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Article: Reduced Progression of Diabetic Microvascular Complications With Islet Cell Transplantation Compared With Intensive Medical Therapy[Show abstract] [Hide abstract] ABSTRACT: The effect of islet cell transplantation (ICT) on the progression of diabetic microvascular complications is not well understood. We have conducted a prospective, crossover, cohort study comparing ICT with intensive medical therapy on the progression of diabetic nephropathy, retinopathy, and neuropathy. The rate of decline in glomerular filtration rate is slower after ICT than on medical therapy. There was significantly more progression of retinopathy in medically treated patients than post-ICT. There was a nonsignificant trend for improved nerve conduction velocity post-ICT. ICT is associated with less progression of microvascular complications than intensive medical therapy. Multicenter, randomized trials are needed to further study the role of ICT in slowing the progression of diabetic complications.
Conference Paper: Comparison of Islet Cell Transplantation with Intensive Medical Therapy on the Rate of Decline in Glomerular Filtration Rate in Patients with Type 1 Diabetes
Article: A Multi-Year Analysis of Islet Transplantation Compared With Intensive Medical Therapy on Progression of Complications in Type 1 Diabetes[Show abstract] [Hide abstract] ABSTRACT: We hypothesized that transplantation of islets into type 1 diabetics could improve outcomes of glucose metabolism, renal function, retinopathy, and neuropathy compared with intensive medical therapy. We conducted a prospective, crossover, cohort study of intensive medical therapy (group 1) versus islet cell transplantation (group 2) in 42 patients. All were enrolled in group 1 then 31 crossed over with group 2 when islet donation became available. Transplantation was performed by portal venous embolization of more than 12,000 islet equivalents/kg body weight under cover of immunosuppression with antithymocyte globulin, tacrolimus, and mycophenolate. Outcome measures were HbA1c, change in glomerular filtration rate (GFR), progression of retinopathy, and change in nerve conduction velocity. This report details interim analysis of outcomes after 34+/-18 months (group 1) and 38+/-18 months (group 2). HbA1c (%) in group 1 was 7.5+/-0.9 versus 6.6+/-0.7 in group 2 (P<0.01). GFR (mL/min/month) declined in both groups (group 1 -0.45+/-0.7 vs. group 2 -0.12+/-0.7, P=0.1). Slope of the GFR decline in group 1 was significantly more than 0. Retinopathy progressed in 10 of 82 eyes in group 1 versus 0 of 51 in group 2 (P<0.01). Nerve conduction velocity (m/sec) remained stable in group 1 (47.8+/-5 to 47.1+/-5 m/sec) and group 2 (47.2+/-4.5 to 47.7+/-3.5). Islet transplantation yields improved HbA1c and less progression of retinopathy compared with intensive medical therapy during 3 years follow-up.
Article: Reduced Progression of Diabetic Retinopathy After Islet Cell Transplantation Compared With Intensive Medical Therapy[Show abstract] [Hide abstract] ABSTRACT: Diabetic retinopathy is a major complication of type 1 diabetes and remains a leading cause of visual loss. There have been no comparisons of the effectiveness of intensive medical therapy and islet cell transplantation on preventing progression of diabetic retinopathy. The British Columbia islet transplant program is conducting a prospective, crossover study comparing medical therapy and islet cell transplantation on the progression of diabetic retinopathy. Progression was defined as the need for laser treatment or a one step worsening along the international disease severity scale. An interim data analysis was performed after a mean 36-month follow-up postislet transplantation and these results are presented. The medical and postislet transplant groups were similar at baseline. Subjects after islet transplantation had better glucose control than the medically treated subjects (mean HbA1c 6.7%+/-0.9% vs. 7.5+/-1.2, P<0.01) and were C-peptide positive. Progression occurred significantly more often in all subjects in the medical group (10/82 eyes, 12.2%) than after islet transplantation (0/51 eyes, 0%) (P<0.01). Considering only subjects who have received transplants, progression occurred in 6/51 eyes while on medical treatment and 0/51 posttransplant (P<0.02). Progression of diabetic retinopathy was more likely to occur during medical therapy than after islet cell transplantation.
Article: The Effect of Medical Therapy and Islet Cell Transplantation on Diabetic Nephropathy: An Interim Report[Show abstract] [Hide abstract] ABSTRACT: The effect of islet cell transplantation (ICT) on renal function in type 1 diabetes is uncertain and some recent studies report a significant decline in estimated glomerular filtration rate (GFR) and worsening of albuminuria. We are conducting a prospective crossover study comparing medical treatment with islet transplantation on the progression of diabetic complications, including renal function. The primary endpoint is change in GFR measured by Tc-diethylenetriaminepentaacetate with secondary endpoints including estimated GFR and albumin excretion. We have followed 21 patients after islet transplantation a median of 29 months (range 13-45) and compared their results with medically treated patients followed a median 29.5 months (range 13-56). There is no difference in the rate of decline in measured GFR between medically treated patients (-0.35+/-0.89; 95% CI: -0.57 to -0.13 mL/min/month/1.73 m) and those after ICT (-0.31+/-1.18; 95% CI: -0.61 to -0.01) and neither is significantly different from that expected for the general population. The rate of decline in our estimated GFR results is lower than that reported in other studies and we did not find any worsening of albuminuria. We do not find evidence of worsening of renal function after islet transplantation compared with medically treated patients.
