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The unknown soldier's journey from trench to tomb
The unknown warrior was carried from a French battlefield 90 years ago, to be laid to rest among kings and statesmen in Westminster Abbey. But how did this symbol of the sacrifice of war come to be chosen?
In 1916, a Church of England clergyman serving at the Western Front in World War I spotted an inscription on an anonymous war grave which gave him an idea.
That moment of inspiration would blossom into a worldwide ceremony that is still being replicated in the 21st Century - the grave of an unknown warrior, symbolising those who made the ultimate sacrifice for their country.
The Reverend David Railton caught sight of the grave in a back garden at Armentieres in France in 1916, with a rough cross upon which was pencilled the words "An Unknown British Soldier".
Soldiers salute as the coffin leaves France
In August 1920 Mr Railton wrote to the Dean of Westminster, Herbert Ryle, to suggest having a nationally recognised grave for an unknown soldier. The idea - which had also been mooted by the Daily Express newspaper the year before - was presented to the government and quickly taken up.
Memories of the war, in which a million British people had died, were still raw and the thousands of bodies that lay unidentified were a blight on Britain's conscience.
"Those parents and wives who had lost men to war didn't have anything tangible to grieve at, so the unknown warrior represented their loss," says Terry Charman, a historian at the Imperial War Museum.
But there was a procedure in choosing a single corpse to represent the many unnamed dead. The unknown warrior's body was chosen from a number of British servicemen exhumed from four battle areas - the Aisne, the Somme, Arras and Ypres. These remains were brought to the chapel at St Pol on the night of 7 November 1920, where the officer in charge of troops in France and Flanders, Brig Gen L J Wyatt, went with a Col Gell.
Neither had any idea where the bodies, laid on stretchers and covered by union jacks, were from.
Clues to his identity
"[He was] probably a regular army soldier of the original 'contemptible' British expeditionary force, and therefore a young unmarried man in his 20s or possibly an older married reservist recalled from civilian life to the colours.
"He might have been a Territorial, since the London Scottish and other Territorial units were at the Western Front from September 1914. He was not navy or air force, a 'new army' volunteer, conscript, or dominion soldier."
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"The point was that it literally could have been anybody," says Mr Charman. "It could have been an earl or a duke's son, or a labourer from South Africa.
"The idea really caught the public mood, as it was a very democratic thing that it could have been someone from any rank."
Gen Wyatt selected one body - it has been suggested he may have been blindfolded while making his choice - and the two officers placed it in a plain coffin and sealed it. The other bodies were reburied.
The next day the dead soldier began the journey to his final resting place. The coffin was taken to Boulogne and placed inside another coffin, made of oak from Hampton Court and sent over from England. Its plate bore the inscription: "A British Warrior who fell in the Great War 1914-1918 for King and Country".
This second coffin had a 16th Century sword, taken from King George V's private collection, fixed on top.
The body was then transported to Dover via the destroyer HMS Verdun and taken by train to London.
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End Quote Terry Charman Imperial War MuseumTo have its own unknown warrior, for a country that sent troops to WWI, is part of its own national identity"
On the morning of 11 November 1920 - two years to the day after the war had ended, the body of the unknown warrior was drawn in a procession through London to the Cenotaph. This new war memorial on Whitehall was then unveiled by George V.
At 1100 there was a two-minute silence, and the body was then taken to nearby Westminster Abbey where it was buried, passing through a guard of honour of 100 holders of the Victoria Cross.
In a particularly poignant gesture, the grave was filled with earth from the main French battlefields, and the black marble stone was Belgian.
And at the exact time Britain was interring its unknown warrior, France was doing the same - burying its Soldat Inconnu at the Arc de Triomphe in Paris.
But while the coffin in London had been laid with great ceremony, no-one was exactly sure how the public would respond to this new memorial. In the event, they flocked to it. An estimated 1,250,000 people visited the Abbey to see the grave in only the first week.
Ninety years on, the dead soldier continues to be honoured, by the public and royalty alike.
What's more, the symbolism of the act has been mirrored by many other countries around the world. Iraq, the United States, Germany, Lithuania and Poland are just some of those which have created their own memorials.
On 17 October 1921, Britain's unknown soldier was given the US Medal of Honor, America's highest award for bravery, which hangs on a pillar near his grave. On 11 November 1921, the US unknown soldier was reciprocally awarded the Victoria Cross.
And the commemorations have continued - Australia's unknown soldier was buried at Canberra in 1993 and a Canadian equivalent interred in Ottawa in 2000. Six years ago, New Zealand exhumed remains from the Somme in France and buried its own unknown warrior.
Mr Charman says the diminishing significance of the Commonwealth may have added to the need for individual nations, which were once part of the British Empire, to create their own memorials.
"Nowadays, the concept of Commonwealth is much diminished. It doesn't mean anything in the same way it did years ago.
"To have its own unknown warrior, for a country that sent troops to WWI, is part of its own national identity."
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My Granny's brother died near Ypres in 1918 and my Grandad's brothers both died on the Somme in November 1916. They have no graves though they are named on memorials. For many families like them, the Unknown Soldier gives some sense of a resting place.
As an ex RAF Officer, 11 Nov is very poignant. We should never forget the ultimate sacrifice made by our service personnel, regardless of conflict. This day of Remembrance crosses all boundaries of creed, colour and location and serves to remind us of the lives we enjoy. It is very important for any nation to respect its war dead and the Tomb of an Unknown Soldier is a suitable focal point for national respect.
Travelling across Northern France and Belgium today, how easy it is to miss the rows of white headstones in the numerous graveyards that pass the car or coach or train. In a moment they are gone, part of the scenery of Flanders, Ypres or the Somme. Yet each headstone marks the known resting place of a young life. Others lie in anonymous quiet beds beneath the soil. No soldier willingly gives his life for his country, the fortunes of war reach down and take it from them along with everything that they would ever be. Perhaps they call from the little headstones and unmarked places - as we the living pause, a momentary thought flickers "It could have been me..."
I am a mature student on my last year of a history degree and hoping to teach history at a secondary school level. This story moved me to tears, so poignant, in my humble opinion this shows how fresh and relevant history as a subject can be, and how we can all learn lessons from the past. The curriculum needs to reflect this particularly as sadly the conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan are adding to the honour roll almost everyday.
As I grow older I am still surprised by the things I learn what a wonderful thing to pass on to children and hope that this is passed on for ever.
