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You in the horn-rimmed glasses in your stupid millwheel hat. You knew you'd look totally dumb wearing that to a carnival party, didn't you? And now you sit there hating the music, hating the people who dragged you there, hating your hair, your figure, your baggy tapered jeans and most of all your glasses. Yes, I know all that. I remember the whole damn evening, when they seemed to play nothing but Salt'n'Pepa, Rozalla and KLF. What did you think they'd play, Paul McCartney, or Elvis Costello? What did you expect the boys would do – would they suddenly notice you with that millwheel hat when they never noticed you before? I bet they noticed the hat, I'll give you that. It's probably one of the things that makes them give you such a wide berth. Who'd snog someone who looks as if she's ten? And be honest, do you really want to have someone shoving his tongue past your tonsils, the way they're doing i
Dear Teen MeDear Adolescent Self,Dear Teen Me3 years ago in Adult
I know, everything sucks and you don't want to hear from some lame-ass old person. Lame-ass old people try to tell you things like this all the time, but they're just stupid old people that can't possibly understand. You don't respect me because I'm not in a band, I don't have black hair, and I don't look awesome. I don't write screamey songs that speak to your weasley black soul, nor am I Tim Burton or Freddie Mercury. I get it, past self. I get it. Frankly, I don't want to hear things from me either most of the time. As lame as I may be, just hear me out for a minute.
There's this thing you should really, really try, and it's called being happy. No, I'm not high. Yes, this is really quite terrible and hokey. Shut up and stop judging me for a minute, I'm trying to help you, you little twonk. Also, start thinking of absurd insults now, it will help you in the long run.
As I was SAYING, you spend far too much time and effort on being miserable. Part of it is the ho
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Wow! I was not expecting this movie to be this engaging. Its one of those films that leave you sitting in silence for a while when the credits roll much like excellent Dramas like "Requiem for a dream" or "Downloading Nancy".
This one spells it out pretty clear with the line "Henry Barthes is all of us"... its hard to grasp how the realization that we are indeed all the same can be so painful.
On the surface "Detachment" deals with the crumbling American education system through the eyes of substitute teacher Henry Barthes (played by Adrian Brody) who starts a new assignment in a new school with new teachers, in a new class with new pupils like he is obviously used to.
The beginning shows him trying to get into this new class around the bullies threatening him and other pupils, making it hard to teach anything. At first it looks like all those "good teacher turns around a bad class" movies but its not. You soon realize that the school is just the backdrop for a larger story about a teacher who tries to do his job by taking a role outside the play. Barthes makes clear that he is hollow and words can't hurt him which is his way of coping with a hopeless situation by neglecting his private life and detaching from the world. Like him every teacher seems to have developed his individual coping mechanism. For some its cynicism and dark humor, "happy pills" are regularly mentioned too and for others its just swallowing their emotions until they erupt. You see the teachers coping with their daily routine while hearing an answering machine in the background every now and then with other teachers resigning or parents shouting for better grades for their kids.
Its pretty tough stuff seeing kids void of hope, interest or enthusiasm and teachers trying to get to the few who are still to be reached in the classroom. But its here where it all falls apart because of hollow politics, parents that do not care or are just as dysfunctional as the kids they raised and dropped into the public education system and idiotic social rules and conventions we are all used to. When you see the pattern in all the peoples private lives and their desperate tries of holding on its obvious that "Detachment" is not just about the public school system but about our whole society, about each and every one of us.
When Barthes meets a young street hooker he decides to take her in with him and do his job outside school. Its quite heartbreaking to see him trying to make a change against all odds. At times Barthes comes across like a modern day Jesus when he sleeps on the floor of his small apartment and lets the girl sleep in bed. Some might say that "Detachment" is too light on the teachers because most of the blame falls onto parents and politicians. There is hardly an unsympathetic teacher in this movie. Yet there are scenes that show Barthes is no Jesus at all... like when he violently shouts at a nurse in a retirement home after an incident with his dying grandfather. Barthes is indeed like all of us, cracking when he struggles to cope and lashing out to get out the pressure, just like the parents at school push their pressure to the teachers.
And this is where the detachment cracks... amidst all the failures Barthes manages to connect to the girl, as well as to an outcast girl at school. And he connects through emotion and personal attachment but soon has to realize that it does not work. The scenes of him sending away the girl to a foster home when he tells her he cannot be her family or when he has do send away the outcast girl when she tries to share her sorrow with him are gut-wrenching. There are so many honest and deeply emotional scenes in this movie its hard to keep track. His grandfathers death with his total forgiving, Barthes monologues trying to make the pupils understand why they need basic education for their own sake are as brilliant as Lucy Lius Characters breakdown in which she shouts out her desperation and sadness towards a seemingly not caring girl.
The relationship between Barthes and the girl is stunning and constantly rocked by misunderstandings... plain because you don't expect it to be non-sexual with all the pedophile stories, sexual harassment laws and stereotypes. But against all odds it is and you realize that when there are no parents (like in the haunting "parents night" scenes with teachers waiting and no one coming) someone else must fill this void... how empty have we become that we cannot expect someone to help out of honest interest for his fellow man... or rather child?!
"Detachment" is a bleak and painful movie but it has some hope and even some humor (the cynic teachers way of teaching a girl about the dangers of STD with a picture of a rainbow and a picture of a disease ridden vagina is one of those much needed lighter moments).
Its like when Barthes says in one of his many off commentaries... life is an ocean of chaos and the realization that you are the one supposed to throw the buoy while struggling to stay afloat is devastating. But its the honesty about his own struggle that makes him connect with others. Its when they realize we indeed are all the same, all struggling and they are not alone in their strife that gives them their humanity. But thats what life is... so what can you do but be honest and hope for the best.... Its all going to be OK!
Detachment is a chronicle of three weeks in the lives of several high school teachers, administrators and students through the eyes of a substitute teacher named Henry Barthes. Henry roams from school to school, imparting modes of knowledge, but never staying long enough to form any semblance of sentient attachment. A perfect profession for one seeking to hide out in the open. One day Henry arrives at his next assignment. Upon his entry into this particular school, a secret world of emotion is awakened within him by three women. A girl named Meredith in his first period. A fellow teacher Ms. Madison, and a street hooker named Erica, whom Henry has personally granted brief shelter from the streets. Each one of these women, like Henry, are in a life and death struggle to find beauty in a seemingly vicious and loveless world.
