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Technology companies and legislators are doubling down on the fight against patent trolls.
Microsoft, the Consumer Electronics Association, and the Software Alliance are backing proposed legislation in the U.S. House of Representatives that would do away with anonymous patents, a shell game played by patent trolls to try to hide their identity.
Patent trolls are entities that patent a product with no plans to produce it, but instead sue when someone else infringes on the patent. Such entities are causing nearly $30 billion worth of damage to the U.S. economy every year, Google wrote in a blog post.
Stronger disclosures sought
Rep. Ted Deutch, a Florida Democrat, is sponsoring the End Anonymous Patents Act, which would require any sales or transfers of patents to be disclosed. The purchasing entity also would have to file a notice of the real party in interest that holds the patent.
Under the bill, the same disclosure requirements would apply to new patents at the time they are awarded, and for currently held patents at the time of the next scheduled maintenance fee payment, according to Deutch's Web site.
The congressman says the legislation is intended to promote transparency. It also would help potential licensees uncover the actual owners of patents and agree on terms.
"Recording ownership in the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office's assignment database is at present voluntary, with the result that records of patent ownership are often inaccurate and incomplete. Some patent owners take advantage of this obscurity to try to hide what they own for tactical advantage in licensing negotiations or to avoid complying with patent licensing commitments," Microsoft wrote in a blog post.
Congress has been addressing the issue of patent trolls in other ways, as well.
On May 1, Sen. Charles Schumer, a New York Democrat, introduced legislation allowing the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office to review and invalidate controversial patents challenged by technology start-ups in an effort to discourage patent trolls.
That bill would extend a patent-challenging provision in the 2011 patent reform bill the America Invents Act. The patent bill included a temporary program that allowed companies in the financial products industry to challenge business-method patents at the USPTO, and the new bill would expand the provision to include business-method patents challenged by technology start-up companies and would remove the provision's temporary status.
Troll protection
In addition, a San Francisco company called Unified Patents recently surfaced to pool large and small companies so as to make it more difficult and expensive for patent trolls to target start-ups.
"It'll do that, in some cases, by encouraging its larger member companies to acquire the small patents that patent trolls might be trying to add to their portfolios," reports CNET. "The organization will also ask the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office on a frequent basis to question whether the patents a patent troll brings up in lawsuits are valid."
Unified Patents, which is backed by Google, was formed by Kevin Jakel, who was formerly head of IP litigation at Intuit.
In April, Google, BlackBerry, EarthLink, and Red Hat complained to the Federal Trade Commission and the Justice Department about the increasing harm patent trolls are causing.
Want more on this subject? Check out this interesting TED Talk on how one entrepreneur beat a patent troll.
This story, "Technology patent trolls snubbed in Congress" was originally published by TechHive.


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Pityriasis rosea is a common skin rash. The rash is scaly and reddish-pink. It may first appear on the back, stomach, or chest. The rash can then spread to the neck, arms, and legs.
The cause of pityriasis rosea is unknown. It may be caused by viruses or a certain medication, such as antibiotics or heart medications.
Pityriasis rosea occurs most often in children and young adults. It is more likely to occur in the spring and fall.
Before a rash appears, the first symptoms may be similar to the common cold. They may include:
When the rash appears, symptoms may include:
You will be asked about your symptoms and medical history. A physical exam will be done. Pityriasis rosea can usually be diagnosed by looking at your rash. You may be referred to a doctor who specializes in skin disorders (dermatologist) if the rash is difficult to identify.
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There is no cure for pityriasis rosea. The rash may last for several months. It will usually go away on its own.
Treatment may be able to relieve some of the symptoms, such as itching. Treatment options include the following:
Medications to relieve itching and inflammation caused by pityriasis rosea include:
There is no known way to prevent pityriasis rosea. It does not spread from person to person. It is not likely to recur. This rash does not leave permanent marks. However, some people with dark skin may have some skin discoloration. This will usually fade with time.
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Pityriasis rosea. American Academy of Dermatology website. Available at: http://www.aad.org/dermatology-a-to-z/diseases-and-treatments/m---p/pityriasis-rosea. Accessed December 21, 2017.
Pityriasis rosea. American Family Physician website. Available at: http://familydoctor.org/familydoctor/en/diseases-conditions/pityriasis-rosea.printerview.all.html. Updated April 2014. Accessed December 21, 2017.
Pityriasis rosea. American Osteopathic College of Dermatology website. Available at: http://www.aocd.org/skin/dermatologic_diseases/pityriasis_rosea.html. Accessed December 21, 2017.
Pityriasis rosea. EBSCO DynaMed Plus website. Available at:http://www.dynamed.com/topics/dmp~AN~T115956/Pityriasis-rosea. Updated August 20, 2015. Accessed December 21, 2017.
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If you haven't got the time to read Neon's in-depth review or just don't like reading, why not head over to our easy to digest video review. At under three minutes you'll get all the essential info in no time at all. You could even watch it while waiting for the kettle to boil.
Do you remember that bit in the Lord of the Rings trilogy when Gandalf's twin brother turned up to help electrocute the orcs outside the Black Gate? Or how about the scene where a small army of elves marched off a ledge to meet their fiery deaths in the Mines of Moria? Nope, we don't remember these things happening in the films either; however, they certainly do happen in LOTR: Conquest, and the game is all the more enjoyable for it.
This is essentially Battlefront: Middle Earth Edition in everything but name. As with Pandemic Studios' Star Wars games, Conquest is a third person action game that allows you to play through all the epic battles of your favourite film series - assuming that your favourite film series is the adventures of Frodo and co. It's been a fair old while since the release of the Rings movies, so if you have even a passing interest in this game then the chances are that you're a pretty big fan of the trilogy. If this is the case, you're probably wondering if Conquest does a good job of recreating that epic LOTR feel. As it turns out, the answer is... kind of.
If you've read our hands-on preview, you'll know that Conquest offers a competitive multiplayer mode where up to 16 players can carve each other up using one of four classes: Warrior, Archer, Scout or Mage. You'll also know that while we found it to be fairly enjoyable, our overriding feeling was that it lacked the sense of spectacle that made the film's huge battles so enjoyable. Our opinion on this matter hasn't changed. There are certainly some half-decent scraps to be had out of these matches, and the four classes each play differently enough to provide a good mix of strategies and play styles, but it still feels like little more than a skirmish. It's important to note that Conquest's much-touted ability to show "150 characters on screen at a time" is only applicable to the central campaign; while bots can be used to fill up vacant slots in a multiplayer deathmatch, there will never be more than eight combatants on each side (up to four can play together on one console via splitscreen on consoles).
In other words, it will always be just a skirmish. On the plus side, you do get a choice of flavours for your multiplayer: Team Deathmatch, Hero Team Deathmatch, Capture the Ring and the territory-based Conquest. We're still a bit sad that Pandemic chose to scrap Ring Bearer mode - a type of match that would have seen one player become Frodo while everyone else played as Ringwraiths, attempting to hunt him down. That sounded pretty good fun to us, but alas it was not to be. Still, at least there's fun to be had from playing as an entire team of angry Gandalfs - nothing beats the sight of eight Ian McKellans going to town on Sauron's all-star villains.
Players looking for a true Lord of the Rings experience are better off with Conquest's central campaigns. Initially all that is available is The War of the Ring - a set of nine maps that follow the major conflicts of the Trilogy in roughly the same order that they appear in the film. You'll start with the Battle of Golgoroth, the fight which saw Sauron defeated at the end of the War of the Last Alliance. After this training level, you'll move on to the Battle of Helm's Deep, later moving on to battles at Isengard, Osgiliath and Pelennor Fields, among others. Pandemic has also used artistic license to include some battles that never appeared in the films - so alongside familiar fights you'll also get to do things like helping to liberate the Mines of Moria from the orcs. You could argue that some elements of these new scenarios are a little contrived - Gandalf ends up fighting another Balrog in Moria, for example - but these additions are largely the kinds of things that fans will enjoy. In a similar vein, completing The War of the Ring unlocks The Rise of Sauron - an evil campaign that considers what would happen if Frodo had failed in his quest. You'll murder the little hobbit in the first level, set on Mount Doom, and then lead the forces of darkness on a rampage across Middle Earth. Eventually you'll even reach the Shire - slicing and impaling a hundred little men with furry feet like the cold-hearted bastard you are.
It all sounds rather fun, and to a certain extent it is. Chopping through the maps by yourself gets a bit repetitive rather quickly, but if you play with friends then the game gains a new breath of life. You can play with up to three other chums online, but there's also a local splitscreen mode (on 360 and PS3) that provides plenty of fun for two without a huge drop in quality. When played like this, Conquest becomes a bit of a laugh - and yet it's hard to escape the feeling that the presence of a mate is merely distracting you from the flaws that are more obvious in single-player. Each character class gets a handful of moves to use, but these are all you'll ever have: there are no extra weapons to pick up, and since you're supposed to be playing as rank-and-file troops, there's nothing in the way of levelling-up or gaining new abilities. Even on the occasions when you play as Gandalf or another of the series' heroes, they handle like spiced up versions of the regular classes. In short, the combat is pretty darn shallow.
