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Clinical outcomes of pulmonary Langerhans'-cell histiocytosis in adults
Robert Vassallo, Jay H. Ryu, Darrell R. Schroeder, Paul A. Decker, Andrew H. Limper
Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine
Background: Pulmonary Langerhans'-cell histiocytosis is an uncommon interstitial lung disease in adults. It has an unpredictable course and may be associated with an increased susceptibility to the development of malignant neoplasms. Methods: We reviewed the records of 102 adults with histopathologically confirmed pulmonary Langerhans'-cell histiocytosis to ascertain their vital status and whether cancer had been diagnosed. The health status of surviving patients was quantified with the use of the 36-Item Short-Form General Health Survey. Factors potentially associated with survival after the diagnosis of pulmonary Langerhans'-cell histiocytosis were analyzed with the Cox proportional-hazards model. Results: The median follow-up period was 4 years (range, 0 to 23). There were 33 deaths, 15 of which were attributable to respiratory failure. Six hematologic cancers were diagnosed. The overall median survival was 12.5 years, which was significantly shorter than that expected for persons of the same sex and calendar year of birth (P<0.001). In a univariate analysis, variables predictive of shorter survival included an older age (P=0.003), a lower forced expiratory volume in one second (FEV1) (P=0.004), a higher residual volume (P=0.007), a lower ratio of FEV1 to forced vital capacity (P=0.03), and a reduced carbon monoxide diffusing capacity (P=0.001). Conclusions: The survival of adults with pulmonary Langerhans'-cell histiocytosis is shorter than that in the general population, and respiratory failure accounts for a substantial proportion of deaths among such patients.
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Vassallo, R., Ryu, J. H., Schroeder, D. R., Decker, P. A., & Limper, A. H. (2002). Clinical outcomes of pulmonary Langerhans'-cell histiocytosis in adults. New England Journal of Medicine, 346(7), 484-490. https://doi.org/10.1056/NEJMoa012087
Clinical outcomes of pulmonary Langerhans'-cell histiocytosis in adults. / Vassallo, Robert; Ryu, Jay H.; Schroeder, Darrell R.; Decker, Paul A.; Limper, Andrew H.
In: New England Journal of Medicine, Vol. 346, No. 7, 14.02.2002, p. 484-490.
Vassallo, R, Ryu, JH, Schroeder, DR, Decker, PA & Limper, AH 2002, 'Clinical outcomes of pulmonary Langerhans'-cell histiocytosis in adults', New England Journal of Medicine, vol. 346, no. 7, pp. 484-490. https://doi.org/10.1056/NEJMoa012087
Vassallo R, Ryu JH, Schroeder DR, Decker PA, Limper AH. Clinical outcomes of pulmonary Langerhans'-cell histiocytosis in adults. New England Journal of Medicine. 2002 Feb 14;346(7):484-490. https://doi.org/10.1056/NEJMoa012087
Vassallo, Robert ; Ryu, Jay H. ; Schroeder, Darrell R. ; Decker, Paul A. ; Limper, Andrew H. / Clinical outcomes of pulmonary Langerhans'-cell histiocytosis in adults. In: New England Journal of Medicine. 2002 ; Vol. 346, No. 7. pp. 484-490.
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FORT WORTH (CBSDFW.COM) – Adults and children turn out in droves at a Northwest Independent School District board meeting. The group expressed continuing concerns about a Tidwell Middle School student who wrote a graphic online book about killing some of his classmates.
With the student author back in class, scared students spoke at the meeting and begged the school to change their position.
Tatum Bubela, a student at Tidwell, says she has been traumatized. "I'm having nightmares. I'm not eating. I am staying up crying half the night."
Tatum is one of the victims in her fellow student's online blog of murder. In it, the writer has the 8th grader's friend performing a copycat killing saying, "[She] is cutting Tatum's arm up with a pair of scissors, and Tatum is crying, "It huuuuuurrrtttsssss!"….[She] stabs Tatum's forehead…Tatum is dead now."
The district attorney ruled the student author had violated no laws and he remains in school.
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Star sapphire is the result of a phenomenon known as the star effect, which was also highly valued by ancient Christians. They connect its three beams with faith, hope and destiny. They also believed that the sapphire would protect them from bad luck and disease, and was therefore considered a revered amulet.
Early Persian rulers hailed it as a holy stone. Something used by a higher power to paint the sky blue. Another interesting claim is that some ancient folklore suggests that the Ten Commandments were written on a slab made of sapphire.
Get rid of it all? Sapphire is a symbol of positivity. This is a gem that people all over the world believe can improve their lives, both mentally and physically.
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This gemstone is an extremely popular choice for engagement rings as it is said to represent authenticity, loyalty and fidelity.
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An investigated party has the right to finality and to the benefits of a resolution it negotiated with the government." Boeing noted it has been complying with the agreement for nearly two years. The Justice Department said on Friday after the meeting it takes its obligations to victims seriously.
Relatives of passengers killed in two Boeing 737 MAX crashes pressed U.S. Justice Department lawyers on Friday to unwind a 2021 deal that allowed the U.S. planemaker to escape criminal prosecution.
U.S. District Judge Reed O'Connor in Texas ruled last month that people killed in two Boeing 737 MAX crashes are legally considered "crime victims" and said he would decide what remedy should be imposed. The crashes in 2018 and 2019 in Indonesia and Ethiopia, which cost Boeing more than $20 billion, led to a 20-month grounding for the best-selling plane and prompted Congress to pass legislation reforming airplane certification.
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Nadia Milleron, mother of a 24-year-old killed in the second Boeing MAX crash, said she was disappointed in the meeting and said the Justice Department was "supporting a deal with Boeing that was made secretly, illegally, omits input from victims and lets Boeing off the hook." Both Boeing and the Justice Department oppose reopening the deferred prosecution agreement that included $500 million in victim compensation, a $243.6 million fine and $1.7 billion in compensation to airlines.
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Why was Greenwich chosen as the home of the Prime Meridian and Greenwich Mean Time, and what do those terms mean?
The Royal Observatory in Greenwich is where east meets west at Longitude 0°.
What is a meridian?
A meridian is a north-south line, selected as the zero reference line for astronomical observations. By comparing thousands of observations taken from the same meridian it's possible to build up an accurate map of the sky.
Why does the Prime Meridian run through Greenwich?
There were two main reasons for the choice. The first was the fact that the USA had already chosen Greenwich as the basis for its own national time zone system. The second was that in the late 19th century, 72% of the world's commerce depended on sea-charts which used Greenwich as the Prime Meridian.
The decision was based on the argument that by naming Greenwich as Longitude 0º, it would be advantageous to the largest number of people. Therefore the Prime Meridian at Greenwich became the centre of world time.
Eastern and Western hemispheres
The line in Greenwich represents the historic Prime Meridian of the World - Longitude 0º. Every place on Earth was measured in terms of its distance east or west from this line. The line itself divided the eastern and western hemispheres of the Earth - just as the Equator divides the northern and southern hemispheres. If you stand with one foot on one side and the other on the left, you are perfectly in the middle of east and west, according to the prime meridian line.
What is Greenwich Mean Time (GMT)?
Since the late 19th century, the Prime Meridian at Greenwich has served as the reference line for Greenwich Mean Time, or GMT.
Before this, almost every town in the world kept its own local time. There were no national or international conventions which set how time should be measured, or when the day would begin and end, or what length an hour might be.
When the railway and communications networks expanded in the 1850s and 1860s, there needed to be an international time standard. Greenwich was chosen as the centre for world time.
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Where is the meridian?
In 1884 the Prime Meridian was defined by the position of the large 'Transit Circle' telescope in the Observatory's Meridian Observatory. The transit circle was built by the 7th Astronomer Royal, Sir George Biddell Airy, in 1850. The cross-hairs in the eyepiece of the Transit Circle precisely defined Longitude 0° for the world.
Find out more about Airy's Transit Circle
As the Earth's crust is moving very slightly all the time the exact position of the Prime Meridian is now moving very slightly too, but the original reference for the prime meridian of the world remains the Airy Transit Circle in the Royal Observatory, even if the exact location of the line may move to either side of Airy's meridian.
What is the latitude of the Royal Observatory?
Where longitude is the distance east or west of the Prime Meridian line, latitude is measured by the distance north or south of the equator. Latitude and longitude are divided into degrees (°), minutes (′) and seconds (″), with sixty minutes in a degree and sixty seconds in a minute. The Royal Observatory lies at Longitude 0° by the original definition of Airy's Transit Circle, and at Latitude is 51° 28' 38'' N.
Where do the Prime Meridian and the Equator meet?
The intersection between these two invisble lines is in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean. It's a bit harder to get a selfie standing on this spot!
Who decided that the Prime Meridian should be in Greenwich?
The Greenwich Meridian was chosen as the Prime Meridian of the World in 1884. Forty-one delegates from 25 nations met in Washington DC for the International Meridian Conference. By the end of the conference, Greenwich had won the prize of Longitude 0º by a vote of 22 to 1 against (San Domingo), with 2 abstentions (France and Brazil).
Has the Meridian Line moved?
Between 1984 and 1988 an entirely new set of coordinate systems were adopted based on satellite data and other measurements and required a prime meridian that defined a plane passing through the centre of the Earth.
The true prime meridian of the world, as agreed by every nation on the planet in 1984, is the IERS Reference Meridian, which is also known as the International Reference Meridian or IRM.
The IRM is the only meridian that may now be described as the prime meridian of the world, as it defines 0° longitude by international agreement. The IRM passes 102.5 metres to the east of the historic Prime Meridian of the World at the latitude of the Airy Transit Circle here. The entire Observatory and the historic Prime Meridian now lie to the west of the true prime meridian.
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RAIN COMES RIDING details poet William Sheldon's passion for the Great Plains. People loom against the horizon—his family, neighbors, runaways, working men, and also the people who lived in this place before, whose scattered flint tools remain still unchanged. He is a poet who embraces fully the contradictions of simulated realities existing, fragmented, in a timeless universe of flint and bluestem grass. Sheldon is a skilled, smart writer who has much to tell his readers about how to live with good conscience. This second book of the poet shows him creating a new genre of ballad. William Sheldon lives in Hutchinson, Ks., where he teaches. His book Retrieving Old Bones (Woodley),was named a 2002 Kansas City Star's Noteworthy Book. He has an MFA from Wichita St. Univ.
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Q: Preventing Cassandra from dumping hprof files I would like to stop Cassandra from dumping hprof files as I do not require the use of them.
I also have very limited disk space (50GB out of 100 GB is used for data), and these files swallow up all the disk space before I can say "stop".
How should I go about it?
Is there a shell script that I could use to erase these files from time to time?

