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Kitaen was arrested Monday night after arguing with Finley as they drove home from dinner, said Tori Richards, spokeswoman for the Orange County district attorney's office.
The charges were revealed the same day Finley was scheduled to make his season debut against his former team, the Anaheim Angels. Finley was scratched from his start, team spokesman Bart Swain said.
A judge issued a restraining order against Kitaen, ordering her to have no contact with Finley.
He was driving Monday night when the couple began arguing, and Kitaen kicked him with her high-heeled shoes, Richards said.
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Kitaen is best known for her role in the 1984 Tom Hanks movie "Bachelor Party." She's also appeared in such TV shows as "Seinfeld" and "Married ... with Children."
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Yolin lives with his wife and four daughters - aged nine, six, five and one year old; Yolin's wife helps with the business of buying and selling the shellfish and also looks after the home and their daughters.
Yolin hopes that in the not-too-distant future he will see progress at his business. He wants to sell more and offer his daughters the opportunity to study at university, something that many people in this city cannot do.
Yolin currently lives in the Orillas del Mar barrio of San Lorenzo. He has managed to build his own house and is located in a strategic area for running his business.
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Yolin is leader of the "Nueva Luz" group which has five men and three women as members. They have been working together for 20 months.
In the photo Yolin is the man with his hand in the air. The group is strong and has a desire to work so that their barrio will progress.
Yolin, vive con su esposa y sus 4 hijas de 9,6,5 y 1 año; su esposa a mas de ayudarlo en el negocio de la compra-venta de la concha, se dedica al cuidado del hogar y de sus hijas.
Yolin, espera en un futuro no muy lejano, ver un progreso en este negocio, vender concha en mayor numero y brindar a sus hijas la posibilidad de continuar sus estudios en una carrera universitaria, que muchos no tienen las posibilidades en esta ciudad.
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|26 Sep 1995
|Fecha de presentación
|14 Mar 1994
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|14 Mar 1994
|Número de publicación
|Kuldip Raj, Christian Ionescu
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|Ferrofluidics Corporation
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1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to measurement of horizontal incline, and more particularly to an inclinometer that generates a measurement signal based on position equilibration of a magnetic element.
2. Description of the Related Art
Incline-measurement instruments find application in a wide variety of industrial and research environments. For example, geotechnical engineers utilizes these devices to track the underground boring tools employed in oil prospecting, well construction, and the installation of subterranean pipes and cables, while numerous types of aerospace, automotive, and robotic equipment incorporate inclinometers as standard components.
Because traditional mechanical inclinometers must take into account the effects of friction, which would otherwise distort measurement signals generated by elements responsive to the force of gravity, more modern designs frequently utilize mobile elements fully bathed in a liquid. Magnetic elements, for example, are often suspended in ferrofluids--i.e., colloids that contain suspended magnetic particles and which respond to an applied magnetic field as if the fluid itself possessed homogeneous magnetic characteristics. Various measurement arrangements have been employed to detect movement of a magnet floating within a ferrofluid sheath or to measure the force exerted on such an element by gravity, and to derive therefrom a signal indicative of the degree of tilt.
Unfortunately, the requirement of immersing a measurement element in a liquid imposes design limitations. First, such an inclinometer device must remain fully sealed to prevent escape of the liquid. Second, response times necessarily depend on the viscosity of the liquid within which the element moves, a factor that can prove critical in high-performance applications. And depending on the volumes involved, to be fully submerged a mobile magnetic element can require a considerable amount of ferrofluid, adding cost to the device.
We have discovered that it is unnecessary to fully bathe a mobile magnetic element in a ferrofluid to obtain highly accurate incline measurements. Instead, we surround each pole of the magnet with a thin, discrete band of ferrofluid; these bands are retained against the magnet by its own magnetic field, and suffice to suspend the magnet within a housing that may be open or closed to the atmosphere. Even with a closed housing, however, travel of the magnet in our inclinometer design is not significantly impeded by the bulk viscosity of the ferrofluid, as is typically the case in the prior art, since fluid surrounds only a small portion of the magnet surface. We nonetheless retain the benefit of a measurement design free of possible distortion by friction.
In a first embodiment, a Hall element senses the axial position of a magnet suspended within a nonmagnetic housing by two polar bands of ferrofluid. Tilting of the device causes the magnet to move away from its neutral or rest position, which corresponds to zero incline. A pair of inductor coils, positioned on opposite sides of the neutral point and configured to generate opposing magnetic fields, counteract the magnet's movement and restore it to the neutral position upon application of an appropriate electric current. The magnitude and direction of this restorative current indicate the extent and orientation of the tilt. In a representative operating environment, the Hall element is coupled to a feedback circuit that supplies the coils with current and generates a measurement signal.
In a second embodiment, the axial position of the magnet is sensed by a pair of split capacitors disposed on the housing and spaced apart from one another. At the neutral point, located between the capacitors, opposite ends of the magnet extend equal distances between the plates of the respective capacitors. Movement of the magnet disrupts this symmetry, introducing a greater portion of the magnet inside one capacitor and withdrawing a corresponding portion from the other capacitor, altering their respective capacitances. A coil centered between the capacitors restores the magnet to its neutral position, and once again the magnitude and direction of the coil current is used to gauge the degree and orientation of incline.
In both embodiments, friction does not interfere with the accuracy of measurement (or more precisely, with the relationship between tilt angle and the applied current necessary to restore the magnet to a neutral position) since the magnet is fully suspended on a liquid, which cannot support a tangential force.
