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CHICAGO -- The American Writers Museum Foundation announced today that it has received a grant from the Exelon Corporation which will enable the foundation to take an important next step in establishing the first national museum in the United States focused on American writers. According to Malcolm E. O'Hagan, president of the American Writers Museum Foundation, the two-year Exelon grant will enable the foundation to conduct vital research into requirements related to the first phase of the museum as set forth in its recently published concept plan. "Exelon is proud to help bring the American Writers Museum another step closer to reality," said Steve Solomon, Exelon vice president of corporate relations. "The museum is consistent with our work to improve the quality of life and enrich the community, including supporting arts and culture. The research Exelon is funding represents a milestone in advancing the American Writers Museum Foundation's important work." Exelon has a strong tradition of community giving and supports institutions which seek to make arts and culture more accessible to a wider audience. The company is the nation's leading competitive energy provider, with approximately $33 billion in annual revenues. Headquartered in Chicago, Exelon operates in 47 states, the District of Columbia, and Canada. Exelon has one of the cleanest and lowest-cost power generation fleets and one of the largest retail customer bases in the United States. The mission of the American Writers Museum Foundation is to establish the first national museum in the United States dedicated to engaging the public in celebrating American writers and exploring their influence on our history, our identity, our culture, and our daily lives. Learn more at www.americanwritersmuseum.org.
Exelon Corporation (NYSE:EXC) is the nation's leading competitive energy provider, with approximately $33 billion in annual revenues. Headquartered in Chicago, Exelon has operations and business activities in 47 states, the District of Columbia and Canada. Exelon is the largest competitive U.S. power generator, with approximately 35,000 megawatts of owned capacity comprising one of the nation's cleanest and lowest-cost power generation fleets. The company's Constellation business unit provides energy products and services to approximately 100,000 business and public sector customers and approximately 1 million residential customers. Exelon's utilities deliver electricity and natural gas to more than 6.6 million customers in central Maryland (BGE), northern Illinois (ComEd) and southeastern Pennsylvania (PECO).


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Make and Take on March 14 features a craft to celebrate Spring! Teens: stop and "Engage" after school until 7:30. "Enterprising" ideas can be found at your library.
An instructor will be on-hand to help you use your devices, including (but not limited to) the Nook, Kindle, and iPad. Call 724-658-6659, ext. 107, to register. Limit 2 participants per session.
The Book Cellar is operated by the Friends of the Library. It is located in the basement and open to all.
Mother Goose Story Time is for children ages 6 months up to 4 years old. Children will learn nursery rhymes, sing songs, and do finger play. Older siblings may come along, and no reservations are required!
Join some of the Friends for sewing and quilting in the Copernicus Room on the first floor. Every skill level is welcome. A new technique will be discussed at each meeting. Bring your ideas.

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"Lords of Creation" is one of the most addictive forum games you'll ever encounter. You might recall one of the earlier versions, played on these boards and the 3.5 boards. If you saw it and wanted to join but the collective history was too daunting, fear not; now is your chance. This is a play-by-post cooperative world-building game in which the players take on the role of gods, with the full powers and influence thereof. The goal of this is to produce a campaign world complete with history, pantheon, geography, races, creatures, and anything you could possibly imagine. One of the best elements is that the world is entirely organic; ancient wars, cultural growth, and divine conflicts are actually the result of warring interests, rather than being pulled whole cloth from a single person's imagination. This provides diversity that you just can't find anywhere else. And of course, we have a LOT of fun along the way. To facilitate play and later use, we also have a wikia where game information (such as homebrew races, maps, classes, etc) will be posted: lordsofcreation.wikia.com
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|Publication type
|Application number
|Publication date
|9 Aug 2001
|Filing date
|10 Apr 2001
|Priority date
|15 May 1998
|Also published as
|Publication number
|Daniel Horon
|Original Assignee
|Horon Daniel J.
|Export Citation
|BiBTeX, EndNote, RefMan
|Referenced by (7), Classifications (8), Legal Events (3)
|External Links: USPTO, USPTO Assignment, Espacenet
[0001] This application claims the benefit of Provisional Application Ser. No. 60/085,621 entitled "Fire Protection and Security Monitoring System," filed May 15, 1998.
[0002] The present invention relates to computerized systems for monitoring a facility such as a building or complex of several buildings, and more particularly to monitoring systems in which a central station receives inputs from several control panels, each control panel in turn supporting remote sensing devices such as smoke detectors, flow sensors and heat sensors distributed throughout the facility.
[0003] For safety and security, indoor facilities of any size can be equipped with monitoring systems that employ detectors distributed throughout the facility and a central monitoring station coupled to the detectors to receive messages. Each system can include a variety of types of detectors, e.g., smoke detectors, ion detectors and heat detectors to sense fire, flow detectors, motion detectors, and security detectors that recognize unauthorized tampering with doors or other entry points. Typically, a series of detectors are coupled in a circuit supported by a control panel, and control panels usually are capable of supporting several circuits of sensing devices.
[0004] In larger facilities, several control panels are coupled to a single central monitoring station, perhaps overseeing hundreds of detectors. While the number of detectors involved by itself increases the complexity of such larger systems, a major contributing factor is the lack of uniformity if different types of control panels are involved, particularly if the panels are supplied by different manufacturers. While key information about devices, e.g., type, location, nature of a fault or alarm indication, is common among different types of panels, the arrangement and textual representation of such information varies among panels, adding complexity and difficulty which may adversely affect an operator's response in the critical minutes immediately following an alarm, reported fault condition or other alert.
[0005] In connection with some monitoring systems, hardware converters (semiconductor chips) have been developed to translate information from different types of panels, then provide the translated information to the central monitoring station. While these devices have enhanced uniformity somewhat, they are costly and lack the power to convert all of the key information.
