitude, life being a game, and more. It has an upbeat attitude in the midst of date rape, addiction, betrayal and all the ups and downs of life.
What is your marketing plan?
Write, blog, interview, and get reviews! Get the buzz going! Do radio shows whenever possible!
Where can people learn more about you and your work?
On Amazon—I don't have a blog…yet.
What are your views on self-publishing versus traditional publishing?
Don't be afraid to self publish. Sure, it is more prestigious to get a big name publisher backing your book. But that's like winning the lottery, especially in today's economy. Self-publishing is inexpensive with print-on-demand. And either way, you will have to do the marketing—so why not earn 30 to 70% of the profits instead of just a dollar a book? You will need to spend a few thousand dollars on getting the book edited, formatted, uploaded, as well as having a professional cover. But you will keep the copyright and the lion's share of the profits.
Do you have an agent and do you feel an agent is necessary for non-fiction?
I didn't even look for one! See above.
Any tips for new writers hoping to write non-fiction?
Just write! The more you write, the easier it comes. Keep a journal. Keep quotes and summaries of books you read by writing Amazon reviews for them. (This will also get you free books!) My advice to writers starting out is to save everything you write—it may be decades later that you will find you can use some of that material in a book! Also, you can't force inspiration. Just let it come to you. While you are waiting for inspiration for a book, keep a journal, create articles, and post a blog. Just staying in the flow of writing will increase your proficiency. Always have a pen and paper with you, even if you are walking on the beach or on a hike. You never know when the inspiration for a catchy phrase or paragraph will hit!
Also, be an avid reader. Because I have read thousands of books all my life, I know what readers want! You should also learn the formula for the genre of books you write. Readers expect certain things, and the book won't sell if it doesn't fit the prescribed format. Superstar bestselling authors may be able to break the rules—but not the novice author.
Free to Explore
I made a decision. Since I couldn't marry my first love, I would have lovers from all over the world! I would have fun. Not only was I set free from the dogma of having to be a virgin on my wedding day, but I was deprogrammed from that idea much much later than my peers. So now I had this feeling that I had to "catch up" with my friends, when it came to men. In the end, I ended up surpassing them by far.
In a way, I related to superstar Michael Jackson, who seemed to have gotten stuck in childhood, having missed out on it, fronting the Jackson 5 and supporting a solo career for so long. So he had to make up for it with Neverland and had many, many more years of childhood fun than those of us who had a normal childhood that ended with adulthood. As it turned out, my need to make up for those lost dating years lasted for two decades; I didn't really settle down till my 40s.
We women of the '60s and '70s were the pioneers of the Boomer sexual revolution. We had to tread where no women had preceded us. Sure, there had been eras with sexual liberties to some degree. But never before had there been a birth control boasting 99% success, safe and legal abortions, and single motherhood without stigma. We were wild horses set free to explore the terrain. We had to find out what our emotional, psychic, and physical limitations were. No guidebooks, such as Men Are from Mars, Women are from Venus or What Men Really Want had been written. Consequently, many women often had casual sex, hoping for good fun, but finding only emptiness. But for other women, casual sex was fun. The point is: We all had to explore and see for ourselves how things felt.
Even then, there was still a hangover of double-standard thinking that women who were promiscuous or casual with sex were sluts, whereas men who took advantage of every sexual opportunity available were quite healthy and normal—even considered studs. I love the movie Chasing Amy because it delves into the "slut" woman's view in great depth. Every man who judges women for being loose should see this movie. The male character is threatened by the fact that his new girlfriend has had more sexual experiences than he has. She makes no apologies, explaining, "Some decisions were stupid, some were love. But I don't regret any … They didn't use me; I used them! I was an experimental girl."
The fact is, many women have desires just as strong as men's. The Muslims know this, which is why they keep a tight leash on their women. Women who have casual sex or numerous partners are no more emotionally imbalanced or trying to escape than men who do the same. Ironically, I wound up following Burkard's lead where monogamy was concerned, believing that it's normal for either sex just to want to have fun and enjoy the moment. The woman who wants to have sex only in secure steady relationships is a stereotype.
And the great thing about being a young woman is that you can get sex more easily than men can. Why? Because a lot more men want it than women. In fact, a lot of women don't want it. They're imprinted by sexual abuse. They're low in testosterone. They're afraid of pregnancy. They have a hard time achieving an orgasm. They have intimacy issues. They just don't like it. So for a young woman, especially a half-decent-looking one, it's easy to find a lover. There simply isn't (or at least at that time, wasn't) much competition from other women willing to have sex outside a committed relationship.
