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For Coventry City fans, there seems to be no hope. The Sky Blues entered administration in March this year and with debts of £60 million, the former Premier League club find themselves scrapping for survival and existence in League One.
The most obvious wish for the supporters is that a multi-million pound tycoon from the Middle East purchases the club and their team shoots up the Football League ladder and gets back into the Premier League. In reality, that ambition is unlikely and history has taught us there are other options.
Swansea City fans know the feeling well. In the summer of 2001, having been relegated to the Third Division, there appeared to be little hope for a football club heading towards near certain bankruptcy. Today, however, the club is thriving. The 2013 League Cup winners are a profit-making Premier League football club with rich, local values at the core of their beliefs. How did they do it? The fans took control.
Swansea have had their ups and downs, but for the past 10 years, there have been many more highs.
In 2001, owner Mike Lewis was struggling to keep the club afloat and with finances crippled, supporters became void of hope and sought refuge in each other.
On Saturday 8 July 2001, a small core of fans called a meeting at Brangwyn Hall, Swansea, to discuss how to save the club from extinction. Further meetings were had and as more supporters united, the Swans Trust was formed.
The Trust's aim was to simply shackle Swansea's perilous decline by gaining a stake in the football club and having a say in major decisions. At the Trust's launch event on 27 August 2001, 600 supporters signed up to be part of the group and from then on, numbers rapidly grew as the fans' fight to win back their club gathered momentum.
In October 2001, Lewis sold the club to the Australian Petty Group led by Londoner Tony Petty and under the new regime, contracts were cancelled and players were sacked, leading to threats of sanctions from the Football League.
As the ferocity towards Petty increased, the club was staring down the barrel of administration and the fans feverishly wanted their Swans back, which resulted in the Trust making a £20,000 offer to buy out Petty from the club. Petty accepted and the Trust then became a part of a locally based consortium which took over.
Swans Trust board member Alan Lewis believes that the Swans Trust played a crucial role in the club's survival: "The Trust was a key player in setting up the consortium which eventually bought the club in January 2002. Given the circumstances that existed at the time, the Trust quickly became the vehicle for fans to get involved.
"The fact that it had been formally set up with the help of Supporters Direct, meant that there was a confidence in it as a bona fide organisation and as the crisis deepened with Tony Petty entering the fray, the role of the Trust as a voice for the fans grew."
There have been huge challenges along the way for the Trust. The path to gaining shares in the club hasn't been an easy one, but their 20 per cent stake gives the fans a voice and a say in the decisions made at board level.
Lewis added: "The Trust has a presence on the Club Board. That board member was elected by the fans and has an input and vote on all major decisions made by the club. These can range from setting ticket prices to the appointment of a manager.
"It is probably fair to say that the Trust was viewed with some initial uncertainty by some other members of the Club Board, but relationships have grown positively over the years."
The improving relations off the field between the Trust and the board were mirrored on the pitch as Swansea began to climb the leagues.
After gaining promotion to the League One under the guidance of Kenny Jackett in 2005, the Swans moved away from the Vetch Field and into their new 20,000-seater Liberty Stadium home, partly funded by the council.
The move to the Liberty proved to be the catalyst in catapulting the club up the Football League as – with Roberto Martinez as manager following the resignation of Jackett – Swansea reached the second tier of English football in 2008 for the first time in 24 years.
From this point on, Swansea would go from strength to strength, and despite the departure of Martinez to Wigan Athletic in the summer of 2009, the Swans weren't to be derailed from their ambitions of reaching the Premier League.
New manager Paulo Sousa continued Martinez's good work and attractive football philosophy, before departing for fellow Championship side Leicester City at the end of his first season in charge.
Cue the acquisition of Northern Irishman Brendan Rodgers, who having been sacked as manager of Reading after just six months, was a gamble appointment, but Rodgers' football philosophy and ambition mirrored Swansea's ethos.
In his first season, Rodgers led the Swans into the Championship playoffs and along the way, won many plaudits, mainly for his team's stylish attacking approach to the game.
On May 30 2011, Swansea City beat Reading 4-2 at Wembley Stadium to secure promotion to the Premier League. The board's hard work, resilience, passion and meticulous planning had culminated in the impossible dream being realised – Swansea City were a Premier League football club for the first time.
Swans Trust's Secretary Nigel Hamer who has been there since that very first meeting at Brangwyn Hall professes: "Fortunately, it is most unlikely that we will ever fall into the hands of foreign owners, although you never say never especially in football.
"Decisions are democratically made, we do not spend what we don't have, as our Chairman mentioned only last month, if you make £70 you don't go out and spend £100."
Two months after winning the League Cup and securing a place in next year's Europa League, in April 2013 the club announced record profits of £15.9million. There are plans in place to increase the capacity of the Liberty Stadium to 32,000 and the club has linked up with the city's university to build a state-of-the-art training facility.
Driven by past distresses and recent success, Swansea City has no plans to relinquish their status as a Premier League team, and with fans and local business people in charge at the Liberty, the future can only be a prosperous one for the club.
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1. Re: What is the latest version of MWM?Thatmwmdude-Oracle Apr 8, 2010 3:03 PM (in response to 762736)As of this date MWM 188.8.131.52.1 is the latest version.
MWM tends to rebuild every two months.
Another one SHOULD be out in the May 2010 time frame but we NEVER
guarantee that time frame. Its an educated guess...but a pretty reliable
2. Re: What is the latest version of MWM?652144 May 8, 2010 9:14 PM (in response to 762736)Well the new version 2.0 has been released as per Oracle's press release http://www.oracle.com/us/corporate/press/070497
3. Re: What is the latest version of MWM?Blemaster-Oracle May 12, 2010 4:29 PM (in response to Thatmwmdude-Oracle)It is every other month. MWM 188.8.131.52 was just released last week.
Though MWM 2.0 is technically released, there is no upgrade path yet - and it's not really released for implementation teams yet.
There will continue to be MWM 1.5.x releases, roughly every other month, for probably the rest of this year. I imagine Product will announce later this year updated release schedules, migration plans, etc concerning 2011 and beyond.

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Chapter 1 – Out of the Pot, Into the Fire
"Ah! So this is the promising new Grey Warden recruit I've heard so much about!" Cailin Therin's voice tore Ailee Cousland out of the shocked stupor she had been walking in for the past few days. She looked up, noticing the once mighty fortress for the first time. The king was standing in front of her, smiling as always. Ailee tried to smile back, but it didn't quite reach her eyes.
"Yes, Your Highness," Duncan began, "This is…" But Cailin cut him off.
"No need to stand on formalities, Duncan. I've known Ailee for quite some time." Duncan raised an eyebrow, the only sign of his shock, but said nothing. "Where's Bryce? I would have expected him by now." Cailin asked. He looked about the square as if Ailee's father were about to round a corner with Arl Howe and his men. Ailee felt the same way. But from the eager, expectant look on Cailin's face, she knew that word of what happened had conveniently not reached Ostagar.
