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More Than 1,500 Fugitives Sought In NM
Records obtained by The Associated Press show that around 1,500 New Mexico ex-convicts accused of violating their parole or probation are on the run, and about a third of them are violent offenders. The New Mexico Department of Corrections records showed that the state has listed 166 parole fugitives and 1,371 individuals wanted for violating their terms for their probation. That's roughly 11 percent of the state's total population currently on probation and parole.
An AP analysis showed that among those 1,537 fugitives, about 500 have been convicted of violent crimes and 700 or so were convicted of property crimes.
Officials say around three dozen or so people arrested in two recent massive sweeps have not been taken off the absconder records given to the AP.
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http://www.fightersonlymag.com/conte...growing-rosterFlorida super team The Blackzilians has become well-known for attracting top name MMA fighters to its ranks. Is it now branching out into kickboxing as well?
Former K-1 champion Alistair Overeem is a Blackzilian, though he now fights for the UFC, and top-ranked light-heavyweight kickboxer Tyrone Spong also calls the team home.
Over the last weeks The Blackzilians camp, housed in the Jaco Training Center, has also housed some big name kickboxers from Holland.
Gokhan Saki and Murthel Groenhart both fight out of Mikes Gym in Amsterdam but have recently been photographer training and hanging out at The Blackzilians camp. Weve seen this happen in the past, usually right before the fighter is announced as a new team member.
Saki and Groenhart fight for GLORY, which has taken over from K-1 as the premier kickboxing league, as does Spong. GLORY recently signed a Spike TV deal and shows will begin airing live later this year. This is kickboxings big push into the US marketplace - maybe Saki and lightweight contender Groenhart are getting there early.

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The top 25 California law firms are staying in lockstep with regard to associate pay: $160K for first years, $210K for fourth years, $265K for seventh years.
According to The Recorder (via Law.com), only Sedgwick, Detert, Moran & Arnold paid below the market rate. They pay $130K to first years and only go to $197K for seventh years.
For the most part, firms have to play "follow the salary leader" in order to draw top talent. But in these times, some firms are desperate to cut back on associate compensation any way they can.
The idea floating around is to abandon lockstep salary progression based on year, and move to performance-based pay raises. Manatt, Phelps & Phillips has already abandoned automatic pay raises:
"I actually think the system in practice is very fair because it allows for those people who are overachievers to really be valued at what their skills are worth," said Diana Iketani, the firm's chief recruiting officer. On the other hand, she said, it reduces pressure on associates who would rather pace themselves or have different priorities.
Some firms that are not following suit, after the jump.
Of course, messing with salary expectations is a sure way to piss off associates, and some firms are leery of upsetting the proletariat:
Heller Ehrman has thought about it on occasion, most recently two years ago, but ditched the idea, said Chief Human Resources Officer David Sanders. The perception is that the lockstep model is more predictable and objective, he said. It's not that associates were cynical about variable bonuses and salaries — "they just couldn't put their hand on it, so there's not a value."
But this is the kind of issue that could catch on if it a few big firms lead the way. Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe is considering it.
Of course, most associates in California and elsewhere are more worried about keeping their jobs just at the moment.
The turbulent economy and resulting associate layoffs — both reported and rumored — have caused a lot of anxiety among associates and shifted the focus away from the compensation race and toward concerns such as having a job at all and being happier in that job.
"With the economic news, they're not talking about salaries — they're talking about, 'Oh my God, what's going on there with [layoffs at] other law firms,'" said Brad Seiling, a Manatt Phelps partner and chairman of his firm's associates committee.
You think?
But remain vigilant. This is exactly the kind of climate where firms might try to pull a fast one and switch up their compensation structure. Decoupling pay from seniority is a repercussion that would last long after the economy turns around.
Keep your head on swivel.
The Reality of Associate Salaries [The Recorder via Law.com]
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The Department of South Asian Studies builds upon more than a century of distinguished scholarship in the study of South Asia, most recently under the auspices of the Department of Sanskrit and Indian Studies. On July 1, 2011, a broader Department of South Asian Studies was launched, drawing faculty from Sanskrit and Indian Studies as well as faculty from across the humanities and interpretive social sciences. The new department strengthens and broadens the intellectual profile of its predecessor, preserving its long-standing strengths while expanding its resources for the study and teaching of South Asia, broadly conceived.
Programs of Study
The Department of South Asian Studies offers programs of study leading to the Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) degree. While graduate work is tailored to individual intellectual interests, it is our expectation that all doctoral students will ground their work in primary language materials and participate in broadly interdisciplinary studies of South Asian languages, histories, and cultures.
The department has historic and well-defined courses of graduate study in Sanskrit and Indian Studies and Tibetan and Himalayan Studies, and these courses of study will continue. It is our expectation that some candidates for doctoral study will propose other programs in South Asian Studies. These programs of study may have a regional emphasis, a disciplinary or multi-disciplinary emphasis, or an emphasis on a particular era of South Asian history, including modern South Asia. Some of the most exciting multi-disciplinary work in the global academy today has been pioneered by scholars of South Asian Studies, and it is our intention to provide a platform for such study here at Harvard. It is understood that doctoral students in South Asian Studies will work with members of the department who may make their primary home in Anthropology, History, History of Art and Architecture, Linguistics, Music, Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations, and the Study of Religion and, indeed, with faculty beyond the department.
All of the department's PhD programs emphasize the study of South Asian languages as foundational for scholarly work. Currently, members of the department focus in their own work on Bengali, Nepali, Sanskrit (Vedic, Classical) and Middle Indic (Pali, Prakrit), Tamil (Classical, Modern), Tibetan (Classical, Modern), and Hindi-Urdu (including Avadhi, Braj, and modern dialects) . The Department also supports instruction in Bahasa Indonesia, Gujarati, Sindhi, and Thai. Persian is regularly offered through the Department of Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations.
We emphasize a rigorous approach to South Asian texts and traditions, the cultural, intellectual, and social practices that they inform, and the diverse disciplinary perspectives that are needed to study and write about them. Students are encouraged to view their chosen topics in their historical contexts while also exploring their significance to ongoing South Asian traditions and to contemporary issues in the humanities and social sciences.
In exceptional cases, the Department will admit, to a one year AM program, a particularly promising student who would like to strengthen their background in South Asian Studies but may not have all of the qualifications for doctoral study. Applicants should be aware that there is no funding available for AM candidates.
Admission Requirements
Admission to the PhD program is offered on the basis of an outstanding academic record, letters of recommendation, a writing sample, and, ordinarily, GRE scores. Applicants should contact the Department well before the admissions deadline, preferably visit the department, or make arrangements for a telephone interview.
For the PhD program a strong background in one or more areas of South Asian Studies is required. For admission to the Sanskrit and Indian Studies program, prerequisites include two years of Sanskrit, and for the Tibetan and Himalayan Studies program, two years of classical Tibetan. These language requirements correspond to the first and second years of Sanskrit or Tibetan taught at Harvard. For the South Asian Studies program, candidates should have at least two years of study in a South Asian language. The student's command of the relevant languages will be evaluated during the first term.
Structure of the Program
General requirements. For the PhD: Sixteen half-courses and a minimum of two years in residence are required. For the AM: Eight half-courses and at least one year in residence are required.
Core requirements for the PhD:
- A minimum of four half-courses in Classical Sanskrit, Tamil, Tibetan, Hindi-Urdu, or another South Asian language at the advanced level.
- Two half-courses in a second South Asian language
- Eight half-courses in the student's special fields, including related courses in other departments.
- Reading knowledge of two modern research languages, generally French and German. A language exam must be passed with an honors grade by the end of the second year of residence. Another modern language relevant to the student's special field, but not the student's native language, may be substituted for one, but not both of the required languages.
Core requirements for the AM: Two half-courses of seminars, two half-courses in Classical Sanskrit, Tamil, Tibetan, or Hindi-Urdu literature at the advanced level, and four half-courses in the student's special field, including related courses in other departments. An AM thesis is also required.
Incoming students will have an advisor in the field of study closest to their own interests. The advisor is responsible for developing a plan of study and signing the study card at the outset of each semester. The department's director of graduate studies functions as a more general advisor to all graduate students in relation to the department and GSAS policies and procedures. When a student submits his or her prospectus to the department, he or she also suggests an advisor to direct the dissertation. The progress of every student will be reviewed each year by the department.
