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|Feb 10, 2009
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|May 31, 2002
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|Apr 11, 2002
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|David L. Chavez, Christopher R. Gentle
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|Avaya. Inc.
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|Patent Citations (107), Non-Patent Citations (45), Referenced by (16), Classifications (23), Legal Events (12)
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The present application claims the benefits under 35 U.S.C. � 119(e) of U.S. Provisional Application Ser. No. 60/372,180, of the same title, filed Apr. 11, 2002, to Chavez and Gentle, which is incorporated herein by reference in its entirety.
The present invention is directed generally to distributed processing networks and specifically to voice communication in distributed processing networks.
Distributed processing networks are being increasingly used for live voice communications between network nodes using Voice over IP or VoIP technology. Distributed processing networks are typically designed to provide a quality of service described as Best Effort or BE that does not discriminate between services and does not control service access or quality. Voice telephony depends upon reliable, low latency, real-time delivery of audio data that BE-based networks cannot consistently provide. To emulate the high quality of service offered by traditional circuit-switched voice telephony networks, the IEFT has published RFC 2205, namely the Resource Reservation Protocol or RSVP, which signals an application's quality of service requirements to the data network over which packets are sent. RSVP allows an endpoint to negotiate with an RSVP-capable network to allocate protected resources for traffic flow that the endpoint will generate. RSVP thereby is able to provide a guaranteed quality of service for a VoIP session.
An illustration of the operation of the RSVP protocol is depicted in
A problem with VoIP technology is that the technology does not have the reliability of circuit-switched telephony in guaranteeing the availability of network resources for specific types of calls. For example, a caller dialing an emergency number (in the U.S. the emergency number is 911 and in Australia 000) over a VoIP network can encounter a number of obstacles. First, some VoIP networks establish calls regardless of the success of an RSVP path or reservation request. In such networks, the call may be placed but the RSVP capable network may not be able to allocate protected bandwidth for the call. Audio quality under these circumstances may be so poor that the emergency caller and Public Safety Access Point or PSAP cannot communicate with the caller. In this scenario, the emergency call is placed so that the PSAP is aware of an emergency but information about the type and nature of the emergency cannot be communicated. Second, some VoIP networks may not allow calls to proceed if the RSVP path or reservation requests fail. The call may be rejected by the RSVP network to protect existing RSVP-protected traffic resulting in an emergency call being prevented by a lack of network resources. In this scenario, the call cannot be placed, and the PSAP is unaware of the emergency.
Another problem with VoIP technology is that it is difficult at best to determine the geographic location of the emergency caller. The Federal Communications Commission is requiring mandatory location accuracy for various types of communication devices, such as VoIP devices, placing 911 calls. Knowing the electronic address of the emergency caller on the data network typically does not provide the physical location of the caller. Moreover, when VoIP communications are interrupted due to the condition of the caller and/or VoIP network the caller may have been unable to provide relevant information, such as in medical emergencies.
Other standardized services such as differentiated services (Diffserv) and virtual network segmentation (VLANs) can also be used to provide a guaranteed quality of service. These are specified in standard 802.1p/Q. Differentiated services allow for packets to be handled in a differentiated manner, thus allowing packets to be handled in different queues and allowing one type of service (TOS) priority over another. Unfortunately, the standardized serves do not provide for an "emergency" designation and the service type of similar services (for example VoIP calls) could be the same where one call should have precedence over another (a 911 call reporting a fire versus a call to recall last night's basketball game). VLANs allow traffic from a single endpoint to be handled as if it originated from multiple virtual endpoints. VLANS, however, do not indicate the precedence or relative priority of the "call" or traffic.
In telephony networks, MLPP (Multi Level Pre-emption Protocol or Multi-Level Precedence Protocol) provides a preemption method for signaled channelized circuit switched interfaces (ISDN). MLPP is used widely in military networks. Before ISDN interfaces had this capability, precedence was indicated in band for down stream switches to act on. Networks handling this approach are called "autovon" networks. These technologies however only apply to channelized networks and not packet networks. A preemption method has not been developed for packet-switched networks because in packet-switched networks no channels can be identified and dealt with as a permanent resource.
These and other needs are addressed by the various embodiments and configurations of the present invention. The method and architecture of the present invention can assign a preemption level to a communication or communication path. The preemption level can be used to allocate or reallocate intermediate node resources to support the communication or communication path.
