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A display device having a backlighting system supplying collimated light, a transmissive electro-optical modulator of the liquid crystal display type and a means for distributing the light angularly. The distance between the means for distributing the light angularly and the display is chosen so as to obtain a spatial filtration effect. A layer of colored filters is positioned between the display and the means for distributing the light angularly.
1. A display device comprising:
a backlighting system supplying collimated light,
a transmissive electro-optical modulator of the liquid crystal display comprising:
a first and a second transparent substrates enclosing a liquid crystal layer addressed by a pixel electrode,
a first and a second polarizers fixed on each side of said electro-optical modulator; and,
a means for distributing the light angularly,
a distance D corresponding to the second transparent substrate and second polarizer thickness and a collimation angle α measured inside the transparent substrate due to collimated light are, and
D is between 0.8 μm and 1.5 μm and α is about 4�.
2. Display device according to claim 1, wherein a specific layer comprising colored filter members and black matrix members is positioned externally to the transmissive electro-optical modulator.
3. Display device according to claim 2, wherein the black matrix members have a width of 2S, and wherein S corresponds to the distance from the pixel electrode where the intensity reaches "0" on the means for distributing the light angularly.
4. Display device according to claim 1 further comprising a second black matrix positioned inside the electro-optical modulator.
5. Display device according to claim 2, wherein the black matrix members of the specific layer have a width of S, and wherein S corresponds to the distance from the pixel electrode where the intensity reaches "0" on the means for distributing the light angularly.
The present invention concerns improvements to a display device, more particularly of the liquid crystal display type, used in transmission mode and back-lit by a lighting system supplying collimated light.
Liquid crystal displays have the drawback that their electro-optical characteristics are heavily dependent on the angle of observation. Thus, in the case of very large viewing angles, a degradation in contrast and an inversion of the grey scale is observed. To remedy these drawbacks, it has been proposed that a collimated light source be used, a means for distributing the light angularly (notably a network of micro-lenses or a holographic diffuser) being associated with the modulator on the observation side. In this case, the light seen by an observer looking at the display at a certain angle is modulated by the liquid crystal display within a solid angle independent of the angle of observation. Furthermore, the use of collimated light allows various improvements to be made with regard to the display device itself and the elements associated with it to produce the complete direct-vision system.
The object of the present invention is therefore a display device having a backlighting system supplying collimated light, a transmissive electro-optical modulator of the liquid crystal display type and a means for distributing the light angularly, characterised in that the distance between the means for distributing the light angularly and the display is chosen so as to obtain a spatial filtration effect.
A further object of the present invention is a display device having a backlighting system supplying collimated light, a transmissive electro-optical modulator of the liquid crystal display type and a means for distributing the light angularly, characterised in that a layer of coloured filters is positioned between the display and the means for distributing the light angularly. This layer of coloured filters can include a black matrix layer.
According to another characteristic of the present invention, one of the transparent substrates forming the liquid crystal display incorporates a one or two-dimensional row of micro-lenses, each micro-lens forming the image of the associated pixel element of the display on the diffusion screen.
According to another characteristic, one of the transparent substrates forming the liquid crystal display incorporates a one or two-dimensional row of micro-lenses, each micro-lens collecting the light entering the associated pixel element of the display.
Other characteristics and advantages of the present invention will emerge from a reading of the description given below of various embodiments of the present invention, this description being written with reference to the accompanying drawings, in which:
FIG. 1 is a schematic view in cross-section of a display device using a backlighting system giving collimated light;
FIG. 2 depicts a curve indicating the intensity of the light distribution on the screen for a given collimation angle;
FIG. 3 is a curve giving the distance s as a function of the diffusion of a pixel as a function of the collimation angle α; and
FIG. 4 depicts the percentage of energy entering the adjacent pixels as a function of the collimation angle α for different liquid crystal screen thicknesses;
FIG. 5 is a schematic perspective view of a backlighting system giving collimated light capable of being used in the present invention;
FIG. 6 depicts the arrangement of the coloured filter in a liquid crystal display used in the present invention;
FIGS. 7a, 7b and 7c depict different drawings for the black matrix in accordance with the present invention, and
FIG. 8 depicts schematically an improvement enhancing the contrast.
To simplify the description, in the figures the same elements have the same references.
Different improvements to a display device having a backlighting system enabling collimated light to be obtained will now be described with reference to FIGS. 1 to 8. Thus, as depicted in FIG. 1, the backlighting system referenced 10 enables heavily collimated light to be obtained, whose rays are referenced 11. A system capable of being used in the display devices will be described hereinafter. As depicted in FIG. 4, this system consists essentially of a liquid crystal display, referenced LCD in FIG. 4, which in a known manner consists of a layer of liquid crystal 100 of a thickness of several micrometers enclosed between two transparent substrates 101 and 102 with polarisers 103 and 104 fixed to the walls. Each element forming an image, known as a pixel, consists of an active surface 105 surrounded by an inactive surface which in a typical manner is covered with a black matrix 106. This black matrix makes it possible to prevent any leakages of light into the black state of the pixel. In general the liquid crystal is addressed by transparent pixel electrodes 107 in the active surface. In a preferred embodiment, a means for distributing the light angularly 110 is fixed to the polariser 103 and the whole is illuminated by the lighting system 10 giving a collimated light. In this case and as depicted in FIG. 2, if the lighting source 10 has a light distribution uniform within a cone characterised by a half aperture angle α where α is measured inside the transparent substrate 101, 102, in this case the image of the active surface 105 formed on the diffusion screen 110 has an intensity distribution as depicted in FIG. 2. In this case, the dispersion of a pixel can be characterised by the distance S defined in FIG. 2 and which gives on the diffuser 110 the distance from the original pixel where the intensity reaches 0.
To better illustrate one of the advantages of the present invention, FIGS. 3 and 4 depict the distance S as defined above as a function of the collimation angle α for different thicknesses D corresponding to the thickness of the transparent substrate 102 plus the thickness of the polariser 103, and the energy in the vicinity of a pixel as a function of the collimation angle α for these different thicknesses 2. The value D=1.5 mm corresponds to the thickness of glass most widely used with a normal polariser 0.4 mm in thickness. However, it is possible to produce liquid crystal screens with glass thicknesses of 0.7 mm, in this case D=1.1 mm corresponds to a glass thickness of 0.7 mm and a polariser 0.4 mm in thickness, while D=0.8 mm corresponds to a glass of 0.7 mm with a specific polariser. It will be noted in this case that even if D=1.5 mm a collimation angle of 4� is completely acceptable. Such a collimation angle can easily be obtained with a halogen lamp, a tungsten lamp or a fluorescent tube in a backlighting device as described above. Thus, according to one characteristic of the present invention and for certain applications, this diffusion effect can be used to obtain spatial filtration of the display. In order to omit the pixel structure of the display, the distance D and the collimation angle a can be adjusted in a suitable manner without affecting the resolution of the display.
