Abstract: Air conditioning systems and processes may monitor properties of the system and/or properties related to the system. The air conditioning system may allow operation based on user requests and/or allow stress operation(s) based on monitored properties.

– A white man who called 911 on a black man in his building apologized for his actions, explaining that they were informed by a tragic family history — his father was murdered after confronting a mentally ill man who showed up on his driveway. The man, Christopher Cukor, called the cops on Wesly Michel, a man who was going up to a friend’s apartment in the same building without using the call box. The video of their encounter went viral online. (Eli Rosenberg)

[G05D] SYSTEMS FOR CONTROLLING OR REGULATING NON-ELECTRIC VARIABLES (for continuous casting of metals B22D 11/16; valves per se F16K; sensing non-electric variables, see the relevant subclasses of G01; for regulating electric or magnetic variables G05F)

Boochani observes his environs with a certain poetical style; he’s tuned in to the sensual and the sensory. Stuck in the Manus Island detention center, pacing, without hope, under a sun so hot it feels like he’s being “cremated.” Multi-cultural refugees crossing paths in their pacings; united facilely by their common plight, but ultimately divided by language, religion, and tribe; assigned numbers to make it easier for the staff to avoid remembering their names. Boochani nicknames everyone he sees: The Blue Eyed Boy, The Toothless Fool, The Young Guy With A Ponytail, The Irascible Iranian, The Cadaver, Maysam The Whore, The Gentle Giant, etc. Afghan, Sri Lankan, Sudanese, Lebanese, Iranian, Somali, Pakistani, Rohingya, Iraqi, Kurdish.

The United States successfully detonates its first hydrogen bomb, a second generation thermonuclear device, in the Marshall Islands as part of Operation Ivy, one of a series of nuclear bomb tests. From 1946 to 1958, the United States used the remote Pacific Marshall Islands as its nuclear weapons testing site, detonating a total of 67 nuclear tests.

National Weather Service data from the months of February through April show “above average” precipitation in Missouri, Iowa and Illinois, and even greater levels in South Dakota, Minnesota, and Wisconsin — with some counties in those places seeing the wettest conditions on record for that time span.

Use the hook to cary your bag. It seems to pull down the tripod for stability, but be careful it doesn’t swing in the wind, or when you bump into it.

Inventor(s): Lars Henrik Mucke (Carlsbad, CA), Zhemin Xu (San Diego, CA) Assignee(s): Futurewei Technologies, Inc. (Plano, TX) Law Firm: Conley Rose, P.C. (3 non-local offices) Application No., Date, Speed: 14843763 on 09/02/2015 (1399 days app to issue)

[F04D] NON-POSITIVE-DISPLACEMENT PUMPS (engine fuel-injection pumps F02M; ion pumps H01J 41/12; electrodynamic pumps H02K 44/02)

"It certainly helps us with the cost of these classes," Simons said. "It’s a big help towards being able to do that intense training at a high level and accomplish it all within a year."

Inventor(s): Paxton S. Williams (Milan, MI), Scott L. Frederick (Brighton, MI) Assignee(s): Toyota Motor Engineering Manufacturing North America, Inc. (Plano, TX) Law Firm: Darrow Mustafa PC (2 non-local offices) Application No., Date, Speed: 15724641 on 10/04/2017 (636 days app to issue)

Mount: Fujifilm X | Elements/groups: 14/10 | Diaphragm blades: 7 | Autofocus: Stepping motor | Stabiliser: 3 stops | Minimum focus distance: 0.24m | Maximum magnification: 0.16x | Filter thread: 72mm | Dimensions (WxL): 78x87mm | Weight: 410g