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On day three there were several position prospects whose elite tools have been on display throughout the tournament that elevated their game further during the playoffs.
Ryan Johnson
(2015, College Station, Texas) possesses arguably the highest offensive ceiling not only of the loaded PG World Series field, but possibly the entire 2015 draft class. He has tremendous bat speed from the left side and good present strength to go with remaining projection. His power ceiling is very lofty and while he hasn't squared the ball up all that frequently this week while being pitched carefully, the amount of force he generates on his mishits come off the bat hard enough to to pick up hits at a good clip. He's currently 6-for-13 on the tournament and has shown off big time arm strength in right field.
While Johnson has the tools to headline just about any group of prospects, day three's biggest highlight was middle infielder
Nick Shumpert
(2015, Lone Tree, Colo.). He and his Prospects National Team teammates suffered a pair of walk-off losses today and were eliminated from the playoffs. But Shumpert wouldn't go down quietly. He led off the elimination game with a seven pitch at-bat, which included well struck foul balls against an upper 80s fastball as well as a pair of breaking balls, before unloading on a 91 mph fastball for a double in the left center field gap. Shumpert has consistently wielded his above average present bat speed throughout the week and his big league average raw power has manifested itself both with an in game home run, hard hit balls in play and loud fly outs. While his all-out aggression leads to empty swings and throwing errors, it also creates plenty of 'wow' moments. With continued development and game repititions in games played at this pace, those wow moments should gradually increase while the miscues decrease over time. While there are several other prospects with high end offensive upside on display at the PG World Series, Shumpert has arguably the highest ceiling given that his loud tools pair with an up the middle profile.
Another up the middle athlete with a high offensive ceiling who has really opened eye this week has been
Jagger Rusconi
(2015, Valencia, Calif.). The switch hitter heated up in the biggest games of the week, going 5-for-7 with a pair of triples in GBG Marucci's two intense playoff battles. He's a plus runner who has quality bat speed from both sides of the plate and present gap power that projects. His athleticism is an asset up the middle where he and double play partner
Alejo Lopez
(2015, Glendale, Ariz.) have been a force on defense and in the top two spots in the lineup. Lopez is also a switch hitter with some pop, particularly from the right side and is a smooth fielder at short with a solid arm.
It comes as a surprise to report that we've yet to see the first homer of the tourney from slugging catcher
Chris Betts
(2015, Long Beach, Calif.). Conditions were ripe during CBA Marucci's winner's bracket matchup against the Houston Banditos as temperatures soared north of 100 degrees and the desert winds blew out towards right field. Unfortunately for Betts they blew a bit too hard as he hammered a ball down the line that sailed foul with plenty of distance. The night before he smashed a towering shot that landed on the right field warning track and continued to threaten to leave the yard throughout the day but ultimately came up short. The stage was set for him to play the hero when he came to the plate with the winning run in scoring position with two outs in a tie game but after a wild pitch opened up first base the Houston Banditos intentionally walked him before escaping the inning and ultimately pulling out the W in exras.
Johnson and EvoShield Canes teammate
LT Tolbert
(2015, Piedmont, S.C.) have been an impressive tandem for the Canes and it comes as no surprise that when paired with a dominant pitching staff, the Canes can earn a return trip to the championship game with a win tomorrow. Tolbert went 3-for-4 in the Canes' extra innings thriller against GBG Marucci and has played well defensively. The Canes are extremely deep and depending on the game they find themselves with significant offensive contributions from several other hitters in the lineup in addition to Tolbert and Johnson, some of whom will be covered in this space in further updates from this and future tournaments, but those two have blatant future upside to go with their present production.
While most of the top arms have been burned to reach the playoffs, the never ending depth of the EvoShield Canes allowed them to roll out lefty
Dylan Cyphert
(2015, Oil City, Penn.) for their opening playoff matchup. Cyphert topped out at 88 mph with his fastball and worked up and down the 80s but his ability to hide the baseball allows it to play up a tick and his command was sharp. He slowed down a GBG Marucci lineup that had been firing on all cylinders during pool play and was coming off of a 12-0 mercy rule shortened blowout in their previous game.
Cyphert was opposed by GBG Marucci right hander
Cody Deason
(2015, Ojai, Calif.). Deason made his PG debut the day before, throwing 10 pitches in relief, all of them for strikes. A former football player who has relatively little pitching experience, Deason was unfazed by being thrown into the fire to face an EvoShield Canes team that has the highest pedigree of any travelball team in the nation. While he works in the low 90s in short bursts he took the mound knowing that he'd need to navigate the deep Canes lineup a couple of times through to give his team a chance to win and while dialed back to 84-88 he not only competed but had the defending champs on the ropes. He threw nearly two thirds of his pitches for strikes and struck out six compared to just two walks over five strong innings of work. We are told that Deason has developed rapidly since shifting his focus to the mound and now that he has given up football there is a chance that he can continue to do so. He is currently uncommitted, though there is certain to be strong interest in his services going forward with what he has shown over the past three weeks at the Area Code tryouts and here at the PG World Series.
One player who has continually flown a bit under the radar that must be mentioned is Arizona Prowlers infielder
Tyler Wyatt
(2015, Peoria, Ariz.). The six foot shortstop climbs north of 90 mph when he takes the mound and shows a quality curveball and could potentially come out of the bullpen as a two-way player at the college level. He shows quality bat speed and sees the ball well at the plate and flashes power when appropriate. His hands work well defensively, and while he isn't a plus athlete who commands close attention of scouts, he's a very solid defender and is currently 4-for-8 with three walks and two doubles.