"You haven't heard?" Ailee asked. Her voice was only just above a whisper.
"Heard what? Ailee, what's happened?" Worry could be heard in Cailin's usually calm, confident voice. The lips of the nobility, which were so often wagging over nothing, had been silent on the one matter of importance. Ailee had assumed that Cailin would have heard about Arl Howe's treachery at Highever and now that he hadn't she wasn't sure where to begin.
"Howe, he…After Fergus left…" Ailee took a deep breath and exhaled slowly. "Howe came and said his troops were delayed. Father sent Fergus up ahead with all his men. In the morning Father was supposed to march with Howe and his troops as soon as they arrived. That night we were attacked. Howe, he betrayed us." Ailee's voice wavered as she tried to maintain her composure.
"What happened?" Cailin asked, even though Cailin's eyes betrayed that he had already figured out the answer.
"Father was wounded. We made it to the Great Hall, we thought he would be there. Ser Gareth was holding the doors for us as long as he could. Mother and I ran to the pantry. Father was hurt too badly though and Mother decided to stay with him until the end."
"Did Oriana and Oren…" Cailin didn't finish the question.
"I was woken up by their screams." Ailee's voice broke. The tears which she hadn't yet shed began to pour down her face. A hard look came across Cailin's face which Ailee had never seen there before.
"Once this battle is over I will immediately turn my forces North and march on Highever. Never did I think that Arl Howe would betray us so." Ailee tried to show her gratitude, but only began crying harder. Cailin's face softened. "I'm so sorry, Ailee. Truly I am."
Ailee wasn't quite sure how it happened, but a moment later she was buried in his chest plate, crying. Cailin's arms were wrapped around her small body, made even smaller by the fact that Ailee was still in her nightclothes with Duncan's long cloak draped around her shoulders. Duncan had mentioned stopping at a town to purchase some new armor for Ailee, but she had disagreed. Ailee wasn't ready to face anyone yet and Duncan had wanted to get to Ostagar as quickly as possible, fearing that the battle would begin without him. So they had kept walking, with the idea of finding new armor when they reached Ostagar.
"Come on," Cailin said, thumping Ailee on the back. He seemed to forget that she was not wearing armor, which would have softened the blow somewhat, or that she wasn't Fergus and the force which he put behind it stung. Ailee couldn't help but think back on her mother's words when she found out that her only daughter had convinced her elder brother to teach her how to fight, who in turn convinced his father it was a good idea. It was because of this that Eleanor Cousland always said that her daughter was more comfortable in armor than a dress – which wasn't completely false.
Cailin had quickly changed the subject after that to the upcoming battle. Duncan had chimed in and Ailee knew that they were both trying to interest her in something other than what happened at Highever. It wasn't until Duncan asked Ailee to repeat what he had only just asked her to do that she was snapped completely from her train of thought.
"Oh, um, find this Alistair, I think." Ailee said. Duncan looked at her quizzically for a moment and the nodded his approval.
"Very well. Just know that the Darkspawn aren't as forgiving of a wandering mind."
Ailee only nodded and headed off. Find a Grey Warden named Alistair in a camp full of people dressed in similar looking armor. Suddenly Ailee wished she had been paying attention to what Duncan had said about the Junior Warden.
As she rounded a corner, now thoroughly lost, Ailee was confronted with an angry mage who all but threw her aside in his hurry. Ailee only stared after him, thinking of how no one had ever dared do that at Highever.
"You know, the one good thing about the Blight is how it brings people together." It was a young man in armor who spoke. He had reddish blonde hair and bright blue eyes.
"I know exactly what you mean." Ailee said.
"We can all hold hands and sing. Now that would give the Darkspawn something to think about." Ailee smiled. A curious look crossed Alistair's face. Ailee could feel a blush coming to her cheeks and fervently wished that it wouldn't show. Her she was, a young girl wrapped up in a large black cloak in a camp full of men. Maker only knew what this man thought of her. "Do I know you? Wait, I do know you! You're the new recruit Duncan was talking about. I'm Alistair, by the way, another Grey Warden. But what are you doing in Duncan's cloak? Where's your armor?"
"Ah, yes, about that…" Ailee trailed off. Alistair was watching her expectantly. Whatever Duncan had said in the message he had sent ahead of him to Ostagar must have skipped the part about Highever being attacked. "It's sort of a long a story. One I don't particularly feel like reliving at the moment."
"Right. Shortened version?" Alistair asked hopefully, sounding oddly cheerful.
"My family was betrayed by a friend who sent his army to attack us, Duncan got me out and here I am."
"I'm sorry. That must be why you haven't got any armor." There was sadness in Alistair's voice.
Ailee nodded. "Still have my sword and shield though. Or, rather, the family heirloom sword and shield."
"Right. To the camp merchant then. We'll just have to buy you some new armor. Though it'll never fit as well as your old set." Alistair led Ailee back down the stairs she had just come up, around a corner and down another flight of stairs. Down at the bottom was a man trying much too hard to proposition a women warrior Ailee was sure would give her a run for her money. The woman walked away disgusted.
"What about you, sweetheart?" The man turned to Ailee, openly leering, trying to get a peak at whatever was under the cloak.
"Don't. I'm not in the mood for this." Ailee warned the man, her eyes narrowing.
"I'm sure I'll be able to fulfill a dream or two for you."
Ailee, who had already been at the breaking point, lost what little control she had left. Balling her hand into a fist beneath her cloak, she punched the man square in the nose. His eyes began to tear in pain as he clenched a hand over his bloody – and probably broken – nose. Ailee's eyes widened.
"I'm sorry I didn't mean to hurt you." But the man was already gone. Ailee looked sheepishly at Alistair.
"That would be another one of the new recruits. Daveth I think his name is." Ailee's mouth formed a small o. "And I can see why Duncan lent you his cloak." Ailee looked down. The cloak had fallen open to reveal the once white nightgown adorned with lace her mother's seamstress had made for her only the month before. Now it was torn and muddy from the forced march down to Ostagar, not to mention the blood which had stained a large section of the hem. "Maker, are you wounded?" Alistair's voice had genuine worry in it.
"No." Ailee quickly pulled the cloak closed. "It's not mine."
They looked at each other for a long moment. Alistair wasn't sure what to say. Without another word he turned to the merchant who was looking at them quizzically, not wanting to run them off in case either one had come to purchase his wares, but not wanting either one to begin any more brawls in front of his shop.
"A full set of armor please. And… well, whatever it is a woman wears beneath armor." Alistair asked a bit awkwardly. The man began pulling various pieces of armor from the many trunks and stands surrounding him.
"Alistair," Ailee asked. "How am I to pay for all this? I haven't any money."
"Don't worry, m'Lady." The merchant spoke. "His Highness came round himself earlier and told me to send the bill to the palace."