In one embodiment, the preemption level causes at least some routers in a distributed processing network to process communications associated with the preemption level differently than other communications not having the preemption level. Typically, routers allocate/reallocate router resources to communications/communication paths having higher corresponding preemption levels and take away router resources from communications/communication paths having lower or no corresponding preemption levels. In this manner, the routers tear down existing (non-preemptive) reservations of protocols, such as RSVP, MultiProtocol Label Switching or MPLS and other quality of service protocols, to free resources for preemptive traffic. This is particularly important for crime and medical emergencies.
In another embodiment, the architecture uses a preemption map comprising a plurality of preemption levels (each preemption level being associated with predetermined level identification criteria) to assign the preemption level to the communication/communication path. The predetermined identification criteria depends upon the application.
In yet another embodiment, the architecture uses stored sender-specific information associated with a sender for incorporation into the communication for use by the intended recipient. Sender-specific information can include, for example, aperson's name, a person's age, a preexisting medical condition, a drug allergy, a physical location of a structure, a physical location of a computational component such as a computer terminal. This information is particularly useful in crime or medical emergencies for location of the victim and/or dispatch of appropriate personnel.
The present invention can have a number of advantages. First, the architecture of the present invention can provide VoIP technology with a degree of reliability close to that of circuit-switched telephony in guaranteeing the availability of network resources for specific types of calls. Second, the architecture can provide location and other pertinent information to appropriate personnel to permit more rapid response to the emergency than is possible with circuit-switched telephony. The architecture can realize communication preemption without allocating only a portion of the router's resources to such communications. Such bandwidth segmentation can restrict unnecessarily the number of emergency communications that a node can handle.
These and other advantages will be apparent from the disclosure of the invention(s) contained herein.
The above-described embodiments and configurations are neither complete nor exhaustive. As will be appreciated, other embodiments of the invention are possible utilizing, alone or in combination, one or more of the features set forth above or described in detail below.
Referring to
In the preferred configuration, the reservation agent 204 identifies sender communications entitled to a preemption level, determines the pertinent preemption level for each such communication, retrieves sender-specific information for certain types of preemption levels, and constructs RSVP objects containing the preemption level and/or sender specific information in one or more packets corresponding to the communication for transmission to the receiver and intermediate routers. The RSVP objects may be included in the RSVP path, pathtear, and/or reservation confirmation messages.
The preemption map 208 is typically an array or table of preemption levels and corresponding identification criteria. The preemption levels are indicative of a degree of importance or ranking to be accorded the corresponding communications between the sender and receiver. Preemption levels can be indicative of one or more events. For example, the highest preemption level can be for a 911-(or 000-) type emergency, such as a medical emergency, a crime emergency, and the like. A second, lower preemption level can be service related, such as for a service call on a telephony device or service. Additional preemption levels can be used depending upon the application. For example, the map can use 0, 1, 2 and 3 as the values to represent the various preemption levels, with 0 being the highest. The corresponding identification criteria can be any suitable information input by the sender. For example, the criteria can be a telephone number or electronic network address of the receiver (such as 911 or 000), and a predetermined code or series of signals input or initiated by the sender (such as a keyed sequence, voice identification, DNA authentication, fingerprint authentication, and optic retinal scan authentication).
The sender-specific information 212 can be any information that is related to the sender and/or with an event associated with a preemption level. The information 212 can be implemented as a collection of information independent of preemption level or as a collection of information indexed or sorted by a corresponding preemption level. For example, for a preemption level corresponding with a crime or medical emergency the information can include the names, ages, and preexisting medical conditions or drug allergies of each person in the sender's household, the physical location of the sender's household (e.g., latitude, longitude, and/or altitude), the physical address of the sender's household, and any other information pertinent to the event associated with the preemption level. The sender-specific information is typically input by the sender and may be required for the source node to be enabled or as part of a provisioning process. Alternatively, the sender-specific information can be dynamically generated, a photo-scan, and/or a sensor reading of temperature, CO2 level, CO level, radiation level, etc. These would be determined at the time of communication initiation.
The sender-specific information in the I-class object can be variable in length up to the maximum size allowable in an object (65528 bytes) and may be encoded based on the application's needs. For example, Unicode rather than ASCII text can be used to encode Japanese sender information.
The RSVP objects may be in any of the path, resv, resv tear, pathtear, and/or reservation confirm messages. In most implementations, the objects will be included in the initial message, which is generally the path request message or path message.
