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More details to come! Kelly will be performing at this benefit concert organized 100% by undocumented youth for undocumented youth to:
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Kings center DeMarcus Cousins is now taking his infamous volatility to the team's broadcasters. After Tuesday night's home victory over the Clippers, Cousins ran over to the announce table and appeared to say something to Kings play by play man Grant Napear, pounding his fist on the desk. (Via Sactown Royalty) Cousins' issues with Napear apparently stems from criticism on the play by play man's local sports talk radio show (which is an interesting spot for Napear as he has to balance being the voice of the team and being more objective on talk radio). The gist of the conversation from both Cousins and Napear are that Cousins said something along the lines of "that'll give you something to talk about." It didn't look particularly pleasant and Napear said on Twitter he didn't want to make a mountain out of a molehill. What makes this exchange even weirder is that Cousins was last seen kissing a member of the Kings booth, analyst Jerry Reynolds. Happier times less than a month ago... I've always tried to have a glass half-full attitude with Cousins, but at what point is enough going to be enough? Forget the laundry list of controversy that has followed him at every step - what about his confrontations with solely announcers! First it was a suspension for his confrontation with Sean Elliott of the Spurs and now he's getting into it with his own play by play man! Is there anybody left for DeMarcus Cousins to argue with? If TNT ever does a Kings game, Marv Albert better watch his back. [Sactown Royalty]
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Methods for classifying, anchoring, and transforming ink are disclosed. Ink drawings and ink annotations are captured and stored with additional information that allows the various described methods to associate the ink with one or more displayed elements. During reformatting or re-flowing a displayed document, the ink may be properly displayed as originally intended.
1. A computer-implemented method for adding electronic ink to displayed information on a system having a display, said method comprising the steps of:
classifying said electronic ink based on a shape of said electronic ink;
associating said classified electronic ink with at least one object of said displayed information; wherein said classifying step includes the step of determining said electronic ink's distance to other annotations.
2. The method according to
anchoring said electronic ink to a file position of said at least one object.
3. The method of
4. A computer-implemented method for adding electronic ink to displayed information on a system having a display, said method comprising the steps of:
classifying said electronic ink based on a shape of said electronic ink;
associating said classified electronic ink with at least one object of said displayed information; wherein said classifying step includes the step of determining the ratio of said electronic ink height to width.
5. The method according to
anchoring said electronic ink to said at least one object by adding a link to said displayed information.
6. The method according to
7. The method according to
8. The method according to
9. The method according to
10. A computer-implemented method for adding electronic ink to displayed information on a system having a display, said method comprising the steps of:
classifying said electronic ink;
associating said electronic ink with at least one object of said displayed information, wherein the relationship of said electronic ink to said at least one object is maintained despite re-flowing of said displayed information by a layout engine.
11. The method according to
12. A computer readable medium having a program stored thereon, said program implementing a method for adding electronic ink to displayed information on a system having a display, said program comprising the steps of:
classifying said electronic ink based on shape of the electronic ink;
associating said classified electronic ink with at least one object of said displayed information; wherein said classifying step includes the step of determining its distance to other annotations.
13. The computer readable medium according to
14. The computer readable medium according to
anchoring said electronic ink to said at least one object by adding a link to said displayed information.
15. A computer readable medium having a program stored thereon, said program implementing a method for adding electronic ink to displayed information on a system having a display, said program comprising the steps of:
classifying said electronic ink based on shape of the electronic ink;
associating said classified electronic ink with at least one object of said displayed information; wherein said classifying step includes the step of determining the ratio of said electronic ink height to width.
16. The computer readable medium according to
anchoring said electronic ink to a file position of said at least one object.
17. The computer readable medium according to
anchoring said electronic ink to said at least one object by adding a link at or near said object pointing to said electronic ink.
18. The computer readable medium according to
19. The computer readable medium according to
20. The computer readable medium according to
21. The computer readable medium according to
22. The computer readable medium according to
23. The computer readable medium according to
This application is related to U.S. Ser. No. 60/212,825, filed Jun. 21, 2000, entitled Methods for Classifying, Anchoring, and Transforming Ink Annotations" and U.S. Ser. No. 09/455,806, filed Dec. 7, 1999, entitled "Method and Apparatus For Capturing And Rendering Annotations For Non-Modifiable Electronic Content."
1. Technical Field
The disclosure generally relates to the electronic display of documents. More particularly, the disclosure relates to the placement and use of ink and annotations in electronically displayed documents.
2. Related Art
Many factors today drive the development of computers and computer software. One of these factors is the desire to provide accessibility to information virtually anytime and anywhere. The proliferation of notebook computers, personal digital assistants (PDAs), and other personal electronic devices reflect the fact that users want to be able to access information wherever they may be, whenever they want. In order to facilitate greater levels of information accessibility, the presentation of information must be made gas familiar and comfortable as possible.
In this vein, one way to foster success of electronic presentations of information will be to allow users to handle information in a familiar manner. Stated another way, the use and manipulation of electronically-presented information may mimic those paradigms that users are most familiar with, e.g., printed documents, as an initial invitation to their use. As a result, greater familiarity between users and their "machines" will be engendered, thereby fostering greater accessibility, even if the machines have greater capabilities and provide more content to the user beyond the user's expectations. Once users feel comfortable with new electronic presentations, they will be more likely to take advantage of an entire spectrum of available functionality.
One manner of encouraging familiarity is to present information in an electronic book format in which a computer displays information in a manner that closely resembles printed books. In order to more completely mimic a printed book, users will need to have the ability to make textual notes to themselves, akin to writing in the margins of paper books. Users will also want to highlight selected portions, as these are active-reading activities of which a user would expect to see in an electronic book. Users will want to add drawings, arrows, underlining, strike-throughs, and the like, also akin to writing in paper books. Finally, users will want to add bookmarks.
The above-identified so-called "active-reading" activities are available. In the case of any computer application with GUI that displays text, it can be assumed that the displayed text is of primary significance to the user. If the process of adding ink-marks to the primary text negatively impacts the presentation of the primary text, then the user is unlikely to frequently ink-annotate the electronic information and/or is unlikely to have a satisfactory ink-annotation experience. As a result, the perception of electronic books (or e-Books) as a step forward from paper books will suffer. What is needed is a mechanism to enhance the e-Book ink-annotation feature to match or surpass a similar experience with paper books.
Handwriting, scribbling, and marking on text are the most highly developed skills humans have for capturing short and graphical comments on documents. Only when computers can support these activities can they match the handiness of paper. Handwriting need not be recognized by the computer in order to be useful. But, it must be applicable wherever one could expect to be able to handwrite on a displayed document page. The writing should be visible without requiring any additional obstruction of the document, and without requiring any change to the layout of the document. Known methods for annotating documents fall short of these goals. Further, always associating an annotation with a singular element (a given page, for example) may create difficulties in rendering when re-flowing the text of a document. These difficulties include rending the annotation on a page different from the original subject of the annotation.
The present invention provides a technique for adding electronic ink to an electronically displayed document. In the context of the present invention, a "document" encompasses all forms of electronically displayable information including but not limited to books, manuals, reference materials, picture books, etc. Electronic ink (also referred to as "ink" for simplicity) includes drawings, written text (or annotations), and highlighting. To create an annotation, a user selects an object in the document to locate where the annotation is to be placed. The computer system determines which object has been selected and anchors the ink or annotation. The user adds the annotation and, eventually, returns to reading the document. The annotations may be filtered, navigated, sorted, and indexed per user input. Annotations may include text annotations, drawings, highlights, bookmarks, and the like as is related to the general field of active reading. In one embodiment, the system modifies the content of the document to add an anchor to the document. In another embodiment, the system determines a file position associated with the selected object and anchors to the file position.
In the context of the present invention, a displayed "object" may include text, graphics, equations, and other related elements as contained in the displayed document. Annotations may include highlighting, adding textual notes, adding drawings (as one would expect to do with a pencil or pen to a paper book), and adding bookmarks.
Documents may be classified as modifiable and non-modifiable. In regards to modifiable documents, the system modifies the document to include the ink or annotation or at least adds a link at the location of the anchored object to the ink or annotation. In the case of non-modifiable documents, the system links the electronic ink to a file position in the non-modifiable document. The invention calculates the file position of, for example, the first character of the word (or other displayed element) and stores the file position with the annotation in a separate, linked local file. In a further embodiment, the file position anchoring of ink may be used in modifiable documents as well or when the non-modifiable document represents a non-modifiable portion of a file, with the annotations being added to a write-enabled portion of the file.
