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Phase 2 is a 240,000 square foot addition to the existing 162,000 square foot facility. The Administrative floor and 5 levels of labs are supported by basement and penthouse mechanical levels. The lab includes BSL-2 labs, open "dry" lab, media prep, crystallography and a vivarium expansion including animal holding, necropsy, quarantine and procedure rooms. Both the lab and vivarium spaces are supported with centralized glass wash and autoclave sterilizers on each level. Mission critical building systems have built-in redundancy via diesel powered emergency generators, fly-wheel uninterrupted power supply, and electric steam generators. The building enclosure includes cascading skylights facing the downtown area.
The design and construction teams targeted high-level LEED certification. Founded by Jay and Betty Van Andel, Van Andel Institute's goal is to have a worldwide impact on medical science and education. The Institute supports Van Andel Research Institute (VARI) and Van Andel Education Institute (VAEI) in achieving this goal. VARI conducts biomedical research, with a focus on cancer and Parkinson disease and with an emphasis on translating scientific research results into clinical applications. VAEI strengthens science education and prepares and motivates individuals to pursue science or science-related professions.
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Thank you very much. What a spectacular moment it is to stand here and to look at the vistas in each direction, to look at our young military men and women who are assembled here and then to see the community leadership.
Today, we pause in the middle of this field, which in five years will be a new medical facility. The military aide to the General [Dean Cash; Commander, U.S. Army Alaska] will soon have a baby delivered at the existing hospital. It makes me think of all of the history that's going to be made at the new hospital, all of the new life that will come into this world, and all of the very capable young men and women who are serving in our armed forces as doctors and nurses and medical technicians. Today, our armed forces, using the Medical Armed Forces Health Scholarships that Congress gave us a decade ago, are recruiting some of the best doctors that our country can provide.
I ask you also to think of our veterans and of our military retirees who have served the country and our armed forces so well. Think of them as they will walk through the door of this new military treatment facility. At the heart of our military health care system are health care facilities like the new Bassett Hospital.
This new facility will be a demonstration of our commitment to take care of our men and women, to take care of their families, and particularly, to take care of our retirees and our veterans who also remain a part of our military community.
As we break ground today, we open the door for many new possibilities -- for families, for our soldiers and sailors and airmen and Marines, for our retirees and for the community, for all who will come to use this facility, and all of our medical practitioners who will use their skills at this facility.
Senator [Ted] Stevens, I want to thank you for the invitation to come here today and for the commitment you have expressed in supporting this facility. General [Cash], thank you for the opportunity to be here today.
Before we break ground, I have the great opportunity to introduce one more person to speak here today. Tom Brokaw wrote a book called The Greatest Generation. It talks about those men and women who served our country during World War II. Time Magazine wrote of that generation that they did more than any other generation, with the possible exception of our country's founding fathers -- Washington, Jefferson, Franklin. They provided all subsequent generations with unsurpassed opportunities by going to war in World War II and then moving into professions that saw the full realization of the American dream in the 20th Century with the best highway systems and universities.
That spirit is embodied in the life and career of Senator Stevens. He comes today as Chairman of the Appropriations Committee, as a Senator from Alaska, but also as a tremendous advocate for our men and women in the armed forces, for our retirees, for their families and for all Americans.

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Where will Isaac go? Moving toward Cuba; Southwest Florida in projected path
NAPLES _ The center of Tropical Storm Isaac has cleared Haiti but heavy rain is falling in the capital and elsewhere from the outer bands of the system.
Rocks, mud and other debris litter the streets of Port-au-Prince this morning and the city is on high alert for potential flooding, the Associated Press reports from the island nation. But the worst of the storm has hit far from the capital. The center of Isaac passed over the southern peninsula near the small city of Les Cayes and headed toward southern Cuba.
There were no immediate reports Saturday to the Associated Press of any deaths or major damage in Haiti. But communications are spotty in the country under normal circumstances and it wasn't yet possible to get a full picture of the situation in remote communities.
The National Hurricane Center's 8 a.m. advisory was essentially the same as the 5 a.m. one (posted below). The storm was about 95 miles east-southeast of Guantanamo, Cuba, with maximum sustained winds of 60 mph. Its forward speed is 14 mph.
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NAPLES _ Tropical Storm Isaac didn't slow down much overnight after crossing over Haiti, prompting National Hurricane Center forecasters to slightly increase their prediction for the storm's intensity, a Saturday morning storm analysis shows.
The 5 a.m. analysis -- the next one is due at 8 a.m. -- said Isaac remained intact after moving across southwestern Haiti overnight with winds hitting 70 mph. A storm becomes classified as a hurricane when winds hit 74 mph.
Its forecast path didn't change from one that takes it over Cuba and into the Gulf of Mexico just off the Florida coast by Sunday night.
The forecast at 5 a.m. Saturday projected Isaac would become a hurricane within 36 hours, or by 5 p.m. Sunday. Now, its projected top wind speed during the entire storm is 90 mph while it is expected to be in the Gulf.
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"Given that the cyclone has fared rather well after moving across Haiti ... and that the track forecast has only minimal interaction with Cuba ... the intensity forecast after 12 hours has been adjusted upward following the trend of the latest intensity guidance. Isaac is expected to become a hurricane in about 36 hours ... with additional intensification expected as the cyclone moves into the eastern Gulf of Mexico in a favorable environment."
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PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — Tropical Storm Isaac strengthened Friday night as it swirled toward an expected overnight landfall on Haiti's southern peninsula, threatening the poor nation with punishing rain but unlikely to gain enough steam to strike as a hurricane.
Forecasters said the storm would likely stay below hurricane force until it reached the Gulf of Mexico on Sunday, and they shifted its projected track back eastward and it remained a possible threat to Tampa, Florida, where the Republican National Convention starts Monday.
Communications in Haiti are often spotty and there were no official reports any damage late Friday.
Government and international aid groups in Haiti's capital were prepared to evacuate several thousand people from settlement camps that sprang up in the aftermath of the 2010 earthquake. But the main threat appeared aimed at Les Cayes, a city of about 45,000 people on the southwestern coast that is prone to flooding during heavy rain.
Forecasters said Isaac could drop up to eight to 12 inches of rain on the island of Hispaniola, which is shared by Haiti and the Dominican Republic. Haiti is heavily deforested and just a few hours of steady rain can trigger deadly mudslides.
"That kind of rain is going to cause some life-threatening flash floods and mudslides," said Dennis Feltgen, a spokesman for the U.S. Hurricane Center in Miami.
Isaac was centered about 65 miles south-southwest of Port-au-Prince, the Haitian capital, late Friday, and its maximum sustained winds had increased to 70 mph. It was moving west at 14 mph. Tropical force winds extended nearly 200 miles from the storm's center.
Cuba declared a state of alert Friday for six eastern provinces, according to a Civil Defense announcement read on the afternoon news, and five central provinces were put on preliminary watch. Vacationers in tourist installations of those regions were evacuated.
Radio Baracoa, from the city of Baracoa on the northern coast of eastern Cuba, reported that high seas began topping the city's seawall Friday night. Reports said lower than normal rains had left reservoirs well below capacity and in good shape to absorb runoff.
Cuba has a highly organized civil defense system that goes door-to-door to enforce evacuations of at-risk areas, largely averting casualties from storms even when they cause major flooding and significant damage to crops.
Haitian Prime Minister Laurent Lamothe urged people to avoid crossing rivers and to stay calm, saying "panic creates more problems." He said the government had set aside about $50,000 in emergency funds and had buses and 32 boats on standby for evacuations.
About 400,000 people remain in settlement camps comprised of shacks and tarps in the wake of Haiti's devastating 2010 earthquake.
In Port-au-Prince, a city of some 3 million ringed by mountains, people went to work as usual Friday, but commercial banks closed at noon and some residents took precautions as the sky darkened, rain fell and the wind picked up.
