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May 2001 archives, part 1
May 10 – "Barbecue group sued over contest". Jim Woodsmall of Jumpin' Jim's BBQ in Johnston, Ia., has sued the Kansas City Barbeque Society, charging that his business has suffered because the society has failed to award his barbecue recipe the stellar ratings he feels it deserved. The enthusiast group fails to follow impartial and uniform rules in its cook-offs, Woodsmall claims, which he thinks amounts to fraud and negligence. (Lindsey A. Henry, Des Moines Register, May 8).
May 10 – Fortune on Lemelson patents. We've run a couple of items on the amazing Jerome Lemelson patent operation (see Jan. 19, 2001 and August 28, 1999) and now Fortune weighs in with the best overview we've seen. Lemelson, who died in 1997, filed patents for hundreds of ideas and industrial processes which he said he had invented, and which underlay such familiar modern technologies as VCRs, fax machines, bar-code scanners, camcorders and automated warehouses. A mechanical genius? Well, at least a genius in figuring out the angles that could be worked with American patent law: by filing vague patents and then arranging to delay their issuance while amending their claims to adjust to later technological developments, Lemelson steered them into the path of unfolding technology, eventually securing bonanzas for his tireless litigation machine. Foreign-owned companies folded first because they were afraid of American juries, which helped give Lemelson the war chest needed to break the resistance of most of the big U.S.-based industries as well. $1.5 billion in royalties later, his estate continues to sue some 400 companies, with many more likely to be added in years to come. (Nicholas Varchaver, "The Patent King", May 14).
May 10 – Prospect of $3 gas. One reason refinery disruptions lead to big spikes in the price of gasoline at the pump: environmental rules end up mandating a different blend of gas for each state, hampering efforts to ship supplies to where they're most needed. (Ron Scherer, "50 reasons gasoline isn't cheaper", Christian Science Monitor, May 4; Ben Lieberman (Competitive Enterprise Institute), "Skyrocketing Ga$: What the Feds Can Do", New York Post, April 23, reprinted at CEI site).
May 10 – Welcome Norwegian readers. We get discussed, and several of our recent news items summarized, on the "humor" section of Norway's Spray Internet service (Bjørn Tore Øren, "For mange advokater", May 8). Among other non-U.S. links which have brought us visitors: Australia's legal-beat webzine, Justinian ("A journal with glamour — yet no friends"; more); Baker & Ballantyne, in the U.K.; the Virtual Law Library pages on media law compiled by Rosemary Pattenden at the University of East Anglia; and Sweden's libertarian- leaning Contra.nu ("Har advokatkåren i USA för stort inflytande?" they ask of us)(more).
May 9 – Oklahoma forensics scandal. After serving fifteen years in prison on a 1986 rape conviction, Jeffrey Pierce was released Monday after new DNA evidence refuted testimony against him by a forensic specialist whose work is the subject of a growing furor. "From 1980 to 1993, Joyce Gilchrist was involved in roughly 3,000 cases as an Oklahoma City police laboratory scientist, often helping prosecutors win convictions by identifying suspects with hair, blood or carpet fibers taken from crime scenes." Although peers, courts and professional organizations repeatedly questioned the competence and ethical integrity of her work, prosecutors asked few questions, perhaps because she was getting them a steady stream of positive IDs and jury verdicts in their favor. Now Oklahoma Gov. Frank Keating has ordered an investigation of felony cases on which Gilchrist worked after an FBI report "found she had misidentified evidence or given improper courtroom testimony in at least five of eight cases the agency reviewed." (Jim Yardley, "Flaws in Chemist's Findings Free Man at Center of Inquiry", New York Times, May 8; "Inquiry Focuses on Scientist Used by Prosecutors", May 2)(reg)
May 9 – Not about the money. Foreign policy making on a contingency fee: "When attorneys agreed to champion the causes of American victims of terrorism in the Middle East, it wasn't supposed to be about the money." We've heard that one before, haven't we? "But the prospect of multimillion-dollar fees in what once seemed to be long-shot litigation against Iran has left lawyers fighting over fees in federal court in Washington, D.C. High principles of international law and justice aren't at stake. It's simply a matter of who gets paid." (Jonathan Groner, "Anti-Terrorism Verdicts Spur Big Fee Fights", Legal Times, April 18).
May 9 – Update: cookie lawsuit crumbles. Half-baked all along, and now dunked: a federal court in March dismissed a would-be class action lawsuit against web ad agency DoubleClick over its placing of "cookies" on web users' hard drives. Other such suits remain pending (see also Feb. 2, 2000); this one was brought by Milberg Weiss's Melvyn Weiss and by Bernstein, Litowitz (Michael A. Riccardi, "DoubleClick Can Keep Hand in Cookie Jar, Federal Judge Rules", New York Law Journal, March 30).
May 8 – "Lawyers to Get $4.7 Million in Suit Against Iomega". "Lawyers in a class action suit alleging defects in portable computer Zip disk drives will get the only cash payout, up to $4.7 million, in a proposed settlement with manufacturer Iomega Corp., according to the company's Web site." Rebates of between $5 and $40 will be offered to past customers who buy new Iomega products, while Milberg Weiss and three other law firms expect to split their fees in crisp greenbacks, not coupons, if a Delaware judge approves the settlement in June. (Yahoo/Reuters, April 12) (Rinaldi class action settlement notice, Iomega website).
May 8 – A definition (via Sony's Morita and IBM's Opel). "Litigious (li-TIJ-uhs) adjective: 1. Pertaining to litigation; 2. Eager to engage in lawsuits; 3. Inclined to disputes and arguments. [From Middle English, from Latin litigiosus from litigium, dispute.]
"'My friend John Opel of IBM wrote an article a few years ago titled 'Our Litigious Society,' so I knew I was not alone in my view that lawyers and litigation have become severe handicaps to business, and sometimes worse." — Sony co-founder Akio Morita (Wordsmith.org "A Word a Day" service, scroll to Jan. 26).
May 8 – "Halt cohabiting or no bail, judge tells defendants". "A federal judge in Charlotte is using a 19th-century N.C. law banning fornication and adultery, telling defendants they won't be freed on bond until they agree to get married, move out of the house or have their partner leave. U.S. Magistrate Judge Carl Horn won't release a criminal defendant on bond knowing that he or she will break the law. And that includes North Carolina's law against unmarried couples cohabiting, placed on the books in 1805." (Eric Frazier and Gary L. Wright, Charlotte Observer, April 4) (see also May 18, 2000).
May 7 – Says cat attacked his dog; wants $1.5 million. "A San Marcos man has filed a $1.5 million claim against the city because a cat who lives in the Escondido Public Library allegedly attacked his dog." Richard Espinosa says he was visiting the library on November 16 with his assistance dog Kimba, a 50-pound Labrador mix, when the feline, named L.C. or Library Cat because it's allowed to live in the building, attacked the dog inflicting scratches and punctures. As for Espinosa, wouldn't you know, he "was emotionally traumatized and suffers from flashbacks, terror, nightmares and other problems." Four lawyers declined to take his case and he finally filed it himself. "The cat was apparently uninjured." (Jonathan Heller, "Escondido gets $1.5 million claim; library cat allegedly assaulted dog", San Diego Union-Tribune, May 4) (see letter to the editor from Espinosa, June 13).
May 7 – Judge throws out hog farm suit. As was reported a few months ago, a number of environmental groups aim to take a lesson from the tobacco affair by using mass lawsuit campaigns to pursue various goals which they haven't been able to secure through the legislative and electoral process. To do this they've teamed up with tobacco-fee-engorged trial lawyers; the nascent alliance got lots of publicity in December with one of its first projects, suing Smithfield Farms for billions over the nuisance posed by large-scale hog farming, a project apparently masterminded by Florida trial lawyer Mike Papantonio (tobacco, asbestos, fen-phen) and with suits against chicken and livestock operations promised in later phases of the effort (see Dec. 7, 2000). Far less publicity has been accorded to Judge Donald W. Stephens's ruling in March which threw out the first two lawsuits as having failed to state a legal claim against the large hog packer and raiser. (Appeal is expected.) Power scion Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. is still on board with his headline-ready name to front for the lawyers in the press, but he doesn't seem to have gone out of his way to call attention to the adverse ruling ("North Carolina judge dismisses lawsuits against hog producer", AP/MSNBC, March 30; Scott Kilman, "Environmental groups target factory-style hog farm facilities", Wall Street Journal/MSNBC, undated; Smithfield press release, March 29).
