Abstract: A method and apparatus for modifying a sports goal is provided that deflects objects directed toward the sports goal downward to reduce the number of lost objects and to reduce the effort required to retrieve objects projected outside of and within the sports goal. The inventive method and apparatus increases practice time devoted to improving skills and encourages players to project balls to the periphery of the sports goal, as generally preferred in competitive games. The apparatus is configured for attachment to a sports goal with a goal opening defined by goal sides and a goal top and includes an external frame surrounding the goal opening and an external net attachable to the external frame. The apparatus may further include an internal frame having an internal side edge about the same length as one of the goal sides and an internal top edge about the same length as the goal top, as well as a concave-shaped internal net attachable to the internal frame.

Abstract: Method and its software that helps one choose assumptions needed to solve problems or manage projects and manage their risks. Throughout the process the software helps one track through time what assumptions have been confirmed as correct, what assumptions are ready to be confirmed, and what assumptions are not yet ready to be confirmed. It also shows what work has been done that is not subject to any unconfirmed assumptions, what work has been done using assumptions that have not been confirmed, and what work is yet to be done.

Abstract: A server has a memory 16 arranged to have a document 17 having a number of parts stored in it. The server is arranged to: receive a request including a URI having a document identifier which identifies both the whole and a part of the document; determine capabilities of the device; and deliver an appropriate portion of the document containing at least the identified part, the portion depending on the capabilities.

Abstract: A drinking vessel 38 in which a beverage, for example a draught beer, is to be served is cooled by formation thereon of ice formed of frozen potable liquid for example a small volume of the same beer. The potable liquid can be sprayed at 40 onto the inside 42 of the vessel 38 and/or onto the outside 44 of the vessel, and the liquid is then frozen on the vessel wall by the effect of a cooling coil 28 surrounding the vessel which can be rotated by a rotatably driven platform 30. The cooled vessel 38 will in turn cool beverage dispensed into it for drinking.

Abstract: An antenna including: a first substantially planar ground plate; a first substantially planar resonator positioned in a plane substantially parallel to the first ground plate; a second substantially planar ground plate positioned in a plane substantially parallel to the first ground plate; two or more connectors for electrically connecting the second ground plate to ground; and one or more connectors for electrically connecting the first resonator to the second ground plate; wherein the first resonator and the second ground plate are connected to at least one of receiver means and transmitter means by antenna feeding means.

Abstract: A method of calibrating the light system in a flying spot scanner or telecine machine using a cathode ray tube light source and a photosensitive detector, wherein at a first level of light transmitted to the photosensitive detector a control signal to the photosensitive detector is adjusted to obtain a predetermined video signal, and the value of the control signal is noted; at a plurality of other levels of light transmitted to the photosensitive detector, the control signal to the photosensitive detector is adjusted to obtain the predetermined video signal, and the values of the respective control signals are noted; and a lookup table is created of calibration values for different levels of light, so that during normal operation of the telecine machine values in the table can be used to obtain calibration information for different levels of light transmitted to the photosensitive detector.

Abstract: A method for determining the flow rate of a fluid, having a liquid fraction and a gas fraction, comprising the steps of: measuring the pressure and temperature of said fluid at a flow control device through which said cyrogenic fluid passes; inputting said measured pressure and Cv into an algorithm; and performing a single or multi-step iteration to determine a fluid mass flow rate of the fluid through said flow control device using said algorithm that relates the mass flow rate of said fluid to said Cv, and mass densities of said liquid fraction and said gas fraction of said fluid which are a function of said measured pressure, and temperature. A system is also provided.

Abstract: A method of and an apparatus for the conversion of cinematographic film to corresponding video data, in which the transport mechanism 3a of a telecine machine 2a is operated at a rate higher than the real time frame rate for the film to be converted. The stream of video data from the telecine machine 2a is processed by a video processor 13 and stored in a buffer 15. The video data can be downloaded from the buffer 15 at a data rate corresponding to the real time data rate of the film.

Abstract: A free-flowing non-deliquescent benzalkonium salt having a C?10 to 25? alkyl group, said group consisting of at least 90% by weight of a single homologue, and from 3 to 10% by weight of water.

Abstract: A wireless control system for lighting or the like has a central processor that receives commands from keypads and other control devices, and sends commands to dimmers and other controlled devices. The central processor also receives status reports from the dimmers and sends updates to the keypads, in order to ensure that displays on the keypads are up to date.

