text:
Code. Collaborate. Organize.
No Limits. Try it Today.
This article is part one of a series on developing a Silverlight business application using MEF, MVVM Light, and WCF RIA Services.
This sample application is the result of my initiative to learn Silverlight and WCF RIA Services. With my background of using WPF and MVVM for the past several years, I found that there is a lack of sample LOB applications that can combine the latest Silverlight enhancements with MVVM. This three part article series is my effort at creating such a sample. The choice of an issue tracking application comes from David Poll's PDC09 talk, and the design architecture is from Shawn Wildermuth's blog posts.
The main features of this issue tracking application are:
In order to build the sample application, you need:
After downloading the setup package to a location on your local disk, we need to complete the following steps:
To install the sample database, please run SqlServer_IssueVision_Schema.sql and SqlServer_IssueVision_InitialDataLoad.sql included in the setup package zip file. SqlServer_IssueVision_Schema.sql creates the database schema and database user IVUser; SqlServer_IssueVision_InitialDataLoad.sql loads all the data needed to run this application, including the initial application user ID user1 and Admin user ID admin1, with passwords all set as P@ssword1234.
After the database setup, run setup.exe also included in the setup package zip file. This will install the IssueVision for Silverlight website.
When done installing the website, we can access the Silverlight application as follows:
Inside the sample solution file, projects are further organized into either the Client folder or the Server folder. The Client folder includes all the projects that will be compiled into the file IssueVision.Client.xap, and the Server folder consists of all the projects that will eventually run inside a web server environment.
For the projects inside the Server folder:
For the projects inside the Client folder:
From the solution structure above, we should notice that MVVM provides good separation of concerns between the UI and the business logic in order to make those UIs easier to maintain by developers and designers. Next, let's visit the Model, ViewModel, and View classes in more detail.
We will discuss the classes AuthenticationModel and PasswordResetModel in part 3. For now, let's focus on the class IssueVisionModel, the main Model (of MVVM) class for this application. IssueVisionModel is based on the following interface, IIssueVisionModel:
public interface IIssueVisionModel : INotifyPropertyChanged { void GetIssueTypesAsync(); event EventHandler<EntityResultsArgs<IssueType>> GetIssueTypesComplete; void GetPlatformsAsync(); event EventHandler<EntityResultsArgs<Platform>> GetPlatformsComplete; void GetResolutionsAsync(); event EventHandler<EntityResultsArgs<Resolution>> GetResolutionsComplete; void GetStatusesAsync(); event EventHandler<EntityResultsArgs<Status>> GetStatusesComplete; void GetSubStatusesAsync(); event EventHandler<EntityResultsArgs<SubStatus>> GetSubStatusesComplete; void GetUsersAsync(); event EventHandler<EntityResultsArgs<User>> GetUsersComplete; void GetCurrentUserAsync(); event EventHandler<EntityResultsArgs<User>> GetCurrentUserComplete; void GetSecurityQuestionsAsync(); event EventHandler<EntityResultsArgs<SecurityQuestion>> GetSecurityQuestionsComplete; void GetMyIssuesAsync(); event EventHandler<EntityResultsArgs<Issue>> GetMyIssuesComplete; void GetAllIssuesAsync(); event EventHandler<EntityResultsArgs<Issue>> GetAllIssuesComplete; void GetAllUnresolvedIssuesAsync(); event EventHandler<EntityResultsArgs<Issue>> GetAllUnresolvedIssuesComplete; void GetActiveBugCountByMonthAsync(Int32 numberOfMonth); event EventHandler<InvokeOperationEventArgs> GetActiveBugCountByMonthComplete; void GetResolvedBugCountByMonthAsync(Int32 numberOfMonth); event EventHandler<InvokeOperationEventArgs> GetResolvedBugCountByMonthComplete; void GetActiveBugCountByPriorityAsync(); event EventHandler<InvokeOperationEventArgs> GetActiveBugCountByPriorityComplete; Issue AddNewIssue(); void RemoveAttribute(IssueVision.Data.Web.Attribute attribute); void RemoveFile(IssueVision.Data.Web.File file); User AddNewUser(); void RemoveUser(IssueVision.Data.Web.User user); void SaveChangesAsync(); event EventHandler<SubmitOperationEventArgs> SaveChangesComplete; void RejectChanges(); Boolean HasChanges { get; } Boolean IsBusy { get; } }
We define a separate Model class and do not use the data context class itself as the Model because the Model is best expressed as a set of properties and operations that retrieve, add, delete, and update data. This makes the Model easier to maintain and test. Additionally, as Shawn mentioned in his blog, "creating a custom Model allows us to isolate what transport layer we're using so we can change it or even have several data providers specifying data for our Model".
Next, let's look at how a retrieve method in the IssueVisionModel class is actually implemented:
public void GetIssueTypesAsync() { PerformQuery(Context.GetIssueTypesQuery(), GetIssueTypesComplete); }
GetIssueTypeAsync() calls the private method PerformQuery() and passes in an EntityQuery GetIssueTypesQuery() and an event GetIssueTypesComplete. When the retrieve call is done, the event GetIssueTypesComplete will fire and pass back the result set, or any error message if something goes wrong. In fact, almost all retrieve methods are as simple as calling the PerformQuery() method defined below:
EntityQuery GetIssueTypesQuery()
private void PerformQuery<T>(EntityQuery<T> qry, EventHandler<EntityResultsArgs<T>> evt) where T : Entity { Context.Load(qry, LoadBehavior.RefreshCurrent, r => { if (evt != null) { try { if (r.HasError) { evt(this, new EntityResultsArgs<T>(r.Error)); r.MarkErrorAsHandled(); } else { evt(this, new EntityResultsArgs<T>(r.Entities)); } } catch (Exception ex) { evt(this, new EntityResultsArgs<T>(ex)); } } }, null); }
Also, the Model class exports itself to the ViewModel classes by using the MEF Export attribute on the class as follows:
[Export(typeof(IIssueVisionModel))] [PartCreationPolicy(CreationPolicy.Shared)] public class IssueVisionModel : IIssueVisionModel
Most of the ViewModel classes include six regions: Private Data Members region, Constructor region, Public Properties region, Public Commands region, ICleanup Interface region, and Private Methods region. The Public Properties and Public Commands regions expose all the necessary properties and commands to its View class. And, the constructor sets up event handling, sets the initial values for any private data, and registers the AppMessages needed inside the ViewModel class. Here is an example:
[ImportingConstructor] public IssueEditorViewModel(IIssueVisionModel issueVisionModel) { _issueVisionModel = issueVisionModel; // set up event handling _issueVisionModel.GetIssueTypesComplete += _issueVisionModel_GetIssueTypesComplete; _issueVisionModel.GetPlatformsComplete += _issueVisionModel_GetPlatformsComplete; _issueVisionModel.GetResolutionsComplete += _issueVisionModel_GetResolutionsComplete; _issueVisionModel.GetStatusesComplete += _issueVisionModel_GetStatusesComplete; _issueVisionModel.GetSubStatusesComplete += _issueVisionModel_GetSubStatusesComplete; _issueVisionModel.GetUsersComplete += _issueVisionModel_GetUsersComplete; // set _currentIssueCache to null _currentIssueCache = null; // load issue type entries IssueTypeEntries = null; _issueVisionModel.GetIssueTypesAsync(); // load platform entries PlatformEntries = null; _issueVisionModel.GetPlatformsAsync(); //load resolution entries ResolutionEntriesWithNull = null; _issueVisionModel.GetResolutionsAsync(); // load status entries StatusEntries = null; _issueVisionModel.GetStatusesAsync(); // load substatus entries SubstatusEntriesWithNull = null; _issueVisionModel.GetSubStatusesAsync(); // load user entries UserEntries = null; UserEntriesWithNull = null; _issueVisionModel.GetUsersAsync(); // register for EditIssueMessage AppMessages.EditIssueMessage.Register(this, OnEditIssueMessage); }
We can see from the code above that the ViewModel class gets an object that implements the IIssueVisionModel interface by using the ImportingConstructor attribute which tells MEF to supply the discovered model class into the ViewModel. In turn, all the ViewModel classes export themselves like the following:
[Export(ViewModelTypes.IssueEditorViewModel, typeof(ViewModelBase))] [PartCreationPolicy(CreationPolicy.NonShared)] public class IssueEditorViewModel : ViewModelBase
Before we discuss any View class, let us first take a look at how a global CompositionContainer object is defined inside the file App.xaml.cs.
public partial class App : Application { // CompositionContainer for the whole application public static CompositionContainer Container; public App() { Startup += Application_Startup; Exit += Application_Exit; UnhandledException += Application_UnhandledException; InitializeComponent(); } private void Application_Startup(object sender, StartupEventArgs e) { Container = new CompositionContainer(new DeploymentCatalog()); CompositionHost.Initialize(Container); CompositionInitializer.SatisfyImports(this); RootVisual = new MainPage(); } ...... }
With access to the static Container object, we can easily request a new ViewModel object as follows:
static Container
// Use MEF To load the View Model _viewModelExport = App.Container.GetExport<ViewModelBase>( ViewModelTypes.AllIssuesViewModel); if (_viewModelExport != null) DataContext = _viewModelExport.Value;
And, we can release a ViewModel object with the following three lines of code:
// set DataContext to null and call ReleaseExport() DataContext = null; App.Container.ReleaseExport(_viewModelExport); _viewModelExport = null;
Each View class finds its ViewModel object through a function call to _viewModelExport = App.Container.GetExport(), followed by DataContext = _viewModelExport.Value in the constructor of each View class. This function instructs MEF at runtime to fulfill a chain of dependencies, which in turn creates all the Model and ViewModel objects required. The beauty of using MEF is that we can keep these projects loosely coupled. In fact, the projects IssueVision.Model, IssueVision.ViewModel, and IssueVison.Client do not need a reference to the other two projects to compile successfully. The project IssueVison.Client has a reference to the other two projects only because we need to add them into the output IssueVision.Client.xap file.
_viewModelExport = App.Container.GetExport()
DataContext = _viewModelExport.Value
In the same constructor, we also register AppMessages the View class will handle. The IssueEditor class below is a good sample:
public partial class IssueEditor : UserControl, ICleanup { #region "Private Data Members" private Lazy<ViewModelBase> _viewModelExport; #endregion "Private Data Members" #region "Constructor" public IssueEditor() { InitializeComponent(); // register for ReadOnlyIssueMessage AppMessages.ReadOnlyIssueMessage.Register(this, OnReadOnlyIssueMessage); // register for OpenFileMessage AppMessages.OpenFileMessage.Register(this, OnOpenFileMessage); // register for SaveFileMessage AppMessages.SaveFileMessage.Register(this, OnSaveFileMessage); if (!ViewModelBase.IsInDesignModeStatic) { // Use MEF To load the View Model _viewModelExport = App.Container.GetExport<ViewModelBase>( ViewModelTypes.IssueEditorViewModel); if (_viewModelExport != null) DataContext = _viewModelExport.Value; } } #endregion "Constructor" ......... }
Within the code-behind files, we define all the UI-related logic like event handlers to dynamically enable/disable a button or AppMessages that display an error message when something goes wrong. As long as the code is related to the UI logic, it is perfectly OK to add them into the code-behind file, like the following:
private void userNameTextBox_TextChanged(object sender, TextChangedEventArgs e) { // dynamically enable/disable error message if (!string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(loginScreenErrorMessageTextBox.Text)) loginScreenErrorMessageTextBox.Text = string.Empty; // dynamically enable/disable login button loginButton.IsEnabled = !(string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(userNameTextBox.Text) || string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(passwordPasswordBox.Password)); } private void passwordPasswordBox_PasswordChanged(object sender, RoutedEventArgs e) { // dynamically enable/disable error message if (!string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(loginScreenErrorMessageTextBox.Text)) loginScreenErrorMessageTextBox.Text = string.Empty; // dynamically enable/disable login button loginButton.IsEnabled = !(string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(userNameTextBox.Text) || string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(passwordPasswordBox.Password)); }
The custom controls FlipControl and MainPageControl defined in the project IssueVision.Common are used as the basis for screen layout.
FlipControl is used in LoginForm.xaml, which hosts both the login screen and the password reset screen. Switching the Dependency Property IsFlipped will toggle between these two screens, with animations defined inside the VisualStateManager.
Similarly, MainPageControl is used in MainPage.xaml, and divides the whole screen into title content, login/logout menu contents, login page content, and main page content. The Dependency Property IsLoggedIn switches between the login page and the main page.
Using this layout, custom controls could be considered as another application of separation of concerns. The screen layout styles along with animations defined in VisualStateManager is encapsulated by itself. As long as they provide the same functionality, we can easily change them, let's say creating a new animation, without affecting any View classes defined in the project IssueVision.Client.
There are four different themes defined in this application, and they are BureauBlue, ExpressionLight, ShinyBlue, and TwilightBlue. Each theme is included in the project IssueVision.Client as a ResourceDictionary, which defines all the styles for built-in controls as well as styles for custom controls built specifically for this sample. They are in the Assets folder shown below:
When we want to dynamically change themes, ChangeThemmeCommand will get called, and following is the source code:
private RelayCommand<string> _changeThemeCommand = null; public RelayCommand<string> ChangeThemeCommand { get { if (_changeThemeCommand == null) { _changeThemeCommand = new RelayCommand<string>( OnChangeThemeCommand, g => { var themeResource = Application.GetResourceStream (new Uri("/IssueVision.Client;component/Assets/" + g, UriKind.Relative)); return themeResource != null; }); } return _changeThemeCommand; } } private void OnChangeThemeCommand(String g) { try { if (g == "BureauBlue.xaml" || g == "ExpressionLight.xaml" || g == "ShinyBlue.xaml" || g == "TwilightBlue.xaml") { // remove the old one Application.Current.Resources.MergedDictionaries.RemoveAt (Application.Current.Resources.MergedDictionaries.Count - 1); // find and add the new one var themeResource = Application.GetResourceStream(new Uri ("/IssueVision.Client;component/Assets/" + g, UriKind.Relative)); var rd = (ResourceDictionary)(XamlReader.Load (new StreamReader(themeResource.Stream).ReadToEnd())); Application.Current.Resources.MergedDictionaries.Add(rd); // notify the change if (g == "BureauBlue.xaml") { IsBureauBlueTheme = true; IsExpressionLightTheme = false; IsShinyBlueTheme = false; IsTwilightBlueTheme = false; } else if (g == "ExpressionLight.xaml") { IsBureauBlueTheme = false; IsExpressionLightTheme = true; IsShinyBlueTheme = false; IsTwilightBlueTheme = false; } else if (g == "ShinyBlue.xaml") { IsBureauBlueTheme = false; IsExpressionLightTheme = false; IsShinyBlueTheme = true; IsTwilightBlueTheme = false; } else if (g == "TwilightBlue.xaml") { IsBureauBlueTheme = false; IsExpressionLightTheme = false; IsShinyBlueTheme = false; IsTwilightBlueTheme = true; } } } catch (Exception ex) { // notify user if there is any error AppMessages.RaiseErrorMessage.Send(ex); } }
I like the flexibility of using ResourceDictionary directly for dynamic theming because we can easily modify them any time there is a bug found or any enhancements are needed. Also, we have the option to define our own styles for any custom controls, as follows:
<ResourceDictionary> ......... <!--IssueVision Specific Styles--> <LinearGradientBrush x:Key="IssueVisionBackgroundBrush" EndPoint="1,0.5" StartPoint="0,0.5"> <GradientStop Color="#FFBFDBFF" Offset="0"/> <GradientStop Color="#FFA6C2E5" Offset="1"/> </LinearGradientBrush> <!--common:MainPageControl--> <Style TargetType="common:MainPageControl"> <Setter Property="Background" Value="{StaticResource IssueVisionBackgroundBrush}"/> </Style> <!--common:FlipControl--> <Style TargetType="common:FlipControl"> <Setter Property="Background" Value="{StaticResource IssueVisionBackgroundBrush}"/> <Setter Property="BorderBrush" Value="DarkBlue"/> <Setter Property="BorderThickness" Value="3"/> <Setter Property="CornerRadius" Value="4"/> </Style> </ResourceDictionary>
In this article, we visited how the application is installed, as well as the design architecture, layout custom controls, and dynamic theming. In part 2, we will go through the topics of how the MVVM Light Toolkit is used: namely, RelayCommand, Messenger, EventToCommand, and ICleanup.
I hope you find this article useful, and please rate and/or leave feedback below. Thank you!
This article, along with any associated source code and files, is licensed under The Code Project Open License (CPOL)
General News Suggestion Question Bug Answer Joke Rant Admin
Use Ctrl+Left/Right to switch messages, Ctrl+Up/Down to switch threads, Ctrl+Shift+Left/Right to switch pages.
News on the future of C# as a language


