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Lens-scanning Raman microspectroscopy system using compact disc optical pickup technology
Optics Express, Vol. 13, Issue 12, pp. 4780-4785 (2005)
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We propose and demonstrate the adoption of the compact disc optical pickup technology for Raman microspectroscopy. We utilize both the focusing and the 2-dimensional lateral scanning capabilities of the optical pickup for implementing a miniaturized microspectroscopy system. The resolution of this pickup-based system is characterized by scanning polystyrene microspheres. We test the completed microspectroscopy system by obtaining Raman images of Adenine microstructures. This system will be particularly useful for table-top biological analyzers and other remote medicine applications.
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(170.3890) Medical optics and biotechnology : Medical optics instrumentation
(170.5660) Medical optics and biotechnology : Raman spectroscopy
(170.5810) Medical optics and biotechnology : Scanning microscopy
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Original Manuscript: April 26, 2005
Revised Manuscript: June 7, 2005
Manuscript Accepted: June 7, 2005
Published: June 13, 2005
Jaeyoun Kim, Gang L. Liu*, and Luke P. Lee, "Lens-scanning Raman microspectroscopy system using compact disc optical pickup technology," Opt. Express 13, 4780-4785 (2005)
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Another key aspect of growth is to be able to efficiently use every dollar of R&D, and so as we've gotten into more of the broad range of applications and leveraging a common technology platform, every dollar of R&D we have been able to drive into a wider variety of products, so using a common technology base and being able to leverage that into a variety of application, so lot of times using software programmable devices, which we are able to target multiple market segments and multiple products out of a single CMOS solution. Then as we go from one product to the next leveraging as much of the IP from one area to another, so that's an important part to be able to drive product momentum and to drive expansion of the portfolio efficiently from our R&D expense.
Then if you look at the markets that we are going after, we are really targeting broad-based markets that are stable, that we think that we have got a competitive advantage long-term that we've got the ability to do integration, the ability to sustain that over a long period of time and a lot of o the markets that we are going after have longer product life cycles and we will have products that have 5 to 10-year life and that enables us to drive our R&D and the new product introductions into growth as opposed to replacing the existing business that we have. If you look at the portfolio of our products now and where we are investing, the sustainability of that helps us drive growth and also drives a higher level of stability of the business.
We drill in a little bit further into our product lines; we really break this into three categories. We've got our Access business, which is our more of a legacy business and voice-over-IP, fax, point-of-sale and that's essentially a stable business going forward. It's about 20% of revenue in Q2, and on a $1 basis you can model that as being fairly stable over time. We've seen some decline on the modems and set-top box applications and that's largely behind us, so the voice-over-IP and the remaining modem business is stable.
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Video: Cecil Balmond's Special Lecture at reSITE 2013
A couple of months ago we told you about reSITE Conference 2013, the largest event of its kind in Central and Eastern Europe. During the conference, the reSITE dPAV Competition Workshop also took place. Led by Cecil Balmond, formerly of Arup Engineers and currently leading Balmond Studio in London, and Tyson Hosmer, Lead Designer, Balmond Studio, dPAV: 2.5 Days in Prague competition workshop was a 2.5 days intensive and collaborative investigation to compete to design the future reSITE pavilion to be used in urban design festivals around Central and Eastern Europe.
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Architects: BY Architects
Location: Kolovraty, Prague, Czech Republic
Architect In Charge: Markéta Zdebská
Area: 300 sqm
Year: 2013
Photographs: Courtesy of BY Architects
reSITE 2013: Livable and Competitive Cities Conference
reSITE invites investors, business leaders, real estate developers, politicians, architects, urban planners, landscape architects, experts in transportation, innovation, engineers, economists, financiers, community organizers, scientists, artists, students and those with an active interest in urban development and culture to attend reSITE Conference.
The second annual reSITE Conference in Prague will be held on June 20-21, 2013 at the iconic DOX Centre for Contemporary Art in Prague 7 – Holešovice. Here, conference guests will meet the world's foremost experts in the field of real estate development, urban design, architecture, planning, technology and finance to discuss strategies for sustainable planning for modern, competitive cities with a high quality of life. reSITE strives to foster collaboration between disparate disciplines and is looking for modern, sustainable and financially practical solutions for better public space, urban waterfront and mobility; a better city.
reSITE Conference and Festival will feature 60 international experts, over 400 high-level guests, and thousands of people at public events. reSITE is the largest and most professional international event of its kind in Central and Eastern Europe. reSITE relies on their deep experience and international connections to top experts in New York and across the world, thereby offering a more engaging and relevant program than other conferences with similar topics.
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'Prague: Bridge-Building over the Vltava River' Competition Entry / Juráš Lasovský
The intention of architect Juráš Lasovský for the 'Prague: Bridge-Building over the Vltava River' competition was to disrupt the serenity of the Prague basin landscape by proposing a residential bridge connecting the quarters of Podolí, Císařská louka and Smíchov. While classical bridges tend to create a connection between two places, this residential bridge is regarded as an opportunity to create an attractive space above the river. It becomes a space with residential premises as well as a sort of esplanade from which people get the chance to observe the city life around them. More images and architects' description after the break.
reSITE dPAV Competition Workshop: 5 days to close the registration
This is an open call, two-stage international design competition workshop for architects, artists, engineers, innovators, scientists and related disciplines to imagine the future mobile event pavilion.
