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Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School
Laboratory of Translational Research in Lyme Disease and Rheumatoid Arthritis
Dr. Steere's main research initiatives involve studies of autoimmunity in chronic inflammatory forms of arthritis. These studies include the identification of HLA-DR-peptide epitopes in synovial tissue from patients with antibiotic-refractory Lyme arthritis or rheumatoid arthritis, the characterization of T effector and T regulatory cells in synovial fluid in patients with these diseases, and the development of diagnostic tests for Lyme disease and biomarkers of disease activity in rheumatoid arthritis. These studies are done in collaboration with the Mass Spectrometry Resource Center at Boston University School of Medicine under the direction of Dr. Catherine Costello.
Dr. Steere and his colleagues are focusing on studies of autoimmunity in human patients with antibiotic-refractory Lyme arthritis or rheumatoid arthritis. A small percentage of patients with Lyme arthritis have persistent proliferative synovitis for months or even several years after antibiotic treatment and apparent spirochetal killing. This outcome is associated with similar HLA-DR alleles as rheumatoid arthritis, particularly the HLA-DRB1*0401 and 0101 alleles. T cell epitopes of putative autoantigens are being sought using patient synovial tissue as a source of naturally expressed MHC complexes from which peptides are being eluted and identified using tandem mass spectrometry and proteomic database comparisons. B cell epitopes of putative autoantigens are being sought using patient sera to screen large arrays of expressed human proteins. Patients' T cells are tested for reactivity with candidate autoantigenic T cell epitopes, and patients' serum samples are tested for autoantibodies. The goal is to identify autoantigens that play a pathogenetic role in these chronic inflammatory forms of arthritis. In addition, the Steere laboratory is studying immune reactants in the joint fluid and synovial tissue of these patients. These inflammatory mediators, including chemokines and cytokines, are being characterized and correlated with clinical findings in patients. The goal is to understand better the pathogenesis of these diseases and to identify responses that may be used as biomarkers of disease activity.
In Lyme arthritis, the Steere laboratory is exploring spirochetal and host factors that lead to apparent tissue-specific, autoimmunty in the synovial tissue of patients with antibiotic-refractory arthritis. They are identifying subtypes of Borrelia burgdorferi in patients with Lyme arthritis and the characteristics of the immune response elicited by each type. In addition, they are determining HLA-DR alleles and single nucleotide polymorphisms in host immune response genes that are associated with antibiotic-refractory Lyme arthritis, as well as the functional characteristics of the immune response associated with each of these polymorphisms. In addition, the frequencies of T cells directed against particular proteins or glycolipids of Borrelia burgdorferi are being determined using tetramer reagents, and in both diseases, the numbers and function of T effector and T regulatory cells are being determined during active arthritis and as the arthritis resolves.
In rheumatoid arthritis, Dr. Steere and his colleagues are studying biomarkers of disease activity in patients with early rheumatoid arthritis, prior to DMARD therapy and after treatment with these drugs. The goal is to identify immune markers at disease onset that predict for incomplete response to therapy.
Finally, the Steere laboratory continues to work on the development of diagnostic tests for Lyme disease. This includes the use of arrays of B. burgdorferi proteins to identify candidate antigens for use in serologic tests for the infection. In addition, they are attempting to identify common responses that might decline rapidly after antibiotic treatment, which could be used for as a surrogate marker for spirochetal eradication.
Dr. Cadavid, a neurologist, and Dr. Londono, a postdoctoral fellow, are using a mouse model of Borrelia turicatae infection to determine mechanisms by which IL-10 protects the brain from internal bleeding caused by this infection.
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Connect cameras Hikvision to a cloud system by P2P (cutting off any need for port forwarding on camera's network).
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...product will be sold in USA. 3. The design should be as high level as other famous brands in USA. 5. The design should be simple, high-end, attractive. 4. Logo and die cut, camera photo are provided. 5. Front, Reverse and UP with big photo and icon of selling point, one side for features and support, the other side for specifications. 6. Some examples
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1) On over speed vehicles passing by we would initiate a capture image event for IP Camera. This photograph would be saved in RPI USB Memory card. (Budget $1500AUD). 2) Editing photo (attaching Speed/Speed-Unit information) and saving to RPI. (Budget $700AUD). 3) Pushing captured photos to WebApp and associate every photograph to a Traffic Log Involves
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SHANGHAI and PALO ALTO, Calif., March 5, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- WuXi PharmaTech (Cayman) Inc. (NYSE: WX), a leading pharmaceutical, biotechnology and medical device R&D outsourcing company with operations in China and the United States, and Open Monoclonal Technology, Inc. (OMT), an innovator in novel transgenic animals for development of human therapeutic antibodies, today announced a second agreement to expand WuXi's use of OMT's OmniRatTM and OmniMouseTM technologies to strengthen the development and commercial opportunities for WuXi's Asian regional and global clients.
The OmniRat platform has now been duplicated at WuXi's Shanghai facility, enabling WuXi to generate antibodies for customers from its own laboratories. WuXi is the first and currently the only company authorized by OMT to host OmniRat in China. This transaction advances WuXi's goal of working with skilled partners to enhance the company's technologies and capabilities to better serve its customers.
Under the new agreement, WuXi's clients can choose to develop and commercialize products globally or regionally in China, Korea, Japan or other Asian territories. Clients that opt for regional rights first can assume global rights prior to the first human dose. This is particularly attractive for companies that have already established regional Asian operations and have aspirations to become global later. OMT retains the global product rights until and unless each option is exercised.
"This new agreement allows WuXi to further expand its service offerings with the OmniRat and OmniMouse platforms," said Edward Hu, Chief Operating Officer and Chief Financial Officer of WuXi PharmaTech. "WuXi is proud of the confidence OMT has shown in the quality of WuXi's antibody research capabilities and intellectual property protection practices in authorizing WuXi to host the OmniRat and OmniMouse platforms in our laboratories."
Dr. Roland Buelow, founder and CEO of OMT, continued, "This second agreement with WuXi continues the global deployment of OMT's human antibody technologies. The deal structure enables OMT to tap into the economics of rapidly growing Asian companies and, when global rights are not exercised by WuXi's clients, to leverage their data for OMT product development and/or partnering outside Asia."
About WuXi PharmaTech
WuXi PharmaTech is a leading pharmaceutical, biotechnology and medical device R&D outsourcing company, with operations in China and the United States. As a research-driven and customer-focused company, WuXi PharmaTech provides pharmaceutical, biotechnology and medical device companies with a broad and integrated portfolio of laboratory and manufacturing services throughout the drug and medical device R&D process. WuXi PharmaTech's services are designed to help its global partners shorten the cycle and lower the cost of drug and medical device R&D. The operating subsidiaries of WuXi PharmaTech are known as WuXi AppTec.
About Open Monoclonal Technology, Inc.
Open Monoclonal Technology, Inc. (OMT) is a leader in genetic engineering of animals for the development of human therapeutic antibodies – "naturally optimized human antibodiesTM".
