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Posted 19 September 2013 - 11:41 PM
I am in need of USB drives that work in old Win98 PCs. Are all new drives backwards compatible down to USB 1.1?
Posted 20 September 2013 - 05:21 PM
I have Patriot and Kingston pendrives and a WD MyPassport, all USB 3.0, all work with Win 98SE /NUSB and all report being "USB 2.1" in my machine, which means USB 2.0 compatibility mode. So, compatible with 98/ME (with NUSB) they sure are. They are also noticeably fast on 2.1 mode, better than any native USB 2.0 drive. Now, they all claim to be USB 1.1 compatible (and maybe report being in "USB 1.2" mode) but this I cannot check because I don't have any USB 1.x only hardware anymore, so I cannot test it.
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Posted 23 September 2013 - 09:19 AM
I'm sure there's a more official story behind it...
Depending on choices made by the manufacturer, a particular USB 3.0 device may or may not work properly on a computer or other host that was designed for USB 1.1, even though the plugs and receptacles physically connect to each other. In other words, USB 3.0 devices are allowed to be backward compatible with USB 1.1, but are not required to be so.
Posted 23 September 2013 - 09:50 AM
Is that for "booting from USB"?
It is very possible that by using a "common" USB external hub you can bypass the issue (but possibly won't be able to boot from those sticks).
Those thingies (the hubs I mean) are normally 1.1 and 2.0 compatible.
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I'll keep in mind that I can try a hub for newer devices. The purpose of these media is only file transfer. We still have a couple Pentium III office machines where I put the unofficial service pack on (but replacing the computers is not my call), and I own a retro gaming machine with a Mendocino Celeron.
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When Packers coach Mike McCarthy said he was going to treat the annual Family Night event like a regular practice instead of a scrimmage, he meant it. What the Family Night-record crowd of 67,336 at Lambeau Field on Saturday night saw was a near-perfect replication of what takes place across the street every day during camp at Ray Nitschke Field. About the only difference was near-constant music playing over the public address system and a fireworks show that followed. Tickets to the event were $10 and sold out in one week.
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This palace was completely refurbished in 2010 and benefits from lift access to all of its four floors, a double garage and a courtyard, whilst being situated amidst the historic centre of the old town of Palma de Mallorca and only two minutes from the cathedral. The sizeable residence offers a unique layout with bedrooms always accompanied by living areas on each floor, allowing occupants to move seamlessly from day- to night-time accommodation. The upper floor roof terrace comprises a sundeck with outdoor kitchen and panoramic views of the old town, the cathedral and the sea. Despite its heart-of-the-action address, the palace is in a very tranquil area with easy access for cars and there's the added bonus of a garage with enough space to comfortably park two cars. This old town palace has been refurbished using materials of very high quality.
Joan Miró painted here. Frederic Chopin composed here. Robert Graves wrote here. Here is Mallorca, part of Spain's Balearic Islands. The Balearic isles, an autonomous archipelago, are clustered in the Mediterranean. Mallorca is the largest of the four main islands, followed by Minorca, Ibiza and Formentera. Read more about luxury homes in Mallorca


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Pier 83October 8, 2011Piers • New York, United States
Bear Mountain cruises!
Juke box is super loud, use at your own peril!
The coffee here is so good, I don't make coffee at home any more
Bizarro was closed for most of our trip today. Call ahead and make sure it's running.
Get a Grand Slam ticket - free Bats hat, hot dog, soda, program, and token for Rally's Burger!
Bring your own swim cap. They require them, but only sell children's sizes.


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Rockies, Helton agree to 2-year extension
Updated: 03/12/2010 - The Colorado Rockies and Todd Helton have agreed to a two-year, $9.9 million contract extension that runs through the 2013 season.
Updated: 03/12/2010 - The Colorado Rockies and Todd Helton have agreed to a two-year, $9.9 million contract extension that runs through the 2013 season.
Posted: 03/11/2010 - Darrington Hobson's 28 points helped eighth-ranked New Mexico stave off a scare from the scrappy Air Force Falcons 75-69 Thursday in the Mountain West Conference quarterfinals
Posted: 03/11/2010 - The Denver Broncos have re-signed defensive lineman Le Kevin Smith and released starting inside linebacker Andra Davis
Posted: 03/10/2010 - Chauncey Billups scored 25 points and got a huge lift from role players Chris Andersen, Nene and J.R. Smith in the Denver Nuggets' 110-102 victory over the Minnesota Timberwolves on Wednesday night
Posted: 03/10/2010 - For the second straight season, the ninth-seeded Falcons won in the opening round of the Mountain West Conference tournament, beating Wyoming 59-40 Wednesday.