After the first two years of doctoral study most students work as teaching fellows in one of the courses taught within the department, in other departments, or in the undergraduate General Education curriculum. The opportunity to develop teaching skills is an important part of graduate studies, especially for those preparing for a future in academia.
General Examinations
PhD Examinations. Students are expected to take their general examinations no later than the middle of their third year in the program. There are usually four written examinations that ordinarily take the following form:
- A language translation examination, without dictionary, from a text of average difficulty.
- A translation examination, with dictionary, of texts in the student's special field, with a discussion of textual problems or thematic issues.
- A broad examination in South Asian Studies based on reading lists put together by the student in consultation with the advisor.
- An examination in the student's special field.
Students may also choose to take an optional fifth exam in a secondary field or discipline, often involving a faculty member from another department.
AM Examinations. Students are expected to take two written examinations the subjects of which will be determined in conjunction with the advisor and an oral exam in the student's special field.
Upon passing the general examinations students will be expected to complete a dissertation prospectus within a year's time and no later than the fall term of their fourth year. The prospectus should be in the range of 15 to 20 pages and include: 1) a clear statement of the dissertation project, its central problems and methodology; 2) its place in the context of related scholarship; 3) its importance to the field. The prospectus should also include a chapter outline and extensive bibliography.
The dissertation committee normally consists of three members, including the dissertation advisor. Two members of the committee must be members of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences. Frequently, the committee will include at least one member from outside the department, and occasionally one from outside the University. The proposed committee should be approved by the advisor, the director of graduate studies, and the department. The proposed committee should review the prospectus at the time it is submitted.
Traveling Fellowships and Study Abroad
Many students apply for travel fellowships in their fourth year and spend all or part of their fifth year in South Asia. The advisor and director of graduate studies can direct doctoral students to the many resources available for work in South Asia.
PhD Dissertation: The dissertation should not exceed 75,000 words or 300 pages in length. It must be a substantial and original piece of work that demonstrates mastery of the field and the student's chosen topic.
Students are expected to complete two chapters of their dissertation by the spring term of their fifth year. After this they are expected to produce at least one acceptable chapter of the dissertation each semester.
The format of the dissertation must conform to the requirements described in The Form of the PhD Dissertation.
After it is completed, the dissertation must be submitted to the dissertation committee (at least two months before the official deadline) and be publicly defended in a roundtable discussion that includes members of the dissertation committee and other faculty and students in the department.
AM Thesis: The AM thesis will be a substantial paper demonstrating the student's knowledge of the scholarly literature and methodologies appropriate to the topic of the student's choice. The topic will be determined by the student in consultation with his or her advisor. A typical AM thesis is expected to be approximately 75 pages in length.
To Apply
Application forms for admission and financial aid may be obtained from the Admissions Office, Harvard Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, Richard A. and Susan F. Smith Campus Center 350, 1350 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, MA 02138, or at www.gsas.harvard.edu.


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Don't Come For The King's Family: TI Goes Off On Instagram
Can you imagine having Instagram and twitter at age 16, and your dad hawking your page? Don't get me wrong, fathers have every right to constantly check the twitters, facebook walls and instagram of their underage daughters on these social networks which are filled with predators, but the very thought of my Dad seeing my every upload and move makes me shudder.
With that being said, it seems like TI spends a good amount of time on instagram checking out his stepdaughter Zonnique's page to make sure folks don't get out of pocket. And when they do, he goes the hell off! The other day, after Zonnique uploaded a photo of herself, a guy commented, 'Can We F-ck', and TI let him have it.
Ni**a u ever disrespect me & mines like that again I'm gon throw more $$$ at ya head than it cost to build yo mama a new house.
Boy don't f**k your sad azz lil life up before i can get it started…u gon get yaself *F**ked* aight…in ya mouth wit ya own lil pee-pee. Now keep playin round wit it lil homie. #NoBulls**t.
I cried real tears when reading this. I know that little boy did too but probably for other reasons.
This isn't the first time TIP has been going off on folks for coming crazy at his family. The other day, when someone made a not-so-nice comment about Tiny, he responded:
F-ck u shawty!!! U ever disrespect me or ain' 1 of mines, I'm pressing that line on ya…look like you damaged your waistline. Don't play wit da fam shawty…it ain't safe. Now ya ass getting banished from da kingdom. [<---i'm assuming that means blocked.] Go look at a broke n-gga page. Ure undeserving of our magnificence. #Disrespectwillnotbetolerated!!!!
The mental image of TIP typing all mad on that Iphone is hilarious. Much respect to him for sticking up for his family though.


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When hundreds of Central Texas schools open their doors to students again today, they will in some ways be operating greener and leaner than ever.
But many districts are finding that they are having to struggle to keep up their facilities given the demands that shrinking budgets are having on building maintenance costs.
Some districts have the money to make investments in such initiatives as replacing aging building systems and using solar power.
In Round Rock, operation costs are going up as the district continues to grow. But unlike in other areas, including several districts served by Austin Energy, the district anticipates utility costs will actually go down after recently receiving a new electricity contract. With an eye toward longer-term savings, the district installed solar panels on the new Elsa England Elementary School, a move district officials estimate will take care of 10 to 15 percent of the building's electrical needs.


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In a way, this primal scream from Thomas L. Day, a former member of Jerry Sandusky's Second Mile foundation, is a familiar one from a generational standpoint. But it connects so much to the dominant theme of this era – the loss of faith in institutions – that it takes on a crucial significance.
I'm 31, an Iraq war veteran, a Penn State graduate, a Catholic, a native of State College, acquaintance of Jerry Sandusky's, and a product of his Second Mile foundation.
And I have fully lost faith in the leadership of my parents' generation.
Day was never a victim of Sandusky's, though he came up through Second Mile. He has only positive words for the foundation. The negative words he reserves for an entire generation of leaders, who have "failed us, over and over and over again."
This kind of sentiment is perhaps to be expected from a State College native who sees the hash that those leaders have made of his hometown. But he extends the rationale well beyond sex abuse and coverup.
Think of the world our parents' generation inherited. They inherited a country of boundless economic prosperity and the highest admiration overseas, produced by the hands of their mothers and fathers. They were safe. For most, they were endowed opportunities to succeed, to prosper, and build on their parents' work.
For those of us in our 20s and early 30s, this is not the world we are inheriting.
He goes on, writing about being told to go shopping after 9-11, about Tom DeLay saying that "nothing is more important in the face of a war than cutting taxes," about the false premise of Iraq, about the Catholic church's own sex abuse scandal. About infrastructure woes and high unemployment and a failure to fight "the fortunate and entrenched interests on K Street and Wall Street." Day writes, "This failure of a generation is as true in the halls of Congress as it is at Penn State."
The Penn State scandal doesn't have to connect to this. But it is a symbol of that complete failure of elites and institutions we've seen in at least the past decade. There is a connective tissue there. The question is what the newer generation, the backbone of the Occupy movement, the majority of enlistees in our adventures abroad, a generation poised to do worse than its parents and experiencing record high unemployment currently, plans to do about it.


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Payday Loan stores should be shut down. I had to call a lawyer on one of them to get them to stop harassing me after a family member took a loan and put me down for a reference. They started calling my cell phone night and day looking for the family member. I never had a choice to opt out--and it took a lawyer to get them to quit calling me! Scum of the earth....
The people in Lakewood and Rocky River concerned with their commute should be more concerned with revitalizing. If the economic problems of Cleveland spread any further west then their home values will suffer as well. It is myopic to worry about 15 mph on a 2 mile stretch of their commute. People in eastern Lakewood will tell you the troubles are already coming.
Lakewood is famous for school zone tickets on Christmas Day!
Outlander? Have you been downtown recently? Lower Euclid is a hotbed for redevelopment. You are really showing your ignorance on this issue girlfriend.
We need about 50,000 more of this fine gentlemen in Cleveland. Once upon a time people took pride in their communities. Now I watch as people have no respect for their or other peoples neighborhoods. They toss out soda bottles or empty an ashtray on the ground without even thinking about it. Thank you Mr. Monroe for contributing to your new community.
Your friends from Buffalo must have been living under a rock. There will be 10000+ partying at the central terminal, parade and surrounding areas tonight.
Check out the website: http://www.dyngusdaybuffalo.com/
Can the students design some thing-a-ma-jiggy to smooth out the unintentional speed bumps the City of Cleveland seems to develop? My two favorite spots of rising pavement are southbound on Ontario right between the Jake and the Q, and also westbound as you clear the end of the Shoreway on Clifton.
