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Mildmay Junior School
We feel that the involvement of parents has a significant impact on pupil attainment and therefore encourage parents to take an active role in their children's education.
We have many ways of communicating with parents, both formal and informal. Each child has a reading log and a homework book, both of which enables communication between the parents and teachers as well as informing parents of homework set, spellings to learn and other relevant information. Each half term a Class Letter is sent home to the child, informing them about what they will be learning, any visits or visitors and other useful information.
The school sends out a fortnightly bulletin celebrating successes within the school, recent events and forthcoming events. We hold parent/teacher consultation evenings, display/celebration evenings and occasionally workshops for parents. Our Special Needs Coordinator has regular review meetings and contact with the parents of children on our Special Needs register.
Each class performs a class assembly, once each year, and parents are invited to watch and then join staff for tea or coffee. We also invite parents to attend other performances during the year.
We have an active Parents' Association who meet regularly through the year. They work hard to raise much needed extra funds for our children. All parents are welcome to join them.
Parents have opportunities to support reading activities and help with school visits.
In September parents are invited to come along and "meet the new class teacher" to get a general idea of what to expect through the year. On Tuesdays from 3.30 – 4.00 staff are available to answer any general issues. If you need to talk to a teacher at any other time please come to the office to arrange an appointment.


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Interpreting Breast Biopsies »
"The result of a breast biopsy often determines the course of treatment and helps to predict a woman's risk of a future breast cancer diagnosis. Criteria for making diagnoses have been established, but it's been unclear how consistently patholo"...
Metastatic Breast Cancer
ABRAXANE is indicated for the treatment of breast cancer after failure of combination chemotherapy for metastatic disease or relapse within 6 months of adjuvant chemotherapy. Prior therapy should have included an anthracycline unless clinically contraindicated.
Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer
ABRAXANE is indicated for the first-line treatment of locally advanced or metastatic non-small cell lung cancer, in combination with carboplatin, in patients who are not candidates for curative surgery or radiation therapy.
Adenocarcinoma of the Pancreas
ABRAXANE is indicated for the first-line treatment of patients with metastatic adenocarcinoma of the pancreas, in combination with gemcitabine.
Metastatic Breast Cancer
After failure of combination chemotherapy for metastatic breast cancer or relapse within 6 months of adjuvant chemotherapy, the recommended regimen for ABRAXANE is 260 mg/m² administered intravenously over 30 minutes every 3 weeks.
Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer
The recommended dose of ABRAXANE is 100 mg/m² administered as an intravenous infusion over 30 minutes on Days 1, 8, and 15 of each 21-day cycle. Administer carboplatin on Day 1 of each 21 day cycle immediately after ABRAXANE [see Clinical Studies].
Adenocarcinoma of the Pancreas
The recommended dose of ABRAXANE is 125 mg/m² administered as an intravenous infusion over 30-40 minutes on Days 1, 8 and 15 of each 28-day cycle. Administer gemcitabine immediately after ABRAXANE on Days 1, 8 and 15 of each 28-day cycle [see Clinical Studies].
Dosage in Patients with Hepatic Impairment
No dose adjustment is necessary for patients with mild hepatic impairment. Patients with moderate and severe hepatic impairment treated with ABRAXANE may be at increased risk of toxicities known to paclitaxel. Withhold ABRAXANE if AST > 10 x ULN or bilirubin > 5 x ULN. Recommendations for dosage adjustment for the first course of therapy are shown in Table 1.
For metastatic breast cancer, the dose of ABRAXANE can be increased from 130 mg/m² up to 200 mg/m² in patients with severe hepatic impairment in subsequent cycles based on individual tolerance.
For non-small cell lung cancer, reduce the dose of ABRAXANE to 50 mg/m² in patients with severe hepatic impairment. In subsequent cycles, the dose of ABRAXANE may be increased to 75 mg/m² as tolerated.
Monitor patients closely [see WARNINGS AND PRECAUTIONS, Use In Specific Populations and CLINICAL PHARMACOLOGY].
Table 1: Recommendations for Starting Dose in Patients
with Hepatic Impairment
|SGOT (AST) Levels
|Bilirubin Levels
|ABRAXANE Dosea
|Pancreaticc Adenocarcinoma
|< 10 x ULN
|> ULN to ≤ 1.25 x ULN
|260 mg/m²
|100 mg/m²
|125 mg/m²
|< 10 x ULN
|1.26 to 2 x ULN
|200 mg/m²
|75 mg/m²
|not recommended
|< 10 x ULN
|2.01 to 5 x ULN
|130 mg/m² b
|50 mg/m²
|not recommended
|> 10 x ULN
|> 5 x ULN
|not recommended
|not recommended
|not recommended
|MBC = Metastatic Breast Cancer;
NSCLC = Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer.
aDosage recommendations are for the first course of therapy. The need for further dose adjustments in subsequent courses should be based on individual tolerance.
bA dose increase to 200 mg/m² in subsequent courses should be considered based on individual tolerance. c Patients with bilirubin levels above the upper limit of normal were excluded from clinical trials for pancreatic or lung cancer.
Dose Reduction/Discontinuation Recommendations
Metastatic Breast Cancer
Patients who experience severe neutropenia (neutrophil < 500 cells/mm³ for a week or longer) or severe sensory neuropathy during ABRAXANE therapy should have dosage reduced to 220 mg/m² for subsequent courses of ABRAXANE. For recurrence of severe neutropenia or severe sensory neuropathy, additional dose reduction should be made to 180 mg/m² . For Grade 3 sensory neuropathy hold treatment until resolution to Grade 1 or 2, followed by a dose reduction for all subsequent courses of ABRAXANE [see CONTRAINDICATIONS, WARNINGS AND PRECAUTIONS and ADVERSE REACTIONS].
Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer
- Do not administer ABRAXANE on Day 1 of a cycle until absolute neutrophil count (ANC) is at least 1500 cells/mm³ and platelet count is at least 100,000 cells/mm³ [see CONTRAINDICATIONS, WARNINGS AND PRECAUTIONS and ADVERSE REACTIONS].
- In patients who develop severe neutropenia or thrombocytopenia withhold treatment until counts recover to an absolute neutrophil count of at least 1500 cells/mm³ and platelet count of at least 100,000 cells/mm³ on Day 1 or to an absolute neutrophil count of at least 500 cells/mm³ and platelet count of at least 50,000 cells/mm³ on Days 8 or 15 of the cycle. Upon resumption of dosing, permanently reduce ABRAXANE and carboplatin doses as outlined in Table 2.
- Withhold ABRAXANE for Grade 3-4 peripheral neuropathy. Resume ABRAXANE and carboplatin at reduced doses (see Table 2) when peripheral neuropathy improves to Grade 1 or completely resolves [see WARNINGS AND PRECAUTIONS and ADVERSE REACTIONS].
Table 2: Permanent Dose
Reductions for Hematologic and Neurologic Adverse Drug Reactions in NSCLC
|Adverse Drug Reaction
|Weekly ABRAXANE Dose (mg/m²)
|Every 3-Week Carboplatin Dose (AUC mg•min/mL)
|Neutropenic Fever (ANC less than 500/mm³ with fever > 38°C)
Delay of next cycle by more than 7 days for ANC less than 1500/mm³
ANC less than 500/mm³ for more than 7 days
|Discontinue Treatment
|Platelet count less than 50,000/mm³
|Discontinue Treatment
|Severe sensory Neuropathy – Grade 3 or 4
|Discontinue Treatment
Adenocarcinoma of the Pancreas
Dose level reductions for patients with adenocarcinoma of the pancreas, as referenced in Tables 4 and 5, are provided in Table 3.
Table 3: Dose Level
Reductions for Patients with Adenocarcinoma of the Pancreas
|Dose Level
|ABRAXANE (mg/m²)
|Gemcitabine (mg/m²)
|Full dose
|1st dose reduction
|2nd dose reduction
|If additional dose reduction required
Recommended dose modifications for neutropenia and thrombocytopenia for patients with adenocarcinoma of the pancreas are provided in Table 4.
