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Free the Chi!
July 1st, 2011You may have heard of t'ai chi, or at least get a picture in your head of people standing in a slightly crouched position, feet set apart, moving their outstretched arms slowly, and gazing into the air.
Get Moving from Zero
April 1st, 2011There are many excuses for not exercising. Wait, let me rephrase that: There are many reasons why people do not exercise. No one to go with, time, money, consistency, desire, energy, or motivation round out the most common ones. The human body thrives on movement. Without movement, the body starts to wither.
Here's everything you need to start an exercise regime when you're starting from scratch.By John Platero"Green" Exercise Better than a Trip to the Gym
Exercising in nature, even for just five minutes a day, can significantly improve mood, self-esteem, and physical and mental health, reveals a new study from the UK&rsquo
Holistic Health Retreats
May 1st, 2010Vacation can mean different things to different people. You can tour foreign cities, soak up artistic culture, veg out at a beach resort, or relax at a spa. And while all of these are wonderful ways to spend precious leisure time, you can also use your vacation to take away something more than a tan or a ton of scenic photographs.
Looking for a getaway that can change your life and your health? Consider a retreat that takes you way beyond the basic vacation.By Sally WadykaDance Your Way to Better Health
February 1st, 2009When it comes to getting your groove on, you may consider yourself among the rhythm-challenged, with two left feet and a repertoire confined to wedding-induced displays of the funky chicken. The words fun and dance have never gone together in your mind. But lock the door, close the blinds, and give it a try with no one else around because dancing truly is an easy way to get into shape.
From ballet to Bollywood, find your fitness groove.By Karen AspThe 2009 Get Healthy & Stay Healthy Guide
December 1st, 2008We've all heard the same advice a million times, no matter what our health concerns: Eat better, exercise more, and stress less. But why is that so hard for many of us to do?
While most nutritionists and doctors tell us to eat plenty of fruits, veggies, whole grains, and spices—they don't really explain how we can do that in three meals a day.
By Lindsay Wilson, Nicole Duncan, Erin Quinn, Kate HanleyWhole Lot of Hoopla
October 1st, 2008Hoop dance has become the hippest new way to tone your core, improve your health, and get in touch with your inner dervish diva. Blending Native American hoop dance with Hawaiian hula and Middle Eastern belly dance, modern hoop dance emphasizes body awareness, sensuality, and the interconnectedness of life. Hoops vary in size and weight depending on your goals.
By Nora SimmonsPre-Swim Stretches, Post-Swim Ease
August 1st, 2008Before jumping in the pool, warm up to prevent cramps and reduce your likelihood of injury. "Stretching heightens joint mobility," says Dave Scott, six-time Ironman winner and fitness consultant. When you stretch, the muscle fibers lengthen, allowing for more contraction force (also known as power in the water).
By Elizabeth MarglinBeyond the Bathroom Scale
June 1st, 2008For many of us, the number on our bathroom scale makes or breaks our day: joy, if it moves downward a few pounds, and despair if it creeps upward, as we diet, sweat, and stress our way toward that magical number we believe defines our ideal weight. But that number may not carry as much import as people—and many doctors—have long thought.
It's about where your weight is carried, not about how much you weigh.By Lisa TurnerGym Jitters
January 1st, 2008My body and spirit were failing. "What can I do? Where can I go?" I wondered. Getting enough sleep and eating properly just weren't cutting it." I needed help.
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Members recognized for teaching excellence in addition to patent and license awards.
Tse named new chief of UofL Division of Blood and Bone Marrow Transplantation
Will also hold the Marion F. Beard Endowed Chair in Hematology Research.
Riley honored among Business First's Forty Under 40
Among members of the Louisville-area business community and are recognized based on career achievements, community service efforts and industry accomplishments
Brown Cancer Center becomes first site in Kentucky providing Keytruda
New drug recently approved by the FDA for the treatment of advanced melanoma
Rothstein earns grant aiming at legal barriers hindering genetic research
National Institutes of Health award looks to foster international collaboration on genetic research while maintaining human rights and privacy.
Bhatnagar leads e-cigarette policy group
AHA, others seek more regulation, study of cigarette alternative
Heat waves can usher in poor air quality, health problems
Hot weather provides opportunity to think about air quality and their effects on health.
C-J: Doctors fear growing hospital superbug
U of L epidemiologist Dr. Forest Arnold concerned with the spread of CRE.
Sadlo joins U of L faculty, ULP
Will begin seeing patients on Aug. 4 at U of L Physicians' new cardiology offices located in eastern Louisville
McClain to lead U of L health sciences center research efforts
Appointment looks to 'bridge research activities across the university.'
New van helps Global Health Initiative outreach efforts
Refugee care, health promotion and community engagement get boost with new wheels.
Mariusz Ratajczak wins Landsteiner Prize
Award given by German Society for Transfusion Medicine and Immunohematology for outstanding achievements and research in the fields of transfusion and/or immunology
University of Louisville team closer to helping millions battling lung cancer
Researchers have identified a new group of molecules that help cause apoptosis in lung cancer cells.
Rodriguez named Leukemia and Lymphoma Society Man of the Year
Personal care and dedication to his patients leads to recognition.
DOM Lung Health Initiative group makes impact at 2014 ATS conference
Louisville group makes its mark at international meeting in San Diego.
Advanced Cancer Therapeutics enters Phase 1 human clinical trials with first-in-class anti-cancer drug candidate
Trial sites now enrolling patients at University of Louisville, Georgetown University
U of L receives $5.5 million grant from Helmsley Charitable Trust to support innovative cancer research
New funding will help researchers move into clinical trials vaccines for cervical and colon cancer.

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Last week Bear Stearns was bought by JP Morgan Chase for about $10/share. The stock has traded as high as 170 last year. Investors lost a ton of money in this stock. Employees were hard hit as well, as they own a combines % of the company through ESOP.
A review from over two million investors portfolios in a major US online brokerage, found that nearly one-third held more than 20% of their assets in just one stock. Imagine if they are invested in the next WorldCom or Enron?
There are four types of portfolio diversification in order to decrease overall risk, without sacrificing the potential rewards.
