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Achievements in Nigeria – Seeing is Believing project
Lasting achievements highlight the completion of a five year project which aimed to drastically reduce prevalence of blindness, eye disease and vision impairment in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nigeria. The Seeing is Believing Phase IV project funded by the Standard Chartered Bank recorded positive figures of impact during the year 2011 to 2015 across education, infrastructure and service delivery initiatives.
These impact figures include screening of 218,958 people and of those 14,942 received spectacles, 996 received low vision devices and 786 cataract surgeries were performed, giving new sight to many beneficiaries. There were a total of 1460 government personnel trained across the necessary levels of eye care and it was estimated 2.5 million people received eye health education messages through print and electronic media.
The FCT Health and Human Services Secretariat under the Public Health Department led the implementation of this initiative with the International Agency for the Prevention of Blindness (IAPB) which was managed by the Brien Holden Vision Institute. The consortium of organisations working collaboratively under the Institute's management had diverse objectives with each having its own target to achieve.
Some of the objectives achieved were in service delivery, human resource development, infrastructure and equipment development. Such objectives made it possible for the integration of skills, knowledge sharing and expertise. The project established and strengthened eye care centres in Kubwa and Bwari General Hospitals, and introduced new services namely: eye surgery, optical dispensing, and clinical low vision care.
Achievements and the lessons learnt are highlighted below:
1. A strong intra-sectoral partnership is critical to the success of a project with multiple government departments. Government departments are independent in structure and appear parallel in functionality. In the project, it became very clear the importance and benefits of establishing relationships at the beginning and bringing the players together to identify roles and responsibilities for each partner. Clearly defined roles and responsibilities of each partner at the onset of a project equals profitability and success.
2. Any ambiguity in the project design needs to be clarified. Sometimes new tasks may emerge in the course of implementation and it is therefore helpful to present new assignments, even small ones, to all stakeholders. Encouraging partners to volunteer rather than assigning the new roles out is the better solution and it is beneficial to invest in regular meetings for feedback, reporting outcomes to all implementing partners to promote and sustain good relations. These practices were beneficial in motivating and building team spirit for service delivery.
3. Implementing a School Eye Health Project led by the Ministry of Education with the support of Ministry of Health is an efficient solution. The project model followed was led by the Ministry of Health and was a comprehensive project with a school eye health component. This made it a more challenging negotiation than a stand-alone school health project.
4. Realistic initial targets with increasing levels over time, coupled with logistics support and adequate supervision will ensure success. The project discovered professionals involved were willing to perform the necessary tasks, if targets were realistic and encompassed capacity for increased activity, especially when expected output far outweighed normal routine. There is need for program planners to carefully consider current outputs of prospective project areas when indicating initial target figures.
Mr Hasan receives award during SIB Project Close out event July 2015
Dr. Anne Ebri
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The Dubai Health Authority (DHA) and the American Medical Association (AMA), have reached an agreement to support the standardised exchange of medical service data throughout Dubai. This will be a boon for insurers, healthcare providers, third party administrators, regulators and other stakeholders.
The agreement provides the DHA a licence to use Current Procedural Terminology (CPT), a comprehensive code set copyrighted by the AMA, reported Emirates News Agency.
CPT enables interoperability, reporting, measurement, analysis, and benchmarking of medical services and procedures across Dubai's healthcare system. It will also facilitate operations in the health insurance system.
Mr Humaid Al Qutami, DHA director general, said, "The introduction of CPT coding is another milestone for the health system in Dubai. It will make the medical billing process highly efficient and accurate, with minimum human interference, and it will empower all stakeholders to become completely paperless.
"Additionally, it will enable accurate data collection that will help us devise evidence-based policies and processes to further enhance the healthcare system in Dubai."
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Chipless RFID
Chipless RFID tags were developed fairly recently to offer customers affordability and thus, grow the RFID market. These chipless RFID tags are simple to manufacture, decreasing the amount of time it takes to produce them. In addition, chipless RFID tags are compatible with existing infrastructures, saving a lot of time, money and effort in installing a new system.
Because of their reduced cost and ease of implementation, chipless RFID tags have seen high growth recently. Since they produce almost equal efficiency at a lower cost, the increasing demand for chipless RFID has been seen across a variety of different verticals such as asset tracking, anti-counterfeiting, public transit and retail.
Global revenue generated in the chipless RFID market is expected to reach $3,925 million by 2016, up from $1087 million in 2011.
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After the heartbreak of the Brexit vote yesterday, at least I can look forward to some exciting sport today. It is not often that, with a big rugby match on the same day as a football match, that I would choose to blog more about the football, but today is not an ordinary day. Later today, at 17:00 BST (16:00 GMT), Wales take on Northern Ireland in the round of 16 of the 2016 Euros. As I have mentioned in previous blogposts, Wales have never been in the Euros before, so getting to the Quarter Finals would be a wonderful achievement.
Before then, in rugby Wales take on New Zealand in the final test of their three test tour. I really don't have too much to say about that match; we are expected to lose and the main aim will be to stay within 15-20 points of New Zealand. Such is the gulf between the standard of the two teams. If we can give New Zealand a good match, we can come home thinking the tour has been a qualified success.
More interestingly, at 11am BST Australia v England kicks off in the third test of England's tour down under. England are 2-0 up in the series, and are going for a white wash. It would be a remarkable achievement should they do it. Not only will they humiliate Australia, but it will really set down a marker that England are on their way back to being as good as anyone else in world rugby, a position they have not enjoyed since 2003. I am going to be watching that match with more interest than the NZ v Wales match earlier.
But, the real highlight for most Welsh sporting fans today is our 2016 Euros match against Northern Ireland. After our incredible display against Russia, the Welsh team must be full of confidence. We tore Russia apart in a 3-0 victory, not only ensuring our advancement to the knock-out rounds, but also we finished top of Group B after England failed to beat Slovakia.
Certainly expectation is higher of our beating Northern Ireland in the football than it is of beating New Zealand in the rugby. The Welsh football team are playing full of confidence, and if we can play anything like as well as we did against Russia I cannot see us not advancing to the Quarter Finals. Fingers crossed.


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The Juice Strikes Back Charity Beer Festival
Saturday March 16, 2019 01:00 pm EDT
The Juice Strikes Back is a follow up to last years The Day of The Juice. The event is a charity craft beer festival featuring the best beers, ciders, and meads in the Country. Our charity this year is The Georgia Transplant Foundation who provides financial support to those needing transplants. ...
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Thursday February 7, 2019 07:00 pm EST
The Big Fake Wedding is a bridal show alternative in the form of a big, fake wedding. "Wedding guests" are brides- and grooms-to-be who enjoy an emotional vow renewal ceremony, a tasty cocktail-style dinner, and a dance-party reception while truly experiencing the wedding vendors in action. So, brin...
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Sunday June 24, 2018 09:30 am EDT
Morgan Sandlin of ATL Girl Gang and Manu Muraro of Your Social Team have teamed up to create the first ever Let's Conference. The conference aims to bring together entrepreneurial women from all around Atlanta to collaborate, learn and network. There will be panels and lectures from accomplished Atl...
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Stick Ball, Kick the Can and Other Social Media
Being Social. Old School…meet New School. An article about stick ball and kick the can? And what does that have to do with social media? I know it sounds silly, but please read on. It gets interesting. Old School. The Back Story. I grew up in Nebraska in the 1960's. Lincoln, actually. The part I … [But wait…there's more]


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Luke and Kara – Mystic Engagement
I made a long trip down to Mystic, Connecticut for the engagement shoot of Luke and Kara. It was well worth the trip, not only for these beautiful photos, but for the laughs! My goodness these two perfect for each other! Sometimes, watching a couple, you just know. And the fact that there are plenty of photos with Luke having a goofy face and Kara laughing, only goes to prove it. I mean, I even have a photo of Luke flexing some muscles shortly after I asked him for a slightly more masculine stance. Seriously, I cannot wait for your wedding! We are going to have a blast!