Table 4: Dose Recommendation
and Modifications for Neutropenia and/or Thrombocytopenia at the Start of a
Cycle or within a Cycle for Patients with Adenocarcinoma of the Pancreas
|Cycle Day
|ANC (cells/mm³)
|Platelet count (cells/mm³)
|ABRAXANE / Gemcitabine
|Day 1
|< 1500
|< 100,000
|Delay doses until recovery
|Day 8
|500 to < 1000
|50,000 to < 75,000
|Reduce 1 dose level
|< 500
|< 50,000
|Withhold doses
|Day 15: IF Day 8 doses were reduced or given without modification:
|500 to < 1000
|50,000 to < 75,000
|Reduce 1 dose level from Day 8
|< 500
|< 50,000
|Withhold doses
|Day 15: IF Day 8 doses were withheld:
|≥ 1000
|≥ 75,000
|Reduce 1 dose level from Day 1
|500 to < 1000
|50,000 to < 75,000
|Reduce 2 dose levels from Day 1
|< 500
|< 50,000
|Withhold doses
|Abbreviations: ANC = Absolute Neutrophil Count
Recommended dose modifications for other adverse drug reactions in patients with adenocarcinoma of the pancreas are provided in Table 5.
Table 5: Dose Modifications
for Other Adverse Drug Reactions in Patients with Adenocarcinoma of the
|Adverse Drug Reaction
|Febrile Neutropenia: Grade 3 or 4
|Withhold until fever resolves and ANC ≥ 1500; resume at next lower dose level
|Peripheral Neuropathy: Grade 3 or 4
|Withhold until improves to ≤ Grade 1; resume at next lower dose level
|No dose reduction
|Cutaneous Toxicity: Grade 2 or 3
|Reduce to next lower dose level; discontinue treatment if toxicity persists
|Gastrointestinal Toxicity: Grade 3 mucositis or diarrhea
|Withhold until improves to ≤ Grade 1; resume at next lower dose level
Preparation and Administration Precautions
ABRAXANE is a cytotoxic drug and, as with other potentially toxic paclitaxel compounds, caution should be exercised in handling ABRAXANE. The use of gloves is recommended. If ABRAXANE (lyophilized cake or reconstituted suspension) contacts the skin, wash the skin immediately and thoroughly with soap and water. Following topical exposure to paclitaxel, events may include tingling, burning and redness. If ABRAXANE contacts mucous membranes, the membranes should be flushed thoroughly with water.
Given the possibility of extravasation, it is advisable to closely monitor the infusion site for possible infiltration during drug administration. Limiting the infusion of ABRAXANE to 30 minutes, as directed, reduces the likelihood of infusion-related reactions [see ADVERSE REACTIONS].
Premedication to prevent hypersensitivity reactions is generally not needed prior to the administration of ABRAXANE. Premedication may be needed in patients who have had prior hypersensitivity reactions to ABRAXANE. Patients who experience a severe hypersensitivity reaction to ABRAXANE should not be re-challenged with this drug [see WARNINGS AND PRECAUTIONS].
Preparation for Intravenous Administration
ABRAXANE is supplied as a sterile lyophilized powder for reconstitution before use. AVOID ERRORS, READ ENTIRE PREPARATION INSTRUCTIONS PRIOR TO RECONSTITUTION.
1. Aseptically, reconstitute each vial by injecting 20 mL of 0.9% Sodium Chloride Injection, USP.
2. Slowly inject the 20 mL of 0.9% Sodium Chloride Injection, USP, over a minimum of 1 minute, using the sterile syringe to direct the solution flow onto the INSIDE WALL OF THE VIAL.
3. DO NOT INJECT the 0.9% Sodium Chloride Injection, USP, directly onto the lyophilized cake as this will result in foaming.
4. Once the injection is complete, allow the vial to sit for a minimum of 5 minutes to ensure proper wetting of the lyophilized cake/powder.
5. Gently swirl and/or invert the vial slowly for at least 2 minutes until complete dissolution of any cake/powder occurs. Avoid generation of foam.
6. If foaming or clumping occurs, stand solution for at least 15 minutes until foam subsides.
Each mL of the reconstituted formulation will contain 5 mg/mL paclitaxel.
Calculate the exact total dosing volume of 5 mg/mL suspension required for the patient: Dosing volume (mL) = Total dose (mg)/5 (mg/mL).
The reconstituted suspension should be milky and homogenous without visible particulates. If particulates or settling are visible, the vial should be gently inverted again to ensure complete resuspension prior to use. Discard the reconstituted suspension if precipitates are observed. Discard any unused portion.
Inject the appropriate amount of reconstituted ABRAXANE into an empty, sterile intravenous bag [plasticized polyvinyl chloride (PVC) containers, PVC or non-PVC type intravenous bag]. The use of specialized DEHP-free solution containers or administration sets is not necessary to prepare or administer ABRAXANE infusions. The use of an in-line filter is not recommended.
Parenteral drug products should be inspected visually for particulate matter and discoloration prior to administration whenever solution and container permit.
Unopened vials of ABRAXANE are stable until the date indicated on the package when stored between 20°C to 25°C (68°F to 77°F) in the original package. Neither freezing nor refrigeration adversely affects the stability of the product.
Stability of Reconstituted Suspension in the Vial
Reconstituted ABRAXANE in the vial should be used immediately, but may be refrigerated at 2°C to 8°C (36°F to 46°F) for a maximum of 8 hours if necessary. If not used immediately, each vial of reconstituted suspension should be replaced in the original carton to protect it from bright light. Discard any unused portion.
Stability of Reconstituted Suspension in the Infusion Bag
The suspension for infusion when prepared as recommended in an infusion bag should be used immediately but may be stored at ambient temperature (approximately 25°C) and lighting conditions for up to 4 hours. Discard any unused portion.
Dosage Forms And Strengths
For injectable suspension: lyophilized powder containing 100 mg of paclitaxel in single-use vial for reconstitution.
Storage And Handling
Product No.: 103450 NDC No.: 68817-134-50 100 mg of paclitaxel in a single-use vial, individually packaged in a carton.
Store the vials in original cartons at 20°C to 25°C (68° F to 77°F). Retain in the original package to protect from bright light.
Handling and Disposal
Procedures for proper handling and disposal of anticancer drugs should be considered. Several guidelines on this subject have been published [see REFERENCES]. There is no general agreement that all of the procedures recommended in the guidelines are necessary or appropriate.
1. NIOSH Alert: Preventing occupational exposures to antineoplastic and other hazardous drugs in healthcare settings. 2004. U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Public Health Service, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, DHHS (NIOSH) Publication No. 2004-165.
2. OSHA Technical Manual, TED 1-0.15A, Section VI: Chapter 2. Controlling Occupational Exposure to Hazardous Drugs. OSHA, 1999. http://www.osha.gov/dts/osta/otm/otm_vi/otm_vi_2.html
3. American Society of Health-System Pharmacists. (2006) ASHP Guidelines on Handling Hazardous Drugs. Am J Health-Syst Pharm. 2006;63:1172-1193.
4. Polovich, M., White, J. M., & Kelleher, L.O. (eds.) 2005. Chemotherapy and biotherapy guidelines and recommendations for practice (2nd. ed.) Pittsburgh, PA: Oncology Nursing Society.
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|1984 Baseball Abstract: Inside Out Perspective
Inside stuff is very big in sportswriting today. TV shows, newspaper
columns and sometimes whole books are dubbed "Inside Baseball" and "Inside
Football"; magazines run features called "Inside Pitch" and "Inside Corner"
and promote "Inside Scouting Reports." A book appears called "High Inside,"
and months later, another follows called "High and Inside." The
Society for American Baseball Research, an aggregation of dedicated outsiders
outside of whom one can scarcely get, compiles a collection of research
pieces into a book; this is called, of course, "Insiders Baseball."
Inside looks, inside glimpses, inside locker rooms and inside blimpses; within months we shall have seen the inside of everything that one can get inside of without a doctor's help, and now that I think about that I remember seeing a sample copy of a Las Vegas tout sheet that featured an "Inside Medical Report." In the collapse of the original "Inside Sports," perhaps the nickname shattered and the shards landed across the horizon.