"Just in case this gets very bad — the sky is turning gray — I'm making sure we have enough food in the house," said 25-year-old Joanne Dorville as she carried home rice, sardines, black beans and cooking oil that she had purchased in a street market.
Haitian authorities and aid workers from the International Organization for Migration and the Haitian Red Cross had planned to evacuate as many as 8,000 people from a tent camp at the edge of the capital but few accepted. Two school buses that were supposed to shuttle the people to temporary shelters drove away empty.
"If I leave for a shelter, by the time I come back, everything I have will be gone," said Charles Delizaire, a 39-year-old resident of the settlement named Marassa.
More than a hundred people were at a shelter in a school that President Michel Martelly toured along with Lamothe, the prime minister. Martelly greeted mothers and their children, but after the visit some people began to leave.
"They dragged me from the camp and brought me here," 38-year-old Marlene Charles, thirsty and hungry, said about the aid groups. "There's no way I'm going to spend the night here."
So far, Isaac itself had caused no reported injuries or deaths, but police in Puerto Rico said a 75-year-old woman died near the capital of San Juan on Wednesday when she fell off a balcony while preparing for the storm.
In the Dominican Republic, authorities evacuated people from low-lying areas but, as in Haiti, they encountered resistance. Still, authorities said they evacuated nearly 2,900 people. The majority were transferred to the homes of relatives while about 300 were sent to government shelters.
Flooding was reported in Santo Domingo and Santiago but no reports of injuries.
Organizers of next week's Republican National Convention in Tampa said they were working closely with state and federal authorities on monitoring storm as they prepared for the arrival of 70,000 delegates, journalists and protesters, and Florida Gov. Rick Scott said there were no plans to cancel the convention.
Out in the eastern Atlantic, former Tropical Storm Joyce degenerated into a weak low pressure system Friday.
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Reflexology for Pregnancy and Labor
Our bodies are equipped with wonderful self-healing facilities, but these often fail to work properly because vital energy pathways are blocked due to the stresses and strains of life. Reflexology, an ancient form of healing, teaches that specific regions of the body called reflex zones (points in the feet, hands, and ears) are associated with particular organs, glands, and other parts of the body.
A reflexology treatment comes in the form of applied pressure, stretching, and movement. A reflexologist is able to find these deposits and blockages and break up patterns of stress, restoring balance and relieving tension. Reflexology treatments can also improve a patient's circulation and elimination—two very important factors in maintaining good health and well-being.
The physical, emotional, and mental changes of pregnancy can be overwhelming for some women. According to the National Center for Complimentary & Alternative Medicine (NCCAM) and Suzanne Ezner, author of the Maternity Reflexology Manual, maternity reflexology has been effective in treating the following common ailments many women face during various stages of pregnancy:
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Sound too good to be true? Maybe, but the fact is that many homeopathic and holistic practices are only now being studied for their effectiveness. Reflexology, along with acupuncture, has been readily accepted in European countries for some time, and many patients are now also finding success with it in the United States as well.


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Only difference between Bacchus and every other politician is he got caught. Hope he rots.
We did win an NC with Roof as DC, but he had two huge advantages last year. Nick Fairley required double-teaming almost every play which allowed the rest of the defensive line to make plays. On the other side of the ball Cam Newton was Mr. Instant First Down Conversion and so we had long sustained drives where the defense could rest, and in most games scored a bunch of points so that the defense didn't necessarily have to be a completely shut down affair.
Still, he coached up mediocre defensive talent to shut down the Ducks which was no small task, and so I wish him the best since his name will forever be associated with last year's championship.
War Eagle!
You have reading comprehension issues.
Everyone, please stop comparing the BCS to the NFL or basketball where no bias goes into determining who makes it to the playoffs and the Super Bowl. Teams get there by winning their division and eventually their conference (or via a wildcard which still follows strict rules and not a bunch of biased journalists voting their team in hoping for a Super Bowl ticket to "cover" the game).
You expose your ignorance by making this argument.
Comparing a loss in college football to other sports where there is a true, ON THE FIELD means of determining a champion is nonsense. Name another sport where biased, regional journalists get to vote on the best team . . . waiting . . . OK, the 64 team NCAA BB Championship is imperfect, but with 64 teams you can bet the best teams are never left out.
In NCAA men's football there is no structured ON THE FIELD means of determining a national champion. Auburn got shafted in 2004 and OSU in 2011. NB, I'm not be any means saying that the Tide wouldn't completely dismantle the Cowboys - I'm pretty sure they would. But if you look past your own regional (or Crimson) biases, the system is rigged and completely flawed.
And again, I will not be convinced that Alabama is the best team in the country. I honestly believe that LSU is, and that they will show it in New Orleans. Both teams have stifling defenses but LSU has the superior offense now that they've benched Lee.
I would expect nothing more from the homer journalists at AL.com.
Actually there is not a single bowl of consequence this year. In the NC game, if LSU wins, well, we already knew they were the better team. If somehow Bama pulls out the upset, we have a split title (they already lost to LSU at home and there's no way to do a tiebreaker, though LSU's schedule was much tougher than Bama's - Oregon, WVU, Bama in Tuscaloosa, etc).
The rest of the bowls are a joke. All pretense about "earning" a spot in a bowl is gone. It is purely about money at this point (Va Tech suffered two inglorious beat downs by Clemson and yet they wind up in the Sugar Bowl?). College football will be much better off once ESPN and the BCS lose their grip and influence on the bowl season. The word "monopoly" is not far off the mark.
I don't think Bama can beat LSU in New Orleans. LSU has improved since the Bama game and I don't think played their best game in Tuscaloosa (2 INTs for Jared Lee who warms the bench now).
Bama fans will be disappointed, and LSU will put an epic beat down on OSU, but Bama will get the chance to kick around a team from another conference and as an Auburn fan and SEC fan I'd rather see that than the SEC beating on itself.
LSU has one of the best teams in a long time.
I guess posting inflammatory comments like this is a lot easier than doing actual journalism and writing articles.
I suspect that Stanford will be eliminated this weekend. Oklahoma State has a better chance of winning out but Boise State certainly will, and then LSU can show them what real football is in the BCS game.
Not at all, just pointing out the LSU is a bit better. They held Richardson to low numbers and forced Saban to gamble on trick plays and ill-conceived FG tries that ultimately showed that Alabama has weaknesses both on special teams and in game day coaching that LSU does not. LSU played a steady, conservative game plan and while their offense was also shut down most of the game, by the end Bama's defense was gassed and the option was starting to chew up large chunks of yards.
Frankly while I understand Bama fans wanting another chance. if you win you've proven nothing and won't be accepted as BCS champs (except by Bama fans) since you split with LSU who, should it all play out to a rematch, will only have a single loss as well.
Arkansas almost lost to Vandy. I see it being a good game but LSU will win - Arkansas hasn't seen a defense like LSU's yet. Bama fans need to just hope for next year.
This is a pointless and clueless analogy. The BCS works completely differently than the SECC game which is always division champs from East and West, regardless of what transpired during the season. Bama does not deserve another shot - they lost it at home fair and square in front of 100K of their own fans. They couldn't get it done. Saban does not win big close games. The Hat does.
And another thing. Saban was outcoached. He gambled where The Hat played a steady, conservative game and look who came out on top. Should have paid Julio to stick around another year - he's getting it done for the Falcons.
LSU proved they were the better team on the field. Let me count the ways:
- Made field goals when needed.
- Blocked a FG
- Made a huge defensive play at the goal line to strip and INT the ball
- Got it done in OT
- Didn't allow punts to roll for 73 yards
If you don't have a competent special teams or FG kicker, how is it we are to believe you are the best in the country? You had your shot, now it's someone else's turn.
Alabama had homefield advantage, a massive home crowd and couldn't win, yet somehow we're supposed to believe they're the better team? Crimson Tards never fail to amuse.
LOL - anyone who watched that game the other night saw that LSU was the better team and that Saban once again was outcoached by the Hat. The only people who fail to realize this need to take off the crimson blinders.
