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The cat's table by Michael Ondaatje. The story follows 11-year-old Michael as he immerses himself in the hidden corners and relationships of a temporary floating world, overcoming its physical boundaries with the expanse of his imagination. The boy's companions at the so-called cat's table, where the ship's unconnected strays dine together, become his friends and teachers, each leading him closer to the key that unlocks the Oronsay's mystery decades later.

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WVU to Open Thanksgiving Classic with LSU
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. – The No. 12/14 West Virginia women's basketball team will open the FIU Thanksgiving Classic in Miami, Fla., at 8 p.m., Friday, against LSU.
LSU enters Friday's game on a two-game losing skid, falling at Hampton 67-58 on Nov. 16 and at Georgetown 71-69 on Nov. 19. The Tigers are 1-2 overall, defeating Wichita State 72-70 in their home and season opener, and is 0-2 on the road.
Junior forward Theresa Plaisance leads LSU in both scoring and rebounding with 15.3 points and 11.0 rebounds per game. She also leads the team in blocked shots and steals with six and nine, respectively.
Senior guard Adrienne Webb follows with 15.0 points per game and is the Tigers' leading 3-point shooter with a 37.5 3-point field goal percentage on 6-of-16 shooting. Senior guard Bianca Lutley rounds out the top three scorers with 13.3 points per game. In the last outing at Georgetown, LSU's Webb led all players with 21 points, while Plaisance chipped in another 20. Webb also was responsible for 3-of-5 total 3-pointers for LSU. Junior guard Jeanne Kenney helped with 11 points in the last outing and dished out eight assists. The Tigers' attempt to come back from a nine-point deficit fell short in the final 1:22 at Georgetown.
The Tigers return three starters and six overall letterwinners from last year's squad that went 23-11 under then-first year head coach Nikki Caldwell. Last season, the Tigers advanced to the NCAA Second Round.
WVU enters Friday's game riding a three-game winning streak, defeating UNC Wilmington and USC Upstate at home, while coming back from a halftime deficit to defeat Boston University.
Senior Ayana Dunning leads WVU in both scoring and rebounding with 12.0 points and 9.7 rebounds per game. Dunning may recognize some familiar faces around the LSU program as she began her collegiate career with the Tigers, and transferred to WVU after her freshman season.
Last week, true freshman Bria Holmes provided a spark off the bench, averaging 10.0 points per game, with a career-best team-leading 14 points in the win over USC Upstate to move up as the second-leading scorer for WVU with 9.0 points per game.
Behind Holmes, sophomore Crystal Leary, also off the bench, rounds out the top three scorers for the Mountaineers with 8.0 points per game, and also is the second-leading rebounder as she pulled down a game-leading 10 rebounds in the last outing, averaging 7.3 rebounds per game this season. The Mountaineers' bench has stepped up this season, accounting for 49.2 percent (104/211) of its overall scoring.
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Marco charter high school proposal
Islanders learn about the bigger plans surrounding the initiative for a Marco Island charter high school June 25 at Marco Island Charter Middle School and at a Planning Board meeting Friday. Plans now include the Marco Island Academy as well as a summer eco-adventure camp and Marco Island Discovery Center, a center for sustainable living and education of all ages. Marco Island Discovery Center is also the name of the non-profit working on developing a charter high school on the Island. Finding land is the next challenge.


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Alison Sade Peñaranda
She's not an inch away from me
But I see her in obscurity
Her eyes are speaking
Yet it's hard to say
No change at all
I can even hold her
And yet she refuses
I can't catch her thoughts
I understand with patience
I try to find the words
But what the ink blots isn't enough
To paint what's in her heart
She breathes with a smile
And closes her eyes
The time she opens them
She sees you still
The day can be a bore
But quite not for her
She thinks of you everytime
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With something she couldn't accept?
How could she fight
A feeling that already defeated her?
How could she explain
Something unexplainable as love?
How could she reason
Something that has no answers?
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Love can be annoying
To someone at work
It can be painful
To someone dumped like junk
Love can teach hostility
To someone broken
It can be a glimpse of insanity
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Something sweet and bliss
To someone I know…
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In "Vibrant Matter" the political theorist Jane Bennett, renowned for her work on nature, ethics, and affect, shifts her focus from the human experience of things to things themselves. Bennett argues that political theory needs to do a better job of recognizing the active participation of nonhuman forces in events. Toward that end, she theorizes a 'vital materiality' that runs through and across bodies, both human and nonhuman. Bennett explores how political analyses of public events might change were we to acknowledge that agency always emerges as the effect of ad hoc configurations of human and nonhuman forces. She suggests that recognizing that agency is distributed this way, and is not solely the province of humans, might spur the cultivation of a more responsible, ecologically sound politics: a politics less devoted to blaming and condemning individuals than to discerning the web of forces affecting situations and events. Bennett examines the political and theoretical implications of vital materialism through extended discussions of commonplace things and physical phenomena including stem cells, fish oils, electricity, metal, and trash. She reflects on the vital power of material formations such as landfills, which generate lively streams of chemicals, and omega-3 fatty acids, which can transform brain chemistry and mood. Along the way, she engages with the concepts and claims of Spinoza, Nietzsche, Thoreau, Darwin, Adorno, and Deleuze, disclosing a long history of thinking about vibrant matter in Western philosophy, including attempts by Kant, Bergson, and the embryologist Hans Driesch to name the 'vital force' inherent in material forms. Bennett concludes by sketching the contours of a 'green materialist' ecophilosophy.
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Jane Bennett is Professor of Political Theory and Chair of the Department of Political Science at Johns Hopkins University. She is the author of "The Enchantment of Modern Life: Attachments, Crossings, and Ethics "and "Thoreau's Nature: Ethics, Politics, and the Wild," and an editor of "The Politics of Moralizing "and" In the Nature of Things: Language, Politics, and the Environment."