What has really happened, of course, is that the walls between the public and the participants of sports are growing higher and higher and thicker and darker, and the media is developing a sense of desperation about the whole thing. It is easier to ape Steve Carlton's example in how to deal with a reporter than it is to mimic his dedication to excellence, so every day more players become unapproachable; the simple expectation of being able to communicate with the inside is decaying.
Silence, though, is but the ultimate weapon, the last line of defense. The first line of defense is the cliche: How do you feel today Jim I'm optimistic I've always had good luck against Lefty Grove what did he throw you that you hit into the seats I think it was a breaking pitch that didn't break is this the biggest day of your life no this is just the first step we still have to win the series has Willie helped the team Willie has added a dimension to the team that we didn't have before and how about Frank Frank has adapted to his role well and hasn't complained at all about not being used more why did you fire Charlie I've the greatest respect for Charlie but sometimes a change just has to be made and we were just happy Billy was available why did you sign this yoyo he's a winner and a gamer and you can throw away his batting average when the game is on the line.
Cliches are the soldiers of ignorance, and an army of sentries encircles the game, guarding every situation from which a glimmer of fresh truth might be allowed to escape. An occasional player -- a George Hendick here, an Amos Otis there -- can never learn to command the cliche, thus is forced to keep silence, unless he choose to see embarassing revelations about himself splattered in ink. Players used to have public nicknames, wild things like Circus Solly and affectionate names like Sunny Jim and Unser Choe (Our Joe) and media handles like the Commerce Comet and the Donora Greyhound. Now the big this is to have private nicknames. The players invent them and use them and then the reporters make a game of trying to overhear them and find out where they come from and reveal them to the public; once revealed, they evaporate, for their only purpose is to separate us from them, to designate in code the speaker and the one spoken to as true insiders.
This is outside baseball. This is a book about what baseball looks like if you step back from it and study it intensely and minutely, but from a distance.
You know the expression about not being able to see the forest for the trees? Let's use that. What are the differences between the way a forest looks when you are inside the forest and the way it looks from the outside?
The first thing is, the insider has a much better view of the details. He knows what the moss looks like, how light it grows around the base of an oak and how thickly it will cling to a sycamore. He knows the smells in the air and the tracks on the ground; he can guess the age of a redbud by peeling off a layer of bark. The outsider doesn't know any of that.
To a person who sees the image of anything as being only the sum of its details, to a person who can conceive of the whole of anything only by remembering this event and that event and piecing them together in a succession of images; such a person is likely to look at the Baseball Abstract and say, "What is this? This isn't BASEBALL. This guy James doesn't know anything about the chatter bouncing off the dugout walls, nor about the glint in the eye of a superstar, nor about routines and integral boredom of baseball's lifestyle, with which each player great and small must content."
No sir, indeed I don't. There will be in this book no new tales about the things that happen on a team flight, no sudden revelations about the way that drugs and sex and money can ruin a championship team. I can't tell you what a locker room smells like, praise the Lord.
But perspective can only be gained when details are lost. A sense of the size of everything and the relationship between everything -- this can never be put together from details. For the most essential fact of a forest is this: The forest itself is immensely larger than anything inside of it. That is why, of course, you can't see the forest for the trees; each detail, in proportion to its size and your proximity to it, obscures a thousand or a million other details.
But it is not obvios that that is also the one most essential fact of a pennant race -- the size of it, the enormity of it, the face that no one, no matter how hard he tries, can take in an appreciable portion of the details of any one race? Consider a single moment in a pennant race, a July moment in a minor game against a meaningless team, but a moment in which a ball is hit very hard but caught by an outfielder who is standing in the right place, but before it is caught it must be hit, and before it is hit it must be thrown, and before it is thrown this pitch must be selected, and this pitcher must be selected, and this batter must be selected, and there are reasons why he was selected to throw and why he was selected to hit, and there are reasons why this pitch was selected and why it was thrown this way and why it was swung at and why it was hit and why, finally, the outfielder chanced to be in the right place, so that in the single moment of a pennant race, there is a complexity that surpasses any understanding.
A game consists of dozens of batters and hundreds of pitches, and a season for one team consists of hundreds of games, and the league consists of a dozen or more teams. And how many details can you think about, to add up to a pennant race in your mind?
Is it not obvious, then, that it is only in stepping away from the pennant race that we can develop a vision of it? No one could remember at any one time a significant portion of the at bats that Mike Fischlin has in a season -- even Mike Fischlin's wife. How then, remember the season?
That is why statistics have such a place in baseball. Statistics look at games by the hundreds, and without the details. And that is why everyone who is a baseball fan -- everyone, everyone, everyone -- reads the statistics, studies the statistics and believes what he sees in the statistics. Without them, it is impossible to have any concept of the game, save for meaningless details floating in space.
Let's talk specifics. What, specifically, can you see from the outside the forest that you could never see from the inside of it?
For one thing, you can map the terrain. Let us consider the players, the main component of the game, to be as the trees are to the forest. These are cognitive trees, able to see and think and answer questions if they take the notion. Suppose that there is a place in the forest where the ground is a little higher than it is in another place. Insiders, surely, would become aware of this as they trekked from one place to another.
But when it came time to measure the heights of the trees, how would they ever adjust for this? Can you tell the height of a tree by standing beside it and looking up? No, of course not; it's too big. And can you tell how good a hitter someone is by watching him hit? No, of course not; it's too big. You could tell the biggest trees from the smallest; you could say in many cases that this tree is definitely bigger than that one. You could watch Dale Murphy and see quickly that he was a better hitter than Jerry Royster. But you couldn't guess the height of a tall tree when standing beside it within a 20-foot range, even if you stood beside it and looked up at it for a year, and you couldn't guess the batting average of a hitter within a 20-point range by watching him hit, even if you watched him hit for a year.
To get an idea of how tall the tree is, you must stand back and look at it from a distance. And to get a clear notion of how good a hitter someone is, you must look at him from a distance -- in the records.
So now you stand back from these trees, get out of the forest, and you see that one of them appears to be the tallest one. But then you remember: Isn't that where the high ground it? Maybe it only appears to be taller because the ground is higher over there.
Do you see where I'm heading? Let's talk Wade Boggs. Now he appears to be the best hitter in the league. But wait a minute -- isn't that ground a little higher over there? Didn't Fred Lynn appear to be the best hitter in the league when he was playing over there? And when they traded him for Carney Lansford, didn't Lansford appear to be the best hitter in the league in 1981? How much higher is the ground? What is the tallest tree? Who is the best hitter?
Now if you are a dedicated student of inside baseball, what you do next is, you ask Wade Boggs about it. Or if you don't ask Wade Boggs, then you ask Rod Carew, or you ask Freddie Lynn, or you ask one of the other trees. And they naturally are going to give you different opinions on how much difference there is between the ground over here and the ground over there, depending to a large extent on where it is that they are positioned.
But if you are a student of outside baseball, you take a somewhat different approach. You say, "Damn, this doesn't seem to be that hard to figure out. The average height of a four-year-old walnut tree over here is this, and the average height of a four-year-old walnut over there is that. Do I really have to be a tree in order to figure this out?"
It is not only that the trees have a vested interest in the subject, and thus they might lie to you or believe what it is in their best interests to believe. The trees really are not, when you think about it, in a very good position to evaluate the issue. I remember when Freddie Lynn went to California, he said he thought he'd hit better out there because he'd be close to his home. Now, he wasn't lying to us. He really thought that. The accomodation that he had made to Fenway Park was so subtle that it was subconscious. Remember this: All hitting takes place in the 4/10 of a second between the time the pitcher throws the ball and the time it reached the plate. There isn't an awful lot of thinking going on there; it's mostly reflex.
As a tree grows its roots in one particular place in the forest, Freddie Lynn grew his roots in Fenway Park. And he learned something there. He learned that when they threw him a fastball on the outside part of the plate, he could slap it to leftfield and the result of that would often be something positive. Success. People would cheer for him.
To him, this has nothing to do with Fenway Park; it has to do with that pitch and that reflex. Only when you get him out of Fenway Park, you can throw him the same pitch and he can execute the same reflexive action (he has, by this time, no choice: he must execute that same reflexive action; he is conditioned to do it).
