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So Blackbox the Pullitzer Prize winning series of articles in the Birmingham News about how corporations pay one tax rate on the Georgia side of the line and a lower tax rate on the Alabama side of the line was a lie or pure fiction. Months of reporting by distinguished journalist on the subject but an analysis of your uncle's farm tops all that. Okay.
It seems to me that one of the primary problems at Cooper Green has always been the County salary scale. I do not have the numbers to prove it, but have always been told that the employees at Cooper Green are County employees and paid on a County wage scale that is higher than the scale for similar positions at other hospitals. If this is really the case, administratively close the existing Cooper Green and re-open it with employees employeed by the Health Authority at a competitive private rate, and I bet a lot of this would go away. I think it might be worth taking Requests for Proposals for someone to run the hospital from the revenue available.
Adults under 62 years of age are not eligible for Medicaid or Medicaire. Even when a woman delivers a child, her health care is only covered under medicaid for 30 or 60 days.
RIP Colonel, you did way more than your share, and more than earned your heavenly reward.
Good point that I was not aware of. However I still think this material would look very different than the coils on working air conditioners that are getting sold to the scrap yards.
Good point that I was not aware of. However I still think this material would look very different than the coils on working air conditioners that are getting sold to the scrap yards.
There is no legitemate source of scrap copper. I would be willing to bet that over 90 percent of the scrap copper sold is stolen in some way. This is another case where big business interests have trumped over consideration for ordinary citizens. The recycling industry is so powerful they were able to gut an attempt by law enforcement officials last year to get a law passed that would have made it more difficult to sell junk cars without proof of ownership. The recycling lobby made sure the bill never made it out of committee. If it can be proven that shops have stolen copper in them they should be shut down and charged with receiving stolen property. If you made it more of a liability for the people that run these shops that would make the biggest difference. I understand the out of state angle, but I still believe you would see a significant reduction. Everyone that is doing this crap doesn't have the resources to try and go out of state to sell.
There you go again, $7,500 bail, two of three perps walked within hours with no consequence that they understand for their behavior. The revolving door is a large percentage of the problem. At least make mama nem have to dig a little deeper in the stash for bail money.
I agree with the comment posted by robocop, it isn't just the facility, it is an element in this City and in many Cities that has no respect for the law, and that does not face a consequence meaningful enough to change their behavior. If you go to a convenience store in Hoover and pea on the wall there is an expectation you will get arrested, in Birmingham it is becoming an expected way of life. Those who mean well, and who have worked hard and invested in this City either leave or turn a blind eye to what goes on every day. A better Birmingham begins with the good people who are left first of all expressing their outrage and demanding better. Then it continues on with a color blind accountability code that says bail for violent crime based on the violence of the crime as compared to the perceived worth of the victim. It moves past there to enforcing laws on public behavior as we Pelham do this past week when they drove to Birmingham to arrest someone who threatened a store owner there. In Birmingham it begins with the BS we tolerate on a daily basis. People cussing and fussing in public with no consequence. People threatening anyone who doesn't bow to their madness with no consequence. People breaking into people's homes with little consequence. People not raising their children and still being allowed to talk about what everyone else is doing wrong. I could go on, but it would just be more of the same.
How do you shoot someone multiple times and come up with first degree assault instead of attempted murder? Did each have a permit for the weapon they used? How do you attempt to murder someone and get your bail set at 9,000 dollars. Bail should not be set based on the perceived worth of the victim. If he shot a police officer the same way bail would have been $500,000 or more, and his butt would still be in jail. Bail needs to be just as high when a thug shoots a thug. The act of shooting someone must be made less acceptable, regardless of who you shoot. Raise the bail for crimes in the so called hood, and there will be less bullets to dodge everywhere. The current system keeps bailing violent criminals unsupervised back into the neighborhood. The violent thugs are the only ones with any meaningful rights.
Even this headline speaks to the problem. So the schools should be ashamed. The headline should read so many thousand of parents fail to support their children in meeting AYP standards. In my opinion the lack of parental involvement is the number one factor affecting performance, that's why none of the other stuff they are trying is working.
The stupid thing here is the no charges have been filed comment in the story. So its okay to run through the neighborhood randomly shooting and trying to kill someone. Did everyone have a pistol permit? Were they the registered owner of the handgun? Is it not illegal to discharge a weapon in the city? We constantly send the wrong message to the element with decisions like this. I would have rather the story ended with, every male involed in the incident was arrested and held on charges of reckless endangerment, possession of an unregistered hand gun, and carrying a weapon without a permit. For those with any previous record set the bail so high they can't get over it. When you just turn these guys loose you co-sign their behavior, and you get what we are getting on a daily basis.
I think the idea of early education assistance is good, but I agree with the poster that said that the parent should have to attend also. At some point we have to realize that part of the problem is that society is taking all the responsibility for these kids and giving the humans that brought them into this world a complete pass. Teach the parents to educate their own chilldren, and cut off their benefits if they don't. That's a program I would support.
What would have made sense but no one would expect that from Beason would have been to have used the one part of hte Arizona law that has passed Supreme Court Review. Just recently the United States Supreme Court ruled that the part of the Arizona law that said that a business would lose their Arizona State Business license if found to have undocumented workers was upheld by the Supreme Court. That law called for a suspension thirty days plus a fine for a first offense and revocation of the State Business license for a second offense. Since it has already been appealed all tahe way to the United States Supreme Court there would be few if any appeals filed because precedent has already been established. But that isn't as politcally pretty as writing a bill that draws national attention, but won't yield any result.
They didn't say what the bail for the Worthy was set at, but it should be ridiculously high and be required to be in cash. If terrorizing the community with a fully loaded machine gun doesn't make you a danger to the community then what does. Even a single Police officer would cash hell running up on someone with a weapon like this. It must be established that behavior like this is unacceptable and will get you removed immediately if not sooner. The scum is getting bolder every day because there is no consequence that is meaningful for them. 30,000 predominantly African American families left the City in the last decade. It is behavior like this that defines the reason. Birmingham absolutely must stop being a haven for thug behavior. Some of the same thugs that act a fool in Birmingham change their behavior at the Hoover City limit, because they know Hoover don't play. We need to make them believe that Birmingham don't play either. The out of control crowd is not hard to spot or intervene. Citizens of good will have to be willing to accept the tools it takes to acheive this. More random license checks, would be a start. If you do not have proof of insurance and registration the Police have a right to inventory your car, if they find an illegal weapon, off to jail you go. Do it over and over again, until the word begins to get out, Birmingham don't play I better go somewhere else. Now I know there are folks without insurance who are not thugs, but once you realize that Birmingham don't play I'll bet you find a way to afford some insurance. It is the law.
Maybe the fact that the counties that some of you live do not have an occupational tax is one of the reasons you have to come to Jefferson County to work. Maybe if you live in a county with no industrial base of its own, and no job creating efforts and you drive to a county that pays for these things as a job creating expense, you could chip in one half of one percent of the money you make by working here to help support the organizations and the infrastructure that make you want to drive here to work in the first place. If not then work minimum wage where you live and don't worry about what goes on down here.
Even after all of the madness described here the brother Corey Cable, who also shot someone gets off with 7,500 dollar bail. How is he not a danger to the community? His bail should be more like $100,000, if this was a first time offense, and far more if it wasn't. He is already part of a criminal enterprise that has a known homicide victim. And we wonder.