Another embodiment of the invention relates to scaling ink annotations to be rendered to look correct despite changing screen resolutions and screen sizes. Ink annotations are captured and stored as data points. Generally, the annotations are displayed as captured, meaning that the original data points are used to render the ink annotation. The problem is that screen resolutions may change or screen size may change, making the annotations be generated too large or too small for any subsequent viewing.
Here, the invention stores the annotation along with information regarding the system on which the annotation was captured including screen size and screen resolution. If the screen size or screen resolution is different on the displaying device from the stored information, the invention scales the data points defining the annotation to the new screen size or resolution.
Further, methods of anchoring an annotation to a point, an object, a range of objects, or a geometric region are known. But an ink stroke is unique among annotations in that its shape has a graphical meaning of its own, and further in that its shape and position may create multiple associations. However, these methods of anchoring have not maintained enough associations, nor have they provided logic for interpreting those associations along with the shapes of ink strokes, in order for those strokes to survive changes among the annotated elements.
To identify appropriate associations, the system and method first classifies the shape and then use this classification to help identify multiple independent elements that may be associated. The multiple independent anchors may include one or more objects and/or areas being annotated, as well as any other annotations that are near enough to be associated. Finally, the system and method use logic to transform the shape in complex ways when any of these other elements moves or changes.
These and other novel advantages, details, embodiments, features and objects of the present invention will be apparent to those skilled in the art from following the detailed description of the invention, the attached claims and accompanying drawings, listed herein, which are useful in explaining the invention.
The present invention relates to a system and method for capturing and associating annotations associated with a non-modifiable document.
Although not required, the invention will be described in the general context of computer-executable instructions, such as program modules. Generally, program modules include routines, programs, objects, scripts, components, data structures, etc. that perform particular tasks or implement particular abstract data types. Moreover, those skilled in the art will appreciate that the invention may be practiced with any number of computer system configurations including, but not limited to, distributed computing environments where tasks are performed by remote processing devices that are linked through a communications network. In a distributed computing environment, program modules may be located in both local and remote memory storage devices. The present invention may also be practiced in personal computers (PCs), hand-held devices, multiprocessor systems, microprocessor-based or programmable consumer electronics, network PCs, minicomputers, mainframe computers, and the like.
A basic input/output system 260 (BIOS), containing the basic routines that help to transfer information between elements within the personal computer 200, such as during start-up, is stored in ROM 240. The personal computer 200 further includes a hard disk drive 270 for reading from and writing to a hard disk, not shown, a magnetic disk drive 280 for reading from or writing to a removable magnetic disk 290, and an optical disk drive 291 for reading from or writing to a removable optical disk 292 such as a CD ROM or other optical media. The hard disk drive 270, magnetic disk drive 280, and optical disk drive 291 are connected to the system bus 230 by a hard disk drive interface 292, a magnetic disk drive interface 293, and an optical disk drive interface 294, respectively. The drives and their associated computer-readable media provide nonvolatile storage of computer readable instructions, data structures, program modules and other data for the personal computer 200.
Although the exemplary environment described herein employs a hard disk, a removable magnetic disk 290 and a removable optical disk 292, it should be appreciated by those skilled in the art that other types of computer readable media which can store data that is accessible by a computer, such as magnetic cassettes, flash memory cards, digital video disks, Bernoulli cartridges, random access memories (RAMs), read only memories (ROMs), and the like, may also be used in the exemplary operating environment.
A number of program modules may be stored on the hard disk, magnetic disk 290, optical disk 292, ROM 240 or RAM 250, including an operating system 295, one or more application programs 296, other program modules 297, and program data 298. A user may enter commands and information into the personal computer 200 through input devices such as a keyboard 201 and pointing device 202. Other input devices (not shown) may include a microphone, joystick, game pad, satellite dish, scanner, or the like. These and other input devices are often connected to the processing unit 210 through a serial port interface 206 that is coupled to the system bus, but may be connected by other interfaces, such as a parallel port, game port or a universal serial bus (USB). A monitor 207 or other type of display device is also connected to the system bus 230 via an interface, such as a video adapter 208. In addition to the monitor, personal computers typically include other peripheral output devices (not shown), such as speakers and printers.
The personal computer 200 may operate in a networked environment using logical connections to one or more remote computers, such as a remote computer 209. The remote computer 209 may be another personal computer, a server, a router, a network PC, a peer device or other common network node, and typically includes many or all of the elements described above relative to the personal computer 200, although only a memory storage device 211 has been illustrated in
When used in a LAN networking environment, the personal computer 200 is connected to the local network 212 through a network interface or adapter 214. When used in a WAN networking environment, the personal computer 200 typically includes a modem 215 or other means for establishing a communications over the wide area network 213, such as the Internet. The modem 215, which may be internal or external, is connected to the system bus 230 via the serial port interface 206. In a networked environment, program modules depicted relative to the personal computer 200, or portions thereof, may be stored in the remote memory storage device.
It will be appreciated that the network connections shown are exemplary and other techniques for establishing a communications link between the computers can be used. The existence of any of various well-known protocols such as TCP/IP, Ethernet, FTP, HTTP and the like is presumed, and the system can be operated in a client-server configuration to permit a user to retrieve web pages from a web-based server. Any of various conventional web browsers can be used to display and manipulate data on web pages.
In one embodiment, a pen digitizer 165 and accompanying pen or stylus 166 are provided in order to digitally capture freehand input. Although a direct connection between the pen digitizer 165 and the processing unit 210 is shown, in practice, the pen digitizer 165 may be coupled to the processing unit 210 via a serial port, parallel port or other interface and the system bus 230 as known in the art. Furthermore, although the digitizer 165 is shown apart from the monitor 207, it is preferred that the usable input area of the digitizer 165 be co-extensive with the display area of the monitor 207. Further still, the digitizer 165 may be integrated in the monitor 207, or may exist as a separate device overlaying or otherwise appended to the monitor 207.
In addition to the system described in relation to
A stylus could be equipped with buttons or other features to augment its selection capabilities. In one embodiment, a stylus could be implemented as a "pencil" or "pen", in which one end constitutes a writing portion and the other end constitutes an "eraser" end, and which, when moved across the display, indicates portions of the display are to be erased. In another embodiment, the stylus may have only a writing portion on one or both ends. Other types of input devices, such as a mouse, trackball, or the like could be used. Additionally, a user's own finger could be used for selecting or indicating portions of the displayed image on a touch-sensitive or proximity-sensitive display. Consequently, the term "user input device", as used herein, is intended to have a broad definition and encompasses many variations on well-known input devices.
Region 171 shows a feed back region or contact region permitting the user to determine where the stylus as contacted the digitizer. In another embodiment, the region 171 provides visual feedback when the hold status of the present invention has been reached.
Various schemes exist with which to store electronically displayable information. In a first embodiment, the ink or annotation is stored within the document at the anchor location. Or, an anchor link is inserted at or near the object associated with the ink to permit the layout renderer to properly render the document and added ink or annotation. Further, the system may anchor to a file position in the document. Various descriptions relate to the use of the file position as an anchor. It is appreciated that the other embodiments may be used as well to anchor the ink or annotations including modification of the document itself to include the annotation or an anchor link at the location of the anchor position.
The difference in the storage modes becomes relevant in the technique used to fix the file position for an annotation. If the file position is determined with one storage scheme, porting the file position to another storage scheme may not result in the same desired file position for an annotation. Thus, all annotations may be fixed to a file position based on the use of a single scheme. Preferably, the scheme used to hold the document while the document is being displayed is the scheme that is used to determine the file position. So, irrespective of whether the document is closed and compressed to another scheme, when reopened in the display scheme, the file position for the annotation remains the same as when created. Unicode may be the scheme used to display the document. Alternatively, UTF8 may be used as well as any other textual encoding or compression scheme to access the document for display.
In step 502, the system determines which object was selected by the user. This step relates to the conversion of the physical coordinates from the display device to coordinates inside the reader window. From this conversion, the object selected by the user is known.
Step 502A is optional. It relates to the user selection of an action post selection of the object. If the user is supplied with a menu after selection of the object and the function of adding an annotation is provided on the menu, step 502A relates to the selection of the adding the annotation function. An example of adding an annotation is described in detail in U.S. Ser. No. (BW 03797.84618), filed Dec. 7, 1999, entitled "Method and Apparatus for Capturing and Rendering Text Annotations For Non-Modifiable Electronic Content" whose contents are incorporated by reference for any essential subject matter.