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Chef de Partie
Location: Hunstrete, Bristol Area (BS39 4NT)
Salary: £21k - 22k per year + excellent tips & benefits
Date posted: 31/1/2020
Employer type: Hotel
Job type: Chef de Partie
Contact: Daniel Boyle
Ref: DB2703310
Chef de Partie - Luxury Country House Hotel £22K
Our client is an award winning hotel located near Bath & Bristol. They are seeking a talented Chef de Partie to work in their 2AA rosette awarded kitchen working with fresh, locally sourced ingredients.
The Role
* Working on all sections producing dishes for the restaurant, weddings and functions
* Managing your section
* Input into the menu
* You will already have a pastry background to ideally rosette level
* Calm Personality
* Looking for a career move - not a job hopper
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Salary £22k + tips + live in
Free uniform and laundry
All meals
28 days holiday
To find out more about this opportunity and to arrange an interview with the Head Chef apply and send Daniel Boyle your CV now
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The Wyndham Collection is an entirely unique and innovative bath line. Sure to inspire imitators, the original Wyndham Collection sets new standards for design and construction.
The Amare family of floor-mounted storage cabinets delivers beautiful wood grain exteriors offset by modern brushed chrome accents. The simple clean lines of the Amare family of storage cabinets are no-fuss and all style.
Amare Bathroom Vanities are available in multiple sizes and finishes.
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We've joined environmental forces with The Gum Litter Taskforce to showcase some of the best festivals in Ireland that take sustainability to the next level.
All Together Now
In its first year here in Ireland, All Together Now promises to deliver some fresh new fun to the festival circuit this summer, while also bringing some amazing sustainability policies with it. As well as a leave no trace policy, ATN is hosting several green options that make it even more appealing.
Not only will they have their own Eco Water available all weekend, their custom water bottles that are made from 90% recycled material and are 100% recyclable themselves. To make Eco Bottles, ATN used 30 times less CO2 compared to a glass bottle and five times less CO2 than a PET Carton.
Good Intent will also be available at ATN with their tents made entirely from cardboard. If you decide to purchase a Good Intent, it will be fully built for you upon your arrival which means you can get to the fun right away, with no looking around for the nearest boy scout to help you build your tent.
All Together Now takes place from the 3rd to the 5th of August at the Curraghmore House, County Waterford.
Beatyard is yet another gem amongst the festival fun Ireland has to offer. It is a family-friendly, easy going festival that takes place in sunny Dun Laoghaire and has some fantastic policies in place to protect mother earth throughout the weekend.
One of these incentives is the 'Bin It To Win It' campaign. At the festival, you will be provided with a rubbish bag and if you manage to fill it with cans, you then bring it back and receive a free beer!
Seems fair to us.
Also, all food and drink containers at Beatyard will be completely bio-degradable. This is a measure that Beatyard feel very strongly about and promote during their weekend food market at the Bernard Shaw.
Beatyard takes place from the 3rd to the 5th of August at Dun Laoghaire Harbour.
Electric Picnic
Ah, good ol' EP. What would we do without it?
Possibly the biggest festival in Ireland, it's also making big moves towards creating an incredibly green and sustainable time for everyone. This year there are plenty of different incentives put in place by the folks over at EP to keep you having good, green fun.
Upon your arrival at EP, you will be provided with two recycling bags - one green, and one clear. When your bags are full of rubbish, bring them to the NiftyBin Recycling Points for your chance to win two free tickets for next year and a merch bundle. Happy days!
EP actively encourage all attendees to bring home their tents and camping equipment, and we know you don't want to drag your battle-scarred tent home, but just power through. Leftover tents can damage the environment more than you think and to combat this, EP also offer a tent rental service with Kip N' Go. Prices start as low as €60 which also includes a sleeping bag and mat, so you'll want for nothing.
Electric Picnic takes place from the 31st of August to the 2nd of September at Stradbally Hall, County Laois.
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CTU Achieves Fast Travel Platinum Status from IATA
Chengdu Shuangliu International Airport (CTU) announced March 20 that it had attained the platinum status for the International Air Transport Association (IATA)'s Fast Travel Program, thus becoming the first airport in China to get the recognition this year.
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Shuangliu Airport Int'l Marathon to Take Place in City
The 2018 Shuangliu Airport International Marathon will take place May 26 at Chengdu's Shuangliu District.
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2018 Shuangliu Airport International Marathon
The 2018 Shuangliu Airport International Marathon will kick off at 7am on May 26.
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Shuangliu Airport's Annual Passenger Traffic Exceeds 50m in 2018
Chengdu is the one and only city in central and western China with an annual air passenger volume exceeding 50 million.
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Free and Cheap Things To Do In Byron Bay
Byron Bay is one of a kind when it comes to holiday destinations. This once sleepy seaside town has so many things going for it that it's hard to list them all. It's a real melting pot of different people and activities, and the nature here must be seen to be believed. Today this atmospheric little town is buzzing with life; it has a thriving alternative scene and an enviable music scene too.
The beaches of Byron are absolutely wonderful and the hinterland here should be explored at least once. Whatever your budget, it's possible to have a truly memorable time in this unique coastal spot. Those who don't want to spend a fortune will love exploring the local nature, surfing the waves, wildlife spotting, and making the most of free music gigs, galleries and markets.
You'll never get bored in Byron Bay whatever your budget, but to make sure that's definitely the case, we've put together a list of the best free and cheap activities you can participate in:
1 – Go on a bike ride
Although this will cost something if you need to hire a bicycle, it won't be much. There are a number of awesome biking trails around Byron Bay that will allow you to experience the local nature at its finest. A couple of particularly good biking trails worth heading to are:
Tour de Bruns
This bike trail can be found just north of Byron Bay, and it's a relatively short one at around an hour. It is popular with families because the terrain is pretty flat and easy to navigate. Make your way over to the Brunswick Heads Visitor Centre to get started, and you'll wind your way through the pretty village and down along the Brunswick River to Torakina Beach. From here you can follow it on to the break wall for epic views of the Byron Bay Lighthouse.
Brunswick to Byron Beach ride
Note that if you're going to do this ride, it's got to be a low tide. Starting out at the Brunswick South Wall you'll make your way to Byron Bay over around 13km. You'll complete it in around an hour and a half, and it won't be too taxing as again, the land is flat. On this ride you'll be privy to lovely beach views, and you can stop for a swim if you see fit. You may end up with wet feet when crossing the Belongil Creek, so be prepared for that!
2 – Tour some art galleries
Part of the alternative scene here includes a fascinating art world. Byron Bay seems to attract unusual artists from all around, and there are plenty of free galleries where their work is showcased. We particularly like the Lone Goat Gallery, which has regular exhibitions of local visual artists' work. You can find this at 28 Lawson Street, and it's open weekdays from 10:00 – 16:00 and weekends from 10:00 – 12:00.
Then there is the Jules Hunt Studio Gallery, where you might even get to meet Jules. She has some interesting pieces on display, but beware – you might be tempted to break your budget and take something home! You can find Jules' gallery at 2/10 Brigantine Street – head down Monday to Saturday between 09:00 and 17:00.
3 – Visit Killen Falls, Tittenbar
Around half an hour's drive from Byron Bay is Killen Falls, an absolutely incredible waterfall and swimming hole. Here you'll be deep in the rainforest and surrounded by picturesque eroded rocks. The waterfall itself is 10m high and is part of Emigrant Creek.
Killen Falls is a little different to some of the other local falls, as it has many cave-like rocks around the water. It's fun to go behind the waterfall and sit watching it – you won't get wet, unless you want to! You can get there via a short walking trail that brings you out at the base of the falls, but be prepared, as the trail is quite slippery and dotted with rocks.