Consider a rematch. If Alabama wins, nothing is resolved. If LSU wins (which I think they would on a neutral field, and certainly in 'Nawlins), then we all say duh, they already beat them once. A rematch of these two teams would be reminiscent of Chokelahoma being gifted a spot in the national championship game AFTER LOSING THEIR OWN CONFERENCE CHAMPIONSHIP and then subsequently getting raped in that game. Please no rematch for the good of college football and the SEC!
I for one will be disgusted if there is a rematch fo this game for the MNC. LSU already proved they are the better team this year. Not by much perhaps, but you get one chance in this game to go undefeated, and Alabama had the game on their own turf in front of 100K+ of their own fans and lost fair and square to a better team (special teams and outstanding defensive plays). Saban lost. End of story. No one except despondent Alabama fans believe a rematch would be necessary or even interesting. Go Cowboys.
How was Bama the better team? They lost on their home field. They were outcoached, don't have a place kicker worth snot, and then Maze allows a critical LSU punt to roll 73 yards. Best team on the field won it.
Definitely shouldn't be a rematch. Bama had a shot on their home field to determinie their own future and got outplayed and out coached. On a neutral field LSU wins big.


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George DuPaul: Too often, families rely on medicine to treat ADHD when other
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Project Achieve demonstrates how non-medicinal interventions are effective in treating ADHD symptoms in early childhood.
Lee Kern: Education researchers are now better able to analyze ADHD-related symptoms among preschool-aged children.
Project Achieve studied the impact of two types of interventions and their impact on behavioral, academic and social skills.
Common ADHD treatments at that age include the use of medication, an approach that can be helpful under certain circumstances. The problem is that these psychotropic treatments are becoming more popular while other non-medicinal solutions have yet to be fully studied, let alone implemented.
That may no longer be the case. DuPaul, Kern and their colleagues have just ended Project Achieve, a five-year study that argues that interventions are successful when treating the disorder at such an early age.
The study was funded by the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) and is the largest study ever of its kind involving children between the ages of three and five who are at-risk for ADHD. Results of the study are outlined in the most recent School Psychology Review journal's special series on ADHD. Published by the National Association of School Psychologists, it is the world's second largest peer-reviewed psychology journal.
"Early identification and intervention is essential, but there has been a lack of research on how to identify and intervene effectively with these children during their preschool years," explained Thomas J. Power, editor of the journal and program director with the Center for Management of ADHD at The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia. "The investigation by Kern, DuPaul, and their colleagues is the most ambitious study of non-pharmacological, psychosocial interventions for young children with ADHD ever conducted."
Over the course of 70 months, the researchers charted the progress of 135 students with symptoms of ADHD. They evaluated how effective early intervention techniques were in helping children decrease their levels of defiant behavior and aggression, while enhancing their academic and social skills.
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Early intervention techniques include highly individualized programs that often rely on positive supports to reinforce behavior. For example, in consultation with parents and preschool teachers, Project Achieve researchers modified the environments in home and school (such as altering tasks and activities in the classroom to accommodate for ADHD students), in an effort to improve behavior. The highly-interactive techniques were presented as alternatives to medicine.
"Medication may address the symptoms, but it does not necessarily improve children's academic and social skills. And because this is a lifelong disorder, without any cure, it's important that we start understanding what tools and strategies are effective for children with ADHD at such an early age," says DuPaul.
"There's simply a lack of understanding about the type of non-medicinal services that are available to preschool children and their families. Our goal is to address behavior and academic issues before they become more problematic in elementary school," he added
The results were significant. Using a variety of early intervention strategies, parents reported, on average, a 17% decrease in aggression and 21% improvement in their children's social skills. Teachers saw similarly strong results; in the classroom, there was a 28% improvement in both categories. Early literacy skills improved up to three times their baseline status.
Positive results
The study suggests that a multi-tiered approach to intervention, whereby a more traditional approach to intervention is offered to children who are at-risk and more intensive services are provided to those children in greatest need, may be the most practical and cost effective strategy in helping preschoolers tackle behavioral and academic challenges.
"While parents of children with ADHD usually trace the characteristic behaviors back to the preschool years, pediatricians have long questioned whether such children can accurately be identified given the overlap with normal behaviors in young children. And if so, whether any intervention that does not involve medicine can be of value," Van Brakle explains. "Project Achieve suggests that with careful assessment, such children can be accurately identified and appropriate behavioral interventions are an important part of the treatment plan."
Research conducted by Lehigh University plays a prominent role in the issue. The special series also featured the results of Project PASS, an ADHD study organized by DuPaul and Asha Jitendra of the College of Education. DuPaul also contributed the forward for the issue titled, "School-Based Interventions for Students With Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder: Current Status and Future Directions."
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First Monday of the month
NEW INVESTORS, this is the place to start.
- We are a round-table discussion covering the basics of real estate investing for the novice investor. Come learn how to earn a profit and avoid the pitfalls of real-estate investing.
- This group, also called the "Newbie Subgroup", was created to educate not only new investors but also offer a variety of topics to sharpen the skills of seasoned investors as well.
- New members are welcome to join at any meeting. Just sign up at the door and pay with cash, check (payable to South Jersey Investors) or credit card.
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Eating and networking @ 6 meeting starts at 7
First Monday of the month
As of 1/1/13, Members attend for FREE – Visitors pay $15.
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Dinner is available at our new meeting location. Everyone pays for their own meal.
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The Hurdy Gurdy Folk Music Club has, for thirty years, been devoted to bringing the best in folk music to the Northeastern New Jersey area.
We are happy to continue our co-sponsoring arrangement with the Borough of Fair Lawn, at the Fair Lawn Community Center, located at 10-10 20th Street, Fair Lawn, NJ, only 10 minutes from our old home in Paramus.
It's a wonderful space, with comfortable theater seating, great acoustics and lighting, and a state of the art sound system. We are delighted with this space, and we've had many favorable comments from this past season's performers and audiences. If you haven't checked out the new digs, come see a show. We know you'll be as happy with it as we are.
Directions to the Hurdy Gurdy are here.
We are doing away with memberships. Existing memberships will be honored until they expire. We are working on some new ticket options for next season, so stay tuned!
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Advanced sale tickets and info on all Hurdy Gurdy Shows are available by mail, or online. Click here for a mail order form or to buy online with PayPal. You don't need a PayPal account to buy online, and tickets purchased online will not be mailed. You can pick them up at the "will call" table at the concerts. Please note that seating is general admission. Seating is first come, first served.
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A high frequency coaxial cable having a foil (7 a) between the cable insulator (5) and cable braid (7 b), is terminated to a coaxial connector (40) in a manner that allows fast and easy cable preparation and results in a termination with minimal axial electric field lines that cause a high insertion loss and a high VSWR (voltage standing wave ratio). A bore (46) at the rear portion (42) of the connector outer conductor, receives the cable insulator with foil around the cable insulator. The bore has a front part (54) that forms an interference fit around the foil, to avoid an axially-extending gap which might contain axially-extending field lines. The front of cable insulator and foil are flush and both abut the insulation (25) of the connector.
1. Apparatus which includes a high frequency coaxial connector that has inner and outer connector conductors and a connector insulator between them that are centered on an axis and which includes a coaxial cable that has inner and outer cable conductors and a cable insulator between them, said cable inner and outer conductors having front end portions connected to rear end portions of said connector inner and outer conductors, respectively, wherein the cable outer conductor includes a conductive foil that lies against an outside of said cable insulator, wherein:
said connector outer conductor has an inner surface with a foil-engaging part that lies closely around said foil and forms an interference fit therewith to thereby prevent the distortion of electric field lines between said foil and said connector outer conductor.
2. The apparatus described in
said braid is initially cut even with said foil, and said braid has a front end part that is expanded in diameter, said connector outer conductor having a rear end part of greater inside diameter than said foil-engaging part, and said expanded braid front end part lies around and is connected to a rear end portion of said connector outer conductor.
