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This paper presents the design and implementation of an integrated wireless microsystem platform that provides the possibility to support versatile implantable neural sensing devices in free laboratory rats. Inductive coupled coils with low dropout regulator design allows true long-term recording without limitation of battery capacity. A 16-channel analog front end chip located on the headstage is designed for high channel account neural signal conditioning with low current consumption and noise. Two types of implantable electrodes including grid electrode and 3D probe array are also presented for brain surface recording and 3D biopotential acquisition in the implanted target volume of tissue. The overall system consumes less than 20 mA with small form factor, 3.9 × 3.9 cm2 mainboard and 1.8 × 3.4 cm2 headstage, is packaged into a backpack for rats. Practical
Neuroscience engineering together with biomedical devices for neural recording in the central nervous system are widely viewed as a promising path to revolutionary progress in understanding neural functions and for the realization of practical neural prostheses. Also, long-tem, real-time and stable observation of the monitoring target for treating disorders such as seizures, as well as for rehabilitative prosthesis is required for these biomedical device designs that can simultaneously record neural signals from a large number of electrodes in awake animals [
System-level integration provides efficient and low noise performance due to the compact size and shorter interconnections. Microsystem platforms with analog front ends, micro controller units and wireless data/power transferring ability offer the possibility to connect with all kind of neural sensing elements for different applications. Such microsystems provide amplification, filtering, digitization and wireless transmission for the raw signals collected from implantable sensors in the brain, and also lengthen implant life and avoid the wire plugs and additional size/weight required [
The majority of this paper is dedicated to the development of a biomedical microsystem platform associated with versatile implantable electrodes, that provides wireless and battery-less data and power transmission to/from an external host. A brief description with preliminary results has been presented in [
The presented microsystem comprises three typical elements: electrodes, connection cable and signal processing circuitry [
The main power loss in inductive power transmission is the electromagnetic (EM) wave reflection at the air-skin interface and heat dissipation effect inside the tissues [
To access the full cell activity that originates in the target tissue, three dimensional distributed electrode arrays are required to achieve the recording and mapping of the neural signal network in the brain structure, which would be impossible to achieve by using 2-D planar arrays [
A flexible grid electrode array designed to be placed onto the brain cortex surface is proposed in this paper and acts as an implanted sensory device providing raw ECoG signals to the wireless microsystem. The design criteria of the grid electrode array include thickness, flexibility and bio-compatibility. Microstructure thickness allows minimal implantation damage [
The RF-powering system block diagram is shown in the upper part of the main board in
To date, the study of inductive coupled RF power transmitted by coils has been well established by following the electromagnetic induction of Faraday's Law [
The 16-channel analog-front-end (AFE) amplifier provides signal conditioning and filtering of the weak neural potentials recorded by the electrode arrays. The block diagram of the complete 16-channel amplifier is shown in
The 16-channel neural amplifier is fabricated using the TSMC 0.35 μm 2P4M CMOS process. A microphotograph of the complete chip is shown in
The fabricated AFE chip is integrated onto the headstage by Chip-on-Broad (COB) technique with other associated passive components. The headstage is 3.4 cm × 1.8 cm in size and weighs 3.92 g. A commercial controller unit, Bluetooth wireless transceiver and the RF powering sub-circuit were integrated as the main board. A 4-layer PCB design is utilized with two powering layers in the middle layers.
The front side of the main board consists of an MCU (C8051F58, Sliconlab Inc.) and wireless Bluetooth transceiver (BTM-192, Rayson Inc.). The main board is 39 mm × 39 mm in size, and weighs 9.35 g including the RF power receiving module.
The presented LDO regulator provides 3.3 V, 1.8 V and 0.7 V for the ESD circuit, system VDD and reference bias, respectively. Also, an analog-digital DC voltage isolation technique including use of the middle two layers of the PCB as analog ground and digital ground, and magnetic beads used for connection between the analog and digital ground is utilized to isolate the digital noise coupling to the analog circuitry. Additionally, programming ports, power on LED, reset button and debugging circuitry are embedded on the board for function verification, although this can seriously increase the system dimensions. Detailed system specifications are summarized in
The MCUis 8051 core based micro controller with embedded 200 ksps 12-bit SAR ADC, 50 MHz oscillator, operates under 1.8 V. A UART port is used to communicate with the Bluetooth module, which consists of a CSR Bluecore-4 single chip, complete 2.4 GHz radio transceiver and print circuit antenna, designed for wireless connection. Benefitting from the easy usage of Bluetooth, a single laptop computer is utilized as transceiver host.
Impedance spectroscopy was used to evaluate the impedance performance of the electrode- tissue interface. When the electrode sites come into contact with tissue, electrode-tissue interface impedance was established. High interface impedance will cause signal attenuation and induce considerable thermal noise while recording.
To demonstrate the functionality of the fabricated gird electrode array,
Next, real 3D neural signal propagation observation in human cerebral resection cortex layers is achieved by practical implantation after resection surgery in cooperation with the Buddhist Tzu-Chi Hospital in Hua-Lien City, Taiwan. All the study procedures follow the IRB rule of Buddhist Tzu-Chi Hospital. A patient suffering from epilepsy seizures needed surgery resection treatment. After the resection surgery, the tissue was put into a prepared artificial cerebrospinal fluid (ACSF) solution in a water bath with 37 °C temperature control and oxygen supply to keep it alive. Usually the neural activity in resection tissue can last for about 2 hour in the solution. The fabricated 3D probe array was inserted into the brain tissue by a manual 3-axis moving stage. From the recording, we can build a 3D distributed spatial signal plot.
Finally, the present microsystem platform was applied to the recording of pentylenetetrazole (PZT)-induced seizures in rat [
Sprague Dawley rats aged 10–12 weeks and with 500–800 g body weight were used in the experiments. Pentylenetetrazole (PTZ) was prepared fresh daily, dissolved in 0.9% saline.