Updated: 03/11/2010 - The assignment had been expected since the start of spring training. Tracy said he waited until the day after Jimenez had a strong start to make it official. He pitched three scoreless innings Tuesday against the Los Angeles Dodgers
Posted: 03/10/2010 - John Roberson scored 19 points, Nick Okorie added 18 and Texas Tech overcame a sloppy start defensively to open the Big 12 tournament with an 82-67 victory over Colorado on Wednesday
Posted: 03/10/2010 - Peterson is an eighth-year player who joined the club as a free agent in November 2007 and had 94 tackles, including five sacks, in 42 games for the Broncos. He started 15 games in his time in Denver
Posted: 03/10/2010 - Denver coach George Karl stayed at home to receive treatment for cancer and did not make the trip to Minnesota for the Nuggets' game against the Timberwolves on Wednesday
Posted: 03/09/2010 - Jannik Hansen scored the decisive goal with 2:08 remaining, Mikael Samuelsson had his first NHL hat trick, and the Vancouver Canucks rallied to beat the Colorado Avalanche 6-4 on Tuesday night.
Posted: 03/09/2010 - Francis missed last season following shoulder surgery and was hit hard in his first spring start against San Francisco on Friday. He is scheduled to face the Kansas City Royals on Wednesday.
Updated: 03/10/2010 - The Denver Broncos continued beefing up their defensive line with the signing of unrestricted free agent Jarvis Green, who spent his first eight NFL seasons in New England
Posted: 03/09/2010 - With Kenyon Martin's left knee aching, Carmelo Anthony vows to be more of a force on the boards.
Posted: 03/09/2010 - Seth Smith paced the Rockies on offense with a pair of hits and three RBI. His two-run double was the big blow during a three-run fourth inning
Updated: 03/09/2010 - The Athletic Director at Doherty High School in Colorado Springs has been named Athletic Director of the Year.
Updated: 03/09/2010 - The Tigers will face #14 MN-Duluth in the first round of the WCHA playoffs starting Friday
Updated: 03/09/2010 - Karl, who has neck and throat cancer, was scheduled for a surgical procedure Monday to have a feeding tube inserted into his stomach. He will also go through another chemotherapy session Tuesday.
Updated: 03/09/2010 - Jorge De La Rosa tossed three scoreless innings and Miguel Olivo had three hits and three RBIs to lead the Colorado Rockies to a 5-4 exhibition win over the San Diego Padres on Monday
Posted: 03/08/2010 - The team announced the moves on its Web site on Monday. Walker was a big disappointment after signing a $55 million free-agent contract with an $11 million signing bonus before the 2008 season. He caught 15 passes for 196 yards and one touchdown in two injury-plagued seasons in Oakland.
Posted: 03/08/2010 - The team announced Monday that Martin will begin platelet rich plasma therapy, a treatment which uses a patient's own blood components to stimulate healing.
Posted: 03/08/2010 - Sky Sox 72 home games go on sale, on the Sky Sox Web site only, on Monday, March 8. Box seats are $12 and reserved seats are $9.
Posted: 03/08/2010 - Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback Ben Roethlisberger has hired a high-profile Atlanta defense attorney as police investigate a Georgia woman's claim he sexually assaulted her.
Updated: 03/05/2010 - Doherty, Sierra, Lewis-Palmer and Pueblo East all punch their tickets to the State Final Four.
Updated: 03/05/2010 - Metro State ends the T-Wolves magical postseason run
Updated: 03/05/2010 - SU-Pueblo and Fort Lewis To Meet for the Fifth Straight Year in the RMAC Shootout. Winner gets the automatic berth in the NCAA Tournament


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I regret to inform you that Tavis Smiley and Cornel West are winning the culture war and conservatives are going to lose their voice in government in November.
More and more Americans are enthusiastic supporters of a failed Administration.
You can see it in the video and on the faces of the people my team interviewed this week. They are enthralled with leaders who aggressively push for the public funding of EVERYTHING.
In the black community, these socialist leaders are even celebrities.
This week I sent you a video about a book signing at Barnes and Noble for black activists Tavis Smiley and Cornel West. In their new book, they say that capitalism has failed even at getting dinner on the table.
In their "Poverty Manifesto," they propose a "Universal Food Delivery System." "If we do this one right," they write, "America can demonstrate its ability to tackle and solve complex human problems."
That's right, West and Smiley believe that America's free markets have not solved "complex human problems" like getting food on the table!
The reality is, they don't trust Americans to even to feed ourselves.
And many Americans believe them.
Wherever Smiley and West arrive, they don't get protested. They get cheers and crowds. No one wants to argue with them because they're black.
But I will.
Will you help me expose Smiley's and West's plan to poison our communities with Socialist command-and-control economics with an immediate generous financial contribution of $50, $100, $250, $500, $1,000 or even $2,500 right now?
Believe it or not, my work isn't too different from Tavis Smiley and Cornel West.
Except my message is one of hope and freedom. And I don't lie, spread hate or class warfare!
I travel America and talk to people about real problems in our neighborhoods and country through the media and in our churches and provide specific policy solutions that are based on the free-market.
I know about the real solutions to poverty because I lived them.
