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Braun discussed the puppets and other new ideas in hallway talks with executives from Yahoo's media team, according to people familiar with the conversations. Despite Braun's enthusiasm, however, the puppets were politely ignored.
After nearly 15 months on the job at Yahoo, there have been more awkward moments like the puppet-news pitch than success stories for Yahoo's media group and Braun, a marquee Hollywood executive who's supposed to be turning the Internet search heavyweight into an entertainment industry player.
Though the 47-year-old executive may be a star in Hollywood circles--as chairman of ABC Television Entertainment he's credited with green-lighting hit shows like "Lost" and "Desperate Housewives"--critics say he hasn't figured out how to adapt his Hollywood know-how to the digital world.
As a result, Yahoo's plan to become a major Internet content player is treading water. Yahoo Media has lost ground to rivals in key areas and has yet to goose advertising sales with a runaway content hit, which many expected Braun to deliver when he arrived with fanfare in November, 2004.
Growth at the Web sites in Yahoo's media corral has been mixed, according to figures from ComScore Media Metrix, a New York-based research firm. Yahoo Finance and Yahoo Games, for example, both lost readership last year. In fact, Microsoft's MSN Money site now brings in more unique visitors than Yahoo Finance, though Yahoo Finance still leads on total page views.
"Yahoo's in a good position. But it still has a question about content," said a source familiar with Yahoo's media ambitions who asked to remain anonymous.
With such a mixed record so far, Braun's future with Yahoo has become grist for the rumor mill in Hollywood and Silicon Valley. While some claim Braun is on his way out, others say he still has time to find the crossover between the entertainment and technology industries to prove wrong his naysayers.
Braun's struggles also raise larger questions about Internet media. Can a giant Internet portal like Yahoo or Google also create original content that people want to read or watch? Or are the portals destined to be like cable television carriers: Powerful content aggregators who dabble in their own stuff but are ultimately best at providing a platform for other people's material?
Yahoo spokeswoman Nissa Anklesaria said the company doesn't comment on the development process or on rumors about executives. Braun was not available for an interview for this article, she said.
"Lloyd has assembled a terrific team of senior leaders, and under his direction, Yahoo's media group has seen great success this year....We're in the early stages of this opportunity, and we're excited about the next year for this business," Anklesaria said.
The content future
For more than a decade, Yahoo has been an Internet search engine and portal that aggregates other companies' content. The aggregation strategy has by most accounts worked, particularly in recent years. Yahoo's revenue has jumped from $953.1 million in 2002--the first full year CEO Terry Semel ran the company--to $5.26 billion in 2005.
But Braun's job is about positioning the Sunnyvale, Calif., company for the future, when analysts expect a significant portion of traditional television advertising budgets will move to digital media. Yahoo, like every other big Net company, wants a slice of that pie.
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- Lloyd Braun -- Serenity now.....sanity later!
- Lloyd Braun character is funny on the Seinfeld sitcom.
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- Yahoo shot itself in the foot.
- I was a yahoo fan until i switched to mac and discovered that most of yahoo's services are not compatable cross platform. I'm not talking about messenger or other stand alone apps, I'm talking about the website. If yahoo wants to build a website that only runs of windows, fine.. but don't get upset when people who move to another platform leave. Bottom line is you can get the exact same information and content at many other places on the web, and yahoo is not necessary.
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- Yahoo: The Clock's Ticking
- As directories and search engines, Yahoo and Google have excelled at organizing the web and helping individuals seek, find and access the things that uniquely matter to them.
Yet to take a position of creating original content and assuming it will successfully appeal to a wide enough audience is a notion that runs counter to that which brought those powerhouses such relevance and application.
If Yahoo is good at anything, its making it easy for people to get what they want when they want it. Back in the early days of the web, it simply took two guys in their dorm room to imagine and implement a strategy that continues to work today.
Perhaps its time to take a lesson from Apple who came to realize that straying too far from the shore and bringing in the big guns can spell ruination when the idea that put them there in the first place became lost.
Its time that Yahoo recognizes their true value and opportunity; simplify the experience for individuals to gain access to those who are willing to pay for the relationship, and let the content evolve from those who have the passion, talent and perserverence to rise to the top.
The clocks ticking&.
Gary Baker
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- AOL News As Well!
- Your comscore data is missing a key player in online News---AOL, which is always ranked near Yahoo, MSN and CNN.
It seems to me Yahoo is trying to do what AOL content has done for years, original top notch programming.
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29 Thursday Dec 2011
Christian Living, Christianity, Church, Evil, Faith, Falleness, Islam, Persecution, Terror, Ugan, Violence
This in via The Christian Post:
Uganda – Islamic extremists threw acid on a church leader on Christmas Eve shortly after a seven-day revival at his church, leaving him with severe burns that have blinded one eye and threaten sight in the other.Bishop Umar Mulinde, 37, a sheikh (Islamic teacher) before his conversion to Christianity, was attacked on Saturday night (Dec. 24) outside his Gospel Life Church International building in Namasuba, about 10 kilometers (six miles) outside of Kampala. From his hospital bed in Kampala, he told Compass that he was on his way back to the site for a party with the entire congregation and hundreds of new converts to Christianity when a man who claimed to be a Christian approached him.
"I heard him say in a loud voice, 'Pastor, pastor,' and as I made a turn and looked at him, he poured the liquid onto my face as others poured more liquid on my back and then fled away shouting, 'Allahu akbar [God is greater],'" Mulinde said, still visibly traumatized two days after the assault.
A neighbor and church members rushed him to a hospital in the Mengo area of Kampala, and he was then transferred to International Hospital Kampala.
"I have to continue fighting this pain – it is too much," Mulinde said. "My entire body is in pain. Most of the night I miss sleep."
His face, neck and arms bore deep black scars from the acid, and his lips were swollen.
"The burn caused by the acid is so severe that there is an urgent need for specialized treatment," said area Christian Musa Baluku Symutsangira. "I suggest that he be flown outside the country as soon as possible; otherwise Mulinde might lose both of his eyes, coupled with the spread of the burns. The burns seemed to spread and go very deep. He might need some plastic surgery."
A doctor told Compass that acid burns cover about 30 percent of his face and has cost him sight in one eye.
"We are doing all we can to save his other remaining eye and to contain the acid from spreading to other parts of the body," the doctor said.
Mulinde's shirt, tie and suit were in tatters after the attack…
Despicable! You can read more on the horrific attack here.
29 Thursday Dec 2011
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Germany – A church built entirely of ice and snow has opened in Bavaria — a century after villagers first built a snow church in an act of protest.
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29 Thursday Dec 2011
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World should not allow Arab effort to deny Jewish connection to Jerusalem. ynetnews.com:
It's the site where humanity received the gift of one God. It's where God's "shechina", or presence, dwelt. Even the secular imagination, Jewish or not, has been shaped by the "Holy of Holies," the Temple Mount in Jerusalem, the most sacred site of the Jewish people.
It's there that King David raised a sanctuary for the Ark of the Covenant and King Solomon and Herod built the Temples. This holy place – not Shenkin Street, Jerusalem's Rehavia neighborhood, or Herzliya Pituach's high-tech hub – prompted the Jews' return to their land after two millennia of dispersion and pogroms.
In theory, Israel currently controls the Temple Mount. In reality, since 1967, when the Israeli army seized the "holy basin" from Jordanian forces, the Jewish state gave up religious freedom for the Jews.
This is one of the darkest chapters in modern Israel's short history. Immediately after the liberation of Jerusalem, Moshe Dayan handed over the keys of the Temple Mount to the Waqf, the Muslim religious trust that serves as custodian of the site, which includes four minarets and the holiest Jewish site in the world. It was a disastrous decision.