Amen! As a single guy I also love Wegmans for the market cafe! Good eating on the way in or out of the store!
Fuel Perks is a scam. Compare Giant Eagle prices to other stores--you'll realize you're paying for that fuel! Plus the gas is not good for your car.
If only Clevelanders would wake up and realize those fuel "perks" aren't really FREE. We all pay for them with high prices and horrible service from Giant Eagle! Plus, ask your mechanic--the gas at Get Go is not healthy for your car.
People in NY, PA, etc should be happy they have Wegmans. If they moved into Cleveland Giant Eagle would slowly fade into history!
I am proud of Cleveland and not opposed to this initiative, but does it really need a story in the paper.
Newsflash! Advertisements for tourist at the airport! Details at 11!
The City of Cleveland should just get rid of the tax entirely for venues under 2,000 people. Stop the madness!
Never mind the Black Keys, who played their first gigs here and are from the area (Akron counts).
Then there's also Mushroomhead, Chimaira, Nine Inch Nails, Filter....
I like the idea. It should ease congestion and save fuel for long distance travelers who's only intention at an exit is gas, stretch and use the restroom.
It could also enable ODOT to put up more sound barrier walls to hide McMansions from us underserving motorists. Those fellas at ODOT are doing an OUTSTANDING job down there in Columbus. Keep up the good work!
Just leave the lanes closed. We did not need to waste taxpayer money on widening SR 2. Maybe they can afford some more sound barrier walls for crap condos that stood there for 40 years without protection.
Misplaced priorities. When the price of gas hits $9/gallon this state will grind to a halt.
Cask & Supremo. Do your homework. Pittsburgh taxes the payroll of the entire band/crew (not a cheap proposition) and the City of Cuyahoga Falls also taxes artists.
The reasons for not playing Cleveland are numerous, but not solely based on this tax. With this being said, we have to pay for billionaire sports owners to have their venues maintained for them. It's an absolute shame that the city is coming down on these little guys and gals.
Hey Dennis--where is the money for our bridges? Take some more!
That is the point your missing--ODOT will take OUR tax money away from Cleveland and use it to build sound barrier walls and new freeway ramps in Columbus, then claim there is no money for Cleveland.
THAT is how this argument should be framed. Why should we, as the largest economy in the state of Ohio, be put on the back burner for Columbus--a cow town that already relies on YOUR tax dollars for the government salaries. Saying we don't have the money is like Kasich turning down Federal funding, only to have that very same money sent elsewhere. What do we get? Kashich's pride? It doesn't matter if there Democrats or Republicans, SOMEONE will spend the money!
Let's INVEST IN CLEVELAND. Our leaders are failing us.
Just don't try to put the wrong color gutter or windows on you house in a "Historic Neighborhood." Only wealthy developers and school boards get variances. Homeowners in dying neighborhoods have to stick to the Landmark Commission's wishes.
Just reading posts on here make it evident why Ohio and Cleveland are so backwards. Keep thinking like it's 1950 and not looking to the future people. Imagine if Chicago had this sort of regressive mindset 100 years ago. It would be Cleveland.


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Great shot - nice perspective.
I'd be willing to bet that they're underpromising, and will over deliver. Where I live, the estimate was Nov 1st at 11:45PM., but the power came on at 5:30PM. I hope it turns out that way for Ware too!
That's a beautiful shot... is that Enders Falls in Granby, Ct.?
Well said Ray, I totally agree! I've "cued-up" Jungleland to 4:44 many many times since The Big Man left us!
Correction: The Amherst base runner is Simone Frank, covering the base for Westfield is Katie Albright.
OOOPS- This morning's Republican sports section has this listed as Tyler Godek, it's a great pic Michael.
This photo brings back great memories of "The-Park"
After I saw him hit a home run over the 386' sign, I'm a believer!
This is a great shot, the little guy is quite hidden with that color outfit, a well deserving winning photo.
Secondary caption could be... Baseball Team Dressed Up.
You guys look great, good luck in the baseball playoffs.
Excellent sports action photo capturing a superb effort by the fielder.
Those are plastic water cups that are offered to the runners and discarded. They were all bagged up and recycled after the race was completed.
This is Easthampton's Junior Miss, Danielle Glenn.
I agree, that's a shot they should have put in the paper today. That rebound sealed the win for East Longmeadow. Nice job Dave.
Great capture of what was virtually the final play of the game, icing the win for East Longmeadow.
Across the street from the Surf Hotel in July 2008 click for photo.
I'm sorry to see this happen in a location where we've had so much fun for so many years. Hopefully, they'll rebuild the entire block someday.
Note to the photographer Michael S. Gordon on this outstanding photo. What makes this photo even better, is that Lauren's Grandparents are recognizable in their seats right above her face.


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Thank you for your comment. I was riding in a car from Delaware to Pa. when I saw these two barns,I shot a quick photo. It was a fall scene which I did my own interpretation of turning it into winter scene. I hope to do the other three seasons. I was disappointed when I saw my post as my colors are darker not as washed out as this appears. I realize it is my fault, because of the photo I took of the painting.
This is a wonderful painting to look at! The scene comes to life with your use of colors. It is as if the snow is fresh and fluid. I can come into this scene because I am included into your work...yes, you share what is in your heart...what your interest is...and your love of the country scene. I truly love to study this! Your painting style is professional and so enjoyable!
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Travel Brands Best Fashion and Beauty Companies in Facebook Engagement
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Travel brands' smaller communities could be one factor in their increased engagement, but the nature of their industry – including beautiful images and videos – also makes for more "likable" Facebook content than photos of solitary fashion products.
Facebook engagement levels among some of the country's best known brands remain low compared with global industry averages, according to research seen exclusively by Marketing Week.
In the travel sector, the number of Facebook fans are generally much smaller than for fashion or beauty, however the overall engagement rates tend to be higher. The average global travel and leisure engagement rate is 4.8 per cent – but Thomas Cook, Thomson Holidays and TravelZoo.co.uk beat this with 6, 5 and 12.2 per cent respectively.The brand with the highest rate is LateRooms.com with 15.1 per cent, although it has fewer fans than most of the brands with 83,612, compared with Thomson Holidays' 408,196.


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Some of the recent releases, such as Spotlight on the Foundry, a new Klingon mission titled Alpha, the new Caitian Atrox carrier for the Federation faction, and a duty officer commendation XP bonus weekend, have all been fairly well-received. We have also seen the return of the Ask Cryptic blogs, and apparently we will also be seeing the return of the fan-favorite Engineering Reports at the end of this month.
The question remains, however, whether or not the those relative successes can overcome the controversies that seem to surround the game's other recent releases -- namely, the introduction of what is arguably a new currency and the infusion of yet another time-gated mission.
Huzzah, right?! Right?! Well, I have to admit, there are new players who will be very happy to see the return of the unique rewards offered for the completion of the Featured Episode series. Players will recall that the four series consist of The Devidians, The Breen, Cloaked Intentions, and most recently, The 2800.
From May 3rd to May 10th, players can undertake the Devidian series again, and upon completion of the final mission (The Night of the Comet), they can obtain the useful Ophidian cane.
Each subsequent week, a different series will become available to replay so that its unique reward can be obtained: a Breen Tactical bridge officer from the Breen series, a Reman Science bridge officer from Cloaked Intentions, and the Shard of Possibilities from The 2800.
However, veteran players were just a tad disappointed with the reruns of missions they've already played and from which they've already received the rewards. Where is their incentive to replay those missions?
And Cryptic responded: Lobi Crystals. Lobi crystals? What are they, you ask? Well, let's get down to it, shall we?
It should come as no real surprise to anyone who has played STO since the game transitioned to the free-to-play model that the changes in priorities of the development of the game have been tumultuous at best.
The introduction of the new currency called dilithium was meant to unify and replace the myriad currencies the game had before the F2P change. Medals, marks, and emblems were all combined into dilithium that is also tradable for C-Store points, which can be purchased for real-life currency. An exchange was even created so the market could handle the ebb and flow of the value of the dilithium in comparison to the C-Store points. Gone were the days when non-tradable currencies likes marks or emblems would hang around gathering dust... or so we thought.
Enter Lobi Crystals, STO's response to the supposed cries for a "second-chance currency" for those who bought the revenue-generating keys and opened lockboxes but didn't get what they really wanted.