Abstract: A beverage, for example a draught beverage, which may already be cooled before introduction into a drinking vessel is introduced into the vessel into which additional cooled material is introduced. The cooled material may be frozen water which is used to dilute the beverage to a desired strength e.g. a desired alcoholic strength. Alternatively the cooled material may be frozen beverage.

Abstract: A font 2 to be mounted on a counter of a drinks bar to dispense draught beverage has a cantilever shaped body 6 with two ascending legs 8 which are either side of a through opening 4 and rise from a base 16 to an overhanging head 9 provided with a beverage dispenser nozzle 10 through which the beverage issues upon operation of lever 12. The base 16 has a rotatably driven platform 14 on which a drinking glass 20 stands to be filled. The font can have various lights to illuminate the glass which can be seen by a customer looking in direction. A through the opening 4 from a side of the font remote from the platform 14.

Abstract: A beverage, for example a draught beverage, which may already be cooled before introduction into a drinking vessel is introduced into the vessel into which additional cooled material is introduced. The cooled material may be frozen water which is used to dilute the beverage to a desired strength e.g. a desired alcoholic strength. Alternatively the cooled material may be frozen beverage.

Abstract: A drinking vessel 38 in which a beverage, for example a draught beer, is to be served is cooled by formation thereon of ice formed of frozen potable liquid for example a small volume of the same beer. The potable liquid can be sprayed at 40 onto the inside 42 of the vessel 38 and/or onto the outside 44 of the vessel, and the liquid is then frozen on the vessel wall by the effect of a cooling coil 28 surrounding the vessel which can be rotated by a rotatably driven platform 30. The cooled vessel 38 will in turn cool beverage dispensed into it for drinking.

Abstract: A wireless control system for lighting or the like has a central processor that receives commands from keypads and other control devices, and sends commands to dimmers and other controlled devices. The central processor also receives status reports from the dimmers and sends updates to the keypads, in order to ensure that displays on the keypads are up to date.

Abstract: Desalted amphoteric surfactant which is a carboxyalkylated, sulphonoalkylated or phosphonoalkylated amine, said amine consisting essentially of a single homologue having an aliphatic substituent with more than 13 carbon atoms is dried at low temperature to a non-hygroscopic said.

Abstract: An optical fibre connector system, including an optical connector disposed therein, and a recess allowing a through connector to be connected to the optical connector. The optical fibre connector system includes an engagement mechanism that acts on the optical connector to prevent release of the through connector when connected to the optical connector, and which is operable to enable release of the through connector. The engagement mechanism is a movable element that normally engages the connector to the support and which can be moved to disengage the connector from the support, thereby releasing the through connector.

Abstract: Apparatus for dispensing beverage, such as beer, which forms a head, comprises a rotatable table on which a drinking vessel is supported, and a nozzle which is arranged to direct a stream of beverage against the side of the vessel as it rotates. This provides good control over the size of the head produced. Various parameters, such as the temperature of the beverage can be monitored during the dispense, and the apparatus controlled, by adjusting the rate of rotation of the table, the rate of dispense of the beverage, or the angle at which the beverage impacts the side of the vessel, so as to produce a desired amount of head on the dispensed beverage.

Abstract: An integrated mortgage advice system is a business system that provides mortgage-related financial advice to Borrower to help Mortgage Professionals maintain positive relationships with their customers. A method of operating an integrated mortgage advice system comprises the steps of collecting a borrower's vital data and entering the borrower's vital data into a borrower database. Selecting a plurality of mortgage products from a lender database, and using the borrower's vital data to search for the greatest available savings opportunity for the borrower within a plurality of mortgage products. The integrated mortgage advice system is activated for the borrower on a periodic basis. The system performs many tasks, including recommending the optimum time for refinance; identifying, reducing or eliminating mortgage-related expenses; and eliminating Private Mortgage Insurance in a timely fashion.

Abstract: Apparatus for dispensing beverage, such as beer, which forms a head, comprises a rotatable table on which a drinking vessel is supported, and a nozzle which is arranged to direct a stream of beverage against the side of the vessel as it rotates. This provides good control over the size of the head produced. Various parameters, such as the temperature of the beverage can be monitored during the dispense, and the apparatus controlled, by adjusting the rate of rotation of the table, the rate of dispense of the beverage, or the angle at which the beverage impacts the side of the vessel, so as to produce a desired amount of head on the dispensed beverage.