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The doubts Scott Machado has heard of his NBA prospects as tomorrow's NBA Draft approaches is nothing new — he has heard them his entire life.
He was lightly recruited coming out of high school at New Jersey powerhouse St. Benedict's Prep, ranked low in his class and passed over for individual showcases, because Machado said he was told, he didn't score enough and wasn't an eye-popping athlete.
Now on the eve of the biggest day of his life, there are similar questions, about his shooting ability, strength and quickness, that he comes from a mid-major program.
"I've been underrated all my life," said the 6-foot-2 point guard from Queens, who averaged 13.6 points and a Division 1-best 9.9 assists for Iona en route to winning the Haggerty Award as the area's top player this year. "It was always a chip on your shoulder, every time I step on the court it was like I have to prove I'm the best one on the court."
As he has done his entire career, Machado feels he has proven his detractors wrong with his play. He has won every step of the way, at St. Mary's of Manhasset and St. Benedict's in high school and Iona at the Division I level.
Machado helped turn the Gaels into a winner, leading Iona to the MAAC regular season title and the NCAA tournament his senior year. He showed his diversity in his four years in New Rochelle, excelling his first two seasons in coach Kevin Willard's half-court system and thriving in coach Tim Cluess up-tempo style.
"I think he'll surprise people by how well he runs a team and how well he can pass the ball," Cluess said.
Cluess finds it funny that Machado is getting knocked for where he attended school. Iona, Cluess said, faced high major teams Purdue, Maryland and St. Joseph's College, and Machado averaged more than 20 points and 12 assists in those games.
"Scott did what he did against everybody," Cluess said. "That never changed. Take Scott Machado and put him on one of the top teams in the country, how many assists does he have?"
He has worked out for every NBA team based upon requests yet has no idea where he will land. It will be an uneasy few days for Machado, though NBA scouting director Ryan Blake said he thinks Machado will have his name called at some point, likely sometime in the first part of the second round.
"He's able to really quarterback the system," Blake said. "He has a great chance to be a backup point guard to start off with until he proves himself. He has the ability to get by defenders, run the pick and roll, which is the NBA system, make passes and knock down shots — all things a point guard has to do to run a team."
It's music to Machado's ears.
"I'll probably start crying [if I get my name called]," he said. "I just love the fact I know I'm making it and a lot of people didn't believe I could."
No matter what happens tomorrow night, Machado said he won't lose his edge.
"I haven't proven myself yet," he said. "I don't want to be a regular player in the NBA. I want to build a name for myself. I want to help a team win a championship."


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When saliva soaked semen drips out of one's mouth, and one sucks it back up - after which, it drips out again. Makes any whore look that much more cheap.
My bitch likes to double-drivel before she snowballs me... what a mindless pityfuck she is.
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Modeling Inequalities on Number Lines
Lesson 3 of 7
Objective: SWBAT represent a context using a simple inequality. SWBAT model the solution using a number line diagram and describe the solution set.
Big Idea: Inequalities can be graphed on a number line to represent all possible numbers in the solution set.
Think About It
Students work on the Think About It problem in partners.
I ask the class these questions, allowing each speaker to 'roll it' to the student who will answer my next question:
- why do we use an inequality to represent this scenario?
- which inequality did you write?
- why did you use the 'greater than' symbol, and not the 'greater than or equal to' symbol?
- what are all of the possible values that are in this solution set?
- what's one number that's not in this solution set?
- what are two reasons that -5 could not be in this solution set? (with this question, not only am I looking for the answer that -5 is less than 6, but also that -5 does not make sense, given the context of this problem)
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Intro to New Material
In the Intro to New Material, students are introduced to the concepts of open and closed circles on the number line.
When students are given number lines that do not have integers already labeled, I teach students to label 3 integers:
- The integer in the statement of inequality
- One number greater than the integer in the inequality
- One number lower than the integer in the inequality
I find that this process gives students a way to check that they are 'shading' the number line in the correct direction: Students can use the labeled integers to reason about the solution set.
In the final problem in the new material section, together we create an inequality to represent the real-world scenario and then graph the solution set on the number line.
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Partner Practice
Students work in partners on the Partner Practice problems. As they work, I am circulating around the room.
I am looking for:
- Are students correctly using open or closed circles on the number lines?
- Are students shading in the correct direction on the number lines?
- Are students correctly representing real world problems with inequalities?
- Are students defining their variables?
- Are students discussing and debating possible solutions using substitution to justify their solution?
I'm asking pairs:
- How did you know x = ___ is a possible value?
- Can x = ___?
- Why does this inequality represent the given situation?
- Why does this inequality have a closed/open circle? What does that represent?
- Why did you make your graph go in this direction?
- Is ___ a number included in the solution? Why or why not?
After 10 minutes of partner work time, I call on a student to share what would happen to graph #8, if we needed to include the number 4 in our solution set.
Students complete the final Check for Understanding problems on their own. I call on a student to share the inequality that they've written for the first problem. I then ask students to show me if, on the number line, we need to use an open circle or a closed circle. I go through the same process for the remaining two problems.
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Independent Practice
Students work on their own on the Independent Practice problems. As they are working, I circulate and look for and ask the same questions as I did during the partner practice.
Some students will look to make generalizations about graphing, and think that the inequality sign essentially 'points' in the direction that they'll need to shade. I want students to really understand inequalities, rather than rely on short cuts, so I do not share this observation with the entire class. When students share this with me, I point to problem #1 in this problem set (7 < x) and ask why this isn't the case here. For students who are ready to notice things like this, though, I want them to test their hypotheses out and decide for themselves when this pattern holds true.
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Closing and Exit Ticket
After independent work time, we discuss problem 13b as a class. I ask for someone who feels confident about his/her work to share his/her paper on the document camera. This problem requires students to graph the starting point in the solution set between the integers that are marked off on the number line.
I ask students to give feedback about the work that has been shared out.
Students then work on the Exit Ticket independently.


text: DigitalTony Ortega Gifts Gawker with Ex-Scientologists Rap SongBy Richard Horgan|December 10, 2012ShareBy Richard Horgan|December 10, 2012ShareThe latest Church of Scientology scoop fomented by former Village Voice editor-in-chief Tony Ortega is a Thetan level doozy. One that will be reverberating across MSM outlets for days.The video itself is posted exclusively on Gawker together with a story by John Cook. It showcases a work-in-progress rap song recording laid down by a group of big-name former Church members. Led by Nazanin Boniadi (pictured), the British-Iranian actress at the center of a recent Vanity Fair cover story claiming she was hand-picked by the Church to be Tom Cruise's girlfriend. One of Boniadi's lyrics goes like this – 'It's a blind alley, like Kirstie Alley.'In both the Gawker item and on Ortega's blog, the critical role played by the tireless CoS watchdog reporter in helping flush out this material is explained:In November, I was in Los Angeles and was hanging out with a British television crew that is making an hour-long documentary about Scientology for Channel 4 that will air in March. I told them about the song, and they were anxious to see if we could get [Tiziano] Lugli to play it for us. We met him at his Hollywood Hills home, and he took us into the studio.He confirmed what [Marc] Headley had told me, that after Headley had come up with a bit of rhyme, they thought it would be funny to make an entire song. So when various ex-Scientologists came by to visit Tiziano, he asked them to come up with a few lines and then record them.Others taking part in the song as heard in the video include top-ranking former Church execs Marty Rathbun and Mike Rinder. The lines uttered by Boniadi were written for her by Lugli.Update – 12/11/12: Lugli has released the official version of "Blown For Good." Gone is Boniadi and added is Headley. Listen to it here.[Photo: s_bukley/Shutterstock.com] Sharehttp://adweek.it/2kBkoax copy Adweek Adweek


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Hey guys!I really am a sucker for all things cheesy and romantic, you should see my recently watched section on Netflix. That's why I'm so excited for Valentine's day! Nothing screams Valentine's day more than chocolate, so I just had to make a cookie fully loaded with all things chocolate. These double chocolate chip cookies are so rich and decadent that they will surely satisfy any sweet tooth! My recipe includes a chewy outside and a soft and gooey inside, perfect to eat with a nice cold glass of milk! So, bake up a tray this Valentine's day and share them with the people you love 🙂
Prep time: 20 minutes Bake time: 11 minutes Makes: 24 cookies
What You'll Need
1 cup of butter, softened at room temperature
1 cup of white granulated sugar
1 cup of packed light brown sugar
2 large eggs
2 teaspoons of vanilla extract (pure or imitation)
2 cups of flour
3/4 of a cup of unsweetened cocoa powder
3 teaspoons of baking powder
1/2 of a teaspoon of salt
1 1/2 cups of semisweet chocolate chips
Optional: Substitute semisweet chocolate chips for any other flavor!
- Prepare all of your ingredients. (This will save you so much time!)
- Cream together butter, white sugar, and light brown sugar using an electric mixture.
- Add in eggs and vanilla.
- Slowly add in your dry mixture. (Emphasis on slowly because if not, you will have flour and cocoa powder flying everywhere!)
- Fold in the chocolate chips.(You can use your desired amount, just not more than two cups or else it will be way too gooey!) (The batter is going to be sticky. If it is too hard to handle, chill it in the fridge for a little bit!)
- Eat some of your decadent batter! (Favorite step right here :P)
- Using your trusty 1-inch ice cream scoop, scoop the batter onto a pan lined with parchment paper. (Ice cream scoops, what can't they do?)
- Bake at 350°F for 11 minutes.
- Place on a cooling rack and let them cool for around 5 minutes.
- Enjoy!
My family and friends really loved these cookies and I hope yours enjoy them as much as mine. Happy Valentine's Day, everyone!