The foregoing discussion will be understood more readily from the following detailed description of the invention, when taken in conjunction with the accompanying drawings, in which:
FIG. 1 is a sectional view of the first embodiment of the invention;
FIG. 2 is a sectional view of another version of the first embodiment, which contains an alternative pressure-equalizing feature;
FIG. 3 is a sectional view of the first embodiment, showing the effect of a tilt from horizontal;
FIG. 4 schematically depicts a suitable circuit for obtaining incline measurements using the first embodiment of the present invention;
FIG. 5A is a sectional view of a cylindrical version of the second embodiment of the invention;
FIG. 5B is a cross-sectional view of the embodiment depicted in FIG. 5A, taken along the line 5B--5B;
FIG. 6 is a sectional view of the second embodiment, showing the effect of a tilt from horizontal;
FIG. 7 schematically depicts a suitable circuit for obtaining incline measurements using the second embodiment of the present invention; and
FIG. 8 illustrates the varying pulse widths produced by the second embodiment of the invention when installed in the circuit illustrated in FIG. 7.
Refer first to FIG. 1, which illustrates the components of the first embodiment of the invention, indicated generally by reference numeral 20. The inclinometer 20 includes a hollow, nonmagnetic housing 25, which surrounds an axially polarized, permanent magnet 27 whose transverse dimensions substantially match the interior conformation of housing 25, but are slightly (preferably on the order of several thousandths of an inch) smaller; magnet 27 is therefore free to move axially within housing 25. Housing 25 may be fabricated from any structurally stable material that does not exhibit significant responsiveness to an applied magnetic field; plastic, glass, aluminum and nonmagnetic steel represent suitable materials.
Surrounding magnet 27 at each of its poles (indicated in the figure by N and S designations) is a thin, discrete band of ferrofluid 30a, 30b. The ferrofluid may be an ester, fluorocarbon, synthetic-hydrocarbon, silahydrocarbon or silicon formulation; in particular, we have obtained worthwhile results using the TPG11 product marketed by Ferrofluidics Corp., Nashua, N.H., which has a magnetization of 400 Gauss and a viscosity of 20-25 centipoises, in conjunction with a cylindrical Alnico 5 magnet approximately 8 mm in length and 3 mm in diameter, and a magnetic flux of 1600 Gauss at the faces of the magnet. The characteristics of the ferrofluid and magnet 27 are related. If the magnet has a relatively low magnetic field, it is necessary to use a ferrofluid of relatively high magnetization in order to achieve the necessary levitation (as described below). The magnetic field of magnet 27 can range, for example, from 500-4000 Gauss, and the magnetization of the ferrofluid from 50-400 Gauss.
Bands 30a, 30b are concentrated at the poles of magnet 27, and each preferably does not occupy more than 30% of its axial length. Indeed, depending on the magnetization of the ferrofluid and the magnetic field of magnet 27, these bands will form naturally upon application of ferrofluid to the magnet.
Ferrofluid bands 30a, 30b make contact with the inner wall of housing 25 and suspend magnet 27 therein. This contact is substantially frictionless when magnet 27 is at rest and nearly so during movement. Magnet 27 therefore slides freely within housing 25 (with ferrofluid bands 30a, 30b functioning as bearings fixedly retained against magnet 27 by its magnetic field). A further feature supporting free magnet movement is a pair of apertures 32a, 32b, each located at an end of housing 25. These prevent the buildup of air pressure that would occur as a result of, and also counteract, movement of magnet 27 if housing 25 were sealed. Apertures 32a, 32b are preferably quite small relative to the cross-section of the housing (e.g., with a housing of 4 mm cross-section, each aperture need be no larger than 1 mm) to minimize the loss of ferrofluid carrier from evaporation should the device be exposed to elevated temperatures.
Alternative means for avoiding pressure buildup are also possible. As shown in FIG. 2, for example, the solid magnet 27 can be replaced with a hollow version containing an axial bore 34 therethrough, which vents air from one end of housing 25 to the other as magnet 27 slides. In this way, it is possible to employ a sealed housing while retaining the benefits of pressure equalization. Water-based ferrofluids, which evaporate quickly when exposed to air, may be advantageously utilized with this sealed design.
Disposed on the outer surface of housing 25, at a location (preferably the axial center) representing the neutral magnet position, is a Hall element 36. This semiconductor device exploits the Hall effect, producing an output voltage proportional to the product of the current passing through it and net magnetic flux perpendicular to it. When Hall element 36 is located opposite the axial center of magnet 27, it registers a magnetic field of zero net magnitude. Movement of magnet 27 away from its neutral or equilibrium position (corresponding to zero incline) results in a nonzero magnetic field through Hall element 36, producing a corresponding voltage that reflects both the degree of magnet movement (since increasing proximity to one of the poles increases the sensed magnetic field) and its direction (since magnetic polarity determines the polarity of the Hall voltage ).
Also surrounding housing 25 are a pair of coils 38, 40. The coils each comprise a series of conductive windings, and are identical to one another in inner and outer diameter, width and number of turns. The coils are connected in series and wound in opposite directions so that they produce equal but opposite magnetic fields when energized. Coils 38 and 40 are spaced apart from one another along housing 25 by a distance approximately equal to the axial length of magnet 27.