MORE: National Public Radio, "Living on Earth" with Steve Curwood and reporter Leda Hartman, week of Feb. 16; Water Keeper Alliance (Kennedy's group), hog campaign homepage with list of lawyers (J. Michael Papantonio, Steven Echsner and Neil Overholtz, Levin, Papantonio, Pensacola, Fla.; Thomas Sobol, Jan Schlichtmann, Steven Fineman and Erik Shawn of Lieff, Cabraser, New York and Boston; F. Kenneth Bailey, Jr. and Herbert Schwartz of Williams Bailey, Houston; Howard F. Twiggs and Douglas B. Abrams of Twiggs, Abrams, (Raleigh, N.C.), Ken Suggs and Richard H. Middleton, Jr. of Suggs, Kelly & Middleton (Columbia, S.C.), Joe Whatley, Jr., Birmingham, Ala.; Kevin Madonna, Chatham, N.Y.; Stephen Weiss and Chris Seeger, New York; Charles Speer, Overland Park, Kan.; Hiram Eastland, Greenwood, Miss.) Compare "Conoco Could Face $500 Million Lawsuit Over Bayou Water Pollution Problems", Solid Waste Digest: Southern Edition, March 2001 (page now removed, but GoogleCached) (Papantonio campaign in Pensacola).
May 7 – Website accessibility law hits the U.K. "Scottish companies were warned yesterday that they could face prosecution if their websites are not accessible to the disabled. Poorly-designed websites are often incompatible with Braille software." (more) (yet more) (Pauline McInnes, "Firms warned on websites access", The Scotsman, April 19).
May 4-6 – By reader acclaim: "Vegetarian sues McDonald's over meaty fries". Seattle attorney Harish Bharti wants hundreds of millions of dollars from the burger chain for its acknowledged policy of adding small amounts of beef flavoring to its french fries, which he says is deceptive toward vegetarian customers (ABCNews.com/ Reuters, May 3). Notable detail that hasn't made it into American accounts of the case we've seen, but does appear in the Times of India: "When he is not practising law in Seattle, Bharti says he teaches at Gerry Spence's exclusive College for Trial Lawyers in Wyoming". Does this mean you can be a predator without being a carnivore? ("US Hindus take on McDonald's over French fries", Times of India, May 3) (see also Aug. 30, 1999).
May 4-6 – Mississippi's forum-shopping capital. The little town of Fayette, Miss., reports the National Law Journal, is "ground zero for the largest legal attack on the pharmaceutical industry" in memory. Tens of thousands of plaintiffs are suing in the Fayette courthouse over claimed side effects from such drugs as fen-phen, Rezulin, and Propulsid, not because they're local residents (most aren't) but because the state's unusually lax courtroom rules allow lawyers to bring them in from elsewhere to profit from the town's unique brand of justice. The townspeople, nearly half of whom are below the poverty level and only half of whom graduated from high school, "have shown that they are willing to render huge compensatory and punitive damages awards". Among other big-dollar outcomes, Houston plaintiff's lawyer Mike Gallagher of Gallagher, Lewis, Serfin, Downey & Kim "helped win a $150 million compensatory damages verdict for five fen-phen plaintiffs in Jefferson County on Dec. 21, 1999. The jury deliberated for about two hours…" There's just one judge in Fayette County to hear civil cases, Judge Lamar Pickard, whose handling of trials is bitterly complained of by out-of-town defendants. As for appeal, that route became less promising for defendants last November when plaintiff's lawyers solidified their hold on the Mississippi Supreme Court by knocking off moderate incumbent Chief Justice Lenore Prather.
Lots of good details here, including how the Bankston Drug Store, on Main Street in Fayette since 1902, has the bad fortune to get named in nearly every suit because that tactic allows the lawyers to keep the case from being removed to federal court. Plaintiff's lawyer Gallagher, who also played a prominent role in the breast implant affair, says criticism of the county's jurors as easily played on by lawyers "'sounds racist', since the jury pool is predominantly black". He also brushes off defendants' complaints about forum-shopping with all the wit and sensibility at his command: "They want to tell me where I can sue them for the damage they caused? They can kiss my a**." (Mark Ballard, "Mississippi becomes a mecca for tort suits", National Law Journal, April 30).
May 4-6 – Agenda item for Ashcroft. Attorney General Ashcroft could make a real difference for beleaguered upstate New York communities by backing off the Justice Department's Reno-era policy of avid support for revival of centuries-dormant Indian land claims, which went so far as to include the brutalist tactic of naming as defendants individual landowners whose family titles had lain undisturbed since the early days of the Republic (see Oct. 27, 1999, Feb. 1, 2000) (John Woods, "Long-Running Indian Land Claims in New York May Hinge on Ashcroft's Stance", New York Law Journal, April 16).
May 3 – "Family of shooting victim sue owners of Jewish day-care center". If the gunman doesn't succeed in wiping out your institution, maybe the lawyers will: "The parents of a boy who was shot by a white supremacist at a Jewish day-care center have filed a lawsuit claiming the center's owners failed to provide the necessary security to prevent hate crime attacks." Buford O. Furrow fired more than 70 shots at the North Valley Jewish Community Center in Los Angeles on Aug. 10, 1999 (AP/CNN, May 1).
May 3 – Update: mills of legal discipline. They grind slow, that's for sure, but does that mean they grind exceeding fine? A disciplinary panel has ended its investigation of New Hampshire chief justice David Brock, letting him off with an admonishment, in the protracted controversy over the conduct (see April 5 and Oct. 11, 2000) which also led to his impeachment and acquittal in the state senate; Brock's lawyer had threatened to sue the disciplinary panel if it continued its probe, and a dissenting committee member called that lawsuit-threat "intended to intimidate" ("Threat of lawsuit ended Brock case", Nashua Telegraph, April 23; Dan Tuohy, "Finding bolsters call for reform", Foster's Daily Democrat, April 26). A hearing committee of the District of Columbia Board on Professional Responsibility has recommended that Mark Hager be suspended for three years over the episode [see Feb. 23, 2000] in which he and attorney John Traficonte "began negotiations with [drugmaker] Warner-Lambert to make refunds to consumers, and to pay himself and Hager $225,000 in exchange for which they would abandon their representation, agree to hold the agreement and fee secret from the public and their clients, and promise not to sue Warner-Lambert in the future. Traficonte and Hager accepted the offer without first obtaining the approval of any class member." The disciplinary committee "found that Hager's conduct was shockingly outrageous, and that his status as a law professor was a factor in aggravation." We've seen no indication that anyone in the administration of American University's law school, where Hager continues to teach, has expressed the smallest misgivings about the example that students are supposed to take from his conduct (Denise Ryan, law.com D.C., Board on Professional Responsibility No. 31-98, In re Hager, issued Nov. 30, 2000). (Update Jul. 19, 2003: Hager resigns AU post in April 2003). And off-the-wall Michigan tort lawyer and politician Geoffrey Fieger faces charges before the state attorney grievance commission following reports that he used his radio show to unleash "an obscenity-laced tirade" against three state appeals judges ("Fieger Under Fire For Alleged Swearing Fit", MSNBC, April 17).
May 3 – "Valley doctors caught in 'lawsuit war zone'". A report from the Texas Board of Medical Examiners finds medical malpractice cases approximately tripled in 1999 in Texas's McAllen-Brownsville region compared with the previous year. Among short-cuts lawyers are accused of employing: suing doctors without an authorization from the client, and hiring as their medical expert a family doctor who charges $500 an hour and has reviewed 700 cases for lawyers, second-guessing the work of such specialists as cardiovascular surgeons, but has not herself (according to an opposing lawyer) had hospital privileges since 1997. (James Pinkerton, Houston Chronicle, March 2 — via Houston CALA). State representative Juan Hinojosa has introduced a bill that would allow doctors and hospitals to countersue lawyers and clients who file suits with reckless disregard as to whether reasonable grounds exist for their action. ("Doctors seek new remedy to fight frivolous lawsuits", CALA Houston, undated).
May 2 – Suing the coach. "A teenager, who felt she was destined for greatness as a softball player, has filed a $700,000 lawsuit against her former coach, alleging his 'incorrect' teaching style ruined her chances for an athletic scholarship. Cheryl Reeves, 19, of Rambler Lane in Levittown, also alleges that her personal pitching coach, Roy Jenderko, of Warminster, not only taught her an illegal style of pitching but also used 'favorite players' which resulted in demoralizing the teen. " (Dave Sommers, "Legal Pitch", The Trentonian, May 1).
