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- August 28, 2018 — Controversial Topics and the Family
- August 21, 2018 — Does Imposing Double Standards Prevent Child Abuse?
- August 14, 2018 — Homeschool Families Impact Local Elections
- August 7, 2018 — Maintaining Open Options for Homeschoolers
August 28, 2018
Controversial Topics and the Family
When I speak to various groups about homeschooling, I'm often asked what subjects we taught our homeschooled children.
I usually say that I was the "superintendent" of our homeschool and that I supported my wife, the master teacher. My favorite saying to our children was: "If mama ain't happy, ain't nobody happy." I promised to make sure that was true when I returned home for the day.
Of course, discipline is key to a good and effective homeschool experience. However, most of my input was related to our free-ranging and energetic discussions at mealtimes and other family gatherings. We had fun discussing politics, history, theology and everything in between.
In fact, we had such vigorous discussions that some guests wondered if we were upset with each other. Although we were all free to strongly express and defend our positions, we required everyone to be respectful and stressed the difference between debating and arguing. That was a difficult concept for some of our family.
Like many homeschoolers, we loved to question everything and research the facts to ensure that we were reading accurate information. The Apostle Paul said that the Bereans "received the word with all readiness of mind, and searched the scriptures daily, whether those things were so" (Acts 17:11b). We encouraged our children not to accept things at face value.
I was reminded of this as I read reviews of Dinesh D'Souza's recent book and movie titled "Death of a Nation." These ideas, although controversial and startling to many, should be used by homeschoolers as an educational opportunity to discuss with their children.
The experience of dialoguing about controversial topics in our home was invaluable in helping our own children. They learned how to think and process information and how to present their thoughts clearly, concisely and persuasively.
A relative once complained that "you all will discuss anything with your children!" We valued the opportunity to have informed debates, as opposed to shunning such conversations and allowing others to indoctrinate our children. Perhaps that is another reason why homeschoolers are doing so well academically and socially.
THSC believes that parents should be empowered to raise the next generation of leaders. As a THSC member, we support your family to do just that! Have you joined? If not, check out our membership benefits that are Keeping Texas Families Free.
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August 21, 2018
Does Imposing Double Standards Prevent Child Abuse?
Since early 2017, we have been chronicling the efforts of a so-called homeschool advocacy group whose true objective appears to be the dramatic reduction of parents' freedom to homeschool. They argue that it is not "responsible" to allow families to teach their children at home with little or no government oversight.
Their tactic is to highlight tragedies and abuses that involve homeschoolers and call for radical state regulation of all homeschoolers to "protect children."
When the group targeted Texas, some Texas newspapers wrote editorials echoing their call for restrictions on the freedom of homeschoolers. THSC responded with an op-ed giving the facts and making the case for the God-given right of families to educate their children as they see fit.
The group's campaign has also generated media attention in Maryland, Kentucky, Hawaii, California, New Hampshire, Ohio and now Oklahoma.
Unlike other media outlets, however, The Oklahoman did not take the bait. Instead of adding to the chorus of voices demanding the restriction of homeschooling, their editorial called the proposals "impractical, discriminatory and mostly unnecessary."
In response to the list of Oklahoma abuse cases cited by the group's website, the editors said: "It's hard to imagine a credible homeschooling regulation that would dramatically change the outcomes of such cases."
Reasonable people can draw the same conclusion. Clearly, the group's main goal is actually the regulation of homeschooling by trumpeting abuse and tragedies.
With regard to mandatory testing for homeschoolers, the paper said that "standardized tests show thousands of Oklahoma's third-grade students read well below grade level, and there is no penalty placed on the public school for those failures."
Rally cries that these proposed regulations are "about the children" fall flat when they only target homeschooled children, who, as a group, perform far above the national average academically.
Any casual observer can see from these facts that it's not about the children. Rather, it's about control.
The editors of the Oklahoma editorial close their comments as follows: "Proposed remedies would impose higher expectations on homeschoolers than what public school officials face and would make homeschooling less effective. Those wanting to reduce child abuse should look elsewhere for a solution." I couldn't have said it better myself!
We believe that the best place for children is in a home with their loving families. Thank you for partnering with us and our goal of Keeping Texas Families Free. Would you consider donating to THSC today?
Read the rest of The Family Freedom Caller, including Tim's Weekly Tweets
August 14, 2018
Homeschool Families Impact Local Elections
A special election in the San Antonio area (Senate District 19) surprised some observers when a Republican candidate supported by THSC was the top vote-getter. Typically, special elections have very low turnout, and this is a runoff where the seat is historically a Democratic seat. But the opportunity to put a pro-homeschool senator into that seat is motivating voters.
In Lubbock, a Republican candidate for a County Court at Law died in a highway accident in July. Because of the timing of his death, the Texas Election Code says the Republican Party in Lubbock County replaces him on the ballot. So, 39 GOP precinct chairman in Lubbock interviewed five attorneys for the position and chose one who will become the next judge in Lubbock's County Court at Law #3 (since no other candidate is running).
Homeschoolers who have been active in Lubbock County had a very real impact on choosing this upcoming judge—and you can be sure that she understands homeschooling and the right of families to raise their children.
Homeschool Freedom in Texas
When I talk to new homeschool families, most are extremely pleased that Texas is such a bastion of freedom for homeschoolers. I frequently have people tell me that they moved to Texas in part (or sometimes exclusively) because our state is so friendly to homeschoolers and does not restrict our right to teach our children at home (as do other states).
However, it has not always been that way. Years of hard work helping the public understand that homeschooling is a legitimate educational alternative that is highly successful and beneficial (to families and society) brought us to our freedom today. We actively spoke up in the political arena and in political parties to educate legislators and other public officials on the validity of home education.
Homeschoolers in Texas are known as a key political ally of conservative candidates and are critical in the successful coalition needed by many candidates to win office. We are often able to help put people into office that understand and support the God-given right of families to raise their children as they see fit.
Our great freedom to homeschool in Texas did not happen by accident. It was through the engagement of thousands of homeschoolers across this great state for many years to educate and elect public officials to help us in Keeping Texas Families Free.
Thank you for being part of our ongoing efforts to make sure that we don't lose the great freedom that we enjoy in Texas! If you haven't joined us yet, become a THSC member today.
Read the rest of The Family Freedom Caller, including Tim's Weekly Tweets
August 7, 2018
Maintaining Open Options for Homeschoolers
In my 30+ years connected to the homeschool movement, I have regularly seen discrimination against homeschoolers. In fact, THSC deals with this issue on a daily basis. From college admissions to Social Security benefits, it is a regular occurrence.
Issues such as these keep us busy as we honor our mission to protect the right of families to direct the care, control and upbringing of their children without interference.
Discrimination Against Homeschoolers in Proposed Legislation
In 2017, U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz proposed a bill that would have allowed private school and homeschool students access to tax-deferred education savings accounts for the purpose of K-12 expenses. However, Bernie Sanders explicitly discriminated against homeschoolers by removing them from the bill. I wrote a column at the time highlighting this blatant discrimination.
