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A system which allows modular expansion to provide additional services to high speed data. A high speed data line such as DSL or cable is input to a broadband expandable modem device. The modem device produces an output indicative of the data within the data stream. An expansion output is indicative of voice within the data stream which is separated from the data. The expansion output is coupled to one of a plurality of voice adapters. Each of the voice adapters is expandable so daisy chain communication is possible to add additional layers of voice by simply acquiring additional voice adapters. The system preferably uses USB for the expansion capability.
1. A broadband modem for telephony and data communications, comprising:
a broadband interface circuit to couple to a broadband line, said broadband interface circuit to receive broadband data from the broadband line;
a system controller to couple to said broadband interface circuit, wherein said system controller to separate a data portion and telephony information from the broadband data, wherein only the data portion is to be used by the broadband modem;
a host controller to couple to said system controller; and
an expansion port to couple to said host controller, wherein said expansion port to include a signal to carry the telephony information to a device controller of a peripheral device.
2. A broadband modem as claimed in
3. A broadband modem as claimed in
4. A broadband modem as claimed in
5. A broadband modem for telephony and data communications, comprising:
a broadband interface circuit to couple to a broadband line, said broadband interface circuit to receive broadband data from the broadband line;
a system controller to couple to said broadband interface circuit, wherein said system controller to separate a data portion and telephony information from the broadband data, wherein only the data portion is to be used by the broadband modem;
a host controller to couple to said system controller; and
an expansion port to couple to said host controller, wherein said expansion port to include a signal to carry the telephony information to a device controller of a peripheral device, said host controller being one of a Universal Serial Bus Controller, a Firewire controller, a Bluetooth controller, and a wireless controller.
6. A broadband modem as claimed in
7. A broadband modem as claimed in
8. A broadband modem as claimed in
This is a divisional of U.S. application Ser. No. 09/469,987, filed on Dec. 21, 1999, and priority is claimed thereto.
The present application describes broadband access and uses for a high bandwidth line.
Modern internet access allows increased bandwidth capability. For example, cable modems, Digital Subscriber Line ("DSL") and other similar "broadband" internet services provide more bandwidth than is needed during an average user's web browsing.
The extra bandwidth can be used for other purposes. For example, various systems including voice-over-DSL and voice-over-cable allow a user to encode their voice on the same system that carries the data.
The present application describes an integrated access device which is modular, expandable, and allows connection of multiple services over the broadband data connection.
The present application describes a modular communication system, that has a first communication device, having a first port which allows receiving broadband data, an expansion port which provides output data to allow adding additional data-receiving elements thereto, and a first electronic element which analyzes the broadband data and separates data information from voice information therein and couples the voice information to the expansion port.
These and other aspects will now be described in detail with respect to the accompanying drawings, wherein:
The present disclosure defines a number of modular and expandable devices, 100, 120, 130. Each device is formed within a housing, and each device includes an expansion port. Each of the expansion ports includes a signal that carries the excess information, i.e., any information that is not processed and/or used by the electronics within the housing. The expansion port includes a connection, and the information on the connection allows connecting to an additional modular and expandable device.
The primary device is the basic modem device 100. This device is contained within housing 105, which can be a stand alone housing cabinet, a circuit card, or even the packaging for a chip such as an application specific integrated circuit or ASIC. The perimeter of housing 105 a data port 102 which is connected to a high bandwidth information stream such as a broadband data source 99, e.g. a DSL line, cable or the like, and an expansion port 116.
The data from the broadband source 99 is coupled to a broadband interface 104. This can be a commercially available modem chip or a digital signal processor (DSP) configured for broadband access.
The broadband interface feeds a first electronic element 100, which can include a processor or a microcontroller. The controller analyzes the information output 101 from the broadband interface 104. This information output 101 may include both data portions 112 as well as embedded voice streams 113. The data 112 is separated from the embedded voice streams 113. Only the data portion 112 is used by the modem unit 100, so all other portions, including the voice streams 113 is routed to the expansion port 116. A Universal Serial Bus (USB) host 114 formats the information and makes it available at expansion port 116. This information is intended to be coupled to Telephony adapters as described herein. Cost effective expansion therefore becomes quite practical.
An optional hardware assister 108 can be a digital signal processor, a floating point unit, or another device which can increase throughput of information. A buffer element 107 can also be provided, for temporary storage as needed.
As described above, the system controller 106 acts on the information stream from the broadband data line 99 to separate the information stream into a data output 112 and voice streams part 113. The data output 112 is formatted into a specified protocol, e.g. Ethernet 7M and output as formatted output data 112. The Ethernet data can be used over a local area network providing Internet access, for example.
