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Quality Rubber 4' x 6' Rubber Horse Mat 3/4" Thick
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Single Door Hog Feeder HGFS
A heavy-duty hog feeder that will stand up to the toughest use. Heavy-gauge steel is extra thick in the trough and feed doors. The deep trough has a feed-saver lip to conserve feed. The feed door is specially designed to keep out moisture and pests, but can easily be wired open for starting pigs. The top door flips open from the back for easy loading from the rear or outside the pen. Slots in back side for mounting on wall or rail. Ships completely assembled. 19 inch long by 12.75 inch wide by 29.5 inch high, 50-lb. capacity.- Heavy-gauge steel with slots for hanging
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GQF Manufacturing Hova-Bator Thermal Air Egg Incubator Warmer Chicken Duck Quail Goose 1602N
$55.97Invented by G.Q.F. Manufacturing Co. over 30 years ago, the Hova-Bator is still the WORLD'S BEST SMALL INCUBATOR and the THERMAL AIR FLOW MODEL, is the most economical incubator available. The radiant heat tube gently warms the inside of the incubator, the air and eggs. Thermal action of the heated air flowing out of the exhaust vents in the top of the incubator, draws fresh air in through the bottom vent. This thermal air flow also assists the drying of the chicks after they hatch. This design includes two small windows on top for viewing. The wafer thermostat is proven, accurate technology that produces great hatch results. This model is not suitable for use with the goose egg turner, item No. 1614
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$33.99These easy assembly hutches are constructed with rust-resistant, easy to clean wire mesh, doors are surrounded by protective vinyl guards and feature spring tension door latches. Wire mesh bottom is 1/2in x 1in and sides are 2in x 1in.
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Merrick's Calf Milk Replacer Regular 25 lb
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text: San Francisco Sheriff Ross Mirkarimi continues to be in hot water as the City of San Francisco determines whether or not he should lose his job. Mayor Ed Lee suspended Mirkarimi on March 20th, after he plead guilty to a misdemeanor charge of false imprisonment. The charge is connection with a New Year's Eve incident in which he grabbed his wife's arm during an argument, causing a bruise.

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FASHION STATEMENT: Glamour has signed on Anne Christensen, formerly women's fashion director at T: The New York Times Style Magazine, as executive fashion director, effective Aug. 24. She succeeds the magazine's longtime fashion director, Xanthipi Joannides, who left last month. As for Christensen's freelance work (which she was able to do while at T, since she was on contract), a spokeswoman for the Cindi Leive-helmed title noted: "[Christensen] has a select number of commitments that she will fulfill," but emphasized, "This is a full-time position." Translation: No more freelance. We think. In addition, Leive told WWD she plans to "significantly increase" fashion pages in the magazine. Christensen had been a finalist for the editor in chief's slot at T, but those spoils ultimately went to Sally Singer, formerly of Vogue.
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April 24, 9:17 p.m.: A fickle, manic, mournful energy has been gathering tonight beneath the Fremont Street Experience canopy, magnetized by bad cover bands, cheap beer, tchotchke huts, and the hope for spectacle. Amid the shamble (grizzled beggars, drunk bros, tube-topped partygirls, sign-waving religious zealots), bubbles of bystanders form: Here's a turf-dancing crew popping and locking, here's a kid moonwalking in Off The Wall-era Michael Jackson drag, here's a "living statue" performer who appears to levitate. No one lingers, no one watches long; it's as though restlessness constantly prods.
The sidewalkification of Fremont Street in the '90s put in place the dynamics for this human stream; the light-show canopy was the attractant. The scene that resulted was, at worst, amusingly skeezy. But to my memory, never did the street take on a nightside vibe of such jangling and anxious desperation as it did last evening. Random shoals of people seemed to circle each other as though moved by invisible currents of threat; the trajectories seemed skewed; you'd bump, not brush, shoulders with a stranger and get a glowering look. What was this, some special event brewing that brought out a passive-aggressive crowd?