Cruz has reintroduced a plan to eliminate this artificial barrier that clearly treats homeschools differently from other private schools. We salute Cruz for his efforts to make these federal programs available to homeschool families and other private school students!
Fighting for Homeschoolers With Success
In 2003, THSC finally convinced the Texas legislature to end the discrimination against Texas homeschool graduates in college admissions. To this day, THSC intervenes on behalf of members whenever college admission is unfairly denied to a homeschool graduate or when Social Security benefits are withheld from a homeschool family.
We continue to work to ensure that these areas of discrimination are addressed whenever they appear so that families can be empowered to raise the next generation of leaders. It seems to be a never-ending process.
Some places (such as the United Kingdom) continue to move toward limiting the rights of homeschool families. In Texas, however, THSC is ever vigilant to make sure that freedom for families is expanded and protected.
We often read stories highlighting the tremendous success of homeschool families as a result of homeschooling. We believe that the best place for children is in a home with their loving families, and that homeschooling is the best education model.
Families simply want the best for their children. We will continue to protect and promote the God-given right of families to raise their children as they see fit. Your donation helps THSC continue to defend, protect and promote homeschooling and family freedoms in Texas.
Thank you for fighting with us in Keeping Texas Families Free!
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But, then again, nothing about The Feeling is supposed to be cool. Join With Us betrays the same perennially popular - but quintessentially naff - influences as its predecessor, with nods to ELO, 10cc and Queen coming in the first four songs. The dance-rock swagger of lead single 'I Thought It Was Over' is deceptive, for elsewhere Join With Us is essentially a more expensive, slightly softer version of Twelve Stops And Home. 'Without You' and 'This Time' benefit from some gorgeous orchestral arrangements, and those faintly ridiculous harmonies are a little more prevalent this time around, but nothing here rocks as bracingly as 'Helicopter', the toughest track from their debut.
Like Twelve Stops, whose hook-laden, catchy-as-flypaper tunes helped The Feeling to become the most played act on British radio in 2006, Join With Us is an embarrassment of potential hit singles. 'Turn It Up', a Queen-style romp propelled by gleeful harmonies, will sound fantastic over the airwaves, as will 'Without You', a woozy, string-laden ballad with a melody you feel you've known forever. Best of all is the melodramatic, lavishly-arranged 'This Time', which conjures up images of The Carpenters settling down to record a big, blousy power ballad after a few too many white wine spritzers.
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Allow some extra time to get to this venue: the street address will take your GPS navigation to a part of the College of the Canyons campus (near a new but empty parking structure). Once you get near the campus, look for metallic markers that direct you to the Performing Arts Center, and park in the lot near the entrance (usually reserved for staff only, but for evening performances, you will be directed to park there for free). If you are picking up tickets at will-call, the box office is around the side of the building, separate from the main entrance.
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Gateshead FC host Halifax after a defeat at Luton. Gary Mills side will be looking to bounce back and move up from their current tenth place
Gateshead FC crashed out of the FA Trophy after a below-par performance at Eastleigh at the weekend
Gateshead FC boss Gary Mills is keen to repeat FA Trophy success and believes it is a realistic target
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The medical team got her headache under control after a couple of days. I remember the doctor coming in after the second day. He asked Kelsey if she was ready to go home, to which she said, "No. I just don't feel right". Physically, she seemed to be OK, but then he asked her, "Kelsey, do you think you are depressed?" She shrugged her shoulders and she said she didn't know. After the doctor left, Kelsey looked at me and said, "MOM, what is depression." I could only wonder if the test to check her spinal fluid had caused all of this. Within a week she seemed to be backsliding. We didn't want to backslide; we had come so far.
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Firstly, a special get well soon to my lovely consultant Mandy. Big hugs and sending you positive and healing energy. Lots of love xx
I've been a little frustrated that in the last 3/4 weeks, I've only lost 1.3 kg (2.86 pounds) On a strict diet like the Cambridge Diet that's annoying as I should be losing more.
But you know what, instead of looking at just how pathetic the weight loss last couple of weeks have been compared to people losing an average of a stone a month, I should look at the big picture.
So here goes…
I started the diet on 16th February, 2015 and in 5 horrendously difficult months, I have broken the habit of a lifetime using food as a clutch when the shit hits the fan and boy has the shit hit the fan. I can't imagine anything worse happening to me than the events of the last 5 months. And through all that, I have managed to lose a whooping 27.4 kg; 60.28 pounds; 4 stones and 4 pounds.
You know what, that's definitely something to celebrate.
Go me.
Week Twenty three's verdict: today's weight 97 kg, week's weight loss 0.6 kg (1.3 pounds); total weight loss; 27.4 kg (60.28 pounds)


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Following a competitive pitch last year, Keko London was awarded the relaunch of Forevermark's Exceptional Diamond Collection (EDC) – an exclusive selection of some of the most exquisite and rare diamonds in the world. Today, the agency is excited to share the creative work they have produced for the EDC 'One of One' campaign.
The aim was to create something that would make the EDC stand out in a crowded, homogenous category.
Building a narrative around the diamond's provenance, the campaign was shot in South Africa by photographer Kevin Mackintosh and stylist Daryl McGregor. A set of four arresting images were produced, bringing to life the unique character of the individual stones, personifying them as unworldly, mythical figures within striking landscapes that relate to their origin.
This campaign aims to highlight the uniqueness of every Forevermark Exceptional Diamond – inspiring the world's HNWI to form an emotive connection with the jewel and bring it into their own unique story.
The work will run in the USA, Japan and India.
This creative follows the recent launch of Bentley Motors' new brand campaign film which was produced in collaboration with Mill+.


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On November 20, Executive Director Ted van Baarda and Paul Ertl, member of EuroISME's Board of Directors, met in Vienna with the Commandant of the Austrian Defence Academy Lt.Gen. Eric Ctiskovits.
The meeting took place with a view to strengthening the co-operation between EuroISME and the Austrian Armed Forces. During the meeting, General Ctiskovits emphasised the importance of military ethics in the training of the Austrian military, while he also looked forward to an international exchange of views on the subject


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Detection Technology Plc Managers' Transactions 29 May 2017 at 10:30 (EEST)
Detection Technology Plc – Managers' Transactions
Person subject to the notification requirement
Name: Hyvärinen, Kari
Position: Other senior manager
Issuer: Detection Technology Plc
Notification type: INITIAL NOTIFICATION
Reference number: 743700IXKYKNXJ6BFL39_20170529090703_2
Transaction date: 2017-05-26
Venue: FIRST NORTH FINLAND (FNFI)
Instrument type: SHARE
Nature of the transaction: DISPOSAL
Transaction Details
(1): Volume: 145 Unit price: 16,05000 EUR
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Detection Technology Plc
Detection Technology is a global provider of X-ray imaging subsystems, components and services for medical, security and industrial applications. The company's net sales grew 77% to EUR 76 million in 2016. The company has over 200 customers in 40 countries. Detection Technology employs over 400 people in Finland, China and the US. The company's shares are listed at the Nasdaq First North Finland under the ticker symbol DETEC.