Data output 112 can alternately be in another standard network form such as universal serial bus (USB) or the like.
The voice part 113 from system controller 106 is coupled to a USB adapter 114 which drives a USB output via expansion port 116. Expansion port 116 can be used to communicate with one or more additional modular devices.
The system block diagram of
At least one RJ11 jack 128 can be provided on expansion unit 120 for connection to a telephone and/or additional telephone electronics. Alternately, the connection to the telephone handsets can use some other connector form, or a wireless connection such as by Bluetooth™, using the Bluetooth 1.0 specification, Jul. 26, 1999.
A detailed block diagram of the voice adapter 120 is shown in
The USB device controller 200 has an associated memory device 205 such as a static RAM or flash memory which includes operating information for USB device controller 200, as well as the ability to update USB parameters/protocol via downloading to a flash memory. USB device controller 200 also includes a hub portion 210 which controls communication with other USB expansion devices over the expansion slot 126. The information in memory device 205, for example, can include a list of telephone numbers that are to be serviced by the specific voice adapter. Device controller 200 then separates the information associated with those specific telephone numbers as its data output 220. All remaining information is possibly reformatted, and output on the expansion port 126.
The data output 220 from the USB device controller is coupled to an information separator a pulse code modulated (PCM) transcoder 230 (or similar voice codec) for compression/decinoression, e.g. for bandwidth reduction. The system should retain compatibility, however, with standard 64K bit (PCM) data, to enable use of an analog modem connected to one of the voice adapter ports.
ADPCM transcoder 230 compresses/uncompresses and separates the information as 240. Each of the separated data streams from 240 is coupled to a respective PCM codec 250, and subscriber line interface circuit Subscriber Line Interface Card (SLIC) 260. The SLIC provides standard "tip" and "ring" signals 262 which can be in any standard form. One form is an RJ11 jack. Another is a wireless transmission, e.g. over a part 15 frequency to a cordless phone receiver or via Bluetooth as described above.
According to the paradigm of this system, a service provider can provide a user with one of the modular devices, e.g. the broadband modem 100. The user can later be offered the opportunity to add additional telephone lines, each with a separate telephone number, without additional wiring. The additional numbers are obtained by programming the number into the memory device 205. The modem unit 100 recognizes the data information and separates it from the voice information that it does not process. The voice information is coupled to expansion port 116. Each voice adapter recognizes the telephone numbers associated with that voice adapter. Additional telephone lines are added by simply programming the new number into the memory device 205, if a port is available. If not, an additional voice adapter is connected to the expansion connector 126.
The service provider defines the additional telephone numbers. Any incoming voice call is multiplexed on the broadband data source 99, along with a code indication of the phone number. Each adapter recognizes its own numbers, and passes other numbers. Downstream adapters, added later on, recognize the additional numbers. No change needs to be made to the upstream adapters for these additional numbers, since each adapter passes any information that it is not programmed to accept.
The user can later add additional modems or other devices, as well as any desired number of voice adapters for any desired number of lines. The number of phones or services is limited only by bandwidth which may be limited by the slot that is broadband data source 99.
Other embodiments are with the disclosed embodiment. For example, while this describes the modular devices as being in separate housings, they can alternately be separate expansion cards in a backplane, or separate units that can be plugged in to a basic motherboard. For modularity, it is convenient if some portion of the units are separate. In addition, other expansion technologies, such as firewire and the like, can be used in place of USB.
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Yes, because Battleships make so much more sense for an organization out for peace.
And since when is being in a snub fighter a suicide mission? Thanks to aircraft the hayday of battleships is over. And since your banging the canon bell, go look at the Star Trek game for the playstation. Seem to recall that being a game ONLY about fighters.
you are right a pure battle ship is also out of line, i was merely exulting joy over the excalibur class.
i never stated that any game was canon or not, i stated that fighters does not make sense the way the star trek universe has been portrayed so far. the vast majority of the vessels shown are big ships with massive fire power. i have a hard time imagining what fighters can do that drones cant? most of the races in star trek conform to the large and powerful vessels, because star trek was meant to be the renaissance in space....
another reason not to have the carrier is that each faction needs to have something unique otherwise they simply become palette swaps of each other. if we are going to get something new then i would rather have a battleship instead of a carrier, because its something that the klingons dont have.
the two factions should be balanced put play differently, otherwise there is no point in rolling a new character for the opposing faction. or even having an opposing faction


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André Hossein
André Hossein, born Aminoullah Husseinov (Persian: امين الله حسين; Russian: Аминулла Гусейнов; Azerbaijani: Əminulla Hüseynov 1905, Samarkand – 9 August 1983, Paris) was an Iranian[1] composer of Neo-Romantic music and a tar soloist residing in France.[2]
His mother was a Persian woman from Samarkand (present-day Uzbekistan) and his father was a merchant, originally from Azerbaijan. Aminollah Hossein lived for a few years in Persia (Iran) before he left the country for his academic studies.
