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WASHINGTON (AP) - A lawyer for FBI whistleblower Sibel Edmonds said Tuesday the bureau's prepublication review office has adopted overly expansive restrictions that are preventing Edmonds from publishing a book about her life at the FBI.
Edmonds, once a contract linguist at the bureau, was fired a decade ago after complaining to FBI managers about shoddy wiretap translations and alleging that an interpreter with a relative at a foreign embassy might have compromised national security by blocking translations in some cases and notifying targets of FBI surveillance.
Edmonds sued for unlawful termination, but Attorney General John Ashcroft stopped her lawsuit by invoking the state secrets privilege. He said her claims might expose government secrets that could damage national security.
Attorney Stephen Kohn said his client's book, "Classified Woman: The Sibel Edmonds Story," contains no classified information, yet has been under review by the bureau for the past year. Bureau regulations promise reviews will take only 30 working days. In all, reviews can cover a dozen different factors, which may significantly delay the 30-day limit, said FBI spokesman Paul Bresson.
Kohn said the bureau's interpretation of its legal responsibility has gone far beyond classified information.
The lawyer cites language in a Feb. 7 FBI letter that says the matters Edmonds writes about involve "many equities, some of which may implicate information that is classified." Kohn also cites a non-disclosure agreement Edmonds signed that says the agreement is intended to prevent disclosure that would be "contrary to the law, regulation or public policy."
In response, the bureau's public affairs office pointed to the FBI website, which says the job of the bureau's prepublication review office is to ensure that FBI personnel safeguard "sensitive and classified information" from unauthorized disclosure. The website says the obligation to safeguard is based on "statutes, regulations, access and employment agreements, contractual clauses and the fiduciary relationships into which employees or contractor personnel enter."
Kohn says there are numerous court decisions which have held that prepublication review only can be used for secret and classified information.
"What this says is that Sibel Edmonds — and possibly countless other thousands of FBI employees and contractors — sign an agreement to have documentation censored if the FBI director thinks it's contrary to public policy," said Kohn.
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Updated: 12/07/2011 - An East Carolina University student who was charged after two of her friends died in a car crash last year has pleaded guilty.
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text: Even where corruption is as much as a part of life as coal, people in Mingo County are shocked by allegations that a judge commandeered the legal system in a years-long attempt to frame a romantic rival for crimes he didn't commit.Federal prosecutors indicted Mingo County Circuit Judge Michael Thornsbury on two counts of conspiracy Thursday, just hours after indicting County Commissioner Dave Baisden on extortion charges. Thornsbury attorney Steve Jory declined comment while Baisden's attorney did not return messages.The state Supreme Court has suspended Thornsbury and his law license, and a replacement judge took over his caseload Friday. Both officials are free while awaiting trial, but the indictments were painful news in a community still reeling from the assassination of its sheriff in April."It's hard for me to believe, because I personally know the judge. I know him as a personal friend. I've been to his home. I know his kids," said Williamson minister Butch Gregory.Gregory's wife, Louise, hired Thornsbury as her lawyer long before he became the county's only judge in 1997."As a married man, he should have known better," she said. "I don't really trust nobody out here anymore."The indictment says Thornsbury tried between 2008 and 2012 to frame Robert Woodruff for crimes including drug possession, larceny and assault. The judge had been having an affair with his secretary — Woodruff's wife, Kim — and he tried to eliminate the competition after she tried to break things off, it says.The schemes involved a state trooper, the county emergency services director and another man, the indictment says, but none of them panned out.W.Va. Delegate Justin Marcum says the people of Mingo County are tough and will pull together to get through this difficult time."The arrests are another black eye for Southern West Virginia, but we've had things like this to happen before. Back in the 1980's, we had a state senator and other officials indicted and we got through that."Marcum went on to say that the arrests are sad and very disappointing."I feel for the people of Southern West Virginia, but they are strong and will come together to get through this. It's not the gas, coal or timber that is the greatest natural resource in southern West Virginia, it's the people. We will all come together, stick together and get through this."Thornsbury faces up to 20 years in prison if convicted, and a lawyer for the Woodruffs says he can also expect a civil lawsuit."My client should never have been placed under the stress of being charged criminally," said Charleston attorney Mike Callaghan, "nor should he have spent time in jail for crimes he did not commit. As a lawyer, I knew something was wrong. But never in my wildest dreams did I fathom the reason for the prosecution."Thornsbury also tapped a friend, the county's emergency services director, to become the grand jury foreman, according to the indictment. The judge allegedly wrote subpoenas and had the grand jury issue them to help get private information about Woodruff. That scheme was exposed when one of the businesses refused to cooperate.And when Robert Woodruff became the victim of an assault outside a convenience store last year by two men, the judge arranged for Woodruff to be identified as the perpetrator.The county prosecutor dismissed the charges.U.S. Attorney Booth Goodwin said none of the men accused of helping Thornsbury in his "campaign to persecute" Woodruff will be charged. However, he said, "the investigation into Mingo County corruption is ongoing."Mingo County has a long history of violence and government corruption.It's the home of the legendary feud between the Hatfield and McCoy families, and was dubbed "Bloody Mingo" when unionizing miners battled security agents and coal companies in the early 20th century.On the courthouse steps in Williamson, resident Angie Combs took the latest allegations of corruption in stride, embarrassed but not surprised."It's the same old, same old," she said.In 1988, former sheriff Johnie Owens was convicted of selling his office for $100,000.In 2002, the county clerk resigned to avoid prosecution over matters the prosecutor had been investigating, including use of a government credit card for personal reasons and overcharging for expenses.In 2007, the prosecutor was admonished by the State Bar for subpoenas his office issued for a county commissioner's financial records.And in February, a woman was charged with tipping people off about indictments while she served on the grand jury."The people of Mingo County are long overdue deliverance from the evils of government corruption," said Pittsburgh attorney Bruce Stanley, a native who has filed cases in Thornsbury's court. "After multiple generations of scandals, is it any wonder that southern West Virginia fatalism is so firmly entrenched? Why should they place faith in anyone who claims to be a community leader?"But restaurant owner Peirce Whitt said the charges against his friend the judge were about a person, not a place."It has nothing to do with Mingo County or the people in Mingo County," he said. "We're still the good people that we are."I'm sure if you go anyplace, you could find a bad person," Whitt said. "And that's not to say Judge Thornsbury is a bad person, because he hasn't been proven guilty yet."Meanwhile, Baisden, the county commissioner, was accused of trying to buy tires for his personal vehicle at a government discount, then terminating the county's contract with Appalachian Tire when it refused to cooperate. Baisden, 66, was released on $10,000 bond and ordered not to discuss the case with any witnesses, including his fellow commissioners.


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SACRAMENTO -- Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger on Friday signed an overdue state budget, protecting education and public safety but vetoing $702 million -- mostly from social services -- under pressure from Senate Republicans.
The governor called it "a good budget," which also pays down California's debt and creates a $4.1 billion emergency reserve fund. But many lawmakers, of both parties, were less enthusiastic.
Overall, Finance Department officials said the governor's latest 51 line-item vetoes from the 2007-08 spending year, which began July 1, totaled $527 million for health and human services.
Cuts for general government totaled $70 million; corrections and rehabilitation, $39 million; education, $26 million; legislative, judicial and executive agencies, $23 million; and resources agencies, $17 million.
