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But Chavous' deeds of heroism weren't true.
Chavous, 63, was in the Marines and was in combat during his one-year tour of duty in 1970. But there was no Navy Cross, no Distinguished Service Cross, no five Purple Hearts, and no escape from a North Vietnamese prison camp, according to records The Augusta Chronicle obtained from the National Archives.
Chavous pleaded guilty April 3 to hindering the apprehension of a criminal and concealing the death of another for his limited role in a 1975 slaying.
Connell didn't know Chavous had fabricated his story of heroism. After being contacted by the newspaper about concerns regarding his client's military record, Connell provided a copy of Chavous' discharge document that listed his military awards including the Navy Cross, Silver Star, Navy and Marine Corps Purple Hearts, and the Bronze Star.
Connell said he also had a stack of VA medical records dating back to the '70s that detailed Chavous' story of being repeatedly wounded, taken captive and escaping from a prison camp.
After the newspaper obtained verification of Chavous' military history, Connell said he couldn't comment because of ethical guidelines.
Annis, who sentenced Chavous to five years of probation, said even if he hadn't heard the account of heroism he believes Chavous' sentence was appropriate for seeing Bronzi Leon Peppers murdered and never telling law enforcement.
Attempts to reach Chavous for comment were unsuccessful.
The April hearing wasn't the first time Chavous had embellished his military service.
He told the same story to the Augusta-Richmond County Historic Society when it created Heroes Overlook on Riverwalk Augusta in 1994. According to a story in The Chronicle, two bronze plaques were to be set for Chavous. There are no plaques for him there, however, and no records exist to explain what happened.
Chavous was a rifleman and was awarded a Combat Action Ribbon, National Defense Service Medal, Vietnamese Service Medal and the Vietnamese Campaign Medal, according to his real military discharge document. But he was never wounded nor taken prisoner.
"We call it the POW sob story," said retired Lt. Cmdr. John Michael McGrath, who was a POW and has worked with others to expose people who make false claims of military service.
In Vietnam, 966 Americans were POWs; only 662 got out alive, and 160 have died since the war, he said. The number of Americans who escaped from POW camps and survived was 30 in Vietnam and two in Laos, McGrath said. But according to the Department of Veterans Affairs, about 1,000 people claimed to have escaped from prison camps, McGrath said.
McGrath, whose list of medals includes the Silver Star, Superior Service Medal and Distinguished Flying Cross from his time in Vietnam, said the fact that Chavous has been telling his story for decades is typical.
McGrath pointed to Edward Lee Daily, who claimed that he witnessed Americans commit the "Nogun-ri Massacre" during the Korean War. Published accounts of his story led to a special investigation. There was no massacre, and Daily also falsely claimed to have been a POW. He was prosecuted for fraud in 2002, convicted, sentenced to 21 months in prison and ordered to repay more than $400,000 in benefits.
Daily had been lying for 40 years.
McGrath said he has written to every VA secretary asking for an investigation. He has only received boilerplate responses that all is correct, he said.
McGrath's list of 662 Vietnam POW survivors matches the Department of Defense's records, he said. The VA could run its list against the department's but has not.
The fraud continues, McGrath said. The VA has 91 POW survivors from Desert Storm, but there were only 21 and one has died, he said.
Why someone would fake war experiences is a good question, McGrath said. He thinks it has a lot to do with low self-esteem and the idea that it is only a "little white lie." But such claims get repeated and then they are stuck with it. It even turns up in obituaries, McGrath said.
Those who take the lie to the VA also get additional benefits and tax exemptions.
McGrath, who was a POW from June 30, 1967, to March 4, 1973, said he doesn't take great offense at those who lie. But one aspect does annoy him: all the people with POW license tags. POWs get a break on the fees. Most states, including his home state of Colorado, only ask the VA for a letter of verification and the VA allows service members to self-report.
McGrath sees the POW plates a lot, he said. But he knows there are only seven Vietnam POWs in the entire state.


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Montana recently passed a bill that requires the governent to obtain a probable cause warrant before spying on you through your cell phone or laptop. As Alexander Abad-Santos writes, "if you don't want the government to spy on you, move to Montana." Montana might be the safest state from cyber-spying in the nation, as it is the first to pass a comprehensive anti-spying bill, doing so even before the Edward Snowden saga broke out.)
Before we continue, we should flesh out an important distinction. When you think of an email, what you generally think of is the content of the email, the message. In order for that message to get to you, though, the email also needs to contain metadata, a term loosely-and-not-entirely-accurately used to refer to information about the email message itself. For example: who it is addressed to, who it came from, what its subject is. (We have gone deeper into this before.)
That distinction is important because email operates like a letter sent through the post office. A letter, sealed in an envelope, can be hidden from the mailman. But the mailman needs to be able to read the address, or your letter won't get there. In this case, the metadata is what appears on the envelope; the content is the letter.
So there is a good way to hide the content of your email messages. A tool called PGP (short for "Pretty Good Privacy"), created by a man named Philip Zimmerman, offers a way to encrypt (encode) email messages between two parties using what's know as peer-to-peer encryption. That's an important property. It means that person A encoded the message and only person B is able to decode it. So as the envelope moves around the web, you can be sure it stays sealed until it gets where it's going. (How PGP actually works isn't important for our purposes. In short: It involves doing a math problem involving two very, very large numbers.)
How do you get PGP? PGP as a brand is now owned by Symantec, so you can give them your money and they will set you up.

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Elizabeth Bryan AMBA (Econ.), MA (Econ.)
Independent Non-Executive Chairman
Ms Elizabeth Bryan was appointed Company Chairman to the Virgin Australia Board on 20 May 2015.
Elizabeth brings extensive leadership, strategic and financial expertise to the Board. She has over 32 years of experience in the financial services industry, government policy and administration, and on the boards of companies and statutory organisations.
In addition to her role as Chairman of Caltex Australia, Elizabeth is also currently a Director of Westpac Banking Corporation and Deputy Chairman of Insurance Australia Group. Elizabeth has held a range of different board roles including Chairmanship of UniSuper Limited, as well as directorships of Ridley Corporation Limited and Australia Pacific Airports Corporation.
Mr John Borghetti
Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer
Mr John Borghetti was appointed to the Virgin Australia Board on 8 May 2010.
John has more than 40 years' experience in the aviation sector having previously held a number of senior positions at Qantas, leaving the company in May 2009. John is a director of Coca-Cola Amatil, the Australian Chamber Orchestra and the New South Wales Customer Advisory Board.
He was previously a director of Energy Australia (2012-2015), CARE Australia (2005-2011), The Australian Ballet (2009-2011) and Piper Aircraft (USA) (2009-2010).
Mr David BaxbyB.Com (Acct), LLB (Hons)
Independent Non-Executive Director
Member, Nomination Committee
Member, Remuneration Committee
Mr David Baxby was appointed to the Virgin Australia Board on 30 September 2004.
