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Both the Industrial Pro Wireless Gateway and Industrial Pro Wireless Router bring wireless WAN connectivity to harsh environments and the ability to operate on AC or DC power, with the latter adding full routing capabilities, Network Address Translation (NAT), IPSec and SSL VPN support, as well as standard routing protocols like OSPF and RIP. Both products ship with at least one Ethernet port and a standard RS-232 ports on board to enable additional networking and serial machine connectivity.
While the latest mobile devices, running on the fastest wireless networks that the carriers can muster, are what usually make headlines, enterprises need to take a broader view of what the 3G mobile networks can do for your organization. Solutions such as Sixnet's gateways and routers offer something that traditional wireline connectivity cannot: rapid and highly mobile deployments.
Where traditional T1s, ISDN, and even dial-up lines require time for the carrier to build, provision and deploy the circuits, wireless connectivity simply requires being within range of a cell tower and an active wireless account. This ability to rapidly deploy and just as quickly move connectivity gives enterprises the opportunity to evolve their business processes. Construction sites, for example, can stay connected to the home office, even though the crew could pick up and move to another location on a moment's notice.
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Running back Latavius Murray out of Nedrow (N.Y.) Onondaga Central School headed south over the weekend. The 6-foot-3, 215-pounder camped at Florida for the Friday Night Lights showcase. What did Murray think of the camp?
"It was cool," he said. "It wasn't really a straight visit instead it was Friday Night in the Swamp. It was just a workout for juniors and seniors. We lifted a little and then did individual drills and one-on-ones.
"I felt like I did well. The coaches weren't really familiar with me since I'm from upstate, but I did talk to my recruiting coach and the running back coach. He said he likes my style and how hard I played. He talked about what I can work on and said he'll stay on top of me this year. I think they want to see my first game film this season and then go from there."
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Currently the three-star prospect holds offers from Boston College, Connecticut, Maryland, Syracuse and UCF.
Is Murray heading anywhere else in the near future?
"I'm still in Florida, but when I get back I'm going to try to get to Maryland and Boston College before the season sometime in August," he said. "I want to see the campuses and the cities. I also would like to meet with some of the coaches."
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LINCOLN, Neb.—Nebraska football legend Tom Osborne has been named one of the 50 greatest coaches of all time.
Sporting News says Osborne is No. 34 on its list. It says the list was compiled by a panel of 118 hall of famers, championship coaches and other experts.
The list appears as part of a feature in this week's Sporting News Magazine.
Osborne, now the athletic director in Lincoln, led the Cornhuskers to three national championships.
He finished No. 8 among college football coaches in the top 50. Ahead of him were No. 3 Bear Bryant, No. 10 Knute Rockne, No. 13 Joe Paterno, No. 23 Eddie Robinson, No. 24 Bobby Bowden, No. 27 Woody Hayes and No. 29 Bud Wilkinson.
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In a case of snooping parents vs. their children, a mother's eavesdropping on a telephone conversation between the woman's daughter and her daughter's boyfriend violated the children's...
In a case of snooping parents vs. their children, a mother's eavesdropping on a telephone conversation between the woman's daughter and her daughter's boyfriend violated the children's privacy, the state Supreme Court ruled yesterday.
The high court unanimously reversed a 2000 robbery conviction against Oliver Christensen, 22, of Friday Harbor, in a case based in part on the testimony of the mother and what she heard in that telephone conversation.
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"The court said it is against the law to intercept or snoop on anybody's private conversation and that even a child has privacy rights," said Christensen's attorney, Michael Tario. "And further, the law says it is a crime for someone to do that, and that whatever is heard cannot be mentioned in court."
The mother, Carmen Dixon, was incredulous.
"I just believe you have the right to know what your kids are doing and who they're doing it with," said Dixon, 47, of Friday Harbor. "We were having a hard time with her as a teenager. She was sort of out of control."
Monitoring her daughter's phone calls was "the way I could keep track of what she was up to," Dixon said.
San Juan County Prosecuting Attorney Randall Gaylord said the court's position weakens the ability of parents to monitor their children's actions.
"I tell parents that they need to be involved in their children's lives, and I'm concerned that this will mean parents can't always do the right thing," Gaylord said. "I'm concerned that a 14-year-old's right to privacy now trumps the parent's right to be a parent."
Because Christensen has already served the nine-month jail term to which he was sentenced, Gaylord said his office has not decided whether to seek a new trial.
According to court documents, Christensen telephoned his girlfriend, Lacey Dixon, then 14, and talked about being a suspect in a purse snatching in October 2000.
To take the call, the girl went to her room and shut the door.
Her mother activated a speakerphone, listened to the conversation and took notes, according to court documents. Dixon said yesterday she overheard her daughter question Christensen about his involvement in the purse snatching. Though Christensen didn't admit to the crime, he told Dixon's daughter "they'll never find it" because he hid it "across a ditch in some stick bushes," Dixon said.
"I'm shocked and I'm disappointed," Dixon said of the court's ruling, "because my testimony is what convicted" Christensen.
Douglas Klunder, who filed a friend-of-the-court brief on behalf of the American Civil Liberties Union, said the opinion reinforces the state's reputation as a strong guardian of personal privacy.
Klunder said the primary issue before the high court was whether the use of an extension or speaker phone was considered eavesdropping. A secondary issue was whether there was an exception in the case of parents and their children.
Attorneys for the state argued that minors should have a reduced expectation of privacy because parents have an absolute right to monitor phone calls coming into the family home. The attorneys cited provisions in federal wiretap law which are less restrictive than Washington's law and allow parents to tape and listen to their children's conversations.
"The Washington act, with its all-party consent requirement, contains no such parental exception and no Washington court has ever implied such an exception. We decline to do so now," wrote Justice Tom Chambers in the court's opinion.
Tario said his client is now a crab fisherman in Alaska.
Carmen Dixon's daughter, now 18, graduated from high school and is attending a massage-therapy school in Everett, her mother said. Their relationship now "is great," Dixon said.
Seattle Times reporter Sara Jean Green and The Associated Press contributed to this report.
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The advantage Operation Cast Lead holds over Lebanon, and over other regular military operations, lies in intelligence achievements.
The fright that has overcome the government and Israel Defense Forces General Staff over the possibility that officers who served in Operation Cast Lead could face lawsuits abroad ridicules the pretensions of Ehud Olmert, Ehud Barak and Gabi Ashkenazi to present themselves as farsighted and as having overcome the failings of the 2006 Lebanon war. It turns out that in late December, they did not foresee that by late January - following levels of killing and destruction not anticipated by the decision makers - they would need to protect the battalion commanders operating in Gaza. The military censor, which is under orders not to reveal the details of the September 2007 attack on the Syrian nuclear reactor, did not receive advance instruction to prevent the publication of the field commanders' names. Contrary to common practice regarding the identity of pilots, the IDF encouraged all media outlets to publish the officers' names. Bombing the Hamas archive is useless; the Internet is alive and kicking.
