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Embodiments of the present invention test the quality of data transfer between wireless devices by monitoring the performance of the protocol layers used by those devices. Some embodiments of the present invention measure the rate at which data is successfully transferred by the individual protocol layers of the device, and display these rates in real time using a graphic user interface (GUI). This real time GUI can then used by designers to investigate the efficiency of various wireless device designs.
1. A method of testing wireless device data transfer, said method comprising:
transferring data through a plurality of protocol layers used by said device; and
testing said transfer by measuring at least one performance characteristic of two or more of said protocol layers.
2. The method of
measuring a rate said data is successfully transferred by said at least one of said protocol layers.
3. The method of
simulating a wireless network with a tester in communication with said device, wherein said tester measures said at least one performance characteristic.
4. The method of
simulating a plurality of wireless networks with said tester.
5. The method of
simulating another wireless network with a second tester in communication with a second device, wherein said second tester measures at least one performance characteristic of at least one protocol layer of said second device; and
transmitting data between said tester and said second tester via an internet protocol, whereby said data is transmitted between said device and said second device.
6. The method of
displaying said measurements in real time via a graphic user interface.
7. The method of
measuring a performance characteristic of a plurality of aspects of said at least one of said protocol layers.
8. The method of
9. A system for testing a wireless device, said system comprising:
data captured by said wireless device, wherein said data passes through at least two protocol layers and is transmitted; and
a tester receiving said transmission, wherein said tester measures the performance of said at least two protocol layers.
10. The system of
11. The system of
an additional tester in communication with said tester and receiving a transmission for an additional wireless device, whereby data is transferred between said wireless device and additional wireless device.
12. The system of
13. The system of
a graphic user interface displaying said measurement in real time.
14. The system of
15. The system of
16. The system of
17. The system of
measuring a successful data transfer rate for each of a plurality of aspects of said protocol layer.
18. The system of
19. A tester for testing a wireless device data transfer, said tester comprising:
a means for receiving data from said device, wherein said data passes through at least two protocol layers resident on said device;
a means of measuring data transfer rates of said at least two protocol layers; and
a means of producing a graphic user interface displaying at least one of said data transfer rates.
20. The tester of
21. The tester of
22. The tester of
a transmitter operable to transmit said data via an internet protocol.
23. The tester of
a receiver receiving return data in an internet protocol; and
an antenna transmitting said return data to said device.
24. The tester of
a processor analyzing said data to determine said data transfer rate.
The present invention is directed to the testing of mobile devices, and more particularly towards the analysis of protocol layer performance during data transfer.
Modern mobile devices are capable of transferring an increasing variety of data types, and those types continue to grow in complexity. In order handle the transfer of these ever more complex data types, designers must continue to design and test more sophisticated mobile devices. For example, cellular telephones, once the transmitters and receivers of simple voice data, are now capable of playing and sending music, capturing and transmitting photographic images, and even recording and sending video. As the designs of these devices grow more intricate, it becomes increasingly important to be able to test the performance of each aspect involved in data transfer.
Designers of mobile devices typically test the efficiency of data transfers by using testers that can simulate the wireless networks the devices normally use. A tester for mobile telephones, for example, may simulate a mobile telephone network by receiving data from a telephone under test and translating that data into internet protocol (IP) for transmission to an IP network or a second tester. An IP network may be used when testing only one device. When a second tester is used, the second tester can simulate the wireless network of a destination telephone by translating the data received from the first tester into a format suitable for transmission to the destination mobile telephone. How well one mobile telephone transmits data to a second mobile telephone is typically determined by monitoring the IP format data stream as it passed between the two testers. Monitoring this through-put under a variety of conditions allows the designers to see how well different device configurations perform.
Many different phenomena and environmental conditions can effect the data transfer. For example, the rate of data transmitted by mobile telephones can be affected by weather conditions, physical obstacles along the transmission path, the type of data being transmitted, the physical attributes of the device, loss of signal, or other like conditions. Measuring the through-put between testers provides a measure of how well a tested device design as a whole performs under the conditions. However, this provides limited insight into how well the various aspects of the mobile device are performing individually.