[0006] Along with the lack of uniformity in messages when several control panels are involved, a further difficulty of systems is the lack of flexibility to tailor written messages associated with reported alarm conditions and fault conditions.
[0007] Many present day monitoring systems include graphics capabilities for displaying an image of the monitored facility, e.g., blueprints, site maps, floor plans and similar facility representations. Providing such images in conjunction with alarm or fault reports can assist the operator in more rapidly and accurately determining the appropriate response. At the same time there is a need for visual images that more clearly direct an operator to the source of trouble and more readily suggest the appropriate response. Further, previous systems lack sufficient flexibility in adjusting images when devices are added to the system, or when locations of devices presently in the system are changed.
[0008] Therefore, it is an object of the present invention to provide a facility monitoring system in which messages from a variety of control panels are presented to an operator in a consistent, uniform format.
[0009] Another object is to provide a facility monitoring system with graphic capabilities for displaying a facility map in combination with images representing the various system devices as to type, state (or condition) and location.
[0010] A further object is to provide, in connection with a system with the foregoing graphics capabilities, a process for conveniently changing the facility image in response to adding, removing or relocating devices.
[0011] Yet another object is to provide a process for automatically advising an operator of the need to add device images to a facility image, as new devices are added to the monitoring system.
[0012] To achieve these and other objects, there is provided a facility monitoring system. The system includes a plurality of devices disposed at different selected locations throughout a monitored facility. Each device is adapted to generate a condition signal variable in response to changing conditions proximate the device, to alternatively indicate at least two different states. A facility monitoring station is provided, and has a memory for storing facility mapping information, selected location information and graphic information. The monitoring station further has an image generator coupled to receive the condition signals as inputs, and adapted to produce a composite facility image based on the inputs. The facility image includes a background map depicting the monitored facility, and a plurality of device images on the map that depict the devices. Each device image is associated with a different one of the devices. A transmission pathway links the detectors and the facility monitoring station, to provide the condition signals as further inputs to the image generator, and thus cause the generator to replace a first selected device image with a second selected device image in response to a change in the associated condition signal, thus to visually indicate a change of state with respect to the associated device. The image generator further is adapted to permit a system user to selectively position each of the device images on the map to depict the sensing locations of the associated devices.
[0013] Preferably, the second device image differs from the first device image in one or more of the characteristics of color, shape, and periodic interruption of the image display. More particularly as to color, three smoke detector images can be associated with a particular smoke detector: a green image associated with the normal, standby state; a yellow image associated with a trouble or fault state; and a red color associated with an alarm state. As to shapes, the smoke detector image can be a shape resembling the smoke detector when representing the standby condition, and might have the shape of a broken detector (e.g., two sections with confronting rough edges suggesting a breaking or tearing apart) to represent a fault condition. Periodic interruption of the display causes an image to flash, thus more immediately drawing attention to an alarm or fault condition. Various combinations of these approaches can be employed as well, e.g., a fault condition indicated by alternating "normal" and "broken" images of the detector.
[0014] Further, it is advantageous to provide device images that have shapes resembling those of their associated devices. Further, images for "modules" can be added to the facility image to indicate the locations of control input devices such as a manual pull station or a water flow switch, with respective device images shaped to resemble these devices.
[0015] Further in accordance with the present invention, there is provided a process for monitoring a facility in which a plurality of detectors, forming at least one detector circuit, are distributed throughout the facility and generate respective condition signals that vary in response to changes in predetermined conditions proximate the detectors. The process includes:
[0016] storing facility mapping information, device information including at least respective individual identifiers of a plurality of devices on a circuit, and graphic information;
[0017] based on the device information, generating a list of entries, each entry associated with one of the devices coupled to the circuit;
[0018] based on the mapping information, generating a visible background image comprising a map of the facility; and
[0019] with respect to each of the entries on the list:
[0020] a. deleting the entry from the list;
[0021] b. creating a device image representing the device associated with the deleted entry; and
[0022] c. displaying the device image on the facility map; and
[0023] repeating a-c until all entries are deleted from the list of entries and the device images corresponding to all entries are displayed on the facility map as part of a visible composite image.
[0024] Preferably, the process further includes selectively positioning the device image on the map, to represent the location of the associated device within the monitored facility. An advantageous way to afford this capability is through use of a cursor to move device images as desired. More specifically, Windows programs utilize a hand operated cursor control commonly called a "mouse," which is used to "click on" the device image and "drag" the device image to the intended location on the facility map.
[0025] More preferably, deletion of the entry from the list and addition of the device image to the map are completed in a single "drag and drop" operation that transfers the textual entry from the list to the map, whereupon, in a manner known to those skilled in the art, the textual listing automatically replaced by the device image.
[0026] Until all of the device images have been placed onto the facility map, the remaining entries on the list serve as a reminder of the devices for which an image has not yet been installed. When the images for all new devices have been placed and properly located, the absence of entries on the list signifies completion of the task.
[0027] The ability to selectively position device images in this manner also is useful in providing for convenient updating of the facility map or floor plan to reflect the removal of a device, or the transfer of a detector or other device to a different location in the facility.
[0028] Further in accordance with the present invention there is provided a process for use in a facility monitoring system that includes a plurality of control panels and at least one detector coupled to each control panel. The detectors are disposed at different sensing locations throughout a monitored facility. A process for monitoring the facility based on inputs from the control panels proceeds as follows:
[0029] a. assembling descriptive information relating to and identifying types of control panels and types of devices that can be coupled to the control panels;
[0030] b. storing the assembled descriptive information arranged in a plurality of categories;
[0031] c. reading incoming information from a plurality of control panels;
[0032] d. comparing the incoming information with the categorized information, to identify respective segments of the incoming information and categorized information that match one another; and
[0033] e. generating a textual image including the matched information segments in a format governed by said categories.
