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A light-weight, portable X-ray tomography system having an annular frame supporting therein a concentric apertured dram rotatable in its plane about a rotational axis, and a plurality of components for performing a tomographic scan all mounted on the drum with respect to both sides of the mean plane of the drum so as to be dynamically balanced for rotation with the drum about the rotational axis, and so that the center of the mass moment of inertia, the center of rotation, the center of thermal expansion of the drum and components mounted thereon, and the center of the scanning plane substantially coincident on that rotational axis.
1. In an improved X-ray tomography system comprising:
(a) an annulus including a central aperture for receiving an object to be scanned;
(b) means for rotating said annulus about an axis of rotation; and
(c) a plurality of components, supported by and rotatable with said annulus, for use in performing a tomographic scan;
wherein the improvement comprises:
said components being fixedly mounted on said annulus so as to be substantially balanced for rotation with said annulus about said axis, and so that the center of the mass moment of inertia, the center of rotation and the center of thermal expansion of said annulus and said components are substantially coincident with said axis.
2. An improved X-ray tomography system as defined in claim 1, wherein said annulus defines a mean plane normal to said axis of rotation, and at least some of said components each has a center of mass disposed in said mean plane.
3. An improved X-ray tomography system as defined in claim 1, wherein said means for rotatably supporting said annulus includes a frame, wherein said frame is formed of a light-weight, rigid, material and has a substantially uniform cross-section configuration and mass throughout.
4. An improved X-ray tomography system as defined in claim 3, wherein said annulus is formed of a light-weight, rigid, material and has a substantially uniform cross-section configuration and mass throughout.
5. An improved X-ray tomography system as defined in claim 4, wherein said annulus and frame are made of materials having substantially the same coefficient of thermal expansion.
6. An improved X-ray tomography system as claimed in claim 5, wherein substantially all thermally induced volumetric changes in said frame and annulus are isotropic.
7. An improved X-ray tomography system as defined in claim 1, including:
a cart having a pair of supporting arms, said frame being pivotally mounted about pivot means between said arms along a diameter of said frame passing though said center of rotation;
load-measuring means for measuring torsion occasioned by rotation of said frame about said pivot means.
8. An improved X-ray tomography system as defined in claim 1, wherein said components are mounted on said annulus to preserve mass radial symmetry and mass axial symmetry of the latter.
9. In a tomography system comprising a plurality of components, including an X-ray source, for performing a tomographic scan, and support means for supporting an annulus rotatable in its mean plane, said components being mounted on said annulus for rotation in said plane about an axis of rotation extending through the central aperture of said annulus such that X-rays projected along said plane from said source through a plurality of angular positions about said axis may pass through an object located within said annulus,
a method of balancing said annulus about said axis so that the center of rotation, the center of mass, the mass moment of inertia and the center of thermal expansion of said annulus are substantially coincident with said axis of rotation.
10. The method of balancing as defined in claim 9, including the step of mounting said components on said annulus so as to preserve mass radial symmetry and mass axial symmetry of said annulus.
11. The method of balancing as defined in claim 9 including the steps of rotating, with said annulus disposed in one of a plurality of different rotational orientations within said frame, said frame and annulus supported therein about a pivotal axis parallel to the plane of said annulus to first and second predetermined angular positions in opposite directions from vertical orientation of said frame and annulus;
measuring the torsion created about said pivotal axis at each of said first and second positions;
determining the difference between each measurement of torsion at each of said first and second positions, and halving said difference to obtain an error determination; and
so positioning on said annulus a mass of magnitude as to reduce said error determination to substantially zero upon repetition of said rotating and measuring steps.
12. The method of balancing as defined in claim 11, further including the steps of repeating the sequence of steps of rotating, measuring, determining and positioning for each of the others of said plurality of different rotational orientations of said annulus within said frame.
13. The method of balancing as defined in claim 1, further including the steps of continuously rotating said annulus about said axis of rotation and continuously measuring any changes in torque produced during said continuous rotating.
This is a continuation of application Ser. No. 08/193,696 filed on Feb. 8, 1994 now abandoned.
This application is related to U.S. patent application Ser. No. 08/193,783, filed in the names of Gilbert W. McKenna and entitled "X-ray Tomographic Scanning System" (Attorney's Docket No. ANA-30); U.S. patent application Ser. No. 08/193,562, filed in the name of Gilbert W. McKenna and entitled "X-ray Tomography System with Gantry Pivot and Translation Control" (Attorney's Docket No. ANA-37); and U.S. patent application Ser. No. 08/193,782, filed in the name of Gilbert W. McKenna and entitled "Stabilized, Cantilevered Patient Trauma Table System" (Attorney's Docket No. ANA-58); all filed simultaneously herewith and assigned to the present assignee.
1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates generally to X-ray tomographic apparatus, and more particularly to portable computerized axial tomography (CAT) scan systems.