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"Vibrant Matter is a fascinating, lucid, and powerful book of political theory. By focusing on the 'thing-side of affect,' Jane Bennett seeks to broaden and transform our sense of care in relation to the world of humans, non-human life, and things. She calls us to consider a 'parliament of things' in ways that provoke our democratic imaginations and interrupt our anthropocentric hubris."--Romand Coles, author of Beyond Gated Politics: Reflections for the Possibility of Democracy "Vibrant Matter represents the fruits of sustained scholarship of the highest order. As environmental, technological, and biomedical concerns force themselves onto worldly political agendas, the urgency and potency of this analysis must surely inform any rethinking of what political theory is about in the twenty-first century."--Sarah Whatmore, coeditor of The Stuff of Politics: Technoscience, Democracy, and Public Life "This manifesto for a new materialism is an invigorating breath of fresh air. Jane Bennett's eloquent tribute to the vitality and volatility of things is just what we need to revive the humanities and to redraw the parameters of political thought."--Rita Felski, author of Uses of Literature "Vibrant Matter takes us on a journey through the philosophical tradition of critical vitalism - or, in Bennett's terms, vital materialism - in order to help us recognize the profound yet delightful weirdness of being in a body that only seems to belong to us." Los Angeles Review of Books, May 9th 2012
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"This manifesto for a new materialism is an invigorating breath of fresh air. Jane Bennett's eloquent tribute to the vitality and volatility of things is just what we need to revive the humanities and to redraw the parameters of political thought."--Rita Felski, author of "Uses of Literature "


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The Alumni Banquet will be webcast Friday evening
February 11, 2010
The Mississippi State University Alumni Association will stream its annual awards banquet live Friday [Feb. 12] beginning at 6 p.m. The event kicks-off a year-long celebration for the association's 125th anniversary.
The event honors the university's National Alumnus of the Year, Roy H. Ruby. Thirteen others being honored will include the nine individual college alumni of the year, a young alumnus of the year and three distinguished service award selections.
Other highlights will include:
--Formal welcome of the 91st alumni chapter as the recently chartered Cincinnati-Dayton, Ohio, membership joins others from across the United States and one in South Korea; and
--Special recognition of Donald W. Zacharias for his 12 years of leadership as university president, from 1985-1997.
For more on the awards program, contact Dr. Jimmy Abraham at (662) 325-7000.
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Saving today for water tomorrow. That was the big idea at today's water symposium. "Everybody's gotta do their part," C.E. Williams, Director of the Panhandle Groundwater District said.
The Water Trust Board (WTB) was created in 2001 to provide funding for urgent water infrastructure projects that meet the needs of regional state and water plans.
After re-electing Harvey Hilderbran every two years since 1992, the voters in House District 53 are vetting a group of fresh faces and hosting a slew of candidate forums to hear where the GOP primary candidates stand on issue No. 1 — water.
There are an estimated 880 trillion gallons of brackish water underneath the state's surface. But using the salty resource can be tricky: Treating it carries a hefty price tag, and the oversight of its withdrawal isn't clear-cut.
Now that Texas voters have agreed to spend $2 billion from the Rainy Day Fund to finance water supply projects, legislators say the state finally has some money to carry out its longstanding water plan.
As with nearly every beloved Texas river, the 600-mile Colorado River — which flows from West Texas to the Gulf Coast — is under serious threat. Drought and surging population growth have taken their toll on the water's flow and its wildlife and, by extension, the farmers and fishermen who rely on it.
Half of Texans say they'd vote to approve $2 billion in additional water infrastructure financing this November, according to a new University of Texas/Texas Tribune poll.
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Every two months, Christopher Churchill, a U.S. Geological Survey biologist, scuba dives in Ray Roberts Lake, northwest of Dallas, to monitor the growth rates of zebra mussels, which have wreaked havoc on several Texas lakes and rivers.
Most state lawmakers have been focusing on transportation funding these days. But several of them have their eyes on a different prize: convincing voters to support putting dollars aside for water projects.
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Downtown Alliance San Antonio and the city's City Office of Cultural Affairs have a new Urban Renaissance Luncheon planned for Tuesday. Louise Stevens, a cultural research and planning specialist and the founder of the consulting firm ArtsMarket, will talk about "San Antonio's Cultural Corridors: The Next Step." Mayor Julián Castro also will speak. Registration is […] [Read More]


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Freelon and Brown to perform music from new CD
Vocalist Nnenna Freelon and bass player John Brown have a musical association that goes back a good 20 years. Brown was in Freelon's first touring band, before he became the jazz studies director at Duke University. Through recordings and tours, Freelon and Brown have established separate bodies of work that are heard nationally and internationally.
In 2011, the White House asked them to perform at the Asia Pacific Economic Summit. As they were returning on the plane, they began talking about different musical projects, and their new Christmas album "sort of blossomed from there," Freelon said.
Today, Freelon and the John Brown Big Band will perform music from the recording at the Carolina Theatre. Freelon has billed the concert "a live Christmas present to the Triangle."
Arranging Christmas music is "sacred cow territory," Freelon said during a recent lunch at Hummingbird Bakery in Durham. She and bandleader Brown were discussing their new recording of Christmas songs and today's concert.
"I'm known as a singer who takes a non-standard approach to the standards," Freelon, an arranger in her own right, said of her recording output, which includes her tributes and arrangements of songs of Stevie Wonder and Billie Holiday. On their Christmas album, Freelon and Brown apply that philosophy to holiday standards, offering many surprises while keeping the tunes recognizable.
The challenge in working with Christmas music, Brown said, was "finding a way to honor the melodies and not take away the meaning of the songs. … The feel changes, that's OK, but the melody remains intact."
Jerald Shynett's arrangement of Franz Gruber's "Silent Night is one example. Shynett (one of several arrangers credited on this CD) uses the opening rhythm to the Miles Davis classic "All Blues" in the first bars, adding a blues and gospel feel to this traditional tune. Because people know these tunes, revising them comes with some artistic risk, Freelon said. The challenge is to give the listener a different experience of the song, "but at the same time respect the tradition." The skillful ensemble and Shynett's writing are important to the "Silent Night" arrangement, she said. "That particular arrangement is so solid."
Freelon and Brown chose the 10 tunes from a long list of Christmas classics. Freelon said she did research into previous jazz interpretations of Christmas music. The song "O Little Town of Bethlehem" is "one of those songs that resonates in my memory," she said. She recalled hearing Mahalia Jackson sing the song on a recording her parents would play at Christmastime. "When that needle went down on that LP, we knew it was time for Christmas," Freelon said.