David is Advisor to the Board of Global Blue SA. David was previously the Co-CEO of the Virgin Group until 30 June 2013 and his past directorships include Virgin Atlantic Ltd, Virgin Holidays Ltd, Virgin America Inc and Air Asia X. David was also an investment banker for ten years with Goldman Sachs.
Mr Tan Meng Hung MarvinBA International Relations, Stanford University
Non-Executive Director
Mr Tan Meng Hung Marvin was appointed to the Virgin Australia Board on 1 January 2016.
Mr Marvin Tan is the Senior Vice President Cabin Crew of Singapore Airlines. Mr Marvin Tan joined Singapore Airlines in 1996 and has held various appointments both in Singapore and overseas. He was seconded to SilkAir, Singapore Airlines' regional subsidiary, as the airline's Chief Executive in 2010.
Mr Marvin Tan currently also serves on the Board of Scoot Pte Ltd. He holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in International Relations (with Distinction) from Stanford University.
Mr Bruno Matheu
Non-Executive Director
Mr Bruno Matheu was appointed to the Virgin Australia Board on 18 February 2015.
Bruno Matheu joined Etihad Airways in December 2014 in the new role of Chief Operating Officer, Equity Partners. He is responsible for strategic developments to optimise business performance, revenues and cost synergies between Etihad Airways and its equity partner airlines, and provide strategic leadership support for partners in which Etihad Airways has management responsibility.
Bruno brings to the group almost 30 years of senior management experience in the global aviation industry. He most recently served as Chief Long Haul Officer at Air France, and prior to that held senior executive roles across Air France, being a member of Air France and Air France-KLM Executive Boards for 17 years. He has also served on the Boards of Air France, Alitalia and the global distribution company Amadeus.
Ms Samantha Mostyn
Ms Samantha Mostyn was appointed to the Virgin Australia Board on 1 September 2010.
Samantha is a non-executive director and corporate advisor and has previously held senior executive positions at IAG, Optus and Cable & Wireless Plc. Samantha became a director of the Transurban Group in December 2010, Citibank Australia in July 2011, Cover-More Group Ltd in December 2013 and Mirvac Group in March 2015. Samantha is a board member of the Australia Council for the Arts, Australian Volunteers International, the Climate Council and Carriageworks. She is President of ACFID and Deputy Chair of the Diversity Council of Australia. Samantha is an AFL Commissioner and a director of the GO foundation. She has previously served as a Commissioner with the National Mental Health Commission and served on the Review into the Treatment of Women in the Australian Defence Force.
Mr Robert ThomasB.Econ, MSAA, SF Fin
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Chair, Audit and Risk Management Committee
Member, Nomination Committee
Member, Remuneration Committee
Mr Robert Thomas was appointed to the Virgin Australia Board on 8 September 2006.
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Mr John Patrick (JP) MoorheadMA, MEng
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He was appointed to the VAH board as director on 22 September 2015. JP is CFO of the Virgin Group and responsible for the Group's overall financial and risk positions as well as accounting, financing, tax, treasury and certain portfolio matters. JP has served as a director of various Virgin Group operating companies including Virgin Atlantic and Virgin Rail as well as a number of Virgin Group holding companies. Prior to joining Virgin, JP spent eight years at Goldman Sachs in London and Sydney where he worked on a broad range of strategic advisory, M&A and capital markets transactions.
The Hon. Mark Vaile AOFormer Deputy Prime Minister of Australia
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The Hon. Mark Vaile was appointed to the Virgin Australia Board on 22 September 2008.
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Hotels in Campos
Hotel Segles
4 Stars
Santanyi, 4
SEGLES HOTEL, located in the center of Campos, just 7 km from the great beaches 'Es Trenc'.|It is an old manor house (fully restored) with a mixture of different styles, which give guests the feeling of living in another century, combined with modern facilities such as air conditioning, wifi and a heated indoor pool area with jacuzzi ... a classroom painting and restoration workshop where you will have the option of taking classes, we can also make available a small meeting room, reading room and enjoy their beautiful gardens and terraces.|The 8 rooms have a select furniture pieces truly exceptional Mallorcan, air conditioning and heating, phone, Internet access, flat screen satellite TV, safe ..Search9.6
Agroturismo Hotel Can Canals
4 Stars
Carretera Campos Sa Rapita Km 7
You can still find authentic places in Majorca? Welcome to Can Canals! Our countryside Hotel CAN CANALS is set in one of Majorca?s privileged areas, only 5 min. from the beach ES TRENC and surrounded by lovely landscapes Can Canals combines both the essence of the traditional Majorcan farms and the comforts of modern living. Guests can enjoy the fully equipped rooms, carefully designed to grant relaxation and wellbeing. Sunny and spacious terraces, two outdoor pools, one fresh water and one saltwater, gardens with orange and olive trees, moonlight dinners in the "Petit Restaurant" and relaxing moments in the wellness-Spa are only some of the pleasures that you can find in CAN CANALS.Search
Hostal Bris
Calle Calamar, 8. - Sa Rápita - Campos
Finca Sant Blai Nou
Ctra. Campos-Colónia Sant Jordi, Km. 1,800
Finca Sant Blai Nou offers pet-friendly accommodation in Campos. The air-conditioned unit is 38 km from Palma de Mallorca. Free private parking is available on site. The holiday home has 5 bedrooms and 3 bathrooms, equipped with a bath, a bath or shower and a hair dryer. There is a dining area and a kitchen as well as a shared bathroom. A flat-screen TV is available. The holiday home features free WiFi throughout the property. El Arenal is 26 km from Finca Sant Blai Nou, while Magaluf is 44 km from the property. The nearest airport is Son Sant Joan Airport, 30 km from Finca Sant Blai Nou.Search
Villa Macià
Located in Campos, Villa Macià offers an outdoor pool. The property is 14.4 km from Es Trenc Beach. Accommodation will provide you with a TV, air conditioning and a patio. There is a full kitchen with a dishwasher and a microwave. Featuring a shower, private bathrooms also come with a bath or shower and a bidet. You can enjoy pool view. At Villa Macià you will find a garden, barbecue facilities and a terrace. Other facilities like a children's playground are offered. The property offers free parking. Palma de Mallorca Airport is located 31 km away.Search
Son Cosmet
4 Stars
Carretera Campos-Larapita Km2
Offering an outdoor swimming pool, Hotel Son Cosmet is set in southern Mallorca. Including free Wi-Fi, it features impressive gardens with a prehistoric cave and medieval monument. With stylish décor and a collection of 17th-century features, each air-conditioned room has a large bed and flat-screen TV. The private bathroom comes with a bathtub, bathrobe and slippers. The property includes a spacious furnished terrace with a picturesque view of the extensive gardens, ponds and pools. Son Cosmet's restaurant serves exquisite Mediterranean cuisine. It offers bicycle rental and there are outdoor activities available, such as horse riding or boat trips. D'es Trenc beach and Sa Rápita Yacht Club are 8 km away. Palma de Mallorca and Mallorca Airport are located within 35 km of the property.Search
Agroturismo Finca Son Sala
Ctra. Llucmajor - Campos, Km. 33