The efforts of the prime minister, defense minister and chief of staff to market themselves as the IDF's rehabilitators have been marked by arrogance. The gap between arrogance and reality should be a matter of concern, ahead of the next confrontation, because - even though Olmert is finally on his way home and to court - Barak and Ashkenazi are staying on and will take part in difficult decisions in the future. They had a lot of time, essentially unlimited, to plan the operation that was meant to counter Lebanon. In 2006, the operational idea (and the political limitations Olmert rushed to impose on the General Staff) was to make do, as much as possible, with aerial firepower, without a ground operation. In Gaza, the plan was to complement the initial air offensive with a ground push.
In his testimony before the Winograd Committee investigating the Second Lebanon War, Barak spoke about the mistakes committed by the government and General Staff in Lebanon - in terms of both regulations and substance. Why did they rush to decide on a prolonged operation, rather than delivering a sharp but short response and then taking their time to prepare for the next stage? Why did they allow "shooting at the home front for 36 days," if limiting "damage to the home front had been a sacred principle for [David] Ben-Gurion"? Barak also said about the IDF that, "An army armed to the teeth, the best army in the world, must, when it is being sent into action, deliver a decisive performance."
In view of the time available to Barak and Ashkenazi - devoid of the workload that characterized the years before 2006, including combating terrorism and dealing with the settlers' refusal to be evacuated from Gush Katif - the result does not indicate that the new management is any better than its predecessor.
The old equation of firepower vs. maneuver has remained unchanged from the time Western democracies realized, as a result of the Vietnam War, that the deployment of ground forces liable to suffer many casualties exacts a public and thus also a political price. The 1991 Gulf War, Bosnia and Kosovo during the 1990s, and to a lesser extent the 2003 Iraq War as well - all indicate a preference of air power over land forces, not out of purely military considerations but because of political exigencies. The ground operation in the Gaza Strip failed to restore the past glories of ground operations. In order to minimize IDF casualties, the maneuver relied on heavy firepower. In terms of the cost to Israeli lives, this is a good thing. But presenting it as professional genius, aimed at correcting the mistakes of 2006, is just plain pompous.
Despite the principle so sacred to Ben-Gurion, Barak allowed the home front to become a victim of rocket barrages for 20 days (and several years more).
The advantage Operation Cast Lead holds over Lebanon, and over other regular military operations, lies in intelligence achievements, which provided both the air force and ground forces with targets. This was the achievement of the Shin Bet security service, which reaches every household - just like the officials of the national population census. But the use of this intelligence information in the operations in Gaza lacked ruse, flanking moves, attacks from unexpected directions, or the element of throwing the enemy off balance by deploying the special forces the IDF has built up over decades. And despite the centrality of the smugglers of long-range rockets, Gabi Ashkenazi's General Staff forgot to declare them worthy targets for assassination, equal to terrorist masterminds.
The "decisive" show in Gaza is merely a rehearsal for the next crisis, versus Hezbollah or Iran. From the recent performance we can infer that the army is almost always ready, more or less, at the same level. Barak and Ashkenazi may not have repeated the errors of their predecessors, but they did make new mistakes.
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|AARP Foundation Hopes Gordon Deal Will
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The AARP Foundation yesterday formally announced it will promote its Drive to End Hunger campaign through a three-year sponsorship of Jeff Gordon's NASCAR Sprint Cup No. 24 Chevrolet. The deal will cover 22 races in '11-13 and will begin with the '11 Daytona 500. Terms of the deal were not available. The AARP Foundation hopes the deal helps it raise public and corporate awareness of the hunger issue facing 6 million older Americans. It will offer a text-to-donate campaign to solicit donations from NASCAR fans, sell placement on the car to other companies, and partner with consumer package goods companies involved in NASCAR to promote the campaign at retail. AARP Foundation President Jo Ann Jenkins said, "Certainly, we want to raise money, and we expect to raise far more money than we're investing in this if we're going to solve this problem of hunger in America. But it's also about raising awareness. People in this country don't realize how many seniors or older people in this country are going hungry every day." The deal is one of the first cause-marketing partnerships in NASCAR to cover that many races in a season. Previous deals, such as Gordon's promotion of National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial Fund, have been for a single race. Hendrick Motorsports execs first met with AARP reps at Richmond Int'l Raceway in early September. The meeting was arranged by Wunderman Motorsports, which cold-called the AARP and will serve as the AARP's agency in NASCAR. Meanwhile, DuPont today agreed to a three-year deal to remain a primary sponsor through '13 of Gordon's Sprint Cup entry. The company will be the primary sponsor for 14 races a year and will have prominent brand placement for all other races over the three-year period (Tripp Mickle, SportsBusiness Journal).
MAKING A DIFFERENCE: ESPN.com's David Newton noted "some have questioned why AARP would spend in excess of $10 million, likely $15 million or more, to promote its program on Gordon's car when it could just put that money toward feeding the hungry." But "what people forget is that sometimes you have to spend money to make money, or in this case make people aware of the need." Newton: "Maybe having a charitable organization on the hood for more than one or two races is a way of making NASCAR seem less commercial, or as Gordon said, show people they are human. Maybe this will, as Hendrick insisted it might, open doors for new sponsors that never would be aware of the sport if it wasn't for the campaign. It's a win-win scenario for all parties" (ESPN.com, 10/27). ESPN's Ryan McGee said, "If you put a couple million dollars into a Super Bowl ad, you reach everybody all at once and that's it. You put several million dollars into a Cup car, and now you are taking a rolling billboard to racetracks all over the country. ... It's a different approach but I think we might start seeing more teams at least support this cause and certainly look at some others" ("NASCAR Now," ESPN2, 10/27).