"Wow, really? I knew he liked the Grey Warden's but I didn't know he liked them that much." Alistair said.
"He said to put any of your brother's purchases on the same tab. But, forgive me, I dunno who you or your brother are," the merchant said embarrassedly. "Only way I know you is by your attire."
"Ailee Cousland." Ailee said. "My brother's Fergus Cousland, of Highever. I think Cailin said he and our men were out in the Korcari Wilds, though."
"Really? You are?" Alistair asked, his eyes wide.
"Why? Does that change anything that I'm royalty?" Ailee asked, growing a shrinking into the cloak a bit. She had always been proud of her heritage and family name. Now that Howe had attacked she no longer knew who was friend or enemy, or if any of it really mattered at all. She no longer had lands or money. She was Teyrn in title only, with naught else to her name.
"Of course not." Alistair looked a bit hurt.
"Sorry," Ailee tried to apologize for snapping at him. "I didn't mean to…"
"No, I understand." Before Ailee could ask how he had gathered up the armor, gave a nod to merchant and began heading off to the huge bonfire in the center of camp where Duncan was waiting for them.


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This invention relates to the tracking of explosives and explosive materials and more particularly to the utilization of micro RF transponders in the tracking process.
There is a worldwide problem of tracking and detection of explosives. Over two million metric tons of explosives are manufactured in the United States every year. Several tons are lost or stolen each year This puts into play the problem of being able to sense the movement and location of explosive material, whether stolen or not, and in the past the documentation for the explosives has been spotty at best. In general, shipping documents have been utilized to identify the explosives and their origin. However, shipping documents alone when generated may be improperly generated or may be fraudulent; and the explosives themselves may be separated from the shipping documents.
As illustrated in US Patent Publication 2005/0131655 by Moolman et al a method is provided for logging the use of non-electric detonators in which the identity data of a detonator is recorded at the time the detonator is being loaded into blast hole. Moreover, the consumption of the detonator is recorded and the system relates the identity data associated with the detonator to an inventory of non-electric detonators to allow inventory updating. However, it will be seen that providing inventories and inventory lists are not capable of monitoring and tracking explosives. Secondly, and most importantly, there is a class of explosive detonators which are electric. Providing electronic tracking apparatus for electric detonators was thought to be dangerous, as it was thought that transmissions could ignite the explosives.
Note that explosive materials can be in blasting caps, spooled energetics, boosters, PBX sheet, C4 explosives, and shock tubes to name just a few explosives.
Thus, a methodology needs to be developed which affords worldwide localization and identification of explosive materials without increasing the inherently dangerous. Specifically, the tracking system cannot result in inadvertent activation. Moreover, there needs to be a system to monitor the explosive materials entire life cycle from manufacture through storage to ultimate use, in which the explosives are to be logged and traced. Moreover, it is a requirement that the detected material be tracked back to the manufacturer of the explosive material or forward to the intended users of the material.
It is important not only to be able to be able to track the explosives themselves which are packaged and ready for use, it is also important to be able to track and identify the explosive material itself, such as for instance C4 explosive, or even ammonium nitrate used to make explosives. Therefore, it is a requirement to be able to detect the existence and location of explosive material and then to identify its source. As a result, one can then identify stolen explosives or identify what explosives have been used or are going to be used.
The use of so-called RFID tags that are microscopic in size has been proposed to identify objects. One patent that utilizes RFID tag technology is U.S. Pat. No. 6,259,367 which provides a method for identifying and returning an object by affixing to the object a passive two way communication circuit such as a frangible radio security tag or a smart label. RFID tags have been used in so-called smart cards as illustrated in U.S. Pat. No. 6,853,087. A system for providing container security by measuring various parameters of the material within the container is described in US Patent Publication 2005/0073406.
As to RFID tags and particularly smart dust, an article in Intelligent Enterprise of Jul. 18, 2003 describes RFID tagging of inventory, such as for instance razorblades, and has suggested an updatable RFID tag being embedded in high value currency or bank notes to combat counterfeiting and money laundering. As described in this article, smart dust takes the concept of a simple RFID circuit, replacing the barcode label, and extends it to embedding an entire computer in a microscopic package. Note, in Computer World on Mar. 24, 2003 in an article by Thomas Hoffman, the ability to scatter hundreds of tiny sensors around a building to monitor temperature or humidity is described. Also, a system for deploying pixie dust is said to involve a network of minuscule remote sensor chips to track enemy movements in a military operation.
The definition of smart dust according to this article are devices that are tiny wireless micro electromechanical sensors, MES, that can detect everything from light to vibrations. These devices, termed "motes", are said to be available in the size of a grain of sand and each could contain sensors, computing circuits, bi-directional communication technology and a power supply.
Moreover, the University of California Annual Financing Report of 2003 refers to the smart dust work of Professor Christopher Pister in which a defense contractor in San Diego has become a Dust Networks customer using the technology for perimeter security systems.
Additionally, in an article entitled "FutureTech" written by Bill Robinson for Gateway 2 Russia, he opines that smart dust is becoming something that will eventually end up as an RFID tag based distributed sensing smart dust system.
Further, U.S. Pat. No. 6,615,074 relates to apparatus for energizing a remote station through the irradiation of a device by a remote energy source.
Note also in the Wall Street Journal of Thursday Jul. 7, 2005 Italian parmesan makers use technology to track authenticity and quality of their cheese using RFID tags embedded in the rind of many of the freshly made wheels of cheese that they sell.
More importantly, and incorporated herein by reference is Patent Publication 2007/0281657 entitled "Microradio Design, Manufacturing Method and Applications for the Use of Microradios" which is assigned to the assignee hereof.
In this Patent Publication a micro radio design is described which is small enough to be able to extend the RFID tag technology to smart dust applications. This patent Publication, as well as US Patent Publication 2007/0085689, also incorporated herein by reference, indicate the tagging of various objects. However monitoring of the manufacturer and travel history of explosives or explosive materials is not discussed. While US Patent Publication 2007/0281657 describes the use of the micro radios to detect improvised explosive devices (IEDs), the manufacture and travel history of the IEDs is not discussed.
Thus, it will be appreciated that the aforementioned patent publications do not describe how to trace explosives and identify their origin during their whole life cycle.
A method in the system is described for detecting and identifying explosives during the entire life cycle of the explosive by embedding or fixing a micro radio of submicroscopic size to the explosive or embedding it in the explosive material itself. It is important that the micro radio be embedded or fixed to the explosive device or explosive itself during manufacture to afford worldwide localization and identification of the explosive material.
The utilization of micro RF transponders provide extremely low levels of RF radiation and can be used safely around and in explosives. Moreover, the RF transponders remain passive until interrogated and are virtually invisible to the unaided eye. In one embodiment, the transponders are placed discretely within the packaging of the explosive during manufacture; or are integrated into the explosive material itself. The micro RF transponders are readily interrogated when used for instance within shipping labels for energetic materials, as well as within any portion of the packaging material or embedded in the material itself.