In the '70s, casual sex was common, especially at universities. These were the pre-AIDS days. We didn't even use condoms. Mostly, we were fine with the way things were then, though on occasion extreme things did occur. My sister Stephanie, for example, had a friend who met a man in an elevator, had sex right then and there, and got pregnant! Stephanie drove her to Indianapolis for an abortion.
After Burkhard, my first few casual sexual encounters were when I was drunk. But it didn't take long for me to start looking at an attractive man and wonder what it would be like to have sex with him, then determine to find out! Then, just like a man, usually after a one-night stand, I had no interest in the guy—taking another page out of the men's playbook. Still, men never thought of me as a "bad girl" or a "slut," because I always waited for them to make the first move.
Oh, once in a while a guy rocked my world. I remember a one-night tryst with a charming Aussie bloke who managed to rattle my cage a bit. We had an extremely passionate encounter and this time I wanted more more more. But he admitted that he actually had a girlfriend and could no longer see me. That one took awhile to get over. At least I could chalk up another continent with my repertoire of international lovers.


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Inmate gives birth prematurely: says was placed on bread and water diet for refusing induction
MILTON, Ontario, November 21, 2011 (LifeSiteNews.com) – A pregnant Ontario inmate who said she faced heavy pressure from medical staff to undergo an "early induction" gave birth prematurely on Saturday after reportedly being placed on a bread and liquid diet.
Eva Okello's water broke on Friday and she delivered a four-pound baby Saturday morning, says pro-life activist Linda Gibbons, who was in jail with Okello before Gibbons' recent release.
The baby's due date was December 15, and there is concern that the child went prematurely due to stress from her alleged poor treatment at the Vanier Centre for Women in Milton.
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Okello's husband Paul Matthews told LifeSiteNews Monday that he is trying to get the child from children's aid.
There is no reason why they would not place the child in Matthews' care, says Gibbons. "He's a normal work father, on paternity leave," she explained. "They should release the baby to him, because he has no issues."
Okello was sentenced to eight months' prison in September for practicing as a nurse illegally. She had served as a nurse in Kenya before she moved to Canada ten years ago.
Earlier this month Okello told LifeSiteNews that a doctor at the prison had put her into segregation when she refused the doctor's urgings that she undergo an "early induction" of her child – a procedure that would have put her child's life at significant risk.
According to Okello, the doctor said she could not "care less" what she did, but then had her sent to segregation when she refused the induction, where she was put into a small, cold cell and only given bread and cold water.
LifeSiteNews.com had previously contacted the Vanier Centre for Women in Milton to confirm Okello's story, but was told that the jail could not comment on individual cases.
Okello has a parole date coming up on December 16th, says Gibbons.
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New Mexico state senator David Ulibarris senate initiative, initially designed to increase public awareness of uranium mining and nuclear energy, has now taken on a larger dimension. After the New Mexico Senate Rules and Conservation Committees passed his SJM 10 bill, Senator Ulibarri decided he accomplished what he hoped for to help launch a study of uranium mining safety.
He told StockInterview, I represent an area that is grassroots pro-nuclear the Grants and Cibola area. What I want to do is to get a compromise and say: lets work together and get a study done. I want a study that is based on something concrete, not innuendos.
The study is now in the process of being launched by the states Department of Energy, Minerals and Natural Resources. According to a source close to Senator Ulibarri, the uranium mining safety study will be funded by the uranium industry and will include assistance from New Mexico Tech University. Ulibarri told StockInterview, We cant depend on coal and oil. We have to diversify. We have about 600 million pounds in the Cibola-McKinley area. Thats a $50-billion industry.
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LOS ANGELES — New Lightning coach Guy Boucher said his search for three assistant coaches is about to heat up, and his criteria go beyond hockey smarts and experience.
He said he wants assistants who have a thick skin.
"I'm extremely demanding," he said before Friday's draft. "People around me will tell you, I can be annoying at it. I'm ferociously persistent with what I want. I need people who can take it, and not everybody can.
"I'm extremely driven, so I need special people around me who understand how I am."