A: It happens because Cassandra starts with -XX:+HeapDumpOnOutOfMemoryError Java option. Which is good stuff if you want to analyze. Also, if you are getting lots of heap-dump that indicate that you should probably tune the memory available to Cassandra.
I haven't tried it. But to block this option, comment the following line in $CASSANDRA_HOME/conf/cassandra-env.sh
JVM_OPTS="$JVM_OPTS -XX:+HeapDumpOnOutOfMemoryError"

Optionally, you may comment this block as well, but not really required, I think. This block is available in 1.0+ version I guess. I can't find this in 0.7.3.
# set jvm HeapDumpPath with CASSANDRA_HEAPDUMP_DIR
if [ "x$CASSANDRA_HEAPDUMP_DIR" != "x" ]; then
    JVM_OPTS="$JVM_OPTS -XX:HeapDumpPath=$CASSANDRA_HEAPDUMP_DIR/cassandra-`date +%s`-pid$$.hprof"
fi

Let me know if this worked.

Update

...I guess it is JVM throwing it out when Cassandra crashes / shuts down. Any way to prevent that one from happening?

If you want to disable JVM heap-dump altogether, see here how to disable creating java heap dump after VM crashes?

A: I'll admit i haven't used Cassandra, but from what i can tell, it shouldn't be dumping any hprof files unless you enable it at compile time, or the program experiences an OutofMemoryException. So try looking there.
in terms of a shell script, if the files are being dumped to a specific location you can use this command to delete all *.hprof files.
find /my/location/ -name *.hprof -delete

this is using the -delete directive from find that deletes all files that match the search. Look at the man page for find for more search options if you need to narrow it down more.
You can use cron to run a script at a given time, which would satisfy your "time to time" requirement, most linux distros have a cron installed, and work off of a crontab file. You can find out more about the crontab by using man crontab

A: Even if you update cassandra-env.sh to point to the heapdump path it will still not work. The reason was that from the upstart script /etc/init.d/cassandra there is this line which creates the default HeapDump path
start-stop-daemon -S -c cassandra -a /usr/sbin/cassandra -b -p "$PIDFILE" -- \
    -p "$PIDFILE" -H "$heap_dump_f" -E "$error_log_f" >/dev/null || return 2

I'm not an upstart expert but what I did was just removed the param which creates the duplicate. Another weird observation also when checking cassandra process via ps aux you'll notice that you'll see some parameters being written twice. If you source cassandra-env.sh and print $JVM_OPTS you'll notice those variables okay.


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Natronski postupak ili soda postupak je sličan sulfatnom postupku kod proizvodnje papira, u kojem je aktivna alkalija natrijev hidroksid, a lug se regenerira natrijevim karbonatom. Najviše se danas primjenjuje sulfatni postupak (dobiva se sulfatna celuloza u obliku dugih i čvrstih vlakana), u kojem se celulozna masa nakon iskuhavanja (5 sati na 100 do 180 °C) s natrijevim hidroksidom i natrijevim sulfidom odvaja od preostaloga luga, čisti, pere i po potrebi izbjeljuje. Lug se regenerira isparavanjem, dodavanjem natrijeva sulfata radi nadoknade potrošenog natrija, spaljivanjem i kaustificiranjem. Zbog manje obojenosti proizvoda prije bijeljenja, prije se više primjenjivao sulfitni postupak, zbog manje obojenosti proizvoda prije bijeljenja, u kojem se za iskuhavanje sirovine upotrebljavala sumporasta kiselina i kalcijev hidrogensulfit. U tom se postupku lug nije regenerirao (obnavljao), a njegovo je sekundarno iskorištavanje bilo ograničeno. Djelomična regeneracija luga moguća je upotrebom magnezijeva hidrogensulfita, što je u ekološkom smislu mnogo povoljnije.

Drvna celuloza
Udjel celuloze u drvnoj masi iznosi obično nešto više od 40%. Svrha je kemijskih postupaka za dobivanje celuloze iz drveta da se ukloni lignin, kako bi se drvna masa pretvorila u vlaknastu kašu. Glavni kemijski postupci, koji se razlikuju prema reagensima upotrijebljenim za delignifikaciju drveta, jesu sulfitni i sulfatni, dok je natronski postupak izgubio na važnosti i rijetko se primjenjuje.

Najprije je bio otkriven natronski postupak, a potom sulfatni. Natronskim se postupkom dobije slabija celuloza s niskim iskorištenjem, dok se sulfatnim dobije mehanički jaka celuloza. S obzirom na to da su obje vrste celuloze jake smeđe boje i teško bijeljive, upotreba tih celuloza je dugo vremena bila ograničena samo za ovojne papire i papire za vreće. Tek uveđenjem višestupanjskog bjeljenja je i ta celuloza ušla u proces proizvodnje papira. Danas se najviše celuloze proizvodi upravo sulfatnim postupkom, jer se njime mogu preraditi sve vrste drveta pa i one koje sadrže veće postotke smole, zatim jednogodišnje biljke, trstike, mehaničke karakteristike su bolje nego kod sulfitne celuloze, spaljivanjem otpadne lužnice je moguća regeneracija alkalija, te su smanjeni problemi s otpadnim vodama, drvo nije potrebno tako dobro očistiti, kao kod sulfitnog postupka.

