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- Pictures with Captions: This one comes from History Tech and the original idea suggests placing comment bubbles on a historical picture in order to get some funny quotes going about a specific event. Let people mingle about, review the pictures, and add a saying or two wherever they feel inspired. Can you imagine what some of your family members will come up with? It's sure to be side-splitting entertainment.
- Story Telling Contest I shared this tip from a reader on my Zap the Grandma Gap blog a little over a year ago but I think it is worth revisiting. For a reunion, you would let the adults know in advance that they should be prepared to present a family story in an engaging and fun way. The real fun, however, will come in when you make the kids at the reunion the judges! Kids are about the most honest people I know and if you stink at storytelling, they won't hesitate to tell you. Everyone will want to step up their game for this one!
- Family Crest Artwork Look up your family crest in advance to place on display. You could then provide paper and pens/crayons to see who can draw the closest likeness. Or, find a template of a blank family crest and see what kind of imagination runs through your family as people create how they think your family crest should look. Save the artwork for review at your next family reunion while you are at it.
- Create a Keepsake This one comes from Lynne Palazzi for Country Living and let me tell you, it's one for the generations. A tablecloth that everyone signs when they arrive that is then embroidered over to keep the memories from fading. Pull it out for every family reunion so the list of names can grow right along with your family.
- And of Course, A Chart : How could you go wrong with this one? Imagine welcoming your family with a beautifully crafted, personalized Family Chart from Family ChartMasters . If you purchase a decorative chart, we'll make it possible for the members of your family to purchase copies of that chart for 50% off. A really great deal! Or, order a working chart for a more utilitarian purpose. One of my favorite charts we've done recently was a large working chart where everyone in attendance had a space to sign their name under their place on the family tree. Much better than a boring guest book and such a creative idea!
Tuesday, July 15, 2014
Five Fabulous Family Reunion Ideas
great ideas to pinterest lately that will give you great ideas for your next family gathering. Check out my "Top Five Favorite" Pinterest pins for great family activities that will have both young and old experiencing "sparkly moments" at your next family reunion.
Posted by Janet Hovorka at 7:00 AM
3 comments:
- Lisa said...
I love the Pictures with captions idea! My cousins have quite a sense of humor and a lot of family knowledge that will all equal FUN!
- July 16, 2014 at 5:21 PM
- Janet Hovorka said...
That was a really fun one, wasn't it? I love it too!
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- Jana Last said...
I want to let you know that two of your blog posts are listed in today's Fab Finds post at http://janasgenealogyandfamilyhistory.blogspot.com/2014/07/follow-friday-fab-finds-for-july-18-2014.html
Have a wonderful weekend!
- July 18, 2014 at 10:53 AM
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by Michael Caruso
When Opera Philadelphia opens its Academy of Music season Friday, Sept. 27, with Giuseppe Verdi's "Nabucco," two prominent Chestnut Hill musicians will be singing in the chorus. Rebecca and Aaron Hoke will join more than 70 other singers performing one of the most famous choruses in the entire Italian operatic repertoire, "Va Pensiero," known as both the chorus of the Hebrew slaves and the unofficial Italian national anthem even before there was a Kingdom (now Republic) of Italy for which there would be the need for a national anthem.
Rebecca and Aaron met when they were undergraduate students at Westminster Choir College in Princeton, New Jersey. They've been married for 10 years. "We moved to Chestnut Hill five and a half years ago when I began my master's degree work at Temple University," Rebecca said. (Aaron is a music teacher with the School District of Philadelphia. In the past, he taught general and vocal music; this year he will be teaching strings in the district. He has both a vocal and string background and also teaches privately.)
"I'm a professional solo and choral singer as well as a voice teacher. I sing with The Crossing (which is based at the Presbyterian Church of Chestnut Hill), the Philadelphia Singers, Choral Arts Philadelphia, and I will also be working this fall with The Laughing Bird Ensemble." Rebecca also maintains a private voice studio and teaches voice lessons at Cheltenham High School. Both she and Aaron are staff singers in the choir of St. Paul's Episcopal Church.
"This opera, 'Nabucco,' will be our second time singing with Opera Philadelphia," Rebecca said. "Aaron sang in Verdi's 'Otello' (based on Shakespeare's "Othello") in 2010, and I was in 'La Boheme' in 2012. We really enjoy singing and performing together. It makes the late nights and long hours of rehearsals more fun.
"Being a part of 'Nabucco' is very exciting because it features the chorus so much. The famous chorus, 'Va Pensiero,' is a really special moment in the opera for us because it's our opportunity to be featured and really show off all the hard work that we do to prepare with the company's choral director, Liz Braden. Philadelphia has a close-knit group of singers who enjoy working together and making music, and it's fun to share this experience with all of our friends and colleagues."
"Nabucco" received its world premier March 9, 1842, in Milan's magnificent Teatro all Scala, universally acclaimed as the finest opera house in the world. It was a great success and was revived for La Scala's regular autumn season, running for a record 57 performances.
"Nabucco" immediately struck a sympathetic chord among Italian audiences during the 1840s because partisans of Italian unification identified with the Hebrew slaves in Babylon, whose story is told in the biblical Book of the Prophet Jeremiah. At the time, there was no unified Italian nation.
"Va Pensiero," during which the Hebrew slaves sing of their memories of the Holy City of Jerusalem, was especially cherished by Italian partisans, who considered its words to be an expression of their own dream of a united Italy. Even to this day, "Va Pensiero" is preferred by Italians to the official anthem.
Choral director Liz Braden, who grew up in Easton, received her music education degree from West Chester University and her master's degree in choral conducting from Westminster Choir College. She is currently in her tenth year with Opera Philadelphia. "Italian opera is a favorite of mine," she said. "The language is so expressive and fun to sing … There are intense, loud choruses contrasted by beautiful and intimate sections."
Opera Philadelphia will present "Nabucco" in the Academy of Music Sept. 27 & 29 and Oct. 2, 4 & 6. More information at 215-898-1018 or www.operphila.org.

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Varicose Vein Treatment (Endovenous Ablation of Varicose Veins)
Varicose vein treatment, also known as endovenous ablation, uses radiofrequency or laser energy to cauterize and close varicose veins in the legs. It may be used for cosmetic purposes, but it is most commonly used to help ease varicose vein related symptoms such as aching, swelling, skin irritation, discoloration or inflammation. Endovenous ablation is safe, less invasive than conventional surgery, and leaves virtually no scars.
Tell your doctor about any recent illnesses, medical conditions, allergies and medications you're taking, including herbal supplements and aspirin. You may be advised to stop taking aspirin, nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs), or blood thinners several days prior to your procedure. Leave jewelry at home and wear loose, comfortable clothing. You may be asked to wear a gown. Plan to have someone drive you home afterward.
- What is Varicose Vein Treatment (Endovenous Ablation of Varicose Veins)?
- What are some common uses of the procedure?
- How should I prepare?
- What does the equipment look like?
- How does the procedure work?
- How is the procedure performed?
- What will I experience during the procedure?
- Who interprets the results and how do I get them?
- What are the benefits vs. risks?