That would seem to favor those who know Boucher's personality, and there is plenty of scuttlebutt that Boucher wants at least one of his AHL Hamilton assistants, Daniel Lacroix and Martin Raymond.
But Boucher said, "I'm open to everything," even keeping associate coach Rick Wilson, who has two years left on his contract; goaltenders coach Cap Raeder, with one year left; and assistant Adam Oates, whose contract is up at the end of the month.
Boucher said he wants assistants "so strong they can take my job" because "everything rises and falls with leadership." He also wants them to have "a crazy work ethic."
"I'm a real fan of taking care of a guy one-on-one, and individual videos," Boucher said. "I really believe the staff has to work harder than the players."
LAWSUIT: The Lightning is being sued by a former employee who wants the club to pay the remainder of his contract.
In a civil suit filed in Hillsborough Circuit Court, Brian Rogers, hired by former co-owner Len Barrie and who spent two years as the team's vice president of business operations, is seeking at least $350,000, the base salary of his deal that was to run through June 30, 2011.
Rogers, fired June 18, declined to comment. His Tampa attorney, Thomas Gonzalez, said the question is whether the firing was for cause, which would preclude Tampa Bay from fulfilling the contract, or without cause.
Gonzalez declined to give details but said, "Once they file an answer, the battle may get joined."
The Lightning declined to comment.
RUMORS: There was a burst of chatter midday that Tampa Bay at least had inquired about Maple Leafs D Tomas Kaberle. The rumor makes some sense; Boucher's puck-forward system needs a blue-liner who can spark the transition with a pass or rush up the ice.
But Kaberle's heavy $4.25 million paycheck would force the Lightning to send salary back to Toronto. And the Leafs, it is said, want a physical top-line forward in return.
Ryan Malone fits that description, but losing a top-six forward would further deplete a team that has had trouble the past few seasons putting together two consistent offensive lines.
By the time the draft began, the rumor seemed to have fizzled.
ODDS AND ENDS: This was the first draft in California. … The most well-rounded draft choice probably was Erik Gudbranson to the Panthers at No. 3. The defenseman plays the tenor sax and drums, and is learning to play guitar.


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Can any tiny spy cam emulate the basic human visual range/angle?
So iv been thinking about one of those tiny spycams linked to a screen mounted inside (perhaps vr goggles), is there a camera with the kind of wide viewing angle you naturally get out of your eyeballs, so i can angle my head down and actually see the ground reasonably close to my feet?
You have an astounding 120 deg+ breadth of vies which you can easily test by holding your arms out left and right and putting your thumb up then move your arms in until you can see both thumbs whilst look ahead.
Something like this
Although that might be a little too big. You can get smaller ones though.
Or maybe a digital version would work better for you?


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FIA University Launches the Emerging Leaders Program
The first full course to be run by the FIA University initiative, the Emerging Leaders Program (ELP), received a great reception in Barcelona.
The progam, which took place at the ESADE Business School and was highly rated by attendees, was designed to help talented young individuals to master new skills and develop new leadership styles. The FIA believes that by creating outstanding leaders, Automobile Clubs will be able to meet the challenges of today.
"This FIA University course was great way of building on the knowledge, experience and diversity of the FIA family," said Susan Pikrallidas, the FIA's Secretary General for Automobile Mobility and Tourism. "We believe that by developing leadership skills and providing a broader strategy, innovation and advocacy perspectives, FIA University can help clubs to develop their next generation of leaders."
The ELP was attended by 26 executives from 22 clubs from 18 countries around the world, and aimed to develop self-awareness to give individuals a greater appreciation of the part they play within their own club. Through the sessions – which were developed by ELP co-directors Thierry Willemarck, CEO of Touring Club Belgium, and Prof. Luis Vives of ESADE Business School Spain – they gained a 'management toolkit' and considered the particular skills needed to meet the objectives of their organisation.
During the four-and-a-half day course they also considered ideas for hands-on projects to improve their club's performance, which will deliver fast results. Participants will now work on these projects and some will be selected for presentation at September's FIA Conference Week in Den Hague.
Participants praised the structure of the course, in which lectures were given by professors from ESADE and guest speakers included Tim Shearman, CEO of CAA Canada, Maria Spetz, CEO M Sweden, Hans Hubers, Director Strategy and Innovation ANWB The Netherlands, and Peter Moxon, General Manager Club Operatons AANZ New Zealand.
