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Smash Review: Ivy Croaksby Carla Day at . Comments
When Smash was first announced, I was excited to see a new and original idea. Network television has no shortage of cop, lawyer, or doctor shows, so Smash was something fresh and intriguing. NBC's heavy promotion of the show created a nice buzz as well.
Smash promised to give viewers a behind-the-scenes look at the making of a Broadway show with both original and cover songs each week. Would it be a success like The West Wing's look at the White House? Or lackluster like Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip's backstage look at a SNL-like show?
Even though tonight's "Chemistry" was the sixth episode, it is too soon to tell. The show is the strongest when it focuses on the musical and the work relationships. It hits some rough patches when it gets into the personal lives of the characters, especially Julia's life.
The evolution of Marilyn: The Musical has been a treat to watch. From the moment the idea for the production was introduced through the workshop, Julia and Tom seemed to be breezing through the writing process. Could it be that easy to write a musical? They cranked out song after song.
Julia's writer's block regarding "History is Made at Night" provided realism to their creative process. With only a few days remaining in the workshop everything needed to be finished. Her personal life interfered with her ability to get the job done. It's easy to sympathize with a mother who is having issues with her child at home, especially with her husband out of town.
Unfortunately, I've had a difficult time feeling anything but disdain for Julia lately. When we first met her, I loved her passion for both her family and for her career. Unfortunately, that was an illusion. Now, all I see is a woman who cheats on her husband. A man who gave up his job to stay at home, so she could achieve her Broadway dreams, no less. A man who stood by her when she broke her promise to take time off work. And a man that she so desperately wanted to adopt a baby with... right?
Other than the Julia-Michael soap opera storyline, the other characters are beginning to be fully developed. The biggest turnaround for me is Tom. Initially, he was very high strung and his interactions with Ellis were too much, but now he is coming across as more grounded. He has worked well with Julia, tolerated Derek and he isn't as over-the-top with Ivy any more.
Ivy has continued to be insecure and a bit of a diva, but was less bitchy than before. Her comment that she should have had Karen fired the first day came across more as an acceptance of the situation rather than as hatred of Karen.
Of course, that changed after Ivy found out Karen was considered as a replacement when her voice went out. The pressure finally got to Ivy and she decided to take steroids to fix her voice, even though there were side effects. I'm not sure whether she should be commended for making that decision or not. What would you have done?
The steroids exacerbated her insecurities both as Marilyn and in her relationship with Derek. After the song in her room and "seeing" Karen in the mirror, I wasn't sure about the direction of the performance enhancement story, but Ivy's outburst in the studio made it all worthwhile. That was a long time coming and - drug induced or not - it should help Ivy move on.
Her reaction may not have been professional, but given the circumstances, it was understandable. It probably won't hurt her either given Derek's immunity to her outburst. Tom's laughter was an indication he didn't have an issue with it either.
The workshop is coming to a close. Next week, we will have the first performance of Marilyn: The Musical. What changes will the investors want made in order to get on board? Will they like Ivy as Marilyn? Will they enjoy the story and songs? How about Derek's choreography?
What about the relationships? Will Julia and Michael's affair interfere will the musical? How about Derek and Ivy? Will Tom find out that Ellis has been spying for Eileen? So many possibilities!
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A horrible episode to put it mildly. The whole Julia-Michael thing is an insult to anyone with a bit of weight above his shoulders but even after forgetting these horrible mistakes, can anyone please tell me how this episode added anything to the series? What was the aim of this episode besides boring me to death?
Anyways, enough of the whining. I have heard that the next episode is much better. If I don't like the next one, then its bye bye Smash for me. Mondays are too crowded anyways.
@Lindalou - HERE! HERE! Stop writing career women as so emotionally unstable, they would risk their entire life, career & family, for a roll in the hay! Julia lectures her son about not making mistakes that jeopardize the adoption. Then, she tongues a man who is not her husband on an NYC public street, where I'm sure people stay awake past 10pm. So...a shaky marriage won't end that adoption immediately, Julia? Also, who saw all the respect leave Leo's eyes when his mom greeted his dad. Ouch! Another suggestion - the rivalry between Ivy and Karen feels old and stale. Been there, done that SO many times before. Make them friends instead because Ivy could benefit from Karen's emotional centeredness and stability, while Karen could learn a lot about theatre politics from Ivy. Make them into the equivalent of Marilyn Monroe & Jane Russell, & they'll be able to do the "Two Little Girls from Little Rock" number!
I was SO uncomfortable watching any scene with Julia and Michael...what is she, 17? It's insulting to grown married women that she would make such risky choices based on sexual attraction alone. How could she respect the fact that he's so willing to cheat on his wife and child as well as allow her to throw away a family and career? Writers: How about a female character that has a BRAIN?
Part 2 I also am starting to find Tom a bit annoying with his "holier than thou" attitude. I really don't think he's into his "boyfriend" I think Karen did great at the bar mitzvah ....Ivy was jealous that Karen got to contact that guy. Wonder how long it will be before Leo confronts Julia about seeing her kiss Michael?
You two arguing about Julia/Michael need to get a grip. Affairs happen-it's a fact of life. There's a plethora of reasons as to why they happen. I really don't see anyone condoning an affair. In my view nothing makes having an affair the right thing to do no matter what the circumstance. I do think this part is too soapy for this particular show, however, in the Broadway musical world, I'm sure this happens frequently. I still do not like Ivy. It would have served her right if Karen got to perform as Marilyn. I do not like Ellis, he's like a little child playing tattle tale....very annoying.