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Skyward provides an operational platform and support for business managers and drone pilots who use drones commercially. We are the first company to integrate a drone airspace map with ops management software, as well as custom support from a team of experts. Skyward is the one solution a business or enterprise needs to safely and efficiently manage their operations. Whether you've got one drone or a hundred, Skyward can get you out of the office and into the air.
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Does Skyward process data or sell drones?
Skyward is a drone ops management platform that works for any use case in any industry. Our platform is an airspace map and system of record; it does not process data or photos. We also don't manufacture drones. However, we do sell drones and tablets as part of certain packages.
How can Skyward help me operate better?
Our goal is to give all of our customers access to the tools and information they need to run safe, efficient operations and meet regulatory requirements. Our team of drone consultants, which has helped dozens of companies build highly effective drone programs in multiple jurisdictions, can assist you with all of your operational and regulatory needs. From developing standard operating procedures and manuals to applying for waivers, you can count on expert support from the team at Skyward. We also provide access to our wide network of best-in-class partners for insurance, UAS selection, training, maintenance, and software for imagery analytics.
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Technology is emerging and influencing the way in which orthopedic surgeries are planned and performed. Dr Ashwani Maichand, a well-known orthopedist in Delhi, believes that although technology has been applied in this industry for more than 20 years, the field of computer-assisted orthopedic surgery is still in its early days.
The goal of new technology is to develop interactive, patient specific and pre-operative planners to optimize the performance of surgery and the postoperative biological response. Latest technology also develops more precise and less interactive smart tools and sensors to assist in the accurate and precise performance of surgery. Accurate alignment of knee implants is essential for the success of total knee replacement, according to Dr Maichand, who has performed over 4,000 knee and hip replacement surgeries till date.
Although mechanical alignment guides have been designed to improve alignment accuracy, there are several fundamental limitations of this technology that will inhibit additional improvements. Various computer-assisted techniques have been developed to examine the potential to install knee implants more accurately and consistently. Computer-integrated instrumentation incorporates highly accurate measurement devices to locate joint centers, track surgical tools and align prosthetic components suggests Dr Ashwani Maichand.
Image-guided knee replacement provides a three-dimensional (3D) preoperative plan that guides the placement of cutting blocks and prosthetic components. Robotic-assisted knee replacement allows one to machine bones accurately without usingthe standard cutting blocks.The alignment and angles are calculated before surgery, and saved in the system memory that saves precious time said Dr Maichand.
How it works
A desktop computer-controlled milling device is used as a 3D printer to restore the bone intra-operatively in a structural way. It is done by adjusting the position of the customized contact faces of the template until the exact location is found. According to Dr Maichand, who is trained in minimally-invasive joint replacement surgery procedure, no additional computerized equipment or time is needed during the surgery.
The use of robotic technology will enable a patient-specific approach to implant design and surgery in the future, and someday could enable the creation of custom orthopedic implants. It has the added advantage of riding the operating room of manufacturer-specific instrumentation and the potential to eliminate bulky, heavy pans and instruments as well as the central supply sterilization nightmares.
Dr Maichand believes that computer-assisted knee replacement surgery is better than the conventional surgery as all the bone cuts are displayed on monitor in real time. He further says that the substantial amount of personnel time and manufacturer overhead is involved in creating and sterilizing the instruments to implant arthroplasty components during knee surgery. When these costs are negated, the cost basis for the robotic technology become apparent.
The disadvantages of utilizing the robotic-assisted surgery include:
- A steep learning curve and significant up-front costs
- The need for an additional personnel in the operating room
- The cost of robotic computer-assisted knee replacement, in addition to original surgery package is Rs 30,000-50,000.
Recent Developments
Earlier, the systems required lot of time to configure. There used to be a screen in OT corner, which received signals from the OT table. Now new systems are smaller and disposable. Dr Ashwani Maichand says that there is no need to keep a screen as it works by audio signals, which means surgeons no longer need to divert their attention from OT table. The latest system is disposable (single use) hence no chance of infection.


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This first week of October is Dyslexia Awareness Week. Dyslexia affects around 10% of the population, and mainly influences the way that people process, store and retrieve information.
The theme this year is '21st Century Dyslexia', focusing on technology that can assist people in the workplace, at school and at home.
Find out more at the British Dyslexia Association website
Download a resources pack for Dyslexia Awareness Week
Supporting members with dyslexia
UNISON learning reps, branch officers, and other activists can find out about dyslexia, and how they can support members who have the condition, by completing our e-note.
Visit the e-learning site to find the Dyslexia Awareness e-note
Or you can order copies of our publications Dyslexia in Our Own Words and Top Tips for a Dyslexia-Friendly Learning Environment by emailing us at firstname.lastname@example.com, quoting reference numbers ACT185 and ACT246 respectively.
Some people find that coloured overlays and coloured paper make it easier for them to read printed text. These are available from Crossbow Education and UNISON members and branches can claim a 10% discount by quoting 'UNISON18'.
I'm Just A Boy
UNISON member James Keenan entered our 25th anniversary writing competition with this poem, which talks about his experience as a writer with dyslexia.
While it wasn't shortlisted, the judges liked the power and conviction behind it, and we're delighted to report that James has since had two poems published in the Down News. One of those, The Untold Heroes, celebrates the staff of the NHS in its 70th anniversary year, and has been printed and framed and given to Ards & North Down Borough council as a gift to commemorate the conferring of the Freedom of the Borough on all healthcare staff, to mark the 70th anniversary of the NHS. It will always hang in Bangor Castle and the Ulster Hospital.
I'm just a boy, who dreams to write,
writing stories about my life under my bedside table light.
This is my dream; I want it as my future,
but, there is something holding me back, making me the loser.
I don't want to hire a writer,
someone who could be addicted to using chat forums and socialising over twitter.
I've been stuck in these daydreams,
I've been stuck this ways for years and before my teens.
People bullied and tried to tear me down,
making me out to be the class clown.
I feel as if I'm a spineless boy so pathetic,
I haven't got a clue, but I do try, but I'm not fantastic.
My life is always the post of something else, but that depends on how I present myself.
I'd pass five star schools with my head down wishing through the shame,
with all the things I wanted to learn all my life, I've suffered in vein.
I want to work hard; I don't want subjects to find me,
I want to top into my own feelings, I want to write subjects that are meant to be.
I want to celebrate the ordinary, I need to let my mind become open minded to interpretation,
I'll not be William Shakespeare or Roald Dahl; I'll not be big or extraordinary,
I just want to be me without the frustration.
Come with my struggles, the bullies and the expectant,
my learning and education was so clearly affected.
Confused I'd ask for help, to be told to look up the dictionary,
I didn't know how to, with words I couldn't spell, education soon became scary.
With my diagnosis went unnoticed,
My dreams of becoming a writer soon became less of a focus.
God I want to dream big again, take me to a place I've never been,
I want to go there, this time not scared and wanting to be seen.
I will learn to love the skies I'm under,
I'll not be that person that people walk over.
The struggles I faced, the chances I'm now taking,
those who will try and knock me down, but this time, I'll not be breaking.
I'll accept my limits, aim big and maybe slow,
I can change, but until I try, I'll never really know.