The backlighting system used to obtain collimated light can be any system known in the literature. This can also be a system such as that described in the French patent application filed on the same day entitled "Backlighting system for a transmissive electro-optical modulator and display device having such a lighting system".
As depicted in FIG. 5, this lighting system enabling collimated light to be obtained has a light source 1 which can, for example, be produced by means of a fluorescent tube. This light source is surrounded along the entire length of the tube 1 by a reflection means 2 for sending back the light rays emitted by the tube in a first direction referred to as x. The reflector 2 preferably has the form of an optical concentrator known for example by the term CPC (compound parabolic concentrator). This reflector 2 is extended by a light transmission means 3 positioned at the exit from the reflector so as to transport the light rays in the direction x. This light transmission means 3 is preferably a waveguide made from a transparent material which can be, for example, glass or a polymeric organic material such as an acrylic material. The height of the waveguide 3 is preferably greater than or equal to the circumference of the light source 1 so as to obtain maximum effectiveness in the transmission of the light. In a known manner, the waveguide 3 has on its lower part a micro-prismatic structure 4 which reflects the light rays specularly so as to send them in the direction z. This micro-prismatic structure 4 is either a part of the waveguide 3 or produced from an identical or similar material and index-matched to the waveguide. The light rays are reflected by the micro-prismatic structure either by total internal reflection or by reflection off a metallic coating, preferably aluminium, deposited on the external surface of the micro-prismatic structure. To prevent the light from emerging from the waveguide in the direction x at the opposite end to that receiving the light, this end of the waveguide is covered with a reflective material 5, preferably aluminium. Consequently, the light rays being transported inside the waveguide are reflected specularly by the micro-prismatic structure 4 and sent back in the direction z. It is also possible, according to another embodiment of the present invention, to place a second light source with its reflector at the said end of the waveguide instead of the coating 5 in order to increase the flow of light in the system.
In accordance with the present invention, on the part of the waveguide 3 opposite to that having the micro-prismatic structure, a collimation means 6 is provided for effecting the collimation of the emitted light rays at least in a plane y-z, as depicted in FIG. 5. Consequently the light referenced 7 extracted from the waveguide by specular reflection is collimated in the plane z-y by this special collimation means 6, this light already being collimated in the plane x-z.
Another embodiment of a display device using a lighting system giving a collimated light enabling a particular structure for coloured filters to be used will now be described with reference to FIG. 6. Thus, as depicted in FIG. 6, in which the elements identical to those in FIG. 1 are depicted with the same references, the coloured filters, which in a conventional liquid crystal screen are placed inside one of the transparent substrates, have been positioned outside as depicted by the reference 117 in FIG. 6. The use of coloured filters 117 outside the substrate 102 makes it possible to use inexpensive coloured filters, for example simple photographic films which have been exposed to the desired pixel structure. In the preferred embodiment depicted in FIG. 6, a layer of coloured filters 117 incorporating a black matrix 118 is placed outside the transparent substrate 102 followed by the polariser 103 and the diffusion screen 110. Depending on the application and the material used to produce the coloured filters, the coloured filter can also be placed in front of the polariser 103. Generally an additional black matrix 119 will be used on the transparent substrate to prevent any leakage of light into the black state. To prevent the phenomena known by the term "cross colour" there must be at least one black matrix, its width being determined by the fact that the light from a coloured pixel must not enter inside the adjacent pixel on the diffusion screen. Three arrangements are possible as depicted in FIGS. 7a to 7c in which P represents the pitch of an individual coloured pixel. Thus, as depicted in FIG. 7a, the black matrix is produced only on the layer of coloured filters 117. The black matrix has a width of 2S and the transmission in this case is given by the formula T=(P-2S)/p. FIG. 7b depicts a black matrix 119 produced inside the transparent substrate. In FIG. 7c, a black matrix 117 is produced on the layer of coloured filters 118 and a black matrix 119 is produced outside the transparent substrate. In this case the width of the black matrix is S and the transmission T=(P-3/2S)/p. The solution depicted in FIG. 7c is the preferred solution in the majority of cases because it gives the highest transmission. Thus the table below showing the distance S and the transmission of the black matrices 118 and 119, assuming a pixel pitch of 100 μm�300 μm and for two different thicknesses of the transparent substrates, has been depicted.
______________________________________s [μm] Transmission [%]α [�]d = 1.1 mm d = 0.7 mm d = 1.1 mm d = 0.7 mm______________________________________1 19 12 71 822 38 24 42 633 58 37 14 454 77 49 0 27______________________________________
The layer of coloured filters having a black matrix as depicted in FIG. 6, for example, can be obtained in numerous ways. Thus it is possible to use a photographic process in which a photographic film is exposed with the desired colour filter structure and subsequent development. It is also possible to use a printing process. The layer of coloured filters can also be obtained using a dichroic interference filter or a holographic process or a birefringent interference using a liquid crystal polymer.
Other improvements can also be used with the display device in accordance with the present invention. Thus the diffusion screen can be a diffusion screen having non-lambertian characteristics directing the light in a predetermined angular range, which increases luminance in this range in comparison with a lambertian diffuser.
It is also possible, in order to optimise the contrast of the system, to choose the angular distribution of the collimated light supplied by the backlighting system so that it is in agreement with the contrast characteristic of the liquid crystal screen. Furthermore, the light output of the system can be improved if a row of micro-lenses is incorporated in the transparent substrate 102, each forming the image of the associated pixel on the screen 110. In this case, the black matrix 118 is redundant. In the same way, rows of micro-lenses can be incorporated in or on the transparent substrate 101 in order to collect all the incident light on the active surface 105 of the associated pixel. The said rows of micro-lenses can be one-dimensional rows of cylindrical lenses, the number of lenses corresponding to the number of pixels in the horizontal and vertical directions. It is also possible to use two-dimensional rows of the same dimension as the matrix formed by the pixels of the liquid crystal screen.
