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Browser company rejection is what turned an innovative plan to have websites and users' computers automatically negotiate privacy into a failure, according to the organisation that invented it.
The World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) developed the Platform for Privacy Preferences (P3P), a system in which web sites' privacy policies were turned into machine-readable code. But work on that system stopped in 2007 and nobody has created a replacement.
Using P3P users would set what use of their data they were comfortable with and if there was a clash with a website's policy they were notified of that. The system was designed to help users to make sense of ever-more complex privacy policies as web services became more dependent on the use of personal data gleaned from a person's browsing.
Rigo Wenning, W3C's privacy spokesman and legal counsel, told technology law podcast OUT-LAW Radio this week that the system failed because the makers of web browsers did not support it.
"We did not manage to convince the browsers, that's the big failure," he said. "The transparency was really key to it. This has not resulted in browser makers using this to show the user anything. We had all this privacy information from the server side, we had all this information out there and the browsers didn't do anything with it."
"[Internet Explorer version] 6 contained some very basic P3P implementation that was only looking at cookies and could display policy a bit. This transparency wasn't really achieved because of the client side," said Wenning.
The problem that P3P was designed to solve was that people's privacy rights were being trampled on because they did not defend them. They could not defend them because they could not understand privacy policies, said Wenning.
"We see that people disregard privacy policies when they are written in 22 pages of legalese," he said. "And businesses hide behind those privacy policies and consumers do not care as long as there is no incident."
While no browser-implemented alternative has appeared, Wenning said that in forums such as W3C's Policy Languages Interest Group (PLING) and in the EU-funded Prime Life project, development of alternatives is based on the findings of P3P.
"Our research in this area is based on P3P. It's all based on the assumption that you label data. How do you get a data warehouse that is more intelligent?" said Wenning. "You have to transfer the semantics that are attached to personal data. What have you promised? What was the initial intention [in collecting] this data?"
"If you store these semantics in the data warehouse or in your back end database, whatever, it makes life easier and it allows easy compliance or easy care for privacy by companies," he said.
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Siam Nowarah looks almost unrecognisable from the chubby man in the videos and photos circulating of him online. Most of them date back to more than three years go, when his son, then 17-year-old Nadeem Nowarah, was killed by an Israeli border police officer during a Nakba Day demonstration near Ofer military prison.
"It's very difficult. We need to finish with this case," Siam Nowarah told Palestine Monitor. "My wife is very tired, so are my daughter, my son. And thinking about what we can do all the time."
At a court hearing on Tuesday, the prosecutor asked for 20 to 27 months imprisonment for Ben Deri, the officer who shot the live bullet that hit Nadeem in the chest on May 15, 2014. The sentence hearing is now scheduled for April 26.
Siam believes the sentence is too lenient.
"I was very angry. I told [the prosecutor] I gave you all the evidence, strong evidence," Siam, who has also been collecting every last piece of media coverage that came out about the case, told Palestine Monitor. "Now the judge could even decide for community service."
Another teenager, Mohammad Abu Daher, 16, was shot in the back in the same spot just an hour after Nadeem. CCTV camera footage appears to show a lull in the clashes and that the two boys had not been throwing stones at the time of the shooting.
Israeli authorities initially denied the use of live fire, despite medical reports contradicting that claim, and the metal bullet Siam had found in Nadeem's backpack. Then-defense minister Moshe Yaalon was quoted as arguing the film had been edited, before admitting had had not actually seen the clip.
"In the beginning, when Nadeem was murdered, all [Israeli] political leaders tried to say this case is untrue," Siam recounted. "When we went to court hearings, they were always postponed for no good reason."
A forensic video analysis combining CCTV and CNN footage, as well as an autopsy on Nadeem's body, eventually confirmed live fire had been used. Deri was charged with manslaughter, which carries a maximum sentence of twenty years. He was accused of firing live ammunition with the intent of causing "serious injury, while foreseeing the possibility of causing death."
Then came another ordeal for the family: Deri's defense lawyer cut a deal with the prosecutor according to which the manslaughter charges would be dropped and Deri would plead guilty to the lesser charge of negligent killing, saying the live round had found its way into his magazine without his knowledge.
The family didn't agree with the prosecution's decision and took the case to the Supreme Court, but lost last June. Ben Deri, who was initially put under house arrest, is now a free man while he waits for sentencing.
Israel consistently uses excessive force to quash demonstrations in the occupied West Bank, Gaza and East Jerusalem. 16-year-old Musab Tamimi was the first Palestinian to be shot dead by Israeli forces in 2018. He was shot in the neck during clashes on January 3 in Deir Nitham, near Ramallah. More than 2,000 Palestinian minors have been killed since 2000, including during three wars on Gaza.
While Palestinians' ability to file complaints with the military or police investigation bodies is very limited, even when complaints are filed, they hardly ever lead to an indictment. Out of the 79 cases where Palestinian children have been killed by Israeli forces with live ammunition or crowd-control weapons since 2014, Deri is the only indictment.
"To pursue justice for my son, for any child in Palestine, we need control. We must control Israeli courts through the UN," Siam Nowarah argued. "There is no justice."
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DIAGO HERNANDO, Máximo. El Contador Mayor Juan Velázquez de Cuéllar: ascenso y caída de un influyente cortesano en la Castilla de comienzos del siglo XVI. Cuad. hist. Esp. [online]. 2009, vol.83, pp.157-185. ISSN 0325-1195.
The author traces the biography of one of the most prominent members of the Castilian monarchy's bureaucratic machinery during the Catholic Monarchs' reign: the Chief Accountant Juan Velázquez de Cuéllar. He reports about the close relationship established by his parents with queen Isabel, the Catholic, and her mother, Isabel of Portugal, that favoured his later promotion. He analyses the political career of this personage in the Court of queen Isabel, the Catholic, since he arrived there as a young page until the moment of the queen´s decease. He gives information about the close relationship that he established with king Ferdinand, the Catholic, whom he supported after the death of his son-in-law, king Philip. He concludes with a reference to the process of loss of royal favour by this personage, when cardinal Cisneros was governor of the kingdom.
Keywords : Castile; Fifteenth and sixteenth centuries; Bureaucrats; Royal treasury.


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A Shoreham angler took a new state record carp on May 20 from the Vermont waters of Lake Champlain. Darren Ouelette was bow-fishing for carp with Taylor Patterson in a backwater area of southern Lake Champlain when Darren spotted a very large carp cruising just below the surface in some flooded trees. Drawing quickly and taking aim, Darren arrowed the 44-pound 6-ounce giant, and then fought for over 20 minutes to land it on his fishing-modified compound bow.
"I knew it was a pretty big fish when I first saw it, but I didn't think it was as big as it turned out to be," said Ouellette.
"When Darren finally got it in close, I tried to net it but I could only fit its head in the net," added Taylor. "I ended up just grabbing it in the mouth by hand and swinging it in. I was shocked at how heavy it was when I went to lift it."
Darren's fish eclipses the previous state record carp by nearly two pounds. That fish was taken by bow-angler Jeremy Ballantine in May 2013 on the Connecticut River and weighed 42-pounds 8-ounces.
