Abstract: A method of managing care requests in a social care network is described. The method includes associating, by a care request processor, a plurality of individuals as members of the social care network. The care request processor receives care request information for an individual member of the social care network and generates and manages tasks based in part on the care request information. Embodiments further include providing contextual advertisements within the network, providing access to personal health information and translating between clinical language and natural language as needed.

Abstract: A slurry dispenser dispensing slurry by a pair of counter-rotating wheels is provided in a chemical mechanical polishing process used in manufacturing integrated circuits. The slurry dispenser is driven by variable speed motors at a predetermined speed empirically determined to dispense a desired amount of slurry. The shape of the rotating wheels controls the vertical distribution of the spray. Openings in the housing of the slurry dispenser and the speed of rotation of the wheels controls the horizontal distribution of the spray. The slurry dispenser can be constructed out of materials chemically inert with respect to the slurry.