One important improvement concerns the contrast of the display device according to the invention under ambient light: depending on the choice of the distribution means 110, which can be produced in an effective manner with a ground glass or a holographic diffuser, the contrast under ambient light is often limited by the backscatter from the element 110. Profiting from the fact that the light emanating from the LCD is polarised and that this polarisation is generally maintained by the element 110 (for example in the case of a ground glass or a holographic diffuser), whilst the polarisation of the ambient light backscattered by the same element 110 is generally destroyed, the ambient-light contrast can be increased considerably (up to a factor of 4) by placing a polariser 120 after the diffusion means 110 as shown in FIG. 8. Its orientation is parallel in relation to the exit polariser of the LCD. In certain cases where the polarisation of the light emanating from the LCD is extremely well maintained in passing through the element 110, the polariser 120 can assume the function of the polariser at the exit of the LCD, which makes it possible to remove the latter in order to improve the luminance of the display system.
Numerous improvements can be made to the above system without departing from the scope of the attached claims.
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A large room full of faces staring back at Amanda Irwin '12 waiting for her to command their attention with a speech does anything but make her nervous.
"I love public speaking," said Irwin, a government and world affairs major. "I love addressing a crowd."
Natasha Kipper '12, an electronic media art and technology major, has been speaking in public in one form or another for most of her life. She is completely comfortable with the stage.
"It's an adrenaline rush," Kipper said. "It's a performance just like any other, and you feel better about yourself when it's over."
Kipper and Irwin are just two of the seven tutors who are helping establish the new Speaking Center on campus. It's a free service to students (as well as faculty and staff) to help them improve their speech-making techniques and learn how to deliver meaningful messages to their audiences. From getting over the butterflies, to creating an outline and giving a strong delivery, the center's tutors can help people from start to finish.
"Public speaking is an essential skill, and that's why we want to help people get better," said Todd Reasonover '13. "Everyone needs to communicate. Not everyone connects. We want to help people connect."
Because she was so comfortable in front of a crowd, Irwin had no idea how anxious it could make some people. Not until she was enrolled in a class last year that required a group presentation did she see how nervous her teammates were about speaking in front of the class.
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The Carroll County Board of Developmental Disabilities has approved a new visitor policy for its three buildings within the county.
The policy, approved at the Board's Nov. 29 meeting, includes a purpose, definition of a visitor and staff and 11 procedures which a visitor must follow when visiting any of the three buildings, which include Carroll Hills School on SR 9, Carroll Hills Workshop on High St. NW in Carrollton and the administration building on SR 39, west of Carrollton.
The procedures include visitors giving the name of the person they would like to see, not being permitted free access to the building without the accompaniment of a staff member and a requirement to wear a visitor's badge identifying them when spending extended periods of time in the building.
The Board also approved the 2013 operating budget totaling $4,125,400.
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— APPROVED payment of $67,501.39 in the Carroll County Board of Developmental Disabilities general funds account;
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Fights in Congress over the budget have dominated U.S. politics since Republicans gained majority control of the U.S. House of Representatives at the beginning of 2011.
At the heart of Washington's persistent fiscal crises is disagreement over how to slash the budget deficit and gain control of the ${esc.dollar}16.7 trillion national debt, bloated by wars in Iraq and Afghanistan and government stimulus for the ailing economy.
Government red ink also rose over the last decade after the enactment of tax cuts in 2001 and 2003 secured by President George W. Bush.
The crisis took a serious turn last week when ${esc.dollar}85 billion in automatic spending cuts known as "sequestration" began after both parties failed to reach a deal on how to stop them.
Both sides of the aisle agree that sequestration is bad for the economy but they disagree on how to replace the cuts. Republicans seek more targeted spending reductions while Obama and his Democrats want a mixture of cuts and tax increases.
The Obama administration is warning of dire consequences for the public - from long delays at airports to fewer food safety inspections - and an economic slowdown. Many of the predictions are based on the full sequestration cuts taking place over the next seven months until the fiscal year finishes at the end of September. A more likely scenario is that the United States will see only a few weeks of belt tightening before lawmakers come to an agreement toward the end of March to put off the cuts or replace them with more targeted reductions.
So far, the stock market has shrugged off sequestration, which is likely to only shave around 0.5 of a percentage point off gross domestic product this year in the worst case.
But if any companies are to be hit as the cuts bite and consumers rein in spending, they would likely be retailers such as Wal-Mart Stores Inc and Costco Wholesale Corp .
Defense companies such as Raytheon Co, Lockheed Martin Corp and Northrop Grumman Corp might also be exposed because half of the cuts are to come from the Pentagon's budget.
From a long-term perspective the worry for U.S. government bonds is that debt and deficit levels will undermine the world's opinion of the United States as a safe haven, and attendant credit downgrades would eventually cause U.S. borrowing costs to rise as investors demand more for what is seen as greater risk. Corporate borrowing costs could also rise in addition if yields on safer government debt move higher. In addition, talk that municipal debt may lose its tax-exempt status during budget negotiations would hit those bonds as part of their appeal comes from their tax-advantaged status.
But in the short term, U.S. government bonds could actually see a rally as a result of investor desire for safety if the budget crisis begins to spiral out of control.
What to watch :
- A deal between with White House, and the two parties in Congress, perhaps in late March, to replace sequestration with gentler spending cuts. Ideally, Democrats want any such agreement to also include closing tax loopholes on major oil and gas companies and eliminating the "carried interest" provision that reduces taxes for investment managers. But the two parties might agree on ways to soften the sequestration cuts by giving individual government agencies flexibility on how to implement them.
- The "continuing resolution." At the end of March, the financing of government operations expires, raising the possibility of a government shutdown. Known as the "continuing resolution," the appropriations legislation runs out on March 27 although lawmakers will be in recess that week so they might try to find a way by the end of the previous week to fund government operations.
- Entitlement reform. Obama this week raised anew the issue of cutting programs such as Medicare and Social Security to try to bring Republicans to the negotiating table and end sequestration. Some Republicans are open to dropping their opposition to raising hundreds of billions of dollars in new tax revenue if Democrats accept significant changes to Medicare and Medicaid as part of a long-term budget deal. One way to reform entitlements is changing the way the government calculates increases in the cost of living that would slow down gains in monthly Social Security payments to seniors. The White House considered this change - using an index known as chained CPI - but dropped it in December partly due to opposition from Obama's left wing.