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Tribal is an artistic style. When you put it to your room it means you want to add more artistic style to your bedroom. Do not worry about the monotone color and style of it. This is our creativity and taste that need to be used to create an amazing tribal printing bedding. Tribal printing can be in many forms like chevron, diamond shape, etc. The coloration of it is much more important to be adapt to the bedroom. It is a choice to use full tribal style in the whole bed or y=mix it with some bold. For instance, if you love native American style, you can decor your bedroom with the Southwest style. Usually,this style mix turquoise, red, and tan for the bedding.


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IT Conference on SAP technologies takes place annually, in Cluj-Napoca (Romania), starting with 2013. The conference heavily evolved from an event with 3 talks on SAP topics to a full day event with parallel tracks, open panels and an interactive market place session with demos and code talks on SAP technologies & trends.
Last but not least, on the following day of the conference, we have the honor to host for the 2nd time in Cluj a SAP CodeJam session, so be ready get your hands dirty with the latest SAP technologies.
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August 17, 2012 11:03:49 AM
Tonight marks the beginning of the high school football season, and it appears as though the weather will conspire to dampen, quite literally, the enthusiasm that generally adorns the occasion.
The forecast is not encouraging, although local TV meteorologists are hopeful the heaviest rainfall will have ended before the games begin.
The rain, or the prospect of rain, may just be a convenient way to explain away what is likely to be sparse turn-outs for many of the games in our area. With a few exceptions, crowds will be small and will consist primarily of a small portion of the student body, parents of players, band-members and cheerleaders and some teachers, administrators and staff.
On Thursday, we asked our Dispatch readers in an online poll if they planned to attend a game tonight. Seventy-six percent answered no.
The answer most assuredly would have been much different if that question had been posed 30, 40 or 50 years ago.
Over the past few decades, high school football has somehow lost its appeal to the community at large. What once was an event that brought the community together has become little more than an afterthought.
The most popular explanation is that there are many more entertainment options today than there were 30, 40 or 50 years ago. But it is a flimsy argument, at best.
A far more likely explanation is that people just don't care, which is a pretty strong indictment, because the issue goes far beyond a high school football game on a Friday evening.
Football games have always been a pretty good barometer of the community's relationship with its schools. Without fail, a community that packs the bleachers on a Friday night is a community that supports its schools in far more meaningful ways. Likewise, good schools are a powerful indicator of a healthy community. The relationship is, indeed, symbiotic. Empty bleachers are a symptom of a greater illness: Indifference.
More and more, the community's involvement with its schools seems to begin and end with criticism -- criticism of lazy kids, lazy parents, lazy teachers, lazy administrators.
But no one ever seems to consider the lazy community. Somehow, those people get a pass and bear no responsibility. There are those whose commitment to their schools is limited to the tax dollars they are required to send their way. That's far too little.
What our schools -- and our kids -- need most is the support, encouragement and leadership that only a committed community can provide. It is not someone else's job to improve our schools. It's a job for all of us.
For weeks, teams and bands and cheerleaders have been working hard in preparation for the season which begins tonight. Those efforts deserve commendation.
The best way to demonstrate that is to show up.
Rain or shine.
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Two of the best initiatives came from female police officers in Tirana. They invited a number of seventh graders to a Kids Police Academy.
Reforming the Albanian police is not only an important step towards approaching EU standards and a coveted membership, it is also a national concern to make the country's institutions more democratic and functional.
"We want a police organisation that is a service provider. That doesn't just involve changing the way the police are working; the entire philosophy of community policing work is based on building partnerships with the citizens", says Robert Korkuti, Programme Manager of the Swedish-Albanian community policing programme.
There is a lot of work ahead of them. The general public still has a negative image of a centralized, inefficient police force, which is a remnant from the communist era. A survey carried out recently shows that only 35 per cent of the citizens have confidence in the police. The remaining 65 per cent do not trust their effectiveness or ability to solve crimes. Changing that image requires better cooperation between the police and the citizens. But change takes time; there is no shift of values and norms in a society in just three years. The programme can nevertheless contribute to increasing knowledge about the things that don't work and to developing good tools for creating sustainable change.
"We work on two levels: one overall strategic level that will make a long-term change of the role of the police and its way of working, and one grass-roots level where it's easier to see more concrete results of an increased willingness by different civil stakeholders to cooperate with the police", he says.
The community policing programme consists of three components: 1) building partnerships with the general public with a focus on youth, to increase trust and cooperation with the police, 2) broadening social efforts to reduce domestic violence and 3) reforming police performance management to increase efficiency and monitor progress of work.
If the first two components are based on improving relations with citizens, the performance management is instead an internal process, though very much fed from opinions of the citizens. In order to measure improvements in the police practices, it's necessary to have a starting point. The first step has therefore been to conduct a survey with the general public to get their views on domestic violence and cooperation with the police, as well as suggestions on how to improve things. That information will then be a starting point to measure progress.
Next spring, a national awareness campaign on domestic violence will be launched in Albania, and a manual on how to manage and prevent this type of violence has just been developed. The manual will be followed up by a cycle of training throughout the country with all DV practitioners. It is important to involve different kinds of actors in society, not just the police, to prevent violence and offer support to those affected.
As part of the community policing programme's work on the grassroots level, NGOs and individuals can come up with suggestions for activities that can build partnerships. A locally elected committee then selects the best proposals that receive funding through a small grants scheme. One initiative has been to invite police officers to visit schools and discuss issues such as road safety, bullying and drugs. If this is a common feature among schoolchildren in Sweden, it is a very unusual approach in Albania, where the police presence in schools is traditionally connected with maintaining security.
"Two of the best initiatives came from female police officers in Tirana. They invited a number of seventh graders to participate in a 'Kids Police Academy', where they got to learn about basic criminal investigation, participate in exercises and then get a diploma. The kids were very happy and the cooperation with the school will hopefully continue next year", says Robert Korkuti.
Sida's community policing programme is an important support to the country's own initiated efforts; the police has developed a seven-year strategy focused on community policing and the entire reform process is strongly supported by the country's new government. Robert Korkuti stresses the importance of establishing a national ownership of the programme. The fact that he himself has worked as a police officer for 23 years makes him well versed in the existing problems.
The community policing reform in Albania intends to increase citizens' trust in the police force, thus helping to prevent and solve more crimes. However, establishing the kind of community policing that we are accustomed to see in Sweden – with a decentralized organisation, local station houses and officers who patrol around the neighbourhood – might not become fully possible during the lifespan of this programme.
"What we are doing now is mainly trying to convince people of a different way of thinking, based on the needs of community. But we do have a vision of one day working according to the Swedish model", concludes Robert Korkuti.
About the programme
Sida is the sole donor of The Swedish-Albanian Community Policing Programme with a total of 25 million Swedish Crowns (SEK). The programme will run between March 2012 and February 2015. The programme is implemented by SIPU International, contracted by Sida.
The overall goal of the programme is to improve the ability of the Albanian police force to provide safety and security, and to increase trust in and willingness from individuals and communities to cooperate and actively work with the police to reduce crime.
The program aims to result in:
One specific component of the programme is a grant scheme, where different actors can receive funding for single initiatives to build partnerships with the police. The first 15 projects have been implemented in five pilot areas during spring 2013. 15 new projects are currently in the implementation process.
As part of the programme, workshops are also conducted with the country's regional police chiefs, to support them in their efforts to produce an annual community police workplan, which they are required to do by law.