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His son, Robert Hossein, has written that André Hossein studied in Moscow, Russia and later in Germany where he attended a music academy in Stuttgart and the Berlin Conservatory from 1934 to 1937. His fascination with pre-Islamic Persia led him to convert to Zoroastrianism. His newfound religion immensely influenced his musical work in symphonies such as "Persian Miniature", "I love my Country", and "Symphony Persepolis".[3][4] He married Anna Minevskaya, a Jewish comedy actress from Kiev,[5] who had immigrated to Paris, France, with her parents after the October Revolution.[6][7] He spent the rest of his life in France. He also studied privately under Paul Antoine Vidal in Conservatoire de Paris.
An Iranian-Canadian music historian and student of the elder Hossein, Farya Pirbizari, has written that Mr. Hossein actually arrived in Moscow as a very young child, leaving for Berlin after the First World War to complete his secondary education and attending the Conservatoire de Paris in the 1920s under Artur Schnabel.[8]
In 1935 he wrote his first ballet, Towards the Light. He also composed numerous pieces for the piano, including some études. Aminollah's love for his native Iran is evident in many of his works, especially The Symphony of Persepolis (also known as The Rubble of the Forgotten Empire), which he finished in 1947. Aminollah Hossein also made a symphony on Khayyám poems in 1951.
Other works by him include three piano concertos, Persian Miniature, Scheherezade (Shahrzad), and Arya Symphony. He also composed some film scores, including films directed by his son Robert Hossein, the Paris-born actor and director.
See also[edit]
- ^ Pežmān Akbarzādeh, Musiqi-dānān-e Irāni, Shiraz, 2000, pp. 64-65
- ^ (Persian) Life and works of Aminollah Hossein
- ^ Hollywood and its influence on Iranian society and Film Industry
- ^ French-Iranian director Robert Hossein to revive Epic Tale of Ben Hur in 2006
- ^ According to the program Le Plus Grand Cabaret du Monde, presented by Patrick Sébastien on 22 September 2007
- ^ (Russian) A Pessimist Full of Optimism: An interview with Robert Hossein. Pyotr Rozvarin. Vremya novostei, #47. 19 March 2002. Retrieved 22 December 2007
- ^ Information on Anna Minevski's brother — resistance fighter Lova Minevski
- ^ Farya Pirbazari on André Hossein. Retrieved 30 January 2008.
External links[edit]
- Pooyan Azadeh performed Aminollah Hosseins Piano Concerto Nr. 2 - Germany on YouTube, European premiere of the performance of that piece
- André Hossein article at Encyclopædia Iranica
- (Persian) Aminollah Hossein's memorial
- (Persian) 100th anniversary of Aminollah Hossein
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Many have argued that the world's problems may be ultimately 'spiritual' in nature, and much of the population, atheists and believers alike, claim to have a spiritual dimension to their lives. But what do we really mean by the spiritual?
A major new series rethinking the cultural and social value of spirituality, with speakers to include Madeleine Bunting, Robert Rowland Smith, Elizabeth Oldfield and Jonathan Rowson.
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SufferingServant Aug 30, 2014
I am fully aware I am not or well ever be 'ultimately true', I know I can always only be partially-true *at best*. This is what humbles me.
SufferingServant Aug 30, 2014
Ah yes. It is important to be humbled - lest your 'selfish ego' grow to large and narcissism is developed.
People often consider me to have a large ego, but I don't believe I do. I've been humbled in my ineptitude repeatedly. To be humbled I think can push us towards not sharing our experiences though. We don't wish to share what we know if we believe we don't really know anything, even if we know we know more than another individual. The logic may seem odd, or even counter-intuitive to other things I say, but I don't believe it is odd or counter-intuitive.
I am fully aware I am not or well ever be 'ultimately true', I know I can always only be partially-true. This is what humbles me.
Though, I believe I can 'see' what is ultimately true. Not that I believe I can 'see' the entire ultimate truth, but that I can see the 'big picture' and in doing so I can see how the smaller pictures fit into the big picture.
In other words, I'm feel that I'm simultaneously humble and prideful. Humbled in that I know I can never be ultimately true, prideful in that I'm confident in my capacity to discern what is true - because I can 'see' what is ultimately true (but know I cannot fully comprehend it).
Seems strange, I know. But if I wasn't prideful, I would only be humble and alas I wouldn't share anything at all in my humility.