Only the result now is failure.
He was, you see, the ultimate insider of a forest, the tree itself. If he had looked at the question as an outsider, he could not have possibly have been surprised by that failure. I mean, you take a guy who hits .380 in Fenway Park in some years and hits .260 on the road, you've got to figure that if you move him out of Fenway Park he's going to lose some points off the batting average. If you take a 330-foot elm tree and you move it to where the ground is 40 foot lower, you've got to figure it's not going to stick up in the air quite as far -- something more like 290 feet. But Freddie Lynn was surprised by it.
Another thing about forests is that they are awfully dark sometimes. There are shadows that reach halfway to the moon, there's a lot of underbrush, and there are many strange creatures who live in the forest, or who at the least are reported to live in the forest. Another important difference between inside and outside baseball in that baseball insiders see and report on lots of strange creatures that we can't really see from out where we are. Clutch hitters are a big favorite.
Several people who have studied the issue from the outside have concluded -- I hesitate to mention this -- have concluded that clutch hitters don't exist. Dick Cramer was the first of those, and at the time I didn't think he had much of a point. What are they, then? We say, "The shadows of possums and squirrels, blown up to the size of a bear by poor light." They say, "You idiot; of course they exist. We see them all the time; see their tracks every day." I am much more modest than Cramer; I say merely that I have no idea whether they exist or not.
You do notice, though, that clutch hitters are always spotted briefly and in poor light. "There's really no way to measure clutch performance," insiders like to say; occasionally some statistics will leak out about batting averages with runners in scoring position, usually based on 100 or 150 at bats, and never systematically available for scrutiny. Brief film clips of clutch hitters blazing through crucial October games are much treasured by the advocates, but then the guy probably doesn't play 30 games in October in his career, or if he does he starts going 2-for-17 in the playoffs, and when you see these clutch hitters in clutch situations during the year, they never seem quite so terrifying. "Bring me the carcass of a single member of the species," we say. "Show me the evidence that there is a single player in all of baseball who consistently and predictably performs over his head in 'game' situations. Name in advance a single player who this year, 1984, will hit just 30 points over his average in the late innings of close games." But when no such evidence is forthcoming, they say, "The forest is dark and deep, and there are many places for a body to decay without being found. We don't need that kind of evidence. We don't need to see statistics on them. We live in the forest with them; we know that they exist." Ah well; when Project Scoresheet is in place, we will answer this once and for all. No need to judge the issue until then.
So I go to look at the trees, as close as I can get from the outside. I go to baseball games, and (unlike sportswriters, who are there under deadline and thus not free to enjoy the occasion) I love going to baseball games. I go with my wife and friends and stay sober and get as wrapped up in it as I can.
But this book is not about the things that I see at baseball games with my own eyes, at least not mostly. This book has a breadth and scope in its vision of the game that requires a perspective that comes only with distance. It has an honesty in facing certain questions that a reporter, that anyone who is inside the game or even near it, could never afford. It has a sense of balance about all parts of the game about all the parts of the game that could not come from any point within the forest.
It also has blind spots the size of the World Trade Center with an oak tree growing in every window. There are a lot of things that you just can't see from out here, folks. Dedication and leadership and desire and committment; I see glimpses of all that, but you just can't see those things clearly from the outside, and it's silly to pretend you can.
I've never said, never thought, that it was better to be an outsider than it was to be an insider, that my view of the game was better than everyone else's. It's different; better in some ways, worse in some ways. What I have said is, since we are outsiders, since the players are going to put up walls to keep us out here, let us use our position as outsiders to what advantage we can. Let us back off from the trees, look at the forest as a whole, and see what we can learn from that. Let us stop pretending to be insiders if we're not. Let us fly over the forest, you and I, and look down; let us measure every tract of land and map out all the groves, and draw in every path that connects each living thing. Let us drive around the edges and photograph each and every tree from a variety of angles and with a variety of lenses; and insiders will be amazed at what we can help them to see. Or maybe they won't; who knows. But anyway, we'll have some fun. Snake oil, $1.95.


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The invention provides a method of molding a plastics material comprising the steps of placing the material with a quantity of an appropriate catalyst in granular (including powdered) form into a hollow mold shell; suspending the mold in a mounting system enabling rotation in a plurality of directions whereby the powdered material, together with the catalyst, is able to flow over all the interior surfaces; containing the mold and mounting system within an oven and heating the mold therein while rotating the same; cooling the mold and subsequently withdrawing the molded article therefrom.
1. A method of comprising a composite product having a welded thermoset portion, comprising:
rotomolding a mixture of crosslinkable polymer and a catalyst in a mold under conditions insufficient to cause significant crosslinking of the polymer, wherein the polymer remains thermoplastic in nature;
cooling the mold and subsequently withdrawing a molded thermoplastic article therefrom;
providing a second thermoplastic article;
welding the molded thermoplastic article to the second thermoplastic article; and
exposing the welded composite product to crosslinking conditions to convert a portion of the material from a thermoplastic material to a thermoset material.
2. The method of claim 1 wherein the crosslinking conditions include irradiation.
3. The method of claim 1 wherein the crosslinking conditions include a temperature sufficient to activate the catalyst.
1. Field of the Invention
This invention relates to the production of plastics products.
2. Description of the Prior Art
It is well known to mold plastics products, such as polyethylene and its co-polymers, by injection molding.
However, injection molding suffers from the disadvantage that tooling costs are relatively high and that there is a limited size range capable of injection molding.
It has also been proposed to mold thermoplastic materials by placing powdered or granular material in a hollow metal mold shell which is then suspended in a mounting system enabling rotation in one or two axes causing the powdered material to flow over all the interior surfaces of the mold shell (which have, of course, the appropriate mold impressions). The mounting system and the mold is then contained within an oven which heats the mold to the desired appropriate temperature (above the melting temperature of the plastics polymer concerned) and after a period of rotation with the oven the powdered material melts and creates a relatively even coating over the inside of the mould thus taking the mold impression. The mold is then removed from the oven for cooling and the molded article then removed from the mold.
Such a rotational system does, in certain circumstances, suffer from the drawback that high melt flow (low molecular weight) materials must be used in order to achieve satisfactory mold quality. Such materials, in practice, commonly have poor physical properties unsuitable for certain applications. In addition, materials of low or moderate melt flow give, not only poor molding quality, but also a porosity which further reduces certain physical properties. It is for this reason that the practice of crosslinking during the rotational molding process has become common. The production of high quality, tough moldings can be made possible with crosslinking. There are however associated disadvantages of higher material cost and inability of moldings, now of a thermoset nature, to be fusion welded, for example.
It is an object of the present invention to provide a moldings arrangement which overcomes or at least substantially reduces the above mentioned disadvantages and drawbacks.
In accordance with the invention, there is provided a method of molding a plastics material comprising the steps of placing the material with a quantity of an appropriate catalyst in granular (including powdered) form into a hollow mold shell; suspending the mold in a mounting system enabling rotation in a plurality of directions whereby the powdered material, together with the catalyst, is able to flow over all the interior surfaces; containing the mold and mounting system within an oven and heating the mold therein whilst rotating the same; cooling the mold and subsequently withdrawing the molded article therefrom.
By "an appropriate catalyst" as used herein we mean a catalyst or agent of a kind which will, during the molding process, bring about a significant controlled increase in molecular weight of the plastics material polymer, but, most important, no significant cross-linking effect. This may occur, for example, by process steps involving initially heating the rotating mold at a temperature sufficient to melt the polymer and allow it to flow into the desired molded shape, but below the activation temperature of the catalyst, and subsequently raising the temperature of the oven, when the initial molding stage is assessed to be complete, thereby activating the catalyst and creating an increase in molecular weight of the polymer. Depending upon the thickness of the molding the process may also be carried out at a single molding temperature whereby melting and activation of catalyst occurs sequentially due to the temperature gradient resulting from the poor heat transfer in the molding.
The selection of the catalyst or agent and its activation properties is, of course, important. We have found that, for example, a free radical initiator such as an organic peroxide is a suitable agent.