These observations and opinions are those of one member of the PG scouting staff. With games being played on up to eight fields simultaneously, it is impossible for the preceding recap to be fully comprehensive. Rather these are the players and moments that stood out the most while watching some of the top players in the country compete in an intensely competitive atmosphere.
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New Potato Technologies has followed up its TuneLink Auto Bluetooth in-vehicle streaming device for iOS devices with a version for Android smartphones. Just like the previous device, this one uses a Bluetooth transceiver and an FM transmitter for wireless streaming of audio from an Android device to a vehicle's sound system. There is also a 3.5mm audio jack for a direct connection, along with a USB charging port.
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I was browsing Shopbop's Top Sellers list, and came across this Orla Kiely Etc. Shiny Laminated Stem Print Bag ($170). It made me wonder: Would this best-selling bag be a top seller with you Fab girls? So tell me, do you love it or hate it?
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Longtime English teacher Patricia Ryan asks a provocative question: Is the world's focus on English preventing the spread of great ideas in other languages? For instance: what if Einstein had to pass the TOEFL (Test of English as a Foreign Language)? Ryan offers a passionate defense of translating and sharing ideas.
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Union members began getting details of the proposed amendment to their 2007 labor contract Wednesday, after UAW leaders voted unanimously to recommend ratification Tuesday.
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A long, long time ago, a hundred Moorish horse-riders set out for the battlefield ready to repel the infidel. One of the horsemen was called Yusuf, a very knowledgeable man in the arts of war. When he was very young, on leaving Africa, one of his uncles had presented him with an opaque, blue-green bottle telling him, "When you are in a tight spot, uncork it, and what's inside will help you." Yusuf's life was never far from danger and on more than one occasion when he found himself in a not very promising situation he thought of the bottle. But when the danger had passed the bottle still remained uncorked. That day, the battle was especially difficult and the moors knew that they were not going to win. At the closing in of the evening, Yusuf was attacked and stabbed, and fell from his horse. It was already too late to uncork the opaque, blue-green bottle and after a short while Yusuf died, and the secret of the bottle stayed with him. And so it was. The years passed by and the bottle rolled beneath a huge stone that after some time was covered with earth and moss.
It was on a Sunday in October when Lydia and her husband decided to have lunch at a picnic spot. They had been married five years now and were about thirty years old. Everything would be perfect if there were two children in this house, was the thought that tormented Lydia lately. Their house was too much of everything, too tidy, too clean.
"Now that we have all the material things why don't we have a child?" she asked her husband.
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Lydia's husband, even though he was used to this argument from his wife, was always annoyed by it. "Well, I don't want children here ruining everything that it's cost me so much to get. So forget about it. I don't want to hear any more."
And switched on the video without looking at Lydia's face, who until that moment had never felt such repugnance towards him. But she was angrier with herself for having put up with him without ever having confronted him. She should have done. Sitting in front of her mirror Lydia spoke to her own image. Now it's too late to change him, these matters have to be dealt with from the start or never. I see that the situation isn't going to change, either I go or I stay. Sooner or later something will happen. Things can't stay this way for ever.
In spite of their arguments the couple often went out in their huge silver-coloured car in which it was forbidden to smoke, drink, or eat. When Lydia saw her husband cleaning the interior, and passing a cloth over the exterior window before they left, said to him, "You love that car more than you love me. I don't receive so many caresses." The man didn't respond he simply got on with his task. "Where are we going?" Lydia asked.
"Where there are shady trees and a picnic spot, but we aren't going to stop there but a bit further on." Lydia was happy just to observe the countryside and think about sitting under a tree and sleeping. The picnic area was full of Sunday visitors and Lydia and her husband went as far away as possible to avoid the noise of cars and screams. "And you want a child. You see, there is no peace and calm with them around. How can you eat happily with a hoard of children disturbing?"
Lydia didn't say anything, she knew it wouldn't be like that and that he was always looking for an excuse to put her off.
They stopped beneath some trees that gave a pleasant shade. Not far from where they had parked they saw some excavators and some notice boards announcing that there would soon be a new motorway there.
"They have to destroy everything. What will the people who run the picnic area do?"
"I suppose that it'll become a motorway restaurant with a petrol station."
Lydia said to him, "Is it really true what you say about having children?"
The man with whom she had spent the last five years of her life looked at her and answered, "If you continue to carry on like this I'll go for a walk. I've come here in search of peace and quiet, not to fight with you."
Lydia was angry, "You never want to talk. What's the matter? Are you afraid that your arguments have no basis?" She received no answer, because he had already gone. The excavators with their big spades had no right to be there and Lydia saw with consternation that some flowers and plants had been ripped up. Very carefully, she picked up some plants that still had roots and placed them in the boot so that later they could be planted in the pots she had at home. She was wandering around when she spotted a violet coloured flower, she wasn't sure what it was but she went to rescue it. Although she used all her strength she was unable to pull it out from the stone where it was growing. She got out of the boot the spade for snow and after sweating a bit she managed to separate the flower from the stone. When she put her hands into the earth to pull the plant out with its roots her fingers touched something else. It was an opaque blue-green bottle and it was very dirty.
How long has it been there? she thought while she was walking to the car. Lydia put the bottle with the plant into the boot and shut it. As soon as her husband returned from his walk the two picked up their things, got into the car and went back to the city. Lydia said nothing about the bottle.
Once Lydia had the plants in their new homes and placed in different spots on the balcony, she picked up the bottle and went to the bathroom. The 'dead loss' was concentrating on the television and she knew that she had enough time to have a bath and investigate the bottle.
"If only it could be opened and cleaned it would be much prettier."
But even though she tried with all her strength it was all in vain, Lydia could not pull the cork out. I don't want to break the bottle so I'll put a bit of oil on the cork and leave it for tonight and see if by tomorrow it'll be easier to open. She put the bottle in her wardrobe out of 'his' sight and went to bed.