May 2 – Trustbusters sans frontieres. Truly awful idea that surfaced in the press a while back: a bipartisan group of senators led by Sen. Arlen Specter (R-Pa.) say they're trying to pressure the Bush administration to file an antitrust suit against the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries, accusing it of restricting the output of oil in order to raise prices to consumers in countries like ours — which is, of course, OPEC's reason for existence. "Most antitrust and foreign policy experts interviewed say they cannot imagine a scenario in which such legal action would succeed, or that any president would risk his foreign policy goals for such a lawsuit", reports the National Law Journal. But even the gesture of inviting unelected judges and unpredictable juries to punish sovereign foreign powers would increase the chances of our landing in a series of confrontations and international incidents that would be at best imperfectly manageable by the nation's executive branch and diplomatic corps (which cannot, for example, necessarily offer to reverse or suspend court decisions as a bargaining chip).
The United States's relations with OPEC countries, it will be recalled, have on occasion embroiled us in actual shooting wars, which are bad enough when entered after deliberation on the initiative of those to whom such decisions are entrusted in our system of separation of powers, and would be all the less supportable if brought on us by the doings of some rambunctious judge or indignant jury. Wouldn't it be simpler for Sen. Specter to just introduce a bill providing that the courts of the United States get to run the world from now on? (Matthew Morrissey, "Senators to Press for Suing OPEC Over Pricing", National Law Journal, March 1).
May 1 – Columnist-fest. Scourings from our bookmark file:
* Mark Steyn on the Indian residential-school lawsuits that may soon bankrupt leading Canadian churches (see Aug. 23, 2000): ("I'll give you 'cultural genocide'", National Post, April 9). Bonus: Steyn on protectionism, globalization and Quebec City ("Don't fence me in", April 19).
* Federalists under fire: there's a press campaign under way to demonize the Federalist Society, the national organization for libertarian and conservative lawyers and law students. The Society has done a whole lot to advance national understanding of litigation abuses and overuse of the courts — could that be one reason it's made so many powerful enemies? (Thomas Bray, "Life in the Vast Lane", OpinionJournal.com, April 17; Marci Hamilton, "Opening Up the Law Schools: Why The Federalist Society Is Invaluable To Robust Debate", FindLaw Writ, April 25; William Murchison, "In Defense of the Federalist Society", Dallas Morning News, April 25).
* A Bush misstep: the White House has named drug-war advocate and Weekly Standard contributor John P. Walters as head of the Office of National Drug Control Policy. "Walters, almost alone among those who have spent serious professional time on drug abuse in America, harbors no misgivings over the fact that we've been crowding our prisons almost to the bursting point with nonviolent drug offenders." (William Raspberry, "A Draco of Drugs", Washington Post, April 30) (Lindesmith Center).
* "Overreaching IP legal teams kick the firm they supposedly represent": Seth Shulman of Technology Review on the "patented peanut butter sandwich" case (see Jan. 30). ("Owning the Future: PB&J Patent Punch-up", May). Also: California judge William W. Bedsworth ("Food Fight!", The Recorder, March 16).
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It's Inkjet Summit Time
April 4, 2014The Inkjet Summit is an invitation-only, hosted event for senior managers and business executives who want to understand how current and future inkjet production printing technology, software and solutions will impact their business and investment decisions. Sessions and case studies will focus on four main segments: Transaction/Transpromo; Direct mail/Marketing; Books; and General Commercial Printing.
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Ideas for the 112th Congress, policy suggestions for 2011-2013, and campaign slogans for the 2012 presidential election.
Defund/Repeal ObamaCare
Cut Spending
Extend Bush Era Tax Cuts
New Tax Cuts...even deeper than the Bush Cuts
Simplify the Tax Code
Phase out Social Security
Phase out Medicaid
Repeal Sarbanes-Oaxley
End the Fed
Defund the U.N.
Defund Freddie and Fannie
Repeal No Child Left Behind
Phase out public education
Deregulate the financial industry
Get the government out of higher education
Abolish the FCC
Defund the EPA!
Defund the Department of Energy
Abolish the TSA
Repeal OSHA
Defund the FDA
Abolish the Job Corps
Repeal the Oil Pollution Act of 1990.
Repeal the Clean Air Act
Repeal the Clean Water Act
Repeal the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, & Liability Act
Repeal the Superfund Amendments & Reauthorization Act
Repeal the Emergency Planning & Community Right-to-Know
Repeal the Chemical Safety Information, Site Security and Fuels Regulatory Relief Act
Repeal the Hazardous Materials Transportation Act
Repeal the 16th Amendment to the Constitution
Repeal 1906 Food and Drugs Act
Repeal Food, Drug, and Cosmetics Act of 1938
Repeal The Kefauver-Harris Drug Amendments
Repeal Fair Packaging and Labeling Act
Repeal The Orphan Drug Act
Repeal The Drug Price Competition and Patent Term Restoration Act of 1984
Repeal The Prescription Drug User Fee Act
Repeal Food and Drug Modernization Act of 1997


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Technical Papers and Presentations
A Fully Coupled Three-Dimensional Dynamic Model of Polymeric Membranes for Fuel Cells
P. Alotto[1], M. Guarnieri[1], and F. Moro[1]
[1]Dipartimento di Ingegneria Elettrica, Università di Padova, Padova, Italy
The proton exchange membrane is a key component in the currently widely studied Proton Exchange Membrane Fuel Cells. In this paper a fully coupled three-dimensional dynamic numerical model of the membrane including all the physically relevant phenomena, i.e. ion transport, hydration-dependent conductivity and thermal effects is presented. The highly non-linear model is discretized by means of the ...
Thin Membrane Modelling for the Electrical Stimulation of Auditory Nerve
A. Grünbaum[1], S. Petersen[1], H.W. Pau[2], and U. van Rienen[1]
[1]IEF funded by DFG Research Training Group 1505/1 Welisa, University of Rostock, Rostock, Germany
[2]Otolaryngology "Otto Körner", University of Rostock, Rostock, Germany
Modeling of 2-5 μm thin membranes into a cochlea with a width of 2 cm is computationally. The paper is focused on two approximative methods used to overcome this problem and in addition a simple model challenging of a plate capacitor with a thin membrane of different thickness in-between is presented. The results of simulations with both thin layer approximation methods are compared with those ...
Growth and Remodelling of Intracranial Saccular Aneurysms
A. Di Carlo[1], V. Sansalone[2], A. Tatone[3], and V. Varano[1]
[1]Modelling and Simulation Lab, Università Roma Tre, Roma, Italy
[2]Laboratoire de Mécanique Physique, Université Paris Est, Paris, France
[3]DISAT, Università degli Studi dell'Aquila, L'Aquila, Italy
We present a mechanical model a growing spherical shell suitable for predicting the evolution of a Saccular Cerebral Artery Aneurysms (SCAA). It relies basically on the Kröner-Lee decomposition, used to describe the interplay between the current and the relaxed configuration of body elements. Rupture or stabilization of a SCAA are the end effect of a number of biological mechanisms, still poorly ...
Chemical Reactions in a Microfluidic T-Sensor: Numerical Comparison of 2D and 3D Models
R. Winz[1][2], N. Schröder[1], W. Wiechert[1], and E. von Lieres[1]
[1]Institute of Biotechnology 2, Research Centre Jülich, Jülich, Germany
[2]Research Center for Micro and Nanochemistry, University of Siegen, Siegen, Germany
In recent years lab-on-microchip technology has become a powerful tool for micro-scale analysis of biochemical processes. In the studied system the overall process consists of transport, convection, diffusion, reaction and adsorption processes. Two compounds A and B, contained in a carrier fluid (buffer), are introduced into a reaction channel via a Y-shaped double-inlet. As the streams flow ...
COMSOL Multiphysics® Version 4
Svante Littmarck
President and CEO, COMSOL
Svante Littmarck is the CEO of the COMSOL group. He co-founded COMSOL in 1986. He holds a M.Sc. in Applied Mathematics from the Royal Institute of Technology in Stockholm. In 2004 he received an honorary doctoral degree from the Royal Institute of Technology.