[0034] More particularly, control panels that support detectors and other devices function similarly to one another in the sense of utilizing key information about the devices that they support. However, these panels differ from one another as to certain specific items reported, the specific words used to describe certain devices and device types, and the format according to which information is presented. Accordingly, prestored, categorized information is compared to information provided by all of the panels, with the result being a uniform presentation of matched information. Accordingly, a user of the system is not subjected to a confusing array of different formats, words for specific devices, phrases for messages related to certain alarm conditions, and the like. A user is likelier to respond to an emergency condition more rapidly and by taking the appropriate action, when presented with condition alerts and action messages in a standard format.
[0035] Thus, in accordance with the present invention, a facility monitoring system can receive information from different types of control panels supporting a variety of detectors and other devices, assimilate and organize the information, and present that information to users in a standard format that facilitates an appropriate response to an alarm or other unusual condition. The system produces facility images that include background floor plans and sector maps in combination with device images that are easily selectively positioned on the background maps. Thus, images of monitored facilities are modified to more accurately depict the types of devices involved and their locations throughout the facility. Also, images are readily added, moved or deleted to update the facility image in view of adding, removing or relocating detectors and other devices.
[0036] For a further appreciation of the above and other features and advantages, reference is made to the detailed description and to the drawings, in which:
[0037]FIG. 1 schematically represents the architecture of a facility monitoring system configured according to the present invention;
[0038]FIG. 2 is a diagram of the hardware components of the system;
[0039]FIG. 3 is a video display representation illustrating a formatting feature of the system;
[0040]FIG. 4 is a video display representation illustrating an editing feature of the system;
[0041]FIG. 5 is a video display representation of a list categorizing detectors and other devices of the system;
[0042]FIG. 6 is a video display representation illustrating the selection of device images corresponding to devices and device conditions or states;
[0043]FIG. 7 is a video display representation illustrating transfer of entries from a list of devices to form images representing the devices on a facility floor plan;
[0044]FIG. 8 is a video display representation illustrating the modification of device images;
[0045]FIG. 9 is a video display representation illustrating a zoom-in feature of the system;
[0046]FIG. 10 is a video display representation illustrating textual messages associated with a particular device and state;
[0047]FIG. 11 is a video display representation illustrating editing of messages; and
[0048]FIG. 12 is a video display representation showing a record of system activity.
[0049] Turning now to the drawings, there is shown in FIG. 1 a system 16 for monitoring a building, complex of buildings or other facility for fire protection and other security. This figure illustrates both hardware and software (computer program) components of the system, which includes a central monitoring station and several panels and associated devices coupled to the monitoring station. The station can support a single control panel as indicated at 18, or a series of control panels at 20, 22 and 24. Each of panels 18-24 is shown as supporting a single circuit of devices including two detectors 26 and a pull station 28. In practice, individual control panels can support multiple circuits (e.g., up to 32 circuits), and each circuit can include multiple devices.
[0050] Each control panel receives information from each of the devices on its circuit or circuits, and provides that information to the monitoring station, more particularly to a system monitor program 30 contained in a central processing unit (CPU). A personal computer incorporating a Pentium or Pentium II processor is preferred. System monitor program 30 is coupled to a database 32, a configuration manager program 34 that permits certain customizing of the system, and a system watch program 36 that generates information usable to a system operator, including device lists 38, graphics 40 and action messages 42. One or more printers 44 are coupled to the system to generate reports which will be discussed below.
[0051] The CPU is shown in FIG. 2, indicated at 46. Hardware components in addition to printer 44 include a copy protect device 48 known as a hardlock, a video display terminal 50 for showing text and graphics, a cursor control 52, and a keyboard 54 primarily for entering textual data. In some versions of the system, a cursor also can be controlled from the keyboard. However, the preferred system uses Windows (trademark) programs, in which case cursor controller 52, commonly known as a "mouse," is preferred.
[0052] In an alternative preferred version of the system, video display terminal 50 is provided in the form of a "touch panel" that presents the option for users to enter a variety of instructions by applying pressure to specified regions on the face of the displayed image. This takes the place of keyboard entry, in some cases to the point where a keyboard is not required.
[0053] Inputs from panels such as 18-24 are indicated by arrows 56 1 through 56 n. An arrow 58 indicates other inputs to the CPU from a disk drive, modem or other source of data, e.g., a building floor plan or site map to be stored in CPU 46 for later visual display.
[0054] The internal memory of CPU 46 can be conveniently considered to include separately identifiable segments for storing different types of information. These include a text segment 60 and a graphics segment 62, both of which contain "pre-stored" data. The information in text segment 60 is categorized, in the sense that it is sorted as to several types, e.g., as follows: control panel identification; device address; description of device location; device type; device state; time; zone; and group.
[0055] The panel is sometimes identified as a "node." The device address identifies the particular circuit and the location of the device along the circuit, for example "ckt 17 dev 15." The description of location locates the device with respect to the facility, e.g., "conference room A." The device type record can identify types of detectors such as "smoke detector," and also identifies "modules" that are not detectors but rather control input devices, such as a manual pull station or a water flow switch.
[0056] The device state category identifies three states with respect to detectors: a standby state indicating normal operation with no unusual condition detected; a "fault" or "trouble" state indicating that the detector may be disconnected or otherwise is not properly functioning; and an alarm state indicating the alarm condition, e.g., the sensing of heat by a heat detector. Finally, the "zone" and "group" categories relate to an option whereby an operator can associate several detectors or other devices, for example to associate a specific action instruction with a particular set of devices located in a designated section of a building.