If I don't see how a small picture fits into the big picture, I readily admit it. But when I do, I'm compelled to be confident in my expression of truth.
Thanks again for sharing :-)
listening Aug 30, 2014
I agree with you, SuSe that it is a natural desire to share our discoveries and experiences,especially for those who "know"--an important part of bringing beings together.
I guess that adage I quoted about "those who know don't write" was only to remind myself to be humble and remember always that I don't have the whole answer to anything, and maybe I'm totally wrong.
SufferingServant Aug 30, 2014
Beautiful words again, listening. Thank you for sharing!
I agree with you mostly, except I don't agree with this: "Those who write don't know. Those who know don't write"
I do agree it is most often true, but don't agree that it is always true.
I believe one you are 'awakened' or 'enlightened' to the 'truth', eventually you should be compelled to share that truth, just as you are. But, we must also realize words can only be partially truths. A book can lead to 'the Ultimate truth', but they words are only partially true at best. Perfection is a journey followed by inward reflection on what you learned, have learned, and will learn. Then followed by outward confirmation, and again by inward reflection.
Many people in the past have understood the 'truth' and wrote it down in metaphors built on metaphors. Just because we don't always understand the metaphors doesn't mean they aren't 'true'. It just means we still have a journey ahead of us.
I disagree that must always focus on 'letting go'. Once we are spiritually awakened, we must eventually let go of our selfish desires to keep this information to ourselves. We should be compelled to swim against the tide, to share with others even though we know there will be resistance.
It's kind of like Nirvana in Buddhism. I believe it's selfish to want to hold on to the state of Nirvana and stay there. I believe we should aim to bring others to Nirvana, and in doing so we move down one path to the 'state beyond Nirvana'. Some call this next state the Holy Grail, or the Philosophers Stone. We can only reach this by descending from 'self' and then after a few steps ascending to a new self. This new self is 'old self' merged with 'all'. To help yourself is to also help 'all'. To help 'all' is to also help your 'self'.
Hope that makes some sense, hah. Typing all of this on my phone so please forgive any autocorrections.
listening Aug 30, 2014
In my humble experience--words, languages, concepts, expectations, desires, and actively holding onto particular explanations or analyses--these are obstacles, pointers perhaps, but not pathways toward spirituality/consciousness/awareness. Awareness is more about letting go than holding on. The more we hold onto this small physical part and all that it has experienced in this one meager lifetime (actually the fraction processed and remembered and mistakenly processed and mis-remembered) and all this "individual/islanded" mind thinks it knows, the less we are able to become aware of the greater whole.
Words really are an obstacle. I hope mine are taken in the spirit in which I offer them. Perhaps connecting with whole-consciousness/awareness is more like learning to ride a bicycle than knowing how to build a bike or explaining the dynamics of balance and movement. Ultimately you have to get on the seat and find your own balance. No amount of talking to you about how it works really helps, especially not while you are teetering and trying. You just remain calm and get on the seat again and again. As for the value of what others said long ago? If they purportedly rode bikes successfully, then I am reassured to keep working toward the experience, too.
I am always reminded when I share anything about matters of Spirituality/Awareness/Consciousness, the old saying, "Those who write don't know. Those who know don't write".
And yet I write. These characters/letters on the screen don't show the hesitation or the humility that one feels at addressing such a profound topic. I do so because I may have a tiny piece of a puzzle to add, and I am drawn to connecting with you all in that "field of awareness", and akin to when I often feel the presence of the person calling me on the phone before it rings I feel you here/there.
dustproduction Aug 29, 2014
Re: "what they are trying to do is come off as profound and wise while simultaneously absolving themselves of any responsibility for actually tackling those problems"
So we invented praying, asking a higher power to act on our behalf.
dustproduction Mar 30, 2014
Re: In older languages like hebrew and sanscrit single words had blended concepts. For example 'dharma' refers to 'knowledge/understanding of all phenomena' . There is no single words in English that have such broad meaning.
Interesting to note that only in matters for which there is no evidence, like spirituality, do we care about what people did thousands of years ago. And even in this things we do not attempt to understand them from a historical perspective, but rather a modern memetic one.
dustproduction Dec 19, 2013
I'm not sure the reply answers the question of "to what end" we must be in acceptance of the things, "that are beyond our limited understanding."
By "accept" do you mean place "belief in?"
Let me make this analogy. People today make the claim that we need to save the planet, but the planet is beyond our limited control, and more to the point it will take care of itself as it has for a billion or more years. What they mean to say is that we need to save the conditions that allow us, humankind, to survive in this planet. We need to save ourself, not the planet.