The micro RF transponders can remotely interrogated at any time, easily determining explosive location, explosive type, manufacture, date code and country of manufacture to name a few of the types of information that can be loaded into the micro RF transponder at the time of manufacture.
As part of the subject invention, interrogation units are strategically placed along well traveled roads or in areas where it is suspected that explosives are transported or used. These points are monitored regularly so that stolen or misplaced explosives can be located. Since the micro RF transponders are more efficient and have greater range than standard RFID tags, they can be detected at relatively long distances, with the range depending upon the intensity of the interrogating source. Of course, the higher the power of the interrogating source, the more power that is radiated back from the tag, as the tag can scavenge more energy for powering the transponder. Signal coding and processing provide very large increases in signal to noise without increased power levels.
Also, and as described in US Patent Publication 2007/0085689, interrogation can be accomplished by over flying an area and projecting interrogating radiation down to the earth.
In this way, providing micro RF transponders with explosives or with explosive material permits monitoring of all types of explosives from manufacturing point to usage.
The micro RF transponders are also small enough to be internal constituents of packaging or shipping label adhesive. If for instance a label is torn from a package containing explosives to prevent tracing, if the explosive is tagged with the subject microradio transponders, the container and its contents itself will remain capable of being interrogated, tracked and located. The micro RF transponders may also be placed directly adjacent to energetic material within metallic packages in which the presence of the metal enhances range. In this way the subject microradio transponders can be placed on cartridge dynamite or in foil packaged plastic compositions.
The micro RF transponders may also be invisibly placed within shipping spools that hold det-a-cord (detcord), det-a-line or query cord, as well within other types of detonators. Micro RF transponders are easily hidden in plain sight within wrappers of electric and nonel blasting caps, and may be included within the delay decade and timing labels on the cap's lead-in lines themselves. The subject micro RF transponders are readily integrated within the stand off media used with linear shaped charges, within the labels and cardboard shells of boosters, and within the labels and shells of perforators on primers. The subject micro RF transponders may also be embedded within the outer and inner separation wrappers of datasheets, especially letter quality, or within the outer or inner wrappers of any of the multitudes of various PBX sheet or dough-like C3/C4/SEMTEX compositions.
Additionally, micro RF transponders may be placed within bag lining materials containing fertilizer grade or industrial grade high and low density ammonium nitrate prills or within the linings or labels of commercial premixed 50 pound bags of ANFO; or in fact within any bulk package of explosives.
The micro RF transponders also permit easy tracking of non-mixed binary explosive components and their respective containers. These micro RF transponders also easily lend themselves to locations within wooden or cardboard spools of shock tube of nonel/non electric lead-in line or any spooled energetics. Moreover, the micro RF transponders can be readily integrated into duplex wire reels utilized in electric command detonation. Moreover, the subject micro RF transponders may be located within any of the multitude of commercial and military blasting machines themselves.
It is noted that emplaced micro RF transponders have zero effect on the functionality of the energetic material, yet allow remote traceability and identification, all extremely discretely and safely accomplished and without the user's knowledge.
There are three specific approaches to place and locate micro RF transponders within the explosive materials and the associated materials utilized to package, support or transport these items.
First, one places a self enclosed micro RF transponder on or within the non-metallic material of any packaging, or within any type of transportation container utilized for energetics and or energetic initiating systems. In one embodiment the micro RF transponder is physically placed within a tag/packing label. This transponder has, in one embodiment, a small dipole antenna resulting in a total transponder size of 300 mm�100 micron�100 microns to provide a device the size of a small whisker. This whisker can be readily embedded anywhere within the external wrappings and external packing of explosives. Even fertilizer grades of commercially available ammonium nitrate can be tracked, interrogated and monitored using the microradio transponder.
The microradio RF transponders can also be placed within the seals utilized to close packages, boxes and crates, within the strings closing bags of ANFO (ammonium nitrate fuel oil premixed), within the decade/delay coated labels wrapped around electronic lead wires or around the decade/timing labels for non-electric detonators, surface delays and timing control devices. The same locations for the micro RF transponders are utilized in one embodiment on non-electric lead in line labels, on shock tubes, or within any of a multitude of boosters/primer labels. They may also be used within dynamite cardboard-like stick explosive casings, within cartridged or bulk emission bags in which large sausage-like casings contain mixed constituents of gels and slurrys.
The subject micro RF transponder and associated whiskers can also be placed within labels or within any part of the physical packaging of binary explosives or their containers. Micro RF transponders readily meld themselves invisibly into stand off materials, typically porous self adhesive foams used in modern linear shaped charges, precursors and primary charges for military and commercial blasting as well as controlled precision blasting and cutting operations. The micro RF transponders can also be embedded in breaching and or cutting devices that meet the extreme needs of explosive space vehicle separation mechanisms; may have a sublime application such as in trenching, demolition, and EOD support. Note that the energetics utilized may all be tracked discretely because the subject micro RF transponders is invisible to the unaided eye
Secondly, one can place the subject micro RF transponder on the surface of a metallic material, with the transponder having a small dipole antenna. The result is enhanced radiation due to its proximity to metal, thereby increasing transponder detection range. This metallic material could also be the wire on a bulk bag seal, or metallic hinges on crates, or bulk packaging cases. By utilizing a metallic packaging label, or a holographic label, or indeed retro reflective labels, the effective range of interrogation and location of the micro RF transponders is greatly enhanced.
In one embodiment, an ultrathin metallic backplane is made integral to the micro RF transponder's construction. Moreover, when the micro RF transponder utilizes dipole whiskers, one obtains enhanced detection ranges based on the micro RF transponders co-location to the metallic back plane. Note that between the ultrathin backplane and the micro radio is a small dielectric layer between the dipole and the metallic object creating a structure similar to a microstrip patch antenna.
Finally, one may use the subject micro radios in a conductive adhesive to attach the micro RF transponders to metallic objects containing explosives or explosive initiating systems by fastening the micro RF transponder to any conductive metal object with appropriate dielectric insulation. Note, in one embodiment that the overall size of the microradio transponder can be as small as 20 microns because it uses a metallic object as its transmit/receive antenna.
This application allows the micro RF transponders to be located and or embedded emplaced or otherwise provided on any metallic explosive object from blasting caps, metallic cased boosters, the copper flashing liners of shaped charges, on the lead linings of high grain loaded LSC's or on any metallic explosive container for military or commercial explosive products such as perforators, jet tappers, explosively actuated cable cutters and foil wrapped packages of military composition.
As will be appreciated such micro RF transponders can be entrained in a spray adhesive in which spraying of the adhesive attaches the micro RF transponders discretely and covertly, or overtly to an object.