In step 404, the reservation agent 204 analyzes the digital and/or analog signals received from the sender and determines whether or not the message is to be assigned a preemption level. This determination may be made by any suitable technique, such as by analyzing the destination address or telephone number, an access or authorization code, the contents of the communication itself (such as a symbol and/or an ordering of symbols), an alarm indication, and/or sensor threshold trigger. For example, the preemption entitlement of the communication can be signaled by one or more signals or digits before the telephone number.
When the communication is not entitled to a preemption level, the reservation agent 204 proceeds to step 408 (discussed below) to select and configure the pertinent standard or conventional RSVP objects and then to step 412 to configure and transmit the path message as a standard or conventional RSVP path message.
When the communication is entitled to a preemption level, the reservation agent 204 proceeds to step 416 where the reservation agent 204 determines the pertinent preemption level. This determination may be made by any suitable technique, such as by analyzing the destination address or telephone number, an access or authorization code, the contents of the communication itself (such as a symbol and/or an ordering of symbols), alarm indication, and/or sensor threshold trigger. For example, the preemption level of the communication can be signaled by one or more signals or digits entered before the telephone number.
In step 420, the agent 204 optionally retrieves predetermined types of sender-specific information for one or more I-class objects. The sender-specific information can be only for one or more selected preemption levels and/or may be different types of sender-specific information for different types of preemption levels. For example, a crime emergency request might require different sender-specific information than a medical emergency request. In another example, a crime or medical emergency request would require different sender-specific information than a request for maintenance and/or repair of a device or apparatus. Alternatively or additionally, the sender-specific information can be dynamically determined, such as by sensor readings, alarm information, and/or photoscan/still images.
In step 408, the agent 204 selects and configures the appropriate RSVP objects to be included in the path message. The objects selected will depend on the application and the type of event warranting preemption status for the communication. For example, some path messages will include only an M-class object, others both M-class and I-class objects, and yet others one or both of an M-class and I-class object along with a D class object.
In step 412, the agent 204 configures and transmits to the destination or receiver the path message containing the selected RSVP objects. The path message is then received by the first RSVP-aware node, which is typically a router, and processed before being transmitted to the next RSVP-aware node.
In step 512, the router determines whether there are sufficient free resources available to handle the quality of service requirements or traffic specifications for the session. This ensures that the router will disrupt as few existing sessions as possible in configuring the communication path for the new session.
When there are sufficient free resources, the router proceeds to step 516 (discussed below).
When there are not sufficient free resources, the router in step 520 identifies existing eligible soft reservations for tear down. "Soft reservations" are reservations for which a path request message has established soft state but for which the corresponding resv message has not yet been received. Generally, the router will identify for tear down first nonpreemptive soft reservations and, if there are still insufficient resources, second preemptive soft reservations of a lower (or less urgent) preemption level.
The router in step 524 then determines if the free resources and eligible soft reservation resources will provide sufficient quality of service requirements or traffic specifications for the session. When sufficient resources exist, the router proceeds to step 516 (discussed below), and, when sufficient resources do not exist, the router proceeds to step 528.
In step 528, the router identifies for tear down first non-RSVP and second RSVP resources that are in use until sufficient resources are available for the session. Typically if tearing down eligible non-RSVP resources (that will not impede the safe operation of the router) will not release sufficient resources for the session, the router will examine first nonpreemptive RSVP resources and second preemptive RSVP resources corresponding to a lower preemption level to identify sufficient RSVP resources for tear down. In some applications, the ordering is different. For example, the router may consider first nonpreemptive RSVP resources, second non-RSVP resources, and third preemptive RSVP resources. Other orderings are possible depending on the application.
In decision diamond 532, the router determines for a second time whether there are sufficient resources for the session. When insufficient resources exist, the router proceeds to step 508 and sends a path err message. The path err message contains an error code describing the cause of the failed installation. The error codes are set forth in RFC 2205. When sufficient resources exist, the router proceeds to step 516 and creates a soft reservation for the session. The soft reservation will time out if it is not used. The router also establishes a record of the previous RSVP-aware node the path message came from and composes information relating to the quality of service characteristics that the router is able to offer for the session.
In step 536, the router forwards the path message to the next hop interface. This process continues router-by-router until the path message arrives at the receiver.
