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Click HERE to see Videos on new Brother Laura Ashley Isadore 5000 Sewing Embroidery Monogramming and Quilting Machine
Note: Brother NV4500D and Laura Ashley Isodore 5000 are the first machines in Brother sewing and embroidery machine line up to include 7x12" embroidery field hoop, automatic jump stitch thread cutting, and automatic electronic needle threading.
Named for Laura Ashley's beloved floral pattern, the Limited Edition Isodore™ Innov-ís 5000 can bring all of your creative cravings alive. The first member of the Laura Ashley family with embroidery capability, the Isodore™ offers premier embroidery, quilting and sewing features in one elegant, high performance machine. It boasts an array of included sewing stitches with virtually endless sewing and embroidery options with the My Custom Stitch™ and My Custom Design™ features, and the innovative Automatic Height Adjuster™ AHA® feature automatically adjusts for any fabric thickness leading to consistent stitch quality across uneven surfaces. You can even take your Isodore™ on the go!
The Laura Ashley Limited Edition Isodore™ Innov-is 5000 offers unparalleled quality, reliability and flexibility, while delivering an impressive range of sewing features. High-speed performance, intuitive technology, versatile functions and beautiful built-in decorative stitches. Sophisticated sewers will feel empowered by the potential of creative tools offered in the Isodore™. Designed, engineered and developed by sewing enthusiasts...just like you.
531 Stitches Included- 487 Built-in, 44 on CD
Your creativity can run free with the 531 included stitches in the Isodore™. An impressive assortment of sewing, quilting, utility and decorative stitches, including 16 buttonhole styles and three sewing lettering fonts, will help you add a special finish to all your creations. For ease, the machine's built-in stitches are saved by category and can be easily selected with the touch of a button on the LCD display.
My Custom Stitch™ Feature
Feeling inspired? Create your own unique sewing stitch using the My Custom Stitch™ feature on the touch screen LCD display and save it to one of the 20 memory pockets for later use. This incredible feature will allow you to expand your stitch library with a virtually unlimited number of personalized stitches for years to come!
Stitch Editing Feature and Combining Stitch Patterns
Find a stitch that's close to what you want but not quite perfect? Simply use the stitch editing feature on the LCD screen to adjust the width, height, density and size of many of the machine's included stitches.
Combine or mirror image stitches to create your own unique patterns and then save them to the machine's memory or to your computer via the included USB cable.
Computer Connectivity
Keep your machine up-to-date for years to come by simply connecting it to your computer with the included cable. Follow on-screen instructions to download free machine updates or to save your customized stitches directly to your computer.
7-Point Feed Dogs
Stitch with minimal fabric guiding and achieve perfectly formed stitches with the wide-set 7-point feed dogs that allow for smooth and easy feeding of almost every material.
Advanced Needle Threading
The advanced system eliminates hand threading by pushing the thread through the eye of the needle with the press of a lever. Perfect threading, every time, even when you can't see the eye of the needle!
Multiple Thread Cutting Operations
Use the on-board scissor button or pre-program the machine with the LCD screen to cut the threads and pull them to the back for a more professional look. Threads are instantly reset for the next sewing operation.
Super Bright LED Work Lights
The super bright, independent lighting in the needle and work area helps reduce eye strain and brighten the details of any project.
Multi-Directional Sewing
An exciting feature which allows you to unleash your creative spirit! Sew straight in eight different directions, including sideways left or right, which eliminates pivoting of material, and in four directions with zig zag.
Quick-Set™ Bobbin
Just drop in a full bobbin, pull the thread through the marked path and start sewing.
Large LCD Touch Screen Display
Use the super bright 8.5" x 3.75" vivid color touch screen to manage all your sewing, quilting and embroidery functions.
• View and edit your designs and stitches
• Change the screen's background color to see your design in a different setting
• Select, edit, create and save stitches
• Access quick reference stitch guides and help screens
Back-to-Beginning Feature
Helpful for building combinations of stitches, this feature allows you to finish a segment and restart your pattern at the first stitch of a design when you resume sewing.
Sew with Embroidery Unit in Place
A great time-saver and allows for more precision. Simply switch to sewing with the touch of a button.
Basting Function
Stitch with confidence. Apply a basting stitch when sewing your garment and quilting projects to hold the fabric in place
- US Warranty 25 Years Head, 6 Years Electrical, 2 Years Parts, 2 Years Labor
- Non-US Warranty: 30 days parts and labor
- My Custom Design™ and My Custom Stitch™ Features
- 531 built-in sewing stitches (including 44 on CD), 416 built-in embroidery designs including 50 Laura Ashley European floral designs, 17 embroidery lettering fonts and 3 sewing lettering fonts.
- Automatic Height Adjuster™ (AHA) feature
- Large 12" x 7" Embroidery Area
- Pivoting Function and Back-to-Beginning Key
- Dual USB Ports and Built-in Embroidery Card Slot
- Super bright LED work lights
- Large 8.5" x 3.75" LCD touch screen display
- Included Bobbin Work and Cicular Attachment
Sewing Stitches:
Built-in Decorative Stitches Yes
Built-in embroidery lettering fonts 17
Built-in Buttonhole styles 15 one-step and 1 four-step
Built-in Sewing Stitches (includes buttonhole styles) 531 (487 built-in and 44 on CD)
Quilting stitch functions Yes
Heirloom stitch functions Yes
Maximum Embroidery Speed (stitches per minute) 1000
Stitch Length Up to 5.0mm
Stitch Attributes Mirror, twin, multi-directional, side cutter, satin stitch regulator
Stitch Width Up to 7.0mm
Reinforcement Function Manual⁄programmable
Utility stitch functions Yes
My Custom Stitch Feature (Create and save your own decorative stitches) Yes
Quilting Yes
Embroidery Patterns:
Built-in Decorative Embroidery Designs Yes
Embroidery Rotation 1 degree, 10 degree, or 90 degree increments
Built-in Border Function & Design Yes
Trial Position/Layout Adjustment Yes
Monogramming Fonts Yes
Frame Patterns 10 shapes / 12 patterns
Back to Beginning of a Stitch Design Yes
My Custom Design Yes
Media Recognition USB, USB mouse, memory card, stick
Embroidery File Formats: .PES and .DST embroidery data files are compatible with this machine.
