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United Microelectronics, Lilly: Intellectual Property
United Microelectronics Corp., the world's second-largest custom-chip maker, said it settled a patent dispute with LSI Corp.
The two companies ended all outstanding disputes and entered into a patent licensing deal that's valid until the end of 2012, the Hsinchu, Taiwan-based company said in an exchange filing April 3.
The settlement covers a complaint LSI filed against United Microelectronics a year ago with the U.S. International Trade Commission seeking to block imports of chips that LSI claims violate its patent. LSI gave the ITC notice of the settlement in an April 2 filing.
LSI, based in Milpitas, California, brought a patent- infringement suit in federal court in Marshall, Texas, against 18 chipmakers including United Micro in April 2008. The 28-year- old company has already settled with several other defendants.
The disputed patent -- 5,227,335 -- was issued in 1993 to Bell Labs. It covers a way of using tungsten rather than aluminum to make semiconductors smaller.
Terms of the settlement and details of which patents are covered by the license weren't disclosed in the statement.
The complaint is In the Matter of Certain Semiconductor Integrated Circuits, 337-648, U.S. International Trade Commission.
The federal court case is LSI Corp. v. United Microelectronics Corp., 2:08-cv-00165-TJW, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Texas (Marshall).
Lilly Wins Ruling Overturning Ariad Patent Royalties
Eli Lilly & Co. won an appeals court ruling that throws out a $65.2 million verdict won by Ariad Pharmaceuticals Inc. over royalties on the osteoporosis drug Evista and the sepsis medicine Xigris.
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit said April 3 that an Ariad patent in dispute is invalid because it failed to adequately describe the invention or explain how others could replicate its work.
A federal jury in Boston determined in May 2006 that the drugs rely on a technique developed by researchers at Harvard University, Massachusetts Institute of Technology and the Whitehead Institute. The process is covered by a patent licensed to Ariad by the schools and challenged in the appeal.
In addition to awarding the $65.2 million, the jury said Indianapolis-based Lilly should pay royalties of 2.3 percent of sales of the two drugs. Evista generated $1.08 billion in global sales last year for Lilly, including $700.5 million in the U.S.
"We believe it upholds the most basic premise of the patent system," Mark Taylor, a Lilly spokesman, said of the April 3 ruling. "Patent applicants must adequately describe the full scope of their claimed invention."
The patent covers gene regulation, specifically of a protein called NF-KappaB, Ariad said. Reducing the protein alters the way cells respond to stimulus, such as an infection. Identifying the protein helps researchers develop drugs for certain types of diseases.
The appeals court rejected Lilly's argument that the patent should be deemed unenforceable because the inventors had misled the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office into obtaining the patent.
The invalidity ruling affects four aspects of the invention, called claims, that Ariad alleged were infringed, and the company can still seek to assert other elements of the patent that weren't part of the decision, said Maria Cantor, a spokeswoman for Ariad.
Amgen Inc., the world's biggest biotechnology company, also was challenging the Ariad patent in a case that's currently on appeal before the Federal Circuit.
"We believe the appellate court got it right," said David Polk, an Amgen spokesman.
In dispute is patent 6,410,516, which was issued in June 2002.
Stephen S. Rabonowitz of New York's Fried Frank Harris Shriver & Jacobson LLP argued the case for Ariad. Lilly's case was argued by Charles E. Lipsey of Washington-based Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP.
The case is Ariad Pharmaceutical v. Eli Lilly, 08-1248, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit. The lower court case is Ariad Pharmaceutical v. Eli Lilly & Co., 02cv11280, U.S. District Court, District of Massachusetts (Boston).
QVC Seeks Ruling It Doesn't Infringe 'Ah Ring' Copyright
QVC Inc., the home-shopping network based in West Chester, Pennsylvania, asked a court to declare it isn't infringing a New York jewelry designer's copyright.
Ruta Fox, who does business as Divine Diamonds Inc., designed a diamond-channel ring to be worn by "confident and joyful single women to show the world they're available and happy," according to complaint.
The ring is engraved with the letters A and H for "available" and "happy," and is known as the "Ah Ring," according to the designer's Web site.
The designer met with QVC officials in December 2007 to discuss the possibility of selling a version of the Ah Ring on the QVC channel, the company said in the complaint filed April 2 in federal court in Philadelphia.
QVC decided not to carry the ring "because the commonly used channel prong setting of the 'Ah Ring' could not be distinguished from countless other similar channel prong rings already sold by QVC," the company said in its pleadings. It also said it never asked for or received manufacturing specifications for the ring.
Counsel for Fox sent QVC a cease-and-desist letter in September 2008, claiming her copyrights were infringed and that the home shopping channel had stolen her trade secrets. The letter, which is included in the court files, claimed that rings in QVC's Affinity line infringe her copyrights.