Within the devices themselves, the transfer of data is typically achieved within the context of a layered architecture. In a layered framework, data is transferred from a source to a destination by passing through a succession of stacked layers, referred to as protocols. Each protocol layer accepts data from the one above it, alters the data appropriately, and then passes it to the next protocol layer in the stack. A typical mobile device will have a plurality of protocol layers responsible for transforming a data file from a form generated by an application into a form suitable for transmission. These same protocols will act in reverse to transform a received data file into a form suitable for use by an application. A mobile telephone, for example, will capture a data file, such as a video file, using a camera application. The video file will then be passed through a succession of protocol layers until it is in a format suitable for transmission to a tester or other device (typically via radio frequency). The typical methods of measuring the through-put between testers can measure the real time performance of this protocol stack as a whole, but it does not provide real-time information on how well each layer in the stack is performing individually.
Embodiments of the present invention test the quality of data transfer between wireless devices by monitoring the performance of the protocol layers used by those devices. Some embodiments of the present invention measure the rate at which data is successfully transferred by the individual protocol layers of the device, and then display those rates in real time using a graphic user interface (GUI). This real time GUI can then used by designers to investigate the efficiency of various wireless device designs.
Systems arranged in accordance with the present invention may include a first tester in communication with a first device and a second tester in communication with a second device, where data is transferred between the two testers using an internet protocol. In one such embodiment, each tester incorporates a processor capable of analyzing the data transmitted by their associated wireless device. Each processor may then determine the data transfer rate of the individual protocol layers within their respective device. Such a system could then display these transfer rates in real time in order to provide an analysis of how data is transferred from the capturing application of the first device to the presenting application on the second device.
One such embodiment uses a tester, arranged in accordance with the present invention, that simulates a wireless network typically used by a mobile telephone. When an application, such as a camera feature, of the mobile telephone captures data, the captured data is passed through the telephone's protocol layers, and wirelessly transmitted to the tester. At least one analysis module within the tester measures the rate at which each protocol layer successfully transfers the data and displays those rates on a monitor. The designer of the telephone can then use these measurements to analyze how well the telephone design performs under different conditions.
The foregoing has outlined rather broadly the features and technical advantages of the present invention in order that the detailed description of the invention that follows may be better understood. Additional features and advantages of the invention will be described hereinafter which form the subject of the claims of the invention. It should be appreciated that the conception and specific embodiment disclosed may be readily utilized as a basis for modifying or designing other structures for carrying out the same purposes of the present invention. It should also be realized that such equivalent constructions do not depart from the invention as set forth in the appended claims. The novel features which are believed to be characteristic of the invention, both as to its organization and method of operation, together with further objects and advantages will be better understood from the following description when considered in connection with the accompanying figures. It is to be expressly understood, however, that each of the figures is provided for the purpose of illustration and description only and is not intended as a definition of the limits of the present invention.
For a more complete understanding of the present invention, reference is now made to the following descriptions taken in conjunction with the accompanying drawing, in which:
In order to test a device design, data is typical captured by a device, such as source device 110, and transmitted to a source device tester, such as tester 120. Source device tester 120 will then simulate a wireless network, such as the one used by source device 110 during normal operation, by receiving the transmitted data from source device 110 and preparing the data for transmission to a destination tester via an internet protocol (IP). The destination device tester 130 is used to simulate the wireless network used by destination mobile device 140 during normal operation, and prepares the data received from source tester 120 for transmission, via RF, to destination device 140. Typical testing systems will determine the efficiency of data transfer between device 110 and device 140 by measuring the data transfer rate between tester 120 and tester 130. But such measurements do not provide insight into the efficiency of the individual layers of devices 110 and 140.
Typical wireless networks will contain some type of base station sub-system (BSS), some type of Gateway GPRS (general packet radio service) Support Node (GGSN), and/or some type of Serving GPRS Support Node (SGSN). To simulate wireless networks, testers 120 and 130 will typically simulate portions of each of these features, but the manner of such simulation, and the particular portions simulated, will depend on the device tested. The embodiments of the present invention are not limited to any particular manner of network simulation.