The first one is to diversify across asset classes. Each individual needs to find the appropriate asset mix of stocks, bonds, cash, real-estate and other asset classes in order to achieve the best rewards for the risk taken. During the 2000-2002 bear market, investors in the S&P 500 index fund lost 9% in 2000, in 12% 2001 and 22% in 2002. Adding a simple 20% allocation of bonds to the portfolio would have decreased the losses to 3.3%, 8.75% and 14.40% respectively.
The second strategy is to diversify within asset classes. For example stocks are broken down into:
Large Cap Growth
Large Cap Value
Mid-Cap Growth
Mid-Cap Value
Small-Cap Growth
Small-Cap Value
International Emerging Markets
International Developed Markets
There are several types of bond investments as well. These include:
Corporate Bonds
Municipal Bonds
International Bonds
Mortgage-Backed Securities
Zero-Coupon Bonds
High-Yield Bonds
Short-Term Bonds
An investor who had all of their assets in Nasdaq Stocks at the top of the dot-com bubble would have been much better off if they had invested in other asset classes. An easy way to diversify within asset classes is by buying low-cost Mutual Funds or Exchange-Traded-Funds.
Diversifying across Time is a third strategy to minimize investment risk. Although Dollar-Cost Averaging does reduce investment returns in a given short-term period (DCA) ,it reduces the risk of investing all of your funds in an underperforming asset class at the top. This increases the probability that investors would actually stick to their asset class allocation even in uncertain markets.
Diversifying across strategies is fourth way to reduce risk
Although most investors would be better off with a proper stock/bond index fund allocation adding an active strategy could reduce risk in tough times. An example of that could be investing in dividend stocks like the dividend aristocrats for example. Other types of strategies include ( but are not limited to ) selling covered calls, investing in Dogs of the Dow.
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The Mexican Cession of 1848 is a historical name in the United States for the region of the modern day southwestern United States that Mexico ceded to the U.S. in the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo in 1848, but had not been part of the areas east of the Rio Grande which had been claimed by the Republic, though the Texas annexation resolution two years earlier had not specified Texas's southern and western boundary.
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Most likely the area had been the Mexican territory of Alta California, while a southeastern strip on the Rio Grande had been part of Santa Fe de Nuevo México, most of whose area and population were east of the Rio Grande on land that had been claimed by the Republic of Texas since 1835, but never controlled or even approached aside from the Texas Santa Fe Expedition. Mexico controlled the territory later known as the Mexican Cession, with considerable local autonomy punctuated by several revolts and few troops sent from central Mexico, in the period from 1821-1822 after independence from Spain up through 1846 when U.S. military forces seized control of California and New Mexico on the outbreak of the Mexican-American War. The northern boundary of the 42nd parallel north was set by the Adams–Onís Treaty signed by the U.S. and Spain in 1821 and ratified by Mexico in 1831. The eastern boundary of the Mexican Cession was the Texas claim at the Rio Grande and extending north from the headwaters of the Rio Grande, not corresponding to Mexican territorial boundaries. The southern boundary was set by the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo, which followed the Mexican boundaries between Alta California (to the north) and Baja California and Sonora (to the south).
The cession of this territory from Mexico was a major goal of the war. Alta California and Santa Fe de Nuevo Mexico were captured soon after the start of the war and the last resistance there was subdued in January 1847, but Mexico would not accept the loss of territory. Therefore during 1847 United States troops invaded central Mexico and occupied the Mexican capital of Mexico City, but still no Mexican government was willing to ratify transfer of the northern territories to the U.S. It was uncertain whether any treaty could be reached. There was even an All of Mexico Movement proposing complete annexation of Mexico among Eastern Democrats, opposed by Southerners like John C. Calhoun who wanted additional territory for white Southerners and their black slaves but not the large population of central Mexico.
Eventually Nicholas Trist forced the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo, explicitly redefining the border between Mexico and the United States, in early 1848 after President Polk had already attempted to recall him from Mexico as a failure. Although Mexico did not overtly cede any land under the treaty, the redefined border had the effect of transferring Alta California and Santa Fe de Nuevo Mexico to the control of the United States. Equally important, the new border also acknowledged Mexico's loss of Texas, both the core eastern portion and the western claims, neither of which had been formally recognized by Mexico until that time.
The U.S. Senate approved the treaty, rejecting amendments from both Jefferson Davis to also annex most of northeastern Mexico and Daniel Webster not to take even Alta California and Santa Fe de Nuevo Mexico.[1] The United States also paid $15,000,000 ($298,310,309 in 2005 dollars) for the land, and agreed to assume $3.25 million in debts to US citizens.[2] While technically the territory was purchased by the United States, the $15 million payment was simply credited against Mexico's debt to the U.S. at that time.
The Mexican Cession as ordinarily understood (i.e. excluding lands claimed by Texas) amounted to 525,000 square miles (1,400,000 km2), or 14.9% of the total area of the current United States. If the disputed western Texas claims are also included, that amounts to a total of 750,000 square miles (1,900,000 km2). If all of Texas had been seized, since Mexico had not previously acknowledged the loss of any part of Texas, the total area ceded under this treaty comes to 915,000 square miles (2,400,000 km2).
Considering the seizures, including all of Texas, Mexico lost 55% of its pre-1836 territory in the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo.[3] For only fifteen years from 1821 (when Mexican independence was secured) and the Texan Revolt in 1836, the Mexican Cession (excluding Texas) formed approximately 42% of the country of Mexico; prior to that, it had been a part of the Spanish colony of New Spain for some three centuries. Beginning in the early seventeenth century, a chain of Roman Catholic missions and settlements extended into the New Mexico region, mostly following the course of the Rio Grande from the El Paso area to Santa Fe.