It is important to stress that no significant cross-linking effect is produced by the method of the present invention is that no thermosetting product, with the severe problems mentioned above, results.
In addition, in order to achieve satisfactory results, care must be taken in selecting the polymer utilized as its molecular weight distribution and level of unsaturation will greatly influence the success of the process as will the type and level of heat and ultra-violet light stabilizers. We have found certain polyethylene polymers or co-polymers to be very satisfactory.
We have found the process according to the invention to be of particular use in molding large bore fittings for polyethylene gas and water pipes, large bore pipes, inspection chambers and tanks. To produce large (300 mm and greater) fittings by injection molding, for example, would require equipment hitherto unavailable and, in any event, the tooling costs would be very high and difficult to recover on the low number of moldings required commercially. In contrast, rotational moldings of this size are a practical proposition and mold costs commercially reasonable, but such moldings often do not have the performance to match that of pipe extruded from pipe grade materials. Even if crosslinked rotational moldings are considered they may have the required performance but because they are thermosetting materials they cannot be joined by fusion welding.
In contrast, moldings manufactured according to this invention can have their performance tailored to match that of the extruded thermoplastics pipe and also retain the ability to be fusion welded into pipeline systems.
By means of the process of the invention there is only an increase in molecular weight of the polymer such that the material benefits from improved physical properties but remains thermoplastic and retains the ability for fusion welding of fittings for example to pipes, the reaction is not taken to such a level that crosslinking takes place which would result in the production of an intractable thermosetting material.
The method of the present invention may be used as a precursor or preliminary stage to further processing, e.g. subsequent irradiation or heat treatment in order further to enhance physical properties. Thus, for example, a rotationally molded pipe fitting produced according to the method of the invention, may have short lengths of pipe welded to it, and may subsequently be irradiated using either gamma ray or electron beam radiation, in order to cause cross-linking of the fitting and weld zone. In such a case, the free ends of the pipes may be protected from irradiation by, for example, lead shielding, so that they remain substantially unaffected by the radiation and may be subsequently joined to other pipes or fittings by further welding.
Such further processing may be used because it has been found, for example, that products such as pipe components of the method of the present invention can be used with conventional welding techniques for joining to pipe prior to irradiation. We believe this is difficult when not using products of the method of the invention, because rotomolded goods tend to have a much higher melt flow index than extruded pipes, thereby causing welding difficulties due to different welding temperature requirements.
In order that the invention may be more readily understood, one embodiment thereof will now be described by way of example with reference to the accompanying drawing which illustrates schematically rotational molding equipment for use in the process of the present invention.
Referring now to the drawing, it will be seen that a plurality of molds 1 mounted on spiders 2 are carried on arms 10 rotatable with a crosspiece 9 of a spindle 3 carrying drive motors 4. The spindle arm is pivotal on a support 8 between positions where the molds are located within a cooling chamber 5, a loading and unloading station 6, and an oven 7.
Activation of the drive motors 4 causes rotation of the spindle 3 carrying the spiders, and rotation of the spiders themselves on the arms 10 associated therewith. By this means, the molds are rotated in all three directions so that any polymer material located therein flows freely throughout the molds to cover the interior mold configuration.
By way of an example, a polyethylene homo-polymer or co-polymer of density ranging from 0.870 to 0.970 g per cc and preferably 0.93 to 0.95 g per cc and a melt flow index ranging from 1.0 to 40.0 g per 10 min (2.16 kg load weight) and preferably 5.0 to 20.0 g per 10 mins is blended with heat and ultra-violet light stabilizers, and a free radical initiator (preferably an organic peroxide or azo compound).
Alternatively, and preferably, the free radical initiation and the heat and ultra-violet light stabilizers are dispersed into the polymer by a compounding operation prior to rotomolding, by which is meant, for example, melt processing in either a single screw extruder having a mixing action, or twin screw extruder, or other mixing equipment such that the initiator and other additives are well dispersed in the polymer melt at a temperature below the activation temperature of the initiator, but above the melting point of the polymer. The material is then further processed as necessary to give a powder suitable for rotomolding.
This mixture, in powder form, is then added in the required quantities to each of the molds in the rotary molding apparatus. The molds and the associated spiders are then pivoted into the oven and rotated whilst the oven is heated to between 150� and 500� C. preferably between 200� and 400� C., for between 5 and 120 minutes preferably 20-40 minutes, depending upon the quantity of powder added to the molds and the required section thickness of the molding and the initial melt flow index of the polyethylene. After this period, the temperature of the melt in the mold within the oven is raised to between 180� and 280� C. preferably 220� to 240� C. to allow activation of the initiator, and rotary molding continued for a further 5 to 120 minutes preferably 20-40 minutes depending on the molding section thickness within the mold. Thereafter, the spindle and spider, with contained molds, is moved to the cooling chamber and allowed to cool to room temperature. After cooling, the resultant molding is found to have a melt flow index of between 1.0 and 0.01 g per 10 mins (2.16 kg load weight) and preferably between 0.4 and 0.1 g/10 minutes.
The process may also be used to produce other rotary molded hollow objects that require good physical properties and can undergo fusion welding operations, for example vehicle petrol tanks, marine craft and leisure goods and containers.
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CHERRYVILLE — The Chase Trojans got off to a slow start Thursday afternoon against the Frankston Blues in the first round of the Bud Black/Dennis Tate Holiday Classic but dominated the final three quarters for a 67-44 win.
"I thought we played a little sloppy in the first half but sped he game up and really jumped ahead," said head coach Joe Jessen. "It was a good win, we really needed it coming of a loss."
Chase's Shad Blanton drained a 3-pointer to start the scoring with 7:05 left but the Chase would score just four more points in the opening quarter. That was enough since the Blues netted just six points.
Tray Watkins came off the bench and added five quick points to start the second quarter and Tarrio Young scored four points in on offensive trip to help the Trojans to a 25-15 halftime lead.
Steven Holland was injured late in the second quarter and sat until late in the third quarter, but reentered to score four straight points for Chase.
"I think it was a hip pointer," said Jessen. "After the game he said he felt alright so he should be fine."
Blanton poured in 14 points in the third quarter alone as the Trojans went into the fourth quarter with a 47-34 lead.
"We don't have a whole lot of firepower so when he comes out like that it's huge," Jessen said of Blanton's third quarter explosion.
Frankston narrowed the lead to just nine at 51-42, but a Young 3-pointer put the Trojans back up by double digits with five minutes left.
Chase closed the game on a 13-2 run to secure the 67-44 win.
Blanton led all scorers with 29 while Young added 13 and Holland pitched in 12.
"[Blanton] was great tonight," said Jessen. "He's coming off of two games where he hasn't shot real well, but I knew it would come to him. It really opened up for him tonight."
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The Business Playground is not your average business book. Former Eurythmics band member Dave Stewart turns on his rock and roll charm with personal, inspirational stories from his own career as well as interviews with such innovative and influential thinkers as Mick Jagger, Microsoft's Paul Allen, and Twitter's Evan Williams. The legendary Sir Richard Branson makes a guest appearance as the author of the book's foreword where he sets the tone for this quirky, fun, emminently useful guide to creative business thinking.
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Happy Valentine's Day!
A celebration of the day of L♡VE ! I made this cake at the last minute, because of a comment left, by Shanna of Curls and Carrots on my Facebook page, saying, "I hope you are posting a fabulous chocolate dessert next." Nothing is more precious for Mama Fae than my beloveds asking me to make something for them. And, what gives me more joy is to watch them eat with contentment. Well, since neither Shanna nor any of you live close to me so I can experience that joy, please accept my gesture of L♡VE, virtually!