OMT has created OmniRatTM, the first fully human monoclonal antibody platform based on transgenic rats. OMT's genetic engineering is based on an improved understanding of B cell development and a new approach to inactivation of endogenous antibody expression, which enables OmniRat to make antibodies with human idiotypes as efficiently as wild type rats make normal antibodies. OmniRat represents a novel and proprietary technology with unrestricted development options for fully human monoclonal antibodies, available worldwide for all targets and indications.
OMT also develops a transgenic mouse, OmniMouseTM, to complement OmniRat and further increase epitope coverage in human antibody development.
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The Dirt Drifters Pull the Plug on Current Tour and Future Shows
Looks like the end is near for the Dirt Drifters, who gave their fans of some disappointing news this week. Thursday (May 3) afternoon, the band posted a short note on their websites explaining that they are bowing down from all future musical commitments at this time.
"Hi all … we hate to disappoint you guys, especially after all the support you have given us over the past few years, but due to some private, personal issues we will not be going out on the road and will be canceling all upcoming shows and appearances," the band wrote in a statement. "We apologize for any inconvenience to anyone who had plans to come see us this summer, you know there is nothing we love more than playing music and we will miss you. We cannot thank you enough for your support and for standing by us."
The news comes just a couple of months after the release of the band's latest single 'There She Goes,' from their debut album, 'This Is My Blood,' on Warner Bros. Nashville. Comprised of brothers Matt and Ryan Fleener, Jeff Middleton, Nick Diamond and Jeremy Little, the Dirt Drifters first became a fan favorite with their hit singles 'Always a Reason' and 'Something Better.'
Here's hoping this break away from touring is a temporary situation, because their absence will leave a big hole in the hearts of many country music fans.


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G-Dragon (G-드래곤)
Postion: Leader / Main RapperReal
Name: Kwon Ji Yong (권지용)
Date of Birth: August,18,1988
Height: 177 cm
Weight: 58 kg
Blood Type: A
Education: Seoul Korean Traditional Arts Middle & High School
Skills: Rapping, Dancing, Beat Boxing, Composing, Singing, and Languages (Chinese, English)Debut: DaeHanMinGook Hip Hop Flex (2001)
Hobbies: Drawing pictures and listening to music
Likes: Fashion, Acting, Cooking, Crispy Donuts, Dogs, Cars, The Drawing 'Is it like stars or skeleton', books (poems, mangas, and magazines), watching cartoons, and himself
Religion: Christian
Family Members: Parents and Older Sis [Dami]
Personality: He is pretty bright…When he is quiet, he is extremely quiet. He lightens the mood a lot. He leads the group. His senses are fast, has high self-esteem and likes to be outstanding.
Pendent: A bball cap (GD's favorite style of cap) on top of a star meaning "to become a big star in the music industry."
G-Dragon initially started out as a child hip hop artist likely in hopes of emulation the popularity and success of Lil Romeo and Lil Bow Wow in the states. He was also a model. However, he could not release an album and was limited to featuring on other YG artists' albums.
On January 2001, GD debuted on the compilation album Daehanmingook Hip-Hop Flex as a rapper. After his debut, he was recruited along with Tae Yang to act in JinuSean's mv as mini JinuSean, which was released in February of the same year. Then GD started training out his planned debut as one half of hip hop duo GDYB.
During that time, he was featured on songs by Perry, Se7en, Wheesung, YG Family and Masta Wu. He also had cameos in many YG artists's music videos and performed live with Swi.T, Lexy, JinuSean and YG Family. He also performed in concert with Wheesung, Gummy and Se7en and in YG Family's annual One concerts.
Out of everyone, GD was closest to YG and Perry, who thought him a lot, and his relationship with Hyun Suk was even described as "father and son". GDYB released 2 songs on YG Family's second album, but never debut or released an album. In 2004, GD and Tae Yang were both listed as YG new faces and scheduled to debut that year.
However, Hyun Suk announced that their debut was canceled in favor of forming a four-to-six member group. It took until 2006 for BIG BANG to be officially announced via The BIG BANG Documentary Reality Show. Meanwhile, GDYB were featured in Se7en's album and performed with him at the World Cup.
After graduating from high school, he decided to wait a year before applying to college, and took his college entrance exams in Fall 2007. G-Dragon is BIG BANG's leader. He is also a rapper and vocalist and has been producing with BIG BANG's releases with the help of Hyun Suk since the beginning. He also wrote many of the lyrics and recently started songwriting and arranging.
• has tattoos on his inner arms: right is "vita dolce" meaning sweet life in Italian and "moderato" on his left meaning moderate (a musical term) done on May 2007 by Carey Heart (husband of U.S. artist Pink) at famous tattoo parlor "Hart & Hurtington Tattoo Parlor" at Palms Casino in Las Vegas
• "G-Dragon" comes from his original name "Ji Yong"because Yong means "dragon" and Ji sounds just like a "G"
• Love it when people call him "Kwon Leader"
• Older Sis, Dami owns online clothing store called "Style Love" or "Style Luv"
• "Lie" was suppose to be GD's solo because he wrote it, but in the end they decided to sing as a group
• GD's childhood friend is KangIn from Super Junior
• GD's most prized possesion and he grew a habit of orgnizing it all the time is his shoes hats clothes. The reason "Even though it's only clothes, once you loose it, you can't just buy it back."
• [2001.09.04] Perry - Perry By Storm (Track 01. Storm (with Jinusean, Masta Wu) ; Track 08. G-Dragon)
• [2002.04.03] Wheesung - Like A Movie (Track 7. Magic Eye)
• [2002.10.xx] YG Family - Why Be Normal?
• [2003.03.07] Se7en - Just Listen (Track 1. Intro (with Perry)
• [2006.03.08] Se7en - 24/7 (Track 14. Run (with YBTK)
• [2006.11.02] Se7en - Vol.4 - SE7OLUTION (Track 7. Can You Feel Me)
• [2007.04.19] Lexy - Rush (Track 7. Super Fly (with 태양 and T.O.P)
• Perry MVs - Get ready & Storm
• 1TYM MV - Hot 뜨거
• Jinusean MV - 전화번호
• Masta Wu's 1st album • Was in YG family's ONE concert
• Swi.T's first album
• GD once said that he wanted to be like Teddy when he was older
Position: Rapper / Beat BoxerReal
Name: Choi Seung Hyun (최승현)
Stage Names: Tempo, T.O.P
Date of Birth: November 4,1987
Height: 181 cm
Weight: 65 kg
Blood Type: B
Education: Seoul Art College (Majoring in Musical), Dangook University in Theater & Film ( starting 2008 )
Skills: Rapping, Beat Boxing, Lyrics Making
Hobbies: Reading and Swimming
Likes: Theatrical Performances, Musicals, and Fashion Designing
Family Members: Parents & Older Sis
Personality: He speaks well and is extremely stubborn. He likes to be the leader of things and speaks his mind. Shy and he thinks he's cute.
Musician He Admires: Usher, Omarion, Jay-Z, B2K
Pendent: A hand holding a megaphone with a Superman style diamond behind it meaning "to inspire people with his voice and become big"
Even though BIG BANG is listed as his debut, TOP has been rapping since middle school under the name Tempo. He started doing gigs in underground clubs, sometimes with an older friend of his, NBK Gray. They never sign a label or released an album.
