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Linus Carl Pauling was born in Portland, Oregon, on February 28, 1901, first of 3 children of pharmacist Herman W. Pauling and Lucy Isabelle Pauling ne Darling. An internationally acclaimed scientist, educator, humanitarian, and political activist, the only person to have received 3 unshared Nobel Prizes for chemistry in 1954; for peace in 1962, Pauling was once characterized by New Scientist as one regarding the twenty greatest scientists of all time, on a par with Isaac Newton, Charles Darwin, and Albert Einstein. His magnum opus, The Nature regarding the Chemical Bond 1939, was one regarding the highest many influential and frequently cited scientific books regarding the twentieth century. His advocacy of megadoses of vitamin C for the common cold, cancer, and AIDS is still controversial, and the work for which he is greatest known.
His life and career were characterized by controversy, and almost everything about him was larger than life. Pauling majored in chemical engineering at Oregon Agricultural College now Oregon State University, where he developed the belief that should book his lifetime of research: Atomic arrangements should be responsible for the chemical and physical properties of fabric substances. degree in 1922 and entered the California Institute of Cutting edge designs Caltech at Pasadena, where he worked with Roscoe G. Dickinson and adopted the relatively new technique of x-ray crystallography to explore the structure of crystals. In 1925 Pauling received his Ph.
and was awarded a Guggenheim fellowship to pursue postgraduate studies in Europe with the seminal atomic theorists Arnold Sommerfeld, Niels Bohr, and Erwin Schrdinger. First to realize the ramifications regarding the new quantum mechanics within chemistry, he used this body of plans to explain and predict the properties of atoms and ions, and thus to revolutionize chemistry. In 1927 Pauling returned to Pasadena to join the faculty of Caltech, where he stayed until 1963. There he used x-ray diffraction to measure the lengths and angles of atomic bonds within the three-dimensional structures of, first, inorganic crystals and, later, organic compounds. One regarding the key concepts of Pauling's quantum theory of chemical bonding, introduced in 1931, was resonance: In many cases an ion or molecule should not be represented, conceptually or on paper, as one classical structure, but compulsory what he called a hybridization of 3 or more of these structures.
The lone classical structure basically did not describe the chemical bond s. In fewer than a decade he had transformed the earlier, somewhat simplistic theory regarding the chemical bond into a powerful, highly sophisticated theory and studies tool. During the mid-1930s Pauling turned his attention to molecules present in living things. His interest within the binding of oxygen to hemoglobin the protein molecule that carries oxygen via the bloodstream to cells throughout the body provoked a more general interest in proteins, the nitrogen-containing organic compounds compulsory in all of pet metabolism. In 1948, while in bed with influenza, Pauling occupied himself with creating a cardboard model of linked amino acids, the simple building blocks of proteins.
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Less well-known is the record of Pauling's evolution from ivory tower scientist to ardent and articulate advocate of nuclear disarmament and regarding the corporate responsibility of scientists. His eventual clashes with political and ideological adversaries, within the USA government, which denied him studies grants and a passport, consumed many of his time and energy. His being chosen for the 1962 Nobel Peace Prize was criticized by many, and the American Chemical Society, which he had served as president in 1949, at around this time, chose to slight him. In 1963 Pauling left Caltech to grow to studies professor at the Center for the Learn of Democratic Institutions at Santa Barbara, California, at which time he began to divide his time between chemistry and world peace. In Santa Barbara he became greatly interested in what he called ortho-molecular medicine a biochemical approach to person well-being that included the central plan that huge amounts of some chemical compounds normally present within the body should be used to treat or prevent disease.
In 1973, following professorships at the University of California, San Diego 19671969 and Stanford University 19691974, he founded the Institute of Orthomolecular Medicine later named the Linus Pauling Institute of Science and Medicine, an organization of which he was director of studies at the time of his death. He died of cancer at his Deer Flat Ranch near Large Sur, California, on August 19, 1994, at the age of ninety-three. Pauling was called one regarding the 3 greatest scientists regarding the twentieth century the other being Einstein and the greatest chemist since Antoine-Laurent Lavoisier, the eighteenth-century founder of modern chemistry. Pauling's multifaceted life and activities, scientific and personal, spanned almost the entire twentieth century.


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I'd like to quickly explain why I called the Washington City Paper's Jule Banville an idiot. You may recall a few weeks ago the City Paper launched it's "best of" issue. I know I shouldn't respond to this but, damn it, I can be weak at times. At any rate, Ms. Banville penned a section called the Best Ridiculous Prince of Petworth Feature [Ha! They've now apparently deleted it.] Predictably, she selected the door of the day feature, and oddly a post on the residences at Georgia Ave. For her second "ridiculous" feature, she selected PoPtrekker. While not very witty it was actually quite a compliment to be given my own section. Here's where I have a problem with what Ms. Banville wrote:
"…he then announces that PoPtrekker is brought to us "by a generous grant from the Ben and Sylvia Gardner Foundation."…And we have to ask: Journalists are losing their jobs faster than they can say "twitterer" and a foundation is giving money to a blogger for this?"
Well, Jule, while it is clear that you are far cooler than I am, I thought the City Paper was an actual newspaper. Even if this was an obvious attempt at a snarky piece, I imagine you could have done a quick google search on the Ben and Sylvia Gardner Foundation and you would have found – nothing. That's because the Ben and Sylvia Gardner Foundation is not a foundation. It is a tribute to my grandparents. So keep up the good work Jule and thanks for all the attention. You'll have to let me buy you a beer sometime so I can properly show my gratitude. And I have to ask: Do you consider yourself a journalist?


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GOP frontrunner Donald Trump spoke to a crowd of roughly 1,000 in Omaha, Nebraska, where Gov. Pete Ricketts put his support behind the presumptive Republican nominee.
Ricketts was expected to endorse Ted Cruz this week. Some of Ricketts' first words on stage: "Politics is won by the people who show up."
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Trump said he won't talk about his former competition, naming Jeb Bush, who announced on Friday he will not support Trump in the general election.
"I will not say he's low energy," Trump said. "I'm not surprised with the Bush family," he added regarding their not supporting him. "And Jeb, we hit hard." Trump added that Jeb Bush hit him as well, spending $14 million on ads against him.
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Donald Trump kicked off his Omaha rally by encouraging everyone to vote on Tuesday: "The stronger we look, the stronger we are."
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This week, I started my 4th different job since coming to New York. this job will take me throught the 1 year anniversary of being in NYC–which is about a month away. So, in this past year, I have had as many different jobs as in the previous 4 years combined–or something like that. This one is with the Census Bureau. So, in 8 weeks, this job will most likely finish and I will have to find another waitering job. I'm okay with that and I'm also discovering that sitting through training classes for (at least kinda) lame jobs has become almost like a 2nd home to me…or at least like a mediocre action film (or romantic comedy for the ladies)–comfortable and very predictable.
There is always one or more persons that act like they know more than everyone else (instructor included). This time we have both types: the kind that laugh by themselves everytime something is said they think is stupid, correct minor details within examples–taking the conversation to the galaxy of Pointless–just to show off knowledge they assume no one else is blessed with, and make rude comments and observations just loud enough for people around them to hear but not quite loud enough for the instructor to make out…and the type that angrily corrects anything said or done that they KNOW will RUIN minds and lives if it is simply let go while consistently sounding as if they might kill someone at any moment (both types immediately turn incredibly sweet and charming if given the spotlight and seem to be festering in the hope that the rest of the class will rise as one and revolt to place THEM as the new instructor…which they obviously deserve).
There is also always the person that really took it to heart when one of their grade-school teachers said "there is no such thing as a stupid question" while also managing to either be partially deaf or incapable of listening and thinking at the same time.
The instructors are always either unqualified to teach anything and uninterested or incapable of attempting to show otherwise or unqualified to teach anything and dead-set on proving that they know more than any human that has ever walked the earth and can make people weep with the sheer power and viciousness of knowledge. This week's training has the former.
We have some funny people though. During the obligatory "now let's take a few moments to get to know each other" time we were supposed to stand up and state our name and why we wanted to work for the census. The second guy to go looked about as apathetic as a person can and said as boldly as he could muster "My name is Phillip and I want to SERVE MY COUNTRY." Everyone laughed. He offered a half-smile as he sat down. Another guy said he thought it would be a good way to pick up chicks. Another young man said "counting people has always been a passion of mine." A cute, petite lady who looked to be around 40 said, "I'm just looking forward to getting raped and murdered by the man that asks me to come into his apartment" and the instructor smiled and said, "Very good. Very good."
Also, having gone through this sort of thing before, I knew the first day would be a bit of a train wreck and there would be a lot of dead time. So, I brought some reading material and came mentally prepared. This led to the best part of all. While instructors were scrambling and fumbling around endlessly for something or other, I was getting more and more into a book that was leading me to think about God and what I believe about certain things and all that. Lately, I've been wishing and praying for freedom and no fear. I've been so bogged down by this feeling of never getting over the same sins that have had their hooks in me for so long, and always feeling trapped in this worthless version of a person, and feeling like nothing will ever change so there is no reason to hope. Then (and it didn't really have anything to do with the book), the most wonderful thing that has happened to me in a long time…uh, happened. God spoke in me and truth rang in my chest like it hasn't in a long while…and the words "I AM free" started repeating over and over again in my heart. I've read that Jesus Christ has freed us from sin with his death on the cross so many times but it wasn't until that moment that it all…just hit me. I am free. I am not chained to any sin, or bad decision from the past, or fruitless habit. I am free. Meaning sin cannot touch me. I could swim in it for a week and it can't touch me. Jesus' blood covers me like a shield of armor. So all those things that I constantly think I can't do and shouldn't think or feel…I CAN…which completely demolishes any power that sin has over me. My nature (I think all of our's) is to want to do whatever I'm not supposed to do, whatever I'm told or I know I CAN'T do, I long to do it. That is the nature of the sin inside us. But my sins are forgiven. My stains are washed away. Every turn from God has been forgotten…past, present, and future. So, I can do anything. So, I don't feel the tugging pull to any of those things I thought enslaved me. I am free. The beautiful part is that God has been working on me so much–like He's refining silver–that He gave me this truth at a time when I have no interest in displeasing Him. I love Him. I want to obey. I genuinely desire to please my Heavenly Father. It brings me joy…and sin does not. All those things that grabbed at me and led to the whispers "you know what you could do"…those things used to lead to guilt just by popping up in my head and immediately led to a battle that I rarely won…now I say "yeah, you could do that"…and the suffocation stops. Then I ask, "but do you really want to do that?" The answer is no. I want to do things that bring me joy. Those things do not bring me joy. They never did.
Now I know that freedom of any kind does not guarantee against attacks. Nor does it always protect against slander and prejudice…and more attacks. But I have hope now. For the first time in a long time, I have hope. I'm writing again. I believe there is a plan again. I believe that He will lead and I am capable of following. I have joy. I have Jesus.


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Kathmandu /December 1, The Feminist Dalit Organization (FEDO) has conducted an interaction program with the theme "Rights of Dalit and Dalit Women in the New Constitution and the Challenges of Implementation' in the capital city. The interaction was held on the occasion of '16 days campaigning' regarding 25th International day for against women discrimination.
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South Africa's government needs to do more to support the country's vital manufacturing sector, the Finance Minister says.
Manufacturing accounts for 16 per cent of output in Africa's largest economy and its weakness does not augur well for second quarter growth figures, backing the case for the Reserve Bank to delay monetary tightening into 2012.
"Over the past 6-9 months it (manufacturing) has risen, but it faces many pressures," Gordhan said. "They seem to be coping but government needs to do more to support it."
Output growth quickened less than expected in May in volume terms to 0.6 per cent year-on-year from 0.2 percent in April, suggesting economic growth may have slowed in the second quarter from 4.8 per cent in the first quarter.
The Reserve Bank has left interest rates at 30-year lows this year, loathe to raise them and strangle a weak recovery after 2009's recession.
Gordhan said the main challenges for the sector stemmed from the strength of the rand and the impact of the eurozone debt crisis on European economic growth.
One third of South Africa's exports are to Europe and policymakers have said the uncertainty of that region's growth is the main risk to the government's growth forecast of 3.4 per cent this year.
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Gordhan has previously dismissed stronger intervention to weaken the currency and on Wednesday said government measures have worked. "Since the start of 2011, the rand has weakened by 6.4 per cent against a trade-weighted basket of currencies and by 2.6 percent versus the dollar," Gordhan said in response to written questions in parliament.
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One of the most important decisions to be made regarding Baptism is the selection of Godparents for your child. You are required to have one Godparent, but you can select two. (If you have two, one is to be male and the other female).
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Southwark women, including many mothers of young children and carers, who have met weekly for community video workshops during the year presented the films which explored generation and cultural change.
Many of the women were born overseas and the twenty minute 'Generations' film sought to highlight the differences second-generation children may encounter growing up in the UK or moving to London.
The main film was followed by a variety of shorts made by participants including several who had never even used a computer.
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"16th INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM on ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES and WASTE MANAGEMENT in ENERGY and MINERAL PRODUCTION (SWEMP2016)" and "6th INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE on COMPUTER APPLICATIONS in THE MINERALS INDUSTRIES (CAMI2016)" symposiums were taken place in Istanbul, Turkey from October 05-07, 2016. Total of 93 delegates have attended to the symposiums which provided excellent international forum for sharing knowledge and expertise for students, researchers, and industry. Total of 124 scientific papers (68 in SWEMP2016 and 56 in CAMI2016) were published in the symposium proceedings.
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Re: Sansa Fuze+ Firmware 02.38.06[ Edited ]
07-19-2011 11:54 AM - edited 07-19-2011 11:57 AM
Honestly I wish they added a real useful feature: navigation by letter in some way not that you have to scroll everything
did they fix the sluggishness with sd + internal memory?
Re: Sansa Fuze+ Firmware 02.38.06
Music content browsing by folder
Menu looping feature added
Audiobook sort order improvement
Low battery state early warning message added
Content library handling improvement
Let us know if things are better now.
Re: Sansa Fuze+ Firmware 02.38.06
Could be a pain for SANSA to get the firmware to add an alpha search without a QWERTY keyboard...???
Would be better (for me anyway) if the PLAYLIST's worked, then at least you could separate a large database of tracks into various smaller LISTS of music, then the scrolling within each LIST would take less time...
The Startup still takes AGES to load my 6.4k tracks......but other updates in 02.38.06 were most welcome, especially with the 'touch pad' response, maybe the sensitivity could have an option in SETTINGS??
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Re: Sansa Fuze+ Firmware 02.38.06
The folder browsing doesn't appear to work that well at least for me. As far as I can tell it only browses things in the 'music' folder, I can't get it to browse podcasts or audiobooks on other folders.
Also anything that get's indexed via the genre tag into another section like audiobooks and podcasts doesn't show up via folder browsing even if it's placed in the 'music' folder.
Maybe I'm doing something wrong but it doesn't appear to be actual folder browsing since it is still reliant on tag data.
Re: Sansa Fuze+ Firmware 02.38.06
you are not doing anything wrong. folder browsing only works for music.
Re: Sansa Fuze+ Firmware 02.38.06
Ah yes spotted it says for 'music content'.
Still it's not really folder browsing, it's just another form of tag browsing dressed up to look like folder browsing, since things in that folder might not appear if they are tagged as audiobooks or podcasts. I don't really understand what it has solved.
Re: Sansa Fuze+ Firmware 02.38.06[ Edited ]
07-21-2011 11:59 AM - edited 07-21-2011 12:01 PM
I have problem with flac format. If I have more albums for one artist, display me only one album - ,,RTIST=*name of artist*". (When I have only one album for one artist, sometimes display this too). Have anyone same problem?
Got the same problem after upgrading to the new firmware. I only use the fuze+ for playing flac files. Is there a way to go back to the previous firmware
Re: Sansa Fuze+ Firmware 02.38.06
You are right. Audiobooks and podcast do not appear. I do like the fact that the player treats Podcast special. This simplifies things for me in another area.
I have used the music folder browsing and it does work well. I have files nested 3 folders deep. They are not labeled Podcast. I added them via Window Explore. It works as I would expect. When I add files via WMP, the Fuse+ sorts these files by author. So Audiobooks with different authors each chapter are sorted in separate folder on the fuse. Music folder view has no value in this case.
So, folder we want to view in the future in music folder view, need to be added to the music section via Windows Explore.
Re: Sansa Fuze+ Firmware 02.38.06[ Edited ]
07-21-2011 06:28 PM - edited 07-21-2011 06:31 PM
Thanks for the update.
One of the interesting bugs in this is caused by the looping menus... it's not a showstopper by any means. When I navigate by Music->Artist, the looping menus cause some of the album art to be incorrect when I have more than 3 albums. For instance, I have 5 albums by the same artist, and the third album is always the incorrect album art after looping; it is either the first album's art, or the last's. The art is correct until I loop in the menu.
Like everyone's said - this is a quirky player.
Re: Sansa Fuze+ Firmware 02.38.06[ Edited ]
07-23-2011 01:29 AM - edited 07-23-2011 03:09 AM
After updating firmware manually from 02.37.01f to 02.38.06f internal clock doesn't work correctely any more (24-hour mode).
it looses time after shut down. date doesn't switch to next day over night, also after turning off for only some seconds, time differs several minutes back (e.g. time was 9:05, when turning on it is 9:01)
Edit: Time bug in 24-hour and 12-hour mode. Switching time between 24-hour an 12-hour mode is sometimes saved as time where clock starts counting after restart, sometimes time differs several minutes.


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The following relates to temporarily pairing devices to complete transactions; and more specifically to temporarily pairing at least one handheld communication device selected from a plurality of handheld communication devices with at least one payment terminal selected from a plurality of payment terminals.
In the sale of goods from merchants to consumers, point-of-sale systems are used to complete transactions. The shopping experience of a consumer can be heavily influenced by the method in which a transaction is consummated at the point-of-sale. One drawback of conventional point-of-sale systems is that they are in a fixed location. Such systems require a potential purchaser to select an item for purchase and then find a point-of-sale. Along the way purchasing decisions can change and a sale can be lost. Additionally, long lines can also cause a potential customer to walk away from a purchase.
Among other reasons why point-of-sale systems are traditionally stationary is that some financial transactions can only be carried out using specialized payment terminal devices, such as a HYPERCOM payment terminal, produced by Hypercom Corporation, Phoenix, Ariz. For example, these payment terminals are the only devices certified to carry out financial transactions requiring a user to enter a personal identification number (PIN). These payment terminals for implementing such payment methods are specifically designed to comply with strict banking and security protocols. Each country or state may require variations in security and architectural design for certifying authorized payment terminals. Therefore, payment terminals are often independent designed devices that are not designed for integration with other non-certified devices.
The disclosed technology overcomes the drawbacks of the prior art technologies by providing a roaming point-of-sale system that can be paired with a certified payment terminal to complete transactions requiring such payment terminals.
The following disclosure relates to multi-point transaction systems and methods, wherein any roaming point-of-sale system can be paired with any available payment terminal to complete a transaction. Using a roaming point-of-sale system, a sales associate can initiate a sales transaction with a customer at any location within a store. In many cases, such as if the customer pays with a credit card, the sales associate can complete the transaction at the point of contact with the customer. However, if the customer would like to pay with a bankcard, or other payment form that requires entry of a PIN to complete the transaction, the sales associate can bring the customer to a payment terminal to complete the transaction. A plurality of payment terminals are preferably located throughout the store to minimize drawbacks associated with stationary point-of-sale systems.
The present technology initiates a transaction with one of a plurality of roaming point-of-sale systems carried by sales associates within the retail store. Preferably, each sales associate will have their own roaming point-of-sale system. When a payment terminal is required to complete the transaction, a sales associate can pair her roaming point-of-sale system with one a plurality of payment terminals located throughout the retail store for the purpose of completing the sales transaction.
Pairing a roaming point-of-sale system with a payment terminal can require the roaming point-of-sale system to be identified to the payment terminal or vice versa. This can be completed by moderating the transaction with an in-store server. A roaming point-of-sale system can request to be paired with an identified payment terminal. The payment terminal can be identified by a unique name, an Internet protocol address (IP address) of the device on the network, or identifying information embedded into a barcode, as examples.
The roaming point-of-sale system can request a server to broker a pairing between the roaming point-of-sale system and the identified payment terminal. The server can then associate the roaming point-of-sale system with the payment terminal and confirm that the payment terminal is properly identified by sending a pairing code to both devices. The pairing code can be read by the sales associate and entered into the payment terminal, which is now expecting the pairing code at the instruction of the server.
Entering the proper pairing code can complete the pairing process and the roaming point-of-sale system can communicate with the payment terminal via the in-store network to communicate product or transaction information such as an amount to be charged to complete the sale.
The payment terminal can receive a PIN from the customer, which authorizes the transaction. The payment terminal can complete the financial transaction by communicating with a clearinghouse to approve and secure payment for the specified amount.
The payment terminal can report payment confirmation to the roaming point-of-sale system. A record of the entire transaction can be recorded by the in-store server for accounting, and inventory purposes, etc.
Upon completion of the transaction, the paired relationship between the roaming point-of-sale system and the payment terminal is terminated to allow for pairing of either the roaming point-of-sale system or the payment terminal with other devices to complete other transactions.
Accordingly, the present technology provides for methods and systems for temporarily pairing a device selected from a pool of such devices, with another device, selected form a pool of such devices. One potential use for such technology is in the retail store environment.
Reference will now be made, by way of example, to the accompanying drawings illustrating exemplary embodiments of the present disclosure.
FIG. 1 illustrates an exemplary system in a retail store embodiment;
FIG. 2 illustrates an exemplary system allowing pairing of any roaming point-of-sale system with any payment terminal;
FIG. 3 illustrates an exemplary roaming point-of-sale system;
FIG. 4 illustrates a schematic of an exemplary roaming point-of-sale system;
FIG. 5 illustrate an exemplary method embodiment; and
FIG. 6 illustrates a computer system for executing the systems and methods described herein.
Other aspects of the present disclosure will be apparent to those of ordinary skill in the art from a review of the following detailed description in conjunction with the drawings.
Embodiments of the present application are not limited to any particular operating system, mobile device architecture, server architecture, or computer programming language.
FIG. 1 illustrates the present technology in an exemplary working environment, a retail store. Customers 10, 11, 12, and 13 are illustrated browsing the store, while sales associates 20, 21, and 22 are located throughout the store. Each sales associate can be equipped with a roaming point-of-sale system. Also illustrated are payment terminals 106.
The present technology is particularly useful in this environment. For example, sales associate 22 can aid customer 12 in purchasing a product by bringing the point-of-sale to the customer using the sales associate's roaming point-of-sale system. If however, the customer wants to pay using a bankcard, requiring the entry of a PIN, the sales associated and customer do not need to find a stationary register, but rather they can complete the transaction on the nearest available payment terminal by temporarily associating the roaming point-of-sale system with the payment terminal to complete the transaction.
FIG. 2 illustrates a system embodiment of the present technology wherein a plurality of roaming point-of-sale systems 104 can be temporarily paired with a plurality of payment terminals 106. The dashed lines drawn between the roaming point-of-sale systems 104 and payment terminals 106 illustrate that any roaming point-of-sale system 104 can be paired with any payment terminal 106. Each of the devices are in networked communication with the in-store server 102. The networked communication can be wired or wireless.
FIG. 3 illustrates an exemplary roaming point-of-sale system 300, which includes a scanning device 302 and a handheld computing device 303, which can fit into a cavity in the scanning device in a docking arrangement. As illustrated, the handheld computing device can be received in the cavity of the scanning device in such a configuration that gives the appearance that the system is one integral device.
The scanning device 302 includes a barcode scanner 306 and in some embodiments the scanning device can have a magnetic card reader 308, as illustrated. However, in other embodiments, the barcode scanner 306 and the magnetic card reader 308 can be physically distinct devices. As illustrated, the handheld computing device 303 and the scanning device 302 are in electrical communication via connector 304. The connector 304 can be any connection that is able to establish electrical communication between the scanning device 302 and the handheld computing device, but it is especially forseen as being an universal serial bus connector or a 30-pin connector such as is most commonly found on an IPOD TOUCH portable media-playing devices or an IPHONE smartphone, both of which are sold by Apple Inc. of Cupertino, Calif.
FIG. 4 schematically illustrates a roaming point-of-sale system, which includes a scanning device 400 and a handheld computing device component 420. The handheld computing device includes an input device 434, which is operable to receive an input from a sales associate using the input device 434. The input device can be a keypad and or pointing device, or, as in preferred embodiments, a touch sensitive display. The handheld computing device 420 also includes a processor 426. The handheld computing device processor 426 is configured to load and/or run a point-of-sale application, usually as a result of receiving an input from the input device 434.
The point-of-sale application can be loaded from a storage device 430, which can be any suitable non-volatile memory, into a RAM 428 for use by the handheld computing device processor 426. As directed by the point-of-sale application, the processor 426 sends a barcode-scan command to the scanning device 400 via the 30-pin connectors 414, 424.
The scanning device processor 406 receives the barcode-scan command, which is interpreted in the context of computer-executable instructions (firmware) already loaded in RAM 408. When not in use, the computer-executable instructions (firmware) are stored in non-volatile memory 410.
In response to the barcode-scan command, the barcode scanner 402 scans barcodes and the scanning device processor 406 receives the scanned data and decodes the barcode information and sends the decoded data to the handheld computing device using the connector 414. In some embodiments, the barcode scanner can be manually activated by a manual scanner activation button 412, which also causes the scanning device to scan and decode the barcodes and send the decoded data to the handheld computing device. The data is received by the handheld computing device using its connector 424, which identifies the received code and sends it to RAM 428 for temporary storage in association with the sales application.
The sales application can also instruct the handheld computing device processor 426 to present on the display 432 the progress of the transaction. At this stage, the display can identify the product being purchased based on the scan information and can also prompt the sales associate to enter payment information.
The handheld computing device processor 426 can send a receive-payment instruction over connectors 424 and 414 to the scanner processor 406 in response to either a user-initiated instruction or an instruction given by the sales application. After receiving the receive-payment instruction, the processor 406 can interpret the instruction based on firmware and receive data from a magnetic strip reader 404. The magnetic strip reader 404 is used to accept credit card or bankcard data by reading the magnetic strip that is commonly located on the backs of such cards. The magnetic strip reader 404 passes the received data on to the scanning device processor 406, which sends the data back to the handheld computing device. The processor handheld computing device 426 receives the magnetic strip data and sends the data to RAM 428 for temporary storage in association with the sales program.
