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Heavy rain inundated the provincial capital on Thursday exposing the tall claims of civic bodies to clear rainwater within hours while two children, including a two-year-old girl, were killed in two incidents of roof collapse and electric shock and three people received injuries in other rain-related incidents.
Rescuers responded to the emergency calls and shifted the victims to hospitals. Roof of a house was in dilapidated condition in Chak Jhuggian area of Manawan. It collapsed during rain.
As a result, four members of a family were stranded under debris. Neighbours tried to rescue them and informed rescue officials who reached the spot and removed debris and shifted them to nearby hospital. Two-year-old Noor Fatima was pronounced dead by the doctors. Other members of the family were under treatment in the hospital.
In another incident of roof collapse near Kahna, Imran was injured. He was in his house when the roof of his house collapsed. He was shifted to a local hospital.
Yet in another incident in Sabzazar, Manan, a 10-year-old girl, who was living in huts with her gypsy parents, lost her life. She was returning home after buying something from a shop and touched an electric poll. She received electric shocks and fell into the water and became unconscious. She was shifted to a nearby hospital where doctors pronounced her brought dead.
The rainwater remained present on the city roads for several hours causing long-hour traffic jams, particularly on underpasses and major crossings. The rain which started on early hours of Thursday continued till evening. The Met office said the city received 79mm rain.
The Met officials said weak seasonal low lies over Northeast Balochistan while Wednesday's monsoon low over Northwest Madhya Pradesh & Adjoining Rajasthan (India) lies over Northwest Rajasthan. Due to this low pressure monsoon currents are penetrating in the country and likely to continue for next three to four days.
The Met officials predicted rain-thunderstorm with gusty winds in scattered places in Punjab, Mirpurkhas division and Kashmir, while at isolated places of KP, eastern Balochistan (Zhob, Sibbi, Kalat, Nasirabad divisions), Fata, Islamabad, Gilgit-Baltistan, Thatta, Sh Benazirabad, Sukkur & Hyderabad divisions. Isolated heavy fall may occur during the period.
Rainfall was recorded in other cities including Islamabad (ZP 72 mm, Saidpur 20 mm), Jhang (31 mm), Gujranwala (24 mm), Sargodha (18 mm), Sialkot (10 mm), Murree (05 mm), Bahawalnagar (04 mm), Sahiwal (03 mm), Mandi Bahauddin and Multan (01 mm), Garidupatta (22 mm), Rawalakot (04 mm), Muzaffarabad (01 mm), Chachro (09 mm), Diplo (03 mm), Nagerparker (02 mm) and Balakot (04 mm).
On Thursday highest maximum temperature was recorded at Sibbi where mercury touched 42°C while in Lahore it was 25 C.
Following the long rainy spell, the City District Government Lahore (CDGL) issued an alert besides cancelling upcoming Eid holidays of all employees of related departments.
The rain inundated cattle markets established outside the provincial capital. A large number of cattle sellers moved to different localities of the city and faced crackdown launched by CDGL.
The most affected localities were Johar Town, Allama Iqbal Town, Wahdat Road, Multan Road, Mansoora, Sabzazar, Bund Road, Samanabad, Gulshan-e-Ravi, Ichra, Shahjamal, Shadman, FC College, Model Town, General Hospital, Kahna, Kot Lakhpat, Ghazi Road, Jain Mandir, Anarkali, Walled City, railway Station, Lakhshmi Chowk and nearby localities.
The rain caused serious difficulties for commuters, particularly for the bickers. Most of the roads were submerged by ankle-deep.
Shahid of F Block Johar Town said the area of Johar Town was submerged and despite repeated calls to CDGL, Wasa and other departments concerned no one came to pump out water from the roads.
Rainwater remained on roads for several days while no one bothers to clear greenbelts and public parks which later become breeding grounds for mosquitoes, said Ms Anjum of Sunflower Colony.
Several localities around Multan Road were badly affected by rainwater as Gulshan-e-Ravi drain overflowed and dirty water entered houses in several low-lying areas. Hassan of Chauburji Quarters said he called CDGL and Wasa officials repeatedly but no one came to pump out water from the locality till evening.
A number of cars were seen stuck in rainwater on many roads. Greenbelts were full of rainwater and people were unable to even cross the roads on foot.
Awais of Anarkali said rainwater inundated Kaporthala House area and residents could not go out of their houses as trenches dug around the orange line train project were full of rainwater.
h the CDGL press release claimed that its quick response teams headed by town administrators under the supervision of DCO became active and started arrangements to clear the rainwater, but in reality no team was seen on roads during the heavy rain. The CDGL press release claimed that Lahore DCO visited many areas including Lakhshmi Chowk to inspect the dewatering process.

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April 23, 2004 -- (BRONX, NY) -- The National Foundation For Cancer Research has awarded a $250,000 grant and named Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University researcher, Dr. Susan Horwitz to its highest distinction, NFCR Fellow. The honor allows Dr.Horwitz extreme flexibility and capability to explore scientific research over the next five years that will improve treatment options for patients who have failed cancer chemotherapy.
"After working with Dr. Horwitz for many years, we feel her research has made major contributions to our understanding of cancer, its origins and its interactions with Taxol and other drugs currently on the market," said Franklin C. Salisbury, Jr., president of NFCR, based in Bethesda, MD,. "Her research has already led to many clinical applications and treatments of cancer patients today and she is a true example of how research in the laboratory translates into patient treatments."
Dr. Horwitz's research to develop new drugs that are active in human tumors that have become resistant to Taxol is groundbreaking. The introduction of Taxol and Taxotere in the 1990's was an important advance in treating women with breast and ovarian cancer. Later, it was discovered that some tumors are inherently resistant to these drugs and the presence of inherent drug resistance and the development of clinical resistance poses a major obstacle for the survival of cancer patients. To circumvent this problem, Dr. Horwitz is currently pursuing research with two novel natural products, the epothilones and discodermolide, which are chemically distinct from Taxol and can maintain their anti-cancer effect in Taxol-resistant tumor cells.
"Throughout her long career at Einstein, Dr. Horwitz has led by example, with achievements that are admirable and monumental," said Dr. Dominick P. Purpura, the Marilyn and Stanley H. Katz Dean at Einstein. "Her earlier research proved key to understanding of Taxol as an anticancer agent, while her current work to understand the mysteries of drug-resistance will no doubt lead to additional options and greater hope for cancer patients. We are, indeed, pleased and proud of this wonderful honor that has been bestowed upon Susan by one of America's leading cancer organizations the National Foundation For Cancer Research."
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Bill Clinton, BLM and The Sister Souljah Moment
Bill Clinton "punched to the Left" as he criticized Black Lives Matter for ignoring Black on Black violence. This was similar to what he did in 1992 when he criticized the rapper Sister Souljah for calling for the deaths of White people.
So the idea that the Let never "punches to the Left" is nonsense. If extremists on your side are beyond criticism, your group, or movement, will always become extreme. And most normal people don't want to be associated with extreme positions.
For example, the idea that White people have the right to life and self-determination is appealing to many normal Whites. But the idea that we must call Jews "kikes" and "Christ killers" has limited appeal. Such tactics are designed to keep a movement in the ghetto and seen as a joke by normal people. This is the primary reason that the ADL has been active in funding various "Nazi" groups and personalities. The goal is to associate all White Identity and the Alt Right with Hollywood Nazism to ensure that such a movement does not become mainstream.