Although I knew of this story, I was not aware of all the facts. It is important to teach this in our schools. Although some young people may not relate to its significance immediately, they probably will at some time in their life. It's one of those things you never forget. My grandmother always had a picture of the Cenotaph hanging in her house. She was about 16 when the war started, and the huge loss of life to her generation was never forgotten.
Quite a story. I believe the ceremony surrounding the unknown soldier's reinternment at Westminster highlights how much we as humans value our lives. To make such a statement that could be taken around the world was almost a necessity to affirm our belief in good and evil and the fight for a cause. May 'remembrance' never be forgotten and if reminders were ever needed, a visit to Tyne Cot Cemetery would break the coldest of hearts.
I disagree totally with the assertion that the concept of Commonwealth doesn't mean anything... I feel it is true that the concept is much diminished in the UK where our leaders are so obsessed with our relationship with Europe. To many of the other nations within the Commonwealth it remains incredibly important, and perhaps the adoption of each country's own unknown soldier is an indication that those nations no longer feel that Britain, symbolically or otherwise, can represent an organisation that it has rejected.
Like many today marks for me an important focus in the Commonwealth's collective history, as well as those who have chosen not to join. It is important that people today realise the significant contribution our Empire made to defend democracy and ours values over the past 400 years, across many foreign fields, against huge odds and uncertainties.
I often think that it could be my grandfather who died at the Somme and who was never identified.
As a professional Soldier for 22 years, I always make it a point to visit War Memorials to pay my respects whenever I am traveling to another country, both to allies and former foes. I have learned a lot about each nation by the way they pay tribute to their honoured dead.
The brass for the inscription on the Belgian marble came from melted down shell cases, further strengthening the link with the battle fields so hard fought for. Real history.


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Arizona students sickened after eating pot brownies
30 students got sick after eating the brownies
SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. (AP) -
Scottsdale police say a 16-year-old student at Chaparral High School is in trouble after selling brownies and cookies laced with marijuana to fellow students.
The teen was booked Friday on multiple marijuana charges for allegedly selling the pot-laced treats to 11 students.
As many as 30 students got sick after eating the brownies and cookies. One student reportedly ran out of class and threw up, while others became pale and started coughing.
Chaparral students told the station that the brownies contained both marijuana and spice, although police did not confirm that. Spice is synthetic marijuana, not detected in standard drug tests.
The Scottsdale Fire Department confirmed that paramedics responded to Chaparral High School about 1 p.m. A 15-year-old male was hospitalized for "possible alcohol poisoning," they said.
Police say they contacted the parents of those students who purchased the brownies and cookies.

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France, 2013, 111 Minute Running Time Genre/Subjects: Biopic, Drama, ForeignLanguage: French English Sub-Titles
MUST END Thursday, June 6th at the Sie FilmCenter Digital presentation - Set on the French Riviera in the summer of 1915, Gilles Bourdos' lushly atmospheric drama Renoir tells the story of celebrated Impressionist painter Pierre-Auguste Renoir, in declining health at age 74, and his middle son Jean, who returns home to convalesce after being wounded in World War I. The elder Renoir is filled with a new, wholly unexpected energy when a young girl miraculously enters his world. Blazing with life, radiantly beautiful, Andrée will become his last model, and the wellspring of a remarkable rejuvenation. At the same time, Jean also falls under the spell of the free-spirited young Andrée. Their beautiful home and majestic countryside grounds reverberate with familial intrigue, as both Renoirs, père et fils, become smitten with the enchanting and headstrong young muse. Renoir locates a fascinating moment of change, one century's way of thinking giving way to the next, and the passing of the torch from a great painter to the great filmmaker of such classics as Grand Illusion and Rules of the Game.
DIRECTOR: Gilles Bourdos Principal Cast: Michel Bouquet, Christa Théret, Vincent Rottiers, Thomas Doret, Romane Bohringer, Carlo Brandt, Hélène Babu, Stuart Seide, Paul SperaUS Distributor: Samuel Goldwyn Films
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The Expert View: Bovis Homes, Mitie and DMGT
Our daily roundup of the best analyst commentary on shares, also including Babcock and Shaftesbury.
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Bovis shares 'just too cheap to ignore'
Homebuilder Bovis Homes (BVS) is 'too cheap to ignore', according to analysts at Deutsche Bank. Analyst Glynis Johnson reiterated her 'buy' rating and target price of £10.42 after a robust trading statement from the company that 'reiterated its assertive land buying'. Shares yesterday rose 5p, or 0.7%, to 737.5p.
'Through the coming 18 months as Bovis continues to demonstrate the increasing benefit of its growth strategy: the pull through of new land delivering a strong improvement in operating margins, volumes and selling price, we see the stock gaining traction,' she said.
Although Johnson said the trading statement would do 'little to drive consensus' the shares were 'just too cheap to ignore'.
She added that as house building costs were set for the remainder of the year 'any further rise in house prices we believe should be better captured through the Bovis profit and loss'.
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Mitie trading at a discount but still a 'sell' for Peel Hunt
Outsourcing and energy services company Mitie (MTO) is trading at a discount to the FTSE 250 but until it can deliver 'cleaner numbers', Peel Hunt analysts are selling.
Analyst Christopher Bamberry retained a 'sell' recommendation and target price of 290p on the shares despite full year 2014 preliminary results in line with expectations. Profits before tax were up 4%, while net debt figures were better than expected. Shares were up 7.3p, or 2.4%, at 318.3p yesterday.
'Mitie continues to reposition the group to focus on its higher-growth and higher-margin sectors and the process should largely complete by the end of 2015,' he said. 'Year-end net debt was better than expected and the shares have been weak recently; therefore they may rally.
'However, we remain wary of investing in Mitie given the history, and would like to see some cleaner numbers. Therefore, despite the shares trading on a discount to the FTSE 250, we retain our "sell" recommendation.'
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Zoopla IPO rumours boost Daily Mail
Speculation that property website Zoopla is to float is good news for majority shareholder Daily Mail General Trust (DMGT).
Liberum analyst Ian Whittaker reiterated his 'buy' recommendation and target price of £11.55 as it is reported that Zoopla will announce its IPO on Thursday, the same day as the DMGT's first half results. DMGT has a 52.5% stake in Zoopla.