Step 503 relates to the determination of the file position of the selected object. The file position may include the first byte of the selected object. Alternatively, the file position may be the first byte of the last character (or even the character following the last character) of the selected object. Selecting the first byte of the first character to determine the file position provides the advantage of displaying any annotation on the page of the beginning of the object, rather then on the next page if the object spans a page. Anyone of skill in the art will appreciate that any byte of the selected object (or surrounding the selected object) may be selected to provide the file position of the object. Alternatively, one may select a line in which the object resides or the paragraph or the portion of the page (e.g., the top, middle or bottom of the page).
The file position may be determined by counting the number of bytes from some known file position to the location of, for example, the first character of the selected object. The known file position may be the beginning of the file, or may be, for example, a previously noted file position for the beginning of the current paragraph. The counting step may be performed before or after generation of the annotation. Alternatively, the counting step may be performed in the background while the annotation is being created by the user. Note that annotation file positions may always stored as UTF-8 offsets within the text, as it stood before binary compression. However, the algorithm used to display the text works with Unicode characters. Therefore, in this example, it is necessary to work back from the selected object to a character with a known UTF-8 file position.
Because the binary file-format of the original publication (electronic book, document, etc.) intermixes markup (tags) with text, it is necessary to discount the bytes taken by such tags when calculating the file-position for the selected object (to which the annotation will be anchored). However, of these tags, many if not most do not take up a character-position on the display surface. Therefore, it is important to keep track of the starting file position of every run of text on the display, which corresponds to an unbroken run of text in the file. An "unbroken" run of text refers to text in the file that is not broken by a start- or an end-tag.
Therefore, the steps involved in accurately determining the file position for anchoring the annotation to the selected object may be generalized as:
Step 504 relates to creating a file to persist the annotation. While shown after step 503, it will be appreciated that it may occur prior to or during the determination of the file position of the object. In step 505, the file position is placed in the header of the file (or portion of the file) storing the created annotation. Alternatively, the file position may be appended to the file being viewed.
In step 603, the file position of the page is temporarily stored in memory.
In step 604, the system waits for either selection of an object or navigation to another page. More options are contemplated that do not need the file position for execution (for example, looking up a term in a reference document as disclosed in U.S. Ser. No. (BW 03797.84619) filed Dec. 7, 1999, entitled "Method and Apparatus for Installing and Using Reference Materials In Conjunction With Reading Electronic Content", whose contents are incorporated herein by reference in its entirety for any enabling disclosure).
In step 605, once an object is selected, the relative position of the selected object is determined with reference to the first byte of the first object on the displayed page.
In step 606, the file position of the first byte of the first object on the page as determined in step 602 is retrieved from memory (as stored in step 603) and added to the relative position of the first byte of the selected object as determined in step 605 to determine the file position of the selected object.
In step 607, the file position of the selected object is stored along with the created annotation. These steps relating to the determination of the file position may occur before or after the annotation for the object. Alternatively, the file position may be preformed in the background while the annotation is being created. Those skilled in the art will appreciate that any number of techniques may be used to determine object position and still be considered to be within the scope of the present invention.
In step 702, the system determines the file position of the first object on the page.
In step 703, the system determines the file position of the last object on the page.
In step 704, the annotations stored for the document are searched to determine if any have file positions located between the file position determined in step 702 and the file position determined in step 703.
In step 705, if no annotations with a file position are located for display on the displayed page, the system waits for user input (including, for example, navigation to a new page or selection of an object for annotation, or any other action described herein).
In step 706, an annotation has been found that relates to an object on the page. The location of the object on the page is determined and the annotation is displayed for the object. The system for determining the location of the object may include subtracting the file position of the first object on the page from the file position of the annotated object. This difference is then used to determine how many bytes from the first character of the page is the annotated object. At this point, further annotations may be made, by returning from step 706 to step 705.
Alternatively, the system may count again from the beginning of the document to determine which object has been annotated. It will be appreciated by those skilled in the art that that numerous methods exist for displaying the annotation for the annotated object. The above examples are not intended to be limiting.
In the context of displaying the annotations that are determined to exist in a given "page" of the content (the unit of text being viewed by the user at any given time), the computer system will first validate a global state, which determines whether annotations should be rendered at all. For example, the user is provided with the ability to globally specify whether to show or hide drawing annotations (as well as text notes, bookmarks, highlights, etc.). Prior to displaying a particular annotation of an object, the computer system will check this global setting to determine whether or not to render the specific annotation. If the user has chosen to hide annotations of that particular type, the annotation will not be rendered.
Annotation Scaling
As to scaling annotations,
The following example is used. Let Poriginal(x,y) be the original position of a data point of an annotation. N(x,y) is the new screen resolution. O(x,y) is the original screen resolution. For each point Pnew(x,y), the new location of the scaled data point is given by the ratio of the new screen resolution over the old screen resolution for the x and y components of each:
This assumes that the x and y components are independent. So, various resolutions can easily be accommodated (for instance, 640�480 and 640�400).
An alternative embodiment includes normalizing ink annotations to a specified format. So, when displaying the ink annotations, the invention does not need to use the capturing screen resolution (because it in effect is already known due to the initial normalizing process). The system only needs to convert all retrieved annotations to fit the current screen res. Additional alternatives include minimizing processing by selecting the normalized resolution to correspond to the slowest computing platform.
Associating Ink Annotations with Information
In addition to permitting viewing of the underlying document despite numerous annotations, or document reflow or viewer modifications, and to avoid losing the power of the computer, these ink tasks may co-exist with traditional computing tasks. Specifically, to be useful on electronic documents, ink annotations should be able to survive changes in the underlying document.
Survival in this context means continuing to convey both graphical meaning of the ink strokes, and association with the elements being annotated, even as those elements move or change. The current invention includes a set of methods for classifying, anchoring and transforming ink annotations such that they survive changes among the annotated elements. See, for example,
The following description and associated Figures illustrate how ink and annotations may be transformed due to the change in appearance of a document. The document may change appearance due to a change in the content of the document or may change appearance due to a change in user preferences (for example, selecting a larger font size) without modification to the underlying document content. The transformation of ink in relation to both types of changes is considered to be part of the present invention.
The Starting Point: Stroke Classification and Multiple Independent Anchors
Ink annotations include graphical thoughts (sketches), verbal thoughts (handwritten words), and markings (e.g. underlining, highlighting, circling). Each of these has both graphical meaning of its own, and associations that may have changed its shape had the document been laid out differently. For example, with sketches it is important to keep accurate geometric relationships between the strokes (in X and Y), and to keep near in-line elements but not obscure them. With handwritten words, it is most important to keep words together and keep flow relationships between sequential words (in lines and columns). With marks on text, it is important to keep the associated portion of the mark properly related to the text it marks, in position and size, even as the text may change or move. To preserve the meaning and associations of ink annotations as the underlying elements move or change, the system and method recognize which strokes, and which groups of strokes, require each of these treatments.
First, a stroke's shape and the geometric region or regions in which it lies can be used to classify it into one of several types. Next, proximity to objects can be used to anchor the stroke in ways that serve as further classification.
1. The asterisk 1302 is a shape with graphical meaning (which the system and method do not need to recognize, only to preserve). It is located in a margin, where in addition to being anchored to the nearest in-line element, it can be considered primarily associated with the line that contains that element.
2. The words "This ink's over text" 1303 are a 'chain of strokes', the first of which was primarily related to the text immediately above or below it and the others primarily associated with the first to add meaning. To assure that the first stroke is associated with the correct word the system and method may use additional heuristics, or give anchor feedback to the user and allow manual correction. For example, the system may use an average or weighted average to determine a center of a 'chain of strokes' and associate the center with the nearest text. Also, the system may ask a user to select the text to which the annotation refers.
3. The words "underlying document's layout" are marked with a pair of strokes 1305, the first of which is considered to have marked the range of words (because it spans the range in a direction parallel to the line flow), and the second of which can be considered to have been chained to the first to add meaning. In an alternate embodiment, the system may also classify the second line as associated with the first line or associated with the same text as based on the time interval or on the presence of events between the creation of the first and second lines.
4. The vertical line 1308 in the left margin spans a range of words in the direction of column flow, and is considered to have marked the lines to the right of line 1308.
5. The outline 1306 of the words starting with "handwriting and sketches" is considered a group of segments, the horizontal ones marking words and the others marking lines.
6. The line 1309 connecting the outline to the margin note 1307 is a connector, with two primary anchors (one at each end) that may be completely independent elements.