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The whole thing about "punching left" or "punching right" is that people define the left-right spectrum in different ways. If you define it purely by racial loyalty, the diversity-niks are farthest to the left, while the 1488ers are farthest to the right. In that case, criticizing the hardcore White Nationalists is punching rightward.ReplyDelete
As a reactionary, I see the left-right spectrum differently. The left stands for egalitarianism while the right stands for hierarchy and order. If the 1488 WNs want some form of egalitarianism exclusively for Whites, then my criticism of them is punching leftward. If they're fine with liberal democracy and secularism in a White ethnostate, they are certainly not to my right. If they see an iron fist leader as an end to be achieved rather than (at best) a transitional step toward a more organic hierarchy, they are thoroughly pozzed by modernity.
I'm not completely sure where you stand on these things, RamZPaul, since you often straddle the line between reactionary and paleoconservative. If I were you though, I'd reject the framing of the spectrum set by the 1488 crowd. Define the spectrum properly and the nutjobs can't claim to be truer to a set of shared principles than you.Replies
According to Jim Donald, any theocracy with open entry into the priesthood inevitably falls into a holiness spiral. It takes a very well-established leader to say "we have gone far enough" and start purging people to his left.ReplyDelete
Any lesser leftist who attempted this would be immediately labeled a racist right-winger, purged from polite society, and permanently unemployed.
I can't speak for Andrew Anglin or everyone at the DS but allow me to speak for those of my like mind there.
What you're not getting about the Daily Stormer is that they aren't "Nazis". There are no 'Nazis" and there have been no actual Nazis since 1945. Yes, many agree with National Socialism at DS and yes, some probably want to "gas the Kikes" but that's because the 'Jews" and their cohorts are literally engaged in the REALTIME extermination of whites/Europeans- real Xians in our own nations. Some at DS may actually want to implement a National Socialist system in America and everywhere else too but pretty much everyone agrees that's about impossible today.
You say you don't want to fit into the ADL's description of the Alt right being Jew haters who want to gas the Kikes. I get your point but you're still not getting that it's you who's really playing into their hands, not us.
Allow me to explain.
The ADL etc will continue to label YOU as a gas the Kikes Jew hater no matter what you do. No matter how nice you are, no matter how many Jews or blacks hands you shake, no matter what you do you will always be tar'ed and feathered with that label.
So, the question becomes; how do we break the power of the "Jews" and the left to label us as jew hating gas the Kikes 14/88ers when almost none of of us are?
Well, in a way, we don't.
Why? We can't so we OWN the insult. You know, it's responding to them like "yep you got me. I'm a 14/88 Jew hating, gas the Kikes Nazi who wants to immediately lampshade and make soap of all them 'Jews". The DS does that.
Another way to break theor control is to push a far right Jew hating narrative so as to change the direction of the Overton Window in OUR favor, the Alt Right's, and the DS does that.
Another solution is to troll the left and all cucks to disrupt their anti white agenda, exposing them for all to see, and the DS does that as well.
Another solution is to de-mystify the "holocaust" (that we all know is BS) because this, like their BS about slavery, exterminating the Indians etc is used by them to slander and alienate all of us whites so we can never gather in sufficient strength to oppose this ongoing genocide of us and the Daily Stormer does that too by "pretending to be real Nazis" and joking about their holohoax and the rest of their insanity!
So while it's true that some, a few people at DS seriously want to gas the kikes, if we distance ourselves from them we are really playing right into the 'Jews" hands. And this in a bad way, not in a good way, because these "14/88ers" are the spearhead of what we whites must accomplish if we are to ever take back control of our nation(s) and survive as a people, and that is to force the 'Jews" out of our white nations back to 'Israel".
Ramz, we will NEVER, repeat, NEVER gain control of our own lands, our own people and stop their genocide of us until the 'jews" are GONE and as Bill Murray said once "and that's a fact Jack!"
Playing real Nazis, making fun of their holohoax, saying we want to "gas the kikes", whether we do or not, facilitates exactly that specific goal.
In short and in summary, if we are guilty as charged by you concerning us "playing into the Jews hands", if there is any agreement with the 'Jews", the ADL etc and the bulk of the Alt Right exemplified by the number one Alt Right site on the internet, the Daily Stormer, it is this point above: We at the Daily Stormer want the "Jews" to get the f-ck out of our nations and run back to what they believe is their get out of jail free card.
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Well, there goes that theory.ReplyDelete


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There's just the one camera on the HTC Desire X, a 5-megapixel sensor on the rear with an LED flash on-hand for late-night shoots. If you want to video chat with friends from across the globe, this is absolutely not the phone for you.
The main HTC Desire X camera doesn't impress particularly, either. It'll do the trick for Facebook snaps and pics of your friends to reminisce over within the phone's gallery every now and then. However, the level of detail captured isn't too impressive, shots are quite noisy and even in reasonable lighting there's a lot of chromatic aberration on show.
The HTC Desire X camera is not to be taken too seriously, but it does excel at fun. HTC Sense provides its own camera app that's replete with distorting and arty effects. There's vignetting, the Instagram favourite shallow depth of field filter, a dotty mosaic and a fistful of the more commonplace colour filter and tone options.
This camera is out for a good time, but video once again shows up its technical limitations. The highest-resolution video the HTC Desire X can capture is 480p. In a dual-core phone with a 5-megapixel sensor, this is bafflingly poor - we'd expect at least 720p in a mid-range phone like this.
One of the HTC Desire X's feature calling cards is Beats audio. HTC signed a $300 million deal with the popular headphone maker that saw several HTC headphones bundled with Beats headphones last year.
This year, the partnership has been toned-down a bit. You no longer get an expensive pair of Beats headphones bundled for free, but rather have to make do with a Beats audio mode and a standard pair of HTC buds.
The Beats sound enhancer is a DSP (digital signal processing) mode that aims to make music sound more alive and exciting. It does make the non-enhanced mode sound dull and a little thin, but the Beats mode does appear to over-emphasise the bass a little. No surprise there, given how the Beats Solo HD headphones sound. A little more control would have been appreciated.
The Music app of the HTC Desire X is otherwise good. It corrals in SoundHound, TuneIn Radio and 7Digital streaming alongside access to your locally-stored tunes. It's a pity the FM radio doesn't get a nod too, as there is one, accessible from the main menu.
Basic music navigation is good thanks to the fairly fast processor and responsive capacitive touchscreen. However, the app is a little bit too obsessed with displaying album art. An option to view albums or artists as a simple image-free list would have sped-up matters further.
For all its Beats branding may suggest a music obsession, there is a slight noise bed to the HTC Desire X's output that's audible when music is played at very low volumes. It's so slight that it's not worth worrying about unless you're mistaking this for an audio-centric device. It's not one. Top volume is commendably high for a mobile phone, and output is otherwise clear.
Audio fans will be pleased to hear that the HTC Desire X supports FLAC natively too.
If native audio support is slightly better than average, video playback certainly isn't. The HTC Desire X refused to play almost all of our test video files, ruling-out playback DivX, MKV and Xvid without a third-party app. This is disappointing when the lowest-end HTC One phone, the HTC One V, included advanced video support - even though it's less powerful.
In newer versions of Android, locally stored videos are sidelined into the second half of an app that's primarily there to flog the videos available on the Google Play store. Movie rentals from Google Play cost around £3.49.