Refer now to FIG. 3, which illustrates the invention's mode of operation when the device 20 is inclined at an angle θ to the horizontal. The axial force F acting on magnet 27 is equal to Mgsin θ, where M is the mass of the magnet and g is the acceleration due to gravity. Force F displaces magnet 27 away from its neutral position. No longer located precisely opposite magnetic poles, Hall element 36 now registers a net magnetic field and produces a corresponding voltage. A current i is therefore applied to the windings of coils 38 and 40 to restore magnet 27 essentially to its equilibrium position. The direction of current i is such that coil 38 repels the leading pole of magnet 27 and coil 40 attracts the trailing pole; thus in the exemplary configuration shown in FIG. 3, where north is the leading pole, the applied current induces equal but opposing north magnetic poles at the inner faces of coils 38, 40. The magnitude of current i is proportional to the force necessary to counter F and, therefore, to sin θ.
If the device 20 is tilted in the opposite direction, the voltage produced by Hall element 36 is opposite in sign and the direction of current i is reversed; because south is now the leading pole of magnet 27, south magnetic poles are created at the inner faces of coils 38, 40 to restore magnet 27 to its neutral position.
A suitable feedback circuit for operating the device 20 in the manner described is illustrated in FIG. 4. The circuit includes a high-gain servo amplifier 50, which is powered by a pair of batteries (or other power sources) 52, 54. Battery, 52 supplies a positive voltage with respect to ground, and battery 54 supplies a negative voltage, enabling servo amplifier 50 to produce an output of positive or negative polarity. Hall element 36 is connected to the input terminals of servo amplifier 50. The output of the amplifier 50 passes through coils 38 and 40, supplying the current (of the appropriate polarity) necessary to restore magnet 27 to its neutral position. In the illustrated embodiment, the high gain of servo amplifier ensures that magnet 27 will be retained at a position close to the neutral point, since even a slight Hall voltage is sufficient to produce a large amplified output to coils 38, 40. (Retention of magnet 27 precisely at the neutral position is impossible, however, since this corresponds to zero Hall voltage and zero amplifier output.) Alternatively, the output of servo amplifier 50 can be connected to an integrator, which will allow magnet 27 to be retained precisely at the neutral position by providing the necessary current to coils 38, 40 notwithstanding the zero output of Hall element 36.
The output terminal of coil 40 is delivered to one input terminal of a readout amplifier 58, and also to a resistor 60, which is connected to the other input terminal of readout amplifier 58 and to the junction between batteries 52, 54 (corresponding to zero voltage, or ground). Readout amplifier 58 amplifies the voltage drop across resistor 60 and drives a readout meter 62, which thus indicates the magnitude and polarity of current flowing through coils 38, 40 and, hence, the degree of incline.
A scaling circuit 64 (for example, a series of individually selectable resistors) connected between the output of servo amplifier 50 and its inverting input terminal alters the degree of amplification of the amplifier. Adjustment of scaling circuit 64 effectively allows selection of the range of incline angles reported by meter 62. This permits the user both to choose the output precision and to accommodate the dynamic range of amplifiers 50 and 58, which may not otherwise be capable of accommodating the full range of measurable inclines.
An offset power source 66 (which may be, for example, a battery), fed through a variable resistor) permits the circuit to be calibrated to a meter reading of zero on a perfectly level surface.
Refer now to FIGS. 5A and 5B, which collectively illustrate the components of the second embodiment of the invention, indicated generally by reference numeral 100. The inclinometer 100 once again includes a hollow, nonmagnetic housing 110, which also functions as a dielectric. Suitable materials for housing 110 include, for example, plastic, glass or silica. The interior elements of the inclinometer are identical to those described in connection with FIGS. 1 and 2.
Disposed on the outer surface of housing 25, at a location at or near the axial center, is an inductor coil 112, whose width w preferably does not exceed, and is desirably smaller than the axial extent of magnet 27. When the device 100 is inclined and magnet 27 displaced, coil 112 is energized with a current appropriate in magnitude and direction to restore magnet 27 to the neutral position. For example, with the device 100 tilted as shown in FIG. 6, a south magnetic pole would be created at the right face 114 and a north magnetic pole at the left face 116.
The position of magnet 27 within housing 110, and therefore the magnitude and direction of current that must be passed through coil 112, is sensed by a pair of identical split capacitors 120, 122 of equal value disposed on housing 110 at opposite sides of coil 112. Each split capacitor 120, 122 comprises a pair of separate metal plate halves that each conform to the outer dimension of housing 110. For example, using a cylindrically shaped housing 110, the plate halves, indicated by reference numerals 120a and 120b in FIG. 5B, extend substantially (but not entirely) around the outer diameter of housing 110. Plates 120a, 120b may be formed, for example, by wrapping metal (e.g., aluminum foil) around housing 110, or by electroplating or sputtering a metallic material onto its surface.
At the neutral point, an equal axial length of magnet 27 extends within each capacitor 120, 122. Tilting of the device 100 introduces a greater portion of magnet 27 within one capacitor and withdraws a corresponding portion from the other capacitor, altering their respective capacitances. Specifically, with a metal magnet 27, tilting of the device 100 as shown in FIG. 6 increases the capacitance of capacitor 120, since more of magnet 27 (and less air) occupies the space between plates 120a and 120b, and decreases the capacitance of capacitor 122 by an equivalent amount.