3. The apparatus described in
said connector outer conductor inner surface has a rearmost part that is of larger diameter than said foil-engaging part and that lies directly inside said crimp tube with a gap between said inner surface rearmost part and said foil.
4. The apparatus described in
said conductive foil and said cable insulator have extreme front ends that are flush with each other, with said cable insulator being compressed in diameter by the fact of said outer conductor radially inwardly compressing said foil.
5. Apparatus that includes a high frequency coaxial connector that has inner and outer connector conductors and a connector insulator between, and that includes a coaxial cable that has inner and outer cable conductors centered on an axis and a cable insulator between them, said cable inner and outer conductors having front end portions connected to rear end portions of said connector inner and outer conductors, respectively, wherein the cable outer conductor includes a conductive foil that lies around said cable insulator and a conductive braid that lies around said foil, wherein:
said connector outer contact rear portion has a largely cylindrical outside surface, and said braid is expanded and lies around and against said largely cylindrical outside surface;
said connector outer contact rear portion has a cylindrical inside surface part that lies around and against said foil and that radially inwardly presses the foil against said cable insulator.
6. The apparatus described in
said foil and said cable insulator have extreme front ends which are flush with each other, said connector insulator has a rear end portion lying at a rear end of said cylindrical inside of said connector outer contact rear portion, and said extreme front end of said cable insulator abuts said connector insulator rear end.
7. The apparatus described in
said inside surface of said connector outer contact rear portion includes front and rear parts, said front part forming said surface part that lies around and against said foil, said rear part having a greater inside diameter than said front part and generally lies out of contact with said foil.
Applicant claims priority from British patent application 0419303.3 filed 31 Aug. 2004.
This invention relates to a coaxial connector for terminating to a high performance coaxial cable of the type that has a wrapped conductive shield. A coaxial cable includes a solid or stranded inner cable conductor surrounded by a layer of polymer dielectric material. The dielectric material is precisely centered within a woven braid outer cable conductor, and the cable has an outer jacket of polymer material. The outer cable conductor defines a ground return path which is necessary for microwave signal transmission.
High performance, low loss coaxial cables have been developed to transmit higher frequencies with minimal impedance discontinuities. With low loss dielectrics, these cables may transmit higher power levels with minimal attenuation. The high performance cables generally comprise an inner cable conductor surrounded by a low loss dielectric material such as cellular polyethylene, a thin wrapped metallic outer shield such as a conductive foil, a woven plated copper braid shield, and a polymer outer jacket such as polyvinyl chloride (PVC). This type of cable is desirable for use in the transmission of high rate digital signals such as those used in the High Definition Television (HDTV) industry, of a frequency of about 1 GHz and higher.
Cables are generally prepared for termination to a coaxial connector by stripping, or removing, from around the center cable conductor, the dielectric material, the braid and the cable jacket to strip lengths specified by the manufacture of the RF coaxial connector. In the case of the high performance coaxial cable having a wrapped metallic foil shield, the foil is generally removed and stripped back approximately evenly with the jacket, as shown in
A preferred termination technique would be to leave the metallic foil intact, i.e. flush with the dielectric material and/or braid. However, this presents a problem in terms of electrical performance. At lower frequencies, cables prepared and terminated in this way exhibit no electrical performance problems, with particular respect to return loss. However, at higher frequencies, a convoluted signal path occurs, and a higher than expected return loss or VSWR (voltage standing wave ratio) is exhibited.
According to the invention, there is provided a radio frequency coaxial connector for terminating a coaxial cable of the type that includes a center cable conductor, a dielectric cable insulation surrounding the center conductor, and a cable outer conductor that includes a conductive foil surrounding the dielectric material. The connector includes a tubular metallic connector having a rear end for receiving the coaxial cable and having a front end for interfacing with a complimentary connector, and a tubular insulator located within the connector outer conductor. The rear end of the connector outer conductor forms an open bore for receiving the cable center conductor, cable dielectric material and the conductive foil. A part of the bore is of a reduced diameter to provide an interference fit between walls of the connector bore and the cable conductive foil. The reduced inner diameter of the bore is preferably located adjacent to the connector insulator.
In use, the cable center conductor, the cable insulator surrounding the center conductor and the cable conductive foil, are received into the bore in the rear end of the coaxial connector. The conductive braid is placed around the rear end portion of the connector outer connector. The cable portion with foil on the outside is easily received into a rear part of the bore in the connector outer conductor, but the reduced diameter of a front bore part provides an interference fit between the conductive foil of the cable and the inner surface of walls of the bore in the connector outer conductor. This interference fit eliminates any clearance space between the conductive foil of the cable and the inner surface of the bore, and thereby eliminates a longitudinal electric field between the conductive foil and the connector body.
It has been found that prevention of such a longitudinal electric field is an effective way of maintaining the radial orientation of the electric field, thereby ensuring good electrical performance at higher frequencies.
The novel features of the invention are set forth with particularity in the appended claims. The invention will be best understood from the following description when read in conjunction with the accompanying drawings.
Electric field lines of a high performance coaxial cable in the normal transverse electromagnetic mode of transmission are purely radial, and thus terminate perpendicular to the surfaces of the center and outer conductors. However, at sudden transitions in the diameter of the conductors, such as a step change in the conductor diameter of a coaxial connector, the electric field lines distort as at L3 in
It is almost impossible to avoid discontinuities in a connector design. For example, methods of terminating a cable to a connector often result in diameter variations between the cable and the connector. These variations require changes in conductor diameters to maintain the proper impedances, thus creating discontinuities. Below about 1000 MHz (1 GHZ), these discontinuities usually have no significant effect on the resulting return loss or VSWR. However, at higher frequencies, the discontinuities have a major impact on the performance of the connector.
The terminated cable shown in
As shown in
A rear end portion 42 of the outer connector conductor 19 has a rearwardly R opening bore 46 for receiving the coaxial cable 44. The rear end portion 42 of the outer connector conductor may be a different part than the rest of the outer conductor 19, different sized rear portions 42 being provided for different sized cables 44. An interface 19 b is of the prior art design and provides a BNC plug for interfacing with a complimentary jack. The connector insulator 25 is located between the ends of the body 19 so as to be coaxial therewith. The insulator 25 comprises two insulator blocks 25A, 25B through which are formed holes on the connector axis 50, the insulator 25B being of harder material to guide the cable center conductor. The center, or inner conductor pin 27 is located in an axial hole of the insulator 25. The pin comprises a pin portion 27A for receiving, via the bore 46, an end of the center conductor 3 of the coaxial cable. The connector 40 may also comprise a number of other components (not shown) such as a bayonet collar, gaskets, spring washers and split washers. These components are all known from existing connectors and will not be described further.
The bore 46 in the rear end 42 of the connector outer conductor leads to the insulator 25. The inner diameter of the bore steps from a first diameter A at the open rear part 52 to a second, smaller diameter B in the bore front part 54 which lies adjacent to the insulator 25. The outer surface of the rear portion 42 of the outer conductor preferably has a knurled surface.
In use, the high performance coaxial cable 44 is prepared in the same way as the cable shown in
In the specific example shown in
As noted above, the elimination of the axial electric field lines reduces return loss and VSWR at high frequencies.
In the connector described above, the bore of the rear end of the connector body has two inner diameters with a step between them. However, other bore profiles are suitable. For example, the inner diameter of the bore may gradually ramp from the first diameter to the second diameter, or more than two discrete inner diameters may be provided. What is important is that an interference fit is provided between the bore and the conductive foil of the cable adjacent the insulator arrangement of the connector.
Although particular embodiments of the invention have been described and illustrated herein, it is recognized that modifications and variations may readily occur to those skilled in the art, and consequently, it is intended that the claims be interpreted to cover such modifications and equivalents.