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Wednesday, April 29, 2009
Tennessee T-Cakes
Looking for a cupcake alternative (not sure why you would be doing that)? Springwise believes that Tennessee T-Cakes could be a great choice. Tennessee T-Cakes resemble cupcakes in appearance, but they have a more brownie-like texture and are sprinkled with powdered sugar instead of topped with frosting.
The Tennessee T-Cake recipe is a secret that has been passed down from a young woman in the Civil War era. Legend says that she won over a Civil war captain's heart with these treats.
You can order one dozen original Tennessee T-Cakes for $10.95 and, for a limited time, get free shipping. Also available in Key Lime, Luscious Lemon, and Chocolate Truffle.
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Can we have Naming conventions used (LU_TS_Mth, DD_TS_Fin_Yr_End_Mth, WC_Ann_TO, HL_DEBTORS_OUT) with description in one place, in resources/documentation/Help section of this site. It will make much easier to make changes or refer to cells and make Modnao Model flexible to use. or whether there is any list available at one place so that one can refer.
Further same is the problem with name of the sheets.
Is there any rule or principle to remember them. Or there is list of all of them which Modano uses.


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Ukrainian girls make good housewives
To be objective, Ukrainian women are good wives. This implies many factors like beauty, intelligence, kindness, love and care to children and husband and, of course, being good housewife. That is why I can tell that Ukrainian girls mostly are good housewives. They like to clean up the house once a week, but they also like the man's help during this process. For example, she has some work in laundry room, while her husband is doing vacuum cleaning in the basement. If the dishwasher is broken, do not panic. While workman visits you to repair it, Ukrainian wife will wash the dishes herself without any problems. Ukrainian woman do not afraid any house work, because they used to it from the child hood.
It is like a life stereotype. In Ukraine man works and brings money home and woman also works, but after work she cooks dinner and on Saturday they usually clean up house together. This was typical during all Soviet period of Ukraine.
It is not necessarily everything left like that till now, because Ukraine is huge European country with population of 45 million. As you know, many man, many minds.
Read also: Do Ukrainian women marry Australian men?
The life stereotype I described before is more about past years. Modern Ukrainian youth is the same as youth in USA or Canada. If you found young Ukrainian girl, do not expect her to be perfect housewife. She would like to sleep longer some day, or someday will ask you to clean the house, because she did it last week.


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Hi, here's the next release of epgsearch:
2007-09-02: Version 0.9.23 new: - full support for new i18n system in vdr>=1.5.7, but keeps fully backwards compatible - when using extended EPG categories one can now also compare by value, e.g. to search for events after some year. Therefore new searchmodes (10 which means '<', 11 which means '<=', ...) were introduced in the file epgsearchcats.conf. Example: # 'until year' 3|Year|until year||11 # 'from year' 12|Year|from year||13 One could use this also to search for a specific season of a series, if this data is part of the EPG. See the section <epgsearchcats.conf> in the documentation for a complete list of all search modes. - The edit menu for search timers has now a switch 'Ignore missing categories' for extended EPG categories. If set to 'Yes' this tells epgsearch that a missing EPG category should not exclude an event from the results. Caution: Using this without any other criterions could flood your timers. - Search timers have now an 'auto delete' feature. The edit menu therefor provides: * after x recordings, or * after x days after first recording Only complete recordings are counted. The deletion of the search timer is executed directly after the end of the corresponding recording - new action "Create a copy" in menu Search/Actions to create and edit a copy of the current search, suggested by Michael Brückner. - the option "use as search timer" has now a third value 'user defined' besides 'yes' and 'no', that allows specifying a time margin where the search timer is active, suggested by [EMAIL PROTECTED] - the progressbar now displays the start time instead of an empty bar, when shifting to future events, thanks to [EMAIL PROTECTED] for providing a patch. - menu "show timers created" shows now summary for the timers done with 'Ok'. Also the shortcuts '1..9' for the EPG-commands are available. - built-in pin-plugin patch (no more need to patch epgsearch). Activate it by compiling with 'USE_PINPLUGIN' in VDR's Make.config (as already done in VDR extension patch) - built-in graphtft-plugin patch (no more need to patch epgsearch). Activate it by compiling with 'USE_GRAPHTFT' in VDR's Make.config (as already done in VDR extension patch) - update of finnish translation, thanks to Rolf Ahrenberg - update of french translation, thanks to Patrice Staudt - added file README.Translators with notes for translators fixes: - fixed a bug in timer creation after navigating through the summary menu, thanks to Rolf Ahrenberg for reporting - Label "Record" or "Timer" in menu summary fixed with respect to existing timer. - fixed switch timers in the case when EPG has changed, thanks to Juergen Urban for providing a patch - fixed some compiler warnings in g++-4.2, thanks to Michael Brückner for reporting - added "," to the allowed characters for a search timer, thanks to Mike Constabel for reporting. Download: http://winni.vdr-developer.org/epgsearch/downloads/vdr-epgsearch-0.9.23.tgz Have fun! Christian _______________________________________________ vdr mailing list email@example.com http://www.linuxtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/vdr


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"Don't you think I'm branded plainly enough already? What do you think a man like Devenish thinks of me?"
"Oh, Devenish be damned! There are other men than Devenish in the world. Men who know nothing; men who'd be ready to marry you."
"Yes, I found one—one who thought me everything—everything till I told him."
"You told him?"
"In the name of God, what for? You must be crazy. What the deuce did you want to tell him for?"
"It was the only fair thing to do," she said quietly.
"Fair? Rot! That's chucking your chances away. That's playing the fool! What's he got to do with your life before you met him?" This was flinging the blame at him.
"Would you rather that the woman you were going to marry kept silent, risked your not finding out afterwards? Would you think she'd treated you fairly if she said nothing, and you were to discover it when it was too late?"
He had no answer. He tried to make one. His lips parted; then, in silence, he turned away.
"It might have made your mind easier," she said quietly, without tone of blame, "but it wouldn't have been fair."
He twisted back. "There's no need for my mind to be made easier," he said hardly. "I've treated you fairly from the beginning to the end. I warned you in the first instance; I told you to have no truck with me. I sent you away. You came back. I didn't ask you to come back."
Janet's words flashed across Sally's memory; the words she had said when they were talking over the bangle: "I don't care what you say about that letter, the letter's nothing! It's the gift that's the thing. That's the song of sex if you like, and whether you return it, or whether you don't, you'll answer it, as he means you to."
It was on the edge of her mind to repeat them then to him, but she refrained. It was better then, at that moment, to let him think that he had no cause to blame himself.
"No, my mind's perfectly easy," he added. "Thank God, I don't pose for a paragon; I've got the beast in me all right, but I've treated you square—absolutely square."
Her fingers clutched. To win her desires she must let him think so. And perhaps he had treated her square; she supposed he had.
"Then help me not to be lonely now," she begged. She could see the wave of repulsion beat across his face, but even that did not deter her. "Oh, I don't mean that you should come back and live with me," she went on. "It isn't for that. You can't—you surely can't hate me as much as all that." It was not in her knowledge to realize that he must love her, greater than he had ever loved, if she were to win. To the woman needing the child it is the child alone; to the man, the child is only the child when it is his.
"I don't hate you," he said. He picked up his hat from the settee, and her heart dropped to a leaden weight. "You seem to harp on that. But what you ask, you surely must realize is frankly impossible. I don't wish to be responsible for a child."


