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A saccharide matrix containing chelating agents. In a preferred embodiment the chelating agents, for example, EDTA or DTPA, bind metals having at least one unpaired electron. Such compositions are useful for enhancing the contrast of Magnetic Resonance images.
1. A chelating agent represented by the formula: ##STR3## where m is 1, 2, or 3;
n is an interger between 1 and 4;
p can be independently varied and is an integer between 0 and 2; and
X and Y can be --(CH2)p COOH or X is (CH2)n and joined to Y;
at least one saccharide is bound to said chelating agent through an ester linkages of one of said (COOH) groups and (OH) groups of the saccharide.
2. A composition of matter comprising the chelating agent of claim 1 and a metal ion having at least one unpaired electron chelated to said chelating agent.
3. The compound of claim 1 wherein said chelating agent is selected from the group of EDTA, DTPA, and DOTA.
4. The compound of claim 3 wherein said saccharide is selected from dextran, glucose and maltose.
5. The compound of claim 4 wherein said saccharide is a polymer and said saccharide is bound to said chelating agent through at least two ester linkages.
6. The compound of claim 2 wherein said metal ion is selected from the lanthanide group of metals.
7. The compound of claim 6 wherein said metal ion is Gd.
8. The compound of claim 2 wherein said metal ion is selected from the group consisting of Cr, Mn, Fe and Co.
9. A composition of matter comprising the chelating agent of claim 1 and an excipient for administration to a patient for MR tomography.
10. A method of enhacning MR contrast in a living subject, comprising administering internally to the subject an effective amount of a contrast agent which comprises the chelating agent of claim 1.
11. A method for the treatment of heavy metal poisoning in a living subject, comprising administering internally to the subject an effective amount of the chelating agent of claim 1.
12. A method for producing ion exchange columns which comprises employing the chelating agent of claim 1 as the ion exchange column packing.
1. Field of the Invention
This invention relates to NMR shift reagents and in particular contrast enhancing agents for magnetic resonance imaging.
2. Prior Art
Magnetic Resonance (hereinafter MR) imaging is one of the newest methods of viewing the interior of the human body. Radio waves interact with protons in a magnetic field to produce images having superior contrast compared to X-ray tomography. However, the technique can be non-specific, that is, it may be impossible to distinguish from between many pathological conditions, such as between cancer and the edema surrounding the cancer.
Contrast agents enhance various portions of the MR image by changing, usually decreasing, the relaxation times of the protons in the immediate vicinity to the agent. One example of a contrast agent is that disclosed in the European Pat. No. 3,302,410 of A.G. Schering for gadolinium diethyline triamine pentaacetic acid complex (hereinafter Gd DTPA). Gd DTPA has been attached to a variety of macromolecules, for example monoclonal antibodies, albumin, and dihexadecylamine.
Other agents, such as ethylene diamine tetraacetic acid (hereinafter EDTA), and 1, 4, 7, 10 tetraacetic acid (hereinafter DOTA), have been chelated with Gd in an effort to make a superior contrast agent.
Prior art chelates of Gd, and other paramagnetic metals, suffer from several defects. The body rapidly excretes Gd DTPA, for example. It is not organ specific and stays within the extra-cellular space. As a result, the only organs suitably enhanced with Gd DTPA are kidneys and areas of abnormal brain permeability. Since magnetic resonance imaging requires long data acquisition times rapidly metabolized enhancing agents do not work well.
Another problem with known MR enhancing agents is that the proteins that are used to anchor the simple chelates, monoclonal antibodies and the like, may provoke allergic reactions in the recipient.
It would therefore be advantageous to have a MR contrast enhancing agent that was metabolized slowly in vivo, was organ specific, and did not provoke allergic reactions in the recipient.
An aspect of this invention is a composition of matter comprising a chelating agent represented by the formula: ##STR1## where m is 1, 2, or 3;
n is an interger between 1 and 4;
p can be independently varied and is an integer between 0 and 2; and
X and Y can be --(CH2)p COOH or X is (CH2)n and joined to Y;
at least one saccharide bound to said chelating agent through an ester linkage of one of said (COOH) groups and an (OH) group on the saccharide.
A further aspect of this invention is the composition of matter recited above chelated with a paramagnetic metal ion for administration to a patient undergoing MR tomography.
A further aspect of this invention is the method of use of the composition of matter recited above chelated with a paramagnetic metal ion as for enhancing the image formed by MR.
A further aspect of this invention is the method of use of the composition of matter recited above for treating metal poisoning and iron overload states.
A further aspect of this invention is the method of use of the composition of matter of claim 1 for packing ion exchange columns.
The chelating agents of this invention are represented by the formula: ##STR2## where m is 1, 2, or 3;
n is an interger between 1 and 4;
p can be independently varied and is an integer between 0 and 2; and
X and Y can be -(CH2)p COOH or X is (CH2)n and joined to Y;
Examples of chelating agents in this category include DTPA (where m is 2, n is 2, each p is 1 and x and y are --(CH2)p COOH); EDTA (where m is 0, n is 2, and each p is 1 and x and y are --(CH2)p COOH) and DOTA (where m is 3, n is 2, each p is 1, x is --(CH2)2 -- and joined to y. These agents are known to tenaciously bind metal ions. They can be used to place otherwise toxic metal ions in organic environments, particularly biological environments by coordinating with the metal ion and thus preventing it from poisoning critical membranes or enzymes.
As used herein "saccharide" will refer to monosaccharides such as glucose and maltose and the like, polysaccharides, such as dextran and glycogen, and the like, and reduced sugars, such as mannitol, and the like.
As used herein, "chelate/saccharide" will refer to the compounds formed by the reaction of the above described chelates with the above described saccharides. The carbonyl or (COOH) groups at the various terminii of the chelating agent can react with the hydroxyl or (OH) groups on the saccharide, thereby forming ester linkages. Since the chelate has more than one (COOH) group and the saccharide have more than one (OH) group, large cross linked polymers may be formed.
Metal ions easily bind to the chelate/saccharide. Preferred metal ions include those having at least one unpaired electron, which is to say, those that are paramagnetic. Examples include Cr, Mn, Fe, Co, and the lanthanide metals, particularly Gd, Dy, and Tc.
The metal complexes of the chelate/saccharides can then be used as contrast enhancers for MR images. The method of administration of the complex, depends on the portion of the anatomy to be imaged. For example, if the gastrointestinal tract is to be imaged, oral administration is preferred. For imaging of the liver, spleen, and kidneys, intravenous administration is preferred.
Various formulations of the metal chelate/saccharide will have different physical properties. For example, highly cross-lined polymeric chelate/saccharide will be fairly insoluble particles, but less highly cross linked polymers are more soluble. The amount of cross linking can be controlled by the ratio of chelate to saccharide. The ratio will range from about 2:1 to about 1:50. In general, the more chelate present the more the product will be cross linked.
Another physical variable that can be controlled is the size, or molecular weight, of the saccharide. Small saccharides, such as monosaccharides and oligosaccharides, produce more easily soluble chelate/saccharide. Larger saccharides, such as high molecular weight dextran, or starch, produce more insoluble chelate/saccharide.
The clinician can use the various properties to his advantage. For example, if the area to be imaged includes delicate vascular systems, for example, the liver, or brain, a highly soluble form of metal chelate/saccharide is preferred. If double contrast images of gastrointestinal tract are preferred, then more insoluble form of metal chelate/saccharide that coats the interior surface of the organs is preferred.
The chelate/saccharide without a bound metal ion can be used as an antidote in metal poisoning. The toxic metals tend to build up in the liver, and since the chelate/saccharide is metabolized in the liver, the chelate scavenges the excess toxic metal.
When used as magnetic reasonance image enhancer, or as a poison antidote, the chelate/saccharide may be formulated with an excipient, for example, unreacted saccharide, emulsifiers, solvents, such a saline solution, or the like, may be added by methods well known in the art.
The chelate/saccharide can also be used for ion exchange column packing. The physical properties of the chelate can be varied to more favorably bind one metal ion than another another, thereby giving the column the desired discrimination.
The chelate/saccharides of the present invention are prepared as follows:
The chelate-bisanhydride is prepared by adding dry chelate to an anhydrous organic base, for example, pyridine, lutidine, piperidine, or the like. The resulting slurry is stirred and an anhydrous organic acid, for example, acetic acid or peutanoic acid, is slowly added.
The mixture is heated to about 45� C. to about 85� C. preferably about 65� C. and left for between 12 hours and 48 hours preferably about 20 hours. The liquid is filtered, and the solid material is washed with the same organic acid used before.