- What are the limitations of Endovenous Ablation of Varicose Veins?
What is Varicose Vein Treatment (Endovenous Ablation of Varicose Veins)?
Varicose veins are abnormally large veins commonly seen in the legs. Normally, blood circulates from the heart to the legs via arteries and back to the heart through veins. Veins contain one-way valves which allow blood to return from the legs against gravity. If the valves leak, blood pools in the veins, and they can become enlarged or varicose.
Endovenous ablation is an image-guided, minimally invasive treatment for varicose veins. It uses radiofrequency or laser energy to cauterize (burn) and close the abnormal veins leading to varicose veins.
What are some common uses of the procedure?
Although this procedure may be used for cosmetic purposes, it is more commonly used to help ease symptoms related to varicose veins in the legs. Leg symptoms can include:
How should I prepare?
You should report to your doctor all medications that you are taking, including herbal supplements, and if you have any allergies, especially to local anesthetic medications, general anesthesia or to contrast materials containing iodine (sometimes referred to as "dye" or "x-ray dye"). Your physician may advise you to stop taking aspirin, nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) or blood thinners for a specified period of time before your procedure.
You should wear comfortable, loose-fitting clothing. You will need to remove all clothing and jewelry in the area to be examined.
You should plan to have a relative or friend drive you home after your procedure.
You may be asked to wear a gown during the procedure.
What does the equipment look like?
In this procedure, an ultrasound machine, vascular catheter, radiofrequency electrode or laser fiber, and console are used.
Ultrasound scanners consist of a console containing a computer and electronics, a video display screen and a transducer that is used to do the scanning. The transducer is a small hand-held device that resembles a microphone, attached to the scanner by a cord. Some exams may use different transducers (with different capabilities) during a single exam. The transducer sends out high-frequency sound waves (that the human ear cannot hear) into the body and then listens for the returning echoes from the tissues in the body. The principles are similar to sonar used by boats and submarines.
The ultrasound image is immediately visible on a video display screen that looks like a computer or television monitor. The image is created based on the amplitude (loudness), frequency (pitch) and time it takes for the ultrasound signal to return from the area within the patient that is being examined to the transducer (the device placed on the patient's skin to send and receive the returning sound waves), as well as the type of body structure and composition of body tissue through which the sound travels. A small amount of gel is put on the skin to allow the sound waves to travel from the transducer to the examined area within the body and then back again. Ultrasound is an excellent modality for some areas of the body while other areas, especially air-filled lungs, are poorly suited for ultrasound.
A catheter is a long, thin plastic tube that is considerably smaller than a "pencil lead", or approximately 1/8 inch in diameter.
Laser fibers or radiofrequency electrodes carry laser or electrical energy from their respective power generators into the body.
How does the procedure work?
Ultrasound is used to visualize the varicose vein. A laser fiber or radiofrequency electrode is advanced to the desired location within the vein through an IV. Local anesthesia is injected to collapse the vein around the laser and act as insulation for the heat of the radiofrequency or laser energy. Laser or radiofrequency energy is then applied, heating the vessel and causing it to close. Following the procedure, the faulty vein will shrink and "scar down."
How is the procedure performed?
Image-guided, minimally invasive procedures such as endovenous ablation are performed by a specially trained interventional radiologist.
This procedure is often done on an outpatient basis. However, some patients may require admission following the procedure. Please consult with your physician as to whether or not you will be admitted.
Your physician may use a topical anesthetic cream over the abnormal vein area before the procedure in order to reduce discomfort.
The leg being treated will be cleaned, sterilized and covered with a surgical drape.
Your physician will numb the area where the catheter will enter into the abnormal vein with a local anesthetic and use the ultrasound transducer or wand to study the vein and track its path.
A very small skin incision is made at the site.
Using ultrasound guidance, a catheter or vascular access sheath is inserted through the skin and positioned within the abnormal vein. The laser fiber or radiofrequency electrode is inserted through the catheter and the tip of the fiber or electrode is exposed by pulling the catheter back slightly.
Local anesthetic is injected around the abnormal vein with ultrasound guidance. Laser or radiofrequency energy is applied as the catheter is slowly withdrawn.
Pressure will be applied to prevent any bleeding and the opening in the skin is covered with a bandage. No sutures are needed.
This procedure is usually completed within an hour.
What will I experience during the procedure?
You will be asked to wear protective glasses if and when lasers are in use.
An area of your leg will be cleaned and numbed.
You will feel a slight pin prick when the local anesthetic is injected at the vein access site and during injection of the local anesthetic along the length of the vein.
This area will become numb within a short time.
You may feel slight pressure when the catheter is inserted, but no serious discomfort.
Injection of local anesthetic around the abnormal vein is the most bothersome part of the procedure because it usually requires multiple injections along the vein. Actual closure of the vein with laser or radiofrequency is usually not painful. Occasionally, some people report a smell or taste of something burning during the vein closure.
Following the procedure, you will need to wear a gradient compression stocking to help reduce bruising, tenderness, and minimize the rare possibility that blood clots may form.
You may resume your normal activity immediately, with the exception of air travel or prolonged sitting (such as a long car trip). You should remain active and not spend too much time in bed during the recovery period since this increases the chance of complications. However, strenuous physical activity should usually be avoided for some period of time following the procedure.
Who interprets the results and how do I get them?
A follow up ultrasound examination is essential in order to assess the treated vein and to check for adverse outcomes. Within one week, the target vein should be successfully closed. Additional procedures (such as sclerotherapy or phlebectomy) may be necessary to treat associated veins.
What are the benefits vs. risks?
- No surgical incision is needed—only a small nick in the skin that does not have to be stitched.
- When compared with traditional vein stripping techniques, endovenous ablation is more effective, has fewer complications, and is associated with much less pain during recovery.
- Endovenous ablation is generally complication-free and safe.
- This procedure leaves virtually no scars because catheter placement requires skin openings of only a few millimeters, not large incisions.
- Endovenous ablation offers a less invasive alternative to standard surgery.
- Most of the veins treated are effectively invisible even to ultrasound 12 months after the procedure.
- Most patients report symptom relief and are able to return to normal daily activities immediately, with little or no pain.
- Any procedure where the skin is penetrated carries a risk of infection. The chance of infection requiring antibiotic treatment appears to be less than one in 1,000.
- Any procedure that involves placement of a catheter inside a blood vessel carries certain risks. These risks include damage to the blood vessel, bruising or bleeding at the puncture site, and infection. However precaution is taken to mitigate these risks.
- Some post-procedure bruising and tenderness may occur, but may be eased by wearing a compression stocking.
- Some instances of thermal (heat) damage to nerves have been reported. This is rare and generally goes away in a short time.
- Thrombophlebitis (inflammation of the vein) is not uncommon and may cause pain and redness over the treated area, but generally responds well to nonsteroidial anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) as well as ice over the area.
- Blood clots that formed in the veins can travel to the lungs (pulmonary embolism); however, this is an extremely rare occurrence.
What are the limitations of Endovenous Ablation of Varicose Veins?