Nothing like that. On the walk back, I realized the likely source: Slotzilla, the 12-story zipline launch platform made to resemble (what else?) a slot machine. The Fremont Street Experience originally proposed to turn the street into a sort of valve system: Drawn by the light show, tourists would congregate on the promenade, and then hopefully be flushed into the surrounding casinos afterward. Slotzilla, a monolithic slab planted onto the east end of the Fremont Street Experience, now seems to act as a cork. That's what I felt last night as the wind kicked up a flurry of napkins, plastic cups and cigarette butts: pressure, and a crowd's incipient animal panic at being entrapped in a dubious entertainment with no way out.
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and they say toronto is bad?
It happens no matter where ya go or watch ya do those problems will be there. Pray that ya know Good from Bad than at least your life will be a little better. God Bless.
got milk? Eat corn flakes. (no sugar im sweet enough)
"What a view from my seventh floor apartment", he tells me, I reply, "That view won't last very long when the riff raff throw you off the balcony of that 7th floor after you piss tem off enough!"
Is this NEWS or WHAT? Someone bragging about having a 7th floor apartment in the Ghetto , and someone else thinking the "riff raff" may throw him from it! You can't find dogshit news like this anywhere else! HAHA
Now... we just have to wait till the RIFFRAFF throws him off, and we can brag that we had BREAKING NEWS no one else had! LOL
I can't believe they even have computers in those JFK apartments!
ROFL I B special, I have the top floor apartment in the GHETTO! ROFL


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On-Campus Extended Studies Course
An on-campus course offered during the Winter or May term. May be offered for .5 course credits or as a co-curricular (0 credit). Counts toward satisfying the Extended Studies requirement.
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Jeffrey McCall184A: Radio Management and Programming
Course Fees: None
Prerequisites: None
Meeting Times: 9:30-noon, MTWRF. Some weekend and overnight work.
Location: WGRE in the PCCM
An intensive analysis of how media organizations are structured and managed. Study and practice of radio program content, including music, news and hosting on-air programs. Discussion and execution of effective audience analysis, media marketing and production practices. Media regulatory controls analyzed.
General class meeting at 9:30 daily and department meetings as arranged. Occasional weekend and overnight hours are required.
Andrew Hayes
184B: Renaissance Culture and Combat: Fights for Living Dead in Denmark
Course Fees: $35 for sword (optional). Travel and registration fees for Chicago workshop (optional)
Prerequisites: Audition or permission of instructor
Meeting Times: 9-noon MTWRF, plus afternoon practices
Location: Auxiliary Gym, Lilly Center
In preparation for the spring production of Living Dead in Denmark, this course is designed to familiarize students with several aspects of European Renaissance culture through literature and histories and to train students to perform realistic scenes of theatrical violence with the single sword/rapier. Specifically, we will learn about the lives of Renaissance men and women, train ourselves in the beginning skills of stage combat, perform scenes for each other and to appreciate performance as a communicative art, enhance our skills of body awareness and flexibility, analyze dramatic texts dealing with Renaissance characters and subjects, learn to critically evaluate others' performances, and prepare our work for evaluation by an adjudicator from the Society of American Fight Directors (SAFD). Priority in registration will be given to students who commit to being part of the spring production, but, space permitting, students that chose not to be part of the spring production may participate.
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184C: Backstage Secrets
Course Fees: None
Prerequisites: None
Meeting Times: noon-4pm
Location: Moore Theatre, GCPA
Students will take an active role in the rehearsal, design, and/or production of the DePauw Opera production, to be performed in February 2015, directed by Joachim Schmaberger. Student assignments will be made according to the needs of the production, and also according to each student's ability, experience, and interest, from beginners to advanced. Possible assignments include: performing (chorus), stage management, scenery, costume, lighting, sound, properties, and dramaturgy. Students can gain depth in one area, or work in different areas. Students will work in production shops (scenery, costume, etc.) and/or in rehearsals for at least four hours per day, M-F, in addition to specific assignments outside of class meetings.


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October 2013
October 2013
American Thoracic Society and the European Respiratory Society Publish Policy Statement on Disparities in Respiratory Health
To address the global phenomenon of disparities in respiratory health, the American Thoracic Society and the European Respiratory Society have released an official policy statement in which each pledges its commitment to reducing health disparities between the lowest and highest socioeconomic groups by continuing or initiating work with leaders from governments, academia, and other organizations to promote scientific inquiry and training, disseminate medical information and best practices, and monitor and advocate for public respiratory health.
