Monday, July 23, 2012

Apple y Motorola, las dos, recurren la desestimaci?n de sus demandas ante la corte de Chicago

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No hace ni una semana que vimos la sentencia del litigio que manten?a Apple con Motorola por, supuestamente, haber copiado el dise?o del iPad en su Motorola Xoom. As? mismo, el juez Richard Posner desestimaba tambi?n la demanda de Motorola contra Apple por considerar inv?lidas dichas patentes.

Pues bien, ahora hemos de a?adir un nuevo cap?tulo al conflicto, y es que ambas compa??as, Apple y Motorola Mobility, no se han quedado conformes con la sentencia, que alegaba que ninguna de las dos partes pod?a probar el haber sido una damnificada de la otra, y han recurrido la desestimaci?n de sus demandas.

Ambas empresas conf?an en sus posibilidades de que el juicio se revise y las causas cruzadas contin?en su instrucci?n al menos en parte, dado que Apple ha recurrido 14 de las patentes en litigio, y Motorola 21, cuando las primeras acusaciones hab?a sido realizadas sobre un n?mero mucho mayor de patentes.

Contando que en el 40% de las ocasiones el Circuito Federal reconsidera alguna decisi?n de sus jueces, es probable que veamos un nuevo juicio aunque s?lo sobre las patentes recurridas. Tambi?n existe la posibilidad de que se ofrezca repetir el juicio desde cero.

Lejos de consideraciones legales y en un tono m?s personal, cabe decir que estas pataletas nos parecen absurdas, cuando lo m?s importante para una compa??a debe ser dise?ar y fabricar los mejores productos que les sea posible y no buscar similitudes en la competencia.

Adem?s, la guerra de patentes que Apple mantiene contra todo el ecosistema de la plataforma Android est? empezando a tomar tintes de la historia interminable, as? que esperamos que la justicia sea expeditiva de una vez en este tipo de jucios, al m?s puro estilo de los tribunales brit?nicos.

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Sunday, July 22, 2012

Personal Productivity: 3 Resource Management Tools For The ...

When it comes to personal productivity, handling your resources well is a top priority. Yet, for social and mission-driven entrepreneurs like you, the ?hard-core? discipline of a Stephen Covey 1-2-3 prioritising system may not work. For you, creative flow, generating new plans being spontaneous must be of the same importance as checking off your-to-do list.

In this article, I will teach rather more of a creative, intuitive process that may keep you energized and galvanized for the long run.

First, we?ll address what resource management truly means. It implies that:

a) you have got to change your calendar from a slave driver to your no.1 reason keeper
b) that you need to concentrate on what?s most purposeful for you the leader.

To create a calendar that let?s you get tons done so that you breathe inspiration, the way to do that's by creating different categories on your calendar (I adore doing that with Google calendar and then share each one of them with my office manager so she can take on my scheduling).

Here is a list of things that I would suggest you add to your calendar. By the way, I add them at a moderately random time and add the word [Floater] to the task. This way I know I have the time planned for them but I will move them around to accommodate other engagements since they don't seem to be time-dependent:

1. Creative time pieces

These are weekly or twice weekly time slots of one or two hours that are open to be adapted for use you see fit. Just scheduling this, will give you a sense of freedom and creative surge, I promise.

2. Email time slots

One of the biggest wastes of our generation is answering electronic messages twenty four seven as fast as they come in. Here's what I?d recommend: Create two half-hour slots and one 1-hour slot. Use the half hour slots to go thru your email, answer? real fast? ones immediately and place the ?task-heavy? ones into a ?to-do? folder. Now you have lots of time on your 1-hour slot to work down the mails that demand you to perform a role. Result: at the day's end, your mailbox is empty.

3. Break slots

Yes, for entrepreneurs who make decisions based on their intuitive decision-making process, you need regular breaks to recharge and reconnect . The illusion that you don't have time for breaks (which you share with many others ), is the main reason why we think that we're productive when we are just truly, only busy.