'[Zoopla] valuation of £1 billion would value DMGT's stake at £525 million, slightly below our £575 million estimates but still a considerable sum,' said Whittaker. 'We expect DMGT to sell down some, but not all of its stake, thus keeping some exposure if the price rises. Ex-Zoopla valuation looks even more compelling.' Shares were down 9.5p, or 1.2%, at 787p yesterday.
Whittaker added that proceeds from a sell-off in its Zoopla stake make up 'some form of capital return, which we do not think will be excessive but could help support the share price which has been lacklustre recently'.
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Babcock prospects increasing, says Jefferies
Jefferies analysts are predicting plenty of opportunities for engineering support services company Babcock (BAB) over 'the next few years'.
Analyst Kean Marden reiterated a 'buy' rating and target price of £16.75 on the shares after preliminary results were in line with expectations. Shares were down 10p, or 0.8%, at £11.78 yesterday.
He said that while estimates were unlikely to change on the back of the preliminary results and the benefits of recent contract wins are unknown the company has shown from some unsuccessful bids it has the 'ability to replenish' its order book, which 'provides confidence'.
'Although the bid pipeline and prospects list continues to indicate an elevated opportunity set for Babcock over the next few years, consensus earnings per share estimates are unlikely to change,' said Marden. 'We reiterate our "buy" rating.'
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West End investment pays off for Shaftesbury
The London portfolio of real estate investment trust (Reit) Shaftesbury (SHB) is benefiting from tourist footfall and a buoyant economy.
In its 2014 first-half results Shaftesbury reported a rise of 8.6% in property income to £39 million after raising £152 million through a share placing and investment of £103 million in two West End properties.
Cantor analyst Sue Munden retained a 'buy' recommendation and target price of 700p. Shares were down 8p, or 1.2%, at 660p yesterday.
'The good results follow a continued buoyant trading environment as London's West End attracts strong footfall from tourists and Londoners,' she said. 'The outlook remains strong for this group. Management points out that the better UK economic prospects are enticing even more visitors to the West End, improving the prosperity of Shaftesbury's tenants and maintaining strong demand for shops and restaurants. The results look to be in line with our full year expectations.'


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Nine-year-old Riana Regucera, of Vineland, participates in the "Nose Dive" challenge. A timed relay game of cotton balls, vaseline and a bowl. Cumberland County College Summer Academy for Kids, a summer camp hosted by the college, located in Vineland, is in its first week of classes. Programs are offered to children ages 5-16. Campers play challenge games, Wednesday, July 2, 2014. (Staff Photo by Cindy Hepner/South Jersey Times)


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Pets at birth do not increase allergic disease in at-risk children
Article first published online: 28 AUG 2012
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2222.2012.04032.x
© 2012 Blackwell Publishing Ltd
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C. J. Lodge, A. J. Lowe, L. C. Gurrin, M. C. Matheson, A. Balloch, C. Axelrad, D. J. Hill, C. S. Hosking, S. Rodrigues, C. Svanes, M. J. Abramson, K. J. Allen and S. C. Dharmage, Clinical & Experimental Allergy, 2012 (42) 1377–1385.
Publication History
- Issue published online: 28 AUG 2012
- Article first published online: 28 AUG 2012
- Accepted manuscript online: 14 MAY 2012 01:43PM EST
- Manuscript Accepted: 30 APR 2012
- Manuscript Revised: 23 APR 2012
- Manuscript Received: 1 FEB 2012
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- birth cohort;
- cats;
- dogs;
- hay fever;
- pets;
- sensitization
The literature is contradictory concerning pet exposure and risk of allergic disease in childhood especially among those with a family history of allergy.
To investigate the relationship between cat and dog exposure at birth and allergic outcomes over the first 12 years in a birth cohort selected for familial allergy.
A prospective birth cohort of 620 infants with a family history of allergic diseases was recruited. Data on pet keeping, family demographics and cord blood samples were collected at birth. Information on childhood wheeze, eczema and hay fever was collected 18 times in the first 2 years, at 7 years and at 12 years. Skin prick tests were conducted at 2, 7 and 12 years, and in parents. Regression analyses were used to investigate the relevant associations while adjusting for potential confounders.
Exposure to cats or dogs at birth showed a moderate reduction in risk of wheeze (aOR = 0.76; 95% CI 0.53, 1.09) and hay fever (aOR = 0.71; 0.49, 1.02) after 7 years of age. Protective effects were stronger in children of non-sensitized fathers (aOR wheeze 0.55; 0.31, 0.98; aOR hay fever 0.33; 0.15, 0.77 on exposure to cats alone, or cats or dogs at birth). Pet keeping was not related to cord blood IgE or sensitization from 2 to 12 years.
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Pets at birth either decreased or had no effect on allergic disease up to age 12. We found no evidence that exposure to cats or dogs at birth increases the risk of allergic disease in high-risk children.


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Man and Woman Shot in 4th Ward
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PATERSON, NJ - A man and woman driving on Governor Street Saturday afternoon were wounded when someone on the street fired at them, according to police.
Both victims were wounded in the head, police said. But authorities have not disclosed the seriousness of their wounds. Both victims apparently were able to speak with police after they were wounded.
The shooting happened sometime before 3:40 pm, according to police. At that time, Paterson police were called to St. Joseph's Regional Medical Center regarding two gunshot victims, according to the Cease-Fire unit. The man was able to drive to the hospital after being wounded, police said.
Police have not yet released the ages or residences of the victims.
Authorities are asking anyone with any information about the shooting to contact Det. Edgar Taylor or Det. Dave Tanis of the Cease-Fire Unit at 973-321-1342. People can also provide information anonymously by using the TIPS hotline at 973-523-TIPS, or 973-523-8477.
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Spa is wide open, hilly and bedeviled by treacherous weather conditions. That alone would make this track, built in 1920, among the most challenging on the planet.
Ah, but then there is Eau Rouge, a set of corners that almost literally tries to tie cars in knots. Drivers go into the turn downhill and to the left before, moments later, turning it around to go uphill and to the right, often at insane velocities. Get it wrong, and it will be more than just your car in a knot. Get it right and revel in your glory.
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1D X Sample Images / Re: Any Thing shot with a 1Dx
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Still enjoying your images eml ! This last one looks like the mythical three headed dog in Greek mythology - Cerberus. I have to say I find Africa a rather frightening place and feel totally naked without something comforting riding on my hip
Ewinter - impressive rock concert pictures, the second one makes my ears hurt just looking.