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HUSTLE & SHOW: In L.A., Jim Peltz reports as the "poor economy continues," NASCAR teams are being "forced to hustle for new sponsors and to keep the ones they have." That is "especially true for primary sponsors, who write the biggest checks for the logos that dominate the paint schemes on NASCAR race cars." Just as race attendance "has slumped because NASCAR fans are watching their wallets, sponsors have cut back on the spending that is the main source of the $15 million to $20 million it takes to field a competitive NASCAR Sprint Cup Series car." The pullback in sponsorship spending "has contributed to mergers among some NASCAR teams," but "even powerhouse teams are now scouring for cash beyond conventional NASCAR sponsors such as auto products, beverages and consumer goods." Penske Racing "has yet to find a 2011 primary sponsor for its No. 77 Dodge now driven by Sam Hornish Jr., whose main sponsor, Mobil 1 motor oil, is moving to two-time champion Tony Stewart next season." Stewart himself "needed Mobil 1 because he's losing Old Spice as a primary sponsor after this season." Meanwhile, snack food Tornados' sponsorship of Ryan Newman's No. 39 Stewart-Haas Racing entry "illustrates how NASCAR still holds appeal to sponsors." Tornados are made by California-based Ruiz Foods, a "leading seller of frozen Mexican foods." When the company last year "prepared to expand Tornados from convenience stores to a wider array of retailers," Ruiz Foods President & co-CEO Bryce Ruiz "pitched NASCAR." Ruiz said that "he's 'absolutely' pleased with the results so far on his seven-figure investment" (L.A. TIMES, 10/28).


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Stephen King is undoubtedly the world's most famous living horror writer. When word came down the pipeline that he'd be writing and overseeing a remake of Lars Von Trier's Danish cult horror mini series, Riget (a. k. a. The Kingdom), I know I'm not the only one who had high hopes for the television mini series. While the end result was flawed it was still more hit than miss and now, following up the release of their very well put together boxed set of the complete series, Columbia/Tri-Star in their infinite wisdom is releasing Kingdom Hospital – The Beginning which presents only the two hour pilot and the second episode.
Episode 1 – Thy Kingdom Come: When an artist named Peter Rickman is hit by a speeding ban with a drunk behind the wheel, he lands himself an extended stay in Kingdom Hospital's coma ward. While in a catatonic state he's approached by a mysterious ghost who tells him that he must stop the insanity that is raging on in the hospital and that me must also free a spectral little girl trapped within the confines of this bizarre establishment. When Rickman wakes up he finds he is able to communicate with the ghosts in the hospital, and we learn some dirt on a few of the strange doctors in residence there.
Episode 2 – Death's Kingdom: When Mrs. Druse, one of the psychic patients in the hospital, is discharged by Dr. Stegman she convinces Rickman to join in on a séance with her in order to find out why the ghost the haunts the elevator is doing so. Meanwhile, the man who assaulted Rickman ends up in the hospital after a serious accident, and guess who he has to room with?
The first two episodes of the series do a fine job of setting up what is to come later on. It introduces us to a few of the interesting and quirky inhabitants of the hospital and they have plenty of mood and atmosphere and even a couple of marginally creepy scenes to boot. None of this material is on par with Von Trier's original Danish series but it's an amusing and fun little trip that starts off fairly strong thanks to these two introductory segments. While the later episodes declined in quality and started to meander into an ultimately very rushed feeling ending for the show, here you'll see the potential that the series had in its infancy.
This leads me to my one and only question about this release and its sister release, Kingdom Hospital – Making The Rounds… why? What's the reasoning behind these releases when the complete series is still in print as a fairly affordably priced boxed set with plenty of extra features to add to the fun? None of those features are found on this disc, just the first two episodes and that's it. There's no reason for anyone to be interested in this when superior and complete release is so easy to find. It might be different if the MSRP were low enough for this to serve as a demonstration, to find out if you'd be into the rest of the series or not but at a $19.95 suggested retail price, it's likely too expensive to appeal to those who were only curious about the series and not willing to shell out the $40 on the complete set that they may or may not enjoy or get their money's worth out of.
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The 1.78.1 anamorphic widescreen image is clean and colorful but does show some slight compression artifacts in some of the darker scenes as well as some mild edge enhancement that could break up the picture a little bit on larger sets, though it is mild even in the worst of the instances I noticed. Flesh tones appear life like and natural and the picture is free of any print damage. The cool color scheme used in the film is reproduced on this transfer quite faithfully and never appears to be too warm or over saturated.
The English Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround Sound track comes with optional subtitles in French as well as an English closed captioning option. This sound mix makes nice use of the rear speakers to build atmosphere with smaller, more discrete sound effects than those used in the front channels, making for a nice mix that suits the tone of this mini series very appropriately. Bass response from the subwoofer is lively without being overdone and channel separation is clean and distinct. Dialogue is always easy to follow and there are no traces of hiss or distortion.
This release is completely barebones and void of anything except for a menu screen and chapter selection options.
Kingdom Hospital – The Beginning is a completely useless release. It's not cheap enough in the MSRP department to serve as a taste test for the boxed set of the complete series, and it doesn't offer anything extra at all aside from the first two episodes. If you were into the show, get the complete set instead and skip this one – there's no point to it.
Ian lives in NYC with his wife where he writes for DVD Talk, runs Rock! Shock! Pop!. He likes NYC a lot, even if it is expensive and loud.


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KUALA LAMPUR: A Malaysian court on Thursday charged a Pakistani security guard with the murder of a US pastor, who was found strangled at his home in Kuala Lumpur last month, a report said.
David James Ginter, 62, was found dead in his home on the outskirts of the Malaysian capital in May, his hands and feet bound, and a mobile phone charger cable wrapped around his neck.
A Kuala Lumpur district court charged Shahbaz, 25, with the murder, which carries a mandatory death penalty by hanging, Bernama news agency reported, adding that four accomplices were believed to still be at large.
It said the defendant was recorded as having only one name and that no plea was recorded. The next court date was set for July 18.
The report gave no further details, such as a possible motive. Court officials and prosecutors could not be reached by AFP.
Ginter had been a senior pastor at the Bridge International Church in Kuala Lumpur for three years.
Police previously cited robbery as a possible motive, noting that the pastor's car was missing from his house.
Reports of burglaries and violent crime have surged in recent years in the country.
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U.S. corn for grain production was estimated at 12.4 billion bushels, up slightly from the Nov. 1 forecast but 1 percent below 2010. The average yield was estimated at 147.2 bushels per acre. This was up 0.5 bushel from the Nov. forecast but 5.6 bushels below the 2010 average yield of 152.8 bushels.
Aaron Ashley of Taylorsville was named to the Morehead State University dean's list for the 2011 fall semester.
To be named to the list, a student must be enrolled on a full-time basis and achieve at least a 3.5 grade point average on a 4.0 scale for the current semester.
Amanda Stewart of Taylorsville graduated from Morehead State University with a Master of Arts teaching degree during the 2011 fall commencement ceremony.
MSU is an affirmative action, equal opportunity, educational institution.