Led by Cecil Balmond, formerly of Arup Engineers and currently leading Balmond Studio in London, and Tyson Hosmer, Lead Designer, Balmond Studio, dPAV: 2.5 Days in Prague competition workshop will be a 2.5 days intensive and collaborative investigation to compete to design the future reSITE pavilion to be used in urban design festivals around Central and Eastern Europe.
The competition workshop will be held in English and will finish the second annual reSITE festival. Register today! SUBMISSION DEADLINE – 30 MAY 2013. For more information see the official website: http://workshop.resite.cz/ or contact email@example.com.
Prague National Gallery Entrance Hall / Mateo Arquitectura
Architects: Mateo Arquitectura
Location: Hradcanske Square, Prague, Czech Republic
Author: Josep Lluís Mateo
Area: 1,500 sqm
Year: 2012
Photographs: Adrià Goula
Residential Bridge Competition Entry / Rasha Kiani + Mahdi Kamboozia
With the challenge of defining a new residential typology on the outskirt of a historic Prague zone that combines a pathway to cross the river and residential units over the Vltava River, Rasha Kiani and Mahdi Kamboozia proposed a new extension to Prague's urban space. Their concept, which won an honorable mention, makes a lively and vibrant community that joins both sides of the Vltava River by means of social activities in a dynamic space. More images and architects' description after the break.
reSITE 2013: Collaborative Ideas For Livable Cities Festival and Conference
reSITE, the international festival about collaborative and sustainable urban planning, continues into its second year with more interesting themes and guests with the goal to transform Prague into a modern European metropolis at the center of the urbanism world from June 19-23. The main theme of the second annual conference (June 20-21) is Metropolis Central – reflecting Central European cities and the increasing number of young, creative people who are the infinite resources of those urban centers. The conference will focus on providing a process and potential solutions for the conflicted desires of Central European citizens. More information after the break.
Prague Activators Proposal / Juras Lasovsky, Zuzana Masna, Koen Hezemans
Designed by the collaboration of Juras Lasovsky, Zuzana Masna, and Koen Hezemans, their project "Prague Activators" suggests the idea of pontoons floating on the river. The pontoons "activate" the Vltava riverbank as well as various parts of the city of Prague. The proposal was originally awarded at the Skanska Bridging Prague Competition and was later elaborated into the current project Prague Activators. The project aims to motivate people not only to pursue activities on the riverside, but also to inspire them to care for the public space and alter it. More images and architects' description after the break.
City Green Court / Richard Meier & Partners
Architects: Richard Meier & Partners
Location: Pankrac, Prague, Czech Republic
Design Principals: Richard Meier, Dukho Yeon
Project Architect: Guillermo Murcia
Collaborators: Robert Kim, Marianna Mello, Yoshiki Waterhouse, Joseph Watson
Year: 2013
Photographs: Roland Halbe, Guillermo Murcia
Keystone Office Building / EM2N
Architects: EM2N
Location: Karlin, Prague, Czech Republic
Client: Real Estate Karlín Group a.s.
Area: 11,600 sqm
Year: 2012
Photographs: Simon Menges
Erwin Building / QARTA Architektura
Architects: QARTA Architektura
Location: Prague, Czech Republic
Architect In Charge: David Wittassek, Jiří Řezák, Kateřina Immrová
Site Area: 1,330 sqm
Area: 5,265 sqm
Year: 2012
Photographs: Pavel Vítek
Elementary School in Velká Chuchle / Grido
Architects: Grido
Location: Velká Chuchle, Czech Republic
Design Team: Peter Sticzay-Gromski, Juraj Kováč, Valérius Lalkovič
Area: 615 sqm
Year: 2012
Photographs: Tomáš Malý
Villa Charles / QARTA Architektura
Architects: QARTA Architektura
Location: Prague, Czech Republic
Design Team: David Wittassek, Jiří Řezák, Jan Havel, Jakub Wyderka
Area: 2157.0 sqm
Year: 2012
Photographs: Marek Novotný
'Urban Sponge' Competition Entry / Gemawang Swaribathoro + Indra Nugraha + Morian Saspriatnadi
Designed by Gemawang Swaribathoro, Indra Nugraha, and Morian Saspriatnadi, their 'Urban Sponge' concept aims to unify, organize and manage, in one solution, the inner power of this marvelous city. Prague, an ancient city that has a long history of its own architecture style is no longer an underdog city in the European region. With the city becoming one of the most important places in this continent, the sponge concept can be described as a tool of connectivity to absorb the quality of life, to attract people, to make a better living. More images and architects' description after the break.
House Extension in Prague / Martin Cenek Architecture
Architects: Martin Cenek Architecture
Location: Veleslavín, Prague, Czech Republic
Project Year: 2012
Photographs: Courtesy of Martin Cenek Architecture
Vaclav Havel´s Monument / Libor Šenekel
Designed by Libor Šenekel, Vaclav Havel´s Monument is a symbol of human determination, legacy, and that even one person can change the course of history. Vaclav Havel became unforgettable for many as a symbol of defiance and human determination, which reminds us that even one person is capable of great deeds. Just as today the monument stands against the enormous power of water, that is trying to devour it, stood Vaclav Havel and many others against the oppressive power of communism. The memorial is supposed to fascinate being watched from the waterfront, to inspire fear as well as courage being entered into the masses of water, to lure to step into the unknown. More images and architects' description after the break.
