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Chris Evert
In 1970, at a North Carolina tournament so small it was barely a blip on the tennis calendar, a Florida teen made her first mark on the sport. Chris Evert, 15, blonde and ponytailed, inexperienced but gutsy as hell, beat the world's top player, Margaret Court, 7-6, 7-6, as Bud Collins recounts in his book, "The Bud Collins History of Tennis."
That was the young Chrissie: precocious and never in awe of the moment. A year later, she entered her first Grand Slam event and became the youngest player ever (at the time) to reach the U.S. Open semifinals. Along the way, a stone-faced Evert saved six match points in a second-round tilt against fellow American Mary Ann Eisel, aggressively counterattacking in a come-from-behind, 4-6, 7-6 (5-1), 6-1 victory. The fans in Forest Hills loved the fight packed into Evert's trim, 5-foot-6, 125-pound frame. She was gritty and graceful, brash and beautiful. The "Ice Maiden" melted hearts as America's new sweetheart.
And by the time she retired in 1989, she was also an icon. Evert won her first major championship at the French Open in 1974 and her last at Roland Garros in 1986. During that period, she captured at least one Grand Slam title a year (including a record seven French Opens), for a total of 18 in her career, tying her with Martina Navratilova for fourth all time, behind Court (24), Steffi Graf (22) and Helen Wills Moody (19). Evert owned a spot in the world's top 10 for 19 years, including five stints at No. 1. Her 125-match win streak on clay is the best by any player on any surface. And her career .900 winning percentage in singles matches (1,309-146) is the best in tennis history, for women or men.
Of course, it is nearly impossible to talk about Evert without also mentioning Navratilova. Their rivalry captivated the tennis world for 16 years, as the duo squared off a whopping 80 times and came out nearly even (with Navratilova winning 43 of their matches). The fact that each cost the other numerous Grand Slam titles, or that they seemed to be polar opposites on and off the court, didn't prevent them from forming a bond that remains tight today. And the starkest contrast between their games -- Navratilova's backhand was a smooth, one-handed slice, while Evert featured a strong, controlled two-hander -- was also the area in which Evert made her most notable contribution to tennis.
When Evert burst onto the scene in the 1970s, virtually no one in the game, on the men's or women's side, used a two-handed backhand. Evert had learned the shot from her father, tennis pro Jimmy Evert, as temporary compensation for her slight stature. "She was too small and weak to swing the backhand with one hand," he explained years later. "I had hoped she would change." She didn't. But the rest of the world did. By routinely punishing opponents from the baseline, Evert started a trend, and today the vast majority of tennis pros use a two-handed backhand.
"So many players from the United States had two-handed backhands because they were trying to emulate Chrissie," says former top-10 player Pam Shriver, now an ESPN analyst. But they didn't just study Evert's backhand. Her baseline style and near-absence of unforced errors -- she once had just four in an entire match -- set the standard for women's tennis.
"Chrissie never gave her opponents a lot of points," Shriver says. "With that kind of game, she'd still do really well today, even though the game has changed a lot over the last 35 years."
Thanks, in no small part, to Evert herself.
-- Lindsay Berra, ESPN The Magazine


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This morning I decided to watch The Dark Knight Rises.
As far as action films go, it was okay, but not great. My list of gripes follow:
The fights were not imaginative or unique, neither confrontation between Bane and Batman resulted in any special moments that evoked a reaction of 'Holy Shit - that was cool!'
The two just punch each other until one of them falls down. Wow. Brilliant. Did it take both Nolan brothers to come up with that?
Following up on that line of thinking, isn't Batman supposed to be smarter than this? He's a detective, not a straight forward brawler, but that's all we get in this film.
Batman, when he's not sitting in a pit of despair in Wayne Manor or a pit of torture in Pena Dura, just punches his way through confrontations or blows things up with the Batwing. Everyone else in the film is smarter and more active than he is.
Which leads me to…
Seriously, Batman spends half the movie doing ABSOLUTELY NOTHING.
Bane, Selina Kyle, Blake, Commissioner Gordon, and Miranda Tate do all the heavy lifting.
Even when Batman escapes from Pena Dura, he immediately seeks help from Selina Kyle and Fox. Seriously?
Can the Batman do nothing on his own anymore? Is he that broken?
And when he gets the help he needs what does he do? Use his brain? Try to figure out Bane's plan? Puzzle out what's really happening?
No, he sets the police free from their underground prison, then proceeds to trade punches with Bane - AGAIN.
So Batman, the great detective, spends months in Pena Dura but NEVER ONCE USES HIS GODDAMN BRAIN.
Maybe Bane punched the smarts out of him.
Look, writing good dialogue is hard. Damn hard.
But some of the lines in this film fall so flat they threw me right out of the movie.
"This isn't a car." - Batman
"You've got another thing coming." - Commissioner Gordon
Those were the two worst offenders.
I would have quoted something from Bane, but I couldn't understand half the shit he said.
His voice was so heavily processed most of his dialogue was lost in all the background noise.
If you're going to have dialogue, at least make it so I can understand the guy.
My biggest gripe is Batman's arc in this film.
He just punches and shoots his way through the entire movie.
After his second escape from a prison (Pena Dura), I would have expected him to puzzle out a way to defeat Bane.
We just montage the Caped Crusader through enough sit ups and push ups to be able to kick Bane's ass.
Then what happens?
He gets stabbed by an unexpected villain. Surprise!
Now I'm thinking, great, they're punishing our hero for not learning anything. For not pushing himself to be better, smarter, or more tactical than the physically superior villain.
Selina Kyle (Han Solo) to the rescue.
Then they stop the truck with the Nuclear Bomb - when I say they, I mean Selina Kyle and Commissioner Gordon. Batman just swoops around in his Batwing being chased by rockets.
Of course, Batman flies the bomb away from the city, and apparently dies as a result. The ultimate sacrifice - the final consequence of fighting fire with fire.
He's still alive, chilling in the Mediterranean.
"Me Batman. Me punch. Me kick."
The hijacking of the plane in mid-flight. That was damn cool.
That's about it.
