Author: claimsbot

1. A seed of lettuce cultivar Danielle, wherein a representative sample seed of said cultivar was deposited under ATCC Accession No. PTA-11401.
2. A lettuce plant, or a part thereof, produced by growing the seed of claim 1.
3. A tissue culture produced from protoplasts or cells from the plant of claim 2, wherein said cells or protoplasts are produced from a plant part selected from the group consisting of leaf, pollen, embryo, cotyledon, hypocotyl, meristematic cell root, root tip, pistil, anther, ovule, flower, shoot, stem, seed, and petiole.
4. A lettuce plant regenerated from the tissue culture of claim 3, wherein the plant has all of the morphological and physiological characteristics of cultivar Danielle.
5. A method for producing a lettuce seed comprising crossing two lettuce plants and harvesting the resultant lettuce seed, wherein at least one lettuce plant is the lettuce plant of claim 2.
6. A lettuce seed produced by the method of claim 5.
7. A lettuce plant, or a part thereof, produced by growing said seed of claim 6.
8. The method of claim 5, wherein at least one of said lettuce plants is transgenic.
9. A method of producing a male sterile lettuce plant, wherein the method comprises introducing a nucleic acid molecule that confers male sterility into the lettuce plant of claim 2.
10. A male sterile lettuce plant produced by the method of claim 9.
11. A method of producing an herbicide resistant lettuce plant, wherein said method comprises introducing a gene conferring herbicide resistance into the plant of claim 2, wherein the gene is selected from the group consisting of glyphosate, sulfonylurea, imidazolinone, dicamba, glufosinate, phenoxy proprionic acid, L-phosphinothricin, cyclohexone, cyclohexanedione, triazine, and benzonitrile.
12. An herbicide resistant lettuce plant produced by the method of claim 11.
13. A method of producing a pest or insect resistant lettuce plant, wherein said method comprises introducing a gene conferring pest or insect resistance into the plant of claim 2.
14. A pest or insect resistant lettuce plant produced by the method of claim 13.
15. The lettuce plant of claim 14, wherein the gene encodes a Bacillus thuringiensis endotoxin.
16. A method of producing a disease resistant lettuce plant, wherein said method comprises introducing a gene conferring disease resistance into the plant of claim 2.
17. A disease resistant lettuce plant produced by the method of claim 16.
18. A method of producing a lettuce plant with a value-added trait, wherein said method comprises introducing a gene conferring a value-added trait into the plant of claim 2, where said gene encodes a protein selected from the group consisting of a ferritin, a nitrate reductase, and a monellin.
19. A lettuce plant with a value-added trait produced by the method of claim 18.
20. A method of introducing a desired trait into lettuce cultivar Danielle wherein the method comprises:
(a) crossing a Danielle plant, wherein a representative sample of seed was deposited under ATCC Accession No. PTA-11401, with a plant of another lettuce cultivar that comprises a desired trait to produce progeny plants wherein the desired trait is selected from the group consisting of male sterility, herbicide resistance, insect or pest resistance, modified bolting and resistance to bacterial disease, fungal disease or viral disease;
(b) selecting one or more progeny plants that have the desired trait to produce selected progeny plants;
(c) crossing the selected progeny plants with the Danielle plant to produce backcross progeny plants;
(d) selecting for backcross progeny plants that have the desired trait and all of the physiological and morphological characteristics of lettuce cultivar Danielle listed in Table 1; and
(e) repeating steps (c) and (d) two or more times in succession to produce selected third or higher backcross progeny plants that comprise the desired trait and all of the physiological and morphological characteristics of lettuce cultivar Danielle listed in Table 1.
21. A lettuce plant produced by the method of claim 20, wherein the plant has the desired trait.
22. The lettuce plant of claim 21, wherein the desired trait is herbicide resistance and the resistance is conferred to an herbicide selected from the group consisting of glyphosate, sulfonylurea, imidazolinone, dicamba, glufosinate, phenoxy proprionic acid, L-phosphinothricin, cyclohexone, cyclohexanedione, triazine, and benzonitrile.
23. The lettuce plant of claim 21, wherein the desired trait is insect or pest resistance and the insect or pest resistance is conferred by a transgene encoding a Bacillus thuringiensis endotoxin.

