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LAFAYETTE — Aneatra Bedford, 14, reached a milestone this school year: She stayed in school.
"It's the first time since the fourth grade that I've been in school all year," Aneatra said.
Aneatra was kicked out of Judice Middle School and sent to the district's second chance school for students with behavior problems — N.P. Moss Preparatory. She couldn't follow the rules there, either, so she was expelled from Moss, and understands why.
"I was a follower, not a leader at Moss," she said.
She was given another chance in a more intensive program housed on the Moss campus called AMIKids where she said she felt something click inside her. Instead of trying to return to her zoned school this school year, she asked to stay in AMIKids.
"I learned to control my anger and walk away," Aneatra said. "They listen to you. They believe in you. They show me that by listening to me."
AMIKids is an intensive academic and behavior intervention program offered by a nonprofit group of the same name based in Florida. The program has a residential school in Acadia Parish, and last school year, the Lafayette Parish School System contracted with the nonprofit group to offer its day program to students who don't excel at Moss Prep. The program was first offered in late spring 2013 and in the past school year, AMIKids has become more a part of the Moss campus, said Jamile Emile, the Lafayette AMIKids program director.
"We collaborate with the staff and work together to keep kids in school," Emile said. "We've seen improvements from last year to this year."
Moss Prep and AMIKids both face potential cuts in the upcoming budget cycle. The school system faces an $18 million shortfall. The School Board met in a budget workshop May 20 and reviewed ways to close the funding gap.
The school district staff proposed using about $10.8 million of the district's reserve fund and paying for some staff positions with the 2002 sales tax revenues as one option. Another option involves making cuts to programs. The elimination of the district's contract with AMIKids and a staffing reduction at Moss Prep are both on the list at a projected savings of $900,000.
"The loss of AMI would be a tremendous negative effect for us," said Moss Principal Jody Duhon. "I would prefer to staff more creatively and explore other possible cuts."
On Friday, Superintendent Pat Cooper said he doesn't want to see either program cut. The cost to launch AMIKids and continue the program this school year were shared by the Lafayette Consolidated Government, the Lafayette Parish Sheriff's Office and the District Attorney's Office.
Cooper said Friday the school district plans to ask the agencies to continue their financial assistance. The annual contract for the program is about $380,000. The program saves the community money in the long run because without the second chance programs, the students would drop out of school, Cooper said.
Moss likely doesn't mark improvements the same as other schools, noted Duhon. While it's not unusual to hear foul language on her campus, she said the staff has noticed students are keeping themselves in check when they let disrespectful language slip and they apologize for it.
"The fact that our kids wear their pants on their waist is huge for us," she said. "We're not going to change 10 years of behavior in nine months. Kids who were here last year and spent a whole year here, we see maturity in them. We see our kids are invested in our school. They're beginning to take ownership and trust us. We still have a long way to go."
Students who exit the intensive AMIKids program must transition back to N.P. Moss Preparatory before they're able to transition back to their home school.
For instance, at least 261 students will return to Moss Prep for the new school year instead of their zoned schools, Duhon said.
"If we're not confident they'll have success, we won't send them back," Duhon said.
Moss staff decides which students need the more intensive approach that AMIKids provides because space in that program is capped at 30 students, Emile said.
Duhon said the success of AMIKids and Moss Prep is measured not so much by numbers, but by student behavior.
"We measure success by putting them back in a situation where they were not successful before," Duhon said.
This year, seven AMIKids returned to their home schools and of that number only one returned, Duhon said.
Aneatra is in the sixth grade, but supposed to be in the eighth. She made other milestones this school year: She passed the iLEAP and plans to take the 8th grade LEAP test this summer after attending a LEAP summer school course. If she passes the test this summer, she'll be back on grade level and start ninth grade classes in August.
"I'm going to pass it," she said. "I've done the work. I feel I'm ready for high school."
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1. Re: About the BTree indicesGreybird-Oracle Aug 15, 2012 1:56 AM (in response to 955811)Hi,
I'm not sure if the source code is really what you want. The BDB JE public API lets you store key-value data using a Btree internally.
When you say you want to "use BTree indices", I'm not sure what you mean. The internal Btree source code is not implemented or packaged as a reusable component, that could be used separately from the BDB JE product. But if you want it anyway, it's in this directory: src/com/sleepycat/je/tree.
2. Re: About the BTree indices955811 Aug 15, 2012 3:26 AM (in response to 955811)Hi Mark, thanks for the reply. So more specifically how the index is structured internally?
3. Re: About the BTree indicesLinda Lee-Oracle Aug 15, 2012 12:44 PM (in response to 955811)Our btree implementation implements the usual btree data structures. Please feel free to peruse our implementation, in the source directory that Mark referred to.
4. Re: About the BTree indicesGreybird-Oracle Aug 15, 2012 1:40 PM (in response to Linda Lee-Oracle)The high level architecture is described in this document:
White paper: Berkeley DB Java Edition Architecture (PDF)

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The New York State Nursery and Landscape Association honored Sally Cunningham at the New York State Fair with the 2013 Hall of Fame award.
Cunningham, who is a certified nursery and landscape professional and a columnist for The Buffalo News, also directs education and consults at Lockwood's Greenhouses in Hamburg and is also the co-founder and executive director of Buffalo's National Garden Festival.
Also, the association presented Ed Dore, of Dore Landscape/Akron Tree Farms, with the George L. Good Gold Medal of Horticulture.
Donna L. Burden, a founding partner of Burden, Gulisano & Hickey, a Buffalo law firm, was appointed chairwoman of the International Association of Defense Counsel's Transportation Committee for the 2013-2014 term.
The International Association of Defense Counsel (IADC) is a professional association for corporate and insurance defense lawyers around the world.
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Traminer Gold and That's Amore received gold medals, and Cab Fare won a silver.
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Platform(s): Playstation 3
Developer: Naughty Dog
Publisher: Sony Computer Entertainment
Genre: Third Person Adventure/Survival Horror
ESRB Rating: M (Mature)
Length: 12-20 Hours
Difficulty: Easy-Very Difficult (Optional)
Game Modes: Single Player Campaign, Competitive Multiplayer
Full Game Size: 26 GB
Disc Install Size: 50 MB
Resolution: 720p (2D)
Frame Rate: 30fps (with occasional dips)
Audio Format(s): PCM 7.1, PCM 5.1, DTS 5.1, Dolby Digital 5.1, Dolby Pro Logic II, Stereo Headphones, Stereo Speakers
Spoken Languages: English, French, Spanish, Portuguese
Subtitles: English, French, Spanish, Portuguese
Starring: Ashley Johnson, Troy Baker
Director/Lead Designer: Bruce Straley
Music by: Gustavo Santaolalla
Written by: Neil Druckmann
Release Date: June 14, 2013
20 years after a pandemic has radically changed known civilization, infected humans run wild and survivors are killing each other for food, weapons - whatever they can get their hands on. Joel, a violent survivor, is hired to smuggle a 14 year-old girl, Ellie, out of an oppressive military quarantine zone, but what starts as a small job soon transforms into a brutal journey across the U.S.
My Take:
After reading the synopsis, you could be forgiven for writing off The Last of Us as just another zombie game, but it wastes no time in separating itself from the pack. Naughty Dog has outdone itself once again, although this is a far cry from the lighthearted adventures of "Uncharted." The introductory sequence is particularly riveting–it makes the effort to earn your suspension of disbelief through unwavering attention to detail, before launching into one of the most genuinely frightening sequences I've ever played. Progressing through the full spectrum of fear, from creeping anxiety all the way to sheer terror, it's exceedingly rare for a game to be so utterly engrossing from the very beginning. After such an intense intro, I needed to take a step back for a few minutes–where other games expect you to lose yourself in the experience without laying the proper foundation, The Last of Us swallows you whole from the first moment and never lets you go.