Although common carp have been naturalized in many waters throughout the country since the early 1800's, fishing for them gained little attention from North American anglers until recently.
Carp-specific fishing magazines, clubs, television shows and internet forums are starting to pop up throughout the U.S. and Canada as anglers slowly realize the sporting opportunities and trophy-class potential common carp provide.
"Common carp are actually smart, wary fish that spook easily," says Shawn Good, Vermont Fish & Wildlife's fisheries biologist who administers the Vermont Record Fish Program. "While it's still uncommon in Vermont, there is a small group of dedicated anglers I know here who target carp with fly fishing gear. These anglers tell me that carp are often referred to as "freshwater bonefish" because of the challenge and difficulty in taking one on a fly."
And according to Good, Lake Champlain is ripe to provide those challenges to keen anglers who learn about productive carp fishing techniques.
"Full grown adult carp in Lake Champlain average well over 20 pounds in size, with a real opportunity to catch them in the 30-pound range and higher," says Good. "In other places around the country where carp fishing has taken off, the most common method of fishing for them involves chumming an area close to shore with dough-balls or "boilies" to bring the fish in close, and still-fishing in the middle of your chummed area."
Carp are incredibly strong and powerful fish, and when hooked, can make long, powerful runs. "Who wouldn't want to hook a 20-pound fish that fights like that! You may never fish for trout or bass again," teased Good.
Good also points out that the "common carp," which has long been established in North American waters, including Lake Champlain since 1883, is a different species than the invasive Asian carp that has recently been in the news. He says non-native common carp do not pose the same threats to aquatic ecosystems and human safety that Asian carp do. Asian carp are not present in Vermont waters.
The Vermont Fish & Wildlife Department has maintained the record fish program since 1969 to help monitor productivity of fisheries throughout the state and also to give anglers recognition for their exceptional catches.
Ouellette's carp now stands as the single heaviest fish ever entered into the program, of any species, in the 45 years of the program's existence.
You can learn more about Vermont's big fish records on Vermont Fish & Wildlife's website (www.vtfishandwildlife.com). A database of Vermont record fish entries is searchable by species, body of water and year of catch. While you are there, be sure to check out the Master Angler Program entries and photos.
Photo from VT Fish & Wildlife: Darren Ouelette of Shoreham, Vermont, with the new state record 44-lb. 6 oz. carp he caught recently in Lake Champlain.


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We unveil a totally new (and totally cool) technology concept car
|Times Square. We were there.
Even if you weren't at CES, you could still see the car in action. Brian Cooley of CNET, Michael Guillory of Texas Instruments, the folks at Elektrobit, and Discovery Canada's Daily Planet were just some of the individuals and organizations who posted videos. You could also connect to the car through a nifty web app. Heck, you could even see the Bentley's dash on the big screen in Times Square, thanks to the promotional efforts of Elektrobit, who also created the 3D navigation software for the concept car.
We ship the platform
We wanted to drive into CES with all cylinders firing, so we also released version 2.0 of the QNX CAR Platform for Infotainment. In fact, several customers in the U.S., Germany, Japan, and China had already started to use the platform, through participation in an early access program. Which brings me to the next milestone...
Delphi boards the platform
|The first of many.
We have the good fortune to be featured in Fortune
Fast forward to April, when Fortune magazine took a look at how QNX Software Systems evolved from its roots in the early 1980s to become a major automotive player. Bad news: you need a subscription to read the article on the Fortune website. Good news: you can read the same article for free on CNN Money. ;-)
A music platform sets the tone for our platform
In April, 7digital, a digital music provider, announced that it will integrate its 23+ million track catalogue with the QNX CAR Platform. It didn't take long for several other partners to announce their platform support. These include Renesas (R-Car system-on-chip for high-performance infotainment), AutoNavi (mobile navigation technology for the Chinese market), Kotei (navigation engine for the Japanese market), and Digia (Qt application framework).
We stay focused on distraction
Back in early 2011, Scott Pennock of QNX was selected to chair an ITU-T focus group on driver distraction. The group's objective was serious and its work was complex, but its ultimate goal was simple: to help reduce collisions. This year, the group wrapped up its work and published several reports — but really, this is only the beginning of QNX and ITU-T efforts in this area.
We help develop a new standard
Goodbye fragmentation; hello
standard APIs.
We launch an auto safety program
|A two-handed approach to
helping ADAS developers.
On the one hand, we have a 30-year history in safety-critical systems and proven competency in safety certifications. On the other hand, we have deep experience in automotive software design. So why not join both hands together and allow auto companies to leverage our full expertise when they are building digital instrument clusters, advanced driver assistance systems (ADAS), and other in-car systems with safety requirements?
That's the question we asked ourselves, and the answer was the new QNX Automotive Safety Program for ISO 26262. The program quickly drew support from several industry players, including Elektrobit, Freescale, NVIDIA, and Texas Instruments.
We jive up the Jeep
A tasty mix of HTML5 & Android
apps, served on a Qt interface,
with OpenGL ES on the side.
Did I mention? The platform runs Android apps in a separate application container, much like it handles HTML5 apps. This sandboxed approach keeps the app environment cleanly partitioned from the UI, protecting both the UI and the overall system from unpredictable web content. Good, that.
The commonwealth's leader honors our leader
|I only ate one piece. Honest.
Mind you, Dan wasn't the only one to garner praise. Sheridan Ethier, the manager of the QNX CAR development team, was also honored — not by the queen, but by the Ottawa Business Journal for his technical achievements, business leadership, and community involvement.
Chevy MyLink drives home with first prize — twice
There's nothing better than going home with first prize. Except, perhaps, doing it twice. In January, the QNX-based Chevy MyLink system earned a Best of CES 2013 Award, in the car tech category. And in May, it pulled another coup: first place in the "Automotive, LBS, Navigation & Safe Driving" category of the 2013 CTIA Emerging Technology (E-Tech) Awards.
Panasonic, Garmin, and Foryou get with the platform
Garmin K2 platform: because
one great platform deserves
And if all that wasn't cool enough…
Mercedes-Benz showcases the platform
|Did I mention I want one?
Mind you, this isn't the first time QNX and Mercedes-Benz have joined forces. In fact, the QNX auto team and Mercedes-Benz Research & Development North America have collaborated since the early 2000s. Moreover, QNX has supplied the OS for a variety of Mercedes infotainment systems. The infotainment system and digital cluster in the Concept S-Class Coupé are the latest — and arguably coolest — products of this long collaboration.
We create noise to eliminate noise
|Taking a sound approach to
creating a quieter ride.
And we flub our lines on occasion
Our HTML5 video series has given companies like Audi, OnStar, Gartner, TCS, and Pandora a public forum to discuss why HTML5 and other open standards are key to the future of the connected car. The videos are filled with erudite conversation, but every now and then, it becomes obvious that sounding smart in front of a camera is a little harder than it looks. So what did we do with the embarrassing bits? Create a blooper reel, of course.
