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A delivery track construction for use with display coolers, and dispensing devices for relatively perishable packaged products. The construction includes at least one pair of parallel inclined tracks having first and second terminal ends for gravity feeding of packages from the first to the second end. The packages are supported by a track-engaging member which slidably engages the rails. In one embodiment, the track-engaging member is in the form of a T-shaped hook defining a pair of recesses which engage the rails. In another form, the track-engaging member is in the form of a sphere of diameter sufficient to span the interstice formed by the rails. In another embodiment, the track is formed by a inclined lower wall and a pair of parallel vertical walls adapted to support cylindrical containers in parallel vertical orientation for serial dispensing.
1. The product delivery device including a gravity feed track conveying a container from a first loading end to a second dispensing end, said track including first and second rails supported in parallel relations to define a substantially constant width interstice therebetween, the improvement comprising: a track engaging member forming part of said container and extending therefrom, said track engaging member slidably engaging each of said first and second rails, said track engaging member being in the form of a sphere of diameter greater than the interstice formed by said first and second rails, said sphere being interconnected to a generally planar vertically oriented member at an upper end thereof, said planar member having a lower end interconnected to said container; said planar member being of given thickness, wherein the interstice between said first and second rails closely corresponds to said given thickness to substantially prevent rotation of said container after engagement with said track.
Reference is made to my copending Provisional Patent Application Ser. No. 60/131,519, filed Apr. 29, 1999, which discloses part of the subject matter disclosed and claimed in this application.
This invention relates generally to the field of product delivery devices typically including refrigerated coolers for serially dispensing packaged products which are relatively perishable, and are often packaged in dated containers indicating the period beyond which the product is no longer considered fresh. More particularly, it relates to an improved track construction for serially moving containers to a point of disengagement by a user.
The present state of the art is highly developed, and diverse attempts have been made to cope with the long standing problems involved with such structures. Among the most pertinent are those related to maximum utilization of available space within the cooled area, trouble-free operation, and the need for dispensing older stock in preference to newer stock. It is also desirable that inlet and outlet locations be substantially adjacent to permit front loading where the cooler is installed against a vertical wall, as is commonly the case.
In my prior U.S. Pat. No. 5,578,862, granted Mar. 14, 1999, there is disclosed a device for dispensing bottled beverages utilizing a channel construction of U-shaped configuration in which the first and second rectilinear sections of the channel are in non-planar relation, so that one free end of the channel is positioned substantially above the other free end to permit loading of the channel with product at the upper end, so that each loaded bottle is conducted under gravity away from the upper end until the channel is completely filled to provide an indication to service personnel of such condition. Where multiple channels are arranged in stacked relation, maximum space utilization is accomplished.
However, there are many other products having shelf life substantially shorter than carbonated beverages which heretofore have been positioned in a cooling device for relatively random selection by a food market customer, who if at all concerned, is interested only in assuring that the period of acceptable freshness has not passed. Service personnel who replace selected items are not always careful when replenishing packages to place the older packages nearer to the area of easy access. It has been estimated that as much as ten to fifteen percent of some products become unsaleable as a result of lack of care in restocking.
In the above-mentioned U.S. Pat. No. 5,578,862, there is disclosed a device for dispensing bottled beverages, with the bottle engaged at the neck or finish portion thereof. In recent years, there has been increased use of packaging beverages, both carbonated and non-carbonated, in metallic cans which do not have a neck or finish or other available means of engaging a conveying track which, nevertheless, can benefit from dispensing structure offering a first-in, first-out, type of operation.
Briefly stated, the invention contemplates the provision of novel structured components which may be incorporated into or made part of a package containing a dated product which may be used in conjunction with devices of the type described in my above mentioned patent to enable single or multiple delivery construction which, when properly employed, will assure that older stock will be delivered first, and which will discourage a customer from attempting to obtain the most recently dated stock. To this end, in a first embodiment, I have provided a novel track-engaging element which is either secured to or forms an integral part of the package, and includes means for slidably engaging a channel for gravity feed to a delivery terminal at the end of the channel. This construction is such that it may be incorporated into a package of flat, circular, cylindrical, frusto-conical configuration, as well as bubble type packaging.
In another embodiment, I have provided a dispensing structure capable of handling cylindrical cans for serial dispensing in axially vertically disposed orientation, as contrasted with axially horizontal configuration known in the prior art, for superior space utilization and more reliable functioning.
In the drawings, to which reference will be made in the specification, similar reference characters have been employed to designate corresponding parts throughout the several views.
FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a first embodiment of the invention.
FIG. 2 is a perspective view of a second embodiment of the invention.
FIG. 3 is a perspective view showing the first embodiment in use in conjunction with a refrigerated display device.
FIG. 4 is a similar perspective view showing the second embodiment in use in conjunction with a refrigerated display device.
FIG. 5 is a perspective view showing an alternate form of the second embodiment.
FIG. 6 is a perspective view corresponding to that seen in FIG. 4, showing the form illustrated in FIG. 6 in use.
FIG. 7 is a perspective view showing a third embodiment of the invention.
FIG. 8 is a perspective view showing an alternate form of the third embodiment.
In accordance with the first embodiment of the invention, the device, generally indicated by reference character 10 (FIG. 3), includes a plurality of track elements 11 supported within a refrigerated display element 12, the track elements serving to contain and dispense in serial fashion, a plurality of product container packages. While, for purposes of illustration, the product is contained in a bubble type package as shown in FIG. 1, it will be understood that the package may also be of flat rectangular configuration (not shown) as might be the case when packaging sliced cheese and the like.
The track elements 11 are somewhat modified from those disclosed in my above-mentioned patent, and include a wire frame 20 defining upper and lower rectilinear portions 21 and 22 interconnected by a U-shaped portion (not shown). Peripheral frame members 24 support laterally-extending upper members 26 from which depend first and second rails 30 and 31 supported by curved brackets 32, the rails 30-31 being maintained in position to define a constant width continuous interstice 33.