St. Catharine College recently announced the list of students who have achieved extraordinary academic success for the fall 2011 semester. The dean's list includes all students who had a grade point average of 3.6 - 3.999. The following students were recognized for their academic acheivement:
Zachery Straton II of Fisherville
Tiffany Miles of Taylorsville
On Friday, Jan. 13, the Spencer County Chapter of the National Honor Society inducted 23 new members. The ceremony was led by NHS President Corey Thomas and sponsor Mary Baldock.
This club is comprised of students that exhibit high scholarship, leadership, character and community service. The ceremony included new members lighting candles from the torch representing the area most significant to their lives and taking a pledge to uphold the high purposes of the club, being loyal to their school and maintaining high standards in their lives.
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When I grew up, many times I would hear someone tell something and someone else would respond, "That doesn't sound right," and they would call the person "Doubting Thomas."
I grew up with "Doubting Thomas," not knowing it came from the Bible. I believe a lot of people who would use this saying did not know it came from the Bible either.
In John 14, Jesus told his disciples that he was going away to prepare a place for them and where he was there they could be, also.
Do you hold the door for someone following you into a store? Guys, do you step out of the way and let a lady go through the door first? We are in such a hurry we brush past people who are struggling with terrible health issues and who deserve our patience and respect. Don't our parents and grandparents deserve a little respect and consideration?
Irene Goodall, second from right, celebrated her 90th birthday with family on Jan. 3 in Taylorsville. Goodall has nine children, several grandchildren, several great-grandchildren and several great-great-grandchildren.
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LOS ANGELES -- Cerritos College will host some of the West Coast's top talent on Sunday during the Los Angeles Nike Football Training Camp, as prospects from several states will compete for positional MVP awards, as well as invitations to Nike's The Opening.
Eight players scheduled to attend already hold offers from the USC Trojans. Those have gone out to linebacker Michael Hutchings (Concord, Calif./De La Salle), safeties Max Redfield (Mission Viejo, Calif./Mission Viejo) and Tahaan Goodman (Rancho Cucamonga, Calif./Rancho Cucamonga), cornerbacks Priest Willis (Tempe, Ariz./Marcos De Niza), Johnny Johnson Jr. (Fresno, Calif./Central) and Chris Hawkins (Rancho Cucamonga, Calif./Rancho Cucamonga), defensive end Joe Mathis (Upland, Calif./Upland) and offensive tackle Nico Falah (Bellflower, Calif./St. John Bosco).
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Yesterday, the coalition released its mid-term self-assessment, comparing the commitments made in its Programme for Government back in May 2010 to the policies it has actually implemented to date. Sadly, it does not allow for a simple tick/cross exercise as to whether each commitment has been kept, as there is a lot of grey area. Some of the promises were too vague, some may be being stuck to but haven't been delivered yet, and on others it depends how charitable you're willing to be to the government.
I've therefore given each commitment a tick (delivered), a cross (not delivered at all) or a question mark (those you might give a tick if you're being kind to the coalition, or might give a cross if not). My scoring simply takes everything in the review at face-value, so if the agreement promises 'we will do x' and the review says 'we have done x', it gets a tick.
Overall, I make it 264 ticks, 108 question marks and 18 crosses. Here's the breakdown and summary for each of the 31 areas of the agreement:
1. Banking
The Banking Reform Bill is still in draft form, but the government has introduced a bank levy, new rules on bonuses and regulatory reforms. And it hasn't joined the Euro.
2. Business
The government did introduce a 'one-in, one-out' rule for regulations, stuck to its plans on Royal Mail and the Post Office, and 'took steps' to help the tourism industry. But it abandoned plans to scrap IR35 and has not made small business relief automatic (it's left this up to councils).
3. Civil liberties
Many of the promises were fulfilled in the Freedom Bill (including 'We will introduce a Freedom Bill') and the Bill of Rights commission was established and has reported. But 'ending the storage of internet and email records without good reason' is still (to put it very generously) a work in progress.
4. Communities and local government
Between the council tax freeze, the Localism Act, the Local Government Finance Act and the National Planning Policy Framework, this has been quite a successful area according to the review. But the restrictions on councils using investigatory powers didn't go as far as promised.
5. Consumer protection
Some successes, such as new powers for the Financial Conduct Authority and the introduction of a Groceries Code Adjudicator, but many of the promises in this area have only been partially fulfilled (so far). And one — to 'give Post Office Card account holders the chance to benefit from direct debit discounts and ensure that social tariffs offer access to the best prices available' — has been explicitly abandoned because of the Universal Credit.
6. Crime and policing
The introduction of Police and Crime Commissioners, plans for a minimum unit price for alcohol and 'Temporary Class Orders' to ban 'legal highs' are some of the ways the coalition has found to fulfil its promises here, making it a relatively successful area in this review.
7. Culture, Olympics, media and sport
'A safe and successful Olympic and Paralympic Games' was indeed delivered, the Live Music Act 2012 cut red-tape, the government has invested in superfast broadband and has kept entry to national museums and galleries free. The review says nothing about banning lobbying for National Lottery distributors though, and their gross costs are being capped at 8 per cent rather than the promised 5.
8. Defence
A clean-sweep. The MoD's running costs are actually being cut by a third — more than the promised quarter — and the Military Covenant has been enshrined in law.
9. Deficit reduction
Whether the government has managed to 'significantly accelerate the reduction of the structural deficit' is debatable, but in general it has delivered the cuts promised in this section.
10. Energy and climate change
This is an ambitious section of the coalition agreement, and many of the promises are long-term and so haven't been completed yet. The coalition has created the Green Investment Bank and scrapped Home Improvement Packs. But it has not supported increasing the EU's emission reduction target from 20 per cent to 30, hasn't increased the target for renewable energy, hasn't turned the per-passenger flight tax into a per-plane tax, and hasn't exactly cancelled Heathrow's third runway.
11. Environment, food and rural affairs
A reasonably successful area, apart from on the promise to 'bring forward a motion on a free vote enabling the House of Commons to express its view on the repeal of the Hunting Act.'
12. Equalities
Flexible working is the main achievement here, the overall picture is largely flattered by relatively vague promises, such as to 'look to promote gender equality on the boards of listed companies'.
13. Europe
Despite everything, the 'referendum lock' on treaty changes and the vagueness of the other commitments makes Europe look like a successful area in the review. Oh, and we haven't joined the Euro.
14. Families and children
The first commitment here is to 'maintain the goal of ending child poverty in the UK by 2020'. Whether the government is doing this or not is debatable, as it is looking to change the measure of child poverty. Plans for shared parental leave is perhaps the biggest achievement here.
15. Foreign affairs
Most of the commitments here were of the vague 'support efforts to…' or 'push for…' kind that would've almost been hard not to meet.
16. Government transparency
In summary: more things are published online.
