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U.S. Patents Awarded to Inventors in North Carolina (Jan. 24)(Targeted News Service Via Acquire Media NewsEdge) Targeted News Service Targeted News Service ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 24 -- The following federal patents were awarded to inventors in North Carolina. *** Lemi Technology Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 24 -- Lemi Technology, Portsmouth, N.H., has been assigned a patent (8,359,192) developed by Alfredo C. Issa, Apex, N.C., Richard J. Walsh, Raleigh, N.C., and Christopher M. Amidon, Apex, N.C., for a "system and method for internet radio station program discovery." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "An Internet radio station program discovery service is provided. In general, the discovery service subscribes to or downloads a number of Internet radio station programs. For each radio station program, the discovery service analyzes audio content of the radio station program to dynamically categorize the radio station program over time. The discovery service also enables users to discover radio station programs of interest based on the dynamic categorizations of the radio station programs. The users may be enabled to search for radio station programs of interest based on the dynamic categorizations of the radio station programs, navigate or browse the radio station programs based on the dynamic categorizations of the radio station programs, or the like." The patent application was filed on Nov. 19, 2008 (12/273,709). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsearch-bool.html&r=1&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=8,359,192&OS=8,359,192&RS=8,359,192 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** International Business Machines Assigned Patent for Pre-highlighting Text in a Semantic Highlighting System ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 24 -- International Business Machines, Armonk, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (8,359,193) developed by four co-inventors for a "pre-highlighting text in a semantic highlighting system." The co-inventors are Feng-Wei Chen, Cary, N.C., Julius Goth III, Raleigh, N.C., John A. Medicke, Raleigh, N.C., and William D. Reed, Wake Forest, N.C. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A method, computer system and/or computer program product pre-highlight text that is located in a search. A text highlight and a triple statement semantic annotation based on the text highlight of a first document are received. The triple statement semantic annotation comprises a subject, a relationship and an object. A natural language processing (NLP) pattern based on the triple statement semantic annotation is generated. The NLP pattern is representative of a linguistic pattern between the text highlight and the triple statement semantic annotation. A multi-dimensional linguistic profile is generated based on the text highlight, the triple statement semantic annotation and the NLP pattern, wherein the multi-dimensional linguistic profile defines entities, relationships and attributes associated with document text. Text in a second document is compared with the multi-dimensional linguistic profile, and text in the second document is highlighted based on the comparison." The patent application was filed on Dec. 31, 2009 (12/650,671). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsearch-bool.html&r=1&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=8,359,193&OS=8,359,193&RS=8,359,193 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** Deere & Co. Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 24 -- Deere & Co., Moline, Ill., has been assigned a patent (8,359,142) developed by five co-inventors for a "varying irrigation scheduling based on height of vegetation." The co-inventors are Joshua D. Hoffman, Davenport, Iowa, Noel Wayne Anderson, Fargo, N.D., David August Johnson, Charlotte, N.C., Russell Thacher, Fort Mill, S.C., and Kirk Eisenbeis, Charlotte, N.C. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A method of controlling application of a substance to vegetation using data obtained via a mobile machine is provided. A height of the vegetation is measured during a scheduled task of the mobile machine. The measured height of the vegetation is compared with a calculated height of the vegetation. Then, an amount of the substance applied by an irrigation system to an area containing the vegetation is adjusted based on a difference between the measured height of the vegetation and the calculated height of the vegetation." The patent application was filed on March 12, 2012 (13/417,591). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsearch-bool.html&r=1&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=8,359,142&OS=8,359,142&RS=8,359,142 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** International Business Machines Assigned Patent for Deriving Ontology Based on Linguistics and Community Tag Clouds ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 24 -- International Business Machines, Armonk, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (8,359,191) developed by Feng-Wei Chen, Cary, N.C., David G. George, Cary, N.C., and John A. Medicke, Raleigh, N.C., for "deriving ontology based on linguistics and community tag clouds." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "In some embodiments, a method comprises receiving a tag cloud including tags that hyperlink to web content. The method can also comprise separating the tags into different linguistic categories, assigning a weight to each tag, and grouping the tags into clusters, wherein tags in a cluster are associated with a context. The method can also include determining one or more domains for the tag clusters, wherein a domain is a broadest class that defines one or more of the tags in a linguistic category, determining a hierarchy for the tags based on the weights of the tags, and identifying linguistic relationships between the tags. The method can also comprise determining properties associated with one or more of the tags and one or more of the domains, wherein the tag's properties are determined using linguistic analysis and storing the tags, the hierarchies, the linguistic relationships, and the properties." The patent application was filed on Aug. 1, 2008 (12/184,731). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsearch-bool.html&r=1&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=8,359,191&OS=8,359,191&RS=8,359,191 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** International Business Machines Assigned Patent for Visual Metering and Response to Maintain Voice Quality in a Voice over Internet Protocol Call ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 24 -- International Business Machines, Armonk, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (8,358,659) developed by Charles Steven Lingafelt, Durham, N.C., Martinianus BudiTjahja Hadinata, Brunnen, Switzerland, and John Elbert Moore Jr., Brownsburg, Ind., for a "visual metering and response to maintain voice quality in a voice over internet protocol call." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A computer implemented method, apparatus, and computer usable program product for managing a voice over Internet Protocol call. A selected set of resources associated with a quality of the voice over Internet Protocol call in a data processing system is monitored during the voice over Internet Protocol call. A determination is made as to whether the quality of the voice over Internet Protocol call in a data processing has fallen below a desired level. A corrective action is performed with respect to the selected set of resources in response to the quality of the voice over Internet Protocol call falling below the desired level." The patent application was filed on Jan. 2, 2008 (11/968,419). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=83,58,659.PN.&OS=PN/83,58,659&RS=PN/83,58,659 Written by Amal Ahmed; edited by Jaya Anand. *** International Business Machines Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 24 -- International Business Machines, Armonk, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (8,358,661) developed by four co-inventors for a remote adapter configuration. The co-inventors are William J. Armstrong, Rochester, Minn., Josep Cors, Rochester, Minn., David R. Engebretsen, Cannon Falls, Minn., and Jeffrey J. Lynch, Apex, N.C. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Systems and methods to remotely configure adapters are described. A particular method may include generating a management frame at a controlling bridge. The management frame may include instructions to configure an operating parameter of the adapter. The management frame may be communicated to a bridge element of a plurality of interconnected bridge elements in communication with the controlling bridge. The bridge element may be coupled to the adapter, and the operating parameter of the adapter may be configured." The patent application was filed on April 20, 2010 (12/763,323). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=83,58,661.PN.&OS=PN/83,58,661&RS=PN/83,58,661 Written by Amal Ahmed; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Cisco Technology Assigned Patent for Methods and Apparatus for Implementing NAT Traversal in Mobile IP ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 24 -- Cisco Technology, San Jose, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,358,635) developed by four co-inventors for "methods and apparatus for implementing NAT traversal in mobile IP." The co-inventors are Gaetan Feige, L'Hay les Roses, France, Rabih A. Dabboussi, Cary, N.C., Kent K. Leung, Mountain View, Calif., and Milind M. Kulkarni, San Jose, Calif. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Methods and apparatus for establishing communication between a Mobile Node and a Home Agent are disclosed. The Home Agent receives a registration request packet from the Mobile Node, the registration request packet including an IP source address and a Home Agent address. The Home Agent then detects from the registration request packet when network address translation has been performed. When it has been detected that network address translation has been performed, a tunnel is set up between the Home Agent address and the IP source address." The patent application was filed on May 23, 2006 (11/440,144). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=83,58,635.PN.&OS=PN/83,58,635&RS=PN/83,58,635 Written by Amal Ahmed; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Tekelec Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 24 -- Tekelec, Morrisville, N.C., has been assigned a patent (8,358,650) developed by Robby Benedyk, Angier, N.C., and Peter J. Marsico, Chapel Hill, N.C., for "methods, systems, and computer program products for communicating calling name (CNAM) services for session initiation protocol (SIP) originated calls terminating in a circuit switched network." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Methods, systems, and computer program products for communicating CNAM services for SIP originated calls terminating in a circuit switched network is described. In one embodiment, the method includes, at a SIP-SS7 gateway, receiving a SIP call setup message that includes a SIP calling subscriber identifier information, associating a temporary telephone number with the SIP calling subscriber identifier information, generating an SS7 call setup message associated with the SIP call setup message, wherein the SS7 call setup message includes the temporary telephone number, and communicating the temporary telephone number and SIP calling subscriber identifier information to a calling name interworking function (CIF) module. The method also includes, at the CIF module, storing the temporary telephone number and the associated SIP calling subscriber identifier information in a local cache, receiving a CNAM query message containing the temporary telephone number from a terminating switching office, and transmitting a CNAM response message to the terminating switching office including the SIP calling subscriber identifier information." The patent application was filed on Aug. 13, 2009 (12/541,041). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=83,58,650.PN.