The claims below are in addition to those above.
All refrences to claim(s) which appear below refer to the numbering after this setence.

1-23. (canceled)
24. A method for starting up a web-fed printing machine comprising:
guiding a web to be printed on through at least one printing gap formed by a printing cylinder and a counter printing cylinder of the web-fed printing machine;
accelerating the printing cylinder to a print-on speed (Nprint-on) in a position retracted from the web and applying the printing cylinder to the web;
wherein at least during a partial phase of the acceleration of the printing cylinder, the web is stationary or is conveyed at an initial speed (Nin) which is lower than the current speed of the printing cylinder.
25. The method according to claim 24, wherein the web is accelerated to the print-on speed (Nprint-on) while the printing cylinder is still in its retracted position, and the printing cylinder is only applied to the web once the web has reached the print-on speed (Nprint-on).
26. The method according to claim 24, wherein the printing cylinder is accelerated to a synchronising speed (Nsynch) which at least substantially corresponds to the print-on speed (Nprint-on), and the web is only accelerated from being stationary or from the initial speed (Nin) once the printing cylinder has reached the synchronising speed (Nsynch).
27. The method according to claim 24, wherein the printing cylinder is only accelerated on the basis of a predetermined speed profile, up to a synchronising speed (Nsynch) which at least substantially corresponds to the print-on speed (Nprint-on).
28. The method according to claim 24, wherein a position of the web and a rotational angular position of the printing cylinder are detected by means of a sensor device, and the rotational angular position of the printing cylinder is set as a function of the detected position of the web.
29. The method according to claim 24, wherein:
the printing cylinder is accelerated to a synchronising speed (Nsynch) which at least substantially corresponds to the print-on speed (Nprint-on);
the web is accelerated to the synchronising speed (Nsynch);
the web and the printing cylinder are jointly accelerated from the synchronising speed (Nsynch) to the print-on speed (Nprint-on);
a rotational angular position of the printing cylinder is set relative to a position of the web during the common acceleration, wherein the rotational angular position and the position of the web are preferably detected; and
the printing cylinder which is set in its rotational angular position is applied to the web at the print-on speed (Nprint-on).
30. The method according to claim 24, wherein:
the printing cylinder is accelerated to a synchronising speed (Nsynch) which at least substantially corresponds to the print-on speed (Nprint-on);
the printing cylinder is accelerated from the synchronising speed (Nsynch) to a catch-up speed (Ncatch-up) before it is applied to the web, and the web is accelerated to an increased web speed;
the printing cylinder is retarded from the catch-up speed (Ncatch-up) to the increased web speed; and
a rotational angular position of the printing cylinder during the phase of being accelerated to the catch-up speed (Ncatch-up) and retarded to the increased web speed (Nsynch) is set relative to a position of the web, wherein the rotational angular position and the position of the web are detected.
31. The method according to claim 30 wherein the increased web speed is equal to the synchronising speed (Nsynch).
32. The method according to claim 28, wherein the rotational angular position at the synchronising speed (Nsynch) of the printing cylinder and the position of the web are detected while the web is accelerating to the synchronising speed (Nsynch).
33. The method according to claim 28, wherein the synchronising speed (Nsynch) is at least 80% of the print-on speed (Nprint-on).
34. The method according to claim 24, wherein the initial speed (Nin) of the web at least substantially corresponds to a drawing-in speed for automatically drawing in the web or to a configuring speed for synchronising cylinders and rollers of the web-fed printing machine which are necessary for printing.
35. The method according to claim 24, wherein the print-on speed (Nprint-on) is at least five times as large as the initial speed (Nin).
36. The method according to claim 24, wherein the print-on speed (Nprint-on) corresponds at least to a circumferential speed of the printing cylinder which the printing cylinder exhibits at 5000 revolutions per hour at its outer circumference which contacts the web during printing.
37. The method according to claim 24, wherein:
in a position retracted from the web, the counter printing cylinder is accelerated to the print-on speed (Nprint-on) and is only applied to the web once it has reached the print-on speed (Nprint-on); and
at least during a partial phase of the acceleration of the counter printing cylinder, the web is stationary or is conveyed through the printing gap at the initial speed (Nin).
