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The PNO recently posted an important clarification regarding Rule 802.5. Check out HSR Rule 802.5: the Investment Rental Property Exemption. All the Premerger and HSR blog posts are here.
The PNO has a new blog post! Learn "How to avoid delays when paying HSR filing fees." You can find all Premerger and HSR blog posts here.
The 2014 HSR Annual Report is now available.
The new HSR Thresholds for 2015 are now in effect. (Feb. 20, 2015). For more information, see our Jan. 23, 2015 blog post, HSR thresholds adjustments and reportability – 2015 edition.
The new HSR thresholds for 2015 have been published in the Federal Register with an effective date of Feb. 20, 2015.
The Premerger Office has updated the HSR Form Tip Sheet! Please review the document for helpful information in filling out the HSR Form. (January 2015)
FTC Announces New HSR Thresholds for 2015. (January 2015)
The PNO's new blog post is up! Find out "How to avoid common HSR filing mistakes with Item 4(c) and 4(d) documents." We also invite you to peruse all the blog posts related to Premerger and HSR.
- See PNO's blog post on "How to avoid common HSR filing mistakes with attachments."
Attention Filers: The Premerger Notification Office has experienced a few changes since we've come to our new home in the Constitution Center. Some of those changes can affect the arrival of your filings by messenger. Due to the security procedures and physical size of the Constitution Center, once a messenger has arrived at the building it takes in excess of 10 minutes to reach the PNO office. While the PNO is open to accept HSR filings at its 5th floor intake window from 8:30 AM until 5:00PM, Monday through Friday, a messenger arriving after 4:50PM cannot make it from the loading dock entry, through security, to the 5th floor HSR window by 5:00PM, so building security is turning away newly arrived messengers at 4:50PM each day. If you want to guarantee that your filing arrives at the PNO window by 5:00PM, please send any messenger with ample time to arrive at the building well in advance of 4:50PM.
We're sorry for any inconvenience this might cause. Thank you.
REMINDER: Sometimes filing parties reference an attachment in response to Items 4 through 8 of the HSR Form instead of providing the requested information in the Form itself - for instance, a separate log of 4(c) documents. If you do this, PLEASE place the attachment behind the page of the Form to which it relates or at the end of the Form itself. This information is a necessary part of the Form and needs to be provided in all originals and copies of the Form filed with the FTC and DOJ. DO NOT intersperse such referenced attachments for Items 4 through 8 among the documentary attachments (e.g., placing the separate 4(c) log at the beginning of the 4(c) documents), as those documents are not part of the Form itself.
An updated Index of HSR Enforcement Actions is available, listing actions through December 2014.
The MMA Filing Instructions (for brand name drug manufacturers and generic drug applicants who file certain agreements with the Antitrust Agencies under the Medicare Prescription Drug and Improvement Act) have been updated with the new address for the FTC's Premerger Office. (July 2014)
The 2013 HSR Annual Report is now available.
Attention: The Constitution Center does not allow messengers with cleats into the building. Please DO NOT send messengers with cleats to deliver HSR filings. Starting immediately, the PNO will not meet messengers with cleats at the loading docks. (June 2, 2014)
The HSR Form Instructions have been updated to include the new address of the FTC Premerger Office. The new instructions can be found here.
Important Announcement: Building management at the Constitution Center has changed the security procedures for the delivery of HSR filings. Messengers delivering HSR filings must now enter the building through the loading dock entrance on 6th Street SW near School St. SW. Complete directions can be found here. Note that messengers will not be allowed to wear cleats into the building.
Withdraw/Refile procedure tip sheet now available. (Mar. 21, 2014)
The FTC has a new blog reporting on competition matters at the FTC. The PNO has contributed two posts: HSR threshold adjustments and reportability and Location and Value of Patents. To follow all the posts from the PNO, bookmark this link.
FTC Finalizes Amendments to the Premerger Notification Rules Related to the Transfer of Exclusive Patent Rights in the Pharmaceutical Industry (Nov. 6, 2013)
When the Premerger Office moves to its new home on April 28, 2014, messengers delivering HSR filings will have to comply with new security procedures. These procedures, as well as maps to the new office, are available here.
The Premerger Office is moving! As part of the consolidation of FTC staff, the Premerger Notification Office will be moving to new offices on the 5th floor of the Constitution Center on April 28. For more details, see our new blog post here. We will be providing additional information, including new security procedures for filing delivery, on this page and on the blog in the coming weeks.
- When submitting an explanation letter for a corrective filing, please submit the letter at the same time as the filing.
- Comments on the Proposed Rules related to patent rights in the Pharmaceutical industry are available.
- Proposed Amendments to the Premerger Rules Related to the Transfer of Patent Rights in the Pharmaceutical Industry
- Revised thresholds are now in effect. (Feb. 24, 2014)
- The new HSR thresholds for 2014 have been published in the Federal Register with an effective date of Feb. 24, 2014.
- Effective immediately, all filing fee questions should be directed to Theresa Kingsberry at firstname.lastname@example.com or at 202-326-3100. (January 2014)
- Effective Jan. 2, 2014, brand name drug manufacturers and generic drug applicants who file certain agreements with the Antitrust Agencies under the Medicare Prescription Drug and Improvement Act should complete the MMA Cover Sheet and attach it to the agreement prior to filing. See full instructions here. (PDF)
- Updated HSR Enforcement Action index. (July 2013)
- Barry Diller to Pay $480,000 to Settle FTC Allegations Related to Premerger Filing Requirements (July 7, 2013)
- FTC Finalizes Amendments to the Premerger Notification Rules Related to the Withdrawal of HSR Filings (June 28, 2013)
- Revised thresholds are now in effect. (Feb. 11, 2013)
- The new HSR thresholds for 2013 have been published in the Federal Register with an effective date of Feb. 11, 2013.
- 2013 Revised HSR Thresholds Announced
- Commission issues proposed amendments to the Premerger Rules related to the withdrawal of HSR filings. (Feb. 2013)
- New guidelines posted on the Style Sheet and the Item 5 Tip Sheet.
- New chronological index of informal interpretation letters is now available.
- Item 4(c) Tip Sheet is now available.
- Updated Post-Consummation Filings (HSR Violations) page. (Jan. 30, 2012)
- The 2011 HSR Annual Report is now available.
- Updated HSR form, version 1.0.1, now available. Changes include expanded text fields to allow more flexible data entry, restored Item 5 functionality, clarification of unclear text labels, and improved formatting. Download the new form version here.
- Updated Section 802.4 Tip Sheet
- New guidance on listing Attachments on the HSR Form (09-12-11). See updated HSR Form Tip Sheet ver. 1.0.3. Added examples of completed Attachments and Item 4 pages.
- 2012 Revised HSR Thresholds now in effect.
- 2012 Revised HSR Thresholds Announced (Effective Monday, Feb. 27, 2012)
- Item 5 Tip Sheet updated
- Interactive Associate Decision Tree to assist in identifying Associates
- Item 4(d) Tip Sheet now available
- Updated Item 6 and Item 7 Tip Sheets
- The first informal interpretations related to the HSR form changes are now available.