Referring to FIG. 1, there is illustrated a typical bubble package 40, including a planar fibrous member 41 to which a synthetic resinous bubble member 42 is laminated to enclose a food product, typically, sliced bologna, ham, or the like.
The package 40 is bounded by an upper edge 45, side edges 46 and 47, and a lower edge 48. Extending from the upper edge 45 is an integrally-formed T-shaped hook member 50 including a vertical portion 51 and a horizontal portion 52. The portion 52 is bounded by an upper edge 54, side edges 55 and 56, as well as lower edges 57 and 58 forming semi-circular recesses 59 and 60 which are adapted to slidably engage the rails 30 and 31.
Operation of the device will be apparent from a consideration of FIG. 3, wherein packages are engaged at an upper loading terminal 63 so as to move, under the action of gravity, to a discharge terminal 64 for serial removal by a customer.
Turning now to the second embodiment, generally indicated by reference character 70 (FIG. 2), to avoid needless repetition, parts corresponding to those of the first embodiment have been designated by similar reference characters with the additional prefix "1".
The second embodiment utilizes a frusto-conical synthetic resinous molded tub 71, including a lower cup-shaped member 72 and a corresponding resiliently engaged cover 73. Extending from the upper surface 74 thereof is an integrally molded hook 75 similar to that employed in the first embodiment.
It will be understood by those skilled in the art that the hook 75 may also be molded to laterally project from an outer surface of the lower member 72, for convenience in molding, and avoid the placing of any stress on the cover 73 when the article is hung on the rails 30-31.
Turning now to the alternate form of the second embodiment illustrated in FIGS. 5 and 6, parts corresponding to those of the second embodiment have been designated by similar reference characters with the additional prefix "2", thereby avoiding needless repetition.
In this form, the T-shaped hook member 75 is replaced by a spherical ball 80 of diameter substantially equal to the width of the hook 75, so that it may engage the rails 230-231 in sliding fashion. This version is particularly suitable where the package is of other than circular cross section, and requires a degree of orientation when engaged with the track members.
The spherical ball 80 is interconnected to the product container 271 by an integrally molded planar member 81 having side surfaces, one of which is indicated by reference character 82 and vertically-oriented side edges 83 and 84. The horizontal width of the member 81 may be as shown in FIG. 5, wherein it is less than the width of the interstice between the rails 230 and 231 allowing for a degree of rotation of the product package where it is of non-cylindrical cross section, to permit greater space utilization of the track length.
In other cases, it is desirable to limit the ability of the package to rotate, as for example, the package illustrated in FIG. 1. This is accomplished by spacing the rails 230 and 231 to define a relatively narrow interstice therebetween of less width than the width of the member 81, and preferably of a width only slightly greater than the thickness of the member 81, so that the side surfaces 82 have a substantially constant sliding contact with the rails to provide the equivalent of the guiding function provided by the hook member 50.
Referring to FIG. 7, the third embodiment, generally indicated by reference character 380, includes a supporting platform 381, and a u-shaped channel element 382. The channel element includes an inclined lower base wall 383, an end wall 384, and a unitary outer wall 385 extending from a first end 386 and having a first rectilinear portion 387, a curvilinear portion 388, a second rectilinear portion 389, and continuous inner and outer surfaces 390 and 391. A centrally-positioned planar wall 392 includes first and second ends 393 and 394 and first and second planar surfaces 395 and 396.
The upper surface 101 of the base wall 383 includes first and second rectilinear portions interconnected by a curved portion. If these portions are sufficiently smooth, it is possible to transport the containers, generally indicated by reference character 397, from the upper to lower ends under the action of gravity. However, movement is facilitated by the provision of a plurality of laterally-extending rollers 398 of relatively small diameter, or captive balls (not shown i.e., approximately one-quarter the diameter of the diameter of the containers.
In the alternate form 399, illustrated in FIG. 8, first, second, and third dispensing devices 400, 401, and 402 are disposed in stacked relation for maximum space utilization, and permitting the dispensing of, for example, differently flavored beverages.
It may thus be seen that. I have invented novel and highly useful improvements in the field of product delivery which employ structure of the type described in my prior U.S. Pat. No. 5,878,862 wherein the disclosed concept is applied to provide for the delivery of packages of other than necked bottle type, including in two embodiments packages commonly used for enclosing perishable food items. This is accomplished by providing a hook-like or similar track engaging member adapted to slidably engage a pair of inclined tracks so that the package may slide under the action of gravity from a loading point to a discharge point for serial availability to a user. The hook may be installed on a wide variety of package configurations, and may be integrally molded as a part of the package, or provision can be made for subsequent attachment to a surface or edge of a package where needed.
I have also disclosed embodiments capable of handling containers of cylindrical configuration having no means for engagement other than contact with the outer surfaces thereof, in which I have provided means for maintaining the containers in upright condition without causing jams in the path of movement, and permitting convenient loading and dispensing on a first-in, first-out basis.
I wish it to be understood that I do not consider the invention to be limited to the precise details of structure shown and set forth in the specification, for obvious modifications will occur to those skilled in the art to which the invention pertains.
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Here at The Border House, we have mocked and derided the latest round of excuses from game developers about why we can't play as women in their games. While most of the reasons are disappointing or sometimes laughably stupid, there is one excuse that has been implemented in the fiction of two high-profile games and has incredibly disturbing implications: all the women are busy having babies.
It sounds stupid, I know. When I encountered this little world-building tidbit the first time, with Mass Effect's Krogan, I dismissed it as a convenient excuse for why there aren't female Krogans in ME–which is what it is, since there are no female Krogan to be seen in either ME or ME2, despite Shepard having to travel to the Krogan's own homeworld in ME2 (where all the women are supposed to be!)–but it is also so much more. It just took reading this excellent post by Maddy Myers about the Gears of War comic to realize what a nightmare Epic and BioWare are so casually evoking.