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#ifndef SCLOCK_H
#define SCLOCK_H
/*
 * Clocks, real-time and otherwise.
 * Stuart Levy, slevy@ncsa.uiuc.edu
 * National Center for Supercomputing Applications,
 * University of Illinois 2001.
 * This file is part of partiview, released under the
 * Illinois Open Source License; see the file LICENSE.partiview for details.
 */

#include "notify.h"

#ifdef __cplusplus
extern "C" {
#endif

typedef struct sclock_ SClock;

struct sclock_ {
  int seqno;			/* incremented for each update */
  int running;
  int fwd;
  int walltimed;
  int continuous;
  int pertick;
  double speed;			/* per real second, or per parent-clock unit */
  double fspeed;		/* per clock_tick() */
  double deltatime;		/* scales arg to clock_step() */
  double curtime;		/* now */
  double basetime;
  double (*wallfunc)(struct sclock_ *);

  int clamped, wrapped;
  double tmin, tmax;		/* valid range of times */
  double wrapband;

  double walllasttick;		/* wall-clock time of last tick */
  int waswalltimed;		/* was previous tick in walltimed mode? */
  SClock *parent;
  Notify *notify;		/* list of functions to call when we change */
};

/*
 * If parent is set, our time is
 *	curtime = clock_read(parent)*speed + basetime
 *	  (or maybe eventually some more complicated function)
 * otherwise it's
 *	curtime
 * How to change a (non-parented) clock:
 *   clock_tick(clk)
 *	if running & walltimed, adds speed * time-since-last-tick
 *	if running & !walltimed, does clock_step(clk, 1)
 *   clock_step(clk, N)
 *	adds N*deltatime to curtime.  ignores speed/fspeed.
 *   clock_set(clk, T)
 *	sets curtime.
 */
double wallclock_time( void );
void   clock_init( SClock * );
double clock_time( SClock * );
int    clock_fwd( SClock * );		/* returns +1 (fwd) or -1 (back) */
int    clock_running( SClock * );
double clock_speed( SClock * );
double clock_timebase( SClock * );
void   clock_set_time( SClock *, double newtime );
void   clock_set_running( SClock *, int running );
void   clock_set_fwd( SClock *, int fwd );
void   clock_set_step( SClock *, double deltatime );
void   clock_set_speed( SClock *, double speed );
void   clock_set_timebase( SClock *, double timebase );
void   clock_set_range( SClock *, double tmin, double tmax, double wrapband );
void   clock_range_include( SClock *, double t0, double t1 );
void   clock_add( SClock *, double incr );
void   clock_step( SClock *, double sign );
void   clock_tick( SClock * );
void   clock_add_notify( SClock *, NotifyFunc func, void *arg );
void   clock_remove_notify( SClock *, NotifyFunc func, void *arg );
void   clock_notify( SClock * );

#ifdef __cplusplus
}  /* end extern "C" */
#endif
#endif /* SCLOCK_H */


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Iran Reiterates Removal of Sanctions as Prerequisite for US Participation in JCPOA Meetings
TEHRAN (defapress)- Iran on Monday insisted on its previous position that Washington can participate in the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) Commission meetings only if all sanctions against Tehran are removed.
News ID: 78013
Publish Date: 08July 2019 - 14:50
"If the Americans want to return to the nuclear deal, they are required to certainly and immediately stop the economic war, pressure and terrorism against the Iranian nation and implement their undertakings and if they want, they can sit in a corner in the nuclear deal joint commission (meetings)," Foreign Ministry Spokesman Seyed Abbas Moussavi told reporters in a press conference in Tehran on Monday.
He noted that Iran would never roll out a red carpet for the Americans to participate in the JCPOA commission meetings, and said, "Resumption of undertakings by the US can be seen as a positive step."
Moussavi also said that issues raised in the JCPOA commission meetings are nothing new and they are mostly focused on ways to implement the nuclear deal, and added, "The nuclear deal is a finished case and no word will be added or omitted from it, as it is sufficient for anyone willing to implement it."
He, meantime, stressed that his country has not pinned hope on any country, including China, Russia and the European states, and said, "Iran would never become anyone's playing card. It will take decisions independently based on its national interests and security and will implement them."
Asked about Tehran's reaction to the European states' possible defiance from their nuclear deal undertakings after Iran's second 60-day deadline ends, Moussavi said, "We will take the third step after 60 days and we are still studying it and if the remaining countries (in the nuclear deal), specially the Europeans, do not act upon their obligations seriously and suffice to speech therapy, Iran's third step will be stronger and more decisive."
He also declared an upcoming visit by French president's diplomatic advisor Emmanuel Bonne to Tehran in the next few days for talks with Iranian officials.
In relevant comments on Sunday, Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister Seyed Abbas Araqchi had also announced that the US could return to the meetings of the commission of the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action on the implementation of the nuclear deal only after removing sanctions.
Talking to reporters in a press conference in Tehran, Araqchi referred to the Saturday talks between Iranian President Hassan Rouhani and his French counterpart Emanuel Macron, and said, "Based on Rouhani's remarks, the US presence in the talks (between Iran and the remaining parties to the nuclear- China, Russia, Britain, France and Germany) on the implementation of the present nuclear deal, and not for renegotiation, is ok. Of course, this does not mean formation of the 5+1 again and we do not have anything called 5+1 because the US has withdrawn from the nuclear deal."
He explained that the JCPOA commission meetings are about the implementation of the nuclear deal and not for renegotiating it, and stressed, "We are having talks with the 4+1 and if the US wants to participate in the negotiations, we have no problem but only after it removes sanctions."
Araqchi expressed the hope that talks between the Iranian and French presidents and their discussions on new ideas and initiatives would lead to the formation of new talks.
He, meantime, said that Iran had not pinned hope on any country, specially the Europeans and their proposed mechanism for trade with Iran named INSTEX, adding that Tehran would open any way it could to confront the US economic war through cooperation with China, India, Turkey and its different economic partners, including the Europeans.
President Rouhani in a phone conversation with his French counterpart Emanuel Macron on Saturday night lashed out at Washington for launching a full-scale economic war against Iran, stressing the need for Europe to double efforts to save the nuclear deal.
During the phone conversation, Rouhani said the United States had launched an all-out economic war on Iran by imposing rafts of sanctions on the country.
"Continued economic war could lead to other threats in the region and in the world," he warned.
The Iranian president said that Tehran has tried to save the 2015 nuclear deal with major global powers through its "strategic patience" despite all sanctions and pressures that have been in place since US President Donald Trump withdrew from the agreement in May last year.
Rouhani told Macron, whose country is a party to the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), that there was a need for the European Union to observe its responsibilities vis-à-vis international agreements and to act to protect the JCPOA.
He endorsed an assertion by Macron that a full stop to all sanctions could trigger a new start in ties between Iran and the signatories to the JCPOA, which also include Russia, China, Britain and Germany.
Macro, for his part, said that he has strongly opposed Washington's unilateral withdrawal from the JCPOA since it took place last year.
He said the EU continued to support efforts to save the JCPOA although admitting that measures adopted by the bloc to offset the impacts of US sanctions on Iran have not been enough.
Washington withdrew from the internationally-endorsed 2015 nuclear deal with Iran on May 2018, reimposed the toughest-ever sanctions against the country and started a plan to zero down Tehran's oil sales.
Under the nuclear agreement reached between Iran and six world powers in July 2015, Tehran undertook to put limits on its nuclear program in exchange for the removal of nuclear-related sanctions.
Yet, Iran continued compliance with deal, stressing that the remaining signatories to the agreement (specially the Europeans) had to work to offset the negative impacts of the US pullout for Iran if they want Tehran to remain in compliance. The Iranian officials had earlier warned that the European Union's failure in providing the needed ground for Tehran to enjoy the economic benefits of the nuclear deal would exhaust the country's patience.
Almost a year later, however, the EU failed to provide Tehran with its promised merits. Then, the US state department announced that it had not extended two waivers, one that allowed Iran to store excess heavy water produced in the uranium enrichment process in Oman, and one that allowed Iran to swap enriched uranium for raw yellowcake with Russia.
Until now, Iran was allowed to ship low-enriched uranium produced at Natanz to Russia before it hit the 300-kg limit and the US measure leaves no way for Tehran other than exceeding the ceiling for storing the enriched uranium in violation of the 2015 nuclear deal.
Also, the United States would no longer waive sanctions that allowed Iran to ship heavy water produced at its Arak facility beyond a 300-ton limit set in the 2015 nuclear deal to Oman for storage which again forces Tehran to store it inside country in violation of the nuclear deal.
In return, Iran's Supreme National Security Council (SNSC) announced in a statement on May 8 that the country had modified two of its undertakings under the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action in return for the US abrogation of the deal and other signatories inability to make up for the losses under the agreement, warning that modifications would continue if the world powers failed to take action in line with their promises.
"The Islamic Republic of Iran declares that at the current stage, it does not any more see itself committed to respecting the limitations on keeping enriched uranium and heavy water reserves," the statement said.
Then Iran gave Europe 60 days to either normalize economic ties with Iran or accept the modification of Tehran's obligations under the agreement and implement the Europe's proposed Instrument in Support of Trade Exchange (INSTEX) to facilitate trade with Iran.
Iran set up and registered a counterpart to INSTEX called Special Trade and Financing Instrument between Iran and Europe (STFI) to pave the way for bilateral trade.
Then on June 28, Secretary General of the European External Action Service (EEAS) Helga Schmid announced that INSTEX has become operational.
"INSTEX now operational, first transactions being processed and more EU Members States to join. Good progress on Arak and Fordow projects," Schmid wrote on her twitter account after a meeting of the Joint Commission on JCPOA ended in Vienna following three and a half hours of talks by the remaining signatories to the deal (the EU3 and Russia and China).
It was the 12th meeting of the Joint Commission on JCPOA in Vienna.
Meantime, seven European countries--Austria, Belgium, Finland, the Netherlands, Slovenia, Spain and Sweden--in a joint statement expressed their support for the efforts for implementation of the INSTEX.
Later, Araqchi described the nuclear deal joint commission meeting with the Europeans as "a step forward", but meantime, reminded that it did not meet Iran's expectations.
"It was a step forward, but it is still not enough and not meeting Iran's expectations," said Araqchi, who headed the Iranian delegation at the JCPOA joint commission meeting in Vienna.
Despite their non-commitment to undertakings under the JCPOA, the Europeans took a step against Iran's interests last Thursday by seizing an Iranian oil tanker by Britain at the US request.
Acting Spanish Foreign Minister Josep Borrell said Gibraltar detained the supertanker Grace 1 after a request by the United States to Britain.
Borrell was quoted by Reuters as saying that Spain was looking into the seizure of the ship and how it may affect Spanish sovereignty as it appears to have happened in Spanish waters.
Spain does not recognize the waters around Gibraltar as British.
Experts believe that the measure taken by the British government in seizing the Syria-bound Iranian tanker is illegal and can have serious consequences for the government in London.
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package com.softtechlabs.selenquery.core;