The HTC Desire X has a 1650mAh battery, but its stamina is not particularly noteworthy. With moderate-to-heavy use you'll squeeze a full day out of the phone, but this is absolutely a phone you'll have to charge up every day unless you switch off 3G connectivity. Doing so could be made easier too, as there's no quick 3G toggle in the pull-down menu, unlike many other Android phones.
If you can spare the battery, the HTC Desire X offers a decent spread of connectivity. There's Bluetooth 4.0 with aptX streaming for compatible Bluetooth audio devices, and the HSPA, GPS, Wi-Fi, Wi-Fi Direct and DLNA that every good Android phone deserves.
However, it does miss out on a few wireless connectivity extras. There's no NFC and no 4G connectivity here. This is not a future-proof phone.
As the key makers of ultra-budget phones, ZTE and Huawei, continue to make more and more capable handsets, the ground underneath phones like the HTC Desire X gets more unsteady. It may be less powerful, but the Huawei Ascend G300 can do just about everything the HTC Desire X is capable of, for less than half the price.
Compared to bigger-name rivals, the HTC Desire X is a much easier sell. One of its key rivals, the Samsung Galaxy Ace 2, is chunkier, lower-powered and altogether not as pretty without selling for much less cash. If you want a "known" name on your phone, this is one of our mid-range favourites.
The HTC Desire X lops off some features to squeeze its slim body into a lower-mid range pigeonhole. Most of these aren't too critical. It uses a cut-down version of HTC Sense, has no user-facing camera and the main camera isn't too hot. But it gets the basics down well. The screen is surprisingly good given its unimpressive specs, the dual-core processor makes sure it's nippy and it's generally a pleasure to use.
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2. Dedicated Imaging chip as in One series means taking Video & photos simultaneously
Can you confirm 3 things?
1. Is the Sense 4.1 the full version or some stripped/cut down version? Does it have the Active Lock Screen and other features missing from the One V or the Desire C?
2. I have also read that the dual core snapdragon S4 processor used is kinda old and crappy. So the old processor even if with 2 cores won't be able to perform like a real dual core. I know it's a budget phone but still did you experience any lags specifically in the homescreen/web browsing/playing Temple Run?
I think you mean 768MB of RAM.
The Nexus 4 has set the cat amongst the pigeons - a high end spec competing at the price point of mid rangers like Desire X.
So for the same money as the new Nexus 4, you get half the power?
Perhaps HTC needs or update its out-of-date notions of 'mid-market.
Hello guys, my Desire X is acting very strange, the screen suddently changed the colors and went on and off for 3 seconds, and after that everything was ok. I decided to turn it off and I did, but now I can't turn it on ... I tried a factory reset. i.e. remove and replace the battery, hold down the volume button and then press the power button, but didn't work.
Still when I plug it in my computer, the led turns on but I can't access the phone using the computer since it doesn't turn on.
I don't think the power button is broken because it was working just fine before this. Does anybody know what's the solution for my problem here? Thanx!
Worst fone I've ever bought I've had it into be fixed three times since I bought it 6 months ago, SD card won't work in it, no sound, answer calls I can hear them they can't hear me, now after having it back for a month, it says emerg calls only, no sim! Seriously it is a worthless piece of shit, not to mention u can't get fully enclosed cases for them.
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I have HTC desire X Dual Sim phone. The worst phone ever i used in my life.
You can not connect this phone with your LCD/ LED TV (Samsung,s new branded TV)
This shows only Camera photos on the LCD screen when connected trough USB.
No other files are shown there like, Videos , Music, Picture, Contacts etc.No one from HTC CS is able to give me any solution of this problem. They themselves are untrained or not having any idea of this problem how it will be resolved.Some one says that you can not see videos of from your device on your TV , some one says you have to go for HDMI cable , some one to purchase an extra media device for this etc. Can some one tell me how I can see all these thins on my LCD screen pls.? If some one can help me regarding this I will be very thankful. These featurs are given now a days in a local/ china phones also who very eiasly use to play Videos on LCD scree through USB cable. After investing 16 -17K if some one faces these types of problems then it is really disgusting.
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PURPOSE: Poor sleep quality, insomnia and daytime somnolence are common among recently deployed Soldiers and those with Post Traumatic Stress Disorder. We sought to determine the prevalence of sleep complaints and sleep disorders among recently deployed Soldiers with PTSD.
METHODS: We analyzed the records of 80 consecutive Soldiers returning from combat and diagnosed with PTSD. We determined the rate of sleep complaints and prevalence of insomnia and obstructive sleep apnea. We compared demographic data, psychoactive medication use, psychiatric disorders and concomitant traumatic brain injury (TBI) to determine if any variables correlated with increased sleep complaints or disorders.
RESULTS: 80 consecutive patients were included. 89.6% were men (mean age 37.7±0.3 years, mean BMI 29.0±0.3 Kg/m2). 76.1% had depression and 30.1% had anxiety. 91% were taking psychoactive medications (average 3.9 Rx/patient). 92.5% reported sleep complaints (46.8% difficulty falling asleep, 35.8% nocturnal awakenings). Insomnia was diagnosed in 52.8%. Mean ESS was 10.5±0.5. 72% underwent polysomnography (mean sleep latency 17.8±6.6 minutes, mean sleep efficiency 84.5±9.2%). Sleep fragmentation was common (mean arousal index 27.7±2.6 events/hour). 61% were diagnosed with OSA (mean AHI 21.8±3.3 events/hour). Those with OSA had less use of narcotics and benzodiazepines and a lower prevalence of TBI than those without OSA.TBI occurred in 50.7%, equally divided among blast and blunt mechanism. TBI was associated with more sleep fragmentation and insomnia, but less OSA, sleepiness and depression than those without TBI. Blast injuries were more significantly associated with insomnia, sleep fragmentation and anxiety, while blunt trauma led to more somnolence and OSA.
CONCLUSION: Sleep complaints were almost universal among Soldiers with PTSD. The majority were diagnosed with insomnia and/or OSA. While most were taking psychoactive medications that can disrupt sleep or cause somnolence, the only variable that increased the presence of sleep disorders was concomitant TBI, with type of sleep disturbance differing based on mechanism of injury.
CLINICAL IMPLICATIONS: Given the common occurrence of sleep complaints and their potential clinical impact, patients with PTSD should be screened for sleep disorders.
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This invention relates to an apparatus and method for forming images visible to audiences in live stage performances. More specifically, the invention relates to a relatively compact system for forming virtual images and creating visual effects in a stage setting.
The art of staging presentations that incorporate optical illusions has been practiced for many years. One of the most popular illusions is created through use of projectors and screens and results in apparent three-dimensional images that a viewing audience sees on-stage during a show or presentation.
These prior art illusion systems can be generally categorized as follows: projections onto gauze or other transparent surfaces; projections on live smoke; three-dimensional film technique; and multiple Blue Room techniques. The categories of systems are discussed in substantial detail in U.S. Pat. No. 4,805,985 to Rogers. The discussion includes detailed explanations of the various different Blue Room techniques.
More recently, changes in technology have allowed for more sophisticated systems with computerized lighting coordinated with projectors. There has even been teaching of combining projection systems with object tracking devices to tie live performances in with the projection system. These types of techniques are described in U.S. Pat. Nos. 5,685,625 and 5,528,425 to Beaver.