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Oklahoma NAACP selects Boston Williamson to organize an NAACP chapter at University of Oklahoma (OU), according to his interview with OUDaily. However, Boston Williamson is white and is now the new president of NAACP on OU campus that has an underrepresented black student body. The black student population at OU is 5% whereas the white student population is 63%. NAACP selection of Williamson came after OU Sigma Alpha Epsilon (SAE) fraternity chanted about excluding blacks from the fraternity and about hanging Nigg**s from a tree. The infamous racist chant resulted in the expulsion of 2 SAE members and the closing of SAE campus house.
Williamson, per interview with OUDaily, indicated that when Oklahoma NAACP State Conference (head of its Youth and College Division) approached him, he was reluctant to take the position as leader of NAACP because he was white. President of State NAACP is Anthony Douglas. According to the OUDaily interview, what changed Williamson's mind was that the Oklahoma NAACP told him the last NAACP National president was white. For the sake of clearing up misinformation, it should be noted that the last NAACP national president who is Ben Jealous is not white. Ben Jealous is Black.
Could it be that the face of the NAACP's leadership is reverting back to its founding origin.
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Castle Star Susan Sullivan: Castle and Beckett Need to Stop "Pussyfooting Around" – Exclusive!
We've thought it, we've said it, and now our feelings about Caskett's endless will-they-or-won't-they game are being echoed by none other than Susan Sullivan.
On Castle Season 4, Episode 19: "47 Seconds," Rick's (Nathan Fillion) mother Martha Rodgers hinted that it may be time for Castle to share his feelings with Beckett (Stana Katic) — and not just when she's lying on the ground with a bullet inside her chest. But those sentiments were mild compared to what Susan has to say in real life.
"I totally approve of this relationship. I just don't approve of this sort of pussyfooting around," she told Wetpaint Entertainment. "I think he has to take some action. Enough is enough. I'm going to call her on the phone one of these days and tell her that, too."
Susan would like some answers about her own love life on the show too, especially the part about making a little Castle baby with a CIA agent.
"Wow. How intriguing. I don't remember him," jokes Susan. "But it's entirely possible that it happened."
"You have to understand. They tell the actors nothing," she reveals to us. "I don't know why. Probably because we would tell you, and then who'd have to tune in? So they tell me nothing."
That doesn't mean Martha's on the backburner for the rest of the season.
"I'm having some nice little scenes in terms of myself as an artist, and how I feel about that, which is always nice," she says. "When you're on a show like this and you're the mother of the lead character, you're really there to reveal who he is. So every once in a while, it's nice to be able to see who you are."
And when it comes to her character, Susan knows exactly who she is.
"This character is based on my own mother," says the actress. "She just died recently. She had a great life, and so it's fun for me. I feel totally connected to her when I'm playing Martha because that's how my mother was — ebullient. She was not going to be in the background."
So far, that's Martha to the T.
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D. T. Read Steel is a steel company that specializes in placing reinforcing steel. D. T. Read has worked on several high profile projects, including placing thousands of tons of reinforcing steel in bridges such as the US 90 Biloxi/Ocean Springs bridge in Mississippi and the I-10 Escambia Bay bridge in Florida. We have done subcontracting work in Mississippi and Florida and are based in Chesapeake, Virginia. The D. T. Read Steel Company is supported by a management team with over 40 years combined construction field and office experience with Government, Municipal, Private and Design build work.
We hold both our workers and our suppliers to a high standard, so we can confidently deliver quality workmanship the first time every time. Our work force is goal oriented, competent, and motivated. To ensure customer satisfaction we complete all projects in a timely manner; we take pride in both finishing projects on schedule as well as being able to work on multiple projects at once. We also offer value engineering alternatives whenever possible to help our customers save money.
Our philosophy at D.T. Read Steel has always been to strive to be the best General Contractor we possibly can, and to provide our customers with quality projects completed on time or ahead of schedule. Over the past 40 years on projects of all sizes we have maintained this exceptional standard and built an unyielding reputation in the construction industry. Our commitment to excellence, pride, and customer satisfaction will constantly remain our principle goal.
To continue to serve the business community by enforcing excellence in the placing of reinforcing steel.
D. T. Read Steel Company, Inc. was founded in August 1991 by Donald T. Read, Jr. Prior to founding D. T. Read Steel, Mr. Read (also known as Donnie) worked as an ironworker (rodbuster) at Tidewater Construction Company. Although his career at Tidewater Construction was looking promising, his life took an unexpected turn when missing a few days at work led him to leave and begin his own construction company. Ironically, the idea to start his own company began as an explanation for missing work, but led to the beginning of something great.
The first few years were incredibly difficult, as Mr. Read was beginning without start-up capital and was forced to accumulate some debt in order to get the business established. However, two decades later D. T. Read Steel has endured and become a stable, reliable company known for its many past quality projects and an atmosphere of efficiency, quality, and excellence.
Mr. Read's company has consistently provided quality service to its customers, and its founder remains committed to keeping his word and running a company of good moral and ethics. Since his salvation in 1999, Mr. Read has had a fresh awareness of the blessings that he and his company have enjoyed thus far, and as a result has an increased determination to hold a high standard of efficiency, quality and excellence in the D. T. Read Steel Company, Inc.


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COLUMBIA, S.C. -- The State Budget and Control Board is reviewing the parameters of a contract to continue credit monitoring for South Carolina taxpayers less than a month after agreeing to the proposal.
The agenda of the special meeting Friday morning doesn't say why the board is reviewing the work it did with almost no discussion July 30.
The proposal passed last month required companies to provide credit monitoring services for the next five years, with an option to reconsider after each year. The General Assembly set aside $10 million for the first year of the new deal.
South Carolina paid $12 million in a no-bid deal for one year of monitoring after the massive hacking incident last year. About 6.4 million taxpayers and businesses had data stolen.
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Update (8/30): Thanks for all of the entries into our first Small States giveaway, @omar_cruz is our winner and he has been contacted.
Small States is a new series on 9to5Toys that features small companies that design and manufacture within the United States.
The first time you pick up a pair of Grado headphones, you know that something is different. The first time you speak to John Grado, you know why. Hearing this man tell the story of the headphones, the handshake agreements with men he's worked with for 50 years and the passion for what they do, it is easy to fall in love with their product. The simple packaging, the smooth wood of mahogany and the clean look all bring you in before you ever plug in a pair of Grado headphones.
It all starts with John. He bought the company from his uncle in the 80's, and designs each headphone on the top floor of the factory in the listening room. Carrying on the Grado tradition of "good ears", he sits listening to three carefully selected songs, his self-described reference points: Red Garter by Duke Ellington, Night in Tunisia by Ella Fitzgerald and Before You Accuse Me by Eric Clapton. By utilizing the same equipment since he began his craft 25 years ago, John Grado knows what he's listening for and sometimes it just takes him a while to find it.
After waking up in the middle of the night, he was struck with the idea of creating headphones made from wood. "I woke up one night, and thought 'let's try wood' so I came downstairs from the apartment and tried to make a set." as John tells the story with a chuckle. "We tried a number of different woods, starting with walnut before we eventually settled on mahogany. Maybe walnut would sound good to you, but it was not what my ears told me were best."
That's where Mark enters. He has supplied mahogany wood to the Grado family for decades. Brought down from northern New York to the heart of Brooklyn, this wood represents the start of a refined process with one purpose: creating a beautiful listening experience. From there, the rest of the headphone begin to come together in a tiny factory that was once a brownstone. Each piece of the puzzle is put together by one of the 20 Grado employees, even Vice President of Marketing (and son) Jonathan spends a chunk of his week putting together cartridges for vinyl.
Behind the Scenes
Relationships are what drives the Grado family, and Jonathan carries the torch of his father and uncle before him. Hearing him tell the history of the company, even at 23 years old, you realize that he understands the importance of these special bonds.
"We are not looking to be market beaters, we like who we are and having 18-20 people here," says Jonathan "I like that we not only have good sounding headphones, but a story behind it."
John feels the same way, "In my younger years, I marched around saying Grado headphones are the best. As I've matured (laughs), there is a headphone for you and one for me. We make a headphone we like, and thankfully other people like them too."