text:
Halcyon Days
Not from successful love alone,
Nor wealth, nor honor'd middle age, nor victories of politics or war;
But as life wanes, and all the turbulent passions calm,
As gorgeous, vapory, silent hues cover the evening sky,
As softness, fulness, rest, suffuse the frame, like freshier, balmier air,
As the days take on a mellower light, and the apple at last hangs
really finish'd and indolent-ripe on the tree,
Then for the teeming quietest, happiest days of all!
The brooding and blissful halcyon days!
–Walt Whitman
For those of you on the edge of your seats as the Mayan calendar rolled over, welcome to The Rest Of It. If a shift is yet to come, we might be well advised that no one will know the day or the hour. Meanwhile, we find ourselves still in these same meatsuits facing a job yet undone. We cannot live for an end; we must strive for a beginning. We must be the change – we must live the shift.
We still live in a time of chaos, destruction and collapse. Things are intense out there. In fact, sometimes I look out and wonder whether the Mayans were actually right, but we just don't recognize the signs anymore. Around us, the world is choking. Mega-corporations destroy Nature for greed; senseless murder, death and war terrorize; Big Brother tightens his grip; economic disparities abound, and collapse looms; our food, water and air are poisoned; the earth is cracking, shaking, exploding, and sinking; climate change and geoengineering are causing massive storms, floods and drought; possible inbound bogies and nuclear disaster threaten the world as we know it. Demons are running amok, and "The End is Still Near." Are you still ready?
But we also live in a time of social revolution and evolution. Around us, powerful positive memes await the hundredth monkey. "The Beginning is Here." Can you hear them?
Divisiveness is a powerful tool of the dark side. I believe it was Machiavelli who first wrote about such ideas; not sure, because it is surely an ancient practice. Will we be able to rise above the crashing waves, to find balance? Will we overcome before we are overcome?
The word "Apocalypse" actually means "a revealing of something hidden."
Knowledge can save us. Knowledge of what is right and good; knowledge of who the bad guys are and what they could really be up to; knowledge of the power we hold to change the very foundation of our civilization. Knowledge of love, of community, of neighborhood and Nature. Will we have to survive planetary upheaval to realize the truth? Will Creation have to wait for Destruction to pave the Way?
While skeptics gleefully dance circles around others who were anticipating a Last Day, perhaps it's time for us all to consider that we are living in a season of change. Maybe these strange days are a kind of Galactic "days out of time". In the Mayan's rather imperfect Haab' calendar, the five days of Wayeb' are the five extra days added to the 360-day year as "unlucky" days during which time, "portals between the mortal realm and the Underworld dissolved. No boundaries prevented the ill-intending deities from causing disasters." Sounds kind of familiar, doesn't it?
We know it literally is the dawning of the Age of Aquarius, astronomically speaking. The Kali Yuga and its monstrosities are winding down, perhaps to the consternation of those monsters who so thrive. And perhaps that is why we currently live in an often horrific world imprisoned by electromagnetic grids, debt, ignorance, violence and deceit. We – apparently at least most of us anyway – are seriously not on the right wavelength in any sense of the word. Are the powers-that-be trying to keep us from understanding our potential with an induced frequency haze? Are we rapidly spinning towards a Golden Age of Enlightenment, whether they like it or not? Is this the darkness before the dawn? As crazy as it sounds, this article on an alleged secret space war actually makes all the insanity seem saner. It really might have to be something that mind-boggling to begin to make sense of the mind-boggling senselessness going on out there. Frankly, I am not finding any satisfactory answers in the "mainstream" media, science and history they seem so desperate to keep us attuned to. (Like this, or this.) And I know I'm not alone in that. All I know is that I don't know. And that is a better start to the truth than the crap we are force fed.
So allow me to continue. Perhaps, these cosmic "days out of time", however long they might stretch, would end with the start of a new and different calendar, in a new era. Even mainstream science is discovering strange things like our solar system is indeed "passing through an interstellar cloud that physics says should not exist." Some believe we are headed through something like a Photon Belt towards Alcyone, the center star of the Pleiades. Others that a Galactic Wave looms. These theories do seem to resonate with ancient teachings and lost histories, which rumored of "Golden" ages, as well as Dark ones.
Call me a dreamer, but it is interesting to further consider that the "Halcyon Days" are the mythological seven days each winter when storms never occur. They are days of peace. While the poetic phrase may recollect bygone nostalgia, we should be open to the idea that happy, carefree days are ahead of us. In fact, they might be here already, if we'd only open our third eyes and Know; if we'd only listen to the ancient teachers and their kind, simple words. Perhaps a trip through the Pleiades would serve as a cosmic wake-up call to all the still-asleep sheeple…
Hey – just sayin'. Anyone got any better ideas?
As the Mayan red herring (psyops?) swims by, I cannot help but think yet again of the boy crying wolf. How did a misinterpretation of an ancient calendar cause this much panic, preparation and paranoia? Were we all just lab rats in a global laboratory? Were they curious to see what kind of fear they could perpetuate, or did something really happen we are just not aware of yet? Are we now well put off to ever consider heeding any further warnings – like this for example? Is catastrophe still ahead of us? Because many of the possible scenarios imagined for the "Mayan Apocalypse" are still possible, but many will no longer listen, now that The Date has passed.
I am aware that some people are disappointed that something major didn't happen, like aliens landing, or a pole shift or a massive solar flare, or even a consciousness shift. I find myself sympathizing with that train of thought and I think it's because so many of us feel disenfranchised and disillusioned with the status quo. We just want something to change in a big way, because much of what's going on out there hurts our hearts.
I agree: something has to change, and in a Big Way. But look around – things are changing, and it's not always easy. Sometimes the bad parts have to be called out and torn down, kicking and screaming, before we can rebuild. And let us not forget the the most important change comes from within. As many have been discovering during some hard times recently, simple compassion and mutual aid work quite well. So no matter what happens, let's keep walking towards this powerful love that might indeed be the Force that deals the final blow to our oppressors, and ends the world as they knew it.
The Art of Peace is not easy. It is a fight to the finish, the slaying of evil desire and all falsehood within. On occasion the Voice of Peace resounds like thunder, jolting human beings out of their stupor.
This work, unless otherwise expressly stated, is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 License.