After the microsystem was attached to the rat, PZT was administered intraperitoneally in a volume of 10 mL/kg body weight.
In this paper we present a wireless and battery-less system platform and demonstrate it in various implantation applications with different neural sensors. The main contribution of this paper is to integrate different parts, including sensors, customer-designed circuits and commercial chips, into a complete system for neural sensing. The complete system weights 13.17 g, which meets the requirements for being readily carried by rats [
This work was supported in part by the National Science Council, Taiwan, R.O.C. under Contract No. 101-2220-E-009-030, No. 101-2220-E-009-018, No. 101-2220-E-009-017, and "Aim for the Top University Plan" of the National Chiao Tung University and Ministry of Education, Taiwan. This work was also particularly supported by R&D Piloting Cooperation Projects between Industries and Academia at Science Parks under Contract Number: 100A20 and the UST-UCSD International Center of Excellence in Advanced Bioengineering sponsored by the Taiwan National Science Council I-RiCE Program under Grant Number: NSC-101-2911-I-009-101. The authors would like to thank National Chip Implementation Center (CIC) for chip fabrication.
System structure of the presented microsystem.
Three dimensional neural probe array. (
Flexible grid electrode array (
Fabricated microsystem including headstage and main board.
3D distributed near-field potential recording by 3D probe array from cerebral resection cortex tissue.
Induced seizures recording on rat by the present microsystem.
Recorded spike-wave (SWD) discharge distributions from frontal to parietal (
Summary of measured specifications.
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Rep. Peter Welch, D-Vt., has a message for Republican House Speaker John Boehner: Stop appeasing Tea Party lawmakers and turn the government's lights back on.
Boehner has said he won't let the House vote to end the shutdown or raise the debt ceiling unless President Barack Obama agrees to scale back the Affordable Care Act.
Welch, speaking at a news conference in his Vermont office Monday, urged Boehner to bring the Senate's budget proposal up for a vote, and, like Obama, Welch said he's confident that enough Republicans would support the measure for it to pass.
"If the Speaker put that on, I think we'd have the government lights back on in 20 minutes," Welch said.
Vermont's lone representative described the Tea Party lawmakers as willing to use "nuclear tip tactics" — government shutdown and the threat of a national debt default — in the service of an impossible goal— repealing the Affordable Care Act.
But he also said the "blame game" taking place in Washington is counterproductive.
"Frankly, I don't know that there are any good guys," Welch said. "I think getting into the blame game doesn't help anybody and I leave it to you to make an assessment of who's more or less responsible."
Welch held up Karl Rove as an example of a mainstream Republican who's dismissed the Tea Party's tactics during this debate. "When you have Karl Rove, among others, saying that this is a dead-end strategy — default and shutdown to try to get rid of Obamacare, that tells you there is a way out. That's the good news here."
Republican lawmakers are constrained by a very real political threat, Welch acknowledged — if they vote for a clean continuing resolution to fund the government, they risk losing their seats to Tea Party challengers. But speculation that Boehner would lose his speakership if he broke with the Tea Party ranks has been "overstated," according to Welch.
Welch said that while repealing the health care law is not an option, he's open to "making adjustments." He didn't cite specifics, but he said he's been soliciting input from Vermonters, asking them, "What are your concrete suggestions of what we can do to change it?"
Implementation has been far from bump-free in Vermont — "Vermonters know we're going to have to make significant adjustments in order to make it work," Welch said. But, he added, "I'm confident the [Shumlin] administration is on it."


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I rewrote this article, just in time to totally miss Conservation Week and not care. Scathing critique please. --The Acceptable Cainad (Fnord) 09:50, 4 October 2007 (UTC)
|I LOLer'd. More content would equal more funny.
|Quite funny, good spin. Especially for a rewrite.
|Prose and formatting:
|Well above average; THINKER appreciates this.
|All work, good captions.
|I just wish there was a bit more!
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|Excellent Cainad. Consider my vote a resounding DIG.
|THINKER 20:38, 8 October 2007 (UTC)
I don't really have too many End Notes for this one. I think everything is well laid out, everything that is there is quite funny to me. The only thing I can think of really is a little more expansion. Perhaps maybe like 1 or 2 more sections with other equally ridiculous non-works, such as "Books Which Were Written at Some Point, but Have Since Been Unwritten due to Cosmic Reversal" or "Books that Have been Dictated, but Not Written."
If you flesh it out a bit, I'm thinking instant FA. As is, it'll still probably fair well, so proceed accordingly. Either way, excellent job, and a really fun article. :) --THINKER 20:38, 8 October 2007 (UTC)
edit Not fair
From the article: There is evidence to suggest that, in 1932, a disgruntled non-author once tried to sue everyone else on the planet for copyright infringement of the book he didn't write, Sockless Acupunture.
This is plainly unfair. I didn't write this book just as much as the non-author. I deserve credit too.
Also, shouldn't this article mention the British Constitution, one of the most famous legal documents that was never written?
I agree the British Constitution should be there. Also the Gospel According to Jesus. More of such, and less scatology. This article is a really good idea, but needs to be more mindful in order to be effective as parody. --Unlaw 00:40, November 24, 2009 (UTC)


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Woodland Hills has plans to return to Heinz Field
A strange thing happened at Woodland Hills in 2012. For the first time in what seemed like an eternity, the Wolverines, who a couple of years ago had more players in the NFL than any school in the country, didn't have a Division I FBS recruit on its roster.
It didn't matter in the end.
The Wolverines found a way to get on a roll at the right time and make it to the WPIAL Class AAAA championship game at Heinz Field.
This year, things are back to normal at the Wolvarena as two players — defensive back Harry Randall and wide receiver Trevon Mathis — are getting college looks, and the team is considered a title contender.