Currently, there are two ways to obtain Lobi Crystals. The first way is to replay the Featured Episodes during this month's reruns of all four series. There is only one crystal hidden in each episode, and that crystal can only be obtained once. This means that a player has the ability to earn a total of 20 crystals during the month of May, and then only if he finds each one hidden in all 20 episodes. He cannot grind the missions over and over in order to gain more crystals.
If he wants more than 20 crystals, he'll have to use the second method for obtaining them, and that's by obtaining a key to open a lockbox. Each lockbox contains an item, which is at least supposed to be desirable, like an XP boost, a set of consumable battle pets or batteries, or even the Ferengi D'Kora Marauder ship. But the boxes also contain a small (very small) number of Lobi crystals.
The crystals are non-tradable. They can be used only to buy items at the Lobi Crystal Consortium at Drozana Station. The store has a selection of uniquely desirable items that include a Ferengi shuttle, a MACO tactical bridge officer, ship consoles, Klingon skirts, and other costume pieces. All of those items can be obtained only by collecting Lobi crystals, and the only real way you can gather more than 20 crystals is by buying keys and opening lockboxes.
The prices of the items in the store range from the "we're-sorry-we-screwed-up-the-initial-launch-of-this-crystal-thing-so-we'll-drop-in-one-cheap-item-so-people-playing-the-reruns-of-the-Featured-Episodes-can-get-it-without-having-to-spend-real-cash" 15 Lobi Crystals to 800 crystals for the Ferengi Shuttle.
When opened, most lockboxes contain anywhere from one to ten crystals and very rarely contain 100. Each key costs 100 C-Store points (approximately $1.25 US). Therefore, a player earning two to five crystals per box may have to spend $250-$400 in order to collect enough crystals to obtain the 800-crystal shuttle. Yes, it could be less than that. It could also be much, much more.
Of course, it's possible to grind the game to earn enough dilithium to trade for C-Store points to obtain a key. The going rate on the exchange is hovering around 300 dilithium for each C-Store point, meaning a player would have to earn at least 30,000 dilithium to buy one key. Since it's possible to earn only 8000 dilithium per day, it would take that player four days of max playing to earn a single key and then would likely only result in two Lobi crystals.
On top of the hoopla the Lobi Crystal Consortium has caused, Cryptic pulled another stunner by releasing a highly anticipated mission in the popular shuttle/small craft map called The Vault.
The downside has been that the mission has been made available for play only on a completely arbitrary schedule. The mission has been relegated to the game's "event calendar" and appears on a floating schedule twice every 24 hours.
Players have one hour to complete the mission as many times as possible in order to earn Reman datalogs, which can be used to generate a special duty officer assignment, and in turn, can reward gear "including a very rare set of Mark XII ship equipment" if you're successful.
The obvious problem with the release has been the mere fact that it's available only for two hours every day. There are two other "event" missions in the game: the Mirror Universe events and the Borg Invasion of Defera. They are also time-gated.
The community (including me) has made its dissatisfaction with the expansion of restricted play heard pretty well in the forums and on many of the podcasts that focus on STO. A company representative recently tried to explain the use of restricted play as a means to corral players into the game at specific times of the day. While that may be true, there seems to be a majority of players who have jobs, families, community responsibilities, and hobbies that take priority over a video game. It seems counterintuitive for a game to make itself and its content less available to those who want to play it when they can, not when a developer says it's OK.
I have yet to play any of the restricted missions. I would like to. I'm the game's biggest Obisek fan, and I really would like to hear that Reman voice once more, but I'm not about to interrupt my work day or put off making dinner for my family in order to go listen to it.
I look forward to reading everyone's feedback on these subjects. Tell me why I'm wrong (or right). Tell me why Lobi crystals aren't a currency or why timed play is beneficial to the game.
Until next week, live long and prosper!
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Viva Mexico at the Mariachi rhythm!!!
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Mexico´s most famous drink is the Tequila but where does tequila come from. What is the process and the tradition behind this exclusive drink. Our participants will be able to experience and know all they have ever wanted to know about tequila´s destilling process in a relaxed and exciting way.
We will start the event at Our Cabaña where we will have the opportunity to be part of many activities to learn about Mexico and its culture, run a community action project and learn about WAGGGS projects and Initiatives.
Then we will travel overnight to the beautiful city of Guadalajara, land of the Mariachi, where we will have the opportunity to discover the most amazing places of the city, enjoy the Mariachi music and take a tour to learn the process of producing Tequila.
Includes trips to: Cuernavaca, Xochicalco and Guadalajara
Cost per person: US $1185
A deposit of 10% of costs per person is required within one month of enquiry to secure your booking. This is non-refundable.


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On July 24, 2014, the board of directors (the "Board") of ICU Medical, Inc. (the "Company") amended and restated (the "Amendment") the Company's bylaws (the "Bylaws"), effective as of the same date. Among other things, the Amendment modified Section 3.2 of the Bylaws to provide the Board with the flexibility to make future changes to the number of directors serving on the Board by a resolution of the Board and without the need to make further amendments to the Bylaws. In accordance with the Amendment, it was further resolved that the size of the Board be changed from eight to seven directors.
The foregoing description of the Amendment does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the Amended and Restated Bylaws of the Company, attached as Exhibit 3.1 hereto and incorporated herein by reference.
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Posted by kellyhogaboom on Aug 29, 2014 in dailies, sew-a-long | 7 comments
As mentioned last post, across the internetz many (mostly)lady-bloggers are sewing up a batch of boy patterns for a blog tour of the designs. The patterns are all PDF indie designs, have a wonderful size range of 3 months to size 16, and they are all featured on an extended sale until the first. I was honored to be asked to participate. The 25th I submitted my first entry. Today, I bring you:
The Letterman Jacket!
So for today: I am The Letterman Jacket by Fairytale Pattern Design. I'll be discussing them here and in my Flickr tagset.
The pattern: if you think about it, a Letterman jacket is a simple garment (certainly simpler than the last jacket I made). What makes it iconic and beautiful are the fabrics used, the details (the distinctive ribbing and collar or center back zip hood), and the patches. Almost any raglan jacket could be easily changed to a letterman jacket. That said, it is wonderful to have a simply-drafted pattern and it was easy for me to modify it for a facing and lining. This particular pattern comes in size 4T to size 16 (please please please let a client request a wee 4T) – a generous size range.
I made a size 8 in girth and a size 12 in length for my lean green bean boy! I also hand-knit cuffs, hem band, and neckband:
My welt pockets are perfect! Exactly no one is surprised. That said, some fabrics are far more lovely to work welt pockets in – and melton wool is definitely in that category:
Finished with a wonderful gold slipper satin and antique brass snaps:
And one of my favorite bits: a custom chenille patch:
All in all, a successful venture with a very simple, trusty pattern.
You can learn more about the Bundle Up pattern package below – or visit all the blogs that are showcasing the different patterns. Y'all know I tend to draft my own stuff, but these patterns are pretty fabulous and most of them have a great size range. Enjoy!
It looks fabulous! How did you modify it for a lining?
Quite stunning! I love it.
LOVE this- simply gorgeous! I wish we could order a 4T for my kidlet…
That is SO great, Kelly. Did Nels like it? He makes a good model.
There's no end to the specialness of this one. Just awesome.


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Wilms Tumor - Childhood - Stages [1]
ON THIS PAGE: You will learn about how doctors describe a tumor's growth or spread. This is called the stage. To see other pages, use the menu on the side of your screen.
Staging is a way of describing where the tumor is located, if or where it has spread, and whether it is affecting other parts of the body. Doctors use diagnostic tests to find out the tumor's stage, so staging may not be complete until all of the tests are finished. Knowing the stage helps the doctor to decide what kind of treatment is best and can help predict a child's prognosis, which is the chance of recovery. There are different stage descriptions for different types of tumors. Wilms tumor is staged based on the results of surgery, analysis of the tumor cells (see the Diagnosis [3] section), and whether it has spread.
The two most important factors that predict the prognosis for a child with Wilms tumor are:
- What the tumor cells look like under a microscope, called the histology of the tumor. A favorable histology is usually associated with a better prognosis. An anaplastic histology is less likely to be successfully treated with chemotherapy and/or radiation therapy and requires more aggressive treatment.
- The stage of the tumor. Early-stage cancer is more likely to be successfully treated than later-stage cancer.
Stage I. The tumor is in one kidney and can be completely removed with surgery.