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Soon after the war started and long before negotiation of the new US-Mexico border, the question of slavery in the territories to be acquired polarized the Northern and Southern United States in the bitterest sectional conflict up to this time, which lasted for a deadlock of four years during which the Second Party System broke up, Mormon pioneers settled Utah, the California Gold Rush settled California, and New Mexico under a federal military U.S government turned back Texas's attempt to assert control over territory Texas claimed as far west as the Rio Grande. Eventually the Compromise of 1850 preserved the Union, but only for another decade. Proposals included:
It quickly became apparent that the Mexican Cession did not include a feasible route for a transcontinental railroad connecting to a southern port. The topography of the New Mexico Territory included mountains that naturally directed any railroad extending from the southern Pacific coast northward, to Kansas City, St. Louis, or Chicago. Southerners, anxious for the business such a railroad would bring (and hoping to establish a slave-state beachhead on the Pacific coast[5]), agitated for the acquisition of railroad-friendly land at the expense of Mexico, thus bringing about the Gadsden Purchase of 1853.


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Absco Spacesaver 5ft. W x 3ft. D Steel Tool Shed
Absco Spacesaver 5ft. W x 3ft. D Steel Tool Shed
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Color: Gray | Material: Metal |
Number of Items Included: 1 | Weather Resistant: Yes
Fade Resistant: Yes | Insect Resistant: Yes |
Rot Resistant: Yes | Shed Type: Tool Shed |
Flower Box Included: No | Ventilation: No |
Number of Doors: 1 | Door Style: Single Door |
Padlock Compatible Doors: Yes | Lock Included: No |
Windows Included: No | Foundation Required: Yes
Floor Included: No | Wind Rating MPH: 90 |
Year-Round Use: Yes | Roof Style: Flat |
Skylight: No | Country of Manufacture: Australia |
Assembly Required: Yes | Tools Needed: Drill, screw driver, ladder. |
About the Manufacturer
THE EASIEST GARDEN SHED YOU'LL EVER ASSEMBLE ABSCO is the market leader, certainly in Australia, if not the world, for our innovative designs and our range of garden sheds and other products that incorporate the world patented SNAP-TiTE Assembly System.Absco Spacesaver 5ft. W x 3ft. D Steel Tool Shed
"The picture shows the door opening the front left-hand-side of the shed. Can you assemble the shed so that when the door is open, the right-hand-side of the shed is open instead?" asked by Kino
"Hi. What are the door measurements?" asked by Jonah
"Hi, is the door on this shed lockable?" asked by Nickie
"Hi, does this tool shed have a floor?" asked by Hiroko
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Difficult to assemble Lynn from Seattle, WA– Verified Buyer The box says easiest ever shed to assemble. My husband is an architect and it took him half the day to put it together. Lots and lots of bits and pieces to put together. I would not recommend purchasing it if you think you will slap it together quickly.That said, I am happy with the way it looks all put together. It is definitely flimsy but we poured a concrete base and bolted it to that. After all that work I think it will be a good shed but if I would have known how involved the assembly would be I would have spent more money on a more high quality, easier to put together shed. |
A great shed (but beware: no base!) Carla from Brooklyn, NY– Verified Buyer The shed looks very nice. However, my husband and I found that it was harder to assemble than we had anticipated and the instructions were not very clear. We did not realize that it come without a base when we ordered it and that was probably our mistake. In any case, we had to something about it (without pouring concrete). In the end we are happy with it, the neighbors like it and, if we put it together, at least almost anybody can put it together. |
THE LITTLE SHED Linda from HOUSTON, TX– Verified Buyer THIS IS A VERY LIGHT WEIGHT SHED. A LITTLE SMALLER THAN I EXPECTED. ITS A VERY NICE SHED, BUT THE ALUMINUM IS JUST TOO THIN. |
Nice compact storage Razia from Mesa, AZ– Verified Buyer This is a nice small storage shed. Holds a lot of stuff if you stack them on top of each other. Took about 5 hours for 2 people to put together but we love the end product! |
Fine for small storage Amy from Kentucky– Verified Buyer Easy to assemble and fine for small items. Needed to be weighted down with extra support to avoid blowing over. |
Great Item Ismet from Staten Island, NY– Verified Buyer– Top 500 Reviewer Really nice shed for the price just wish it was still in stock |
potting shed Linda from Lubbock, TX– Verified Buyer Fits on the side of my house very nicely and is the size I needed. |
Serving its purpose Austin from Louisiana– Verified Buyer The steel shed has worked out perfect. Overall it is serving its purpose. There is really nothing good or bad with the shed. |
Best buy on market. Anne F Lumsden from Los Angeles, CA 90020 Had a concrete pad poured, will paint it green -- would have been willing to pay more if it had shelves - which I will add. Very happy with it!! |
Turned out great Ritesh Narang from Santa Clarita, CA– Verified Buyer Pretty good for the price. You'll need to use your drill some but it fits together nicely. I wish the instructions were a little clearer but they aren't the worst. |


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Thermographic Improvements Benefit Automotive Industry
Sunday, 01 April 2007
Like most mature industries, the automotive
industry is highly competitive.
Customers demand quality, security, and
economy. Competition requires increasingly
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demands creates a dilemma:
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As warfare becomes more asymmetric,
civilians and other non-combatants
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damage. The military, of course, hopes
to avoid these types of casualties and
destruction. With advancing technologies
that enable more precision from
their weapons, they also need better
pointing and targeting capabilities,
while remaining covert. Improved targeting
technologies that allow detection
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Sunday, 01 April 2007
A Bose-Einstein condensate is adiabatically compressed to drive coherent spin-mixing evolution.
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An atom laser now undergoing development simultaneously generates two pulsed beams of correlated 87Rb atoms. (An atom laser is a source of atoms in beams characterized by coherent matter waves, analogous to a conventional laser, which is a source of coherent light waves.) The pumping mechanism of this atom laser is based on spinor dynamics in a Bose-Einstein beam running-wave dipole trap that has been formed by focusing of a CO2-laser beam. By a technique that is established in the art, the trap is loaded from an ultra-high-vacuum magneto-optical trap that is, itself, loaded via a cold atomic beam from an upstream two-dimensional magneto-optical trap that resides in a rubidium-vapor cell that is differentially pumped condensate. By virtue of the angular-momentum conserving collisions that generate the two beams, the number of atoms in one beam is correlated with the number of atoms in the other beam. Such correlations are intimately linked to entanglement and squeezing in atomic ensembles, and atom lasers like this one could be used in exploring related aspects of Bose-Einstein condensates, and as components of future sensors relying on atom interferometry.