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Wow! I was not expecting this movie to be this engaging. Its one of those films that leave you sitting in silence for a while when the credits roll much like excellent Dramas like "Requiem for a dream" or "Downloading Nancy".
Best Movie of 2011
Saw this at a local film festival with little to no information about the movie whatsoever; little did I know this was going to become my favorite film of the year, and that's saying a lot given that 2011 has been a blast for moviegoers with new products by Woody Allen, Terrence Malick, Lars Von Trier and Clint Eastwood.
The movie revolves around an poignant substitute teacher (perfectly played by Adrien Brody) who arrives at a vicious school, where students go around bullying people (including the teachers) and basically throwing their lives directly to the dumpster you know, teenage angst and such I didn't grow up in the USA, so two important things I must say, a) I don't know if this is an accurate depiction of any given school in America and b) I can't relate with the overall chronicle, which brings me to my next point.
The beauty of this movie comes within the subtext, whether you can directly relate with the characters or not, the movie takes the message and widens its range so everyone is able to understand the actual meaning of the film. Let's clear things out, this film is not about a school or the basis of education, this is about trying our best not to give a damn about others as most of us just go around doing everything in our power to be happy ourselves with a lousy job, a loveless marriage, a constant sense of abandonment or basically a crappy life (all of the above portrayed marvelously in the film).
Films by Tony Kaye tend to be really visceral with a thin slice of optimism in the undertones, I think this time he just went mental about everything, in the end you'll leave the theater with a slight sense of hopelessness, almost as if you're destined to watch daily misery without the power to control anything but your own life, as if the only battle you must fight is the constant reminder that even when everything falls apart and slowly turns into dust, you can't change the world, you just have to avoid the world from changing you This exposed stunningly in the final sequence of the movie.
Do yourself a favor, watch this film!
A Glimpse into the Reality of Life
So many people are broken and hurt. Many fear of getting too close in order to keep from getting hurt once more....
This movie is fantastic look into the brokenness of people in society, along with our need as humans for affirmation and too belong. It not only has an artistic side, but this movie is so real in many ways, which everyone (or at least most) can relate too.
I highly enjoy this film and is yet another brilliant role played by Adrian Brody, quite possibly his best role and story since "The Pianist." The supporting cast was also great.
My opinion on this film may be biased, solely on the fact that I only enjoy films that touch the heart and soul (or at least makes me think/feel) and this is one film that made me want to go out and change the world for the better.
This film is well worth while to watch from beginning to end. The Academy needs to look into nominated Adrian Brody for an Oscar with this performance. One of the few movies that I would watch over again with a friend and well worth your while.
I can see why it won so many awards at Film Festivals.

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[0001] This patent application is related to the U.S. patent application identified by attorney docket no. YOR920010406US1, entitled "Methods and Apparatus for Enabling an Electronic Information Marketplace," filed concurrently herewith.
[0002] The present invention relates to techniques for automatically replenishing inventory and, more particularly, to automatic inventory replenishment techniques which employ remote sensors for collecting information through gateways, and brokers for aggregating and deaggregating the collected information and for leveraging conditions associated with an electronic marketplace.
[0003] Inventory control, whether associated with a home, an office, a retail store, a warehouse, etc., is known to be a cumbersome and time consuming task, particularly when performed manually and when the size of the inventory is large or particularly volatile (i.e., large turnover).
[0004] Automatic replenishment of inventory has been discussed in the home environment, such as mechanisms for attempting to replenish grocery items when the inventory in the home is low. However, such automated mechanisms for replenishing inventory do not employ automated purchasing mechanisms which take into account important market conditions associated with the item. Such market conditions may have an impact on the optimum time to purchase an item, as well as on the optimum quantity of the item to purchase.
[0005] Further, there have been proposals regarding the generation of automatic alerts when equipment runs out of (or is about to run out of) some item required to operate. However, these proposals have also not been considered in the context of the purchasing mechanisms and market conditions mentioned above.
[0006] Most of the conventional systems generate alerts and/or order requests when the inventory reaches a pre-established threshold. This threshold is usually set based on a consideration of the time it takes to replenish the inventory. However, none of these conventional systems consider and/or take advantage of the purchasing mechanisms and market conditions mentioned above.
[0007] Prior work is also known to have occurred in accordance with the development of supply chain optimization techniques in which an optimal replenishing schedule is generated for raw materials or office supplies. This is often referred to as "just-in-time replenishing." However, this is not always the best model for replenishing inventory, nor does it consider and/or take advantage of the purchasing mechanisms and market conditions mentioned above.
[0008] U.S. Pat. No. 5,765,143 issued to Sheldon et al. on Jun. 9, 1998 discloses a computer system for controlling inventory of vendors at one level of a parts distribution chain. The system discloses a forecast method used to control parts inventory that utilizes reference data which considers the number of sales of a vendor in its market area during a particular time period. However, the system does not employ automated purchasing mechanisms which take into account market conditions which may have an impact on the optimum time to purchase an item, as well as on the optimum quantity of the item to purchase. Thus, the system does not have any automated mechanisms for leveraging the market conditions to place orders.
[0009] U.S. Pat. No. 5,168,445 issued to Kawashima et al. on Dec. 1, 1992 discloses an automated ordering system in a retail shop adapted to automatically order goods. However, again, the system does not employ automated mechanisms which take into account the above-mentioned market conditions.
[0010] The present invention provides techniques for automatically replenishing inventory which exploit the use of electronic marketplaces. As is known with respect to the World Wide Web (or the Internet), "electronic marketplaces" (also referred to as "e-marketplaces") are web sites comprising one or more server systems which allow visitors, via their own computers, to openly offer items for sale, place bids on items, trade items, and permit the use of various pricing mechanisms to discover the true "value" of a certain item based on the equilibrium of supply and demand. Examples of such electronic marketplaces or trading networks that have emerged and are commercially available include WebSphere Commerce Suite Marketplace Edition (trademark of IBM Corporation), Ariba Buyer and Ariba Marketplace (trademarks of Ariba, Inc.), Market Set (trademark of SAPMarkets, Inc.), and ConnectTrade (trademark of Metiom, Inc.). As will be illustratively explained below, the present invention utilizes such electronic marketplaces in order to provide end consumers with automated inventory control. However, it is to be understood that the invention is not limited to any particular electronic marketplace.