This does speak to the ongoing issue of not taking violence seriously in African American and especially low income areas. Too many times someone shoots someone or shoots at someone and their bail is 10,000 dollars or less, and they are right back out on the street, with the message I can do whatever I like. Too many innocent people get caught in the crossfire, and too many people are forced to leave the city to stay out of the crossfire. We need to declare violence state of emergency and make it known that any crime committed using a weapon will be no bail, and if the ACLU wants to step up and say that's illegal then give them bail of $100,000, cash only. The revolving door would slow so much, we would be able to see what it looks like for the first time in a long while.
The violence continues, but has anyone else noticed that at least bail amounts are going up, and in this case bond was denied all together. Most of the people that do these kinds of crimes are serial criminals, so locking them up permanently until trial instantly lowers the crime rate. Also, while there families may love them enough to put up property for bail regardless of the crime, when bails are set higher, it is not long before the family does not have enough property to make bail, and again then the perp stays where he needs to be. But something is reaching the Judges and there is a definite trend towards higher bail or no bail for repeat offenders. I really believe if we can be consistent with this strategy we can see a major reduction in crime. Right now the lawyers and the bail bondsmen get rich, the criminals are treated to catch and release and law abiding citizens can do little more than duck and cover.
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McCarthy was called up by England in May for the double-header with Brazil and Republic of Ireland - but he has not been included since.
And Royals vice-captain Morrison feels that McCarthy would still be in Roy Hodgson's squad if he still played in the top-flight.
"The drop in leagues is why, the politics of English football is the reason he's not in the team," said Morrison.
"He's the same keeper he was last season, if not better.
"He shows that week in, week out with the saves he makes.
"I'm surprised he's not in the squad. He hasn't done anything different this year."
Asked if he believes McCarthy is one of the top three English keepers in the country, Morrison said: "100 per cent.
"Obviously there are great keepers out there. You've got Hart, you've got Forster.
"But Alex is up there with them. He is a top-class keeper and I have no doubts he will be England's No.1 in the future."


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My mother, who died a year and 8 months ago, and I were in her kitchen. I told her I was sick and asked if I could stay with her. She told me no. I told her she was breaking my heart and she said nothing. I hope this doesn't mean what I think it means. – Lori, Syracuse, NY
Lauri: Since your mother passed fairly recently, this dream could be connected to your inner desire to be with her again. However, I believe it has a deeper meaning. Your mother may very well represent your ability to care for and nurture yourself, as well as your ability to "mother" and nurture others. You tell her you are sick and want to stay with her. That doesn't mean there is something physically wrong with you (however, I would never tell you not to go to your doctor). What that is more likely connected to is something in your life that you feel sick about OR an unhealthy situation or relationship in your life that needs to be healed or nurtured. She tells you "no" because there is something you are resisting in waking life. You then mention that your heart is breaking. Besides your mother's loss, have you suffered a heart break over anything? Her not answering you suggests there may be a communication breakdown somewhere in your life. Is there anyone around you who is no longer speaking to you or whom you are having a hard time communicating with?
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The Environmental Studies Interdisciplinary Minor consists of six courses, as follows:
- A required introductory course to be taken prior to the senior year. This may be ENVS 101, or Bryn Mawr ENVS 101 (Intro Environmental Studies) or Swarthmore ENVS 001. Any one of these courses will satisfy the requirement, and students may take no more than one such course for credit.
- Four elective course credits from approved lists of core and cognate courses, including two credits in each of the following two categories (A and B).
- Environmental Science and Engineering: courses that build understanding and knowledge of scientific methods and theories, and that explore how these can be applied in identifying and addressing environmental challenges. At least one of the courses in this category must have a laboratory component.
- Environment and Society: courses that build understanding and knowledge of social and political structures as well as ethical considerations, and how these inform our individual and collective responses to environmental challenges.
- A senior seminar (case-based), with culminating work that reflects tangible research design and inquiry, but which might materialize in any number of project forms. This may be ENVS 397 at Haverford College, ENVS 397 at Bryn Mawr College, or ENVS 091 (Environmental Studies Capstone Seminar) at Swarthmore College.
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Former Citadel Bulldog Dan McDonnell has been to the College World Series both as a player and a coach.
But winning a bid to Omaha is always special, as McDonnell showed after his Louisville team earned its second straight CWS berth last weekend.
McDonnell, who played on The Citadel's College World Series team in 1990, had to wipe away tears as he talked about the Cardinals, whom he's led to the CWS three times in eight years.
"I don't want this to be about me," said McDonnell, who played for the late Chal Port and worked for coach Fred Jordan at The Citadel. "I get a lot of praise when we win, but this is about the coaches, the assistants and the players. I'm the one that's blessed. It's uncomfortable when people say I take these kids to Omaha, because I don't. They take me."
Louisville opens the CWS on Saturday against Vanderbilt.
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"We Orthodox", he said, slapping his chest. Evan is a person who I knew for all of 90 minutes, a man who will unlikely last in my memory, even only the day after, his face becomes blurry in his mind. I met Evan while on a visit to a Greek Orthodox Church outside of Newton, then further at dinner in a South Boston pub, Doyle's. Though fleeting his contact, he managed to cause me to rethink my religion.
The church was muted in both in sound and light, the pillared domes soaring ahead edging out of vision with the setting sun. Then, to my left, a harshly edged man began speaking, intoning, chanting. He was chanting in Byzantine Greek, in a musical style unfamiliar to my Western ears. Other men near him joined in, in their monophony proclaiming the risen Christ. The men and women in the pews around me would join for floating interludes, then fall silent to give due deference to his firm undulatron. This was my experience at the Greek Orthodox chapel at Hellenic College, a truly magnificent building, modeled off of a famous chapel in the agora in Athens.
Much of the service was unintelligible to me, and I assume as well to the majority of the congregation. There was a mystique to the air, the altar hidden behind a protective wall adorned with icons. I think that the appropriate word to describe the atmosphere would be "shrouded". Even the air was thick with the smoke of incense, making the priests seem to wave and shimmer in the flickering candlelight. This was very different from the New England congregations to which I was accustomed, bright, naturally lit buildings white-washed with a stark, simple wooden cross affixed to the front, decorated minimally with pulpits populated by pastors who spoke minimally. Their meaning was always clear, spelled out in unadorned rhetoric that was slammed home with variations of the same sentence. These preachers were quite polar examples, therefore, to the bearded man intoning words that had no meaning to me.
And yet… nobody was clearing their throat in interruption, raising their hand, and asking for a translation. The orthodox believers with me seemed content with the structure of the experience, the experience itself, rather than the content of that experience. It demonstrates a startling level of faith in the quality of the experience. My mind wandered in the middle of the service, thinking of the beginnings of this questioning of experience, harkening back to the Renaissance, the Protestant Reformation, then the Scientific Revolution. When did man decide to ask, "Why"? I realized that I was in a community preserved out of time, one that had its roots before man started probing the content of the universe, a community that trusted the hand that fed them, saw no need to probe the quality of the faith experience that had lasted for more than a thousand years.