I don't go to see a Batman movie where the Dark Knight spends most his time feeling sorry for himself or sitting in a prison.
He's FUCKING BATMAN!
Everyone was smarter, more active, and more clever than he was.
They should have titled this movie The Dark Knight Muses - A LOT.
Movies are hard to make, and good movies are a damn miracle.
TDKR couldn't possibly live up to the hype, but it could have been much better.
It focused too much on the secondary and tertiary characters, and not enough on the Dark Knight himself and what makes him so special.
A world class detective and sociopathic vigilante who pursues justice with single-minded purpose.
He indulges the dark side of himself, the dark side in all of us, and shows us the danger of feeding our desire for vengeance - it's never satisfied and devours you from within.
Batman the character - amazing.
TDKR the movie - below average.
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Today I stopped by Amazon (as if I need to link it =P)
On the front page they were carrying an announcement about author Jessica Park and her book "Flat-Out Love" which she self-published through Amazon's KDP program.
From the announcement:
Kindle Direct Publishing empowers serious authors to reach readers, build a following, make a living, and to do it on their own terms. Readers get lower prices, authors get higher royalties, and we all get a more diverse book culture (no expert gatekeepers saying "sorry but that will never work").
Did you see that bolded text? "No expert gatekeepers…"
Welcome to the Age of Empowerment.
Tools like the internet have connected people in ways that are fundamentally changing the way we live, govern, and interact with each other.
Consider the so-called "Arab Spring". http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arab_Spring and the role of social media in facilitating it. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/raymond-schillinger/arab-spring-social-media_b_970165.html
From the Huffington Post article by Raymond Schillinger, "[Alec] Ross equated the rise of social media to a democratization of world politics, shifting the balance of power from nation-states to individuals and smaller institutions."
Never before in the history of the world have people had so much power available to them. Power they can wield, en-masse, for tremendous political and social change.
Your work doesn't have to spend years being battered against the walls of the Big 6. Their power structure is collapsing around them, and what little control they have continues to crumble.
And fall into the hands of you, the writer.
YOU determine when your work is finished.
YOU determine the relationship with your editor.
YOU choose the cover art by working directly with the artist.
YOU control the formatting or choose someone to format it.
Or you can do all these things yourself. It's all up to YOU.
Power is shifting into the hands of the reader, where it's always been, only now writers have direct access to millions of potential readers.
Jessica Park is just another example of an author that's taken control of her writing career, leveraged the new power structure to her advantage, and found success doing so.
And you can too.
Because readers, BILLIONS OF THEM, are now the arbiters of what's *good* and what's *not good*.
Empower yourself. Empower your work.
Give your work the chance it deserves to thrive, give it over to the ones that really matter.
And they're hungry for content from YOU.
Tags: encouragement, self-publishing, support, writing
Today I've been researching - one of my favorite parts of the writing process.
I love spending hours discovering facts about people, places, and lifestyles.
The vast database that is the interweb makes research easier and faster than ever.
But nothing beats discovering unexpected connections.
And that's what I'm going to talk about today.
Unexpected or overlooked connections that can strengthen your story.
Environmental Connections
Consider the environment your characters inhabit.
Are there potential dramatic elements you're not taking advantage of?
Perhaps you have a pale-skinned homebody forced to go camping in the desert. Or maybe your story features a geologist. How does her environment influence her personality or lifestyle?
Your story could take place in a dust-covered wasteland. What would happen if there were a deluge?
Get outside your character's head long enough to consider the world they live in. A rainy day often alters our mood, and probably does the same for your characters.
Time Connections
Time connections? What does that mean?
Consider someone who grew up during the 1930s and 40s and how much differently they view the world versus someone who grew up in the 1950s and 60s.
Twenty short years can create enormous differences in political, social, and religious perspectives.
Your characters don't live in a vacuum, and they'll likely encounter other characters with conflicting or similar viewpoints based solely on their time connection.
Border Connections
Borders exist everywhere - both physical and perceived.
Fences, walls, gates, rivers, and mountains are all examples of physical borders. Characters on one side of the 'Rookstone Mountains' will be deeply connected by their shared experience, while possibly being suspicious of or even hostile to characters from the other side of the mountains.
Perceived borders could be political, social, religious, moral, or cultural. Think of the connection you feel between someone who shares your political views versus a co-worker who believes the opposite.
Borders are fantastic opportunities to create dramatic conflict in a story.
Event Connections
Dramatic events can connect or divide characters.
Wars are an obvious choice. There's always more than two sides involved in a war, and none of them have the same agenda. Depending on which side of the war your character was on, it will effect how he connects (or disconnects) from other characters involved in the war.
09.11.01 - In America, the tragedy of 9-11 connected a nation in the aftermath. For others, it was a banner day in their fight against western imperialism.
The world your characters inhabit should have life-changing events even if they're completely fictional.
Events can also be relatively small. What about the birth of a child? The loss of a spouse? Your first pet animal? Your first date? Graduating High School or College?
Consider how events in your character's life connect or dis-connect them from other characters.
For someone who's never had children, it can be difficult to relate to the struggles of their best friend now raising three boys.
How will that affect their relationship?
Connections give substance and robustness to your characters, thereby drawing the reader deeper into your story.
Your characters will feel more real, with genuine reasons for seeing the world the way they do, and you'll make the most powerful connection of all.
The connection between your story and your reader.
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One of my many lives is spent as a filmmaker, and this week I launched a campaign to raise support for a new documentary series called "WAR! Gamer - For Some, It's More Than A Game"
You can view a preview video here: http://vimeo.com/43578698
Each installment of this multi-part documentary will focus on competitive gamers from different genres such as roleplaying games, board games, video games, card games, miniature games, and many others.
The first video in the series will look at competitive roleplaying games like Dungeons & Dragons.
The reason being is that, by their very nature, roleplaying games don't have a winner and loser. They're inherently non-competitive, yet organizations like the RPGA host competitive events for these games every year at huge national conventions like GenCon.
So, what goes into hosting, adjudicating, and participating in a competitive roleplaying game?
That's what we're going to find out by talking with industry experts, organizers, and the stars of the series: The Gamers.