Joel, the protagonist and player character, initially comes off as distant and cold. Ellie serves as a counterweight to his detachment, and is easily one of the most lovable characters ever to grace a video game. Having never known the world before the apocalypse, she still exhibits the playfulness of an outgoing teenage girl, with occasional bouts of outright naiveté. But far from a damsel in distress, when backed into a corner she bares her fangs and displays a ferociousness that betrays her innocent exterior. Strong female characters in video games are as rare as diamonds, but she easily makes up for three decades of neglect. Although it is quite apparent that manners have slipped since the apocalypse–Ellie has a way with words that would make a sailor blush. Although it's frequently extremely violent, the typical over-the-top bloodbath is replaced by an unglamorous brutality. It's quite effective in making you feel uncomfortable more often than heroic, but the body count is still unreasonably large by the end. Outright filler content is fortunately absent, but a few unnecessary chapters and battle sequences dilute the experience, and the occasional poorly designed level may leave you at a loss of how to proceed.
Overall, there are very few ways I could imagine how the game could realistically have been improved–this is a must-play for anyone who can stomach the brutality. Without relying on heavy-handed exposition and an excessively complex plot to drive the narrative, The Last of Us is refreshing. Although the moment to moment gameplay holds up its end of the bargain, it's the characters and human drama that will stick with you. It may especially strike a chord with gamers that have children of their own, but this is definitely a game for adults only.
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Extreme and realistic violence, frequent graphic language.
AUDIO/VIDEO - By The Numbers:
REFERENCE = 92-100 / EXCELLENT = 83-91 / GOOD = 74-82 / AVERAGE = 65-73 / BELOW AVERAGE = under 65
**Ratings are judged against the state of the art in contemporary games. As technology rapidly improves, standards will raise appropriately.**
Audio: 100
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Easily the highlight of the A/V experience, TLOU sets a new high watermark for audio in video games. With dynamic range set to maximum in the options menu, the soundscape is given ample room to breathe. Turning up to reference level allows dialogue and ambience to shine through clearly at a comfortable volume, while saving plenty of headroom for louder effects. No other game has come so close to capturing the frightening and awesome power of firing a rifle or shotgun. Environmental modeling is top notch, with layers of ambience blending seamlessly with positional cues, allowing your theater to melt away and fully absorbing you into the experience. Low frequencies are employed with restraint to give a satisfying weight and authority to effects without crossing the line into the ever-present rumbling that tends to plague most action games. The score displays a similar restraint, with simple and evocative pieces that evolve throughout the course of the game. Mixing of all the various elements is flawless with dialogue always clear and intelligible–Naughty Dog has mastered the art of keeping sound effects from trampling all over dialogue. If you have the gear to make it shine, TLOU will not let you down.
Video: 84
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In the twilight of a console generation, expectations for visual fidelity are running high. In most respects, TLOU doesn't disappoint. Facial and character animation is simply phenomenal in the cinematic sequences. Naughty Dog's performance capture technology is second to none, capable of capturing the slightest facial twitch of genuinely gifted actors. Ashley Johnson (Ellie) steals the show, although the rest of the cast carry their weight. The world feels truly alive; no detail was spared in recreating a believable post-apocalyptic U.S., from the authentically modeled locations torn apart by 20 years of neglect, all the way down to the realistic pattering of rain against a dirty window.
Unfortunately, the ambitions of the developers clearly exceed what the Playstation 3 is capable of delivering. Most of the power of the PS3 was turned towards rendering the detailed environments, leaving the core presentation somewhat lacking. 30 frames a second is already barely adequate for games of this type, and only a light touch of motion blur is present to smooth it out. Occasional dips in performance during complex sequences further degrade the presentation. Resolution is a native 720p–standard for the platform, but heavy aliasing frequently rears its ugly head and severely hinders the overall appearance. Still, Naughty Dog deserves credit for treating well calibrated displays with respect, no tweaking is necessary to produce a balanced and rich picture. Although they've squeezed every last drop of performance out of the PS3, a game of this caliber deserves better. I can't help but feel that TLOU would be more at home on next generation hardware.
Recommended In-game Settings:
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- Audio—Center Speaker: Large
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Game Design: 80
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TLOU exhibits excellent pacing, with frequent shifts between action, stealth, exploration and exposition. But far too many collectables distract from the pace of the narrative, which all too often feature essential story elements that can be easily missed. Combat feels tight and satisfying, with remarkably unpredictable enemy AI. Controls are tight, but the low frame rate and mild input delay can lead to a somewhat detached feeling. The basic interface is intuitive and checkpoints are frequent and well placed, but a few glitches popped up during my play through, with enemies spawning or disappearing right in front of my character, leading to several untimely deaths. The initial load time takes an eternity, measuring at a full three and a half minutes–but reloads after death are near instantaneous, a tradeoff I'm more than happy to make. The multiplayer modes are rather forgettable, but the campaign is reason enough to purchase the game.
Bonus Features:
- Cinematics Gallery (Acquired upon chapter completion)
- Character Uniforms (Unlockable)
- Concept Art Gallery (Unlockable)
- Alternate Render Modes (Unlockable)
Final Thoughts:
The Last of Us is the full package–a story with subtlety and depth, which rarely falls back on taking the easy way out. Even though familiar genre tropes manage to sneak in from time to time, they rarely play out as anticipated. Solid gameplay and an excellent A/V presentation round out the experience–where it falters, it's difficult to hold it against the developers. Judged against its peers, TLOU is a front-runner for game of the year, if not the entire generation. It's an incredible way to send off the Playstation 3, but we can only hope a Playstation 4 edition isn't too far behind.
Mark D'Aria
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One of Australia's biggest users of mobile spectrum,
But analysts say it's likely that rival telecommunications providers will be up in arms over Communications Minister
Mobile spectrum is the electronic airspace needed for wireless devices to work and many of the current licences are up for renewal.
The Perth-based telecommunications provider sells high-speed wireless broadband services.
Chief executive Martin Mercer said the valuation performed by London-based firm Plumb Consulting and paid for by the Department of Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy accurately reflected estimations by his own staff.
"It's about what we expected to pay based on the results we'd seen in markets overseas," he said. "All the mobile operators have made numerous submissions to the government and this is the outcome of a long period of consultation and review. I don't think 13 days is going to make an awful lot of difference . . . we're not going to be putting any more submissions in so the implication is we're going to accept the price."
But while vividwireless uses lower value 2.3GHz and 3.4GHz spectrum that the Plumb report claimed did not require major price rises,
Although rival telco executives are bound by confidentiality arrangements and cannot provide detailed comments, sources close to negotiations indicated that all parties deemed the price to be inflated.
"If this was a negotiation . . . then you'd expect the government to start high," a telco executive who did not wish to be named said.
"I don't think a total valuation of $1 billion [down from $1.4 billion] is too low . . . but at this stage there are a lot of players and actions you need to take into account.
"The government is clearly trying to support the return to surplus budget with this, but it knows that if it pushes too far it could collapse and get much less than if it'd taken a reasonable approach," the person said.
An analyst who also did not wish to be named agreed that the government's estimation of the value was excessive, with VHA likely to be hit hardest.
"Telstra alone is being charged around $758 million and we valued it at around $550 milion," the analyst said. "But it's more of a concern for VHA . . . because they're struggling a little bit."
Where the government is understood to be charging VHA more than $560 million to renew its spectrum, analysts' consensus predicted the value to be around $480 million.
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No. 4 seed Arizona Cardinals (10-7) at No. 2 seed Carolina Panthers (12-4), Saturday, 8:15 p.m. ET
PHOENIX -- The Panthers might not recognize the Cardinals when Arizona visits Carolina in the divisional round Saturday at 8:15 p.m. ET.
Kurt Warner and the Cardinals' passing game were at the peak of their aerial powers when Carolina overcame a 17-3 deficit to beat Arizona, 27-23, during a Week 8 game at Bank of America Stadium. Warner completed 35 of 49 passes for 381 yards and two touchdowns as Arizona made no apologies for ignoring its then-struggling ground game.