Senate leader Don Perata, D-Oakland, boycotted the event as nothing to celebrate, saying the budget system is broken and that the latest cuts hurt the poor disproportionately.
"Today's action is not the end of the state's difficult budget problems," Perata said, noting that the state still faces a structural deficit.
Assembly Speaker Fabian Nunez, D-Los Angeles, called the budget a "mixed bag" at best.
"A lot of the extra cuts the governor made are unnecessary and disappointing," Nunez said. "However, given the agreement that the governor had to make with some senators who probably wouldn't be happy unless there was no state safety net at all, it is good to see that at least some vital services were spared."
But the state budget also contains $150 million earmarked for a Los Angeles traffic-light synchronization project that is intended to help reduce congestion on city surface streets.
Republicans had sought to cut that funding, but it was retained in the budget, and also survived the governor's "blue pencil" for vetoes.
'Massive problems'
"We've got massive traffic problems in Los Angeles," said Los Angeles City Councilman Dennis Zine, who was one of about 30 local officials, educators and police chiefs attending the budget-signing ceremony.
"We have gridlock that is beyond imagination. We need to address that and we can't do without that funding. This budget signing will assist us."
Republican Senate leader Dick Ackerman of Tustin, leader of the GOP senators who engineered delay of the budget, said it was important that his group had protected voter-approved infrastructure improvement bonds from "frivolous" environmental-impact lawsuits.
Budget language prevents Democratic Attorney General Jerry Brown from filing such lawsuits on bond-funded projects. Also Brown's Department of Justice will not get $1 million to pursue climate-change litigation at the county level, leaving that responsibility to the state Air Resources Board.
Of the $527 million in health and human service cuts, the largest was the $330 million slashed from the Medi-Cal health insurance program for the poor.
The governor's Department of Finance said it recalculated the projected need for Medi-Cal payments next year and came up with a reduced figure based on past projections that have been higher than actual spending. That money is then parked in the state's reserve fund, and if Medi-Cal payments are higher, it will be spent at that point.
Sen. Tom McClintock, R-Thousand Oaks, said the reduction is not really a cut, but simply a "bookkeeping adjustment."
"It's a gimmick to the extent that they're claiming this is reducing spending," McClintock said. "It's not."
Housing the homeless
Health and human services cuts also included $55 million to house the homeless mentally ill.
"I am disappointed that the governor chose to veto money to aid the homeless mentally ill," Perata said. "This program was part of our prevention efforts to help people succeed, stay out of prison and ultimately save the state money."
Health care advocates were upset that the majority of the governor's vetoes centered around health and human services.
Anthony Wright, executive director of Health Access California, said the governor vetoed funding for several programs that Schwarzenegger has personally touted in the past -- $8 million for a new prescription drug discount program and more than $30 million for outreach programs to enroll children in health care coverage.
In the social services sectors, he also cut $10 million for community clinics.
"At the end of the day, there are children that are not going to get the care they need," Wright said. "There are seniors who are not going to get drug discounts. There are also clinics that will be able to see fewer people."
Other budget cuts included:
Local government. The governor vetoed $30 million in grants to local governments to mitigate the impacts of tribal casinos, based on concerns that those funds were not being used properly.
Water quality/flood control projects: The governor vetoed $42 million in water resource and flood control programs, noting that many of them can be funded through bonds approved by voters last year.
Park maintenance: The governor vetoed $15 million in money used to maintain state parks, which are already suffering a backlog of more than $1 billion in deferred maintenance.
The budget spends about $145.5 billion, with some $103 billion in the general fund used for day-to-day government operations.
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A method for producing panoramic images whereby a shot is made from a desired shooting position, with the use of a camera having fish eye optics whereby the image is scanned and then digitized, images are transformed into a panoramic image with the use of a computer and software. The digital image is scanned by dividing the image into narrow radial segments, each of which is divided into a number of parts of equal length whereafter each segment part is depicted as a point on a straight line, whereby the grey tint of each segment part is corrected for the modified surface on which it is depicted. Apparatus comprises a camera with fish eye optics and a CCD matrix imager upon which the image to be obtained is projected, obtaining immediately an image in digital form.
1. A method for producing panoramic images comprising the steps of:
making a surroundings shot from a desired shooting position with a camera having a fish eye optic to obtain a fish eye image;
centering a scanning means onto the center of said obtained fish eye image;
rotatingly scanning said fish eye image by a rotating scanning array of aligned light sensitive elements such that the fish eye image is divided into successive radial parts in a digital form; and
transforming said successive radial parts into a panoramic image with a computer and software.
2. The method according to claim 1, wherein said fish eye image is a photographic image on the center of which a pivoting image device is centered.
3. The method according to claim 1, wherein said panoramic image has an information density of approximately 1.9 megabyte.
4. The method according to claim 1, wherein said panoramic image has an information density of 8.8 megabyte or less.
5. A method for producing panoramic images comprising the steps of:
making a surroundings shot from a desired shooting position with a camera provided with a fish eye optic and an image area provided with a CCD-matrix;
obtaining a fish eye image in digital form with said CCD-matrix; and
transforming said image in digital form into a panoramic image with a computer and software to remove distortions and render said image in a form which can be perceived by the human eye without said distortions.
6. A method for assembling a file of object images from which one or more desired images can be quickly consulted, comprising the steps of:
taking a large number of panoramic images from successive shooting positions with a camera provided with a fish eye optic whereby said shooting positions are chosen such that said images taken from said successive shooting positions partly overlap to obtain fish eye images;
digitizing said fish eye images;
transforming said digitized fish eye images into panoramic images with a computer and software to remove distortions and render said images in a form which can be perceived by the human eye without said distortions;
recording said panoramic transformed digitized fish eye images in a computer;
creating a layout; and
storing said layout in said computer along with said panoramic images recorded in said computer wherein points are indicated on said layout from which said panoramic images were taken, and on which said panoramic images are stored.
7. The method according to claim 6, wherein a part of said panoramic images is displayed as a quadrant.
8. The method according to claim 4 further comprising the step of associating information with said panoramic images and/or said layout by recording said information in said computer along with said panoramic images or said layout.
9. The method according to claim 8, wherein said information is one or more of the set consisting of address, date, time, orientation, compass direction, house numbers and street names.
10. A computerized system for assembling and reviewing a file of panoramic images associated with a layout and additional information such that one or more images can be simply consulted from said file, said system comprising:
a computer including a data storage means;
one or more panoramic images obtained from one or more shooting positions wherein said panoramic images are digitized and transformed with a computer and software to remove distortions and render said images in a form which can be perceived by the human eye without said distortions, whereupon said images are stored in digital form in said computer;
a layout stored in digital form in said computer on which points are indicated from which said one or more panoramic images were made; and
additional information stored in said computer, said additional information providing access to a desired image and whereby said one or more panoramic images can be divided up into arbitrary sections, said sections including quadrants, dependent on a desired viewing direction from a particular shooting position.
11. The system of claim 10, wherein said additional information is one or more of the set consisting of address, date, time, orientation, compass direction, house numbers and street names.