But now with Smiley and West spreading lies about capitalism and personal responsibility -- the very system that can lift everyone out of poverty -- I'm needed to spread the truth and correct their lies, now more than ever.
These two welfare hucksters have an impact on the black community that we can't ignore. If two people can have such an influence by peddling poverty, will you help me tell my story so I can give the keys to prosperity and freedom?
They're proof that it only takes one person to make a difference and you know my powerful story about being on and off of welfare for seven miserable years.
I can't let them have a monopoly on ideas in our black communities.
I speak out about what these "poverty" policies do to destroy our cities and communities. I go to Congress and colleges where they never hear a respected black leader give a speech unless it's promoting socialism. And I rally the tea parties.
We cannot give up at this crucial point when the tide is rising against us.
I regret to inform you, Smiley's and West's poverty plan is the future of our country if no one sounds the warning. Minorities have swallowed these lies for years, but Smiley and West are captivating more and more Americans, and soon we'll all be ensnared by disaster.
Help me share my story with those who need to hear it most by following this link and giving an urgent contribution of $50, $100, $250, $500, $1,000 or $2,500 right now.
Thank you so much for your continued generous financial support. Because of you, and supporters like you, I'm able to devote my life to protecting the values that make America the greatest country in the world.
Together we can liberate America!
Your foot-soldier for freedom,
Despite the projected large growth in the Hispanic population, there are still more blacks voting than Hispanics. (comments)
As Planned Parenthood leadership continues to blow smoke and deceptively say they are selling apple pie and women's health, let's consider who they are. (comments)
Islam does not produce behavior consistent with the American value of freedom, the core value our constitution exists to preserve. (comments)
At what point do you not continue to 'go along to get along' with policies that are destroying our country? (comments)
Since the 1960s, both black marriage and black male identity have been deeply wounded by the assault of liberals and big government on black life. (comments)
Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei issued a statement saying they will continue to support rogue activities. (comments)
No people in America have suffered more as result of turning moral standards over to the nation's political class than blacks. (comments)
Conservatives have ignored very real problems and the destructive sentiments they produce, conceding minority turf to the left. (comments)
The women's vote will be a particular challenge in an election in which Democrats run the first woman candidate for president. (comments)
In 2014, the Clintons earned $20 million in speaker fees -- 553 times that aforementioned average worker salary, 50 percent greater than the CEO ratio. (comments)
Trump has done us a favor by throwing a brick through the window. (comments)
Attitudes so prevalent today, particularly among young Americans, reflect what recent generations have been learning in school. (comments)
Why pulling down the Confederate flag, although a laudable and positive step to move the country in the right direction, will not make much of a difference. (comments)
Three in four blacks associate the Confederate flag with racism. (comments)
It is no accident that as marriage has broken down, dependence on government has exploded. (comments)
Liberal policies have forced ongoing and increased racial consciousness and division in the country. (comments)
Jeb Bush called me in 1994. He wanted to hear more about my thoughts about welfare, how it could be reformed, and what we should be thinking about regarding revitalizing inner city life. (comments)
A concern for Republicans is minority migration patterns. Blacks, Hispanics and Asians have been moving from blue states to red states. (comments)
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Whether you've come to explore lush rainforests or to learn more about the African slave trade, you'll likely enter Ghana through Kotoka International Airport (ACC), in the capital of Accra. Other major international airports include Tamale International Airport (TML) in northern Ghana, and Kumasi International Airport (KMS) in south-central Ghana. Direct flights to Ghana are available throughout Europe and the African continent, via several major.
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CHARLOTTE, N.C. - Fortunes turn fast in racing. Roger Penske knows that well.
JOLIET, Ill. - Jimmie Johnson took an immediate step toward another Sprint Cup title - but the five-time champion is well aware it was a small one.
JOLIET, Ill. - Ricky Stenhouse Jr. edged past Kyle Busch and into the lead, then held on for the final 20 laps for a relatively easy victory.
RICHMOND, Va. - It's a Hendrick Motorsports front row at Richmond International Raceway.
CHICAGO - The infamous mustache is making a comeback - and Jeff Gordon believes he is, too.
HUNTERSVILLE, N.C. - Matt Kenseth opened this season with a second victory in the Daytona 500, and it didn't take him long to establish himself as a legitimate championship contender.
As he clung to his championship chances, Ryan Hunter-Reay was able to see past his selfish motives to the bigger picture.
HAMPTON, Ga. - Tony Stewart and Matt Kenseth have smoothed things over after their helmet-throwing dustup.
HAMPTON, Ga. - On the advice of his teammate, Tony Stewart took the high road
CHARLOTTE, N.C. - Kyle Busch seems awfully unhappy these days.
BROOKLYN, Mich. - Some of NASCAR's biggest names are trying to keep their championship hopes alive and the Chase for the Sprint Cup is still about a month away.
WATKINS GLEN, N.Y. - Juan Pablo Montoya prefers running up front, and it grates on him when he doesn't.