In summary, stolen or lost explosives are detected by fixing micro RF transmitters in the form of RFID tags to the explosive packaging or embedding them in the explosive material itself. Moreover, the subject microradio transponders may be contained in an adhesive binder or slurry. The identity of the explosive, its place of manufacture and ownership is detectable by RFID tag interrogators strategically located along commonly used roads or railways in which the RFID tags scavenge energy from interrogation beams, with the RFID tags indicating the identity of the explosive and its origin.
In a fuller embodiment, the micro RF transponders are undetectable by the unaided eye and are in the form of a whisker that constitutes both an RFID dipole and includes a non-linear detecting element such as a diode which is powered by the interrogating beam and which outputs a distinctive ID signal back to the reader.
In one embodiment, the micro RF transponders are self contained and are enclosed in a dielectric material used for packaging the explosive.
In another embodiment, the RF micro transponder is adhesively attached to a metal substrate for increasing range.
In a third embodiment, the nearly invisible tags are entrained in adhesive which is either sprayed on or in slurry form, with the micro RF transponders being located adjacent, explosive material such as ammonium nitrate. The nearly invisible tags are provided on backscattering label, on spooled energetics, in booster packaging, on shock tubes, in PBX sheet, and may be embedded in C3/C4/SEMTEX explosives. The micro RF transponder may also be incorporated in drawstrings for bags carrying explosive material, sealing rings for explosive containers, or wrapped around detonator lead wires or in stand-off packaging materials, with the stealth nature of the tags defying easy detection by those seeking to transport stolen explosives.
These and other features of the subject invention will be better understood in connection with the Detailed Description and in conjunction with the Drawings of which:
Referring now to
Prior to describing the application of RFID tag microradio transponders for monitoring explosives from point of manufacture to use, the following describes RFID microradio transponder technology usable in the subject application. While RFID tags have existed in the past, it is important to the subject invention that the tag itself be nearly invisible so that its presence on or at an explosive is not readily apparent. Because of its near invisibility it is extremely unlikely that the tag would be undetected by an individual handling the explosive, and therefore the likelihood of their removal is extremely remote.
As described hereinabove, in one embodiment a microradio transponder usable in the subject invention includes an antenna 22, a filter at a first frequency 24, a rectifier 26, a hysteretic switch 28 and oscillator 30 which outputs a signal at a second frequency 32 that is radiated back out antenna 22. Thus frequency F1 is used to charge the circuits in the microradio transponder, whereas the frequency F2 is used to transmit intelligence back to the RFID interrogator.
Because of the long ranges at which the subject RFID microradio transponders can be made to operate, the existence of stolen or misplaced explosives can be detected by overflying aircraft 34, or indeed satellites 36, whereby worldwide tracking of explosives or explosive materials is possible.
The form of the micro RF transponder varies depending on the application. The simplified rectenna circuit of
Depending on the RF micro transponder utilized, the transmissions from the transponders can be heard by overflying aircraft which provide parasitic powering by irradiating an area on the surface of the earth with for instance a 100 kilowatt signal.
Likewise, various areas on the surface of the earth may be surveyed by a satellite that produces enough energy to power the microradios and thereby provides a worldwide listening capability for explosive materials.
The reason for a hysteretic switch is described in
In one embodiment the hysteretic switch includes two CMOS PFET transistors in which a transistor 43, here labeled N1, senses a voltage at a capacitor 44 by having its gate coupled to a voltage divider coupled between the capacitor and ground as shown by resistors 45 and 46. Note that a pull up resistor 47 is provided. Note also that when the gate voltage Vg of transistor 43 is greater than a predetermined voltage then the gate of PFET transistor 48 is such that transistor 48 connects capacitor 44 to a load 49 which in this case is oscillator 30.
A PFET transistor 50 keeps transistor 48 in its conductive region to hold it on until capacitor 44 discharges below the useful supply voltage level to the oscillator load 49.
In one embodiment, it is the goal of the hysteretic switch to switch on when the input voltage is greater than for instance than 1.5 volts. Note it is desired that the rectified power provide up to two volts across the output capacitor, which in one embodiment is a two microfarad capacitor.
When the storage capacitor is being charged up, the hysteretic switch is open. When the threshold or trip point is exceeded, the hysteretic switch connects the capacitor to the load, in this case the oscillator. The load then draws current from the capacitor and beings to discharge it. In one embodiment, when this capacitor voltage drops below the threshold voltage, the hysteretic switch stays on. When the capacitor voltage drops below for instance 1 volt, the switch disconnects the load from the capacitor, the capacitor starts to charge up, and the cycle repeats.
Referring now to
However if one does not wish to employ command signaling the microradio nonetheless includes a rectifier 26, a hysteretic switch 28 and an oscillator 30.
However, if one wishes to have control signaling, one needs to have the output of hysteretic switch 28 coupled to a single pole double throw switch 52 to in the first instance, establish a listening time period, which is established by powering receiver 54. Upon powering of receiver 54 the receiver is coupled to antenna 60 by virtue of circulator 62.
Upon receipt of command signals, receiver 54 is operably coupled to control 66 switch 52 to switch power to oscillator 30 so as to activate oscillator 30 to provide a signal back through circulator 62 to antenna 60. Oscillator 30 may be modulated by a modulator 68 for providing whatever information is required to be transmitted from the microradio transponder, given the receipt of control signals for the microradio to do so.
As can be seen from
Thus, one embodiment includes developing an optimal charging/transmit cycle timeline for maximum microradio range in which one charges the final capacitor, for instance, for one second, after which one would listen for command signals during a 1 millisecond time period, again charging the capacitor for 1 second and then powering the oscillator for 1 millisecond.
By use of this cycling one can charge the capacitor from the parasitic coupling for relatively long periods of time, whereupon the device can listen for instructions from the outside world and emit a short burst, followed by another charging period, and another burst. This charging regime is very effective for parasitically powered microradios and is available for any microradio application to provide maximum range.
Referring now to
The stages of the voltage multiplication are provided by a capacitor 96 to ground between the output of a previous diode and the next diode such as indicated at points 98. The output of diode 90 is directly coupled to final stage capacitor 100, where capacitors 102 and 104 accumulate respectively the outputs of diodes 82 and 86 such that the charges on capacitors 102 and 104 are applied across storage capacitor 100 and ground. The operation of voltage multiplication results in a charge on a final storage capacitor which is much larger than one would have if one did not have the voltage multiplication.
As to the near invisibility of the subject microradio transponder, and referring now to
In cases where a protective coating prevents direct conductive coupling with the target antenna, electrical coupling is possible using capacitive, inductive or radiated techniques, usually at the cost of greater insertion loss and consequent higher stored energy requirements.