The home shopping channel says the AH rings' settings are "a common feature found in rings currently for sale in a multitude of retail outlets, and has been a feature on rights sold by QVC for up to 20 years."
It asked the court to declare the ring design isn't a trade secret and that it didn't infringe Fox's copyright.
QVC is represented by Sarah E. Davies and Robert D. Lee of Philadelphia's Cozen O'Connor.
The case is QVC Inc., v. Fox, 2:09-cv-013443-MMB, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Pennsylvania (Philadelphia).
Doctors to Use Copyright Law to Defeat Negative Web Reviews
Medical Justice, a physician's membership program based in Greensboro, North Carolina, is using copyright law to prevent patients from posting negative reviews of their physicians on Internet comment sites.
Patients of Medical Justice member physicians sign a mutual privacy agreement. Under this contract, the patient assigns all IP rights to the physician for anything the patient may write or publish about the doctor.
Physicians generally can't rebut negative statements patients have posted on the Internet because they are barred from revealing patient information under privacy provisions of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996, known as HIPAA.
If the patient who's signed a Medical Justice agreement publishes something on a Web site, the physician can claim copyright infringement and file a takedown notice under the Digital Millennium Copyright Act.
"We've vetted this with multiple sources and worked with attorneys specializing in cyber law to create this," Shane Stadler, the company's vice president of marketing, said in a phone interview April 3.
If patients don't sign the agreement, "the doctor may recommend that that patient seek care elsewhere," the company said in an e-mailed statement. Medical Justice added "that stipulation does not apply to emergent or urgent care. In that situation, the doctor treats the patient. Period."
The idea for using copyright law came from company founder and Chief Executive Officer Jeffrey Segal, who is both a physician and a lawyer.
Segal is the named inventor on U.S. patent 6,272,471, for a "method and apparatus for deterring frivolous professional liability claims," according to the patent. He's also listed as the inventor on five published pending U.S. patent applications, most of which also deal with professional liability issues.
Physician-rating sites are becoming increasingly popular. In October, WellPoint Inc. selected Zagat Survey LLC to set up an online survey tool for the Indianapolis-based health-benefits provider.
Yelp Inc., which runs an Internet site where consumers rank local businesses and services, publishes physician rankings and paid listings.
In January 2007, a California appeals court said a plastic surgeon couldn't sue a patient who created a Web site criticizing the surgical procedure he performed on her.
That case is Gilbert v. Sykes, 147 Cal.App.3th 13.
Coalition Asks President Obama to Diversify IP Appointments
A group of library associations, technology trade associations and public-interest groups wrote President Barack Obama, complaining that some of appointees to top Justice Department posts formerly represented content owners.
The letter, signed by 19 entities, noted that two recent Obama appointees previously represented the Recording Industry Association of America, which has aggressively gone after people it claims have illegally downloaded music.
These appointees are Donald Verrilli Jr. and Thomas J. Perrilli. "The fact that these individuals were litigators rather than registered lobbyists does not diminish the possibility that they may be inclined favorably toward the positions of the industries they long represented," the organizations said in their letter to the president.
The administration should "make appointments to policy positions mindful of the need to account for unintended structural biases," according to the letter.
The organizations asked that the president look more broadly for future appointees to IP-related posts, including the Intellectual Property Enforcement Coordinator position authorized to the IP Enforcement Act of 2008.
The letter didn't mention that the president also has yet appoint someone to fill the post of acting under secretary of commerce for intellectual property and director of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office.
Among the organizations that signed the letter are the American Library Association, the Consumer's Union, the Electronic Frontier Foundation, and the Center for Democracy & Technology.
China to Ban Desperate Housewives Internet Videos, Xinhua Says
China is planning to ban Internet video sites from broadcasting episodes and clips of foreign television programs such as Desperate Housewives and Prison Break, the official Xinhua News Agency reported, citing a regulation from the media regulator.
Online broadcasts of the programs, which aren't available on terrestrial television, aren't licensed by the State Administration of Radio Film and Television, the agency said.
The rule, the latest attempt by the government to crack down on "low-brow" cyber content, has angered Internet users and could crimp the country's booming online audio and video industry, Xinhua said.
E.U. Gives Approval to New Rose Wine Label Practices
The member states of the European Union gave tentative approval to a new method of labeling rose wine, according to an E.U. statement.
Previously, rose table wines created by blending reds and whites were banned, with the exception of so-called "appellation" wines that historically were created using this method.
The International Organization of Vine and Wine, an intergovernmental scientific and technical organization known as OIV, accepts the blending of red and white wines to create rose.
Under legislation adopted in 2007, the E.U.'s European Commission agreed to make greater use of OIV references to oenological practices.
The commission has approved two label references, "traditional rose," for wines created by traditional methods, and "rose by blending," for rose wines created from blends of red and white wines.
This new rule will, if formally adopted by the commission, go into effect in August 2009.