WATKINS GLEN, N.Y. - You can't wipe the smile off the face of Dale Earnhardt Jr., not even at a road course.
LONG POND, Pa. - Brian Mattson and Tom Deacher climbed into their truck and got set to leave saturated Pocono Raceway. That's when the lightning bolt slammed into a tent canopy just a couple of rows away from where they parked, shooting off sparks like a Roman candle.
LONG POND, Pa. - Dale Earnhardt Jr. is back on top in NASCAR in something other than a most popular driver poll.
CONCORD, N.C. - Expect the intensity to pick up a tick in the opening race of the second round of NASCAR's playoffs. The event ...
CHICAGO (AP) - It didn't take Kevin Harvick long to start needling the drivers standing in his way of a second consecutive title.
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Panasonic TX-L37ET5
Built-in Wi-Fi, four pairs of 3D specs included, Freeview HD tuner, VIERA Connect
Visible horizontal lines, upscaling lacks sparkle, contrast
Firmly in the Smart VIERA LED stable, you'd be forgiven for thinking that the Japanese manufacturer's marrying of VIERA Connect, 3D and DLNA home networking make this a classic Panasonic LCD TV.
It might shock you to know that the king of plasma TVs has run off to LG to source this Edge LED panel, and in doing so has embraced the "passive" Easy 3D system that the Korean firm backs. This is a surprise, because it's technically the least-detailed form of 3D, but it's also cheapest. It's also a format that Panasonic hasn't been much in favour of so far.
This 37-inch LCD TV – the only one of its type in Panasonic's 3D arsenal that doesn't employ the pricier, pixel-ier "active shutter" 3D system – does represent a move away from its ideal position. It also represents a loosening of grip on picture quality, and it shows. But probably not enough to dissuade us from ranking the TX-L37ET5B as a worthy candidate for a family room after a hassle-free dose of 3D.
There are four pairs of super lightweight 3D glasses in the box, which can be replaced or added to for just a few quid each. The glasses are also completely passive, requiring no batteries, and don't produce any flicker or glare. Which means no matter how many kids you throw at them, buying replacements will never bankrupt you.
Ins and outs
Here we're strictly Panasonic, with its usual strapping of four HDMI inputs to the TX-L37ET5B's chassis. Now that's handy, as is the provision of three USB inputs. One can be used to record from its integrated Freeview HD tuner, while the other two are powered - probably a leftover from Panasonic's active shutter 3DTVs, which need to recharge their 3D specs - though either can also accept USB sticks or a Skype webcam.
Component video and composite video ins are also present, albeit via adaptors, as well as optical digital audio, headphones, a PC slot and some RCA audio jacks. Best of all there's a SD card slot, which can be used to display photos, music and video.
VIERA Connect
Whether the re-badging of an LG panel under the Panasonic brand is meaningful depends largely on the operating system, processing and smart TV shenanigans.
VIERA Connect has so far been a smart TV platform looking for some love, but it's set to come from under the shade of Samsung and Sony's efforts in 2012. New for 2012 is Netflix and the engaging iConcerts, and though Lovefilm is still absent, BBC iPlayer, YouTube, Twitter and Facebook remain.
Skype video calling is on board, too, if you're prepared to shell-out for a camera, while a web browser makes its debut in the app-filled Marketplace. Don't bother with browsing – it's far too clunky to overtake even a smartphone – though the Marketplace is worth investigating.
Apps aside, we still love the way each VIERA Connect screen plays a live TV channel or DVD/Blu-ray disc in a central window, not forgetting the sheer speed of the GUI as a whole. Some hate the fact that multiple screens need to be navigated between because of their seven-app limit, but customisation is simple to the extent that creating a page containing your most oft-used apps is hardly time-consuming.
Like most Panasonic TVs the TX-L37ET5B makes a gallant effort at being a de facto media streamer. Besides the ability to play FLAC as well as MP3 music files, the inconsistencies of digital video file support leave us thinking that pure plug 'n' play will probably always be a pipe-dream in the world of TVs. It's possible to play AVC HD, AVI and MKV files from USB, while over a network that changes to MOV, MP4, AVC HD and AVI.
2D & 3D Picture quality
The TX-L37ET5's Easy 3D system makes it a soft touch. It's not that we're massively bothered about Sky 3D broadcasts looking soft, nor the kiddies' films that seem to make-up 90 per cent of 3D fare, but an innate softness rules over everything, both 2D and 3D. Particularly noticeable are horizontal lines across the entire panel.
At least the panel itself holds-up well elsewhere, with no trace of leakage from those LEDs clustered at the edges, though contrast throughout is rather poor. So is the viewing angle; watch from the wings and there's a noticeable drain in both colour and contrast, though from dead-on black levels are just about believable.