Ok, I could go on but for now, just add those three ?floaters? to your day and week, and exult in the assurance, increased creativeness and smoother work flow you gain from it .

Now to focusing on what?s truly purposeful for you. Yes, you are at a place now where you do not have to do all the tasks yourself any more. You've a team to support your business growth, yet, at times you find yourself still executing on tasks that may be done by someone on your team.

The solution: Each Sunday evening, ready your calendar for the week. Create your ?floaters? and then judge all of your others jobs on your job list. Ensure that ONLY you can work on them. Be severe. If you know you could train someone else, discipline yourself to do it. Yes, it may cost you a bit more time now but then you do not ever have to do it again. Your skills are unique, identify those that bring ideas, impact and revenue to your business, delegate the rest.

In the week, you'll find that you?ll get tempted to put out fires that come to you from all angles. Again, stop, breath, ask if it's most purposeful for you to become involved in that activity. If not, either delegate right away or create a task in your project-management tool that may remind you to coach someone next time. You owe it to the world , your team and yourself to be thorough with your purpose.

Christiane Holbrook works with mission-driven entrepreneurs in the areas of personal productivity, business productivity, and team productivity. Take this quiz to discover how you rate in your personal productivity.

Source: http://ronalddavies.com/personal-productivity-3-resource-management-tools-for-the-mission-driven-business-owner/

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Quora: Why Are Other NBA Players Criticizing Jeremy Lin's Contract? Has This Ever Happened Before?

This question originally appeared on Quora.

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By Andres Alvarez, Editor at the Wages of Wins Journal

From Melo's perspective it's two fold:
1. He's only looking at Lin's 3rd year, where he'll be getting $14.5 and not the contract as a whole.
2. He calls it ridiculous because he realizes the offer was made just to keep New York from matching (see below)

The key reason Lin's contract seems "ridiculous" is because of the Gilbert Arenas Provision (http://www.cbafaq.com/salarycap....) To allow teams to keep their second rounders and undrafted players, player salaries are constrained through their fourth season. Once they hit their fifth year, their salary is no longer constrained.

The premise behind this provision was to let teams keep their second round picks that turned into superstars (e.g. Gilbert Arenas, Carlos Boozer, Monta Ellis) and not worry about them being signed away with contracts they couldn't match.

The new CBA has also added a change to the luxury tax law that means every additional $5 million over the luxury cap, you're dinged even more.

What Daryl Morey has been doing is using these two things together to make "poison pill" contracts. In essence he's offering players contracts that will end up costing their team $14 million + millions more in cap hit in their third year in an effort to get them not to match. http://wagesofwins.com/2012/07/1...

In reality, Lin is probably not getting overpaid, that's because it's impossible to even pay him an average salary his first two seasons of his new contract. However, he is likely not worth $14.5 million a year (what he's getting his third year) and the only reason he's offered this is because it makes it virtually impossible for the Knicks to match (as we saw).

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By Wray Rives, CPA CGMA

Some of the primary reasons:

  1. It is a forgone conclusion NY is not going to pay to keep Lin, and everyone with NY wants to establish that this is still Melo's team.
  2. Most of Lin's amazing stats came while Anthony was out injured, his streak pretty much ended with Anthony's return. Even though everyone knows it is Melo's team, Melo does not want to be seen as the reason a fan favorite left, so he wants everyone focused on the money, not him and team politics.
  3. Houston is overpaying for Lin for pure marketing reasons. Their capacity numbers have fallen every year since Yao's last injury free season from 97% to low 80%. I think this is the first time an NBA team has overpaid for an unproven, possibly only average player strictly for marketing reasons. In the past, they always overpaid for a marquee player who also happened to have proven great ball skills. I imagine there is some fear among NBA elite that this could signal a shift in owners starting to solely value a player's ability to put butts in the seats as much as ability to put butts in the seats and play ball.
Regarding point 3, I don't believe it is a shift, but rather a unique situation where the right former star, Yao, paved the way for the right new guy, Lin, to come in and sell some tickets. But remember the line from Moneyball about when someone challenges their way of life, "the guys holding the reins and with their hand on the switch go bat-shit crazy?" That happens in basketball too.