Conference Paper: Comparison of islet cell transplantation and intensive medical therapy in the treatment of type 1 diabetes mellitus
Article: Normal Perinatal Mortality in Type 1 Diabetes Mellitus in a Series of 300 Consecutive Pregnancy Outcomes[Show abstract] [Hide abstract] ABSTRACT: Reports of outcomes of pregnancy in women with type 1 diabetes have consistently found increased perinatal mortality and morbidity. The primary objective of our study was to compare the perinatal mortality rate in type 1 diabetic pregnancies with that of the general population. The secondary objective was to compare the morbidities in these groups. A series of 247 women with type 1 diabetes had 300 consecutive pregnancy outcomes analyzed over a 10-year period. They were compared with the control population from the same hospital. Perinatal mortality was 6.6/1000 (95% CI, 0-17), which was significantly lower than the control population rate of 31/1000. There was an increased incidence of morbidity including maternal hypertension, cesarean section, preterm delivery, birth injury, large for gestational age infants, admissions to neonatal intensive care, neonatal hypoglycemia, and phototherapy. Pregnancies in type 1 diabetes can be associated with a normal perinatal mortality rate although morbidity remains elevated compared with controls.
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Computers as Components: Principles of Embedded Computing System Design, 3e, presents essential knowledge on embedded systems technology and techniques. Updated for today's embedded systems design methods, this edition features new examples including digital signal processing, multimedia, and cyber-physical systems. Author Marilyn Wolf covers the latest processors from Texas Instruments, ARM, and Microchip Technology plus software, operating systems, networks, consumer devices, and more.
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This paper presents a data driven, detailed model to predict the low-speed performance of an articulated vehicle, given only the vehicle geometry. The development of a lightweight tool to predict the swept path of an articulated heavy vehicle, without the need for detailed simulation or testing, is discussed. Description: PRASA-RobMech International Conference, Port Elizabeth, 26-27 November 2015. Due to copyright restrictions, the attached PDF file only contains the abstract of the full text item. 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The weight, mass distribution, or friction of an object are impossible to measure prior to manipulating an object, and these properties have a dramatic impact on the behavior of a grasp. We thus have to infer from past experience or common sense the most likely values for them, and adapt to actual object properties during the grasp. Another key piece of information that is missing is the object's 3D shape. Humans and mobile robots perceive the world from a single viewpoint, making the back and often the sides of an object inaccessible through our senses. We are thus forced to consider grasps for which at least one finger comes in contact with a part of the object that we cannot perceive. Further, the faces of an object that we do perceive are sampled through noisy sensors yielding unreliable depth or color. To complete the list of challenges associated with grasping, we note that grasps are parametrized in a highdimensional space: six parameters to fix the position and orientation of the gripper, plus the parameters that define the shape of the hand – 25 for a human hand, 4 in the case of the Barrett hand considered in this paper. The space to explore to plan a grasp is high dimensional, and, given the mechanical complexity of grasping, good solutions are sparsely distributed. Description: Workshop on Robotic Hands, Grasping, and Manipulation, at the IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation, 26-30 May 2015, Seattle, Washington, USA 2015-05-01T00:00:00Z Single-labelled music genre classification using content-based features http://hdl.handle.net/10204/8603 Title: Single-labelled music genre classification using content-based features Authors: Ajoodha, R; Klein, R; Rosman, B Abstract: In this paper we use content-based features to perform automatic classification of music pieces into genres. We categorise these features into four groups: features extracted from the Fourier transform's magnitude spectrum, features designed to inform on tempo, pitch-related features, and chordal features. We perform a novel and thorough exploration of classification performance for different feature representations, including the mean and standard deviation of its distribution, by a histogram of various bin sizes, and using mel-frequency cepstral coefficients. Finally, the paper uses information gain ranking to present a pruned feature vector used by six off-the-shelf classifiers. Logistic regression achieves the best performance with an 81% accuracy on 10 GTZAN genres. Description: PRASA-RobMech International Conference, Port Elizabeth, South Africa, November 26-27, 2015. Due to copyright restrictions, the attached PDF file only contains the abstract of the full text item. For access to the full text item, please consult the publisher's website. 