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Rear Gunner: Sgt R Phillips Cloudy. 25 aircraft took off to attack Duisburg, of which 21 attacked the primary target. Three (ND911, ME754, ND802) returned early with various technical failures and ND804 (Willis) failed to return. Another aircraft LL865 (Humphreys) was attacked by an enemy fighter and the navigator (Hill) was injured, the aircraft also being damaged.
Cloudy. 25 aircraft took off to attack Duisburg, of which 21 attacked the primary target. Three (ND911, ME754, ND802) returned early with various technical failures and ND804 (Willis) failed to return. Another aircraft LL865 (Humphreys) was attacked by an enemy fighter and the navigator (Hill) was injured, the aircraft also being damaged.
F/S John Dudley Perfrement (RAAF) – Pilot.
Sgt William Frederick Hall (RAFVR) – Nav.
Sgt Albert Kirkham (RAFVR) – A/B.
P/O John Duncan Craven (RAFVR) – W/Op.
Clear sky all day and brilliant sunshine. 22 aircraft were detailed to attack the marshalling yards at Angers. 6 of these were withdrawn, 2 (ND911 and another) returned early with engine trouble, but the remaining 14 aircraft successfully bombed the target in good weather. A good, concentrated attack was reported, and opposition was only slight.
Form 541: 118 Lancasters (16 ex 75 Sqn) and 8 Mosquito’s of 3 and 8 Groups attacked the railway yards and junction at Angers, France. One Lancaster lost.
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EL RIO GRANDE SUPERMERCADO #6 was inspected by the City of Fort Worth on April 4, 2018.
The “Restaurant” at EL RIO GRANDE SUPERMERCADO #6 was inspected on April 4, 2018.
EL RIO GRANDE SUPERMERCADO #6 was inspected by the City of Fort Worth on April 2, 2018.
The “Restaurant” at EL RIO GRANDE SUPERMERCADO #6 was inspected on April 2, 2018.
After 19 points were deducted for code violations, the area earned a B letter grade.
-3 points Food Contact Surfaces & Returnables Food contact surface is not clean to sight or touch was not cleaned before use or storage. Observed groved cutting board with food residue. Observed a dirty pan stored on top of a container of tomatoes.
-3 points Toxic substances properly identified, stored & used Toxic substances (chemicals/materials/first aid kit/employee medication) located in the food establishment not stored to prevent the contamination food items. Chemical containers not used for food. Observed a chemical spray bottle hanging from rack with canned goods.
-3 points Water from approved source, Plumbing and backflow device Observed leaking faucet at the handsink behind the frontline.
-2 points Adequate handwashing facilities: Accessible & supplied, used Handwashing Facilities-Improper Usage Observed a bottle of water stored in one hand sink.
-2 points Food Handler/no unauthorized persons/personnel Food employees have not completed an accredited food handler course within 7 days of start of employment. Observed two cards that expired in April of 2017.
-1 point No evidence of insect contamination, rodent/other animals Pests are not being controlled in the food establishment. Observed live roaches at the 3 compartment sink.
-1 point Non-food contact surfaces clean Nonfood-contact surfaces of equipment have an accumulation of dust, dirt, food residue, and other debris. Observed food residue on outer equpiment, cooler doors, knife container and cooking pots.
-1 point Physical facilities installed, maintained, & clean Floors/walls/ceilings are not clean. Observed food debris on the floors, under and behind equipment.
-1 point Wiping Cloths; properly used & stored Cloths in-use for wiping are not stored in sanitizer solution between uses. Quat sanitizer bucket registered at 0ppm.
EL RIO GRANDE SUPERMERCADO #6 was inspected by the City of Fort Worth on Jan. 5, 2018.
Inspectors reviewed six areas, which got an average score of 95.5/100 per area.
The “Bakery -- Retail” at EL RIO GRANDE SUPERMERCADO #6 was inspected on Jan. 5, 2018.
-2 points Adequate handwashing facilities: Accessible & supplied, used Handwashing Facilities-Inadequate Hand Cleaning Material/Inadequate Hand Drying Provisions Observed hand sink missing paper towels. COS Handwashing Facilities-Improper Usage Observed dirty dishes stored inside hand sink. COS.
-1 point Physical facilities installed, maintained, & clean Floors/walls/ceilings are not clean. Observed residue on floors in bakery.
The “Fish Market -- Retail” at EL RIO GRANDE SUPERMERCADO #6 was inspected on Jan. 5, 2018.
-3 points Food Contact Surfaces & Returnables Food contact surface is not clean to sight or touch was not cleaned before use or storage. Observed residue inside ice machine.
The “Grocery Store -- Retail” at EL RIO GRANDE SUPERMERCADO #6 was inspected on Jan. 5, 2018.
-3 points Food/ice approved source; food in good condition, safe Observed dented cans available for customer purchase.
-1 point Non-food contact surfaces clean Nonfood-contact surfaces of equipment have an accumulation of dust, dirt, food residue, and other debris. Observed debris inside reachin cooler in the grocery department.
The “Meat Market -- Retail” at EL RIO GRANDE SUPERMERCADO #6 was inspected on Jan. 5, 2018.
-1 point Non-food contact surfaces clean Nonfood-contact surfaces of equipment have an accumulation of dust, dirt, food residue, and other debris. Observed residue inside meat display cabinet.
The “Restaurant” at EL RIO GRANDE SUPERMERCADO #6 was inspected on Jan. 5, 2018.
-1 point Non-food contact surfaces clean Nonfood-contact surfaces of equipment have an accumulation of dust, dirt, food residue, and other debris. Observed residue on shelving units, racks, handles, and gaskets.
-1 point Wiping Cloths; properly used & stored In-use cloths used for wiping food spills are not maintained clean and dry, or are being used for other purposes. Observed wiping cloths at 0 ppm.
The “Snack Bar” at EL RIO GRANDE SUPERMERCADO #6 was inspected on Jan. 5, 2018.
-1 point Non-food contact surfaces clean Nonfood-contact surfaces of equipment have an accumulation of dust, dirt, food residue, and other debris. Observed residue on shelving units in the storage room.
EL RIO GRANDE SUPERMERCADO #6 was inspected by the City of Fort Worth on Oct. 2, 2017.
The “Restaurant” at EL RIO GRANDE SUPERMERCADO #6 was inspected on Oct. 2, 2017.
-1 point Single-service & single-use articles Single-use articles are not properly stored and/or used. Observed using a bowl for a scoop which may lead to a cross contamination violation.
EL RIO GRANDE SUPERMERCADO #6 was inspected by the City of Fort Worth on July 5, 2017.
Inspectors reviewed five areas, which got an average score of 91.6/100 per area.
The “Fish Market -- Retail” at EL RIO GRANDE SUPERMERCADO #6 was inspected on July 5, 2017.
After nine points were deducted for code violations, the area earned a A letter grade.
-3 points Food Contact Surfaces & Returnables Food contact surface is not clean to sight or touch was not cleaned before use or storage. Observed dirty knives stored with clean knives. The ice machine is not clean.
-3 points Proper Cold Holding temperature(41°F/45°F) Fish/seafood is not being held at 34F or below. Observed fish at an internal temperature of 40 -45 °F. Observed ceviche at 45 °F.
-3 points Water from approved source, Plumbing and backflow device Water distribution system is not equipped with adequate backflow prevention device or air gap. There is an hose connected without a backflow preventer device.
The “Grocery Store -- Retail” at EL RIO GRANDE SUPERMERCADO #6 was inspected on July 5, 2017.
-3 points Food/ice approved source; food in good condition, safe Observed unsound fruits nad vegetables in the produce walkin and storage.
-2 points Food & Non-food Contact Surfaces The fan covers in the produce walkin refrigerator.
-1 point Adequate ventilation & lighting Lights bulbs are not shielded, coated, or otherwise shatter-resistant. The lights in the produce displays are not shielded.
-1 point Environmental Contamination The unsound food (claims) is stored mixed with food for sell. Food is not protected from contamination. Observed food and trash mixed in the back room.
-1 point Garbage & Refuse properly disposed; facilities maintained Refuse receptacles/compactor and enclosure not clean and/or free of unnecessary items and litter. There is trash in the back room that is not organize. Observed loose trash behind the food establishment.
-1 point No evidence of insect contamination, rodent/other animals Pests are not being controlled in the food establishment. Observed flies and fruit fliies in and aroind the food establishmnet. Observed dead roaches in the produce displayed area.
-1 point Physical facilities installed, maintained, & clean Floors/walls/ceilings are not clean. The floor under the palets are not clean.
-1 point Utensils, equipment, & linens A food dispensing utensil is not available for each container displayed at a consumer self-service unit such as a buffet or salad bar. The beans,and dry pastas in the consumer self service area do not have utensils.
The “Meat Market -- Retail” at EL RIO GRANDE SUPERMERCADO #6 was inspected on July 5, 2017.
-3 points Food Separated & Protected Food is not protected from cross contamination or other contamination during storage, preparation, holding, display or is in contact with unclean surfaces. Observed chicken (raw) stored in contact and above beef and pork in the walkin refrigerator.
-2 points Food & Non-food Contact Surfaces Food Contact Surface is not cleanable. Some of the display case doors are damaged.
The “Restaurant” at EL RIO GRANDE SUPERMERCADO #6 was inspected on July 5, 2017.
-3 points Proper Cold Holding temperature(41°F/45°F) The potentially hazardous food is not being maintained at 41 °F or below. Observed the lettuce 61 °F, tomatoes 65 °F and cheese 58 in the pre-cooler. Observed prep-cooler at 49 °F.
-3 points Proper Hot Holding Temperature(135°F) The potentially hazardous food is not being maintained at 135 °F or above. Observed pork skin with meat at an internal temperature of 90 °F.
-1 point Adequate ventilation & lighting Lights bulbs are not shielded, coated, or otherwise shatter-resistant. All the lights in the equipment are not shatter-resistant. Heating, ventilating, and air conditioning systems not properly designed, installed, and maintained. The filters and the vent hod are not clean.
The “Snack Bar” at EL RIO GRANDE SUPERMERCADO #6 was inspected on July 5, 2017.
-3 points Approved Sewage/Wastewater Disposal System Sewage/wastewater not disposed of in approved manner to prevent contamination. There is a wastewater leak from the 3-compartment sink.
-3 points Food Contact Surfaces & Returnables Food contact surface is not clean to sight or touch was not cleaned before use or storage. Food contact surface is not clean to sight or touch was not cleaned before use or storage. Fruit cutter is not clean.
-1 point No evidence of insect contamination, rodent/other animals Pests are not being controlled in the food establishment. There are flies in and around the food establishment.
-1 point Wiping Cloths; properly used & stored In-use cloths used for wiping food spills are not maintained clean and dry, or are being used for other purposes.
EL RIO GRANDE SUPERMERCADO #6 was inspected by the City of Fort Worth on April 5, 2017.
The “Restaurant” at EL RIO GRANDE SUPERMERCADO #6 was inspected on April 5, 2017.
After 16 points were deducted for code violations, the area earned a B letter grade.
-3 points Food Separated & Protected Food is not protected from cross contamination or other contamination during storage, preparation, holding, display or is in contact with unclean surfaces. Observed chemical items stored in direct contact with food items. Manager COS.
-2 points Adequate handwashing facilities: Accessible & supplied, used Handwashing Facilities-Improper Usage Observed storage rack stored in front of hand washing sink. Manager COS.
-2 points Food Establishment Permit(Current, Valid, & Posted) Permit not current/valid/posted The permits that are posted are expired. Please post current permits.
-2 points PIC, demonstration of knowledge, perfrom dutied, & CFM Certified food protection manager not employeed by facility or available, FW card not available. Please transfer food manager cards to the City of Fort Worth.
-1 point Original container labeling(bulk food) Food is not properly labeled. Observed bulk food removed from it original container and not labeled properly. Manager COS.
-1 point Other Violations Certified food manager certificate not posted in a conspicuous location. Once you transfer food manager cards to the City of Fort Worth. Please post CFW food manager cards in public view.
-1 point Physical facilities installed, maintained, & clean Floors/walls/ceilings are not clean. Observed residue on the floors, walls, and floor sinks in kitchen area.
-1 point Wiping Cloths; properly used & stored Cloths in-use for wiping are not stored in sanitizer solution between uses. Wiping cloths and/or the chemical sanitizing solution are not free of food debris and/or visible soil. Observed wiping cloths stored in soiled sanitizer with a concentration of 0 ppm. Manager COS.
EL RIO GRANDE SUPERMERCADO #6 was inspected by the City of Fort Worth on Jan. 19, 2017.
Inspectors reviewed four areas, which got an average score of 87/100 per area.
The “Bakery -- Retail” at EL RIO GRANDE SUPERMERCADO #6 was inspected on Jan. 19, 2017.
-3 points Food Contact Surfaces & Returnables Food contact surface is not clean to sight or touch was not cleaned before use or storage. Observed dirty knive stored next to clean knives. Observed bakery trays, food containers are dirty.
-3 points Food/ice approved source; food in good condition, safe Observed package tortillas without manufacturing label in the customer service area inside a cooler.
-2 points Adequate handwashing facilities: Accessible & supplied, used Handwashing Facilities-Inadequate Hand Cleaning Material/Inadequate Hand Drying Provisions There is one hand sink without the paper towels in the tortilleria.
-2 points Food Handler/no unauthorized persons/personnel Food employees have not completed an accredited food handler course within 7 days of start of employment. Observed expired food handler cards.
-1 point Adequate ventilation & lighting Lights bulbs are not shielded, coated, or otherwise shatter-resistant. Lights in the show cases and in the food preparation area are not shielded.
-1 point Environmental Contamination Food is not protected from contamination. The food bins are not cover during storage.
-1 point Non-food contact surfaces clean Observed all non-food contacts surfaces dirty. Non-food contact surface is not constructed of a corrosion-resistant, nonabsorbent, and smooth material. Observed bare wood shelves.
-1 point Other Violations Permit/License and inspection report sign not posted for public view. Handwashing Signage Not Posted. Sgns are not provide in the bakery area. Certfied food manager certificate not posted in a conspicuous location.
-1 point Physical facilities installed, maintained, & clean Wall and ceiling covering/panels not installed or attached. Some ceiling tiles are not provide.
-1 point Wiping Cloths; properly used & stored Cloths in-use for wiping are not stored in sanitizer solution between uses.
The “Fish Market -- Retail” at EL RIO GRANDE SUPERMERCADO #6 was inspected on Jan. 19, 2017.
-3 points Food Contact Surfaces & Returnables Food contact surface is not clean to sight or touch was not cleaned before use or storage. Ice machine is not clean. TCS food equipment food contact surfaces are not cleaned at least every four hours when required. Fish killer case.
-3 points Proper Cold Holding temperature(41°F/45°F) Fish/seafood is not being held at 34F or below. Observed raw seafood at 35-48 °F in the display case.
-2 points Food Establishment Permit(Current, Valid, & Posted) Observed evidence of cooking inside the fish department.
-2 points Posting of Consumer Advisories/Allergen Label Raw or undercooked animal derived product warning of notifying certain especially vulnerable customers of the significantly increased risk associated with eating raw or undercooked animal derived product must be available in the food establishment.
-2 points Required records available; Package food labeling Raw shucked shellfish and shellstock containers are not properly identified and/or labeled as specified by law. Shellstock tags shall be attached to the container, the date when last shellstock was sold or served shall be recorded on tag/label, and labels/tags must be maintained for 90 days. Records have not been created,recorded and retented when raw, raw-marinated, partially cooked, or marinated-partially cooked fish are served or sold in ready to eat form as specified by law.
-1 point Other Violations Permit/License and inspection report sign not posted for public view. Certfied food manager certificate not posted in a conspicuous location. Handwashing Signage Not Posted.
The “Meat Market -- Retail” at EL RIO GRANDE SUPERMERCADO #6 was inspected on Jan. 19, 2017.
After 14 points were deducted for code violations, the area earned a B letter grade.
-3 points Approved Sewage/Wastewater Disposal System Sewage/wastewater conveyance or storage system is not constructed in a manner to prevent contamination. The show case is missing the drain hose.
-3 points Food Separated & Protected Food is not protected from cross contamination or other contamination during storage, preparation, holding, display or is in contact with unclean surfaces. Observed raw chicken next to beef and pork in the show case.
-3 points Proper Cold Holding temperature(41°F/45°F) The potentially hazardous food is not being maintained at 41 °F or below. Observed meats in the show case at 48 - 50 °F.
-1 point Adequate ventilation & lighting Lights bulbs are not shielded, coated, or otherwise shatter-resistant. In the walkin refrigerator.
-1 point Non-food contact surfaces clean The fan covers in the walkin refrigerator are not clean.
The “Snack Bar” at EL RIO GRANDE SUPERMERCADO #6 was inspected on Jan. 19, 2017.
-3 points Food/ice approved source; food in good condition, safe Observed unsound mangonada in the reachin freezer.
-1 point Non-food contact surfaces clean Non-food contact surface is not constructed of a corrosion-resistant, nonabsorbent, and smooth material. Observed bare wood shelves in the department.
-1 point Personal Cleanliness/eating, drinking or tobacco use Improper Hygiene-Eating, Drinking, Smoking, Other(or Evidence of eating, drinking, or smoking) Observed employee drinks stored next to food in the storage. Observed employee belongings stored next to food in the storage.
-1 point Physical facilities installed, maintained, & clean Floors/walls/ceilings are not clean. Floor in the storage are not clean under the shelves.
-1 point Utensils, equipment, & linens In-use utensils used for food preparation or dispensing are not properly stored between uses. Observed sugar scoop with the handle in contact with the sugar.
EL RIO GRANDE SUPERMERCADO #6 was inspected by the City of Fort Worth on Jan. 5, 2017.
The “Restaurant” at EL RIO GRANDE SUPERMERCADO #6 was inspected on Jan. 5, 2017.
-3 points Food Contact Surfaces & Returnables Food contact surface is not clean to sight or touch was not cleaned before use or storage. Pot of grease on food storage shelve is not clean.
-3 points Proper Cooling Time and Temperature The beef fajita is in/on the heating cabinet at a temperature of 106°F after cooling for 03 hours.
-2 points Food Establishment Permit(Current, Valid, & Posted) Permit not current/valid/posted Current permit is not available.
-2 points PIC, demonstration of knowledge, perfrom dutied, & CFM Certified food protection manager not employeed by facility or available, FW card not available. Transfer Food manager card to Fort Worth Food Manager card. Take serve safe certificate to 818 Missouri Ave Fort Worth, TX 76104 Pay $15 and you will receive your Fort Worth Food manager card.
-2 points Proper cooling methods; Equipment adequate to maintain temp. Food establishment is not using an approved method to cool food based on the type of food being cooled. Must seperate food into smaller portions, use ice and chill sticks to cool food properly. Future violation may result in a citation.
-2 points Warewashing Facilities; installed, maintained, used Manual Warewashing-Inadequate/Excessive Sanitizer Concentration Quat. ammonium sanitizer concentration less than 200 ppm.
-1 point Garbage & Refuse properly disposed; facilities maintained Refuse receptacles/compactor and enclosure not clean and/or free of unnecessary items and litter.
-1 point Personal Cleanliness/eating, drinking or tobacco use Improper Hygiene-Eating, Drinking, Smoking, Other(or Evidence of eating, drinking, or smoking) Coffee cup found in food service area is not allowed.
-1 point Physical facilities installed, maintained, & clean Damaged floor/wall/ceiling surfaces. Damaged wall surface in the kitchen area near hot holding unit.
-1 point Wiping Cloths; properly used & stored Quat. ammonium wiping cloth sanitizer less than 200 ppm.
EL RIO GRANDE SUPERMERCADO #6 was inspected by the City of Fort Worth on Oct. 4, 2016.
The “Restaurant” at EL RIO GRANDE SUPERMERCADO #6 was inspected on Oct. 4, 2016.
-3 points Food Separated & Protected Food is not protected from cross contamination or other contamination during storage, preparation, holding, display or is in contact with unclean surfaces. Raw beef and eggs raw in shell stored next abd above vegetables in the walkin refrigerator.
-3 points Proper Cold Holding temperature(41°F/45°F) The potentially hazardous food is not being maintained at 41 °F or below. Pulled beef at 46°F and salsas at 48-52°F.
-3 points Proper Cooling Time and Temperature The pork product is in/on the walkin refrigerator at a temperature of 50 to 54 degrees F after cooling for 24 hours.
-3 points Proper Hot Holding Temperature(135°F) The potentially hazardous food is not being maintained at 135 °F or above. - Red salsa 107°F, 108 °F and 125 °F; - Pork (Carnita) 115 °F, soup 99°F, pork feet 122 °F, Pork skin w/meat 88-95 °F.
-2 points Food & Non-food Contact Surfaces Food Contact Surface is not cleanable. Two pans, two scoops and preptable shelves.
-2 points Proper cooling methods; Equipment adequate to maintain temp. Food establishment is not using an approved method to cool food based on the type of food being cooled.
-1 point No evidence of insect contamination, rodent/other animals Pests are not being controlled in the food establishment. Roaches.
-1 point Original container labeling(bulk food) Molluscan shellfish and /or shellstock have been removed from the container in which they are received. Rice and beans.
EL RIO GRANDE SUPERMERCADO #6 was inspected by the City of Fort Worth on July 7, 2016.
Inspectors reviewed five areas, which got an average score of 92.8/100 per area.
The “Fish Market -- Retail” at EL RIO GRANDE SUPERMERCADO #6 was inspected on July 7, 2016.
-3 points Proper Cold Holding temperature(41°F/45°F) Observed fish and shrimp ceviche at 44°F.
-2 points Food & Non-food Contact Surfaces Food Contact Surface is not cleanable. The ice machine is not clean.
-2 points Required records available; Package food labeling Shellstock tags shall be attached to the container, the date when last shellstock was sold or served shall be recorded on tag/label, and labels/tags must be maintained for 90 days. Records for parasite destruction are not available during inspection.
The “Grocery Store -- Retail” at EL RIO GRANDE SUPERMERCADO #6 was inspected on July 7, 2016.
-1 point Adequate ventilation & lighting Lights bulbs are not shielded, coated, or otherwise shatter-resistant.
-1 point No evidence of insect contamination, rodent/other animals Observed a rodent bait box in the backroom of the food establishment.
-1 point Physical facilities installed, maintained, & clean Damaged floor/wall/ceiling surfaces Observed serveral ceiling tiles with water damage.
The “Meat Market -- Retail” at EL RIO GRANDE SUPERMERCADO #6 was inspected on July 7, 2016.
-3 points Food Separated & Protected Food is not protected from cross contamination or other contamination during storage, preparation, holding, display or is in contact with unclean surfaces. There is not a divider between different kinds of meats in the display case.
-2 points Adequate handwashing facilities: Accessible & supplied, used Handwashing Facilities-Inadequate Hand Cleaning Material/Inadequate Hand Drying Provisions. Paper towels are not provide in all the hand sinks.
-2 points Food Handler/no unauthorized persons/personnel Employee have a photo copy of the FW food handler card.
-2 points Food & Non-food Contact Surfaces Food Contact Surface is not cleanable. Food slicer is not clean.
-1 point Utensils, equipment, & linens Observed utensil handle in contact with the food.
The “Restaurant” at EL RIO GRANDE SUPERMERCADO #6 was inspected on July 7, 2016.
-3 points Proper Cold Holding temperature(41°F/45°F) Observed salsa, cooked beans and cooked pork at an internal temperature of 60°F-65°F.
-3 points Proper Hot Holding Temperature(135°F) Observed several items ( cooked beef products and cooked chicken) in the steam table at an internal temperature of 123°F-127°F.
-2 points Adequate handwashing facilities: Accessible & supplied, used Handwashing Facilities-Improper Usage. Observed box of aluminum foil stored in the hand sink.
-1 point Personal Cleanliness/eating, drinking or tobacco use Improper Hygiene-Eating, Drinking, Smoking, Other(or Evidence of eating, drinking, or smoking). Observed employee drinks stored in the prep-table.
The “Snack Bar” at EL RIO GRANDE SUPERMERCADO #6 was inspected on July 7, 2016.
-3 points Food/ice approved source; food in good condition, safe Observed unsound mangos and cantaloups in the food preparation area.
-3 points Proper Cold Holding temperature(41°F/45°F) Observed mac salad, chicken salad and fruits salads at 47 °F - 48 °F in the dispay case. They are using a double liner and it's obstructing the air flow inside the display case.
-1 point Utensils, equipment, & linens Cleaned and sanitized equipment, utensils, laundered linens, and single-service or single-use articles are not properly stored in a clean, dry location, where they are not exposed to splash, dust, or other contamination, at least 6 inches above the floor. Observed clean utensils stored on the floor. Observed a utensil with out handle been use to scoop food (ice).
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or a mathematical or computational government or policy program.
Students are expected to have had substantial exposure to computation, mathematics, and science.
Students apply to the program because of their desire to do research at the confluence of computer science and areas such as management, social science, law, or policy. Our students are pioneers who want to go above and beyond specialized degree programs, and have a strong interest in interdisciplinary research incorporating rigorous computational approaches.
Students come from many different backgrounds. Our primary criteria are research potential and demonstrated excellence. We are looking for students who will truly excel in our program and in their careers. We may admit extremely promising students whose preparation falls short in a particular area, with the understanding the student may have to take additional courses to gain competency sufficient to enroll in star courses.
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Intense desire to explore the computational problems within a complex real-world system of people, organizations, and policies or to explore complex real-world issues using computational techniques. This should be demonstrated by your statement of purpose and your experience.
Undergraduate coursework in a social, organizational, managerial or policy science is also helpful, but not required.
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2001-11-16 Assigned to DONNELLY CORPORATION reassignment DONNELLY CORPORATION ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNORS INTEREST (SEE DOCUMENT FOR DETAILS). Assignors: WILLMORE, DAVID K., SCHNELL, ROBERT E., WEBER, RICHARD J.
A vehicular exterior rearview mirror blind spot viewing system includes an exterior rearview mirror assembly which enables moving the reflective mirror element to an alternate position for viewing of areas adjacent the vehicle which otherwise would be hidden in the driver's blind spot. The blind spot system includes a reflective mirror element mounted on a pivot member such as an electric actuator for adjusting the field of view of the mirror element for different drivers about an axis which is preferably centered on the mirror element. A support member has a joint spaced laterally of the axis and pivotally connected to the pivot member for moving the mirror element between a first rearward viewing position and a blind spot viewing position. A power source such as an electric motor is preferably mounted on the pivot member and is spaced from the support member joint, and includes a threaded member pivotally connected to the support member and driven by a gear. The electric motor is preferably connected via a control circuit to a remote switch such as in the passenger compartment to allow the driver to pivot the support member and mirror element for blind spot viewing when desired.
This application claims priority from U.S. provisional patent application Ser. No. 60/252,149, filed Nov. 20, 2000, the disclosure of which is hereby incorporated by reference herein in its entirety.
This invention relates to exterior rearview mirrors for vehicles and, more particularly, to a vehicular rearview mirror system allowing repositioning of the mirror reflector for desired time periods to view areas adjacent the vehicle which otherwise would be hidden from view in the driver's blind spot to improve safety during lane changes, merging with or passing of other vehicles.
Continuing efforts to improving occupant safety in the automotive and vehicular industry has recently focussed attention on the unsafe condition when driving a vehicle known as the “blind spot.” In the typical rearview mirror system incorporated in most vehicles today, an interior rearview mirror assembly is mounted on the inside of the vehicle and includes a mirror reflector used by the driver to view rearwardly of the vehicle to judge traffic to allow passing, lane changes, operation in reverse and the like. In conjunction with the interior rearview mirror assembly, a passenger side and/or driver side exterior mirror assemblies are normally used by the driver to extend the field of view both laterally and rearwardly of the vehicle. However, when using both the interior and exterior mirror reflectors of such assemblies, a driver normally encounters an area next to the vehicle that cannot be viewed with either the interior or exterior mirror reflector. When passing another vehicle, changing lanes on a highway or merging into freeway traffic, such a blind spot experienced by the driver using existing mirror systems can often hide an adjacent vehicle leading to potentially injurious conditions or accidents.
To improve a driver's vision and help reduce blind spots while driving, a blind spot actuator can be added to an exterior rearview mirror assembly which will quickly reposition the reflective surface of the mirror when activated such that the blind spot size decreases greatly or is eliminated. When deactivated, the blind spot actuator quickly returns the reflective mirror surface to its original position for normal rearward viewing.
A variety of blind spot actuators have been previously proposed. One prior known assembly includes a hinge plate, spring and electric motor combination incorporated in the exterior rearview mirror. When in the normal driving position, the electric motor is deactivated and the spring is retracted. However, when activated, the electrical motor drives a gear mechanism to change the angular position of the mirror. Electric power is continuously supplied to the motor in order to hold the mirror in the extended position. When power is removed, the force applied by the motor is removed and the spring applies a return force to the mirror which urges the mirror back to its normal position. Such an assembly, however, requires the motor to be in a stall position with electrical power applied as long as the driver desires to view the blind spot. Since the blind spot actuator will be used very frequently by a vehicle driver, the large cycle requirement for the assembly in which the stall position is maintained in each cycle reduces the life of the electric motor.
In addition to severe requirements for the drive motor, the above system may experience significant vibration distortion for the driver when viewing the system while driving on a highway. For example, the spring which is extended when the blind spot actuator is activated is in a relaxed position when the reflective surface is in the normal position. This allows road shocks and other vibration to affect the mirror. In addition, the drive motor assembly is attached to the mirror holder. Such additional weight of the drive motor may degrade the vibration performance of the reflective surface.
Further, many prior known electrically operated blind spot actuator systems such as that shown in U.S. Pat. No. 4,834,522 to Janowicz U.S. Pat. Nos. 4,971,430; 5,097,362; and 5,159,497 to Lynas; U.S. Pat. No. 5,033,835 to Platzer, Jr.; and U.S. Pat. No. 5,745,310 to Mathieu have rotated the reflective surface of the mirror about a pivot axis centered within a surrounding mirror housing. Because of such positioning, the remote ends of the reflective mirror surface must travel a significant distance within the housing to accommodate all necessary adjustment positions. Such movement requires additional space within the mirror housing and reduces the amount of available housing area useful for positioning other required mirror assembly components. In addition, the pivot supports for the reflective mirror element in such prior known systems including the above Janowicz, Lynas and Mathieu patents have been of significant size and cause the reflective mirror surface to be positioned a large distance from the center of the adjustment mechanism. This likewise decreases vibration performance of the overall assembly and creates manufacturing difficulties in forming an interchangeable system in which a single mirror housing can include either a blind spot actuator or a normal mirror glass as desired.
Therefore, prior known blind spot actuating systems for rearview mirror assemblies have suffered from a lack of reliability and short cycle life, decreased vibration performance, a lack of efficient use of space within the mirror housing, and reduced ability to provide system interchangeability.
Accordingly, the present invention provides a vehicular exterior rearview mirror assembly blind spot viewing system which overcomes problems encountered with the prior known systems and provides a versatile, lower cost, reliable blind spot actuator having improved vibration performance for use on vehicles such as automobiles and trucks.
In one form, the invention is an exterior rearview mirror assembly blind spot viewing system for vehicles comprising an exterior rearview mirror assembly including a reflective mirror element, and a pivot member for pivotally mounting the reflective mirror element on the assembly to adjust the position of the mirror element for different fields of view for different vehicle drivers. The pivot member pivotally mounts the mirror element on an axis generally aligned with the center of the mirror element. A support member includes a joint for movably mounting the reflective mirror element between a first rearward viewing position and a blind spot viewing position. The joint is spaced laterally outwardly of the center axis. A motive power source is provided for moving the support member and the reflective mirror element on the joint between the first rearward viewing position and the blind spot viewing position. The motive power source includes an electric motor, a gear and a threaded member driven for extension and retraction by the electric motor and gear. The blind spot viewing position provides an enhanced field of view for the vehicle driver in the area adjacent the vehicle on which the assembly is mounted.
In another form of the invention, the pivot member pivotally mounts the mirror element on an axis at a predetermined position with respect to the mirror element. The joint of the support member is spaced laterally on one side of the axis at a first position, while the motive power source including an electric motor, gear and threaded member is mounted on the pivot member at a position spaced laterally on another side of the axis generally opposite to the first position.
In a further form of the invention, the motive power source including an electric motor, gear and threaded member is mounted on the pivot member at a position spaced from the axis, while the threaded member is pivotally secured to the pivot member.
Preferably, the threaded member may include a threaded post pivotally joined to the support member. Alternately, the electric motor includes a crank member pivotally secured between the motor, gear and support member. In yet another form, the threaded member, which is extended and retracted by the motor and gear, may include a push/pull cable connected to the support member.
In a preferred form of the invention, the pivot member includes an actuator for adjusting the mirror element position, the actuator preferably being an electric actuator remotely controlled from the interior of the vehicle on which the assembly is mounted. The support member is movably mounted on the pivot member such that the joint therebetween positioned adjacent the peripheral edge of the mirror element. More preferably, the support member may include a backing member secured to the mirror element while the assembly includes a housing. The actuator is fixedly mounted to the housing and the pivot member includes a pivot plate pivotally secured to the actuator on the center axis. The joint extends between the pivot plate and the backing member.
In another form of the invention, the assembly includes a housing and a mounting plate within the housing. The pivot member includes an actuator, such as an electric actuator, for adjusting the mirror element position, the actuator being fixedly mounted on the support member. The joint extends between the support member and the mounting plate such that when the mirror assembly is moved to the blind spot viewing position, the support member, pivot member including the actuator and the reflective mirror element are all moved in unison.
In various other forms of the invention, the motive power source may include a muscle wire or an electric solenoid and one of various forms of connection to the support member.
In other preferred aspects of the invention, an electrical control for the motive power source is provided for ease of use by all vehicle drivers. In one form, a switch may be activated by the driver to move the reflective mirror element to the blind spot viewing position and to return to the normal rearward viewing position upon release of the switch. A current limiting device is preferably incorporated to limit the current applied to the electric motor or to shut off the electric current when the motor is in the blind spot viewing position. Alternately, other switch devices could be used such as a push-push switch in which the driver pushes a button or other activating member to move the reflective mirror element to the blind spot viewing position and pushes the same activating member to return the mirror element to its normal rearward viewing position when desired. Alternately, an on/off type switch can be used to move the reflective mirror element to its blind spot viewing position after which the switch is moved to the alternate position to return the mirror element to its normal rearward viewing position.
The present invention overcomes numerous problems encountered with prior blind spot viewing systems in exterior vehicular rearview mirrors by providing a reliable, long lasting easily manufactured assembly which allows momentary actuation to view the blind spot area when changing lanes, merging, or passing another vehicle without requiring significantly increased space within the rearview mirror housing. One of several types of electric drive motors can be incorporated which do not require continued application of electric power while in the blind spot viewing position and, therefore, have significantly increased life span and cycle capacity. In addition, the structure of the present invention improves vibration performance over other known systems and reduces unwanted blurring in the reflective mirror element when viewed by the vehicle driver. In addition, the blind spot viewing system of the present invention may be incorporated in an exterior rearview mirror on either the driver or passenger side of the vehicle to enable viewing of blind spots on either side of the vehicle.
FIGS. 22A and 22B are perspective views of the support assembly for the reflective mirror element of FIGS. 19-21 in the normal rearward viewing position and in the blind spot viewing position, respectively.
FIGS. 25A and 25B are perspective views of the support assembly for the reflective mirror element of FIGS. 23 and 24 in the normal rear viewing position and in the blind spot viewing position, respectively.