Tavel, Europe's best-known rose, is produced from red grapes such as grenache and cinsault whose juice is fermented briefly on the grape skins.
Mutual Fish Co. Claims 'Three Fish' Label Infringes
Mutual Fish Co., a Seattle-based fishmonger, sued an importer of Vietnamese fish sauce for trademark infringement.
The fishmonger, which has been in business since 1947, registered the three fish brand with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office in 1999, according to the complaint filed April 1 in federal court in Seattle. The company logo features a line drawing of three fish.
The mark is used for fresh fish, frozen fish, shellfish, fish roe and prepared fish sauces and batters, according to the database of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office.
Cho Lon Moi Corp., also based in Seattle, operates a grocery market within a mile of the Mutual Fish operations, according to court papers. The company uses the words "three fish brand" on its products, including a Vietnamese fish sauce, Mutual Fish says in its pleadings.
The sauce is sold on Amazon.com Inc.'s Web site as "Three Fish Brand fish sauce." The label has the image of three fish.
Cho Lon Moi tried to register the words "Three Gouramy Fish Brand" and the design with the three fish with the U.S. Patent Office. That application was rejected because of concerns they'd be confused with Mutual Fish's marks, according to court papers.
Mutual Fish claims that in September 2008, Cho Lon Moi filed an application to register the marks with Washington's secretary of state "with the full knowledge they are likely to be confused" with the Mutual Fish marks.
The fishmonger asked the court to bar Cho Lon Moi from infringing the trademark, and for destruction of all infringing materials. Additionally, Mutual Fish seeks Cho Lon Moi's profits attributable to the alleged infringement, for attorney fees and money damages, including extra damages to punish the company for what it claims is deliberate infringement.
Mutual Fish is represented by Nicholas R. Gunn, and Randall C. Johnson of Seattle-based Badgley Mullins Law Group PLLC.
The case is Mutual Fish Co. v. Cho Lon Moi Corp., 2:09-cv- 00430-JLR, U.S. District Court, Western District of Washington (Seattle).
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Controversial Jewish anthropologist, Melville Herskovits' writings in the 40s and 50s challenged widely held assumptions about race and culture.
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President and Mrs. Obama host a concert in the White House East Room in honor of Black History Month.
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Vic Maui
Perhaps you can learn from the biannual race called the Vic-Maui. They race from Victoria BC to Maui, non-stop. They start in June or July and finish two to three weeks later. Go to 2006 Victoria to Maui International Yacht Race Tracking by FlagShip to see the tracks of those in the race in 2006. It will give you an excellent idea of where you can go, however keep in mind that these folks were racing and you may want to go even further south before you turn west to insure better weather.
Maybe I'll see you there if you go next summer. I'm planning a cruise there myself.
Thanks (all) for the pointers. I'll continue to do my research.
I need to peg (in very general terms) the left and right limits for making the transit. If, hypothetically, I was considering a move to Hawaii, what would be a REASONABLE amount of time to move my boat. I guess (worst case) I could make the trip in two legs and rent an apartment in Hawaii until I was actually able to deliver the boat to live aboard (the desired end-state). It's all part of a feasability study I'm doing as a ponder putting my name in the hat for a position down there...
Hi Dwayne
I got my answers to questions I raised previously.
Thanks again for sharing about this wonderfull tool. I am sure it will help to have a safe trip to Hawai by next year.
|Following the coastline along WA and Oregon (within about 100NM) will give you a following current of between 1-2kts. Where you head West will depend on the high pressure zone between CA and Hawaii, it moves around. Most everyone, including large fishing boats follow the inside route from SE Alaska at least to the north end of Van. Is. From there it's a weather decision about inside or out.
Hi Dwayne,
I have downloaded Ugrib. Thanks so much for the recommendations. It looks like very good.
Do you know where I can find explanations aboiut the arrows showing on a view ?
They are symbols related to weather forecast, I guess winds directions and force, and I would like to be sure about what I am reading.
Arrow in red, green, dark green, blue what differences?
End of arrow 2 or 3 small ??? cannot figure a name for this (Sorry I am French and when it starts very technical, my english is bad)
It looks like arrows and colors are associated.
3 for red, 2 for light green, 1 for dark green, 1 for blue.
I am guessing that more arrows, higher the winds. And for direction not sure.
Is there an option to see pressure for isobars?
That is a very nice tool, thanks for sharing.
Easier route
Assuming you want to sail down wind and current you need to get at least as far south as northern California before you start across to Hawaii. That takes advantage of the Japan current and prevailing north Pacific high pressure zone. Search for a free program called Ugrib on the net and download it. Study the wind and pressure movements for while and you will see how they normally flow and it will give you a clear picture of what happens.
I was reading about this the other day , I think in Michael Pocock's "The Pacific Crossing Guide" (published by the Royal Cruising Club).
The books at home and I'm in the office so I'm going from memory.