subset: commoncrawl


text:
Press - What's been said about Veg Plotting:
Every blog deserves a little bit of bling. Here's a little something I picked up at the Garden Media Guild Awards in December 2009 - and again in 2012!
PR - working with companies directly or their representatives
There are a number of ways in which I work with companies; these are always disclosed to my readers. Contact me on vegplotting at gmail dot com if you have an opportunity which may be of interest regarding:
- Advertising
- Reviews
- Competitions, Giveaways and Offers
- Sponsored Posts
- Content provision for you - see the Clips section below
- Consultancy re blogs and social media
Advertising: I carry a small number of advertisements on my right hand sidebar for companies which fit well with my blog's content. See my Advertise Page for more information.
Reviews: companies I've worked with include Bosch, Dobbies Garden Centres, Fiskars, Hozelock and Timber Press. I occasionally work with FuelMyBlog. My reviews are warts and all and I believe an honest dialogue about products and services I need or use is much more important than acquiring freebies. My Books, Tools and Testing labels show all of my reviews thus far. Note: from December 2011, product links in my reviews will be confined to the post's disclosure notice. They also have the no follow attribute.
Competitions, Giveaways and Offers: Like my product reviews these are a supplement to my regular content and therefore limited in number. Companies and organisations I've worked with include Argos, Lands' End, Posh Cloche and the RHS. There's a small charge to cover the time spent administrating competitions and giveaways, or I'm open to offers. Also note that any product link included uses the no follow attribute. See my Competitions and Offers Page for current information.
Sponsored Posts: This involves sponsorship of my original content where it fits with a company's product or service and with a post I'm planning to write. Advertorial or supplied content is not accepted. My Pottering With Pots post is an example of how this worked with Readers' Digest. Note: this option is limited in number to retain a good balance between paid and non-paid content. Any website linkage is confined to the post's disclosure notice so readers are clear about its nature. In order to ensure the blog's high PR is retained and to comply with Google's terms of service, all links of this nature are no follow.
In addition to the Press accolades mentioned above, Veg Plotting now has the nod from the Dead Dinosaur PR company in their list of the UK's top 20 Gardening blogs :)
In addition to the Press accolades mentioned above, Veg Plotting now has the nod from the Dead Dinosaur PR company in their list of the UK's top 20 Gardening blogs :)
Clips - VP is available for hire
I write general features for Wiltshire magazine and occasionally in the gardening pages of The Guardian. I blog for the greenhouse company Gabriel Ash and also Smiths News, a local company where I'm helping them to raise lots of money for charity. I tweet and manage Facebook on behalf of the Garden Media Guild. I'm a regular contributor to The Guardian Gardening Blog and I've also written for the BBC's gardening blog.
I'm available for other freelance and social media opportunities. See my list of Published Articles to Date for a full list of examples in addition to what you can see on this blog. Drop me an email with your requirements to vegplotting at gmail dot com


text:
Edited my last post dumb me did not see the SQL folder in the SIMS drive and spent ages trying to look for it:doh:.
Made a copy of it and will have a look at it tonight at home
Printable View
Edited my last post dumb me did not see the SQL folder in the SIMS drive and spent ages trying to look for it:doh:.
Made a copy of it and will have a look at it tonight at home
Haha, was just more a is this the kinda thing you were doing - do agree about the source, you did use to be able to run reflector and get something useful out of it. @chrisateen - did you put a pause in after it. Also I'm sure you're worrying a few people at Capita, might want to have a go at the build in reporting first, sounds like your trying to run before you can walk.
Excuse me - I forgot to take my bowl of humour this morning!
BTW - Code Reflect is a good substitute for Reflector now that the latter has gone commercial: CodeReflect Free .NET Decompiler
Are you just double clicking the exe? If so, that's the problem: it's a CLI program, so you need to call it from a command prompt, otherwise Windows will automatically close the window when the program exits (which it will do immediately after printing the help message if you provide no params). My app works exactly the same - seemed pointless making a GUI for it when I mainly call it from scripts.
It isn't the tidiest of code but it gets the job done and should give you an idea how to parse XML and convert a base64 string back in to an image stream (handy for any DB work): Attachment 20903
You'll need to import the included RptDef (if you'd rather make your own, it only needs a few fields, I'm happy to just tell you what they are) to SIMS, then run that and save the XML somewhere. Finally, run the XML through my app with any additional args (run it with no args to see what's available, or work it out from source ;)). Of course this can all be automated with BAT scripts and CommandReporter - in fact I do just that to gather photos for my Intranet's assessment analysis system.
I have made a copy of the SIMS database and because it is a db file I'm unable to open in SQL studio express. How do I go about opening the SIMS database file
Go to work, open SIMS .net, create a SIMS report. Play with that. Get booked onto a SIMS reporting course, then a Managing your SIMS.
If you've got a copy of the school's SIMS database at your home, your breaching DPA and you could get fired. Delete it. Walk before you can run. If you want to learn about Microsoft SQL - first use Microsoft example database AdventureWorks.
I already know how to do complex reports in SIMS.net and have set up a whole load of reports for teachers to use. Thanks for the advice and I think I'm going to give up on learning how to run queries using the sims database. (I already know/learnt how to run some queries using SQL). Just wanted to do it as if I want to get a higher paid data manager role one of the requirements is to have experience using SQL
Yer, AdventureWorks is the way forward. Also get MS certificated, you can pick the self-study books quite cheap, SIMS is... pretty specialist. I think that's the polite way of putting it.
To be honest, I've never seen a Data Manager job that requires SQL experience; all the MIS I know of strongly discourage you directly accessing the DB. Also, taking a copy of the DB home is a huge breach of DPA! Really wouldn't recommend that.
Using a combination of CommandReporter, XML and $LanguageOfChoice you can do a hell of a lot with your data though, plenty to get stuck in to. Admittedly you can't write back to the DB this way and the data is never truly live, but as a DM myself it's never been a huge problem.
All that said, SIMS DB would be a horrible one to try to learn SQL on; it's structure is (probably purposely) obscure, you'd spend more time working out where your data is than doing anything with it, then after each update it's likely to change!
If you needed any more convincing; Capita will bleed your school's budget dry to fix anything you break while tinkering with SQL; you'll almost certainly be fired and once word spreads you'll be unlikely to get another DM job soon.
TL;DR - I strongly advise you leave the SIMS SQL DB alone :)
I would never ever write to the SIMS Database even if I had tons of programming experience due to the high chances of bugs and errors. All I really want to do is run scripts that enables me to get data out of SIMS (which getting data out of SIMS is mainly what we do in our jobs anyway)
Thanks for the help everyone
All the more reason to use CommandReporter - it's read only, Capita approved and will allow you to pull whatever data you want from SIMS (so long as you have the permissions). It'll allow you to do more than SIMS own reporting tools will as you can pull whatever data you like to XML and tie it all together from a student ID (get yourself added to the "Third Party Reporting" permissions group to open up the usually hidden ID's).
Have a read through these threads to get an idea of how CommandReporter works:
I would certainly be asking for some SQL experience in a Data Manager and we make use of SQL to query the CMIS database. I think being cut off from native access to the data would be like losing a hand. I can certainly understand supplier reluctance to have users writing to the database and I can even understand how poor SQL can cause issues (transactional consistency can lead to performance issues) just reading the database. However, the talk is always then of supplier provided API's or reporting engines and I'm the curious as to why SQL is not seen as an appropriate API? It is so fundamental as an API that the suppliers themselves use it when developing the applications.
They are asking for it when looking at Data Manager/MIS Roles in London and they tend to pay the top wage as well and if i want to get the best data manager jobs in London its something I have to learn. Plus SQL is a basic requirement for a Data Manger in the corporate world. I agree with Capita being wary of people writing to the database but I don't see the problem in people being able to have read only access as one cannot edit the database.


text:
4030 : TCP/IP Sequence Prediction Blind Reset Spoofing DoS Printer | http://osvdb.org/4030 | Email This | Edit Vulnerability
The TCP stack implementation of numerous vendors contains a flaw that may allow a remote denial of service. The issue is triggered when spoofed TCP Reset packets are received by the targeted TCP stack, and will result in loss of availability for the attacked TCP services.
Install vendor upgrades or patches to resolve this issue. Routers using BGP are highly recommended to implement RFC-2385 (BGP TCP MD5 Signatures) as a work-around.
CVSSv2 Base Score = 5.0 Source: nvd.nist.gov | Generated: 2003-12-31 | Disagree?
Add Comment Hide Add Comment