Drawbacks with existing technologies noted above include the possible logistic nightmare of a projection system. A screen and projector combination typically requires substantial space between a screen and projector. The combination is also a concern with respect to the registration of the projector itself in relation to the screen. The process of projection convergence and screen alignment is time consuming and requires a skilled technician. In any event, when performing on-stage and using two screens like in Beaver, there must be space between the rear projector and the rear screen as well as space between the second projector and the overhead screen. In smaller auditoriums or meeting places, it is very difficult to try to stage these systems such as, for instance, the Beaver system. Space limitations may require a substantial reduction in the size of the effects area that can be created.
In addition to the foregoing, there are fundamental limitations to projection systems generally. First, the use of lighting on-stage to illuminate a person or actor can wash out the images being projected on the various screens, particularly a back screen. Also, in order to achieve some effects, the screens are movable. Moving screens will require moving projectors and the resulting logistical drawbacks coordinating the projector/screen movement.
Another problem with live presentations is coordinating a live performance with images shown on various screens. The Beaver reference discloses object tracking devices to try to solve this problem, but known tracking systems may not always be reliable. Known tracking systems may also be subject to interference from adjacent metal structures (especially if moving) and from adjacent electrical equipment systems. Tracking systems are also very expensive and difficult to integrate with multiple graphics, video, lighting and other equipment system control software. Rather than using a tracking device, an actor giving a live performance usually must look at an off-stage monitor to see what the audience sees and react accordingly. These side glances can take away from the overall visual effect of a performance. In other words, it is difficult for an actor to see the same composite imagery as the audience, because the actor is in the middle of the composite.
It is an objection of the present invention, therefore, to overcome the foregoing drawbacks and provide an improved apparatus and method for forming images during live performances.
In one embodiment, an apparatus for displaying visual effects for live presentations involves a stage and a viewing area in which is seated an audience. The stage comprises a foreground side and a background side wherein the foreground side is adjacent the viewing area and the background side is on the side of the stage opposite the foreground side. A back display is comprised of a first flat panel video display wherein the back display is mounted toward the background side of the stage and the first flat panel video display is visible to the audience. A partially-silvered portal mirror is mounted toward the foreground side of the stage at an angle to a vertical plane in front of the audience. A performance area is provided between the back display and the portal mirror. A second flat panel video display that is not visible to the audience displays images that are reflected off of the portal mirror and create a virtual image visible to the audience. The apparatus may further include the portal mirror mounted at an angle so that it is inclined upwardly away from the foreground side of the stage with the second flat panel video display mounted above the stage and above the portal mirror. Alternatively, the portal mirror may be mounted at an angle so that it inclines upwardly toward the foreground side of the stage and a second flat panel video display is mounted below the portal mirror. The apparatus may further include a monitor mirror mounted parallel to the second flat panel video display and on the opposite side of the portal mirror from the second flat panel video display. In a still further embodiment, the apparatus may include an off-stage set including a video camera, a background and a second performance area. The video camera records images from the background and second performance area and feeds those images into the first or second flat panel video displays.
The invention also includes a method for creating visual effects during live presentations comprising a number of steps. First, it includes providing a stage and a viewing area in which an audience is seated. This stage comprises a foreground side and a background side wherein the foreground side is adjacent the viewing area and background side is on the side of the stage opposite the foreground side. A back display comprised of a first flat panel video display is mounted toward the background side of the stage and the first flat panel video display is visible to the audience. The stage further includes a partially-silvered portal mirror wherein the portal mirror is mounted toward the foreground side of the stage and further wherein the portal mirror is mounted at an angle to a vertical plane in front of the audience. A performance area between the back display and the portal mirror is provided. A second flat panel video display that is not visible to the audience displays images that are reflected off the portal mirror and create a virtual image visible to the audience. The method further includes the steps of sending signals to the first and second flat panel video displays that form images thereon visible to the audience. The method further includes placing a person or object in the performance area and directing lights on them so that they are visible to the audience. In this method, the audience simultaneously sees the composite image made up of the images from the first and second flat panel video displays and the person or object placed in the performance area. In a further alternative, the method further includes providing a monitor mirror mounted parallel to the second flat panel video display and on the opposite side of the portal mirror from the second flat panel video display. The method also includes in a further variation of providing an off-stage set comprising a video camera, a background and a second performance area wherein the video camera records images from the background and the second performance area and further wherein those images recorded by the video camera are fed into the first or second flat panel video displays.
FIG. 1 a schematic side elevation view of an apparatus embodying the present invention.
FIG. 2 is a flow chart diagram of the sound, lighting and video systems used to actuate the present invention.
FIG. 3 is a side elevation schematic view of an off-stage set that may be used in connection with the present invention.
FIG. 4 is a side elevation schematic view of an apparatus embodying the present invention.
FIG. 1 illustrates a schematic view of a preferred embodiment the present invention. There is shown a stage 10 having a foreground side 11 and background side 12. The foreground side 11 is adjacent the viewing area 27 in which is seated an audience 26. Toward the background side 12 there is mounted a back display 15. The back display 15 is a flat panel video display. The images that are shown on the back display 15 are visible to the audience 26.
Portal mirror 17 is mounted toward the foreground side 11 of the stage 10. The portal mirror 17 is inclined upwardly away from the foreground side 11 of the stage 10 at an angle to the vertical plane in front of the audience. The portal mirror 17 is only partially silvered. In the preferred embodiment, the portal mirror 17 is 50% silvered thus allowing 50% of light (images) to pass through the mirror 17 such that the audience 26 can see through the portal mirror 17 to see the images on the back display 15.
In between the portal mirror 17 and back display 15 is the portion of the stage 10 referred to as the performance area 13. The performance area 13 is wide enough to allow a person 20 or other object to act or perform on-stage before the audience 26. The person 20 is visible to the audience 26 through the partially-silvered portal mirror 17. The performance area 13 will also typically include a stage monitor loudspeaker 23 and one or more stage microphones 22. Stage lighting 21 illuminates the person 20 or object in the performance area 13.
FIG. 1 further illustrates a second flat panel video display 16 that is mounted above the stage 10 and above the portal mirror 17. The second flat panel video display 16, or overhead display, is further mounted behind a proscenium drape 19 or other curtain so that the audience 26 cannot observe the overhead display. Images that are displayed on the overhead display 16 are reflected off of the portal mirror and outwardly towards the audience 26. The apparatus further includes a monitor mirror 18 that is mounted underneath the portal mirror and parallel to the overhead display 16. The monitor mirror 18 is fully silvered. Because the portal mirror 17 is only partially silvered, a portion of the intensity of the image projected on the overhead display 16 reflects out to the audience, and the remaining intensity of the image passes through the portal mirror 17 and is reflected back upwardly by the monitor mirror 18. A portion of that reflection is then reflected backwardly to the person 20 acting or performing in the performance area 13.