The collection includes a song that is not specifically a Christmas tune, Duke Ellington's "I Like the Sunrise." "That's her stroke of genius," Brown said of Freelon's selection of the tune. The song expresses the sense of expectation and hope that comes with Christmas, that "waiting to exhale on Christmas Eve" moment, Freelon said. The lyrics are "I like the sunrise/'Cause it brings a new day/ I like the new day/It brings new hope they say."
The album also has an arrangement of several traditional hymns titled "Spiritual Medley," a duet of Brown and Freelon singing "Baby, It's Cold Outside" and a New Orleans style upbeat arrangement of "I'll Be Home for Christmas."
The album is Brown's first experience doing a vocal record, he said. "We built things from the voice down," he said. "The goal was to achieve what was going to be a support for her," he said of Freelon.
The ensemble and rapport of the musicians make the record work, Freelon said. When the nuances and emphasis on some tunes would change, like going into a gospel feel, the band easily picked up on it, she said. "You could get [good] interplay because we all had knowledge of the same worlds," Freelon said. "When you bring individual human beings and spirits in one environment … you hope they're standing on common ground, and that's exactly what happened."
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WHAT: Nnenna Freelon and the John Brown Big Band, performing music from their new Christmas recording
WHEN: Dec. 21, 8 p.m.
WHERE: The Carolina Theatre, 309 W. Morgan St., Durham
ADMISSION: Tickets start at $24. To purchase, call 919-560-3030 or visit www.carolinatheatre.org.


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A portable, pluggable power line communications device provides convenient interfacing and connectivity between separate data networks interconnected over the same conventional electric power conveying media. The power line communications device plugs into a single electrical outlet, and includes a controller that is programmable at the device or remotely. Remote programming is achieved over the same power media to which the communications device is coupled, or by wireless link. The power line communications device controls data communications signal transfer over the common electric wiring of a local network, and conducts high-speed communications and download of multimedia signals from an upstream network controllers using the common electric power media. The data communications signals of the co-existing, different networks are encoded to permit differentiation at the power line communications device.
1. A communications apparatus for communicatively coupling a first power line data communications network to at least a second power line data communications network, wherein each of the first and second networks is for interconnecting a plurality of electronic communications devices and is on a same network branch of a utility electric power distribution system, wherein the branch includes utility electric power conveying media and is isolated from a portion of the power distribution system by at least one of a step-up and a step-down power transformer, the apparatus comprising:
a connection means for coupling to the power conveying media; and
a transceiver communications interface coupled to the connection means and including a controller, wherein the controller includes a processor coupled to a memory, wherein the memory includes network identification codes corresponding to at least one of the first and second networks, and wherein the processor is adapted to utilize a network identification encoding and decoding protocol for processing encoded data communications signals containing a target network identification code transmitted by a source electronic communications device to a target electronic communications device, wherein the processor generates a target data communications signal based on the encoded data communications signals transmitted by the source device, and wherein the target signal includes a predetermined encoded network identification code corresponding to a power line data communications network designated by the target network identification code, such that data communications is achieved over the power conveying media between the target device and the source device, wherein each of the source and target devices is in the first or second network.
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a voltage isolation device having a first port compatible with a low voltage circuit within the controller and a second port compatible with an alternating current (AC) voltage of the power conveying media;
a holding buffer for temporarily storing a plurality of digital data words until said words can be transferred from the buffer to either a communications channel of a network or to the controller; and
a conversion device for transforming a serial digital data signal from a first protocol to a second protocol.
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a network identification encoding and decoding module for encoding and decoding data communications signals based on the encoded data communications signals transmitted by the source device and based on at least one of frequency, modulation scheme, data format and data conveying medium.
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21. A method for interfacing at least first and second power line data communications networks, wherein each of the first and second networks is for interconnecting a plurality of electronic communications devices and is on a same network branch of a utility electric power distribution system, wherein the branch includes a utility electrical power conveying media and is isolated from a portion of the power distribution system by at least one of a step-up and a step-down power transformer, the method comprising the steps of:
receiving from the media an encoded first data communications signal having a first network identification code and transmitted by a first network electronic communications device transmitter;
decoding said first signal;
processing the encoded data included in said decoded first signal;
creating a second data communications signal for transmission to a target electronic communications device based on the encoded data contained in the first signal, wherein the creating includes encoding said second signal using a second identification code, wherein the second identification code includes a predetermined encoded network identification code corresponding to a power line data communications network designated by the first network identification code; and
transmitting said second signal over the media to said target device.
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This application claims the benefit of U.S. Provisional Appln. No. 60/310,182 filed Aug. 4, 2001, which is incorporated by reference herein.
This invention relates to the field of data communications over conventional utility electric power conveying media, and more particularly to a communications interface apparatus for interconnecting networks using electric power lines and wiring of a conventional utility electric power distribution system.
Digital and analog data communications over conventional utility electric power lines is an established method for point-to-point and point-to-multipoint communications between computing devices. In such communications, a data signal is superimposed on the voltage signal of a 50 to 60 Hertz alternating current (AC) power line using a higher frequency carrier signal. Typically, a central computer uses such a power line communications medium to control remote power applications or monitor remote utility usage, e.g., read a household power meter.
In more sophisticated data communications applications, fiber optic and coaxial cables typically are used in parallel with AC power lines to permit high speed communications. See, e.g., U.S. Pat. Nos. 5,886,732 and 5,699,276, incorporated by reference herein. Exemplary data communications service applications that use such high speed data communications media include Direct Subscriber Link (DSL) or cable television delivery.
When a plurality of locally administered electronic communications devices, such as a VCR, a television, a heater or other generic appliances, is connected over the electric power wiring of a building in a local area network (LAN) configuration, care must be taken to isolate the LAN from any other communications signals that may be present on electric power wiring or lines external to the LAN. See U.S. Pat. No. 6,091,320, incorporated by reference herein. Consequently, a data communications connection boundary device, such as a signal isolation block, usually must be professionally installed in the electrical power system between an upstream wide area network (WAN), which typically is external to the building, and a LAN internal to the building to separate the two communications networks. The isolation block typically limits the data communications connections to include only a single electronic communications device, such as a control computer, on the WAN side, i.e., outside of the building, and a specified number of individual electronic communications devices on the LAN.