Gears of War apparently uses the same excuse for why there aren't any women on the battlefield (yet) as Mass Effect does for the Krogan–they are too busy making babies, trying to repopulate Earth. In her post, Myers gives a succinct run-down of why this is ridiculous:
If the humans ever hope to keep up with the Horde, maybe they should learn their creating-babies-in-a-lab technology and get some women out there on the field. They're sacrificing half of their potential troops for no reason! And even if women are "too weak" to fight hand-to-hand, maybe they could fly some bad-ass fighter planes or massive mech armor, Samus-style (or take some of the magical steroids that the guys appear to have been taking). But, no. Apparently, women need to be human incubators instead. Because men can't be bothered to raise children. And because women most certainly shouldn't be fighting.
But what really disturbs me is thinking about the actual implications of a society where all the women are drafted (or just strongly encouraged? Is there much of a difference?) into being nothing more than incubators. The result is systemic mass rape and reproductive slavery, in the name of repopulating the planet. I am baffled that BioWare and Epic (though honestly, Epic much less so because of their terrible track record with female characters) would so casually throw out this little factoid without even remarking on what a serious fucking human rights violation this is*. The situation is dire, yes–both the Krogans in ME and the humans in Gears have had their populations devastated, and keeping the species going is important. But at what cost?
Bodily autonomy, which includes the right to decide if and when to become pregnant and give birth, is a basic human right, and yet it is still something women are struggling for around the globe. Many conservative Christian groups in the United States–groups that have and exercise the power to influence lawmakers in many states, like influencing Senator Bart Stupak to hold up health reform in order to roll back abortion coverage, or putting personhood laws on ballots that attempt to give fertilized egg cells the rights of a full human being–advocate against not only abortion but any form of birth control in an attempt to force women into one role: babymaker.
These people are extreme. They do not represent mainstream thought about birth control and women's rights. And yet these facts about the worlds of Gears of War and Mass Effect show that the idea that a woman's most important purpose is to bear children is still an idea that is deeply entrenched in our society. In talking about how the one known female Cog, Alex Brand, was allowed to join the military because she's infertile, Myers goes on to say, "What if a woman just didn't want to make babies, and wanted to serve humanity in another way? Can the developers really not imagine a scenario where a woman wouldn't want to to choose this path?"
I hope the reason is a lack of imagination; the only other option is that, in this universe, fertile women are being forced to bear children against their will, and this is considered a necessary hardship that must be endured entirely without critical examination or comment, let alone resistance by the actual incubators women in the story. And what that says is that, if the situation is dire enough, it is acceptable to take away the most basic rights of women, a message which is absolutely unacceptable and reprehensible.
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Ares Capital Corporation
Q2 2009 Earnings Call
August 06 2009, 11:00 am ET
Michael Arougheti - President
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Please also note that past performance or market information is not a guarantee of future results. During this conference call, the company may discuss core earnings per share or core EPS, which is a non-GAAP financial measure as defined by the SEC regulation G. Core EPS is the net per share increase or decrease in stockholders equity resulting from operations less realized and unrealized gains and losses, any incentives, management fees attributable to such realized gains and losses and any income taxes related to such realized gains.
A reconciliation of core EPS to the net per share increase or decrease in stockholders equity resulting from operations, the most directly comparable GAAP financial measure can be found in the company's earnings press release. The company believes that core EPS provides useful information to investors regarding financial performance, because it is one method the company uses to measure it's financial condition and results of operations.
At this time, we will like to invite participants to access the accompanying slide presentation by going to the company's website at www.arescapitalcorp.com and clicking on the August 6, 2009 presentation link on the homepage of the Investor Resources section of our website. Ares Capital Corporation's earnings release and annual report are also available on the company's website.
I will now turn the call over to Mr. Michael Arougheti, Ares Capital Corporation's President.
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Great. Thank you, operator. Good morning everyone and thanks for joining us. I'm joined today by Rick Davis our Chief Financial Officer; Carl Drake; and Scott Lem from our finance and accounting team and Eric Beckman, Kipp deVeer, Mitch Goldstein and Michael Smith, senior members of our investment advisors management team.
I hope you have had a chance to review our earnings press releases this morning, and our investor presentation posted on our website. As we have on past calls, I would like to start by giving you brief overview of market events in the second quarter and discuss of current strategy, before I turn the call over to Rick to walk through our second quarter results in more detail.
The broadly syndicated leverage loan market recovery that began in the first quarter picked up considerable steam in the second quarter driven by increased liquidity, some signs of economic improvement, better than expected earnings and technical factors which led to a reduction of loan outstanding.
Consequently, secondary loan prices sharply rebounded reaching pricing and spread level not seen since before the Lehman bankruptcy last fall. During Q2, S&Ps leveraged loan index increased more than 12 points or 20% of depressed price levels of 65 at the end of Q1, to 78 by the end of the second quarter.
There were many favorable technical factors that drove the recovery. Repayments increased, investment fund flows into prime funds and high yield accounts picked up, while forced portfolio loan sales abated. In addition, the high yield market heated up during the quarter providing an outlook for issuers to refinance billions in near term maturing loans.
Due to the market rebound, secondary spreads in the broadly syndicated market have declined substantially, and the risk adjusted spreads are now in line with more typical recessionary levels. However, despite the sharp decline in secondary loan spreads, comparable primary market spreads on recent transactions that we either closed or observed in the middle market, only modestly tightened and certainly much lesser than in the larger secondary market.
From a structural standpoint, the second quarter looks a lot like the first. Leverage levels, season pricing, covenant packages and equity contributions all remained very favorable. And investment opportunities in the primary market today remain at levels that are so very attractive from a risk adjusted perspective.
In the secondary market, while quality loans still trade well above lower rated or cyclical credits, lower quality loans outperformed sharply during the quarter and investors bid up the most depressed assets with a renewed appetite for risk.