Stage II. Cancer is found in the kidney and in the fat, soft tissue, or blood vessels near the kidney. It may have spread to the part of the kidney through which blood and fluid enter and exit the organ, called the renal sinus. The tumor can be completely removed with surgery.
Stage III. Cancer is found in areas near the kidney and cannot be completely removed with surgery. The tumor may have spread to nearby organs and blood vessels or throughout the abdomen and to nearby lymph nodes. Lymph nodes are tiny, bean-shaped organs that help fight infection. Stage III cancer has not spread outside the abdomen.
Stage IV. Cancer has spread to other more distant organs, such as the lungs, liver, bones, and brain, or lymph nodes outside the abdomen.
Stage V. Cancer cells are in both kidneys at the same time. The tumor in each kidney is staged separately.
Recurrent. A recurrent tumor is a tumor that has come back after treatment. The tumor may come back in the area where it first started or in another part of the body. If there is a recurrence, the cancer may need to be staged again (re-staging) using the system above.
Source: National Wilms Tumor Study Group [4] Staging System.
Information about the tumor's stage will help the doctor recommend a treatment plan. The next section helps explain the treatment options for this type of tumor. Use the menu on the side of your screen to select Treatment Options, or you can select another section, to continue reading this guide.


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Apparatus for contacting a biological cell system on a substrate with a pulsating flow of perfusion fluid has a two-part housing for a combined holding and tensioning device which is removably inserted into an internal space to define with the housing and with the substrate therein two separate chambers. The housing has inlets and outlets for the two chambers and inlet and outlet valves which are operated in response to a reduction or increase of the volume of the respective chambers by elastic walls of the housing. The walls are oscillatable by cams and cam followers and the valves at the inlets open when the valves at the respective outlets are closed and vice versa. The characteristics of perfusion fluid prior to entry into and upon evacuation from the chambers are monitored to thus ascertain the nature of processes which take place at the cells on the substrate.
1. Apparatus for contacting a substrate and a biological single- or multiple-row cell culture thereon with a perfusion fluid, comprising a housing defining a space; a holding and tensioning device arranged to support a substrate with a cell culture thereon and removably installed in said housing so as to divide, with a substrate thereon, said space into a pair of chambers with said device and the substrate therein disposed between said chambers, said housing having a first elastic wall adjacent one of said chambers, a second elastic wall adjacent the other of said chambers, first inlet means for admission of perfusion fluid into said one chamber, first outlet means for evacuation of perfusion fluid from said one chamber, second inlet means for admission of perfusion fluid into said other chamber, and second outlet means for evacuation of perfusion fluid from said other chamber; means for moving said first wall with reference to said device so as to alternatively increase and reduce the volume of said one chamber; first valve means provided in said housing and operative to seal said first inlet means from said one chamber in response to a reduction of the volume of said one chamber and also establish communication between said one chamber and said first inlet means in response to an increase of the volume of said one chamber, respectively; second valve means provided in said housing and operative to establish communication between said one chamber and said first outlet means in response to a reduction of the volume of said one chamber and also seal said one chamber from said first outlet means in response to an increase of the volume of said one chamber, respectively; means for moving said second wall with reference to said device so as to alternatively increase and reduce the volume of said other chamber; third valve means provided in said housing and operative to seal said second inlet means from said other chamber in response to a reduction of the volume of said other chamber and also establish communication between said other chamber and said second inlet means in response to an increase of the volume of said other chamber, respectively; and fourth valve means provided in said housing and operative to establish communication between said other chamber and said second outlet means in response to a reduction of the volume of said other chamber and also seal said second outlet means from said other chamber in response to an increase of the volume of said other chamber, respectively.
2. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein at least one of said walls contains silicone rubber.
3. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein said means for moving said first wall and said means for moving said second wall include means for moving said walls in phase toward and away from each other.
4. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein said housing comprises separable first and second housing portions which jointly define said space, said first inlet and outlet means being provided in one of said housing portions and said second inlet and outlet means being provided in the other of said housing portions, said first and second walls being respectively disposed in said first and said second housing portion, each of said housing portions having a recess for the respective wall and said walls having annular flanges, said recesses including complementary grooves for the flanges of the respective walls and each of said walls further having a first and a second projection extending into a complementary first and second socket in the respective housing portions, said first projections having passages connecting the respective chambers with the corresponding inlet means and said second projections having passages connecting the respective chambers with the corresponding outlet means.
5. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein each of said valve means comprise a one-way valve having a valve member defining an opening for the flow of perfusion fluid and a flap movable with reference to the valve member toward and away from a position in which it seals the respective opening.
6. The apparatus of claim 5, wherein said flaps are integral with the respective valve members.
7. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein said walls have aligning means for maintaining said device in a predetermined position within said space.
8. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein each of said moving means comprises a plate adjacent the respective wall, said housing having recesses for each of said plates and each of said walls being disposed between the respective plate and the corresponding chamber.
9. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein each of said moving means includes means for yieldably biasing the respective wall in a direction to increase the volume of the corresponding chamber.
10. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein said housing has an external surface, a recess for said first wall, and an opening extending from said recess to said external surface, said wall being disposed between said opening and said one chamber.
The invention relates to perfusion apparatus for contacting with a perfusion fluid biological cell systems supported on a substrate.
For investigating directed biological, physiological, biochemical and pharmacological processes it is desirable to duplicate physiological cell layers forming boundaries where corresponding processes take place in various parts of the plant, animal or human body, by growing cells of the corresponding type outside their natural environment in the in-vitro system of a tissue culture on a porous or semi-permeable substrate. These cells may be endothelium of the blood or lymphatic vessels, etc., or epithelium of the digestive tract, the bronchia, the kidney, or the like.
The activities taking place at the boundaries may be enzymatic processes, the discharge of substances such as metabolites, hormones, etc., from the cells of the cell layer to the environment, the reception of substances from the environment into the cells, or a movement of substances from the luminal side of the cells through the cells to the basal side thereof, and vice versa.
In order to accurately observe and study the aforesaid activities or proceses, the corresponding cells are grown on one side of a substrate mounted in a holding and tensioning device, the substrate being of cellulose acetate or polycarbonate, for example, and having an exemplary pore size of 0.5 microns; the substrate may also comprise a dialysis membrane. The cell layer so established on the substrate is inserted in a perfusion chamber in which a perfusion fluid flows past the cell layer. While the fluid flows past the cell layer, the composition of the perfusion solution will be modified by the biological acitivites in the cells. As a result, the extent of the cell activities may be determined by quantitative comparative analysis of the composition of the inflowing and outflowing perfusion fluids.
In order to be able to study the cell layer in the perfusion chamber while maintaining the integrity of its morphological structure and physiological functions, it is necessary for the substrate to be mounted--already while the cell layer is being established (outside the perfusion system in the tissue culture laboratory)--in a holding and tensioning device and for the latter to be placed in the perfusion system for testing without any mechanical forces acting on the substrate or the cells.
In the aforesaid tests, another problem is that it is difficult to suitably supply the perfusion liquid to the cell chamber (perfusion chamber) and to suitably remove it from the chamber to the test or output side. It has been known to continuously supply the fluid through an inlet to one side of the chamber containing the substrate and to remove it through an outlet on the opposite side of the chamber. In an assembly of this kind the incoming fluid will divide unevenly among the portions of the chamber, depending on chamber symmetry, before being accumulated and discharged. Correspondingly, the cell layer in the chamber will be contacted more or less efficiently in its various portions. In these cases, tests of the perfusion fluid discharged from the chamber cannot yield accurate results because cell processes starting or ceasing suddenly which in some way modify the perfusion fluid surrounding the cells will arrive at the outlet or measuring side of the chamber only after some delay due to the difference in flow path lengths between the chamber inlet and outlet, so that the results will be "blurred"--this undesirable phenomenon is sometimes referred to in laboratory jargon as "tailing".
It is the object of the invention to provide a device for contacting with a perfusion fluid in a perfusion chamber a cell layer grown on a substrate mounted on a holding and tensioning device, the assembly allowing for a sharply eluting perfusion and thus for a precise measurement of the processes taking place at the cells.
This object is achieved by apparatus having the features which will be explained hereinafter.
An advantage of the subject invention is that its careful and sparing treatment of the cells allows for a precise detection of the processes taking place at the cells of their cell layer and their variations in time, so that the physiological phenomena occurring, for example, at the endothelium of the blood or lymphatic vessels, etc., or at the epithelium of the intestinal tract, the bronchia, the kidney, etc., may be duplicated accurately in in vitro tests.