It is a problem that people of ten have to go to a certain place in order to view the surroundings. To take one or more photographs of a certain object is often not enough, because it appears, that when these photos are consulted at another place, for instance at the office, that certain information and details can not be satisfactorally seen. Similar problems can occur with, for example, estate agents, where buyers are eager for information about certain objects offered for sale. The estate agent often has a view of the object to be sold but not of the direct surroundings. Council officials also need to view objects so that, for instance, tree felling licenses can be issued, building applications checked, or that the eventual suitability of a building initiative in an existing situation can be controlled and assessed, or that a town planner's designs, and the suitability of these designs in existing situations can be assessed.
The production of panoramic images whereby the whole surroundings from one point can be observed is known. For this purpose a number of photos can be taken, with a photographic camera, which can then be put together to form a panoramic image. This method is however very time consuming and requires a large shooting storage in the case where a certain area requires more than the usual number of shots in order to be produced and recorded. It is also very difficult to quickly and accurately find a desired image from such a file.
According to a first object of the invention, a system is provided whereby a large number of panoramic images can be made in a short time, in simple manner can be recorded and then very quickly, at a desired moment, consulted.
Such object can be met with a method according to the invention, by which a shot of the surroundings is made from a desired shooting position with the help of a camera with a fish eye optic, and whereafter the obtained image is scanned with the aid of scanning means, after which the obtained images, in digital form, are transformed into a panoramic image with the help of a computer and software.
The registering of complete surroundings in a single image, with the help of a fish eye optic is already known. However the images obtained thus, are very difficult to be interpreted in the correct manner by the human eye. Because the images obtained give a very distorted image with respects to that as seen by the human eye, it is very difficult to interpret these images in order to obtain the desired information.
With this method according to the invention, images are achieved, obtained with a fish eye optic, which are firstly transformed in such a manner that they approach an image which can be interpreted by the human eye. By recording these images in digital form in a computer, a certain desired image can be consulted very quickly from a large number of recorded images.
According to another aspect of the present invention a method is provided for transforming fish eye images into panoramic images, comprising the following steps:
centering a scanning means onto the center of an obtained fish eye image; and
rotatingly scanning the fish eye image by a rotating scanning array of aligned light sensitive elements such that the fish eye image is divided into successive radial parts which are transformed into successive parts of a panoramic image.
A apparatus is preferably employed for the production of digital fish eye images according to the invention, whereby the apparatus comprises a camera provided with a fish eye optic and the image area is provided with a CCD-matrix on which the obtained image is projected, whereby an image in digital form is immediately obtained. It is possible, with such a apparatus, to immediately transform the images obtained with the fish eye optic into digital forms, whereby the step of firstly obtaining a photographic depiction, with the help of a fish eye optic, can be omitted.
In general there is an increased need to be able to visually observe the surroundings and/or details of certain objects quickly, without having to be at the location where the object is. For instance in estate agency, there is a need to have images, et the office, of certain objects that are for sale, or for hire, to show to the buyers or hirers, whereby the images not only show the object but can also give a good impression of the objects neighbourhood. The police, fire brigade, advertising bureaus, public service industries, and council services, etc. also need to have visual information of the neighbourhood of a certain place, at the office. For cases concerning, for example, town planning, building and housing inspection, property tax, land management and so forth, extra information is frequently needed, which at the moment is obtained by visiting the place concerned. It can be of great importance for the police or fire brigade to posess information concerning the neighbourhood of certain objects and thus to be able to consult this information, before any possible action needs to be taken at these places concerned.
According to another aspect of the present invention a method and system is provided whereby it is possible with the help of this system and a computer and software, to record information and thereafter to be able to call up the desired information quickly.
The object of the invention is achieved by recording a large number of panoramic images, in digital form in a computer, taken from successive shooting positions, whereby the shooting positions are chosen in such a way, that there exists a connection between them. For example, the shooting positions are chosen such that parts of the images, taken from two successive shooting positions, partly overlap each other or that the only images concerned are panoramic images of, for example, objects to be sold by an estate agent.
Further features, advantages and details will be clarified in the following description in which reference is made to the annexed drawings, in which:
FIG. 1 shows a schematic assembly of a camera for the production of digital images according to the invention;
FIG. 2 shows a block diagram of a digital camera system;
FIG. 3 shows a fish eye photo after it has been registered in digital form;
FIG. 4 shows a part of a fish eye photo after it has been transformed into a panoramic image according to the invention.
FIG. 5 shows a fish eye image of the surroundings of a shooting position;
FIG. 6 shows a map, according to the invention, together with an image of part of two successive panoramic images.
FIG. 7 shows a perspective view of a further preferred embodiment of the system and method according to the present invention;
FIGs. 8A-E show respective diagrams in the processing of the pictures of the system of FIG. 1; and
FIGs. 9A and, 9B and 9C show respective images obtained with the system of FIG. 1.
The schematic representation reproduced in FIG. 1 of a CCD-camera, according to the invention, consists of a fish eye optic 1, a field lens 2, an imaging objective 3 and an image area 4 on which a CCD (Charged Coupled Device) chip 5, of for example 2.048�2.048 pixels, is placed.
FIG. 2 shows a block diagram of a digital camera system, consisting of fish eye optic 6 that comprises a fish eye lens 1, a field lens 2, an imaging objective 3, and an image area 4 on which CCD-sensors of one or more CCD-chips 5, are placed. The whole system can be, for instance, secured red on a platform that is in turn secured onto a car, the platform being given the number 7 in the block diagram. The signals can then be processed and checked, immediately or afterwards, with the help of electronics. This is indicated by the number 8. Following this, the obtained shots can be recorded in a computer 9. Moving recordings in the field can be made with a moving recording vehicle, provided with a camera system so as shown in FIG. 2. The driving speed and number of images to be taken can be determined from beforehand in order to obtain the desired accuracy in the images, so that the desired details are clear enough.
FIG. 5 shows a fish eye shot 21, which has been digitally registered and then recorded in a computer. This is the panoramic image before it has been converted into a panoramic image which is able to be interpreted by the human eye. In FIG. 6, a transformed image 22 is shown of the image 21, as observed in FIG. 5, whilst at the same time a second image 23 is shown of a preceding panoramic image. A part of map 24 is also observed, on which the different points from where the shots were taken are given by a few dots 25.
This lay out consists of a part of a map of a developed area, whereby the different points from which shots have been made are not only at the front of the development, but also at the baal, i.e. in the gardens of diverse buildings.
The method is also very suitable to be used in buildings. One can think of mansions or large buildings in need of renovation. The method is also very useful in order to make a record of the changes occurring in, for instance, the nature.
In a further preferred embodiment of the invention (FIG. 7) a mobile recording system 40 is mounted on top of a relatively low vehicle, such as an automobile of the type Mini, so that the angle gamma (F) of 30� under the horizontal provides for a recording as close as possible to the vehicle. The mobile recording system 40 comprises a camera housing for black-and-white rolling film having a width of 70 mm, a stabilized platform on which the camera housing is mounted and a computer including interface electronics and control software, mounted inside the vehicle.