Chocolate Roulade Cake
Recipe by: Fae's Twist & Tango (fae-magazine.com)
♥ 60 gr/1/2 cup all-purpose unbleached flour – plus for coating
♥ 30 gr/1/4 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
♥ pinch salt
♥ 3 large whole eggs plus 2 egg yolks
♥ 100 gr/1/2 cup granulated sugar
♥ 60 gr/4 Tbsp unsalted butter, melted and cooled
♥ 50 gr/1/4 cup granulated sugar
♥ 60 ml/ 1/4 cup water
♥ 1 ~ 2 tsp pure vanilla extract
♥ 240 ml/1 cup heavy cream
♥ 2 ~ 3 Tbsp quality strawberry preserve/jam
Finishing dusting
♥ 1½ Tbsp unsweetened cocoa powder
♥ 1½ Tbsp confectioners'/powdered sugar
◊ Spray a 28cm x 43 cm (11″x17″) non-stick baking sheet with non-stick cooking spray. Line with parchment paper and again spray coat with cooking spray. Dust with flour and tap out excess.
◊ Position a rack in the middle of the oven and preheat to 230°C/450°F.
◊ Combine dry ingredients, flour, cocoa powder, and salt in a bowl and sift.
◊ Combine eggs and sugar in a large bowl and beat with electric beater on high for 5 ~ 6 minutes.
◊ Add dry, sifted ingredients over egg mixture in three batches and using a silicone spatula, carefully fold. When almost incorporated, pour melted butter down the side of bowl and gently fold to combine.
◊ Pour the batter on the prepared baking sheet. Using an offset spatula, spread batter evenly. Important to stay by the oven, and bake for 5 ~ 6 minutes (don't let it over bake).
◊ Immediately upon removing the cake from the oven, using a small strainer, sprinkle with confectioners/powdered sugar, and then invert the sponge sheet cake onto a clean dish towel (best if supported by a cutting board). Remove the parchment paper and sprinkle with confectioners sugar. Trim 7mm/¼" of hard crust off all sides of the cake (to roll smoothly). While still warm, roll up the sponge sheet cake, together with the towel (from the 43cm/17″ length side). Place on the cutting board, with the seam toward the bottom and cool for 30 ~ 60 minutes. (This will give the cake a 'shape memory', so it will be easier to roll again with filling.)
◊ Syrup: In a small saucepan, bring sugar and water to a boil. Turn off the heat, add vanilla extract and put in the refrigerator to cool.
◊ Filling: Whip cream until soft peaks, add strawberry preserve/jam and beat more just to combine.
◊ Open the roll, brush with the syrup all over, spread the whipped cream over cake leaving a 12mm/1/2″ border all around. Roll cake to enclose filling (without towel). Chill in the refrigerator for 30 ~ 60 minutes.
◊ Before plating, with a strainer, dust with cocoa powder/powder sugar mixture. Cut into slices with a serrated knife and serve.
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A Destin-ation wedding feast
Newlyweds Rachel and Chris's wedding day started as a traditional Louisiana wedding. The two tied the knot in New Orleans on Aug. 30, 2013, but things changed as they set off for their honeymoon in Destin.
They decided to stay in their clothes from the wedding for the drive; Chris in a three-piece suit and Rachel in her wedding gown. As Chris explains it, "We had the romantic notion of walking on the beach in our clothes at sunset." A wonderfully romantic dream that was soon crushed as the couple hit traffic. By the time the couple reached their destination of Destin, they were starving.
The bride and groom say they turned heads as they walked into Chili's, still dressed in their wedding attire. They settled in and ordered their favorites, but not before explaining the situation to their server, Tim. After they finished satisfying their grumbling stomachs, the manager of the Destin Chili's came to the table. He congratulated them on their nuptials and told them their meal was on the house and that they shouldn't be paying for their wedding feast.
Chris wrote us, saying, "Rachel and I couldn't be more thankful after a long day and tiring drive for the kindness from the Chili's team in Destin. We will always remember, with a laugh and smile, our wedding dinner, especially the thoughtful and gracious people working in your restaurant that night. We are now Chili's fans for life."
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Society, community, society, community.
You can leave now and let me be.
I will swim free, free in your sea.
Your sea? your sea, polluted now, Oh you will never see.
Broken hearts, bodies too, beloved inner child, I love you.
Breathe, breathe, breathe.
Simplicity, simplicity, simplicity.
I know now that this is all I need.
To be. To be. That is all, just Be.
Burn your toys, television too, kill the car, the radio.....
Unleash, unravel, these boys, disentangle, unblock, reset there mind, please sir,
could you be so kind?
Simplicity, Simplicity, simplicity.
Eye's clenched shut.
Now I know, Alone in my hut, not long to go, you will be free.
Free. free. free.
Buy the car, buy the house, buy the cow, consume, consume, but how?
Now, now, you tell me are you happy? for ever and art thou.
Ah ha, you see, you see.
Simplicity, simplicity, simplicity.
That is all I need, I choose now, my self is free?
Yes, yes, yes sir, me?
Free to sit, sit and just be.
Me? Free? free to swim in this endless blue sea?
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Vidic will play his final home match for Manchester United on Tuesday against Hull before he moves to Inter Milan, and said he has no regrets and gave the club 100 percent during his time in Manchester, reports Sky Sports.
Vidic said nothing but good things about his time with United, adding that he became a man at the club. He won 15 trophies in his time in Manchester and will have made 300 appearances with the side by the final game of the season.
March 29, 2014
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Vidic returned from a three-match red card ban and a groin injury to start and play all 90 minutes of Manchester United's 4-1 win over Aston Villa on Saturday.
The defender did take a shot during the game, although it was the only stat of note in the non-clean sheet effort. With Manchester United all but out of a spot in the Champions League, manager David Moyes could play around with a number of different back four options, as Vidic will be leaving for Inter Milan this summer, having already signed a pre-contract to play for the Serie A side.
March 19, 2014
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Vidic was held out of Wednesday's Champions League match against Olympiakos due to a groin injury, James Ducker of The Times reports.
Vidic picked up a red card in last weekend's match against Liverpool, which means he'll miss this weekend's match against West Ham. The severity of the groin injury isn't known yet, so it's possible he'll miss the Manchester derby on March 25.
March 17, 2014
RotoWire Fantasy Analysis
Vidic will miss Saturday's Premier League match at West Ham after picking up a red card during Sunday's match against Liverpool.
Vidic, who already announced he will join Inter Milan in the summer, hasn't been a great fantasy option this season, and missing the West Ham match surely doesn't help matters. The good news for United is that he will return for the Manchester derby on March 25.
March 5, 2014
RotoWire Fantasy Analysis
Inter Milan announced Wednesday that Vidic will join the club this summer.
Vidic is currently captaining Manchester United, who are struggling to make it into the top-four in the Premier League this season. Inter are currently fifth in Serie A, 11 points out of qualifying for the Champions League next season.
February 27, 2014
RotoWire Fantasy Analysis
Inter Milan is expected to confirm that Vidic has agreed to a contract with the team this week, reports the Daily Mail.
Vidic announced earlier in the month that he would be leaving Manchester United at the end of the current season. He said he would not leave for another team in the Premier League, and Milan have consistently been at the front of the rumor pack. The agreement with Milan is expected to be for the next three years.
February 6, 2014
RotoWire Fantasy Analysis
Vidic confirmed that he will leave Manchester United at the end of the season.
Speculation over Vidic's future with United has run rampant for a few seasons, but picked up some steam during the last transfer window. The veteran defender said he would not be playing elsewhere in England, but did not specifically say where his future would lie.


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Gov. Bill Richardson and HP president and CEO Mark Hurd led a ribbon-cutting ceremony Wednesday in front of the three-story, 218,000-square-foot building as politicians, business leaders and employees of the computer firm waited in the cold.
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What is an electric vehicle?
Essentially, an electric vehicle (or EV) is any vehicle that uses an
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A hybrid electric vehicle uses a battery-powered electric motor to supplement its traditional combustion engine. The addition of the electric motor helps to reduce idling and enables the vehicle to operate with zero emissions at low speeds (typically below 40 miles per hour). At higher speeds, the combustion engine drives the vehicle.
A plug-in hybrid vehicle is similar to a standard hybrid in that it combines an electric motor with a traditional combustion engine. However, a plug-in hybrid utilizes a larger battery that can be recharged by plugging the vehicle into an electrical outlet.
The larger battery of a PHEV and the ability to recharge by connecting to an electrical outlet increases the extent to which electricity can be used for propulsion. This, in turn, increases the vehicle's fuel efficiency.