For Arizona, that game marked receiver Anquan Boldin's return from facial injuries and Edgerrin James' final start of the 2008 regular season. Injuries were limiting the team's options at tight end, another reason the Cardinals were committing themselves to a wide-open style of offense featuring three or more wide receivers most of the time.
Expect the Cardinals to bring a different type of team to Carolina for the rematch. We break down some of the differences while taking a closer look at what to expect from Arizona:
1. More James.
The Cardinals have succeeded in establishing at least the threat of a running game over the last two weeks.
The process began during a 47-7 defeat at New England, but few noticed because the Cardinals fell behind so decisively. James ran well on limited opportunities in that game. He ran better on additional opportunities in the final regular-season game. And when the Cardinals needed balance against Atlanta in the wild-card round, James carried 16 times for 73 yards, opening up the play-action passing game.
James' playoff experience and fresh legs are giving the Cardinals confidence in an area that has troubled them much of the season. Running the ball effectively requires committing to the run, and the Cardinals appear more eager to do that lately.
2. Less Boldin.
Injuries to Boldin's face, shoulder and hamstring have turned this into a difficult season for him even though the receiver's overall numbers landed him in the Pro Bowl again.
The Cardinals have not yet said whether the hamstring injury Boldin suffered against the Falcons might prevent him from playing effectively Saturday.
Arizona coaches had made Boldin such an integral part of the offense earlier in the season that the added responsibilities seemed to weigh down the receiver, perhaps leading to problems in other areas of his game, including ball security.
Boldin is still a threat to make big plays if he's available, but the Cardinals aren't building their offense around him to the same degree. Boldin's 30-yard carry at Carolina in Week 8 made him the team's leading rusher. The Cardinals have not been using him to manufacture rushing yardage, a trend that should continue with James providing a spark.
3. Tighter defense.
The Cardinals' performance against the Falcons' Michael Turner provided a blueprint for how Arizona must play defense against the Panthers' similarly impressive ground game.
Carolina won the regular-season meeting between the teams after the Panthers held the ball for the final 5:57 of the fourth quarter, a humiliating way for any defense to finish a game. Sloppy tackling cost the Cardinals that day.
The Cardinals played a disciplined game defensively against the Falcons. They'll need more of the same to have any chance against DeAngelo Williams, Jonathan Stewart and elusive receiver Steve Smith.
5. More tight ends.
Jerame Tuman, since released, was the Cardinals' only healthy tight end for that Week 8 game at Carolina.
Stephen Spach, who caught the clinching 23-yard reception against the Falcons, signed with Arizona two days after the Carolina game.
Ben Patrick is healthy enough to give Arizona another option at the position.
With fullback Tim Castille moving to tight end, Arizona used two tight ends on 15.2 percent of its snaps at Carolina in Week 8. The Cardinals used two tight ends on 31.6 percent of snaps against the Falcons in the wild-card game.
The Cardinals used four wide receivers on 28 snaps against the Panthers, but only one snap against the Falcons (in part because Boldin left the game).
Expect a more conventional Arizona offense this time around.
6. More DRC.
Rookie cornerback Dominique Rodgers-Cromartie has emerged as a big-play defender for the Cardinals over the second half of the season.
His first NFL start came one week after the Cardinals played the Panthers. Rodgers-Cromartie has five interceptions in his last eight games, including one against the Falcons. He returned one 99 yards for a touchdown. He has also blocked a punt, setting up a touchdown return.
Rodgers-Cromartie gives the Cardinals a better chance matching up against Smith and Muhsin Muhammad.
7. Less respect.
Arizona played the no-respect angle to great effect in the wild-card round after hearing about their shortcomings in great detail.
The Panthers are 8-0 at home this season. They've been better and more consistent than the Cardinals all season. Arizona has struggled on the road.
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Superconductors can be made to levitate in a magnetic field. They try to expel magnetic fields from within themselves, a very unique property. In space, it would be easy to keep material at temperatures close to absolute zero, meaning that a system using this could conceivably be propelled without any energy at all, at least in regions of space where there are magnetic fields. Here is a link to the talk:
Pretty cool. Paul Landers should see this video, with his "Lock-Force" mechanism theory. Quantum mechanics research is the way to go this century. Will unlock so many doors and maybe get us out of our conundrum.
When I was in high school, I was blessed when I was chosen to attend a special event where the main speaker was the great Nobel Prize winning physicist, Richard Feynman. I was 16 years old, and when he walked up to the podium and smiled with a twinkle in his eye, I got an instant crush on a man old enough to be my grandfather! It took several years to realize just how important he was, and after the Challenger disaster he was the one on TV explaining the 'O' ring problem that caused the explosion. In all those years since I was in high school, I have read books about Richard Feynman and his life, I own a set of cassettes of some of his lectures, and I have also been a self-taught explorer of quantum physics. I confess I do not understand it all, but I do 'get it'.
As I watched this video, Mr. Feynman popped in for a few minutes with that winning smile and the same twinkle in his eye that I had witnessed so many years ago. He enjoyed this video too.
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the 2002 season in Pennsylvania on Friday with two days of
a testing at Pocono International Raceway, located in the
heart of the Pocono resort area, and 90 miles outside of New
York City.
The Pocono session kicked off in cloudy conditions which threaten
rain all day but held off. The team was quick to find good
settings for the bike around the circuit in the morning and
then made very few modifications during the rest of the day.
This allowed them to test the different tires brought along
in the second half of the day.
Sunny, but windy conditions greeted the team on the second
day of testing. Very few changes were made and Dwight concentrated
on improving his laps time for the remainder of the testing.
"I feel very comfortable with the bike here at Pocono
and I am really satisfied with the times I set during testing,"
said Dwight.
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15, 2002
arrival to our hotel room in the town of Varese we happen
to glance out the window to see this spectacular view of the
Lake Varese below and the town was situated on. We were staying
at the Palace Hotel. It was built upon the top of a hill over
looking the town and lake below. Built over 100 years ago
the structure was magnificent, and also happens to be owned
by Claudio Castiglioni the president of Cagiva and MV Agusta.
There was MV Agusta Oro in the lobby along with a Cagiva 500
GP motorcycle. There was definitely no doubt as to who the
owner of the hotel was.
Several meetings were arranged for me to meet with various
personnel of the MV Agusta project team to discuss performance
enhancements for racing, and future plans for the enhancement
of the motorcycle. I met with Andrea Googi first, the engine
project leader. We probably spent the most time together discussing
every conceivable part of the motor and the enhancements of
the 2002 motor over the 2001 model. He was very knowledgeable
and we discussed all of the racing enhancements for the "SPR"
motor in great detail and when this would be available. After meeting with several other
individuals we called it a day...to
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12, 2002
& A Racing kicked off its second session of testing for
the 2002 season at Virginia on Friday with two days of a testing
at Virginia International Raceway, located only one north
of Raleigh North Carolina.
The first day of testing began early in morning and revolved
around general suspension set-up work, but after the second
session of the day it started to rain and continued on until
the next day. The testing didn't go as plan but Dwight was
happy with the limited amount of testing that was done.
28, 2002
& A Racing kicked off its 2002 season in West Virginia
on Thursday with one day of a tire testing at Summit Point
Raceway set in the pastoral Shenandoah Valley, located only
70 miles from the Washington, DC.
The first day of testing began late morning and revolved around
general suspension set-up work, and putting some mileage on
the new bikes on standard tires.
who ran a total of 49 laps in cool weather (track 78°
/air 57°), was feeling confident after the testing. "I
didn't push too hard today because I had to get to use to
the new bike after two months inactivity in the Northeast.