If a street S with buildings B (FIG. 8A) is to be surveyed, for instance six fish eye recordings are made from the respective positions, which recordings are embodied on a tape of film 50 (SB) which the respective recordings are numbered 51, 51' and 51". The recordings 51, 51', 51" are scanned by a rotating CCD-scanner 52 (FIG. 8C) of which the pivot 53 is accurately positioned in the center of a recording 51. For the purpose of image viewing, viz. not for the purpose of geodetic measurements, an image frame of approximately 1.9 megabyte is sufficient, which amount of information can still be reduced further by image compressing techniques. From the scanner 52 two dimensional images 59 (FIG. 8D) are obtained, which images are stored on tapes e.g. cassettes 54, 55 of the DAT-format. For geodatic image measurements an information amount of 88 megabyte is considered to be sufficient. For the purpose of image viewing however such information density can be reduced with at least one order of magnitude.
The cassettes 54, 55 are stored and used together with a further cassette 56 on which an overview image including known reference points is recorded. With aid of the cassettes 54, 55, 56, a DAT recorder 57 (FIG. 9A, 9B) and a personal computer 58 the images of a number of cassettes, (more than images from the one street as shown), can be integrated and linked to a map, together with position data, such as the address and/or code for an object or building which is included in the image, see FIG. 9C.
If someone wishes to obtain information from the system, he can request a map on a screen (FIG. 10) and subsequently point to a building or a position, e.g. by a mouse, such that images 61, 62 and/or 63 are shown on the map.
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A method of sequentially transitioning a thermally active shape memory device progressively translocates the thermally active shape memory device through a first controlled temperature zone and through an additional controlled temperature zone. The thermally active shape memory device is thermally transitioned and changed in geometric shape as a result of thermal communication of the shape memory device with either or both of the controlled temperature zones to produce a transitioned thermally active shape memory device. Novel devices produced according to the method are also disclosed.
1. A method of sequentially transitioning a thermally active shape memory device, comprising the steps of:
progressively translocating said thermally active shape memory device through a first temperature zone of a lumen comprising said first temperature zone;
progressively translocating said thermally active shape memory device through a controlled temperature zone of said lumen, wherein said first temperature zone and said controlled temperature zone are at materially different temperatures; and
progressively and sequentially thermally transitioning a geometric change in shape of said thermally active shape memory device at said controlled temperature zone as said shape memory device is progressively translocated through said lumen as a result of thermal transfer between said shape memory device and said lumen at said controlled temperature zone of said lumen,
wherein the progressive and sequential thermal transitioning of the geometric change in shape of said thermally active shape memory device progressively and sequentially produces a shape transitioned thermally active shape memory device.
2. A method of sequentially transitioning a thermally active shape memory device as described in
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8. A method of sequentially transitioning a thermally active shape memory device as described in
introducing heat from a heating element to controlled temperature zone; and
variably controlling a temperature of said controlled temperature zone by variably controlling the introduction of said heat from said heating element.
9. A method of sequentially transitioning a thermally active shape memory device as described in
increasing a temperature of said thermally active shape memory device by application of said electrical current to said thermally active shape memory device; and
progressively and sequentially thermally transitioning a geometric change in shape of said thermally active shape memory device by said application of said electrical current as said thermally active shape memory device is translocated through said lumen to produce said transitioned thermally active shape memory device.
10. A method of sequentially transitioning a thermally active shape memory device as described in
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Applicant claims the benefit of U.S. Provisional Application Ser. No. 60/598,920 filed Aug. 4, 2004.
Applicant claims the benefit of U.S. Provisional Application Ser. No. 60/627,302 filed Nov. 12, 2004.
Applicant claims the benefit of U.S. Provisional Application Ser. No. 60/664,362 filed Mar. 23, 2005.
This invention relates to temperature dependent transition of shape memory materials.
Shape memory materials (particularly those of nitinol and various nitinol like alloys) have physical properties that may be varied dependent upon the temperature of the immediate environment in which the memory device exists. For nitinol alloys two forms are described: Martensite, which is the low temperature form generally may be thought of as a malleable metal; and Austenite, a high temperature form which exhibits properties of shape memory and super-elasticity. The transition between two forms of nitinol is characterized by a hysteresis curve which is defined by complete transition to martensite form (Mf) at the lower end of the temperature range and complete transition to austenite (Af) at the higher end of temperature range. The upper and lower limits of and breadth of this range depend upon alloy composition of the shape memory material and upon work performed on the device in the manufacturing process.
Alloys are available with Mf temperatures above 0 degrees centigrade and Af temperatures below 37 degrees centigrade; devices with these characteristics may be positioned at temperatures at or below Mf and deployed by heating to temperature ranges equal to or greater than Af. There is a need to be able to reliably deploy a device composed of shape memory material with a hysteresis curve within this defined range into the human or mammalian body.
Current methods of stent placement invariably involve introduction of a pre-formed stent across an obstructing lesion with limitation in the size and geometry of the stent mandated by its final form as the devices must be placed with a size nearly as great as their final deployed size. Current stents may be expanded to a limited degree with balloon instrumentation however expansion is limited to less than a fifty percent increase over the placement dimension, furthermore the capacity for balloon expansion comes at the cost of having the stent proper composed of a relatively malleable material which may be subject to compression and re-stenosis with expansion of the obstructing lesion over time.
Multiple current systems exist and are in development for stenting in vascular and coronary artery disease states. Typical applications include use of uniform cross-section tubular stents for stenotic peripheral vascular lesions and most commonly for coronary artery lesions. Instrumentation techniques for these lesions typically involve introduction of a balloon across an obstructing lesion, inflation of the balloon affecting dilatation of the obstruction, followed by placement and release of a mechanically trapped stent across the lesion. While these techniques and devices have afforded good clinical results, there remain limitations in anatomic locations where stents may be placed and the precision with which they may be positioned.
Relative size of pre-deployment and post deployment shapes likewise becomes a limiting factor in use of currently available designs and placement techniques. There is a need for stent type devices that can be placed and precisely positioned across access lumens that are markedly smaller than the relative size of the deployed device or through convoluted routes of access that render placement of current devices technically difficult.
Billiary system disease often presents with symptoms of stenosis and or obstruction. Historically a number of techniques have been developed to affect decompression or drainage of an obstructed billiary tract; these techniques have varied from open surgical techniques to percutaneous drainage utilizing radiographic localization to a number of endoscopic techniques utilizing balloon dilatation and or plastic and metal stents.
Limitations of current techniques are largely due to re-obstruction secondary to overgrowth of tumor, accumulation of "bio-film", or mechanical failure of the device maintaining patency for billiary drainage. Furthermore, current systems are either permanent in placement or replaced only with extreme difficulty.
Current stent designs accommodate differing sizing needs through a system of individual stents each of differing lengths. The operator must accurately choose the appropriate length of stent based upon information that cannot be directly measured; of necessity sizing information is gathered indirectly with fluoroscopic imaging or direct visualization through an endoscope with both methods subject to inaccuracies. Further, this system requires that an endoscopy suite must stock a large inventory of stents to meet patient requirements. No current billiary stenting systems are available having variable length capabilities.
The method of thermal deployment described herein provides for controlled, ordered and sequential transition of a shape memory device through creating a line of demarcation between multiple temperature zones, each temperature zone selected corresponding to the two alternate temperature states (T<Mf and T>Af) of a shape memory device. The method provides for controlled physical translocation of the shape memory device between the temperature zones, with transition occurring at the interface between the differing temperatures. The transition occurs in a spatially defined area, which has physical capabilities of providing complete control and separation between the differing temperature zones, while permitting the passage of the shape memory device.