A suitable feedback circuit for operating this embodiment of the invention appears in FIG. 7. The differential capacitances of the two sensing capacitors 120, 122 are exploited through pulse-width modulation to produce an output signal representative of the position of magnet 27. This signal is amplified to restore the magnet to the neutral position and indicate the degree of tilt.
Specifically, the circuit comprises a pair of solid-state switches 140, 142, which alternately connect one of capacitors 120, 122 to the input terminal of a comparator/flip-flop module and the other to ground. Switches 140, 142 operate simultaneously, and although shown schematically as separate components, they actually reside within the comparator/flip-flop module 145 (as indicated by the legend "Switch Control").
Comparator/flip-flop 145 reverses the positions of switches 140, 142 when its input voltage reaches a predetermined reference value. A power supply (not shown) powers comparator/flip-flop 145, provides a comparator reference voltage and charges, through an internal resistance, the ungrounded capacitor 140 or 142. With the switches set as shown in the figure, capacitor 120 remains discharged while capacitor 122 charges. When the voltage at the input terminal of comparator/flip-flop 145 reaches the predetermined value, after a time t1 that depends on the capacitance of capacitor 122 (and hence the position of magnet 27 within housing 110), the switches flip positions, instantaneously discharging capacitor 122 and allowing capacitor 120 to charge. After a time t2, which depends on the capacitance of capacitor 120 (and, once again, the position of magnet 27 within housing 110), the voltage at the input terminal of comparator/flip-flop 145 reaches the predetermined value and the switches again flip.
The output of comparator/flip-flop 145 oscillates between fixed reference voltages (most conveniently, the supply voltage and ground) as the switches change position. The output is therefore a square wave, as shown in FIG. 8, with a period t1 +t2 that depends on the capacitances of capacitors 120, 122, the charging voltage and the internal charging resistance. The pulse widths of the individual wave components t1 and t2 reflect, respectively, the capacitances of capacitors 120, 122. Averaging the square wave by means of a low-pass filter 150 provides a dc signal whose level is proportional to the ratio t1 /t2 , and which therefore accurately indicates the position of magnet 27 within housing 110. The signal from low-pass filter 150 is at its midpoint. When magnet 27 resides in the neutral position, since t1 =t2 . Signal levels above or below the midpoint level correspond to leftward or rightward tilts.
The output of low-pass filter 150 is fed to the feedback and measurement circuit described earlier, which provides current to coil 112 so as to restore magnet 27 to its neutral position. The magnitude and polarity of that current, registered on meter 62, indicates the degree and direction of tilt.
Offset power source 66, which was previously used to calibrate measurement, can in this circuit be employed to shift the voltage range of the dc signal from low-pass filter 150. For example, if that signal varies between some positive voltage and ground, a negative offset voltage shifts the signal midpoint (corresponding to zero tilt) to ground. Leftward and rightward tilts then produce voltages of opposite polarities, while the absence of an incline results in no input voltage to servo amplifier 50 and hence no current to coil 112.
It will therefore be seen that we have developed a convenient, highly responsive and accurate inclinometer system that may be used in a wide variety of environments. The terms and expressions employed herein are used as terms of description and not of limitation, and there is no intention, in the use of such terms and expressions, of excluding any equivalents of the features shown and described or portions thereof, but it is recognized that various modifications are possible within the scope of the invention claimed.
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White House Was Displeased With Mark Halperin, But Also Forgiving
"He's a decent person and a good journalist."
How has Team Obama reacted to Mark Halperin calling the president a "dick" for no reason this morning? Press Secretary Jay Carney "expressed" to MSNBC that the "comment that was made was inappropriate." But David Axelrod, while acknowledging that Halperin's remark "was obviously stupid and tasteless," was also understanding. "I've known him for decades. He's a decent person and a good journalist. I'm sure that no one regrets this more than he does," the Obama strategist told the Plum Line. [TPM, Plum Line/WP]


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By Jeff Vredevoogd, Tracy Fouchea
Much like a worn-in pair of jeans, people often have a comfort level with familiar, traditional spaces – perhaps none more so than the classroom.
The smell of chalk, the sight of tab-armed desks and a professor's lectern can jog memories of a favorite class, time spent passing notes or mastering a challenging subject. But what if the classroom could do more to outfit students for the working world by giving students a competitive advantage?
As colleges and universities seek to provide resources for the career-focused and tech-savvy Millennial generation on campus today, they are reexamining the impact of the physical environment on learning.
Furniture design manufacturer Herman Miller has partnered with numerous schools as part of its Learning Spaces Research Program (LSRP), exploring forward-thinking ways to design spaces that support 21st century students. The result of its extensive research and data collection is a new classroom model called the learning studio.
These spaces feature flexible layouts with furniture that can be easily rearranged, offer easy access to technology and include collaborative workspaces that boost engagement. In many ways, learning studio elements echo office settings, thus helping support the real-world skill development necessary for the eventual transition to corporate life.
Presentation Preparation: Finding a Voice
The professional world is filled with opportunities to present – a reality that often sparks anxiety among those who fear public speaking. When learning environments foster group discussion and encourage presentations, students are able to practice these skills with peers long before they'll be required to do so with clients. Classrooms can support this goal with furnishings and technology that easily accommodate roundtable conversations and opportunities for students to showcase their ideas.
Data reflects a measurable gain in student comfort and confidence when presenting in front of a group in learning studio environments like these, and students themselves reportedly felt more relaxed and comfortable presenting in the learning studios over traditional classrooms.