The ratio of chelate to saccharide ranges from 2:1 to 1:50 when the saccharide is calculated as glucose. The average number of glucose units in a given polymer must therefore be known. The saccharide and the chelate are mixed dry in, for example, a beaker. Anhydrous dimethyl sulfoxide (DMSO) is added to the thoroughly mixed dry mixture.
The next step provides a choice of physical properties depending on whether a gel-like consistency is desired or if fine particles are desired.
The gel is obtained by warming the DMSO mixture until the particles go into solution. Typically this temperature is from 40� C. to 70� C. The gel is purified by dialysis in water.
Particles are obtained by pulverizing the mixture with a homogenizer. The homogenized mixture is let stand for several hours, then the supernatant is decanted off.
After the chelate/saccharide is obtained, a metal ion can be added to form a complex. A metal halide, for example gadolinium chloride, is added to an aqueous suspension, and the mixture is mixed well. After dialysis, the resulting solid is dried.
80 grams of DTPA dried overnight at 70� was added to 100 ml of anhydrous pyridine (Aldrich Chemical Co., St. Louis, MO). The resultant slurry was stirred while 76 ml of anhydrous acetic acid was slowly added over several minutes. This was heated to 65� and left for 20 hours. Then the liquid was filtered off through a fritted glass filter. The resulting solid white material was washed five times with anhydrous acetic acid until no more amber color was eluted. Then the clean solid white material was washed three times with anhydrous ether. The DTPA bis-anhydride was dried at 65� C. overnight.
Dextran of an average molecular weight of 100,000 to 200,000, with an assumed average molecular weight of 150,000, was reacted with DTPA Bis-anhydride in various molar ratios of DTPA to glucose units.
A DTPA to glucose ratio of 10:1 was selected. 12.5 grams of dextran which had been dried overnight in an oven at 70� was added to 2.5 grams of DTPA Bis-anhydride and stirred dry within a beaker. 100 ml of DMSO, which had been previusly dried over calcium hydride and filtered through whatman #2 filter paper, was then added. This was heated with stirring to 60� C., whereupon the solution cleared and became a gel-like material. Neither dextran with DMSO and heating nor DTPA and DMSO with heating yielded a similar gel. The total volume was brought to 250 ml with water. This was homogenized with a Virtis model 45 double blade blender for one minute at high speed. This was dialyzed against five gallons of water which was changed daily for two days in standard dialysis bags (Union Carbide). DTPA/dextran was isolated.
Similarly, by substituting EDTA or DOTA for DTPA one can obtain the EDTA/dextran polymer and the DOTA/dextran polymer.
0.9 grams of gadolinium chloride (Morton Thiokol Corp.) was added to the product of Example 2. The material was mixed well, then dialysed for an additional two days against five gallons of water with the water changed daily. 100 cc's of absolute ethonal was then added. The substance was rotovaped at 80� C. with a Bruker flash evaporator to dryness. The material was then left in a dessicator. With reconstitution in water, the substance formed a viscous clear solution.
Similarly, by substituting chromium chloride, manganese chloride, iron chloride, cobalt chloride, dysprosium chloride, or technetium pertechnetate in the presence of stannous ion for gadolinium chloride one can obtain the chromium DTPA/dextran chelate; the manganese DTPA/dextran chelate; the iron DTPA/dextran chelate; the cobalt DTPA/dextran chelate; the dysprosium DTPA/dextran chelate; and the technetium DTPA/dextran chelate.
A 1:1 ratio of glucose units to DTPA was selected. 25 grams of DTPA bis-anhydride was added to 12.5 grams of dextran with an average molecular weight of 150,000. This was mixed dry and reacted in anhydrous DMSO for 10 hours at 65� C. This was then homogenized with 150 ml of water for one minute with a Virtis double blade model #45 homogenizer. After sitting for several hours the supernatant was decanted off. The resulting insoluble particles were added to 500 ml of water and mixed. This was centrifuged at 2,000 RPM, the fluid decanted off and the wash and centrifugation was repeated with an additional 500 ml of water. The particles at this point were approximately 100-1,000 microns when visualized under a microscope. The DTPA-dextran particles were then isolated.
Similarly, by substituting EDTA or DOTA for DTPA one can obtain the EDTA/dextran polymer and the DOTA/dextran polymer.
3.44 grams of gadolinium chloride was added to the product of Example 4 and the particulate suspension was mixed well with 100 ml of water. The substance was then washed and centrifuged with 500 ml of water three times as above. The material was then lyophilized and placed in a dessicator. A small amount was heated to boiling in a 50 ml beaker of water without dissolution. The particles swelled slightly with heating.
A small aliquot of the particles were then ground with a mortar and pestal and suspended in water. At this point, the particle size was 10-500 microns under a microscope. A small amount was then homogenized at maximum speed with a Tekmar Ultraturrax homogenizer for five minutes. The particle size was mostly 5-200 microns with some particles ranging up in size to 500 microns. The suspension was then allowed to settle leaving a cloudy particulate suspension in solution with particle size from 0-100 microns that was decanted off. A 1 ml aliquot of this was placed in a beaker which was dessicated for two days in an oven at 70� C. The resulting weight demonstrated a concentration of weight per volume of particles of 8 mg/ml.
Subsequent to this, 10 ml of the material was filtered through a 10 micron nylon mesh with a resulting concentration of 3.5 mg/ml as indicated by dry weight analysis. The material was gadolinium DTPA/dextran particles.
Similarly, by substituting chromium chloride, manganese chloride, iron chloride, cobalt chloride, dysprosium chloride, or technetium pertechnetate in the presence of stannous ion for gadolinium chloride one can obtain the chromium DTPA/dextran chelate; the manganese DTPA/dextran chelate; the iron DTPA/dextran chelate; the cobalt DTPA/dextran chelate; the dysprosium DTPA/dextran chelate; and the technetium DTPA/dextran chelate.
Dextran of an average molecular weight of 17,000 was reacted with DTPA in a ratio of 1 DTPA to 2 glucose units. 10 grams of DTPA bis-anhydride was mixed dry with 10 grams of anhydrous dextran. This was then stirred and gently heated in 100 ml of DMSO. An amber jelly formed. Stirring broke up the jelly and 100 ml of distilled water was added. This was placed in a dialysis bag and dialysed against five gallons of distilled water. The dialysis was changed twice over two days. This was then rotovaped with 100 cc's of ethanol at 80� . The resulting amber crystals weighed 14 grams. mp =175� C. Decomposition.
Similarly, by substituting EDTA or DOTA for DTPA one can obtain the EDTA/dextran polymer and the DOTA/dextran polymer.
The synthesis was carried out with a molar ratio of 1 DTPA to 4 glucoses units. 9 grams of DTPA bis-anhydride plus 18 grams of anhydrous glucose were mixed and heated in 100 ml of DMSO which had been previously dried over calcium hydride and filtered. This solution was stirred until it became a clear amber color. This was cooled and 400 cc's of 100% ethanol was added. A precipitate formed which was filtered and the filtrate was discarded. The precipitate was taken up in 50 ml of water heated and filtered. 50 ml of 100% ethanol was added and the cloudy mixture was heated until clear. This was cooled in the refrigerator. The tarry residue which precipitated out was removed from the bottom of the beaker. The residue was then dissolved in 20 ml of water and the pH adjusted to 7.0 with 1 N NaOH. The solution was then dessicated over drierite. The weight obtained of crystals was 3.0 grams. Mass spectroscopy confirmed a product with a m.w. of 717 corresponding to the bis-gluco-DTPA.
DTPA maltose was formed in a similar fashion using 9 grams of maltose (dried in an oven for four days at 65�) and 9 grams of DTPA bis-anhydride. mp 165� C.
Sprague Dawley albino type rats weighing approximately 250 grams were used for all the MR imaging experiments. Sedation was perfomed by using an initial injection of intraperitoneal pentobarbitol at 50 milligrams/kilograms and then maintained with an intraperitoneal catheter with intermittent pentobarbitol injections. The rats were immobilized in the imager using a plexiglass tube into which the rat was inserted, with the feet taped to the side of the tube. All intraveneous injections were performed through a cut down line inserted into the internal jugular vein. The oral solutions were administered via a small nasogastric cannula.
Control images were performed through the heart and liver of a rat prior to the injection of contrast material. Subsequent to this, five cc's of dextran of the 100-200,000 average molecular weight (NBC, Cleveland, OH) in a concentration of 3 grams/100 cc's was injected intravenously. As expected, there was no significant enhancement following the dextran injection. The rat was subsequently sacrificed with an overdose of intraperitoneal anesthesia. Images of the rat were then obtained through the heart and liver which again showed no significant contrast enhancement of organs or blood.