Ablation catheters cannot be easily passed through a vessel with many turns and bends (tortuous vein). Consequently, endovenous ablation is typically used to treat dominant superficial veins that lead to varicose veins, such as the great saphenous vein, which extends from the groin and inside of the thigh to the ankle. It is also commonly used for other dominant superficial veins such as the small saphenous vein and accessory saphenous veins.
Endovenous ablation is successful at closing the abnormal target vein almost 100 percent of the time, but small dilated branches that persist in the skin (varicose veins) often require additional treatment with phlebectomy (minor surgical procedure to extract them) or sclerotherapy (injection of a liquid medication to seal them off). Subsequent treatments are usually scheduled after an ablation procedure, but phlebectomy can also be performed at the same time as endovenous ablation when appropriate.
Additional Information and Resources
Society of Interventional Radiology (SIR) - Patient Center
This page was reviewed on August 10, 2018


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Since its inception, bank capital regulation has been a topic of heated discussion and debate. At the international level, the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision (BCBS) has emerged as a global standard setter for regulation of banks. Starting with the first Basel accord in 1988, common capital targets were established to strengthen banks' capital cushions and to ensure a level playing field at the international level. These target capital ratios were designed to be the same across countries, without taking into consideration variations in local market conditions.
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National High Magnetic Field Laboratory, Pulsed Field Facility
The Pulsed Field Facility at Los Alamos National Laboratory in Los Alamos, New Mexico, is one of three campuses of the National High Magnetic Field Laboratory (NHMFL), the other two being at Florida State University, Tallahassee (continuous fields, magnetic resonance, and general headquarters) and the University of Florida ,Gainesville(ultra-low temperatures at high magnetic fields). The NHMFL is sponsored primarily by the National Science Foundation, Division of Materials Research, with additional support from the State of Florida and the US Department of Energy.
Los Alamos provides unique resources to the Pulsed Magnetic Field Laboratory of the NHMFL in the form of a 1.4 GVA inertial storage motor-generator for high field pulsed magnets. In addition to the 60 Tesla Long Pulse Magnet powered by the motor-generator, the NHMFL features capacitor-driven pulsed magnets.
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Laboratory Sets High Magnetic Field RecordLos Alamos Pulsed Field Facility achieves world record magnetic field in 100 tesla quest
LOS ALAMOS, N.M. - The goal of non-destructively achieving magnetic fields in excess of 100 tesla has long been the Holy Grail of magnetic designers and researchers. Now, scientists at the National High Magnetic Field Laboratory's Pulsed Field Facility (NHMFL-PFF) at Los Alamos National Laboratory have set a pair of worlds records for pulsed magnet performance that puts them in a position to deliver a magnet capable of achieving the elusive 100 tesla goal.
A 100 tesla magnet could have profound impact on a wide range of scientific investigations, from how materials behave under the influence of very high magnetic fields to research into the microcopic behavior of phase transitions.
NHMFL-PFF staff completed commissioning of an outer set of coils for a massive magnet being designed and built at Los Alamos. During the commissioning, the coil produced a peak magnetic field intensity of thirty-five tesla with the coil's 225-millimeter-diameter bore. This achievement is significant because of the record large volume in which the thirty-five tesla field was produced and because man-made fields of this strength have never been produced without the use of highly destructive, explosive-driven, field-generating technologies.
The latest achievement comes on the heels of another record set earlier this summer in which the newly developed pulsed-magnet prototype, in evaluation at the Pulsed Field Facility, was put through a series of tests intended to establish the operational limits of the current generation of pulsed magnet technology. That magnet reached eighty tesla ten times before experiencing a fault.
"The ability to produce a record high field in such a large volumn is an important milestone in delivering a 100 tesla-capable magnet," said Alex Lacerda, Materials, Physics, and Applications-NHMFL center leader and NHMFL Florida State University, associate director of user operations. "Several other laboratories worldwide have attempted to deliver similar magnet systems without success, so the achievement is further evidenced of how NHMFL engineers, scientists, and technicians continue to set the world standard for magnet technology. We look forward to giving our users routine access to pulsed fields that in the past could only be imagined."
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NIH researchers discover gene alteration in rare autoinflammatory disease
NIH researchers discover gene alteration in rare autoinflammatory disease
By Raymond MacDougall
Associate Director of Communications, Division of Intramural Research
The newly identified rare condition is caused by an alteration in the gene that encodes phospholipase C-gamma2 (PLCG2), an enzyme involved in the regulation of immune cells as well as inflammation and immune responses. Instead of a deletion of DNA sequence that characterized the earlier disease discovery, the new condition is caused by a substitution of DNA in an exon of the gene. Exons are sub-parts of DNA sequence within a gene that carry the code for proteins. The alternate DNA sequence modifies the function of the enzyme. Researchers found the gene through whole-exome sequencing, a technique that focuses on the 1 to 2 percent of the human genome that code for proteins.
Their report appeared in the Oct. 5, 2012, issue of the American Journal of Human Genetics. The earlier report appeared in the Jan. 11, 2012, issue of the New England Journal of Medicine.
"Advanced techniques in genetic analysis have enabled us to identify the causes of a number of autoinflammatory diseases and to recognize that they are not one large group," said Ivona Aksentijevich, senior author and staff scientist in NHGRI's Medical Genetics Branch. "We expect that a better understanding of such conditions will ultimately help with development of more targeted therapies."
The researchers discovered the distinct condition with remarkably few cases. A father and daughter are the only affected patients in this study. Each participated for more than 10 years, along with four unaffected family members, in an NIH clinical study directed by Daniel Kastner, M.D., Ph.D., co-author and NHGRI scientific director. Their symptoms include recurring blisters, joint pain, bronchial infection, eye and colon inflammation and mild immunodeficiency. Until now, Dr. Kastner's clinical research team at NIH was unable to diagnose what caused the father and daughter's symptoms. Each of the patients exhibited a range of the symptoms that failed to respond to most conventional therapies.
The NHGRI team has studied genetics of inflammatory disorders for 20 years, even establishing the concept of autoinflammatory diseases. This class of diseases is caused by variants in one or more genes regulating innate immune responses, a type of immunity distinct from that acquired by prior exposure to pathogens. People with autoinflammatory diseases suffer from lifelong recurrent episodes of systemic inflammation. Although disease-causing variants &mdash: versions of the genes with function-changing alterations — are identified in 12 genes responsible for various single-gene autoinflammatory diseases, more than 50 percent of patients with autoinflammatory symptoms are still undiagnosed.
The researchers call the new disorder APLAID, which is an abbreviation of the descriptive name, autoinflammation, PLCG2-associated antibody deficiency and immune dysregulation. They used part of the name in their earlier disease discovery, calling that condition PLAID. The DNA sequence substitution in APLAID leads to more pronounced symptoms of autoinflammation than experience by patients with PLAID. The most remarkable, among many physical distinctions, is that symptoms of PLAID are triggered by the cold unlike the symptoms of APLAID.