Screen/Software back to top
On-Screen Editing Yes
Display Control Panel large 8.5" x 3.75" color LCD touch screen display
Compatible with PE-Design/PED Basic Yes
Design Memory Yes (sewing⁄embroidery)
Compatible Media (requires separate purchase) Secure Digital (SD) Card, Compact Flash, Memory Stick, Smart Media, Multi Media Card (MMC) XD-Picture Card and USB Floppy Disk Drive (USB Flash Memory), USB CD-ROM, CD-R, CD-RW drives -(reading only) Floppy Drive
Embroidery Data Formats dst(tajima), pes(PE-Design&trad;), phc(actual machine format), pmu(utility)
USB Update Capabilities Yes
Stitch Selection Yes
On-Screen Help Yes⁄video
Carton Contents:
Accessory Storage Yes
Included Accessory Feet Yes
In the box Cables, sewing notions, tools, manual
Embroidery Size 12" x 7"
Foot Controller Yes with retractable cord
Included Embroidery Hoops 7" x 12", 5" x 7", 4" x 4", 1" x 2.5"
- Needle/Thread Feature
Bobbin winding system Independent bobbin winding system
Thread Trimming System between jump stitches Yes
Pivoting Yes
Needle Plate Measurements Yes
Bobbin Top (horizontal)⁄Drop-in Quick-Set™
Needle Threading System Automatic push button
Needle Up/Needle Down Programmed by user
Thread Sensors Upper⁄Lower
Upper Thread Tension System for perfect stitches on any fabric Automatic
Needle Positions 15
Thread Cutter Button Yes
# of needles 1 with twin needle capability
- Machine Features
Drop Feed Function Yes, mechanical/slide lever
USB Ports Yes
Resume Function (This function goes back to the last exact stitch before the machine was turned off) Yes
LCD Touch Control Panel Super large, color, high resolution 8.3"x3.1"
Automatic Height Adjuster™ AHA™ Feature Yes
Maximum Sewing Speed (stitch per minute) 1000
Free Arm Yes
Presser Foot Attachment Snap-on
Superior Feed Dog System 7-point
Presser Foot Pressure Yes
Automatic Presser Foot Lifter Yes
Presser Foot Height Adjustment Yes
Sewing Workspace 4.5" x 8.2"
Super Bright Work Area Yes
Sewing with Embroidery Arm Attached Yes
Maximum Embroidery Field 12" x 7"
Knee - lifter Yes
Warranty 25 year limited warranty
UPC Code 012502630463
Machine Weight 59 lbs
Shipping Dimensions 26" L x 23" W x 23" H
Shipping Weight 70 lbs
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Take your sewing and quilting to a loftier level. Enjoy virtually effortless creativity with 460 included stitches- 430 built-in and 30 on a CD. Or, expand your muse with virtually unlimited custom stitch possibilities. Impart the ultimate in finesse and flair to your creations with the Laura Ashley® Limited Edition Innov-ís NX2000 from Brother™.
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The truth about the latest Medi-scare
Here's how you know you have a product or an idea that just won't sell: You have to bully or coerce people to get their buy-in.
We see it all the time with the union bosses. They're always extolling the virtues of unions, but fundamentally they fail to answer this question: If your union is so great, why do you need laws forcing people to join it?
The same goes for Medicaid.
When the U.S. Supreme Court ruled the federal government had no right to force states to expand the government-run health insurance program for low-income individuals, some states, including Pennsylvania, decided they wouldn't bother.
Gov. Tom Corbett is exhibiting exemplary leadership by refusing to expand the program (and I do hope Corbett continues to stand strong and that I will not be forced to eat those words). But the hysterical and special-interest-funded advocates of Medicaid expansion are pushing a new argument to coerce states into the scheme. They claim that unless a state expands, its employers will be subjected to increased tax penalties.
Like all things regarding ObamaCare and particularly Medicaid, the pro-ObamaCare, pro-Medicaid advocates are misunderstanding the complicated and complex health-care law when they use this new Medi-scare tactic.
This argument is obviously flawed for several reasons.
As health-care policy experts have argued, the employer penalty tax will only hit businesses in states that have state-based exchanges. And guess what Corbett did to protect us? He blocked the creation of a state-based exchange. Arguing that states like Pennsylvania, which refused a state exchange and is rejecting Medicaid expansion, will now see employer-mandate taxes is outright false.
Let's say, for the hysterical left-wingers' sake, that the tax does end up applying to businesses in states with federal and partnership exchanges. Well, then the tax would only apply to businesses when their employees purchase insurance through the exchange and only if the employer-sponsored insurance is unaffordable.
Even some supporters of the president's law admit that many people will instead opt to pay the individual mandate penalty, only $95 in 2014, instead of spending the time, effort and money to purchase insurance on a health insurance exchange — even with the federal tax subsidy.
Additionally, individuals could have employer-sponsored insurance options available to them as well. So even if the tax does apply, it will be insignificant, not the $1.3 billion floating through the media.
Supporters of the president's health-care law are worried that states won't be willing participants in the flawed expansion of the broken and costly Medicaid system. So now they are resorting to false statements and arguments to scare states into acting.
Perhaps they aren't being disingenuous and just don't understand their beloved, complicated regulatory nightmare. Regardless of the reasons for false statements, states should ignore the arguments and instead look at the facts.
Jennifer Stefano is Pennsylvania director of Americans for Prosperity and a commentator on Lincoln Radio Journal.

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BEST CHILDREN'S ADVOCATE Carol Marbin Miller Miami Herald reporter Miller has been single-minded in her efforts to force the state's Department of Children and Families to change itself from a backward, inefficient, corrupt institution into a somewhat less backward, less inefficient, and less corrupt institution. Since her byline first appeared in the Herald in 2000 (she had previously been at the St. Petersburg Times), Miller has written more than 900 stories, most dealing with DCF and its former chief, Jerry Regier. In 2004 alone she reported and wrote more than 200 stories chronicling crisis after crisis at DCF: "Child Welfare Flaws Exposed"; "Agency Pressured to Aid Connected Client"; "DCF Misuses Funds"; "Two Quit in DCF Ethics Breach"; "How to Explain Why Regier Is Still at DCF"; "DCF Chief Resigns Amid Scandal." It'd be nice to say DCF has cleaned up its act and we can now trust it to look after the state's most vulnerable children. It would be nice, but it wouldn't be entirely true. Thanks largely to Miller, however, DCF is slowly but surely moving in the right direction.
BEST ACTIVITY TO DO WHILE INTOXICATED Beer Pong Hooligan´s Pub & Oyster Bar
9555 S. Dixie Highway
www.hooliganspub.com Every Thursday night at 9:00 Hooligan's offers a chance for everyone (yes, the distaff included) to get their balls wet. On one of the Ping-Pong tables brought into the pub for this event, each contestant is required to arrange ten cups of beer (sort of like bowling pins). Opponents then get on either side and attempt to bounce a table-tennis ball into the other team's hops. Each time a player scores, the other team must drink. Because a person has to be pretty much drunk before indulging in such a game, a few misses are to be expected. This makes it even more fun, seeing as the ball will no doubt end up landing on the grimy floor a few times before plopping into its intended target. The object is to make the opposing side drink all ten cups of beer -- including any carpet lint, dust, and other fluff. Yummy.
BEST ARCHITECTURAL EYESORE Miami Herald Building 1 Herald Plaza
Miami Plans for construction were announced in 1958, and before you could say Ugh! the views of Biscayne Bay from Overtown and the MacArthur Causeway were obliterated by this squat, hulking orange monument to stifled imagination. Clearly it was at the vanguard of a style (American Utilitarian?) that would inspire for decades to come the builders of high schools and inner-city housing projects. This is no Tribune Tower in Chicago, an Art Deco ode to that city's daily paper. Nor is it the stately neo-gothic 43rd Street headquarters of The New York Times. It's not even the Freedom Tower just down the road, for many years the distinctive home of the Miami News. This is just a generic orange splat gobbling up our precious waterfront. But there's hope on the horizon. This past March the Terra Group bought the building and the property for $190 million. Terra hasn't announced plans to raze the structure, at least not anytime soon. But one can always hope.
BEST ARCHITECTURAL INCONGRUITY Sears Tower vs. Miami Performing Arts Center Biscayne Boulevard at Thirteenth Street
Miami Amid the grandiose high-rise redevelopment of Miami's downtown, the proud old Sears Tower stands nested within the new performing arts center. The 1929 Art Deco masterpiece once anchored a much larger building and served as a kind of beacon that drew Miami's commercial activity northward from the city center. In a way, it is encoring that role today, as it softens and adds warmth to Cesar Pelli's hard-edged design for a huge (and hugely expensive) facility that, it is hoped, will attract new life to a long-neglected part of the city. Today the tower is overshadowed by the cool glass façade of the incipient new opera house. One is half-demolished, one is half-finished. Awkward neighbors, they both await uncertain futures.