[0057] Within each category are the specific items, e.g., entries such as "smoke detector, pull station, flow center and tamper switch" in the device type category. A user can enter additional types of devices that are not already contained in text segment 60.
[0058] Graphics segment 62 includes graphic image information of several types, including site maps, floor plans, and device image information, used to generate facility images visible on display panel 50. In particular, each of the facility images is composed of a site map or floor plan that provides a fixed (but with zoom-in and zoom-out capability) image, and one or more device images selectively positionable on the background image as is later explained. In the preferred system that uses Windows computer programs, device images are stored in Windows Metefiles format or the Enhanced Metefiles format. These formats are vector based, which allows for considerably enhanced image detail as a device image is enlarged using the zoom-in feature. As an alternative, pixel based icons can be used to represent detectors and other devices in the composite facility image.
[0059] Likewise, the vector based formats are advantageously used in storing and generating the floor plan and site map background images, with zoom-in views of floor sectors or individual rooms exhibiting more detail.
[0060] A control panel memory segment 64 stores information provided to CPU 46 by each control panel pertaining to its devices. Data entered by an operator, for example using keyboard 54, is stored to an operator input segment 66.
[0061] CPU 46 includes a look-up table or other suitable associative component for comparing prestored data in segments 60 with data received from the control panels and stored to control panel segment 64. FIG. 3 illustrates, on the left side, control panel information in an uncategorized format as received from one of the control panels, in this case panel 1 (node 1). Message 68 via the look-up table is compared to the entries stored in text segment 60, under the categories discussed above. When matches are found, the matched portions of data are stored to a master list segment 70 of the memory, from which the message can be displayed in a uniform format that segments the information into the different categories, as shown at 72 in FIG. 3. In short, information in a format governed by a control panel is scanned and compared with previously stored information for matches, and matching data is provided in a standard, desired format. Thus, information that may be provided in a variety of formats reflecting a variety of different control panel manufacturers, is parsed and assumes a single or universal format.
[0062] Another feature of system 16 is that additional device images can be created to identify conditions beyond the states of devices previously mentioned. FIG. 4 illustrates the creation of pseudo points to identify such further conditions, e.g., that a battery is low. In a column 74 on the left of an upper display 76, the words "battery," "AC input," etc. are selected for matching entries in a previously stored list with portions of control panel messages as discussed above. To the right, a column 78 including the entries "BATTERY," "AC INPUT," etc. identify device addresses associated with the matches.
[0063]FIG. 5 illustrates a visual display of a portion of the information stored in master list segment 70. The column headings represent most of the categories previously discussed, while the horizontal rows are associated with the different devices in the system. In the multicolored display, the initial four rows provide a red background for the text, thus providing an indication of state in addition to the word "alarm" in each row under the appropriate heading. The next two rows are colored yellow to indicate the fault or troubled condition, corresponding to the words "missing" and "fault." Finally, the two rows visible at the bottom are colored green to indicate the standby or normal condition.
[0064] The video display represented in FIG. 5 is on a touch panel, featuring two rows of regions or "buttons" that can be pressed by an operator for a desired result. The "previous device" and "next device" buttons are pressed to highlight the preceding or next device. 5 Similarly, "previous page" and "next page" buttons are used in the customary manner. The "active devices" button functions as a toggle, between a display of all devices as shown in the figure, and a display that exhibits only the active devices, i.e., devices in a state other than normal, e.g., a detector in either the alarm state or the fault state.
[0065] In addition, the display in FIG. 5 is automatically switched if necessary to display only the active devices, in response to receipt of a new active indication from any of the control panels. Thus, as soon as a potential emergency arises, the background "noise" contributed by devices in the standby state is removed, to more readily draw the users attention to the active devices.
[0066] A salient feature of the present system resides in the manner in which graphic information is related to textual information in general, and matched, categorized information in particular. The information in graphic segment 62 includes different device images corresponding to the different types of devices, and further includes different device images depending on the states of the devices. When text is matched, an appropriately matched/linked image is stored to a graphics segment 79 of memory. According to one preferred approach in using system 16, different device states are represented by different colors. For example, as shown in FIG. 6, a particular device (photo detector) in a particular state (alarm) is assigned the color red for consistency with the rows of devices in the alarm state shown in FIG. 5. The photo detector in the trouble or fault state is assigned the color yellow, and in connection with the normal or standby state is assigned the color green. As a result, photo detectors in composite facility images will appear green in the normal state, yellow in the fault state and red in the alarm state.
[0067] Additional display options, not illustrated, involve characteristics other than color. For example, device images can be configured for a periodically interrupted display in the composite image, producing a "flashing" effect when in the alarm state, or if desired when in the fault state as well. According to another option the shape of the device image can appear to vary from one state to another, by selecting the normal shape of the device to represent the normal state, and by selecting an image of a "broken" device, for example separate parts of a device apart from one another to indicate a breaking or tearing apart to indicate the fault state. A further option involves a combination in which a fault condition is shown by the periodically alternating display of the "normal" device image and the "broken" device image, which if properly timed exhibits the effect of animation.
[0068] When a new detector or other device is added to a circuit of one of panels 18-24, information about the device (type, location, address, etc.) is entered into the control panel, and in system 16 thus also is provided to control panel segment 64 of the memory. Further, after matching and categorizing as previously described, information regarding the new device is stored to a new device segment 80 of the memory. Devices that are "new," in the sense of not yet being represented by a device image on at least one of the composite facility images, are maintained in a list 82 that can be displayed on video display panel 50 as shown in FIG. 7. The listed devices are identified by type, panel and address. The highlighted device as indicated at 84 is further identified by a description of its location, indicated at 86.