[0011] In one aspect of the invention, a system for automatically controlling an inventory of items comprises one or more sensors operative to automatically obtain information relating to a status associated with an inventory item. Preferably, the sensors are embedded in the equipment containing the inventory that they are monitoring. The system also comprises one or more computer systems (referred to herein as "brokers") which are operatively coupled to the one or more sensors and which receive the status information from the one or more sensors. Each broker is further operative to automatically access one or more electronic marketplaces in order to determine one or more optimal parameters, based on the collected status information, to be used for replenishing an inventory item in accordance with one or more providers of the item via the one or more electronic marketplaces. The system further may comprise one or more other computer systems (referred to herein as "gateways") which are operatively coupled between the one or more sensors and the one or more broker computer systems.
[0012] Each broker may also monitor pricing and/or supply trends associated with the electronic marketplaces on a particular inventory item. Further, the one or more optimal parameters determined by the broker may comprise an optimal time to acquire an inventory item via the electronic marketplaces, as well as an optimal quantity of the inventory item to acquire. Each broker may also aggregate and/or deaggregate the collected information in order to determine the one or more optimal parameters. Further, each broker may automatically place an order for an item in an electronic marketplace and/or automatically generate an alert to an individual that an order may need to be placed for an item. Still further, each broker may automatically collect usage pattern information associated with an item, as well as gather information on a market condition associated with the item.
[0013] In another aspect of the invention, each broker may automatically generate a recommendation for a different brand and/or a different type of an item to a consumer of the inventory.
[0014] These and other objects, features and advantages of the present invention will become apparent from the following detailed description of illustrative embodiments thereof, which is to be read in connection with the accompanying drawings.
[0015]FIG. 1A is a block diagram illustrating an automatic inventory replenishment system according to an embodiment of the present invention;
[0016]FIG. 1B is a block diagram illustrating a generalized hardware architecture of a system suitable for implementing an embedded sensor of the present invention;
[0017]FIG. 1C is a block diagram illustrating a generalized hardware architecture of a computer system suitable for implementing various components of the present invention;
[0018]FIG. 2 is a block diagram illustrating an automatic inventory replenishment system according to a buy-side private marketplace embodiment of the present invention;
[0019]FIG. 3 is a block diagram illustrating an automatic inventory replenishment system according to a sell-side private marketplace embodiment of the present invention;
[0020]FIG. 4 is a flow diagram illustrating a process of leveraging inventory and market conditions to determine the optimal timing and quantity for replenishing inventory according to an embodiment of the present invention;
[0021]FIG. 5 is a flow diagram illustrating a process of automatic generation of recommendations for new brands/types of merchandise in an automatic inventory replenishment system according to an embodiment of the present invention; and
[0022]FIG. 6 is a flow diagram illustrating a process that an embedded system, hosted brokers, and an electronic marketplace are independently optimizing with respect to their individual objectives while reaching an equilibrium, in accordance with the present invention.
[0023] Referring initially to FIG. 1A, a block diagram illustrates an automatic inventory replenishment system according to an embodiment of the present invention. As shown in FIG. 1A, an automatic inventory replenishment system 100 comprises sensors 101-1 through 101-M, gateways 102-1 through 102-N, brokers 103-1 through 103-P, electronic marketplaces 104, and providers 105-1 through 105-Q. It is to be understood that the variables M, N, P and Q may represent any number of devices, wherein M, N, P and Q do not have to be the same number and are, most likely, not the same number. In general, FIG. 1A depicts an overall illustrative structure of sensors 101 connected through gateways 102 and brokers 103 to electronic marketplaces 104 for buying from (and trading with) providers 105 who are also connected to the electronic marketplaces.
[0024] It is to be understood that the present invention may be employed in conjunction with any type of electronic marketplace such as, for example, the commercially available electronic marketplaces and trading networks mentioned above. In addition, the invention may be employed with the electronic information marketplace disclosed in the U.S. patent application identified by attorney docket no. YOR920010406US1, entitled "Methods and Apparatus for Enabling an Electronic Information Marketplace," filed concurrently herewith, and incorporated by reference herein.
[0025] It is to be understood that the particular application or applications that system 100 can be deployed in are not critical to the invention. By way of example only, the system 100 may be deployed in an inventory control application relating to a home, an office, a retail store, a warehouse, or all of the above environments. The particular application dictates the type of sensors 101 that are deployed in the system 100.
[0026] Thus, by way of example only, the sensors 101-1 through 101-M can be in one or more of the following forms:
[0027] (1) Sensors deployable in an embedded environment such as: (i) sensors embedded in an automobile for sensing the temperature, speed, pressure, etc., of the automobile such that components (e.g., tires, belts, etc.) that are affected by such conditions (e.g., become worn due to such conditions) and that may need to be ordered can be monitored; (ii) sensors embedded in home appliances such as those in a refrigerator, microwave oven, air conditioner, home safety alarm system, boiler, etc., such that components in these systems that may need to be ordered can be monitored; (iii) sensors embedded in computer peripherals such as a printer, a fax machine, a copy machine, etc., such that components in these systems that may need to be ordered can be monitored;
[0028] (2) Sensors for acquiring audio, images, and video through known audio-video surveillance mechanisms which can be used to detect the presence, type, and quantity of objects, e.g., inventory items;
[0029] (3) Radio frequency (RF) sensors for scanning tags as may typically be attached to merchandise for declaring the content of (or a description of) the merchandise when illuminated with a microwave source.