38. The method according to claim 24, wherein an ink applying roller which is assigned to the printing cylinder is accelerated before it is applied to the web and is only applied to the printing cylinder or a printing form cylinder assigned to the printing cylinder once it has been accelerated.
39. The method according to claim 38, wherein the ink applying roller is applied to the printing cylinder or a printing form cylinder assigned to the printing cylinder only once it has been accelerated to the print-on speed (Nprint-on).
40. The method according to claim 24, wherein a moisture applying roller which is assigned to the printing cylinder is accelerated before it is applied to the web and is only applied to the printing cylinder or a printing form cylinder assigned to the printing cylinder once it has been accelerated.
41. The method according to claim 40, wherein the moisture applying roller is applied to the printing cylinder or a printing form cylinder assigned to the printing cylinder only once it has been accelerated to the print-on speed (Nprint-on).
42. The method according to claim 24, wherein ink, alone or with moisture, is transferred onto the printing cylinder before it is applied to the web, and the printing cylinder is preferably only applied to the web once a state of equilibrium between the ink taken up and the ink dispensed has been set with regard to the ink transfer between the printing cylinder and an assigned inking unit.
43. The method according to claim 24, wherein the web is guided consecutively through a number of printing gaps, each formed by a printing cylinder and a counter printing cylinder.
44. The method according to claim 24, wherein:
a number of webs are each guided through at least one printing gap formed per web by a pair of a printing cylinder and a counter printing cylinder, assigned to the respective web;
the printing cylinders are each accelerated to the print-on speed (Nprint-on) in a position retracted from the assigned web, and applied to the assigned web for printing; and
wherein at least during a partial phase of the acceleration of the assigned printing cylinder, each of the webs is stationary or is conveyed at an initial speed (Nin) which is lower than the current speed of the assigned printing cylinder.
45. A web-fed printing machine, comprising:
a printing cylinder and a counter printing cylinder which together form a printing gap for printing onto a web;
an actuating device, by means of which at least the printing cylinder can be applied to and retracted from the web;
a cylinder drive for the printing cylinder and the counter printing cylinder;
at least one drawing means for the web;
a drawing means drive for the at least one drawing means;
and a control device for the actuating device, the cylinder drive and the drawing means drive;
wherein the control device is configured to actuate the actuating device using an actuating signal when starting up the web-fed printing machine and to actuate the cylinder drive and the drawing means drive, respectively using a nominal speed as a guiding variable, such that the printing cylinder is accelerated to a print-on speed (Nprint-on) in a position retracted from the web and, at least during a partial phase of the acceleration of the printing cylinder, the web is stationary or is conveyed at an initial speed (Nin) which is lower than the current speed of the printing cylinder.
46. The web-fed printing machine according to claim 45, wherein the printing machine comprises a folding apparatus comprising a drive of its own and the control device is configured to actuate the drive of the folding apparatus during the start-up, using a nominal speed as a guiding variable which corresponds to the speed of the web.
47. The web-fed printing machine according to claim 45, wherein:
the printing machine comprises: an inking unit which is assigned to the printing cylinder and comprises an ink applying roller; an actuating device for the ink applying roller; and a drive for the inking unit; wherein the cylinder drive can form the drive for the inking unit, and the ink applying roller can be applied to and retracted from the printing cylinder or a printing form cylinder assigned to the printing cylinder by means of the actuating device; and
the control device is configured to actuate the actuating device for the ink applying roller using an actuating signal when starting up the web-fed printing machine and to actuate the drive for the inking unit using a nominal speed as a guiding variable, such that the inking unit is accelerated to the synchronising speed (Nsynch) while the printing cylinder is still retracted from the web and the ink applying roller is preferably only applied to the printing cylinder or the assigned printing form cylinder once the inking unit has been accelerated to the print-on speed (Nprint-on).