Skanska Bridging Prague Competition Winners
Participants in the Skanska Bridging Prague competition were asked to develop a new Vision Plan for the section of the riverfront from Libeňsk (Bridge) to the north to Železniční (Railway Bridge) in Smíchov to the south. The goal was to create a unified experience, linking cultural, recreational, ecological, historical and economic opportunities. They were also asked to design an intervention that will become a premiere destination along the river Vltava. The first prize winning proposal by Pete North focuses on strengthening the natural characteristics of places at the riverside, where it is consistent and feasible. It aims to create a synergy between park localities and the river, connected into a consequent chain of continuous spaces. More images and winning proposals after the break.


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US 20030142325 A1 Abstract A computer/printer system and method which includes and involves a screen-display device with a display screen, and wherein requests for a document print preview results in the direct and accurate creation by the printer per se of a true preview on the display screen showing how the document will actually look after printing.
Claims(24) 1. In the setting of a computer/printer system which includes a screen-display device, the method comprising
requesting from a computer-connected printer a pre-printing screen-display preview of a document which has been sent by the computer to that printer for printing, generating in the printer a collection of print-control data which exactly defines how the document that has been sent to the printer will look when printed, and which will be employed by the printer to print the document, communicating the print-control data collection to the screen-display device, and on the basis of said communicating, displaying on the screen in the screen-display device an exact visual preview of the subject document. 2. The method of
3. A computer-associated method of displaying on a display screen a true print preview of a document about to be printed comprising
in a printer, generating a collection of print-control data which will be used by the printer directly to print the document, and before printing that document, using that collection directly to create, on a display screen which is operatively associated with the printer, a preview display which shows how the printed document will look after printing. 4. The method of
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6. A computer-associated method of displaying on a display screen a true print preview of a document about to be printed comprising
utilizing a computer which is associated with a display screen, sending from the computer to a connected printer instructions regarding the printing of a document, in the connected printer, receiving these instructions and generating from such instructions a collection of print-control data which is useable by the printer to print the document, before printing that document, sending back to the computer from the printer the generated print-control data collection, and in the computer, creating on the associated display screen a user-viewable, true-preview document display based directly upon the sent-back collection of print-control data, which display shows exactly how the printed document will look after printing. 7. A method employable in a computer environment for previewing the exact final appearance of a document which is about to be printed comprising
sending a print-instruction data stream to a printer, within the printer, creating from that print-instruction data stream a print-control data collection which is effective directly to implement a related printing operation, before implementing such a printing operation, sending a copy of the print-control data collection to a screen-display viewing instrumentality, and displaying on that instrumentality a true preview of what the printed document would look like if printed on the basis of the print-control data collection. 8. The method of
9. In a computer/printer system wherein a created document has been sent to a printer for printing, a method for creating electronically a true print preview of that document comprising
requesting such a preview from the printer, and by initiation from the printer, producing an electronic screen-display surrogate of that document which substantially exactly shows how the printer will print the document. 10. A method for producing a true print-preview display in the setting of computer structure which is operatively associated both with a screen-display device, and with a printer that is operatively connected to the computer structure, said method comprising
from a document-creating application in the computer structure creating a document, and with reference to the created document, sending a set of related document-printing instructions from the computer to the printer, in association with said sending, requesting from the printer a print-preview display, in the printer, on the basis of such sent instructions, generating a collection of document print-control data which the printer will directly use to print the created document, and in response to the print-preview display request, sending back to the computer structure a print-preview data stream based exactly upon the generated print-control data collection, and through cooperative interaction between the computer structure and the screen-display device, creating on the screen-display device from that sent back data stream a true print-preview display which exactly shows what the printer will print from the associated, underlying print-control data collection. 11. The method of
12. The method of
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17. Within a printer having a controller and a print engine which have a defined cooperative relationship,
generating by the controller a print-control data collection which is effective, without further data manipulation, directly to control the printer's print engine in the printing of a document, and prior to printing, conveying that data collection appropriately for the generation of a pre-printing preview screen display of the intended document. 18. A computer/printer system with true print-preview screen-display capability comprising
computer structure armed with a document-creation application, a hard-copy printer operatively connected to said computer structure, a screen-display device having a screen display operatively associated both with said computer structure and with said printer, and print-preview enabling structure operatively associated with said computer structure and with said printer, enabling, in relation to the proposed printing by the printer of a document that has been created in the computer structure within the application, and sent to the printer, a user request that the printer effectively send to said screen-display device, for displaying on its screen, data relating to a true image showing how the printer will actually print to hard copy the sent document so created within the application. 19. The system of
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23. A computer-connectable printer comprising
input structure adapted to receive document-printing instructions from a connected computer, interpretation structure operatively connected to said input structure, operable to effect the generation, from such received instructions, of a print-control data collection which is directly useable by the printer to print a related document, and output structure operatively connected to said interpretation structure, operable, on request, to convey a copy of such a data collection to a connected computer for the purpose, inter alia, of enabling the computer to create a true preview display of the actual document which will be printed if and when the printer utilizes the data collection to print a document. 24. The printer of