If you're interested in more information, check us out here: WAR! Gamer
One of the most frequently misunderstood and difficult to explain artistic concepts is 'Voice'.
You'll see it discussed in almost every artistic guide ever published.
What is Voice? and How do you develop Voice?
What is Voice?
Your Voice is the unique way that you communicate with others. It's that simple.
From the day you were born you've been developing your Voice. Every experience in your life, from the most outrageous to the most banal, gets filed into your subconscious and shapes the way you see the world.
A point of view that's unique to you.
There isn't anyone else on this planet, absolutely no one, who will experience the world exactly the way you do.
And that's powerful.
It's powerful because you are hardwired by life itself to have something special - Your Point of View.
And people want to know how YOU see things. Whether it's through writing, photography, film, sculpture, painting, or whatever. Any form of self expression contains your Voice.
And with every piece of work you finish, your Voice grows stronger.
Which leads us to...
How Do I Develop My Voice
What a loaded question!
Many beginning artists struggle with this question, and for good reason. It's frequently thrown in our face.
So, what exercises help develop your Voice?
Well, here's a secret: You DO NOT have to WORK at it.
Yes, you read that right. There are no esoteric or Zen practices or metaphysical revelations to be figured out when it comes to Voice.
But it does take commitment.
You said it doesn't take work. Aren't you contradicting yourself?
Not at all. When I say commitment, I mean developing a habit of practicing your art and the commitment to finishing it.
With every piece you finish, your Voice grows in power. It develops naturally.
If you're just starting out, your Voice may not come through as clearly as you'd like. Sometimes it may not seem like it's there at all, but it is.
Your Voice is finding its way, and every finished piece of work is a guide.
What you're really doing is strengthening your Voice. You already have it, and it's already unique, but it may be lacking in strength and clarity.
So don't worry about 'developing' or 'finding' your Voice. Just crank out as much work as you can, and your Voice will find its way.
The Bottom Line
You don't have to find your Voice, you already have one.
Finish your work, and your Voice will grow stronger.
So, just keep working and be comforted knowing the work will guide you, and your Voice will strengthen naturally - the way it was meant to be.
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He's currently under contract writing a feature screenplay for an independent film company. He's also writing YA Short Stories to be published as an anthology in December 2012, finishing two spec scripts to pitch to Hollywood this October, and beginning work on a non-fiction book titled 'How to Watch Movies and Television Like a Pro! - A Viewer's Guide to Visual Storytelling."

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Today is Day One of the 2010 Build Challenge put on by one of our favorite podcasts, The Sawdust Chronicles! I talked with Rick Waters, host of the show, about what it is that makes the TSDC Challenge different from many of the other build challenges out there. Rick explains,
Our Build Challenges have always been restricted by time and peppered with rules, rules, rules. Each Challenge has a theme and a new set of rules which, to some extent, are different than the previous Challenge. This year's theme is 'Earth Friendly', so there are also restrictions on types of materials and finishes.
These constraints are definitely what make this Challenge so interesting!
Unique to the TSDC Challenge is the fact that the entries are fully critiqued by the judges. Rick says, "That's really the key here. I don't know of any other woodworking contest that offers a thorough critique of each project. It's absolutely been the one thing that past contestants have told me they were appreciative of. If you aren't apprenticing in someone's shop, you probably aren't getting your best work critiqued by an unbiased source."
Rick's goal, with the Sawdust Chronicles podcast and Challenge, as well as his other podcast The Splintered Board, is to help beginning woodworkers advance their skills. He says, "The judges that I've brought on board are always welcome to lend a very experienced hand with all of the contestants' questions, so it's really a supportive, as well as competitive, contest."
With each Challenge, the second judge has been frequent TSDC guest Neil Lamens of Furnitology Productions. Rick considers Neil his mentor-from-afar and says Neil "has an immense amount of furniture manufacturing experience, as well as small shop experience that can't be beat."
As in past challenges, Rick and Neil are joined by a guest judge. This year that third judge is Adam King of Adam King Studio, and The Woodworker's Journey blog. Adam is a designer, craftsman of high end studio furniture and an antique furniture restoration specialist. He is well-known in the woodworking community, especially on Twitter, where he doles out advice and encourages and inspires other woodworkers.
The TSDC Challenge is particularly interesting in that entrants sign up knowing the rules, but not what the project is until day one of the 60-day contest! Well, today's that day, and you can hear the project details on Episode 47 of The Sawdust Chronicles. (The free podcast can also be downloaded and subscribed to through iTunes, here). And if you're interested in taking part, you can still register for the contest through September 15th!
Summing it up, Rick says, "I can't stress enough how pleased I am about the acceptance of this Challenge among the Internet woodworking community, and our sponsors. Being taken seriously by both groups is not an easily attained goal." We happen to think the goal of helping beginner woodworkers improve their craft is a great one, and Rockler is proud to sponsor the TSDC Challenge again this fall. Keep an eye on The Sawdust Chronicles' website over the next couple months – it's really interesting to watch as the Challenge progreses!
Find and follow the TSDC judges – and Rockler – on Twitter!
Rick Waters http://twitter.com/SplinteredBoard
Neil Lamens http://twitter.com/furnitology
Adam King http://twitter.com/AdamKingStudio
Rockler Woodworking and Hardware http://twitter.com/rockler


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Name: Susie R.
Class Year: 2013
Hometown: Columbus, OH
High School: Bexley High School
Majors: English Communications and Political Science
Activities: BANG Magazine - Secretary, Lead Student Aide in the Academic Resource Center
Location in Boston: The North End
EC Tradition: Midnight Madness
Professor: Dr. Petros Vamvakas - He introduced me to the intricacies and connections within the study of Political Science. He always pushes his students to think creatively and outside-the-box.
Class: Critical Speech Communication - it forced me to be comfortable in front of crowds. It also made me realize how interesting and important communication techniques are in our cultures.
Why Emmanuel? I wanted to be in a new place and was excited to be in a city. Emmanuel is also the perfect mix of a personal campus and urban feel.
