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Midas PRO2 Control Centre (Boxed) Surface only 64 channel x 27 bus digital audio mixing system. Includes PRO2 console (Boxed) loaded with 8 mic/line inputs, 16 analogue outputs 2 AES3 inputs and 3 AES3 outputs. (iPad Not Included)
PRO2 Introduction
Think of an audio mixing system which offers unprecedented levels of control integration in terms of speed and ease of workflow. Think of an audio mixing system which has the most intuitive, operator-driven user-interface yet imagined, yet costs no more than an ordinary console. Think of an audio mixing system which has all of this, and sounds like a Midas. Think of the Midas PRO2/CC/IP – Radical thinking – It's simple!
The Midas PRO2 and PRO2C may be the smallest and least expensive Midas digital consoles so far; however, they represent a quantum leap forward in both technology and in concept for the art of audio mixing.
PRO2 can be operated in a number of different ways, depending upon the experience, ability and willingness of the operator to adopt new ideas. In "normal" mode, PRO2 behaves in a manner similar to many other digital consoles. Engineers who are new to Midas digital can relax, enjoy the PRO2's sample-synchronous audio quality, and operate the console from well within their comfort zone. As an operator becomes increasingly familiar with the console, they can activate the advanced navigation features which enable access to undreamt of levels of ease and speed of workflow on an audio console. Digital or Analogue!
PRO2 is also available in minimum-footprint compact form, PR02C. PRO2C is essentially the same mixer, the only difference being the physical size of the user interface. The PRO2C features all of the facilities of its larger sibling, yet this 64 channel mixer is no larger than many 24 channel analogue consoles.
In addition to the 56 primary input channels, PR02 features 8 aux returns, all of which feature 4-band parametric EQ and insert points. These 8 aux returns can be used as returns for the PR02's internal FX processors, or as additional mic channels, if enough mic inputs are available on the network I/O hardware.
A total of 64 input channels have routing to 27 mix buses. These buses comprise 16 user-configurable aux buses, which can be mixes, subgroups or mix minus groups, and the 8 matrix buses. The Matrix buses source from inputs, as well as groups, and so can be used as additional auxes (monitor mix and FX sends). All buses can be linked as stereo pairs (except the MONO bus).
All audio paths can be routed to multiple destinations and the console format can be reconfigured live on a scene-by-scene basis.
The Console is a typical robust Midas steel frame, which employs engineering principles similar to those employed on established products such as PRO6 and XL8. The frame is fitted with two removable power supplies, only one of which is required for full operation. The power supplies are auto-voltage sensing, auto-switchover, fitted with locking AC connectors, and are hot-swappable.
The standard DL251 remote stage-box included with each PR02 system has 48 Midas mic/line inputs, 16 analogue XLR outputs and features dual power supplies as standard. The DL251 can be located up to 100 metres (330 feet) cable distance from the console. You can choose from a range of optional I/O including the DL431 mic splitter so you can tailor the hardware to your chosen application.
Midas Digital Sound Quality
The Midas reputation for fantastic audio quality has evolved over 40 years of development and research. By designing the best mic pre's, equalisation and using the superior components, Midas has carried this tradition into the digital realm. Adding the best converters and custom processing algorithm to the mix Midas, takes audio quality to another level. In addition Midas digital systems are the only live sound systems in the world to have a comprehensive and automatic latency management system. Which, in addition to managing all internal routing and processing latency, also includes compensation for external analogue inserts. This means that all audio samples are synchronised before summing, resulting in absolute phase coherency at all outputs.
Midas digital feels, as well as sounds superb. All the variable controls on the console are genuine analogue high precision potentiometers, not mechanical encoders. These access the FPGA-DSP engine through precision instrumentation A-D converters and Midas' custom interpolation algorithms. This means that as well as all audio, all operator input is fully interpolated to ensure a linear, analogue-style, silky smooth "feel" to your mix.
The Midas microphone pre-amp is the one by which all others are judged. Still built from discrete components, and still based on the designs which were so successful in the legendary Midas analogue consoles such as the XL3, XL4 and Heritage, the current expressions in the XL8 range and PRO Series sound better than ever. Whether you want pristine, transparent reproduction, or that renowned Midas warmth and colouration, Midas' dual (analogue and digital) gain stages enable you to shape the mic amps' character according to your own preference.
A major problem affecting many digital consoles is a lack of attention to delay management. All digital processing takes time to run – typically just a few samples, but never zero. ADCs and DACs have much bigger delays (typically a few milliseconds) so if analogue insert points are used, the channel in question will be delayed significantly relative to the others.
Mix engineers working on analogue consoles routinely combine signals with different signal paths and processing and expect to do the same with digital. On many current digital consoles, combining signals in this way leads to the summing of signals that are in effect partly out of phase. This causes undesirable "comb filtering" effects, where specific frequencies are cancelled out completely. All Midas digital consoles have comprehensive automatic time alignment to correct any path related delays. Plus the additional latency introduced by the A to D conversion on the analogue inserts is also automatically compensated.
Unique to Midas digital are the I/O and DSP units which can be freely distributed into multiple locations. In particular I/O units can be placed exactly where they are needed – on the stage, around the auditorium, at FOH or remotely in a broadcast truck. Midas' digital audio network is easily configurable to route signals from where and by when they are needed since the patching is done a scene-by-scene basis.
Every transition of a network adds delay. Midas networks have only 70 micro-seconds of latency per hop so even a multi-hop routing has negligible aggregate delay (latency) making it perfect for in-ear monitoring. All inputs and all outputs are time-aligned to sample accuracy, no matter where they are in the network or how they are routed. This is another major contributor to the performance of a Midas digital console and that magical Midas sound.
Navigating the Channels
The concept of "paging" or "layering" is eliminated. Instead the operator is invited to create groups of mix or musically related channels, which are structured around the process of mixing the show. This is preferable to locating target channels from arbitrary "layers" or "pages" which have no logical delineation and often start and end at inconvenient points (i.e. half-way through a logical sequence of inputs).
There are three types of groupings available on PR02: VCA (Variable Control Associations) MCA (Mix Control Associations) and POPulation groups. These groups are identified using colour coding and high-visibility labelling and further supported by the full-colour daylight-visible TFT screen. Selecting a VCA or POP group will bring all of the members of that group to the designated area of the control surface, populating from the VCA area outwards. If the group has more members than visible input channels, the group can be viewed either by scrolling the input faders, or pressing the EXTEND button. This will populate the VCA fader area with the additional input channels.
Advanced Navigation Modes
The PRO2 features three modes of channel navigation. These options make it possible for an engineer to easily and efficiently mix a large number of inputs on a very compact control surface which makes the PRO2 Midas' most dynamic user-interface to date. The Advanced navigation modes are accessed using the four large illuminated advanced navigation hardware buttons.
When the FLIP button is engaged, selecting an output will flip the input faders to become the input channel send levels to the selected output.