7. The margin note 1307 itself is a chain of strokes related primarily to whichever of its strokes was laid down first, but also related to the margin and the text nearest that first stroke and the near end of the long line.
8. The words 'This ink's in-line with text' 1305 could have been meant as an annotation, but, because they were inserted into the flow of the text, they are classified as part of the document layout and not subject to anchoring and transformations.
In total, the system and method have five basic types of ink, only three of which are classified as annotations:
The system and method may use heuristics to anchor each stroke classified as an annotation. For example, first, the XY position in the window of the stroke's start gives a window anchor. Next, if the window's layout engine provides additional timely information about underlying regions and nearby elements, the system and method may create additional anchors used in the heuristics to support re-layout of the ink whenever an anchor element moves or changes. The following describes one example of heuristics, but it is appreciated that other heuristics may be used and are considered within the scope of the invention.
1. On finishing a stroke, the system and method check its proximity to other annotations with which it may also be associated.
2. The system checks its shape and, if linear, the system queries the layout engine for graphical regions to determine whether it fits in any one of three linear classes—parallel to a range of sequential elements (such as multiple text characters in a line, which may also include in-line ink or other objects), perpendicular to a sequence of such ranges (such as multiple lines in a column), or a connecting line associated with a pair of non-sequential elements. In one embodiment, the system uses a simple heuristic considering only height-to-width ratio and whether the ends are near opposite corners of the bounding box). If the width is greater than the height by a ratio (for example, the default may be 5�) and midpoints of the left and right edges of the bounding box mark text, it is classified as a horizontal text mark. If the nearest text is below, the system asks for object nearest above and chooses between them based on ratio of distances. This biases the classification of horizontal text marks as underlining (rather than 'overlining' which is assumed to be less common). If both ends mark in-line text or ink and its height is greater than width by a ratio (for example, the default may be 7�), it is classified as a vertical marking a range of lines. Otherwise if ends are near diagonal corners, it's a connecting line (may connect two in-line elements or connect one with a margin).
3. If the stroke or strokes is not classified as one of these linear classes, the system identifies the in-line element nearest the stroke's XY midpoint (including invisible in-line elements such as word space, tab space and line space) to use as an anchor. If the midpoint and the anchor element are horizontally apart by more than a threshold (for example, 0.2″), the system marks it as 'side margin'. If they are vertically apart by more than a threshold, the system marks it as 'top/bottom margin'.
4. If not in the margin, the system also notes the size of the anchor element so the ink can be re-scaled if the anchor element is re-scaled.
5. In addition to the window, region, and element anchors, the system also may link to any nearby overlaid element (typically an ink stroke, but could be an image, a shape or a text label). This is because if such overlaid elements form a sketch or word, maintaining their positions with respect to each other is more important than flowing with the embedded anchors. The resulting stroke chains—of which a handwritten word is an example—move and scale as units according to the position and scale of the first stroke in the chain. For example, if distance to a nearby ink stroke is below a threshold (for instance, 0.15″), an embodiment refers to this stroke as an additional anchor and flags the current stroke as 'near ink'.
6. At this point, the system has identified enough embedded anchors and sufficiently classified this stroke so that, when the system is notified that an anchor has changed, the system may transform the ink annotation appropriately.
Transformations Of Various Stroke Classes In Response To Various Anchor Changes
The system uses heuristics to re-layout strokes when an anchor moves. The following describes the one embodiment of these heuristics, but many variations are possible. This description assumes western text (vertical columns, flowing left-to-right). Directions would flip and/or rotate for eastern, and bi-directional flows would flip back and forth from line to line. Examples include the following.
1. As shown in
2. As shown in
3. Ink whose primary anchors are 'top/bottom margin' (for example, asterisk 1302) re-position vertically only to keep distance from the line containing its anchor. It may be clipped vertically at the window edge if that margin shrinks. Document re-layout could move a top or bottom margin annotation to the next or previous page, where it would show in the same margin. Editing could cause multiple annotations to occupy the same margin, in which case the user needs to be able to move one without changing its anchoring.
4. A line that connects two points in text may have to be scaled and/or rotated and/or flipped in X and/or Y as the distance between its anchors changes.
5. As shown in
6. A line or segment marking a range of in-line elements should grow or shrink horizontally as the distance between its anchors changes. See
7. A stroke that is in any of the above stroke classifications and also near existing ink is re-positioned with that nearby ink, and scaled with it (unless the new ink is a connecting line, in which case it stretches to maintain associations at its ends). It is the association with nearby ink that allows words, in-line flows and sketches to keep together and thus preserve their graphical meaning.
Data Format, Rendering and Persistence
To make ink annotations useful across multiple systems and applications, a common way is needed to persist ink and related anchor information. The persistence format may carry the classification and anchoring info so that transformations can continue to convey the associations without losing the graphical meaning.
Annotations and ink include as persistence information a source, one or more links, and one or more targets. Ink annotations may also include information pertaining to each source as including one or more ink strokes with creation information (application, user, and time), plus optional style info (e.g. 12 pt., bold, red) and optional meaning info (e.g. sketch(es), word(s), paragraph(s) factoid type(s) and/or document type(s)). For an ink annotation, each link may include references to multiple independent anchors, some of which may be other annotations' sources.
Each ink annotation source may include:
Each ink annotation source may also include:
Each ink annotation link includes:
Each ink annotation link may also include:
Support from Layout Engines
Layout engines are known in the art. One well-known layout engine is that used in Trident, the layout engine for Microsoft Corporations' Internet Explorer browser. Other layout engines are known in the art. The layout engine determines positions of objects and regions. Thus, it may identify which objects are nearest an ink stroke, and which region or regions it falls in, and provide this info for inclusion in the annotation link. Specifically, the location of the nearest in-line object and the distance to that object will determine whether the annotation's flow is in-line, vertical (side margin), or none (top/bottom margin). Further, the layout engine may also give notice when any anchor appears, moves, or changes in appearance, so ink annotations can be transformed correctly.
In the foregoing specification, the present invention has been described with reference to specific exemplary embodiments thereof. Although the invention has been described in terms of various embodiments, those skilled in the art will recognize that various modifications, embodiments or variations of the invention can be practiced within the spirit and scope of the invention as set forth in the appended claims. All are considered within the sphere, spirit, and scope of the invention. The specification and drawings are, therefore, to be regarded in an illustrative rather than restrictive sense. Accordingly, it is not intended that the invention be limited except as may be necessary in view of the appended claims.
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Palm's e-autograph idea: Time to revive it—this time on the Web? And maybe even use it to help p-bookstores?
June 15, 2009 | 9:47 am
By David Rothman
Why mess with autographing physical Kindles or other gizmos?
As early as 2003, Palm Digital Media let an author embed his autograph in his e-book.
Tad Williams, a best-selling fantasy writer of works such as The War of the Flowers, obliged fans at BEA in Los Angeles.
How Palm embedded e-autographs
"With high-speed, short-range technology from WideRay," reads an old press release to which ex-Palm employee Lee Fyock kindly linked from TeleRead's comment section, "users will be able to simply point the infrared port on Palm Powered™ handhelds and PocketPC devices in the direction of the Jack access point and download the eBook.
"Williams will open a special page within the eBook and sign his name or write a message with the stylus. Palm Digital Media technology recognizes the strokes, and the autograph/message are then embedded into the eBook."
Time for Fictionwise and others to repeat the idea on the Net
Nice potential here! Why can't e-book publishers and retailers, including Fictionwise, which now owns the eReader, the old Palm format, set up infrastructures to do the same thing. But this time, it could happen over the Net rather than simply in person—although perhaps there could be versions for use in brick-and-mortar stores.
What do you think, Scott and Steve? I'd be delighted to be a guinea pig. Perhaps the autographed copies could even carry serial numbers, so that the earliest ones were the most valuable as collector's items. Meanwhile I'm curious if Fictionwise still has the original software and could share a screenshot of what a book-embedded autograph looked like.
The Independent bookstore angle
If I were involved with the IndieBound project, I'd be all over this idea. Perhaps some books could debut with e-autographs available only in physical stores. and their proprietors could share profits with Fictionwise or other e-tailers that provided the infrastructure. Evil of me to say this in an e-book blog oriented toward the Net, not meatspace? Heck no. I want both E and P to thrive, and for indies, too, rather than just the chain giants, to survive.
Of what use is a digital autograph? That's like the machine the President uses to sign pictures and form letters.
Hey, Mike, we're talking about individualized messages to the book buyers—and they can specify them. Much more personal than robosig machines! That said, I like the postcard idea you mentioned. I'd love to hear from people who've actually tried it.