Further, it is known that some electronic communications devices, on both a LAN and a WAN, sometimes do not receive data signals transmitted to such devices over the power lines or wiring by a source communications device, for example, a network communications controller. The target communications device may not receive the data signals, i.e., is "hidden " from the source device, because of the specific implementation of a data communications connection boundary device between the networks. In addition, the attenuation and interference characteristics in networks, which have a more pronounced effect on data signal communications where a target device is located a large distance from the source device, may cause the target device to become hidden from the source device. Although a conventional data signal, amplification device may be used to amplify an attenuated signal, more sophisticated and expensive electronics, such as bridges and routers, usually also must be installed in a network to overcome the problem that the target device otherwise does not receive data signals from a source device, such as a controller, in another network.
Thus, there exists a need for a simple, inexpensive data communications interface apparatus which can be interconnected with ease to the electric power conveying media of a conventional utility electric power distribution system, and which permits a multiplicity of electronic communications devices in a respective, multiplicity of networks to communicate data among one another over the common, conventional electric power conveying media of electric power utility lines and wiring of the power distribution system to which they are electrically coupled and from which they can receive electric power.
In accordance with the present invention, a portable, power line communications device is readily engageable to electrical power conveying media of a conventional utility electric power distribution system and provides convenient interfacing and data communications signal connectivity between at least a first data network and a second data network, where the first and second networks are electrically coupled to each other over common electrical power conveying media of the power distribution system. The power line communications device receives and decodes encoded first data communications signals, which have been conveyed over the power conveying media and have network identification codes corresponding to the first or second network, or an electronic communications device within the first or second network, and generates and causes to be transmitted onto the power conveying media encoded second data communication signals, where the encoding of the second signals is based on and includes at least a portion of the identification codes present on the first data communications signals.
In a preferred embodiment, the power line communications device establishes a network connection between two or more local area networks (LANs). The LANs are physically located within the same building, such as a house or a high rise hotel, or in separate buildings, and are interconnected over common electric power lines and wiring of an electrical power distribution system. In an alternative preferred embodiment, the power line communications device provides communications connectivity between a single LAN and an external access network, or a larger wide area network (WAN), over common electric power conveying media of a conventional power distribution system. In a further preferred embodiment, the power line communications device is plugged into a single conventional electrical outlet in a building and can be moved to different electrical outlets in the building as network signal conditions warrant.
In another preferred embodiment, the power line communications device includes a controller having a processor coupled to a memory. The processor executes a control management and communications program that provides for network-to-network communications over electric power media. The program is stored in the memory or can be downloaded into the device over electric power conveying media, e.g., utility electric power lines or electric power wiring within a building in which the device is located, to which the device is electrically coupled. The processor retrieves the program from the memory and executes selected algorithms included in the program based on activation of selection options, such as buttons or soft keys, on the device, or based on receipt of data signals transmitted from a remote computing device. The remote computing device is preferably connected to the power line communications device over the common electric power conveying media. Alternatively, the remote device communicates with the power line communications device via wireless links, such as infrared or radio frequency links, or other wired links, such as twisted pair or coaxial cable. The controller of the power line communications device executes an encoding and decoding algorithm which uses unique identification codes, such as destination addresses or data words, to differentiate among, and route data communications signals to, target electronic communications devices in the respective communication networks, such as WANs or LANs, which are interconnected with one another over common electric power conveying media.
Other objects and advantages of the present invention will be apparent from the following detailed description of the presently preferred embodiments, which description should be considered in conjunction with the accompanying drawings in which:
The present invention of a power line communications device is illustrated below in connection with a power line access terminator (PAT) which is readily engageable to electric power conveying media of a conventional utility electric power distribution system, such as a conventional sinusoidal alternating current (AC) electrical outlet electrically coupled to the conventional electric power wiring in a building or the, conventional utility electric power lines outside of the building which are coupled to the electric power wiring in the building. For purposes of the present invention, a building contains electric power conveying media located on the user side of a power meter and can encompass multiple buildings on the user side of a central distribution power meter, or multiple buildings on a downstream side of a PAT that is mounted externally to the buildings and where each building has its own power meter. The PAT permits simultaneous data communications among a plurality of electronic communications devices located in networks on either side (upstream or downstream) of the PAT. The networks, for example, are partially or preferably completely within (internal) or outside (external) a building in which the PAT is located. The PAT controls and facilitates exchange of data communications signals between a first network, or individual electronic communications devices within the first network, and a second network, or its electronic communications devices, where the second network is different than, or in an alternative preferred embodiment the same as, the first network. The PAT decodes received, encoded first data communications signals detected in the power conveying media and sent by the first network, and generates and transmits onto the same power conveying media encoded second data communications signals having at least some of the same network identification codes, including at least the destination address of a target electronic communications device, as the decoded first signals. The PAT further can act as a broadband communications gateway to an upstream, external wide area network (WAN) to permit direct delivery of high speed data services, such as Direct Subscriber Link (DSL) or cable television multimedia, to a local access network (LAN) or its electronic communications devices. The PAT, therefore, operates as a network-to-network interface that uses the existing electronic power conveying media of a standard utility electric power distribution system as a communications channel. The PAT does not require the installation of signal isolation blocks in a network to achieve network-to-network isolation. The PAT, instead, provides for network-to-network isolation through the use of encoding and formatting of data communications signals, such as, for example, by use of different modulation schemas in adjacent networks or separation of operating frequencies in such networks. Further, the advantageous use of the already existing (installed) electric power conveying media of the electric power distribution system results in a significant installation and maintenance savings for data communications service providers.
The PAT preferably is adapted to use digital data stream communications methods, and also can use analog methods. The data transfer speeds of a digital PAT configuration are sufficient to permit the delivery of a wide range of multimedia applications. The PAT also provides for data transfer associated with the traditional, lower speed data communications applications that, for example, remotely read power meters and control individual devices for power system load management.