Are these bloopers our greatest moments? Nope. Are they among the funniest? Oh yeah. :-)


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Outrage after outrage, man. First Valve practically destroys Counter-Strike: Global Offensive by daring to mess with the most integral part of the experience, the chickens. Now they're at it again with Dota 2—the latest patch messes with the bongs.
Or well. They're technically not bongs. Players just call them bongs. The point is, there used to be a sound that played during the matchmaking status pop-up—and it's been changed by Valve. To BONGOS.
It's pretty much bullshit. VideoGamerTV knows what's up.
#bongsnotbongos #bongs #bongosarebullshit #bringbackthebong
Okay, but speaking seriously now: it's always curious to me how small, seemingly insignificant elements of a game can make the experience—and then it changes, and stuff just doesn't feel right, you know? This is especially the case when you consider how much of games become about muscle memory and such. So sure, this is a kind of silly complaint, possibly even making fun of people who make mountains out of small patch tweaks in games, but hey. I'm sure we all have our own bongs we hope aren't messed with.
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NAMPA, Idaho -- When Idaho's largest hospital system bought the state's largest doctor practice in 2012, the groups expressed hope that the deal would spark a revolution in delivering better-quality care.
Instead, it ignited a costly legal battle with state and federal regulators and rival hospital systems.
Officials at Boise-based St. Luke's Health System thought they had the Obama administration on their side because the federal health law encourages hospitals to collaborate with doctors to improve quality and lower costs.
But the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) filed suit, arguing that St. Luke's purchase of the 43-physician Saltzer Medical Group in Nampa was anti-competitive and would lead to higher prices for Idaho patients.
A federal judge agreed in January, and his order to dissolve the merger has put this picturesque Boise suburb at the center of a national debate over the consolidation of American medicine. The decision pushed back against the merger mania gripping the healthcare industry, raising questions about whether larger health systems really do rein in spending and improve care, or whether they fuel higher prices in the long run.
Despite St. Luke's good intentions, the judge worried the merged entity would be so dominant that it could raise prices at will. He suggested hospitals could work with doctors to deliver more-efficient care without buying them out.
Similar arguments are being raised in other markets, including Boston, Pittsburgh, and Northern California, where hospital systems have gained strength through acquisitions of doctors' practices and other hospitals at a time of rapid consolidation.
In the near term, the federal judge's decision -- which St. Luke's plans to appeal -- could slow hospitals' acquisitions of physician groups. While hospitals may not hesitate to buy solo or small group doctors' practices, they may be reluctant about swallowing large groups like Saltzer Medical, which handled most of the primary care services in Nampa, Idaho's second largest city.
"There will be higher caution in hospitals buying doctors' groups when it looks like they have cornered the market," said Robert Lawton Burns, chairman of the healthcare management department at the University of Pennsylvania.
A 'Schizophrenic Attitude'?
While consolidation in the industry has been underway for decades, the pace has accelerated dramatically since the 2010 passage of the federal healthcare law. Hospitals and doctors' groups have joined hands in part out of fear of funding cuts and, in part, to position themselves for government bonuses. The bonuses are available to providers who agree to form "accountable care organizations," which are rewarded for keeping Medicare patients healthy, rather than for the number of tests or procedures they do.
"The Affordable Care Act is pushing consolidation and working together, but the Federal Trade Commission and the Justice Department seem to be saying, 'Wait a second, there are antitrust laws here'," said Robert Field, a law and health policy professor at Drexel University in Philadelphia. "The federal government has a schizophrenic attitude toward provider consolidation."
FTC officials, however, deny there is any broad conflict between the Affordable Care Act and antitrust laws.
"The issues are in those small number of cases where collaboration occurs in a way that gives participants excessive marketplace power," said Deborah Feinstein, director of the bureau of competition for the FTC.
She declined to say whether the FTC is stepping up antitrust enforcement, but noted that the agency is scrutinizing a number of consolidations.
"We have seen over the last couple of years, hospital-doctor combinations that are troubling to us," Feinstein said, referring to hospitals that own doctors' practices buying more doctors. "And we are looking at it."
Despite the ruling, some experts say they expect the trend toward larger hospital-doctor systems to continue as providers respond to the health law and seek greater clout with insurers.
Burns said the health law is still driving providers together, as is uncertainty about a fast-changing healthcare marketplace and the belief that there's "strength in numbers."
In the fourth quarter of last year there were 20 such deals nationwide, according to research firm Irving Levin and Associates. Jackson Healthcare reported the proportion of physicians who said they were employed by hospitals increased to 26% last year, up from 20% in 2012.
Proceeding With Caution
But the Nampa case will make hospitals more cautious, said Steve Messinger, managing partner of ECG Management Consultants in Arlington.
"The boundaries for antitrust enforcement have always been a bit vague," he said. "This confuses the industry because for the longest time it thought integrating physicians was fundamentally a sound business strategy."
Joe Lupica, a consultant with Newpoint Healthcare Advisors in Phoenix, said the Nampa ruling showed a hospital's good intentions do not outweigh antitrust laws. He predicted that while hospitals will continue buying physician practices, they will also look for other ways to collaborate "before rolling the tanks in and using the blunt instrument of acquisition."
FTC officials say they have sought to spell out guidance to health systems to avoid antitrust problems, but it's not a simple matter.
"Antitrust enforcement is not a bright line, nor a number I can give you," Feinstein said. "There are always deals on the margin."
St. Luke's went over the line not just because the court found the merger gave it control over 80% of the primary care physicians in the market but because the FTC investigation uncovered internal documents indicating the hospital system might use the acquisition to charge higher rates to insurers. Idaho's largest insurer, Blue Cross of Idaho, also testified it feared St. Luke's would force it to pay more for care.
'I Want To Transform Healthcare'
St. Luke's officials denied they had plans to raise prices after the merger. Instead, they said they wanted to pursue a strategy in which the health system -- not insurers -- took the financial risk of coordinating patients' care and was rewarded for keeping them healthy and out of the hospital. They said that having salaried doctors would make it easier to share electronic health records, stream patient referrals, and adopt treatment protocols.
St. Luke's had already become one of dozens of hospitals nationwide that have formed Medicare accountable care organizations under the health law, agreeing to coordinate care with the prospect of qualifying for government bonuses if they hit cost and quality targets.
"I want to transform healthcare, and we have taken concrete steps to do it. But we can't do this alone," said St. Luke's CEO David Pate, a physician, who has sought to delay the dissolution until after the hospital's appeal is heard.
He said the community has benefited from the merger because Saltzer doctors now treat more Medicare and Medicaid patients as part of a larger hospital system.
Some Saltzer patients with uncontrolled diabetes have also gained from a new program paid for by St. Luke's which allows them to meet weekly with a diabetes educator. When Saltzer was independent, doctors said they had no financial incentive -- or money -- to offer such a program.
Dr. Tom Patterson, a Saltzer pediatrician, said that despite anxiety about his practice's future as a result of the legal battle, he still believes that selling to St. Luke's was the right move. He said he always envisioned working more closely with St. Luke's because it runs the region's only children's hospital. And he thought the merger would help his patients get easier referrals to specialists and better care at area hospitals because they would share the same electronic record system.