Description [0001] This invention relates to a direct method and apparatus for creating a true print preview of a document which has been sent to the printer for printing. In particular, it relates to such a method and apparatus which, uniquely under the control of a printer, creates an exact electronic screen-display surrogate of such a document�a surrogate which precisely shows before printing how the particular printer involved will actually commit that document to an ink-on-paper hard copy. [0002] The invention thus introduces and features printer-based, true-picture rendering of a document. Such rendering, significantly, costs neither paper nor ink, and effectively avoids the usual prior art mistake-bearing issues of ambiguity, surprise, and approximation�issues which have for years characterized mismatches between actual printed documents, and traditional pre-printing previews of these documents. Reference herein to a �printer� is intended to refer not only to �stand-alone�, �single-purpose�, dedicated printers per se, but also to so-called MFP (multifunction printing) devices with respect to which the invention has equal utility. [0003] Briefly reviewing the prior art setting which the present invention addresses, a standard and widely employed option which has been offered for many years to users of document-generating applications in computers is the so-called print preview option. Typically, this option, when selected, results in the application, along with the associated printer driver, and occasionally other associated software, collectively generating a screen preview which is, at best, but a suggestion, and often a distant suggestion, of what the final printed document will actually look like. The usual document-producing applications cannot precisely know or detect the specific operational peculiarities and behaviors of the many different printers which may be used. A resulting consequence of this is that what the user typically sees in a requested preview is really just an approximation which often insufficiently matches what actually gets finally printed. Final printing parameters, such as fonts, positional formatting, how well a particular document will �fit to paper�, and other document-appearance matters, ultimately lie in the �hands� of the particular printer which is employed, and only that particular printer �knows� exactly what will come out in the final printing. [0004] Given this approximation situation, correctly guessing how to style and build a document to avoid unwanted final printed characteristics is an uncertain �science�, and many times a user must go through several time-consuming trial iterations and unsatisfactory printings to achieve a satisfactory final look. [0005] One approach which has been made in the past to resolve the print-preview issues mentioned above involves installing in a computer suitable additional programming software which is intended to emulate the expected behavior of the print engine in the particular printer. Such an approach is costly, involves only a single-style printer, and still only offers a best-guess approximation of how the particular employed printer will perform. Printers, even though nominally identical in model numbers, and supposedly armed with identical print engines, are individuals, and as such often have printing personality quirks which cannot be predicted, and confidently and accurately reflected in after-market installed emulation software. Additionally, the typical single-printer characteristics of such added emulation software make that software effectively useless when a change is made to a different printer. [0006] Thus, the two traditional approaches employed in the creation of a print preview�(a) generation of a preview effectively by the document-creating application and the installed printer driver, and (b) generation of a preview under the control of an extra installed software emulator of an associated printer's print engine�do not often work very well. [0007] According to the invention, and by way of sharp contrast with the prior art, the responsibility for generating a document preview is given directly to the very printer which is to print the document, rather than, as is currently conventional, to the computer-resident application which created the document, or to an installed surrogate print-engine emulator. [0008] With one, or several, conventional document-creation applications installed in a user's computer (also referred to herein as computer structure), the user creates a document, and �sends� that document, by way of computer-sent instructions, to an associated printer. Such an associated computer and printer constitutes a computer environment herein. Effectively, these sent instructions tell the printer to create an appropriate print-control data stream (or collection) in its controller for ultimate use by the printer's print engine to print directly a hard copy of the document. [0009] Along with the sent document, the user requests that the printer, before printing a document hard copy, effectively create electronically, and on an appropriately associated display device with a display screen (a viewing instrumentability), a visual-surrogate preview of the just sent document. The user may either simply request such a preview without implementing any additional document-appearance or other protocol options, or may, according to one form of the invention, choose various options, such as those selected from a list including, for example, document data format, printing color format, gray-scale, compression, resolution, thumbnail preview representation, and others. [0010] With or without such selected options, the printer controller, ultimately creates an appropriate print-control data stream (or collection). This data-stream (collection) the printer may then store on its own internal storage structure, such as a hard drive, if it has one, and/or from the collection create what is called herein a related print-preview data stream that is effectively an exact copy of the print-control data stream. In one embodiment of the invention, the printer sends this print-preview data stream back through the computer to the associated screen-display device, either right away, or appropriately later if internal data storage has taken place. In some instances, such as, for example, where the printer is one which has its own screen-display hardware, this �sending� activity may take place entirely within the printer per se. [0011] The display device then presents on its screen to the user an absolutely true preview of the created document, all selected options implemented, and just as the document, if no revisions are made, will be printed into hard copy by the printer's print engine. Such a preview gives the user precise and accurate information from which predictably implementable revisions can intelligently be made�all before actual printing. All behavior peculiarities and nuances linked to the particular printer will have played their respective roles in the preview which the user sees. [0012] In a manner of speaking, therefore, the present invention responds to a print preview request by instructing and asking the printer itself to create such a preview, using the very same printer-generated, print-engine control data which would, in the absence of such a request, directly control the printing of a hard copy. The actual �voice and signature� of the printer therefore �speaks� and appears in such a preview�a preview which is absolutely true, without uncertainty, without ambiguity, without error and without unwelcome surprise. [0013] The method and structure of the invention can work readily in many computer environments, including those wherein (a) a computer, a