The next day Lydia arrived home after a day at the office, changed her clothes so as to feel more comfortable. She had two hours to herself before her husband's arrival. After a cup of coffee she went to the wardrobe and took out the bottle. Lydia took hold of the cork and began to move it gently. Little by little the cork left the bottle and at the same time smoke spread out into the air. It was like a blue cloud, till it reached the ceiling and then appeared a head and then the body of a moor. Lydia remained motionless. "Who are you?" she asked him.
"I am the genie of the bottle and I'm in a bad mood. For years and years I have lived peacefully, then a short time ago things around me began to move. If you want, I can bestow on you three wishes, but as I haven't practised this since my youth I don't know if I still have the faculties, so it might be better if you ask for just one wish, just in case I fail, for that's the worst thing that can happen to a genie."
Lydia looked at him in sheer fascination. "Is it true that you can give me what I want?"
"Yes, of course. Well, I hope so."
"How do you know my language?"
"It's a gift we genies have," said the genie from the ceiling. "By the way if I grant you this favour will you take me back to where you found me?"
"What do you want?"
"To return to my bottle and be reburied. I like a quiet life and as genies are not in fashion these days I prefer to be put back into my bottle and returned to the soil. Then I can sleep until a better moment for genies arrives."
Lydia nodded agreement with her head, but she heard the front door key turning in the lock and said, "Hurry up, it's my husband, he doesn't know about the bottle and won't understand anything at all. I'll let you out again when he isn't here."
The genie slid slowly, slowly towards the bottle, making himself smaller all the time, until at last Lydia could put the cork in the bottle and put it back into the wardrobe.
During dinner and all the evening Lydia was unable to concentrate on what her 'dead loss' was saying. She looked at him and on many occasions she thought, Who is he? Who am I? We are two strangers. What do we know about each other? She thought about the genie in the bottle. What a strange creature! Let's see what he says when I tell him my wish.
That night Lydia didn't have enough time to go to the wardrobe and in fact she spent the night awake.
The next day when she arrived home from work she opened the bottle again. This time the genie didn't seem to be in such a bad mood. "Well, have you thought about your wish?"
"Yes," Lydia said nervously, but at the same time she was determined. "I want a baby."
If the genie was surprised, he didn't show it.
"Well, it's a bit out of my league. Are you sure you wouldn't prefer a holiday or a fur coat or something like that?"
Lydia said, "I can assure you I only want a baby!"
The genie, seeing that the woman was fixed on having a baby, put his head to one side and for several minutes appeared to be reflecting on the matter. At last he said, "I've got it. But you need to return me to the bottle so that I can build up my strength. This is not a normal thing for us."
Lydia picked up the bottle and the genie disappeared inside it. Once the bottle was safe in the cupboard Lydia went to prepare the dinner. It was Tuesday.
On the following days she was very careful when getting out clothes or shoes from her wardrobe not to annoy the genie, and even on closing it to avoid shutting the door with a bang. If her husband noticed anything unusual he never made any comment.
Friday came and with it a grey sky with the promise of rain and cold. Lydia's husband wanted to go to the farm with some friends.
"It'll be very boring for women," he said.
"All right," she replied. "As the good weather appears to have finished I'll stay at home. When will you be back?"
"Sunday night."
Lydia helped her husband pack his case and sent him off with, "Have a good weekend."
She tidied up the flat a bit and then settled down to read. Lydia wondered whether Saturday night or Sunday morning would be better to see the genie. How many days did he need to gather up his strength. She relaxed happily in the armchair with a very hopeful weekend before her.
On Saturday morning to avoid thinking about the genie too much, Lydia did the shopping and had lunch out. In the afternoon she went to the cinema with an office friend. After the cinema they went to a café where they enjoyed coffee and cakes. As the weather was so bad the two women said goodbye at the door of the café and each took a taxi home.
Lydia shivered on arriving home and switched on the heating.
What was it emotion or fear? She wasn't sure and put on a thick pair of socks and immediately felt better. She hadn't thought about the genie all day and asked herself what he could be doing there inside the bottle. She switched on the television and watched a film when it was over she switched it off and went to her bedroom. The moment her head touched the pillow she was asleep.
What's that noise? Lydia sat bolt upright and switched on the bedside table lamp. The noise was coming from the wardrobe. Lydia opened the wardrobe and took out the bottle. It was three in the morning and Lydia was no longer sleepy but wide awake.
"About time, too," the genie said, coming out of the bottle. "What do you think you were doing?"
"You told me you would have to be in there for several days to get your strength up and so I left you there." Lydia looked at him directly.
"Are you ready?"
"Close your eyes and hold out your hands."
Lydia obeyed and felt her body penetrated by a warm air ages old making the darkness disappear from her most intimate parts. At the same time she had the sensation she was floating. All of it was an event inside and outside her. Lydia wasn't thinking of anything, all her concentration was on it being a success. It was her only opportunity.
Without a word he returned to his bottle. Lydia went over to the bottle, went closer to the bottle and whispered, "Thanks." And replaced the cork firmly.
Lydia opened her eyes and then rubbed them. It was seven in the morning. She felt as if she had never slept so well in her life. Outside it was still raining, she put on her dressing-gown and went to the kitchen to make breakfast, and listen to the radio. It was Sunday and the day ahead seemed long, silent, and grey. For the first time for a long time she wanted him to come home even if it was only to fill an armchair.
On hearing of her pregnancy the husband had gone mad and told her she would have to take it to a nursery. On hearing this, Lydia replied, "Go if you don't like it! But I do, and I'm not going to put the baby in a nursery."
"And how are you going to survive?"