The game's presentation is also somewhat uneven. Most of the character models look like reasonable gaming equivalents to their cinematic counterparts, while the larger beasties like Balrogs and Trolls are relatively impressive in their movement and appearance. Other animations fare less well: orc swordsmen have a peculiar way of waddling into battle, while running one horse into another can result in a bizarre glitch that sees your nag sliding about on its nose. Pathfinding can also be an issue in levels that feature narrow ledges: there are quite a few chuckles to be had from watching suicidal elves hurling themselves off cliffs in the Mines of Moria. On the audio front the game gains a good deal of atmosphere from its use of Howard Shore's original score and Hugo Weaving's narration, although we were less impressed by the Barry Scott impersonator who likes to shout orders at you during each battle.
Most of these flaws actually tend to be quite amusing, but they still don't help what is ultimately a fairly limited experience. There is certainly lots of fun to be had with LOTR: Conquest, but unfortunately it's not really the kind of fun that lasts over a long period of time. Unless you fall in love with the deathmatch modes, the main draw here is the two campaigns - and most gamers will be able to cut their way through both in under five hours. Even if you're a massive fan of the series, we'd advise you to approach this game with caution.


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|犬塚ハナ Inuzuka Hana
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Hana Inuzuka (犬塚ハナ, Inuzuka Hana) is a chūnin from Konohagakure's Inuzuka clan, as well as an excellent and respected veterinary medical-nin. Her canine companions are ninken triplets: the Three Haimaru Brothers.
- 1 Background
- 2 Personality
- 3 Appearance
- 4 Abilities
- 5 Part I
- 6 Part II
- 7 In Other Media
- 8 Trivia
- 9 References
In the anime, Hana entered the Academy at the same time and shared a class with Izumi, Itachi, Saisu Kamano, and Maruten, under the tutelage of Daikoku Funeno. She was not yet accompanied by her ninken at that time.[3]
Hana is quite affectionate to her little brother as well as her dogs.[1] Compared to her family, she is more laid-back and more even-tempered, although she still at times lives up to her clan's feral demeanour, and is more than willing to fight to defend her village. Similar to most of the Inuzuka clan, Hana is fiercely loyal to her family, and appears to be very close to her brother Kiba. It is obvious that she possesses a very sharp and attentive mind in regards to medical techniques, especially those pertaining to veterinary medicine.
Hana is a very loving individual, who has been seen looking after Kiba and the house while their mother Tsume was away on missions. However, despite being a gifted veterinarian, Hana is shown to be less skilled in domestic pursuits, as her mending of Naruto Uzumaki's bitten pants left something to be desired, resembling sutures more than sewing.
Hana has long brown hair which she wears in a ponytail with two locks of hair framing her face over her large, black eyes. She also wears a light shade of lipstick and has the traditional fang-like tattoos of the Inuzuka clan on both of her cheeks, in addition to a tattoo on her upper right arm that resembles a flower (perhaps a pun on her name, which can also mean "flower", as well as "nose"). She wears a brace on her left wrist, bracelets on her right hand as well as bandages and usually wears the beige Konoha medic uniform when on duty in the village, and during battle wears a form-fitting variation of the Konoha flak jacket which doesn't have any chest pockets and she keeps the front of her jacket unzipped, exposing her cleavage. She also wears a pair of form-fitting shorts cut just above the knee, bandages just below her tattoo and wrist-warmers. Hana also noticeably has a softer appearance than the other members of her family, not having slit-like eyes, or wild, shaggy hair. During the Fourth Shinobi World War, she donned the standard uniform of the Konoha-nin and the forehead protector of the Allied Shinobi Forces.
As a child, she wore light-brown clothes with white fur around the collar and a grey sash around her waist.
Inuzuka Clan Abilities
As an Inuzuka, Hana fights in collaboration with her beloved companions, the Three Haimaru Brothers. She is seemingly well versed in her clan's techniques, and can use the Four Legs Technique, which forms the basis of all of her clan's attacks, with great skill. This was attested to during the Fourth Shinobi World War when she used the Fang Rotating Fang — a technique where instead of rotating (as in the Fang Passing Fang technique), she and her ninken roll at high speeds and is able to shred the enemy to pieces. Like the members of her clan, she is also a skilled tracker employing her enhanced sense of smell to detect and track her target. This was seen in the anime, when she was given the mission to track down Akamaru who was sick and administer medicine to him.
Medical Ninjutsu
Hana is a medical-nin; a field which requires excellent chakra control and a great wealth of knowledge. She specialises in veterinary medicine and has proven herself to be a talented medical-nin, as she was able to heal Akamaru who was severely injured during his and Kiba's encounter with Sakon and Ukon on their mission to retrieve Sasuke Uchiha.
Part I
Chūnin Exams
In the anime, it was revealed that prior to the start of the invasion, Hana, along with the Haimaru Brothers, and another shinobi were assigned to investigate rumours of a disturbance in part of the village. While heading towards the area, they came across Kabuto Yakushi, who she advised to head home after learning that he was not aware of the situation.[4]
Konoha Crush
During the Konoha Crush, Hana aided her mother in defending Konoha from the invading Otogakure and Sunagakure ninja alongside their ninken partners the Three Haimaru Brothers and Kuromaru respectively. In the anime, she was later seen at the Third Hokage's funeral, mourning his loss.
Sasuke Recovery Mission
She was seen again following Kiba's battle with Sakon and Ukon, tending to Akamaru's injuries and assuring Kiba that he would be fine.
Akamaru Monitoring Mission
In the anime, Akamaru contracted a disease from a biological weapon which causes him to become feral at night. Hana, along with the veterinarians at the hospital, were tasked with curing him. The hospital was unable to complete its treatment of the disease before Kiba broke Akamaru out, unwilling to trust the other doctors with Akamaru's care. Hana was given a cure made by Konoha medic ninja for a gambled cure with a 50/50 success/fail rate. Hana and her ninken were assigned by Tsunade to inject it into Akamaru before his condition became irreversible and with help from Kiba, Naruto, and her dogs, were able to cure him.
Part II
Pain's Assault
In the anime, Tsume stated that Hana was taking care of the other nin-dogs during Pain's invasion. Later after Naruto's defeat of Pain, she appears alongside the other villagers celebrating his victory.
Fourth Shinobi World War: Confrontation
Hana is then seen in the Allied Shinobi Forces as a member of the Fifth Division. She scolds Kiba, for treating the war like a game. Mifune sends her with other members of the Fifth Division to backup Kitsuchi's division after being informed that they had found the enemy travelling underground. When the White Zetsu Army is unearthed by Kitsuchi and Kurotsuchi, she attacks the clones along with her brother using the Fang Rotating Fang technique.
In Other Media
Naruto the Movie: Blood Prison
During Naruto's flashback to the members of the village when he was gathering natural energy to enter Sage Mode, Hana can been seen amongst the villagers.
- Hana either means "flower" (花) or "nose" (鼻).
- According to the databook(s):
- Hana is always eager to study.
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beautiful photos... i'd love to be out in nature more in the early morning.ReplyDelete
You do take gorgeous pics, just a perfect morning! Elaine xReplyDelete
What a lovely run...I appreciate the lovely scenery on my daily walk with the dog. Your seashore ripple is fantastic and the sort of colours I really want to do soon.ReplyDelete
Beautiful pictures and your blanket is looking awesome. Love the colours!ReplyDelete
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Gorgeous pics and that blanket is lovely too ☺☺ReplyDelete
WONDERFUL! Thank you for a bright start to my day in the office! xxxReplyDelete
How beautiful! That must have been pretty early!ReplyDelete
- Anonymous3 August 2012 at 10:53
Bonito amanecer!!ReplyDelete
Absolutely gorgeous photos Jacquie! All looks so calm and still, beautiful! Love your ripple too!ReplyDelete
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Hi there I've just found your blog and love your morning run pics. I was also wondering if you have the details of your Beautiful crochet seashore blanket. Regards Kathy , Brisbane, AustraliaReplyDelete
Stunning photos with breathtaking views.ReplyDelete
what a morning :) great picturesReplyDelete
Love your choice of colours in that ripple. Beautiful morning pictures - makes me want to stop my holiday lie-ins and get up early... perhaps not!ReplyDelete
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It looks a beautiful summer morning. Sadly we're very lacking in those here this year. Still waiting for more than one day in a row of decent weather since the spell in May. Musn't grumble, I'll enjoy summer through your photos instead...ReplyDelete
The ripple is coming along very nicely too.
Looks so peaceful, I love early mornings! Ada :)ReplyDelete
Oooo gorgeous photos, such a lovely day and I have to say I'm really loving that ripple blanket!ReplyDelete
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Beautiful photos, isn't early morning just the best time of the day?! xReplyDelete
Simply gorgeous! My favorite time of the day. You sure did capture some great shots. Hope you have a great weekend, Shari!ReplyDelete
What beautiful pictures. I love the early morning hours and watching the earth awaken and you've so perfectly captured it. The ripple is very pretty, love the colors.ReplyDelete
You were definitely rewarded for making the effort and getting up early Jacquie.......ReplyDelete
Love the photos....Hope your weekend is going well.