Referring now to the drawings in greater detail, FIGS. 1A and 1B illustrate a typical driving situation in which a driver in a vehicle A such as an automobile or truck uses a driver's side exterior rearview mirror B for rearward viewing of traffic which may be approaching or present to the rear of vehicle A. From the typical driver's position with exterior mirror assembly B properly adjusted, the driver can view areas V1 and V2 via the mirror. As such, area V1 would encompass and provide a view of other automobiles or trucks C or motorcycles D which are sufficiently to the rear of vehicle A. However, for vehicles or motorcycles C1 or D1 in the area between viewing areas V1 and V2, the driver of vehicle A could not view those vehicles in mirror B or would see such a small portion thereof that those vehicles would be substantially invisible. The area between areas V1 and V2 therefore encompasses a blind spot for the driver of vehicle A. However, when the reflective mirror element of mirror assembly B is pivoted outwardly and at an angle to the vertical which depends on the specific vehicle, such as outwardly at approximately 9° at an angle to the vertical of approximately 5° down, the driver can view the area V3 thereby allowing him to view vehicles including automobiles, trucks and motorcycles which would otherwise be within his or her blind spot thereby substantially increasing the safety for driving vehicle A such as during lane changes, merging onto freeways, or passing other vehicles.
Referring now to FIGS. 2-8, a first embodiment 10 of an exterior rearview mirror assembly incorporating a blind spot viewing system of the present invention is illustrated. Mirror assembly 10 includes a mirror housing 12 which may be molded from a suitable polymeric material for strength and resilience and includes a bezel portion 14 having side or end walls 16 a, 16 b and an interior wall 18 molded integrally therewith to include support structure for mounting elements to be received within the housing 12. Housing 12 also includes a forward wall 20 secured to the forward facing edge of bezel portion 14 to close the mirror assembly and provide an exterior, forward facing surface which may be painted or otherwise finished in a desired color such as to match the exterior color of the vehicle on which the assembly is mounted. Bezel portion 14 defines an interior cavity 22 and a rear facing opening 24 within which a reflective mirror element and its support structure is mounted.
As is best seen in FIGS. 2, 3 and 5-8, a reflective mirror element 30, preferably formed from a sheet of planar or curved glass and having a coating of conventionally known reflective material such as aluminum, chrome or alloys thereof on its first or front surface or on its second or rear surface, is mounted on a mirror holder or support member 32 having an elongated shape. Support member 32 is preferably molded from a resinous polymeric material and includes an upstanding lip or edge 34 at its periphery, a forwardly extending, molded rib 36 adjacent the periphery for providing stiffness and strength, and a series of J-shaped projecting clip-like hinge members 38 aligned with one another adjacent the periphery of support member 32 near its outer edge 35. Mirror element 30 is preferably secured by a suitable adhesive on the rearward facing surface 39 of the support member. Preferably, support member 32 is hingedly secured to a molded, resinous polymeric pivot member or pivot plate 40 which may be mounted either on a manual or electric actuator for adjusting the position of the pivot member, support member and reflective mirror element for different fields of view for different vehicle drivers from a remote position typically within the passenger compartment of the vehicle on which the mirror assembly is mounted. Preferably, pivot plate 40 includes a forwardly extending, upstanding circular rib 42 which is received around the periphery of a correspondingly shaped actuator mount 52 which, in turn, is universally pivotally secured to the rearward facing side of an electric actuator 50 via a pivot 54 (FIG. 5). Electric actuator 50 may be any of numerous conventional electric actuator units a suitable one of which may be obtained from Donnelly Corporation of Holland, Mich., under Model No. D16 or MM1 or such as those actuators disclosed in U.S. Pat. No. 5,900,999, No. 5,986,364, No. 6,168,279, No. 6,213,612, No. 6,243,218, and No. 6,094,027, the disclosures of which are hereby incorporated by reference herein. Actuator 50 is fixedly secured within the interior of housing 14 on interior wall 18. Pivot plate 40 also includes an axle 44 spaced forwardly of the forward surface of pivot member 40 on upstanding legs or projections 46 (FIGS. 4,5 and 7). Axle 44, which can be formed from metal or plastic, such as by molding the axle with pivot plate 40, is adapted to snap fit within hinge members 38 as will be described more fully below. As will also be described more fully below, axle 44 is positioned at an angle to the vertical such that when support member 32 is pivoted to the blind spot viewing position with mirror element 30, an appropriate blind spot viewing area will be seen in the mirror surface.
As shown in FIGS. 5-8, a motive power source 60 is mounted on the interior, forward side of pivot plate 40 adjacent the end of the pivot plate which is opposite to the end which includes axle 44 on the opposite side of the actuator mounting rib 42. Pivot plate 40 includes an upstanding cylindrical rib 47 on the interior surface of plate 40 spaced radially outwardly from an aperture 48 through which an actuating member comprising a threaded rod 74 or the like is driven to move support member 32 and reflective mirror element 30 in unison to the blind spot viewing position. Secured to the mounting area adjacent aperture 48 and rib 47 is a power source assembly 60 including an electric motor 62 and a gear drive assembly 64. Gear drive assembly 64 includes a generally cylindrical outer shell or housing 66 having a cylindrical base portion 66 a and an integral, upstanding conical portion 66 b. Housing 66 is adhered or otherwise secured to the interior side of pivot plate 40 adjacent rib 47 such that it is coaxial with aperture 48 and has its weight supported by plate 40.
As is best seen in FIGS. 5-8, electric motor 62 is mounted on pivot plate 40 adjacent gear drive assembly 64. Motor 62 includes a drive shaft 68 on which a worm gear 70 is mounted for engagement with a ring gear 72 rotatably mounted within cylindrical housing portion 66 a as shown in FIGS. 5 and 6. Ring gear 72 is internally threaded for engagement with threaded post 74 which, when ring gear 72 is driven by motor 62 via shaft and worm gear 70, extends or retracts the threaded post as well as pivot support member or mirror holder 32 toward and away from pivot plate 40. At the upper end of threaded post 74 is a ball member 76 integrally formed therewith for receipt in a socket 37 formed on the interior side of support member 32. Socket 37 is positioned on the opposite side of actuator 50 from hinge members 38 (see FIGS. 3 and 8). When threaded post 74 is extended and retracted to pivot support member 32 and, thus, reflective mirror element 30 about axle 44 on hinge members 38, the threaded post can tilt or shift laterally to accommodate the pivotal movement of support member 32 as compared to the axis of aperture 48 and housing 66 as shown in FIG. 6. Preferably, electric motor 62 is of the type manufactured by Mabuchi Motor of Japan under Model No. FK 130 RD.
As shown in FIG. 4, mirror holder or support member 32 is preferably assembled to pivot plate 40 by holding support member 32 inverted with its rear surface adjacent axle 44 such that hinge members 38 are adjacent the axle (FIG. 4A). The support member is then moved toward axle 44 downwardly over the axle until the axle (FIG. 4B) is received on the curved interiors of the aligned hinge members (FIG. 4C). The support member is then rotated until it is in contact with pivot plate 40 thereby retaining axle 44 in hinge members 38 (FIGS. 4D and 4E).
As will now be understood, especially from FIGS. 2, 5, 6 and 8, actuation of motor 62 and gear assembly 64 will extend threaded post 74 and pivot support member 30 about hinge axle 44 through an angle α which is preferably within the range of about 2 degrees to about 20 degrees, more preferably about 4 degrees to about 16 degrees and most preferably about 7 degrees to about 11 degrees. Preferably, motor 62 is a reversible, high torque, high rpm electric motor which rotates shaft 68 at high speed to rapidly extend and/or retract threaded post 74 upon application of electric current to the motor for substantially immediate pivoting of support member 30. As will be understood from FIG. 2, the pivotal motion of the support member and mirror element is outwardly away from housing 12 with only a small marginal area of the support plate between hinge members 38 and its outer periphery 35 extending slightly inwardly within the housing. Thus, because the hinge axis of axle 44 and hinge members 38 is spaced laterally outwardly from the centered position of pivot 54 to the position adjacent the periphery of the support member 32 and mirror element 30, the blind spot viewing system can be readily incorporated in conventionally sized exterior rearview mirror housings without requiring any significant additional size or space. Likewise, because the power source comprising motor 62 and gear assembly 64 is mounted on the pivot plate 40 and not on the support member 32 or mirror element 30, the weight of the power source is fully supported by the pivot plate and actuator 50 so that there is little or no vibrational affect from the weight of that assembly on the movable support member or reflective mirror element. Further, because threaded post 74 provides a rigid support for support member 32 and mirror element 30, the reflective mirror surface is less subject to vibration effects and/or blurring, both in its blind spot viewing position, and in the normal rearward viewing position.
Referring now to FIGS. 9-13, a second embodiment 10′ of an exterior rearview mirror assembly incorporating a blind spot viewing system of the present invention is illustrated. Mirror assembly 10′ is substantially similar to mirror assembly 10 except for the substitution of a different gear assembly 64′ instead of gear assembly 64. Generally, mirror assembly 10′ includes a mirror housing 12, bezel portion 14, forward wall 20, reflective mirror element 30, mirror holder or support member 32, pivot plate 40 and hinge members 38 and axle 44 all substantially as shown in mirror assembly 10. However, in mirror assembly 10′, electric motor 62 drives a worm gear 70 which engages a telescoping gear assembly which is more compact than gear assembly 64, yet allows extension of the support member 32 and mirror element 30 to the same or even greater distance than gear drive assembly 64.
Gear drive assembly 64′ includes an outer shell or housing 66′ having a cylindrical base portion 66 a′, a first, integral, upstanding cylindrical subportion 66 b′ and a third cylindrical, integral subportion 66 c′ as well as an integral motor support tray 67′ (FIG. 11), all of which are preferably molded in one piece from a resinous polymeric material such as a nylon, polyester, or ABS material. Housing 66′ is adhered or otherwise secured to the interior side of pivot plate 40 such that cylindrical portions 66 a′, 66 b′ and 66 c′ are coaxial with aperture 48 and have their weight supported by pivot plate 40 just as in assembly 10. However, worm gear 70 engages a modified ring or drive gear 72′ including an integral, axially extending housing 73′ having parallel, diametrically opposed slots 75′ on opposite sides thereof. A cylindrical collar 77′ including radially extending, cylindrical ears 77 a′ and 77 b′ is telescoped within the hollow interior of housing portion 73′ such that ears 77 a′, 77 b′ ride and slide within slots 75′. Threadably engaged on the threaded interior of collar 77′ is extendable, threaded post 74′ having a pivot head 76′ adapted to be pivotally secured within socket 37 just as in mirror assembly 10. Accordingly, when motor 62 is secured within tray 67′ such that worm gear 70 projects into the interior of cylindrical housing portion 66 a′, and ring/drive gear 72′ is telescoped within the interior of housing 66′ with collar 77′ slidably telescoped within housing 73′ and post 74′ threadably engaging the interior of collar 77′, rotation of worm gear 70 rotates drive gear 72′ such that vertical slots 75′ drive collar 77′ for rotation therewith via ears 77 a′ and 77 b′. Ears 77 a′ and 77 b′ also engage the threaded interior of housing portion 66 b′ (FIGS. 12A, 12B, 13A, 13B) such that as drive gear 72′ rotates, ears 77 a′ and 77 b′ cause collar 77′ to move axially within the housing 73′ from the positions shown in FIGS. 12A and 13A, to the positions shown in FIGS. 12B and 13B. As collar 77′ is rotated in the above manner, its rotation drives the threads on post 74′ which moves upwardly as shown in FIGS. 12B and 13B since head 76′ is secured to and prevented from rotating in socket 37 of mirror support 32. Accordingly, extension of threaded post 74 to the same or greater distance as post 74 in gear drive assembly 64 occurs with less overall height for housing 66′ because of the inclusion of sliding collar 77′. The smaller height dimension for housing 66′ requires less space within the mirror assembly thereby keeping the assembly size to a minimum and avoiding the need for additional space within housing 12.
As mentioned above, the hinge motion of mirror support 32 and mirror element 30 is preferably both outward and at a slight downward angle in order to provide proper viewing of the blind spot area. In order to achieve a view having a vertical dimension in the same location in the blind spot area as compared to the usual rear vision area visible in the exterior rearview mirror with a target vehicle at the same distance from the viewing driver in both areas, the reflective mirror element must pivot both outwardly and upwardly to a blind spot viewing position. However, in the blind spot, vehicles are actually closer to the car in which the viewing driver is riding, thereby requiring the vertical dimension of the view to be lowered. The amount by which the pivotal motion must extend downwardly depends on each specific vehicle. However, it has been found that by using a standard amount of downward rotation of approximately 5°, the blind spot viewing area will encompass most automobile, motorcycle or other vehicles in the blind spot viewing area V3 as is shown in FIGS. 1A and 1B. Thus, in the preferred mirror assemblies of the present invention, the mirror element is pivoted outwardly 9° and downwardly 5° to reach the blind spot viewing position.
With reference to FIGS. 14-17, various alternate embodiments of power source 60 may be used in mirror assemblies 10 or 10′ to provide operation of the blind spot viewing system. In embodiment 80 of FIGS. 14A and 14B, motor 62 may be fitted with a disk 81 fixedly secured to shaft 68. Disk 81 has a curved crank member 82 pivotally mounted near its periphery at 84. The outer end 86 of crank 82 is adapted to be secured to support member 32 at or adjacent socket 37. Hence, when motor 62 is actuated to rotate shaft 68 through 180°, crank 82 is extended, thereby pivoting support member 32 and mirror element 30 through the desired angle about hinge members 38 and axle 44. Likewise, reverse actuation of the motor 62 causes rotation of shaft 68 through 180° to retract crank 82 and return support member 32 to its normal rearward viewing position.
FIGS. 15A and 15B illustrate another alternative power source 90 including electric motor 62 and elongated cam member 91 fixedly secured to shaft 68. Upon actuation of motor 62, shaft 68 will rotate causing cam 91 to engage the interior surface of the support member causing outward pivotal movement. Reverse rotation of the motor returns the support member to its original position.
As shown in FIGS. 16A and 16B, yet another alternative power source 94 includes an electric motor 62 and an elongated worm gear 95 mounted on the shaft of the motor. A threaded collar 96 is engaged with worm gear 95 to which is pivotally secured an elongated crank or yoke 98 having a socket 99 pivotally secured to the underside of support member 32 such as at socket 37. Upon rotation of worm gear 95 in one direction, collar 96 is moved toward motor 62 thereby forcing pivot 99 upwardly on yoke 98 to move support member 32 outwardly. Rotation of worm gear 95 in the opposite direction moves collar 96 outwardly away from motor 62 and lowers pivot 99 and the, thus, support member 32.
Yet another power source for actuation of the blind spot viewing system includes an electric solenoid 100 shown in FIGS. 17A and 17B. Solenoid 100 includes a flanged housing 102 adapted to be secured to the interior side of pivot plate 40 in the same position in which gear assembly 64 is mounted shown in FIGS. 5, 6 or 9. Solenoid 100 includes an extendible shaft 104 which is moved outwardly upon application of electric current to the solenoid. Hence, upon application of electric current, solenoid 100 is activated to extend shaft 104 to move support member 32 and mirror element 30 outwardly on hinge 38 and axle 44 in the manner described above. Deactivation of the solenoid retracts shaft 104 and returns the support member to its original position.
Referring now to FIG. 18, yet another embodiment 110 of an exterior rearview mirror assembly is shown including an alternate form of the blind spot viewing system. Mirror assembly 110 includes a molded polymeric exterior housing 112 similar to that in mirror embodiment 10 along with actuator 50 mounted on interior wall 114 of housing 112. Actuator 50 includes a pivot actuator 52 moveable about a pivot axis 54 which is centered on reflective mirror element 30 mounted in support member 32′. Instead of pivot plate 40 as in assembly 10, a modified pivot plate 120 is secured to the interior surface of a modified support member 32′ and, in turn, to pivot actuator 52 via circumferential flange 122. Pivot member 120 also includes axle 124 which receives hinge members 38 in the manner described above for axle 44 in connection with mirror assembly 10. At the end of pivot member 120 opposite axle 124 is an aperture 126 spaced inwardly from the outer edge of the pivot member. A flexible, coaxial cable 130 is secured via enlarged cable end 134 in socket 128 on support member 32′. Cable end 134 is formed on the end of a flexible, non-extendible, non-compressible push-pull interior cable 132 which passes through aperture 126 and is secured to socket 128. The opposite end of the external sheath 131 of cable 130 is secured in a socket 136 on the exterior of a housing 135 mounted internally of mirror assembly 110 on the opposite side of wall 114 from actuator 50. Interior cable 132 extends through an aperture in socket 136 and is secured to a threaded collar 138 via cable head 140. Collar 138 is, in turn, threadedly mounted worm gear 142 fixedly secured to shaft 68 of electric motor 62 of the type described above in connection with mirror assembly 10. Accordingly, motor 62, collar 138 and gear 142 are positioned at a remote location from support member 32′ and mirror element 30 but are connected via cable 130 to the support member for pivotal movement of the mirror element through angle ∀ to provide blind spot viewing when motor 62 is actuated by the vehicle driver through various switch apparatus on the interior of the vehicle. The arrangement of mirror assembly 110 avoids the positioning of motor 62 or gearing 138, 140 on pivot plate 120 and allows such elements to be fixedly secured in a rigid housing at a location within the mirror assembly thereby avoiding any vibration degradation with respect to mirror element 30. Cable 130 is sufficiently flexible to be routed through small internal spaces within the mirror housing for connection to the support member for movement of the mirror element without requiring significant additional space within the mirror housing. Additionally, cable 130 is sufficiently flexible to allow necessary pivoting of support member 32 and mirror element 30 through the desired angle ∀ (preferably 9°) regardless of the adjusted position of pivot member 120 on actuator 50 while a accommodating the slight lateral movement of socket 128 as it moves outwardly.
As shown in FIGS. 19-22, yet another embodiment 150 of an external rearview mirror assembly incorporating the blind spot viewing system of the present invention is illustrated. Mirror assembly 150 includes a rigid, molded mirror housing 152 having a rearward opening defining a cavity within the housing in which are mounted reflective mirror element 154 and support structure for adjusting the position of that element. More specifically, a reflective mirror element 154 similar to mirror element 30 above is mounted on molded, resinous polymeric pivot member 156 which, in turn, is pivotally secured to electric actuator 158 by pivot connector 159 for universal movement and adjustment of the position of the mirror element for different fields of view for different vehicle drivers. As in mirror embodiments 10 and 110, actuator 158 can be of the type available from Donnelly Corporation of Holland, Mich., under Model No. D 16 or MM 1. A pivot axis 159 for actuator 158 is preferably centered behind mirror element 154 as in mirror embodiments 10 and 110. In turn, actuator 158 is fixedly secured to molded, resinous polymeric support member or support plate 160. Support member 160 is, in turn, pivotally mounted to a molded, resinous polymeric mounting plate 166 by J-shaped hinge members 162 engaging axle 164 formed at the outer end of mounting plate 166. Mounting plate 166 is fixedly secured within mirror housing 152. An electric solenoid 170, such as solenoid 100 is mounted in alignment with aperture 168 in mounting plate 166 and includes an extendible shaft 172 similar to that for solenoid 100. Upon actuation, solenoid 170 causes extension of shaft 172 thereby pivoting support member 160, actuator 158, pivot member 156 and mirror element 154 in unison through a desired angle to provide blind spot viewing (FIG. 17). Upon deactivation of solenoid 170, shaft 172 is withdrawn and support member 160, actuator 158, pivot member 156 and mirror element 154 are returned to their normal rearward viewing positions. Preferably, a spring 174 is mounted over the ends of support plate 160 and mounting plate 166 at the end opposite hinge 162/axle 164 to urge the support member 160 back to its original position upon deactivation of solenoid 170.
A further embodiment 200 of an external rearview mirror assembly incorporating the blind spot viewing system of the present invention is illustrated in FIGS. 23-25. Mirror assembly 200 is similar to embodiment 150 but includes a modified power source for moving the assembly between the normal rear viewing position and the blind spot viewing position. More specifically, assembly 200 includes a rigid, molded mirror housing 152, reflective mirror element 154, molded resinous polymeric pivot member 156 and electric actuator 158, all of which are substantially similar to those in mirror assembly 150. As in assembly 150, actuator 158 is fixedly secured to molded, resinous polymeric support member or support plate 160 which, in turn, is pivotally mounted to a molded, resinous polymeric mounting plate 166 by J-shaped hinge members 162 engaging axle 164 formed at the outer end of mounting plate 166′. Mounting plate 166′ is fixedly secured within the mirror housing. Instead of electric solenoid 170, assembly 200 includes an electric motor of the type shown at 62, and gear drive assembly 64′ like that shown in mirror embodiment 10′ described above in connection with FIGS. 9-13. Upon actuation, the electric motor drives a worm gear engaging drive gear 72′ which, in turn, moves collar 73′ and threaded post 74′ outwardly as shown in FIG. 24 to pivot the entirety of support member 160, pivot plate 156 and reflective mirror element 154 as well as actuator 158 in unison through angle ∀, which is preferably 9°, to position mirror element 154 in the blind spot viewing position. Upon activation of the electric motor in the opposite direction, threaded post 74′ of gear drive 66′ retracts thereby pivoting support member 160, actuator 158, pivot member 156 and mirror element 154 in unison through the desired angle back to the normal rear viewing position. As in embodiment 150, a spring 174 similar to that used in assembly 150 may be mounted over the ends of support plate 160 and mounting plate 166′ at the end opposite hinge 162/axle 164 to urge the support member 160 back to its original position upon activation of the electric motor and return of the threaded post 74′ to its original position. Threaded post 74′ may be pivotally connected to a socket 37′ or other structure on the underside of support plate 160 in the manner described above for mirror assemblies 10 and 10′.
Preferably, when an electric motor, such as that described above at 62, is used to activate the movement of the blind spot viewing system of the present invention, an electrical control circuit 220 (FIG. 7) is connected to the electric motor for operation of the blind spot viewing system. Preferably, the circuit is formed on a printed circuit board 222 mounted within the housing of the mirror assembly and is connected to a switch 224 adapted to be activated by a driver within the cabin or passenger compartment of the vehicle on which the exterior mirror assembly including the blind spot viewing system is mounted. When switch 224 is activated, the electric motor is actuated and pivotal movement of the support member and mirror element is initiated in the manner described above. When the driver releases the switch, the motor or solenoid is reversed or released to return the mirror element to its normal rearward viewing position. Preferably, when the power source is an electric motor such as motor 62, circuit includes a current limiting device 226 which limits application of electric current to the electric motor when the motor is actuated to move the mirror element to its blind spot viewing position. In one form, current limiting device 226 reduces the electrical current applied to the electric motor when in the blind spot viewing position. In this form, the current applied to the motor in that position is at a reduced level but adequate to hold the motor in its extended position but of sufficiently low level to avoid damage to the motor. In an alternate form, current limiting device 226′ completely shuts off electric current to the motor leaving the mirror element in that position until the electric motor is activated in the reverse direction.
In addition, alternate switching devices can be utilized. For example, a push/push switch can be connected to the circuit in which the driver pushes a button or other activating member to activate the electric motor and move the mirror element to its blind spot viewing position. Thereafter, the driver pushes the same button or activating member to return the motor and mirror element to its normal rearward viewing position. Alternately, an on/off type switch can be used in which the driver pushes the switch one way to activate the motor and another way to deactivate the motor and return the mirror element to its normal viewing position. Yet another method of switching can be used in which the driver activates the switch and physically holds the switch until deactivation of the blind spot viewing position is desired.
Further, a sensing device or sensor 228, such as a Hall sensor, can be included in the electrical control circuit which includes the above described current limiting device when the motor or other power source is extended sufficiently for the mirror element to reach the blind spot viewing position. The device includes the current limiting device described above as the motor or power source reaches the extended position and detects when the driver releases the switch and causes the device to return to the normal rearward viewing position at which point electric current is shut off from the motor once again. Preferably, the current limiting device described above is a relay which reduces power applied to the electric motor.
In addition, in any of the mirror assemblies 10, 10′, 110, 150 or 200, instead of including a separate motive power source for the blind spot viewing system such as electric motor 62 and any of the above described drive systems, or a solenoid such as that shown at 100 or 170, the rearview mirror assembly incorporating the blind spot viewing system could incorporate a stepper motor, as is conventionally known. Such stepper motor could be incorporated in any of the actuators such as those shown at 50 or 158 mentioned above, thereby eliminating the need for a separate power source for actuation of the assembly to the blind spot viewing system. In such a system, the stepper motor, which is operated by electrical pulses and controlled by a circuit board mounted either in the mirror assembly or elsewhere in the vehicle, could be programmed to change its speed from a normal rearview mirror position adjustment speed of approximately 2 degrees to about 4 degrees per second, preferably about 3 degrees per second, to a much faster speed of greater than about 5 degrees per second, more preferably greater than about 10 degrees per second, and most preferably greater than about 15 degrees per second. A preferred range of speed is from about 15 degrees per second to about 25 degrees per second, more preferably about 17 degrees per second to about 20 degrees per second, so that the reflective mirror element could be moved by the actuator 50 or 158 itself rapidly to the blind spot viewing position and then returned to the normal rearward viewing position without the need for an additional power source. This would further improve vibration performance of the mirror assembly including such a stepper motor by eliminating the extra weight of any additional power source within the mirror assembly. In such case, the additional pivot such as that provided by hinges 38 described above would not be necessary, since the actuator could be programmed for operation by the stepper motor on its normal pivot to rapidly move the reflective mirror element both outwardly and downwardly as is preferred for proper blind spot viewing.
The blind spot viewing system of the present invention could be actuated by various devices including, but not limited to, an ultrasonic or other sensor which can sense the presence of a vehicle or object in the blind spot area such as area V3 of FIGS. 1A and 1B, a camera adapted to view an area such as area V3 adjacent the vehicle on which the blind spot viewing system is mounted, or a manual actuator such as those described above or others.
In addition, the exterior rearview mirror blind spot viewing system of the present invention could also include other features such as ground illumination lighting as described in U.S. Pat. No. 5,497,306, No. 5,669,699, No. 5,823,654, No. 6,176,602, and No. 6,276,821, an electronic control module, an antenna, a transmitter, a receiver, or a sensor as described in U.S. Pat. No. 6,019,475, the disclosures of all of which are hereby incorporated by reference herein.
Further, mirror element 30 may also be an electro-optic mirror element, such as an electrochromic or electrochemichromic rearview mirror element, as disclosed in U.S. Pat. No. 5,151,816, No. 5,142,407, No. 5,140,455, and No. 5,910,854, or a solid state electrochromic rearview mirror element as described in U.S. Pat. No. 4,712,879 and No. 5,668,663, the disclosures of all of which are hereby incorporated by reference herein.
While several forms of the invention have been shown and described, other forms will now be apparent to those skilled in the art. Therefore, it will be understood that the embodiments shown in the drawings and described above are merely for illustrative purposes, and are intended to limit the scope of the invention which is defined by the claims which follows.
whereby said blind spot viewing position provides an enhanced field of view for the vehicle driver in an area adjacent the vehicle on which said assembly is mounted.
2. The exterior rearview mirror blind spot viewing system for vehicles of claim 1 wherein said pivot member includes an actuator for adjusting said mirror element position, said support member being movably mounted on said pivot member by said joint, said joint positioned adjacent said peripheral edge of said mirror element.
3. The exterior rearview mirror blind spot viewing system for vehicles of claim 2 including a housing; said support member including a backing member secured to said mirror element; said actuator being fixedly mounted to said housing, said pivot member including a pivot plate pivotally secured to said actuator on said axis, said joint extending between said pivot plate and said backing member.
4. The exterior rearview mirror blind spot viewing system for vehicles of claim 3 wherein said actuator is an electric actuator adapted for control from a remote location.
5. The exterior rearview mirror blind spot viewing system for vehicles of claim 2 wherein said motive power source is mounted on said pivot member and engages and moves said support member and reflective mirror element when said electric motor is actuated.
6. The exterior rearview mirror blind spot viewing system for vehicles of claim 5 wherein said threaded member is pivotally attached to said support member.
7. The exterior rearview mirror blind spot viewing system for vehicles of claim 6 wherein said threaded member is a threaded post telescopingly mounted within said gear.
8. The exterior rearview mirror blind spot viewing system for vehicles of claim 7 wherein said threaded post includes an axis extending along its length, said threaded post being mounted for both axial and lateral movement with respect to said gear.
9. The exterior rearview mirror blind spot viewing system for vehicles of claim 1 wherein said threaded member is a threaded post which is pivotally joined to said support member.
10. The exterior rearview mirror blind spot viewing system for vehicles of claim 1 wherein said motive power source further includes a crank member pivotally secured between said threaded member and said support member.
11. The exterior rearview mirror blind spot viewing system for vehicles of claim 1 wherein said threaded member is mounted for movement laterally while being driven for extension and retraction.
12. The exterior rearview mirror blind spot viewing system for vehicles of claim 1 wherein said threaded member is connected to a push/pull cable connected to said support member.
13. The exterior rearview mirror blind spot viewing system for vehicles of claim 1 including a housing and a mounting plate within said housing; said pivot member including an actuator for adjusting said mirror element position; said actuator fixedly mounted on said support member; said joint extending between said support member and said mounting plate whereby said motive power source moves said support member, said pivot member including said actuator and said reflective mirror element in unison.
14. The exterior rearview mirror blind spot viewing system for vehicles of claim 13 wherein said motive power source is mounted on said mounting plate and engages and moves said support member when said electric motor is actuated.
15. The exterior rearview mirror blind spot viewing system for vehicles of claim 13 wherein said electric motor, said gear, and said threaded member are mounted on said mounting plate, said threaded member pivotally secured to said support member.
16. The exterior rearview mirror blind spot viewing system for vehicles of claim 15 further including an electrical control circuit for operating said motive power source, said circuit comprising a switch for controlling application of electric current to said electric motor, and an electric current limiting device for limiting application of electric current to said electric motor when said support member and reflective mirror element are in said blind spot viewing position.
17. The exterior rearview mirror blind spot viewing system for vehicles of claim 16 wherein said current limiting device reduces the electrical current applied to said electric motor when in said blind spot viewing position.
18. The exterior rearview mirror blind spot viewing system for vehicles of claim 17 wherein said current limiting device is a relay.
19. The exterior rearview mirror blind spot viewing system for vehicles of claim 16 wherein said current limiting device prevents electrical current from being applied to said electric motor when in said blind spot viewing position.
20. The exterior rearview mirror blind spot viewing system for vehicles of claim 16 wherein said electrical control circuit includes a sensor for detecting activation and deactivation of said switch.
21. The exterior rearview mirror blind spot viewing system for vehicles of claim 1 further including an electrical control circuit for operating said motive power source, said circuit comprising a switch for controlling application of electric current to said electric motor, and an electric current limiting device for limiting application of electric current to said electric motor when said support member and reflective mirror element are in said blind spot viewing position.
22. The exterior rearview mirror blind spot viewing system for vehicles of claim 21 wherein said current limiting device reduces the electrical current applied to said electric motor when in said blind spot viewing position.
23. The exterior rearview mirror blind spot viewing system for vehicles of claim 22 wherein said current limiting device is a relay.
24. The exterior rearview mirror blind spot viewing system for vehicles of claim 21 wherein said current limiting device prevents electrical current from being applied to said electric motor when in said blind spot viewing position.
25. The exterior rearview mirror blind spot viewing system for vehicles of claim 21 wherein said electrical control circuit includes a sensor for detecting activation and deactivation of said switch.
27. The exterior rearview mirror blind spot viewing system for vehicles of claim 26 wherein said pivot member includes an actuator for adjusting said mirror element position, said support member being movably mounted on said pivot member by said joint, said joint positioned adjacent said peripheral edge of said mirror element.
28. The exterior rearview mirror blind spot viewing system for vehicles of claim 27 including a housing; said support member including a backing member secured to said mirror element; said actuator being fixedly mounted to said housing, said pivot member including a pivot plate pivotally secured to said actuator on said axis, said joint extending between said pivot plate and said backing member.
29. The exterior rearview mirror blind spot viewing system for vehicles of claim 28 wherein said actuator is an electric actuator adapted for control from a remote location.
30. The exterior rearview mirror blind spot viewing system for vehicles of claim 28 wherein said mirror element has a center; said axis being generally aligned with said mirror element center.
31. The exterior rearview mirror blind spot viewing system for vehicles of claim 26 wherein said motive power source engages and moves said support member and reflective mirror element when said electric motor is actuated.
32. The exterior rearview mirror blind spot viewing system for vehicles of claim 31 wherein said threaded member is a threaded post telescopingly mounted within said gear.
33. The exterior rearview mirror blind spot viewing system for vehicles of claim 32 wherein said threaded post includes an axis extending along its length, said threaded post being mounted for both axial and lateral movement with respect to said gear.
34. The exterior rearview mirror blind spot viewing system for vehicles of claim 26 wherein said threaded member is a threaded post which is pivotally joined to said backing member.
35. The exterior rearview mirror blind spot viewing system for vehicles of claim 26 wherein said motive power source further includes a crank member pivotally secured between said threaded member and said support member.
36. The exterior rearview mirror blind spot viewing system for vehicles of claim 26 wherein said threaded member is connected to a push/pull cable connected to said support member.
37. The exterior rearview mirror blind spot viewing system for vehicles of claim 26 including a housing and a mounting plate within said housing; said pivot member including an actuator for adjusting said mirror element position; said actuator fixedly mounted on said support member; said joint extending between said support member and said mounting plate whereby said motive power source moves said support member, said pivot member including said actuator and said reflective mirror element in unison.
38. The exterior rearview mirror blind spot viewing system for vehicles of claim 37 wherein said motive power source is mounted on said mounting plate and engages and moves said support member when said electric motor is actuated.
39. The exterior rearview mirror blind spot viewing system for vehicles of claim 37 wherein said electric motor, a gear, and a threaded member are mounted on said mounting plate, said threaded member pivotally secured to said support member.
40. The exterior rearview mirror blind spot viewing system for vehicles of claim 39 further including an electrical control circuit for operating said motive power source, said circuit comprising a switch for controlling application of electric current to said electric motor, and an electric current limiting device for limiting application of electric current to said electric motor when said support member and reflective mirror element are in said blind spot viewing position.
41. The exterior rearview mirror blind spot viewing system for vehicles of claim 40 wherein said current limiting device reduces the electrical current applied to said electric motor when in said blind spot viewing position.
42. The exterior rearview mirror blind spot viewing system for vehicles of claim 41 wherein said current limiting device is a relay.
43. The exterior rearview mirror blind spot viewing system for vehicles of claim 40 wherein said current limiting device prevents electrical current from being applied to said electric motor when in said blind spot viewing position.
44. The exterior rearview mirror blind spot viewing system for vehicles of claim 40 wherein said electrical control circuit includes a sensor for detecting activation and deactivation of said switch.
45. The exterior rearview mirror blind spot viewing system for vehicles of claim 26 further including an electrical control circuit for operating said motive power source, said circuit comprising a switch for controlling application of electric current to said electric motor, and an electric current limiting device for limiting application of electric current to said electric motor when said support member and reflective mirror element are in said blind spot viewing position.
46. The exterior rearview mirror blind spot viewing system for vehicles of claim 45 wherein said current limiting device reduces the electrical current applied to said electric motor when in said blind spot viewing position.
47. The exterior rearview mirror blind spot viewing system for vehicles of claim 46 wherein said current limiting device is a relay.
48. The exterior rearview mirror blind spot viewing system for vehicles of claim 45 wherein said current limiting device prevents electrical current from being applied to said electric motor when in said blind spot viewing position.
49. The exterior rearview mirror blind spot viewing system for vehicles of claim 45 wherein said electrical control circuit includes a sensor for detecting activation and deactivation of said switch.
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2019-04-26T10:49:53Z
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https://patents.google.com/patent/US6672731B2/en
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Prospective students may apply for university and/or Mays scholarships by completing the Apply Texas Application for Admissions and Scholarships. Students must complete the Apply Texas Scholarship Application to be considered for Mays Business School merit-based scholarships.
Current students may apply for university and/or Mays scholarships by completing the Texas A&M University Continuing Student Scholarship Application. This application is available through the Howdy portal beginning in October and it is due February 1st for scholarships applying to the following academic year.