- Updated NAICS Tip Sheet
- NOTICE: We understand that some users are having technical issues with the new HSR form. The form is a dynamic Adobe PDF, able to be read and edited by any Adobe Reader. If you are having trouble with the form, please: (1) make sure you have the latest version of Adobe reader installed, and (2) when you open the form on-line, save it to your hard drive or network, then close your browser and open the form on your local drive. If you have any further technical questions, please send them to firstname.lastname@example.com and we will work with you to resolve any issues.
- Updated Style Sheet and Checklist for HSR filings.
- Updated Item 5 Tip Sheet for new HSR form (effective Aug. 18, 2011)
- New HSR Form and Instructions now available
- Reminder: Parties submitting an explanatory letter in a post-consummation filing should include the letter with the filings submitted to both agencies.
- PNO Statement on Escrows
- Final Rule Published – Effective Date of Aug. 18, 2011
- Final Rule - HSR Form Changes
- Proposed Changes to the HSR Form
- Premerger Notification Office updates (including early office closings) now available on Twitter. Click the Twitter icon to follow the FTC.
- 2010 Annual Report Now Available
- Statement of Basis and Purpose Updated and Expanded
- Filing Fee page updated
- Additional Advice on the Ordinary Course Exemption
- 2010 Thresholds Now in Effect
- New Post-Consummation Page Now Posted
- HSR Workshop Presentations and Corrected Transcript now available
- New HSR Tipsheets posted under HSR Resources
- Civil Penalties Increased to $16,000 Per Day
- Letter regarding put/call arrangements
- "Reflections on HSR's 25th Birthday" - Statement of Peter Rodino


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West London is the area on the west side of London, on the north bank of the River Thames. The boroughs in this unofficial sub-division are Brent, Ealing, Hammersmith and Fulham, Harrow, Hillingdon, Hounslow, and Kensington and Chelsea.
The Boroughs of West London are traditionally affluent and leafy, particularly in Ealing, Fulham and Chelsea. Kensington and Chelsea houses some of London's more famous museums, and Hammersmith is a good place for a stroll by the Thames.
West London is well connected to the Transport for London network for access to all of London's transport connections. See 'Getting There' in the main London article for more detail.
Paddington and Victoria are the most convenient mainline stations for West London. The are is also connected to the rest of London by the Overground and Underground rail networks.
It's usually best to avoid driving in London, but providing you're armed with an A-Z and plenty of patience there isn't anywhere that you can't drive to.
Victoria Coach Station is conveniently located for West London, offering connections to the rest of the United Kingdom.
It is possible to arrive in West London by boat. The most convenient route links Chelsea Harbour with Embankment and Blackfriars in the City, though this service only runs at peak travel times.
West London is well connected to the Transport for London network for access to all of London's transport connections. See 'Getting Around' in the main London article for more detail.
Travelling by car isn't really necessary, but is possible. Be prepared to hunt for a parking space.
Public Transport links are excellent. West London is well connected by Bus, Underground, Overground and even commuter boat services. It is useful to be aware that South Kensington is the station for the Science, Natural History and Victoria & Albert museums.
Some areas are compact enough to explore on foot - particlarly Kensington, Ealing and the riverside at Hammersmith.
When travelling between areas it's best to take a bus or tube as distances can be long and routes confusing.
Cycle facilities across London are generally adequate and improving - this is no different in West London. Some good routes exist, including the traffic free National Cycle Network routes at Chelsea riverside and from Paddington to Perivale.
Just about every eating possibility is catered for somewhere in West London. At the budget end, there's a string of cheap Chinese places in Bayswater, thought by many to be superior to their Chinatown rivals. Most pubs will serve up some kind of food too, from cheap and traditional to expensive gastropub style.
Other interesting budget to mid-range options include:
Kensington and Chelsea are busting at the seams with expensive food options. You're unlikely to be disappointed by the following:
There's a sprinkling of decent boozers distributed liberally across the area, plus a few noteworthy smart bars in the more affluent districts towards the city. Options include:
Internet cafés can be found in many cities and towns. All UK public libraries provide access, often branded as "People's Network", usually at no or little charge, though there is usually a time limit. Some hotels/hostels also offer internet access, including wifi, but most times at a cost. Using the internet on your personal phone can become expensive very quickly, with carriers charging 100's of times the local rate for data. To avoid these expensive roaming charges, you can hunt for wifi at a local cafe or hotel, or rent a mobile hotspot via several providers including DATAPiXY, and XCOM Global.
See also: International Telephone Calls
The country calling code to the United Kingdom is: 44. To make an international call from the United Kingdom, the code is: 00
In case of emergency, call 999 or 112 from any phone. Such calls are free and will be answered by an emergency services operator who will ask you for your location, and the service(s) you need (police, fire, ambulance, coastguard or mountain rescue). You can call this number from any mobile telephone as well, even if you do not have roaming.
Although the number is declining, you can still find payphones in many public areas, especially stations, airports etc. You can usually pay with cash and sometimes by creditcard or, for international calls, special phonecards are still available.
Mobile phones are heavily used. The main networks are T-Mobile, Vodafone, Orange and O2. 3G data services are available, usually priced per megabyte and coverage is usually very good in the UK, however it may lack in rural areas. Roaming on your personal phone plan can be expensive. To manage costs, consider purchasing a local UK SIM card for your phone. Several companies offer local SIM cards including Telestial, and CellularAbroad.
The Royal Mail provides postal services in the United Kingdom. The Royal Mail's store fronts are called Post Office and offer services ranging from sending letters and packages to foreign currency exchange. Use the branch locator to find the nearest Post Office branch. There will be at least one post office in any town/city and there are quite often post offices in larger villages. It's common for a post office to be incorporated into a grocery store, where there will be a small counter located at the back of the store for dealing with post related matters. All post offices are marked with signs that say 'post office' in red lettering. Post boxes can be found at any post office and standalone large red post boxes on the streets or red boxes in the sides of public buildings.
For sending packages overseas, it might be a good idea to check prices and services with international companies like TNT, UPS or DHL.
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Debt-Limit Shuffle Buys Time for 'Something Big': Caroline Baumby
Faced with an Aug. 2 drop-dead date for raising the $14.3 trillion debt limit and encumbered with two parties that don't play well together, President Barack Obama did what any president would do: He called a White House summit. (Answers b, "appoint a czar," and c, "create a commission," are incorrect in this instance.)
The invitations went out to the leaders of both parties for yesterday's powwow, "a unique opportunity to do something big" about the budget deficit, according to Obama.
Unique? Big? Congress has raised the debt limit 10 times in 10 years. It's not even unique for one party to hold the ceiling hostage to partisan demands.
As for big, I would bet on something smaller: an agreement based on budgetary sleight of hand (spending cuts on paper) and political horse-trading, including concessions by Republicans on revenue increases, that falls short of addressing runaway entitlement spending and an inefficient, loophole-ridden tax code that retards growth and saps government revenue.
As recently as last week, Obama was focused on closing tax loopholes for "millionaires and billionaires"; now Social Security is on the table. Republicans, who previously refused to utter "tax increases," have indicated a willingness to eliminate some tax preferences as part of a deficit-reduction deal that would raise the debt ceiling. (Lobbyists must be lining up to advise on which tax breaks to protect.)