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QUÉBEC CITY, Canada - Marina Erakovic returned to the Bell Challenge final on Saturday afternoon, outhitting Christina McHale in the first semifinal match of the International-level tournament.
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After falling behind by a break three times in the first set, the No.6-seeded Erakovic found her zone, reeling off eight games in a row to build a 64 50 lead, even holding two match points in that game. McHale had pulled off comeback wins in her last two matches - 26 76(7) 63 in the second round and 16 76(4) 63 in the quarterfinals - and she began creeping back this time as well, closing in to 64 53.
But Erakovic opened the next game with a big ace and ended up shutting the door on McHale, 64 63.
"It was very see-saw in the first set," Erakovic said. "I managed to keep clawing back, though, and as I was getting more and more comfortable on the court, I felt like I really needed to just keep lifting my game. I managed to take that first set and from there I did really well - I was hitting some really big forehands and moving better and better. I was feeling really good in that stretch of the match.
"She started to play better at the end and made life more difficult, but I'm happy how I finished."
Erakovic knew she would have to keep the pressure on against McHale - she had lost the pair's only previous meeting. "Christina's really tough to play," Erakovic said. "She hustles and fights for every ball. You know when you go out there you'll have to keep pushing and stay at a very high level."
Erakovic is now through to her fourth WTA final, having gone 1-2 in her first three - she was a runner-up here in 2011 (to Barbora Zahlavova Strycova), a runner-up at Memphis in 2012 (to Sofia Arvidsson) and then won Memphis this year (beating Sabine Lisicki in the final). There's something that links all of her four WTA finals together - all four of those WTA finals have come at indoor tournaments.
"I really enjoy this tournament," Erakovic said. "The city is beautiful, and everyone is really nice here too - it's really first class. And I would really like to get my name on that poster up there, as well.
"But if it doesn't happen I'll just keep going. I'm sure I'll get lots of opportunities."
Next up for Erakovic is the No.3 seed, Lucie Safarova, who won her semifinal match later in the day. The two have played once before, with Safarova beating Erakovic in a thriller Down Under in 2009.
"I've played Lucie once or twice - I know we played once at the Australian Open," Erakovic said. "She hits really big. She's a very good competitor with a very good serve. It'll be tough. I just have to keep doing what I've been doing so far this week, and at the end of the day that's all I can really do."
Erakovic's immediate plans after her press conference were set in stone though - it was time to support her country's team at the America's Cup, an annual yacht race that has been going since 1851.
"My physio is part of the team - he's a very good friend of mine - and my whole family's there too," Erakovic said. "I've met all the guys and I'm very keen that they're doing well. They're a very good team. And at the moment they've only lost one race, so it's great - I'm really excited about it!"


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Has anyone here ever used TinyMCE? If so, would you happen to know how to, say, change the :focus border of the textarea? I've been banging my head against this for a few hours now and while I've seen all sorts of "solutions" from Google talking about using jQuery and certain CSS rules, it just seems like none of them work.
Any feedback is appreciated.
I went through the same thing with this issue. This was the closest I got, though it only seems to work in firefox (or did at the time, at least):
I gave up on it after that as it was only a minor item that wasn't really worth all the time I was sinking into it. However, I would be interested if any further progress was made on the issue.
I revisited this problem, and ended up with a jQuery solution that supports more browsers, since using addEventListener() function on ed.getDoc() was hit-or-miss, and the AddEvent() function didn't work at all on ed.getDoc() ("function not supported on object" error).
The following is confirmed to work in IE8, Safari 5.1.7, Chrome 19, firefox 3.6 & 12. It does not appear to work in Opera 11.64.
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Thanks FF. I wound up doing something similar in the Drupal install I was trying to get this to work with. I created a WYSIWYG bridge and inside that, added similar code to allow me to do what I wished with the CSS.


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Time to apologize to Germany for WWI?
- By Thomas E. RicksThomas E. Ricks covered the U.S. military from 1991 to 2008 for the Wall Street Journal and then the Washington Post. He can be reached at email@example.com.
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Huntington Beach, Calif. -- BJ's Restaurants said Wednesday it has opened a new restaurant in Puyallup, Wash.
The 8,500-sq.-ft. BJ's Restaurant and Brewhouse opened Monday at South Hill Mall, a 1 million-sq.-ft. Cafaro Co. property.