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In his January 2009 web-exclusive article, "Top Ten Infosec 'Oops!' of 2008", Tony Howlett lists the biggest screw-ups of last year. While I mocked accordingly the Spores amoeba's evolution dissolution and the Zune's Christmas-time crash, I couldn't find fun in the folly of 11,348,196 compromised private records—in 687 separate incidents.
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Arbitration (Battle of Siffin)
Al-Taḥkim (Arabic: التَحکیم) or The Arbitration is a historical event concerning the Battle of Siffin. In this event, Abu Musa al-Ash'ari was elected as the representative of the army of Kufa [army of Imam 'Ali (a)] and 'Amr b. al-'As as that of the army of Syria [army of Mu'awiya], and they decided to judge according to the Qur'an. The arbitration, was proposed as a solution for disputes between the two parties after the cunning of 'Amr b. al-'As and Mu'awiya b. Abi Sufyan to prevent the imminent defeat of the army of Syria. Imam Ali (a) resisted the suggestion of arbitration from the beginning. 'Amr b. al-'As, the arbitrator of Syria, managed to deceive Abu Musa al-Ash'ari, the arbitrator of Kufa, by announcing Mu'awiyya as the caliph although they had agreed on a different verdict, the arbitration failed to solve the dispute, and it only managed to save the army of Syria from its imminent defeat.
- See also: Battle of Siffin
In 37/657 he Battle of Siffin broke out between the army of Kufa under the commandership of Imam 'Ali (a) and that of Syria under the commandership of Mu'awiya. After successive days of heavy fight, the army of Kufa was about to defeat that of Syria. At the suggestion of 'Amr b. al-'As and Mu'awiya's proposal, people of Syria put volumes of the Qur'an on spears and chanted the slogan: "O people of Iraq! Let the Book of God be our arbiter!" Also, the army of Syria yelled: "O people of Arab! Think about your wives and daughters! If you get killed, who is going to fight the Romans, the Turks, and the Persians in the future?!"
Riot in Imam 'Ali's (a) Army
There was a division within the army of Imam 'Ali (a). Some of them said that the enemy has accepted the arbitration of the Qur'an and so we have no right to fight them. The Imam (a) opposed their views and told them that this was just a deception. However, under the pressures by some people in his army, including al-Ash'ath b. Qays and his tribe, the Imam (a) wrote a letter to Mu'awiya and officially accepted the arbitration with the qualification that Mu'awiya was not a "man of the Qur'an".
People of Syria elected 'Amr b. al-'As as their representative and arbitrator. Al-Ash'ath b. Qays and some others, suggested Abu Musa al-Ash'ari as the arbitrator from Kufa. But Imam 'Ali (a) suggested 'Abd Allah b. al-'Abbas or Malik al-Ashtar. Imam 'Ali (a)'s suggestions were opposed by al-Ash'ath and his friends; they refused Malik al-Ashtar on the grounds that he is pro-war, and they rejected Ibn 'Abbas on the grounds that 'Amr b. al-'As is from the tribe of Mudar so his interlocutor should be from Yemen.
Moreover, the date of the arbitration was postponed to the end of Ramadan (8 months after the battle). The negotiations were planned to be held in Dumat al-Jandal.
When the representatives of the two armies were selected, Mu'awiya sent 'Amr b. 'As, Abu l-A'war al-Sulami and some others to negotiate about the arbitration and its conditions to Imam 'Ali (a). They negotiated the contents of the peace treaty with Imam 'Ali (a) and his companions. According to al-Ya'qubi, when there was a disagreement between the representatives of the two parties over whether Imam 'Ali's (a) name should be written with the title, Amir al-Mu'minin, in the peace treaty, al-Ash'ath agreed with the elimination of the title, but Malik al-Ashtar strongly objected to him.
The date of arbitration was deferred to the end of the Ramadan month (8 months after the negotiations) and it was agreed to hold it in Dumat al-Jandal.
The terms of the agreement was:
- Both parties should consent to the arbitration on the basis of the Quran with respect to the disputed matters.
- 'Ali and his followers elected Abu Musa al-Ash'ari as their arbitrator, and Mu'awiya and his followers elected 'Amr b. al-'As as their arbitrator.
- If the Quran cannot be appealed to solve some disputed matters, then the Prophet (s)'s Tradition and practice should be consulted.
- The arbitrators should not worsen the disputes and should not follow their whims.
- The lives, properties and families of both arbitrators are respected so long as they do not trespass the boundaries of truth.
- If one of the arbitrators dies before the arbitration, then his affiliated group should elect a righteous arbitrator in his place.
- If one of the leaders dies before the arbitration, his followers can elect another person in his place.
- If the arbitrators do not perform their duties, they will be averted by the people.
- When the writing of the arbitration treaty is in progress, people's lives, properties and families are protected.
- During the ceasefire, no weapons should be used and roads should be kept safe; this applies alike both to those who were present at the event and those who were absent.
- Each arbitrator has to reside somewhere between Iraq and Syria, and no one should be there except those they want.
- If both arbitrators fail to give verdicts on the basis of the Quran and the Tradition, then Muslims will have the right to continue to fight, and all their mutual commitments will be abolished.
Advices of Imam 'Ali (a) and His Companions
Imam 'Ali (a) sent 400 people with Abu Musa al-Ash'ari under the commandership of Shurayh b. Hani; he also sent 'Abd Allah b. al-'Abbas as the leader of their congregational prayers. Moreover, he gave a great deal of advice to Abu Musa, informing him of Mu'awiya's evil character.
Shurayh warned Abu Musa for his lack of sagacity. He told him that if the outcome of the arbitration is the caliphate of Imam 'Ali (a), then people of Syria would be safe, but if it is the dominance of Mu'awiya over Iraq, then people of Iraq would be in danger. Shurayh said: "O Abu Musa! You are facing the worst rival. Do not let Iraq down! Never entitle Syria [in this dispute] and never take their side! Do not let 'Amr deceive you! He has various tricks in his hand that is astonishing and he has gilded them all with decorations. So, do not treat Mu'awiya as a senior, and an unrivaled, flawless leader!" Ahnaf b. Qays took Abu Musa's hand and told him: "O Abu Musa! Be aware of the significance of this task and its consequences. If you destroy Iraq, there will never be any Iraq." He even suggested Abu Musa not to begin greetings, handshakes, and the like in his encounters with 'Amr b. al-'As. Ahnaf told him: "do not let 'Amr have you seated in the top place in meetings, because it is a trick. And never meet him alone."
Abu Musa al-Ash'ari's negotiations led to the arbitration that both rulers, Mu'awiya and 'Ali (a), should be dismissed from power. 'Amr b. al-'As pretended that he accepted the arbitration. However, in order to execute his trick, he asked Abu Musa to announce the arbitration ahead of him. 'Abd Allah b. al-'Abbas made a lot of efforts to make 'Amr b. al-'As announce the arbitration sooner than Abu Musa al-Ash'ari, but Abu Musa did not take Ibn al-'Abbas's warnings seriously, telling him that he and 'Amr b al-'As had made an agreement, and there would be no problem.
Abu Musa went on minbar and said: "O people! In order for Muslims to live in peace and unity, 'Amr b. al-'As and I have agreed to dismiss Mu'awiya and 'Ali from caliphate so that Muslims can elect a council for selecting the next caliph. So as a representative of people in Hijaz and Iraq, I hereby dismiss 'Ali from caliphate, just as I take out this ring from my finger". Then 'Amr b. al-'As went on minbar and said: "you heard what Abu Musa said. He had the right to dismiss 'Ali and he did it. I agree with him on that. But as I put this ring on my finger, I assign the caliphate to Mu'awiya. For he deserves this position, and he has to avenge 'Uthman's murder.
The meeting turned into a turmoil. Abu Musa was strongly upset by 'Amr b. al-'As's cunning and told him: "you have deceived, and you are vice. You are like a dog that barks if hit and barks if left alone"[Note 1]. 'Amr b. al-'As replied: "and you are like a donkey that carries books"[Note 2].
Thus the arbitration was not based on the Quran and the Prophet (s)'s Tradition. Instead of making peace, it gave rise to more hostility between Iraq and Syria. And its most important upshot for people of Syria was that they gave Mu'awiya the title of Amir al-Mu'minin since then.
Formation of Khawarij
After the ceasefire for the sake of arbitration, another group of Imam 'Ali's (a) army chanted the slogan, "there is no verdict except for God", and thereby they expressed their will to continue the battle and considered arbitration to amount to infidelity, calling the Imam to repent to God. However, the Imam (a) appealed to the Quranic verse, "fulfil your indentures", and thus he refused to violate his agreement with Mu'awiya. When Imam 'Ali (a) returned to Kufa and Mu'awiya returned to Syria, opponents of the arbitration left Imam 'Ali (a) and resided in the village, Harura', near Kufa. Thus, a group called Khawarij appeared.
See Also
- The material for this article is mainly taken from حکمیت in Farsi Wikishia.