[0030] Referring now to FIG. 1B, a generalized hardware architecture is shown of a system suitable for implementing an embedded sensor of the present invention. The embedded sensor system 101 may comprise a scanner 120, a signal converter 122, a processor 124, memory 126, and a network interface 128. Depending on the application, the scanner may be, for example, an optical bar code scanner, an RF tag scanner, or any other type of suitable scanner. The scanner monitors, either actively or passively, the condition or status of the merchandise of the inventory to be controlled (e.g., reading bar codes, tags, etc.). By way of example only, the sensor may be embedded in a home appliance (e.g., refrigerator, microwave oven, home entertainment system, etc.), shelves in a retail store, shelves in a warehouse, office supply shelves in offices, supplies tray in office machines (e.g., fax, printer, copier, etc.), such that the appliance or shelves are able to provide real-time status of the current inventory therein or thereon. It is to be appreciated that one skilled in the art will realize many other applications and environments wherein such smart sensors may be embedded, as well as other suitable, application-specific, automated monitoring methods for tracking the status of the inventory.
[0031] The scanner output is provided to a signal converter 122. In the case where the scanner outputs an analog signal indicative of the inventory condition or status, the signal converter may be, for example, an analog-to-digital (A/D) converter. As is known, the analog signal is converted to a digital signal which, in accordance with the processor 124, is stored in memory 126. It is to be understood that the processor 124 and memory 126 may be the same processor and memory used by the appliance in which the sensor is embedded, or it may be a processor/memory arrangement dedicated to the sensor. The processor 124 then packages the sensory data and sends a data signal containing the sensory data, via the network interface 128, to a gateway 102 (FIG. 1A). The gateway serves as a repository for the captured data and may be located within the home, office, or any institution operatively coupled in the system 100.
[0032] As illustratively shown in FIG. 1A, various sensors 101 are coupled to various gateways 102. It is to be understood that the number and connectivity of the sensors and gateways is dependent on the particular application. For example, the sensors 101 and one or more of the gateways 102 may be operatively coupled through a wireless network, a home network, a wide area network, and/or a local area network. For example, the network may be a communication network based on Bluetooth, HomeRF, 802.11, CDPD (Cellular Digital Packet Data), GPRS (General Packet Radio Service), P1394, and Ethernet. As is known, 802.11 is the IEEE standard for wireless local area networks. P1394, also known as Firewire, is a high speed network protocol for transmitting digital video (many new digital video camcorders have a P1394 interface). Each gateway 102 receives the inventory information collected from its associated sensors 101. Thus, in the case of a home networking application, the sensors may be located throughout the home to monitor the inventory condition or status of various equipment or systems in the home. The sensors then transmit the information to one or more gateways in the home (or outside the home) via the communications network coupling the sensors and the gateways.
[0033] Referring now to FIG. 1C, a block diagram illustrates a generalized hardware architecture of a computer system suitable for implementing a gateway. The gateway may comprise a processor 140, memory 142, I/O devices 144, and a network interface 146. It is to be appreciated that the term "processor" as used herein is intended to include any processing device, such as, for example, one that includes a CPU (central processing unit) and/or other processing circuitry. The processor may also include a digital signal processor, as is well known in the art. The term "memory" as used herein is intended to include memory associated with a processor or CPU, such as, for example, RAM, ROM, a fixed memory device (e.g., hard drive), a removable memory device (e.g., diskette), flash memory, etc. In addition, the term "input/output devices" or "I/O devices" as used herein is intended to include, for example, one or more input devices (e.g., keyboard, mouse, etc.) for entering data to the processing unit, and/or one or more output devices (e.g., CRT display, printer, etc.) for presenting results associated with the processing unit. It is also to be understood that the term "processor" may refer to more than one processing device and that various elements associated with a processing device may be shared by other processing devices.
[0034] Accordingly, software components including instructions or code for performing the methodologies of the invention, as described herein, may be stored (e.g., as an article of manufacture) in one or more of the associated memory devices (e.g., ROM, fixed or removable memory) and, when ready to be utilized, loaded in part or in whole (e.g., into RAM) and executed by a CPU.
[0035] The gateway 102 communicates with its associated sensors via its network interface 146, in accordance with the particular communication protocol employed between the devices. Once the information is collected by the gateways, the information can then be sent to brokers 103. In one scenario, the information can be the current condition of the inventory level of the device or system that the sensor is embedded in. In another scenario, the information can be a request for replenishment.
[0036] It is to be appreciated that FIG. 1C may also be considered to illustrate a generalized hardware architecture of a computer system suitable for implementing a broker. The broker computer system is responsible for aggregating or deaggregating the orders potentially received from multiple gateways, and placing the order in the electronic marketplaces 104, so that the providers 105 of the goods can respond to those orders. Thus, the broker receiving data from a plurality of clients and aggregating the data can then procure an item for a plurality of clients simultaneously thereby realizing the cost benefits of volume purchasing. On the other hand, by deaggregating the data, the broker may be able to take advantages of purchasing opportunities on smaller quantities. The broker is also responsible for monitoring the pricing and supply trends of the major electronic marketplaces on a set of items. The broker also calculates the optimal entry point for replenishing supplies.
[0037] Each broker may also gather information to be used in making its optimal buy decisions. One type of data that the broker gathers is usage patterns of particular items. This data may be accumulated through the smart sensors 101 and gateways 102. In one embodiment, the usage patterns are expressed as a time series. Another type of data that the broker gathers is the market condition of the item. This data is gathered from the interoperable electronic marketplaces and may represent the market conditions in terms of supply and pricing, the result of which can also be expressed as a number of time series. For example, supply and pricing data may be the recent transaction record and inventory of an item, expressed as a time series (e.g., a time series of price and time series of quantity in stock).
[0038] Each broker may also store and execute rules for sending alerts or ordering when the inventory becomes low (e.g., below a certain threshold), or when market condition reach new lows and there is sufficient room to house inventory.
[0039] Further, with the information a broker gathers from the sensors (e.g., past usage trends, demand parameters, etc.) and from the electronic marketplaces (e.g., availability, pricing, supply parameters, etc.), the broker can automatically generate recommendations to the end consumer relating to new types and/or brands of merchandise. These recommendations may be presented to the end consumer, for example, at one or more of the gateways 102.
[0040] As illustratively shown in FIG. 1A, various gateways 102 are coupled to various brokers 103. It is to be understood that the number and connectivity of the gateways and brokers is dependent on the particular application. For example, the gateways and one or more of the brokers may be operatively coupled through a wireless network, a wide area network, and/or a local area network, such as are mentioned above. In one embodiment, the gateways may be operatively coupled to the brokers via the Internet.