- The debt ceiling. The federal government's authority to borrow new money runs out on May 19, although the Treasury Department is likely to take extraordinary measures that would push that deadline back to late July or early August. Fitch Ratings has warned it might downgrade the U.S. sovereign rating if Congress fails to increase the debt limit in a timely way.
Energy policy is shifting as newfound supplies push the United States from fuel scarcity to abundance. The Obama administration is considering whether to allow more exports of natural gas and a decision could come later this year.
Opponents of exports, such as Dow Chemical Co, say the shipments could spike fuel prices for manufactures and for home heating. But drillers, including Exxon Mobil Corp and Sempra Energy, would like access to new markets, especially with low prices domestically for the fuel.
As U.S. oil output hits the highest level in 19 years, pressure to export crude is also rising, though a nearly 100- year-old law requires companies to get special licenses to do so.
The oil boom is also giving Obama plenty of time to decide whether the United States should build a ${esc.dollar}5.3 billion pipeline to transport more crude from Canada. The project has been stalled for years due to concerns about its impact on the environment.
But it is uncertain whether the executive actions Obama says he could take on emissions would go beyond tougher standards on coal-fired power plants. Climate regulations on coal could hit miners and power companies.
What to watch:
- Environmental Protection Agency and Gina McCarthy, who Obama nominated to be its next head. Since Congress cannot agree to tackle climate change, Obama has signaled he will use the EPA to set stricter rules. Air quality expert McCarthy would likely push for putting emissions limits for existing power plants. After a long career in public service including work for two Republican governors, McCarthy is expected to win confirmation in Congress thanks to her reputation as a practical regulator.
- A decision by mid-year by the administration on whether to approve TransCanada Corp's Keystone XL oil pipeline that would bring oil sands crude from Alberta to refineries in Texas. The chance of approval rose when the U.S. State Department, in an environmental impact statement, said last week that the proposed ${esc.dollar}5.3 billion pipeline would not likely accelerate Canadian oil sands production, and by extension, fuel a spike in greenhouse gas emissions.
- Dispute over Iran's nuclear capacity might come to a head this year. Israel has suggested it might attack its neighbor to curb what it says is Tehran's ambition to build a nuclear bomb. Oil prices would likely soar and the United States would be exposed to revenge attacks by Iran and its allies in the region.
What to watch:
- The red line. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has set a mid-2013 "red line" for denying the Islamic republic the fuel needed for a first bomb. The red line was dramatically illustrated by Netanyahu at the United Nations last year with a drawing of a bomb. Israel says it will not allow Iran to have enough uranium enriched to a fissile concentration of 20 percent. Even then, Iran would need to enrich the fuel further to have the basis for a bomb, a step Netanyahu said could be taken rapidly. While scientists differ about how much uranium is needed to have the ability quickly to make a bomb, analysts say the Israeli limit figure is believed to be 240 kg of uranium enriched to 20 percent.
- Talks. The United States and five other world powers will hold expert-level talks with Iran in Istanbul on March 18 and to return to Almaty for political discussions on April 5-6. The March meeting will be a chance for experts to explain in detail what an offer to slightly ease sanctions in return for Iran curbing its most sensitive nuclear work.
Disruption to U.S. relations with China can move bonds, currencies, stocks and commodities globally. Beijing is the biggest single foreign holder of U.S. Treasuries, with around ${esc.dollar}1.1 trillion at the end of 2012. China has complained about U.S. fiscal policies and political gridlock in budget and tax debates and moved to diversify its foreign exchange portfolio. But fears that China could dump the bonds because of a political dispute have never materialized - largely because that would hurt China. U.S. pressure, including threats by lawmakers of punitive legislation, over China's currency policies has abated as the Chinese yuan has gained in value.
What to watch:
- Tensions between China and Japan intensified in 2012 over a long-standing dispute about sovereignty over a set of tiny islets in the East China Sea controlled by Japan but claimed by China. China grew more assertive in sending official but non-military maritime surveillance into waters surrounding those islands to challenge Japan's control and some in Beijing have accused Washington of goading its treaty ally Tokyo to confront China. The United States says it is neutral on actual sovereignty over the islets but that its 1960 security treaty with Japan covers all territories under Japanese administration. China is also locked in a territorial spat with another U.S. treaty ally, the Philippines, over islands in the South China Sea.
- The United States and China have been engaged in war of words over hacking and cyber espionage after a U.S. computer security company said that a secretive Chinese military unit was likely behind a series of hacking attacks mostly targeting American government agencies, think tanks, businesses and leading media outlets. China rejected the accusations and its Defense Ministry issued a claim that its websites were attacked by sources within the United States. Both countries are beefing up their cyber warfare capabilities, and U.S. industry has grown increasingly wary of Chinese efforts to pilfer industrial and business secrets through hacking.
