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ds · September 2, 2012 · Around Mendo Island
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I thought Labor Day was four months ago. ;o)
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Genesis 1:1 "In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth." John 3:16: "For God so loved the world that He gave is only begotten son, that whosoever believeth in Him should not perish, but have everlasting life." NONE.
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Last Month at the Federal Circuit - May 2004
Judges: Michel (author), Gajarsa, and Dyk
In Sierra Applied Sciences, Inc. v. Advanced Energy Industries, Inc., No. 03-1356 (Fed. Cir. Apr. 13, 2004), the Federal Circuit reversedin- part, vacated-in-part, affirmed-in-part, and remanded a dismissal of a DJ action that was based on lack of subject matter jurisdiction. Sierra Applied Sciences, Inc. ("Sierra") sued Advanced Energy Industries, Inc. ("AEI"), seeking a declaration that AEI's U.S. Patent No. 5,718,813 ("the '813 patent") is invalid and not infringed by Sierra's 2 kilowatt and 150 kilowatt reactive-sputtering power supplies. The district court dismissed the action for lack of a case or controversy. The Federal Circuit, in reviewing the record, decided on its own initiative that three power sources were actually at issue— the 2 kW device and two prototype versions of the 150 kW device. The Court then separately addressed whether a case or controversy existed as to each of the three power supplies. It asked whether, for each device, there was (a) an explicit threat or other action by the patentee creating a reasonable apprehension of an infringement suit, and (b) present activity by the alleged infringer that could constitute infringement or concrete steps taken with intent to conduct such activity. The Federal Circuit found the first prong satisfied for all three devices because AEI's letters to Sierra threatening suit were broad enough to create a reasonable apprehension that AEI would assert the '813 patent against all of Sierra's power supplies for all of Sierra's activities. For the second prong of the test, the Court reached a different conclusion for each of the three power supplies. The Federal Circuit noted that assurances by AEI's counsel in the district court proceedings that AEI would not sue for Sierra's in-house use of the 2 kW device alleviated any controversy as to the use. Those assurances were not, however, broad enough to alleviate Sierra's apprehension of suit for several sales of the 2 kW device, which though de minimis and occurring several years before the complaint, were within the six-year limitations period and, thus, supported jurisdiction. The Court found that the first of the two 150 kW prototypes was destroyed before or during testing, then abandoned. The record was unclear as to whether the first 150 kW prototype was used before it was destroyed. The Court remanded, instructing that if the device worked, even briefly, the testing was sufficient to satisfy the "infringing activity" prong of the case or controversy test. As to the second 150 kW prototype, the Court found that, because it was undisputed that Sierra had not engaged in infringing activity with the second 150 kW prototype before the filing of the complaint, jurisdiction depended on whether Sierra had taken "concrete steps" with the intent to engage in infringing activity with respect to the second 150 kW prototype. The Court focused on two necessary factors: "immediacy," i.e., the period of time between the date the complaint was filed and the date on which the infringing activity will begin, and "reality," i.e., whether the design of the potentially infringing device is substantially fixed on the date of the complaint. The one-year period between the complaint and the completion of the second 150 kW prototype was too long to show "immediacy" at the time of the filing. Furthermore, Sierra was unable to show "reality," since at the time of the complaint, the design of the second 150 kW prototype was fluid and indeterminate. As a result, no case or controversy existed as to the second 150 kW prototype.


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Kat Von D Pregnant
September 4, 2010 by Post Team
Kat Von D Pregnant, We have had a knock on Kat Von D! Jesse James Are you pregnant? "Asks his third floor HollywoodLife false pregnancy in just three days.
You remind HollywoodLife earlier this week reported that Reese Witherspoon might be pregnant.
It is not.
The site also says Jennifer Garner might be pregnant.
It is not.
Today, the hacks in HollywoodLife write, "Jess and Kat are about to be parents?"
Then, after speculating if the "ex-husband of Sandra Bullock Jesse James … Knocked Up his latest adventure, Kat Von D," the site exclaims: "You can clearly see a hit!"
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A representative of the "Miami Ink star says" Gossip Cop HollywoodLife the story is "absolutely absurd", adding that the couple have been dating for only a few weeks, and hit "" should be "a miracle baby."