"We were just trying to do what we saw as the trend in the nation, to more integrated care," he said. "Higher insurance premiums were not the intention of the merger -- our intention was decreasing costs."
But executives at rival Saint Alphonsus -- a subsidiary of Trinity Health, an 86-hospital Catholic health system -- were not convinced. Saint Alphonsus, which put in a bid to buy Saltzer after it was asked by the medical group, sued to overturn the Saltzer-St. Luke's merger.
CEO Sally Jeffcoat said Saltzer is "our lifeblood" because referrals from its doctors had accounted for nearly half of the admissions to its Nampa hospital.
"We had to preserve competition," Jeffcoat said, explaining why her hospital sued to stop the merger. "It would have devastated this hospital."
Jeffcoat notes that referrals from Saltzer doctors have fallen by 25 percent in the past year even though its Nampa hospital is 50 feet from Saltzer's door.
Besides Saint Alphonsus, no one stood to lose more from the merger than Blue Cross of Idaho, the state's largest insurer. CEO Zelda Geyer-Sylvia doesn't buy Pate's argument that a larger St. Luke's would be better able to control costs.
"Consolidation has not been an effective way of reducing costs or providing more effective care," she said. "People here have all the best intentions, but once you eliminate competition it's gone."
This article, which was produced in collaboration with The Washington Post first appeared April 22, 2014. It was reprinted from kaiserhealthnews.org with permission from the Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation. Kaiser Health News, an editorially independent news service, is a program of the Kaiser Family Foundation, a nonprofit, nonpartisan health policy research and communication organization not affiliated with Kaiser Permanente.


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This large rustic tart has hints of anise, cinnamon and clove, spices that are also found in the noted honey cake of Burgundy, pain d'épice. The apples can be roasted one day ahead so that the tart can be baked early in the day on Christmas Eve.
- Yield
- Makes 12 servings
- Crust
- 1 3/4 cups all purpose flour
- 1/4 cup sugar
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 3/4 cup (1 1/2 sticks) chilled unsalted butter, cut into 1/2-inch pieces
- 2 large egg yolks, beaten to blend
- Nonstick vegetable oil spray
- Apples
- Nonstick vegetable oil spray
- 5 1/2 pounds medium Braeburn or Golden Delicious apples (about 15), peeled, cored, quartered
- 5 tablespoons unsalted butter, melted
- 2 tablespoons fresh lemon juice
- 6 tablespoons sugar
- Spiced Brown Butter
- 1/2 cup (1 stick) unsalted butter
- 1 large vanilla bean, split lengthwise
- 6 whole cloves
- 3 whole star anise*
- 1 cinnamon stick
- 2 large eggs
- 1/2 cup sugar
- 3 tablespoons all purpose flour
- 1/8 teaspoon salt
- Vanilla ice cream
- For crust:
- Blend flour, sugar, and salt in processor. Add butter and process, using on/off turns, until mixture resembles coarse meal. Add egg yolks and process, using on/off turns, until dough comes together in large moist clumps. Gather dough into ball; flatten into disk. Cover with plastic; chill 20 minutes.
- Spray 10-inch-diameter springform pan with nonstick spray. Divide dough into 2 equal pieces. Roll out 1 dough piece on generously floured surface to 10 1/2-inch round. Roll dough up on rolling pin and transfer to pan. Press dough round into bottom of pan, patching any cracks. Divide second dough piece into 4 equal pieces. Roll out each piece between palms and generously floured surface to 7-inch rope. Place dough ropes end to end to form 1 continuous ring along bottom edge of pan. Press dough ring firmly up sides of pan, forming 1 3/4-inch-high sides. Press dough seams together to seal. Cover and refrigerate overnight.
- Preheat oven to 400°F. Bake crust just until set and very light golden around edges, about 10 minutes. Cool.
- For apples:
- Position 1 rack in bottom third of oven and 1 rack in center of oven and preheat to 400°F. Spray 2 heavy large rimmed baking sheets with nonstick spray. Toss apples with butter and lemon juice in very large bowl. Arrange in single layer on sheets, leaving spaces between apples. Sprinkle 3 tablespoons sugar over apples on each sheet. Bake until apples are tender and golden brown, turning apples occasionally and rotating pans between lower and higher racks, about 40 minutes. Cool. (Crust and apples can be made 1 day ahead. Cover crust and store at room temperature. Place apples in bowl. Cover; refrigerate.)
- Place pan with crust on clean baking sheet. Arrange apple wedges close together, standing on short ends, in concentric circles in crust.
- For spiced brown butter:
- Melt butter in heavy small saucepan over low heat. Scrape seeds from vanilla bean into butter; add bean. Add cloves, star anise and cinnamon stick. Cook over low heat until butter turns golden brown and spices flavor butter, adjusting heat if necessary to prevent burning and stirring frequently, about 25 minutes.
- Preheat oven to 350°F. Whisk eggs, sugar, flour, and salt to blend in medium bowl. Strain spiced brown butter mixture into egg mixture; whisk to blend. Reserve vanilla bean, star anise, and cinnamon stick; discard cloves. Slowly pour egg mixture over apples in crust. Bake until egg mixture is set, puffed and light golden and apples are deep golden brown, about 1 hour 5 minutes. Cool on rack at least 30 minutes. (Can be made 8 hours ahead. Let stand at room temperature.)
- Release pan sides. Transfer tart to platter. Garnish tart with reserved vanilla bean, star anise, and cinnamon stick, if desired. Serve tart slightly warm or at room temperature with ice cream.
- Brown star-shaped seed pods available at Asian markets and specialty foods stores and in the spice section of some supermarkets.


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Exclusive: Documents found near bomb suspect's former Shelton home
SHELTON -- Faisal Shahzad's Pakistani passport, tax documents, greeting cards, academic records and immigration documents were found abandoned outside a Shelton home once owned by the man charged in the attempted Times Square car bombing.
The documents, mainly from 2000 and 2001, were found Tuesday morning by a Connecticut Post reporter outside the house at 119 Long Hill Ave. where Shahzad lived until about a year ago. The house is vacant and up for sale.
Police earlier had searched the property, according to neighbors.
The papers, soaked from recent rain, paint a picture of the man police believe intended to set off a bomb housed in the Nissan Pathfinder he purchased recently from a Bridgeport woman off Craigslist. Shahzad lived at the small gray Colonial until about a year ago, neighbors said, and has since been empty and has a Realtor's lock box on the front door.
While the papers document many events in Shahzad's life, they don't say what would motivate the 30-year-old naturalized citizen allegedly to want to cause mass destruction and injuries in the heart of New York City.
Cards from "Fayeza" wish him a happy birthday and express their love for him. A small child bearing flowers graces the front of one card that Fayeza signs, "from a friend who really cares a lot for you!"
A second card adorned with teddy bears declares "However hard I try, I just can't hide my love for you" and is signed "with lots and lots of love."
Another card Fayeza sent to "Sweetest Faisal" -- "You are there, I am here, You know what that means? One of us is in the wrong place!" It's signed "Wish you happiness and joy now and always. Praying for your bright future."