Impressions and Giveaway
We were lucky enough to get a pair of the GS1000s, which are the flagship wooden model from Grado. It feels almost out of place, like these headphones come from a different time – listening to GS1000s are the combination of old school craftsmanship and precision technology. More than a visual statement, it's an enriched listening experience. The first time you hear these open-air headphones you'll realize you're hearing your favorite song in a whole new way.
The beautiful thing about Grado is that it is an experience that goes beyond a business transaction, you are joining the family. So we are giving away a pair of Grado RS2e ($495 value) and a personalized bundle from Grado. To enter, simply follow 9to5Toys on Facebook or Twitter, then share this article on either social network and we will pick a winner next Saturday, August 30th.
Grado headphones are available at many local record stores across the country, and nationwide from Amazon. The Prestige Series headphones start at $79, with the $325 SR325e coming in as our favorite of the lot. The GS1000s mentioned in this article are available for at $994.99, they include a 1/8-inch plug adapter and 15 foot extension cable. For more information and some pretty cool video tours of the factory, head over to Grado Labs.
If you are interested in having your business featured, email email@example.com or tweet at us @9to5Toys.
Photo credits: Grado Laboratories and Jonathan Grado
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Would love to hear, look, feel and touch these pieces of art.
I am very much deserve to WIN this supreme headphones a 5 star headphones,
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entered, liked , following, (@joannwinborn) shared and saying a prayer. My son would LOVE to find these under the Christmas tree this year!
Yes! Shared on twitter, google+, stumble upon!
Fantastic company, fantastic cans. I already own a pair of SR325i which are A. MAY. ZING.
Shared on Facebook and Twitter. Good luck to everyone else!!
BTW August 30th just happens to be my birthday;)
Woohoo! Congrats on your first post, and thanks for Supporting a great company like Grado Labs, who are helping people one by one rediscover the power of music, through awesome sounding and awesome looking headphones!!!
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This is very interesting, I shout it thru my pages..
My husband sparked my love for fine audio many years ago. It is inspiring to see a company like 9to5Toys continue producing quality products rather than make nostalgic reference to their glory days! Liked and shared!
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hope this is a global giveaway ….. following on Facebook and shared :-) good luck everyone…
Fantastic company…. True Quality!
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What a great company and a great family!
Great Giveaway guys! It would be nice to win a pair of these, been a while since I've used some really nice headphones.
PS500 FTW! Grado makes rare headphones for truly enjoyable musical experience!
Saw a review on techzilla of grado and right way felt the need to get myself a pair to experience!!! Greate stuff!!
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Who would have thought something this nice could come out of America in this day and age. That is so refreshing. Please don't sell out to Apple or anyone else for that matter. You make an amazing product….keep doing it.
You guys should do a small states article on Peachtree Audio. They are doing some amazing stuff with digital amps and bluetooth. Phenomenal products!
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By Jim GaramoneAmerican Forces Press Service
WASHINGTON, March 7, 2001 Pay and quality of life issues are paramount to building a strong military, but DoD also must examine missions to ensure service members are performing the right tasks with the least strain, said Deputy Defense Secretary Paul Wolfowitz.
Before Wolfowitz was sworn in as deputy March 2, he testified before the Senate Armed Services Committee. His testimony gives an idea of his thinking as he takes office. He addressed personnel issues, defending against asymmetric threats, the transformation of the military and defense strategy.
"Good pay and fair allowances by themselves won't keep the best people in the service," Wolfowitz said in testimony. "Working with the Congress and with our allies, we must also re-examine the balance among force levels, commitments and deployments." He said DoD must ensure the country is focusing on the most important defense tasks and not placing "unreasonable" burdens on American service members.
Wolfowitz said the United States must develop new strategies to defend against missiles, terrorists, cyberwarfare and attacks against satellites. "U.S. military strength in the field is unparalleled," he said. "Many of our enemies, therefore, have determined that in order to move against us, they must be able to strike us at home."
Some adversaries are working on long-range missiles, while others support or direct terrorist attacks, he said. Terrorists may try to increase their reach by using conventional devices with increased destructiveness, weapons of mass destruction or cyberweapons against the United States, Wolfowitz said. "We must do everything in our power to stop them."
The deputy said DoD must take advantage of the technological revolution, "to help us create a military for the 21st century."
"To this end, at the direction of the president, (Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld) has already launched a review of our defense strategy and programs designed to provide a sound understanding of the state of our armed forces and their readiness for the 21st century security environment," he said. "This work must be done quickly, and it must be done before we can know what our true defense resource requirements are."
Wolfowitz agrees that DoD needs "to engage our brains before we open the taxpayer's wallet."
He said he would work toward realizing Rumsfeld's five goals for the department. The first is to fashion and sustain a new form of deterrence appropriate to the new strategic environment. The second is to assure the readiness and sustainability of the armed forces now and into the future. The third calls for DoD to modernize command and control, and space capabilities. The fourth is to begin reshaping the U.S. defense establishment to meet new challenges and take advantage of new opportunities.
Finally, he said he would work to reform Department of Defense structures, processes and organizations.


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Chucky Mullins Award ceremony on April 5March 26th, 2014 | Hugh Kellenberger |
OXFORD -- Ole Miss will honor another Chucky Mullins Courage Award winner on April 5, before this year's Grove Bowl. David Kellum, Ole Miss' lead radio announcer, will host the event, which begins ...Read more
Ole Miss' Pro Day participants include Nick BrassellFebruary 27th, 2014 | Hugh Kellenberger |
OXFORD -- Nick Brassell will never take the field at Vaught-Hemingway Stadium again, but he'll get back on the practice field at least one more time. The one-time freshman star, dismissed from the ...Read more
OLE MISS IN REVIEW: LinebackersJanuary 14th, 2014 | Hugh Kellenberger |
PREVIOUSLY: Quarterbacks; running backs; wide receivers/tight ends; offensive line;special teams; defensive line. UP NEXT: Secondary. What went right: Serderius Bryant trimmed 20 pounds o ...Read more
Practice notes: A length injury list, but at least one guy back (with video)December 16th, 2013 | Hugh Kellenberger |
OXFORD -- Ole Miss' practice today was the first with a full assortment of coaches, given that the NCAA recruiting dead period has begun. But the team did get after it the last couple of days, with ...Read more
Practice notes: Wallace sits, giving freshmen a chance (with video)October 29th, 2013 | Hugh Kellenberger |
OXFORD -- Ole Miss' plan all along was to see what some of the players targeted for redshirts, including both freshmen quarterbacks, could do this week. But Ryan Buchanan and Devante Kincade may have ...Read more
Mike Marry on 3-0 start: 'You can feel the change all around town'September 18th, 2013 | The Clarion-Ledger |
OXFORD -- Ole Miss linebacker Mike Marry, originally a member of the class of 2009, has seen it all during his time in Oxford. So this 3-0 start, which has the Rebels No. 21 in the country, is somethi ...Read more
Allen happy with how Bryant, Lewis have responded (with video)September 12th, 2013 | The Clarion-Ledger |
OXFORD -- Losing an All-SEC linebacker is never a good thing, and No. 25 Ole Miss' defense would certainly be better on Saturday against Texas if Denzel Nkemdiche was with it. But with him out anot ...Read more
The Most Important Rebels, No. 13: Mike MarryJuly 30th, 2013 | Hugh Kellenberger |
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Let's say that Indonesia will indeed have a single national health insurance system by 2014, will the health behaviors of society change accordingly? Will there be more people claiming their right to medical services? Or will society still look at health care, or Western medicine as many perceive it, as a back-up treatment when alternative medicine does not work?
The railway therapy, in which people lie down along railway tracks in the belief that it would cure various illnesses, was said to be an outcome of the flawed Indonesian healthcare system. But there are many who have access to health care, for example through Jamkesmas (the health insurance scheme for the poor), who still prefer to see a dukun, or traditional healer, rather than doctors. I was one of them. Although my family could afford good doctors and medication, I used to go to a sinse, a Chinese medicine man, for medical advice.