"Different alterations in the same gene may exhibit very different effects," said Qing Zhou, Ph.D., a co-author and postdoctoral fellow in NHGRI's Inflammatory Diseases Section. She noted that research on people with different alterations in PLCG2 shows the wide variability that can occur with mutations within a gene, especially differences in cell signaling that likely are tied to a broad range of diseases of the innate immune system. The group continues research into the role in inflammation of PLCG2 as well as to discover genetic causes in patients with other autoinflammatory diseases.
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American Airlines' pilots union still supports a merger with US Airways Group, a union spokesman said on Thursday, unmoved by a pitch from AMR Chief Executive Tom Horton that the company should exit Chapter 11 as an independent carrier.
Next week, US Airways CEO Doug Parker is expected to meet with the board of the Allied Pilots Association, spokesman Dennis Tajer said.
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Horton, who became CEO of American parent AMR Corp as the company filed for bankruptcy protection in November 2011, requested the meeting with the pilots union leadership and met with the board for about three hours on Thursday, Tajer said.
"The case was made for the standalone plan, and APA leadership gave the standalone plan pitch due consideration but after the meeting continued to believe that a merger is best for the longtime interest of our pilots and our airline," the spokesman added.
American Airlines met with the union to thank it for its leadership in reaching a new labor contract, "discuss the next steps in our evaluation of strategic alternatives and exchange information," according to a statement from spokesman Mike Trevino.
US Airways declined to comment.
US Air has been pushing for a merger with American all year, and its plan has the support of unions that represent American's flight attendants and ground workers, in addition to the pilots union. The two carriers combined would be on par with current No. 1 United Continental Holdings in scope.
"We anticipate that Mr. Parker will articulate his vision and plan for the new American Airlines next week," Tajer added.
American Airlines creditors want a potential merger with US Airways to be an all-stock deal rather than one that pays some claims in cash, people familiar with the matter said this week. Merger discussions among US Airways, AMR and its creditors are at an advanced stage, the sources said.
The pilots unions at both American and US Airways said this week they would join the merger talks with AMR creditors and the companies. The Allied Pilots Association last week approved a new labor accord with American that grants it a 13.5 percent equity stake in a reorganized AMR.
Keith Wilson, president of the pilots union, said in a message to members on Wednesday that Wall Street analysts suggest an American-US Airways merger is likely. "While I will refrain from speculation, we must be ready to move quickly toward a potential merger," Wilson said.
American Airlines shares rose 16.9 percent to 76 cents on Thursday, while US Airways rose 2.1 percent to $12.97.
(Reporting by Karen Jacobs; Editing by Dan Grebler)


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Few governmental processes can rile technology fans quite like the U.S. patent system. And for good reason: As competition for our hard-earned dollars continues to build, giants like Samsung, Apple, Google, Facebook, Yahoo, and Microsoft have taken to fighting each other over patents rather than just over prices, features, and services. Terms like "patent war" and "patent trolls" have become so commonplace that they are now cliché. And for many, the situation has grown so absurd that an increasing number of people have called for an abolishment of the patent system altogether.
Needless to say, that's just not gonna happen. But the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) is listening, and has come up with a way to allow the enraged public to help clean up the mess. The solution: AskPatents.com, a website launched last month by crowdsourcing Q&A company Stack Exchange, with support from USPTO, that will allow the public to help weed out invalid patent claims through the submission of "prior art" — a key part of the patent approval process that we'll get more into below.
"By introducing third party input into the examination process for the first time since the inception of our nation's intellectual property system, we're able to expand the scope of access to prior art in key areas like software patents," said Director of the USPTO David Kappos, in a statement. "This will improve the examination process and advance the Administration's ongoing commitment to transparency and open government."
While the public may have an emotional stake in the patent system, putting an end to bad patents and patent trolling is more complicated than simply creating an Ask Patents login. Let's take a look at what this process really entails.
What is prior art?
In order to help improve the patent system through Ask Patents, the first thing you need to know is the definition of "prior art" — a murky but crucial element in determining the legitimacy of a patent claim.
At its most basic, "prior art" is any publicly available evidence that the idea for an invention is not new, and/or is completely obvious. Prior art can come in many forms, including earlier patents, scientific research papers, newspaper articles, webpages, textbooks, or any other publication or available example of an idea.
Proving that an invention is not new is fairly straightforward: If someone submits a patent application for an idea that they could have come across somewhere else, then their claim is likely invalid. The "not obvious" requirement is a different beast entirely since obviousness is subjective. Fortunately, patent law says that a patent claim is invalid if it is obvious to a "person having ordinary skill in the art," i.e. someone familiar with the area in which an invention idea resides. Still vague? Absolutely — just not as vague as it could be.
So those are the basics. But as you might expect, the details are far more complicated — we could go on endlessly explaining the ins and outs. So if you want to really understand prior art, we suggest listening to this (hour-long) tutorial on finding good prior art by Dan Ravicher, executive director of PubPat Foundation. Less time-consuming explanations can be found here and here.
What's an example of a use of prior art?
While there are plenty of examples of prior art being used to invalidate patent applications, most of them don't make the news. However, prior art percolated to the surface early this summer when Google and Oracle submitted a truck-load of prior art in an attempt to shut down infringement claims from known patent troll Lodsys.
Unfortunately, most of these prior art examples are mind-numbingly boring, so here's another example — one that didn't work out quite as planned: During the recent Apple v. Samsung patent battle, Samsung wanted to prove Apple's '381 patent invalid using prior art. Apple patent '381 covers the "bounce back" of apps. "Bounce back" is when, using iOS, an app's screen "bounces" back into place when you scroll past the top or bottom of the screen. One item that Samsung claimed as prior art was an app called LaunchTile, which debuted in 2004 for Microsoft PocketPC devices. Here's a video of what LaunchTile looks like:
Despite Samsung's efforts, the jury did not find this or any of its other attempts to claim prior art on Apple's '381 patent valid, and voted that Samsung infringed on this patent with all 21 of its devices in question. (Though some argue that the jury did not fully understand the concept of prior art, thus rendering the decision invalid.)
So where does Ask Patents fit into all this?
As you may have noticed, sorting through the issue of prior art is extremely complicated and time-consuming. Unfortunately, patent application examiners only have 22.5 hours per application to discover prior art [DOC] — not nearly enough time to search "every document published in the entire world in every language," as Stack Exchange co-founder and CEO Joel Spolsky put it. And that's why we have patents awarded to people or companies that simply should have never passed USPTO's muster.
This is where Ask Patents comes in. Through this site, anyone can help the USPTO find prior art — something the public wasn't able to do until September 16, when a patent reform provision went into effect. Ask Patent users can ask and answer questions about prior art in general, or about specific patents and possible instances of prior art. It's a community tasked with the specific goal of helping to make sure only valid patent applications get approved.
If you happen to stumble upon some prior art, you may then submit it to the USPTO using its electronic filing system.
Does it work?
At this point, it's impossible to say for certain. But according to Stack Exchange Chief of Staff Alex Miller, the answer is a resounding "Yes!"
On September 20, the day Ask Patents went live to the public, a user asked the community whether prior art existed for a newly unveiled Microsoft patent application for the functionality of smacking a phone to silence it. As Miller tells it, this question proved the viability of the Ask Patents system in a matter of hours.