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Active Correction of Aberrations of Low-Quality Telescope Optics
Sunday, 01 April 2007
Relatively inexpensive optical components could be used in free-space optical communications.
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A system of active optics that includes a wavefront sensor and a deformable mirror has been demonstrated to be an effective means of partly correcting wavefront aberrations introduced by fixed optics (lenses and mirrors) in telescopes. It is envisioned that after further development, active optics would be used to reduce wavefront aberrations of about one wave or less in telescopes having aperture diameters of the order of meters or tens of meters. Although this remaining amount of aberration would be considered excessive in scientific applications in which diffraction-limited performance is required, it would be acceptable for free-space optical-communication applications at wavelengths of the order of 1 μm.
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Rugged, Tunable Extended-Cavity Diode Laser
Sunday, 01 April 2007
This laser is relatively insensitive to vibration.
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A rugged, tunable extended-cavity diode laser (ECDL) has been developed to satisfy stringent requirements for frequency stability, notably including low sensitivity to vibration. This laser is designed specifically for use in an atomic-clock experiment to be performed aboard the International Space Station (ISS). Lasers of similar design would be suitable for use in terrestrial laboratories engaged in atomic-clock and atomic-physics research.
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Thursday, 01 March 2007
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single-mode laser light within
the doped fiber lasing medium.
Ytterbium-doped fiber lasers operating
around 1μm often achieve around 80%
pump- to-laser conversion efficiency and
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Thursday, 01 March 2007
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Cape Flats Muslims urged to vote for ANC
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The Cape Flats is being flooded with leaflets calling on Muslims to vote for the ANC, the latest in a series of party political election tactics.
These have included the DA's "proudly brought to you by the ANC" billboards blaming the ruling party for load shedding; the Muslim party Al Jama'ah's poster campaign saying: "Don't vote DA it is haraam"; the DA's adverts being pulled by the public broadcaster; the ANC taking legal action over the DA election pamphlet saying "the ANC wants to stop you getting a job or promotion"; and the DA's scathing attacks on President Jacob Zuma and the Nkandla debacle.
In the latest move, the ANC has flooded the Cape Flats with pamphlets titled "Why we still vote ANC", in which its Muslim members take a critical look at their party but recommend it while engaging in DA bashing.
In the pamphlet Muslim party members - which insiders say include prominent ANC bigwigs like Enver Surty, Ebrahim Patel, Ebrahim Rasool, Hishaam Mohamed and Faizel Moosa - give what they describe as a "credible explanation" of why voting ANC is the right thing to do.
Party loyalists urge Muslims to support the ANC, with members even tackling Nkandla to drive their point home.
"We know that there are problems such as the Nkandla issue, but we also know that the achievements outweigh the problems," the pamphlet says.
"This is not the time to let our anger and disappointments overwhelm our hopes and aspirations. This is the time to continue to build South Africa by creating more jobs, decent work and sustainable livelihoods for inclusive growth."
Members claimed their call was consistent with the Qur'an, which says: "Allah does not forbid you from those non-Muslims who do not fight your religion nor drive you from your homes, from being righteous and fair to them. Allah loves those who are fair and just."
The pamphlet also points out that in South Africa Muslims are treated equally under the law, while in the US Muslims are profiled, and in France Muslim dress and symbols are outlawed. It says while governments in Europe and America supported the Israeli occupation of Palestine and "the war on terror", the South African government opposed these.
"We are the example to a global Ummah who suffers from Islamophobia in the West and dictatorship in the East. We have to show that a place of peace and security is indeed possible for Muslims. That place is being built in South Africa. That's why we have to vote for the ANC."
The pamphlet also points out what it calls flaws in DA claims that the Western Cape is the best-run province, saying the DA has simply repackaged the ANC's achievements.
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Strictly has been a huge success since it began in 2004 and is currently in its eleventh series. We hear about how the production teams on the main show and It Takes Two, as well as the multiplatform team, work together to provide all the coverage demanded by Strictly superfans.
"I was looking to reinstate some humour to the whole experience." – Alex McLeod
Executive producer Moira Ross offers an insight into the changes she's made to the show in the last two series to keep it fresh, exciting and, above all, entertaining. She also talks about the challenges of the live broadcast and casting celebrities.
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Love these little walking tours. Fascinating little places. Great info on Picasso and his life. Interesting.
Great experience! Our guide knew what she was doing. The walk is easy and very interesting. The opportunity to "skip the line" at the museum is a must! The only way to do it! The museum is wonderful and the opportunity to see Picasso's early work as a teen is not to be missed. This tour is a real bargain for the price and we night recommend it!
Our Guide was very knowledgeable and we thoroughly enjoyed the tour.
Loved this experience, especially the haunts in the old part of town. The museum was interesting in that we really didn't know what Picasso was able to do when he was a kid.
A good, two hour tour that shows you some of the haunts of Picasso whilst he was in Spain and moves on to the museum. Whilst the museum doesn't have any of his best known works, it is an excellent way to see how talented the young Picasso was at 13 and show you how his style/s developed. Recommended!
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This was an excellent tour! Carlos was so engaged and knowledgeable about Picasso,
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Our guide on this tour was terrific. We did a tour of the Gothic Quarter highlighting time Picasso spent there plus an overview of his career. The guide made it very interesting even if you aren't an art lover. Inside the Picasso Museum he talked about specific works. A great tour of the Gothic Qtr.
Once we figured out that the meeting location was in the Placa Catalunya square itself, then down a stairway below the plaza...we enjoyed an exceptional tour. We were provided headsets and we could regulate the volume control to our individual needs. The guide spoke English clearly and had such a pleasant voice. The pace and the information provided was perfect. Touring the museum with a guide - priceless!!!
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Our guide was fabulous. I would recommend that anyone wishing to visit the Picasso museum and Picasso's influence in the area, that you consider doing it with Viator. The experience was a highlight for our family.