A rat was given 5 cc's intravenously of the gadolinium DTPA dextran 10:1 polymer, the product of Example 2, which was in a concentration of 3 grams per 100 cc's of distilled water. Contrast enhancement of the liver and kidneys was well demonstrated at 2.5, 3.0, and 3.5 hours after contrast injection. The enhancement of both kidneys and liver appeared to increase over time being best seen on the 3.0 and 3.5 hour images.
A rat was then injected with 5 ml of gadolinium DTPA dextran 150,000 molecular weight polymer 10:1. The rat was then sacraficed an hour and 45 minutes later. Images through the heart, pulmonary vasculature, aorta, inferior vena cava and liver showed significant residual contrast material within the non-flowing blood. This demonstrates that if compensation could be made for flow, there is significant contrast material present even at 1.75 hours to allow visualization of blood vessels.
Gadolinium dextran DTPA polymer from the 150,000 molecular weight dextran starting material in a ratio of 5 glucose molecules to 1 DTPA molecule, prepared according to Example 2, was reconstituted into an approximately isotonic gel with 0.7 grams of the gadolinium DTPA/dextran per 30 ml of water. Five ml of this solution was injected via nasogastric tube into the stomach. Serial images were obtained of the stomach and intestines. Execellent contrast opacification of the samll bowel was observed. Contrast lining the walls of the stomach was observed.
Gadolinium dextran particles in a 1:1 ratio of DTPA to glucose using the 150,000 molecular weight dextran were prepared according to Example 5. The non-filtered variety were used, the particle sizes ranging from 1-100 microns by light miscroscopy. Five ml of particles in a concentration of approximately 5 mg/ml were injected. The rat died shortly after the injection. The resultant MR images demonstrate contrast enhancement of the cardiac chambers and major blood vessels. Opacification was observed of even the small subclavian arteries. This demonstrates that the particles could be used for embolo thereapy with subsequent visualization using MR Imaging of the infarct.
The gadolinium DTPA dextran particles of Example 5 were filtered through a 10 micron nylon mesh with a resulting concentration of approximately 3 mg/ml. A rat was then injected with 5 ml and serial images were obtained. The rat was allowed to live for 24 hours with serial images taken. Then animal was then sacrificed. Images at 3 hours demonstrates execellent opacification of the pyelocaliceal system of the right kidney. Little residual contrast was seen in the liver in the images approximately 24 hours after the injection.
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Heidi Swauger of Canton is the new mom of the year.
Her daughter Sy'yona Nevaeh was born at 2:48 a.m. Jan. 1 at Mercy Medical Center. Sy'yona was 6 pounds, 2 ounces, and 18 inches long at birth.
"This is my first daughter," said the mother of three sons, Anthony, 6; Jeremiah, 5, and Damien 2. "I wasn't due until Jan. 17, so this was a surprise. She is a blessing."
Swauger, who is on maternity leave from the Taco Bell on Tuscarawas Street W, received a gift basket from Mercy containing a teddy bear, a picture frame, a blanket and an infant bodysuit announcing Sy'yona the first baby born in 2013 at Mercy, and an autographed copy of "Parenting with a Purpose, Inspiring Positive Alternatives to Reach and Teach Your Child How to Behave," by Repository columnist Diana Boggia, who donated the book.
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You're dead wrong Casey Mash and you're jealous. Kim mom is going to defend her child she is right. Kim is real everything you have said Casey is a lie.
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I don't understand why someone who is that heavy is always in a bathing suit. Caliming always loosing weight, but never looks any different!
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omg!! stop hating~ cuz the woman looks FINE.. she inspires me to get my lazy ass up n go to the gym so i can look as hot as her. and btw if you havent noticed she may not be a rocket scientist but she is a good buissness woman.. if you ever wtched their show >> you notice her workaholic behavior.. which i also love..
SHE IS ONE OF THE FEW WOMEN IN HOLLYWOOD N THE MEDIA THAT I WOULD ACTUALLY WANT TO LOOK LIKE OR TRY TO BE ( IN THE SENSE OF HER WORKAHOLIC BEHAVIOR) >>putting buissness b4 love .. something most of us women dont do !!!
- Thursday 28 JanuaryBy lou
she is a example of what america has turned it ... garbage, smut, and idolizing people that offer nothing valuable to the human race. she is sad and pitiful and for people to give her anymore attention is even sadder. she has the same parts that have every woman has and you can have surgery too . so give me a break she will get old and saggy . get past this greek idol worship.
she is a sad human being
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You're wrong and a biblethumber and being judgemental as well. This country isn't garbage or smut as you have claim which is a lie just like everything you have said is a lie. Nope you're a sad human being. I'm always right.
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D. Larry Carmichael, Ph.D.
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Larry Carmichael enters his third season as assistant coach for the New Mexico State University track and field team where he focuses on throwing and multi-events.
In just two seasons, Carmichael has made an immediate impact by helping to coach two Western Athletic Conference Indoor Champions in the pentathlon - Zoe Meade in 2013 and Des Cota in 2014. He also helped coach Zoe Meade to set a school record in the heptathlon at 5304 points during the 2013 outdoor season. Carmichael also directed senior Kelsey Brennan to a WAC Conference championship in the javelin in 2013 with a NCAA Western Regional qualifying mark of 157'8" (48.08m) .In 2014, NM State throwers began to establish a strong presence by scoring 28 team points to help the team to a fourth place finish in the WAC Outdoor Championships. This included a second place finish in the discus throw by Auadasou Ezenyilimba and a second, fourth and sixth place finish in the javelin throw by Tiffany Gerber, Nicolette Serrao and Alexandra Winebark.
Carmichael has three decades of coaching experience in track and field. Most recently, Carmichael spent 21 years at Louisiana Tech University where he established a national reputation for consistently developing national and international class throwers. His coaching record includes 16 straight years where Carmichael guided at least one student-athlete to the NCAA Division I Track and Field Championships. He also guided several athletes to compete at the international level in the throwing events.
During his tenure at Louisiana Tech, Carmichael coached 56 individual conference champions, 40 NCAA Division I Preliminary Round (Regional) Qualifiers, 24 Division I National Qualifiers and 14 Division I All-American athletes, three of whom were National Runner-Up in their respective events. The athletes Carmichael coached at Louisiana Tech set 12 school records.
In 2009, Carmichael coached All-American Nadia Alexander to become Louisiana Tech's first Penn Relays throws champion. Alexander threw the shot 16.68m (54.8'75") to claim the women's collegiate division title at the nation's oldest, continuously held Track Relays "carnival" event. In addition, Carmichael has guided two women throwers to championships in the prestigious Texas Relays. All-American Brenda-Grace Hunt won the women's javelin event in 2005 with a distance of 56.90m (186'8") and in 1999, All-American April Malveo won the women's discus title throwing 57.26 (187'10"), which remains the Louisiana Tech school record in these events.
Carmichael also coached 2006 NCAA All-American Jason Morgan in the discus during his collegiate career and beyond. Morgan established the Jamaican national record in the discus throw, and competed in the 2012 Olympic Games in London, England. Morgan placed 18th in the discus at the 2011 World Championships in Daegu, South Korea. Morgan also competed in the 2007 World Championships, 2007 Pan American Games and the 2006 Central American and Caribbean Games.
Carmichael also coached 2001 NCAA All-American athlete Melissa Gibbons as she competed for Jamaica in the shot put and discus at the 2002 British Commonwealth Games.
In 1999, Carmichael guided April Malveo to double All-American honors in shot put and discus, and Olivia McKoy to one All-American honor as throwers at Louisiana Tech. These two student-athletes scored 13 points at the NCAA Division I Track and Field Championships that season. As a team, Louisiana Tech scored a program-best finish of 17th at that NCAA Championships, all of the points coming from the throwing events. This was McKoy's second time as All-American, as she finished as National Runner-Up in the javelin in 1998 as well.
Malveo ended up ranking in the top eight in the nation in the discus in 1998 and 1999, and finished as a finalist in the 2000 U.S. Olympic team trials. McKoy went on the represent Jamaica in the 2000 Olympic Games in Sydney, Australia, was a bronze medalist in the 2006 British Commonwealth Games, and again was an Olympic Games competitor in Bejing, China, in 2008. She is the Jamaican national record holder in the javelin.
From 1988-91, Carmichael coached at Essex High School in Vermont where he guided 10 state championship throwers during his time as an assistant coach at the school.