In particular, another advantage of the present invention is that a confluent cell layer grown on a porous or semipermeable substrate may be contacted with the perfusion solution on both sides so that those processes may be detected and duplicated in which the movement of substances takes place through the cell layer from the apical side of the cells to their basal side, and vice versa.
Advantageously, the inventive device is constructed to be disassembled quickly for replacing a substrate mounted in a holding and tensioning device disposed in the perfusion chamber. During re-assembly, the holding and tensioning device mounted in the chamber is preferably received automatically in a manner such that the resultant perfusion chamber will be hermetically sealed on all sides.
Another advantage of the subject invention is that the inventive apparatus operates reliably and safely for extended periods of time and may readily be rendered aseptic by gaseous sterilizing agents.
The invention and embodiments thereof will now be explained in detail with reference to the attached drawings wherein:
FIG. 1 shows a section through the elements of an inventive apparatus in the disassembled condition thereof;
FIG. 2 shows a side view of the inventive apparatus;
FIG. 3 shows a section through the inventive apparatus in the assembled condition thereof; and
FIG. 4 shows a simplified embodiment of the inventive apparatus.
FIG. 1 shows at 1 in block form a first housing portion of the novel apparatus; reference numeral 6 designates a second housing portion in block form of the inventive apparatus. The two housing portions 1, 6 are adapted to be secured to each other by fastening means not shown in FIG. 1. For example, such fastening means may be threaded bolts extending through openings 25 in housing portion 1 and threaded into the internal threads in tapped blind bores 65 of housing portion 6. Those surfaces of housing portions 1, 6 which face each other in the assembled condition have therein recesses 24 and 64, respectively, each such recess having along its periphery a groove 23 or 63 which extends into the body of housing portion 1, 6 to a greater depth than recesses 24, 64. Laterally of the recesses, the marginal or peripheral areas of housing portions 1, 6 preferably are raised so as to define between the housing portions the aforesaid chamber when the housing is in assembled condition. The housing has external walls and openings extending from the bottom of the first recess 24 and the second recess 64 to the opposite external walls of the housing.
Preferably recesses 24, 64 are circular and grooves 23, 63 are annular in shape.
From the bottom surface of recess 24, a socket or bore 22 extends into housing portion 1 a prescribed distance. That bore ends at an outlet 21 preferably also in the form of a bore of which the longitudinal axis extends perpendicularly, for example, to the longitudinal axis of bore 22 so that bore defining outlet 21 opens to the upper end of housing portion 1 in the manner shown in FIG. 1.
Correspondingly, a socket or bore 62 extends from the bottom surface of recess 64 in housing portion 6 into housing portion 6, said bore 62 communicating with another outlet or bore 61 of which the longitudinal axis preferrably extends at right angles to the longitudinal axis of bore 62.
Correspondingly, another socket or bore 26 extends from the bottom of recess 24 in the housing portion 1 and communicates with an inlet, preferrably a bore 27 of which the longitudinal axis perferrably is perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of bore 26 in a manner such that inlet 27 opens to a side surface of housing portion 1.
Also, for forming another inlet, a socket or bore 66 extends into housing portion 6 from the bottom surface of recess 64, said bore 66 communicating with an opening or bore at right angles to the longitudinal axis of bore 66 and forming the additional inlet 67 of the device that opens to one side surface of housing portion 6.
Preferrably, housing portions 1, 6 are formed of an autoclavable material such as corrosion-resistant metal.
In the manner shown in FIG. 1, a disc-shaped flexible element or elastic wall 4, which preferrably may be an autoclavable silicone rubber element having an annular portion or flange 41 projecting into recess 23, is placed into recess 24. Additionally, element 4 has integral projections 42, 45 engaging bores 22, 26. Projections 42, 45 and element 4 have therein passages 43 and 48, respectively, to connect the exposed surface of element 4 to outlet 21 and to inlet 27, respectively. Analogously, recess 64, bores 62, 66 and groove 63 of housing portion 6 have another disc-shaped flexible element or elastic wall 7 placed therein, said element 7 preferrably being of an autoclavable nature and having an annular portion or flange 71, projections 72, 75 and passages 73, 78. Elements 4, 7 are dimensioned so as to completely fill recesses 24, 64, grooves 23, 63 and bores 22, 62, 26 and 66, respectively, in the assembled condition of the housing.
In particular, projections 42, 72, 45, 75 are dimensioned so that their peripheral portions sealingly engage the corresponding bores 22, 62, 26, 66.
It is of advantage if at least one of elements 4, 7 has provided thereon alignment tabs 44 to receive a holding and tensioning device which mounts a substrate 52 supporting cell layer 54 so that said holding and tensioning device 5, when placed between alignment tabs 44, is concentric with the longitudinal axis of recess 24.
Another recessed area 29 extends from the bottom surface of recess 24 in the housing portion 1 and preferrably is concentric with the recess 24. Recessed area 29 has placed therein a plate 35 preferably of stainless steel. Plate 35 is part of a membrane pump to be explained hereinbelow. Correspondingly, another recessed area 69 extending from the bottom surface of recess 64 in the housing portion 6 and preferrably concentric with the recess 64 has placed therein a plate 85 preferably of stainless steel, said plate 85 being part of another membrane pump.
The membrane pumps acts to move plates 35, 85 in the direction of arrows 39, 89, respectively, whereby elements 4, 7 also move in the direction of arrows 39, 89. Outlet 21 and outlet 61 each house a one-way valve 211, 611, respectively, owing to which the perfusion fluid will flow in the direction of arrows 222, 622 only, being prevented from flowing in the opposite directions. In a similar manner, inlets 46, 68 house one-way valves 461 and 681, respectively, which enable a flow of perfusion fluid to take place only from the outside into passage 48 or 78 (FIG. 2).
In FIG. 2, which shows a side view of housing portion 1, the parenthesized reference numerals designate parts of housing portion 2 which is not itself shown in that side view because it is substantially similar to housing portion 1.
The preferred construction of the valves will now be explained with reference to the valves shown in FIGS. 1 and 2. FIG. 1 shows one-way valves 211, 611 in outlets 21, 61, respectively; FIG. 2 also shows one-way valves 461, 681 in inlets 27, 67, respectively. Preferably, each one-way valve comprises a disc-shaped valve member 9 having an opening 91 therethrough. At one surface of disc-shaped valve member 9 is provided a disc-shaped plate 92 conveniently integral with valve member 9 and adapted to open or close opening 91, depending on the direction of the pressure acting on it. More accurately: Plate or flap member 92 will not close opening 91 in case pressure acts on plate 92 through the opening; in the other case, plate 92 will be urged firmly against the opposite surface of valve member 9, causing opening 91 to be sealed. Preferably, valve member 9 and plate 92 are made of silicone rubber. To provide for the precise and ready engagement of a valve in outlets 21,61 or inlets 27, 67, the openings thereof preferably have therein--as shown in FIG. 2--inwardly projecting shoulders 93 to engage a peripheral area of valve member 9 when the valve is pushed from the outside into an inlet or an outlet. To maintain each valve in position, inserts 95 preferrably are threaded into each valve opening so that the lower ends of inserts 95 sealingly engage the valve member 9 and urge them against shoulders 93. In the assembly shown in FIG. 1, the lower ends of inserts 95 urge the valve members 9 directly against the opposite end faces of projections 42, 72. The disc-shaped members of the valves sealingly engage the inner wall surfaces of the respective openings or bores.
In order to prevent the generation of negative pressure behind elements 4, 7 in response to a movement of plates 35, 85 in the direction of arrows 39, 89, FIG. 2 shows passages 28 in housing portions 1, 6 to connect the bottom surfaces of recesses 24, 64 to ambient. As shown in FIG. 2, a plurality of such passages are uniformly spaced about the longitudinal axis of recesses 24, 64. For the sake of simplicity, FIG. 1 shows only one such passage for each housing portion 1, 6.