When the GEQ NAVIGATION button is engaged, selecting an output which has a GEQ assigned, will present the GEQ on the VCA faders. Scrolling the VCA faders left and right will provide access to all 31 GEQ faders. If FADER FLIP is also engaged, the input channel faders will become the contributions to the selected mix. If HIDE UNNASSIGNED CHANNELS is selected, the operator will only be presented with input channels which are sending to that mix.
When the FX NAVIGATION button is engaged, selecting an output which is patched to an internal FX processor will deploy that FX processor on the screen and map the ASSIGNABLE CONTROLS to it. If FADER FLIP is also engaged, the input channel faders will become the contributions to the FX processor. If HIDE UNNASSIGNED CHANNELS is selected, the operator will only be presented with input channels which are sending to that FX processor.
If the MCA button is engaged, when an output (mix) is selected, the MCA faders for that output are deployed on the VCA fader bank.
MCA groups (Mix Control Association groups), operate similar to VCA groups, but are specific to the selected mix. When the PRO2 is in Advanced navigation mode, and MCA navigation is engaged, the MCA faders control the contributions of their members only to the currently selected bus. This is a unique and powerful mixing tool, which puts the PRO2 in a class of it's own for innovation and usability.
PRO2 has the ability to make working with the console as simple as requirements dictate, or as deep and complex as a user desires. To introduce the concept, think of multilayered 3-D VCA's, or a mixing console with 200 linked VCA groups! Both are valid starting points.
Hide/show unassigned channels when flipped
When in this mode, and the FLIP button is engaged, selecting an output flips the input faders to become the input channel send levels to the selected output. The console will only populate with the input channels which are assigned to the selected output.
One of the most critical requirements for Theatre applications is the power and flexibility of console automation. The Midas PRO2 has taken into consideration these very specific requirements, and features the same automation software as the XL8, which is itself no stranger to Broadway!
The PRO2's automation system can store and recall up to 1000 snap shot scenes. These contain the audio parameter values for every control on the console as well as the network routing, configuration of the FX rack, and the format of the mixer itself, all of which is scene-specific.
Hardware automation "safe" buttons are provided to enable the operator to quickly isolate selected processing areas from recall should this be required during a performance. In addition to these, the store and recall of scenes can be "scoped" such that only the areas that the operator wants to store or recall are affected (all other controls remaining in their current state).
Channel settings can be edited in advance of recall (across all scenes) from the SHOW EDITOR screen, and scenes can be re-ordered, inserted and deleted, simply and quickly without overwriting their designation. Scenes can be recalled instantaneously, with no discernible drop in audio, or via complex crossfade options, including programmable surround-sound panning events.
Midi input and outputs are provided, for control of external Midi devices, or for recalling console events from an external Midi source. All software versions (including stored shows on a USB stick) are both forward and backward compatible i.e. a show created on one PRO2 can be loaded into a console (via a USB stick) on another no matter the software version on either system. PRO2 and PRO2C showfiles are directly compatible with all other Midas digital console systems.
Assignable Controls
Between the screen and the fader bank are the 8 assignable rotaries and buttons. These controls are scrolled using the vertical arrow keys, and address the function of all primary rotary and switch functions on the channels populating this area of the console. The assignable controls adopt colour cues depending upon their function. The ALT button selects the alternative function (if one is available) for each area. Assignable rotaries can be used for input gain, compressor and gate threshold, aux send levels, pan.
Area B
To further enhance an already dynamic and flexible user-interface, PR02 features an AREA B. By default, these are the Left, Right and Mono master faders. However, as these faders are seldom used once the show is running, any of the VCA or POPulation groups can be deployed here as an alternative to the primary fader area. This allows the operator to "stick" high-priority channels onto this area of the surface for instant access.
Display screen
The high-resolution screen remains visible even in direct sunlight. In this aspect, the PRO2's visual support is exceptional, as most conventional consoles become difficult, or impossible to operate in high ambient lighting.
Visual feedback for the entire system is provided by the screen. Pressing the HOME key (just to the left of the assignable controls) instantly displays the console overview screen, which keeps all vital information (all metering, all fader positions, mutes and solos,) in view at all times.
Detail panel area
The detail panel is a vertically oriented channel strip, with an almost identical layout to the PRO3, 6 and 9. The controls are configured in a logical, signal-path sequence and are easily identified by their relative positions. Both analogue users and digital adopters will find no difficulty using the large multi-colour LCD channel select buttons for navigating the console.
Input Gains
The PRO2 boasts two input gains per channel. First is the remote analogue gain for that wonderful Midas mic amp, the second is a digital gain. Set the analogue gain for the desired amount (if any) of that famous Midas "warmth", then use the digital gain to trim to your preferred gain structure.
Midas digital EQ features fully interpolated controls, which re-create the original phase-shift as experienced when working on the worlds' best-loved analogue consoles. Each input channel has 4-band parametric EQ, with a choice of four different filter types for both the high and low filters. These powerful EQ options enable the user to employ EQ filters which emulate the sound of historic Midas consoles, or, freed of the limitations of analogue circuitry, choose advanced digital filter types.
Dynamics Processing
The dynamics processing on the Midas PRO2's input channels is identical to the Midas XL8. Each input channel features a frequency-conscious gate and a choice from four different compressor algorithms. Further creative expression is available, as these compressor options feature variable knee, internal and external side-chain filtering, and colouration artefact options.
Output (bus) compression offers a choice of five different options. These compression algorithms are designed to provide the engineer with a broad pallet of options for maximum creative potential, right down to the visual display on the screen changing to support the different styles. More dynamics processing options are available in the PR02's FX rack, including multiband compression and dynamic equalisation.
The PRO2's 40 bit floating-point audio processing hosts a wide choice of virtual FX devices, which range from dual-mono delay units, stereo modulation and many diverse reverb FX, multiband compression, dynamic EQ and multichannel dual-function dynamics processing. All FX processors are custom-designed to function within the Midas automatic latency compensation system. This ensures a phase-coherent sampleaccurate mix regardless of whether the FX devices are used as channel inserts or on a send-andreturn basis.
Delay FX can be individually configured to synchronise to the PRO2's GLOBAL TAP-TEMPO hardware button. This makes on-the-fly changes to delay effects childs' play.
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Biographical directory, TN General Assembly, 1796-1969 (Perry County, Preliminary # 2). Nashville, TSLA, 1968. 42 pp.
Goodspeed's History of TN (Perry County, pp. 777-788, 889-909). Goodspeed, 1886.
Harder, Kelsie B. "Beliefs & customs in Perry County, TN." TN Folklore Soc. Bull. 21 (1955), pp. 9-10.
Harder, Kelsie B. "Hay-making terms in Perry County." TN Folklore Soc. Bull. 33 (1967), pp. 41-48.