There's little blur and not much in the way of judder, but jagged edges abound thanks again to those horizontal lines, part of the polarising filter across the screen. Standard definition programmes suffer from picture noise, while 3D contains traces of crosstalk that get more pronounced if the TV is viewed from the flanks. 3D is easy to watch - much easier than on an active shutter variant - but it comes at a cost.
There are sharper TVs and there are TVs that better treat dodgy sources, but this 37-incher's aces are hard to ignore; a genuinely engaging Wi-Fi fueled Smart TV dimension and relaxed, good value 3D chops see it through.
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FBL Financial Group Reports Third Quarter 2012 Results Business Wire WEST DES MOINES, Iowa -- November 01, 2012 FBL Financial Group, Inc. (NYSE: FFG): Financial Highlights (Dollars in thousands, except per share data) Three months ended September 30, 2012 2011 Net income attributable to FBL $ 20,476 $ 27,069 Net income from continuing operations 20,487 15,714 Operating income 18,746 16,250 Earnings per common share (assuming dilution): Net income 0.76 0.86 Net income from continuing operations 0.76 0.50 Operating income 0.70 0.52 FBL Financial Group, Inc. (NYSE: FFG) today reported net income attributable to FBL for the third quarter of 2012 of $20.5 million, or $0.76 per diluted common share compared to $27.1 million, or $0.86 per diluted common share, for the third quarter of 2011. Net income from continuing operations for the third quarter of 2012 was $20.5 million, or $0.76 per diluted common share compared to $15.7 million, or $0.50 per diluted common share, for the third quarter of 2011. Operating Income^(1). Operating income totaled $18.7 million, or $0.70 per common share, for the third quarter of 2012, compared to $16.3 million, or $0.52 per common share, for the third quarter of 2011. Third quarter 2012 operating income reflects strong underlying results, increased investment fee income and the unfavorable impact of $0.13 per share from unlocking assumptions used in the calculation of deferred acquisition costs, value of insurance in force acquired and unearned revenue reserves. Operating income differs from the GAAP measure, net income attributable to FBL Financial Group, in that it excludes the impact of realized gains and losses on investments, the change in net unrealized gains and losses on derivatives, the net impact of discontinued operations and the loss on debt redemption. For further information on this non-GAAP financial measure, please refer to Note (1) and the reconciliation provided within this release. "I am pleased to report another quarter of strong financial results with net income of $0.76 per share and operating income of $0.70 per share. This reflects the sound fundamentals of Farm Bureau Life Insurance Company and the execution of our capital management plans. Given the challenges of the macroeconomic environment, we continue to maintain a strong capital position, prudently manage expenses and emphasize life insurance sales, which were up 11 percent during the quarter," said James P. Brannen, Chief Executive Officer of FBL Financial Group, Inc. "The ongoing repurchase of FBL Financial Group stock, with 0.9 million shares repurchased during the third quarter, results in year-to-date repurchases of 5.0 million shares. This is significant as it is 16 percent of our total common shares outstanding as of the beginning of the year." Product Revenues. Premiums and product charges for the third quarter of 2012 totaled $67.5 million compared to $65.1 million in the third quarter of 2011. Traditional life insurance premiums increased four percent while interest sensitive product charges increased three percent during the quarter. Premiums collected^(2) in the third quarter of 2012 totaled $139.1 million compared to $150.5 million in the third quarter of 2011. Life insurance premiums collected increased 11 percent, while annuity premiums collected declined 18 percent, reflecting the focus on life insurance sales and the suspension of certain annuity products due to the low interest rate environment. Investment Income. Net investment income in the third quarter of 2012 totaled $93.5 million compared to $85.5 million in the third quarter of 2011. The increase is due to an increase in average invested assets and an increase in investment fee income, partially offset by lower investment yields. The annualized yield earned on average invested assets, with securities at cost, was 5.92 percent for the nine months ended September 30, 2012, compared to 6.02 percent for the nine months ended September 30, 2011. At September 30, 2012, 95 percent of the fixed maturity securities in FBL Financial Group's investment portfolio were investment grade debt securities. Net Realized Gains/Losses on Investments. In the third quarter of 2012, FBL Financial Group recognized net realized gains on investments of $1.5 million. The net realized gain on investments of $1.5 million is attributable to gains on sales of $5.4 million and impairments of $3.9 million. Unlocking. During the third quarter of 2012, FBL Financial Group unlocked the assumptions used in the calculation of deferred acquisition costs, value of insurance in force acquired and unearned revenue reserves to better reflect a continuation of the low interest rate environment. This unlocking resulted in the unfavorable impact of $0.13 per share after-tax. Capital and Book Value Increase. As of September 30, 2012, the book value per share of FBL Financial Group common stock totaled $46.40, an increase from $39.13 at December 31, 2011. This reflects positive operating results, continued improvement in the valuation of