Research in social sciences has shown that beliefs significantly influence people's behaviors. Having a background in psychology, I, too, have analyzed and observed how beliefs can direct my attitudes and behaviors. For example, as a child and teenager, I often got my ankles twisted. Instead of going to a doctor, I would prefer to go to a sinse. He would use green mud and special massage techniques to make my ankles go back to normal within just three days. It worked every time. I once tried to go to a doctor and was advised to walk with crutches for weeks while taking painkillers. I never went back to doctors for sprained ankles ever since.
Also, when a doctor said my left knee cap had "moved from its place" because it caused me frequent pain when I was 12, I asked for a "second opinion" from another medicine man. This time, the powder he gave did not work so I decided to follow the doctor's advice. So I ended up wearing a knee masker to prevent too much movement on the knee. I was supposed to wear it continuously for a couple of years. Instead, I wore it on and off for only six months. I hated the masker because it was shown very obviously outside my long school skirt and my schoolmates would look strangely at it.
Because 12 was also the age when I was at the peak of actively practicing my religion, I started to leave the dukun and turned to God for a cure. It was during this period that I made a decision to stop wearing the knee masker and let God take control. Since then, I never got my knee checked again by a doctor or a medicine man and the pain never came back. It could be that six months were enough to cure it, or maybe that a miraculous healing happened. Maybe growing up helped it to cure itself, or maybe my belief denied the pain. I did not bother to find out how my knee was cured.
Believing "the alternative" without evidence, of course, can be very dangerous. A doctor friend of mine once told me about a time she needed to amputate the right leg of a 6-year-old boy. The boy fell into a ditch while cycling because he was trying to avoid a motorcycle coming his way. The lower limb of his right leg became red and swollen. His parents took him to a medicine man because they thought the leg was broken. The medicine man agreed and wrapped it very tightly with bamboos, leaving the boy in even more in pain.
After 10 days, the parents took the boy, who was unconscious by then, to the emergency room, where my friend was in charge. When the bamboos were taken out, they saw that the leg was black, reeking and had worms. No broken bones were found. It could be that the limb was only swollen because it hit a hard surface. The diagnosis was vascular compromise and amputation was suggested as the only way to save the child's life.
Now, after I have become much more familiar with evidence-based medicine, I always try to look for evidence before choosing a treatment or following doctors' advice. I do not think that all treatments from medicine men are incorrect. There can be some historical, traditional reasoning behind them that makes sense, but I would like to see some evidence before believing that a treatment can work.
In a culture that does not really encourage the questioning of authorities or experts, people are easy to base their medical decisions on their beliefs. Changing a culture may take decades, but hopefully the government's initiative to achieve the national insurance scheme by 2014 can stimulate a greater cultural awareness that favors evidence-based medicine.


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PORTLAND — Nearly 200 downtown properties are now part of the city's newest historic district, a designation the City Council unanimously approved Monday following a couple hours of public testimony from historic preservation advocates.
PORTLAND — A proposal to designate 73 downtown acres as historic is on its way to the City Council, but not without opposition from the business community.
PORTLAND — A plan to make Congress Street and some surrounding streets into a historic district won approval from the Planning Board last week and is now up to the City Council.
PORTLAND — The Planning Board is expected to vote later this month on a plan to turn the downtown stretch of Congress Street and the surrounding area into a historic district.


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Enjoy long stretches of sun drenched and un-crowded beaches on your holiday to Costa de Almeria.
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The southern coast of mainland Spain is heaven sent for sunworship! With a pretty coastline of little coves and miles of beach, perfectly accompanied by a relaxing pace of life, there is a tangible sense of traditional Spain. Discover a side to Spain that you didn't know on a relaxing beach holiday on the Costa de Almeria.
The coastline stretches out from the city of Almeria, dominated by an ancient fortress, and boasts some of Spain's least crowded and most beautiful golden beaches. A beach holiday to Costa de Almeria is an ideal choice for families or couples. Sandy coves can be found at Cabo de Gata, Mojacar offers a delightful stretch of sand and shingle, while Roquetas de Mar has a wide beach awaiting your visit.
Away from the beaches the landscape might look strangely familiar – it has been used regularly as a setting for spaghetti-Westerns. What better way to spend a day away from the beach on your holiday to the Costa de Almeria. Take time to explore the timeless villages set in the Sierra Cabrera mountains around Mojacar, or the Sierra De Gador mountains around Roquetas.
Whilst on holiday to the Costa de Almeria, you'll find the nightlife in this unhurried southern region is low-key, so do what the locals do and wander from tapas bar to tapas bar for a series of light snacks or enjoy a leisurely meal in an open air restaurant. If you are looking for a livelier night out on your Costa de Almeria holiday, lively evening bars can be found along the beaches in Mojacar and Roquetas de Mar.
As well as the stunning coastline, why not visit Granada's Alhambra palace – the ultimate monument of Moorish splendour, set against a backdrop of the Sierra Nevada. Almeria's Arab fortress and the ancient cave paintings at Cuevas de Almanzora also deserve a visit.
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We can tell you exclusively that Aviva will be fired on tonight's episode of Real Housewives Of New York.
She refused to take a trip to Montana with the other cast members, but that's because she didn't want to go away and rough it in the outdoors with a prosthetic leg and terrible asthma that she was suffering with.
Bravo faked a firing for the sake of the show, removing her from the opening and banning her form the next three episodes, but it's all a ploy to get ratings up. Aviva returns full-time.
UPDATED: Bravo insiders say she returns to the show after the ladies visit the Berkshires and Montana without her. Although, her "APPLE" that she holds at the opening of the show – which is key to indicating that she is "A REAL HOUSEWIFE" has been removed from tonight's episode!


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Good drainage in the landscape is as important as proper irrigation. Too much water in landscaped areas can result in numerous plant diseases and can even kill sensitive plants like expensive evergreens. Overly wet turf areas are prone to soil compaction and scarring from footprints and mowing equipment. In addition, drainage around buildings is important to prevent leaks and moisture intrusion into building foundations and walls.
Drainage systems can use a variety of techniques to remove unwanted water from an area, whether on a residential, commercial, or golf course site....
Often Drainage Issues can be caused by three simple fixes:
French Drains:
A French drain, drain tile, perimeter drain or land drain is ditch covered with gravel or rock that redirects surface and ground water away from an area. A French drain can have hollow pipes along the bottom to quickly vent water that seeps down through the upper gravel or rock. French drains are common drainage systems, primarily used to prevent ground and surface water from penetrating or damaging building foundations. Alternatively, the French drain technique may be used to distribute water, such as that which flows from the outlet of a typical septic tank sewage treatment system. French drains are also used behind retaining walls to relieve ground water pressure.
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A dry creek bed offers a unique opportunity for a homeowner concerned about drainage. Flooding problems on your property can be remedied with the construction of an easy channel from the water source to the final drainage point. You can landscape a dry creek bed to keep water away from your home without sacrificing your landscaping style.
A dry well is an underground structure that disposes of unwanted water, most commonly stormwater runoff, by dissipating it into the ground, where it merges with the local groundwater.
A dry well is a passive structure. Water flows through it under the influence of gravity. A dry well receives water from one or more entry pipes or channels at its top. A dry well discharges the same water through a number of small exit openings distributed over a larger surface area, the side(s) and bottom of the dry well. When a dry well is above the water table, most of its internal volume will contain air. Such a dry well can accept an initial inrush of water very quickly, until the air is displaced. After that, the dry well can only accept water as fast as it can dissipate water. Some dry wells deliberately incorporate a large storage capacity, so that they can accept a large amount of water very quickly and then dissipate it gradually over time, a method that is compatible with the intermittent nature of rainfall. A dry well maintains the connection between its inflow and outflow openings by resisting collapse and resisting clogging.