class Assertion {

	public static boolean test(boolean expected, boolean condition) {
		return test(expected, condition, "");
	}

	public static boolean test(boolean expected, String val1, String val2, String customMessage) {
		if (!test(expected, val1.equals(val2), customMessage)) {
			printDetails(expected, val1, val2);
			return false;
		}
		return true;
	}

	public static boolean test(boolean expected, int val1, int val2, String customMessage) {
		if (!test(expected, val1 == val2, customMessage)) {
			printDetails(expected, val1, val2);
			return false;
		}
		return true;
	}

	public static boolean test(boolean expected, long val1, long val2, String customMessage) {
		if (!test(expected, val1 == val2, customMessage)) {
			printDetails(expected, val1, val2);
			return false;
		}
		return true;
	}

	public static boolean test(boolean expected, Object val1, Object val2, String customMessage) {
		if (!test(expected, val1 == val2, customMessage)) {
			printDetails(expected, val1, val2);
			return false;
		}
		return true;
	}

	static void printDetails(boolean expected, Object expectedVal, Object actualVal) {
		if (expected) {
			System.err.println("Expected Value : " + expectedVal);
		} else {
			System.err.println("Expected Value Should Not : " + expectedVal);
		}
		System.err.println("Actual Value   : " + actualVal);
		sleep(100);
		throw new RuntimeException("Assertion Failed");
	}

	public static boolean test(boolean expected, boolean condition, String customMessage) {
		if (condition == expected) {
			if (expected) {
				Log.info("Assertion Passed > Should > " + customMessage);
			} else {
				Log.info("Assertion Passed > ShouldNot > " + customMessage);
			}
			return true;
		} else {
			if (customMessage.equals("")) {
				if (expected) {
					System.err.print("Assertion Failed > Should But it is not > ");
				} else {
					System.err.print("Assertion Failed > ShouldNot But it is > ");
				}

			} else {
				if (expected) {
					System.err.println("Assertion Failed > Should > " + customMessage + " > But it is not.");
				} else {
					System.err.println("Assertion Failed > ShouldNot > " + customMessage + " > But it is.");
				}
			}
			sleep(100);
			return false;
		}

	}

	private static void sleep(long milliseconds) {
		try {
			Thread.sleep(milliseconds);
		} catch (InterruptedException e) {
			e.printStackTrace();
		}
	}
}


Teddy Wares and Flutterbies: WOYWW 259 - Ever Closer!
WOYWW 259 - Ever Closer!
I'm seriously thinking of removing the Christmas Countdown at the top of my blog. What with that, and WOYWW Week 260 racing towards us, I feel my life is just running away!
Reuben is happy with his new waistcoat, although his Mum couldn't get him to do it up! I worried it was a bit too small, but she assures me it's fine and will send a pic with it buttoned, and him in his bow tie, too - can't wait!
I've now started a short sleeved cardi for his big sister, Maisie (4). It's not very clear, but there are pink/blue mice on the fronts, so I hope she'll like it.
I'm very pleased with the results of the £1.50 lamp makeover at the weekend.
This is how it looked before.
And this is it afterwards.
3. Cut motifs from paper napkin. Remove backing layer(s). Brush PVA onto lamp (do not glue motifs - tissue tears too easily). Position motifs and allow to dry.
4. Paint whole lamp with PVA (dries clear with slight sheen) to seal paint and motifs.
5. Turn on lamp and enjoy!
I use this technique for most of my upcycling now - quick, easy and effective - what more could you ask for?!
I didn't intend making another new shade, but the cream one clashed horribly with the pink, so I made a tube of fabric and threaded elastic at the top and bottom, for easy removal and washing.
Now, I need to get back to ATC making - see you over at Julia's for a virtual cuppa. Wondering what I'm talking about? Just click on the WOYWW button on my side bar.
Cute waistcoat for Reuben, and that lamp turned out really well didn't it? I used to feel life was galloping away from me, but when I was having sinus troubles, I started using relaxation cd's and now relax and use the cd's every day.It is lovely and makes me feel gloriously calm, and as refreshed as if I had been sleeping.I do my relax'n late afternoon,I spend between 1/2- 3/4 hr per day. My own special time.
Wow.. a lovely up cycled lamp! I would never have thought of doing that, clever you it looks great. Reuben looks pretty smart too!
The lamp make over is great & what a transformation . Lovely it .
Oh wow. I didn't realize you were going to change the lampshade, too. Now it is truly coordinated.
Looks like the handsome young man will be ready for the big day, too. Happy WOYWW from #2.
Gorgeous waistcoat and great makeover on the lamp.
Oh bless Reuben, we made him shy! Clever lampshade makeover - the elastic top and bottom is a fab idea!
Love your lamp make over, you are so clever. Reuben is one dapper little chap and look at that snow white hair, my son was like that a very long time ago. Hope you have a wonderful week.
The lamp has turned out beautifully, what a great makeover!
Happy near 5 year WOYWW!
A lot going on in your world, too, Chris! Love the knitting, and I think the little lad is quite right - the waistcoat undone is way cooler than done up lol! As for your lamp, it is stunning. What a transformation. I use gel medium for laying down stuff in the same way you used the PVA, and adding the sealing layer on top really helps make the decoupage become part of the object. It's really beautiful.
Thanks for your lovely comment, and I'm glad you like what's going on in my creative world at the moment. Thanks for your good wishes for my hubby's retirement. I don't think my life will change at all - I will still have to do all the things I've always done (no retirement for wives lol!) - the only difference is that if he's around at all, he'll be under my feet. Hopefully he'll now have time to take me out so I can trawl round markets etc. and pick up some bargains for my mixed media art!
Gorgeous lamp and so is Reuben.
I'm only just doing my rounds to catch up with all my blogging friends....it's been a busy day with lots of extra cuddles needed by my little poorly munchkins.
Love your little model in his waistcoat :-) Look forward to seeing the next knitting project completed too.
I'm really looking forward to swapping ATCs next week.
The waistcoat just looks fab on Reuben! And the cardigan looks just too cute! Your lamp turned out wonderful. I was having trouble imagining it when you showed it last week. Thanks for popping by and Happy WOYWW!
Rueben looks quite dapper with his new waistcoat, and that lamp update came out wonderful. Blessings!
How very pretty your lamp turned out. Love the romantic twist to it.
Yes, Master Rueben looks spiffy in his new waistcoat.....such a cutie!
Reuben looks good in the waistcoat. I'm sure Maisie will love the mice cardi.
The lamp is really fab.
Hope you can get caught up with your crafty stuff.
Chris I love that lamp, very pretty. I never seem to be able to buy the right kind of stuff to upcycle like that. The grandson looks good in his waistcoat too.
Thanks for your visit and lovely comments.
Oooooo LOVE that lamp, nice job! Looking forward to swapping!
Thanks for the visit and the kind comment.
Well done, Chris - the waistcoat is great. Of course, the smashing looking young man modelling it just adds to the glam!! That lamp is lovely - well done again!
Thanks for visiting - yes, frazzled is a good word. One step forward and two back is a long haul!!!
So you decided to pain the lamp after all! It came out so cute! And thanks for posting a pic of Reuben in his waistcoat! How completely adorable. The sweater for his sister is so cute too!! You're so talented!
thanks for your visit earlier - so excited as this will be my first crop!!!
That lamp has the WOW! factor, soooo beautiful. Well done you!
Goodness, you are so clever, love how you've transformed that light, it looks so pretty now and really expensive.
Thanks for stopping by earlier and sorry for the late visit.