FBL Financial Group's investment portfolio and repurchasing shares at a discount to book value. Book value per share, excluding accumulated other comprehensive income^(3), increased to $35.28 at September 30, 2012 from $33.33 at December 31, 2011. The September 30, 2012 company action level risk based capital ratio of Farm Bureau Life Insurance Company increased during the quarter to approximately 511 percent. Stock Repurchases. During the quarter, FBL repurchased 888,416 shares for a cost of $27.7 million, including expenses, via open market repurchases. Year to date, FBL has repurchased 5.0 million shares for a cost of $164.2 million, via open market and block trade repurchases. The year to date repurchases represent 16 percent of the total common shares outstanding as of December 31, 2011. FBL has approximately $22.2 million availability remaining under its stock repurchase program. Further Financial Information. Further information on FBL Financial Group's financial results, including results by segment, may be found in FBL Financial Group's financial supplement, available on its website, www.fblfinancial.com. Conference Call. FBL Financial Group will hold a conference call with investors tomorrow, November 2, 2012, at 11:00 a.m. Eastern Time. The call will be webcast over the Internet, and a replay will be available on FBL Financial Group's website, www.fblfinancial.com. Certain statements in this release concerning FBL Financial Group's prospects for the future are forward- looking statements intended to qualify for the "safe harbor" from liability established by the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act. These statements generally can be identified by their context, including terms such as "believes," "anticipates," "expects," or similar words. These statements involve certain risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those expressed or implied in the forward-looking statement. These risks and uncertainties are detailed in FBL Financial Group's reports filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission and include, but are not limited to, difficult conditions in financial markets and the economy, lack of liquidity and access to capital, investment valuations, interest rate changes, competitive factors, the ability to attract and retain sales agents and a decrease in ratings. These forward-looking statements are based on assumptions which FBL Financial Group believes to be reasonable; however, no assurance can be given that the assumptions will prove to be correct. FBL Financial Group is a holding company whose purpose is to protect livelihoods and futures. Its primary operating subsidiary, Farm Bureau Life Insurance Company, underwrites and markets a broad range of life insurance and annuities to individuals and businesses, which are distributed by multiline exclusive Farm Bureau agents. In addition, FBL Financial Group manages all aspects of two Farm Bureau affiliated property-casualty insurance companies for a management fee. FBL Financial Group, headquartered in West Des Moines, Iowa, is traded on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol FFG. For more information, please visit www.fblfinancial.com. FBL Financial Group, Inc. Consolidated Statements of Operations (Unaudited) (Dollars in thousands, except per share data) Three months ended September 30, Nine months ended September 30, 2012 2011 2012 2011 Revenues: Interest sensitive $ 25,638 $ 24,789 $ 75,060 $ 72,964 product charges Traditional life 41,886 40,342 130,917 125,868 insurance premiums Net investment 93,482 85,451 269,793 257,302 income Net realized capital gains on sales of 5,379 279 10,669 4,610 investments Total other-than-temporary (6,208 ) 21 (21,188 ) (12,898 ) impairment losses Non-credit portion in other 2,291 (1,167 ) 12,070 7,519 comprehensive income Net impairment loss recognized in (3,917 ) (1,146 ) (9,118 ) (5,379 ) earnings Other income 2,891 4,856 13,625 13,835 Total revenues 165,359 154,571 490,946 469,200 Benefits and expenses: Interest sensitive 48,640 49,410 147,050 144,251 product benefits Traditional life 37,473 35,598 116,925 109,913 insurance benefits Policyholder 3,279 4,109 10,893 12,765 dividends Underwriting, acquisition and 39,939 35,267 107,040 95,770 insurance expenses Interest expense 2,007 1,983 5,972 6,524 Loss on debt — — 33 — redemption Other expenses 3,986 4,886 16,459 15,768 Total benefits and 135,324 131,253 404,372 384,991 expenses 30,035 23,318 86,574 84,209 Income taxes (10,606 ) (7,835 ) (29,620 ) (26,508 ) Equity income, net of related income 1,058 231 3,309 1,019 taxes Net income from continuing 20,487 15,714 60,263 58,720 operations Discontinued operations: Loss on sale of subsidiary, net of — — (2,252 ) — tax benefit Income (loss) from discontinued 55 11,354 (709 ) 29,618 operations, net of tax Total income (loss) from discontinued 55 11,354 (2,961 ) 29,618 operations Net income 20,542 27,068 57,302 88,338 Net loss (gain) attributable to (66 ) 1 52 21 noncontrolling interest Net income attributable to FBL $ 20,476 $ 27,069 $ 57,354 $ 88,359 Financial Group, Inc. 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A judge denies OptInRealBig's motion for a preliminary injunction in its case against SpamCop.
A judge has denied mass emailer OptInRealBig's motion for a preliminary injunction against anti-spam service and IronPort subsidiary SpamCop, which it is suing. The injunction would have blocked SpamCop from sending complaints about OptInRealBig to ISPs other than its own and barred it from anonymizing complaints.
Judge Saundra Brown Armstrong of the United States District Court for the Northern District of California issued the order denying the preliminary injunction on Friday.