Computation of the Longitudinal Dispersion Coefficient in an Adsorbing Porous Medium Using Homogenization
A. Rijnks[1], M. Darwish[2], and H. Bruining[3]
[1]StatoilHydro ASA, Bergen, Norway
[2]Shell Exploration & Production International Centre, Rijswijk,
The Netherlands
[3]Section of Geoengineering, Faculty of Civil Engineering and Geosciences, TU Delft, Delft, The Netherlands
The method to derive upscaled expressions for the dispersion coefficients for reactive flow in a porous medium uses a periodic unit cell (PUC), which consists for instance of a spherical grain in a cube, but nothing prohibits defining more complex PUC's. Homogenization leads to a coupled system of equations where the flow is described by Stokes equation and the concentration fluctuation is ...
Oxidation of Metallic Nanoparticles
A. Auge[1], A. Weddemann[1], F. Wittbracht[1], B. Vogel[1], and A. Hütten[1]
[1]Department of Physics, Thin Films and Physics of Nanostructures, Bielefeld University, Bielefeld, Germany
The oxidation behavior of metallic nanoparticles is investigated in respect to material parameters like Mott potential, defects on the microstructure and oxide volume increase per ionic defect. An emphasis is laid on magnetic nanoparticles where the degree of oxidation can be measured via the reduction of the magnetic moment.
Handling Tessellated Free Shape Objects with a Morphing Mesh Procedure in COMSOL Multiphysics®
P. Franciosa[1] and S. Gerbino[2]
[1]Faculty of Engineering, University of Naples Federico II, Napoli, Italy
[2]Faculty of Engineering, University of Molise, Campobasso, Italy
Tessellated models are more and more used in several engineering fields. The need to use such models to quickly perform computer simulations related to coupled physical phenomena, implies the use of dedicated software, allowing to solve, into an integrated environment, multiphysics problems. In the present work, COMSOL Multiphysics® has been used and its ability to handle tessellated models ...
Second Order Drift Forces on "Offshore" Wave Energy Converters
L. Martinelli[1], A. Lamberti[1], and P. Ruol[2]
[1]DISTART Idraulica, Università di Bologna, Bologna, Italy
[2]IMAGE, Università di Padova, Padova, Italy
Objective of this contribution is to present a procedure for evaluating second order drift forces on floating bodies, often the most important loading component for mooring design, in case of high waves propagating in relatively shallow water depths. The non linearity associated to this condition, which is typical of installations involving wave energy converters, makes this problem particularly ...


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With the election tomorrow, a lot of attention is focused on the economy and which candidate has the best plan to fix it. As a small business owner, this means a lot to me. I usually stick to cookies, not cash, on this blog, but I think it's important to share my experience as "Kelli the Baker" in this economy.
To understand how the economy has affected Amai recently, it helps to know how we started. There are many ways to finance a new business, but I chose to go with loans over investors. The people I learned from started their businesses with the help of friends, family, and banks, and that's the way we did it. In order to buy out my partner in 2006 I had help from my family who believed in my ideas and ability to make something of it. After working on the business and putting together a plan for a retail store, we needed outside financing to grow. I didn't have a home or any other substantial collateral to put up for a loan, but I did have a good credit score. This helped me secure bank loans for reasonable rates. By doing this I put my personal credit and reputation at risk, which meant a lot to me, but the banks believed in our plan and gave us the money we needed to open the shop in 2007. While the loans were enough to open, it didn't give us much of a buffer. We had to make money quickly.
Fast forward to July 2008. The retail shop had a strong opening, but the summer was slowing down. The majority of Gramercy residents left for the summer, and we felt the impact. To get through this downtime and start planning to expand, I approached banks for an additional round of financing. This time, I didn't get any help. I faced rejection after rejection. I didn't realize it at the time, since this was before the media turned their attention to the economy, but I was experiencing the credit crunch first-hand. I expected it to work just like it did when I approached banks to open the store in 2007, but this time it was completely different. I must have talked to every bank and small business advisor in the New York State area. I even tried the programs that were supposed to help businesses in times of crisis (World Trade Center funds, etc.). All of it was closed to me. By September I realized the banks were a lost cause, and the stock market was dropping and the government bailout was in full effect. The reality of the credit crisis was obvious to me, and I paid close attention to what the proposed "bailout plan" was offering. I heard a lot about homeowners and forclosures, but relatively little about small business loans. The government said the bailout money was going to be used to get credit flowing again, and I hoped it would help.
Now its November and I don't feel much has changed. Amai does most of its banking with Chase, one of the "strong" banks, and they said they are currently revamping their application process and hope to have things updated by next year. It seems that the money they got from the government is going more towards purchasing other banks than releasing credit. This is definitely not the way the bailout package was sold to me. Credit is not flowing again as far as I can see. I also read about CEO compensation packages and $400,000 executive retreats, and I start to feel even more mislead.
I am a strong believer in small goverment and letting market forces work on their own, but when banks, homeowners and small businesses are so intertwined that a few companies and selfish business practices can bring down an entire system, something is wrong. I have personally seen CEOs of small to medium sized businesses do harm to a company resulting in layoffs, and they walk away with millions. How does this happen? If my business fails or I have to layoff an employee, it would only happen after I have cut everything possible from my end. I am responsible for the success and failure of the company, and I take the hits or rewards associated with it. How could I walk away with a million dollars and lay somone off? It's unimaginable. It's infuriating to think this is being done by people who manage money and have control over whether I get loans or not.
Amai is at a critical point in its history. The retail store has been open for one year, and we have had a chance to learn what is working, and what is not. There are things we'd like to change in order to make next year even better, and with the right financing we have great opportunities to expand. Overall, the business has been successful. We have good traffic and the majority of our customers are repeat customers. We don't have a big marketing budget, but have received great press and built a respectable reputation that I am proud of. Even with that, we had a tough summer. Gramercy is a seasonal area, and at least 50% of the residents left town. We saw people in September that we hadn't seen in the store since May! We didn't expect such a drastic change, and it hurt us. As a small, independently owned shop we do not have a huge stash of cash in the bank to get us through tough times, so every day and every dollar counts.
Amai is fortunate that we have seen our business grow in September and October, even though the economy has declined. We are also very lucky to have opened in 2007 when we were able to get loans. If we attempted the same thing this year, I don't think we would have been able to do it. I expect that our business will continue to grow into 2009. Tea and sweets still provide a relatively affordable relief from the daily stress of the world, and we are happy to provide them. For now, we will need to be self sufficient – the true American way.
Going forward I will turn my attention to outside investors and other forms of financing to help Amai grow and reach its fullest potential. The election tomorrow may start to change the economic tide, but my perspective has permanently shifted. I don't count on banks, small business associations or the government to help. I will put my faith in my business plan, customers and employees rather than a proposed tax plan. As our button-of-the-day will say tomorrow, "I like Amai", and I'll keep working on it.


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Boards Of Canada to release first new album in eight years
Boards Of Canada have announced plans to release their first new album in eight years.
The reclusive duo will put out Tomorrow's Harvest on June 10 via Warp Records. The album will consist of 17 tracks. Scroll down for the full tracklisting.
Boards Of Canada, who comprise brothers Marcus Eoin and Michael Sandison, last released an album - The Campfire Headphase - in 2005.
The duo haven't performed live since 2001.
The Tomorrow's Harvest tracklisting is:
'Reach For The Dead'
'White Cyclosa'
'Jacquard Causeway'
'Cold Earth'
'Transmisiones Ferox'
'Sick Times'
'Palace Posy'
'Split Your Infinities'
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'Come To Dust'
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Toyota's recalls went from 1.1 million on 2004 to 2.2 million in 2005.
