Abstract: An automated method is provided for identifying candidate locations in video content for inserting advertisement (ad) breaks. Each candidate location is a different offset time from the beginning of the video content. Different distinct characteristics of the video content are identified at offset times. Certain characteristics are desirable and certain other characteristics are not desirable. Candidate locations are identified which have the most desirable characteristics at particular offset times, but which do not have any of the undesirable characteristics at any of the offset times.

Abstract: This invention relates to particles with bipolar topospecific characteristics and process of preparation thereof. It is an object of the present invention is to provide a particle with bipolar topospecific characteristics with two spatially distinct regions on its surface having non-identical surface characteristics. It has been found that particles prepared by topospecific treatment of an asymmetric clay precursor with an organyl or an organoheteryl group attached to coordinating cations of one of the surface sheets, provides a particle with bipolar topospecific characteristics with two spatially distinct regions on its surface having non-identical surface characteristics.

Abstract: A particle with bipolar topospecific characteristics, whose precursor is an asymmetric 1:1 or 2:1:1 clay particle having alternating tetrahedral and octahedral sheets terminating with a tetrahedral sheet at one external surface plane and an octahedral sheet at another external surface plane, wherein a chemical group, having greater than 3 carbon atoms, and selected from an organyl or an organoheteryl chemical group, is attached to coordinating cations on the exterior side of one of the surface sheets.

Abstract: A Common Object Request Broker Architecture (CORBA) software gateway includes at least one of a scheme of invoking remote CORBA operations via a Network Management System (NMS) rule language and a scheme of remote invocation of NMS rules via a CORBA interface.