What would you do if you had a million dollars? Go to Wimbledon, buy each member of my family something they need, and support a shelter in the Boston area.
What do you want to be when you grow up? A public policy maker.


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Above: The Dingletown Community Church will hold its annual tag sale, silent auction, bake sale and fair Saturday. Proceeds from the event will benefit the church's outreach program and renovations to its circa-1840 building
The Cos Cob School May Fair will take place at The Cos Cob School play ground from 4 to 9 p.m. May 20 and from 12 to 9 p.m. May 21. The event will include fun rides for all ages, games, food and drink, live music, a bake sale and more. The event, organized by the Cos Cob School PTA, is the school's biggest fundraiser of the year. The rain date is from 12 to 5 p.m. May 22.
An annual fair, silent auction, bake sale and lunch will take place from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. May 21 at the Dingletown Community Church, 376 Stanwich Road. There will be furniture, household goods, gift items, small appliances, books, and records. Auction items include a weekend in Vermont, a Weber grill, restaurant gift certificates, art work, and other items. Lunch will be served, as well as coffee and donuts in the morning. The event will take place rain or shine. For more information, email firstname.lastname@example.com or visit www.dingletownchurch.net. Proceeds from the event will go toward the church's outreach program and renovations to the church's building, built in 1840.
The Friends of Greenwich Point will present a horseshoe crab walk and talk at 10 a.m. May 21. Horseshoe crab expert Rosemary Louden will lead a walk focusing on the mating season of the horseshoe crab. Other topics will include the shedding of shells, the importance of their eggs for other species, and local and national scientific efforts to protect the horseshoe crab. Meet in the boat launch parking lot near the Old Greewnwich Yacht Club. The program lasts approximately 45 minutes. Rain date May 22. For more information, go to www.FriendsOfGreenwichPoint.org.
Author Laura Dave will appear from 3:30 to 5 p.m. May 21 at Diane's Books, 8 Grigg St. Dave's latest novel, "The First Husband," asks the question, "How do you know you've made the right choice?" In preparation for writing the book Dave interviewed countless subjects, from psychologists to the people next door, about the nature of commitment and the best indicators that a marriage is going to work. In a story about a woman's rash decision that changes her life forever, "The First Husband" explores how we choose our partners, and whether we can trust the choice once we've made it. Dave has contributed to The New York Times, The Huffington Post, Redbook, Glamour, Self, and NPR's "All Things Considered." The event is free and open to the public.


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generative modeling for Rhino
I can´t share the documentation yet, because it´s part of my final project for finish my major. And I didn´t done the presentation yet.
But I can tell you the simple general structure:
1) I´ve used a points cloud, each of these points with their XYZ sliders. But both sides with the same YZ and X in different plus/minus sign.
2) I´ve linked it by interpolated curves component.
3) Then I´ve created a lofted surface through a set of section of these curves
great! I was looking exactly for that!!
how did you get it? can you share some documentation?
can you speak a little more about the parameterization of the model?
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Study Shows Close Facebook Friends Are Effective in Finding New Jobs
Many users regard Facebook as a place to waste time and socialize with people to whom they have tenuous connections. But a new study suggests that spending time on the social network interacting with your closest friends may increase your chances of landing a new job.
Looking for a job? Log into Facebook chat right now. The place where many of us go to kill time and avoid doing work could actually be key to finding work in the future.
A new study released Thursday morning by Facebook found that your close friends are the most likely to help you get a job in this tough economy. Sounds obvious, right? But it actually negates the classic sociological theory that weaker acquaintances—those who interact with different groups, read different websites, and talk about different things—will connect you with your dream job. In other words, the people who get and see information your insulated inner circle doesn't. It turns out that the "strength of weak ties" hypothesis, popularized by sociologist Mark Granovetter in the 1970s, may no longer apply to our digital age.
Moira Burke and Robert Kraut, the authors of the study, filtered through survey responses from 3,000 participants and internal Facebook data encompassing nearly a quarter of a million users. And they found that the Facebook users who spent more time chatting with the friends and family they consider themselves closest to were more likely to find out about jobs. Those who did so had a 33.2 percent probability of finding a new job, while those who spent more time talking to acquaintances had a 6.5 percent probability of finding a new job. What accounts for the difference? It's not social-ladder climbing or blatant nepotism. Rather, it's the lengths your best buddies are willing to go to get you hired.
Burke, a data scientist at Facebook, and Kraut, a professor of human-computer interaction at Carnegie Mellon University, found that casual acquaintances weren't as helpful, because their conversations were less personal—more about sports or vacations than about your search for a job. Meanwhile, good friends were more likely to go the extra mile, give a stellar recommendation, practice interview questions, and know what you're looking for—which is especially helpful in tough economic times.
"When the economy is really bad, it's not enough to hear about a job opening. You need someone to vouch for you, or to make job opening when it didn't exist, or to refer you to HR," Burke says. Kraut notes that regardless of the economic situation, good friends are more likely willing to invest effort and time and attention for you.
Dylan Scandalios, a coordinator for publishing development at San Francisco–based gaming startup PlayHaven, snagged his gig in early 2012 thanks to the recommendation of a close college friend who knew he was about to graduate and begin the job hunt. He was connected with his future boss and was hired soon after.
Casual acquaintances weren't as helpful because their conversations were less personal—more about sports or vacations than about your search for a job.
"He didn't recommend me to get something out of me down the line. He recommended me because that is what friends do: give something with no desire for anything in return," Scandalios says. "My teachers drilled it into my head that I would soon learn, 'It's not what you know, but who you know.' [But] I always thought the person would be older, wiser, in a position of power. Instead, it came from a friend."
Career fairs, résumé workshops, and informational interviews are all well and good. But as we sink deeper into the era of interconnectedness, these traditional routes are beginning to matter less and less for job hunters. According to a 2011 study by the research firm Jobvite, around 78 percent of people who said social media helped them get hired cited Facebook as the most important tool.
Miriam Salpeter, an Atlanta-based career coach and author of Social Networking for Career Success, says the Facebook study's general findings don't surprise her, but she does still stress the importance of building contacts in the field you want to get into.