"That's my business and the baby's." (And the genie's, who had promised that his son would never go without.)
Some weeks later Lydia separated from her husband. She never spoke to her husband again and he was soon cast into oblivion. Her new life became stronger and stronger.
During the pregnancy the bottle had stayed in a suitcase in the wardrobe of her new flat and Lydia continued working. The genie had kept his word, and in the summer when Lydia held her much desired son in her arms she knew that she had to keep her part of the bargain. The bottle was still with her and she had decided to return it to where she had found it at the most propitious moment. That day had come and Lydia went to the inauguration of the new motorway. How much had changed in such a short time!
The ribbon was cut and the motorway was declared open. Lydia walked over to one side until she found a quiet spot where nobody would think of going.
"Thank you," she said to the bottle at the same time shaking it gently in her hand, "Thank you." Near a tree and under a nice big stone Lydia buried the bottle just as she had promised the genie. A deal is a deal.
From his Moses basket the baby looked at his mother and she gave him a kiss before starting up the car.
Whenever people asked her who the baby looked like, Lydia always answered, "He looks like his father."
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Arrow Bumps Bell Micro As Distributor of Sun's StorageTek LineArrow Enterprise Computing Solutions today officially announced that it is carrying the StorageTek line from Sun Microsystems. The move, which actually began Feb. 1, adds high-end and midrange tape-storage systems to Arrow's current offerings, an important line of business for the distributor.
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Even as crime hits record lows in New York, among teenagers around the nation, gun homicides, gang violence and police shootings of young people are on the rise. Yet while shootings in suburban schools, churches and malls generate media controversy, epidemic levels of teen homicide in cities like Los Angeles, Philadelphia, and New Orleans attract scant attention.
Covering violence by and against young people in cities around the country poses particular challenges to journalists. What stories are being told, and not told? How can the roots of this national crisis be explained? How can the voices of teenagers, neighborhoods and communities be represented more effectively? How can journalists get the story right?
To answer that question, the Dart Center for Journalism & Trauma and the Columbia University School of Journalism convened a presentation and panel discussion with David Meeks, city editor of the New Orleans Times-Picayune, Joseph Rodriguez, distinguished photojournalist, and Clarivel Ruiz, director of youth programs for the Downtown Community Television Center, moderated by Bruce Shapiro, Executive Director of the Dart Center. Each gives a presentation before inviting the audience into the discussion.
Watch as David Meeks talks about leading the newspaper's coverage in the aftermath of Katrina, and the year-long effort to understand life in the neighborhoods that became embroiled in violence; Joseph Rodriguez discusses and shows images from his intimate and respectful studies of young people caught up in the cycle of violence, from the gangs of LA depicted in his book East Side Stories to the halls of juvenile justice depicted in his book Juvenile; and Clarivel Ruiz discusses and shows Bullets in the Hood, a short film on gun violence in Bedford-Stuyvesant done by a team of teenage videographers she led in documenting the events that affect their own lives.
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Lyrid Meteor Shower, April 2013
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If you're in the right place outdoors on the night of Earth Day, keep an eye on the sky. You're likely to see something that only comes along once a year: the annual Lyrid meteor shower.
Set to make their annual spring return on the night of April 22-23 – though it begins as early as April 16 and can last through April 26 – the Lyrids are named for the constellation Lyra, where they originate near the star called Alpha Lyrae, or Vega.
They've been observed in the night sky for some 2,600 years – the Lyrids' first sighting was recorded in China in 687 BCE – and come from dust particles in the tail generated by the Comet Thatcher.
To make sure you get to see the meteor shower at its peak, here's the rundown:
What is it?
A meteor shower that brings anywhere from 5 to 20 meteors shooting across the night sky every hour, with an average of around 10 per hour. The meteors streak across the sky from Comet Thatcher, which orbits the sun about every 415 years and last visited our solar system in 1861. It is expected to return in 2276.
When is it?
It begins on April 16 and peaks on the night of April 22 and the early morning of April 23. At mid-northern latitudes, EarthSky.org reports, Vega lies low over the horizon around 10:00 PM, and rises through the night, reaching its highest point around dawn the next day.
The higher the star rises in the sky, the more meteors are likely to be visible, EarthSky.org adds – that's why the early morning of April 23 is likely to be the best time to see the most meteors.
Where can I see it?
The Lyrid meteor shower will be visible everywhere in the Northern Hemisphere, though rural areas will provide a better place to watch it than urban areas, thanks to the light pollution from most cities. For the best sky-watching, try to find a place as far away from artificial light as possible.
What do I need to see it?
No special equipment, like a telescope or binoculars, is needed. Simply settle into a comfortable chair, sit back and enjoy the show.
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Dressed in a black top, skirt and matching necklace and earrings – she has a weakness for the latter accessory and loves to shop for them – a bubbly and enthusiastic Mimi arrived at the Angela Day Kitchen with her boyfriend Thabo Ndlovu.
With a warm smile, he quickly mentions that he has tagged along as the "taste tester". He, of course likes to eat and enjoys her food.
Mimi learned to cook by watching her mom. Although she doesn't have much time to spend in the kitchen because of her hectic work schedule, she has a few favourite dishes she likes to cook.
I learn later that Mimi's ultimate comfort food is a McDonald's McFlurry with double Oreos.
Asked what her favourite dishes are, she says: "I love any dish that has meat in it."
But, she adds, pap was something that she never liked. "Growing up I could never understand why it was served with every meal."
She prefers and loves food like couscous, finding the ingredient easy and quick to prepare, as well as enjoying its ability to accommodate versatile flavours.
Mimi studied drama at Pretoria University and seven years ago went straight onto being part of the 7de Laan series.