"We are very excited to open our first restaurant of fiscal 2013 in Puyallup, a suburb of the Seattle market," said Greg Trojan, BJ's president and CEO.
Trojan said the company remains on track to open as many as 17 new restaurants during fiscal 2013, including the relocation of an older, smaller-format "pizza and grill" restaurant to a site that can support a larger-format BJ's restaurant.


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Jeremy Toulalan has revealed that he is close to agreeing a long-term contract extension at Lyon.
Last Updated: 04/02/11 7:43pm
Jeremy Toulalan has revealed that he is close to agreeing a long-term contract extension at Lyon.
The France international is set to see his current deal expire in June 2012, but is keen to prolong his association with the club past that point.
The 27-year-old admits talks regarding fresh terms are now set to be opened, with both player and club keen to reach an agreement.
Toulalan told Le Progres: "We should reach an agreement soon that will take me through to 2015.
"Both parties are keen to do a deal. The president [Jean-Michel] Aulas told me last year that he wanted to extend my contract and that we would discuss things after the World Cup.
"After everything that happened there, I decided it would be best to wait a while.
"Then the president came back to me looking to start negotiations, although I didn't really want to sign an extension at a time when I wasn't playing well."
Toulalan has struggled for form since being caught up in the shambles that was France's showing at the 2010 World Cup and is thankful to Lyon for sticking by him.
He added: "Throughout the last six months, which have been difficult for me, the club has helped me a lot.
"They didn't have to because I got myself into that situation. But they have been great to me, and both I and my family enjoy living here."


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Day 1: Lake Mburo National Park and Quad Biking Safari. After breakfast, drive to Lake Mburo National Park. The park contains a variety of attractions; it is dominated by extensive wetlands, rolling grassy hills, seasonal and permanent swamps, wooden savannah, and forests, which harbors a variety of plants and animal species. These diverse ecosystems render the park to be one of the richest in bio-diversity. The park is home to zebras, elands, buffaloes, impalas, roam antelopes, leopards, hyenas, hippos, bushbucks, and klipspringer. In the afternoon, enjoy a quad biking safari on the Ruroko circuit. The trips provide a wilderness experience beyond the confines of a vehicle. Dinner and overnight at Lake Mburo campsite.
Day 2: Horseback Safari and Boat Cruise. You will go on a horseback safari in the morning, with a packed breakfast. The activity is tailor-made to your experience and requirements. This ride will be a wonderful opportunity to view game up-close; look out for zebras, waterbucks, buffaloes, topis, elands, leopards, and a variety of bird species. Return to the campsite for lunch. In the afternoon, enjoy a boat cruise on Lake Mburo; you will have a chance to see crocodiles, monitor lizards, pelicans, hippos, herons and the rare shoebill stork. Dinner and overnight at Lake Mburo campsite.
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As part of our Standing Up For Heroes series, we paired 25-year-old Marine Corp veteran Wesley Olivo with mentor and financial expert Mellody Hobson, president of Ariel Investments. Olivo served two tours in Iraq and hopes to become a CEO or CFO one day. He has a 3.5 GPA and is working full-time toward a degree in accounting at Robert Morris University in Chicago. He sat down with Hobson earlier this month at her offices in Chicago to begin his education outside of the classroom.
In the time they spent together, Hobson offered a wealth of advice for achieving success in the financial field, but boiled it down these six key tips:
1. Make Internships a Priority
Hobson noted that she began her own career with an internship, saying, "When people see that you have real-life experience, especially in the financial services industry. It counts for a lot. A lot of things that we do, it's not about a textbook. It's about having good judgment."
2. Utilize Professional Resources
Knowing that an internship is important is one thing, but finding a company to internship at is another important part of the career building process. Hobson suggested Olivo consult a resource such as Crain's: Chicago Business for a list of top accounting firms in the region.
3. Ask Professors for 3 People to Network With
She also suggested Olivo capitalize on his professors' past experience in the field of finance by asking them to recommend two or three people Olivo could meet with, noting, "People love to give free advice. They love to," especially when it is someone who has served our country and done great things. "I certainly feel honored to meet you, especially given the context of what you have done for me and the freedom we have in America," Hobson said .
4. When Networking, Prepare Ahead of Time
Hobson said that it is imperative to be very specific about how much time he is looking to spend with a person, recommending he ask for 15 minutes. "Be very specific about what you are asking them, so you do all your research on the front end," she said.