2015-11-01T00:00:00Z Pantomimic gestures for human-robot interaction http://hdl.handle.net/10204/8345 Title: Pantomimic gestures for human-robot interaction Authors: Burke, M; Lasenby, J Abstract: This paper introduces a pantomimic gesture interface, which classifies human hand gestures using unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) behavior recordings as training data. We argue that pantomimic gestures are more intuitive than iconic gestures and show that a pantomimic gesture recognition strategy using micro-UAV behavior recordings can be more robust than one trained directly using hand gestures. Hand gestures are isolated by applying a maximum information criterion, with features extracted using principal component analysis and compared using a nearest neighbor classifier. These features are biased in that they are better suited to classifying certain behaviors. We show how a Bayesian update step accounting for the geometry of training features compensates for this, resulting in fairer classification results, and introduce a weighted voting system to aid in sequence labeling. Description: Copyright: 2015 IEEE XPLORE. Due to copyright restrictions, the attached PDF file only contains the abstract of the full text item. For access to the full text item, please consult the publisher's website. The definitive version of the work is published in the IEEE Transactions on Robotics, vol. 31(5), pp 1225- 1237 2015-10-01T00:00:00Z Closed-loop neuromorphic benchmarks http://hdl.handle.net/10204/8322 Title: Closed-loop neuromorphic benchmarks Authors: Stewart, TC; DeWolf, T; Kleinhans, A; Eliasmith, C Abstract: Evaluating the effectiveness and performance of neuromorphic hardware is difficult. It is even more difficult when the task of interest is a closed-loop task; that is, a task where the output from the neuromorphic hardware affects some environment, which then in turn affects the hardware's future input. However, closed-loop situations are one of the primary potential uses of neuromorphic hardware. To address this, we present a methodology for generating closed-loop benchmarks that makes use of a hybrid of real physical embodiment and a type of "minimal" simulation. Minimal simulation has been shown to lead to robust real-world performance, while still maintaining the practical advantages of simulation, such as making it easy for the same benchmark to be used by many researchers. This method is flexible enough to allow researchers to explicitly modify the benchmarks to identify specific task domains where particular hardware excels. To demonstrate the method, we present a set of novel benchmarks that focus on motor control for an arbitrary system with unknown external forces. Using these benchmarks, we show that an error-driven learning rule can consistently improve motor control performance across a randomly generated family of closed-loop simulations, even when there are up to 15 interacting joints to be controlled. Description: Copyright: 2015 Frontiers. 2015-11-01T00:00:00Z Knowledge transfer for learning robot models via local procrustes analysis http://hdl.handle.net/10204/8314 Title: Knowledge transfer for learning robot models via local procrustes analysis Authors: Makondo, N; Rosman, B; Hasegawa, O Abstract: Learning of robot kinematic and dynamic models from data has attracted much interest recently as an alternative to manually defined models. However, the amount of data required to learn these models becomes large when the number of degrees of freedom increases and collecting it can be a timeintensive process. We employ transfer learning techniques in order to speed up learning of robot models, by using additional data obtained from other robots. We propose a method for approximating non-linear mappings between manifolds, which we call Local Procrustes Analysis (LPA), by adopting and extending the linear Procrustes Analysis method. Experimental results indicate that the proposed method offers an accurate transfer of data and significantly improves learning of the forward kinematics model. Furthermore, it allows learning a global mapping between two robots that can be used to successfully transfer trajectories. Description: IEEE-RAS International Conference on Humanoid Robots, Seoul, Korea, November 3-5, 2015 2015-11-01T00:00:00Z


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Jim's Saga: Homeless Man Haunts a Gentrified Enclave, Baffling Its Residents
Taciturn and Unthreatening, He Tests the Compassion Of His Chicago Neighbors; How a Fire Makes Him Move
CHICAGO—One day last winter, a new neighbor appeared at a busy street corner in the affluent neighborhood of Lincoln Park. The man sat down on a bus-stop bench, folded his hands and hunched his head, and there he remained—in the worst rains and the bitterest cold.
Whatever brought the homeless old man to that particular bench at Clark Street and Deming Place, he wouldn't say. He talked to almost no one, and he refused spare change or offers of help. He just sat, filthy and disheveled, day after day, stirring community unease and resentment.
He told a priest his name was Jim, but in his tattered poncho and gray beard, he looked more like an unwashed Moses. He warily guarded his piles of junk, stacked beside him in rusted shopping carts. To residents of this fashionable neighborhood, he was an eyesore who tested compassion—and prompted frequent complaints to the police.
Even on subzero days, Jim was seldom invited into nearby stores; shopkeepers said his odor drove customers away. He shocked passers-by by urinating into plastic antifreeze jugs that he pulled under his poncho. And he infuriated many bridal parties by showing up uninvited for weddings at a nearby church.
One night last summer, Jim and his belongings were mysteriously set on fire. He survived and retreated to an alley in another neighborhood a few miles away. But his bench still bears an angry charcoal-black burn—a reminder to Lincoln Park of its limitations, its frustrations, and its helplessness regarding the homeless.
Few communities are any better at dealing with their resident street people. Across America this winter, overcrowded shelters expect to turn away transients in record numbers. Housing shortages, welfare cuts, programs to deinstitutionalize the mentally ill and other factors have washed as many as two million people onto the streets. In some instances, the street people are there by choice, disdaining the shelters for one reason or another.
In Chicago, Skid Row residents have scattered in the path of ritzy new downtown residential developments, with many making their way a few miles north to the tree-lined streets and overflowing dumpsters of Lincoln Park. On any given night, more than 100 homeless people range among this gentrified neighborhood's 70,000 residents, local officials say.