The statement appears in the October 1 American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine.
ATS Past President Dean Schraufnagel, MD, the senior deputy editor of the Annals of the American Thoracic Society, served as lead author of the writing committee. "Respiratory diseases disproportionately affect socioeconomically disadvantaged groups and certain ethnic groups in both the United States and Europe," Dr. Schraufnagel says. "The morbidity and mortality associated with these disparities takes a huge toll, especially on children."
Klaus Rabe, MD, writing committee member and a past president of ERS, continued: "The effects of health disparities in Europe on respiratory disease are very pronounced. Individuals in lower social groups are not only more likely to have respiratory diseases, but, compared with other disorders, social inequality is associated with a larger proportion of deaths from these diseases."
ATS and ERS efforts to address health disparities include:
- Increasing the numbers of under-represented minorities in adult and pediatric pulmonary and critical care medicine in North America.
- Raising the level of pulmonary specialist education to a uniform, high-level across the European Union.
- Support of programs that educate the public about activities such as smoking and drug-addiction and rare diseases that affect only a portion of the population to improve the access of afflicted individuals to appropriate care.
- Support of broad access of patients with respiratory disease to specialists and greater access to health care and other national programs designed to reduce health care inequalities.
- Support of comprehensive tobacco-control strategies at both the state and national level.
- Advocating for and raising awareness of the importance of clean and safe air and promoting inquiry into the effects of climate change on respiratory health.
- Developing programs to educate professionals and policy-makers to reduce disparities in respiratory health.
- Working with the World Health Organization and other societies, agencies, and organizations to eliminate disparities in respiratory health and other noncommunicable diseases.
"Addressing these inequalities is at the core of the missions of our societies," says ATS President Patricia Finn, MD, who helped draft the policy.
Sleep Apnea is Associated with Subclinical Myocardial Injury
Obstructive sleep apnea is known to be associated with an increased incidence of cardiovascular disease. Now a new study indicates that OSA is associated with subclinical myocardial injury, as indicated by increased high sensitivity troponin T (hs-TnT) levels. Elevated hs-TnT levels are predictive of both coronary heart disease (CHD) and heart failure (HF) in the general population. This is the first study to demonstrate an independent association between sleep apnea severity and this marker of early myocardial injury.
"Although OSA is associated with increased cardiovascular risk, a causal association has been hard to establish because of the association of OSA with other risk factors," said researcher Amil M. Shah, MD, MPH, of the Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston. "In our study, we were able to demonstrate that greater OSA severity is independently associated with higher hs-TnT levels, suggesting a role for subclinical myocardial injury in the relationship between OSA and heart failure."
The findings were published online ahead of print publication in the American Thoracic Society's American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine.
The study included 1,645 middle-aged and older participants in both the Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities and the Sleep Health Study who were free of CHD and HF at baseline. All subjects underwent overnight home polysomnography. Median follow-up was 12.4 years. OSA severity was categorized as none, mild, moderate, or severe using the respiratory disturbance index.
Hs-TnT levels, but not N terminal pro B-type natriuretic peptide levels (a marker for increased ventricular wall stress), were significantly associated with OSA after adjustment for 17 potential confounders (p=0.02), including age, gender, body mass index, smoking status, hypertension, diabetes, alcohol intake, pulmonary function variables (FEV1 and FVC), COPD status, systolic blood pressure, total cholesterol, LDL cholesterol, HDL cholesterol, triglycerides, insulin level and estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR). In all OSA severity categories, hs-TnT was significantly related to the risk of death or incident heart failure, and this relationship was strongest in the severe OSA group.
Limitations of the study include its cross-sectional design, which precludes conclusions on causality, and a limited number of participants with severe OSA.
"Our results suggest a relationship between subclinical myocardial injury and the increased cardiovascular risk seen in patients with OSA," said Dr. Shah. "Monitoring of hs-TnT levels in these patients may have prognostic value, particularly in patients with severe OSA."