Another card sent in May 1999 laments the fact that the senders haven't heard from him and are "eager to know how things are at your end." It is signed from Shezia, Chazi and Tashfan "with lots of love."
The copy of his Pakistani passport shows a picture of a serious-looking young man dressed in a suit and tie. It lists his occupation as a student and his religion as Muslim. The document expired in February 2000. A copy of one entry shows a stamp allowing entry into the United Kingdom good until June 4, 1996 and is stamped Karachi, Pakistan.
Included were transcripts of his grades from Southeastern University in Washington, D.C., which he attended in the late 1990s and where he took mostly business classes. He was at best a mediocre student, with his transcript peppered with Cs and Ds, and even an F in one class, basic statistics. His grade point average for the five semesters he attended between 1997 and 1998 was 2.78.
That was good enough to gain him transfer admission to the University of Bridgeport, where a Certificate of Eligibility for Non-immigrant Student Status shows he was awarded $6,700 in grant money to attend the school beginning in January 1999. The remaining $14,700 tuition was covered by "family funds," according to the document. He was studying for a bachelor's degree in marketing, the certificate says.
Tax returns show he earned a modest income -- his 2000 income, the year he earned his degree from UB, was $5,458. His 2001 return, when he was living on Linden Avenue in Bridgeport, lists his occupation as an account analyst, from which he earned a gross income of $22,650 with a refund of $1,135, which was directly deposited into his checking account at People's Bank.
Also in 2001, time cards show Shahzad worked for Accountants Inc., a temporary agency based in California. He spent most of his time working an average of four days a week at Elizabeth Arden in Stamford.
The Connecticut Post made the documents available to the FBI. By early afternoon, police and federal investigators were back at the Shelton home. The pile of papers in the backyard was much smaller than it was that morning.


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The tractor unit, not to be mistaken with a farming tractor, is a vehicle equipped with a fifth wheel that tows a semi-trailer. It is part of the heavy vehicle category. The vehicle made of a tractor unit and a semi-trailer is called "tractor-trailer".
Tractor units are often used for long distance transport because they tow semi-trailers with important loading capacity, which is economic. Some tractor units are specially designed for hazardous substance transport (ADR) or for overzise loads when towing a vehicle carrier semi-trailer. A tractor unit can be equipped with a loader crane to facilitate the freight loading and unloading on the semi-trailer.
Tractor units are equipped with axles that support the load of the semi-trailer. For a tractor unit with 4×2 or 4×4 axles, the maximum permitted weight of vehicle when loaded is 19 tonnes. For a tractor unit with 6×2, 6×4 or 6×6 axles, the maximum weight permitted is 26 tonnes. Finally, for tractor unit with 8×4 axles, the permitted weight is 32 tonnes. The tractor unit speed limit is 90km/h. Often equipped with a diesel engine with turbocharger, the tractor units sometimes have an all-wheel drive.
There are two types of cabs for tractor units: cab-over or conventional cabs. The cab-over tractor units, when the engine is under the cab, are the most widespread configuration in Europe. It can tip or be fixed. The conventional cab is widespread in the USA where roads are larger and where the size of articulated vehicles is less strict. Tractor units with "hood" cabs such as Freightliners or Scania Torpedo give the driver a better or bigger living space, which is great for long distance trips.
The first tractor unit on the market was by Renault in 1923, before being equipped with a brake servo in 1925. Next, every important make offered tractor units.
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Signed by Mascarita Dorada at the WrestleReunion 6 convention in Los Angeles, CA on 1/28/2012. Comes with Certificate of Authenticity. This is the same performer that is now signed to the WWE and competes as El Torrito
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Could bikes such as this become the any-season, one-bike quiver?
The gang from Moots recently rolled out their latest creation, the newly updated Frosti 5", a titanium fat bike frame with spacing to accommodate 5-inch wheels. Just as noteworthy is that the Frosti 5" will work with the 29er+ platform, so you could conceivably ride it all year long — on snow, sand or dirt.
For the uninitiated, 29er+ is a platform coming out of the Surly camp that combines their 50mm-wide Rabbit Hole wheels with Knard 29×3 tires. "We see 29er+ as something that could be especially good for things like adventure touring," explained Moots marketing man Jon Cariveau. "It's also what we used when we built up our [chainsaw-carrying] trail maintenance bike."
Yet another application for 29er+ could be to give the hard core fat bike racer additional wheel/tire options depending on course conditions. If the track is super soft, opt for the 5-inch set-up, but if it's packed down and firm, swap on the potentially more efficient 29er+ set up where tires measure about 3 inches when mounted up.
To make the Frosti 5" 29er+ compatible, Moots extended the chainstays. Bottom bracket height was also adjusted. It's now higher, allowing for more clearance when running flat pedals in the snow. Finally, the Steamboat Springs, Colorado-based bike maker designed the front end around suspension corrected fork geometry with the anticipation that sooner rather than later, fat bike suspension forks will be hitting the market.
And as you can see in the photo below, the Frosti 5" can also be set up with a Fox 120mm 29er fork when running 29er+ wheels. This isn't something Moots is officially signing off on, but since this is their photo, they're clearly not discouraging it either.
The Frosti 5" can also be set up with a Fox 120mm 29er fork.
Other geometry specs include a 44mm head tube, 100mm bottom bracket shell, 135mm front spacing, and 190mm rear spacing.
One potential drawback, especially for summertime riding, when you're more likely to be clipped in, is the 100mm BB shell. "It's pretty wide, kind of like riding a horse," conceded Cariveau. "It just depends on a person's Q factor sensitivity. It might not bother some people at all.
The Frosti 5" comes in four sizes (16", 18", 20" and 22") and retails for $3,975. Orders are being taken now for late December delivery. If you're not overly Q factor sensitive, run this rig with a 1×11 set up and it might well be the perfect all season riding companion.
The Moots crew hasn't done a lot of summer testing just yet, but with 61 inches of snow falling at the Steamboat Ski Resort since October 1, there has been plenty of opportunity for winter riding.
Check out the video below to hear Moots miter shop manager Nate Bradley talking about the new bike — and making some powder turns.
For more information visit Moots.com.


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My First Vote
Imagine what millions of us could do by exercising our new right to vote!
Courtesy of Sherri Gilbert
When I turned 18 in March 1971, the Vietnam War and antiwar protests dominated the news. Young men 18 to 20 years old were being drafted to fight for their country yet had no voice in its policies, with the voting age set at 21.
But nine days before my birthday, the U.S. Senate unanimously agreed to lower the voting age to 18, and by early July, the 26th Amendment had been ratified and signed by President Richard Nixon. I registered immediately and urged all my friends to do the same: Imagine what millions of us could do now just by exercising our new right to vote!
Have we lived up to that promise? I'm not sure where boomers rank, but the percentage of Americans overall who vote is pretty dismal. With people around the world literally dying for the opportunity we seem to dismiss so easily, I am baffled that we too often take this precious right for granted. So, just as in 1971, I still find myself urging friends to participate in the process — even those whose politics cancel out my own vote.