Carmichael was the inaugural head coach of cross country and track and field at Meramec Community College in St. Louis, MO, from 1968-70. He produced NJCAA All-Americans in the long jump and high jump during his time at Meramec.
Carmichael completed the Ph.D degree in education in 1974 from Michigan State University. During the years of 1974-1991, Carmichael held academic faculty appointments in physical education/special education at the University of Virginia, Michigan State University and the University of Vermont.
Carmichael is a graduate of Bethel Park High School (PA) where he competed in cross country and track and field. He was a four-year letterman in track and field at Kent State University where he earned a bachelor's degree in 1967 and was a Graduate Assistant Coach assisting the USA Track Coaches Association Hall of Fame legend, Douglas L. Raymond while completing a Master's Degree in education in 1968.
Carmichael and his wife, Diane, are the parents of four grown children and have three grandchildren.
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I'm James Hague, a recovering programmer who has been designing video games since the 1980s. This is Why You Spent All that Time Learning to Program and The Pure Tech Side is the Dark Side are good places to start.
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Turning Your Code Inside Out
If I gave this assignment to a class of novice programmers:
Write a C program to sum the elements of an array and display the results. Include five test cases.
I'd expect multiple people would come up with a function like this:
There's a cute new programmer-ism in that solution: displaying the output is built into
sum_array instead of returning the sum and printing it elsewhere. Really, it's hard to see why that one extra line is a bad idea, at least up front. It prevents duplication of the
printf call, which is good, right? But tack on an extra requirement such as "Use your array summing function to compute the total sum of three arrays," and there will be an "Ohhhhh, I don't want that print in there" moment.
The design error was obvious in this example, but it crops up in other cases where it isn't so immediately clear.
Let's say we're writing a video game and there's a function to spawn an attacker. To alert the player of the incoming danger, there's a sound accompanying the appearance of each new attacker, so it makes sense to play that sound inside
Now suppose we want to spawn five attackers at the same time by calling
new_attacker in a loop. Five attackers are created as expected, but now five identical sounds are starting during the same frame. Those five sounds will be perfectly overlaid on top of each other, at best sounding five times louder than normal and at worst breaking-up because the audio levels are too high. As a bonus, we're taking up five audio channels so the player can hear this mess.
The solution is conceptually the same as the
sum_array example: take the sound playing out of
new_attacker and let the caller handle it. Now there's a single function call to start a sound followed by a loop that creates the attackers.
Why am I bothering to talk about this?
This method of turning your code inside out is the secret to solving what appear to be hopelessly state-oriented problems in a purely functional style. Push the statefulness to a higher level and let the caller worry about it. Keep doing that as much as you can, and you'll end up with the bulk of the code being purely functional.
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Liverpool Football Club has today announced that they will take part in a pre-season fixture against Celtic in Dublin.
The game will be played at the Aviva Stadium on Saturday, August 10 with kick-off at 5.30pm BST. Tickets will be priced between €10-55 and will go on sale later this month.
Billy Hogan, chief commercial officer at Liverpool FC, said: "We last played Celtic almost a decade ago so we are thrilled to get this event in our pre-season calendar.
"Both at Liverpool and Celtic, we are fortunate to have two of the most passionate fan bases in the world and this fixture in Dublin is a chance to bring them together once again."
The Bhoys were the first team Liverpool faced following the Hillsborough tragedy as part of a memorial fixture on April 30, 1989. It was at this game when both sets of supporters truly connected as Celtic fans cheered each of the four goals Liverpool scored.
The Reds last played the Scottish champions in a pre-season friendly in Connecticut, USA in July 2004.
Both clubs share a wealth of history spanning more than 120 years each. Celtic were the first British club to win the European Cup in 1967 and Liverpool were the first British club to win the European Cup five times.
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In time, and with water, everything changes.
-Leonardo da Vinci
'The Low Branches,' Christina Gleixner and Matt Klimas, are integral participants and stalwart supporters of the Richmond music scene. In tandem with their music, their design work has become representative of Richmond Indie Folk, highlighted by contributions to both The Listening Room and The Foundry. The same characteristics can be found in both their graphic work and their song craft: minimalist construction, deliberate design and a proclivity towards nature.
The Low Branches first official ep: "Sinking, Rising" is being released on Church Hill Records and debuts this month on January 21st. Recorded at The Richmond Ballet with Allen Bergendahl, of Viking Recording Co., the album captures the open spaces of its setting and the watery ghosts of the James River, running just south.
Prevalent on the record are hallmarks of 'The Low Branches' sound: Gleixner's elegant voice, decorous guitar; Klimas's bare boned percussion and baritone ukulele. An inspired addition to the group is Joshua Quarles, whose cello arrangements are meticulously tailored to each song. Adam Tsai from 'Nick Coward and The Last Battle" also contributes finely suited lap steel on the penultimate number: 'Inside the Breath.'
Throw me in the water
Throw me in the water
We'll sink to the bottom together,
two stones who can't move
This introductory song displays the group's acute intuition towards pacing, the use of space, and meticulous song structure. The lyrics bring to the front recurring motifs of water, the importance of action, and the association of self with the observed environment. Nature is addressed, personified and given voice.
We stood bare, ankles in mud
Our cheeks touched the yellow,
reflections mirrored on our skin
A cello swell leads to the chorus where the singer and her companion meditate upon the flora along the banks of the Rappahannock tributary-- a beautiful lyrical moment which makes way for my favorite verse:
We stretched out, hands in the air
Our fingers moved the shadows,
the branches spreading on our skin
As the subjects interact, Klimas's voice gently supports Gleixner's--again, the music in parallel with the lyrical content. The song ends with an ethereal vocal and the line:
We fell hushed
Unfold Your Hands Like a Map
This slow waltz begins and ends with a careful picking pattern and a wistful electric guitar line.
A darkness imbues the plaintive melody and intimate lyrics as the singer is compelled to follow the subject, finding an incongruity between reality and the machinations of the mind:
I wanted to take you away
unfold your hands like a map
I never intended to follow you, but
the path keeps leading me on
across your palm
Oh, you keep me calm in my thoughts, but
when I reach you, nothing comes on–
Nothing at all
Dipsacus Fullonum
You hold, you hold
the water in your hands
You pull, you pull
the wool between your teeth
The tempo of this song successfully brings the record back up from the preceding fathoms. Klimas's introduction of the glockenspiel adds lightness while the lyrics address nature as subject. 'Dipsacus Fullonum' is a plant comprised of lavender flowers that dry to a spiney cone used for teasing wool. 'Dipsacus' is Greek for 'I thirst,' as the leaves of the plant catch water for sustenance and protection. Moving beyond the literal into metaphor, the act of holding water in one's hands is a responsible, trustworthy and nurturing action. Pulling wool denotes the making felt --a beautiful handcraft using the wools' inherent nature to make clothing for human warmth and comfort.
Inside the Breath
Glockenspiel and the addition of Tsai's lap steel work together to further lighten the music into a contemplative ballad. An intimate meditation on relationships, the singer and her companion are now indivisible from nature, taking the role of water:
Take me and spread me all over
your hands. Like water I'll sink
through the layers of your sand
The lyrical poetry of the record reaches its pinnacle during the lead-up to the soaring chorus:
And my body will stretch in the tide
as it moves, Inside the breath of your
voice as it soothes
'Rising' reprise of the intro-- a proper outro for the record. The low cello is now gone, and in its place Klimas's light piano lifts as Gleixner's lyrical action changes from sinking to rising:
Hold me in the water
Hold me in the water
We'll rise to the surface
like bodies lifted up
from the dead.
The introduction and the conclusion of the album suggest the concept that the entirety of the work is to be considered a process. Of course anything experienced is a process of senses, but in this case there is a more profound connotation indicated by the title: rising and setting, ebb and flow, birth and death and rebirth--the ritual of water and ablution for spiritual restoration. "Rising' ends with a beautiful self harmony before concluding on the same chord on which the record began. A continuing cycle.
"Sinking, Rising" is aptly represented by its cover imagery-- river stones, polished over time by water. Like the ancient curative nature of river stone, the album itself nurtures as it wraps the listener in blankets of melody and poem--leading to a restoration of temper and calm.
'The Low Branches' bring to the Richmond Scene a subtle, deliberate beauty that's been missing since the departure of the likes of Spokane and Patrick Phelan. This record stands as an exquisite testament to the spirit and skill of their craft.
Live in beauty... see in beauty... go in beauty...
-Black Elk
The CD release show for 'Sinking, Rising' will be held at The Firehouse Theatre on January 21st. For further details refer the Event Page
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What do you think about Casey Cooper (COOP3RDRUMM3R)
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Re: What do you think about Casey Cooper (COOP3RDRUMM3R)
I actually read this whole thread too.