But the accompanying article says -- accurately: "Automakers and analysts say that with more automobiles using shared parts or platforms, recall data does not always reflect a vehicle's quality or safety attributes." So perhaps it's not appropriate to bash the U.S. automakers every time they have a recall, either. Full article available at: http://msnbc.msn.com/id/10286388/ |
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Bashing does no good, is destructive. What is constructive is finding exactly what is wrong and why and then taking action..Sometimes the recall can be over a silly triviality ; motor vehicles are now extremely complex - to manufacturer them perfectly at a reasonable price is nigh impossible.. Maybe that microscope should be moved further away from the car-makers and a bit closer to the law makers.. |
- Posted by AKAsTJ_Northern_CA (My Page) on Mon, Dec 5, 05 at 8:26
If you care to listen to the analysts from Wall Street (ex: CNBC), the US manufacturers are closing the gap in quality, but still aren't quite there yet... TJ |
Hi Ken. Your right, the US auto makers getting bashed everytime they have a recall is wrong. But isn't it funny that this qualifier isn't recognized until someone is trying to justify a high number of recalls for Toyota? Just like the electric steering assist. If it was an Asian car company coming out with it, I could just hear the raves about how advanced they are. But since it's GM that has led the way, well, a little search right here in this forum will show you the attitude. When everything is really looked at objectively, every car out there today is leaps and bounds better than anything that was made five years ago or more. That does not mean there won't be issues, and the recalls are the industries way to be consumer friendly, as well as consumer responsible. They should be applauded for having and using this system. Lastly, greater car sales means greater exposure for trouble. There is a price to be paid for being the #2, or #1 automaker in the country in the form of both reliability reports, and quality complaints. Mark my words, Toyota will pay a price for the status they are chasing, and people will undoubtably try and claim that Toyota must be going cheap and thats why they see larger numbers of failures than they used to. When in fact, it will simply be a result of the number of cars that they get out there, and this recall count is just a small example of that. As an aside, I have a 94 Cadillac SDN/Deville to work on today. If the average consumer knew just how much technology is built into this car they would be amazed. While I still say across the board, the cars of today are much better than they were five years ago, only a couple of the asain cars come close to the computers, and communication power built into this car, and it's 12 year old technology to GM!! |
American cars are as good as foreign cars? So I guess that Chevy with the v-tec type 4 cylinder engine,six speed tranny and fuel economy around 30mpg will be in the dealers any day now! |
So I guess that Chevy with the v-tec type 4 cylinder engine,six speed tranny and fuel economy around 30mpg will be in the dealers any day now! So I guess that Subaru that can carry nine people, generate heat immediately in the north woods, and tow 8500 pounds will be in the dealers any day now! |
That's my point.American manufacturers excell at making the best trucks,while foreign companies make the better cars!And if you want a particular vehicle to tow or an affordable,economical car to hit the twisties you must either buy American or foreign respectively. When Honda and Toyota expand their business and American companies close plants and lay off thousands,it says a lot about what cars the consumers think are the better value for their dollar. |
LOL Steve.. As far as the GM 6 spd transmission goes, try this nine7xbam http://washingtontimes.com/autoweekend/20051124-011227-3737r.htm Hmmm, imagine that Ford and GM working together on yet another project. Now as far as 30mpg cars, they have several already, sure they are only 5 speeds but they do have them. As far as Vtec goes, do you know what V-tec means? Are you aware of how many different vehicles have variable camshaft timing these days? (Foreign and domestic) BTW which automaker had the first five speed automatic in mass production? Hint it was someone here in the US. |
Yes I know what a variable valve engine is and the American car companies offer zero 4 cylinder engines with that technology.And I meant a standard six speed(available in the Vette,Viper,and Ford GT,but nothing else),not an auto,mated to an economical 4 cylinder engine.I wonder how many of the foreign car haters will still buy GM products if the rumors of Toyota taking them over ever came true? |
toyota and g.m. have been partners for several years already. they have the plant in california, where they built the corola/prizm and now the vibe/matrix, also where my tacoma pickup came from. alot of toyotas use delco parts. so if toyota was looking at company to expand parts of g.m. would be a good bet. |
nine7xbam said "Yes I know what a variable valve engine is and the American car companies offer zero 4 cylinder engines with that technology" You might want to recheck your information sources. While not the only one, the first one that comes to mind for me is in the Escort/Contour/Mystique platform. Want to guess how long it's been available? |
The Ford Escort,Contour,or Mercury Mystique are no longer made,try again.Maybe you're confusing 4 valve per cylinder engines with variable valve timing ? Ford has variable-cam timing,but only available in a V-8. |
Here is a link that might be useful: Variable Valve Technology
No I'm not confusing anything. Lets start with a 2006 Saturn Ion Quad Coupe. 170-horsepower, 2.4-liter, DOHC, 16-valve, 4-cylinder engine with Variable Valve Timing (Available on ION•3 as part of the Enhanced Performance Package.) The link you provided is for Fords Newest addition to the group, not the limit of their production. From Ford Fusion website: The 2.3L 16-valve Duratec I4 delivers 160 horsepower and top-notch fuel economy, EPA estimated 23 mpg city/31 hwy. It's teamed with a standard 5-speed manual transaxle or optional 5-speed automatic. Four valves per cylinder and dual overhead camshafts with intake variable cam timing (iVCT) enhance engine breathing and improve performance. There are more.... |
The engine in the Fusion is made by Mazda,which Ford owns about 25% of,and although there's not much on the web about the Ion 3 it's engine is almost identical(170 horsepower vs. 160 on the TC,both are 2.4 liters with dual overhead cams) to the one in the Scion TC.And the TC is a Toyota product,Toyota having an affiliation with GM.I'll post proof if I find it. |
- Posted by AKAsTJ_Northern_CA (My Page) on Mon, Dec 19, 05 at 8:43
FWIW. A very pertinent article from The Car Connection's Daily Edition: "Detroit Needs More Than Healthcare Cuts? General Motors, Ford and even the Chrysler Group need to look beyond cuts in healthcare benefits as they restructure if they plan to regain strength in the automotive industry, says one of the industry's top observers. Laurie Harbour-Felax, a consultant and analyst who studies the domestic industry extensively, said that domestic carmakers still have a long way to go to catch their top Japanese competitors. During the first part of the 2005, Nissan made $1,826 per vehicle sold while GM lost $1,227, a gap of $3,300. Even the profitable Chrysler Group made only a fraction of Nissan's per-vehicle profit, at $186 per vehicle, said Harbour-Felax, who was a principal in Harbour & Associates for many year before setting up her own firm this year. To keep pace with Asian competitors, domestic carmakers must figure out ways to use more common parts and vehicle architectures and limit warranty expenses and recall costs, which are still too high now despite the substantial improvements in quality. American companies score much better in initial quality surveys but the longer-term quality that shapes public perception of a vehicle and a company still seems to lag behind. Domestic carmakers spend between $200 to $300 more per vehicle on recalls and that has to be eliminated, she said. Harbour-Felax suggested domestic automakers have to learn to work more closely with their suppliers and treat them as part of the solution, not the problem." TJ |
Here is a link that might be useful: TheCarConnection.com / Daily Edition Dec 19 2005
In buying a motor home which would be best preformance/upkeep wise: gas or diesel engines? |
Diesels tend to offer more torque down low -- useful if you're towing or do a fair amount of stop-and-go driving. Diesels generally also offer better fuel mileage than an "equivalent" gasoline engine. And, because they have to deal with high compression, they generally are built tougher. Diesels also dispense with ignition systems as they exist on gasoline engines. Some diesels, however, may require synthetic oil, which is more expensive than the "dinosaur" kind. |
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…spoiled brat.
- June 6, 2013 at 9:20 am
This incident is a PR disaster for MrsObama. What she did and said at the fundraiser shattered her carefully presented image of a comforting, mom-in-chief, universal hugger to that of the agressive and intimidating persona some associate with the "angry Black woman".
It isn't a big story that she was heckled or interrupted, that happens to all public speakers, but that she physically confronted the heckler and dared her to say something. Very un-First Lady-like, to say the least.
The WhiteHouse and it's slobbering supporters, such as Lynn Sweet, can spin, twist, and try their best to sugarcoat what happened, but it's too singular and really shocking.- June 6, 2013 at 9:40 am
Yes, the image is cracking and finally, some bad press for this horrible person. I guess that´s why she all of a sudden refuses to meet with the Chinese leader and his wife. The Chinese First Lady is goodlooking, the comparison won´t be to her advantage and maybe the media will take notice this time. Obamamedia has tried and tried to make her into a new Jackie Kennedy and..oops.. it didn´t take much for the image to crack.
- June 6, 2013 at 10:05 am
But….but….Jay Carney said she was "brilliant"!
- June 6, 2013 at 11:01 am
In a non-Obama Admin. this would be a PR disaster.
The fundraiser was held at the home of a lesbian couple (from the video), they're doing it for the "children" and there were several black women I could see in the same video, which negates any bad press. All the themes and memes are covered. - June 6, 2013 at 11:48 am
I was so disappointed last night that O'Reilly defended her. Like it or not, heckling is a part of free speech.
- June 6, 2013 at 2:23 pm
I think the lack of gluten in O'Reilly's diet has messed with his
head. He's changed quite a bit trying to keep ratings up I guess.