I'll keep fighting and come out from the darkness into the light,
I'll never give in, I'll never give up, and it's not over yet when I can see my whole future in sight.
I'll not give up; I'm out to be heard,
If silence continues, I'll not let it break me, winning doesn't mean coming first, second or third.
I've got a disability, one that affects my grammar and writing skills,
However clear or unclear, it doesn't affect my mobility.
I don't want to succeed to be famously known,
I want to do it for the right reason, to show my dreams and goals and how much I've grown.
I needed charisma and the education,
I didn't need the worries of my frustration.
It's small, yet powerful; I'm not psychotic,
I'm just a boy who is dyslexic.
I'm not normal but who is?
I'm certainly not perfect; does it even exist?
I was once told by an inspiration of mine, a quote that keeps me strong through the good and the rough,
"I may not be normal or perfect, however
I'm just a boy who is good enough"
James says,
I share with you 'I'm just a boy', a poem that is written from the heart with pure emotion and honesty. I hope you will be able to follow the story of me who struggled through bullying at school for being that little bit slower than others and required special needs. My dyslexia diagnosis went unnoticed and my dreams of becoming a writer were demolished. Now 28 years old, my dreams are still giving me a purpose to live to succeed, I believe in myself and believe that one day I will become a writer, however I'll not be like those big and famous, but I'll just be me and I'll be good enough.


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last weeks specials sold out very quickly so please if you would like to order anything on this list, can you email or txt me your order my Thursday afternoon.
I hope you have enjoyed the past four weeks of specials, don't forget SAB starts on the 22nd January, there are plenty of items to choose from this year so with every $120 you spend you can choose one item. this goes till the 22nd March. I will post a link closer to the time.


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You know that feeling of feeling like you are nothing? Like, absolutely a nobody, accentuated by "loved" ones reinforcing the point ?
It's almost as if nothing goes right. You are desperately wishing that it all goes fine but it doesn't. On the other hand, things only seem to NOT happen in your favour.
You want to please someone but you just can't. Not that pleasing someone is your priority but if that someone means a lot to you, it makes a world of difference.
You try, try harder but you only seem to go the other way. More looks and more stares. More glares as well. Tears run down your cheeks but you feel angry at yourself with every passing moment. You wish you could make the tears stop and not be such a weakling and the next instant you actually like to cry because it is your own way of letting out. Silent muffled cries.
You hate the silence. You can feel smirks. Some even dare to be sympathetic. Their audacity is apalling.
And then you have this realization that you are not really trying. You have tried but not really been at your best. And what follows is a whole conflict of emotions – the why, the how, the what, when are all at war with each other screeching and vying for your attention.
When you fail to realize what went wrong. And why? Why were comparisons even made? Aren't all of us different?
How desperately you wish all this was not true. All was a dream. Everything. Every little thing. Just wake up and resume to be the "awesome" one.
But things don't stop like that. You need to work. You need to get up, dust off your pants and start new. Get back to being yourself, the happy self where you don't fight others. You don't fight yourself either. You just do what you have always wanted and do it the best way you can. Ofcourse you can do it. Who can't?
I could almost feel and hear the inner voices as she parked her wheelchair with a teary face but fiery eyes.


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The Downsizing Dilemma: "Nobody wants my stuff!"
If your elderly parent is thinking about moving to a senior living community sometime in the future, now's the time to start figuring out what to do with the houseful of furniture artwork, china, crystal, jewelry and sentimental collections they won't have space to take along. Maybe your loved one is assuming you'll be happy to…Read More
Summer Heat: A Dangerous Problem For Seniors
Whew, it's hot out there! And what's simply uncomfortable for most of us can be downright dangerous for the elderly. Sadly, close to 400 Americans lose their lives during heat waves each year. Many of them are elderly people who don't recognize the dangers of overheating. To help keep your loved one safe, it's important…Read More
When is the right time to move to a senior living community?
It's probably the most common question we hear at Hearthstone: "How do I know when it's time for my Mom (or Dad) to move into a senior living community?" The answer is different for every senior, and for every adult child who is struggling with the realization that a parent may no longer be able…Read More
The Upside to Senior Downsizing
While the family home may hold many years of happy memories, that doesn't necessarily mean it's the best place for seniors to live in their golden years. Keeping up with housework and yard work may have become too time-consuming or difficult. Perhaps a multi-floor design has made mobility challenging. Seniors who no longer drive may…Read More
Self-Care For The Caregiver
Many people find deep meaning in caring for an elderly family member, but it can be a demanding role to fill. The reality is that most caregivers, especially women, have a full slate of other responsibilities to juggle alongside caregiving. The challenge can get even harder with all the extra demands of the holiday season—as…Read More
Choosing Between Assisted Living and Independent Living
As your parents and grandparents continue to age, considerations around housing options become more important. For some families, unique circumstances such as poor health and mobility can put limitations on their choices, preventing their senior loved ones from living alone or remaining in their house. Other families may wish to maintain their independence but aren't able…Read More
Talking About Long-Term Care and Visiting Elderly Loved Ones During The Holidays
The holidays offer families an opportunity to gather together and celebrate all of the wonderful things that are taking place in their lives. The positive family sentiment that's created by the holiday season makes it the perfect time to discuss and plan for the future.Read More
When It's Time To Consider Assisted Living For Your Senior Loved Ones
The choice to help an aging loved one move out of their home and into an assisted living community is a multifaceted one, comprised of emotional and practical elements. Above all, you want the person to be well and safe. How can you be certain that your loved one should no longer live alone? Although…Read More
Telltale Signs that an Elderly Loved One Needs Help
The need for elder care may come as a result of an illness, injury, hospitalization, or simply the gradual process of aging. It's not always easy to notice (or accept) that your loved one needs help. There are many warning signs to look for but here are a few of the big ones. Mobility Problems.…Read More
Hearthstone Focuses on Family
Most people don't associate long-term care facilities with "family," but Beaverton has a retirement community where family is everything. In the year 2000, when Hearthstone at Murrayhill was built on the corner of Scholls Ferry and Davies, founders Walter and Helen Friesen and their adult children made a commitment to serving families.Read More