"I think one of the best things about social media is that you can expand the network of people who know, like, and trust you without necessarily always needing to meet those people in person," she says. "You can get to know someone pretty well via frequent and brief online interactions. Those online interactions often result in people becoming familiar and comfortable enough with someone's expertise to refer that person for a job."
Burke, who started thinking about this topic as a Facebook intern a few years ago, says that "one of the things that I care most about is that people have a greater awareness about how their friends can help them and that we can understand we're not alone." Noted: keep your acquaintances close and your job opportunities closer.
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How to use Whatsapp on PC ~UPDATED with NEW METHOD~
Hello Everyone,
Yes, Whatsapp on PC you read correctly…
So as you all might know and of course when slowly Whatsapp took over the text messaging throne in Lebanon and worldwide, for its simplicity and its capability to connect different handsets types for FREE. Other messaging apps got stupid… For example BBM for Blackberry..
I mean ok, I have a Blackberry but my friend has Iphone, umm No problem! let's Whatsapp!
Another big advantage of course being its availability on WiFi… Whenever you are home or in a place with a WiFi connection, voila! you are back online for FREE
But to some people.. (like me) That.. wasn't enough.. hehe
I kept looking for a way all over the internet in order for me to use whatsapp over on my laptop and yes I finally found a way, and guess what? Very few know of it.
- Go to http://www.youwave.com
- download the software, It's an Android emulator. (It comes with a 2.3 version of android.) it's a 14 days trial version
- Yes, I know >100Mb with Ontornet but it's worth it. (Use Download Accelerator to resume your interrupted downloads)
- Once the DL is finished, install it on your laptop and run it.
- as you can see you have a 14 days trial version. (don't worry we will get to that later)*
- Now you have the program opened, click on the browser icon to open the browser.
- go to http://www.whatsapp.com
- Once loaded click on 'download now'
- wait for the next page to lead and click again on 'download now'
- Once the download is finished click on it and click 'Install'
- When installation completes click on 'Open' then 'Agree and continue'
- Next — THIS IS DELICATE AND IMPORTANT –
- choose your country and insert a phone number (NOT YOURS)
- i repeat not yours but you need a valid phone number so you can use landline.
- click OK the system will launch an sms verification process which we want to fail. (which is why we chose a landline)
- wait for the 5 minutes to end, you will get an alternative choice 'CALL me'
- Click on 'call me'
- whatsapp WILL CALL YOU and you will be provided with a 3 digit verification number. (on the same landline you used first )
- Btw, a machine will call you so don't feel awkward lol
- now insert the code you were given and You are in (even no need to click anything)
- now put a name and follow the rest as it is self explanatory.
- To add contacts you will have to do it manually obviously as if you were using a phone.
- once you add a contact, you go to whatsapp and you can initiate a conversation.
I hope this was helpful and informative to all of you people out there.
If you face any difficulties, feel free to email me or comment right here with your questions and I will be more than happy to answer them.
N.B: I don't have a landline. Right, there is a way to overcome this, leave your email and I will send you the corresponding steps to follow.
N.B': back to step number 5, the android emulator is only free for 14 days, which makes using whatsapp on your laptop only available for that period of time. WELL.. umm No! of course no lol…. You just have to buy it… And it's relatively cheap for around 15$ naah hehe again am kidding, well the thing to do is to go online on google and look for a 'patch' and thus… ~!~ Unlimited use ~!~
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WhatsApp for PC using BlueStacks App Player
You must also know this guide or the above one is not authorized by WhatsApp inc this means whatsapp Windows PC platform is not supported. We are simply giving you a "working" method of WhatsApp using BlueStack's App Player.
What will you need to use WhatsApp on your PC?
Step 1: Download and Install BlueStakcs App Player.
- Download the BlueStacks App Player
- BlueStack Download
Warning: You can't run WhatsApp on your PC and on your phone with the same phone number. WhatsApp checks to see what version you have lately installed and cancels the other install. You will be installing WhatsApp for Android basically.
- Download BlueStacks and Install it on your PC.
- Follow the onscreen instructions.
- Now go ahead and launch the app. When the installation is complete you will have something looking like the Android Market Place.
- BlueStack is not an Android simulator like YouWave it is just a program that will run android apps on your PC. So don't expect a fancy screen.
- When you launch blue stacks for the first time it will do more downloads – it doesn't take verry long.
- Then the actual install will happen
- Save the file where you can get to it.
Step 2: Installing and Configuring WhatsApp for PC
Step 3: Verify WhatsApp for PC
- Now if you have installed WhatsApp previously you will know the installation instructions that follow. If not it is simple enough. Agree to the Ts & Cs.
- Enter your country code and then your mobile number. if it asks you for a phone verification or a text message, select "TEXT MESSAGE". with your code.
- P.S: You can use a landline but then you'll have to wait for the call verification. (For more Info check YOUWAVE method above.)
- This text message had your verification or activation code in it. WhatsApp will ask you for this code. Enter it to activate WhatsApp on your PC.
If you had WhatsApp on your mobile phone it will no longer work, it will give you a verification error. Should you click on verify again, then your installation of WhatsApp on your PC won't work.
You will need to add contacts manually and remember to add them in international format. You can if you want activate and deactivate from your phone to PC and vice versa, but don't complain if it stops working. Not that I think it should.
Hope this helped, for any questions don't hesitate to email me or type in your questions in the comments box.


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Boscoreale is a town north of Pompeii, lying on the slopes of Vesuvius, identified by some as the Pagus Augustus Felix Suburbanus. On account of its fertility it was inhabited since protohistorical times and reoccupied after the eruption of 79 A.D. In the Roman age it was full of villas and farms that specialised in cultivating vines, olives and cereals. Established in 1991, the Antiquarium di Boscoreale illustrates, by means of exhibits found at the archaeological sites of Pompeii, Herculaneum, Oplontis, Stabiae, Terzigno, and Boscoreale, and accompanying captions, the main characteristics of the Vesuvian environment in the Roman Age and the human use of its natural resources. With the aid of various sciences applied to archaeology, it is in fact possible to reconstruct what the situation was in various places in the Vesuvian area, the types of flora and fauna there, some of which have disappeared, as well as the agricultural and pastoral state of affairs and, more generally, the way of life of the local people in antiquity and their relationship with the environment.