[0069] To provide a device image representing each new device, the operator first displays list 82 in conjunction with a floor plan 88 or other background, as shown in the figure. Background image 88 may or may not already display device images. In either event, the desired image is created by controlling a cursor, typically by using a mouse to "click" the desired device entry, then "drag" the device entry on to the background image 88. The chosen entry, upon exiting list 82 and entering background image 88, is changed from the textual representation in the list to the device image corresponding to the device type. Typically at this point the image also reflects the normal or standby state.
[0070] Thus, list 82 reminds the system user of any newly installed devices that have not yet been represented in any of the composite facility images. The depletion of list 82 represents completion of task of creating at least one device image for each new device. After its installation on background image 88, the device image further can be "dragged" using the cursor control (mouse) to a location on the background image that most closely represents the actual location of the associated device in the facility.
[0071] The composite facility images, particularly when multiple devices are involved, provide displays that facilitate a rapid and appropriate response to emergency conditions, because they convey information not as readily ascertainable from textual warnings. For example, a row of red detector images along a floor plan can immediately convey information regarding how smoke from a fire is spreading down a hallway. A row of yellow devices may indicate an open circuit.
[0072]FIG. 8 illustrates how the size of a device image can be changed. A detector image is shown and surrounded by four boxes or "grips." By controlling the mouse to hold the cursor on one of the grips, and moving the grip inward or outward, the image is reduced or enlarged.
[0073]FIG. 9 illustrates a zoom-in feature of the system, enlarging one of the composite images to show a particular sector of a floor plan.
[0074] By pressing a "take action" button 90 illustrated in FIGS. 5 and 9, an operator can display a screen that reports recommended actions in view of the alarm or other condition, as shown in FIG. 10. FIG. 11 illustrates an editing feature of the system, through which the operator can provide different messages for particular devices.
[0075] According to another feature of the system, a permanent record of active state messages is stored to a report segment 92 of memory in the CPU (FIG. 2). Data stored in segment 92, shown displayed on the display panel in FIG. 12, can be printed periodically to provide a hard copy history of messages regarding other than normal conditions for all of the devices.
[0076] Thus and in accordance with the present invention, device images are easily selectively positioned on facility floor plans, site maps and other background images, to accurately depict the locations of the corresponding devices throughout the facility. Images are easily added and deleted to update each facility image to account for added and removed devices. To better insure that the facility images remain current, the addition of new devices generates a list that serves as a reminder of devices not yet depicted in composite facility images. Further, the system can receive information from different types of control panels, assimilate and categorize the information, and thus present the information to the system user in a standard format that facilitates recognition of emergency or fault conditions and promotes an appropriate response.
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Tommy DeeWith the impending return of Amar'e Stoudemire on everyone's mind, let's not forget that Iman Shumpert will be back in uniform over the next few weeks. Of all the decisions that Coach Mike Woodson has to face up front, what I'm curious to see is how he gets his second year player minutes.
The easy answer may be to remove Ronnie Brewer from the starting line up, but let's face it Brewer has been outstanding thus far this year. In the 12 Knicks wins Brewer has averaged 24 MPG, 8.0 PPG and 4.2 rebounds while shooting 46% from the field. He's been a pretty solid defender as well. Essentially, he's fit perfectly in the Landry Fields role, except he's been a much better finisher and jump shooter. Brewer's ability to knock down those open shots have been critical part of the Knicks offense. In the 4 Knicks losses Brewer's minutes have gone down as has his production.
The next answer for Shumpert may be to take minutes away from Jason Kidd. That makes sense, but you can't expect Kidd's minutes to plummet.
Steve Novak? Sure, but they need his ability to stretch the defense with the three ball.
The fact is Woodson needs to find minutes to get Shumpert reps, but his rotation is pretty set. Plus, and judging from Marcus Camby sitting, minutes are hard to come by on a night in and night out basis. When you factor in Stoudemire'S return it's really hard to find extra backcourt minutes as well on a team that is on a great role right now.
It's hard to imagine Shump NOT getting consistent rotation minutes, it's just really hard to see where they are going to come from. What's more, it's hard to imagine Shump coming in and being more productive than Brewer has been thus far, something we didn't expect coming into the season.


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New York – Homeschooler Files Civil Rights Lawsuit
Knowing your rights and responsibilities as a homeschooler is always a necessary component to living and learning in your community. A few years ago, one New York family learned the consequences the hard way. After emotional and expensive months of upheaval, the charges against them were dropped. Now Margie Cressy is again going through the court system filing a civil rights lawsuit against Montgomery County, former Sheriff Department Investigator William Gilston and Sheriff Michael Amato. The lawsuit specifies violation of the Fourth and Fourteenth Constitutional Amendments.
GLEN : Home–schooling mother sues after facing charges The Daily Gazette – John Enger
In the months that followed, Cressy claims, both Gilston and Sheriff Michael Amato made a series of knowingly false statements to the media before the case was dismissed.
She quoted an interview with the Gloversville Leader-Herald newspaper in which Amato said that Cressy "knowingly did not file the required paperwork with the local school district for seven years and could not provide adequate proof that the education of their children had taken place."
She says these allegations were obviously not true, were dismissed by the courts and "were motivated by bad faith and malice."
A Leader-Herald article [Mother Sues County – Arthur Cleveland] describing the lawsuit filed December 21 states this:
According to the complaint, former sheriff's investigator William Gilston had threatened to "make an example" out of the family during the investigation, insulted those who home-schooled their children, and refused to meet the four children when offered the chance to meet them for an interview.