This method may be utilized for stent designs. The relatively small size of the placement catheter the ability to place the catheter across a small lumen provides applications that have previously been unavailable. These devices may range in size, for example, from less than 1.0 millimeter in diameter to in excess of 10 centimeters. The design provides for geometries of single helical design as well as multi-helical designs. The placement technique provides for individual placement of the helices with potential for helical/anti-helical pairs or potentially a plurality of helices placed individually to obtain a final construct. Further geometric consideration is given to variable cross-sectional sizing along the length of the stent permitting conformation to anatomic needs and allowing formation of "anchoring" segments to facilitate placement. Specific geometries for variable geometry type stents include "spool" shaped devices having enlarged cross-sections at proximal and distal ends, tapered or funnel shaped devices with one end tapered towards the other, and spindle shaped devices with mid sections of greater diameter than the ends.
In the preferred embodiment, differing temperature environments are created and thermally isolated. The shape memory device undergoing transition is spatially translocated between a first temperature zone 2 and a second temperature zone 4.
The method utilizes a defined space having a temperature maintained at or below either Mf or at or above Af. The thermally active device is translocated to or from one environs to another environs that is maintained or exists at an alternate temperature. As shown in
A preferred embodiment has three substantially separate and defined temperature zones.
Three differing embodiments for controlling chilled fluid are described. In each case, the shape memory device is maintained in martensite form at a temperature below Mf.
As an alternate to using a chilled fluid to maintain low temperature zones, the placement device (catheter) may be constructed to contain an active cooling surface that is electrically powered. The chilled surface maintains adequate thermal communication with the shape memory device to maintain the shape memory device in martensite form.
Specific application of the preferred embodiment to stent devices or alternate function shape memory devices occurs as described herein for deployment of stent type devices. The shape memory device may be comprised of nitinol wire formed into a shape that is useful as a stent, or other specified geometrically shaped device that is introduced into a specific anatomic site in straight malleable form i.e. bendable straight wire geometry (Martensite form). Introduction as herein described is accomplished through the use of a flexible catheter.
The system as designed provides for formation of relatively complex structures having variable cross-sectional size and/or shape. The final form of the stent or other formed apparatus may be of numerous shapes, with specific shape designed as required by the specific application. As shown in
A novel property of this method is the capacity to reliably heat the nitinol element to a specified temperature and predictably and completely transition the nitinol element to its final shape memory form (Austenite form) and size. The catheter is designed so that a small resistance element or plurality of resistance elements is placed near the distal tip of the catheter. Electrical current is supplied through conductors at the side walls of the catheter. This embodiment is preferred to incorporate a thermo-sensor at the distal tip capable of sensing temperature at the transition zone, and providing feedback to a controller, thus ensuring maintenance of the transition zone at a specified temperature through control of current supplied. This allows a wide range of temperatures at the transition zone. With fluid cooling, and provision of an insulated surface for the catheter tip, it is believed that temperatures in excess of 300 degrees Fahrenheit may be obtained at the transition zone without causing significant temperature rise to the external surface of the catheter, and without thermal conduction along the length of the nitinol element that could cause local tissue damage. Some embodiments of the invention provide a rigid placement device, similar to an arthroscope having a distally positioned resistance element and transition zone.
One embodiment is a flexible catheter with a resistance element transition zone located near the distal tip of the catheter. A thermo-sensor may be provided near an insulated distal tip. Fluid cooling is provided at a distal tip for the emergent nitinol device.
The catheter may have a diameter that is slightly larger than the cross-section of the nitinol device. As an example, for a nitinol device of one millimeter in diameter, a catheter of approximately 1.8 millimeters in diameter is adequate for placement.
The resistance element, or plurality of elements, is placed in close proximity to the distal surface of the catheter tip.
The methods of the invention permit construction of stents comprised of wire having variable cross-sections along their lengths, and various structural properties after deployment. Individual wires may have differing cross-sections, permitting individual components to perform differing functional tasks within a given installation. For example, a relatively stiff outer helix with widely spaced coils may be placed and followed by a much finer inner helical set with closely placed coils that functions primarily to form a wall with smaller spaces for intrusion of tissue. The resulting overall construct retains the structural properties of the outer helix having the barrier provided by the less rigid material.
Another method according to the invention uses an electrically conductive shape memory material such as nitinol as the resistance element. As shown in
In one embodiment, an electrically conductive shape memory material such as nitinol functions as a resistance element by contact with electrodes at the distal end where deployment occurs. Electrode contact with the nitinol stent component is maintained through provision of an elastic system. In another embodiment a plurality of contact electrodes is arranged in a radial manner, such that the elastic members work in opposition, permitting transit of the nitinol stent component, while maintaining reliable electrical contact. The basic design of the catheter tip may be similar to the structure that utilizes the resistance heat element method of deployment, wherein provision is made for fluid cooling channels and tip curvature facilitating mechanical advantage for self deployment. Conduction of current to the contact electrodes may be provided by coaxial conductors contained within the catheter wall.
A nitinol-comprised temperature sensing valve that controls flow volume of the cooling fluid medium may be provided.
The method of the invention may be applied to sequential deployment of separate and discreet components along a common central axis or along differing axes, forming a multi-layered final construct. This structure permits separate functional characteristics to be performed by each of the layered components and increasing design functionality of the overall construct. A primary structural function may be assigned to one layer of the construct, and other functional characteristics are assigned to additional layers. This structure may provide for: formation of occlusive side walls, delivery of anti-metabolite substances, conveyance of bio-active substances including chemotherapeutic agents for localized infusion, provision of a spatially defined frame work for administration of radio-isotopes, and mechanically active functions, including peristaltic movement and valve functions.
An alternate embodiment of the layered or multiple device method uses a "Primary Stent" as the major contributing component to structural strength. A "Secondary Stent" forms an occlusive sidewall. For areas of stenosis, this structure may be the most common functions required.
The Primary Stent may be a single helix. In a preferred embodiment, the Primary Stent is a set of four paired helix/anti-helix pairs with single elements of 0.3 mm nitinol shape memory wire. Transition temperatures with Af less than 37 degrees Celsius are specified, and an ideal Af is 35 degrees Celsius. Additionally, Mf temperatures of greater than 4 degrees Celsius are specified. These transition temperatures allow deployment into the human body at reasonable temperatures, and maintenance of the device in a super-elastic state after deployment.
A preferred embodiment permits deployment through a "Thermal Method Catheter" which maintains the device at temperatures less than Mf within the length of the catheter. This is accomplished with circulated chilled fluid bathing the pre-deployment device. Heat is introduced at the tip of the catheter, bringing the stent and chilled fluid to temperatures greater than Af. As the device is heated there is near instantaneous transition to the austenite super-elastic form with assumption to the shape set geometry. Mechanical force generated as transition occurs causes the stent to extrude outwardly from the catheter tip. This process allows for precisely controlled placement of the distal tip of the stent device, since a specified segment of the stent engages the lumen side walls at a point in time, which in this instance the distal end of the stent.
The Primary Stent comprising geometry of helical/anti-helical pairs may be collapsed to a small diameter in the martensite form. For the specific device of this embodiment, four helical/anti-helical pairs with each linear element 0.3 mm in diameter may be collapsed to a diameter of 1.3 mm prior to deployment. After deployment, the diameter of this stent is specified at 8 mm. Stenting devices may be specified according to the size and structure required to meet specific anatomic requirements.