2. Background of the Invention
Current CAT scan systems usually comprise a gantry formed of a structure such as a disk or drum rotatable within a frame held in a yoke, an X-ray source and an X-ray detector system. In both third and fourth generation systems, the X-ray source is mounted on the drum for rotational motion about a table on which a patient can repose. The X-ray source may provide periodic pulses or continuous wave radiation. In third generation machines the detector system includes an array of detectors mounted on the drum diametrically opposite the source and rotatable with the source. In fourth generation machines, the detectors are fixedly mounted on the gantry frame. In both types of systems, each detector is typically either a solid state or gas tube device, and is aligned with the source so that the detector X-ray input and the focal spot of the source are positioned within a common mean, scanning or rotation plane (normal to the axis of rotation of the drum). In the case of third generation machines, each detector of the array is positioned in the scanning plane at a predetermined angular spacing relative to the source so that each detector subtends an equal angle about the focal spot of the X-ray source, thus providing a plurality of different X-ray paths in the scanning plane between the source and the respective detectors for each projection view. In fourth generation machines a plurality of different X-ray paths are provided between each stationary detector and the moving source. The X-ray paths can collectively resemble a fan in third generation machines and fans in fourth generation machines, and consequently such systems are sometimes called "fan beam" tomography systems. During a scan the detectors respectively provide a plurality of information or data signals corresponding to variations in the radiation flux measured by the detectors during rotation of the drum about an object occupying the space between the detectors and the X-ray source. Upon known (Radon) mathematical processing of the signals, a visual image can be reconstructed representing the density distribution of a two-dimensional slice along the scanning plane, through the portion of any object positioned in the plane between the source and the detectors. The formation of such images critically depends upon the components remaining perfectly mechanically aligned within the scanning plane, particularly during rotation of the drum, and that the drum rotating about a precise axis of rotation.
Because during a scan even minor misalignment of the X-ray source and detector system of a CAT scan apparatus can result in faulty or erroneous images, such apparatus has been provided as massively reinforced devices often weighing a ton or more so as to prevent improper movement of the source and the detector system. Typically, all of the components are mounted on the drum with little regard to the weight distribution, with large counter weights added to one or both sides of the drum to insure that the drum will be balanced during rotation to prevent undesirable vibration. Such counter weights merely add to the overall weight and power requirements of the system. Further, such apparatus has large peak power requirements, typically on the order of many thousands of watts, and is usually tied directly to a source of line power fed to the X-ray source through slip-rings between the drum and the frame. Accordingly, the gantry is usually installed at a fixed location in a health facility, and the patients are brought to the apparatus for examination. In order to extend the examination to multiple locations along the patient's bodies, a patient table is usually provided in moveable form to permit positioning of the patient relative to the fixed frame.
Many of the disadvantages inherent in such a massive, expensive, relatively fixed CAT scan structure characteristic of the prior art have been recognized and addressed, at least in part, by the apparatus described and claimed in U.S. Pat. No. 4,928,283 issued May 22, 1990 to B. M. Gordon.
As described in the aforesaid U.S. Pat. No. 4,928,283, major components of the tomography apparatus, such as an X-ray source, a detector array in the case of third generation machines, an X-ray power source including a power converter and batteries, a power source for the detector array in the case of third generation machines, and a control and data handling electronics package, are all mounted on the rotatable drum. Accordingly, the term "components" as used herein can include not only one or more of these major components, but also any number of elements supported by the rotatable drum, depending upon the particular design of the tomographic scanner. For example, a number of minor components in the sense of mass and volume, such as a slice collimator, a motor driven fan for cooling the X-ray source, antiscatter plates for the detector array, a detector assembly control panel and/or the like are also typically mounted on the drum, and thus can be included in the term "components" as used herein. These latter components, however, will not necessarily be specifically mentioned hereinafter, the emphasis being placed on the heavier and bulkier components for the sake of brevity.
Where one desires to provide a CAT scan system that can be transported readily in and out of, for example, operating theaters and the like, it is desirable that the volume and weight of a gantry are minimized without jeopardizing the precision at which the system can accurately scan a patient during drum rotation. As a consequence, adding counter weights should be minimized. Further, it has now been realized that thermal expansion and contraction of the drum (due to the heat generated by the X-ray source and subsequent cooling after its use) tends to be non-linear, and particularly where some of the tomography components are mounted relatively randomly on the drum, the operation of the system can be adversely affected by temperature changes. Of course, other factors contributing to deviation of the fan beam from a predetermined plane during rotation of the drum can also adversely affect the system operation.
Accordingly it is a primary object of the present invention to provide an improved CAT scan system that overcomes the problems inherent in the massive, heavy and poorly mobile prior art systems.
Another object of the present invention is to provide such an improved tomography system that includes a rotatable drum in which the volume and weight are minimized without jeopardizing the precision at which the system accurately scans during drum rotation.
Other objects of the present invention will in part be obvious and will in part appear hereinafter. The invention accordingly comprises the apparatus possessing the construction, combination of elements and arrangement of parts which are exemplified in the following detailed disclosure and the scope of the application of which will be indicated in the claims.
