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The Innovation Economy: Unleashing Intellectual Property
to Fuel Growth and Create Jobs
Under Secretary Kappos
June 2, 2010
Thank you, Sarah, for that kind introduction. I would like to thank the Center for American Progress for having me in today to speak with you about intellectual property's critical role in today's innovation economy.
America stands at a critical juncture in our economic evolution, and intellectual property will certainly play a key role in driving our economic growth and renewal.
As technological advances bring great change to the speed and complexity of American innovation, strong intellectual property protection and its effective enforcement will fuel innovation and jump-start our economy.
Today, I'll speak about the critical role of IP in spurring innovation - and in increasing America's competitiveness in the global economy. The fact is that a dynamic and efficient patent system is essential to our economic well-being.
I'll address the ways in which the USPTO can better ensure a well-functioning patent system; a patent system that enables small and medium sized businesses to secure the investment capital they need to bring their goods and services to market; and a patent system that helps create value and ensure cutting edge research gets funded at our universities. Finally, I'll discuss the imperative for government leaders - the Executive branch, the Congress and the courts - to nurture an IP eco-system that will promote innovation, and ensure America's economic well-being.
The economic success of the United States is deeply rooted in the history of American innovation. This country was founded by pioneers who developed new ways to cope with an unfamiliar environment, who cured disease and connected a country, and who led the world into the age of flight. American innovators discovered the power of information technology and digital communication that brought unprecedented commerce, economic growth, and prosperity.
So, our history has been driven by innovation. And our economic security continues to depend upon our ability to innovate - and to compete in an innovation economy. The key to economic success lies increasingly in innovative product and service development, and in intellectual property protection, which creates value for innovation.
IP is - in effect -- the global currency of innovation.
Today, as a share of gross economic value, the United States invests more in intangible assets than any of our major trading partners, and our intangible investments now exceed those in tangible assets by more than 20%.
And it is patent-reliant industries, specifically, that make up the most dynamic parts of the economy-from nanotechnology to pharmaceuticals, from computers to bio-tech, and from fiber optics to green technology.
Timely and high-quality patents are critical to small businesses, which create two out of every three American jobs. They are needed to foster research and development, which requires capital and investment.
And they are essential to attracting the capital needed to bring innovation to market.
Let's take the example of a company called Xencor-outside Los Angeles-which creates cutting-edge biotherapeutics to treat cancer, inflammation, and autoimmune disease. Xencor uses patents to protect its proprietary design automation technology.
Xencor CEO Dr. Bassil Dahiyat put it simply: "without patents, you cannot get funding, and without funding, you cannot grow and create jobs."
In Southeast Michigan, one of the areas hardest hit by the recession, the company Axletech International is a global manufacturer of machine hardware, with a significant patent portfolio upon which it depends heavily. Since it began as a spin-off in 2002, Axletech has more than doubled its workforce and now employs more than 1,000 people.
And while IP protection fuels investment and growth, astute innovators and entrepreneurs see IP as even more fundamental to value creation. They recognize that patents also serve as vehicles for the transfer and diffusion of innovation.
We are beginning to talk about "markets for technology" and "markets for knowledge," and patents serve a critical function in these markets. They
act as markers. They guide technologists on both sides of the IP transfer equation to the know-how and trade secrets required to ensure a successful transaction and subsequent introduction of products and services into the marketplace.
Patents will continue to foster the movement of ideas to manufacture in the coming years and decades, and we at the USPTO are keenly aware of our responsibility in this regard.
Last month, the United States Patent and Trademark Office was described in Harvard Business Review as the "biggest job creator you never heard of."
As our country seeks to regain the 8 million jobs lost during the recent recession, the USPTO is a great place to start. Countless inventions that can spark new businesses are right there-sitting in the backlog. And reducing that backlog is one of Secretary Locke's and my highest priorities.
Why? Because, the backlog of over 700,000 patent applications stands as a barrier to innovation and economic growth. Recent reports conclude that the backlog could ultimately cost the US economy billions of dollars annually in "foregone innovation."
The next laser, the next energy breakthrough, or the next cure for a disease, is buried in the files of the USPTO-and that is simply unacceptable.
So what are we doing about it? First, we're working to improve how we measure and track the quality of patent application review at the USPTO. Quality patent issuances create certainty in the market. Market certainty, in turn, facilitates growth.
Second, we are reforming the USPTO to reflect its criticality to our economy-and transforming the agency to match the fast pace of technology and innovation, and ensure the highest possible quality of review for all applications.
And we're off to a credible start. We've re-engineered the way we motivate and monitor our corps of examiners; redefined performance plans to reflect the importance of high quality patent examination and backlog reduction; fostered more communication between applicants and examiners to improve quality and efficiency; and we're working to build a new IT infrastructure that will speed patent application processing and improve search quality.
But-most critically-to decrease pendency while improving the quality of our work product, we have begun to recognize what companies in the shipping business figured out some time ago-that all packages don't have to get to their destination at the same rate. Some require next day service while others can take a week.
It is clearly time for the USPTO-our nation's Innovation Agency-to adopt private sector business practices and offer market-driven services.
We all know that patent applications, like the inventions they protect, vary significantly, and that some patents need to be issued more quickly than others. Different firms and even individual applications have varying needs for different products and services when it comes to processing speeds.
So, the USPTO has been experimenting with various ways of enabling applicants to receive accelerated review of technologies in areas that are priorities for the Obama Administration - like green technology that is essential to battling climate change.
And we will be considering accelerated review in other categories of innovation that are vital to our national interest.
We've also implemented a program that allows applicants to decide what work needs to be prioritized at the USPTO. Our recently announced expansion of Project Exchange gives all applicants with multiple filings greater control over the priority in which their applications are examined, enabling priority applications to be examined on an expedited basis.
By providing incentives for applicants to withdraw unexamined applications that are no longer important to them, Project Exchange will also help the USPTO reduce the application backlog.
Tomorrow, we'll be announcing a request for public comment on our next initiative-a comprehensive, flexible, patent application processing model offering different processing options more responsive to the real-world needs of our applicants. Please look for that announcement tomorrow.
Clearly, we do plan to continue empowering our applicants to prioritize their applications-and our workload-to meet the demands of the marketplace.
So, through programs like these, and through the tireless work of our examining corps, we will focus our efforts more effectively, reduce pendency, bring the backlog down, and foster innovation critical to the economic and social well-being of the United States.
But, America's innovation success will require more than an effective USPTO. It will be a function of many complex and overlapping innovation variables, including the promotion of best practices in disciplines where American innovation occurs.
Perhaps the most critical of these disciplines is university research.
Research conducted at American universities is vital to fostering innovation, ensuring economic opportunity, and creating American jobs.
For instance, the original patents on Recombinant DNA, the fountainhead for the biotechnology industry, came from university research. Finding ways to ensure that important new technologies like this are taken from university lab to marketplace is a critical factor in our economic success.
And, universities are becoming more nuanced and strategic in their role as pillars of technology diffusion.