The size specifications permit tortuous deformation of the stent device during placement. Since the device is in martensite form prior to transition at the catheter tip, the mechanical force required to achieve deformation is much less than would be required to deform an equivalently sized and shaped device in austenite form.
A function of the Primary Stent is dilatation of a stenotic lumen, and ultimately, contribution to the structural characteristics of the final construct comprised of multiple deployed stent components. This characteristic allows optimization of design of the individual components to meet specific structural or physiologic functions without the inherent compromises required to meet multiple functions within a single component.
In a preferred embodiment, the Secondary Stent provides an occlusive sidewall. In this embodiment, the Secondary Stent is deployed utilizing the thermal method through a catheter. The Secondary Stent is of composite construction having a shape memory helical structure embedded within a polymer tubular occlusive sidewall. The helical shape memory components have a primary and secondary helical form. The primary helix is coiled and has loops that protrude through the outside surface of the polymer tube. Upon transition and placement of the Secondary Stent, the protruding loops of shape memory material engage the wire helix/anti-helix structure of the Primary Stent, and secure a spatial relationship between the components.
In this embodiment, both the Primary Stent and the Secondary Stent may have their lengths adjusted at the time of placement. The nitinol shape memory elements of the preferred embodiment have been sized to allow cutting of the structural element in situ. The polymer portion of the Secondary Stent likewise may be transected utilizing a knife and anvil type apparatus.
Another embodiment comprises discontinuous super-elastic elements that are coated with an elastic polymer. Once sufficient length of the material is positioned, the extrusion process is halted. Torsion stress is applied along the placement axis, affecting separation through shear of the elastic coating at predetermined discontinuous segments of the super-elastic components. The coating polymer may be configured to provide an occlusive sidewall, or allow fenestrations to provide a permeable side wall.
Both the Primary and Secondary Stent may be removed or repositioned during placement by reversal of the thermal transition process at the catheter tip. For repositioning of a stent element, control of the proximal portion of the device by maintaining tension along the long axis of the device during the deployment process can overcome transition force causing a reversal of deployment. Removal of previously positioned devices is achieved by grasping the proximal portion of the device while flooding the area of placement with a chilled fluid. The device may then be withdrawn through a tapered catheter tip, with the environment internally chilled. The device may be removed after it is contained within the catheter.
In another embodiment, a thermal billiary stenting system is a two component system. Certain physical attributes are realized with the use of two components having differing forms and physical properties. The first component placed is referred to herein as the "Primary Stent." The Primary Stent affords minimal diameter in the pre-deployment form. This physical attribute is obtained from the use of a helix/anti-helix pair or pairs. The geometric pair(s) may be extended longitudinally in a manner analogous to a Chinese finger trap, providing an overall maximal cross-sectional dimension that is approximately twice the diameter of a single wire component. Cross-sectional diameters of less than 1.5 mm in the pre-deployment form may be achieved.
In addition to minimization of diameter, the Primary Stent provides structural strength for the overall two component construct. The structural characteristics of the Primary Stent are realized upon transition to its shape memory super-elastic form. Relatively high hoop strength for this component may substitute for mechanical dilatation heretofore obtained using a balloon catheter, thus affecting dilatation of the strictured or obstructed region of the billiary tract. The relatively small pre-deployment size of the primary stent allows for passage of the apparatus (stent and deployment catheter) across the obstruction prior to activation of the deployment process.
The second component of the system is referred to as the "Inner Core Stent". The Inner Core Stent is placed subsequent to the Primary Stent, which has opened, and defines a lumen of varied composition and function. In one embodiment, the Inner Core Stent comprises a fine weave of thermally active nitinol mesh in tubular form. The Inner Core Stent is deployed in manner that is analogous to the Primary Stent. The Inner Core Stent occupies the inner lumen of the Primary Stent and forms a semi-permeable side wall. The Inner Core Stent is designed to interlock with, or is otherwise secured relative to, the Primary Stent to preclude dislodging. Micro motion of the Inner Core Stent relative to the primary stent may be controlled by the attachment structure of the components.
Variable length capabilities are afforded by construction of the two components in a structurally segmented manner. The shape memory portions of each stent component are discontinuous, with small intervening segments comprising material(s) that are easily disrupted, allow separation to occur at any given segment, and creating the opportunity for length adjustment to meet individual patient requirements.
It is not necessary that the multiple components comprising the final construct are of the same length, nor is necessary for there to be a complete overlap relative to length of the two or more placed components. These attributes allow the system to be varied to suit particular stenting requirements and differing structural or physiologic requirements.
The invention has advantages over prior stents where there are limitations in placement due to degree of stenosis, relative inaccessibility to convoluted path of access, size of lumen, or placement site being subject to forces that will deform a malleable structure. Potential application sites include: the billiary duct system, coronary arterial circulation, carotid circulation, peripheral vascular sites, cerebral circulation, esophagus and bowel, the urinary tract, and gynecologic sites. Tissue expanders used in plastic surgery, conformal delivery devices for radiation treatment, and localized delivery of anti-metabolites in chemotherapy. Designs are not limited to solid cross-sections, particularly where introduction of therapeutic agents is best accomplished in a staged manner, or through a treatment schedule. Devices according to the invention may be configured to provide for a lumen or plurality of lumens facilitating introduction and or removal of specific therapeutic agents. Stents according to the invention may be applied at any anatomic site where currently available stents are applied, and sites that have been previously inaccessible are now accessible.
Constructs according to the heat activated transition method of the invention include highly varied geometric structures having varied functions and sites of application.
Shape memory devices may be made from shape memory materials, including, but not limited to, thermoplastic, polymers, and alloys such as nitinol or ferrous alloys having shape memory properties. The specific shape memory material selected will depend on the application for the device. The application of heat or withdrawal of heat in the transition zones will depend upon the shape memory material used.
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Snare Networks Corporation incorporates RSA Technology into its SnareNet transparent privacy software; Company also adopts RSA to form basis of its network security toolkit.
SnareNet, a software-only solution that provides transparent data encryption to existing network applications, and SnareTools, a software developer's network security toolkit, both take advantage of RSA's encryption technology to enable companies to extend security on intranets and across the Internet. SnareNet and SnareTools also enable corporations to reduce dependence on expensive private networks by using RSA technology to extend privacy to public networks.
"Businesses that select Snare Networks products will benefit from the additional privacy and security that they'll achieve, enabling them to use their existing applications to share confidential information over the Internet," said Jim Bidzos, president of RSA. "This is key to the evolution of electronic commerce, and we are pleased to see Snare Networks providing secure products and tools to help move the Internet to the next phase."
Snare Networks' SnareNet addresses the security problems associated with sending cleartext data -- which typically include passwords, private messages, credit card numbers, and payroll information -- over the Internet or intranets. SnareNet software provides TCP/IP encryption that users install on their computers. When users initiate their existing network applications, such as ftp, SnareNet software automatically identifies whether the destination is also "snared."
If SnareNet is installed on the remote computer (or "snared"), then a secure handshake is performed and data sent between the two computers -- or hosts -- will be automatically encrypted. This "dynamic discovery" makes SnareNet transparent to users and applications and eliminates the need for administration. And, as SnareNet is a peer-to-peer application which encrypts data before it leaves the host, all network traffic -- including local and remote -- is secure.