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Quality of past parliamentary speakers
PUBLISHED: 27 Apr 2012 00:07:02 | UPDATED: 27 Apr 2012 00:07:02PUBLISHED: 27 Apr 2012 PRINT EDITION: 27 Apr 2012Cheryl Cartright
Former clerk of the Senate Harry Evans ("Public cynicism can only grow", Opinion, April 26) never shied away from criticising politicians. While his comments about Peter Slipper are correct, he should have also highlighted the high quality of past speakers: Harry Jenkins (mentioned in passing), David Hawker, Neil Andrew, Ian Sinclair, Steve Martin, Harry Jenkins snr. Unfortunately, Evans has a history of seeing the worst in political masters – and sharing his views broadly – which also doesn't aid the public's understanding of, or respect for, the institution.
Cheryl Cartwright Kingston ACT
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Multimedia Games Appoints Jerome R. Smith Senior Vice President, General Counsel And Chief Compliance Officer
Multimedia Games Holding Company, Inc. (Nasdaq: MGAM) ("Multimedia Games" or the "Company"), announced today the appointment of Jerome R. ("Jerry") Smith, 59, as Senior Vice President, General Counsel, Chief Compliance Officer, and Corporate Secretary, effective October 7, 2011. Mr. Smith replaces Uri Clinton, who recently announced his resignation to pursue an international business opportunity.
Mr. Smith brings extensive gaming industry legal and regulatory compliance expertise to Multimedia Games, having recently served as General Counsel at Shuffle Master, Inc., a position he held from August 2001 until July 2010. Mr. Smith also served as Shuffle Master's Corporate Secretary from November 2008 until July 2010. Since September 2010, he has served as an outside consultant, providing both legal and business counsel to a variety of public and private companies. Prior to joining Shuffle Master, he was "Of Counsel" in the corporate law department of Hale Lane Peek in Las Vegas, served as General Counsel for several privately-held companies and held a private corporate legal practice.
Patrick Ramsey, President and Chief Executive Officer of Multimedia Games, commented, "Jerry brings a wide range of relevant gaming industry and corporate legal experience to our executive team as we continue to garner new market share and secure licenses in new jurisdictions for our growing range of proprietary products. Regulatory compliance is a foundation of the gaming industry and Jerry's appointment highlights our commitment to bringing a highly qualified individual to both the General Counsel and Chief Compliance Officer positions."
Mr. Smith holds a B.A., Magna Cum Laude, in Political Science from Duke University and a J.D. from Emory University School of Law, where he graduated Order of the Coif and was Notes and Comments Editor of the Emory Law Journal.
About Multimedia Games Holding Company, Inc. Through its wholly owned subsidiaries, Multimedia Games Holding Company, Inc. develops and distributes gaming technology. The company is a creator and supplier of comprehensive systems, content and electronic gaming units for Native American gaming markets, as well as for commercial casinos and charity and international bingo markets. Revenue is primarily derived from gaming units in operation domestically and internationally installed on revenue-sharing arrangements. Multimedia Games also supplies the central determinant system for the video lottery terminals ("VLTs") installed at racetracks in the State of New York. The company is focused on pursuing market expansion and new product development for Class II, Class III and VLT markets. Additional information may be found at www.multimediagames.com. Cautionary Language This press release contains forward-looking statements based on Multimedia Games' current expectations, which are intended to qualify for the safe harbor from liability established by the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. The words or phrases "believe", "will", "expect", "continue", "are confident that", "intend", "plan", "seek", "estimate", project", "may", or the negative or other variations thereof or comparable terminology as they relate to Multimedia Games and its business objectives, strategic plans, licensing initiatives, equipment submissions or game performance are intended to identify such forward-looking statements. All forward-looking statements are based on current expectations and projections of future events.Check Out Our Best Services for Investors
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Southern Cents: Investing in Your Pantry
by Tina Shake
Did you know that the average shopper spends an extra 50 cents a minute on grocery store shopping after the initial 30 minutes? Yikes! That means we must get a plan of attack because dropping your cash at the grocery store is not the best investment decision that could be made. I know that most days when I visit the supermarket I haven't a clue what I am looking for, I wonder around looking for something that would "taste delicious" that evening for supper and before I get to the main course I have picked up cookies, chips, ice cream, magazines and every impulse buy in between. A run to the store for a loaf of bread ended up setting my dining room table with autumn colored candles and a nifty matching tablecloth complete with those cheap looking salt and pepper shakers, that for the life of me, I can't figure out why I would have even thought of purchasing them. I should have just paid the neighbor to go to the store for me, I could have saved a buck or two by calling 1-800-COLLECT and had my mom overnight mailed a loaf of Wonder Bread and come out ahead!