Simple dry wells consist of a pit filled with gravel, riprap, rubble, or other debris. Such pits resist collapse, but do not have much storage capacity because their interior volume is mostly filled by stone. A more advanced dry well defines a large interior storage volume by a reinforced concrete cylinder with perforated sides and bottom. These dry wells are usually buried completely, so that they do not take up any land area. The dry wells for a parking lot's storm drains are usually buried below the same parking lot.
A French drain can resemble a dry well that is not covered. A covered dry well that disposes of sewage is called a cesspool, while an open pit that receives storm water and dissipates it into the ground is called a recharge basin or infiltration basin.
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TV presenter Noel steams in on Kidderminster Severn Valley Railway footplate
Posted: March 02, 2014|
THE Severn Valley Railway welcomed a special visitor last Friday as TV presenter Noel Edmonds enjoyed a unique railway experience.
The Deal or No Deal presenter and friend Geoff Dunford enjoyed one of the railway's popular Footplate Experiences, which saw them drive and fire steam locomotive No. 7812 Erlestoke Manor for 44 miles.
During the day, the experience saw the pair steam through Bewdley and provided opportunities for them to view the flooded river Severn from one of the best vantage points – on the footplate of a locomotive. The friends also enjoyed a sit down lunch at Kidderminster and a tour of Bridgnorth loco works.
Noel said: "We've had an absolutely brilliant day on the Severn Valley Railway today. The Footplate Experience really is a fantastic once-in-a-lifetime activity and the volunteers at the railway are incredibly helpful and knowledgeable."


text: No recent wiki edits to this page. Overview The Thinker Reed Wahl worked with fellow computer scientist Charles Milton Porter in creating the Rapture Operational Data Interpreter Network, better known as The Thinker. The Thinker was both the most advanced mainframe computer of its time and the machine that controlled the infrastructure of Rapture, however problems began to arise when Wahl and Porter tried to use the machine for differing purposes. Wahl used the machine to predict the stock market and the outcome of sports games, utilising it for profit, and disagreed with Porter's attempt to use the machine to simulate his dead wife, Pearl, believing that humanising the machine would ruin it. Like almost all of Rapture's denizens Wahl seriously harmed his psychological state by using the gene-altering chemicals known as ADAM and plasmids, and developed a psychotic obsession over the idea that The Thinker would eventually develop a predictive equation which would allow it to predict any and all events in the whole world. Looking to push Porter out of the picture and take control of The Thinker for himself, Wahl had The Thinker manufacture a phoney tape of Porter pledging alliance to Frank Fontaine, political enemy of Andrew Ryan and sent it to Ryan. Porter was taken to the penal colony of Persephone, leaving Wahl to work on discovering his theoretical equation. However, Porter returned seven years later, as an alpha series Big Daddy named Subject Sigma, led by scientist Brigid Tenenbaum and The Thinker. The two wished to overthrow Wahl and return to the surface with the design for The Thinker. Wahl held off Sigma, utilising his minions, security robots and even the infrastructure of Rapture, all the while convinced that he was nearing the discovery of the predictive equation. Not long before Sigma reached The Thinker's core Wahl realised that he and Porter were the same person and in a final battle Wahl used his plasmids, his turrets and the last of his minions to try and kill Sigma. Sigma, however, overpowered him, killing him and taking his punch card so that he could access The Thinker, print out its code and escape Rapture with it.


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* All times above are pool time only. Swimmers are expected to be on deck 15 minutes prior to their pool time and stay 10 minutes, after unless noted otherwise.
Group: Red Jets Provincial
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Group: Red Jets
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Keith will be a volunteer press officer for Olympics
Posted: June 22, 2012|
A TEACHER from Newquay Tretherras Academy is gearing up to man the hectic press office at the London 2012 Olympics this summer.
Keith Barker, the school's head of vocational learning, is one of 70,000 volunteers chosen to help out at the event as Games Makers.
More than 250,000 people applied for the roles, and the selection process saw candidates facing gruelling interviews and challenging workshops.
Mr Barker will be based at the ExCel Centre, liaising with top sports journalists and athletes in the boxing, fencing, judo, table tennis, tae kwon do, weightlifting and wrestling events.
"I'm extremely excited to be selected to be a Games Maker and proud to be representing Tretherras, Newquay and Cornwall," he said.
"I couldn't do it without the support of my wife Jan and friends. This is the chance of a lifetime and I should have wonderful memories and experiences to share in years to come."
Mr Barker will begin his eight-hour shifts on July 25, and work through until August 12.
Some will finish at 2.30am and one in particular does not end until 4.30am, in order to allow the world's media to hit their news deadlines.
Mr Barker says he hopes to use his experiences with his pupils once the Olympics are over.
"It's going to be a wonderful opportunity to experience the Games but also the massive operation that runs behind it," he said.
"Also, I'll be able to meet some of the best press in the business and hopefully share what I learn with students."


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2 ears
Whether you use this method because it's an easy, no-fuss method of roasting corn or because you want to free up space on your grill or stove-top, you won't end up with a more perfect ear of corn cooked any other way. The recipe doesn't indicate this, but since you're directed to bake the corn for an hour, and since corn is generally soaked in its husks, I assumed the husks were meant to be left on. Two ears fit perfectly in a 2-quart beverage pitcher. This corn was, in a word, simply excellent - sweet, juicy, delightfully "seasoned" because of the salt/sugar brine. Time and temperature were both spot on. Hubs and I couldn't stop commenting all through dinner on how good this was!
I tried this as is, and was not impressed. I don't know if the brine did anything or not. Next time I will try some in the brine and some cooked without to see if the natural sweetness of the corn is improved or not.
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Make sure and leave the CORN IN THE HUSK when you brine it.
This recipe caught my eye. I'm used to making corn on the grill, and an oven recipe, especially one that cooked the corn for an hour, was intriguing. We started with fresh, Wisconsin sweet corn. Leaving the husks on, we followed the directions exactly and the corn turned out sweet, tender and delicious. It's something I never would have thought of doing and is something I will definitely do again. It's absolutely a wonderful and different way to enjoy sweet corn.
I had to try this recipe because of the cooking method! Since I had the oven on already anyway and since I had one cob of corn, I figured I'd give it a whirl. I halved the ingredients and left it to brine for about two hours before placing it in the oven. I am sorry not to have taken a photo of the cob before cutting it away! It was a little dried-out looking, like corn gets when you leave it on the counter too long after taking it from boiling water. The taste was good and didn't need to have any extra seasoning. I probably won't make it again this way, but I'm anxious to have someone else make it and see if it was just something I did wrong. I really wanted to like this! EDIT: Talking to the author of this recipe on the Buzz, I discovered that the directions to his recipe were supposed to inform us to LEAVE THE HUSKS ON! I'm so glad to see that Naples did that, and so now I really need to try this again so I can change my rating! EDIT AGAIN! I felt the need to try this method again! And I did another photo, too! We did like this method, and the corn was good and it was sweet---not quite like back in the old days when my dad raised his own corn and you could taste the natural sugar crystals in the corn. This does in a pinch. I still like when I put my corn in boiling water for just a very few minutes--just enough to warm it up. That's how I like mine! Thanks, Ed. I am done with corn for this season now!
No need to use up space on the outdoor grill anymore! So easy to do, and such a tasty result.
This was a Big hit at my last dinner party. Like so many Others I left the corn in the husk. I Let mine soak in the Brine for about 7 hours refrigerated. Served with "Indian" lamb stuffed onions and spicy egg plant. I didn't tell anyone how I made the the corn. Yet everyone's first bite was followed by Mmmmmmmmm how'd you make this? Definite Keeper !!!!
Omg!Made this tonight & it was wonderful! (I'd made some roasted garlic while the corn brined, mashed up in some soft margarine to slather on the corn!) I decreased the cook time to 40 minutes, turned the oven off the last 15-20 minutes while the rest of dinner finished cooking! It was perfection!
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.
Baked Corn on the Cob
Serving Size: 1/2 of a recipe
Servings Per Recipe: 2
Amount Per Serving
Calories: 271
Calories from Fat: 10
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