Best episode yet. I especially liked when the "boys" came over to comfort Ivy. So warm and fuzzy. Loved Karen at the bar-mitzvah. Loved the hunting game at the divey bar. As far as Julia look we all know people have affairs come on. I think we are afraid she going to ruin her life and prob will. But it was HOT! Please NBC don't take this show away from me...you have a bad track record.
Will somone please let me know when they take this show 'on the road' and off of tv. Tried to watch it because of Ms. Houston but I don't think even her talent can hold this together.
NITPICK: Ivy's comment that Marilyn Monroe would have had a rival fired in the first week doesn't ring true. If someone could cite a specific incident recounted in print where she ever behaved like this, I'll gladly recant. But, IIRC, MM was never a "diva" in the sense that she would treat people badly or demean them in public. And, her lateness and absences were not because she thought she was too important. They were attributed to crippling stage fright and anxiety. So, no writers, I don't think MM would have been that mean. That Ivy is is an interesting difference of character.
The whole Julia thing is bothering me a lot. I also loved her in the beginning but the whole cheating thing is really unnecesary. I belei less soap and more music will help the show a lot. Why do writers assume we all watch TV to see people rolling around in the bed. My favorite parts of the show are when Karen and Ivy are doing what they are there for. I do find it odd you did not mention Karen expect in passing. Her cover of that song, which I can't remember the name of, was awesome. And I don't know why I can't get it on iTunes. Also I loved the whole version of "History Is Made At Night". I also think Anjelica Houston's character is very cool.
again i am not making any excuses because it doesn't need any and when i say it is "understandable" it is not an excuse it is just the way it is. do you really mean to tell me you do not understand why she did it? "understandable" doesn't mean that it is good/bad/evil/right..... it mean that we get where she is coming from. and when i talked about the distinction between men/women, i meant it generally to other people, i didn't direct to you specifically, it was just sth i wanted to say at that moment.
when you said that just because she is "creative" it shouldn't make it okay, i get it but it is unrealistic. she is not only creative, she gets paid for envisioning other worlds, that makes for a weird grasp on the real world, believe me i grew up in a family where both my parents are directors, grandparents are either ballet dancers or musicians. the point is that her husband is not a part of that world and it can make it difficult to stay passionately connected.


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PINEHURST Curtis Strange isn't rooting against Justin Rose, not exactly. But Strange, a former Wake Forest golfer and Morehead City fisherman, remains the only back-to-back U.S. Open champion since Ben Hogan. He wouldn't mind holding onto that title a little longer.
Twenty-five years ago, Strange followed his 1988 win at The Country Club in Brookline, Mass., with victory at Oak Hill Country Club in Rochester, N.Y., proclaiming "Move over, Ben," on television afterward. He even had a shot at the triple in 1990 at Medinah Country Club in Medinah, Ill., before a final-round 75 left him six shots back.
"The longer it goes, the more fortunate I realize I was," Strange said. "I'd say you can play well and still not win, and I was a bit fortunate the second time, with Tom Kite not playing well on Sunday. The longer it goes, I'm not a Miami Dolphins-type person. I'm not rooting against him. I'm not drinking Champagne Sunday night."
Two of the closest since then were at Pinehurst No. 2, Tiger Woods missing by four strokes in 2009 and Retief Goosen by eight strokes in 2005, which might give 2013 champion Rose some hope. Certainly, Strange didn't expect to hold onto the title this long.
"Then they thought, if I could do it, it can be done a bunch in the future," Strange said, chuckling. "I don't know. Do I want to see somebody do it? Not particularly. But I'm not rooting against somebody."
Long time coming: David Gossett waited 14 years between U.S. Open appearances. He was exempt as the 2000 U.S. Amateur champion but hasn't been back since, winning on the PGA Tour in 2001 but not since, bouncing around between the Web.com Tour and some satellite mini-tours.
"It never got to a point where I chose not to play or was going to quit, never took any job interviews or anything," Gossett said. "Certainly there were times of disappointment and question marks, gosh, I mean, maybe I should pursue something else. But I never really went there long."
He had to survive 54 holes of local and sectional qualifying to make it to Pinehurst, and only made it into his sectional qualifier as an alternate. Gossett might be the longest of shots, but he's not short on optimism.
"I wouldn't throw down a $150 entry fee if I didn't think I could win," Gossett said.
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"I think we have a community among the three of us," Todd said. "We all come from great families. We grew up competing against each other, really have a respect for each other. And I think we have a good bond. It's been kind of exciting to see everybody do well."
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Bhanu K. Gouda, Mayfield Heights, OH US
|Patent application number
|BLENDING ALGORITHM FOR TRAJECTORY PLANNING - The present exemplary embodiment relates to motion control and planning algorithms to facilitate execution of a series of moves within a motion trajectory. In one example, a trajectory is specified as a sequence of one or more path segments. A velocity profile is calculated for each of the one or more path segments, wherein each velocity profile is divided into a blend-in region, a blend-out region and a remainder region. Each path segment is executed such that the blend-in region of its velocity profile overlaps only with the blend-out region of the previous profile.
|BLENDING ALGORITHM FOR TRAJECTORY PLANNING - The present exemplary embodiment relates to motion control and planning algorithms to facilitate execution of a series of moves within a motion trajectory. In one example, a trajectory is specified as a sequence of one or more path segments. A velocity profile is calculated for each of the one or more path segments, wherein each velocity profile is divided into a blend-in region, a blend-out region and a remainder region. Each path segment is executed such that the blend-in region of its velocity profile overlaps only with the blend-out region of the previous profile.