The objects of the present invention are effected generally by the provision of an improved X-ray tomography structure in which the tomography components are mounted on an annulus. The annulus is provided with a central opening so as to form a thin, substantially planar drum mounted for rotation in its mean plane about a central rotation axis. The central opening is of sufficient dimensions for receiving the object to be scanned so as to allow X-rays from the source mounted on the drum to (a) pass through an object extending through the opening and (b) be detected by the detectors while the drum rotates in a circle about the object within which data is collected so that an image can be subsequently reconstructed from the data. The term "annulus" as used herein is intended to mean any substantially flat, radially symmetrical, centrally-apertured structure such as a drum, disk or ring, and hence includes but is not to be limited to flat or circular configurations.
Minimum size of the gantry is achieved by utilizing the center of the circle as the absolute center of rotation of the annulus, with the mean plane of the annulus being relatively close to, and preferably coplanar with the scanning plane defined by the fan beam of X-rays. The tomography components are fixedly mounted with respect to both of the opposite surfaces of the annulus so as to be balanced for rotation with the annulus about the center of rotation. Specifically, the center of mass, the center of rotation and the center of thermal expansion of the annulus and attached components are all coincident at the center of rotation of the drum within the mean plane of the annulus, and so that the axis of the moment of inertia of mass (i.e. the rotational inertia of the drum and attached components), is coaxial with the rotation axis.
For a fuller understanding of the nature and objects of the present invention, reference should be had to the following detailed description taken in connection with the accompanying drawings wherein:
FIG. 1 is a from view of structure illustrating a CAT scanner of the third generation type and constructed according to the principles of the present invention;
FIG. 2 is a rear view of the structure of FIG. 1;
FIG. 3 is a cross-section taken along the line 3--3 of the embodiment of FIG. 2; and
FIG. 4 is a schematic end view of the structure of FIGS. 1-3 showing the emplacement of load measuring apparatus to the pivot of a rotatable member in FIG. 1 and the positioning of that member for testing.
In the drawings the same numerals are used to refer to similar or the same parts.
Referring to FIGS. 1-3, there is shown a CAT scanner comprising a yoke or cart 22 for supporting a gantry 20 incorporating the principles of the present invention. Cart 22 is mounted on a plurality of wheels 24 so as to be movable or portable. Cart 22 comprises a pair of preferably rigid upright sides 26 between which is mounted the gantry 20. Gantry 20 includes a frame 28, typically formed as a metallic annulus or annular portion preferably made of a light-weight, rigid material such as aluminum, magnesium-aluminum alloy and the like, and can be solid or hollow to minimize weight. Preferably, frame 28 has a substantially uniform cross-sectional configuration and mass throughout, at least the inner periphery of frame 28 being circular. Frame 28 is pivotally mounted on cart 22 so that the gantry 20 can be tilted about a center line or diametrical axis defined by a pair of pivots 30. Each of pivots 30 is preferably fixed to frame 28 for movement therewith and extends into a corresponding bearing surface suitably supported by a respective one of sides 26 so that the gantry can be pivoted about pivots 30 and can be moved in translation backward and forward along sides 26. Frame 28 is restrained from rotation in its own plane by the coupling between pivots 30 and the sides 26 of cart 22. An annular, preferably in the form of a planar, drum 34, is rotatably mounted within frame 28, preferably on rollers 32, or alternatively by suitable wheels or bearings. The drum rotates with respect to the frame about axis 35 of rotation that extends perpendicularly through central aperture 38 of drum 34 (and normal to the view shown in FIGS. 1 and 2). Drum 34 is typically of about 135 cm in outside diameter, and is quite thin relative to its diameter, e.g. about 1.25 cm, although these dimensions can clearly vary. Central aperture 38 preferably is dimensioned so that the body of a patient can be inserted therethrough. Preferably, drum 34 is made entirely of the same metal as frame 28, can also be solid or hollow to minimize weight, has a substantially uniform cross-sectioned configuration and mass throughout, and is radially symmetrical, substantially all thermally induced volumetric changes in the drum will be isotropic within the mean plane of the drum. To insure that the grain or crystal structure of the drum is relatively uniform, it is preferred that the drum be made by precision casting as a single unit, annealing and finish machining. It will be seen that when the configuration of the outer periphery of drum 34 is circular, the drum is mounted concentrically with frame 28 within the inner periphery of the latter.