17. Immigration
Ending child detention, limiting non-EU immigration and imposing transitional controls for new EU members have all been delivered.
18. International development
The commitment to spend 0.7 per cent of Gross National Income on aid has been met, but it has not been enshrined in law as promised. On 'exploring ways of helping poorer countries', 'supporting actions to achieve the Millennium Goals' and 'encouraging other countries to fulfil their aid commitments', we'll have to take the government's word for it.
19. Jobs and welfare
According to the review, the Work Programme alone pretty much fulfils the first four pledges.
20. Justice
A focus on rehabilitation and payment-by-results has been delivered, but the promise to 'extend anonymity in rape cases to defendants' has been abandoned.
21. National security
The coalition has reviewed anti-terror laws, proscribed four groups that 'espouse or incite violence or hatred' and extradited about a thousand 'dangerous people'.
Several of the promises here — most notably to 'stop the top-down reorganisations of the NHS' — went out of the window with Andrew Lansley's reforms. And the government has not increased health spending in real terms each year (though it stops short of admitting as much, the review tellingly doesn't say it has done so). But there have been successes, such as GP commissioning, cutting the number of health quangos and prioritising dementia research.
23. Pensions and older people
An rare area where the promises were substantial and have actually been delivered: the 'triple lock' on pensions, raising the retirement age, ending compulsory annuitisation at 75, and retaining pensioner benefits.
24. Political reform
The Fixed-term Parliaments Act was passed, the AV referendum was held, and a devolution commission to consider the 'West Lothian question' was formed. The Lords reform commitment has also been fulfilled, as it only promised to bring forward proposals (not pass them). But while the Localism Act did introduce local referendums for certain issues, it did not do so for 'any issue' as promised. The '200 all-postal primaries' have not come about (because of the boundary review, apparently), and no limit has been put on the number of special advisers.
25. Public health
Public health budgets are being devolved to local areas, and the government has invested in psychological therapies.
26. Schools
Lots of promises kept here: on free schools, the Pupil Premium, Teach First, league table reform and more disciplinary powers to teachers. Giving schools 'greater freedom over the curriculum' is still to come, though.
27. Social action
The introduction of 'National Citizen Service', a 'Big Society bank' and measures to encourage charitable giving have all been delivered.
28. Social care and disability
The Dilnot Commission fulfilled the coalition's pledge to 'establish a commission on long-term care', but the real test will be what the government does with its report.
29. Taxation
Increase the personal allowance: check. Increase the capital gains rate: check. Efforts to tackle tax avoidance: check. But the government decided not to introduce per-plane flight duty due to 'concerns over the legality and feasibility of this approach'.
30. Transport
The promised high-speed rail network is coming, as is Crossrail. Central government funding for speed cameras has been halted, the use of 'drugalysers' has been approved, and the Protection of Freedoms Act included a new offence to tackle rogue clampers.
31. Universities and further education
As we all remember, the government did change the tuition fee system following the Browne Review. As the coalition agreement promised, Lib Dem MPs unhappy with them were able to abstain.
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Newspapers' coverage of contaminated intravenous fluids from an Indian manufacturer distributed by Public Central Medical Supplies in Sudan: Lessons to be learned
Objectives This study aims to answer the question whether or not newspapers have a role in decision-making process in non-democratic settings.Method This cross-sectional study has reviewed newspapers' articles published in Sudan about the questioned quality of intravenous fluid imported by Sudan Central Medical Supplies Public Corporation. It covered the period from 17 January 1999 to 8 October 2007. A total number of 310 articles published in 18 newspapers about the topic was retrieved.Results Of the total number, 165 (53.2%) articles were against the selling of the suspiciously contaminated intravenous fluids from Core Parentral (the Indian manufacturer of the products). The remaining 143 (46.1%) articles are in favor of selling such fluids.Conclusion Health authorities need to have good communication with media. The incident has proven that the lack of this communication is harmful both for the health authorities and for the population.
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|1. Aug. 1995
|31. Mai 1994
|31. Mai 1994
|Arthur J. Moen
|Urspr³nglich Bevollmõchtigter
|Teleos Incorporated
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|Patentzitate (12), Referenziert von (85), Klassifizierungen (21), Juristische Ereignisse (12)
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1. Field of the Invention
The present invention involves a method of providing a message service for prepaid telecommunications wherein end users are provided a user unit for utilizing a single phone number for a single use to access a predetermined message wherein the users must provide unique identifying numbers which are not centrally created P.I.N.'s.
2. Information Disclosure Statement
Various systems used for controlling, billing and blocking usage of telecommunications systems using computerized central switching stations have been developed. The following is representative of the prior art:
U.S. Pat. No. 5,265,155 to Peter D. Castro describes a method and apparatus for prepayment of telecommunication connections between two telecommunications devices which involves storing telecommunication-time data representative of a prepurchased amount of time available for payment of telecommunications connections in a switching network. At the initiation of the first telecommunication device, a connection is established between the first and second telecommunication devices so that a telecommunication process can be conducted therebetween. The telecommunication connection between the first and second devices is terminated in response to termination of the telecommunication process. The time duration of the connection is measured. The stored telecommunication-time data is processed to indicated a decrement in the available telecommunication-time, which is essentially equal to the measured time duration of the connection.
U.S. Pat. No. 5,228,075 to Sang T. La et al. describes a telephone set capable of selectively accepting callers and enabling partial recognitions of callers. The telephone set includes tip and ring terminals, a first analogue switch connected to the tip terminal, a first bridge diode connected to the first analogue switch and the ring terminal, a wave rectifying circuit connected to the first bridge diode, a microprocessor connected to the wave rectifying circuit and the first analog switch, an EEPROM connected to the microprocessor, a hook switch connected to the microprocessor, and a selecting switch connected to the microprocessor. It further includes a second bridge diode connected to the tip and ring terminals, a hybrid IC circuit connected to the second bridge diode, a DTMF decoder connected to the hybrid IC circuit and the microprocessor, a power supply means for supplying the required power to the internal circuits, and a second analogue switch and a microphone.
U.S. Pat. No. 5,109,408 to Steven L. Greenspan describes a call processing embodiment where customers are offered a special dialing plan where received numbers are processed such that a query of a database is defined when a prespecified access code, e.g. *66, is received, for example followed by a destination, but where call blocking is defined for a predefined plurality of destination numbers, e.g. all destination numbers beginning with 976 or 1-900 or all destination numbers beginning with 1, when such numbers are received without the prespecified access code. Illustratively, the database query may result in the customer being prompted for a personal identification number (PIN) and accordingly 976 or 1-900 access is thereby limited to those knowing the PIN. The database may perform other call screening and call management operations such as time of day or day of week screening or limiting the number or cost of 976 calls in a given time period.