Set on a large estate surrounded by almond and carob trees, this renovated farmhouse features an outdoor swimming pool and farm animals. It is situated between Llucmajor and Campos. Agroturismo Finca Son Sala's elegant, rustic-style rooms are located in an annex of the main house. Each has a terrace and includes a private bathroom with bath tub or shower. All rooms have access to free Wi-Fi. Guests will find plenty of shops, bars and restaurants in the nearby towns of Campos and Llucmajor, within 5-10 minutes' drive of the property. Staff can provide more information on sights and activities in the surrounding area. Finca Son Sala also rents bicycles. Playa Ses Covetes Beach can be reached in about 20 minutes by car. The centre of Palma de Mallorca is about 25 minutes' drive away, and the airport is less than 30 km away.Search
Eco Ítaca
Son Xorc S/n
Located in Campos in the Majorca Region, this Detached holiday home features a garden with a terrace. The air-conditioned unit is 10 km from Es Trenc Beach. Free private parking is available on site. The holiday home is composed of 3 bedrooms and 3 bathrooms, equipped with a shower. There is a seating area and a kitchen complete with a toaster and a refrigerator. Towels and bed linen are available in this self-catering accommodation. Other facilities at Eco Ítaca include a sun terrace. Bike hire is available at the property and the area is popular for cycling and hiking. Son Sant Joan Airport is 31 km away.Search
Finca Libertad Mallorca
Cami Sant Blai
Set on the outskirts of the village of Campo, Finca Libertad Mallorca boasts a private pool, lush garden and barbecue facilities. Es Trenc Beach is 10 km from this bead and breakfast. Featuring a furnished terrace with mountain views, this property also has a sun deck and free Wi-Fi throughout. Finca Libertad offers horse riding at the beach for a surcharge. Each accommodation includes a kitchenette equipped with an oven, kitchenware and coffee machine. The large bedrooms have heating, a seating area and a TV. The private bathroom has a shower and bed linen and towels are provided. Various restaurants and shops are about 3 km away. Montragó Nature Reserve is a 20-minute drive from Finca Libertad Mallorca. The city of Palma de Mallorca and the airport are within 45 minutes' away by car.Search
Villa Son Vigili
Carretera De Campos
This is a fantastic and modern villa with private pool.Search


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Share price of Union Pacific Corp (NYSE:UNP) has steadily returned 25.2% over the past 12 months. At $140.21, the stock is trading near its 52-week high of $141.78 achieved just recently and offers a 2.0% dividend yield. Despite the solid run-up, I believe there remains a notable price upside for the stock based on the following four reasons:
1. From a relative valuation standpoint, Union Pacific shares are priced cheaply based on the company's solid financial performance relative to that of the peers (see chart below). Consensus estimates predict the company's revenue, EBITDA, and EPS to grow at 2-year CAGRs of 6.2%, 9.5%, and 13.6%, respectively. The figures slightly outperform the averages of 5.4%, 9.3%, and 12.2%, respectively, for a group consisting of Union Pacific's primary railroad peers in both the US and Canada. Similarly, Union Pacific's long-term EPS growth is forecasted to be 13.7%, fairly comparable to the group average at 13.9%. On the profit side, the company continues to demonstrate a superior performance as its various profitability margins and capital return metrics are markedly above par. Union Pacific carries a relatively lower level of debt as reflected by its below-average leverage ratios. In terms of liquidity, the firm has a higher free cash flow margin. Due to the strong profitability and the low leverage, Union Pacific was able to maintain a healthy interest coverage ratio. Both the firm's current and quick ratios are slightly above par, reflecting a healthy balance sheet condition.
To summarize, Union Pacific's above-average financial performance in almost every aspects should reasonably bolster a stock valuation that commands a solid premium over the peer-average level. Nevertheless, the stock's current price multiples at 7.9x forward EBITDA (next 12 months) and 14.9x forward EPS (next 12 months) together represent an average discount of 16% to the same peer-average multiples. After accounting for the long-term EPS growth estimate, Union's PEG ratio of 1.09x remains 10% below the peer-average PEG at 1.21x, suggesting market has likely not given enough credits for the company's strong profitability and liquidity position and thus the stock is undervalued on a relative basis (see chart above).
2. Union Pacific's forward P/E multiple is currently trading almost in line with the same multiple of S&P 500 Index, which stands at 14.6x at the moment (see chart below).
I believe this presents a good entry opportunity as Union shares should reasonably trade at a modest premium over the market level provided that 1) Since 2012, the stock traded above the market level most of the time and the market premium averaged at 3% in the period; 2) Union Pacific's long-term earnings growth rate at 13.7% is considerably above the average estimate of 8.2% for the S&P 500 companies; 3) the company has been able to achieve an industry-leading profitability and free cash flow performance and continuously improve those metrics over the past three years (see charts below); 4) the stock also offers a 2.0% dividend yield which is fairly close to the 2.2% average level for the S&P 500 Index and the company has been buying back shares aggressively.
3. The stock's dividend experienced a strong growth in the past few years. Since 2010, management has raised the dividend per share four times by 15%, 25%, 26%, and 15%, consecutively. In the same period, Union's annual dividend payment only represented less than a half of the annual free cash flow generated, suggesting that there is likely an ample capacity to sustain the current pace of the dividend growth at least in the near future (see chart below). Further, the management is also committed to share buybacks, which provides an additional support to the share price.
4. Sell-side remains very bullish on the stock. Of the total 28 stock ratings compiled by Thomson One, there are 9 strong buys and 11 buys. In a research note released in February, Keith Schoonmaker at Morningstar commented on the company's growth prospects, which I tend to agree on (sourced from Thomson One, Equity Research):
"Union Pacific is a massive railroad, and it's getting bigger and even more profitable. UP boasts the largest top line of any public railroad and its operating ratio improvement trajectory yields a bottom line to match. UP's 2011 $19.6 billion of revenue (we project a top line of more than $21 billion in 2012) was heaviest in coal, intermodal, and agriculture. Compared with other U.S. rails, UP tilts slightly less toward coal (22% of sales), even though its Powder River Basin coal is a giant $4 billion franchise. UP historically has been less exposed to intermodal shipping than is its similar-size Western peer, BNSF, but intermodal still constitutes 20% of UP's top line. We expect record margins in coming years, as well as additional share buybacks. Also, UP's doubling dividends per share from the start of 2010 to the end of 2011 has made shares attractive to yield-seeking investors."
Bottom line, in the light of Union's healthy financials and growth potential, investors should consider buying the shares while the valuation remains compelling.
All charts are created by the author and all financial data used in the article and the charts is sourced from S&P Capital IQ unless otherwise specified.
Disclosure: I am long UNP. I wrote this article myself, and it expresses my own opinions. I am not receiving compensation for it (other than from Seeking Alpha). I have no business relationship with any company whose stock is mentioned in this article.