As a threshold matter, universities have begun, and must continue working cooperatively with their funding partners, to adopt best practices for capturing IP. Because if universities and their funding partners don't capture IP, the innovation it protects and jobs it creates become royalty free donations to our nation's biggest economic competitors. So while protecting IP is key, the purpose for protection has shifted-it is not to control the activities of funding partners. It is to prevent appropriation into the low-cost labor market.
Once IP is protected, the second issue of paramount priority is the transfer of technology from university laboratory to marketplace. The methodologies universities use to facilitate IP transfer are currently in flux, as traditional models evolve and new best practices emerge.
Universities on the cutting edge of this field realize that the long accepted choice between maximum diffusion of innovation and maximum revenue capture is a false choice. Put simply, universities need not sacrifice their societal obligation to disseminate knowledge in exchange for research funding.
In fact, when executed well, diffusion-focused technology transfer generates more net aggregate funding, not less.
Now, royalty generation from university innovation will continue to play a role in the commercialization life cycle. But it will synergize with diffusion-focused tech transfer. And we will see less conflict between the models, because astute university innovators realize that when royalty generation comes into conflict with diffusion, it inhibits the fundamental mission of educating researchers and conducting research to produce breakthroughs that create American jobs and economic opportunity. Astute university innovators are already working to a better end.
The net result of a focus on diffusion-based tech transfer is not only better technology diffusion, but increased revenue and funding through sponsored research that will help create new products and services and secure an innovation-driven future for the US economy.
In the proud history of the United States-innovation led development-IP led development-has created economic vitality and good jobs.
In fact, technological innovation is linked to three quarters of the Nation's post WWII growth rate. And between 1990 and 2007, compensation for jobs in innovation-intensive sectors increased by two and a half times the national average.
The US government has always played a critical role in ensuring innovation-driven growth.
During the deep recession of the 1970's-innovation slowed dramatically and the manufacturing sector declined significantly. In response, the US government launched a Domestic Policy Review aimed at reviving American industrial innovation. This study, and others like it, led to the creation of the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, which brought clarity to the law and improved certainty around IP rights-increasing their value.
At the same time, Congress realized the critical role of patents in innovation through university research and development. So the Bayh-Dole Act, which encourages university patenting, was passed.
The increase in patent value and R & D that resulted from the patent system improvements of the late 1970's and early 1980's paved the way for a new era of economic growth and opportunity that lasted for the better part of two decades.
Now, as in the 1970's and 1980's, the United States stands at a crossroads of innovation. Today we are presented with another innovation opportunity - and we again need sound IP policy and enforcement to increase the value of innovation.
We surely have not realized the full potential of IP. In fact, the IP system has been characterized as the "sleeping beauty" of highly developed economies. And it really is a "sleeping beauty" because our IP system has layed relatively dormant while the complexity and volume of technological innovation have grown exponentially.
If we don't wake up, fast-developing competitors will continue to appropriate American ideas, products, and services. American technology - and with it American jobs - will devolve to countries with cheap labor and inadequate IP protection.
To put it plainly, both appropriation and misappropriation of American IP mean the loss of American jobs in our most innovative fields-high-paying, high-skilled, high-value jobs. And the flight of these kinds of jobs-and the flight of technology and production to our overseas competitors-poses a grave threat to our economic security.
We simply must do better to protect America's competitive advantage in innovation before it is too late. And that means faster and higher quality patents. And it also means sound IP policy and the effective enforcement of IP rights.
President Obama released his Strategy for American Innovation last Fall, and identified innovation as the foundation of sustainable growth and quality jobs. In it he identified three roles for the public sector.
First, the Government must invest in the building blocks of innovation such as human capital, infrastructure and fundamental research. Second, it must nurture the right environment for private-sector investment and competitive markets by protecting IP rights. Third, the government must serve as a catalyst for breakthroughs related to our national priorities like clean energy and health care.
Ladies and gentlemen, it is incumbent upon us to develop a comprehensive and robust national IP policy. America's economic security depends on it. The Commerce Department and the USPTO stand ready to provide leadership in formulating and executing that policy. American business and enterprise must also play an active role in formulating this policy, based on sound business practices.
As I've outlined today, we must provide an environment that allows small businesses to protect their IP and attract capital based on their ideas. For these businesses to flourish, we must provide timely and high quality access to IP rights. And we must ensure that universities press forward the frontiers of science, while working with the private sector to ensure that the value they create is both protected and diffused quickly for the benefit of the communities they serve.
All parts of the US innovation value chain must remain vibrant. And if amplified by good government policy, the current re-aligning trends can support one another to preserve American leadership in the decades to come.
A sound national IP policy will lead to the creation and success of more innovative companies like Xencor and Axletech. And it will ensure that we can leverage IP to safeguard our economic well-being.
If we act to meet these challenges, we can fuel decades of American economic growth. The simple prerequisite: a national focus on intellectual property as the currency of innovation.
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Home Composting Brochure (PDF) (4 pp, 395K)
An excellent resource available on the Cornell Waste Management Institute's web site that touches on about everything. "The Essentials of Composting" section is very helpful.
Basics & Benefits of Composting (PDF) (1 p, 374K)
What is compost and why is it so useful when used as mulch, in the garden or in potting mixtures?
Preparation of Food Scraps for Faster Composting (PDF) (1 p, 176K)
Helpful tips for kitchen management.
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A popular, effective and low-cost bin for composting.
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The layering technique that minimizes maintenance, deters pests and speeds composting!
Troubleshooting (PDF) (2 pp, 180K)
Describes symptoms, possible causes and solutions for the most common composting problems.
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Five ways to use leaves to more effectively garden and compost.
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How to extend the life of your outdoor composting well into the cold season.
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For easier viewing and printing on 8 1/2" by 11" paper
Brochure to fold (PDF) (2 pp, 209K)
Sizing best if you print (back-to-back) on legal paper, then fold
Sources of Composting Worms (PDF) (1 p, 292K)
Where to get composting worms for vermicomposting.
"Stealth" (Indoor) Composting (PDF) (1 p, 342K)
An indoor composting system that defies detection!
Visit Cornell University's Waste Management Institute for information on small and large scale composting, mortality and on-farm composting, health and safety of compost, and find a map to locate compost demonstration sites and facilities in New York State.
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East Coast son Kenny sent this video, noting his reaction was the same as the guy in the film; an encounter with a golden eagle in a Montreal park:
You can take the eagle out of the wild, but you can't take the wild out of the eagle.
Looks mostly like a golden eagle to me — anyone want to make the case it's a different bird?
What's going on in Montreal, I wonder, that would make a golden eagle think a human baby might make a good meal? (No, I don't think the bird was trying to give the kid a thrill.)
Other reports of similar incidents around Montreal?
Update: WHAT? IT'S FAKED? Thoughtful reader Luisa in comments refers us to Chris Clarke's Original Blog™ Coyote Crossing, which updates from expert birder Kenn Kauffman who says, as I wondered, it's not a golden eagle, and other things look hoaxed. (While you're looking around, check out Luisa's Crow and Raven; bird photos that will make you jealous.) You'd think an incident like that would have made it to the newspapers and television stations in Montreal, but I've found nothing — have you?)