printer and a display device are separate components, (b) a computer and display are integrated (as in a laptop computer unit), (c) a printer and a display device are integrated, (d) the printer is incorporated in an MFP device, and so on. [0014] These and other new and distinguishing features of the present invention will become more fully apparent as the description thereof which now follows is read in conjunction with the accompanying drawings. [0015]FIG. 1 is a block/schematic diagram illustrating one form of a computer/printer system which is constructed, and which operates, in accordance with the present invention. This particular system employs a computer, a printer and a screen-display device which are separate components. The printer shown here may either be a singular-function printer, or it may be a portion of an otherwise conventional MFP device of the type generally mentioned above. [0016]FIG. 2 is a simplified, two-illustration view picturing, on its left side, a stylized representation of how a created document is intended to look according to the user-creator, and on its right side, a similar representation of how a conventional computer/printer system might end up actually differently printing the document. These two illustrations, which can also be thought of as being screen-display previews, assist in explaining how the method and structure of the present invention work. [0017]FIG. 3 is a block/schematic diagram illustrating another form of a system built and operable according to the invention. In this system the screen-display portion is integrated in a laptop computer. [0018]FIG. 4 is yet another block/schematic diagram of a system wherein the screen-display portion is integrated in a printer. [0019]FIG. 5 is a block/schematic flow diagram which specifically illustrates the architecture and the logic of the structure and methodology of the present invention. [0020] The method and structure of the present invention are described and illustrated herein in relation to otherwise conventional computer, printer, display, and related software technology. These method and structure aspects of the invention are fully illustrated herein in block/schematic system diagrams, and in maplike block representations of the logical-flow architecture of the method steps and the related structure. To simplify the drawings, a conventional data-flow arrow is drawn only in FIG. 5, and here, only at the base of the figure to represent the true preview output of the printer. These block/schematic diagrams are presented in such a way that those generally skilled in the art will readily be armed to practice all aspects of the invention, bringing in their own, individual preferences. It will also be apparent that the features of the invention can readily be incorporated into many computer/printer environments. They can also easily be retrofitted in already existing environments. [0021] Turning attention now to the drawings, and first of all to FIG. 1, indicated generally at 10 is a computer/printer system, also referred herein as a computer environment, constructed and operable in accordance with the present invention. System 10 includes, as interconnected independent components, a computer 12, a printer, or printer device, 14, and a screen-display device 16, such as a conventional, free-standing computer monitor. Except insofar as system 10 is intended to operate, and is configured to operate, in accordance with the present invention, the several components in this system, and the communication interconnections therebetween, are otherwise entirely conventional in construction and operation. [0022] Represented schematically by a dashed-line block 18 which is pictured within computer 12 is (are) one or more document-creating application(s) of any conventional character. For example, application block 18 might include Microsoft's Word� and Excel� software programs. [0023] Printer 14, may be a single-purpose printer, or it may be what is referred to as a multifunction printing (MFP) device. Integrated within printer 14, and pictured by dashed blocks 14 a,14 b,14 c, respectively, are a printer controller, an internal hard-drive storage device, and a print engine. While printer 14 is shown specifically herein as one which includes a hard-drive type storage device, other forms of internal data storage could be employed as well. The invention can also be used just as well with printers that do not include internal storage capability. Further included in printer 14, and indicated by a small dashed-line rectangle 14 d, is what is referred to as herein as input structure in the printer. A small dashed-line bracket 14 e represents what is referred to herein as output structure in the printer. [0024] Shown generally at 16 a within block 16 (which represents the screen-display device) is the display screen in that device. [0025] Still referring to FIG. 1, a bracket 20 represents the print-preview enabling structure and the methodology of the present invention which are incorporated into system 10. Such incorporation can result in a number of ways, preferably by manufacture pre-configuring of the printer to respond appropriately to requested print previews, and/or by suitable software installation of the printer/computer communication software, including the printer driver. In relation to a printer which has not been specifically preconfigured to perform in accordance with the invention, it is possible, simply through the route of employing appropriate aftermarket software, to �arm� such a printer to create true print previews as proposed by the invention. Those skilled in the relevant art, after reviewing the content of FIG. 4 herein, will clearly see how such �retrofitting� can be accomplished. [0026] A bracket 22, along with a double-ended arrow 24, represent the operative associations and connections which exist between printer 14, computer 12 and display device 16. A double-ended arrow 26 represents the operative association and connection which exists between computer 12 and display device 16. [0027] Digressing for a moment now to FIGS. 3 and 4, these two figures illustrate two systems which differ only modestly from system 10. FIG. 3 illustrates at 30 computer/printer system which is constructed with two separate components, including a computer 32 and a printer 34. Here, computer 32 is a laptop-type computer which includes its own internal screen-display device having a display screen shown at 32 a. Printer 34 can be any printer of same category referred to above with reference to FIG. 1. Dashed block 34 a shown within printer 34 represent essentially the same elements pictured in FIG. 1 which are there designated with reference characters 14 a-14 e, inclusive. A bracket 36 represents the incorporated print-preview enabling structure and methodology of present invention. Double-ended arrow 38 represents the operative association and connection existing between computer 32 and printer 34. [0028]FIG. 4 illustrates at 40 yet another computer/printer system which differs somewhat from previously discussed systems 10 and 30. System 40 includes a computer 42 which is operatively associated with, and connected to, a printer 44 which includes its own internal screen-display device. The operative connection here between the computer and the printer is represented by double-ended arrow 46. The printer's display screen is shown at 44 a. A dashed block 44 b represents the same componentry within printer 44 as does previously mentioned dashed block 34 a with respect to printer 34 in FIG. 3. A bracket 48 represents in system 40 the presence of the print-preview enabling structure and methodology according to the present invention. [0029] As will become apparent, except with respect to the specific structural differences pictured in systems 30 and 40 regarding the locations of screen-display