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Mississippi sends Texas Tech home
Omaha, Neb. — Texas Tech's first appearance in the College World Series was a short one.
After the Red Raiders scratched out a run to tie it in the top of the ninth inning, Mississippi scored in the bottom half to hand Texas Tech a 2-1 loss that sends the team home after two games here.
"We line up to play and we want to win," Tech coach Tim Tadlock said, "so right now it's kind of an unusual feeling for me because we did do something these guys will hold forever. At the same time, we're going to lay our head down every night and wake up every morning trying to get back."
The Red Raiders (45-20) batted just .223 at TD Ameritrade Park, and three of the five runs they allowed were unearned.
Ole Miss (47-20) won on John Gatlin's pinch single into short right field over a pulled-in, five-man infield. The exciting finish came after Texas Tech had tied it on a couple of daring steals and a sacrifice fly.
"When the game is on the line like that, we're each called upon in different situations and every one of us feels prepared for it and expects to get the job done," Gatlin said. "That just goes back to the toughness we've been preaching all year."
Ole Miss plays TCU or Virginia on Thursday in another elimination game. Their winner's backet game ended too late for this edition.
Ole Miss won after Colby Bortles walked with one out. Brantley Bell hit a comebacker to Cameron Smith, who tried to force out Bortles at second. But he threw high into center field, allowing Bortles to go to third.
Aaron Greenwood then pinch ran for Bortles, Dominic Moreno came on to face Gatlin and Texas Tech shifted an extra player to the left side of the infield and went with only two outfielders. Gatlin punched a 1-2 pitch over second base, Greenwood scored, and the celebration was on.
"Well, we don't put it on any one guy," Tadlock said. "You're talking about a couple miscues. I think we scored, what, one run in a couple of games? That's a lot of credit to the pitching we saw."
Scott Weathersby (4-4) got the win with an inning of relief of left-hander Christian Trent, who allowed six hits, walked one and struck out six in eight innings.
Smith (8-3) took the loss after working a third of an inning. Tech freshman starter Ryan Moseley had pitched 71/3 strong innings, allowing four hits, walking three and striking out six.
Ole Miss is 13-9 in one-run games this season, including 2-1 in the NCAA tournament.


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So, with each of my pregnancies I've ended up having to go see a high risk doctor and this pregnancy is turning out the same. I was one some medication until 7 weeks that isn't exactly good for pregnant women so I went in to have some blood work done and an ultrasound. So far, everything looks good and doctors don't seem too concerned about the medication I was on (which is aldactone for my pcos) but I'll be monitoroed by the high risk doctor in addition to my regular OB.
Anyway, I know it's pretty early and this can be pretty iffy but we asked the doctor if he could guess on the gender. He's leaning more towards a girl, which we are thrilled about because we already have 2 boys! I know it could change when I go back in 5 weeks but I feel somewhat confident in his guess. Usually, if they're going to guess a gender, it's usually a boy because of the cord and all that. We're obviously not buying or painting anything yet but I'm getting excited!


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By this Sharp's made Android 4.0 smartphone, you may measure gamma rays in the 0.05μSv/h to 9.99μSv/h range just by pressing the dedicated button for long. You may let it measure periodically and plot the history on map.
After the Eastern Japan Disasters on March 11, 2011, leaked radioactive from the damaged Fukushima nuclear power plants has been worried a lot, and home-use radiation counters are subject to increase demand.
As always as a Japanese phone, it has one-seg TV, wireless-touch e-wallet(Osaifu ketai), bluetooth and infra-red communication, emergency alert and waterproof (PX5/IPX7) feature.
The cellphone also comes with 8 colour variations.
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Home radiation counters have been causing lots of false rumors by inaccurate usage and wrong interpretations of measured numbers among risk-averse Japanese, who do not believe any measurement provided by government organizations.
There is a background that Softbank CEO Masayoshi Son is showing strong interest in entering alternative energy business. He insists government should subsidize solar power generation business a lot more, which is being discussed now and the suggested aided-price is criticized too high by some people. Softbank said to Nikkei that this function is implemented by Son's own decision as he received a lot of requests to his Twitter account.
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1. Field of the Invention
The invention relates to an apparatus for the automatic performance of diagnostic and/or therapeutic actions in body cavities. Relevant instruments are catheters, cannulae, electrodes, endoscopes or the like, with body cavities meaning all kinds of organs and vessels to be examined in the human or animal body.
2. Background Art
A fundamental problem in these medical instruments resides in piloting them to the desired place of diagnosis or treatment within the cavity. Conventional mechanical steering devices are for instance rigid mandrels as a core or wire pulls in a catheter, it being possible, by a pull at these elements, to modify the twist and turn of the tip of a catheter, thus changing the direction of advance.
The prior art teaches various implements of the generic type, in which piezoelectric elements are used for control purposes. For example, U.S. Pat. No. 6,066,094 discloses a method and an apparatus of constructing a cardiac map of the heart, in which a steerable catheter is brought into contact with several locations in the heart where it is used to make measurements. U.S. Pat. No. 5,415,633 relates to an implantable instrument the distal end of which has sort of an annex that is controllable by means of piezoelectric elements.
U.S. Pat. No. 5,419,312 describes an endoscope coated with piezoelectric ceramic for controlling and steering purposes. This helps attain active pliability of the endoscope. A similar device is disclosed by U.S. Pat. No. 6,048,307. Finally, WO 97/22155 relates to a so-called piezoelectric motor working on the basis of an adjustable-length piezoelectric element.
It is an object of the invention to further develop a device of medical engineering of the type mentioned at the outset so that the actuator thereof is in a position largely automatically to move into contact with a single target or a plurality thereof, there taking corresponding diagnostic or therapeutic measures.
This object is attained by provision of a base control unit which is preferably extracorporal and with which is coupled an actuator of the type of a catheter that is insertable into the corresponding body cavity. In the vicinity of its distal end, the actuator is provided with a diagnostically active detection equipment or a therapeutically active treatment equipment, such as an ablation electrode, a dilatation balloon or the like. At least in the vicinity of its distal end and possibly over its full length—if necessary for reasons of maneuverability—the actuator is provided with an actuation mechanism for advance and/or twist and turn control that is triggered by the base control unit. Consequently, the base control unit may independently control the actuator and have him move into contact with certain locations, based on a corresponding control circuit or, in the way of a computerized numerical control system, based on a corresponding control program. Information about a surface contact of the distal end may be passed to the base control unit as input variables for the control system and may be used directly as a feedback variable in the control system. To this end, contact sensors are disposed preferably on the actuator's distal end, detecting any mechanical contact with the wall of the body cavity.
In keeping with further preferred embodiments, measuring sensors may be disposed on the actuator's distal end, detecting medically relevant data. These data may serve for diagnostic purposes, but they may also be used in the position control of the actuator. For instance, the instrument can localize pathological electric signals in the heart by measuring the potential on the myocardium. The instrument may spot locations that are to be treated by the actuator scanning the myocardium and by its measuring the corresponding potential signals.