5. Ask for Experience from Local Vendors
Hobson suggested Olivo look for hands-on work experience in places that might not be obvious. She suggested asking local businesses if they need help with book-keeping, telling Olivo to approach them by saying, "I just want the experience, and I can help out at a discounted price. And the only reason you are doing that, again, is to get the experience."
6. Share Your Resume for Critique
"Have a couple people look at your resume," said Hobson, adding that although details are important on every resume, they are extremely important in accounting. One mistake could lead the recipient of the resume to think, "If the person has missed these details, what would happen to my books?"
After their meeting wrapped up, Hobson took Olivo on a tour of Ariel Investments, introducing him to employees and potential contacts along the way.
She offered him the chance to speak with Maureen Longoria, CFO of Ariel Investments, so he could get specific advice about breaking into and succeeding in the field of accounting.
Longoria suggested Olivo begin his career in public accounting.
"[It] gives you a good base, and then gives a feel of what type of corporate company you would like to work for, and then, depending on where you are in your career, you just advance your way up. … With accounting, as long as you are willing to work hard, work with people, try to do the best that you can, there's lots of room for growth."
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By Tony B
From: Around Boulder, CO
Jan 19, 2007
rating: 5.7 5a 15 V+ 13 MVS 4b
|This is a great intro to Seneca at a moderate level. It gives you a feel for what is special about the place without climbing too hard or wandering around too far before getting the feel of it.
By Brian Adzima
From: San Francisco
Feb 8, 2007
rating: 5.6 4c 14 V 12 S 4b
|Of the Seneca Sevens, Ecstasy is the closet to the road, the least vertical approach, most over-hyped, and probably the easiest. If you want to climb Ecstasy be prepared to wait at the base of the route, and then at every belay station. Depending on the party ahead of you the three pitches could take half of the day. If the party ahead of you is really testing your patience you might want to bail onto the Southwest corner or some other route around on the west face. That being said, Ecstasy is an ok route with no/little loose rock and ok fixed gear.
By Floridaputz
From: Oakland Park, Florida
Feb 19, 2008
|My first climb at Seneca Rocks. I just led this Again. I really think this is one of the best 5.7's anywhere. The traversing P2 and P3 is outstanding, pretty darn good exposure as the route traverses above the big cave.
By Matt Desenberg
From: North Berwick, ME
Mar 1, 2009
|Overrated, in my opinion.
By Matty Zane
From: Freedom
Apr 17, 2009
|Lines? I have climbed this route 3 times, and not once have I had to wait in line. It is a must do in my opinion. Be carful with the old pins.
By attila
Apr 11, 2010
|My guidebook describes this as something like "exciting but never outrageous". That's a perfect description. There's one spot on P2 where your only pro option is an old piton. Other pitons are in spots where you can place your own gear and not rely on these god-only-knows fixed pieces. There are no bail-out points without losing gear. Once on, you're committed. So climb with a proven partner! This climb is wonderful, do it even if you have to wait. Rappel from Ecstasy Jr. just around the corner.
By Josh Smethers
From: Malvern, pa
Apr 11, 2010
rating: 5.7 5a 15 V+ 13 MVS 4b PG13
|Tons of fun and super exposed! You can really sew it up too, if you feel nervous. The third pitch is powerful, but "it's all there" as they say.
By Ross Purnell
From: Palmyra
Aug 17, 2010
This is probably my least favorite Seneca 5.7. The second belay station sucks. You can bypass it and go all the way to the top, but it's hell trying to communicate with your second.
It's too much traversing and not enough upward climbing, and the rock is funky.
Compare this to great lines like West Pole and it just doesn't cut it as a classic. Ecstasy Junior is more esthetically pleasing, and you can rap down to your bags afterward.
By CDC
Sep 20, 2011
|Ecstasy can be done in two pitches with a 70 meter rope.
By Joe Hunt
From: Costa Mesa, CA
Sep 30, 2011
rating: 5.6 4c 14 V 12 S 4b
|Thought it was classic and super steep for the grade. Soft rating, though... maybe a 7- or a 6 even.
By K Baumgartner
Sep 30, 2013
|Great exposure but very underwhelming as a Seneca 7. Dufty's and West Pole, for example, are way nicer lines.