- Political and military crises in the Koreas after North Korea's third nuclear test in February. Can Washington and Beijing can work together to defuse tensions? Taiwan lingers as a potential flashpoint in China's relations with Washington, but trade ties between the island and Beijing have dramatically expanded in the past several years. (Additional reporting by Tim Gardner, David Gaffen, Richard Cowan and Paul Eckert; Editing by Lisa Shumaker)


text: Brenden NelJohannesburg - International Rugby Board referees boss Paddy O'Brien has revealed that South African assistant referee Cobus Wessels made a "grave mistake" that led to him being removed as touch judge for this weekend's Tri-Nations Test between Australia and New Zealand. Wessels was further removed from the referees panel for the Tri-Nations by the IRB boss in a decision which was accepted by SANZAR.In a rare break of protocol, O'Brien explained to NZPA that Wessels had made a massive mistake in recommending a yellow card for Australian winger Drew Mitchell in last weekend's Test match between the Wallabies and All Blacks in Melbourne.Wessels flagged an off the ball incident where he said Mitchell had not used arms to tackle All Black captain Richie McCaw and later received a second yellow for unsportsmanlike behaviour, reducing the Wallabies to 14 men for the last 38 minutes of the game.Scrutiny of match footage not shown on the night revealed that ruling to be well wide of the mark, according to IRB referees boss Paddy O'Brien.New Zealander O'Brien told NZPA the alleged tackle by Mitchell on All Blacks captain Richie McCaw was at the minor end of the scale and Wessels had paid the price for his over-reaction."If anything, it's lucky to be a penalty," O'Brien said."McCaw offloads as he's about to collide with Drew Mitchell, who puts his hands out and pushes him away. So there's no way it's a yellow card offence."As a result of that, with the second yellow, Australia went without a player for almost 40 minutes and that just shouldn't have happened."O'Brien said Wessels also called an All Blacks lineout throw not straight late in the Test when it was clearly down the middle."Assistant referees, we encourage them to intervene in the game but they've got to get it right. There were two decisions made which we felt weren't up to the standard required."Cobus has been very understanding, he admits that he got it wrong and we're not going to hang him out to dry. He's got to go away and think about that, referee the Currie Cup and hopefully learn a lesson from it."Wessels, who will be the television match official on Saturday, will be replaced on the touch line by New Zealander Keith Brown.However South African fans will continue to question why O'Brien was not more harsh on the Irish refereeing trio of Alain Rolland, George Clancy and Allan Lewis for their mistakes in the Tri-Nations Tests involving the Springboks but so vociferous to censure Wessels. Rolland and Lewis were sternly defended by O'Brien when the Springboks complained and Rolland was even awarded the Tri-Nations Test in Pretoria between the Springboks and Wallabies.Meanwhile, O'Brien also defended the refereeing trend this season that has seen a proliferation of yellow and red cards, causing consternation from some teams and supporters.O'Brien said attention should fall on the actions of the players, not the officials."We make no apologies for it. We're very tough on dangerous tackles, especially tip tackles," he said."This is the shop window of rugby so we can't have third grade players running around in club rugby tipping someone in the air and putting them down with legs above the horizontal."And there's no excuses for the headbutting and the other things that have happened."However, O'Brien may have conceded that lock Danie Rossouw was unlucky in his yellow card and suggested officials overstepped on occasion."There are concerns that there have been a couple of yellows where the referees have been over-zealous. The game is still a contact sport so we just want the referees to be accurate when it comes to what is foul play and what is hard rugby."


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I'm happy because I finally got a picture up on my profile..my daughter had to do it for me!! It's of my dogs but it's a start.
I am happy today because it seems that seeing my friend on Saturday and getting an almost scandalous hug from him appears to have recharged my soul. My court date is in a week, and since I got that hug, I'm no longer afraid.
I'm happy because my laptop has finally been fixed. I was seriouly worried it was beyond repair, so yay for me! I've just reinstalled Microsoft Office Professional and almost had a heart attack when told I couldn't reinstall it fully since I had already used my product key twice. Luckily I called Microsoft and explained that my laptop had broken and had to be restored to it's factory settings and they reactivated my product key. Phew. Kudos to Microsoft for their good customer service.
Because it's FRIDAY!
I'm happy because my ex-sister in law had a baby boy yesterday, which finally makes my niece a big sister! I haven't seen him in the flesh yet but he looks adorable in his pictures...I can't wait to squeeze him. I babies. Ooh and I bought him the cutest outfit to wear, very cool.
as we maybe seeing some light at the end of the tunnel. The grandbabys could be settled at last.Will know in February.


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Gaining training and accreditation as a certified pharmacy technician is a relatively straightforward process, and access to the required course work and exam is readily available through the Pharmacy Technician Certification Board and other sites.
Pertussis, also known as whooping cough, once was among the most feared childhood diseases and was a frequent killer of young children. Today, it's mostly under control, a testament to the importance of vaccinations.
It's getting progressively easier for pharmacy to prove its worth.
The Drug Store News Group, the Pharmacist Society and Mylan Inc., one of the world's leading generics and specialty pharmaceutical companies, are pleased to announce an exclusive sponsorship to expand membership opportunities at PharmacistSociety.com – an online forum that supports and enhances professional networks for U.S.-based retail pharmacists, professional organizations and pharmacy companies.
Retail pharmacy veteran Frank Scorpiniti officially assumed the role of CEO of Rexall Pharma Plus in February. Now that he's settled in North of the Border, Scorpiniti talked with Drug Store News about his new role and his insights on the Canadian retail pharmacy market.
CVS Caremark, through its All Kids Can program, announced on Thursday a partnership with Cedars-Sinai to expand the medical center's Coach for Kids and Their Families program to provide health services to more vulnerable children in South Los Angeles who otherwise would not have access to health services, including immunizations and dental screenings.
Technology is helping pharmacies provide services to rural areas by allowing them to remotely monitor pharmacy technicians, according to the country's largest organization that certifies pharmacy techs.
One of the first lessons in life that children learn is that getting sick isn't fun, and going to the pharmacy isn't too exciting either. In 2004, pharmacist Charles Tabouchirani decided to change that by opening Cherry's Pharmacy, a store that specializes in dealing with children.
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services earlier this month released a memo to all Part D sponsors, warning them that the agency has "observed an increase in beneficiary complaints related to the transfer of prescriptions from retail pharmacies to either mail-order or specialty pharmacy without their explicit consent."
The National Association of Chain Drug Stores has emphasized the commitment of NACDS and the chain pharmacy industry to partner with policy-makers and others to improve quality and lower costs in the healthcare delivery system in a statement sent to the U.S. Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee.
The National Association of Chain Drug Stores lauded recommendations released by the Community Preventive Services Task Force illustrating that team-based care can improve blood-pressure control for patients.
Medication nonadherence costs the U.S. healthcare system about $290 billion per year, according to New England Healthcare Institute. That big and scary number — the kind whose sheer enormity can make one's eyes glaze over — is now even bigger.
ScriptPro has released a new pharmacy robot that it said would have the smallest footprint of its robotics lineup.
It's been more than 200 years since the first successful test of a vaccine against smallpox, and since then, vaccines have become one of the most important means of preventing and eradicating infectious diseases, ranging from minor ailments like the flu to devastating ones like polio.
The American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy and the National Community Pharmacists Association announced the winners of a competition designed to highlight the best practices in medication adherence teaching among the nation's 127 colleges and schools of pharmacy.
There is an important distinction to be made here, one that could place pharmacy operators and over-the-counter manufacturers on opposite sides of the aisle.
E-prescribing owes a debt of gratitude to meaningful use. Without the Office of the National Coordinator's inclusion of the capability as a core measure, enabling physician technologies may not have taken off with such vigor.
McKesson on Monday announced that thousands of independent pharmacy owners from across the nation will convene at the McKesson IdeaShare 2012 Conference at the Venetian Resort Hotel in Las Vegas from June 24 to 28.