Threatened by Arab countries, Israeli authorities just closed the Mughabri Bridge, preventing Jews and Christians from entering Temple Mount. Historically it should be noted that only under Israeli rule was the site open for everyone, Muslims, Christians and Jews. The Waqf is now attempting to deliberately destroy all archaeological evidence of Jewish claims to this site, while using terror and intimidation to impose its exclusive claim to Temple Mount.
The Waqf has removed every sign of ancient Jewish presence at the site. At the entrance, a Waqf sign says "The Al-Aqsa Mosque courtyard and everything in it is Islamic property." Today Jews are barred from praying on the Mount and are not even allowed to carry any holy articles with them. With Muslim observers supervising visits, Israeli police have frequently arrested Jews for various violations, such as singing or reciting a prayer even in a whisper.
Repeated lies
This week, a Jewish woman was arrested following claims by police and Waqf officials that they noticed she was praying on Temple Mount. Why is it a crime for a Jew to mention God's name on Temple Mount? And why is the State of Israel complicit in enforcing this anti-Semitic rule?
European autocrats and the global media are also trying to downplay the Jewish connection to the site. Jewish archeologist Gabi Barkai stated that "it's a lie more terrible than the denial of the Holocaust, yet connected to it." UN and EU funded textbooks in the Palestinian areas all repeat the canard denying any Jewish legitimacy in the "Noble Sanctuary."
The World Council of Churches, the largest umbrella for the Protestant Churches, in its "Promised Land" conference in Switzerland denied any Jewish connection with the Mount. Recently, Cardinal Jean-Louis Tauran, head of the Vatican's Council for Interreligious Dialogue, just asked to place some Israeli holy places around Temple Mount under Vatican or international authority.
"The part of Jerusalem within the wall – with the holy sites of the three religions – is humanity's heritage", Tauran said. "The sacred and unique character of the area must be safeguarded and it can only be done with a special, internationally guaranteed statute."
Meanwhile, US President Barack Obama's plan also designates the Old City as an "international zone."
It's not only Chief Palestinian Justice Sheik Taysir Tamimi who declared the Jewish temples "never existed." The supposedly more moderate Sari Nusseibeh also claimed that "the historical ties and attachments of the Palestinians precede any Israeli claim to Jerusalem."
Erasing the cultural Jewish heritage in Israel means erasing the right of Jews to live in their native land. Meanwhile, the Palestinians just planned the targeting of another Jewish holy site, the Cave of the Patriarchs in Hebron. They will ask UNESCO to formally recognize their cultural attachment to the site in February, a move only made possible by their admission to the UN body two months ago.
Lies are obsessive: The Jews, said Arafat, have never been in Jerusalem and the Temple never existed. This canard was repeated since. As Joseph Goebbels famously said, if you tell a lie big enough and keep repeating it, people will eventually come to believe it. Next time they will say that the Jews never existed as a people. Israel should mobilize the international community to stop this bulldozing of history.
29 Thursday Dec 2011
Bible, Christianity, Historical Christianity, Historical Jesus, Historical Theology, Mary, NT Wright, Scripture, Theology, Virgin Birth
A good read by the Rt Revd Dr Prof NT Wright with which to start the day off:
Jesus' birth usually gets far more attention than its role in the New Testament warrants. Christmas looms large in our culture, outshining even Easter in the popular mind.
Yet without Matthew 1-2 and Luke 1-2 we would know nothing about it. Paul's gospel includes Jesus' Davidic descent (Rom. 1:3), but apart from that could exist without mention of his birth. One can be justified by faith with no knowledge of it. Likewise, John's wonderful theological edifice has no need of it: God's glory is revealed not in the manger; but on the cross.
If you try to express any New Testament theology without Jesus' death and resurrection, you will find it cannot be done. "Man shall live for evermore," says the song, "because of Christmas Day." No, replies the New Testament; because of Calvary, Easter and Pentecost.
Nevertheless, the birth stories have become a test case in various controversies. If you believe in miracles, you believe in Jesus' miraculous birth; if you don't, you don't. Both sides turn the question into a shibboleth, not for its own sake but to find out who's in and who's out.
The problem is that "miracle," as used in these controversies, is not a biblical category. The God of the Bible is not a normally absent God who sometimes "intervenes." This God is always present and active, often surprisingly so.
Likewise, if you believe the Bible is "true," you will believe the birth stories; if you don't, you won't. Again, the birth stories are insignificant in themselves; they function as a test for beliefs about the Bible.
The birth stories have also functioned as a test case for views of sexuality. Some believers in the virginal conception align this with a low view of sexuality and a high view of perpetual virginity. They believe the story not because of what it says about Jesus, but because of what it says about sex-namely, that it's something God wouldn't want to get mixed up in. This, too, has its mirror image: those who cannot imagine anything good about abstinence insist that Mary must have been sexually active.
More significantly, the birth stories have played a role within different views of the incarnation. Those who have emphasized Jesus' divinity have sometimes made the virginal conception central. Those who have emphasized Jesus' humanity have often felt that the virginal conception would mark him off from the rest of us.
None of these arguments bears much relation to what either Matthew or Luke actually says. But before we turn to them, two more preliminary remarks…
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If the first two chapters of Matthew and the first two of Luke had never existed, I do not suppose that my own Christian faith, or that of the church to which I belong, would have been very different.
But since they do, and since for quite other reasons I have come to believe that the God of Israel, the world's creator, was personally and fully revealed in and as Jesus of Nazareth, I hold open my historical judgment and say: If that's what God deemed appropriate, who am I to object?
28 Wednesday Dec 2011
In an interview with Catholic magazine 30 Giorni, Riccardo Di Segni, Chief Rabbi of Rome speaks out against the rise in Messianic movements.
SOS fake Messiah. Alarm bells have been raised within the Jewish population, in light of the boom in Messianic movements. The "Messiah" is different from the prophet, in that contrary to the latter, he does not proclaim himself to be a simple intermediary, but a direct incarnation of the divinity or of another divine principle. However, the difference between the two is not always clear. Indeed, it is not unusual for some prophets, who have gained a certain notoriety, to declare that they are of divine descent or considered by the followers as the Messiah.
Among those who condemn the risk posed by these Messianic movements, is Riccardo Di Segni, Chief Rabbi of the Jewish Community of Rome (the oldest Jewish Diaspora) who aired his opinions in an interview with Italian Catholic magazine 30 Giorni. "These Messianic movements present themselves to the Jewish world as something new; their mission is aimed solely at Judaism – Chief Rabbi Di Segni said. Judaism does not carry out any missions outside the Jewish community and our traditions are conserved through experimental and ancient mechanisms: schools, synagogues and the family"…
Christians say that Christ is the Messiah, that Christianity is Messianism by definition. Judaism sees the Messianic idea as one of many ideas. It is characterised by a tension, a waiting and Judaism could theoretically exist without the Messianic prophesy being fulfilled…
Read the whole piece here.
HT: Stuart
28 Wednesday Dec 2011
Bible, Chaplain, Chaplaincy, Christian Living, Christianity, Church, Faith, Marriage, Military, Prayer, War
With husbands deployed or off preparing for war, some young wives at this sprawling Army installation have spent much of their marriages so far alone.
Faced with long periods of separation and worry over the next combat tour, a group of wives mostly in their late 20s and early 30s are drawn together weekly to seek spiritual support to bolster the strength of their marriages.