Typically, devices capable of capturing data and transmitting that data to a destination do so by passing that data through a number of protocol layers. In the example embodiment of
Each layer must translate the data into a form appropriate for the layer directly following. Inherent to this translation is an error rate associated with conditions such as environmental conditions, internal connections, software errors, protocol stack overflow, limited processing power of the mobile CPU (central processing unit), and/or other like factors. Because each layer will be effected by the above factors differently, each of these layers may pass the data through at a different rate.
Tester 120 receives the data in the form of an RF signal, and simulates the kind of wireless network that source device 110 would use during normal operation. This simulation is achieved in part by translating the data received from source device 110 into a format suitable for transmission to destination tester 130. Typically, a tester will use an IP format and transmit that data over a local are network (LAN) connection, however, other format types and/or connection types may be used. Traditional methods of testing measure the data transfer rate through-put of the LAN transmission between testers. The embodiment of the present invention depicted in
Destination tester 130 simulates a wireless network that would typically be used by destination device 140 during normal operation. This simulation is achieved in part by translating the data received from source tester 130 into a format suitable for RF transmission. The data is received by destination device 140, where it passes through (in reverse) a protocol stack similar to that of source device 110. Destination device 140 is not limited to the specific protocol layers depicted in
System 100 is additionally capable of two-way communication. Thus destination device 140 is capable of capturing data and transmitting it to source device 110. The process of this transmission in the depicted embodiment is merely the reverse of the process described above with destination device 140 acting as the source device, destination tester 130 acting as the source tester, source tester 120 acting as the destination tester, and source device 110 acting as the destination device.
It will be appreciated, that embodiments of the present invention are not limited to the example embodiment depicted in
While the embodiment of
Graph 221 may be in the form of a graphic user interface (GUI) and displayed on a monitor in communication with tester 120. In the embodiment depicted, graph 220 represents the real time data transfer rates of layers 111-117 as bars 211-217 corresponding to the percentage of successful frame transmission through each protocol layer. For example, at the moment in time captured by
Tester 120 may further include analysis module 121, which is adapted according to one embodiment of the present invention. When implemented via computer-executable instructions, various elements of analysis module 121 are the software code defining the operations of such various elements. The executable instructions or software code may be obtained from a readable medium (e.g., a hard drive media, optical media, EPROM, EEPROM, tape media, cartridge media, flash memory, ROM, memory stick, and/or the like), or communicated via a data signal from a communication medium (e.g., the Internet). In fact, readable media can include any medium that can store or transfer information.
Analysis module 121 comprises an example system on which embodiments of the present invention may be implemented (such as a GUI that includes graph 221 of
Analysis module 121 also may include random access memory (RAM) 403, which may be SRAM, DRAM, SDRAM, or the like. Analysis module 121 may includes read-only memory (ROM) 404 which may be PROM, EPROM, EEPROM, or the like. RAM 403 and ROM 404 hold user and system data and programs, as is well known in the art.
Analysis module may also include input/output (I/O) adapter 405, communications adapter 411, user interface adapter 408, and display adapter 409. I/O adapter 405, user interface adapter 408, and/or communications adapter 411 may, in certain embodiments, enable a user to interact with computer system 400 in order to input information, such as display parameters for the data rate measurements.
I/O adapter 405 communicatively connects analysis module 121 to wireless module 430 and IP transmission module 440. This connection provides the input from which the measurements are extracted. Alternatively. I/O adapter may be connected to a mobile device using a direct connection that provides the protocol stack measurements. I/O adapter 405 also connects to storage device(s) 406, such as one or more of hard drive, compact disc (CD) drive, floppy disk drive, tape drive, etc. analysis module 121. The storage devices may be utilized when RAM 403 is insufficient for the memory requirements associated with storing the measurements taken during the testing of mobile devices. Communications adapter 411 is preferably adapted to couple tester 120 to network 412 used, for example, to control or monitor a plurality of testers. User interface adapter 408 couples user input devices, such as keyboard 413, pointing device 407, and microphone 414 and/or output devices, such as speaker(s) 415 to analysis module 121. Display adapter 409 is driven by CPU 401 to control the display on display device 410 to, for example, display the user interface (such as a GUI that includes graph 221 of
It shall be appreciated that the present invention is not limited to the architecture of system 400. For example, any suitable processor-based device may be utilized, including without limitation personal computers, laptop computers, computer workstations, and multi-processor servers. Moreover, embodiments of the present invention may be implemented on application specific integrated circuits (ASICs) or very large scale integrated (VLSI) circuits. In fact, persons of ordinary skill in the art may utilize any number of suitable structures capable of executing logical operations according to the embodiments of the present invention.