People everywhere fear the crime, panhandling and unsightliness associated with the homeless. As the ranks of the homeless swell and lap against the doorsteps of the affluent, a backlash has developed.
In Santa Barbara, Calif., where residents seek to overturn a recent ruling that allows overnight sleeping in vacant public lots, a shopkeeper douses discarded food with bleach to prevent "dumpster-diving." In Mount Holly, N.J., where the homeless pitched tents to dramatize their plight, officials liken building a shelter to posting a "neon light" inviting vagrants from nearby Philadelphia and Camden, N.J.
In New York, with its 9,000 homeless, some tony neighborhoods use barbed wire to keep sleepers off heating grates. Mayor Edward Koch proposes four new shelters in each of the city's five boroughs, which infuriates the smallest borough, Staten Island.
"Street people have become like nuclear waste. Everyone screams, 'Not in my neighborhood!'" says Philip Walters, a Lincoln Park resident who witnessed his neighbors' indignant opposition to plans for an emergency shelter.
The shelter wasn't built, but Jim's plight became Lincoln Park's problem anyway. The community's struggle with his presence says much about society's failures in dealing with the homeless.
"He's a modern parable," says the Rev. Robert Oldershaw of St. Clement's Church, just down the street from Jim's bench. "His story disturbs us, shocks us, and keeps us searching for some kind of further meaning."
Until last winter, Jim had lived in a nearby park, but complaints by joggers and picnickers led the Chicago Park District to demand that he move. Without saying a word, the homeless man agreed to go, perhaps because he was tired of fighting off the hoodlums who once tried to set his beard on fire. Park workers tossed out the junk that Jim didn't take with him, including bags infested with rats.
At the busy corner of Deming and Clark, Jim settled in on a bench emblazoned with an advertisement trumpeting "SELF STORAGE" in large orange letters. He wasn't welcomed. "No one wants a vagrant camping by your door," says Hristos Dallas, the manager of the Greek restaurant across the street from Jim's bench. "It's like someone pitching a tent on your front lawn."
On subzero mornings, young professionals would awkwardly keep their distance from Jim as they waited to board warm downtown buses. Although few even acknowledged his presence, Jim was unavoidable. "I felt so guilty," says Jerry Zucker, a resident. "I would walk behind him instead of in front of him. I didn't like making eye contact."
The shops within view of Jim's bench—a sushi bar, a "hair design" salon, a record store and a specialty hat store—provided a shrieking contrast to the old man. "This is a neighborhood of rich yuppies eating 'designer' ice cream," says Rod Stasick, the manager of Dr. Wax Records. The store's record-buyers rarely mentioned Jim, except to joke about him. "Customers asked if he was Dr. Wax, keeping an eye on the place," says Pete Nathan, a clerk at the store.
Jim hasn't been known to drink or panhandle, and he seems intelligent, even compassionate. At his bench, he would read newspapers left behind by commuters and write in a little notebook. And each day, he would rise from his bench to walk a young blind man across the street.
"He had a sort of Christmasy face," says Fred Strauss, the executive director of the Lincoln Park Chamber of Commerce. "If I were casting a Santa Claus, he'd be a good choice." Mr. Nathan adds: "He looked like an old philosopher, as if the bench was his alternative life style."
Jim often attended Mass at St. Clement's but never took Communion or went to confession. The first time he arrived, Father Oldershaw told him to leave his bags of junk outside. When Jim refused, the priest says he first locked him out, but then "had a conversion" and invited Jim in. Jim would genuflect before entering a pew behind the other parishioners, then sit quietly through the Mass.
He became a regular, if unwanted, guest at the church's weddings, hunched near his bags at the side of the ornate, Byzantine sanctuary as bridesmaids in their finery glided down the aisle. "Fathers of brides would demand that I 'get rid of the bum!'" the priest says. "I'd say, 'He's not a bum, he's a parishioner.' Once I asked Jim if he was coming to this wedding. He said, 'I'm not getting married, Father, I just came to watch.'"
Jim rarely spoke, though he once admonished a man for smoking in church. And he yelled at a group of boisterous children for "disrespecting the house of God," Father Oldershaw says. The children dismissed him and told the priest derisively, "He's just a bum."
Jim would tell Father Oldershaw only that he was of German descent, came to Chicago 17 years ago from Kentucky, and carried an ice pick under his poncho for protection. Did he ever work? Does he have a family? Though many street people will tell their life stories for a cup of coffee, Jim usually refuses to answer questions. Some residents, including this reporter, have tried to speak to him, only to be rebuffed with an angry wave of the old man's hand.
"I think Jim was hurt somehow, and he cut himself off from everyone," says the Rev. Bernard Guenther, another area priest.
Most residents speculate that, like an estimated one-third of the homeless, Jim has a mental disorder. "I'd like to know what went on in his head," says Raymond Hudd, the hat store's owner. "We all need something to hold on to. For him, maybe it was the trash in his shopping carts."