Mya Parker, 27, saw both sides of the average military marriage and the strain that years of combat duty can do to a relationship. She served in the Army for four years on active duty before helping to start the Lantern, a nondenominational faith group for military wives and girlfriends outside Fort Campbell, Ky.
"The military, because of the complexities of the deployment, can have more uncertainties," she said. "The reason God is the answer is because scripture says that He has never changed. From the beginning of time to the end of time, He is unchanging."
While not solely sponsored by any one church, these wives meet weekly in small, informal groups of eight to 12 at their homes to study the Bible's teachings and how to apply them to today's modern military marriage.
Parker and her husband, an Army aviator, both served in Afghanistan with the famed 101st Airborne Division, a unit that has been heavily impacted by the wars there and in Iraq since 2001. During her Army career, Parker saw deployed husbands anxious about their wives back home and wives struggling to communicate with husbands a world away.
In the privacy of these small weekly gatherings, the wives don't hold back their fears about the realities of war.
"We don't sugar-coat it and say, `Oh, it will be great, it will be fine. This deployment is going to fly by.' To be honest, it's hard and you have good days and bad days," said Mandy Costello, 29, who has been married five years through her husband's three deployments.
With less than 1 percent of Americans serving in the military, the lifestyle of a military wife can sometimes feel isolating. But when they get together, these wives speak the same language that is peppered with military acronyms as they share advice for keeping marriages intact, when sometimes months go by without kisses or hugs from their spouses.
"If you don't know what to expect, you feel alone, you feel isolated and you feel like you are the only one going through this, when you know there are thousands of soldiers deployed with your husband at the same time. It still feels like you are the only one," said Holly Klich, 31, who has been married four years to a soldier who has had two combat tours.
Besides the Lantern meetings, many of these wives participate in the military's family readiness groups, which provide information about deployments and organize events and classes for military spouses and families.
Parker said group members come from a variety of faith backgrounds, including Mormon, Catholic, Church of Christ, Pentecostal, but she said the group is open to all faiths. The group also does public service projects that Parker said aren't faith-focused and are open to anyone who wants to join them.
The Army has also been focused on improving military marriages and has invested in a marriage counseling program run by unit chaplains called Strong Bonds, which is popular with soldiers of all faiths.
Parker and others said they need additional strength from their faith to be resilient.
Parker points to the Bible's emphasis on grace, patience, kindness and forgiveness as keys to a healthy marriage, even those tested by war.
"It has made me much more patient with him dealing with what he has been through and honoring that he ultimately doesn't belong to me," Parker said. "He belongs to the Lord."
The weekly prayer meetings have helped many wives reconnect with their husbands, many who have recently returned from the 101st Airborne's yearlong deployment to Afghanistan. Parker said many wives expect a joyous reunion, but many couples have to learn how to live together again.
Vanessa James, a 30-year-old who had twin boys while her husband was deployed, said she prayed that she wouldn't be resentful that her husband missed so much while he was gone.
"He has been home for three months now and I can honestly say that I feel closer to my husband than ever before, and I think it's because I approached this reintegration with a servant's heart," she said.
With the support of other wives, Parker said a deployment can also be a blessing if women take the opportunity to grow in their faith and their marriages.
"My number one piece of advice, even if someone didn't grow up in the church and isn't a believer, is to really take the time. Deployment is an amazing time to pursue a relationship with God for maybe the first time," she said…
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Speaking of Church brawl, this time it's between clergy in Bethlehem at the Church of the Nativity. Greek Orthodox and Armenian Apostolic priests and monks who were armed with brooms got into it while cleaning the Church. Palestinian riot police were called in:
A Christmas cleaning of the Church of the Nativity turned into scuffles on Wednesday between rival Christian clerics zealously guarding denominational turf at the holy site.
Brooms and fists flew inside the church marking the birthplace of Jesus as some 100 priests and monks of the Greek Orthodox and Armenian Apostolic churches brawled.
Palestinian police, bending their heads to squeeze through the church's low "door of humility," rushed in with batons flailing to restore order.
"It was a trivial problem that … occurs every year," said police Lieutenant-Colonel Khaled al-Tamimi. "Everything is all right and things have returned to normal," he said. "No one was arrested because all those involved were men of God."
Administration of the 6th century Bethlehem church, the oldest in the Holy Land, is shared by Roman Catholic, Greek Orthodox and Armenian clerics.
Any perceived encroachment of jurisdictional boundaries within the church can set off a row, especially during the annual cleaning for Orthodox Christmas celebrations, which will be held next week.
What a pathetic witness. See for yourself:
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The Massacre of the Innocents:
… is an episode of infanticide by the King of Judea, Herod the Great. According to the Gospel of Matthew Herod orders the execution of all young male children in the village of Bethlehem, so as to avoid the loss of his throne to a newborn King of the Jews whose birth has been announced to him by the Magi. The incident, like others in Matthew, is described as the fulfillment of a passage in the Old Testament read as prophecy, in this case a reading of Jeremiah: "Then was fulfilled that which was spoken through Jeremiah the prophet, saying, A voice was heard in Ramah, Weeping and great mourning, Rachel weeping for her children."
The infants, known in the Church as the Holy Innocents, have been claimed as the first Christian martyrs. Some accounts number them at more than ten thousand, but more conservative estimates put their number in the low dozens…
Heavenly Father,
whose children suffered at the hands of Herod,
though they had done no wrong:
by the suffering of your Son
and by the innocence of our lives
frustrate all evil designs
and establish your reign of justice and peace;
through Jesus Christ your Son our Lord,
who is alive and reigns with you,
in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
one God, now and for ever.
– Amen
28 Wednesday Dec 2011
Chairs fly and punches thrown as all hell breaks loose among 400-strong congregation.
It has to be: The Daily Mail.
A priest today described how he feared parishioners' lives were in danger when a fight broke out in his church during midnight mass on Christmas Eve.
Monsignor Vincent Harvey said heavy chairs were thrown down an aisle at St Edmund's Church, Southampton, during the fight in the middle of the service on Saturday night.
Police patrol cars and an ambulance raced to the historic church on The Avenue, Southampton, as other members of the congregation tried to break up the fight.
The priest managed to continue the mass to his shocked but uninjured congregation after police arrived to arrest those involved.
'You often expect some drunken behaviour at the Christmas Midnight Mass but this was actually quite shocking,' said Father Vincent Harvey.
'But then about three or four minutes later, there were scuffles going on. Then it was obvious it was more than just a scuffle, there was actually a fight going on.'
'I had to halt the Mass because the congregation were in considerable danger as chairs were being hurled down the aisle. Some of them were made of steel and could easily have injured people in the pews.'
He continued: 'The person involved started throwing fairly heavy chairs down a side aisle, endangering people's lives.
'People were frightened that it was happening. If they'd hit anybody they could have been badly injured'…
'Some of the congregation were worried about the statues in the church getting smashed but I told them not to be concerned about those, just to make sure they didn't get injured themselves'…
Read more here.
The priest said: 'I just asked people for a bit of silence so we could recollect ourselves and to pray for the person involved.
'My sermon had been about how we are broken people, fragile people, and I said he is one of the very people I'm talking about.'