Preferably, the partially silvered mirror is 50% silvered. Therefore, 50% of the light (image) striking the surface of the portal mirror 17 is reflected off the mirror and changed in direction according to the angle of inclination of the mirror, i.e., outwardly towards the audience 26. The other 50% of the light passes straight through the half-silvered mirror. In operation, therefore, this one-half of the image from the overheard display 16 passes straight through the portal mirror 17 hitting the floor underneath it where the monitor mirror 18 is placed. This one half of the image brightness bounces straight back up and hits the underside of the portal mirror 17 and is one half reflected back toward the person on-stage. The image from the background display 15 does the same thing as the image from overhead display 16. Fifty percent of the light (image) goes straight through the portal mirror 17 and out to the audience 26. The other 50% is bounced onto the monitor mirror 18 and back into the underside of the portal mirror 17. Fifty percent of that reflected image can then also be seen by the performer. The light 21 illuminating the person on-stage also passes 50% out towards the audience 26 while the other half is directed onto the monitor mirror 18 and reflected back up off of the underside of the portal mirror 17 back to the performer. With this system, therefore, the person 20 in the performance area 13 is able to see the same image that the audience 26 sees. The only difference is that the person 20 only sees half of the brightness of the composite image that the audience 26 sees. The composite image is a combination of reflections from the monitor mirror 18 including the overhead display 16, background display 15 and stage person/object 20. The obvious benefit of the monitor mirror 18, therefore, is that the person 20 in the performance area 13 is able to follow exactly how everything is appearing to the audience without having to view an off-stage monitor or otherwise guess what the composite images looks like.
FIG. 2 demonstrates schematically the sound, lighting and video systems that may be used in connection with a preferred embodiment of the image forming apparatus. The sound system can be made up of a series of different microphones 30 and playback devices 31 that are fed into a mixer and amplifier system 32. The mixer and amplifier 32 then sends the music out through various loudspeakers 33. The microphones 30 may be placed in the performance area 13, before an off-stage announcer, and/or in an off-stage set. Obviously, the playback device 31 or devices may play prerecorded messages. The loudspeakers 33 may be positioned for the audience to hear, as a stage monitor speaker, and/or at an off-stage set.
The lighting system is made up of a lighting controller and dimmer system 41 connected to the various lighting hardware 40. The lighting controller 41 may control both on-stage and off-stage lighting elements.
The video system may incorporate several different input components. These components may include an off-stage camera 50, a video playback 51, a graphics video device 52, and/or an audience view camera 53. The system may also include more than one of each of these input components. Those signals are observed by operators on the source monitors 54 prior to or contemporaneous with utilizing the signals in the video controllers 55 and 56. The overhead video display controller 55 receives input from one or more of the graphics video source 32, video playback source 51, or off-stage camera 50. Likewise, the back panel display video controller 56 receives input from one or more of the same components. Those controllers 55 and 56 are connected to video monitors 57 and 58 that are likewise connected to the overhead display 16 and background display 15. The audience camera 53 is fed to a stage monitor 59 and/or to an off-stage set monitor 60.
FIG. 3 illustrates a schematic of an off-stage set 72. The off-stage set includes video camera 50 that captures what is going on the off-stage set 72 so that it may be optionally input onto one or both of the display panels 15 and 16 on the stage 10. The off-stage set includes an off-stage person 70 and, optionally, a background 71. The background 71 will often be a primary color which is then subtracted from the final signal in a well-known process called "keying" that is familiar to those of skill in the art. The off-stage set 72 further includes a microphone 30 and lighting 40 as well as an off-stage set speaker 33. A monitor 60 allows the person 70 to see what is happening on-stage 10, because the monitor 60 is receiving input from the audience view camera 53.
Loudspeakers and microphone placements on both the main stage and the off-stage set are positioned so that offstage performers and on-stage performers may interact together in real time in addition to whatever playback sources may also be utilized. Also, the lighting on the off-stage set is carefully controlled so that the transmitted off-stage image will appear similar to the images seen on the main stage to better carry off the virtual image seen by the audience.
FIG. 4 sets forth in more structural detail the stage 10. The back display 80 includes the panel display 81 on a frame and roller 82. This allows the display 80 to be moved laterally and forward and backwards with respect to the audience. The rollers 82 also allow for easy access to placing large objects on and off the performance area 83. In a preferred embodiment, the flat panel video display 81 is nine feet tall and 12-16 feet wide. Typically, the screen is approximately 4-24 inches thick. Manufacturers of suitable video displays include Sony and Lighthouse Technologies, Inc. Preferably, the surface of the video display 81 includes a surface that diffuses or scatters incident light from the stage or elsewhere and does not reflect off of the display surface.
The second flat panel video display 85, also referred to as the overhead display, is suspended from and supported by frame 84. Frame 84 is attached to trusses 86 that allows for the overhead display 85 to move up and down in the vertical direction in planes parallel to the plane defined by the display itself. Alternatively, not shown, the overhead display 85 may be suspended from the frame 84 so that the display 85 may move about within the plane defined by the video display 85 itself. In other words, the vertical height of the display would not change, but the horizontal position could be varied. In a further alternative, not shown, the display 85 may be moved about to planes not parallel to the plane of the display shown. Various asymmetrical or unbalanced images may be reflected to the audience. The total height that the overhead display 85 may move and is equal to at least the depth of the performance area 83 of the stage such that the images perceived by the audience 26 from the displays 15 and 16 may be arranged, when desired, to appear superimposed in the same virtual place. In a preferred construction, the performance area is twelve feet deep. Therefore, the overhead display 85 can move upward and downward twelve feet. The truss columns 86 are spaced fifteen feet apart on their outside edges. Finally, a proscenium drapery 87 covers the front of the apparatus so that the overhead display 85 and supporting framework 84 can not been seen by the audience viewing from audience area 100. The length and width of the overhead display 85 are preferably comparable to the dimensions of the back display 81.
The portal mirror 90 is tilted at approximately a 45� angle to the vertical plane in front of the audience. The height of the portal mirror 90 is 14 feet, 4 inches. The portal mirror is comprised of stretched optical films that have been metalized to the point that they are 50% silvered. Fifty percent silvered is preferable, because many desirable effects rely heavily on the fact that images on either the overhead display or background display cannot be readily discerned from each other. The stretched optical films allows the mirror to be light weight and relatively easily replaceable. Certainly, it is easier to handle then an actual glass mirror. The portal mirror 90 is fitted with a hinged mounting and articulation mechanism 91, so that the mirror 90 can be rotated upwardly. As the portal mirror swings up, persons or things can move onto and off of the stage and into the audience area. The monitor mirror 95 is also made up of stretched optical film. It has the same dimensions as the overhead display 85. The monitor mirror film is 100% silvered to reflect all the light that it receives. Acceptable films that may be used include Mylar polyester
The height of the portal mirror 90 and the height of the back display 80 may vary at the preference of a presentation designer. With respect to the height of the back display 80, it should be no less than six feet to accommodate the height of an average person in the performance area 83. Similarly, the length of the portal mirror 90 should be no less than about 9� feet in order to be vertically high enough (when mounted at a 45� angle) to be as tall as an average six feet tall person. Alternatively, if a portal mirror is mounted other than at the 45� angle shown, the length of the portal mirror can be adjusted with the angle in order to cover the preferable minimum six foot height. Actors or objects in the performance area that are taller than six feet (as described) or even nine feet (as shown in FIG. 4) will require proportionate adjustments to the height and length of a back display and portal mirror.
The system described herein can be adapted to various different situations depending on the locational requirements. For instance, if there is little or no overhead space in which to mount a truss frame work, then the second flat panel video display can be mounted parallel to or below the floor of the stage. In that case, the portal mirror would be mounted so that it inclines toward the audience and reflects the images from underneath outwardly towards the audience. Further alternatively, if the location requirements demanded, then the second flat panel video display could be placed vertically like the back display but in the right or left hand wing of the stage. In this way, the portal mirror would be vertical in the side elevation yet angled in a top or bottom view.