In a preferred embodiment, the PAT 12 is a transceiver controller module including a microprocessor or other known processor integrated circuit, a memory integrated circuit, a power line interface for receiving and transmitting data communications signals, a voltage isolation circuit and data modulator-demodulator (modem) integrated circuit. The PAT 12 preferably has a memory buffer for temporarily holding a message during data processing, as well as programming software. The voltage isolation circuit preferably includes a low voltage circuit port coupled to internal components in the PAT 12 and a port for coupling to the AC voltage of electric power media, such as the wiring 22. The memory for both the buffering and the storage of the programming software can include volatile memory, such as dynamic-random-access-memory (DRAM), non-volatile memory, such as static RAM, flash memory and read-only-memory (ROM), and electronically re-programmable ROM, such as EPROM and EEPROM. The processing operations of the PAT 12 are controlled by a program that is stored in the memory or downloaded from either a network controller device, which may be integral to the WAN 16 or included in the LAN 14, or other means, such as a replacement software module. The ability to program the PAT 12 remotely represents a significant management and maintenance advantage over conventional approaches for controlling and interfacing data communication devices of networks. The physical size of the PAT 12 is limited only by the desired degree of integration and miniaturization of the modem and associated interface circuitry. In a preferred embodiment, the PAT 12 is contained in a medium sized box, similar to or smaller than a video recorder or a set-top box, or in a small wall plug unit similar to power adapters used in electronic equipment, such as desktop scanners or printers.
An electrical outlet in a typical building can have a wide range of voltages and frequencies, and typically, has nominal voltages of 110 or 220 VAC, and in some cases 480 VAC. In a preferred embodiment, the PAT 12 includes power line interface circuits that accommodate voltages from about 110 VAC to about 480 VAC, in addition to the extremes typically associated with power line disturbances, such as voltage spikes and brownout conditions. Nominal voltages may vary from about 70-135 VAC, based on distance from a step-down transformer and power line disturbances. The PAT 12 preferably provides connectivity in connection with an electrical outlet in the network 10 having an operating range of voltages from about 70-500 VAC.
The external WAN 16 routes to the LAN 14 upstream data signal feeds provided by the data service provider 24. In addition, data signal feeds can be introduced at local, unused network access locations 19 in the WAN 16, and provided from access networks located at central locations 9 in the network 10 that data communications service providers favor because of cost and convenience. The service providers include, but are not limited to, multimedia cable television feeds and high-speed internet and data links normally handled over telephone lines.
Since an electrical outlet in any building is connected directly to all of the distribution branches of a neighborhood electric power distribution system, the LAN 14 coexists on the same power media as the WAN 16 and any other local network that may be located in an adjacent building. Referring to
In a preferred embodiment, all of the downstream devices within a specific internal LAN are programmed to have the same encoding and decoding protocol that exists in the downstream encoding and decoding software module of the PAT included in the LAN. The PAT also includes programming corresponding to the upstream encoding and decoding protocol that matches the encoding and decoding protocol of an upstream WAN to which the LAN is coupled over the power media. Encoding and decoding protocols are well known in the communications industry, and can take various forms which include allocation of carrier frequencies and time. For example, frequency division multiple access (FDMA) can be utilized to share communications devices in multiple respective LANs. In an exemplary FDMA implementation, a plurality of frequency channels is used to carry the data signals, and each channel carries a proportion of the totality of the message. In an alternative embodiment, scheduled time slots are used for individual device transmissions at a fixed frequency or multiple frequencies, such as time division multiple access (TDMA).
As a communications system becomes larger and any of the incorporated networks become more dispersed, a spread spectrum communications technique, such as code division multiple access (CDMA), is preferred in accordance with the present inventive technique. The signals are encoded and transmitted using a predetermined code word made up of chips, where each chip represents a low power signal at a different frequency. Moreover, communications systems or networks can be configured to utilize combinations of FDMA, TDMA and CDMA, as well as other like techniques. In a preferred embodiment, the PAT combines both EDMA and TDMA methods.
In a preferred embodiment, the PAT 12 includes programming software that permits separate encoding and decoding for at least two networks. For example, the PAT 12 can encode and decode one or more protocols for devices internal to the LAN 14 and one or more protocols for the upstream communications networks, such as the WAN 16. This capability of the PAT 12 permits a plurality of devices on the LAN 14 to function without the interference that can result from external communications activities on the common electric power conveying media. The PAT 12 advantageously permits that processing in software or firmware completely performs this multiple encoding and decoding, preferably using a powerful digital processor platform such as a conventional high-speed microprocessor, stand-alone computer, mainframe or personal computer, or a digital signal processor (DSP).
In a preferred embodiment, the PAT 12 includes dedicated hardware encoder and decoder chips with a predetermined, selectable variety of user programmable codes or frequency bands that can reduce processing requirements. To limit the available protocol options, a network preferably is designed to compensate for the signal attenuation characteristics associated with the separation distance between devices, as in a cellular phone system, and permit remote and repetitive re-use of identical codes or frequency bands.
In accordance with the present invention, a plurality of networks coexist on a same power distribution system, without destructive message interference. Each unique network has a controlling PAT and operates with a unique encoding and decoding protocol, preferably including a unique frequency or set of frequencies known to devices on the network that desire to establish data communications with the network. For example, referring to
In a data communications system where simultaneous data signal transmission from different devices is likely to occur in a same time slot or at a same frequency on the communications channel, a wide variety of methods currently are known to minimize data degradation from such conflicts. For example, in a centrally controlled network system, a central controller typically uses an allocation method to determine which single station can transmit in a particular time or frequency slot. Alternatively, in a decentralized communication systems, such as an Ethernet, a device in a LAN that needs to transmit data monitors a communications medium for other traffic, and upon finding one, appropriates or wins control of the channel and transmits its message on such channel. If, however, the communications channel is in use, the device will defer the transmission until a later time.
In a preferred embodiment, the PAT 12 in the network 10 receives encoded data communications signals present at the electrical outlet 18A location on the wiring 22. The signals, for example, have been routed from the service provider 24, through the apparatus 17, the WAN 16 and then through the power meter 20 of the LAN 14. The PAT 12, based on the identification code of the LAN 14, decodes a received, encoded first data communications signal and generates and transmits onto the wiring 22, at the outlet 18A, a corresponding encoded second data communications signal whose encoding includes, preferably, only those destination addresses associated with the LAN 14.