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Gorgeous golden light on your run! Your soft ripple blanket is looking really good and growing so fast!ReplyDelete
My early mornings here are my favourite times to go on brisk walks. It's been wet and stormy looking for the last couple of days though, so I have to be patient! Have a lovely week!
Hermosas imágenes, preciosa luz!! Saludos desde Argentina!ReplyDelete
Love the nature on the photos! Love the blanket!ReplyDelete
what a beautiful place....ReplyDelete
What lovely colours on your blanket! XReplyDelete
Your beautiful photos have tempted me to get up early as I don't see the sun rise. What time was that?ReplyDelete
- Anonymous22 August 2012 at 01:36
Very nice afghan and I love the colors.ReplyDelete


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RCF USA presented 12 companies with plaques identifying them as Prestige Partners – Trinity Production, Tracy, CA; AudioPyle, Napa, CA; Washington Music, Wheaton, MD; 4 Sound Group, Doral, FL; VIP Electronics, Brooklyn, NY; IDJNow, Ronkonkoma, NY; Impact AVL, Florence, MS; Yakima Sound, Yakima, WA; Pantera Productions, Seminole, TX; Owens AV Design, Orlando, FL; Soundworks Systems, Stevens Point, WI; and Rondinelli Music, Dubuque, IA – recognizing them for their exemplary commitment to RCF and dB Technologies product lines. "We are building our brands with these companies and through them our end-users," concludes Krupa. "It takes teamwork to create a mutually beneficial relationship. We are delighted to work with all of our partners and look forward to a very bright 2013." RCF designs and manufactures high-quality professional audio sound system components including transducers, powered and self-powered loudspeakers and line arrays, power amplifiers, digital loudspeaker management systems, recording monitors, microphones and rack components. Headquartered in Reggio Emilia, Italy, RCF USA is a subsidiary of the RCF Group, which is comprised of RCF S.p.A and AEB Industriale s.r.l. (which owns dBTechnologies), and is listed on the Italian Stock Exchange. Continua a leggere Event Thunder Audio Expands Inventory With 34 RCF Subwoofers EDISON, NJ (January 2013) – Thunder Audio, headquartered in Livonia, Michigan, has provided famous artists and corporate events with sound reinforcement systems and crews for more than three decades. Their client list ranges from Trace Adkins, Dolly Parton and Diana Ross to Robert Plant, Steely Dan and Metallica. In an effort to provide the low end that today's music demands, the company recently added 34 RCF subwoofers to their production inventory. "The sub harmonic frequency coverage and punch that come from these boxes is amazing," explains Tony Villarreal, owner for Thunder Audio. "Whether used as forward facing sub frequency enhancement or as end fire arrays, the performance is second to none." Specifically Thunder Audio added 24 TTS56-A (double 21") subs along with 8 TTL36-AS (double 18") flyable active subwoofers and 2 TTS28-A (double 18") active subs. "With built in processing and individual delay capability, you can create many configurations quickly while in the field," adds Greg Snyder, business development manager for Thunder Audio. "What a great product for us to have added to our audio tool box." Thunder Audio recently used the TTS56-A subwoofers to hold down the sub lows for a number of high profile events. The Skrillax New Years Eve Electronic Music Festival at the Palace of Auburn Hills utilized 18 boxes while the Detroit Electronic Music Festival held at Hart Plaza used 16. Thunder Audio provided 24 for the Orion Music Festival with Metallica. The band also used the subs to support their recent performance at the Voodoo Music Festival in New Orleans. The TTS56-A is a high power, high output active subwoofer system that features two 21-inch neodymium woofers. Each subwoofer is powered by a 6,800 watt, 2-channel digital amplifier with PFC. On-board DSP sets new standards for distortion, noise and thermal efficiency. Monitoring of all system parameters as well as modification of gain, equalization or delay is possible via the internal RDnet networking board. The TTL36-AS is a flyable, active subwoofer that features a clam-shell design to ensure maximum output. The 2 x 4.5-inch voice coil and vented 18-inch woofer design offers the minimum of power compression. Each module is powered by a 4,000 watt, 2-channel digital amplifier with PFC. Similar to the TTS56-A, proprietary RDNet software allows end-users the capability to control and monitor DSP and other subwoofer parameters. "That Thunder Audio chose RCF subwoofers over alternative products speaks volumes," says John Krupa, national sales manager for RCF US. "We are very excited to be working with them and look forward to developing a mutually beneficial business relationship between our two companies." Villarreal and Snyder confirmed that 2013 will be a busy year for the new subwoofers with plenty of outdoor festivals and concerts requiring the air movement the boxes provide. "We look forward to continued product use and design input with RCF," concludes Snyder. "We enjoy the relationship and respect between our companies and plan on building on that in the future." RCF designs and manufactures high-quality professional audio sound system components including transducers, powered and self-powered loudspeakers and line arrays, power amplifiers, digital loudspeaker management systems, recording monitors, microphones and rack components. Headquartered in Reggio Emilia, Italy. Continua a leggere Event RCF/DXT9000 @ ISE 2013 ISE 2013 Show set to be the largest AV and systems show ever held in Europe. The event will take place at RAI Convention Center in Amsterdam. RCF will be part of ISE show and you can visit us at the booth 7K210 and at the booth 7H230 to find out more about our new DXT 9000 Voice Evacuation System EN 54-16/2008 Compliant. This year we will be showing a wide selection of our Commercial Audio and Installed Sound product program aimed for the AV, commercial audio and installations market segment. At the booth there will be products from the advanced VSA digital steerable array, Forum Congress Systems, Evacuation Systems to a wide selection of our different speaker, amplifier and audio source segments. Come and visit us and meet the RCF team to get up to date with the latest news and to see what audio solutions RCF is able to offer. We look forward to see you! Continua a leggere Event RCF at NAMM 2013 Being one of the first trade show of the year 2013 it is a good opportunity for manufacturers to show the latest products range and trends that are going to have an impact on the music and on the audio industry in the coming year. Come to visit us in our BOOTH # 6780 HALL A ! You will be able to meet the RCF Team to get the chance to discover the new products, learn more about our innovative technologies and solutions we can provide. For more information please contact RCF USA Inc +1 732 9026100 email: email@example.com More info at www.namm.org Continua a leggere Corporate RCF ANNOUNCES A NEW DISTRIBUTOR IN BENELUX Italian loudspeaker manufacturer RCF has announced that it has appointed Electric Sound Benelux BV as distributor of its Commercial Audio, Installed Sound and Forum product lines in the Benelux region. Electric Sound will take over distribution of the lines – which include RCF's VSA and voice-evacuation products. Lars Yoshiyama, RCF Sales Manager for Commercial Audio and Congress Systems, comments: "Electric Sound is a distributor with decades of history and we are very proud to be represented by such a renowned and successful company in this key European region." Established for over 60 years, Electric Sound has a clear focus on premium brands and added value, with an uncompromising passion for quality that enables it to sell not just single products but integrated systems, carefully tailored to meet the needs of the many audio architects with which the company has long-term relationships. In this respect, it is the perfect partner for RCF, a firm that shares a similar passion for sound and a commitment to providing service and support to its dealers. Mr Yoshiyama concludes: "Electric Sound's breadth and depth of experience are such that as well as being a partner in RCF's distribution network, the company will become a valuable resource for our R&D programme, contributing unique insights that will allow us to develop and promote new products that meet the needs of end-users in the Benelux market." Electric Sound Benelux BV Radioweg, 12 1324 KW Almere, The Nederlands Tel: +31 (0)36 54 600 20 Fax: +31 (0)36 54 600 29 www.electricsound.com email@example.com Electric Sound Benelux BV Ikaroslaan,1 1930 Zaventem, Belgium Phone: +32 2 7887300 Fax: +32 2 7887301 Continua a leggere Event RCF at Macy's to celebrate Christmas Before Macy's packs away its famous floats from the Thanksgiving parade the chain of department stores begins to roll out events to celebrate Christmas – animated window decorations and visits with Santa Claus top the list. This year Macy's kicked off their holiday campaign with day-long events that included an assortment of live entertainment including performances by former Destiny Childs singer Michelle Williams, American teen R&B, pop singer Jasmine V, Philadelphia indie rock band The Young Statues and local children's choirs. Production company Mitta Sound, based in Philadelphia, has been a long-time supplier of sound reinforcement for special events held at the stores located in Philadelphia, Baltimore, Washington D.C. and New York City. Once again they were tapped to pull out all of the stops to ensure that this holiday season started with a bang. "The Winter Wonderland campaign is a big event for Macy's," explains Terrence McDuffy, owner of Mitta Sound. "Each event typically starts with the outdoor arrival of Santa Claus which rolls into live performances in the main atrium along with supplemental music in various departments throughout the day." As he has in the past, McDuffy utilized an assortment of RCF loudspeakers to handle the diverse needs of the event. The Philadelphia store Winter Wonderland Celebration kicked off with Santa arriving outdoors in his sleigh to the sound of members of the Philadelphia Theatrical Company dressed in old-fashioned garb and singing carols at the store entrance. McDuffy equipped the choir with three stand-mounted Beta 87 handheld transmitters tied in to a Shure UHF-R wireless microphone system to ensure they were heard above the crowd. A pair of pole-mounted RCF NX M25-A MK II loudspeakers covered the crowd. Two RCF TT25-SMA monitors positioned in front of the choir completed the setup. Santa, equipped with a Shure UHF-R body pack with a