Update, December 19, 2012: Now the CBC covers the tale, noting that it is most likely a hoax. The film's maker or YouTube poster has not defended it that I can find. Watch carefully — the "baby" doesn't move during the time it's on the ground, through the bird's plucking it up and dropping it. There's plenty of time to swap a dummy out with a real kid in the stroller while the camera is pointed away. CBC found a Montreal ornithologist who claims it looks more like an osprey than an eagle. I'll buy that.
- At The Atlantic blogs, Adam Clark Estes provides a smattering of history of similar events, but avoids saying it means it's the End of Days only barely.=


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Sizing Up the Sierra Leone; the Poets of Kundiman
A shakedown survival story from Sierra Leone. Also, the Kundiman Asian American Poetry Retreat.
Melissa Labonte went on a 10-day research trip to Sierra Leone. She came back with a shakedown survival story and a renewed distaste for the movie "Blood Diamond." Also, Sarah Gambito on the Kundiman Asian American Poetry Retreat, and how it all began. Influences include: Donald Trump.


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When spring training started, the Red Sox held Mike Napoli out of games until March 1 because of a degenerative condition discovered in his hips a few months earlier.
Napoli watched his teammates from the sidelines while he prepared at a much slower pace.
Now, with the season getting started Monday, Napoli is free of concerns.
"They cleared me after all that, and I've been going at it like any other year," he said Saturday. "I feel great."
Napoli will get an MRI every three months to determine whether the condition — avascular necrosis — has advanced.
"That's really it," he said. "I'll just go one day at a time. I'll play as much as they want me to play. I'm taking care of my body and I'll go from there.
"Going into it, it felt like there was nothing wrong. But hearing everybody talk about it, they kind of put it in my head that there was something wrong. But once I got out there and starting running around, I let it go.
"I just play the game and play hard. Just play."
With David Ortiz headed for the disabled list, Napoli will hit cleanup.
"It's exciting to get started," he said. "I like this group. We're playing together well and it's a good bunch of guys. Nobody is being selfish. When you get that, you can win a lot of ballgames."
Napoli has a career 1.107 OPS in 19 games at Fenway Park. But he's not too caught up in that statistic.
"Everybody makes a big deal out of it, and I like hitting there, but it's 19 games," he said. "We'll see. I like having that wall there. Who wouldn't like that? You can get some cheap hits. In the long run, it'll help me."
Napoli finished spring training by playing in four games in a row at first base. The Sox will try to get him a break when the opportunity is there.
"More how he feels and how we'll look to take advantage of certain matchups," manager John Farrell said. "In an initial view, we'd look to see Nap in a DH role just to get him off his feet in a given day. That's part of that rotation with the DH slot."
Farrell considers Daniel Nava as the primary backup at first base, not the more experienced Mike Carp.
The Red Sox do not plan to set their 25-man roster until the 3 p.m. deadline today. They will use the time to make a move to get outfielder Jackie Bradley Jr. on the 40-man roster. Because that roster is full, the Sox either will have to designate a player for assignment or trade one to clear a spot for Bradley. Until then, he will not officially be on the team.
But Bradley did arrive at JetBlue Park in a charcoal suit Saturday and accompanied the team to New York.
When asked if anything about spring training came as a surprise to him, Farrell said it was how good Bradley was.
"Just reading about him, hearing about him, until you see him, you don't know fully what to expect, but that's been a good surprise," he said.
The 22-year-old Bradley was busy Saturday making arrangements for his parents, fianc�e, younger brother, and other family members to attend the Yankees series and then the home opener April 8 against Baltimore.
"It's an amazing time for my family," he said.
Bradley would be the first Red Sox player to make the Opening Day roster out of Double A since Shea Hillenbrand in 2001.
Shortstop Stephen Drew, out since March 7 with a concussion, is close to getting in a minor league game and will not travel with the team to New York as a result.
"That's the exact reason for it," Farrell said.
Drew has been taking batting practice, fielding ground balls, and throwing. The next step will be to face live pitching.
"He continues to report some further resolving of the symptoms," said Farrell. "He continues to move in the right direction."
The Sox want Drew to be able to play every day once he starts playing. Before Drew can get in a game, he has to be further cleared by doctors affiliated with Major League Baseball.
Ortiz, out all spring training recovering from an Achilles' tendon injury, traveled with the team to New York and will return to Fort Myers after that series. Farrell said Ortiz could take live batting practice or play in games the week of April 8.
"There's a framework in place that would target some time the following week to hopefully get some live at-bats," Farrell said. "That's the general timeframe right now without being hard and fast to a given date."
Ortiz has been running straight ahead and doing side-to-side agility drills. The next step for him will be taking turns. From there he would progress to running the bases.
Farrell said he was pleased with how spring training went for the Sox, outside of the injuries to Ortiz and Drew.
"Overall, I think we've had a successful camp," he said. "We've been able to integrate the number of (new) players that have been brought in successfully. They've understood what we're trying to get done as far as our approach every night.
"We've settled into some element of a lineup, given who's available. Certainly David and Stephen coming back is going to positively affect that.
"I think overall it's been a very businesslike approach. The attitude has been great, the energy has been consistent, and we've had a very concentrated effort."
Farrell is planning to use backup catcher David Ross in the third game of the season, Thursday against the Yankees. "His involvement is going to be somewhat regular," Farrell said. The Sox are open to using Jarrod Saltalamacchia as the DH with Ross catching. "Not going to use that as a deterrent," Farrell said. "That's a distinct possibility at some point." If Ross were injured and left the game, the Sox would put Saltalamacchia behind the plate, give up the DH, and use pinch hitters as needed ... The Sox are still negotiating with outfielder Ryan Sweeney, who opted out of his minor league deal Thursday after being informed he would not be on the major league roster ... Farrell likes the idea of hitting Shane Victorino second against left-handers because he switch hits and has speed. But against right-handers, Victorino will hit well down in the lineup, Farrell said. Victorino has a career .881 OPS against left-handers, .732 against right-handers.


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UCLA Law is home to two outstanding journals in the field of gender law studies. The entirely student-run UCLA Women's Law Journal was one of the first in the country to address issues of gender, race and sexual orientation and remains a top journal in the field. Our students also select the best articles in sexual orientation and gender identity law for publication in the The Dukeminier Awards Journal of Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity Law.
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THURSDAY, Dec. 29, 2011 (HealthDay News) -- Nations with open trade policies have greater densities of fast food restaurants and higher rates of obesity than those with more trade controls, a new study has found.
"It's not by chance that countries with the highest obesity rates and fast food restaurants are those in the forefront of market liberalization, such as the United States, the United Kingdom, Australia, New Zealand and Canada, versus countries like Japan and Norway, with more regulated and restrictive trade policies," lead researcher Roberto De Vogli, an associate professor in the University of Michigan School of Public Health, said in a university news release.
For example, the analysis of data from 26 wealthy nations showed that the United States has 7.5 fast food restaurants per 100,000 people, and the density in Canada is 7.4 per 100,000. Obesity rates in the United States are 31 percent for men and 33 percent for women, and obesity rates in Canada are about 23 percent for men and women.