First, I personally have no interest in youtube covers, and it's been a while (when this thread
first came around) since I checked out some of the cooperdrummer videos. So I believe
I'm not biased at all in either way.
As most have said too, I was impressed by the mature, eloquent and professional way
Casey chimed in "his" thread.
Then, as the thread went on, surprisingly almost all responses stayed or even got more
negative, almost all people seem to try to put down what he does. Honestly I don't really
get why. I really don't care about his thing, so it doesn't bother me at all. Also he as a person
doesn't bother me at all either, because he seems to be a friendly, hard working guy who
knows what he wants, knows what he can do (and what he can't), and has success. Many
older musicians don't seem to get that nowadays a "career" in youtube is a career, too, as
though it doesn't fit the traditional picture of career-making anymore.
As for Casey, I for myself am equally impressed with ALL of his replies - I mean COME ON,
even criticize him for replying numerous times is ridiculous, isn't it? He never got
personal or cheap, or insulting. Granted, noone did I think, but it's obvious that he or
what he does gets attacked from all around. We all know many forum members who just
needed one guy that picked on them, and they got all upset, personally attacked, and thus
started to behave in a way the Mods could easily banned them (and did so rightly). It really
seems now that some guys - who I otherwise know as positive, friendly, helping members -
can't back off and kind of wait for Casey to turn around, for things to get uglier, and for the
ban hammer to strike.
Again, I'm not "for" or "against" one or the other, I have nothing whatsoever against Casey
and what he does, just no interest. And I have nothing against the discussion, as I think some
points are very valid, and though hard, very true. But I do think this thread got very one-sided,
and I think people have to let it go. To me it really looks that now everybody's
to find new reasons and thoughts to hold against him. If I got criticized that much, I'd
want to defend myself, too. Who wouldn't?
Just to give it another perspective... Maybe it's one for the unpopular opinion thread...!?
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The H-Town Countdown, No. 8: Devin the Dude's Just Tryin' Ta Live
Roughly 84,000 rap albums that have been released in Houston since 1989. We're counting down the 25 best of all time every Thursday. Got a problem with the list? Shove it. Just kidding. Friendship. Email it to firstname.lastname@example.com. Devin the Dude Just Tryin' Ta Live (Rap-a-Lot/Asylum, 2002)
In the comments section of last week's entry, we mentioned how, with the exception of the top two picks, organizing these last few albums was like licking razor blades. And, honestly, it really was just awful. Imagine a man giving you a handful of index cards that were all the same perfectly royal blue color. And then they were like, "Yo, organize these cards from least to greatest by orange-ness. Oh, and here..." and then he punched you in both eyes and said you only had nine seconds to finish. That would've been less stressful. And there was not one single album on this list that was more difficult to place than Just Tryin' Ta Live, Devin the Dude's sophomore LP. Devin is a genius. He'll object to the claim if you mention it to him, but we're certain of this. His rubbery coo is warm and buzzy and wise, and he wields it without inhibition. Pussy, pot, poop, whatever; he's about it. But regardless of the apparent subject matter of his songs, his lyrics are almost always weighted with chunks of introspective brilliance.
We've yet to flush out the underlying meaning of "Broccoli and Cheese," the track from Waiting To Inhale where he imparts that his genitals are the perfect dinner accoutrement. Maybe it's a take on the cultural aftershock of Liberia electing the first female president of an African country in 2006? Who knows? He has a partiality for role-playing to disambiguate incisive observations. And he possesses a constitutional ability to storytell while sounding completely natural. Somehow, each and every one of his strengths are on display on this album. Structurally, Just Tryin' Ta Live is airtight. DJ Premier ("Doobie Ashtray") and Dr. Dre ("It's A Shame") both produced tracks for it. Nas features on it ("Some Of 'Em"). The Odd Squad features on it ("Fa Sho'" and the title track). And Devin played a part in composing all of the songs, so they all feel interconnected and part of something more substantial than themselves, which will always give credence to any Devin album where this happens. But the functionality of the effort is what clawed this album up to the No. 8 spot, because there seriously has never been anything from any other Houston artist that's even gotten close to accomplishing what he did here: Creating a genuinely loopy trek through the ethereal cosmos of hip-hop's fringes.
Just Tryin' Ta Live is self-effacing, aware, wickedly contemplative hip-hop packaged slyly in stoner euphemisms, bathroom humor and existentialism. You know how right before you fall asleep everything in the universe seems to make perfect sense? That's what Devin captured here. How the fuck are you supposed to rank that? References 9. E.S.G., Ocean of Funk 10: OG Style, We Know How To Play 'Em 11. Z-Ro, Let The Truth Be Told 12. Street Military, Don't Give a Damn 13. DJ Screw, 3 N' Tha Mornin' Pt. 2 (Blue) 14. Trae, Restless 15: Chamillionaire, Mixtape Messiah 16: Bushwick Bill, Little Big Man 17: SPM, Never Change 18: Swishahouse, The Day Hell Broke Loose 19: Chamillionaire and Paul Wall, Get Ya Mind Correct 20: Z-Ro, The Life of Joseph W. McVey 21: Ganksta NIP, South Park Psycho 22: Big Hawk, H.A.W.K. 23: K-Rino, Time Traveler 24: Pimp C, Pimpalation 25: Big Moe, City of Syrup Read the rules of The Countdown here.
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An exercise motivating system which rewards the exerciser with allowable TV viewing time includes a component interactive with an exercise modality to generate a responsive signal proportionate to the amount of exertion or work done. The responsive signal is received by an accumulating component which converts it to a stored control medium. A control module is interposed between a source of household electrical current and an electrical appliance such as a TV set. The control module physically couples with the accumulating component and processes the stored control medium in a manner to operate the appliance for a time duration proportionate to the amount of exercise effort recorded by the accumulating component.
1. An exercise motivating system interactive with an appliance which operates on household electrical current, said system comprising:
A. generator means responsive to an exercise activity to generate a signal proportionate to the amount of exertion applied by an exerciser in said activity, said signal being a stream of digital information,
B. accumulator means removably associated with said generator means for receiving said generated signal and converting it to a stored control medium as instructional information, said removable association including a lock and key configuration which thwarts unauthorized input to said accumulator means, and
C. a control module interposed between a source of household electrical current and an appliance operable on said current and adapted to physically couple with said accumulator means, said control module adapted to receive and process instructional information in a manner to operate said appliance for a time duration proportionate to said amount of exercise exertion.
2. The system of
3. The system of
4. The system of
5. An exercise motivating system interactive with an appliance which operates on household electrical current, said system comprising:
A. generator means responsive to an exercise activity to generate a signal proportionate to the amount of exertion applied by an exerciser in said activity, said signal being a stream of digital information produced only when the exerciser's heart rate is between 40% and 80% of maximum capacity,
B. accumulator means removably associated with said generator means f or receiving said generated signal and converting it to a stored control medium, as instructional information, said removable association including a lock and key configuration which thwarts unauthorized input to said accumulator means, and
C. a control module interposed between a source of household electrical current and an appliance operable on said current and adapted to physically couple with said accumulator means, said control module adapted to receive and process instructional information in a manner to operate said appliance for a time duration proportionate to said amount of exercise exertion.
1. Field of the Invention
This invention concerns a system for motivating individuals to perceive the advantages of exercise activity, and more particularly relates to apparatus which requires that exercise activity be performed as a prerequisite for engagement in sedentary activity.
2. Description of the Prior Art
It is well established that physical fitness, developed by way of a regular regimen of exercise activity is beneficial from a health standpoint. Unfortunately, children and young adults often avoid exercise for various reasons, and instead spend long hours in sedentary activity such as watching TV, playing video games, or engaging in other computer-related activities. Such electrically operated devices are of commonplace occurrence and readily accessible in most households.
Several types of exercise equipment are available for household use. Such equipment typically requires repetitive movement, and includes stationary bicycles, treadmills and rowing machines. Many individuals purchase such exercise devices, then do not use them on a regular basis because of a lack of suitable motivation.
Various devices and systems have been proposed for motivating children and adolescents to utilize home exercise equipment. The basic principle of such systems generally is to cause the individual to earn by way of exercise the privilege of participating in sedentary activities such as watching TV. Most such systems reward the exerciser by way of switching devices which activate a TV set, computer or other electrical appliance.
An early approach to the coupling of exercise activity with the operation of an electrical appliance is disclosed in U.S. Pat. No. 4,298,893 to Hohnes in which an exercise bicycle is caused to generate sufficient electricity to power a television set. Although a simple concept, it is unlikely that a generator driven by a bicycle can produce sufficient electrical power at a sustained uniform rate to operate a TV set.