Harder, Kelsie B. "Jingle lore of pigtails, pals & puppy love." TN Folklore Soc. Bull. 22 (1956), pp. 1-9.
Harder, Kelsie B. "Just an April fool." TN Folklore Soc. Bull. 27 (1961), pp. 5- 7.
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Harder, Kelsie B. "Pert nigh almost: folk measurement." TN Folklore Soc. Bull. 23 (1957), pp. 6-12.
Harder, Kelsie B. "The vocabulary of hog killing." TN Folklore Soc. Bull. 25 (1959), pp. 111-115.
Harder, Kelsie B. "A vocabulary of wagon parts." TN Folklore Soc. Bull. 28 (1962), pp. 12-20.
Harder, Kelsie B. "Weather expressions & beliefs in Perry County, TN." TN Folklore Soc. Bull. 23 (1957), pp. 83-86.
History & families 1820-1995, Perry County, TN. Paducah, KY, Turner Pub. Co., 1994. 320 pp.
Holder, Lois D. A descriptive survey of beliefs regarding education currently held by certain natives of Perry County, TN. Wayne State U. thesis, 1974. 291 pp.
Joel B. Spaulding & Co. The recreational potential of Perry County, TN. Nashville, n.p., 1969. var. pp.
Lawhon, William T. Ecology of Alexander Cave, Perry County, TN. MSU thesis, 1969. 33 pp.
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TN Valley Authority. Land Acquisition Dept. Background appraisal study, Kentucky Reservoir area. Knoxville, TVA, 1939. (vol. 11, Perry County.)
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A Grizzly Saturday Night That Was… Perfect
The Day
Saturday, August 31 dawned with a crystal blue sky in Missoula, unusual, because the valley had been cloaked in smoke from the Lolo Creek Complex for the last few weeks. My first thought was... perfect.
This was to be a big day for Grizzly athletics after a 2012 football season clouded in controversy, federal and NCAA investigations, a highly public trial of Grizzly quarterback Jordan Johnson, and a deeply disappointing 5-6 record. So, expectations were running high for this team, and this season. Coming to town, the 12th ranked Appalachian State Mountaineers, a team the Grizzlies had barely beaten inside Washington Grizzly Stadium. In fact, the last two times the Grizzlies had defeated the Mountaineers, a trip to the FCS National Championship game was on the line, and both games were nail-biters, coming down to the final play before the Grizzlies won. So, the set-up for this game was... perfect.
The Pre-Game
Prior to kickoff, the crowd inside the stadium met Bo Reichenbach, a wounded warrior, a Navy Seal who lost both his legs above the knee after stepping on an improvised explosive device in Afghanistan. There had already been several fundraising events to help the Reichenbach family update their home in Billings to accommodate his handicap. As Reichenbach, his family and friends watched from the 50 yard-line, fellow Seals from the elite parachute team hurtled straight down through the sky like lightning bolts into the stadium, slowing just in time to land expertly onto the field to the roar of the approving crowd, It was... perfect.
The Game
Neither team could do much against the other for the first scoreless quarter, but Grizzly quarterback Jordan Johnson completed his first pass, then his second, and third. In fact, he was 12 for 13 for 166 yards in the first half. Johnson played the entire game, and ended completing 19 of 23 passes for over 250 yards and two touchdowns.
The Grizzly defense allowed only six points on two field goals against a team that averaged over 30 points a game in 2012, and will be moving from the FCS to the FBS Sun Belt Conference next season, winning by a score of 30 to 6. The ending of the game was... perfect.
The Crowd
When tickets for the game went on sale, they went rapidly, with much excitement and anticipation in Missoula and throughout what has come to be known over the years as "Griz Nation." By Thursday, every available ticket had been snatched up, and there was standing room only for the game. The final tally, a new stadium mark of 26,293, eclipsing the previous record set in 2012 of 26,210, when the Grizzlies lost to Montana State. Support for the Grizzlies in the stands was... perfect.
Post Game
Following the game, after the band played the fight song, and the team sang to the parents section, most of the record crowd stayed in their seats, as the new million-dollar lights were extinguished for a brief, but spectacular fireworks show. When the light show was over, the team was revealed kneeling together in the center of the field hand-in-hand, united.
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Carey had no role in the research, published in Thursday's New England Journal of Medicine.
The study included nearly 900,000 seniors in 36 Medicare managed-care plans from 2001 to 2006. During that period, half of the plans raised copays for visits to doctors and specialists. Researchers compared medical use patterns in those plans with use in similar Medicare managed-care plans that kept copays the same. Copays for prescription drugs remained unchanged in all plans.
Among plans that increased patient cost-sharing, the average copay for a doctor visit roughly doubled, from $7.38 to $14.38. The copay to see a specialist jumped from $12.66 to $22.05. By contrast, the average copay for unchanged plans was $8.33 to see a doctor and $11.38 to see a specialist.
For every 100 people enrolled in plans that raised copays, there were 20 fewer doctor visits, two additional hospital admissions and 13 more days spent in the hospital in the year after the increase compared to those in plans whose copays did not change, researchers found.
The trend was most pronounced among blacks, people living in lower-income neighborhoods and those with chronic illnesses such as diabetes, high blood pressure or heart disease.
The results suggest that raising copays to contain costs is counterproductive, said Dr. Amal Trivedi, assistant professor of community health at Brown University, who led the study. Not only may it lead to higher health care spending, but patients also suffer, he said.
"Outpatient care for elderly adults, particularly those with chronic diseases, is very valuable and may not be something you want to discourage by having a large copayment," Trivedi said.
The study was funded by grants from Pfizer Inc. and the federal government.
The findings echo previous studies on increased patient cost-sharing. When California's Medicaid program introduced a $1 copay in 1972, it led to an 8% decline in doctor visits and a 17% increase in hospital days.
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Intra-arterial stent with the capability to inhibit intimal hyperplasia
Intra-arterial stents are frequently used subsequent to balloon angioplasty to maintain arterial patency. The most frequent cause for failure to maintain patency is the rapid growth of the injured arterial tissue through the openings in the stent, which rapid growth is called "intimal hyperplasia." Since irradiation from a radioisotope source is capable of selectively inhibiting the growth of hyperproliferating cells as compared with normal cells, a radioisotope material which forms part of the stent can be used to decrease the rate of arterial reclosure. The radioisotope could be placed inside the stent, alloyed into the metal from which the stent is made, or preferably, it can be coated onto the stent's exterior surface. Beta emitting radioisotopes having a half-life between 1 and 100 days would be best suited as a stent coating because of their comparatively short range of action within human tissue, and because of their comparatively short half-life. An anti-thrombogenic coating placed on the outer surface of the radioisotope stent would further reduce arterial reclosure by decreasing stent thrombogenicity.