Prevailing winds (presuming northern hemisphere summer) are NE so its a down hill run all the way while you are in the NH. Once south of the equator you'd tend to pick up westerleys.
Again, from memory, I seem to remember that the advice for heading south along the US coast is to get out to sea away from Washington and Oregon.
Hopefully one or two of the PNW regulars can advise on the dos and donts of US coasting but if heading out to sea away from Oregon is the go, then it would seem logical to me that you'd stick to a downhill run all the way south.
Other than the Pacific Crossing guide you should probably get a hold of Jimmy Cornell's "World Cruising Handbook" and "World Cruising Routes".
I do emphasise that this is from an Australian who has never even set foot in Alaska, let alone sailed from there.
Alaska to Hawaii
OK - I tried to post this question in another forum with zero responses. I'll try again in here.
"Just throwing this out to see what bubbles up: Is there an "approved" cruising route from Alaska to Hawaii? Can you simply head South or do you have to cruise on down to the 'lower 48' and strike West from there? Inquiring minds want to know."
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I have 5 Sahara 18 in rims and stock dualer at tires w tpms sensors still installed. They have @ 30k on them, the spare has never touched the pavement. In great shape and no offloading. Where are you located? I don't need them, they are just taking up space on my patio. Let me know.
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I've looked at as much as I can online. We had a rigger look at the rig today, and he noticed some pock-marking on the keel (it was on the hard) and thought it was a cast-iron (steel) keel with some corrosion.
From everything I've read, CS used a lead keel. Has anyone heard of such corrosion? The prop and shaft also display similar pockmarked corrosion and the surveyor has mentioned it needs to be replaced. We are just trying to figure out if there is some galvanic soup happening somehow. Keelbolts have some surface rust, but nothing concerning in the surveyor's eyes.
Anyone seen anything like this before?
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One quick follow up - the surveyor mentioned the prop and shaft need replacement - not the keel (mentioned no concerns about the keel). They had thrown the zincs and it had not been hauled in 3 years, so that would likely explain the corrosion.
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I find it hard to believe the surveyor didn't recommend inspecting the keel bolts. Probably would be a good idea to drop the keel and inspect them.
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Thanks for the reply!
Found this article that seems to explain it:
Practical Sailor - Keels: Minor Maintenance and Repair - Tips Article
Possibly an interaction between a high copper bottom paint and the lead.
The keelbolts passed inspection, but I'll follow up with the surveyor.
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Unfortunately visual keel bolt inspections are not particularly valid.. the 'bad' stuff happens out of sight.
I too don't believe CS used iron keels. A lead keel should not exhibit 'corrosion', some fairing may be chipped or damaged. If the boat was afloat without zincs you certainly could have serious issues with the shaft and prop - these will be somewhat pricey items.
I know this boat, it's owners are getting on and have suffered ill health recently. Some maintenance may have been neglected in that time.
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Thanks Faster,
You are correct - shaft and prop need replacement. Asking price was too high so it came down in pre-survey negotiations. Has come down some more post.
Needs its midlife refit, but generally sound, apparently and the surveyor and mech and rigger all said it was worth purchasing, issues notwithstanding.
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A Nasty Little Bit of a Tale: Reflections on Genesis 22:1-14
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Genesis 22:1-14
June 29, 2014
Let me make something very clear from the outset of this piece: I deeply dislike and thoroughly distrust this morsel of the sacred text. Oh, believe me, I know how well-known, and well-beloved it is for many believers; how Paul found it formative for his understanding of profound faith; how generations of commentators have waxed eloquent about Abraham's astonishing willingness to sacrifice his long-awaited child at the strange request of God, despite his apparent conviction that doing so would end the hope of the future of Israel. Yet, these commentators go on to say that, because of his willingness to act as he did, YHWH rewarded him by giving back the life of his son, accepting the life of the unfortunate ram in his stead.
For goodness' sake, and perhaps for the sake of the philosopher's own sanity, Kierkegaard wrote an entire treatise on the ultimate meaning of genuine faith employing a long exegesis of this passage to do so. He called it "Fear and Trembling." In that often labyrinthine argument, the obscure Dane stated that Abraham's actions in the story represented the "teleological suspension of the absolute," which I assume in plain English means that all bets are off; when God asks things like this of us we may only leap wildly across the chasm of our doubts and fears, thrusting ourselves into the arms of this same God whom we trust will catch us. By so leaping we discover the true meaning of faith.
Yes, I get all that, but in fact, let me 'fess up further: I have a narrative sermon on this text that I have preached more than once. (We travelling orators do on occasion repeat an address to different audiences, in case you all thought that we do only new things when we make our appearances in churches near you.) I have even published this sermon, or at least a version of it, in the first book of preaching scholarship I wrote some twenty-five years ago—a reality for which I now feel very little pride and a good chunk of regret.