In further variations of the invention, the degree of silvering of the portal mirror can be varied so that images that are reflected off of the portal mirror can be given a different "look" or "texture" to the audience. Further, although the preferred embodiments illustrated in the drawings show the overhead panel display parallel to the plane of the stage, the second flat panel display could be at an angle and the portal mirror angle adjusted accordingly. This could provide further flexibility with respect to the auditorium or location where the images will be formed.
While the invention has been described with reference to specific embodiments thereof, it will understood that numerous variations, modifications and additional embodiments are possible, and accordingly, all such variations, modifications, and embodiments are to be regarded as being within the spirit and scope of the invention.
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Some of the most memorable moments from the Ravens' Super Bowl season involved Jacoby Jones showing off his dancing chops to celebrate a touchdown.
Now, he'll be displaying them in a different venue.
During a commercial break in the Oscars broadcast, it was announced that Jones will be competing on ABC's "Dancing with the Stars."
So maybe Jones will be adding a few more moves to his repertoire for next season.
As Pro Football Talk pointed out, however, it could pose an interesting problem for the Ravens. Their All-Pro return man will likely miss a decent amount of the offseason program while participating in ABC's popular competition.
Jones is slated to make $3 million next season, so it's conceivable that the Ravens could choose to part way with him if they feel he won't be available enough to get ready to duplicate his success from 2012.
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North Allegheny School District
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
"North Allegheny School District (NASD) is an attractive community (pop. 45,000+) located twelve miles north of Pittsburgh. North Allegheny serves the municipalities of Bradford Woods Borough, Franklin Park Borough, Marshall Township and the Town of McCandless and encompasses a total of 48 square miles. Much of the District is suburban-residential. New housing developments and transferees moving into the area help maintain a steady enrollment. A solid and growing tax base helps maintain economic stability. North Allegheny is the largest suburban school district in Allegheny County. The District is also one of the largest employers in the North Hills of Pittsburgh, employing over 1,000 people. The NASD facilities consist of seven elementary schools (K-5), three middle schools (6-8), and two high schools (one is grades 9-10, and the other is grades 11-12). There are a total of 8,257 students and 1,027 employees throughout the entire district."
"The first step will be to identify an environmental "team" which will be responsible for planning, publicity, and operations. The team would ideally include students, teachers, custodial staff and other key members inside the school. Our next step would be to perform a waste audit. We will take a look at what we are throwing away, and where we have the biggest opportunity to increase our recycling rates (classroom, cafeteria, etc.). We already have the groundwork of a good recycling program laid. Recycling bins are made available throughout all of our schools, and signs identifying what can be recycled are conveniently placed. We really want this project to focus on the how's and why's of recycling. To get everyone on board and to create awareness, we will begin with a kick off. Our environmental team will visit each of our schools (elementary, middle schools and high schools) and explain to them how they can help with recycling efforts. A public awareness campaign will be implemented throughout the school district to educate students and staff how the program works and encourage participation. Key messaging will be developed and utilized via the internal announcement system, and newsletters and local media outlets will be used to highlight successes and best practices. Training sessions will be held for teachers, cafeteria workers, and custodial staff, along with our environmental team, on what can and cannot be recycled and why. As the program continues throughout the school year, we will continue to monitor our messaging and educational efforts. Half way through the project, we will complete another waste audit. We will use this audit to see if we need to alter any of our messaging, or revisit some of the information we have distributed. As program milestones are reached, we will publicize the successes throughout the school. For example, calculations of the environmental impact of our efforts, or, the collection of a substansial amount of material. The goal of the project would be to increase our school district recycling rate by a certain percentage, which will be determined post waste audit."


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The change in the weather, the lively singing of the birds and the landscapes tinted with the multiple colors of the flowers are sufficient reason to explore all the hidden corners of Mexico. In this section we introduce you to thirteen Magical Towns; their geography and festivals are good excuses for visiting them during this time of the year.
Enjoy the cenotes around Izamal and the Bacalar lagoon with its seven colors. Don't miss the Coffee Festival in Coatepec, nor the spring equinox in Bernal or Tepoztlan. The desert hills of Real de Catorce and the fields of Creel look even more beautiful during this season, and it's the perfect time of year to admire translucent pools of Cuatrocienegas. In the springtime Comala smells of the blooms of the orange trees and Pahuatlan tastes like coffee ande pre-Hispanic disches. Jerez dedicates one of his festivals to the spring, and other towns, like Tlayacapan, open the season with a pleasant hangover from Carnival. The morning fog invites you to wander the streets of San Cristobal de las Casas, while the Oxolotan and Amatlan rivers of Tapijulapa share the best sardines of the year with us.


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Serco has a further £290m of net debt relating to its share of project financing attached to joint ventures.
It said contract extensions and successful tenders pushed pre-tax profits up 23% to £41.2m last year. The company is now operating about 550 contracts worldwide and generating about a third of its income overseas.
The year's dividend is 14% higher at 1.86p a share.
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The Undertaker returned to WWE on tonight's edition of Raw Supershow from the Sprint Center in Kansas City, Missouri. He confronted Triple H after his "evaluation" segment with John Laurinaitis. The preliminary plan is for...Read More →
Here we go the bring it home column just before the second best pay per view of the year the Royal Rumble. I'll forgo my question and answer format for my unique picks column. Not...Read More →
During this week's edition of WWE Raw, it was announced that Triple H will assess the performance of John Laurinaitis as the interim general manager on next week's show. Laurinaitis's job is "under review" according...Read More →
– Chris Jericho took to Twitter and wrote the same thing that he said during The Highlight Reel on Raw: "This Sunday at the Royal Rumble, it's going to be the end of the world...Read More →
John Cena vs. Kane was officially announced for the Royal Rumble pay-per-view on Monday's RAW Supershow. With that match set, here's the updated card for Sunday's Royal Rumble PPV: 30-man Royal Rumble Match WWE Championship...Read More →
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– As noted before, the December 26th WWE RAW Supershow scored a 2.93 cable rating and 4.47 million viewers. This is the show where the trend stopped of RAW's second hour losing viewers from the...Read More →
It has been a little over a year since MVP announced he would be leaving WWE. A good amount of soul searching and discontent with his position in the organization led to his final decision....Read More →
— The official Twitter feed of the WWE Insider reported the following Tuesday evening: "BREAKING: @RandyOrton injured at #Smackdown in Indianapolis tonight. More details to follow on WWE.com as they become available." — Matches taped...Read More →
— WWE has posted entrance videos of numerous former WWE stars including Dusty Rhodes, Eddie Guerrero, Jimmy Snuka, Road Warriors, The Million Dollar Man, Trish Stratus, Vader. — Ring announcer Justin Roberts teased a possible...Read More →
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Patients will be referred to a psychologist as a part of a programme to reduce the need for gastric band procedures.
The residential programme has been set up by St Ann's eating disorder service at Barnet, Enfield and Haringey mental health NHS trust and GPs are referring patients from across the capital.
This comes amid claims that the national strategy on providing weight loss surgery is confused and operates on a "postcode lottery" system.
A report today by the Royal College of Surgeons warns that patients needing life-saving surgery are being refused treatment because of "inconsistent and unethical" hospital policies.