WL185 lavalier microphone greeted the crowd and was followed by the store manager and other guests speakers welcoming customers to the event. Once indoors, most customers gravitated toward the center atrium where a stage area was set to host the live performances by Philadelphia Boys Choir, Jasmine V and the Young Statues. "It was very important to the store that site lines to the main stage were as clear as possible," explains McDuffy. "We used a pair of the RCF TT22-A loudspeakers on stands set to the left and right of the stage – because they have a small footprint, sound great and throw really far. They never fail to impress me." The TT22-A is a compact, 2-way active system featuring 12" neo woofer and a 90 x 40 constant directivity horn (90 degree rotatable) weighing it at just under 20 pounds. A pair of RCF TTS36-A subs were located off of each side of the stage for additional low end. McDuffy placed another pair of RCF TT08-A loudspeakers on store display stands located 30 feet out from the stage in the same left-right configuration to distribute the audio further into the store. Because of space constraints, he opted to use the PreSonus StudioLive 16.4.2 mixer for both FOH and monitor mixing during the Philadelphia event. "Normally I would put our Avid SC48 at FOH and use the StudioLive for monitors – but space was really, really tight in the store," he explains. "And actually, StudioLive can do everything we need very well. It was a bigger job for the engineer to manage both mixes but easily done with PreSonus board." McDuffy again used the Shure UHF-R wireless microphone system with Beta 57 handheld microphones for the indoor entertainment. "We used 10 channels of the UHF-R for the choir alone," he adds. "There were easily 80 or more vocalists in the group and we covered them all – it sounded magnificent." Two of the RCF TT25-SMA and TT08 loudspeakers – four total -- were placed in front of the stage area as monitors for the talent. "We did a quick sound check before the event began and then just took it from there," McDuffy says. "The live entertainment occurred in a two hour window, so once we started it just kept going. Fortunately we have never encountered a group that was not delighted with the sound of the RCF loudspeakers, so that wasn't an issue, and everything went off without a catch." Additional pairs of TT08-A loudspeakers, equipped with Christmas playback music, were also set up in the men's and women's departments to further the holiday atmosphere of the lively event. "It probably seems like we use a lot of the TT08-As in different ways, and we do," he adds. "Those boxes are our workhorses – we use them for everything and they never disappoint." Each of the day-long events were scheduled within days of each other keeping the Mitta Sound crew very busy before Thanksgiving. "Each of the holiday kick-offs were really compact events," McDuffy concludes. "We have everything racked and ready to go in the warehouse the day before and then roll on site and get it all setup within two hours. The RCF loudspeakers being self-powered cuts down dramatically on setup time". "Because the stores have similar layouts each event required minimal tweaks to the system. It seems kind of crazy but works really well. The customers think it is terrific and the stores are very happy with the results." Continua a leggere Installation RCF ACUSTICA DELIVERS INTENSE DANCEFLOOR EXPERIENCE AT LATEST WONDERLAND RCF's powerful Acustica series, especially tuned for nightclubs, has been specified throughout No Saints' new flagship nightclub, Wonderland in Maidstone. The former 1800-capacity Liquid has been reshaped, from a circular into square dancefloor in the vast main room (called 'Tomorrow') with four pairs of the new H1312 throwing tightly dispersed, directional energy onto the dancefloor from their position high up on the lighting rig. Says the club's head of promotions, Richie Carrera, "The sound system competes with anything you will find in a UK nightclub. It's as close to a Ministry of Sound experience as you will get." The three way system, run in biamped mode, incorporate a 12" woofer, a 8" cone midrange and a 1" exit titanium compression driver for long throw applications, and is complemented by four floor-standing TTS28 subs — two in front of the stage and two in front of the DJ booth. However, it's not just dance music that these speakers are tasked with reinforcing but a range of events, including boxing matches, fashion shows and high profile artiste PA's. From the moment clubbers enter via the escalators, they are immersed in a world of advanced sound and lighting, specified and designed by Mark Damon of Essex-based Cosmic Electronics. His company has a long trading history with RCF. "We have used RCF components throughout the club," he confirmed. "Because No Saints wanted an open plan venueeverything had to be flown, with the bass bins on the floor; but everyone is delighted with the coverage, and the clarity of the system." The H series has a very narrow angle dispersion and can be focused accurately, enabling the sound to drop off dramatically away from the dancefloor. "As this is a multi-tasking cab it is perfect for the many different promotions planned by the club, including artiste PA's," says Damon. The club's experienced general manager John Barnes also describes the sound as being "phenomenal" — particularly in the upper frequencies — and says it has been wowing audiences at both the indie Propaganda Friday night promotions and their own regular Saturday nights. Away from the dancefloor, Cosmic have turned to RCF's C3110 wide dispersion/nearfield boxes for peripheral sound, with eight dispersed around the main club and a further eight in the reception and entrance areas. Meanwhile, the venue's subsidiary 'retro' club (called 'Yesterday') hosts four RCF C5212W 12in enclosures and two S8028 (2 x 18in) woofers with C3108's, used both for peripheral sound here and as the main VIP Room system, where two S8015 (1 x 15in) woofers also provide LF extension. Powering the rig are a combination of RCF's HPS 1500, 2500 and 3000 and 1500, operating in standard or bridge configuration, while RCF AM2080 and AM2320 100V line mixer amps are assigned to running the exterior speakers on the smoking terrace. It is worth mentioning the amp rack — as it must be the only one in the country that is swathed in a constantly changing colour wash, initiated by LED tape! In summary, Mark Damon says of the Acustica series, "We had not used the H series previously — we took it on recommendation and we are pleased that we did. Because it would be suspended so high we needed a long throw cab that was more high-powered than the C series" — and this really delivers. "The entire RCF rig is reliable, dependable and we have had no issues. The back-up has been excellent and whether we are equipping small or large floors, RCF has a cabinet suitable for each scenario." And John Barnes is equally effusive. "Having worked here previously I wanted to make Wonderland an entirely different clubbing experience — designed more like a rock 'n' roll arena with a festival type atmosphere". "The RCF sound system goes a long way to helping us achieve that, and so far we have had a brilliant reaction." Continua a leggere Installation RCF Acustica on stage in the Station new youth creation network in Bristol The Station is a new partnership project aimed at delivering a world-class, 32,000 sq ft facility for all young people in Bristol. Fronted by Creative Youth Network, and based in a former city centre fire station — which at various times has functioned as a café bar and nightclub — the technical infrastructure was created by Stage Electrics, who leaned heavily towards RCF's Acustica speaker series when specifying the multi-functional main performance space. Anne Pengelly, Stage Electrics Business Development Manager (Technical), says that RCF is increasingly becoming her 'go to' brand when it comes to loudspeaker specification. "I am always keen to bring RCF to clients' attention, particularly Acustica; once they have experienced a demo they are generally convinced." Realising that the main 500-capacity Multi Use Room needed to function variously as a live performance stage, a conference and presentation facility and a 7.1 surround cinema system, the RCF solution, she says, was staring her in the face. "The biggest requirement was clearly flexibility," said Pengelly. "We had provided a similar Acustica installation in a 200 seat theatre in a school in Cornwall. The result was spectacular — and the audio quality of the RCF PA exceeded all expectations so we didn't need to look beyond that." Under the direction of Stage Electrics project manager Richard Coombes, the ground floor Kitchen, Chill Out room, rehearsal/recording room and ballet / dance studio on the top floor were all sensitively equipped, with a close eye on the budget. Again RCF ticked all the boxes. Four of the new RCF Acustica C5212-94 full range narrow dispersion enclosures are flown in pairs left and right above the Prolyte StageDex stage, with a pair of Acustica C3110 grid-mounted at the mid point and a further pair at the rear. These either form the surround when in 7.1 cinema mode or act as delays when the BSS London BLU DSP gain preset flips to conventional stage mode. At the stage end a pair of Acustica S8018 subs are floor mounted left and right, and four RCF NX12SMA powered wedges provide artistes with their reference sound. A perfect set-up then for Tinchy Stryder, who appeared to a packed audience on a gala opening weekend that was also attended by David Milliband. Elsewhere a pair of powered RCF ART310-A form part of a portable kit on tripods, that is capable of moving around the three floors, while a further pair of ART310-A's are fixed in the band practice room — and four passive ART 310's are mounted on the four corners of the Dance Studio. But RCF's involvement doesn't end there. Stage Electrics designed the venue into five paging and show relay zones — three backstage areas and two at front of house. Showing the versatility of its portfolio, from its Commercial range RCF has also provided 12 tiny DM41 white background/paging speakers, which are distributed around the venue. Richard Coombes has overseen a highly progressive install, with all projection (onto 6m electric dropdown screen) and digital audio run over CAT5 — with plenty of tie-lines and facility panels provided, so that live events can be recorded upstairs and on spec acoustic performances can take place in, for example, The Kitchen refectory area. Sensitive to the budget they have also provided leading branded video projection, lanterns and moving lights from ex hire stock and provided a full day's PASMA (access tower training) course as part of a package that includes comms, staging, curtain track, wireless mics, environmental and production lighting control and dimming. All of which should be more than satisfactory for Creative Youth Network and its Chief Executive, Sandy Hore-Ruthven, who stated, "Stage Electrics have helped make The Station a first class venue for young people in Bristol. Their expertise, project management and support took Creative Youth Network from an idea with no knowledge to a fully functioning venue that is inspiring young people across the city." But the final word on the RCF sound system comes from Programme Director, James Hutchinson, who confirmed, "The [RCF] system will be suitable for all of the events taking place in this venue." Key partners of The Station include: Bristol City Council, Young Bristol, Business West, Brook, Basement Studios & Bristol YMCA. The Station is partly funded by the myplace scheme: a multi-million pound government programme to deliver world class places for young people to go. More details available on www.thestationbristol.org.uk Continua a leggere Event RCF TTL11A STARS AT PORI JAZZ FESTIVAL The 47th Pori Jazz Festival took place recently in the Finnish west coast city. The annual event was held over nine days, during which there were 126 concerts — 89 of which were free — taking place in a total of 14 venues. The atmosphere and attendance were again excellent, with Pori Jazz selling 48,000 tickets, while in total around 140,000 people attended. One of the venues used for experimental and modern music was the 150-capacity Ultra Music Nights @Theatre. Here Noretron Communications, RCF's Finnish distributor, equipped the small stage with a potent but discreet TT+ Theatre & Touring active column speaker array system for a series of sold-out shows. By deploying six TTL11-AH/AB assemblies and TTS26-A subwoofer (in Left/Right configurations), managed by the dedicated RDNet control interface, a superior audio performance was ensured, with excellent coverage and low visual impact. In total more than 30 RCF TT+ Series cabinets were in use in five different stage locations during the course of the festival, including ten TT25-SMA monitors on the Pori Theatre stage, four TT25-SMA on the Jazz Street Stage, six TT25-SMA (along with two NX L23A and 4PRO 8001AS) on the Voodoo Stage, four TT25-SMA on the Garden Stage … along with an additional ancillary NX and ART Series speakers. According to Pori Jazz Festival's production manager Jari Leskinen, from a production viewpoint the festival was a major success, with the 100 or so RCF loudspeakers on duty performing superbly. Continua a leggere Pagina 29 di 51 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 — 10 Items per Page Mostrati 281 - 290 su 509 risultati. ← Primo Precedente Successivo Ultimo →


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Wow! FYI, I had asked Shalon if she could post the time line photos of me that were on her site, to MY site, and she did! Cool, huh? Thanks Shalon! She's amazing! I'm in such a great mood - I had taken that medicine that knocks me out, so I had gone back to sleep a couple hours! Mark woke me up to a couple of eggs in a basket - yum! Pretty soon we're heading over to moms to play games, so I'd better start getting ready!
Timeline photos!
Sunday, August 31, 2008
Wow! FYI, I had asked Shalon if she could post the time line photos of me that were on her site, to MY site, and she did! Cool, huh? Thanks Shalon! She's amazing! I'm in such a great mood - I had taken that medicine that knocks me out, so I had gone back to sleep a couple hours! Mark woke me up to a couple of eggs in a basket - yum! Pretty soon we're heading over to moms to play games, so I'd better start getting ready!
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Holy Saba! I named my kid Mackerel!
Saturday, August 30, 2008
Greetings everyone!
How's it goin'? Well, @ my sister Celia's suggestion, she and her son Mark took my Mark and I to dinner this evening! We went to a sushi place downtown - and since our nephew Mark had worked in a sushi restaurant as a sushi chef - we let him order our dinner! Imagine my surprise when I looked down @ the menu and saw SABA (Mackerel)! Yikes! What? Here I thought my little Saba had this exotic name and come to find it means Mackerel?! Dang! Oh well - I still love her name - I think it suits her! She's just too darned cute and she has an aura about her that makes her popular! Actually, Saba is also the smallest island of the Netherlands Antilles! Wow! Who knew? I'll have to ask "the real Saba" about it next time I see her in CO! She's a doll! I haven't seen her the last 2 procedures I've had @ Swedish - she's either been off or just not working on the floor I've been on! Dr. Yakes patients are either on 6th or 9th floor. FYI - Saba has "won" the distinction of being Employee of the Year @ Swedish - apparently I'm not the only one that thinks she's a doll - isn't she beautiful?!
I'll have to wind this up soon, I took some meds that are making me drowsy! The doctor in CO is trying a new med on me - Neurontin and that knocks me out! Right now I'm staggering 4 of those daily and getting some much needed rest!
Hopefully everyone enjoys this nice long weekend! My sister Celia has generously been sharing some books with me - the Stephenie Meyer series, so we're enjoying those, as both of us are avid readers! I'm half way through the second one (New Moon) and she brought over the third one in the series this evening (Eclipse)!
Celia also brought me a couple pair of sandals that no longer fit her - and they're just right for me! Not to leave my Mark out of the loop - she brought over some baking pans that her mother-in-law no longer used! We love these fun goodies!
Celia and Markie stayed over for a bit and played Farkle and got a kick out of our furry kids, Dulce, Midori and Giovanni! They have such unique personalities and are definitely a handful! Midori tends to be on the "heavy" side, and Markie accurately described her as an "ottoman"! That's hilarious! Poor Midori! Dulce was all over Celia, and Giovanni tends to hover around everyones feet! That and/or is snuggling up to my Marks neck/chin! It's a shame that Greg and Davis couldn't join us this time!
Right now my avm is in a passive mode and I've got my pain under control, so I am a happy camper! Thanks to everyone for their prayers as I am doing well right now! I am grateful to be feeling well enough to have a great evening with my family without having any avm incidents!
Much love to all! Keep checking back for updates on my avm world!
P.S. As always, please do keep up w/Shalons site as well! http://sites.google.com/site/shalonsavm/Home
She has done so much for me in just knowing I'm not out there alone! She is an amazing bundle of energy, knowledge and all heart! Shalon is bringing so many people together and has gotten me excited about having a site and sharing all my adventures with all of you! Shalon actually has two sites and is always updating them! You must read Keiths story! Thanks Shalon - hugs!
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August 29th - New Ear Tube!
Friday, August 29, 2008
Hi Everyone!
Well, since I had already taken some time off work (today and Tuesday) - I decided to have a little necessary work done on myself too! The past year, I've had to have a tube put in my ear to allow drainage for fluids normally absorbed by the body - but w/me - the avm isn't allowing that to happen! So, if I don't have that tube in my ear, I just hear my pulse in my left ear and can't hear much else! That gets old real quick - so I knew it was time for a tune up! The ENT I had been seeing moved to FL, so this would be my first time to get a tube put in W/Dr. Zane! So this morning I got Saba dressed up and we headed to the doctors office. There was a 2 year old in the waiting area that kept running away from her mom and making a bee line for Saba! The mom kept telling her, "that's not your baby"! For those of you tuning in late ... Saba is my "therapy bear"! A co-worker had taken her nephews to the Build a Bear place in San Antonio, and got herself a friend too. Once I saw hers, I had to have one! Named after one of the techs @ Swedish Medical Center that is from Eastern Ethiopia, Saba accompanies me all over town! I like taking her w/me to the grocery store, Barnes & Noble or just running errands! Of course she's always a big hit! Saba's favorite place to go? Grandma Mary's for game night! Our family enjoys getting together to play Mexican Train, Farkle or just eat and visit w/each other and Saba is a big part of our family now! Hey, I figure ... you know what? People are going to stare @ me anyway w/the avm - so what if I'm almost 50 and carry a bear? She makes me feel better! Back to the ear now!
Had to have a hearing test done first, then in a few minutes, Dr. Zane had that t-tube put in my ear! I had been in his office a couple weeks ago, and had mentioned Shalons web site to him. Dr. Zane told me he checked out Shalons site and really enjoyed it! I tell everyone that they can get to my blog from that site as well!
Met Mark for lunch and then came home do a load of wash or two! So glad it's the weekend! On the way home from work, Mark picked up some wound care supplies that came in - the Aquacel ag is what is helping the wound on my left cheek heal really well!
Hello to everyone!
Cyndi Schuman
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August 26, 2008
Tuesday, August 26, 2008
Hi again!
Just for fun, I thought we would ad some photos of my little Saba! Our family was very involved in the Olympics as you can see!
Our favorite of course was Michael Phelps! Saba made sure she had the right suit, swimcap and goggles! Of course we had to be involved in the gold medal ceremony!
Ok! Back to avm stuff! I am doing great so far! Of course I'm on steroids - I only have 2 days left of them, darn! No more bleeds - which is awesome! Mark has been doing an amazing job keeping my wound area clean and dressed, so it is healing nicely! We're hoping by the time we go back to CO Oct. 6th, 7th and 8th - that the wound area will finally be closed after being so deep! Mark is so patient and takes the time to make sure the area is clean, puts more ointment, layers of dressings and makes sure we have all the supplies necessary! I'm currently trying to get off the Percocet and on to another new med that is not a narcotic! It's knocking me out though - but @ least I am getting some much needed rest! The one good thing is I've lost some weight. W/the meds, I can't drink and sometimes don't have much of an appetite. Right now I do though, w/the steroids! I'm just taking it one day @ a time and doing what I need to survive!