The museum tour ends with a visit to a farm located in the immediate vicinity: the 'villa rustica' at Villa Regina, the only one accessible to visitors that is fully excavated. For this villa too, the production of wine was the main activity, as demonstrated by the rooms used for pressing grapes, with the pressing vat (calcatorium) and the fixed arrangements for assembling the wooden press (torcular), and the great 'cella vinaria' with its sunken clay jars (dolia defossa) for conserving wine.
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Along the walls of the excavation the stratigraphy of the terrain clearly shows the succession of deposits of pyroclastic materials as a result of the eruption of 79 A.D., which led to the destruction of this small farm.
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Blazing Tempest (火炎裂空 / 火炎烈空 Kaenrekkuu?, "Flame Split Sky") is an arte of the Tales Series that is an upgrade attack of Tempest Strike with a fire-elemental attribute.
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Arte Description and History
Like in the regular Tempest Strike, the user spins in the air with the enemy, now surrounded in flames.
As it is an elemental variation of another arte in the Playstation 2 version of Tales of Symphonia, there are special requirements in order to use it. Lloyd Irving first needs to have used Rekkuuzan 200 times, then he must be dealing fire elemental damage, either through the use of the Garnet accessory, the S. Seal: Fire arte, a Fire elemental weapon, or the Red Quartz item. When these requirements are met, Kaenrekkuu will replace Rekkuuzan.
After the release of Tales of Innocence, the arte simply became a normal arte with an elemental attribute, which is also reflected in Tales of Symphonia: Dawn of the New World.
The release of Dawn of the New World introduced the arte with a slightly different kanji modification, showing (烈?) instead of the original (裂?). This kanji difference does not change the meaning or pronounciation of the arte's name. In Tales of the World: Radiant Mythology 2, this alternative name reappeared for the Warrior class, while Ruca Milda's version continued to use the old name.
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Tales of Innocence - Ruca Milda, Sian
Tales of Vesperia (PS3) - Karol Capel
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Tales of Symphonia: Dawn of the New World - Lloyd Irving (Blazing Tempest)
Tales of the World: Radiant Mythology 2 - Warrior class, Ruca Milda
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Tales of the World: Radiant Mythology 3 - Warrior class, Ruca Milda
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Localized Description: "Base: Spin attack with a blazing sword."[1]
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There are various data sources currently available that enable you to compare variance of COPD & Asthma care with your peers. Click on any of the bullet points below for further information:
The first published version of the East Midlands COPD Dashboard can be found below. Next steps are to produce the data at CCG level, in addition to the current PCT and acute trust level data already available.
NHS East Midlands COPD Dashboard
The disparity between disease prevalence estimates from large surveys, in particular the Health Survey for England (HSfE), and the number of patients diagnosed and reported in the Quality and Outcomes Framework (QOF) led to demand for disease prevalence models at Primary Care Trust (PCT) and Local Authority (LA) level that give an accurate estimate of true prevalence.
The Association of Public Health Observatories (APHO) developed and published COPD prevalence estimates in early 2008, based on the model of Nacul & Soljak. This model has since been refined and the input data updated.
The APHO COPD Prevalence Model provides estimates of total (diagnosed and undiagnosed) COPD prevalence
APHO COPD Prevalence model - briefing document http://www.apho.org.uk/resource/view.aspx?RID=111137
APHO COPD Prevalence model - estimates Dec 2011 http://www.apho.org.uk/resource/view.aspx?RID=111122
From The Information Centre QOF2010/11 Prevalence Data tables, we have extracted the practices related to NHS East Midlands and pasted them into the attachment below.
These profiles are designed to assist GPs, emerging consortia and PCTs to ensure that they are providing and commissioning effective and appropriate healthcare services for their local population.
APHO General Practice Profiles
There are many different locations and tools for comparing and analysing prescribing data. In addition to the prescribing data on the East Midlands COPD Dashboard, a number of other sources can be found below
NNS Prescription Services & the National Prescribing Centre, have produced 'prescribing analysis charts' for eight different therapeutic areas. The link below is for the various maps and charts relating to prescribing trends for respiratory system.
NB. Milton Keynes are in the 'Southern' charts. The remaining PCTS within NHS East Midlands are in the 'Northern' charts.
Respiratory System prescribing analysis charts
There are various tables relating to prescribing available at the Information Centre
Reports, Publications & Presentations
A set of prescribing comparators have been developed to support the QIPP medicine use and procurement workstream. The aim of the comparators is to support organisations and prescribers to review the appropriateness of current prescribing, revise prescribing where appropriate and monitor implementation.
Relating to respiratory is 'high dose inhaled corticosteroids in asthma'. As of April 2012, there is currently no prescribing comparator for this topic. However, the development of a suitable comparator continues to be explored.
The aim of the Atlas is to stimulate, within all levels of the NHS, a search for un-warranted variation, defined as 'Variation in the utilization of health care services that cannot be explained by variation in patient or patient preferences'. We have provided links to the online instant access, along with pdf copies of respiratory related Atlases.
The online version allows you to select the different categories and PCTs
Online version of the Instant Atlas
The following links take you to either a high res (9.5mb) or a low res (5.3mb) version of the Respiratory Atlases.
High resolution
Low resolution
The Quality and Outcomes Framework (QOF) is the annual reward and incentive programme detailing GP practice achievement results.
QOF information on the GP Contract website can be found at http://www.gpcontract.co.uk/browse/UK/Asthma/11
QOF information on the Information Centre website can be found below.