Although the present invention and its advantages have been described in detail, it should be understood that various changes, substitutions and alterations can be made herein without departing from the invention as defined by the appended claims. Moreover, the scope of the present application is not intended to be limited to the particular embodiments of the process, machine, manufacture, composition of matter, means, methods and steps described in the specification. As one will readily appreciate from the disclosure, processes, machines, manufacture, compositions of matter, means, methods, or steps, presently existing or later to be developed that perform substantially the same function or achieve substantially the same result as the corresponding embodiments described herein may be utilized. Accordingly, the appended claims are intended to include within their scope such processes, machines, manufacture, compositions of matter, means, methods, or steps.
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Most of our choice's aren't choice's at all. We are driven to do most of the things we do good or bad. As far as free will goes, I didn't choose to be born here in the first place. All of us are here NOT because of our free will. We kinda woke up here one day in human form Huh? I suspect you think life is some precious gift don't you. May want to take a closer look at your/our situation if you aren't too fearful of the thing you worship. But then again you aren't supposed to question it are you?
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You are right, our choices are usually at the end of a progression of influencing factors and external stimuli. However, each one of those factors and stimuli involved their own separate choices on your part, and if you possessed the knowledge, experience, and wisdom to make the right choice, you did so and did not suffer. Just as we would not touch a hot stove twice, neither should we do so with things that result in emotional pain.
As far as debating the free will of your existence, you negate your existence by doing so, and you do not qualify to reap any benefits of your existence, since you did not choose it. However, you are still blessed with good things in your life, despite your ingratitude for them. If you did not want this life, then why are you so willing to accept the benefits?
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Benefits? LOL! You sound like a prison guard who thinks that the innocent, railroaded inmates, who are being held against their will should be grateful for the roof over their head. Well, time for me to get ready and go to Church........NOT!!!
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Your very life, your beating heart, each one of your experiences is a benefit. Aside from that, I find it hard to believe that there are no other benefits within your life that you could be grateful for. Regardless, for you to enjoy any of these yet claim that you were given life against your will is a moral contradiction.
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Since you value this place so much, you can have my part of it. I hope you and all the people like you that love the lord stay here for ever and keep having kids and teach them your lordly ways and wallow in it for as long as you like. As for me, the first chance I get to break free from this dreadful stinking shithole, I'm gone! I heard a quote the other day on here it goes something like this; "If you could reason with Religious people then there wouldn't be any religious people"... Profound statement. BTW enjoy your beliefs and benefits.
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Subject: Good Bye New York....Hello Alabama
Gov. Andrew Cuomo (D-NY) Doesn't Want Them Remington, one of the worlds largest gun manufacturers, will on Monday join Gov. Robert
Bentley (R) to announce they are bringing over 2,000 jobs to Alabama. Most of the jobs will be relocated from their Ilion, NY plant, and the initial investment in Alabama will be $87 million. Founded in 1816 in upstate
New York, the company is one of the nations oldest continuously operating manufacturers. Remington is the only U.S. manufacturer of both firearms and ammunition products and one of the largest domestic producers of shotguns and rifles. Remington first began considering new locations after the New York legislature passed the Secure Ammunition and Firearms Enforcement (SAFE) Act in response to the tragic shootings in Newtown, Conn. It
broadened the definition of so-called assault weapons to include a wide range of guns, including the Bushmaster, w hich was being manufactured at Remingtons New York plant. A month ago Gov. Andrew Cuomo (D-NY) said extreme conservatives who are right-to-life, pro-assault-weapon, anti-gay, have no place in the state of New York. Gov. Bentley responded in Alabama we strongly support and uphold our great U.S. Constitution on which our nation and our states were founded. The Constitution serves to protect individual freedoms. Among them are those guaranteed in the Second Amendment, which protects the right of the people to keep and bear Arms. We will protect the freedoms of individuals and welcome any one or any company to Alabama to discover as so many have, that we are a pro-business state filled with good, hardworking people. If Gov. Cuomo doesn't want hard working pro-life and pro-2nd Amendment people in his state, we will gladly take them here in Alabama.