Whatever the case, Jim is among the hardest of the homeless to help. Enigmatic and antisocial, he offers no last name and no history. With no address, he gets no public assistance. Unwilling to accept money, he gets no aid from overburdened social agencies.
On the coldest nights two winters ago, Jim did stay at an overnight shelter at St. Clement's. He slept sitting up, off by himself, never conversing with others. He stopped going, however, because he wasn't allowed to bring his bags inside.
Residents grew desperate to rid their neighborhood of Jim, angrily calling the police, hospitals, their alderman—"everyone but the animal shelter," says Mr. Dallas—all to no avail.
Jim couldn't be kept in a mental hospital unless he was deemed a threat to himself or others. And he couldn't be sent to jail for safekeeping. Unlike police in New York and Philadelphia, those in Chicago may not force people into shelters involuntarily, even on subzero nights.
"People say, 'Look at this poor guy sitting there and the police won't do anything.' But we can't just hijack a guy off the street," says Richard Adamski, the policeman who handled Jim's "benevolent arrest" after he was burned.
Lincoln Park's rising street population, meanwhile, is sparking growing fights over garbage rights, as vagrants lay claim to dumpsters with the richest discards. Jim even got into shoving matches with street people rifling through his junk. "The ruckus can be unbelievable," says James Stellas, a Lincoln Park grocer. "Now we lock up the dumpsters."
Such scenes frighten residents. Chicago film maker Bob Mori, sensing their uneasiness, made a disturbing film called "Wake Up You Bum." In it, a clown maliciously screams "WAKE UP YOU BUM!" and honks a horn at actual sleeping street people. The film, screened at a Lincoln Park nightclub to both cheers and jeers, is meant to shock, Mr. Mori says. "Stereotypical yuppies would rather not look at a bum. They'd rather let someone else handle the problem."
When a permanent 25-bed shelter for the homeless was considered in Lincoln Park in 1984, "the community went berserk," recalls Martin Oberman, the area's alderman. One resident said he didn't want some bum stealing his Porsche. Others feared that scores of vagrants would loiter outside the shelter, spreading diseases and lice or plotting crimes.
"Parents have a right to fear that one of them would touch their children," says Connie Robison, the director of the Lincoln Park Conservation Association, a group composed mostly of homeowners.
Phil Walters, whose back yard would have faced the proposed shelter, says he went to meetings to learn both sides of the shelter debate. "But just for wanting to hear the pros and cons, I became a pro-derelict revolutionary in the eyes of some people," he recalls. "They didn't want an objective study. They just wanted to prevent the onslaught of the bums."
Since then, a community group has quietly set up temporary winter shelters for a handful of people in three churches, including St. Clement's. But rounding up the necessary 200 volunteers to commit one night a month to run the shelters is a tough job in a neighborhood of busy professionals, says Robert Burson, the president of the group, the Lincoln Park Community Shelter.
The group keeps a low profile to avoid stirring neighborhood opposition. Overnight guests are sent back into the streets by 6:45 a.m., so they aren't around when people arrive for Mass or to drop off their children at church schools.
The makeshift shelters are severely overtaxed. "We turn people away on subzero nights—give them subway tokens to get to another shelter. That's what's toughest," Mr. Burson says. And they lack the room, resources or staff to lure unwilling people like Jim in from the cold.
Shelters can't help Jim, especially when "there are people crying for help who aren't getting it," says Mr. Burson. "Maybe Jim is a commentary on our limitations."
Advocacy groups, including the Chicago Coalition for the Homeless, press for government financing for social workers to travel the streets, coaxing people like Jim into shelters and treatment.
Failing such solutions, Lincoln Park probably demonstrated as much charity toward Jim as most affluent neighborhoods would. "Lincoln Park isn't heartless," says Mr. Strauss of the chamber of commerce. Older residents would take Jim leftovers from their senior-citizen lunch programs. Young people would toss him doughnuts or scraps of cookies as they walked by. Residents regularly donate to canned-goods drives at their health clubs. And two blocks from Jim's bench, they lined up by the hundreds last spring for Hands Across America, the nationwide benefit for the homeless.
But when Jim was set ablaze in the early-morning hours last June, no one called the police until noon—even though scores of rush-hour commuters saw Jim and the charred remains of his junk strewn across the parking lot of the sushi restaurant.
Jim survived, police say, because the flames didn't eat through his many layers of clothing. They doubt that Jim set the blaze himself—he said he was asleep when it began—but have no leads on who might have been involved. Neighbors suspect young hoodlums or nearby businesses, which deny any involvement. "It was a concerted effort to get him out," figures Mr. Nathan, who had received anonymous calls at his store demanding that Jim be removed.
A fingerprint check showed that Jim had no criminal record. Police released him the day of the fire, and he soon turned up in an alley by St. Alphonsus, a church in Chicago's Lake View section, just north of Lincoln Park. On Election Day, workers at a polling place in the church complained that Jim and his bags got in the way of voters. Police arrested him for disorderly conduct, couldn't get him to talk, and released him without charges to a mental hospital under the name " John Doe."