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By Nick Pritzakis, Nicks Fan

I have no clue. But it's not cool, if you ask me. Those guys are paid to play the game, not to be arm chair GMs.

Jeff Van Gundy, in an ESPN radio interview, mentioned that it was odd for players to judge other contracts ... and usually they are supportive of the deals they get.

One thing is for sure, Melo and JR know more about Lin's game then anyone in the media. They've practiced with the dude ... and they have a better idea of what he can do. But they were definitely hating on him by making those comments.

Maybe they knew he wasn't going to sign, and they just wanted to soften the blow and prepare the fans ... not sure.

More questions on Jeremy Lin:

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Donations Send Cancer Survivor To Disney World After All, Despite ...

Ohio Cancer Patient Disney World Make-A-Wish

A 4-year-old cancer survivor from Ohio, whose Make-A-Wish trip to Disney World was denied after her father refused to sign off on it, will get to go after all, thanks to generous donations that have come pouring in.

Fox News reports that McKenna May?s mom and grandmother have announced the staggering amount of donations will allow them to pay for the 4-year-old?s trip on their own. McKenna?s donation fund has topped $11,000 online, for the young Ohio resident, who was diagnosed with leukemia in 2010.

Over the course of her treatment, she underwent 15 spinal taps, skin burns, multiple chemotherapy treatments and steroid injections. She will no be able to call herself ?cancer free? until five years after her last treatment.

The young girl?s Make-A-Wish trip to Disney World was granted, but the organization?s rules require a signature from both parents. While McKenna May?s mom signed off on the trip, her father refused.?William May, McKenna?s father, stated on Thursday that:

?What she?s been through sucks. But I think any money that the organization hands out to children, should go to dying kids. Not cured ones.?

According to The San Francisco Chronicle, McKenna?s mom and grandmother will use the donations to pay for the trip in August, and will give the remaining donations to charity. The 4-year-old?s grandmother, Lori Helppie, stated Friday that:

?We didn?t do this to get rich.?We did it to fulfill her dream, and people?s hearts just opened?up.?

Since their donations started, Helppie stated, ?I?ve been offered cars, vacation homes.? The pair will be shutting down online donations on Friday, and will give the remaining to Jamie?s Dream Team, which is helping them get to Disney World. The organization helps people who are disabled, terminally ill, or suffering a serious medical condition.

The Sentinel-Tribune reports that young McKenna May is unaware of the donations that have been pouring in to help her achieve her wish of going to Disney World.

Source: http://www.inquisitr.com/281588/donations-send-cancer-survivor-to-disney-world-after-all-despite-fathers-attempt/

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Saturday, July 21, 2012

Parent Tips from Mark Gregston ? Stepfamily Dynamics

If you?re from my generation you?ll remember the song that started? ?Here?s a story / of a lovely lady / who was bringing up three very lovely girls??? Most of us could probably sing the rest of the song by memory.? The story behind that sitcom theme song involved a recently widowed mother with three girls who married a widowed father with three boys.? Except for a few minor bumps along the way, the new family with six kids gets along without a hitch.? The kids respect both parents and like each other, for the most part.? Sure there?s some jealously with Marsha over boys, or slight problems with Greg over at his job at the ice cream parlor, but the Brady Bunch seemed to blend almost instantly, proving that bringing two families together is easy and everything will turn out hunky-dory.

Yeah right.

In talking with divorced and widowed parents who have gone through the great experiment of blending families, it is never as easy as the old television shows portrayed.? Mixing stepparents with kids can be like mixing oil and water.? There are challenges with loyalty (This is my dad and I only listen to him!)? There are issues with discipline (Which parent punishes which kids?)? Plus, there are trials with alignment (How can a single mom, whose main priority is her children, move to being a new wife, and placing her husband first?)