U.S. Pat. No. 6,179,746 to Delman discloses a system wherein a bicycle, when operated at a predetermined intensity level, enables the exercising person to watch a TV set. This system requires that the TV set be directly in front of the bicycle for viewing, and requires an electrical connection between the bicycle and the TV set. Because Delman's system operates only during exercise, it does not permit use of a computer, video game or any other appliance that requires use of the hands or other specialized physical or mental involvement.
Other systems which reward the exerciser by permitting TV viewing or video game operation during exercise at a predetermined intensity are disclosed in U.S. Pat. Nos. 4,542,897; 5,591,104; 4,976,435; 4,512,567; 4,637,605; 5,001,632; 5,362,069; and 5,839,990.
Many of the aforesaid prior systems involve complex, expensive components. It should also be noted that popular exercise routines on stationary exercise bicycles involve varied intensity levels which simulate an outdoor bicycle path or road having occasional hills. Such varied intensity routine not only adds interest to the exercise activity, but has beneficial physiological consequences. None of the prior systems provide credit to the exerciser for periods of low intensity exertion, or for the total amount of exertion, as may best be expressed by calories burned or cumulative effort as related to total heart rate activity.
Prior systems cannot provide a cumulative benefit for two or more exercise sessions. Such prior systems, by requiring that the reward for the exertion be limited to the watching of TV during exercising and in close proximity to the bicycle, may dampen a child's enthusiasm for the activity. Also, prior systems are dependent upon the use of indoor exercise devices such as bicycles and treadmills that have rotatively moving components which can be coupled to an electrical generator that produces an electrical current proportional to the rate of rotation of said moving component. The prior systems cannot accommodate outdoor exercise activities such as running, biking, rowing, skating, skiing, etc.
It is accordingly an object of the present invention to provide an exercise motivating system that rewards an exercising person by permitting operation of an electrical appliance for a duration of time proportionate to accumulated measured exertion in exercise activity.
It is another object of this invention to provide an exercise motivating system as in the foregoing object wherein said electrical appliance may be remote from the site of said exercise activity.
It is a further object of the present invention to provide an exercise motivating system of the aforesaid nature wherein said electrical appliance may be operated at a time subsequent to said exercise activity.
It is yet another object of this invention to provide an exercise motivating system of the aforesaid nature having simple components amenable to low cost manufacture and installation.
These objects and other objects and advantages of the invention will be apparent from the following description.
The above and other beneficial objects and advantages are accomplished in accordance with the present invention by an exercise motivating system interactive with an appliance which operates on household electrical current, said system comprising:
In one embodiment, the exercise activity involves an indoor exercise apparatus having a component that undergoes rotary motion, such as the wheel of a bicycle or the trunnion shafts of a treadmill. In such embodiment, said generator means as an electrical generator, said responsive signal is an electrical current, said accumulator means is a rechargeable storage cell battery, and said stored control medium is an electrical charge. Alternatively, the generator means may be an electronic component of an exercise apparatus, and adapted to produce an output signal in the form of a heart rate, or accumulated calories burned based upon resistance level, rate of motion, and duration of exercise. An example of such apparatus is the Lifecycle stationary bicycle, manufactured by Life Fitness, Inc. of Irvine, Calif. Still another example of generator means is a monitor of the type generally used in running or other exercise modalities for producing a digital read out of heart rate. In such instances, the generated signal is digital information, and the accumulator means is a conventional tape, disc or computer chip device for recording and storing digital signals in the form of instructional information.
For a fuller understanding of the nature and objects of the invention, reference should be had to the following detailed description taken in connection with the accompanying drawing forming a part of this specification and in which similar numerals of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the figures of the drawing:
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Accumulator means, in the form of rechargeable storage battery 13 is joined by way of electrical conductor wire 14 and detachment clamp 15 to generator 12. Once detached from said generator, battery 13 or comparable digital information storage device is adapted to connect via clamp 15 to the input connector 16 of control module 17 which is electrically interposed between a household electrical wall receptacle 18 and an appliance such as TV set 19 which is operated on electrical current supplied from receptacle 18.
Drive wheel 11 may have a rubber perimeter adapted to frictionally contact the side surface of bicycle wheel 10 without slippage. A suitable mounting bracket may be employed to mount the generator in secure engagement with wheel 10. Generator 12 is designed to provide a storable direct current or other electrical signal output. In some embodiments, a transmission mechanism may be employed to couple the generator to the intensity level setting of the exercise apparatus, whereby the storable electrical output produced by the generator will be proportionate to the exertion level or work performed on the exercise apparatus. In the several embodiments of this invention, the generator will be programmed to produce a response signal only when the exerciser's exertion heart rate is between about 40% and 80% of maximum capacity, as determined by standardized charts that accompany most current exercise equipment, said maximum heart rate being age-dependent. By virtue of such heart rate criteria, the exerciser will receive no exercise credit, in the form of a response signal from the generator, when he is at rest, and there is no incentive to exercise at an unhealthy heart rate for the purpose of generating greater credit for exercising.
Storage battery 13, when employed as the accumulator means, is of the rechargeable type, and may, for example employ nickel hydride, lithium, silver or nickel/cadmium chemical components. The battery is further characterized in being able to accept a charge at varied voltages, and is compatible with the voltage range of the output from the generator. The accumulator means may alternatively be a tape or disc or computer chip device interactive with a generator component that outputs a response signal in the form of a digitized stream of information. The response signal, which may be indicative of the number or rate of rotations or oscillations of a moving component of an exercise apparatus, or heart beat rate, or accumulated calories burned is recorded as stored computer-readable information in the accumulator means. The accumulator means, for example battery 13, is connected to said generator means by a lock-and-key configuration incorporated into clamp 15, whereby the battery will not accept an input response signal from any unauthorized source.
The clamp 15 of the battery and the input connector 16 of control module also have a lock-and-key configuration whereby only the output from battery 15 can activate control module 17. Any other battery, or source of D.C. voltage or computerized data would not communicate with said control module without proper lock-and-key connectivity.
Control module 17 may employ the principle of a solenoid-type on/off switch or electronic control module wherein D.C. current from battery 13 maintains a switch in a closed state, thereby connecting TV set 19 or other appliance to household electrical current such as 110 volt A.C. supplied from wall receptacle 18. When the stored control medium, such as D.C. current from battery 13, becomes depleted, the solenoid-type switch or control module will open, thereby disconnecting current from said wall receptacle.
Control module 17 is secured to TV set 19 in a manner preventing bypass by an unauthorized electrical conductor communicating directly to the TV set from another source of household electrical current.
By virtue of the aforesaid components and their manner of interaction, the exercising person can accumulate or "bank" credit for exercise activity, and such "credit" can be spent at any time and on any electrical appliance compatible with this system, regardless of location within the house or within another, similarly equipped house.
While particular examples of the present invention have been shown and described, it is apparent that changes and modifications may be made therein without departing from the invention in its broadest aspects. The aim of the appended claims, therefore, is to cover all such changes and modifications as fall within the true spirit and scope of the invention.
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A fed-up West New York assistant teacher has started a petition to turn the town's school board from appointive into elective positions.
Carlos Flores, a special education assistant teacher at School 1, said his petition would add a question to the next general election ballot asking if residents want to amend the education ordinance to change the town from a Type I school district to a Type II.
In a Type I district, the Board of Education members are appointed in West New York's case by Mayor Felix Roque. In a Type II district, the board members are elected.
"They should be selected by the people, not appointed by the mayor and influenced by his political interests," he said.


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School cross country: CBA sweeps Big 10
Wednesday, October 23, 2013
Christian Brothers Academy won three Big 10 cross country team titles Wednesday, with its freshmen and junior varsity groups dominating just as its varsity contingent did in taking the top spot for the first time since 1994.
The CBA varsity got a win from Justin Val Epps, and had its five scoring runners among the top seven. CBA scored 23 points while second place Notre Dame-Bishop Gibbons had 96.
Like the varsity, the CBA JV team had five runners in the top seven. CBA's freshman team had five runners in the top eight.
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Congressman Lacy Clay Files for Divorce and a Democratic Loyalist Does What He Can to Help
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The local law journal Missouri Lawyers Weekly first reported the news last week. Gossip columnist Deb Peterson then picked the item up for her stltoday.com blog.
Yesterday, Post-Dispatch reporter Jake Wagman went down to the courthouse to view the file where he was stonewalled by the over-reaching court clerk Mariano Favazza.