48. The web-fed printing machine according to claim 45, wherein:
the printing machine comprises: a dampening unit which is assigned to the printing cylinder and comprises a moisture applying roller; an actuating device for the moisture applying roller; and a drive for the dampening unit; wherein the cylinder drive can form the drive for the dampening unit, and the moisture applying roller can be applied to and retracted from the printing cylinder or a printing form cylinder assigned to the printing cylinder by means of the actuating device; and the control device is configured to actuate the actuating device for the moisture applying roller using an actuating signal when starting up the web-fed printing machine and to actuate the drive for the dampening unit using a nominal speed as a guiding variable, such that the dampening unit is accelerated to the print-on speed (Nprint-on) while the printing cylinder is still retracted from the web and the moisture applying roller is only applied to the printing cylinder or the assigned printing form cylinder once the dampening unit has been accelerated to the print-on speed (Nprint-on).

1. A method of conducting a wagering game, the method comprising:
performing the following operations on a computer via a processor:
receiving a wager from a player on a player chosen outcome, the wager paying according to a first paytable;
conducting a wagering game with a first game state;
progressing the first game state into a second game state based on a random determination;
determining from the player that the player wishes to change from the second game state back into the first game state in exchange to activate a second paytable for the wager;
reverting the game from the second game state back to the first game state without receiving an additional wager from the player;
completing the game to determine whether the wager wins or loses; and
if the wager is determined to win, then paying the wager according to a second paytable,
wherein if the player did not choose to change from the second game state back to the first game state, then if the wager is determined to win, then the wager is paid using the first paytable.
2. The method as recited in claim 1, wherein the wager in the second game state has a higher expected value than the first game state.
3. The method as recited in claim 1, wherein the wager in the first game state has a higher expected value than the second game state.
4. The method as recited in claim 1, wherein an expected value of the wager in the second game state using the first paytable is equal to the wager in the first game state using the second paytable.
5. The method as recited in claim 1, wherein an expected value of the wager in the first game state using the second paytable is equal to an expected value of the wager in the second game state using the first paytable, but for a house advantage factored into the second paytable.
6. The method as recited in claim 1, wherein the second paytable applies only to the wager but not a new wager placed after the reverting operation.
7. The method as recited in claim 1, wherein the determining comprises offering the player a pop up screen displaying the opportunity to revert to the first game state in exchange for applying the second paytable to the wager.
8. The method as recited in claim 1, wherein the determining comprises displaying the second paytable to the player.
9. An electronic gaming apparatus to conduct a wagering game, the apparatus comprising:
a computer, programmed to perform the following operations:
receive a wager from a player on a player chosen outcome, the wager paying according to a first paytable:
conduct a wagering game with a first game state;
progress the first game state into a second game state based on a random determination;
determine from the player that the player wishes to change from the second game state back into the first game state in exchange to activate a second paytable for the wager;
revert the game from the second game state back to the first game state without receiving an additional wager from the player;
complete the game to determine whether the wager wins or loses; and
if the wager is determined to win, then pay the wager according to a second paytable,
wherein if the player did not choose to change from the second game state back to the first game state, then if the wager is determined to win, then the wager is paid using the first paytable; and an output device.
10. The apparatus as recited in claim 9, wherein the wager in the second game state has a higher expected value than the first game state.
11. The apparatus as recited in claim 9, wherein the wager in the first game state has a higher expected value than the second game state.
12. The apparatus as recited in claim 9, wherein an expected value of the wager in the second game state using the first paytable is equal to the wager in the first game state using the second paytable.
13. The apparatus as recited in claim 9, wherein an expected value of the wager in the first game state using the second paytable is equal to an expected value of the wager in the second game state using the first paytable, but for a house advantage factored into the second paytable.
14. The apparatus as recited in claim 9, wherein the second paytable applies only to the wager but not a new wager placed after the revert operation.
15. The apparatus as recited in claim 9, wherein the determine comprises, offer the player a pop up screen displaying the opportunity to revert to the first game state in exchange for applying the second paytable to the wager.
16. The apparatus as recited in claim 9, wherein the determine comprises, display the second paytable to the player.

The claims below are in addition to those above.
All refrences to claim(s) which appear below refer to the numbering after this setence.