4 – Go to a free gig
Byron Bay is home to many great local musicians and artists, and there are plenty of music festivals all year round. If you like the idea of listening to some quality local Australian music, Byron is the spot. Every night you'll be able to find a different gig and you won't have to pay any entry fees for most. Just keep your eyes peeled for the pubs hosting live bands.
You can't go wrong with The Rails Hotel, which has a great beer garden and live music gigs every single night. Another good spot for free gigs is Byron Bay Brewery; the same goes for Great Northern Hotel, and there's also Buddha Bar. All three venues are popular thanks to the cool bands they bring in night after night. If you want to relax with ocean views while you listen to the music, check out the Beach Hotel.
5 – Peruse Byron Bay's markets
There's no pressure to buy anything, although temptation might be strong! However, it's still well worth perusing Byron Bay's markets for the atmosphere alone. There are various monthly markets here, from farmers markets to artisan markets and community markets.
Lots of the markets have live music and entertainment; they're bustling, lively and colourful, so they make a feast for the senses. You'll be able to find organic foods, local produce, crafts, clothes and more. It would be a shame not to try out some of the tasty street foods on offer, so take a little cash along if you can. Bargain hunters will be kicking themselves if they don't!
6 – Spot some whales
If you're in Byron Bay over the winter months (June to November), it would be a great idea to do some whale spotting. During this season you're likely to see pods of humpback whales off Byron Bay's coast, when they make their trip from Antarctica to the warmer waters. You might even see some babies, as they're coming here to give birth in these favourable conditions.
You might even spot them from some of the local coastal lookouts, and while walking about the town, so keep an eye out! If you've never seen whales in action before, this is a seriously memorable activity that should definitely go on your agenda.
A couple of final tips for you…
If you're looking to save money throughout your trip, why not consider some of the cheap camping options around the area instead of hotels and hostels? You'll save quite a bit by bringing your own camping equipment, and getting to sleep under the Byron Bay stars will only add to an already blissful experience. Note that camping out just anywhere could get you a hefty fine of around $1000, so it's always wise to book into an official camping ground.
Whatever your budget, Byron won't let you down… but the best piece of advice we can offer is take your time! This is a town where there's no rush, but there's so much to do that you'll need to plan as long a stay as possible. Take a couple of extra days off for this trip and you surely won't regret it.
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Media Kit
Founded in 1978, the Coalition of Texans with Disabilities is the oldest and largest member-driven disability advocacy organization in the state. We take a multi-front approach to making Texas a leader in disability-related public policy and culture. Our work revolves around legislative advocacy, public awareness events and activities, and professional services.
Areas of policy expertise and experience include physical and technologic accessibility, civil rights, healthcare, and community living. Members of the media interested in leveraging our expertise or scheduling an interview about an upcoming event are encouraged to contact Dennis Borel at 512-478-3366 ext. 302.
Press Releases
- September 2018: New ACC Study Reveals Texas-Sized Disability Voting Bloc (with the REV UP Texas coalition)
- August 2018: O'Rourke, Valdez, Collier, Nelson to Speak at Texas Disability Issues Forum (with the REV UP Texas coalition)
- October 2017: Humans—and Other Animals—Thrive with Prosthetics at Disability Film Festival
- March 2017: Disability Community Warns Gov. Abbott of Block Grant, Per Capita Cap Risks
- February 2017: Coalition of Health and Human Services Advocates Calls for Protecting Health Care for Texans (with the Coalition of Health & Human Services Advocates)
CTD in the News
- Legislature sidelined as three Texas GOP leaders steer $1B in budget cuts
August 27, 2020. San Antonio Express-News. ECI.
- City hiring more volunteers to help enforce accessible parking violations
August 19, 2020. KXAN. Accessible Parking.
- Letter to the Editor: Don't Target Vulnerable Texans with Budget Cuts
July 14, 2020. Austin American-Statesman. State Budget.
- Borel & Langer: A policy decision haunting Texas during coronavirus pandemic
March 28, 2020. Rio Grande Guardian. Community Attendants. Also appeared in the Gilmer Mirror, March 27 and the Corpus Christi Caller Times, March 31.
- Letter to the Editor: Potential Disaster Would Compound Yet Another
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Welcome to Oliver Harper's Retrospectives & Reviews. Like us all at FTN, Oliver LOVES cinema, and like us, he has passions that not everyone shares, but he feels obligated to put the word out. This week Oliver looks at Highlander… we'll let him tell you the aims of these videos himself. Over to you, Oliver…
Every week FTN will be hosting videos looking back at classic films from the 80s and early 90s…
"The videos will be a retrospective look back at a particular film covering all sides of the production and discussing how the film turned out. Many people on the net generally like to discuss films with a negative attitude and take joy in bashing films for comedic effect which does work but often many of the reviews aren't researched well or films are taken out of context for the purpose of making a joke and I feel websites such as youtube have become over-saturated with these types of videos, I wanted to do something different.
Often you come across films with no extras available on the DVD and you want to know more about it, so with some of the upcoming videos I will be discussing films that don't get the respect they deserve or the ones that aren't as bad as people think…"
This film is the ultimate cult classic. It gained a huge following from VHS/LaserDisc and repeats on TV. Looking at the casting on paper you would say it would never work, a Frenchman playing a Scotsman and a Scotsman playing an Egyptian. Sounds crazy, but they actually pull it off.
The movie is beautifully directed and photographed, it has some fantastic visuals thanks to the best music video director of the 80s, Russell Mulcahy. The one thing that holds this film together is its wonderful score by Michael Kamen who collaborated with the band Queen to provide some of the most epic songs on film.
It's a shame the first Highlander was tainted by some awful sequels and TV show spin-offs… There can only be one!
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Is There A Dog Trainer In The House?Posted by: John Sawyer
There's a reason why many of the classic replays of the old Johnny Carson show involved animals. Here are a couple of daytime TV news folks trying to do a good thing and find homes for animals in need. This is probably best filed under "It seemed like a great idea at the time!"


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"Lifting his hat with one hand, and drawing his sword with the other," a gallant soldier called D'Artagnan leads his three companions in a blade-clanging charge against five guards of Cardinal Richelieu, the evil opponent of the King of France. The young D'Artagnan, his heart beating as if it would burst, parries the blows of Jussac, one of the cardinal's skilled swordsmen. If he cannot overcome this experienced duelist, he may lose his dream of becoming a musketeer. He may even lose his life.
This thrilling scene early in Alexandre Dumas's novel "The Three Musketeers" is one of many in a story crammed with fighting, adventure and lovemaking. "My heart is that of a musketeer," says D'Artagnan, the apprentice warrior from the sticks. By the end of the novel, he has joined the "three inseparables" -- Athos, Porthos and Aramis -- as a member of the Musketeers of the Guard under French King Louis XIII.
The novel is a classic, and the motto of its musketeers ("All for one, one for all") is widely known. But the story of musketeers -- real musketeers -- began long before they made their literary debut.
In his novel, Dumas used history for his own ends, much the way Shakespeare incorporated actual events and people into dramatic plays. Dumas wrote "The Three Musketeers" in 1844, more than two centuries after the actual events depicted in the story took place.
The real Musketeers of the Guard were a group of soldiers who served as bodyguards to the king of France in the 17th century. The group takes its name from the musket, which was then an advanced form of military technology. In the 1600s, gunpowder weapons like the musket were expensive and sometimes elaborately decorated. They served as a prestigious emblem for the king's guard, making the group a formidable force, even though for everyday dueling, the musketeers were also skilled with a more traditional weapon: the sword [source: Nevill].