"We officially opened [Ask Patents] to the public on September 20, at about 10 a.m. Eastern. And at September 20 at 4 p.m. Eastern — so, you know, six hours after we put this site up to the public — a guy put up piece of prior art that is exactly what Microsoft is trying to patent, and pre-dates Microsoft's filing by two years," said Miller in an interview with Digital Trends. "It took six hours for the model to get proven out."
What next?
The goal, says Miller, is to clean up the patent system to the point where so-called patent trolls — companies who make money by purchasing patents for the purpose of suing, or threatening to sue, other companies for infringement — no longer have any bad patents to use against others.
"Basically, one of the goals of Ask Patents is to cut off [patent trolls'] access to a supply of bad patents," said Miller. "'Cause if they don't have that, they have nothing to sue over."
What do you think about Ask Patents? Will it have any meaningful effect on the patent system, or are things simply too far gone already? Let us know your thoughts in the comments.
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During four days of filming in December 2010, Fr. Thomas Keating sat with Fr. Carl Arico, his long-time friend, colleague, and founding member of Contemplative Outreach in an intimate conversation focused on the transformative process of death and dying as part of, rather than the end of, life's journey. The Gift of Life: Death & Dying, Life & Living offers a vision of hope and a view of reality that counter the cultural norms that view death as a tragedy, or the end of living, or an entry into harsh judgment and retribution. The new DVD series will be released later this year. Over six hours of footage from the interview was not used in the series. Each week during 2013, bits of this unused footage will be posted to the website. We call these tidbits Gifts for Living …. May it be so.


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After rejoining the Cleveland Browns as a special advisor Wednesday, Hall of Famer Jim Brown made it clear that "respect is a big thing" in his relationship with the Browns.
Although a rift developed between Brown and former team owner Randy Lerner, Brown told NFL Network's Willie McGinest and Andrew Siciliano he holds former team president Mike Holmgren responsible for the falling out.
"(Holmgren) didn't fire me. He just decided I was getting paid too much. And he didn't need me to do anything but maybe a little dancing," Brown said on "NFL Total Access" on Friday. "I didn't feel that he understood my relationship with Cleveland, and I didn't think that he really cared. ... The disconnect was that I was not one of his boys."
It was that climactic meeting with the imported Holmgren that caused Brown to conclude that he no longer carried respect as a Cleveland legend in the organization.
"I thought I had the kind of a relationship that would never, ever come to have someone from another city deciding my fate," Brown explained. "I just thought it would be the Lerners, not the Holmgrens.
As a result of his fractured relationship with franchise management, Brown was left out of the 2010 Ring of Honor ceremony. "It really did (hurt). It did not feel good," Brown said. "And I took it. And I did not bash anyone. ... I sort of went home."
The most iconic franchise of the 1940s and '50s now has arguably the NFL's greatest player back in the fold. More importantly, Brown is promising positive change for a fanbase that hasn't seen a champion since his penultimate season in 1964.
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16 Years Ago: AC/DC Release 'Bonfire' Box Set
On Nov. 18, 1997, AC/DC paid tribute to their fallen comrade Bon Scott with the release of the 'Bonfire' boxed set. The five-CD boxed set, issued 16 years ago, featured live material and alternate takes from the maniacal singer's tenure in the band.
Scott was one of the most distinctive vocalists in hard rock history, as well as one of its most energetic frontmen. Unfortunately, he was also a self-destructive alcoholic whose legendary drinking ended up taking his life on Feb. 19, 1980 at the age of 33.
His AC/DC bandmates moved on without him, paying tribute to him with their record-breaking 1980 album 'Back in Black,' for which they recruited singer Brian Johnson. But fans of the group's original lineup clamored for more from Scott, and the group obliged with the release of large 'Bonfire' collection. (The title was apparently chosen by Scott himself; the liner notes explain that when angered he would often -- and mostly jokingly -- threaten to go solo and release an album by that name.)
Disc one comprised the entirety of 'Live From the Atlantic Studios,' featuring live versions of classics like 'Live Wire,' 'High Voltage' and 'Whole Lotta Rosie.' Two additional discs featured the entire 'Let There Be Rock' movie, which captured the group in a 1979 concert in Paris during the 'Highway to Hell' tour.
Disc four was titled 'Volts' and contained alternate versions and outtakes of such classic hard rock tracks as 'Dirty Eyes' (which became 'Whole Lotta Rosie'), 'Touch Too Much' and an early version of 'If You Want Blood (You've Got It).' The package concluded with a remastered version of 'Back in Black,' which many fans felt missed the point since Scott ostensibly inspired the album, but did not perform on it.
The box set also included a poster, a backstage pass, keyring and other extras, as well as a large booklet of liner notes and rare photos from before Scott's death.
Though critical reaction was mixed, Allmusic.com praised the live portions of 'Bonfire,' saying, "For hardcore fans, this is something of a dream come true, since the live albums are stronger than any of the group's other live releases . . . The disc of alternate takes, outtakes, and stray live cuts offers no real revelations, but there are enough interesting moments to make it worthwhile."
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- Heat vs. Bulls: Series Hub | Game 5: Notebook | Box score
MIAMI – However far the Miami Heat go in defending their championship and chasing down another one, they will take a piece of the Chicago Bulls with them.
Probably some blood spatter too.
If the Heat players don't look back at some point in the next month and appreciate, reflect and build upon what it was they got from that undermanned Chicago team, they won't just be ingrates. They'll be ingrates gone fishin'.
A niggling bad habit of the Heat at various times this season showed itself again in all its unnerving glory in the middle two quarters of Game 5 Wednesday at AmericanAirlines Arena.
What started out as a cool and stylish South Beach club party got spoiled by a bunch of Chicago guys hogging the bar stools and throwing peanut shells on the floor. The Bulls outscored Miami 56-39 in those middle 24 minutes and … wait, that doesn't quite capture what went on.
Try this instead: After digging themselves a 22-4 hole midway through the first quarter, the Bulls beat the Heat the rest of the night 87-72. Left for dead early, they sat up as surely as Michael Myers, spooking Miami with thoughts of what might have been.
"You give a team like this life, anything can happen," said forward Chris Bosh. "It's kind of like watching a horror movie or something, and it happens in slow-motion. You go to Chicago [for a Game 6], their crowd is waking back up again, they're excited again and now you're in a dogfight. They come back and win that game, now anything can happen in a Game 7."
Anything nearly happened in Game 5.
Let's face it, on talent and depth, the Bulls who ended this season would have been, over 82 games, a lottery team. No Derrick Rose, who went wire-to-wire in his knee surgery rehab, but no Luol Deng or Kirk Hinrich over the final two weeks, either. Chicago still had All-Star center Joakim Noah and forward Carlos Boozer, but the remaining collection of role players and reserves were asked to do a little too much.
And still it worked. Oh, not overall. But often enough through Game 1, for stretches in Game 3 and over the final 41 minutes of Game 5 to grab the Heat's attention.