Wait, you mean dishonest people might get technically savvy and FORGE serial numbered, registered, digital autographs? Good lord, that could lead to all sorts of crimes. Some less talented people might even start taking ink pens and forging signatures in paper books!
Jack Tingle
Given my previous comment on a similar story, my imagination needs a little attention.
I can certainly see being able to store a signature/message captured from a touch-screen as a good way of getting an autograph for an ebook.
I haven't done postcards, but I offer free signed bookplates to anyone who sends an SASE. I'm happy to personalize them, etc.
A friend designed the bookplates–they have the title of the book and are designed to fit six to an 8 1/2″ x 11″ page. I then print the page onto a full-sheet label and cut them. I sign it and readers can then stick the plate in their copy of the book, and it's like having a personally signed book. It works pretty nicely. I think I've sent out about 100 of them so far.
A label won't really work with an ebook but if an ebook reader wanted to collect signed postcards, that would work great.


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PushManager Focuses Simple And Efficient iOS/Device Management [Mobile Management Month]
May is Mobile Management Month at Cult of Mac, where we will be profiling a different mobile management company every weekday. You can find all previous entries here and read our Mobile Management manifesto here.
PushManager provides a solid device management solution that also provides basic app deployment and management capabilities. PushManager puts a focus on being easy to set up and administer while also providing core security features. The company offers cloud service that is extremely easy to implement and can support a range of business types and sizes. For organizations with significant infrastructure, an on-premise package is available that can integrate with Active Directory.


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Stadium City
From the rodeo to the Rolling Stones, Reliant Park is home to Houston's mega-events.
If something big is happening in H-town, it's most likely happening at Reliant Park.
Just a short drive from UH, the park is home to the state-of-the-art Reliant Stadium, Reliant Arena, Reliant Center and the legend itself, the Reliant Astrodome.
Reliant Stadium is the first NFL stadium to boast a retractable roof and natural grass. It's here that the Houston Texans make Sundays super during football season. It's also the place where cowboys come to play during the Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo and it's a haven for major concerts such as the Rolling Stones. The stadium also serves as home field for the Cougars during high profile football games.
In 2004, the stadium hosted Super Bowl XXXVII, which featured a high-energy halftime show featuring Justin Timberlake, Janet Jackson, Kid Rock and UH's Spirit of Houston Marching Band.
The neighboring Reliant Arena is an all-purpose venue hosting events such as circuses, conventions and car shows. Equally versatile is Reliant Center, which hosts job fairs, conferences and the ever-popular Reliant Park World Series of Dog Shows.
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Life after Strom...
In a recent high speed wobble incident, my beloved Strom became a total loss. I walked away, thanks to the 'Stich.
Now, what do I go to? It's a great time to be a motorcycle enthusiast. I'm torn between a Super Tenere and a Triumph Explorer. The electronics of the Yammy seem to be a cut above, but the power of the Trumpet sounds intoxicating. Plus, triples sound awesome. Like sex on wheels. I need to find some demo rides; I may end up on a Guzzi, who knows?
My question is this: where does a 90/10% DL1000 rider go? I like that the Yammy is better in the dirt, but I also like that the Triumph is better on the road.
Every time I see a GL1800 or a GSA I think, what a good idea! Conc 14 seems to fall between these two.
All I know is it's got to be shaft drive. Otherwise, I'm lost. I've considered the Stelvio NTX, the GSA, HP2, Super Tenere, Explorer,VFR1200, GL1800... I feel a little lost. I'm just looking for a little perspective.
Glad to hear your ok. I know you had a boat load of miles on the Vstrom. I would buy another Vstrom. From talking to riders the KTM adventure is great offroad but not as good the vstrom on road. I met a guy who told me his tiger has electrical problems.
when my 04 dl1ooo with givi v35 cases was totaled i picked up a new 5 year old 03 sv1000 with 0 miles. i dont know what the differances are but it feels smoother like the fly wheel is lighter. i miss the fairing and side bags but i put a nice color matched coos case with brake lights on it. i miss the soft long travel suspension but the sv feels so strong ill never reach its limits. i put on the buell lower foot pegs and raised the bars. i also found a color matched hugger. l would like another touring bike but the sv is staying with me.
I love the super ten. I am currently on a DL1000 (2004). They feel very similar to me, the ten carrying the weight a little lower. besides the electronics, I didnt feel there was enough difference for me to upgrade.
By the By, I'm considering selling my DL to change to a more dirt oriented thumper. '04 silver and black with a silver frame. madstad, swmotech crashbars and on/off road pegs, 11,000 miles. If you are interested, it would save you about 10,000. :wink:
That being said, the super ten is the best bike I have ever ridden. I test ride most every year at daytona. So if I had 15,000 bones just laying around, and was in the market, I would not hesitate to get one. Way better than the beemer. Way better than the connie 14. way better than the fjr etc,etc,etc
The answer to that question for me was Triumph Tigerrrr 800. However, I ditched a shaftie Beemer GS for the chain. I prefer chains, but you have a different preference. :freaky While the 800 has some things I don't like, it is a splendid bike that will do all that I ask of it. :evil
What does your budget look like and what is available in your area? It would be much easier to get into a Super Ten around here than an Explorer, as the Super Ten has been out for a minute and the Explorer is still pretty fresh.
Have you sat on the bikes that you are interested? There is a pretty significant difference (in my opinion) in the riding position on bikes like the GSA, S10, Explorer, and the more sport touring bikes like the VFR, C14, etc. If you haven't, sit on some stuff and see what feels naturally.
And finally, maybe let that "je ne c'est quoi" influence you as well. The first bike I bought was an Aprilia Pegaso, not necessarily because it was the best choice (although it worked out awesome) but because it moved me. For me personally, the Explorer doesn't do anything - I would buy a GS/GSA instead. The S10, in black, would be my choice between the two, but that's just me. YMMV.
I have no suggestions because I don't know what floats your boat. But rather than getting hung up on the 90-10 thing, maybe consider what that 10% really is. If it is just fire roads, then you really don't need an adventure bike. You may still want one for the comfy riding position and a suspension that soaks up bumps. But if you're talking graded roads, a bike's dirt capabilities really don't matter. The S10's dirt capabilities won't matter if you don't ride on trails where it would be superior to the competition.
My Vee does really well on gravel roads, but not so much better than a more road-oriented bike. The rougher it gets, it probably would differentiate itself more, but since I don't plan on taking my 500+lb bike on anything really rough, that aspect of the Vee doesn't score any points with me. I see a more refined sport tourer in my future and I will still take it on mild dirt roads. Because most of what the Vee does, it will likely do better. And the few things the Vee could do better, probably won't matter with my riding.
So look at the areas you really need a bike to shine for your riding and choose accordingly (so long a the bike speaks to you). Or just buy one of the many awesome Adventure bikes out there now and enjoy - your probably can't make a bad decision! Just my $.02. And I hope you're recovering nicely.
I have Max BMW across the street, a Triumph/Ducati dealer two miles away, and Japanese dealers within a matter of minutes. Moto Guzzi isn't too far away, either. Depot Honda is close, but I don't do business with them. History with ownership. She's a moron. Amazingly enough, everything is easily accessible.
I have sat on most of the bikes I'm thinking about. The S10, Tiger, VFR, Wing, Conc, others. I have no problem drilling the triple clamp on a Repsol CBR and mounting dirtbike bars and dropped footpegs, so factory ergos mean nothing to me. The S10 felt great, but the lack of a real chance at a demo irks me.I can't necessarily make it to an event to test one. If I can't ride it, I can't drop $12-15K. Part of me just wants to stick it to the Japanese dealers and buy Euro simply because they'll actually let me saddle one up.
My budget is strong. I'd like to keep the cost down, but I could afford a decked out GSA if I really wanted it.
There was a time when I thought my next bike would be a Tiger 800, but, after riding one, I wan't really blown away. Great bike, just didn't hit the right chords with me.
Anyway, just brainstorming. It's getting cold here in NH, anyway. Lots of think time coming up.
Thanks for the ideas.
After seeing the debut of the KTM 1190, I think I'm in love. It's like a dirty Multi.
Maybe the best bet is to find a cheapish used bike, bide my time, and see how the water boxer and new KTM compare :eek1
Since you mentioned the C14 and GL18, how about an FJR?
Don't know if they are shaft or chain, and I'm too lazy to look it up, but it seems to be a pretty respected sport tourer. I looked at one when I went in to look at a S10, and came away more unsure of my priorities.