[0041] The brokers 103 visit various electronic marketplaces 104, each of which are comprised of one or more servers which allow the brokers to openly place bids on items in an environment that employs a pricing mechanism that allows potential buyers (brokers 103) and sellers (providers 105) to discover the true "value" of a certain item based on the equilibrium of supply and demand.
[0042] It is to be appreciated that FIG. 1C may also be considered to respectively illustrate a generalized hardware architecture of a computer system suitable for implementing a provider and/or an electronic marketplace site.
[0043] In a preferred embodiment, the computer systems utilized by the gateways, the brokers, the electronic marketplaces, and the providers are preferably operatively coupled via the Internet, while the sensors and gateways are preferably operatively coupled by more of a local network (e.g., local area network, Bluetooth, etc.) and located within the homes and/or businesses of the end consumers (e.g., the persons or entities whose inventories are being automatically controlled).
[0044] With such an automated inventory replenishing system, several advantages are realized, some examples of which are:
[0045] (i) Continuous supply—in accordance with the principles of the invention, the inventory will rarely reach zero for an extended period of time (the tolerance for zero supply is individual, family, or institution-dependent).
[0046] (ii) Nearly minimal "running" cost—by taking advantage of the pricing and supply information from interoperable electronic marketplaces, minimal expenditure is achieved for the continuous operation;
[0047] (iii) Automated recommendations—by dynamically exploring for and suggesting new brands/selections based on the previous usage (e.g., a different type of brand of the same cereal, or a different type of cereal from the same brand);
[0048] (iv) Machine-to-machine—nearly zero human intervention, that is, in one embodiment, the sensors, gateways, brokers, electronic marketplaces, and providers may provide fully automatic inventory replenishing. However, it is to be understood that individuals may be involved with decision aspects of the process at the sensors, gateways, brokers, electronic marketplaces, and/or providers of the system 100.
[0049] As a result, the objective is to optimize the average cost function (over a period of time) subject to constraints of nearly continuous supply. That is, in order to maintain continuous supply, an order has to be placed before supply runs out. As a result, determining the optimal order placement time according to the invention allows the automated system to take advantage of the prediction of the market condition during the interval prior to running out of supply and to place the order at the time when the price of the item is predicted to be minimal during the interval.
[0050] Referring now to FIG. 2, a block diagram illustrates an automatic inventory replenishment system according to a buy-side private marketplace embodiment of the present invention. Specifically, FIG. 2 illustrates a system structure 200 for going through a buy-side private electronic marketplace to place an order. It is to be understood that the components in the system 200 have the same or similar functions as the same or similarly named components shown in FIG. 1, unless otherwise specified below.
[0051] A buy-side private electronic marketplace implies a marketplace with a single buyer and multiple providers. Similar to FIG. 1A, the information collected by the sensors 201-1 through 201-M is sent to the broker 203 via the gateways 202-1 through 202-N. The broker 203 may aggregate orders from multiple gateways, and place the order based on a model which invites competitive bids from the providers 205-1 through 205-Q via a private electronic marketplace 204.
[0052] This embodiment situation may apply to the case when a broker is a dominant company in its field, such as the regional Bell company (e.g., Verizon, SBC), AOL/Time Warner, or ADT home security system. For example, AOL/Time Warner is a dominant Internet service provider, ADT is a dominant home security system provider, and the regional Bell companies are dominant local phone service providers. All of these providers have large customer bases and wiring in place to wire all of the homes of its customers. As a result, this guarantees the size of the market and generates incentives for the providers to participate in the system 200.
[0053] Referring now to FIG. 3, a block diagram illustrates an automatic inventory replenishment system according to a sell-side private marketplace embodiment of the present invention. Specifically, FIG. 3 shows a system structure 300 of a sell-side private electronic marketplace. It is to be understood that the components in the system 300 have the same or similar functions as the same or similarly named components shown in FIG. 1, unless otherwise specified below.
[0054] A sell-side private electronic marketplace implies a private marketplace of a single seller and multiple buyers. Similar to FIG. 1, multiple brokers 305-1 through 305-R collect information (e.g., inventory levels, orders) from the sensors 301-1 through 301-M and 302-1 through 302-N via the gateways 303-1 through 303-P and 304-1 through 304-Q, respectively. These brokers place the orders to the same provider 307 through the marketplace 306 set up by the provider. This embodiment may apply to the case where an electronic marketplace is set up for major providers of parts and merchandise, such as the toners for Hewlett Packard printers, Xerox/Kodak copiers, etc.
[0055] Referring now to FIG. 4, a flow diagram illustrates a process of leveraging inventory and market conditions to determine the optimal timing and quantity for replenishing inventory according to an embodiment of the present invention. Specifically, FIG. 4 illustrates a process 400 for setting up ordering in accordance with smart sensors through an electronic marketplace at the broker computer system. In this case, a sensor collects instantaneous information such as the inventory level or the current condition of the device/equipment in which the sensor is embedded, and provides the information to a broker via a gateway. The information, which can be used to generate the usage pattern, becomes a time series 401. The market condition is also monitored by the broker and collected into a time series 402. Known models to characterize and predict the usage pattern and market conditions are employed at the broker. Examples of models that can be used to predict the market condition include simple linear models (or linear regression models), linear predictive models where the coefficients are adjusted adaptively based on previous inputs, neural network models, etc.
[0056] If the inventory level is less than full (or high), as determined at step 403, the market condition is checked in step 404 to determine whether any action shall be taken. For example, the broker may learn from the electronic marketplace that a provider is having a sales promotion or that the price of a subject item at this time is particularly low. Again, these operations at the broker may be done automatically by the computer system of the broker or with human assistance (e.g., an individual operating the broker computer system). If the inventory is full (or high), the process iterates. If an autonomous mode 405 is ON at the broker (e.g., fully automated operation mode), an order is placed in step 406 when the condition is appropriate. It is to be understood that the condition here is referring to a market condition, e.g., a sale/promotion event, when the market price dips, or when the market price is predicted to reach a minimum when replenishment of the inventory is needed, etc. When the autonomous mode 405 is OFF at the broker (e.g., operator assistance or proxy assistance operation mode), an alert is sent in step 407 to a proxy or a person who can take action. Note that an objective of the end client is to maintain continuous supply with minimal running cost. As a result, the models for the usage and the market fluctuation may be exploited so that optimal order placement timing and quantities are realized.