U.S. Pat. No. 5,068,891 to Marvin Marshall describes an invention wherein the amount of credit available to a telephone travel card holder is determined immediately at the completion of a long distance call and the travel card is invalidated if no credit remains. Capture software captures call ticket data at the completion of a call and the ticket data is transmitted to a monitoring computer without delay. The monitoring computer calculates the amount of credit available to that caller and invalidates the travel card if no credit remains by transmitting a signal to all switching equipment stations throughout the telephone system.
U.S. Pat. No. 4,757,186 to Wolfgang Heberle et al. describes a method allowing the continued use of a credit card which has expired in terms of time or value units for automatic vendors which are in communication with a central evaluation location. The method allows a continuation of telephone calls, even with an expired telephone credit card, by debiting of the fee units used or made to the account of the card owner at the central evaluation location in a chronologically limited transition time after every service performance so that a call is not cut-off in the middle of a call.
U.S. Pat. No. 4,706,275 to Zvi Kamil describes a telephone system enabling prepayment for telephone calls, wherein special code and credit information is stored in memory in special exchanges and debited as the call progresses.
U.S. Pat. No. 4,162,377 to Allison B. Mearns involves a method for automatically processing call data from a Traffic Service Position System over Common Channel Interoffice Signaling facilities to a remotely located data base system to verify the entitlement of the caller to bill the call on a credit card, collect and charge-to-a-third number basis. The call data, dialed by the caller, comprises a credit card or station number together with a Personal Identification Number used by authorized callers in placing the special service calls. The data base system includes a memory table of authorized numbers to which the calls are charged and billed. The data base transmits Common Channel Interoffice Signaling direct signaling verification messages through the signal transfer system to the Traffic Service Position System signifying the entitlement and nonentitlement of the caller to the call service.
Notwithstanding the above prior art, there are no teachings or suggestions that would render the present invention anticipated or obvious.
The present invention is a method of operating a telecommunication system for providing a limited access message service to a plurality of end-users. Existing telecommunication lines with a telecommunication switching network and a computerized central switching station are used to establish a billing system for sponsors and to form an account for each sponsor purchasing subsequent usage relating to at least one third party telephone number, the usage being based on a predetermined bulk rate for consumption of user time over a preset time period. It also includes distributing a user unit to each of a plurality of end users for calling the at least one third party telephone number. Each end-user is given the third party telephone number, and must provide to the system at least one unique identification number. In connection with said billing system, the computerized central switching station is programmed to permit a call of a preset message limit to be made by each end user to the third party phone number provided, based on the distributed user unit, accessed only by the end user providing to the computerized central switching station a unique identification number. In response to an end user calling the third party telephone number, a predetermined message is provided in accordance with a preset limit, and the call is terminated and an appropriate time amount is charged to the account of the sponsor. The messages record of each consumed user unit is captured by the system and may be used by the sponsor for data base marketing. At the discretion of the sponsor, distributed user units may be reactivated through a credit billing system. The method may be used for many forms of commercial, religious and personal messages, be tied in with information procurement, product promotions, concerts, games, movies and other purposes and may be used to award bonuses, or to aid lost persons.
The present invention will be more fully understood when the specification herein is taken in conjunction with the drawings appended hereto, wherein:
FIGS. 1, 2 and 3 show schematic diagrams of various embodiments of the present invention; and,
FIG. 4 shows a schematic diagram of one detailed specific embodiment of the present invention method.
The present invention is a method of providing message services on a limited access basis through existing telecommunication systems which utilize computerized central switching stations. The method involves modifying the computerized central switching station to establish a billing system and to build an account for each of a number of sponsors who purchase subsequent system usage relating to one or more third party telephone numbers. The usage is based upon a predetermined bulk rate for consumption of user time over a preset time period.
In the present invention method, the sponsor, its agent, or the owner of the third party telephone number or its agent, distributes a user unit to a predetermined number of end users. These end users are provided the user unit along with the third party telephone number and these end users must also provide back to the system some identification number (or sequence of characters) which is unique to each end user and which the end user knows or has access to independent of the user unit, sponsor and third party telephone number. The term "unique identification number" as used herein shall mean a combination of characters, e.g. numbers, letters, letters and numbers, which is known and unique to the end user. It need not be absolutely unique to fit this definition, and such unique identification numbers are sufficient to utilize for this purpose in accordance with the methods of the present invention.
The computerized central switching station is programmed to permit a call of a preset message limit to be made by each end user to a third party phone number provided, based on the distributed user unit and accessed by the end user providing a unique identification number e.g. social security number, home telephone number, birth name and birth date, and credit card number, membership number, drivers license number, etc. Subsequent attempts by end users to access the preset message with the same unique identification number are blocked through computerized intercepts of either the incoming ANI (automatic number identification) or the unique identification number or a combination of both of these. At the discretion of the sponsor, any given user unit may be reactivated through modification of the central computer system, i.e. reprogramming or programming to respond to one or more preset requisites being satisfied.
A predetermined message is provided to an end user calling the third party telephone number and the predetermined message is consistent with the preset message limit, after which the call is automatically terminated, and an appropriate time amount is charged to the account of the corresponding sponsor. The aforesaid steps are illustrated in FIG. 1 as steps 12, 14 and 16.
In preferred embodiments, the user units are distributed to end users by either a sponsor (or its agent) or a third party who owns the third party telephone number (or its agent) to end users for a fixed fee. The fixed fee is not based on the length of time of a given call but is a fee which is prepaid by the end user to permit a call. End user fees are independent of both the length of the message and the class of telephone service provided (e.g., 1+dial, 800, 900, etc.).
In other preferred embodiments, all automatic number identification message information of the end users is captured by the computerized central switching station and is provided to the sponsor.
In other preferred embodiments, the computerized central switching station is programmed to deny access to the predetermined message according to preset requisites by blocking any caller who has previously used the unique identification number and/or the automatic number identification for access to that predetermined message.
The predetermined message may be an entertainment message, an educational message, a religious message, a safety message to aid a lost person, a message with music, a message from a celebrity such as a sports figure, a hero, an author, an actor or other person. The predetermined message may relate to holidays, birthdays, anniversaries, graduations, thank you's, christenings or other special or notable occasions.
In other preferred embodiments, the present invention may be used to perform the aforementioned steps and to also randomly select one or more bonus award winners from actual caller end users and to then notify the winner(s) and/or the sponsor. This is shown schematically in FIG. 2 as steps 22, 24 and 26.