Routers that do not support the RSVP protocol are transparent to the RSVP protocol and are not included in calculations of path characteristics. RSVP protocol packets pass through RSVP-unaware devices unhindered. Because the RSVP signaling and traffic it protects are distinct, an RSVP-protected flow can pass through routers that the RSVP protocol did not calculate into the path metrics. These non-RSVP-capable routers in the path can perturb or compromise the quality of service provided to the RSVP-protected traffic.
Accordingly, in step 604 the receiver examines the path message and the soft reservation at each RSVP-aware node and determines whether the reservation will meet the needs of the path request in the path message. If not, the receiver sends in step 608 a reservation error or resv err message back to the source node. The resv err message contains an error code describing the cause of the failed installation. If so, the receiver configures and transmits in step 612 to the source node a reservation or resv message.
Part of the path soft state established at each router when the path message was processed by the router is the address of the previous RSVP-aware hop interface. Using this information, the resv message is relayed hop-by-hop, in the reverse order that the path message took, back to the source node.
As shown in
The receiver may ask for a confirmation message or resv conf message when the resv message is initially sent. Referring to
Depending on the configuration, a reservation tear or resv tear message is issued from the receiver to the source node in step 808 to tear down reservations at all RSVP-aware intermediate nodes in the path or a path tear message is issued from the source node to perform the same function.
During subsequent packet flow in the session, each RSVP-aware router performs flow classification by matching packet destination IP address, destination port, and protocol type to the installed reservation. Packets that are matched must be treated preferentially so long as the traffic flow does not exceed the traffic specification of the installed reservation. The volume of traffic that exceeds the reservation is typically downgraded to best effort status and will be subject to packet loss, delay, and jitter prevalent on the interface after being downgraded.
Although the potential to use preemption levels to disrupt or deny service in an RSVP network is great, RSVP defines an INTEGRITY object that accompanies RSVP path and resv messages that is used to authenticate RSVP messages. This authentication mechanism may be used by the RSVP-aware elements in the network (e.g., the gatekeeper or gateway) to determine if a request (particularly on M-class object) is genuine.
A number of variations and modifications of the invention can be used. It would be possible to provide for some features of the invention without providing others.
For example in one alternative embodiment, the reservation can be installed by each intermediate node as the path message is sequentially transmitted by the nodes to the receiver. In other words, existing RSVP- and nonRSVP-resources, whether free or in use, would be configured for the session to permit the session (or communication between two or more entities) to proceed without further messages, such as an resv message, to be sent by the receiver. In this embodiment, there would be no "soft state" or soft reservations. Rather, there would only be an installed reservation state in existence at each intermediate node immediately after the path message is processed. Despite the intrusiveness of this approach on existing sessions, this configuration may be desirable for high level preemptions, such as for crime or medical emergencies. Lower level preemptions can use the approach set forth in
In another alternative embodiment, the session would be initiated even if a path err or resv err message is received by a node. Even though the message(s) may be only partly intelligible, the message(s) may nonetheless provide to the recipient enough information to respond to the event associated with the preemptive communication. This embodiment is attractive in crime and medical emergency situations.
In another alternative embodiment, the subject invention is used for applications other than a medical or crime emergency and/or VoIP technology. The invention can be used in non-emergency specific situations, such as when there is a need for service level discrimination on a shared network with finite resources. The invention can be used with pagers, alarm information, and home health emergency alarm systems to name but a few. Telephony is but one example of an application that can be benefitted by the present invention.
In yet another alternative embodiment, the invention is used with any lower-OSI layer network bandwidth reservation scheme, such as RSVP, Differentiated Services or DiffServ, ITU Recommendation H.323, ITU Recommendation H.248, or SIP, MultiProtocol Label Switching or MPLS, Asynchronous Transfer Mode or ATM, and combinations thereof. The invention can be used for any bandwidth allocation scheme in which an endpoint application (telephone, pager, emergency button, etc.) preempts and allocates bandwidth on intervening network equipment.
In one embodiment, the invention is used with any integrated service model of RSVP, such as controlled load and guaranteed service.
In another embodiment, the path message could install the soft state reservations at each RSVP-aware intermediate node, and the resv message would actually install the reservation and cause the removal of the other eligible reservations at each such node in the reserved path.
In yet another embodiment, the receiver would take the sender-specific information in the I-class object and forward the information to a suitable servicing entity, such as the police and/or hospital.
In yet another alternative embodiment, the RSVP aware router in step 504 of
In yet another alternative embodiment, the present invention is used with a security or alarm system. The path message is generated when a button is pressed. In one configuration, the receiver then activates a microphone and eavesdrop on the sender's location prior to or after emergency personnel are dispatched to the location.