And BTW: did you listen to the discussion?
bestearth Dec 18, 2013
To what end? There is a star a zillion millions across space. We may know it's is there but what difference does that star make to you in your daily physical existence for the relatively brief time you are here to experience it? If these things are beyond our limited understanding, why are we even attempting to discuss them?
That star is a miracle and that makes a world of difference. English is the worst language in the world to have a discussion of a spiritual nature. It is an alpha-numerically reversed version of Hebrew. A backwords language that detunes the human instrument making it very hard for most of its users to feel connected to creation. I agree with Len Horowitz. I felt this all along and now I know why.
In older languages like hebrew and sanscrit single words had blended concepts. For example 'dharma' refers to 'knowledge/understanding of all phenomena' . There is no single words in English that have such broad meaning.
Those that can feel and have compensated for the crippling effects of this language choose to view life as a miracle. Whereas the disconnected person says that something distant has no effect on anything. The star has no effect? Stars have been one of the most awe inspiring motifs for artists and all great thinkers , the very looking at them requires one to look up and reach out for them. To wonder and feel in awe of creation and to become a creator.
mrmathew1963 Dec 18, 2013
G'day DJA12
Welcome to IONS DJA12, yes it is good to see others think in & outside the square depending on what kind of reasoning process they use.
My wife & I haven't watched TV for over six yrs now, miss the docs but not the other mindless rubbish.
I believe science will prove or disprove everything one day as long as it keeps evolving & doesn't get stuck on one reasoning process. Science & spirituality are the same to me they just use different reasoning processes.
dustproduction Dec 18, 2013
re: We have to accept that there are things, such as spirits, that are beyond our limited understanding.
To what end? There is a star a zillion millions across space. We may know it's is there but what difference does that star make to you in your daily physical existence for the relatively brief time you are here to experience it? If these things are beyond our limited understanding, why are we even attempting to discuss them?
DJA12 Dec 18, 2013
Yesterdai I joined IONS and discovered this Discussion Group. I can't tell you how ecstatic I was to find people who can actually think. I was beginning to believe that most everyone knew more about the latest reality show than the remote viewing program of the military. I chose this because none of the friends and relatives I have ever heard of it. I retired 9-13 and decided since I had time now to write an educational blog
scienceandspirituality.net . Science is not an enemy. Anyone who says they understand QM is a liar. We have to accept that there are things, such as spirits, that are beyond our limited understanding. Maybe understanding that there is something much greater may detract from our current obsession with material things.
dustproduction Dec 17, 2013
Great point, we should be so lucky as to never have to heard it discussed ever again.
However, there is a definition of spirit that I have referred to before that is not incorporated into what is spiritual: "those qualities regarded as forming the definitive or typical elements in the character of a person, nation, or group or in the thought and attitudes of a particular period."
This seems to be the ancient meaning of the word that has been co-opted by those that were intent on selling religion.
NoetPoet Dec 17, 2013
"The funny thing about "Spirit" is that is cannot be discussed, or even named."
For something that cannot be discussed or even named, people sure do talk alot about this "Spirit"!
frequencytuner Dec 16, 2013
The funny thing about "Spirit" is that is cannot be discussed, or even named. What we can discuss is the mind, the body, the earth, society and all the things we can effect change upon. "Spirit", however, is an experience beyond words aside from pale allegories and metaphors. It is like water. Imagine a bowl of water. Every thought that the mind grasps at is likened to poking a finger into the water. This causes ripples and distorts the clarity and calmness of the water for a while. The more we talk about it, the harder it is to understand. The more we try and 'know' about it, the less we can comprehend. The more we think about it, the harder it is to experience.
The Beatles said it best: "Let it be".
NoetPoet Dec 16, 2013
"Spirituality", "consciousness", "quantum", all of these make fine ingredients for any word salad.
I suspect that when people say the world's problems are ultimately "spiritual" in nature, what they are trying to do is come off as profound and wise while simultaneously absolving themselves of any responsibility for actually tackling those problems in a realistic effective manner.
When people say they have a "spiritual dimension" to their lives it usually means that they like to feel warm, fuzzy and personally significant from time to time.
dustproduction Dec 13, 2013
How odd that a serious discussion regarding spirituality is not taken seriously.
dustproduction Dec 07, 2013
Not wanting this discussion to drop down to far before others had the chance to see it.
Like the word consciousness, the word spirit can refer to ideas and concepts that are very different, bth in the subjective sense and the objective sense; yin and yang.