Greatland - wow ! Super shots of the bears.
There was a comment on this thread a while ago about the images being irrelevant to how good a 1Dx is. I disagree; it is interesting to see the calibre of photographer who chooses to use a 1Dx and the various difference scenarios they use it for.
Personally I don't want such a big lump of a camera unless I'm using very big lenses - which I guess most of you guys are.
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Talks with Pakistan on NATO supply route stalled as US withdraws team
The US has pulled out of negotiations with Pakistan to reopen NATO supply lines. One of the sticking points was the conviction of the Pakistani doctor who helped the US track Osama bin Laden.
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US relations with Pakistan have reached a new low after Pentagon press secretary George Little announced Monday that the United States was withdrawing its team sent to negotiate the reopening of NATO supply routes. No date has been set for the team's return to Islamabad.
The announcement comes after a tumultuous week – and year – in US-Pakistan relations. Pakistan agreed, on principle, to reopen the supply routes in the runup to the mid-May NATO summit in Chicago. But negotiations between the two countries have been mired in demands from both sides, as well as controversial events and statements.
"The relationship is very bad. The two sides seem to be talking past each other. The US needs to understand that Pakistan is also accountable to its population [as elections approach], just like the White House is. And Pakistan needs to be doing more to address the militant issue," says Kamran Shafi, a security analyst.
The US and Pakistan have been trying to set up new terms to reopen NATO supply routes through Pakistan for several weeks. The routes were closed after a NATO raid on a check post near the Afghan border killed 26 Pakistani soldiers and injured an additional 13 on Nov. 26.
With the routes through Pakistan closed, US forces now have to use much longer and far more costly routes via Central Asia to supply troops in Afghanistan. According to some experts, that may also translate to delays in the 2013 pullout, when NATO troops plan to exit Afghanistan.


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Below is the poem entitled The Wyrm of Time which was written by poet Lee Leon. Please feel free to comment on this poem. However, please remember, PoetrySoup is a place of encouragement and growth.
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Through chaos flies the wyrm of time Unyielding wingbeats do not pause Untroubled by the pantomime In constance serves no cause Experience shall take its toll And mete out pleasure with the pain The fickle dice will always roll And fall - but they will roll again We husband all our self deceit To ward away the truthful knives Cutting clean and cutting neat They slice into our lives For what we are and what we do Is decoration in the dark Preventing truth from showing through Reality is stark A slender thread suspends all worlds At fragile risk from every knife There is no rhyme, sometimes it fails The slender thread of life. The wyrm of time flies silently We think we hear it ticking by And yet what we fear constantly Is but another lie For we observe, that is our role We are the eyes, we are the mind Perhaps we even are the soul Reality is blind.


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Workflow Automation with FloTHERM v10.0
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This webinar will explain the various methods available in FloTHERM v10.0 to completely automate aspects of the thermal design workflow. Worked examples using FloSCRIPT playback and FloXML creation with command line solve and post-processing will be presented and explained. By understanding and applying these technologies to your thermal design workflow bottlenecks, you can quickly demonstrate an increase in productivity with FloTHERM and a significant reduction in engineering time and cost to perform many design tasks.
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- What technologies and features are available for task automation in FloTHERM v10.0
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- What content and examples are provided with FloTHERM v10.0 to minimize the time and resources required to implement automation techniques in your organization for your thermal design workflow
- Become more productive with FloTHERM
- Bring cost savings and a shortened thermal design cycle to your organization
- Eliminate thermal modeling bottlenecks with automation techniques
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Byron Blackmore is currently the Product Manager for FloTHERM PCB. Byron has been with Flomerics/Mechanical Analysis Division for 9 years, and has previously acted as the Electronics Cooling Engineering Supervisor for North America. He has a BS in Mechanical Engineering from the Technical University of Nova Scotia and an MS in Mechanical Engineering with a concentration in fluid dynamics and heat transfer from the University of Alberta.
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Amongst the hotels in Roma Termini, the Hotel Brasile in Rome is only 10 minutes away from the Termini station. From the hotel you can reach the Termini train station with a 10 minute walk or with a 5 minute bus ride. The buses stop right in front of the hotel (bus nos. 16, 36, 90, 84 or 492 in via Palestro) .
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The fate of the world as at stake in this lavishly illustrated masterwork from manga supergroup CLAMP!
Reads R to L (Japanese Style).
X, the epic series from CLAMP, is now available in this deluxe collector�s edition. The pages have been recomposed in the original right-to-left reading order and restored to the highest quality. Each volume contains three of the original graphic novels, along with gorgeous, full-color illustrations never before published outside Japan!
Japan's greatest seer, the blind prophet Hinoto, has foretold the end of the world. At the center of her prophecy is a young man named Kamui Shiro, who possesses startling psychic powers. But Kamui is far from alone in this destiny. Armies are gathering, other people with unique powers: the �Seven Seals,� who seem to be Kamui's allies, and the �Seven Angels,� who might be his enemies. All are somehow linked to the destruction to come, and all are now coming to Tokyo to choose sides in the upcoming battle.
CLAMP is an artistic team of four women� Satsuki Igarashi, Mokona, Tsubaki Nekoi, and Nanase Ohkawa� whose works are beloved by fans worldwide. They debuted with the manga RG Veda in 1989 and went on to create such internationally bestselling series as X, Magic Knight Rayearth, Cardcaptor Sakura, Angelic Layer, Chobits, xxxHolic and Tsubasa: RESERVoir CHRoNiCLE, all of which have been adapted into TV anime series. In addition to manga, CLAMP also produces illustrations, book designs, screenplays, and essays.
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QE2's new, fatter funnel is fitted during the final stages of her conversion
From October 1986 to May 1987, QE2 underwent a major refit at the Lloyd Werft yard at Bremerhaven in Germany transforming her from an ageing steamship to a state of the art diesel-electric motorship. This refit, costing $162m, was hugely successful and allowed the ship to sail on for another 20 years as the Cunard flagship, the only transatlantic liner and the fastest and most powerful merchant ship in the world.
This refit is of particular interest to me because I was onboard as she left the yard to go on her trials and because my Dad had worked with QE2 up until this point.
QE2 became the longest serving Cunarder of all time, travelled further than any ship ever and was in service for nearly 40 years (May 1969 until November 2008). This would not have happened without this refit.