[0057] Also, it is to be understood that the provider of the subject item, once an order is placed via the electronic marketplace, may deliver the item(s) to the end consumer whose inventory is being monitored via traditional delivery techniques (e.g., mail) or electronically via the system, if the item is in electronic form.
[0058]FIG. 4 provides inventory replenishment as if in a supply chain environment. However, innovation and change is common in a consumer-centric environment, i.e., consumers usually try different brands of consumer products, or different types of consumer products from the same brand name. Accordingly, FIG. 5 is a flow diagram illustrating a process 500 of automatic generation of recommendations for new brands/types of merchandise in an automatic inventory replenishment system according to an embodiment of the present invention. Specifically, FIG. 5 illustrates an automatic methodology for introducing new items in such an automatic replenishment environment. It is to be appreciated that, in one embodiment, the recommendations may be made by a broker to an end consumer via a gateway.
[0059] First, user preference is collected in step 501 either explicitly (e.g., such as through specification of a user profile stored at a broker) or implicitly (e.g., such as through mining usage behavior from the sensors as mentioned above). In step 502, a set of recommendation rules relating to new brands 504 and/or items 505 are then generated based on these explicitly or implicitly generated rules. This recommendation generation step may be similar to collaborative filtering processes, such as those that are known to be used for promotion, upsale, and cross-sale. A small quantity of the recommended merchandise is then ordered in step 503. The usage pattern of these newly ordered items is then monitored, in step 506, and the monitoring results used to revise the user profile.
[0060] Referring now to FIG. 6, a flow diagram illustrates a process 600 that an embedded system, hosted brokers, and an electronic marketplace, operating in accordance with the present invention, are independently optimizing with respect to their individual objectives while reaching an equilibrium. It is to be understood that the components in the process 600 have the same or similar functions as the same or similarly named components shown in FIG. 1, unless otherwise specified below. More specifically, FIG. 6 illustrates the distributed nature of optimization objectives that are sought to be respectively realized in accordance with the embedded sensor systems 601, the hosted brokers 602, and the electronic marketplace 603.
[0061] The embedded sensor systems attempt to maintain continuous supply while maintaining minimal running cost (objectives 604). The hosted brokers try to minimize the overall purchasing price (objective 605) either through aggregation (and thus leveraging the volume discount when available), or deaggregation (to leverage different price demand curves from the providers). The electronic marketplace performs the matchmaking process among the consumers and providers of the goods and tries to maximize the long term profit (or welfare) of the entire community comprising the providers and consumers of the goods, while also attempting to maximize consumer loyalty (objectives 606).
[0062] Although these entities have their own objectives, they interact through the electronic marketplace using the regular market mechanism (e.g., fixed-price, dynamic pricing) with a common winner determination and price signaling process 607. For example, for various trading mechanisms in the marketplace, such as auctions, reverse auctions, request for quotes (RFQs), each mechanism always involves a winner determination step where the best bid (in the case of an auction or a reverse auction) is determined and then the price of the bid is calculated based on the rules of the auction/reverse auction. This is an example what process 607 may involve.
[0063] By way of another illustrative example of the invention, this time in the context of an automobile application, the automated system of the invention may have one or more sensors located in the automobile. Whenever any part in the automobile reaches its end of life, the automated system seeks out the part from a parts provider with the best price or on sale, and seeks out a dealer with the lowest price to replace the part. Advantageously, the date of the repair (to replace the part) may be arranged before the anticipated end of life of the part, but the automated system leverages the potential volatility of the market (both the parts and labor) and seeks the best time to do the repair.
[0064] Advantageously, as has been explained in detail above, the replenishing system of the invention may operate with no need for the human intervention, i.e., the entire process of trading can be entirely autonomous (machine to machine or "M2M").
[0065] Although illustrative embodiments of the present invention have been described herein with reference to the accompanying drawings, it is to be understood that the invention is not limited to those precise embodiments, and that various other changes and modifications may be effected therein by one skilled in the art without departing from the scope or spirit of the invention.
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I bought this for my 2 year old granddaughter. She loves to cook and serve us meals. I hope she will love this. It is for Christmas.
The stove door is "sticky" but overall this is a fun toy for the 2 year old we bought it for. The center is a storage bin which makes it easy to kepp up with the food, plates, etc.
I am happy with my purchase, but dissatisfied with walmarts shipping warehouse. I ordered this for a christmas present for my 3 year old. It was sitting on my front porch when i got home with my children, It was shipped in its own box. No outter box or paper on it, so all of my kids saw it.. so much for the suprise. thanks walmart :(
My grandbaby does not walk away from this toy for even a moment when she's here. Sign me one happy grandma!
My kids received this as a gift for Christmas. They are 2 and 5(almost 6) and both love it. It is the perfect height for both of them to play at comfortably when its at its max height. The pretend food and dishes are good quality and should last a while. Was easy to assemble. Definitely worth the price.
Very affordable - can't wait to see my niece playing with it
Just know that I have been eating pizza and cookies since she opened this on Christmas Day! My daughter will be 3 in March and this was perfect for her age. She is very in to nurturing her baby dolls and mimicking what I do in the kitchen, so this toy was great for that. My only dislike is that Walmart had this toy in the store for 89.97 but online for first, $69.97, then $59.97. Then the store said they could not honor Walmart.com prices. I ended up purchasing this toy for $39.97 on Cyber Week
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I bought this for my grandson and he loves it. Just a little frustrating when having to reset the singing hot plate.
Purched for my 2 year old grand daughter. After putting it together, one part did not work but we called Fisher-Price and they sent out a new part with no questions. My grand daughter loves it.
This was a perfect choice my two boys who love to cook.
My 7yr old girl, 4yr old boy, and 2 yr old girl LOVE this!! It has an adjustable height and the middle of the table.
absolutley love this product! the height is easily adjustable and has two settings. The food and plates/cups spoons ect. are really good quality and fit into the center colum of the table when not in use. i have been eating toy pizza and cookies since christmas! well worth the price i've seen for the same thing at others stores but such a deal at walmart!