The judge denied OptIn's request because she said SpamCop, which sends copies of complaints about spam to ISPs, did not alter the content of the messages it sent and hence is immune from liability under the Communications Decency Act (CDA). For this reason alone, Armstrong said, she was denying the motion for a preliminary injunction, though she added other reasons for "thoroughness."
Under the CDA, the judge said, if SpamCop had altered the content, it would be liable. However, Armstrong found that SpamCop had not done so.
"I think this is an important ruling because it furthers Congress's intent in enacting the Communications Decency Act and promoting the exchange of ideas and information over the Internet," said Darryl Woo of San Francisco's Fenwick & West, one of IronPort's attorneys in the case. "At the same time, it sends a message to spammers that they should not attack their critics by bringing meritless litigation."
Steven Richter of Goodman & Richter, attorney for OptIn, said, "We're disappointed in the court's ruling regarding the denial of the preliminary injunction, but at the same time the judge issued her denial we filed an amended complaint. We believe the complaint has brought to the court's attention more facts for the court to consider as the case moves forward."
In her ruling on the preliminary injunction, Armstrong set forth reasons why she would deny the motion even if SpamCop were not immune under the CDA. She said two of SpamCop's four requests were too broad and vague for a preliminary injunction.
As to the other two, Armstrong said OptIn failed to prove trade libel, because SpamCop did not couch its reports as fact. Also, OptIn didn't prove that SpamCop sent the same report several times to the same ISP, she said. Additionally, OptIn did not prove SpamCop acted with malice. The judge said SpamCop failed to prove interference with contractual relations because it did not demonstrate that sending the reports to ISPs is wrongful by some legal measure.
OptInRealBig filed suit in April against SpamCop and parent IronPort, alleging that SpamCop interfered with OptInRealBig's contracts and business relationships, defamed the company and damaged potential future earnings. The complaint also sought a temporary restraining order, a preliminary injunction and a permanent injunction blocking SpamCop from making slanderous or libelous statements about it and a minimum of $150,000 in damages.
As part of its spam-reporting services, SpamCop notifies ISPs' abuse desks of email that has been submitted by users as spam. Every ISP tracked in the reported spam's headers is notified, with the email addresses of complaining users withheld. OptInRealBig's TRO would have restrained SpamCop from withholding the email addresses of users who complained about OptIn's emails and from forwarding complaints about OptIn to any ISPs except OptInRealBig's own ISP.
SpamCop, formerly a one-man operation, was acquired by IronPort Systems in November 2003, making it a much more attractive lawsuit target.
Scott Richter, OptInRealBig's president, is himself the subject of an anti-spam lawsuitjointly filed in December by New York's Attorney General and Microsoft. According to attorney Steven Richter, who is also handling this case, settlement papers in the case have been signed and are awaiting approval by the judge.
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|N·mero de solicitud
|Fecha de publicaci¾n
|26 Jun 1984
|Fecha de presentaci¾n
|8 Jul 1982
|Fecha de prioridad
|8 Jul 1982
|N·mero de publicaci¾n
|Daniel G. Holman, Arthur A. Beisang
|Cesionario original
|Genetic Laboratories, Inc.
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|Enlaces externos: USPTO, Cesi¾n de USPTO, Espacenet
This invention relates to the field of surgery, and more particularly to procedures for treating animal tissues to make them acceptable as surgical implants in human recipients.
The use of tissue implants in surgery on human patients has been known for some time. Implants using cartilage from a human source have been successful, but there is some history of rejection by the patient's body when the tissue is from some other animal.
The present invention comprises procedures for treating animal cartilage such as may be harvested from slaughtered livestock so that it is accepted rather than rejected and so that it retains its original shape on implant rather than twisting or altering its shape after implant in human subjects such that it may be used in plastic or reconstructive surgery. Because of the treatment, implant site infections will be minimized due to the release of silver ions from the implanted tissue. The present invention also describes a procedure for treating animal pericardium so that it is accepted rather than rejected by human subjects for aorta patches and heart shields. Again because of the manner in which the pericardium is pre-treated, the occasion of implant site infection is greatly reduced. The procedures use one or more of the following steps: dehydration of the animal tissue; tanning the tissue chemically or radiatively; and storing of the treated tissue in an anti-microbial medium including propylene oxide or silver ions.
Various advantages and features of novelty which characterize the invention are pointed out with particularity in the claims annexed hereto and forming a part hereof. However, for a better understanding of the invention, its advantages, and objects attained by its use, reference should be had to the accompanying descriptive matter, which gives details of certain preferred embodiments of the invention.
The invention will first be described as applied to the processing of cartilaginous tissue. Fresh animal costal and nasal cartilage is harvested within one hour of slaughter from choice grade cattle or other livestock aged 12 to 24 months. A clean, sharp knife is utilized to neatly trim nasal cartilage from the skull of the animal, or costal cartilage from beneath the animal's brisket. The harvested cartilage is immediately placed in a cooler with wet ice for transportation to the production laboratory. Here each piece of the cartilage is cleaned of all attached tissue and all attached fat, using a clean, sharp scalpel, so that the cartilage piece appears clean and white.