In yet other preferred embodiments, the present invention is used to aid lost persons and to notify an authority who would go to and assist the lost person. This is shown schematically in FIG. 3 as steps 32, 34 and 36.
The present invention user unit is generally in the form of printed material and may be a small, flat card, a membership card, a letter, a greeting card, a holiday occasion card or a special occasion card. Alternatively, it could be in the form of baseball or other sports cards, movie cards, cartoon character cards, or other specialty cards. It could otherwise be in the form of packaging labels, packaging inserts or any other written or printed format.
The present invention method includes embodiments wherein the user unit is capable of being reactivated at the discretion of the sponsor, typically upon a further payment by the end user or some other party via a credit card or some other payment means. Reactivating may be for any multiple of additional authorized access opportunities e.g. based upon passage of time, change of message, receipt of payment of a bill or invoice or donation, etc. The computerized system may optionally track the number of additional access units for a specific unique identifier or ANI and exhausts the user unit when all additional access opportunities have been consumed.
The following are examples of the present invention method:
The Pocket Preview is a totally unique way to advertise and promote motion pictures and their related products. For the first time, a consumer can have direct, immediate audio access to the story line of the motion picture, its characters or any other message regarding film promotion. In addition, the Pocket Preview can be used as a souvenir collectible, a user unit in the form of discount coupon card and a contest entry--all in one simple package.
The Pocket Preview allows the user to dial a toll free number and then the user provides a unique identification number, e.g. social security number. The central system records this social security number or home phone number for future purposes, e.g. blocking, rewarding, etc., and allows the end user to access a voice message (from any touch tone telephone). The voice message can provide actual script from the movie, or a "tease" line from one of the characters, or any other promotion. Making the phone call will not only give motion picture executives an instant measure of consumer interest, it can also be coupled with data base collection. Inquiries for the data base can be made to the end user before, during or after the recorded message or a combination of those. The Card will carry the movie logo and other advertising information. On the reverse, the Card can carry consumer discounts for use at the theater or with any of the cross promotional vendors associated with the movie which become valid only when the call is completed. The perceived value of the coupons on the card will far exceed the retail price of the card as a stand alone product.
The Audio Comic Book Card is a combination entertainment, promotional, merchandising and marketing device. This Teletalkie™ can be sold as a stand alone product or an insert into existing products. The user unit can be produced in the form of a credit card, collector's trading card, label, sticker or any other printed medium. It provides the purchaser with the ability to make one call to the number on the card. The unique identification number provided by the end user can be, for example, name and address with postal code, or home phone number. The technology prevents the user from making more than one call (or a specified number of calls).
Once the call is made, the caller hears one piece of an on-going story, coupled with a promotional message, a contest entry, or any other suitable announcement. All of this is designed to encourage the caller to purchase additional cards to continue to hear the story. A single story could involve multiple character cards, interwoven story lines or any other combination of themes and characters, requiring the purchase of many cards in a set.
The Teletalkie™ Audio Comic Book Card is not simply an audio text message. Each card becomes a collector item. Cards are sold in sequential series, character series or by subscription. Cards can also be used to test market new themes, characters or even new comic books and to act as live comment cards on existing issues. Once the caller is on line, the message can request data base information stimulated by a "surprise" offer when the data is given. The surprise can be anything from additional story lines to promotional giveaways. The Card can also be packaged within existing printed comic books, offering tangent plots, new developments, etc. Used creatively, the Card story can enhance the printed comic story, providing information not found in the printed material or developing plots only hinted at in the printed comic. Cards can also be used as the vehicle to provide coupon offers, discounts to purchasers of additional comic book materials, action figures, or any number of cross promotionals. Most importantly, every use of the Card provides the comic book publisher with a telephone number of a qualified buyer.
The Teletalkie™ Rock Talk Card user unit allows the caller to hear the musical artist or member of the band talk about a new release or some other personal insight or message of interest. This message is coupled with a promotion, a contest entry, or a sales offer. The message can also ask for caller information, such as the caller's interest in purchasing the new CD, or a comment section on a song, etc. Once the caller is on line, the message can request data base information stimulated by a "surprise" offer when the data is given. The Card can also be packaged within existing media including Compact Discs, rock magazines, posters, music scores, etc. Cards can also be used as the media to provide coupon offers, discounts to purchasers of additional artist licensed products such as clothing, musical instruments, music videos, etc.
Perhaps the largest market for Teletalkies is the existing sports card collectible market. With the Teletalkie™, any sports collectible card will be the user unit and will allow the user to "talk" to a sports celebrity after providing a requested unique identification number. The Teletalkie allows every fan to "talk" to his or her hero. The Teletalkie can be used as a chase card in existing sports trading card products. It can be used as a premium at games in order to increase ticket sales. It can be used in cross promotionals with other products sold at the sports event. Because the Teletalkie message can be changed as required, listening to your hero can be as fresh and relevant as last night's game. The Teletalkie opens the door to an entirely new way to market sports. It can allow the interested consumer to listen to one of the contestants before the big event via a computerized message. Combined with co-sponsor offers, the Teletalkie can also deliver advanced ticket sales billed to the telephone and delivered to the caller's address--all with the touch of a button.
The Teletalkie Santa Card user unit allows the child to speak his or her Christmas wish to Santa. In this application, the information spoken by the child is captured and digitally recorded. It is then matched to the unique identification number provided by the child, e.g., parent's name and address. This may be provided by the parent separately, e.g. a mail in tied to the home phone number matched to the caller ANI by the central computer system, or the parent may talk before the child talks, for example. A hard copy transcription of the child's wish can subsequently be sent to the parent, grandparent or relative who purchased the card. The entire package is designed to allow merchandisers a way to target specific potential purchasers with exact requests from children.
By allowing the relatives of participants in incentive programs to express their wishes in this unique format, the Premium/Incentive (herein "P/I") firm can capture merchandise data directly from the potential buyer. If the user unit card is provided by the P/I firm for each participant, the requested end user identification number identifies the participant. Cards can be given in quantities for use by relatives, friends, etc. but in every case, the unique identifier may include information requested which identifies the incentive program participant.
When the information is captured, the recording and the unique i.d. number are stored so that the P/I firm knows which participant potentially wants what merchandise. The P/I firm uses this information to notify participants of the individual's desires.
Used in a variety of applications, this Teletalkie™ user unit is priced so that the focus of the buyer's attention is placed on the desirability of the voice to be heard, not on the actual cost of the call. The card can be coupled with other promotional or bonus items, but its appeal is in the message received. In the greeting card market, the Teletalkie can provide a message from a famous person to anyone who purchases or receives the card, for example, Marilyn Monroe wishing you a happy birthday, or Bing Crosby singing "White Christmas" to you, or Axl Rose telling you to take it easy today. The Teletalkie is also capable of complete customization, allowing the consumer to put his or her own picture on the card and have the Teletalkie deliver a personal message from the buyer to the card recipient.