In addition, average bid levels between legacy assets and new assets have also tightened considerably. We are not convinced that the rally in lower quality assets is sustainable and we believe this fundamental performance and analysis need to play a bigger role from here out.
The primary market is still focused on quality, perhaps more than at any point in the last decade. For example, over 66% of new issuers in the primary were BB rated, the highest percentage in over 10 ten years. In terms of new investment activity, the leverage buyout market remains at cyclical lows with volumes down between 75% and 85% year-over-year.
Given the high cost of capital, lack of debts in the broadly syndicated leverage loan market and wide bid-ask spreads between buyers and sellers primary market activity remains very slow.
We believe that our broad direct origination platform covering the middle market becomes even more valuable in a slow market such as this.
Furthermore, due to the strength of our origination platform and the reduced number of competitors in the market, we believe that we are well position for a pick up in activity, if recent market momentum translates into greater buyer in the M&A volumes. Although, macroeconomic conditions remained very challenging, an increasing number of recent economic indicators point to the beginning of the recovery in the second half of the year.
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The National Institutes of Health (NIH), has undertaken an initiative to improve the effectiveness and efficiency of its overall research mission by reducing regulatory burden being experienced by the research community. This paper is the initial step in this effort. Its purpose is to identify items considered to be burdensome by the research community and to begin the process of identifying potential solutions for the issues that emerged.
While NIH has already undertaken a variety of initiatives to increase the efficiency and effectiveness of its extramural grants administration and internal administrative operations, the impetus for this specific effort was stimulated by Congressional interest. In its report on the FY 1998 budget, the House Committee on Appropriations (House Report No. 105-205, p. 98) stated: "The Committee applauds NIH's efforts to streamline and rationalize its intramural and administrative operations, and believes that a similar effort should be applied to duplicative and unnecessary Federal regulations which govern the conduct of extramural scientific research. The Committee readily acknowledges the necessity of Federal regulations in the oversight and conduct of Federally sponsored research, but urges NIH to contract with a private sector firm for a study of these regulations, similar to the research management and support study that is currently being carried out under contract at NIH. Such a study might focus on cost-accounting standards, regulations governing the use of animals and human subjects in research, and regulations covering the use and disposal of hazardous and radioactive materials. "
Committee and NIH leadership subsequently agreed that the effort would take a direct approach by identifying opportunities and solutions to streamline these regulatory processes, rather than attempting to identify costs. Agreement was also reached that five areas would be the initial focus of the effort - financial conflict of interest, research integrity, human subjects protections, animal care and use, and disposal of hazardous wastes (other than radiation). These areas were chosen to assure that this effort is focused on regulations that are specific to researchers; because the burden is thought to be significant; and because some of these regulations are ones over which NIH has some measure of control, although this varies by regulation.
This initiative is a natural extension of the many efforts that NIH has undertaken to simplify and streamline its extramural grants administration activities. In 1994, the NIH extramural programs were designated as a Reinvention Laboratory under Vice President Gore's National Performance Review (now the National Partnership for Reinventing Government) to "create a government that works better and costs less." Since that time, NIH has undertaken and completed a variety of efforts to simplify the submission, review, and administration of its $13 billion extramural research portfolio; many others are also underway.
While concern about the growth of regulation in science within the research community is significant, it mirrors the growth of regulation in general. In 1986, the Office of Technology Assessment (OTA) published The Regulatory Environment for Science
, which examined the social and legal forces that act to restrict scientific research. This study traced the beginning of this regulatory oversight of research activities to a response to an increasing awareness of examples of abuses of human subjects, the identification of research with government-sponsored activity, and the political climate of the 1960s and 70s. In some cases, the target of concern was not necessarily the regulation of science but the regulation of other activities, of which science tangentially was included. This would encompass many of the regulations of the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC), and the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) that are applied to various industries and affect research laboratories. Issues emerging subsequent to the OTA report, which are pertinent to this study, are those related to the integrity of science, and the need to assure that scientific decision-making is not being influenced by financial considerations.
Over this period of time, and despite the efforts of various Administrations to reduce the number of government regulations, the number that impact on research and research institutions has grown dramatically. Directly preceding the request for this study, the General Accounting Office (GAO), also at the request of the House Committee on Appropriations, attempted to assess the cost of regulatory compliance to ascertain the amount of NIH grant funds that were being spent to comply with regulatory activities. While they couldn't quantify their cost, they did publish a listing of 60 federal regulations that affect researchers, such as NIH grantees, that had been compiled by the Council on Governmental Relations (COGR). They also published a list of the types of regulations that they concluded the research community perceived to be the most costly or burdensome. Four of the five regulations that are the focus of this effort - human subjects protections, animal care and use protections (including permitting requirements for the import and export of biological materials from non-human primates), hazardous waste disposal, and financial conflict of interest regulations - are included on GAO's listing. Also included on the GAO list, but not a focus of this effort, are worker protection regulations, cost accounting standards, and the construction and renovation requirements resulting from the Americans with Disabilities Act.
Before examining each of these five sets of regulations in detail, it is important to mention a caution often reiterated by members of the research community. Regardless of the burden that an individual set of regulations may or may not impose, it is somewhat misleading to look at each in isolation of all regulations imposed on research. With the 60 or so sets of regulations being imposed on the research program, it is important to be sensitive to the cumulative impact that these have on the institution and its investigators to fully appreciate the impact of regulatory burden.
For each of the five sets of regulations, the legislative and regulatory requirements, and the policies that implement them, were studied. In addition, considerable effort was expended to understand the views of the research community since they confront these issues on a daily basis and offer considerable expertise in identifying innovative solutions. To understand the views of the research community, interviews were conducted and facilitated workgroups were formed.