Each fresh cartilage piece is cut to provide implants of suitable size for certain standard operative procedures: for example, a "nose blank" may be 40 to 50 millimeters in length, 5 to 15 millimeters in width, and 4 to 6 millimeters in thickness. The cuts are made to obtain the most useful material from each cartilage. If desired, selected pieces of the cartilage after cleaning may be formed into a "compound graft" using wire, sutures, or glues. A representative piece of each original cartilage is also cut as a control section, and samples are taken for culture preparation to confirm sterility of the completed implants.
The sized pieces, grafts, samples, and control sections are next placed in individual plastic pouches containing normal physiological saline solution, and are heat sealed. The pouches are placed in boxes and irradiated with beta or gamma radiation at a level of 3.0 Mrad, which has a tanning and sterilizing effect on the material. After radiation, the sized pieces, grafts, and control sections are placed in quarantine freezer storage, and the samples are subjected to a culture procedure to verify sterility.
If visual growth is observed in the culture test during a 14-day incubation period, the quarantined material is discarded. If no growth is observed, the quarantined material is considered sterile, removed from quarantine freezer, and placed in inventory. The pouched material may be stored at room temperature without deterioration.
Alternative procedures for tanning and sterilizing the animal tissue are also available. Tanning can be accomplished chemically using glutaraldehyde, as will now be explained, applied to pericardial tissue. After harvesting from freshly slaughtered animals such as bovines, the pericardial sacs are stored in plastic bags in a freezer for transportation to the production laboratory. Here the bags are thawed in cool tap water, the sacs are removed and stored temporarily in sterile 0.9 percent saline solution until they can be cleaned by pushing or cutting away adipose tissue from the fibrous, translucent pericardium itself. After being rinsed in sterile 0.9 percent saline solution and lightly squeezed to remove excess, the pericardium is submerged in 95 percent ethanol for at least 72 hours. It has been found that the resulting dehydration of the pericardium has a beneficial effect in improving the tanning step which follows.
The sac is removed from the ethanol, rinsed with sterile deionized water, and submerged in 0.25 percent glutaraldehyde solution for at least 48 hours to accomplish the desired tanning. After rinsing and short soaking in saline solution, the sac is stored in a sterilant comprising one part by volume of propylene oxide solution and 99 parts by volume of 70 percent ethanol--73 parts of 95 percent ethanol with 27 parts of deionized water. The sac may be stored in sterilant at room temperature.
The pericardial tissue is most useful as "patches" 4ū6 centimeters or 10ū10 centimeters, and as "shields" 6ū15 centimeters. Each sac is accordingly reduced to portion of these sizes, after which the patches or shields are wound individually on sterile Teflon mandrels and stored in sterilant in appropriate glass tubes at room temperature.
As an alternative tanning procedure, dialdehyde starch may be substituted for glutaraldehyde. As a further alternative, the storage solution may comprise a silver ion containing chemicals such as silver nitrate or silver sulfadiazine. When so treated, the collagen in the pericardium associates with the silver ion containing chemicals, which silver ions are released out of the patch or shield over a period of time so as to prevent infection by killing microbes.
From the foregoing it will be evident that the invention comprises procedures for treating animal tissues by tanning and sterilization, which makes the tissues acceptable in the body of a human recipient without rejection or reabsorption.
Numerous characteristics and advantages of the invention have been set forth in the foregoing description, together with details of the method and function of the invention, and the novel features thereof are pointed out in the appended claims. The disclosure, however, is illustrative only, and changes may be made in detail, especially in matters of sequences, times, concentrations, etc. within the principle of the invention, to the full extent indicated by the broad general meaning of the terms in which the appended claims are expressed.
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The Greatest Medical Breakthrough of All Time.
The British Medical Journal is launching a competition to decide the greatest medical breakthrough of all time. Here's the shortlist:
Anaesthesia, Antibiotics, Chlorpromazine, Computers, DNA, Evidence based medicine, Germ theory, Imaging, Immunology, Oral rehydration therapy, The Pill, Risks of smoking, Sanitation, Tissue culture, Vaccines
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Ticklists: Culm Coast new routes, Alex's Cornwall and Devon ticklist.
Photo: Jelly Mould Surfer on Kicking over the traces E1 5b © Jelly Mould Surfer
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Found this easier than Sand. Peg is better condition than the one on fears for tears. Joel Perkin - Lead rpt - 22/Jun/15 with Jamo Walker
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Really pleased with my third E1 of the new era. Good climbing, with a sharp crux followed by nice 4c climbing to release the tension.Jelly Mould Surfer - Lead rpt - 25/May/13
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Was a good climb, race against time with the tides.Joel Perkin - 2nd O/S - 03/Sep/12 with Simon Hammond
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