I went and ate a burger with an orthodox believer, and that changed everything. Evan was talking to me and happened to make a gesture that annoyingly will stick with me longer than his face, a gesture that I wish I could forget, but still it plagues me. He slapped his chest. More accurately, he inflated his chest, stuck out his chin, and firmly struck his above his heart, proclaiming "We Orthodox". I in that moment realized that I had never heard, "We Mennonite" or "We Congregationalist" or "We Baptist". In the fragmentation of Protestant Christianity, however necessary or not, we lost our pride. And though it is not enough to cause me to drive back to Newton and beg to be accepted into his faith, this puts more tinder on the fire of investigation that has been supplied by discussions in class and with friends, in my struggle to understand my own particular brand of faith. Though it will probably lose me some sleep, I have to thank the proud young believer who slapped his chest in that pub. Thanks, Evan.
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A friend and I just bought 3 DM lowers from Rguns. I was a little hesitant due to some reviews of Rguns customer service. Doing business with them was straight forward but not overly friendly. They act like other wholesale sellers from other industries I have dealt with. Shipping was prompt and well packed.
The lowers themselves look very good. I picked them up last night and haven't done any assembly yet. The finish is as good as a Rock River I purchased a few years ago. There are a few very slight marks which may be due to handling. They were all packaged in individual plastic cases. (Nice touch but I don't know what I will do with the cases after assembly) The only thing I can see wrong is the mag release hole is ever so slightly off of perpendicular from the top. All in all I am very impressed fro $65.
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With all the new skin care products in the market, at times you can get confused trying to understand which is the best product for your skin. Not long ago, there were just a few brands available in soaps and choosing a product among them was far easy. Now, when I enter the store aisles, I feel that I am surrounded by an array of options. However the comforting factor is that this confusion does not hound me anymore since I have made my choice of the perfect soap for my skin. Let me share them with you too:
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- On one hand, the cleaning is very gentle and lathers nicely and on the other hand the lather rinses off very easily as well.
- There is a variety of fragrances that is up for grabs and you can experiment with lavender, peach and other citrus scents.
- The packaging is very secure keeping the soap as fresh as ever.
- The ingredients are very mild and sensitive to the skin.
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Using the correct soaps and products on your skin is a must. The importance is such that cannot be undermined in any situation. Know your skin type, it's characteristics and problems and research to get the ideal product!


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PIKEVILLE – On Monday, April 22, at 6:30 p.m. the Pikeville Campus of National College will hold its graduation ceremony at The Landmark Inn, Mark V Room, with special guest Pike County attorney Howard Keith Hall.
In addition to the students from the campus who will receive their diplomas and degrees, the ceremony will also confer a bachelor's degree for a new graduate of the American National University Online program – an affiliated institution of National College.
County Attorney H. Keith Hall gained professional experience working for the Social Security Administration early in his career. He served as assistant county attorney from 1988 to 1992. In 1992, he became a district judge and served in that capacity until 1996. Hall has served as Pike County attorney since 1996. He is a member of the Kentucky Bar Association, Kiwanis and Masons. From 2000 to 2004, he was the chairman of the Pike County Democratic party. He is currently the treasurer of Kiwanis and a past-president of that organization as well as past master of the Masons.
Hall received his associate's degree from Prestonsburg Community College, his bachelor's degree from the University of Kentucky, and his Juris Doctorate from Chase Law School.


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"You were taught, with regard to your former way of life, to put off your old self...to be made new in the attitude of your minds; and to put on the new self, created to be like God in true righteousness and holiness." Ephesians 4:22-24
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That's hilarious- about her not being interested! :) I'm all for answering the questions that they have... seems like your answer sufficed for what she's curious about.ReplyDelete
My son, on the other hand, thought it was strange... "Why would Joseph not want to marry her anymore?" After I explained it, he was like, "OH- I get it, he thought she had been with another man to make that baby, but she hadn't!" I'm convinced that each kid will have different levels of concern and questions at different stages, but I say good on ya for being open to her questions and opening it up for discussion! ;)
That is a cute picture. And I'm glad you didn't force your little on to take a pictures with Santa against her will. And yes, it appears that Little Bit has an excellent Bible teacher. Ahem.ReplyDelete
Yes, Jess, that's kind of the conversation I was going for with my daughter, but oh well. Another time.ReplyDelete
I don't get to talk to a lot of actual grown-ups during the day, so your comments make me really happy! :)


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Women's Soccer No. 16 in NSCAA Poll
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. – After closing out its regular season and clinching its second-straight Big 12 Conference regular-season title, the West Virginia University women's soccer team is ranked No. 16 in the NSCAA/Continental Tire National Poll.
The Mountaineers (13-3-2, 7-1 Big 12) topped last week's polls at No. 6 in Soccer America for the second-straight week. After going 1-1 this weekend, WVU fell to No. 17 in the rankings.
Virginia (18-0-0), UCLA (14-1-2), Florida State (14-1-3) and North Carolina (15-3-0) held their spots at No. 1-4, respectively. Virginia Tech (14-2-2) jumped into the No. 5 position after losses by both Portland (13-2-1) and WVU.
In the NSCAA Top 25, the Mountaineers fell to No. 16 from their spot at No. 9. The NSCAA top five mirror that of Soccer America.
WVU dropped four positions from No. 17 to No. 21 in the NCAA RPI standings. The Mountaineers remain the highest Big 12 program in the standings, coming in ahead of Texas Tech at No. 34.
The Mountaineers claimed their fourth-consecutive conference title on Oct. 25, defeating Oklahoma 2-1 in two overtimes. Junior forward Kate Schwindel scored the golden goal in the 101st minute. Senior forward Frances Silva broke the single-season program record by recording her 13th assist of the season.
WVU lost its season finale falling 2-0 at then-No. 7 Texas Tech. The Mountaineers have earned the top seed in the Big 12 Championship and await the conclusion of conference play to determine their first-round opponent.
The Big 12 Conference's regular-season schedule concludes Friday, Nov. 1, with four conference matches. The Big 12 Soccer Championship bracket will be released late that night. WVU will play the No. 8-seeded team on Wednesday, Nov. 6, at 6:30 p.m. ET, at Swope Soccer Village, in Kansas City.
Big 12 Media Days: Dana Holgorsen
Women's Soccer: Amanda Hill and Mocha
Big 12 Media Days: Nick Kwiatkoski
Football: Dana Holgorsen on ESPN
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A simple yet highly useful cervical videoscope has been provided which can easily be used by the doctor to examine the cervix for cancerous lesions or other abnormalities. Also, because of the small size of the camera there is sufficient space between the camera and the blades of the speculum for inserting forceps and other instruments that may need to be used. By using the cervical videoscope in combination with a monochromator the physician can step the wavelength of light from one end of the light spectrum to the other until he observes florescence which identifies abnormal cells. Thereupon, he can destroy the cells by use of a laser beam. When he observes that no more florescence is occurring, then he can discontinue the operation of the laser, knowing that the lesion has been completely eradicated. Also, a channel for drawing a suction to remove smoke created by the destruction of the lesion can be provided. Finally, the camera is adjustable along a guide on the fixed blade of the speculum to focus it.
1. A method of locating and removing cervical lesions, said method comprising the steps of:
providing a light source to supply light over a wide spectrum of frequencies;
successively stepping through each frequency to sequentially illuminate the cervix with light of each successive frequency;
observing the cervix as it is illuminated with each successive light frequency;
locating lesions by their florescence or reflectance to one of the selected light frequencies; and
removing the lesions which have been located.
2. A method, as claimed in claim 1 including the further step of:
using a laser to vaporize the lesions to remove them.