Well, you may ask—if you are still with me in this rather revealing memoir of my preaching life—why exactly am I so troubled by this powerful and memorable and religiously important tale of Abraham and his son, trundling their way up Mt. Moriah for a date with a fire, a knife, and a very demanding God? And here is my answer: because I have a son, too, and since I do, I can only now see this text as a terrible form of divine child abuse. And let me go even further: due to the potency of this unforgettable story and its undeniable influence on later Christian reflection about Jesus and his sacrifice on another mountain many years later, I can only see that later story as another example of divine child abuse. If Jesus really did "die for my sins," as the familiar phrase has it, then God has some mighty explaining to do about just why God's only child also trundled, or perhaps more accurately, stumbled up a mountain to be tortured on a Roman cross while God, all too much like Abraham, seemed a willing participant in the murder.
These are hard thoughts, but this is a hard text. Not only God has some explaining to do, but certainly Abraham should be much more forthcoming as well. Old Abe in nearly all the stories preceding this one is all too ready to talk in all sorts of ways to get himself out of tight spots and to save his own skin. In Genesis 12, he lied baldly about his wife, Sarai, claiming to the pharaoh of Egypt that she was really his sister and that he was more than welcome to take her into his expanding harem. The result of Abe's generous gift of his own spouse was a passel of rich gifts from that same pharaoh, including a few fine Egyptian camels. After pharaoh discovers that Abe has been less than truthful, he sends the pair back to Israel, laden with these gifts. Lying apparently has its rewards, despite what the commandment says!
John C. Holbert is the Lois Craddock Perkins Professor Emeritus of Homiletics at Perkins School of Theology in Dallas, TX.
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WAYNE COUNTY - An early morning shooting kills a woman and injures a man.
It happened just after 7:30 this morning on Jasmine Lane in Fremont. 19-year-old Cquashanda Mitchell and 56-year-old Robert Mitchell were found shot; Cquashanda Mitchell was pronounced dead at the scene, and Robert Mitchell was transported to a nearby hospital.
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Does social capital predict happiness, health and life satisfaction in an urban Australian community?
Miller, Evonne & Buys, Laurie (2008) Does social capital predict happiness, health and life satisfaction in an urban Australian community? Kōtuitui: New Zealand Journal of Social Sciences Online, 3(1), 15-20..
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This paper investigates the extent to which social capital and participation in community activities predicts happiness, health and life satisfaction in Australia. Residents of a Gold Coast suburb completed a random door-to-door survey, with a 74% response rate (n=249). Ordinal regression analyses revealed that only two elements of social capital, Value of Life and Feelings of Trust and Safety, predicted happiness (b =.4, ,p=.00; b=.12 ,p=.00), life satisfaction (b =.46, p=.00; b=.09, p= 0.02) and health (b =.29, p=.00; b=.11, p=.00). In terms of community activities, not participating in social activities predicted both unhappiness (b =-.16, p=.05) and reduced life satisfaction (b=-.20, p= 0.01). Such findings suggest that how social capital is defined and measured is important, as only two of the seven elements predicted happiness, life satisfaction and health. The key implication is that implementing strategies, initiatives and urban designs that facilitate feelings of trust and safety may foster health, happiness and life satisfaction.
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Thats why in bad conditions you have HEADLIGHTS. (in Europe IE. Germany, if you don't have all your lights on in those conditions you get cited).. to me DRL's may be a good thing but if you can't see a big a55 RED SUV coming at you, then you don't need to be driving. Seems like another way to LAZY-IZE people. Just like all the Automatics in the states...another way to take the concentration of what you should be doing "DRIVING" , Sure I realize in certain situations Automatics are better, and if drag racing you can get more consistent times. I know sounds like another Knock on Auto Drivers. Nothing wrong with them, just seems like another way to make people more lazy.
1) German vehicles all have DRL's, so not sure what your point is.
2) Not everyone drives a "big a55 RED SUV," so not sure what your point is.
3) DRL's are a safety feature - it has nothing to do with being lazy or not. They are designed to increase visibility of vehicles during the day, when people wouldn't normally turn on their headlamps (also, full-power headlamps would use more energy in these situations). Sort of mystified as to why anyone would be against something as innocuous as DRL's...I mean, what's wrong with seeing and being seen?
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Although housing starts reached a 14-year low in September and price declines are predicted through 2010, Susan Marvin, president of Marvin Windows & Doors, is optimistic about the company's ability to thrive. Speaking at the Midwest Glass Conference hosted by the Minnesota Glass Association, she reviewed steps the window manufacturer has taken to continue to prosper and offered advice for succeeding in tough times. Susan Marvin, president, Marvin Windows and Doors, speaks at the Midwest Glass Conference.
Susan Marvin, president, Marvin Windows and Doors, speaks at the Midwest Glass Conference.