A week later, doctors at Reed Hospital still hadn't determined what to do with Jim. "We haven't even gotten a first name out of him," a spokesman said. In mid-November, Jim was released to the streets, and he returned to the neighborhood near St. Alphonsus.
In Lincoln Park, the mood about Jim since the fire is a mix of pity, sadness and relief. Father Oldershaw says he will always consider the intersection of Deming and Clark to be "Jim's Corner." But the sentiment isn't widely shared.
Neighbors tell of a man who witnessed Jim burning from his third-floor apartment overlooking the bench.
The man didn't go to the police, and he refuses to come to the door to discuss the fire with a reporter. His wife speaks through a crack in the doorway, without unhooking her safety chain. "We never," she says, "saw any man on that bench."


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=> ['h', 'e', 'l', 'l', 'o', 'w', 'o', 'r', 'l', 'd', '!']
world = proc {|x | x.slice(5, 10)}
=> ["w", "o", "r", "l", "d", "!"]
so we can do things like:
first = proc { |x| x.slice(0) }
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or even things that we can't do with Python's named slicing, since it doesn't allow us to pass the receiver as an argument to the block (x in our case)
last = proc {|x| x.slice x.length-1, x.length}
last[%w(dog rabbit fox cat)]
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median = proc {|x| x.slice(x.length / 2) }
median[%w(dog rabbit cat)]
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and of course we're not just restricted to slicing arrays,
domain_extractor = proc { |x| x.gsub(/.+@([^.]+).+/, '\1') }
=> "bootstrap"
and since it's a proc, we can use it with any method that accepts procs and blocks
email_list = ["firstname.lastname@example.com", "firstname.lastname@example.com", "email@example.com"]
=> ["email@example.com", "email@example.com", "firstname.lastname@example.com"]
=> ["bootstrap", "gmail", "yahoo"]
Proc objects can be wonderful for some quick , reusable functionality or for when defining a method would be too much, as well as for more serious uses such as callbacks. If you use them regularly, l'd love to know your use-cases and hints & tips!


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Spondylosis overview
Spondylosis is a general medical term that is sometimes used by health care providers to refer to various forms of spinal degeneration that accompany the natural aging process. In some cases, physicians also use the term more specifically to describe the presence of spinal osteoarthritis. This age-related condition is characterized by the deterioration of the articular cartilage in the spinal facet joints. These joints, which are located between the individual vertebrae, serve an important function in providing the spine with essential range of motion, allowing it to bend, twist and flex. The articular cartilage, a smooth, rubbery tissue that covers the ends of the bones in the joints, reduces friction and helps the bones to glide smoothly over each other. When the cartilage breaks down, painful joint damage can occur.
Spondylosis causes and risk factors
In most cases, spondylosis results from the cumulative effects of ongoing wear and tear on the spine. However, there are a number of risk factors that can increase the likelihood that a person will develop spondylosis. These risk factors include obesity, genetic predisposition, a history of traumatic injuries and participation in high-impact sports.
Specifically, spondylosis occurs when the soft tissues in the spinal anatomy — the intervertebral discs, tendons, muscles, ligaments and cartilage that lines the facet joints — naturally deteriorate over time. For instance, the intervertebral discs, which are normally saturated with water, can become dehydrated and lose their effectiveness as vertebral cushions. The cartilage in the facet joints can gradually wear away, resulting in bone-on-bone contact. This friction can cause inflammation and trigger the body's natural protective responses, including the production of smooth bony deposits (bone spurs or osteophytes) in the affected areas. Additionally, the muscles that support the spine can weaken, while ligaments and tendons can thicken, tighten and stiffen.
Some people experience more degenerative changes related to spondylosis than others, but most have at least some signs of spinal deterioration that are readily apparent in an X-ray, MRI or CT scan by the age of 40. These findings might include bulging or herniated discs, as well as bone spur formations or calcium deposits in the vertebrae affected by degeneration.
Classifying spondylosis
The spine consists of 33 vertebrae, 24 of which are individually stacked to create the cervical (neck), thoracic (mid-back) and lumbar (lower back) regions, while nine fused vertebrae make up the sacrum and coccyx (tailbone). Spondylosis, which can be diagnosed in the cervical, thoracic and lumbar regions, is often classified by its location:
- Cervical spondylosis — Affects the seven cervical vertebrae (C1-C7) that make up the neck region; deterioration is common is this area, mainly because the vertebrae are highly mobile and support the weight of the head
- Thoracic spondylosis — Affects the 12 thoracic vertebrae (T1-T12); deterioration in the middle back is relatively uncommon because the spine in this area is connected to and supported by the ribcage
- Lumbar spondylosis — Affects the five lumbar vertebrae (L1-L5); degeneration is prevalent in this area of the spine because the vertebrae in the lower back support the majority of the body's weight and facilitate a wide range of motion
- Multilevel spondylosis — Affects the spinal components in more than one region
Common spondylosis symptoms
Spondylosis does not always produce symptoms. In fact, the condition typically goes undetected unless the facet joints become painfully stiff or the spinal cord or an exiting nerve root is irritated or compressed by a bone spur or displaced disc material.