Ah, yes, Southampton…


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Episode PremiereNovember 19, 2008
GenreAction, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Show Period2004 - 2013
Production CompanyAlliance Atlantis, Jerry Bruckheimer TV, Clayton
Cast and Crew
DirectorRob Bailey
ScreenwriterPam Veasey
Main Cast
- Gary Sinise as Det. Mac Taylor
- Sela Ward as Jo Danville
- Carmine Giovinazzo as Detective Danny Messer
- Anna Belknap as Detective Lindsay Monroe
- Eddie Cahill as Detective Don Flack
- Hill Harper as Dr. Sheldon Hawkes
- A.J Buckley
- Robert Joy
- Melina Kanakaredes as Detective Stella Bonasera
Additional Cast
Following the murder of two people named Mac Taylor in NYC the team realizes they're after a serial killer and our Mac Taylor could be next. But when Mac escapes a close encounter with the killer, Mac realizes the killer is only looking for one Mac Taylor and the two prior murders were mistakes of identity. After narrowing the list of Mac Taylor's down, the potential victims are questioned endless about their lives until our team ultimately discovers the killer is after the driver of a particular car. The car he witnessed plowing over his girlfriend and speeding from the scene, leaving her to die. After finding the car in a long term garage the killer broke in and got the name of the owner: Mac Taylor. And he has been out for revenge ever since then.


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An at-home integrated cleaning and disinfection system for dental hardware, for consumer use includes a compact and portable base unit sized for at-home use by a consumer, the base unit including a holding frame and an ultraviolet lamp. The system also includes a cleaning chamber within which dental hardware and a cleaning solution that includes hydrogen peroxide are receivable. The cleaning chamber fits within the holding frame in a manner such that contents of the cleaning chamber are exposed to light emitted by the ultraviolet lamp. A vibration mechanism is positioned so as to cause the cleaning chamber to vibrate while the cleaning chamber is fitted within the holding frame. To clean and disinfect dental hardware, the consumer places dental hardware in the cleaning chamber, fills the cleaning chamber with the cleaning solution, and inserts the cleaning chamber into the holding frame. The vibration mechanism is activated, so as to cause the cleaning chamber to vibrate while the cleaning chamber is fitted within the holding frame, and the ultraviolet lamp is activated, so as to expose contents of the cleaning chamber to light emitted by the ultraviolet lamp.
1. An at-home integrated cleaning and disinfection system for dental hardware, for consumer use, comprising:
a portable base unit sized for at-home use by a consumer, the base unit comprising a holding frame and an ultraviolet lamp;
a cleaning chamber within which dental hardware and a cleaning solution comprising hydrogen peroxide are receivable, the cleaning chamber fitting within the holding frame in a manner such that contents of the cleaning chamber are exposed to light emitted by the ultraviolet lamp;
a vibration mechanism positioned to cause the cleaning chamber and the contents therein to vibrate while the cleaning chamber is fitted within the holding frame; and
a cleaning solution comprising hydrogen peroxide received within the cleaning chamber;
wherein a biocidal action is caused by dissociation of hydrogen peroxide molecules into free hydroxyl radicals upon absorption of ultraviolet light by the hydrogen peroxide molecules, the free hydroxyl radicals in turn chemically attacking and killing bacterial or viral cells,
wherein the portable base unit further comprises a source of DC power electrically connected to the ultraviolet lamp;
wherein the vibration mechanism is electrically connected to the source of DC power; and
wherein the at-home integrated cleaning and disinfection system further comprises a docking station housing AC electronics and AC-DC rectification electronics, the docking station being configured to mate with the base unit and to power the base unit while mated with the base unit, the base unit being configured to activate the ultraviolet lamp and the vibration mechanism by DC power while the base unit is separated from the docking station.
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This invention relates to at-home systems and methods for cleaning and disinfecting dental hardware, such as prostheses, dentures, plates, retainers, clips, and removable implants, for consumer use, and more particularly to systems and methods that employ immersion of these hardware in a liquid, and thereafter vibration of the liquid, either subsonically, sonically, or ultrasonically, combined concurrently with exposure of hydrogen peroxide in the liquid to ultraviolet light.
Traditional at-home cleaning techniques for dental hardware include brushing by hand or placing the hardware in a solution with tablets that acidify and effervesce. Such tablets may be comprised of, for example, an inorganic bleach, sodium perborate, with a coloring agent, preservatives, flavor, and a catalyst or two. When sodium perborate is placed in water, it reacts to form a mild solution of hydrogen peroxide, while releasing oxygen. These techniques for cleaning hardware can also reduce the potential for odor to the extent that they destroy bacteria.
The methodology of employing ultra-high frequency sound waves or mechanical movement as a means to impart low-amplitude motion to objects or fluids for dislodging particulate matter has been known for many years. The basic equipment for this technique includes a power generating unit and one or more piezoelectric crystals-elements or electromechanical motors. Vibration of the piezoelectric crystal-element is accomplished when direct current (DC) is applied across the piezoelectric crystal. Once electrically polarized, the crystal deforms axially in the direction of the polarization. If the electrical current is halted and then reverse biased, the crystal returns first back to its null position and proceeds to deform to the same magnitude in the opposite direction along a single linear axis. If the current is repeatedly applied and then reversed, the crystal, and hence the piezoelectric element, will oscillate back and forth along a single axis at the frequency of the reversing applied current.
The normal range of human hearing is between 20 and 20,000 cycles per second (CPS, Hertz, or Hz). Vibratory motion of solids or fluids below 20 Hz is below the threshold of human hearing and is defined as being subsonic. Vibratory motion within the 20 Hz to 20,000 Hz band is within the range of human hearing and is, by definition, sonic. Vibratory motion above the 20,000 Hz threshold is considered to be in the ultrasonic range, or that which is beyond the ability of human hearing. Thus, for example the application of reversing current at a frequency of 20,000 Hz or greater to a piezoelectric crystal-element will generate linear oscillatory motion in the low ultrasonic region. If the piezoelectric crystal-element is surrounded by relatively inviscid fluid in a container, the oscillatory motion will be transferred to the fluid, and standing waves of a peak-to-peak period, in seconds, of �π times the applied current frequency will result. The amplitude of the standing waves is increased by increasing the applied voltage to the crystal-element. Thus, cyclic motion of the inviscid fluid may be generated to the degree desired by establishing the frequency of electrical stimulation and the voltage applied to the piezoelectric crystal-element.
Being in motion relative to any large body submerged within it, the fluid imparts molecular agitation to the body's exterior surface or surfaces, along with all particulate matter that is mechanically attached to it. With repeated exposure to the agitated fluid, these particulates will become dislodged over time. In such a manner, a cleaning effect of the body occurs, to the extent that, in general terms, particles that are beyond the physical reach of mechanical brushes or removal tools can be dislodged by the motion of the fluid bath.
Similar ultrasonic motion may be generated by electromechanical means by using a small single-pole or multi-pole, direct-current or alternating-current motor, onto whose rotor one or more eccentric weights have been affixed, or, alternately, onto whose rotor eccentric weight has been removed. The rotor is thus in a dynamically unbalanced state when rotated, due to the inertial force of the weight, or absence of it, as the rotor is rotated in a circular path. This inertial imbalance, formed over a two-dimensional plane perpendicular to the rotor's axis, is transferred through the motor's bearings and into its stator and mounting frame. Thus, for example, with the application of the correct DC voltage to the unbalanced motor to achieve a rotational speed in excess of 20,000 RPM, vibratory motion of the motor itself in the low ultrasonic frequency range (20,000 Hz) can be achieved. The amplitude of the vibratory motion is governed by the quantity and radial position of the weight imbalance in the rotor and the DC voltage applied to the motor windings. If surrounded by a relatively inviscid fluid in a container, as was the case with the piezoelectric crystal-element previously described, oscillatory motion of that fluid will result. However, due to the fact that the inertial force of the motor's rotor imbalance is directed in a plane rather than a single line, the amount of physical motion imparted to the fluid typically is comparatively greater than that produced by a piezoelectric crystal. Motion can be imparted in a manner such that the vector of fluid momentum continually changes direction, repeating a 360-degree cycle with each revolution of the rotor. Thus, a body submerged in a vibrating fluid bath will experience a cleaning effect, due to the repetitive impact of fluid molecules onto the body's surface.