Interviews have been conducted with the Federal staff administering these regulations at NIH, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), the Office of Public Health Service (OPHS), the National Science Foundation (NSF), the Department of Agriculture (USDA), and the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). Interviews were also conducted with selected NIH Extramural Research Program Directors, officials of research professional organizations, and scientists, administrators, and institutional officials at four research institutions - the University of Florida, Washington University in St. Louis, Johns Hopkins University, and the University of Maryland, College Park. A compete listing of these, and other individuals with whom interviews were conducted, is presented as Appendix 1.
Structured workgroups also were formed to identify issues perceived to be burdensome to the research community and to identify potential solutions to relieve this burden. Workgroups for each of the five areas under study were formed. Each group consisted of about 10 members who are expert in one of the five areas identified for study. Research professional groups assisted in identifying potential members across the wide spectrum of the research community. In each workgroup, care was taken to include both active researchers as well as officials having institutional responsibility for the administration of the Federal regulations. Finally, it should be noted that the purpose of the workgroups was not necessarily to come to consensus. While there was general agreement on the issues and the proposed solutions, there was not necessarily unanimity on each. A more detailed description of these workgroups and their membership are presented as Appendix 2.
The issues identified by these workgroups, and the potential solutions to relieve this regulatory burden, are presented in this Report. This format has the advantage of allowing a structured presentation of issues and solutions as they were identified by this broad spectrum of the research community. It is important to emphasize, however, that the issues and solutions emerging from these groups are strikingly consistent with those gleaned from the individual interviews. All members of the community with whom these issues were discussed feel strongly, even passionately, about the need to address these issues, and to address them quickly. Many of these issues are complex, and many are not new, often having been identified by other studies. However, the community views the interest of NIH and the Congress as an opportunity to gain relief that has been sought for some time. The issues that have been raised deserve both serious consideration and speedy resolution.
The issues and the proposed solutions that emerged from the workgroups are summarized in section II. The full reports of the workgroups for these five areas are presented in sections III through VII. These sections provide the interested reader with substantial detail on the legislative and regulatory requirements that are imposed, as well as the issues of concern and the solutions proposed by the workgroups to reduce regulatory burden. Section VIII presents an analysis of the common themes that emerged from the examination of the five sets of requirements as well as principles that NIH might adopt as it pursues implementation of this initiative. This is followed by some concluding thoughts in section IX.
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Bitan & Shyama
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Hey you! Is there anybody out there? Feeling lonely, feeling cold.
A few lines from one of my favorites Pink Floyd. Below is the write-up for shaadi but I need your password so please pass it on and of course make any edits you would like to the text below and then I can submit the success story once I have received your password.............
We came, we browsed, we made contact and the rest is history and all within a month of the first contact and I cannot believe we were almost going to give it all up by pulling our membership out since we were not getting anywhere in our search. Its true what the experienced say - success is 99% perspiration and 1% inspiration. Ours is a true love story only to be written into some heartwarming movie script. We were always made for each other - the similarities and the connection was striking - but we could not have found one another without shaadi. Three cheers for shaadi and may many others out there find eternal happiness and success in their pursuit of the ONE!
Now, for the story, Shyama contacted me via shaadi messenger on April, 19th 2005 to indicate her potential interest due to similar interests in music, the values in life and the desire to appreciate the simple things in life while at the same time evolving ones life and enhancing each others by building a strong lifelong partnership. We were both very mature and had similar expectations in life and once I started writing she never stopped replying. I had incidentally planned to visit India on some personal work on May 15th even before Shyama contacted me and so we expressed interest in checking each other out since we liked our communication. By the time the India plans were finalized we knew we had a very strong connection - like Shyama put it she was 70% there even without having met me. I put my mother in touch with her and they were able to get along very well in a spate of a few days. Everything just kept falling in place and the puzzle was quietly unfolding to our joy. That's when we actually started believing that there is somebody out there just for us.
I landed at Kolkata on May 21st at night and visited Shyama and her parents on the 22nd at her house. While the elders got to know each other, we went to park street for our first date and Shyama acted as the city guide. As soon as I stepped into her house and saw her I was amazed by her confidence, personality and appearance and I instantly knew she was the one. On our first date we solidified our intentions and I proposed since any delay would be like trying to keep two souls meant for each other unnecessarily away from each other and so she accepted. So, on the night of 22nd May both Shyama and me were confident that we wanted to spend the rest of our lives with each other and no one else. There were other people (non shaadi contacts) who I was supposed to meet but they were all called off within the blink of an eye.
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2013 - Started the season opener and was injured in the second quarter ... missed the rest of the season with an injured right knee (surgery the first week in October) ... first-career start vs. Colgate ... rushed for 15 yards on three carries and hit five-of-eight passes for 46 yards ... completed a 20-yard pass to key Air Force's scoring drive that tied the game in the second quarter and began a string of six consecutive scoring drives ... was injured in the second quarter and did not return.
2012 - Played in 10 games as a backup quarterback ... was 12-of-29 passing for 128 yards and carried 25 times for 49 yards and two touchdowns ... 2-for-8 passing for 44 yards and 11 yards rushing and a touchdown on six carries vs. Rice ... 1-for-5 passing for 15 yards and an interception and ran nine times for no yards vs. Fresno State ... 1-for-3 passing with an interception; one carry for one yard vs. San Diego State ... 7-for-11 passing for 50 yards and ran four times for 13 yards vs. Army--all on one drive ... 1-for-2 passing for 14 yards and ran three times for 14 yards against New Mexico ... appeared in one play vs. Wyoming, but it was a big one, scoring first-career touchdown on a five-yard run to put Falcons up 28-27, eventually leading to win ... made debut in a reserve role vs. Idaho State, with one rush for five yards.
2011 - Played on the junior varsity.
High School - Lettered three years in football and track ... football team won three state championships ... named all-state in football and track ... earned the Jim Thorpe Award at his school in 2010.
Personal - Son of Preston and Lana Pearson ... father is a high school football coach at Tulsa Union ... given name is Preston Kale Pearson ... major is management ... member of cadet squadron 5 ... worked on the cadet cadre during survival training ... also completed astronautical engineering ... completed Operation Air Force in the summer of 2013 ... also worked in the leadership group for Basic Cadet Training ... in the summer of 2012, completed Combat Survival Training and the Unmanned Aerial Vehicles program.