"The guys that are coming back from last year, whether they're Division I or II, you expect them to be your leaders and they lead by example," Woodland Hills coach George Novak said. "It doesn't just take the kids with Division I offers. It takes a whole team to be leaders, and that's what I've seen out of this senior class."
Randall, projected to be a safety in college, was supposed to be one of the team's top running backs in 2012, but injuries limited him to four games. Despite that, he was second on the team with 28 carries for 307 yards and two touchdowns.
Mathis is being recruited as a wide receiver but also was a defensive standout in 2012, leading the team with three interceptions.
"Just looking at them over the summer, I could see that they're bigger, faster and stronger," Novak said. "They're focused. They know what they have to do, and I don't think that it puts any more pressure on them being looked at by Division I schools."
Randall could get the added pressure of being the team's starting quarterback as he battled with sophomore Jeremiah Jones in camp. Whichever player lines up under center in the season opener against Upper St. Clair will be the third signal-caller for the Wolverines in as many years.
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text: Posted April 16, 2010 I have been a Steelers fan for over 30 years, but I think that I am going to do away with the black and gold for good now. My mom still has my 12 year old school pic where I was proudly wearing my Steelers sweat suit. Other than my handsome face, that Steelers logo is the perfect expression of pride and beauty in that photo. Like many a kid (and grown men), I was charmed by the NFL, and looked forward to Sundays. I reveled in watching Bradshaw, Harris, Bleier, Swann, Stallworth, Ham, Lambert, Greene, and the rest of the Steelers who have arguably become the closest thing to football immortality as you will ever see. But the 70s and 80s have been gone for quite some time, and though I faithfully hung on through the Cliff Stoudts and the like---all the way up until the more recent champions---my heart is no longer with the Steelers. My allegiance is to the Carolina Panthers (and really has been since before they ever took the field at Ericsson Stadium). I am a true Panthers fan, regardless of my support of the pre-Panthers Steelers. I don't know at what point I came to this realization. I don't know the time that the light-bulb popped on. It would be easy for me to attribute my feelings to the misguided actions of Big Ben or Santonio Holmes, but that would be a lie. I don't know if there was some poignant moment, or that there was some catalyst that led to this epiphany. Somewhere along the way---whether it was recent, or back in 1993---I was baptized in teal and black. No, I didn't go down in the pool, watch the water turn into a spiral of black and gold, and arise in different shades of teal and black. More than likely I was baptized by the fires of watching men like Sam Mills, Steve Beuerlein, Ricky Proehl, Muhsin Muhammad, Kevin Greene, Reggie White, He Hate Me, Fred Lane, Stephen Davis, Julius Peppers, Tim Biakabatuka, Steve Smith, Jon Beason, Jonathan Stewart, Deangelo Williams, Jake Delhomme (yes, Jake Delhomme), and countless others take the field and give it their best shot over time. Yes, I still have a few Pittsburgh caps, and a nice leather GIII Steelers jacket, but to wear them now really would feel foreign and odd to me. I will probably give the caps to my sister who is a staunch Steelers supporter (and is good friends with Ike Taylor's sister), and sell my jacket to the highest bidder. Other than my memories of past Steelers glory, there will only be the "old-timey", satin Steelers jacket that I gave to my 12-year-old son to remind me that I was once a Steelers fan. And even that jacket will probably go into mothballs fairly soon because my son looks like he's going to be too big for it soon enough (because his pediatrician says, "He's going to be a big man."). Even though my son says that I have finally capitulated to two of my brothers-in-law clowning me about having two teams, I know that my putting down the Steelers really has 100 percent to do with my heart. Indeed, this has been a long time coming. Yes, my son still says he's going to wear that jacket because he likes Big Ben (and, no I haven't enlightened his innocent mind about Ben's off field issues, and I won't). But I know my son enough to know that as far as the NFL, he will go the way that I point him. Even now, his heart is with the Panthers, and I "coincidentally" have an even "cooler" Panthers jacket that I will give him this year. Like myself, he is destined to be an ardent Panthers fan for the rest of his life. 5 people like this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites


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30. Re: Remote Connection Help985865 Jan 24, 2013 8:22 PM (in response to Dude!)
Dude wrote:So what you suggested worked...for about two minutes, then went back to timing out. I checked Fedora with the command systemctl status iptables.service and it is still dead. The firewall on my Windows 7 client computer is off as well. So it worked initially but then went back to where it was before. Any ideas?
This means nothing and doesn't mean connections are allowed.
If you suspect a firewall issue, simply disable it. I don't know exactly which Fedora release you are using, but perhaps the following will do (or look it up in google):
# service iptables stop
Then disable the firewall on your Windows side too to be sure.
If you still have no connectivity, then you have a service configuration or network routing problem.
P.S. is there any kind of machine virtualization involved? If yes, you may simply use the wrong adapter for your virtual machine that does not allow incoming connections, e.g. NAT.
31. Re: Remote Connection Help985865 Jan 24, 2013 8:27 PM (in response to 985865)After I posted this, I tried logging in again back to back and the second time I got in. Is there a way to increase the time it takes until it times out. This might just be my slow network. The server is connected wirelessly by a USB adapter. Could that be the problem?
32. Re: Remote Connection HelpUdo Jan 27, 2013 4:29 PM (in response to 985865)
The server is connected wirelessly by a USB adapter. Could that be the problem?Sure. It could also be a DHCP-related problem. Does your wireless connection have a fixed IP address?
I checked Fedora with the command systemctl status iptables.service and it is still dead.Are you sure iptables.service is the only firewall-related daemon on your Fedora install?
33. Re: Remote Connection Help985865 Jan 28, 2013 12:03 AM (in response to Udo)
Udo wrote:Yes, I went into my router and reserved the dhcp address to the server's MAC address
Sure. It could also be a DHCP-related problem. Does your wireless connection have a fixed IP address?