In one embodiment an antenna coupling 126 is utilized to couple the radiated energy from the antenna to a rectifying circuit 128 which may be a nanotube rectifier incorporating a single electron transistor. The output of the rectifying circuit is coupled to a capacitor 130 which is constructed from thin plates that are used to fabricate nanoelectrodes, with the capacitor in turn coupled to an oscillator/amplifier 132 which many include a nanowire resonant tunnel diode or a transistor for RF purposes, or a high efficiency quantum dot LED or small laser, for instance, a quantum cascade laser for infrared purposes. In the illustrated embodiment, the output of the oscillator/amplifier is delivered to an antenna coupler 134 that is connected to electrode 122 to couple out the signal available at the output to the conductive adhesive coating 124.
The device thus formed is a microscopic parasitic device that derives its power from rectifying the RF energy at the surface of an antenna. In the IR case, the rectifying circuit may also be utilized to rectify optical energy charged to capacitor 130, or it may rectify radio frequency energy from a nearby radio transmitter used for communications or radar.
What will be appreciated is that through nanotechnology one can provide a nearly invisible module that can be adhered to or placed adjacent explosives or explosive material.
As for specifically detecting a microradio transponder when for instance, searching for a particular explosive, in one embodiment; the receiver includes an antenna that couples radiation incident on the antenna to a frequency detector 142 tuned to a command link frequency. The frequency detector is a simple pulse detector in order to facilitate implementation at the nanometer scale. Pulses detected by the frequency detector 142 are output to a control 118, with a simple pulse pattern being provided as a rudimentary command set. As will be appreciated, frequency detectors can conserve command link power if they support spread spectrum modulation.
Referring to
Referring now to
Three dimensional view of the module is shown in
What is provided by the type of module described above is inexpensive, unobtrusive microradio whose non-optimal response can be compensated for by numbers of microradios and by having an exceptionally large aperture, high power amplifier on the interrogator so that large amounts of power can be projected towards the microradio ensemble to charge the inefficient small radios.
Having described a number of microradio transponder configurations since they can be manufactured in submicroscopic sizes and even nanometer sizes, they may be stealthfully deployed on or at explosives to monitor their existence, place of manufacture, date of manufacture, explosive type, serial or model numbers and in some instances location history.
The subject microradio transponders operate in a mode where they declare what they are attached to. For instance, when interrogated the microradio transponder can be configured to send a code that identifies the explosive device as a "shock tube".
Another approach is to have the tags respond with a serial number. A priori knowledge would then indicate what material the specific serial number is attached to.
If the microradio transponders respond with a predefined CDMA code, it is possible to sort out all of the transponders at the same time. Alternatively, the transponders may have specific time delays to help sort out the multiple tags in one place problem.
As illustrated in
Referring to 11C, a blasting cap 240 includes a tube 242 on which microradio 230 is placed.
Referring to 11D spooled energetics 242, be it detonation cord or the like, is provided with a microradio 230 along the length thereof as illustrated.
Moreover, as illustrated in
Referring to
Referring to
It will be appreciated that there are a wide variety of explosives and explosive materials that can be tagged with a microradio transponder at manufacture to provide the identity and serial number of the explosive, the date of manufacture, as well as its type and constituents. Since these types of explosives and explosive materials are manufactured in the hundreds of millions of pounds each year, it will be appreciated that keeping track of such explosive materials is indeed a daunting task.
However, by using microradios which are virtually undetectable and thus not easily removable, their presence and thus the presence of the explosive may be detected by interrogators to establish the existence of the explosive and its origin.
The subject microradio transponders may be utilized in three environments. The first is illustrated in 12A, which involves placement on or at non-metallic material packing, with the microradio transponder being self enclosed. In 12A for instance, the drawstring 270 on a bag 272 carries a microradio transponder 230, such that the bag and its contents are tagged through the utilization of the tagged drawstring.
As illustrated in
Finally, material 286 used to package explosives may be provided with the aforementioned nearly invisible microradio 230.
In all of these embodiments the microradio is adhered to or adjacent non-metallic material.
Referring to
As illustrated in 13B, the microradio transponder may be camouflaged by mounting it on a metal hinge 294 applied to a box or lid 296.
It will be appreciated that when the microradios are spaced from a metallic surface, the metallic surface may act as a reflector given proper impedance matching.
Finally, with respect to
Conversely, it is possible to put the radios in a conductive adhesive and spray them on a non-conducting surface. In this case, the mass of conductive adhesive forms the radiating element. The ensemble of radios within the adhesive must each adaptively impedance match to the adhesive in order to efficiently radiate.
When the adhesive is non-conductive, each microradio transmits radiation independently using an antenna that must be built into the particle. The dipole wires shown earlier are but one example of possible microantennas. Care should be taken to use non-polar, low-loss liquid adhesives in order to minimize dissipation within the adhesive.
In all of these cases, the colocation of many small radios will lead to some degree of phase locking and coherent transmit signal combination.
As will be appreciated, when the microradios are entrained in a slurry or spray, the microradios are almost invisible.
Explosives or explosive material can be detected from its point of manufacture throughout its lifetime, and also throughout the world. Interrogators either terrestrially based, airborne or spaceborn may be used to track tagged explosive material due so as to be able to trace and in some cases interdict the use of the explosive. Because the microradio transponders are so small, they are not easily visible on the explosive or in the explosive material so it is unlikely that they could be removed or ripped off. Note, the likelihood of detection of such microradio transponders is remote. This means that the microradio transponders offer cradle-to-grave traceability for the explosives or the explosive materials.
While the present invention has been described in connection with the preferred embodiments of the various figures, it is to be understood that other similar embodiments may be used or modifications or additions may be made to the described embodiment for performing the same function of the present invention without deviating therefrom. Therefore, the present invention should not be limited to any single embodiment, but rather construed in breadth and scope in accordance with the recitation of the appended claims.
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A rare pair of antique pottery prattware plaques with relief molded decoration of the heads of King George 111 and his Queen Charlotte. A rare opportunity to acquire a true period pair of the English monarchs.George III, unlike his father and grandfather, was born in England. He became heir to the throne when his father Frederick, Prince of Wales, died in 1751 George was well educated in science and arts. He became King George III in 1760 following the death of his grandfather. In 1761, after an official search for a suitable wife, he married Sophia Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz whom he met for the first time on his wedding day. The couple enjoyed a happy marriage.They had 16 children including George (later George IV) and William (who became William IV) and they were married for 57 years. In 1762 he purchased Buckingham House in London which later became Buckingham Palace. In late years King George had serious health problems and it was probably at this time that the pair of plaques were made.
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Time to get ready for the annual "Hooked on Fishing" event at Lake Wilderness. The fun starts on Friday, April 21st through Saturday, April 22nd. This year marks the 15th annual "Hooked On Fishing" Opening Day Trout Derby on Lake Wilderness. This is actually an event that spans generations of opening day enthusiasts. The Maple Valley Lion's Club originally sponsored the derby decades ago until 1994. In 2003 when the City of Maple Valley acquired the park from King County, a partnership was forged by the chamber, Maple Valley Rotary, and The City to bring the traditional opening day celebration back to Lake Wilderness. Where else can you go so close to home to camp out all night, enter a derby, and eat a ham and egg breakfast with all you can eat pancakes at midnight under the stars?