BEST AUDIO TOUR Adam Curry's podcast from South Beach http://radio.weblogs.com/0001014/ categories/dailySourceCode/2005/ 01/07.html#a6993 So you've finally set up your blog. That's sooooo 2004. Goodness, you should already be podcasting for your cyber creds. Podcasting is the new blog, but think of it more as radio broadcasting available from the Internet that you save to your personal MP3 and play when you want to hear it. Podcasts are nowhere as slick or commercial as typical radio talk shows, but there's complete freedom of content and language, and anybody -- absolutely everybody -- can create a podcast with simple equipment and software. They are strangely alluring. There's a bit of voyeurism, a bit of old-time radio-show quaintness, and lots of hilarious and shocking moments that never, ever happen on broadcast radio. Anything still goes in cyberspace. One of the major players is Adam Curry. Yeah, that blond dude from MTV. As well as being instrumental in podcasting's development and promotion, he also yammers on his popular Daily Source Code show. The episode linked above is particularly good. Curry takes listeners on a "sound-seeing" tour of South Beach. Typical sounds of the neighborhood waft by like effects from an old-time radio drama. He speaks to colorful locals and wanders around, describing everything he sees. Curry also explains some of the concepts and technology involved in creating his show. It's as much a learning experience as it is entertainment. Podcasting may still be in its infancy, but the buzz in the industry is that it will shatter radio as we know it.
BEST BOONDOGGLE Citizens' Independent Transportation Trust The People's Transportation Plan, approved by Miami-Dade voters in 2002, was supposed to deliver on a lot of promises in exchange for a half-penny surtax. Key to the measure's passage was the Citizens Independent Transportation Trust. The original idea was that the trust would have real autonomy and teeth to oversee disbursement of the $15 billion the tax would generate. But almost immediately county commissioners moved in to play dentist. As the CITT's powers were steadily extracted, the trust began to bleed members. So desperate is it to fill vacancies that it has been advertising for prospective new members since the middle of last year. Plainly obvious to all is that the PTP, despite its billions, will be unable to make good on its biggest promises (mostly the ones involving Metrorail extensions) and that the CITT is making a chump of every person who believed the hype and voted to increase the county's sales tax.


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Tommy was a head taller than the other kids in his class and he used his size to intimidate the other boys and girls when they were on the playground. He did it for fun at first, but it wasn't long before he learned how to extort money from his classmates, who were afraid of getting beat up after school.
His 55 year old teacher was afraid of him as well, because he was so mean.
He failed his grade and had to repeat it. That next year, he was even taller than the other kids and started the bullying all over again.
One day, he came up against a kid who wouldn't back down, although he was much smaller than Tommy. Tommy threw him on the ground and threatened to punch the boy in the face, if he didn't give him some money. The boy wouldn't give in, so Tommy punched him...punched him hard in the face. The boy started bleeding down the side of his cheek. Tommy hit him again, this time on the nose. The boy bled heavily this time, blood spewing from his face.
As Tommy drew back his fist to hit the boy once again, he became motionless. Tommy saw the blood pouring from the young boy's face and for the first time, he was frightened. He had never actually hit anyone before, due to the fact that all of the other boys and girls backed down when he had threatened them. Seeing the blood pouring out of the boys nose caused him to become paralyzed with fear. He pinched the boys nose and took him to the school nurse.
While Tommy waited in the nurse's outer office nervous and shaking, he pondered where his life would be going at that moment, if he had actually killed the boy. The nurse entered the room and told Tommy that the boy would be alright, fortunately for him. Fortunate for Tommy too.
Moral: Striking out in violence has a way of finding its way back to the offender, one way or another!
Copyright © 2008 Mark Edgemon
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A woman who claims Reno Monsignor Robert A. Bowling molested her at a Reno hospital when she was six months pregnant has sued the Archdiocese of Louisville, Ky., where he was formerly assigned.
The suit, filed Monday in Jefferson Circuit Court, brings to 11 the number of complaints filed against Bowling, 74, a former Louisville priest who is on leave as pastor of St. Therese the Little Flower Church in Reno.
Bowling's lawyer, John Arrascada, said they have not seen the lawsuit but Bowling has denied all allegations. Bowling declined to be interviewed, Arrascada said.
In the suit, Theresa J. Brennan-Pettipas alleges she was pregnant and a patient at Saint Mary's Regional Medical Center around 1983 when the priest walked into her room, blessed her crucifix and then sexually molested her. She was a parishioner at St. Therese at the time.
She claims that when she pulled away from him and complained about what he'd done, Bowling said she could "forget about having her baby baptized in any parish in Reno," the lawsuit said.
Brennan-Pettipas could not be reached for comment.
Bowling worked in Kentucky at St. Rita parish and two other assignments before moving to Nevada in 1969. He was serving as pastor of the 3,500-family St. Therese last year when the first sex-abuse allegations against him arose in Kentucky.
Bowling had been pastor since 1974.
To date, 210 suits have been filed against the Louisville archdiocese. All of the lawsuits allege the church knew about sex-abuse allegations against its priests and other employees and failed to report them to civil authorities or take disciplinary action against them.
The archdiocese has denied that allegation.
Prior to Monday's suit, all but one of the 10 women who have made allegations of sexual misconduct against Bowling claim he molested them while they were schoolchildren at two parishes in Kentucky from 1955 to 1965.
Christine Filippis Clark of Reno claimed Bowling behaved inappropriately, including hugs and a kiss on the mouth, when she met with him in 1982 in Reno to discuss converting to Catholicism.
On Monday, eight other people filed lawsuits against the Archdiocese of Louisville on allegations not involving Bowling.


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Greek gorathon 300 - a film as famed for its washboard abs workouts as for its cinematic prowess - has been recreated really rather well using a modified version of Skyrim.
Heads fly, spears plunge, as video maker Tyrannicon follows the film from first shout to last, blood curdled scream.
Tyrannicon's Machinia YouTube page also has other Skyrim-based videos to delight in, such as the 300 Outtakes and the Skyrim Bikini Contest.
Still no official word on when Skyrim's Dawnguard expansion will be available for PC and PS3, though. [Yes there is, it's out on Steam now but having problems on PS3 -Ed.]


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Philip Green's Arcadia Group has poached its new general counsel from arch-rival Mohamed Al Fayed's Harrods. In-house lawyer Mary Geraghty will join Arcadia in July as group general counsel after working her notice at Harrods.
She will replace outgoing general counsel Julie Crossland, who is leaving to join Expedia as a lawyer in the London office. Crossland had spent six years at Arcadia.
Geraghty said: "It's obviously a great step up. The company's growing and it's really a great move for me."
Geraghty trained at Herbert Smith and spent three years in the firm's real estate department before leaving to join Harrods in 2003. She will be Arcadia's only in-house lawyer.
At Harrods Geraghty handled general commercial work, but will have a mixture of duties at Arcadia, which owns Topshop, Dorothy Perkins and Miss Selfridge.
Last year the company fought accusations of breaching the Disability Discrimination Act by wheelchair user Joanne Holland.
Arcadia has also had a raft of IP disputes over its high street brand Dorothy Perkins.
Geraghty's move could present an opportunity at Arcadia for Harrods advisers such as Burges Salmon IP partner Jeremy Dickerson, who handles Harrods' IP work.
Arcadia has used a variety of firms in the past, including Beachcroft and Field Fisher Waterhouse.


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This mitochondrial disease that runs in families often goes undiagnosed
By Teresa A. Andrasik, BS, RN
Betty Eble, MSHR, BS, RN, CNA, FNE-A/P takes life at full speed. She is cochair of the Maryland Board of Nursing Standards and Practice Committee, treasurer of the Maryland/DC Chapter of the International Association of Forensic Nurses, project coordinator for the St. Mary's Hospital (SMH) Sexual Assault Forensic Examiner (SAFE) program, part-time patient care supervisor at SMH, and is in the process of becoming a parish nurse.