Are you sure iptables.service is the only firewall-related daemon on your Fedora install?I am not sure about this. Over the weekend, I found out it works when the iptables.service is turned off. But when I try to connect an hour later, it won't let me. It is almost like iptables.service turns itself back on.
34. Re: Remote Connection HelpUdo Jan 28, 2013 10:54 AM (in response to 985865)
It is almost like iptables.service turns itself back on.That's exactly what happens when your Fedora uses a separate service to configure your firewall. I already posted this in a previous reply to you: {message:id=10807505}
Perhaps this post was not clear enough, so I'll start a bit earlier:
iptables is what you can think of as the firewall itself. But for at least two reasons, several distributions (including Fedora) use a front end service to do the actual configuration:
1. Ease of use. Many users prefer a GUI to do that configuration, instead of a need to know all kinds command line options...
2. Consistency. There may be install scripts or manuals that require you tun configure iptables directly, but often these don't care about other (previous) settings, but leave that up to the end user. This can cause inconsistent rule sets and lead up to insecure or inoperable systems. To avoid that, the front end service uses its own configuration set (with certain consistency checks enabled and possibly some "advanced" features disabled by default).
Especially for the second point, it is necessary to enforce the rules of the configuration service, which is why such kind of service is usually implemented to flush and rewrite the ruleset. In your case: The "firewall control service" of your Fedora is frequently flushing iptables and pushes its own rules into action. Any change you or some installer/script you've executed performed in the mean time will only be effective between two scheduled executions of that service.
To make your changes persistent, you need to do the configuration using the firewall control service (as mentioned in my previous post), or you need to disable this service, but I'd not recommend to do that.


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Italy's top tier league is expected to generate $2.1 billion, a figure that the Bundesliga could surpass if German clubs go far in the UEFA Champions League.
The Bundesliga is already the world's most profitable league with an operating margin of 18 percent, which is three times that of the Premier League, whose revenues are consumed by high player salaries.
The rise of German revenues is credited in part to stadium improvements from hosting the 2006 World Cup.
"In order to close the gap on the Premier League and stop the Bundesliga's advance, Italy should invest more in stadiums to boost profits," StageUp president Giovanni Palazzi told Reuters.
Spain's Primera Liga ranks only fourth because of a television rights system by which its major clubs, such as Real Madrid and Barcelona, negotiate on an individual basis.


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This book features a whole host of views of the East Village in Manhattan from 2008, including some close looks at various events in Union Square Park, the Big Apple Barbecue Block Party, Tompkins Square Park, and Halloween night. Go ahead and take a look! You might even enjoy it.
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Nothing Everything. The bed sheets had blood stains on them. The room did not have towels.
Looks like the recent Reno was done by children.floor was tiled, unevenly. The toilet AND sink leaked into puddles on the floor (probably why everything was tiled). TV was mounted on the wall with wires hanging down. The sm cable box teetered on top of TV The chair railing that went around the room had wall paint all over it. Tile grout went up the wall. The idea for the rooms could have been cute had it been done by professionals, not DIY by children. Will not return!
room was clean, a/c great,tv worked...very friendly staff room was very small. no breakfast only coffee..
Small secluded very nice hotel. We will definitely be returning. The staff was great.
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it is Unusual It needs a TV channel guide of some kind. I spent 15-20m just clicking channel by channel to see if I could find something. At least knowing where various favorite channels were would have made it much quicker.
Everything good. Everything good..
Nothing! This is a motel and in a very sketchy area. They do not correctly advertise what it is This is a motel. Sketchy neighborhood. Horrible parking set up. Smelly dirty rooms. Rude staff. So small. Horrible mattress
In the look inside the room was pleasant and modern! Many inexpensive motels are outdated and need to improve on decor and bedsheets. Not this one m! Right befor checking out at 720 am we began t o smell a sewer scent that caught us off guard. Never mentioned it to the staff was running late for work.
Not recommended at all scary I really wished that I like anything about this place but nothing from the employees to the room and the neighborhood Nasty
It has a fridge and microwave. Pretty clean and nice for the price. Would def stay again. Difficult to communicate with owners. They are Indian and don't speak English. I didn't have any issues though.
Nothing They had false advertising about the continental breakfast, the customer service was horrible, and facilities were not clean
They gave me a good room, but the refr. was not working. I didn't care much because I came to the room for sleeping.
Location Dirty. Holes in the walls.
nothing, would not stay there again tv was set to porn
I loved the jacuzzi in our room and that everything was so clean. There wasn't a single hair in our sheets, the shower was spotless, everything was neat and polished... I loved my experience there! Their jacuzzi is so unique (fits two comfortably) and the jets were very relaxing. I also appreciated that the towels weren't dingy at all (unlike some other motels for the same price). Definately worth the price and exceeded my expectations. The only thing I didn't care for was the showerhead in our room. When we turned on the water and switched from jacuzzi to showerhead, the water didn't come out like it should have and the water stream was weaker than a misting-unit at our local restaurant. So, for baths this place is great, but I wouldn't hope for an efficient shower. (Maybe it was jsut our unit?)
clean simple attractive rooms
The ice machine was broken, but the rooms were clean and the staff was friendly.
We enjoyed the clean room and the staff was friendly and helpful. The location worked for us visiting our family. We thought the price was reasonable and we will stay here again in future visits to the area!
the jacuzzi tub in the bathroom was very nice did not likw that there wasn't a phone available in the room
The spa tub was really nice and we also enjoed the room, very spacious and clean.
n/a Shower was dirty, there was hair that did not belong to me in the sink, and the two flat pillows provided were not sufficient for two people.
Tv The pillows were small, the toilet broke out of no where? Was kind of old stuff with rust, very ghetto for having 7.5 rating!