"Buckwild", one of their songs was storming the internet in mp3 format. Unlike the rest of Big Bang, TOP hasn't trained to be a singer. His only singing part so far is at the beginning of "She Can't Get Enough".
He often gets sent on TV shows alone, either as a guest or MC. In August 2007, he started acting in the drama "I Am Sam". In summer 2007, he was also featured as an actor in Red Roc's "Hello" MV.
• voted #41 on MNET's 2007's 100 Must Haves
• oldest member of BIG BANG
• sleeps wearing a lot of clothing
• first to appear on TV show on his own (Happy Share Company)
• played a major role in Korean Drama "I Am Sam"
• has a very pink bedroom
• performed at club in Gangnam 2002~2005
• KBS we like radio. Won rap battle 2003.
• performed with STARZ 2004
• famous korean singer "SE7EN" chose the name T.O.P
• In Love Letter with Gummy, both Gummy and TOP have the same nickname: Siberian Husky.
• both Gummy and TOP were noted as "Exercising Owls" in an article for exercising very late at night
• [2007.04.19] Lexy - Rush (Track 7. Super Fly (with 태양 and G.Dragon)
• [2007.07.12] Red Roc music video "Hello"
• [2007.08.06] "I'm Sam" drama as Chae Moo Shin
Seung Ri (승리)
Position: Vocalist
Real Name: Lee Seung Hyun (이승현)
Stage Name : Seung Ri (승리); V.I
Date of Birth: December 12, 1990
Height: 176 cm
Weight: 60 kg
Bloodtype: A
Skills: Singing, Dancing
Debut: BIG BANG
Likes: Foreign Languages
Family: Parents and younger sibling
Personality: very strong for the youngest member in the group. He is pretty mature because blood type is A. He is shy and keeps lots of things to himself.
Musician He Admires: Justin Timberlake, Omarion
Determination: fighting!I cannot return home
Pendent: A planet surrounded by rings. Looks kind of like Saturn. "A new style of music set on the music industry"
Seung Ri is from Kwangjoo, the sixth major city in Korea. As we can see in the Big BangDocumentary, it's quite a long commute between the two.
Before Big Bang, he was a member of Ilhwan, a Kwangjoo dance team. In summer 2005, Seung Ri appeared on an episode of Battle Shinhwa, a TV show to find the second Shinhwa (a famous boyband) through auditions.
The band Battle is the result of that TV show. In the thirteenth episode, he was cut because his singing wasn't impressive enough, even though his dancing was.
• youngest of the group
• fought against So-1 (former member) to stay in group
• shares a bedroom with DS in new apartment
• Had to put up with GD hugging him at night in old apartment
• sometimes called Panda or Baby Panda due to the dark circles under his eyes
• apart of M. Net Battle of Shinwa June~August 2005
• was in Kwandju dance team "II Hwa"
• had photos of himself and his ex-gf shown during a skit on the REAL concert DVD
• Favorite song to karaoke to is "Look at the Photo [Vibe]"
• SR's highest score in high school was 85%
• SR's highest in middle school was 81%
• the nickname that the members gave SR because he would always killed the mood was "Mek Ggeun (Mood Killer)"
• None so far
Tae Yang (태양)
Position: Vocalist
Real Name: Dong Yong Bae (동영배)
Stage Names: Tae Yang, YB Tae Kwon, YBTK
Date of Birth: May 18, 1988
Height: 174 cm
Weight: 56 kg(? I think something goes wrong =='')
Blood Type: AB
Education: Daejin University in Theater & Film ( starting in 2008 )
Skills: Rapping, Dancing,Beatboxing, Singing, Languages (English, Japanese)
Debut: YG Family's Second Album in 2002
Hobbies: Basketball, Music, Watching TV
Likes: Church, Summer, Clothers, Game, Manhwa
Religion: Christian
Family Members: Parents and Older brother (Dong Hyeon-Bae 동현배)
Personality: Does his best in everything. Over achiever. Doesn't like to fight. He talks about his problem with his opponent. He listens to you well and thinks about what he is going to say before
he says anything.
Musicians he admires: Usher, Omarion, Justin Timberlake
Pendant: A sun (taeyang is korean for 'sun') which has a crown on top and "YB" in the middle meaning "to become the best in music industry
Taeyang was a child actor starting in 5th grade. He was recruited to play the part of mini Sean in JinuSean's "A-Yo" MV. After that, he auditioned to join YG Family, having been impressed by JinuSean. His chosen stage name was YB Taekwon, which is either a reference to JinuSean's Taekwon V album or to the giant robot Taekwon V.
His rapping debut was in YG Family's second album in 2002. In 2003, he participated in Wheesung's second album, rapping on the track Player. He performed with JinuSean, Swi.T, Lexy, Masta Wu, Se7en and YG Family, and took part in Wheesung, Gummy, Se7en and YG Family's One concerts.He was scheduled to debut with G-Dragon as GDYB (for G-Dragon & YB Taekwon) in 2004, but never debuted or released an album.
Hyun Suk announced that their debut was canceled in favor of forming a four-to-six-member group. Even though he'd previously trained to be a rapper and wanted to become one, he debuted in Big Bang as a singer. He's been studying Japanese for three years, since 2004, in preparation for Big Bang's Japanese debut.
After graduating high school, he and G-Dragon decided to take a year off before applying for college. He has been accepted at Daejin University in theater and film for 2008, and has mentioned wanting to become an actor.
His first kiss was during the filming of the Ma Girl music video, when the actress got carried away and kissed him for real. Hyun Suk mentioned in his messages that Taeyang was going to have a solo single, as a reward for hard work and to make up for being too harsh with Taeyang. It was tentatively scheduled for September 2007, but it hasn't been released yet.
• Before BIG BANG was formed, Tae Yand and fellow bandmate G-Dragon were known as "G-Dragon & YB Tae Kwon." They have performed as a duo at concerts such as 'Se7en's'. First SE7EN as rappers and backup dancers.
• been with YG for many years
• received first kiss while filming "Ma Girl" MV
• first appeared in A-Yo MV as younger version of JinuSean
• "papa" of the group (gets them to talk about their problems)
• in 5th grade took acting class
• audition for JinuSean's MV
• audition for YG after meeting JinuSean
• YB carries a bible that reflects his religious beliefs
• Favorite song to karaoke to is "Incomplete"
• When TY called the members during his "Ma Girl" MV shooting, he said "HYUNGS! I'm dead! I kissed a girl!"
• TY's most prized possesion is his piano because his mom bought it for him which inspired him to played the piano and love music
• YB once sported an eye brow ring. Eye Brow Ring can be seen during the documentary & first single era
• [2002.08.20] Wheesung - It's Real (Track 7. Player)
• [2006.03.08] Se7en - 24/7 (Track 14. Run w/ GD)
• [2006.11.07] Se7en - Vol 4 Se7olution (Track 12. Please Give Me Permission)
• [2007.04.19] Lexy - Rush (Track 1. Get Up Intro) (Track 2. Rush) (Track 7. Super Fly w/ GD and TOP)
• 1TYM MV - Hot 뜨거
• Swit's 1st album
• Masta Wu's 1st Album
• YG Family ONE concert
Dae Sung (대성)
Position: Vocalist
Real Name: Kang Dae Sung (강대성)
Stage Names: D-Lite, Delight
Date of Birth: April 26,1989
Height: 178 cm
Weight: 63 kg
Blood Type: O
Education: KyeongIn High School
Skills: Singing
Likes: Rap, Beat Boxing,Cooling
Family: Parents and Older Sis [Bora]
Personality: Always bright. Does his best in everything. When he is around people, he lightens the mood. Loves goofing off and eating. Doesn't like showing his sadness, known to be the "happy" one in the group.
Musician He Admires: Usher, Omarion, Ne-Yo, Wheesung
Determination: "I'll work my hardest and become the best."
Pendent: A pair of headphones surrounding the globe of the world meaning "to let the world listen to your music."
Dae Sung was recruited in an audition, and even though he was jokingly known as "unpretty boy" among the staff, he turned out to be the most popular members.
During training, he got to do vocal training with Wheesung, who's one of his favorite artists. Wheesung had also help other members from BIG BANG. While training, he was diagnosed with vocal cord nodules (a mass of tissue that grows on the vocal cords causing human speech to be difficult), which are common among singers and caused by strains on the vocal cords.
They got worse in fall of 2006 and DS had to undergo treatment soon before the release of BIG BANG's second single. Thankfully, Gummy, who had experienced the same problem, helped Dae Sung recover and manage his condition. They've been friends ever since. Gummy was the one who said "hello" in Korean in the "Lie" MV.
In April 2007, Dae Sung decided to quit high school to be able to focus full-time on Big Bang, but expressed a desire to pass his college entrance exams sometime in the future. In October 2007, Dae Sung was featured in singer Nemo's "Ije, Oori…" (이제,우리..) [Now We] digital single. This was the first M-Boat/YG collaboration since the split of their partnership some months earlier.
• huge obsession with Japanese cartoon character, Doraemon and has many Doraemon items from charms to boxers to chopsticks
• before was called ugly but now has become one of the popular members of the group
• known as a comedy genius for his imitations, sense of humor and puns.
• If DS wasn't a singer or performer, he would be studying for college entrance exams/a student, a baseball player or a pastor.
• featured in singer Nemo's "Ije, Oori…" (이제,우리..) [Now We] digital single
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MACON, Ga. (Aug. 8, 2012) – The Atlantic Sun Conference released its 2012 women's soccer Preseason All-Conference awards on Wednesday afternoon, with sophomore defender Ellis Parsons (Cardiff, Wales) selected as one of eleven members of the All-Atlantic Sun Team.
Thanks to the support from ETSU fans, the Welsh defender was also named as the conference's fan voted Preseason Player of the Year. Parsons finished first among six candidates with 191 votes through two days of online voting.
In the preseason coaches poll, ETSU was picked to finish third by totaling 80 points and two first place votes. Jacksonville was picked to finish second with 85 points, while defending A-Sun Tournament champion Florida Gulf Coast was slotted to win the regular season title and 2012 tournament with five first place votes.
Along with coaches poll, fans were asked to vote on who they thought would be the 2012 regular season champions, with ETSU the favorite by four votes over FGCU.
ETSU hosts an exhibition game on Sunday at 7 p.m. against Appalachian State before beginning the regular season at Tennessee Tech on Friday, August 17, at 4 p.m.
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I just wanted to say how horrible one of your nurses was to me. I think her name was Myra or Moira or some ethnic sounding name that didn't make sense to me. First she told me that she didn't believe I was having 10/10 pain. I was obviously in pain and then she made me wait so long before I could see the doctor who ORDERED that awful nurse to give me dilaudid. She only gave me 2 stinking advil. Then she totally told me that I couldn't have another sandwich because I already had one. But I waited in that stupid hallway hungry and she didn't care. Finally she told me to leave when the doctor cleared me – she wouldn't let me talk to the doctor. Ms. Administrator, you've made a horrible mistake by hiring that bitchy and stupid nurse. I'll never come to your ER again until I'm ready to sue you all!
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Dear Bitchy Drug Seeker,
We take all patient complaints very seriously and as a result, myself and several other nurses on the chart auditing committee reviewed your records. Upon review, we have found several discrepancies between the events that you have claimed in your letter and our documents. First of all, the physician who saw you ordered 800mg Ibuprofen which were given to you by the nurse in question. Secondly, unless a patient is staying with us for an extended amount of time, we usually do not provide meals. You were in the ER for 4 hours and 27 minutes according to your records and as a result, you were not entitled to a meal. Lastly, the physician has documented that she saw you before you were discharged and extensively discussed detox options with you. You explicitly stated to the physician that you were not interested in pursuing the matter any further. The nurse in question then gave you a copy of your blood work and chart to take to your family physician. I regret any misunderstandings that might have occurred regarding your visit and if you have any further questions, please contact our patient relations department.
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As part of their community involvement, the Sioux Falls restaurant donated $17,200 in equipment to the Hurley Fire Department. The self-contained breathing apparatus units will provide firefighters with breathable air during life-threatening situations.
Firehouse Subs made the announcement during a presentation on Wednesday.
Eric Engelstad, franchisee of the Sioux Falls restaurant, told us: "We're honored to provide this equipment in order to protect our local heroes. Firehouse Subs Public Safety Foundation gives us the opportunity to show our appreciation in the best way possible, by giving back."
Brad Georgeson is the Hurley Fire Chief. "With out budget the way it's set, I'm going to guess it would be two to four years to acquire four of the units. We have received the units in grant thanks to Firehouse Subs."
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New nano-SIM design chosen by ETSI
31 Comments
1. Credo (Posts: 749; Member since: 19 Apr 2012)
Why not the one designed by Nokia? It was the best and the smallest ...
24. stealthd (unregistered)
Because it wasn't the best, obviously.
2. Sniggly (Posts: 7305; Member since: 05 Dec 2009)
Even if it was the Apple design that was chosen, Apple did promise to give up its right to sue anyone else for using it. Therefore, if the nano SIM presents a net gain for companies and customers, I'm for it, no matter who designed it.
8. Non_Sequitur (Posts: 1111; Member since: 16 Mar 2012)
Let's see if they live up to their promise.
3. the_qqaazz (Posts: 6; Member since: 13 May 2012)
if it's apple design then f**k them and their patent :D
4. Sniggly (Posts: 7305; Member since: 05 Dec 2009)
Okay, you can calm down now, Sparky. Apple believed in the design so much they gave up their right to try to get money or sue anyone else for using it. That's big. This is an example of Apple doing something NON evil.
For once. :P
7. hepresearch (unregistered)
I agree with Sniggly. It is one thing to dislike a company because they do a lot of evil things, but it makes no sense to rant against them when they actually find a place within their corporate heart to do something nice. So, kudos to Apple for introducing a decent new standard and making it free to all to use without the threat of litigation. Companies can be like people, and people can change themselves for the better when they want to, so why can't a company eventually change itself for the better if it wants to? It is nice to see NON-evil coming from Apple... it is actually quite refreshing, and... may I please have some more?
And for all those who accuse Sniggs of "trolling", is this not evidence that he is, in fact, NOT a one-sided full-time Apple-bashing goofball? Legitimate critics can, and have been known to, applaud the very objects of their usual dislike when credit is due for something good or different from them, whereas true fanboys and trolls are rarely ever capable of complimenting their "enemies" if they do something good for a change.
So, like young Oliver, I find myself kindly asking Apple for more of this kind of thing. I figure it is always okay to hope for more signs of better days arriving at Apple.
13. taco50 (banned) (Posts: 5506; Member since: 08 Oct 2009)
Actually Sniggly still found a way to sneak in an Apple bashing comment.
Apple doesn't do anything "evil" to claim that either shows a simplistic mindset to where he doesn't understand the intricacies of business OR he's trolling as usual.
Apple does a lot of this. We kit browser and the. 264 video codec being a couple of other examples. Sniggly just chooses to ignore that and focus on only the negative.
16. Sniggly (Posts: 7305; Member since: 05 Dec 2009)
Oh dear god, Nancy, can't you take a minute to not be angry for once? I'm sorry that your daddy didn't buy you a Jag for your sweet sixteen, but that doesn't give you the right to go and throw a temper tantrum in here. We don't have the money to buy you a Jag anyway. There is nothing we can do about that.
As for this concept that Apple does nothing evil, may I remind you about the DMCA jailbreaking incident, wherein Apple lobbied for the US government to declare jailbreaking a felony offense under the Digital Millenium Copyright Act?
I mean, trying to actively have people THROWN IN PRISON for messing with your devices that THEY HAVE ALREADY BOUGHT is pretty damn evil.
So please, don't take my words as deliberately trying to rabble rouse. I'm being as charitable as I can muster here for a company which has routinely pissed me off for years now.
19. taco50 (banned) (Posts: 5506; Member since: 08 Oct 2009)
So you think Apple execs sit around try to figure out how to do evil things to people?
You may disagree with how they go about making money, but they're not "evil".
Also if you hate Apple so much you sure do keep up on everything they do. If I dont like a company I'm really not too interested in them and don't buy their products.
23. Sniggly (Posts: 7305; Member since: 05 Dec 2009)
You're missing the point. I'm not saying that Apple is run by Skeletor (though Jobs looked a little like him near the end). I'm saying that Apple has done s**t that routinely grates on the nerves of people who have a sense of Justice. I get it, Jobs just wanted his baby to be successful again, but his policies went too far, and his company ended up alienating people like me because of it.
25. hepresearch (unregistered)
Sheesh... Taco, who cares? He actually complemented Apple on something that really matters to a lot of us, which Apple deserves credit for doing if they indeed do as they have said they would, and here you are whining that somebody snuck in something bad (witty and cute, actually) about your poor poor Apple...
Are you really going to complain about progress here? Are you really going to act so insecure and defensive about people not being instantly as absolutely enamoured with Apple as you are? Pleeeeease...
31. InspectorGadget80 (unregistered)
and you alwasy bash MOTOROLA/HTC/SAMSUNG so you're the one to talk
28. smartphone (Posts: 160; Member since: 21 Oct 2011)
Actually its a standard you can't charge anyone for following a standard. Its always free from patents.
5. roscuthiii (Posts: 2382; Member since: 18 Jul 2010)
I'm not sure if it was just some linguistic liberty I saw taken by the author in another article on a different site I read on this, but the way that author phrased it in order for the design to be used freely the companies would have been required to offer the "same terms in accordance with the principle of reciprocity" (which I guess was a direct quote from Apple) on all industry standards they might own (this part may have been the linguistic liberty).
There are two blaring legalese red alarms at the end of that statement: all & might.
That made it sound like everyone else would get to use just this one Apple design for free whereas Apple would get to use everything everybody else designs or even might design freely.
11. mrochester (unregistered)
No it means that all of Apple's patents in this design are free to use ONLY if the patents belonging to other companies in this design are also made free to use.
15. roscuthiii (Posts: 2382; Member since: 18 Jul 2010)
They're the ones pushing for their nano-SIM design to be an industry standard so I'd think FRAND would cover their reciprocity concerns from the other ETSI members.
As assertive as Apple is of protecting their IP, I just can't see them wanting to give use of one of their designs away for free, even in a tit-for-tat deal when it could be monetized or maintained with exclusive control in the (in)famous walled garden.
20. taco50 (banned) (Posts: 5506; Member since: 08 Oct 2009)
Well you're wrong :)
22. roscuthiii (Posts: 2382; Member since: 18 Jul 2010)
Entirely possible. It does happen from time to time. ;-P
29. mrochester (unregistered)
Apple already gives loads of their technology away for free. Why would this be any different?
6. WinC76 (unregistered)
Tbh, I don't know how this will make phones smaller at all considering how many phones are getting bigger and there are already super slim phones on the market (and not everyone is aiming to get the slimmest phone out there). Plus, some companies have already placed huge batteries into their phones already, so I just don't get this whole nano SIM thing.
12. mrochester (unregistered)
The modern day sim card takes up a HUGE amount of space inside a device for the sort of functionality it provides.
Just look at the sheer amount of space taken up by the micro sim card on the iPhone 4/4S mainboard.
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9. torr310 (Posts: 1582; Member since: 27 Oct 2011)
The tiny form factor would be too difficult for elders to do it by themselves.
10. InspectorGadget80 (unregistered)
And THIS WAS NOT INVENTED BY APPLE
14. taco50 (banned) (Posts: 5506; Member since: 08 Oct 2009)
actually it was and Apple won :-)
17. Sniggly (Posts: 7305; Member since: 05 Dec 2009)
Possibly. :P
18. iSometimes (Posts: 57; Member since: 16 Feb 2011)
I do understand that making the SIM smaller may help free up space, but I feel that Apple is limited to space due to its small phones. 3.5" screen big at all compared to several other phones. By simply increasing the screen to 4" and increasing the size of the phone just a bit, a drastic amount of space can become available. Reducing the SIM card makes it a hassle for people to buy a new iPhone unless they go purchase a new SIM card or cut the pre-existing one. Blackberry also makes small phones compared to Samsung and HTC. Nokia...meh.
21. taco50 (banned) (Posts: 5506; Member since: 08 Oct 2009)
Extra space is good anyway you slice it
26. hepresearch (unregistered)
True. How odd that I find myself agreeing with Taco, but he's absolutely right about extra space. Even if the space savings is small at first, in the end it usually is just the first step into another device component going truly nano-scale. +1... for once.
27. hepresearch (unregistered)
Even though I am no Apple fan, I find the iPhone to be more attractive to me for being smaller than the 4"+ superphones from other manufacturers... it was the same for me with the HP Veer 4G. Compact devices are better for me overall, and I prefer being able to harness the added portability that a smaller device affords, as well as the pocket-ability. I like... small... phones... and I cannot lie!


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Pass the turkey and gravy. And while you're at it, how about that Black Friday advertisement?
This year, Black Friday deals have crept not only into our Thanksgiving football, but also our breakfast and dinners. That's right ... what was once considered sacred family time has given way to commercialism.
Kmart was the first to announce large merchandise sales beginning Thanksgiving morning.
Locally, some retailers have added sales starting just after we begin digesting our turkey. While walking up and down the aisles may help shave off the added calories of your Thanksgiving feast, it comes at the expense of your family.
We're not going to suggest that you stay home while your family, friends and neighbors are scavenging the electronics aisles. That's not realistic. But with the freedom to shop on the holiday comes with the responsibility of knowing why you have that ability.
In many places around the world, the way you're allowed to celebrate a holiday is dictated by religion or government, or both. Here in the U.S., our Thanksgiving has its roots in freedom, and being able to choose.
Freedom from tyranny. Freedom of religion. Freedom of living the lives we choose.
Those are some of the basic tenets of Thanksgiving.
We hope you'll remember that as you dash down the aisle with a shopping cart looking for a special gift for a loved one. We also hope you'll remember that not everyone can afford to be shoulder-to-shoulder with you in the store.
Many here in North-Central Washington are struggling financially, emotionally and physically. Keep them in your thoughts as you give thanks this holiday.
We hope that if you're affluent enough to buy big-ticket items this coming weekend that you are also generous enough to help your struggling friends, family members and neighbors get through what can be a difficult time of year. Share your time, your companionship or maybe a meal with them.
And this holiday, don't forget to take time to remember to be thankful for your health, family, freedom and friendships long before you race for a shopping cart.
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In this blog I have commented mainly on my fellow builders. Some I greatly admire, some I think are maybe not quite so admirable.....and some are just total posers. Maybe it is time to pay some attention to the folks that order the frame, our customers. I am quite lucky in that I seem to have what I think are the best damn customers on the face of the earth. They are fully aware of what I do and don't ask me to go way outside my comfort zone in terms of the build. Of course, 'comfort zone ' is not the best way to describe what is the way I choose to build but it is the best term I can come up with after a 10 hour day in the shop.
What I want to present here is a kind of guide-a bit of a sarcastic one and not aimed at my customers at all, unless of course they are looking for a cheap laugh. In my may years of torching I have been asked to do all sorts of things to construct a bicycle frame. Most of these things worked out......a few did not. I learned a thing or two from these unsuccessful builds and will present these 'rules for engagement' when ordering a custom frame.
1. Do not ask a builder who specializes in racing bikes to build you a fancy 'heirloom' art frame. There is no doubt that the builder will hate the experience of the lengthy filing and polishing and the customer will not wind up with the builder's best effort. Result ? Everybody hates everybody.
2. Don't try to order three bikes in one. a bike that weighs under 16 lbs. but can fit full racks and panniers , has ability to run two brake systems, has sliding dropouts, an eccentric bottom bracket and two sets of brake bosses so that two different wheel sizes can be used will no doubt be a big rolling piece of shit. Please narrow it down or figure on having more than one bike.
3. Never ask a builder to use some hardware and/or tubing he/she has no experience with. The phone call starts :" I really like what I see on your website but can you do something entirely different for me ? How about some stainless dropouts from Swaziland ? I hear on the web that they are really nice." I have personal experience with this situation and I can tell you that the result was pretty awful for myself and the customer.
4. Do not order a frame until you pretty much know what you want. This happens when a customer has a few friends who all ride the same builder's bike. Not to be left out, the person lacking the said custom bike sends a deposit in prematurely . In some cases the decision on the bike never gets made and the bike never happens......I have a few folks on the list that gave me money and kind of just disappeared.......weird.
5. Don't get your sizing done by anyone unless you are 100% sure in their accuracy. If I, the builder does the sizing and I mess it up , I build you another frame and take the mistake frame back. If some shop employee screws up your fitting and you get a frame that is wrong......you are going to have to deal with it yourself . Craigslist, anyone ?
6. Do not ask a builder to make a 'copy' of another builders work unless you want your builder to 'interpret' the design and have his own approach based on his/her strong suit . there is a reason each builder has his/her own style. Order from the person who's style is really what you want.
7. Please don't try to get a faster delivery time by bribing the builder with money , booze , flat screen t.v.s, free carpet cleaning , bootleg d.v.d's , etc. Plan ahead and wait like everyone else......it's the right thing to do.
8. Try not to visit or call constantly while your frame is being built-you will only delay the build and probably have a pissed off builder doing a hurried job to get you off of his/her back. I know it is hard to be patient and the whole process can be really exciting. Trust me, back off a little and you'll probably get a free pair of socks or a hat for it.
9. Don't ask for a free frame just because you have a blog. I have a blog....seven of them. Does that mean I am supposed to get seven free anything ? I think not..........and I wouldn't ask anyway.
10. If something isn't right with your frame , be sure and let the builder know. Don't take the frame to some other builder to have it fixed-this is not fair to the original builder who will need to know what he/she screwed up so that it won't happen again.
11. If you have a complaint about a builder, complain to the builder-don't crucify the builder on the web......you will only look like an asshole. If the builder takes your money and doesn't build you anything , that is a job for the courts or collection agencies...........not the internet chat forums.
12. When ordering a frame from a builder, do not hold back any information that might be really important. If you absolutely must have a level top tube, be sure and state this . There's nothing more humiliating than presenting someone with a frame and having them look at it as if it were a dead fish .
Tuesday, July 5, 2011
How not to order a custom frame
Posted by swiggco world at 9:33 PM
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- AnonymousJuly 7, 2011 at 8:52 AM
Great stuff Paul.ReplyDelete
#5 & #6 are words to live by.
Screwed out of a Rock Lobster by #9.
Hey, your race resumee would get you a discount. Not free but not retail. The blog is a plus, too.ReplyDelete
That sounds really reasonable. Well said. After Builders Cleaning.ReplyDelete
brilliant and hilarious. and i certainly resemble #5 a bit.ReplyDelete
uh-oh. Are any of those about me, Paul?ReplyDelete
Very clever post Paul. Those dropouts ARE sweet. Being plied with liquor is a tradition older than the bicycle!ReplyDelete
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An extremely well researched and detailed door knob set copied from an original. It is cast in brass of the correct warm colour, has been carefully aged and many people cannot tell that these are reproduced objects. The knob is 2in in diameter, the backplate is 2 ¼in in diameter and each knob stands 2 ½ in high. Suitable for rim locks.


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We begin the second week of May with 11 movie releases, and I have to say, most of them are interesting. Not much on the comercial side catches my eye, but the films in limited release do. "Chef" is Jon Favreau like you've never seen him before. It's an honest performance for an honest movie about family and food. The Double along with God's Pocket, which sees one of Philip Seymour Hoffman's last performances seems to deliver the goods. Peruse at your leisure and see if anything else catches your attention! Read More


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Although the carefree days of summer vacation are just around the corner for much of America's youth, and, at the same time, many health club's business' will take a breather during June, July and August; now is not the time for you to be taking a recess. If you haven't already realized it, youth programming can generate endless possibilities in terms of both revenue and retention. From day care and camps to martial arts classes to swim lessons and even birthday parties, youth programming is only as limited as your own creativity. With September a mere season away, clubs can't afford to waste their summer vacation when they could be planning for the fall.
Starting a youth program at your club takes an intense amount of effort, promotion and willpower — especially if your club was not previously known as a family facility. But why do all the legwork when you can get someone else to do it for you, and for free no less? And the willing partner? Schools.
Our nation's youth are facing an obesity epidemic, much like their adult counterparts. And with budget cuts eliminating many physical education programs, some schools are looking for alternative ways to keep their kids fit and active — like enrolling their student body at local health clubs. According to the Sporting Goods Manufacturers Association (SGMA), 42 percent of high school students participated in physical education classes in 1991, but by 1995, this number has dropped to 25 percent. One in four children, according to SGMA statistics, does not take gym classes at all, while those who did take classes, were decreasing their amount of time actually being active in the class. SGMA reports that in 1991, 81 percent of enrolled students were active for at least 20 minutes. Four years later, 70 percent were. Fewer than one in four children perform 20 minutes of vigorous physical activity a day. All in all, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), 13 to 14 percent of America's youth are overweight, outdoing past generations.
As bleak as this sounds, the future is looking a little brighter in terms of federal funding. The 2001 Elementary and Secondary Education Act signed by President Bush makes $50 million in grants available this year for school districts to improve P.E. classes. And while this act increased the amount of money available to the schools, it decreased the amount of guidelines on how the money was to be spent. Meaning, schools could be federally funded to bus children to exercise at clubs.
All this spells potential money in the pocket for health clubs, providing they can deliver the schools excellence in youth programming.
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In fact, many private schools lacking gym facilities or swimming pools, as well as looking for a competitive edge, are already turning to clubs to provide the practice space for many of their youth sports programs, or even hire personal trainers to for sports-specific training. Some schools may even be looking for clubs to help provide summer camps or after-school programs for their kids. All offer a potential member pool that could fill up downtime at your club, as well as possibly draw in more new members as interested parents or relatives join in the action at the club. A few niche-oriented clubs have taken advantage of the large youth populations available at nearby schools and have built up virtually through word-of-mouth alone, since the majority of marketing and membership drives for the program are conducted by the schools themselves.
One such niche club is Sports Therapy Services (STS), a private health and fitness facility located in McLean, VA. According to owner/president Gillian Rowan, "We go into the schools and do whatever the athletic director asks us to do." Specifically, STS sends personal trainers into private schools to either conduct fitness tests (body fat, strength assessments, etc.) amongst the different sports teams, manage the school's gym, work with the athletes on sports-specific training or even conduct rehabilitation classes for injured players (though the latter is usually an in-club service, held in private training studios within the facility).
"We have structured our whole facility… to fill in the holes that have been present in the health and fitness industry," explains Rowan. "We didn't feel that the high school and college athletes were being taken care of properly."
Currently STS works with about 10 private schools (and retention has been 100 percent), though not always concurrently. The club's fees vary on the amount of time and complexity involved, but, in general, the schools are charged on an hourly basis. Though STS is not contracted by any public schools ("You have to be hired by the county to work at public schools," she explains), parents whose children are in public school — and are familiar with STS' reputation — have contacted the club themselves and arranged for private training.
"With any type of personal training, it's making yourself very visible and not making mistakes. You have to be very cautious," Rowan says. "It's when trainers go out and they're not cautious that they damage reputations."
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Other clubs choose to have the schools come to them, rather than send trainers out to the club. Cascade Athletic Clubs (CAC), out of Oregon, has the schools bus their P.E. classes right to the gym for a nominal fee. Public schools pay just $1 a time period per child, and private schools pay $3 per time period. The kids take lessons in racquetball, basketball, swimming etc., utilizing the gym during its downtime. Besides filling up the empty pockets of the day, the club gains a large amount of community exposure, says CAC program director Connie Martin. In addition to hosting the P.E. classes, CAC also hosts school racquetball tournaments, offers its facilities to local daycares, and hosts summer camps. In the spring, the club has also been known to throw all-night parties for high-school graduates that are promoted by their respective schools. At $10 a head, students can go to the club from sundown to sunup and enjoy a safe graduation party with their peers. All this besides their regular roundup of children's group exercise programs like circuit training, Fit-for-Life, martial arts programs and even a homework club has built its reputation as a family friendly facility.
Philadelphia's Aquatic Fitness and Rehabilitation Center has also been finding success in youth and school programming. In addition to providing a practice pool for school swim teams (the Center rents out its pool to the coaches and their students, a practice that's so popular, according to Frank Tuohy the former aquatics director, that they have had athletic directors steal the flyers from competitors' schools to keep the pool for their own teams), the club also promotes a water safety program, summertime swim lessons and swim clinics, and even a learn-to-swim summer camp offered to the schools. In addition to interest from private schools, the Aquatic Fitness and Rehabilitation Center works with public charter schools on a variety of programs. According to Joe Kurtz, the current aquatics director for the Center, public schools (with the possible exception of charter schools) will generally have their own gym facilities, since they are funded by the state.
Kurtz' club charges either an hourly fee per child or else a per lesson fee, and limits class size to eight or nine children per instructor. "With eight kids per instructor I make a little money," says Kurtz. "We design the program to their needs." In addition, once the kids come to the center, more often than not, the parents will too, he says. "The parents come with the kids and they see the facility and they fall in love with it. Once we get 'em through the doors, it's easy [converting them to memberships]," he explains.
And it's easy to retain members, as long as you prove your club's expertise. Rowan notes that club and their trainers need to make sure they are properly trained and educated in terms of youth needs before offering programs for the schools. A 14-year-old soccer student has different needs and training requirements than a 45-year-old office worker or a 25-year-old bodybuilder. "Some trainers see everything in black and white and they train the teenager just like [he's] an adult. Teenagers have specific needs," she says.
She also warns that clubs need to be considerate of the coaches' wants and needs. "[Clubs] need to know how to work with the coaches and the athletic trainers. They need to understand and respect [them]," Rowan says. "[The coaches] don't like it when the trainers come in and try to take over and they shouldn't have to like it.
"The coaches again are the main component. Coaches have to develop some confidence in you and the parents will follow," Rowan continues. And, if you look unfavorable in the eyes of one coach, you may well ruin your chances with other schools in the area. "With private schools, it's mostly word-of-mouth. The coaches know you," she says.
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But even if you can't get directly involved with the schools, there are still ways to get yourself involved with school children. According to Kids Club Coordinator Tina Davis, Houston's Copperfield Athletic Club offers before- and after-school care for six area schools. The children's bus route drops off/picks up the children at the club per a request by their parents. While the school the children belong to is not officially involved, the kids can join the club with their peers and participate in a variety of fun activities at the club, from field trips to movies, homework counseling to fitness programs, and arts and crafts. All this is in addition to the club's menu of summer camps, swim programs and other youth programming. Fees usually run between $180-$260 per month. Davis does note, however, that in order to provide childcare, the club had to be licensed by the state, but this was a small effort on behalf of the club in comparison to the membership value the program added.
"Most parents are looking for a child care facility in this area anyway," says Davis. "We are a big, family-oriented facility and they find a lot here."
Considering the large fees many day care facilities and after-school programs charge for their services, adding during and after-school activities to your club for a reasonable fee may well prove to be an extremely popular, and profitable, venture, while increasing your perceived image.
And, by teaching youth fitness today, you'll be preparing them for a lifetime of healthy living habits, and health club memberships.


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Miroslav Djuric is the former Chief Information Architect of iFixit, a collaborative repair community that is dedicated to helping people keep their hardware running longer. He attained a concrete understanding of how things are fabricated while obtaining a graduate degree in Industrial Engineering at Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo. Miroslav has extensive experience with technical writing, repair, making service documentation accessible to a global audience, and sustainable consumer electronics device design. In his spare time, Miroslav rides horses into the sunset, tinkers with automobiles, and writes user profiles in third-person point of view.
I've loved cars all my life. The Accord you see on the Honda device page is mine, actually. That's how it looked like in 2003 when I purchased it.
The previous owner had babied it its entire life, and the car was mechanically sound. It started its second life in my hands at around 85,000 miles, a basest-of-the-base Dx model with two options: air conditioning and leather.
It just recently hit 222,888 miles, thankfully in my driveway -- where I was able to capture this moment on digital film without risking a car accident.
I love "in my bag" pictures. They can tell quite a story about a person's background and view on life. Below are two of my "in my bag" pictures. The left picture depicts the contents of my backpack that I carry every day, while the right picture shows all the fun stuff in the tool bag that resides in my car's trunk at all times.
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PolyHouse is a Cal Poly Industrial Engineering project found by Dr. Javadpour in 2004. Part of IE's Project Management class, the project asks students to completely refurbish a home for a family in need over two weekends. The majority of the class involves preparation -- figuring out what materials are needed, soliciting donations, purchasing whatever's not donated, and making sure there's fall-back methods in case things don't go as planned. As I found out during 2006's PolyHouse, things don't always go like they should :)
I was the Landscaping project manager, in charge of both front and back yards on a pretty sizable property.
Some "after" photos:
Our 2006 clients were a delightful mother and daughter whose circumstances prevent them from making many necessary changes to their home. The daughter was 54 years old and had both physical disabilities and chronic depression, stemming from a work related accident some years ago. She had had back surgeries and severe nerve damage in her legs which had left her in constant pain. The daughter is the primary caregiver of her 75 year old mother and also has a mentally and physically handicapped child. Due to her depression, physical disabilities, and overwhelming caregiver stress, she did not have the energy nor the means to maintain their shared home. Her mother's health has continued to become more fragile as a consequence of her diabetes, blindness, and other age related illnesses, creating more dependency on an already frail daughter. It was our goal to improve the safety and comfort of their home and with the possibility for completion of household projects that would otherwise go undone, bring great comfort and hope for them.
I've gone through lots and lots of projects during my schooling at Cal Poly. None of them have had as profound an effect on me as this one.
I hail from a land of great turbulence. Known to most as the bad guys in the Balkan wars and various movies, I prefer to look at it as the source of some really fun people: Nikola Tesla, Resident Evil's Leeloo Dallas, and Novak Djokovic, among others.
I got the chance to revisit my birthplace in 2011, and I had one of the best times of my life. Everything was significantly smaller than I remember (I was 8 when I stepped foot on U.S. soil), and I could not believe how much beauty was juxtaposed against so much trauma sustained by the wars. Only pictures can do it justice, at least in terms of beauty (I'll spare you the trauma):


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In 2011, farmers working with On-Farm Network programs expect to conduct cornstalk nitrate testing and/or field-scale replicated strip trials in at least 10 states, including newcomer Missouri. Other states with On-Farm Network programs include Iowa, Illinois, Indiana, Minnesota, Ohio, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, Delaware and Virginia.
Initially, the goal of the Iowa Soybean Association On-Farm Network was to conduct on-farm full-field tests of nitrogen and phosphorus fertility practices. But trials soon expanded to include a range of topics, including tillage, planting and weed-, insect- and disease-control practices.
The program harnesses precision agriculture technologies, including yield monitor data, to design trials that are practical for farmers to conduct and produce scientifically valid results, according to Tracy Blackmer, the On-Farm Network research director. The annual ISA On-Farm Network conference – next scheduled for Feb. 22, 2011, in Ames, Iowa – draws hundreds of farmers from across Iowa and the U.S.
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MACON, Ga. – Six Lipscomb student-athletes were named to the Atlantic Sun indoor track and field academic all-conference team, the conference office announced Thursday. Four men and two women athletes represented the purple and gold.
The A-Sun introduced the new sport-by-sport Academic All-Conference teams last fall to recognize student-athletes who embody the conference's mission of Building Winners for Life. All the members of the team boast a 3.30 cumulative grade point average (GPA) or better and participated in at least half of their team's meets.
A trio of juniors and a sophomore from the men's team earned four of the 12 spots on the all-academic team. Distance runners Geoff Musick (3.86 GPA, Chemistry) and Isaiah Greer (3.55, Math) were joined by jumper Logan Ray (3.47, Biology) as Bison upperclassmen to earn the honor. Musick's 3.86 grade point average was the highest among men's honorees.
Sophomore Tucker Peabody (3.31, Undeclared), the A-Sun indoor gold medalist in the 200m dash, was the fourth Bison athlete to make the squad.
Peabody's classmate Tessa Hoefle was one of only two academic all-conferences honoree, men or women, to post a 4.0 grade point average. The English major was a unanimous selection.
Sophomore distance runner Katie Bunker (3.77, Chemistry) was the other Lady Bison honored. She was an integral part of the distance medley relay team that took bronze at the A-Sun Indoor championships two weeks ago.
USC Upstate's Gilbert Kemboi (3.45, sociology) and Kennesaw State's Naomi Mack (3.49, communications) earned men's and women's indoor Scholar Athlete of the Year honors.
The Bison and Lady Bison track and field athletes open the outdoor season at this weekend's UNF Spring Break Invitational.
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Before Yale: Two-time all-league selection ... Three-time NEPSWLA all-star ... Team MVP ... Team captain ... Also played basketball and soccer ... All-state, three-time all league selection and two-time MVP in soccer ... Soccer captain ... Member of Massachusetts State Soccer Olympic Development Team for two years ... Won two state championships with her club soccer team, Stars.
Notes: Two-time U.S. Lacrosse Academic All-American ... Won Nichols Prize for two years as outstanding scholar-athlete at BB&N ... Commended for high scholarship (Citation of Honor) for four years ... Played saxophone in school orchestra and jazz band ... Peer counselor for two years ... Played with Yale teammate Augusta Hixon at BB&N ... Father coached football at Dartmouth and Cornell.
Why Yale? "The opportunity to attend a great institution combined with playing in an outstanding league and competing for an Ivy League and national championship brought me to Yale. When I visited and experienced the coaches, the team, and the school, I knew that it was the school for me."