Serves 4
1 packet of cocktail pork sausages
250g streaky bacon
1-2 avocado pears, peeled and sliced
Wrap each sausage in a piece of bacon and secure with a tooth pick. Place the wrapped sausages in a roasting pan which has been lined with foil.
Place in the oven at 200°C for 15-20 minutes until the bacon is crispy and golden. Remove and drain on paper towel to remove excess fat. Serve with slices of avocado pear.
Serves 4
30ml oil
1 onion, chopped
10ml chopped garlic
10ml ground cumin
10ml ground coriander
5ml turmeric
500g cubed lamb
½ green pepper, seeded and diced
½ red pepper, seeded and diced
½ yellow pepper, seeded and diced
375ml lamb or beef stock
salt and pepper
60ml chopped coriander
Heat the oil and fry the onion and garlic until soft. Add the spices and cook for a few seconds.
Stir in the lamb and cook until coated with the spices.
Add the peppers, stock and seasoning and simmer for 2 hours until the lamb is tender.
Top up with extra liquid if necessary. Stir in the coriander just before serving.
Serves 4
30ml oil
1 onion, chopped
½ red pepper, seeded and diced
½ green pepper, seeded and diced
½ yellow pepper, seeded and diced
375ml couscous
375ml hot chicken stock
30ml chopped coriander
salt and pepper
Heat the oil and fry the onion until soft. Add the peppers and fry for a minute. Remove from the heat.
In the meantime, pour the boiling stock over the couscous. Cover and set aside for 2 minutes.
Fluff with a fork and mix in the peppers, coriander and seasoning to taste.
Serve with the curry.
Serves 4
2 eggs, separated
400ml milk
500ml sifted flour
15ml baking powder
2ml salt
15ml sugar
80g butter, melted
250g strawberries, sliced
custard for serving
Beat the egg whites until stiff but not dry. In a jug combine the yolks and milk .
Sift the flour, baking powder, salt and sugar into a bowl. Add the milk to the dry ingredients together with the melted butter. Mix just long enough to moisten the dry ingredients, and then fold in the beaten egg whites.
Bake spoonfuls in a hot waffle iron, which has been greased, for three or four minutes, until golden brown.
Serve warm with strawberries and custard.
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Patent 6488698 - Portable light unit for treatment of seasonal affective disorders
|United States Patent
|Patent Number 6,488,698
|Issued December 3, 2002
Portable light unit for treatment of seasonal affective disorders
A portable light unit for treatment of seasonal affective disorders. The portable device is carried in a small case having four bulbs capable of emitting full spectrum light at 10,000 lux intensity for each therapy session. Therefore, the device can be carried by the patient or the physician to the patient.
|Hyman; Henry H. (Owings Mills, MD)
Hyman; Henry H.
|Family ID:
|Appl. No.:
|August 16, 2000
|Current U.S. Class:
|607/91 - 600/26 - 607/88 - 607/90
|Current CPC Class:
|Current International Class:
|Field of Search:
|;607/88,90,91,93-95,108-110 ;326/103-106 ;600/26,22
|March 1990
|Leighton et al.
|September 1992
|Hughes et al.
|March 1993
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|May 2001
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Assistant Examiner:A Farah
I claim:
1. A portable light unit for treatment of seasonal affective disorders, said portable light unit consisting of: a rectangular hard covered briefcase including a hingedly attached cover having an interior surface; a planar mirror attached to the interior surface of said cover; a polished metal base extending from the interior surface of said cover beneath said mirror, said base including an on/off switch and an electrical cord; and four illumination lamps extending upward from said base, said lamps being arranged in a line parallel to said mirror such that said lamps and said mirror provide an illumination of at least 10,000 lux.
2. The portable light unit according to claim 1, wherein said lamps include screw-in lamps, each having an oblong configuration.
3. The portable light unit according to claim 1, wherein said base further includes a slide lock to retain said cover in an opened position.
4. The portable light unit according to claim 1, wherein said unit has a total weight of less than five pounds.
5. The portable light unit according to claim 1, wherein said unit has a length of 15 inches, a width of 7 inches and a depth of 3.5 inches.
1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates generally to an illumination device. More specifically, the invention is a portable briefcased illumination device for treatmemt of seasonal affective disorders.
2. Description of the Related Art
The relative art of interest describes various illumination devices, but none discloses the present invention. There is a need for a portable illumination device adapted to treat seasonal affective syndromes and disorders.
The related art will be discussed in the order of perceived relevance to the present invention.
U.S. Pat. No. 5,149,184 issued on Sep. 22, 1992, to Philip Hughes et al. describes a combined work station and phototherapy unit in which the light source is cantilevered at adjustable angles on a rotatable flat lid containing a plurality of fluorescent tubes and ballasts behind a diffuser panel. A switching arrangement can turn on two lamps (3,300 lux), four lamps (6,600 lux) or six lamps (10,000 lux) via a power cord. The work stations can vary in size from 2 ft. square, 1 ft. by 3 ft. and 10 inches by 3 ft. The work station is distinguishable for its limitation to a large boxed unit with a cantilevered illuminating panel.
U.S. Pat. No. 5,919,217 issued on Jul. 6, 1999, to Philip C. Hughes describes a portable therapy light housed in a rectangular box of molded plastic having a cutout for the eyes and an bridge for resting the device on the patient's nose. Two side arms for, the ears are also provided. The illumination source is either a twin-tubed fluorescent lamp or a single incandescent lamp powered 10 by either A.C. voltage or batteries. The device is distinguishable for its boxed eyeglass type structure with conventional illumination sources.