Hidefumi Gouda, Kanonji-Shi JP
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|MANUFACTURING METHOD OF ABSORBENT ARTICLE - A method of manufacturing an underpants-type absorbent article which method comprises each of the steps of transporting a continuous body of a sheet that forms a front piece or a back piece in the form of a sheet web in a machine direction, supplying a continuous elastic body to the sheet web while oscillating in a cross-machine direction, alternately positioning the continuous elastic body on the sheet web and outside the sheet web, attaching those portions of the continuous elastic body positioned on the sheet web to the sheet web, holding those portions of the continuous elastic body positioned outside the sheet web with a holder, and cutting and removing those portions of the continuous elastic body positioned outside the sheet web.
|MANUFACTURING METHOD OF ABSORBENT ARTICLE - A method of manufacturing an underpants-type absorbent article having an outer body provided with a mutually separate front piece, back piece and connecting sheet, and wherein the front piece and the back piece are mutually joined at side areas and are mutually connected by the connecting sheet extending in the front-to-rear direction at the crotch area, and an inner body containing an absorptive body and which is overlapped and anchored to the connecting sheet on the inside of the outer body, comprises, in turn, transporting a continuous body of the front piece in the form of a front piece web and a continuous body of the back piece in the form of a back piece web in a machine direction while maintaining a spacing area in a cross-machine direction, forming a continuous body of the outer body in the form of an outer body web by attaching the connecting sheet to the front piece web and the back piece web at intervals in the machine direction so as to straddle the spacing area, cutting the outer body web in order to form edges that define leg holes, and attaching the inner body to the outer body web.
|ABSORBENT ARTICLE - An underpants-type absorbent article having an outer body provided with a mutually separate front piece, back piece and connecting sheet, and wherein the front piece and the back piece are mutually joined at side areas and are mutually connected by the connecting sheet extending in an front-to-rear direction at the crotch area, and an inner body containing an absorptive body and which is overlapped and anchored to the connecting sheet on the inside of the outer body. At least a portion of both edges in the transverse direction of the connecting sheet are positioned farther to the inside in the transverse direction than both edges in the transverse direction of the inner body in a spacing area between the front piece and the back piece.
Hideki Gouda, Tokyo JP
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|METHOD FOR DETECTING AFFERENT LYMPH VESSEL INFLOW REGIONS AND METHOD FOR IDENTIFYING SPECIFIC CELLS - Regions where metastatic cancer cells can exist are detected with high accuracy in a sentinel lymph node. Quantum dots are injected into the vicinity of a cancer in a living body, thereby identifying the location of the sentinel lymph node by means of fluorescence. Subsequently, the sentinel lymph node is extracted. With respect to the sentinel lymph node extracted with quantum dots injected, structural analysis is conducted by means of precision fluorescence measurement which uses a confocal fluorescence microscope for monomolecular observation. Specifically, the fluorescence intensity is measured with respect to each of multiple areas in the sentinel lymph nodes, and out of the multiple areas measured, one or more areas are detected as afferent lymph vessel inflow regions in descending order of fluorescence intensity.
|METHOD FOR STAINING TISSUE - It is an object of the present invention to provide a tissue staining method that makes it possible to observe both information on the morphology of a tissue and information on a biological substance such as an antigen molecule to be detected on a single section and in a single view field. The present invention provides a tissue staining method, including carrying out (A) a HE (hematoxylin-eosin) staining, and (B) a histochemical staining, serially on a single tissue section, wherein the histochemical staining is defined as a histochemical technique for detecting a biological substance to be detected in a tissue in a visible manner by use of a binding reaction between the biological substance to be detected and a probe biological substance capable of binding specifically to the biological substance to be detected.
Hideki Gouda, Nerima-Ku JP
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|BIOLOGICAL SUBSTANCE DETECTION METHOD - A biological substance detection method for detecting a biological substance specifically in a pathological specimen, comprising a step of immunologically staining the pathological specimen using a fluorescent label, a step of staining the pathological specimen with a staining reagent for morphology observation purposes (eosin) to observe the morphology of the pathological specimen, a step of irradiating the stained pathological specimen, with excited light to cause the emission of a fluorescent and detecting the biological substance in the pathological specimen. In the step of immunologically staining the pathological specimen, a special fluorescent particle for which the excitation wavelength appears in a region that is different from the excitation wavelength region of eosin is used as the fluorescent label.
|TISSUE STAINING METHOD, TISSUE EVALUATION METHOD AND BIOSUBSTANCE DETECTION METHOD - A tissue staining method which comprises: staining a tissue with a staining reagent wherein a biosubstance recognition site is bonded to particles carrying multiple fluorescent substances accumulated therein; in the stained tissue, counting fluorescent points or measuring fluorescent brightness; and evaluating the expression level of a biosubstance, which matches the biosubstance recognition site, in the aforesaid tissue on the basis of the number of the fluorescent points or fluorescent brightness that was measured.
Kazuo Gouda, Kagawa JP
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|LIGHT-EMITTING DIODE DRIVER CIRCUIT AND LED LIGHT SOURCE - A light-emitting diode driver circuit and an LED light source which are capable of reliably turning OFF an LED even when an input voltage having a value smaller than a predetermined value is supplied. A light-emitting diode driver circuit for turning ON an LED includes: an inverter which outputs electric power for driving the LED; and an inverter control circuit which controls an operation of the inverter, and when a DC voltage applied to the inverter control circuit has a value smaller than the predetermined value, the inverter control circuit stops the operation of the inverter.