3. A method, as claimed in claim 2, including the further step of:
terminating the use of the laser on each lesion in response to the termination of any florescence at the lesion site.
4. A method, as claimed in claim 1, including the further step of:
identifying the type of lesion by the wavelength at which it becomes florescent.
This is a division, of the application Ser. No. 291,238 filed 12/28/88, now U.S. Pat. No. 4,905,670.
This invention relates to a cervical videoscope and particularly to one which allows inspection of the cervix under specific selected wavelength of light and provides for subsequent treatment of any lesions found on the cervix.
Examination of the cervix for cancer and viral infections are done now with a device called a colposcope. This device is a binocular microscope which is placed near the patient It supplies a bright light, (white light and green light) and the operator looks through the eyepieces of the colposcope much like looking through field glasses. This is done with a vaginal speculum in place. Some of the devices have camera attachments for still picture photography. The physician looks at the tissue looking for whitened areas after treatment with 3-5% acetic acid. The acetic acid whitens tissue which is low in mucous, such as cancer cells. The physician also looks for clusters of blood vessels which may indicate new growth such as cancer. The effectiveness of this colposcopy procedure is only 85%, and this is with a very experienced physician doing the procedure. Also, the colposcope is difficult to use because of its size and weight.
Over the years various vaginal speculae have been developed. Among these are the following:
Casaneda U.S. Pat. No. 4,210,133 discloses a vaginal speculum having a microscope mounted thereon which has a light source for illumination and is longitudinally adjustable for focusing.
VanDerBel U.S. Pat. No. 4,597,383 discloses a vaginal speculum having optical fiber illumination means attached thereto.
Burgin U.S. Pat. No. 4,638,792 has an adjustable speculum with an incorporated light system.
Walsh U.S. Pat. No. 4,619,248 discloses a light attachment for a speculum.
Wider et al. U.S. Pat. No. 4,562,832 illustrates in FIG. 6 a fiberoptic light pipe installed in the lower jaw of the vaginal speculum.
Burgin U.S. Pat. No. 4,502,468 has an adjustable speculum with an incorporated lighting system.
Whitman U.S. Pat. No. 3,789,835 discloses an illuminating attachment for vaginal speculum.
Stafl U.S. Pat. No. 4,300,570 has a diagnostic method of projecting the image of a cervix photograph onto a screen. However, the camera is not mounted to the speculum.
Hasson U.S. Pat. No. 3,789,829 discloses a radium applicator mounted to a vaginal speculum.
Walden et al. U.S. Pat. No. 3,037,505 discloses a speculum with a spray tube carried by a jaw of the speculum.
Tanikawa et al. U.S. Pat. No. 4,461,558 discloses an endoscopic photographing apparatus applicable to all types of endoscopes and uses therefor.
Toyota et al. U.S. Pat. No. 4,697,210 discloses an endoscope for observing the interior of a cavity in a human body with the image displayed on a TV screen.
The last two patents are representative of many observation techniques available for use with endoscopes.
None of these devices have served to increase the detection rate of cancer and the early treatment thereof.
A cervical videoscope apparatus is provided which includes a vaginal speculum having a first fixed blade, a second blade mounted for pivotal movement toward and away from the fixed blade and spring means normally urging the second blade toward the fixed blade. The improvement includes a video camera mounted on one of the blades for viewing the cervix, means providing light to the cervix, means for focusing the camera on a selected site on the cervix and means for providing a signal from the camera to a video screen for viewing the cervix and identifying lesions thereon. The focusing means may include a track mounted longitudinally along one of the blades and means for adjusting the camera along the track for focusing The light providing means can include a light carrier on the track for providing light to the cervix. In addition, means is provided for selecting light for illumination of the cervix at any one of a range of light frequencies. This can be broad frequency light, monochromatic light or laser light for illumination. A particularly useful light frequency has been found to be from 200 nm through 1100 nm. A suitable means for stepping sequentially through the frequencies is a monochromator. The monochromator converts light from a light source to a single frequency at an output in the form of a rectangular slit. A light carrier is provided which includes a bundle of optical fibers having a first end in a form of a rectangular collar for receiving the output from the monochromator and a circular collar at the other end for directing a round column of light onto the cervix.
A laser carrier can be provided on the track for directing a laser beam or laser fiber to vaporize lesions on the cervix. Also, a suction tube can be provided on the track to remove smoke created when the lesions are vaporized with the laser.
The invention also provides a method for locating and surgically removing lesions This method comprises the steps of selectively illuminating the cervix with a light of different frequencies, observing the cervix as it is illuminated with each light frequency, locating lesions by their florescence or reflectance under one of the selected light frequencies and removing the lesions which have been located. The lesions may be removed by using a laser to vaporize them and the activation of the laser can be terminated in response to termination of any florescence at the lesion site.
Additional advantages of this invention will become apparent from the description which follows, taken in conjunction with the accompanying drawings.
FIG. 1 is a side elevation of a cervical videoscope constructed in accordance with this invention and positioned for use;
FIG. 2 is an enlarged rear elevation of the cervical videoscope of FIG. 1;
FIG. 3 is a longitudinal section, taken along line 3--3 of FIG. 2; showing further details of the video camera and associated laser tube and suction tube;
FIG. 4 is a longitudinal section, taken along line 4--4 of FIG. 2, showing details of the track mounting for the video camera;
FIG. 5 is an enlarged cross-section, taken along line 5--5 of FIG. 4, showing further details of the video camera and track mechanism;
FIG. 6A is a diagrammatical view of video camera used in conjunction with a monochromator;
FIG. 6B shows details of the optical bundle connector of FIG. 6A for converting a rectangular light slit into a circular beam;
FIG. 7 is a diagrammatical view showing the video camera used with a band pass filter to provide monochromatic light; and
FIG. 8 is a diagrammatical view showing the camera used directly with a light source.
In accordance with this invention a cervical videoscope V is attached to a speculum S, as shown in FIG. 1. In use, the speculum is inserted into the vagina as shown. The speculum includes a lower fixed blade 10 having a depending handle portion 12. An upper pivotal blade 14 generally extends parallel to lower blade 10 and has depending ears 16 at the proximate by which it is pivotally mounted on a support 18. Support 18 has a yoke 20 at the upper end thereof to which ears 16 are pivoted. The lower portion of support 18 has a longitudinal slot 22 through which a thumb screw 24 extends for tightening against handle 12 to adjust the spacing of upper blade 14 from lower blade 10.
At the pivotal connection between ears 16 and yoke 20 a spring (not shown) may be provided which tends to pivot the upper blade 14 in a counterclockwise direction, as viewed in FIG. 1, so that it is moved toward fixed blade 10. However, this movement is limited by the position of nut 26 on threaded adjustment rod 28. Conveniently, rod 28 extends through a lever 30 which is fixedly attached to one of the ears 16 of upper pivotal blade 14. Thus, when nut 26 is moved outwardly along rod 28, blade 14 will pivot toward blade 10 and when nut 26 is moved inwardly along rod 28 blade 14 will pivot away from blade 10.