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Space Hulk is a board game by Games Workshop, first released in 1989 and re-released in 2009. The game is set in their Warhammer 40,000 universe and draws a certain degree of inspiration from the Alien movies.
The term "Space Hulk", from which the game gets its name, is used within the Warhammer 40,000 universe for any masses of ancient, derelict starships, asteroids, and other assorted space junk drifting in and out of the Warp that eventually merges into one massive form, ranging from the size of a small moon to a large planet, which drift through the territory of the Imperium. Because a hulk may contain bits of lost information or technology, or hostile life forms that pose a threat to mankind, the Imperium often sends teams to search for and secure these entities. The hulk may not stay in real space for very long, eventually slipping back into the Warp, so retrieval operations must be rapid and efficient.
Genestealers often make homes of these hulks, attacking those who come aboard in order to spread their genetic code further afield. The game pits an investigative force of Space Marine Terminators against such a coven.
A third edition of Space Hulk was released by Games Workshop on September 5th, 2009.
Complete Space Hulk Mission Summary
Base Set Missions (all editions)
Sin of Damnation Campaign: (1st & 2nd editions)
1. Suicide Mission
2. Exterminate
3. Rescue
4. Cleanse & Burn
5. Decoy
6. Defend
Spawn of Execration Campaign: (2nd edition)
1. Break Through
2. Forge Ahead
3. Regroup (#9 in 3rd edition, essentially a reprint of the "Space Hulk Campaigns Book" Mission)
4. Capture
5. Sabotage
6. Race Against Time
Harbinger of Despair Campaign: (2nd edition)
1. Seize and Secure
2. Menace
3. Data Download
4. Isolate
5. Annihilate
6. Retribution
Sin of Damnation Campaign: (3rd edition 2009)
1. Suicide Mission
2. Exterminate
3. Rescue
4. Cleanse & Burn
5. Decoy
6. Alarm Call (#1 in Deathwing)
7. The Artefact
8. Escape Route
9. Regroup
10. Defend
11. Unknown Life Forms (#6 in Deathwing)
12. Pitfall (#2 in the additional Missions of the "Space Hulk Campaigns Book")
Space Hulk Campaigns Book (1st edition)
The Last Stand Campaign: WD #137
1. Break-in
2. The Generator
3. The Chapel
4. The last Stand
Genestealer Invasion Campaign: WD #'s 133 & 135
1. Ambush!
2. Regroup
3. Hammer and Anvil
4. Search and Destroy
5. Hold and Secure
6. Final Conflict
Necromunda Campaign: WD #138
1. First Blood
2. No Way Out
3. Killing Ground
4. Interrogation
5. Divide & Conquer
6. Poison!
Sentinel V Campaign:
1. Docking Bay
2. Strike Force
3. Counter-Attack
4. The Patriarch
Mission Generator Campaign:
1. Boarding Action
2. Destroy the Engines
3. Take the Bridge
4. Capture the Arsenal
5. Self- Destruction
6. Abandon Ship
Additional Missions:
Contract Revoked WD #121
Pitfall WD #114
Delaying Action WD #115
Denzark's Hammer WD #120
Deathwing Expansion (1st edition)
Broken Knife's Duty Campaign:
1. Alarm Call
2. The Ship's Log
3. Seek and Retrieve
4. Regroup
5. CAT Hunt
6. The Unknown Life Form
Mission Generator Campaign:
1. Recon
2. Establishing a Perimeter
3. Perimeter Defense
4. Raid
5. Breakout
6. Search and Destroy
Solo Mission:
Cloud Runner's Last Stand
Genestealer Expansion (1st edition)
Additional Missions:
Behind Enemy Lines
The Final Assault
Citadel Journal (1st & 2nd editions)
Unseen Enemy Campaign: (1st edition) CJ #1
Supply Lines
Harlequin Missions: (1st edition) CJ #2
1. Into the darkness
2. Numbering the Foe
3. Destroy
4. Kill on Sight
The Silent Voyager Campaign: (1st edition) CJ #3
1. To The Hunt
2. Assassin
3. The Bridge
4. Distress Signal
Genesis Campaign: (2nd edition) CJ #25
1. Beachhead
2. Emperor's Grace
3. Specimen
Talons of Death Campaign: (2nd edition) CJ #36
1. Lightning Pierces the Gloom...
2. Sowing the Seeds of Destruction
3. Secure the Shaft
4. Into the Inferno...
Additional Missions:
Ambush (1st edition) CJ #7
Smash and Grab (1st edition) CJ #7
Quad Run (1st edition) CJ #7
Escape Route (1st edition) CJ #7
Fire Corridor (2nd edition) CJ #28
White Dwarf (all editions)
Wolf Lair Campaign: (1st edition) WD #147
1. Under Attack
2. To The Rescue
3. Barricades
4. Breakthrough
5. To The Death!
Strike Deep Campaign: (1st edition) WD #149
1. Entry Point
2. A Need for Power
3. Down Deep
4. The Search
5. Pull Back
6. Air Generator
Return To Kalidus Campaign: (1st edition) WD #158
1. A Quest for Power
2. Honour Bound
3. Terminus
Defilement of Honour Campaign: (2nd edition) WD #197
1. Stop the Tide
2. Shut Down
3. Take Control
Bringer of Sorrow Campaign: (2nd edition) WD #199
1. Pierce the Darkness
2. Knowledge is Power
3. Deathbringer
Fangs of Fenris Campaign: (2nd edition) WD #200
1. Trap the Foe
2. Counter-Attack
3. Annihilate!
Duty and Honour Campaign: (2nd edition) WD #201
1. Veil of Darkness
2. To Kill the Beast
3. Back from Darkness
The Fate of the Sword of Halcyon Campaign: (2nd edition) WD #203
1. Impact
2. Salvage the Bridge
3. Shut Down
4. Purify
5. Inner Sanctum
Additional Missions:
Disable the Shields (3rd edition) Weekly WD #33
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There are three statutory requirements for patentability: an invention must be new, nonobvious, and useful. This column focus on the requirement of nonobviousness. Obviousness rejections are the most prevalent at the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO). Simply put, an "ordinary innovation" the kind an artisan could have foreseen without any toiling is not patentable. The nanotechnology industry, much of whose value derives from patents, needs to take note of this not so small issue. In 2007, the Supreme Court decision in KSR v. Teleflex has introduced new challenges for passing the obviousness test.(1) Six months after KSR's decision, the USPTO published new obviousness rules, and its impact on patent prosecution is now coming to light.(2) In nanotechnology some of the patentability issues relating to post-KSR rationales come from creation of a new nano-sized material by simple substitution of familiar materials in known methods or devices. The creation of a new nano-sized material is awesome. The trouble arises when the Examiner issues a final rejection of the claim based on post-KSR ruling. That is not the end of the issue, however. The rejection is appealable to the Board of Patent Appeals and Interferences (Board).(3) However, the Board has warned of a strict application of KSR on nanotech patent applications: that simply substituting "familiar materials" to do the same job that the prior art does may be obvious; and a conclusion of obviousness requires a showing that there existed a "reasonable expectation of success."
June 27th, 2008
Obviousness: KSR rationale applied to nanotechnology.
This column compared two cases decided by the Board: Ex-parte Kamins et. al., (4) and Ex-parte Yoshizawa et. al. (5) In Kamins, the Board upheld the rejection. The invention is related to a familiar method for producing pores using an etching mask but the pores were of nano size. The Board found obviousness because the technology was known to the prior art, the results were predicted and the inventor disclosed that the materials were available. In contrast, Yoshizawa offered a view into why the Board reversed the rejection. The inventors devised a material useful for batteries made of lithium iron phosphate that was "pore free." The Board found that the Examiner had not made a prima facie case due to the lack of evidence supporting a "reasonable expectation of success" that the new combination would work.
Criteria for Obviousness.
Section 103 of Title 35 of the U.S. Code forbids issuance of a patent when its subject matter is obvious. Section 103 sets forth that even if an invention is new, a patent may not be obtained "if the differences between the subject matter sought to be patented and the prior art are such that the subject matter as a whole would have been obvious at the time the invention was made to a person having ordinary skill in the art to which said subject matter pertains."
Back in 1966, the Supreme Court in Graham (6) ruled that the obviousness inquiry turns on: (i) the scope and content of the relevant prior art; (ii) the differences between the prior art and the claims at issue; (iii) the level of ordinary skill in the pertinent art; and (iv) secondary considerations such as commercial success, long felt but unsolved needs, failure of others. The Graham test requires that the challenger must show that each element of the claimed invention is present in the prior art.
The Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit interpreted the Graham factors and ruled that conclusion of obviousness needed evidence of some teaching, suggestion, or motivation to combine elements found in the prior art, the nature of the problem or the knowledge of a person having ordinary skill in the art (TSM test). (7) In addition, to reject claims as prima facie obvious the challenger must show that there was a reasonable expectation of success in achieving the results of the claimed invention by modifying or combining the prior art.(8) Evidence showing that the results of the claimed invention were unexpected may support a conclusion of nonobviousness.(9) The challenger bears the initial burden of providing a prima facie case for obviousness.(10)
In 2007, the Supreme Court returned to the issue of obviousness in the landmark case, KSR v. Teleflex. The Court found that the TSM test was "rigid," because it ignored that "common sense teaches…that familiar items may have obvious uses beyond their primary purposes, and in many cases a person of ordinary skill will be able to fit the teachings of multiple patents together like pieces of a puzzle," that a person of ordinary skill is also a "person of ordinary creativity" and revived the "obvious to try" standard.(11) KSR advices us that "a patent composed of several elements is not proved obvious merely by demonstrating that each of its elements was, independently, known in the prior art." Therefore, it must be a showing of "an apparent reason to combine the known elements in the fashion claimed by the patent at issue." Additionally, "rejections on obviousness grounds cannot be sustained by mere conclusory statements; instead, there must be some articulated reasoning with some rational underpinning to support the legal conclusion of obviousness."(12)
Obviousness and the Patent Office.
The Patent Office applies the Graham factors, TSM test and KSR standards in conducting its obviousness analysis. The Examiner must establish a prima facie case to reject a claimed invention as obvious by meeting three criteria. First, the prior art reference, or combined references, must teach or suggest all the claim elements. Second, there must be some suggestion or motivation, either in the references themselves or in the knowledge generally available to the artisan, to modify or to combine the reference teachings. (13) Finally, there must be a reasonable expectation of success.
Ex parte Kamins et. al.
Kamins' invention was aimed at electronic devices. Kamins claimed to have created a method for forming pores of nanometer size useful as mold for depositing a material or for aligning molecule(s). The invention introduced a nanoparticle size etch mask to make nanopores in an insulating layer. The etching process was of chemical nature, by using reactive ions, and the etching was directional.
The Examiner found two references that rendered the invention obvious. The Kikuchi reference revealed a method for forming micropores using microspheres as masks for etching in an insulating layer and taught that it was desirable to make smaller sized pores. But, Kikuchi did not disclose nanoparticle sized mask, directional etching and reactive ion etching. These additional elements were revealed by Deckman reference. Deckman taught that nanoparticle sized masks were available, and that directional etching and etching with reactive ions were well-known in the art. In addition, the inventor has admitted that "nanoparticles" were prior art as it was set forth in the best mode for practicing the method. The Examiner concluded that an artisan would have expected that substituting "nanoparticles" for "micropheres" would form pores of nanosize and they would work for their intended purpose. The Board agreed.
The Board concluded that an artisan could have combined the information from the two prior art references to develop the same invention that Kamins was trying to patent. The Board's reasoning was based on several findings. Both Kikuchi and the claimed invention methods were equivalent but for the nanometer size and chemical etching of directional type; nonetheless Kikuchi taught of the desirability of using smaller sizes. Deckman rendered the method of etching with reactive ions well known in the art. The invention's best mode conveyed that the 2-250 nanometers particles usable in etching masks were readily available in commerce; specifically, inventors conceded that an artisan would be "familiar with the existence of the nanoparticles and would have thought of making the claimed nanopores."
As the Board noticed, the test is what the combined teachings of those references would have suggested to one of ordinary skill in the art. The suggestion statement from Deckman showing that both etching with reactive ions and mask particles of nanosize were familiar in the art upheld the obviousness rejection. Thus, the Board found that both Kikuchi and Deckman provided adequate reasons for an artisan to pursue working with smaller mask particles. Relying on KSR, the Board concluded that "the combination of familiar elements according to known methods is likely to be obvious when it does no more than yield predictable results."(14)
Ex parte Yoshizawa.
In Yoshizawa, the technology relates to lithium batteries. The invention was directed to a material useful for a positive electrode of a non-aqueous electrolyte battery. The material was made of pore free 1-300nm particles of a compound containing lithium (Li) and iron (Fe) including lithium iron phosphate (LiFePO4).
The Examiner found two references, Goodenough and Kumar, that when combined made a case for an obviousness rejection. Goodenough has developed LiFePO4 which was useful for lithium batteries. What was missing from this reference was a method of making "pore free" material. That is supplied by Kumar which described a process of producing lithium metal oxide particles of 1 micron in size and pore free. Combining both references met the requirement that all elements of the claimed invention must be present in the prior art (LiFePO4 and a method for making pore free material). Thus, the Examiner concluded that it would have been obvious to an artisan to make the LiFePO4 material by the Kumar method. The Board disagreed.
The Board's rationale was based on the fact that Kumar taught only of a method to make metal products. Since phosphorous is a non-metal, phosphorous was thus not included in the genus of Kumar's products. Thus, Kumar did not teach a method to make non-metal materials such as the LiFePO4 of Goodenough. The Board specifically stated that KSR tell us that "[R]ejections on obviousness grounds cannot be sustained by mere conclusory statements; instead, there must be some articulated reasoning with some rational underpinning to support the legal conclusion of obviousness."(15) Accordingly, it must be shown that an artisan would have had reason to pursue the use of LiFePO4, the claimed invention material. There must be some evidence showing that the artisan could have a reasonable expectation of success to produce the results achieved by the claimed invention when combining the references. The Examiner blew it here because he/she failed to provide evidence or rationale of a reasonable expectation of success to sustain a prima facie case of obviousness.
Rebutting a post-KSR obviousness rejection.
In Kamins, the prima facie case of obviousness was especially difficult to rebut. The invention merely combined materials and methods which performing functions have been demonstrated previously; thus, it failed the obviousness test. In this scenery, the strategy is to work the claim terms around KSR principle, "the combination of familiar elements according to known methods is likely to be obvious when it does no more than yield predicable results." One approach is to rely on persuasive language in support of nonobviousness such as (i) choosing claim terms which turn away from suggesting the element or method is familiar; (ii) selecting claim language that "teaches away;" (16) and (iii) stressing that the artisan could not have a reasonable expectation of success because of unexpected difficulties, the results were thus unexpected.(17)
In Yoshizawa, the combination of two references disclosed the elements of the claimed invention. However, the proper legal question was whether an artisan engaging in the production of composite metal oxide material starting with Kumar would have expected to succeed in creating what was claimed by using a non-metal. In order for the Examiner to sustain a prima facie case he needed to come up with additional prior art references or a rationale providing a reason for (i) using a non-metal material in Kumar's method, (ii) evidence that the marketplace created a strong incentive to use non-metal material in Kumar method, or (iii) the prior art taught a number of methods that advanced the claimed invention.
(1) KSR Int'l Co v. Teleflex Inc., 127 S.Ct 1727 (2007).
(2) The USPTO published examination guidelines for determining obviousness under 35 U.S.C. 103, in view of the Supreme Court decision in KSR International Co. v. Teleflex Inc.
Examination Guidelines for Determining Obviousness Under 35 U.S.C. 103 in View of the Supreme Court Decision in KSR International Co. v. Teleflex Inc. [PDF] (10Oct2007)
(3) In fact, there are two responses to a final rejection that are considered fully responsive; (a) an appeal, or (b) a request for continued examination (RCE).
(4) Ex Parte Kamins et. al, No. 2007-2983 (Bd. Pat. App. & Int. August 3, 2007)
(5) Ex Parte Yoshizawa et.al, No. 2007-3414 (Bd. Pat. App. & Int. October 4, 2007)
(6) Graham v. John Deere Co., 393 U.S. at 17-18 (1966).
(7) In re Kahn, 441 F.3d 977, 986-88 (Fed. Cir. 2006) (the Federal Circuit provided a detailed account of its obviousness standard; perhaps perceiving that the Supreme Court would grant certiorari in KSR after the Court asked the solicitor general for a brief regarding KSR's petition). See generally Alan P. Klein, Understanding the Doctrines of "Reason, Suggestion, or Motivation to Combine and "Reason, Suggestion, or Motivation to Modify," 45 IDEA 293 (2005).
(8) In re Merck & Co., Inc., 800 F.2d 1091, 231 USPQ 375 (Fed. Cir. 1986).
(9) In re Rinehart, 531 F.2d 1048, 189 USPQ 143 (CCPA 1976).
(10) 37 C.F.R. section 1.56(b)(2)(ii).
(11) KSR Int'l Co. v. Teleflex Inc., at 1727 (Court noted that an invention might be obvious "[w]hen there is a design need or market pressure to solve a problem and there are a finite number of identified, predictable solutions, a person of ordinary skill has good reason to pursue the known options within his or her technical grasp.").
(12) See, In re Ochiai, 71 F.3d 1565, 1571, (Fed. Cir. 1998); In re Wright, 343 F.2d 761, 769-770 (CCPA 1965).
(13) It should be noted that the teaching or suggestion to make the claimed combination and the reasonable expectation of success must both be found in the prior art, and not based on patent application's disclosure.
(14) KSR Int'l Co v. Teleflex Inc. at 1739.
(15) In re Kahn, 441 F.3 977, 988, 78 USPQ2D 1329, 1336 (Fed. Cir. 2006). Statement quoted with approval by the Supreme Court in KSR Int'l Co. at 1741 (2007).
(16) In KSR, the Court looked favorably on situations "when the prior art teaches away from combining certain known elements, discovery of a successful means of combining them is more likely to be non-obvious," citing United States v. Adams, 383 U.S. 39 (1966).In Adams, the Court found the invention to be non-obvious. The invention was directed to a "wet battery," which was atypical because of the water element and different electrode materials. The Court in KSR told that in Adams the "prior art warned that risks were involved" in combining types of electrodes employed in the invention. But, the combination of that elements worked well, which was "an unexpected and fruitful manner" thus the invention was not obvious to the artisan. (emphasis added). Also, other ways include size-dependent unexpected results and absence of an enabling method for producing nanoscale materials of certain properties, as discussed in Vivek Koppikar, Stephen B. Maebius & J. Steven Rutt, Current Trends in Nanotech Patents: A View From Inside the Patent Office, 1 NANOTECH. L. & BUS. 24, 30 (2004).
(17) KSR and Graham, as well as a myriad of precedents, teach that secondary considerations such as unexpected results may confer patentability.
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Our Piece of the World
"Over centuries, African Americans and Native Americans created shared histories, communities, families and ways of life. Prejudice, laws and twists of history have often divided them from others, yet African-Native American people were united in the struggle against slavery and dispossession, and then for self-determination and freedom. For African-Native Americans, their double heritage is truly indivisible." -Smithsonian National Museum of the American Indian
On Dec. 4, Bethel A.M.E. in Copiague, celebrated its 195th Anniversary with a program honoring our Native American and African Ancestry.
Pastor Stanley Gordon Smith, minister of Divinity of Bethel, teamed with Rev. Sharon Jackson, associate Minister of Rush Temple A.M.E. Zion Church, Jamaica, who is also known as Princess Winona Red Bird, co-founder and coordinator of The Lenne' Lanape' Ancestry group. The celebration began as Pastor Smith and his wife Wanda met at the cemetery at Albany and North Bayview avenues in Amityville with local Elder Jean Wilkins-Dember and her son Jerry to lift our ancestors through libations and prayer. Calling together the spirits of the living and the dead, the group proceeded to the church at 20 Simmons St., where it was joined by the processional and cultural Dancers with Native Americans in full regalia. The group was followed by clergy, officiating officers and the pastor of this great church.
Bethel is the oldest Black church on Long Island and planted on Native American land, donated and designated for the purpose of worship.
The Word of God, prayer and singing was lead by the associate ministers of the day, including Rev. Theresa Bedford, an African Native American, as were most of those that gathered there, including me and my family.
Sister Lucinda Pierre, Church Anniversary Chairperson, read the occasion/welcome; Ms. Stephanie Brown presented the Church History and the offering was lifted for the Grave Site Cleanup Committee by the Bethel Officers.
Ms. Eva Crews, Two Hearts, rendered a song. Y.A.D.A, Bethel's praise dancers followed, as did an Inter Cultural Group. A Caribbean Selection and the Cup of Unity was presented by Prince Esemasas. He included his words of faith, commitment to brotherhood and the honoring of ancestors and Mother Earth.
This has always been the key to the Native American life style; honoring those that came before and the land. After the meditation, remarks, blessing of the food and benediction by Rev. Stanley G. Smith, the program continued in the lower level of the church. Rev. Sharon Jackson presided and presented "Nunowa," the celebration of the Harvest. Also called a Corn Festival, it honors Mother Earth. We dined on three sisters soup (beans, corn and squash) offered by Mrs. Mary Davis our culinary coordinator, along with corn chowder, succotash, rice, sweet and white potatoes, corn fritters, corn bread, salad, chicken made by the congregation and barbecue ribs prepared by Pastor Smith.
The opening ceremony was a Warrior Dance, in true Native style, by Timber Wolf. A shawl dance was lead by our own Sister Terri Caldwell, also known as Loving Spirit.
The oral history, roll call, and prayer were all presented in authentic manner by Princess Winona Red Bird, representing the three Totems— Turtle, Turkey and Wolf clans. The blend of our cultures, in Truth makes us one. One blood, One Nation of a people, indivisible.
For more information on the Church activities, call 631-842-8463, or go to http:// www.bethelamecopiague.net