By the 1840s, the Romantic Era was in full swing, and audiences ate up tales from an age of daring soldiers, duels and Renaissance costumes. This article will take a closer look at the real men these stories were based on, including who they were, what they were fighting for and what they had in common with their fictional counterparts. On the next page, though, you'll learn more about the weapon from which the musketeers took their name.
The Musketeers' Musket
A discussion of old-school weapons might conjure up images of knights in armor hacking at each other with swords, battle-axes and lances. That's the way wars were fought in the Middle Ages. Then gunpowder came along, originating in China around the year 1000 [source: Kelly]. Inventors found that when they packed gunpowder into a metal tube open at only one end and introduced fire through a tiny touchhole, the resulting explosion produced a quantity of hot gases that could hurl a bullet at high velocity.
Gunpowder weapons transformed traditional warfare beginning in the 1300s [source: Kelly]. Cannons could blast holes in castles, making those structures obsolete as means of secure defense. Hand-held firearms eventually let soldiers hurl projectiles far more forcefully than they could using their own muscles or bows and arrows.
However, early firearms -- known as hand cannon -- were ineffective. Crudely made, with just a stick attached to the barrel, they were hard to aim and inaccurate. The bullets they fired usually didn't have enough force to penetrate armor. As a result, gunners had a hard time competing with trained bowman, who could fire arrows faster and more accurately. At first, the effect of firearms was mainly psychological: Loudly belching fire and smoke, they intimidated the enemy.
Gradual refinement led to the arquebus of the early 1500s. Equipped with a shoulder stock, this gun let the shooter sight down the barrel, so he could aim better than with a hand cannon. But arquebus bullets still didn't have enough power to penetrate the plate armor of a knight. This was also a matchlock weapon, which meant one fired it by touching a smoldering cord or match to the tiny hole that led to the gun's powder chamber.
During the late 1500s, the Spanish developed a firearm called the moschetto or "sparrow-hawk." This was a long-barreled gun so heavy that it needed a forked stick to support the barrel. Other countries quickly adopted it -- the French called it a mousquit, the English a musket. It used a matchlock mechanism to fire a heavy bullet with enough force to crash through steel. Armored knights on horses, who had long ruled the battlefield, were suddenly sitting ducks for musketeers. They quickly faded from warfare [source: Held].
A musketeer had to be strong to manage the unwieldy weapon, which could weigh up to 20 pounds (9 kilograms) and fire a ball almost an inch (2.5 centimeters) across [source: Held]. He also needed courage to master the complicated and dangerous process of loading and firing. He was a warrior to be reckoned with.
Musketeers became deadly threats to knights. They fought alongside pikemen, who carried 18-foot (5.5-meter) spears to protect the musketeers from men on horseback while they reloaded. Gunpowder was beginning to win the day.
The next major innovation was the introduction of the flintlock in the late 1600s. This mechanism struck a chunk of flint against steel to produce a spark. The spark ignited the gunpowder. This made it possible to shoot in wet weather and rendered the matchlock obsolete. With few armored knights to shoot, the guns didn't need to fire such heavy bullets, so their design became lighter and more maneuverable.
Then someone thought of adding a sharp bayonet to the end of the musket's barrel. Suddenly pikemen were no longer needed. By the early 1700s, most soldiers were armed with these firearms, which continued to be called muskets, even though they had changed radically from the early days of the Spanish moschetto. The new musket with bayonet was the weapon of most armies for more than a century. It's the firearm that was used in the American Revolutionary War.
Next we'll look at the Musketeers of the Guard, the gallant troops who were the inspiration for the Dumas novel.
The French Musketeers of the Guard
Technically, all soldiers armed with muskets were musketeers. But the ones who wore the designation as a badge of honor were the personal household guards of French King Louis XIII. The king formed the Musketeers of the Guard in 1622, a few years before the novel's plot begins [source: Dumas].
The musketeers of Louis XIII were soldiers who served as a combination of secret service and special forces. Their main duty was to protect the king and his family. In a time of frequent plots and conspiracies, this was no small task.
The early 17th century was a troubled time in France. French Protestants, known as Huguenots, opposed domination by the Catholic crown. Bitter religious wars broke out. The struggle for power among the king, the nobility and the Church was constant, and assassination attempts were not uncommon. In fact, Louis' own father, Henri IV, had been assassinated in 1610.
Louis XIII became king of France when he was only 9. After assuming full power, he besieged the Huguenots in the port city of La Rochelle in the 1620s. The Musketeers of the Guard fought in that conflict, which is vividly depicted in the novel.
The musketeers were formidable warriors in battle. Their training and esprit de corps afforded them a decided edge. In later years, they wore elaborate uniforms trimmed with gold lace. The sight of their distinctive silver-embroidered blue tunics, not to mention their skill with powerful muskets, gave their enemies pause.
To become a Musketeer of the Guard, it helped to be an aristocrat or nobleman -- not necessarily rich, but connected to the French ruling class. Over their long history, the number of musketeers in service varied from 150 to 300 men. The group served the French monarchy almost continuously until 1816, when it finally disbanded thanks to a lack of funding [source: Smith].
As a soldier, a Musketeer of the Guard was a specialist in the use of the musket. But did he always have one at hand? Certainly not. This large firearm had little role in protecting the king on a daily basis and was never used in the duels that the musketeers fought at the drop of a feathered hat. The sword was actually the common dueling weapon of a gentleman until it was replaced by the pistol in the late 18th century [source: Held]. The musketeers would have carried elegant rapiers at their sides. The Dumas novel is full of sword fights; it mentions musket firing only a few times.
Read on to find out how this small band of 17th-century guards became famous for their chivalry and adventures.
The Musketeers of Alexandre Dumas
Alexandre Dumas was the grandson of a French nobleman and a Creole woman from Haiti (because his son was also named Alexandre, the author of "The Three Musketeers" is referred to as Dumas, père). He began his career as a dramatist in Paris in the 1820s and went on to become one of the most popular novelists of his time.
"The Three Musketeers" was first published in serial form in the French magazine Le Siècle in 1844 [source: Rafferty]. This partly explains the cliff-hanger predicaments that end many of the chapters. The book became an instant success.
Dumas adapted the story from an obscure, semifictional memoir about a musketeer named D'Artagnan. The real D'Artagnan joined the Musketeers of the Guard in 1632, later than his fictional counterpart, and served mostly under Louis XIV, who became king in 1643. He became commander of the Musketeers and was killed in war in 1673 [sources: Scott, Necessary]. The other main musketeer characters also had real-life counterparts, with names similar to those used in the novel. Dumas transformed the complicated history of the period into a story of love and adventure.
In the novel, D'Artagnan comes to Paris from rural Gascony bent on becoming a prestigious Musketeer of the Guard. He falls in with the three musketeers and becomes their close comrade. The musketeers are then drawn into a complicated intrigue involving the Cardinal, the English Earl of Buckingham, King Louis XIII and Queen Anne. A secret agent known as Milady emerges as D'Artagnan's nemesis. The book abounds in tales of war, travels, romance and adventure, with D'Artagnan becoming an official Musketeer along the way.
Like some modern authors of best-sellers, Dumas churned out books on an industrial scale. He wrote so voluminously that he had to employ assistants to help him. "But," as critic Terence Rafferty points out, "if Dumas was a hack, he was a hack with genius. His storytelling never seems the least bit mechanical: no assembly line, then or now, could ever turn out a narrative as joyful, as eccentric, as maddeningly human as "The Three Musketeers" [source: Rafferty].
"The Three Musketeers" has been adapted over and over into movies and stage productions. There have been comic versions, silent versions and Technicolor extravaganzas. One of the latest big screen renditions is a 2011 3-D film starring the actor Logan Lerman [source: Internet Movie Database].
If you're wondering how modern audiences could be drawn to so many different renditions of the same classic tale, just refer back to the scene -- that fight between D'Artagnan and the cardinal's soldier Jussac -- examined in the first paragraph of this article. How did it play out? The impatient Jussac sprang forward, allowing the young musketeer wannabe to skewer him -- and then proceed to his next adventure.