However, there was a time when a tragedy caused her to hit the brakes. A beloved niece, Mindy Cooper, LPN, suffered a seizure at age 27, was intubated and placed on a ventilator. Cooper was already living with a diagnosis of Wolff-Parkinson-White syndrome, a congenital problem that affects the heart's electrical network.1 As a teenager she had been treated with radiofrequency ablation for this condition. Cooper and her sibling were experiencing difficulties with their auditory centers as well and were wearing hearing aids. Physicians decided the auditory problem was a seizure disorder and prescribed medication. Yet, 1 year later, Cooper had another grand mal seizure. This time, a savvy neurologist looked at her history and sent her immediately to be evaluated for MELAS.
What Is MELAS?
MELAS is short for mitochondrial encephalopathy, lactic acidosis and stroke-like episodes. Mitochondrial diseases (for a list of these diseases, which include Alzheimer's, Parkinson's, GERD, myopathy and diabetes mellitus, go to www.mitoresearch.org/diseaselist.html) cause accumulation of organic acids, like lactic acid, in the blood. When sugars are utilized for energy in an anaerobic environment (no oxygen present) lactic acid is formed. Lactic acidosis is life-threatening.2
Every cell in the human body (except red blood cells) has small, intricate power plants called mitochondria that convert nutrients into energy to support life. These energy producers break down carbohydrates, fat and oxygen. The organs most dependent on this energy production are the brain, heart, skeletal muscle, kidney, endocrine glands and bone marrow. These systems are the most strained by mitochondrial diseases. The brain, especially, requires tremendous energy to function correctly and is often the target of mitochondrial disease.2
There is actually DNA in the human body that is not linked to any of the 46 chromosomes. Called the "other DNA," mitochondria DNA differs from the regular DNA because it is found outside of the cell nucleus in the cytoplasm. "Each mitochondrion has a chromosome made of DNA that is quite different from the better known chromosomes in the nucleus. The mitochondrial chromosome is much smaller; it is round (whereas the chromosomes in the nucleus are normally shaped like rods); there are many copies of the mitochondrial chromosome in every cell."3
MELAS and all mitochondrial diseases were a mysterious secret before the discovery of mutations in mitochondria's chromosomes. Many mitochondrial diseases are just now being discovered.
Who Is Affected by MELAS?
MELAS occurs from ages 4 to 40, though most patients show some symptoms before they turn 20. Patients have been known to survive into their 60s. Usually there is a childhood history of migraine and vomiting. Males and females are equally affected. Short stature and heart irregularities are common. Clinical diagnosis includes muscle tissue biopsy that shows "ragged red fibers" when viewed under the microscope. Elevated lactic acid levels in the blood and cerebral spinal fluid are an indication of MELAS.
Hemiparesis (weakness on one side of the body) is typical. Additionally, muscle weakness and movement disorders such as myoclonus and tremors are often present, therefore causing exercise intolerance and total limb weakness.
Psychiatric problems can range from dementia and personality disorder to depression. Impaired vision and hearing as well as blindness and deafness also are present in the syndrome. The most recognizable symptom of MELAS is a sudden headache followed by seizure activity.4
How to Diagnose
Imaging studies are helpful yet not often diagnostic. CT scan, MRI, single-photon emission computed tomography (SPECT) and positron emission tomography, each yield a small piece of the puzzle yet none are particularly diagnostic for MELAS. Other studies such as EEG can be helpful with diagnosing seizure activity.
Most mitochondrial disorders known to date are inherited in either an autosomal recessive or maternal manner. MELAS is caused by a DNA mutation that is maternally inherited via the ovum. The mother does not have to have symptoms to pass MELAS on to her children. When the mother has the mtDNA mutation, all of her children will inherit the disease-causing mtDNA mutation and may or may not have symptoms. In autosomal recessive inherited mitochondrial disorders, on the other hand, 25 percent of offspring will inherit the disease, 50 percent will inherit the gene and be unaffected carriers and 25 percent will not inherit the gene. The risk of passing on the disease for each pregnancy is 25 percent.5
Betty Eble along with family members were tested for the disease. Eble discovered at age 55 that she has subclinical MELAS. She had already been diagnosed with Hashimoto's disease, diabetes, osteoarthritis, muscle weakness, fibromyalgia, mitral valve prolapse and, in 1991, she suffered an MI. Her two sons and three grandchildren remain symptom-free. Betty's sister has hearing deficits and has had transient ischemic attacks. Her sister's daughter has type 1 diabetes and a hearing disorder. Betty's other sister has had a stroke, open-heart surgery, diabetes and uses bilateral hearing aids.
Three of that sister's four children have MELAS; Mindy Cooper, an LPN, is one of them. To date Cooper has had six strokes and is partially paralyzed on the right side. She is now 32 years old and has retired from nursing. It is due to Cooper's diligence in seeking a diagnosis that the quality of life for all of her family members has changed for the better.
Collection of Diagnoses
Why did it take so long to discover this disease in Eble's family? Probably because there isn't one single symptom that identifies MELAS; it is a collection of diagnoses. Mitochondrial disease should be suspected three or more organ systems are involved, short stature, vision and/or hearing loss, diabetes, muscle biopsy which has ragged red fibers, elevated lactic acid and pyruvate in the blood and cerebrospinal fluid, and/or neurological problems such as migraine or seizure disorders.6
Misdiagnoses include treating the effects of the disease such as stroke and not following up on the reason for the stroke. The complete clinical picture is hidden from all but the most attentive physicians. A more common muscular disorder, fibromyalgia has been mistakenly diagnosed for MELAS. "The clinical presentation of mitochondrial disease has many similarities with fibromyalgia . Mitochondrial disease, unlike fibromyalgia, is caused by abnormal oxidative metabolism of glucose within skeletal muscle, resulting in anaerobic conversion of pyruvate into lactate. The widespread production of lactate under aerobic conditions can produce objective muscular weakness that differs from the subjective symptoms associated with fibromyalgia."7
In addition to concerns of misdiagnosis, wrongly prescribed medications can cause harm to those who have MELAS. Metformin, used to treat diabetes by lowering the glycemic index, can cause lactic acidosis. "One of the first things I did was get off glucophage," Eble stated. "It increases lactic acid buildup and causes stroke." Valproic acid, an antiepileptic drug used in migraine therapy and psychiatric disorders, may make symptoms of MELAS worse.8
However, Eble lives each day to the fullest. She shocked coworkers by coming to work just 3 days after her heart attack. "I waved my doctor's note at the disbelievers and said, 'read it and weep!'" Eble shared. "I was not about to stay home and wallow in this."
Treatment Options
Though there is no cure for any of the 38 known mitochondrial diseases, there are effective recommendations and treatment options to delay or halt disease progression:
• Fight fatigue and raise energy levels with vitamin therapy.
• Add cofactors (an element or coenzyme made by the body that forms links with
• acids and fatty acids and can make energy in chemical reactions), which may help slow the disease through antioxidant action.9
• Maintain adequate hydration at all times.
• Extend the range of movement in muscles with gentle physical therapy.
• Get plenty of rest, including naps in the afternoon and early to bed each night.
• Support research into mitochondrial diseases, including genetic therapies and the development of neuroprotectives.