In a preferred embodiment, the PAT 12 is a portable device that can use an internal battery, power available at the electrical outlet, or both, to energize internal components. The portability of the PAT 12 is extremely advantageous. It is known that an electronic communications device of the LAN 14, which is a target of a data communications signal transmitted by another electronic communications device, either internal or external to the LAN 14, sometimes cannot receive and process the transmitted signal so as to retrieve and utilize the data contained therein. This occurs because the target device receives the data signal in such an attenuated form that processing of the signal to extract the identification codes and the data contained therein cannot be performed. The signal attenuation may be substantial because of network impediments, such as loading, or because the target device is located at a far end of a building and the signal undergoes substantial attenuation based on the large distance that it must travel to reach the target device. The PAT 12, in accordance with the invention, can be relocated to a location in the LAN 14 that improves the data signal reception. The PAT 12, for example, can be relocated to a more central location in the LAN 14, such as electrical outlet 18B, which is also coupled to the electrical wiring 22 located on the user side of the power meter 20 in a building. By suitably relocating the PAT 12 within the LAN 14, the PAT 12 can receive and process the encoded data communications signals conveyed on the power media to ensure that a target device receives the data transmitted to it over the power media as a data communications signal by another electronic communications device.
The portability of the PAT also can be advantageously exploited as follows. As part of the system management functions of two or more co-existing networks, an upstream network controller queries and diagnoses problems that may be associated with the overall system by, for example, testing and verifying the communication medium and electronic communications devices. Based on an analysis of the results of the communications system performance testing, the central controller transmits a message to the gateway PAT of a LAN instructing a user to relocate the PAT, or any signal repeater PAT in a LAN, to a different location, e.g., another electrical outlet, in a LAN. The signal repeater PAT is described in detail below in the text accompanying the description of
In a preferred embodiment, electric power utility providers utilize the network 34 to convey medium or high voltage signals and also data communications signals. The port terminals of the step-down transformer 32 convert the medium or high voltage signals to lower user voltages. The lower voltage signals are provided to the power meters 20A-20D and then to the wiring 22 in the respective houses 21A-21D. The gateway PAT 40A functions and is constructed substantially similar to the PAT 12 and, furthermore, includes data communications signal bypass and voltage isolation circuitry that permits the data signals in the network 34 to be routed to the downstream network 30 and ultimately the LANs 14A-14D. In a preferred embodiment, the gateway PAT 40A performs data processing operations on the data signals received from the network 34 to provide that only those data signals with identification codes corresponding to the PATs 12A-12C are forwarded downstream to the LANs 14A-14C, respectively. Therefore, the PATs 12A-12C contained within the respective LANs 14A-14C receive and process the encoded data communications signal generated at the PAT 40A, based on the encoded data communications signals which the PAT 40 receives from the network 34. As the LAN 14D does not include a PAT 12 device, the gateway 40A is not programmed to and does not generate encoded data signals for that network. Thus, the PAT 40A provides that any data communications signals carried over the network 34, and whose target is within the LANs 14A-14C, effectively bypass the step-down effects of the transformer 32 and are routed to the network 30 and further downstream to the PATs 12A-12C of the respective LANs 14A-14C.
In an alternative preferred embodiment, the PAT 12 from any of the LANs 14A-14C is mounted at an appropriate location on the exterior side of the local power meter 20, such as a wall mounting outside the building or at the step-down transformer 32, which is typically located on a utility pole. The PAT 12 also can be mounted adjacent to the transformer 32 in installations where the transformer 32 is located underground, even though this makes the PAT 12 less accessible. The mounting of the PAT 12 at the transformer 32 in the network 28 creates a larger LAN, which can include one or more buildings and conceivably one or more of the smaller LANs 14A-14D. Each of the individual LANs 14A-14C, however, still controls its unique local devices as the encoding and decoding module of each of the PATs 12A-12C is uniquely encoded with the identification codes of the respective LANs 14A-14C.
The interface functionality of the PAT 40 in the network 28 or 38, thus, enables the LANs 14A-14D to communicate with and process data from one or more upstream networks. Consequently, the upstream networks can be used to deliver multimedia links directly to a target device in the LANs 14A-14D over the utility power media without degradation. The use of the existing power media for such services represents a significant savings over conventional delivery conduits.
In a preferred embodiment, a PAT incorporates a local wireless (i.e., infrared, acoustical or RF) transmitter/receiver module, which is integrated within the device. Alternatively, the PAT communicates with a dedicated device, a gateway router or a bridge-router (Brouter) on the local network that performs the wireless communication function. As is known in the art, a complete room can be linked using an infrared medium. For wireless networks that span several rooms and, therefore, are not line-of-sight, a low power RF medium or sound can be used to allow transmission and reception through walls and other physical blockages.
In another preferred embodiment, the PAT incorporates optical transmitter and receiver functionalities to permit downstream local networking. The use of fiber optic cabling provides an interference-free communications medium, where the PAT provides the electric power media interface functionality with respect to the upstream providers. Further, the PAT may also incorporate a conventional copper wire based communications module which is for downstream local network devices and used with conventional copper wiring other than conventional electric power utility media. Examples of such conventional copper cabling include twisted pair, coaxial cable, etc.
In accordance with a preferred embodiment of the present invention, the PAT advantageously provides the encoding and decoding and interfacing functions for upstream communications paths, in addition to providing intelligent control and broadband communications over the local network communications medium.
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In a preferred embodiment of the network 36, the signal repeater PAT 42 of the LAN 14A is relocated within the LAN 14A to improve further the probability that a distant target device receives data communications signals from, and therefore can exchange data signals with, an external network.
In another preferred embodiment, the access network 38 is enlarged by the addition of step-up and step-down transformers to the power distribution system through the use of port conversion or shunting paths for the communications signals, where each transformer is electrically coupled to one or more of LANs 14A-14D. As all of the LANs 14A-14D can receive signals present on this larger network 38, it is more probable that an encoding conflict will occur and that the number of destructive message conflicts will increase. The installation of additional PATs at strategic locations in the network 38 to handle the increased communications traffic, in accordance with present invention, alleviates and otherwise minimizes such conflicts.