Instead of handing the file over to Wagman -- as is his job -- Favazza instead phoned Clay (a fellow Democrat several several notches up the food chain from Favazza) to make sure that the congressman's attorneys didn't want to have the file sealed.
Thus began Favazza's game of keep-away.
Lacy's attorney was in Russia yesterday, but that didn't stop him from responding to Favazza's inquiry with a long-distance call to the judge asking to seal the case. Permission granted.
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Personally, I doubt such info was available in a divorce petition especially since it was Lacy Clay who supposedly filed the paperwork and not his wife. (It's extremely unlikely that he would mark "infidelity" as the reason for the divorce. My money is on "irreconcilable differences.")
Clay's attorney -- speaking by phone from Moscow -- told Wagman that he requested the file sealed in order to protect the couple's financial information. And because it's "best for the kids."
Yeah. Right.
While I'm on the topic, I have my own little Lacy Clay story to share. So, this past November -- the day of the general election -- I'm at a stoplight on Kingshighway when a passenger in a green BMW next to me rolls down the window and sends a cigarette butt bouncing off my car and into the street.
"Nice," I thought to myself. "Real classy."
But what most shocked me about the act was when I made eye contact with the cigarette tosser. It was none other than Lacy Clay!
I guess the congressman didn't need to worry about appearances that day. He was running for re-election against a Libertarian candidate and easily won 93 percent of the vote.
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Policy Basics: The Child Tax Credit
December 4, 2014
Enacted in 1997 and expanded with bipartisan support since 2001, the Child Tax Credit (CTC) helps working families offset the cost of raising children. It is worth up to $1,000 per eligible child (under age 17 at the end of the tax year).
Taxpayers eligible for the credit subtract it from the total amount of federal income taxes they would otherwise owe. For example, if a couple with two qualifying children would owe $4,600 in taxes without the credit, they would owe $2,600 in taxes with it, because the credit would reduce their tax bill by $1,000 for each child.
Helping Low-Income Working Families
The CTC includes a refundable component, the Additional Child Tax Credit. This means that if the value of the CTC exceeds the amount of federal income tax a family owes, the family may receive part or all of the difference in the form of a refund check. As a result, many working families can still benefit from the credit even if their incomes are so low that they owe little or no federal income tax in a given year. These families still pay payroll taxes, however.
When filing taxes for 2014 (due in April 2015), working families can receive a refund equal to 15 percent of their earnings above $3,000, up to the credit's full $1,000-per-child value. For example, a single mother with two children who earns $14,000 in 2014 could receive 15 percent of $11,000, or $1,650, as a refund.
This refundability feature is important for low-income working families, who otherwise wouldn't receive the tax benefits available to higher-income families to help offset the cost of raising children.
Reducing Poverty and Expanding Children's Opportunities
The value of the CTC increases with a household's earnings, up to the $1,000-per-child limit. A family that earns less than $3,000 is ineligible for the credit, however, and a family with two children that earns between $3,000 and $16,330 receives only a partial credit.
Despite these shortcomings, the CTC is a powerful weapon against poverty. In 2013 it protected approximately 3.1 million people from poverty, including about 1.7 million children, and reduced the severity of poverty for another 13.7 million people, including 6.8 million children. In combination with the Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC), it lifts even more families with children out of poverty (see figure). Many of these low-income families are ineligible for other tax-based assistance for children, like the Child and Dependent Care Tax Credit, which is not refundable.
Also, research suggests that boosting working families' incomes can expand opportunities for children, such as by improving school performance. Lifting low-income families' income when a child is young not only tends to improve a child's immediate well-being, but is associated with better health, more schooling, more hours worked, and higher earnings in adulthood, research has found.
Because higher-income households are less in need of help meeting the cost of raising children, couples with two children and incomes above $110,000 ($75,000 for single or head-of-household filers) receive a smaller CTC, and those with incomes above $150,000 ($115,000 for singles and household heads) receive no CTC.
Strengthening the Child Credit
The 2001 and 2003 Bush tax cuts expanded the Child Tax Credit from $500 per child to $1,000 and made it partly refundable.
The 2009 Recovery Act further strengthened the CTC to reach many more low-income working families and boosted the credit for many families receiving only a partial credit. CBPP analysis of Census data shows that these changes lifted 1.1 million people above the poverty line in 2013, under a poverty measure that counts not only cash income but also taxes and government benefits.
The American Taxpayer Relief Act, enacted in January 2013, made the 2001 and 2003 expansions permanent but extended the 2009 provisions only through 2017.
For more on the CTC and EITC, see "Earned Income Tax Credit Promotes Work, Encourages Children's Success at School, Research Finds."


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In a debate yesterday, Barbara Comstock, GOP candidate for Congress from Virginia's 10th District, compared the tracking of immigrants to the tracking of Fedex packages.
I think first and foremost we need to stop playing politics with this, secure the borders, and just do it. We know how to do it. Fedex can track packages coming in here all the time. We can track people who are coming into the country, and we can do that right.
Comstock is not alone in her dehumanization of people coming to the U.S. Last year, Ken Cuccinelli compared immigrants to rats: "It is worse than our immigration policy. You can't break up rat families…and you can't even kill 'em."
People in Virginia and around the country need to know about the hateful rhetoric coming from the Right and the extremist views held by candidates vying for leadership positions. These are not fringe conservatives, but candidates in contested races who could eventually influence how immigration policy is shaped and the way our country is run.
Immigrants are not Fedex packages to be tracked, families of rats, or drug runners with "calves the size of cantaloupes."
Here's a round-up of last week's Right Wing immigration hysteria:
Following David Perdue's win last week in the Georgia GOP Senate runoff, People For the American Way released a Spanish-language radio ad today challenging Perdue's history on jobs, workers' rights, and immigration. The ad exposes Perdue's record of exploiting workers in the private sector and his careless attitude about immigration reform, addressing issues important to voters.
This is the latest effort of PFAW's award-winning Latino vote program working to mobilize Latino voters in key states, a constituency that can have a significant impact on elections, by highlighting the extreme views of GOP candidates.
Latinos currently make up more than 9 percent of Georgia's population—enough to play a critical role in choosing the state's next senator and governor.
The ad is running in Atlanta starting today until August 6. You can hear the Spanish version of the ad here.
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As we're dealing with the refugee crisis on the southern border, right-wing elected officials have amped up their inappropriate, inflammatory rhetoric to dehumanize immigrants and attack immigration reform:
Of course, elected extremists aren't the only ones making outrageous statements:
The Right Wing's inflammatory rhetoric distorts the reality of the crisis, causing more conflict and damage.
A group of conservative evangelical leaders has been pushing their fellow conservatives to embrace immigration reform, in part as a way to make the Religious Right and the Republican Party more appealing to the nation's growing Latino population. Ralph Reed has been among those supporting the idea of a comprehensive reform bill, but at his Faith & Freedom Coalition's "Road to Majority" conference in Washington DC, many of the "Teavangelical" activists – people who are part of both the Tea Party and Religious Right movement – aren't buying.
Rev. Samuel Rodriguez, who has been telling white evangelicals that they should embrace an influx of Jesus-loving Latinos as the salvation of Christianity in America, spoke in Friday morning's session. He urged attendees not to drink the anti-immigrant "Kool-aid." He told them not to believe the charge that 11 million immigrants would become Democratic voters if given citizenship. The conservative movement does not exist to conserve pigmentation or a white majority, he said, and it needs some "salsa sauce" on top.
Unfortunately for Rodriguez and his fellow proponents of immigration reform, two previous speakers, Gary Bauer and Allen West, had already spoken in disparaging terms about the bipartisan "Gang of Eight" immigration reform bill moving through the Senate. Bauer said Republicans in Washington spend too much time listening to consultants rather than standing firm on their principles. "You don't have to go off and pass amnesty," he said. Former Congressman Allen West said that the "illegal immigration and amnesty bill" would make life harder for African Americans. And immediately following Rodriguez to the microphone was Phyllis Schlafly, who ramped up the rhetoric, telling attendees that they should threaten to run primary challengers against Senate Republicans who voted for the immigration bill.
Driving home that message was Colleen Holcomb, executive director of Schlafly's Eagle Forum. Holcomb was part of a panel on immigration reform that was moderated by Carlos Campo, president of Pat Robertson's Regent University. Campo, who backs immigration reform, introduced Holcomb as a Regent alum, but that didn't deter her from making slashing attacks on the Senate immigration bill. In fact, she at least indirectly criticized Campo and Ralph Reed himself when she said she was "profoundly offended" when faith leaders suggested that there was a biblical mandate for this kind of bill. She urged people to take advantage of resources available at www.stopgangof8.com. Holcomb later agreed with a questioner that it was an "outrageous lie" to suggest that the Senate bill reflects conservative principles.