The local school superintendent contacted the Department of Social Services and in 2009, charges were filed against Margie and Richard Cressy, who homeschool their four boys. In New York, homeschoolers are required to file notification forms with the local school district, along with a syllabus and quarterly reports. For this Illinois homeschooler, these regulations sound like an utter nightmare, with no perceived learning benefits for the children. Homeschoolers keep good track of their children's educational progress and it is often done in an effective, but non-institutional manner.
But it is New York law. Onerous as it is.
Below is more information regarding the Cressy family situation. The 2009 arrest drew national attention, as noted here at News & Commentary: Arrest Story Goes Viral
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388-ton equipment will travel through Seneca, Brookfield Township next Monday, causing six-hour road closure
MARSEILLES, Ill. -- Exelon Nuclear's LaSalle Station will be receiving a special delivery that will help ensure that the station continues to provide safe and reliable power to customers for years to come.
A 388-ton electrical transformer that has traveled from ABB Corp. in Cordoba, Spain via ocean ship and river barge will arrive at the Seneca Bridge Thursday, Nov. 4. The transformer will remain there until Monday, Nov. 8, when a specialty contractor of Exelon Nuclear will move the equipment to a land transporter and will deliver it to the station. Weather pending, the process is expected to take approximately six hours on Monday.
To ensure a safe delivery, the following roads will be closed between 7 a.m. and 3 p.m. Monday, Nov. 8: • Route 170, from the Seneca Bridge to Grand Ridge Road • Grand Ridge Road, from Route 170 to the station
These roads will re-open once the transformer arrives at LaSalle Station.
"We are working with the contractor to take every precaution necessary to ensure the safe and efficient transportation of the transformer," said LaSalle Station Site Vice President Dave Rhoades. "We have been working with the Village of Seneca and Brookfield Township to ensure that the move proceeds smoothly. We understand that this move will cause some inconveniences for local residents on Monday and appreciate everyone's patience."
This main power transformer is the first of four that will be delivered to the station, with two more coming in 2011 and another in 2012. Replacing these transformers is part of LaSalle Station's commitment to upgrade critical plant equipment on an ongoing basis to ensure the long-term reliability of plant operations.
LaSalle County Generating Station is located approximately 75 miles southwest of Chicago. With both units at full power, the site produces more than 2,200 megawatts net, which is enough electricity for 2.3 million homes.
Exelon Corporation is one of the nation's largest electric utilities with more than $17 billion in annual revenues. The company has one of the industry's largest portfolios of electricity generation capacity, with a nationwide reach and strong positions in the Midwest and Mid-Atlantic. Exelon distributes electricity to approximately 5.4 million customers in northern Illinois and southeastern Pennsylvania and natural gas to approximately 486,000 customers in the Philadelphia area. Exelon is headquartered in Chicago and trades on the NYSE under the ticker EXC.


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MASSENA - As the final threesome of the Section 10 Golf Championships Medalist competition began its back nine at the Massena Golf and Country Club, on Saturday, a chilly zephyr off the St. Lawrence River turned in a gusting wind with a frigid bite.
But Massena junior Hunter Francis, who took second in last years championship, was feeling some heat.
Francis and the defending champion in Brushton-Moira sophomore Devin Delisle shared the first-day lead at 79 but on the front nine the complexion in the threesome changed. Delisle encountered extreme putting problems slipping to a 43 while Francis posted a 40 and OFA senior Brandon Mullin, who shot a 42 on Friday, sank a series of long putts, including a meandering 50-footer, in shooting a 39.
Mullin cut the difference to one with a par on the 11th hole while Francis and Delisle bogeyed.Then came, the par three 12th hole, which became the fulcrum for the final swing of the tournament. Francis jarred an 18-foot par saver while Mullin bogeyed in the first of a series of three-putts in a slide to a back-nine 43 and a fourth place finish at 82-82-164.
I putted so well on the front nine but really struggled on the back. But it was a great experience to play in the last group with the two division MVPs said Mullin who was the NAC Division II Hockey MVP.
Francis birdied the 13th and 15th holes, posted a back nine 36, and secured the title with a five-stroke margin (79-76-155) despite a four-putt double bogey on the par three 17th hole.
Hunter Francis knows his way around the golf course very well. He has a great attitude and he played a ton of golf this summer. Coming close last year really motivated him, said Massena coach Joe Mittiga.
Recalling the momentum shifting putt on the 12th hole, Francis said, I knew Brandon was within one stroke of me so I had to make the putt. I couldnt let him get ahead of me. I didnt think about last year during the round. I just thought about playing my game, staying patient and waiting for the putts to fall.
The putts never fell for Delisle until it was too late to make a charge. He played two over par over the last seven holes for a back nine 38 with birdie on 15 and took second at 79-81-160. But he was frustrated by a series of agonizing close misses until sinking a 20-foot par putt on the 18th hole.
Devin is such a fine putter. He played well today but he just had one of those days that all golfers have sometimes. The putts just wouldnt fall for him said B-M coach Randy Todd.
One golfer who did make a charge was OFA junior Conor Hannan who birdied the first six holes of the back nine and finished with a 39-38-77 and a third place finish at 84-77-161.
Hannan joined Mullin on the state tournament team which play at Cornell University this weekend. OFA Coach Joe Lynch said it capped a great weekend for the Blue Devils who won the team title on Friday,
We are very happy to have two of our guys going to states. All of the guys worked very hard this season and had a very good weekend.