Many comment about their subjective spiritual sense, but might only notice an objective spirit of others in the negative sense. But this is both context and perception driven.
frequencytuner Dec 06, 2013
I regularly bring all topics and discussions back to the concept of yin and yang, and for a good reason that this topic speaks to directly. If we consider spirit being the unmanifest, potential, wave-like matrix that underlies material reality, matter would be then the manifest, actual particles that constitute and form the concept of material reality. To take this one step further, consider the difference between 'reality', a video and a picture. Which one of these is truly fluid? The picture is but a single moment captured, a video is a series of consecutive moments captured and 'reality' is the fluid dynamic of the eternal process of change and evolution. One point to emphasize here is that the picture and video are strictly visual while the perception of 'reality' is dictated by all 5 senses.
That being said, beyond material, physical reality, which is like the fish caught and plucked form the stream, lies the stream itself which all of this 'reality' springs forth from: spirit. It is like how consciousness does not need thought to exist, but thought needs consciousness to bring it into existence. In this light we understand that a fish plucked from a river with a deformity or disease must have obtained this condition from the water or something in the water. This water, or spirit, if it is tainted, will manifest physically in the same manner as a deformed fish from a toxic river. This "spiritual dimension" is more like the canvas, ink and artist while the material universe is the art: concepts to ponder.


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CHENNAI: The recent spells of rain have crippled scores of small and medium-scale industrial units in Ambattur Industrial Estate, one of the State's oldest industrial layouts.
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S. Sivaramakrishnan, managing partner, Sri Meenakshi Industries, laments that it takes more than 45 minutes during peak hour to get from the estate to Mogappair. "The roads are unbelievably bad. The factories that manage to operate despite the flooding still suffer losses because goods are damaged during transportation."
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Tiruvallur Collector Pankaj Kumar Bansal recently surveyed the damage in the estate. Authorities have pointed out that at least two canals, meant to drain water from Ambattur and other upstream localities, have been completely lost over the last two decades due to unplanned development.
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July 1, 2004 -- Public health officials are investigating the deaths of three organ transplant recipients who received donated organs that were infected with the deadly rabies virus.
The CDC today said the deaths mark the first known cases of rabies transmission from solid organ transplantation. Although rabies transmission has occurred previously through cornea transplants, this is the first report of rabies transmission via solid organ transplantation.
The organ donor, an Arkansas man, died in Texas of a brain hemorrhage, and his lungs, kidneys, and liver were transplanted on May 4 into four recipients.
The recipient of both lungs died during the organ transplant procedure. The other three organ transplant recipients died weeks later on June 7, 8, and 21 in Texas, but rabies was only recently identified as the cause of death.
"CDC confirmed yesterday that all three transplant recipients were infected with a strain of rabies commonly found in bats," says Mitchell Cohen, MD, director of the CDC's coordinating center for infectious diseases.
Although some organ procurement organizations screen potential donors for possible rabies exposure, officials say there is no national requirement to screen or test organ donors for rabies. That issue is expected to be debated by federal health officials as the investigation into the transplant-related rabies deaths continues.
"This has never happened before, but we need to do whatever we can to prevent it from happening again," says Virginia McBride, a public health organ donation specialist at the Health Resources and Services Administration.
But experts stress the benefits of receiving a donated organ still far outweigh the potential risks.
"Human rabies is extremely rare, and we see only a few human cases each year, usually in people who are bitten or scratched by certain types of bats and often don't know it," says Cohen.
"The benefits of receiving an organ transplant far outweigh the risk of any infectious disease acquired through transplantation."
Rabies Strain Usually Found in Bats
Rabies is a virus that is most commonly transmitted through the bite of an infected animal.
The source of the donor's infection has not been identified, but officials say it is consistent with a strains of the rabies virus commonly found in bats. Wild animals such as bats, raccoons, skunks, and foxes account for about 90% of the rabies cases documented each year.
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The appointment of Thomas M. O'Shaughnessy as Vice President Sales & Marketing. Mr. O'Shaughnessy brings to Dyadic over 20 years of sales, marketing and business development experience in the chemical industry. In his new role, he will be responsible for all of Dyadic's global sales, marketing and business development activities for its industrial enzyme business. Mr. O'Shaughnessy began his career with the General Electric Company where he spent 12 years in various sales and marketing positions of increasing responsibility and leadership. He later worked for six years at Occidental Chemical Corporation, the sixth largest chemical operation in the United States. For the past eight years prior to joining Dyadic, Mr. O'Shaughnessy has served as the Global Business Manager for Hexion Specialty Chemicals, Inc. (formerly Borden Chemical), the world's largest producer of thermosetting resins, performance adhesives, UV-curable coatings and the building-block chemical formaldehyde for various wood and industrial markets. Mr. O'Shaughnessy is Six Sigma certified and earned a B.S. degree in computer sciences with a minor in marketing from Plattsburgh State University.