Thus, the present invention advantageously permits a service provider to insert a data communications signal onto electric power conveying media of an electric power distribution network at any point in the network with the destination address and identification codes associated with a target electronic communications device or a LAN. The PAT associated with the target device or LAN provides that the data in the transmitted data signal is conveyed over electric power media that is common to the transmitting and target device and received at the LAN or the specific target device, such as a television set in the case of multimedia downloading, or a computer network card/modem for data communications applications. Hence, the PAT permits delivery of data communications service without the cost of installing application-specific cables, such as hardwire or wireless equipment, in addition to the existing conventional electrical power distribution lines and wiring already present.
Although preferred embodiments of the present invention have been described and illustrated, it will be apparent to those skilled in the art that various modifications may be made without departing from the principles of the invention.
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text: Drexel Professor Awarded ONR Grant to Study Ocean Dynamics using Teams of Robots Recommend this story November 6, 2012 The Office of Naval Research awarded M. Ani Hsieh, professor of Mechanical Engineering and Mechanics at Drexel University, and her team from the Scalable Autonomous Systems Laboratory a $510,000 grant to develop new ways to coordinate teams of robots to track and map ocean dynamics. The three-year project, funded through the Office of Naval Research's Young Investigator Program, focuses on overcoming the theoretical and technical challenges required to enable autonomous underwater and surface vehicles (AUVs/ASVs) to better navigate in highly dynamic and noisy environments, such as the ocean. AUVs and ASVs have found significant commercial, military and scientific applications and are often used to study the dynamics of plankton assemblages in the ocean, map the seafloor for the oil and gas industries and in anti-submarine warfare missions. While prevalent, the technology is not without obstacles. Control of AUVs is often difficult since they must operate with little human intervention and with limited power and communication capabilities. Coupled with the rapidly changing nature of the ocean, planning energy-efficient missions using AUVs is often very challenging. Hsieh hopes that a greater understanding of the geophysical fluid dynamics will allow scientists to better leverage the inherent motions in the ocean to plan more energy-efficient navigation strategies for applications like data harvesting, environmental monitoring, and tracking of contaminants. As a part of their research, Hsieh and her team plan to construct a ten foot by ten foot flow tank capable of simulating ocean-like flows in a laboratory setting. Laboratory testing will allow her team to validate their theory in a controlled environment before embarking upon more costly open-ocean testing of their control strategies on full-sized underwater robots. "The ocean is large and its dynamics is complex. So it's much more efficient if you take advantage of large teams of mobile robots that can simultaneously take measurements at multiple locations and combine that information to give you a global picture of what is going on," Hsieh said. If successful, Hsieh and her team's research could have a large impact on the way that we think about navigating in the ocean. "At the end of the day the ocean impacts our day-to-day lives on land, but much of our understanding of the ocean is still in its infancy," Hsieh said.


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2013 Team Outlook: Cleveland Browns
WR Davone Bess, --- - Deep-league Only
Davone Bess is a solid pro and has consistently made the most of poor situations while with the Miami Dolphins. Now on a new team, his role is more or less the same. He is a possession receiver that will catch about three or four balls per game for minimal yardage. Bess will work the slot, so his targets could spike this season if Cleveland is able to improve on offense. Bess will likely be rostered in deeper formats and would serve as a low-end backup.
TE Jordan Cameron, MIA - Sleeper (undervalued)
Cleveland allowed both TEs (Ben Watson and Alex Smith) to test free agency this past offseason. The logic behind that choice is that waiting in the wings is Jordan Cameron. An athletic specimen at 6'5" and 250 pounds, Cameron can run a sub-4.6 40 yard dash. Now entering his third season, the former USC prospect is expected to make the leap in 2013. If not a starter-caliber option, a very young and talented TE2. Cameron is a high-value sleeper that should still be available late in fantasy drafts.
UPDATE (08/16/2013): Cameron has been a very popular TE2 option for fantasy owners. The hype is red hot, especially with Brandon Weeden playing very well this preseason.
UPDATE (9/23/2013): The hype was legit. Cameron has been very impressive through three games. He already has 20 receptions for 269 yards and four scores. Consider him a Top 5 TE for the remainder of the season.
TE Kellen Davis, NYJ - Low Potential
Brought in via free agency from the Chicago Bears, Kellen Davis is an adept blocker and will provide depth behind third-year TE Jordan Cameron. With only 19 receptions last season, Davis mostly stayed on the line to block and was rarely a featured part of the offense in Chicago. It is unlikely that Davis cracks the Top 20 at his position.
PK Shayne Graham, --- - Quality Backup
Shayne Graham converted 27 of 29 field goals inside of 50 yards, but was just 4 of 9 on kicks over 50 yards. His point totals were very high due to playing with the Houston Texans. The 35-year-old has struggled with longer kicks throughout his career, which is why Cleveland brought in K Brandon Bogotay, an undrafted free agent from the University of Georgia. Graham is the early favorite in this open competition.
Cleveland - Low Potential
Cleveland is transitioning to a 3-4 defese under the leadership of defensive coordinator Ray Horton. The Browns added a lot of intruiging players both in the draft and as free agents. 2013 first-round pick Barkevious Mingo should contribute on passing downs. OLB Paul Kruger and DE Desmond Bryant are new to the team, but both have had above-average seasons in the recent past. Cleveland's defense was mediocre for the majority of the 2012 season. They'll need to improve their pass defense first after ranking 25th in the NFL (245.2 ypg).


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How to live on 1,000 calories a day
New diet fads are popping up all the time. One of the newest trends in dieting is the 1,000 calories a day diet. This diet can be risky if you do not know what you are doing. However, if you take the time to learn about the 1,000 calorie a day diet you can and will lose weight. You should always check with your doctor before starting any new diet or exercise routine.