Rounding out the nine-man Section 10 state tournament entry are: Evan Hanna of Malone 87-82-169, Madrid-Waddingtons Jeff Mott who enjoyed an eight-stroke improvement on Saturday fashioning a 91-83-174, Tupper Lakes Riley Amell 90-84-174, Salmon Rivers T.J. Roundpoint 89-87-176 and Potsdams Konnor Bigwarfe 91-87-178 who won a one-hole playoff for the ninth spot over teammate Dan Stone (88-90-178) who is the teams first alternate. OFAs Dylan Binion (86-93-179) is the second alternate.
Rounding out the second day qualifiers are: OFAs Tristan Moore (92-89-181), Malones Elliott Vanier (90-92-182), Hunter Tuttle of Edwards-Knox (93-89-182), Massenas Brenden Dobbins (87-94-184), Potsdams Dan Cruikshank (94-91-185), OFAs Jed McRoberts (92-93-185), Malones Davis Sprague (93-92-185), Potsdams Ryan McDonald (88-98-186), Massenas Kendrick Swamp (93-94-187), Brushton-Moiras Hunter Russell (96-92-188), Salmon Rivers Logan Lamb (90-101-191), Norwood-Norfolks Ryan Thomas (94-101-195), Gouvereurs Eugene Bishop (94-102-196) and Malones Alexandra Sprague (91-110-201).
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Clinical Trial on the Use of Autologous Bone Marrow Stem Cells in Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (CMN/ELA)
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The purpose of this clinical trial is to asses the feasibility and the security of the intraspinal infusion of autologous bone marrow stem cells for the treatment of Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis patients.
Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis
Procedure: Laminectomy and bone marrow stem cells transplantation
Procedure: Autologous bone marrow cells collection
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Phase 2
|Study Type:
|Study Design:
|Allocation: Non-Randomized
Endpoint Classification: Safety/Efficacy Study
Intervention Model: Single Group Assignment
Masking: Open Label
Primary Purpose: Treatment
|Official Title:
|Phase I/II Clinical Trial on the Use of Autologous Bone Marrow Stem Cells in Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis
- Forced vital capacity [ Time Frame: Every 3 months ] [ Designated as safety issue: No ]
- ALS-FRS, MRC and Norris scales [ Time Frame: Every 3 months ] [ Designated as safety issue: No ]
- Absence of adverse events [ Time Frame: Every week / month depending on the study phase ] [ Designated as safety issue: Yes ]
|Study Start Date:
|February 2007
|Study Completion Date:
|February 2010
|Primary Completion Date:
|October 2009 (Final data collection date for primary outcome measure)
|Assigned Interventions
Experimental: Transplant
T3-T4 laminectomy and bone marrow ficoll separated mononuclear autologous cells intraspinal transplantation
Procedure: Laminectomy and bone marrow stem cells transplantation
T3-T4 laminectomy and bone marrow ficoll separated mononuclear autologous cells intraspinal transplantationProcedure: Autologous bone marrow cells collection
Autologous bone marrow cells collection under sedation. Sixty mL are obtained and processed through a ficoll gradient.
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Patients with Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) typically endure a progressive paralysis due to the continued loss of motoneurons that leads them to death in less than 5 years. No treatment has changed its natural history. Intraspinal injections of bone marrow mononuclear cells (MNC) have been able to ameliorate the course of ALS in murine models, acting as pumps of trophic factors that keep the motoneurons functional. We have designed a phase I/II clinical trial to check the feasibility of this approach in humans.
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|20 Years to 65 Years
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Inclusion Criteria:
- Diagnose established following the World Federation of Neurology criteria
- More than 6 and less than 36 months of evolution of the disease
- Medullar onset of the disease
- More than 20 and less than 65 years old
- Forced Vital Capacity equal or superior to 50%
- Total time of oxygen saturation <90% inferior to 2% of the sleeping time
- Signed informed consent
Exclusion Criteria:
- Neurological or psychiatric concomitant disease
- Need of parenteral or enteral nutrition through percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy or nasogastric tube
- Concomitant systemic disease
- Treatment with corticosteroids, immunoglobulins or immunosuppressors during the last 12 months
- Inclusion in other clinical trials
- Unability to understand the informed consent
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT00855400
|Hospital Universitario Virgen de la Arrixaca
|El Palmar, Murcia, Spain, 30120
|Study Director:
|Jose Maria Moraleda Jiménez, M.D. Ph.D.
|Hospital Universitario Virgen de la Arrixaca
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|Responsible Party:
|Javier Júdez Gutiérrez, Fundacion para la Formacion e Investigacion Sanitarias de la Region de Murcia
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|NCT00855400 History of Changes
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|CMN/ELA, EudraCT number: 2006-003096-12, ISCIII: EC07/90762
|Study First Received:
|March 3, 2009
|Last Updated:
|December 1, 2010
|Health Authority:
|Spain: Spanish Agency of Medicines
Keywords provided by Fundacion para la Formacion e Investigacion Sanitarias de la Region de Murcia:
Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis
Bone marrow
Stem cells
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis
Motor Neuron Disease
Central Nervous System Diseases
Metabolic Diseases
Nervous System Diseases
Neurodegenerative Diseases
Neuromuscular Diseases
Pathologic Processes
Proteostasis Deficiencies
Spinal Cord Diseases
TDP-43 Proteinopathies
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WASHINGTON (AP) - Hillary Rodham Clinton has formally resigned as 67th secretary of state.
The former first lady, Senator, and presidential candidate logged almost a million miles in the air since joining the State Department four years ago.
This week Secretary Clinton told CNN she is looking forward to getting some rest.
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Gildy Goes Broke: Throckmorton attempts to teach his nephew not to live beyond his means.