The investigation reveals that some doctors are even telling people to go away and put on more weight to qualify for weight reduction operations. Official guidelines recommend that morbidly obese patients with a BMI of 40 or more have a legal right to be assessed for weight loss surgery.
But some health trusts give priority to only the most extremely ill patients — those with obesity-related diabetes or a BMI of 50 or above.
A separate report also shows that the number of private patients taking legal action after paying for weight loss surgery has risen. An analysis by the Medical Defence Union reveals 35 negligence claims have been reported to it since 2003. Of these, 21 cases have been in the past two years alone.
The St Ann's programme aims to curb the high rate of "relapse" after weight loss surgery and address any mental health problems which might be the cause of the patient's excessive weight.
Those taking part in the treatment are given therapy both in individual and group sessions to identify the root cause of their weight gain.
They are also given access to a physical trainer and dietitian. Research shows that a high percentage of patients have to come back for more surgery or even emergency surgery after bursting their gastric bands.
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By Lynne Perri, USA TODAY
Whether you're making dinner for friends
or showing your child how to concoct the fried egg sandwich
she enjoys, you can get all the help you need in this summer's
cookbooks. They are written by chefs who want you to have a
good time in the kitchen, at the grill and at the table. Many
of the dishes are simple and require little preparation. In
addition, one of these new books, At Mesa's Edge, stands
out for its 100-page memoir on trading life in the city for
life on a Colorado ranch. This is inspired reading.
Chronicle, $19.95,352 pages, 250 recipes
Tarcher/Penguin $15.95, 509 pages more
than 130 recipes
Specifics: Look for hearty soups,
hot sauces and local delicacies such as zucchini fritters
with sour cream, which go well with elk steaks, or zucchini
flowers fried in beer batter.
Extras: Rainier cherries are a
big plus where she lives in Colorado, but you can substitute
whatever kind you get locally in her recipes for ice cream
topping and brownies. She also has an excellent, simple
section on canning.
Specifics: Sweet potato chips,
chutneys, salsas and apple pie (there's a big dessert
section) follow the meat-poultry-seafood sections.
Extras: The book is packed with
details. A recipe for barbecued shrimp, for example, includes
her longtime recipe for a marinade, plus information on
how to serve the dish and a footnote on how Tabasco got
its name.
Specifics: Recent best-selling
books, such as Bee Season (chocolate chip shortbread
cookies), Life of Pi (Tandoori shrimp), Seabiscuit
(pumpkin biscuits) and Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's
Stone (treacle tart) are all here, as well as To
Kill a Mockingbird (ambrosia) and The Great Gatsby
(mint julep).
Extras: Even Angela's Ashes,
in which author Frank McCourt was always hungry, finds
a home (Irish Soda Bread).
Specifics: She loves steak, chili,
bacon, meatloaf and meatballs. The dessert chapter is
short and easy. Tips include a "how to buy" for items
from beef stock to truffles. She has meals for two and
meals for small parties (6-8).
Extras: She includes tips for
setting the table for romance and for entertaining without
becoming overwhelmed by either the process or the kitchen
Specifics: The recipes are kid-friendly
Popcorn Cake, My Kinda Salad, turkey sandwiches,
Mighty Meaty Meatloaf.
Extras: Chapters are titled to
appeal to the crowd in your house such as "snack
attack" all of which reflects Emeril's effort to
make being in the kitchen fun and not a chore. His encouraging
words in the introduction to each recipe will inspire
young readers.
Specifics: Many salads, omelets
and pastas fill these pages, and of course, beans. There's
a bean appetizer (refried beans with garlic, cumin, onion
and cayenne) that has converted even those of us who thought
we didn't like beans.
Extras: His recipes are simple,
straightforward and fast, and the color photographs make
the idea of preparing the dishes all the more appealing.
Initially, she tried to move the food
she liked to the country, taking with her such items as
imported Italian delicacies. But she found that as she
came to know her neighbors and her surroundings, she could
successfully introduce new dishes to her children and
She offers suggestions on how to cook
on gas vs. charcoal grills for such recipes as her hickory-smoked
turkey breast with herb stuffing.
If you're not in a book club but would
like to start or join one, the authors include suggestions
on how to do so.
One of the more ambitious groups is
the Sistah Girl Reading Club in Miami, whose 14 African-American
women make food a part of every get-together. And every
other year, they take a literary cruise.
In addition, many of the recipes are
"plain," as she advocates keeping dinner parties easy
and low-key. She includes equipment lists and strategies,
and suggests what to do with leftovers.
For Bishop, a meal can be a stew or
penne with broccoli; it doesn't have to be elaborate.
He says as long as food is produced honestly and tastes
good, "food is cause for celebration, every day of the


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Winnipeg's health authority has admitted it failed a homeless native man in a wheelchair who died during a 34-hour wait in a hospital emergency room, but says race or his social status didn't play a role in the lack of treatment.
William Olsen, lawyer for the Winnipeg Regional Health Authority, told the inquest into the death of Brian Sinclair that no single person was responsible for what happened to the double-amputee.
But he said there is no doubt errors were made.
"A perfect storm occurred," Mr. Olsen said Tuesday in his opening statement before Judge Tim Preston. "The WRHA failed him … at all levels of the organization."
Mr. Sinclair went to the emergency room of Winnipeg's Health Sciences Centre on Sept. 19, 2008, with a bladder infection and spoke with a nurse. He stayed in the emergency waiting room until a fellow patient notified a security guard that he was dead. Judge Preston will hold hearings through August then again in October to determine how Mr. Sinclair was treated.
Thambirajah Balachandra, Manitoba's chief medical examiner, told the inquest that Mr. Sinclair died of an infection because of a blocked catheter. Mr. Sinclair needed the tube removed and replaced, along with a prescription for antibiotics, he said.
"From the inception, we knew there was something wrong with the way the patient was handled," Dr. Balachandra said. "The death was preventable. Had treatment been given, he would not have died in that way."
Mr. Sinclair was soft-spoken and hard to understand, Mr. Olsen said. He was also cognitively impaired and fiercely independent, he added.
"That cannot be an excuse for failing to ensure he was properly reviewed by the system as a person requiring care," Mr. Olsen said.
The hospital was responsible for Mr. Sinclair the minute he walked through the door of the emergency room, he said.
"We failed in that respect," Mr. Olsen said.
While some argue Mr. Sinclair's race and disability led to him being ignored for 34 hours, Mr. Olsen said that wasn't the case.
"These events could have happened to anyone," he said.
But Murray Trachtenberg, lawyer for the Sinclair family, said there is little doubt Mr. Sinclair's identity and marginalization led to stereotyping and false assumptions about his need for care.
Instead of receiving care, Mr. Trachtenberg said, Mr. Sinclair sat there "helpless, vomiting, his life slowly fading away."
Mr. Sinclair was told to wait to see a triage nurse and that's exactly what he did, he said.
"He waited and waited, growing sicker and weaker by the minute," Mr. Trachtenberg said. "There were numerous opportunities for medical staff to ensure he received the help he needed."
Mr. Sinclair was a frequent visitor to the emergency room and did struggle with substance abuse, Mr. Trachtenberg said.
"It was not his demons that killed him," he said. "It was the angels – the professionals we all turn to in times of urgent medical need – that egregiously and fatally let him down."