Everyone knows, make a list before you go into the store and stick to it. Yes this is good advice, but how do you start that list. Does your list start out like this? "Honey, what are you hankerin' for this week?" My list ideas always start with that sentence, I get a few main course ideas from my husband, veto half of them and then plan a few meals with the expected leftovers. One thing I have learned is that there are a few food items that are versatile enough that you should always have them on hand.
Two products that you need to keep on hand are refrigerated biscuits and biscuit baking mix. The tube biscuits can be used for many different dishes, my children like to flatten them out and fill them halfway with a taco flavored hamburger mixture. Fold over the other half of the biscuit mixture and seal the moistened edges. Reminds you of a half moon shaped pizza roll, the kids go crazy over them.
Biscuits can be used to make quick donuts, a savory covering for casseroles, mini bread sticks. You can split the baked biscuits and use them for mini buns for small sandwiches of egg and ham or mold the biscuits into a muffin pan and bake for edible food cups. Biscuit baking mixes can be used in so many instances that I couldn't begin to list them all.
I love to use them to make a soft pizza crust base; vegetable pizza is good on this type of crust. My family loves to have this mixture baked and then topped with taco fixins. Check on the back of the box for the yum trummy desert recipes as well.
One thing that I love to do is save money over the long term, is to buy in bulk. When an item goes on sale, I make a decision based on past buying habits. If this product is as low in price as it normally gets I will make an estimate on my yearly use (or for perishables I estimate how long the product will last and how many I will use in that time), I then buy ahead and store it. One more purchase out of the way.
There is one drawback on this method, and I am ashamed to admit it. You know how some people will ask you to take off your shoes when you enter their homes? When I have a visitor, I pass out complimentary hard hats to wear during your visit because of the excess grocery product storage problem. Every cabinet, every closet and every cubby hole is stuffed with extra toilet paper, deodorant, shampoo and various can goods. Once in awhile the areas seem to burp out consumer products and if you have ever witnessed a snow avalanche on those "disaster caught on tape" television shows, you are witnessing a frequent occurrence of unstable grocery problems in my home.
One time a neighbor child was missing for two hours before we figured out that she was lying beneath the Charmin 24 packs, happily coloring on the "Bounty paper towel strips" with the excess Crayola crayons that I had bought up at last years "Back to School Sale."
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Canon General / Re: seeimpossible.usa.canon.com?
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too disappointing! I like engineers better!
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I assume you are invested in Canon lenses, therefore switching to a GH4, A7s, or Sony NEX would be way more expensive than your target budget (SL1 range). Yes the best video cameras on the market are the A7s and GH4, but these are in the 5D price range not the SL1, especially since you'll re-invest in a new lens system. If you have the budget and serious about filmmaking, certainly go for it.
However back to the original question, a light cheap video camera to use on a steadicam to match the 5D II,
I suggest you look into the Canon EOS M. The camera may not be popular with photographers due to the slow AF, but it's quite good for video. If you don't need the AF and Optical VF of the SL1, the eos m gives you the exact same video quality (which matches the 5D II very well) in a smaller, and far cheaper package. The price is ridicuously low now. It's going for around 200-300 dollars new. And you can use your existing Canon lenses of course. The perfect camera for steadycam work.
The Eos m will give similar video quality to the 5D II therefore if you're fine with the 5D you'll be pleased with it.
But if you're bothered by the moire and aliasing on the 5D II (& eos m) and want a slightly sharper image than the 5D, take a look at Sony A5100 and A6000. Both go for around 600$. But again another lens system and nore expenses, but yes better image quality - no aliasing and slightly more detailed.
If you find the 5D mk II image quality adequate for your needs, I think pairing it with a small eos m as a B cam is the best option. Both make very powerfull video tools.