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A massive gamble that paid off : The biggest ship conversion ever for the fastest passenger liner afloat with the most powerful diesel installation afloat and the largest electrical propulsion motors ever built.
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QE2's time spent operating at various speeds.
Initial indications of fuel savings of 30% annually on the ships current 12,000 tons consumption provided the impetus to studying further the feasibility of re-engining. Fuel costs at the time were $185 per ton, meaning a potential saving of $6.5 million per year.
Engine manufacturers and shipyards worldwide were requested to make re-engining proposals while Cunard considered their options, including doing nothing for the remainder of the ships life. QE2's transatlantic service speed of 28.5 knots would require the installation of an extremely high total horsepower while also requiring the flexibility for cruising, manoeuvring and in-port modes.
QE2 races up-channel at 30 knots on one of her final turbine-driven crossings
The economical benefits of re-engining QE2 were even greater than originally thought, even considering the $53 million budget for the conversion, the 5 to 8 months out of service and the 12 to 14 months lead time for the implementation, the potential commercial benefits justified embarking upon phase II of the study. Re-engining would increase profit, life cycle cash flow, reliability, maintain a prestigious image and was cheaper than building a new ship.
Three diesel power plant designs were considered
15 different proposals by 7 manufacturers were considered but despite initially looking cost prohibitive, diesel-electric was decided to have the greatest reliability, flexibility and environmental concerns (noise & vibration). Further analysis after this option was selected uncovered even greater advantages over the geared diesel option. A saving of 250 tons a day (at 28.5 knots) was now anticipated.
It was expected that payback could be obtained in under four years.
Initial planning was vital in order for the total timescale not to be exceeded. Layout of machinery, calculations of stability, longitudinal stresses were all crucial. A computer program was developed to provide a detailed production/time schedule for the complete project. During the work, progress was constantly checked against the computer programme and mostly went to plan.
A model was created of the entire complete machinery installation built to 1:20 scale in a number of removable sections and was used for taking measurements of all piping systems. The model was essential for the design and installation of the whole machinery.
Immediately after the ship docked, transport openings were made in the vessel as prerequisite to the conversion work and the famous funnel was dismantled. The funnel's opening was then used as a winding shaft for the removal of 4,700 tons of old machine parts and for access for the new installation weighing in at around 4,500 tons.
A floating crane was brought from an oil platform on the North Sea to lift the heavy and bulky scrap from the vessel's interior. The dismantling also included the removal of 2 propeller shafts consisting of 6 segments of 600mm in diameter and over 10m long. Each part weighed around 25 tons. All work below the waterline was completed on schedule by the 3rd of December and included the new 80 ton, 16.5m long shafts in place.
Work inside the cramped shaft tunnel
Everything between frames 118 and 164 was completely stripped out, with much cutting up of equipment in place to facilitate handling. An empty shell was created in the hull before the new machinery installation began.
At the same time as the stripping out of the machinery, the hull was gritblasted and two new propellor shafts, supplied by Lips BV with two new controllable pitch highly skewed propellors and Grim Wheels were fitted.
After 19 years (of not completely reliable service) of developing 55,000 shp each at 174 rpm, the John Brown steam turbines had been powered down for the final time. They were the penultimate Pamatrada turbines to be built. The three Foster Wheeler boilers were also shutdown for the last time. Here the turbines are shown in the John Brown factory at Clydebank being tested and as a massive pile of scrap at Bremerhaven. Removing these and all the auxiliary machinery and pipework was in itself a mammoth task taking some 6 weeks and involved the removal of 5,000 tons of metal and equipment.
The original steam turbines prior to original installation in 1967.
The emptied engine room
The engine room tank tops and new foundations for the nine M.A.N. B&W 9L58/64 medium speed engines and generators and the two new GEC propulsion motors, were prepared by first removing the double bottom in way of the machinery space, creating new double bottom tanks and the new seatings. The new engine foundations were lowered through the funnel shaft by the mammoth HEBE2 floating crane which can lift up to 350 tons - the weight of each motor.
This work was carried out at the same time as the dismantling of the old plant. The nine engine foundations were lowered in a vertical position then tilted horizontally and lowered onto skids to be moved to their final position. Each bed weighed 50 tons was 17m long and 3m wide. The foundations were placed immediately the burning out had been completed - i.e. when lowered through the funnel hatch, there was still nowhere for them to go, the schedule was incredibly tight.
After installation of the foundations, the two 450 ton electric propulsion motors were lowered through the funnel hatch, moved on skids and installed onto their foundations (taking one full day each to accomplish). Next, the nine 220 ton diesel engines were lifted in and moved on skids to their foundations.
The revised, fatter funnel is put in place
Each 9L58/64 engine is rated at 10,620 kw (14,445 bhp) at 400 rev/min. Each engine is directly resiliently mounted onto the ships foundation and flexibly coupled via Vulkan Ratio couplings to two-bearing, totally enclosed, water cooled, salient pole, three-phase, synchronous GEC alternators of 10.5MW, 10kv, 60 cycles. Each alternator is rigidly mounted on the ship's foundation.
The power generated is supplied to a common 10 kV busbar system divided into two separate GEC/Field & Grant main switchboards, installed in two separate compartments, each of the main switchboards is again subdivided in two bus sections allowing a variety of operating modes.
This common busbar supplies power at 10kV directly to the two GEC Large Machines 44MW, 60 cycle synchronous motors, running at 144 rev/min (the largest propulsion motors ever supplied for marine use). Electric power to all ship and domestic consumers is also supplied from the common busbar via two GEC liquid cooled 10kV/3.3kV transformers of 11 MVA capacity each. By this arrangement, a redundancy of 100 per unit is given for ship load.
To allow the ship to operate at high efficiency even at low ship speed and during manoeuvring, the normal constant propeller speed of 144 rev/min can be reduced down to 72 rev/min. This is achieved by two GEC synchro drives (thyristor convertors) of 11 MW each. These converters will be used for soft starting and speeding up the synchronous motors.
The driving power of the synchronous motors is transmitted via a new twin shaft arrangement to two new five-bladed c.p. propellers of 5.8 meter diameter each. At cruising speed, the variable-pitch propellers operate at 144 rev/min. Adjustment to the ship's speed is by varying the pitch of the propeller blades.