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Class 257: Active Solid-State Devices (E.G., Transistors, Solid-State Diodes)
This class provides for active solid-state electronic devices, that is, electronic devices or components that are made up primarily of solid materials, usually semiconductors, which operate by the movement of charge carriers - electrons or holes - which undergo energy level changes within the material and can modify an input voltage to achieve rectification, amplification, or switching action, and are not classified elsewhere.Subclass 14: Quantum well
Subclass 81: With specific housing or contact structure
Subclass 98: With reflector, opaque mask, or optical element (e.g., lens, optical fiber, index of refraction matching layer, luminescent material layer, filter) integral with device or device enclosure or package
Subclass 99: With housing or contact structure
Subclass 184: Light responsive structure
Subclass 197: Bipolar transistor
Subclass 257: Light responsive or combined with light responsive device
Subclass 432: With optical element
Subclass 433: With housing or encapsulation
Subclass 435: With optical shield or mask means
Subclass 436: With means for increasing light absorption (e.g., redirection of unabsorbed light)
Subclass 440: With different sensor portions responsive to different wavelengths (e.g., color imager)
Subclass 458: PIN detector, including combinations with non-light responsive active devices
Subclass 680: With window means
Subclass 682: With desiccant, getter, or gas filling
Subclass 704: Cap or lid
Subclass 779: Solder wettable contact, lead, or bond
Subclass E33.008: Multiple quantum well structure (EPO)
Subclass E33.046: P-I-N device (EPO)
Subclass E31.022: Including ternary or quaternary compound (EPO)
Subclass E31.032: Characterized by semiconductor body shape, relative size, or disposition of semiconductor regions (EPO)
Subclass E31.033: Multiple quantum well structure (EPO)
Subclass E31.054: Device sensitive to infrared, visible, or ultraviolet radiation (EPO)
Subclass E31.061: PIN potential barrier (EPO)
Subclass E31.117: Encapsulation (EPO)
Subclass E27.128: With at least one potential barrier or surface barrier (EPO)
Subclass E23.137: Including materials for absorbing or reacting with moisture or other undesired substances, e.g., getters (EPO)
Subclass E21.238: Making grooves, e.g., cutting (EPO)
Subclass E21.705: Assembly of devices consisting of solid-state components formed in or on a common substrate; assembly of integrated circuit devices (EPO)
Class 438: Semiconductor Device Manufacturing: Process
This class provides for manufacturing a semiconductor containing a solid-state device for the following purposes: (a) conducting or modifying an electrical current, (b) storing electrical energy for subsequent discharge within a microelectronic integrated circuit, or (c) converting electromagnetic wave energy to electrical energy or electrical energy to electromagnetic energy. Also operations involving: (1) coating a substrate with a semiconductive material, or (2) coating a semiconductive substrate or substrate containing a semiconductive region. It also provides for operations involving etching a semiconductive substrate or etching a substrate containing a semiconductive region. The class provides for packaging or treatment of packaged semiconductor.Subclass 107: Assembly of plural semiconductive substrates each possessing electrical device
Subclass 108: Flip-chip-type assembly
Subclass 109: Stacked array (e.g., rectifier, etc.)
Subclass 129: With electrical circuit layout
Subclass 22: MAKING DEVICE OR CIRCUIT EMISSIVE OF NONELECTRICAL SIGNAL
Subclass 23: Having diverse electrical device
Subclass 25: Packaging (e.g., with mounting, encapsulating, etc.) or treatment of packaged semiconductor
Subclass 26: Packaging (e.g., with mounting, encapsulating, etc.) or treatment of packaged semiconductor
Subclass 27: Having additional optical element (e.g., optical fiber, etc.)
Subclass 31: Optical waveguide structure
Subclass 33: Substrate dicing
Subclass 37: Graded composition
Subclass 38: Passivating of surface
Subclass 39: Mesa formation
Subclass 42: Groove formation
Subclass 44: With epitaxial deposition of semiconductor in groove
Subclass 46: Compound semiconductor
Subclass 462: Having specified scribe region structure (e.g., alignment mark, plural grooves, etc.)
Subclass 65: Having additional optical element (e.g., optical fiber, etc.)
Subclass 67: Assembly of plural semiconductor substrates
Subclass 767: Compound semiconductor substrate
Subclass 779: Compound semiconductor substrate
Class 148: Metal Treatment
Treating metal to modify or maintain the internal physical structure or chemical properties of metal. Most processes in this class relate to treating solid or semisolid metal with heat, without melting a substantial portion thereof, and also includes the combination of significant heating and working not provided for in other metal working classes. Cooling of metal to produce microstructure change is proper for this class. It includes processes of treating metal to intentionally develop, improve, modify, or preserve the magnetic properties of a free metal or alloy, occurring alone or mixed with one or more components. Also included are processes of reactive coating of metal wherein an externally supplied carburizing or nitriding agent is combined with the metal substrate to produce a carburized or nitridized or carbonitrided coating thereon or a uniformly carburized, nitrided, or carbonitrided metal alloy containing a metal element from said substrate.
Class 385: Optical Waveguides
(1) An optical waveguiding element, which conveys light from one point to another through an optically transparent elongated structure by modal transmission, total internal reflection, or total reflectorization. (2) A combination of an optical waveguiding element with an additional broadly recited optical element which couples light or a combination. (3) A combination of an optical waveguiding element with structure which mechanically joins this waveguiding element with another or with a diverse optical element. (4) An optical modulator where the modulation of a light wave characteristic is performed exclusively within an optical waveguiding element. (5) Other miscellaneous devices formed of an optical waveguide (e.g., a waveguide sensing device) and supplemental devices which are limited to use with an optical waveguide (e.g., an external clamp or retainer).Subclass 11: POLARIZATION WITHOUT MODULATION
Subclass 129: PLANAR OPTICAL WAVEGUIDE
Subclass 130: Thin film optical waveguide
Subclass 131: Multilayer structure (mixture)
Subclass 134: ACCESSORIES
Subclass 135: Splice box and surplus fiber storage/trays/organizers/ carriers
Subclass 139: Plug/termination device
Subclass 14: INTEGRATED OPTICAL CIRCUIT
Subclass 140: Attenuator
Subclass 143: Organic
Subclass 147: MISCELLANEOUS
Subclass 15: WITH OPTICAL COUPLER
Subclass 16: Switch (i.e., switching from one terminal to another, not modulation)
Subclass 18: Reflective-type switch
Subclass 20: Multiple pole multiple throw
Subclass 22: Single pole multiple throw (relay switch)
Subclass 24: Plural (e.g., data bus)
Subclass 27: Particular coupling function
Subclass 28: Coupling between modes in a waveguide or fiber
Subclass 31: Input/output coupler
Subclass 33: Lens
Subclass 34: Rod type
Subclass 35: Spherical
Subclass 37: Grating
Subclass 38: End fire
Subclass 42: Directional coupler
Subclass 43: Tapered coupler
Subclass 45: Y coupler
Subclass 46: Star coupler
Subclass 48: Access couplers, power tappers, or power dividers
Subclass 49: Fiber to thin film devices