I hadn't raced since before Thanksgiving so it took me a bit
of time to get going. But in the afternoon I went much faster
than I did in the prior sessions,
so I'm feeling really confident now for the season ahead."
was also pleased with his overall performance after completing
49 laps today. He did two 'long-runs' on his F4S and was happy
to leave West Virginia with considerable mileage under his
belt. "The 2002-spec bike is really nice, MV Agusta did
a lot of work on it and we're already a lot quicker than before.
The team is working well and I can't wait until the new season
by Dwight David Mitchell, M & A Racing, will once again
contest the Isle of Man TT races in 2002 after last years
cancellation due to the foot and mouth epidemic in the UK.
Practice for the 2002 event is scheduled to start on Saturday
the 25th May and continue through the week with the first
of eight races taking place on Saturday the 1st June.
team is pleased to partner with MV Agusta to ride the new
F4S at this year's event. The name MV Agusta evokes memories
of a bygone age where nearly every race winner, every world
champion rode the same type of motorcycle - MV Agusta. It
is the most successful name in motorcycle road racing and
has won more championships than any other motorcycle brand.
With 75 world championships, 270 Grand Prix victories no other
manufacturer has equaled their record. ..to
read more about this, click here
29, 2001
2001 in Review -
This season we are pleased to be racing the MV-Agusta F4S.
It is by far the best handling production motorcycle we have
ever ridden. These pasts 6-months have been a wonderful experience,
full of experimentation, trial, error, and development...to
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State Sen. Deb Fischer's come-from-behind victory in the Nebraska Senate GOP primary is the latest reminder that women candidates are playing a starring role in the 2012 Senate landscape.
Fischer enters the general election as the early favorite over Democrat Bob Kerrey, who is seeking a political comeback. She joins a bipartisan mix of at least half a dozen women running for the Senate this year that has the potential to make 2012 another "Year of the Woman" in the U.S. Senate.
STORY: Fischer wins Neb. GOP primary
That moniker was given to the 1992 election, which sent four new women to the chamber that year, a high water mark that has not since been surpassed.
All of the women elected in 1992 were Democrats. The party has historically had an edge fielding women candidates, and women senators are disproportionately Democrats: of the 17 women in the Senate, 12 are Democrats while five are Republicans.
This year, Democrats are fielding non-incumbent women candidates in four marquee races: Elizabeth Warren in Massachusetts, Shelley Berkeley in Nevada, Heidi Heitkamp in North Dakota, and Tammy Baldwin in Wisconsin.
Republicans are fielding a crop of non-incumbent women as well. In addition to Fischer, there is Linda Lingle in Hawaii and Heather Wilson in New Mexico, who has to win a June primary first, and Linda McMahon in Connecticut.
In the top 10 races rated the most competitive by the non-partisan Cook Political Report, non-incumbent women candidates are running in six of the races, while a seventh, Sen. Claire McCaskill, D-Mo., is running for re-election.
Catalina Camia leads the OnPolitics online community and has been at USA TODAY since 2005. She has been a reporter or editor covering politics and Congress for two decades, including stints at The Dallas Morning News and Congressional Quarterly. Follow her at @USATOnPolitics.
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The Monster Yamaha Tech 3 Team heads off on a richly deserved summer break in high spirits after Andrea Dovizioso and Cal Crutchlow rode to a fantastic double top five finish in this afternoon's US Grand Prix at Laguna Seca.
Dovizioso made one of his trademark blistering launches off the start line to quickly seize fifth place from Crutchlow on the run to the tight first corner.
The Italian then quickly found a fast and consistent rhythm in front of a sun-drenched Californian crowd of 52,677 fans to mount a charge towards Factory Yamaha rider Ben Spies. Spies needed to call on all his vast home track knowledge to keep Dovizioso at bay. But a crash for the American exiting the spectacular Corkscrew section on lap 22 put Dovizioso into fourth position.
Dovizioso though never had the opportunity to relax, as a determined Crutchlow had remained glued to the back of his YZR-M1 machine right from the first lap.
In what has now become a familiar sight in the 2012 MotoGP World Championship, the two Monster Yamaha Tech 3 machines were locked in an exciting battle together right until the chequered flag.
British rider Crutchlow couldn't have put in a bigger effort to try and take fourth, but Dovizioso was once again brilliantly calm and collected under pressure. Dovizioso secured his eighth top five finish of the season by just 0.177s and he strengthened his grip on fourth in the overall World Championship standings having moved to 121-points.
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"It would have been nice to have kept the podium sequence going for a fourth race in a row but we have to be very satisfied with today's result because it was the best we could achieve when you consider the pace the top three have shown all weekend. Ben was doing a fantastic race and credit to him because he wasn't in the best physical condition. It is a big pity that he crashed because at the end of the race I am sure we could have had a really nice battle. It wasn't easy to stay with him and I was pushing really hard but when Ellison crashed there was a lot of sand on the track and I hit it and lost some time. It is a positive result and this busy period in the Championship has been very successful but we have to say the gap to the top three was very big. We head to the summer break confident for the rest of the season and ready to return in Indianapolis refreshed and looking forward to improving our performance."
Cal Crutchlow
Position 5th - Time: +18.779
"I'm pretty happy with another solid finish inside the top five and that is a big improvement on last year where I struggled a lot at this track. All weekend I was inside the top six so to finish fifth and have another strong battle with Andrea is good for the Championship. Credit to Andrea again because he was faultless and it didn't seem to matter how much pressure I put on him, he remained ice cool and didn't put a foot wrong to give me a chance of passing. Any pass would have been a desperate lunge and I certainly wasn't going to risk taking us both out in such an important race for Yamaha and Monster. It was a good battle with Ben for the first 20 laps and I feel sorry for him because it was building up to be a good fight between the three of us at the end. It was bad luck for Ben and I did everything I could without being able to take fourth from Andrea. It has been a great first half to the season for me. I've finished all 10 races and that was the consistency I was looking for. I'm now staying in America for a well earned break before coming back strong and confident for Indianapolis."
Hervé Poncharal - Monster Yamaha Tech3 Team Manager
"This was a very positive result to send the Monster Yamaha Tech 3 Team into the summer break with a lot of confidence and optimism for the remainder of the season. The last few weeks have been very tough but we have enjoyed the most successful spell in our MotoGP history, so thanks to Andrea and Cal for their hard work. Today was another fantastic battle between the two of them and like we have seen a few times this season, they really gave the fans an impressive show. It is not good for my heart but to see both of them fighting for fourth against such tough competition proves again the tremendous job the whole Team is doing. The first half of the season has been amazing for us and to have Andrea and Cal inside the top five in the rankings is a great achievement. We have received brilliant support from Yamaha and hopefully we can be just as strong in the final part of the Championship."
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Its implementation, in and of itself, will not remedy the unequal apportioning of resources from which Palestinians suffer.
Global trade can overcome the unequal access to resources studied by Kenneth Pomeranz.
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This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/).
Novel ionophores comprising various hydroxide and amine structures were immobilized onto poly(vinyl chloride) (PVC) matrices, and these were examined to determine Ti(III) selectivity. To predict the selectivity of Ti(III), a PVC membrane was used to investigate the binding of Ti(III) to c-methylcalix[4]resorcinarene (CMCR). The study showed that the chelating ligand, CMCR, was coordinated selectively to Ti(III) at eight coordination sites involving the oxygen atoms at the interface of the membrane/solution. The membrane was prepared, based on CMCR as an ionophore, sodium tetrakis(4-fluorophenyl) borate (NaTFPB) as a lipophilic ionic additive, and dioctylphthalate (DOP) as a plasticizer. The immobilization of the ionophore and surface characterization studies revealed that the performance of CMCR-immobilized PVC was equivalent to that of mobile ionophores in supported liquid membranes (SLMs). The strengths of the ion-ionophore (CMCR-Ti(OH)(OH2)52+) interactions and the role of ionophores on membranes were studied via UV-Vis, Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FT–IR), scanning electron microscopy (SEM) and and X-ray diffraction (XRD).