Keigo Gouda, Kawasaki-Shi JP
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|INK, INK CARTRIDGE AND INK JET RECORDING METHOD - Disclosed herein are an ink containing a self-dispersible pigment and a salt, wherein the self-dispersible pigment is a pigment to the surface of a particle of which a functional group containing at least a group having a hydrogen bonding property and two phosphonic acid groups is bonded, counter ions of the two phosphonic acid groups containing one of K
|INK, INK CARTRIDGE, INK JET RECORDING METHOD AND INK JET RECORDING APPARATUS - An ink jet ink including a self-dispersible pigment, a salt, a polyoxyethylene alkyl ether and a water-soluble organic solvent. The self-dispersible pigment is a pigment to a surface of a particle of which a functional group containing at least a phosphonic acid group is bonded, the introduced amount of the functional group bonded to the self-dispersible pigment is 0.10 to 0.33 mmol/g. The salt is constituted by combining a specific cation with a specific anion. The value (Concentration of anion)×(Valence number of anion) of the salt in the ink is 0.005 to 0.06 mol/L. The water-soluble organic solvent includes glycerol, the content of which in the ink is 35% to 78% by mass based on the total content of the water-soluble organic solvent in the ink.
|INK CARTRIDGE AND INK JET RECORDING METHOD - An ink cartridge including a housing formed with a resin and an ink stored in the housing, wherein the resin includes a white mica composition; the ink includes a salt and a self-dispersible pigment having a functional group that contains two phosphonic acid groups and is bonded to the particle surface thereof; the salt includes a specific cation and a specific anion; and an amount of calcium in the ink after the ink is preserved in the housing at 60° C. for 2 months is 10.0 ppm or less.
|INK, INK CARTRIDGE, AND INK JET RECORDING METHOD - The present invention provides an ink that can achieve image characteristics for recording an image having excellent optical density, bleeding resistance, and white blur resistance and also can achieve reliability that provides excellent sticking resistance to a recording head. The ink is one for ink jet containing a first pigment and second pigment. The first pigment is a self-dispersible pigment to a surface of a particle of which a first functional group containing a phosphonic acid group is bonded. The second pigment is a self-dispersible pigment to a surface of a particle of which a second functional group not containing a phosphonic acid group but containing an anionic group other than the phosphonic acid group, and further containing another atomic group is bonded. The introduced amount of the functional group of the second pigment is 0.25 mmol/g or more.
Patent applications by Keigo Gouda, Kawasaki-Shi JP
Khaled Gouda, Shrewsbury, MA US
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|Identification of an alternate contact for use in reaching a mobile device user - In one embodiment, a method includes detecting an unanswered communication received at a mobile device, identifying an alternate contact based on a location of the mobile device and a relationship between the mobile device user and the alternate contact, and transmitting a request to the alternate contact to notify the user of the mobile device of the communication. An apparatus and logic are also disclosed.
Khaled A. Gouda, Shrewsbury, MA US
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|Intelligent overload control for contact center - Particular embodiments provide intelligent overload control for contact centers. In one embodiment, an overload condition at a contact center is determined. When the overload condition exists, a contact evaluation metric for a connection to a contact is determined. The contact evaluation metric may evaluate the value of a contact, such as whether the contact is a high-value or low-value contact. An action to perform for the contact is then determined based on the contact evaluation metric. For example, if the contact is considered a high-value contact, then the contact may be serviced; however, if the contact is considered a low-value contact, then the contact may be gapped.
|CONTACT CENTER SIZING AND BROADCASTING BASED ON PROBABILITIES - A contact center or enterprise communication system is provided. The system includes a first contact associated with a first task offer; one or more resources operable to accept the first task offer; and a contact center or enterprise communication system operable to determine a broadcast group of the one or more resources as a function of an acceptance factor for one or more of the resources.
Mai Gouda, Osaka JP
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|IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, IMAGE FORMING SYSTEM, AND METHOD OF PRIVATE PRINTING - There is provided an image forming apparatus includes: a list transmitting unit configured to transmit a handling user list to the first terminal device; an inquiring unit configured to make an inquiry, when notification indicating that a specified handling user is selected, to a second terminal device to which the selected specified handling user is logging in, the inquiry relating to the handling of the execution of the private print; and a job recording unit configured to record, when notification transmitted from the second terminal device and indicating that the handling of the execution of the private print is agreed to is accepted, identification information for identifying the specified handling user thus agreeing and job data that corresponds to the print request accompanied by the private print instruction in association with each other.
|DISPLAY INPUT DEVICE CAPABLE OF INVOKING PROGRAM, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS INCLUDING THE SAME, AND DISPLAY METHOD FOR DISPLAY INPUT DEVICE CAPABLE OF INVOKING PROGRAM - Provided is a display input device including: an input portion for receiving: a designation input for designating a setting screen to be displayed by a program; a job execution start input for starting a job; and a re-invocation input for re-invoking the same program as the executed program; and a control portion for causing, when the program is re-invoked by means of the re-invocation input and the job execution start input, a display portion to display a setting screen that is subsequent, in display order of the program, to the setting screen for which the designation input has been made.
Makoto Gouda, Himeji-Shi JP
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|SEALING ARRANGEMENT FOR USE WITH GAS TURBINE ENGINE - A sealing member has a first portion. The first portion has a central axis, a first peripheral surface extending in a direction parallel to the central axis, and a central aperture. A first wall portion of a groove has a recess communicated with the first opening of the first channel. The recess has a second peripheral surface complementary to the first peripheral surface of the first portion of the sealing member. The first portion of the sealing member moves radially toward and away from the rotational axis as the first peripheral surface of the sealing member defines and maintains a first sealing contact with the second peripheral surface of the recess. The sealing member moves radially outwardly and thereby makes a second sealing contact surrounding the second opening of the second channel to establish a communication between the first and second openings.