X-ray tube 36 is positioned on drum 34 adjacent the inner periphery of the latter so as to direct a beam of X-rays substantially along the mean plane of drum 34 across aperture 38 substantially perpendicularly to axis 35, i.e. through a center line diametrically across drum 34. Similarly, an X-ray detector system, in the form of detector array 40, is mounted on drum 34 so as to detect X-rays from source 36 after the latter have traversed aperture 38. Also mounted on drum 34 are batteries 44 (shown in both FIGS. 1, 2 and 3), the X-ray generator (cathode) 46 (shown in FIG. 1 ) and X-ray generator (anode) 47 (shown in FIG. 2), a slice collimator 48 (shown in FIG. 2), a data acquisition system 49 (shown in FIG. 2), disk control assembly 50 (shown in FIG. 2) and power control assembly 51 (shown in FIG. 1 ). Batteries 44, preferably provide a high voltage supply adapted to provide the necessary peak voltage to the source to power the X-ray source during at least one scan. The batteries are provided with suitable input means for connecting the batteries to an electrical power source exterior to the gantry so that the batteries can be charged. The batteries are used to power the components secured to the drum. The data acquisition system in use preferably preprocesses and transmits the output of the array 40, preferably by a wireless rf link, to a computer (not shown) preferably positioned exterior to the gantry.
Although, of necessity, X-ray tube 36 and detector array 40 are positioned on diametrically opposite sides of drum 34, the respective masses of X-ray tube 36 and detector array 40 are the same only by rare fortuity, and typically exhibit substantially different volumetric distributions. Similarly, the battery packs 44 respectively powering X-ray source 36 and detector array 40 would only coincidentally have the same masses and volumes. Because of the disparity in mass and volume of the various components mounted on drum 34 the present invention arranges for the distribution of those components and compensating masses to insure that drum 34 is balanced for rotation about axis 35 of rotation, with the axis of the moment of inertia of mass being coaxial, and the center of thermal expansion of the assembled drum being coincident with the intersection of the mean plane of the drum 34 and the axis 35.
To this end, depending on weight and configuration, the various components are initially mounted on drum 34 with both radial symmetry and axial symmetry of the masses thereof. For example, X-ray tube 36, positioned on drum 34 as heretofore described, can be expected to have a substantial volume and dimensions somewhat larger than the thickness of drum 34. To the extent therefore that portions of source 36, when mounted on drum 34, extend transversely beyond the fiat surfaces of the latter, the weight of those portions impose a moment on the drum tending to move the latter transversely to its plane. Thus, as best shown in FIG. 3, tube 36 is positioned so that its weight is distributed equally to both fiat sides of drum 34, i.e. along a line 61 parallel to axis of rotation 35 so that its center of mass is disposed as closely as possible in the mean plane of the drum, shown as 60 in FIG. 3. As seen in FIGS. 1 and 2, X-ray detector array 40 is mounted on drum 34 on the opposite edge of aperture 38, being comparatively narrow relative to the thickness of drum 34 (so that it cannot be seen in FIG. 3), and also can be distributed so that its center of mass is also centered in plane 60. In similar manner, the remaining components including batteries 44, the cathode 46 and anode 47 of the X-ray generator, slice collimator 48, data acquisition system 49, disk control assembly 50, and power control assembly 51, and associated cabling, are all disposed so that the center of mass of each lies as closely as possible in the plane 60 of FIG. 3. The components are distributed at select radial positions about drum 34 and also so as to distribute the masses thereof as equally or symmetrically as possible both radially and axially about drum 34, such that the entire mass of the drum and its components is centered as close as possible to the intersection of axis 35 with plane 60 (seen best in FIG. 3).
To aid in the proper distribution of the masses of the various components, after they have been initially mounted on drum 34, as shown in FIG. 4, stress or torque measuring, means 62, such as a spring-scale, strain gauge, Bourdon tube or the like is attached to one of pivots 30 to measure torsion occasioned by rotation of gantry 20 transmitted to the connected pivot 30. Initially, drum 34 is positioned in frame 28 with, for example, X-ray tube 36 at top dead center and the frame positioned, with respect to cart 22 in a vertical plane as shown in FIG. 3. Frame 28 is then rotated about pivots 30 to a position between about 15� to 80�, preferably about 30�, to one side of the vertical plane as shown in full lines in FIG. 4, and a reading of any torsion then placed on pivot 30 by the frame and associated drum is made by torque-measuring means 62. The frame is then restored to its vertical position and is then rotated in the opposite direction approximately the same number of degrees as shown in dotted lines in FIG. 4, and a second measurement of the torsion is made. One of the readings is subtracted from the other and the difference thereof is halved to provide a measure or error indication of the axial mass imbalance of drum 34 and the components assembled thereon. Such measure assumes that frame 28, as above-noted, has a substantially uniform cross-section configuration and mass throughout and thus contributes nothing to any mechanical imbalance of the drum. Because the difference, if any, thus computed has both magnitude and direction, it can readily be compensated by providing means for exerting an appropriate moment to drum 34 as by adding a suitable counter weight (not shown) at a position on that surface of the drum which will result in a difference of zero when the measurements are repeated.