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Even as a group of private FM radio licencees continue to hope that the deadline for payment of licence fee may be extended, sources have indicated that the government has refused to budge. With just nine days to go for the last date for paying licence fee in Delhi, Chennai and Kolkata circles, the government is unlikely to give in to the wishes of the FM players in the three metros.
Although integrator for the FM radio project, Broadcast Engineering Consultants India Ltd (Becil), has asked for 24 weeks to co-locate the transmitters of all the licencees on the All India Radio (AIR) towers in three cities, players would have to shell out the licence fee by August 29, much ahead of their actual operation. That is, if the government does not grant the licencees a reprieve. The licence fees for Delhi, Chennai and Kolkata stations are Rs 7 crore, 3 crore and 1 crore, respectively.
Earlier, FM licencees in these cities had approached the government for permission to set up interim operations individually, as they were unable to co-locate in the permitted time. But, the government had turned down this plea as well. So, after their talks with French infrastructure firm TDF failed for integrating the FM project, the licencees entered into an agreement with Becil for the job. Now, Becil has asked for 24 weeks to complete the integration project.
While Delhi, Chennai and Kolkata licencees' recent plea on both licence fee date and interim set-up have not gone down well with the government, Mumbai was different. In the case of Mumbai, government allowed licencees to set up individual operations for a period of two years, before they could co-locate, besides granting them a short reprieve for paying the licence fee. It may be recalled that the other three metros also got a reprieve in paying the licencee fee once, for about a period of eight months.
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I like to kiss. Ok ok I lie. I LOVE to kiss. I'm not a typical kisser, I like to suck on the tongue, bite the lip, run my tongue behind the lip. And have that all done to me.
i kissed different kinds of kissers too. My main question is
how do you feel about kissers who kiss in circular motion. Me personally I don't like it, when I kiss, my tongue is soft and loose, not tight and feels hard, and when I kiss circular kissers it feels so hard and tight, that I don't enjoy kissing.
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I love TUGGING at the bottom of someone's lip and sucking on their tongue ,( damn I thought I was the only one lol) but as far as the circular kissers go I have never really experienced that one. Try kissing someone who gives you the water works talk about DISGUSTING .10|10|0
LMAO...lol I had a girl almost choke me with her tongue by ramming it down the back of my throat.. lol
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One of my mom's favorite Young Amalah anecdotes is the time I very seriously announced, as if I'd just finished several years of clinical research into the subject, that I was "not an outside kid." I was an "inside kid," and planned to live my life accordingly, finally at peace with who I was. (Of course, I was also "not good at sports" and "dreadfully uncoordinated" and "couldn't kick/throw/catch/block a ball if my life or straight-A report card depended on it," but I guess I thought my declaration sounded a little better.) Toward the end of yesterday's field trip to the pony farm, I turned to one of Noah's teachers and admitted that "I don't really 'do' the outdoors." Complete with inflected air quotes. I had an appointment for a haircut almost immediately after and apologized to my stylist in case I smelled like a barn. (She insisted I didn't. She was just being nice.) The temperature shot up to the mid-90s just for the occasion (seriously, I was wearing a sweater on Monday, and I'm pretty sure this afternoon's Water Day at preschool is going to get canceled because it's too chilly), and there's just no way to spend... Read more →
Left To My Own Very Limited Devices
May 26, 2010
Jason's been away on a business trip. It has taken every ounce of restraint I have in my system to not be complaining constantly about this. I remind myself about the single mothers, the divorced or widowed mothers, the military mothers, the mothers with husbands that travel all the time, for weeks and months at a time. And how many of these mothers have a shitload more children than I do and no part-time babysitter to help out during the day and no webcams and Skype so their children can spend an hour or so shrieking at Daddy while Mommy makes dinner and/or single-serve cocktails in the other room. Yes, I remind myself that my life is not very hard at all. And I even completely believe that. AND YET 1) Jason accidentally packed my phone charger, and 2) GAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHZZZPPJFFFBBT Yesterday, after picking Noah up from school, I did that thing where I actually counted the number of hours to fill until bedtime. Four and a half. Not bad. Not bad at all. Easily achieved with the help of: 1) One episode of Yo Gabba Gabba with a Wonder Pets chaser, 2) Slipping some broccoli into the macaroni and cheese... Read more →