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← Kevin Durant right on the money with his criticism of the NBA over its 'last two-minute' reports
Interviews with Warriors guard Shaun Livingston and Bay Area News Group columnist Marcus Thompson II →
'Warriors WrapUp': Phenomenal first quarter helps do in Raptors 121-111; Warriors' defense down stretch impressive, offense not so much; Durant, the (over) passer
The Warriors might have trouble with the best team in the Eastern Conference — the Cleveland Cavaliers — but they don't have much difficulty with Toronto, the conference's second-best team.
The Warriors beat the Raptors 121-111 on Wednesday at Oracle Arena, their 12th straight win in a row in Oakland and sixth straight overall against Toronto. The Warriors may have played their best quarter of the season when they took a 42-17 lead after 12 minutes. The Raptors whittled it down to five in the second and fourth quarters but the game never turned into a real nail-biter.
Link to "Warriors WrapUp," the postgame radio show on 95.7-FM The Game.
Among the topics:
–Great start and a very so-so finish for the Warriors, on offense anyway. The Warriors missed 10 consecutive shots and committed two turnovers in the final five minutes, but they got away with it. They got away with it because, as usual, their defense was spectacular when it counted.
The Warriors got five straight stops in the last two minutes, which allowed them plenty of room for error at the offensive end. Late-game execution and scoring has been a problem for the Warriors this year. Well, as much of a problem as a 28-5 team can have.
It's obvious the Warriors are still trying to figure out how they want to play late in games, and it's showed. After the Warriors' Christmas Day loss to Cleveland, Stephen Curry said that he didn't get enough shots (11). The Warriors' passing game offense can be the envy of the league, but can they run it effectively in close games?
–The Warriors had a stat in the first half that has to be a first … They had more turnovers (11) than missed shots (10). The Warriors shot 74.4 percent on their way to a 72-55 halftime lead — on 29-of-39 from the field, including 10-of-14 from 3-point lead.
–Kevin Durant finished with 22 points, 17 rebounds and six assists. He was solid again, but for his six turnovers. Durant went 8-for-15 from the floor and seemed to pass up plenty of open looks. Durant's turnovers seemed to come when he tried to overpass, rather than taking a shot he's accustomed to taking. Afterward, he acknowledged as much.
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SCHUESSLER KNITTING MILLS, INC., a corporation, and Schuessler Knitting Foundation, Defendants.
Civ. A. No. 64 C 1473.
United States District Court N. D. Illinois, E. D.
*99 Maurice S. Cayne and David D. Kaufman, Chicago, Ill., for plaintiff.
Jerome F. Fallon and John W. Chestnut, of Dawson, Tilton, Fallon, Lungmus & Alexander, Chicago, Ill., for defendants.
1. This is a civil action for declaratory judgment of invalidity and noninfringement of United States Letters Patent No. 2,998,611, unfair competition, false marking and patent misuse brought by American Needle and Novelty Co. against Schuessler Knitting Mills, Inc. and Schuessler Knitting Foundation.
2. Jurisdiction is asserted under the patent statutes 28 U.S.C. § 1338 and 35 U.S.C. Sections 282 and 292, and relief was sought under the Declaratory Judgment Statute, 28 U.S.C. § 2201.
3. The plaintiff is a copartnership and the partners, Bruce Kronenberger and Anna Kronenberger, are residents of Chicago, Illinois; the copartnership having its office and principal place of business at 2846 West North Avenue, Chicago, Illinois.
4. The defendant, Schuessler Knitting Mills, Inc., is a corporation organized under the laws of the State of Illinois having its office and principal place of business at 1523 North Fremont St., Chicago, Illinois.
5. The defendant Schuessler Knitting Foundation is a charitable organization organized under the laws of the State of Illinois having its office at 1523 North Fremont St., Chicago, Illinois.
6. Patent No. 2,998,611 was issued September 5, 1961 to defendant Schuessler Knitting Mills, Inc., upon an application of Walter E. Schuessler filed March 23, 1960. On February 1, 1963, the patent was reassigned to Walter E. Schuessler. The subject matter of United States Letters Patent No. 2,998,611 is a cap for boys of ages 6-12. The cap has a top portion with a cuff or band around its lower edge as seen below. Further, the cap has knitted face mask or hood sewn inside the top portion which is adapted to be pulled down over the face of the wearer. This also is shown below; the two views being Figures 1 and 2 of Patent No. 2,998,611.
7. The cap shown in United States Letters Patent 2,998,611 is an improvement over the "Balaklava" cap shown in Sanborn Patent No. 1,235,927 issued August 7, 1917 and Schwarz Patent No. 160,844 issued March 16, 1875. The Balaklava-type cap derives its name from the fact that soldiers in the Crimean War wore such caps.
8. The Schuessler cap differs from the Balaklava cap in employing a cuff which is independent from face hood and separately movable relative thereto. Both the cuff and hood can be made to extend downwardly from the top portion of the cap to give double protection about the ears and neck, the cuff causing the face hood to cling tightly about the ears and back of the head of the boy wearing the cap. When the face hood is not in use, it is telescoped within the top portion of the cap. This is not possible in the Balaklava-type cap where the face hood was folded on itself to form the cuff. When the cuff was unfolded to provide the face hood, the cuff necessarily disappeared. Because of the separate provision in the Schuessler cap of both the cuff and the face hood, it is possible to constrict the lower end of the face hood so as to obtain a tight fit about the neck of the boy wearing the cap and, thereby preventing entry of cold air. Again, this is impossible with the Balaklava-type cap.
9. Caps made according to the drawing in Patent No. 2,998,611 were marketed by the defendant, Schuessler Knitting Mills, Inc., prior to 1963 and were an immediate commercial success.
10. A month or two prior to February 4, 1963, the date of a license and buy-and-sell agreement among Joel Manufacturing Co., Inc., of 2215 Everett St., Richmond, Virginia, Schuessler Knitting Mills, Inc., and Walter E. Schuessler, Irving Joel, president of Joel Manufacturing Co., Inc., cut out the face-mask portion of Schuessler caps to test-market a modified form of the cap because the *101 Schuessler cap was the "biggest deal around." Comparison of the Joel cap (Plaintiff's Exhibit 29) with that of Schuessler reveals that the cap shown in the patent has a "knitted" crown or top portion while the Joel cap has a cloth crown or top portion. In each case the face mask is a tubular-knit portion having a generally elliptical opening spaced above the lower edge to expose the boy's eyes and nose.
11. After Irving Joel had ascertained that the cloth cap with face mask was a desirable product and after he had difficulty making his own masks, he met briefly with Walter E. Schuessler. Joel met with Schuessler because he knew that the Schuessler cap was covered by a patent and because he was interested in having a source of knitted inserts which were adapted to be sewn into his regular caps to provide pull-down face masks. With these objectives in mind, licensing and a supplier, Irving Joel and Walter E. Schuessler arrived at the above-mentioned buy-and-sell and license agreement. Joel felt that the arrangement whereby Schuessler would fill Joel's requirements of the knitted inserts at $3.00 per dozen (including a 50¢ royalty) was a good deal one at his (Irving Joel's) suggestion and that was why he insisted upon having it in the agreement.
12. Shortly after the agreement with Joel was completed, Walter E. Schuessler licensed the following other cap manufacturers under Patent No. 2,998,611: S & L Novelty Co., a copartnership composed of Jacob W. Roller and Julius Litowsky with offices at 731 S. Wells Street, Chicago, Illinois; Clearasite Headwear, Inc., having its office at 21-29 West 4th Street, New York, New York, and Pekett Headwear Co., Inc. having its office at 44 West 18th Street, New York, New York.
13. When Joel Manufacturing Co., Inc., commenced marketing caps, using the knitted inserts supplied by Schuessler, Irving Joel independently determined to mark his caps and advertising literature with the number of Patent No. 2,998,611. There was no requirement of this in the agreement. The extent of defendant's involvement in the marking by Joel, was a phone conversation in which Irving Joel asked Walter Schuessler whether Schuessler had any objections to the marking, the answer to which was "no".
"A cap having a face hood and a cuff, comprising a top cap portion provided with a cuff, and a face hood portion having an open lower end, a face opening thereabove, and a horizontal line of stitching securing said face hood within said top cap portion and inwardly of said cuff-forming portion, whereby said face hood may be telescoped within said top cap portion of withdrawn therebelow into face protecting position with said cuff thereabove".
"The specification of the patent is not addressed to lawyers, or even to the public generally, but to the manufacturers of steel; and any description which is sufficient to apprise them in the language of the art of the definite feature of the invention, and to serve *102 as a warning to others of what the patent claims as a monopoly, is sufficiently definite to sustain the patent."
16. In like fashion, caps of Schuessler manufacture (Plaintiff's Exhibits 10-13) with knitted crowns but with inserts that were split and equipped with snaps below the face opening were found to respond part for part with those of claim 1 of Patent No. 2,998,611.
17. Where the products marked with the patent number literally correspond to the language of a claim of the patent in question, the marking is not false, but is proper.
18. In August, 1963, well after the Joel cap was being produced in quantity, the plaintiff, Bruce Kronenberger, requested Walter E. Schuessler to sell him inserts to prepare sample caps like the Joel cap. The first delivery of face hoods pursuant to this request was on November 11, 1963, with the invoice (Plaintiff's Exhibit 2) indicating that there would be an additional 50¢ per dozen royalty if the insert provided was used as an inside pull-out mask, i. e., according to the Patent No. 2,998,611. Bruce Kronenberger further testified that Walter E. Schuessler told him that the inserts could be purchased anywhere but that he would always have to keep in mind that there would be a 50¢ royalty per dozen no matter where he bought the inserts.
19. An offer of a license does not constitute a charge of infringement. Walter Process Equipment, Inc. v. FMC Corp., 356 F.2d 449 (7 Cir., 1966).
20. In mid-August of 1964, Walter E. Schuessler was informed that Sears Roebuck and Co. was selling Joel-type caps, i. e., cloth-crown caps with a knitted insert which could be pulled down to provide a face mask and made by American Needle and Novelty Co. Thereupon, Walter E. Schuessler telephoned Bruce Kronenberger to check the truth of this information. Bruce Kronenberger first told him that this was not the case, but subsequently in the phone conversation told him that American Needle and Novelty Co. was supplying a cap to Sears Roebuck and Co., but that it was different from the Joel cap. Thereupon, Walter E. Schuessler requested Bruce Kronenberger to send him a sample of the cap for submission to Schuessler's attorneys in order to ascertain whether it avoided Patent No. 2,998,611. This, Bruce Kronenberger agreed to do.
21. Shortly thereafter, on August 18, 1964, Walter E. Schuessler caused his attorneys to send a letter to American Needle and Novelty Co. confirming this request. At the same time, a letter (Plaintiff's Exhibit 6) including the following paragraphs was directed to Sears Roebuck and Co. for the purpose of corroborating the cap expected to be furnished by American Needle and Novelty Co.
"Our firm represents Schuessler Knitting Mills of Chicago, Illinois. Schuessler Patent No. 2,998,611 relates to caps with knitted mask inserts and is the subject of a license which has been granted to Joel Manufacturing Co. of Richmond, Virginia, one of your suppliers. We understand that American Needle and Novelty Co. is presently making and selling a boy's cap which is very similar in appearance to the Joel cap and that the new American Needle cap has been included in your line. On behalf of Schuessler and its licensee, Joel, we are interested in learning more about the American Needle and Novelty Co. cap."
"We are interested in obtaining a sample of the cloth visor caps which have knitted mask inserts and which are being made for you by American Needle and Novelty Co., 2846 West North Avenue, Chicago, Illinois. If you would be good enough to send us such a sample and advise us of its cost, we would be happy to send you our check by return mail."
22. Bruce Gustafson, the recipient of the letter at Sears Roebuck and Co. advised Bruce Kronenberger of the letter, *103 who thereupon conferred with his attorney and decided to institute this suit.
23. The initial complaint was filed on August 28, 1964, and was against Schuessler Knitting Mills, Inc. It was for a declaratory judgment of invalidity and noninfringement of Patent No. 2,998,611, for unfair competition, and for false marking of the Joel caps with Patent No. 2,998,611 in violation of 35 U.S.C. § 292.
24. Substantially prior to this, on January 2, 1964, Patent No. 2,998,611 was assigned by Walter E. Schuessler to Schuessler Knitting Foundation, and the same recorded in Reel 1407, Frame 070 of the United States Patent Office records.
25. Although the plaintiff, Bruce Kronenberger, had previously instituted two patent suits against competitors in the cap field, wherein he was represented by the same attorney as here, it was not until the filing of the Second Amended Complaint that Schuessler Knitting Foundation, the owner of the patent at the time the suit was filed, was named as a co-defendant.
26. At the trial of the case, representatives of the defendant saw a cap of American Needle and Novelty Co. for the first time, this being identified as Plaintiff's Exhibit 1. This cap (Plaintiff's Exhibit 1) is identical to the Joel cap with the exception that the knitted insert lacks a thin edge of knitting immediately above the face opening and below the visor of the cap. The caps operate in the same way and Sears Roebuck and Co. sells the two interchangeably. At the trial, Walter E. Schuessler testified that the American Needle and Novelty Co. cap (Plaintiff's Exhibit 1) compares element for element with the language of claim 1 of Patent No. 2,998,611 and the court so finds. It was therefore, not improper for Schuessler to charge American Needle and Novelty Co. a royalty on caps made with inserts obtained from Schuessler.
27. The Court finds under the controlling authority of Walker Process Equipment Inc. v. FMC Corp., 356 F.2d 449, (7 Cir. 1966) that the activities of the defendants herein did not constitute a charge of infringement. Specifically, the offering of licenses under the patent does not constitute the type of threatened activity which justifies a declaratory judgment suit. Here the court is aware that an indemnification agreement was given to Sears Roebuck and Co. by American Needle and Novelty Co. shortly after the receipt of the August 18th letter (Plaintiff's Exhibit 6) but finds that the same was voluntarily proffered by American Needle and Novelty Co. so that there is no inference that Sears Roebuck and Co. considered the August 18, 1966 letter (Plaintiff's Exhibit 6) to be a charge of infringement.
28. The Court further relies upon the rationale of Aralac, Inc. v. Hat Corporation of America, 166 F.2d 286 (3 Cir. 1948) quoted with approval in the above-cited Walker case. Here the Court finds that the plaintiff was, in fact, not accused of infringement by the patent owner.
"A holder of a patent has a right to investigate and inquire with relation to other devices of a nature similar to those he or it is manufacturing, and such investigation or inquiry does not seem improper nor does it contain a threat of infringement."
30. Besides considering the jurisdictional question, the Court also received evidence from both sides on the question of patent validity to resolve the conflict between the parties if defendants' activities did amount to a charge of infringement. Bearing in mind the admonition *104 of the Supreme Court in Sinclair & Carrol Co. v. Interchemical Corp., 325 U.S. 327, 330, 65 S. Ct. 1143, 89 L. Ed. 1644 (1944) about the desirability of investigating validity as a matter of public importance and the propriety of continued patent marking, the Court finds that the prior art advanced by plaintiff, principally the Schwarz Patent No. 160,844, (Plaintiff's Exhibit 35) comes no closer to the patent in suit, No. 2,998,611, than does the Sanborn Patent No. 1,235,927 which was considered by the Patent Office. Thus, the presumption of validity accorded Patent No. 2,998,611 under 35 U.S.C. § 282 remains unimpaired. The other prior art references had been before the Patent Office during the prosecution of the application which resulted in the patent in suit and thus the presumption of validity applies particularly to them. Ekstrom-Carlson & Co. v. Onsrud Machine Works, Inc., 298 F.2d 765, 768 (7 Cir., 1962).
"The Grover Patent was issued in 1855 which was ninety-six years prior to the date of the patent in suit. That it was not obvious to provide a threaded hole for laterally supporting the threads of a square bolt adjacent to the plane along which the square bolt is being sheared, is shown quite conclusively by the fact that for ninety-six years no one ever did conceive this idea despite the recognized need for some means of shortening bolts and screws without damage".
"The apparent simplicity of a new device often leads an inexperienced person to think that it would have occurred to anyone familiar with the subject; that the decisive answer is that with dozens and perhaps hundreds of others laboring in the same field, it had never occurred to anyone before. The practiced eye of an ordinary mechanic may be sufficiently trusted to see what ought to be apparent to everyone. Potts v. Creager, 155 U.S. 597, 604, 15 S. Ct. 194, 39 L. Ed. 275 (1894)."
"It must appear that both the federal and non-federal causes rest upon substantially identical facts."
35. The activities of defendants did not constitute a charge of infringement much less the harassment alleged in the second count of the Second Amended Complaint. Still further, the marking of caps with the number of the patent in suit was proper, so there is no competitive injury to plaintiff from this.
36. The third count which has to do with false marking in violation of 35 U.S.C. § 292 is without merit. Both the Joel cap (Plaintiff's Exhibit 29) and the *105 Schuessler "Split-Insert" caps (Plaintiff's Exhibits 10-13) which were marked with the number of the patent in suit, are literally defined by the language of claim 1 of Patent No. 2,998,611.
37. The fourth count relative to misuse of the patent by virtue of alleged tie-in sales falls with the first count. Misuse is an equitable defense and, if present, serves only to bar the enforceability of the patent. The patent is not sought to be enforced in this action. Hence the question of misuse is moot.
The Court has jurisdiction of the parties to this action.
The Court lacks jurisdiction of the subject matter of Count I of the Second Amended Complaint, relating to Declaratory Judgment of invalidity of United States Letters Patent No. 2,998,611 and noninfringement thereof, there being no charge of infringement present to support the justiciable controversy required under 28 U.S.C. § 2201 and 2202.
The Court lacks jurisdiction of the subject matter of Count II relative to unfair competition. For the Court to have jurisdiction of a count sounding in unfair competition when joined with a federal question, the Court must first have jurisdiction of the federal question. Hurn v. Oursler, 289 U.S. 238, 240, 53 S. Ct. 586, 77 L. Ed. 1148 (1932). The Court additionally lacks jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1338(b) because the federal and non-federal causes do not rest upon substantially identical facts. Powder Power Tool Corp. v. Powder Actuated Tool Co., 230 F.2d 409, 413 (7 Cir. 1956). To the extent that the Court has jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1338(b) because of the concurrent allegation of false marking under 35 U.S.C. § 292, the Court concludes that there was no unfair competition on the part of the defendants.
The Court has jurisdiction of the subject matter of Count III relating to false marking. The marking of products by defendant Schuessler Knitting Mills, Inc. and by licensees under Patent No. 2,998,611 was proper and lawful since the products so marked were defined by claim 1 of the patent.
The Court lacks jurisdiction of the subject matter of Count IV relating to misuse of Patent No. 2,998,611 since misuse is an affirmative defense to the enforceability of the patent and here the Court lacks jurisdiction to enforce the patent.
Where the prior art asserted against the validity of a patent consists essentially of references before the Patent Office with the only reference not so considered being no more pertinent than those that were, the presumption of patent validity remains unimpaired and is in fact strengthened. Power Curbers, Inc. v. E. D. Etnyre & Co., 298 F.2d 484, 493 (4 Cir. 1962).