For those with MELAS, there are things to avoid:
• Alcohol and cigarette smoking
• MSG (monosodium glutamate)
• Excess iron
• Additional vitamin C
• Severe heat loss, heat stress, direct sunlight and use of air conditioning
• Fasting
• Psychological stress
• Strenuous exercise
Research Seeking Answers
The discovery of mitochondrial disease is new to humanity. Though rare, its impact has huge repercussions for us all mitochondrial diseases play a part in aging. It is sobering to learn of the Mitochondria Research Society's estimate of 4,000 children born each year in the United States with mitochondrial diseases.
There is hope that genetic researchers will find the answer. According to the Children's Mitochondrial Disease Network, "Techniques for manipulating the mitochondrial genome are now being investigated. Whereas nuclear manipulation would necessitate treatment for life, manipulation of the mitochondrial genome would result in a one-off treatment, thus providing a 'cure' for mitochondrial disorders."2
1. University of Michigan Congenital Heart Center. (2005). Children's congenital heart services: Wolff-Parkinson-White syndrome. Retrieved August 30, 2005 from the World Wide Web: http://www.med.umich.edu/cvc/mchc/parwpw.htm
2. The Children's Mitochondrial Disease Network. (2005). Questions. Retrieved August 22, 2005 from the World Wide Web: http://www.emdn-mitonet.co.uk/questions.htm
3. Shiel, W. & Hecht, F. (2005). MELAS syndrome. MedicineNet.com. Retrieved August12, 2005 from the World Wide Web: http://www.medicinenet.com/melas_syndrome/article.htm
4. National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Strokes. (2005). Mitochondrial myopathies information. Retrieved August 20, 2005 from the World Wide Web: http://www.ninds.nih.gov/disorders/mitochondrial_myopathy/mitochondrial_myopathy.htm
5. United Mitochondrial Disease Foundation. (2005). The genetics of mitochondrial disease. Retrieved August 22, 2005 from the World Wide Web: http://www.umdf.org/mito_info/genetics.aspx
6. United Mitochondrial Disease Foundation. (2005). When to Suspect Mitochondrial Dysfunction. Retrieved August 22, 2005 from the World Wide Web: http://www.umdf.org/mito_info/symptoms.aspx
7. Medscape. (2005). Mitochondrial encephalomyopathy with lactic acidosis and strokelike episodes (MELAS): A mitochondrial disorder presents as fibromyalgia. Retrieved from the World Wide Web August 20, 2005 http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/479898_print
8. Emedicine. (2005). Metabolic disease & stroke: MELAS. Retrieved August 12, 2005 from the World Wide Web: http://www.emedicine.com/NEURO/topic580.htm
9. United Mitochondrial Disease Foundation. (2005). Treatment. Retrieved August 22, 2005 from the World Wide Web: www.umdf.org/mito_info/treatment.aspx
Teresa Andrasik is a NICU nurse at George Washington University Hospital, Washington, DC. She is also coordinator of the Special Diet Support Group and a maternal/child nurse, both at St. Mary's Hospital, Leonardtown, MD
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Yes the 17-55 is a fantastic lens and yes it is in the same league as the 70-200. Fact is for use on DX it is the only true pro quality mid range option Nikon offers. Sure you could use a 24-70, but on DX that would be the equivelent of a 36 -105 - not really the most useful range if you dont also carry something to go with it on the wide end.
AS to the 50 I say sell it and pick up a Nikon 35mm f/1.8. This will give you a nice small fast lens that can actually substitute for the 17-55 when you want to go light, but you dont want to sacrifice quality. Don't get me wrong I am sure the 50 is nice, but at the equivalent of 75mm it is a little restrictive as a single lens light weight option IMO
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Now this and my 70-200 is all I really need for most shoots.
I recebtly bought the Sigma 50 1.4 and realize I may only need that
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Has anyone ever dropped it or exposed it to any extremes? How did
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Would it be a good idea to travel with?
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A woman organizer told protesters that they had to back away from the Lee supporters; they weren't allowed there. So much for the First Amendment.
Several Lee supporters shouted down protesters and physically crowded them in a threatening way. I held up my anti-Lee poster, and Lee's supporters told me to go to Canada.
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Lee's supporters tried to pick fights and start arguments with the "anti's." A few supporters thanked me for being respectful in my protest.
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On Wednesday I told you all about the decorations, crafts and games at Annabelle's Sesame Street party. (If you missed it, you can check out that post HERE.) Now, here's a little rundown of the food…including, of course, the birthday cake!
Before lunch we put out basic chips and dip and, of course, some goldfish. I made Elmo and Oscar veggie faces (that I had seen pinned all over Pinterest) out of cherry tomatoes, carrots, broccoli and olives. The eyes are little Dixie cups filled with ranch dressing.
Lunch, like last year, was BBQ. I like to label food at parties, just because I'm dorky like that and I think it looks kind of cute. When we got married we used little frames for the seat assignments at our reception. We ended up having a TON of extras. So I always use them for my food labels.
I used little pails as utensil holders…
We made some Super Sangria 2.0. ("I will UNLEASH the power of INTOXICATION.") I love Grover.
Instead of putting ice in the Sangria to keep it cold, which would have watered it down, Mike used tupperware containers to freeze blocks of orange juice.
Last, by certainly not least, was dessert…the best part of any birthday party, right?
In keeping with the rainbow color scheme, we had Rainbow Fruit Skewers…
Cookie Monster Cupcakes…
Chocolate Chip Cookies…
And finally, a Rainbow Cake. (I had never made a rainbow cake before, so I was kind of nervous. Especially since I wouldn't know if it worked until we cut it at the party.)
So, after Annabelle blew her candles out…
…we crossed our fingers and cut the cake. Amazingly, it worked. Cool, right? It actually turned out to be surprisingly easy to make.
Here's Annabelle enjoying her birthday cake. (The best part of this picture is Grover hanging on for dear life in the background.)
Annabelle's favorite part of dessert was Cookie Monster's white chocolate "eyes." She kept asking for more. "Please, Mommy, more eyes! Please, Mommy!" After everyone around her had given her the eyes off of their cupcakes, I went inside and got her a handful of leftover "eyes", which made the birthday girl very happy.
She had a fair share of icing covering her little face, but nothing close to her Smash Cake Photos from last year.
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Boat Propeller Basics
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Diameter is two times the distance from the center of the hub to the tip of the blade. It also can be looked at as the distance across the circle that the propeller would make when rotating.
Diameter is the first number listed when describing a propeller.
Learn about pitch here.
Pitch is defined as the theoretical forward movement of a propeller during one revolution -assuming there is no "slippage" between the propeller blade and the water. For most boats, there is slippage and therefore the distance advanced is less than the design pitch. The amount of slippage varies from boat to boat.
Pitch is the second number listed in the propeller description.
Learn about cupping here.
Many of today's propellers incorporate a cup at the trailing edge of the propeller blade. This curved lip on the propeller allows it to get a better bite on the water. This results in reduced ventilation, slipping, and allows for a better hole shot in many cases. A cupped propeller also works very well where the motor can be trimmed so that the propeller is near the surface of the water. The cup will typically result in higher top end speed on one of these applications.
Learn about rake here.
Rake is the degree that the blades slant forward or backwards in relation to the hub. Rake can affect the flow of water through the propeller, and has implications with respect to boat performance.
Aft Rake helps to trim the bow of the boat upwards, which often results in less wetted surface area and therefore higher top end speed. Aft rake propellers also typically "bite" better on ventilating type applications.
Forward, or negative rake, helps hold the bow of the boat down. This is more common in workboat type applications.
Learn about ventilation here.
Ventilation is a situation where surface air or exhaust gasses are drawn into the propeller blades. When this situation occurs, boat speed is lost and engine RPM climbs rapidly. This can result from excessively tight cornering, a motor that is mounted very high on the transom, or by over-trimming the engine.
Learn about cavitation here.