The National Association of Chain Drug Stores announced on Wednesday that it has submitted comments to the U.S. House Ways and Means Subcommittee on Health urging that retail pharmacies remain exempt from the Medicare durable medical equipment competitive bidding program.
The National Community Pharmacists Association wrapped up its three-day NCPA Legislative Conference Wednesday with a rally, the association announced.
Community pharmacy operators are the "canary in the coal mine" when it comes to federal or state prescription programs, said Douglas Hoey, CEO for the National Community Pharmacists Association, during a press conference held Tuesday afternoon.
The National Association of Chain Drug Stores submitted on Monday comments to the Food and Drug Administration regarding its position on the "new paradigm" for a third class of drugs.
The National Association of Chain Drug Stores and the National Community Pharmacists Association today expressed concerns in a letter sent to Senate Armed Services Committee and House Armed Services Committee leaders over the potential impact of the administration's fiscal year 2013 budget on Tricare beneficiaries and community pharmacy.
The battle for public opinion and legislative sway was in full swing Monday as executives from the National Community Pharmacists Association lobbied congressional leaders regarding several pieces of "pro-patient, pro-pharmacist legislation." To counter that effort, the Pharmaceutical Care Management Association issued some marketing firepower of its own.
A 30% rise in attendance at the Armada Specialty Pharmacy Summit is nothing to brush off — it's as clear an indication as any that specialty pharmacy is growing and probably poised for more growth in the near future, thanks in particular to the aging population and consequential rise in the number of people living with difficult-to-treat medical conditions.


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Military Reform
To the Editor:
What a disappointment it was to read Alvin H. Bernstein's review of America Can Win by Gary Hart and William S. Lind [Books in Review, October 1986]. There is a case to be made against some of Senator Hart's ideas for Pentagon reform, but Mr. Bernstein, despite obvious knowledge and a serious mind, does not make it.
The review, in fact, seems more of an attempt to dismiss the book than refute it. Mr. Bernstein regularly misstates what Lind and Hart have written—always in a way calculated to make the authors appear silly.
Mr. Bernstein writes, "Hart and Lind foresee a scenario in which war breaks out in the Persian Gulf" between "one of our (unnamed) regional allies" and the Soviets, who are "no longer frightened by our nuclear arsenal"; the crisis escalates, and eventually we "begin pushing nuclear buttons." Well, not exactly. The section of the book to which Mr. Bernstein refers is merely posing a hypothetical case, not predicting or "foreseeing" such an event. Does Mr. Bernstein think this scenario, which he words in such a flippant way, completely implausible?
The pattern continues. Mr. Bernstein: "As the authors see it, . . . the Army misguidedly plans to fight a war of attrition." Actually, the Army has changed those plans, a development the authors note. Here is what page xi of Hart's introduction says: "In 1982, the Army sponsored a major conference on military reform at West Point. . . . That year the Army also adopted maneuver warfare as its doctrine."
In discussing other ideas presented by Hart and Lind, Mr. Bernstein writes: "Some of their prescriptions are old-hat, as when they insist on the need for unit cohesion." Well, so what? A lot of good ideas are old-hat.
Mr. Bernstein comments as follows on the book's call for a reformed mode of troop training and military thinking: "What, then, is their solution? Astonishingly, it is brainwashing." But the quotation Mr. Bernstein adduces hardly supports his use of the loaded word "brainwashing." All Hart and Lind propose is to imitate what a number of private companies have done to inculcate a sense of camaraderie and an understanding of common external goals.
Mr. Bernstein goes on to describe their proposal as "odious" and "alien," involving an "absurd utopia." Now, really. These ideas are already in practice, and at a number of factories in the United States. From Western auto plants to China, the whole world, as Jack Kemp noted in a recent article in the Wall Street Journal, seems to be moving toward a less bureaucratic, more freewheeling, goal-oriented mode of organization—the whole world, that is, except our Pentagon.
Mr. Bernstein might have said that such reshuffling, while a good thing, is likely to achieve only limited results. Or he might have pointed out that while chastising the bureaucratic nature of the Pentagon, Hart and others have often contributed to it—creating new central bureaucracies, stretching out the procurement of vital weapons, micromanaging everything from bombers to toilet seats, and favoring pork-barrel projects for their home districts. . . Instead, Mr. Bernstein heaps scorn on a rather modest idea.
Mr. Bernstein avers that the Soviets are "cutting submarine production" but cites no evidence for this assertion. There are many who believe the Soviets are not cutting submarine production. And even if Soviet production were slowing, this hardly refutes (as it seems designed to) Hart's arguments about the Soviet submarine threat. The Soviets now enjoy an advantage of three to one in attack submarines without further production. And their Navy has a more modest mission: the Soviet Union need only interrupt or frustrate free navigation to thwart our strategy of re-supplying Europe.
Mr. Bernstein's central complaint, when you come right down to it, is that he wanted Gary Hart to write a book not on how to make our military more effective, but on where to send it. "Gary Hart has no strategy," Mr. Bernstein thumps. Actually, Gary Hart has what seems to be a clear strategy. He would use force almost nowhere—at least, nowhere where there has been a conflict in recent years (Grenada, Nicaragua, Angola, Mozambique, Poland, Czechoslovakia, Hungary, Vietnam, Cambodia, Laos, Berlin, Lebanon, El Salvador, Afghanistan, Iran, Syria, and elsewhere). He might send aid to some resistance movements, albeit in amounts too small for them to prevail. And he might fight for Europe, though in the meantime he would reduce U.S. troop levels there. Hart believes we will have more influence by limiting our involvement to the fighting of poverty and the conduct of negotiations with the Soviet bloc.
To me, this strategy is bad, but it is on the record for anyone to criticize. Just read Hart's 1978 White Paper on defense, or any of dozens of speeches since. Outlining strategy, however, is not the purpose of this particular book, as Hart and Lind explicitly state: "Military reform does not seek to define a new national or military strategy." We may as well fault Hart for not proposing an educational-voucher system, or a way to make Social Security solvent. . . .
Mr. Bernstein writes that "the authors claim that the tactical and operational are what really matter." They don't say that, though. They just argue that discussion of effectiveness can take place while holding in abeyance strategic issues which, they admit, are also relevant.