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More "Off Duty" Clothing, going to Risa in Uniform may be Worfs thing but its not mine.
Absolutely. There should be more clothing slots allowed. The easisest way would be to be grantet by C-Store. If I want more, it is woth for me to pay for it.
I would like More Diplomatic solutions to missions, my Captain is feeling tired from all the needless destruction he has wrought. My suggestion would be for at least an click-activated power that demands opposing ships surrender/stand-down/pay homage (for Klingons) with the chance of the vessel surrendering based on your rank (you gain the power early) and the damage inflicted to the vessel. Firing at a vessel until it Stands-Down is very Star Trek IP so is refusing and then choosing to Ram the Demander.
I can just simly sign that!
Furthermore it would be great if the Planets would have biger Maps, where we could even get some grandom missions, like in ST TNG where Picard is on vacation on Risa an gets involved with Vash, a Tombrider, who has troble with a Ferenghi and he has to help her.
Something like this.
Remove the Inertial Drift from Cruisers ESPECIALLY IN SECTOR VIEW, Im fine with the sluggish turn rate but the drift in Sector view is annoying and irrelevant in my oppinion. It makes the bulky Cruiser which in the show appear to have majestic and sweeping flight styles (i.e. horrible rcs) to just look ungainly. Nor for that matter should a cruiser be able to perform the Cobra-head Maneuver after racing at an enemy full impulse and slamming on the breaks bringing the nose up.
Also the strange high inertia has meant my ship has "Bounced" away on occassion when hitting another vessel. Its ridiculous that a multimillion tonne Assault Cruiser bounces off a small Frigate.
well, that actually didin't bother me at all. The Cruisers as flying buckets. It feels normal that their turnig rate ist awfull.
Mid Term
I'd like to have the C-Store Goodies integraded, which would come periodcal. And this sooner than later.
More tricky Missions! Not just the flat "Kill X , scan X".
More ship options, Excelsiors, Nebula etc as well as more variations of pieces even if they don't belong to a full starship.
The Ability to Filter Contacts into ones you no longer look at readily.
More Voice Acting, I imagine lots of the scripted content could be voiced, I also think you could do some simple voices for BO's such as those style commands you get in Offline games i.e. Yes, Captain; We are being Hialed wtc. Give us a half dozen voices to select for our Boffs.
As I've earlier sayed, this would make STo more Star Trekish and our BO's wouldn't be just some Comparses.
Long Term
Remove the Sector borders completely or at least increase thier size, your already at a limit of people due to instancing, why not apply the instance to a wider area instead of having many more small instances have lots more bigger ones.
No, why? I'd rather would like to have more Planets to discover in the known sectors.
Give us 1st Person Ground Mode and a 1st Person Space mode that shows us commanding from the perspective of our Captains Chair so we can see our COn in the foreground and space through the view screen. I know the probelm is you can't see the field of Battle well but couldn't you just make it so the moment a hostile vessel comes within 15km or you activate a Boff Power it switches out to the Exterior view?
Why? i find it very disturbing when I am in space nd have to figt in near view mode. I didi't even see the enemys. I would find it better, if there would be some sort of tactical view. (heigh of the enemy on the map and things like this.)
The ability to flag yourself as a Roleplayer/PvPer/Teamer and dedicated instances that read such flags to automatically take you into them.
As long as this game ist't quite the game for an RP Gamer, why bother? The least of the players even read the Info fpt the Avatar.
I would also like to see more cutscenes, its cool how going to warp and transporting play out, I would like to see similar things such as a shuttle departing from a ship and speading towards a planet or (SPOILER ALERT) when the Undine Orbital weapons power up and fire on the Borg infested planet we get a little sequence of their preparing to fire. Make the scenes short and to the point, they worked well for conveying situations in games like FF XI
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Slugger was originally named Slugger Shea. Firebrand, in the early stories, left his signature torch emblem for the Police to find.
#711 wears a crimson jacket and cape and a hat which cast a heavy shadow over his face.
Writer credit from Millennium Edition: Police Comics No. 1 (2000 series) #nn. The Who's Who states Williams was writer only, so ? placed beside the writer credit. Strip is titled "Eagle Evans, Flier of Fortune". Strip writer/artist correction by Craig Delich 2012-7-3, as Clark Williams is a house name.
Chic appears as The Sword; strip continues from Smash Comics #26. Millennium Edition: Police Comics No. 1 (2000 series) lists the writer and artist as Will Eisner. The Who's Who lists Henkel as creator, writer and artist for the strip.
Jim Amash and Mike Kooiman, in the Quality Companion, categorically state that The Sword was created by Henkel. Eisner's name removed from writer credit.