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Nomadland and The Crown lead Golden Globes nominations
By Jesse Lab February 3, 2021
With Covid-19 delaying numerous films out of 2020, and with most major awards season darlings releasing now, most of the major awards circuits are only now just getting around to announcing nominees and the Golden Globes are no exception. Usually as an indicator for the Oscars, the Golden Globes are our first real look at what some of the major nominees actually are and what some of the competition for the season are going to revolve around.
In the case of 2020, it looks like in the film department it's going to be a battle between Emerald Fennell's Promising Young Woman and Chloe Zhao's Nomadland earning nominations for Best Drama, Best Director, Best Screenplay, and Best Actress in a Drama. Both films are excellent in their own ways and it'll be interesting to see how they compare against one another. On an unrelated note, I find it weird that Hamilton received two nominations, one for Best Comedy/Musical and for Best Actor in a Comedy not because it isn't good, but because the film is just a recording of a Broadway show. I don't know, I'm not the one who decides on Golden Globe nominees, but that seems like an odd choice.
On the TV side of things, The Crown leads with six nominations followed closely by Schitt's Creek with five. Small Axe earned only two nominations, but I would assume a lot of people didn't really know how to classify Steve McQueen's five-part series. But if all of that sounds too posh and high brow for you, The Mandalorian scored a nomination for Best TV Drama, so there's that!
Really, there's a lot to dissect with this year's Golden Globe nominees and trying to see how they react to nominees for previous awards shows last year. The Oscars last year got particularly nasty with the immediate backlash to its list of nominees, but this doesn't seem like the Golden Globes over correcting due to the Academy's mistakes. It just seems like they're nominating the best in each category, as it should be.
Here is the complete list of nominees for the Golden Globes:
Best Motion Picture, Drama
Best Motion Picture, Musical or Comedy
Borat Subsequent Moviefilm
Best TV Series, Comedy
Best TV Series, Drama
Best Limited Series or TV Movie
Small Axe
Best Actor, Motion Picture, Drama
Riz Ahmed, Sound of Metal
Chadwick Boseman, Ma Rainey's Black Bottom
Anthony Hopkins, The Father
Gary Oldman, Mank
Tahar Rahim, The Mauritanian
Best Actress, Motion Picture, Drama
Viola Davis, Ma Rainey's Black Bottom
Andra Day, The United States vs. Billie Holiday
Vanessa Kirby, Pieces of a Woman
Frances McDormand, Nomadland
Carey Mulligan, Promising Young Woman
Best Actor, Motion Picture, Comedy
Sacha Baron Cohen, Borat Subsequent Moviefilm
James Corden, The Prom
Lin-Manuel Miranda, Hamilton
Dev Patel, The Personal History of David Copperfield
Andy Samberg, Palm Springs
Best Actress, Motion Picture, Comedy
Maria Bakalova, Borat Subsequent Moviefilm
Kate Hudson, Music
Michelle Pfeiffer, French Exit
Rosamund Pike, I Care a Lot
Anya Taylor-Joy, Emma
Best Supporting Actor, Motion Picture
Sacha Baron Cohen, The Trial of the Chicago 7
Daniel Kaluuya, Judas and the Black Messiah
Jared Leto, The Little Things
Bill Murray, On the Rocks
Leslie Odom Jr., One Night in Miami
Best Supporting Actress, Motion Picture
Glenn Close, Hillbilly Elegy
Olivia Colman, The Father
Jodie Foster, The Mauritanian
Amanda Seyfried, Mank
Helena Zengel, News of the World
Best Director, Motion Picture
Emerald Fennell, Promising Young Woman
David Fincher, Mank
Regina King, One Night in Miami…
Aaron Sorkin, The Trial of the Chicago 7
Chloé Zhao, Nomadland
Best Screenplay, Motion Picture
Jack Fincher, Mank
Florian Zeller, Christopher Hampton, The Father
Chloe Zhao, Nomadland
Best Actress, TV Series, Drama
Olivia Colman, The Crown
Jodie Comer, Killing Eve
Emma Corrin, The Crown
Laura Linney, Ozark
Sarah Paulson, Ratched
Best Actor, TV Series, Drama
Jason Bateman, Ozark
Josh O'Connor, The Crown
Bob Odenkirk, Better Call Saul
Al Pacino, Hunters
Matthew Rhys, Perry Mason
Best Actor, Limited Series or TV Movie
Bryan Cranston, Your Honor
Jeff Daniels, The Comey Rule
Hugh Grant, The Undoing
Ethan Hawke, The Good Lord Bird
Mark Ruffalo, I Know This Much Is True
Best Actress, Limited Series or TV Movie
Cate Blanchett, Mrs. America
Daisy Edgar-Jones, Normal People
Shira Haas, Unorthodox
Nicole Kidman, The Undoing
Anya Taylor-Joy, The Queen's Gambit
Best Actor, TV Series, Comedy
Don Cheadle, Black Monday
Nicholas Hoult, The Great
Eugene Levy, Schitt's Creek
Jason Sudeikis, Ted Lasso
Ramy Youssef, Ramy
Best Actress, TV Series, Comedy
Lily Collins, Emily in Paris
Kaley Cuoco, The Flight Attendant
Elle Fanning, The Great
Jane Levy, Zoey's Extraordinary Playlist
Catherine O'Hara, Schitt's Creek
Best Supporting Actor, TV
John Boyega, Small Axe
Brendan Gleeson, The Comey Rule
Dan Levy, Schitt's Creek
Jim Parsons, Hollywood
Donald Sutherland, The Undoing
Best Supporting Actress, TV
Gillian Anderson, The Crown
Helena Bonham Carter, The Crown
Julia Garner, Ozark
Annie Murphy, Schitt's Creek
Cynthia Nixon, Ratched
Best Original Score, Motion Picture
Best Original Song, Motion Picture
"Fight for You," Judas and the Black Messiah
"Hear My Voice," The Trial of the Chicago 7
"Io Si (Seen)," The Life Ahead
"Speak Now," One Night in Miami…
"Tigress & Tweed," The United States vs. Billie Holiday
Best Motion Picture, Animated
Best Motion Picture, Foreign Language
The Life Ahead
Two of Us
"Golden Globe Nominations 2021" – [Vanity Fair]
Jesse Lab
The strange one. The one born and raised in New Jersey. The one who raves about anime. The one who will go to bat for DC Comics, animation, and every kind of dog. The one who is more than a tad bit odd. The Features Editor.