Even in slow times, introducing the right product will lead to profits. Good planning and preparation will help a company do just that, she said. "We have to know our business—our market and consumers—so we can recognize market trends. Right now, we're looking at an aging baby boomer population that's starting to look at senior housing, and there will be more of that coming. A lot of people will be moving into smaller homes and moving from the suburbs downtown," she said.
Increasing urbanization and energy efficiency are two other market trends that will push demand, despite the market climate, Marvin said.
"It's understanding what's driving consumer behavior. If we did our job right three years ago, then the new replacement product we're introducing in February will be a homerun," she said.
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- People. "People are the most important asset. It sounds cliché, but it's true," she said. Companies that invest in safety, training and education programs, and offer competitive compensation and good benefits, will have committed employees that will help a business grow. "Be the kind of company that people aspire to work for."
- Product. A company needs to differentiate themselves and their products from the competition. "Never sell on price," Marvin said. "Give sales people and dealers something different to sell based on innovation and performance." Having the right product at the right time can also save a company, no matter the market, Marvin said. "Ten years ago our company was on the ropes, and we weren't sure we were going to make it through. That's when we introduced the Clad Ultimate double-hung window. Sales were strong and we immediately returned to profitability," she said.
- Presentation. Managers need to ensure customers have the best experience when purchasing a product. Advertising and Web site design, taking and processing orders, delivering products, and providing technical advice and field service affect a customer's experience. "Presentation includes all the non-product things you do...it's probably more important to have the right service than the right product," Marvin said.
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Hey I had to get a new laptop cause other was stolen, so I bought a new Toshiba Satellite A135. Anway when I run BT2 it loads fine theen it gives me this line
cs: IO port probe 0x100-0x3af then it freezes. I have try'd a few fixes I was told about and nothing has worked. Would love some help if at all possible.
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I bought a A135-S4727 recently. Pcmcia works great, fortunately.
It's been my experience that the nopcmcia cheatcode doesn't work with BT2 final. You should try it on your hardware and see.
Your other option would be to boot bt on another box and copy the /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist file to a thumbdrive. Edit the file and blacklist your pcmcia modules. Mine are yenta_socket and rsrc_static. You'll then need to remaster the bt iso and create a bt/rootcopy/etc/modprobe.d/ directory and put your edited blacklist file in it. I haven't tried this but it should work. The rootcopy changes are copied much earlier than any modules are loaded. This should keep pcmcia services from locking you up. Once you get booted up, you can research your computer and try to figure out a way to get your cardslot working. This seemed to be easier before pccardctl.
If your laptop will boot off a thumbdrive, it would probably be easier to do a usb install and copy your blacklist file to that than to remaster the iso.
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hey ghaze, i can get it to boot using the "bt nohotplug" i can login fine but i can not startx .. well i can but it just has some far out colours and freezes i have added the ati module and i tried the ati command but its has errors.. i cant remember what it said but i can post if you think it would help.
Did you try running "xconf" first?
If you are using nohotplug you'll need to load the modules your hardware needs by hand. Run "lspci > lspci.txt" then copy lspci text somewhere. Google your specific hardware to find out what modules you need to load. I'd try to get my network card working first. After you've figured out what modules you need to load, write a script to load them and run it every time you boot.
Might be easier to try to exclude your pcmcia modules than to manually load all the other modules you need, every time.
Some hardware still uses /etc/pcmcia/config.opts to set up memory and irqs for your cardslot. By disabling the memory addresses that are causing you problems, you may be able to get it working. You are still looking at having to remaster an iso or customize a usb install.
Good Luck
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New place, no ground in room, expensive computer
Hi Everyone,
I live in San Francisco and am a graphic designer with a powerful computer. I am moving to a new location, and want to make sure the electrical situation is safe for my equipment and self.
The building is a 2 unit flat, my unit will be the top floor. Grounding is coming into the building and into the kitchens of each unit, but otherwise the rooms are not grounded.
Landlords have offered to install GFCI outlets in my room so I can plug in 3 prong plugs. My understanding is that this should protect me from harm, but a surge protector plugged in will not work in protecting my equipment. Is the ground coming into the building enough protection?
Any other solutions, DIY fixes or suggestions would be welcomed. Thanks!
The ground coming into the building for the electrical system to your flat is for a different function than the third prong on a receptacle.
You are correct that the GFI is for personnel protection and does not help with a surge.
Since it sounds like you are renting you will need to go through the landlord. This is not a DIY job in a rental.
You need a dedicated circuit with ground . No gadgets can help you without a ground path.
You can string an external ground wire. This might start with a 3 prong to 2 prong adapter for the power strip behind the computer and where the external wire is attached tot he green tab on the adapter. The other end of the wire is attached to some known ground that can even be a radiator. This can be a do it yourself project in a rental apartment.
allenj that is really bad advice. he needs to get it to code. Is this a butch site?