A further improvement of the efficiency of the c.p. propellers is achieved by a Grim vane wheel downstream of each propeller. The function of this vane wheel is given by the special shape of the blades which operates as a turbine in the inner part and as a propeller in the outer part. Each vane wheel is seven bladed and has a diameter of 6.7 metres and therefore the largest-ever built and implemented in a twin screw vessel. This new shafting c.p. propellers and vane wheels including their sophisticated controlling equipment have been supplied by Lips.
Plan of Seven Deck including the control room
View looking forward
All the new machinery is installed in four separate compartments. The general arrangement drawing shows the two compartments for four and five diesel-generator sets respectively.
The propulsion motors have their own compartment aft of the engine rooms, whilst certain auxiliary systems are situated forward of the two engine rooms. Due to direct resilient mounting of the diesel engines, resulting in low installation height, additional space in the form of 6th and 7th deck in the area of machinery space was created for installing most of the auxiliary equipment. For the operation of this power plant optimised auxiliary systems are installed.
One of the most attractive features of the new propulsion system is its high cost effectiveness. This is achieved partly by the low specific fuel consumption of the diesel engines and partly by the recovery of waste heat from cylinder cooling water, charge air and exhaust gases.
The engines of both engine rooms have their common central cooling systems, i.e. separate, independent central cooling systems are provided. This arrangement allows the utilisation of the heat to be dissipated from the engine jacket water and charge air cooling.
The waste heat recovery system, supplied by Sunrod International, Sweden, produces all the steam required for the heating of bunker fuel, accommodation, hotel services and other steam and hot water requirements for the whole ship. The plant consists of nine exhaust gas boilers, each with a steam output of 4 t/h. These are connected to two vertical oil-fired auxiliary boilers each with a nominal steam output of 25 t/h at a system operating pressure of 7 bar. The auxiliary boilers are used during peak periods or when not enough engines are running. Thermal efficiency at full load is as high as 88 percent.
The exhaust gas boilers are of economiser extended-surface design. Each is built up from a number of easily-removable equal tube modules. An integral part of each boiler is a silencer, welded directly to the bottom of the boiler. Each boiler is equipped with automatic sequence-controlled steam soot blowers. The steam and water mixture produced in the exhaust gas boilers is circulated to the steam separators of one or both oil-fired boilers. At normal operating conditions, the water-steam mixture from the nine exhaust gas boilers is separated in the space of the oil fired boilers, but it is also possible to use only one boiler, as the steam separator for all nine exhaust gas boilers. If surplus steam is generated by the exhaust gas boilers, it is fed into one or two dumping condensers.
QE2, still topless, and Canberra behind
Both oil-fired boilers are provided with a fully automatic combustion control and oil-burning system for firing heavy fuel oil or sludge with up to 30 percent water content. Water and steam volumes in the auxiliary boilers are kept in balance even when the steam/water flow ratio is changing owing the varying engine loads, so that fluctuations of the water levels in the auxiliary boilers are always kept within the normal operating limits.
Two fresh water generators, make Serck, per engine room, i.e. four in total, will utilise this waste heat to produce 250 t/day fresh water per unit i.e. 1000 t/day in total. At lower ship's speed, with only a reduced number of engines in operation or at lower partial load of engines in operation, the lack of waste heat supplied to the cooling system will be compensated by one steam heated booster heater per unit. By means of this booster the total fresh water requirement can be produced at sea.
The central cooling system is designed for 32°C sea water temperature, the low temperature circuit for 38°C. For each cooling system three two-speed sea water pumps, with 50 percent of rated capacity each, are provided. This arrangement combined with the Engard pump control system from Alfa Laval will provide a huge energy saving potential. The sea water quantity can vary in a wide range depending on the sea water temperature, the total engine load and the degree of waste heat utilisation, therefore the capacity of sea water pump matching is of great importance.
Similar to the cooling system, the fuel systems are also split into two separate systems, one per engine room. These two fuel supply systems are designed to CIMAC 12 fuels with a viscosity up to 700 cSt. The systems will operate with fuel pressures of 6 respectively 7 bar and a final fuel temperature of 147°C.
For the lube oil supply each engine has its own separate supply and treatment system with electrically driven lube oil pump.
The compressed air system is designed for starting air only. For other consumers a separate auxiliary compressed air system is installed. For starting air system, two air receivers 4.5m each and three starting air compressors are installed.
To meet the noise criteria, an exhaust gas system with three HUSS silences for each engine are provided. Each exhaust gas system is equipped with a Sunrod exhaust gas boiler to utilise the exhaust gas energy.
Note: The Grim Wheels were short lived. They lost blades on an early trip following the refit and were removed, never to be replaced.
QE2's new propellers were completely different to her old ones. Her old propellers had been fixed pitch, just like her predecessors. This meant that in order to change speed, she had to actually slow her turbines. With the new controllable pitch (CP) propellers, the shafts run at a steady speed of either 72 or 144 rpm, and speed is determined by the pitch of the propeller blades. The new propellers are 5 bladed with a 5.8 meter diameter. Each propeller is designed to absorb up to 65,000 shp.
QE2 is the first passenger ship to use Grim Wheels (so called because they were invented by Dr Ing Otto Grim) in an attempt to make the new QE2 even more efficient. These wheels spin freely in the wake of the main propellers. The innermost parts of each of the 7 blades pick up speed from the propeller, while the outermost parts act as propellers themselves, adding some forward motion to the ship for "free", capturing energy which would otherwise be wasted. The Grim Wheels are 6.7 meters in diameter.
The underwater hull after coating with international paint's intersmooth HISOL. You can also see the new propellors and Grim Wheels.
Completely new machinery spaces meant a new fire fighting system here while in the accommodation, new systems added and upgrading the old have taken place. Fixed & Portable CO2 bottles, halon smothering systems, 1200 sprinkler heads were replaced. The number of sprinkler heads in the ship has increased to 8,500.
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The Wesleyan girls - ranked ninth by USA Today - will get their big national challenge at the Nike Tournament of Champions in Arizona before Christmas.