On Friday night, I went to a party. A non-kid-birthday, grown-up-fancy party! And I, of course, proceeded to act like a toddler the entire time. Part the First: I decide to wear my new shoes. I attempt to drive a stick shift in my new shoes. Six blocks and three stall-outs later, I kick them off and drive barefoot instead. Part the Second: I arrive early because I am a blogger of considerable influence who is also Internet-Friends with one of the VIP guests, Laura Bennett of Project Runway/Daily Beast/Your Local Bookstore . I bump into the person who invited me in the first place, give her an awkward hug of thanks...and accidently stomp on her bare feet with -- oh my God -- those stupid fucking shoes. Part the Third: I attempt to give Laura directions to the event via text message, belatedly realizing that my phone auto-corrected my mistyping of "Elm Street" into "Elmo Street." Part the Fourth: There was wine. It was free. Part the Fifth: Socialite/Professional Fancy Party Person Tinsley Mortimer was another VIP. Laura and I decide to get our picture taken with her. She's busy holding an interview, but we don't let that stop... Read more →
So about the mouse. It continues to elude Max's completely uninterested clutches, and Max continues to not give a flying fuck. Last night Jason and I heard something crunching on kibble in the kitchen, along with a metallic clang -- like one of the pets pushed the food and water bowls together while eating. Except that -- you guessed it -- both of the pets were sitting on the couch, with us. Jason jumped up and cautiously peeked around the doorway, but the intruder was already gone. I proceeded to have a full-body attack of the itching creepy crawlies while Jason checked the humane traps (I KNOW, OKAY) that he'd placed behind the stove at the assumed point of entry. The good news is that a mouse had gone into the trap. At one point or another. The bad news is that he'd clearly had no trouble CHEWING HIS WAY OUT. "So, that's that." I said. "We'll get some nice toxic traps that break their backs or fry their brains or something, right?" He mumbled something while opening cabinets and pulling out casserole dishes or whatever and I went back to the living room. Turns out? Jason had a plan.... Read more →
Sometimes I still wonder what it would be like to have a daughter. Usually while passing through the girls' clothing section -- the dresses! the tights! the...oh, just the EVERYTHING! -- on my way to buy generic truck t-shirt version number 437 off the sale rack. Sometimes it's while watching Jason gleefully rip open the packaging of Noah's first Transformer or win an eBay auction on the exact same Star Wars playset he had as a kid. That's when I remember that I still have a full and complete set of the original Strawberry Shortcake figurines in my parents' attic, and that my Rainbow Brite was still in remarkably good shape the last time I went through the boxes. Not that our toys are all so strictly, intentionally gendered. We have baby dolls and a tea set and Noah's a huge, huge fan of both The Little Mermaid and Princess and the Frog and owns quite a few toys from both, most recently the Princess Tiana beach towel that he chose over the Cars and Toy Story versions. Ezra's favorite toys are his doll stroller and a set of plastic pots and pans. But still. They are SUCH BOYS. Noah... Read more →
I really struggled with yesterday's post. I almost abandoned it completely several times, thinking that maybe I should just publish some "before" photos from the party and keep my trap shut about the dropped bunny and turtle bit -- my big trap in which I keep my COPIOUS ANGST -- instead of putting that story out there. I didn't want to paint Noah as some kind of heartless monster, or make it sound like I thought he was, OR make it sound like I didn't get that his behavior was unacceptable and that petting zoo guy was SO WRONG about my preshus snowflake who is allowed drop-kick any animal he wants because: snowflake, my preshus. But honestly, I knew I wasn't going to stop obsessing about it until I wrote it out. So I did. Also related the story to his teachers after school, who could not have been more nonplussed about it. This just in: Four-year-olds are just impulsive little shits sometimes. Jason, oddly, remained unconvinced and thoroughly concerned. "He's shouldn't have laughed," he said. "He should be able to empathize." "Not until age six," I said. Jason didn't respond, but waited for me to cite my sources. "according... Read more →
It's Not Him, It's Me
May 17, 2010