PS- tip: install Magic Lantern on both cameras. It's a must for video shooters. It takes these cameras to a whole new level adding professional video tools like focus peaking, zebras, waveform monitor, audio meters, intervalometer, and tens of other priceless features. It's extremely safe and stable that I trust using it on paid work.
Another tip: in the picture style controls, choose Neutral and turn the contrast and sharpness all the way down. This is the first thing to do before using a Canon DSLR for video, it gives a much more pleasing image with higher dynamic range. Not doing this and leaving it to Canon's standard settings gives a horriblybover-sharpened and over-contrasty digital-looking image.
For stills, Canon rules, but videographers are leaving Canon in alarming numbers. Some are picking up the low-light king, the Sony A7s which requires an external recorder to record in 4K, and lots more, myself included have gone to the game-changing Panasonic GH4 which records 4K internally. You don't actually need 4K, but if you record in 4K and downsample to 1080p in post, and publish in 1080p, it's orders of magnitude better than shooting 1080p straight up.
Having shot video with 5D2, 5D3 and SL1, the GH4 leaves them gasping for respectability. The only caveat is that the 5D3 will outperform the GH4 at high iso's, but not by as much as you'd expect, especially if you're recording in 4K. It's no exaggeration to describe the GH4 as a game changer. Metabones has just released the Speedbooster MFT adapter for Canon, so you can use your Canon glass on the GH4 if you choose. Personally I went for the Panasonic 12-35 f/2.8 and the 35-100 f/2.8
The Sl1 would be great and I've heard this is a pretty decent steady cam


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I have one and carried it for years. Still will on occasion and it is what I take in my jacket when I'm on my Goldwing. I carry a 1911 in general when I carry. The G36 is a fine weapon and I use a Tucker Leather HF1 or HF2 belt holster for all my carry guns. In case it isn't obvious, I like 45 ACP's.
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I don't have a G36 but have shot a buddies on a few occasions, nice gun, easy to conceal IWB or ankle rig, or in a pocket holster. Which ever way you decide to carry it make sure the trigger guard is covered. The above video is ok, just need to make the gun safe before you handle it like he does. Enjoy your purchase and practice often and practice smart.


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Controlling the shape of Talbot bands' visibility
Optics Express, Vol. 16, Issue 13, pp. 9654-9670 (2008)
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We present a theoretical model to predict the sensitivity variation versus optical path difference (OPD) in Fourier domain spectral interferometry using configurations which produce Talbot bands. Such configurations require that the two interfering beams use different parts of the diffraction grating in the interrogating spectrometer. So far, the power distribution within the two beams in a Talbot bands experiment was considered uniform. In this report, we show that by manipulating the power distribution within the two interfering beams, the OPD value where maximum sensitivity is achieved can be conveniently tuned, as well as the sensitivity variation with OPD. Furthermore, creating a gap between the two beams leads to adjustment of the minimum detectable OPD value, while the width of the beams determine the maximum detectable OPD value. These features cannot be explained by theoretical models published so far involving spectrometer resolution elements only, while such features are correctly predicted by the model presented here.
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(110.4500) Imaging systems : Optical coherence tomography
(120.3180) Instrumentation, measurement, and metrology : Interferometry
(120.6200) Instrumentation, measurement, and metrology : Spectrometers and spectroscopic instrumentation
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Original Manuscript: April 21, 2008
Revised Manuscript: June 11, 2008
Manuscript Accepted: June 13, 2008
Published: June 16, 2008
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Daniel Woods and Adrian Podoleanu, "Controlling the shape of Talbot bands' visibility," Opt. Express 16, 9654-9670 (2008)
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As her reward, Nicole was able to pick her partner. She chose Neil Tejwani, a 25-year-old from Marblehead, MA, and together they decided that Ryan and Isabeau Miller, a 21-year-old from Franklin, TN, would form the next duo.
Ryan and Isabeau then chose the duo of Bill Germanakos, a 40-year-old from Long Island, NY, and Julie Hadden, a 34-year-old from Jacksonville, FL. Bill and Julie then paired Hollie Self, a 28-year-old from Phoenix, AZ, and Bryan Washington, a 29-year-old from Riverdale, GA. Hollie and Bryan's pairing meant that the only two contestants still without new partners were Kae Whang, a 27-year-old from Clark, NJ, and Amy Zimmer, a 28-year-old from Rochester, NY, so they were automatically paired together.