"They made it to the second round – you have to be a good team to make it to this part of the season," Bosh said. "A lot of people were counting them out. They had extra motivation throughout the whole season because Derrick was out and they had been dealing with injuries all year.
"We knew coming into it that, no matter who they put out there, it was going to be tough. That's just their brand of basketball."
Miami, headed to the East finals for the third time in as many years, had tried sporadically through this series to get there by staying "pretty and shiny," as Bosh calls it. The Heat played and lost that way in the opener and they clearly wanted to win Game 5 that way. They scored the first 10 points of the night and 18 of the first 20. They were hitting inside and out, putting up points with each possession, getting stops and in control of what figured to be all validation and congratulation.
At 22-4, the fans in the white-out shirts and the team in the white uniforms were ready to tell the Bulls, "Here's your hat. What's your hurry?" But Miami veteran James Jones, from his bench seat, knew not to believe the scoreboard at that point.
"We knew, Chicago, they run their system regardless," Jones said. "They can be down by 40 or up by 20. They're going to play every possession hard. They run their stuff. They're well-disciplined and they're aggressive. You have to give those guys credit. I don't care who's up, who's down, who's playing. You know whoever pulls on that Bulls jersey is going to give it to you."
And so the Bulls began to grind away. You'd have sworn you could hear coach Tom Thibodeau exhorting them with each clawed-back point. Then Jimmy Butler hit his second 3-pointer in a span of two minutes in the second quarter and the gap was gone.
It got worse before it got better. Nate Robinson, after his oh-for Game 4, hit a pull-up from 25 feet for a 53-47 halftime lead. After three quarters, Chicago was up by eight.
Miami had to play harder, grittier and more completely — beyond Dwyane Wade's late heroics, bench guys scored 15 of the Heat's 25 points in the final quarter — than it had all night. It had to match and then surpass the Bulls.
No one got ejected. No one was whistled for a flagrant. But the resiliency of the team from Chicago touched a nerve in Miami that it will need soon enough.
"We learned last year that you can't win this thing without going through some adversity. The Bulls threw adversity at us," Shane Battier said. "A lot of times it wasn't about basketball, it was about surviving the physicality, No question we got our noses bloodied a few times in the series. That's good."
Said Jones: "It was great for us. We haven't really had a serious challenge, outside of Chicago, for the last month or so."
Neither the season's end nor a first-round matchup with Milwaukee held drama for the Heat.
"You can't grow unless you compete," Jones said. "They challenged us in some areas where we needed improvement. They humbled us in Game 1, and then progressively through the series we started to make the adjustments and get better.
"Tonight was just a gut check, where we got out with all the emotion and then they ground back and took the lead. We had to fight for it in the clutch. We had to put together an effort, and that's the first time we've had to do that in a while."
If a victor's exhaustion is the best tribute a fallen opponent can have, the Bulls did themselves proud. "I have no energy left," James said. "I need at least 24 hours."
In time, the specifics of this series will fade. It will be remembered as taking only five games — wake-up call followed by a sweep. The cumulative score, 487-421, works out to an average spread of more than 13 points.
But the Bulls know better. The Heat know better, too, and they're the ones who still can do something about it.
"They definitely sharpened us," Battier said. "You look at the Nets and the Hawks, and how they were battling for the 4-5 spot. If the Nets or the Hawks had won that series, they wouldn't have been as beneficial to us as playing the Bulls. We needed to get our noses dirty. An Atlanta or Brooklyn series probably would have been a little more about basketball and a little more free-flowing, and not as physical.
"This was what we needed right now."


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The JPA specification defines its interpretation of SQL, for selecting objects from the datastore. To provide a simple example, this is what you would do
Query q = em.createNativeQuery("SELECT p.id, o.firstName, o.lastName FROM Person p, Job j " + "WHERE (p.job = j.id) AND j.name = 'Cleaner'"); List results = (List)q.getResultsList();
This finds all "Person" objects that do the job of "Cleaner". The syntax chosen has to be runnable on the RDBMS that you are using (and since SQL is anything but "standard" you will likely have to change your query when moving to another datastore).
In JPQL queries it is convenient to pass in parameters so we dont have to define the same query for different values. Here's an example
Numbered Parameters : Query q = em.createQuery("SELECT p FROM Person p WHERE p.lastName = ?1 AND p.firstName = ?2"); q.setParameter(1, theSurname); q.setParameter(2, theForename);
So we have parameters that are prefixed by ? (question mark) and are numbered starting at 1. We then use the numbered position when calling Query.setParameter(). With SQL queries we can't use named parameters. This is known as numbered parameters.
DataNucleus also supports use of named parameters where you assign names just like in JPQL. This is not defined by the JPA specification so dont expect other JPA implementations to support it. Let's take the previous example and rewrite it using named parameters, like this
Named Parameters : Query q = em.createQuery("SELECT p FROM Person p WHERE p.lastName = :firstParam AND p.firstName = :otherParam"); q.setParameter("firstParam", theSurname); q.setParameter("otherParam", theForename);
With SQL you can select the range of results to be returned. For example if you have a web page and you are paginating the results of some search, you may want to get the results from a query in blocks of 20 say, with results 0 to 19 on the first page, then 20 to 39, etc. You can facilitate this as follows
Query q = em.createNativeQuery("SELECT p FROM Person p WHERE p.age > 20"); q.setFirstResult(0); q.setMaxResults(20);
So with this query we get results 0 to 19 inclusive.
With the JPA API you can either define a query at runtime, or define it in the MetaData/annotations for a class and refer to it at runtime using a symbolic name. This second option means that the method of invoking the query at runtime is much simplified. To demonstrate the process, lets say we have a class called Product (something to sell in a store). We define the JPA Meta-Data for the class in the normal way, but we also have some query that we know we will require, so we define the following in the Meta-Data.
<entity class="Product"> ... <named-native-query name="PriceBelowValue"><![CDATA[ SELECT NAME FROM PRODUCT WHERE PRICE < ?1 ]]></named-native-query> </entity>
or using annotations
@Entity @NamedQuery(name="PriceBelowValue", query="SELECT NAME FROM PRODUCT WHERE PRICE < ?1") public class Product {...}
So here we have an SQL query that will return the names of all Products that have a price less than a specified value. This leaves us the flexibility to specify the value at runtime. So here we run our named query, asking for the names of all Products with price below 20 euros.
Query query = em.createNamedNativeQuery("PriceBelowValue"); query.setParameter(1, new Double(20.0)); List results = query.getResultList();


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Call Recorder
From Openmoko
This project is a gtk application to record calls on the openmoko. It backups the current state files and puts it's owns (will soon backup and patch instead).
To start recording, just initiate a call, open the app and start recording. The files are saved at the user's home dir and they are of the type: call_MMDDYY_HHMMSS.wav. It's a two channels wave, one channel is the you, the second is the other side of the call, so you can split them when ever you like.
Please note that trying to record while not in a code is not defined, won't crash or anything though will probably will record silence.
- author: Tom Hacohen <available_at_profile>
- Distros: tested on SHR should work on all.
- TARBALL. SVN will reside at projects.openmoko.org when they'll make my page.