Patents describing systems that employ high-frequency movement and relative motion, piezoelectric crystals-elements or unbalanced DC motors, and aqueous solutions and baths for imparting ultrasonic cleaning include Smith, U.S. Pat. No. 5,534,741 and Puskas, U.S. Pat. No. 6,181,052. U.S. Pat. No. 5,534,741 describes in some detail a timed piezoelectric ultrasonic device and residence tank for cleaning jewelry. A piezoelectric element is pulsed so as to effect cleaning of the jewelry by varying and increasing the agitation of a solution bath in which it is submerged. The device described in U.S. Pat. No. 6,181,052 is similar to that of U.S. Pat. No. 5,534,741 in that an ultrasonic transducer (in the case of U.S. Pat. No. 6,181,052, three transducers) creates ultrasonic motion of a fluid bath into which an object is placed, thus effecting cleaning of that object. The device is intended for use with unidentified "delicate parts." The frequency of oscillations is intentionally varied to cause physical dislodging of particulates attached to an object immersed within the bath tank.
Winston, U.S. Pat. No. 5,853,290 is representative of techniques in which a tool is ultrasonically vibrated to dislodge particles from an object, such as a tooth, that cannot be physically removed and placed within a liquid bath. An ultrasonic element is used to agitate fluid enclosed within a hermetically sealed flexible tube, onto the end of which the tool itself is affixed. The ultrasonic vibration of the liquid, and hence the tool, is accomplished by a remotely mounted power generating unit to which the liquid-filled tube is affixed. Thus, once energized, the tool may be positioned in any orientation or position, while axial ultrasonic vibration of the tool head continues unabated.
In the above-described systems, cleaning of the body in question is performed via the agitation of a liquid bath surrounding that body, this agitation being lineally transferred from an axially vibrating element to the liquid itself.
In accordance with advances in technology, liquid baths and the object or objects being cleaned may be subjected to direct ultraviolet (UV) radiation, so as to effect irradiative sterilization action. One or more direct-acting antibacterial chemicals in the bath may also be used, to effect chemical sterilization action concurrently with the irradiative action. Ultrasonic cleaning by piezoelectric or like means may also be incorporated.
Fuesting, U.S. Pat. No. 4,448,750 improves upon the generalized ultrasonic cleaning technique by the addition of an ultraviolet bulb in the device that irradiates a liquid bath from above with light at a preferred wavelength of 2537 angstroms (253.7 nanometers), for the purpose of concurrently cleaning and sterilizing medical and dental instruments. This patent also prescribes the content of the cleaning-sterilizing fluid, and in particular those constituents in water that would offer the best transmittance of the UV radiation from the bulb through the fluid and onto the item or items being cleaned and sterilized. Hydrogen peroxide (H2O2) is specifically excluded as a preferred constituent or additive to the bath because, according to the patent, the transmittance of H2O2 to UV radiation is less than 1 percent, while the desired transmittance of the liquid solution to ultraviolet radiation should be greater than twenty percent. Thus, the intent is to effect sterilization of an item by direct contact of the item with the solution bath, concurrently with direct UV irradiation of the item, and not as an indirect consequence of UV absorption by the cleaning solution itself. The dental instruments shown in the Fuesting patent appear to be of the type commonly used in dentist's offices, which frequently cause bleeding of gums. Thus, sterilization is of particular importance to avoid infection to the patient through the patient's blood system.
The apparatus of the Fuesting patent, which is a modified version of a relatively large and bulky and commercially available ultrasonic bath, is intended for use in a dentist's office or similar environment. Because of its size and relatively non-portable construction, the apparatus does not lend itself to at-home use by consumers. Because the fluid-filled cleaning chamber occupies the entirety of the base of the apparatus, the entire apparatus must vibrate during use and, furthermore, the cleaning chamber cannot be removed from the rest of the apparatus or serve as a portable storage container. Rather, it appears that the medical or dental practitioner must retrieve the individual medical or dental instruments, or a tray carrying multiple instruments, from the inside of the base of the apparatus. Although the Fuesting patent mentions that the top cover of the apparatus can be lined with reflective material, it seems that a certain percentage of the ultraviolet radiation would be dispersed in the form of heat.
H2O2 irradiated by UV light results in the near-complete absorption of the UV light, leading to molecular photolysis of H2O2 into constituent hydroxyl (OH) radicals. The chemical interaction of these free, and extremely aggressive, hydroxyl radicals with bacteria and viruses causes the destruction of these pathogens by altering, among other things, their DNA structures. Once chemically altered by the OH radicals, these pathogens either die immediately or quickly mutate such that they cannot replicate, in effect dying shortly afterwards. Thus, although H2O2 is an effective biocide by itself, and UV irradiation is effective in killing bacteria and viruses by itself, the combination of H2O2 irradiated by UV light can produce a far greater biocidal effect due to photolysis and the creation of sterilizing hydroxyl free radicals. The biocidal effect also has been found to be useful for the remediation and cleanup of water containing hazardous levels of dissolved organic materials.
Baron, U.S. Pat. No. 5,120,499 describes a small, compact system for asepticizing contact lenses, in which the contact lenses are placed in a weak solution of hydrogen peroxide (no greater than 30 parts per million) and exposed to ultraviolet radiation from an ultraviolet source behind which a reflector is mounted. Ultrasonic vibration of the lenses is employed to cause dislodgement of microorganisms from the lenses, but the patent does not state that the ultrasonic vibration is used as the cleaning method for the lenses (such that traditional cleaning or rinsing would not be required). The background section of the Baron patent indicates that prior asepticization techniques, such as chemical treatment, were focused primarily on preventing damage to the contact lenses themselves rather than preventing infection of the eyes or of other parts of the human body by exposure of the eyes to micro-organisms (direct contact of eyes with micro-organisms being a very common cause of infection). The contact lens receptacle tray is not suitable for receiving dental hardware.
The invention provides an at-home integrated cleaning and disinfection system for dental hardware, for consumer use. As used herein and in the claims, the term "at-home" means sized and configured for use in home environments such as bathrooms or nightstands, even if actual use occurs in other environments such as hotels or dentist's offices. Furthermore, the recitation of "dental hardware" herein and in the claims should not be construed as excluding dual-purpose systems that, in addition to being suitable for cleaning and disinfecting dental hardware, are also suitable for cleaning other items such as jewelry, tattoo needles, cosmetology devices, etc. at the option of the consumer.
The system includes a compact and portable base unit sized for at-home use by a consumer, the base unit including a holding frame and an ultraviolet lamp. The base unit may also include electronics and controls for the system. The system also includes a cleaning chamber within which dental hardware and a cleaning solution that includes hydrogen peroxide are receivable. The cleaning chamber fits within the holding frame in a manner such that contents of the cleaning chamber are exposed to light emitted by the ultraviolet lamp. A vibration mechanism is positioned to cause the cleaning chamber to vibrate while the cleaning chamber is fitted within the holding frame.
To clean and disinfect dental hardware, the consumer places the dental hardware in the cleaning chamber and fills the cleaning chamber with the cleaning solution. The vibration mechanism is activated, to cause the cleaning chamber to vibrate while the cleaning chamber is fitted within the holding frame, and the ultraviolet lamp is activated, to expose contents of the cleaning chamber to light emitted by the ultraviolet lamp.
