Abstract: A computer system for aging insurance policies stored in a policy records database may be configured to receive, via a policy extraction unit, one or more user-entered policy criteria, use the user-entered policy criteria to search, via the policy extraction unit, the policy records database, determine, via the policy extraction unit, a plurality of insurance policies that meet the user-entered policy criteria, receive, via a template population unit, an indication of an insurance transaction type, identify, via the template population unit, a template corresponding to the indicated insurance transaction type and including a field for specifying a date indicative of an insurance policy term, and age, via one or more processors, the plurality of insurance policies by modifying the date indicative of the insurance policy term in the field of the template to facilitate testing an implementation of one or more potential changes to the plurality of insurance policies.

Abstract: A cone mill comprises a rotating tool for moving friable material across a static conical screen. The tool is driven to rotate by a tool drive shaft. The mill includes a motor, the motor causing rotation of a motor drive shaft. The tool drive shaft and the motor drive shaft are located an angle with respect to each other and the mill comprises a universal joint for transferring rotary motion from the motor through the angle to the tool.

Abstract: The present invention relates to methods and kits which can be used to amplify nucleic acids with the advantage of decreasing user time and possible contamination. For easy processing and amplification of nucleic acid samples, the samples are bound to a solid support and used directly, without purification, in a nucleic acid amplification reaction such as the polymerase chain reaction (PCR).

Abstract: The present invention relates to methods and kits which can be used to amplify nucleic acids with the advantage of decreasing user time and possible contamination. For easy processing and amplification of nucleic acid samples, the samples are bound to a solid support and used directly, without purification, in a nucleic acid amplification reaction such as the polymerase chain reaction (PCR).

Abstract: An improved vehicle mounted storage unit and workbench, comprising a variably configured cabinet, upper lid with workbench surface, mechanisms for varying the cabinet's working height, slides and wheels for moving the cabinet, mounting brackets to fix the unit to a floor portion of a vehicle. The slides allow the cabinet to slide in and out of the mounting brackets, and contain a quick release feature allowing the unit to be dismounted from them and the vehicle without using tools.

Abstract: A system comprising an online database for personal, medical, appointment and other information; means for accessing that database using SSL encrypted links across the global internet; a portable ID card containing written and encoded information that is formatted to support an updateable provider printed and authenticated appliqué; and multiple means for delivering the information contained in the database to a wide variety of recipients on-demand is proposed. The intent of the system is to allow subscribers and providers to privately collaborate on treatments, while still allowing rapid and easy access to certain critical information in the event of an immediate need. The subscriber has the ability to designate service providers and enable their access.

Abstract: A vehicle mounted storage unit, adapted to be mounted to a floor portion of a vehicle having juxtaposed side panels and wheel wells that extend outwardly from each side panel by a first distance, and a vehicle surface a second distance away from the rearmost portion of the wheel wells that is perpendicular to the side panels and comprises the inner surface of a moveable tailgate. The storage unit includes two mounting brackets fixed to the floor portion of the vehicle adjacent to each side panel between the wheel wells and the tailgate. The mounting brackets have a width that is less than the first distance, a length that is less than the second distance, and a height that is less than the height of the side panels. The cabinet has a slide mechanism that allows it to move horizontally over the tailgate to its stops and back into a fully retracted position at the rear stops adjacent to the mounting brackets.

Abstract: A method and system implementation for combining and accessing telephony numbering and geographical position so direct access to information, services and goods may be invoked through the use of various telephone networks. The existing telephone networks throughout North America and the world use standardized numbering plans for connecting to, or switching any subtended device to any other device within the network. The U.S. government has orbited a series of communication satellites which provide a signaling method for determining precise geographical location throughout the world. This system is called the Global Positioning System (GPS) and provides several levels of service. Each GPS satellite continually transmits a navigation location signal which may be received on the ground, sea, or in the air and when combined with signals from other GPS satellites used to pinpoint navigational position in two or three dimensions.

Abstract: A permanent magnet electric motor including a rotor having an annular arrangement of field magnets for rotation around an axis relative to a stator. An annular FG magnet arrangement affixed to an end of the rotor cooperates with an adjacent FG coil to produce a signal indicative of the rotor speed. A shunt washer of magnetically permeable material is interposed between the field magnet arrangement and the FG magnet arrangement.