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2019-04-20T12:38:49Z
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https://mays.tamu.edu/bba-business-honors/scholarships/
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weebly
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The Villa of the Mysteries was excavated at the beginning of the century and since then has been the most famous building in Pompeii. In antiquity the building was situated on a slope and from its terrace one could enjoy the view of the Gulf of Naples. The original structure dates back to the second century B.C., but it was successively subject to numerous enlargements and restorations. Its period of splendor goes from the foundation of the Roman colony to the Augustan era.
At the beginning of the first century B.C. it was decorated in the fashion of that time. In this period the hall was painted with a magnificent frieze with near life size figures (megalografia) reproducing the initiation scene of a young girl to the mysteries of matrimony according to the precepts of the cult of Dionysus. After the earthquake of 62 A.D., which also provoked a serious economic crisis, the villa was exclusively employed for the production and sale of wine.
This is one of Pompeii's most important villas. Since it is located outside the city it is considered a “suburban villa”. It was excavated between 1771 and 1774.
Eighteen victims were found in the underground portico. From the street we enter straight into the peristilium with its 14 columns. The bath facility is on the left. A wide open terrace (solarium) opens on the underlying square garden, which is the largest in Pompeii with a pool, a fountain, a summer triclinium and a four-sided portico.
It is situated out of the city boundaries, on Via dei Sepolcri and it is only partly dug. It had four columns with mosaic (now at the National Archaeological Museum of Naples) that sustained the pergola of the garden; in the area of the garden have been recovered rests of tombs of a Samnite necropolis (III century B.C.).
At the beginning of the funeral exedra of the priestess Mamia it raises a sepulchre with several loculi, the mausoleum of the Istacidi. There are also the sepulchres of Marco Terenzio Maggiore, the Tomb of the Garlands, so call for its decorations, the sepulchre of the Blue Glass Vase (National Archaeological Museum of Naples), the sepulchre of Caio Calvenzio Quieto, the sepulchral enclosure of Numerio Istacidio Eleno.
On the road there are also the Villa of the Mosaic Colonnade, with four columns that supported the pergola of the garden, and the Villa of Diomedes, with a big garden with a swimming pool and summer triclinium. A branch leads to the Villa of the Mysteries.
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2019-04-20T10:53:26Z
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https://pompeisepoltaenglish.weebly.com/the-villas.html
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Design and build user-centered, accessible, and mobile-friendly government websites.
Learn about webstandards.ca.gov and how this website can help you with your web projects.
Review statewide web standards, guidelines, and policies and learn how they apply to your web properties.
Explore the CA State Web Template and learn how it can help you jump start your web based projects.
Use this system to request new and manage existing domains under CA.GOV.
Engage users with relevant and effective information and services accessible to anyone on the CA.gov portal.
Join the growing community of webmasters, design experts, and communications folks invested in building better digital services.
Learn about design principles and best practices from government partners and industry leaders.
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2019-04-24T18:35:57Z
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https://webstandards.ca.gov/
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Business
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dreamhost
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I’m having an issue with Thunderbird for the Mac and e-mail certificates. I have several domains with e-mail accounts on my dreamhost account. I use all of them with Thunderbird. Only one account warns me that the domain of the e-mail certificate is different than the e-mail address. All the other addresses send no problem. I can’t seem to figure out how to get it to stop warning me. It may just one more click of the mouse to send, but it’s a bit annoying. Anyone have any suggestions?
Is this for SSL connectivity? For all of my accounts, I have inbound and outbound mail servers set to SERVER.mail.dreamhost.com. You can get the SERVER name from the panel under Account Status in the upper right.
This way, the SSL cert will match the server name, rather than your own domain name.
I never thought about doing that. I’ll give it a shot and see how that goes. Thanks a lot!
if it happens every day it wont be noticed when it really is a problem, which would probably never happen anyway unless either your own domain or mail.dreamhost.com gets hijacked.
Mismatch warnings are extremely important.
The solution Scott provided solves mismatch issues with mozillaware without compromising security.
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2019-04-25T18:24:54Z
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https://discussion.dreamhost.com/t/e-mail-certificate/50221
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Sports
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wordpress
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Meow. Hello. I am Joel The Brave (no leave the Brave part off).
My story is different than my friend Lilybug’s. I was born into a small litter. My meow mom’s hoomans were nice, but seemed to be bothered by me.
On Friday, it was the 23rd day of June. I know- I had just turned 10 weeks old.
The male hooman of my meow mom’s put me in a box with a gated door. I was scared. Where I was I going? Why was I leaving my meow mom?
Some bit of time later (not so sure how long. I fells asleep, okay?).. two soft hands reached into the box and scooped me up. She was a different female hooman than I had been around. And I liked her. That was the day I decided to adopt Ms. Heather.
Ms Heather and I live alone in our apartment in Corbin, KY. She leaves me in charge for a while during the day. She tells it it is to go to some place called work. It must be a confusing place, because some days Ms Heather comes home smiling and other days she comes home very upset. I no like seeing her upset. She is my hooman.
What is a hooman? Oh, I guess I should explains that. A hooman are the people who feed animals and gives them homes.
Ms Heather is my hooman. I guard over her while she sleeps, sleeping at the top of her bed. Although- sometimes I get distracted.
By the firetrucks. Yes, I most like those. I can meows just like it. Ms Heather tells me I am no firetruck, but I can dream, no? After all, I am still little.
That is just a bit about me. Best go. Hooman will be wanting her tablet back.
Hi Joel. It is Steve the other hooman you talk to on video chat with your hooman there. Have fun watching the firetrucks young man.
Nice Post Joel the Brave. We now have a blog! Keep up the great work. Meow!
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2019-04-23T12:05:18Z
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https://2catsandablog.wordpress.com/2017/07/19/hello-i-am-joel-the-brave/
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telegraph
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It was inevitable that the true crime craze would alight upon the Yorkshire Ripper and the bungled police hunt for the most notorious serial killer in modern British history. Thankfully, episode one of Liza Williams’s three-part investigation into the case, The Yorkshire Ripper Files: A Very British Crime Story (BBC Four), resisted the temptation to fetishise Peter Sutcliffe. Williams instead told the story of the victims and how the misogyny of the era allowed the Ripper stay at large long after he should have been apprehended.
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2019-04-20T03:00:31Z
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https://www.telegraph.co.uk/tv/2019/03/26/yorkshire-ripper-files-british-crime-story-review-focusing-victims/
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Sports
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Reference
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wordpress
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In response to students’ requests to offer more sustainable and environmentally friendly services, we are pleased to announce that double-sided printing is now the default on library printers. We hope you like this new service.
This entry was posted in double-sided printing, printing and tagged double sided on November 13, 2008 by libsuggestions.
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2019-04-18T12:35:03Z
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https://libsuggestions.wordpress.com/tag/double-sided/
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Sports
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Business
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chicagotribune
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Most millennials didn't have a class on personal finance in high school, and it isn't a required course in most college curriculums, but Andrea Williams is on a path to lead the next generation to financial security. A Certified Financial Planner® professional, her high level of commitment, dedication, and integrity has earned her the 2018 Millennial Financial Services Professional Award from the America College of Financial Services.
"Andrea embodies the spirit of what it means to empower her clients to seek knowledge on best practices for a healthy financial lifestyle," said Corey D. McQuade, Managing Partner of Northwestern Mutual - Chicago. "At the same time, she has forged a career path that opens the doors of opportunity to the next generation of financial advisors."
Selected by a group of her peers, the 2018 award winners represent a diverse group of high performing professionals that are shaping financial services. All of the award winners have shown both a dedication to the profession, practicing with ethics and a commitment to continued education.
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2019-04-23T23:59:56Z
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https://www.chicagotribune.com/business/promotions/chi-ugc-article-andrea-williams-honored-with-millennial-finan-2018-11-26-story.html
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Sports
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Business
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gazettelive
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A large amount of jewellery was taken in a burglary in Ingleby Barwick.
The theft occurred some time between Sunday, December 18, and Tuesday, January 3. Items stolen include a 1oz gold ingot and gold chain, a 1900 Queen Victoria sovereign on a broken gold chain and a ladies’ gold Rolex watch. Anyone with information should call police on 01642 302226.
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2019-04-25T06:11:21Z
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https://www.gazettelive.co.uk/news/local-news/jewellery-stolen-ingleby-barwick-raid-3677498
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wordpress
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65 people killed and 190 wounded in Iraq, worst violence since 2008 — RT News.
Police, protesters violently clash in Belfast following flag demonstrations — RT.
via Statement Anonymous ( #OpChildren ) – YouTube.
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2019-04-25T10:41:41Z
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https://humansunitedblog.wordpress.com/tag/violence/
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chalmers
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From October 2012, electricity customers in Sweden have the possibility to pay their electricity consumption based on the hourly spot prices on the day-ahead electricity market, Nordpool spot. Customers will know the electricity prices 12-36 hours in advance and will have the possibility to schedule their electricity usage in order to reduce their cost of electricity. This paper investigates the potential cost savings that could be achieved for different customers by adapting to the hourly pricing scheme. The savings could be attributed to different electrical appliances such as electric heaters, dishwashers and laundry machines. A case study on a number of selected residential customers has been carried out. The study results show that the economic incentives to reschedule loads based on the hourly tariff will be limited for customers without electric heating. Even for customers with electric heating, the economic incentives may be too small to adapt to this hourly tariff.
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2019-04-19T14:58:56Z
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https://research.chalmers.se/publication/179710
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Sports
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Science
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denverpost
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"Merging Cultures," Kim Douglas Wiggins.
Sarah Hunt, director of the American Museum of Western Art, left, and curator Darlene Dueck stand outside the Navarre building, which houses The Anschutz Collection, one of the country's most respected collections of Western paintings.
"Church at Ranchos de Taos," Ernest L. Blumenschein, before 1917, 45.5 inches by 47.5 inches.
Tiny, tough and meticulously put together, the new American Museum of Western Art arrives in counter motion to the spate of fine-art temples that have popped up in Denver lately. It’s a throwback to an earlier age of painting exhibition, before museums turned freewheeling and democratic, before they tried to be everything to everyone.
This museum knows its mission — to showcase Western art and to teach about the history and art history of America during its physical and intellectual expansion — and it never wavers, not for a second. When it debuts as a public institution on Monday, it will offer the most naked of museum experiences.
It is a stunning addition to the museum scene, and, that said, it is an odd one as well. It will be open to the general public just two days a week, and visitors will not simply wander in and about as they do at every other museum in town. Guests buy their tickets in advance; only 25 at a time and no one under 8, please. The trip starts with a guided tour.
But within that structure exists a shockingly rich opportunity to connect with American art, the likes of which Denverites haven’t seen in a long time.
Giant, colorful canvases encased in grand, golden frames, are stacked three high on the walls of the historic, and now fully renovated, 1880 Navarre Building downtown. Nearly each inch on every wall is crammed with art whose importance is hard to argue with.
In this three-story museum, you can almost touch (almost, please) the West’s superstars: Frederic Remington’s giant scenes of cavalry on horseback trekking through the dusty plains, Albert Bierstadt’s luminous peaks, George Catlin’s primitive, journalistic takes on native rituals.
The tie that binds the 300 objects on display (in just 25,000 square feet) is subject matter. They come from different academic categories — the Rocky Mountain School, Hudson River School, 19th-century narrative, Regionalism, what most people consider New Mexican, or Southwestern, right up to a sprinkling of pure abstraction — but they depict common scenes. Cowboys and Indians, soldiers and settlers. They tell of an era when stagecoaches took people toward strange landscapes to remake their lives despite tough climates, poverty, plagues and wars. And in the backdrop, there are mountains, mountains, mountains.
That the works have such a strong point of view should not be surprising: They essentially belong to one man. The American Museum of Western Art is really the home of the Anschutz Collection, assembled by the Anschutz family over 50 years, but mostly through the efforts of businessman Philip Anschutz, who amassed a fortune through oil, real estate and telecommunications. A very rich man, he might have bought race cars or racehorses, but he has pursued a certain kind of art relentlessly, touring it to 10 countries, including the former Soviet Union, and using it to export a style of American idealism.
The millions he spent helped turn the idea of Western art into an actual category of painting, one that was fledgling and specialized when he started collecting. He has raised its value simply by buying it. And he has made a bold attempt to define it on his own terms, combining the formal works of American Renaissance painters with the fluid efforts of New Mexican painters into one collection (and now one museum) that says: The West is one; one story, one genre.
That we are getting a peek at it now is simply a matter of timing, according to his daughter, Sarah Hunt, who directs the museum, and who has written essays on Western art. The AMWA has been open but only on a limited basis until now.
Hunt serves on the board of the Clyfford Still Museum, which debuted to acclaim in November and helped raise capital for the Frederic C. Hamilton Building, the massive, 2006 addition to the Denver Art Museum, and knows well that there is momentum in the museum scene. That made it time to start marketing the Anschutz Collection to a broader audience, though on its own terms and with a strategy that is radically different from that of either DAM or the Clyfford Still.
Those museums beg visitors to come, and load them up with the information and space that encourages self-exploration and individual interpretation. At the Still people take phone pics of their friends in front of giant abstract expressionist canvases, and both museums are the kind of places where you can comfortably lose your way.
That’s not likely to happen on the one- to 1½-hour tours at the AMWA. The visit is significantly controlled and the interpretations will likely change depending on the docent who guides them. In a rare move, the museum has declined to place signage next to the paintings, the customary way museumgoers now connect with objects, learning the dates of paintings and whether they are oil or acrylic or watercolor, getting familiar with the artist or picking up helpful hints about what makes them special.
Of course, guests have their own docent to question, and some general, printed materials, and even at a ratio of 25 guests to one tour guide, that may be a reasonable exchange. It will depend on the guest, of course.
The AMWA is an intimate space, some paintings hang at knee height; you can feel their aura, smell them. But the controlled environment and the limited hours will challenge it to make guests feel at home, rather than make them feel like they should be grateful to get a peek at a rich man’s art collection. Class sensitivity is part of American history as well.
That’s not how the AMWA wants visitors to feel; you can tell by its website, which is all invitation. And by its setup — no one provides comfy Victorian chairs for its guests unless they want them to get comfortable.
No doubt the place will evolve, loosen up, and that will bring more people.
VISITING THE AMERICAN MUSEUM OF WESTERN ART.
Located at 1727 Tremont Place, the AMWA will be open to the public on Mondays and Wednesdays, offering docent-guided tours at 10 a.m. and 1:30 p.m.
Tours will last 11⁄2-2 hours and will be limited to 25 visitors each. Guests must be at least 8 years old and visitors under 16 must be accompanied by at least one adult for every four children.
Tickets are $10 for adults, $7 for students and seniors. They should be reserved in advance on the AMWA website. For more information, go to anschutzcollection.org or call 303-308-2000.
The museum will also be open to prearranged tours of school and community groups on Tuesdays and Thursdays.
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2019-04-23T07:54:24Z
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https://www.denverpost.com/2012/05/10/denvers-new-american-museum-of-western-art-home-to-the-anschutz-collection-offers-a-unique-opportunity-to-connect-with-american-art/
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You need to settle on the proper recreation sport for you within which you have got interested and you will not repent on afterward. You wish to understand concerning some necessary factors so you select the proper one for yourself.
Almost all of you come upon a reasonably easy question which however does one get to understand if the game you have got chosen for yourself is correct for you? the solution to the present question isn’t in the least that straightforward.
If you’re already not aware, the recreational sport is truly a sports activity within which you have interaction yourself in your free time. The most goal of the recreational sports is fun and recreation however in some cases, there are some rewards. A number of the most reasons that square measure related to the recreational ports square measure health, your fitness, sense of competition and improvement, socialization the support of sports among all the others.
The recreational sports square measure offered for all the age classes and that they square measure offered for inside still as outdoors. It may be well difficult to create the choice of selecting the proper recreational sport for you and it’s additionally totally different from one person to a different.
If the selection is to be created by the previous jock United Nations agency has been an expert, then it’d be really straightforward as they’ll wish to continue the game they’re skilled in. However to settle on a recreational sport that’s right is for oneself is sometimes for the beginners. To create positive that you simply make the proper selection, here square measure some points that you simply would wish to think about.
You must select a sport that you simply have an interest in and feel really enthusiastic about. you ought to even have some sense of that game. These recreational sports bit by bit become a part of your life and thus, they ought to be abusive and pleasant. If you select a sport that you simply have an interest in or don’t grasp something concerning may be well annoying in each method. you ought to continually select the game that you simply have data concerning and square measure acquainted with its rules and laws. It does not imply that you simply don’t learn or undertake a replacement game. You’ll continually try this, however, it’s easier to travel for the one you’re feeling enthusiastic about.
You must additionally take into consideration the goals and objectives of selecting the bound sport for yourself. as an example, if you’re probing for a sport which will assist you to impede some weight then you’ll go for cardiopulmonary exercise, cycling, walking, swimming, hiking or the other such sport that’s extremely essential in burning that additional weight and fats in your body. Therefore, you need to be clear concerning the aims you have got behind choosing a sport.
As the recreation sport is supposed to be diversion sport, you need to additionally calculate the free time that you simply square measure about to got to play that sport, so you’ll select the one which will not like the additional time that you simply really set up for.
Sports sporting may be a good thanks to building cash if you discover a reliable gambler to induce you the proper picks. Make sure to undertake out lots of sites’ free sports picks and appearance up reviews to seek out out which of them square measure reliably and which of them square measure scams before you choose; in conjunction with a solid understanding of your groups, and basic ability concerning the sporting systems you utilize, this is often the simplest thanks to making certain your predictions count. The simplest sites can offer you a free trial of their services beforehand, therefore make sure to gauge rigorously before you commit your cash to a specific set of NFL or baseball sporting picks.
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I want to be Sybil Stone.
Only without the whole cancer bit, if avoidable.
She is so fabulous. I love being in a crazy family of 5 kids and enjoying more and more times like that movie as we get older. My older sister and I talk about how we are alike to the Stones, it’s magical. She borrowed my dvd of it so much, I sent her a copy in the mail just to get mine back. It’s a beautiful movie.
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https://missshortskirt.wordpress.com/2010/10/18/lifetime-wish-54/
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This entry was posted on February 9, 2013 at 8:15 am and is filed under Dog Training Tips. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.
Wishing you all the success and looking forward to hearing how it all goes. These things do take time but I am glad you are using positive reinforcement.
That sounds like a great plan, I hope it works well! Mum’s wondering whether to use something like that to distract me from Cats, yep, I get super interested when we see them!
Hi! I just found your website while browsing indeed for information about reactive dogs 🙂 I have also bought this book, and while i’m waiting I was reading some reviews.
Tjido my dog is the typical friendly dog off leash but a real barker and lounger on leash… so we’ll see how that goes! I hope to read your progress soon!
Hello Dawn. It is me Francesca from The Online Canine! I love this post, anyways Feisty Fido is one of the first books I have ever read on leash reactivity. From my experience what is really important with dealing any type of “aggression” is to never get the dog to a point where he has to reacts. Always work below threshold, and build up. I know what you are going through, unfortunatly I live in Italy. BAT hasn’t arrived here yet(I have asked around millions of trainers about it.. I seem to be the only one who knows about it). The same with LAT, and other ways with dealing with reactivity. So I pretty much have to do everything myself. PLUS most parks in my area people leave their dogs off leash so there is no way to work with counter conditioning in a more natural enviroment. Keep on doing what you doing. Teach coping skills, and on and off arousal games. Prevention, and management is the key!!
ps Check out the book Control Unleashed it is really good!!
Thanks again, Francesca. 🙂 I will check out that book.
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Are you always stressed from all that hustle and bustle from the city life? When was the last time you had your R&R? Do you want to freshen up and be reborn? Hmmm? Maybe you need some time out, take one step back, and return to nature.
If you’re looking for a different experience, an outdoor experience, you should definitely go to Anawangin Cove in Zambales. It is a boat ride from the shores of Pundakit, Zambales. The sand is white, the water is clear, the ambience is so laid back.
If you like the outdoors and you like to camp out near the shore, you should definitely go here. I’m an adventure lover and I would say that I really had a great time staying there!
What I like the most in Anawangin is its atmosphere; it is sooo light and laid back. It’s like if you are there, all your problems will not be able to follow you there. Even if your problems try to contact you, you will be out of coverage area(literally and figuratively. Walang signal dun). Ang sarap sarap sarap talaga. Pramis!
Did I mention it's so laid back there?
Plus, the people that take care of the place are very accommodating; they let us cook inside their house and tend to us when we ask for assistance.
The place is just a gift from nature! You have to see it for yourself to revel on its beauty.
But wait! There’s more! There are still untold features about this place. Going deeper into the cove, you’ll discover another hidden paradise.
If you walk along the shallow, watery trail, you will end up here.
We also went to Capones Island and the abandoned light house.
And oh, the background of my blog site is also a shot taken from Capones a few years back. Haha, just to let you know.
The trip will not be complete if you do not go to the derelict light house. Aside from the hiking included going to the top, there is still the flight of stairs going to the top of the light house. Mag eksersays tayo tuwing umaga!
One thing for this kind of trip, if you’re not getting sunburn, you’re not having fun!
I am a successful businessman in the making. I love travelling and i love physical sports. I like living the way I want to be regardless of judgement and criticism. I do not like people na plastik, they are pollution in the society.
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Also the epistle exhibits cultured Greek language, to which scholars contend, could not have been written by a Jerusalemite Jew. As authors like Harrington argue that: it is not easy to accept that a man of James’ background, with his necessarily superficial contacts with Hellenism, could write such good Greek; in this respect the author of the epistle is not surpassed by any other New Testament writer. Although, such an argument has lost much force as recent insight into Greek influence on Judea at the time has come to light.
It is also plausible that the letter in Greek could have been composed with a secretary, as Jerome argued as it is also quite possible that a primitive version of a letter composed by James himself which was later polished by another writer.
Given the weight of the ostensibly differing viewpoints with regards to the identity of the author of the Epistle I tend to lean towards the standpoint that the identity of this “James” is uncertain; and that it proves abortive to equate him with any James known in the New Testament as it seems quite possible that the author is merely Jewish Christian teacher who bore this name. I tend to uphold this stance as the author’s reticence may actually give us a clue to his identity. There terseness of his self-identification as “James” suggests that he could simply call himself “James” and expect immediate recognition of his identity.
For what is important about the identity of this James is already given in the prescription: a servant of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ. Moreover, the appropriation of the text and its meaning compels me to take the authorship as it was stated in the immediate context of the text over the ascription of church tradition –that is the author is simply James a follower of Jesus Christ.
Among the many people who bore the name is James the Son of Alpheus, also called “the less”, “the minor”, “the little”, “the lesser”, or “the younger”, according to translation who appears in Mark 15:40 as “James the younger and of Joses”. There is also James, son of Zebedee, one of the Twelve Apostles of Jesus and the brother of John the Apostle. Lastly there is James the Just James, the Brother of the Lord, and the first Bishop of Jerusalem, he is the one commonly attributed by church tradition to have written the epistle.
This entry was posted in Biblical Studies, Theology and tagged Church history, Epistle of James, Jerome by Chuck Baclagon. Bookmark the permalink.
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Purpose: The Mathews and Goldstein precincts were the first active learning precincts to be developed at UNSW. The result of the Pilot Active Learning Spaces (PALS) project, the precincts combine interactive and collaborative spaces, converted from traditional CATS rooms, and extensive student-led spaces. The Mathews precinct, located on the first floor, currently houses five interactive and three collaborative learning spaces, as well as 393 square metres of internal student-led spaces with capacity for 104 seats. The Goldstein precinct, located on the ground floor, now houses four interactive and four collaborative learning spaces, plus 96 square metres of student-led space. This includes internal capacity for 52 seats and external capacity for 45.
Impact: Active learning spaces support a range of teaching and learning approaches. The Mathews and Goldstein precincts have resulted in the more effective use of existing campus space, and a more personalised and flexible learning experience for students. These outcomes respond directly to the UNSW 2025 Strategy, and to the Scientia Education Model. An Active Learning Spaces Best Practice sharing guide, which provides teaching staff with advice for getting started, suggested activities for active learning classrooms, and advice on the audio visual capabilities embedded in these spaces, was developed as part of this project. These precincts also provide a template for the development of future active learning precincts at UNSW.
Purpose: The PALS project produced a series of concept active learning spaces in the Mathews Building. It was designed to trial the development of new active, collaborative and blended learning space design methodologies, and to measure the impact of those learning spaces on the learning and teaching experience. Three active learning spaces were developed for the project: two with capacity for 42 students, and a third with capacity for 64 students. The spaces were designed to fit one of two prototypes: collaborative spaces incorporated configurable furniture and whiteboards to stimulate group interaction; interactive spaces incorporated a wide range of educational technologies, such as screen sharing, pod-style furniture with device ports, and high-speed wi-fi. Academics across multiple disciplines (science, medicine, arts and social sciences, engineering, and law) volunteered to teach in the pilot environments in between 2016 and 2017, and to share their experiences with the PALS project team.
Impact: The PALS project was the starting point for a broader UNSW space development strategy that continues to deliver innovation in learning environment design. The project resulted in the development of the Mathews and Goldstein precincts, which are home to 18 active learning spaces. A further 38 spaces are proposed by the beginning of 2019, and plans for additional precincts on the Kensington campus are ongoing. The rapid expansion of the PALS prototype provides significant momentum for the ongoing transformation of UNSW learning spaces to meet current and future needs. An Active Learning Spaces best practice guide was also developed to support effective teaching practice in these spaces.
Purpose: The Learning Spaces Project was established to guide the design and development of student-centred, flexible and connected learning environments at UNSW. A University-wide project, it responded to a changing educational landscape in which technology and new pedagogical approaches shape the learning and teaching process. It also acknowledged the desire of staff and students to contribute to be co-designers of their learning environments. The initiative called on student and teacher involvement through initiatives such as U-Collaborate, a day-long brainstorming session to create a vision of future UNSW learning spaces; and a survey, which asked 4500 students how and where they liked to study. The Learning Spaces Project ran from January-December2015.
Impact: The project was the foundation for the Pilot Active Learning Spaces (PALS) initiative, a prototyping activity that produced the first active learning spaces on the UNSW campus. The Learning Spaces project also produced a strategy and design principles to guide the design and development of learning environments at UNSW. These documents created a standardised and consistent approach to the design and provision of learning environments and their supporting services.
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In this capstone project, I explore the need and propose a development plan for an evaluation framework to measure the extent to which 2nd–5th grade students practice the 4Cs during field trips at the Oakland Museum of California (OMCA). In 2010, the National Education Association identified four skills (Communication, Collaboration, Critical Thinking, and Creativity) that students will need in 21st century academia and workplaces. Collectively referred to as the 4Cs, these skills provide a base for classroom teachers to pursue the Common Core State Standards, currently being incorporated into public schools in forty-two states.
OMCA has identified the need to support classroom teachers by infusing the 4Cs into field trips, and while new field trip experiences have been prototyped since 2012, the Museum lacks a robust evaluation process with which to compare new and existing field trips. I propose that Museum staff partner with classroom teachers and an external evaluator to iteratively design an evaluation framework that can collect data useful to teachers and museum professionals alike.
Zabel, Melissa A., "Evaluation of 21st Century Skills in Museum Field Trips" (2015). Master's Projects and Capstones. 244.
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This entry was posted in Possession and tagged AcccusedMan, Devil/Imp, Faked, Fits, JohnDarrell, KatherineWright, NonEvent, Possession, ThomasDarling, VictimBoy, VictimWoman, WilliamSommers on January 1, 1600 by cjmorrison.
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The San Francisco 49ers’ winless streak continued following a dramatic 26-23 overtime defeat at the Indianapolis Colts which grabbed headlines due to the early departure of US vice-president Mike Pence.
Former Indiana governor Pence, who was at the Lucas Oil Stadium to watch a jersey retirement ceremony for Colts great Peyton Manning, walked out after several 49ers players took the knee during the national anthem as part of ongoing protests against perceived racial injustice.
On the field, Adam Vinatieri kicked the winning field goal – his fourth of the match – nine minutes into the additional period to earn Indianapolis a second victory of the season following earlier rushing touchdowns from Marlon Mack and Jacoby Brissett.
The struggling 49ers, who have now lost their opening five matches of the NFL season, had battled back to force overtime thanks to touchdowns from running back Kyle Juszczyk and tight end George Kittle.
The Kansas City Chiefs remain unbeaten after a 42-34 win over the Houston Texans.
The Chiefs took charge of the game right from the off, leading 23-7 by half-time, thanks to two touchdowns from Charcandrick West.
A late rally from the Texans, which saw Will Fuller and DeAndre Hopkins twice find the end zone in the third and fourth quarters, was not enough to see off the Chiefs, the only team with a 100 per cent record this season.
Aaron Rodgers found Davante Adams with a 12-yard pass in the dying seconds as the Green Bay Packers beat the Dallas Cowboys 35-31.
The Packers – who are now 3-1 – started their final drive on their own 25 yard line with 1:13 left on the clock, but Rodgers masterminded a drive to the redzone and connected with Adams on a short pass to the left to take the win.
The Baltimore Ravens took a 24-10 lead into half-time and did not relinquish the lead over the Oakland Raiders.
Vince Mayle ran in a touchdown in the opening minutes for Baltimore before Jimmy Smith picked up a Jared Cook fumble and found the endzone minutes later.
While the Raiders looked to be making a comeback in the third thanks to a touchdown by Marshawn Lynch, they could not overcome the kicking power of Justin Tucker.
The place-kicker saw out the game with two field goals in the fourth quarter to beat the Raiders 30-17.
Barring a charge in the second quarter, the Seattle Seahawks did not have to put up too much fight in their 16-10 victory over the Los Angeles Rams.
A touchdown by Tavon Austin and field goal by Greg Zuerlein was matched by the Seahawks’ Jimmy Graham and Blair Walsh – with Walsh on song, kicking three from three field goals.
Russell Wilson completed 24 from 37 passes for 198 yards and a touchdown in the win.
Carson Wentz threw a career-best four touchdowns as the Philadelphia Eagles crushed the Arizona Cardinals 43-7 at Lincoln Financial Field.
Quarterback Wentz tossed successful scoring passes to Trey Burton, Zach Ertz and Torrey Smith in the first quarter before picking out Nelson Agholor with a 72-yard throw in the third period to give the Eagles a third successive win.
Cam Newton was another man in form, throwing three touchdowns to help the Carolina Panthers secure a slender 27-24 victory at the Detroit Lions.
Newton, who came under fire earlier in the week for an alleged sexist remark to a female reporter, picked out Christian McCaffrey, Devin Funchess and Kelvin Benjamin as the Panthers held off a late Lions fightback to move 4-1.
At the MetLife Stadium in New Jersey, Philip Rivers threw a 10-yard touchdown pass to Melvin Gordon with less than three minutes remaining as the Los Angeles Chargers ended a nine-game losing streak with a 27-22 victory over the winless New York Giants.
Elsewhere, the Buffalo Bills went down for the first time in three matches as they were beaten 20-16 at the Cincinnati Bengals, the Cleveland Browns remain without a win after they lost 17-14 at home to the New York Jets, the Jacksonville Jaguars won 30-9 at the Pittsburgh Steelers, while Jay Cutler produced a fourth-quarter touchdown pass as the Miami Dolphins beat the Tennessee Titans 16-10.
How much does Leo Varadkar really value sport?
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Last week, as a result of a friend looking up my ancestry, I discovered some weird stuff in the family tree. First of all, the name “Coyne” extends back to Ireland at least as far as the early eighteenth century, back to one John W. Coyne of Galway. And it could go even farther back than that. For years I’ve been telling people that the name “Coyne” must have been changed from “Cohen” or “Cohan” in recent times to masquerade someone’s Jewishness. Further, it’s possible that the lineage of Coynes extending down to John’s grandson Peter Coyne, wasn’t Jewish at all. My cousin Jeff reported that the marriage of Peter to Pauline Zoffer in Brooklyn in 1874, though printed as a “Jewish wedding” in the papers, was actually a mixed marriage of a Jewish woman to a non-Jewish man, which caused great consternation in the Zoffer family.
What makes this weirder is that when I got my Y chromosome tested about ten years ago to see if I was a member of the Jewish kohanim tribe, I found out that although I wasn’t a member of this elite subgroup, my Y was definitely of Eastern European Jewish origin. Since my Y must have belonged to John W. Coyne and all his Coyne-ian ancestors, including my father (the Y is transmitted as if it’s attached to the father’s last name), it’s not clear why, if Coynes from John to Peter were gentiles, my Y was Jewish. (My dad was Jewish according to Jewish law, since his mother was Jewish.) I may get a fuller DNA test in the future.
Further, I found out that my uncle Emil—my father’s sister’s husband—was not Jewish, so that was a mixed marriage, too, even though a rabbi performed the ceremony. There’s clearly been some substantial outbreeding in my family tree.
I asked my friend, who turns out to be a crack sleuth, to find out what happened with this lawsuit. And this is what was unearthed.
The upshot: my paternal grandfather sued his own cousin, and the cousin died, surely from the stress! My grandpa killed his relative!
This entry was written by whyevolutionistrue and posted on February 5, 2018 at 2:00 pm and filed under Coyneiana, solipsism. Bookmark the permalink. Follow any comments here with the RSS feed for this post. Both comments and trackbacks are currently closed.
Who says genealogy is boring!
Good thing we aren’t an honor culture with sins of the father and all.
And he still didn’t get his money back.
Sometimes, actually most the time, you are better off not knowing the relatives…living or dead. Grandfather always told me, You can pick your friends but you can’t pick your relations.
You can pick your friends & you can pick your nose, but you can’t pick your friend’s nose, were the words of wisdom I got.
That second line might work in Chicago or Uniontown, but get too far east of Pittsburgh and there’s only soda in the fridge.
“The nuts don’t fall far from the tree”. Thats’ the one I kept hearing when growing up.
In English the saying is “nuts don’t fall far from the tree” ? In Germany we grow up with: “The apple doesn’t fall far from the tree”.
Your version is actually the far more common saying here in the US, at least as far as I’ve heard.
… and the cousin died, surely from the stress! My grandpa killed his relative!
So … murder by shpilkes aforethought?
I love this stuff. And it was not that long ago. It really makes me think of the momentum of change in our civilization in only a century. Routine actions are quite different today.
Own of my own grandfathers was jailed for stealing food on a train to support his family (eight kids) on ranch. He was pardoned by the governor, set free, but had to walk or hitch most of his way back home. Not much safety net back then in society.
Your family sounds as inwardly litigious as mine. My nana and her sisters, if they weren’t accusing one another of stealing things from their respective homes, they were suing or issuing restraining orders against one another.
My last words with two of my siblings were with lawyers all around. One big happy family.
Who ever heard of a Jewish milkman?
When all the Jews were kicked out of the realm of the king of England in 1290, some just moved to another part of the country and changed their name. Also, Jews continued to come to there, but Anglicized their names and hid the fact they were Jews. They had to attend Catholic, and later, Anglican services, though many also worshiped as Jews in private. Often a member of the community with lots of money reserved a part of his house for use as a synagogue.
But as children were born in England, and went to English schools where they were further taught as Christians, had Christian friends, worked as Christians etc, they often began to feel like English Anglicans rather than Jews.
So the Coynes may have changed their name from Cohen, but much earlier in their history. Perhaps as far back as medieval times.
Misattributed paternity is pretty rare. I recently read that the studies in the last decade that are using DNA to measure it have found a rate around 1% which is much lower than the 10% estimated rate that was often used in the past.
The milkman can’t be ruled out, but I think it is much more probable that his Eastern European Y chromosome spent some time in Ireland.
Misattributed paternity does seem to have a couple of times in the British royal family, judging from the genetic tests undertaken to identify Richard II’s remains.
Just because he came from Ireland doesn’t mean that he wasn’t Jewish or at least of Jewish descent, and the change of Cohen to Coyne could have been to blend into Irish society.
Genealogical research is fascinating as it uncovers a lot of family secrets. When I was researching some of my own family documents from the UK registry I discovered that my grandmother was pregnant with my uncle when she got married in the early 1920s. This was news to my mother as she never knew when her parents got married and it explained a lot of things that had been said and done when she was growing up.