In certain embodiments of the invention, after the consumer places the dental hardware in the cleaning chamber and fills the cleaning chamber with the cleaning solution, the consumer closes the container and places it within the holding frame before the vibration mechanism and the ultraviolet lamp are activated.
The cleaning and disinfection system constructed in accordance with the invention, with its compact and portable base unit and cleaning chamber that fits within a holding frame of the base unit, allows the consumer conveniently to perform subsonic, sonic, or ultrasonic cleaning and UV peroxidation of dental hardware at home or at any other location desired by the consumer. It is not necessary for the consumer to take the dental hardware into a dental office or similar environment to be cleaned and disinfected by specialized equipment. Of course, while the cleaning and disinfection system of the invention is designed with home use in mind, it may be used by dentists, orthodontists, and other specialists too.
The subsonic, sonic, or ultrasonic cleaning can be more convenient and effective than other at-home cleaning techniques such as brushing by hand or placing the hardware in a solution with tablets that acidify and effervesce. In particular, the mechanical cleaning action of the inventive technique need not require brushing to ensure that all particulates are dislodged, and need not require rinsing to prevent ingestion of chemical residue created by tablets and to assist with removal of particulates not removed by tablets. For example, the invention can eliminate any need for elderly or frail users of dental hardware to perform brushing tasks, handling of tablets, and rinsing of the dental hardware and cleaning chamber, and children need not be monitored to ensure that such tasks are performed thoroughly and correctly or to ensure that the tablets are not swallowed, which might cause chemical burns. The invention can allow the cleaning and disinfection process to be stopped conveniently at any point in time, in contrast to tablet-based cleaning systems. Furthermore, the invention can enable the dental hardware to be cleaned in as little as five minutes (which the consumer can lengthen at will to enhance effectiveness), whereas a typical tablet-based system might require about fifteen minutes. The invention can provide a sealed, leak-proof system that can be used easily on airplanes and similar environments, unlike oxygen-releasing tablets that require open containers to allow oxygen to escape or require specially constructed drainage systems. The consumer need not use warm water for cleaning. It is not necessary for the consumer to keep purchasing effervescent tablets, which can be expensive. Rather, the consumer incurs a one-time cost upon purchasing the system.
A primary biocidal action is caused by dissociation of hydrogen peroxide molecules into free hydroxyl radicals upon absorption of ultraviolet light by the hydrogen peroxide molecules, the free hydroxyl radicals in turn chemically attacking and killing bacterial and viral cells. This biocidal action can be more effective than the use of hydrogen peroxide alone or the use of UV irradiation alone. Nevertheless, a secondary biocidal action may be caused by direct irradiation of bacterial and viral cells by ultraviolet light, and a tertiary biocidal action may be caused by hydrogen peroxide chemical attack on bacterial and viral cells.
Thus, while the human mouth may not be nearly as susceptible to infection as the eyes or respiratory system, the ultraviolet peroxidation technique of the invention can nevertheless provide a highly effective disinfection system that accommodates consumer perception that dental prostheses, retainers, and the like ought to be sterilized more thoroughly than can be accomplished by ordinary techniques for cleaning dental hardware (even if that perception is inconsistent with the consumer's use of toothbrushes, foods, cigarettes, etc.). The invention can combine up to three disinfection components (UV peroxidation, ultraviolet radiation alone, and free radical attack) to provide highly thorough sterilization.
In one embodiment of the invention, the base unit, with the cleaning chamber fitted within the holding frame of the base unit, may be about 5 and � inches tall; 3 and � inches wide; and 4 inches deep. The construction is highly convenient for allowing consumers to clean and disinfect prostheses, dentures, plates, retainers, clips, removable implants, and other dental hardware automatically in a bathroom or on top of a nightstand (and possibly for allowing consumers to clean and disinfect other items such as jewelry or tattoo needles in addition to dental hardware, at the option of the consumer).
The cleaning chamber may be removable from the holding frame of the base unit, and may serve as a portable storage container for the dental hardware. Thus, the consumer need not remove the dental hardware from the solution of the cleaning and disinfection system until the consumer is actually ready to use the hardware. Nor is there ever a need to move the dental hardware from the cleaning and disinfection system into a distinct storage container.
The cleaning chamber may include a transparent window through which ultraviolet light is transmitted from the ultraviolet lamp to the cleaning solution. This transparent window can allow viewing of the dental hardware by the consumer when the cleaning chamber is removed from the holding frame. Thus, the consumer can see the condition of the dental hardware, including the extent to which it has been cleaned, without removing the dental hardware from the cleaning solution.
The ultraviolet lamp of the base unit may be positioned beneath the cleaning chamber, and the holding frame of the base unit may be a housing that surrounds the cleaning chamber circumferentially, while the cleaning chamber is fitted within the holding frame of the base unit. This arrangement can allow the cleaning chamber to be fitted conveniently into the top of the base unit for ease of use by the consumer.
At least a portion of the base unit may be mechanically isolated from vibration. This isolation from vibration can be important to the consumer when the base unit is used in a bathroom or on a nightstand, and helps to protect the electrical circuitry and the ultraviolet lamp.
The vibration mechanism may be a micro-motor such as a multi-pole, direct current, eccentrically unbalanced micro-motor. Such a micro-motor can produce three-dimensional, rather than two-dimension, motion within the cleaning solution, thereby enhancing the effectiveness of the cleaning process, and can efficiently produce a relatively large amount of motion in the cleaning solution given the size of the micro-motor.
The vibration mechanism may be operatable at consumer-selectable frequencies, and the vibration mechanism may be wired to operate for a consumer-selectable time. These features can allow the consumer to experiment with different frequencies and times in order to find the frequency and/or time that works best for cleaning the dental hardware, or that is preferred by the consumer for any other purpose such as minimizing undesirable noise.
Similarly, the ultraviolet lamp may be wired to operate for a consumer-selectable time, and a timer may be provided with which a time duration of operation of the vibration mechanism and the ultraviolet lamp is selectable by the consumer, thereby providing additional flexibility to the consumer in operating the system.
The ultraviolet lamp may be a cold cathode fluorescent lamp. Internal reflectors may be provided in both the base unit as well as the cleaning chamber to reflect ultraviolet light into the cleaning solution. The use of a cold cathode fluorescent lamp, and the use of reflectors in both the base unit as well as the cleaning chamber to reduce losses of the ultraviolet radiation, can avoid substantial heating of the cleaning and disinfection system, thereby enhancing suitability of the system for use by consumers at home and avoiding any damage, such as melting, to the dental hardware. The internal reflectors may substantially surround the combination of the ultraviolet lamp and the cleaning solution to ensure that as much of the ultraviolet light as possible interacts with the hydrogen peroxide in the cleaning solution. This arrangement can reduce the amount of time that the consumer must wait for disinfection to be completed, and can allow portions of the cleaning and disinfection system to be translucent without risk of exposing the consumer to potentially hazardous ultraviolet light.
At least one mechanical switch may be positioned to sense whether the cleaning chamber is properly fitted within the holding frame of the base unit, and may be wired to prohibit activation of the ultraviolet lamp and the vibration mechanism unless the cleaning chamber is properly fitted within the holding frame. This feature enhances the safety of the system to ensure that an absent-minded or careless consumer does not use the system incorrectly by attempting to operate it while the cleaning chamber is not properly fitted within the holding frame, which might result in exposure of the user to ultraviolet radiation.