No defence for such poor behavior from a First 'Lady' but not
many would do what this one does.
- June 6, 2013 at 9:47 am
Google MO and Darden Foods/Brands. An unelected FIRST LADY (and I use the term loosely) has no biz strong arming ANY industry into modifying their products/menus. And that's just one of many. But throw in the word "children" and you get press and social immunity.
Bigger point: The sitting two term President of the United States does not know the definition of the FIRST AMENDMENT when he says and I quote, free speech "is about being able to speak but also you listening to me being able to speak."
No it's not. "listen" ain't in there.
- June 6, 2013 at 11:49 am
Spot on.
- June 6, 2013 at 10:09 am
"…and I don't care what you believe in…"
Ain't that the truth. Nobody, and I mean nobody interrupts Mooch the Terrible when she's in the middle of reading one of her demagogic teleprompter speeches about "the children".
- June 6, 2013 at 10:33 am
Cat fight!
- June 6, 2013 at 10:51 am
Funny that she uses the same inflection when she said "don't do" as does her husband with the emphasis on the word "do." I guess that's their code speak for "wow, you have really pissed me off now." Friggin pigs.
- June 6, 2013 at 11:08 am
Michelle Threatens Walkout Due to Heckler.
So go already she's no First Lady or lady period.
- June 6, 2013 at 11:18 am
I bet she just loved being begged to stay.
- June 6, 2013 at 11:34 am
Her voice indicated she was really ticked off. Was hoping to hear a more sarcastic tone, but this was nasty.
- June 6, 2013 at 11:50 am
- June 6, 2013 at 2:25 pm
I imagine she's one mean woman might even scare Hillary.
- July 29, 2013 at 1:38 pm
As much as I dislike Hillary, I would take her any day over the current Flotus.
- June 6, 2013 at 12:09 pm
Petulance – Thy name is Obama…
- June 6, 2013 at 12:12 pm
It makes you wonder what family life is really like chez Obama. That is the tone you use with recalcitrant children, and I don't doubt that is how they view us American peons, oops, citizens.
- June 6, 2013 at 12:59 pm
The issue that set her off was that someone DARED to not worship the message she sends out.
These people are horrible.
- June 6, 2013 at 2:30 pm
Oh those women who worship her flip flops have been a bit
quiet of late. The pictures they have aren't very new and those
are full of fawning and gag worthy comments. Perhaps they
can't spin her current bad behavior but I'm sure they'll be back
for a fix like a junkies they are very creepy and they vote.
- June 6, 2013 at 1:59 pm
I wonder if her employees are trying to figure out who took the video and how to punish that person.
- June 6, 2013 at 2:36 pm
- June 6, 2013 at 3:12 pm
I've read that some people think she handled herself well. I think she showed her arse, big time.
- June 6, 2013 at 3:28 pm
She would have made a great prison matron….in a
I wonder if she ever belonged to a SouthSide gang! She is so filled with rage! Her face is a roadmap of anger! Obama needs to buy her a punching bag.
- June 6, 2013 at 3:29 pm
….in a maxium security prison.
- June 6, 2013 at 3:56 pm
what a big drama queen baby, she is also a b!
- July 2, 2013 at 6:40 am
Jay Carney saying he has a personal opinion? I don't think so – from o'BOMB-a's mouth to Carneys lips non-stop.
- July 9, 2013 at 11:56 am
Let the beyotch walk out. You could not pay me enough to have a meal with that beyotch. I'd be puking it up.
- July 29, 2013 at 1:35 pm
I would say Flotus got off pretty easy. I would have loved to ask a few dozen questions myself and would have been probably escorted off the premise. My first question would be what does $850 a bottle champagne taste like?
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I love how deliciously broken the lightsaber is. It should be. Everything in the films tells us it kills or destroys whatever it touches. So that's awesome and I'm glad to see this reality finally reflected in the RPG.
But I'm confused about "Defensive" and "Deflection" being attached to the item itself. It seems to me these abilities, in just the case of the lightsaber, ought to be talents for a yet unseen Jedi specialization. I can't think of a single reason they should belong to the lightsaber itself or how someone suddenly becomes better at blocking or deflecting blaster bolts by simply picking the device up - even unskilled.
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Luiz Razia drove an exemplary race under constant pressure in today's Grand Prix of Indianapolis to score his first victory in Indy Lights Presented by Cooper Tires.
Meyer posted a career-best finish for the second race in a row, bettering the eighth place finish he earned in the feature race at Barber Motorsports Park.
After two hard-fought races, Meyer claimed ninth in race one and eighth in race two.
Led from the green flag to the checkered flag.
Matthew Brabham and father Geoff Brabham now both hold podium finishes on the streets of Long Beach.
It's Zach Veach second career pole position, teammate Matthew Brabham will start tomorrow's race from the third position.
Zach Veach captures his first win in 13 Indy Lights starts.
After starting second in the field, this is the first career Indy Lights victory for the 19-year-old native of Stockdale, Ohio.
French rookie focused on strong start to championship title with Belardi Auto Racing.
Piedrahita embarked on the first step of the Mazda Road to Indy ladder system in 2011.
Spencer Pigot won the opening race of the 2014 Pro Mazda Winterfest Championship at NOLA Motorsports Park on Friday.
New recruits Pipo Derani and Dalton Kellett both performed well after overcoming some mechanical gremlins on Friday.
The American Andretti Autosport teammates completed their two-day test with the final two sessions at NOLA Motorsports Park in Avondale, LA,
Juan Pablo Garcia will join Schmidt Peterson Motorsports for his third full-time season in the Indy Lights.
Andersen Promotions today announced a new technical partnership with leading high performance wheel manufacturer Motegi Racing.
The team will racing in IndyLights and USF2000.
Fan Force United is entering the 2014 season with a new member of its ownership group: Tim Donahue
Scott Anderson, the 24-year-old American racer from Fort Collins, Colorado, continues his rapid ascent up the Mazda Road to Indy ladder.
The 20-year-old from Bassingham, England scored GP3 victories at Silverstone and Monza in 2013, driving for the ART Grand Prix team.
Mark Olson, owner of O2 Racing Technology, announced that they have reached a resolution regarding issues arising during The Milwaukee Mile event June 18-19, 2011.
The partnership between Andersen Promotions and AER, which extends through 2019.
O'Gara will race amongst three SPM teammates, including two Indy Lights championship contenders, Sage Karam and Gabby Chavez.
Belardi Auto Racing will lack sufficient sponsorship to field the Freedom 100 winner's campaign at the last two races.
Jack Hawksworth has confessed that his maiden test outing in a fully-fledged IndyCar was 'a dream come true'.
Irish Racer Ready to Graduate to Indy 500 Challenge
The change in tire supplier will not impact Firestone Racing's commitment to continuing to deliver the highest quality product to the teams and drivers in the IZOD IndyCar Series through 2018.
Cooper Tires will become the Official Tire of the new Indy Lights Series.
Di Leo ready to showcase talents at technical road course.
18-Year-old Zach Veach to make first start in his home state since 2011.
Dempsey fought hard to make up positions in the race but could not catch the leaders, and he ultimately brought home a seventh place finish on the tri-oval.
Freedom 100 winner retains fourth place in the championship.
18-Year-Old Zach Veach records second-best qualifying effort of third, but struggles with a vibration during the Sukup 100 at Iowa Speedway.
18-Year-Old Zach Veach leads his first career Firestone Indy Lights laps and earns his first Podium in the series.
Recent high school graduate returns to The Mile.
Carlos Munoz has had a busy week leading up to Sunday's Indianapolis 500.
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"Everything we do at Flemings is grand," says executive chef Patrick Quakenbush, and he's not just talking steak. His chipotle cheddar macaroni and cheese offers a velvety shot of nostalgia—until that edge of chipotle kicks in, alerting your taste buds to a new macaroni experience. Sautéed leeks, garlic, sharp cheddar cheese and spirals of cavatappi transform the ordinary into the stupendous.
Ruth's Chris Steak House's New Orleans-style creamed spinach au gratin is a favorite side of Ruth's regulars nationwide.