Becoming Ariela: Day 100: Can't believe we're here.
Pain Level: 1 - Just the normal few bits of weirdness when I open my jaw.
Swelling: ?? not much idea whether it's fats or swelling anymore. The cheeks are still a little tight though... so I guess there must be a bit more.
Sleep last night: Restless. Can't seem to get into deep REM sleep.
Other weirdness: Just normal mouth weirdness - occasional spasms of my jaw when I talk.
Gosh, is it already the 100-day marker? Time really flies. I can't believe it's already 100 days since the surgery.
Compared to the first two weeks of life post-surgery, life is pretty much back to normal, though I occassionally get reminders that I'm still a patient in recovery... including a really bad case of hairfall today.
Somehow, after a little checking on my scalp the other day, I was shocked to find that it was almost a white colour and was dry and scaly. It was a pretty bad surprise... but I figure it must have been the root of my terrible hairloss. Today, in the midst of my graduate school applications, I decided to try a home remedy using coconut oil and sugar to exfoliate and nourish my scalp. I massaged the mix into my hair and let it sit for about 2 hours before rinsing it out... and goodness, what a shock I had.
This is only what fell in the shower.
There was more that fell whilst I was drying my hair.
It almost immediately brought back the post-op blues and I found myself wondering whether I should just shave all my hair off now or go for pixie cut (which I wouldn't have dared to do if my hair were in its original glory). I guess this is just part of the jaw surgery journey that I have to manage.
Part of me is pretty certain the hairfall is due to an immune system problem (with the weird stuff going on on my left foot, as well as some scaly skin patches on my left shin)...I think I'll go check it out at the polyclinic tomorrow.
I think I'm going to take the morning off from work tomorrow to go visit the doctors, as well as to sign up for a two-year gym package where I'll be able to get some pilates to stimulate my body a little.