After the assembly of drum 34 and components has been adjusted as thus described for axial unbalance, although not shown explicitly in the figures drum 34 is rotated so that the X-ray tube is positioned sequentially, for example, at 90� to the right of top dead center, at 90� to the left of top dead center, and at 180� to top dead center, with the frame in a vertical plane with respect to cart 22 in each case. For each of these positions, the procedure for moving the frame as above described is then repeated and measurements are taken of the torsion acting on pivot 30 with the frame swung to, for example, 30� to the right and left of vertical, and from such measurements respective differences are noted. In each case, the difference can be adjusted by adding or subtracting counter weights with respect to radial positions on the drum. It will be appreciated that the procedures thus described essentially permit compensation of the mass imbalance of the drum and frame in three-dimensions. However, because of the predetermined distribution of all of the components mounted on the drum, the need and the size of such counterweights will be minimized.
For determining dynamic balance, the frame is placed in a vertical position (as shown in FIG. 3) and the drum is rotated continuously, readings being taken continuously to determine if a periodic signal will occur on the torque-measuring means 62 (seen in FIG. 4). From the magnitude and phase of such periodic signal relative to the Z-axis through the drum (e.g. when X-ray source 36 is at top dead center), one can readily determine where and how much correction mass is required to achieve dynamic balance.
As noted, thermal imbalance is substantially precluded by making both frame 28 and drum 34 of FIGS. 1-4 entirely of materials having substantially the same coefficient of thermal expansion, each having substantially uniform cross-sectional configurations and mass throughout so that any thermally induced volumetric changes are substantially isotropic. Thermal imbalances can be tested for by attaching small mirrors (not shown) at angular intervals around the periphery of drum 34 and frame 28, and directing onto such mirrors at an angle, e.g. 45�, a focussed light beam such as a laser beam. Power is then applied to the components of the drum assembly to duplicate heat generation during clinical operation. Alternatively, a drum 34 without components assembled thereon can be packed with heat-generating resistor bundles to simulate component heat generation. Any changes in dimension of the drum or frame due to thermal effects will produce a displacement of the reflected beam which can be measured readily, as by a ruled scale. The magnitude of that displacement depends on the angle of reflection and the distance of the scale from the mirror, hence in effect producing substantial amplification of the thermally induced change in dimension.
When testing indicates that substantially all differences have been compensated, it will be seen that drum 34 will be balanced for rotation about axis of rotation 35, so that the center of rotation is coaxial with the axis of the moment of inertia of mass, and the center of mass and the center of thermal expansion of the assembled drum are all coincident with the point of intersection of the axis 35 and the plane 60 (as best seen in FIGS. 1-3).
It should be appreciated that while the detailed description has been with reference to a third generation machine, the principles of the present invention apply to other CAT scanner designs including fourth generation machines.
The present invention therefore minimizes the weight and volume of the drum and its components and reduces the problems inherent in the massive, heavy and poorly mobile prior art systems without jeopardizing the precision at which the system accurately scans during drum rotation.
Since certain changes may be made in the above apparatus without departing from the scope of the invention herein involved, it is intended that all matter contained in the above description or shown in the accompanying drawings shall be interpreted in an illustrative and not in a limiting sense.
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Minority enrollment is 27% of the student body, which is more than the MA state average of 22%.
75% of Lowell, MA private schools are religiously affiliated (most commonly Roman Catholic and Christian).
The student:teacher ratio of 13:1 is higher than the state private school average of 7:1.
Lowell, Massachusetts Private Schools
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LowellC.t.i.childrens Corner D C C
554 Pawtucket St
Lowell, MA, 01854
(978)454-3350Daycare / Preschool16 students | Gr. PK-K
LowellCommunity Christian Academy
105 Princeton Blvd
Lowell, MA, 01851
(978)453-4738(Christian)125 students | Gr. PK-8
LowellFranco American School
357 Pawtucket St
Lowell, MA, 01854
(978)458-0308(Roman Catholic)251 students | Gr. PK-8
LowellHellenic American Academy
41 Broadway St
Lowell, MA, 01854
(978)453-5422(Greek Orthodox)110 students | Gr. K-7
LowellImmaculate Conception School
218 E Merrimack St
Lowell, MA, 01852
(978)454-5339(Roman Catholic)247 students | Gr. PK-8
LowellLowell Catholic
530 Stevens St
Lowell, MA, 01851
(978)452-1794(Roman Catholic)390 students | Gr. 9-12
LowellLowell Day Nursery
119 Hall St
Lowell, MA, 01854
(978)454-5981Daycare / Preschool5 students | Gr. NS-K
LowellLowell Treatment Center
391 Varnum Ave
Lowell, MA, 01854
(978)322-5172Alternative School68 students | Gr. 6-12
LowellMerrimack Valley Christian Day
1195 Varnum Avenue
Lowell, MA, 01854
(978)452-2462Daycare / Preschool (Church of the Nazarene)n/a students | Gr. NS-2
LowellRiverside School
34 Berry Rd
Lowell, MA, 01854
(978)937-1995Special Education School14 students | Gr. 6-12
LowellSt Louis School
77 Boisvert St
Lowell, MA, 01850
(978)458-7594(Roman Catholic)275 students | Gr. PK-8
LowellSt Michael School
21 6th St
Lowell, MA, 01850
(978)453-9511(Roman Catholic)340 students | Gr. PK-8
LowellSt Patrick School & Education Center
311 Adams St
Lowell, MA, 01854
(978)458-4232(Roman Catholic)142 students | Gr. PK-8
LowellSt. Margaret Elementary School
486 Stevens Street
Lowell, MA, 01851
(978)453-8491(Roman Catholic)215 students | Gr. PK-8
LowellSt. Stanislaus School
368 High St
Lowell, MA, 01852
(978)453-2360(Roman Catholic)124 students | Gr. K-8
Lowell Ste Jeanne D'arc Elementary School
68 Dracut Street
Lowell, MA, 01854
(978)453-4114(Roman Catholic)444 students | Gr. PK-8
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Elite Defense Systems (EDS) is scheduled to hold a 7-8 p.m. adults' self-defense class April 3-24 through Rock Valley College (RVC).