Subclass 50: Waveguide to waveguide
Subclass 52: With alignment device
Subclass 56: Multi-part (e.g., two pieces screwed together or bayonet latched)
Subclass 78: Fiber end held in ferrule
Subclass 88: Optical fiber to a nonfiber optical device connector
Subclass 89: Plural fiber/device connections
Subclass 91: Fiber permanently fixed after adjustment
Subclass 92: With housing
Subclass 93: Including lens
Subclass 94: Sealed from environment
Subclass 98: End-to-end (butt) coupling
Class 219: Electric Heating
This class includes all those devices commonly known as electric heaters, electric-heating metal working apparatus, electrically-heated tools and instruments. This is the generic class for electric heating devices, per se. Devices and systems equipped with electric heating means in which the electric heating means is combined with or includes specific other art structure whereby the heated material is withdrawn, stored or otherwise utilized will also be classified in the appropriate other art class to which it pertains.Subclass 209: Electrical devices
Subclass 420: Crucible or furnace type (i.e., adapted to hold meltable material)
Subclass 56.1: Of wire leads
Subclass 56.22: Methods
Subclass 85.18: Wire lead bonders
Class 228: Metal Fusion Bonding
Method of joining the meeting faces of juxtaposed or engaged metal work parts or of the same part originally in a form-sustaining state, by the direct application of heat and/or mechanical energy to either of: (a) such work parts, to such an extent as to effect a flowing or blending together of some of the metal in neighboring regions of said work parts into a continuous metallic zone interconnecting said work parts, or (b) such work parts and a metallic filler, to such an extent as to effect a flowing or blending together of the filler and some of the metal of said work portions into a continuous metallic zone interconnecting said work portions with filler and thus with each other.Subclass 180.21: Component terminal to substrate surface (i.e., nonpenetrating terminal)
Class 361: Electricity: Electrical Systems And Devices
Systems or devices which provide safety and protection for other systems and devices; control circuits for electromagnetic devices and non-electromagnetic-type relays. Systems or devices which discharge, or prevent the accumulation of electrical charge on or in an object or material; circuits for charging objects or materials. Systems for generating or conducting an electric charge. Systems which process electrical speed signals. Circuits for reversing the polarity of an electric circuit. Systems which cause the ignition of a fuel or an explosive charge. Systems and processes for demagnetizing a magnetic field. Transformers and inductors with integral switch, capacitor or lock. Electrostatic capacitors, per se. Housings and mounting assemblies with plural diverse electrical components. Electrolytic systems and devices.Subclass 760: Connection of components to board
Subclass 779: With specific connection material
Subclass 806: Diode
Subclass 820: For semiconductor device
Class 345: Computer Graphics Processing And Selective Visual Display Systems
Processes and apparatus for selective electrical control of two or more light-generating or light-controlling display elements* in accordance with a received or stored image data signal. The image data includes character, graphical information or display attribute data. The image data may include, for example, information data from a peripheral input device, from the reception of a television signal, from the recognition of image data, or from the generation or creation of image data by a computer.Subclass 46: Light-emitting diodes
Class 359: Optical: Systems And Elements
Optical elements included in this class are: Lenses; Polarizers; Diffraction gratings; Prisms; Reflectors; Filters; Projection screens; Optical Modulators; Optical Demodulators. Among the optical systems included in this class are: Compound lens systems; Light reflecting signalling systems (e.g., retroreflectors); stereoscopic systems; Binocular devices; Systems of lenticular elements; Systems involving light interference; Glare reducing systems; Light dividing and combining systems; Light control systems (e.g., light valves); building illumination with natural light; Systems for protecting or shielding elements; Optical systems whose operation depends upon polarizing, diffracting, dispersing, reflecting, or refracting light; kaleidoscopes. Further included are certain apertures, closures, and viewing devices of a specialized nature which involve no intentional reflection, refraction, or filtering of light rays. This class also includes optical elements combined with another type of structure(s) to constitute an optical element combined with a nonoptical structure or a perfection or improvement in the optical element.Subclass 237: OPTICAL MODULATOR
Subclass 245: Electro-optic
Subclass 247: Using reflective or cavity structure
Subclass 248: Semiconductor
Subclass 249: Compensation technique
Subclass 263: By reflection
Subclass 273: Particular electrochromic layer structure
Subclass 281: Modulation of polarized light via modulating input signal
Subclass 282: Using layered structure or plural mediums
Subclass 286: Amplitude modulation
Subclass 289: Amplitude modulation
Subclass 290: By changing physical characteristics (e.g., shape, size or contours) of an optical element
Subclass 291: Shape or contour of light control surface altered
Subclass 321: Having particular chemical composition or structure
Subclass 337: Correction of deleterious effects
Subclass 337.21: Grating
Subclass 341.1: Optical fiber
Subclass 341.3: Pumping
Subclass 341.31: Operating frequency
Subclass 347: Multiple pass
Subclass 360: Having metal layer
Subclass 393: With plural transverse movements
Subclass 483: POLARIZATION WITHOUT MODULATION
Subclass 484: Time invariant electric, magnetic, or electromagnetic field responsive (e.g., electro-optical, magneto-optical)
Subclass 494: By birefringent element
Subclass 495: For beam deflection or splitting
Subclass 496: Prisms
Subclass 497: Using plural elements
Subclass 501: By relatively adjustable superimposed or in series polarizers
Subclass 584: Reflector
Subclass 585: Including metal or conductive layer
Subclass 589: Selective wavelength transmission or reflection
Subclass 618: SINGLE CHANNEL SIMULTANEOUSLY TO OR FROM PLURAL CHANNELS (E.G., LIGHT DIVIDING, COMBINING, OR PLURAL IMAGE FORMING, ETC.)
Subclass 619: By surface composed of lenticular elements
Subclass 626: Particular focusing or defocusing characteristic
Subclass 838: MIRROR
Subclass 846: Including specified control or retention of the shape of a mirror surface
Subclass 884: With selective absorption or transparent overcoating
Class 428: Stock Material Or Miscellaneous Articles
This is the residual class for: 1. Stock material in the form of a structurally defined web, sheet, rod, strand, fiber, filament, cell, flake, particle not provided elsewhere. 2. Stock material in the form of a web, sheet, mass or layer which consists of or contains a structurally defined constituent or element. 3. A nonstructural laminate defined merely in terms of the composition of one or more layers. 4. An article of manufacture or an intermediate-article not provided for elsewhere. 5. A process for applying an impregnating material to a naturally solid product such as a wood beam, a sheet of leather or a stone, or for applying a coating to a base, and which process includes no significant method step.Subclass 192: Edge feature
Subclass 195.1: Discontinuous or differential coating, impregnation or bond (e.g., artwork, printing, retouched photograph, etc.)
Subclass 304.4: Composite having voids in a component (e.g., porous, cellular, etc.)