Yes, I know that. There’s a Jewish genealogist in Galway that might be able to clarify things for me.
Jerry, I would encourage you to follow up with that genealogist.
The genealogist from the Swiss Genealogical Society that I worked with was wonderful. She traced my family back to the 1600s, and uncovered a lot of great information.
I got to meet her when we went to Switzerland three years ago, so I could thank her in person.
That headline suggested a much bloodier story!
Isn’t it possible that the Coynes in Galway originally came from Eastern Europe?
Sure, but I like my story better.
I am to afraid to do my geneology. I really don’t want to look at my past.
A grandfather in Uniontown PA, by golly! This is a “me, too” post. My paternal grandparents were in Uniontown, too!
My daughter and I had plans back in October to take a day trip to Uniontown and go past Grandpa’s and Grandma’s house, and then to the cemetery to see if we could find the gravestones, because I wanted to check on dates. But I took a fall and broke my knee and spent five weeks in a wheelchair and them some more weeks on crutches and a walker, so that was the end of that. But when Spring comes we’ll make that day trip.
My dad’s family was in Oak Park, out in your neck of the woods. My dad was a Penn State math professor and had degrees from the University of Chicago and the University of Illinois. Somewhere in this house I have his diplomas. I need to find them and see when and where he got which degree.
One of my dad’s colleagues at Penn State was Teresa Cohen. She was very respected, eminent. I do believe she was one of the Kohanim.
How many Jewish women are named Teresa? When I moved to Long Island, someone told me that all the women she knew named Teresa were Italian or Irish (Catholics, of course).
I agree, Teresa sounds more like a Catholic name. But Dr. Cohen was really really Jewish, no doubt about it.
According to dollartimes, $2.500 is worth $35,624.86 in today’s money.
I think the suit was for $5000 — he promised to double it, yes?
So you are the beneficiary of some serious hybrid vigor then?
Off topic but I see another huge drop in the Stock Market today, over 1100 points. I’m sure Trump will be bragging about this soon since he took credit for all the rise. I hope no one was expecting to live off of the old 401k.
That’s what, about 5% of the market’s value? In the run up to the Bush recession, the market lost 22% in one day.
Yes, but it is a one day record and Trump loves to be number one.
True dat, but this is just a market correction. No biggie. The real big implosion is still some ways down the road; we’ve learned nothing from the days of Bush, and Clinton before.
Bubbles have been the bane of free-market capitalism since “tulip mania” during the Dutch golden age, if not even earlier.
i would be cautious about definitive conclusions about a y chromosome. though if you are J1 that’s kind of rare in a non-jew in eastern europe.
any of the standard SNP tests could pick up non-jewish ancestry probably.
Crime story unfolds here – what title follows next?: The secret love affairs of my ancestors have been discovered in letters which were hidden in a public library -?
Based on your first post, I checked with my brother, our family geneology buff,and he contacted our cousin who is in our family male Coyne lineage. His Y chromosome is R1a which is a haplogroup that can be traced to the Vikings, apparently. Not a big surprise as the Vikings raided Ireland.
So there appear to be Coyne’s in the Galway area who are not Jewish and, it would seem, those that are. This puts to rest our family’s skeleton-in-the-closet story that we had Jewish ancestors who changed their name to Coyne.
The evidence that the Y chromosome is ‘Jewish’ here is surely based on modern DNA not that of any ancestral population. Therefore, we cannot say that there was not ‘out-breeding’ in an ancestor in the male line, or someone who converted. After all, the Khazars became ‘Jewish’ by religious conversion, & they were Turkic (linguistically). I use inverted commas because I doubt the idea of Jewishness being a discrete population, rather than a cultural/religious population. If it were mitochondrial DNA that could be followed for ‘Jewishness’ – & I understand that it is considered as being inherited through the female line – that would be another matter.
It is, indeed, a wise man who knows his own father!
What does a cousin share? 1/8 of your genes? Well, it’s clear that Joseph made a calculation and the $1200 edged out the 1/8 worth of kin selection. Seems pretty reasonable to me.
I am afraid and curious aswell to do my geneology.
Wow, my parents (who are into genealogy) haven’t encountered anything like *this* yet!
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Like most cities, Nootau has streets running through the entirety of the city. They used to be lovely, clean and lacked cracks, generally a nice place to walk around especially around the street lights. Nowadays the streets of Nootau are ugly and dangerous. There are cracks in the and ruble covering the once beautiful area. All the street lights have been knocked over and the ones that do still stand don't work for obvious reasons. In certain cracked sections of the street pieces of grass have been growing. Broken glass has been known to cover the streets from the windows of the business, so best exercise caution when walking the streets of Nootau.
The Nootau City Hall looks similar to a large manor built from stone bricks. Tall towers reach up towards the sky and a lovely fountain can be found out front. The inside of the building doesn't fair too well considering the water damage and broken office equipment. In one of the offices are the town records.
Once the high school in Nootau was a prestigious facility that took pride in its strong education system and many curricular activities. Many had walked its halls, especially since the school was open in the 1990s. Since the apocalypse it has looked absolutely terrible with many of the windows broken and some of the doors are even jammed. Broken desks and chairs are a common, and if they're not broken then they're at least scratched and battered. The gymnasium is now nonexistent since a portion of the roof has caved in on it.
Similar to the Nootau High School, Nootau Elementary was also rather prestigious and had a glorious education system. Nootau Elementary neighbors Nootau High School and the primary difference is the fact that Nootau Elementary have a beautiful playground. Unfortunately some of the playground has suffered serious damage, making sharps points where children could cut themselves on accident.
A wonderful and lively park that surprisingly remains rather undamaged. In the center was a statue of a man on a horse which has now been broken, but otherwise Sunset Rose Park is in fair condition. A majority of the trees still stand beautiful and the flowers are still blossoming during their season. Sometimes survivors come here to get away from the horrors of the apocalypse and relax for a few moments. However, you can't let your guard down since mutated animals and dangerous survivors are bound to be lurking around Nootau and you never know when they will decide to visit the beautiful park.
The Nootau General Hospital suffered a critical amount of damage from when Madman was launched and it's pretty surreal to think the building is still standing. There's holes in the walls and the exterior has damages from rubble impacting it. Since this area is around Madman's impact zone the air is a lot more dense and a putrid smell often fills the air. It's believe that this is due to the fact that Maras hangs on the area. Despite the damages and thick air, survivors still come into the hospital to loot it for medical supplies. Surprisingly a majority of the medical supplies remains on damage, some people going the length to say that it's endless.
The Nootau Public Library was once esteemed for its large selection of books. Unfortunately now that the apocalypse has arrived that large selection has faced water damage and some of the books have mold on them. The roof leaks a lot and generally the entire place looks more haunting than a place where people would read and relax. The library's basement is home to a large archive of former newspapers and some old clothes.
Tiers of Joy was once a renowned bakery in Nootau. People from all over the entire city would come running to taste one of the bakery's excellently made pastries! They made it all from muffins to poppy seed rolls and were even known to cater events. Nowadays the bakery is a bit of a mess and the only smells you may find are from spoiled milk and rotten eggs.
A large mall located near the center of Nootau. Many of the tables, store displays and shelving units have been knocked down. The entirety of the mall is quite a mess since obviously the cleaning staff no longer come around to clean up the place. People can often discover various types of supplies here, but the most commonly stolen items are clothes.
A bar on the east side of Nootau that has been relatively unharmed. There are some minor damages to the glass windows and the chairs has suffered harm. The stools often creek and the tables are wobbly and some furniture have been know to break. Naturally the place is a tad dirty and a majority of the alcohol has been stolen for medical purposes.
The police station has been destroyed quite a bit from a piece of Madman breaking off and hitting the station. A good portion of the station has fallen a part and survivors often fear that pieces of ruble will fall on them. On rare occasions survivors can find weapons and bullets here, if they dig through the rubble portions enough. The standing piece are surprisingly stable, but still concerns people upon entry.
The Crystal Cathedral is very large and had many stained glass windows that almost seemed to make it shine like crystal. Most of those windows have suffered some form of damaged, whether it be completely shattered or moderately cracked. The pews sustain some minor harm, but are still stable enough to stand on. On the sidelines of the pews are many ivory coloured pillars that reach up to support the cathedral roof.
Nootau shares its odd places and the strangest place in this city is the China Doll Amusement Park. That's right, a whole amusement park themed around dolls. When it initially opened a majority of people were too scared to enter the place, but now it has only gotten worse. The rides are broken and a majority of the dolls featured around the park have broken faces. The gift shop is by far the worst with many dolls staring at you and having various damages alongside filthy surroundings.
In a large field are rows upon rows of grim gravestones and a couple of trees. The gravestones are crumbling slightly since they weren't taking proper care of. The grass is now overgrown and the bushes and a few hedges are untrimmed, making it ugly. A giant stone wall surrounds the cemetery with large iron wrought gates that are nearly falling off their hinges surrounds the entire place. Sometimes people bring dead survivors here to bury them among their fellow Nootau citizens.
The Iona Penitentiary was an astounding prison before the apocalypse. Not only did it hold dangerous criminals, but it also had a separate building devoted to prisoners who were less dangerous. The walls were sturdy, the guards were pleasant and generally the whole facility was pretty likable. Before Madman hit the guards had to release all their less dangerous prisoners and take them to a bunker that was on penitentiary grounds. Since the apocalypse those prisoners have escaped alongside some of the more dangerous ones.
The beach in Nootau is absolutely beautiful considering how the waves shimmer in both sun and moonlight. Watching them lick the horizon often cause people to be mesmerize and it can even take a person's breath away. The beach is rather clean, but there are a few felled trees in the area that hadn't been cleared in a long time. Survivors still sometimes come here to swim, but most of the time people come here with other motives based around surviving.
Below the surface is a sewer system that has been almost untouched by the bombs. The center complex of the sewer system is hidden fifteen feet below city hall. A total of four tunnels large enough for a regular survivor to walk through, others have been collapsed. Only four manhole covers are capable of accessing the underground system, these consist of: city hall, the hospital, the high school and lastly one that leads out to the coast.
The west side by the ocean front of Nootau is the infamous Aimon Settlement where many survivors can be found protected by its walls. There are some tall apartment buildings within the walls that work as housing for the Aimon Settlement. Some business run inside the settlement, which makes it very similar to a small town.
A singular large mountain that looms on the far side of Iona. For the most part Mount St. James is rather rounded and easy for a novice hiker to climb. There's a lot of greenery on the mountain and many animals called this place home. Most of them are mutated now and are often threatening to humans. The most significant place on Mount St. James is the large radio tower perched at the top.
The Little Pine Woods is a small forest of mostly pine trees. It can tend to be a tad eerie. The Trout Marsh is within Little Pine Woods, making some of the ground soft and squishy. An old campsite can be found within Little Pine Woods.
Summer Breeze Meadow stretches over a good portion of the island, making a beautiful and large expanse of grass. The grass often grows very tall and beneath the tall wavy, stalks people can find a couple of flowers or insects.
The Peterson Farm was once the largest farm on Iona Island when it was in its prime. Before the apocalypse it had been abandoned for roughly twenty years, leaving both buildings and machinery in disrepair. The quality of the buildings and machinery has only worsen and both tend to break easily.
Beer? Or would the liquid snuff you out?
A piece of land surrounded by a chain link fence that has various holes in it and underneath it. There are piles of garbage that reach high and sometimes threaten to topple over. In one of the far corners is a small shack that has been taken over by plant life.
On the outskirts of town is a large bunker that was meant to protect the citizens of Nootau from Madman. There was plenty of supplies in the bunker, but after people decided to leave they took the various types of supplies to help them survive. For the most part, the bunker is a rather dirty underground building that has little to no supplies.
As expected Iona Island is surrounded by a large coastline. Most of coastline is rock covered and more dangerous compared to the beach. Some portions are more smoothed over and safer for people to get to.
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I don’t have a picture of the cover of the chapbook I just read because it isn’t very widely circulated. There were only 100 copies made as a give-away in conjunction with the VERSeFest 2015 reading by Raul Zurita.
This was, simply put, the most powerful poetry reading I have ever attended. The emotion conveyed with every word was palpable. He was not speaking in English but there was a translator on stage to ensure everyone could understand… but, how could you not?
This reading was pain and history and politics and art.
I was not the only person in the room with a case of the onion-eye… not by a long shot.
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iOpenShell » Q-Chem specific questions » qchem compilation error - OpenBLAS linking error?
I am trying to install QChem 4.3 using gcc 4.8 in centos 7.5.
I wonder if there is a matching between openblas and openmpi version.
I am using openmpi 1.10.1, openblas 0.2.20.
This is a very old version of Q-Chem. I recommend to get a more up-to-date version. If the problem persists, this question should be moved to Q-Chem trac.
I found that libopenblas doesnot define the above reference such as "gfortran_pow". When I type "grep gfortran_pow *", it shows "binary libopenblas.a matches". And "nm libopenblas.a " shows "U gfortran_pow_i4_i4". How can I compile OpenBLAS, which include gfortran_pow?
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Back in November, my bank sent my wife and me a letter asking that we provide proof of flood insurance for the condominium we own in Florida. We did. But three months later, we found ourselves in the midst of a Kafkaesque world, where we were being charged for bank-imposed insurance and couldn’t figure out a way to get the bank to take back the insurance and remove the charges.
I quickly found out that we were not alone. Management companies for condominiums all around Florida offered similar tales, involving several big banks.
And then, I spoke to legal services lawyers who said that the practice of bank-imposed insurance — what’s known as force-placed insurance — has become more widespread in parts of the country where foreclosures are prevalent. Property managers said areas prone to natural disasters like floods and hurricanes are also affected.
Of course, banks have every right to require homeowners to carry insurance. It’s in the mortgage contract. And if the homeowners do not have insurance, the bank buys it for them. This sounds straightforward enough, since the lender is trying to protect its investment.
But for homeowners who are already having trouble paying their mortgages, the insurance is a hefty additional burden because the bank’s insurance is far more expensive than what’s available through a commercial vendor. And then there are the homeowners like me who already have flood or hazard coverage — or do not need it — and cannot understand why they’re getting these letters.
The complaints have been numerous enough that 50 state attorneys general recommended, as part of a nationwide inquiry into mortgage practices, that limits be placed on the ability of banks to use force-placed insurance. “There are many practices that need to be changed, and this is one of them,” said Geoff Greenwood, spokesman for the Iowa attorney general’s office.
The problem is that homeowners often don’t pay much attention to the initial bank notice. And if they don’t react quickly, they will soon see the new insurance bills. Bank of America, for example, gives 45 days from the first letter to force-placing insurance on a home, said Frank Dunn, senior vice president for insurance. He said that once proof was shown, the bank would remove the policy and the charges.
Mr. Hart said he himself received a letter last year from Citibank saying he needed to buy flood insurance on his house in Longwood, Fla., or the bank would buy it for him.
In the end, he said, he spent $150 for a surveyor — less than the $1,000 that he said condo associations often pay — and six weeks going back and forth to prove to the bank that his home was still not in a flood plain.
So what should you do if you receive these letters or find that you are now expected to pay into an escrow account to cover insurance that has been placed on your home?
LARGER ISSUE The first thing to understand is that there are serious ramifications if you do not quickly respond to a bank notice.
The proposals from the attorneys general aim to curtail how force-placed insurance is applied, how much it costs and what commissions banks receive from the companies that sell this insurance. It also bans banks from using subsidiaries to provide the insurance.
A spokeswoman for the QBE Insurance Group, which owns Seattle Specialty Insurance and Balboa, two big force-placed insurers, declined to discuss the company’s business practices.
WHO’S AT RISK For people not in foreclosure, condominiums, by their very nature, seem to prompt more letters. Part of the problem is how the insurance is written. The mortgage company is not named as a beneficiary, as it would be on a home mortgage. Instead, the association is named.
Mr. Dunn said that letters at Bank of America were automatically generated when a third-party processor noticed that a policy had lapsed.
In calling three of the major mortgage banks — Bank of America, JPMorgan Chase and Citibank — I received different explanations for why the letters were sent.
Terry Smith, escrow administration manager at Chase Home Lending, said the discrepancy over the beneficiary was an issue, but so, too, was the confusion many unit owners had over who was maintaining the insurance: the owner or the association.
That may be true but it did not explain why Mr. Hart received a letter saying he needed flood insurance on his house. Sean Kevelighan, a spokesman for Citi’s consumer banking division, said that letter was a result of a change in flood designations.
“Due to Congressionally mandated changes in recent years to the National Flood Insurance Program that included remapping of many areas in the country, Citi will notify customers if and when such changes affect their homes in order to ensure they have appropriate insurance coverage,” he said.
RESOLUTION How you extricate yourself from this trap depends on whom you talk to. Banks make it sound easy — send in the declaration page, they tell you, and you will be fine. But lawyers, property managers and owners who have dealt with this process say it is usually not that simple.
“We had a client with a force-placed insurance policy of $30,000,” said Audra Simovitch, director of financial services at the LaBovick Law Group in South Florida. She said that when her firm asked if it could buy a cheaper commercial policy, the bank said no.
In our case, we resolved the problem the old-fashioned way — we spent four months talking to dozens of Bank of America employees. Each call averaged about an hour, with a few two-hour sessions. Every time we hung up, we were convinced that we had resolved the issue.
We had not until Monday, when I spoke for two hours with five different Bank of America employees. At the end of that call, I opted to hold for an additional 20 minutes while a document was prepared and faxed to me saying that everything had been cleared up. It came in handy the next day when a representative called to ask for payment as if nothing had happened.
Based on my experience as both a condo owner and reporter, I can attest that homeowners should not ignore these letters and must be vigilant in sorting out their insurance. Two hours on the phone could save four months of aggravation.
Insights from Paul Sullivan on the mindset and strategies of the affluent.
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2019-04-23T18:06:59Z
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https://www.nytimes.com/2011/03/26/your-money/home-insurance/26wealth.html?pagewanted=all
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One day of practice at the Potomac River National Wildlife Refuge led to a year of success for 15 year-old Georgia Roberts, a White Knoll High School athlete and qualifier for archery National’s. Roberts began shooting with the Refuge Complex Administrative Support Assistant Stacie Allison four years ago, justifying that one day at a National Wildlife Refuge can spark genuine interest and passion in the life of a teenager.
This September, Roberts will be going into her Sophomore year of high school and into her second year on the high school archery team. In March, the Archery team at White Knoll High School qualified as the only public school to compete in Nationals this year.
Unfortunately, due to large transportation costs and rising scheduling issues, the team was unable to compete. “We have to raise money on our own. To do that, we’ve hosted tournaments.” Most of the financial success from the fundraisers come from parents, family, and friends.
Roberts has not since visited the Potomac River National Wildlife Refuge, but still recalls that first day of practice perfectly. Roberts is the epitome of how just one day, one session, and one hit can spark an uncharted passion in people of all ages.
The Potomac River National Wildlife Refuge consists of three refuges: The Refuge Complex is located at the Elizabeth Hartwell Mason Neck refuge, while the Occoquan Bay refuge and the Featherstone refuge complete the remainder. To get involved with a National Wildlife Refuge complex program click here.
This entry was posted in Blog entries, National wildlife refuges, Outdoor recreation, Youth and tagged archery, connecting people with nature, Georgia Roberts, learning, Maryland, outdoor recreation, potomac river, Potomac River National Wildlife Refuge, recreation, Stacie Allison on August 20, 2018 by Megan E. Hayes.
If you’re an avid birdwatcher, nature lover, or even just enjoy going for a stroll near your home, you’d probably be thrilled to see a yellow warbler whizz by or hear its cheerful “sweet- sweet- sugary- sweet” song ring through the trees.
While many of us enjoy wildlife encounters like these, the experience isn’t the same for everyone.
Generally, avid birders and ornithologists rely on calls and songs to identify nearby birds just as much as they use their sight. But for birders who are deaf or hard of hearing, birding by sound can prove a difficult, or even impossible, task. In an effort to overcome this challenge, Ron Popowski – who is deaf – and former U.S. Forest Service colleague in northern Arizona, Hans – who is hearing- have developed a helpful life hack to help deaf birders better locate birds for identification.
With a series of hand signals and motions, Hans tips Ron off to a bird when it vocalizes. With his knowledge of ecosystems and bird behavior, Ron is able to deduce the general habitat and locate a bird for a species-specific identification. This way, Ron can still enjoy the same challenge that comes with identifying birds without simply being told what it is.
For example, Hans may hear a “tap tap tap tap” in the woods and therefore signal “woodpecker” for Ron. Ron can then determine the general habitat, height, and possible direction to visually locate the woodpecker. From there, he can determine it is a yellow-bellied sapsucker.
This silent code proved beneficial for data collection when Ron and Hans created it in the 1990s. The pair were working on several analysis areas in Coconino National Forest to collect baseline data, and their code allowed Ron to expand his data collection to record bird species. They worked in diverse habitats, including treeline and tundra, ponderosa pine and spruce-fir forests, pinyon-juniper, chaparral, grasslands, desert scrub, riparian, and marsh and open water. Some of the species included Clark’s nutcracker, doves, poorwill, warblers, wrens, sandhill crane, Northern goshawk, and Mexican spotted owl.
It’s helpful to remember that everyone’s needs are different. Some alternatives to Ron’s Manual may be more beneficial for birders with limited hearing. For example, bird songs are often given phonetic spellings or mnemonics, to assist hearing or hard of hearing birders alike to remember and identify songbirds. To some the red-eyed vireo may sound like it’s saying “look up, over here, see me, up here.” Giving words to notes could help some to better distinguish sounds.
Additional tools are available for those with high-register hearing loss, or presbycusis. While costly, devices like SongFinder are available to lower the pitch of bird calls without slowing them down, allowing a birder to detect its pattern and rhythm in a lower, audible register.
We are always looking for more tips and tricks that can be useful for recreationists to enjoy the outdoors. If you have helpful tools or strategies that improve your experiences in nature, we’d love to learn from you. Please comment and share!
Ron Popowski is Endangered Species and Conservation Planning Assistance Supervisor at the New Jersey Field Office.
This entry was posted in Blog entries, Migratory birds, National wildlife refuges, Outdoor recreation and tagged bird, birding, deaf, mnemonics, New Jersey Field Office, ron popowski, songfinder on August 9, 2018 by leahahawthorn.
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Pope Celestine composed this for his sister! It is found in a lot of old English missals for the Sarum Rite. I found it in Volume 2 of the Sarum Missal translation.
I think it is a very good prayer. It was designed for priests to use, as a Mass intention.
Protect Thy servant who is great with child, and visit her with Thy salvation; so that the child she beareth may be safely delivered, and may attain unto the grace of the Laver of Salvation.
Receive, O Lord, we beseech Thee, our humble prayers and oblations; and preserve Thy servant under the shield of Thy protection. And as Thou hast ordained of Thy grace that she be with child, so when the time of her labor draweth near, graciously deliver her and mercifully keep her, and her child, from all disquietude.
Almighty God, be present with our supplications, and grant unto Thine handmaid the gift of Thy bountiful protection. So that, when the time of her labor is at hand, she may receive the protection of Thy grace; and that the child she may have borne may be brought to the Laver of Salvation, and increase and grow in grace.
Beautiful prayers. Goes to show that the older rites still allowed for options when needed.
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I’ve been following the ad campaign featuring Can You Hear Me Now Guy closely. See here and here. I was starting to worry CYHMNG had lost his sense of self in his despondency over data plans, allowing his hatred to consume and define his very existence.
Thankfully, it looks like CYHMNG is re-centering himself. I don’t know what self-help book he stumbled across, but it has done wonders for him. The obsession with the past and with what other people are doing is fading. He’s finally existing in The Now.
Taking up yoga/meditation, learning a new language, culinary experimentation- these are all classic ways to get your pathetic self out of a funk and back to living! A happy person doesn’t need validation from a telecom conglomerate.
Unfortunately, this is likely a short-lived transformation. There’s a reason Play Guitar Like Slash, Part I sells about 1000 times better than Play Guitar Like Slash, Part II. Most people are quitters.
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Television situation comedy about a gang of state prison inmates in Kansas who are paroled to work on the B-36 production lines around Wichita. It ran for six years (168 episodes) and was one of President LeMay's favorites. In its series finale (when The Big One was announced), former President LeMay did a cameo appearance as himself and insisted all the "Heroes" got pardons.
The basic premise is that a group of small-time criminals imprisoned at the Kansas State Prison got paroled to work at a B-36 plant. The plots were basically about how all the cons ran rings around the slighly dumb management while also helping the war effort.
The "Heroes" were lead by Robert E. Hogan, a confidence trickster and general con-man. Hogan (Bob Crane) was constantly getting involved in various scams and get-rich-quick schemes that somehow always ended up ine xposing a dastardly plan to interfere with or compromise B-36 production. The character was named by series creator Bernard Fein after his friend, the American soap opera and character actor Robert J. Hogan, who appeared in two episodes of Hogan’s Heroes. He was aided and abetted by James Kinchloe, another con-man and talented mimic who easily imitated people speaking over the radio or telephone. Another member of the "heroes" was a Cajun prisoner, Louis LeBeau (Robert Clary) a talented chef who had taken the precaution of befriending the factory's guard dogs. As a result, he was able to enter their compound through a secret entrance under a doghouse without the dogs raising the alarm. Peter Newkirk (British actor Richard Dawson) was the group’s conman, pick-pocket, forger, marksman, and occasional impersonator of police officers.
William Klink (Werner Klemperer) was an old-time aircraft producer, a bumbling self-serving bureaucrat who is simply unable to cope with the huge scale of the B-36 program. Used to factories building one or two aircraft a month, he was out of his depth. To make matters worse, he was of German ancestry and was under constant suspicion with efforts made to incriminate or even eliminate him. Hogan's Heroes was probably one of the earliest television shows to condemn such bigotry and many of the plots rotated around the "Heroes" trying to clear Klink (for whom they had an amused affection) of some imagined offense. Sergeant Schultz is a police parole officer who sympathized with the heroes and was known to repeat "I hear nothing, I see nothing, I know nothing!” or, more commonly as the series went on, simply “I see nothing, nothing!” in order to avoid seeing anything that might cause their parole to be revoked.
Hannah (Cynthia Lynn, 1965 to 1966) and Hilda (Sigrid Valdis, 1966 to 1971) served as secretaries to William Klink. Both were portrayed as having an ongoing romantic relationship with Hogan. Both also assisted Hogan and his men in various ways, including providing tidbits of information or access to papers or equipment. Hilda was protrayed as a blonde and in several episodes was harrassed because of her hair color. This was another example of the series early stand against such bigotry.
Although the plots were far-fetched, there was a certain level of truth to them. For example, in the real world, all the B-36 final assembly lines were identical down to the positioning of posters on the walls and the location of trash bins. That way if a picture of one line did leak out, everybody who worked on any final assembly line would "recognize" it as theirs. This was repeated in Hogan's Heroes in one episode where the group found themselves in another B-36 assembly line where it took them some time to realize they were in a different plant. Also, one of the running jokes would be that they were in a bar or club when somebody started saying something they shouldn't and one of the"heroes" would administer a "knuckleburger " (hit the incautious speaker hard enough to shut him up) and throw that person out of a window - at which point the con's parole officer (Sergeant Schultz) would look into his beer and mutter "I saw nothing, nothing". This self-policing of the workers in the B-36 plants was quite commonplace.
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Will the front brake assembly from a 1955 Chevy car fit on a 1952 pick up spindles?
The brake should be the same type on both, Bendix. The shoe size and drum might be different.
But the drum assembly with bearings might fit the truck spindle as is. I assume we are talking 1/2 ton?
The 55 car backing plates will not fit the truck spindles. If your original backing plates are damaged or missing, you can use any 51-55 first series 1/2 ton truck front backing plates. In case you aren't already aware, the car shoes and most of the other brake hardware (but not the drums or wheel cylinders) are the same as used on the 1/2 ton trucks.
Hi Widall, Are you aiming for 5 studs or 6 stud wheel mount with those brakes?
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Hello! My name is Miss Oswald. I am one of the four second grade teachers at Juniata Elementary. This is my first year teaching second grade, as I was just hired at Juniata Elementary starting the 2015-16 school year. I have loved every minute of my time here! Prior to this position, I served a year with AmeriCorps at one of our other AASD elementary schools, Pleasant Valley Elementary, tutoring youth in every grade level from kindergarten to sixth grade. I graduated from Penn State with a Bachelor’s Degree in Early Childhood and Adolescent Education and minors in both Special Education and Dance Studies.
Note to my new students: I know students are typically very eager and curious to meet their new teachers, so if you’re reading this from home, here is a little bit about what you can expect. If I am your new teacher, you can expect a bright and colorful classroom to match my bright and colorful personality. I hope you LOVE to learn because I certainly do. I love to sing, dance, and move around to get students excited about school and learning, so get ready to learn and have some fun. If you don’t quite love it yet, don’t worry, you will by the end of second grade! You just wait until you see all of the amazing things you will be able to do by the end of the year. Second graders are so smart! I am always willing to help you in any way that I can. I really try to build a strong community in our classroom with you, all your fellow classmates, and me. We do this in lots of fun ways, including using a giant gumball machine where the whole class can help us earn gumballs for rewards. I guess you will have to wait until you meet me to find out the rest. I hope you are just as excited to be a part of our classroom as I am. I can’t wait to meet you.
Note to parents and guardians: If your son or daughter is in my classroom, here are some things that I would like you to know. I have very high expectations for all of my students, but I can promise you that I am their biggest cheerleader along the way, as I am willing to help and encourage any way that I can. I believe that all students can succeed with the right support. This support comes from both you (at home) and me (at school), so I am very supportive of parent involvement. I am always available for you to call me with any comments, questions, or concerns, so please do not ever hesitate to contact me. I believe that learning should be interesting and exciting, so I strive to make learning just that for my students. One of my favorite aspects of teaching is being able to watch my students grow across an entire year. What they are able to accomplish in just one year is truly amazing. I can’t wait to see all of the wonderful things your child will accomplish!
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Human papillomavirus-positive oropharyngeal squamous cell carcinoma is increasing in incidence worldwide. Current treatments are associated with high survival rates but often result in significant long-term toxicities. In particular, long-term dysphagia has a negative impact on patient quality of life and health. The aim of PATHOS is to determine whether reducing the intensity of adjuvant treatment after minimally invasive transoral surgery in this favourable prognosis disease will result in better long-term swallowing function whilst maintaining excellent disease-specific survival outcomes.
The study is a multicentre phase II/III randomised controlled trial for patients with biopsy-proven Human papillomavirus-positive oropharyngeal squamous cell cancer staged T1-T3 N0-N2b with a primary tumour that is resectable via a transoral approach. Following transoral surgery and neck dissection, patients are allocated into three groups based on pathological risk factors for recurrence. Patients in the low-risk pathology group will receive no adjuvant treatment, as in standard practice. Patients in the intermediate-risk pathology group will be randomised to receive either standard dose post-operative radiotherapy (control) or reduced dose radiotherapy. Patients in the high-risk pathology group will be randomised to receive either post-operative chemoradiotherapy (control) or radiotherapy alone. The primary outcome of the phase II study is patient reported swallowing function measured using the MD Anderson Dysphagia Inventory score at 12 months post-treatment. If the phase II study is successful, PATHOS will proceed to a phase III non-inferiority trial with overall survival as the primary endpoint.
PATHOS is a prospective, randomised trial for Human papillomavirus-positive oropharyngeal cancer, which represents a different disease entity compared with other head and neck cancers. The trial aims to demonstrate that long-term dysphagia can be lessened by reducing the intensity of adjuvant treatment without having a negative impact on clinical outcome. The study will standardise transoral surgery and post-operative intensity-modulated radiotherapy protocols in the UK and develop a gold-standard swallowing assessment panel. An associated planned translational research programme, underpinned by tumour specimens and sequential blood collected as part of PATHOS, will facilitate further empirical understanding of this new disease and its response to treatment.
This study is registered with ClinicalTrials.gov identifier NCT02215265.
Oropharyngeal squamous cell carcinoma (OPSCC) is a rapidly increasing disease in the UK and other developed countries as a result of Human papillomavirus (HPV) genotype 16 infection. Currently, over 70 % of OPSCC in Europe is HPV 16 positive . HPV status is a strong and independent prognostic factor for survival, and HPV-positive OPSCC has a 58 % reduction in the risk of death compared to HPV-negative OPSCC . Other factors known to influence prognosis in HPV-positive OPSCC include smoking, particularly current smoking, nodal stage and patient comorbidities [2–4].
Currently, the management of OPSCC is based on the stage of disease as well as clinician and patient preference, irrespective of HPV status. Early stage disease is treated with either surgery or radiotherapy (RT) alone, whilst locally advanced disease requires multimodality treatment with primary chemoradiotherapy (CRT) +/- neck dissection or primary surgical resection followed by post-operative RT/CRT. Severe late toxicities after multimodality treatment are reported in up to 43 % of patients and may be permanent . Patients and their carers report dysphagia to be a primary cause for distress, and patient reported dysphagia independently predicts for poor long-term quality of life (QOL) [6, 7]. Patients with HPV-positive OPSCC tend to be young (mean age 54 years) and fit at presentation . Reducing the adverse impact of treatment on function and maintaining good QOL are therefore of paramount importance in these patients who have good prognosis disease.
With the advent of minimally invasive techniques, such as Transoral Laser Microsurgery (TLM) and Transoral Robotic Surgery (TORS), there has been renewed interest in primary surgical treatment for OPSCC as these techniques result in less morbidity when compared to open surgery. There are as yet no prospective randomised data on TLM/TORS for OPSCC but retrospective studies have demonstrated excellent outcomes. A US study of 204 patients with stage III-IV OPSCC treated with TLM and neck dissection found rates of local control (LC), overall survival (OS) and disease-free survival (DFS) to be 97, 86 and 82 % respectively at 3 years, with HPV-positive OPSCC having even better outcomes . Most patients had adjuvant treatment (RT/CRT), which increased toxicity. Single centre data on TLM in the UK is also encouraging. Data from Liverpool on 153 patients with T1-T3 OPSCC (66 % HPV positive) treated with TLM and neck dissection demonstrate 3 year OS of 84.5 %, disease specific survival (DSS) of 91.7 % and DFS of 78.2 %. Patients with HPV-positive OPSCC had a 71 % reduction in the risk of death. 83.6 % of patients received adjuvant treatment. (TMJ, manuscript submitted). Single institution data also show a functional advantage with upfront transoral surgery compared to primary CRT . A UK study compared swallowing function between 23 patients with locally advanced OPSCC treated with TLM +/- adjuvant therapy and 33 matched patients treated with CRT from a historical cohort and reported improved early swallowing function at 3 months in the upfront surgery group, using 3 different swallowing measures, including the MD Anderson Dysphagia Inventory (MDADI) score .
Currently, decisions about adjuvant therapy after surgery are based on the presence of pathological risk factors established more than 20 years ago in studies that included squamous cancers from multiple head and neck anatomical subsites and that did not test for tumour HPV status . These risk factors include surgical margin status, presence of perineural and vascular invasion, number of lymph node metastases and presence of extracapsular spread (ECS) of nodal disease. The relevance of these risk factors in HPV-positive disease has been questioned and the optimum adjuvant treatment protocols for HPV-positive OPSCC are yet to be determined .
Adjuvant RT after surgery for advanced head and neck cancers improved LC in the RTOG 73-03 trial . Subsequent studies recommended a minimum dose of 57.6Gy to the primary site and involved nodal areas and doses of up to 63Gy to areas of ECS . However, lower doses of adjuvant RT may be sufficient for HPV-positive OPSCC based on the following: (i) observations that HPV-positive cell lines show increased radiosensitivity compared to HPV-negative cell lines in vitro [15, 16]; (ii) phase II data (ECOG 1308) showing equivalent LC rates at 2 years with reduced dose RT (54Gy in 27 × 2Gy fractions) in patients with HPV-positive OPSCC who achieved a complete response after 3 cycles of induction chemotherapy ; (iii) use of lower doses of prophylactic RT (50Gy in 35 × 1.4Gy fractions, equivalent to 43Gy in 2Gy fractions) with no increase in recurrences .