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Digging (Archaeology of the Vacant Lot)
Hans Haacke • 2017 • Brainpower • 42nd Street and Lancaster Avenue
German-born artist Hans Haacke proposed an archaeological dig to reveal the hidden foundations of homes and buildings buried under a single vacant lot. Haacke studied at Temple University's Tyler School of Art in 1961–62 on a Fulbright fellowship; when he later returned to Philadelphia, he became intrigued by the empty spaces in the city where buildings once stood. Haacke's deconstructions of monumentalized sculptures and spaces have been exhibited at the Reichstag in Berlin and Trafalgar Square in London. Here in Philadelphia he requested a site for an archaeological dig in which subsumed architectural foundations, intact underground, could be brought to public view. In cooperation with the People's Emergency Center and property owners Alvin and Sheila Bunch, the triangular lot at 42nd Street and Lancaster Avenue was imagined as a site for excavation and interpretation. This single location once held seven properties, until an automobile crashed into one of the buildings in the late 1990s, causing the owner to demolish the remaining structures.
Haacke's monument imagined the former buildings not as buried and gone, but as a living blueprint to link the city's past and present. The artist's intent was that "the history of each house is to be researched, dating from the original ownership of the land to the present. To be collected are the names, occupations, and sociologically relevant information about the owners of the properties, the circumstances under which they changed ownership (date, price, mortgages, mortgagees, foreclosures), when they became vacant, as well as personal stories and reminiscences by and about the people who lived there. This information, together with an image of each house, is to be posted on or near the site."
After delays for permitting and public safety, the dig began during the opening week of Monument Lab. Excavators revealed brick foundations of the buildings that once stood on the site. Deed information and renderings of the properties were installed on the surrounding fencing. Shortly thereafter, due to further challenges with maintaining the site as an open dig, the area was again covered with earth and returned to its status as a lot.
Collaborators: Doug Mooney, AECOM, Alvin and Sheila Bunch, and James Wright
Partners: Mural Arts Philadelphia, The City of Philadelphia, Councilwoman Jannie Blackwell's Office, and the People's Emergency Center. Digging (Archaeology of the Vacant Lot) was presented as a part of the Monument Lab: Philadelphia (2017) exhibition.
Major support for Monument Lab 2017 projects staged in Philadelphia's five squares provided by The Pew Center for Arts & Heritage. An expanded artist roster and projects at additional neighborhood sites made possible by the William Penn Foundation. Generous additional support provided by the National Endowment for the Arts. Full list of exhibition sponsors.
Project Manager: Maya Thomas
The empty triangular lot bounded by Lancaster Avenue, Brown Street, and North 42nd Street in West Philadelphia is to be the site of an archeological excavation.
By cautiously taking off the weed-covered top layer of the lot, the truncated walls of the three-story houses that once existed on the triangle are to be revealed.
The history of each house is to be researched, dating from the original ownership of the land to the present. To be collected are the names, occupations, and sociologically relevant information about the owners of the properties, the circumstances under which they changed ownership (date, price, mortgages, mortgagees, foreclosures), when they became vacant, as well as personal stories and reminiscences by and about the people who lived there. This information, together with an image of each house, is to be posted on or near the site.
City records, newspapers or neighborhood publications, archives of civic and religious organizations and institutions, as well as memories and personal records from still-living members of the local community are to be explored. In this effort, the participation by people from the neighborhood is to be sought and welcomed.
Possibly, during the excavation, discoveries will be made or ideas will be generated that suggest adjustments in the course of action.
At the time of the inauguration of the citywide Monument Lab project, perhaps only a fraction of relevant information on the site will have been collected. It is to be continued throughout the duration of the project, and beyond. It is a work-in-progress.
Hans Haacke, born 1936 in Cologne, Germany. Lives in New York since 1965. Taught from 1967 to 2002 at The Cooper Union. Personal exhibitions at Museum Haus Lange, Krefeld; Museum of Modern Art, Oxford; Stedelijk Van Abbemuseum, Eindhoven; Renaissance Society, Chicago; Tate Gallery, London; New Museum of Contemporary Art, New York; Centre Pompidou, Paris; Venice Biennale; Fundació Antoni Tàpies, Barcelona; Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, Rotterdam; Portikus, Frankfurt; Serpentine Gallery, London; Generali Foundation, Vienna; Deichtorhallen Hamburg and Akademie der Künste, Berlin, 2006; Museo nacional centro de arte Reina Sofía, Madrid; 4th Plinth, Trafalgar Square, London, 2015.
Works included in 4 Documentas, the Biennials of Venice, São Paulo, Sydney, Tokyo, Johannesburg, Gwangju, Sharjah, Mercosul, and the Whitney Biennial, New York. Shared with Nam June Paik Golden Lion for German Pavilion at Venice Biennial 1993.