Their top in-state test this season might come even earlier. Shooting for their sixth state basketball title in eight seasons, the Wolves headline an extremely strong field for the 12th annual Parkview Tip-Off Classic sponsored by Lee Sports that begins Saturday in Lilburn. "Parkview always brings in some good teams, but this year it looks tougher than ever," Wesleyan girls coach Jan Azar said. "It will be a real good test. I'm excited." Six of the eight girls teams were ranked in the GaSports.com/GACA preseason coaches poll and four are coming of state tournament appearances. The boys side is strong as well, with Miller Grove, ranked No. 3 in Class AAAA, and Greater Atlanta Christian, the preseason No. 1 in AA. A lot of individual talent will also be on display during the three-day event. The girls bracket features three of the state's best seniors - Wesleyan's Anne Marie Armstrong (Georgia), Sandy Creek's Morgan Toles (Auburn) and Norcross' Tiffany Clarke (Vanderbilt). Miller Grove's Mfon Udofia (Georgia Tech) is one of the top boys players in the state. Highlighting Saturday's opening round is the noon girls game between Norcross and Sandy Creek, which reached the Class AAA quarterfinals last season. Toles is considered one of the top point guards in the country and she will face a ranked AAAAA team in Norcross bolstered by a trio of transfers led by guard Briana Jordan. Wesleyan will play the Norcross-Sandy Creek winner in Monday's semifinals if it gets by Miller Grove on Saturday in its opening game. Likely looming in the Tuesday championship game is host Parkview, which reached the AAAAA state quarterfinals last season. The Panthers opened the season Tuesday with a victory at state-ranked Duluth. Defending Class AA state champion Wesleyan knows how tough the Parkview Tip-Off Classic can be, suffering one of its three losses there last season. Mill Creek, which reached the Class AAAA semifinals, beat them in the Parkview title game. Wesleyan, which has dropped back down to Class A, is a preseason No. 1 in the state and ranked nationally for the first time. The Wolves are No. 22 in the ESPN.com rankings in addition to being No. 9 in USA Today. "We're excited to be ranked," Azar said. "But what counts is what we do at the end of the season. The Parkview tournament will help get us ready for Arizona and the Tournament of Champions will get us ready for the rest of the season." Wesleyan returns almost everyone from last season's 30-win team. Armstrong, the reigning Miss Georgia Basketball, is joined in the starting lineup by fellow senior Chantel Kennedy (Colorado State), juniors Erin Hall and Aysia McKenzie, and sophomore Grace Leah Baughn. Wesleyan also has a deep bench, with Holli Wilkins a promising freshman. She is the daughter of former NBA player Gerald Wilkins and the niece of Hall of Famer Dominique Wilkins. "Are goal, as hard as that might sometimes be, is to be better every year," Azar said. "We're a K through 12th school, so we can start players early in our system and have them ready by the ninth grade. Holli is one of those ready to step right in." The Wesleyan boys also won a state title last season, but coach Skip Matherly must rebuild after losing his top six players. The Wolves will play Parkview in the first round Saturday. The Panthers won the Region 8-AAAAA title last, but have only one returning starter. The top first-round boys game features GAC against Sandy Creek, a Class AAA state tournament team a year ago. GAC, which reached the second round of the AA state tournament last season, won its opener at Dacula in Eddie Martin's first game as Spartans coach after leading the Norcross boys to three consecutive Class AAAAA state titles. SideBar: PARKVIEW TIP-OFF CLASSIC Parkview's 12th annual pre-Thanksgiving basketball tournament sponsored by Lee Sports begins Saturday and runs through Tuesday, using both of the Panthers' gyms. Each team will play three games, including consolation games. Saturday Boys First Round 1:45 p.m. - East Coweta vs. Miller Grove 2:45 p.m. - Tri-Cities vs. Loganville 5:15 p.m. - GAC vs. Sandy Creek 6:15 p.m. - Wesleyan vs. Parkview Girls First Round Noon - Norcross vs. Sandy Creek 1 p.m. - GAC vs. Loganville 3:30 p.m. - Wesleyan vs. Miller Grove 4:30 p.m. - Parkview vs. Tri-Cities Monday Boys Semifinals 4:30 p.m. - East Coweta/Miller Grove vs. GAC/Loganville 7:30 p.m Tri-Cities/Loganville vs. Wesleyan/Parkview Girls Semifinals 3 p.m. -Norcross/Sandy Creek vs. Wesleyan/Miller Grove 6 p.m. - GAC/Loganville vs. Parkview/Tri-Cities Tuesday Girls Championship 7 p.m. - Semifinal winners Boys Championship 8:30 p.m. - Semifinal winnersMore like this story
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Last year there was a new conference (CrowdConf), a new consortium (Crowdsortium) and a myriad of companies that offered sites, tools and platforms to get more out of the Internet masses. But what about the worker? Since crowdsourcing is making such a visible impact on the way work is done, how can professionals and creatives benefit from the crowdsourcing model? Create Your Own Online Clothing Boutique, Earn 10% of Sales. The Spark of Genius Series highlights a unique feature of startups and is made possible by Microsoft BizSpark. If you would like to have your startup considered for inclusion, please see the details here. Name: StyleOwner Quick Pitch: Create your own online boutique and get a 10% cut of sales.
Get Rich Investing In Your Own Human Capital. Startups, This Is How Design Works – by Wells Riley. Your Startup Isn't Unique, But That Doesn't Matter. Adam Ludwin Jul 06, 2011 Back to blog I'm a huge fan of Kirby Ferguson's Everything is a Remix series. If you haven't watched the first three installments, you can (and should) do so here. The series lays out the persuasive case that big, important breakthroughs in science and technology are emergent phenomenon. Convertible Debt vs. Equity: Which Is Right for Your Startup? Bill Clark is the CEO of MicroAngel Capital Partners, a venture firm that gives more investors access to alternative investments.
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SAN DIEGO, Calif. — The manhunt for a California Amber Alert suspect has moved to the Idaho wilderness.
According to police, horseback riders saw a man and a woman fitting the description of James DiMaggio and 16-year-old Hannah Anderson.
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ABC News reports police said the two were spotted on Wednesday and appeared to be in good condition, according to witness accounts. They had "light" camping gear. San Diego Sheriff says James DiMaggio and 16-year-old Hannah Anderson were spotted by four people riding horses in the area.
On Wednesday, an Amber Alert was issued in Oregon for 16-year-old Hanna and 8-year-old Ethan Anderson. On Sunday, crews found DiMaggio's home in flames and two bodies inside. One body is confirmed to be Hannah's mother, Christina Anderson, the other is likely Hannah's brother, Ethan.