Mitsunobu Gouda, Ibaraki JP
|Patent application number
|PRINTING SYSTEM, PRINTING APPARATUS, AND CONVEYANCE CONTROL METHOD - A printing system includes first and second printing apparatuses that form images on first and second surfaces of a continuous recording sheet, respectively. The second printing apparatus includes a printing unit that forms a toner image on the sheet; a conveying unit that conveys the sheet at a reference speed in the printing unit; a fixing-conveying unit that conveys the sheet and fixes the toner image adhered to the sheet; a buffer unit that takes up slack in the sheet generated because of a difference in conveyance between the conveying unit and the fixing-conveying unit; a determining unit that determines a brake force for stopping conveyance of the fixing-conveying unit, based on a buffer amount of the buffer unit, which corresponds to the slack in the sheet; and a conveyance control unit that performs control to stop conveyance of the sheet by the determined brake force.
|Mark detecting device, adjustment method, and printing apparatus - A mark detecting device detects a positioning mark on a transfer medium based on light that is emitted to and then reflected from the transfer medium. The mark detecting device includes a light emitting unit that emits light to a target position on the transfer medium; a light receiving unit that receives light reflected from the target position; and an adjusting unit that rotatably supports a detecting unit including at least one of the light emitting unit and the light receiving unit about a center of rotation, which passes through the target position, on the transfer medium and adjusts the rotation angle of the detecting unit with respect to the center of rotation.
|PRINTING APPARATUS AND FEEDING CONTROL METHOD - According to the embodiment, a printing apparatus includes: a printing unit that forms an image on a web; a first feeding unit that feeds the web; a second feeding unit downstream of the printing unit in a feed direction; a buffer unit that has a buffer plate and absorbs flexure of the web generated by the two feeding units by operating the buffer plate; a first feeding control unit that causes the first feeding unit to execute a first deceleration operation; and a second feeding control unit that causes the second feeding unit to execute the first deceleration operation when a trigger for stopping the feed of the web has occurred, measures a feed amount of the web fed by the second feeding unit, and changes the first deceleration operation to a second deceleration operation based on the feed amount.
Nanae Gouda, Fukushima JP
|Patent application number
|COMPOSITE POWDER AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING SAME - An object of the present invention is to provide a composite powder that is stable even if it is present in water for a long time. A composite powder, comprising: an inorganic powder; a first coating layer containing a water-repellent organic compound on the surface of the inorganic powder; and a second coating layer which contains at least one compound selected from the group consisting of silicon oxide, silicon oxide hydrate, aluminum oxide, and aluminum hydroxide, and which is formed on the first coating layer.
Tetsuya Gouda, Himeji-Shi JP
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|LIGHT SOURCE DEVICE - [Object] To provide a light source device which allows the lighting starting properties of a high-pressure discharge lamp to be reliably improved without increasing the entire length of the light source device and exposing an auxiliary lamp to the outside.
Tetsuya Gouda, Hyogo JP
|Patent application number
|High Pressure Discharge Lamp With Auxiliary Lamp - A high pressure discharge lamp with auxiliary lamp comprises: a high pressure discharge lamp having an arc tube and at least one sealing portion, a pair of main electrodes, and a pair of feeders supplying power to the main electrodes; an auxiliary lamp having an airtight case, an inner electrode, and an outer electrode, wherein the inner electrode is arranged at a position so as to part the inner space to large and small spaces, the outer electrode is arranged at a position so as to face the large space, the auxiliary lamp as arranged as the large space faces the sealing portion.
Tsuyoshi Gouda, Ishikawa JP
|Patent application number
|CHARGING APPARATUS - Intended is to reduce pressure fluctuations across a filter (
Wataru Gouda, Shiga JP
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|OPTICAL WAVEGUIDE FILM - An optical waveguide film is provided having a cross-sectional structure wherein claddings composed of a thermoplastic resin B and dispersions (cores) composed of a thermoplastic resin A extend in the machine direction of the film and are arrayed in the transverse direction of the film, the optical waveguide film comprising not less than 3 cores, diameters (We1, We2) of cores located at the both ends in the transverse direction of the film and diameter (Wc) of a core in the central portion in the transverse direction of the film satisfying the following Formulae (1) and (2), the optical waveguide film comprising a continuous cladding layer at least one side thereof, the thicknesses of the cladding layers (Te1, Te2) at the both ends thereof in the transverse direction of the film and the thickness (Tc) of the cladding layer in the central portion in the transverse direction of the film satisfying the following Formulae (3) and (4):
|LAMINATED FILM AND MOLDING AND REFLECTOR - A laminated film with 200 or more laminated layers which include at least layers comprising a resin A and layers comprising a resin B where, taking the layers comprising the resin A having a layer thickness from 10 nm to 1000 nm as a layer group L, the layer group L has layers La, Lb and Lc and, in the direction from one surface to the other, these are arranged in the order of the layer La, the layer Lb, and the layer Lc, the thicknesses of the layers La and Lc are the same and at least 30 layers, each layer comprising the resin A, are included between the layer La and the layer Lc, and the thickness of the layer La is at least 1.4-fold or more and 0.7-hold or less the thickness of the layer Lb.
|LAMINATED FILM AND MOLDED BODY - A laminated film includes a structure where each 200 layers or more of a layer composed of a resin A (A layer) and a layer composed of a resin B (B layer) are alternately laminated, wherein a relative reflectance in a wavelength range of 400 nm to 1000 nm is 30% or more, tensile stresses at 100% elongation in a longitudinal direction and a width direction of the film are 3 MPa or more and 90 MPa or less in a tensile test at 150° C., and the number of layers with a layer pair-thickness of 120 nm or more and less than 220 nm is 1.05 times or more to 2.5 times or less the number of layers with a layer-thickness of 220 nm or more and 320 nm or less.