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Veracruz, Mexico, July 27th, 1997.- Costarrican Javier Collado got it all together for his Montana Racing Team when everything pointed to anotherone of Derek Higgins' triumphs in the Mexican International F-3 of the Montana Grand Prix Series. Javier reacted like a drag racer when the green flag appeared after the last yellow flag laps, overtaking Derek on the inside of the last turn entering the main straight at the 'Superjarocho' Racetrack, located in the outskirts of this Gulfcoast vacationing port. The impeccably performed move not only allowed Javier to take the lead in the next to last lap, but also left the gate open for his teammate Gilberto Jimenez who didn't hessitate a 100th of a second and also passed Derek, both drivers taking a 1-2 win for the team one lap afterwards. This left Derek in third spot and brought out a spontaneous cheering of the crowd and the expected flying hat of Filiberto Jimenez, the proud and this time happy team owner. Derek had taken the pole Saturday evening breaking the track record with a flying lap of 1' 07.009" which everybody tried to beat until the last minute, Derek being the only one bettering his own previous time thus showing the rest of the field that their efforts were in vain. Argentinian Waldemar Coronas was second and Gilberto JImenez third. Derek was the fastest in the Sunday morning warm-up laps and led the race from the start until the unexpected moment (for him) when Javier flashed by. No wonder Javier did the fastest race lap in lap 12 with 1' 7.917". The race took place under a clear sky, an unmerciful sun , 100+ degrees F. and 99% humidity. (Been in the Everglades in mid-summer?). But in a race whatever conditions you may encounter, they are the same for everybody, so under the described tormentous conditions, only the fittiest drivers and the most reliable engines would finish the race. Such was the case this time in Veracruz where besides the three afore mentioned drivers, Cesar Jimenez (Mexlub Team), Homero Richards (Corona Team), and rookies Luis M. Diaz (Quaker State), Francisco Perea (Gali), Luis R. Flores (Magalos) and Rodrigo Galicia (Pennzoil), made it to the checkered flag after 51 minutes of hard, fast and exciting racing. As for the rest of the drivers, a lot of spins, run-offs and mechanical failures left them out of the race and the F.I.A. ruled championship points. Ecuatorian driver Wilson Amador, and former Reynard Formula racers Alejandro Antunez and Lorenzo Mariscal were first timers, but neither of them had a good result to bluff about. Wilson plans to do the rest of the races this year since the promoter company has announced the season closer event will be in Ecuador's Yahuarcocha Jose Tobar Tobar Raceway, located in the city of Ibarra somewhere between the Country's capital Quito, and the northeastern border with Colombia. Wilson drove one of only two Reynards 903s, but he'll likely have a 933 which is the only chassis running in this championship, for the next race in Saltillo, August 31.
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Paul Jewell is resigned to losing Nathan Ellington to West Brom for £3 million.
Wigan manager Paul Jewell is resigned to losing Nathan Ellington to West Brom, after the Midlands club triggered a £3 million clause in the striker's contract.
The former Bristol Rovers player - signed for £1.2 million three years ago - had been disappointed not to be rewarded with a bumper contract at The JJB Stadium after his 24 goals shot Wigan into The Premiership.
Last season's Championship top scorer had been pursued all summer by West Brom boss Bryan Robson, who wanted him to form a potentially potent partnership with Wales international Robert Earnshaw for Saturday's league opener at Manchester City.
Robson has tabled a bid for the 24-year-old and Jewell admitted it is highly unlikely Ellington will be on his teamsheet to face Chelsea on Sunday.
"Nathan's gone, he's history," Jewell conceded to Sky Sports News. "He's agreed terms at West Brom and it looks like he is going there.
"I'm not sure if the I's are dotted and the T's are crossed but as we sit here he's a West Brom player and we wish him luck.
"Obviously there was a clause in his contract that said he could go for £3 million.
"I think Robson has been quoted as saying I alerted him to that clause - I think he must be getting his agent confused with me.
"I didn't say it, that's what I am saying to you - I think it might have been his agent, not me.
"But he's gone and we tried to keep him. I would've liked to have kept him but have said on numerous occasions that if a player is not happy here then he can go.
"He's done fantastically well for us. We took him from Bristol Rovers and I like to think we've done well for him too.
"We wish him well but times move on. We've lost him but we will try and replace him.
"It is a lot of goals to replace but none of those were in The Premiership and it is a different league we are playing in now - everyone finds it more difficult to score goals.
"We did make a couple of offers yesterday (Thursday) for players but they were turned down, so we'll continue the search."
Jewell recently found success in the transfer market, albeit at the other end of the pitch, as central defender Arjan De Zeeuw returned to the club from Portsmouth.
The 35-year-old Dutchman left Lancashire for Portsmouth on a free transfer three years ago but this summer returned north after new Portsmouth coach Alain Perrin could not guarantee him first-team football.
Clearly overjoyed to capture De Zeeuw on a free transfer, Jewell added: "I am delighted to have him.
"De Zeeuw has been a top player for Portsmouth in the years they have been in The Premiership and I think they were quite disappointed to lose him.
"He is a leader of men, has got great experience and is a fantastic professional."
As with almost all clubs promoted into England's elite, Wigan are among the favourites for an immediate return to The Championship.
Jewell hinted that his new boys could spring a surprise this season, and warned Chelsea: "You under-estimate us at your peril.
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Today is not one of those days, however. I may be committing blog suicide, followed by a mass blog and twitter un-following as well as a possible lynch mob. I'm sure I'll receive some nasty comments, but I will publish them, because I'm ethical like that. Before I explain the crux of the crusade here, a little background if you will.
My son of 5 is on the severe side of the Autism Spectrum, or, he has Autism. I am a single mom with full custody and divorced. I rarely write about Autism on this blog. Not because it is not important, not because I haven't anything to say about it, not because I feel it would do no good. Autism consumes my every waking moment. I live it, breathe it, think about it, only second to my son to which I cannot compare. My daughter of 7 has taken a back seat to Autism, not by choice, by necessity. I read many Autism blogs and they are wonderful, inspiring and passionate. Because my son has Autism, doesn't mean I have to write about it; this blog is my escape from Autism.
I have battled the last 4 years through a divorce, losing my home and everything I had, starting over by myself and learning how to parent by myself. I could write about all the turmoil, the child support woes, the broken-ness of living with a gambler and drug addict, but I rarely do. This blog is my escape from douche bags also. Pardon my French.
I don't write about Autism and being a single mom because I don't want to complain. NOW WAIT...I'm NOT saying every Autism blogger or Single parent blogger complains, NO! I'm saying when I {I as in me, not you} write about it, that's what it sounds like to me. I need to write more purposefully as not to come across as a victim of circumstance. Like it or not, this is my life, may as well enjoy it. Perhaps that is a disservice to my readership. It's my blog, my prerogative, I write for me.