U.S. Pat. No. 5,447,527 issued on Sep. 5, 1995, to Murray M. Waldman describes a therapeutic light device comprising a light bulb in a light fixture emitting only a wavelength of 490-520 nanometers and restricting the light energy radiance to between 1.8 to 200 microwatts per square centimeter over the eyes of the patient. The light restricting apparatus can be a narrowband light transmission filter placed strategically over the upper portion or the phosphor of a fluorescent bulb. The device is distinguishable for its restrictive light tolerance, two-part illumination and the use of a fluorescent light source.
U.S. Pat. No. 5,197,941 issued on Mar. 30, 1993, to Barbara Whitaker describes a portable device for controlling circadian rhythm disorders comprises the following components in a plastic molded box having a curved lid with an undefined reflective concave surface and an external ion generator connected by an extension cord. The box contains a fluorescent lamp energized by either 120 volts A.C. or an integrated battery. A progammable microprocessor controls a liquid crystal clock display module and a speaker. On/off control switches include a sleep function switch, an override switch for lamp control, a switch for the ion generator, and a volume control for the speaker. The device is distinguishable for its manifold features limited to a single fluorescent lamp.
U.S. Pat. No. 4,911,166 issued on Mar. 27, 1990, to Stephen B. Leighton et al. describes a portable light delivery system using a point source of light from a high intensity halogen or incandescent bulb and directing a large fraction of the light directly into the patient's eyes without focusing the light to my cause visual damage. A helmet has two anchored assemblies suspended in front of the patient. Each light assembly has a light source bouncing its illumination from a concave mirror rear wall to a positive convex lens. The device is distinguishable for its reliance on a pair of suspended light sources with a frontal lens.
U.S. Pat. No. 5,562,719 issued on Oct. 8, 1996, to Marcelo E. Lopez-Claros describes a light therapy apparatus comprising a mask which provides illumination by adjustably dividing the visual field of each eye into temporal and nasal visual fields by internal walls. The two individual sources of illumination are fluorescent light bulbs having an intensity of 2,500 to 10,000 lux. The apparatus is distinguishable for its required segmented aspect for illumination of each eye.
U.S. Pat. No. 5,824,024 issued on Oct. 20, 1998, to Daniel C. Dial describes illumination devices for treating light deficiency and mood disorders including color therapy. The illumination fixture contains a convoluted arrangement of neon gas and mercury containing tubing and optionally with optic cables. The rectangular light reflecting back surface is white plexiglass. The device is distinguishable for its requirement for fluorescent lighting arranged in a convoluted pattern.
W.I.P.O. Patent Application No. WO 89/08475 published on Sep. 21, 1989, for George C. Brainard describes a portable phototherapeutic device incorporated in a cap to emit at least 200 lux light on the eyes of the wearer. The preferred embodiment employs a conical canopy to focus the light from a quartz halogen lamp positioned in front and controlled by a rheostat control located on the side of the cap for obtaining a preferred 2,000 to 2,500 lux intensity. A battery pack is housed under the cap in the rear. A second embodiment employs the batteries under the top of the hat and suspends the lamp underneath an extension. A third embodiment poaitions the lamp above a rectangular radiation shield. A fourth embodiment employs a lamp above the visor of a sun visor cap and a remote control wired to the lamp. The devices are distinguishable for their restriction to caps having a quartz halogen lamp.
W.I.P.O. Patent Application No. WO 96/14899 published on May 23, 1996, for Optomed Opto Medical Systems GMBH describes a light therapy device comprising fluorescent lamps of different mono-chromatic radiation used in combination with a prior application of a light-sensitizing ointment. The device is distinguishable for its requirement for fluorescent lamps of different monochromatic radiation.
German Patent Application No. DE 44 33 291 A1 published on Mar. 21, 1996, for Hans-Jurgen Hentschel describes as best understood a rectangular light box containing at least four daylight lamps in individual apertured concave reflector elements with the apertures aligned with slits in the rear of the box. The front of the box is closed with a glass pane. The light box is distinguishable for its individual lamp reflecting surfaces.
German Patent Application No. 198 36 312 A1 published on Feb. 24, 2000, for Hans-Peter Reuter describes a lamp having a spectrum corresponding to natural daylight comprising three fluorescent light tubes behind a housing which includes a plurality of elongated hollow (triangular in cross-section) reflector elements having colored surfaces which match the spectrum of the light sources. A microprocessor is included. The lamp is distinguishable for its unique lamp and reflector structure and microprocessor control.
None of the above inventions and patents, taken either singularly or in combination, is seen to describe the instant invention as claimed. Thus, a portable light unit for treatment of seasonal affective disorders solving the aforementioned problems is desired.
The present invention is directed to a portable illumination device for the treatment of seasonal affective disorders. The portable device is carried in a small hard covered case having four bulbs capable of emitting full spectrum light at 10,000 lux intensity for each therapy session. Therefore, the device can be carried by the patient or the physician to the patient.
Accordingly, it is a principal object of the invention to provide a portable illumination device.
It is another object of the invention to provide a portable illumination device capable of treating seasonal affective disorders.
It is a further object of the invention to provide a portable illumination device capable of treating seasonal affective disorders having four bulbs capable of emitting full spectrum light at 10,000 lux intensity for each therapy session.
Still another object of the invention is to provide a portable illumination device capable of treating seasonal affective disorders carried in a hard covered briefcase having a rear mirror.
It is an object of the invention to provide improved elements and arrangements thereof for the purposes described which is inexpensive, dependable and fully effective in accomplishing its intended purposes.
These and other objects of the present invention will become readily apparent upon further review of the following specification and drawings.
FIG. 1 is an environmental, perspective view of a portable light unit ready for treatment of seasonal affective disorders according to the present invention.