Thank you family and friends for looking in on myself and Shalons web sites! Shalon came along right when I needed that extra boost in dealing w/this avm! She is bringing so many people together that either have avms, or know someone that has one! Her web site is full of good, medical information and she puts a lot of work into it! I'm hoping in the future to make sure she and I meet up again during one of our appointments! Shalon does not stay overnight like I do though - she gets sent home after being in recovery for a while. I've come to like staying overnight because I get excellent care from the nurses @ Swedish and they have become friends! Here I am with a new nurse to me - her name is Gina and she and I bonded over knowing we love to read! She had just finished reading Pillars of the Earth, a recent favorite book of mine!
Please do check back periodically on both our sites, as I'm sure we will do our best to keep you informed on the latest! Thank you for all your prayers and support!
Cyndi Schuman
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Denver 27
Saturday, August 23, 2008
Hi Everyone! Ok! This is my first shot @ trying this - Shalon has gotten me involved as I enjoyed her site so much! I'm hoping I can keep up and am doing this right! Maybe I'll graduate to including pictures later! I tried earlier, but not sure I know what I'm doing yet!
I was so ready to go to CO for this procedure - seems that darned avm acts up right before I go back for a treatment! The lower left eye area was all puffed out and I was just having a hard time functioning! I missed Thur/Fri. of work - but I knew I just needed to get some rest before the trip! While we were on the first part of our flight - I was wanting to take some medication for pain and couldn't find my meds! I think I noticed that when we landed in Houston. From Houston our flight was headed to Alb. NM, and while we were there, I called ahead and talked to Dr. Yakes patient coordinator to tell her to please have some prescriptions ready for when I arrived! Sitting in the middle seat and not having any Xanex was not helping my situation one bit! I felt like running up and down the isle of the plane! Come to find, I did have my meds with me though! I noticed them @ the car rental place in my tote bag!
We arrived w/just enough time to pick up our car rental and head over to Swedish Medical, as we had a consultation w/Dr. Yakes! We got to meet Eric - Dr. Yakes new P.A. I had brought a list of questions w/me - but Dr. Yakes seemed vague about the entire thing. He says we are making progress and we can't stop in the middle of the war! Well of course not! I can't imagine anyone else taking care of this but Dr. Yakes! We just have to keep after this avm!
After seeing Dr. Yakes, we go check in to the hotel. Just to put our luggage in the room and start heading downtown to Dr. Reeds office - again, he is the head of Voice and Swallow Inst. in CO - and he checks my airways to make sure all is well before Dr. Yakes goes ahead w/the emoblization the next day! Dr. Reed was very happy w/what he saw and he also prescribed an ointment I need to maybe heal my ear area quicker. I still have to wear the moist wound care healing dressing on my left cheek from when Dr. Yakes got me w/24 cc's of alcohol last November! That area is finally healing well!
Once we were done w/Dr. Reed - Mark told me he wasn't feeling well. I called the patient coordinators for Dr. Yakes and they referred us to the Rocky Mountain Urgent Care center. I just wanted to make sure and get Mark checked out to see that he was ok! By the time we did all that - we were so ready for dinner! Went to our favorite pizza place (Ricos) near the hospital, but it was already closed! Went on to Pappadeaux and ordered our dinner. We hadn't been there but 15-20 minutes when I felt something on my neck. Yup - I was bleeding. Can't we even go out for a decent dinner w/out having to deal w/avm stuff? We hurried to the ladies room where Mark put a piece of surgiseal on my ear, so we got it under control. We had been going all day on 2 hours sleep, so by this time, we were exhausted! Went back to the hotel and crashed!
Up early the next morning to get to Swedish by 7:30am. Got there, preregistered and sat in the waiting area. Very soon, one of the nurses says they are ready for me! I get into the hospital gown, etc. .... and one nurse tried a couple of times to get my IV going, but she failed. Another nurse took over and finally did get it going on my other arm - OUCH! Another of Dr. Yakes P.A.'s (Rhonda) asked the nurse something like, "Ok - does this mean we're clear for take off"? Or something to that effect. The nurse gave Rhonda a blank look and Rhonda goes, "come on people, get w/the military talk"! "If I say, the Eagle has landed" that should tell you Dr. Yakes is here"! That's Rhonda for ya! Anyhoo .... as we sat and waited, and waited and waited for my turn to be taken into OR - we could hear this terrible screaming down the hall! Apparently, Dr. Yakes had a couple of children as patients and they were reacting to the alcohol in their system! It was just awful hearing them - but I would have thought that some pain meds would knock them out? I brought Saba w/me of course, so we watched The Today Show while we waited for my turn to go to OR! Finally about noon time, it was my turn! I remember thinking as the anesthesiologist put the mask over my face .... "next thing I know, I'll be waking up hearing the nurse asking me to breathe"!
I hear Dr. Yakes gave me 9 1/2 cc's of alcohol this time and I had a bleed during the embolization, so I think he stopped @ that amount.
Well, I woke up feeling pretty good, actually! I had my favorite recovery room nurse Rick - he is awesome! He makes sure I am comfortable above all else and is funny too! No angiogram this time, so that was great! Got dinner served in recovery - that was weird and next thing I knew, the nurses on 6th floor were calling to find out where I was! Rick said the computer showed my room wasn't ready - anyway, off I go!
Rhonda Sharp (P.A.) showed up in my room to give me my prescriptions and discharge papers! She knows we like to do this in the evening, that way we can leave @ whatever time we are ready in the morning!
Mark showed up after getting some rest and picking up a few things I needed and we settled in for the night! I wanted to take a shower and wash the blood out of my hair and then I felt lots better! Mark went back to the hotel late that evening to get some rest and I started reading a book Celia had loaned me called Twilight by Stephenie Meyers.
Next morning after Mark showed up w/my favorite White Chocolate Mocha from Starbucks, and we were watching TV enjoying our coffee, when I noticed I was bleeding! I told Mark I was bleeding and I don't think he heard me - I said it louder and the nurse was in the room - in a few seconds, the front of my nightgown was covered in blood. Eeek! We hurried over to the bathroom sink, Mark got the wound care bag and we got the situation under control! I am only the 2nd patient of Dr. Yakes this nurse has had, so she says, "has this happened before"? Uh, yeah - we were pretty calm about it all - we're pretty used to it by now. About 10 minutes later, my cell phone rings and it's Shalon! She and her husband Joshua were downstairs and asked if they could come up to visit! I quickly changed into my regular clothes and was ready by the time Shalon and Josh arrived! It is just so great to meet someone who totally understands what you are going through! The husbands had their bonding experience too, I'm sure, being the caregivers! They didn't have too much time to visit, as Shalon was about to pre-register for her embolization! We hugged and wished each other luck!
Went to pick up several prescriptions, then back to the hotel to reorganize things. Decided to take a drive into Boulder, @ Rhonda's suggestion. We had told her we thought about driving into Estes Park - so we did both! Boulder proved to be just what Rhonda described it as - weird in a funky kind of way. We both liked Estes Park better - lots of shops and beautiful scenery! Did that and then drove back to Denver - ate dinner @ Ricos and then back to the hotel! Mark was already in bed, and I was in the bathroom getting ready for bed, when I had another bleed. Darn! It was ok - nothing we couldn't handle!
I called Shalon that evening to see how she was doing, and she said Dr. Yakes hit her w/15cc's of alcohol and she didn't feel very swollen! My left eye was swollen shut! I had asked Shalon what time their flight left and we both found out we were flying S.West about the same time! Sure enough, we got to meet up one more time @ the airport! and took a couple more photos! Those photos are available for viewing on Shalons site: http://sites.google.com/site/shalonsavm/Home.
As always - our great thanks to all our friends and family that love, pray and support us on this journey! Please check back on my site and Shalons for updates on our progress!
Much Love,
Mark & Cyndi Schuman
P.S. Thanks for making me do this Shalon! I'll try and keep up w/it!
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The beginning of my story...
Friday, August 22, 2008
Where to begin the story that apparently needs to be told! I was born in Eagle Pass, TX. And my first recollection of having an AVM (arterial venous malformation) was actually @ 11 years old or so. Let me back up a bit and say that doctors always told my mother to keep an eye on what they thought was a "hemangioma" or strawberry colored birthmark on my left cheek! One day while my mother was @ the grocery store and my sister probably @ a piano lesson, I had been home alone and was lying on the couch watching TV. I felt a little bump on the inside upper part of my ear that I picked at, and before I knew it, I was seeing blood everywhere! I want to say I picked up the phone and called the grocery store to try and have mom paged, but I don't remember completely. Maybe I went to the neighbor's house and they called the store.
In any case – within another year we moved on to McAllen, TX w/my mom's new job. We always knew the left side of my face was warmer than the right and that I had something unusual, but no doctor wanted to take on the challenge of knowing what to do with me.