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This invention is in the field of intra-arterial stents that are used to maintain patency of an arterial lumen typically subsequent to balloon angioplasty or atherectomy.BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
Since the mid-to late-1980s, intra-arterial stents have found extensive use as a treatment to prevent restenosis subsequent to balloon angioplasty or atherectomy. A recurrent problem is that excessive tissue growth (intimal hyperplasia) at the site of the balloon dilation or atherectomy plaque excision results in restenosis of the artery. One possible solution to this problem is to coat the stent with an anti-thrombogenic surface so as to reduce platelet and fibrin deposition. This is described in U.S. Pat. No. 4,768,507 issued September 1988, to Robert E. Fischell and Tim A. Fischell entitled "Intravascular Stent and Percutaneous Insertion Catheter System for the Dilation of an Arterial Stenosis and the Prevention of Restenosis" which is incorporated herein by reference. Although an anti-thrombogenic coating can prevent acute thrombotic arterial closure and decrease the need for anticoagulent drug therapy, there is still an urgent need to decrease restenosis which is caused by intimal hyperplasia.SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
It is well known that radiation therapy can reduce the proliferation of rapidly growing cancer cells in a malignant tumor. The present invention utilizes a radioisotope which is integral to an arterial stent which can irradiate the tissue in close proximity to the implantation site of the stent in order to reduce the rapid tissue growth caused by arterial wall trauma resulting from balloon angioplasty or atherectomy.BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS
FIG. 1 is a cross section showing two turns of a radioisotope helical coil spring stent imbedded into a balloon dilated or atherectomized plaque within a human artery.
FIG. 2 is a cross section through the spring wire of a helical coil spring stent showing a radioisotope core material within a spring material.
FIG. 3 is a cross section through the spring wire of a helical coil spring stent showing a thin plating of radioisotope material on the exterior surface.
FIG. 4 is a cross section through a central core spring wire of a helical coil spring stent showing a radioisotope plating which is covered with an antithrombogenic coating.DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS
As described in U.S. Pat. No. 4,768,507, intra-arterial stents can be made in the form of a deployable helical coil spring. FIGS. 5 and 6 of the U.S. Pat. No. 4,768,507 illustrate typical cross sections of such a spring wire, helical coil stent.
FIG. 1 of the present invention shows a cross section 10 of two turns of a helical coil spring stent that has been fabricated from a pure metal or alloy which has been irradiated so that it has become radioactive; i.e., it is a radioisotope. These two turns are shown imbedded into plaque P within the arterial wall AW. The arrows 12 pointing outward from the cross section 10 indicate the omnidirectional emission of particles from the stent wire. The purpose of this radiation is to decrease the rate of proliferative cell growth of the traumatized arterial wall AW (which growth is termed "intimal hyperplasia"). Thus it would be expected that restenosis, which frequently occurs after stent implantation, will be significantly reduced.
The radioisotope used for this purpose may be an alpha, beta or gamma emitter. The half-life would ideally be between 10 hours and 100 days. An optimum emitter might be a beta emitting isotope such as vanadium 48 which has a half-life of 16 days and only 8% of its emitted energy is from gamma radiation. The ideal attribute of a beta emitter is that the radiation does not travel very far in human tissue. Thus only the tissue in close proximity to the radioisotope stent will be affected. Furthermore only moderate levels of radiation are desired since it is known that very high levels can cause injury to nonproliferating tissues.
Another method to make the material of the stent spring wire is from a metal into which is alloyed an element that can be made into a radioisotope. For example, phosphorus 32, a 14.3 day half-life beta emitter, could be alloyed into steel which could be used for the stent wire.
FIG. 2 shows a stent wire cross section in which a wire made from a radioisotope core material 20 is formed within an outer covering 22 that has the attributes that are desirable for being a coil spring stent.
FIG. 3 shows a cross section of an alternative embodiment of the present invention in which a radioisotope coating 30 is plated onto a spring material core 32. For example, the beta emitting isotope gold 198 (half-life 2.7 days) could be used to coat any suitable spring metal material.
FIG. 4 shows a more complex stent cross section in which a core 40 of some material ideally suited for stents is plated with a radioisotope coating 42 which is, in turn, coated with an anti-thrombogenic coating 42 such as carbon as described in U.S. Pat. No. 4,768,507.
Although helical coil spring stents have generally been described herein, the concept of utilizing a radioactive material within the stent structure so as to attenuate intimal hyperplasia is certainly applicable to any stent design. Furthermore, the temporary placement at the site of the vessel wall trauma of a radioactive source within the arterial lumen, for example a thin wire with a radioactive tip which wire can be withdrawn after a limited time is also envisioned.
Various other modifications, adaptations, and alternative designs are of course possible in light of the above teachings. Therefore, it should be understood at this time that within the scope of the appended claims, the invention may be practiced otherwise than as specifically described herein .
1. An intra-arterial stent comprising a generally tubular structure whose external surface is adapted to engage the arterial wall and which is patent throughout its entire interior length, said stent being formed from a radioactive material which is outwardly, radially expandable after percutaneous insertion into an artery, the radioactive material being adapted to be imbedded into the plaque so that the radioactive material preferentially emits radiation that can reduce the proliferation of cells in the arterial wall that are in close proximity to said stent.
2. The stent of claim 1 in which the radioactive material emitting the radiation is a radioisotope.
3. The stent of claim 2 in which said radioisotope is located within the structural material of said generally tubular structure of the stent.
4. The stent of claim 2 in which said radioisotope is plated onto said generally tubular structure of the stent.
5. The stent of claim 2 including an outer coating of anti-thrombogenic material.
6. The stent of claim 2 in which said radioisotope is a beta particle emitting radioisotope.
7. An intra-arterial stent comprising a generally tubular, thin-walled structure adapted to be expanded radially outward against the wall of an artery in a human body at least part of said stent being formed from a radioisotope material which is radially expandable, and said radioisotope material being adapted to be imbedded into the plaque within the arterial wall and further being adapted to decrease the rate of proliferative cell growth of the intimal cells.
8. The stent of claim 7 in which said radioisotope has a half-life of less than 100 days.
9. A method to decrease intimal hyperplasia caused by the treatment of an arterial stenosis the method comprising:
- percutaneous insertion of a radioisotope source into an artery by means of a catheter so that it is positioned at the site of the arterial stenosis, said radioisotope source being formed from a plurality of thin, wire-like, interconnected, radially expandable parts in the form of an intra-arterial stent;
- radially expanding the radioisotope source so that it becomes imbedded in the plaque within the arterial wall; and,
- removal of the catheter from the artery.
10. The method of claim 9 further comprising the step of dilating the stenosis by the use of a balloon angioplasty catheter prior to the insertion of the stent.
11. The method of claim 9 further comprising the step of excising at least some of the atheromatous plaque of the stenosis by means of an atherectomy catheter prior to the insertion of the stent.