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Sova Leads Bluejays to BIG EAST Championship Game with 2-1 Win
BROOKLYN, N.Y. - Senior Bryan Sova delivered his second nine-inning effort, posting a 2-1 win over Seton Hall, on Saturday, May 24. The win lifted Creighton into the BIG EAST Championship game on Sunday, May 25.
Creighton moved to 32-16-1 following the victory and will face either Seton Hall or Xavier in the BIG EAST Championship game at 12 pm (CT) on Sunday. The Pirates and Musketeers are playing an elimination game set to begin at 3 pm (CT).
Sova was the star for the Bluejays, learning just hours before the game that he would be asked to start the game. Originally scheduled to be played on Friday evening, head coach Ed Servais turned in the lineup card with sophomore Taylor Elman as the starter. With rain pushing back the start until Saturday morning, Servais elected to put Sova in the game before a pitch was thrown.
The senior showed his skipper's genius as Sova limited Seton Hall to five hits and did not walk a batter as he went the distance to move to 6-1 on the season. Sova recorded five strikeouts, tossing a career-best 110 pitches.
Creighton took a 2-0 lead in the top of the third, all after two men were out. After senior Brad McKewon and sophomore Ryan Fitzgerald were retired to open the third, junior Jake Peter lined a single up the middle. Senior Mike Gerber followed with an RBI triple off the wall in right-center, then sophomore Reagan Fowler laced an RBI double into a right-center.
That proved to be all the offense Sova would need. The Omaha native retired five of the first six batters he faced on ground balls and set down the Pirates' leadoff man in every inning but one.
The one time Seton Hall did get the leadoff man on was in the sixth as second baseman Chris Chiaradio pulled a triple into right field and scored on an RBI single by Kyle Jenkins to make it 2-1. Sova, however, held the Pirates right there getting the next three Seton Hall hitters on a sacrifice bunt, a fly out to center and a grounder to short.
Sova set Seton Hall down in order in the seventh and eighth innings and retired the first two hitters in the ninth. Down to their final out the Pirates got a double from Sal Annunziata to put the tying run in scoring position. After a brief meeting on the mound, Sova induced a sinking line out to center to wrap up the game.
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The fifth floor of the School of Business building on the beautiful University of Alberta campus played host to the first luncheon of the participants in this year's initial National Mentoring Program in Western Canada. In partnership with the University of Alberta, two Molson Edmonton employees (myself and Brad Devarennes, Manager of Retail in Alberta) have been paired with two University of Alberta students (Jessica and Wan Ting) who were interested in learning more about real world Corporate Social Responsibility. Together we are working with two fantastic local charitible organizations, Jessica and myself with HIV Edmonton and Wan Ting and Brad with Edmonton's Food Bank, in finding solutions to meet their challenges. Molson is funding the summer postitions at the charities for Jessica and Wan Ting.
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L to R: Brad Devarennes, Manager Alberta Retail, Molson; Wan Ting, University of Alberta business student; Fay Lucy, Edmonton's Food Bank; Misty Bjerky, HIV Edmonton; Jessica Peck, University of Alberta business student; Rick Tousaw, Area Vice President – Western Canada, Molson; Bryan Cox, Director Government and Public Affairs – Western Canada, Molson
Our thanks to Dale McNeely and Michelle Height from the University of Alberta, who are working with Molson on this important program and who facilitated a great luncheon!
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Nestled among Vermont's Green Mountains, the "low-key and unassuming" town (per Frommer's) of Ludlow is home to The Pointe at Castle Hill hotel, where an exclusive package has sent prices down 50%.
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EUGENE, Ore. - The concert venue on county land near Mount Pisgah has earned the parks department money - and attracted the ire of neighbors.
Bob Emmons of Lane County Land Watch and former Congressman Jim Weaver want Lane County to halt using Emerald Meadows in Howard Buford Park for concerts.
Weaver called Buford Park, which contains Mount Pisgah and an arboretum of the same name, a "precious jewel that should not be turned into a playground."
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The long-awaited cookbook by Deb Perelman of Smitten Kitchen — home cook, photographer, and celebrated food blogger.
Deb Perelman loves to cook. She isn't a chef or a restaurant owner — she's never even waitressed. Cooking in her tiny Manhattan kitchen was, at least at first, for special occasions — and, too often, an unnecessarily daunting venture. Deb found herself overwhelmed by the number of recipes available to her. Have you ever searched for the perfect birthday cake on Google? You'll get more than three million results. Where do you start? What if you pick a recipe that's downright bad?
So Deb founded her award-winning blog, Smitten Kitchen, on the premise that cooking should be a pleasure, and that the results of your labor can — and should — be delicious... every time. Deb is a firm believer that there are no bad cooks, just bad recipes. She has dedicated herself to creating and finding the best of the best and adapting the recipes for the everyday cook.
And now, with the same warmth, candor, and can-do spirit her blog is known for, Deb presents her first cookbook: more than 100 recipes — almost entirely new, plus a few favorites from the site — all gorgeously illustrated with hundreds of her beautiful color photographs.
The Smitten Kitchen Cookbook is all about approachable, uncompromised home cooking. Here you'll find better uses for your favorite vegetables: asparagus blanketing a pizza; ratatouille dressing up a sandwich; cauliflower masquerading as pesto. These are recipes you'll bookmark and use so often they become your own, recipes you'll slip to a friend who wants to impress her new in-laws, and recipes with simple ingredients that yield amazing results in a minimum amount of time. Deb tells you her favorite summer cocktail; how to lose your fear of cooking for a crowd; and the essential items you need for your own kitchen. From salads and slaws that make perfect side dishes (or a full meal) to savory tarts and galettes; from Mushroom Bourguignon to Chocolate Hazelnut Crepe Cake, Deb knows just the thing for a Tuesday night, or your most special occasion.
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