Using the existing technology, this user unit card variation simply requires printing to specific customer orders in pre-sold quantities. In the hotel and travel market, specialty cards can be issued in small quantities that carry a specific customer logo and message. There are literally dozens of applications of such a product, including specialty events, tourist and travel applications, gift giving, etc. This card could be used with major metropolitan governments and other organizations for a variety of promotional and charitable projects.
The user unit card could be printed with any company logo, employee name, etc. so that the card itself would become a business card. In this application, the Teletalkie number is designed to connect the caller with the person on the business card from any location anywhere in the U.S.A. without cost to the caller and without the expense of the usual 800 number service. This Teletalkie™ becomes the personal "Easy Reach" access of every business call. The technology is available to provide a message from the sponsoring business every time the client uses the card.
The Teletalkie™ can be used to advertise and promote new books. When a book is in the promotional stage, the message can be a part of the text, a statement of the author or any number of marketing messages. The Teletalkie™ user unit can be sent to bookstores in advance of the book release, with the option at the end of the message to order the book by simply pressing a key on the telephone pad. Through the requested unique identification number provided by the end user (as in all examples of this invention), publishers can capture two important data bases: buyers who demonstrated interest and buyers who requested a sale. Both types of consumers can also be offered discounts on other publications, catalogues, etc.
Exactly like the Sports Event Teletalkie™ described above, applied to Rock Concerts.
This Teletalkie™ user unit provides the caller with a message concerning a charitable cause, allowing the caller to give directly to the organization by completing the response through the touch tone pad. Donations can be billed to the telephone bill or taken by transferring to a live operator.
A sponsor or third party phone number owner could produce an entire parents' package user unit including child registration, name, address, telephone contacts and emergency contact. The package includes a business reply return form. All of this is entered into the data base in conjunction with the identification number, e.g. phone number and birth date, requested for each unique child. The child retains the third party telephone number and the parent may write in the unique identifier so that the child has this in a printed form, contained in either a wrist band, locket or child's wallet.
The central data base library stores a recognizable voice such as ET or Kermit saying the child's name, connected with the unique identifier, in a message record stored in the computer data base.
When the child calls the help line:
The voice answers, speaking the child's name (using digital storage technology, recalling the name from the information sent in by the parent).
The computerized central switching station looks in a separate data base to find the closest police station, determined by the ANI identification of the incoming call. The system dials the police number, identifies the call as a child in trouble and connects the child's call directly to the police on the line. The system then dials the parent's number, playing a message that the child has called for help and is being referred to the police at the police telephone number.
The program notifies parent's by mail that the help card has been used and offers a re-issue issue. The card can only be used once and must then be resubscribed. This prevents abuse.
FIG. 4 shows a detailed flow diagram for a present invention example involving an election campaign in support of a particular candidate (here, a hypothetical Oliver Twist for Governor). In this example, an end user dials an 800 number from the user unit card (41), and the computerized central switching system will capture the ANI (43), i.e. a unique identification number inherently provided by the end user in the form of the ANI. The system then compares the ANI to its database (45). If there is an ANI match in the database (47), the system determines whether or not the call is authorized for repeat ANI entry (49). If no (51), then the call is blocked (53). If yes (55), the system deletes one authorized entry for that ANI (57), and the call is completed to the audio text message initial prompt (59). If there is no ANI match, the system stores the ANI in its database (61) and the call is completed (59). Once a call is completed (59), a prompt requests the end user to input his/her HOME telephone number in 10 digits (63). If no response or insufficient data (65), the prompt repeats one more time (67). If there is still no response or insufficient data (69), then there will be a termination announcement--call is disconnected (71), no further activity is allowed (73). When the user inputs the 10 digit home telephone number (75), the system stores this telephone number (76), and the system compares the end user telephone number with its database of stored user telephone numbers (77). If there is no telephone number match (78), or if there is a telephone number match (79) and the telephone number is authorized for repeat use (81), then yes (85), the call is completed and an audio text message (87) from Oliver Twist is run. A prompt in the message queries the caller for a campaign contribution (89). The caller inputs a key indicating his/her desire to make a contribution (91). If there is no response (92), a thank you announcement is made and the call is terminated (94). If there is a positive key response (91), the call is transferred to a live operator to take Mastercard/Visa information (93) for the contribution. The contribution is received (95), and the ANI and home telephone number of the end user caller is reactivated in the database (unblocked) so that the end user contributor can call again (97).
Obviously, numerous modifications and variations of the present invention are possible in light of the above teachings. It is therefore understood that within the scope of the appended claims, the invention may be practiced otherwise than as specifically described herein.
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If you ask Robert Kesten, the vibrant and interactive life many American families once enjoyed has been put on a Tivo pause thanks to our yen for electronic diversion.
"Technology was meant to assist us and provide more recreational time to spend with family and friends, but with the advent of computers, electronic games, cell phones and the like, technology is driving us to be more insular," says Kesten, executive director of TV-Turnoff Network.
Which is why his organization, known for promoting TV-Turnoff Week, is now training its sights on all manner of electronic media, from computers to video games to iPods, which Kesten says often scuttle interpersonal connection.
"Reducing Electronic Media and Games" (REM&G), Kesten says, is the first step to Americans reconnecting with their families and their communities.
The campaign officially launches in September.
"We certainly don't look at it (technology) as evil, and when used properly it adds value to our lives," Kesten says. "But when it's used to excess, that is the problem that we have."
A recent study put the number of hours the average U.S. youth watches the boob tube at 25 hours per week, and tacked on another seven hours for computer games. Overused, electronic entertainment can rob families of something basic, some experts say.
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Influenza viral infections cause fever, chills, headache, body aches and a cough. Pneumonia and encephalitis due to influenza cause 36,000 deaths annually in the United States alone. Transmission is through respiratory droplets. Although some treatment is available with antiviral medicines, prevention is preferred. The 2009 seasonal influenza vaccine is available as a single dose for adults and two doses given to young children.
The H1N1 subtype of influenza, called swine flu, caused 700 deaths worldwide in 2008. Six companies are attempting to produce enough vaccine to meet world demand. In the United States, the method and timing of the distribution of this vaccine will be directed by County Health Departments. Announcements regarding this are expected to occur through newspapers and other news media.
Until all diseases have been eradicated, we are left with the responsibility to promote immunization and wash our hands and clean our homes frequently with soap and other antimicrobial cleaners.
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