Cavitation, (which is often confused with ventilation), is a phenomena of water vaporizing or "boiling" due to the extreme reduction of pressure on the back of the propeller blade. Many propellers partially cavitate during normal operation, but excessive cavitation can result in physical damage to the propeller's blade surface due to the collapse of microscopic bubbles on the blade.
There may be numerous causes of cavitation such as incorrect matching of propeller style to application, incorrect pitch, physical damage to the blade edges, etc...
Be advised disturbances in the water flow forward of the 4 propeller can result in blade damage which appears to be blade cavitation, but is actually due to non-favorable water flow into the propeller.
Learn about diameter here.
3 blades... or 4
We recommend 3-blade propellers for recreational boats with 3, 4, and 6 cylinder outboards and I/0 engines. These propellers provide good "hole shot" and top-speed performance.
We recommend 4-blade propellers for bass boats and boats with high performance hulls running high horsepower outboard engines. Compared to 3 blades, they provide better "hole shot" performance with less steering torque and less vibration at high speeds.
Learn about counter-rotation props here.
Left-handed Props
Two propellers spinning the same direction on twin engine boats will create steering torque. In other words, two right-hand (or standard rotation) propellers pull the stern hard to the right and the bow to the left.
Two opposite-direction propellers on twin engines eliminate this steering torque because the left-hand (or counter rotation) propeller balances out the right-hand propeller. This results in better straight-Line tracking and helm control at high speed.
Learn about prop performance here.
How does wheel diameter, pitch, and slip affect performance ...and how is it measured
Slip is the difference between actual and theoretical travel of the propeller blades through water. A properly matched propeller will actually move forward about 80 to 90 percent of the theoretical pitch.
Learn about thru-hub exhaust performance here.
What is the difference between thru-hub exhaust, over-hub exhaust, and non thru-hub exhaust
Thru-hub exhaust propellers consist of a round barrel to which the blades are attached. The exhaust passes through the barrel and out the back, without making contact with the propeller blades. This provides a good clean water flow to the blades, usually resulting in good acceleration and hole shot.
Over-hub exhaust propellers have the blades attached directly to the smaller tube that fits over the propeller shaft, eliminating the larger exhaust tube. These types of propellers are often used for attaining maximum top speeds. (On some boats, the hole shot can often suffer due to the extreme exhaust flooding that occurs around the propeller blades during acceleration.)
Over/Thru-hub exhaust propellers are a combination of thru-hub and over-hub exhaust propellers. This allows some exhaust to escape at lower RPMS, providing a controlled amount of exhaust flooding. These types of propellers will allow the propeller to be slightly easier to turn during initial acceleration, allowing for a better hole shot on some engine/boat combinations.
Non thru-hub exhaust propellers are used for inboards using shaft driven propellers, sterndrives using through hull exhaust, and on some outboards that don't route the exhaust through the lower unit torpedo.
Learn about Aluminum vs. Stainless Steel here.
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Questions for the 2010 Gubernatorial Candidates
In addition to the many substantive challenges - jobs, education, water and so on - that face California, the next governor must address a central question: What is wrong with California's government, and how can we fix it?
In that spirit, Governing California presented the candidates for governor with the following ten questions about how the state is - and should be - governed.
1. Some observers believe California's system of government doesn't work because it can't work - they cite things like supermajority vote rules, inflexible initiatives and a convoluted relationship between state and local government. Is the problem systemic? And what would you do as governor to make government work better?
2. How would you ensure that California passes a credible budget - on time? Given supermajority rules on taxing and spending, how can state leaders get consensus on the budget, especially when money's tight?
3. California is the only state requiring a two-thirds vote to both pass a budget and raise taxes. It also has the most persistently unbalanced budgets. Is the supermajority system at the root of the state's fiscal crisis and do you favor Prop. 25? If not, why is California's system superior to that in other states?
4. To restore stability to California's volatile budget, government reformers have various proposals, including shifting taxes away from the rich, creating a bigger rainy day fund and pay-as-you-go budgeting. What approach do you favor?
5. California's initiative process allows voters to pass measures that increase state spending or cut taxes without saying how such changes would be paid for. Should we require initiatives to identify funding to offset their effect on the budget?
6. California's initiative process is the most inflexible in the world. Every other state with an initiative system allows its legislature to make changes to a law enacted by voters. Would you favor reforming the process to give legislators more say?
7. California has the largest legislative districts of any state and the strictest term limits. Do those factors contribute to the legislature's diminished reputation? How can we ensure continuity and effectiveness from our legislature?
8. Should redistricting be the job of a citizen commission? Can putting redistricting back in the hands of partisan legislators be considered good governance?
9. California's constitution, one of the world's longest, can be changed by a simple majority of voters. Should we make it harder to amend the constitution or does it serve us well? Does it need a major overhaul and, if so, how can we pull that off?
10. Three out of four voters - 12.7 million people - didn't vote in this year's primaries and many are likely to stay home on Nov. 2. Does California's electoral system serve its citizens well? How could we structure campaign funding and elections to ensure government more fully and fairly represents all Californians?
Can We Get on Track?
Trust in government has reached record lows, and California is in need of change. But what's the root of the problem? And how can we fix it? In December 2009, we brought together eight smart thinkers for a wide-ranging conversation.
A Century of Reform
This isn't the first time Californians have tried to fix a broken government. This timeline traces a century-worth of reform efforts -- some fizzled, some failed and some yielded major unintended consequences.
About This Project
California's civic institutions once inspired the nation, but the state has plummeted to startling levels of dysfunction. Today, California is often cited as an example of excess, failure and governmental paralysis. Governing California looks at how we got to this point, explores the huge -- and sometimes unseen -- impact on the state's citizens and institutions, and aims to stimulate a public discussion of how we might find our way back to collaborative, well-functioning governance.
On the airwaves of The California Report and through this website, Governing California will make sense of how our political leaders are elected and what constrains -- and enables -- their ability to govern. We'll examine how tax dollars are raised and spent, the role of citizens in government and the effect of money in politics. As Californians we can't fix the problem until we understand what's not working and the nature of the forces keeping it that way. But we also need to voice our visions of how we want our state to function, and start talking to each other about solutions. We invite you to join that conversation.
Governing California is funded by the James Irvine Foundation.


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Anthony Milford may be quitting the Canberra Raiders due to homesickness, but prop Dane Tilse has backed the livewire fullback to revel in the happier vibe around the club after a season of turmoil.
Milford has confirmed he will see out the final year of his Raiders contract before heading to Brisbane Broncos on a two-season deal.
The sackings of Blake Ferguson, Josh Dugan and coach David Furner reduced last year to a nightmare, which Tilse believes added to Milford's restlessness.
The 19-year-old made a whirlwind visit to Raiders training last month to assure the club he intends to return, before heading home to Brisbane immediately after.
''It was a pretty crappy end to the year; if he comes into a new atmosphere he might be happier,'' Tilse said.
''The squad has really settled this year, it's a really happy camp and there's no distractions.
''No one's talking about off-field stuff when we come in, all we're worried about is getting as much out of each session as you can.
''Even if you know you're going somewhere else you'd still want to be playing the best football possible because you don't want to let your teammates down.
''You're a professional sportsperson and your job is to do your best.''
The Raiders have been written off by bookies, who have installed them third favourites for the wooden spoon - only the Wests Tigers and Parramatta are rated worse.
Tilse said Canberra was used to being an outsider, but he believes the return of young outside backs Jack Wighton (broken leg) and Edrick Lee (broken arm) will help them be a surprise packet.
Tilse said the Raiders were capable of pressing for the top four, something they haven't achieved in the 28-year-old's eight years at the club. ''We've obviously lost a couple of pretty good players in Fergo and Duges, but we've got young guys who can fill that void,'' he said.