By Jeff Klassen
From: Eppstein, DE
Oct 7, 2013
|Mistakenly (got a bit excited to be on the route) linked P1 and P2. Made for some long climbing and "heavy" rope drag.
By Kyle Hartung
Jul 14, 2015
|If you are in to having fun while climbing, plugging gear nearly whenever you like, and not taking the stairs to the south face, then this route if perfect.
By Fan Zhang
From: Washington, DC
Aug 17, 2015
rating: 5.7 5a 15 V+ 13 MVS 4b
Does anyone have recommendations for where to build an anchor after topping out of pitch 3? The 12-16" dead pine and 3-4" live pine that are immediately right of the top out don't inspire much confidence.
Nice hand jams on pitch 1. Big exposure on P2. Build semi-hanging belay at end of P2 at fixed pin with a ring on it, backed up with a nut on top and additional fixed pin. Pitch 3 gets easier after bulge.
Make sure the weather is cool enough when you climb this because of the full on sun exposure.
By peterkd5bwt
Oct 18, 2015
|Fan - I agree, the 4" tree at the top of pitch 3 is not super confidence-inspiring, although I think it is probably adequate in its current condition. I approached this in a perhaps complicated but efficient enough manner this weekend. After topping out I continued up to one of the larger trees 30' from the edge, fixed the rope, and then used a grigri back to the edge. I then belayed off of the small tree and backed that up with rope past my grigri.
By paul.adams.3
From: Knoxville, TN
Aug 2, 2016
|2 fixed nuts and a fixed pin for p2 belay as of July '16. For P3, I headed left towards a decent tree at the top and found #2 and #4 placements in a crack just left and below the tree. No problems finding an anchor up there. Easy walk off to finish. Each pitch was sustained and fun. Lots of exposure! I can't say if it measures up to other classics, but I highly enjoyed this route.
By Andrew G
From: Silver Spring, MD
Jun 23, 2017
rating: 5.7 5a 15 V+ 13 MVS 4b
|I thought this climb was a lot of fun. Definitely on the soft side for a Seneca 7, but great position on the 2nd and 3rd pitch, good pro the whole way. Not a visually distinct line from the ground, but follows the path of least resistance.
By Spencer Perry
Jul 10, 2017
rating: 5.7 5a 15 V+ 13 MVS 4b
|There is a pigeon nesting just up and left from the P2 belay that kept dive bombing us while we were at the belay and while leading P3.


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Alex Andrighetto, St. Francis football: He rushed for 134 yards and two touchdowns in 23 carries and also played solid defense in a 26-0 win over Palma.
Madeleine Baier, Menlo-Atherton cross country: The sophomore took first place at the first Peninsula Athletic League meet of the season, covering the 2.4-mile course at Westmoor in 15:16.
Squally Canada, Milpitas football: Canada carried 14 times and gained 197 yards, including a 36-yard touchdown run, as Milpitas cruised past Woodside 50-6.
Maura and Susan Cantoni, Archbishop Mitty water polo: The twins helped Mitty go 3-1 at the St. Francis tournament, as Maura made 50 saves over the two-day event and Susan contributed eight goals.
Cole Carrithers, Hillsdale football: The senior quarterback passed for two touchdowns and ran for one to help the Knights to a 27-14 win over Lincoln of San Francisco.
Kenny Dipko, Wilcox football: Dipko threw four touchdown passes, from 55, 75, 10 and 10 yards, as Wilcox rolled over Half Moon Bay 47-0.
Kirk Johnson, Valley Christian football: Johnson rushed for 222 yards and a touchdown in 20 carries to help Valley Christian to a 38-10 win over Bishop O'Dowd.
Jaylend Jones, Terra Nova football: Jones caught eight passes for 231 yards and three touchdowns in a 50-33 win over St. Ignatius. He also returned the opening kickoff 95 yards for another touchdown.
Sarah Moore, Aragon volleyball: The sophomore outside hitter had a team-high eight kills in a 3-0 win over Santa Teresa as the Dons improved to 7-0.
Alexis Silva, Cupertino football: With his team trailing by a point, Silva kicked a 32-yard field goal with 11 seconds to play to propel Cupertino to a 15-14 win over James Lick.
Josh Sved, Mills football: Sved scored two touchdowns, on a 3-yard run and a 90-yard reception, as Mills defeated Mission San Jose 35-0.
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