text:
Below are the first 10 and last 10 pages of uncorrected machine-read text (when available) of this chapter, followed by the top 30 algorithmically extracted key phrases from the chapter as a whole.
Intended to provide our own search engines and external engines with highly rich, chapter-representative searchable text on the opening pages of each chapter.
Because it is UNCORRECTED material, please consider the following text as a useful but insufficient proxy for the authoritative book pages.
Do not use for reproduction, copying, pasting, or reading; exclusively for search engines.
OCR for page R1
Future Uses of the Department of Defense
Joint Pathology Center Biorepository
Committee on the Review of the Appropriate Use of AFIP's
Tissue Repository Following Its Transfer to the Joint Pathology Center
Board on the Health of Select Populations
OCR for page R1
THE NATIONAL ACADEMIES PRESS 500 Fifth Street, NW Washington, DC 20001
NOTICE: The project that is the subject of this report was approved by the Govern-
ing Board of the National Research Council, whose members are drawn from the
councils of the National Academy of Sciences, the National Academy of Engineer-
ing, and the Institute of Medicine. The members of the committee responsible for
the report were chosen for their special competences and with regard for appropri-
ate balance.
This study was supported by Contract Award W91YTZ-10-R-0177 between the
National Academy of Sciences and the U.S. Department of Defense. Any opinions,
findings, conclusions, or recommendations expressed in this publication are those of
the authors and do not necessarily reflect the view of the organizations or agencies
that provided support for this project.
International Standard Book Number-13: 978-0-309-26065-7
International Standard Book Number-10: 0-309-26065-5
Additional copies of this report are available for sale from the National Academies
Press, 500 Fifth Street NW, Keck 360, Washington, DC 20001; (800) 624-6242 or
(202) 334-3313; http://www.nap.edu.
For more information about the Institute of Medicine, visit the IOM home page
at: www.iom.edu.
Copyright 2012 by the National Academy of Sciences. All rights reserved.
Printed in the United States of America
Cover credit: Top: � Karen Kasmauski/Corbis. Bottom: � Karen Kasmauski/Science
The serpent has been a symbol of long life, healing, and knowledge among almost
all cultures and religions since the beginning of recorded history. The serpent
adopted as a logotype by the Institute of Medicine is a relief carving from ancient
Greece, now held by the Staatliche Museen in Berlin.
Suggested citation: IOM (Institute of Medicine). 2012. Future uses of the Depart
ment of Defense Joint Pathology Center Biorepository. Washington, DC: The
National Academies Press.
OCR for page R1
"Knowing is not enough; we must apply.
Willing is not enough; we must do."
Advising the Nation. Improving Health.
OCR for page R1
The National Academy of Sciences is a private, nonprofit, self-perpetuating society
of distinguished scholars engaged in scientific and engineering research, dedicated to
the furtherance of science and technology and to their use for the general welfare.
Upon the authority of the charter granted to it by the Congress in 1863, the Acad-
emy has a mandate that requires it to advise the federal government on scientific
and technical matters. Dr. Ralph J. Cicerone is president of the National Academy
of Sciences.
The National Academy of Engineering was established in 1964, under the charter
of the National Academy of Sciences, as a parallel organization of outstanding en-
gineers. It is autonomous in its administration and in the selection of its members,
sharing with the National Academy of Sciences the responsibility for advising the
federal government. The National Academy of Engineering also sponsors engineer-
ing programs aimed at meeting national needs, encourages education and research,
and recognizes the superior achievements of engineers. Dr. Charles M. Vest is presi-
dent of the National Academy of Engineering.
The Institute of Medicine was established in 1970 by the National Academy of
Sciences to secure the services of eminent members of appropriate professions in
the examination of policy matters pertaining to the health of the public. The Insti-
tute acts under the responsibility given to the National Academy of Sciences by its
congressional charter to be an adviser to the federal government and, upon its own
initiative, to identify issues of medical care, research, and education. Dr. Harvey V.
Fineberg is president of the Institute of Medicine.
The National Research Council was organized by the National Academy of S ciences
in 1916 to associate the broad community of science and technology with the
Academy's purposes of furthering knowledge and advising the federal government.
Functioning in accordance with general policies determined by the Academy, the
Council has become the principal operating agency of both the National Academy
of Sciences and the National Academy of Engineering in providing services to
the government, the public, and the scientific and engineering communities. The
Council is administered jointly by both Academies and the Institute of Medicine.
Dr. Ralph J. Cicerone and Dr. Charles M. Vest are chair and vice chair, respectively,
of the National Research Council.
OCR for page R1
JAMES F. CHILDRESS (Chair), University Professor and John Allen
Hollingsworth Professor of Ethics; Director, Institute for Practical
Ethics and Public Life; University of Virginia, Charlottesville
ALEXANDER M. CAPRON, University Professor; Vice Dean for Faculty
and Academic Affairs, Scott H. Bice Chair in Healthcare Law, Policy
and Ethics, Gould School of Law; Professor of Law and Medicine,
Keck School of Medicine; University of Southern California,
Los Angeles
CAROLYN C. COMPTON, President and CEO, Critical Path Institute,
Tucson, Arizona
KELLY EDWARDS, Associate Professor in the Department of Bioethics
& Humanities and Adjunct Associate Professor in the Department of
Environmental and Occupational Health; University of Washington,
School of Medicine, Seattle
BRADLEY A. MALIN, Associate Professor of Biomedical Informatics
and Computer Science; Director of the Health Information Privacy
Laboratory; Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee
GUIDO MARCUCCI, Professor of Medicine; John B. and Jane T. McCoy
Chair in Cancer Research; Director of the Comprehensive Cancer
Center Leukemia Tissue Bank; Ohio State University, Columbus
ROBERT L. REDDICK, Chair and Frank Townsend Professor of
Pathology; Director of the Histology and Electron Microscopy Labs,
University of Texas Health Science Center, San Antonio
FREDERICK J. SCHOEN, Professor of Pathology and Health Sciences
and Technology at Harvard Medical School; Director of Cardiac
Pathology; Vice-Chairman in the Department of Pathology, Brigham
and Women's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts
MICHAEL L. SHELANSKI, Delafield Professor and Chairman of the
Department of Pathology and Cell Biology; Director of Pathology
Service at New York Presbyterian Hospital, Columbia-Presbyterian
Center; Columbia University, New York, New York
ROBERT WEST, Associate Professor of Pathology and Codirector of the
Immunodiagnosis Laboratory, Stanford University Medical Center;
Stanford, California
IGNACIO I. WISTUBA, Jay and Lori Eisenberg Professor in the
Department of Pathology; University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer
Center, Houston
OCR for page R1
SUSAN M. WOLF, McKnight Presidential Professor of Law, Medicine &
Public Policy and the Faegre Baker Daniels Professor of Law,
University of Minnesota Law School; Professor of Medicine, University
of Minnesota Medical School, Minneapolis
JEFFREY T. MASON, Director, Laboratory of Proteomics and Protein
Science, Washington Veterans Affairs Medical Center
PILAR OSSORIO, Associate Professor of Law and Bioethics, University
of Wisconsin at Madison
Program Staff
DAVID A. BUTLER, Scholar; Director, Medical Follow-up Agency; Study
LAUREN N. SAVAGLIO, Research Associate
RACHEL S. BRIKS, Program Assistant
LATARSHA CARITHERS, Christine Mirzayan Science and Technology
Policy Fellow
PAMELA McCRAY, Administrative Assistant
NORMAN GROSSBLATT, Senior Editor
FREDERICK (RICK) ERDTMANN, Director, Board on the Health of
Select Populations
OCR for page R1
This report has been reviewed in draft form by individuals chosen
for their diverse perspectives and technical expertise, in accordance with
procedures approved by the National Research Council's Report Review
Committee. The purpose of this independent review is to provide candid
and critical comments that will assist the institution in making its published
report as sound as possible and to ensure that the report meets institutional
standards for objectivity, evidence, and responsiveness to the study charge.
The review comments and draft manuscript remain confidential to protect
the integrity of the deliberative process. We wish to thank the following
individuals for their review of this report:
Abul K. Abbas, Professor and Chair, Department of Pathology, Univer-
sity of California, San Francisco, School of Medicine
Wylie Burke, Professor and Chair, Department of Bioethics and
Humanities, University of Washington
Donald R. Chase, Executive Director, California Tumor Tissue R
Professor of Pathology and Human Anatomy, Loma Linda Univer-
sity and Medical Center
Ellen Wright Clayton, Craig Weaver Professor of Pediatrics and Profes-
sor of Law, Center for Biomedical Ethics and Society, Vanderbilt
Bernard Lo, Professor Emeritus of Medicine; Director Emeritus, Pro-
gram in Medical Ethics, University of California, San Francisco
Timothy O'Leary, Director of Clinical Research and Development,
Cooperative Studies Program, Department of Veterans Affairs
OCR for page R1
Rodney A. Schmidt, Professor of Pathology, University of Washington
School of Medicine
Jeffery K. Taubenberger, Chief, Viral Pathogenesis and Evolution
Section, Laboratory of Infectious Diseases, National Institute of
Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health
Mary M. Zutter, Assistant Vice-Chancellor for Integrative D iagnostics,
Vanderbilt University Medical Center; Professor of Pathology,
Micro biology and Immunology; Professor of Cancer Biology;
Louise B. McGavock Chair, Department of Pathology, Microbiol-
ogy & Immunology, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine
Although the reviewers listed above have provided many constructive
comments and suggestions, they were not asked to endorse the conclu-
sions or recommendations nor did they see the final draft of the report
before its release. The review of this report was overseen by Harold C.
Sox, Professor of Medicine, Dartmouth Medical School and Associate
Director for Faculty, The Dartmouth Institute, and Jeremy Sugarman,
Harvey M. Meyerhoff Professor of Bioethics and Medicine, Berman Insti-
tute of Bioethics and Department of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University
School of Medicine. Appointed by the National Research Council and
Institute of Medicine, they were responsible for making certain that an
independent examination of this report was carried out in accordance
with institutional procedures and that all review comments were carefully
considered. Responsibility for the final content of this report rests entirely
with the authoring committee and the institution.
OCR for page R1
This report could not have been prepared without the guidance and
expertise of numerous persons. Although it is not possible to mention by
name all those who contributed to the committee's work, the commit-
tee wants to express its gratitude to a number of them for their special
Sincere thanks go to all the participants at the public meetings con-
vened on April 21, July 11, and September 8, 2011. The intent of the
workshops was to gather information regarding issues related to the t opics
addressed in the committee's statement of task. The speakers, who are
listed in Appendix A, gave generously of their time and expertise to help to
inform and guide the committee's work. Many of them also provided addi
tional information in response to the committee's questions. Pilar Ossorio
and Jeffrey Mason supplied important detail and insight on issues before
the committee in their role as consultants.
The committee extends special thanks to the dedicated and hard
working staff of the Institute of Medicine's Board on the Health of Select
Populations, who supported and facilitated its work. Board Director Rick
Erdtmann helped to ensure that this report met the highest standards of
Finally, James Childress, chair, thanks David Butler, director of the
study, for his fine work in drafting and editing materials for the report, and
he thanks the members of the committee for their excellent ideas, helpful
drafts, and vigorous and valuable participation in the deliberative process.
He is also grateful to Alexander Capron for filling in as chair when he was
unable to participate in committee meetings.
OCR for page R1
OCR for page R1
Framework and Organization, 3
The State of the Biorepository's Collection, 3
Conclusions and Recommendations, 5
References, 14
Establishment and History of the Armed Forces Institute of
Pathology and the Joint Pathology Center, 17
The Joint Pathology Center Biorepository, 21
Origin of the Study and Statement of Task, 26
The Committee's Approach to Its Task, 27
Earlier Reports Addressing Armed Forces Institute of Pathology
and Joint Pathology Center Operations, 28
National Academy of Sciences Reports Addressing Related
Topics, 32
Organization of This Report, 33
References, 34
Collection and Preservation of Biospecimens, 37
Uses of Biospecimens, 40
Technologies Used to Manage Specimen Acquisition and
Management, 42
OCR for page R1
Technologies Used to Analyze Specimens, 43
Limitations in the Use of Pathologic Samples in Research, 54
References, 60
The Changing Ethical, Legal, and Regulatory Landscape of
Biorepositories, 65
Considerations Regarding the Source of Specimens, 78
Considerations Regarding Research on Diagnostic Specimens
and Associated Data, 81
References, 104
Opening Observations and General Recommendations, 109
Retention and Maintenance of Biospecimens, 112
Use of Biospecimens in Clinical Care, Education, and Research, 119
References, 132
A Public Meeting Agendas 137
B Contributor's Consultation Request Form Joint Pathology
Center 141
C DoD Instruction 3216.02 Protection of Human Subjects and
Adherence to Ethical Standards in DoD-Supported Research 145
D Biographic Sketches of Committee Members, Consultants,
and Staff 179