''We've always got high expectations on ourselves and that's what we run off, not anyone else's.''
Tilse is one of a host of Raiders players off contract at the end of this year, but said he ''isn't fazed'' if he begins the year with his future still up in the air.
''I'd be happy with a two-year deal but I haven't really thought about it too much. Because we've got a new coach I'm just concentrating on playing well.''


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A State of the Art Air Pollution Forecast System for Ireland
This article is outdated - use this information at your own risk!
Posted on 19 November 2013
From Tuesday 19th<, NUI Galway's Centre for Climate & Air Pollution Studies (C-CAPS) will provide online air pollution forecasts for Ireland and Britain in a demonstration-of-capability mode. This a pilot programme which will run for a two week period. Air quality and weather forecasts products will be provided daily for each subsequent hour covering the following 2.5 days.
The aim is to demonstrate the new and indigenous air quality forecasting capacity that has been developed in NUI Galway and facilitated through cooperation with Met Éireann and ICHEC. It provides an opportunity for interested groups and users to provide feedback on it's value and utility.The forecasts can be accessed via http://www.macehead.org/ under 'Air quality Forecasts' menu bar.
The forecast model domain covers most of the NE Atlantic and all of Europe; however, for this demonstration, hourly- timescale animated forecasts for Ireland and Britain are delivered. The model generating the forecasts is the multi-scale WRF-Chem model, currently running at 25 km horizontal resolution and requiring two hours computational time on ICHEC's STOKES supercomputer (http://www.ichec.ie/infrastructure/stokes) with a CPU allocation equivalent to almost 500 desktop work stations.
Future developments aim to progress to higher resolution emissions inventories (e.g. TNO emissions down to 10 km) albeit this would increase computational expense by more than a factor of 10, highlighting the computational resource challenges and requirements associated with state-of-the-art air quality forecasting.
In addition to the computational requirements, the technical backbone and process traffic management associated with the operational system is highly demanding so well done to the collective ICHEC, Met Éireann and C-CAPS team, and in particular, Project Leader & EPA Fellow Dr Damien Martin for building the system and the best of success with the demonstration.
The model is also being used for volcanic ash cloud dispersion and air pollution – climate change interaction studies and can also be adopted for radiological dispersion.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS: The EPA Fellowship award 'Air Quality – Climate interactions' under the Climate Change Research Programme (CCRP) 2006-2013 and the synergetic contributions from SFI (RFP INFORM), ESA (VAST STRIN) and HEA (PRTLI5 ENS) funding programmes which contributed to this work.


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Cato June said going from Tony Dungy to Jon Gruden won't be much of a problem.
During his recent appearance on the NFL Network, June talked about the obvious differences between the Indianapolis head coach — and former Buccaneers head coach — and his new coach, Tampa Bay's current head man.
"Dungy is a mild mannered guy, calm," June said. "Gruden is less of a quiet storm. He's energetic, talks a lot and that's his style. I've been coached both ways. My high school and college coaches were loud. Both ways have been effective. I'm a high energy guy myself."
Tampa Bay signed June away from the world champion Indianapolis Colts in March, inking him to a three-year, $12 million deal. Leaving, he admits, was difficult, and that came into focus during a recent trip back to Indianapolis when he received his Super Bowl ring.
"It was tough," June said. "You build relationships with those guys for four years. You go through the grind together, you go through the ups and downs. You go from everyone saying you're going to win it (the Super Bowl) and not doing it, to everyone saying you can't get the job done. I have to let that go now and move on to better things in Tampa."
June is slated to compete for the starting strong side linebacker job with Ryan Nece. At 6-foot, 227 pounds, June is considered a bit undersized for that position. But his larger role appears to be that of Derrick Brooks' eventual replacement on the weak side.
Brooks is entering his 13th NFL season and is signed through 2009. June is eager to pick Brooks' brain this season.
"You have a guy that has consistently done it for years," June said. "He's been to — what — 10 Pro Bowls. He probably has 20 or 30 picks (24 career interceptions). To me, someone in my position, I'll be able to learn a lot by the way he prepares and studies. Seeing what works for him hopefully will elevate my game."
June also talked about a few other Bucs-related issues:
On quarterback Jeff Garcia: "I've played against Jeff and he's a great leader. He's a quarterback that will go out there and get the job done. He doesn't give the ball away a lot and that's a great asset."
On first-round pick Gaines Adams: "He's a hard worker. Gruden has said a lot about our rookie class and he's (Adams) one of the big guys. He's humble. He came in ready for work. Everyone is just anxious to go out there and play better and win some games."
On the transition from Indianapolis' version of the Cover 2 to Tampa Bay's version: "The language is different. Learning those different calls and signals for the defenses is the big thing. The Tampa 2 in Tampa, we do a lot more than we did in Indianapolis. That aspect of it I have to learn, but there's just slight differences. I can adjust because it's the same defense."
On Tampa Bay's Super Bowl chances: "I think we're right were he need to be going into camp. We're focused and we have a lot of talent on both sides. It's about going out there and consistently winning each week — and that come January you're playing your best football."
Matthew Postins covers the Buccaneers for BucsBlitz.com and the Charlotte Sun-Herald in Port Charlotte, Fla. He is a member of the Pro Football Writers Association. Included among his more than two dozen writing and editing awards are national awards from the PFWA, the National Newspaper Association and the Associated Press Sports Editors, and state awards from the Florida Press Club and the Florida Sports Writers Association, for his coverage of the Buccaneers since 2004.


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UCAR Update
January 2008
Previous issues • Subscriptions
In brief
• Seeking undergraduates for NCAR summer workshop
• Does your department carry out interdisciplinary research?
• NCAR/EOL summer internship for engineering undergraduates
• NCAR Faculty Fellowship Program now accepting applications
• Postcards from the Field: Share your project with students, teachers, and the public
• New from COMET: Updates on bilingual material
• Reminders from last issue
Seeking undergraduates for NCAR summer workshop
During the week of 16-20 June, NCAR will host the seventh annual Undergraduate Leadership Workshop. The purpose is to inform students about exciting research and career opportunities in the atmospheric and related sciences. The five-day program allows for informal dialogue between students and research scientists as the students explore laboratories, instrumentation, and computing facilities. The agenda also includes speakers and discussion on leadership in the context of atmospheric and related sciences.
Each student's application must be accompanied by a nomination from a faculty member. Both forms can be downloaded from the site below, which includes additional details on the workshop.
Application deadline: 29 February
Contact: Tim Barnes, UCAR Education and Outreach, 303-497-1169
2008 Undergraduate Leadership Workshop
Does your department carry out interdisciplinary research?
In order to help link interested scientists and advance crosscutting science, NCAR's Societal-Environmental Research Laboratory is compiling a database of interdisciplinary Earth science projects carried out within UCAR member institutions. In some instances, this work is accomplished through a dedicated center. In other cases, it is carried out by one or more individual scientists.
If you or your colleagues are involved with interdisciplinary work that incorporates the atmospheric and related sciences, please drop us a line so we can add you to our database.
Contact: Stephen Ettinger, NCAR/SERE, 303-497-8135
NCAR/EOL summer internship for engineering undergraduates
The NCAR Earth Observing Laboratory's summer undergraduate engineering internship program provides a unique and valuable experience to prepare engineering students for successful careers.
Interns are encouraged to develop their own engineering solutions as they work with, and are mentored by, professional and experienced engineers and technicians. During their summer at NCAR, interns have access to a large number of resources, such as sophisticated testing and calibration instruments, technical documentation, and state-of-the-art fabrication capabilities.