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The Gibbes Museum of Art announces the second-annual Art on Paper Fair. The weekend event will be held at the museum and feature prints, watercolors, photographs and drawings for sale by prominent American art dealers featuring works that celebrate the South.
A "First Look" evening reception will be held on Friday evening from 8 – 10:30 p.m.
Participating dealers include: Charleston galleries, Corrigan Gallery, Coleman Fine Art, Dog & Horse Fine Art and Portraiture, Jonathan Green Studios, and The Cheryl Newby Gallery of Pawley's Island, David Allen Fine Arts of Arlington, Virginia, Claudia Heath Fine Art of Charlotte, N.C., and the John K. Surovek Gallery of Palm Beach.
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Enjoy tasty treats from Macaroon Boutique and local food trucks including Roti Rolls, AutoBanh and Cory's Grilled Cheese.
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Saturday, Nov. 2 and Sunday, Nov. 3, 10 a.m. – 5 p.m, Free Admission
Ask the Expert: in addition to the dealer booths, this year the Gibbes is offering an "Ask the Expert" booth allowing visitors to talk with curators, appraisers, conservators, framers, and artists, including several from Redux Studios, will speak about a variety of topics related to works on paper.
Artisan Boutique: The Gibbes Museum store will feature locally-made, hand-crafted gifts for sale. Vendors, including Sarah Bandy, Sideshow Press, Barbara Onufer, Ink Meets Paper and Alicia Colella, will be on hand at the specialty boutique, located in the Welcome Gallery next to the Museum Store.
Curator-led Tour of Art on Paper Fair, 2 p.m. Saturday and Sunday: Join Gibbes curatorial staff on a tour of the dealer's booths.
View "curators' picks" and learn more about the art of collecting.
The Gibbes partnered with Redux Studios to create a video about the art of printmaking. Produced by Marcus Amaker, the video can be seen on the gallery's website.
Exhibitions on View: Visitors will be able to view Photography and the American Civil War, installed in the Main and Rotunda Galleries.
More than 200 of the finest and most poignant photographs of the American Civil War have been brought together for this landmark exhibition.
Through examples drawn from the Metropolitan Museum of Art's celebrated holdings of this material, complemented by important loans from public and private collections, the exhibition will examine the evolving role of the camera during the nation's bloodiest war.
Organized by The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. Sept. 27 – Jan. 5, 2014, on view in the Gibbes Museum.
The Fine Art of Printmaking will also be opening on Oct. 7. This exhibition displays examples of some of the best-known printmaking techniques such as woodcuts, etchings, drypoints, and lithographs.
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Superior Double Room Single UseMax Occupancy: 1 guest
Superior Double Room Single Use, 1 Double or 2 Single Beds (Extra Large)Max Occupancy: 1 guest
Junior Double Room Single Use, 1 Double or 2 Single BedsMax Occupancy: 1 guest
Suite, 1 Double or 2 Single Beds (Single Use)Max Occupancy: 1 guest
Standard RoomMax Occupancy: 3 guests (up to 1 infant)
Standard Room, 1 Double or 2 Single BedsMax Occupancy: 2 guests (up to 1 child)
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Located in the heart of Milan, this hotel is within 1 mi (2 km) of Piazza della Repubblica, Cathedral of Milan, and Teatro alla Scala. Pinacoteca di Brera and Galleria Vittorio Emanuele II are also within 1 mi (2 km).
Hotel Features
This smoke-free hotel features a restaurant, a bar/lounge, and a coffee shop/café. WiFi in public areas is free. Other amenities include self parking, conference rooms, and dry cleaning.
Room Amenities
All 282 soundproofed rooms feature free WiFi and minibars. Satellite TV, room service, and hair dryers are among the other amenities available to guests.Information missing or incorrect? Tell us!
Hotel Amenities
Hotel Amenities
The hotel offers a restaurant and a coffee shop/café. A bar/lounge is on site where guests can unwind with a drink. High-speed wireless Internet access is complimentary. 9 meeting rooms are available. This business-friendly hotel also offers a terrace, multilingual staff, and complimentary newspapers in the lobby. Onsite parking is available (surcharge).
NH Milano Touring is a smoke-free property.
- Free WiFi
- Terrace
- 24-hour front desk
- Total number of rooms - 282
- Number of floors - 9
- Bar/lounge
- Breakfast available (surcharge)
- Coffee shop or café
- Free newspapers in lobby
- Conference space
- Dry cleaning/laundry service
- Elevator/lift
- Luggage storage
- Multilingual staff
- Restaurant
- Self parking (surcharge)
- Number of meeting rooms - 9
- Smoke-free property
- Number of buildings/towers - 1
- Safe-deposit box at front desk
Family Friendly Amenities
- Free Wi-Fi
- Soundproofed rooms
- Cribs/infant beds (complimentary)
Available in all rooms: Free WiFi
Available in some public areas: Free WiFi
Self parking (surcharge)
Room Amenities
- Pay movies
- Soundproofed rooms
- Satellite TV service
- Free WiFi
- Free cribs/infant beds
- Bathtub or shower
- Air conditioning
- Phone
- Daily housekeeping
- Private bathroom
- Free toiletries
- Hair dryer
- Bidet
- In-room safe
- Desk
- Minibar
- Room service
- Connecting/adjoining rooms available
Where to Eat
Pianoterra - This restaurant specializes in local cuisine. A children's menu is available.
Room service is available.
To make requests for specific accessibility needs, complete the "Special or Accessibility Requests" section of "Trip Preferences" when you book your hotel.
- Accessible bathroom
- Accessible path of travel
- Braille or raised signage
- In-room accessibility
Hotel Policies
Check-in time starts at 3 PM
Minimum check-in age is 18
Special check-in instructions:
Check-out time is noon
Payment types
You need to know
Extra-person charges may apply and vary depending on hotel policy.