Nothing Everything was dirty plus mattres was really hard!!!
Almost everything.
All HD channels suspicious activity surrounding the hotel The parking spaces are very close together The staff was rude Ther room had a leak from the AC and carpet was wet The bed is rock hard


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London (ANI): Brit actress Sienna Miller has revealed that she has not coped with her break-up with Jude Law in 2005 as yet, as the messy split had been publicised.
Miller, 27, had begun dating Law, 36, after his divorce from Sadie Frost, and got engaged to him 2004. However, just months later, their relationship was rocked by allegations that Law had been having an affair with his children"s nanny.
Though Law publicly apologized for his behaviour and split from Miller later that year, the actress insists that her heartbreak was compounded by constant stories in the press. "That was a very pivotal time in my life, and I'm happy saying that. It's a private moment when you get your heart broken for the first time, and that was the absolute antithesis of private," the Daily Star quoted her as telling Vogue magazine.
"It couldn''t have been more public! I had people on the street being like, 'Hang in there, love!" and all you want to do is crawl into a cave and weep for a week," she added.


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A ruptured gas line has forced evacuations from the University of Canberra this afternoon.
Emergency services were called to Monana Street in Bruce about 3.20pm.
A 50mm gas line was ruptured, causing a gas leak.
Firefighters wearing breathing apparatus had isolated the leak by 3.55pm.
Nearby buildings were evacuated as a precaution.
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Thirteen years after its launch, InfoSecurity continues to grow and plans to move to a larger venue next year.
It was obvious from the start that the high profile data losses of the past 12 years had spurred many into action and drove them to Britain's largest information security show at Olympia. The small venue was clearly popular from the start with throngs of people milling around the stands and the exhibitors enjoying considerable interest in everything ranging from standard anti-virus software to fully configurable unified threat management systems.
With what I believed to be a fairly conservative interview agenda, it quickly became obvious to me that the I hadn't got a chance of covering everything that I wanted to in the three short days that the exhibition had to offer. Having seen interest in mainstream computing exhibitions waning noticeably over a number of years, it was refreshing to see the dynamism of InfoSecurity Europe. Every vendor I visited was so full of enthusiasm and had so much that was innovative to demonstrate, that I was rarely on any one stand for less than an hour at a time.
This level of dynamic response is an indicator of the interest being shown by users in solving their security problems. There's still a lot of mystery surrounding the industry though and the "killer app" doesn't exist, leaving users with a bewildering array of threats and an equally bewildering range of solutions that might integrate into one easily controllable security console but probably won't.
For any user visiting the show looking for the right balance of budget, best of breed and overall manageability, they would have had a challenge since there was so much on offer in a baffling matrix of different security scenarios. For those faced with this kind of difficulty of choice, keep your eye on ProSecurityZone where we're planning to publish a vendor guide in the near future.
Meanwhile, with increase continuing to rise in the industry, InfoSecurity Europe is moving next year to Olympia's bigger neighbour, Earls Court â€" just one underground station away from this year's venue. Next year's dates are 28th â€" 30th April 2009 which is still a few days shorter than it should be.
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Physical Therapist Assistant Program Receives "Seal of Approval" for 10 years
The Physical Therapist Assistant (PTA) program at Washington State Community College (WSCC) recently received its Accreditation Reaffirmation from CAPTE – the Commission on Accreditation in Physical Therapy Education – which accredits the program for the next 10 years.
"CAPTE's accreditation is the official 'seal of approval' for the program. It is a validation that our curriculum and our faculty are meeting the high standards of the physical therapy profession," comments Dixie Vaughan, WSCC dean of health sciences.
The PTA program began at Washington State Community College in 1997, with its first graduating class in 1999. "The program has maintained a steady flow of applicants since it began, however the number of applicants has significantly increased in the past three years," notes Kim Salyers, director of the Physical Therapist Assistant program.
Each year, eligible students apply for the program – with only twenty available slots, the selection process has become competitive. "Pass rates are very good for PTA graduates, with 94 percent of the graduating class passing in 2011 and 2010," says Salyers. Numbers are still pending for the current graduating class, but the past three years' average pass rate is 91.5 percent.


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Old historical building in the center of town next to cathedral, good breakfast Unfriendly, even arrogant staff, the hotel has been of a v good standard 20 years ago, today it´s not on the level as expected, dark rooms
The building and ambience Difficult to find and entering the square.Clear mud maps necessary
Great central location opposite cathedral, free parking, nice lounge area in mediaeval hall, bright clean room overlooking the square Service ok, but a bit institutional
lobby is spacious and good atmosphere
Wonderful setting right next to the cathedral and close enought to do a fantastic wine tour at Marques de Riscal
We have stayed many times at this Parador - always clean and comfortable.
Lovely setting in historic town centre. The Parador benefits from secure (underground) parking and is right next to the cathedral.It provides an oasis of calm. Like all paradores this one doesnt serve evening meals until 20.30 - far too late for many northern europeans. Fortunately there are splendid restaurants nearby.
excellent location in beautiful city poor food quality much below expectations
We have stayed here many times when we travel back to the Uk on the Ferry from Santander.Very good all around!
The Hotel it's self, along with the location was first class. This was the fourth Parador that we have stayed in, and both my wife and I thought that this was,possibly the best. The food was good, and the staff were polite.
A typical parador, with the ambience of a historic building and excellent food and drink. Slightly expensive.
The building, the service, the room, the staff, the restaurant, exellent. No.
Design and interiors - renaissances style, hotel's bar - variety of tea, nice vine list. Location - rather quite place, not in the tourist area, but still rather near. The room was a little bit small, but comfortable. Very fine and expensive windows. Please take away awful lithographs over the beds. Besides they do not match at style and the colour palette used in the room.