text:
University of California, San Francisco
About UCSF
Search UCSF
UCSF Medical Center
UCSF Profiles
search, discover, network
Powered by CTSI
New Features: Learn more
Use our Data
Help / Contact Us
Sign in
to edit your profile (add interests, mentoring, photo, etc.)
Find People
Find Everything
About This Site
Edit My Profile
Export RDF
Login to Profiles
Carolyn Calfee, MD
Associate Professor
UCSF School of Medicine
505 Parnassus Ave, Moffitt
San Francisco CA 94143
Carolyn S. Calfee, MD MAS is Associate Professor in Residence of Medicine and Anesthesia at UCSF, where she attends in the intensive care units at Moffitt-Long Hospital. Dr. Calfee received her undergraduate degree from Yale University and her medical degree from the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine. She came to UCSF for residency in Internal Medicine and stayed to complete her chief residency and Pulmonary/Critical Care Medicine fellowship. She also completed her Masters in Clinical Research at UCSF in 2009. After research training with Drs. Michael Matthay and Mark Eisner, she joined the faculty of the division in 2007. Dr. Calfee is also a member of UCSF's Center for Tobacco Control Research and Education and an associate member of the UCSF Cancer Center.
Dr. Calfee's primary academic focus is the prevention, diagnosis, prognosis, and treatment of acute lung injury (ALI) and the acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS). Current research projects include: (1) the role of biomarkers in investigating ALI/ARDS pathogenesis, early diagnosis, treatment, and prognosis; (2) the role of cigarette smoke exposure in susceptibility to lung injury; and (3) novel treatments for acute lung injury.
ORNG Applications
In The News
Awarded Grants
More Info
Publications listed below are automatically derived from MEDLINE/PubMed and other sources, which might result in incorrect or missing publications. Researchers can
to make corrections and additions, or
contact us for help
List All
Publications by year:
Shyamsundar M, McAuley DF, Shields MO, Macsweeney R, Duffy MJ, Johnston JR, McGuigan J, Backman JT, Calfee CS, Matthay MM, Griffiths MJ, McDowell C, Elborn SJ, O'kane CM. Effect of simvastatin on physiological and biological outcomes in patients undergoing esophagectomy: a randomized placebo-controlled trial. Ann Surg. 2014 Jan; 259(1):26-31.
View in:
Brown LM, Calfee CS, Howard JP, Craig TR, Matthay MA, McAuley DF. Comparison of thermodilution measured extravascular lung water with chest radiographic assessment of pulmonary oedema in patients with acute lung injury. Ann Intensive Care. 2013; 3(1):25.
View in:
Levitt JE, Calfee CS, Goldstein BA, Vojnik R, Matthay MA. Early acute lung injury: criteria for identifying lung injury prior to the need for positive pressure ventilation*. Crit Care Med. 2013 Aug; 41(8):1929-37.
View in:
Agrawal A, Matthay MA, Kangelaris KN, Stein J, Chu JC, Imp BM, Cortez A, Abbott J, Liu KD, Calfee CS. Plasma angiopoietin-2 predicts the onset of acute lung injury in critically ill patients. Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2013 Apr; 187(7):736-42.
View in:
Calfee CS, Pugin J. The search for diagnostic markers in sepsis: many miles yet to go. Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2012 Jul 1; 186(1):2-4.
View in:
Rackley CR, Levitt JE, Zhuo H, Matthay MA, Calfee CS. Clinical Evidence of Early Acute Lung Injury Often Precedes the Diagnosis of ALI. J Intensive Care Med. 2013 Jul-Aug; 28(4):241-6.
View in:
Calfee CS, Gallagher D, Abbott J, Thompson BT, Matthay MA. Plasma angiopoietin-2 in clinical acute lung injury: prognostic and pathogenetic significance. Crit Care Med. 2012 Jun; 40(6):1731-7.
View in:
Ware LB, Neyrinck A, O'Neal HR, Lee JW, Landeck M, Johnson E, Calfee CS, Matthay MA. Comparison of chest radiograph scoring to lung weight as a quantitative index of pulmonary edema in organ donors. Clin Transplant. 2012 Sep-Oct; 26(5):665-71.
View in:
Cohen MJ, Call M, Nelson M, Calfee CS, Esmon CT, Brohi K, Pittet JF. Critical role of activated protein C in early coagulopathy and later organ failure, infection and death in trauma patients. Ann Surg. 2012 Feb; 255(2):379-85.
View in:
Christie JD, Wurfel MM, Feng R, O'Keefe GE, Bradfield J, Ware LB, Christiani DC, Calfee CS, Cohen MJ, Matthay M, Meyer NJ, Kim C, Li M, Akey J, Barnes KC, Sevransky J, Lanken PN, May AK, Aplenc R, Maloney JP, Hakonarson H. Genome wide association identifies PPFIA1 as a candidate gene for acute lung injury risk following major trauma. PLoS One. 2012; 7(1):e28268.
View in:
Kangelaris KN, Sapru A, Calfee CS, Liu KD, Pawlikowska L, Witte JS, Vittinghoff E, Zhuo H, Auerbach AD, Ziv E, Matthay MA. The association between a Darc gene polymorphism and clinical outcomes in African American patients with acute lung injury. Chest. 2012 May; 141(5):1160-9.
View in:
Brown LM, Calfee CS, Matthay MA, Brower RG, Thompson BT, Checkley W. A simple classification model for hospital mortality in patients with acute lung injury managed with lung protective ventilation. Crit Care Med. 2011 Dec; 39(12):2645-51.
View in:
Zhang M, Hsu R, Hsu CY, Kordesch K, Nicasio E, Cortez A, McAlpine I, Brady S, Zhuo H, Kangelaris KN, Stein J, Calfee CS, Liu KD. FGF-23 and PTH levels in patients with acute kidney injury: A cross-sectional case series study. Ann Intensive Care. 2011; 1(1):21.
View in:
Calfee CS, Ware LB, Glidden DV, Eisner MD, Parsons PE, Thompson BT, Matthay MA. Use of risk reclassification with multiple biomarkers improves mortality prediction in acute lung injury. Crit Care Med. 2011 Apr; 39(4):711-7.
View in:
Calfee CS, Matthay MA, Eisner MD, Benowitz N, Call M, Pittet JF, Cohen MJ. Active and passive cigarette smoking and acute lung injury after severe blunt trauma. Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2011 Jun 15; 183(12):1660-5.
View in:
Meyer NJ, Li M, Feng R, Bradfield J, Gallop R, Bellamy S, Fuchs BD, Lanken PN, Albelda SM, Rushefski M, Aplenc R, Abramova H, Atochina-Vasserman EN, Beers MF, Calfee CS, Cohen MJ, Pittet JF, Christiani DC, O'Keefe GE, Ware LB, May AK, Wurfel MM, Hakonarson H, Christie JD. ANGPT2 genetic variant is associated with trauma-associated acute lung injury and altered plasma angiopoietin-2 isoform ratio. Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2011 May 15; 183(10):1344-53.
View in:
Hsieh SJ, Ware LB, Eisner MD, Yu L, Jacob P, Havel C, Goniewicz ML, Matthay MA, Benowitz NL, Calfee CS. Biomarkers increase detection of active smoking and secondhand smoke exposure in critically ill patients. Crit Care Med. 2011 Jan; 39(1):40-5.
View in:
Matthay MA, Thompson BT, Read EJ, McKenna DH, Liu KD, Calfee CS, Lee JW. Therapeutic potential of mesenchymal stem cells for severe acute lung injury. Chest. 2010 Oct; 138(4):965-72.
View in:
Diaz JV, Brower R, Calfee CS, Matthay MA. Therapeutic strategies for severe acute lung injury. Crit Care Med. 2010 Aug; 38(8):1644-50.
View in:
Calfee CS, Thompson BT, Parsons PE, Ware LB, Matthay MA, Wong HR. Plasma interleukin-8 is not an effective risk stratification tool for adults with vasopressor-dependent septic shock. Crit Care Med. 2010 Jun; 38(6):1436-41.
View in:
Cohen MJ, Carles M, Brohi K, Calfee CS, Rahn P, Call MS, Chesebro BB, West MA, Pittet JF. Early release of soluble receptor for advanced glycation endproducts after severe trauma in humans. J Trauma. 2010 Jun; 68(6):1273-8.
View in:
Fremont RD, Koyama T, Calfee CS, Wu W, Dossett LA, Bossert FR, Mitchell D, Wickersham N, Bernard GR, Matthay MA, May AK, Ware LB. Acute lung injury in patients with traumatic injuries: utility of a panel of biomarkers for diagnosis and pathogenesis. J Trauma. 2010 May; 68(5):1121-7.
View in:
Collard HR, Calfee CS, Wolters PJ, Song JW, Hong SB, Brady S, Ishizaka A, Jones KD, King TE, Matthay MA, Kim DS. Plasma biomarker profiles in acute exacerbation of idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis. Am J Physiol Lung Cell Mol Physiol. 2010 Jul; 299(1):L3-7.
View in:
Calfee CS, Matthay MA. Clinical immunology: Culprits with evolutionary ties. Nature. 2010 Mar 4; 464(7285):41-2.
View in:
Cohen MJ, Brohi K, Calfee CS, Rahn P, Chesebro BB, Christiaans SC, Carles M, Howard M, Pittet JF. Early release of high mobility group box nuclear protein 1 after severe trauma in humans: role of injury severity and tissue hypoperfusion. Crit Care. 2009; 13(6):R174.
View in:
Ware LB, Fremont RD, Bastarache JA, Calfee CS, Matthay MA. Determining the aetiology of pulmonary oedema by the oedema fluid-to-plasma protein ratio. Eur Respir J. 2010 Feb; 35(2):331-7.
View in:
Suratt BT, Eisner MD, Calfee CS, Allard JB, Whittaker LA, Engelken DT, Petty JM, Trimarchi T, Gauthier L, Parsons PE. Plasma granulocyte colony-stimulating factor levels correlate with clinical outcomes in patients with acute lung injury. Crit Care Med. 2009 Apr; 37(4):1322-8.
View in:
Kropski JA, Fremont RD, Calfee CS, Ware LB. Clara cell protein (CC16), a marker of lung epithelial injury, is decreased in plasma and pulmonary edema fluid from patients with acute lung injury. Chest. 2009 Jun; 135(6):1440-7.
View in:
Levitt JE, Bedi H, Calfee CS, Gould MK, Matthay MA. Identification of early acute lung injury at initial evaluation in an acute care setting prior to the onset of respiratory failure. Chest. 2009 Apr; 135(4):936-43.
View in:
Briot R, Frank JA, Uchida T, Lee JW, Calfee CS, Matthay MA. Elevated levels of the receptor for advanced glycation end products, a marker of alveolar epithelial type I cell injury, predict impaired alveolar fluid clearance in isolated perfused human lungs. Chest. 2009 Feb; 135(2):269-75.
View in:
Calfee CS, Eisner MD, Parsons PE, Thompson BT, Conner ER, Matthay MA, Ware LB. Soluble intercellular adhesion molecule-1 and clinical outcomes in patients with acute lung injury. Intensive Care Med. 2009 Feb; 35(2):248-57.
View in:
Calfee CS, Ware LB, Eisner MD, Parsons PE, Thompson BT, Wickersham N, Matthay MA. Plasma receptor for advanced glycation end products and clinical outcomes in acute lung injury. Thorax. 2008 Dec; 63(12):1083-9.
View in:
Matthay MA, Calfee CS. Aerosolized beta-adrenergic agonist therapy reduces pulmonary edema following lung surgery. Chest. 2008 Apr; 133(4):833-5.
View in:
Calfee CS, Eisner MD, Ware LB, Thompson BT, Parsons PE, Wheeler AP, Korpak A, Matthay MA. Trauma-associated lung injury differs clinically and biologically from acute lung injury due to other clinical disorders. Crit Care Med. 2007 Oct; 35(10):2243-50.
View in:
Calfee CS, Ware LB. Biomarkers of lung injury in primary graft dysfunction following lung transplantation. Biomark Med. 2007 Aug; 1(2):285-91.
View in:
Calfee CS, Budev MM, Matthay MA, Church G, Brady S, Uchida T, Ishizaka A, Lara A, Ranes JL, deCamp MM, Arroliga AC. Plasma receptor for advanced glycation end-products predicts duration of ICU stay and mechanical ventilation in patients after lung transplantation. J Heart Lung Transplant. 2007 Jul; 26(7):675-80.
View in:
Calfee CS, Matthay MA. Nonventilatory treatments for acute lung injury and ARDS. Chest. 2007 Mar; 131(3):913-20.
View in:
Calfee CS, Shah SJ, Wolters PJ, Saint S, King TE. Clinical problem-solving. Anchors away. N Engl J Med. 2007 Feb 1; 356(5):504-9.
View in:
Calfee CS, Katz PP, Yelin EH, Iribarren C, Eisner MD. The influence of perceived control of asthma on health outcomes. Chest. 2006 Nov; 130(5):1312-8.
View in:
Matthay MA, Calfee CS. Therapeutic value of a lung protective ventilation strategy in acute lung injury. Chest. 2005 Nov; 128(5):3089-91.
View in:
Calfee CS, Matthay MA. Recent advances in mechanical ventilation. Am J Med. 2005 Jun; 118(6):584-91.
View in:
Carolyn's Networks
Click the "See All" links for more information and interactive visualizations!
Related Concepts
Derived automatically from this person's publications.
Respiration, Artificial
Acute Lung Injury
Receptors, Immunologic
Respiratory Distress Syndrome, Adult
Wounds and Injuries
See all (188) concept(s)
People in Profiles who have published with this person.
Cohen, Mitchell
Matthay, Michael
Liu, Kathleen
Kangelaris, Kirsten
King, Talmadge
See all (23) people
Related Authors
People who share related concepts with this person.
Benowitz, Neal
Glantz, Stanton
Lanier, Lewis
Matthay, Michael
Liu, Kathleen
See all (60) people
Same Department
Huang, Laurence
Le, Vien
Lucey, Catherine
Majure, Melanie
Nazer, Babak
Search Department