When caused by nerve compression, spondylosis symptoms can vary based on the severity and location of the neural pressure. For instance, a compressed nerve in the cervical (neck) region can produce symptoms in the upper back, shoulders, arms, hands and fingers. On the other hand, if the sciatic nerve in the lumbar region is compressed, radiating symptoms may be felt throughout the lower back, buttocks, legs, feet and toes. Independent of location, some of the most common general spondylosis symptoms include:
- Localized pain in the affected area of the neck or back
- Numbness or loss of sensation
- Muscle weakness
- Traveling pain, numbness and tingling
When caused by spinal osteoarthritis, spondylosis symptoms are usually associated with neck and back movements and exhibit as:
- Facet joint or muscle stiffness
- Localized aching in the neck or back
- Reduced range of motion in the spine
These symptoms are often worse in the morning or after a patient wakes up, but it's common for them to improve slightly as the patient gets out of bed and starts to move about. Some patients also have difficulties standing up or develop a "hunched" posture.
Spondylosis treatments
Most patients are able to find sufficient relief from their spondylosis symptoms by using one or more conservative treatments. Rather than addressing the underlying cause of the symptoms, conservative treatments are designed to manage discomfort. For this purpose, over-the-counter and prescription medications can be very effective.
Some medications that are often recommended by physicians to relieve spondylosis symptoms include:
- Over-the-counter pain relievers such as acetaminophen, which can relieve pain (but do not address inflammation)
- Nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs), such as ibuprofen and naproxen, which can reduce inflammation that is causing pain
- Prescription pain relievers, which can address severe pain that does not respond sufficiently to over-the-counter medications
- Epidural steroid injections, which can reduce severe inflammation around a compressed nerve root while temporarily numbing the area
Because a patient with spondylosis symptoms is usually experiencing discomfort and probably would prefer to rest, engaging in physical activity and exercising might seem a bit counterintuitive. However, a physical therapist can recommend a regimen of targeted stretches and exercises, which can be very beneficial in enhancing the strength and flexibility of the spine and its supporting muscles. This, in turn, can facilitate a greater range of motion and healing. Some patients also find relief through alternative treatments like yoga and acupuncture. Of course, one or two days of taking it easy is generally acceptable if pain prohibits regular activity, but a patient should keep in mind that remaining inactive for too long can actually be harmful, possibly resulting in decreased circulation, joint stiffening and blood clots.
Surgery for spondylosis
If spondylosis symptoms are debilitating or persist after several weeks or months of conservative treatment, surgery may be recommended. However, patients who are considering surgical intervention should be aware that a highly invasive open spine procedure is not the only avenue to relief. Some patients are candidates for the advanced minimally invasive alternatives that have been perfected by the surgeons at Laser Spine Institute. Our skilled surgeons perform these procedures on an outpatient basis, so most of our patients are able to go home within hours of their surgery.
Contact Laser Spine Institute to find out how our minimally invasive procedures have helped many patients find meaningful relief from the symptoms of spondylosis.


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the ending reminds me of Mass Effect 3's one of 4 endings...
maybe devs were counting on players to start another similar to Bioware's fans' childplay donation funds to make the company MOAR well known! heheh
Dragoneye posted on Nov 15, 2012 8:47:43 AM - Report post
I liked the ending very much as my entire crew beamed off the ship the last second and landed in my living room for nachos and beer........
It's all in the......whoops!
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H. Scott Prosterman: Regardless of the verdict, some element of violent protest was inevitable. Ironically, most of those arrested were white, suburban anarchist, rather than black activists.
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The Oscar Grant verdict has been handed down. Johannes Mehserle has been found guilty of involuntary manslaughter, the lesser of the three charges he was facing.
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Region 6 News Release: OSHA-04-1059-DAL
Thursday, June 10, 2004
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Phone: (214) 767-4776, ext. 222 or 221
DALLAS -- The Little Rock area office of the U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) is making special efforts this summer to improve job safety and health in the residential construction industry in Arkansas.
"An important objective of this special emphasis program is to reduce work-related fatalities, injuries and illnesses among the large Hispanic workforce in the state's residential construction industry," said John Miles, OSHA regional administrator in Dallas.
OSHA's Little Rock office will focus their resources on local factors that have contributed to serious injuries or fatalities. Other program objectives include motivating workers and employers to emphasize safety; encouraging the involvement of employees in analyzing and eliminating hazards; and establishing sound safety and health programs in English and Spanish that cover the full range of work practices used by local companies.
Construction has long been recognized as a high-hazard industry. OSHA usually focuses its resources on larger commercial projects, and inspects residential construction sites mainly in response to workers' complaints or accidents. From October 1999 through July 2003, there were 458 construction-related fatalities in OSHA's five-state Dallas region. About 13 percent (59) involved residential work. The region covers Arkansas, Louisiana, New Mexico, Oklahoma and Texas.
"Residential construction worksites usually consist of small employers who may be less familiar with OSHA regulations," said Miles. "This program will include an outreach component to better educate small employers."