The class is a response to the rising number of assaults that have been reported within Rockford — 922 in 2009 to 1,646 in 2010.
According to Matt Numrich, owner and chief instructor of the EDS, a good number of self-defense schools focus too much on the art, and although that is not a bad thing, it is not very practical. Numrich said men need to hone a certain set of skills that will help them overcome altercations and, thereby, save themselves and their loved ones. By focusing on street self-defense, this ultimate goal will be reached.
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APPLETON, Wis. — The Linfield Wildcats are national champions.
The Linfield baseball program used a four-run fourth inning Tuesday afternoon to earn a 4-1 victory and its first Division III national championship over Southern Maine at the NCAA Division III College World Series.
The Wildcats (42-8) had to wait before they could win their title, however. After their loss to Ithaca (N.Y.) College on Monday, there were three teams left in the tournament with one loss. Ithaca and Southern Maine battled for the other spot in the national championship game, and Southern Maine ended up winning in 13 innings to eliminate the Bombers and move on.
Southern Maine got an outstanding day of pitching from Andrew Richards. The sophomore threw 12 innings of relief in the game against Ithaca, got an hour of rest, and started vs. Linfield and went 3 1/3 innings.
"First of all I just want to say congratulations to Southern Maine," Wildcats coach Scott Brosius said. "That is a great tournament from a great team and a phenomenal effort. I tell you, I have never seen a pitching performance like we saw. We saw a lot of good things on our end as well, but I wanted to congratulate them on their season."
When they were finally able to get on the field, the Wildcats were given another outstanding pitching performance from sophomore Chris Haddeland. The Division III Pitcher of the Year and the tournament's Most Outstanding Pitcher, Haddeland threw a complete game for the win, scattering eight hits while giving up just one run. He struck out five and walked three.
Haddeland started the game a little rocky, as the Huskies jumped on him early. Sam Dexter and John Carey started the game with a double and a single respectively, and Dexter scored on a wild pitch. Haddeland also issued a walk to Tucker White but settled down after that to sit down nine batters in a row.
"They are going to hit, they are a good team, and they are in the championship game," Haddeland said. "I left a couple balls up at the beginning. The first hit, the double, was a fastball up so I just need to focus on getting the ball down and executing my pitches. You know, doing all the fundamental things right."
Southern Maine threatened just one more time, getting a runner to third base in the fourth. It didn't get anyone to second the rest of the game.
The Wildcats did all of their damage in the fourth inning. Nick Fisher started the inning with a double, and after Jake Wylie flew out to the first baseman, Kramer Lindell and Clayton Truex stroked singles, with Truex driving in Fisher. Jordan Harlow walked, and Kyle Chamberlain executed a perfect suicide squeeze bunt to bring home another run. Michael Hopp was hit by a pitch to round out the scoring and put the game away.
It is the first championship for Linfield in the NCAA. Their previous two titles were NAIA titles (1966 and 1971). It is the school's ninth national title in a team sport, and the first since the softball team's 2011 run to the title.
The Wildcats were scheduled to get back into McMinnville at 12:30 a.m. Wednesday, and the team will host a celebration with fans at Roy Helser Field at 4 p.m. Friday, the school anounced late Tuesday night.
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October 5, 2014 § Leave a comment
I love North Georgia in autumn.
I say North Georgia because North Georgia is a very different creature from Atlanta or South Georgia or the rest of it. I tell people I'm from Atlanta because nobody outside of Georgia has ever heard of the Medium Town, USA that I grew up in, but in truth I'm from a slower, older, earthier place. Earthy I think is a good word for it, though many other words are needed to describe North Georgia.
I have arrived for a short stay the very same weekend that autumn has arrived. This morning early in the cold I had the quiet joy of driving a winding, familiar journey through farmlands and over tendrils of The Lake. Fog rose in wisps from the water, like a giant steaming bath, and the sun slowly burned through the mist that rested in the fields. Yes, I'm painting you an idyllic picture, but I promise, I'm not exaggerating. I couldn't make this up if I tried.