The EORTC 22931 and RTOG 9501 Randomised Controlled Trials (RCTs) showed that adjuvant CRT improved LC and DFS compared with adjuvant RT alone in some patients with advanced head and neck cancer [19, 20]. When the results of both studies were pooled, adjuvant CRT significantly improved OS in patients with positive (or ‘involved’) surgical margins and/or presence of nodal ECS . These pathological features are now widely used criteria for adjuvant CRT. There is variation in practice however, particularly around the issue of surgical margins with positive (<1 mm) and close (1-5 mm) margins being grouped together in some studies. A survey of clinical oncologists from 17 UK centres reported that all would recommend adjuvant CRT for positive surgical margins (<1 mm) whilst only 30 % would advocate its use for close margins (1–5 mm) and 88 % for ECS . The relevance of the EORTC 22931 and RTOG 9501 study results should be questioned in the context of HPV-positive OPSCC. Patients in these studies had tumours from multiple head and neck anatomical subsites and the prevalence rate of HPV-positive OPSCC would have been significantly lower than the current rate . Evidence for using adjuvant CRT after transoral surgery for OPSCC is also lacking. A retrospective study of TLM for advanced OPSCC showed that the addition of chemotherapy to adjuvant RT did not improve outcomes even in the presence of ECS, possibly because a high proportion of patients in that study had HPV-positive tumours with already excellent outcomes [8, 12].
There are several factors that may contribute to dysphagia after treatment. Dysphagia after RT has been shown to correlate with increased mean doses of radiation to swallowing-related organs, with a higher mean dose to superior pharyngeal constrictor muscle region and larynx being particularly associated with worse long-term swallowing outcomes [23, 24]. The sigmoidal shape of the normal tissue complication probability curve indicates that increasing mean dose to pharyngeal musculature between 50Gy and 60Gy is a critical point at which risk of long-term dysphagia begins to inflect upwards, suggesting that reducing radiation dose from 60Gy to 50Gy could impart a clinically significant improvement in long-term swallowing outcomes . Adding concurrent chemotherapy to primary or adjuvant RT increases the risk of dysphagia: a systematic review of TORS for OPSCC showed clear demarcation in swallowing outcomes across a variety of outcome measures in patients who received adjuvant RT alone compared to adjuvant CRT .
Current treatments for HPV-positive OPSCC are associated with high survival rates but often result in significant long-term toxicities, particularly affecting swallowing function, that have a negative effect on QOL. Patients recruited into PATHOS will undergo transoral surgery to resect their primary tumours as well as a neck dissection. Post-operatively, they will be stratified into risk groups according to the presence or absence of pathological risk factors for recurrence. The aim of PATHOS is to determine whether reducing the intensity of adjuvant treatment after minimally invasive surgery in HPV-positive OPSCC, either by lowering RT dose in intermediate-risk patients or omitting chemotherapy in high-risk patients will result in better swallowing function, whilst maintaining excellent clinical outcomes. The primary outcome of the PATHOS phase II study will be long-term patient reported swallowing function measured using the MDADI score at 12 months post-treatment. Secondary outcomes will include local control rates and survival as well as a panel of objective and self-reported swallowing assessments. If the phase II study is successful, PATHOS will continue to a phase III study. The primary outcome of the proposed phase III study will be overall survival.
Group A: Patients whose tumours have no adverse histological features will not receive any adjuvant treatment as per standard of care.
Group B: Patients with T3 tumours (or T1–T2 tumours with additional risk factors), N2a (metastasis in single ipsilateral node 31–60 mm diameter) or N2b (metastasis in multiple ipsilateral nodes <61 mm diameter), tumours with evidence of perineural and/or vascular invasion, or close margins (1–5 mm) around the primary tumour specimen but with negative marginal biopsies and no evidence of cervical lymph node ECS. Patients in this group will be randomised to either post-operative RT 60Gy in 30 fractions over 6 weeks (Control Arm B1) or post-operative RT 50Gy in 25 fractions over 5 weeks (Test Arm B2).
Group C: Patients with tumours of any T or any N stage with the following high risk pathological features: positive (<1 mm) margins around the primary tumour (but with negative marginal biopsies) and/or evidence of cervical lymph node ECS. Patients in this group will be randomised to either post-operative CRT 60Gy in 30 fractions over 6 weeks with concurrent cisplatin (Control Arm C1) or post-operative RT 60Gy in 30 fractions over 6 weeks without chemotherapy (Test Arm C2).
The phase II trial will recruit at over approximately 20 sites in the UK. Participating sites will be required to complete a registration form to confirm that they have adequate resources and experience to conduct the trial. The planned phase III trial will recruit across Europe.
Participants are eligible to enter the trial pre-operatively if they meet all of the inclusion criteria and none of the exclusion criteria (Table 1). Post-operatively, patients allocated to Groups B and C on the basis of their pathology must re-confirm their consent for the study and will be assessed for their suitability for adjuvant treatment. Patients in Group B must be fit to undergo RT. Patients in Group C must be fit to undergo CRT and meet additional criteria as per Table 2.
Patients in Groups B and C will be randomised to a trial arm using the method of minimisation with a random element. Randomisation will be performed centrally by the Wales Cancer Trials Unit (WCTU). Participants will be stratified prior to randomisation by T stage, N stage, smoking history and treating centre.
Surgery to the primary site will be carried out by TLM or TORS, while a standard open approach will be used for neck dissection. These can be carried out as a single or staged procedure. Surgery should take place within 4 weeks (maximum 6 weeks) of study registration.
TLM will be conducted according to the principles outlined by Steiner and Ambrosch . Tumours will be removed in several (at least two) planned pieces following trans-tumoural resection. It is mandatory that representative marginal biopsies are taken from the tumour bed in all cases of TLM to ensure complete surgical removal of the tumour. Re-resection is allowed when initial marginal biopsies are found to be positive for microscopic disease. If positive marginal biopsies are obtained on re-resection, the patient is withdrawn from the trial.
http://www.uphs.upenn.edu/pennorl/education/documents/daVinciTORSProcedureGuide.pdf. As tumours are typically removed en bloc, marginal biopsies are usually not required.
Patients with clinically node negative (cN0) disease will undergo a selective neck dissection involving clearance of at least nodal levels II and III. Patients with clinically node positive (cN+) disease will undergo clearance of lymph node levels II and III and any additional involved lymph node levels. Patients with neck disease involving adjacent structures will undergo a modified radical neck dissection. In the case of non-lateralised primary tumours, as an alternative to non-surgical treatment (see below), some centres may undertake a selective neck dissection of the contralateral cN0 neck.
Patients should start RT within 5 weeks and no later than 6 weeks from surgery, so that combined treatment (surgery and RT) is completed within 11 weeks to avoid poor LC and survival rates that result from protracted treatment . Patients are managed as category 1 as per the Royal College of Radiologists Guidelines and RT should be completed within 6 weeks for patients having 60Gy in 30 fractions and within 5 weeks for those having 50Gy in 25 fractions .
The primary tumour should be categorised as lateralised or non-lateralised based on clinical and radiological assessments.
Lateralised tumour: Tonsillar tumour confined to the tonsillar fossa or extending onto or into the adjacent base of tongue and/or soft palate by less than 1 cm.
Non-lateralised tumour: Tonsillar tumour that involves the adjacent base of tongue and/or soft palate by more than 1 cm or a tumour that arises from a midline structure (base of tongue, soft palate, posterior pharyngeal wall).
Patients with lateralised tumours should undergo unilateral neck RT, regardless of the nodal stage of the ipsilateral neck. Patients with non-lateralised tumours should undergo bilateral neck RT, except in cases where they have undergone contralateral selective neck dissection and pN0 status is confirmed on that side (see above).
PATHOS uses a geometric approach to define target volumes. Pre-operative imaging, pan-endoscopy reports, operative findings and pathology information should be used to delineate target volumes. The Clinical Target Volume 1 (CTV1) includes the primary and nodal tumour beds with a margin (1–1.5 cm) and all pathologically involved nodal levels. Arms B1, C1, C2 receive 60Gy/30 fractions and Arm B2 receives 50Gy/25 fractions. The Clinical Target Volume 2 (CTV2) includes all at risk uninvolved nodal levels that require prophylactic RT. Arms B1, C1, C2 receive 54Gy/30 fractions and Arm B2 receives 50Gy/25fractions. Some centres may, a priori opt to boost high-risk sub-volume(s) for patients in Group C to 66Gy/30 fractions. Neck node levels for prophylactic RT should be outlined according to updated consensus guidelines and atlas . A margin (3–5 mm) will be added to each CTV to produce the respective Planning Target Volume.
Dose constraints to the following organs at risk will be used for treatment plan optimisation: spinal cord, brainstem, parotid glands. Investigators are also encouraged to contour swallowing-related structures. These include the pharyngeal constrictor muscles (superior, middle and inferior), supraglottic/glottic larynx, cricopharyngeus, oesophageal inlet, cervical oesophagus and oral cavity and should be outlined according to the PATHOS atlas of swallowing structures, itself based on previously published guidelines [24, 29]. The swallowing structures will not be used for treatment plan optimisation but swallowing outcomes will be correlated to the dose received by these structures. All patients will be planned using Intensity Modulated Radiotherapy (IMRT).
The following regimens can be used: Cisplatin 100 mg/m2 administered intravenously in a three weekly-cycle on days 1 and 22 of the RT schedule or Cisplatin 40 mg/m2 weekly for a maximum of 6 weeks. Carboplatin may be used instead of Cisplatin from cycle 2 onwards if the patient develops complications (ototoxicity, impaired renal function) related to Cisplatin.
Comprehensive assessment of swallowing function requires a multidimensional panel of measures that incorporates instrumental examination of swallowing along with clinician-rated and patient reported outcomes. A functional outcomes panel for assessing swallowing function has been developed for PATHOS (Table 3). The following assessments will be conducted prior to surgery, 4 weeks post surgery and at 4 weeks, 6, 12 and 24 months post treatment: (1) MD Anderson Dysphagia Inventory score (MDADI); (2) Water swallow test (WST); (3) Performance Status Scale-Head and Neck (PSS-HN); (4) Quality of Life questionnaires (EORTC QLQ-C30 and EORTC QLQ-H&N35). Patients will also undergo a videofluoroscopy (VF) assessment prior to surgery, at 4 weeks post surgery and at 12 months post treatment. CTCAE Toxicity (v4.03) will be assessed weekly during and at the end of RT and at 4 weeks, 6, 12 and 24 months.
100mls WST is a timed swallowing test.
VF is the gold standard radiographic measure of swallowing function. It allows quantification of more objective endpoints of swallowing function including pathophysiology, swallowing efficiency and airway protection.
Raw scores from scales and single item measures are transformed to a standardised 0–100 final scale score.
The primary outcome of the phase II study will be swallowing function, measured using the 19-item composite MDADI score at 12 months post-treatment. The primary outcome of the planned phase III study will be overall survival (OS).
Data show that a 10-point difference in mean MDADI score can differentiate aspirators from non-aspirators, tube-dependent from oral eaters and clinically distinct diet levels . For the study to have 80 % power to detect this difference (two sided 5 % alpha), a sample size of 148 patients is required (i.en = 74 in both randomisations). Given a 20 % loss to follow up as shown in previous studies, 186 patients will need to be randomised . Assuming that 15 % of patients recruited are not randomised post-operatively (10 % who do not require adjuvant treatment and 5 % who decline randomisation) and that 10 % who are consented to the study will not be HPV positive at central HPV testing, we estimate that 242 patients will need to be enrolled into the phase II study.
If the trial proceeds to phase III, then a sample size calculation for non-inferiority will be made. It is likely that around 800 patients will need to be recruited to prove that survival is maintained with de-intensified adjuvant therapy and European collaboration (through the EORTC) will be required for this.
Mean MDADI scores at 12 months will be compared between arms using either a t-test or nonparametric methods depending upon distributions. We will adjust for the randomisation stratification variables using regression techniques. This primary analysis will be conducted when the last patient has had their 12 month assessment. An Independent Data Monitoring Committee will review the accumulating data (survival, toxicities, recruitment) at 6 monthly intervals. Strict monitoring has been built in for recurrence. A formal interim analysis will be performed after 38 patients have been randomised in each randomisation (19 per arm), treated and followed up for 6 months. Within each randomisation, a stopping rule will be based on observing an absolute observed difference of 6 or more locoregional recurrences and/or deaths in either of the intervention arms. For swallowing endpoints, subgroup analysis by T stage and tumour subsite (tonsil, soft palate, tongue base) will be carried out, as the most likely relevant clinical co-variables affecting swallowing function.
All surgeons will need to demonstrate evidence of suitable training in the procedures employed and/or an established surgical practice in the relevant techniques (TLM/TORS). They should have undertaken a minimum of 5 previous transoral resections for OPSCC. It is expected that over the duration of the trial, positive marginal biopsy rates for an individual surgeon will not exceed 10 %.
The Radiotherapy Quality Assurance (RTQA) programme for the trial will be coordinated by the National Radiotherapy Trials Quality Assurance group. A comprehensive RTQA guidance document has been developed to accompany the main trial protocol. In brief, this will consist of pre-accrual and on-trial components. Each site must perform a pre-accrual outlining benchmark case on one lateralised and one non-lateralised case. Sites may need to complete a pre-accrual planning exercise of a benchmark case, depending on participation in other national head and neck trials. Real time review of the first lateralised and non-lateralised patients recruited by each centre will be carried out before treatment starts, both for outlining and planning.
All swallow assessments will be conducted by speech and language therapists with the required level of competency, or appropriately trained research nurses. DVDs of the VFs will be assessed centrally by members of the research team to QA the functional endpoint data.
The trial is associated with a CR-UK funded bioresource collection – PATHOS-T. Accordingly, up to five geographically distinct biopsies from the primary tumour will be harvested prior to surgical resection. In addition, up to two samples of involved cervical lymph node tissue will also be collected. Blood samples for research will also be taken before treatment and at 6 weeks, 6, 12, 18 and 24 months post treatment. Trial participants will be asked for additional optional consent to participate in this aspect of the study.
PATHOS has ethical approval from the Wales Research Ethics Committee which is legally recognised by the UK Ethics Committee Authority for review and approval. It also has approval from the Medicines and Health Care Product Regulatory Agency to be conducted in the UK. The Wales Cancer Trials Unit, a CRUK core funded and UK Clinical Research Collaboration accredited Clinical Trials Unit, is coordinating the trial. Velindre NHS Trust is the sponsor for the trial. A Trial Steering Committee and an Independent Data Monitoring Committee has been set up to monitor the progress and safety of the study. The PATHOS Trial Management Group, including clinicians, clinical trial unit staff, patient representatives, nursing and pharmacy representatives carry out the day-to-day running of the trial. PATHOS is registered with ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT02215265.
A systematic review and meta-analysis of more than 500 OPSCC patients treated with TORS in 17 retrospective studies concluded that minimally invasive surgical techniques had a positive effect on QOL and long-term function as well as good oncological control . The authors suggested that there was potential to reduce the intensity of treatment based on successful surgical control of disease in good prognosis HPV-positive patients. However, further validation through RCTs, like PATHOS, is needed prior to widespread shifts in practice. The RT dose of 50Gy in 25 fractions in the test arm (B2) of PATHOS was recommended by the National Cancer Institute Head and Neck Cancer Steering Committee Clinical Trials Planning Meeting on transoral resection of pharyngeal cancer . This reduced dose is also currently being used in a parallel US study (ECOG 3311) for transorally resected HPV-positive OPSCC. Another ongoing US study (ADEPT) is investigating if concurrent chemotherapy can be withheld in patients with ECS in the adjuvant setting. PATHOS is the only study to investigate both the effects of lowering RT dose and omitting chemotherapy in the same study.
PATHOS will allow clinical and pathological correlations of outcomes for HPV-positive disease, such that predictive factors for disease behaviour can be determined specifically in the context of HPV-positive disease. The study also provides a unique opportunity in the UK to standardise transoral surgical approaches for the treatment of OPSCC. It is imperative that in light of the increased uptake of these new techniques that surgical QA be established. This will ensure the rigorous application of appropriate and consistent surgical standards to allow valid comparison whenever these techniques are used in surgical trials and more importantly whenever they are used to treat patients. A panel of objective and self-reported swallowing assessments has been developed for PATHOS to allow multidimensional assessment of swallowing function. This panel will be prospectively validated in the trial and represents a step change in the standardisation of swallowing assessment in head and neck trials. Equally important is the fact that PATHOS will be the first UK study of post-operative IMRT for head and neck cancer. A novel aspect of the study will be outlining of the swallowing structures by investigators in participating centres. Dose/volume data for swallowing structures will be correlated with long-term swallowing function, collected prospectively in this multicentre randomised trial.
PATHOS phase II will open to recruitment in the UK in June 2015, with a planned recruitment period of 3 years. If the phase II study is successful, we plan to proceed to a phase III study to establish survival non-inferiority in the de-intensified treatment arms, which will require European collaboration.
PATHOS is funded by the Clinical Trials Advisory and Awards Committee (CTAAC) on behalf of Cancer Research UK (CRUK/13/025) and is supported by CRUK core funding at the Wales Cancer Trials Unit (WCTU). The trial is sponsored by Velindre NHS Trust. WO was supported by the Velindre NHS Trust Charitable Board. The authors would like to thank Wendy Wade (Nursing Advisor), Clare Donnithorne (Pharmacy Advisor), Loys Richards (Safety Officer), David Robson (Consumer Representative), Stephen Bahari (Consumer Representative) for their collaboration.
ME, TMJ, JP, KH, CR, MB, NaP, NeP and CH are responsible for the research question, design of the trial and contributed to the writing of the study protocol. CH is the trial statistician and corresponding author. HT is the trial manager. EP is the radiotherapy QA advisor. ST is the research and development manager for the trial sponsor. WO is responsible for the manuscript. All authors have read and approved the final manuscript.
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For the past 10 years, Shane Barnard and Shane Everett (better known as Shane & Shane) have been writing catchy pop songs that have a tendency to get stuck on the brain. While in there, inspirational and often challenging lyrics take root and bear out the fact that these guys are serious artists. Such is the case with the band’s latest album The One You Need.
These days, Shane & Shane are spending more time working at their home church of the Oaks Fellowship in Red Oak, Texas where the pair teaches music classes within a larger leadership school. But that doesn’t mean they still aren’t having a significant impact through national recording projects and a busy touring schedule.
Chad Bonham: What are some of the changes within the music industry that have impacted the progress of the band since you guys hit the scene 10 years ago?
Shane Barnard: For us in particular—good or bad, I don’t know—we’ve been in our own little world in Texas. We’ve toured a lot over the past decade. For almost 10 years, we did close to 300 concerts a year. We had our noses to the grind and a lot of worship culture just flew over and we didn’t know what it was. Sadly, we didn’t go to church. We just loved the Lord and were going after Him and we were doing our best to share the Gospel wherever we were at. Almost a decade of worship culture happened and we missed it. One of the things that might be happening in our worship culture that’s a good thing and has been happening in general is that it’s becoming okay to be authentic lyrically. It’s becoming okay to be vulnerable in worship. Maybe 15 or 20 years ago is wasn’t as okay to say, “I’m desperate for You,” in a worship song. That’s a cool thing and a normal thing now.
Bonham: It seems like you guys have evolved into more of a storytelling band as opposed to a traditional worship artist whose songs are exclusively meant for corporate settings.
Barnard. No doubt. The last record we did was more of a worship record. We were at our church and we purposely wrote some songs for our church. It was awesome. But this one is a little bit more of a Gospel narrative—songs about Jesus that are for the churched and the unchurched.
Bonham: After all those years of heavy travel, it looks like you’ve settled into a normal routine that includes more time spent at home. What led to this new way of doing things?
Barnard: We are settling in to whole new worlds. We’ve been involved with a church and it’s been amazing to be there and have a small group and serve there. We lead worship once a month and work with college students. We have a leadership school there so we help with the music program and do songwriting classes and studio classes. Our families are growing so we have a pretty good amount of home time. We still travel quite a bit. We’re trying to travel less. But this year we’ll probably do 150 concerts, which is still too many but it’s a lot less than it used to be. It’s been a good season.
Bonham: Being married to Bethany Dillon (also a recording artist) must provide some fun moments—especially when you’re in the creative process of writing and recording. Is she a sounding board for you?
Barnhard: I use her as a sounding board constantly. It’s been awesome. We get to lead worship at church together. We do a lot of things. She’s touring with us now and singing. She hasn’t done a concert in two years. She’s been in mommy land and loving it. So she’s kind of been out of the circuit a little bit, but she’s still such a prolific writer.
Bonham: The opening track on your new album, “Liberty,” seems appropriately titled in light of some of the creative liberties you guys took. Were you intentionally looking for ways to stretch yourself during the writing and recording process?
Barnard: I don’t know if we stretched ourselves on purpose. At the end of the day, we end up with the songs that the Lord gives us. But musically, we did want to take our time. Before we even went in to (produce) the record, we just wanted to have fun. We’ve done a lot of projects that turned out okay, but it wasn’t necessarily fun. It was like, “We’ve got to get this done in two weeks.” We were trying to sing at 3 a.m., in the morning. Everybody was at their wit’s end. But on this CD, we just wanted to sprawl out, have our friends come and have fun. I feel like we really did that. We kept throwing out ideas. Sometimes we have a co-producer or an engineer but we didn’t have that person this time. It was kind of a good thing for us. No idea was a bad idea. We just wanted to do whatever came to our heads and try it. We had an absolute blast. It was so fun.
Bonham: A lot of the songs seemed to deal with the relational nature of our faith walk with God. Was that a running theme for the project?
Barnard: I didn’t write the record with a theme in mind. I’ve written a lot of songs on a scripture or a passage that’s really ministered to me. But the hinge of every song needs to be Christ. We’ve been doing these songs live and it’s been awesome to just be able to talk about Jesus. That’s what we want to do. So that ended up being the theme, as Sunday School as that sounds. But that’s the running theme I think.
Bonham: “Future Version” was one of the songs that really jumped out at me when I first listened to the album. What has been the reaction to that song so far?
Barnard: We have been playing it live and we’re seeing it impact our audiences. The reality is that God loves us just as much now as He’ll ever love us. There’s no future version that He’s going to love more than He does now, or from the first moment He saved us, and the first moment He loved us. It’s been an awesome thing to talk about and sing about. People are reacting to it in a good way. It’s an elementary Gospel truth that the church forgets.
Bonham: Why was it important for you write a song like “Because You’re God,” especially in a time when the Gospel message and the belief that Jesus is the only way to God is being daily challenged in our society and across the globe?
Barnard: It’s huge. There’s a rise of universalism inside the Christian culture and outside the Christian culture. We’ve got these communicators out there like Oprah who say that Jesus is a great way to get to Heaven but there are so many other good avenues to get to Heaven. That’s not true and it’s such a scary thing to sink into and buy into. It’s crucial to proclaim the truth of the narrow gate, if you will. It’s crucial. I don’t know if was just having a moment with the Lord (when I wrote the song). But I come from a lost family and I’ve had many conversations over the years and I’ve seen forms of godliness and forms of religion. I know the issues that the world has with the exclusivity of Christ. It’s hard to be exclusive, but it’s the foundational truth of what we believe. And if we believe that Jesus is God then that requires us to believe what He said. Our faith hinges upon Him being the way and that’s such great news. I hate for it to be an entrenching issue because that is such great news. Jesus is exclusive but he’s also inclusive because He said, “Anyone who will call on my name”—anyone from any race, from any background, from any kind of intellect—“Anyone who calls on my name, the narrow gate is open and I’m willing to save.” It’s a very important message and we enjoy sharing it.
To stay up on the latest news from Shane & Shane, visit their official website by clicking HERE.
And for a chance at one of five autographed copies of the band’s latest CDs, The One You Need, leave a comment about Shane & Shane at the end of this post. You can also click HERE for more details.
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When: Tuesday, November 3rd, 2015 6:30p.m. - 7:30p.m.
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Interested in learning more about USC Viterbi School of Engineering's Master's and PhD programs, or about their summer research for undergraduate opportunities?
Come by this info session hosted by Northeastern IEEE & SWE to have your questions answered by representatives!
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Published: Oct. 23, 2015 at 01:37 p.m.
Updated: Oct. 24, 2015 at 02:56 p.m.
Steve Smith's son recently took to Twitter, suggesting the undefeated Panthers should trade all of their wide receivers to Baltimore so his dad could have a homecoming in Carolina.
Aside from the rather obvious caveat that Smith took a metaphorical blowtorch to the Panthers' front office last October, it's a swap that makes a lot of sense.
The 1-5 Ravens have just a 2.4 percent chance of reaching the postseason, per Football Outsiders' playoff odds. The undefeated Panthers, meanwhile, are at 89.3 percent.
Carolina's most glaring weakness is at wide receiver, where the drop-prone trio of Ted Ginn, Corey Brown and Devin Funchess lacks physicality and the ability to come down with the ball in traffic.
Who wouldn't want to see one of the most successful postseason performers in NFL history playing in January with a chance to bolster his already strong Hall of Fame case?
We have our answer to that question: John Harbaugh and Steve Smith.
Responding to a report from Yahoo's Eric Edholm that a Smith trade is unlikely, Harbaugh stated unequivocally Friday that "there is no chance of that. I wouldn't part with him."
Smith has been informed by Ozzie Newsome that the general manager has no designs on dealing him ahead of the Nov. 3 trade deadline, per Edholm. That was apparently music to the ears of Smith, who threatened to walk away from the game if the Ravens trade him.
"If they would trade me, I would quit," Smith said Friday, via the Baltimore Sun. "I like to finish what I started."
Smith is one of just five receivers averaging at least 100 yards per game this year. Belying his 36-year-old legs, he ranks behind only Larry Fitzgerald (12) and Allen Robinson (11) with 10 catches of at least 20 yards.
Considering his own stellar play and the Ravens' disappointing season, it's natural to wonder if he will re-consider retirement at the end of the season.
Edholm's report suggested Harbaugh and Newsome will try to convince Smith to return for the 2016 season.
Although Smith told reporters earlier this week that he remains "on schedule" for retirement, he avoided definitive statements.
"This is a week-to-week game," Smith added. "Every game presents its own issues. I can't keep following with, 'Well, this is how I feel.'"
Asked if anyone associated with the Ravens had tried to persuade him to delay retirement plans, Smith responded in typical Smith fashion: "Man, we're 1-5. You think we're talking about persuading. We're trying to fix all of the damn holes in this boat right now."
For the next 10 weeks, Smith will concentrate on fulfilling his vow to "wound, damage and puncture" opponents while playing with "house money" on his way out of the league.
Once the season is over, perhaps Harbaugh will succeed in sweet-talking his best receiver back to Baltimore for another go-round.
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Very excited to be launching PracticePoint!!
Excited to be starting our pilot studies with the PABI (Penguin for Autism Behavioral Interventions) robot this summer! The robot will be assisting in Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA) therapy for children with Autism at a local school.
Check out AIM Lab PhD students in Robotics Engineering being interviewed by Robot Magazine!!
Congratulations to Weijian Shang for defending his dissertation "Teleoperation of MRI-Compatible Robots with Hybrid Actuation and Haptic Feedback"!!!
Press Release for our first in man trials for robotic MRI-guided prostate cancer biopsy.
Listen to the audio clip from WBZ radio on September 16, 2014.
Ritesh Adhikari, Mike Cross, Tim Forrest, Hosung Im, Jason Klein, Anselm Mak, and Julieth Ochoa presented their project on: Exomuscular Sleeve for Upper Limb Stroke Rehabilitation.
Chris Dunkers, Brian Hetherman, Paul Monahan, and Samuel Naseef presented their project on: Indoor Navigation and Manipulation using a Segway RMP Platform.
The AIM got to show off its work on Wearable Soft Robotic Rehabilitation Robots and also our MRI-Compatible Prostate Cancer Robot at the MassTLC Future of Robotics Summit.
Happy to announce that we were awarded an NIH Research Grant through the Academic-Industrial Partnerships for Translation of in vivo Imaging Systems for Cancer Investigations program to support "MR-Guided Precision Conformal Ablation Therapy for Brain Tumors"
Congratulations to all those from the AIM Lab graduating!!! We had our first two PhD students from the AIM Lab Greg Cole and Hao Su!
We also want to congratulate our Master's graduates: Hanlin Hong, Wenzhi Ji, Annette Rivera, Yunzhao Ma, and Satya Janga!
Congratulations to Hao Su for defending his dissertation "Force Sensing and Teleoperation of Continuum Robot for MRI-Guided Surgery"
Congratulations to Greg Cole for defending his dissertation "Modular MRI Guided Device Development System: Evolution, Validation And Applications," the first PhD student in WPI Robotics Engineering and the AIM Lab!
Congratulations to Hao Su for winning the 2012-2013 Advanced Simulation and Training Fellowship from the Link Fondation! The award will support his work on "Haptic Training and Interventional System for MRI-guided Percutaneous Needle Placement."
The Simons Foundation Autism Research Initiative SFARI featured the article "Robot Renaissance" about socialy assistive robots (SARs) for working with chodren with Autism disorder. Our robot PABI, a.k.a Penguin for Autism Behavioral Interventions, was featured.
Hao Su and Weijian Shang presented their work at SPIE Medical Imaging in San Diego, CA.
Prof. Fischer's RBE 3001 (Unified Robotics III) course is featured in the New York Times as part of the article Why Science Majors Change Their Minds (It's Just So Darn Hard).
The AIM Lab supported Bancroft High School's Senior Co-Op program. Tommy Pham, Alex Lucena and Connor Richmond work with Greg Cole on the Neuro Robot.
See their video here: Youtube video of co-op.
Hamresh Lutchmun presented his project on: Stent Design for Percutaneous Valve.
Nick Alunni, Eric Jones, Ricky Goloski and Andrew Haggerty presented their project on: Hierarchical Swarm Robots.
Elizabeth Alexander presented her project on: Affordable Compact Humanoid Robot for Autism Spectrum Disorder in Children.
Dan Jones and Andy Lewis presented their project on: StandAlone Surgical Haptic Arm (SASHA) for Telesurgery.
Design World featured the article "Plastic Bearings and Linear Guides Put the Moves on MRI-guided Robot" about the MRI prostate robot designed by Prof. Gregory Fischer and Hao Su in their medical e-newsletter.
Hao Su recieves International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA) NSF Travel Fellowships award. Congratulations Hao!
Prof. Gregory Fischer and Hao Su attended the 18th Medicine Meets Virtual Reality (MMVR 2011) in Newport beach, California. They presented High-Field MRI-Compatible Needle Placement Robot for Prostate Intervention.
Greg Cole and Kevin Harrington attended the 12th International Symposium on Experimental Robotics (ISER 2010) in Delhi, India. They presented Closed-Loop Actuated Surgical System Utilizing Real-Time In-Situ MRI Guidance.
Surgical Products Magazine posted an article and video Guiding Surgical Robots With MRI Images promoting the work in the WPI AIM Lab.
Video also available here: http://www.youtube.com/user/WPI#p/c/E597F22DB929D8FD.
Prof. Fischer and collaborator Dr. Nguyen (Children's Hospital) are featured in an article on Robotic Surgery in BioPhotonics Magazine: A Cut Above: Robotics in Surgery.
Prof. Fischer and colleague Robert Webster (Vanderbilt) organized a workshop on Enabling Technologies for Image-Guided Robotic Interventional Procedures at 2010 Robotics: Science and Systems Conference VI RSS 2010 in Zaragoza, Spain.
Greg Cole was awarded 1st place at the WPI Graduate Research Achievement Day (GRAD) 2010.
Michael DiBlasi, Andrew Nehring, Andrew Smith presented their project on Pneumatic Actuator Development for MRI Robots.
The project was a finalist in the Mechanical Engineering Project Presentation Day.
Greg Cole was awarded 1st place at the 2010 Innovation Presentation Competition for his work titled "MRI Compatible Surgical Systems: Analysis of Compatibility Methodologies and System Effectiveness".
Prof. Fischer was a conference organizer and session chair. Thanks to Weijian Shang for volunteering to help with the conference.
Hao Su presented his work titled "Haptic System Design for MRI-Guided Needle Based Prostate Brachytherapy" at Haptics Symposium 2010, Waltham, MA.
Prof. Fischer, Yi Wang, Hao Su, and Greg Cole represented the AIM Lab and WPI at the 2009 IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Conference (EMBC 2009) in Minniapolis, Minnesota. Yi Wang presented the paper titled "MRI Compatibility Evaluation of a Piezoelectric Actuator System for a Neural Interventional Robot" by Yi Wang, Greg Cole, Hao Su, Dr. Gregory Fischer, and Dr. Julie Pilitsis.
The lab welcomes Master's student Kevin Harrington.
Prof. Fischer and Greg Cole represented the AIM Lab and WPI at the 2009 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA 2009) in Kobe, Japan. Greg Cole presented the paper titled "Design of a Robotic System for MRI-Guided Deep Brain Stimulation Electrode Placement" This presentation was also given at Tokyo University on May 12, and AIST on May 22.
The MRI-Compatible prostate robot is featured in Medical Design Magazine.
Greg Cole has been awarded the 2nd place award in Engineering at the Annual WPI GRAD Research Day for his poster titled "Design of a Robotic System for MRI-Guided Deep Brain Stimulation Electrode Placement." Read more about the MRI Neurosurgery Robot for DBS.
The lab welcomes Doctoral student Hao Su.
Wang Yi attends the Medical Robotics and Computer-Integrated Interventional Systems (MRCIIS) winter school at Johns Hopkins.
Successful joint experiment at Brigham and Women's Hospital with our MRI Robot.
The lab welcomes Doctoral student Wang Yi.
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-We have an enormous selection of gently used and new costumes for Halloween or any occasion. Costumes range from toddler, to adult, to even pets! These costumes are inexpensive and unique. People can’t believe how many costumes we have.
-The costumes are inexpensive enough to buy, however, we do rent them if you want to pay even less. Another way to save money is to bring in the costumes you are not going to use anymore and we will take money off your new costume (I mostly buy adults and plus sizes).
-We carry shoes, hats, makeup, masks, nylons, and much more! We also carry work clothes such as scrubs, work jackets, coveralls, and work shirts.
-We are open all year round by appointment only. Walk-ins are welcome in October.
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Yeah, right, the same man who said it was legal to torture suspects.
Fortunately the courts have decided otherwise.
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It’s a record of unparalleled achievement, but barely a year after the Scot stepped down it appears there is one gaping hole in the Ferguson management repertoire - successful succession planning.
United’s sacking of David Moyes must be the bitterest of pills for Ferguson to swallow. Not just because he had handpicked Moyes as the “Chosen One,” but also because of the mess the club now finds itself in.
Out of the European Champions League group stages until September 2015 at the earliest, more pressingly United’s squad needs a major overhaul - arguably another unwanted legacy from the Ferguson era.
The departure in July 2012 of Frenchman Paul Pogba, rapidly emerging as one of Europe’s most talented midfielders at Juventus, is looking increasingly like the steal of the 21st century.
Just as importantly, United's next coach needs to establish a coherent playing philosophy, which Moyes never quite managed to do.
“Pep Guardiola or Jurgen Klopp were not available last summer, but hypothetically: the kind of football that they advocate is arguably more progressive, fluid and unpredictable than the kind that Man Utd have played this season,” Tor-Kristian Karlsen, former chief executive of French club Monaco, told CNN.
It is arguable, given Ferguson’s ability to hoover up so many trophies, that no-one could have successfully succeeded him, but the speed of the decline has been a surprise.
“I don't think anyone could ever imagine Manchester United falling out of the top four and getting knocked out of two cups at home to reasonably weak opposition,” added Karlsen, who is now working as a consultant in the football industry, including advising club owners and boards on succession planning.
But the way Moyes struggled with the task of succeeding his fellow Scot begs the question as to whether United has become too big a club for one man to successfully run, given Ferguson’s legacy.
Should the United board have insisted upon a more radical overhaul of the club’s football operation when Ferguson stepped down?