FIG. 2 is an enlarged perspective view of the open hard covered briefcase including the mirror, lamps and electric cord.
Similar reference characters denote corresponding features is consistently throughout the attached drawings.
In FIGS. 1 and 2, a portable light unit 10 for treatment of seasonal affective disorders of a patient 12 comprises a rectangular hard plastic covered briefcase 14 having the inside surface of a rear cover 16 covered with a plastic mirror 18. A plurality of screw-in illumination lamps 20, i.e., four, including a ballast element (hidden) in each lamp is arranged in a line parallel to the mirror 18 and on a polished metal base 22 which has an on/off lamp switch 24 and a slide lock 26 to hold the cover 16 open at a perpendicular angle. A grounded electric extension cord with plug 28 is included for supplying house current to the lamps 20. Other briefcase 14 appurtenances include a latch 30, a handgrip 32 and a cover hinge 34.
The lamps 20 and mirror 18 illuminate at least 10,000 lux and have visible spectrum capacity. The oblong lamps 20 inherently supply the lens for the required illumination, thereby eliminating the need for extra focusing capacity, i.e., the unit 10 is devoid of any external focusing lens.
The total weight of the unit 10 is less than five pounds and has the following exemplary dimensions: 15 inches long, 7 inches wide and 3.5 inches deep.
The unit 10 can consequently be hand carried and used by the patient 12 or carried to the patient by the attending physician. The unit 10 is simplified and economical because it does not contain intricate controls required by the prior art.
It is to be understood that the present invention is not limited to the embodiment described above, but encompasses any and all embodiments within the scope of the following claims.


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An old ice pick, a vintage pair of cross-country skis and a wood-framed Trapper backpack hang high on the wall of Sonoma Outfitters, a testament to the years the Santa Rosa shop has been in business and the changes it has undergone to adapt with the times.
The kitschy throwbacks, relics from co-owner Jay Knick's backcountry adventures from Connecticut to Colorado to California, are a contrast to the high-tech outdoor gear and clothing he stocks on the store's shelves.
Now, the shop that gradually expanded into a lofty store and warehouse space with more than 14,000 square feet in Railroad Square is adapting again by downsizing. The store will move to Montgomery Village to a space roughly half its current size May 1.
Competition from online retailers and big-box stores chipped away at the retailer's bottom line to the point where it no longer made sense to have the huge store, said Knick, who owns Sonoma Outfitters with his wife, Debra.
"It's time to change. It's time to adapt," Jay Knick said. "And that's what we've been doing over the last 37 years."
The store needs more foot traffic than what the Railroad Square location provides, and David Codding, owner of Montgomery Village, has been courting Sonoma Outfitters for a while, Knick said.
So Sonoma Outfitters is doing away with what has been a core part of its business — equipment sales and rentals — in favor of clothing and shoes, which are quicker to move off the shelves.
It's not that Knick, a self-professed "tech weenie," doesn't love gear. But with increasing competition from online retailers and shoppers who surf the Web for the best deals, selling and renting equipment that people would buy maybe once a decade was no longer penciling out. The store will continue to sell day packs, but not the bigger equipment like kayaks and sleeping bags.
Customers have been supportive of the store's plans to move to Montgomery Village, but some were unhappy to see the gear go, Knick said.
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The Pet Spot will remain closed until Monday, according to its website.
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ROUND MOUNTAIN - The Buzzard Fire was declared contained Tuesday evening after it scorched an estimated 20 acres near here and prompted evacuations.
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The Buzzard Fire started at 1:30 p.m. and quickly spread before firefighters were able to slow it down two hours later, said Linda Galvan, spokeswoman for the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection.
She said fire crews will be at the scene for hours tonight performing mop-up work.
"We will have people there all night," she said. "We will be out there as long as it takes."
There were no reported injuries from the fire and no structures were reported burned, Galvan said.
Earlier in the day, Shasta County sheriff's deputies drove rural county roads near Round Mountain, telling residents to evacuate as the wildfire continued to burn.
The main precautionary evacuations were on Donn Lane, Rabbit Run Road and the end of Round Mountain Road off Highway 299 just west of Round Mountain, but deputies also ordered evacuations on other nearby roads, said Sgt. Jason Gassaway of the Shasta County Sheriff's Office.
"There are a lot of little dirt roads that come off of that," he said.
Gassaway said earlier the wildfire was burning behind the Golden Bear Store and moved northward.
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The fire, which spread to 20 acres an hour after it started, had threatened homes near Buzzard Roost Road, said Galvan.
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Galvan said cause of the blaze is under investigation.
On Aug. 20, 1992, the monstrous Fountain Fire started near Buzzard Roost Road and went on to burn 64,000 acres – almost 100 square miles of forest – and destroyed 300 homes.
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Glad to finally see it after all these years. It's a good start. Hopefully they will pin down the pattern genetics before I croak off...
It's taken this long Face I wouldn't hold my breath! :rofl:
You know, I don't view night blindness as that big of an issue, with a few rare exceptions, but the biggest use for this test IMO is to determine if phenotypic fewspots or snowcapare are truly homozygous, as there can be both false snowcaps and fewspots...
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More from the front lines of the Sino-Korean Kimchi War. The South Korean government wants the Chinese to stop calling kimchi "pickled vegetables" in their own language.
The South Korean government has apparently decided that kimchi should no longer be referred to as pàocài 泡菜 ("pickled vegetables") in China, Hong Kong, and Taiwan, but should have its own name to distinguish it from other types of pickled vegetables.
So, what do they want the Chinese to call it?
For kimchi, the Koreans have decided that the new Chinese name is going to be xīnqí 辛奇. The Chinese are not accustomed to this and some have suggested that it doesn't make sense, since xīn 辛 is usually construed as meaning "bitter; suffering; laborious" and qí 奇 means "strange; odd; queer; rare."