Panelist Carlos Curbelo of the Miami-Dade County School Board tried to convince audience members that the current bill is not "amnesty" the way the 1986 immigration bill had been. Another panelist, state rep Steve Montenegro of Arizona, said the bill needed to include stronger border security provisions. When he asked for a show of hands – not a single person said they trusted that the Senate bill would secure the border. And when he followed up, asking in effect, but how many of you would be willing to work with provisions of the bill if it did secure the border, very few hands went up.
It seems clear that Reed's audience is more in sync with Schlafly than Rodriguez. That may be why Reed, who says reform should reflect Judeo-Christian principles – which he says include strengthening the family, respecting the rule of law, meeting the needs of the U.S. economy, and including "enforcement triggers" on border security – is also careful to include vehement denunciations of "amnesty" and "guaranteed paths to citizenship for illegal immigrants currently residing in the country."
A new poll by the Public Religion Research Institute and Brookings Institution documents that broad and growing support for comprehensive immigration reform, including a path to citizenship for immigrants now in the country illegally, cuts across religious and political lines. Sixty-three percent of Americans, including majorities of all religious groups, agree that immigration reform should provide a path to citizenship, along with 71% of Democrats, 64% of independents, and 53% of Republicans. The survey's unusually large size – 4,465 interviews conducted in both English and Spanish – allowed the pollsters to draw conclusions about religious and political subgroups.
In a panel discussion of the poll results in Washington, D.C. on Thursday, March 21, Brookings fellow William Galston pointed out that 58% of white working class Americans support the DREAM Act and 56% support reform that includes a path to citizenship.
Columnist and Brookings fellow E.J. Dionne noted that the "halfway" position that has been promoted by some Republicans – a legal status that falls short of citizenship – is the least popular of three options among rank-and-file Republicans – after a path to citizenship and mass deportation. Dionne noted that on immigration reform the Republican leadership has a "coalition management problem" that Democrats do not face.
On that point, Robert Jones, CEO of the Public Religion Research Institute, said that the Tea Party represented the biggest challenge for pro-reform Republicans. Tea Party supporters were the only group expressing majority support for a "self-deportation" strategy. Among Republicans, 57% of evangelicals not associated with the Tea Party support a path to citizenship. Among non-evangelical Tea Party members, support for a path to citizenship is 46%; support drops to 44% among Republicans who are white evangelicals and Tea Party members. Jones said this "Teavangelicals" group constitutes about 10 percent of the Republican rank-and-file; in contrast, Republicans who are neither Tea Partiers or evangelicals make up nearly half of those who consider themselves Republicans and 54% of them support a path to citizenship.
The anti-immigrant Federation for American Immigration Reform (FAIR) is none too happy with this week's bipartisan Senate immigration reform proposal, which includes a path to citizenship for undocumented immigrants. In an interview with the American Family Association's Sandy Rios, FAIR communications director Bob Dane singled out Sen. Marco Rubio of Florida, one of the GOP's strongest voices in favor of reform. Dane said that Rubio is like Pac-Man, who "ran along the edge of the screen on the right side and then disappeared [until] he sort of suddenly reappeared on the left."
Echoing right-wing immigration reform opponents like Jim DeMint, Steve King and Bryan Fischer, Dane argued that supporting immigration reform would ultimately lead to the GOP's "self-destruction" because undocumented immigrants are "heavily government-dependent" and are "all going to vote Democrat."
Rios: Are you disappointed that Marco Rubio has come down the way he's come down on this issue?
Dane: Look, Rubio is a good guy. It reminds me of the old Pac-Man video game. When Pac-Man ran along the edge of the screen on the right side and then disappeared, he sort of suddenly reappeared on the left, back onto the playing field. The Republicans are pushing amnesty. Rubio is either going to be the hero or the goat on this, this could go either way, this is a very high-wire act for him.
It's a knee-jerk reaction by Republicans to Romney's poor showing with Hispanics in the recent election. But they've got to be very careful. Frankly, our opinion is the Republicans, the GOP is setting the stage for a self-destruction. Here's why. An amnesty bill is going to split that party. The Republicans aren't going to get any credit. And finally, what sense does it make to grant an amnesty to 12 million heavily government-dependent illegal aliens when they're all going to vote Democrat?
Former South Carolina senator Jim DeMint, the incoming president of the Heritage Foundation, spoke with Janet Mefferd yesterday about immigration reform and the future of the GOP.
DeMint was unhappy with President Obama's immigration proposal and the bipartisan framework presented this week in the Senate, both of which include a path to citizenship for undocumented immigrants. Democrats, he claimed, "are much more interested in new voters and union members than they are in fixing the system and honoring our heritage of immigration."
Unfortunately, and I've worked with the folks who are advocating for this for a number of years and it appears the Democrats are much more interested in new voters and union members than they are in fixing the system and honoring our heritage of immigration. I don't think we can help our naturalized American citizens by tearing down those things that create the opportunity in our country, and border sovereignty, rule of law, those things create the freedom and opportunity that immigrants come here for. And if we change the things that make us successful then we hurt the very people that we're saying we want to help. So this is an irrational approach in my mind. I know there's some people involved with this who want to do the right thing and solve the problem. But I'm afraid the people driving this, like the president, are just more interested in the citizenship track than they really are fixing our system.
DeMint, the architect of the 2010 Tea Party takeover, also denied that the GOP needs to moderate its positions to appeal to more voters after its drubbing among women, young people, African-Americans, Latinos and Asian-Americans in 2012. "We're just not telling our story well and we're not doing a good job of showing the victims of progressive liberal policies," DeMint said. "And there are a lot of them around the country and minorities are the biggest victims of these policies."
We have ideas that we want people to embrace because those ideas make our country better and lives better for Americans. So it's easier for Obama, who just finds out what people want to hear and he tells them that. He doesn't have to deliver any particular policy or laws. We do. But we have success stories all over. We have fantastic job creation where energy is being developed in states. We have job creation where you have freedom in the workplace not to join a union, that's why Boeing is in South Carolina. We're just not telling our story well and we're not doing a good job of showing the victims of progressive liberal policies. And there are a lot of them around the country and minorities are the biggest victims of these policies. I'd say Republicans have done a miserable job of communicating. And that's why I left the Senate. We need to take our message directly to the American people and make those ideas so winsome that candidates have to embrace them.
WASHINGTON – People For the American Way praised the bipartisan immigration reform framework presented today in the Senate, which includes a path toward citizenship for undocumented immigrants.
"This bipartisan framework is a hugely important step toward reforming our immigration system in a way that reflects our values and also bolsters our economy," said Michael Keegan, president of People For the American Way. "For too long, extreme voices on the Right have kept us from meaningful, necessary immigration reform. The framework presented today rightly includes a path to citizenship, recognizing and enhancing the contributions of millions of American workers."
"This framework sets the right course for meaningful, comprehensive immigration reform," added Keegan. "We must make sure that as the details of the bill are filled in, that its original purpose and values are preserved. There will be extremist voices attempting to stop or dilute these reforms at every turn. We must remain vigilant to ensure that we achieve common-sense, constructive reform."
WASHINGTON – People For the American Way's African American Ministers in Action today praised the bipartisan immigration framework unveiled today in the Senate, which includes a path to citizenship for undocumented immigrants and their children.
"For too long, inadequate and inhumane immigration laws have hurt our immigrants and held all Americans back," said Reverend Timothy F. McDonald, III, chairman of African American Ministers in Action. "Today's proposal is an important step forward as we strive for an immigration system that helps our country thrive while treating all people with humanity and respect. Our brothers and sisters who come to this country for a better life – from Latin America, Africa, the Caribbean and around the world – are as deserving of the opportunity for full citizenship as any of the millions of men, women and children who have come to this country throughout our history. We join others in the faith and progressive communities in expressing our thankfulness to lawmakers of both parties who are keeping this basic principle in mind as they strengthen our immigration laws."


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Hey DPReview, when you get around to the full review, please answer this question: How does the remote live-view look through the ethernet port and/or wft-e6 transmitter?
I do a lot of remote shooting with my 5DmkII, but I'm always disappointed with the frame rate of the remote live-view over USB. I estimate the feed is no more than 10 fps, even in good lighting (probably a bandwidth issue). The HDMI port gives me a nice, crisp 30 fps, but I'd prefer to tether my camera with only one cable. Unfortunately this isn't one of the specs that Canon publishes, so I'm counting on your review!
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