structure, these two systems operate fundamentally in the same manner which will now be described with reference specifically to system 10. [0030] Accordingly, turning attention back to FIG. 1, and adding thereto reference to both FIGS. 2 and 5, in preparation for document printing various steps are performed by a user to create the related document. These steps, as well as steps taken to request and employ true print previewing of pages in the document in accordance with practice of the present invention, are fully expressed graphically in FIG. 5 which is specifically configured, nominally, to picture the print-preview enabling structure in system 10. The implementing of these steps, and the logical flow of data in relation to selected options, decisions and activity branching points, will now be presented principally through reference to FIG. 5. [0031] The operation which is now to be described begins with the user of computer 12 creating a document employing one or more of the document-creation applications stored in the computer. This activity is represented in FIG. 5 by START block 50. As the document is initially created, the user typically will see on the display-screen in screen-display device 16 a representation of each page as such is created, and very typically this representation will accurately reflect what it is that the creator wishes to have as the final look of the document pages. The illustration presented at the left side of FIG. 2 represents such a document, and here one can see that the user has given this page, which will now be treated here as the full document, a certain title with a certain font type and size, a certain line layout, and a certain physical relationship of words, etc. to a graphical table of data. The user will create this document with the arrangement, look and sizing of components he or she feels is most appropriate, and this (the left side of FIG. 2) is what the user will see in the document-creation application screen at the completion of document creation. [0032] In a system not employing the present invention, were the user to ask at this point for a print preview after creating the single-page document just described, that preview would, in all probability, look either exactly like, or very much like, what appears on the left side of FIG. 2. Such a preview would typically have been created by the document-creating application, in close collaboration principally with the computer-installed printer driver for the associated printer, or it might have been generated by an installed print-engine emulator of the type discussed earlier. In the latter situation, it is possible that the presented preview might more nearly look like what the printer will actually print, which could well be somewhat different, but for the reasons outlined above, that is only a possibility, and not an assured condition. [0033] With the document so created, however, and according to the present invention, the user is now given the opportunity to choose to receive, or not to receive, and view a true pre-printing preview of the created document�a preview which will show on display-screen 16 a a true visual surrogate of the document that will actually be printed by printer 14 based upon the instructions for printing which are about to be sent to the printer from computer 12. This opportunity is represented by decision block 51 in FIG. 5. [0034] If the user does not elect to receive a true print preview, electing rather at this point simply to print the document, then the NO exit path from block 51 is followed, and a request for, and instructions relating to, printing are sent to printer 14 via block 54. As it turns out, and for illustration purposes herein, printer 14 is one with respect to which what the user sees on screen 16 a as the hoped-for appearance of the application-created document (the left side of FIG. 2) will not actually be printed by this printer. Rather, because of the particular construction and configuration of printer 14, this document will be printed with some important differences, several of which are generally illustrated on the right of FIG. 2. Here what one can see is that the font which was selected by the user has been changed by printer 14 to some (unknown to the user) available default font which the printer has been constructed to implement when it is unable to respond to a request to employ the particular font selected by the user. Further, the chosen default font may not print in the same character size which the user has selected, with a result that the text actually printed may end up with words, etc. landing in different lines of text. Further, the data table which has been created by the user at a particular size and with a particular positioning on the anticipated page may, because of the printer's individual peculiarities, not be producible in the desired fashion, and may end up (as suggested on the right side of FIG. 2) looking significantly distorted, and even being incomplete, and/or distributed onto two pages. [0035] If, however, the user wishes to avoid these kinds of conventional printing problems, he or she can elect according to the invention to receive a true print preview. With such an election, the YES exit path from decision block 51 is employed, and this leads, according to the particular embodiment of the invention now being described, to offering the user several additional options which may relate to print appearance and print protocol. Decision block 53 in FIG. 5 is here involved, for example. The user may be provided the opportunity to select for printing (a) a particular color format, such as one of the key conventional CMYK or RGB formats, (b) a gray-scale presentation, (c) a bitonal format, (d) a particular printing resolution, (e) a particular bit depth (f) a certain compression ratio, (g) the opportunity to receive a thumbnail-type presentation of a true print preview, and (h) various other such options. If such options are elected, the YES exit path from block 53 is employed, and leads to options block 54. By operation of block 54, appropriate option data is included by the computer in the request and instructions thereafter sent to printer 14 via previously mentioned block 52. If no specific, selectable options are consciously chosen by the user, appropriate, normal default conditions and statuses will be implemented. [0036] Progressing now from block 52 through the balance of the operational logic pictured in FIG. 5, the created document data, also referred to herein as a print-instruction data stream, along with the request for a true print preview, and any selected option data, are sent to printer 14. All of this instruction data is received (block 56), parsed (block 58) and interpreted (block 60) by and within printer controller 14 a, of which blocks, 56, 58, 60 are portions. Block 56 constitutes input structure in the printer, and block 60 interpretation structure. [0037] With printer 14 including a storage device 14 b in the form herein of a hard drive, logic flow out of block 60 goes to decision block 62 which queries whether what should next happen is the retrieval of document page data which has previously been stored on the hard drive. The YES exit route from block 62 (which will be discussed more fully shortly) is one which becomes active in a situation where no print preview has been requested. The NO exit route, however, is the one which is now relevant to the above-mentioned request for a true print preview. [0038] And so, where, as here, the user has elected to request a true print preview, the active route out of block 62 is the NO route. From this point, the data from block 60 is processed successively in blocks 64, 66 which form part of printer controller 14 a and wherein a display list for each document page (block 64), and appropriate raster data for each