In yet another embodiment, the present invention is used by a service provider or vendor when a malfunction is detected. A preemption level is provided to the detection message and forwarded to an appropriate entity for dispatching personnel to repair the malfunction on a rapid basis.
In yet a further embodiment, the preemption level information is included in a plurality of packets from the session rather than just in the initial path message. This permits the source node to mark only certain packets with a certain preemption level and other packets with no or a lower preemption level. In yet a further embodiment, the preemption mapping is similar to that for the Multi-Level Preemption Protocol or MLPP. As will be appreciated, MLPP is used in circuit-switched telephony networks to assign a preemption level to a telephone call. The assignment is performed by entering DTMF codes in front of the telephone number. By making the preemption levels the same, the architecture of the present invention can be used with MLPP networks, or with supplementary information elements in an Integrated Services Digital Network or ISDN message.
In yet another embodiment, the present invention is used not only in packet-switched but also circuit-switched networks and in both connection-oriented and connectionless services and can be implemented, in whole or part, as an application specific integrated circuit.
In yet another embodiment, telephony signaling (e.g., SIP or H.323) is used to initiate M-class reserved traffic.
The present invention, in various embodiments, includes components, methods, processes, systems and/or apparatus substantially as depicted and described herein, including various embodiments, subcombinations, and subsets thereof. Those of skill in the art will understand how to make and use the present invention after understanding the present disclosure. The present invention, in various embodiments, includes providing devices and processes in the absence of items not depicted and/or described herein or in various embodiments hereof, including in the absence of such items as may have been used in previous devices or processes, e.g. for improving performance, achieving ease and/or reducing cost of implementation.
The foregoing discussion of the invention has been presented for purposes of illustration and description. The foregoing is not intended to limit the invention to the form or forms disclosed herein. Although the description of the invention has included description of one or more embodiments and certain variations and modifications, other variations and modifications are within the scope of the invention, e.g. as may be within the skill and knowledge of those in the art, after understanding the present disclosure. It is intended to obtain rights which include alternative embodiments to the extent permitted, including alternate, interchangeable and/or equivalent structures, functions, ranges or steps to those claimed, whether or not such alternate, interchangeable and/or equivalent structures, functions, ranges or steps are disclosed herein, and without intending to publicly dedicate any patentable subject matter.
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A Carolina spokesman said Thursday afternoon that Leslie McDonald and P.J. Hairston will not play Friday night in the season opener against Oakland.
The update was part of Roy Williams' regular pregame media session at the Smith Center. According to senior associate athletic director for athletic communications Steve Kirschner, "It's an ongoing compliance issue."
"It's frustrating but it's a long process," Williams said. "We're trying to do what we can do and the NCAA is trying to do what they can do."
McDonald is the lone scholarship senior on the roster this season, and Hairston was Carolina's leading scorer as a sophomore, when he averaged 14.6 points per game. Hairston was suspended from the team indefinitely on July 28, but earned the right to practice on Sept. 26.
Williams said McDonald and Hairston have been practicing with the team as they await a resolution fo their situation.
"They've been practicing and they've been practicing really well," Williams said. "The last week I haven't had them on the first team at any point. I've had them on the blue team. P.J. has played about as well at this point in the season as any player I've ever had."
Carolina opens the 2013-14 season against Oakland on Friday night at 9 p.m. Tickets are available.


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Canada focused on need for competition in telecoms -minister
By Randall Palmer
OTTAWA Aug 21 (Reuters) - Canada is focused on boosting competition in the telecom sector and will examine any move by industry leader Rogers Communications Inc to back a private equity bid for two small wireless carriers, Industry Minister James Moore said on Wednesday.
The deal would be a way to thwart the possible entry of U.S. giant Verizon Communications Inc into a Canadian market where Rogers and two other players, BCE Inc and Telus Corp, hold some 90 percent.
Reuters and other media reported on Aug. 2 that Rogers, Canada's largest wireless carrier, wants to help Toronto's Birch Hill Equity Partners fund a purchase of controlling stakes in two small players who entered the Canadian market less than five years ago.
Neither Rogers nor Birch Hill have publicly acknowledged the plan.
Speaking in an interview with Reuters, Moore said he could not comment on the plan, but his focus was on competition.