"What you have to remember is that Alex Ferguson evolved into that role over 26 years,” former Fulham manager Rene Meulensteen, who worked with Ferguson in various coaching capacities for over a decade at Old Trafford, told CNN.
“He was completely embedded in the club. He was in a completely different position to David Moyes,” added the Dutchman.
“Maybe in hindsight David probably underestimated the magnitude of the position. I tried to explain to David that it would be like going from steering a yacht to a cruise liner.
At Champions League holders Bayern Munich, the team’s former star striker Karl-Heinz Rummenigge works in the boardroom, while another ex-Germany international Matthias Sammer is deployed as the club’s sporting director.
It is a model that has helped make Bayern probably the best club in the world at the moment.
“I honestly believe that a club of Manchester United's size and stature is too big to rest on the shoulders of one man,” said Karlsen. “Ferguson was able to build his empire over years and years, consolidating his power gradually.
Meanwhile the hunt is on for Moyes’ successor, with Ferguson reportedly again involved in helping find the right man for the job.
With Klopp and Guardiola appearing happy at Borussia Dortmund and Munich respectively, Netherlands coach Louis van Gaal and Real Madrid boss Carlo Ancelotti are reportedly leading contenders to take charge at Old Trafford.
“The decision on the next manager is crucial,” said Karlsen. “If they manage to get that appointment right and spend their resources wisely in the summer, Manchester United might even be back chasing titles next season.
Karlsen has one final thought as to a candidate the United board might want to put on their shortlist - Italian coach Luciano Spalletti, who has most recently managed Zenit St. Petersburg and Roma.
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best quote so far-"dont be the man who follows the man -be the man who follows the man who followed the man "
Utd 7 Roma 1... Spalletti??
Manchester United will surely rise again. Wishing the footballers, fans and the think-tank happy times all over again.
a true leader knows that he cannot lead forever. he has to build a winning team and a culture that will make it possible for another leader to take over.
Like Liverpool who had problems after major changes have now found there foot....Man U will overcome soon cauz someone will have to step up to the plate and not so much mimic Sir Alex hwr inject their own game plans, preparation and reassert the focus on winning...lots of ppl including the players are still not over sir Alex's impact....Man U GET WITH IT NOW!!!
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Step 1Place brown rice, broth and soy sauce in 4- or 5-quart pot with lid. Bring to boil over high heat. Watch carefully; turn heat to low as soon as broth boils. Cook 10 minutes, then add white rice. Stir rice, cover pot and cook 15 minutes. It usually takes 15 to 20 minutes for rice to cook. Test for doneness by scooping a few grains of rice out of pot with spoon and taste. If tender, rice is done.
Step 2While rice cooks, peel onion and cut off stem top and root bottom. Cut onion in half from stem top down. Place each half onion flat side down on cutting board and cut into 1/4-inch slices horizontally. Cut into 1/4-inch slices vertically then cut into 1/4-inch pieces crosswise. Set aside. Cut coarse green tops from green onions, leaving a little green. Holding onions together, cut off roots, then cut green onions into small pieces; set aside. Cut stems off peppers, then cut each pepper in half lengthwise. Cut out white veins and seeds and discard. Cut each pepper half into 1/4-inch strips. Hold bundle of strips together and cut crosswise into small pieces. Add to onion pile. Trim leaves from celery tops. Slice each celery rib lengthwise from top to bottom in 1/4-inch strips. Holding strips together, chop into small pieces crosswise. Add to prepared vegetables.
Step 3Put rice vinegar and olive oil in small bowl or jar with lid and stir briskly to blend.
Step 4Using fork, stir together brown and white rice in large mixing bowl. Mix fresh vegetables into rice. Add vinegar mixture and salt and pepper to taste. Using a fork and large spoon, toss and mix everything together. Taste and add more salt and pepper if needed. Serve with lemon wedges.
260 calories; 451 mg sodium; 0 cholesterol; 12 grams fat; 33 grams carbohydrates; 5 grams protein; 0.49 gram fiber.
With the addition of toasted cheese sandwiches, this rice would make a good hot supper dish. Or it could be served as a filling cold salad on a warm summer evening. Refried in a little olive oil and topped with some grated cheese, it could be still another pleasing meal.
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Highlights? Aqueducts and castles, shoe stores and pottery, and another fabulous dinner at Venta el Buscón.
We’re on our way home – I’m writing this in the plane as we fly between Frankfurt and Chicago. Never easy to get up at 3:00 a.m. – or to navigate an airport with luggage and security at 4:30 a.m. sans coffee. Jade leaves on a later flight, so we say goodbye to him in Barajas (Madrid’s airport) before we catch the Madrid-Frankfurt flight. Security is tight in Frankfurt, and Anna – who has already suffered through lost luggage – is pulled aside because her laptop is dead and she doesn’t have the cord in her backpack (they need to see it turned on to be assured that it is, indeed, a laptop). But we’re on the plane – and we’re going home. A truly fabulous trip.
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That's a lotta wondrous LijGoodness! Happy Christmas, and thank you for all the gifts you bring us all year 'round.
but actually there were quite a few that were new to me, mmm.
I was just thinking how it is that some people have a certain quality that makes them shine and they are so unique that it makes us want to look at them. Elijah changes his look a lot, but no matter how he looks, it's always a special thing to just observe him. He's special.
And you are special too! Thank you, and Merry Christmas, not_alone. I want to especially thank you for the wonderful Journey with Frodo chapters you've given us this year.
He is special. To me, it doesn't matter what setting he's in, or how many people he's with, he always stands out.
i think i done died and went to lijah heaven!
What a wonderful, wonderful picspam. You've reminded me of why I fell for Elijah in the first place. He's truly a unique person, inside and out.
Thank you for this lovely Christmas present! I hope your holidays are wonderful!
You're very welcome - so glad you enjoyed it.
"He's truly a unique person, inside and out."
These are all so lovely, and some are new to me thank you.
Oh my!!! What an amazing collection of pics, some of which were new to me. And the last one -- Frolijah! What can surpass that, hey? This is really Lij-fest-ive, isn't it?
Glad I managed to find some pics that are new to you. And yes - Frolijah - what could be more bliss-inducing than that - the best of both worlds!!
Merry Christmas to you too, dear Shireling!!
Many thanks Whiteling - glad you enjoyed it.
"made me hear the angels sing"
Wow! *needs resucitation* That was amazing. Thank you for this, especially for .. well, all of them! Merry Xmas!
Thank you very much for this Christmas picspam of TDO *sigh* Wonder what he's doing over the holiday period?
You're very welcome, Jane. Yes - those eyelashes really are something!!
Wonder what he's doing over the holiday period?
I always think about that too - we know he's in LA at the moment, of course - and spending a lot of time online just lately if the Simian blog is anything to go by!! I'm sure his Christmas will be filled with family and friends, fun and lots of MUSIC!!
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'MESSAGE' => string 'Robert Boyd, vice president for student and outreach services, has been named the 2008 recipient of the Greater Grand Forks business community’s most prestigious recognition, The Henry Havig Award for Community Service. Chamber board chair Jerry Youngberg surprised Boyd with the award at The Chamber’s annual dinner celebration Feb. 25.
Robert Boyd, vice president for student and outreach services, has been named the 2008 recipient of the Greater Grand Forks business community’s most prestigious recognition, The Henry Havig Award for Community Service. Chamber board chair Jerry Youngberg surprised Boyd with the award at The Chamber’s annual dinner celebration Feb. 25.
Boyd has been with UND for nearly 30 years, starting out as the director of extension and professional services, next as the dean of outreach programs and for the past 10 years as the vice president for student and outreach services. But it was his connection to the Greater Grand Forks community that earned him the honor. Youngberg cited Boyd’s involvement in numerous community organizations, his investment of countless hours volunteering for committees, and his service on boards of organizations like the Chamber of Commerce where he served as board chair in 1998, the United Way, North Dakota United Methodist Church Episcopacy, Prairie Public Broadcasting and many more.
The Chamber also pointed out that Boyd’s interest in addressing alcohol abuse among students has been noticeable throughout his career as an educator. During his years teaching in a high school, he initiated an award-winning, student-led program that involved peer counseling, education, and coaching. His education unit at UND was the coordinating body for the International School for Alcohol Studies. He was instrumental in establishing the student body task force on high risk drinking; a task force that officially became the Commission on Student Use of Alcohol.
"Bob Boyd's service to the University, to the city of Grand Forks, to the State of North Dakota, and to his profession nationally is legendary," said President Charles Kupchella. "I am so pleased to see his service recognized in this way. I am also grateful to the Chamber for this program of recognizing and celebrating service to our community in this way. It is important to take time to recognize the people who work to make Greater Grand Forks the grand place it is. Congratulations, Bob!"
Boyd started his career with two awards for Outstanding Young Educator, the first in 1966. Since that time, he has received awards for outstanding achievements in the education field, excellence in public service and extraordinary leadership, to name a few. He has been called upon for numerous professional presentations all with a common thread among them: leadership. Boyd has built a reputation as a catalyst for promoting leadership and management qualities. He is sought after to motivate, educate and excite organizations and people, young and old.
Boyd has spent more than 15 years consulting and coordinating strategic planning for businesses, schools and hospitals.
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Carl Minns was a warm, kind hearted man. I was able to spend time with Carl down in Miami several years after we got out of Gonzaga.
One of the nicest people I've ever met.
And before his knee injury he could jump out of the gym.
The last time I saw Carl was at Joe Cooney's 65 birthday party in 1988. I think Carl was living at the time in Florida or the Bahamas and came to Spokane just for the party. Carl was a close friend of Mychal Thompson and I think of Carl every time I watch one of Mychal's sons play hoops.
Hondo sat across the Sunday dinner table from Carl and Francine many times and always enjoyed them. Now I see there is a young Carl Minns playing footbal for King Kamehameha High School in Hawaii. Pretty good chance.
He was a heckuva fast-pitch softball pitcher. I had the good fortune :eek: to be on the receiving end of his pitches during several intramural games. to tell the truth, I was "volunteered" to play catcher when he pitched...I never should have stated that I played catcher in HS.
Carl was simply one of the warmest, friendliest people I've ever had the good fortune to know.
I remember Carl pitching out on Mulligan. With those long arms and legs and windmill fastpitch windup, he was halfway to the plate by the time he let go of the ball.
Carl Minns was in some of the classes I took. I agree with all the sentiments; he was a really nice guy.
Carl was our generation's Ronny Turiaf. Everybody who met him loved him -- including the kids.
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http://guboards.spokesmanreview.com/archive/index.php/t-18644.html?s=eefe0ef1d23327e78fb831e7252b2bf5
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END OF A TROUGH OR SHEAR AXIS.
THIS WILL BE THE LAST ADVISORY ON SERGIO UNLESS REGENERATION OCCURS.
CYCLONE IN THE EASTERN PACIFIC FOR NOVEMBER.
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"My Other Car Is An X-Wing"
I can just guess his other battle cry: "Beware, evildoers! You face the wrath of...CAT PISS MAN!"
Heh... But on following links I think it's "Her"..
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2019-04-25T21:52:05Z
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Aunt is gutted with grief.
eat his food, speak to his plastic doll.
I am so angry I could combust.
I’m worried for my brother.
he hasn’t spoken a word.
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2019-04-26T01:55:50Z
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https://robjamesberry.wordpress.com/2018/08/29/combustion/
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Through representation of material objects, artistic integration of commodities, and engagement with materiality through medium, the six contemporary Chinese visual artists analyzed in this project convey an unsettled liminality between socialist and global capitalist value regimes. Unlike their predecessors who operated within the field of socialist vision, the six artists examined in this project are no longer officially tethered to a national audience or Maoist iconography. Nonetheless, the historical and political valences once associated with Chinese socialist visual art remain a spectral force in the perceptual layers that comprise contemporary Chinese society. Functioning as sites of postsocialist memory, the installations discussed reframe societal issues of labor, class, geography, and gender with an attention to historicity and affective resonance. They explore how China’s economic and political transition over the past thirty years has displaced revolutionary imaginaries, while also placing the radically egalitarian politics of the past as future possibility once again. In their experiments in materiality, the artists at the center of this study make visible the contradictions and obfuscations at play in the relays between contemporary Chinese visual culture and the global capitalist art market.
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https://digital.lib.washington.edu/researchworks/handle/1773/42142
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From executive producers Andrew Lloyd Webber, Tim Rice, Marc Platt, Craig Zadan and Neil Meron comes NBC's next live musical spectacular, the groundbreaking rock opera "Jesus Christ Superstar Live in Concert," starring John Legend, Alice Cooper and Sara Bareilles.
"Brown’s choreography brought something new to the stage while retaining nods to the original production and film. I particularly enjoyed the complicated movement during the temple and leper scenes, as well as the exceptional ensemble performances"
“The whole ensemble, which included University of Central Florida graduate and Broadway leading man Justin Matthew Sargent, made a strong impression — in part thanks to Camille A. Brown’s energy-lifting choreography.
“Camille A. Brown's ensemble choreography (like her choreography for the Broadway company of ‘'Once on This Island'') is also not to be missed. After all, Jesus is nothing without his followers, and Brown's movement imbues this community of disciples with a shared earnestness that eventually turns against the prophet in chants of "Crucify him!"
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2019-04-20T21:15:01Z
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https://camilleabrown.squarespace.com/jesus-christ-superstar
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Brian looked up from his packing.
‘Of course I do. I’ve got a list, see?’ he said, waving a piece of paper in his wife’s face.
Whistling softly, he went through his tick list: clean underwear, socks, shirt, toiletries and towel, shoes, polish and brushes. Yep, everything packed. He closed his executive case and set the combination lock.
Fran was seated at the kitchen table with a plate of home made cookies in front of her.
Kissing her on the nose, he thanked her and took a bite of out of one her delicious walnut and coffee biscuits.
Half an hour later he was making his way out of the front door. Fran was smiling inanely.
The front door closed behind him, but Fran stayed where she was.
Two minutes later, there was a knock on the door.
‘Forgot my keys,’ he said.
This entry was posted in #flash fiction, blogging, Challenge and tagged challenge, time to write. Bookmark the permalink.
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https://pensitivity101.wordpress.com/2018/09/07/time-to-write-sentence-starter-38/
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How can I find a copy of this wonderful book?
Jay Mai, Thanks for taking interest in Mai-ism The 1952 edition of this Mai-ism book is out of print . I think edition 2007 of this Mai-ism book is available with its publisher Universal Mai-ism Trust, Mai Niwas, Saraswati Road End, Santa Cruz West, Mumbai 400054, India. Please contact / send a letter by post to Universal Mai-ism Trust to send the Mai-ism Book (Edition - 2007). They will send the book by post to you.I think this may take long time before you actually get this book because of the reasons of sender's delay, postal delay etc.
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2019-04-20T04:19:33Z
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https://maiism.weebly.com/mai-ism/mai-ism-the-book-for-swans
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After stopping and speaking to the chaps stood out in the freezing rain – handing out leaflets and stating their position – I was pleasantly surprised to see that this grass roots movement is beginning to take hold within the public conciousness.
More than twenty years after the spectre of apartheid was finally ended in South Africa, the very same system of state-sanctioned discrimination is alive and well in Israel today.
The Apartheid State of Israel discriminates against Palestinians in every walk of life, including sport.
The world of sport cannot be divorced from other aspects of life and the standards deemed acceptable by sporting bodies, sends very powerful signals to the public.
Since Israel was announced as host there have been a number of calls to boycott the tournament or for UEFA President Michel Platini to reverse his decision.
One well-known petition is organised by the Palestine Solidarity Campaign.
Perhaps Platini granted Israel the opportunity because Israel is a benevolent host – just ask the Ethiopian Jews who live there.
Ethiopian women were ‘kindly’ administered birth control shots without their knowledge.
Prominent Israeli politicians join street demonstrations shouting ‘Blacks out’ and refer to Blacks in Israel as ‘cancers’ and ‘infiltrators’.
You all know that the leader of the free world, Barack Obama has gone to Israel to re-affirm his loyalty to the terrorist state (what do you think the millions of shekels in campaign donations buy?) THAT speech in Cairo seems like an awfully long time ago.
“I have a dream” – not if you’re in the only democracy in the Middle East!
Remember to play your part – The world must rise against Israeli apartheid give zionism the red card!
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2019-04-24T21:49:56Z
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https://hotterthanapileofcurry.wordpress.com/2013/03/22/show-israel-the-red-card-kick-israeli-racism-out-of-uefa/
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EUGENE, Ore. (AP) Oregon's first game drew mixed reviews from coach Dana Altman.
The performances by returning starters Payton Pritchard and Paul White were right on cue, but the rest of the Ducks showed some rough spots that need work, especially under the boards.
Pritchard scored 22 points while White added 15 and No. 14 Oregon opened its season by routing Portland State 84-57 victory Tuesday night.
"We took a step in the right direction," Altman said. "It just wasn't smooth the way we like.
"We're going to have to get a lot more physical in everything we do. Our bigs weren't creating space, and we're going to face a lot more physical teams than this one was."
Pritchard, the only player remaining from the Ducks' 2017 Final Four team, had 18 points by halftime as Oregon led 45-29. He missed only one of his seven shots from the field and was 9-for-9 from the free throw line.
The Ducks (1-0) broke open a back-and-forth contest with a 12-0 run late in the opening half and didn't allow the Vikings (0-1) to get closer than 11 points after that.
Oregon's five-star freshman center, 7-foot-2 Bol Bol, struggled with foul trouble early in his debut but finished with 12 points and 12 rebounds in 23 minutes.
"He's going to have to get used to guys coming after him," Altman said. "Guys are getting into his legs and moving him out of there, and he's going to have to learn to be more physical."
Freshman Francis Okoro had 10 points off the bench for the Ducks.
Holland Woods led the Vikings with 13 points and Jaime Orme added 11.
The Ducks shot 61.5 percent in the first half (16 of 26) and 54.0 percent overall (27 of 50), including 4 of 7 from 3-point range. Oregon averaged more than 25 attempts from beyond the arc last season.
Portland State was just 5 of 35 on 3-pointers and shot 28.8 percent overall (21 of 73). The Vikings won the rebounding battle 41-38, and they forced the Ducks into 14 turnovers, including five by Pritchard, whose relentless penetration helped to create 42 points in the paint.
"We've got a lot to do in a lot of areas," Altman said.
Oregon will continue to blend its five primary returners with six newcomers, including the five freshmen who comprise the nation's No. 3 recruiting class. Another five-star signee, 6-9 Louis King, isn't expected to be available until December as he recovers from a knee injury.
Portland State will go as far as Woods, the 2018 Big Sky freshman of the year, can take the Vikings under second-year coach Barret Peery.
Bol soared for what looked to be a monster two-handed dunk that instead was turned back by Portland State's 6-8 Sal Nuhu at the rim midway through the first half, though Bol finished the possession with a dunk from the other side. Bol returned the favor by blocking Nuhu's dunk attempt two minutes later.
Altman needs 26 wins in his ninth season at Oregon to surpass Ernie Kent's 235 as the school's career leader in victories. The Ducks have averaged 27.5 wins over the past six seasons. . Oregon won its 21st consecutive home opener. The last team to beat the Ducks was Portland State in 1997, spoiling Kent's coaching debut at Oregon in McArthur Court. . Oregon started one player in each class, from freshman center Bol to graduate-transfer guard Ehab Amin from Texas A&M-Corpus Christi.
Oregon hosts another Big Sky team, Eastern Washington, on Friday night before heading to New York City to face Iowa and either UConn or Syracuse next weekend at the 2K Empire Classic.
Portland State christens its new on-campus arena, the 3,094 Viking Pavilion, against UC Riverside on Saturday night.
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R.I. Popke Jeltes. Born ca 1665. In 1721 (the year the church records begin in Hornhuizen) he appears in the lidmaten (members) list as ouderling.
Jelte Popkes. See R.II.1 Born ca 1690. Married with Lijsabeth Tjapkes.
(possibly) Anje Popkes. See R.II.2. Married Hornhuizen 11.11.1725 with Pieter Clasen.
(possibly) Lubge Popkes. See R.II.3. Married Saaxumhuizen 2.11.1727 with Lammert Heres.
Last updated 23 July 1998.
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2019-04-19T00:53:49Z
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http://www3.telus.net/verster/ritsema/ritI.htm
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Jorge Osorio and David Gaus will lead a roundtable discussion on the ongoing chikungunya epidemics in Colombia and Ecuador. Osorio is an assistant professor in the Department of Pathobiological Sciences in the School of Veterinary Medicine and a member of the Global Health Institute Advisory. Gaus is an honorary associate in the Department of Family Medicine in the School of Medicine and Public Health. He is also a member of the GHI Advisory and founded Andean Health and Development, a nongovernmental organization that builds sustainable rural health infrastructure.
The session is also available via webinar. Learn more here. You may also dial in using your phone at =1 (646) 749-3131. Access Code: 177-650-293.
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https://ghi.wisc.edu/infectious-disease-group-chikungunya-epidemics-in-colombia-and-ecuador/
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TORONTO (Reuters) - Canadian home sales rose 0.9% month-over-month in March, edging higher after a sharp drop in the previous month, the Canadian Real Estate Association said on Monday.
While sales rose in March, activity held near some of the lowest levels recorded in the last six years, the industry group said. Actual sales, not seasonally adjusted, fell 4.6% from a year earlier, while the group’s Home Price Index was down 0.5% from March last year.
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https://ca.reuters.com/article/businessNews/idCAKCN1RR1EL-OCABS
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While he is not performing his role in the Army National Guard as a team leader, he is focusing his time on his education and other civilian duties.
Manny grew up in Canal Winchester, where he was a part of his high school’s football and wrestling teams. Upon graduating, however, he decided to step away from sports to further his academics. Manny simultaneously enlisted in the military and began his college career at University of Toledo in 2014.
He was initially uncertain of what he wanted to pursue, and was reluctantly considering majoring in mechanical engineering. Manny completed his general education courses at Toledo and during his time there, stumbled upon The Ohio State University’s construction systems management (CSM) program and felt an instant connection.
In the spring of 2016, Manny transferred to Ohio State pursuing a major in CSM and a minor in agribusiness. Counting his military school and University of Toledo credits, he is on his fifth year of schooling.
During his first semester at Ohio State, Manny found a flyer for the CSM club and has been involved ever since, even going on to be elected club President in spring of 2018.
“The club is a great networking opportunity for students that don’t know what to do after they graduate,” said Manny.
Through CSM club, Manny is able to incorporate both his military leadership experience and his love for graphic design. He creates the organization’s flyers and posters to help spread the word about the opportunities in CSM club to new students, much like how he learned about the organization when he was a new student.
Manny also serves as the Veterans Community Advocate for the College of Food, Agricultural, and Environmental Sciences (CFAES). Manny acts as a liaison to communicate with military members past and present. He assists and informs them of different activities and events around campus.
As a CSM student, Manny has had the opportunity to expand his professional skillset with multiple internships. During his first semester at Ohio State he had the opportunity to work at Vaughn Industries as a Project Administrative Assistant. There, he assisted in the construction of the Jamison Crane Building located on Ohio State’s Columbus campus, carrying out a multitude of tasks to help the operation run smoothly.
Gradually, he started working with Vaughn’s CAD department, conducting project coordination on building systems through programs such as AutoCAP MEP, Revit, and Navisworks. These programs were used to model the building and components within them in a three-dimensional format to identify and prevent potential collisions or other problems. Following this experience, in the summer of 2017, he took on a new internship opportunity. Employed at the George J. Igel Company as a project intern, Manny worked on more administrative tasks; his duties consisted of job startup documenting, organizing, and negotiating costs and modifications to project plans with Owners and General Contractors.
For his career, he hopes to one day work for a company that does building coordination. He devotes his time and energy to his education and organizations on campus but is also ready for a call to action from the military at any point. He strongly advises students to be well versed and to pay attention to everything they experience. For students who are interested in following similar paths as Manny, he recommends keeping an eye out for different events the CSM club is putting together this semester and in the future.
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2019-04-24T00:29:40Z
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https://fabe.osu.edu/news/meet-manny-barnes-leader-csm-and-beyond
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Five years ago, Du Juan, a native of Chengdu, Southwest China's Sichuan province, was wondering where to go for work after she graduated from Michigan State University.
"The overseas life is not as exciting as spending time with family members and friends back in China," Du told The Rising Lab, a data news outlet of Shanghai-based business news magazine CBN weekly. So she decided to seek a job in China rather than stay in the US becoming a part of the growing wave of students from abroad.
According to Report on Entrepreneurship and Employment of Chinese Overseas Students released by Center for China and Globalization in 2015, there has been a 78.4 percent increase in students coming back to China since 2010.
Another Report on Employment Trend of Chinese Overseas Study Returnees issued by LinkedIn shows that among 7.2 percent LinkedIn members who are Chinese and have studied abroad, the number of people choosing to return is rising with an average increasing rate of 7.14 percent annually during 2010 to 2015.
Like many business graduates who anchored themselves in China's first-tier cities, which usually refer to Beijing, Shanghai, Guanghzou and Shenzhen, Du Juan, an accounting major, found a position in PricewaterhouseCoopers Shanghai office.
Various job opportunities and rich resources in the financial sector attracted Du to Shanghai, China's financial center. "Top financial institutions arrange more main business and key positions in the first tier cities ", said Du.
But after one year of work, Du started to review her job and working environment. She was not satisfied with the repetitive work, overtime and high pressure. Shanghai's high living cost, natural environment and cultural identity also strained her nerves.
By comparison, her hometown Chengdu, a second-tier city or "new first-tier" city, was on her mind, especially as Chengdu is developing fast and is catching with top cities.
According to LinkedIn's report, the number of overseas returnees who choose their first job in first-tier cities has fallen, while the number choosing "new first-tier" cities such as Hangzhou, Wuhan, Chengdu went up between 2010 and 2015.
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http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2016-07/20/content_26157527.htm
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This entry was posted on Monday, May 10th, 2010 at 12:29 am and is filed under Uncategorized. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.
author ougth to include otherwise the conclusions will not hold. The author has to also state the movement in the terms of trade betweeen the two countries as it important in the transmission mechanism…….
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https://nepopm.wordpress.com/2010/05/10/monetary-policy-and-trade-globalization/
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The state of Mississippi is the birthplace of the blues, and its musical heritage includes a lineup of world-renowned performers, including Elvis Presley, B.B. King and Jimmie Rodgers. Music festivals in Mississippi attract die-hard blues fans to the Mississippi Blues Trail each year, as well as to destinations including Tupelo and Greenville. Whether you're a jazz, gospel, country or Celtic music fan, you'll find several music festivals to enjoy throughout Mississippi each season.
The Tupelo Elvis Festival is a tribute to the king of rock and roll, and is typically held during the first weekend of June each year. The event kicks off with a King 5K Run, and festival activities and events include the Queen for a King Beauty Pageant, an Elvis Look-A-Like Pet Parade and a Fling with the King Disc Golf Tournament. Attendees can enjoy shuttle service to Elvis's birthplace throughout the course of the festival, and also enjoy live music at the Fairpark and Lyric Theatre. As of March 2010, ticket prices cost between $15 to $39 depending on the music concert.
Blues fans can attend the annual Highway 61 Blues Festival held in Leland, Miss. The free event includes a blues jam and live performances from local and regional blues artists. The festival is held in Railroad Park near downtown Leland, and is a single-day event that features two stages of live entertainment. The 2010 performer lineup includes The Mike Holloway Band, Pat Thomas, T Model Ford and Kairos Gospel and Blues Band. The event is organized by the Highway 61 Blues Museum.
The Mississippi Jazz and Heritage Festival honors legendary Mississippi jazz artists with a lineup of live music and entertainment for the whole family. The celebration is held over Labor Day weekend in Greenville and is sponsored by the National Association of Juneteenth Jazz Presenters. Past performers have included London Branch, a 2007 Mississippi Jazz and Heritage Festival Lifetime Achievement Award recipient; Earlton Batles Manley; Ron Myers; Chuck Lawson. Attendees can also participate in workshops and educational events over the course of the festival. The festival is free for all ages.
The Sunflower River Blues and Gospel Festival is held in Clarksdale, nicknamed the "Birthplace of the Blues," in the second week of August each year. It features live music and entertainment performances on tent-style stages in the downtown area. The annual event has been held since 1988, and past performers have included Jack Owens and Bud Spires, the Jelly Roll Kings and Katie Webster. Attendees can enjoy outdoor concerts and pack a picnic for a day of blues and gospel music, and also explore the Delta Blues Museum in Clarksdale over the weekend.
CelticFest is an annual music festival in Mississippi, a four-day event that features stage performances and three shifts of live music, including the Ceili Mor Dance performance. The festival is typically held during the second week of September, and features free music, dance and cultural workshops; children's activities; and an Irish film night. Other events include a whiskey tasting, pipe and drum march and singing sessions. As of March 2010, a weekend pass is $12 for adults, $8 for seniors and $5 for children between 5 and 18 years of age. The event is organized by the Celtic Heritage Society.
Karimi, Sabah. "Music Festivals in Mississippi." Travel Tips - USA Today, https://traveltips.usatoday.com/music-festivals-mississippi-3957.html. Accessed 23 April 2019.
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https://traveltips.usatoday.com/music-festivals-mississippi-3957.html
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Legumes have the unique ability to form a symbiotic association with soil bacteria, named rhizobia, and host them intracellularly in specialized organs called root nodules. Inside of nodule cells, the rhizobia can fix atmospheric nitrogen and transfer it to the plants in exchange of a carbon source. This interaction is generally characterized by a high level of host specificity and commences with an exchange of diffusible signals between legumes and rhizobia. Flavonoids and isoflavonoids present in the legume root exudates induce the expression of nod genes in rhizobia, and are responsible for the production and secretion of bacterial lipochitooligosaccharides (LCOs), known as Nod factors (NFs). Here we present quantitative transcriptomic, proteomic, and phosphoproteomic analysis of NF induced regulation within Medicago.
Enter a Medicago gene ID number (e.g, Medtr4g030140) or protein description (e.g., Dynamin-2B) in the appropriate line and check the appropriate box (gene ID or protein description). After clicking search a list of protein entries will be displayed. Clicking the (+) button displays overall quantitative information for RNA, protein, and phosphorylation sites for the given gene ID entry. Results from individual experiments can be displayed by clicking (+) next to the protein or phosphorylation site entry.
Users are free to contact us to upload their data to MORE. This process is simple and we are currently working on a tool to allow users to independently add data.
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2019-04-25T06:01:51Z
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http://more.biotech.wisc.edu/index.html
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KOLKATA: Electronics giant Sony India is looking at a 25 per cent growth in sales across all categories in this year's festive season and is expecting over 20 per cent growth in the current fiscal, company officials said on Thursday.
"This year, we are trying to make over 20 per cent growth in sales and in the festive season, we are looking bigger than 20 per cent," company's Managing Director Kenichiro Hibi said here.
Elaborating on this, Sales Head Satish Padmanabhan said: "The company is expecting 25 per cent growth in sales across categories during this festive season in India."
Hibi also said the company would be making a Rs 500 crore investment in marketing for the current fiscal.
On the impact of Goods and Services Tax (GST), he said it was positive for the company and it is not raising prices of its products post its implementation. However, it is "studying the gain or loss" under the new tax system, he said.
Hibi said the company is studying the possibility of setting up its "own" manufacturing plant in India and it has started local manufacturing of TV.
This festive season, the company aims to achieve Rs 250 crore sales from August till November 2017 in the West Bengal region, Padmanabhan said, adding that on the back of its newly launched Bravia Oled TV and doubling of 4K TV line-up, the company plans sales of one lakh units across the state during the festive season.
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https://telecom.economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/sony-india-eyes-25-per-cent-sales-growth-in-festive-season/60113309
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Dr. Monica O'Reilly-Jacob holds a PhD in Social Policy (concentrating in health services research) from the Heller School of Social Policy and Management at Brandeis University. Dr. O'Reilly-Jacob is a healthcare workforce researcher, focused on the quality and efficiency of care provided by care nurse practitioners (NPs). Her most recent studies use measures of low-value care and Medicare claims data to examine the efficiency of NP-provided care.
Dr. O’Reilly-Jacob is a board-certified family nurse practitioner with experience as a primary and urgent care provider in Spanish speaking communities across New England. Prior to entering the dual master’s program in nursing and pastoral ministry at BC, she completed 2.5 years of international service at La Finca del Nino, a rural orphanage in Trujillo, Honduras. She currently maintains per diem clinical practice at the Sykes Wellness Center at Phillips Academy Andover.
Buerhaus, P., Perloff, J., Clarke, S., Zolotusky, G., O'Reilly-Jacob, M., & DesRoches, C (2018). Quality of primary care provided to Medicare beneficiaries by physicians and nurse practitioners. Medical Care, 56(6), 484-490. DOI: 10.1097/MLR.0000000000000908.
DesRoches, C., Clarke, S., Perloff, J., O'Reilly-Jacob, M., & Buerhaus, P. (2017). The quality of primary care provided by nurse practitioners to vulnerable Medicare beneficiaries. Nursing Outlook, 65(6):679-688. DOI: 10.1016/j.outlook.2017.06.007.
Perloff, J., Clarke, S., DesRoches, C., O'Reilly-Jacob, M., & Buerhaus, P. (2017). Association of state-level scope of practice restrictions with the quality of primary care provided to Medicare beneficiaries by nurse practitioners. Medical Care Research and Review. First published date September 14, 2017. DOI: 10.177/107755871732402.
O'Reilly, M. (2009). Careful counsel: Management of unintended pregnancy. Journal of the American Academy of Nurse Practitioners, 21(11), 596-602.
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Brigitte Dreger-Smylie (biology) worked as a grizzly bear habitat research assistant in Banff, Yoho and Kootenay National Parks.
We've created a What can you do with your degree? sheet for most programs to help you jump-start your career research. Select your faculty and then program below to learn about possible careers, professional associations and more.
One piece of career advice you would give to your undergraduate self?
I would tell my undergraduate self to take advantage of opportunities to gain professional experience at university. I focused on my studies — which is very important and helped me get scholarships for graduate school — but I wish I had made time to write for the school paper, have a radio show, run for student union. Once you’re in the working world, these kinds of opportunities are harder to come by. At university, they are there for you on a platter. If, for example, you ever think you’ll be interested in doing a radio show, don’t wait till you’re out of school and “have more time to fit it in” — you won’t. Do it now!
How did you end up on your career path? What was most helpful in guiding you along the way?
I had been leaning toward a career in education when a chance encounter in my undergraduate degree set me on my path to work in communications. I took a film studies class in second year and met a mature student auditing the class. I bumped into this woman at a Blockbuster the summer after the class had ended, and she offered me a job on the spot. It turns out she owned a private business school that helped people start their own businesses, teaching them about writing a business plan, marketing, bookkeeping, accounting, and everything you’d need to know to become an entrepreneur. She remembered how I conducted myself in class and the kind of work I produced and felt I’d be a great fit with her office. I became a marketing assistant for the school and worked there for three years before I moved out west to go to graduate school.
What has been most helpful to guide me along in my career is to always put my best foot forward — be professional, be reliable, produce good work, accept criticism with grace, and yearn to learn more.
How difficult or easy was it for you to land your first co-op or your first job after graduation?
Once I finished my Master’s, I started freelance writing to build my portfolio and gain more experience in professional writing, so I could land a job in communications. Then, an opportunity came my way to teach high school at an independent school. I thought carefully about the chance that had presented itself. I didn’t have a teaching certificate, and I was being given this opportunity. I said yes. After my year of teaching, I decided my instincts had been right; I wanted to work in communications. My first job in the field? Working for an independent school, a job I might not have gotten if I hadn’t had the year of teaching experience at an independent school.
The ability to integrate new practices into what was a standard degree. I followed my passion and adjusted my mechanical engineering path to include biomedical, and this opened new doors and got me where I am today.
Who has inspired you? Were there any important mentors you had along the way?
My professors through school and my managers at my co-op placements and beyond. I appreciate their patience with my unexpected questions and their willingness to pass on their knowledge and advice.