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South Florida Food & Drink Events This Weekend: Garlic Fest, Greek Festival, and More
2. Eating for a good cause (benefit dinners and special events)
February is prime time for non-profits and other charitable enterprises to go into fundraising mode. With that said, there are at least four events this weekend that involve food and drink, as well as raising some cash for South Florida organizations.
The Allianz Championship "Grapes on the Green" golf and wine outing to benefit Boca Raton Regional Hospital is 4 to 7:30 p.m. Saturday at the Old Course at Broken Sound Golf Club in Boca Raton. Tickets are $85 per person. The event includes tastings from the private wine collections of various golf pros' vineyards and a view of the 18th green. Call 561-241-GOLF.
The Diamond Jubilee on Saturday night at the Lake Worth Playhouse will include cocktails, dining (catering is by Callaro's Steakhouse), dancing, and a silent auction to benefit the theater. Tickets to the Diamond Jubilee are $150 and the party is 7 to 10 p.m. Playhouse alum Burt Reynolds -- who recently recovered from serious illness -- will act as the guest of honor for the evening.
Burgers, Blue Jeans, and Bling -- planned for Saturday night at Our Backyard Museum (11701 NW 12th St. in Plantation) -- will benefit St. Jude Children's Research Hospital. The event includes gourmet burgers and other restaurant tastings, plus drinks and museum access. Tickets are $125 for general admission or $200 for VIP. Call 305-766-2818. The event starts at 6 p.m.
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I am surprised Dr. Fitzgerald omitted mention of the VACOcast Diabetic Foot line of ulcer offloading devices (www.vacodiaped.com, Framingham, MA). This boot is an RCW that incorporates a vacuum beanbag for a more "total contact" fit and it comes with an optional "locking seal" that makes it an iTCC without having to jerry-rig with a cohesive bandage. It is closer to a TCC than alternatives.
Current Concepts In Offloading Diabetic Foot Ulcers
Is Total Contact Casting Still The Gold Standard For Offloading DFUs?
There are numerous offloading modalities available to the clinician. These vary in complexity and cost. However, each device follows the basic premise to reduce both the vertical and shear forces across the wound site in order to allow for wound healing. Of significant importance to all of these devices is patient adherence as offloading devices only work if patients are indeed wearing them. It is vital that the physician impress upon the patient the necessity of continued adherence in the use of offloading devices. Three of the most commonly utilized modalities are the total contact cast (TCC), removable cast walker (RCW) boots, and the instant total contact cast (iTCC).
Long considered the gold standard for offloading of the lower extremity, the TCC reduces plantar pressures while allowing ambulation. The contact nature of the cast allows for even distribution of pressure away from the ulcer site, which facilitates healing. An abundance of literature demonstrates the efficacy of TCC.16,17 This is largely due to TCC forcing the patient adherence with offloading.16,17 Despite the benefits of TCCs, these casts are cumbersome to the patients and can be difficult and time consuming to apply.
More recently, TCC modifications have been developed to increase the speed and efficiency of applying these devices. The TCC-EZ (MedEfficiency) is a product that provides the offloading potential of traditional TCC while significantly increasing the speed and efficiency of application.
One study demonstrated that application time for the TCC-EZ was 75 seconds in comparison to 452 seconds (7 minutes and 32 seconds) for application of a traditional TCC.17 Proponents for this product relate that utilization of the TCC-EZ significantly reduces traditional barriers to TCC usage by reducing the learning curve in TCC-EZ placement and increasing the speed of application.
Can Removable Walking Boots Have An Impact?
In light of the challenges posed by TCC application, many clinicians have opted to utilize RCW boots to offload their patients with DFUs. There is literature to suggest that RCW boots can provide plantar pressure reduction and there are now a number of devices on the market for this application. Notable devices are the DH Pressure Relief Walker (Ossur), the Conformer Boot (Bledsoe Brace Systems) and the AirCast XP Diabetic Walker (DJO).16-18
The DH walker creates plantar pressure relief via removable shock-absorbing hexagons that offer specific ulcer offloading and a reduction of vertical and shear forces in the area of the wound. The Conformer Boot provides DFU offloading via a unique dual density foot bed that evenly distributes forces across the plantar aspect and sides the foot much like a traditional TCC. The XP Diabetic Walker utilizes an aircell-lined shell that maximizes plantar offloading, thus reducing vertical and shear stress while providing protection and immobilization.
While these modalities are easy to apply and allow for easy removal to facilitate wound evaluation and debridement, each of these devices has a similar limitation. Since patients can remove the devices, they are limited in their effectiveness.
What About The iTCC?
To address this issue, Armstrong and colleagues presented a randomized, prospective study that evaluated the use of "instant total contact casts" (iTCC) in comparison to TCC in the offloading of diabetic ulcerations.19 The iTCC device is a removable walking boot, which has been modified to be "irremovable" via wrapping with a cohesive bandage. The thinking is the modification would increase patient adherence while maintaining the overall benefits of RCW boots, which include ease and speed of application.18
This study found that healing rates in patients with lower extremity ulcerations were 80 percent in the iTCC group and 74 percent in the TCC group. These findings suggest that modification of standard RCW boots to increase patient adherence with pressure offloading may increase the proportion and rate of healing of DFUs with greater efficiency of application than traditional TCCs.19


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So what's this "Official SNP" title I appeared to have picked up below my avatar?
Now if I was to reside in Scotland I dare say I would indeed vote SNP. Talks a lot of sense that Alex Salmon, and not prepared to lay prostrate in front of a couple of American numb nuts Senators or Congressmen over the release of the guy convicted for the crime.
Anyway I digress, so come on Mods what's with the new title I've acquired?
Edit: by the way I don't for one minute think the guy planted the bomb. So sod it I will digress, it was not the Libyans, it was the Iranians who planted the bomb. But in proving that would expose a CIA organised and controlled network that allowed drug couriers to use that Pan Am flight on a regular basis. The money from the drugs allowed the CIA to secretly fund a war in South America after the US Senate had turned the money tap off that had been funding the war previously. Hence the brief cases where never subject to security checks in Germany. A US warship have earlier that year shot down an Iranian civilian airliner killing 290 civilians on board [the plane was in Iranian air space, and the war ship was in Iranian territorial waters]
The Iranians knew the US was using gangsters in the Middle East to run the courier racket. So all they had to do was arrange for the drugs to be replaced by a bomb, in the knowledge it would get on board the Pan Am flight no trouble...........and the rest as they say is History.
As Mulder would say.........the Truth is out There