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Yup, saw that coming like a train! 20 minutes from my home, 2000 Millwrights, Engineers, Machinists and Toolmakers jobs flushed right down the toilet. The safe Act wasnt the only thing that caused this, just the final straw that broke their backs. Between the Unions, Taxes and extreme costs for utilities they were losing way too much money for way too many years. They can now walk out proudly instead of waging a war against all 3 that they couldnt possibly win. I wouldnt support Remington while they stayed in my state under the terms of the Safe Act but their this is a game changer for me, I now like them again.
That prolly sound stupid but I have a hard time with any business that doesnt stand with the people and their rights especially when they are making tools that Ive been restricted from owning. They will finish their Chuck Screwmore Incentive Contracts out and start the move down south.
The good news is Andy is Seeding the Nanotech industry in Utica, out with the old, in with the robots!
. Malo periculosam, libertatem quam quietam servitutem." (I prefer the tumult of liberty to the quiet of servitude.). Thomas Jefferson
"All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is that good men do nothing."
-Edmund Burke, Loosely translated from Thoughts on the Cause of Present Discontents. (1770)
Remington's moving huh? Maybe the quality of their firearms will go up with the move. Fingers crossed, but their guns might be worth buying in the next couple of years.
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They are welcome here. I moved to the 'Free State of Winston' ( the only neutral place in the civil war) accidently but it is good fit for an out spoken old cowboy who has been a hired gun most of his life!!!
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Remington is not "moving". Yeah, about 80 folks in Ilion, NY will lose their jobs when two product lines move to AL . Many more will lose their jobs in GA, Montana, UT, NC and MN. Remington will also lay off one shift of their Marlin plant in Mayfield, KY.
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Sompo Japan Foundation makes charitable contributions, extends "overseas grants" with an aim to improve overseas social welfare. Upon soliciting applications from non-governmental organizations (NGOs) that carry out social welfare activities in ASEAN member nations, the Foundation has decided to provide a total of about 2.7 million Yen.
City, State, Japan., January 28, 2014 - (PressReleasePoint) -Sompo Japan Foundation (President: Masatoshi Sato; hereinafter "the Foundation"), an organization to which Sompo Japan Insurance Inc. (President: Kengo Sakurada; hereinafter "Sompo Japan") makes charitable contributions, extends "overseas grants" with an aim to improve overseas social welfare. Upon soliciting applications from non-governmental organizations (NGOs) that carry out social welfare activities in ASEAN member nations, the Foundation has decided to provide a total of about 2.7 million yen in grants to three organizations. Grant presentation ceremonies are scheduled to take place in the countries of the organizations by the end of March 2014.
1. Overview of "Overseas Grants"
The Foundation has extended "overseas grants" since 2010 with an aim of scaling up the grant system implemented in Japan and improving overseas social welfare (especially in developing countries and regions). "Overseas grants" are provided for social welfare activities of NGOs that are implemented in the countries from which the Foundation solicits applications, based on the recommendations of employees at Japanese firms who are stationed in the countries. This fiscal year, applications were solicited from ASEAN member states (Brunei, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, and Vietnam).
2. About the Recipients of the "Overseas Grants"
Based on a rigorous review conducted by the selection committee, the Foundation has decided to extend a total of about 2.7 million yen in grants to three NGOs headquartered in Singapore, the Philippines and Thailand. The details are as shown at the bottom of the page.
Note: Sompo Japan Foundation was established on October 1, 1977 with the charitable contributions of Yasuda Fire and Marine Insurance Co., Ltd. (now Sompo Japan) as an arm to carry out the social contribution activities of the company. The main activities of the Foundation aside from "overseas grants" include the provision of grants to social welfare organizations for the purchase of automobiles, the awarding of "Sompo Japan Foundation Awards" which honor outstanding academic social welfare works in Japan, as well as the provision of research grants and the holding of workshops and seminars on social welfare, social insurance, and Property & Casualty insurance.