Automatic placement in the vicinity of a stenosis is also conceivable to take place by means of impedance measurement in the vessel for the detection of blood stream and vessel volume.
Three-dimensional maps of coordinate plots of the cavity to be examined, which have been obtained by the aid of imaging techniques, may also serve as an alternative data base for the control of the actuator, in which case the respective location coordinates of the actuator are interrelated and corresponding control action is taken in accordance with the actuator's "schedule". Finally it also possible, alternatively or additionally, to place a so-called "navigation mark" as a point of reference in or in the proximity of the body cavity or even to arrange it extracorporally, this mark being detectable by corresponding sensors of the actuator. Based on this, signals may then be passed on to the base control unit, which are representative of the actuator's current position relative to the navigation mark. As actual actuation elements for the actuation mechanism of the actuator, the piezoelectric elements already mentioned, but also electrostrictive polymer elements (so-called "nanotubes") may be used as well as pneumatic or hydraulic actuation elements. Even the use of micro mechanic machine elements in nanotechnology is feasible, i.e. tiny gears, motors, transmissions etc.
Further preferred embodiments relate to special problems which occur distinctly during the application of the apparatus according to the invention in or on the heart. Being a pumping organ, the heart makes strong movements when it beats. Vessels next to the heart or the walls of the heart may easily collide comparatively vehemently with a catheter that has been inserted in the heart, which implies a certain risk of injury. Furthermore, keeping the precise position of treatment may be rather difficult or inaccurate because of the heartbeat. The consequences can be serious, in particular in the case of so-called ablations—i.e. sclerosing myocardial tissue for the suppression of pathological arrhythmias.
To avoid these problems, provision can be made for the actuator to track the motions of the body cavity which have been detected by suitable measuring or contact sensors, with the base control unit performing a corresponding feed and/or twist and turn control of the actuator. Further features, details and advantages of the invention will become apparent from the ensuing description of exemplary embodiments of the subject matter of the invention, taken in conjunction with the drawing.
FIG. 1 is a diagrammatic block diagram of the entire apparatus;
FIG. 2 is a flow chart of the control process within the control unit,
FIG. 3 is a diagram of the coordinate control of the apparatus;
FIGS. 4 and 5 are lateral views of the distal end of an actuator in two different positions;
FIGS. 6 and 7 are analogous illustrations of an actuator in a second embodiment;
FIGS. 8 and 9 are diagrammatic sectional illustrations of a piezoelectric stick-and-slip feed element;
FIG. 10 is a diagram of the heart with an actuator led in that can track cardiac motion; and
FIG. 11 is a flow chart of the control process within the control unit with the actuator tracking.
The overall concept of an apparatus according to the invention for the automatic performance of medical actions in body cavities is explained, taken in conjunction with FIG. 1. Fundamentally, a base control unit is provided, which is designated in its entirety by 1 and which includes the components shown within the encircling dot-dashed line. This base control unit 1 is for instance a pc-based control unit having a corresponding interface 2 toward an actuator 3—a cardiac catheter in the present embodiment—which is coupled with the control unit. It stands for the most varying types of actuators such as endoscopes, electrodes or cannulae.
The base control unit 1 sub-divides into various functional regions, one of them being the position detecting block 4 which is substantially responsible for detecting the actual position of the actuator 3 on the basis of various input variables. Ranking among them is a measuring arrangement 5, by the aid of which a corresponding region of the body, such as the heart 5, is detected three-dimensionally by means of ultrasonography or X-radiation and corresponding coordinate data of the cardiac structures are determined. The corresponding data are recorded in a memory 7.
In a modified embodiment, the position and shape of the respective body cavity may be determined by means of imaging techniques (for example x-rays or ultrasonography) and any modifications in position and shape of the cavity produced by a patient's motions (heartbeat, respiration) may be measured. Since these motions are periodical, it is possible, in some cases, in advance to compute the position and shape of the body cavity under regard at any instant by the control unit without renewed strain on the patient by the imaging technique.
Furthermore, a navigation arrangement is allocated to the position detecting block 4, for instance in the form of a navigation mark 8, which is illustrated as a diagram block in FIG. 1, but is really placed for instance in the coronary sinus of the heart 6 or extracorporally by the operating surgeon 9. The navigation mark is linked via the mentioned interface 2. The coordinates of the actuator's tip relative to the navigation mark 8 may be determined by corresponding sensors (not shown in detail) on the actuator 3 and transmitted to the position detecting block 4.
Finally, the actuator 3 is provided with a contact sensor 10 (again illustrated as a diagram block) which detects any mechanical contact of the actuator 3 with for instance the myocardial wall 11 of the right ventricle and emits a corresponding signal via the interface 2 to the position detecting block 4.
Instead of a contact sensor 10, a probe may be employed, sensing the distance from a wall. It detects the distance between the actuator 3 and the wall of the heart. This is of interest for instance when the actuator carries a dilatation balloon. Another application resides in brachytherapy with the actuator 3 having to be seated centrally in the vessel.
Corresponding to the linkage of the measuring arrangement 5, navigation arrangement 8 and contact sensor 10, the position detecting block 4 comprises an orientation unit 12 and a contact detecting unit 13. The orientation unit 12 processes the coordinate data of the measuring arrangement 5 or of the corresponding data from the memory 7, interrelating them to the data made available by the navigation arrangement 8. Correspondingly, the contact detecting unit 13 processes and prepares the data furnished by the contact sensor 10.
A central control unit 14 serves for processing the data of the orientation unit 12 and contact detecting unit 13, computing a corresponding advance parameter control 15, namely for the length and direction of advance of the actuator 3.
By means of these data, the output block 16 is triggered, which comprises a feed driver 17 for triggering the corresponding actuation elements in the actuator 3 for the latter to be advanced and for twist and turn modification thereof. Furthermore, a driver 18 is provided for the treatment functions available in the actuator 3, such as an ablation electrode or a dilatation balloon.
If the operating surgeon 9 wishes to intervene manually in the apparatus sequence, input units 19, 20 are provided for access to the control and the output block 16.
Use in practice of the diagnosis-and-therapy apparatus according to the invention is explained, taken in conjunction with the flow chart seen in FIG. 2. After three-dimensional measurement by ultrasonography or X-radiation (block 21) of the body region to be examined, the actuator is inserted in the body (block 22). This may take place by insertion of a catheter that represents the actuator into the right cardiac atrium. Then the navigation mark 8 is placed by the operating surgeon 9 for instance in the coronary sinus (block 23). Interrelating the distal end of the catheter, which is inserted in the heart, to this navigation mark 8 helps detect the position specific to the distal end of the catheter by the aid of the position detecting block 4 (block 24). By a corresponding input, the actual treatment position is determined and defined in the control unit 14. This enables detection of the treatment position to be the next step (block 25).