Why it Works
The theory behind the 1,000 calorie a day diet is that if you use more calories than you eat you will lose weight. Most people need more than 1,000 calories a day so the body has no choice but to lose weight. The 1,000 calorie a day diet limits your calorie intake up to 1,000 calories a day. Some people are going to lose weight faster than others using this diet based on the amount of calories they should be having on an average day. A woman in her forties weighing between 150 pounds and 160 pounds should be eating an average of 2250 calories per day to keep her current weight. By eating only 1,000 calories a day she is taking an average of 8,750 calories out of her diet every week. By taking out 8,750 calories she will lose an average of two pounds per week.
How to Do it
The most important part of this diet is to ensure that the calories you do eat are healthy calories. You are already depriving your body of calories so you want to ensure that the calories in food you eat are healthy calories. Your diet should have plenty of vegetable and fruit in it. You should also remember to drink several glasses of water to keep your body hydrated. While on this diet you should stay away from junk food, fast food and processed food. The calories in the food you eat should be as natural as possible and full of nutrients. Carrots, celery, lean meats and apples are some of the foods that are nutritious for your body.
You should be careful of any new diet you start. Checking with your physician is very important as you will want to make sure you are healthy enough to partake in the diet. If you are going to start the 1,000 calorie a day diet you need to closely watch the calories in food you are eating. You also need to watch your body for signs that the diet is not working for you. If you start to feel weak, frequent headaches and fatigue you should either stop the diet or consult your physician. You should also know that once you stop the 1,000 calorie a day diet the weight normally comes back on fairly quickly. This diet should not be used for long time dieting. You should also watch your body for signs of being dehydrated. If you feel like your body is becoming dehydrated you should add extra water to your diet.
People have had success with this diet but once again it should not be used for long term dieting. If you need to lose a few pounds quickly this diet will more than likely work for you. Just remember to eat healthy and feed your body foods high in vitamins.


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BONITA SPRINGS - With hurricane season under way, residents of Lee County are encouraged to have a personal evacuation plan and be ready to roll.
It is one of the simplest precautionary measures people can take, but also one of the most challenging, said Gerald Campbell, Lee County emergency planning chief.
"When an evacuation order is issued, it is time to leave — not the time to start preparing to leave," Campbell said. "It's one of the most straightforward things you can do, but it is one of the things that people are most challenged with."
When evacuating by car you should keep the vehicle road-ready and full of gas, he said.
Prepare a hurricane kit that can easily be transferred into the vehicle, Campbell added. Check the local weather every day, and stay alert. Make sure windshield wipers on the vehicle work and that tires are in good shape.
Also plan for extra commuting time in Lee County in case of a hurricane.
Major road construction is under way in south Lee County for this summer that could affect traffic during an evacuation.
A main project is widening U.S. 41 from Corkscrew Road to San Carlos Boulevard. The project to widen the roadway and bridge in Estero from four lanes to six will continue throughout hurricane season; it is expected to be completed in summer 2013.
Widening also is under way along part of Bonita Beach Road.
Whether there is construction or not on your planned route, it is always recommended that evacuations occur early because there will be more traffic.
"In an evacuation, don't expect it to be traffic as normal. You're not going to get on Interstate 75 and be able to drive 75 (mph). Slow down, take your time, leave early and be patient," Campbell said.
"We don't tell people to try to run away from a storm," he added. "Florida is too long and skinny to completely escape from a hurricane. We tell people to move inland until you're away from the storm surge area. Stay close to home with the caveat that you're out of the surge zone, and that you're in a safe structure from the wind."
If a hurricane threatens Southwest Florida, or if the Florida Department of Transportation needs to prepare for hosting evacuees from other areas coming to Lee and Collier counties, the department will notify contractors to secure project sites and open all lanes possible and barricade lanes that must be closed.
"Our commitment is assisting law enforcement in evacuations and keeping traffic movement as efficiently as can be," Florida Department of Transportation spokeswoman Debbie Tower said.
The department's Intelligent Transportation System (ITS) relays real-time traffic information on large signs along Interstate 75 in Collier and Lee counties. It will help communicate current and changing information on the large message signs along I-75 and advise drivers about travel times and congestion during evacuations.
The department requires contractors to have emergency plans that can be implemented quickly.
"The electronic signs are extremely valuable in evacuation situations because we are able to communicate to drivers what is occurring in real time and we can estimate travel time, whether travel is slowing down, or if a lane is blocked," Tower said. "We can alert drivers so they are prepared for what is ahead, and we can minimize delays to make movement of traffic as efficient."
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After a storm, recovery efforts focus on making sure first responders can use roads to reach affected areas, such as to restore power, deliver water and food, and provide medical attention.
As the storm passes, crews immediately inspect roadways, clearing debris and checking traffic signals, along with placing signs on state roads that can't be traveled.


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Introduction:: Pregnancy and obesity cause distension of the abdominal wall and produce changes in the shape and size of the breasts. Thus, the need of aesthetic improvement of the abdominal area is not uncommon, coinciding with the desire for breast augmentation. Performing mammoplasty via the abdominoplasty incision approach was first described in 1976. Because of the lack of prospective studies using this approach, we performed a series of dermolipectomy procedures using the abdominal incision to insert a pair of silicone gel breast implants.
Methods:: In total, 100 consecutive patients were selected, with a mean age of 33 ± 2 years. Classic abdominoplasty was performed, and 2 tunnels were then made in the right and left hypochondria. After implant placement, the mammary fold was reconstructed using simple sutures with absorbable threads to attach the subcutaneous tissue to the aponeurosis.
Results:: None of the following complications were observed: deep-vein thrombosis, cardiorespiratory or anesthetic complications, skin necrosis, visible bleeding, hematoma, or clinically detectable infection. The volume of the implants ranged from 280 to 450 mL (median, 350 mL). The mean operation time was 116 minutes. Reoperation was not necessary in any of the cases. The monitoring period ranged from 9 to 84 months (mean, 36 months).
Conclusions:: Breast augmentation via the abdominoplasty incision approach was demonstrated to be a reliable and simple technique, providing a new, scar-free alternative to mammary surgical procedures.
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Moore was responding to a burglary call with his lights and sirens on, when his car was hit by a tractor trailer around 1 p.m. on Friday, October 6. The crash pushed Moore's patrol car into a traffic light and brick wall before coming to a rest. No charges are pending against the truck driver at this time -- though an accident reconstruction is ongoing.
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