Calixarenes, as nano-baskets, are considered an important group of macrocyclic compounds and are the third most well-known host molecules after cyclodextrins and crown ethers. These macrocyclic molecules are a class of cyclooligomers that form after phenol-formaldehyde condensation, with defined upper and lower rims and a central annulus (
Owing to the presence of cavities in structural calixarenes, they are able to act as host molecules. The "crater" or "basket" shape of calixarene plays a very important role in shaping the entire architecture of calixarene, due to its function in host-guest chemistry.
Due to the presence of aromatic groups and the rotation of Ar-CH2-Ar bonds, calixarenes can assume different flexible forms. They came into existence as cone, partial cone, 1,2-alternate, and 1,3-alternate conformations (
The CMCR ionophore as a basic component is responsible for the potential response of ion selective electrodes (ISEs) and has been used to prepare the membranes of these devices. As was previously indicated using the conductometric method, the CMCR ionophore forms 1:1 complexes with titanium (III) cations [
The results obtained from the UV-visible spectra confirm these observations. The optimized structures of the free CMCR (a) and CMCR-Ti(OH)(OH2)52+ complex (b) are shown in
Titanium is present in aqueous solution as: Ti(OH)63+, Ti(OH)(OH2)52+, Ti2O(OH2)104+, Ti(OH)3+
All of the measured solutions were in a pH in the range of 1–3 and we expect that in the crystal structure of titanium chloride(III), the dominant titanium species would be in the form of the Ti(OH)(OH2)52+, a finding further supported by the literature.
In this study poly(vinyl chloride) (PVC)-based membranes incorporating CMCR as an ionophore have been prepared and explored as a titanium(III) selective sensor [
The Fourier transform infrared (FT-IR) spectra of the samples were recorded with a Perkin-Elmer FT-IR spectrophotometer (model Spectrum 100 series) using KBr disks. For UV-Vis spectroscopy, a Perkin-Elmer Lambda spectrophotometer 1650 PC (Shimadzu) was used. Scanning electron microscopy (SEM) techniques, using a Jeol scanning electron microscope (Model 1455 LEO) were used to study the immobilization of ionophore. X-ray diffraction (XRD) scans on a Shimadzu XRD-6000 Lab X wide-angle diffractometer were taken to characterize the membrane samples.
Deionized bi-distilled water was used to prepare the solutions. The CMCR ionophore, a TiCl3 solution of about 15% was purchased from Merck. Polyvinyl chloride powder of high molecular weight (PVC, Fluka) and tetrahydrofurane (THF, Fluka) were used without further purification. Dioctylphthalate (DOP, Merck), sodium tetrakis (4-fluorophenyl) borate (NaTFPB, Fluka) were used, as a plasticizer and lipophilic anionic additive, respectively.
The PVC-based membrane was prepared by dissolving appropriate amounts of ionophore (CMCR, 8 mg), anion excluder (NaTFPB, 3 mg), plasticizer (DOP, 59 mg) and polymeric matrix (PVC, 30 mg) in THF (3 mL). After complete dissolving of all components and mixing, a Pyrex tube was dipped in the solution obtained, and a 0.3 mm thick membrane formed. The tube was then pulled out from the mixture and kept at room temperature for 24 h. After preparation of the membrane, it was conditioned by soaking it in a 1.0 × 10−3 mol·L−1 TiCl3 solution for about 24 h.
The membrane ISE, based on CMCR, is characterized using a number of techniques, including UV-Vis spectroscopy, Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FT-IR), scanning electron microscopy (SEM) and X-ray diffraction (XRD). FT-IR was used to characterize the interaction of titanium chloride (III) with the CMCR ionophore in a composite membrane. The absorption (or transmission) spectra of the molecular species samples were recorded in the 400 to 4,000 cm−1 wavenumber range using the KBr pellet technique. UV-Vis spectroscopy was used for the Ti(OH)(OH2)52+-CMCR complexation study. Three sample solutions were prepared (1 × 10−4 M solution of CMCR in the absence and presence of 1 × 10−4 M TiCl3) in a binary mixture of acetonitrile–water. The absorption spectra of the solutions were then recorded for each sample in the range of 190 to 400 nm. For the SEM study the sample holders were cleaned and then dried with acetone solvent. The sample membranes were then fixed onto the holders and coated with gold in the vacuum chamber to increase the conductance of their surfaces. These samples were used to study the morphology of the membrane surfaces by SEM use. To characterize the membrane samples by X-ray diffraction the optimized membrane based on CMCR was prepared and stocked in the TiCl3 solutions for 24 h. Then the X-ray diffraction scans were taken on the membrane samples at a rate of two degrees per minute. Samples for XRD observations were mounted on an aluminium sample holder.
UV-Vis spectroscopy was used to investigate the interaction between the CMCR ionophore and the Ti(OH)(OH2)52+ cation. In order to study the selective interaction of the CMCR as a potential ionophore, the UV-Vis spectra of the complex were obtained in the absence and presence of this cation in dry acetonitrile solution. According to the Hofmeister series (lyotropic series—favourable ability of the cations to complexation) for cations, significant interaction between CMCR with Ti(OH)(OH2)52+ was expected [
As shown in
The influence of ionophores, titanium cations of the proposed membrane sensors, was investigated by FT-IR spectroscopy.
The presence of the Ti(OH)(OH2)52+ cation caused the shift and an increase in the absorption intensity of the OH stretching at 3,242.14 cm−1 (spectrum C in
The changes in the concentration of solutions of the titanium cation from 1.0 × 10−3 M (spectrum C) to 1.0 × 10−2 M (spectrum D) did not cause any significant difference in the spectra of the two membrane sensors. Consequently, the activity of the internal solution for the fabricated membrane electrodes based on CMCR can be kept at 1.0 × 10−3 M for TiCl3 solutions. After 2 months, no significant changes were seen in the spectra. Therefore, these membrane electrodes can be used successfully without any major decrease in response.
X-ray diffraction (XRD) facilitates understanding of the physical properties of metals, polymeric materials, and other solids. When an X-ray beam strikes a crystal, a portion of this beam is scattered by the layer of atoms at the surface. If the distances between the scattering centers are of the same order of magnitude as the wavelength of the radiation, then interference take place among the scattering rays, resulting in diffraction.
In this study, UV-Vis, FT-IR, SEM and XRD analyses supported the assertion that interaction occurred between a CMCR ligand and titanium (III) ions in the membrane phase. The results demonstrate that the application of CMCR in the polymeric membrane phase as a selective ionophore creates a cation sensor for the quantification of titanium (III) cations. Accordingly, we can use this ligand as a sensing element in the membrane in order to fabricate an ion selective electrode.
Division of calix[4]arene (applicable to all the calixarenes).
Conformers of cone shapes of calix[4]arenas.
Optimal conformation of CMCR before (
The FT-IR spectra of the membrane PVC sensor based on CMCR ionophore in different states: (
X-ray diffraction patterns of (
Scanning electron microscopy micrographs of the surfaces of the CMCR-immobilized membranes at the magnification of 2,000× (


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In JoVE (1)
Other Publications (1)
Articles by Ran Drori in JoVE
LabVIEW-operated Novel Nanoliter Osmometer for Ice Binding Protein Investigations
Ido Braslavsky1,2, Ran Drori1
1Institute of Biochemistry, Food Science, and Nutrition , The Robert H. Smith Faculty of Agriculture, Food, and Environment, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, 2Department of Physics and Astronomy, Ohio University
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Microfluidic Experiments Reveal That Antifreeze Proteins Bound to Ice Crystals Suffice to Prevent Their Growth
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. Jan, 2013 | Pubmed ID: 23300286
Antifreeze proteins (AFPs) are a subset of ice-binding proteins that control ice crystal growth. They have potential for the cryopreservation of cells, tissues, and organs, as well as for production and storage of food and protection of crops from frost. However, the detailed mechanism of action of AFPs is still unclear. Specifically, there is controversy regarding reversibility of binding of AFPs to crystal surfaces. The experimentally observed dependence of activity of AFPs on their concentration in solution appears to indicate that the binding is reversible. Here, by a series of experiments in temperature-controlled microfluidic devices, where the medium surrounding ice crystals can be exchanged, we show that the binding of hyperactive Tenebrio molitor AFP to ice crystals is practically irreversible and that surface-bound AFPs are sufficient to inhibit ice crystal growth even in solutions depleted of AFPs. These findings rule out theories of AFP activity relying on the presence of unbound protein molecules.