text:
Still House Pond - eBook
Other Formats
Have questions about eBooks? Check out our eBook FAQs.
Product Description
Product Information
Format: DRM Protected ePub Vendor: Tyndale House Publication Date: 2010 ISBN: 9781414348230 | ISBN-13: 9781414348230 Availability: In Stock Series: Copper Brown |
At times, the plot had difficulty getting started and the event mentioned on the back of the book occurs more than halfway through the story. Additionally, the major twist happens long before the wreck, discounting the horror of such a tragedy because the reader already comprehends the situation. However, the characters are well-developed and realistic; the reader wants to invest in their lives and dreams. Copper and Johns marriage, in particular, is an excellent example of a God-saturated Christian relationship. Their attempts to aid the survivors of the train wreck while still searching for their daughter create the most powerful scenes in the book.
Though the book description declares Lilly to be the main character, this story is mainly about Copper Pelfrey. For the first time, she must go through the experience of letting a child grow up and leave. When she does finally let Lilly go to Lexington to see her aunt, the train wrecks. The resulting calamity, instead of breaking Copper apart, has her depending on her faith in God more than ever. She grows closer to the Lord even as her family bands in the tragedy.
Still House Pond spins a charming tale. There were moments where I could not wait to turn the page and discover where the story went next. Watson gives her characters a firm foundation in Romans 8:28, which summarizes the theme of the book: All things work together for good to them who love God, to them who are called according to His purpose. Through tragedy and terror, Copper and her family depend fully on God, believing that whatever happens is in His plan. Because of a few mature themes and a scene of assault, this book may not be appropriate for younger audiences, but anyone who appreciates Jan Watson will enjoy her newest work. Valerie Taylor, www.ChristianBookPreviews.com
Product Reviews
Product Q&A
Find Related Products
- Download >> Fiction
- Download >> eBooks >> Fiction
- Fiction >> Historical
- eBooks >> Fiction >> Historical
- Start A New Christianbook.com Search


text:
- Musician's Friend Best Selection, Price & Service. Guaranteed.
Need Help? Ask our Experts or call 800-449-9128
Private Reserve Guitars 866-926-1923
Need Help? Ask our Experts or call 800-449-9128
Results 1 - 7 of 7 matches
With its thick wall construction, the Selmer 15R Recital Series Eb clarinet has dark, sweet sound. Ideal for...
An excellent intermediate instrument with many of the features of professional model Buffet clarinets, the E11...
The R-13 Professional Eb Clarinet is the choice of more professionals worldwide. The ease of response and...
Our product catalog varies by country due to manufacturer restrictions. If you change the Ship-To country, some or all of the items in your cart may not ship to the new destination.


text:
Meridian - Apartment Rentals in Carrollton, TX
Meridian Apartments Description
Meridian Apartment Homes features one bedroom, two bedroom, and three bedroom apartments for rent in Carrollton, Texas. We are on the southeast corner of I-35 and Hwy 121, short drive from Target Supercenter and around the corner from Coyote Ridge Golf Course. We are located in the prestigious Lewisville ISD. Vista Ridge Mall is only one-mile away, and our community is 15 minutes from DFW Airport. Our one, two and three-bedroom apartment homes are available in several versatile floor plans. All our homes feature white-on-white appliances and cabinetry, ceramic tile entrances, two inch blinds and six-inch designer crown molding. Select homes feature built-in bookshelves, computer desks, fireplaces and oval garden-style bathtubs. We proudly invite our residents to enjoy the summer in our two resort-style swimming pools, sundecks, and two outdoor kitchens. The Meridian is a pet friendly community that features a brand new dog park. Our residents can work out in our state-of-the-art fitness center with new flooring, equipment and free weights. Check out our 24-hour hospitality center with Wi-Fi Internet. Schedule your tour today!
Pet Policy
Cats and Dogs are allowed. Maximum number of pet(s): 2. Restrictions or other terms: Dog Policy: Pet Deposit for two pets is $350 & Pet Fee for two pets is $450. Acceptable animals include domestic cats, fish (maximum tank size: 50 gallons), birds and dogs. Dogs that are purebreds or mixes of the following breeds are prohibited: Akita, Alaskan Malamute, Chow-Chow, Doberman, German Shepherd, Great Dane, Pit Bull (American Staffordshire Terrier, American Pit Bull Terrier, Staffordshire Bull Terrier), Rottweiler, Saint Bernard, Shar Pei, and Siberian Husky. All other animals are prohibited. NO ANIMAL IS AUTHORIZED WITHOUT MANAGEMENT'S PRIOR WRITTEN PERMISSION AND THE EXECUTION OF AN ANIMAL ADDENDUM. Cat Policy: Pet Deposit for two pets is $350 & Pet Fee for two pets is $450. .
- Pool
- On-site Management
- Storage Space
- Fitness Center
- On-site Maintenance
- Sundeck
- Clubhouse
- Free Weights
- Package Receiving
3620 Huffines Blvd
Search Nearby Cities
- Dallas Apartments
- Denton Apartments
- Fort Worth Apartments
- Garland Apartments
- Grand Prairie Apartments
- Irving Apartments
- Lewisville Apartments
- Mesquite Apartments
- Plano Apartments
- Richardson Apartments
Search Nearby Zip Codes
Search Nearby Neighborhoods
Apartment Rentals Near Carrollton, TX
- Indian Creek-Carrollton 3910 Old Denton Rd Carrollton, TX 75007 Phone Number: (972) 347-0189
- The Springs Of Indian Creek 2057 West Hebron Parkway Carrollton, TX 75010 Phone Number: (972) 696-7134
- Carrollton Park Of North Dallas 18211 Kelly Blvd Dallas, TX 75287 Phone Number: (972) 299-8433
- Union at Carrollton Square 1111 South Main Street Carrollton, TX 75006 Phone Number: (972) 696-7229


text:
Mariah Carey's High School Photo — See Her Transformation!
- 1 of 2
- Autoplay
full size
Mariah Carey in 2012
Before topping the charts, breaking Billboard records, and, of course, becoming a judge on one of America's most watched shows, Mariah Carey was an average high school student growing up in Long Island, New York.
Click through to see what Mariah looked like as a teen!


text:
Two fund managers prepare plans to cut jobs
10 Dec 2012
Asset managers Henderson Global Investors and Union Investment of Germany have embarked on separate initiatives to cut their staff by nearly 10%.
Take a Financial News trial today:
- Breaking industry news & commentary
- 10 year searchable archive
- FN Powerlists & Special Reports
- FN on mobile and iPad
Does your company already have an FN licence? Email us now
Most Read
Most Emailed
Fannie's profits may be fleeting
The mortgage-finance company's record profits aren't all that they appear
From The Wall Street Journal


text:
Open AccessThis article is
- freely available
- re-usable
Algorithms 2012, 5(4), 398-420; doi:10.3390/a5040398
Better Metrics to Automatically Predict the Quality of a Text Summary
Statistics Program, Department of Mathematics, University of Maryland, College Park, MD 20742, USA
Center for Computing Sciences, Institute for Defense Analyses, 17100 Science Drive, Bowie, MD 20715, USA
* Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.
Received: 2 July 2012; in revised form: 5 September 2012 / Accepted: 7 September 2012 / Published: 26 September 2012
(This article belongs to the Special Issue Selected Papers from Text Mining Workshop at the 2012 SIAM International Conference on Data Mining)
Download PDF Full-Text [401 KB, uploaded 26 September 2012 13:33 CEST]
Abstract: In this paper we demonstrate a family of metrics for estimating the quality of a text summary relative to one or more human-generated summaries. The improved metrics are based on features automatically computed from the summaries to measure content and linguistic quality. The features are combined using one of three methods—robust regression, non-negative least squares, or canonical correlation, an eigenvalue method. The new metrics significantly outperform the previous standard for automatic text summarization evaluation, ROUGE.
Keywords: multi-document summarization; update summarization; evaluation; computational linguistics; text processing
Article Statistics
Click here to load and display the download statistics.Cite This Article
MDPI and ACS Style
Rankel, P.A.; Conroy, J.M.; Schlesinger, J.D. Better Metrics to Automatically Predict the Quality of a Text Summary. Algorithms 2012, 5, 398-420.
AMA StyleRankel PA, Conroy JM, Schlesinger JD. Better Metrics to Automatically Predict the Quality of a Text Summary. Algorithms. 2012; 5(4):398-420.
Chicago/Turabian StyleRankel, Peter A.; Conroy, John M.; Schlesinger, Judith D. 2012. "Better Metrics to Automatically Predict the Quality of a Text Summary." Algorithms 5, no. 4: 398-420.
Published by MDPI AG, Basel, Switzerland
E-Mail Table of Contents Alert


text:
Line breaks: brigPronunciation: /brɪg
- 1A two-masted square-rigged ship, typically having an additional lower fore-and-aft sail on the gaff and a boom to the mainmast.More example sentences
- One tremendously successful ship design was the two-masted brig of war.
- We sailed out after the brig.
- He arrived in South Australia on his own ship, the brig New Holland.
- 2 • informal A prison, especially on a warship.More example sentences
- I've seen my fair share of brigs and prisons and I've seen them on both sides of the wall.
- A security team lead the prisoners off to the brig.
- You've saved a pirate from the brig, helped him find his hat and now you're talking surgery to him.
early 18th century: abbreviation of brigantine (the original sense).


text:
Course Selection Information
This section replicates the "Upper Level Registration Handout" that is given to every 2nd and 3rd year student at the time of Spring Registration. It offers general information on the nuts and bolts of registration. It also offers information on pre and co-requisites, courses you may want to take for the Bar Exam and courses you should take if you are interested in a specific area of law. There is also a set of worksheets that can be seperately accessed so you can map your last two year of study. The Handout can also be downloaded in its entirety in Adobe PDF format.
Upper Level Registration Handout
Table of Contents
- Introduction
- General Registration Information
- Course Selection
- Graduation and Other Course-Related Requirements
- Graduation Requirements
- Student Practice Requirements
- Pre-Requisites, Co-Requisites, Etc
- Additional Considerations
- Balance
- Skills
- Stretch Yourself
- Bar Exam
- Your Other Time Constraints
- Faculty Mentoring & Recommendations
- Plan Ahead
- Perceptions and Perspectives (Advice From Others)
- Graduation and Other Course-Related Requirements
- Pathways & Concentrations (Courses Listed by Area of Practice or Field of Study)
- Worksheets


text:
Atlantic Avenue, Brooklyn, New York, NY 11217
Other Concert Venues in New York
I have jokingly referred to them as the "Who's Left?" But after this magnificent performance, I am forced to revise that to the Who Knew...
Daily Telegraph UK, 2010 (Quadrophenia)
Please note: The term Barclays Center as well as all associated graphics, logos, and/or other tradermarks, tradenames or copyrights are the property of the Barclays Center and are used herein for factual descriptive purposes only. We are in no way associated with or authorized by the Barclays Center and neither that entity nor any of its affiliates have licensed or endorsed us to sell tickets, goods and or services in conjunction with their events.