The first witnesses to testify Tuesday told the inquest that Mr. Sinclair was not the kind of guy who would complain or advocate for himself.
Esther Grant, Mr. Sinclair's sister, said her younger brother was a quiet guy who was always looking out for others – the type who would help an elderly woman with her shopping bags. Before losing his legs, he once broke into a burning house to rescue people trapped inside, she said.
"That's just the kind of guy he was," she said. "He was a special kind of guy."
One of nine children, he got good grades in school but fell in with a bad crowd when the family moved from Berens River, Man., to Winnipeg, she said. He started sniffing substances and was taken into care when his parents split up. He and his brothers were kicked out of a rooming house where they were living and ended up on the street, she said.
That's where he lost both his legs to frostbite and the two siblings lost touch. Ms. Grant said she found out her brother had died the day of his funeral.
"I just dropped to the floor. It was like someone was stabbing me in the heart," she said. "I'm overwhelmed, stressed, angry. He was there suffering for 34 hours with no medical attention."
Ken McGhie, a chaplain at Lighthouse Mission, remembered Mr. Sinclair as the "epitome of patience."
"He would never push in line," Mr. McGhie said. "He never complained."Report Typo/Error


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As Barack Obama prepares a nationwide broadcast to America's students next Tuesday, it has been revealed that Democrats complained in 1991 when then President George H. W. Bush broadcast a speech from a Northwest Washington junior high school.
In fact, the House Majority leader at the time, Dick Gephardt (D-Mo.), said "The Department of Education should not be producing paid political advertising for the president, it should be helping us to produce smarter students."
Such was reported by the Washington Post on October 3, 1991 (h/t KY3 Political Notebook via Chuck Todd):
House Democrats criticized President Bush yesterday for using Education Department funds to produce and broadcast a speech that he made Tuesday at a Northwest Washington junior high school.
The Democratic critics accused Bush of turning government money for education to his own political use, namely, an ongoing effort to inoculate himself against their charges of inattention to domestic issues. The speech at Alice Deal Junior High School, broadcast live on radio and television, urged students to study hard, avoid drugs and turn in troublemakers.
"The Department of Education should not be producing paid political advertising for the president, it should be helping us to produce smarter students," House Majority Leader Richard A. Gephardt (D-Mo.) said. "And the president should be doing more about education than saying, 'Lights, camera, action.' "
Two House committees demanded that the department explain the use of its funds for the speech, an explanation that Deputy Secretary David T. Kearns provided late in the day in a letter to Rep. William D. Ford (D-Mich.), chairman of the House Education and Labor Committee. Education Secretary Lamar Alexander was out of town. [...]
Rep. Patricia Schroeder (D-Colo.), chairwoman of the Select Committee on Children, Youth and Families, said it was outrageous for the White House to "start using precious dollars for campaigns" when "we are struggling for every silly dime we can get" for education programs.
Rep. Martin Frost (D-Tex.) said that if Bush feels obliged to use government funds to hire outside consultants "to make him look good," then he should fire some of the public relations experts on the White House payroll. "Then the president might be more sympathetic to unemployment benefits," Frost said, referring to Bush's threat to veto legislation to extend benefits.
Makes one wonder if today's media, with the economy in what they've repeatedly called the worst recession since the Great Depression, will question Obama's use of education funds for his upcoming speech.
After all, when you look at Education Secretary Arne Duncan's letter concerning this event, one has to assume it's costing the Department a great deal of money.


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Charon and I did it, somehow. We drove back into the chaos of bodies and steel to the frontlines, and we fought.
This time, however, we were definitely moving forwards. The enemy had thinned where we struck, and they dropped like flies, exhausted and stunned by the appearance of the King of Hell and his High Commander.
Eventually the rush of grey subsided to a trickle and Hell's soldiers rushed into the gap before it could close again.
Purgatory was now facing a battle on two fronts.
Our reserve forces began to arrive and refresh our troops, and the exhausted rested during the ride through the break in Purgatory's lines to join Charon and I. With our numbers rising and Purgatory cornered, we made considerable progress.
We were winning. That much was clear. It made the troops on both sides that much more crazed, desperate to either end or prolong the battle.
Our plan had worked. The three prongs of our forces crushed Purgatory and the reserves in between finished off what was left. With our men behind them, Purgatory didn't stand a chance.
Before I knew what was happening, it was over.
Purgatory was scattered, broken. The few soldiers that were left abandoned their posts, some flinging themselves into the Eunoe in a final attempt to retreat.
I tried to keep the surprise off of my face but was unsuccessful. My jaw dropped.
Around me, Hell's soldiers created an uproar. I could barely hear myself think over the sound of victory cries and the clanging of sword and shield.
And then I saw a telltale head of blonde hair on a corpse about a hundred yards from me.
I was running, but my progress was slowed by the pulsating throng of survivors. I pushed and shoved my way through, gasping for breath and keeping my eyes glued to my target.
"No. No, no, no, no!"
I finally burst out of the crowd and stumbled, scrabbling back to my feet and pushing my worn legs onwards.
My feet slipped on the bloodied grass a second time and I pushed myself back up, slower this time, before continuing.
When I fell for the third time I was close enough that I got onto my hands and knees and crawled over.
"Come on, please," I muttered incoherently, "We won, we won, you can't – "
I took hold of the corpse's arm and turned it to face me.
Manara's face was streaked with both mud and blood, but she blinked. And laughed.
"Z. How did I know you would find me here, looking like a mess?"
I tried not to notice how hoarse her voice was, or how it sounded like she was forcing it out with considerable effort.
"I'm sorry; my first priority isn't my hair when I'm in battle." I tried to joke, trying to look discreetly for wounds.
"I'm talking about myself." She corrected, before wincing.
I noticed then that she was gripping her right side with a hand coated with enough dried blood that I'd mistaken it for mud.
As I watched, new rivers of crimson dripped through her fingers.
"Crap." I cursed, pulling off my now-beaten cape and pressing some of it to the wound while draping the rest over her legs.
"You have a cape from the Guard and you're…ruining it?" she asked incredulously, her incredibly human blue eyes on me.
"It doesn't matter. I…I wonder where Lucifer is. He would know how to fix this."
I suddenly felt incredibly inept. Manara was hurt. Bad. My pathetic first aid wasn't going to do anything. She needed to be healed.
I was about to get to my feet but she managed by some exertion to grab my arm.
"There's no time for that." Her voice faltered, "This is it. I can tell."
"What – it? No, you can't expect me to just – "
"By the time you got back, I'd be…"
She swallowed the rest of her words.
My eyes were stinging.
"Where do demons go when they die?" I asked quietly, finding it more and more difficult to look at Manara.
"I don't know." She smiled half-heartedly, "Nobody wrote a book about it."
My free hand found hers and I tried not to notice how cold it was.
"I'm sorry – that…was stupid. I'm stupid."
"No you're not. You're strong. You're smart. You're a…revolutionary. You're going to bring so much good to this miserable place, you already have…"
She sighed.
"It's too bad I won't get to see more of it."
I was face to face with a dying woman, and I started to cry.
She raised her arms and I collapsed onto her armored chest, hiding my face from her, from myself.
"I wouldn't feel too bad about the magic lessons, Z."
I pushed myself back into a sitting position, confused.
I opened my mouth to speak but was silenced by the clear, unblinking blue eyes smiling at me.