Type: Grant
Filed: Dec 11, 1989
Date of Patent: Oct 22, 1991
Assignee: Medical Innovative Technologies R & D Limited Partnership (Dayton, MD)
Inventors: Robert E. Fischell (Dayton, MD), Tim A. Fischell (Los Altos, CA)
Primary Examiner: Max Hindenburg
Assistant Examiner: Robin R. Longo
Application Number: 7/448,691
International Classification: A61N 500;


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Survey reveals voting disparities on Election Day
-- African-American voters waited more than twice as long as others to vote in last month's presidential election, and Hispanics were asked to show identification more often, a survey released Tuesday showed.
Although Election Day ran smoothly for most voters, the survey of 10,000 people by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology found at least one in four voters lack confidence that their votes were counted correctly.
Major problems that had been predicted for Election Day never developed, unlike in 2000 and 2004, and the survey reflects that. Only 2% of those polled said they had a problem with their registration at the polls. Similarly, only 2% reported problems with voting equipment.
More than eight in 10 voters said their polling places were very well run; seven in 10 said poll workers performed excellently; and less than 1% rated their service as "poor."
Black voters, however, reported waiting in lines for an average of 29 minutes to vote on Election Day and 43 minutes to cast ballots before Nov. 4, as 34 states allow. That was more than twice the average wait for others: 13 minutes on Election Day and 20 minutes when voting early.
Charles Stewart, an MIT political science professor, said the disparity could have been caused by election officials not providing enough voting equipment and workers in precincts with large black populations. The Advancement Project, a civil rights group, warned in October that six battleground states had not allocated sufficient resources to minority areas.
"Driving around Richmond (Va.) on Election Day, that was the case," said Judith Browne-Dianis, the group's co-director. "I could drive up to a black precinct and there would be a long line, and I could drive up to a white precinct and it would be a 10-minute wait."
Stewart said the disparity also could have been due to larger-than-expected turnout among black voters — a phenomenon he called "voting as an event," in which long lines attract voters. Most people who experienced long lines said the delay was to check in, not to get a machine.
Among the findings of the survey, conducted for the Pew Center on the States and senior citizens' lobby AARP:
•More than one in 10 voters were asked for identification in states where it is not required. In the three states that require a photo ID — Florida, Georgia and Indiana — two in 10 voters were never asked to provide it. Hispanics were asked for ID more often in those states than other voters.
•While 75% of Election Day voters said they were confident their ballots were counted correctly, the number dropped to 61% among absentee voters.
•Democrats were more confident about the process in states that traditionally vote Democratic, such as New York, and Republicans in "red states" such as Texas. In states such as Virginia that were closely contested, independent voters were less confident about the process.
•Among those who did not vote, 16% said they had registration problems, 10% couldn't find their polling places, and 8% said their requested absentee ballots never arrived.
As a result of the survey's findings, Browne-Dianis said states should set strict standards for allocating resources. "We have to start equalizing the resources across the board," she said.


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My Year That Was
I don't think I've ever written something to sum up a year in my life before, and I feel like I kind of abandoned this blog a few months back. But now that it's officially 2012, maybe I'll start out by doing something new, and reviving something old, even though my eyes are the only ones that will most likely witness these events. Whatever, I like to write.
2011 was a pretty eventful year for me. The biggest thing that happened–which is also one of the main reasons I often didn't have the time or energy to write on this blog–is that I started a new job. In August I took a full-time position designing books at St. Martin's Press. I'm working exclusively on interiors, but I feel those are the unsung heroes of book design elements. Everyone notices a cover, but unless there's something really catchy inside, most of that work goes unnoticed. Which is a shame, because there's some really good, fun stuff going on in there sometimes.
The books I design are of a wide variety. They're everything from saucy mass-market romance books, to the autobiography of Barack Obama's half-sister, to (my favorite) trade fiction titles from Picador. I love all the different subjects; It helps me push myself to be versatile as a designer. And after working exclusively from home for nearly five years, it's pretty nice to get out of the house and be around the living again, especially when it all takes place in the historic Flatiron Building. The commute though? Eh, I could do without that. But the health insurance alone would be worth it.
Last year my freelance business picked up a bit as well. I got a lot of work through small presses that I hadn't worked with before, which is great. I love working with new clients and new projects. Most of the jobs I got were books, but also a lot of web work for some reason. I guess that's more in demand than book design. But hey, I'll take what I can get. If I can keep Steven Seighman Design moving forward in 2012 and keep building a bigger client base, I'll be very happy.
I also took a lot of photos last year and started an Instagram account (my username is stevenseighman–follow me!) to share them through. That's been a lot of fun and I've seen many, many great photographs from other people as well. This year I hope to have a better cameraphone to do all my shooting with, because mine is an iPhone 3G, and it's just not cutting it anymore. Fingers crossed to more freelance work!
One of the things I talk about on this blog quite a bit is films. I even had a running total for everything I watched in 2011. That died off when I started the new full-time job, but up to that point I had amassed a pretty great collection of movies that I'd watched. And it did keep going after I stopped cataloging them, I just didn't have the time to maintain the list anymore. I'm beginning again for 2012 though, and while the list might not be as long this year, it's still going to be awesome. So far, only one movie: The Future. But that's a great way to start off the year. I'm hoping for quality over quantity this time around.
Also in 2011 I celebrated my one-year anniversary as a vegan. This is something that I am very, very excited about, as you might know if you've read past entries in this blog. It's a lifestyle that I am incredibly proud of, and hope to celebrate many, many more anniversaries of as the years go on.
There were some great highlights for Monkeybicycle last year, too. Aside from putting out one really terrific print issue (what should've been the second is coming out this month), we held what was probably one of my favorite readings that we've ever done over the nine years that the journal has been in existence. The Night of 20 Women, happened in NYC in July and featured some really amazing readers–all women–including Dawn Raffel, Deb Olin Unferth, and Shelley Jackson, just to name a few. I think it was one of our most attended events ever. I hope 2012 brings even more great things like that for Monkeybicycle. It's our ten-year anniversary, so we need to make it BIG.
An only slightly less self-indulgent thing that happened last year, too, is that my girlfriend, Laura Carney, left her job in the trenches at OK! Magazine for the greener pastures of Hearst Tower and Good Housekeeping magazine. This made her very happy and, in turn, also made me very happy.
So there you go. My 2011. I'm guessing no one even made it to this page. But if they did, they surely didn't make it to the end of this post, which is fine. In 2012 I pledge to write more interesting things that concern only me. Maybe then I'll have more readers.
Happy 2012 everyone.
I'm glad to hear the new job and your freelance work are paying off for you. I wish you well in 2012.


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A $40.8 billion industry in the U.S., home furnishings long enjoyed barriers against online competition. Furniture isn't fungible, making online price comparisons tough, and consumers often want to see and touch household goods before buying them.


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Philosophers and theologians have wrestled with a niggling little question for millennia: Why is there suffering in the world?