Read on for lots more information about musketeers.
Related Articles
- BBC News. "Musketeers carry Dumas to Pantheon," November 30, 2002. (September 26, 2011) http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/2531617.stm
- Dumas, Alexandre. "The Three Musketeers." Everyman's Library/E.P. Dutton, introduction by Marcel Girard, 1966.
- FoodReference.com. "3 Musketeers Candy Bar." (September 26, 2011) http://www.foodreference.com/html/f3musketeers.html
- Held, Robert. "The Age of Firearms." Harper & Brothers, 1957.
- Internet Movie Database. "The Three Musketeers." (September 26, 2011) http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1509767/
- Kelly, Jack. "Gunpowder: Alchemy, Bombards, and Pyrotechnics." Basic Books, 2004.
- Necessary, Ryan. "The Real Musketeers," clfc.com. (September 28, 2011) http://www.clfc.org/articles/musketeers.htm
- Nevill, Ralph. "Musketeer History," Swashbuckling Press. (September 26, 2011) http://swashbucklingpress.webs.com/musketeerhistory.htm
- Rafferty, Terence. "All for One," New York Times, August 20, 2006. (September 28, 2011) http://www.nytimes.com/2006/08/20/books/review/20pevear.html?pagewanted=all
- Scott, Richard Bodley "Wars of Religion: Western Europe 1610-1660." Osprey Publishing, 2010.
- Smith, Alex. "The Musketeers," MuseumReplicas.com, April 18, 2011. (September 26, 2011) http://blog.museumreplicas.com/2011/04/musketeers.html


text: After destroying huge tracts of rice and killing at least 13 people in the Philippines, Super Typhoon Megi is heading towards China, where officials have warned the storm may be the worst to strike this year. Projections show the storm is expected to avoid Vietnam on its way towards China, with the centre passing between Hainan island and Hong Kong. On Monday, China's National Meteorological Centre urged local governments to make full preparations for extreme weather. About 140,000 people have been evacuated from 15 cities on Hainan island since heavy rains reached the province on Friday, Xinhua, the official news agency, reported. In the Philippines, thousands of people sheltered in evacuation centres as heavy rains fell on Tuesday, a day after Megi - known locally as Juan - struck the main island. Schools were suspended in Manila and other parts of Luzon island amid fears of flash floods, while rescue workers tried to reach villagers stranded in remote areas that were cut off by the typhoon. "A lot of people are still in danger here in Luzon, especially those areas where there is still rain," Perfecto P Penaredondo, a disaster management official, said. Megi was a category 5 super typhoon that packed winds in excess of 250 kph as it struck northeastern Luzon shortly before noon on Monday. Low death toll The death toll appeared to have been minimised by the government's timely preparations for the storm. More than 7,000 people were evacuated and lorries were sent to help rescue and relief operations. Alex Rosete, the national Red Cross spokesman, said four people were killed in Pangasinan province, three of them by a collapsed structure and the other by lightning. Three other people drowned in a storm surge that hit the coastal town of Maconacon in Isabela province, which bore the brunt of the storm, Faustino Dy, the provincial governor, said. Roads in and out of Isabela were blocked by collapsed trees, power lines and debris. Iron-sheet roofs on many of the houses were blown away. The damage to rice and corn is still being assessed. According to an initial estimate, $36m worth of rice and corn crops were lost. The crops were ready for harvest when the storm, the most powerful typhoon to hit the Philippines in four years, struck. The Philippines is battered by an average of 20 typhoons a year, some of them deadly. Tropical Storm Ketsana and Typhoon Parma struck the northern Philippine island of Luzon within a week of each other in September and October last year, triggering the worst flooding in recent history. The twin storms killed more than 1,000 people, affected nearly 10 million and caused damage to $4.3bn of infrastructure and property, according to the World Bank and international humanitarian agencies. SOURCE: Agencies Environment Humanitarian crises Asia Pacific China Philippines


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A Ministry of Fisheries proposal to drop the sea lion mortality limit in the Auckland Islands squid fishery is "both bizarre and draconian", the New Zealand Sea Lion Trust says.
The discussion paper released by the ministry for consultation suggests that no mortality limit be set for the squid fishery, which overlaps the foraging grounds for the islands' "nationally critical" sea lions.
The proposal comes with conditions including that all vessels carry and deploy sea lion exclusion devices and follow all reporting requirements.
The ministry also proposed increasing observers on fishing boats to 50% of the fleet.
It would be reviewed in five years, or earlier if more than 15 sea lions were observed being captured in one season, if more 4700 tows were made by the fishery and if the pup count dropped to fewer than 1501 pups on the Auckland Islands.
The changes were based on observations and research showing the number and rate of observed mortalities had "declined markedly" in recent years, most likely due to the improvement in sea lion exclusion devices.
From 29 observed deaths in 2001, mortality numbers had dropped to zero this year and, based on the most recent research, it was highly unlikely sea lions could be injured by the devices, the paper said.
"Fishing is very unlikely to be having a direct effect on the sea lion population that could be considered adverse."
New Zealand Sea Lion Trust scientific adviser Shaun McConkey, of Dunedin, said the advice in the paper "flies in the face" of recent University of Otago research that identified squid trawl fishing as the most likely cause of the decline in pup numbers in the Auckland Islands.
The smaller Campbell Islands sea lion population, which was not affected by the squid fishery, was increasing steadily, he said.
There were many uncertainties in the research that the ministry did not highlight, such as the lack of information on how many sea lions survived their interaction with sea lion exclusion devices and whether they made it to the surface after escaping.
"Surely, for a 'nationally critical' species, we need to take a conservative approach and the fishery must 'prove' it is not killing sea lions."
Forest and Bird conservation advocate Katrina Subedar said the sea lion population was in decline and the number of pups born had fallen 49% since 1998.
There was no evidence the sea lion exclusion devices were operating fully in squid trawl nets as intended, she said.
"We have no proof that sea lions that get out of the devices survive the encounter." Forest and Bird wanted alternative fishing methods such as jigging adopted, she said.
"The ministry has a legislative duty to minimise fisheries-related by-kill. Their proposal flies in the face of this duty and could condemn this species to an inevitable extinction."
The Seafood Council and Deepwater Group said the ministry proposals were based on "assiduous" fact-finding work by independent national and international science providers.
Deepwater spokesman Richard Wells said the new scientific evidence showed there was no evidence sea lions sustained severe trauma from the sea lion exclusion devices.
"The work shows that previous estimates of sea lion deaths attributable to [the devices] were greatly exaggerated."
Seafood Council chief executive Peter Bodeker said the fishery was still required to carefully manage interactions and maintain the "rigour" of management standards.
"Continued high levels of observer coverage will be applied to ensure best practices are maintained and, where possible, improved."
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Power in the Sign of the Cross
Grace to you!
During today's reflection, I am not going to retell the history of the Feast of the Exaltation of the Cross, celebrated in the Catholic Church and many mainline Protestant Churches today. Much of that information is available online. However, as typical of my reflections, I would share with you a few thoughts, an aspect of its spiritual benefits for believers. So, I want to focus on the Sign of the Cross.
We have many testimonies of faith and evangelization in the heydays of the advent of Christianity in Africa. To this day, there are a few families who practice African traditional religion. We notice or hear stories of people who were saved from the "voodoos" of some native cults by a symbolic expression of the Sign of the Cross.
Many wonder why that sign is so powerful. Why is a simple touching of the forehead by saying or thinking "in the name of the Father;" touching the lower middle of the chest while saying or thinking "and of the Son," and touching the left and the right shoulders saying "and of the Holy" "Spirit" respectively is so powerful?