Very good toy/kitchen set for my little boy. He loves the sounds and songs from the kitchen.
Very easy to put together (just a few screws). Was finished in 20p minutes.
Very sturdy and has held up to my 3 boys...decent size toys so my llittle one can't edat them either.
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My only issue was that the serving tray recording was not working properly and I had to call the manufacturer. I am currently waiting for a response.
I was very impressed by how quickly I got this. I ordered it the Wednesday before Thanksgiving and received it on the following Saturday morning and the shipping was FREE! The toy was in good shape and my granddaughter plays with it constantly. She's 19 months old and she will be playing with it for some time especially since you can adjust the table height. I will be purchasing cookware to go with it for her birthday. Thanks Walmart!
I wanted something special for my granddaughter. The description was very interesting and I wanted to learn more about it. I honestly did no expect to walk into my local Walmart store and find this on a display. Because I have been using the online ship to site feature I logged on and to my surprise $10 off the srp. Plus free home shipping! Wow, lucky me! It arrived to my home within another box, great idea, the original box was cleanly wrapable. It arrived as promise by FedEx. She was delighted and I had the pleasure of assembling the table. It was very user friendly, thank you FP! I added the batteries and it was ready to go. Both my granddaughter and her brother enjoyed hours and hours of play, thank you.
I was unable to get extra food play sets in store or online. I went to Amazon.
Great product for the price.
easy to assemble and my 3 year old grandaughter loves it
I bought this for my 2 year old for Christmas.. He absolutely loves it.. This sure was money well spent.. Also it was easy to put together
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text: 86 1.4K 106 » Chalk Paint French China Hutch Lorraine F Blogger Virginia Beach, VA diy 09.04.15 86 1.4K 106 » I love to refinish furniture! I have a bunch in the garage and I have to STOP myself from getting more! I hate to see a sad piece of furniture that could have new life with just a little work. I need a 12 step program...... This is a china hutch I refinished using ASCP in Paris Gray and Old White. Closeup of the door on the hutch. I used AS Dark Wax to antique it. The top of the hutch, I also did a pair of farmhouse chairs to match. The little back covers are 100% linen with a hand stamped design. See 0 More Photos jmedley43 It is absolutely beautiful, I love to find ole furniture and work on it and then try and give it a new home, I have a shop where I sell ole furniture, but have not tried the paint yet ,but want to in 2014!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! [?] Dixie Benezue Stine Bartow, WV Thank goodness most people see this style for the beauty that it is. :) [?] Beth Cole Byrne Pittsford, NY I love it! Beautiful work. [?] Pookiebear_44144 Cleveland, OH I love refinishing pieces too, it depends on your style I think as to how you refinish a piece. I have some that I have painted glossy black and some I have painted a muted red, and now am going to work on with this type of paint... it's just great to restore a piece some might find ugly and throw it away, [?] Lorraine F Virginia Beach, VA Thanks to all! I love giving new life to pieces that have been discarded by others! I think this has enabled many younger folks (and some older ones too!) to be able to see an old, perhaps unattractive or damaged piece in a new light so that it once more becomes valuable and useful once more! Sometimes people that toss every piece of dark, wood furniture…(even pieces that were lovingly cared for by their family before them)…will fall in love with that same piece once it has been transformed with a coat of paint. To some who might worry, I rarely paint a piece of valuable, antique furniture. Most of what I can afford to buy is reproduction or lesser quality furniture from the turn of the century. For example, I have an antique, drop leaf desk upstairs that I found at a thrift shop but it is just gorgeous with inlaid wood and fine features….I have left that alone. I believe a house should have some contrast in it….not everything painted, not everything left in it's original state. In the end, it requires a practiced eye to tell whether paint will improve a piece or not. And PS…I DO have a shop in an antique mall here in Virginia Beach…because I didn't have any more room for my addiction!! [?] [?] 14 Crazy Creative Ways To Fill Your Empty Walls (On A Budget!) 15 View Slideshow


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When There Is A Nail That Needs Hitting You Can Count On Charles M. Blow To Hit It
On Black lives Matter and the GOP
I have extracted three paragraphs and I do recommend reading the whole article
Both the question and the answer focused an inordinate amount of attention on police conduct and not enough on revealing that they are simply the agents of policy instituted by officials at the behest of the body politic.
Society itself is to blame. There is blood on everyone's hands, including the hands still clutching the tax revenue that those cities needed but refused to solicit, instead shifting the mission of entire police departments "from 'protect and serve' to 'punish and profit,' " as Mother Jones magazine recently put it in a fascinating article on this subject.
Racism is a social construct.
That is why when people respond to "Black Lives Matter" with "All Lives Matter," it grates. All Lives Matter may be one's personal position, but until this country values all lives equally, it is both reasonable and indeed necessary to specify the lives it seems to value less.
He highlights the failures by Fox News in asking the right questions by supposing that there is some equivalence in power between black communities and the state. The assumption that both played equal roles in the divisiveness is as he says, absurd.
Denise Oliver Velez asked me yesterday if I wanted to write some diaries on xenophobia and racism in Europe and this institutionalized racism is a part of that. Xenophobia has been around for millennia, whereas racism is a relatively new concept and pretty much started with colonization. I wont go into this fully here but "blood purity" within the colonies was a primary driver in what today in the US we term racism. Until we fully accept this situation then actually dealing with institutionalized racism is near impossible.
The only way in my "white" view that Black Lives will really matter is to finally deal with the disparity of power, rather than just saying there is a division and assume both have equal roles in resolving the problem. This process is also applicable to gender disparities, but one problem at a time.
It goes far deeper than the SCOTUS opinion that racism can be declared over because everyone has a vote, the whole system needs to be adjusted where all have an equal role in the functioning and power structure of the system. So that the system itself is not the source of the inherent inequality. First we need to admit that we are not dealing with equal partners in any racial division and that one group is oppressed by the other. It goes beyond trying to heal a division, to actually removing the source of the hurt.
I hope I have explained my thoughts clearly enough, and the diaries on Europe will expand upon the history somewhat.
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Sure my country's at war, but look at my tits.