In the mid-1980s I discovered a possible genetic basis of my enthusiasm for voting. In an audiotape my paternal grandfather made about his early life, he recalled a formal debate in which he had taken the position in favor of women's suffrage. His passionate arguments struck a chord with a young woman in the audience who sought him out afterward — and eventually became his wife (and a voter).
I'm sure my grandmother felt the same pride and excitement registering to vote for the first time in 1920 as I did in 1971. And still do.
Sherri Gilbert is a reader from West Palm Beach, Fla.
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Blaze up (Oh yeah!)
World wide, don't stop don't stop
West side, don't stop
Mack 10 with Tha Dogg Pound
Yeah and the hits don't stop (Sucka)
Hey, Daz, check this out, dog
[Verse 1: Mack 10]
Now when I come to ya'll hood, ya'll watch my back
And when ya come to Inglewood I'm a front you a sack
So we can grind and get away with the cash like a caper
Cause it ain't about the set-trip, it's all about the paper
Made the poverty cease, on the rise like yeast
A pavé 'lex piece, and I keep my khaki's creased
Mack 10 is the lick, and ya know what my set be
Connect gang, nigga, from the west, where the best be
[Verse 2: Daz Dillinger]
It ain't no questions asked, you down to blast for me?
Down to ride for me? Down to die for me?
I come through for these sucka-ass niggas who rep
Come creepin' up on shorty slowly, show him death
Pull out the Mack 90 automatic for static
Blast a couple of niggas, leave 'em all panicked
And we swerve and hit the curb, smoke some herb
We came up too much, too tough, and too rough
[Verse 3: Kurupt]
We in the war zone where the war's on, where ya gun, nigga?
Show 'em where you're from, nigga, ridin'-ass young nigga
Arsenel equipped, hot enough to scorch
With the double fours on the hip rolling with the force
He's out to catch a body
Talking, 'bout I thought this was a gangsta party
Now he's walking around salty as the sea
Talking 'bout what's jumpin?
I'm about to get the pump to pumping and start dumping on something
Fuck you over there, party over here
And if you wanna trip, we got the straps near
Cause niggas like us do platinum every year
And if I ruled this sphere [your shit'd disappear]
Now everybody in the house, throw your dubs in the air
And wave 'em all around like ya just don't care
It's worldwide and dope, so, nigga, act like ya savvy
Mack 10 and Tha Pound cooking nothing but the cavi
[Verse 4: Mack 10]
I'm servin' niggas like a host with the pound, so take a toast
Dog, this west coast and our shit bump the most
Cause vine to vine I swing through the woods of Ingle
And everything I make, fuck around and be a single
From the hoo-bangin' hits, to the yes, yes, ya'lls
Now all down my halls, got plaques on my walls
We might slow the roll, sit back and still kick it
But the shit don't stop 'til we hit a meal ticket
[Verse 5: Daz Dillinger]
I'll be goddamned, I'm in it for a meal ticket
And the goal's successful I don't know who to prove a show
Usual swerve a corner and hit a block back-to-back
I don't know, it's like that, where the gang-bangers hang at
They say, "Daz, you a rider?"
I reply with, "Boy, hell yeah, I'm a rider!"
From the east side of Long Beach to the west side of Inglewood
On a cash mission bailing hood to hood
[Verse 6: Kurupt]
Once upon a time in the early stages of my life
Sacrifice, out for the loot shaking niggas like dice
Forever and a day, say what you say
On the mic I display, Philly to LA
I've been all over from Crenshaw and Imperial
To 108th, I'm sure Mack got my back
It's all about mashing, cash and heat in the stash
When you're in the neigborhood of assassins
What you say?
What do you consider fun?
(That's the bomb, that's the bomb)
All day night, and all night long
(That's the bomb, that's the bomb)
When you wake up in the morning and you start to yawn
(That's the bomb, that's the bomb)
All day night, and all day long
(That's the bomb, that's the bomb)
C'mon, c'mon
Yeah, dub S.C.G
Take a picture, trick
Take a picture, trick
Take a picture, trick
It might make ya rich
West side!
Death Row


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Episode 57: Live with Gary K. Wolfe, Terry Bisson, and Greg Bear
Roving reporter Gary K. Wolfe checked in live from Seattle, where he and many of SF's glitterati are gathered for the annual Locus Awards and the SF Hall of Fame, to discuss the Hall of Fame, the death of the paperback market and how it affected the SF field, first novelists and new writers, and a little more. We were joined by Greg Bear (who sadly had to leave half way through) and Terry Bisson. As always, we hope you enjoy the podcast.


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An Eclectic style can be a mélange of any design style or a mix of objects from different eras. Eclecticism differentiates itself from chaos by unifying diverse collections through color, scale, texture, and groupings to make a cohesive room or home. While this style is not minimalist, it requires meticulous thought in its display, so as not to cross the line from "style" to "stuff".
Elements of design:
- The combination of two or more design styles or eras of design
- Antique and modern furniture, artifacts from different countries, and art collections are grouped together to create interest
- To avoid chaos, a unifying theme such as color, texture, furniture scale, and groupings of similar objects is recommended


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UnitedHealthcare's Rory Sutherland is riding the Tour of California this week, fresh off an outstanding performance at the 26th Annual SRAM Tour of the Gila wearing the race leader's jersey from start to finish. He's taking the very same NeilPryde Diablo race bike that won the Gila to this week's ATOC.
The stealthy looking Diablo is one of two road bikes from well established NeilPryde. Known more for their marine and wind surfing offerings, the Hong Kong based company worked closely with BMW Group DesignworksUSA to create a bad to the bone, all-round racing, and climbing bike. The Diablo was designed with racing in mind, so it's only fitting that earlier this year, they signed on to be the official bike sponsor of UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team.
Rory Sutherland's bike is equipped with the new 2012 SRAM RED groupset. According to Jorge Romero, head mechanic for the team, the team has responded very well to the new groupset. The team rides on ENVE's latest Smart 3.4 system wheels, complete with custom Chris King hubs. The guys on the team say the distinct color of the hubs have helped them locate each other during hard sprints to the finish line. The ENVE wheels are equipped with Maxxis's pro road competition tire, Cormets. The team bike is rounded out with Ritchey components for handlebars, stems, seatposts, and saddles. The remaining components on the bike are Speedplay pedals, Timex Cyclocomputer, and the nifty K-Edge Chain catcher.
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Insta Lovin Frames Kit
$7.00 – $200.00
Includes 6 hipster Polaroid style frames offered in colored PNF files. (6 high resolution & 6 web sized). Simply open up & create amazing frames for all of your blogging, photography, scrapbooking, cards & Instagram creations!
**fabulous with all other Insta Lovin' kits & fonts!
PNG files can be opened in any program as clip art, but for the transparent qualities, open in Photoshop or Photoshop Elements. To use in Instagram, see Rhonna's blog for a great tutorial!
THIS IS NOT an Insta Font, but can be used with Drop Box on your smart phone. We recommend an APP that you can use Layers on such as: Photo Forge 2.