Anyway, throughout my life, I constantly kept hearing, "Did you have your wisdom tooth pulled"? "Why is your face swollen"? Looking back now, it is nearly impossible to see any of that swelling – what swelling? In my mid to late 20's I started having occasional nosebleeds. We weren't sure what was causing this – we thought high blood pressure?
Saw the best ENT locally and he couldn't see anything wrong with me! Went to see Doctors @ UTMB in Galveston that started trying to get rid of my problem (still not clearly diagnosed @ this point) by reconstructing my left ear! The doctors took a thin piece of skin from my left thigh – about the size of a business envelope that they would be using on my ear! Of course the avm came back worse than ever – my poor ear! It looked like a pit bull had gotten a hold of it! I used to have nightmares that my ear was falling apart piece by piece! I called mom one time to come to my apt. about 2 am because I was bleeding from my ear.
I don't know how long the area took to heal, but somewhere along the line, I went back for more treatment with these doctors. (My left thigh took a while to heal as well – lots of itching where that skin was taken! The doctors @ UTMB felt they wanted to see if this "thing" was deteriorating the bone on the left side of my face, so the doctors broke my jaw and somewhere down that line legated the carotid artery and had to staple vessels and I even see a hinge in the x-ray! This meant having my mouth wired shut for 6 weeks! By this time I was in my late 20's and had already met Mark. He took care of me as I healed from that trauma! Poor Mark – he used to put Chinese food in the blender, as I had to eat everything through a straw! Those wires I had were cutting my upper lip, so I would cut the fingers off those thin, latex gloves and put one of those fingers between the wire and my upper lip! I remember as Mark and I were preparing for our marriage, we told our parish priest about Mark taking care of me after surgery. Fr. Paul Hesse told us that if we survived all that – surely our marriage would be fine! Well, we realized these doctors were not helping – so we stopped looking for a while for anyone to help.
I don't recall how we got Dr. Zide's number in New York, but Mom and I took a trip to see him and Dr. Berenstein as well! Actually, the latter doctor appeared on a show where a man named Jeff Richie (?) had a huge facial avm, and Berenstein was one of the doctors trying to treat it. These doctors in New York referred me to a doctor in Houston they felt could help. This would turn out to be Dr. Mawad.
I had about 5 or so treatments with Dr. Mawad – he was putting a glue-like substance in the area to stabilize the avm. After those treatments – he knew he really couldn't do much more for me. I was told to wait for a call from them, that they were going to put a team of doctors together to help me. I finally get a call and their best offer was: we'll bring your body temperature down to zero, take muscle from your back to put on your face once we remove the mass and there is a 65% chance you won't make it off the table and might bleed to death. Hmmm…. I think I'll wait for technology to improve, but thanks anyway!
By now it's almost the year 2000 and I'm in my early 40's and having more nosebleeds getting more severe! We would go to the emergency room and by the time my turn was up – I had either stopped bleeding or had decided to leave and go home. I've always had a weight problem and I used to think – no matter how much weight I lose, or how pretty my make-up comes out or how nice an outfit I have on – I still have the facial avm that people were focusing on!
One Sunday after Mass, (Dec. 21, 2003) we were heading to the grocery store near our home, when I felt a tickle in my nose. I thought I was going to sneeze and took a tissue out from my purse. I blew my nose and here comes the blood! We hurried home and I bent over the bathroom sink for lack of knowing what else to do! The blood felt like I was chugging fluid and felt like I would drown! Mark called an ambulance to take me to the hospital! Like before though, no one wanted to touch it or could do anything for me! I can't remember which group of doctors had finally called this thing what it is – an AVM – but I had given up hope that anyone could help! I remember wondering why this was happening to me – this is not the life I ordered! Yeah, that looks funny on that t-shirt from the "What On Earth" catalog, but I was living it!
Meanwhile, my sister Celia had been surfing the net for information and trying to find a doctor to help! She gave me all the information she found – and the first number I called was not the people I needed – but they knew who I needed to get in contact with and gave me Dr. Wayne Yakes phone number! We wondered if this was the same doctor one of the Youth Choir Members in our church choir had gone to see, as she had a similar problem on her leg! I never saw her, but I had heard this girl wasn't happy with Dr.Yakes, nor the results of her treatments. I called Dr. Yakes office @ Swedish Medical Center and spoke with Lezlie Frank, at the time Dr. Yakes patient coordinator! She was instrumental in getting us up there! Leslie had me speak with Julie LaBadie – Dr. Yakes main nurse and she assured me they would help. I kept telling her all the times I had been let down and promised help – but she kept telling me that Dr. Yakes would be the one to help me!
So, in May 2004, I had my first consultation with Dr. Yakes! What a great guy! A big teddy bear of a doctor – nothing to be afraid of! Before seeing him though, Mark and I made a trip to the Mother Cabrini Shrine in Golden, CO! Pope JPII had visited the Cabrini Shrine when we (our church choir) had been invited to sing for World Youth Day in 1993! We knew Dr. Yakes was our last hope and we did lots of praying!
Dr. Yakes felt he could help, so I've been seeing him since! At one point, Dr. Yakes said he had a little more than 50% of the avm. Unforunately, avms are so unpredictable and everyone heals differently, so there is no set time that Dr. Yakes can tell me that this will all be over with! I used to get so depressed when strangers would ask me what happened to my face – but once I found Dr. Yakes, it was easier answering questions or getting stared at, because at least I knew I was finally getting help! I've always told my co-workers here that I feel like an alien from another planet because people look @ me as if I am one! When I go to CO, I feel like I'm on my home planet because I see other people who look like me! I've been with Dr. Yakes now for 4 years of treatments – I was sometimes putting off going, trying to not miss so much work! I would go every 2 ½ months to 3 months in between embolizations. Had to go back to CO for a couple of emergencies that we weren't sure how to handle here! With my family helping us more financially, I am able to go more often to see Dr. Yakes, so now I won't wait any longer than 8 weeks! I try to make it a point to go every 7 weeks now! We need to keep ahead of this avm or at least get it stabilized! I was spoiled for 2 years w/out a bleed and I'd like to get to that point again! I have no idea how many more procedures I have left – but I do know that I have a lot of family and friends that support me emotionally and keep me in their prayers!
I have very recently met Shalon Whitgob – Rhonda, one of Dr. Yakes P.A.'s had told me about Shalons web site, thinking it would help answer some of my questions or @ least help me feel not so alone out there! Boy was she right! After looking up Shalons site, I quickly e-mailed her and was so happy she e-mailed back right away! We kept e-mailing for a few weeks until we met just a few days ago! As luck would have it – both Shalon and I had appts. w/Dr. Yakes w/in a day of each other! We both also see Dr. Reed – the head of the Voice and Swallow Institute of Denver, CO! Since Shalon and I both have facial avms, Dr. Reed checks to make sure our air passages are all clear before Dr. Yakes does an embolization on us! Another thing Shalon and I have in common – we both have wonderful husbands that help us get through these terrible avm incidents! I am so happy to know Shalon – she seems very level headed, kind and beautiful! We both feel that as long as the bulk of the avm is gone and there is no bleeding – then we are where we need to be!
Cyndi Schuman
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Cyndi's New Blog!
Monday, August 4, 2008
I hope this blog meets with your approval. Now you are ready to tell the world your story and keep your friends and family up to date on the progress you are making on your journey!
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New Delhi, July 4 (IANS) A specially-designed iPad application for autistic children could aid them in their lessons and become an easy at-home means of therapy for such children, an NGO working for disabled children in the national capital said Thursday.
Tamana, a non-governmental organisation working for multiply challenged and autistic children in collaboration with Deakin University, Australia, launched TOBY (Therapy Outcomes by You) Playpad, a specially designed iPad application, which helps in making an early intervention for children with autism.
"The TOBY Playpad monitors children's performance on tasks from a complex syllabus and covers social skills, language, sensory discrimination and cognitive skills. For example, the child can match pictures of the same colour or shapes and learning becomes easy," said Svetha Venkatesh, director, Pattern Recognition and Data Analytics (PRaDA) at Deakin University.
She also added that technology had been designed for parents and educators, which is cost-effective and easy to use with children at home.
"The TOBY Playpad is available through the Apple iTunes Store and the application is available online for $30. It is currently targeted at children aged two to six years old," Ravneet Pawha, country-director, Deakin University said.
Talking about the new assistive technology for autistic children, Shyama Chona, president, Tamana NGO said,"The use of the new method of technology for children with autism is limited, though technology seems to be a huge interest area for many of these children. The iPad application, the new assistive technology, is a new hope for autistic children."
Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) is a developmental disorder that affects the brain in the areas of language and social skills, imagination and activity.
There has been a staggering six-fold increase in autism cases in India, from 20 lakh in 2003 to 1.36 million autism patients at present; many parents are not even aware that their children may have this disability.
"Early intervention therapy will help many autistic children develop their learning ability. Our aim is to build awareness about the TOBY Playpad application and to reach out to as many people as possible," Venkatesh said.