In comparison, Japan has 0.13 fast food restaurants per 100,000 people and Norway has 0.19 per 100,000 people. Obesity rates in Japan are 2.9 percent for men and 3.3 percent for women. Obesity rates in Norway are 6.4 percent for men and 5.9 percent for women, according to the study published in the December issue of the journal Critical Public Health.
The effect that market forces have on obesity is largely overlooked, according to De Vogli.
"In my opinion, the public debate is too much focused on individual genetics and other individual factors, and overlooks the global forces in society that are shaping behaviors worldwide. If you look at trends over time for obesity, it's shocking," he said in the news release.
"Since the 1980s, since the advent of trade liberalization policies that have indirectly . . . promoted transnational food companies . . . we see rates that have tripled or quadrupled. There is no biological, genetic, psychological or community level factor that can explain this. Only a global type of change can explain this," De Vogli stated.
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Friday's fossil featured fabulous fancy flanges—weird processes at the rib-ends that look like overlapping rubber spatulas. What the heck are they for, and to whom do they belong? The latter is easier to answer: Eryops megacephalus.
Eryops is a vertebrate palentology rock star. Everyone loves Eryops. I mean, look at it! It's so cool! It's among the largest known amphibians, growing to be as long as adult humans (1.5–2 m). Their species name, megacephalus, means "big head," and these guys did have big heads—their head length accounted for about one-third of their overall length. Seriously big heads meant seriously big jaws with a seriously wide gape. Housed inside the jaws were lots of seriously scary teeth, as you can see in the photo. Additionally, three rows of backwards-facing teeth projected from the roof of the mouth, presumably to prevent dinner (in the form of fish and other sea life) from escaping once caught. This is important because Eryops couldn't really chew. Instead, it would have used thrusting movements of its head to push prey back toward the throat. Snakes, another group of non-chewers, also have palatal teeth to keep live prey from escaping. It might not make for good table manners, but it's certainly effective.
Features of Eryops's skeleton suggest that it lived in a semi-aquatic environment, not unlike that of an alligator or crocodile, animals to which it's often compared. The arrangement of the shoulder and hips indicate a sprawling posture, which probably made movements on land a bit awkward and laborious. Its movements in water might not have been that much more graceful, either, as its tail was stiff and its snout short. But clearly these impediments didn't hold Eryops back. After all, if you're one of the biggest things around—as Eryops was—you don't really need to be all that crafty or agile.
Fossils of E. megacephalus, the only known species of the Eryops genus, have been found in the Permian of Texas and the later Carboniferous of New Mexico. This particular one is from the Lower Permian (295 million years ago or so) in Texas.
So, now for those ribs. What gives? As I've argued before on this blog, asking "what's that for?" is not always appropriate—not everything is adaptive, and often features get co-opted along the way for new purposes. These weird overlapping rib things, though, seem likely to be "for" something because a similar feature shows up in other groups of animals, including my all-time favorites, the xenarthrans. My late advisor, Farish Jenkins, argued in a 1970 paper that wide, even overlapping, ribs help to strengthen an animal's trunk by causing the ribs to lock against each other when the spine started to twist. Off the top of his head, my paleontologist friend Corwin Sullivan mused, "I suppose it saves some muscular effort when walking, and makes the body easier to support—especially when you're a large, awkward, lurching creature like Eryops." It sounds plausible…does anyone want to test it?
While we wait for that dissertation to be written, congratulations are in order to Dan Phelps!
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The Nephcure Walk Arizona
Saving Kidneys. Saving Lives.
Walk to support research for Nephrotic Syndrome and FSGS
On Sunday, October 13, 2013 at the Kiwanis Park – Fiesta Ramada's in Tempe, AZ.
San Tan Valley, AZ. 8-2013 — The Nephcure Foundation along with local patients will be holding a NephCure Walk on Sunday, October 13, 2013. The family affected is a committed member of the community. Elizabeth (Ely) Grau, age 50, has been dealing with FSGS-Focal Segmental Glomeruli Sclerosis for over 8 years. There is no cure for this rare condition, which affects the kidney filtering systems. Ely found out that she had this disease at the same time that her favorite basketball player Miami Heat Alonso Mourning was going through his kidney transplant for the same disease. "I remember being told that if I did not attack it aggressively I would have to go on dialysis and would need a transplant within a year. It was scary to hear that, being a single mom with a 13 year old daughter at that time. Luckily the aggressive treatment put me in remission but it was at a cost. My immune system got bad, gained weight and lost a lot of my strength. I wake up everyday wondering what the day will bring. I can relapse at any given moment, with still NO CURE."
With the cause and cure unknown and a continual increase of newly diagnosed patients, Nephrotic Syndrome and FSGS, have become a concern to patients, families, and physicians. The Nephcure Walk will allow community members to give back locally and support families like Ely's by participating in the fight to discover the cure. Registration for the walk will begin at 9:00 am and the walk will start at 10:00 am. There is no registration fee but fundraising is encouraged. Any walker who collects over $100 will receive a free T-Shirt. All proceeds will benefit the NephCure Foundation, an organization the Grau family has been supporting actively since Ely was diagnosed with the disease.
To sign up for the walk, join Ely's team or make a donation go to: http://www.nephcure.org/walk
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Gophers' starting QB Gray injured in second quarter
MINNEAPOLIS — Max Shortell replaced an injured MarQueis Gray and passed for 188 yards and three touchdowns, helping Minnesota overcome a sluggish start to beat Western Michigan 28-23 on Saturday.
Gray hurt his left leg late in the second quarter with the Gophers (3-0) trailing, but Shortell steered a six-play, 78-yard march for the go-ahead score that A.J. Barker capped with his second of three touchdown receptions.
The Broncos went three and out, and Shortell found Barker open on the sideline for a 53-yard catch-and-run to make it 21-10 with 30 seconds left before halftime.
Dareyon Chance rushed 29 times for 144 yards and a touchdown for the Broncos (1-2). Jaime Wilson caught 10 passes for 117 yards, but Alex Carder had a number of overthrows while finishing 24 for 44 for 209 yards and one interception.


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BlackBerry Z10: Prepare to fall back in love
After myriad delays pushed its maker to near irrelevance, the new BlackBerry Z10 finally went on sale midnight Friday. Just a few hours later, when the dust settled from the launch event at the Best Buy in Manhattan's Union Square, the retailer gave Newsday.com a hands-on look at the BlackBerry Z10.
And, for the most part, we were blown away.
With the help of sales associate Julie Asencio, we looked at the device with some trepidation. The sleek, completely touch-screen phone was a far cry from the clunky keyboard models of our past. The new model had neither a keyboard, a trackball, a touch pad, nor any physical button, whatsoever. And BrickBreaker was nowhere to be found. (More on that later.)
Instead the phone looked far more like the top models of the two market leaders. It is slightly taller, wider and thicker than an iPhone 5, but smaller in those three categories than the Samsung Galaxy SIII. The screen, too, is larger than that of the iPhone but smaller than the Galaxy's.
But the phone distinguished itself from those competitors the instant we swiped upward on the screen and awoke it from its slumber. Aside from the basic tiled display, which is nearly identical to that of most smartphones, BlackBerry has some interesting and innovative features.