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Chapel Worship: Emulate & Y-Trip Sending - Martin Chapel
When Friday February 27, 2015 @ 10:00 AM (875 days ago)
Where Martin Chapel, Seminary
Duration 30 minutes
Gather for the launch of Emulate* as they bring some of their music and reflections to chapel. There will also be a time of sending for this musical ensemble and the Spring Break Y-Trip groups.
*Emulate is a fresh and elite vocal ensemble from Eastern Mennonite University under the direction of Ryan Keebaugh. The group specializes in madrigals; jazz, modern, and contemporary concert literature, both secular and sacred. Their inaugural tour will feature the works of Duruflé, Tavener, and Nystedt amid additional selections that will uplift, touch, and reflect upon the human soul and condition.
Intended Audience General Public
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The 22nd Annual Follow The Flag, a Christian, patriotic celebration of our nation's independence, will take place in Central Park Friday, July 4, from 7-10 p.m.
Free parking, admission, food, drinks (no alcohol allowed in park), live entertainment and the biggest and best professional fireworks display around are slated for this popular event sponsored by the Azle Ministerial Alliance.
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CNN's report late Wednesday that at least 40 veterans died waiting for care at Department of Veterans Affairs facilities in Phoenix is the latest in a way-too-long string of reports of how that agency continues to fail those who have fought for the nation.
The report notes that many of those who died were placed on a secret waiting list designed to keep VA officials in Washington from knowing that wait times were stretching beyond a year. Internal emails indicated the agency's top management in Arizona knew about the practice and even defended it, CNN said.
But wait, there's more: The Washington Examiner's Mark Flatten has compiled information on delays in cancer screenings that contributed to at least 23 patient deaths at VA facilities nationwide. Then there's the story of Army veteran Barry Coates, 44, who told the House Veterans' Affairs Committee that a year-long delay in performing a colonoscopy at a VA hospital in South Carolina had handed him a death sentence.
And the cost is more than just lives: An April 3 story by the Center for Investigative Reporting notes that VA has paid more than $200 million to settle nearly 1,000 wrongful death cases in the decade since the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks.
Meanwhile, lawmakers are losing their patience with the VA. A House bill would give Veterans Affairs Secretary Eric Shinseki the power to fire or demote senior executives who don't meet the grade. The department opposes the bill, but congressional leaders say the VA's efforts to hold people accountable for failures is falling short.
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Editorial: Obamacare's future is more precarious than President Obama lets on.
Columnist/Jed Babbin: What Republicans need most of all for 2016: Competence.
Columnist/David Freddoso: Dishonesty won't help moderates win over Republican voters.
Columnist/Michael Barone: High court stops short of ending racial quotas and preferences.
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Yesterday the daffodils started blooming in the yard. Which got flower decor ideas blooming in my head!
Tiny little flowers poking their heads up toward the sun.....ready for spring.
Absolute perfection.
And while I adore flowers in the garden......truthfully.....decorating with flowers inside the house is a lot more fun.
I'm not just talking fresh flowers in a vase.
I'm talking flowers everywhere....on the wall, on fabrics, on furniture and on the floor.
And the best part?
No more weeding!
So if you adore flowers like I do....here's some fun ways to incorporate them into your home decor.
1. Take a seat
Why not add a statement chair or floral-patterned ottoman?
Combine neutral floor coverings and a mix of patterned accessories to truly make the chair a stand-out.
If an all-over floral pattern is too much of a commitment....choose a more neutral chair material and add a slipcover for spring.
2. Hang it up
I adore big pictures.
They truly make a room your own.
Choose graphic images of flowers to add a modern feel to a neutral space.
Or warm up a reading nook or hallway with contemporary floral wall art and a pop of color.
3. Don't tread on me
A floral area rug is an easy way to change the look of a room completely.
Transform your space from neutral to colorful and whimsical or classic and streamlined....all with a little color underfoot.
If you have wood or tile floors....an inexpensive option for a room is an indoor/outdoor rug.
These rugs are so easy to clean and perfect for a busy lifestyle.
4. Look out that window
Grow a garden inside and out with colorful floral fabric at your windows.
Choose from vibrant floral patterns with bold colors and hues to whisper-soft fabrics with subtle textures and dainty flowers.
Then compliment the flowers at the window with a beautiful arrangement of flowers in an elegant crystal vase for the perfect spring addition to any room.
Growing season has started.
It's finally spring!
Flower decor ideas are in full bloom over here - what's blooming at your house?
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U.S. Government Awards Eden Medical Center Medal of Honor
Department of Health and Human Services recognizes efforts to increase organ donations
CASTRO VALLEY, Calif., December 4, 2008 - Sutter Health affiliate Eden Medical Center will receive the Organ Donation Medal of Honor in a special ceremony on December 5 to recognize its efforts to increase the donation of organs to patients awaiting transplants. Sponsored by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), the award recognizes Eden for successfully securing organ donations from 75 percent or more of its eligible donors over the course of 26 consecutive months.
"We're proud of our work to ease the burden on families who make the decision to donate," said Rose Corcoran, vice president of patient care at Eden Medical Center. "We make every effort to coordinate communication between our unit physicians, nursing directors, and staff in order to help family members realize that something positive can come out of the tragedy of losing a loved one, because another patient's life can be saved through organ donation."
According to the United Network for Organ Sharing, more than 100,000 people are waiting for organ transplants nationwide. California has 21 percent of the nation's waiting list, with 10 percent of those patients living in the San Francisco Bay area.
The award to Eden – which is one of 412 hospitals across the nation chosen for the honor this year – highlights the hospital's participation in the HHS Organ Donation Breakthrough Collaborative. The collaborative brings together donation professionals and hospital leaders to identify and share the best practices for supporting families and clinically managing patients who are organ donor candidates. The success of the collaborative made it possible to transplant 3,905 more organs from deceased donors in 2007 than in 2003, the year the initiative was launched.
As part of the criteria for the Medal of Honor, the collaborative set a goal of increasing the "consent rate" to 75 percent, meaning that of the total number of potential donor patients at a facility, fully three-quarters of the families of those patients would consent to the donation. During 2007, Eden secured permission for organ donations from 75 percent of eligible donors; and from January through September of this year, the hospital reached a 100 percent consent rate, with an average of 3.75 organs per donor.
One of the organizations partnering with Eden to promote organ donations is the California Transplant Donor Network (CTDN) (www.ctdn.org), a non-profit based in Oakland that works with more than 160 donor hospitals in Northern and Central California, and Northern Nevada.
According to CTDN, each year in the U.S., approximately 15,000 people die under conditions that make them medically suitable as organ donors, while18 people die daily awaiting a transplant. CTDN, which offers ongoing support to donor's families, also reports that in the last 20 years, 53,504 people have had organ transplants in California.
"Organ donation can offer a second chance at life for some patients," says Cindy Siljestrom, Chief Executive Officer of CTDN. "And through its efforts to increase the number of donors, Eden is leading the nation by example. We sincerely congratulate their staff on the tremendous effort they have put forth to earn this award."
At the ceremony on December 5, slated to be held at the Eden Conference Center at the Castro Valley campus, at 1:00 PM, CTDN CEO Siljestrom will present the HHS medal to George Bischalaney, CEO of Eden Medical Center.