The ensuing inquiry in the program sequence determines whether the actuator's position corresponds to the treatment position. If so, an inquiry 27 is performed as to whether the distal end of the actuator 3 is in contact with tissue. If so, actual treatment may take place (block 28) for instance by activation of a ablation electrode for sclerosing or for removing cardiac tissue. If several treatments are to take place at varying positions, the process is returned to step 24 via the feedback 29.
If the inquiry 26 has found that the position of treatment has not yet been reached, another inquiry 30 determines whether the actuator is in contact with tissue. If so, a modification of feed (block 31) is effected by way of access to the coordinate memory 7 for the actuator to be advanced in accordance with the direction of the desired position of treatment (block 32). Starting from the inquiry 26, this loop of inquiries is kept on until the inquiry 26 finds that the actuator's position is identical with the position of treatment. In this connection it must be mentioned that constructing a map of the heart 6 is feasible not only by the imaging techniques mentioned at the outset, such as ultrasonography or X-radiation. By alternative or in addition, measurement of the heart may also take place by the aid of the contact sensor 10. As soon as it probes any contact with the myocardial wall, the corresponding coordinates can be read in the coordinate memory 7 so that corresponding scanning of the myocardial wall by the actuator 3 gives a topological image of the walls that define the respective body cavity.
The navigation routine of positioning the actuator 3 within the heart is explained on the basis of FIG. 3. In the vicinity of its distal end, the actuator 3 is provided with a position finding element 33, by the aid of which are determined the position coordinates 201, 202, 203 of the actuator 3 in relation to the navigation arrangement 8, which is represented by the system of coordinates x-y-z in FIG. 3. The treatment position 34 marked by a cross has the coordinates 211, 212, 213. Based on a comparison of the coordinates 201, 202, 203 on the one hand and 211, 212, 213 on the other, the control unit 14 and the control 15 determine the direction and length of the necessary advance of the actuator 3. This is accompanied with a contact signal 111, which is active when the distal end of the actuator 3 bears against a wall of the heart 6. Finally, the heart measurement coordinates recorded in the memory 7 of the base control unit 1 are used to determine the feed coordinates in order for any collision of the distal end on its way to the treatment position 34 to be precluded as far as possible.
The control data correspondingly found for the actuator 3 are fed to the output block 16 which implements the physical control of the actuator by activation of corresponding advance elements.
FIGS. 4 and 5 show the distal end 35 of an actuator 3. An ablation electrode 36 is roughly outlined directly at the end, by the aid of which corresponding therapeutic treatment of the heart can be effected. The ablation electrode 36 is followed by a contact sensor 37 in the form of a ring electrode. The adjoining ring represents the position finding element 33 of the actuator. This is followed by an adjustable-length element 38, which may be extended or retracted for instance by piezoelectric actuation as described below. As compared to FIG. 4, FIG. 5 shows the extended position of the adjustable-length element 38, which is outlined by the stretched out concertina folds.
The adjustable-length element 38 is followed by a pliable element 39 which, inside, comprises piezoelectric elements that are distributed over the circumference. Selectively triggering individual piezoelectric elements helps confer the pliable element from its stretched out condition into a bent condition (FIG. 5).
The version seen in FIGS. 6 and 7 differs from the version according to FIGS. 4 and 5 only in that two adjustable-length elements 38, 38′ and two pliable elements 39, 39′ are provided. Otherwise, reference can be made to the description in connection with FIGS. 4 and 5.
Attention is drawn to the fact that the mentioned piezoelectric elements or electrostrictive elements for modification in length and twist and turn may combine with mechanical wire pulls. For instance, the outer wall portions on one side of the actuator 3 may be stiffened by voltage being applied to the mentioned elements, while the flexible wall on the other side of the actuator 3 is bent by a wire pull. If the distal end is rotary about its axis, then the actuator may be advanced in virtually any direction. It is also conceivable to use several piezoelectric or electrostrictive elements and wire pulls to avoid rotatability.
FIGS. 8 to 10 illustrate a micro mechanical, piezoelectric actuation element in the form of a so-called stick-and-slip actuation element. A slide 41, which is in contact for example with the distal end of the actuator 3, is seated for lengthwise displacement in an outer bearing sleeve 40. A slide element 42 is mounted on the inner end of the slide 41 in the longitudinal direction thereof. Positioned around the slide element 42 are piezoelectric elements 43, the rear end of which is tightly joined to the bearing sleeve 40 via an abutment 44. The free end of the piezoelectric elements 43 is provided with a contact projection 45, for example of a kind of neoprene material, which is in frictional engagement with the slide element 42. If the piezoelectric elements 43 are actuated by sawtooth voltage of flatly ascending and steeply descending flanks (FIG. 8), then lengthwise extension of the piezoelectric elements 43 is slow and lengthwise contraction is fast. As a result of the slow lengthwise extension, the slide element 42 is driven ("stick") and advanced in the feed direction V according to FIG. 8; in doing so, it is however not able to react to the rapid contraction in the opposite direction ("slip") so that the net result is a direction ("slip") so that the net result is a displacement of the slide element 42 and thus of the slide 41 in the feed direction V.
If the sawtooth voltage is reversed and applied with flanks steeply ascending and flatly descending, the contact projections 45 drive the slide element 42 in the feed direction V′, whereas the slide element 42 is again not able to react upon rapid extension. The net result is a motion of the slide 41 in the feed direction V′ according to FIG. 9.
FIG. 10 shows an actuator 3′ in the form of an ablator in a position in which it is inserted in the right ventricle of the heart 6. In addition to the actual ablation electrode 36′, the distal end 35′ includes a measuring sensor 48, for instance in the form of an ultrasonic sensor, measuring the distance of the distal end 35′ of the actuator 3′ from the cardiac septum 11′. This helps detect the amplitude and frequency of the motion of the cardiac septum 11′ and corresponding data are transmitted to the base control unit 1 (not shown in FIG. 10). On the basis of these data, the base control unit 1 computes corresponding control data for the distal end 35′ of the actuator 3′, which—as explained in detail above in connection with the actuator 3—is provided with corresponding actuation devices for the advance and twist and turn control of the actuator. Correspondingly, the actuator 3′ may be moved uniformly toward the myocardial tissue that is in motion or to the desired position of treatment without any undesired collisions with the myocardial tissue.
For the accuracy of this process to be ensured, the actuator 3′ has a spirally expandable medial section 50. Catheter sections of this type are known per se, serving for anchoring the actuator 3′ for instance in the vena cava 47 as seen in FIG. 10.
The following is an explanation of how to proceed during insertion and placement of the actuator 3′ in the heart illustrated, taken in conjunction with FIG. 11.
In a step 51, the catheter-type actuator 3′ is advanced via a vein as far as into the heart 6. A mandrel is inserted in the catheter so that the spiral medial section 50 is stretched out. Once the actuator 3′ has reached its base position in the heart 6, the mandrel is removed from the actuator 3′, which is thus fixed in the corresponding vessel 47 by the medial section 50 spiraling and expanding (step 52).