&OS=PN/83,58,650&RS=PN/83,58,650 Written by Amal Ahmed; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Quiro Holdings Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 24 -- Quiro Holdings, Raleigh, N.C., has been assigned a patent (8,358,579) developed by four co-inventors for a "controlling quality of service and content quality based on user relationships." The co-inventors are Richard J. Walsh, Raleigh, N.C., Alfredo C. Issa, Apex, N.C., Sid Stafford, Durham, N.C., and James Evans, Apex, N.C. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A system and method are provided for controlling Quality of Service (QoS), content quality, or both QoS and content quality in a content sharing network based on user relationships. More specifically, QoS, content quality, or both QoS and content quality may be controlled based on a relationship of a user of a network node requesting content and either a user of a network node hosting the requested content or an owner of the requested content, a relationship between the user of the network node requesting the content and the content, or any combination thereof." The patent application was filed on Aug. 23, 2006 (11/466,648). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=83,58,579.PN.&OS=PN/83,58,579&RS=PN/83,58,579 Written by Amal Ahmed; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Scenera Technologies Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 24 -- Scenera Technologies, Portsmouth, N.H., has been assigned a patent (8,359,002) developed by Robert P. Morris, Raleigh, N.C., for "methods, systems, and computer program products for controlling data transmission based on power cost." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Methods, systems, and computer program products are disclosed for controlling data transmission based on power cost. A power cost per unit data associated with successfully sending data from a wireless mobile device to a remote endpoint in a communications network is determined. The determined power cost per unit data is compared to a first threshold. Transmission of data from the wireless mobile device to the remote endpoint is delayed based on a determination that the power cost per unit data exceeds the first threshold." The patent application was filed on June 15, 2007 (11/763,805). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=8,359,002.PN.&OS=PN/8,359,002&RS=PN/8,359,002 Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** Quiro Holdings Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 24 -- Quiro Holdings, Raleigh, N.C., has been assigned a patent (8,359,314) developed by Hugh Svendsen, Chapel Hill, N.C., for a "system and method for tagging images based on positional information." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A system and method for suggesting keywords for tagging a digital image are provided. In general, a requesting node is communicatively coupled to a keyword service via a network. The requesting node sends a request to the keyword service requesting suggested keywords for a digital image. The request includes information relating to the digital image such as positional information. Based on the information, the keyword service generates a list of suggested keywords and provides the list of suggested keywords to the requesting node. At the requesting node, the list of suggested keywords is displayed to a user, and the user selects one or more of the suggested keywords for tagging the digital image." The patent application was filed on Aug. 11, 2011 (13/207,765). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsearch-bool.html&r=1&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=8,359,314&OS=8,359,314&RS=8,359,314 Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** Aadyn Technology Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 24 -- Aadyn Technology, Fort Lauderdale, Fla., has been assigned a patent (8,358,928) developed by four co-inventors for a lens guard. The co-inventors are Michael Wayne Appel, Durham, N.C., Terry Lee Schmoeger, Raleigh, N.C., Marc B. Kaye, Davie, Fla., and Walter Lefler, Rutherford, N.J. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A lens guard for protecting a camera includes a lens-guard housing, a pressurized gas system, and a gas supply. The housing defines an opening and has a transparent protective lens disposed in the opening and having an outer surface exposed to the environment, an upper portion, and a portion defining apertures shaped to respectively receive therein camera support rods operable to mount the lens-guard housing to the camera in front of a lens. The pressurized gas system is operable to remove fluids and debris from the outer surface of the protective lens. The pressurized gas system includes a blow tube mounted to the upper portion of the housing and having a plurality of outlets directed towards the outer surface of the protective lens. The gas supply fluidically connects to the blow tube and is operable to supply pressurized gas to the blow tube and through the outlets thereof." The patent application was filed on April 7, 2011 (13/081,839). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=8,358,928.PN.&OS=PN/8,358,928&RS=PN/8,358,928 Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** Red Hat Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 24 -- Red Hat, Raleigh, N.C., has been assigned a patent (8,358,781) developed by James P. Schneider, Raleigh, N.C., for a "nonlinear feedback mode for block ciphers." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Plain text, a secret key and a primitive polynomial that defines a finite field of even characteristic are received. The plain text is divided into a plurality of plain text blocks. For each plain text block of the plurality of plain text blocks other than a first plain text block, the plain text block is multiplied by a preceding cipher text block over the finite field of even characteristic, modulo the primitive polynomial, to generate an intermediate block, wherein the preceding cipher text block was generated from a preceding plain text block. Each intermediate block is processed by a block cipher using the secret key to generate a subsequent cipher text block. The block cipher operates in a nonlinear feedback mode of operation." The patent application was filed on Nov. 30, 2008 (12/325,228). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsearch-bool.html&r=1&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=8,358,781&OS=8,358,781&RS=8,358,781 Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** Tekelec Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 24 -- Tekelec, Morrisville, N.C., has been assigned a patent (8,358,768) developed by Christopher R. Heinze, Raleigh, N.C., Peter J. Marsico, Chapel Hill, N.C., and Maria A. Wiatrowski, Raleigh, N.C., for "methods, systems, and computer program products for providing a country code identifier in an international ENUM system." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Methods, systems, and computer program products for providing a country code identifier in an international ENUM system are disclosed. According to one method, a message is received that includes a telephone number and information associated with a country of origin of the telephone number. A country code identifier may be determined for the telephone number based on the information associated with the country of origin of the telephone number. Further, the country code identifier may be appended to the telephone number of the received message." The patent application was filed on April 10, 2007 (11/786,051). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsearch-bool.html&r=1&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=8,358,768&OS=8,358,768&RS=8,358,768 Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** Grape Technology Group Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 24 -- Grape Technology Group, Bethlehem, Pa., has been assigned a patent (8,358,767) developed by Robert Pines, New York, Christine Baumeister, Harleysville, Pa., and Franklin L. Weiland II, Greensboro, N.C., for a "system and method for efficient call management for directory assistance services." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A communication assistance system includes a first database having a plurality of listings, each listings has at least one contact name and a corresponding contact number. A means is provided for receiving communications from a user among a plurality of users desiring to access the listings. An operator terminal displays a search screen among a plurality of search screens, each of which maintain at least a partially different arrangement of content and search windows for receiving search terms to search for listings contained in the first database, where the displayed search screen is determined based on criteria contained in a search request from the user. The operator terminal is further configured to receive the communication from the user and retrieve a listing from the first database using the displayed search screen." The patent application was filed on Sept. 19, 2011 (13/235,793). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsearch-bool.html&r=1&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=8,358,767&OS=8,358,767&RS=8,358,767 Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** Altera Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 24 -- Altera, San Jose, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,358,695) developed by Mihailo M. Stojancic, Berkeley, Calif., and Gerald George Pechanek, Cary, N.C., for "methods and apparatus for providing a scalable motion estimation/compensation assist function within an array processor." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "An apparatus is described for attaching a motion search hardware assist unit to a processing element and its local memory. A current macro block storage unit is attached to a local memory interface unit for storage of a copy of a current macro block from the local memory. A search window reference storage unit having N rows is attached to a local memory interface unit for storage of a copy of N rows of pixels from a search window from the local memory. N independent arithmetic pipelines are attached to the current macro block storage unit and the search window reference storage. Each pipeline operates on one of the N rows of the search window reference storage unit and a corresponding row of the current macro block of the current macro block storage unit. An accumulator is attached to the N independent pipelines to accumulate results from the N arithmetic pipelines, to produce independent results for different organizations of macro blocks." The patent application was filed on April 18, 2007 (11/736,837). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsearch-bool.html&r=1&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=8,358,695&OS=8,358,695&RS=8,358,695 Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 24 -- The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, N.C., has been assigned a patent (8,358,739) developed by four co-inventors for "systems and methods for temporal multiplexing X-ray imaging." The co-inventors are Jianping Lu, Chapel Hill, N.C., Otto Zhou, Chapel Hill, N.C., Guohua Cao, Chapel Hill, N.C., and Jian Zhang, Durham, N.C. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "The present subject matter relates to systems and methods for temporal multiplexing x-ray imaging of dynamic objects with high temporal resolution and fast imaging speed. A pulsed x-ray beam can irradiate an object undergoing a range of motion such as a cyclic motion. Multiple x-ray images can be acquired at different phases within a single motion cycle or range of the object. The multiple x-ray images can be demultiplexed to produce an individual phase image. Compared to sequential imaging, temporal multiplexing x-ray imaging can achieve high temporal resolution of dynamics object in multiple phases with imaging time comparable to that of a single phase. Temporal multiplexing x-ray imaging can thus be applied to a wide variety of applications, including biomedical imaging and industrial non-destructive testing." The patent application was filed on Sept. 3, 2010 (12/875,260). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsearch-bool.html&r=1&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=8,358,739&OS=8,358,739&RS=8,358,739 Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Anand Kumar. For more information about Targeted News Service products and services, please contact: Myron Struck, editor, Targeted News Service LLC, Springfield, Va., 703/304-1897; [email protected]; http://targetednews.com. -1111984 (c) 2013 Targeted News Service |