When you are doing the Sign of the Cross, you are saying a very powerful prayer. You are declaring in whom you trust and who is your security. In few words, you are professing your faith, as well as testifying to others your identity as one incorporated to the heavenly communion of love – the love of the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit.
Two symbols are represented in the Sign of the Cross. First is the symbol of the cross. It isn't just any cross, not simply the crossed woods. The crossed woods have no blessing for you. In fact, during the time of Jesus, the crossed wood was a sign of a curse and condemnation (See Galatians 3:13).
It's when Jesus Christ mounted the crossed wood for our salvation that the cross became a blessing. So, the symbol of the cross with the Christ in it is a rich blessing for you. Looking upon Jesus, contemplating Him hanging on the wood of the cross is salvation. It is hope that the crosses of your life aren't in vain. Victory is assured.
"Just as Moses lifted up the serpent in the desert, so must the Son of Man be lifted up, so that everyone who believes in him may have eternal life" (John 3:14). So, the Sign of the Cross connects us with what Jesus did for us on the cross.
Second is the symbol of the Trinity. While we remember the cross, we equally confess our belief in the Trinitarian God – the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit. Certainly, what unites every Christian believer is the Trinity. A Christian is the one who believes in the Trinity, isn't it? If God is Trinity, then a confession of that fact is a testimonial to Christian faith. Such a testimonial is blessing.
In the spiritual world, the Sign of the Cross wreaks havoc to evil. The devil abhors it and cultists dread it. Exorcists would tell you that many who belong to the demonic receive a sign of ownership on their forehead. In those days when fingerprinting was not yet developed, marks on faces or limbs were used as identifiers. Tattooing grew out of that cultural marking.
For believers, the Sign of the Cross is one of the marks of the sign of faith. It wouldn't be a bad idea to keep doing the Sign of the Cross, as you enter the Church, hear holy names; when you bump into danger, afraid and in need of divine help; and when alone, anytime, anywhere. The mere gesture without words says so much and means so much in the spiritual world.
May you and your day be blessed in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit. Amen.
God love you. God bless.
Fr. Maurice Emelu.
Author and Goal
Father Maurice Emelu PhD., provides a daily blog of reflections based on the Scriptural readings of the day from the Catholic liturgical calendar. The goal is to teach, inspire, encourage, and foster healing through the grace of God's word. They are written in a language that is appropriate for a general audience. You will find these reflections helpful for your spiritual growth, inspiration, and developing your thoughts. They may also be useful for ministers in preparing their sermons for liturgical celebrations.
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yomamma said...One of Wilber's books that I did read was Grace and Grit. I was immediately struck by Wilber's arrogance (as a small example, quoting a man on page 150 who refers to Wilber as "the potentially greatest philosopher of consciousness since Freud.") Wilber's work is filled with categories of development with different "altitudes," such that one's spiritual state can be judged higher or lower. This of course allows Wilber to place himself on one of the higher rungs. When Wilber attaches himself to authoritarian gurus (Adi Da and Andrew Cohen), it allows him to bask in their reflected glory, bolstering Wilber's own claims of superior altitude.
I read an article that Ken Wilber wrote later, that said he feels, Da missed the boat at some point, not that I want to defend Ken Wilber, he seems to now have transfered his need for guru affiliation and creation to Andrew Cohen.
My opinion is that people are desperate for meaning and mystery, which is great, but they don't want to practice any number of great traditions that are available without some kind of glamour/power factor involved. it's creepy.Not just creepy, but ironic. If someone wants mystery, all they need to do is pay a little attention. The world around us is nothing but mystery, starting with the great question of What am I? Grasping at dogmas and ideas is an attempt to understand the unknowable, which obscures a clear appreciation of the mystery.
I read his last book and found it leaving me full of questions, like who decides the validity of this stuff? Is it practiced anywhere? Is it really helpful in any objective way? Is he just blinding me with pseudo science and big words?Yeah, blinding you with pseudo-science and big words, that's what I'd say.
Anonymous said...This hits the heart of the matter. If you want something, you have a problem. Dae Soen Sa Nim used to say that enlightenment is easy to get, difficult to keep. That is, anyone can put time and effort into a meditation practice and get an experience of clear, before-thinking mind. But in the next moment, we may try to capture the experience with concepts, as a way of getting or holding something for ourselves. Clarity isn't a thing that we can get; it's the direction of putting down our ideas over and over, and returning to questioning, to before-thinking.
Dogen Zenji, founder of the Soto Zen sect, warned of the hazard of 'gaining mind' and that properly practiced, zazen was never done to attain any sort of result. The problem with the Wilberian approach is to take beautiful truthful elements piece meal from spiritual practices meant to emancipate us from gaining mind, and turns all these elements into a crusade fuelled by gaining mind--to turn oneself into a highly evolved person--according to KW's current specifications.
The medicine to cure a gaining mind is to attend 100% to this moment, trying to act with clarity and compassion in the situation right in front of us. The desire to turn oneself into a highly-evolved person is just more I/my/me thinking. If Wilber is inspiring people to adopt this gaining mind, that's a big big mistake.


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Hello my lovelies, I'm back with another outfit post. I was thinking about what to write about in this post, but somehow I had absolutely no idea. Seems to me like I always have thousand ideas to write on, but when I sit down it's nothing but wind up there. So, I decided not to force myself into writing when I'm clearly not feeling like it, and I just decided to upload this simple OOTD post. Hope you enjoy it, and don't forget to leave a comment bellow, your comments always make my day.
The outfit I went with here is super simple and casual, but that's how I like to keep it during weekdays. And even though my style is more ''posh-glam-Blair-Palermo-upper east side'' I felt like a total ''Instagram baddie'' which I definitely don't see myself as. But, I really like experimenting with clothes, and knowing my style and being comfortable with it has only made this experimenting more easier. Fur coat, the cutest top from Shein which you can shop HERE, ripped jeans, white sneakers and some fake lashes seemed like the perfect formula today! How do you like it?


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Pipette tip dispenser
The invention is an apparatus for organizing and dispensing pipette tips. A hopper receives bulk pipette tips which pass through a diamond shaped apertures in a sieve and drop into the troughs of a separator which moves the aligned and oriented tips to an organizer which separates the tips and aligns them with storage tubes and drops the tips into tubes where they are stacked and stored. An ejection membrane at the opposite end of the tube allows the tips to be removed into a tip holder box one layer at a time.
1. Field of the Invention
The invention relates generally to an apparatus for organizing and dispensing scientific tools and more particularly to sorting and organizing tips for chemical pipettes prior to dispensing.
2. Description of the Prior Art
In laboratories engaged in biotechnology and other chemical endeavors, scientists and technicians use a type of precise volumetric instrument to aliquot very small volumes of samples. This type of volumetric instrument is typically called a "micropipette". They are manufactured by all the major manufactures of scientific equipment.
Each aliquoting activity requires the use of a plastic, disposable tip to avoid contamination from one solution to another. The replacement tip for the micropipette is, as might be expected, manufactured by the same company that manufactures the instrument. For economic reasons, tips are purchased in bulk and prepared, by installing in suitable tip holders, in the laboratory by technicians on a daily basis. Once filled the tip holders are sterilized in an autoclave and distributed to the users. The project is quite time consuming, particularly in an active laboratory where hundreds of tips could easily be consumed on a regular daily basis. It is not unheard of for a technician to spend one hour of his day simply loading tip holders.
There has been suggested and perhaps available, the use of pre-packaged pipette tips however such tips are expensive and still have to be unwrapped and installed in a tip holder. In addition, all pre-packaged tips availabe at the present time are packaging heavy; as a result, a large quantity of plastic wastes are generated. The typical tip holder is a container with a cover and a shelf having apertures where the tips are stored until picked up by the pipette. The tips are use and then discarded. Since the types sizes and capacity of the tips varies greatly, each holder must be designed to handle each make, model and capacity of tip.