page (block 66), are respectively prepared. From block 66 the outflowing data stream is referred to herein as a print-control data stream, and it is this data stream which has appropriate characteristics, without there being any necessary further data manipulation, to drive the printer's print engine 14 c, and to effect thereby the printing of the user's created, single-page document. This data stream, at this point in time, if directed to initiate immediate printing, will reflect (through operation of the print engine) the printing peculiarities of printer 14, and will cause the printing of a document which will look like the right side of FIG. 2. Such, however, is not what will now occur, inasmuch as the user has requested printer 14, via operation of the present invention, to create, first, a clearly viewable, accurate, true print preview to show on screen 16 a just how such a printed document would turn out. [0039] Accordingly, the print-control data stream thus generated within printer 14 now engages decision block 68 which confirms whether or not there has been a request for a true print preview. The YES confirmation which occurs in the illustration now being described passes control to decision block 70, wherein a determination is made about whether to send the print-control data for storage on the hard drive. If the answer is YES, downstream decision block 72 checks whether there is sufficient available storage space, and if the answer here is also YES, the data stream travels via SAVE block 73 to the hard drive device, wherein it is stored exactly in the status with which it emerged from block 66. SAVE block 73 also sends data at this time to an option-implementing block 74. If the space-availability answer is NO, the user received an alert and notification to this effect. Blocks 68, 70, 72 form portions of printer controller 14 a. [0040] If the determination which is made by either of blocks 70,72 yields a NO answer, no storage takes place, and control is handed to above-mentioned block 74 (also a portion of printer controller 14 a) which attends to any of the print-appearance/print-protocol options that the user may have selected (blocks 53,54). Such attending means that the printer controller arms the print-control data stream with sufficient information to cause the selected options ultimately to be implemented. [0041] Data processed through block 74, which is effectively a full and accurate copy of the �option enhanced� (if any) print-control data stream, is supplied through block 76 (referred to as output structure in the printer, previously mentioned dashed bracket 14 e) back to computer 12, and via the computer to display screen 16 a. This output data stream, a copy of the print-control data stream, is referred to herein as a true print-preview data stream. [0042] With but a single-page document having been created, the appropriate, single-page true print preview is made available to the user, who can then determine whether the document �look� is acceptable or not, and thus whether it should be printed, or revised. [0043] With regard to this output of preview information from block 76, block 76, via an output channel shown by line/arrow 78, has also communicated to a decision block 80 that a document page has been sent to the computer. Block 80 queries whether that is the last page to be handled, which in this case it is since it is the only page. Accordingly, the YES exit path from block 80 is followed to END block 82, which then ends the current preview process within the printer. [0044] Were there more pages to the created document, then, during the true print preview process, the NO route would have been followed out of decision block 80, and the operations of previously described blocks 62-80, inclusive, would have been repeated for each and every additional page. [0045] For each true print preview page presented on screen 16 a, the user can, after making any desired revisions based on reviewing the preview, continue this just-described process until the returned and displayed true print preview looks acceptable. At that point in time, the user can elect to print the document, or to save it on hard drive 14 b for later printing, without requesting any further true print previews. [0046] A decision at this time (or any other) point in time to print a document without then also requesting a print preview results in a somewhat modified flow of activities through the blocks pictured in FIG. 5. This modified flow is now described in a situation where the pages of the document to be printed have not been stored on the hard drive. To begin with, after the user requests printing, the NO route is followed out of decision block 51, and therefore also later out of decision block 68. The NO route out of block 68 hands control to SEND TO PRINT block 84 which sends the appropriate print-control data to print engine 14 c, which then begins printing. Block 84 also at this time sends a signal to decision block 80, which then responds in much the same way as was described for it earlier herein. [0047] A decision to print a stored document results in slightly different behavior. This behavior begins with a flow of activity out of block 51 following the NO route, and later following the YES route out of decision block 62. From this YES route, control is handed to RETRIEVE block 86 which functions to retrieve pages of the particular stored document from the hard drive for printing. [0048] In systems 30 and 40 pictured in FIGS. 3 and 4, respectively, true print preview requests are similarly handled. However in these two systems, the respective, employed electronic display screens reside in the computer (FIG. 3) and the printer (FIG. 4), respectively. With these display-screen differences taken into account, the operations of these two other systems are substantially the same as the operation just described above for system 10. [0049] An additional option which can be made available to a user if desired, is the option to have whatever printer is involved deliver true print-preview data to any connected display screen. [0050] The invention thus effectively solves significant print-preview problems of the past. It does so fundamentally by calling upon the printer in a computer/printer system to take on and directly control the creation of all requested print previews. Such previews therefore all are presented to a user as real, true print previews. [0051] While several forms of the invention (method and structure) have been illustrated and described herein, it is understood that variations and modifications can be made without departing from the spirit of the invention. Referenced by
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I've had many memorable days playing golf for the past 58 years and a hole in one is not one of them but on August 28 hole number 3 black course at D Fairchild Wheeler playing with my best friends Joe Perrotta,Jim Brideau and Joe Drywer I hit my Titleist pro v1x 10ft. behind the pin and drew it down the hill into the hole.A 19th hole celebration followed the round.
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I am 21 year old and on 10/5/13 I had my first hole in one! A 170 yard hole in one with my 8 iron. I have only been playing golf for about 2 years but love it!!!!
Nuggie V wrote on October 9, 2013 at 2:58AM
Just had my third hole in one using a pro-V on Friday 10-4-2013. Great feeling again.
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Once someone said, "Art is the river that runs through my life. I drink from it as often as I can do it to refresh myself." Similar is the case with the redesigning of the website. Most of the designers love to jump if they get a chance to reconsider and redesign their work. But who says that redesigning is not a daunting task? Why is it not something like churning a magic wand?