Let's start with the two most-publicized features: the adaptive keyboard and BlackBerry Hub.
The touch keyboard is built on technology that predicts the next thing you are going to type. During our brief test run with it, when we typed "w-h-e" the word "where" appeared over the "r" key and "when" appeared over the "n." We swiped upward on the "r" and the word "where" appeared in the message box. Then, after hitting the space bar, the words "do," "are," "is" and several others appeared over their respective first letters. Sure, we could continue to type out each letter in the entire sentence, but with just a few more swipes we had finished writing "Where are you going?"
It takes a little getting used to, but it's pretty easy to see how this can speed up messaging on touch keyboards, which can be maddeningly frustrating if you're not nimble-fingered. Asencio told us that with just a few hours of heavy usage, the phone had already begun to pick up on her typing patterns. This might be welcome news for those longing for an easier input method on touch-screen phones.
The BlackBerry Hub wasn't quite as impressive. It just gathers your phone calls, text messages, emails, and social media notifications in one place. The handy thing is that you can "peek" at the Hub, and respond to messages, with a simple side swipe while using other programs and apps.
The peek feature is actually a pretty good one as it can be used to access any program that's recently been launched -- even while another application is open. Think of it as a more advanced version of the screen that descends from the top of an iOS device when you swipe downward.
The Z10 is also loaded with some notable camera features to enhance the very underwhelming high-definition lenses on either side of the device. There's "timeshift" mode, which, when activated, snaps six shots at once and allows users to match aspects of these different shots. It practically guarantees that your photo subjects won't have their eyes closed or capture a sudden disruption in the background. There's also a "storymaker" feature that allows you to build a slideshow -- complete with background music and filters -- directly from your phone. But keep in mind the camera's photo quality leaves much to be desired.
Making their returns from BlackBerry tradition are souped-up versions of the beloved BlackBerry Messenger and the maligned BlackBerry World, its app store. The app store exceeded preliminary projections and is loaded with 100,000 apps, including most of the ones that smartphone users have come to expect. Netflix is to be added in the coming weeks, and this is where you can try to set a new high game score on BrickBreaker.
Meanwhile, like the iPhone's iMessage and FaceTime, BlackBerry Messenger offers chat and video service over a secure network. But it also adds the ability to make international phone calls free of charge with other BBM users in your contact list and offers a handy screen-share feature for greater collaboration.
Speaking of collaboration, our favorite feature is something called BlackBerry Balance, which builds on the company's reputation for corporate security. In an attempt to free buyers from the shackles of two phones -- a personal phone and a work phone -- it splits into two profiles -- one for work, the other personal.
A simplified setup process allows users to completely separate any corporate applications from personal ones; it even allows users to download the same application twice: once for the work side and again the personal side. This is especially useful for email programs, photo albums, BlackBerry world and any other area where it may be best not to mix business with pleasure. BlackBerry held its reputation for corporate security even during its tumultuous years, so we can see this dual functionality being a big selling point.
As for basic stuff, the phone is 4G LTE and retails for $199.99 with a new wireless agreement. It also supports Adobe Flash and HTML5 -- in other words, it will load any website or video. (Unlike the iPhone which is incompatible with Flash.)
For now, the phone is only available with AT&T, but Verizon and Sprint versions -- including one with a physical keyboard -- should be hitting shelves shortly. (Take that for what it's worth given BlackBerry's history of delays.) You can check the Best Buy site (http://bit.ly/11D4xYM) for complete details.
Now, the big question: Is it worth ditching your iPhone or Android for the latest BlackBerry? Or will you be re-entering a world of glitches and spinning hourglasses?
While we can't say with certainty that the phone is glitch-free, there were no signs of slowness during our 45-minute test run. Julie, who sells phones across all makers and carriers for Best Buy, said she has yet to run into those issues. She's even planning to trade in her Galaxy for the Z10.
But there's probably no reason for you to rush to do the same. While we do believe the phone is better than the existing Galaxy and iPhone models, it's worth keeping in mind that it's also much newer. A new Galaxy is expected in stores in April, and it will most likely close the current gap.
Meanwhile, if you have an iPad or other Apple products you might not want to break that device compatibility all for the sake of a few cool features. And then there's the learning curve, which may be steep for those not technologically inclined.
On the other hand, if you're carrying two phones around like this Newsday reviewer, the BlackBerry Balance functionality on its own might be enough to reunite you with the phone maker once synonymous with the smartphone.


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The alien planet Gliese 581g has been getting a lot of attention recently as a possibly habitable world, but a case is building for its next-door neighbor as a good candidate for extraterrestrial life, too.
Gliese 581d, another planet discovered around the star Gliese 581, may well lie in the "habitable zone" of the star — that just-right distance range that can allow liquid water to exist — new atmospheric-modeling research suggests. The finding follows closely on the heels of a similar study, published earlier this year, that reached the same provisional conclusion. [Tour of the planets around star Gliese 581.]
"The fact that two models find conditions for liquid water could exist, that strongly implies that it is possible," said the new study's lead author, Philip von Paris of the Institute for Planetary Research at the German Aerospace Center in Berlin. "It doesn't seem impossible to have life there."
The Gliese 581 system: Worlds of possibilities
Gliese 581 is a red dwarf located 20 light-years from Earth, just a stone's throw in the cosmic scheme of things. Astronomers have detected six planets orbiting the star.
Gliese 581g is about three times as massive as Earth, and it's likely a rocky world. It also lies right in the middle of the habitable zone, making it a prime candidate for liquid water and life as we know it — if the planet exists.
But some researchers question the analysis used to discover the planet, and say they cannot confirm 581g in follow-up studies. The planet's discoverers, however, are standing by their find.
The two planets on either side of 581g skirt the edges of the habitable zone and thus have inspired interest and intrigue since their discovery in 2007. Gliese 581g's interior neighbor, 581c, was once thought a good candidate for liquid water, but studies have shown that a greenhouse effect likely makes the planet too hot.
Gliese 581d, on the other hand, orbits outside of 581g, far enough away that researchers first thought it too cold for life. But a strong greenhouse effect may warm 581d up substantially, perhaps enough to support liquid water, according to the new study.
Modeling an alien atmosphere
Gliese 581d is probably seven to eight times as massive as Earth, and astronomers suspect it's rocky like our home planet. The alien world's gravity is likely strong enough to hold onto an atmosphere, though researchers have yet to confirm and characterize 581d's air.
Von Paris and his team modeled the surface conditions that could result on 581d from several different types of atmosphere, using our own solar system as a guide. They assumed, for example, an atmosphere composed of water vapor, carbon dioxide and nitrogen — all of which are found in the air of the rocky planets Earth, Mars and Venus.
The research team ran simulations at different concentrations of carbon dioxide, mimicking the levels found in our solar system. Various runs assumed different amounts of CO2 mirroring the levels found on Earth now, on the early Earth and on Mars and Venus now.
The team's model also varied atmospheric pressure from low to high.
In the end, the researchers found that several of these atmospheric scenarios resulted in average surface temperatures above 32 degrees Fahrenheit (0 degrees Celsius) — meaning Gliese 581d might well harbor liquid water.