"The large three already have 90 percent of the footprint, and we didn't develop our telecom policy...to have a larger and larger footprint of Canada's largest firms and thereby limiting the degree of competition in the Canadian marketplace. I don't think that serves consumers," he said.
"I'm not going to pre-judge a proposal. If a formal proposal is put to me, put to my department, we will examine it in good faith, objectively, about what it is they have in mind. But our goal is more competition."
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Kitchen relocation, are HVAC registers needed
We're currently renovating a 13+ year old home, and we've decided that the kitchen should be in a different spot on the main floor. We will be swapping the location of the kitchen and the family room which are approximately the same size rooms. The current kitchen (future family room) does not have any HVAC registers or ducting. The current family room (future kitchen) has two floor registers that are not ideally located for our new kitchen (one would end up under the sink, and the other under the oven...). The home's thermostat is located approximately half way down the hallway between these two rooms.
I recall that our previous home did not have any floor registers in the kitchen, and I'm wondering if we can simply remove the two floor registers from the new kitchen, and relocate these two floor registers to the new living room?
i would add new ones and leave the other ones there providing your system will allow this to be done..:eek:
The walls of the crawl space below the main floor are insulated, the ceiling of the crawl space is unfinished. I've noticed that the two existing registers are fed off of one independent duct line.
The one under the sink is a normal spot..comes out kick plate of cabinet.. the other one should be elswhere probably although the heat gain from the fridge or stove is reallly no concern... if you can relocate the one by the stove easily do it ..
Much appreciated
and dont forget to pu a damper in each run.....comes in handy for balancing things
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Why? The circumstances of 11 women riding around on a great big boat with no mast was quite sad. But Chile was where we limped in during our attempt at the Jules Verne Trophy in 1998, having come 16 days out of the bleak, grey, cold and terrifying Southern Ocean. This tug came out to tow us in and took us through Darwin Channel. Our first sight of Chile was welcoming because it meant that we were going to survive, which is always a bonus.
The mountains just come straight out of the sea and they were snow-capped. There were some albatrosses flying around and penguins swam by - the first time I'd ever seen penguins. Even in our state, it lifted our spirits and we then passed through the fiords to Puerto Montt. From the moment we landed, we felt as if we couldn't have gone anywhere better to recuperate and mend our souls.
What's the best thing? We were there for about 10 days and the first couple were quite hectic as we got the boat sorted out and readied for shipping and so on. Then we started to relax. We went off to see beautiful waterfalls and check out local markets. The great thing about Chile is you turn a different corner and it's like you are in a different country - being so long and narrow, it spans so many latitudes.
We also flew up to Santiago and had a couple of days up there - one of the most wonderful cities I have ever been to. So alive, vibrant, noisy and different.
My advice: If you are going to go to South America, Chile is the country to go to. It's one of the safest South American countries - they have virtually no crime. And the Chilean people are so nice.
I would definitely start a visit in Santiago because it gives you a good feel for the country. And then I would just travel around and see as much of it as possible. That's what I'll do when I go back - and I will go back there one day. It's definitely on my list.
How to get there: British Airways (0845 7799977) flies London Gatwick to Santiago for £795 return, including connecting internal flight.
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The number of over-75s in England who have to undergo emergency readmission to hospital hit 201,000 in 2010/11, research conducted by data experts Ssentif Intelligence revealed.
The figure is a stark rise from 2001/2 when the readmission rate for this age group stood at 103,000 a year.
A shocking 16% of all over-75s need emergency readmission within 28 days of discharge, Ssentif said.
But performance around the country varies significantly. Readmission rates in the South West are 12.98% and in London the figure stands at 17.06%.
Ssentif said Northumberland Tyne and Wear NHS Trust, Birmingham Women's NHS Foundation Trust and West Middlesex University Hospital NHS Trust all reported readmission rates of more than 20% - meaning one in five over-75s treated at the trusts could have been sent home prematurely.
Across all ages, 650,000 patients were readmitted as an emergency in 2010/11 - a considerable rise from 380,000 patients in 2001/2.
Katherine Murphy, chief executive of the Patients Association, said: "These figures showing rising readmissions are of huge concern for patients. Too often patients, relatives and carers contact our helpline about inappropriate discharges, with patients being sent home without proper planned care in place, at a time when they are incredibly vulnerable. This sadly leads to readmissions, and sometimes even more tragic consequences.