Henkel himself said, in Alter Ego #48, that super-heroes didn't interest him. He was more into adventure stories, like those in the movies........he liked realism. Perhaps this was why Carter appeared in costume as The Sword for only a very short time. Added by Craig Delich 2014-1-3.
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Leader of Opposition in Lok Sabha, Sushma Swaraj today said Congress general secretary Digvijay Singh was a better prime ministerial candidate than party's vice-president Rahul Gandhi.
Swaraj was reacting to Digvijay's remark made earlier in the day that she would be a better PM candidate than Narendra Modi.
"Even I think that Digvijay Singhji is a better candidate than Rahul Gandhi," she said in a message.
Singh had said Swaraj is acceptable to people like Atal Bihari Vajpayee while Modi has sidelined all other leaders in BJP.
BJP had earlier ridiculed Digvijay's remark saying it did not need advice from a man who could not "dare" to fight Lok Sabha election and has been involved in his party's three consecutive defeats in Madhya Pradesh. "Our party has taken a decision after due deliberations. We don't need his advice. But let me ask him who is his party's PM candidate? The courtiers in Congress backed Rahul Gandhi for it but he did not accept the challenge," BJP leader Ravi Shankar Prasad said.


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Padres drop 4th in row as struggles continue
Meanwhile, the Padres' offense continued to flounder, although their scoreless innings streak finally ended at 25 innings when rookie Jedd Gyorko doubled leading off the fifth, moved to third on Nick Hundley's foul fly to deep right and scored on reliever pitcher Anthony Bass' hopper to short.
The run received a round of applause. It didn't sound sincere.
In winning four of six games against the Dodgers this season, Padres hitters averaged six runs a game while batting .319 with a .409 on-base percentage and a .467 slugging percentage.
Against all other opponents — 1-2 vs. the Mets, 0-6 vs. the Rockies, 0-3 vs. the Giants and 0-1 vs. the Brewers — the Padres are averaging 2.15 runs per game while batting .204 with a .240 on-base percentage and .300 slugging percentage.
For the second time in six games, the opposing starting pitcher suffered an injury in a collision with a Padre at first base.
Last Tuesday, the Dodgers Chris Capuano suffered a calf strain when he collided with Everth Cabrera while covering first base. Monday night, Brewers starter Kyle Lohse dislocated the little finger on his left hand when he clipped Gyorko as the second baseman was covering first on a bunt play. Lohse departed after allowing the one run on five hits through five innings.


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Materials to bring:
Each member should maintain a dedicated notebook of the activities of the Job Club. Bring this notebook and a pen to each meeting to record assignments and ideas/leads provided by other participants. This is also the place to document daily tasks and successes to share at the next meeting. In addition to the notebook, always carry a copy of your resume and business cards.
Member promise:
At your first meeting, establish an understanding of the expectations of each participant. You may consider asking each of your Career Club members to promise to abide by the following: If a member shares something that he or she wishes to remain confidential, the others will not repeat it outside the meeting. Each member will be diligent in preparing for meetings and will be honest about his or her progress. Each member will work toward the success of the whole group. The idea is to put everyone at ease so they're candid as opposed to guarded within the group.
"No complaining" rule:
Since job searching can be awfully frustrating, it's easy to spend an hour complaining about the rude people who don't return your calls and any number of other things. Before you know it, the meeting is over and nothing's been accomplished. While it's great to get things off your chest, you must put a limit on the amount of venting. Go around the room and give each person just 30 seconds to share a specific frustration and then agree to move on to more productive conversation. Sometimes a frustration might lead to a more serious discussion, so be sure to steer it in that direction.
Invite guests and experts:
After the first couple of meetings, you can decide on special guests to invite to join you at future meetings. In such cases, plan to extend the meeting time from one hour to 90 minutes or even two hours, depending on the guest.
Potential guests may include a business reporter at your local newspaper who can talk to you off the record about the local economy; resume writers and career coaches who often welcome the chance to speak to small groups to share their expertise; a college professor who is knowledgeable about the current economy; an author who has written about career issues; the HR manager at a company in your area; a representative of a placement agencies or headhunter.
Have fun:
Even though these meetings aren't about drinking and dancing, you can inject some pleasure. Business. Job Clubs are designed to be positive and reassuring forums, which means smiles and laughter are most definitely welcome. Members should have the opportunity to get to know one another for the purposes of building trust, which comes when each person lets his or her hair down just a bit.
Track your progress:
At each meeting, attendees will be required to share a specific accomplishment from the previous week. The club captain should keep track of these accomplishments, since over time it'll be smart to reflect on how much progress has been made.
Contact local media about your club: