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"We don't want it to be viewed as a handout. These are our friends... They feed us during the year. Now that they have hit hard times, we want to feed them."
Jim Franklin, senior pastor at Cornerstone Church in Fresno, Calif., offered that quote to a Fresno Bee reporter when asked why his church -- with the support of other churches and organizations in the San Joaquin Valley -- were handing out food to some 6,000 people on a Saturday a few weeks ago.
The food distribution took place in Orange Cove, a town of 10,000 in the heart of the San Joaquin Valley citrus belt, where packinghouses are quiet for now. An estimated 12,000 workers have lost their jobs in the wake of the devastating mid-January freeze that destroyed at least $800 million of the state $1.2 billion California citrus crop.
Of course there is unemployment insurance and the state and federal government promises to provide additional aid to workers left jobless by the freeze.
However, organizations like the big downtown church in Fresno and others are not waiting for the people to get aid from the government. They are stepping up now. It took truckloads of food to meet the needs of 6,000 people. No show and tell there.
Growers are just as concerned about the workers as everyone else. It is interesting to hear citrus growers talk about the freeze and what it means to have insurance. Invariably, they point out that insurance money will help them keep their permanent workers on the payroll until the next crop. No layoffs.
What is interesting about Franklin's comment is that it ties the needs of the farm and packinghouse workers to America's food supply. Unfortunately, too many do not make that connection. People in agriculture understand it, but I am not sure the public gets the connection.
Franklin's comments also rightfully identify the workers as friends and neighbors. These are not the illegals the media likes to portray as abused and underpaid. The people in line at Orange Cove on that Saturday were second and third generation residents of small communities like Orange Cove, Lindsay, Exeter, Dinuba, Sanger and Porterville. They choose to live in their communities and take pride in them.
Fresno is a big, economically diverse city with the resources to help smaller communities in need. What the freeze has done to Orange Cove and the other small towns is not likely to occur in Fresno. However, no city is disaster proof. I suspect if a tornado or some other natural disaster were to hit Fresno, you would see people, packinghouse trucks and resources from Orange Cove rolling to Fresno to help. That's the way it should be.
The '07 citrus freeze has been devastating, however; like any tragedy or disaster, when bad things happen, friends and neighbors respond. Like Franklin said, these are friends. However, just as important they are our neighbors who work hard to put food on everyone's table, never to be taken for granted.
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Senior Art Majors Exhibition 2010• April 16, 2010 Share:
The Wabash College Art Department is proud to present the work of six senior art majors. The artists include Miguel Aguilar, Juan Diaz, Korey Pazour, David Rosborough, Michael Scott, and Dan Sutton. The 2010 Senior Art Majors Exhibition will be on display in the Eric Dean Gallery and will run from April 19 through May 16 with a public reception 8-9:30 p.m., Monday, April 19.
The works in the exhibition represent the culmination of four years of intense studies in the arts at Wabash College and demonstrates a wide variety of styles. The last show of the season, the Senior Show, is a tradition in the art department and a rite of passage for each art major.
In his paintings and sound sculpture, Miguel Aguilar, adopts the narrative and stylistic devices of magical realism to explore issues of abandonment, restriction, and the loss of possibilities. His work is evocative of writers and artists such as Gabriel Garcia Marquez and Frida Kahlo. In this work, the viewer encounters strange landscapes dotted with the presence of people long ago vanished. Stories are told, yet their meanings remain open to interpretation and seem to conclude without closure. Listen carefully and you can hear a voice telling a tale, the sound emanating from the belly of a floating dress, worn by a woman never seen.
Juan Diaz explores the syntax of painting by creating densely layered canvases made up of fields of color and richly textured line. The work has an encrusted feel, at times evoking deep recessive spaces, and at other times geological pilings of mark and gesture. Multiple canvases act in groups, speaking to one another and suggesting relationships built upon subtle differences.
Korey Pazour uses humor and irony to tackle his struggle to understand the place of religion in his own life, as well as to challenge viewers to question its place in theirs. His paintings playfully make use of board games and their rational sense of structure to ironically explore what he believes to be elements of religion that are illogical. For Pazour, humor is not a method to avoid an issue, but rather to engage it.
Working with a combination of painting and sculpture, David Rosborough, creates hybrid works of art that explore fundamental elements of architectural forms and spaces. His pieces act as pure visual abstractions yet simultaneously suggest themselves to be some kind of working models for futuristic structures. At the heart of his practice, Rosborough plumbs the idea in architecture of "the ruptured surface", using physically incised lines, paint, mark making and texture.
Michael Scott creates larger then life cartoon characters set in a fully immersive, three-dimensional environment that the viewer can literally walk into. His rag-tag gang of characters suggests archetypal outsiders and misfits that we can easily empathize with. Through careful design considerations, such as facial gesture, pose and costuming, Scott is able to convey a sense of each character's back-story without the need for animation or other story telling devices typically seen in cartoons. Though the characters and the installation they inhabit remain physically static, their story still unfolds.
Dan Sutton creates multi-channel videos that explore the genre of horror films, exploiting its tropes through the use of juxtaposition in order to disrupt the viewer's expectations of a familiar narrative. His installation, built in four parts, recalls old home movies screened in the family den. Within this setting, what seems to be impending terror never quite reaches its bloody climax. Rather, a state of constant unease and palpable tension permeates the installation, and what appears to be a familiar story line begins to break down into parts that at once add up to something un-nerving and at another instant seems perfectly benign.
The Eric Dean Gallery is located on the south end of the Fine Arts Center. Gallery hours are Monday through Friday from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. and on Saturday from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. The gallery is free and open to the public.


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Hallelujah – Munters saves time and energy drying Religious Vestments
Drying delicate garments for the Italian catholic church
The idea began with a request from Padre Economo, who is an existing customer using Munters climate control for his library using two MLT800s. His latest requirement from Munters was to solve the problem of drying cassocks for 100 people, all brothers of the Italian catholic church. Their vestments are ceremonial garments worn during religious functions whilst performing sacred rites. The cassocks need to be handled with care because of their delicate nature, so Padre Economo turned to Munters to find a drying method.
Gentle and energy efficient drying
After surveying the room that would be used for the dryer, Munters provided an economic appraisal of the investment and energy running costs. The result was a Munters MLT30, where the initial investment and running costs of the Munters dehumidifier were lower than traditional systems in terms of first purchase costs as well as energy running costs.
The Munters dehumidifier works with a simple power switch, which is easy for people to use working in the drying room, which functions like a washing machine with warm, dry air. The average drying time, with the maximum quantity of cassocks, is just 15 minutes drying needed.
Thanks to Munters dehumidifier, the priesthood can change their wardrobe of sacerdotel garments extra quickly and without any damage!
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July 31, 2002
Cummins unveils national power maintenance program
In response to the growing need for remote maintenance of distributed power systems, Cummins Power Generation, Minneapolis, recently introduced a nationwide power maintenance program that will make use of is distributor network of 150 locations to provide 24/7 service. The PowerCare Advantage program is designed to identify minor service issues before they become more expensive performance issues.
The company will staff the project with its own certified technicians who are trained on all makes of engines, generators, switchgear, and transfer switches. The program is customizable to suit varying needs.
For more information, contact Dave Tovar at [email protected].
July 31, 2002
Baldor motors recognized for energy efficiency
For the fourth year in a row, Baldor, Fort Smith, Ark., was the only manufacturer to achieve 100% compliance of totally enclosed fan-cooled and open drip-proof motors that meet or exceed NEMA Premium efficiency criteria, earning recognition in a recent report by the Consortium of Energy Efficiency. The report spotlighted the company's Super E motors.
The Consortium for Energy Efficiency launched its premium efficiency motors initiative in 1996 to encourage the manufacture and sale of energy-efficient industrial motors. For the initiative, the group developed efficiency specifications for 114 classes of motors that are, on average, 1% to 2% higher than the federal minimum standards required by the Energy Policy Act of 1992.
July 29, 2002
Energy companies putting new construction on hold
With energy companies delivering weak earnings statements to Wall Street and the cost of credit rising as a result of recent credit downgrades, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) recently expressed concerns before a Senate committee that new power plant construction will fall behind, exacerbating current problems with the nation's transmission grids.
Energy firms have put on hold plans to build almost 92,000 MW of construction since the start of 2002, according to Sen. Frank Murkowski (R-Ala.), and most of those shelved projects are located in the West, where power shortages continue to plague energy users.
According to Pat Wood, chairman of FERC, announcements of new power plant buildouts have "dropped off dramatically." He blames credit downgrades for escalating the cost of credit in the electrical distribution industry, contributing to many companies' reticence to make capital investments. Recent news of lackluster earnings in the energy sector have also hurt those companies' stock prices, forcing them to cut budgets for expansion.
Despite the bleak outlook FERC presented to the committee last week, some Wall Street analysts still believe there is hope, particularly if groups like FERC more aggressively investigate improprieties like price manipulation, sham power trades, and long-term power contracts. "Though much maligned, we believe energy trading is still a viable business," says Carol Coale, senior vice president at Prudential Securities.
July 29, 2002
Howard Industries breaks ground on power transformer production facility
Coming on the heels of the announcement that it would move into the power transformer marketplace, Howard Industries, Laurel, Miss., recently unveiled plans for a new 150,000 sq ft production facility to house the new division. The company currently manufacturers 10,000 KVA and as high as 34.5kV transformers, but those produced at the new facility will be as large as 60 MVA and as high as 230kV.
The $20,000,000 facility will be completed late Q4 2002 or early Q1 2003 and located in Ellisville, Miss., near the company's new technology park. The company expects the new plant to create between 400 and 500 new jobs that will range from production personnel to sales and marketing positions.
July 26, 2002
IEC searches for 2003 conference speakers
The Independent Electrical Contractors (IEC) Annual Convention and Electric Expo 2002 hasn't even taken place yet, but the group is already planning for next year. The group officially distributed a call for 2003 convention presentations for the 46th Annual Convention and Electrical Expo 2003, to be held from September 10-13 at the Disneyland Hotel in Anaheim, Ca.
At the top of their list for potential presenters are industry experts who can incorporate case studies. The convention's organizers are also looking for speakers who can offer the most current information on topics including strategies for successful business growth, expansion and diversification of services to meet changing customer needs, and tactics for successful workforce recruitment and retention.
Proposals and suggestions for speakers are due by August 23, 2002. For more information, call IEC at (703) 549-7351 or email [email protected].
July 26, 2002
Grace Engineered Products to market RemLive products stateside
Grace Engineered Products, Davenport, Ia., recently signed an agreement with RemLive, West Yorkshire, England, to market the company's electrical safety voltage alert products in North America.
Phil Allen, president of Grace Engineered Products, believes RemLive's line of flashing indicators that remind workers of hazardous voltages in electrical enclosures will be a good addition to his company's GracePort interface products.
July 24, 2002
NFPA approves, readies NFPA 5000 standard for release
After months of deliberation and a lengthy voting process, the National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) recently announced that NFPA 5000 Building Construction and Safety Code has been approved.
NFPA 5000 contains provisions for the design and construction of buildings and structures, as well as the design of integrated building systems for health, safety, comfort and convenience. It provides for the selection and design of building construction types and structural design systems and assemblies, as well as fire protection and egress design requirements for life safety and protection.
NFPA hopes to make the standard the cornerstone of the Comprehensive Consensus Codes (C3), a set of standards developed through a partnership with the International Association of Plumbing and Mechanical Officials (IAPMO), Western Fire Chiefs Association (WFCA), and the American Society of Heating, Refrigeration, and Air-Conditioning Engineers (ASHRAE). The C3 group of standards will include the National Electrical Code and cover topics like the National Fire Code and flammable and combustible liquids.
Upon publication, the standard will be available for free review online by the public through NFPA's Web site, www.nfpa.org.
July 24, 2002
Copper Development releases CD-ROM on premium-efficiency motors
For those looking to cut energy costs in industrial and commercial facilities – and let's face it, who isn't these days? – the Copper Development Association recently developed and released a CD-ROM that explains how to save money by selecting motors and transformers on the basis of energy efficiency rather than initial cost.
"Premium-Efficiency Motors & Transformers" examines some mechanical aspects of efficient motors and transformers, how they are made, and how they differ from standard products, as well as why they are worth the premium that may be paid at the time of purchase. Video segments show side-by-side comparisons of premium and standard products and highlights of manufacturing. The CD-ROM explains how to perform the simple math to analyze the total cost of ownership and details tools available to help make the right selection.
The disc is free and can be ordered via the organization's Web site, http://powerquality.copper.org, or by phone at 888-480-6687.
July 22, 2002
U.S. Court of Appeals upholds executive order restricting PLAs
After facing opposition from the AFL-CIO's Building and Construction Trades Department, Executive Order 13202 was recently upheld by a U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia. The order, which prohibits project labor agreements (PLAs) on federally funded and assisted construction projects, had been struck down in August 2001 when the AFL-CIO sued to bar its enforcement and a District of Columbia federal judge found in favor of the union.
A PLA is a binding agreement between a labor union and the federal government establishing basic terms and conditions for the duration of the project. Common components of a PLA include paying union wages and benefits, requiring union job classifications, and arbitration procedures.
In the ruling, the Court of Appeals held that Article II of the U.S. Constitution grants the president broad supervisory authority over the executive branch in the administration of federally funded projects and that an executive order restricting the use of PLAs on federal construction projects falls within that supervisory authority.
July 22, 2002
CSI, CMD renew partnership
In the hopes of fostering a more collaborative environment in the construction information industry, the Construction Specifications Institute (CSI) and CMD recently announced they have signed a five-year agreement to produce and exchange information, products, and programs.
In a ceremony at the 2002 CSI Show, representatives from both organizations outlined several projects the two sides plan to cooperate on, including:
Providing for the exchange of information regarding construction practices, and technology and industry news.
Developing projects and services to better serve their customers and members and the construction community at large.
Providing customers and members with quick and economical access to both organizations' offerings.
In addition, the two groups will promote and distribute each other's products and services.
July 19, 2002
Environmentalist groups debate proposed Cape Cod wind farm
Amid a hotly contested debate among local environmentalists, plans for a $500 million wind farm off the coast of Cape Cod, Mass., are moving forward with the announcement that the Army Corps of Engineers was asked to give the go-ahead for a $2 million grant for a 180-ft test tower. The proposed project, which would include 170 turbine windmills and produce 420MW, would occupy a 28-sq mi. site in Nantucket Sound between Hyannis on the Cape and Nantucket Island.
Those who support the project claim the turbines could generate half the energy needs of the island, but opponents fear the 400-ft towers will endanger birds, fish, and other wildlife. Residents are also worried the array will spoil the skyline of the island.
Proponents, like the Conservation Law Foundation and Greenpeace have focused on the potential for pollution-free energy. According to the CLF, the test tower is an "investment in research and development for a new energy resource of vital importance to our region and nation."
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is expected to release its determination on the tower's potential effects on endangered species today.
July 19, 2002
NFPA sets deadline for submission of proposed changes to NEC
Sure, the 2002 National Electrical Code hasn't even been on your shelf long enough to start gathering dust, but the process to begin updating it has already begun. The deadline for the first phase of the next edition is fast approaching, and proposals for changes for the 2005 NEC must be received at NFPA headquarters by 5:00 p.m. EST on November 1, 2002.
Those interested in submitting proposals may do so by mail, fax, or the Web at www.nfpa.org/Codes/ProposalsAndComments.asp. A 2005 NEC proposal form is also located in the back of the 2002 edition, or you can download a copy in PDF form from www.nfpa.org or www.necdigest.org.
July 17, 2002
Chicago police learn benefits of on-site power
With energy costs showing no signs of declining and summer temperatures rising, the Chicago Police Department is turning to distributed generation to save money this summer. Windsor, Colo.-based Encorp and Siemens Building Technologies, Buffalo Grove, Ill., recently completed an installation for the department that will supply 10MW of on-site power in the event that the utility grid should fail.
The $400,000 project, which the city hopes will eliminate downtime, problems with 911 service, and additional costs during peak times, involved the retrofitting of six emergency backup generators, four of which were located at the police station.
Part of the Preparedness Campaign and Energy Plan, the project is the first step toward the city's goal of providing 1.3 billion kWh of distributed generation to the electrical grid by 2010.
July 15, 2002
NECA partners with NEMA to release cable tray installation standard
Adding to its ongoing series of National Electrical Installation Standards (NEIS), NECA recently released NECA/NEMA 105-2002, Recommended Practice for Installing Metal Cable Trays. The standard covers installation and maintenance procedures for metal cable tray systems used to support power and communications cabling and is the first NEIS to be produced in partnership with the National Electrical Manufacturers Association (NEMA).
The standard was developed by NEMA's Cable Tray Section and will be published by NECA. It is the 17th publication in the NEIS series and the ninth to be jointly produced with another industry group.
NECA/NEMA 105-2002 is $25 and can be ordered via phone at (301) 215-4504 or email by contacting [email protected].
July 15, 2002
3M teams with Fluke to offer cabling installation training program
Recognizing the need for education in the increasingly popular field of information networking, Fluke Networks, Everett, Wash., and 3M, St. Paul, Minn., recently announced they will come join forces to offer a hands-on training course for cabling professional responsible for installing and maintaining high-speed structured cabling systems. Participants who complete the course will also become Fluke Networks certification.
The training course will teach cabling installers how to use Fluke digital cabling test tools to test 3M's cabling, in particular, the company's Volition Network Solutions, a system used to deploy a variety of architectures, including fiber-to-the-desk with VF-45TM technology.
For more information about the course, visit www.3m.com/market/telecom/training/index.jhtml.
July 12, 2002
SkillsUSA recognizes young electrical workers for leadership skills
Putting to the test the leadership qualities and skills of some of the best and brightest up-and-comers in the electrical industry, SkillsUSA-VICA recently held its 38th annual Leadership Conference and Championship, awarding 6 high school and postsecondary students with gold, silver and bronze medals in the category of industrial motor control. Aside from the electrical industry, 14 other disciplines were represented at the conference, including metal technology, public service, and construction technology.
The contests, held at Kansas City, Mo.'s H.R. Bartle Hall, were run and judged by representatives of industry using industry performance standards. The total in-kind contributions from industry and education – in donated time, equipment, and material – is valued at $25 million.
The winners in the electrical categories were as follows:
Industrial Motor Control (High School)
Gold – Thomas McCarter
Silver – Nick Dascoulias
Bronze – Chad Luptowski
Industrial Motor Control (Postsecondary)
Gold – Curtis Steinert
Silver – Lucas Owen
Bronze – Blaine Bechtel
July 12, 2002
Philips launches Web site to promote induction lighting system
Royal Philips Electronics, Somerset, N.J., recently unveiled a Web site (www.ql-lighting.com) highlighting the uses and benefits of its QL System induction lighting technology. The system is used at London's Big Bend, San Diego's Gaslamp Quarter, and the City of Philadelphia's Municipal Energy Office.
The site features case studies, sample design applications, and benefits of the technology. The lighting system is designed for a range of outdoor (cities and college campuses) and indoor (industrial plants and retailers) applications.
July 10, 2002
Fire alarm specialists, inspectors stress importance of surge protection
With the increase in popularity of low-voltage technology, electrical systems are more susceptible to transient damage and malfunction, and system designers need to put more thought into surge protection on the AC power line and data/communications lines, which feed into fire alarm systems, according to the National Burglar and Fire Alarm Association (NBFFA) and other industry analysts. Nearly 30% to 40% of all damaging transients enter a system via the AC circuit, but an even greater number come in by way of 48V phone lines.
"Lightning storms render too many fire alarms inoperable, especially in mutlibuilding complexes connected with cable," says Whitney Crahen, a fire protection specialist who reviews fire alarm plans for the city of San Antonio. "When lightning hits, it can spread hundreds of feet until it finds the path of least resistance – all too often the highly conductive copper wiring that feeds into life safety alarm systems."
Making the problem of damaging transients more troublesome is the increased use of low-voltage systems. New data circuits that run on 3V can be damaged by relatively small overvoltages that wouldn't even be enough to power older analog components.
The solution, according to Crahen, the NBFAA, and others is the addition of aftermarket surge protection. According to a May 2000 NBFAA brief, "By installing a surge protection device at the electrical outlet where the transformer is plugged in, you allow the damaging transient to be bypassed to ground before it gets to the control panel, thereby greatly reducing the potential for false alarms and/or damage to the control board. The same is true when you install surge protection on the phone line prior to it entering the panel."
Although most system components have built-in protection that meets UL requirements, it doesn't prevent transients from entering sensitive panels, which can disrupt function in life-saving systems like fire alarms. Aftermarket protection, specifically surge protectors that self-restore after dissipating the surge to ground, can help keep these critical systems online. Self-restoring surge protectors wait for a predetermined voltage to be achieved, clamp the overvoltage, shunting it to ground, then automatically reset themselves to passive mode until it happens again. When a catastrophic surge is detected, self-restoring devices "self-sacrifice" like single-use devices, protecting sensitive equipment from damage.
Regardless of what protection device you use, however, taking the step to add aftermarket protection is critical to the proper operation of fire alarm systems. Crahen suggests even going a step further. "Proper surge protection for fire alarms is a requirement," he says. "And enforcing it will eliminate many future problems."
Information for this article compiled by DITEK, Largo, Fla.
July 10, 2002
UL awards "grandfather of the GFCI" with public safety award
Jack Wells, vice president of corporate development for Pass & Seymour/Legrand and the grandfather of the GFCI, recently received the Underwriters Laboratory President's Award for longstanding dedication to public safety. The award is presented to an industry representative who demonstrates "world-class contributions to public safety and is supportive directly or indirectly of UL's public safety mission."
"For more than 30 years, Jack has focused instinctively and broadly on public safety and has taken the high road in everything he has done," says Loring W. Knoblock, president and CEO of UL. "He has provided the highest level of leadership and he knows his business, his industry, and the people in it superbly well."
Wells was the original product manager for the first ground-fault circuit interrupter, which was developed by Pass & Seymour more than 30 years ago.
July 8, 2002
TIA publishes standard for Cat. 6 cabling systems
After five years of development, the Telecommunications Industry Association (TIA) recently published its standard for Cat. 6 cabling systems, TIA/EIA-568-B.2-1, addressing the need for a cabling system with improved transmission performance to support future applications.
The new category 6 standard, which is an addendum to the TIA/EIA-568-B series of commercial building cabling standards, specifies requirements for 100-ohm balanced twisted-pair cables, connecting hardware, patch cords, channels and permanent links, and provides test procedures for laboratory and field performance verification over the frequency range of 1 MHz to 250 MHz. Because Cat. 6 supports positive power sum attenuation to crosstalk (PSACR) margins up to 200 MHz, this new cabling system offers double the bandwidth of Cat. 5e cabling and vastly improved signal-to-noise margins. The Cat. 6 standard also includes cable and connecting hardware balance recommendations for improved electromagnetic compatibility performance.
July 8, 2002
ElectricSmarts.com creates virtual marketplace with Surplus Exchange
At the 2002 Electric Show in New York, ElectricSmarts.com unveiled an expansion to its Web site, Surplus Exchange, an online marketplace for buyers and sellers to buy and sell surplus electrical inventory. New products will be listed by professional liquidators, manufacturers, distributors, and contractors.
In addition, the site will soon offer an email and fax "hot sheet" service to keep the market updated on the list of new surplus material for sale.
July 5, 2002
IEEE adds a standard, updates another
IEEE has given the go-ahead for work on a new standard, IEEE P1614, Guide for Monitoring, Information Exchange and Control of Distributed Resources Interconnected with Electric Power Systems. It has also approved work on a revision to a standard concerned with for automatic line sectionalizers on AC systems.
IEEE P1614 will provide guidelines for monitoring, control, and exchange of information with distributed resources, such as fuel cells, photovoltaics, wind turbines and microturbines, that are interconnected with or associated with electric power systems.
The revision of the standard IEEE PC37.63, Standard Requirements for Overhead, Pad-mounted, Dry-vault, and Submersible Automatic Line Sectionalizers for AC Systems, will align it with the latest edition of IEEE P1247, which addresses interrupter switches.
July 5, 2002
Interstate Wire release new catalog
Interstate Wire Company, Dallas, celebrated its 25th anniversary by releasing its new .pdf format master catalog. The new format will allow users to display and print pages from the printed version.
The document can either be downloaded from the company's Web site (www.interstatewire.com) or requested by e-mail at [email protected]. The catalog is also available on CD-ROM as an installable program including access to Belden's master catalog.
July 3, 2002
Frost & Sullivan recognizes Reliable Power Meters with award
In recognition of its "significant product performance contribution to the industry," Reliable Power Meters (RPM), Los Gatos, Calif., was recently selected by Frost & Sullivan as the recipient of its 2002 Market Engineering Technology Innovation award for its Full Disclosure measurement technology. The technology, which is an integral part of all RPM power monitors, eliminates the need to set thresholds or trigger levels to record power quality disturbances, including sags, swells, transients, and flicker.
"With Full Disclosure technology, RPM has successfully expanded this area of power quality service as monitoring products previously only measured above or below manually set thresholds," said Sara Bradford, Frost & Sullivan analyst, in explaining why RPM was chosen.
July 3, 2002
S&C purchases switching system product line from Trench
With hopes to enhance its power quality offering, S&C Electric, Chicago, recently purchased the Adaptive VAR compensator product line from Trench Limited of Canada, Scarborough, Ontario. The product line will now be marketed as PureWave AVC.
Pioneered by Trench in 1990 in cooperation with the University of Washington, the AVC technology included in the VAR compensator uses power-electronic switching to provide variable amounts of reactive compensation on a cycle-by-cycle basis.
The new product line will be the newest member of S&C's family of power-electronic switching systems.
July 1, 2002
Northern Power to design, install solar power system for Mass. research center
The Woods Hole Research Center (WHRC), Falmouth, Mass., recently commissioned Northern Power Systems, Waitsfield, Vt., to design and install a 26.4kW photovoltaic system that will generate almost 37,000kWh of electricity annually at its Ordway campus, allowing the building to supply all of its own energy. The project is part of the Massachusetts Technology Collaborative's $14.6 million Green Buildings Initiative started in May.
As designed, the building will produce all of its energy by way of renewable sources. Northern Power Systems will design and install silicon rooftop panels, which will convert solar energy into electricity. The building will remain connected to the grid, however, in the event that renewable sources are inadequate for satisfying short-term energy needs.
July 1, 2002
Arlington wins patent infringement case against Bridgeport Fittings
Nearly three years after taking Bridgeport Fittings to court for copyright infringement, Arlington Industries won its case when a federal jury found that its patent for covered plastic box extenders was infringed upon by the Stratford, Conn.-based company. The jury awarded Scranton, Pa.-based Arlington with damages and rejected Bridgeport's defenses that the patent was invalid, indefinite, and unenforceable for inequitable conduct.
In an independent decision, a federal district court judge rejected Bridgeport's claim of inequitable conduct. A permanent injunction will be issued against Bridgeport sometime this week.


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Laryngectomy is surgery to remove all or part of the larynx (voice box) in your throat.
Alternative Names
Complete laryngectomy; Partial laryngectomy
Laryngectomy is major surgery that is done in the hospital. Before surgery you will receive
Total laryngectomy removes the whole larynx. Part of your pharynx my be taken out as well. Your pharynx is the tube air moves through from your nose. It connects with your larynx.
- The surgeon will make a cut in your neck to open up the area.
- The larynx and tissue around it will be removed, The lymph noses may also be taken out.
- The surgeon will then make an opening in your trachea and a hole in front of your neck. Your trachea will be attached to this hole. The hole is called a stoma. After surgery you will breathe through your stoma. It will never be removed.
- Your muscles and skin will be closed with stitches or clips. You may have tubes coming from your wound for a while after surgery.
- A TEP is a small hole in your windpipe (trachea) and the tube that moves food from your throat to your stomach (esophagus).
- Your surgeon will place a small man-made part (prosthesis) into this opening. The prosthesis will allow you to speak after your voice box has been removed.
There are many less invasive surgeries to remove part of the larynx.
- The names of some of these procedures are endoscopic (or transoral resection), vertical partial laryngectomy, horizontal or supraglottic partial laryngectomy, and supracricoid partial laryngectomy.
- These procedures may work for some people. The surgery you have depends on how much your cancer has spread and what type of cancer you have.
The surgery takes 5 to 9 hours.
Why the Procedure Is Performed
Most often, laryngectomy is done to treat
- Severe trauma, such as a gunshot wound or other injury.
- Severe damage to the larynx from radiation treatment. This is called radiation necrosis.
Risks for any surgery are:
- Allergic reactions to medicines
Breathing problems
- Heart problems
- Infection
Risks for this surgery are:
- Hematoma (a buildup of blood outside the blood vessels)
- Wound infection
Fistulas(tissue connections that form between the pharynx and the skin that are not normally there)
- The stoma opening may become too small or tight. This is called stomal stenosis.
- Leaking around the tracheoesophageal puncture (TEP) and prosthesis
- Damage to other areas of the esophagus or trachea
- Problems swallowing and eating
- Problems speaking
Before the Procedure
You will have many doctor visits and medical tests before you have surgery. Some of these are:
- A complete physical exam and blood tests
- A visit with a speech therapist and a swallowing therapist to prepare for changes after surgery
- Nutritional counseling
- Stop-smoking counseling, if you are a smoker and have not quit
Always tell your doctor or nurse:
- If you are or could be pregnant
- What drugs you are taking, even drugs, supplements, or herbs you bought without a prescription
- If you have been drinking a lot of alcohol, more than 1 or 2 drinks a day
During the days before your surgery:
- You may be asked to stop taking aspirin, ibuprofen (Advil, Motrin), naproxen (Aleve, Naprosyn), clopidogrel (Plavix), warfarin (Coumadin), and any other drugs that make it hard for your blood to clot.
- Ask your doctor which drugs you should still take on the day of your surgery.
On the day of your surgery:
- You will be asked not to drink or eat anything after midnight the night before your surgery.
- Take your drugs your doctor told you to take with a small sip of water.
- Your doctor or nurse will tell you when to arrive at the hospital.
After the Procedure
You will need to stay in the hospital for several days after surgery.
After the procedure, you will be groggy and will not be able to speak. An oxygen mask will be on your stoma. Its important to keep your head raised, rest a lot, and move your legs from time to time to improve blood flow. Keeping blood moving reduces your risk of getting a
You can use warm compresses to reduce pain around your cut. Your nurse will give you pain medicine.
You will receive nutrition through an IV (a tube that goes into a vein) and tube feedings. Tube feedings are given through a tube that goes through your nose and into your esophagus (feeding tube).
You may be allowed to swallow food as soon as 2 to 3 days after surgery. But, it is more common to wait 5 to 7 days after your surgery to start eating through your mouth.
Your trachea drain will be removed in 2 to 3 days. You will be taught how to care for your tracheostomy tube and stoma. You will learn how to safely shower and swim. You must be careful not to let water enter through your stoma.
Speech rehabilitation with a speech therapist will help you relearn how to speak.
You will need to avoid heavy lifting or strenuous activity for about 6 weeks. You may slowly resume your normal, light activities.
Follow up with your doctor as often as your doctor says you need to.
Outlook (Prognosis)
Your wounds will take about 2 to 3 weeks to heal. You can expect full recovery in about a month. Many times, removal of the larynx will take out all the cancer or injured material. People learn how to change their lifestyle and live without their voice box.
Rassekh H, Haughey BH. Total Laryngectomy and laryngopharyngectomy. In: Cummings CW, Flint PW, Haughey BH, et al, eds. Otolaryngology: Head & Neck Surgery. 5th ed. Philadelphia, Pa: Mosby Elsevier; 2010:chap 111.
Agrawal N, Goldberg D. Primary and Salvage Total Laryngectomy. Otolaryngologic Clinics of North America. August 2008;41(4).
Review Date:
Reviewed By:
Ashutosh Kacker, MD, BS, Associate Professor of Otolaryngology, Weill Cornell Medical College, and Associate Attending Otolaryngologist, New York-Presbyterian Hospital, New York, NY. Review provided by VeriMed Healthcare Network. Also reviewed by A.D.A.M. Health Solutions, Ebix, Inc., Editorial Team: David Zieve, MD, MHA, Bethanne Black, Stephanie Slon, and Nissi Wang.


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Audi Sailing Series 2008: Melges 32 Event 1, Fraglia Vela Malcesine
9 May 2008
The first round of the Audi Melges 32 Sailing Series 2008 kicks off today in beautiful Malcesine on Italy's Lake Garda. Twelve European teams make up the entry list including two recent winners of US Melges 32 regattas. Red, owned and steered by Joe Woods from the UK comes into this event on the back of a closely fought victory at the Annapolis NOOD. Morgan Reeser joins the team for the first time in the tactician's role. Michael Illbruck's Pinta has also been victorious on the US Melges 32 circuit this year – convincingly winning the Miami SORC in March. Calling tactics for Illbruck aboard Pinta will be New Zealand America's Cup sailor Adam Beashel.
Both Red and Pinta will be keen to make an impression at this inaugural European Melges 32 event but they face stiff competition from teams like Lorenzo Santini's Uka Uka Racing with class veteran Claudio Recchi helming and Gabriele Benussi as tactician. Armando Giulietti's Team Hiroshi are fresh from their comprehensive win in the RC44 Cagliari Cup. Giulietti has brought in Team Shosholoza's Ian Ainslie to provide tactical input. The list of other big name sailors goes on and on and if the truth be told, all of the teams here in Malcesine are capable of winning races over the next three days. Predicting an overall winner at this stage is nigh on impossible.
Yesterday most of the teams took advantage of a perfect 10 to 15 knot breeze to get some boathandling practice and test their speed against each other. Observers were treated to the spectacular sight of eight Melges 32's tacking and gybing in close formation along the shore outside the Fraglia Malcesine Vela clubhouse. If this is a portent of the action to come once racing starts then both competitors and spectators are in for a fantastic few days.
Tactic are the official suppliers of race instruments on the Melges 32 and a close partner of Melges Europe. During the practice session Bugli Gianluca from Svama Nautica SRL - Italy's authorised Tactic distributor, spent time on every boat calibrating and optimising their Tactic units. Also, following racing today Tactic UK Greg Wells will be giving a thirty minute clinic for the competitors on how to make the most of the functionality of their instruments.
Racing starts later today with three one hour races scheduled. Right now the teams are waiting for the northerly morning breeze to give way to the southerly thermal Ora wind. Italy along with most of Europe is in the grip of a high pressure system so it is considered unlikely that the Ora will develop fully today. Nevertheless the fleet can expect more than ten knots by the time the first race takes place this afternoon.
A full report on today's racing with all the action from the racecourse will follow in subsequent press releases.
For more information please contact:
Justin Chisholm
Melges Europe Press Officer
+447769 938722


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May 8, 2007
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. - Playing in the final game of his collegiate career, senior Jason Witzberger enjoyed a monster day at the plate, stealing three bases while driving in a career-high seven runs as MIT ensured its fourth straight winning campaign with a 16-2 victory over Fitchburg State, Tuesday, at Briggs Field. The Engineers (18-16) plated runners in six of the first seven innings while Jay Turner and Chris D'Annunzio combined to hold the Falcons' attack to five hits.
After drawing a one-out walk in the first, freshman Stewart Park etched his name into MIT lore after swiping his league-leading and Institute-record 24th base of the season. Witzberger followed with an RBI single to left before stealing his 20th base in 2007. Sophomore Matt Loper also delivered big with a two-run single just past the third baseman. Witzberger added another run-scoring single in the second to give MIT a 5-0 lead after two.
Fitchburg's (17-18) Jason Rashid hit a sacrifice fly as part of a two-run third that sliced the Engineers' advantage to 5-2, but the MIT offensive exploded during Tuesday's middle innings to cap a 5-1 record for the Cardinal and Gray down the stretch.
Park sparked the bats with a triple to left center to lead off the fourth. Witz plated park for the third time of the game in the ensuing at bat, while sophomore Thomas Phillips followed with a two-run homer to left field. Witzberger orchestrated more damage in the fifth with a base-clearing double, and knocked in a run for the third consecutive inning in the sixth.
Turner (6-3) started on the bump for MIT and surrendered two runs and three hits in 5.2 innings. D'Annunzio was even more sharp in relief, finishing the rest of the tilt with only two hits against en route to the save. Making his first start of the year, Corey Donovan suffered the loss and dropped to 2-4 on the season.
Witzberger, who holds Institute career records for hits and stolen bases, closed 3-for-6 with three runs scored. Park crossed the plate four times after going 2-for-4 with the bat. Despite the offensive outburst, Kevin Wheeler was the only other Engineer to finish with multiple hits after serving up a 2-for-3 performance in addition to three walks. Jim Abreau finished 2-for-5 to pace Fitchburg.
Witzberger retires from the collegiate ranks as the first MIT player to ever be a part of four winning teams as head coach Andy Barlow has led the Engineers to their best four-year stretch in program history. MIT also finished the season a perfect 8-0 at Briggs Field.


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Reports: Teen accused in officer shootings captured
Update: KTRK and KPRC reported early Thursday that the teen suspect, Edgar Omar Cuellar, was taken into custody after a gunfight with officers. SWAT officers found Cuellar in a home's bathroom, and shots rang out, KTRK says. He was hit twice and reportedly taken to Ben Taub Hospital. KPRC reports his injuries appear to be non-life-threatening.
Earlier report
Two Jacinto City Police Department officers are recovering at hospitals after they were shot Wednesday while trying to question a teen who opened fire on them, officials said.
Authorities, including SWAT crews, K-9 officers and helicopter teams were looking for the 17-year-old late Wednesday, hours after the shooting.
The wounded officers were identified as Lt. Dennis Walker and Sgt. Jennifer Simpson Castenada. Walker was shot in the upper chest and Castenada in the arm, Jacinto City Police Chief Joe Ayala said.
Walker was taken by air ambulance to Memorial Hermann Hospital. Castenada was taken to LBJ Hospital, but was expected to be transferred to Memorial Hermann, Ayala said. Late Wednesday, Walker was in fair condition and Castenada was described as stable.
The officers, both investigators at the department, were going to a home in the 10400 block of N. Oswego to question the teen, identified as Edgar Omar Cuellar, about a deadly conduct call.
In that incident, reported days ago, the police chief said someone was "walking back and forth" in the area and had reportedly fired a pistol at least four times.
Police had looked for the teen earlier Wednesday, Ayala said, but he was gone when officers arrived.
On Wednesday night, the officers got to the home about 6:15 p.m.
"He knew they were looking for him," Ayala said.
The officers were told that the teen was trying to kill himself, the chief said.
The family was holding the teen down as police arrived. They did not think he was armed, Ayala said, but when police arrived he pulled a pistol from his waistband and started shooting.
Heavily armed SWAT and K-9 officers spent hours making house-to-house searches throughout the area. A Houston Police Department helicopter circled the area while searching for Cuellar, who police said might still be carrying a weapon.
The officer-involved shooting case will likely be investigated by the Harris County Sheriff's Office.


keyValue: A

title: Abbe number (V value, or constringence)

description: This is the ratio of refractivity over mean dispersion. The higher the constringence, the smaller the light dispersion. The Abbe number (named for the German scientist Ernst Abbe) is generally calculated with the d and e ray:

title: Aberrations, chromatic

description: Iridescence on the fringes of an image as a result of light dispersion (different optical paths according to radiation wavelengths).

title: Absorption

description: The conversion of light to another form of energy during its course through the glass. The intrinsic absorption of a white (clear) glass is virtually nil.

title: Addition

description: Spherical power addition required to adjust distance vision to near vision provided by higher index segment in fused multifocal.

title: Annealing (See also Lehr, annealing)

description: An operation consisting of heating glass blanks to the annealing temperature (in the region of 530°C for a Crown lens) and cooling them very slowly so as to reduce interior thermal stress and permit surfacing without risk of breakage.

title: Anti-reflective (AR) coating

description: AR coating is applied on the lens surface to reduce reflections and improve vision comfort. It consists of applying transparent thin film structures with alternate layers of contrasting refractive indices.

title: Anti-scratch coating: See Hard Coating (HC)

keyValue: B

title: Barium glasses

description: High-index glasses used primarily for near-vision segments in the manufacture of fused multifocals.

title: Beryl

description: A natural silicate of aluminium and beryllium. In ancient times, small magnifying lenses were cut out of beryl.

title: Blanks: See Semi-finished blanks

title: Borosilicate glass

description: Glass whose composition includes high proportions of silicon and boron. In ophthalmic optics, borosilicate glasses for example, Photogray® Extra, have special properties, viz. a lower coefficient of expansion and a lower density than other Crown glasses. They are also more chemically inert. In the consumer product sector, the Pyrex® brand name is the best-known example of borosilicate glass

title: Boss (Block)

description:
A cylinder of low-melting-point alloy with a conical depression in the centre of the outer flat surface, or carrying a cast-iron disc with such a depression, which is attached to a lens surface to facilitate the machining of the opposite surface. Such a device is used in a prescription workshop for:

spherical or toric generating, when located on or off centre in relation to the lens axis,

smoothing,

polishing.

keyValue: C

title: Composite

description:
A product made by combining different materials. The purpose is to obtain a final product comprising a range of qualities and properties superior to those found in each material taken individually:

organic materials: light weight,

mineral glasses: photochromism and scratch resistance.

title: Composition

description: In glass manufacture, composition denotes the specified mixture of different vitrifiable, natural, or refined materials peculiar to each type of glass which determines its properties. It is this composition which, when mixed with cullet, is put in the furnace. Composition is also used to describe the nature and percentage of oxides which take part in the constitution of the glass.

title: Constringence (See Abbe number)

title: Crown

description:
a. In scientific optics, a low-refractive-index, high-constringence glass which, when combined with a glass of higher index (Flint), produces chromatic lenses.

b. In ophthalmic optics, glass with a refractive index of nd = 1.523, comprising the most extensively used material.

title: Crucible

description: A container made from heat-resistant materials in which glass is produced through the successive phases of melting, fining, and conditioning. Crucible melting (a manufacturing technique almost discontinued nowadays) is used only for certain kinds of special optical glass.

title: Crystal

description: A white, highly refractive glass containing at least 24 percent of lead in its composition, with a sonority and particular brilliance as well as high weight for its volume.

title: Cullet

description: Waste glass which is re-melted and added to the batch. Its presence facilitates melting and saves energy.

title: Curing

description: Heat transfer energy is used in the manufacturing of plastic lenses. When in the glass mold, the monomer resin is ready to be polymerized either by a combination of ultraviolet (UV) and thermal curing or by thermal curing alone.

keyValue: D

title: Darkening

description: When a photochromic lens is exposed to natural sunlight or artificial ultraviolet (UV) light, the lens appearance will darken due to the photochromic dye molecule interaction with UV light. The reverse shift is called fading.

title: Delivery tube

description: The final section of the furnace where glass reaches the press at a specific viscosity, thus making possible the pressing of blanks of pre-determined shape and size.

title: Dispersion (See also: Aberrations, chromatic)

description: The phenomenon of white-light decomposition resulting from variation in the refractive index of a glass as a function of wavelength. When vision is oblique in relation to the optical axis of a lens, the prismatic effect of the off-centre rays may cause dispersion resulting in iridescence at the fringes of the image.

keyValue: E

keyValue: F

title: Fading

description: After returning indoors or by deactivating ultraviolet (UV) light, the appearance of a darkened photochromic lens will gradually fade back/return to its original clear state.

title: Fixed tint glasses

description: Fixed- (or solid-) tint glasses, as opposed to white (clear) glass, are designed to absorb some portion of visible-spectrum radiation. Generally speaking, these products are obtained by taking the composition of white glass and adding small quantities of metal oxides or rare earths such as iron, cobalt, nickel, erbium, or neodymium oxides and the like.

title: Flint

description:
In scientific optics, lead-based glass with a high refractive index and low constringence which, when associated with Crown glass, is used for producing achromatic lenses.

In ophthalmic optics, Flint (lead-based) glasses have been largely replaced by barium glasses for single-vision lenses segments used in fused multifocals, and by titanium glasses for single-vision lenses for high correction. These glasses provide greater constringence than lead glasses and afford considerable reduction in transverse chromatic aberrations caused by light dispersion, while also lowering the true density.

title: Frequency of light

description:
Light is an electromagnetic radiation of wavelengths that are either visible or invisible to the human eye. Visible from 400 to 700 nm (all the colors of the prism, from violet to red),
Invisible from 10 nm to 400 nm (ultra-violet light, including UVB from 280 to 315 nm and UVA from 315 to 400 nm) and from 700nm to 1mm (infrared light, divided into 3 categories A = up to 1400nm, B = up to 3000nm, C = up to 1mm).

keyValue: G

title: Generating

description: An operation which consists of grinding a spherical or toric surface onto a lens blank using a diamond-impregnated rotary tool. The surfaces obtained are precise in curvature but somewhat rough and opaque. They are subsequently smoothed and polished.

title: Glare

description: In general terms, glare is a strong and dazzling light. Sunglasses are the best way to reduce glare, especially polarized glasses, since annoying glare mostly comes from flat, horizontally polarized reflections which are blocked by their vertically oriented polarizing film.

keyValue: H

title: Hard Coating (HC)

description: Hard coating, abbreviated HC and also called “anti-scratch,” is a scratch-resistant coating commonly applied on all kinds of plastic lenses. It consists of applying a layer (a few microns thick) of a specific resin on the lens either by dipping or spin coating.

title: High-index glasses

description:
The optical glass industry has traditionally made a distinction between two categories of glass :

Crowns: glasses of moderate index and high constringence,

Flints: glasses of high index and moderate to low constringence. Classic soda-lime glasses belong to the Crown family; so do borosilicates. They are the most frequently encountered glasses in ophthalmic optics. The use of Flints in the spectacle industry has been limited for many years by the very high density (weight) of these materials (sometimes twice as high as that of ordinary Crowns). The development of glasses containing titanium oxide (or even lanthanum oxide), which combine high index and a good level of constringence has made it possible to provide spectacle lenses with much lower density than that of traditional Flints.

title: High index: See Mid-index and high-index lenses

keyValue: I

title: In-mass: See Photochromic in-mass technology

title: Isotropism

description: The state of bodies whose physical properties are identical in all directions. Amorphous materials are, generally speaking, isotropic, whereas crystalline matter is normally anisotropic (its physical properties depend on the direction in which they are measured).

keyValue: J

keyValue: K

keyValue: L

title: Lanthanum glass (See High-index glasses)

title: Lead glasses (See Crystal, Flint)

title: Lehr, annealing

description: Equipment for the continuous processing treatment of lens blanks at the so-called annealing temperature (in the region of 500 to 700° C). The purpose of annealing is to reduce thermal stress within the blanks so that they can be surfaced without risk of breakage. In the special case of photochromic blanks, the purpose of heat treatment carried out concurrently with annealing is to develop silver-halide crystals within the blanks. It requires temperature regulation in different zones of the lehr with an accuracy to within 1° Celsius.

title: Linear thermal expansion coefficient

description:
A measurement to express the lengthening of a glass sample per unit of length for a variation of 1°C within a defined temperature range (from 25 to 300°C for spectacle lenses). The lower the coefficient, the more the glass is likely to resist thermal shocks without breakage.

In ophthalmic optics, this characteristic can be of great importance when it comes to high-temperature treatment (for example, tempering).

keyValue: M

title: Mid-index and high-index lenses

description: Refractive indices up to 1.56 are generally described as “mid index” and those above are “high indices”. Plastic materials (such as nylon, polycarbonate, Sunsensors®, …) can be found within the 1.5 – 1.71 range of indices, whereas glass reaches 1.9. Due to their lighter weight and thinner-profile advantage over low-index lenses (n = 1.50), mid- and high-index lenses are increasingly demanded by ophthalmic lens wearers.

title: Mineral glass

description: Opposite of organic glass; obtained from silica sand with a high content of SiO2 (silica=quartz) and a low level of impurities.

title: Mold

description: In ophthalmic glass making, the tooling on the press table which collects the gob of hot glass which is then pressed to form a lens blank, or «moulding». The edge of the mould («ring») produces the cylindrical shape, and the bottom of the mould («valve») forms the convex face of the moulding.

title: Molding (pressing or «blank»)

description: A raw glass disc or similar shape obtained by pressing a hot glass gob which will later be processed into a spectacle lens to meet prescription requirements. The curves of mouldings destined for mass-production machining are formed as closely as possible to the curves of the finished lens.

title: Monomers - Polymers

description: In chemical terms, a monomer is an organic compound whose molecules can join together to form three-dimensional networks of polymer chains, thanks to a reaction called “polymerization.” Polymers are large molecules, more complex than monomers and with much more diverse shapes and properties, made up of many simple repeated units. Specific types of monomers and polymerization reactions are used to manufacture plastic lenses.

keyValue: N

title: Nylon

description: Chemical name: diallylglycol carbonate monomer. Plastic material used for both ophthalmic frame and lens manufacturing, via very specific manufacturing processes

keyValue: O

title: OHSAS (Occupational Health and Safety Assessment

description:
As defined by British Standards International (BSI):
The OHSAS specification gives requirements for an occupational health and safety (OH&S) management system, to enable an organization to control its OH&S risks and improve its performance. It does not state specific OH&S performance criteria, nor does it give detailed specifications for the design of a management system.

OHSAS 18001 has been developed to be compatible with the ISO 9001 (Quality) and ISO 14001 (Environmental) management systems standards, in order to facilitate the integration of quality, environmental, and occupational health and safety management systems by organizations.

title: Organic compound

description: In chemical terms, a compound containing hydrocarbon groups. Manufacturing ophthalmic plastic lenses mainly relies on organic chemistry. (Manufacturing ophthalmic glass lenses mainly relies on mineral chemistry).

title: Organic glass

description:
Opposite of mineral glass.

Transparent plastic material made from organic chemistry (monomers/ resins/ catalysts/ polymerization), which has several common properties with glass; this is why the ophthalmic market relies on both categories to address diverse customers’ needs and expectations. Plastic lenses are less scratch-resistant than glass lenses (thus requiring Hard Coating), not as perfectly transparent, but they are much lighter and some of them are highly resistant to impact.

keyValue: P

title: Parison

description: A drop, or gob, of glass which is cut by shears as it leaves the delivery tube. The parison then falls into the mould to be pressed into a lens blank. The weight of the parison corresponds exactly to the weight of the pressed blank.

title: Photochromic dye

description: The photochromic dye is an organic molecule which undergoes a reversible chemical reaction when exposed to ultraviolet A (UVA): the opening or closing of its structure, respectively causing the fading or darkening of the lens. Most of the time, a photochromic plastic lens will incorporate a specific mix of several dyes, all of them photochromic.

title: Photochromic in-mass technology

description: The in-mass photochromic technology disperses photochromic dyes throughout the lens material with a specific manufacturing process ensuring that they are distributed evenly. As ultraviolet (UV) exposure may, in the long run, degrade some of these molecules (those closer to the convex curve), others as yet inactivated replace them, providing a long-lasting, consistent color over the life of the prescription.

title: Photochromic plastic resin

description: Photochromic resin is a mixture of photochromic dyes in a liquid monomer resin.

title: Photochromism (photochromicity)

description:
Photochromism may be defined as the modification by solar radiation of a material's light absorption characteristics. Thus, certain glazed articles are susceptible to a slight darkening after some years of exposure.

In general, this phenomenon is not reversible. In photographs, for example, sensitive particles undergo a definitive transformation on exposure to radiation in the near-ultraviolet portion of the spectrum. The invention of photochromic glass, on the other hand, has introduced a family of products in which the active elements, silver halide particles, are capable of undergoing a succession of darkening / clearing cycles without evidence of fatigue as manifested by a slowdown in their light response capacity. A representation of the elementary mechanism involved corresponds to the following electronic exchange between the silver atoms and their immediate environment.

Equilibrium is moved towards the right under the effect of ultraviolet or short-wavelength visible radiations. In the absence of this type of radiation, the system tends to revert to its original state.

title: Plastic lenses

description:
Plastic lens raw materials can be divided in two groups: thermosetting and thermoplastic resins.

Thermosetting resins, such as nylon, medium & high index lens resins, are hardened by heating without any possibility of reshaping. This type of resin is transformed into lens by casting.

Thermoplastic resins, such as polycarbonate, soften when heated and can thus be reshaped at specific temperatures. This type of liquid resin is transformed into lens by injection.

title: Platinum

description: A noble metal used in those parts of the furnace which are heated to the highest temperatures. Platinum is used for its heat-resistant and non-polluting properties, and for its chemical inertia.

title: Plunger

description: That part of the tooling fixed to the piston rod which presses the parison in the mould. The shape of the plunger determines the curvature of the concave face.

title: Poise (See also Viscosity)

description: A poise is the unit of measurement of the dynamic viscosity of a liquid manifesting a resistance of 1 dyne when sliding on a flat surface of 1 sq. cm. with an increasing speed of 1 cm per second / per cm.

title: Polarized glass

description: In simple terms, polarized sunglasses eliminate most of the annoying glare coming from flat reflective surfaces (roads, snow, lawns, lake water,…). This effect is obtained by the presence of a polarizing film between two thin layers of glass, one being a tinted glass (external side, with all necessary sunglass treatments), and the other one being a neutral glass.

title: Polishing

description:
The treatment of a ground lens surface (see smoothing) to make it absolutely transparent. Polishing occurs by rubbing on a tool covered with felt or a plastic sheet while the lens is constantly sprayed with water containing finely powdered cerium oxide in suspension.

This operation should in no way alter the curves of the lens previously generated and smoothed.

title: Polycarbonate lenses

description:
Polycarbonate is one among several plastic materials used to manufacture ophthalmic lenses.

Its main benefits for patients are its excellent impact resistance, light weight, and high refractive index (n= 1.59). Its market share is quite significant in the USA.

Polycarbonate is a thermoplastic polymer. Such lenses are made by injection molding. The adequate lens forming technology consists of melting the raw material granules by heating, then injecting into metallic or glass molds at high temperature for a few seconds.

keyValue: Q

keyValue: R

title: Refractive index

description: This is the quotient of the speed of monochromatic light propagated in air to the speed propagation of the same light in any other medium. In ophthalmic optics, refractive indices are generally given for two wavelengths :ne : 546.1 nm (Mercury line) green,nd : 587.6 nm (Helium line) yellow.

keyValue: S

title: Shears

description: In the context of glass-making, mechanical cutters equipped with special alloy blades to cut the glass as it leaves the delivery tube so as to obtain a repeated series of very accurately weighted parisons for pressing in moulds.

title: Silver halide

description: Silver halides are compounds blending silver with elements which are halogens, such as chlorine or bromine. In their pure state they correspond to the formulae AgCl and AgBr. When added to a glass composition, silver halides are dispersed throughout the substance of the material as minute particles (about 100 angstroms). The number and size of these particles is determined by the application of thermal treatment, to ensure the reproducibility of the photochromic glass materials transmission characteristics and colour (gray or brown).

title: Smoothing (fine grinding)

description: This operation is designed to refine the rough surface of the lens following the process of generation. Smoothing is achieved by mechanical rubbing of the lens surface on a cast-iron counterform, while the lens is sprayed with a solution of emery in water suspension. Lens smoothing can also be effected using a counterform impregnated with small pellets of diamond sunk into a sintered bronze matrix. Smoothing should not alter the lens curve previously generated.

title: Soda-lime glasses

description: These are the most prevalent glass types (used for window glass, tableware, and so on). In addition to silicon, which accounts for about 70 percent of their composition, these glasses also contain sodium and calcium oxides. For spectacle lenses, ordinary Crowns belong to this category of glass. They differ essentially according to the raw materials selected and the choice of additional ingredients to determine their optical and physical properties.

title: Substrate

description: The primary material or the underlying layer on which other materials (such as a coating, a paint, or a treatment) is applied.

keyValue: T

title: Titanium glasses (See High Index glasses)

title: Top-siding (of a fused bifocal lens)

description: An operation which consists of grinding away all the surplus thickness of the near vision segment fused onto the «major» lens. After top-siding, the whole of the convex face of the rough bifocal lens becomes a continuous spherical surface on which, because of the difference in material index, the exterior contour of the near vision segment can be seen.

title: Torr

description:
Unit of pressure adapted for measuring high vacuums and derived from the name of the Italian physicist TORRICELLI.

1 Torr = 1 mm of mercury

Units for surface treatment through vacuum depositing operate under residual pressures of 10-4 to 10-6 Torr.

title: Transmission

description:
For a given wavelength, this is the quotient of transmitted light flux Φt, to the incident light flux Φi

The transmission factor, spectral transmittance, varies with wavelength. The variation of this factor as a function of wavelength is represented by the transmission curve.

The difference in values of transmitted light flux and incident light flux are caused by:

the intrinsic absorption of glass (this is negligible for certain lenses such as clear (white) lenses),

a loss by reflection on both sides of air / lens diopter (see the chapter on «Anti-reflection and tint coatings»).

title: True density

description: This is the quotient between the mass and the volume of the glass. True density is expressed in terms of grams / cubic centimetres. For glass spectacle lenses density can vary from 2.4 to 4.0 g/cm3.

keyValue: U

keyValue: V

title: Viscosity

description: Viscosity may be defined in terms of the internal friction of a liquid (the unit of measurement is the poise). Bear in mind that a perfect fluid would have a zero viscosity and that a perfect solid would have an infinite viscosity reading. The chart gives characteristic viscosity values for the manufacture of glasses and explains what they mean.

title: Vitroceramics - Glass ceramics

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Days after the deposed leader of Honduras returned to his country, church leaders met with both parties involved in the political standoff, and the country's acting foreign minister said the Vatican might help mediate a solution to the crisis.
On Sept. 24 Auxiliary Bishop Juan Pineda Fasquelle of Tegucigalpa spoke with both Manuel Zelaya, the former president who returned to Honduras on Sept. 21, and Roberto Micheletti, who heads the de facto government that ousted Zelaya on June 28.
After meeting with Zelaya on Sept. 21 at the Brazilian Embassy, where the former president has sought asylum, Bishop Pineda said he hoped the visit would be a "first step" toward dialogue. The overtures came after several days of protests in which at least one person was killed and others were injured or arrested.
Carlos López Contreras, the country's acting foreign minister, announced on Sept. 24 that Micheletti was willing to begin talks with his opponents. When asked who might participate in the dialogue, López mentioned the Vatican. According to church sources, Cardinal Oscar Rodríguez Maradiaga of Tegucigalpa had spoken about the matter with Pope Benedict XVI earlier in the week.
Peace talks mediated by the church could restore the church's credibility among the Honduran community. Observers say that a statement by the bishops in July that was widely seen as supporting the coup has damaged the church's reputation. Retired Bishop Real Corriveau of Choluteca said the statement was misinterpreted and that the bishops found fault with both sides in the conflict. Unlike the Organization of American States and many governments, the bishops did not insist on Zelaya's return to office.
Grassroots church workers, however, have been critical of the political takeover. Radio Progreso, a radio station sponsored by the Jesuits, was closed briefly after the coup in June, and its director, Ismael Moreno, S.J., received a death threat. At one point, police surrounded the station, but local people occupied the building to keep authorities from closing it. The station has been covering political protests organized by Zelaya's supporters.
Moreno said Bishop Pineda's visit to Zelaya was an "acknowledgment that during these nearly three months, the church hierarchy has not taken a well-refined position" and that the church was interested in leading "along the road to reconciliation."
Nevertheless, Moreno recommended that a Vatican representative take part in mediation because some bishops are seen as supportive of "sectors that are close to the de facto government." One exception is Bishop Luis Santos Villeda of Santa Rosa de Copán, who publicly criticized the bishops' statement in July. On Sept. 24 his diocese issued a statement questioning the legitimacy of the Micheletti government and urging a return to "constitutional order."
Despite positive signs, hurdles remain to bringing the parties together. Leaders of other governments have insisted on Zelaya's return to office, but Micheletti has said he would not hand over power. The parties also disagree about a proposal for a referendum on a constitutional assembly. It was Zelaya's attempt to put the question on the November ballot that triggered the coup.


text: Normally I don't pay much attention to the industry awards given out by Frost & Sullivan. Frankly, there are too many to keep track of and if I covered them all, I wouldn't have much room for anything else. However, I must admit I'm struck by the announcement today that IBM has been named the 2008 North American Video Surveillance Software Company of the Year. Not that IBM isn't a great company capable of executing some great software for the physical security market. It's just that I've really heard almost nothing about them since they announced last year their entry into the physical market (for the second time), and all their acquisitions and noise lately has been focused on the IT security market. (Note in that link the reference to IBM's plans to spend $1.5 billion on IT security this year.) Here's some explanation: Frost & Sullivan identified the recipient of this award based on the following criteria: revenue and market-share growth; proof of success executing a restructuring strategy; new market penetration; marketing, promotion, and visibility of the company through various media; evidence of success through strategy innovation; technological innovation and leadership; increased name recognition; and improvement in customer satisfaction and loyalty levels. So, I wouldn't have thought they'd created much revenue or market share yet. I guess they restructured and entered a new market, but I haven't been impressed by their visibility in the market (they were on the "other" ISC West floor) and I'm not sure how you could increase IBM's name recognition. Plus, I haven't heard a single integrator I've talked with mention them. I guess I'm talking to the wrong people? Or Frost & Sullivan are just impressed by the three-letter reputation? If you're using IBM software and are impressed, let me know.


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Wednesday, February 10, 2010
When Good Copiers Go Bad
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I LOVE your sense of humour! Still chucklin' here :)ReplyDelete
Perhaps it is related to HAL the 2001 computer.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousFebruary 10, 2010 at 6:54 PM
Ha ha, I love that! Oh, I've had those problems with a copier too. They get a personality, don't they? And they seem to know when YOU are coming over to see them... They rub their little copier hands together and laugh their evil little copier laugh, then proceed to jam. Grrr!ReplyDelete
The copier at my local Archive Room has a way to copy to a flash drive so it doesn't cost you anything for copies. The down side is you don't know what you have until you load it onto the computer. Of course my DD asks me why I didn't take my netbook since they have wireless there? Next time! I liked your sense of humor about the copier.ReplyDelete
You made my day! As a genealogy librarian I deal with Newman everyday. I can't tell you how many people I have had to rescue from his clutches! Thanks for starting my day with a smile! CassieReplyDelete
LOL!I can so relate.ReplyDelete
This is hysterical! I love what Newman looks like when it's just you and him.ReplyDelete
Priceless and funny to read. And this demonstrates that sometimes, on rare occasions, when users say, "But I didn't touch anything!", it is true because the copy machines have taken it upon themselves to do something completely different than what was requested.ReplyDelete
I can't wait to show this to some of my coworkers. HPL's OCE copiers are the bane of my existence. I can assure you that no one ever thinks you are to blame. We are all well aware of their horns & pitchforks!ReplyDelete
LOL! A great reason for students like me to learn how to transcribe documents - in case we run into our own Newman.ReplyDelete
Never let anything electronic know you are in a hurry. They all belong to the same union.ReplyDelete
Thanks for the delightful post.
Amy - Posts like this are why I love you so much!ReplyDelete
My printer is currently my Newman. He was spitting ink all over me the other day! - which of course, was the day I had a bunch of papers to print and turn in. Electronics always know...
This made me laugh out loud! I'm glad I'm not the only one who has to battle copiers!ReplyDelete


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In Okinawa, a Karate instructor would make every effort to teach the first son born to his first son. This first grandson was called the "chonin." I believe that a first grandson born to a daughter would not be a chonin, but I am not certain about this.
When I discover an elder Okinawan Karate expert here in Hawaii, or research the life of such an expert who has passed away, I always suspect that he was trained by his grandfather. This tradition goes back to before the introduction of Karate to the Okinawan school system. Before 1900, Karate was a family matter for most people.
Two of my sons are adults and I am looking forward to having grandchildren in the coming years. I am beginning to appreciate the Okinawan custom of teaching the "chonin."
I have taught Karate to all four of my children starting about 15 years ago. But to tell the truth, I did not know as much now as I do then, and I certainly could not teach as well. As I approach 50, I am just beginning to understand the basics of Karate.
When I am a grandfather, I think that the time will be right to teach my grandchildren. Of course, I would not only teach the first son of my first son. I would teach all of my grandchildren (boys and girls), if they would like to learn.
I often hear stories about Karate instructors from their early students. Most agree that their instructors have mellowed with age. I tend to think that it is best to learn from a mellow and wise instructor. Perhaps a grandparent can teach a grandchild with more patience and understanding than a parent.
In fact, I have heard of several cases where a son quit martial arts training under this father. A father tends to be very strict and does not want to show any favoritism to his own son. Sometimes the senior students also take out their displeasure with or envy of the instructor on his son. This could also happen under a grandfather, but I suspect that a grandfather would be better able to handle the group dynamic.
There is a story that Kentsu Yabu went to California in 1919, to await the birth of his first son's son. During the next 8 years, his first son, Kenden, produced four daughters! Yabu Sensei decided to return to Okinawa, but stopped in Hawaii, where he taught Karate for about 8 months. Yabu Sensei acted as the grandfather Sensei to all his students here in Hawaii.
Charles C. Goodin
Teaching the Chonin
In Okinawa, a Karate instructor would make every effort to teach the first son born to his first son. This first grandson was called the "chonin." I believe that a first grandson born to a daughter would not be a chonin, but I am not certain about this.
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Elizabeth Olsen Talks 'Avengers 2' Casting Secret
Elizabeth Olsen stops to pose as she arrives for her appearance on The Daily Show with Jon Stewart on Monday (November 18) in New York City.
The 24-year-old actress recently opened up for the first time about her role as Scarlet Witch in the upcoming Avengers: The Age of Ultron film.
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"When there's a great ensemble already in place, you're just like, That sounds awesome — because I want to work with all of those people," Lizzie told the Huffington Post. "That's amazing. And it's all of these people that I respect. Clearly I did this for a reason and it turned out well for a reason."
She added, "I remember being like, I still can't talk about it, right? I thought Marvel had a plan to break it in a certain way — because you know they like to do their little surprises…And it's so uncomfortable because it's like, 'Yeah, I'm doing it! And it's gonna be amazing!'"
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There were many DeVore's who migrated from Edgefield County South Carolina to Georgia in the mid 1800's.
Looking for obit for Ethel Johnson d: May 20, 1961 in Burnaby, BC Also looking for Obit for Doreen Johnson b: 11-15-29 d: 1979 or later?
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I am from the Atlanta area, was born and raised in Vancouver. Have many relatives in B.C. including Vancouver Island. Have reached a real brick wall in trying to find a first cousin. I am certain that she is deceased, however have been unable to find anything on her until just this past week. That is I think it is her. Anyway
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Illinois mayor's nephew kills 5, dies after firefight
The bodies of five people who had been shot to death were found early Wednesday in a house in a tiny southwestern Illinois town, and authorities said a suspect was injured and taken into custody a short time later. (April 24) AP
The shootings took place in a public housing apartment in Manchester, Ill., 85 miles north of St. Louis.
The nephew of a small Illinois town's mayor killed five people, including two children, in an apartment before dawn Wednesday and died hours later after a high-speed chase and shootout with police, officials said.
The killings happened about 4:30 a.m. in Manchester, a village of 350 people, located about 85 miles north of St. Louis. Mayor Ronald Drake confirmed that the gunman, 43-year-old Rick O. Smith, was his nephew, but that he had not spoken to him in two years, the Associated Press reported.
The Chicago Tribune reported that the victims were a grandmother, a young couple and their two small children. A 6-year-old girl was seriously wounded, Illinois State Police Lt. Todd Kilby told reporters.
After shooting the others at close range, the gunman "took the 6-year-old out of the residence and put her in the hands of a neighbor," he said.
Kilby would not speculate on a possible motive or discuss any possible relationship between the victims and the gunman.
A neighbor told the Tribune that Smith had been involved in a custody dispute.
The newspaper identified the victims as Joanne Sinclair, 65; her granddaughter Brittany Luark, 22; her boyfriend, Roy Ralston; Nolan Ralston, 5, and Brantley Ralston, 1.
Kassidy Ralston remained hospitalized in critical condition in Springfield, Ill., the Scott County Sheriff's Department said.
The Tribune quoted a son-in-law, Brad Teeter, as saying the shooter broke into the first-floor apartment in the public housing complex and "shot everybody inside." He told the newspaper that he did not know the gunman.
"Scott County is a small community. Fortunately, this type of thing doesn't happen very often," said county state attorney's Michael Hill. "But this is proof that it can happen."
Drake lives a block from where the shooting occurred.
"Big tragedy for this town, I'll tell you," said Drake, according to WLDS radio. "I've lived here 43 years; we've never had anything like this go on."
Drake said he learned later that the suspect was a relative.
Kilby said the gunman had "multiple weapons" in his possession when he was caught about 7:30 a.m. after being wounded during a gunfight with state troopers and Winchester police. Smith, of Roodhouse, about 5 miles from Manchester, died later at a hospital.
Police said they found a rifle, a shotgun and a big knife in his car.
Schools were closed as a precaution in North Green, Winchester and Jacksonville while the gunman was at large.
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The threat of a 19 per cent pay cut for up to 50 operating theatre staff at Great Western Hospital has been ended after plans to demote nurses were shelved.
Under plans first presented to staff in October 2013, senior nurses and operating department practitioners would have had to re-apply to keep their current jobs.
Those unsuccessful would have had their pay cut by up to 19 per cent, or just over £6,500 a year on their basic salary.
Following months of talks with staff and public sector union UNISON, the trust ended the process and announced no demotions would take place.
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Michael Sweetman, the UNISON Area Organiser, said: "Our members in the operating theatre were overwhelmingly opposed to this idea.
"We are delighted that managers have decided to listen to their staff in time to avoid what could have become an unpleasant dispute.
"We look forward to working with the trust on ways to improve the department now that the threat of demotion is no longer hanging over the staff's heads.
"Right now the staff will just be feeling a sense of relief, and we are celebrating a victory for NHS workers which shows that trade union organisation still works as well as ever."
Oonagh Fitzgerald, Director of Workforce and Education at the GWH, said: "We have spent several months talking to staff in theatres looking at how we can change the way we work to support better patient care. After listening to staff it was clear we needed to implement some of the proposals and not others. Some of the proposed improvements which will go ahead include strengthening the leadership and clarifying roles within the teams.
"Our theatre staff are a vital part of the hospital and we value the important work they do for patients. That is why we are always keen to listen to staff when we develop any proposals to change the way we work.
"The demands facing hospitals like ours mean that services cannot stand still and we need to develop and change the way we work to meet the tough challenges the NHS is facing. We will be meeting with theatre teams over the next few weeks to discuss how theatres will work in the future."
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Sept. 25, 2005
GRAFTON, Mass. - The men's cross country team finished third of seven teams at the Jumbo Invitational on Saturday afternoon. Senior Fivos Constantinou again led the way for the Engineers with a fifth place finish in a field of 116 runners. Invitational host Tufts, ranked ninth nationally, won the tough 8k race. Bentley's Ryan Agnew was the individual winner.
Constantinou, who earned NEWMAC Runner of the Week honors after a seventh place finish among collegiate runners last weekend at the UMass Dartmouth Invitational, ran the challenging Tufts farm course in 25:58. He finished only 25 seconds behind Agnew. Finishing in the top 50 behind Constantinou for MIT was senior Eric Khatchadourian (10), junior Kevin Brulois (12), freshman Jake Ruzevick (23), sophomore Erik Stafl (32), junior Spencer Dudley (33), freshman Yermie Cohen (48) and sophomore Joe Roy-Mayhew (49).
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Name: Bella, 6
Location: Charlotte, NC
This party was so fun to put together for my daughter Bella because it is something we are all passionate about: books and reading!
This was a very inexpensive party to throw, using books on hand for most of the decorations, as well as a few children's books from Goodwill that I used for pennant banners and the invitations. I printed some Kindergarten-level word searches and some Dr. Seuss coloring pages to keep the kids busy while we waited for all of the guests to arrive. I also put out some scrabble tiles and they had fun spelling words while they waited.
For games we played a 'Book Treasure Hunt' with clues leading from story to story, made bookmarks, and played a book version of a cakewalk. In lieu of a gift, I asked parents to bring a wrapped book for a book exchange. When the kids' book was called in the cake walk, they each got to select a book!
Favors included bookplates, "book worms" and Dr. Seuss pencils from Amazon, along with the book they chose.
Thanks, Jessie! There are other pictures and details on her blog here.
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