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US 7045205 B1 Abstract A nanostructured apparatus may include a mesoporous template having an array of regularly-spaced pores. One or more layers of material may conformally coat the walls to a substantially uniform thickness. Such an apparatus can be used in a variety of devices including optoelectronic devices, e.g., light emitting devices (such as LEDs, and lasers) and photovoltaic devices (such as solar cells) optical devices (luminescent, electro-optic, and magnetooptic waveguides, optical filters, optical switches, amplifies, laser diodes, multiplexers, optical couplers, and the like), sensors, chemical devices (such as catalysts) and mechanical devices (such as filters for filtering gases or liquids).
Claims(31) 1. A nanostructured apparatus, comprising:
a mesoporous template having a network of regularly-spaced intersecting pores, wherein a characteristic dimension of the pores is between about 1 nm and about 100 nm; and
a layer of material that substantially coats one or more walls of the pores to a substantially uniform thickness.
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evaporating the solvent from the sol to form a surfactant-templated porous film, and
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Description This invention is directed to photovoltaic devices and more particularly to nanostructured photovoltaic devices and methods for manufacture of nanostructured photovoltaic devices. Many devices could benefit from an active layer having a network of regularly interconnected nanometer scale pores, including optoelectronic devices (e.g. photovoltaic cells, organic LEDs, and lasers), optical devices (e.g. waveguides and optical filters), mechanical devices (e.g. filters and separation media), and chemically-active devices (e.g. catalysts. In each of these and other device applications, it would be beneficial to have a nanometer-scale network comprised of either semiconducting (e.g. semiconducting metal oxides), conducting materials (e.g. metals), and/or sequentially placed conformal layers of semiconducting and conducting materials as a component of such devices. Recently, mesoporous templates have been fabricated using sol gel surfactant temptation techniques. Examples of such surfactant-templation techniques for producing porous films are described, e.g., by Brinker, et al in U.S. Pat. No. 6,270,846, the disclosures of which are incorporated herein by reference. Such sol gel techniques can fabricate mesoporous metal oxide templates, which can be semiconducting. However, templates fabricated in this fashion often have an irregular pore structure with undulating channels as illustrated schematically in Sol gel techniques can fabricate silica templates with straight channels that intersect at right angles, as depicted schematically in Thus, there is a need in the art, for a device containing regularly interconnected nanometer scale pores that are uniformly coated on their surface that overcomes the above difficulties and a corresponding method for making such a device. The teachings of the present invention can be readily understood by considering the following detailed description in conjunction with the accompanying drawings, in which: Although the following detailed description contains many specific details for the purposes of illustration, anyone of ordinary skill in the art will appreciate that many variations and alterations to the following details are within the scope of the invention. Accordingly, the embodiments of the invention described below are set forth without any loss of generality to, and without imposing limitations upon, the claimed invention. According to embodiments of the present invention, a device may include an active layer having a mesoporous template having an array of regularly spaced pores. An active material may be deposited on the walls of the pores in a way that conformally coats the walls to a substantially uniform thickness. A characteristic dimension of the pores 304 (e.g., pore diameter or center-to-center pore spacing) is between about 1 nm and 50 nm. In a preferred embodiment, the pores 304 are substantially straight in at least one direction. By way of example, the pores 304 may include one or more sets of substantially straight pores. Each set of pores may be aligned parallel to one of three substantially perpendicular axes x, y, z and may intersect as shown in A silica-based structure, such as that depicted in In a third example, the materials 306, 308 may include a more reactive metal or other reactive material such as aluminum, magnesium, or calcium, such that the apparatus may act as a catalyst having a reactive surface that could increase the rate of a chemical reaction. In addition, such a structure could serve as both a filter and a catalyst. Furthermore, the materials 306, 308 may exhibit specific optical properties including but not limited to particular optical transmission, reflection, absorption or other properties. Thus, the apparatus 300 may act as optical devices such as luminescent, electro-optic, and magneto-optic waveguides, optical filters, optical switches, amplifies, laser diodes, multiplexers, optical couplers, and the like. Optical materials suitable for incorporation into optical devices include Nb-doped semiconductive SrTiO (NST), as well as (Pb,La)(Zr,Ti)O (PLZT), which has a higher electro-optic coefficient than LiNbO (Lithium Niobate), a widely used electro-optic material. Other suitable materials include BaTiO. More generally, the range of thin films suitable for such devices includes ferroelectrics, dielectrics, and glasses, with epitaxial or glass structures. Many of these materials can be readily deposited from metal organic precursors that are chemically compatible with ALD processes. In addition the apparatus 300 may be used in sensors, e.g. chemical and biological sensors, where the layers 306, 308 include a semiconducting or conducting surface coating that can transmit electrical signals arising from binding of a chemical or biological molecule to the very high surface area of the nanoscale network of the mesoporous template 302. Such coatings could serve to transmit electronic information, e.g., in the form of charge arising from a detection event. Examples of suitable coatings include, but are not limited to, coatings that are electrically conductive (e.g. metallic) coatings, such as Copper, Platinum, and Silver. By way of example and without limitation, the mesoporous template 302 may be made from a precursor sol by surfactant templation as described, e.g., in U.S. Pat. No. 6,270,846. The precursor sol may include one or more covalent metal complexes with a central element X, one or more surfactants, one or more condensation inhibitors, water, and a solvent. Generally speaking, the molar ratios of the surfactant, condensation inhibitor, ethanol and water may be in the following ranges with respect to the central element X: [Surfactant]/[X]: a molar ratio ranging from about 1�10−7 to about 0.1 [Solvent]/[X]: a molar ratio ranging from about 3 to about 50 [Condensation Inhibitor]/[X]: a molar ranging ratio from about 1�10−5 to about 5 [water]/[X]: a molar ratio ranging from about 0 to about 20. The central element X may be a metal, particularly a transition metal such as, e.g., Ag, Au, Cd, Co, Cr, Cu, Fe, Ir, Mn, Mo, Nb, Ni, Sr, Ta, Ti, V, W, Y, Zn, Zr, etc. Other suitable central elements X include Al, B, Ba, Ce, Ge, Hf, In, La, Pb, Os, Se, Si, Sn, Sr, or Va. The covalent metal complexes can be metal alkoxides and/or metal halides nitrides etc, including e.g., tetramethylorthosilicate, tetraethylorthosilicate, titanium butoxide, titanium iso-propoxide, zirconium n-butoxide, aluminum isopropoxide, aluminum iso-propoxide and mixtures thereof. In a preferred embodiment the central element X is silicon (Si) and the mesoporous template is made of SiO2 (silica) For SiO2-based surfactant templated films examples of suitable alkoxides include polysiloxanes such as tetraethylorthosilicate (TEOS). For TiO2-based porous surfactant templated films examples of suitable covalent metal complexes include alkoxides such as titanium ethoxide or titanium isopropoxide, titanium chloride, titanium butoxide, titanium (AcAc) (i.e., titanium diisopropoxide(bis-2,4-pentanedionate)), titanium methacryloxyethylacetoacetate triisopropoxide, and titanium bis(triethanolamine) diisopropoxide and the like. The solvent can be a polar organic solvent or any other solvent that solubilizes the other reactants. Examples of suitable solvents include alcohols, (e.g., methanol, ethanol, propanol, butanol, isopropanol), tetrahydrofuran, formamide, dimethylformamide or mixtures thereof. Examples of suitable surfactants include HO(CH2CH2O)n(CH2CHCH3O)m(CH2CH2O)nH, where the subscripts m and n are integers. A particular surfactant of this type is the block copolymer poly(ethyleneoxide)-poly(propyleneoxide)-poly(ethyleneoxide) (sometimes known commercially as Pluronic P123), for which n=20, m=70, n=20. Alternatively, a triblock copolymer (sometimes known commercially as Pluronic F127) for which n=106, m=70, n=106 may be used. Other suitable surfactants include hexadecyl trimethylammonium bromide (CTAB), polyoxyalkylene ether, and poly(oxyethylene)cetyl ether (e.g., Brij56 or Brij58) Pluronic is a registered trademark of BASF Corporation of Ludwigshafen, Germany. Brij is a registered trademark of Atlas Chemicals of Wilmington Del. Brij 56 is polyoxyethylene 10 cetyl ether. Brij 58 has several synonyms, including poly(oxyethylene) cetyl ether, poly(oxyethylene) palmityl ether, polyethylene oxide hexadecyl ether, and polyethylene glycol cetyl ether. Examples of suitable condensation inhibitors include acids such as hydrochloric acid (HCl), sulfuric acid (H2SO4), nitric acid (HNO3), carboxylic acids, such as acetic acid (HOAc), and the like, bases such as sodium hydroxide (NaOH), ammonium hydroxide (NH4OH) triethylamine, and the like, and chelating agents, such as ketones, B-diketones, carboxylic acids, B-keto-carboxylic acids, diols, aminoalcohols, crown ethers, hydroxyl or amine containing polymers, small molecules or cosolvents such as ethyl acetoacetate, 2-4-pentadione, acetone, diacetone alcohol, chatecol, stearic acid, lactic acid, chatechol, ethanolamine, triethanolamine and the like. The sol may be filtered and a thin layer of the sol may be disposed on a substrate, e.g., by spin-coating, web-coating, dip-coating, spray-coating, ink-jet printing, doctor blade coating, spray coating, printing such as screen-printing, ink-jet printing, flexographic printing, gravure printing, micro-gravure printing, and the like. The solvent is evaporated from the sol to form a surfactant-templated film. Pore diameter and pore spacing in the surfactant templated film may be adjusted by (1) choice of surfactant, (2) concentration of surfactant, (3) the use of block co-polymers, (4) temperature, (5) humidity level, (6) deposition procedure and speed, (7) concentration of covalent metal complex, (8) use of cosolvents, (9) swelling agents, (10) chelating agents, (11) acids, or (12) bases, (13) the nature of the covalent metal complex, e.g., in terms of type and nature of ligands attached, or some combination of two or more of (1)�(13). Examples of these are described, e.g., in commonly assigned co-pending U.S. patent application Ser. No. 10/427,749, which is incorporated herein by reference. The surfactant-templated film may be covalently crosslinked, e.g., by heating, to form the mesoporous template 302. During this step, the surfactant templates can be also be selectively removed, e.g., through exposure to heat. For example, heating the as-coated film to between about 170� C. and about 400� C. is typically sufficient to covalently crosslink the mesoporous template and/or decompose the surfactant molecules while remaining within the thermal stability range of the underlying substrate. Incubation temperature, ramp rate and total incubation time may be varied to optimize the properties of the film. Although the mesoporous template is described as being fabricated by surfactant templation, other techniques may be used. Examples of alternative techniques for forming the mesoporous template include, but are not limited to: (a) intercalation and/or grafting of organic or polymeric molecules within a mineral lamellar network; (b) synthesis by electrocrystallisation of hybrid molecular assemblies; (c) impregnation of preformed inorganic gels; (d) synthesis from heterofunctional metallic alkoxides metallic halides or silsesquioxannes; (e) synthesis of hybrid networks through the connection of well-defined functional nanobuilding blocks; (f) templated growth of inorganic or hybrid networks by using organic molecules, macromolecules, proteins or fibers as structure directing agents; and (g) templated growth using nanoparticles as structuring agents followed by removal of the nanoparticles. After the mesoporous template 302 has been formed the active material 306, 308 may be deposited on the interior walls of the pores 304. By way of example, the active materials may be deposited by atomic layer deposition. Atomic Layer Deposition (ALD) is a high-quality thin-film deposition technique based on sequential, self-limiting surface reactions. In ALD a substrate is sequentially exposed to two or more reactant vapors while maintaining the substrate temperature within a temperature range favorable to the desired ALD reaction. A typical ALD process involves two sequential surface reactions involving two different reactants referred to herein as A and B. The ALD system may be purged of reactant gas between the A and B reactions with a non-reactive purge gas. The AB reaction sequence forms a very thin layer of material, e.g., as little as one atomic layer, or a partial atomic monolayer, on the walls of the pores 304. Films deposited by ALD tend to be uniform over large areas. In addition ALD allows deposition of conformal films on structures having very high aspect ratios (e.g., >100). So long as the spaces to be coated, e.g., gaps or pores, are larger than the ALD reactant gas molecules, the reactant gases can diffuse into the spaces. A wide variety of materials