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For more information about the program in Arkansas, contact the OSHA Little Rock area office at (501) 324-6291.
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haha but.. maby.. ehh..?? that's what their doing with the ps3?
remember there sony! they can put there console together with tape, and make the disk drive move by little hampsters, and still be the best.
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haha but.. maby.. ehh..?? that's what their doing with the ps3?
My name is Alan, gaming name is ZaLaN
I think they are right to concentrate more on the game than the grapics.
I'm hoping to get a new bigger television at christmas so i can enjoy the wii even more.
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The video that show the Ps3 controller looks a bit wierd just the way it reacts to movement of the contorller a bit late, might just be me. And he didn't do it like most gamers would, shaking it widly and then thorwing it aginst the ground when they screw up.
Yeh I know exactly where your coming from theres all these people raving about how good playstation is but to me its a piece of junkOriginally Posted by saturnine
True..true playstation is rubbish, even though i did used to have one(there was never that many good games) and looking at the ps3 it may have better grapics but when it and the price was revealed at E3 this year it shocked some fans and i don't blame them it looks like sony will have a tough time with it.Originally Posted by deity_link
i mean who would pay $500-600 dollars for it cause really the only real difference is new graphics.
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It's actually $500-$700Originally Posted by Knight
more like 600 - 720 or somethin with tax and one game added
and of course, the point of the ps3 is that the graphics are incredible, so most true gamers would never waste their money on the 500 dollar version which does not include HD support... which is extremely important to a system that's best feature is its graphics
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Held annually on the third Saturday in October, this event offers tons of family-friendly fun. Visitors can delight in the splendor of handmade crafts, delicious festival food, enjoy live musical entertainment, children's inflatables and entertainment, and live animals.
Arts & Crafts: 10 a.m. until 5 p.m.
Street Dance: 6 p.m. until 9 p.m.
Location: Downtown Cochran, Georgia on Second Street.
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Here is the classic song, "Ya No Llores", orginally by Los Relampagos del Norte ( Cornelio Reyna an...
Here is the classic song, "Ya No Llores", orginally by Los Relampagos del Norte ( Cornelio Reyna and Ramon Ayala), done by Doug Sahm, and the Sir Douglas Quintet. The concert takes place in 1994, in Fruitigen, Switzerland. This version is one of my favorites. I honestly believe Doug Sahm thought he was part Mexican, since he loved this music so much. The Hispanic, Mexican, Latin-American, Pocho's, and all other latinos should put him right up there with Cesar Chavez! This guy loved Mexican people, and their music. Thanks Doug! This band features the Clay Meyers. son of Augie Meyers, and Shawn Sahm, son of Doug Sahm. Also in the band is Doug Clifford, from Creedance Clearwater Revival. I added video from the Bonilla Family video. I thought it would be better than just a blank screen. I hope you enjoy it.


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David Miscavige, Scientology's Leader, Wants You to Salute His Beagles
Yesterday, we published a review of Janet Reitman's stunning new history, Inside Scientology, which will hit bookshelves soon.
In our general review, we couldn't get into much detail. But we had to pull out a wonderful nugget from the book this morning that struck us as particularly illuminating of Scientology's Ultimate Leader, the diminutive David Miscavige.
Wanting to convey what it was like to work for the dictatorial Miscavige at Scientology's secretive desert headquarters in Southern California, Reitman described what it was like to be summoned to see "COB*":
Virtually every meeting with Miscavige involved an element of fear: the initial summons required that those called to it drop whatever they were doing and sprint to the assignation place; there they would wait until the leader, who'd often be playing Nintendo in his private lounge, decided to show up.
He would arrive flanked by his wife and Lou Stuckenbrock, a retinue of aides, and, often, his beagles. He had five dogs, two of which, Jelly and Safi, wore tiny blue sweaters with commander's bars. Miscavige was known to make his staffers salute the dogs, who held ranks higher than those of many people on the base.
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Share a little about the materials, processes and techniques used to create this piece. This is my first class project with Susan Stillman. My nearby park offers me so many hours of enjoyment, I thought it would be perfect to put it down on canvas. The difficult part was deciding when I might be finished and able to move on to a new piece! I loved every moment working on this painting.
I think your choice of subject is very brave, lots of challenges like water, difficult perspective... Overall, speaking as one who has nearly finished my first painting in this class, I admire the far tall buildings, and get the feeling you have learnt a lot from Susan's lessons. Your enjoyment is there for all to see! Congrats. And go you! mp Governale
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Ranking the Actors Who Played Steve Wozniak, From Worst to Best
But who's the real Woz? Not even Woz himself, it turns out.
But who's the real Woz? Not even Woz himself, it turns out.
"I've never heard his music, to tell you the truth. I don't know if I like it or not."By Jada Yuan
Woz called them "grandiose," but whatever.By Caroline Bankoff
He comes off looking great.By Jada Yuan and Katie Van Syckle
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At least he didn't get a boner!By Mark Graham
B-b-b-baby, you ain't seen nothing yet.By Mark Graham
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