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Redlands Connection is a concoction of sports memories emanating from a city that once numbered less than 20,000 people. From the Super Bowl to the World Series, from the World Cup to golf's U.S. Open, Wimbledon and the Olympics, plus NCAA Final Four connections, Tour de France cycling, major tennis, NBA and a little NHL, aquatics and quite a bit more, the sparkling little city that sits around halfway between Los Angeles and Palm Springs on Interstate 10 has its share of sports connections. – Obrey Brown
It was May, 1984 – an Olympic year.
Jim Sloan, celebrity photographer from Redlands, really pushed the invitation on me.
There was a group of guys getting together for a reunion, of sorts. It was at the home of Robert Scholton, who was truly a pioneer of Redlands. Citrus groves and all. Scholton had married into the Walter Hentschke family – one more Redlands-area pioneer.
At this reunion, however, the guest of honor was a guy named Payton Jordan.
One night earlier, it had been "Olympic Night" at Redlands Country Club. Naturally, Jordan was the featured speaker. He didn't speak on golf. The "club" was directly across the street from Scholton's home.
Scholton, Sloan and a bunch of buddies had invited Jordan to Redlands. He'd been around more than a few times. This visit, however, was special. Plenty of guys had been summoned for this reunion. It was an Olympic year, after all. Jordan had plenty of connections to the Olympic games.
Way back in 1939, before World War II, Jordan had coached at Redlands Junior High School. He'd just graduated from USC.
That junior high campus had been located right across Citrus Ave. from Redlands Senior High – that is, before the two campuses were merged into one full high school. After the war, Jordan returned.
Little did I know then that Jordan had been a high-achieving two-sports star at USC – part of an illustrious Trojans' football team, later starring on their nationally prominent track team as a sprinter. He was from nearby Pasadena, the same city that produced the Robinson brothers, Jackie and Mack, who went to USC's rival, UCLA.
Jordan had been coached in football by the illustrious Howard Jones (121-36-13, record), who'd been Trojans' coach from 1925-1940.
Track coach Dean Cromwell, the U.S. Olympic coach in 1948, might've been even more prominent. The USC guys that he coached, including Jordan, were too numerous to highlight.
Jones and Cromwell are both Hall of Famers in multiple spots, not just USC.
It's important to note the scintillating connection between Jordan, USC and Redlands.
It was easy to see why Jordan was so highly favored around Redlands. Scholton, Sloan & Co. were his boys. When Jordan showed up just before the war, his background must've seemed spectacular in this small-town haven.
A USC guy in Redlands?
Years later, Jordan had only added to his lengthy list of achievements.
Talk about a Redlands "connection."
Once I'd arrived at this glorious Redlands Junior High reunion, held at Scholton's old-century, country club-style residence, I was only aware that Jordan had been 1968 Olympic coach – nothing else.
If only I'd known his remarkable record.
Jordan, splendidly dressed and warmly received by about a dozen older men – now retired, some with money, nice careers – couldn't have been more gracious.
Jordan personally knew 1936 Olympic hero Jesse Owens.
Athletically, he was remarkable.
- In 1938 and 1939, Jordan shined on USC's national championship track team.
- He was part of a world record 4 x 110 (yards) relay, 40.3, in 1939.
- Also in 1939, Jordan played on USC's Rose Bowl-winning team, 7-3 winners over Duke.
- In 1941, Jordan won the AAU 100-yard title.
- By his senior years up to age 80, Jordan was an age-group champion and record holder – refusing to stop competing.
As an athlete, Jordan missed out on the 1940 and 1944 Olympics due to World War II.
This guy had history.
Sloan, Scholton & Co. wanted this reunion covered in the newspaper.
Jordan's career had been phenomenal, to say the least.
His collegiate football exploits were spectacular. On the track, he'd been a whiz. After World War II, where he served in the U.S. Navy, it was time to get rolling in a career.
After coaching those guys at Redlands Junior High, Jordan landed at venerable small-college Occidental, located in Eagle Rock, next to Pasadena. It was like a hometown job for him. After a decade (1946-57), after nine outright conference track titles and one tie, he'd been whisked away to take the track program at Stanford over next 23 years.
Imagine. It all started at Redlands Junior High.
Also imagine:
- Billy Mills' remarkable upset win at the 1964 Tokyo Olympic 10,000.
- Bob Beamon's world record long jump, 29-feet, 2 ½ inches at the Mexico City Olympics.
- One of his Occidental athletes, Bob Gutowski, set a world pole vault record (15-9 ¾).
- Discus superstar Al Oerter nailed down his third and fourth gold medals under Jordan's watch.
- When Jimmie Hines won the 1969 Olympic gold medal in a world record 9.9 seconds, Jordan was head coach.
- Tommie Smith's 200-meter gold medal in 19.8 seconds led to the "power salute" protest in those '68 Games. It included third place finisher John Carlos.
- Quarter-miler Lee Evans set a world record 43.8 seconds in winning the 1968 Olympic gold medal.
- In 1960, at the Olympic Trials, Jordan ran the U.S. squad in a meet at Mt. San Antonio College in Walnut, Calif. in which no fewer than seven world records were set.
- During that 23-year career at Stanford, Jordan's Indians (now Cardinal) had produced seven Olympians, six world record holders and six national champions.
This is just a small sampling of the exploits of the man I was sitting next to at Scholton's home in spring 1984. At the time, I'd known none of all those achievements.
If I'd been paying attention to my TV set in 1968 – watching the track portion of the games more, perhaps – maybe I'd have noticed the interview with a certain ABC superstar broadcaster.
The media had treated Jordan favorably, except for one nasal-toned, often exasperating, yet highly entertaining sportscaster from New York.
"Howard Cosell," said Jordan, "had his mike in my nose while my foot was in his fanny. He's the only one I had trouble with. I had him escorted out of the stadium."
Guess I'd better be careful in my interview.
Here's some evidence on how Jordan and Scholton were close:
Scholton had once been offered by Jordan to help him coach at Stanford. The year, 1957. Scholton, a 1937 University of Redlands graduate – Pi Chi, track, cross country, biology major – was a teaching contemporary of Jordan's at Redlands Junior High.
Scholton, according to the folklore, had served under NFL legend George "Papa Bear" Halas during his own U.S. Navy stint.
Back in Redlands, Scholton taught biology and coached the runners in both track and cross country.
More of the folklore came after Jordan took the job at Stanford, apparently offering Scholton an assistant coach's role to his former contemporary. Scholton was a homegrown, however. He stuck around Redlands.
The association between Scholton and Jordan, however, lasted for years. Scholton retired in 1970. Jordan called it quits in 1979.
A curious note: As the Olympics were set to take place in Los Angeles, Jordan conceded he wouldn't be attending. "I don't have tickets."
Scholton, however, had blocks of track & field tickets at the Coliseum. I bought a couple from him for me and my father-in-law, Dean Green – an assistant principal, of all places, in an office that was on the same side of the street where Redlands Junior High School once existed.
A portion of my 1984 interview:
Jordan says it might be a euphemism for "Troubled Times."
"The Olympics," he told me, "are always the focal point of politics, world unrest and controversy. All the problems of the world seem to be magnified during this period of time."
"You can make it without steroids," said Jordan, who knew plenty of athletes using even back in those days. "You don't have to do it …
"If you've got the ability, work harder, eat better and dedicate yourself, you'll get there."
Footnote: Ben Johnson disproved that theory four years later in Seoul.
Jordan admitted, however, that drug-using athletes could reach their Olympic goals in maybe half the time — four years, for instance, instead of two.
"There is no such thing," he said, "as amateurism."
All of the normal workings of the Olympic disagreements are simply the workings of non-athletes seeking to control the athletic world.
History records that Hitler turned his back on the onetime Ohio State star at the 1936 Berlin Olympics.
Said Jordan: "Actually, it wasn't Owens that Hitler had turned his back on. He'd shunned Cornelius Johnson after he won the high jump the day before."
Germany long jumper Lutz Long, Jordan proclaimed, had given Owens a tip that helped lift him to win that fourth gold medal in Berlin.
"Those types of incidents," said Jordan, "were left under-publicized, in comparison to what activities existed between non-athletes."
In 1968, Owens had been summoned to Mexico City for a bull session with the team.
"There's nobody I know who's less of a racist than you," he told Jordan. "Anything I can do, just ask."
Smith and Carlos, it had long been rumored, were set to protest at an Olympics in which several black U.S. athletes had decided not to participate – perhaps in their own protests.
It's one reason why Cosell was so blatantly in Jordan's face.
"They would've come to me to discuss (the protest)," he said, "and I would've vetoed that idea. They did come in and asked, 'What should we do?' I said, 'Let me and my staff handle it.'
"Thank God it worked out beautifully."
Part of that was that Smith and Carlos were suspended from the Olympic team and sent home.
It was a team, Jordan said, that was very close. "I never experienced that kind of closeness in spite of all the distractions. It was a group of people … who didn't get hysterical about it and lose sight of our mission."
Jordan says he took no part in the protest movement.
"I was part of it, though. I was the coach."
Evans, Carlos and Smith, he confided, "were probably more loyal to me."
The U.S. came out of 1968 with more gold medals and Olympic records than any Olympic before or since, he said.
After several minutes of Olympic protest chatter, Jordan leaned back in his Scholton-home chair, frowned and said, "I think that's enough talk about 1968."


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