There are two ways to eat broccoli rabe at Ferraris Ristorante: the Italian way or the non-Italian way—that's to say, bitter or less bitter. But there's no wrong way, assures chef/owner Marcello Aquino. Also called rapini, this cruciferous vegetable harbors an acrid wallop that doesn't appeal to all palates, but Aquino can lessen the edge by blanching it first. Any way you slice it, it's a tasty and verdant accompaniment to pastas and meats. Ferraris Ristorante, 4155 S. Tamiami Trail,
For an elegant, healthy alternative to the baked potato, try Whole Foods' stuffed zucchini with feta cheese and tomatoes. Chef Mel Ruberg slices her zucchinis lengthwise, stuffs them with vine-ripe tomatoes and feta cheese and roasts them for a succulent, delectable flavor that goes with almost any entrée. Whole Foods Market,
Chef Shannon Mills at Tommy Bahama fears his whipped bayou sweet potatoes are so sweet they will upstage dessert. Baked and then whipped with honey, cinnamon, allspice and sweet cream butter, the mashed yams are topped with a graham cracker and toasted nut crust and garnished with scallions. Delectable next to the Wha'Jamaican Pork. Tommy Bahama Tropical Café,
Risotto devotees flock to Ophelia's for chef Daniel Olson's decadent crème fraîche and chive risotto. The essence of the perfect risotto is endlessly debated among foodies, but Olson has surely come close. Graced with an al dente firmness, this savory Northern Italian dish never lets you forget that it all started with the humble grain of rice. Ophelia's On The Bay,
Every now and then, we need something deep-fried. Cosimo's can satisfy that need with its waffle potatoes with gorgonzola sauce, a dish proprietor John Ganley says is fabulous next to grilled asparagus and steak and a glass or two of some full-bodied Bogle's Old Vine Zinfandel. Cosimo's Brick Oven, Westfield Southgate Mall,
You'll love the jicama slaw at Selva Grill—whether or not you can pronounce it. Chef/owner Darwin Santa Maria juliennes this popular Latin American root vegetable and mixes it with grape tomatoes, black beans, Peruvian Cusco corn, diced red onions, lime juice and cilantro for a crisp, fresh-tasting salad perfect for any occasion. Oh—it's pronounced HEE-ka-ma. Selva Grill,
Bijou Cafe proprietor Jean Pierre Knaggs admits that he "borrowed" the recipe for his celebrated pommes gratin Dauphinois from a restaurant in Baux-de-Provence where he once worked. Sarasotans are so happy he did. Once diners see this acclaimed specialty brought to neighboring tables, they tend to order it for themselves. Knaggs suggests pairing this rich, cream-smothered potato dish, bubbling with a topping of Gruyère cheese, with the Bijou's rack of lamb and a hearty pinot noir. Bijou Café,
Those who appreciate rustic fare will delight in Fred's Panzanella salad, a classic Tuscan dish that makes the best of crusty or day-old bread. Chef Mario Martinez tosses his signature herbed focaccia with vine-ripe tomatoes, red onions, cucumbers, Kalamata olives, garlic, basil and olive oil to achieve what he calls "a simple goodness." "Pancia" means "belly" in Italian. This healthy and delicious salad will fill yours with good cheer. Fred's Restaurant,
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Yesterday we recorded a live performance/interview with host John Schaefer that will air on WNYC's New Sounds, December 10th, 11pm. Check it out here!
Also yesterday, Sandbox Percussion performed an arrangement for percussion quartet of my piece Point Reyes at Bard College. And today, Furman University Percussion Ensemble gives their 2nd performance of a new arrangement of Celestial Sphere.
And last, but certainly not least, Empyrean Atlas has its CD release show at Silent Barn this Thursday, the 11th. Playing with Battle Trance and Very Feeling. Don't miss it! And stream the new record, Inner Circle, HERE.
The new Empyrean Atlas record is out today! Check it out here.
Tonight Empyrean Atlas plays at Glasslands for the Cellar and Point's CD release party. Also with the Knells – check it out!
Empyrean Atlas will be appearing on the BRIC B-Side series October 30th, at 7:30pm. BRIC is a leading promoter and producer of independent music in Brooklyn, including the Celebrate Brooklyn concert series in Prospect Park. You can watch live on on Time Warner 756, Verizon Fios 46, Cablevision 70, or stream live here. Full performance and selected clips will also be available on BRIC's B-Side page after the show.
In other exciting Empyrean Atlas news: our new album, Inner Circle, will be released on 12/2/14, followed by a CD release show on 12/11 at Silent Barn with Battle Trance and Very Feeling.
Coming up in a few days some of my music, including Celestial Sphere (temporary preview link) will be featured on the Pas de Calais show for New York Fashion Week.
Then coming up a week later (Sept. 9-11th) are the highly anticipated Philip Glass/Steve Reich concerts at BAM. We'll be performing pieces from our Retrospective Program, with Steve Reich joining us to perform Music in Similar Motion on the 10th and 11th.
Later in the month Ian Rosenbaum will be performing my work Celestial Sphere on tour in Miami, Orlando and Atlanta.
Check out Empyrean Atlas on WNYC's New Sounds! Also make sure to come to our next show, with Christopher Tignor and the Knells, August 16th at Subculture.
June 22nd is the day of exciting events for the month. In the morning I'll be making a video for Empyrean Atlas with director Eli Rarey and choreographer/producer Katherine Fisher. Then I'm performing Hoketus with the Bang on a Can All Stars on the Marathon. Louis Andriessen will be in New York for the performance. Then we'll be joining Meredith Monk for Panda Chant II, which looks really fun.
Video interview with Empyrean Atlas on the I Care If You Listen blog.
Empyrean Atlas has a new website.
Huffington Post interview.
Hello from Berlin, where the Philip Glass Ensemble is performing the last run of Einstein on the Beach.
Coming up on 3/24 at Roulette, Empyrean Atlas is playing a show with Victoire, Build & itsnotyouitsme. Event listing is here. Hope to see you there!
The Philip Glass Ensemble is performing Einstein on the Beach at the Theatre du Chatelet, in Paris, from 1/7-12. Then we're going to St. Etienne and Blagnac for performances of La Belle et la Bete and our 40 year Retrospective program. And then a final stop in Gothenburg, Sweden, for a performance of Koyaanisqatsi with orchestra and chorus.
At some point during the month, I'll be finalizing the mixes of the new Empyrean Atlas record (courtesy of Ryan Ferreira). We have a big night at Roulette on 3/24, mark your calendars. Build, itsnotyouitsme and a special guest band will be joining us. More on that later!
On December 8th and 9th, Empyrean Atlas will be recording our second album, with engineer Bryce Goggin! Grey Mcmurray will be helping Ryan Ferreira and myself produce the record. I'm really excited about the new music we've been working on and can't wait to share it. Plans for a CD release party and some other album related projects are in the works.
Check out our first album here.
The recording of my new multiple marimba percussion piece Celestial Sphere, performed by the supremely awesome Ian Rosenbaum, is done. I produced, engineered and mixed this recording. Big thanks to Lawson White at Good Child Music Studios (for use of his room) and the 12 members of the consortium who helped commission the piece, and who will be doing premieres all over the country this season! Ian kicks things off with a performance at the People Inside Electronics festival in Los Angeles, and will also perform it at the Phillips Collection in Washington D.C. on 3/23.
Empyrean Atlas was featured in the latest issue of I care if you listen's magazine. Download the app and check out the video!
In other news, we are excited to record our 2nd album in a few months, back at the Clubhouse in Rhinebeck.
Hello from Ostrava, where the Philip Glass Ensemble is performing Music in 12 Parts tonight at the Ostrava Days Festival. In the past 3 weeks we've flown between Melbourne, New York, Edinburgh, Ostrava…and going to Helsinki tomorrow. That's a lot of planes and time zones…
In other news, I've recently been making some forays into the commercial world — here's a vignette for GANT Rugger, in collaboration with Kings County Distillery. You can hear the full track here (coming home (2)), along with a collection of other short, improvised guitar pieces.
Check out the piece I wrote for Alarm Will Sound last year. This is a live performance from July 2012 in Columbia, Missouri, and is mixed by yours truly.
There are a couple exciting new commissions I'll be working on in the coming months. First up is a twelve member consortium, organized by percussionist Ian Rosenbaum. I'll be writing music for multiple marimbas. Stay tuned for premiere dates by consortium members! The other eleven are as follows:
Michael Compitello, Ayano Kataoka, Amy Garapic, Doug Perry, Omar Carmenates, Jeff Stern, Terry Sweeney, Greg Beyer, Adam Ginsburg, Victor Caccese & Sean Ritenauer.