text:
Live from CES 2012, we take a look at the newer, better, missile-shooting Griffin Helo TC Assault iPhone and Android controlled helicopter. Need we say more?
The Griffin Helo TC Assault will be available in the Spring for $59.99.
Yes. Yes you DO need to say more. For starters: when will it be available? Price? On board cameras? One type of model? What else makes this version "better"? What's the "missile" look like? How many can fly at a shot? Does Android's signals conflict with iOS devices?
This has got to be the crappiest reporting I've seen thus far. Stop drooling over the chick and with the stupid "wow, the company made something fun!" comments.
Most likely it will be the same price as the current one and be overall similar accept for the missile launcher. No cameras, probably a stronger build possibly. As for signal conflict, the current one has 3 channels of infrared, so they wont interfere with each other.
Steve, while constructive criticism is welcome, there's really no need to be rude.
And please keep in mind we all had a ton of ground to cover in a few short days. 20 minute interviews with each booth is very unrealistic.
It's just Griffin's version of the same missile firing helicopter that's been available elsewhere for a while now. It's new for them, not new in general. We've got one in for review and we'll put it through its paces.
Pricing and availability are a press release. When I'm at a booth I want to know what the company is thinking and doing, I just just want them to rehash the press release. I want the next ten words.
Otherwise why bother going there?
Does anyone else think this sight is broke? A lot of the other websites even lone youtubers have much better cameras and actual mics
Not saying u guys are doing a bad job, its just something I noticed.
Music Will Change... Foreverwww.musicwillchangeforever.com


text:
Click on the image to view a larger version. | ||
Jo 1965 |
Jo 1965 |
Beth 1961 |
The Lissy-faced Little Women dolls were produced from 1957 through 1968 representing the characters of the four March girls - Jo, Meg, Beth, Amy - and their mother Marmee from the book by Louisa May Alcott. Laurie (the boy next door) joined the group starting in 1967. Beginning in 1968, Little Women were produced using the Nancy Drew face mold, but in the catalogs, Laurie is still shown with the Lissy mold until 1972, when they started picturing him with the Nancy Drew mold as well. In 1993 there was a reissue of the four girls without Marmee or Laurie using the Lissy face.
Body Construction
In 1957 and '58 the dolls had jointed knees and elbows; later versions had straight arms and legs. All were jointed at the neck, shoulders and hips, and made entirely of hard plastic with glued-on synthetic wigs. They have sleep eyes with molded lashes and are 11.5" to 12" tall. The dolls differ from the regular Lissy line in that they have flat feet. Beth, Jo, Marmee and Laurie are brunettes, while Meg has dark blonde hair and Amy a lighter blonde.
The Jo doll shown above has no apparent markings, unless they are under her wig.
Clothing The clothing can be identified by the tag at the back of the neck. The outfits changed several times during the years the dolls were sold, and can be dated by the outfit. Not every outfit changed every year. For example, in 1961 Meg, Beth and Amy's outfits were different from the year before, while Jo and Marmee's remained the same. Study the catalog photos to date your particular doll.
- 1957
- 1958
- 1959
- 1960
- 1961
- 1962
- 1963-64
- 1965
- Not pictured in 1966 catalog
- 1967
- 1968 Note: the 8" dolls are shown in the catalog described as 12"
Thanks to Peggy for help with this page.
Additional sources for this page include:
- "Madame Alexander Catalog Reprints, 1942-1962, Vol. 1" published by Barbara Jo McKeon
- "Madame Alexander Collector's Dolls Price Guide" by Linda Crowsey
Copyright 2005-2006 by Zendelle Bouchard.
Find Dolls by Manufacturer | |||||
Alexander | American Character | Arranbee | Cameo | Deluxe Reading | |
Eegee | Effanbee | Hasbro | Horsman | Mary Hoyer | Ideal |
Kenner | Knickerbocker | Mattel | Nancy Ann | Reliable | Remco |
Uneeda | Unknown | Valentine | Vogue | Other Manufacturers |
Find Dolls by Material | |||||||
Bisque | Celluloid | Cloth | Composition | Hard Plastic | Paper | Rubber | Vinyl |
Find Dolls by Type | |||||
Advertising | Artist | Celebrity | Character | Fashion | Sewing |


text:
Tiny House Plans
Well these house plans sure are tiny. Our Tiny House Plans were developer to offer our users and alternative path to the typical home. Used as an office, in-law suite, or starter home to build off of, these homes are easy and cheap to build. A DIYers dream, each of theses house plans are simple enough for any handyman to become his or her own general contractor. As a great addition to any current lot of land, or as an ultra-economical vacation home solution we hope that all of you will enjoy building and living in FreeGreen's Tiny Homes. Finally, in true FreeGreen fashion each of these homes have been designed to achieve (or nearly achieve) zero energy performance (depending on your building location).


text:
Availability: Hampton Inn & Suites Chicago/Lincolnshire
Please enter your travel dates.
1 King Study Sofabed - No Refund.
- FREE Breakfast
Breakfast is included in your stay.
- FREE Wifi
Wifi is included in your stay.
Two Doubles non-smoking - No Refund.
- FREE Breakfast
Breakfast is included in your stay.
- FREE Wifi
Wifi is included in your stay.
One King Bed, Non-Smoking, Accessible
- FREE Breakfast
Breakfast is included in your stay.
- FREE Wifi
Wifi is included in your stay.
One King Bed, Non-Smoking - No Refunds
- FREE Breakfast
Breakfast is included in your stay.
- FREE Wifi
Wifi is included in your stay.
Hotel with an indoor pool, in Lincolnshire (North Suburbs)
This hotel is located in Lincolnshire (North Suburbs), close to Trinity International University, Raupp Memorial Museum, and Heritage Park. Area attractions also include Sportsman's Country Club and Cuneo Mansion and Gardens.
Hotel Features
Recreational amenities at Hampton Inn & Suites Chicago/Lincolnshire include an indoor pool and a 24-hour fitness center. Other amenities include complimentary wireless Internet access and a 24-hour business center.
Room Amenities
LCD televisions come with premium cable channels. Guestrooms also feature complimentary wireless Internet access, air conditioning, and climate control.
Information missing or incorrect? Tell us!Hampton Inn & Suites Chicago/Lincolnshire Amenities
- General
Hampton Inn & Suites Chicago/Lincolnshire features an indoor pool and a 24-hour fitness center. A computer station is located on site and high-speed wireless Internet access is complimentary. Business-related amenities consist of a 24-hour business center and small meeting rooms. A complimentary breakfast is offered. Event facilities measure 1064 square feet (96 square meters). This business-friendly hotel also offers multilingual staff, gift shops/newsstands, and coffee/tea in the lobby. A total renovation of this property was completed in February 2013.
Hampton Inn & Suites Chicago/Lincolnshire is a smoke-free property.
- Number of buildings/towers - 1
- Business services
- Free outdoor parking
- 24-hour fitness facilities
- Free Wi-Fi
- 24-hour business center
- Meeting facilities size (feet) - 1064
- Meeting facilities size (meters) - 96
- Number of meeting/conference rooms - 4
- Swimming pool - indoor
- Multiple small meeting rooms
- 24-hour front desk
- Express check-out
- Multilingual staff
- Total number of rooms - 117
- Safe-deposit box at front desk
- Gift shops or newsstand
- Laundry facilities
- Dry cleaning/laundry service
- Coffee/tea in lobby
- Free breakfast
- Air-conditioned public areas
- Elevator/lift
- Number of floors - 3
- Fireplace in lobby
- Computer station
- Luggage storage
- Express check-in
- Shopping on site
- Microwave in lobby
- Smoke-free property
- Television in lobby
- Internet
Available in all rooms: Free Wi-Fi
Available in some public areas: Free Wi-Fi
- Parking
Free outdoor parking
- Room Amenities
- Free Wi-Fi
- Connecting / adjoining rooms available
- Cribs/infant beds (complimentary)
- Premium TV channels
- Complimentary newspaper
- Air conditioning
- Multi-line phone
- Free local calls
- Voice mail
- Coffee/tea maker
- Wake-up calls
- Complimentary toiletries
- Hair dryer
- Shower/tub combination
- Iron/ironing board
- Clock radio
- Desk
- Electronic check-out
- Electronic/magnetic keys
- Cable TV service
- Rollaway/extra beds available
- Ergonomic chair
- Hypo-allergenic bedding available
- Climate control
- Free movie channels
- Dining
Guests are offered a complimentary hot/cold buffet breakfast.
- Recreation
Recreational amenities at the hotel include an indoor pool and a 24-hour fitness center.
The recreational activities listed below are available either on site or nearby; fees may apply.
- Golf - miniature nearby
- Golfing nearby
- Golf - driving range nearby
- Swimming nearby
- Tennis nearby
- Running track/path nearby
- Hiking/biking trails nearby
- Accessibility
To make requests for specific accessibility needs, complete the "Special or Accessibility Requests" section of "Trip Preferences" when you book your hotel.
- Accessible path of travel
- Accessible bathroom
- Roll-in shower
- Accessible parking
- In-room accessibility
- Accessibility equipment for the deaf
- Braille or raised signage
Hampton Inn & Suites Chicago/Lincolnshire Policies & Fees
- Check-in
Minimum check-in age is 21
Check-in time starts at 3 PM
- Check-out
Check-out time is noon
- Payment types
Accepted at this hotel: American Express, Carte Blanche, Diners Club, Discover, MasterCard, Visa
- Pets
Pets not allowed
- General
Extra-person charges may apply and vary depending on hotel policy.
Government-issued photo identification and a credit card or cash deposit are required at check-in for incidental charges.
Special requests are subject to availability upon check-in and may incur additional charges. Special requests cannot be guaranteed.
- The name on the credit card used at check-in to pay for incidentals must be the primary name on the guestroom reservation.
No cribs (infant beds) available
- Fees
- The following fees and deposits are charged by the property at time of service, check-in, or check-out.
- Rollaway bed fee: USD 10 per night
The above list may not be comprehensive. Fees and deposits may not include tax and are subject to change.
- Additional Details
The property has connecting/adjoining rooms, which are subject to availability and can be requested by contacting the property using the number on the booking confirmation. Alcohol is not served at this property.


text:
Wednesday, July 31, 2013
© Copyright 2014
Newton Citizen
COVINGTON — A teenager has been arrested and charged in connection with the molestation of three young Newton County boys, ages 7, 9 and 9.
Zane Michael Stodghill, 17, of 434 Varner St. is being held at the Newton County Detention Center without bond. He faces charges of child molestation; aggravated child molestation, aggravated sexual battery and sodomy.
According to Newton County Sheriff's Office Public Information Officer Deputy Cortney Morrison, the three youngsters, who are related but are not siblings, made an outcry to a caregiver, saying that they had been sexually assaulted.
"The caregiver immediately notified the parents and the parents took them to the hospital and notified the Sheriff's Office," Morrison said. "Once the initial report was created, a forensic interview was set up and all three victims made a disclosure that they were being sexually assaulted by Stodghill. Investigators then had enough probable cause to make the arrest."
Morrison said the assaults had taken place between November of 2012 through the middle of July.
"It happened on several different occasions," she said, adding that the suspect was known to the families of the victims and had frequent contact with them.
More like this story
- 18-year-old charged with rape ( January 17, 2014 )
- NCSO charges 55-year-old man in child molestation ( November 14, 2013 )
- Woman gets charged with molestation ( May 25, 2011 )
- Newton High coach faces sexting charges ( November 5, 2012 )
- Covington man charged with child molestation ( December 12, 2013 )


text:
You missed it This great deal for LivingSocial Adventures is over. But don't despair, we've got more great deals every day.
You've painted the town red—now it's time to do the same in the suburbs. Join us on this raucous Adventure to CPX Sports, a massive outdoor paintball terrain in nearby Joliet, for competitive paintball, as well as a cookout and keg party.
Head to 640 North Wells Street, where our team will be waiting to usher us onto a luxury bus (courtesy of Windy City Limousine) for the hour-long drive to the field. A truly jaw-dropping, sprawling facility awaits, complete with more than 15 fields, countless obstacles, bunkers, forts, ruined cityscapes, and winding jungles. After getting fitted with our equipment (including a whopping 500 paintballs and unlimited air fills), we'll enjoy a lesson from CPX's expert pros, then 2.5 hours of private play... meaning we'll have the fields all to ourselves.
With our threads covered in paint, we'll lay down our guns and break for a short snack before strapping our equipment back on for another hour of play, this time in a special themed area. Win or lose, we're all invited to the victory bash: a delicious outdoor barbecue and laid-back keg party where every participant gets three draft beers. Energized (and a wee bit tipsy), we'll get back on the bus for the ride back to the Windy City, a journey that—after this colorful day—will prepare us to paint it all over again.
Get a Flattering, Trendy Haircut & Highlights
Massage or Acupuncture Session
Handyman Services or Plumbing Service Call
Transportation to Lambert or Spirit of St. Louis Airport or $50 Tow...
8 Weekly Yoga or Pilates Classes or 3 Yoga or Pilates Sessions