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Sompo Japan Insurance Inc. and Nipponkoa Insurance CO., Ltd., leading providers of Property & Casualty insurance in Japan, together established NKSJ Holdings, a joint holding company as a comprehensive service provider group for the risk and asset management in 2010, and are now preparing for a merger as "Sompo Japan Nipponkoa" by 2014.
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That intimia pillow sucks and only adds insult to injury. We want pretty breast standing up not laying down sleeping! What in the world.??? Ok girl who asked this question it looks like we need to go see a plastic surgeon or just be freaking happy. I never met a man that left me for how low my boobs hang. I actually have one now that says to me, Just let them hang baby..... you get the idea. Just be happy and use that posture and get the rest of your body where you want it it is in your hands God speed and good luck! You are not alone.posted 05/16/2011 by a BabyCenter Member
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Nothing worked for me. I tried exercises, it didn't make a difference. My breast were very nice before, but after I had my baby they changed completely. 2 1/2 years later they still don't look anything like before the pregnancy. However I'm 11 weeks now and I love my breast right now. They filled out so and started to perk up a bit.posted 03/16/2011 by imShadz
If you don't have a good suggestion or an answer why put non sense and rude comments. I am breastfeeding as well and yes it was my choice. There is nothing wrong with women who want to get their body back into shape. Anywho I been doing some push ups and putting toning lotion daily and it's helping a lot. Slowly but working (;posted 02/05/2015 by a BabyCenter Member
Child, all I can say is, "push up bras". I'll be trying the pec exercises, but usually building muscle reduces the fat that makes boobs perky, and i don't know what it will do about the skin. We'll see. 8 months and still nursing strong!...wish i saw this beforehand. Apparently, there is some stuff you can do BEFORE you give birth to help afterwards. http://www.thehealthyhomeeconomist.com/avoiding-saggy-breast-syndrome-after-nursing/posted 12/17/2014 by MommyMapp
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I agree with you! Women aren't just cows for the purpose of feeding babies we have the right to be damn sexy after baby,posted 04/23/2014 by Siobhanmennet
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For undocumented immigrants, the recession is especially brutal.
"I'd say my income has gone down about 40 percent," says "Manuel," a dishwasher in a local restaurant. "There aren't many people going out to restaurants, so everything has fallen off a lot compared to what it was like before."
Manuel asked that his name not be used because he's in the United States illegally. So is his friend, "Pedro," an office cleaner. "I used to clean eleven buildings and send back $300 to my family in Mexico every two weeks," Pedro says. "But now I'm down to eight buildings, and I just send $80 or $100."
Olas Travel owner Charo Ledon estimates that half of her Spanish-speaking clients are undocumented. In a recession, she says, they "are the first to be let go, because their employers save on unemployment insurance, since undocumented immigrants do not file for unemployment benefits."
The recession has also brought competition into job markets that immigrants have long dominated. "Before, almost nobody went looking for cleaning jobs--just us Latinos," Pedro says. "But now even Americans want to do this work! So your bosses pressure you to work harder, because if you don't, there's someone else who wants to do your job."
Meanwhile, the government is cracking down on illegal aliens. In January 2008, Michigan began denying driver's licenses to people who can't prove legal U.S. residency. And in the spring of last year, there was a noticeable uptick in federal Immigration and Customs Enforcement raids. The arrests "have not slowed down with the Obama transition, as we had hoped," says Laura Sanders, co-coordinator of the Washtenaw County Interfaith Coalition for Immigrant Rights. "In fact, they recently targeted a trailer park on Carpenter Road. We have now responded to forty-eight cases and counting" since the spring of last year.
Despite dwindling job opportunities and the stress of living illegally here, neither Manuel nor Pedro plans to leave the country. "You're not going to solve anything by going back," says Manuel. "There's no work there either."
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I've never had this before, so I don't really have anything to compare it to, but we LOVED this! Great flavor and fairly easy to make. I just sprinkled the cilantro over top b/c my little guy isn't a fan of it. Other than that, I followed the recipe exactly. I will def be making this again~YUM! Thanks for sharing. :)
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by Nick Bruel
A baby kangaroo tries desperately to learn how to jump, but can't quite make the leap. . .