EOL's mission primarily calls for applicants with skills in electrical, mechanical, aerospace, optical, and computer engineering, but we encourage all engineering students to apply. EOL provides an hourly wage as well as travel support and housing while in Boulder and expenses while in the field. More details and an online application form can be found at the URL below.
Application deadline: 1 February
Contacts: Briesa St. Martin, NCAR/EOL, 303-497-8863
EOL Summer Undergraduate Engineering Internships
NCAR Faculty Fellowship Program now accepting applications
The NCAR Advanced Study Program is pleased to announce that its Faculty Fellowship Program (FFP) is now accepting applications for visits to occur between 1 June 2008 and 31 May 2010. The FFP is designed to foster fruitful and lasting intellectual collaborations between university faculty and the NCAR staff. It provides opportunities and resources for faculty employed at universities to work in residence at NCAR and enables NCAR scientific staff to spend a period of time in residence at U.S. universities.
Application deadline: 14 March
Contacts: Scott Briggs, 303-497-1607, and Paula Fisher, 303-497-1607, both with NCAR/SERE/ASP
Faculty Fellowship Program
Postcards from the Field: Share your project with students, teachers, and the public
The UCAR-based Windows to the Universe project has developed an online system--Postcards from the Field--that allows scientists with Internet access in the field to share informal reports about their experiences and progress with students, teachers, and the public. The growing Postcards site now includes entries from scientists on research expeditions in Mexico, Germany, Antarctica, and the eastern Pacific Ocean.
If you have a field project coming up soon that you'd like to share, please contact UCAR Education and Outreach to discuss the opportunity further. Free training on the interface can be done remotely and takes about 30 minutes. The postcards will be edited and translated into Spanish before being placed online. The Windows to the Universe Web site is visited by more than 21 million users annually.
Contact: Roberta Johnson, UCAR Education and Outreach, 303-497-2591
Postcards from the Field
New from COMET: Updates on bilingual material
The COMET Program is now issuing quarterly updates in Spanish highlighting new material that has been translated. If you wish to begin receiving these updates, you will need to be a registered user. Simply log in, navigate to "Change my account information", and check the box near the bottom of the form. A confirmation e-mail will be sent; you must reply to it in order for your e-mail address to be added to the list. Instructions can also be found on the "What's new" section of the main MetEd page below.
Contact: Hildy Kane, UOP/COMET, 303-497-8470
COMET MetEd site
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Application deadline: 1 February
Heliophysics Summer School 2008
Application deadline: 1 April
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"Corcovado" (known in English as "Quiet Nights of Quiet Stars") is a bossa nova song written by Antonio Carlos Jobim in 1962. An english lyric was later written by Gene Lees.
The Portuguese title refers to the Corcovado mountain in Rio de Janeiro.
source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corcovado_%28song%29
Charlie Lee Byrd (September 16, 1925 – December 2, 1999) was an American guitarist. His earliest and strongest musical influence was Django Reinhardt, the gypsy guitarist. Byrd was best known for his association with Brazilian music, especially bossa nova. In 1962, Byrd collaborated with Stan Getz on the album Jazz Samba, a recording which brought bossa nova into the mainstream of North American music.
Byrd played fingerstyle on a classical guitar.
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Antônio Carlos Brasileiro de Almeida Jobim (January 25, 1927 – December 8, 1994), also known as Tom Jobim (Portuguese pronunciation: [ˈtõ ʒoˈbĩ]), was a Brazilian songwriter, composer, arranger, singer, and pianist/guitarist. He was a primary force behind the creation of the bossa nova style, and his songs have been performed by many singers and instrumentalists within Brazil and internationally.
Widely known as the composer of "The Girl from Ipanema" (Garota de Ipanema), one of the most recorded songs of all time, Jobim has left a large number of songs that are today included in the standard Jazz and Pop repertoires.
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Samba (Portuguese pronunciation: [ˈsɐ̃bɐ] ( listen)) is a Brazilian dance and musical genre originating in Bahia and with its roots in Brazil (Rio de Janeiro) and Africa via the West African slave trade and African religious traditions. It is recognized around the world as a symbol of Brazil and the Brazilian Carnival. Considered one of the most popular Brazilian cultural expressions, samba has become an icon of Brazilian national identity.[1][2][3] The Bahian Samba de Roda (dance circle), which became a UNESCO Heritage of Humanity in 2005, is the main root of the samba carioca, the samba that is played and danced in Rio de Janeiro.
The modern samba that emerged at the beginning of the 20th century is basically 2/4 tempo varied with the conscious use of chorus sung to the sound of palms and batucada rhythm, adding one or more parts or stanzas of declaratory verses. Traditionally, the samba is played by strings (cavaquinho and various types of guitar) and various percussion instruments such as tamborim. Influenced by American orchestras in vogue since the Second World War and the cultural impact of US music post-war, samba began to use trombones, trumpets, choros, flutes, and clarinets.[citation needed]
In addition to rhythm and bar, samba brings a whole historical culture of food, varied dances (miudinho, coco, samba de roda, and pernada), parties, clothes such as linen shirts, and the NAIF painting of established names such as Nelson Sargento, Guilherme de Brito, and Heitor dos Prazeres. Anonymous community artists, including painters, sculptors, designers, and stylists, make the clothes, costumes, carnival floats, and cars, opening the doors of schools of samba.
An awful lot of musical history here. An awful lot of energy & talent goes into the making of this extraordinary piece.
Makes you want to travel to where the people know how to really dance, play, make love joyfully & just live life as it should be lived. I guess I'm thinking of Utopia, Ultima Thule or someplace magical like that.
Certainly no place where any kind of dour hypocritical soul-killing life-snatching puritanism holds sway.
One of the best versions ever. Tasteful and graceful chord changes plus superb melody. Shortly less than a year later Charlie passed away.


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Vroom Room
Good Morning!
Its Friday on the cusp of a long week end, its the Vroom Room, come in make yourself comfortable, enjoy the cappuccino and biscotti, join the conversation.
By now you are aware that Red Bull and Sebastien Vettel are "cleaning up" the competition in F1.
Lets wish Dario Franchitti a speedy recovery.
Think about it for a moment, the assembly line is 100 years old, and created a thriving middle class in North America for many decades. You have to love all the current rationales for winding down assembly lines in Canada usually based on the valuation of the Canadian dollar.
Its not the value of the Canadian dollar, there are more forces pushing assembly lines further south in North America.
In case you missed our review of the 2014 Versa Note.
If you remember we started the year with our first ebook "Money for the Deal" back in January, with an overview of auto financial services in Canada. Its was fascinating a few days ago reading comments from GM that they are concerned about auto credit, and will lease pick ups. It sort of explains why GM that was leading for years in Canada is now in 3rd place. The astutue manufacturers in Canada are connecting all the dots.
A nostalgia moment:
When was the last time you gapped or used a dwell meter on ignition points? Think about that one for a moment, or adjusted valves with a feeler gauge. Tell us about it.
You have surely noticed the talk and comments from industry luminaries and pundits that Gen Y is not interested in cars, like their Boomer parents were a generation prior...has anyone tried driving today in a major metro area?
Our usual old race cars Behind the Scenes at the 2013 Goodwood Revival.


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Slip Stitch Honeycomb by Barbara G. Walker
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Slip Stitch Honeycomb
From the Stitch Description: This is the only one of the many "honeycombs" which is pure illusion. The strands which give the honeycomb effect are not diagonally linked at all, but only touch one another. It is strictly a horizontal pattern, which fools the eye into seeing a diagonal cross-hatch.
Location of Stitch: Page 93 from A Treasury of Knitting Patterns.