The videoscope V includes a camera 32 mounted on lower blade 10. A longitudinal guide member 34 is fixedly attached to stationary blade 10, as best seen in FIG. 4. Worm gear 36 is mounted within guide 34, as shown, for rotation about a pin 38. Camera 32 is provided with a rack 40 extending longitudinally therealong and attached thereto. The teeth of the rack engage worm gear 36. A control shaft 42 is attached to pin 38 and has a knob 44 for rotating worm gear 36 and thereby adjusting camera 32 longitudinally along guide 34. This provides a means for focusing the camera on the particular area of the cervix which is being investigated. Advantageously, the camera is sealed against moisture leakage into the electronics to allow soaking in a sterilizing solution between usage on different patients. It is usually backfilled with nitrogen during manufacture after air and moisture is removed in a vacuum chamber. A CCD sensor can be used to pickup the image and transmit a signal to the video monitor for processing. The camera case can be made of titanium or other metal which is substantially non-corrosive or it can be made of plastic. The camera can also be sterilized with a gas, such as ethylene oxide.
At the forward end of camera 32 is an optical lens system 46 for receiving an image from the cervix. This lens system may have zoom capabilities to provide 2X to 200X magnification. The image is projected by the camera along cable 48 to a video control unit 50 for projecting an image onto monitor 51 shown in FIG. 6A. As shown in FIG. 6A, a light source, such as xeon light source, 52 projects light through a monochromator 54. Other light sources, such as halogen, mercury vapor, mercury arc, incandescent or laser can be used. The monochromator has the ability to project light of a single wavelength from the light source 52 and to do so in stepped increments. It should have a high output with a frequency range from 200 nm to 1100 nm. By this means, a physician can look at the video monitor while stepping through each light frequency and look for fluorescing lesions on the cervix. It has been found that different types of lesions will fluoresce in response to different light wavelengths.
The light exits the monochromator 54 through a slit 56 shown in FIG. 6B and enters one end of a bundle of optical fibers 58. Conveniently, one end of optical fiber bundle 58 is mounted within a rectangular collar 60 which mates with the end of monochromator 54 for receiving light from slit 56. The other end of optical fiber bundle 58 has a circular collar 62. Collar 62 and the cable 48 for video control unit 50 connect to a cable or light carrier 64 wherein the individual optical fibers 64 are positioned around the outside of the lens system 46, as best seen in FIG. 5. Thus, the light image of selected wavelength can be directed substantially uniformly onto the surface of the cervix. As the monochromator steps the light from one end of the light spectrum to the other, a wavelength will be encountered in which cancerous lesions or lesions caused by viral infection will fluoresce and therefore will be identifiable on the video monitor.
When this occurs, these lesions can be destroyed by use of a laser beam. This is accomplished by directing the laser beam along an optical fiber 66 which extends through a channel 68 attached to guide member 34. Optical fiber 66 can be provided with steering cables (not shown) for directing the laser to the lesion cite. A KPT-532 laser, carbon dioxide laser or a YAG laser having been found to be satisfactory. Conveniently, a suction channel 70 can be provided adjacent to laser channel 68 for removing smoke caused by destruction of the lesions. This channel may be connected to a vacuum hose 72, as shown in FIG. 3.
An alternative arrangement is shown in FIG. 7 wherein a removable band pass filter 74 is provided between the light source 52 and optical fiber bundle 58 for providing selected wavelengths of light to the cervix. A band pass filter is useful when the patient is treated with a substance which will accumulate at the lesion cite and be fluorescent under a known wavelength of light. In such a case the band pass filter can be selected to transmit only the desired wavelength frequency. Suitable substances are hematoporphyrin (HPD) or a derivative thereof, such as dehematoporphyrin either (DHE), corins, pheophorbides and coumerins. Also Rhodamine-123 can be sprayed or painted on the cervix. Finally, the cite can be tagged with a monoclonal antibody.
In a still further simplified embodiment, shown in FIG. 8, the light source 52 is directly connected to optical fiber bundle 58. This embodiment can be used wherein the material at the lesion cite on the cervix will have florescence over a wide range of light wavelengths for identification of lesions.
A number of add-ons may be provided to the apparatus just described. Among these are a character generator for the patient's name, age, etc., video recorder, video printer and suitable image processors.
From the foregoing, the advantages of this invention are readily apparent. A simple yet highly useful cervical videoscope has been provided which can easily be used by the doctor to exam the cervix for cancerous lesions or other abnormalities. Also, because of the small size of the camera there is sufficient space between the camera and the blades of the speculum for inserting forceps and other instruments that may need to be used. By using the cervical videoscope in combination with a monochromator the physician can step the wavelength of light from one end of the light spectrum to the other until he observes florescence which identifies abnormal cells. Thereupon, he can destroy the cells by use of a laser beam. When he observes that no more florescence is occurring, then he can discontinue the operation of the laser, knowing that the lesion has been completely eradicated. Also, a channel for drawing a suction to remove smoke created by the destruction of the lesion can be provided. Finally, the camera is adjustable along a guide on the fixed blade of the speculum to focus it.
It should also be noted that the device may be detached from the vaginal speculum and used along with the sophisticated light sources to look for similar lesions in the rectal area or on other body surfaces.
This invention has been described in detail with reference to particular embodiments thereof, but it will be understood that various other modifications can be effected within the spirit and scope of this invention.
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We finally managed to get the gate shut and and latched but they kept charging the gate. I yelled to my friend to get into the house but she moves very slowly and she would have to get up the stairs. Then she would have to unlock the door. Time, time. We needed TIME. The gate was taking a beating and I was afraid it would not hold. What to do? Stay at the gate and try to keep it from giving or back up and see if I could find something to use as a weapon? The main, full bred pit bull was now trying to squeeze through the gate and fence post. I was backing up and trying to think what to do. Seeing that ferocious determined dog fighting to get in...I never in my life wanted my 38 pistol in my hand more than at that instant. I would not have hesitated a nanosecond shooting those two dogs to death.
After an eternity the dogs owner came and was able to leash the dogs and drag them back to her house (two house down). Even then, in their yard they were charging their fence.
I an avowed animal lover. After today's experience I am convinced. There is no such a thing as a 'good' or 'safe' pit bull dog. That owner could not control her dogs-they were hell bent to attack us. You can show me a gazillion pictures of your pit bull laying lovingly next to your newborn baby and you can show me a million research articles stating pit bulls can be trained and controlled. I won't believe it.
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His main areas of research are British modernism and postmodernism, as well as postcolonial literature in English. His teaching interests include British and postcolonial literatures since 1900, film, and Victorian literature. He is particularly interested in the modernist novel, aesthetics, and revisions of cosmopolitanism in literary studies.
In addition to his book, Migrant Form: Anti-Colonial Aesthetics in Joyce, Rushdie, and Ray (Peter Lang, 2010), Gaurav has published articles on James Joyce, critical cosmopolitanism, Rushdie's The Satanic Verses, and Howard Hawks, as well as several book reviews.
The recipient of the Dublin Award for the Study of Global Multiculturalism in 2008, Gaurav is currently working on two book-projects. The first studies the links between informality (as an aesthetic, behavioral, and political model) and a wide range of British and anglophone modernist works. Examining a particular nuance of the word "informality" in each chapter, this project investigates disgust and intimate playfulness, colloquialism, impropriety, repeatedly revised selves, and informality as a kind of ease with strangeness before its concluding discussion of the risks of informality. The focus of Gaurav's other ongoing, scholarly project is on the representation of "failed" constructions (of the self, language, friendship, sexual relations, careers, and community) in literature from former colonies and from postcolonial Britain. The project sees incompatibility and disagreement as crucial for a critically energetic cosmopolitanism.