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Summit participants called the meeting "constructive." (Translation: No one walked out.) Still, some lawmakers claim there's not enough time to hammer out something big before Aug. 2, which is when the U.S. will default on its debt, according to Treasury.
Debt default is unthinkable, unlikely and unanticipated, judging by the miniscule 3.15 percent yield on the 10-year Treasury note.
It certainly was no surprise Congress would exceed its borrowing authority sometime this spring or summer. And yet, lawmakers never find the motivation to address the deficit in a meaningful way until they run out of time to do it.
What if they had more time? The truth is, they can have it if they want it.
In a June 30 paper, Veronique de Rugy and Jason Fitchner, senior research fellows at George Mason University's Mercatus Center in Arlington, Virginia, outline steps Treasury can take to meet its financial obligations and prevent a technical default until the end of the fiscal year on Sept. 30, and possibly longer.
Budgetary Brinkmanship
First, based on Congressional Budget Office estimates, tax revenue of $2.2 trillion in fiscal 2011 will cover the $214 billion of interest on the debt, the authors write. Technical default averted. Tax revenue is sufficient to cover Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid outlays as well, de Rugy and Fitchner write.
Second, the Treasury secretary can take "extraordinary actions," such as suspending investment in government pension funds and the Social Security Trust Fund -- something Timothy Geithner has been doing since the public debt hit the statutory limit in May.
Third, Treasury can use cash on hand, including $113.5 billion of nonrestricted cash, or sell assets, such as gold, foreign currency or assets acquired under the Troubled Asset Relief Program. Such sales won't yield enough to cover all the bills, but Treasury can prioritize what payments to make.
"Oh, and by the way, they can always cut spending," de Rugy told me by e-mail after walking me through the budgetary accounting on the phone.
Debt Limit Distraction
This is hardly a desirable solution. Yet if time is what negotiators really need to produce "something big," Geithner can give it to them.
That said, the debt limit will have to be increased.
"There is no budget out there, including Paul Ryan's, that alleviates the need for a debt-ceiling increase," de Rugy said.
Although this game of chicken over the debt limit is preoccupying those in Washington and in the news media, it really isn't the issue.
"The tragic part is that, if we didn't have a debt limit, we'd still have a problem," said Douglas Holtz-Eakin, former director of the Congressional Budget Office and now president of the American Action Forum, a Washington think tank.
That problem is the growing gap between what the U.S. government has promised to pay retirees and what it collects in taxes. The public doesn't want its benefits touched. Nor does it want to pay higher taxes.
The implication? Some brave souls in Washington are going to have to do what's right even if the voters think it's wrong.
So to all those senators and representatives who claim time is running out to do "something big," the Treasury can buy you some time. You need to get serious about the "big."
(Caroline Baum, author of "Just What I Said," is a Bloomberg View columnist. The opinions expressed are her own.)
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Where in NorCal is good stripper?
Where in northern CA can I find a good paint stripper? East Bay Area.
I would like to take in my body panels (hood, fenders, etc.) and get them dipped and stripped. Some of them still have the thick undercoating on them which makes it hard to do by hand.Thanks.
Crown Chevrolet in Dublin plastic media blasts, I highly recommend them. They set up shop to do the GM paint failures in the eighties and do a great job, zero damage to the metal, very nice.
Thanks for the info. Is media blasting better than chemical stripping? Or even more to the point, is it less expensive?
With the enviro nuts running California, I doubt the average joe can get his hands on any decent stripper. If you know of an aircraft service company, or a local FBO (fixed base operator) they may have some real aircraft stripper. The stuff in auto parts stores labeled "aircraft stripper" is just a maketing ploy.
Right on!
This is why its so important to vote!
Before this happens in your state.
We are looking at a number of different things here.
First off, yes California has been the first to restrict many industries from polluting the air and water. Some of it is over the top, some of it is needed. Have any of you been to Mexico? That is what it looks like when you leave it up to the people to decide what to do to the environment. You have filth running in the gutters and people living in plywood homes with dirt floors. Some rules are good to have.
Second and more to the point. Cameo, what exactly do you mean by "stripper"? Do you mean a place that would "dip" the parts stripping off every spec of anything off the metal? Or do you simply mean someone who would use a chemical striper to strip the paint off the outside of the parts?
Those are two completely different animals. A "dip" where the part or body is completely immersed in an acid solution is a pretty serious deal. EVERY SINGLE bit of sealant in seams is stripped for instance. The inside of rockers where you can't protect from future rusting is stripped. It REALLY strips the metal clean. A lot of the surfaces are very hard to protect once striped. I personally feel if you car really needs that, you have the wrong car, it is too far gone. There are some places where you can get your car dipped in Ca. I don't know where they are being I don't use them, but I have seen it discussed on the forums.
"Chemically striping" with something like "Aircraft stripper" or "Jasco" (a couple of the better brands) is a sloppy mess to do and there are some people out there who will do it for you. It is a filthy job that is very dangerous (I had a buddy who just about lost his finger prints after doing a car!) It is something I don't recommend.
Plastic Media or sanding the paint off is my personal choice. Plastic media will NOT touch rust, so if you need rust cleaned up you will have to sand blast those areas (extreme caution must be used as to not warp any metal) or use some metal conditioner or something like that to prepare those areas.
The stripper wouldn't tough rust to speak of either, dipping would. Dipping would strip all rust. THAT is a big advantage if you went with that.
What kind of strip job are we talking about? Just paint off the fenders?
I am looking to get rid of the paint and undercoating on the hood and the two front fenders. They have no rust, but after hand stripping and sanding the bed metal, rear fenders, and rear half of the frame, I was hoping to find something easier and quicker. I thought a "dip" shop would be the easiest. The hood and fenders do not have hidden areas which could not be resealed like the cab. I do not plan to "dip" the cab. It has the usual rust in the rear cab corners and on the lower front area of the doors. These I will take care of with patch panels.
My initial question still stands. Where is a "dipping" shop in the Bay Area? They don't seem to be listed in the "yellow pages".
I have no idea what city but I believe there is one called "Redi-Strip". I seem to remember them being in Sonoma county.
I would think you would call the paint jobbers in town, they may have an idea. Of course if you pick up a GoodGuys gazzete or or or....darn I can't remember the persons name. "Something" Flyer. They have been handing them out at swapmeets around northern Ca for decades. It just hit me, Thompson flyer. :)
Thanks, I'll check them out.
Also, thanks to MARTINSR for submitting the three excellent essays on painting, welding and body work. They answer a lot of questions.
American stripping in Sacramento. They have done thousands of media blastings, including many expensive rrestorations. They can do exactly what you need done, very good company.
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Simplified exams & outputs to improve your practice
EyeSuite's ease of use is unparalleled—from exam start to finish, to viewing the data for analysis.
- Conduct fast and reliable exams. Full threshold results are available in two and half minutes and provide optimal data accuracy and repeatable future testing. And real-time interactive access to raw data can increase patient throughput.
- Get more accurate data more quickly. Powerfully accurate and detailed reports, images and electronic printouts improve physician analysis or data, including improved trending of current pathologies. Significant changes are color coded to guide you to the essential information.
- Improve the patient experience. Exams through Octopus are easier on the patient, so exams can be more efficient. Easy to read color graphics help patients understand visual field results for better compliance. And the full patient history is represented on one screen.