She dodged the draft by marrying her goddamned cousin and now poses as a rabid Zionist (when it doesn't interfere with a modelling gig). Fuck her.
Veronika, my darling, it's about time you let that go. You bring it up every time Bar's picture is in here, and it's going to turn you into a cranky old woman. And really, I don't think anyone else in here gives a fuck. Maybe a nice massage would help. Go behind the screen and get naked…
Jesus lady, no one gives a shit. She's hot as hell and we want to fuck her. No one cares what draft she dodged or how many nuns she raped or how many orphans she killed to drink their blood. That's how this works.
I'd kill some Palestinian civilians to get on that.
Perfect body, blond hair, blue eyes … Hitler was a retard.
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Meh, too jewish.
What the fuck does that mean? How can someone be too Jewish? They are either Jewish or they're not. It's sort of like being pregnant…
I'm too Irish. And too German.
She's permanently shut the fuck upped anyone who ever said she wouldn't look that great without make up. In fact, she's hotter.
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EMPORIA, Kan. – This Kansas town lies a little east of the Keystone XL pipeline path, but we stopped here to visit the one-time home of William Allen White, a leading journalist of the late 19th and early 20th centuries. White burst into national attention with an editorial called "What's the Matter With Kansas?" – a scathing critique of populism. Thomas Frank borrowed that title for his 2005 book on how the state dominated by blue-collar workers became one of the reddest of Republican red states.
In White's day, the main issues were the expansion of railroads, protectionism and the gold standard. The railroads were, in a sense, the pipelines of that era, requiring construction workers, using land along their routes and transporting goods. It was a time of fierce political and economic struggle in what White described as "the vast magic carpet of prairie and plain and mountain."
In his editorial, White said that populist policies in Kansas had scared away investors who had the capital needed to boost the state's economy. And people were fleeing too, he said; the year before 10,000 babies were born, but the population grew by only 2,000. Dripping with sarcasm, he wrote, "Because we have become poorer and ornerier and meaner than a spavined, distempered mule, we, the people of Kansas, propose to kick; we don't care to build up, we wish to tear down."
For us, this seemed like a good moment to detour to the distant past. The Keystone pipeline has already been built here in Kansas. It was part of the previous project, completed around February of last year. This stretch of the pipeline is 36 inches in diameter, big enough to accommodate oil sands from both the existing Keystone and the proposed Keystone XL pipelines, each of which would be 30 inches in diameter. Why won't this segment overflow? Because some of the oil will be diverted, sending it from Steele City, Neb., to the Midwest.
So on to the past, at least for a morning. I'm interested in White because I believe he helped change the tone of journalism from the sharp partisanship that began right after the American Revolution and continued through the early 1800s, when newspapers were closely aligned with political parties. And I think he helped set a tone of detachment, or independence, that lasted much of the next century – and which recent political bickering and the rise of an opinionated Internet may be reversing.
In 1895 at the age of 27, White bought his own newspaper, the Emporia Gazette, in this modest-size town and ran it with a sense of keen interest but also disinterest. Although he declared himself a Republican, he said that unlike other newspapers of the day he would confine his opinions on the editorial page, where, he wrote, "the gentle reader may venture at his peril."
He later wrote that "Indeed I believed then and believe now that a newspaper that prints the news—all of it—that is fit to print can take any editorial position it desires without loss of prestige or patronage. People choose their paper not because of its politics but because of its integrity, its enterprise, and its intelligence."
That didn't mean that the Emporia Gazette was boring. "We were chatty, colloquial, incisive, impertinent, ribald, and enterprising in our treatment of local events," he recalled in his autobiography. "Looking back over it now, I can see that much of it was based upon a smart-aleck attitude; but the people liked it. Circulation grew."
The house here in Emporia was a frequent stop for political candidates, including five U.S. presidents. White was particularly fond of holding court on the large porch, often sitting in the hammock there. We saw White's manual typewriter, the leather chairs in the dining room, and the bedrooms and guest room upstairs where somehow the enormous President Taft once slept. The black car outside, which belonged to White's son, was sleek and shiny and had a license plate that read: GAZETTE.
Ultimately, White became an avid admirer of Teddy Roosevelt and wrote in favor of the reforms of the Progressive movement. He would have been a supporter of modern campaign finance regulations and a critic of the Citizens United Supreme Court case.
He once wrote that "the interstate corporations – for instance, railroads, insurance companies, banking interests, the packing houses, the commodity industries, oil, coal, textiles, and the like – had in Wall Street powerful politicians who looked after their business in every state. In every state these corporations financed the political machinery of both parties."


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Aligning the Work of Government to Strengthen the Work of Citizens
"It is part of our job to get the public engaged to give a meaningful voice and ultimately have control over their government…[civic engagement] is not in addition to, but it is the work…if we are going to be as good as we can be in serving the community." - David Bosch, Manager, San Mateo CountyHere are the sections included in the must-read conclusion of this paper:
- Public administrators question the public's will or ability to communicate responsibly in civic engagement.
- Public administrators think of civic engagement in the context of their professional responsibilities.
- Public administrators are reassured by the experience of their peers and adaptable examples.
- Civic engagement involves "culture change" and "authenticity."
- Public administrators have powerful motivations to support civic engagement.
- Public administrators know that they need to develop new skills for supporting civic engagement, but are not sure what those skills are.
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Published: October 17, 1999
To the Editor:
Al Gore has forgotten that the voters have memories (column, Oct. 14). Just as the voters remembered Gerald Ford's pardon of Richard Nixon and denied Mr. Ford the Presidency, so will the same electorate remember Mr. Gore's cheerleading role in proclaiming Bill Clinton a great President at the White House pep rally after the House impeachment vote last December.
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In 1975, Bradley Angle opened the first domestic violence shelter on the West Coast. Today, our shelter and 24-hour crisis line continue to be safe havens for adults and children escaping domestic violence. Staff provide support to clients as they identify their needs, nurture personal strengths, build a support system and use community resources to overcome the challenges they face in living free of abuse.
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- Our shelter capacity is 23 residents at one time.
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Our goal, while participants are here, is to help survivors secure safe housing and begin to rebuild their lives in the face of adversity and trauma.
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- Thirty percent had been temporarily or permanently disabled from injuries due to abuse.
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