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Bill and Julie were the leaders at the half-way point of the challenge and were the eventual winners, recycling a total of 98.4 pounds of cans. They defeated the next closest duo of Kae and Amy by more than 22 pounds.
The contestants then participated in their last-chance workouts before
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Kae started at 168 and lost three pounds while Amy began at 254 and lost nine pounds, for a combined weight-loss total of 14 pounds or a 3.32% weight-loss percentage.
Hollie started at 218 and lost six pounds while Bryan began at 289 and lost 11 pounds, for a combined weight-loss total of 17 pounds or a 3.35% weight-loss percentage.
Nicole started at 235 and lost six pounds while Neil began at 339 and shed 18 pounds, for a combined weight-loss total of 24 pounds or a 4.18% weight-loss percentage. In addition, Neil became only the fifth
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Isabeau began at 255 and lost nine pounds while Ryan started at 308 and shed six pounds, for a combined weight-loss total of 15 pounds or a 2.66% weight-loss percentage.
Bill began at 251 and lost nine pounds while Julie started at 186 and shed six pounds, for a combined weight-loss total of 15 pounds or a 3.43% weight-loss percentage.
While all five duos were close -- except for Nicole and Neil, with Neil losing more weight than each of the other duos -- Isabeau and Ryan came out on the bottom of the chart, meaning that their duo would be the one facing elimination.
The contestants then gathered for the elimination ceremony, with each duo casting a singular vote for either Ryan or Isabeau. Amy and Kae; Hollie and Ryan; and Neil and Nicole all voted to oust Ryan, making Bill and Julie's vote inconsequential.
"This has been a fantastic experience for me," said Ryan after his ouster was revealed. "I've met lots of really great people, some I think I'll be friends with for a long time. I've had the privilege of having [Blue Team trainer Bob Harper] as a part of my life. I think his impact is profound. I'm a better person for having been here. I had a pretty good idea coming in here that this very well may be my last day on campus. I'm okay with it. I get to go home and play with my daughter and hug my wife."
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The launch of a satellite office could provide a welcome boost to your bottom line, or it might bring you nothing but worry lines—so what should your practice do?
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Why open a satellite office? "It is imperative that you have a clear understanding of your objectives," said Ann Hulett, CMPE, COE, chairwoman of the AAOE's board of directors. "For instance, if you want to increase practice volume, do you plan to do so by expanding into an underserved area? Or by attracting patients away from other providers? If you want to increase your personal surgical volume, do you plan to do that by increasing referrals for surgical evaluation from referring doctors in the area?" Without clear objectives, you won't be able to make informed judgments on the questions below.
Will there be enough patients? To find out how many people fall within a particular age or income range, you can go online and search the U.S. Census Bureau's data (see "Demographics by Zip Code"). You can then compare this data to the existing number of eye care providers in the area. However, "in urban settings, it can be difficult to draw service area boundaries," said Ms. Hulett, who works for an eye care group in Pueblo, Colo., that has eight satellite offices. You also may be able to get useful data from your local government. Some city and county governments have planning departments that publish population projections. These generally look five, 10 and 20 years into the future. The published data will probably take a city- or countywide perspective on growth, but you may be able to get Zip code–level information if you put a call in to the department's data person. Some metropolitan areas also will have a transportation planning organization that has similar data.
What expectations do these patients have? "Suppose, for instance, that your objective is to increase your surgical volume and you perform surgery at your own ASC, then you need to have an understanding of the patient's willingness to travel to your facility for surgery," said Ms. Hulett. "If the established pattern is for them to have their surgery in an already established location, you then have to decide if you are willing to operate at that place."
What about existing providers—will they thwart you or support you? "This gets back to your objectives," said Ms. Hulett. "If you want to increase surgical referrals, then communications with the referral sources are important. If you want to have a full-service practice location that includes an optical shop, then you need to evaluate current referral patterns from optometrists for potential loss of referrals." Ron Rosenberg, PA, MPH, a consultant based in Sausalito, Calif., suggested merging an existing provider into your practice as another strategic option for expanding your practice to an additional location. "This is particularly worth thinking about if the physician in that location is close to retirement," he said.