Great thinkers too often get lost in ancient constructs about deities and demons, good versus evil, when the answer is more mundane. The reason there is suffering in the world is because some people are flaming #@!!%.
Well, there it is: Words philosophers and theologians politely refrain from using. But what other word is there for people flying private helicopters and jets to an exclusive ski resort in Switzerland to discuss inequality? Detestable?
The irony has not been lost on anyone who can still afford a newspaper, an Internet connection or cable TV.
The annual confab at Davos is where the elite strike multibillion-dollar deals to make the world even more unequal.
This year's theme, "reshaping of the world," is actually less of a promise than a clue, because we are now suffering in a world shaped by past Davos gatherings.
It is a world where hundreds of millions of able-bodied people still can't get decent work while the high-stakes schemes of bankers and financiers remain government guaranteed. It is a world where wealthy special interests tell nations what to do and democracy is reserved for the little people deciding who gets to take out the trash.
Leaving global economic inequality to Davos is a sign this problem is more likely to be solved by an economic calamity than by mankind. It is like naming General Electric CEO Jeffrey Immelt the head of the President's Council on Jobs and Competitiveness. Yes, President Barack Obama actually tried that once.
Many Davos attendees will take the time to read a widely heralded report from Oxfam International, pointing out that just 85 people control more wealth than the world's poorest 3.5 billion people.
Many will altruistically agree that such an imbalance is horrible. And then they'll go right back to business — squeezing every drop of profit from everyone they can because that's how it's done.
It is possible to be both greedy and altruistic. Many billionaires may actually care about rising inequality, but they're oblivious to the effects their activities have on the world, just as you may be oblivious to the dirt wages paid to the people who sew your clothes, serve your food and build your electronic gadgets.
Most billionaires seem to care about people and abstract concepts such as inequality, but they also care about doing deals.
Some billionaires, though, aren't even that thoughtful. They stop at nothing in their race to own everything. And, philosophers and theologians should take note: These are the folks who really cause suffering in the world. They're on a quest to establish themselves or their heirs as the world's first trillionaires.
One trillion is an incomprehensive number to most of the world's 7.1 billion people. It's a one followed by 12 zeros. It's one thousand times one billion. Or let's put it this way: If you spent one dollar per second, or $86,400 per day, you would turn 31,688 years old as you finally ran out of money.
This may sound like a stupid amount of dough — there are far fewer stars in the Milky Way — but this is exactly how rich some people aspire to be. Money, after all, is what they use to keep score and they want to die with the highest score.
Credit Suisse projects that the world will have 11 trillionaires within two generations. They will be lording their wealth over one billion millionaires.
If this actually happens, just imagine the oppression of living as a millionaire two generations from now. A millionaire will be one million times poorer than a trillionaire. And a billionaire? "If this scenario unfolds, then billionaires will be commonplace," the Credit Suisse report said.
This is why many folks who seem wealthy today may come to agree that the madness of global inequality must stop now. Sure, Obama has said it, the pope has said it, and this week even the elite folks at Davos are saying it — because now this inequality thing is getting serious, people.
We can't have a world where trillionaires exploit billionaires and make virtual economic slaves of millionaires. This would be unjust. There ought to be a law.
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This recipe is part of the Epicurious Online Cooking School, in partnership with the Culinary Institute of America. To watch it being made, and to learn how to make other Mexican classics, check out the videos.
- Yield
- Makes 4 servings
- 4 (3-inch cut) short ribs
- 8 ancho chiles, veins removed and seeded
- 1 pound onions, cut into quarters
- 5 cloves garlic
- 3 ounces piloncillo (Mexican brown sugar)
- 1 quart beer or pulque
- 1/2 cup agave nectar
- 1/2 cup tequila
- 1 ounce lard
- 3 maguey or agave leaves
- 4 cactus paddles, trimmed of spines
- For serving:
- Frijoles de la Olla
- Tortillas
- Special Equipment
- Spice grinder
- Trim excess fat from short ribs then cut between the bones.
- In a saucepan over moderate heat, dry-roast the chiles. Transfer to a spice grinder and grind into a powder.
- In the same saucepan, dry-roast the onions and garlic. Transfer to a blender, add the piloncillo, beer or pulque, agave, tequila, and the powdered chiles, and process until smooth.
- In a medium saucepan, heat the lard and fry the chile mixture. Season with salt and let cool. Coat the meat with the chile mixture, cover, and marinate in the refrigerator overnight.
- Preheat the oven to 375°F and arrange a steamer in a roasting pan.
- In a saucepan over moderate heat, dry-roast the maguey or agave leaves. Transfer to the roasting pan on the steamer and top with 2 cactus paddles. Place the ribs with the marinade on top and cover with the remaining 2 cactus paddles. Cover the pan with foil or a lid and bake until the ribs are fork tender, 3 to 4 hours, checking the water level every 30 minutes and adding 1/2 cup of water when it gets very low.
- Transfer the short ribs to a serving platter. Slice the cactus paddles into strips and place them on top of the ribs. Serve with Frijoles de la Olla and tortillas.


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General Programming → Programming Tips Tricks → Functions with Default Values for Parameters
Functions can have default values for their parameters, for example:
void forward( int speed = 100 ) { motor[ port2 ] = speed; } task main() { // Forward at default forward( ); // Forward at speed 10 forward( 10 ); // Do nothing while( true ){ wait10Msec(500); } }
If the function "forward" is called with no parameters then the default of 100 is used.
If you have included your own library of functions, for example:
#include "motorLib.c"
You can suppress warnings about unused functions by including the line:
#pragma systemFile // eliminates warning for "unreferenced" functions
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This tip was posted by jpearman over at http://www.vexforum.com/showpost.php?p=220744&postcount=1.


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Syracuse tops Princeton behind Southerland's career night
SYRACUSE (AP) -- Four games into the season, Princeton coach Mitch Henderson is not where he wants to be.
"We are 1-3 and we've earned that record, but we have to bounce back from where we are," Henderson said Wednesday night after a 73-53 road loss to No. 6 Syracuse.
Four teams in the top 12 -- Kentucky, North Carolina, UCLA and Kansas -- had already lost and unranked Georgetown took top-ranked Indiana to overtime on Tuesday night before the Hoosiers pulled away in the extra period.
Any dreams of adding the Orange (3-0) to that list vanished in a flurry of turnovers. Princeton committed 24 as the long arms of the Orange defenders deflected and intercepted pass after pass. Syracuse finished with 19 steals, just three off the school record.
"The turnovers are a concern of mine, but not to get discouraged," Henderson said. "We've got a real important game for us on Saturday at Lafayette. It's important for us because I think we can be pretty good."
James Southerland scored a career-high 22 points and had five steals and Michael Carter-Williams added 10 points and nine assists to lead the Orange, which won its 24th straight game in the Carrier Dome and boosted its record to 31-0 against the Ivy League in the Dome. Syracuse also has won 35 in a row at home against nonconference foes and six in a row in the series with Princeton.