"We need a more integrated NHS, so that readmissions don't continue to lead to poor patient care and huge financial costs to the NHS. Urgent action is needed to bring down these unacceptable figures."
A West Middlesex University Hospital NHS Trust spokeswoman said: "Over the past year, West Middlesex has been working closely with the primary care trust and local authority to improve the care pathway for older people, with a particular focus on preventing avoidable readmissions. We have established a specialist team of nursing and therapy staff who assess the needs of older patients when they arrive at the hospital, to ensure that all of their care and support needs are met during their stay and that their discharge is safe and they are full supported once they leave hospital."
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Hi all, I have a question about my subfloor. Currently I have pine planks on top of the joists for the first layer. I would like to tile this floor so am adding 3/4 cdx on top. My question is can I lay down some 2x4 on the planks and then add the plywood on that instead of directly on theplanks? I have various reasons I want to do this... Also this is small room probly 10-15 sq feet floor ..
Ayuh,.... Donno if it'd work or not,...
Yer raisin' the floor, 4, 1/4", vs. 3/4", 'n the plywood will have more flex, due to the space, insteada full support from below...
Not sure about 4 1/4 number... I am raising the floor by 2 inches .. The plywood will be there no matter what... I have to do it this way because there is some plumbing in the floor and I don't want plywood touching pipes
3, 1/2", 'n 3/4" is where I saw the 4, 1/4"s... stood on edge...
yer gainin' alota inches of support by layin' 'em flat too...
Probably need a Tiler to really answer ya, for sure...
CDX should not have been used under tile, it's full of voids in the core.
Why would you use 40 X 40" pieces:eek: Now the floors full of unsupported seams.
It should have been full sheets of T & G plywood underlayment rated or Advantec with constrution adhesive on top of the 2 X's.
There also should have been screws add to those old floor boards before any thing went down.
1) it's a small space so I will have to cut the plywood to fit.. Is cut t&g the way to go then? I can't find advantec anywhere around here..
2) so the 2x4 is ok as Long as its glued as well as nailed to the ply?
First check to see if the old floor is flat, if not that needs to be fixed first.
Add screws to the old subfloor.
Form a border with 2 X 4's around the outside of the room so all the outside edges get fully supported.
Add 2 X 4's on top of each floor joist, just use 3" ring shank nails or ceramic coated decking screws.
Add T & G plywood set in constrution adhesive.
Once again used ring shank nails.
Any lumber yard, Home Depot or Lowes I've ever been in carrys Advantec.
Please go back and add your location to your profile.
Just go to Quick links to edit.
No need for galv., 8 D will work as long as there ring shanked nails.
If you do the rest of the job right those nails will never see water.
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Euclid Hall, 1317 14th Street, is already well known for its craft beer selection, but the beer hall is beefing up its efforts this month with a weekly "Backwall Tap Takeover," featuring rare beers from around the country. See also: - Euclid Hall: Best Place to Pair Beer and Food 2012 - Chef and Tell: Jorel Pierce of Euclid Hall - A perfect plate at Rioja...followed by a second one
Today's takeover comes from California's Firestone Walker: The restaurant will be pouring a barrel-aged bitter ale, a limited-edition imperial stout and an anniversary ale from the brewery. Call 303-595-4255 for more information.
And just around the corner, at 1431 Larimer Street, Rioja will revive its "Sips and Snacks" deal this month. From 5 p.m. until close every Tuesday in January, the restaurant will pair four select wines with snacks from the kitchen for $15. On January 8, the featured wines will be riojas -- no surprise there! Call 303-820-2282 for details.
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The use of HCG for the medical management of obesity is based on the extensive research completed in 1954 by world-renowned physician Dr. A.T.W. Simeons.
Dr. Simeons studied extensively and found that in addition to a specific diet, HCG can help safely speed up weight loss. HCG is believed to break down your abnormal body fat, causing you to lose inches. At the same time, it protects your body's good fat and muscle from depleting. This means you can go on a low calorie food plan and lose weight without the typical problems such as muscle loss and sagging skin.
HCG is FDA approved for treatments other than weight management, and is therefore used Off-Label. Extensive research is on-going around the world with favorable findings. HCG can be administered via injection and sublingual tablet or troches.
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Since my health insurance does not cover acupuncture, the very reasonable cost of treatment is a plus that is very helpful when times are tight and you can pay whatever you can afford from $16 to $41 and I appreciate the fact that there is no time limit spent on each session. One of the main benefits that I experience, is the feeling of total relaxation and even euphoria. I feel that is important in our stressful lives that we all live.