How will you staff the office? "Understanding what you most want to accomplish will enable you to determine what provider resources will be used to staff the office," said Ms. Hulett. "Is the existing physician going to rotate to the new office on certain days? If so, how will you accommodate the patients that the physician is currently seeing on those days? This may, or may not, increase practice volume. If an optometrist is engaged to serve the office on a consistent basis, this might increase the profitability of your optical shop," she said. If you already planned to add a new Eye M.D., Mr. Rosenberg said that, "one strategy is to combine the new office decision with the process of bringing that person on. A new location with additional patients could help to 'kick start' the new physician's practice."
What about office hours—full-time or part-time? To minimize overhead, some practices initially staff the satellite office part-time with a view to going full-time if there are enough patients. This strategy might work if, say, you are rotating surgical services, but not for a full-service eye care office. "And if the office includes an optical shop, patient service will require the office to be open full-time, which means you may have downtime for the optician and a front desk staff person," said Ms. Hulett. "In our practice, the most profitable satellite locations are the ones that can accommodate two physicians. This drives the efficiency of the office way up from the ones that are served only on a part-time basis. An office with a provider FTE [full-time equivalent] of between one and two and an optical shop can significantly enhance practice volume and physician bottom line."
What will the office cost? "You need to be realistic about what types of service you wish to provide in this location," said Ms. Hulett. "The cost ramifications of specialty equipment and diagnostic instrumentation can greatly affect the viability of the office. A common mistake is to underestimate the equipment that you will find yourself wanting in order to provide the standard of care you are accustomed to." And while some of the costs might be obvious—such as leasehold improvements, advertising and new equipment—unexpected expenditures may await down the line. As one example, Ms. Hulett warned that the trend toward electronic medical records will eventually make real-time connectivity a necessity for a functioning office. "This involves dedicated frame-relay, T-1 or, at a minimum, DSL lines, which can be $400/month, plus equipment such as card scanners and document scanners."
Can you expect to make a profit? "It is important to understand that your overhead percentage is likely to increase with the addition of satellite offices," said Ms. Hulett. "This is because secondary locations do not normally run as efficiently as the main location—though this doesn't necessarily mean that the bottom line will not be greatly enhanced. In estimating the proposed office's likely income, the current revenue-per-encounter statistic should be applied to a realistic number of patient visits. My experience is that it takes a minimum of eight months for the new office to break even. This can vary depending on whether the provider is new or an existing one with a new location."
Are your management protocols ready for a satellite office? "Don't underestimate the increased amount of administrative infrastructure that comes with multiple offices—which is huge," said Ms. Hulett. To minimize, for instance, the risk of embezzlement, a formalized system of checks and balances becomes even more important once you have staff at more than one location.
Where will you find the time? "How long will you as a physician be willing to travel to the secondary location? You may tire and find yourself left with an established business operation and not enough physician resources to support it," warned Ms. Hulett. "Don't underestimate the human toll on both the physician provider and staff."
Demographics by Zip Code
Got Satellites?
COMING SOON: the ability to list your satellite offices online in "Find an Eye M.D." Once this feature is available, you will be able to add listings by visiting www.aao.org/member and selecting "Update Your Membership Listing." Listings for satellite offices will be available online, but not in the print version of the Member Directory. It is your responsibility to keep these listings up to date. If you have questions, please send an e-mail to email@example.com.
Meet the Experts...
. . . ONLINE AT E-EXPERT. During the week of May 15–19, Ms. Hulett will be moderating an online discussion of electronic medical records. This discussion will take place on E-Expert, a listserv exclusively for AAOE members. To sign up for the listserv, or to see a schedule of upcoming topics, visit www.aao.org/aaoe.
. . . IN LAS VEGAS. Join Ms. Hulett and Mr. Rosenberg for the AAOE program at the Academy's Joint Meeting in Las Vegas. Ms. Hulett will present:
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For further information, check the Advance Program, which will be mailed to all Academy and AAOE members in June. Course details will also be posted at www.aao.org/aaoe.


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