***These designs are also available inRhonna Designs photo editing app, but are designed for use only on your phone. However, THIS kit is offered for high resolution creating & can be used in many platforms. We wanted to offer something for everyone!**


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FAQ & Troubleshooting
- 1.1 General
- 1.1.1 What device do I exactly have ?
- 1.1.2 Where do I get a driver from?
- 1.1.3 My device requires a firmware. Where do I find that ?
- 1.1.4 I have the DVB drivers loaded. Now how can I test it?
- 1.1.5 How do I tune my TV-channels? Where do I get the frequencies from?
- 1.1.6 How many devices are supported in a system?
- 1.2 Troubleshooting
- 1.1 General
What device do I exactly have ?
To the casual observer this question might seem ridiculous, but in reality, the answer isn't always as clear as it might appear on the surface of things; for help identifying your device, see here.
Where do I get a driver from?
If your device is supported by LinuxTV, then follow the steps outlined here.
Note - there may also be support for your device provided by other sources then LinuxTV -- try a google search, as suggested here.
My device requires a firmware. Where do I find that ?
See here.
I have the DVB drivers loaded. Now how can I test it?
Check if you have files in /dev/dvb/adapter0/. Then, see the steps in Testing your DVB device.
How do I tune my TV-channels? Where do I get the frequencies from?
Try the scan command as described above or on the page of its package LinuxTV dvb-apps.
How many devices are supported in a system?
In respect to DVB devices, see this thread. In respect to analog devices, see this thread.
- Under Ubuntu (I assume that this also applies to other linux systems), make sure that the user is in the video group in /etc/group.
Any software I use comes up with error messages like "can't find demux".
This means that /dev/dvb/adapter0/demux is missing. Probably your card drivers are not installed properly. Then, you don't have anything in /dev/dvb/. If that's the case, make sure above that you have all in your kernel config (of your running kernel, of course) and that you loaded them all with modprobe.
My device was working perfectly, but now it is not recognized anymore. What is the problem?
It's possible that you're using a different kernel now, so you have to install the driver again and ensure that the firmware is reached by the hotplug system.
My DVB device is recognized but I'm not able to use it. What can I do?
You should check that the /dev/dvb exists and that you have the correct permissions to read and write that directory.
You might also try some of the steps in Testing your DVB device to see if other software can cope with it.
For further please contact developers via irc.freenode.net on #linuxtv (or #dvb) or via mailing list.


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Surprise Attack
This story appears in the November 1998 issue of Business Start-Ups magazine. Subscribe »
Lately, Congress has paid quite a bit of attention to improving current patent laws. That's good news for inventors: One of the main issues driving this reform is a phenomenon known as the "submarine patent."
To help you understand the concept of a submarine patent, let me share with you some patent history. Prior to the 1995 patent reform that resulted from the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT), you would fill out a patent application for your great idea, then file it with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (PTO). Once received by the PTO, your application was date-stamped, and that date was known as your patent filing date.
Back then, the patent application would normally remain on file with the PTO for one and a half to two years before it was assigned a patent number. The date this patent number was assigned was called the patent issue date. From the date of filing until the date of issue, your patent was in "patent pending" status and you, the inventor, had no rights. Once your patent was granted, however, your idea had 17 years of patent protection beginning from the issue date.
Tomima Edmark, the woman famous for her Topsy Tail invention has now turned her creative talents to the competitive retail arena of intimate apparel, HerRoom and HisRoom.
Rising Tide
Now that you have this bit of historical background, I'll explain the emergence of the submarine patent. Before 1995, when a patent was filed with the PTO, there was a possibility the issuance of that patent could be delayed for many years. Once the patent was granted, however, the inventor had 17 years of protection from the patent issue date. There are documented cases where patents were pending for more than 40 years before finally being issued.
Now, I'm sure most of you are thinking you'd like your patent to be issued as soon as possible to protect your idea. However, let's say you came up with an idea in 1970 for a "computer on a chip," and for various reasons, your patent wasn't issued until 1990. In the meantime, companies such as Texas Instruments (TI), Intel and others had also developed this technology and were selling it. Then, like a submarine, your patent finally emerged--with a filing date preceding their development. According to the former patent laws, TI and Intel would be violating your idea, and you'd be entitled to sue them for patent infringement.
The above example is actually a true one. Gilbert P. Hyatt was granted a patent in 1990 for the rights to the single-chip microcontroller that he filed a patent application for back in 1970. Although TI also had a patent for a single-chip microcontroller, because Hyatt's patent was filed before TI's, he now had the rights to the idea for the next 17 years. No one in the semiconductor industry had even heard of Hyatt or his patent until its 1990 issue. According to a June 1996 New York Times article, Hyatt had collected $70 million in royalties by 1992. But in 1996, a court decision overturned his patent.
The most notable inventor to benefit from submarine patents is Jerome H. Lemelson. An engineer who never manufactured any of his ideas and rarely even made prototypes, Lemelson accumulated nearly 500 U.S. patents throughout his life. Because he never personally tried to commercialize any of his ideas, his critics argue that he unfairly manipulated the patent system. He is criticized for coming up with ideas, then purposely delaying the issue of patents on them. In the meantime, companies would unwittingly spend their time and money developing the idea--only to have Lemelson's secret patents get issued, stealing their profits.
According to press reports, by 1994, Lemelson had collected more than $500 million in royalty fees from his patents, including those for bar-code scanning and the "machine vision" method used in assembly-line manufacturing. According to American Lawyer magazine, Lemelson's attorney, Gerald Hosier, made $150 million in fees in a single year from lawsuits resulting from Lemelson's submarine patents. Since Lemelson's death in October 1997, his heirs have continued the legal battles to collect more royalty money. Just this past June, the Lemelson Foundation reached an undisclosed settlement with Ford, General Motors and Chrysler over a patent battle that had been raging since 1989.
Below The Surface
So when did submarine patents first begin to emerge? According to Herb Wamsley, executive director of the Intellectual Property Owners Association, the phenomenon probably started when the PTO began offering inventors the option to refile their patent applications. Back in the 1940s, the PTO would only review a patent application twice. If the application failed after two reviews, it was rejected and no patent was issued. This practice meant that applicants would lose their valuable early filing date. If applicants wanted a third review, a new application had to be completed, and it was assigned a new, later filing date.
Because so many patents were being rejected, the PTO eventually decided to allow patent applications to be refiled for an additional fee without losing their valuable early filing dates. Because they could now be refiled, patents sometimes remained in the PTO system for years before they were finally issued.
As the previous examples show, once a submarine patent surfaces, it can be very costly to companies unaware of its existence. This situation has led both the Senate and House to write reform bills that are still pending in Congress. One recommendation is that patent applications should be published for public review 18 months after being filed with the PTO. However, most individual inventors fear the secrecy enjoyed during the patent-pending stage could potentially be destroyed.
But many legal experts support the concept of early publication. Bob Chiaviello, a patent attorney with Baker & Botts in Dallas, believes it's a good idea for two reasons: First, publication of pending patents would make the United States' patent laws consistent with those of other countries; and second, it would offer a level of comfort to businesses that fear surprise patents might surface for technologies they're developing.