- 0.2.1.ipk
How To Use
Press the recording button.
Press the playback button.


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Frequently Asked Questions
Our Frequently Asked Questions are designed to assist you with common questions that students have. Please also visit the LCC website for additional and specific program information.
New Students
Q: How do I apply to Lansing Community College?
A: You can apply to Lansing Community College online here - http://www.lcc.edu/admissions/applynow/
Q: What do I do after applying to Lansing Community College?
A: While you are waiting for your acceptance letter, you can complete your Placement Testing at the Placement Testing Center. Afterwards you may sign up for Orientation which is mandatory for new students who have never completed college classes before.
Q: What does Orientation involve?
A: Orientation will include learning about what Support Services we provide, all LCC Technology Systems, Financial Aid, Academic Advising, a tour of the college, and much more.
Q: Where can I find my student number?
A: Log into your MyLCC and click the "Student" tab, it will displayed under "Display Banner ID Information". It was be displayed as a "X00------" format.
Guest Students
Q: What is a guest student?
A: A guest student is a person studying towards a degree or certificate program at a college or university (referred to as the home institution_ who wishes to take a limited number of courses at LCC to complete their program from their home institution.
Q: Do I need to apply to LCC to be a guest student?
A: Yes- without a student number, students cannot register for classes. They should apply as a guest student; applying this way will make it so they do not need to attend orientation.
Q: How can I waive my placement tests?
A: You can submit a Waiver Request Form to waive your Reading, Writing, and Math Placement Tests. You can find more information on the Waiver Team Web Page - http://www.lcc.edu/advising/waivers.aspx.
Q: What is the difference between transfer credits and a waiver?
A: A transfer credit is when a credit transfers in and becomes a part of the student's educational record at LCC. It takes 6-8 weeks for transfer credit evaluations to be completed. Transferred in credits can be used towards an LCC degree or certificate. In order to start the process of transferring, the student must have the school they are from
Q: Am I required to go to Orientation?
A: You are not required to go to Orientation, if there is a Orientation Hold on your student account, you will need to contact the Welcome Center to request a Waiver Orientation Override - http://www.lcc.edu/welcome/.
Q: How do I know if a class will transfer?
A: The Michigan Transfer Network (http://www.michigantransfernetwork.org) is a tool that our Advisors use to see if a certain class will transfer or not, however, the school you are transferring your classes to will ultimately have the answer. You can also look at our transfer guides located here - http://www.lcc.edu/transfer/guides/.
Q: How do I know what classes are offered?
A: Look in the Semester Schedule Book, which can usually be found online or a paper copy can be found at any of the Student Services Departments.
Q: How do I know what the pre-reqs are for a specific class?
A: On the Banner System, we do offer the Catalog for all classes by term, which can be found here - https://starnetb.lcc.edu/LCCB/bwckctlg.p_disp_dyn_ctlg.
Returning Students
Q: I am returning to LCC and it has been some time, what are the
steps involved to getting back to school?
A: You would need to contact the Help Desk in order to be able to access LCC's computer systems which is required to register for classes. It is highly recommended that you meet with a Academic Advisor to plan out what classes you should take to achieve your goal. If you are planning on recieving Financial Aid, you will need to
Q: How do I declare/change my major?
A: You will need to fill out and turn in the Change of Program Request Form. This form can be found in-person at Enrollment Services or Academic Advising or you can print off the form online here - http://www.lcc.edu/academics/programs/change/. The form can be turned in at Enrollment Services or Academic Advising, please allow one week for processing.
Q: Where can I find my curriculum guide?
A: You can find the curriculum guides at http://www.lcc.edu/catalog/degree_certificateprograms/
Q: How do I contact my professor?
A: Most times you can get the professor's contact information on the class syllabus. You can also contact the professor via the department for which the class is held under - i.e. BIOL 210, call the Biology Department.
Academic & Career Advising
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Language Qualities
These are properties or qualities of any Haskell standard we would like to preserve or make sure the language has. This is not about certain extensions or libraries the language should have, but rather properties of the language as a whole.
- import-safe - importing a new module can never silently change the behavior of a program, but it may cause a compile-time error. two programs that are identical except one has a superset of the imports of the other will either behave identically or at least one will fail to compile. (e.g. OverlappingInstances breaks this)
- independent of the evaluation order. The report does not specify nor require lazy evaluation as an evaluation strategy, it only specifies a non-strict semantics.
- admits an efficient implementation. features that require large amounts of run-time support or non-trivial restrictions on the implementation method should be avoided. (this is a tradeoff and the design space of haskell implementations has not fully been explored so we should be conservative when we can)
- transformation safe. the language will not have features that cause common optimizations and transformations to become non-meaning-preserving. All lambda calculus transformations should apply. (this is broken by the MonomorphismRestriction (eta-reduction/expansion) and ImplicitParams (beta-reduction))
- sufficiently expressive and convenient for most purposes. We should try to avoid standardizing on something that will be routinely ignored.
- clearly and precisely specified (concise also desirable). It would be good to make the informal notion of the Haskell'98 core language more precise and formal.
- avoids special cases where possible.
- tested by experience, though a little innovation may be necessary to meet the other objectives.
- To modify a phrase a bit "It should make easy things unneccesary and difficult things easy."
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Defining border security
The recent announcements by President Barack Obama and a bipartisan group of senators outlining broad principles for immigration reform are very welcome. While the specifics of any reform will be hotly debated, a major advance has been made with the emergence of a broad political consensus, from left to right, that the current system is broken and in need of major repair.
It would be troubling, then, if this golden opportunity to fix a broken system falls victim to the very same trap that has ensnared other reform efforts. By conditioning reforms on achieving a poorly defined and much misunderstood notion of "securing the border," the whole effort is at risk of unraveling.
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It has never been clear what precisely is meant by the term, but billions have nevertheless been spent on fences and sophisticated technology, and the Border Patrol is now more than five times larger than it was two decades ago. Has the border been secured? Hard to say since there is no agreement on the metrics for measuring border security.
In the post-Sept. 11 era, border security has largely been thought of in terms of terrorist threats, "spill over" violence from drug-trafficking organizations operating in Mexico, and the risks associated with undocumented migrants. The top priority for border law enforcement has been denying entry into the United States to would-be terrorists. To this end, enforcement has been quite effective: There are no reported cases of a terrorist attack in the U.S. that involved passage over our southern border.
While drug-trafficking related violence in Mexico has increased dramatically in recent years, violence has largely stayed in Mexico. Illegal drugs continue to flow in significant amounts, but crime data suggest that it has not contributed to a significant increase in crime or violence in the U.S. There are exceptions to this, such as the 2009 kidnapping of a suspected drug trafficker in West Texas, but these are exceptional cases, not a trend, and communities near the border have, on average, rates of murder and violent crime that are lower than the rest of the nation. San Diego and El Paso, the two largest cities on the border, are among the safest in the country.