Then use a spike filter,
You can use a gfci as well if you wish,
But it doesnt play any part in protecting from spikes,
or brown outs.
A good quality UPS as well.
There is a grounding system for the building to protect against high voltage event like surges and lightning strikes. There is also the equipment grounding conductor which is part of a grounded circuit and connects to the third prong of the receptacle. The two serve entirely different functions.
You are asking about adding a grounding conductor that would connec to the third prong and is needed for effective use of point of usage surge protection. A separate conductor run from the panel can be added, but given the labor to do this it is often better just to add a new grounded circuit and leave the old wiring alone.
If you get one of those 3-light plug in testers with a GFCI test button on it, that will tell you if the kitchen GFCIs are actually grounded. The plug in tester GFCI test button works by letting a small current flow from hot to ground. This will trip a normally wired, grounded GFCI, but will not trip an ungrounded GFCI.
As for protecting your computer, get a good quality on-line UPS. An online UPS always powers your connected equipment from the battery, while the battery is kept constantly charged from line power. This provides two layers of isolation between the line power and your computer equipement, and should provide nicely conditioned power under most circumstances. In the event of a lightning strike, all bets are off, but it will provide some protection.
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Since the landlord has agreed to install GFCI receptacles, either he must have appropriate grounding or he must label them "no equipment ground". In the former case you would not need to string an external ground wire.
In many cities, all electrical work in rental property and multi-family property must be installed by a licensed electrician. This would include a separately installed ground wire that entered the wall or that passed outside the apartment.
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After learning what happened to his father, Kyle Katarn tells Jan Ors, the Rebel agent whom he allowed to escape from Imperial captivity, that he has changed his mind about serving the Empire. Before he can put any more thought into his defection, however, he discovers that he's being watched—and so is Jan. Kyle throws his lot in with the Rebels as they make a hasty escape from the cruise ship, Star of Empire, and soon finds himself wanted by the Empire. Jan takes him to meet Mon Mothma, a Rebel leader who assigns him to what may very well be a suicide mission. Kyle is ordered to infiltrate an Imperial research facility and steal the plans to the Empire's next doomsday weapon, a mobile space station called the Death Star. Mon Mothma also assigns Jan Ors to provide Kyle with backup. Unbeknownst to him, Jan has secret orders: in the event that Kyle shows any sign of being an Imperial double agent, she is to execute him before he can betray them.
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I had always wished for a pony as a young child and when I was 12, my wish was finally granted. Through my enthusiasm for this Welsh Mountain pony, my mother met my eventual stepfather, a near penniless retired cavalry officer and renowned international polo player whose life was, simply, horses. Life was hard and he was a stern taskmaster but an unbribable and much sought-after judge, he could spot a 'good un' from afar simply by its make and shape, be it filthy dirty and tied up to a gypsy caravan at the time. I was, frankly, terrified of him but owe him a debt of gratitude for what I learnt from his expertise.
I showed various ponies, hacks and hunters in my 'teens, besides schooling the polo ponies – a record of eight in one morning – and thus the seeds for showing animals were sown.
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1. Re: Can Oracle fusion HCM install with peoplesoft HCM?HakanBiroglu Oct 24, 2012 10:14 AM (in response to 961245)
Can Oracle fusion HCM install with peoplesoft HCM? Will it cause any problem ?What you mean?
These are two separate applications, with there own components and infrastructure.
Oracle does provide out of the box integration between PeopleSoft and Fusion Applications where they coexist. In that case you use some components of Fusion Applications beside PeopleSoft, where both applications are connected to share the same data.
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2. Re: Can Oracle fusion HCM install with peoplesoft HCM?961245 Oct 30, 2012 7:02 AM (in response to HakanBiroglu)Meaning that can I have both Peoplesoft HCM and Oracle Fusion HCM in one desktop?
3. Re: Can Oracle fusion HCM install with peoplesoft HCM?HakanBiroglu Oct 30, 2012 7:21 AM (in response to 961245)If you mean running it as an end user, yes it is possible.
If you mean running the installation on a 'desktop', then the answer is a BIG NO.
I tried installing Fusion Applications and I have discovered that Fusion Apps infrastructure run on several servers (about 12). Oracle does not give sizing on Fusion Applications, this depends on what you wish to use, but let me tell you, that you need a minimum of 80 GB RAM! So if you wish to run this on a 'desktop', I hope this is a extreme high performance 'desktop'. That is why Oracle is delivering Fusion Applications as SaaS, PaaS, IaaS running on their Exadata machines.
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A few weeks ago, the four largest Dutch banks revealed that the number of app users had doubled again in the past year. Dutch mobile phone users are checking their current balance twice as often via their phone as they do via their PC. Unsurprisingly, activity peaks around payday. Given that mobile can be seen as the most important development in financial services in recent years, it is time to get your mobile act together. Digital teams at financial services firms should think seriously about adding relevant mobile touchpoints to their distribution channels. What does this mean for specific sectors of the financial services industry?