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Wataru Gouda, Otsu JP
|Patent application number
|LAMINATE FILM AND AUTOMOTIVE WINDOW GLASS USING SAME - A multilayer film includes 50 or more layers of each of two or more thermoplastic resins having different optical properties are alternately laminated with each other, wherein the average reflectance in a wavelength range of 900 to 1,200 nm is 70% or higher; both of the differences between the a* values (Δa*) and between the b* values (Δb*), respectively, of transmitted light incoming at an angle of 12° and of transmitted light incoming at an angle of 45° are 10 or less; and the multilayer film comprises a bandwidth of not less than 50 nm where the transmittance is 80% or lower in a wavelength range of 400 to 800 nm.
William C. Gouda, Princeton, NJ US
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|Pull-cord keeper for window treatment assembles - A pull-cord keeper provided for a window treatment assembly having a length of cord for raising and lowering the assembly, where the keeper comprises a housing configured for secure mounting attachment on a wall near an upper portion of the window treatment assembly, the housing further defining a cavity therein; an opening in communication with the cavity; a spool adapted for rotational movement within the cavity to reel and collect through the opening a length of the cord; and a spring and spindle non-removably sealed in a cavity of the spool assembly for spring biasing the spool in a rotational direction for reeling the length of cord during a constant spring-loaded state to keep the cord out of the reach of children and pets at all times.
Yoshiaki Gouda, Tokyo-To JP
|Patent application number
|AIR-CONDITIONING CONTROL APPARATUS - An air-conditioning control apparatus for controlling an air conditioner configured to supply conditioned air into a space to be air-conditioned so that a temperature of a predetermined section in a plurality of sections in the space to be air-conditioned becomes a set temperature, the air-conditioning control apparatus comprising:
|ILLUMINATION CONTROL APPARATUS - An illumination control apparatus configured to control brightness of a plurality of illumination devices that is provided in a plurality of sections, respectively, includes: a detection unit configured to detect presence or absence of a person in each of the plurality of sections based on an output of a video camera configured to take images of the plurality of sections; and a control unit configured to turn on an illumination device of a detected section among the plurality of illumination devices, the detected section being a section where a person is detected, turn off an illumination device of a section other than the detected section and an adjacent section among the plurality of illumination devices, the adjacent section being a section adjacent to the detected section, and control brightness of the illumination device of the adjacent section so that illuminance of the detected section becomes predetermined illuminance.


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BRING BACK LOCAL DJ's in the morning and afternoon!!
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Meet your favorite on-air personalities as we show you to your table, pour your coffee, and collect all the tips for the day (don't worry though — we'll leave the cooking to the Northside). Broadcast your love of WEMU online by confirming your attendance on Facebook!
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10. Show up wearing a Charles Manson tee shirt and carrying a dog-eared copy of "Helter Skelter". Every so often, giggle for no reason.
9. As the judge reads the list of charges, count them down on your fingers, loudly saying "check" after each one.
8. Fake narcolepsy.
7. Bring your kids with you. Be sure to feed them a hearty breakfast of Nerds and Twinkies first.
6. Wait until the judge asks you a routine jury polling question, then stand up and shout, "You can't handle the truth!"
5. Ask to see the breastfeeding facilities.
4. Start booing and hissing whenever the defense attorney gets up to make a statement.
3. When you're asked to take the juror's oath, insist on translating it into Klingon.
2. Whisper loudly to the potential juror beside you: "This show was so much better when Jerry Orbach was on it!"
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Sept. 28 (Bloomberg) -- Crude oil fell in New York, heading for the biggest quarterly drop since 2008, on concern that Europe's debt crisis will linger and on rising U.S. stockpiles.
Futures dropped 3.8 percent as German Chancellor Angela Merkel signaled policy makers may review Greece's second bailout after inspectors rule on whether the country is meeting the terms of its current package. Supplies rose 1.92 million barrels to 341 million last week, the U.S. Energy Department said today. Prices rose 5.3 percent yesterday, the biggest gain since May 9.
"The markets are questioning the details of the European bailout," said Tom Bentz, a broker with BNP Paribas Commodity Futures Inc. in New York. "The market surged yesterday and we're now seeing it give back most of those gains. The move higher was overdone."
Crude oil for November delivery declined $3.24 to settle at $81.21 a barrel on the New York Mercantile Exchange. Futures are down 8.6 percent this month and 11 percent this year. Prices have dropped 15 percent since the end of June, the biggest quarterly loss since the last three months of 2008.
Brent oil for November settlement fell $3.33, or 3.1 percent, to end the session at $103.81 a barrel on the London- based ICE Futures Europe exchange. It traded at a premium of $22.60 to New York crude, down from a record $26.87 on Sept. 6.
Greece's "numbers in September, as it now seems, were again different from what we expected under the program," Merkel told Greek broadcaster NET when asked whether the second bailout agreed by European leaders on July 21 will be revised.
Return to Athens
Experts from the European Commission, European Central Bank and International Monetary Fund will return to Athens tomorrow as officials race to put in place a package of measures that will contain Greece. Euro-area finance ministers will hold a meeting on Greece in October amid concerns that a default could plunge the global economy into recession.
"Market sentiment changes from one day to the next based on optimism or despair about the Greek situation," said Gene McGillian, an analyst and broker at Tradition Energy in Stamford, Connecticut. "Prices are hemmed in, moving in either direction on the most recent headlines about the European debt crisis and the U.S. economy."