Again and again she tries, with the hearty encouragement of a frog, a grasshopper, and a rabbit, not to mention his doting Mama. But instead of boinging he blomps, bloomps, and blomps. But then, a koala comes up with a surprising solution, and our little hero boings literally right o ...more
Again and again she tries, with the hearty encouragement of a frog, a grasshopper, and a rabbit, not to mention his doting Mama. But instead of boinging he blomps, bloomps, and blomps. But then, a koala comes up with a surprising solution, and our little hero boings literally right o ...more
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Oct 04, 2008 Matt rated it 3 of 5 stars
Shelves: childrens
The book has several flaws, the chief of which is that it is difficult to read to someone since the author provides no non-visual queues for who is saying what. This forces me to ad lib so that the girls can follow along with the story. The other is that the story is paper thin and the dialogue almost nonexistant.
All of that though pales in comparison to this books chief virtue, which is that it makes my little undersized former premie with the physical development problems want to jump!
All of that though pales in comparison to this books chief virtue, which is that it makes my little undersized former premie with the physical development problems want to jump!
May 10, 2013 Rebecca rated it 2 of 5 stars
Shelves: children-s
Fun book about the challenge of a kid trying to walk. The key to success is a bizarre surprise revealed suddenly rather than with the usual foreshadowing and I think the foreshadowing would have been more effective. The style includes some graphic symbols for flourish and some surprise (and random) sky color changes (from blue to magenta to orange and then changing back for no apparent reason, though the visual idea of the changes is nice) and little asides by the characters. Surprise pop-up in ...more
May 29, 2013 Candice rated it 5 of 5 stars
Shelves: picture-books
Sophie, almost three, gave this five stars today by asking me to read it over and over again and then laughing each time. When we got home from the library she delightedly showed her mommy and grandpa this wonderful book. I guess I will have to give this five stars, too. It's lots of fun. A little kangaroo is trying to learn to hop, but isn't having much luck. The pictures are simple, bright, and entertaining. Not much dialog - mostly "boing!" - but lots of fun.
Jul 25, 2011 Laura rated it 5 of 5 stars
Shelves: children-s-books
A rabbit, grasshopper, frog, and mamma kangaroo encourage a little girl kangaroo to jump. She tries and tries but keeps landing on her face. A fellow marsupial, the koala, asks, "What do you have in your pocket?" The little kangaroo pulls out enough toys to fill a toy box, and is finally able to jump. This book has adorable illustrations and a surprise pop-up at the end. Good for use in a storytime with a lot of movement-- you have to jump a lot!
Sep 07, 2010 jacky rated it 3 of 5 stars
Recommends it for: preschool - primary
Shelves: lib-lew, picture-books, storytime
I missed most of this one at story time today because Natalie was trying to socialize with the mother and toddler next to us. In actuality, she was falling between two chairs and trying to poke the poor little girl in the eyes. Anyway, what I did see and hear of this one looked good. Cute kangaroos. Plot appeared to be about the young kangaroo learning to hop. Funny section on what was in his pouch.
Jun 11, 2013 Roben rated it 4 of 5 stars
Shelves: story-hour
I used this in story time today and the kids really enjoyed it! Especially when Koala asks Joey what he has in his pocket. We started the story by practicing our jumping skills. This was a good, quick book for story time that could be used with a variety of themes including jumping, learning new skills, books about Australian or zoo animals, and, of course, pockets!
Apr 30, 2009 Tawnya Yardley rated it 5 of 5 stars
I read this book to my 6 year old nephew and he loved it. He begged me to read it outloud to him again and again. The bright colors add interest and excitement expecially for young readers. This is a pattern book, but an interactive book too. I highly recommend this for a read outloud book.
Nov 19, 2012 Jen rated it 4 of 5 stars
this book can be about trying your hardest and figuring out what weighs you down. You can also talk to kids about how we can encourage one another.
Feb 19, 2009 Inspired Kathy rated it 5 of 5 stars
This book contains very few words (except on 1 page). My kids love it. They want me to read it over and over and then read it themselves.
Oct 07, 2010 Tati rated it 5 of 5 stars
Shelves: around-the-world-theme-australia
Adorable! The joey can't hop because he has stuffed his pocket full of too many things!
Nov 14, 2008 Kim rated it 3 of 5 stars
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Cute surprise, but not very many words.