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LG has officially confirmed the New Windows Phone 7 devices At IFA in Berlin Germany, named the LG Optimus 7.
That rumors say if LG E900 comes with a 3.5-inch AMOLED touchscreen (480 x 800 resolution), a 5.0 megapixel camera module with 720p video recording, aGPS, 3G with HSPA, WiFi, and Bluetooth 2.0.
The LG Optimus 7 E900 smartphone has pre-loaded DLNA technology, that lets users send multimedia files (720p HD videos, music, photos) to compatible Wi-Fi devices (including TVs and home theater systems), "directly from the phone's media galleries." For instance, you can simply flick images from the photo gallery to send the file to a targeted machine, such as your TV.
The LG Optimus 7 E900 will be available starting the fourth quarter of this year. Pricing for the Optimus 7 remains unknown, and neither the markets where it will be shipped.
The LG Optimus 7 E900 specifications :
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The tense stand-off in the war of the airways is continuing between Ukraine and the Russia Federation over who controls flights in and out of Crimea.
Earlier this week Russia issued Federation passports to Simferopol-based controllers working within its newly formed 'Crimea Air Navigation' branch, the latest gesture in its effort to wrest the Simferopol flight information region (FIR) away from Ukrainian State Air Traffic Service Enterprise (UkSATSE) control and absorb it into its own air traffic control operations.
Earlier this month, UN aviation agency ICAO confirmed Ukraine's exclusive right to provide air navigation services in international airspace over the Black Sea within the Simferopol FIR following the nationalisation of Crimean ATC which followed the controversial referendum on joining the Russian Federation. The issuing of identity documents therefore represents a strategic riposte to recent ICAO declarations.
Russia reports that air traffic services within the FIR are being provided by the Simferopol area control centre as 'normal' and that both Russian and international airlines are operating freely in Crimean airspace. Russian president Vladimir Putin has also instructed the country's government to set a zero value-added tax rate for air traffic to and from Crimea starting June 1 although airline industry sources point out that technically Russian carriers can already reclaim the tax post-flight.
Russian airlines flying to Crimea include national flag carrier Aeroflot which is operating four daily flights out of its Moscow hub at Sheremetyevo International Airport and Transaero, VIM-avia, S7 Airlines, UTair, Ural Airlines operating flights also from Moscow to Simferopol.
Sheremetyevo airport officials said Simferopol-bound Aeroflot flights would also switch from the international to domestic departures area of the airline's Moscow base. While the other Moscow airports have yet to announce similar moves, there are rumours that flights from regional centres to Simferopol will soon benefit from a fresh raft of subsidies to strengthen Russia's grip over Crimea airspace.
The latest developments come after a April 3 safety bulletin from the European Aviation Safety Agency – accompanied by recommendations from both ICAO and Eurocontrol which oversees the regional aviation network – that airspace controlled by the Simferopol FIR should be avoided as more than one air traffic control agency controlling flights within the same airspace could have serious safety implications.
UkSATSE insists that ICAO-led negotiations earlier in April between representatives of Ukraine and the Russian Federation established that Russia had no legal grounds to seize airspace and interfere with its air traffic services.
In response to the effective 'annexation' of the Simferopol ACC, Ukraine has now signed new agreements with Black Sea states to reflect the loss of its Crimea facilities, delegating air navigation service provision in the Simferopol FIR to Dnipropetrovsk and Odessa centres. UkSATSE warned that Russia's actions would have irreversible consequences for both Russian air traffic control and Russian airlines.
A spokesman for Eurocontrol confirmed to Air Traffic Management: "Last year there were approximately 600 flights a day using the Simferopol FIR and the vast majority are now diverting round it."