Spacers 33, 83 in openings in housing portions 1 and 6 respectively couple the plates 35, 85 to plates 3 and 8 disposed in recesses 40, 80 in housing portions 1 and 6, respectively, said recesses 40, 80 being provided in housing portions 1, 6 at the sides opposite recesses 24, 64. Plates 3, 8 are connected rigidly to spacers 33 by fastening means, the latter preferrably comprising threaded bolts 30 (FIG. 2) engaging internal threads in spacers 33. Correspondingly, plates 35, 85 are secured to spacers 33, 83 to establish a rigid connection between plates 3, 35 and 8, 85, respectively. Preferably, friction-reducing sleeves 32 are provided between the outer walls of the spacers 33 and the inner walls of the assocaited openings so as to permit spacers 33 to move in their openings or to facilitate such movement.
Energy storing means--preferrably coil springs 36, 86--are inserted in the recesses extending from the bottom surfaces of recesses 40, 80 into housing portions 1, 6 so as to yieldably bias plates 3, 8 and the elements connected thereto in a defined position in which plates 35, 85 just about engage the opposite sides of elements 4, 7. For example, movement of plates 35, 85 in the direction of arrows 39, 89 is effected by cam followers 38, 88, which are journalled in mounts 37, 87 on outer plates 3, 8, being moved in the direction of arrows 39, 89 by cam members (not shown), with the cam followers preferrably having the form of rollers. As long as said cams do not act on cam followers 38, 88, plates 3, 8 and the elements connected thereto are moved by the force of springs 36, 86 to the aforesaid defined positions in a direction opposite to that shown by arrows 39, 89.
In the inventive apparatus, the length of strokes of plates 39, 89 is limited by the thickness of plates 3, 8 and the depth of recesses 29, 69, the potential stroke length corresponding to the distance between the bottom surfaces of recesses 40, 80 and the opposite sides of plates 3, 8 when the latter assume the aforesaid defined positions. Limiting the lengths of the strokes prevents the cells grown on the substrate from being damaged by the moving members 4, 7.
FIG. 3 shows portions 1, 6 in the assembled condition to illustrate the operation of the inventive apparatus for contacting with a perfusion solution both sides of a cell layer grown on a substrate. For example, substrate 52 is mounted by a holding and tensioning device 5 removably installed in the housing and comprising two concentric ring members 51, 53 pressed together in the peripheral areas of substrate 52. Reference numeral 54 designates the cell layer grown on one side of substrate 52. During assembly of housing portions 1, 6, holding and tensioning devices 5 is aligned between tabs 44, as mentioned above. When housing portions 1, 6 are secured to each other by fasteners such as screws, those surfaces of concentric ring members 51, 53 which face elements 4, 7, which themselves are of rubber material, are pressed against the elements 4, 7 so that tightly sealed chambers A, B are formed at the sides of substrate 52, the chamber A communicating with outlet 21 through passage 43 and communicating with inlet 46 through passage 48, whereas the chamber B communicates with outlet 61 through passage 73 and communicates with inlet 68 through passage 78. The chambers A and B are defined by the device 5 when the latter is removably installed in the space defined by the assembled portions 1 and 6 of the housing. In chamber A those processes may be detected which take place on the apical side of the cell layer; the processes taking place on the basal side of the cell layer may be detected in chamber B. Inserts 95 in the inlets and outlets and flexible tubes connected thereto (not shown) form the connections to external equipment from which perfusion fluid is supplied under hydrostatic pressure and to which the perfusion fluid is discharged for testing and measurement. In operation of the inventive apparatus, movement of plates 35, 85--and of elements 4, 7--in the direction of arrows 39, 89, as effected by cam followers 38, 88, causes perfusion fluid to flow from chambers A, B through passages 42, 73 and valves 221, 611 to outlets 21, 61. Owing to substantial vortex formation of the fluid in chambers A,B taking place in the process, the perfusion fluid is strongly agitated and mixed so that the changes occurring in the perfusion fluid and the substances dissolved in it due to the cell processes taking place will appear uniformly distributed throughout chambers A, B. In the process, valves 461, 681 (FIG. 2) in inlets 27, 67 will be closed. Movement of plates 35, 85 in a direction opposite to arrows 39, 89 will close valves 221, 611 in outlets 21, 61; also, the valves in inlets 27, 68 will be opened so that perfusion fluid may flow into chambers A, B. At the same time, this movement of plates 35, 85 will cause additional agitation and mixing of the perfusion fluid in chambers A, B.
In order to prevent unidirectional forces from acting upon the cell layer 54 on substrate 52 on the side of substrate 52 opposite layer 54 and from causing damage and disengagement of cell layer 54 from substrate 52, cam followers 38, 88 preferrably are controlled so that the plates 35, 85 move in phase, i.e. simultaneously in the direction of arrows 39, 89 or in the direction opposite thereto. In this way, the forces acting from both sides on substrate 52 and on the cell layer 54 grown thereon, which forces have equal magnitudes, will cancel each other so that the only forces remaining to act on the cell layer will be the shear forces generated by the perfusion fluid flow itself; these forces correspond to the physiological blood flow forces, for example.
FIG. 4 shows a simplified embodiment of the inventive papparatus which comprises a single membrane pump. Holding and tensioning device 51, 53, with the substrate 52 mounted therein and the cell layer 54 grown on substrate 54, is placed on element 4, which is contained in the previously described housing portion 1. Instead of housing portion 6, the simplified embodiment includes a housing portion 6' which does not contain a membrane pump. After housing portions 1 and 6' have been secured to each other in the manner previously described, holding and tensioning device 51, 53 sealingly engages at is side facing housing portion 6' a disc-shaped member or element 7' of silicone rubber-like material.
In the modified embodiment, the perfusion fluid is pumped only through the chamber portion between substrate 52 and element 4 of housing portion 1.
The simplified embodiment of the invention is advantageous in case processes and phenomena are to be investigated which take place between the individual cells of cell layer 54 and the perfusion fluid flowing thereover.
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June 20, 2013
Major League Soccer's Colorado Rapids vs. Mexican Premier League's Santos Laguna
When/Where:July 12 (Friday, 7:30 p.m.) at University Stadium
Rapids vs. Santos Laguna: GET YOUR TICKETS NOW!
By Richard Stevens - Senior Writer/GoLobos.com
For soccer fans, this is a biggie - the Colorado Rapids vs. Santos Laguna. It's also the U.S. (mostly) vs. Mexico (mostly).
For sure, it's going to be an international match featuring great talent and these teams will not be playing at an exhibition/friendly level. Too much pride on the line!
However, maybe the biggest question when the Rapids and Santos Laguna hit University Stadium on July 12 is which team will have the backing of the crowd?
(And will Jeremy Fishbein's New Mexico Lobos be standing on the sidelines demanding to play the winner?)
The Colorado Rapids play in the MLS - Major League Soccer. Depending on what trades take place between now and July 12, the Rapids will have about 17 players born in the U.S. on their roster and around 12 from outside the border.
The Rapids have players from Rutgers, Cal State Bakersfield, Clayton State, Notre Dame, Creighton, Clemson, UCLA and even have a home-grown product from Aurora, Colo. The Rapids play out of New Mexico's neighbor to the North and were one of the MLS's original 10 franchises in 1996.
Their first game in Mile High Stadium drew 21,711 fans, but they have since moved to Dick Sporting Goods Park located North of Denver in Commerce City. They look to New Mexico to add to their fan base much like the Colorado Rockies, the Denver Broncos or other Colorado pro teams look to the South.
The Rapids are as American as apple pie - well, make that an apple pie with a foreign crust.
The Rapids also have players from Jamaica, Ecuador, Colombia, Chili, Ireland, Argentina - just to name a few foreign soils from which the Rapids found their talent. Santos Laguna also brings in splashes of non-Mexico talent.
On the surface, the Rapids are the team the University Stadium crowd should be backing. The MLS plucked away two Lobo superstars in the last draft: Devon Sandoval and Blake Smith. The MLS is where most U.S. college players go to improve their skills and make a little money.
But for longtime soccer fans, the teams from Mexico have long been traditional favorites in America's Southwest. Santos Laguna has been kicking around the futbol since 1982. Santos Laguna, based in Torreón, Mexico, plays in Mexico's top league and has won the league title four times.
Simply put: there have been American soccer fans following Santos Laguna longer than American soccer fans have been following the Rapids. There also might be more passion in that backing.
They call this matchup between the MLS Rapids and Santos Laguna a "friendly."
But this is a pride thing for both teams. The U.S. has lived under the shadow of international soccer for years. The quality of futbol on American soil and in the MLS has grown tremendously and continues to grow.
But U.S. teams, even U.S. teams dotted with foreign talent, have something to prove when they play a visitor from foreign soil.