Unlike hybrid electric and plug-in hybrid vehicles, battery electric vehicles are 100 percent electric. They include no combustion engine and rely solely on their electric motors for propulsion.
BEVs do not run on gasoline and therefore produce zero tailpipe emissions. However, drivers of battery electric vehicles are cautioned to remain aware of their vehicle's range. BEVs must be plugged-in to charge, which means refueling is not as simple as pulling into the nearest gas station.
An extended-range electric vehicle (ER-EV) can almost be said to be a cross between a plug-in hybrid and a battery electric vehicle. Like a plug-in hybrid, ER-EVs utilize both combustion engines and electric motors. But, as in a battery electric vehicle, only the electric motor is used for propulsion. The combustion engine in an extended-range electric vehicle is used to power a generator. The generator then charges the battery, which powers the motor.
In most cases, ER-EVs also allow for plug-in charging. This increases the vehicle's fuel efficiency, as using power from the electric grid reduces the amount of energy that the combustion engine must produce in order to move the vehicle from point A to point B.
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With forests covering two-thirds of Russia's territory, wildfires break out every summer. But in previous years, they most often affected the sparsely populated territories of Siberia and the Far East. This year, deadly wildfires engulfed European Russia, where four-fifths of the country's 142 million people live.
At the height of the disaster, more than 800 fires raged in over 800,000 hectares in central Russia, which had almost no rains this summer as temperatures soared above 40 degrees Centigrade, almost 20 degrees above the annual average. Over 2,000 houses have burned, leaving thousands of people homeless; dozens have died in burning houses and fighting the fires. The Russian nuclear agency, Rosatom, had to remove all radioactive and explosive material from the Federal Nuclear Centre near the town of Sarov in central Russia, as forest fires came within 4,000 metres of the secret facilities where Russian nuclear weapons are made. More than 200,000 fire-fighters and army personnel battled the fires across the country..."
The New Nation - Internet Edition: "Several thousand Muscovites are thought to have died in July alone from this year's unprecedented heatwave and August could add more fatalities, a Russian scientist said on Tuesday, Thomson Reuters reported.
Moscow, a metropolis of over 10 million people, has suffered intense heat since late June, with day temperatures sometimes nearing 40 degrees Celsius (104 degrees Fahrenheit).
The crisis shriveled a third of Russia's grain crop, shaved billions off this year's economic growth and killed at least 54 people in wildfires. The heat subsided on Tuesday.
Citing a report by the Moscow Registry Office, Boris Revich, a senior demography and ecology researcher at Russia's Academy of Sciences, said 5,840 more Muscovites had died in July than in the same month last year.
Revich said he believed the overwhelming majority of these additional deaths had been caused by the fierce heatwave..."


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Unearthly powers. Daniel Home claimed to be able to speak with spirits, move sofas about the room and levitate out of windows. But was he a genuine master of the black arts, or just a manipulative charlatan? Hilary Mantel on Victorian Britain's strangest
The First Psychic: the peculiar mystery of a notorious Victorian wizard
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The First Psychic: the peculiar mystery of a notorious Victorian wizard
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by Hilary Mantel Published
Daniel Dunglas Home was "the most interesting person who ever lived", writes Peter Lamont of his subject. "He is more interesting than Jesus, Caesar or Napoleon, who immediately spring to mind as interesting dead people." Indeed they do, and we all have our foibles in this line: my own fantasy dinner-party list includes Robespierre and Thomas Cromwell. Still, wonderful as their works were, neither of them could "elongate his body at will", handle red-hot coals, move the furniture without touching it, or hover in the air and pass in and out of open windows. After just a little acquaintance with Lamont's chosen wonder-boy, you begin to see what he means.
In the presence of spookies, language quickly turns archaic and bizarre. Thus the book's cover copy describes Dunglas Home as a "low-born" Scot. Lamont fills in the details. His mother was a Highland seer, his father possibly a bastard of the 10th Earl of Home. Born near Edinburgh in 1833, the infant Daniel seemed unlikely to thrive, and so was passed on to a childless aunt, who presumably was inured to disappointment. The aunt took him to Connecticut in search of a better life. He was, said one neighbour who cherished memories of him, "a disagreeable nasty boy". With a morbid little friend of his, he made a pact that whoever died first should come back and appear to the other. Home and his aunt then moved some 300 miles away. Shortly thereafter, Home's companion died of dysentery, and duly appeared at his bedside, wearing ringlets and "a smile of ineffable sweetness".
Some time later, a spate of rapping and banging plagued the household, and tables began to dance. The local Presbyterians thought that Home was Satan's pawn, and the Wesleyans were no kinder. Home, now about 18, began to interrogate the rappings, and received a message from his dead mother. She told him he had a mission: he was to "convince the infidel, cure the sick and console the weeping". At about the same time, in New York, the young Fox sisters were giving public demonstrations of their own rappings and bangings. Three doctors were convinced that the Fox sisters were hearing nothing more meaningful than the cracking of their own knee joints, but the genie was out and couldn't be put back into the bottle. The cult of modern spiritualism had begun. It was a cult that would cross national barriers, social classes and sectarian divides. The cliches of the seance were born, and with them a self-satisfied and often vicious debunking industry.
Victorian mediums, unlike the less ambitious ones of our own day, went in for "physical mediumship": the movement of heavy objects and the materialisation of spirit hands, or sometimes whole bodies. Some moved tables and chairs, but Home moved sofas and pianos. He put a dead baby back on its mother's knee. Performing before Napoleon III and Empress Eugenie, he caused an accordion to play by itself. Levitation became routine. Not all of his feats were paranormal, but they were well beyond most people. He became an international celebrity, twice marrying into the Russian aristocracy, the first time with Alexandre Dumas as his best man. As war correspondent for the San Francisco Chronicle, he witnessed the siege of Paris. He translated Mark Twain into Russian, and made eminent Victorian scientists quarrel violently. Finally, he wrote a book exposing "Punch and Judy mediums". Throughout his career, he was violently abused by people who did not know him and had never seen his demonstrations - notably by Robert Browning, who seemed to believe Home was a homosexual, wrote a poem against him, and once offered to kick him downstairs. Yet if Home was a cheat, no one in his lifetime was able to prove it.
Peter Lamont is a research fellow at the Koestler Parapsychology Unit at the University of Edinburgh. He is also a magician. His shrewd and often very funny book distils the perplexities of an age. Faced by Home's feats, did the Victorians distrust their powers of observation, or their construction of reality? The eminent scientist William Crookes tested Home and coined the word "psychic" to describe his powers. Crookes was convinced that Home possessed an unknown, but not supernatural, ability. The "laws of nature" would have to stretch to accommodate him. The spiritualists were not pleased, and others jeered at Crookes and said that he had been hypnotised by Home. So did they think, Crookes asked reasonably, that laboratory measurements were regularly hallucinated? If we cannot trust the evidence of our senses, how can we begin to describe natural laws?
Home's sworn enemies were almost as interesting as he was. One of them, "the Great Wizard of the North", was the first man to pull a rabbit out of a hat. He accidentally burned down the Royal Opera House and, in the age of Darwin, paraded as a freak act two microcephalic children whom he described as "Aztec Lilliputians". It is all stranger than fiction - stranger even, let's say, than South American fiction. And you won't check my sources, will you? asks Lamont teasingly: no, you'll believe it all, because you would like to. His previous book was called The Rise of the Indian Rope Trick, described by one critic as "a riveting yarn". For all its levity - and laughter arises like - oh, like a piano - this is a serious and thought-provoking book about how we witness and interpret the world. My own uncanny powers forecast a feast called Christmas, not far distant, when The First Psychic should, if there is any justice, mysteriously levitate from bookshop shelves and appear in intelligent people's stockings.