I'm also composing a new piece for SPARK, a great ensemble from Germany whose last record, Folk Tunes, was released on Deutsche Grammophon. They will record and perform the new piece throughout Europe, Asia and the U.S.
Also finishing up writing music for the new Empyrean Atlas record. You can hear all that music 8/29 at 7 Dunham in Williamsburg.
New video for Empyrean Atlas, recorded at the Navy Yards for the Living Room Series (created by Shimmy Boyle and produced by Kate Fisher).
Tonight is the premiere of a new piece, wind up bird, commissioned by the Arts at the Park Festival. Composed for Mak Grgic (electric guitar) and Paul Vasile (baroque organ). Previewed at Sequenza21.
A recording of hashimoto, a new piece for 3 flutes (premiered at Weill Hall on 2/13/13), is posted here. Featuring Andrew Sterman, my colleague in the Philip Glass Ensemble, performing all the parts. Composed, recorded, mixed & produced by yours truly.
Empyrean Atlas is playing for the Radio Zero series at Sycamore, on 3/25. Our new record, released last month, is here.
Hello from Hong Kong, just got here to perform Einstein on the Beach!
Empyrean Atlas is doing a house show this Friday at 10 Clermont in Brooklyn, for the new Living Room Series. It will also double as a live music video shoot. 9pm start!
Excited to announce that I'm now on the Serious Music Media roster (along with Michael Gordon, Toby Twining, Michael Harrison, Alarm Will Sound & many other amazing composers and ensembles). Check them out!
Empyrean Atlas record is out! Next show on 2/22 at 7 Dunham, it's a showcase for Nonesuch Records.
Exciting month of music making. I'll be in L.A. on the 10th to hear the JACK Quartet and Mak Grgic premiere my new piece, as the crow flies. This was commissioned by the Da Camera Society.
Then on the 13th my new piece for 3 flutes, hashimoto, is being performed at Weill Hall (at Carnegie Hall) for the A4TY Program at Bloomingdale School of Music.
And finally, my band Empyrean Atlas is doing a show on the 22nd in Williamsburg at 7 Dunham w/ Julia Easterlin, Tony Castles and Conrad Winslow. Our new CD will be available (starting on 2/19), so it's kind of like an undercover CD release party too. Hope you can make it.
As a member of the Philip Glass Ensemble, I have been very excited to perform in Philip's classic Einstein on the Beach, cited by Alex Ross of the New Yorker as "the musical event of the year."
Preview a track from the forthcoming Empyrean Atlas album (Feb 2013) on I Care If You Listen's 2012 Winter Mixtape.
A busy couple months ahead! Working on a several commissions over the next few months, including a piece for 3 flutes that will premiere at Carnegie Hall (Weill) and new music for electric guitar and organ performed by Mak Grgic and Paul Vasile (Arts at the Park Festival).
Just finished the new piece for the JACK Quartet and Mak Grgic, commissioned by the Da Camera Society and premiering in L.A. on 2/10/13. Very excited to hear it!
Leading up to then, the Philip Glass Ensemble will be touring in London, Amsterdam, Groningen and Ghent to play Koyaanisqatsi, Einstein on the Beach and La Belle et la Bete.
I also just created a new multimedia page to highlight some of the collaborations I've done in the past year. It's always inspiring to work with artists in other fields, and with some potential new projects percolating I'm looking forward to doing more of it!
There is an exciting show coming up at the HERE Arts Center (NYC ) on November 19th. The cast of Einstein on the Beach will be presenting their own music/dance/film, and my band Empyrean Atlas will be closing the show! Show starts at 8:30 and we'll be on around 10.


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Iris ? |
- Posted by missingtheobvious Blue Ridge 7a (My Page) on Mon, Oct 14, 13 at 19:28
Look like Iris to me also. A nice surprise! |
- Posted by shadeyplace 7 (My Page) on Mon, Oct 14, 13 at 19:40
iris |
Oh wow a very nice surprise although I've no idea where they came from! Aren't irises a rhizome plant? Thank you for your help! |
eilnan - they will have been there all the time. They don't self seed. Either the rhizomes were under the soil and had no leaves or you didn't notice them earlier because the leaves were shorter. They are evergreen here so you should be able to keep an eye on them now. Slugs love them. |
- Posted by missingtheobvious Blue Ridge 7a (My Page) on Tue, Oct 15, 13 at 14:02
Yes, iris grow from rhizomes. Most are spring-bloomers, though some newer varieties bloom in the fall also. (My limited experience is with bearded iris.) I have a neighbor who, as soon as her iris have stopped blooming, cuts the leaves back to about 3" tall. I'm not sure how widespread that practice is, but perhaps you just bought the house recently, and the Previous Owners had cut the leaves back to the point that you didn't know there were any iris at all? |
I'm fairly sure they haven't appeared above ground in the last 3 years so its a mystery! :-). Thanks for the slugs tip although they don't seem to have discovered them yet. Will wait and see and hopefully they'll bloom in spring. Can they be moved easily? |
- Posted by dave_in_nova VA zone 7a (My Page) on Fri, Oct 25, 13 at 9:52
Could possibly be Iris domestica (blackberry lily) that got spread by birds. |
Ah ok, thank you dave_in_nova. Do you know when they flower? |
OP is in the UK (don't know why the zone has changed to 10) so unlikely to be blackberry lily. It's barely known here. |
Hi Yes I am from UK - don't know why but it keeps reverting back to zone 10 even though I change it - it can be very hard to see this when I am responding from my mobile. Thanks for your help. Regards Eileen |
- Posted by missingtheobvious Blue Ridge 7a (My Page) on Mon, Nov 4, 13 at 12:41
eilnan, IIRC, to make a permanent change in your zone field, you need to do it on your member page rather than when you make a post (even though you can make a temporary change here when posting). Why they set it up that way -- what the advantage was supposed to be -- I don't know. |
Great, thank you missingtheobvious! :-) |
I had little small plants like this appear in my garden and thought they were some sort of mini iris, but it had a flower similar to a sedge. |
eilnan's plants are not sedges. There's nothing else they could be, apart from Irises, given the location and appearance, other than Sisyrinchium striatum which is fairly unlikely, but possible. |
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Deep South Network for Cancer Control
University of Alabama at Birmingham Comprehensive Cancer Center
African Americans
Project Abstract
The overall purpose of the Deep South Network is to build on an established community and institutional capacity in order to eliminate cancer health disparities by conducting community-based participatory education, training, and research. The goals of the Deep South Network are to improve access to and utilization of proven beneficial cancer interventions and to develop a cadre of well-trained researchers who will continue to address reduction/elimination of cancer disparities. These goals will be accomplished based upon concepts encompassed by community-based participatory research and will be guided by a multilevel approach that will address individuals, organizational systems, and agents of change. The Network will be guided by the Logic Model of evaluation of process, impact, and outcome that links program inputs and activities to program outcomes and, ultimately, to the main goals of the project. These goals will be accomplished in three phases, with appropriate evaluation. The first phase will begin immediately and consist of increasing capacity to support community-based education, research, and training. This phase will consist of three stages (Expansion of the Deep South Network, capacity building, and needs/assets assessment). In Phase II, community-based participatory research, education, and training programs will be developed and implemented and accomplished in two stages (development of the community action plan, and implementation of the community action plan). The third phase, which will be implemented following appropriate development of Phases I and II, will focus on establishment of credibility and sustainability of the Deep South Network and will be accomplished in the final stage: dissemination/sustainability.
The specific aims are as follows: (1) refine current organizational structure and multidisciplinary staff; (2) enhance our established relationships with existing national, state, and local partners; (3) enhance our established partnerships with underserved communities; (4) continue established partnerships with NCI/NIH Divisions and establish new relationships as opportunities arise; (5) increase our capacity to identify and specifically target populations of women unscreened for breast and cervical cancer and establish capacity to increase awareness in colorectal cancer; (6) obtain non-CRCHD funding for community-based participatory education and training activities; (7) develop, implement, and evaluate a multilevel community-based participatory research and education program that focuses on systems, agents of change, and individuals in order to reduce cancer health disparities; (8) develop and implement pilot research projects funded via competitive or administrative supplements from CRCHD; (9) establish a formal career development and training program; (10) demonstrate increased participation in breast, cervical, and colorectal cancer screening in underserved populations; (11) obtain extramural funding; and (12) disseminate and specifically provide evidence-based information for reducing disparities to decision and policy makers at the local, state, and national level.