Blending families is difficult, but that that?s not to say it can?t be done.? In talking with parents and kids of combined families, I have gleaned some helpful tips on making the whole thing work.

Seek Out Advice

Before you even say ?I do? to a new spouse and kids, search out parents who have traveled the same road that?s now before you.? Just like new couples benefit from pre-martial counseling, so new families should take advantage of pre-blending counseling.

Sit down with parents in your church, work, school, or from extended family and pick their brain.? Talk about the pitfalls and the blessings of raising step-kids, navigating a new marriage, dealing with ?exes? and all the other important topics before you step into the new family.? Ask questions like, ?If you could do it all over, what would you do differently??? Or ?What obstacles were the hardest to overcome??? Then get practical, and down to the nitty-gritty.? ?Who disciplines the kids?? How do you avoid favoritism??

You might think that you have thought about all these important issues and you have all your bases covered.? But there could be topics that come out of your conversation that you had never thought about before.? So learn from other people?s mistakes or successes.? Don?t go blindly into blending a family without talking with couples who have experienced the same family dynamics and can offer you valuable insights.

Solidify the Rules

Parents have different styles of raising kids.? Maybe your new husband is more passive and permissive.? Maybe your new wife has unique ideas on chores and allowances.? This can cause tension, confusion, and animosity in the home.? It?s important that whatever the rules are, make sure you set them in stone before bringing both families together.? Also, take time to discuss who will dish out the discipline for the family and how it will be handled across the board.

A sweet girl who was staying with us in our Heartlight campus told me that she has been struggling with bitterness towards her stepmother and stepsisters, because her father treats her and her biological siblings differently.? Since he doesn?t feel right disciplining his new wife?s kids, her father is especially hard on his girls, while the step kids (she feels) tend to get away with more.

Be careful to avoid favoritism in your home!? Solidify the rules of the new blended family, and treat each person with the same grace and structure.? Our natural inclination is to go easier on the kids that are not our own, or to be timid about showing love to step kids openly to avoid jealously.? But to make a mixed family work, you have to handle each kid like your own.? Lavish them equally with love.? Expect them to follow the same rules.? And discipline them like you would your own kids.? It won?t be easy, and there will be growing pains, but in time the relationships will be become stronger if everyone gets a fair shake.

Suppose Difficulty

I wish that I could give each member of a blended family a quick solution that would make the process go easier and smoother.? Sadly, there is no quick fix.? Blending families is tough.? There will be difficulties and hardships, especially for the children involved.? There is deep emotional turmoil associated with losing parents that makes mixing families challenging.

I found out a few years ago that I have a kidney disease, which is treatable, but my doctor put me on a strict diet.? Among others things, peanut M&M?s are on the do-not-eat list.? Now, I happen to love peanut M&M?s.? When I go to speaking engagements, all I ask for is peanut M&M?s and bottled water.? But I had to stop cold turkey.? One Halloween my grand daughter told me ?Grandpa, you can?t have my M&M?s, cause you?ll die.? But here, you can have my skittles.?? It was a sweet offer.? But ever since then, whenever I see skittles, I?m reminded that I can?t have what I really want?peanut M&M?s.

In the same way, when kids look at stepparents or step-brothers or sisters, they?re reminded of what they can?t have.? They can?t have their mom and dad together.? Now they have to share their parents.? And that can be an overwhelming emotion to experience every day.? So understand that it will take time to make a new family work.? Experts say that they average time to bring two families together, cohesively, is seven years!? Don?t expect that after everyone moves in together all you?ll need is a couple of months to work out the kinks.? With those types of expectations, you?ll be setting yourself up for disappointment.? Rather, go in with eyes wide open to the fact that it will require adjustments, work, and grace for many years to make a blended family successful.