Government-issued photo identification and a credit card or cash deposit are required at check-in for incidental charges.
Special requests are subject to availability upon check-in and may incur additional charges. Special requests cannot be guaranteed.
- A tax is imposed by the city: EUR 5 per person, per night, up to 14 nights. This tax does not apply to children under 18 years of age.
- Breakfast fee: EUR 14,90 per person (approximately)
- Pet fee: EUR 20 per night
We should mention
Cash transactions at this property cannot exceed EUR 999.99, due to national regulations. For further details, please contact the property using information in the booking confirmation. Children 11 years old and younger stay free when occupying the parent or guardian's room, using existing bedding. The property has connecting/adjoining rooms, which are subject to availability and can be requested by contacting the property using the number on the booking confirmation.
NH Lazy Sunday Promotion - Book a stay in any rate category, for travel anytime including a Sunday, and receive the following:
- Breakfast available to noon on Sunday only
- Free late check-out until 3 PM only for those leaving on Sunday


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Local columnist Jimmy Reed finally caught the lunker bass he's been trying for – but he only got part of the fish to mount. Reed writes about the quest and talks about where the rest of the prize went. (September 4, 2012, Page 4)
The Christmas holidays are a time, if there is any during the year, when we need to be thankful for all we have in our country. Local columnist Jimmy Reed points out that today's date (the bombing of Pearl Harbor and the U.S. entrance into World War II) and Christmas mark notable times in our country's history and in it becoming the nation it is today, and urges all of us to keep an attitude of thankfulness. (December 7, 2010, Page 4)


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China General Heads to India for Talks After Border Setback
Dec. 6 (Bloomberg) -- India and China, which have fought a war over their disputed border and compete for resources to feed Asia's two fastest growing economies, will hold their highest level military talks in almost two years.
General Ma Xiaotian, the deputy chief of the People's Liberation Army General Staff, will lead a delegation to New Delhi for meetings Dec. 9 with Indian Defense Secretary Shashikant Sharma and ministry officials. The previous round of defense dialogue was held in Beijing in January 2010.
The nuclear-armed neighbors, home to more than a third of the world's people, claim territory held by the other and clashed during a brief border conflict in 1962. India has replaced China as the world's top weapons importer, according to a study by the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute, as it aims to modernize its armed forces and defend against security threats from Pakistan and China.
Ma's visit indicates that China and India have for now "resolved a degree of their tit-for-tat diplomacy," said Lora Saalman, a Beijing-based analyst at the Carnegie-Tsinghua Center for Global Policy. "It does not signal that the overall tensions underpinning such disputes have been resolved."
Military relations between the world's two most populous nations were suspended in August 2010 after China issued a visa to an Indian army officer in charge of forces in Kashmir without stamping his passport, an act seen as questioning India's rule over the disputed Himalayan territory. China has a close alliance with Pakistan, which has waged two wars with India over Kashmir.
Dalai Lama Protest
Border talks scheduled for Nov. 28-29 were scrapped after China objected to a Buddhist meeting in New Delhi at which the Dalai Lama was set to speak, the Press Trust of India reported. The government in Beijing refused to go ahead with the dialogue even after India said President Pratibha Patil and Prime Minister Manmohan Singh would not attend the Dalai Lama session, the Times of India newspaper reported Nov. 27.
The Dalai Lama has lived in India since fleeing in 1959 after China's military takeover of Tibet. China accuses him and the government-in-exile that is also based in the north Indian town of Dharamshala, of secretly seeking independence for his homeland. The Dalai Lama says he wants autonomy for Tibet, not separation.
India's foreign ministry said in a statement Nov. 25 it was looking forward to rescheduling the boundary talks "in the near future and the two sides remain in touch to find convenient dates."
Arms Transfers
India and China, which went to war five decades ago over part of their 3,500-kilometer (2,175-mile) boundary, have tried to prevent their disagreements from affecting economic ties. Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao traveled to India with 300 business executives in December last year. During that trip the countries vowed to raise trade by two-thirds to $100 billion in five years and reduce India's trade deficit by promoting its exports to China.
The defense delegations will this week discuss "regional and global security issues," review attempts to address the border issue and finalize military exchanges for next year, according to a statement from India's defense ministry. Foreign Ministry spokesman Hong Lei confirmed Chinese participation at a regular briefing in Beijing yesterday.
India received 9 percent of international arms transfers by volume during 2006-10, Sipri said in a March report. India has tripled its military budget in the past decade to $32 billion this year compared with a near-quadrupling of spending by its neighbor and rival China in the same period. China said it planned to spend $91.5 billion on defense this year.
Obama's Asia Pivot
President Barack Obama has begun shifting the focus of U.S. foreign policy onto Asia, last month signing an agreement to deploy Marines in Australia in a move aimed at blunting China's regional influence. The U.S. will hold a trilateral dialogue with India and Japan in Washington on Dec. 19, State Department spokesman Mark Toner told reporters at a daily briefing yesterday.
India accuses China of occupying 38,000 square kilometers (14,670 square miles) of territory in Jammu and Kashmir to the west, while the government in Beijing lays claim to 90,000 square kilometers of land in Arunachal Pradesh, a state in India's east. The two sides have been unable to resolve their disputes after more than a dozen rounds of discussions since 2005.
Mineral Competition
India and China are competing around the world to secure oil, gas and metals. India and Vietnam signed an agreement Oct. 12 to expand joint oil and gas exploration in the South China Sea, waters where Chinese claims over resources have led to clashes in recent months. India's Foreign Ministry Sept. 1 denied a report that said a Chinese warship confronted an Indian navy vessel after it left Vietnamese waters in late July.
"Though there are irritants like the border, a trade imbalance and now the South China Sea, both countries want to push forward dialogue," said R.N. Das, an analyst at the New Delhi-based Institute for Defence Studies & Analyses.