About Eden Medical Center
Eden Medical Center is a full-service, 387-bed medical center with campuses in Castro Valley and San Leandro, serving the health care needs of residents of Alameda County and surrounding communities. Eden is the regional trauma center for Southern Alameda County and features many centers of excellence, including neurosciences, orthopedics, rehabilitation, women's health, adult psychiatry, and cancer care. Eden Medical Center is fully accredited by the Joint Commission on the Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations. Through our affiliation with Sutter Health, Eden Medical Center is part of a large network of non-profit hospitals and care centers in Northern California and is linked to nearly 30 acute care hospitals and 4,000 physicians throughout the region. Together, we're working to improve the health of our communities. For more information, please visit www.edenmedicalcenter.org.
About Sutter Health
Serving patients and their families in more than 100 Northern California cities and towns, Sutter Health doctors, hospitals and other health care service providers join resources and share expertise to advance health care quality and access. The Sutter Medical Network includes many of California's top-performing, highest quality physician organizations as measured annually by the Integrated Healthcare Organization. Sutter-affiliated hospitals are regional leaders in cardiac care, women's and children's services, cancer care, orthopedics and advanced patient safety technology. For more information about the not-for-profit Sutter Health family, please visit www.sutterhealth.org.
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The spectacular advance of local and regional democracy was the main innovation of 20th century democracy.
Council of Europe member states thus elaborated the European Charter of Local Self-Government – the first internationally binding treaty that guarantees the rights of communities and their elected authorities.
The Charter requires compliance with a minimum number of principles that form a European foundation of local democracy. The Congress makes sure that the
these principles are observed.
A system of guarantees
The Charter requires that the principle of local self-government be embedded in domestic law or in the Constitution in order to guarantee its effective implementation. It lays down the principles of the democratic functioning of communities, and is the first treaty to establish the principle of the transfer of competences to local communities, which must be accompanied by a transfer of financial resources. This principle, known as the principle of subsidiarity, allows for the decentralisation of power towards the level closest to the citizen.
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The Consumer Finance Protection Bureau has released a set of templates for letters to send to harassing debt collectors. These letters contain the binding language required by fair debt collection laws and should cause debt collectors to back off. What's more, they remind debt collectors of the penalties for ignoring such a letter and let them know that you know your rights and are willing to enforce them against the hounds.
New ways to combat harmful debt collection practices (via Consumerist)
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Bessie Helped me See the World in A New Light
Joe Lapp - Washington DC
The bike that changed my life came to me in my twenties. I had graduated from college and, after a year of volunteering, didn't know what to do next. My cousin Glen proposed an east-to-west, across-the-US, pedal-powered meander. Why not, I said. But I needed a bicycle.
He took me to Shirk's Bike Shop in eastern Pennsylvania's Amish country. Run by conservative Mennonites who use bicycles as their cars, it's the local place for a good deal. They fixed me up with a Trek police bike, last year's model, but I didn't care about that - I didn't have much money and they gave me a good price. Plus, it already had a rear rack for the beat-up saddlebags my cousin lent to me. I bought a cow-shaped squeeze horn and christened my new ride Bessie.
Newly outfitted with clipless pedals, I took the bike out for a spin. I stopped at a stop sign and immediately fell over. I had never ridden with clipless pedals before. I also had not ridden more than 50 miles in a day before. I didn't really know what I was in for.
The next three months were some of the best of my life as I rode that Trek from Lancaster, Pennsylvania all the way to San Francisco, California - via Minneapolis, Winnipeg, and Seattle. My cousin and I camped in backyards and by streams, lived on five dollars a day each, let old and new friends pamper us along the way. We blazed across the searing flats of the Midwest in early September and survived a 17 degree night in a tent below Mt. Rainier in mid-October.
By the time we rolled into San Francisco in early December, I hadn't done much to my sturdy steed except patch an occasional flat, put on new brake pads, and straighten the rear rack's support rods when they got a little bent from the constantly jouncing bags. After 5,000+ miles the bike still sported its original tires. I, however, was much changed - thinner, hardier, more spontaneous, and more convinced than ever of the basic goodness and generosity of the human race.
After the trip I took Bessie with me to live in the 'hood in Washington DC, where it was the envy of young teenagers more accustomed to squealing around the streets in stolen Dodge cars and minivans. A few years later I flew the Trek to Pakistan, where I rode it around the edges of Taliban country in the hills not fifteen miles from the city where Osama bin Laden was hiding out.
When I left Pakistan I sold my wheels to a friend. As life happens, that friend - and the bicycle - now lives in Burkina Faso, a West African country just north of the nation of Ghana, where I currently hang out. I dream of buying Bessie back one day, flying her back to Pakistan, and taking on the famous Karakoram Highway as it winds past 8,000 meter peaks on its way to China. Or maybe I'll just buy a kid's seat and ride my now one year old son to market on it.
Either way, I'll always remember the faithful Bessie as my first real bike, and the one that helped me see my country - and the world - in a new light.blog comments powered by Disqus


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Ludacris reacts to Paul Walker's death
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Ludacris is mourning the loss of his "Fast & Furious" co-star Paul Walker. Walker and his friend and business partner Roger Rodas were killed in a single car crash Saturday afternoon in Santa Clarita, California.
On Instagram Luda addressed Paul directly, writing "your humble spirit was felt from the start, wherever you blessed your presence you always left a mark." The rapper and actor also acknowledged his close friendship with Walker by saying that he and Paul "were like brothers." He even pointed out that their birthdays are only one day apart. Ludacris added that Paul's "legacy will live on forever."
Luda isn't the only hip-hop icon to express his shock and sadness at the news of Paul Walker's death. On Twitter T.I., who starred alongside Walker in the 2010 film "Takers," wrote:
I'm shocked & saddened to find that the world has lost such a great spirited person. Paul Walker was not (cont) http://t.co/DtwJP0jSBA
— T.I. (@Tip) December 1, 2013
RIP Paul Walker http://t.co/KdPeH0eZQx
— T.I. (@Tip) December 1, 2013
Rapper The Game called Walker "a great friend," adding that his death is a "reminder of how short life is."
Sad news about a dear friend. @RealPaulWalker, one of the best actors & for damn sure a great friend… http://t.co/ZxCPKQFqoZ
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Darryl Worley Featured As The Challenger On Today's Daily Duel [AUDIO]
The remake of 'Endless Love' by Lionel Richie and Shania Twain continues on as our Daily Duel champion, this time taking 62% of the vote against the latest from Easton Corbin.
Can Richie and Twain do it again?
This time the duo will be taking on the latest from Darryl Worley – 'You Still Got It'.
And Lionel Richie featuring Shania Twain with 'Endless Love'
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Big Ben gets annual check-up
3 men have abseiled down Big Ben's huge clock tower to check for damage for the Bell's annual summer clean.
All of them had to wear ear defenders to protect them from it's massive noise.
The clock's keeper says it may look risky but it's actually very safe and much cheaper and quicker than using a scaffold.
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Geographically, California is the third largest state in the nation, with 158,693 square miles. The highest elevation is Mt. Whitney at 14,494 feet above sea level; the lowest geographic point is Death Valley at 282 feet below sea level. Twelve percent (12%) of the total population in the United States resides in California, making it the most populous state in the nation. According to the U.S. Census Bureau, in 1998, California had an estimated population of 32,682,794. The estimated 1999 population was 33,145,121, a 1.4% increase. California's population is projected to reach over 39,900,000 by the year 2010. The numbers of licensed drivers in the State have increased steadily, although the numbers have leveled off during the past decade. Population figures and the numbers of licensed drivers are depicted below for the years 1964 through 1998 (Figure 1).
Figure 1: California Population Versus Licensed Drivers, 1964-1998
The largest city in the State is Los Angeles, which also ranks as the second largest city in the country. Tourism is an important industry and officials in California claim it is the "most visited state" in the nation, meaning a large number of tourists travel to and within the State each year (increasing the numbers of persons and vehicles driving on California's roads).