I also came across a Tiger recently. I can't decide if its worth "upgrading" to from my DL650. There is something to be said for a basic, inexpensive, and reliable bike. Sometimes a specialized tool is better than a leatherman.
Maybe consider a smaller dual sport for that 10%, and a street bike for the 90%. I've got a DRZ, and keep thinking about a pavement eater for my "primary" bike, instead of my all purpose Wee.
I know, I really didn't help you at all, but know you're not alone trying to figure out which features are most important to you.
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Lincoln, Neb. If you've ever been to the Nebraska State Capitol, you may have wondered why it's so dark and dim.
Some parts of the building were designed to be dimly lit like the foyer on the second floor between the main entrance and the rotunda. This part of the building was intended to be a memorial space to commemorate those who lost their lives in World War I.
Capitol Administrator Bob Ripley says the foyer wasn't intended to be as dark as it currently is. Ripley says 80 years of dirt has accumulated on the walls in that part of the building and makes it dark.
Ripley says there are plans to renovate the foyer and other parts of the building to clean the walls. He adds that the cleaning will lighten up the building and allow people to better see the artwork.
There is no direct sunlight on the mosaic murals in the Capitol which also helps to preserve the artwork.
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just a funny group on facebook i only just found!
"nope not done it just make shore there no sharp eddges on the hose pipe. or just go 2 lovelyhoney, and get an anal douche got my ex 1 and clean every time "
"Thanks for that, i might try the anal douche bag thingy, but can you pump enough water up to clean your colon properly?"
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jumper (thrifted, Think Twice), hat & bag (zara), skirt (h&m)
boots (frida), coat (massimo dutti), nail polish (hunkemoller)
Temperatures are dropping and I don't mind at all. This gorgeous plum jumper is my latest thrift acquisition from the Think Twice sales and now it's finally cold enough to wear it! The reason that convinced me to take this baby home — besides the fact that it's super warm? It matches my good old Zara hat AND Hünkemoller nail polish! Yep, me thinks it's a win.
Sorry for the almost lifeless pictures; I went out the night before and it got pretty late. This cozy outfit was the perfect look for a late hangover lunch with my girlfriends! Breakfast smoothies, vintage shopping, latte macchiatos, city trip planning and greasy hamburgers: it was a perfect Friday afternoon to recall on this gloomy Monday morning.


text: The brown-bag seminar series is a long-standing tradition of the iSchool. These informal sessions serve as both an opportunity to invite colleagues from other places to visit Syracuse and as a vehicle to have colleagues here share out their research. The sessions are informal and collegial, the expectation is for interactive engagement among the audience and speaker. Timing is flexible, but weekly. Most often these happen across the noon hour and people are invited to eat their lunch as they participate. A list of future and past brown-bag talks is posted here.


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First Test Match
Jamaica - Day five
Australia 431 (R T Ponting 158, A Symonds 70 no, B J Hodge 67, M E K Hussey 56, F H Edwards 5-104) & 167 (A Symonds 79, D J Bravo 4-47) v West Indies 312 (S Chanderpaul 118, R S Morton 67) & 191 (S R Clark 5-32)
Australia beat West Indies by 95 runs
Australia have secured a 95-run victory over the West Indies in the first Test at Sabina Park.
Chasing a target of 287 runs for the win, the hosts were instead dismissed for 191 in their second innings, with Stuart Clark leading the Australian attack with figures of 5-32.
Clark claimed four wickets on the final day - three in the first session - with Brett Lee and Stuart MacGill also taking two apiece.
Veteran spinner MacGill polished off the tail, but it was Clark who really shone as the tourists went 1-0 up in the series.
The home side lost three wickets for just eight runs as they quickly slipped from 74-3 to 82-6.
And although Denesh Ramdin and Darren Sammy offered some stubborn resistance with a seventh-wicket partnership of 67, the damage had already been done.
With the West Indies starting the day on 46-1 and needing 241 runs to win, Clark went on the offensive.
Ramnaresh Sarwan and Devon Smith were both dismissed with neither batsman able to build significantly on their overnight scores.
The former went for 12 in just the third over of the day when a leading edge was brilliantly held - eventually - by Andrew Symonds.
And Smith followed for 28 four overs later, trapped lbw as he shouldered arms to an inswinging Clark delivery.
Runako Morton also spent little time at the crease, managing just nine before falling lbw to a vicious inswinger from Lee.
Dwayne Bravo then became Clark's third wicket of the morning when he mis-timed a shot to Mitchell Johnson for a duck.
The home crowd were increasingly looking towards Shivnarine Chanderpaul, whose first-innings century, compiled after he had been hit by a Lee bouncer, had given the Windies hope of victory.
However, he managed just nine runs in his second innings before being caught and bowled by Lee, who was also unlucky not to pick up the wicket of Denesh Ramdin - wicketkeeper Brad Haddin just failing to hold on to a diving catch.
That missed chance threatened to frustrate Ricky Ponting's men as some determined batting from Ramdin and Sammy halted the flow of wickets.
But Ramdin eventually succumbed for 36 and the break-up of the partnership sealed the Windies' fate.
Clark struck again to remove Sammy lbw for 35 and even though Daren Powell smashed six fours on his way to 27, MacGill claimed the final two wickets in successive balls to seal victory.
He had Powell caught behind, while Amit Jaggernauth was held by Phil Jaques at short leg without scoring.


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Are Yoga Poses Ancient History?
LA Yoga Magazine and Manduka Ambassador Jill Miller invite you to an empowering and educational evening with Yogic Scholar Mark Singleton.
It's often said that yoga is a 5000 year old tradition from India. But what about the practices we do today? Is there really a direct link to the ancient past, or is the story more complicated? Today yoga is virtually synonymous in the West with the practice of āsana. What can we learn from the modern
history of āsana? And what does it mean for our practice today? Come along and find out what the debate is all about.
When: March 18, 2011; 7:45pm-10:30pm
Where: YogaWorks Main Street
Learn more: www.yogaworks.com
March 8th, 2011
# Practice: Giving
Join Genevieve Fischer, Greville Henwood, Suzy Nece, Julie Rader, Jo Tastula, Marla Wedge, and Manduka Ambassadors Garth Hewitt and Angela Kukhahn for an all levels Donation yoga class to benefit Operation Shanti in building an orphanage in Mysore, India.
The first 20 people to arrive will receive a Manduka eQua Hand Towel + be entered to win a Manduka gift set.
4-6pm: All levels yoga class(some experience suggested)
6-8pm: Get your party on with a DJ, refreshments, auction and raffle
When: Saturday, March 19, 2011
Where: Hermosa Beach Community Center/Clark Building
861 Valley Drive
Hermosa Beach, CA 90254
January 19th, 2011
Desert Yoga Fest: February 25-27, 2011
Desert Yoga Fest is a brand new and exciting yoga festival taking place on February 25-27th, 2011.
Desert Yoga Fest is a place where people can go to get back in touch with what's important, to quiet the
mind and heal the body. A place to do yoga, have spa treatments, listen to music, eat great food, enjoy
some wine, play in a beautiful environment and surround oneself with great people.
Join us for a magical and enchanting weekend of yoga and music at the luxurious Parker resort in Palm
Springs, California.
Just less than two hours outside of Los Angeles and San Diego, you'll feel like you're a million miles
away as you enjoy the unique spiritual atmosphere that only the desert can offer.
With classes available to suit any level, there is something for everyone.
Desert Yoga Fest: Yoga. Refined.
January 12th, 2011
Yogis for Haiti Day: January 12, 2011
On January 12, 2010, a 7.0-magnitude earthquake struck the country of Haiti, devastating the capital and largest city, Port-au-Prince. A study by the Inter-American Development Bank as reported by the New York Times, estimated that the total cost of the disaster was between $7.2 billion to $13.2 billion, based on a death toll from 200,000 to 250,000. While public response was strong in 2010, there is much to do and Haiti needs us now more than ever. More than a million displaced people still live under tents/tarpaulins, reconstruction has been slow to start, and an outbreak of cholera and political unrest has made conditions worse and recovery difficult.
Off the Mat, Into the World believes in the power of the yoga community to come together to make a difference. Therefore, OTM is initiating the 2nd "Yogis for Haiti" day on this anniversary to demonstrate our solidarity and collective support for relief efforts in Haiti. Last year, the yoga community came together raising over $18,000 for organizations on the ground serving Haiti. This year, we're uniting again on January 12th, 2011 to show our support and make a difference by taking our yoga off the mat and into the world.