Instead of the conventional use of a mandrel for deformation control of the medial section 50, actuation devices may analogously be incorporated there in the form of piezoelectric elements, electrostrictive polymer elements, micro mechanical actuation elements or the like, which can be automatically triggered and thus activated by the base control unit. The deformation, correspondingly produced, of the medial section 50 helps fix the catheter-type actuator 3′ in the vessel 47.
Thus inserted and fixed, the actuator's 3′ distal end 35′ projects freely into the heart 6. From this moment on, the actuator 3′ is able to work substantially independently and without the help of an operating surgeon. Controlled by the base control unit 1, the actuator spots a reference point on the myocardium (step 53) and then detects the cardiac motion by way of the measuring sensor 48 (step 54). Via the corresponding actuation devices in its distal end, the actuator 3′ is then controlled uniformly of the determined cardiac motion by the base control unit 1, which is roughly outlined by dashed lines in FIG. 10. While this step 55 is maintained, one or several treatment positions are then detected (step 56), for instance by pathological electric signals being spotted by suitable sensors. In this way, an ablation catheter can find required places of sclerosing. Further examples of control parameters for the localization of treatment positions are the flow rate for instance in the coronary cardiac vessels when a balloon catheter is to be controlled for the detection of the place that is to be dilated.
Then the actuator 3′ is driven to the desired position of treatment 34′ (step 57). This is accompanied with a regular inquiry 58 as to whether the actuator's position corresponds to the treatment position. This inquiry takes place by way of the navigation arrangement and the orientation unit of the apparatus as explained in detail in conjunction with FIG. 1. If the specific position does not correspond to the treatment position, the process returns cyclically to step 57.
Once the position of treatment is reached, actual treatment takes place in accordance with step 59. If several positions of treatment are to be localized, the process is returned by the feedback 60 either to step 57 or to step 53 as roughly outlined in FIG. 11 by short or long dashes.
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I've included this photo album of some of the people in The Grove's associate network that use our facilitation and Strategic Visioning methods integrally in their work. They are my teachers and I theirs. Collaboration networks are behind most truly innovative, robust methodologies, and our is no exception. Claiming credit as an individual would be like a tree claiming credit for the forest. If you aren't here and know that you should be, send me you picture and a writeup and I'll post it.
Rachel is Director of Digital Facilitation at The Grove. She joined in 2011 from a VP position at the New Media Consortium. She headed up their Horizon Project that tracked the latest in educational technology. She is a skilled graphic facilitator and trainer, and leads a Virtual Facilitation on-line workshop at The Grove.
DAVID SIBBET — Here I am being trained by the RE-AMP annual meeting gathering LOL. It's impossible to illustrate all the associates who brought this work to its present state but I wanted to at least acknowledge the thousands of meeting participants who were in effect my trainers.
Meryem has worked with The Grove for nearly 20 years, and was integral in the development of the Strategic Visioning system and then later with the Sibbet/LeSaget Sustainable Organizations Model. She and David led the infamous visioning workshop on the Catalyst in Alaska in the 1990's.
Meryem is a well know writer about management subjects in France, a skilled senior consultant working with SV and many other approaches to leadership development, strategy and organization change. She works with the largest companies in France doing deep visioning. Meryem comes over to the United States frequently, and has been a continuing source of inspiration in Europe for her discriminating import of some of the best thinking from America. Her book on the Intuitive Manager reviews some of the best thinking about organizations and management from the states, including a chapter on Team Performance and Arthur M. Young's process theory. To those of us who have been able to enjoy her company, she has brings wonderful sensitivity and insight to her work.
Kayla is an exceptionally creative consultant (and artist) I met at a Graphic Facilitation workshop when she worked at Far West Labs as an educational strategist back in the 1990's. She joined The Grove in 1995 and among other things, helped create the first Strategic Visioning Graphic Guides® and was one of the first to prototype what is now the Personal Compass. She left The Grove in 2001 to create her own Leapfrog Consulting (and spend more time with her beautiful son!). She continues as a Grove associate and very experienced systems change consultant, with deep experience in educational systems.
Suzanne worked for The Grove from 1985 to the mid 1990s as a lead trainer in Graphic Facilitation. She then set up an independent practice in Santa Fe and eventually transitioned to working as an art therapist
Roy is a Senior Consultant at Lederskarparna, a leadership development consulting firm in Sweden. Roy was an internal change manager at Telia's wireless software group for many years, and then a consultant with KIA consulting before opening is own firm and eventually joining Lederskarparna. He co-led The Grove's Strategic Facilitation Workshop in Sigtuna, Sweden, for four years.
Here is Jonas providing an overview of template-based planning at the Facilitation Mastery Workshop in Donner Lake in 2003. Jonas was a visiting fellow at the Institute for the Future for several years and developed a collaboration with The Grove to bring SV workshops to Sweden. He has returned to Sweden to create a consulting practice with Roy Bartilson and continue as a colleague of The Grove.
Ed is introducing himself at the Facilitation Mastery Workshop. Ed joined The Grove in 1995 after 11 years as head of Training and Development at SRI International in Palo Alto and retired in 2008 to Ashland, OR. He was the virtual father of the Strategic Visioning templates, encouraging us to create a way that the visually saavy, but non-graphically adept could do big picture thinking. He was manager of the Grove Consulting group and a Sr. Consultant who worked with clients on Storymap projects, SV, and doing SV training as well. Ed retired to Oregon in 2008 and continues as a Senior consultant on occasional projects.
This is a photo of Bill at the 2003 Mastery Workshop. He has been an active senior associate since doing SV in Central America and with North American clients. Bill is now active with The Grove as an ally helping develop The Grove's Global Learning & Exchange Network.
Gini listening at a Grove strategy retreat, thinking about the system. She is a former manager and OD consultant at Lucent Technologies. She was The Grove's Director of Marketing. In addition her OD skills have supported The Grove using real collaborative teams in almost every aspect of our work. She and Laurie and Lynette McCormack pioneered the Discovery Workshop for women last year. Gini has now retired to Albuquerque, New Mexico, where she is active in the community. She continues to work occasionally with The Grove and the Team Performance System.
Laurie is now Co-President of The Grove. She's the former head of Proaction Associates before joining The Grove as a Senior Consultant in 1996. She's an experienced graphic facilitator, SV consultant, and expert in Team Performance. She is one of The Grove SV trainers. Here she is leading us in a Five Bold steps process down at the Institute for the Future. Laurie headed up The Grove's consulting group for years and in 2016 agreed to take on the role of Co-President with colleague Robert Pardini as I became Chairman.
Gary is a long-time strategy and organization change consultant who has even facilitated Grove retreats. He's a member of Pathwalkers, a peer consulting group that has been meeting for four years and works out of Santa Cruz on sustainability and other issues. Gary is an expert on leadership development and career development, working with clients like Granite Construction, Autodesk, and other startups. He's also very active as a community leader in Santa Cruz, tackling subjects like downtown development, water policy, and homelessness.