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- AIT focuses on treatments for infectious respiratory diseases including, bronchiolitis, cystic fibrosis, and pneumonia.
- With 4 million members, Clalit Health Services is Israel's largest HMO and the second-largest HMO in the world.
- Schneider Children's Medical Center of Israel (SCMCI) is the only children hospital in Israel, with over 250 beds, of which 43% are assigned to critical care (intensive care units, neonatology and burns).
- Soroka University Medical Center is the largest Pediatric Medical Center in the south of Israel with 190 admission beds and 35,000 visits at the Pediatric ER, 14,500 admissions and 42,000 ambulatory visits.
REHOVOT, Israel, Sept. 2, 2013 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Israeli biomed company AIT Ltd. (Advanced Inhalation Therapies), a leader in the development of nitric oxide therapeutics for the treatment of infectious respiratory diseases such as Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV) /bronchiolitis, Cystic Fibrosis (CF), Pneumonia, and asthma announced today that their successful collaboration with Clalit Health Services has expanded to include Schneider Children's Medical Center of Israel (SCMCI) as an additional clinical study site.
Under this agreement, AIT will lead clinical development strategy in cooperation with Schneider's renowned opinion leaders in the field of respiratory care. As well, experts from Schneider will contribute to AIT's future clinical trial performance.
Prof Yossef Av Gay, AIT's CSO and a professor of microbiology at the University of British Columbia, Canada, said, "It is very encouraging that this top-tier center of excellence will now play an important role in our research and clinical studies and strengthen our already successful alliance with Clalit Health Services."
AIT focuses on the development of nitric oxide formulations for the treatment of respiratory infections and diseases, mainly in children. The company is currently performing a Phase II clinical study for RSV /bronchiolitis at Soroka Medical Center in Beer sheva, Israel. "We now have the opportunity to develop additional innovations," Av Gay notes, "supported by high-quality clinical studies and led by Clalit's finest researchers and facilities, which will give us a solid foundation for positive developments in the future."
Bronchiolitis is a viral infection of the small airways in the lungs. It is the most common Acute Lower Respiratory Infection (ALRI) in early infancy, and is a leading cause of child mortality, with an estimated 64 million cases worldwide; up to 200,000 children age 5 and younger die annually from respiratory syncytial virus-associated ALRI.
It ranks as the most common reason for pediatric hospital admissions (~400,000 annually in the United States), a $2 billlion burden for the United States, with hospital charges alone in excess of $1 billion. These charges in part reflect hospital Length Of Stay (LOS). The mean LOS for bronchiolitis in the United States is 3.3 days.
"Clalit recognizes the critical need for improving treatment of respiratory infections, especially those with antibiotic-resistant pathogens," says Prof. Asher Tal, head of Pediatrics at Soroka Medical Center. "Respiratory infections," he observes, "are on the rise, especially during the winter months, leading to patient overflow and hospital overcrowding. With greater cooperation between medical centers and technology companies, we can improve patient health and potentially reduce patient overflow in hospitals."
AIT's Ongoing Clinical Development
As part of its ongoing clinical development, AIT will begin a multicenter Phase II study in Israel for CF at Soroka Medical Center and SCMCI. SCMCI is one of the three large centers for cystic fibrosis treatment in Israel. The CF Center is led by Prof. Hannah Blau and Dr. Huda Mussaffi.
CF is a life-threatening genetic disease that causes the abnormal transport of salts across cells, most critically affecting the lungs. Approximately 100,000 individuals in Europe and North America suffer from CF, making it the most common life-threatening autosomal recessive disease. CF patients are highly prone to opportunistic bacterial infections that lead to prolonged, chronic lung infections. This results in shortened life expectancy due to significant destruction of lung tissue.
"While treatment options for CF patients have advanced in recent years, a significant unmet need remains for treating bacterial infections in CF patients," said David Greenberg, MD, Chief Medical Officer of AIT. "We are pleased that our Phase II trial which has commenced at SOROKA Medical Center has established the safety profile and we are advancing in clinical development to further evaluate it as a potential treatment option for patients who are in need of more effective therapies. The addition of the CF research group from Schneider children's hospital will expand our ability to explore our technology in CF patients and to improve the treatment for infectious diseases in these patients."
About Clalit Health Services
Schneider Children's Medical Center is a member of Clalit Health Services, the largest HMO in Israel, and one of the most progressive public health associations in the world. Through its 14 hospitals and more than 1,400 primary and specialized clinics, Clalit provides comprehensive health insurance and highly advanced medical care to the majority of Israel's population. It is also the only health fund with a countrywide network of 425 state-of-the-art pharmacies, 70 dental clinics, 80 clinical laboratories, 35 separate radiology facilities, as well as computerized diagnostic equipment at a number of central laboratories.
Clalit has 4 million insured members in Israel (>52% market share).
Clalit is the only health organization that has an extensive network of hospitals throughout the country. Clalit maintains a total of 14 general and special care hospitals which are all university affiliate.
In the long-term interest of the entire population, Clalit conducts clinical, biomedical, and social science research in its own facilities, or in cooperation with Israel's universities and scientific institutions.
About Schneider Children's Medical Center of Israel
Dedicated exclusively to the well-being of all children and adolescents, Schneider Children's Medical Center of Israel (SCMCI) is the only comprehensive, highly specialized care hospital of its kind in the country and in the Middle East.
Since its establishment in 1991, Schneider Children's Medical Center has become recognized as an institution of medical and academic excellence. Providing a full range of pediatric subspecialties and comprehensive services to all children from newborn through age 18, SCMCI also operates special adult clinics to ensure follow-up care for those born with congenital disorders. The medical center serves as the national referral center for hematology-oncology, endocrinology and childhood diabetes, and cardiology. It is Israel's leading institution in the field of bone marrow and organ transplants. Approximately 43% of its 250 beds are assigned to critical care (intensive care, neonatology, burns, and others).
The Graub cystic fibrosis center, part of the Pulmonary Institute at SCMCI, was established in 1993 and is known internationally for both clinical excellence and research into early CF diagnostic methods and interventions.
About Soroka University Medical Center
The Pediatric Division of the Soroka University Medical Center is one of the largest Pediatric Medical Center is Israel with 190 admission beds, 35,000 visits at the Pediatric ER, 14,500 admissions and 42,000 ambulatory visits. As the only tertiary medical center, which serves the diverse Negev Population, the medical team copes with unique medical conditions in children.
The medical team of 85 staff physicians and 270 nurses provides medical care to almost 300,000 children of the Negev population.
About AIT
AIT (http://www.ait-pharm.com) is an Israeli biomed company focused on the development and commercialization of formulations from nitric oxide for the treatment of infectious diseases. The company was founded in 2011 by Mor Research Applications, a subsidiary of Clalit Health Services, Israel's largest health management organization.
The company is conducting Phase II trials on bronchiolitis, after successful completion of Phase I trials. AIT develops products for the treatment of bronchiolitis, cystic fibrosis, pneumonia, and asthma.
CONTACT: Racheli Vizman, COO, AIT 2 Derech Meir Weisgal Rehovot 9632605, Israel E-mail: email@example.com Direct: +972 8 684 3313 Mobile: +972 52 565 9922Source:AIT LTD