text:
7-Legged Spider Drawing Sells On eBay
Remember my personal hero David Thorne and his seven-legged spider drawing that was idiotically refused as payment for a $233.95 bill? Well the spider just sold on eBay -- for $10,000. And guess who won? This guy. *pointing at self* Ow, my eye. But yeah, I thought about just printing out a copy of the drawing, but then decided that would be immoral. Because I don't steal things -- except women's hearts! I keep them in a cooler full of ice and sell them on the black market. "Hearts! Get your hearts here! Also, ice cold beer."
UPDATE: Somebody on eBay is now selling accessories for seven and eight-legged spider drawings. Hit the jump to see their Santa hat and Buddhist's robe.
Note: Each accessory costs $5 and DOES NOT include the spider drawing.
eBay Auction for spider accessories
Thanks to Chris, who paid a counterfeiter $6 to duplicate the drawing. And Lena, who just printed a screenshot instead.
Remember the Sharpie Lamborghini posted a couple months ago? Well it's back, and this time on eBay. That's right folks, for the low, low price of somewhere between $255,000 and $289,950, this marvel of modern drawing techniques can be yours. This is a 'ONE OF A KIND ' Gall... / Continue →
Remember the life-like Dilophosaurus mount that Geekologie Reader Josh made? Well he's at it again, this time with a 1:1 scale velociraptor head! Up for auction is a full size replica of the Velociraptor from Jurassic Park. It measures 28 inches from the nose to base of the... / Continue →
There's an eBay auction going on right now for an NES and every game ever released in a gray cartridge (no golden Zeldas), along with two that never were (California Raisins and Final Fantasy 2)! This is it! Every NES cartridge ever made in a gray cartridge. About half the... / Continue →


text:
user_3928595's Page
This member hasn't added any personal information yet.
Leave user_3928595 a message to find out more.
All Recent Activity
Forum Post: Ty Warren
In Response to Re: Ty Warren: [QUOTE]In Response to Re: Ty Warren : They should all attend period (and that includes you know who). If Warren had attended he might have been in better football shape more »
Forum Post: ARRINGTON AS A DE...BB is the man!
In Response to ARRINGTON AS A DE...BB is the man!: [QUOTE]You wont see it vs Detroit but NY is gonna see it! BB is the man! I just HOPE Butler can at least do what he did in the 2nd half against the c more »
Forum Post: PATS HOLD IMPORTANT TIEBREAKER OVER JETS
In Response to Re: PATS HOLD IMPORTANT TIEBREAKER OVER JETS: [QUOTE]With six games left in the season, the focus is on beating the team in front of you and letting the rest of the detritus sort itself more »
Forum Post: McCourty Vs. Wilson
In Response to Re: McCourty Vs. Wilson: [QUOTE]Come on guys. McCourty looks like a solid player for years to come and imagine where that secondary would be without him. He looks like the better play more »
Forum Post: PATS HOLD IMPORTANT TIEBREAKER OVER JETS
Hey Capnfoxboro, Good info! Thanks for taking the time to break it all down. You do a better job explaining than the newspapers do! more »
Forum Post: Colts think Pats bug Gillette Locker room??????
"once ordered a spy kit from a Boys Life magazine (and the www.tomheroes.com/Comic%20Ads/classic%20ads/x-ray_glasses.htm">X-ray glasses that allow you to see through skin and layers of clothing) but I more »
Forum Post: The Vernon Gholston thread
In Response to Re: The Vernon Gholston thread: [QUOTE]In Response to Re: The Vernon Gholston thread : Looks like you are the stupid one. I posted 3 fail drafts, not 2. What draft genius goes 3 strai more »
Forum Post: Thank you Pats for Seymour!
In Response to Re: Thank you Pats for Seymour!: [QUOTE]In Response to Thank you Pats for Seymour! : Oh, Latex Head..... Good to see that finally you're seeing positive results in the 7th year of a 2 y more »
Forum Post: Suggs Still Mouthing Off
Folks as I said earlier Quagmire is a real live service member serving in the Army in Afgahnistan. As you can tell by the number of my posts, I do not live and die or let this chat room dictate my lif more »
Forum Post: Suggs Still Mouthing Off
In Response to Re: Suggs Still Mouthing Off: [QUOTE]The tone of this particular response suggests (to me) that this Quagmire guy is another one of Sybil's bits and would sh*t himself if anybody even s more »
Forum Post: Playoff Prediction
In Response to Re: Playoff Prediction: [QUOTE]Not sure how the experts could choose the Pats as the #1 team given they got pounded by the Browns, Beat a Steeler team coming off of a Monday Night Game more »
Forum Post: Did Mangini TANK OT to get back at BB?
In Response to Re: Did Mangini TANK OT to get back at BB?: [QUOTE]In Response to Re: Did Mangini TANK OT to get back at BB? : ...thanks Glen. Same thought here..."I like where this is going" Posted by more »
Forum Post: Did Mangini TANK OT to get back at BB?
In Response to Did Mangini TANK OT to get back at BB?: [QUOTE] Is his dislike for the pats/bb more then his dislike for the team that sent him to cleveland. How else can you describe the inexplicable more »
Forum Post: You guess the fine...
Although it looked like Hinesy ducked his head just prior to the hit, I think your pretty close with the 75K and 1 game. more »
Forum Post: Game ball
In Response to Re: Game ball: [QUOTE]In Response to Re: Game ball : game ball to the guy who dumped O'Brien in Lake Erie. Posted by BradyMossFan[/QUOTE] hahaha that is some funny stuff! And I agree 10 more »
Forum Post: Bottom Line - NO RECEIVERS!!!!! and PREDICTABLE PLAYCALLING!!!!!
In Response to Re: Bottom Line - NO RECEIVERS!!!!! and PREDICTABLE PLAYCALLING!!!!!: [QUOTE]All the doom and gloom. Must be in the New Englander's blood lines. Proably the years of watching the Sox more »
Forum Post: 3 straight losses and ending up 10-6
In Response to 3 straight losses and ending up 10-6: [QUOTE]With the loss to the Browns and how the Patriots played I see 2 more losses in a row coming up. My predictions on the rest of the season: Lo more »
Forum Post: Trading #1 to Miami or Buffalo
In Response to Re: Trading #1 to Miami or Buffalo: [QUOTE]LMMFAO , "When we win the SB" , take it easy buddy , we just lost to Cleveland and could only put up 14. We got maybe the most complete team i more »
In Response to Re: Predict Brady's Performance for Sunday (civil Homers and Koolaid drinkers welcome) put your money where your mouths are.: [QUOTE]In Response to Re: Predict Brady's Performance for S more »
Forum Post: Revisting the Laura Maroney trade
In Response to Re: Revisting the Laura Maroney trade: [QUOTE]2011 Patriots Draft Picks http://www.nepatriotsdraft.com/2009/09/2011-patriots-draft-picks.html This is the list of the Patriots draft pick more »
Forum Post: Revisting the Laura Maroney trade
In Response to Re: Revisting the Laura Maroney trade: [QUOTE]The Seattle pick is the higher of the 2 picks .... So in fact It will be the pats pick not the Denver pick. Posted by hoyle[/QUOTE] Sorry H more »
Forum Post: Revisting the Laura Maroney trade
In Response to Re: Revisting the Laura Maroney trade: [QUOTE]P-Mick pick 100 compared to 184 is a better crap shot for me. Also Its very likerly this Denver pick whick i think will be a top 5 in next more »
Forum Post: Predictions for Pats vs Browns this sunday
In Response to Re: Predictions for Pats vs Browns this sunday: [QUOTE](Clubber Lane voice) Prediction? Pain! Patriots 45 Bowns 17 Posted by BradyMossFan[/QUOTE] Clubber Lane voice? Thats some funny more »
Forum Post: How long can we keep it up?
flutie66: "sooner or later the pats will have to start putting up some numbers or i feel they cant keep winning" WHO CARES WHAT YOU THINK. The next time you just want to see your name online at least more »
Forum Post: Moss / Mankins connection
Sorry Hang but I am with southshorelurker on this one. Your very naive or living in fantasy land if you really think Mankins came back because of Moss press conference. Mankins and his agent are all a more »
My Latest Discussions
- Will all you Whiners please STOP WHINING AND CRYING!
- Redskins release Willie Parker. Fit?
- Poilan and the Colts whining again forces the NFL to "adjust" the rules!
- Hey Phizzledickus and RussGriswold, time to put on the gloves and end this feud!**UPDATE** ITS OVER! POLLS R CLOSED! Russgriswold is the most annoying poster! Thanks for voting!
- Ty Law anyone?


text:
I would like to follow up with everyone and confirm details for the Pinewood Derby this weekend.
Schedule of Events |
12:30 - 12:45pm* |
Check in for Tigers and Wolves |
1:00pm |
Tigers and Wolves begin racing |
2:00 - 2:15pm* |
Check in for Bears and Webelos I |
2:30pm |
Bears and Webelos I begin racing |
3:30 - 3:45pm* |
Check in for Webelos II |
4:00pm |
Webelos II begin racing |
*If you do not check in with in the appropriate time frame, you will not be allowed to race. |
Please make note of the time change.
If there are any questions, please email me and I will get back to you.


text:
What Does DogFriendly.com Offer? Select From Our Pull-Down Menu Dog-Friendly Hotels & Lodging Dog-Friendly City Guides ...Attractions, Restaurants & More Dog-Friendly Ski Resorts Dog-Friendly Camping/RV Parks Dog-Friendly Beach Guide Dog-Friendly Outdoor Dining Dog-Friendly Attraction Guide Dog-Friendly Park Guide Off-Leash Dog Parks Public Transportation & Dogs Dog Camps Dog-Friendly Events Dog Photo Gallery Dog & Pet Store Dog Travel Guide Books Top 10 Dog-Friendly Cities Top 10 Dog-Friendly Resorts DogFriendly.com's Newsletter Book Reseller Information Advertise with DogFriendly.com Online Press Kit About Us/Contact Us
U.S. Dog Travel Guides
Dog City Guides
Outdoor Dining
Dog Parks
Dog & Pet Store
Campgrounds & RV Parks
Dog Travel Books
Mobile Apps
Dog Photos
Residence Inn Providence Warwick
Residence Inn Providence WarwickPet-Friendly Extended Stay Hotels500 Kilvert StreetWarwick,Rhode Island 02886Call 866-676-3077 To Book This Hotel Get Map or Directions Residence Inn by Marriott Providence Warwick is located at the center of naturally beautiful Rhode Island. This residential-style, all-suite hotel is less than 2 miles from the Providence Airport (TF Green International) and the Warwick Mall. Providence RI is just a 10-minute drive north on I-95 and is home to prestigious Brown University, Johnson & Wales University and Rhode Island School of Design, plus top event venues the RI Convention Center and Dunkin Donuts Center. The seaside city of Newport is less than 40 minutes from the hotel and provides an unforgettable taste of the Ocean State. Each suite is designed with comfort in mind. Spacious layouts all include a living room area and full kitchen. Whether on an extended trip or visiting the Providence RI area just for the night, the spacious suites, countless amenities, and award-winning staff service at the Residence Inn by Marriott Providence Warwick will help you maintain your personal pace throughout your stay.Dogs of all sizes are allowed. There is a $100 one time additional pet fee.
=indicates DogFriendly.com's dog-friendly advertisers!
Air Travel
Highway Guides
Books and Ebooks
List Your Property
About Us
Press Kit
Contact Us
Recommend Places