Hilary Mantel's most recent novel, Beyond Black, is published by Fourth Estate


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Visiting Professor Sheila Foster, Vice Dean and the Albert A. Walsh Professor of Real Estate, Land Use & Property Law at Fordham University School of Law, will be teaching a one-week course on "Urban Land Use Law" from March 17-21. Professor Foster is the author of numerous publications on land use, environmental law, and antidiscrimination law. Her works on antidiscrimination law include Intent and Incoherence and Causation in Antidiscrimination Law: Beyond Intent Versus Impact. She is also the co-editor (with David Oppenheimer and Sora Han) of a groundbreaking casebook, Comparative Equality and Antidiscrimination Law: Cases, Codes, Constitutions and Commentary.
Recently, she answered a few questions posed to her by Vaishali Desai, Post-Graduate Student Services Fellow at Miami Law.
1. Why did you choose to teach at UM Law?
"Associate Dean Bischoff asked me to teach a few years ago, and I wanted to do so. I finally had the opportunity to do so. I am originally from Miami, I grew up in Kendall, and I have always admired the law school."
2. What are you most looking forward about teaching at UM Law?
"I'm looking forward to meeting a new group of students and teaching UM students. This will be my first interaction with the school."
3. What can a UM law student hope to get out of your class?
"Students will get to appreciate some of the challenges of contemporary urbanization, the way land use law tries to address those challenges, and the way in which scholars are thinking about those challenges."
4. What is your most memorable teaching experience?
"I have so many. It is difficult to pin down one. There are just way too many to be able to pin down one. I have taught domestically and abroad and at three law schools, therefore, I feel privileged to be in a profession where I can teach people and share my knowledge."
5. Where is the coolest place you've gotten to travel? Either as a result of teaching or personal travel.
"Havana, Cuba. I went there as a part of a group of researchers to look at Cuban environmental law."
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BRIEFS: IceMen host rival Komets
The Evansville IceMen will host the rival Fort Wayne Komets in an ECHL contest tonight at 7:15 at the Ford Center. The IceMen (15-21-4) are 5-4-1 overall in their last 10 games but have won three of four at home during that stretch, including a 4-1 win over the Komets a week ago. Fort Wayne (21-17-2) is four points behind the Cincinnati Cyclones in the North Division. Evansville is in last place, a point behind the Kalamazoo Wings.
Five recruits enroll early at Notre Dame
Quarterback Malik Zaire and offensive lineman Steve Elmer were among five football players who graduated high school early to start classes at Notre Dame.Tight end Mike Heuerman of Naples, Fla., wide receivers James Onwualu of St. Paul, Minn., and Corey Robinson of San Antonio were the others to enroll Tuesday, eight days after the Fighting Irish lost to Alabama 42-14 in the BCS title game. Zaire is from Trotwood, Ohio, and Elmer is from Midland, Mich.One player, linebacker Alex Anzalone, changed his mind about enrolling early after head coach Brian Kelly interviewed with the Philadelphia Eagles. Signing day is Feb. 6.
KWC rises to No. 2; USI men now No. 15
Kentucky Wesleyan reached No. 4 in the latest National Association of Basketball Coaches Division II Top 25 men's basketball poll, while the University of Southern Indiana slipped five spots to No. 10. It's a record 337th week KWC (12,0, 4-0 Great Lakes Valley Conference) has been in the Top 25. KWC and USI (10-2, 3-1 GLVC) play Monday night in Owensboro. Tickets are $8 and will go on sale at USI Thursday through Saturday at the USI Ticket Office.
Aces' Mueller adds two 2013 recruits
University of Evansville tennis coach Nick Mueller has added two players to his 2013 squad with Marina Moreno and Marketa Trousilova playing their first matches for the Aces later this month. Moreno is a true freshman from Mexico while Trousilova of the Czech Republic transfers as a sophomore from Kansas State. "They both have extensive experience on the national level in their respective countries as well as the international level," Mueller said. At Kansas State, Trousilova picked up a win in the Big 12 Championship at No. 3 doubles against Texas A&M.
8 UE players earn academic honors
The National Fastpitch Coaches Association has recognized eight players from the University of Evansville softball team for their academic work during the 2011-12 school year. The players honored include 2012 seniors Allison Aguilera, Amy Gaertner and Maggie Little as well as current seniors Kendall Kautz and Halie Malone. Juniors Emily Morris and Nicole Rahming and sophomore Mariah Ferguson also were honored for having a grade-point average of 3.50 or higher. "We are tremendously happy about our players receiving the academic honors," said UE head coach Mark Redburn. "Not only do they work hard as softball players, but they work hard inside the classroom as well."
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The Palmetto Christian home football game against Trinity-Byrnes this past Friday night was canceled due to weather.
A few hours before the game, strong storms swept through the area and dumped a significant amount of rain on the Park West Field, which Palmetto Christian rents from the Town of Mount Pleasant for its home football games.
According to an assistant coach, there were spots on the field that had about six inches of standing water. Trinity-Byrnes, which is from Darlington, had nearly completed its trip to Mount Pleasant when the game was called.
The non-region game will not be made up at a later date this season.
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I'm sorry they both are hiding stuff. This is politics. They are all crooks.
This person sounds disconnected. I was at a parent meeting at the Career Center in Brecksville. It's about skills. Some kids are not meant for college. There are certifications, associates, bachelors and higher degrees. There is the military. College seems to supply a lot of soft skills for some occupations but not enough core. College is also expensive so these kids need to learn to pay towards their schooling too. There are also too many kids playing their way through college cause they don't want to grow up yet. High schools need to better prepare these kids with hard skills not just the soft skills so they if they don't get to college they can get a decent paying job. More kids need to look at the career schools like Cuyahoga Valley.
Thank you for your insight
SO now geeks are sociopaths? Everyone needs to stop labeling people.
If I were a fireman I would be pissed that a man that only worked 11 hours got paid a lot of money that could have been paid to them or for another fireman. My dad was a fireman. This is not right.
For those teachers who work hard and see their peers doing subpar jobs. How can we ensure that those teachers either improve or find a new career? Unions across the country are allowing teachers to get away with reading the newspaper in class and not actually doing any teaching. This was in Wisconsin or Minnesota. In NYC there are teachers sittng in rooms staring at the walls getting paid to do nothing because they were removed from the classroom and the districts can't do anything about them. The teacher in the midwest was fired but the union got him his job back.
Finally!!! My car has gotten beat up from that road. I avoided it today because of a low tire. When it rains there forget it. I hope they fix it right
You mean by scaring everyone
Well said.
The whole focus is getting our children good educations. The main stream public schools are not always a good option for kids. Instead of having us tailor our kids to the public school system we need to tailor it to each child. When we start looking at it that way the existing system cannot be successful. Our children are people not numbers. So each parent has to figure out what is best for their child and do that. Only problem there are a lot of parents out there not realizing there may be a better option out there. They were told the public school is the only way to go and understandably many people can not afford to send their kids other places. But now with online schools they should now there are other options.
Good idea. We should look how the europeans are doing it
Totally agree
Very thoughtful and well written article. These are tough times. The private sector is already doing these things. The stockholder here is the taxpayers. We are over taxed. Hands are so tied up in red tape trying to find ways to save money. We should all want what is best for all of Ohio. And if our economy rebounds then wonderful. It will also be nice to see our local governments and schools be able to have more control over the performance of their cities/schools. Us parents what the best teachers and workers in their perspective jobs and if someone is not willing to do his job then he needs to find a new job.
Greed iis everywhere. Look at what is happening in Rome, in NYC. This country only cares about making more money. Greed is in everything from our local churches to our government workers to our company executives. It's all about taking care of "me".
Some of you need to watch a segment on 60 Minutes talking about the next collapse will be government. No one cares about the whole they all care about "their part". Everyone on both sides have selfish motives. But the system is not working so we need to scrap it and many other systems to save money. And I am not a republican or democrat. maybe some people should step outside their parties and look at the whole picture.
His parents and high school let him down. They should have been preparing him for success. Haven't schools learned anything yet?
And they wonder why we are angry at government. They waste our tax dollars and then have the audacity to ask for more. No more taxes until they can prove responsible with what they have.
This does not make any sense to me. He cannot run a business from his home? I bet there are thousands doing that right now in Parma. A lot of people run businesses out of their homes. CAn this article be right?
What about those who don't have a union to help them? Are they supposed to pay more taxes to pay all those extras that the rest of us have to take care of for ourselves?