"Using the industry-standard RSA Public Key Cryptosystem, SnareNet generates a key pair for use during Snare secure handshakes with other SnareNet hosts," said Brad Bradley, Snare Networks product manager. "The two hosts exchange public keys and use them to exchange an encryption key. This process ensures privacy between two points, enabling companies to safely deploy mobile and remote users."
To provide customized security solutions, Snare Networks also licenses SnareTools, a network security toolkit that assists companies in plugging in their own mechanisms for authenticating and authorizing SnareNet clients. Using SnareTools, a company can leverage its security architecture to existing and legacy environments, develop sign-on applications, and build personal and workgroup firewalls.
Developers at Snare Networks Corporation used RSA's BSAFE and TIPEM software developers' toolkits to build security into the company's SnareNet and SnareTool products. The BSAFE toolkit is a cryptographer's toolkit that provides software developers with multiple algorithms and modules for adding encryption and authentication features to applications. The BSAFE toolkit includes modules for popular encryption techniques, such as RSA, DES, RC2, and RC4, and also supports digital signatures and certificates.
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MANILA, Philippines—A Quezon City court has allowed the release of the P426,917,646.96 surety bond posted earlier by TV host Willie Revillame in connection with a civil case lodged by network giant ABS-CBN two years ago.
Judge Alexander Balut of Regional Trial Court Branch 76 directed the discharge of the bond for being unnecessary and for being moot and academic.
Revillame, a former ABS-CBN talent, posted the bond in compliance with an October 2010 resolution issued by Branch 84 Judge Luisito Cortez for the TV host to post the P426 million bond to answer for any damages that might be incurred by ABS-CBN while he is hosting a new variety show on TV5.
In 2010, the host filed an P11-million damage suit against his old employer, asking the court to make a judicial confirmation of the end of his contract with ABS-CBN.
In response, the network slapped him with a P426-million counter-claim for allegedly reneging on his contract set to expire in 2011.
In a six-page order, Balut dismissed ABS-CBN's application for preliminary injunction. He also considered as moot the injunction hearings set last October 7, 20, 21, 2011; November 10, 11, 17, 24 and 25, 2011 and December 1, 2011.
The court order was based on Revillame's 2011 omnibus motion for the release of the surety bond, the cancellation of the injunction hearings and to dismiss the bid for preliminary injunction for being moot and academic.
In its counter-claim, ABS-CBN also sought a temporary restraining order against Revillame's hosting of TV5's "Willing Willie" show.
Cortez, who was then hearing the case, only required Revillame to post the surety bond.
Following the non-issuance of the TRO, the ABS-CBN asked Cortez to inhibit from the case, which was soon granted.
Balut also suspended the proceedings of the main case, pending finality of a Court of Appeal's decision of the case between TV5 versus ABS-CBN and Makati City judge Joselito Villarosa, docketed as CA-G.R. SP No. 117063.
The ruling decision refers to the granting the petition for certiorari and prohibition filed by the ABC Development Corporation, Villarosa's reversal of the Dec. 2 and 17, 2010 orders and the dismissal of the infringement case filed by ABS-CBN against TV5. Villarosa also made the preliminary injunction being asked by TV5 as permanent.
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The Supreme Court on Monday refused to extend the deadline of May 31 for Campa Cola residents to vacate unauthorised flats.
But residents and their legal team are working hard to find some solution to save the roof over their heads.
Mukul Rohatgi, counsel for the residents, said they will explore all options available, but refused to elaborate.
In November just as BMC was about to begin demolishing the flats, the Supreme Court intervened, saying occupants could live in the Worli high-rise till May 31.
On Monday, the apex court refused to extend the deadline while hearing an application by residents. The application was filed in the Special Leave Petition that was dismissed last year.
So, do residents have to vacate the flats by May 31?
"We are working at something and now it's up to the government as well," said Rohatgi. "But we will definitely do something before the May 31."
Nandini Mehta, a resident, too refused to speak at length on what the residents propose to do. "Our legal team is in Delhi. I do not wish to comment on our next course of action till they return," she said adding that they will fight till the end to protect their rights.
Rohatgi had urged the Supreme Court to modify its November 2013 order and submitted that more time be given to residents by adjourning the matter as the residents as well the civic authority are working on a proposal.
A division bench of justices Sudhansu Jyoti Mukhopadhyaya and Ranjan Gogoi, declined to "modify" its earlier order and said "no further time will be granted".
The top court had on February 27, 2013, ordered the BMC to demolish the illegally constructed flats and on October 1 refused to re-consider its earlier order and had set November 11 deadline to vacate 102 flats that were declared illegal.
But on November 13, hours after over 100 agitated families clashed with the police while the civic squad was bulldozing its way into the premises, the apex court stayed the demolition till further order, saying it was "badly disturbed by the development that is taking place at Campa Cola premises in Mumbai".
The court order came after it was informed by the attorney general that no relocation plan could be worked out between the residents and the authority.


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Food aid has become a contentious issue in recent decades, with sharp disagreements over genetically modified crops, agricultural subsidies, and ways of guaranteeing food security in the face of successive global food crises. In Hunger in the Balance, Jennifer Clapp provides a timely and comprehensive account of the contemporary politics of food aid, explaining the origins and outcomes of recent clashes between donor nations—and between donors and recipients.She identifies fundamental disputes between donors over "tied" food aid, which requires that food be sourced in the donor country, versus "untied" aid, which provides cash to purchase food closer to the source of hunger. These debates have been especially intense between the major food aid donors, particularly the European Union and the United States. Similarly, the EU's rejection of GMO agricultural imports has raised concerns among recipients about accepting GMO foodstuffs from the United States. For the several hundred million people who at present have little choice but to rely on food aid for their daily survival, Clapp concludes, the consequences of these political differences are profound.
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A glimpse of Japan
'I found myself falling in love with the culture of the Land of the Rising Sun'
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I was able to see Japan at its finest. As I grasped the beauty of this country, I found myself falling in love with the culture of the Land of the Rising Sun.
Who would have thought that I'd be representing the Philippines as a student ambassador of the Japan International Cooperation Center? No one, not even me. I was one of the 46 Filipinos given the opportunity to represent my beloved country.
I was able to discover and witness the beauty of Japan—its people, culture, customs and traditions.
I have thousands of positive words to describe the Japanese people. They are most kind. They are generous people, and I could feel that in my heart. They are also disciplined, which is noticeable in how they follow strictly all given rules and practice good conduct.
Japanese culture is well-preserved by the country. We had the chance to learn ikebana, also called kado, the art of flower arrangement, and even origami, the art of paper folding. An international exchange group called Ensemble Mobara presented a Japanese culture experience program in Mobara City. Their goal is to help different cultures understand and learn to respect each other, and step up to achieve multicultural integration and a peaceful world.
Love for nature
Ikebana is an art that has existed for 500 years. This traditional art, we learned, can be traced to the love for nature of the Japanese people, because they have a strong bond with the environment.
It is also a systematic way of expressing one's self by placing leaves, flowers and berries in a container. The finished product symbolizes a person's appreciation of nature as it connects the maker and the flora.
Origami is a traditional paper-folding art in Japan. By using only your hands and colorful flat papers, you will be challenged to transform them into sculpture through this multidimensional craft. It's an enjoyable art, but it requires willingness and patience.