- Improve your ROI. Improved patient throughput can lead to increased revenue from more patient exams.
A clear view on glaucoma
Get the most out of your glaucoma visual field with the highly sensitive Cluster Analysis, the intuitive Polar Analysis for structural comparisons and the easy-to-interpret EyeSuite Progression Analysis.
Immediate identification of true change
Immediately identify levels of change with the EyeSuite Progression Analysis. It not only reveals whether change is significant, but also whether it is local or diffuse and how fast the change happening. For an effective clinical workflow, all results are displayed using intuitive graphical symbols and can be viewed directly in your office if the Octopus is networked.
Assessing glaucomatous change from serial visual fields is not always easy, and expert agreement is moderate at best. Why not let EyeSuite Progression Analysis be your guide in assessing change? Red downward-pointing arrows show deterioration, green upward-pointing arrows show improvement and yellow diamonds show fluctuation at both at 1% and 5% significance level. This allows you to identify change at a glance.
The rate of glaucoma progression is key when choosing the right treatment for your patient. Therefore, EyeSuite Progression Analysis always shows you the rate of change in decibels per year. Now, you can quickly distinguish between fast and slowly progressing patients and adjust your treatment accordingly.
Looking at global visual field change is not always enough to fully assess visual field progression. Sometimes, diffuse loss due to cataracts overlaps with local glaucomatous change. In other cases, unspecific diffuse loss due to learning effects, fatigue or refractive errors, for example, can underlie small local changes. The indices Diffuse Defect DDc and Local Defect LDc are helpful in these cases. They quickly show you whether change is local, diffuse or both and further support your clinical decisions.
Are you looking for an effective way to encourage your patients' compliance? Then show them their visual field progression on the intuitive greyscale charts to help them to understand what glaucoma progression truly means for their vision. To do this effectively, network your Octopus perimeter and show the results directly on a computer screen in your examination room.
Sensitive glaucoma analysis
The sensitive Cluster Analysis groups visual field defects along nerve fibre bundles and combines high sensitivity with good specificity to detect early glaucomatous changes. Significant defects are highlighted and the cluster defects can be used for structural comparison. Cluster Analysis is available in both single field and trend view.
Detection of early glaucomatous visual field loss from a single point analysis or global indices is not always easy. Cluster Analysis supports detection of glaucomatous defects by clustering visual field defects along nerve fiber bundles and displays them as a Cluster MD (Mean Defect) to highlight significant pathological regions. As a local average is used, Cluster Analysis gives you a higher chance of detecting early localised glaucomatous damage than the global index Mean Defect MD. However, it is less influenced by fluctuation than individual test points.
Glaucomatous progression is often slow and influenced by fluctuation. Why not let Cluster Trend be your guide in assessing change ? It displays change in dB/year for each visual cluster and uses intuitive graphical symbols to highlight change. Red downward-pointing arrows show deteriorating, green upward-pointing arrows show improvement and yellow diamonds show fluctuation at both at 1% and 5% significance level. This allows you to identify glaucomatous change at a glance.
For intuitive structural comparison
Combining the results of both structure and function is key to obtaining a comprehensive assessment of the onset and progression of glaucoma. The Octopus Polar Analysis projects local visual field defects along the nerve fibers to the optic disk and displays them oriented as structural results. This makes structure-function correlation almost intuitive. Polar Analysis is available in both single field and trend view.
With Polar Analysis, the nerve fibre bundles that are in danger or defective are easily identified. Local defects are projected along the nerve fibres to the optic disk and are represented as red lines. The projected defects are vertically mirrored to look like a structural result and are scaled with rings for 10, 20 and 30 dB deviation.
Do you see glaucomatous progression in your structural results? Then consult Polar Trend to see whether you can find matching visual field deterioration. Polar Trend is based on the Polar Analysis.
The modern Goldmann perimeter
Appreciate the same characteristics and kinetic flexibility as offered by the original Goldmann perimeter and further benefit from simplified and more consistent operation.
Comparable to the manual Goldmann perimeter
Enjoy the characteristics of the manual Goldmann perimeter in a modern device with automatic electronic data filing. As with the manual Goldmann perimeter, you can place vectors anywhere you want and even draw them manually in the standard Goldmann sizes, I to V, and intensities, 1a to 4e. In this way, you can achieve diagnostic results comparable to those from a manual Goldmann perimeter.
The Octopus 900 semi-automated kinetic perimetry retains all the original characteristics and specifications of a manual Goldmann perimeter. This allows for a smooth transition. Enjoy the same Goldmann stimulus sizes, I to V, and the same stimulus intensities, 1a to 4e, as you are used to. The design is also comparable. An original Goldmann bowl with a radius of 30 cm in all directions is used to project stimuli onto the Goldmann background intensity.
Place vectors anywhere and in any direction you want in either a semi-automatic or free-hand mode. Static points are also possible and isopters can be defined manually or in automatic mode if the isopter is regularly shaped. Equipped with all these possibilities, you can keep testing your patients with exactly the same methodologies as before.
Simplified and more consistent operation
Benefit from the flexibility of a manual Goldmann but enjoy simplified and more consistent operation. Vector speed is now controlled and thus repeatable; the influence of both operator and patient reaction time is mostly eliminated and normal isopters provide guidance. And why not translate your standard clinical testing protocol into a template for all your patients that you can still adapt depending on the pathology?
Choose a fixed vector speed and standardise your testing for more consistent results. In addition, variability due to operator reaction time is completely eliminated, as patient responses are immediately marked by pressing the response button.
Patient reaction time adds variability to a kinetic examination, especially in patients with inconsistent reaction time between sessions. Octopus perimeters therefore allow you to measure patient reaction time by presenting stimuli in the patient's visible area and to compensate for it.
Standardise your clinical workflow without losing the flexibility to adapt to individual situations. Translate your kinetic testing protocols into a template and use that template for a standardised testing methodology independent of the operator. Then, depending on the pathology and patient response, adapt the template by adding and deleting vectors during the test. Or take advantage of templates developed by Dr. Fiona Rowe, PhD, from Liverpool University, which are available in the download section.
Perimetry you can trust
Enjoy the reliability of Octopus perimeters, for example with Octopus Fixation Control which automatically eliminates fixation losses from your visual field testing.
Automatically eliminate fixation losses
Fixation losses due to low patient compliance are a major cause of unreliable visual fields. But you needn't worry any more. Fixation Control interrupts testing, when there is fixation loss, and automatically restarts, when the patient is properly fixating again. This ensures that each visual field point is reliably tested.
Normal blinking prevents dry eyes and helps the patient to relax and concentrate during examination. With Octopus Blink Control, you need never worry again about missing a stimulus presented in static perimetry. Stimuli interrupted by the patient's blinking are automatically repeated later during the test. This means that every test location is reliably tested.
Maintaining the correct pupil position during examination is essential for correct identification of the location of a defect. If the pupil position changes during stimulus presentation, due either to shifting of the head or eye movement, the Pupil Position Control automatically pauses the examination until the pupil is re-centred. The missed stimulus is automatically repeated later during the test. The result is a visual field that you can trust.