The vibration mechanism and the ultraviolet lamp may be wired to be activated simultaneously, so that cleaning and disinfecting occur simultaneously. Thus, both functions are performed conveniently and automatically at home by a single integrated system.
Specific embodiments of the invention described in detail below provides a convenient and practical means to concurrently destroy various bacteria and viruses on and about the dental hardware itself, through photolysis of hydrogen peroxide and direct chemical and narrow-spectrum light irradiation means, while removing particulate matter via ultrasonic agitation of the solution bath. Narrow-spectrum irradiation light is generated by a cold cathode fluorescent lamp (CCFL) while agitation of the solution bath is accomplished by a variable-speed micro-motor that vibrates the container within which the dental hardware and solution are placed. The container and surrounding fixture are mechanically isolated via an elastomer such that only the holding fixture and container are irradiated and excited by vibration. In addition, the device contains an electronic timer such that, once initiated, the process of cleaning and disinfecting continues until a pre-established time duration has expired. At this point, the process is automatically halted, permitting the user to remove and thereafter don the cleaned and disinfected dental hardware.
The details of one or more embodiments of the invention are set forth in the accompanying drawings and the description below. Other features, objects, and advantages of the invention will be apparent from the description and drawings, and from the claims.
Like reference symbols in the various drawings indicate like elements.
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An additional element of the timer circuit board 11 is variable resistor 58. This element, illustrated schematically as a mechanical device but which may be comprised of an electronic device to accomplish the same result, is user-changeable and sets the time during which the timer circuit board remains energized.
Once energized, timer circuit board 11 permits 120-volt, 1-phase AC power to be directed for a specific period of time through conductors 12 and 13 to a step-down transformer 14, and thereafter to an AC-to-DC voltage rectifier 17 through conductors 15 and 16. Rectifier 17, comprised of diodes 18, 19, 20, and 21, converts the transformed AC voltage into a fully rectified DC voltage source. Capacitor 25 is incorporated into the electrical circuit to provide filtering of the rectified source across output conductors 22 and 23.
Thereafter, the rectified. DC source is directed to a DC-to-DC voltage regulator 24. Voltage regulator 24 converts the voltage supplied by conductors 22 and 23 into 12-volts DC, being available to energize further elements through conductors 26 and 27. Conductor 28 serves to ground the device while capacitor 29 installed across conductors 26 and 27 provides final filtering of the regulated voltage.
Conductors 26 and 27 branch thereafter, subsequently providing power to three additional electrical circuit assemblies. Inverter 30 is supplied power directly by conductors 26 and 27, converting the 12-volt DC supply to single-phase AC at a voltage of approximately 800 VAC. This AC voltage is directed through conductors 31 and 32 to energize a cold cathode fluorescent (CCF) lamp 33, which produces ultraviolet (UV) light within a bandwidth of approximately 100 nM to approximately 450 nM.
CCF lamp 34 is enclosed by a parabolic or spherical first-surface reflector 67 and a fixed enclosure window 65. UV rays, shown schematically as 34, generated by the CCF lamp 33 pass through the fixed enclosure window 65, and thereafter into the cleaning chamber lower section 36 through a second window 35 within which a cleaning and disinfecting solution 57 and one or more items of dental hardware are placed. The aqueous cleaning solution 57 is comprised, in part, of hydrogen peroxide (H2O2) in a concentration of between approximately 1% (10,000 parts per million (PPM)) to approximately 5% (50,000 PPM) in order to ensure proper disinfection of the dental hardware. Other constituents may also be components of the cleaning solution.
The illustration of the cleaning chamber as shown in
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During operation, the UV light rays 34 emitted by CCF lamp 33 pass through the fixed enclosure window 65 and cleaning chamber window 35, irradiating the cleaning solution 57. Reflector 67, placed below CCF lamp 33, reflects all emitted light rays not propagating in such a direction to pass through cleaning chamber window 35. When irradiated by UV light in the bandwidth of approximately 100 nM to approximately 450 nM, each H2O2 molecule dissociates by photolysis into two hydroxyl radicals (OH), these radicals being very reactant with organic compounds, specifically reacting and thus destroying bacteria and viruses, producing a sterilizing action. The OH radicals recombine to form pure water, without any detrimental waste product. UV light photons 34 that are emitted by CCF lamp 33 and that are not adsorbed by any H2O2 molecules pass through the cleaning solution 57, striking reflective surface 39A of the upper cleaning chamber section 37 and are thereafter reflected back toward cleaning solution 57 for absorption. Any photons that are not absorbed by the cleaning solution 57 but pass through it in such a way to strike the sides of the lower cleaning chamber section 36 are similarly reflected back through the solution by reflective surface 39B. Unabsorbed photons that pass directly back through the cleaning chamber window 35 are re-reflected back through the window and again through the cleaning solution by reflector 67. Thus, in this device, any UV light, once emitted but not immediately adsorbed by any H2O2 molecule, is re-reflected back through the cleaning solution 57 in such a way to maximize this adsorption. The nature and design of the cleaning chamber is such that its interior surfaces, except for that of the lower section window 35, are configured to be fully reflective of UV light photons. The interior surfaces are intended to reflect these photons in such a manner that they are redirected through the cleaning solution in paths different from and random with respect to their incident paths.
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Conductors 52 and 56 supply the energization voltage to a multi-pole DC micro-motor 54, which has an eccentric weight 55 attached to its rotor. Micro-motor 54, which is similar to micro-motors found in pagers, is rigidly affixed to vibratable holding frame or housing 64, into which the cleaning chamber is placed. When energized, the rotating eccentric weight causes a dynamic imbalance, resulting in the micro-motor vibrating in a plane perpendicular to its rotor's axis of rotation, the vector of radial force produced continually changing its angular direction within this plane. This vibration is thereafter physically transmitted to the cleaning chamber through housing 64, thus vibrating the cleaning chamber and all contents within at the frequency generated by the rotating micro-motor. Micro-motor 54, the cleaning chamber and its contents, and housing 64 are mechanically isolated from CCF lamp 33, reflector 67, and CCF lamp enclosure window 65, as well as the remainder of the device, by an elastomeric vibration isolator 66. Vibration isolator 66 further serves as a perimeter light seal between windows 65 and 35, thus preventing UV rays from escaping to areas outside the device. Only the micro-motor 54 and its components, cleaning chamber and its components and contents, and housing 64 are vibrated. The remainder of the device, including all electrical circuitry and the CCF lamp and all associated components, remains stationary.
The rotational speed of micro-motor 54 is dependent upon the voltage supplied to it via conductors 52 and 56, this voltage in turn being dependent upon the placement position of the variable resistor 51. When positioned to result in a voltage potential of 0-volts DC (between conductors 52 and 56), the micro-motor will not rotate, having no electrical energy to do so. As the variable resistor is repositioned to result in an increased voltage between conductors 52 and 56 (up to and including 12-volts), the micro-motor's rotational speed increases, corresponding to the voltage supplied to it. Micro-motor 54 is thus constructed in a manner that results in vibratory motion at frequencies ranging between of zero cycles per second (Hz) to greater than 20,000 Hz.
Referring again to
Thus, when the cleaning chamber is correctly inserted within holding frame or housing 64, causing safety switch 60 to close, and subsequently when the momentary contact switch pushbutton 4 is depressed, the device is energized for the time period set by the user (by variable resistor 58), energizing CCF lamp 33 and vibrating micro-motor 54 for this time period. During this period indicator lamp 45 remains illuminated to indicate the energized state of the device to the user. At the end of the time period, an audible alarm automatically energizes, thereby alerting the consumer to the completion of the cleaning and disinfection cycle. It should be possible to clean and disinfect the dental hardware in as little as five minutes.