The transaction is completed by transmitting payment information to a payment clearinghouse and receiving a payment confirmation therefrom. The handheld communication device can transmit the payment information using the wireless communication interface 422, over a network, to the payment clearinghouse. After a payment confirmation is received from the payment clearinghouse, a record of the entire transaction including any product information, customer information, and payment information is completed and sent to an in-store server using the wireless communication interface 422.
In some embodiments, the roaming point-of-sale system utilizes a handheld computing device that is generally not manufactured specifically for use in connection with in the roaming point-of-sale system. Rather, the handheld computing device can be a more general-purpose device with a sales application installed on it to allow the device to be used with the scanner that is specially designed for use in connection with in the roaming point-of-sale system. The handheld computing device suitably will have many other functions, e.g., as a mobile phone, as a portable media-playing device, as an email client, as a game-playing device, as a personal organizer, etc. However, because the handheld-computing device is not a specific-purpose device, the scanner and handheld-computing device must be configured to electronically communicate with each other.
FIG. 5 illustrates a flow chart of an exemplary method for temporarily pairing a roaming point-of-sale system selected from a pool of such devices with a payment terminal selected from a pool of such devices.
A transaction can be initiated by a roaming point-of-sale system (502). The roaming point-of-sale system can be any such system selected from a group of such systems. In some embodiments, such as the retail store embodiments discussed herein, the roaming point-of-sale system, associated with any of the store clerks, can scan one or more barcodes encoding one or more product identification codes, respectively, or otherwise input the product identification code(s). In some embodiments, the roaming point-of-sale system can communicate using a wireless network with an in-store server to correlate the product identification codes with other associated product information including at least pricing information. Alternatively, the roaming point-of-sale system can have the associated product information stored on board the system.
At 504, a device can be identified for temporary pairing with the roaming point-of-sale system. In the retail store embodiments, a device for pairing can be any payment terminal in the store. In most cases, the retail store will have more than one payment terminal. The device is identified, as in 504, by identifying the payment terminal with the roaming point-of-sale system by way of entering data representative of the payment terminal into the roaming point-of-sale system. In some embodiments, this can be done by scanning a barcode printed on the payment terminal. The barcode can encode data that uniquely identifies the payment terminal. In some embodiments, a sales associate can input data that uniquely identifies the payment terminal. Some examples of data that can uniquely identify the payment terminal include a numerical value, a network address, e.g. IP address, a name, etc.
At 506, the roaming point-of-sale system can send a pairing request to an in-store server, which can broker a pairing between the roaming point-of-sale system and the payment terminal. The pairing request can include data identifying the roaming point-of-sale system and the payment terminal.
In some embodiments, if the payment device is identified by a network address, the roaming point-of-sale system can request pairing directly with the payment terminal. While in some embodiments, the roaming point-of-sale system can request a network address for an identified payment terminal from a server that can associate data identifying the payment terminal with a network address of the payment terminal. In such embodiments, the roaming point-of-sale system can request pairing directly from the payment terminal using the returned network address. In some embodiments, the roaming point-of-sale system can directly request pairing with the payment terminal using a message broadcast across an in-store network, wherein the payment terminal can recognize that the request is meant for it. As can be understood, many methods of making a request for pairing are suitable for use with the present technology.
Further, in some embodiments, the payment terminal can request pairing with the roaming point-of-sale system using the inverse of the methods described above.
Returning to the embodiments wherein the roaming point-of-sale system requests pairing with an identified payment terminal through a server, the server can broker a temporary pairing of the devices. At 508, the server can issue a pairing code to both the roaming point-of-sale system and the payment terminal. The pairing code can be generated by the server and can be a randomly generated number or assigned according to a scheme.
Upon receiving the pairing codes at the roaming point-of-sale system and the payment terminal, one device can display the pairing code to the sales associate and the other can present a form for accepting entry of the pairing code (510). Which device takes which role is not important to the present technology, but it should be consistent within any system. However, in some countries, depending on their regulations or certifications for payment terminals, the payment terminals might be forbidden from displaying a form to receive entry of the pairing code. Such regulations are known, for example, in France. Therefore, when using this system in France, the payment terminal should display the pairing code and the roaming point-of-sale system should be configured to receive the pairing code. Though, in countries that do not have such regulations, it can be more preferable to display the pairing code on the roaming point-of-sale system because the sales associate is already interacting with that interface, and the roaming point-of-sale system is under the control of the sales associate.
The pairing code can be input into the form presented for that purpose (512). The device presenting the form can verify that the proper code has been entered and verify to the server that the proper devices have been associated for the purpose of completing the transaction (514). Alternatively the in-store server can verify that the pairing code is proper and verify the pairing.
If however, the wrong pairing code is entered, the process can terminate.
With the pairing completed, the roaming point-of-sale system and the payment terminal can communicate with each other, either directly, or through the server as an intermediary. The roaming point-of-sale system can send transaction information, which can include at least a total payment amount to the payment terminal (516). In some embodiments, payment card information can also be entered into the roaming point-of-sale system using a magnetic strip reader or by receiving the information through another input device such as a touchscreen or keypad. If the payment card information is entered into the roaming point-of-sale system, this information is also sent to the payment terminal.
However, in some embodiments, the payment card information can be entered directly into the payment terminal using a magnetic strip reader or other input mechanism commonly associated with such devices.