The decor in the traditional Spanish castle style. The food was Spanish and excellent which was what we expected. Porterage was poor but it was a Sunday onnwhich we arrived
Fantastic hotel in rural, off the beaten track Spain in the heart of Rioja country. Exactly how i imagined a parador to be. Good choice of typical Riojaian restaurants in town. No
Great menu and dining experience and the hotel staff was very friendly and helpful.
Atmospheric and comfortable with good food nothing
Very peaceful and calm. Would have liked some local information. Some friends had stayed previouly and had told us about the wonderful Cathedral containing the Cockeral ! We would never have known otherwise.
Very attractive hotel, nicely furnished in keeping with fact that it used to be an old monastry. Good restaurant - and open Sunday evening! No door directly from car park into hotel - and it was snowing.
the room and general hotel were very good lack of restaurant on the day we were there is not acceptable in a 4 star hotel
The rural setting in the mountains and an old monastary were very impressive. The size and quality of the rooms were very large by European standards. It was a tremendous value! Nothing
the peace and tranquility. the beautiful mauntains. the village.the wine.
Quiet relaxing hotel in a beautiful valley. The rooms are clean and quiet. The staff were quiet and relaxed and provided adequate service. We booked a wine seller tour. It could not be completed as there are time limits and guide bookings to be arranged. The wine celler is approximately 8 klm away from the hotel. The web booking suggested it was in the hotel.
peaceful location, quiet countryside around.
comfortable room with a lot of space there was no space outside,there was not a terras or a swimmingpool
The hotel was charming and the staff were wonderful. The rooms were absolutely beautiful. Absolutely nothing!
peacefull location, very pleasant staff, comfortabe room the food was not great
A very interesting place - we had a really good giuded tour of the Monastery - the guide kept apologising for her English but it was charming and we understood it very well the meals were excellent in the hotel and the restaurant acrooss the car park Nothing
The hotel is ok, location so so the food in the hotel is really bad. Dinner was the worst in our 9 day trip, next to bad street food.
Beautiful, cosy, taken care of hotel. Helpful staff. One of the two receptionists spoke no word of English and did not come across as very friendly. Hotel does not allow children below age of 16, but right next to it there is a playground where you hear kids cry and shout all the time. Smoking at the breakfast tables is allowed.
i like best the hotel itself and the staff excellent assistance
The hotel is newly refurbished from their family home, tastefully redecorated As it is family ran business, the service is not very professional... but good price... spa is not working... casual food served at the hotel but not recommended.


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A marine research center is one step closer to being built at the Port of Los Angeles after the Harbor Commission moved Thursday to certify the final environmental impact report.
The 28-acre campus on the port's oldest municipal pier would be used by the Southern California Marine Institute, a consortium that includes Occidental College, the USC Wrigley Institute for Environmental Studies and the UCLA Department of Atmospheric and Ocean Sciences. The campus also would eventually include a business park for marine-related companies and a five-story seawater wave tank, port officials said.
The project now enters the funding and development phase. Port officials estimate the project will be built in two phases and cost more than $400 million, raised from private funds. A board of trustees will be formed to oversee the project, port spokesman Phillip Sanfield said.
Daniel J. Pondella II, director of the Marine Institute, said the consortium needs a new facility. It will be the key part of the first phase of the project, he said.
"The current one we are in is essentially obsolete," he said. "It was old when I was student and that was 25 years ago. It's not optimal for the work that we are doing.
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"All will be revealed," says the promo poster featuring stars Angus T. Jones, Ashton Kutcher and Jon Cryer for the new "Two and a Half Men" season.
And on Wednesday at the Television Critics Association summer press tour in Los Angeles, CBS Entertainment President Nina Tassler started to dish a little about Kutcher's new character on "Men."
His name is Walden Schmidt, and "he's an Internet billionaire with a broken heart," Tassler said. "He is a unique character."
She added that the show has "an extraordinary actor in Ashton Kutcher ... someone who's committed to their job and being a professional."
And that includes shaping the character of Walden. "He looks great," Tassler said. "(Kutcher's) made some very smart choices with (show creator) Chuck Lorre about the look of his character. He's an incredibly attractive, appealing guy."
Tassler also said that the script for the season premiere, which will be a two-parter, "was as smart and as funny and as irreverent and as risqué as the show has always been. I think people who are fans of the show will be really happy."
Maybe so, but it sounded like there may have been some nervousness on the set Monday when the show began shooting the new season. "I would be lying if I didn't say, when everybody walked on that set on Monday, you could cut the air with a knife," Tassler said.
"Our whole focus right now is moving forward," she later said. "(As opposed to where we were) six months ago to today, we're worlds apart. I'm just happy to be where we are today."
Tassler wouldn't confirm or deny reports that Charlie Sheen's character, Charlie Harper, would be killed off next season.
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Not sure if these crayon rings are more for kids or adults but either way they look fun!
The crayon rings come in a set of eight (one for each finger, sorry thumbs) for easy coloring and can be worn on your finger when you're on the go. You never never know when you'll find something that might need coloring.
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The 18 hole course meanders over ridges and through valleys that are studded with ancient woodland, lakes and streams. The course is quintessentially English and has several signature holes notably the 6th hole where the green nestles besides a fishing lake, the 14th which sweeps leftwards around an ancient woodland and the closing hole which is straight as a die and has the impressive mansion house as its backdrop.
Located 12 miles north of Oxford just outside Chipping Norton in the Cotswolds, Heythrop Park is within 90 minutes drive time of London and the Midlands, making us very accessible indeed.
On site, in addition to the Bainbridge golf course, we have a range of leisure facilities, spa, gym, pool, steam room, sauna and a choice of 2 hotels: The Crowne Plaza Hotel and Heythrop Park.