Birthday parties. What in the world is it about the stupid BIRTHDAY PARTIES? We've gone to a few very successful birthday parties since, well, the very unsuccessful ones. I've gotten selective about which ones we attend -- if it seems like a low-key affair at your house, yes. If it sounds like something with a lot of structure and set activities, I usually decline. We went to a party this weekend. At someone's house. It was big yet fun and low-key and full of general mayhem, in a good way. There was also...a petting zoo. It was so cute! So fun! Delightful! Some ducks and chickens and bunnies and a pony whose head barely reached my knee (but whose penis practically touched the ground and I'm sorry I can't help but notice it I mean look it's right there and it's huge OMG). Noah initially resisted the call to round up around the enclosure and meet all the animals, but by the end of the handler's introductions he was begging to have a turn inside. He stepped in and accepted a lap-mat of some old carpet and the tiniest baby bunny ever. He held it gently and giggled and declared... Read more →
We need to talk. Oh, don't look at me like that. You know. YOU KNOW EXACTLY. Look. Cat. You've been a fine cat. For almost...wow...12 years now, you've been a very fine cat. Very affectionate and cozy and face-nuzzly and such. And I can't tell you how happy I am that you remain so healthy and spry and feisty after almost 12 whole years. Like the other night? When you were rolling around on the bed being all adorable and I decided to record a little movie of your adorableness but the dog felt all left out and whimper-y on the floor so I picked her up and put her on the bed and you were immediately all OH HELLLLLZ NO BITCH THIS BED AND TUMMY RUBBIN IS MINE and proceeded to lunge at her head like a cheetah in a nature documentary? Exhibit A: Yeah, that. While not the adorable pet video I originally had in mind, I was still pleased to see you can still get all aggressive and feline-like, when you feel like it. Which brings me to my point: If you're still obviously so up for a good tussle, why the fuck do we have a... Read more →
FOR SALE: One (1) Wii Nunchuk, gently used. Mostly as a fishing pole. Don't ask. Asking: $1, handful of Clorox Wipes, OBO. (New post up at The Stir, all about our battle with Noah over forks and spoons and the next fancy bit of electronics that will likely end up in our toilet. It is just our way.) Read more →
Since there was a small handful of requests, I bought these shoes on Mother's Day. I also bought...a pair of running shoes. Last year, after Blogher, I kept seeing pictures of myself crop up on Flickr and Facebook that made me cringe, a little bit. My chin, my face, my arms...everything was a bit rounder and softer, at least compared with the photos from previous years that occasionally popped up out of order, for side-by-side comparisons. I told myself that I was simply not photogenic, and holding on to 10 pounds or so because I was breastfeeding. By January, when we went to Jamaica, I was most definitely not breastfeeding any more. But the pictures looked worse, not better. I deleted most of them: practically erasing my presence from the greatest family vacation we've ever taken, save for a small handful of pictures that happened to be taken at more flattering angles. Or from far away. There was no way around it: I'd been slowly but steadily gaining weight since Ezra's birth, instead of the other way around. Not a lot, oh, not really a whole lot. But enough. Enough to make me delete myself from the memory card, to... Read more →


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About: William Harvey Hospital William Harvey Hospital Ashford TN24 0LZ
Posted by Caroline
I attended A&E at the WHH on the night of Sunday 13th December with severe eye pain after being referred by the 111 service, who suspected I had a corneal ulcer.
I arrived at about 10pm.
The receptionist was helpful and quickly found the referral email from the 111 clinician.
I was fairly quickly seen by the triage nurse, but was warned I could expect a wait of around 3.5 hours due to how busy the dept was.
I therefore expected to be there late into the small hours.
However, after 1.5 hours I was seen by a doctor.
They examined my eye and was very thorough, confirming that I did indeed have a corneal ulcer.
They were very polite, friendly and reassuring.
I was prescribed some antibiotic eye drops and was home by 1am.
I saw my optician later that week, who confirmed my eye was already healing with minimal scarring and it was thanks to the rapid diagnosis and treatment I had from the NHS.
I hear a lot of bad comments about the WHH, but I can honestly say I cannot fault the care I received.
I am very grateful that early diagnosis and treatment saved me from a very serious eye condition.
Response from William Harvey Hospital about a year and a half ago
I am aware how painful a corneal ulcer can be and am pleased to learn that you sought assisstance with the severe eye pain so swiftly, despite the advice that there could be a long wait.
It is good to hear that the staff were all polite, friendly and above all, reassuring and also that the eye drops seem to have been very effective.
I hope that your eye heals really well.
Thank you for your kind comments.
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