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Andrew Wyeth, ca. 1950
Physical Details: Photographic print : 1 item : b&w ; 18 x 13 cm.
Creator: unidentified photographer
Description: Wyeth seated next to a tree.
Inscription upper left: "Andrew Wyeth."
Forms part of: Macbeth Gallery records, 1838-1968, bulk, 1892-1953
Rights Statement: Current copyright status is undetermined
Citation: Andrew Wyeth, ca. 1950
Digital ID: 2457
- Portraits
- Wyeth, Andrew
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Class notes
Summer camp preview tonight
DURHAM – The Durham County chapter of the Autism Society of North Carolina hosts a summer camp and programs fair for individuals with autism or other developmental disability tonight. About 20 organizations are expected to attend the event from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. at Watts Street Baptist Church, 800 Watts St. For information, call Tiffane Land at 919-306-4497.
Area students win 2012-13 Siemens Awards
Amanda Lohmann, a senior at East Chapel Hill High School, and Tejas Sundaresa, a senior at the North Carolina School of Science and Mathematics, were named the North Carolina state winners of the 2012-13 Siemens Awards for Advanced Placement. The awards recognize top achievers in advanced courses in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM). One male and one female student in each state receives a $2,000 college scholarship. Two national winners then receive $5,000 scholarships.
Lohmann, who plans to study computational biology in college, has taken 10 AP courses to date. Sundaresa, who wants to study biological research and business, has taken 11 AP courses.
Ninth graders sought for Junior Leadership Durham
DURHAM – Junior Leadership Durham is recruiting ninth graders for its 2013-14 class who attend a Durham school, whether it is public, private, home or charter. The volunteer nonprofit's program is free to participants. Application deadline is March 22. For an application, visit the website at juniorleadershipdurham.org.
East Chapel Hill High choral concert on Saturday
CHAPEL HILL – Students from the choral department at East Chapel Hill High School will perform a short concert at University Baptist Church, corner of Franklin and Columbia streets, Saturday at 3 p.m. The concert is free, but a basket for donations will be available. Free parking is also available, using the Franklin Street entrance into the church lot. Audience members are asked to enter from the doors facing Columbia Street.
'The Music Man' trumpets into East Chapel Hill
CHAPEL HILL – The classic Meredith Willson musical "The Music Man" comes to East Chapel Hill High School's MainStage on March 7-9, with shows at 7:30 p.m. Tickets are reserved seating, $8.50 in advance and $12 at the door. Order online at eastreservations.org. For information or wheelchair-accessible seating, email the box office at email@example.com.
Send K-12 education news to Wes Platt at email@example.com or call 919-419-6684. Follow on Twitter at @HS_WesPlatt. Connect on Facebook at facebook.com/wesplattheraldsun.


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Jessica Alba in a sexy ad where she is muzzled. Only Jessica Alba could make despair look so sexy.
The ad is part of this campaign. It is interesting that even in the USA, the shining bastion of democracy, there is a need to get people to vote.
It must be good to be Cash Warren with a wife like Jessica Alba who can get your dumbass Web2.0 idea traction.


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Suckling Pig Sundays at Rendezvous
Has anyone tried the Suckling Pig prix fixe at Rendezvous? Apparently it's going to be available on Sundays for May and June. Here's the sample menu:
Housemade mortadella with toasted pistachios, dandelion greens and mustard oil
Salad of shaved artichoke with crispy pork skin, frisée lettuce and lemon vinaigrette
Suckling pig three ways: braised shoulder, roasted leg and grilled chop
Sounds great! I just looked on their website but it doesn't say the Suckling Pig runs for May and June. It just has a Pig menu from May 3. Any thoughts ? I will give them a call later to verify but was hoping to make plans earlier. Thanks!
We went to Rendezvous this past Sunday -- hubbie got the Suckling Pig prix fixe (which was $42, slightly higher than the regular prix fixe price of $38) while I went with a seafood-themed regular prix fixe. The Suckling Pig prix fixe is three courses -- 2 apps and a main, no dessert. If you go with a dining companion and split like we did, it actually works out great, since two desserts is almost always too much for us. But the pacing is kind of strange. I sat there with my one finished app while he worked on his two, in succession, and I ate a lot of the delicious Iggy's sourdough. If we weren't sharing that might have been lonely for me.
On to the food itself:
Housemade mortadella plate came with 3 slices of mortadella, house mustard, some pickles, and a yummy rib chop. All very good. Salad of shaved artichoke, frisee, crispy pork skin also quite good, though I'm not sure what shaved artichoke adds except for texture (I noticed no discernible flavor and I love artichokes), and what isn't good with crispy pork skin? My crab cakes app was delicious -- two large cakes with sweet pea sauce and chili oil. Either I am mis-remembering, or this current incarnation of the crab cakes are much more generously sized than the last time I ordered them (I admit it has been a while). No complaints here.
The Suckling Pig main entree is quite a lot of meat! All preparations were juicy, tender, perfectly cooked. My favorite was the braised shoulder. Everything on the plate was surrounded by the most delicious pork broth. Luckily we had a spoon since I had ordered the seafood stew, because we drank every last drop and then soaked up the rest with more bread. The spicy seafood stew was also delicious.
Finished with the espresso semi-freddo for dessert. I love the combination of salty almond brittle and chocolate sauce. Yum.
re: desuka
I have been planning to take advantage of the "suckling pig Sundays" since the original post. Since your delightful review the desire has taken on a new urgency , Thanks! I needed the push.


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Richmond High School, later became Richmond Secondary College was located on Yarra Boulevard, Richmond, Victoria, Australia.
The two schools operated between the years of 1967 and 1992. Today, Melbourne Girls' College occupies the grounds.
This web site serves as a permanent reminder to one of Melbourne's great schools and a place ex-pupils can come and reminisce.
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No Highway in the Sky
|No Highway in the Sky
|Directed by
|Henry Koster
|Produced by
|Louis D. Lighton
|Written by
|Alec Coppel
Oscar Millard
R. C. Sherriff
|Based on
|No Highway
1948 novel
by Nevil Shute
|James Stewart
Marlene Dietrich
Glynis Johns
Jack Hawkins
|Music by
|Malcolm Arnold
|Georges Périnal
|Edited by
|Manuel del Campo
|Distributed by
|20th Century Fox
Release dates
Running time
|98 min.
|United Kingdom
|Box office
|$1,150,000 (US rentals)[1][2]
No Highway in the Sky (a.k.a. No Highway) is a 1951 British disaster film directed by Henry Koster and starring James Stewart and Marlene Dietrich. The film is based on the novel No Highway by Nevil Shute, and was one of the first films that involved a potential aircraft crash. Although the film follows Shute's original novel closely, No Highway in the Sky notably omits references to the supernatural that had been contained in the original novel, including the use of automatic writing to resolve a key element in the original novel's story.
Theodore Honey (James Stewart), a highly eccentric "boffin" with the Royal Aircraft Establishment is working on a difficult problem. A widower with a precocious young daughter, Elspeth (Janette Scott), Honey is sent from Farnborough to investigate the crash of a "Reindeer" airliner in Labrador, Canada. He theorizes the crash occurred because of a structural failure in the tail caused by sudden metal fatigue. To test the theory in his laboratory, an airframe is continuously shaken in eight-hour daily cycles.