may be deposited by ALD, including semiconductors, metals, oxides, nitrides, and other materials. ALD techniques can thus deposit thin films one atomic layer at a time, in a �digital� fashion. The thickness of the ALD deposited film depends on the number of repetitions of the A/B deposition reaction sequence. Such �digital� build-up of material simplifies thickness control, thus reducing both complexity and cost. Another advantage of ALD is that it may be carried out at temperatures as low as room temperature. By way of example, the layers of material 306, 308 may include a layer of titania (TiO2). Other suitable semiconducting materials include any of several metal oxides, e.g., zinc oxide, zirconium oxide, hafnium oxide, and the like. By way of example, where reactant A may be TiCl4 and reactant B may be water vapor (H2O), the two half-reactions may deposit a layer of TiO2. Atomic layer deposition using these reactants is described, e.g., by M. A. Cameron, et al., in �Atomic Layer Deposition of SiO2 and TiO2 in Alumina Tubular Membranes: Pore Reduction and Effect of Surface Species on Gas Transport,� Langmuir 2000, 16, 7425�7444, American Chemical Society, Washington D.C., which is incorporated herein by reference. In addition to oxides, layers of metals and other materials may also be deposited by ALD. Additional layers of materials may be deposited on the walls of the pores 304 in subsequent processing steps (e.g., additional ALD or other deposition steps). It is also possible to completely or nearly completely fill the pores in the template 302 with additional material, e.g., by ALD, electrodeposition, electroless (chemical bath) deposition, or other techniques. By way of example, and without loss of generality, the pores 304 may be coated or filled with organic materials (e.g., a polymers, fullerenes, pigments, dyes, or small molecules) at room temperature by exposing the polymer to solvent vapor while on or mixed with the mesoporous template 302. Solvent vapor infiltration techniques are described, e.g., in U.S. patent application Ser. No. 10/719,041, which is incorporated herein by reference. The nanostructured apparatus 300 may provide a three-dimensional layer having a network of regularly interconnected nanometer scale pores useful as a component for several different types of devices including optoelectronic devices (e.g. photovoltaic cells, light emitting devices, e.g., organic light-emitting diodes (LEDs), and lasers), optical devices (e.g. luminescent, electro-optic, and magneto-optic waveguides, optical filters, optical switches, amplifies, laser diodes, multiplexers, optical couplers, and the like), mechanical devices (e.g. filters and separation media), and chemically-active devices (e.g. catalysts). By way of example, The choice of semiconductor materials depends, in part, on the nature of the optoelectronic device. For example, the semiconductor materials 406, 408 may be chosen so that the device 400 acts as a light-emitting device such as an LED or laser. For example, the device 400 may be configured as an LED if the materials 406, 408 are doped such that they act as a PN junction that gives off light when biased in the forward direction. An LED-type device may be configured as a semiconductor laser, e.g., by suitable doping and/or reflecting surfaces configured to provide a resonant cavity for the emitted light to promote stimulated emission. Furthermore, the device 400 may be configured as a photovoltaic device if the materials 406, 408 have complementary charge transfer properties with respect to each other (e.g., different affinity levels) and at least one of the two semiconductor materials 406, 408 absorbs light. By way of example, for photovoltaic devices and LEDs, the first and second semiconductor materials 406, 408 may include inorganic materials, such as titania (titanium oxide, TiO2), zinc oxide (ZnO), zirconium oxide, lanthanum oxide, niobium oxide, tungsten oxide, tin oxide, copper oxide, strontium oxide, calcium/titanium oxide, indium oxide, tungsten oxide, vanadium oxide, zirconium oxide, molybdenum oxide, vanadium oxide, strontium oxide, sodium titanate, potassium niobate, silicon (e.g., p-type or n-type doped), cadmium selenide (CdSe), cadmium suflide (CdS), cadmium telluride (CdTe), cadmium telluride selenide (CdTeSe), cadmium indium diselenide (CdInSe2, CIS), cadmium indium Gallium diselenide (CdInGASe2, CIGS) as well as blends or alloys of two or more such materials. The second semiconductor material 408 may be inorganic or organic. Examples of suitable organic materials for photovoltaic devices include conjugated polymers such as poly(phenylene) and derivatives thereof, poly(phenylene vinylene) and derivatives thereof (e.g., poly(2-methoxy-5-(2-ethyl-hexyloxy)-1,4-phenylene vinylene (MEH-PPV), poly(para-phenylene vinylene) (PPV)), PPV copolymers, poly(thiophene) and derivatives thereof (e.g., poly(3-octylthiophene-2,5,-diyl), regioregular, poly(3-octylthiophene-2,5,-diyl) regioregular poly(3-hexylthiophene-2,5-diyl) (P3HT), regiorandom, poly(3-hexylthiophene-2,5-diyl)), poly(thienylenevinylene) and derivatives thereof, and poly(isothianaphthene) and derivatives thereof. Other suitable polymers include organometallic polymers, polymers containing perylene units, poly(squaraines) and their derivatives, and discotic liquid crystals. Other suitable organic materials include organic pigments or dyes, azo-dyes having azo chromofores (�N═N�) linking aromatic groups, phthalocyanines including metal-free phthalocyanine; (HPc), Cu phthalocyanine (CuPc), Zinc phthalocyanine (ZnPc), perylenes, naphthalocyanines, squaraines, merocyanines and their respective derivatives, poly(silanes), poly(germinates), 2,9-Di(pent-3-yl)-anthra[2,1,9-def:6,5,10-d′e′f′]diisoquinoline-1,3,8,10-tetrone, and 2,9-Bis-(1-hexyl-hept-1-yl)-anthra[2,1,9-def:6,5,10-d′e′f′]diisoquinoline-1,3,8,10-tetrone and small organic molecules such as pentacene and/or pentacene precursors. Blends of two or more of these materials can be combined as well. In photovoltaic device embodiments where the template 402 is itself made from a semiconducting material, it is desirable for the template 402 and first semiconducting material 406 to have complementary charge transfer properties with respect to each other (e.g., titania and copper oxide). In other embodiments, it may be desirable to solution coat the template 402 (if semiconducting) or first semiconductor material 406 with an interfacial layer of, e.g., a ruthenium dye or functionalized fullerene (e.g., C60). The use of interfacial layers in optoelectronic devices is described e.g., in commonly assigned U.S. patent application Ser. No. 10/419,708, which is incorporated herein by reference. In some embodiments, it may be desirable to (optionally) coat or fill portions the template 402 with a conductive material 410, which may be either organic or inorganic. The conductive material may cover a portion of a surface of the active layer to enhance electrical contact between one of the semiconductor materials (406, 408) and one of the electrodes (403, 405). By way of example, the conductive