Remaining focused on the fixation target at all times is essential to prevent fixation losses. If patients rapidly move their eye to look for the next stimulus, Dart Control detects this fast movement and automatically interrupts the examination until a steady focus is achieved. Missed stimuli are automatically repeated later during the test making it easy to obtain reliable results.
Positioning the pupil in the centre of the trial lens is essential for preventing lens rim and anatomical artefacts. Automated Eye Tracking recognises the position of the pupil and keeps the pupil centred by automatically moving the head and chin rest into the ideal position. Thus, the Octopus 900 provides optimum conditions for reliable and instantaneous results.
Contact Control offers even more control and reliability by constantly assessing the correct patient position. If the patient pulls away from the instrument, it immediately notifies the operator and pauses the test to allow for re-positioning.
Expertise you can trust
Enjoy the incorporated expertise of 70 years of experience in perimetry with your Octopus perimeter.
Since the invention of the manual Goldmann perimeter by Hans Goldmann in 1946, Haag-Streit has been a leader in perimetry which led amongst other things, to the invention of the first automated perimeter developed by Franz Fankhauser in 1974.
Reference in perimetry right up to today
In 1945, Professor Hans Goldmann of the University of Berne developed, together with Haag-Streit, the Manual Goldmann perimeter. This instrument is still the reference for kinetic perimetry today and most of the basic definitions used by Professor Goldmann have become standards in perimetry today.
A pioneer in automated static perimetry
In 1972, Franz Fankhauser and his colleagues developed the principles and concepts of automated perimetry which resulted in the design of the first automated static perimeter in 1974, the Octopus 201. Since then, Octopus perimeters have pioneered many significant innovations such as the G-pattern, global indices, fast strategies and outstanding software for visual field analysis.
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La Nina going away, but too late for Texas drought
WASHINGTON (AP) – Federal weather forecasters say the La Niña climate phenomenon that contributed to the southwestern U.S. drought is winding down.
The National Weather Service's Climate Prediction Center says La Niña is showing signs that it will be over by summer. Center deputy director Mike Halpert said that's too late for the U.S. Southwest because the rainy season will be over by that time.
The effects of La Niña, a cooling of the central Pacific Ocean water, are generally weaker in summer. But it is good news for the Atlantic hurricane belt. More tropical storms and hurricanes form there during La Niñas.
INTERACTIVE: How El Nino and La Nina affect U.S. storms
Halpert said La Niña generally causes more weather damage to the USA than its flip side, the better known El Niño.
This La Niña was known as "double-dip" La Niña because there was one in the winter of 2010-11, then the waters in the Pacific warmed to a neutral state and then cooled again to another La Niña for 2011-2012.
Forecasters don't know what conditions will follow this La Niña. Usually a multi-year La Niña is not followed by a neutral event, Halpert said. It either goes to El Niño or comes back as another La Niña, he said.
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I'm looking to make Reifujin Shiori's battle outfit from Witchblade: Obakemono.
Is this a real armor style? I'd really like to make this, but If I have to fudge, I will. I've already checked
and while he has some great info on lacing, I didn't see anything that looked very similar to this. It appears that the body parts of her armor are composed of a series of rectangular panels with strictly vertical lacing that alternate a long run of lacing with a short one, or even just a knot. All of the other ladies with her are shown wearing armor laced with that same pattern, but in this action shot it seems distinct from the traditional laced armor that her opponent is wearing.
does anyone have any thoughts about this? most of the sites I find in quite a few google searches want to sell me vintage armor, not show me how it's made
As an aside, any idea on how her knee cops are staying up? they look completely unsupported. I could probably rig something garter-like under the blousy pants, but I'm open to better ideas.
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Meredithe adores pirate-themed parties. She claims that "a bit of 'Yo ho ho, me hearty!' goes down marvelously with adults and children alike! It never fails to produce a party to remember."
"If your baby seems to be turning slightly orange, don't panic! Consider the amount of carrots your feeding him or her. Unless your child has the characteristics of a chameleon and you've sat him or her on an orange cushion, excess amounts of the fine vegetable may indeed be the cause!"
Meredithe Stuart-Smith founded Meri Meri more than twenty years ago as a one-woman show that was run out of a front-room in Los Angeles. Today, the design powerhouse remains firmly rooted as an industry leader with over 100 prestigious awards for producing some of the finest stationery in the world. Operating under the firm belief that "life is an adventure," the staff at Meri Meri applies an intense passion to their designs, blending a unique palate for zest and zeal into everything they create. The brand still adheres to Meredithe's original unrelenting passion for mixing the contemporary with the eclectic and the traditional-a design aesthetic which has resulted in the range of instantly recognizable stationery that has entertained the world for decades. From handmade cards to invitations, journals, photo albums, gift wrap and more, Meri Meri offers a variety of products that is sure to delight, inspire and enchant. Meredithe currently lives in England with her husband, James, and her son, Jamie-both of whom she tries to embellish with her signature sequins (to date, unsuccessfully).


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Category: "Beyond Jennifer & JAson"
One of my most vivid memories of writing our very first book, Beyond Jennifer & Jason, is of Linda and me cracking up as we read aloud from our list of what we called Intellectual Power Names. Frances, Ruth, Howard, Norman…
We couldn't help laughing. We might as well have been making a list of nerd names.
When we reinvented the book as Beyond Jennifer & Jason, Madison & Montana, we abandoned the Intellectual Power names in the book's Image section to talk more about classic names and unusual names and how those qualities influenced the world's perception.
And I suppose we felt a bit squeamish about pegging names too closely with qualities like intelligence and attractiveness that have more to do with the person than with his or her name. A Ruby or a Rylee, after all, may easily be every bit as smart as a Ruth.
But sometimes, I see a name and instantly think it sounds intelligent. Makes me expect, if I met that person, that they would be smart — and not just smart, but studious, serious, cultured, intellectual.
So I decided it would be fun to update the Intellectual Power names, Nameberry-style, with a contemporary twist and sensibility.
For those of you who don't check the Birth Announcements forum on our Message Boards or aren't yet our friends on Facebook (tsk, tsk!), we thought we'd gather up the names of the newest babyberries here for all to see. These are all baby names of 2011—and the year isn't even half over yet!
When Pam and I wrote our first name book back in the Era of Jennifer & Jason, it was filled with names we loved, many of which seemed quite outré to many people at that time. Milo? Felix? Lulu? Clementine? Araminta? Out of the question, we heard!
And so for us to look at a list like the one below is like a dream come true—a whole mini-universe populated by Barnabys and Beatrices, supported by such a strong community of wise and savvy advice-sharers—it all makes us feel like a pair of proud virtual godmamas.
Here they are, together with sibs and nicknames, when available:
Amelia Blythe
Aviva (Viv) Sania Evangeline, sister of Penelope (Pippa) Esme Emilia, Shiloh Clementine Mae and Devandra (Dev) Jasper Milo
Beatrix Eleanor
Bettina Skye, sister of Asher Matthew
Camilla (Milly) Beatrice, sister of Brigid Ceaira
On this 98 degree day, I'm doing the only chore that makes sense: cleaning the basement. That's how, deep in a dusty box, between my now adult daughter's kindergarten drawings and my ancient college essays, I found a draft of the proposal for our very first baby-naming book.