I drive 3 hours a day to get my son to therapy. I work full-time. I pay the rent and the bills. I make all the school plays and doctor appointments and meetings without respite. I go to 4 grocery stores to meet my son's gluten/dairy/soy free dietary needs and cook from scratch every day. I do this and go to bed at night without someone to talk to at the end of the day. The emotional support is far and away the most important. I do these things because I am my kids' Mom. See all that doesn't sound fun to read. I don't want sympathy.
Autism is a mystery. Little is known about it, our children are guinea pigs when it comes to treatment. To date, I do not believe there is a cure, although I am trying to cure my son. I do believe there is treatment. Hell, I'd do a naked rain dance in Times Square to make him better. Since not every child with Autism is the same, not every child can be treated the same...see guinea pig. You keep trying new things until you find what works for you. "He's doing so good, or so much better" is not good enough. Do we accept a little bit of cancer left? No! I'll keep fighting and trying new things until he makes a full recovery. I will keep trying new things until my son has no signs of Autism and is considered and labeled, typically functioning in the areas of social and cognitive development, speech and motor skills; among others. I will continue biomedical treatment for my son because it works for him. I have seen results for HIM. Might not work for other kids, I'm not pushing it. But for a child who hardly spoke, or smiled, or couldn't ride a bike, to transform in 6 months because of dietary changes, I'm a grateful believer. Here is a portion of Jenny's speech:
As we continued to talk about alternative treatments for our children, I noticed the room separating into two sides. We were no longer talking as a whole anymore. There was a group of moms who didn't want anything to do with what we were talking about. They slumped into a corner and had a "woe is me" attitude. I decided to eavesdrop on both conversations.
The "woe is me" moms were talking about how they didn't get to shop or go to the beach with their friends anymore, and the "I'll try anything if it will help my kid recover" moms were trading success stories about the latest treatments.And, later…
"My other theory was that they enjoyed the victim role. I know that might sound mean, but I'm sure you've met people who are constantly having shit go wrong in their life. They complain and play the "don't you feel sorry for me" game.
You can view Jenny's speech, here, the victim portion in question begins at about the 6minute 50second part.
|I could've been nicer on my t-shirt too.
Here's where I get crucified: I can see what Jenny was saying. When are we going to wake up and do something drastic? This is an epidemic. Just accepting some therapy is good enough and what our undereducated doctors say is just a band-aid. She wants us to do something. At least that's how I see it. Might not make me popular, but I've never really been one to care too much about what other people think.
I think there are plenty of idiots in this world. But I would hope there are many more that are not. I knew next to nothing about Autism when my son was diagnosed at age 2, so I did my research. Bets are 99% of parents would educate themselves after diagnosis. For every one person that mindlessly follows Jenny McCarthy without doing their research, there are 2 more people who will tell you she is an idiot and doesn't know what she's talking about without having tried any biomedical treatments. Neither of those do any good. I happen to agree with some of the treatments she advocates. I am also aware she is not a doctor. I do also think half the doctors that practice are not God, do what they are told and are drug pushers. So do yourself a favor and make an informed decision for yourself, bandwagons on either side of the road are not necessities in life. I have more respect for those who are bold and follow their own educated path; even if our viewpoints differ.
I respect the time and energy she gives to Autism. I respect the time and energy all the parents, caregivers and therapists give to Autism. I don't respect name calling, by either side. By Jenny for "victim Moms" or the backlash of the parents sinking just as low and calling her names or joining "I hate Jenny" pages.
I love the Autism community. They are my rock. They are also divided. This is nothing new. Divide us as you will, ABA vs. DIR, Biomedical vs. 'medical', Intensive therapy vs. non-intensive. In the community, we just learn to get along. We know we are all doing our best for our kids. It's hard for all of us. We all love our kids. I know from being on Facebook and Twitter, most of our grief comes from close friends and family who don't understand or care enough to support or educate themselves. So we have to agree to disagree on some things and do whatever it takes to eradicate the real villain...Autism. I don't want a 1 in 9 number in 2022. It's going to take more than t-shirts and walk-a-thons. {Which reminds me, Autism parents you should research the corrupt organizations Speaking about Autism and see how much money they really
Because we differ on therapeutic interventions for Autism, doesn't make me better than someone who doesn't. But good enough is not good enough for my son. Why wouldn't you try, just try, anything to make your child's life easier?
I appreciate and welcome your comments and debate. Please be discreet or I'll have to get all meanie-pants on yo ass.


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Horse owners are being reminded to not kill all worms when treating their animals, as keeping a low number of treatment-resistant worms in the system can be beneficial.
The posters for Merial's second rule (from the four SMART rules for effective worming) are now available for veterinary practices, and the company is keen to ensure horse owners are aware of the need for some untreated worms to stay in an equine's system.
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Worming too frequently will deplete the number of treatment-sensitive worms in the animal, leaving only resistant worms in the gut which cannot be eradicated with treatment. To avoid over-worming, Merial recommends that horse owners use faecal worm egg counts [FWECs] to determine whether their animal needs worming treatment.
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Netbook bundling could open the back door for US mobile TV
Talking to US companies in and around the market for digital TV standard ATSC, we have been hit by a sudden insight into the way AT&T in particular, a
Talking to US companies in and around the market for digital TV standard ATSC, we have been hit by a sudden insight into the way AT&T in particular, and US cellcos in general, have been thinking about the mobile version, ATSC M/H. They want to bundle it into netbooks and bypass handsets altogether, so instead of seeing mobile TV as a valid technology in its own right, the US cellcos are starting to see it in terms of a tactical warhead in the netbook battle.
Of course mobile broadband is a big battleground and it will be for the next 10 years at least, whereas mobile TV is more complicated and harder to see as strategic in its own right. If no-one successfully launches mobile TV in the US, AT&T doesn't have to care, as long as Verizon doesn't have it, – data is where the real mobile battle currently is.
But if the netbook idea succeeds it will mean that at least one of the major cellcos will have a revenue sharing deal with at least one collective of broadcasters, and if that happens, there's no reason not to try out one or two phones down the line, especially if they are exclusive, which would mean LG getting some US exclusives for a change since it is the dominant ATSC M/H chip and handset suppler, having invented much of the underlying technology.
This means the netbook could be the lever to create early economies of scale in the ATSC M/H (Advanced Television Systems Committee – Mobile/Handheld) chip business, and that would let mobile TV into the US by the back door, where it can slowly grow back into handsets and also into more broadcast stations.
Digital exciters are already in place or being put in at 70 TV stations, to come onstream this year and early next (there are about 30 working so far). If more stations see that there are netbook-based advertising revenues to be had, then it will mean more TV channels, and that in turn will drive adoption.