Strong presentation and articulate critical thinking skills are paramount for post-graduate success. By removing boundaries between students and faculty, students are empowered to debate and defend their positions with professors, much the way they'll eventually do with a boss or manager. Breaking down barriers to technology should be viewed as an enabling factor, serving as a sail to power student presentations and drive learning, not an anchor weighing them down.
Collaboration and Engagement: Key Professional Behaviors
In all realms of life, social, collaborative spaces keep minds, voices and projects moving, while stimulating, engaging spaces draw people in and spark creative thinking. Collaboration and engagement are major contributors to success in the classroom and in the office. 64% of participants found high-quality, student-faculty engagement to be the hallmark of an effective learning space.
According to an old saying, "you can go to college and get a degree, or you can get engaged and get an education." This is no different from the expectations of tomorrow's workforce, that can go to work and do a job, or get engaged and be a successful worker that cares about colleagues, clients and making a difference. Clearly, making collaboration and engagement a habit for students in the classroom pays off in the workplace.
Learning environments should recognize the importance of collaboration and make it a priority. Rooms should be configured with students facing one another to promote interactive learning, and include maneuverable furnishings that support breaking into small groups for projects and discussion. And when appropriate, instructors should be empowered to clear the decks – stacking and storing furniture elements when not needed or not in use in favor of open space.
According to the research, only 48% of participants felt that traditional classrooms were effective for group work, whereas learning studios were found to support group work by 86% of participants – a substantial 38 percent increase.
Inspiration Goes Both Ways: Corporate Learning Environments
According to Eliot Masie, chairman and chief learning officer for The Masie Center's Learning Consortium, the most unique thing about the human species is our capacity for life-long learning. As students for life, the line blurs between formalized classroom settings and learning in the real world.
"Educators must build bridges among higher education, K-12 and corporate learning," Masie says.
Higher education institutions share a common goal to prepare students for the future and their own individual tomorrows, whatever they may be. Classrooms and learning spaces that remain locked in the past reinforce old practices. In a rapidly changing education and corporate landscape, it will be spaces that drive change and allow for collaboration, engagement, technology and flexibility that will prepare the future workforce to thrive after graduation and beyond.
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Vesta Trattoria Hosts Slow-Food Dinner; Snack Dragon Taco Expands to the LES
Plus: a vegan café opens in the East Village, and talk of an ice-cream parlor in Carroll Gardens, all in our daily roundup of neighborhood news.
Astoria: Vesta Trattoria and Wine Bar will host a Slow Food NYC Snail of Approval dinner on June 29. Tickets for the four-course communal meal costs $60, and is available with an optional two-course wine pairing for $85. [Grub Street]
Carroll Gardens: The former home of Lido bar at 200 Columbia Street is rumored to open next as an ice-cream parlor. [Brownstoner]
East Village: Vegan café the Little Bird opened last week on Avenue B near 11th Street. [EV Grieve]
Kumo Sushi will replace the former Cookout Grill on First Avenue and 13th Street. [EV Grieve]
Fort Greene: Wine bar Mauzac is almost finished with construction and expects to open sometime this month at 136 Dekalb Avenue. [Brownstoner]
The Greene Hill Food Co-op is considering opening a permanent home in a space on Putnam Street near Downing. [Clinton Hill Blog]
Lower East Side: Snack Dragon Taco Shack opens its second location at 164 Orchard Street tomorrow. [Bowery Boogie]
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Reporters Without Borders Annual Report 2007 - Cambodia
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|Publication Date
|1 February 2007
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|Reporters Without Borders, Reporters Without Borders Annual Report 2007 - Cambodia, 1 February 2007, available at: http://www.refworld.org/docid/46e692b3c.html [accessed 1 June 2016]
|This is not a UNHCR publication. UNHCR is not responsible for, nor does it necessarily endorse, its content. Any views expressed are solely those of the author or publisher and do not necessarily reflect those of UNHCR, the United Nations or its Member States.
Area: 181,040 sq. km.
Population: 14,071,000.
Language: Khmer.
Head of government: Hun Sen.
Prime Minister Hun Sen took a step virtually unprecedented in the region of decriminalising defamation, soon after releasing a jailed radio boss. However threats and law suits continued against journalists investigating corruption.
Mam Sonando, director of radio Sombok Khmum (Ruche FM 105), was freed in January under international pressure, three months after his arrest along with other figures critical of the government. The head of state followed this up with a draft law to decriminalise defamation, which was quickly passed by parliament. This decision made Cambodia one of the very few Asian countries to stop imposing prison sentences for libel or slander. But Hun Sen publicly reminded journalists that they risked heavy fines if they attacked him.
Several suits were entered against journalists under laws inherited from the United Nations Transitional Authority in Cambodia (UNTAC) providing for one-year prison sentences for putting out "false news".
The often partisan press faces competition from Khmer-language news programmes broadcast by international stations such as Radio Free Asia and Radio France International which are very popular in the capital and in the country's cities.
Threats against journalists who probe corruption among high officials has never stopped. The editor of an opposition bi-weekly, was forced to flee the country after receiving a death threat in June. He had condemned the misdeeds of a nephew of Hun Sen. Five other reporters, including a Radio Free Asia correspondent, were threatened in 2006.
Government interference also extended to television. A news programme due to go out in August on Cambodia Television Network (CTN) was pulled after Hun Sen accused it of putting the country's reputation in danger.