If the payment mechanism, e.g. a debit card as opposed to a credit card, requires a PIN entry, the payment terminal can accept entry of the PIN in accordance with applicable regulations. At 518, the payment terminal can request payment authorization from a clearinghouse as is conventionally known with respect to payment terminals. Upon receiving confirmation that the transaction is authorized, the transaction can be completed (520) by reporting the necessary information to the in-store server (522) and providing the customer with a receipt.
The in-store server can be provided with information regarding payment method and related data and also information regarding the products sold, the sales associate conducting the transaction and other information collected in association with a sale (522). In some embodiments the information being reported to the in-store server can be reported from both devices according to their knowledge of the transaction. In other words, the payment terminal can report payment information and the roaming point-of-sale system can report information regarding the sale. In some embodiments, the payment terminal can report payment information to the roaming point-of-sale system, which can report all the information to the server and can also use the information to generate a receipt for the customer.
After the transaction has been completed and the necessary information has been reported to the in-store server, the pairing of the roaming point-of-sale system and payment terminal can be terminated (524) so that both devices can be used in another transaction.
FIG. 6 illustrates a computer system 600 for executing the exemplary systems and methods described herein. Computer system 600 is an example of computer hardware, software, and firmware that can be used to implement present disclosure. System 600 includes a processor 620, representative of any number of physically and/or logically distinct resources capable of executing software, firmware, and hardware configured to perform identified computations. Processor 620 communicates with a chipset 622 that can control input to and output from processor 620. In this example, chipset 622 outputs information to display 640, and can read and write information to non-volatile storage 660, which can include magnetic media, and solid state media, for example. Chipset 622 also can read data from and write data to RAM 670. A bridge 635 for interfacing with a variety of user interface components can be provided for interfacing with chipset 622. Such user interface components can include a keyboard 636, a microphone 637, touch detection and processing circuitry 638, a pointing device, such as a mouse 639, and so on. In general, inputs to system 600 can come from any of a variety of sources, machine generated and/or human generated.
Chipset 622 also can interface with one or more data network interfaces 625 that can have different physical interfaces 617. Such data network interfaces can include interfaces for wired and wireless local area networks, for broadband wireless networks, as well as personal area networks. Some applications of the methods for generating and displaying and using the GUI disclosed herein can include receiving ordered datasets over physical interface 617 or be generated by the machine itself by processor 620 analyzing data stored in memory 660 or 670. Further, the machine can receive inputs from a user via devices 636, 637, 638, 639 and execute appropriate functions, such as browsing functions by interpreting these inputs using processor 620.
Methods according to the above-described examples can be implemented using computer-executable instructions that are stored or otherwise available from computer readable media. Such instructions comprise, for example, instructions and data which cause or otherwise configure a general purpose computer, special purpose computer, or special purpose processing device to perform a certain function or group of functions. Portions of computer resources used can be accessible over a network. The computer executable instructions can be, for example, binaries, intermediate format instructions such as assembly language, firmware, or source code. Examples of computer-readable media that can be used to store instructions, information used, and/or information created during methods according to described examples include magnetic or optical disks, flash memory, USB devices provided with non-volatile memory, networked storage devices, and so on.
Devices implementing methods according to these disclosures can comprise hardware, firmware and/or software, and can take any of a variety of form factors. Typical examples of such form factors include laptops, smart phones, small form factor personal computers, personal digital assistants, and so on. Functionality described herein also can be embodied in peripherals or add-in cards. Such functionality also can be implemented on a circuit board among different chips or different processes executing in a single device, by way of further example.
The instructions, media for conveying such instructions, computing resources for executing them, and other structures for supporting such computing resources are means for providing the functions described in these disclosures.
Although a variety of examples and other information was used to explain aspects within the scope of the appended claims, no limitation of the claims should be implied based on particular features or arrangements in such examples, as one of ordinary skill would be able to use these examples to derive a wide variety of implementations. Further and although some subject matter can have been described in language specific to examples of structural features and/or method steps, it is to be understood that the subject matter defined in the appended claims is not necessarily limited to these described features or acts. For example, such functionality can be distributed differently or performed in components other than those identified herein. Rather, the described features and steps are disclosed as examples of components of systems and methods within the scope of the appended claims.


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The (#22) University of Michigan men's basketball team played two games last week, one at home and one on the road, and they won both of them. On Wednesday (02/08/2012) they beat Nebraska 62-46 on the road, then on Sunday (02/12/2012) they beat Illinois 70-61 in Crisler Arena. This raises Michigan's record to 19-7 (9-4 in the Big Ten). It was nice for Michigan to finally win 2 games in a row, after going W-L-W-L-W-L-W-L in their previous 8 games.
While the win at Nebraska doesn't sound very impressive, it was a bigger deal than you might think. Just ask Indiana; they lost at Nebraska back on January 18th. Sure, Michigan is a better team, but (as I've said many times) it's tough to win on the road in the Big Ten. And, Michigan didn't just win at Nebraska, they dominated. The 1st half was slow, flat, and boring, and both teams looked miserable, but the 2nd half was one of the most impressive performances I've seen by a Michigan team. Take away a couple missed shots by the scrubs in garbage time, and UM shot an amazing percentage (16-for-19 = 84.2%). That's incredible.