According to a second option (Option 2) illustrated in
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The system includes a docking station 92, within which are housed the AC electronics and AC-to-DC rectification components described above in connection with
Base unit 83 inserts into and mates with the docking station such that tapered wedge extension 93B (shown in phantom) inserts snugly by friction fit within slot 89, and tapered wedge extension 93A inserts into a similar slot (not shown) on the left-hand side of base unit 83, such that the wedges and slots act as molded keys and locks. Upon the insertion of base unit 83 into docking station 92 as illustrated by the "insert" arrow in
In this embodiment and option, the system may be powered directly by an AC voltage source through power cable 84 when base unit 83 is mated to docking station 92. When de-coupled the system may be powered directly by its internal battery pack, needing no external power source for operation.
To assist the user in establishing the condition of the battery pack's available energy level during remote use, a user-activated battery level indicator 88 is included in the device. Activation of the battery power level indicator is accomplished by momentarily depressing the small pushbutton adjacent to the display.
There have been described devices and methods for concurrently cleaning and disinfecting dental hardware utilizing UV peroxidation and subsonic, sonic, and ultrasonic vibration. It will be apparent to those skilled in the art that numerous additions, subtractions, and modifications of the described devices and methods are possible without departing the spirit and scope of the appended claims. For example, many different physical configurations of the base unit and cleaning chamber of the cleaning and disinfection system are possible, within the scope of the claims.
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LJUBLJANA, Slovenia (AP) — Four Slovenian ski officials were suspended Friday for allegedly rigging the results of pop violinist Vanessa-Mae to help her qualify for the Winter Olympics in Sochi.
Competing in Sochi for Thailand as Vanessa Vanakorn, using the surname of her Thai father, she finished a distant last among the 67 racers who completed the two runs in the Olympic giant slalom.
To earn enough points to be eligible for the games in February, she had to compete in official races in Sweden, Norway, Slovenia and Switzerland.
The Slovenian Ski Association said Friday it found evidence indicating that the races it hosted in January were "fixed at the behest of Thai ski officials to meet her qualifying criteria for Sochi."
The Slovenian association president, Jurij Zurej, said the suspected irregularities included falsification of times and rankings.
"The starting list included a person who did not even compete, a racer who fell was registered as finishing high in the standings," Zurej said. "In addition, the dates of the competitions did not match the actual state when the races were held."
Zurej said that Vanessa-Mae might not have known about the violations at the time.
Her representatives did not immediately respond to telephone calls and emails from The Associated Press seeking comment about the allegations.
Zurej said Vanessa-Mae competed in four races in Slovenia on Mount Krvavec in January. According to the official reports sent to the International Ski Federation, known as FIS, two events took place on Jan. 17. But the races actually took place the following day, according to Zurej.
The two other races took place on Jan. 19, including one which served as the Thai national championship.
"In a document for one of the races, a competitor is mentioned who actually did not race," Zurej said.
"In another race, one competitor said she fell," Zurej said. "However, according to the documents sent to FIS, she took second place. There are also indications that the timings were wrong."
According to the reports sent to FIS, Vanessa-Mae finished 10th, 9th, 7th and 6th in the four consecutive races in Slovenia, which mainly involved Slovenian junior competitors.
FIS president Gian Franco Kasper said he was "disappointed" by the alleged cheating but that no action could be taken until the Slovenian association completes its inquiry.
"We have told the Slovenian ski federation that for the time being they should go into the details and find out what their own people did and determine domestic sanctions," Kasper told The Associated Press. "Then we will decide what we have to do on our side. ... We have no proof for the time being."
The 35-year-old Vanessa-Mae, who was born in Singapore and raised in Britain, clocked her two Olympic runs in a total of 3 minutes, 26.97 seconds — 50.1 seconds slower than gold medalist Tina Maze of Slovenia.
"She was not the best skier," Kasper said. "I think you have seen that."
After completing her race in Sochi, Vanessa-Mae likened the Olympics to "the greatest show on earth."


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This should be a simple one. Sorry for the ignorance. I have installed SuSE 9.0 via FTP (So no YOU, unless I am mistaken.) I downloaded the Latest NVIDIA driver and I have the directions for compiling it. My problem is when I go to compile it it tells me that X is running. I have found no way to stop X. A graphical login appears on startup. If I switch to the text console without logging in I still get the X running error. I tried stopping the Process ID that X is on when I log in, but that just ends the X session and returns to the graphical login screen. What am I missing?
On a text terminal, with root permission:
telinit 3
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telinit 5
telinit switches runlevels, 3 is multi-user text only, 5 is multi-user with X servers, 1 is single-user (for repairing things), 6 is reboot
The file /etc/inittab contains a line that allows you to change the default mode your system boot will boot to.
I'm having a simular problem with rehat 9.0 on my MSI motherboard, Asylum GForce MX440-SE video card and Duron 1.2 proccessor. I've tried using telinit 3 in a text teminal as su and it just say Command not found. is there another way to boot without xwindow that's simple. Simple seems to be the only thing I can do these day's. Thankyou for any help you may offer.
If the command is not found you are probably not logging in while gaining su, this would mean you are still using YOUR user's path, but with su power. Instead, use the command:
/bin/su -
This will use the root user's path, then telinit will be found.
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'Safe Haven' a safe date night bet
You can always count on author Nicholas Sparks to deliver a romantic, tear-inducing, sigh-provoking novel, such as his best-seller "Safe Haven." So when the novel is adapted into movie form, audiences can expect to find the same romantic, tear-inducing, sigh-provoking elements, and with the movie version of "Safe Haven," they get exactly what they are looking for.
When Katie Feldman (Julianne Hough) shows up in the small town of Southport, N.C., the townspeople are curious about why she would pick their tiny town. Still, being the generous Southern folk they are, they open their arms to welcome her. She rents a small out-of-the-way cottage, starts working at a local diner, and does her shopping regularly at a market owned by a handsome widower with two small children.
But Katie has some dark secrets. She has experienced abuse and trauma that have left her scared and always looking over her shoulder. Shop owner Alex Wheatley (Josh Duhamel), who was a military detective, has a good idea of what she's hiding by her behavior, but he doesn't probe. He is falling in love with Katie, and he doesn't do anything that might cause her to run.
Settling into the community, Katie feels herself relaxing. She almost begins to feel comfortable again. She even feels like she might be able to fall in love. And then her past comes roaring back to find her, and this time, her secrets could hurt the people she has grown to love.
Directed by Lasse Hallstrom, ("Chocolat," "Dear John," "Salmon Fishing in the Yemen"), "Safe Haven" is different from the usual Sparks-inspired movies. This time around, the story does have its moments of lightheartedness and romance, but also touts darker, spine-tingling moments of suspense.
Hough does a great job in this dramatic role, and Duhamel is perfect as the ruggedly handsome hero — the type so prevalent in all of Sparks' stories.
I also was impressed with actress Cobie Smulders (Robin from "How I Met Your Mother") as the outspoken neighbor who befriends Katie. She has just the right amount of sass. And Australian actor David Lyons is terrifyingly good as Katie's abusive husband.
It is impressive how closely this movie follows the book, so kudos to the screenwriters for their adaptation work. (I guess it helps a lot when the author is also one of the producers.) And the North Carolina setting, in the actual town of Southport, is gorgeous.
"Safe Haven" is a good date-night movie, a great girlfriends'-night-out movie, and a perfect selection if you are into romantic movies with a generous helping of suspense.
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