Army ties resumed when Indian officers traveled to Beijing in June. A People's Liberation Army delegation came to India Nov. 4-9, India's defense ministry said in its statement. A further round of military exchanges will take place before the end of this month, it said.
"India's relations with Vietnam and Myanmar and its refusal to intervene in matters concerning the Dalai Lama that are purely of a religious nature" signal it is becoming more assertive, Bahukutumbi Raman, an analyst at the Chennai Centre for China Studies, said in comments posted on his blog.
Both India and China are investing in ports, railways and oil and gas pipelines in Myanmar, formerly known as Burma, that give them access to natural resources and trade routes in the Indian Ocean region.
"India has in recent months started slowly asserting its own interests and concerns without surrendering totally to those of China," Raman said.
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The Scioto Foundation's board and staff are dedicated to the University/College Access Network (UCAN), a program that helps students and parents plan, prepare, and pay for college. One key aspect of UCAN that works to prepare students for college is the establishment and expansion of Advanced Placement courses in the county's schools.
In four years of the UCAN program, the Foundation has provided a total of $52,035 in stipends so that Scioto County teachers can be trained to teach AP courses. To date, 156 local teachers have participated in a variety of courses, including 74 who took part in two pre AP training courses prior to the establishment of the first AP Summer Institute held at Shawnee State University in 2008. Of the twelve school districts participating in the UCAN program, the Valley School District has sent the highest number, 14, teachers to be trained.
AP courses offered by the SSU Summer Institute over the four-year span have included English Literature and Composition, United States History, Spanish, chemistry, psychology, Government and Politics and Statistics. The first three years of the AP training program saw more than 20 teachers enrolled each summer; in 2012 fourteen teachers representing 8 Scioto County school systems and Shawnee State University completed the AP training.
During UCAN's four-year history the Scioto Foundation has also provided a total of $48,742 in mini-grants to the local school systems to help defray student costs associated with pre-college testing such as AP, PSAT, ACT and SAT exams, along with preparation materials.
Under the UCAN plan grant awards in the amount of $1,000 have been available to each school system per year for five years. Seven area school districts have applied for and received grants for five years, including 2012-2013 and most others have received grants for four years.
The College Board defines AP courses as classes within students' own high schools that offer a similar program which are, in general, college undergraduate courses. Students who enroll in AP courses get the opportunity to experience the level of work and expectations found in undergraduate courses in college, all while working for actual college credit. Taking Advanced Placement courses also gives these students a more favorable position when applying for college admission. These courses prepare students who want to go to college more thoroughly than usual high school classes.
For more information about Advanced Placement courses and the UCAN program contact the Scioto Foundation by calling 740-354-4612, email at www.sciotofoundation.org or 'like' us on Facebook.


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Both the House and the Senate want to do something to make sure no hydraulic fracturing takes place in the rock beneath Vermont. They disagree, however, on whether it should be banned or issued a three-year moratorium.
Hydraulic fracturing is a process by which crews drill into deep shale rock and inject water, sand and chemicals under high pressure to release trapped gas. Hailed by President Barack Obama as a route to the country's energy independence, it has also generated concerns over groundwater contamination and other environmental hazards.
As a House-Senate conference committee met Monday morning to begin see-sawing an agreement, observers around the room had strong feelings about how Vermont should weigh in on the issue.
A ban would be a more definitive statement that could have reverberations across the nation, opponents and supporters agree.
That's .why environmental groups including the Vermont Natural Resources Council and the Vermont Public Interest Group want a ban.
That's also industry groups such as the American Petroleum Institute wants a moratorium.
"A prohibition is a simple statement that Vermonters don't want fracking," said Jake Brown of the Vermont Natural Resources Council. "A moratorium is sort of an equivication, a maybe-maybe not message. It assumes there will be a significant change in the science in three years. I don't think we should have that assumption."
"If it's a ban, everything stops forever. I don't see that being overturned," said Joe Choquette, who represents the American Petroleum Institute. It's unknown whether Vermont has a supply of natural gas to tap, he noted. "If there's a ban, we'll never know."
Choquette said Vermont should do as New York, Quebec and other locations have done and enact a moratorium while they and the federal governments work on regulations of the growing practice.
Senate Natural Resources and Energy Committee Chairwoman Virginia Lyons, D-Chittenden, urges her House counterparts to go along with a ban and to ban the storage of wastewater generated by the practice elsewhere.
Rep. Jim McCullough, D-Williston,. said the House is sympathetic to the concerns, but had opted for a moratorium to allow the Agency of Natural Resources to develop regulations.
ANR Deputy Secretary Chris Recchia said, "The governor said he wants the strongest bill possible."
What exactly that bill says, Recchia said, "I don't know."
The Senate version calls for annual reports that would be a strain for the agency to provide and more frequent than is warranted, he said.
Conferees are scheduled to meet again this morning.


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We will be having dropin meetings as usual on Tuesdays at 7:45pm at my place .
Anne has agreed to come open my door on November 6, election day. She would prefer that someone with more familiarity with what music I keep where also come to help keep the rehearsal going. I'm willing to give anyone who wants it a "tour of the notebooks" on Tuesday October 30.


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A Smile is premium commodity in present times. A matter of a Smile can make or break a deal, a relationship, a friendship and even a job opportunity. With the society around evolving to be more and more competitive, a seemingly simple thing like a Smile has fast become a decisive factor in a decision or an impression. The growing middle class with a better pocket, the already existing upper class and the tourism and health related foreign visitors to India are now opting to design their Smile as per their wish and fancy here. The ideas has successfully clicked with many celebrities in the past and have hence been opted by people like someone to face an interview or a bride getting ready for her big day. Study also prove that the nature of your smile decide a lot of your factor including your attitude to everything that you come across. A person's smile is undoubtedly a mirror of his character and conduct. Experts in this field, like Dr Ekta Chadha
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