U.S. Patents issued show various forms of dispensing and means for orientation prior to dispensing of pipette tips or other articles. For example, U.S. Pat. No. 3,840,149 issued Oct. 8, 1974 to Zeller for a combination golf emblem and tee dispenser having a means for orienting the tee in the dispenser. A U.S. Pat. No. 3,977,574 issued Aug. 31, 1976 to Thomas discloses an actuator system for a dispensing pipette and discloses in detail the mechanism and mode of operation of the dispensing pipette. A mechanically actuated pipette dispenser is shown in U.S. Pat. No. 4,437,586 issued Mar. 20, 1984 to Columbus. The two references most pertinent to the invention presented herein are the U.S. Pat. No. 5,100,021 issued Mar. 31, 1992 to Mussi et al. for a pipette dispenser package which is typical of the manner of bulk distribution of pipette tips, and U.S. Pat. No. 5,111,965 issued May 12, 1992 to Allen et al for an apparatus for feeding pipette tips to the pipette of associated automatic analyzer.
The prior art is not known to have solved the problem of quickly and efficiently filling pipette tip holders and the present invention claims to have found a means for to perform that service with an apparatus heithertofore unknown in the field of pipette tip dispensing.
The invention is an apparatus directed to the orientation, spacing and stacking of pipette tips for future dispensing into a tip holding apparatus. The invention consists of five fundamental parts, the first being the hopper where the bulk tips are deposited. The bottom wall of the hopper contains a sieve which contains a plurality of diamond shaped apertures which separate the tips and orient the them in a vertical mode where they drop through the sieve and into the longitudinal troughs in the second part. The troughs in part two are open to the troughs of part three and at the appropriate time the tips are moved along each trough from the separator into the organizer of part three. The organizer performs two functions, first, teeth like edges of the organizer bar space the tips and align them over the collection tubes in part four of the invention. Secondly, the organizer trough opens and allows the tips to drop into the collecting tubes of the storage cassette, which is housed in the fourth section. The last or fifth section is located at the base of the collection tubes and provides a means for releasably securing the tips in the tubes. The tip ejector consists of a flexible membrane covering the base of the tubes with an aperture coinciding with tube where the aperture is slightly larger than the tip within the tube. A second membrane abuts the first membrane and has apertures substantially larger than those of the first membrane but the edge of each aperture is offset and overlaps the aperture in the first membrane thereby preventing the tip to simply fall out of the collector tube. In operation a tip holder is placed against the membrane and a small up force is applied, stretching the membrane and thereby enlarging the aperture and allowing an entire layer of tips to drop out into the holder which is lowered and removed, filled with fresh tips, from the apparatus.
It is therefore an object of the invention to provide a new and improved pipette tip dispenser.
It is another object of the invention to provide a new and improved pipette tip dispenser that will separate and organize bulk quantities of pipette tips.
It is a further object of the invention to provide a new and improved pipette dispenser that is simple to operate.
It is still another object of the invention to provide a new and improved pipette tip dispenser that quickly and efficiently fills tip holding storage containers.
It is still a further object of the invention to provide a new and improved pipette tip dispenser which is of a durable and reliable construction.
It is another object of the invention to provide a new and improved pipette tip dispenser which may be easily and efficiently manufactured and marketed without generating plastics in bulk.
These together with other objects of the invention, along with the various features of novelty which characterize the invention, are pointed out with particularity in the claims annexed to and forming a part of this disclosure. For a better understanding of the invention, its operating advantages and the specific objects attained by its uses, reference should be had to the accompanying drawings and descriptive matter in which there is illustrated preferred embodiments of the invention.BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS
The invention will be better understood and objects other than those set Forth above will become apparent when consideration is given to the following detailed description thereof. Such description makes reference to the annexed drawings wherein:
FIG. 1A is a side elevation view showing the relative position of the components.
FIG. 1B is another side elevation view showing the relative position of the compartments.
FIG. 2 is an exploded view of the invention showing the components or the invention in general form.
FIG. 3 is a detail view of a section of the sieve structure of FIGS. 1A and 1B.
FIGS. 4A, 4B and 4C are detail views of the structure and function of the organizer component.
FIGS. 5A, 5B and 5C are perspective, cut away and cross sectional views of the ejector component of the invention.DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF A PREFERRED EMBODIMENT
Referring now to FIG. 1 and 1A, the invention is shown generally at 10. A hopper compartment 12 with a cover 24 is mounted over the separator compartment 14 and hinged at 32 thereto. The separator compartment is operatively attached to the organizer compartment 16 and includes cover 68 which overlies the reservoir compartment 18 and the ejection unit 20. Pipettes 60 enter through the hopper and are processed and stored in tubes 57 ready for use.
Concerning FIG. 2, the hopper 12 may be formed of plastic and is provided with a continuous hinge 22 for allowing the lid 24 to open and close for, filling the hopper. The base panel 26 of the hopper contains a plurality of diamond shaped apertures 2B arranged to orient the tips and cause them to drop into one of a plurality of parallel troughs 62 in the separator compartment 14. A continuous hinge 32 connects the hopper to the separator compartment and permits access to the separator for maintenance or repair. A pusher panel 34 extends from the separator and is connected via push rods 36 to the tip pushing means 38 for pushing the tips from the troughs 62 in the separator to mating troughs 42 in the organizer compartment 16.
Once in the troughs 42 the tips are spaced by the teeth like projections 44 on slidable spacer bar 46. The spacer bar slides on trough wall extension 52, through aperture 48 and causes the tips to move and separate in the trough and become properly aligned over the apertures 54 and storage tubes 57 in the reservoir compartment 18. The spacer bar 46, operated by handle 54, is withdrawn from aperture 48 in trough wall 50, engages trough wall extension 52 and causes the wall to slide on base 58 and move in a direction away from fixed trough wall 56 thereby allowing the tips to drop into the storage tubes 57. The tips are restrained in the ejector compartment 20 until they are needed to fill the tip holder box 83. Handle 54 is returned to the neutral position where trough wall 50 is spaced from wall 56 to hold tips and spacer bar is withdrawn from aperture 48 and the troughs are ready to accept more tips.
In operation, pipette tips 60 shown in hopper 12 and lying disoriented on base panel or sieve 26. Diamond shaped storing apertures 28 allow the tips to drop through the sieve and enter the multiple troughs 62 in the separator. The arcuate shape of ridge caps 64 facilitate the orientation and movement of the tips into the troughs 62. The separator compartment 14 is affixed to the organizer compartment 16 at wall 66. The tips drop into the troughs and are removed by push rods 36 which are hand operated by applying a force to pusher panel 34. The tips are moved into matching multiple troughs 42 of the organizer compartment 16. The tips are then acted upon as described. Compartment 16 also includes a hinge 66 for cover 68 for maintenance and inspection purposes.
FIG. 3A shows the base panel or sieve 26 and the relative alignment between the diamond shaped apertures 28, their linear alignment over the troughs in the separator compartment and the action of the tips 60 through the sieve.
In FIG. 4A is shown the detail of the organizer mechanism. Base plate 58 includes one stationary trough wall 56 for each trough of the mechanism. Tips 60 are secured between stationary wall 56 and movable wall 50. An elongated throughgoing aperture 48 in movable trough wall 50 allows the projections 44 from spacer bar 46 to engage the tips and space them over an aperture for each stacking tube in the reservoir. The relative movement between spacer bar 46 and trough wall extension 52 is controlled by a pair of pin like projections 70 from spacer bar 46, located proximate the ends of the trough wall extension and extending into a mating recess 72 in the trough wall extension. The spacer bar, operated by handle 54 moves toward the stationary wall 56, as shown in FIG. 4B, and when pin 70 reaches the forward wall 71 of recess 72, movable wall 50 takes its position for holding the tips. The handle 54 is moved back part way bringing the projections 44 away from the wall and aperture 48. After the spacer bar has been removed the trough is refilled with pipettes and organized the handle 54 is moved back pulling pin 70 against the rearward wall 73 of recess 72, thereby drawing trough wall 50 away from wall 56 and allowing the tips now aligned and oriented over tubes 57 to drop into a stacked condition, FIG. 4C.