The California Highway Patrol (CHP) is the largest statewide law enforcement agency in the United States with more than 6,750 uniformed and 3,400 non-uniformed full and part-time employees. CHP officers patrol over 100,000 miles of state highways and county roads. Labor and budgetary information were provided by the Office of Special Projects at the Department of the California Highway Patrol. According to a staffing study, in 1998 alone, CHP officers statewide provided two million services to motorists, arrested 2.2 million people for various violations, investigated 206,000 collisions and gave 842,000 verbal warnings, among other activities. These activities involved more than 4.3 million hours of time by patrol, enforcement, and service-related personnel. While traffic law enforcement always has been a primary focus for the Department, as indicated by the large percentage of the CHP budget dedicated to traffic (Figure 2), other significant program areas include drug interdiction, protective and safety services, vehicle theft reduction and recovery, and community outreach.
Figure 2: California Highway Patrol Budget - Percent Traffic, 1989-1999
The fact that traffic law enforcement is the primary focus for this LEA also is reflected in the budget information provided by CHP which is illustrated in Figure 3. As the total programs budget has been growing, from 1989 to 1999, the large percentage allocated to traffic law enforcement has remained proportionate.
Figure 3: California Highway Patrol Budget Dollars, 1989-1999
The Office of Special Projects at CHP provided extensive historical labor information for the Department. Total work hours versus hours spent patrolling for the years 1992 through 1999 are displayed below in Figure 4. Hours spent patrolling are defined as driving an enforcement vehicle within view of the motoring public, but does not include time spent issuing citations, assisting motorists, etc. Total work hours are defined as total activity time including regular and overtime hours. Both categories of hours have remained fairly constant from 1992 through 1999.
Figure 4: California Highway Patrol Work Hours vs. Patrol Hours, 1992-1999
According to the CHP Staffing Study, traditional road patrols have diminished greatly over the years due to legislatively-mandated programs which require uniformed staff to handle commercial vehicle compliance enforcement, vehicle anti-theft enforcement, as well as special assignments. In addition, officers are required by legislation to receive approximately twelve hours of training per month per officer in areas such as cultural diversity and domestic violence. This is in addition to monthly firearms shoots, learning physical methods of arrest, and emergency medical technician training. In addition to these legislatively-mandated training programs, reportedly many grant-funded programs have changed the Department's focus from patrolling and arresting violators to educating motorists and providing services (e.g., pedestrian and bicycle safety programs).
Hours spent by officers in traffic-related enforcement duties are presented below. The numbers of hours worked were available monthly for the years 1994 through 1999 for crash investigations, time spent placing and handling persons in custody, and traffic control duties. The category, "in custody" includes DUI arrests and felony arrests. Figure 5 displays this information.
Figure 5: California Highway Patrol Traffic-Related Labor Hours, 1994-1999
Hours which CHP officers spent handling persons in custody remained fairly constant over the past six years, while there was a substantial increase in time spent controlling traffic, and crash investigations increased significantly. Hours expended during DUI arrests have been decreasing as indicated in the next figure which isolates labor hours attributed to DUI arrests.
Figure 6: CHP Hours Expended - DUI Arrests, 1996-1999
Reportedly, current uniformed staffing is only roughly seven percent greater than in 1969/1970, despite the fact that there has been approximately an 80% increase in the number of licensed drivers (and a 68% increase in the California population) during the same period. Also the number of vehicle miles of travel has more than doubled. Nevertheless, the mileage death rate has fallen from 4.53 in 1969 to 1.19 in 1998.
Figure 7 depicts the number of licensed drivers in California per CHP officer from 1969 to 1997. The indication is that the number of licensed drivers in California per CHP officer has been increasing over the past decade. (In addition, California has a large tourism industry resulting in large numbers of out-of-state drivers who are not accounted for in these ratios.) Meanwhile, for years, there has been a shortage of qualified personnel to fill positions vacated at CHP due to medical leave and retirement. If corrective measures are not taken, the rate of attrition is expected to worsen, due to an enhanced retirement package which was negotiated by the union, and the eligibility of a large number of CHP personnel to retire. In order to reverse this trend, a staffing study was conducted which projected the need for 1,942 officers in addition to the 6,726 positions authorized in 1998. CHP officials maintain that these additional positions are needed to bring the Department back to the 1969 level of service (the last time staffing was considered adequate relative to the continued growth in State population, licensed drivers, numbers of registered vehicles, and vehicle miles traveled). Also, any additional uniformed positions naturally would require additional equipment and non-uniformed support staff.
Figure 7: Ratio of Licensed Drivers in California per CHP Officer, 1969-1997
In fact, the authorization request for an additional 1,942 uniformed staffing positions is considered conservative by the California Highway Patrol Staffing Study, which has calculated current Statewide workloads compared to higher levels of service provided by CHP in 1969. These projections indicate a range of 3,857-9,541 additional uniformed positions would be required based on the increase in California's population, the increase in the number of licensed drivers Statewide, the increase in the number of registered vehicles in California, and the increase in miles traveled Statewide.
As always, the funding issue is the major obstacle to overcome when discussing an expansion program. CHP has identified its main funding sources and ways these resources may be expanded. As with most statewide LEAs, a state general fund and portions of monies from motor vehicle and driver fees are allocated to the Department. It may be possible to increase allocations and/or fees to increase fiscal support. Grants and state highway funds also have provided some funding in the past.
CHP has identified the other major problem as one of logistics. The process of recruiting, hiring, training, and assigning the large number of new personnel is a massive undertaking which must be distributed over a number of years.
We received statewide citation data from the California Department of Justice and extracted pertinent information from this database. In addition, we received citation information from the California Highway Patrol. The information from both of these sources was used as the basis for the figures presented in this section.
The numbers of all hazardous arrests are displayed in Figure 9 on the following page. Hazardous arrests are arrests made when the first violation was in one of the following categories: public drunkenness, DUI alcohol / drugs, manslaughter, stop signal or sign, speed, improper lane, impeding traffic, reckless driving, wrong side of road, improper lane change, improper passing, improper turn, following too closely, vehicle right-of-way, pedestrian right-of-way violated, unsafe starting and backing, pedestrian violation, hazardous parking, lights, brakes, other equipment, and other hazardous moving violations.
Concerning anti-DUI enforcement, the Department provided monthly breakdowns of the citations issued from 1994-1999, and yearly totals for 1990-1993. Yearly totals for DUI citations were also calculated from the data provided by the California Department of Justice. A comparison of these data from both sources is displayed below in Figure 8. Both sets of data indicate a downward trend in the number of citations issued for DUI offenses. This coincides with the number of hours spent dealing with DWI-related arrests as was illustrated in Figure 6.
Figure 8: Comparison of DUI Citations - CHP/CA DOJ, 1990-1998
Figure 9: California Highway Patrol - Registration Violations, 1994-1999
Finally, the number of citations written for vehicle registration violations have been declining (Figure 10).
Figure 10: California Highway Patrol - Hazardous Arrests, 1994-1999
The number of patrol hours and the number of traffic-related arrests made by officers of the California Highway Patrol have remained fairly flat for the past six years. While we were not able to separate citations by the various types of offenses (except for DUI), time spent on traffic control appears to have increased, and the number of traffic crashes have increased, demanding more investigative time by CHP officers. But combining all citations issued by the CHP for traffic-related offenses, the number of citations appears to have remained fairly constant.
Despite the consistent level of effort, the CHP appears to face a serious staffing shortage, which has, according to CHP's internal studies, worsened over nearly 30 years. Meanwhile, the population and the number of licensed drivers grew disproportionately within the State and still continues to grow. This predicament illustrates that, even if traffic-related enforcement activities remain constant or even if an LEA increases these activities, motorists and passengers may be at increased risk over a period of time, if the level of enforcement activities does not increase proportionately with the number of drivers and vehicle miles driven.