A medium- or high-pressure atmosphere with 95 percent CO2 would do the trick, they found. So would a high-pressure one with just 5 percent CO2.
"I found it quite exciting that, even for the 5 percent carbon dioxide atmosphere, we obtained habitable conditions in one case," von Paris told SPACE.com.
Von Paris and his colleagues published their results in the November issue of the journal Astronomy & Astrophysics.
Lots of caveats
Another atmospheric-modeling study published earlier this year also suggested that a strong greenhouse effect — driven by lots of CO2 — could make Gliese 581d warm enough for liquid water. Other research teams have reached similar conclusions over the past several years.
Such work, while intriguing, remains provisional and speculative. Von Paris and his team looked to our own solar system for guidance, but their model is based on educated guesses.
"The problem, of course, is that you don't know anything about the atmosphere," von Paris said.
Astronomers aren't even sure that Gliese 581d is a rocky planet, like Earth or Mars or Venus. They think it is, based on its size, but further research will be needed to confirm this.
While von Paris is the first to mention such caveats and unknowns, he's excited by the possibility that 581d could support liquid water — especially since the universe is so vast and the hunt for alien planets is still in its infancy. While astronomers have detected more than 500 alien worlds, the first one was discovered less than 20 years ago, in 1992.
"Gliese 581 is our next-door neighbor, among the 100 nearest stars," von Paris said. "My point of view is, this kind of implies that such planets may be reasonably common."
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Ultrasound imaging, also called ultrasound scanning or sonography, involves exposing part of the body to high-frequency sound waves to produce pictures of the inside of the body. Ultrasound exams do not use ionizing radiation (X-ray). Because ultrasound images are captured in real-time, they can show the structure and movement of the body's internal organs, as well as blood flowing through blood vessels.Most ultrasound examinations are painless, fast and easy. A registered, diagnostic medical sonographer will position you on the table, apply warm gel on your skin (over the area being imaged), and will then press on the skin with a hand-held transducer to obtain the necessary images.The images are then analyzed and interpreted by a Board certified radiologist. The radiologist will send a signed report to your referring physician, who will share the results with you.WakeMed uses state-of-the art imaging systems, which provide unprecedented quality for medical diagnosis in a wide range of areas including abdominal, OB/gynecology, breast, scrotum and thyroid. Ultrasound is also used to guide special procedures such as biopsies and fluid removal.
Some ultrasound exams require special preparation. It is important that you follow the preparation guidelines so the sonographer can obtain the best possible images.
Abdominal ultrasound examinations may be ordered for a patient with abdominal pain, abnormal laboratory tests, follow up to other types of imaging tests, evaluation of the aorta for aneurysm, or a variety of other symptoms and indications. Color Doppler Imaging may also be used during an abdominal ultrasound exam to assess blood flow in abdominal organs and structures.Complete abdominal ultrasound includes a thorough survey of the following abdominal organs and related structures:
Right upper quadrant ultrasound may be ordered to target the following structures:
Retroperitoneal ultrasound may be ordered to target the following structures:
Patient PreparationPatient must go without food and drink for six hours prior to an abdominal study.Necessary medications may be taken with a small amount of water only. No chewing gum please.An ultrasound to evaluate only the kidneys does not require a six hour fast.
High-resolution diagnostic ultrasound assists the physician in the evaluation of the uterus, ovaries, fallopian tubes and related anatomy. Color Doppler Imaging may be used during a pelvic ultrasound exam to assess blood flow in pelvic organs and structures.Patient PreparationPatients must have a full bladder before the pelvic exam can be performed. Patients should finish drinking 36 ounces of water one hour before their appointment time. Patients should not empty their bladder once they have started drinking.
Ultrasound may be performed during any stage of pregnancy. In early pregnancy, ultrasound is used to determine fetal age and viability. In the second and third trimesters, ultrasound is used to evaluate the fetus, monitor fetal growth and position, check amniotic fluid, survey the placental location, etc.
First Trimester - Please follow preparation for pelvic exam as seen above.Second and third trimester - No patient preparation is necessary.Unknown dates - Please follow preparation for pelvic exam as seen above.
When conventional scanning methods do not provide accurate diagnostic information, the physician may request an endovaginal ultrasound. The endovaginal transducer allows close evaluation of the uterus, ovaries and cervix. This technology provides a clear image of the reproductive organs because it is only inches away, rather than through the abdomen, where intestinal contents and gas sometimes obscure the view. The endovaginal transducer is also used in early pregnancy to detect fetal heart motion and to aid in the diagnosis of ectopic pregnancies.
A brief, conventional pelvic ultrasound exam is performed prior to an endovaginal exam to evaluate the entire pelvis and adnexa, therefore patients should follow the same prep required for a conventional pelvic ultrasound exam.
A physician may use an ultrasound examination of the neck to help diagnose a lump in the thyroid or a thyroid that is not functioning properly. The thyroid gland is located in front of the neck just below the Adam's apple and is shaped like a butterfly, with two lobes on either side of the neck. It is one of nine endocrine glands located throughout the body. No preparation is required for this exam.
The most common application of breast ultrasound is to investigate a specific area of the breast where a problem is suspected. This may be a palpable lump and/or a lump or density discovered by X-ray imaging (mammogram). Ultrasound is especially helpful in distinguishing between a fluid-filled cyst and a solid mass. No preparation is required for this exam.
Ultrasound imaging of the scrotum is the primary imaging method used to evaluate disorders of the testicles and surrounding areas. It is used when a patient is experiencing pain or swelling in the scrotum, a mass has been felt by the patient or doctor, or there's been a trauma to the scrotal area. Some of the problems ultrasound imaging can identify include: inflammation of the scrotum, an absent or undescended testicle, testicular torsion, abnormal blood vessels, or a lump or tumor. No preparation is required for this exam.
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NotesProf. Westerink's note: "Mone Pantokratoros (Athos, Greece). Manuscript. 234. ff. 1-21. Tetraevangelium (part)".
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The top sale for the recording week of Oct. 19 through Oct. 23 on the keys was the $2,175,000 that Ann Martin Dodds, from Glencoe, Ill., paid for Unit D-502 at the 54-unit Orchid Beach Club Residences, 2050 Ben Franklin Drive, on Sarasota's Lido Beach.
The sellers were Jane and David Stoneking, of Spring, Texas, who acquired the condominium new in October 2005 as a portion of a $4,754,200 multiple-parcel transaction. The three-bedroom, three-and-a-half-bath apartment has 3,654 square feet of air-conditioned living space.
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Jane and Michael Mueller, of Xenia, Ohio, sold their Country Club Shores Unit V home at 540 Putter Lane for $740,000. The three-bedroom, three-bath house was built in 1967 and has a swimming pool and 2,083 square feet of living area. The Muellers bought the property for $1.2 million in May 2005.
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There were two sales on St. Armands Key, both on South Washington Drive and both in the half-million dollar range. Elizabeth Cooney, of Staunton, Va., sold her home at 44 S. Washington Drive in Sarasota to Vienna & Naples Inc., of Venice, for $550,000. The three-bedroom, three-bath residence was constructed in 1967 and has 2,184 square feet of living space.