Protecting the U.S. from the unauthorized entry of migrants often becomes the default criterion for establishing border security. Counting illegal crossings is inherently difficult, but we do know that unauthorized crossings are at their lowest point in 40 years, and the Pew Hispanic Center believes there are now as many Mexicans leaving the U.S. as entering. Studies have also dispelled the myth that immigration and crime are linked; in fact, the presence of a large immigrant population appears to actually help make a city safer.


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Not exactly, a truth is "an object of a cognition" -- you cannot leave the cognition part off since it is integral to the definition. A truth is not merely an object, it is an object defined as relative or utlimate depending upon whether the cognition is deceived or undeceived. One object, two natures, hence two cognitions, correct and false.yadave wrote:
So you agree with MS and, for Candrakirti, a truth [satya] means an object, and each "object" is really two objects...
This is an development over the Abhidharmic concept of a truth, in which a truth [satya] is a cognition, for example, a cognition of water is a relative truth, whereas a cognition of the characteristics of water, limpidity, wetness and coolness, are ultimate truths.
In other words, here,in Abhidharma, an ultimate truth is defined as the irreducible cognition that remains after something (such as a cup or water) has been subjected to complete analysis.
There really isn't than much difference between this and the Madhyamaka definition. The Madhyamaka definition might run something like "...an ultimate truth is defined as the object of an unmistaken cognition that remains after something (such as a cup or water) has been subjected to complete analysis."
The emphasis in both causes, both in Abhidharma and Madhyamaka is on the cognition. So no, I do not agree with the MS discussion in all respects.


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Lakers Win 22nd Straight Against Wolves 120-117
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Kobe Bryant has beaten the Minnesota Timberwolves 22 straight times, and he may have gotten away with one in his latest victory.
Ricky Rubio insists Bryant fouled him on a 3-pointer on the last play of the game. Bryant said no way.
And even if he did foul Rubio, "We'd have went into overtime and won the game," Bryant said with a shrug. "Simple as that."
Just like the Lakers always do against Minnesota.
Bryant had 31 points and seven assists in his first game filling in for the injured Metta World Peace to lead the Los Angeles to a 120-117 victory over Minnesota on Wednesday night, extending the longest active winning streak against one team in the NBA.
Dwight Howard had 25 points, 16 rebounds, five blocks and five steals, and Pau Gasol added 17 points and nine rebounds for the Lakers, who had lost three in a row and were playing their first game without their defensive stopper. World Peace will have surgery on a torn meniscus on Thursday, leaving the Lakers to chase the playoffs without him.
"Sometimes it's not fair because we give 100 percent and sometimes we can't control things," Rubio said. "But we have to improve things that we can control."
Down 14 with six minutes to go, the Wolves used "Hack-a-Dwight" to cut back into the lead. Howard went 2 for 8 and Chase Budinger's putback made the score 114-111 with just over a minute to play.
"We're not going anywhere without him getting over that," Lakers coach Mike D'Antoni said of Howard's free throw struggles. "He'll get over it."
But Bryant hit a pull-up jumper from 22 feet and his free throw gave the Lakers a three-point lead with 3.4 seconds to go. He missed the second shot, and Rubio raced back the other way and launched a shot at the buzzer that missed. Replays appeared to show Bryant fouling Rubio, but there was no call.
Rubio stormed off the court and the Lakers walked off a winner. Again.
"I don't like to lose," said a crestfallen Rubio, who sat in his locker with a towel over his head. "I hate it. Sometimes it's tough when you give everything and something like that happens. But just keep going through. It's tough. It's tough."
Nikola Pekovic had 19 points and 16 rebounds for the Timberwolves, who haven't beaten the Lakers since March 2007. That was before injured All-Star Kevin Love was even in college.
Lakers fans usually come out to the Target Center in full force, with a few of them using the excuse that the franchise started in Minneapolis before moving out west in 1960. But the bandwagon was a little more subdued on Wednesday night as they watched a star-studded team that just has never been able to put it all together this season try to weather another significant injury.
They started the night clinging to the eighth spot in the Western Conference playoff race, just one game ahead of Utah and Dallas.
The Lakers found out earlier in the day that World Peace needed surgery on his left knee and will be out a minimum of six weeks. For a team barely hanging on to the playoffs in the Western Conference, just about the last thing they could afford to lose — outside of Bryant and Howard, of course — was their best perimeter defender.
The injury pushes Bryant from shooting guard to small forward, a more physically demanding position for his banged-up body, especially on defense. Bryant was harassed by Andrei Kirilenko on the offensive end, and it took him time to adjust to the bigger, stronger approach. He turned the ball over three times in the first quarter and missed his first three shots before exploding to the rim for a dunk at the end of the period.
Howard got off to a monster start, neutralizing Pekovic after a big first quarter and controlling the boards. And when he picked up his fourth foul in the third quarter, Bryant made his move. He scored 16 points in a 41-point period for the Lakers, finishing it off with a quick-trigger 3-pointer in Kirilenko's face that gave Los Angeles a 14-point lead.
Antawn Jamison had 18 points and five rebounds and Steve Nash added 16 points and eight assists for the Lakers.
Budinger had 14 points and nine boards for the Wolves.
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Kantronics MT1200
MT1200 -- Wireless Modem with optional embedded GPS.
Built on the proud heritage of the Kantronics KPC-3+, the very compact MT1200 and MT1200G Mobile Tracker allow users to transmit real-time vehicle tracking information for use in APRS networks or NMEA interface mapping software packages. Kantronics has developed the MT1200 units to meet the needs of today, with an eye toward emerging applications. Able to communicate in a variety of formats, including TCP/IP, LSUB and TUP, the MT1200 units are seamless and transparent radio link substitutes.
The MT1200 and MT1200G may be utilized within an existing packet network, using the Mobile Tracker unit as a mobile, and a Kantronics legacy TNC at the base. The basic Kantronics MT1200 may be used with an external NMEA GPS receiver and the Kantronics MT1200G includes an embedded GPS with active magnetic mount antenna. Both MT1200 versions include 512K flash memory for extended GPS or temetry data logging or storage.
Mobile Tracker units are ideal for a variety of roles. They are well made, engineered for dependability and low in cost. It's no wonder Kantronics units are in use around the world.
MT1200 Applications Include:
- "Keyboard to keyboard" communications
- GPS position transmitting and tracking (with built-in GPS receiver on the MT1200G, or the MT1200 and external NMEA-0183 compatible GPS)
- Remote control devices
- Remote access of telemetry data
- Digipeater (suitable for remote locations)
- GPS beacon data logging
The MT1200 can be used in the field with a radio to form a mobile data terminal, or (with the internal GPS option or the addition of an external GPS receiver) a GPS mobile "tracker".
MT1200 Features
- APRS Beaconing of GPS-derived information
- Fixed or adaptive GPS beacon rate for optimal use of bandwidth
- MT1200: external GPS capable
- MT1200G: embedded GPS receiver
- PTT Activated data burst
- Remote Control and telemetry functions with two A/D inputs, three opto-isolated digital inputs, and two control line outputs
- AX.25, KISS, XKISS, POLL, LSUB, TUP, PING operating modes
- Field upgradeable as new firmware is released
- Low current requirements
- 512k memory standard
- Use with base, mobile or hand-held radios
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