Honestly, we had a hard time practicing the art of paper folding to create shapes. But as you continue to learn and appreciate the art, you'll soon have a good time doing it.
There are numerous kinds of origami—action, modular, pureland, wet folding and even kirigami. We made the basics like the famous crane, airplane, trash bin, boat and soldier's hat. Seeing the finished product will bring a smile to your face; it will be worth all your work.
The best part of staying in Japan is when you finally realize how they are able to preserve their language and culture amid the growth that the contemporary world is bringing to their country.
And that itself is the answer—Japan is capable of being competent globally, just because they never let go of their culture. They strongly develop what is theirs, concentrate on improving what they have and prioritize their passion.
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Hell Unleashed has been years in the making, dating back long before patch 1.10. For Terry, the road has been long, as much a thing of personal fulfillment as one of entertainment. "It was a personal hobby to see what I could do," he told us in a short interview, "[although] I never [had] a defined goal in mind when I first started." What started as an aimless modification of one of the most renown ARPG's of all time grew into something much more important.
As he went, Terry learned what it meant to mod this age-old game. "Hell Unleashed [is] an entity that grew over time," he replied when DiabloFans asked him when the work really started, "[but as] my ambitions for Hell Unleashed grew . . . a final version began to take shape."
This "final version" would grow to address a multitude of concerns and ideas that Terry developed. When asked what the most important feature of Hell Unleashed is to him, Terry confessed that "the highlight for me would have to be the enhanced boss battles."
Certainly, Diablo II's bosses had their charm, if not a significant amount of lore behind them. Unfortunately, the difficulty of defeating these bosses became negligible when one considered how simple it was to port, pot, and pop back into the fray. "Fighting [the bosses] was fairly anti-climactic given that non-hardcore death and retreating to town via a convenient town portal had no impact on the outcome of the fight; essentially, you could never really 'lose' the battle."
All this changed when Hell Unleashed was born. "Bosses [now] rely on strategy and preparation to overcome as opposed to reckless persistence and a town portal scroll."
Enhanced boss battles aren't the only thing Hell Unleashed has to boast. The mod features updated enemy AI, tweaked graphics and animations, a plethora of new Horadric Cube formulae, and, perhaps of principle concern, its controversial private realm access.
"Originally, I tried a TCP/IP and Open.net system, but these lacked any sense of a unified multiplayer community; games needed to be pre-arranged. . . Hell Unleashed began using the private server in its infancy and advanced largely because of the decision to utilize a private realm," Terry said. Much to Blizzard's dismay, the mod allows players to connect to his private realm dubbed "Arymith," coinciding with the mod's official website.
However, the long road to Hell Unleashed as we know it today was not all downhill. Terry faced his fair share of challenges. "A lot of time went in to trial and error and dealing with crashes, bugs, and hard-coded features, far more than it took to actually create new content."
Bugs and code weren't the only issues at hand. The mod's private realm also had its challenges. "Certain third-party plug-ins [that] I wanted to include in Hell Unleashed were not possible as they conflicted with the private server software."
Private realms aren't exactly all the rage with Blizzard, either, who would much prefer players to use closed or open realms on Battle.net. Blizzard's (often firm) stance on this matter has trickled down to its more devoted modding communities, including the Phrozen Keep. "The Phrozen Keep, the primary modding hub for Diablo II, has a very strict policy against private realms, so this was indeed an obstacle."
As vanilla Diablo II players can relate, balancing is always an issue. Terry came to notice that "Diablo II [is] very sensitive to small changes. Even slight tweaks to skills and items [can] turn an underpowered class into an overpowered one."
With the official release of patch 1.3 for Hell Unleashed, balancing has been at the very top of Terry's mind. "[Patch 1.3] was largely based off [of] community suggestions on how to best balance Hell Unleashed and improving and preserving the challenge for multiplayer."
The trick, as Terry noticed, was getting everyone to agree on what needed balancing. "A lot of people in the community had different ideas on how to balance the game and it was hard to get people to agree; the line between underpowered, balanced, and overpowered can be different depending on who you [ask]." However, responding to the mod's prodigious community feedback has become something of a source of pride for Terry. Now, Hell Unleashed "[tweaks] items and skills . . . [with] every update, and [is] then re-adjusted based on player feedback."
Trag'Oul. In order to keep with that classic Diablo vibe, though, Terry attempted to shy from the cliché world of High Fantasy in favor of darker demonic mythologies. "A lot of the bosses I included in Hell Unleashed were not part of Diablo lore," he said, "I decided not to limit myself based on the lore as I wanted to put my own spin on Diablo."
Specimens include the demons Moloch and Asmodeus, among others. Taking such lore from darker sources helped, in part, to keep the Diablo vibe while bringing something new to the table.
Hell Unleashed has a lot to offer new and old players alike, with new takes on old concepts as well as some nuance differences that distinguish it from the crowd. If you're interested, check out the official website for more information.
Disclaimer: DiabloFans does not in any way endorse the more controversial nature of this mod. This interview was for general enlightenment and entertainment purposes, only. Use of Hell Unleashed's private realm functionality is solely the result of the individual player's discretion and is forbidden by Blizzard's ToU/EULA. In addition, big thanks to Magistrate for conducting the interview and article.


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Young actor in awe of Lolo Vic Silayan, whom he never met
For show-biz neophyte Victor Silayan, acting is self-discovery. Toughened up by years of mixed martial arts training, he never got fully in touch with his vulnerable side. "I seldom cry," he told the Inquirer.
But playing Warren in TV5's coming drama series "Three Sisters," the 20-year-old had to learn to bare his emotions on cue. Which was why he underwent a three-session workshop, which he found "very promising."
Silayan explained, "Marunong pala akong umarte at kaya ko ring umiyak. I learned so many things and I enjoyed the process. Now, I feel I have the right weapons to take on the challenge."
Victor, grandson of late stage-film great Vic Silayan and nephew of the late beauty queen-actress Chat Silayan, said continuing his family's "modest legacy" is not so much a pressure as an opportunity.
"And I feel honored," Victor said.
He never met his famous grandfather, who died of a heart attack on Aug. 30, 1987. One thing he knew, though, was that Vic didn't want his children to enter show biz. "But I was curious," Victor said, "so here I am."
After watching Vic in Mike de Leon's critically acclaimed film "Kisapmata," Victor knew he had a long way to go.
"Lolo Vic being a 10, I think I'm just a four," he said. "He's a great actor. He seems really strict and disciplined with what he does. Meron siyang angas at may pagka-bossy, which I also see in myself."
Forget the glamour
Aside from acting, Victor, an Economics and Applied Corporate Management student at De La Salle University, is into mixed martial arts (Jiu Jitsu, Muay Thai and Judo), painting, sculpting, photography and music. He said these help build his character.
He was a member of the Muay Thai varsity team, did a few TV commercials before becoming a Bench underwear model. He made it to the final casting of the GMA-7 series "Amaya," which he turned down in favor of his studies. The role (Lumad) went to Mikael Daez.
"A jack of all trades, master of none," he said, laughing. "But I hope I can master acting."
He insists he's not after glitz and glamour. "Forget about the fame, the fans, and the pictures. I'm focused on acting—the art itself."
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