C.J. Fair had 12 points and Brandon Triche and Rakeem Christmas each had 10 as Christmas matched his career high.
Clay Wilson led Princeton with 15 points, Brandon Connolly had 11, and Ian Hummer had 10.
Princeton, the preseason pick to win the Ivies, fell victim just as Wagner did last weekend in committing 23 turnovers in a loss to Syracuse.
"I thought at times we were OK, but we just had so many turnovers," Henderson said. "They had 19 more shots than we did. We have to be able to take better care of the ball, especially on the road against a good Syracuse team.
"I thought we got pretty good looks from our second team, but the way that they circle behind you, the way that they trap the short corners, it's hard for us to see that. I was hoping we would have a little more toughness with the ball."
Syracuse gained a double-digit lead in the first 10 minutes, but both teams struggled early. After a stretch of nearly 4 minutes without a point being scored, Triche converted a pair of free throws and Southerland swished a 3 from the top of the key to give Syracuse a 20-8 lead with 9:56 left.
Princeton's motion offense found few openings in Syracuse's 2-3 zone as the Tigers committed 14 turnovers in the opening half that the Orange converted into 15 points.
"We just try to take away certain spots, try to take away the middle, the baseline," Carter-Williams said. "We just try to do the best job we can of getting our hands in there. They're a very patient team. They take their time and run the shot clock down and try to catch us laid-back. I think it was good for us."
A nifty pass from Hummer to Connolly for an easy layup off the glass was the kind of play the Tigers thrive on, but Southerland answered with a 3-pointer from the left wing for a 28-14 lead.
"He (Southerland) seemed to make a big shot right when they needed it," Henderson said. "Yeah, he hurt us."
Syracuse stretched its lead to 35-19 on Southerland's high, arcing 3 from the right corner with 2:50 left in the half, but Wilson hit a 3 and T.J. Bray hit another at the buzzer to pull Princeton to 36-25 at the break.
Not bad considering Syracuse had 12 steals and a 14-4 edge in second-chance points and that Hummer, the Tigers' leading scorer at nearly 16 points a game, only attempted three shots.
And the Tigers didn't go away without challenging. Princeton surged to 45-39 on Wilson's 3 off an inbounds pass with 13:42 left.
Unfazed, the Orange responded with an 8-0 spurt to erase any doubt about the final outcome.
Triche set up Christmas for a dunk and followed with a driving layup. Carter-Williams then fed Baye Moussa Keita for another layup and Fair's follow made it 53-39 at 11:05.
Southerland's three-point play boosted the lead to 58-43 with just over 7 minutes remaining.
"I thought we played well at times, but overall we just didn't put together a good 40 minutes," Hummer said. "We haven't done that yet."


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Cozy Living Room Ideas – There is no doubt about it in challenges decorating a small space. Add some children and pets or two, and you may see a mess nightmare.There is a small area has the advantage of being warm and cozy. With a few tricks of the design, you can create a space for the whole family can enjoy.Before you can set up your own furniture and accessories in addition, there are some rules that need to be some space for consideration. If the sidewalk is very small, and you will find yourself stepping on children and crashing furniture when you move. It should be a living arrangement so that there not be any closer than 31/2 feet when you sit down, but on the couch, of course.One of the main techniques to make a small room look comfortable mess is to use a few pieces of furniture medium. You might be tempted to buy a lot of small pieces of smooth look to match the indoor furniture on the scale, but do not succumb to this temptation. Stick small pieces, but larger than the furniture. If you need to sit down for the whole family, using a little Moroccan poufs or footrest, which can double as an end table when not in use.
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Dr. Grumpy: "What is it?"
Mr. Number: "Coumadin, Toprol, and Metformin."
(On the other hand, I'm glad he didn't say "a round white thing that I put in my mouth and swallow")
A Blog detailing the insanity of my medical practice and the stupidity of everyday life.
(On the other hand, I'm glad he didn't say "a round white thing that I put in my mouth and swallow")
"...but that's not important now."
RIP Lloyd Bridges, wherever you are.
one one thousand, two one thousand....three one thousand....
look at me, I'm a rocket scientist over here! lol
One pill makes your blood thin,
And one pill makes its pressure fall,
And one treats your diabetes,
But this pill claims to do them all,
Go ask Alice,
Who bought it at the mall.
And if you go buying medicine,
At Spencer's Gifts at the mall,
Then a kretek-smoking teenager,
Will sell you an old gumball,
Go ask Alice,
Who works at the Cinnabon stall.
Just think of the excellent compliance we'd have if we had combo pills. I can see it now- a combo ace inhibitor, metformin, and maybe a touch of hctz. Bam, many an old person covered. A beta block, some lasix, and a side of actos. Brilliant. Your patient may be onto something here.
This is why I never say 'what is it'? I get too frustrated if the answer isn't what I expect/gives me an answer I can use. So I ask specific questions, like 'what's it called?'
Best. Comment. Thread. Ever.
@ Codoofi and Hystiva Men: If you're not the same person--which surely you are--you need to be. Kindly merge your personae and produce more verses asap. Thanks.
PJ- We're actually members of a tribe living in a remote part of Surinam, and by tribal tradition we all have the first name "The" and the last name "Man," with the middle name used to distinguish us. We access the Internet via a laptop and an Iridium satellite phone that a dotcom-millionaire-turned-wannabe-explorer left in our tribal area about 10 years ago, shortly before his fatal accident. Our tribe worships a deity called "Ibee Grumpy (as a former Dutch colony, we pronounce it "i-bay khroom-pie"), so naturally we were very excited to find Dr. Grumpy's blog a year or so ago. We turn to it every day for divine guidance on how to live our lives. As you can imagine, leaving a comment on his blog is a highly coveted privilege, so every tribal member gets one and only one opportunity.
Okay, Idyls Men or Minds Lye or whatever nick you're masquerading under, I call Shenanigans: Everyone knows they have no computers in Surinam(e) because they drive on the left, so every time another country tries to connect a road to one of theirs and ship something in, all that happens is a series of terrible head-on collisions. Plus it's too hot there for the Internets to work. So nice try. Stop mucking about and just finish the damn song.
*Sigh* Very well, despite your slurs against our beautiful and technologically advanced country (where we drive on whichever side of the road we damn well please, 'cuz that's just how we roll), we've had a tribal council meeting and come up with the following:
When the patient who needed medicine,
Was turned down by his HMO,
He proceeded to the mall bathroom,
To buy some on the down low.
He'd asked Alice, who told him where to go.
He met the teenager from Spencer's,
And put some money in his palm,
But what he bought were diuretics,
Stolen from the teenager's mom,
Later that night, they hit him like a bomb.
Peed his bed.
Peed his bed.