All QOF data tables for 2010/11 can be found here
QOF COPD Indicators by PCT - 2010/11
QOF COPD Indicators by practice - 2010/11
QOF COPD Exception Reporting by practice - 2010/11
QOF Asthma Indicators by PCT - 2010/11
QOF Asthma Indicators by practice - 2010/11
QOF Asthma Exception Reporting by practice - 2010/11
QOF Smoking Indicators by PCT - 2010/11
QOF Smoking Indicators by practice - 2010/11
QOF Smoking Exception Reporting by practice - 2010/11
QOF COPD Indicators by PCT - 2009/10
QOF COPD Indicators by practice - 2009/10
QOF Asthma Indicators by PCT - 2009/10
QOF Smoking Indicators by PCT - 2009/10
QOF Smoking Indicators by practice - 2009/10
INHALE is the Interactive Health Atlas for Lung Conditions in England. It shows comparative respiratory information in England for over 30 different indicators.
The INHALE tool is being developed further, with the East of England Quality Observatory & the Department of Health.
The Single atlas combines a single map, table, time series chart and bar chart for data display. It is ideally suited to viewing time series data and comparing trends in respiratory data for PCTs with regional/national averages
Single Atlas
The Double atlas combines two maps, a table and a scatterplot for data display. It is ideally suited to side by side thematic mapping of two different indicators and exploring the degree of correlation.
Double Atlas
Dr Foster Intelligence has reviewed non-elective hospital admissions for COPD from January to December 2010. The actual document can be found below. Alternately, we have extracted the East Midlands PCTs
GP Practice Index (second edition) Jan 2010-Dec 2010. Full document
GP Practice Index (second edition) - NHS East Midlands PCTs
GP Practice Index (first edition) Aug 2009-July 2012. Full document
We have identified a number of sources for Asthma data
Monthly HES topic of interest - Asthma
Asthma UK have previously produced a regional dashboard highlighting variance within the East Midlands.
The HSE reports of work-related ill health and occupational disease show that each year there were about 23 new cases of work-related respiratory disease per 100 000 workers during 2008-2010, according to reports by GPs (THOR-GP).
The latest available statistics for each of these diseases are reported and discussed in the following web pages:
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD)
Pneumoconiosis and Silicosis
Other respiratory diseases
Separate mortality data will be available soon
These packs have been produced to provide an illustration to PCTs of what can be done to analyse and prioritise health investment within local populations. Use the e-guides together with the data sets within the packs to identify potentially unwarranted variation.
Health Investment Pack Guide
GP Health Investment Pack Guide
HIP - Derby City
HIP - Derbyshire County
HIP - Leicester City
HIP - Leicestershire County & Rutland
HIP - Lincolnshire
HIP - Milton Keynes
HIP - Northamptonshire
HIP - Nottingham City
HIP - Nottinghamshire County
Effective healthcare is efficient healthcare. The NHS must demonstrate that it is making the most effective use it can of public money to deliver quality healthcare.
The BCBV indicators are high-level indicators that identify potential areas for improvement in efficiency. Aimed at commissioners and providers, these indicators can be used locally to help inform planning, to inform views on the scale of potential efficiency savings in different aspects of care and to generate ideas on how to achieve these savings.
You can generate a csv report by using the link here. Please note, in these reports, Milton Keynes is still with South Central SHA.
Otherwise, you can view individual area reports - selected by SHA, Provider organisation, or by PCT
Outpatient Appointments - paediatric respiratory medicine
Outpatient Appointments - respiratory medicine
Emergency Admissions - Asthma
Emergency Admissions - COPD
Managing first follow-up - paediatric respiratory medicine
Managing first follow-up - respiratory medicine
Reducing LOS - paediatric respiratory medicine
Reducing LOS - respiratory medicine
Emergency Readmissions (14 days) - paediatric respiratory medicine
Emergency Readmissions (14 days) - respiratory medicine
Pre-procedure non-elective bed days - paediatric respiratory medicine
Pre-procedure non-elective bed days - respiratory medicine
Additional indicators and specialities are also available from the BCBV Dashboard home page.
The Local Tobacco Control Profiles for England provide a snapshot of the extent of tobacco use, tobacco related harm, and measures being taken to reduce this harm at a local level.
These profiles have been designed to help local government and health services to assess the effect of tobacco use on their local populations.
They will inform commissioning and planning decisions to tackle tobacco use and improve the health of local communities.
To view these profiles by local Primary Care trust, please click on the link below. Downloadable pdf files are also available from this website link
Local Tobacco Control Profiles
The following information was supplied for the COPD Masterclass - held in Leicester on the 11th October 2012.
The NHS Information Centre Indicator Portal website gathers together a number of health and social care indicators, not just exclusive to respiratory. Currently these include:
Compendium of Population Health Indicators
GP Practice data
Local Basket of Inequalities Indicators (LBOI)
NHS Outcomes Framework
Summary Hospital-level Mortality Indicator (SHMI)
Click here to access the NHS Information Centre Indicator Portal
The Disease Management Information Toolkit (DMIT) is a good practice toolkit originally developed by the Department of Health for the NHS to help service providers identify which conditions contribute to high numbers of emergency bed days.
DMIT models the effects of possible interventions at a local level. It can help decision makers analyse the likely impact of possible commissioning options before they are taken, helping with planning decisions.
DMIT modules are available for paediatric asthma, diabetes and epilepsy.
ChiMat website
DMIT Data Module Background information and user guidance
DMIT Paediatric Asthma data module


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American Idol Song, CD Updates: Bucky and Elliot
- Bucky Covington debuts this week at No. 57 on Billboard's Country Tracks chart with his first single, "A Different World."
- Elliot Yamin will be released his first CD through an independent label on March 20. It will preceded by a single, "Movin' On," set for air play on February 13.
It's safe to assume hopefuls from last night's auditions in Memphis, such as Sundance Head, hope to enjoy such endeavors in the future.
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March 12th, 2007 2:44 PM
I fell in love w/ Elliott after he sang "Moody's Mood For Love". He's permanently in my heart. Can't wait for his new CD to drop on March 20th!
M Peters
February 2nd, 2007 6:22 PM
Go Bucky, Can not wait to hear the new single "A Different World" and I look forward to your debut CD. We wish you every success here in Canada!!!!!
kathy bredhoff
January 25th, 2007 7:12 AM
It's about time. Elliott is a great singer and really deserves a CD. I can't wait to hear that wonderful voice on the air waves. This man has one of the best voices I have ever heard. GO ELLIOTT. I LOVE HIM
January 25th, 2007 6:54 AM
Thanks for the update on Elliott Yamin and Bucky.