Rob, my original mentor in strategy work, is presenting in his former Growth Management Center conference room at Donner Lake. He now operates out of a center near Gilroy, CA and specializes in helping mid-market companies on strategy, marketing, and leadership development. He has been and is a consultant to the Grove itself on its development. Rob is one of the allies helping create The Grove's Global Learning & Exchange Network.
Dee was full time at The Grove for seven years and now heading her own company, Crowley & Company, in Washington D.C. doing SV work, infographic design, and facilitation. She regularly collaborates with The Grove as is considered one of our partners.
The Grove's name came from our time sharing office with Lenny Lind's Covision down on Folsom Street. Lenny travels the world supporting groups with Covision's browser-based decision support system running on wireless Macs. We are strategic partners now, bringing a Stakeholder Forum service to our clients combining the graphics and groupware. Lenny and I met working together at the Apple Leadership Experience during the 1980s and have been ODing ever since. His book on Virtuous Meetings is a complete guide to working electronically with large groups.
Tomi worked and was trained at The Grove from 1998 to 2014. She is now working with Kayla Kirsche at Leadpfrog Consulting, providing Principles of Graphic Facilitation training to non-profit organizations. Tomi is a skilled graphic facilitator and trainer. She also works extensive on social justice issues.


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Dallas ISD Hit With $40-Million Breach of Contract Claim by Classroom-Tech Vendor
And speaking of the Dallas Independent School District ...
It's just been sued over a $40-million technology contract that the district awarded to Lewisville-based Delcom Group in May and yanked in June, when the board gave the contract to one of the company's competitors. At stake: the district's digital classroom initiative, which involves making classrooms wireless, interactive and portable. That $40 million is funded out of bond money (75 percent) and the general fund.
The reason the contract was canceled, according to the complaint filed yesterday in Dallas County District Court: In early May, before the contract was even awarded, an unknown John Doe "anonymously placed a calculated and subversive telephone call to at least one DISD trustee [that] caused the destruction of eight years of good will developed between Delcom and the DISD."
Per the complaint, the informant told the trustee that Delcom was employing a convicted felon. Delcom doesn't dispute that: It says in the suit that in 1995, the current director of sales who was then "a young outdoorsman" accepted some fishing equipment stolen off a UPS truck by friends who worked for UPS -- "a single, cursory and regretful decision." Since the $1,000 worth of equipment crossed state lines, the guy was popped with a federal felony, for which he had to make full restitution and received three years' since-served probation. Far as Delcom's concerned, the man's not an owner of Delcom, and that was a long time ago, and Delcom's been providing tech equipment and services to DISD for eight years already, so ... end of story.
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On June 20, Gary Kerbow, the district's director of purchasing, sent Delcom's director of business operations Joe Mark Phillips a letter saying that Delcom "has not been forthright in reporting a Felony conviction for one of its operators ... [and] for this reason Dallas ISD has elected to end contract negotiations with Delcom."
According to Delcom, the district has opted to go with a Houston-based competitor, Prime Systems, whose proposal ranked second among prospective vendors. The complaint argues that "Prime is incorporating Delcom's propriety design solution," which, of course, Delcom says will destroy its competitive advantage in the marketplace. According to Delcom, it serves most of the major districts in the state.
The lawsuit claims this isn't the first time the employees' past has come back to "haunt" the company. Delcom says that a former Micro Systems employee once sent "a batch of anonymous letters to school districts across North Texas" over a different tech contract. Delcom now wants to find out "whether Defendant John Doe and the previous informant are one and the same." That Micro Systems employee was never named.
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Wendell (Max) Turnquist, 86 - April 01, 2012
Wendell "Max" Turnquist, 86, of Gothenburg, died April 1, 2012, at the Grand Island Veteran's Home.
Register books signing will be held Wednesday, April 11, from 9 a.m. to 8 p.m. with the family present from 6 to 8 p.m. at Blase-Strauser Memorial Chapel.
Memorial services will be held at 10:30 a.m. Thursday, April 12, at the First Baptist Church with the Rev. Bill Ivey officiating.
Turnquist was born March 10, 1926, in Gothenburg on the Turnquist farm, son of Godfrey Elam and Edith Lillian (Johnson) Turnquist Lindberg.
He grew up in the New Hope and Etna area and graduated from Gothenburg High School. He served his country in the U.S. Army in the Philippines where he received the Asiatic Pacific Theater Ribbon and the Philippine Liberation Service Ribbon and a bronze star.
He lived for a short while in Valley where he met his wife Sue. They were married in Omaha. To this union, two children were born: Mitzi and Greg.
Turnquist was very active in his community. He was the past president of the Gothenburg School Board and the Gothenburg Hospital Board. He also served on the Senior Center Board. He was a commander in the American Legion, a Boys State counselor and a MOPS helper.
He loved to garden and his children loved to be recipients of his produce, especially his tomatoes and potatoes. His passion was people. He could always be counted on for conversation and a smile, the family said.
Turnquist was preceded in death by: his parents; brother, G.E. Turnquist Jr.; and brother-in-law Bernard Dennis.
Survivors include: his wife Sue; daughter Mitzi (Barrett) Stinson of Grand Island; son Gregory (Holly) Turnquist; Rochester Hills, MI; two grandsons—Gaven and Kelton Turnquist; sister Ellen Jean Dennis; brother Donald Dale (Kathy) Turnquist along with many nieces, nephews and extended family and friends.
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Trigeminal neuralgia, also known as "Tic Douloureux," is described as the most excruciating pain known to humanity. It is sometimes described as the suicide disease. TN is a chronic pain condition that affects the trigeminal, or fifth, cranial nerve, one of the most widely distributed nerves in the head. The pain of TN is defined as either classic or atypical. Atypical pain is present as a constant, burning sensation or severe pain affecting a widespread area of the face or head. With atypical trigeminal neuralgia, there is not a remission period, and symptoms are difficult to treat.
It is estimated that one in 20,000 people suffer from atypical trigeminal neuralgia. My daughter, Lynette Wilinski Galiley, is one of them.
For the past 16 years, not a day goes by that she is not in pain, and many days the pain is so debilitating that the most simple daily routines become difficult or impossible. Over the course of her illness, she as been medicated and gone through pain management programs. In addition, she has endured several surgical procedures (seven) in an attempt to eliminate or reduce the pain. All attempts to improve her quality of life have failed.
A neurosurgeon at the University of Missouri Medical Center has recommended the placement of a deep brain neuro-stimulator to help control the pain. She was scheduled for the procedure, but was recently informed that her health insurance carrier would not approve it. As parents, we would do anything to help alleviate the pain of our children.
Since my daughter's health insurance won't accept the responsibility for her surgical procedure, a benefit has been planned to help finance this procedure.
The date of the benefit is Dec. 14 at the Spot Bar, beginning at 6 p.m. Admission is $15, which includes food. I realize this is a busy time of the year, but we hope that many of you will support our daughter's quest for a medical procedure that could improve her quality of life.
Donations can be made to: Lynette Wilinski Galiley, C/O 1212 Jefferson St., Steubenville, OH 43952.
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