Mobile is crucial for retail banking. As my Forrester colleagues Peter Wannemacher and Tiffani Montez show, mobile banking is not just a business opportunity — mobile banking is an imperative. As we can see from our Dutch news story, mobile banking is now growing rapidly in some countries and will displace online banking for everyday tasks like checking account balances, viewing transaction histories, making transfers, and paying bills. Great design is key, however: One nice example is the mobile app from Dutch banking challenger KNAB, in which inter active design and functionality deliver convenience and simplicity:
Mobile will change the way insurance companies market, sell, and deliver service to customers. The smartphone is at the center of the opportunity for insurance companies. Digital insurance professionals must tap into the power of mobile context to deliver the right information at the right time, empowering customers and agents. This varies from finding new ways to engage with customers or using smartphone features like sensors for the underwriting process. In the health insurance arena, mobile solutions will help effectively manage costs by encouraging customers to look after their health. In the UK, Aviva has developed the My Stress kit: The app helps users identify what's raising their stress level and manage it. To learn more about the state of mobile insurance, read my latest report, The State Of Mobile Insurance In 2013.
Keep in mind , there are three rules that you must follow to ensure that your mobile initiative is fully adopted and successful. Every app must comply with the following elements:
1. Immediacy. The app must deliver content when customers need it most. Immediacy is timeliness that's not limited to an exact measure of minutes or hours. For example, customers will want to know immediately that a tow truck is on the way or where they can find the nearest ATM machine when they need cash.
2. Simplicity. This removes usability hurdles. Simplicity is driven by the right decisions on the content, services, and features that make sense for mobile as well as how well mobile experiences are designed. Simplicity must be revisited regularly, as the pace of change in mobile technology knocks down some usability barriers and creates others.
3. Context. This makes content relevant to the customer. We define mobile context as the sum total of what your customer has told you and is experiencing at the moment of engagement. You can read more about this topic for banking teams in The Mobile Banking Imperative.
The pace of development and adoption is picking up, so it's time for digital teams at financial services companies to start thinking mobile. Share your ideas or experiences on how mobile has added value for your customers in the comments below.
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Comment from Ketharaman Swaminathan (not verified) on Fri, 01/25/2013 - 03:27
I view the first wave of mobile banking as the move to make available a few key features of online banking that could be fit into the smaller screens, weaker CPU and other constraints of mobile handsets. That has resulted in a certain - and arguably lukewarm - level of adoption of Wave 1 of mobile banking solutions. Personally, I believe that mobile banking will reach mainstream adoption only when banks recognize that mobile is in some ways more powerful than the online channel - since even entry level smartphones of today have GPS, camera, accelerometer and other features lacking in the online channel - and redesign their mobile banking solutions to leverage such features to deliver superior functionality that can't be supported on the online channel. Mobile RDC, Turn-by-turn navigation for ATMs, are two examples of such superior functionality I can readily think of.
Comment from Auke Douwe Veenstra on Mon, 01/28/2013 - 07:27
Ketharaman, thank you for responding. Thank you for your comment. Indeed content and design should fit and made relevant for every screen via responsive design. The times of mini websites displayed on your mobile are over. As the beginning of my blog says, in the Netherlands apparently customers already are using the mobile phone more often for online daily tasks than they use their PC or laptop. So early signs here of a mainstream movement.
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I recently download a an Application for ICICI bank in my android phone. when i activate it It deduct rs 3 from my mobile balance. but problem is that when i restore my phone that app was automatically uninstall and for reactivate again it deduct same amount from mobile balance. why it is happening with me ? http://www.mybankifsccode.com/
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The City of Boston has been committed to preparing for the changing climate since the 2007 Executive Order on Climate Action. The central theme then and now is that consideration of the changing climate must be incorporated into all planning, projects, permitting, and review that the City undertakes. Furthermore, Boston's residents, businesses, and institutions must also take the appropriate steps to ensure that their homes, families, businesses, and employees are also prepared. Boston must plan, grow and thrive with the climate conditions of tomorrow in mind.
The City has introduced a many specific initiatives and policies to help prepare Boston. For example, Complete Streets and Grow Boston Greener promote green infrastructure throughout the City to reduce the urban heat island effect and mitigate flooding. The Boston Redevelopment Authority now requires all new large developments to complete a climate adaptation questionnaire as part of the Article 80 review process. The 2011 Climate Action Plan Update highlights many of City's climate preparedness initiatives.
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In October 2013, the City announced significant progress on these initiatives, which all contribute to the 2014 update of the City's Climate Action Plan. In the meantime, residents, businesses, and institutions in Boston can start taking steps of their own to reduce their vulnerability. The Office of Emergency Management offers preparedness resources for a variety of hazards including power outages, floods, hurricanes and extreme heat.
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