The Illinois game was also impressive, but for a different reason: Illinois was a contender for the Big Ten title (before this week), and they were ranked for much of the season. They have a guard (Brandon Paul) who scored 42 points vs. Ohio State earlier this season, and a 7'1" center (Meyers Leonard) who is a handful. Leonard scored the first 2 baskets for Illinois, and Paul hit a 3-pointer, and suddenly it was 7-2, Illinois. Yikes. However, UM managed to tie the game 7-7, and go ahead for the first time at 10-8. Illinois went back up 20-19, but Michigan regained the lead (21-20), and never trailed again. Oh yeah, Leonard ended up with 5 points! After going 2-for-2 in the first 2 minutes, he only tried 3 more shots all game, and missed them all. I don't know why the Illinois coach (Bruce Weber) didn't use Leonard more, but I'm glad he didn't.
The stats are fun this week. First, the Nebraska game: Michigan shot well overall (24-for-46 = 52.2%), they shot 3-pointers well (11-for-24 = 45.8%), and they didn't shoot many free throws (3-for-4 = 75.0%). As usual, they lost the rebounding battle (29-22), but they won the turnover battle (14-7). The stats for the Illinois game are pretty similar: Michigan shot 50.0% (23-for-46) overall, they shot 43.8% (7-for-16) from 3-point range, and they shot 77.3% (17-for-22) from the free-throw line. They lost the rebounding battle (33-27), and won the turnover battle (13-9).
Individually, both Zack Novak and Trey Burke hit double figures in both games. Novak had 14 vs. Nebraska and 12 vs. Illinois, and Burke had 12 and 14. Two other starters each hit double figures in one of the two games. Stu Douglass had 13 and 4, and Tim Hardaway Jr. had 6 and 15. The fifth starter, Jordan Morgan, had 8 and 4. One other player, Evan Smotrycz, hit double figures in one of the two games. He had 0 points vs. Nebraska, but 13 in the Illinois game, coming off the bench.
Speaking of the bench, UM finally got some bench scoring! Matt Vogrich hit 3-of-4 of his 3-pointers vs. Nebraska, for 9 points, then hit both of his 3-point attempts and a layup for 8 points vs. Illinois. Combined with Smotrycz's 13 points, that gave UM 21 points off the bench in a single game. Wow!
The numbers are nice, but the best part of the Illinois game was that both Hardaway and Smotrycz finally broke out of their recent slumps. If they can revert to their December form, Michigan will do just fine down the stretch.
The Nothing But 'Net Expectation-O-Meter (NBNEOM) has been reset to point to "Exceeds Expectations". Winning a second road game, even vs. Nebraska, is a big deal, and handling a quality opponent like Illinois is very impressive.
Michigan only plays one game this week, and it's a biggie. On Saturday (02/18/2012, 9:00 p.m., ESPN), they play (#3) Ohio State in Crisler Arena. OSU is clearly the better team, and it will be a big upset if UM manages to beat them, but it is possible. The game is at 9:00 at night, and it's on ESPN, so the atmosphere should be pretty intense. Michigan is perfect (14-0) at home this season, and they've beaten some good teams (Wisconsin, Michigan State, Indiana, and Illinois to name a few).
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I'm going right back to late September last year with these images, I really should have shared them sooner but we had so much interest in shoot with it being featured on some fantastic wedding blogs that I decided to hold back and share when the fuss had died down !
So what's a "styled wedding shoot" all about ? Well this one was about a number of things, it was about coffee and cake, having fun, being creative, bringing together a group of wedding professionals (who happened to all be women), getting to know each other and experience each others products and services, chatting about business and weddings & promoting each other. Its a true collaboration with everyone providing their goods and services without charge and receiving professional images in return and it's a testimony to the power of Social Media. It all started from a chance exchange of tweets between myself and Heidi, a very talented tiara and brooch bouquet maker, which evolved into Facebook comments and email exchanges when we realised that we both loved the idea of putting together a styled shoot. After coffee & cake in Manchester we knew we shared the same vision, ideas bounced backwards and forwards and we managed to bring together a great team of people in a fantastic location - keep scrolling to the bottom for all the names & links !
We were happy to have use of a fantastic venue, The Wellbeing Farm, in a beautiful location on the outskirts of Bolton. We had our "bride" in aspiring model Maddy and James from the farm also "volunteered" and although he hadn't modelled before he was also wonderful.
Heidi of Glorious Tiaras made the amazing tiaras and vintage brooch bouquets that you see throughout the images.
Laura of Love My Trike provided a vintage ice cream tricycle, known as Tilly, along with ice cream related props and Jane from Pearlie Queen Collectibles provided further vintage props.
And lastly (but definitely not least!) Vintage Lane kindly provided the genuine vintage wedding dresses and the highly talented Jaki Ann did a amazing job of hair and make-up.
Massive thanks to all the following :
Heidi - Tiaras & brooch bouquets - www.glorioustiaras.co.uk
Celia - Venue - www.thewellbeingfarm.co.uk
Jaki Ann - Hair & Make Up - www.facebook.com/JakiAnnMakeup
Sybil & Lauren - Vintage wedding dresses - www.vintagelanebridal.com
Laura - Tilly the ice cream trike - www.lovemytrike.com
Jane - Vintage props - www.facebook.com/pearliequeencollectables
And also to Maddy & James for being wonderful models !
Plans are currently being hatched for a follow up shoot which will be in Derbyshire in early June and there's a seed of an idea forming for shoot number three in autumn - if you are in the wedding industry and would like to be involved in any of our future please get in touch with either Heidi (www.glorioustiaras.co.uk) or myself - we would love to hear from you !!
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