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By Noy Birger and Brandel France de Bravo, MPH
When cancer begins in the colon (large intestine) or rectum, it is called colorectal cancer or colon cancer.
In the early stages, this cancer begins with small polyps, which are shaped like little mushrooms growing on the wall of the colon. Polyps are very common, especially as people get older. Not all polyps develop into cancer but all colorectal cancer begins with polyps. Certain kinds of polyps are more likely to lead to cancer than others, but the doctor can't tell if a polyp is precancerous just by looking at it. This is why doctors prefer to remove and analyze any polyp found during screening. Polyps can be identified and removed by colonoscopy, in which a small camera on a flexible tube is inserted into the rectum.1
Thanks to more screening, the number of people diagnosed with colon cancer has decreased, but it is still the 4th most common cancer for both men and women,2 The death rate is high because many people who are at risk for colon cancer do not get screened for the disease.3
A study published in the February 2012 issue of the New England Journal of Medicine found that patients who received colonoscopies and had noncancerous or pre-cancerous growths (polyps) removed, were half as likely to die from colon cancer than people in the general population who were not screened or used less effective screening methods. 4
Men and women are equally likely to die from colon cancer,5 but men are more likely to be diagnosed with colon cancer than women of the same age. 6 Black men and black women are at higher risk for developing colon cancer and dying from it than are white men and white women of the same age.78Being overweight or obese increases men's risk of colon cancer more than it does women's (see Obesity and Cancer: What You Should Know). In the U.S., nearly one in ten cases of colon cancer is estimated to be caused by excess body fat.9
Risk factors for developing colon cancer
In addition to your sex and race, your age and genes are important risk factors you can't do anything about. Your chances of developing colon cancer increase the older you are: 90% of cases are in people over 50. Another major risk is having a family member with colon cancer. About 20% of people with colon cancer have a first-degree relative (parents, siblings or children) or second-degree relative (aunts, uncles, grandparents, grandchildren, nieces, nephews, or half-siblings) who also had colon cancer. 10
In addition to people with pre-cancerous polyps, people who suffer from ulcerative colitis or Crohn's disease are more likely to develop colon cancer.11Ulcerative colitis and Crohn's disease cause inflammation of the colon, which is why they are both also referred to as Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD). Chronic inflammations in the body seem to increase the risk of various types of cancer.
Less is known about what you can do to prevent colon cancer. People who eat too much fat in their diet or too little fiber or too little calcium, smoke, drink alcohol, don't exercise enough, or are overweight are more likely to be diagnosed with colon cancer. However, scientists do not know whether people can lower their risks of getting colon cancer if they change one or more of those behaviors. For example,
Several large research studies show that eating a high-fiber diet does not decrease your chances of getting colon cancer. 121314
So, what can you do to lower your risk?
- Get screened regularly from age 50 to 75. If you have a relative with colon cancer, your doctor may want to screen you earlier than age 50. There are several ways to get screened
- The Fecal Occult Blood Test (FOBT), which involves providing stool samples and must be done once every year
- Colonoscopy (mentioned above), which requires anesthesia and is more expensive, but can be done much less frequently; and
- "Virtual colonoscopy," which is done with a Computed Tomography (CT) scan. This is more expensive and because it is a newer technique, not all insurance policies cover it. As with any CT scan, it exposes you to relatively high levels of radiation (see Everything You Ever Wanted to Know about Radiation and cancer, But Were Afraid to Ask).
The advantage to a regular colonoscopy (not a virtual one) over the other methods is that polyps can be removed during the screening process. The disadvantage is that you need to take a day off from work, fasting for about 12 hours and purging with large quantities of an unpleasant laxative drink. The advantage of the FOBT is that it is easier and less expensive. However, the FOBT and CT scan only detect potential problems or polyps – you would still need the colonscopy to have them removed if the results are abnormal. 15
- Quit smoking. Cigarette smoking doubles your chances of getting polyps and long-term smoking increases the risk of colon cancer. It also increases your chances of dying from colon cancer.161718
- Maintain a healthy weight. Extra pounds mean extra risk for all kinds of cancer, including colorectal cancer. Fat cells appear to trigger chronic inflammation of the body, which stresses the immune system. 19
- Consider taking Omega-3 fatty acid supplements, such as fish oil capsules, since they combat inflammation. Properties in oily fish (EPA andDHA) reduce tumor growth and help the body destroy cancerous cells. In animal studies, Omega-3 fatty acids were found to reduce new cases of colon cancer, but we don't yet know if this will work in humans. However, fish oil supplements have other advantages, so it's a reasonable strategy. Ground flax seed, which can be added to cereal, salads, and other foods, is also very high in Omega-3.20
- Eat a balanced diet. Be sure to include plenty of fruits and vegetables (especially ones from the cabbage family, like broccoli, cauliflower, cabbage, Brussels sprouts, and collard greens), limit the amount of red meat you eat (particularly well-done) and stay active. At least some of the research supports this kind of diet, and since eating this way offers so many different health benefits, why not try it? 2122
- Get more Vitamin D through sunlight and supplements, since few foods are naturally rich in Vitamin D. Recent studies of doses higher than the 400 IU/day that is in standard multiple vitamins, show that Vitamin D can reduce the risk of colon cancer.232425Blacks, who are at the highest risk for colon cancer, and people living in the northern half of the U.S., typically have too little Vitamin D in their bodies because they are exposed to less sun, and darker skin benefits less from sunshine. And since Vitamin D is good for your health in many ways (see http://ods.od.nih.gov/factsheets/vitamind.asp),26 it makes sense to give this a try if you are concerned about colon cancer. Vitamin D is in milk and fortified breakfast cereals and in fatty fish such as tuna, salmon, and sardines, or you might consider a Vitamin D supplement. Experts agree that adults can take up to 4,000 IU/day of Vitamin D without harming their health, and they recommend getting 5-30 minutes of sun at least twice a week. This means sun exposure to your face, arms or legs (preferably all three) without sun screen and between10:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. However, too much Vitamin D can be dangerous. The best way to make sure you are getting enough Vitamin D, but not too much, is to get your Vitamin D levels checked the next time you visit your doctor.