To attempt to settle strategic questions prior to a discussion of tactics, as Mr. Bernstein seems to demand, would be just as arbitrary as to do the opposite. As the authors write: "Of course we need a sound, clear strategy . . . but most of the issues that affect whether or not our forces can win in combat on the tactical and operational levels"—note the limited context—"must be independent of strategy, because strategy is likely to change more rapidly than we can change our policies and practices in those other areas." Whether or not one agrees—it seems to me our strategy has been rather too slow to change in areas like strategic deterrence policy and the defense of Europe—it is not fair to suggest that Hart and Lind have swept aside strategy a priori as a matter of secondary importance.
Remember: Mr. Bernstein characterizes Hart and Lind not just as wrong, or mistaken, but as showing "a stunning lack of understanding" at best, or, at worst, as "willfully misrepresenting" others. Well, here's a misrepresentation. Mr. Bernstein: "[Hart and Lind] irresponsibly insinuate that the way to deal with the Soviets in Europe is through a surprise attack." I have read the book carefully and find no such insinuation. I do find clear and explicit statements that NATO should adopt a strategy of rapid counterattack should the Soviets ever launch a strike against our allies. They call, in other words, for a truly active defense—but one not based on attrition—similar in some ways to that advocated by President Reagan in his SDI program, or by Navy Secretary John Lehman in his plans to bottle up the Soviet Navy in its home ports.
To describe these doctrines as a "surprise attack" is, to me, to make debate more difficult. And that is the likely impact of Mr. Bernstein's review of a challenging, well-written case for military reform, America Can Win.
Gregory A. Fossedal
Hoover Institution
Stanford, California
Alvin H. Bernstein writes:
- Do I find completely implausible the idea that an American administration would initiate a nuclear war in the Persian Gulf on behalf of some anonymous Persian Gulf ally? Yes, indeed I do.
- Hart/Lind write that our defense problems cannot be solved "solely through the reforms discussed previously in this book." In the model they admire, the institution makes "a great effort to get its employees at every level to adopt . . . [its] external goals and purposes as their personal goals and values [emphasis in the original]. These goals and purposes are constantly inculcated [emphasis added] in everything the organization does, from starting the workday by singing the company song, through uniforms, . . ." etc. Mr. Fossedal does not think this amounts to brainwashing. I do.
- For evidence that the Soviets are planning to decrease the number and increase the quality of their submarine force, I refer Mr. Fossedal to the relevant sections of James L. George's new collection of essays, The Soviet and Other Communist Navies: The View from the Mid-1980's (Naval Institute Press, 1986).
- It should be self-evident why strategy must drive operations. The military performs the operations for which it prepares and cannot be expected to adapt at the wave of a wand to conditions unanticipated in its planning and training. That is why it is absurd to talk about military effectiveness outside the context that a national strategy establishes. In Vietnam, an army designed to be effective against the Soviets in Europe was set down in the jungles to fight guerrillas and special-operations forces. Because of the way it had been trained, equipped, and taught to think about combat, it developed tactics that could not produce victory. Mr. Fossedal should read Andrew Krepinevich's recent study, The Army in Vietnam (Johns Hopkins University Press, 1986).
- The two examples of maneuver warfare that Hart/Lind produce for their readers are Germany's invasion of France in 1940 and Israel's invasion of Lebanon in 1982, both surprise attacks. How would such tactics work for NATO in Europe against the forces of the Soviet Union?
Mr. Fossedal admits that he does not object to clichés; he does not seem to mind slogans and catchwords, either.


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Andre Walker has started 12 games in his first season in a Musketeer uniform, including each of the last 11 games.
Jan. 2, 2012
Game Notes (PDF) | Pregame Press Conference
Xavier University Musketeers (9-4, 0-0 Atlantic 10) at La Salle University Explorers (10-4, 0-0 Atlantic10)
Atlantic 10 Conference Regular Season Opener
Wednesday, January 4, 2012 at 6 p.m. ET
Tom Gola Arena (3,400) in Philadelphia, Pa.
Television: CBS Sports Network Regional productions (seen locally on FOX Sports Ohio) with play-by-play from Tom McCarthy and analysis from former Xavier captain Steve Wolf (Xavier `83). Radio: 55KRC-AM and Sirius channel 92 with play-by-play from XU Hall of Famer and former Musketeer standout Joe Sunderman (`79). Analysis will be provided by Xavier Hall of Famer and XU all-time leading scorer Byron Larkin (`88).
Xavier has won outright or shared nine Atlantic 10 Conference Regular Season Championships since joining the league for the 1995-96 season, including each of the last five seasons.
Xavier won sole possession of the 2011 Atlantic 10 Regular Season Championship with a 15-1 record, including a 7-1 road record. Xavier has won at least a share of five straight A-10 Regular Season Championships. The coaches and media picked Xavier as the preseason favorite again this season.
Xavier third-year head coach Chris Mack is 29-3 in Atlantic 10 Conference regular season play, including A-10 regular season titles in each of his first two seasons. Mack will be the subject of a CBS Sports Network feature during halftime of the XU-La Salle game broadcast.
Xavier is 13-3 in Atlantic 10 Conference regular season openers since joining the league for the 1995-96 season. XU has won six straight A-10 openers. XU's last loss in an A-10 opener was a triple-overtime setback at UMass in the 2004-05 season
Xavier, 9-4 overall and 0-0 in the Atlantic 10 Conference, is coming off a 72-65 loss to Gonzaga on New Year's Eve night at Cintas Center. Junior Mark Lyons and senior Tu Holloway led XU scorers with 15 points each.
Xavier head coach Chris Mack has 10 players averaging over 11 minutes per game this season. Those 10 players include five new members of the active roster, including three freshmen and two transfers.
Xavier senior All-American Tu Holloway leads the team in scoring at 18.4 ppg. (second in the Atlantic 10 Conference) and assists at 4.8 apg. (fourth in the A-10). Holloway also leads the team in steals (fourth in the A-10 at 2.3 spg.) and free throw percentage (eighth in the A-10 at .824).
Xavier junior Mark Lyons is second on the team and fourth in the Atlantic 10 Conference in scoring at 17.2 ppg., and is second on the team in assists at 2.5 apg.
Xavier senior Kenny Frease, who posted a double-double with 13 points and 13 rebounds to go with four blocks in the 76-53 win over Cincinnati on Dec. 10, is third on the team in scoring at 9.4 ppg. and is third in rebounding at 5.5 rpg. Frease leads the team in blocks at 1.7 per game.