I broke into a genuine grin yesterday when I caught my first sight of the mountain I grew up on. It's short and alone, the very, very, very last mountain in the Appalachian chain. Geographers will probably tell you it's not actually part of the Appalachians; they are mistaken.
This evening, on my way to a church picnic at a local farm market (read: farm market, not farmer's market – there's a difference), I saw a coyote trotting along the side of the highway. Blue mountains rolled before me. If I were a more sentimental person, I might tell you they whispered, "Keep driving, come on, don't stop." But that would be silly. Mountains don't whisper, they sing.
I don't look at this place through rose-colored glasses. I know it's not perfect (when you know a place's true beauty, you also know its true faults – maybe that applies to people too, but I think I'm getting overly philosophical) and I may not ever live here again. But wherever I live, whatever place I call home, the rolling hills of North Georgia will always be in some way, Home.
I think that if the blue hills, green fields, and golden fog of North Georgia are but a dim shadow of the beauty of the new heaven and new earth, then eternity will be very glorious indeed.
Everything is different…slightly
July 30, 2014 § Leave a comment
It's easy to measure the change in our lives – our outer lives and our inner lives – when we look back over a period of time, the longer the better. "Three years ago, I would have reacted completely differently to this than I do now," or "My life was so different just one year ago."
Sometimes, though, there are experiences that mark stark inward change. First semester of college. The death of someone we love. Times spent in another culture. The change isn't a choice, it's a reaction.
When we change drastically on the inside and have to continue living in circumstances that haven't changed much, it's hard. Can I get an amen? Many of you know this much better than I do. You look the same on the outside, and people regard you as the same, but you're different inside and you don't know how to communicate that without being rude…but neither do you know how (or want) to live the way you used to.
The first time I went to the Middle East, the coming back was exponentially harder than the going. What I experienced there didn't fit into the context of my old life, but my old life was still there, expecting me to continue. The first couple weeks back in the US (and after such a short trip) were ridiculously difficult. I didn't know or understand how to cope with my worldview changing, or how to communicate it to others, and that was really depressing. It was partly reverse culture shock, but I believe it went much deeper. The Lord used that trip (and the painful re-entry on returning) as a catalyst for my life going a completely different direction than I had ever imagined.
But that's another story.
I can share several examples of pivotal inner change in my life. Let's talk about the present though, shall we? I recently returned from 6 1/2 weeks in Thailand. I changed a sight more than I expected, in ways that I definitely didn't expect (God is sneaky like that – in the best way). I've had significantly less culture shock than I expected, I guess by virtue of a lot of international travel, but I'm different on the inside. Just different enough to burn a little on re-entry.
I also moved right after I got back (different apartment, same city) and I'm starting a new job. Wow, that's a lot of change, how are you handling it? Thanks for asking, and actually everything changing slightly on the outside has been really nice. The change of outer context feels appropriate for the inner change; it feels right that my circumstances should be slightly different, since I'm slightly different. Yet, it's not so much change that I feel overwhelmed.
This is a gift, because it doesn't always happen so neatly.
Re-entry hasn't been frictionless, though, and I need the grace of Jesus daily to understand his will for this time of my life.
I'm not sure all of this had much of a point, except maybe some of you have experienced something similar, maybe to a greater or lesser degree. Most of it is me processing, via the written word. Jet lag…
the end!
July 20, 2014 § Leave a comment
A few years ago I discovered John Coltrane's album "A Love Supreme." Fans of the Trane will know it, but if you've never heard it you ought to give it a listen. At least listen to the fourth movement, "Psalm," because it's what I'm writing about right now.
Go ahead…listen: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f1xe7FDsQWY
"Psalm" is shockingly mournful, full of anguish. It caught me off guard the first time I heard it, in that way that only the best music does. It still catches me off guard. I guess I thought it would be more peaceful, and in a way there is a peace about it – but an uncomfortable peace. Do you know what I mean? I thought that something called "Psalm" would be less…difficult.
I had to memorize Psalm 23 when I was a kid. "He makes me lie down in green pastures, he leads me beside still waters." It was kind and poetic and I liked it. When I got older, though, it seemed platitudinous, like some nice sentiment. The Psalms in general seemed to be full of nice sentiments, either that or asking to be rescued from enemies. Since I didn't have enemies and I was growing in cynicism toward comforting sentiments, I didn't have much time for Psalms. To me (in my limited reading of them), they were fluffy.