It isn't until Honey is aboard a Reindeer that he realizes he is flying on an aircraft that may be close to the number of hours his theory projects for the fatal failure. Despite the fact that his theory is not yet proven, Honey decides to warn the passengers and crew, including actress Monica Teasdale (Marlene Dietrich). After the Reindeer lands at Gander Airport in Newfoundland, an inspection clears the aircraft to continue on, he decides to take drastic action to stop the flight. Honey raises the undercarriage while the aircraft is still on the ground, lowering the aircraft to its belly and damaging it. Shocked by the act, some of his colleagues demand that he be declared insane to discredit his theory.
Teasdale and flight attendant Marjorie Corder (Glynis Johns) both take a liking to Honey and Elspeth, who is lonely and isolated from her schoolmates. Teasdale speaks on his behalf to Honey's superiors, while Corder, seeing that he is decent but disorganized, decides to accept his offer of marriage.
During a hearing in which his sanity is questioned, Honey resigns but continues trying to prove that his theory is sound. In the laboratory, the time he predicted for a structural failure passes without anything untoward happening. The Reindeer he disabled, however, is repaired, but after a test flight, the tail breaks off. Shortly afterward, the same thing happens to the test airframe in the lab, and Honey discovers that he failed to include temperature as a factor in his calculations.
The first writer who worked on the script was R.C. Sheriff. The novel was then assigned to producer Buddy Lighton who hired Oscar Millard to do the screenplay. Millard says he spent six months writing the script without ever looking at a Sheriff draft. In London, the producer Buddy Lighton hired Alec Coppel to re-write some scenes based at the Farnborough Aircraft Establishment.[3]
The working title was No Highway which was also the British release title. As noted in contemporary sources, filming took place in 1950 at Denham Studios with location shooting at Blackbushe Airport, Hampshire, England, although a scene with a Gloster E.1/44 prototype was possibly staged at Boscombe Down.[4]
The November 1950 Hollywood Reporter news items noted while the film was in production, Stewart underwent an emergency appendectomy in London.[4]
Reviews of No Highway in the Sky were decidedly mixed. Bosley Crowther of The New York Times had a favorable review, noting the film's "... sly construction of an unusual plot and wry suspense."[5] In a later appraisal, reviewer Dennis Schwartz opined: "American military war hero pilot James Stewart plays the eccentric Yank scientist working for a British airline, and gives one of his better and more pleasing performances as someone kindhearted but a bit daffy. ... The one-dimensional characters add no emotional depth, especially when the awkward romance is tossed onto the airplane drama; but Stewart plays a likable character that translates into a rather genial pic with much appeal."[6]
Three years after the film and six years after Nevil Shute's original novel (No Highway) there were two fatal crashes of the world's first jet passenger airliner, the de Havilland Comet. Investigation found that metal fatigue was the most likely cause of both accidents, albeit in the fuselage and not the tail.[7]
Adaptations in other media[edit]
On 21 April 1952, before a live studio audience. Stewart and Dietrich, along with a full cast, reprised their roles in an adaptation of No Highway in the Sky on the CBS Lux Radio Theatre.[8][N 1]
The central element of No Highway in the Sky, of a concerned airline passenger having unique knowledge of an imminent danger, taking drastic action to eliminate it and then being regarded as insane, is comparable to that of The Twilight Zone episode "Nightmare at 20,000 Feet". An additional similarity in the 1983 Twilight Zone scene in the later anthology movie is that the character of John Lithgow, like that of James Stewart, is portrayed as an engineering expert.[9]
- ^ Solomon, Aubrey (1989). Twentieth Century Fox: A Corporate and Financial History. The Scarecrow Filmmakers Series. Lanham, Maryland: Scarecrow Press. p. 224. ISBN 978-0-8108-4244-1.
- ^ "The Top Box Office Hits of 1951." Variety, 2 January 1952.
- ^ Millard, Oscar. "Movies: What's in a name? Ask the writers." Los Angeles Times, 28 August 1983, p. s18.
- ^ a b c "Notes: No Highway in the Sky." Turner Classic Movies. Retrieved: 17 October 2014.
- ^ Crowther, Bosley. "No Highway in the Sky (1951), With James Stewart and Marlene District, Opens at Roxy." The New York Times, 22 September 1951. Retrieved: 3 January 2011.
- ^ Schwartz, Dennis. "No Highway in the Sky." Ozus' World Movie Reviews, 14 August 2011. Retrieved: 17 October 2014.
- ^ Davies, R.E.G.; Birtles, Philip J. (1999). Comet: The World's First Jet Airliner. McLean, Virginia: Paladwr Press. p. 30. ISBN 1-888962-14-3.
- ^ Steffen, James. "Articles: No Highway in the Sky." Turner Classic Movies. Retrieved: 17 October 2014.
- ^ Bloch, Robert (1983). Once Around the Bloch: An Unauthorized Autobiography. New York: Tor Books. pp. 388–89. ISBN 978-0-312-85373-0.
- Jones, Ken D.; McClure, Arthur F.; Twomey, Alfred E. (1970). The Films of James Stewart. New York: Castle Books.
- Shute, Nevil (1954). Slide Rule: Autobiography of an Engineer. London: William Heinemann Ltd. ISBN 1-84232-291-5.
External links[edit]
|Wikimedia Commons has media related to No Highway in the Sky.
- No Highway in the Sky at the TCM Movie Database
- No Highway in the Sky at the Internet Movie Database
- No Highway in the Sky at AllMovie
- No Highway in the Sky at the American Film Institute Catalog


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By Steven Donald SmithAmerican Forces Press Service
WASHINGTON, Jan. 13, 2006 German Chancellor Angela Merkel and President Bush pushed for U.N. sanctions against Iran in a news conference today at the White House.
Bush said Iran's desire to develop a nuclear weapons program posed a "grave threat to the security of the world."
"I'm not going to prejudge what the United Nations Security Council should do. But I recognize that it's logical that a country which has rejected diplomatic entreaties be sent to the United Nations Security Council," Bush said.
The so-called "EU-3" --Britain, France and Germany -- have tried unsuccessfully to convince Iran to quit its nuclear program, and earlier this week Iran broke U.N. seals on its uranium enrichment facility.
Iran insists it only wants to enrich uranium for energy purposes.
Bush stated that Germany and the United States have an obligation to send a "common message to the Iranians that ... trying to clandestinely develop a nuclear weapon or using the guise of a civilian nuclear weapon program to get the know-how to develop a nuclear weapon is unacceptable."
Bush also pointed out that the Iranian president has openly expressed his desire to wipe Israel off the face of the map. "That's unacceptable," Bush said. "And the development of a nuclear weapon, it seems like to me, would make them a step closer to achieving that objective."
Merkel said the time has come for stronger pressure on Tehran. "What is essential, indeed crucial, is that ... the EU-3 and the United States together in a genuine consultation process ... did everything we could," she said. "Iran's refused every offer we made, even the Russian offer -- now we refer this matter back to the board of governors of the International Atomic Energy Agency."
Russia had offered to secure Iran's spent nuclear fuel so it couldn't be reprocessed for nuclear weapons-grade plutonium. This would have allowed Iran to have nuclear energy, but not nuclear weapons.