Xavier graduate student Andre Walker has started 12 games in his first season in a Musketeer uniform, including each of the last 11 games. He has played in all 13 games, averaging 5.8 points, a team-high 6.4 rebounds and 1.9 assists per game. Xavier made its sixth straight NCAA Tournament appearance in 2011, one of only 12 schools that can say that. Xavier has made 10 of the last 11 NCAA Tournaments.
Xavier has graduated each of the last 83 men's basketball players that have played as seniors, a streak which dates back to 1986.


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This weekend, the Writers Guild of America (WGA) and British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) awards ceremonies were held and Star Trek XI lost in all three categories for which it was nominated.
Alex Kurtzman and Roberto Orci were nominated in the Best Adapted Screenplay category by the WGA, and they were up against Crazy Heart, Julie & Julia, Precious: Based on the novel 'Push' by Sapphire and Up in the Air. Up in the Air was the winner.


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Dawes Galaxy 2013 Touring Bike – 43cm (Soiled). This is an ex-demo or soiled bike. Soiled bikes are bikes that have imperfections or have suffered wear during the course of sale here at Evans Cycles. They include…
Dawes Galaxy 2013 Touring Bike – 43cm (Soiled). This is an ex-demo or soiled bike. Soiled bikes are bikes that have imperfections or have suffered wear during the course of sale here at Evans Cycles. They include ex-demo bikes, bikes that have been returned by customers or bikes that are scratched or suffered a minor dent during transport. These bikes are only available online for Mail Order or collect in Store and cannot be ordered into Store for test rides.
Dawes Galaxy 2013 Touring Bike is a comfortable tourer for the most ambitious of cyclist; the tourer. This bike is great for topping the ridges of some far off land and is sturdy enough to survive an extended trip, it has a rear rack, mudguards and a comfort saddle for the ultimate in tour luxury.
- Defects:
This Dawes is a new bike that has been damaged in transit. The fork dropout has some paint damage and there is a tiny ripple in the toptube by the galaxy decal. Bartape is included with this bike but was not fitted at time of photographs.
- Frame:
4130 butted chromoly
- Fork:
Chromoly blades
- Front Derailleur:
Shimano Sora triple
- Rear Derailleur:
Shimano Alivio 9 speed
- Number of Gears:
- Shifters:
Shimano Sora STI levers
- Chainset:
Shimano FC-M371
- Chainrings:
- Bottom Bracket:
Sealed cartridge
- Cassette:
Shimano CS-HG50-9, 11-32T
- Chain:
- Pedals:
Not Included
- Brakeset:
Tektro CR-510 alloy cantilever
- Brake Levers:
Shimano STI
- Handlebars:
Dawes alloy compact drop bar
- Stem:
Dawes alloy Ahead
- Headset:
Alloy 1"1/8 Ahead
- Grips:
Cork tape with gel
- Rims:
Alex Ace 19 double wall alloy with eyelets
- Front Hub:
Shimano HB-RM40 36H
- Rear Hub:
Shimano FH-RM70 36H
- Spokes:
Stainless steel
- Front Tyre:
Schwalbe Marathon 700×32c
- Rear Tyre:
Schwalbe Marathon 700×32c
- Saddle:
Dawes Tour Gel
- Seatpost:
Dawes alloy micro-adjust
- Accessories:
Ping type bell
- Weight:
Not Specified
- Notes:
Returns & Warranty Policy: This bike is sold with a 1 year frame and fork warranty and a 3 month parts warranty. Our standard returns policy does not apply to this bike, returns must be made within 14 days of purchase.
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9.20.13 MEN'S SOCCER: Walsh Drop First GLIAC Game
Men's Soccer, 2013-09-20
(MIDLAND, MI) Northwood University (1-2, 1-1) scored three second half goals and defeated Walsh (2-3, 2-1) 4-1 in a Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletics Conference game today. The loss snapped Walsh's two-game win streak and is their first defeat in GLIAC play. The Cavs continue their weekend in Michigan when they play at Saginaw Valley State University on Sunday at 2 pm.
Northwood led 1-0 at the half, and 2-0 when Walsh's Quebec Gibbins (Sr., Canton, OH/Jackson) scored his second goal of the season to cut the deficit to 2-1. Gibbons scored on a deflection on a cross from Pat Julian (Sr., Canton, OH/GlenOak) at 64:13. Northwood increased the lead to 3-1 at 74:37 and added the final tally at 81:59.
Northwood outshot the Cavs 21-9.
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It's too bad there aren't more people like Sam Neace.
For the uninformed, Mr. Neace, a resident of the Flat Gap community of Perry County, is preparing for a 25-mile walk across the county to highlight poor health statistics locally. You can read the full story on the front of this week's Lifestyles section.
It actually wasn't too long ago that we found out Perry County's health statistics had fallen even further since last year. In fact, we're the second unhealthiest county in the state. We have high rates of diabetes, heart disease, and frankly, too many people smoke. It wasn't a big surprise when those revised numbers came out earlier this year.
But unlike last year, it seems that at least one person is looking to do something about it. Mr. Neace is organizing this walk, which will begin on July 27 at the Breathitt County line and follow Highway 15 south to Vicco. He's encouraging people to join him, but even if they don't he's walking anyway, and while he admits he's got his own unhealthy habits to work on, they won't stop him from carrying the message.
For a quick point of reference, here in Perry County we greatly outpace the state averages in instances of heart disease and lung cancer. Our obesity rate is more than 32 percent of the population (Fayette County's rate is closer to 20 percent), and 41 percent of our residents get little to no exercise.
These sorts of statistics have to change, not only for the health of our people, but for what these habits cost us in the long run both financially and for future generations who from an early age are seeing adults take in too many calories and get too little exercise. According to the 2012 Feeding Infants and Toddlers Study, unhealthy eating habits can begin as early as 12 months.
We know there are people out there — like the Pathfinders and the Community Foundation for Appalachian Kentucky — working to make our county a healthier place. Sam Neace is one of them. And whatever anyone may think, one person does have the power to move mountains, and if that's the case imagine what our county can do when more people join the charge.
It's going to take that sort of effort to reverse the trend here in Perry County, but it can be done. We just need more people like Mr. Neace who are not afraid to step up and meet this issue head on, and certainly more people to take personal responsibility.
— The Hazard Herald