Throughout history, great designers always found new ways to show their creativity to express themselves and create new trends and techniques to remark their work apart from the rest of the crowd. Photo manipulation is an art in itself, that requires a skill and precision as we know, it is one of the most creative artforms to come out of the digital age.
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Writing is an art, and like any other art one must be properly trained to do so. I started writing sometime back and was really happy about my work until all the readers laughed at my work and made fun on each and every thing I did. My writing wasn't well presented and didn't have headings, I made long "very informative" paragraphs but nobody cared to read them. This made me research all about good writing practices, tools and resources.
There are ample of writers (including me) who do numerous mistakes while writing and don't even know where they are falling short. Here, I have tried to investigate all the common faults done by writers and now putting them here. Go through them and do tell me if I have missed out any fault. Bad writing may be negated at initial stages but only by practice and conscious effort can the faults be removed.


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Earlier this weekend, Drake released a loose freestyle, Jodeci, featuring fellow star J.Cole. Sure, why not drop an unreleased freebie with the hottest emcee in the game right now; ho hum. For greedy fans who're fiendin' for something from his forthcoming album, Drake has something for you too; The Motion. On The Motion the Toronto native is accompanied by Sampha, who (along with 40) cooks up the succulent beat hosting an airy foundation laden with various synths and chimes that give it a dripping, cloudy vibe; Sampha even adds some background vocals to give the cut an even hazier vibe. Drake incorporates his typical, sung-rapped style, but his cadence is different, giving this effort a refreshing, energetic vibe. Drizzy's third studio album, Nothing Was The Same, is not due out until September, but if this weekend is any indication of what's to come, he will have plenty more for us before the fall.
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Also in this section: Final farewell to Raúl Leis Poisoned cough syrup case doesn't go away Panama's freedom of religion not based on separation of church and state Billboards coming down Conservatives' win paves the way for Panama-Canada free trade pact Legislative session ends with major items pending El Panama America manipulates WikiLeaks, La Prensa gets database New Guantanamo papers: egg on the face of the United States Who's a sapo? Raúl Leis, 1947-2011 Video: Martinelli and Obama at the White House Harry Díaz named to replace Almengor The Raw Notes: US embassy cables on Martinelli and his security policies Making sense of the embassy cables about Martinelli's security notions
Raúl Leis has died. He takes his place alongside Rogelio Sinán and Ricardo Miró as one of the towering giants in the history of Panamanian letters. Some of his newspaper columns were published in The Panama News over the years, in English translation.
Death came unexpectedly at about 10 p.m. on April 30, at the Policlinica JJ Vallarino in Juan Dias. It was the result of an allergic reaction to a medication Leis had taken along with eye surgery to remove cataracts earlier that day.
The standard obituaries say that Leis was a sociologist, and that he was. He taught it at the University of Panama and USMA, and founded the Colegio Nacional de Sociologos. He was also the founder of the Panamanian Center for Social Studies and Action (CEASPA), a multidisciplinary think tank. But he was so much more than "just" a sociologist.
He was a playwright, five-time winner of the Miró prize for his works. Today people marching in the Mayday parade made many a refrence to "The Martyrs of Chicago," those blamed and executed for an act of violence at a Haymarket Square protest against police violence at the original Mayday parade. This case and what it stood for was brought to life in the Panamanian mind through Raúl's play "Primero de Mayo." Leis's writings also won awards in Mexico, Spain, Venezuela, Guatemala and Cuba.
In the course of his work on urban sociology, Leis became top expert on the history of Panama City and its development. He treated history not as a list of illustrious men and noteworthy dates, but as the people and the economic, political, cultural, technological and generational forces that shaped their lives.
Leis brought the Kuna traditions in particular, but indigenous traditions in general, to the mainstream Panamanian newspaper readers. He was a steadfast advocate of indigenous sovereignty and for the land, water and mineral rights of Panama's first nations.
As a professor and social activist, Leis was for a general advance in education and he put a lot of time into promoting literacy in rural areas and adult education. He was the president of the Latin American Adult Education Council (CEAAL). Another aspect of this work was his advocacy of bilingual education for Panama's indigenous peoples, both to preserve native languages and to reduce the high dropout rate among indigenous primary and secondary students.
Other people spoke at the rallies and were sought out for sound bites, but Raúl Leis was a principal architect of both today's constellation of "civil society" groups and of the Panamanian environmentalist movement. In his civic activism Leis, a Catholic, managed to bridge many divides, including that between the church hierarchy and liberation theology advocates.
Leis advocated a more democratic constitution for Panama and a heightened sense of civics to combat corruption, and was the chief organizer of the church-backed Panama 2020 forums --- which the politicians mostly praised and then entirely ignored. More recently he was a key instigator of the Asamblea Ciudadana, which unites 89 civic, community, professional and labor groups and is highly critical of many of the things that the Martinelli administration does. Leis's one foray into partisan politics was in 1994, when he ran for the legislature on the ticket of Rubén Blades's now defunct Papa Egoro party. After an extended and much criticized vote count, Leis was declared to have narrowly lost his race for a seat in a multi-member circuit. Leis was highly critical of Blades's political skills as a presidential candidate as a party leader. After that run for office, Leis maintained his political independence.
Leis wrote newspaper columns for many years in El Panama America, but after that paper was bought by President Martinelli's supporters this past December he moved his columns to La Prensa. With his blessing, The Panama News published many of his columns in English translation. Leis was also editor of Dialogo Social magazine.
Leis, who was born in Colon, was 63. He is survived by his wife, human rights activist Mariela Arce, and his son, attorney Jair Leis.
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