Just like all the patients who call me and say, (and I nearly quote), "Just fill everything in the 'puter, you have it right there, just fill everything I get and I want it in 20 minutes." Never mind that they have dozens of drugs on their profile and half of which they no longer take. How dare I ask for the names, what am I, it's right in the 'puter....
Wonderful. Brought back memories--like the memories of trying to convince parents the song was NOT about illegal drug use!
Thank you so much, Mr Mac Snail or Cialis or whatever your name is. Those verses were splendid, really, showing extraordinary use of advanced poetic techniques such as synechdoche and enuresis. This transformative work qualifies you for possible representation by Big Bertha's Literary Agency and Storm Door Company. But wait! There's more! If all goes well, your work could be submitted to a prestigious literary journal.
Maybe it was one of them special hybrid pills . . . Coumatoformin?? Eh? Eh? I know that was a giant fail.
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Digital Augustan Rome
By: David Gilman Romano
Digital Augustan Rome is a long term mapping project that is prepared to provide a worthy digital successor to the published book and maps of Mapping Augustan Rome that appeared as Supplement 50 in the Journal of Roman Archaeology Series, 2002. The volume was directed by Lothar Haselberger in collaboration with David Gilman Romano and edited by Elisha Dumser. The entries were written by over 12 authors.
Digital Augustan Rome has also been a group effort and I have been ably assisted in this endeavor by Dr. Nicholas L. Stapp and Mark Davison who were also my collaborators on the original map from the 2002 publication. Our intentions were first signaled at the Third Williams Symposium on Classical Architecture held in Rome in May of 2004 where we presented a brief summary of our thoughts and plans on a successor to the Mapping Augustan Rome volume.1 Since the earliest days of the Mapping Augustan Rome project, it has been our intent to produce a digital version of the results and we have been working towards this goal virtually from the outset. The work of this digital project is the direct result of work carried out in the Archaeological Mapping Lab of the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology. The work of the lab (formerly the Corinth Computer Project lab) since 1984 has been devoted to using the most modern methods of digital cartography, remote sensing and GIS in the field of ancient cities, landscapes and sanctuaries in order to study and better understand their composition, organization and planning.
The Digital Augustan Rome project relies totally on the work that has been accomplished for the paper volume and maps and is based on the entries of each of the authors that are listed separately here under Mapping Augustan Rome. Whereas Mapping Augustan Rome has appeared in its 2002 published form and a reprinted edition with corrections in 2009, Digital Augustan Rome is envisaged as a living resource for the study of Augustan Rome, one that will be able to be updated and modified as modern research brings new information about the Augustan city to light. In this way it will serve as a ongoing project with the goal to incorporate new information into the digital map.
The maps of the Mapping Augustan Rome project are two: 1:6,000 scale, a map of the entire city with an area of approximately 20 square kilometers and a 1:3,000 scale that is a map focused on the center of the Augustan city, specifically the forum area and neighboring regions. Digital Augustan Rome is based on the 1:6000 map of the publication that has been scanned and digitally linked with the names of all of the entries.
Digital Augustan Rome has been envisaged as a digital publication in three stages that include the phases of work that need to be accomplished. In addition a fourth stage is anticipated as the ongoing work of the project.
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Stage 1 consists of the creation of a website that features a high-resolution color image of the map that is linked to the Directory, a listing of 353 buildings, structures and monuments of Augustan Rome. By searching the Directory one can find and see the location on the map of the building or monument. The website will zoom to the area of the entry. The website also includes a high quality satellite image of Rome that clearly indicates where in the modern city the ancient building, monument or structure will be found (Completed Spring 2009).
Stage 2 will consist of the inclusion of each of the entries for each and every building, monument and structure that is included in the book, Mapping Augustan Rome. When the name of the entry is highlighted in the Directory, the location will be visible on the map and the text entry will appear on the screen. Also to be included in this phase of the project is a digital terrain model of the Augustan city based on our study of the physical characteristics of the city in the first century BC-AC. This is the Augustan topographical map of Rome that is described in the chapter Making the Map from the 2002 publication and it has been prepared exclusively for this publication (Completed Spring 2011).
Stage 3 will consist of the compilation of additional material for the entries of Digital Augustan Rome. We intend to add the texts of ancient literary references, as well as historical photographs, plans, early travelers descriptions and other available maps. Modern photographs will be taken to further document the location and appearance of the entries in the contemporary city. In addition we would anticipate being able to employ several GIS applications in the digital map.
Stage 4 will consist of the update of information about the entries as well as the inclusion of new material that comes to light as a result of archaeological excavation or from the discovery of new literary or historical sources.
It is our hope that the Digital Augustan Rome web site will become a resource for students of all ages as well as for scholars and specialists who study Augustan Rome. We would welcome feedback from those who use Digital Augustan Rome.
October 23, 2013
- David Gilman Romano, Nicholas L Stapp and Mark Davison, "Mapping Augustan Rome: towards the digital successor," in Imaging Ancient Rome: Documentation - Visualization - Imagination, L. Haselberger and J. Humphrey, eds., Journal of Roman Archaeology, Supplement 61, 2006, pp. 271-282.


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Things will be a little different here next week. I have asked some alumni of Melrose Boy Scout Troop 68 to write articles about their memories of being a Boy Scout and what, if anything, they have learned that helps them in their adult lives. I only have replies from three so far, but I am hoping for a few more. All three have stated that yes, they have learned a few things in Scouting and that they do look back on their Scouting years as good times. What do they say exactly? You will have to check out the posts next week to discover that.
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Evans Blue – The Pursuit Begins When This Portrayal Of Life Ends
Canadian rock band Evans Blue does not have a name that would necessarily bring Hard Rock or Heavy Metal to mind. The band has crafted a very good modern hard rock release that sounds like a cross between Tool and Atreyu.
Singer Kevin Matisyn has a strong and very good, clean singing voice. His voice drives the tunes on "The Pursuit" which range from heavy rockers like Red Dress, Shine Your Cadillac and The Pursuit to more mainstream sounding tracks like Q, Kiss the Flag, Pin-Up, and Fear. It is a nice variety of songs that make for a very good listen.
The bands' sound has matured quite a bit since the debut record, The Melody and the Energetic Nature of Volume. I will be anxious to see how the bands' sound continues to evolve on the next release.
Until then "The Pursuit Begins When This Portrayal Of Life Ends" is another release that these Canadian rockers can be proud of.
For more info on Evans Blue, check out their myspace page.
Rating:Out of 10
Track Listing:
1. In a Red Dress And Alone
2. Shine Your Cadillac
3. Q (The Best One Of Our Lives)
4. Kiss the Flag
5. My Damsel: A Confession To an Adversary
6. Pin-Up
7. Caught a Lite Sneeze
8. Fear
9. Dear Lucid, Our Time Is Right Now
10. Painted
11. The Pursuit
They need something to set themselves apart….
Not hearing that with the vid song…
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