Subclass 315.5: Voids specified as micro
Subclass 332: Physical dimension specified
Subclass 336: 1 mil or less
Subclass 411.1: COMPOSITE (NONSTRUCTURAL LAMINATE)
Subclass 690: Fluroescent, phosphorescent, or luminescent layer
Class 216: Etching A Substrate: Processes
Chemical etching processes for treating articles of commerce or intermediate articles not otherwise provided for in which one of the manufacturing steps includes a chemical etching step (use of an etchant) and wherein the material treated is not completely removed.Subclass 2: ETCHING OF SEMICONDUCTOR MATERIAL TO PRODUCE AN ARTICLE HAVING A NONELECTRICAL FUNCTION
Subclass 24: FORMING OR TREATING OPTICAL ARTICLE
Subclass 26: Lens
Subclass 41: MASKING OF A SUBSTRATE USING MATERIAL RESISTANT TO AN ETCHANT (I.E., ETCH RESIST)
Subclass 58: GAS PHASE ETCHING OF SUBSTRATE
Subclass 72: Etching a multiple layered substrate where the etching condition used produces a different etching rate or characteristic between at least two of the layers of the substrate
Subclass 83: NONGASEOUS PHASE ETCHING OF SUBSTRATE
Class 430: Radiation Imagery Chemistry: Process, Composition, Or Product Thereof
This is the generic class for: (1) Forming the likeness of an object, or an instrumented or discernible phenomenon, in a chemically defined receiver or in a receiver wherein radiation produces a chemical reaction, by use of radiation. (2) Finishing an image by chemical processing regardless how formed. (3) A radiation sensitive receiver, composition, or product disclosed solely for radiation imagery chemistry, and process of making same. (4) A nonradiation sensitive-receiver, composition, or product. (5) An imaged product by a process or employing a receiver, composition, or product.Subclass 321: Optical device
Class 118: Coating Apparatus
pparatus for applying or obtaining a surface coating on a base and/or apparatus for impregnating base materials and takes all such apparatus not provided for in other classes. The coating obtained may be permanent or transitory. The coating may be supplied solely by extraneous materials, as in a painting or waxing operation, or may be supplied wholly or in part by the base materials as in the formation of an oxide coating on a metal base. The coating may consist of an emulsion, dispersion, solution, admixture or oil which is clearly disclosed as leaving a residual film, layer or continuous deposit on the base.Subclass 715: GAS OR VAPOR DEPOSITION
Subclass 728: Work support
Subclass 729: Moving work support
Subclass 730: Rotary
Class 225: Severing By Tearing Or Breaking
Devices or processes accomplishing manual severing of indefinite length material such as strands or webs or of fixed length material such as sheets, cards, or tickets wherein a blade having a severing edge is provided and wherein the severing edge is fixed in position with respect to a portion of the work material during severance, the work itself is directly manually grasped on one side of the edge and forced against the edge to effect severance along that edge while at least some portion of the work on the opposite side of the edge is restrained from movement during severance to thereby prevent any portion of the work from being transported across the edge.Subclass 101: Relatively movable clamps
Subclass 2: With preliminary weakening
Class 372: Coherent Light Generators
An assembly of electrical, mechanical, and optical components produces an intense, coherent, directional beam of light by stimulating electronic, ionic, or molecular transitions to lower energy levels.Subclass 6: OPTICAL FIBER LASER
Subclass 10: Q-switch
Subclass 11: Absorption type
Subclass 18: Mode locking
Subclass 20: Tuning
Subclass 21: Nonlinear device
Subclass 22: Frequency multiplying (e.g., harmonic generator)
Subclass 23: Producing plural wavelength output
Subclass 26: Modulation
Subclass 28: Frequency
Subclass 29.01: Having particular beam control circuit component
Subclass 31: Amplitude
Subclass 32: Frequency
Subclass 34: PARTICULAR TEMPERATURE CONTROL
Subclass 36: Heat sink
Subclass 37: HAVING AN APPLIED MAGNETIC FIELD
Subclass 38.02: For driving or controlling laser
Subclass 45.01: Particular confinement layer
Subclass 46.01: Particular current control structure
Subclass 49.01: Particular coating on facet
Subclass 50.1: Monolithic integrated
Subclass 50.21: Having photodetection means
Subclass 75: Semiconductor
Subclass 92: PARTICULAR RESONANT CAVITY
Subclass 94: Having a ring configuration
Subclass 96: Distributed feedback
Subclass 98: Specified cavity component
Subclass 102: Grating
Subclass 106: Polarizer
Subclass 107: Mirror support or alignment structure
Class 356: Optics: Measuring And Testing
Methods and apparatus (1) for analyzing light to measure or test its characteristics, such as intensity, color and polarization; (2) for determining the optical or nonoptical properties of materials or articles by noting, as by inspection, measurement, or test the effect produced by the materials or articles on light associated therewith; and (3) for measuring the dimensions of structures or the spatial relationships such as distances or angle bearings of spaced points by comparison of the respective properties (usually direction or spatial position) of the light from these points or by comparison of the properties of these lights with some scale or standard. The light analyzing includes or is for spectroscopy, interference, polarization, beam direction or pattern, focal position of a light source, shade or color, and photometers. The material or article properties determined are or involve crystal or gem examination, material strain analysis, blood analysis, optical pyrometers, egg candling, cutting blade sharpness, oil testing, document verification, flatness, lens or reflector testing, refraction testing, monitoring moving webs or fabrics, light transmission or absorption, light reflection, inspection for flaws or imperfections in materials, and thread counting. The dimensioning and spatial relationship determination includes triangulation by a light beam, contour plotting, range or height finders, motion stopping, velocity or velocity/height measuring, sighting where the optical element or reticle moves with the sighted object, particle size determination, particle light scattering, electrophoresis, angle measuring or axial alignment, mensuration or configuration comparison, alignment in a lateral direction, and fiducial instruments.Subclass 399: BY ALIGNMENT IN LATERAL DIRECTION
Subclass 400: With light detector (e.g., photocell)
Subclass 401: With registration indicia (e.g., scale)
Subclass 519: Having partially reflecting plates in series (e.g., Fabry-Perot type)
Class 330: Amplifiers
This is the generic class for amplifiers, included: Amplifiers having all types of active elements (or amplifying devices), amplifier systems having plural amplifier channels, cascade amplifiers, push-pull amplifiers and other amplifiers having plural amplifier devices. Also included are amplifiers with plural signal sources or plural loads. Amplifiers including the means coupling the signal source to the amplifier or coupling the amplifier to the load or between cascaded stages are also included. Amplifiers combined with tone control means. Amplifiers combined with amplitude (volume) control means whether by manual control, by control of an electrode D.C. bias. Amplifiers combined with power supply. Amplifiers combined with structural features of the amplifier or the amplifier circuit elements. Amplifiers having signal feedback means.Subclass 308: Including atomic particle or radiant energy impinging on a semiconductor
Class 250: Radiant Energy
This class provides for all methods and apparatus for using, generating, controlling or detecting radiant energy, combinations including such methods or apparatus, subcombinations of same and accessories therefore not classifiable elsewhere.Subclass 551: Signal isolator
Subclass 214A: Amplifier type
Subclass 214LS: Switching type
Subclass 227.14: Condition responsive light guide (e.g., light guide is physically affected by parameter sensed which results in light conveyed to the photocell)
Class 73: Measuring And Testing
Processes and apparatus for making a measurement of any kind or for making a test of any kind, and takes all such subject matter not provided for in other classes. The term "test" includes inspection, processes and apparatus for determining qualities by inspection being included where not provided for in other classes. This class is the generic class for sampling and takes all sampling apparatus and processes not otherwise provided.Subclass 865.6: SIMULATED ENVIRONMENT (E.G., TEST CHAMBERS)
Class 374: Thermal Measuring And Testing
(1) a characteristic or condition of an object or system utilizing heating or cooling as a significant part of the test and not provided for in other classes, or (2) a thermal quantity or condition. This class also includes circuitry and devices with structure unique to a thermal measurement or test.Subclass 57: Of susceptibility to thermally induced deteriouration, flaw, or failure
Class 398: Optical Communications
This class provides for all types of communication systems in which optical signals are used to transmit modulated carrier wave information between points. Such communication includes transmitting an intelligence-bearing signal from one point to another in the form of variations in a characteristic of the light wave. The communication may be through free space, fibers or waveguides. These are used to transfer the information with an optical beam, and this beam can be used in various communication schemes to enable the most effective or desired method of moving the information, including optical multiplexing when plural information signals or plural transmitters and receivers are utilized.Subclass 129: Including alignment
Subclass 135: OPTICAL TRANSCEIVER
Subclass 138: Single device as transmitter and receiver
Subclass 139: Including optical fiber or waveguide
Subclass 156: Including alignment between transmitter and receiver
Subclass 164: Including optical circuit board
Subclass 193: Precompensation (e.g., prechirping, predistortion
Subclass 194: For noise or distortion
Subclass 202: RECEIVER
Subclass 76: Subcarrier multiplexing
Subclass 87: Grating
Class 327: Miscellaneous Active Electrical Nonlinear Devices, Circuits, And Systems
This is the residual class for electrical devices, circuits or systems having an output not directly proportional to its input and comprising at least one component which can provide gain or can route electrical current and which device, circuit or system does not form a complete system such as is classified specifically elsewhere or a subcombination of utility only in such elsewhere classified system.Subclass 291: Clock or pulse waveform generating
Subclass 304: With inductive device (e.g., transformer, etc.)