Set Aside Time

Blending families is not a passive activity.? It requires a constant movement forward to accomplish the goal.? This means that more time will have to be invested into the family than ever before.? That could involve less time at work and more time with your new family.? Or it could demand giving up your seat on an important committee because your stepchildren need you.? When bringing two families together, spending time with each member, letting them know that they have value and meaning, is crucial.

So take the time to go to coffee with your new stepdaughter alone.? Take your new son to the movies, just the two of you.? Words are important, but show that love in gifts of time with each kid.? It will make a huge difference in each child?s life.

While blending two separate families can be a difficult job, it can also be deeply satisfying.? Mixing families will never be as easy as the Brady Bunch made to out be.? But with consistent work, effort and love, it can be just as successful.

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Coming Up?- Turbulence Ahead: parenting teens through the bumpy years- seminar on Saturday, August 25th. Join us at Christ Community Church from 9 AM-3PM. Contact the church at 706.565.7240?or visit?www.ccclive.org.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR ?

Mark Gregston is an author, speaker, radio host, and the founder and director of Heartlight, located in Hallsville, Texas.? For more information and helpful resources for moms and dads, check out our website.? It?s filled with ideas and tools to help you become a more effective parent.? Go to www.heartlightministries.org.? Or read other helpful articles by Mark, at www.markgregston.com.? You can also call Heartlight directly at (903) 668-2173.? Hear the Parenting Today?s Teens broadcast on a radio station near you, or download the podcast at www.parentingtodaysteens.org.

Source: http://www.heartlightministries.org/blogs/markgregston/2012/07/20/stepfamily-dynamics/

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House of Light: Friday Five: Things We Read This Week

The Friday Five is our weekly roundup of links to smart articles and helpful resources across the Web.

1. We were so pleased to see the Los Angeles Times printed a wonderful op-ed piece by Dr. Ira Byock, a leading physician in hospice and palliative care, this week. We believe that articles such as these, "Rational healthcare, not rationing," encourage discussion about how to change the way we treat the dying in our country. And, we believe that with more open discussion, more individuals will have their end of life wishes fulfilled.

2. Educating healthcare professionals about the end of life process is a key component to changing how healthcare helps individuals and families approach dying. We liked this article in The Globe and Mail, "Teaching doctors a new approach to the end of life process," about how a Toronto hospital is taking a new approach. They've created a day-long session featuring actors and role-play situations to teach training doctors how to handle delicate, end of life conversations with family members.

3. In our stumblings through the Internet, seeking people's stories about dying and death, we learned about a 30-year-old who recently died and left three wishes in his will. His three wishes were: to repay his parents for any debts he owed them, to give money to a homeless individual, and to leave a $500 tip for an underappreciated waiter or waitress. His family raised $500, and fulfilled Aaron's last wish. The story's gone viral, and they've now received more than $10,000, enough to change the lives of 23 individuals. That is an amazing legacy.

4. Family caregivers are often thrust into this role unexpectedly and without experience, and so it's understandable that you might have a lot of questions about caregiving. The always helpful AARP is hosting a live online chat Tuesday, July 24 with Elinor Ginzler, an expert on aging issues. You can submit questions in advance about juggling caregiving responsibilities or how to best provide care, or you can just join in the with the chat at 2 p.m. EST.

5. Are you a caregiver for a veteran? Support is now available to caregivers of veterans through the Dept. of Veterans Affairs. Visit the VA Caregiver Support website to read other caregivers' stories, find helpful resources and tip sheets, and contact information for your local Caregiver Support Coordinator.

Source: http://www.houseoflightblog.com/2012/07/friday-five-things-we-read-this-week.html

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The Samsung MV900 Multiview Digital Camera Makes Self-Portraits a Snap

Are you one of those people who is constantly snapping your own picture to post on Facebook for all your followers to comment on? Yes, you’re too sexy for that shirt and yes your new hair style looks fabulous. At least I think it does… I could tell a lot better if your whole face [...]

Source: http://the-gadgeteer.com/2012/07/19/the-samsung-mv900-multiview-digital-camera-makes-self-portraits-a-snap/

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