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Located on Bridgehampton's coveted Quimby Lane with vast water frontage on Sagg Pond and truly splendid views across the pond to the ocean, superbly renovated 1890s shingled traditional skillfully blending old-world charm with every modern amenity. Beautifully furnished with understated elegance and featuring four bedrooms, 4 full/1 half baths, formal living room with fireplace, formal dining, den, covered outdoor veranda, waterside pool, heated 2-car garage with half bath, sweeping lawns and wonderful old trees. Year-Round: $28,333 Per Month, Memorial Day - Labor Day: $285,000
The Hamptons may be internationally renowned as a playground for the rich and famous, but there's so much more to this striking region on the eastern end of Long Island, New York than parties and polo within Gatsby-esque luxury homes. For starters, while the sidewalks of the hamlets and villages that make up the area collectively known as The Hamptons are often teeming with a who's who of bold-face names and C-suite executives, the beaches are the real stars here.進一步了解The Hamptons And Northfork的豪宅


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WATCH: "Mad Men" Final Season Trailer Released....AND IT ROCKS
The final season of AMC's time-period drama Mad Men is out with a trailer for it's final season 7 which will focus on the 1970s. The show is set to premiere on April 13th.
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As a Mennonite, one of the last "take-aways" Aaron Kauffman expected from Eastern Mennonite Seminary was learning about Christian traditions far beyond the Mennonite church and coming to appreciate them. ... read more about Seminary Widens Horizons of Mennonite-Raised Grad
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Eastern Mennonite Seminary will hold its 63rd annual commencement service 2:30 p.m. Saturday, April 28 in Lehman Auditorium on the EMU campus. Rev. Dr. Daniel L. Garrett, adjunct professor, United ... read more about Seminary celebrates 63rd Commencement


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Is it possible for Thad Young to win ROY? He is really playing tremendous basketball
He is playing such great basketball. I watched the entire first quarter in some sort of Thad Young-loving daze. He ran the court every single possession. He got all good shots and knocked down all his Free Throws. He was open for a few more baskets where the play didn't really develop well. He plays basketball the way it is supposed to be played. And that South Paw really seems to be confusing defenders.
One problem. The Sixers seem to have a problem with bigger forwards. Amare, Chris Wilcox and now Charlie V. have all had their way with the Sixers. Guys like Josh Smith and Kenyon Martin may present bigger problems than expected in upcoming games. I'm gonna watch for this in future games probably.
That first half was a thing of beauty for Thad. I don't see any way he wins ROY, they're going to give it to Durant because they're all morons. Horford probably deserves it. Thad's limited minutes early in the year will do him in. He should definitely be on the all rookie team.
As for the big forwards, I'm not sure what the answer is. Villaneuva did most of his damage on the perimeter or on drives, it wasn't really a size thing. Wilcox did his damage on the inside, same with Amare. The odd thing is that Thad didn't start against Amare or Wilcox. Evans was out there and he's supposed to be able to cover those bangers. Luckily, it didn't matter in any of those games. Maybe the idea is that if you lock down the perimeter guys, a 20-point night out of PF isn't going to kill you. Meaning, don't double, let those guys get their points, stick on the three-point shooters instead. If that's the philosophy, I can live with it. It's been working.
I never saw him play in college and now I'm interested to see some Georgia Tech film. Was he this good or did he improve that much pre-draft? He averaged less than 15 points a game because he probably didn't get the ball much on offense in college. Just the attitude he has. Hopefully he can flip the switch on that offensive mentality down the road like Dre did and become our #2 option.
I can't say enough about this kid. He's so polished with his footwork inside. His lefty hook shot is basically automatic, he runs like a deer, yet he scores 20 with no plays run for him. How did he not go top 5? Just another credit to the once hated Billy King and his drafting expertise. Lou-Will, Willie Green, Korver and Young. His draft record is quite amazing.
Good point about the no 3's policy. That's another adjustment Mo has made. Earlier in the year, I remember guys like Anthony Parker, Kareem Rush, DeShawn Stevenson shooting threes left and right like they're Reggie Miller. Mo must have made the switch telling his guys--Let them get the two but not the three.
Another idea is he could've been saying it all along...only Kyle was too slow on his rotations.
Have you noticed the subtle change Mo has made on D? He's got Andre Miller matching up against the opposing team's best guard, whether he's the point or the 2. He did it with Dwyane Wade, did it with Redd today. Miller's defense is extremely under-rated, and I think that might also have a lot to do w/ the threes not killing the Sixers anymore.
Korver was garbage on D, but I think the difference is mainly philosophical.
If you get that film, let me know man. I'd like to see some of that myself.
Billy had a great record it turns out. I wanted to stone him myself, but in hindsight he drafted really well. Add Iggy, Sammy, Salmons, and even Jason Smith and Carney to that list. Jason shows signs sometimes that he belongs in this league. I can't fault the Carney pick because he is something athletically.
I am on board with the "Billy was a good GM" bandwagon.
I have liked what Ed has done thusfar as well though. The Korver deal made sense. I still agree with it.
The 3 point comment is a good one. They used to get killed by 3s. That doesn't seem to be the case so much anymore.
The Sixers need to take this part of their schedule one game at a time. They can't afford to worry about the Spurs before playing the Bulls. The more I see this schedule the more I think the Sixers are about to take a lump on the head in the form of 4 straight losses.
Celts have one day off. Pistons and Bulls have 2 days off before our match ups. The Spurs have the Pistons the night before playing us.
The odds would be against a team like the Warriors going into this stretch and that team just crushed us. I am weary of these games. I think that 2 wins in our next 5 games is somewhat realistic since that Chicago game has trap written all over it.
Having said that, I feel like this team will overcome the obstacles with effort and heart though and come away with 3 wins in the next 5.
I found some video of Thad in high school. No luck on college video yet. Here's the link.