Subclass 362: With compensation
Subclass 514: Light
Class 332: Modulators
A modulator combined with structure for measuring or indicating some aspect of the modulation process or characteristic of the modulated signal is classified here. Specifically, measurement or indication of a frequency or amplitude modulator A specific modulating signal source (e.g., microphone or photocell). A combination including both a modulator and a demodulator is classified.Subclass 160: Reduction or compensation of nonlinearity in modulation characteristic
Class 427: Coating Processes
This is the generic class for: A. applying or obtaining a coating on a surface. The coating may be hard or soft, permanent or transitory, supplied solely by extraneous materials or supplied wholly or in part by the base material. B. impregnating a base by causing a coating material to extend or penetrate into the base material, or into the interstices of a porous, cellular or foraminous material. C. taking preparatory treatments of the base material, subsequent treatments of the coated base material and other ancillary noncoating operations claimed, per se, processes limited to etching for making a base more compatible with, or adherent to, the coating wherein the base is the substrate (work) onto which a coating is applied are included.Subclass 163.2: Optical fiber, rod, filament, or waveguide
Subclass 165: Glass
Subclass 223: FLAME CONTACT
Subclass 255.18: Silicon containing coating
Subclass 261: Final coating nonuniform
Subclass 269: Glass or ceramic base
Subclass 377: Modified condition of atmosphere (e.g., steam, air movement, etc.)
Subclass 379: Plural heating or drying steps
Subclass 419.7: Boride, carbide, nitride, phosphide, silicide, or sulfide-containing coating
Class 375: Pulse Or Digital Communications
This is the generic class for pulse or digital communication systems using electrical or electromagnetic signals. Such communication includes transmitting an intelligence bearing signal from one point to another in the form of discrete variations in some parameter of the electrical or electromagnetic signal.Subclass 296: Antinoise or distortion (includes predistortion)
Class 313: Electric Lamp And Discharge Devices
This is the generic class for electric lamp and electric space discharge device structure. Examples of such devices are electric incandescent lamps, gas or vapor filled electric discharge tubes, including lamps, mercury arc devices, vacuum discharge tubes, radio tubes, cyclotrons, cathode-ray tubes, photosensitive discharge devices, secondary emission electron multipliers, spark plugs, and open air arc and spark devices.Subclass 504: Organic phosphor
Class 340: Communications: Electrical
Communications - the handling of information or intelligence, restricted to the conveying of said information or intelligence between geographically spaced points. Information or intelligence is defined as being, matter which is handled by signaling systems or signaling devices (such as telegraph systems) or by that portion of nonsignaling systems or nonsignaling devices (such as power supply systems) which is designated in the arts as having a control function (such as the supervisory circuits which control the circuit breakers of an electric power network). Handling, as used above, is defined as being the active coaction between the tangible communication system or device and the intangible information or intelligence, and such coaction may assume various forms, such as transmission, storage, exhibiting, etc.Subclass 555: Light
Class 29: Metal Working
Metal working or shaping - it comprises processes, tools, machines, and apparatus not classifiable in the specific classes relating to the manufacture of articles from metal. It has been made the generic class for the following regardless of the composition of the blank, stock material, or article recited or worked upon: (a) process of electric condenser making; (b) a burnishing process; (c) a process of manufacture; (d) apparatus used to assemble or disassemble.Subclass 834: With component orienting
Class 451: Abrading
The term "abrading" (grinding) may include a polishing device that acts by removal of an integral portion of the material acted upon, but not such as depends upon the application of a coating capable of taking a polish by friction or upon a compression, consolidation, or swaging of the material. Every invention relating to abrading must have to do either with an abrading element; a tool consisting of an abrading element or material and a holder by which it may be put to use; a machine embodying an abrading material or tool and means for moving it or the work, or an action equivalent to that of a tool; a holder for the work; a method or process of abrading; an attachment or accessory to a tool, machine, or process; or a plurality of these features. Note: A cutting device and an abrasive tool distinguished solely by the abrasive material or composition will be found elsewhere.Subclass 28: ABRADING PROCESS
Subclass 36: Utilizing fluent abradant
Subclass 41: Glass or stone abrading
Class 117: Single-Crystal, Oriented-Crystal, And Epitaxy Growth Processes; Non-Coating Apparatus Therefor
Processes consisting of the single or repeated unit operation of forming a single-crystal of any type of material, including inorganic or organic; such processes combined with perfecting operations; and apparatus for conducting non-coating processes of this class.Subclass 85: With a step of measuring, testing, or sensing
Class 414: Material Or Article Handling
Apparatus, device, implement or method for placing or displacing particular articles in a particular manner or with reference to a particular support, for loading or unloading vehicles with materials or objects in general, charging or discharging furnaces, bins, chambers, or other receptacles, stacking or piling articles or materials, also combinations of general types of carriers or forwarding mechanisms, which types, per se, are separately classified elsewhere, and general types of elevators, cranes, or hoists when associated with special means for handling the load to place it on the carrier or remove it therefrom.Subclass 783: Orienter has article gripping means
Subclass 816: Of reorienting article
Class 198: Conveyors: Power-Driven
A power-driven conveyor is an assemblage of elements for moving a load over a predetermined path or path section. The assemblage generally includes a single frame structure mounting a power-driven load-advancing means which is used to advance the load over the predetermined path.Subclass 380: With pressurized fluid causing change in attitude
Class 373: Industrial Electric Heating Furnaces
Apparatus of this class is characterized by the following: (1) Specialized to the use of electricity as the heat source; (2) heating within a chamber, enclosure, or other holding means; (3) melting of a charge (e.g., materials such as crushed ore or scrap), or preserving a melted charge in a molten state; and (4) manipulated, or operated in an industrial environment.Subclass 11: Vaporizing furnace
Subclass 15: Ingot remelting


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