After much more life (in years and experience, though comparatively little of both), I started reading Psalms again. It's a much different picture. It's a picture of desperation, even anguish. Of clinging to the Lord when there is nothing else left. David knows what I feel…he felt it too. "My soul thirsts for you; my flesh faints for you, as in a dry and weary land where there is no water." (Psalm 63)
Green pastures and still waters seem unnecessary when you haven't been to the desert. But when you've been there…
"For you have delivered my soul from death, my eyes from tears, my feet from stumbling; I will walk before the Lord in the land of the living." (Psalm 116)
I understand both "Psalm" and Psalms a lot better now that I'm a little older. Psalms isn't a one-color, two-dimensional book; it's not a book of affirming poetry. It's a book of raw, even painful honesty and the Lord's goodness to rescue us. What does it mean to walk before the Lord in the land of the living when you haven't been in the grave? I get now why Coltrane called his melancholy, discordant song "Psalm."
Maybe this all sounds very depressing to you. Maybe you're thinking, "Oh, what's wrong with Corinne? She sounds depressed." Maybe your life is always sunshine and butterflies and you never get sad. My life isn't always sunshine and butterflies, but the Lord is always good. His steadfast love endures forever. "Whom have I in heaven but you? And there is nothing I desire on earth besides you. My heart and my flesh may fail, but God is the strength of my heart and my portion forever." (Psalm 73)
Hiatus, Hiati?
May 31, 2014 § Leave a comment
Apparently when you are:
Changing jobs
Preparing to leave to country for two months
Moving right after you get back from being out of the country for two months
it's hard to find time to blog! That's why the hiatus…and you should expect another one, pending upcoming international travel.
Excuses, excuses.
See you in two months, maybe!
Roman Holiday Remake
May 1, 2014 § Leave a comment
I watched Roman Holiday last night. I didn't intend to, but my roommate was watching it and Audrey Hepburn is adorable and Gregory Peck is beautiful and the whole movie bubbles with charm and quiet gags…it's a ringer.
I also hadn't seen it since before I went to Rome, so it was fun to do the pretentious thing and say, "Oh yes, I know that bridge. It has a great view of Vatican City."
It occurred to me as I went to sleep (where I would dream about Gregory Peck, no really, I did) how different the ending of the movie would have been if it were made today.
For one, it wouldn't have had that quietly sad yet somehow triumphant ending.
Joe would have written the story. But he would have made it into a declaration of love. How his views on the Princess were changed. How she was a real person, lovely and autonomous, and had utterly charmed him.
He wouldn't have turned it in but SOMEHOW his publisher would have gotten a hold of it and published it, horror of horrors!
Ann would have read it and been shocked and angry and hurt – especially since she truly loved Joe!
But at the press interview, when she saw his face again, and realized that his story was actually a love letter, she would have forgiven him, and instead of exiting demurely, she would have run to Joe, and they would dash out to his scooter and ride away!
They'd make it work somehow! We'd never know how, but they would! Good feelings and closure abound!
How lovely is it, then, that this classic is not a piece of flippant Hollywood idiocy. Yes, it makes me sad that Ann remains in her stifling lifestyle – but she's a little more grown up for her sacrifice, and has gained some backbone. Yes, it makes me sad when Joe walks away, probablynever to see Ann again outside of a newspaper or press interview. But just because you spent a magical day with someone in Rome doesn't mean you're meant to be together.
So, even though I hate the ending, I love the ending, the whole story, and its perfect balance between absurdity and realism.
Playing Cards in the presence of the Living God
April 21, 2014 § Leave a comment
One evening last week I was at a worship service at a local coffee shop. The coffee shop owners were the hosts and organizers, and about 30 minutes before closing most of the tables and chairs were arranged – with a lot of commotion and bustle – so that the people who were pouring into the shop could worship together. Most of the shop customers caught on that something was going down, and either stayed to participate or headed out voluntarily.
A few people were in the back of the shop playing a card game. I don't know what game – they had cards I didn't recognize and using terms I haven't heard in the context of cards (like "rook"). They asked what was going on during set-up and returned to their card game. Someone got up to pray before worship and they kept playing cards. "I put down a ___ and challenge your rook" or something like that. Then we started to worship. And they kept playing cards, loudly, talking over the 50+ singing voices and guitar and a cajon. I don't think most people noticed they were there, but I did, because I was in the back, too.
God was worshiped and glorified and present there. And they were sitting in the back, playing cards. I guess the game they were playing must have been pretty engrossing, to keep playing in that loudness.
And I was offended. Not because they were loud or distracting (although they were) – I was offended because the living God, whose hem is so great it fills a temple, who dwells in pillars of fire and smoke, who created the Andromeda Galaxy and the Horsehead Nebula and the universe that holds them, who shed his own blood on the cross to reconcile humans to himself, was there,
and they just played cards.
The coffee shop became a temple of the living God because it was filled with his temples – his children in whom he dwells,
and they just played cards.
Like the God of the universe didn't even matter.
I was angry. In my anger I realized that it wasn't just those few people playing cards who were ignoring the living God like he didn't even matter, disdaining his desire to adopt them as his children. I have always desired that people would know Jesus because he is life and joy, but that night I realized that I want people to know Jesus because Jesus deserves it. He deserves their worship, our worship. For all he has done and does and will do, for who he is, he deserves worship.
But people just keep playing cards.


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