- High doses of aspirin and other NSAIDs (non-steroidal anti-inflammatory medicines), such as ibuprofen and naproxen, (more than 300 mg per day), can reduce the chances of developing colon cancer, but such high doses can cause bleeding, ulcers and other problems. For that reason, the risks outweigh the benefits for most people.27
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The "Black Angel of Oakland Cemetary in Iowa City always freaked me out as a college student back in the 90s. As you can see from the photo above, I couldn't even look at it.
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"Dear Jon, I am looking to get a DRO. Currently I have 3 credit cards, Overdraft, loan and Hire purchase agreement on a car. Credit card debt totals £3200 Loan £1250 Overdraft £1500 Outstanding amount on HP £5000 Total £10950 I have had a major cutback in hours at work, so no longer able to service my debts. I am ... Read More »
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|May 30, 2016
|World made by hand by Kunstler, James Howard.
In the wake of global catastrophes that have destroyed industrial civilization, the inhabitants of Union Grove, a small New York town, do anything they can to get by, as they struggle to deal with a new way of life over the course of an eventful summer.
|May 24, 2016
|Wide, carnivorous sky and other monstrous geographies by Langan, John
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|White hot by Brown, Sandra, 1948-, author
When she learns that her younger brother Danny has committed suicide, Sayre Lynch relents from her vow never to return to Destiny, the small Louisiana town in which she grew up. She plans to leave immediately after the funeral, but instread soon finds herself drawn into the web cast by Huff Hoyle, her controlling and tyrannical father, the man who owns the town's sole industry, an iron foundry, and in effect runs the lives of everyone who lives there. As she feared, Sayre learns that nothing has
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|Villa triste by Modiano, Patrick, 1945-
|May 30, 2016
|Vengeance - a novel by Zane, author.
"Mega bestselling author Zane returns to the world of her hugely popular novels Addicted and Nervous in this dark and exhilarating follow-up featuring a beautiful but emotionally damaged pop star desperate and determined to enact revenge on those who have caused her to hide behind her fame. After fleeing from Atlanta years ago following a traumatic event, Caprice Tatum decides it's time to return to her roots--only this time, she's coming back as Wicket, the international pop sensation who's the
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|Unleash the night by Kenyon, Sherrilyn, 1965-
The result of a forbidden union between snow leopard and white tiger, Were-Hunter Wren Tigarian must battle not only the world of ordinary humans but also his fellow Were-Hunters to win the woman he loves.
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|Unknown remains - a novel by Leonard, Peter A, author.
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|Treasured - a Perfect Destinies novel by Woods, Sherryl, author.
Despite the wealth and power of his remarkable family, Ben Carlton stayed hidden away in rural Virginia with only his artistic talent and his troubled memories for company. But when he met beautiful gallery owner Kathleen Dugan at the urging of his matchmaking aunt Destiny, his wounded heart began to open|yet he couldn't completely forget the tragedies of his past.
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|The two sisters of Borneo by Hamilton, Ian, 1946- author.
Ava has been in Hong Kong looking after Uncle. She has also set up an investment company with May Ling Wong and her sister-in-law, Amanda Yee. One of their first investments a furniture company owned by two sisters in Kota Kinabalu, Borneo runs into immediate problems with a Dutch customer. Ava goes to the Netherlands to investigate, but her life is threatened when she is confronted by a gang of local thugs in Borneo.
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"The Ten Thousand Things is a novel of shimmering strangeness--the story of Felicia, who returns with her baby son from Holland to the Spice Islands of Indonesia, to the house and garden that were her birthplace, over which her powerful grandmother still presides. There Felicia finds herself wedded to an uncanny and dangerous world, full of mystery and violence, where objects tell tales, the dead come and go, and the past is as potent as the present. First published in Holland in 1955, Maria Der
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Political Power Always Matters More Than Making Money
Bremner, John, St Louis Post-Dispatch (MO)
America's face-off with North Korea reminds us that even in the post Cold War world, the struggle for political power still matters more than the struggle for economic power.
Otherwise, the conflict would be easily resolved. Korea has far more to gain by scrapping its nuclear program and taking aid from the West than it does from building a bomb.
But Kim Il Sung doesn't even begin to see the world this way.
Not only does he feel his regime is threatened, which is bound to take priority over the mere promise of cash from abroad. He also knows that unless he keeps his country isolated, his power to direct the lives of his people may be threatened.
To be sure, if he is a dedicated Marxist, he is also fighting to preserve a regime that orders economic life according to principles he believes to be of transcendent value. Still, that's a political matter, not an economic one.