What struck me most about our early work was a list of rules for choosing the perfect name, as relevant today as they've ever been — and will continue to be. Whether your taste in names tends toward the traditional or the trendy, whether you're picking between a few finalists or still playing the vast field, these guidelines should help:
1. Start Thinking of Names Early — Make some tentative decisions, and live with them for a while. If you're tired of a name after two months, imagine how you'll feel after 20 years.
In the mid-1980s, when we were beginning to conceptualize our first book, Beyond Jennifer & Jason, the most popular names were, well, Jennifer (42,637 of them born in 1985 alone) and Jason, as well as Jessica, Michael (a whopping 64,852 of them—no wonder we run into so many 25-year-old Mikes) and Matthews, Ashleys and Amandas, Megans and Melissas.
Over the entire decade of those ancient eighties– the era of Cabbage Patch Dolls and Punky Brewster, the moonwalk and the Material Girl—the top three girls' names were Jessica (469,000). Jennifer (440,000) and Amanda (369,000), while for the boys it was Michael (663,000— that's over half a million, in case you hadn't noticed), Christopher (555,000) and Matthew (458,000)—rounding them off to the nearest hundred.
In the quarter century (!) that has passed since 1985, we've seen some very different naming patterns emerge. At that time, there were very few vowel-starting names, except for those A-girls mentioned above, the perennial Elizabeth and the emerging Emily. Hardly a flower name in the bunch, minimal celebrity impact, Mary still in the Top 35, the boys' list showing little signs of new life, sticking with Old and New Testament favorites and English classics. Not an aden-ending name in the Top 500—though Braden had already popped up at 583, just below Benny.
What's particularly interesting to look at from today's perspective is not so much the new names that were emerging or those that are still with us, but the older ones that were still hanging on in the 1985 Top 1000, and have now completely dropped off.
Unusual baby names are more, well, common these days than ever before, according to a new study.
This is not really news, and you don't need to be a name researcher or statistician to realize it. Anyone who's spent any time around children in the last few decades knows that you hear unusual names from Tatum to Trenton, from Delilah to D'Shawn around a lot more than you used to.
What's surprising is the reason the San Diego State author of the latest study gives for the rise of unusual baby names since the 1940s, with the biggest rise in the 1990s. The theory: Higher narcissism among Baby Boom parents inspired the increase in unusual names. We're not so sure.
Jean Tweng, the author of the unusual names study, is also the author of two books on narcissism, The Narcissism Epidemic: Living in the Age of Entitlement (Free Press, 2009) and Generation Me: Why Today's Young Americans Are More Confident, Assertive, Entitled and –More Miserable Than Ever Before (Free Press, 2007).
We hate to be too, well, narcissistic about this, but we think the rise in unusual names is mostly because of us.
Our first book, Beyond Jennifer & Jason, came out in 1988. We called it Beyond Jennifer & Jason because its whole point was to encourage parents to move beyond the expected names — Jennifer and Jason, Jessica and John — that were epidemic at the time and choose something more distinctive and, yes, unusual.
That book changed the way a new generation of parents thought about baby names. It was our book, we maintain, that propelled the shift in naming trends, not the new generation of parents.
And we have proof.


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Lady Gaga: The Apartment Tour!
She travels the globe in crazy costumes and when Lady Gaga finally gets a moment to hang at home, she retreats to a fabulous Manhattan apartment.
Mother Monster invited MTV News' Sway to take a tour of her pad, though she made sure to mention that she's not the actual owner.
Gaga noted, "This is a rental. I'm not ready to be a true grown-up yet, so we have a rental. I'll let you know when we make a purchase."
And she's not the first famous person to occupy the space- "Liza Minnelli used to live here and Tony Bennett used to live here."
Check out all the ornate opulence in the video below!
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May Long Weekend marks the unofficial start of summer, and with that, the start of the barbecue season. If you've taken the winter off from this sublime outdoor cooking activity, it's time to get re-acquainted.
In our house it's the only type of cooking exclusively for dad, meaning I do it from start to finish — probably because there is an element of danger involved.
Either I could set something on fire with the charcoal briquettes, or it's "boom-boom in the backyard" when the igniter hesitates in lighting the propane pouring into the grill, eventually sending me to 30 000 feet to wave to a passing WestJet pilot.
There is no definitive history about how the word "barbecue" originated — or why it's sometimes used as a noun, verb, or adjective. But it's usually in the U.S. where it is used as a noun, as in "Come on over and eat some barbecue." And that barbecue is usually pork.
As for how I use the word, it's often a verb, as in "I'm gonna barbecue meat non-stop every weekend for the rest of the summer." Or I, too, can do the noun thing, as in "If you catch me at home any weekend through the summer, chances are the barbecue will be going."
It is my favourite appliance, my favourite activity, cooking my favourite food. And if it somehow became illegal to barbecue in Canada, I'd be mailin' my passport back to Ottawa, and start selling contraband charcoal grills out of the trunk of my car!
Twelve months of the year, it is simply the best — made even better when the warmer months make it that much more enjoyable to be outside for the experience.
Some say the Christopher Columbus's Spanish crew members from Basque get the credit for the word barbecue, which is derived from their "barbacoa", which is an American-Indian word for the framework of green wood (or the first grill) where food was placed for cooking over hot coals.
Others think the French were responsible, as Caribbean pirates cooked animals on a spit that ran from "whiskers to tail" or "de barbe a` queue."
As for the talent itself, Steve Anytaya (from CKLQ) and I had a blast competing as a team during the Summer Fair in their annual (now extinct) barbecue rib cook-off, finishing in the top three a couple of years.
But it was more the Jack Daniels cooking method we employed that guaranteed to finish us both each year.
Some of the competitors took the event pretty seriously, with equipment that rivalled what you might see on The Food Network.
Competitive barbecuing is one of the hottest hobbies in North America, with hundreds of cook-offs held each summer, including one each August in Winnipeg.
The biggest and most famous are Memphis in May and The American Royal in Kansas City. Both cities stake their claim to being the barbecue capital of the U.S.
According to the 25th annual Weber Grill Watch Survey, 70 per cent of people currently own an outdoor barbecue grill. The most popular barbecue utensils are long-handled tongs (77 per cent), followed by forks (64 per cent), long handled spatulas (59 per cent), and grill-cleaning brushes (63 per cent).
The most popular foods for cooking on the grill are: burgers (85 per cent), steak (80 per cent), hot dogs (79 per cent) and chicken (73 per cent).
The side dishes most commonly prepared on the grill are: corn (41 per cent), potatoes (41 per cent) and other vegetables (32 per cent).
The most popular flavours of barbecue sauce are hickory, followed by mesquite, honey, and then spicy hot.
Apparently the five best things to grill (besides burgers and hot dogs) are oysters, followed by grilled cheese and other sandwiches, pizza, beer can chicken, and fruit.
Although the thought of grilling ham and pineapple has crossed my mind, I've never gotten around to putting fruit on the barbecue yet.
What's the most unusual thing you've cooked on the grill?
Wendy Medicine — bacon and eggs
Carla Slimmon — sausages, roasts, corn on the cob ... almost everything gets put on the barbecue. I hate heating up the house in summer with the stove/oven.