Asked if her visit to Washington opened up a new chapter in German-American relations, shaken by disagreement over Iraq policy, Merkel mentioned several areas in which the United States and Germany have had cooperative efforts, such as in Afghanistan and the Balkans.
She also touched on common U.S.-German commercial interests. "We have, for example, competitors, such as China and other countries, who don't abide by any rule. And we would like to see the rules kept. And now we need to find a common basis, a common approach," Merkel said. Bush agreed.
"Our job now is to work together. We've got big interests. Germany is a really important country. It's right in the heart of Europe. It's vital that Germany take the lead on a lot of issues, and I look forward to working with the chancellor on common objectives," he concluded.
Related Articles:Rice, Cheney Warn of Iranian Nuclear Threat, Urge U.N. Action


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Carl's Corner: No Player Left Behind
Dec. 1, 2013 – Carl Gustafson CA Regional Tri-Director (San Diego)Remember when politicians jumped on the �No child left behind� school slogan bandwagon? To not be for it would have been political suicide.
But the reality was, is, and always has been that lots of children are left behind.
Some of them so far behind they drop out of school, end up in prison, or dead. Some who hold a high school diploma can�t even read or write.
Here�s the untenable concept: If you make sure no child is behind, then you have to hold back everybody in front of the last child�and that�s not going to happen, and didn�t happen.
Because some students put their nose to the grindstone and others don�t.
For many years I�ve watched some among us spend prodigious energy on trying to win via bellyaching about unfair rules and policies.
But in case you haven�t noticed, regardless of rules, some teams still win a lot and others lose a lot; some drop out; some reform and start over.
There�s a reason for this and it has little to do with legislation. It has a lot to do with effective practice and focused commitment.
The best sluggers in our game work the hardest at perfecting their technique, almost without exception. For them, the thought of not going out to a vacant field and hitting many dozens of balls every week � is simply not an option.
For example, Clyde �Poindexter� Phillips, invented a machine that holds softballs on air pressure where he hits them into an indoor net on his lunch break at work, by the dozens, every day.
So softball is like anything else in life.
Achievement goes to those who are willing to work, to sacrifice, to focus. If your off-tournament regimen consists of sitting in front of a TV, eating pizza, drinking beer, growing fatter and slower by the day, complaining about your increasing list of ailments, that�s fine�but then be content to come in second, or third, or last.
But don�t belch mightily, scratch your swollen tummy, and then lobby to make rules against achievers so you won�t be left behind.


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Business: Startup and Grow
A blog designed for those who run or wish to start up their own small businesses.
Monthly Archive for March, 2011
Tune your Android for business
During my recent down time due to whatever they are calling this new virus- bedridden and sure I would never survive, I turned to the company of my Android phone, and began flipping through a sea of email, from no less than four "syn-ed" accounts. In my misery, I decided to reduce the amount of […] [Read More]
Path to Freedom & Opportunity
This post was written by Ashley Glickman, an intern at the Community Loan Fund. Ms. Glickman is an English major at the University at Albany. Freedom. What does that mean? For Americans, it means that we have the ability to make our own choices about our religion, our jobs, where we live . . . […] [Read More]
Is There Anything Worse Than Moving. . . Yes!
Last weekend I moved into a new neighborhood. I asked, "is there anything worse than moving?" The answer prompted me to think about businesses and locations. When we select an apartment or home site we are thinking about all the critical aspects of relocation. Is my gym nearby? Are there golf courses? (yes! yes!) There will be questions of […] [Read More]


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Smallest Known Extrasolar Planet Possibly Found
By Robert Roy Britt
New research reveals what could be the smallest planet ever found outside our solar system in a long, Pluto-like orbit around its star.
No planet has ever been found this far from another star.
Clumps of dust around a young, nearby star could signal a planet smaller than Saturn, the astronomers say. The knots of material, arranged in a ring around a star called Epsilon Eridani, were spotted in a previous study, but researchers could not pin down why they existed. Several scientists suspected planets might be involved.
Alice Quillen, assistant professor of physics and astronomy at the University of Rochester, said she can't be certain the relatively small world is there, but her new computer model suggests it is.
"I think the clumps are probably caused by a planet," she said in a telephone interview.
The study, done with undergraduate student Stephen Thorndike, appears in the current issue of Astrophysical Journal Letters.
Popular star
Epsilon Eridani is about 10 light-years from Earth, close by astronomical standards. It is a young star, still circled by a disk of dust leftover from the star's birth. A similar disk circled our own Sun in the early years and was the stuff of which our solar system formed.
Astronomers say Epsilon Eridani may be a window to our own past, a view of our solar system shortly after the planets formed. Epsilon Eridani has long been an object of great interest, even being monitored for radio signals that might signal intelligent life. Researchers now believe, however, that life would struggle to evolve to an intelligent level in such a young system, where comets and asteroid would routinely pummel a planet.
Another, larger planet has already been found around Epsilon Eridani. The roughly Jupiter-mass object orbits the star every five years.
The new planet candidate circles the star every 280 years. It is about twice as massive as Neptune, Quillen estimates, or about one-tenth the heft of Jupiter. She said it could be smaller. It is thought to be less than 1 billion years old. The planets in our solar system are all more than 4 billion years old.
Several research groups have been probing stellar dust disks in recent years in search of newborn planets. Just last week, a different team announced strong evidence for a Saturn-sized planet.
New view
Quillen said her computer model is different in that it promises to find planets very far from their host stars in highly elliptical, or non-circular, orbits, like the path taken by Pluto.
To date, the only firm, widely agreed upon extrasolar planet discoveries have involved an entirely different search technique, however, in which astronomers watch stars for slight wobbles that indicate a planet, whose gravity is tugging on the star. But this so-called wobble method requires monitoring a star for years until the planet makes nearly a complete orbit. About 100 planets have been detected this way. Most are as big as Jupiter or larger. No planet outside our solar system has ever been photographed.
Quillen's method, like others that look at dust, can see signs of a planet with a single snapshot.
Here's how it works: Dust tends to spiral inward in any new solar system. Larger dust particles can get gravitationally trapped into particular positions along a planet's orbit, forming clumps. Telescopes gathering infrared and submillimeter light can see the star's energy reflected off this dust, and higher concentrations of it appear brighter.
Quillen worked backwards to make her finding. She used a computer to model how a planet on a Pluto-like orbit might sculpt dust. Then she searched existing observations for a star with dust signatures that might match her printouts.
"The fact that the dust around this star closely matches what we expected to see if a planet were present doesn't mean we know for sure that a planet is really there," Quillen said. "The images of Epsilon Eridani that we matched with our model are five years old. If Epsilon Eridani were re-observed then the clumps should have moved. The rate that they move will pin down the likely location of the planet."
If Quillen's planet turns out to be real, it would be less massive than any yet discovered. One that's slightly heavier was found using the wobble method earlier this year. Both planets would almost surely be gaseous, not rocky like Earth.
The research was funded in part by the National Science Foundation.


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Hey Everyone...I'm just bought Unity3D 3.5.0 PRO...And I need a "Real Reflection"....Which is including Color or Diffuse Texture....Or Diffuse+Spec+Bump+Reflection....NOT A CUBEMAP....!!!....(sorry for my bad English)....:)
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Unity does not come with built-in reflections/refractions, so you'll have to either write your own custom shader or but one from the asset store. I believe the Hard Surface Shader pack will satisfy your needs.
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