A treasure trove of great English combinations there, but I'll leave that alone.
According to Chinese language professor Victor Mair, the name might not actually be such a bad choice –other than the poor taste of asking a billion people to change the name of something with good taste.
Upon reflection, however, xīnqí 辛奇 may not be such a bad choice after all, since xīn 辛 is often used to describe the spicy/sour flavor of foods like kimchi and may even be seen on packages for Korean instant noodles. Moreover, qí 奇 may be thought of not merely as "strange; odd," but also "wonderful; marvelous; mysterious."
As far as naming goes, I've learned to accept that I am from a wondrous place called "Miguk." As well as I accept the fact that my first name means "pig" in Malay. (Which is why, when preparing to meet my ex-gf's parents, I suddenly became, "Robert." Robert? Who could go through life with that for a name?)
For more on the kimchi clash, as well as "naming victories" for the Koreans in the Chinese mother tongue, check out the article in Slate.


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Glee! cast member Harry Shum, Jr. will help CSU kick off its annual Asian Fest at 5 p.m. Saturday at the Lory Student Center Theatre.
Shum, who plays Mike Chang on the hit musical TV show and is the co-founder and executive producer of YouTube series REMIXED, will speak about defying stereotypes, depictions of Asian-Americans in the media, diversity and his career.
Colorado State Universitys Asian Fest celebrates Asian/Pacific-American culture and raises awareness of issues currently facing Asian-Americans. It will be celebrated on campus through April 28.
This years Asian Fest will highlight cultural expressions that are important to the Asian/Pacific American community, said Christian Hill, president of the Asian Fest Student Organization. Asian Fest events are created to inform, educate and entertain the campus and Fort Collins community.
Additional Asian Fest events include a performance by Japanese drum group Denver Taiko on April 10, the Rice Event on April 15, taekwondo black belt Jessica Cox on April 17, a showing of the film Beautiful Boxer on April 23 and 24 and the traditional Luau on April 28.
Admission to Shums talk is free; seating will be first come, first served. To learn more about Asian Fest events, visit www.apacc.colostate.edu.


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Ohio Governor Ted Strickland, hugging Karen Haley, president of the Wilmington-Clinton County Chamber of Commerce, visited WIlmington Tuesday to assure officials that the governor's office would assist in the economic transition after DHL closes operations there. / The Enquirer / Michael E. Keating
WILMINGTON - Facing the largest economic dislocation in Ohios history, this community of 12,000 moved quickly Tuesday to deal with the pending loss of more than 7,000 jobs stemming from DHLs decision to drop domestic U.S. package delivery.
After a meeting between Gov. Ted Strickland and the local task force created to deal with job losses, Mayor David Raizk said the community will pursue DHLs offer to donate the 2,200-acre Wilmington Air Park to the Clinton County Port Authority for redevelopment.
Raizk called the air park, the largest privately owned airport in the nation, a state-of-the-art facility.
The task force will first formally ask DHL to turn over the airport and is preparing to seek professional expertise to market it. He said the local Port Authority should have ownership by summer.
At the same time, a rapid-response center to help laid-off workers find new jobs and training in a building donated by ABX Air Inc. formally opened its doors by putting up a sign at the air park
DHL is negotiating a deal to hire UPS and replace ABX Air and ASTAR Air Cargo in transporting packages after Jan. 30. Joseph Hete, CEO of the parent of ABX, which employs about 5,000 at the airport, said Monday that even without the UPS deal, his company expects to cut employment here by as much as 90 percent by the end of January, as DHL reduces delivery volumes by 90 percent.
The cuts by ABX and other contractors, anticipated since May, will likely result in the largest single job loss ever in Ohio, if not the nation, Strickland said.
At a news conference, he pledged a concerted effort to support those affected and secure the resources to provide that support.
A $3.8 million federal emergency grant to provide job training, counseling and support services has been pre-approved, officials said, with funding to be released as workers are formally terminated.
On top of the more than 7,000 directly employed at the airport, another 1,800 are employed by vendors and other suppliers around the facility, said Raizk.
Keith R. Hyde, chairman of the work force committee of the economic task force, estimated the rapid response center has already seen more than 1,000 workers preparing resumes and searching for jobs since it informally opened several months ago.
The task force, formed after DHL announced May 28 it was planning to contract with UPS to cut costs, eliminating the need for the Wilmington facility, has been doing its homework. It has talked with other communities facing major job losses, particularly those that dealt with Air Force base closings.
One thing the other communities all told us is to get control of the facility, Hyde said, because control will accelerate redevelopment.
Strickland, who said growing statewide job losses are cutting into Ohios available unemployment money, pledged to go to the federal government for loans if necessary.
He said the state is still trying to get its hands around the scope of the DHL job dislocation, but said its significant, touching 17 counties in central and southwest Ohio.
Despite the challenge, he said, Well get through this.
Officials initially challenged DHL plans to end operations here on antitrust grounds, arguing the agreement with UPS was a de facto merger. That argument, Strickland said, has largely been muted by DHLs decision to drop U.S. domestic service.


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New York -- A Triad teenager marched in the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade on Thursday.
According to Michelle James, her son, David Chambers was in the Macy's Great American Marching band playing the cymbals. The band performed at the beginning of the parade.
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James told WFMY News 2 her son had to send in an audition video. Chambers spent the week in New York, practicing for his big debut.
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The Wichita State Shockers mascot performs before the first half of the finals of the West regional of the 2013 NCAA tournament against the Ohio State Buckeyes at the Staples Center. / Jayne Kamin-Oncea, USA TODAY Sports
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