Aimee Hatcher — asparagus and salmon
Andi Robertson-Fortune — romaine lettuce for grilled caesar salad
Dawn Unger — sliced potatoes in tin foil with butter, dill and salt and pepper to taste
Michelle Brau — pizza is really good
Melanie Wilson — corn on the cob, diced potatoes in tin foil with butter. Smores wrapped in foil are also very good.
Suzie Moar — corn, veggie kabobs and fruit kabobs, grilled zucchini
Kayla Graham — tomatoes with parmesan cheese or mozzarella cheese. Mmm.
Jillian Vanderheiden — Asparagus! Oh so good! Then top with a bit of garlic butter and sea salt. Delish!
Jackie Maguathi — pineapple and mango
Becky Han — veggies like asparagus, corn on the cob, zucchini, mushrooms, and bell peppers. Pineapple is the best grilled fruit.
Natasha Marshall — asparagus and shrimp ... and I love grilled pineapple!
Karen Rudachyk — ribs, tinfoil potatoes, asparagus.
I'm gonna try the pineapple and that caesar salad. The thought of a hot salad is kinda weird but after seeing it done online, it looks like it might work. Oh well, we have all summer to discover new foods for the grill.
Make no mistake, tipping back the beer and flipping meat is not easy. But it is nice to have help. So to all the "assistants" to grillers everywhere in Westman, we salute you. Thanks for running to get us a beer so our stuff doesn't burn.
Enjoy the long weekend and enjoy your grill. And remember, for pork and chicken, it's better to burn than undercook, and for beef, you're better to undercook than burn. And if everything ends up burnt, my second favourite cooking appliance after the barbecue grill is the phone — for take-out.
Ted and his wife were working in their garden one day when Ted looks over at his wife and says: "Your bum is getting big, I mean really big! I bet its bigger than the barbecue."
With that he proceeded to get a measuring tape and measure the grill and then went over to where his wife was working and measured his wife's bottom.
"Yes, I was right, your butt is two inches wider than the barbecue!"
The wife chooses to ignore her husband. Later that night in bed, Ted is feeling a little frisky. He makes some advances towards his wife who completely brushes him off.
"What's wrong?" he asks.
She answers: "Do you really think I'm going to fire up this big grill for one little weenie?"
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In 1984, the great American avant-garde composer Morton Feldman gave a lecture at the relentlessly up-to-date Summer Courses for New Music, in Darmstadt, Germany. "The people who you think are radicals might really be conservatives," Feldman said on that occasion. "The people who you think are conservative might really be radical." And he began to hum the Sibelius Fifth.
–Alex Ross, The Rest is Noise
The above anecdote made a lot of us smile. Of course we knew Sibelius was a monster, probably the moment we first heard the Fourth, Fifth or Seventh Symphonies, or maybe Tapiola, but it was great to hear Morton Feldman, bona fide patron saint of late 20th-century modernist cool, say it. Even better, true to his style, he said it without saying it!
But it's easy now to forget how past critics used Sibelius as a political football, first praising him as a nationalist hero, then trashing him as an lightweight conservative boob and favorite of fascists. Since Darmstadt would have been the perfect place to try "is it just me, or is Sibelius is the worst composer ever?" as a pickup line, it was quite lovely that Feldman would drop his little Molotov cocktail there.
But why juxtapose Sibelius and Feldman over a week's programming? OK, it's partly a whimsical reaction to a striking quote, but there are, at least in their mature work, compelling commonalities. They might be outlined with a few terms: time, space, small cells, large forms and sound worlds. Both composers prefer slow harmonic rhythm, holding a tone or a pedal note until it rings out or combines with others, producing a sense of floating and, around that floating material, a sense of space and openness.
Both also use small melodic cells that gradually shift and morph into new configurations, suggesting large scale organic growth. In doing that, they both create events that seem more atmospheric than discursive, heard not so much as the product of conventional development, theme and counterpoint, but as total sound worlds.
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Lebanese officials on Monday and Tuesday slammed the European Union's designation of Hezbollah as a terrorist organization, with top leaders calling on the 28-nation bloc to reverse its decision.
The EU's foreign ministers on Monday declared Hezbollah's military unit as a terror group following years of pressure by the United States and Israel to blacklist it, which entails a freeze to any funds Hezbollah may hold in Europe.
The powerful Lebanese Shia movement described the move as "aggressive" and "unjust" in a statement issued late-Monday.
"It looks as if the decision was written by American hands with Zionist ink, and the EU had only to put its seal of approval," the statement read.
The decision "comes in contrast with [the EU's] values and aspirations that support the principles of freedom and independence, which it had always advocated," it added.
Prime Minister designate Tammam Salam on Tuesday called on the EU to reverse its decision, describing the move as unhelpful as Lebanon grapples with an internal political crisis.
"It's no secret that Lebanon is going through a difficult and critical stage," Salam said in a statement carried by Lebanon's state news agency.
"This decision doesn't help the Lebanese President's efforts to revive national dialogue in order to restore stability in Lebanon and fortify the nation's political and security bodies," he added.
Speaker of the House Nabih Berri described the move as a service to Israel to compensate for the recently approved EU ban that forbids member states from funding Jewish settlements in the occupied West Bank.
In the statement issued Tuesday, Berri called on the EU "to reconsider its decision which affects, with no doubt, all the Lebanese and their interests in Europe."
Outgoing Prime Minister Najib Mikati on Monday said he regretted the move and promised to follow up on the matter with EU officials through "diplomatic channels."
"We had only wished that EU countries had thoroughly read facts and data [before blacklisting Hezbollah]," Mikati said.
The EU cited accusations that Hezbollah was behind a bus bombing in Bulgaria last year which killed five Israelis and their driver to justify the move.
But pressure to blacklist the group had intensified since May when Hezbollah publicly acknowledged that its fighters were taking part in the Syrian civil war against the western-backed rebels.
Last month, a new socialist-led Bulgarian government backed away from claims of the previous administration that Hezbollah was behind the bombing, saying that the EU could not justify blacklisting Hezbollah solely based on the little evidence produced to implicate it in the crime.
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Gym Dogs On A Mission In 2012
Dec. 28, 2011
By simply walking into the Suzanne Yoculan Gymnastics Center, it's easy to see the standard the Georgia Gym Dogs have set for themselves.
Banners from 10 NCAA Championships hang from the ceiling along with paintings of 61 gymnasts who have earned a total of 318 All-America honors. A display in the middle of the gym lists Georgia's 16 SEC Championships.
It has been nearly 40 years since the program's inception in 1973, and the expectations are the same now as they were in 1987 when Georgia captured its first national title and in 2009 when Georgia became the first program to reach double-digit NCAA crowns.
"We walk in every day and understand the standard we've set over the last 20 years," said third-year head coach Jay Clark. "The goals and intentions of this program have not changed."
The 2011 season turned into an injury management season for the Gym Dogs, who struggled to even field a full lineup in some meets. Still, Georgia returned to the NCAA Championships and finished ninth nationally.
"We expect to take another step forward this year," Clark said. "Our goal is to get things back to where our fans' expectations are and to what we expect from ourselves."
Georgia returns 11 gymnasts from last year's squad including reigning NCAA uneven bars champion Kat Ding, who scored a 9.9 or higher in 10 out of 14 bar routines last year and could compete in the all-around. She is one of three seniors on the 2012 squad along with Mariel Box and Gina Nuccio.