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Tom Trouble was on trial last Thursday in Edgartown district court, and it was up to a group of seventh graders from the Edgartown School to try the case. Tom's day in court was the focus of a student mock trial, the culmination of an eight-week enrichment program that gave students exposure to the legal system.
The Edgartown School has announced its honor roll for the fourth quarter of the 2012-2013 academic year.
Eighth grade high honors: Abigail Lively and Lucy Ulyatt.
Eighth grade honors: Lauryn Bond, Kyle Boyd, Elizabeth Dourian, Gabriella Carlos, Cana Courtney, Lucy Enos, Sarah Felix, Ennis Foster, Daniel Gaines, Kylie Hatt, Kylie Hathaway, Anna Keenan, Mary Morano, Jordan Tate Da Silva, Joshua Tate Da Silva and Ava Thors.
The classroom is up the open staircase to the right in room 220 at the Edgartown School. Flags of world nations hang from the ceiling. There is a quote on the door that reads, "No significant learning occurs without a significant relationship." This is the English Language Learning room, although it is not the only place in the school where English language learning takes place.
Costs for Edgartown School Prompt August Town Meeting
By MANDY LOCKE
Edgartown voters are invited to a midsummer special town meeting to
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BIRMINGHAM, Alabama – With a different guest conductor at the helm of Alabama Symphony "Messiah" performances each year, Handel's oratorio remains as elusive as it has been since its premiere 271 years ago. Sure, the vocal and instrumental forces are similar, and the big choral numbers and solos never much change, but every year brings new surprises – from fleet period-style renditions to high-strung choruses and heartrending solos; deleted numbers to reassigned solos.
The performance on Saturday at the Alys Stephens Center landed somewhere in the middle of those extremes, the conductor Stephens Stubbs preferring a lean and taut orchestra with the chorus occasionally belting out the text at the top their lungs. And coming from a conductor whose specialty is Baroque opera, the drama was no surprise.
Stephens Stubbs, conductor
Teresa Wakim, soprano
Danielle Reutter Harrah, mezzo-soprano
Zachary Wilder, tenor
Mischa Bouvier, bass
Alabama Symphony Orchestra Chorus, Philip Copeland, director
Saturday, Dec. 21, Alys Stephens Center
Stubbs, who leads a Baroque ensemble in Seattle, led efficiently from a harpsichord, occasionally joining in on the instrument. His objective was for the chorus to tell the story, but at more than 70 strong, the ASO Chorus may have told it too well. Under any circumstances, this is difficult music to sing, but the oratorio might have unfolded in sharper focus with a smaller group. Nonetheless, there was no shortage of enthusiasm, at times reaching a level of fervor and momentum not heard before from this group.
The vocal soloists provided some of the highlights. Teresa Wakim, a strong, clear-voiced soprano who has sung with well-known Baroque specialists such as Harry Christophers, Nicolas McGegan and Martin Pearlman, decorated many of her solos with an array of ornaments that were not only beautifully conceived, but expertly rendered. Her "I Know That My Redeemer Liveth" was given especially tasteful creative license. Bass Mischa Bouvier, a Birmingham-area native whose career is climbing, gave powerful and measured performances in several airs, nailing each melisma with pinpoint accuracy while keeping a firm pace with Stubbs' sometimes demanding tempos.
Mezzo-soprano Danielle Reutter Harrah's angelic voice rang beautifully, although her dramatic portrayals were a bit too subdued for this reading, especially in the visceral air, "He was despised." Zachary Wilder's light, but entirely lucid and supple tenor, complemented the quartet of soloists well.
As with most "Messiah" performances, the high points came in Parts 2 and 3. A stirring "Hallelujah Chorus," made even grander by Stubbs' theatrical push, was adorned with John McElroy's halo of a trumpet solo. McElroy's dialogue with Bouvier on "Why do the nations so furiously rage" was equally memorable.
And again, the overwhelming "Amen" chorus sent listeners home with the Christmas message all over again.
Those who shy away from ASO's year-in, year-out "Messiah" performances simply because they have heard it before – or think they have – need to reconsider in 2014.


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