1. An imager pixel, comprising:
a silicon-on-insulator substrate comprising a lower substrate portion, a buried oxide over the lower substrate portion, and a silicon layer over the buried oxide;
a photodiode in the lower substrate portion, wherein the pixel has an area dimension with respect to the substrate, and the photodiode substantially spans the entire pixel area dimension;
a dual contact comprising a first contact plug to the photodiode and a second contact plug extending to the lower substrate portion adjacent the photodiode; and
a conductive strap connecting the first contact plug with the second contact plug.
2. The imager pixel of claim 1, wherein the photodiode spans at least 95% of the pixel area dimension.
3. The imager pixel of claim 1, wherein the dual contact extends through the buried oxide layer and the silicon layer over the buried oxide layer.
4. The imager pixel of claim 3, wherein the second contact plug extends through an isolation region to reach the lower substrate.
5. The imager pixel of claim 4, wherein the first contact plug extends through a sourcedrain region of a pixel transistor.
6. The imager pixel of claim 3, wherein the substrate has a p-type conductivity region around the dual contact.
7. The imager pixel of claim 1, wherein the buried oxide is rich in at least one of boron, fluorine, and deuterium.
8. The imager pixel of claim 1, wherein the lower substrate portion is an n-on-n+ epitaxial material.
9. The imager pixel of claim 8, wherein a lower substrate portion is a graded n+ epi layer.
10. The imager pixel of claim 1, wherein the photodiode is configured to sense light impacting the lower substrate portion on a side thereof opposite the buried oxide and silicon layer.
11. The imager pixel of claim 1, further comprising at least one second photodiode, wherein each of the photodiode and the second photodiode comprises a respective charge collection region, the respective charge collection regions being positioned at respective depths within the substrate relative to a light source such that the photodiode senses a first color of light and the second photodiode senses a second color of light.
12. The imager pixel of claim 1, further comprising at least one second photodiode and at least one third photodiode, wherein each of the photodiode, the second photodiode, and the third photodiode each comprises a respective charge collection region, the respective charge collection regions being positioned at respective depths within the substrate relative to a light source such that the photodiode senses a first color of light, the second photodiode senses a second color of light, and the third photodiode senses a third color of light.
13. A CMOS imager, comprising:
a silicon-on-insulator substrate comprising a lower substrate portion, a buried oxide over the lower substrate portion, and a silicon layer over the buried oxide;
an isolation region in the silicon layer, the isolation region defining a pixel area;
a pinned photodiode in the lower substrate portion;
a pixel circuit comprising a plurality of transistors supported by the silicon layer;
a dual contact from a transfer transistor to a charge collection region of the photodiode, the dual contact having a first contact penetrating the lower substrate portion to the charge collection region and a second contact penetrating the isolation region and lower substrate portion adjacent the photodiode; and
a conductive strap connecting the first contact and the second contact of the dual contact.
14. The CMOS imager of claim 13, wherein the first contact extends through a sourcedrain region of the transfer transistor and the buried oxide to the charge collection region.
15. The CMOS imager of claim 13, wherein the buried oxide is rich in at least one of boron, fluorine, and deuterium.
16. The CMOS imager of claim 13, wherein the photodiode is configured to sense light impacting the lower substrate portion on a side of the lower substrate portion opposite the buried oxide and silicon layer.
17. A processor system, comprising:
an imager coupled to a processor, the imager comprising an array of pixels, each pixel comprising:
a silicon-on-insulator substrate comprising a lower substrate portion, a buried oxide over the lower substrate portion, and a silicon layer over the buried oxide; and
a pinned photodiode in the lower substrate portion, wherein the pixel has an area dimension with respect to the substrate and the photodiode substantially spans the entire pixel area dimension;
a first contact through the silicon layer and buried oxide to the pinned photodiode;
a second contact through the silicon layer and buried oxide to the lower substrate portion outside the pinned photodiode; and
a conductive strap connecting the first contact with the second contact.
18. The processor system of claim 17, further comprising a dual contact to the photodiode, wherein a first contact plug extends to the photodiode and a second contact plug extends to a region of the substrate adjacent the photodiode.
19. The processor system of claim 17, further comprising a shallow trench isolation region around the pixel.
20. The processor system of claim 17, further comprising a diffused isolation region around the pixel.