Dona Blake bought her house at 370 S. Washington Drive, from Courtney Clark, of Philadelphia, for $530,000. The three-bedroom, three-bath residence was built in 1952 and has 3,116 square feet of living area.
Longboat Harbour Towers
Dennis Sobieski, of Downers Grove, Ill., sold his Unit 702 at the 73-unit Longboat Harbour Towers, 4401 Gulf of Mexico Drive, to Patricia and Francis McGettigan, from Monroe, Conn., for $435,000. The two-bedroom, one-bath condo with 961 square feet of living area was constructed in 1972 by the late I.Z. Mann, developer of the nearby 300-unit Longboat Harbour, the 151-unit Windward Bay and the 80-unit Sutton Place, among others, during the 1970s.
Beachplace III
Kim and Derrick Carr, of Sanford, sold their Unit 101 in Building 10 of Beachplace III to L.B.K. Holdings LLC, of Colts Neck, N.J., for $375,000. The Carrs purchased the condominium for $545,000 in July 2004.
Located at 1065 Gulf of Mexico Drive, the two-bedroom, two-bath condo was built in 1981 and has 1,172 square feet of living area. With 336 units, Beachplace is Longboat Key's second-largest condominium complex. It was developed by Arthur Vining Davis' Arvida Corp.
Bayport Beach & Tennis Club
Tammi and Robert Morris purchased Unit 712 in Building C-1 at the 136-unit Bayport Beach & Tennis Club from Kathy Wilson, of Sussex, N.J., for $365,000. The two-bedroom, two-bath condo at 712 Bayport Way was built in 1980 and has 1,260 square feet of living area.
Inn on the Beach
Coletta and William Ackermann, of Champaign, Ill., sold their Unit 204 in Building 6 at the 221-unit Inn on the Beach to Jennifer Lister and her husband, Robert Trull, from Mississauga, Ontario, for $335,000.
The one-bedroom, two-bath apartment has 642 square feet of living area and was constructed in 1983.
Turtle Crawl
Claus and Christiane Kirchner bought Unit T-404 at Turtle Crawl condominium, 4235 Gulf of Mexico Drive, from Michelle and Jeffrey Parnell, of Lake Forest, Ill., for $277,000.
The one-bedroom, one-bath condo conversion was built in 1990 with 720 square feet of living area. The Parnells bought the condo for $345,000 in June 2003.
Longboat Harbour
Ruth and Robert Willis, of Brewerton, N.Y., sold their apartment 204 in Building K at the 300-unit Longboat Harbour condominium to Maureen Mastroieni, of Philadelphia, for $250,000. The two-bedroom, two-bath condo at 4410 Exeter Drive was built in 1970 and has 992 square feet of living area. The Willises paid $115,000 for the apartment in January 1995.
Pelican Harbour & Beach Club
Robert and Susan Guay, from Wyomissing, Pa., purchased Unit T-1 at the 65-unit Pelican Harbour & Beach Club, 4234 Gulf of Mexico Drive, for $220,000. The sellers were Patricia and Randall Lewis, of Bethesda, Md., both as individuals and trustees of the Judge Shirley Lewis revocable trust.
The two-bedroom, one-bath apartment was built in 1973 and has 1,150 square feet of living area.
223 key sales since June 1
Key real-estate sales, following a slow beginning of 17 sales the first two weeks of October, gathered momentum the next two weeks by posting 27 transactions. In summary, we have recorded 223 sales on the keys between June 1 and Oct. 23, of which 44 transactions were for $1 million or more.
Kent Chetlain is a veteran Florida journalist and historian, a former Manatee County commissioner and a holder of a Florida real-estate license. He has chronicled real-estate activity in this area since 1957.


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The Tennessee State offense finished third in the Ohio Valley Conference in total offense during the 2011 averaging 416 yards per game. They also were third in passing yards per game with 237 yards per contest.
A product of Tennessee State, Jones was twice named All-American (1981-82) and still holds many of the school's receiving records, He was a sixth-round draft pick of the Minnesota Vikings in 1983. He played three seasons with Minnesota (1983-85) and was traded to New Orleans where he played from 1986-87 and 1989. In six NFL seasons, Jones caught 165 passes for 2,372 yards and 11 touchdowns.
Mike Jones' pedigree as an NFL receiver laid the groundwork for him to prosper as a coach. Nine years after his last game as a player he joined the Rhein Fire, NFL Europe, as a receivers coach for his first professional job. From there, he coached in four World Bowl games in six seasons and by year seven, he was named Head Coach of the Frankfurt Galaxy (2004-07). Jones' aptitude for winning didn't waiver in four years as a head coach as his teams appeared in three championship games, winning one in 2006. The same season he was named NFL Europe Coach of the Year. In all, he holds three European championship rings.
As a head coach, Jones was practically unbeatable. In his first season, the Galaxy dashed to a 7-3 record and a World Bowl appearance. Two seasons later, Jones' Galaxy returned to the championship and defeated Bart Andrus' Amsterdam Admirals. The Galaxy revisited the big game one season later but lost to the Hamburg Sea Devils in the last-ever World Bowl game. The 2006 Coach of the Year compiled a 24-16 NFLE regular season record as a head coach.
Jones also held offensive positions for the Rhein Fire. First, he was named receivers coach (1998-00) and later returned as the club's offensive coordinator (2002-03). He coached in four World Bowl games with Rhein (1998, 2000, 2002-03), winning two in 1998 & 2000.
In 2001, he accepted a position as the receivers coach for the XFL's Orlando Rage. His receivers super-charged the offense and the Rage finished in first place which led to a playoff berth. Jones was also the receivers coach at Liberty University for a brief period in the same year.
Mike Jones is a native of Chattanooga, Tennessee. He and his wife Minerva have twin daughters named Brittany and Bridgette, and a son named Chandler.


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The 26th International Conference «Software Quality Assurance Days» will hold on November 15-16, 2019 in Minsk, Belarus.
We invite you to attend the 26th International Conference on Software Quality Assurance - SQA Days.
The conference, as always, will cover a wide range of professional issues related to quality assurance, including the key ones:
For many experts and managers «Software Quality Assurance Days» is a fine possibility to declare itself, and also to prepare high-quality experts who will raise software quality and by that will strengthen competitive positions and create advantages. SQA Days is a fine platform for dialogue and share of experience for the people involved in the sphere of software testing. Leading experts will be able to tell about the achievements, show how to use different testing tools, techniques and methodologies effectively. For the beginners, it is a good chance to get new useful acquaintances in the professional environment.
The conference is devoted to the questions concerning testing and software quality assurance:
For your convenience, we created a letter template for your boss with an explanation of participation in the conference.
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SQA Days is the Number 1 Conference in the CIS and one of the major events in Eastern Europe devoted to testing and software quality assurance. Every time we invite renowned experts of international class as keynote speakers.
The Conference has a significant professional impact. Everybody has the opportunity to become familiar with the proceedings of the conference, to discuss interesting issues, to offer their own vision of problematic situations. The Conference is not finished with the official part. All discussions are continued offline until the next event.