The ejection mechanism is shown in FIGS. 5A, 5B and 5C. A stretchable membrane 74 is mounted in a frame 76 and mounted directly below the stacking tubes in the reservoir compartment 18. The membrane contains one aperture 78 for each tube 57. The aperture is formed slightly larger than the diameter of the largest aspect of the pipette tip 60, in the order of one to two millimeters. A second membrane 80 of the same material is mounted in the frame juxtaposed to the first membrane and on the side opposed to the tips. The second membrane contains apertures 82 similar to the first membrane but substantially larger. The second set of apertures are offset from the first apertures and cover a small portion of the first aperture thereby restraining the tips from falling through the first aperture. The tips are ejected by placing a force in the direction of arrow 84 via a conventional tip holder box 83 against the membrane, stretching the membrane and causing the holes to enlarge and the second, restricting aperture to pull away from the opening and allowing the first layer of tips to drop into the holder. The box is removed and the remaining tips are restrained in the tube.
The ejector mechanism is not dependent upon the separator and organizer sections of the reservoir in that prepackaged tips in vertical nestled series could be used by placing the tips in the stacking tubes via the inspection door 68 and removal of the organizer mechanism.
It should be understood, of course, that the foregoing disclosure relates to only a preferred embodiment of the invention and that numerous modifications or alterations may be made therein without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention as set forth in the appended claims.
1. A dispensing system for pipette tips comprising: a hopper for receiving a bulk supply of pipette tips; a separator means for lining the tips in organized rows; a sieve positioned between the hopper and separator for orienting tips before they enter the separator; means for organizing and spacing the tips; means for moving the tips from the separator to the organizer; means for storing the tips; means for moving the tips from the organizer to the means for storing, and means for ejecting the tips from the storing means to a means for holding the tips ready for use.
2. A dispensing system for pipette tips according to claim 1 wherein: the separator includes a plurality of parallel spaced grooves adapted to receive pipette tips.
3. A dispensing system for pipette tips according to claim 2 wherein: the regions of the separator between the spaced groves are shaped to cause the pipette tips to enter a groove.
4. A dispensing system for pipette tips according to claim 3 wherein: the sieve includes a plurality of rows of a series of diamond shaped apertures overlying the spacer grooves.
5. A dispensing system for pipette tips according to claim 4 wherein: the means for moving include a plurality of pusher means shaped to enter and extend into the said groove and move the tips located therein.
6. A dispensing system for pipette tips according to claim 5 wherein: the means for organizing and spacing includes, a plurality of grooves, where one wall of each grove is movable and has an aperture for receiving a movable separator bar, said bar including means for spacing pipette tips within the groove.
7. A dispensing system for pipette tips according to claim 6 wherein: the organizer groove opens and allows tips to enter the means for storing.
8. A dispensing system for pipette tips according to claim 7 wherein: the means for storing includes a plurality of tubes or chutes located in a cassette proximate the organizer for receiving pipette tips as they leave the said organizer.
9. A dispensing system for pipette tips according to claim 8 wherein: means for ejecting includes a first stretchable membrane having apertures aligned with the means for storing, and a second stretchable membrane juxtaposed with the first membrane and having apertures overlapping the apertures of the first membrane whereby, the membranes will eject one pipette tip each time the membranes are stretched.
Type: Grant
Filed: Jul 31, 1995
Date of Patent: Oct 29, 1996
Inventor: Wen Y. Chi (San Francisco, CA)
Primary Examiner: Kenneth Noland
Attorneys: David L. Baker, Henry S. Rhodes & Ascolillo Miller
Application Number: 8/509,454
International Classification: B65G 5900;


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Mold (microscopic fungi that live on plant or animal matter) isn't a late 20th century plague. Mold has been ubiquitous since the beginnings of life itself. It is a critical part of the ecosystem, providing the enzymes that break down and recycle organic matter. The estimated number of species of fungi ranges from tens of thousands to more than 300,000. Fewer than 200 have been described as agents that can cause or exacerbate a human ailment.
Mold requires moisture, oxygen and a source of food to thrive. Mold growth is stimulated by warm, damp and humid conditions. Mold will feed on cellulose material such as wood products (including paper, wallpaper, boards, furniture) carpet, and even plants - especially decaying plant matter that drops in soil. Greenhouses, for example, are ideal breeding places for mold. Mold spreads and reproduces by making small, lightweight spores that are able to travel through the air and are capable of surviving a long time through adverse environmental conditions.
The presence of mold doesn't automatically mean there's a human health problem, especially when the levels of mold in the indoor air are less than levels of the same mold type in the outdoor air. Mold is always found in outside air; the majority of fungi in the indoor environment come from the outdoors. And as such, outdoor air sampling must always accompany indoor air sampling. Even then, test counts only suggest the types and relative quantities of mold present at a certain time and place. The weather is constantly changing. The number and types of spores actually present in the mold count can significantly change within a 24-hour period because weather and spore dispersal are directly related.
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Mold spores themselves are not usually the source of irritation to humans. Allergies and ailments may arise from elevated levels of organic compounds emitted by spores. Known irritants are also called mycotoxins. However, objectivity in determining bodily injury is almost impossible since these compounds affect different people in different ways at different times and circumstances.


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Paul McCartney Narrates How He Smoked The Strongest Ganja With Fela At Afrika Shrine – Former member of the Beatles and British music icon Paul McCartney tell tales of his encounter with Afrobeat legend Fela.
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"He came over with his 30 wives and a studio full of ganja. He was one wild cat, he used to have a bottle of whiskey in which was marinating a pound of pot… in the whiskey. We turned out to be real good friends, he got it, he said 'no you're not doing that' [stealing African music].
"Ginger Baker was there, he was his big friend. So, Fela invites us to his club which was outside Lagos, the Afrika Shrine. This was a few of us, little white people, me and a couple of friends. So we go out there and I say, 'let's not smoke any pot'. Cause it's pretty crazy, we're out in the jungle and it's pitch black.
"So we're sitting there with Fela [at The Shrine]and one of Fela's guys comes up, he's crouching and he's got a packet of Rothmans cigarettes. They're all joints. He goes, 'You want one of these?' I say, 'no thanks', so he carries around and gets to Ginger Baker who says 'Yeah man! Sure!'
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Since Nintendo revealed that Super Smash Bros. Ultimate would include a Fighter Pass and Challenger Packs, as vehicles to deliver new characters and maps periodically, gamers have been racking their brains over who would be the newest addition to the Ultimate Smash roster. During The Game Awards 2018, the first character was revealed to be Joker from Persona 5, and it set the gaming world into a frenzy!
Joker will become the 71st character in Super Smash Bros. Ultimate. Though, when that will be remains to be seen. As of now, the DLC on Nintendo Switch has a placeholder of February. However, that could always just be that, a placeholder.
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A robbery victim recognized the driver of a getaway car and police later arrested the woman after a Sunday night robbery in Shawnee.
Police said one of the victims and a friend came to the Oasis Court Apartments at West 68th Street and Nieman Road after attending a party.
The driver pulled into a parking space and another car quickly pulled in behind them, according to a Shawnee Police news release.
Two men with handguns robbed the pair and got back into their car.
One of the victims recognized the woman driving the getaway car.
Police tracked down the suspect at a Lenexa apartment complex.
The suspect was a 24-year-old Shawnee woman and could face charges later Monday.
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