To support this initiative, and in solidarity for these efforts, Manduka is offering 10% OFF ALL PURCHASES MADE ON JANUARY 12, 2011.
The coupon code is: Y4HAITI10 (This offer expires at midnight, January 12, 2011).
December 18th, 2010
Holiday Charity Event: Kundalini Yoga and Meditation Workshop
All proceeds go to Yogaspire!
Come and join Nicki for a Kundalini Yoga and Meditation workshop focusing on Increasing Intuition: Listen to your inner voice and access the guru within
Join Nicki this Saturday, the 18th December at 14:00-16:30 to experience how Kundalini Yoga and Meditation can unveil your intuitive guide.
Guru means dispeller of darkness. When we tap into the guru, we move into a state of light - into an awakened state of consciousness. Our first guru is our mother, then comes our father. Then our teachers, those mentors who inspire our creative awakening and guide us along our destined paths are our next gurus. Our Satguru is the Guru of Truth, who illumines our spiritual awakening.
At all times the voice of Truth and Light is within each of us, if we are able to listen deeply enough, to quieten our mind's chatter and hear our inner voice. We need never look beyond the Self to find the Self.
Using the technology of Kundalini Yoga and Meditation come on a journey towards your True Self and discover your intuitive voice. Listen deeply to the wisdom already within you as we practice, meditate and liberate!
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Sidney Lu is an assistant professor of history at The University of Tennessee at Chattanooga. He specializes in history of modern Japan, modern China and transnational history. His research interests includes diaspora, nationalism, colonialism, gender and sexuality, history of Sino-Japanese relations, and Asian American history. He is currently working on a book manuscript examining the relationship between Japanese global diaspora and the construction of the Japanese colonial empire. He teaches courses on history of modern Japan, East Asia and the modern world. He holds a PhD in history from the University of Pennsylvania (2013).
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"Good Women for Empire: Educating Overseas Female Emigrants in Imperial Japan, 1900-1945," Journal of Global History, vol. 8, issue. 3 (Nov. 2013), 436-460.
"The Shame of Empire: Japanese Overseas Prostitutes and Prostitution Abolition in Modern Japan, 1880s-1920s," positions: asia critique (forthcoming)


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COTLC: Carl Sagan Sings Beautifully; the Forevertron Machines of Baraboo, Wisconsin and Bill Maher's Endorsement of Quackery, Woo and PseudoscienceSeptember 26, 2009 by MC | Filed under Stuff.
CLEANING OUT THE LINK CAGE: September 26, 2009
…Kristol appears to have been contradictory between an abstruse, elite intellectual and the popular will: If I understood him correctly, he believed that religion was a useful tool for making people behave well, quite independent of whether it was true or not. If that should turn out to have been a paradox with a dry hint of cynicism, he very probably derived relish from it.
Thanks to an anti-religion movie (Religulous) and his frequent stance as a "skeptic," many of my fellow skeptics consider him one of our own, even to the point of giving him an award named after Richard Dawkins. Yet, when it comes to medicine, nothing could be further from the truth. Maher's own words show that he has anti-vaccine views, flirts with germ theory denialism and HIV/AIDS denialism, buys into extreme conspiracy theories about big pharma, and promotes animal rights pseudoscience. That's not a skeptic or a supporter of science-based medicine.
Russian Deputy Defense Minister Colonel General Dmitry Bulgakov has announced that the Defense Ministry will no longer purchase cigarettes for soldiers, Russian website Gazeta.ru reports.
"There are no cigarettes in our new military allowance. We have replaced cigarettes for the army with caramel candies and sugar. However, we can't prohibit smoking completely. If a soldier wants to smoke, he will have to buy cigarettes with his own money at a store during his period of leave," Bulgakov said.


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From the article: Sweepstakes Scam Email - Example of a Sweepstakes Scam Email
Have you received a sweepstakes scam by email, mail, or telephone? How did you tell the difference between the scam and a legitimate prize win? Share your experience here.
It was the exclamation marks
- Three exclamation marks in a subject line looks very unprofessional. I wouldn't expect any organization giving away that much money to use punctuation like that.
- —Guest Keliry
You Have to Play to Win ...
- ... and I didn't play ... I don't even buy lottery tickets here in the US. Why would *anyone* be so gullible as to believe they had won a sweepstakes from a country they had never even visited? Oh, and by the way, they just happened to have your email address on file ... RIGHT!!
- —Guest Jay
Anything from overseas
- I agree that excessive use of exclamation points is a red flag that this is a scam. Also, the fact that it's to 'undisclosed recipients' as well from a sweepstakes company in Wales would be another tip-off for me.
- —PaigeExercise
The place
- The tip off for me was that it came from West Glamorgan. I only enter online sweepstakes from East Glamorgan.
- —candleandsoap
I guess I'm too gullible
- If I had received that email, I might almost have fallen for it. I guess the fact that they used the term "fiduciary" might have impressed me :-) It's a good thing I have a good spam filter on my email!
- —Guest SusanH
The strange grammar
- The grammar is choppy and reads strangely. The whole thing just seems unprofessional.
- —Guest fc
Never entered
- You never EVER win a sweepstakes that you didn't enter. The first thing I do when I see I've won something is that I look at the contest to see if I remember entering it. If not then I bounce it back to the sender.
- —bourst
- Whatever method they use, they will be asking for the same thing: either your bank account details, or some money in another form and the messages they send always look official, but they're not. They're fake.
- —Guest pawan
National Payment Services Scam
- I wish they would stop sending me these. It's like clockwork. Every year I receive something from National Payment Services. I at first think to myself. O.K. that's not to bad- 10 dollars. But, after reading the responses from other people on google.com., I realized that it was a scam.
- —Guest Jessica W.
- They keep asking for $10.00 to receive a $12,000,000..really? Couldn't you take the fee out of the prize??
- —Guest NotRaisedToBeAFool!
- They mail me things that say send us 10 or 20 dollars for my prize. I think NOT!!
- —raysbabe2
mercedes benz
- I got an email from"UK" saying I won a promotion from Mercedes Benz and the money was in Natwest bank. Both places are real, but they won't transfer my million dollars to me until I send then fees (around $250). I emailed Mercedes Benz to let them know. Still a little of me hopes it is real.
- —Guest
Don't fall for this.
- This was not on the internet. I received a letter in the mail from National Payment Services stating that they need $10.00 to process my claim for $20 million in the US Powerball. I have never bought a ticket for any lottery, because I simply can't spare the money. But now after reading these comments, well, I won't be sending them anything. Goodbye, 20 million.
- —Guest Susan
sweeps via mail
- Had me wondering for a while until I read some of the ways to identify a scam. I was a finalist in a million dollar sweepstake from Australia yet! I was asked to send a cheque, money order or credit card info for $10 to Process my order. Never heard about this outfit before- National Payment Services- wonder if anybody else has received the same?
- —Guest Pat O
scam tipoff
- Anything from Africa, England or India.....I just ignore. I have absolutely no sweeps entries or lottery contacts there so obviously don't expect to win anything from these contries. If they ask for money....well, just fugadaboutdit!
- —Guest one2fish
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PoC XMPP Bot C&C using Google Talk (video)
Earlier this year I put together an outline for a talk to cover how XMPP could be used as a botnet command and control. I just got around to playing around with the stuff and wanted to share some of the information I had and get opinions on what people thought about it all. I see XMPP as a more modern and flexible IRC when it comes to botnets. Features like federation, transports, p2p and client/server communication all make it seem to fit well in this area. Rather then waiting until it actually gets implemented, maybe we should think about what we could do to stop it or detect it now.


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Seatbelts have been in Corvettes since the C1. While we all have our opinions about whether or not we like to wear a seatbelt, many Corvette owners have to install them if they want their car to be correct. Since seatbelt use is now a federal law, many of us may install them for that reason alone. Whether or not the car originally came from the factory with seatbelts, if you do decide to install them, you might as well install the correct set that's applicable to your car, as the designs have changed drastically over the years.