Merkel's remarks came as a person familiar with the matter said German banks are resisting pressure to accept larger writedowns on their Greek holdings. Lawmakers have called on lenders to accept a larger writedown than the 21 percent proposed by the Institute of International Finance, an industry group, said a person briefed on the talks.
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Earlier, the Financial Times Deutschland reported euro members have started talks on renegotiating the second bailout. Banks and insurance companies might have to increase their contribution to the rescue package, the German newspaper said, citing unidentified people familiar with the situation.
The Standard & Poor's 500 Index dropped 1.4 percent to 1,159.01 and the Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 1 percent to 11,079.24.
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It's been a while since I finished Gears of War 3. I liked it and everything but I was majorly bummed that it never revealed why the Locust Queen looks like a human. It was one thing that I really wanted to know. Needed to know. How the hell could developer Epic be so cruel and leave a loose end hanging like that? It's a question that still burns me like a urinary infection.
So in the absence of actual official canon clarification (or anything better to do), I thought I would knock together a few possible but not all entirely probable explanations as to why Gears of War's Locust Queen looks like a human and nothing at all like a Locust. Here we go.
Note: This is all speculation. Half of it is a bit serious. The other half is mostly nonsense. Which is what speculation is really.
As a frustrated housewife, she was looking for a way out of the daily grind and spotted a vacancy for 'monarch of subterranean species' posted at www.jacinto-jobs.com. As the only applicant, she was promptly offered the position, along with a very reasonable starting salary and attractive dental plan. Having recently been embroiled in a bitter financial dispute with her orthodontist, she jumped at the chance. Her teeth have never been better.
Remember that creepy bit in Gears 2 when Delta Team explores the abandoned New Hope Research Facility? Yeah, there was definitely some weird shit going on in that place before it was decommissioned. Documents from the facility mention fairly dubious sounding experiments involving human test subjects.
What happened to those unfortunate lab rats? Nobody knows. They were taken to the mountainous Mount Kadar region and none of them were ever heard from again. Maybe these 'experiments' eventually evolved into the Locust? Or perhaps one of the subjects was found and raised by the Locust and she eventually became their Queen. A bit like Tarzan but with less monkeys and stampeding elephants.
Because she actually is. Or, at least, both characters are voiced by the same person - Carolyn Seymour. So maybe it's a genius cross-promotional brandmogrification marketing exercise in which the Mass Effect and Gears of War universes collide and Dr Chakwas reveals herself to be the Locust Queen. Also, the Citadel turns out to be Marcus Fenix's left arm.
The Locust Queen is a Locust, but has undergone extensive aesthetic facial surgery and body restructuring work. Because she's worth it.
What is going on with Adam Fenix and the Locust Queen? There is definitely an implied personal connection between the two of them. It's no wonder people have started gossiping. Could old man Fenix and Myrrah done the sexy and made Marcus? It's a video game, so literally anything is possible. But personally I don't think so.
Marcus has a mum. She's called Elain. This is well documented. For the Marcus mum theory to work, Adam would of been having an affair with the Locust Queen behind Elain's back over two decades before Emergence Day happened. Even for a video game that's a stupid storyline and could only work if everyone was really, really stoned. But there is another possibility...
The fate of Elain Fenix isn't covered at any great length in the games, although in the novels it says that she died while doing research in the Hollow - the underground home of the Locust. Basically, if Epic wanted to fudge this with a 'oh she actually went missing and somehow became the Locust Queen' it could totally happen because it's their game and they can do whatever the hell they want and you can't do anything about it so shut up.
It was carefully and very cleverly planned by Gears developer Epic from the very start that the Locust Queen's story would remain untold throughout the trilogy. The answers revealing why she looks human reserved instead for future DLC (perhaps next month's 'RAAM's Shadow' add-on will reveal something?) or more Gears of War games or an expanded universe novel or as part of a cross-promotional deal with Subway that involves the Locust Queen appearing on a TV commercial saying something stupid like: "I must be human because Subway's delicious Meatball Marinara is my favourite type of grub!"
I only came up with this theory because the Locust Queen's name - Myrrah - reminds me of the word 'mirror'. So logically that led me to surmise that she has shifted her shape to reflect the image of a human being. Like a mirror. I also suspect that in a previous life I was a cunning detective.
Admittedly this idea is pretty out there, but just imagine this scenario for a minute. When designing the Locust Queen, Epic ran through a whole bunch of concepts and eventually decided that the human-looking Locust Queen was the one that looked the best. The easiest on the eye. A bit sexy even. What was the alternative - a Berserker with a crown and sceptre? No big mystery. Just a design decision. Pure and simple.
The following is an extract of a conversation that might of happened in the Epic office during the Locust Queen design meeting:
Cliffy B: "Cool. So that's the Locust Queen sorted. Let's drink beer."
Epic intern: "Yeah, but how are we going to explain why she looks human?"
Cliffy B: "Relax bro, it's not a problem."
Epic intern: "Yeah, but..."
Cliffy B: *pushes big red button* *intern falls into shark-infested pool* *is ripped apart by sharks*
So that's what I've got. Anyone care to offer any other possible explanations as to why the leader of the big ugly living underground Locust looks like a pretty sexy human woman? Please stuff the section below with your thoughts and comments.
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STCU is the third-largest credit union in Washington and the largest credit union in the Inland Northwest. It has 110,000 members with branches in Eastern Washington and North Idaho.
The Best Places to Work ranking at cnnmoney.com praises STCU for a culture of celebration, fun and commitment to employees. The review noted STCU provides a tuition reimbursement for its staff of up to $8,225 per year for related studies.
"It allows parents to take time off for their kids' first day of kindergarten and first grade, as well as for parent-teacher conferences," the magazine said.