Elliott has moved my soul since the very first time I heard him sing, getting to know more about this kind and gentle soul has only added to my love and admiration for him. His voice warms my spirit and keeps me longing for more!
Bucky is a good guy too and I wish them both much success! -
Kristi T.
January 24th, 2007 10:42 PM
I so look forward to hearing Elliott's new single called "Moving On". It comes out Feb. 13th. I am also glad that Bucky has been given a a music break too. Always liked these two on AI.
Kathy G
January 24th, 2007 3:57 PM
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Friday, May 24, 2013 at 9:43 am by Shahid ButtarPresident Obama's speech yesterday, presenting his vision of a comprehensive counter-terrorism strategy, included welcome rhetoric about the importance of constitutional principles, including Due Process and rights to dissent. It may represent the high watermark for civil liberties since his inauguration five years ago.
It is disappointing, given his thoughtful words, that he ignored so many inconvenient truths. From extrajudicial assassination to free speech and freedom of the press, from the need to address root causes of terrorism to partnership with American Muslims, the president promoted important principles but papered over reality.
The reaction by Republican senators was even worse. Senator Saxby Chambliss (R-GA) foolishly suggested that "The president's speech today will be viewed by terrorists as a victory," and suggested doubling down on many of the same failed Bush-era policies from which President Obama finally signaled long overdue independence yesterday.
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President Obama also pledged more congressional oversight of drone strikes, responding to sustained controversy and reiterating a promise from his State of the Union address in January that he has yet to fill.


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Posted Jan 31, 2012 23:33 UTC (Tue) by zyga (subscriber, #81533) [Link]
With GPL, company A also need a tarball from company B. They have an obligation to put it somewhere and keep it there for a few years after their product ships. If the tarball does not match the binary they are in trouble. This applies recursively.
Now multiply that by each piece of copyleft code in a typical distribution (I can understand why Android wants to get rid of much of GPL). See, that _is_ more complicated.
As for your Windows 8 example. Sure I'm certain if you started selling laptops with pirated Windows you'd get a call from Microsoft legal. My reasoning was about how licensing product component works.
Now, if Microsoft purchases an asset from a third party, do you see Microsoft getting sued for something the third party did illegally?
Posted Jan 31, 2012 23:59 UTC (Tue) by BrucePerens (guest, #2510) [Link]
If company B sells a library for 0.01$ per unit and company A incorporates that in their next product that sells by the million they don't have to worry about people suing them for whatever B did. They have a contract, a library and some header files.
Posted Feb 1, 2012 0:47 UTC (Wed) by Duncan (guest, #6647) [Link]
Actually, yes. That's what has the smartphone market in such chaos ATM. The penalty is banning the product from being sold in whatever market where the laws were violated.
And in that regard, yes, the FLOSS world tend to be softies when it comes to license violations. I'm glad a few folks are standing up for their rights.
Meanwhile, a couple other points made well by others are worth repeating:
1) Whose copyright would /you/ choose to be found guilty of infringing, if it came to the choice, Sony's or SFC's? Sony doesn't exactly have a reputation of being soft on copyright infringement when it's there's, so why are folks trying to get them some slack for infringing that of others? (And the separate subsidiaries argument doesn't cut it either; if they wanted to be identified separately they'd not be using the same Sony brand name. Obviously they want the reputation that goes with the name, so they got it! Sony, the rootkit people! Sony, the people who sell a product with a set of services, then rip one of them away, after purchase! Sony, the folks known for making the lives of various customers a living hell, due to copyright infringement suits. THAT Sony!)
2) Never-the-less, if someone wants to create a BSD styled Busybox replacement to be free of the GPL obligations or for fun or for any other reason, as long as it's not using the same code, great! Let them do it! But, others in the community can note it and ask people with rights interest in other projects to step upto the plate, which is exactly what's happening. And if those people decide to or not, well, they're the ones with the copyright interest in the other projects, it's their decision to make.
So IOW, everything seems to be moving along pretty much as one might expect. An obstacle to the proprietary interests of some company becomes too much a thorn in the flesh for them and they move to avoid it. Normal and expected. Someone else doesn't like the way enforcement on a project they were involved in went and decides to create a new one with a licence that avoids the problem as they see it. Normal and expected. (Actually, that applies both to Landley and toybox, and the FSF and GPLv3.) This new project happens to fill the need created by that proprietary interests company looking for another alternative. What's unexpected about that? Other people in the community calling attention to all this and asking people who hadn't yet stepped up to the plate enforcement-wise with their copyright interest in other projects to do so. Well, that would be normal and expected as well.
What remains to be seen is if some of these other people /do/ decide to step up to that plate. If they weren't doing so before, perhaps they still won't, and violations will get more egregious. OTOH, perhaps it was just easier to let someone else take the heat, and now that they're not as effective any more, various other people with interests will fill the need.
Either way, it's their decision. And if they do enforce, then we'll see the cycle start again. And if they don't, well, perhaps at some point almost everything will be Tivoized and there won't be enough open products at a low enough cost to continue development, at which point the tragedy of the commons will prevail and all those proprietary companies will end up paying more for proprietary solutions. After all, they wouldn't have been using the FLOSS solutions if the FLOSS solutions weren't a good cost/benefit to them, so if they cause them to disappear thru locking everything up, they'll only have themselves to blame when their own costs go thru the roof due to FLOSS dying out because everything /is/ locked up.
But in practice, there does seem to be a dynamic balance that has seemed to tilt toward FLOSS. There's always the danger of reversals in various areas, but they haven't stopped the FLOSS train yet, and with vigilance, I don't believe they'll stop it now. IOW, I expect others to step up, now that they're needed, and continue the fight.
Posted Feb 1, 2012 11:48 UTC (Wed) by HenrikH (guest, #31152) [Link]
Of course they do, Company A infringes on the copyright regardless of the license deal they have with Company B. The only "thing" that they have is that they can sue Company B for the damages that Company A suffered due to Bs infringement.
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