I would highly recommend Crossroads Community Acupuncture to anyone for any purpose, whether it is for pain relief or relief from stress."
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I actually met my boyfriend out on the downtown mall during the farmer's market, I had just had an acupuncture treatment, and his pick up line was: "Boy, I can see your energy." Thanks for the positive energy, Ryan, I met my soulmate because of acupuncture!!"
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Marion families survive incredible storm damage
Sunday's tornadoes lifted a Grant County mobile home off the ground and dropped it on top of the home next door.
Both families were inside their homes in the Summit Village Mobile Home Park in Marion when the storm hit. The houses were among the more than 60 that were damaged in the city Sunday.
"Everybody is alive. We are all safe," said Collena DeBoard with a serious look on her scratched-up face. "We are truly blessed. It's a miracle, really."
Collena says the tornado hit like an earthquake. She reached for her boyfriend's two small children.
"I got Wyatt under my arm. I reached out for Jasmine and we started flipping around," she explained. "The whole thing was lifted up and was tossing us around."
Airborne and crashing upside-down on top of Dustina Harnett's home.
"As we started to step into the bathroom, the floor went out and we dropped and everything was black," she said.
Dustina, seven-year-old Braeden, nine-month-old Brenna and the girl's father were trapped beneath a 36,000-pound mobile home. They tunneled out from the collapsed floor of their home, through the broken roofs of the two homes.
Dustina pointed thought a shattered window into a crumpled, upside-down hallway and living room, explaining, " We were inside that. We climbed over and down this way."
Was there any time you thought you wouldn't get out?
"I was going to get out," she said. "I was determined to get my kids out. I felt okay, I didn't feel anything. I feared for my kids to get them out."
Collena dug herself, the children and boyfriend from beneath the furniture and other debris. No one was seriously hurt. They survived with scrapes and bruises.
Sitting inside her mom's home next door, she admitted, "I feel like at some point I'm going to wake up and this is all a bad dream. It is still hard to look at our happy home."
Both moms say the children are still terrified for them, recovering and rebuilding their lives will be more difficult than the tasks of cleaning up and finding new homes.


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The Albinism Fellowship is a purely voluntary organisation that aims to provide information, advice and support, for people with albinism. This is done either directly for a person with albinism or indirectly through their parents, families, or the professionals working with them. The Fellowship's services include:
- A twice yearly newsletter.
- Further information about albinism and related issues - please leave name and address on above telephone number.
- A telephone helpline. Answerphone messages are returned either in the evening or at weekends.
- Occasional regional meetings & social events.
- A bi-annual national conference.
- There is also a forum for questions and answers for members via the website.
The Fellowship also aims to raise positive awareness of albinism among the medical and teaching professions and through the media, primarily in the UK. The Fellowship's membership extends around the world and it has links with similar organisations in the USA and Australia for example. There is a small annual membership fee; contact the Fellowship for details.
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(Reuters) - Police in the eastern Canadian province of New Brunswick arrested about 40 people on Thursday after efforts to dismantle a highway barricade turned violent and protesters against shale gas exploration set several police vehicles on fire.
The incident came in response to a weeks-long protest by activists and local aboriginals, who blocked a road near the town of Rexton to try to slow work by SWN Resources Canada, a subsidiary of Southwestern Energy Co, which is exploring shale gas properties in the area.
The Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) moved in early on Thursday to break up the blockade. They said officers were attacked with Molotov cocktails and at least one shot was fired, but not by them.
Susan Levi-Peters, the former chief of the nearby Elsipogtog aboriginal reserve, said the police had moved in aggressively on unarmed protesters.
"The RCMP is coming in here with their tear gas - they even had dogs on us," she said. "They were acting like we're standing there with weapons, while we are standing there, as women, with drums and eagle feathers. This is crazy. This is not Canada."
Levi-Peters said six police vehicles were burning in the street and the Elsipogtog chief and some of the reserve's council members had been arrested.
A police spokeswoman was not immediately available to confirm the arrests, but pictures of Elsipogtog chief Aaron Sock and two others being escorted away by police were posted on Twitter.
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JSTOR, the online academic archive, contains complete back issues of American Scientist from 1913 (known then as the Sigma Xi Quarterly) through 2005.
The table of contents for each issue is freely available to all users; those with institutional access can read each complete issue.
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