material 410 may be a transparent conductive polymer material (e.g., PEDOT, PEDOT or polyaniline doped with a dopant such as polystyrene sulfonic acid (PSS). Alternatively, the conductive material may be a transparent conductive oxide, e.g., indium tin oxide (ITO), fluorinated tin oxide (F:SnO2) and the like. Embodiments of the present invention provide for fabrication of a highly ordered three-dimensional mesoporous template that may be uniformly coated with a variety of different materials that cannot be otherwise self-assembled into such an ordered form. Consequently, highly efficient optoelectronic devices, e.g., light emitting devices (such as, organic LEDs, and lasers), photovoltaic devices (such as solar cells), optical devices (luminescent, electro-optic, and magneto-optic waveguides, optical filters, optical switches, amplifies, laser diodes, multiplexers, optical couplers, and the like), chemical devices (such as catalysts) and mechanical devices (such as filters for filtering gases or liquids) may be fabricated efficiently and economically. While the above is a complete description of the preferred embodiment of the present invention, it is possible to use various alternatives, modifications and equivalents. Therefore, the scope of the present invention should be determined not with reference to the above description but should, instead, be determined with reference to the appended claims, along with their full scope of equivalents. The appended claims are not to be interpreted as including means-plus-function or step-plus function limitations, unless such a limitation is explicitly recited in a given claim using the phrase �means for� or �step for.� Patent Citations
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Odenwaelder Named NESCAC Player of the Week
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HADLEY, Mass. – Amherst College right fielder Mike Odenwaelder '16 was named the NESCAC Baseball Player of the Week on Monday after continuing his standout rookie season with a red-hot stretch at the plate during the Lord Jeffs' last five games.
A native of Goshen, Conn., Odenwaelder batted .500 (9-for-18) last week, reaching base multiple times in four of Amherst's five contests. The first-year started the run off with an impressive day at Division I Dartmouth on Tuesday, going 2-for-3 with a walk against a talented Big Green squad which has set a program record for wins this year while finishing as Ivy League runners-up.
Odenwaelder continued his hot hitting in Wednesday's doubleheader at Eastern Connecticut State, going 3-for-4 with a triple, run scored and two RBIs in the opener then reaching base twice with a single and walk in a 1-for-3 nightcap. The rookie completed the week by going a combined 3-for-8 in Saturday's doubleheader sweep at Colby, ripping RBI doubles in both ends of the twinbill.
Making a strong case for the NESCAC's Rookie of the Year award, Odenwaelder leads the conference with a .573 slugging percentage while ranking eighth overall and first among first-years in both batting average (.369) and runs scored (30). The right fielder is tied for the team lead with two home runs and 19 RBIs while also stealing 10 bases in 11 attempts.
Odenwaelder and the Lord Jeffs kick off their postseason on Friday, facing Trinity on the opening day of the NESCAC Championship tournament. Check back later this week for a full playoff preview.


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Hey henchman, were you the guy with the Tac-One Mag @ the Conserve and Conquer game?
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Huh, I didn't play this game but I've played with you two at sc before, henchman. If you've ever played with the guys that wear hot pink shirts, that's our group.
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I'm definitely going to try so long as school doesn't get in the way. I love mcb meetups.
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Stay tuned...working out new date but looks like second week of April. Sunday again.
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Saturday, March 14 Hopefully we will have some open water for this outing to the LaPorte Lakes and Michigan City, where we will be looking for ducks and gulls. If any in our group wants to make a longer day of birding, we could drive north to New Buffalo and on to the Three Oaks Ponds. We will meet at 8:00 in front of Kroger's, near Lombardy and Western Avenue. This is in the same area as Key Bank, but at the east end of the shopping complex. Remember to bring layers, as the winds can be bone chilling on the lakes. Saturday, March 28 I have changed this outing to go to Kankakee and Kingsbury Fish & Wildlife Areas, instead of Potato Creek and Kingsbury. Kankakee is always a good place to see waterfowl and possibly Bald Eagles. We will meet in the Kohl's parking lot on Miami Street, just south of Ireland road at 8:00 a.m. for car-pooling. We will plan on stopping for lunch in Knox, before going to Kingsbury on our way home. If you have any questions about our field trips, contact Brian Miller at (574) 291-0804 or email email@example.com. |
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It was a great visit. Quick and fast and he is a pretty cool guy
fantastic doctor.....prefers to support none medication based therapies through diet and activity, alternative options than just writing a script for lipitor........
Let me start off by saying Dr. Kidwai is a knowledgeable doctor and when you actually get to see him provides sound, straightforward advice. His practice, however, appears to be mismanaged. I've had four appointments in this office. Each time I've made an appointment its usually preceeded by blood work, whether or not you request it. This might seem like a small thing, but it becomes a major inconvenience when making the trip out to the doctor is not convenient. Usually, when I make an appointment to see the doctor I expect to see the doctor, not his assistants or nurses (one of whom could not explain to me what the numbers on a blood pressure reading actually mean). Its my guess that this office opens up such a large block time slots to get people into the office only to provide "blood work" services (knowing Dr. Kidwai is not available), thus necessitating an additional visit (and co-pay) to see the actual doctor. Dr Kidwai is a good doctor, he needs to work in a practice that is better managed. The current setup does not work and further complicates a healthcare system already fraught with frustration and inefficiency.
If you're looking for a holistic doctor, he would be a decent choice. He's very friendly and enthusiastic, but also clearly overwhelmed with patients. The first time I went there I was late, and that's my fault, but then they kept me waiting over an hour, until I told them I was leaving because I couldn't wait any longer. There were also other patients there who arrived on time but were kept waiting for unacceptable amounts of time. The main reason I would never go back there myself, however, is that I had lab work done and they never sent me the results.