Difficult to get a lead, but I was lucky that my previous co-op placements suited my passions in my field, and this lined me up to get my current job during an informational interview.
What kind of personality do you like to hire as an employer (or if not applicable, what personality traits do you think have helped you in the workplace)?
The ability to work together in a team to accomplish difficult and challenging projects to a finished state, with a satisfied client, is the goal. Traits include the ability to work with people from all backgrounds, encourage others ideas while advocating their own, confidence in their own abilities with the drive to learn more.
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Junior Lt. Grant is a bit of an odd case; he’s very talented with personal boosting “C’hi Powers”, deadly accurate, as fast as greased lightning, able to manage a flight harness, and can handle a more-than-maximum equipment loadout – but he’s got a woeful tendency to follow his own judgement, jumps into situations, and the usual special forces powers and training are beyond him. He simply doesn’t fit into most of the usual Afrikans military slots.
On the other hand, being assigned as a glorified babysitter to weird idiots seems a bit beneath him – not that he’ll open his mouth about THAT.
Lt. Grant is a splendid example of “I have things that go BANG” as a character concept – a fairly normal, if well-trained and fairly high end special forces, human with a plentiful supply of military gear. He’s built as a starting character for the Apex setting, and thus at the peak end of what you can expect any normal organization to field. He doesn’t do much except combat of course, but – for his job – he doesn’t really need to. He’d be right at home in a lot of action movies. He’ll usually be running at OCV and DCV 9, with three levels to switch between them in ranged combat. Of course, since he wears a flight harness, he can usually avoid hand to hand quite readily.
(15) 30-Point Equipment Allowance; An equipment allowance is spent on more-or-less conventional gear; each point invested in the equipment allowance allows the purchase of two points worth of equipment, bases, or vehicles – up to a normal maximum of 15 points invested. Beyond that, you can use an Aid effect to boost your equipment allowance and Afrikans characters get a racial boost.
Atlantean characters with an equipment allowance normally have at least half of it invested in weird magical stuff, but the effects are much the same.
Titans and Demi-titans normally cannot buy an equipment allowance.
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Not being a fan of the forced romance that Valentine’s Day seems to bring out in people (who needs a boyfriend that only says he loves you once a year?!), I didn’t want any gifts from the boy yesterday. My only request was that he be home by 8 so we could actually eat together – a rare occurence, unless it’s the weekend.
Despite my “who cares about Valentine’s anyway?” stance, I have to admit I was pleased. Maybe I am a cliché after all!
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What great quotes! I love to collect them and have added several of these to my list. Thanks so much for stopping by my blog!
Great quotes, all so appropriate for a New Year! Thanks for stopping by my blog!
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Yep, I’ve taken the tour once, its fun. Flying Dog is a lively company so its probably a little more fun than your standard beer tour but otherwise all beer tours seem to blend together.
I recommend going just to hang out in the tasting room, its usually packed but good socializing and for $5 you can get 5-6 decent sized samples of their ever-growing list of offerings, sometimes including previews of stuff that might hit the market later.
They have a gift shop, you can purchase growlers to take beer home, etc. Overall a great experience.
Thanks for the input. My brother is coming into town in January, so I think we’re going to go then. Have to find a driver for that!
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Algorithms become more advanced and asymptotic time bounds get lower but there is very little data on the actual performance of new algorithms. The aim of this thesis is to do empirical testing of the most recent incremental topological sorting and cycle detection algorithms in order to compare them and to provide an accessible guide to where each algorithm performs best.
The algorithms are implemented as the articles describe them and compared on even grounds by measuring their performance by adding edges to graphs.
For sparse graphs the HKMST-Sparse algorithm performed best and HKMSTDense for very dense graphs. The Pearce & Kelly algorithm is a strong contender as it is extremely simple and has acceptable performance across all graph densities and performs best in the range 35-80% density.
Nyckelord: Topological sorting, Cycle detection, Algorithms, Data structures.
AB Algorithms become more advanced and asymptotic time bounds get lower but there is very little data on the actual performance of new algorithms. The aim of this thesis is to do empirical testing of the most recent incremental topological sorting and cycle detection algorithms in order to compare them and to provide an accessible guide to where each algorithm performs best. <br><br> The algorithms are implemented as the articles describe them and compared on even grounds by measuring their performance by adding edges to graphs. <br><br> For sparse graphs the HKMST-Sparse algorithm performed best and HKMSTDense for very dense graphs. The Pearce & Kelly algorithm is a strong contender as it is extremely simple and has acceptable performance across all graph densities and performs best in the range 35-80% density.
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Human rights -- Latin America.
Political rights -- Latin America.
Latin America -- Foreign relations -- United States.
United States -- Foreign relations -- Latin America.
Publication Washington : U.S. Government Printing Office : 2006. For sale by the Superintendent of Documents, U.S. Government Printing Office, 2006.
Also available via Internet from the Committee web site. Address as of 5/3/06: http://wwwc.house.gov/international%5Frelations/109/23693.pdf; current access is available via PURL.
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JAIPUR: Government has approved seven textile parks under SITP (Scheme for Integrated Textile Parks) in Rajasthan to generate jobs and attract investments, Union Minister of State for Textile Santosh Gangwar said today.
"For each SITP, the Centre provides an assistance of Rs 40 crore to the state for textile parks... since Rajasthan is heading towards the right direction in textiles... seven textile parks (have been approved)," Gangwar said at Vastra-2015, an international textile and apparel fair, at Sitapura near here.
The Centre has also approved one Common Effluent Treatment Plant (CETP) in Balotra for textile industries, he said, adding that his ministry is also considering separate projects of textile industry related works and plans of Sanganer (Jaipur), Pali, Bhilwara.
After Gujarat and Maharashtra, Rajasthan would emerge as a textile hub in near future.
Gangwar said the Modi government is giving emphasis on skill development and training to create jobs in the sector.
"We can have bulk of engineers every where, but there has been shortage of skilled manpower like plumber, carpenter, fitter. The supporting staff is not available in many sectors of industries", he added.
As many as 227 overseas buyers from 54 countries and 11 states, including Rajasthan, would be participating in the fair.
During the inaugural ceremony, an MoU worth Rs 300 crore was signed between VICO Infrastructure of Anaadih Group, Kolkata and RIICO to set up a garment park at Prahaladpur, Jaipur and to provide employment to over 6,000 people.
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To create a happy home, family members must be both emotionally and physically nourished. As The Family: A Proclamation to the World states, parents have a responsibility to provide for their children’s physical needs. Through small steps, such as encouraging nutrition in the home, families can flourish.
- Consume at least one dark green and one orange vegetable each day.
- Eat vegetables and fruit in their purest forms, with little or no added fat, sugar or salt.
- Choose primarily whole grain products.
- Drink 500 mL (2 cups) of milk daily.
- Instead of eating meat products for protein, occasionally substitute them for beans, lentils, and tofu.
With the emergence of fast food restaurants and junk food factories, families have abandoned the regular home cooked meals widely embraced by previous generations, thus losing the nutritional benefits of foods. For example, the foods with the most nutrients are dark greens, such as romaine lettuce, kale, collards, Swiss chard, and spinach.4 When fast food restaurants offer salads, the lettuce used usually has few nutrients. Salads are also often coated with dressings and toppings that are high in saturated fat and calories, lowering the overall health benefits of the salad. When parents did not rely on fast-foods for their meals, they were able to provide more wholesome meals made with fresh ingredients. Instead of fresh ingredients, restaurants now commonly rely on processed foods such as canned, frozen, or packaged goods with added chemicals to retain “freshness”. By lengthening the shelf life of foods through processing, many nutrients naturally found in the foods are lost.
The website http://www.fruitsandveggiesmorematters.org/ suggests “eating fruits and vegetables of different colors” to provide bodies with a variety of nutrients, including “fiber, folate, potassium, and vitamins A and C.” This principle can be applied to most eating habits: eat a variety of fruits, vegetables, grains, and proteins, as all offer different benefits. Eating more slow-food (or meals cooked in the home) rather than fast-food will automatically increase the health in a household.
Instead of trying to overhaul your family’s entire diet, pick one or two of these ideas that appeal to you. Perhaps add a vegetable to the dinner plate, or fresh fruit with breakfast; if your family is consuming primarily white bread, try introducing whole grain products to your household; begin celebrating “Meatless Mondays” or “Fishy Fridays.” If children do not initially seem to enjoy the new foods that are introduced, try again later. Studies show that “acceptance of specific food items increases with repeated, neutral exposure—typically 10 to 20 exposures. … Exposures include looking at the food; touching, smelling, and handling it; preparing it, and tasting it over and over”.10 Parents should not pressure children into eating all food, but food should be available should they choose to eat it.
Positive parenting must precede positive outcomes in family health. From birth, a child knows how to respond to his or her body to receive proper nutrition. Only from outside influences may this innate ability be altered. It is the parent’s responsibility to offer the children food; it is the child’s responsibility to choose how much to eat if anything.9 In the book The Surprising Power of Family Meals by Miriam Weinstein, a similar sentiment is shared. Weinstein shares the research of psychologist Paul Rozin, who believes that Americans worry too much about what foods children like and dislike. Rather, emphasis should be placed on enjoying the meal, as, for example, Italians do, when “everyone is just smiling and enjoying themselves. There’s no bargaining over what gets eaten. Dessert isn’t the big event”.11 Parents should consider adopting the philosophy of joy to encourage not only physical health but emotional health at the dinner table.
Children cannot be expected to eat nutritious meals if parents do the opposite. Recent research has shown that a child’s diet is heavily influenced by the quality of the mother’s diet. An analysis of the research results states that when mothers have better health habits, their children are more likely to eat healthy foods as well.8 A child’s diet is also influenced by the diet of his or her siblings, as well as the birth order of siblings, and the number of siblings one has.8 Care must be taken to maintain a healthy lifestyle for the entire household, not merely a portion of the household. If older children or parents are eating foods that lack nutritional elements, younger children may follow that example.
While it is important to encourage health within a family, excess pressure can be hurtful to individual family members. For example, excess weight in children has been shown to be associated with parents who are controlling and restrictive with food.2 Research has also shown that when a mother encourages her daughter to diet, the daughter is “five times more likely to engage in extreme weight control behaviors than girls whose mothers did not encourage them to diet”.7 Additionally, when mothers engage in dieting themselves, similar negative outcomes appear in daughters.7 Extreme dieting should never be encouraged within the home. Rather, healthy eating habits should be encouraged within the family unit.
If concern for the child’s health arises, parents should consult with a healthcare professional.
Get children involved in planning and creating meals. When a child is involved in this process, not only are they more invested in the meal, but they also know what the meal is composed of. This goes back to the idea that children should have several neutral exposures to the foods they are introduced to.
Be a good example of healthy eating. Parents can also concentrate on their own food choices outside of family meals. When parents maintain healthy eating habits, their children are more likely to follow suit.
Avoid power struggles over eating. Parents should strive to keep peace, calmness, and happiness present at the dinner table. They should avoid forcing children to eat certain foods. They are likely to lose any power struggle; the relationship will also suffer.
For more information on how to plan and prepare nutritious foods, parents should consider taking classes from a local college, a community sponsored program, or grocery stores.
One of the easiest ways to encourage a healthier home is to make mealtime a ritual, by making mealtimes special and meaningful, and placing value on that time together.11 Rituals have a set beginning, enactment, and end. In the case of a meal, a prayer could mark the beginning of the meal, the enactment is eating the meal, and the end could be gathering plates, or some other act done after a meal. Each family is different and should decide together how to organize mealtime as a ritual. By setting aside a time to eat together, a wholesome and nutritious meal can be shared and relationships can be strengthened.
When family members are all sharing the same foods at a meal, children have the chance to see what foods are good for the body and what foods are not good for the body.2 Children are also shown how foods should be eaten, such as “what size portion they are given, …whether or not they are expected to finish, whether they should expect seconds or thirds, whether they will be praised for eating a little or a lot”.11 Children establish their eating habits from being a part of family meals. They not only learn what foods to eat, but how to eat them.
According to Dr. William Doherty in his book The Intentional Family, if the schedules of family members do not allow for regular mealtimes spent together, even beginning with one regular meal per week can be beneficial1. To establish a regular mealtime, parents should first consider the needs they want to meet and the values they want to promote within their home. Such values include strengthening familial relationships, service in the home, sacrificing for others, or showing love to one another in other ways. By concentrating on meeting such needs and strengthening the values a family shares, a family can become an “intentional family.” For example, by making the conscious (intentional) decision to have mealtime be a ritual, a family can thereby strengthen relationships and health.
Regardless of where you eat or what you eat, it is important that a family face each other while eating meals. You may also choose one place to define as the eating space, such as a dining room table. In such a case, eating should be restricted to that one area. If the dining room table is used for other activities as well, make sure to clear it off for its dedication to mealtime.11 This will help children associate the dining room table with mealtime, helping to further establish mealtime as a ritual.
To improve nutrition within the home, one should consider what kinds of foods will help the body flourish, how to positively guide children to eat such foods, and how to make mealtime a special time within the family. While nutrition is only one aspect of living a healthy life, making such improvements in this one area can lead to health in other areas as well.
What rituals have you already established in your home? How do such practices bring your family together? How can you ritualize a meal, if you have not done so already?
Pollan, Michael (2009). Food Rules: An Eater’s Manual. New York: Penguin Books.
Pollan, Michael (2009). The Omnivore’s Dilemma for Kids: The Secret Behind What You Eat. New York: Penguin Books.
Written by Allison Barnes, Research Assistant, and edited by Christine Moore and Stephen F. Duncan, professors in the School of Family Life, Brigham Young University.
Doherty, W. J. (1999). The intentional family. New York: Harper Paperbacks.
Fiese, B. H., Schwartz, M. (2008). Reclaiming the family table: Mealtimes and child health and wellbeing. Social Policy Report, 22(4), 1-20.
Furhman, J. (2005). Eat to live: The revolutionary formula for fast and sustained weight loss. New York: Little, Brown and Company.
Neumark-Sztainer, D., Bauer, K. W., Friend, S., Hannan, P. J., Story, M., Berge, J. M. (2010). Family weight talk and dieting: How do they matter for body dissatisfaction and disordered eating behaviors in adolescent girls? Journal of Adolescent Health, 47, 270-276.
Robinson, S., Marriott, L., Poole, J., Crozier, S., Borland, S., Lawrence, W., … Inskip, H. (2007). Dietary patterns in infancy: the importance of maternal and family influences on feeding practice. British Journal of Nutrition, 98, 1029-1037.
Satter, E. (1987). How to get your kid to eat: But not too much. Boulder, CO: Bull Publishing.
Satter, E. (2007). Eating competence: Nutrition education with the Satter Eating Competence Model. Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior, 39, S189-S194.
Weinstein, M. (2005). The surprising power of family meals: How eating together makes us smarter, stronger, healthier and happier. Hanover, NH: Steerforth.
With the emergence of fast food restaurants and junk food factories, families have abandoned the regular home cooked meals widely embraced by previous generations, thus losing the nutritional benefits of foods. For example, the foods with the most nutrients are dark greens, such as romaine lettuce, kale, collards, swiss chard, and spinach.3 When fast food restaurants offer salads, the lettuce used usually has few nutrients. Salads are also often coated with dressings and toppings that are high in saturated fat and calories, lowering the overall health benefits of the salad. When parents did not rely on fast-foods for their meals, they were able to provide more wholesome meals made with fresh ingredients. Instead of fresh ingredients, restaurants now commonly rely on processed foods such as canned, frozen, or packaged goods with added chemicals to retain “freshness”. By lengthening the shelf life of foods through processing, many nutrients naturally found in the foods are lost.
The website http://www.fruitsandveggiesmorematters.org/ suggests “eating fruits and vegetables of different colors” to provide bodies with a variety of nutrients, including “fiber, folate, potassium, and vitamins A and C.” This principle can be applied to most eating habits: eat a variety of fruits, vegetables, grains, and proteins, as all offer different benefits. Eating more slow-foods (or meals cooked in the home) rather than fast-foods—which often have larger servings and fewer nutrients— will increase the health in a household. Studies show that, aside from the lower quality of ingredients, when large servings are offered at restaurants, consumers eat more, whether or not they recognize how large the serving is. Conscious decisions about serving sizes can better be made in the home as the meal is being made.
If children do not initially seem to enjoy the new foods that are introduced, try again later. Studies show that “acceptance of specific food items increases with repeated, neutral exposure—typically 10 to 20 exposures. … Exposures include looking at the food; touching, smelling, and handling it; preparing it, and tasting it over and over”.9 Parents should not pressure children into eating all food, but food should be available should they choose to eat it.
Positive parenting must precede positive outcomes in family health. From birth, a child knows how to respond to his or her body to receive proper nutrition. Only from outside influences may this innate ability be altered. It is the parent’s responsibility to offer the children food; it is the child’s responsibility to choose how much to eat if anything.8 In the book The Surprising Power of Family Meals by Miriam Weinstein, a similar sentiment is shared. Weinstein shares the research of psychologist Paul Rozin, who believes that Americans worry too much about what foods children like and dislike. Rather, emphasis should be placed on enjoying the meal, as, for example, Italians do, when “everyone is just smiling and enjoying themselves. There’s no bargaining over what gets eaten. Dessert isn’t the big event”.10 Parents should consider adopting this philosophy of joy to encourage not only physical health but emotional health at the dinner table.
Children cannot be expected to eat nutritious meals if parents do the opposite. Recent research has shown that a child’s diet is heavily influenced by the quality of the mother’s diet. An analysis of the research results states that “infants of mothers who have high prudent diet scores and ‘healthier’ dietary patterns before pregnancy…are more likely to have a comparable diet,” and are fed foods that are appropriate for their age level.7 A child’s diet is also influenced by the diet of his or her siblings, as well as the birth order of siblings, and the number of siblings one has.7 This can be explained by the different foods that different age groups consume both in and out of the home. Care must be taken to maintain a healthy lifestyle for the entire household, not merely a portion of the household. If older children or parents are eating foods that lack nutritional elements, younger children may follow that example. The health of the entire family diminishes if such patterns continue through the family line.
While it is important to encourage health within a family, excess pressure can be detrimental to individual family members. For example, excess weight in children has been shown to be associated with parents who are controlling and restrictive about food issues.2 Research has also shown that when a mother encourages her daughter to diet, the daughter is “five times more likely to engage in extreme weight control behaviors than girls whose mothers did not encourage them to diet.” Additionally, when mothers engage in dieting themselves, similar negative outcomes appear in daughters.5 Extreme dieting should never be encouraged within the home. Rather, healthy eating habits should be encouraged within the family unit.
Parents should also be aware of how they treat food in the home, and how they use it to encourage or discourage a behavior. If food is viewed as a reward for good behavior, or if it is restricted as a punishment for poor behavior, youth will continue to view food in that way throughout their lives.6 Food will become a reward for accomplishments and a coping mechanism for disappointment. Such a view detracts from the main purpose of meals: to nourish the body.
Meals should be age appropriate, but as streamlined as possible within the home (for example, if an infant can only eat pureed food, then that is the exception). By keeping fruits and vegetables present in the home, along with other nutritious foods, family members will be able to establish and maintain healthy eating habits.
One of the easiest ways to encourage a healthier home is to make mealtime a ritual, by making mealtimes special and meaningful, and placing value on that time together. Habit is “infused… with meaning” when mealtimes become ritualistic.10 By intentionally setting aside a time to eat together, a wholesome and nutritious meal can be shared and relationships can be strengthened.
Rituals have a set beginning, enactment, and end. In the case of a meal, a prayer could mark the beginning of the meal, the enactment is eating the meal, and the end could be gathering plates, or some other act done after a meal. Each family is different and should decide together how to organize mealtime as a ritual.
Beyond strengthening relationships, when family members are all sharing the same foods at a meal, it is “an opportunity to create boundaries around which foods are acceptable and limit access to unhealthy foods”.2 Additionally, by eating together, children “see what size portion they are given. They know whether or not they are expected to finish, whether they should expect seconds or thirds, whether they will be praised for eating a little or a lot. They are also aware of how much the others at the table are eating”.10 Children establish their eating habits from being a part of family meals. They not only learn what foods to eat, but how to eat them.
According to Dr. William Doherty in his book The Intentional Family, if the schedules of family members do not allow for regular mealtimes spent together, even beginning with one regular meal per week can be beneficial.1 To establish a regular mealtime, parents should first consider the needs they want to meet and the values they want to promote within their home. Such values include strengthening familial relationships, service in the home, sacrificing for others, or showing love to one another in other ways. By concentrating on meeting such needs and strengthening the values a family shares, a family can become an “intentional family,” a family “whose members create a working plan for maintaining and building family ties, and then implement the plan as best they can”.1 Viewing mealtime as a ritual allows a family to strengthen both relationships and health. When mealtime is kept as a high priority, a family can flourish.
Regardless of where you eat or what you eat, it is important that a family face each other while eating meals. You may also choose one place to define as the eating space, such as a dining room table. In such a case, eating should be restricted to that one area. If the dining room table is used for other activities as well, make sure to clear it off for its dedication to mealtime.10 This will help children associate the dining room table with mealtime, helping to further establish mealtime as a ritual.
How do you strive to create a healthy home for your family? What rituals are already established in your family? How can you ritualize a meal, if you have not done so already?
Neumark-Sztainer, D., Bauer, K. W., Friend, S., Hannan, P. J., Story, M., Berge, J. M. (2010). Family weight talk and dieting: How do they matter for body dissatisfaction and disordered eating behaviors in adolescent girls?Journal of Adolescent Health, 47, 270-276.
Puhl, R. M., Schwartz, M. B. (2003). If you are good you can have a cookie: How memories of childhood food rules link to adult eating behaviors. Eating Behaviors, 4, 283-293.
Latter-day Saint children are nourished spiritually both in the home and at church, but another aspect of their well-being must be considered. As The Family: A Proclamation to the World states, parents have a responsibility to also provide for their children’s physical needs. Through small steps, such as encouraging nutrition in the home, family health can flourish.
A healthy diet in the United States is defined as one that “emphasizes fruits, vegetables, whole grains, and fat-free or low-fat milk and milk products; Includes lean meats, poultry, fish, beans, eggs, and nuts; and Is low in saturated fats, trans fats, cholesterol, salt (sodium), and added sugars” (Mypyramid.gov, 2010).
Prior to any modern research about nutrition, Latter-day Saints received revelation from God about the subject. In Doctrine and Covenants Section 89, the Word of Wisdom is outlined.
It encourages the consuming of herbs, or rather, vegetables and fruits—“Every herb in the season thereof, and every fruit in the season thereof; all these to be used with prudence and thanksgiving” (D&C 89:11).
Originally, saints were commanded to consume meat sparingly, “only in times of winter, or of cold, or famine” (D&C 89:13). However, these days, we are encouraged to eat meat in moderation.
Grain is ordained as the “staff of life,” for the use of both man and of beasts (D&C 89:14).
We are also encouraged to consume “fruit of the vine” and “that which yieldeth fruit, whether in the ground or above the ground” (D&C 89:16).
shall receive health in their naval and marrow to their bones; And shall find wisdom and great treasures of knowledge, even hidden treasures; And shall run and not be weary, and shall walk and not faint. And I, the Lord, give unto them a promise, that the destroying angel shall pass by them, as the children of Israel, and not slay them (D&C 89:18-21).
Fast Sunday is on the first Sunday of each month. It is a special day to humble ourselves before the Lord by fasting, praying, and attending fast and testimony meeting.
On fast Sunday, members of the Church do not eat or drink for two meals. Children may be encouraged to fast when they are old enough.
Members donate the money they would have spent on food for the two meals to help the needy. This money is called a fast offering.
Members can give fast offerings to one of the bishopric or branch presidency members. The bishop or branch president uses the money to help those in need in his ward or branch.
Fast offerings may be used to help feed the hungry.
Fast offerings might be used to care for the sick.
Moreover when ye fast, be not, as the hypocrites, of a sad countenance: for they disfigure their faces, that they may appear unto men to fast. … Appear not unto men to fast, but unto thy Father which is in secret: and thy Father, which seeth in secret, shall reward thee openly.
A spirit of love for God and for my fellow beings. These two most important goals need constant work and attention. Not only is it difficult for me to love some people some of the time, but it is also sometimes difficult to want to love them. And when I think of loving God, I am overwhelmed to know that even my best love at this point is a weak and meager gift.
A spirit of sacrifice and service. Fast offerings are one sign of this spirit. Another is a willingness to share my testimony with others. I must also diligently seek other opportunities to give and to share my abundance of blessings with others. Sometimes I feel that I don’t even begin to understand what real sacrifice is.
A spirit of brotherhood and fellowship with the Saints. It gives me a wonderful feeling of joy to realize when I fast, that I am joining the rest of the Church membership in this opportunity, and that we can gain power through unity.
A spirit of communion with God. For one day in each month I have an opportunity to put aside all distractions (except my three children, who cannot yet fully support me in my effort) and with “simplicity of intention” try to purify my heart to be one with God as I purify my body temple.
A spirit of self-control. To me, the exercise of my will in fasting is a sign of humility, that I submit my will to the Lord’s will, that I desire to strengthen my spiritual power and bodily discipline, and that I am willing to repent of wanting to do or doing other than what the Lord would desire.
Is not this the fast that I have chosen? to loose the bands of wickedness, to undo the heavy burdens, and to let the oppressed go free, and that ye break every yoke? Is it not to deal thy bread to the hungry, and that thou bring the poor that are cast out to thy house? when thou seest the naked, that thou cover him; and that thou hide not thyself from thine own flesh? Then shall thy light break forth as the morning, and thine health shall spring forth speedily: and thy righteousness shall go before thee; the glory of the Lord shall be thy rereward. Then shall thou call, and the Lord shall answer; thou shalt cry, and he shall say, Here I am. If thou take away from the midst of thee the yoke, the putting forth of the finger, and speaking vanity; And if thou draw out thy soul to the hungry, and satisfy the afflicted soul; then shall thy light rise in obscurity, and thy darkness be as the noonday: And the Lord shall guide thee continually, and satisfy thy soul in drought, and make fat thy bones: and thou shalt be like a watered garden, and like a spring of water, whose waters fail not.
Fasting is a way to draw closer to our Father in Heaven through sacrifice, that we may better see His children as He sees them, that we may better serve our brothers and sisters, and that we will have the strength and comfort needed to fulfill our individual missions on the earth.
It should be noted, however, that according to the June 2001 visiting teaching message, “We should exercise caution to fast in moderation, and we should not fast if our health or other circumstances do not permit it.” Blessings will still be available to those who have a pure intention to fast, even if they physically cannot.
Elder M. Russell Ballard suggested that parents “[c]reate meaningful family bonds that give your children an identity stronger than what they can find with their peer group or at school or anyplace else”.2 A way to create and maintain such a bond is through establishing and maintaining meaningful time together at mealtime. Parents must consider the implications of the atmosphere they create at such a meal: Will it attract or detract the Spirit? Is the time spent together peaceful or hostile?
Begin the meal with a prayer.
Remove distractions, such as the television or ringing telephone.
Encourage positive conversation at the dinner table.
Let each family member have a chance to talk.
Invite others to join in the meal, such as missionaries or neighbors.
Talk about gospel principles, or read the scriptures, during the meal.
To practice positive parenting, parents can also consider getting their children involved in planning and creating meals. When children are involved in this process, not only are they more invested in the meal, but they also know what the meal is composed of. Beyond the benefit of becoming familiar with the meal, by serving others within the family, youth “will find meaning, relevance, and status in life. These things are typically missing in youth caught up in rebellious, unhealthy behavior,”.4 When a positive environment is maintained at mealtime, families will benefit significantly in the love and peace extending beyond that particular meal.
The concept of lovingly caring for others is also seen in 1 Kings 17 when Elijah asks the widow of Zarephath for “a morsel of bread.” Though she did not even have enough food to feed herself and her dying son, she provided him with food anyway. Because of her love and service to another, he promised her that her “barrel of meal shall not waste, neither shall the cruse of oil fail, until the day that the Lord sendeth rain upon the earth,” and when her son became sick and died, Elijah raised him and, through the power of God, gave him life once more. When parents focus on providing meals for their family and doing so willingly and positively, blessings will come.
One of the easiest ways to encourage a healthier home is to make mealtime a ritual, by making mealtimes special and meaningful, and placing value on that time together.10 Rituals have a set beginning, enactment, and end. Consider rituals within the church, such as the sacrament: congregations prepare for the sacrament by singing a hymn, the sacrament is blessed and shared with the congregation, and the priesthood holders are dismissed to sit with their families when their service is done. There is a set beginning, enactment, and end.
In the case of a meal, a prayer could mark the beginning of the meal, the enactment is eating the meal, and the end could be gathering plates, or some other act done after a meal. Each family is different and should decide together how to organize mealtime as a ritual. By setting aside a time to eat together, a wholesome and nutritious meal can be shared and relationships can be strengthened.
These are some of the “hidden treasures” mentioned earlier in D&C 89:18-21. By spending mealtime together, both health and relationships will become stronger in the home. As we treat mealtime as an important event in the home, we can feel the “light of the gospel” in our families and our “deep and loving family relationships” will grow stronger.
Just as Christ initiated the ritual of the sacrament (see Luke 22) with His family of disciples, giving sacred meaning to the bread and wine that they partook of, Latter-day Saint families can follow His example by giving special meaning to mealtimes.
By nourishing children both physically and spiritually through positive family meals, families can grow stronger in the gospel of Jesus Christ.
Baadsgaard, J. W. (September, 1998). Mealtime, family time. Ensign, 22.
Ballard, M. R. (November, 2005). What matters most is what lasts longest. Ensign, 41-44.
Increasing our spirituality through fasting and prayer (June, 2001). Ensign, 61.
Kelly, B. C. (December, 1992). Young and healthy. Ensign, 48.
Kempton, S. C. (January, 1978). Fasting—A gift of joy. Ensign, 10.
Perry, L. T. (May, 1990). Family traditions. Ensign, 19.
Uchtdorf, D. F. (November, 2010). Of things that matter most. Ensign, 19-22.
Webb, K. (June 2005). What are fast offerings? Friend, 34.
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So this article from The Des Moines Register has the closest we’ve gotten to an update from Shawn Johnson.
And she says that she will go back to high school immediately (thank god).
“I’ve got [it] set in stone that I want to continue. … Gymnastics is my life and I can’t see myself finishing yet, and I’d love to go for 2012.
So it looks like Johnson’s just being smart. Take a little time off, keep training, don’t push yourself to get back into competition form … and then zoom back out onto the world stage in 2010?
9 Responses to "UPDATED: Pretty strange update about Shawn Johnson"
I agree with your interpretation. The vibes I’m feeling from Shawn is that she’s exhausted and wants to take a serious break.
The real question for me is when/if she’ll come back. It could be that she’ll settle down in high school and not really want to return to serious competition. I suspect, however, she’ll make a come back for the next team competition (would that be 2010?). I think she’s a great team player.
I think she’s just talking about a break and not completely retiring. Good grief people she’s being going 60 miles an hour like March of 08. Let her rest, take some time and just chill be a normal kid.
I don’t like her Mom and her agent’s spin on things. What does she need a family member present for. It’s her decision. They should have just left it at – she’s tired and maybe she’s not thinking any further than that. I’d feel really bad for Shawn if she wants to quit and her family won’t let her.
This is interesting. While I guess it is possible that Shawn may be “exhausted”, I’m not that far removed from being 16 that I can’t remember the boundless energy that I had. I’m sure she’s no different, and that she’s actually perfectly fine. Plus, I don’t think doing a few hours of dancing/tumbling around a couple of nights a week is that daunting.
If she’s happy with her Olympic and World medals (which she should be), then she may have mentally checked out. No coming back fron that!
I agree with your interpretation. And I think that Shawn became LESS likely to continue after the AA medal theft at the Oly’s. They broker her heart by giving the AA to a girl who can’t do a double back on fx.
I love Shawn Johnson. I hope hope hope she continues. It would be very dissappointing if she didn’t. She is too good to stop now.
Not that your point is even legitimate because Nastia obviously can do double backs on FX (who is the dumbass who started the crap that she *can’t*?), but it’s better to *give* the AA medal to somebody who actually can’t do simple, basic, beginner skills like split leaps and cheats the hell out of them?
Hi, Hatsumomo, I approved your comment, but let’s try to keep the tone civil, OK?
I think it looks like Johnson might continue, and I hope she does. I agree that she needs to improve her flexibility, but I personally prefer her style of gymnastics to Liukin’s. On the other hand, I understand that that is a personal preference, and I understand that others will disagree.
I am reallly fond of Shawn, and although I love Nastia Liukin, I tend to prefer Shawn’s gymnastics–I love her sheer power, and I actually think she is plenty graceful and lovely.
But I also think that she certainly deserves a break, if that is what she wants! I could see her taking a year or so off and then coming back for 2010 Worlds. Maybe London, too, but if she wants a break–give her a break!
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I am a filmmaker, currently finishing a major in Film and TV at Loyola Marymount University. I love music, art and filmmaking!
It means to be aware of the transformational power of art in all its forms!
Is to bring people together so that harmony can exist. I imagine making a film that has the ability to raise vibrations and shape people's lives forever!
Coming up with ideas, creating cool projects that deal with art and filmmaking. Also, I love discovering new bands and watching their careers develop.
Technical parts of filmmaking such as camera work, lighting, etc. Also, post as well such as After Effects and editing.
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« Trees for Life – 25th Anniversary Appeal.
Well done and delightful. Smarty-pants humor always makes learning easier.
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Ludwig Wittgenstein 1889-1951 was an Austrian secular Jew, and widely acknowledged during his lifetime as a genius in many pursuits, best known for his two books one published during his lifetime Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus (German 1921 English transl. 1923) and the other published posthumously as a collection of his essays and other writings on a variety of topics Philosophical Investigations (1953). The latter supplants and replaces the former as these later works differ in significant ways from the Tractatus and reflect his mature thought.
It is rare for a philosopher’s life to equal his thought, but Wittgenstein’s life and experiences were so unusual and significant that one must conclude that his philosophy was an outgrowth of his life experiences. To put it succinctly he was an over-bright tormented individual, and he was such a charismatic dynamo that he tormented anyone who came in contact with him. The love/hate relationship that so many Brits had with him is reflected by their writings and memoirs describing him as perfectly awful and marvelous, mostly at the same time.
Portraits of Wittgenstein is a major collection of memoirs and reflections on one of the most influential and yet elusive personalities in the history of modern philosophy, Ludwig Wittgenstein. Featuring a wealth of illuminating and profound insights into Wittgenstein’s extraordinary life, this unique collection reveals Wittgenstein’s character and power of personality more vividly and comprehensively than ever before.
With portraits from more than seventy-five figures, Portraits of Wittgenstein brings together the personal recollections of philosophers, students, friends and acquaintances, including Bertrand Russell, G. E. Moore, F. R. Leavis, A. J. Ayer, Karl Popper, Friedrich von Hayek, G. H. von Wright, Rush Rhees, Freeman Dyson, G. E. M. Anscombe, Iris Murdoch, Mary Midgley and Mary Warnock. These authors testify to the life-long influence Wittgenstein had on the lives of those he met. Their fascinating memoirs, reflections and commentaries, often at odds with each other, reveal Wittgenstein’s kindness, and how much genuine friendship meant to him, as well as his suffering and despair. They show too how the philosopher’s ruthless honesty and uncompromising integrity often resulted in stern advice and harsh rebukes to friends and foes alike.
Now revised and updated, Portraits of Wittgenstein includes new selections, revised contributions, photographs, maps and introductory overviews that provide historical context to Wittgenstein’s relationships with his intellectual and social circle. This collection of valuable and hard-to-find material is an indispensable resource for scholars and students of the life and work of Ludwig Wittgenstein.