The top-ranked medium-sized business in the ranking was Acuity, an insurance company based in Sheboygan, Wis. A total of 25 companies are listed.
Fortune's lists also include the annual 100 Best Companies to Work For. Northwest companies on that list include: Perkins Coie law firm, No. 58; Nordstrom, No. 61; Umpqua Bank in Portland, No. 69; Starbucks, No. 73,, Microsoft, No. 76; Everett Clinic, No. 87; and Schweitzer Engineering, No. 97.
For the second year in a row, Spokane's Lee & Hayes was cited as the No. 1 patent law firm in the United States, based on patent quality. Intellectual Asset Management Magazine publishes the winners and uses a ranking system developed by Ocean Tomo. Ocean Tomo is a patent ratings company that specializes in assigning value to intellectual patents.
The magazine also hailed Lee & Hayes for being No. 1 in the information technology industry. Notably, Seattle's Perkins Coie landed at No. 6 for overall top IP firms.
The rankings appeared in the May-June issue of the magazine.
Ocean Tomo's ranking system relies on the premise that patent quality is a stronger measure of an intellectual property (IP) portfolio's strategic value than the number of patents.
Lee & Hayes has continued to expand its operations. It recently opened a new office in Vancouver, Wash., focusing on clients in the Portland area.
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When attorney general candidate Dan Boyce filed a defamation lawsuit against Roy Cooper, his campaign committee and aides over a campaign television commercial, Bill Clinton was just wrapping up two terms as president and Jim Hunt was ending four terms as governor.
Thirteen years later, the lawsuit is back where it started in Wake County Superior Court.
There's been no final ruling on whether the current attorney general libeled his 2000 Republican opponent in an ad about legal fees sought in a 1990s class-action tax case against the state. Cooper defeated Boyce by 5 percentage points.
A jury trial may finally occur after a judge set an April 28 date while meeting this month with lawyers involved in the case. The case continues as Cooper, a Democrat, plans for a 2016 campaign for governor.
The litigation has hardly been dormant. There have been at least three significant trial court rulings and three written opinions from the state Court of Appeals. The state Supreme Court and U.S. Supreme Court also has been asked several times to get involved, but they've declined to do so. Two Cooper campaign aides were removed as defendants. Depositions have been taken.
Gene Boyce, Boyce's father and another plaintiff, still remains eager to try the case, saying the perception of the family's integrity in the legal profession remains at stake due to a false ad. Cooper's attorneys have sought unsuccessfully to end the case. They've defended the commercial and have said the other side can't prove its contents are false.
Now 81 years old, Gene Boyce said in court that four potential witnesses have died since the lawsuit was filed.
"All I wanted to do is get a jury to say what the truth is," Gene Boyce said.
The television commercial that ran in the final days before the November 2000 election said that Dan Boyce's law firm "sued the state, charging $28,000 an hour in lawyer fees to the taxpayers. The judge said 'it shocks the conscience.' "
The ad referred to a lawsuit filed by North Carolina residents who paid a tax on stocks and other securities that was ultimately found unconstitutional. These people, who paid the tax under protest, received a $146 million settlement. The proposed fees were rejected by the judge at the time and later reduced.
Dan Boyce has said his law firm wasn't involved in the case at the time of the settlement – Gene Boyce and another law firm handled that portion of the case. Dan Boyce's firm, which later included his father, helped handle another portion of the lawsuit filed by those who didn't pay the tax under protest.
Lawyers for Cooper's side wrote in briefs that Cooper and aide Julia White – now a senior policy adviser in the Attorney General's Office – said the ad's contents were based on research and Dan Boyce's own campaign literature and statements taking credit for lots of litigation involving him, his law firm and family. Competing briefs also have questioned whether "negligence" or "actual malice" standards apply to determine whether people acted in a defamatory manner.
Court of Appeals rulings in 2002 and 2011 sided with Boyce on separate matters. The case is back before Superior Court Judge Osmond Smith, who asked the lawyers this month whether an out-of-court settlement was possible. Gene Boyce suggested in court it would be difficult without an apology and retraction.
Cooper, through a spokesman, declined to comment because the litigation is pending.
"We have tried to find a reasonable resolution to this matter for years and will continue to do so," Cooper campaign spokesman Morgan Jackson said in a statement. "If a resolution cannot be reached, we look forward to telling our story in court."
The lawsuit contends the purported defamation also harmed the professional reputation of Dan and Gene Boyce; Laura Boyce Isley, Dan's sister; and Philip Isley, her husband. They all worked at the Boyce & Isley law firm, which has since disbanded. By the ad saying the law firm "charged" large fees, rather than requesting fees, the four attorneys are susceptible to allegations of violating State Bar's rules against charging a "clearly excessive fee," Gene Boyce said.
Hugh Stevens, a North Carolina media law attorney, said he's bothered by the length of time it's taken for the case to be resolved. But he also believes the 2002 Court of Appeals ruling misapplied the rules for libel law established by the state Supreme Court in the 1930s. Stevens said confusion remains in the legal field and a ruling by a higher state or federal court is needed.
"If a trial's the only way to get there, then I guess that's what needs to happen," Stevens said.
The Cooper campaign isn't paying for lawsuit legal expenses – rather they're being paid through insurance policy claims, according to a document filed with the State Board of Elections by Cooper's committee.
Barring a bombshell against Cooper at trial, the case probably won't damage Cooper's gubernatorial bid, said David McLennan, a political science professor at William Peace University in Raleigh. Republicans seeking to keep Gov. Pat McCrory in office are likely to use the case against Cooper if he loses.
Still, McLennan said, "most voters are not really going to pay attention because it happened so long ago."
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