The Gym Dogs also return 2011 All-Americans Noel Couch and Lindsey Cheek. Couch competed in the all-around in every meet last year, and Cheek became the first Georgia freshman to earn All-American honors on vault since 2006.
Also returning are juniors Christa Tanella and Shayla Worley, who have been key parts of Georgia's bars, beam and floor lineups.
"Shayla has the potential to step forward as a junior," Clark said. "She has shown a tremendous amount of growth in terms of her leadership within the team. To this point of the preseason, she has been more consistent than I've seen her since she's been here."
The Gym Dogs will also have the services of a pair of gymnasts who missed their first seasons in 2011 due to injuries. Kaylan Earls, who was on track to be in the lineup on three events in 2011, ruptured her left Achilles tendon two weeks prior to the season and missed her entire freshman year. The two-time Junior Olympic all-around champion will make her Gym Dog debut in 2012.
Another 2011 freshman, Bekah Bennetts, underwent ankle reconstruction surgery after arriving at UGA last fall and is expected to contribute as a vault specialist.
The Gym Dogs could also see key contributions from sophomores Cat Hires and Laura Moffatt, who had strong finishes to the 2011 season, in addition to junior Kati Breazeal, who will provide depth on the balance beam.
"We have a workman-like group and a lot of role players. We think if everybody knows their role and fills their role, we can compete with anybody. We are excited about that. It will be interesting to see if we have anybody on this team who steps up to the forefront and becomes that superstar. I do believe we have a couple of people who have that potential."
Clark, who last year was named the ninth-best recruiter in all of college sports, is bringing in five freshmen to the fold this season including Chelsea Davis, Demetria Hunte, Whitney Kirby, Sarah Persinger and Camille Pfister. Davis, Persinger and Pfsiter joined the team in the fall, while Hunte and Kirby will enroll in January.
"Chelsea and Sarah could have an impact on all four events," Clark said. "That's what we need is someone who can come in and give us depth on all four events. We anticipate great things from both of them.
"We think we have a group that really came together at an early point in the year. Rather than rallying when they have to, they seem to be coming together now and they seem to be on a mission. We've had years where we won a championship and didn't have the best talent, and we've had years where we won it just based on our chemistry and the character of our team. We feel like we have good character with this bunch."
Georgia opens the season at home against Denver on Jan. 6. The Gym Dogs face a tough road slate with meets at 2011 Super Six teams Alabama, Michigan and Utah in addition to a meet at Florida.
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Characterization of different poly(2-oxazoline) block copolymers by MALDI-TOF MS/MS and ESI-Q-TOF MS/MS
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DOI: 10.1002/pola.24364
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Journal of Polymer Science Part A: Polymer Chemistry
Volume 48, Issue 23, pages 5533–5540, 1 December 2010
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Baumgaertel, A., Altuntaş, E., Kempe, K., Crecelius, A. and Schubert, U. S. (2010), Characterization of different poly(2-oxazoline) block copolymers by MALDI-TOF MS/MS and ESI-Q-TOF MS/MS. J. Polym. Sci. A Polym. Chem., 48: 5533–5540. doi: 10.1002/pola.24364
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- Issue online: 28 OCT 2010
- Version of Record online: 15 OCT 2010
- Manuscript Accepted: 31 AUG 2010
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UVic Honours Brandt Louie As Distinguished Entrepreneur
Brandt Louie, chairman and CEO of H.Y. Louie Co. Ltd. and board chairman of London Drugs, has been honoured with UVic's Gustavson School of Business Distinguished Entrepreneur of the Year Award (DEYA) for 2013. This is the 10th year for the awards.
"Brandt Louie has carried on the entrepreneurial spirit of his father and grandfather. He believes in treating employees like family, providing exceptional customer service and adhering to core values," says Peter B. Gustavson, founder and chair of the DEYA committee.
"No other company in Canada has reached the age of 100 and remains in the hands of the same family. Brandt has succeeded in carrying on the family tradition," says Dr. Saul Klein, dean of the business school. "Brandt is an excellent role model – his family's business has succeeded for three generations and is moving to the fourth, something few family businesses do successfully."
Louie grew up in Vancouver in an entrepreneurial family that is still influenced by the wisdom and example of his grandfather, Hok Yat Louie. Louie earned his Bachelor of Commerce degree from the University of British Columbia in 1966 and his designation as a chartered accountant in 1969. He was elected a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of BC in 1997.
In 1972, Louie started his career with H.Y. Louie Co. Ltd. under the guidance of his father, Tong Louie, and rose through the company ranks, being named president in 1987. He became chairman and CEO of London Drugs in 1998.
Louie's business philosophy and entrepreneurial spirit is the catalyst driving the ongoing success of the H.Y. Louie group of companies. He has a passionate belief in customer service, fairness in all employee and vendor-partner relationships, and actively encourages creativity and innovation.
Under his leadership, the group of companies has grown and become more diverse, and now includes the charter airline LAS and Sonora Resort, a Relais and Chateau award-winning resort and conference centre. The H.Y. Louie group of companies is also a leader in corporate and civic sustainability, reflecting the businessman's core value of serving his industry, his community and his country.
Louie's vision and entrepreneurial accomplishments will be celebrated at the DEYA gala on May 22 in Victoria. To be added to the waiting list for DEYA gala tickets, contact 250-721-6406 or email@example.com.
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Publisher: Princeton University Press
Language: English | Number of Pages: 261 | Format: Paperback
Isbn-10: 0691013802 | Isbn-13: 9780691013800 | Publish date: 01/08/1981 | Edition Reprint
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Translated and Introduced by Magnus J. Krynski and Robert A. Maguire Regarded as one of the best representatives since World War II of the rich and ancient art of poetry in Poland, Wislawa Szymborska (b. 1923) is, in the translators' words, "that rarest of phenomena: a serious poet who commands a large audience in her native land." The seventy poems in this bilingual edition are among the largest and most representative offering of her work in English, with particular emphasis on the period since 1967. They illustrate virtually all her major themes and most of her important techniques.
Describing Szymborka's poetry, Magnus Krynski and Robert Maguire write that her verse is marked by high seriousness, delightful inventiveness, a prodigal imagination, and enormous technical skill. She writes of the diversity, plenitude, and richness of the world, taking delight in observing and naming its phenomena. She looks on with wonder, astonishment, and amusement, but almost never with despair.


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North Central Floridians React to Egyptian Crisis
Published July 10th, 2013
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GAINESVILLE, Fla. - Members of the Gainesville community have been affected by the recent events in more ways than one.
Haitham Gabr is President of the Egyptian Student Association at the University of Florida.
Although he has been in the states for the past couple of years, he's been keeping a close eye on the violent series of events in his country.
Gabr is mostly concerned with maintaining a democratic process-- something a long time in the making.
He says, "I am not happy with how Morsi performed but the rule of thumb is you never want a military ruler"
On Saturday, appointed Egyptian president, Adly Mansour issued a declaration granting him restricted powers, but vows to hold fresh elections by early next year.
Although United States leaders have not showed support for or against any faction, they hope the military acts quickly to return power to a democratically elected leader.
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