Son of a wealthy Austrian industrialist in iron and steel, he had three older sisters and four older brothers. Three of those brothers would commit suicide and the fourth was a concert pianist who lost his right arm in The Great War and commissioned works for left hand piano by Ravel, Prokofiev, Hindemith and Korngold. Ludwig studied engineering in Berlin Germany and Manchester England and was interested in airplane propellers. His passion was mathematics and he studied Bertrand Russell and Gottlob Frege. He visited Frege at University of Jena at Jena Germany, who advised him to visit Russell in Cambridge England. Ludwig showed up at Russell’s office in October 1911 [age 22] where they discussed philosophy for several months. Russell wrote of the experience saying the Austrian engineer was “rather good” but “very argumentative and tiresome”. Another quote by Russell is “The whole problem with the world is that fools and fanatics are always so certain of themselves, but wiser people so full of doubts”. Ludwig’s father died in 1913 and Ludwig inherited a fortune that he gave away in the next several years.
In 1929 Ludwig age 40 returned to Cambridge England and was advised that he needed credentials to be admitted or employed. He submitted the published Tractatus and it was read with astonishment. He was granted a Ph.D and employed on the Cambridge faculty. He would ultimately resign in 1947, contract cancer in 1949, and die in 1951.
During his tenure at Cambridge he was never happier than when he was absent for long periods writing and thinking in remote spots in Norway and Ireland. He was a social relic separated forever from the turn of the 20th century Viennese society boyhood/young adulthood that didn’t any longer exist for anyone. Lady Ottoline Morrell 1873-1938 was the wife of a Liberal Party Member of Parliament and she was a literary and political hostess and patron of writers and artists including Wittgenstein, who met other patrons and supporters through her.
At Investigations section 133 Wittgenstein says “The real discovery is the one that enables me to break off philosophizing when I want to. The one that gives philosophy peace, so that it is no longer tormented by questions which bring itself into question. Instead, a method is now demonstrated by examples, and the series of examples can be broken off. Problems are solved (difficulties eliminated), not a single problem”.
Wittgenstein wanted us to subject a problem to rigorous conceptual scrutiny and analysis. He wanted us to strip away confusions by our conceptualizing and analyzing. His style is often referred to as analytical philosophy or philosophy of mind.
Wittgenstein (1993) film directed by Derek Jarman.
Portrait of Kahlil Gibran (1899) http://www.wikiart.org/en/Search/lilla%20cabot%20perry#supersized-search-359445 when Gibran was only 16 years of age. The Lebanese-American artist, poet and writer would write The Prophet in 1923 and become known to the planet. Those of us who’ve read those poetic essays have never forgotten them. Gibran was an emigre from Lebanon when that country suffered a tragedy, so often was repeated in the Middle East region to this very day.
She was a Cabot, a Brahmin family in Boston Massachusetts so esteemed that it was said the Lowells speak only to the Cabots who speak only to the Lodges who speak only to God http://www.yankeemagazine.com/judsjournal/the-truth-about-the-cabots-and-the-lowells-and-that-sort-of-thing#_ a reference to Boston snobbery.
The Athenaeum has 86 painting online by Lilla Cabot Perry http://www.the-athenaeum.org/art/list.php?
Lilla Cabot Perry’s mixture of social realism and impressionism is remarkable.
Another retrospective was held at the Mongerson Gallery in Chicago October 12 – November 30, 1984. catalgoue 12 pages.
“The Whitney Museum is New York’s newest architectural landmark, enjoying a high-visibility location along the Hudson River and at the end of the High Line. Its glass-walled lobby welcomes the public with a promise of transparency and access. Inside, visitors find airy, light-filled spaces and terraces opening out to endless views. Public spaces share glass walls with offices, exposing functions often hidden from view. Yet, nowhere is the openness of the museum more dramatically constructed than this 18,200-square-foot space.
Thirty-two miles to the north, in the town of Ossining, Sing Sing Correctional Facility is also located on the Hudson River. It is surrounded by thick, high walls topped with razor wire and movement into, out of, and within the maximum-security prison is strictly controlled. Inside, inmates serve sentences of up to life without parole in six-by-nine-foot cells. Sing Sing’s A Block, almost six hundred feet long and with six hundred cells, is one of the largest prison housing units in the world.
Since the 1970s, the United States has experienced a boom in both museum and prison expansion, with the number of each institution tripling nationwide. During the same period, studies estimate that museum attendance has grown by a factor of ten while the prison population has exploded by 700 percent, making the United States the world’s largest jailor. Beyond this parallel growth, museums, and in particular art museums, would seem to share nothing with prisons. Art museums celebrate freedom and showcase invention. Prisons revoke freedom and punish transgression. Art museums collect and exhibit valued objects. Prisons confine vilified people. Art museums are designed by renowned architects as centerpieces of urban development. Prisons are built far from affluent urban areas, becoming all but invisible to those not directly touched by incarceration.
sculpture from the edge of a second floor balcony without interfering with the land-marked building in any way. The sculpture floats effortlessly out and over the middle of The Great Hall. On opening day April 1 at 6:00 pm the artist Charles Simonds will talk with art professor Richard Shiff followed by a reception.
Yes you guessed it, Lou created a self-correcting balanced counterweight on the balcony, self-correcting because if the tension cable shifts or air movement shifts the sculpture, the counterweight must adjust immediately lest the sculpture becomes unbalanced and crashes down into The Great Hall or the counterweight crashes through the floor of the balcony.
The Museum Mile begins north of the Institute of Fine Arts NYU with The Metropolitan Museum of Art 1000 Fifth Avenue at 82nd Street, Neue Gallerie New York 1048 Fifth Avenue at 86th Street, Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum 1071 Fifth Avenue at 88th Street, National Academy Museum and School 1083 Fifth Avenue at 90th Street, Cooper Hewitt National Design Museum 2 East 91st Street, The Jewish Museum 1109 Fifth Avenue at 93rd Street, Museum of the City of New York 1220 Fifth Avenue at 104th Street, and El Museo del Barrio 1230 Fifth Avenue at 104th Street. http://museummilefestival.org/index.php/museums/ That’s the Upper East Side district.
The Upper West Side district is anchored by The American Museum of Natural History between West 77th and West 81st Streets on Central Park West, and by Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts (1961 onward) http://www.lincolncenter.org/visit two blocks west of Central Park at West 66th Street and Broadway. Lincoln Center includes Avery Fischer Hall, Metropolitan Opera House, David Rubenstein Atrium, David H. Koch Theater, Lincoln Center Theater, David Geffen Hall, Alice Tully Hall, The Julliard School, Elinor Bunin Munroe Film Center and Samuel B. and David Rose Building. Performance spaces within this complex and at nearby associated spaces abound.
American Folk Art Museum is at 2 Lincoln Square. Nicholas Roerich Museum is at 319 West 107th Street, Children’s Museum of Manhattan is at 212 West 83rd Street, and New York Historical Society Museum & Library is at 170 Central Park West at West 77th Street.
North of that is Columbia University at Morningside Heights with the main entrance at West 116th Street and Broadway bounded on the west by Riverside Park [adjacent to Hudson River] and on the east by Morningside Park that extends from West 110th Street to West 123rd Street http://www.columbia.edu/files/columbia/content/morningsidemap_2015aug.pdf East of Morningside Park is Harlem.
Back in the day when I was a student at New York University, it had its original campus in the Bronx in the University Heights district between W. 180th Street and W. 183rd Street, between University Avenue on the east and the Harlem River on the west. Bronx Community College, City University of New York, now operates on that campus. Fordham University was a short distance east between E. 190th Street and E. 198th Street, east of Webster Avenue and west of New York Botanical Garden in Bronx Park. There is a University Heights Bridge that crosses the Harlem River from Upper Manhattan into West Fordham Road in the Bronx.
For those new to the city Fifth Avenue is the dividing line between West and East numbered Streets. Rockefeller Center is on the west side of Fifth Avenue at W. 49th Street in midtown but the building across the avenue to the east is on E. 49th Street.
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Kampus Wakeskates team rider, Leif Erkkila, explains how to put new grip tape on your wakeskate. This will need to be performed from time to time as your grip tape wears down and becomes slippery.
I think Leif's voice might be deeper than mine... I'm amazed.
no offence but i think i may have learned more from watching a how to make cereal instruction video.
Come on now Stussy, I find that hard to believe. Even el learned something that didn't have anything to do with putting grip on a skate.
I think you would be surprised by the amount of people that don't know about the screwdriver trick on the edges. That trick alone will make life a lot easier when re-gripping a deck.
im with stussy everything on that vid i already knew about. but maybe it helped some ppl el, ya his voise is deep.
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Before this can be dispensed the doctor has to give approval. The prescription must be written for the total quantity or the prescription must be endorsed by your doctor "Regulation 24" otherwise we will be unable to dispense the increased amount.
If you proceed with the order without approval, we will only send out one pack at the single pack price and refund the difference. Eg If your prescription is written out for 30 Tablets with 5 repeats and it does not have “Regulation 24 “ written on the script, the ONLY quantity we can dispense is 30 at one time. Further dispensing of this product could only occur after an appropriate length of time - usually 21 days but depends on dosage. In this example if you would like to obtain 180 Tablets then the doctor must endorse the prescription “Regulation 24” or the quantity must be written out for 180 and not 30. NB Conditions apply on the writing of a Regulation 24 prescription. Ask your doctor or pharmacist for details.
We can no longer accept signed authority forms from your doctor as permission to dispense more than one pack. Please contact our pharmacist for more information. If you order this item as Private, NO PBS stickers will be issued. Once any prescription order has been sent the product cannot be returned for a refund even if your doctor changes your medication or you have an adverse reaction.
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NEWARK, N.J., April 6 (Reuters) - The timing of the Federal Reserve’s interest rate hike, which would be its first in nearly a decade, is unclear and for now policymakers must watch that the U.S. economy’s surprising recent weakness does not signal a more substantial slowdown, a top Fed official said on Monday.
New York Fed President William Dudley’s comments were the latest sign that a string of disappointing economic data, including a sharp drop in jobs growth last month, is derailing a Fed plan to tighten monetary policy around mid-year after more than six years of rock-bottom rates.
In relatively dovish remarks to a business audience in Newark, New Jersey, Dudley did not repeat his refrain that a rate hike could reasonably be expected to come by mid-2015.
He said the weak March jobs report, as well as softer than expected manufacturing and retail sales data in recent months, likely reflected “temporary factors to a significant degree,” including the harsh winter in much of the United States.
Stocks rose on Monday and the dollar dipped, with some investors pointing to Dudley’s more cautious tone.
A permanent voting member of the Fed’s policy panel and a close ally of Fed Chair Janet Yellen, Dudley repeated that the rate hike would come once the labor market improves more and when policymakers are reasonably confident that low inflation will return to a 2 percent goal.
Dudley pointed to cheap oil and the strong dollar as key risks to an economy that he expects to grow at a more than 2 percent pace this year, with unemployment falling to close to 5 percent from 5.5 percent now, and wages rising.
Low oil prices and the drop in domestic drilling will exert a “meaningful drag” on U.S. economic activity, he said. The strong dollar will continue to hurt U.S. trade performance, and has already shaved an estimated 0.6 percentage point from overall 2015 growth, he added.
Longer term, he said the Fed’s key policy rate will probably rise to only about 3.5 percent, lower than previously thought.
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Home » Blog » Brooke De Lench » The Smartest Team Is Out!
True to its name and that of this website, The Smartest Team was a group effort, which would not have been possible without the support of the entire Newcastle, Oklahoma football community, from the school superintendent to the athletic director and head football coach, from the athletic trainer to the parents (especially, Kerali Davis) and, of course, the players themselves. It would not have been possible without the contributions of our on-screen experts, Drs. Congeni, Meehan, Moser, and Cronin; and, last but not least, without the contributions of a talented and dedicated post-production staff, especially Taylor and Lauren Lench at Lench Films, and MomsTEAM Senior Editor, Lindsay Barton.
Our intent in making the documentary was to provide a visual way for the football community to understand all of the things it can do to make a football player safer through an emphasis on a set of principles - what we call the Six Pillars - which football communities, large and small, can use as a foundation in the development of a sound concussion risk management program.
We see the documentary as a jumping off point. We don't underestimate the enormity of the challenge of making football as safe a sport as it can be. We know that it will require an ongoing commitment by all stakeholders. As our understanding of traumatic brain injury and technology evolves and changes, the ways in which football responds to the concussion challenge must evolve and change as well.
But we also know that, as The Smartest Team shows, there are steps that can be taken to make the game safer, right now. Whether it can be safe enough is up to parents to decide; that the decision on whether to allow their child to start playing football - and when - or to stop playing football, and when, is theirs, and theirs alone. But we want that decision to be informed by objective information, not by a "sky is falling" hysteria.
A sport in which concussion management was cookie-cutter, one-size fits all, where how long a player was held out depended on the "grade" of concussion, and where there was no gradual return to play.
A sport in which, as Coach Bobby Hosea says in the documentary, the way tackling is taught is too often a "‘Heinz 57' approach;"
A sport in which our understanding of what causes some players to suffer concussion and not others, of the mechanisms that lead to traumatic brain injury, how to reliably identify concussion on the sports sideline, how to know when it is safe to return an athlete to play after concussion, and the effects of repetitive subconcussive blows, while light years ahead of where we were 15, 10, 5, or even 1 year ago, is still incomplete.
A sport where a better understanding of the risks of long-term brain damage from repetitive sub-concussive blows spurs a concerted effort to limit total brain trauma, such as by eliminating off-season full-contact practices and imposing limits on the number of such practices during the pre-season and over the course of the season.
As we have from our founding in 2000, MomsTEAM remains committed to doing what we can to arm youth sports parents with well-researched and practical information and advice from a team of world-class experts and journalists, not just about concussions but about every aspect of the youth sports experience.
We are confident that working together, we can, like the entire football community in Newcastle, Oklahoma, all become part of The Smartest Team.
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Sitting in second in the Premier League and the stakes were high for Arsenal to continue on with their winning streak.
Week 9, Arsenal set to verse Middlesbrough. After weeks of rest Cech, Monreal and Iwobi finally returned, however, it turned out to be a game that the team wasn’t expecting. Arsenal’s winning streak came to an end after a 95-minute game, they drew 0-0 to Middlesbrough. Cech‘s skills were challenged as Middlesbrough kept coming, however he held strong as Negredo kept coming and Ramirez free kick to the cross bar presented itself as a surprise. However, Arsenal fought back with Ozil crossing the ball to Chamberlain to take the kick, only to face the waving flags as the German was offside.
This weeks sit-in was at The Star’s renown Sports Bar. The night was filled with alcohol, gambling, banter and of course the Premier League. This was a quality night out, however, the game was a bit of a letdown.
As we were on the train heading to Central, I asked myself ‘how is this night going to be different than all the others’? I began my observations the minute we sat down at the sports bar, drinks began flowing and the seats around us began filling up. Die hard fans front and centre, while the rest of us were scattered around. As the game kicked off the people around us began to become louder and louder. As per usual banter bounced from one table to another, all fun and games until…. My friends and I encountered a male who may have had’one to many’, he then began to take the insults one step further as a result of what was going on in the game.
This was something that notable changed the dynamic of the room, laughter and cheering lowered and every table began to keep to themselves. It was at this point that phones were taken out, and became a large factor for the rest of the night. In comparison to the beginning of the night, not only my friends but also the people around us were not relying on their phones as much. An enjoyable and relaxed atmosphere was created in the room, and the need to partake in only online conversation was erased.
By doing so all were able to experience a comfortable and fun night, in comparison to the first match viewed with friends attention span did alter. I think the major difference was that alcohol played a role in this week’s viewing, resulting in attention spans becoming shorter than usual. However, the nature of this week’s game also impacted our enjoyment, as Arsenal did not perform as well as previous weeks I think the ‘pre-game hype’ resulted in a letdown.
Viewing this week’s game in a public domain this week was helpful in understanding how place, space, audience and media influence our viewing experience. Surrounding yourself with strangers as well as incorporating other activities into the mix can cause viewers to rely less on their media activity, and interact more with their surroundings. I think by having that extra external ‘distraction’ it eliminates the need to participate in the only sports domain.
The Premier League season is finally back and to say I am excited is an understatement.
scoring the first goal, in the 29th minute Koscielny legendary bicycle kick settled the score to be 1-1 at half time. However, with 5 minutes extra added to the clock, Cazorla’s last minute penalty gave Arsenal a 2-1 victory over Southampton at Emirates Stadium.
This week I had chosen to watch the game at my boyfriend’s house with some friends. We were a divided audience, and it was safe to say that the banter was at its peak.
Cheering and laughter filled the room as the game became neck-to-neck after half time, like any sporting event a referee is always subjected to hateful remarks. And in this instance, hateful remarks were yelled at the television as three Southampton players were rewarded a yellow card, and the “banta” did not stop there.
friends. For myself, I noticed that my mind wandered more at the beginning of the game, my social media activity was at a high as I found that I was not as interested in the first 30 minutes of the game in comparison to the 65 minutes remaining. Whereas observing the boys around me, after every five minutes each one would log onto Facebook to post something in the sports chat or access Twitter. From there, conversations would circulate during the game around certain players and dispute certain official calls.
“Through social media, fans not only connect with sport teams and leagues, but the athletes themselves have accounts which allow potentially millions of fans to connect personally to the athletes and their teams. This direct connection has allowed fans to now be a part of the sport organization’s story.” – Dr. Alyssa Tavormina.
It is becoming increasingly evident that social media is having a profound effect on the way sports fans interact and watch sports. It is almost like their social media activity adds to their viewing experience, a friend said that it adds an extra commentary section which is both informative and entertaining. Mashable have designed an infographic which displays how social media is changing our sports experiences, http://mashable.com/2012/04/27/sports-social-media-2/#9_5J3wwr8kqf.
After everyone left I began asking my boyfriend why he thinks these rules were unknowingly followed, he responded: “to tell you the truth its just ‘soccer watching etiquette’, rules that we’ve just unknowingly followed and its mediated everyone”. I thought this was interesting, that these rules were based on seating and speaking rather than focus on social media or what is going on around them.
From reflecting on this sit in with my friends I wanted to decipher why they added to my viewing experience? I noticed that we feed off each others enjoyment and passion of the sports, while we were a group divided it was this division that created an energetic atmosphere. It can be said that “sports bonds people together“, while we may not have a continuous conversation circulating, “sports isn’t replacing other, more worthwhile topics of conversation between those sons and fathers, it’s just adding a level of closeness that would not be there without it“. It is this ‘bond’ that created an enjoyable atmosphere while my engagement was not at its peak, it was the influential attitudes that drew my attention more so to the game than usual.
It is the norm to say that having our eyes glued to social media we become anti-social, however in the case of this event we were becoming more social than ever. Not only with each other but from people around the world, and also individuals watching the game first hand.
Despite being in Oran Park in front of the television, having a valuable group of friends that share the same interest in sports as you enhances your viewing experience. The energetic atmosphere of Emirates stadium is also replicated in our lounge room.
Where is your favourite place to watch sports?
Space – What is around you. Place – Where you are. Audience – Who is viewing.
These three key themes frame our understanding of the modern media environment. The evolution of television and the way audiences view media content has dramatically changed and is constantly evolving.
This evolution is illustrated in the practice of viewing sports on television, which has progressed with technology; in 1936 Berlin Germany was the first television viewing station to watch the Summer Olympics of that year. This was the World’s first live stream of sports. Fast forward decades later and viewing your favourite team from anywhere in the world play has been more portable and widely accessible than EVER. Smartphone apps and online streaming services now allow the viewer to watch games instantaneously.
From antennas to live streaming sports, broadcasting companies now are offering bundles of sports channels; for example, Foxtel Australia offers the sports combo for $51 per month, consisting of channels such as all Fox Sports channels, beIN Sports etc. While these companies are offering various subscription packages, public spaces are purchasing and promoting these channels to encourage sports lovers to view the current games. An example of this would be Star City Casino’s 24/7 Sports Bar, a popular public space where sports, gambling and alcohol is on the agenda for the wild Saturday night and also available everyday throughout the week.
As a sports lover, going out with friends a soccer or NRL game is a great pass time for me. In particular, we favour watching the English Premier League (EPL) with a strong focus on Arsenal. Living in Australia at first, it was rather difficult to view a live game, simply due to the time difference, not to mention access to various streams. However as of the start of this year Optus bought the rights to broadcast all EPL games, which has enabled greater access.
Ultimately through experience and observations, I want to find out how space, place and audience influence an individuals viewing experience and learn how the levels of enjoyment differ each time. In pursuing this project stakeholders such as EPL viewers, owners of such public spaces and broadcasting companies can gather a wider understanding of how space, place and audience ultimately affect a viewers experience. Ultimately begin working towards how to enhance and cater to audience viewing and these various trends in a variety of different places.
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2019-04-24T14:04:27Z
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NAYPYITAW (Reuters) - U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry said on Sunday Afghan Taliban leader Mullah Akhtar Mansour posed a “continuing imminent threat” to U.S. personnel in Afghanistan and to Afghans, and was a threat to peace.
U.S. officials in Washington said on Saturday U.S. missile-firing drones had attacked Mansour and probably killed him in a strike in southwest Pakistan, near the Afghan border, authorised by U.S. President Barack Obama.
“Yesterday, the United States conducted a precision air strike that targeted Taliban leader Mullah Mansour in a remote area of the Afghanistan-Pakistan border. Mansour posed a continuing, imminent threat” to U.S. personnel and Afghans, Kerry told a news conference in the Myanmar capital.
Kerry said the leaders of both Pakistan and Afghanistan were notified of the air strike but he declined to elaborate on the timing of the notifications, which he said included a telephone call from him to Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif.
“Peace is what we want. Mansour was a threat to that effort and to bringing an end to the violence and suffering people of Afghanistan have endured for so many years now. He was also directly opposed to the peace negotiation and to the reconciliation process,” Kerry said.
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The 2018 season will see the introduction of a universal aerokit, with certain ‘boxes’ left open for team development. This will mark the end of a three-year era of manufacturer-produced ’kits.
The last two years have seen Pratt & Miller (Chevrolet) and HPD (Honda) producing individual kits, which have received mixed reviews. Drivers said the huge amount of ‘dirty air’ created by the road/street course kits have hurt the on-track action by not allowing cars to run close enough in convoy, while team owners resented the cost, particularly of repair.
Frye, who many team owners have complimented for both canvassing opinion and taking note of their cost worries, said that the 2018 universal aerokit’s purpose would be to address those issues and more.
“As you know, we’ve been working on this project since April,” he told Motorsport.com. “Initially we had a different approach to it, and then had to reset.
“But the aims are that the design has got to be a cool-looking racecar, it’s got to have good racing characteristics, it’s got to be safe and the areas of development need to fit within a team’s budget.
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RDD and KBAM where the revolution starts…..
If our traditional education style is wonderful, I think all of us are talents. But as a result, we are not talents now. Look at those talents, they are not traditional education's victims. Why do we hope we become victims? No, never !!!!!
So, we should fight against traditional education, we are not fools, although we are also not talents.
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2019-04-21T10:33:23Z
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Question: What is the Department of Veterans Affairs doing to help veterans combat obesity and diabetes?
Answer: The VA's new health care assessment is part of a campaign called MOVE -- Managing Obesity/Overweight for Veterans Everywhere. Patients enrolled in VA's health care program can complete an online questionnaire about their health status, nutrition and exercise. Based on their information, veterans and family members receive a custom report with health information and instructions for follow-up with our medical center staff. People not enrolled in VA's health care program can log on to www.move.va.gov and answer 23 questions. They will receive an individualized report with suggestions about making changes in their eating and physical activity and referring them to materials on the Web site.
Q: Can a VA home loan guaranty be given to a spouse?
A: A VA loan guaranty to acquire a home may be available to an unmarried spouse of a veteran or service member who died as a result of service-connected disabilities, a surviving spouse who remarries after age 57, or to a spouse of a servicemember officially listed as MIA or who is currently a POW for more than 90 days. Spouses of those listed MIA/POW are limited to one loan. For additional information on VA home loan guaranties, contact the VA at (800) 827-1000, and follow the dialing instructions to reach the home loan department.
If you have questions about your benefits as a veteran, call Fred Ballard at the Veterans Affairs at 433-0049 or visit the VA Web site at www.va.gov/hawaii or the Star-Bulletin at 529-4747.
» Letters: Superferry -- sink or swim?
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2019-04-23T07:52:33Z
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Though this exhibit focuses on the Ojibwe of Manitoulin Island, it is not the only land that Ojibwe peoples have traditionally called home. These photos of Ojibwe people come from the Wanamaker Collection at the Mathers Museum and were taken in the early 20th century at the White Earth Reservation in Minnesota.
The people in these photos are wearing traditional finery, decorated with beadwork in floral designs. Beadwork has become part of traditional Ojibwe craft, but quillwork, like the boxes in this exhibit, existed in Ojibwe communities long before. One photo shows a particularly stunning piece of beadwork. Pe Dah Nah Quoad, the man standing in the woods, is wearing intricately beaded bandolier bags. Beaded bandolier bags were often crafted during winter months to be traded in the spring; a high-quality beaded bag could be worth a pony!
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After more five days the Siege of Keenagh has ended with the election of Labour's Willie Penrose and Fine Gael's Peter Burke to the 32nd Dail.
No TDs have been elected after the first count in Dublin south west.
Labour suffered a whitewash in the two Kildare constituencies after long serving Emmet Stagg lost a seat he had held in the North since 1997.
Independent Sean Canney, Fianna Fail's Anne Rabbitte and sitting Fine Gael TD Ciaran Cannon were elected from Galway East.
Fianna Fail candidate Catherine Ardagh (FF) said calling a full recount for the final seat in Dublin South Central is "the right thing to do".
TÁNAISTE Joan Burton retained her seat after the fight of her political life.
He is the second major casualty in the constituency after Communications Minister Alex White was also voted out.
At the 2016 election, CNW returned two FF candidates, first time runner, Cllr Aindrias Moynihan and his namesake, Deputy Michael Moynihan.
Waterford has long been considered something of a bellwether constituency and in this election it followed national trends to the letter.
OFFALY poll topper Barry Cowen was elected on the first count with a surplus of 1,357.
Mary Hanafin has said that Fianna Fail never really stood a chance of being elected in Dun Laoghaire.
Birthday boy Sean Fleming was the big winner in the new three seat Laois constituency.
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2019-04-20T17:16:50Z
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Dr. Maiman specializes in the management of complex spine disorders, integrating his extensive research experience into his clinical practice. Dr. Maiman was involved in the creation of the SpineCare Clinic, the Spinal Cord Injury Center, and the fellowship in spinal surgery. All three programs are nationally recognized. He emphasizes the importance of patient participation in their care, with a strong educational focus.
Dr. Maiman has a consultation practice at SpineCare, and sees patients and operates at the Milwaukee Veterans Affairs Medical Center. He is extensively involved in research in spine biomechanics, spinal trauma, and spinal cord injury. He was Chair of Neurosurgery from 2009-2015, stepping down to allow a research focus.
Dr. Maiman earned his Medical Degree from the Medical College of Wisconsin and his Doctorate of Philosophy in Biomedical Engineering from Marquette University. His PhD dissertation was the Biomechanics of spinal injuries produced by vertical compression. Dr. Maiman’s Surgical Internship was at the Medical College of Wisconsin Affiliated Hospitals as was his Residency in Neurological Surgery. He completed his Fellowship in Spinal Cord Injury at the Veterans Affairs Medical Center in Milwaukee.
Dr. Maiman is an active member of many professional organizations and serves on various committees. He is a member of many national professional organizations, including The American Association of Neurological Surgeons, AANS/CNS Joint Section on Spinal Disorders, AANS/CNS Joint Section on Neurotrauma and Critical Care, American Medical Association, Cervical Spine Research society, Congress of Neurological Surgeons, and the North American Spine Society.
With a book currently in press titled, Surgery of the Lumbar Spine, Dr. Maiman contributes to published research on spine issues. He has contributed 28 chapters to medical books, 190 peer-reviewed journals, 109 abstracts and many invited papers.
Biomechanical tolerance of whole lumbar spines in straightened posture subjected to axial acceleration.
(Stemper BD, Chirvi S, Doan N, Baisden JL, Maiman DJ, Curry WH, Yoganandan N, Pintar FA, Paskoff G, Shender BS.) J Orthop Res. 2018 Jun;36(6):1747-1756.
Changes in perfusion and diffusion in the endplate regions of degenerating intervertebral discs: a DCE-MRI study.
(Arpinar VE, Rand SD, Klein AP, Maiman DJ, Muftuler LT.) Eur Spine J. 2017 05;26(5):1416.
177 Largest Series of Mild-Moderate Motor Vehicle Accident-Associated Thoracolumbar Compression Fractures: Prognosis and Outcome.
(Soliman HM, Nguyen H, Pintar FA, Yoganandan N, Kurpad SN, Maiman DJ.) Neurosurgery. 2016 Aug 01;63(CN_suppl_1):170-171.
Cervical spine injuries, mechanisms, stability and AIS scores from vertical loading applied to military environments.
(Yoganandan N, Pintar FA, Humm JR, Maiman DJ, Voo L, Merkle A.) Eur Spine J. 2016 07;25(7):2193-201.
Lumbar spine endplate fractures: Biomechanical evaluation and clinical considerations through experimental induction of injury.
(Curry WH, Pintar FA, Doan NB, Nguyen HS, Eckardt G, Baisden JL, Maiman DJ, Paskoff GR, Shender BS, Stemper BD.) J Orthop Res. 2016 06;34(6):1084-91.
Intervertebral disc height loss demonstrates the threshold of major pathological changes during degeneration.
(Jarman JP, Arpinar VE, Baruah D, Klein AP, Maiman DJ, Muftuler LT.) Eur Spine J. 2015 Sep;24(9):1944-50.
Association between intervertebral disc degeneration and endplate perfusion studied by DCE-MRI.
(Muftuler LT, Jarman JP, Yu HJ, Gardner VO, Maiman DJ, Arpinar VE.) Eur Spine J. 2015 Apr;24(4):679-85.
Mechanical yield of the lumbar annulus: a possible contributor to instability: Laboratory investigation.
(Stemper BD, Baisden JL, Yoganandan N, Shender BS, Maiman DJ.) J Neurosurg Spine. 2014 Oct;21(4):608-13.
A method for inducing and determining biomechanics associated with endplate fractures in the lumbar spine.
(Kiehl KL, Curry WH, Stemper BD, Eckardt G, Basiden JL, Maiman DJ, Yoganandan N, Shender BS.) Biomed Sci Instrum. 2014;50:119-24.
Crash characteristics and injury patterns of restrained front seat occupants in far-side impacts.
(Yoganandan N, Arun MW, Halloway DE, Pintar FA, Maiman DJ, Szabo A, Rudd RW.) Traffic Inj Prev. 2014;15 Suppl 1:S27-34.
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The National Transportation Safety Board will investigate a natural gas explosion on a San Francisco street that sent flames into the air, damaging five buildings and sending panicked residents into the streets.
NTSB spokesman Eric Weiss says an eight-person team arrived at the scene Thursday night. Team members will be collecting evidence and trying to pin down what happened.
City fire officials say a crew digging on a street to install fiber-optic wires in the city's Richmond neighborhood cut a natural gas line Wednesday.
However, Weiss cautions that it could be months or even years before a probable cause for the explosion is officially determined.
NTSB spokesman Eric Weiss said Thursday that an eight-person team will travel to San Francisco and that it will release information as it becomes available.
Flames shot above the rooftops of nearby three-story buildings and burned for more than two hours until utility workers shut off the gas fueling the fire.
A gas explosion in San Francisco shot a tower of flames into the sky and burned five buildings including one of the city's popular restaurants before firefighters brought the blaze under control. There were no injuries.
Wednesday's explosion and fire sent panicked residents and workers in the city's Inner Richmond neighborhood fleeing into the streets as flames shot above the rooftops of nearby three-story buildings.
San Francisco Fire Chief Joanne Hayes-White said a private construction crew working on fiber-optic wires cut a natural gas line.
It took crews about three hours to put out the blaze.
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2019-04-23T10:48:01Z
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http://www.startribune.com/the-latest-ntbs-to-investigate-san-francisco-gas-explosion/505512092/
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U.S. Rep. Gwen Moore (D-Milwaukee) on Monday asked the Senate sergeant at arms what special measures will be taken to protect U.S. Senate pages in the event Alabama Republican Roy Moore wins a special election.
Roy Moore has denied allegations that decades ago he sexually abused teen-aged girls when he was in his 30's. He faces Democrat Doug Jones in Tuesday's election.
Senate pages, who deliver correspondence and legislative material, must be high school juniors and at least 16 years of age. They are drawn from all 50 states and attend classes at the U.S. Senate Page School.
In her letter to Frank J. Larkin, the Senate sergeant at arms, Gwen Moore wrote: “I believe my fears are well-founded. We have seen members of Congress abuse the Congressional Page Program. You will recall that in 2006, former Republican Representative Mark Foley resigned after sending suggestive emails and text messages to male Pages. Unfortunately, this was a contributing factor in the then elimination of the House Page Program. We need to be vigilant stewards of these children going forward."
She urged Larkin "to be proactive in protecting Senate pages" and asked "if you are taking steps to prepare the page program for the possible election of Roy Moore."
"I would like to know what preventative steps are being undertaken to safeguard Senate pages from predatory conduct of U.S. senators and Senate staff," she wrote. "The U.S. Congress has an obligation to keep these students safe especially in light of known potential harm."
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2019-04-23T09:55:31Z
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https://www.jsonline.com/story/news/politics/2017/12/11/u-s-rep-gwen-moore-asks-senate-pages-protected-alabamas-roy-moore/941868001/
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"This perked him up," mom Danita Tutt said.
A terminally ill teen got the surprise of his life recently when WrestleMania star Erick Rowan showed up at his home in Texas.
Colby Tutt, 13, was sitting on his couch on March 30 when Rowan, a member of WWE's villainous "Wyatt Family," walked in.
"He was the nicest guy and the smile on Colby’s face was just priceless," mom Danita Tutt of Cleburne, Texas, told ABC News. "I held back tears because Colby doesn't like to see anyone cry, but I thought it was awesome."
Tutt, 40, said Colby suffers from multiple chronic illnesses, including a blood infection, heart condition, kidney disease, short-term memory loss, high functioning autism and osteogenesis imperfecta (brittle bone disease), among many other medical issues.
"All of his problems stemmed after he came out of the NICU," Tutt said. "He’s now up to 34 diagnoses. ... There's no cure for what he has and no way to fix it."
(Danita Tutt) Colby pictured with his brother Colton, 8, on the way to WrestleMania.
Tutt said a photographer at the hospice where Colby was being treated happened to be friends with Rowan.
"He called him and Erick said, 'Say no more, I'll come and take pictures,'" Tutt said. "Erick came in and he said, 'Hey, is there a Colby Tutt here?' and Colby turned around and said, 'Oh my gosh, I can't believe this.' Here is a superstar we watch on 'WWE Raw' on Sundays and 'Smackdown' on Thursdays and he took the time to come here and sit with Colby. Colby hadn’t been feeling well for days and this perked him up. This showed me that guy has a big heart."
(Danita Tutt) Danita Tutt photographed with her son Colby at WrestleMania on April 3.
Tutt, who caught the meeting on camera, said Rowan chatted, played video games with her son and even gave him WWE wrestler figurines.
Four days later, Colby's final wish came true when he was able to attend WrestleMania 32, along with his brother Colton, 8, who suffers from a PCD--a genetic decision that affects the lungs.
Thanks to a social media sharing the family's GoFundMe page, "Help out the Tutt Boys," WWE headquarters made Colby's dream come true--something that his mother said he was thrilled to experience.
(Danita Tutt) Colby Tutt, 13, of Cleburne, Texas received a surprise visit from WWE wrestler Erick Rowan on March 30.
"We decided to make memories and give him the best quality of life we can," Tutt said. "If everyone could see the world the way Colby does, the world would be a better place. He’s just an amazing kid that doesn’t deserve anything he's had to go through these last 13 years."
Following WrestleMania, Colby received encouraging video messages from wrestlers Hulk Hogan, AJ Styles, Jeff Hardy and Sting, Tutt said.
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