Nor is North Korea the only case. Iraq's Saddam Hussein, who risked his country and his life to keep Kuwait, was reaching for political power more than the key to prosperity.
Possession of Kuwait may have given him access to its oil fields, but Iraq had plenty of oil already. Besides, once the price of holding Kuwait became the destruction of his country, it ceased to make sense as an economic objective.
No matter, he held out to the end anyway, and accepted destruction.
Perhaps the advance of the Moslem religion was Saddam's goal - a greater Arab power dominating the Gulf, particularly if he could capture control of Saudi Arabia. Saddam then might have made the West bend politically, on Israel in particular.
But this wouldn't have made Iraq richer, just more politically powerful.
The clearest case of politics counting more than money is, of course, Palestine. An economic coalition with Israel would greatly benefit its neighbors, including the Palestinians, but they have never considered it.
Political dominion over specific pieces of land matter more - witness Ulster, Bosnia, India, Pakistan and several conflicts in Africa.
The resistance of Russia and its sister republics to opening their doors wide to Western business to develop their economies is based on the need to keep political control over their own affairs.
Never mind that Western money might solve their economic problems. What comes first is the question of who rules.
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It's one of the only counties in the east where you don't have to walk thru a metal detector or get screened walking in the door. But that will soon change with $40,000 worth of security upgrades, including cameras, access cards, limited public access to hallways and doors.
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GLA is an adjuvant reportedly being developed as a component in multiple in-house and partnered vaccine programs. It is a pure synthetic small molecule, straightforward to manufacture with excellent stability, and rationally designed to optimally activate human TLR-4 receptors, according to Immune Design. It induces Th1 CD4 helper cells and elicits humoral immunity, is active in multiple formulations, and is compatible with most antigens, the company adds. GLA was also shown to be safe and well-tolerated in human subjects in a Phase I clinical study in combination with Fluzone®.
DC-NILV is engineered to target human dendritic cells and express target antigens as well as immunomodulatory elements to elicit functional and broad-based immunity. It is initially being applied in cancer indications of significant unmet need.
Today's financing brings the total amount of equity capital raised since its inception in 2008 to $50 million. The round was led by ProQuest Investments and was joined by current investors The Column Group, Versant Ventures, and Alta Partners.
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NEW YORK, June 11 (Reuters) - Spanish Internet media companyTerra Lycos on Tuesday launched an onlineradio-style music subscription service that will offer music fromfour major record labels.
Terra Lycos said it partnered with Listen.com to create thenew Web service, Lycos Rhapsody, which will offer access to morethan 10,000 albums. The service does not let users download themusic or record it on CDs, but plans to offer that capabilitylater.
"This is another step in the evolution of the digital musicmarket," said Gartner2Media Research Director P.J. McNealy.
Online music efforts by record companies have not resonatedstrongly with Web surfers. After being spoiled by the range ofartists and possibilities that online-music swapping serviceNapster offered for free, many Web surfers have been turned off bythe price and limits of the services backed by record labels.
Listen.com has struck deals with Bertelsmann AG's BMG, Sony Corp.'s <6758.T> Sony Music Entertainment, EMI GroupPlc's EMI Recorded Music and AOL Time Warner Inc.'s Warner Music Group, as well as many independent labels.
Listen.com Chief Executive Scott Ryan said the company wasalso in talks with Vivendi Universal's Universal Musicunit .
Like many Internet media companies, Terra Lycos is feeling thesting from the sharp downturn in advertising spending. LycosRhapsody is the company's latest effort to shift away from adrevenues toward paid services.
Internet media companies "are looking for any add-on servicethat means more revenues, and every single (Internet media)company is trying to transform their business into anentertainment source, not a data source. Music is the first step,"said McNealy.
Listen.com's Ryan said the company would introduce CD-burningcapability later this year.
"We are working with Lycos on that," Ryan said. "For rightnow, there are a substantial amount of people who listen online,and we have to address them."
When the service does offer CD-burning capability, Listen.comwill have to renegotiate the licenses with the record labels. Ryansaid he was already engaged in such talks.
Terra Lycos will give Web surfers free access to the serviceuntil June 30. After that, users will be able to choose one ofthree tiers of service. The free tier will offer 20 differentradio stations with FM-quality sound.
The second tier, which company executives likened to "basic"cable, will let users access more than 50 commercial-free radiostations with CD-quality sound and the ability to skip tracks, ata cost of $5 a month.
The last tier will cost about $10 a month and allow forunlimited music via more than 50 commercial-free radio stationswith CD-quality sound and the ability to skip tracks and save themto a library.
"It's building on the base of music services we've offered inthe past," said David Pritchard, senior director of music, TV andfilm for Terra Lycos. "Obviously, we have to keep running and sowe want to stay on the leading edge of music services that arebeing offered online.
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Inviting all fun people in New Orleans to join a new marching krewe, which will debut as part of the KreweDelusion parade on Saturday, February 15, 2014 rolling right after Krewe du Vieux. It's the Krewe of King James: the Super Bad Sex Machine Strollers, and if you love Soul Brother #1 James Brown's mission to "get up offa that thing," then this fun krewe is for you.
Click to bit.ly/kreweofkingjames to learn much more, or please email my co-captain Pamela at firstname.lastname@example.com. So get on up like a Sex Machine Stroller, and don't take no mess this Mardi Gras!
Yours in Soul Power,
Soul Sister