Today, some patent-filing reforms have been achieved. Currently, patents filed after 1995 have a 20-year term, but the term begins on the patent filing date. If a patent takes 10 years to issue, for example, the patent will only have a remaining term of 10 years (unless the patent qualifies for the five-year Patent Term Extension). This modification provides some insurance against submarine patents. But because technology is changing so rapidly, a patent popping up 10 years after a product hits the market could still have a devastating impact on an industry.
Although some inventors will tell you that owning a submarine patent is like winning the lottery, others would disagree. Like many windfall profits, it's the consumer who ultimately pays--in higher prices. And as an inventor, I have a problem with people who profit from ideas they didn't actually develop. It doesn't seem fair that the person who takes the time, energy and risk to pursue an idea, and then markets that idea, should have to share his or her profits with someone who invested little but filed first. The fact that submarine patents may be lurking is something to remember the next time you approach the PTO with an invention.
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They say the National debt is $14,000,000,000,000.
The average family credit card debt in the U.S. is about $16,000.
The average student loan debt is $25,000.
We're told that this debt will destroy our country, our families, and our potential.
Maybe…but I believe a certain kind of debt could be the thing that holds us together.
I have other debts.
To my family, I have a debt I can never repay.
To my teachers, I owe a debt of gratitude.
I am in debt to my peers, and past artists who have inspired me.
I am indebted to my friends and neighbors who never ask for the balance of what I owe them.
Looking at the ledger of my life, the accounts are never quite square. From some I receive, to others I give. We are indebted to each other and the cycle never seems to end.
In my neighborhood there is an annual event called the Free Sale where there is no trading and no money changes hands. I was reminded of the Free Sale a while back when I was introduced to the small gift economy that had developed out of a city dumpster in the alley near my apartment. Like the Free Sale, people were leaving what they wanted to give and taking what they needed. But unlike the well organized Free Sale, the rules of the dumpster were unspoken.
I am a participant in this exchange, and have documented its ever-changing contents. It is a wonder of mixed up treasure and a locus for neighborhood news. Its layerings of are like a living archeological site continually being excavated and reburied. An uncurated space, it is organized only by those who go through it looking for things, those who add to its bounty, and the sanitation workers who empty it once a week.
I always thought I would make something of my observations, but have hesitated until now. I held off because I worried that drawing too much attention to this place might overwhelm it. Now, I take that risk. Plans for a hotel to go in the space across from the dumpster have been filed with the city. Although It's not clear how use of the dumpster would change if the hotel is built, the alley would become a far cry from the pedestrian corridor and improvised gathering place it is now.
Through photographs, interviews with participants, a regular inventory (posted here on this blog), and modest publication given away for free, this project will explore the economy of and stories connected to the dumpster. By shedding light on an alternate economy hidden in plain sight, I hope that others will be inspired to reflect on how gifts of labor, teaching and time, as well as things, can help bind us together in a connected circuit of good will. In other words, how this asymmetrical cycle of giving and taking engenders new relationships, creating a network of mutual indebtedness.


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I've always heard that plastic recyclers needed caps to be taken off? Why make the change?
Two key reasons: First, when recycling gets easier, participation goes up. APR is dedicated to boosting participation in recycling programs. Second, the cap material is recyclable. Why dispose something that could be recycled? In the past the plastics recycling industry was not able to effectively recycle bottles with caps on so the message to remove the cap was created. Recycling collection and processing technology has improved, demand for the recyclable material has increased allowing the current caps on recycling message and process.
Are recycled caps marketable?
Yes. Generally, caps are made out of high density polyethylene (HDPE) and polypropylene (PP) – both of these have high demand from applications in both domestic and export markets.
Caps are usually made of a different type of plastic than bottles. Do they have to be recycled separately?
No. Although closures may be made of a different material than the bottle, bottles are ground into flake before being vigorously washed in the recycling process. The washed cap material is then separated from the bottle material during a water bath float/sink process. PET will sink, PP and HDPE will float. Both materials are then recycled into new items.
The brief video below details the float/sink process.
Produced by PetStar: Recycling PET Bottles with Caps - Float/Sink Separation from APR on Vimeo.
Should bottles and containers be flattened before replacing the cap?
APR's primary message is EMPTY AND REPLACE CAP. According to a recent MRF Material Flow Study, flattening bottles can lead to improper sortation, and they may end up in the paper stream. Retaining a 3D form can help containers be successfully sorted.
Can bales of bottles with caps on be marketed at the same rate as bales without caps?
Yes. APR's model bale specifications do not downgrade for the inclusion of caps. APR member companies regularly buy and recycle bales of caps-on bottles and containers.
Can I get a good bale compaction rate with caps on bottles?
Yes. Good bale density is important – too light and it's hard to hit load requirements. Too tight and the material is over compacted, and recyclers cannot break them apart very well. While the answer varies by the type of baler, generally speaking 100-120psi of pressure should allow most balers to compress plastic bottles with caps on. Large-scale 2 ram systems, most commonly used in MRFs, should have no trouble as they often range in the 150-300+ psi range. A single ram, closed door baler usually operates at 70-120 psi. While larger balers of this format should be fine, those running at the low end of that range will generally have trouble securing a good bale. A single ram extrusion auto tie also needs to operate more at 100-120psi range but there's some finesse needed. By running a load of cardboard before the bottles, the operator then gains something hard to push against and should be able to reach compaction.
Must the bottles go through a perforator machine before baling in order to get a good compaction rate?
Generally, no. Most current Material Recovery Facilities (MRF) do not operate a perforation machine to puncture the bottles before baling. Heavy duty horizontal balers take care of the job using plenty of pressure.
Will the caps shoot off during baling?
APR strongly suggests all baler safety equipment such as guards be left untampered, unmodified, and unchanged to prevent incidents and accidents. Rupturing bottles in a baler can create projectiles and baler manufacturers have included the guards for worker protection.
Are there things I can do to design my products to make them more recyclable?
Yes. The APR Design® Guide for Plastics Recyclability is the most comprehensive design resource outlining the plastics recycling industry's recommendations in the marketplace today with the ultimate goal of all plastic packaging to be compatible with the plastics recycling infrastructure. Size and shape are critical parameters in MRF sorting, and this must be considered in designing packages for recycling. Items smaller than three inches in all dimensions are non-recyclable per APR. Most caps are smaller than three inches. If they are not replaced on bottles, they will not be recycled, and end up in the landfill.
Are metal caps really a problem?
Yes. Steel caps may damage machinery and aluminum caps may slow down production. They may cause contamination issues in the float/sink process, as they sink with PET material. Metal caps may also cause plastic bottles and containers to be separated from the plastics stream in the eddy current (magnetic) step of the sortation process at the MRF.
My MRF says that they do not accept caps on plastic containers. What should I do?
Please let them know that APR supports caps and closures to remain on containers before being placed in a recycling cart or bin. We understand that for some MRF's accepting caps on is readily done and for some it is a challenge. Our message is that the market accepts bales for which the caps and closures are left on the bottles, but the equipment and policies at the local level may take time to adapt. Please feel free to share this information or direct your MRF officials to: www.plasticsrecycling.org.