Partners of past events: SKB Kontur, Grid Dynamics, Gett, Reksoft, Wargaming, Microsoft, Badoo, Borland, Sbertech, T-Systems, Deutsche Bank, iSQI, GASQ, Helios IT, Hewlett Packard, Microfocus, ExactPro Systems, Wargaming, CUSTIS, Wix, Innova, Metaquotes Software, Global Logic, Parasoft, JetBrains, EPAM Systems, Exigen Services, EMC, Fujitsu, Ministry of Informatics and Communications of the Republic of Tatarstan, T-Systems, Yota, Testuff, etc.
By becoming a partner of SQA Days, your company obtains the opportunity to express themselves clearly, their services, products, research results, before an audience of professionals. This is an opportunity to see the most active participants and invite them to collaborate.
Status of the partner of such conference as SQA Days is a testament to the highest levels of the company which is not indifferent to issues of improving the competitiveness of products by introducing innovative software quality assurance approaches.
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Amber Dinh owner of Audible Advice WINS!
It is not everyday that I run across a really great business with an even greater business owner – so I just wanted to congratulate Amber Dinh owner of Audible Advice for being a fantastic 40 under 40 winner for the Kitsap County Business Journal.
Audible Advice was created by Amber Dinh as a company specifically for the retail and commercial audio/visual industry. Her mission is to promote your company and vision with a higher level of sales skill and customer service. She specializes in Retail redesigns, Telesales/cold call training, Retail sales force training, Social Media marketing campaigns, Maximization of Dealer/vendor relationships, co-op dollars and MDF's, Very Important Client campaigns, helps with mailer/TV/radio and marketing campaigns and coaching for owners and staff.
Amber mainly works with B2B companies but if you need a recommendation for a home theater company she can assist in that as well…She is also very active on social media websites and connecting with her on facebook is very informative and entertaining.
What is also impressive about Amber is that she was also awarded Dealerscopes 40 under 40 award and has been mentioned in several audio visual publications over the years.
She knows her industry like no other and is very friendly and knowledgeable. Her Audible Advice facebook group is available here. Connect with her and see how she can help your company. Congratulations again Amber, we are very happy for you!
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Design is everywhere. It can be in the food we eat, the art we buy or the Jewelry we wear. The Designs of the Times Blog is about the people, places and things that help us a enjoy the abundance of creativity all around us. Join us as we showcase the rich designs of our surroundings that make up this great area we call home- Kitsap County! We hope to bring inspiration, joy, and creativity to all who read our Blog.


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Is leaving your boy on his 21st birthday for a threesome, a guy code violation? Plus, one guy uses Facebook to hook up with his friend's exes.aired 12/18/13
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Listed below is the whole problem I am working on. I have completed my Customer Class and now I am having trouble with my CustomerTest class. I am not sure if I declared my phone number variable correctly.
In this task, you write a Customer class with an overloaded method called
Create a class called Customer and save the file as Customer.java Within the Customer class, add two overloaded methods called setCustomerInfo.
Depending on how the setCustomerInfo method is called, it does
one of the following:
● Sets the ID, name, address, and phone number for a Customer
object. (This is the minimum information needed for a new
● Sets the ID, name, address, phone number, and email address
for a Customer object.
Create a display method to display the values of all the member
variables of the Customer class.
This is what I am having major trouble on. I am not sure how to create two object references.
7. In the main method of CustomerTest class write code to perform the
following tasks:
a. Create two object references to different Customer objects.
b. Use each variation of the setCustomerInfo method to provide
information for each Customer object.
c. Display the contents of each Customer object.
My code is attached below.. I appreciate any help I am stuck and I think I am almost done. .


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Banning Employers from Requesting Employee Social Media User Names/Passwords
Yes, you read that headline correctly, employers are now asking, in increasing numbers, for employee social media (like Facebook) user names and passwords. If that doesn't send chills down the spine of every American who proclaims to believe in a free country, or even the concept of privacy, I don't know what will.
Let's begin with what we already know about increasing intrusiveness from both government and corporate/employer interests: As of two years ago, Facebook reportedly receives up to 100 demands from the government each week for information about its users. AOL reportedly receives 1,000 demands a month. In 2006, a U.S. Attorney demanded book purchase records of 24,000 Amazon.com customers. Sprint recently disclosed that law enforcement made 8 million requests in 2008 alone for its customer's cell phone GPS data for purposes of locational tracking.
Facebook said on March 23 that accessing such information also could expose businesses to discrimination lawsuits. The company said it might ask policy makers to take action to stop the practice.
Facebook and other sites are already used by some potential employers seeking additional background on job applicants because of the personal information posted there. As Facebook has given users additional ways to protect that information from public view, reports have surfaced of employers asking job applicants to voluntarily give them access by providing personal login credentials.
The lawmakers also asked the department to investigate whether the practice violates the Stored Communications Act, which prohibits intentional access to electronic information without authorization or in excess of authorization.
Evidence also suggested that some supervisors factor credit scores into decisions regarding promotion and evaluation of current workers. Could the same be said for Facebook account content?
In the case of credit ratings, there was also the consideration of the role credit agency fraud played in the housing bubble burst, subsequent economic crisis and the reduced credit scores suffered by so many Americans. In that context, for an employer to discriminate against someone with a less than stellar credit record is unconscionable. Wall Street excesses and Congress' weak response have built plenty of barriers between the jobless and their prospects for future employment. Allowing employers to use credit checks to deny employment only serves as another obstacle to getting Californians back to work.
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Drivers debate taxi permit cap in Milwaukee
City faces lawsuit from drivers fighting cap
The city of Milwaukee is facing a lawsuit over how many cabs can be licensed, and the drivers are conflicted over whether or not they can survive if the city loses that suit.
"It's going to destroy the cab business in Milwaukee totally," said Michael Richlin.
Richlin is a self-employed cab driver who is worried about his future in the business because the city of Milwaukee is considering lifting its 20-year cap on taxicab permits.
Right now, there are a little more than 300 licensed permits. Richlin said there are barely enough fares to keep those on the roads.
"It would be chaos down here with 200 cabs more, just chaos," Richlin said.
The city originally capped the permits because of that chaos. Drivers were getting into fights scrambling for fares. But the city is now being sued by drivers who complain that government regulation is violating their right to earn a living.
"I don't think we are living in today's world where we have freedom of speech, where we have a freedom of right and here in Milwaukee, we cannot own our own cab," said cab driver Asim Chaubhry, who has been driving seven years for someone else.
Minneapolis attorney Lee McGrath is representing the drivers fighting the cap.
"This has caused incredible economic hardship for drivers. They cannot own their own business," McGrath said.
Milwaukee Alderman Bob Bauman has proposed the ordinance seeking to repeal the city's cap primarily because of the lawsuit.
"It affects a lot of the quality of life in the city, so we thought maybe we should take another look at this cap issue," Bauman said.
Richlin said he's all for free enterprise, but after 40 years in the business he knows there are not enough cab riders in Milwaukee to support more.
"They will be sitting there. They will still have to pay the high insurance. It will never work," Richlin said.
The only people the city didn't hear from about this issue Friday are taxi cab customers. They are invited to go to City Hall and give testimony at the next hearing on the issue on March 8.