During the first three years of Corvette production, seatbelts were not offered. Unless someone installed a set of aftermarket seatbelts later, a truly restored '53-'55 Corvette will never have a set of factory-installed belts. Beginning in 1956 and continuing through 1957, seatbelt-anchor provisions were utilized and installed at the factory for seatbelts that were dealer installed as an accessory. The '58 Corvette was the first to come equipped with seatbelts as standard equipment. The majority of the '58 seatbelts appeared to be a gray four-web design, while other color belts may appear. These seatbelts used a pull-release-type belt buckle, which was used through the early part of the '66 model year. The buckle handle, made of pot metal, was painted a blue "Hammertone" and carried no type of emblem. The Irving Air Chute Company, of Lexington, Kentucky, manufactured the belts. The label sewed on the belts read:Irving Air ChuteCo., Inc.Lexington, KentuckyModel Id-51-198-1Faa Spec TSO CC 22B
For the '59 and '60 model years, the seatbelt most prominently used was a six-web design with a painted buckle that was color-matched to the interior. The male end of the belt buckle may have had the number "235" stamped into the end of it. It may also appear with no stamping. The female buckle had "U.S. PATENT 2,458,810" stamped into it. In 1961, the six-web belt design continued until it was changed back to a four-web design for the '62 model year. Some late '61 cars possibly were built with the four-web design and some early '62 cars could have used the six-web design. There were several minute changes to the seatbelt label during this time. The pull-release type buckle was painted the color of the interior on all early to mid-'61 cars, while a mixture of painted and unpainted buckles on later '61 cars up through serial number 3000 in the '62 model year, and from '62 VIN 3000 through the end of the '62 model year used a non-painted buckle. The male end of the belt buckle continued to use the number 235 stamped into the end for all of the '61 through mid-year '62 production. Late '62 cars appeared without the 235 stamping.
For the '63 model year, seatbelts were produced in one of four colors: red, blue, saddle, or black, and were coordinated with the carpet color of the car. The Irving Air Chute Company continued to manufacture the seatbelts. The '63 seatbelt had three bands to the webbing, with all three bands equal length. The '63 model used two pull-release-type belt buckles. Both buckles were stamped "Irving Model IC 5000" with the early cars up to VIN 7000 using a smaller "IC 5000" stamping. The later '63 cars used a large "IC 5000" stamping. These belts had a sewed-on label that read:ChevroletModel ID-51-198-1Federal Spec JJ-B-185ASAE. STD. SBA-JAIrving Air Chute, Inc.Lexington, Kentucky
In 1964, seatbelts were produced in one of six colors: red, dark blue, saddle, black, silver, and white. All colors were coordinated with the carpet color, with the exception of white-interior cars, which received white seatbelts. These belts were still manufactured by the Irving Air Chute Co. The '64 seatbelt webbing continued to use three bands to the web, but the center band was twice the width of the two outside bands. For the '64 model year, a silver "Bowtie" emblem on a smooth, brushed-aluminum background was used on the center of the painted pull-release buckle. The buckle color was coordinated to the car's interior carpet color. The '64 buckles carried a "MODEL IC-8000" stamping. The seatbelt label was changed slightly from 1963, reading:ChevroletModel 771 Cor-CFederal Spec JJ-B-185ASAE. STD. J4Irving Air Chute, Inc.Lexington, Kentucky
For 1965, seatbelts were produced in one of seven colors: red, blue, saddle, black, silver, green, and maroon. All colors were coordinated with the carpet color of the car, with the exception of white-interior cars, which received either black, blue, or red seatbelts based on carpet color. The manufacturer of the belts continued to be The Irving Air Chute Co. The '65 seatbelt webbing matches the webbing from 1964.
The '65 buckle was carried over from 1964 and has the same silver "Bowtie" emblem on the painted pull-release buckle. The buckle color is coordinated to the car's interior carpet color. Early '65 buckles still carried the "MODEL IC-8000" stamping. The revised design of the IC-8000 buckle contained four numbered instructions followed by the manufacturer, model number, and patent information. The buckle instructions referenced the new retractors introduced in the mid-production year. Interestingly, the new retractors were used on the outboard belt only and were manufactured by Borg-Warner of Chicago.
In 1966, seatbelts were produced in one of seven colors: red, dark blue, saddle, bright blue, black, silver, and green, as all colors were coordinated with the car's carpet color, with the exception of white-interior cars, which received either black, blue, or red seatbelts based on carpet color. The Irving Air Chute Co. or Hamill was the manufacturer of the seatbelts. This was the first year Hamill was used as a seatbelt source. Once again, the '66 seatbelt webbing matches the webbing from 1965.
The early '66 buckle was the same buckle from 1965 and was again coordinated to the car's interior carpet color. Early '66 buckles still carry the "MODEL IC-8000" stamping, along with patent information. This buckle was used until approximately VIN 14000. The second-design belt buckle utilized the first pushbutton release system recessed in the center of the buckle. A blue Bow Tie with the word "Chevrolet" inside appeared in a raised outline on the pushbutton. Two belt retractors were used for 1966 on the outboard belt only. The first design was manufactured by Borg-Warner of Chicago, and was virtually identical to the late '65 design. The second design was an internal reel-type retractor covered by a plastic housing color-keyed to the interior. These retractors show no external identification.
Also introduced in limited quantities for 1966 was a shoulder-belt option, and only 37 cars were ordered with it for the model year. The option was introduced around VIN 15000. The buckle portion of the shoulder harness was attached to a plate riveted to each rear wheelwell. All cars with the shoulder-harness option have this special plate. Some cars could have the plate but not the shoulder-harness option.


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Hi Monique,
My name is Sam Bleakly, i'm the community manager here at italki. :) We apologize for the confusing wording.
The challenge is 20 lessons from the pledge date, and it ends on september 30th.
I am currently taking the challenge as well and am 5 lessons in while learning Cantonese! I know that you can do this. If you have any questions or need any help please email me directly by sending me a follower request here, or by emailing email@example.com
Thank you so much!
Hello Sam,
Thanks for your positive reply, I just freaked out a little bit. Became a bit stressed and I was afraid I'd never make it in 5 weeks. Now I thought about it and 20 lessons in such a short time could give my french languageskills the boost I need desperately!
I am the only one of my family who speaks a bit french and I am a very social being and really need to be able to talk to other people. I am about 1000 kms away from my friends for the next 11 months and we have been here for almost 1 month now. It is quite exciting! And a big culturechange, also for my children. Fortunately we do have very nice and patient neighbours here and I just go talk to them as often as I see them, no matter how bad my french is, I am absolutely taking lots of effort to adapt to the french culture and I am enjoying life in rural France.
Only picking up the phone is still a bit scary!!! I hope I'll find some nice teachers here soon!
Kind regards, Monique
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Four longtime professors and a veteran administrator were awarded emeritus status at the University of Mary Washington's undergraduate commencement ceremony on Saturday, May 12. Ernest Ackermann was named Professor Emeritus of Computer Science; Edward Hegmann was named Director of Athletics and Professor of Athletics, Health, and Physical Education Emeritus; David MacEwen was named Professor Emeritus of Psychology; Stephen Watkins was named Professor Emeritus of English; and Marsha Zaidman was named Associate Professor Emerita of Computer Science. The title of emeritus is bestowed on faculty members who have served the university for at least 15 years and who have attained the rank of professor or associate professor. Ernest Ackermann Ernest Ackermann joined the UMW faculty in 1980 as the university's first professor of computer science. He was instrumental in establishing the university's online presence and developing the computer science curriculum, and served as chair of … [Read more...]
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'Psych' Season 8 premiere poster first lookAdd to Favorites | Psych
It's almost here, "Psych"-Os. The Season 8 premiere of everyone's favorite psychic detective show debuts in just a few short hours. To tide you over until "Lock, Stock, Some Smoking Barrels and Burton Guster's Goblet of Fire," above is the official premiere poster, appearing exclusively at Zap2it, and below are a few spoiler-y nuggets.
Grint Grunts, unite! "Psych" premieres Wednesday (Jan. 8) at 9 p.m. ET/PT on USA.
- The episode is all about the Guster. Sure, Shawn and Despereaux are there, but it's Gus' time to shine. He is a "loud and proud" Potterhead who manages to get entangled in some criminal activity, which is just how we like Gus.
- Just when you thought you had Pierre Despereaux figured out, think again. There are a couple twists and turns in the episode to throw you for a loop. If this is the last time Cary Elwes appears on "Psych," we feel we got our money's worth.
- We aren't sure we'd call Queen Elizabeth a "QILF," show. But whatever frosts your biscuits.
- Don't be worried that you won't see any Santa Barbarians with the guys over in "old Londontown." Lassiter provides some much-needed assistance to Shawn in his undercover quest.
- One of the best lines: "I thought I saw Rupert Grint. It was just dumb old Prince Harry."
Grint Grunts, unite! "Psych" premieres Wednesday (Jan. 8) at 9 p.m. ET/PT on USA.
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