Apr 22, 2009 kelly rated it 3 of 5 stars
Shelves: young-at-heart, liby-picks
Liby likes this book. It's cute.
Apr 13, 2008 Mary rated it 4 of 5 stars
Shelves: storytime-books
Very cute- too short for storytime.
May 09, 2007 Suzanne rated it 4 of 5 stars
Recommends it for: Children
Shelves: picture-books
Fun, fun, fun!
Nick Bruel is the New York Times bestselling author and illustrator of children's books including Bad Kitty, Bad Kitty Gets a Bath, Bad Kitty Meets the Baby, and Boing!, among others. Nick is a freelance illustrator and cartoonist, and during his down time, he collects PEZ dispensers and grows tomatoes in the backyard. He lives in Tarrytown, NY with his wife Carina and their lovely cat Esmerelda.More about Nick Bruel...
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Half of all permanent hair dyes contain potentially deadly toxins as some have found, to their cost. Helen Wellings investigates.
Schoolgirl Danielle, 16, had thick luxuriant hair until she, with the help of her friend, peroxided it at home.
Within half an hour, her scalp was burning, the pain unbearable. Her mum Lana found her moaning, her head in a bucket of cold water.
"I lifted up the towel and I was in shock, I couldn't believe what I saw," Lana said.
"Just the whole top of her head looked dead. The hair was all brittle and stuck and almost melted into her scalp."
Danielle went into hospital for eight days. She had two skin grafts, but the deep burns have left her permanently bald and horribly scarred.
Poison warning
The peroxide was marked "Poison" and "Professional Use Only", with safety directions and irritant warnings.
Yet Danielle bought it at a store that sells direct to the general public. And Danielle claims the store recommended the strong peroxide because her hair was so thick.
"If I had have known in hind sight what would have happened I would never have allowed her to do this," Lana said.
But it is not just the strength of hair dyes. Potentially harmful ingredients in some top-selling products can also cause severe reactions.
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Australian health authorities have not moved to protect millions from hair dyes that aren't safe.
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Trichologist Geoff Mahaney always does a patch test on customers to assess risk. He has seen many casualties of permanent hair dyes in Australia, especially dark colours, the do-it-yourself ones, as well as many salon brands which have the same or similar ingredients as the supermarket varieties.
He is also very allergic to most hair dyes.
"Anything from localised itching, which is quite common, and burning of the scalp which lasts for about a week," Geoff said.
"I've had clients come in that have had the same colour for many years and patients that I see as a trichologist, then out of the blue, they've just had a severe reaction and they don't understand why."
In Australia, do-it-yourself hair colouring is a burgeoning $140 million industry annually, at supermarkets and pharmacies alone.
About 50 per cent of purchases are for the potentially dangerous permanent dyes. But here and around the world, with more young people - and men as well as women - using hair dyes, the number of extreme reactions is soaring.
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Homeopath Bill Statham, is the author of Chemical Maze, a Guide to Food Additives and Cosmetic Ingredients. He says hair dyes are risky chemical cocktails.
"There was evidence that these chemicals had caused adverse effects in human health including bladder cancer," Bill said.
That's why 27 countries of the European Union recently banned 22 chemicals, adding to a long list of now 50 banned hair dye ingredients overseas.
But all these chemicals are allowed in Australia. The federal Department of Health's National Industrial Chemicals Notification and Assessment Scheme told Today Tonight the majority of EU banned chemicals were not found in hair dyes in Australia.
But our survey found at least one of these banned chemicals in almost half the permanent hair dyes in supermarkets and pharmacies around the country.
Other common irritants allowed are para-phenylene-diamine (PPD) and Resorcinol which we found in 10 out of 17 hair dyes.
Manufacturers do warn of the possible dangers and advise you to do a patch test.
The National Chemicals Notification and Assessment Scheme told us it was considering the safety of chemicals banned overseas, but said because companies are required to declare ingredients, consumers are informed about chemicals.
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But it can be virtually impossible for shoppers to work out whether a hair dye contains these ingredients that have been banned overseas, because the chemicals can also appear as code numbers and most have many other names.
The best advice before using a permanent dye is to ask the manufacturer or your hairdresser if their dye contains banned ingredients and other known irritants.
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