And you think a top professional team from Mexico would be happy losing to a team from the MLS?
Santos Laguna is not the Mexican National Team, but this is a compassionate, talented squad that plays its nation's most popular sport with pride and futbol fury. Santos Laguna might be more interested in beating Monterrey, but for sure they do not want to lose to the Rapids.
"This is a great chance for New Mexico soccer fans to see some outstanding professional soccer," said UNM's Fishbein. "The talent on both teams is exceptional and neither team will be out there expecting to lose."
A recent poll listed the MLS as the No. 7 ranked soccer league in the world. Mexico was No. 6. This poll included a lot of factors - attendance, finances, stadiums, etc., -- but it also included talent and success on the field.
The MLS has played teams from Mexico a number of times. The teams from Mexico have the edge. The CONCACAF Champions League final had been an all-Mexican League final until 2011 when Real Salt Lake reached the finals. The first MLS team to ever win a game on Mexico soil came in the summer of 2011 when FC Dallas upset Pumas UNAM.
Santos Laguna has played in the CONCACAF title game in the past two seasons - losing both times to Monterrey. In March of 2012, Santos Laguna pounded Seattle of the MLS 6-1. Here's a quote from "Soccer Talk" after that five-goal spanking: "If there is a Mexican barrier, it is certainly not a hidden one. The dominance of the Mexican teams over MLS teams is well-known, the intimidating stats frequently quoted."
The MLS is catching up. Seattle lost 1-0 to Santos Laguna in April of 2013. The Rapids lost to Santos Laguna 4-1 in September of 2011 in Commerce City. It was the Rapids worse loss in 2011 and the only time they gave up four goals. The Rapids lost 2-0 in Torreón in October of 2011. However, Colorado beat Santos Laguna 2-0 in March of 2003 in Las Vegas, Nev.
A Colorado win in University Stadium would even the record between the two pro teams. Tickets to the July 12 match in University Stadium start at $17 for adults and $10 dollars for kids under 10 years, and are available via the University of New Mexico ticketing website, www.unmtickets.com, or by calling 877-664-8661.
"There are tens of thousands of soccer fans across New Mexico, so we hope to have a very successful event and build a long lasting relationship with the New Mexico soccer community," said Ricci Greenwood, owner 3 Star Sports & Entertainment, the game's promoter. "We're also very thankful to our gracious host, the University of New Mexico Athletics Department, for partnering with 3 Star Sports to allow New Mexico soccer fans the enjoyment of a professional match in the state's premier sports stadium."
Santos Laguna currently features stars like Mexican National Team players Oswaldo Sanchez and Oribe Peralta, Javier Orozco and Néstor Araujo, as well as Colombian forward Darwin Quintero and Panamanian defender Felipe Baloy.
Those Santos Laguna players will have a lot of supporters in July 12 in University Stadium.
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Jack Foster, who redefined what older runners can achieve, died on June 5, 2004, at age 72, when his racing bicycle collided with a car near his home in New Zealand. Universally admired for his modesty, wisdom, and brilliance as a runner, Foster, a hard-working married man with four children, took up running at 32. At 37 he was world-class, at 39 set a world 20M track record (1:39:14), at 40 placed eighth in the Olympic marathon, at 41 set a world masters marathon mark (2:11:18) that lasted 16 years, at 43 won the Honolulu Marathon, and at 50 ran a world marathon record (2:20:28) for his age group.
Foster is revered as what he jokingly called "the ancient marathoner," and the nearest he ever got to seeming proud of his achievements was to say "Not bad for an old beggar." But the childlike exhilaration of his running was even more remarkable. He was a man of few words, but when you ran with him through his beloved forest near Rotorua he was zestful and roguish. Claiming to be partially deaf, he would say, "Coom round to me good ear," and then take off up some hidden track through the pines. Such hilly terrain, he said, "works you over quite adequately." But in a race his focus and willingness to push himself were uncompromising: "I run my tripes out."
His joy in being outside, fit, and free to move came partly from escaping the constraints of his origins. He came from working-class Liverpool, his father died when he was seven, and then came the war. Eating an airplane meal together once after an international race, Jack and I shared memories of childhood hunger in wartime England. Teenage cycling outings in the moors gave him a first sense of freedom, and he became a serious, though not successful, bike racer.
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Leaving school at 14, he worked in a factory for 10 years and hated it. At 24 he emigrated to New Zealand, where he found fresh air, open spaces, and a society without class prejudice or materialistic pressures. So he worked as a clerk, enticed wife-to-be Belle from England for what proved a strong marriage, began his family, and one day at 32 went for a run. The rest is more legend than history.
Foster won affection for his quiet honesty, and he detested celebrity. At a low-key awards ceremony in a dusty hall, he told me quietly, "This is what I like—a hard race and a cup o' tea with a few mates." He eschewed coaches and schedules. "Going for a run is one of the pleasures of my life," he used to say, "something to look forward to after work."
His conversation was full of simple wisdom. On injuries, he said, "If it hurts, don't run on it." On recovery after a race, his rule of thumb was one easy day for every mile raced. After long runs he would hose down his legs in the front yard, saying, "If it's good enough for race horses, it's good enough for me." His view of fame was, "It's not that you change when you're successful, it's other people's attitudes. After success, everyone wants to know you." He quietly preserved his own privacy and friendships.
He deserves the last word. In his book, Tale of the Ancient Marathoner, Jack wrote, "the really fit person does have a higher quality life . . . and gets more for his time here than the unfit, half-alive person."
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John Sloan building a bookcase, 1939
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Donated 1972 by Sylvia Loomis.
Forms part of: Ernest Knee photographs of John and Dolly Sloan, 1939
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'Bad financing': Divided Harpswell selectmen oppose LePage budget
HARPSWELL — The town may have just approved a $4.26 million budget, but the final word on combined municipal and school appropriations will be left to state legislators as they mull Gov. Paul LePage's biennial budget proposal.
That's why the Board of Selectmen voted 2-1 on March 14 for a resolution opposing LePage's proposed $6.3 billion budget, which would suspend $283 million in municipal revenue sharing, and shift other costs to local communities, schools and property owners.
The formal resolution will be sent to the LePage administration and Harpswell's legislators. The board previously sent LePage and legislators a letter in opposition to the proposed budget.
Board Chairwoman Elinor Multer, who was reappointed to her leadership post, proposed the resolution. She said she is willing to make cuts in local services to offset any potential shift in costs to local taxpayers, but nevertheless called the proposed state budget "bad financing."
"I'm very unhappy with the governor's proposed budget, not for the cut in dollars, but for the shift in taxes that's happened over the few years, mostly from the income tax," Multer said, adding that surrounding communities will take a larger hit from LePage's proposed cuts.
"And nothing realistic says to me that those towns are going to be able to survive with 100 percent of those cuts," Multer continued. "So what's going to happen is the burden in those towns of whatever amount is going to be shifted to the property tax, and I consider the property tax a less much fair tax than either the income tax or the sales tax."
Newly elected Selectman Rick Daniel supported Multer.
"I'd like to say I feel we need to push back," Daniel said. "... The cuts that are happening at the state level are being asked to be made at the local level."
Selectman Alison Hawkes opposed the measure, just as she did in January when the board approved sending its letter about LePage's budget.
"I just think that towns need to do a better job of budgeting and I think that we have gotten to a point in the times that we're giving so many services away that we can't afford it," Hawkes said, acknowledging that her family has benefited from local services. "... There needs to come a time that people need to be more responsible to what we give away, and I would be more for the cuts than shifting it to any sort of taxes."
Town Administrator Kristi Eiane said if many of LePage's proposed cuts remain when the biennial state budget is enacted, the town could have to curtail some of its spending. It could also use the town's fund balance to offset some of that impact.
LePage has said that communities have a choice of whether they want to cut services or shift costs to taxpayers.
Eiane said the town's projected 2013 revenue from the state's revenue-sharing program is down a third from last year's, to $80,000.
And because the town bases its budget on the calendar year, Eiane said the town expects around $50,000 in revenue by June, the end of the state's 2013 fiscal year.
According to the Maine Municipal Association, the town could potentially lose more than $109,000 in revenue sharing for the 2014 fiscal year.
"We have to wait and see with the state budget," Eiane said. "We're hoping there will be some compromise."
According to early projections, Harpswell's share of the School Administration 75 fiscal 2014 budget could increase by $127,000. The final SAD 75 budget will go to referendum in June.


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