We are in the minority but a growing one since he has left and we see what he has left us. I thought Billy was decent as well but his complacency killed me. The team continued to be stuck in the lottery but he made little moves. Sure he tried to bring in superstars but that obviously didn't work. He allowed Mo to do all the stuff on the court and he stayed in his office.
You can tell Ed knows the game of basketball. He looked at the team, saw everyone was freakishly athletic and traded away his only not athletic player.
Then all he did was subtly pull Mo aside and tell him--We should become a fastbreak team with all the young guys we have. Well, maybe it wasn't so subtle, if you make a coach change his philosophy with one sentence. Maybe an--or you're fired, followed. Whatever he said it worked, and Billy probably never gave Mo advice on his gameplan.
Yeah, I've seen Thad play a few times this year and he's good, but he's not as good as Durant. You forget that Thad is probably the fourth best player on the 6ers and isn't asked to carry them every night. Who else does Durant have? Imagine Thad getting lobs from Luke Ridnour and having to start along side Johan Petro and Earl Watson. Durant is impressive and should win ROY just for putting up with an all-around terrible situation in Seattle. Young is pretty good, but don't say you'd take him over KD.
Here's my problem with Durant, and it has nothing to do with being on a bad team. What is he exceptional at? What stands out about him that makes him a singular talent?
He's 6'10", good. There are a ton of 6'10" guys out there. He doesn't have a particularly good jumper like Dirk. He didn't have it in college, doesn't have it now. It may develop over time, but for now he's just a guy that takes a lot of shots.
What does he give you on defense? Little to nothing. How about on the boards? Little to nothing. Does he make the players around him better? No.
If you put Thad on the Sonics and gave him 20 shots a game, 35 minutes a game, he'd score just as much as Durant. There's nothing special about the ability to get a ton of shots up. All it takes is a bad team and a little bit of ego.
Maybe Durant will fill out his frame and learn some low post moves that will make him an impossible cover for other 3's in the league. If he does, that will be something special. Right now, there's nothing special about him or his game.
Being surrounded by no talent isn't a reason to give someone the rookie of the year. If he was on a better team he'd be scoring 10 points/game, maybe, and he wouldn't even be in the discussion.
Horford is your rookie of the year, even though he won't win it because Durant was the big name on draft night and he's been given an obscene number of shots to artificially boost his scoring average.
Durant will be an exceptional scorer in time, in the vein of a T-Mac. As for Thad, no, he wasn't good in college. He got the ball a lot, in fact he was their go-to guy, but he tried to show off all kinds of skills to the scouts that he didn't really have. Going into the season, he was easily a top ten, maybe even a top five prospect, but his play in college was really disappointing. Kind of like Rudy Gay, if you remember what his college career was like.


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The Sonneveld House at Completion in 1933. Photograph: © Jan Kamman. Collection: Nederlands fotomuseum
The Sonneveld House Museum stands adjacent to the NAI on the corner of Jongkindstraat and Rochussenstraat in Rotterdam. Built in the early nineteen thirties, it is one of the best-preserved houses in the Nieuwe Bouwen style, the Dutch branch of the International School of Modernism. It was designed by the architecture firm of Brinkman & Van der Vlugt, also known for the Van Nelle Factory and Feyenoord Stadium. The Sonneveld House opened to the public as a house museum of the NAI in March 2001, following a period of intensive restoration and refurbishment. As a visitor, you can see for yourself what it was like to live in a hypermodern home in 1933.
Avant Garde
Albertus Sonneveld, one of the three directors of the Van Nelle Factory, commissioned the construction of the detached house for himself and his family in 1929. They finally moved into the new house on Jongkindstraat in 1933, leaving all their old household possessions behind. Not merely content to adapt to their new surroundings, they chose to modernize their whole lifestyle according to the tastes of the avant garde. The Sonneveld House illustrates how the new trends in architecture were welcomed by the influential upper middle class.
> The Library in Sonneveld House Museum. Photo: Jannes Linders.
Modern Gadgets
A striking aspect of the house is the way Brinkman and Van der Vlugt designed not only the architecture but also the complete interior. For the furnishings, they selected mainly furniture by the designer/manufacturer Gispen and fabrics by the firm Metz & Co. The Sonneveld House is probably the first example of an early modern interior where the products of these companies were applied consistently. The house was moreover equipped with the latest household gadgets to enhance the domestic pleasure of its inhabitants. In the shower, for example, water sprays from at least ten shower heads. An electric bell was incorporated into the dining table for summoning the servant during meals.
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The Rotterdam foundation "Stichting Volkskracht Historische Monumenten" purchased the Sonneveld House in 1997. They began cooperating with the Netherlands Architecture Institute on a regular basis in February 1999. With this cooperation the house was restored and opened to the public as a museum house. The restoration work was carried out by the architecture firm of Molenaar & Van Winden, and the NAI took responsibility for the interior refurbishment.


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Shortly after winning the NCA account early last year we immediately saw an opportunity to separate them from the rest of the cheer association pack. While everyone else focused on the glamour and glitz of cheerleading, we decided to focus on the athletes themselves and the hard work they put in to make it all look so easy. After all, the National Cheerleaders Association is here to turn athletes into better cheerleaders. And that process involves more grit than glitter.
Print advertisment created by Firehouse, United States for National Cheerleaders Association, within the category: Professional Services.
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After the discovery of the Gunpowder Plot, the flight of the plotters ended at Holbeche House, near
Kingswinford, in Staffordshire. This property belonged to Stephen Littleton, a descendant of the Littletons
of Frankley, Worcestershire, who had joined them at the proposed hunting party at Dunchurch. The plotters
were being closely followed by the sheriff of Warwick, Sir Richard Walsh, and his men, who were seeking to
apprehend them for the raid on the stables at Warwick Castle. Sir Richard did not actually learn of their
involvement in the Gunpowder Plot until his arrival at Holbeche as the government forces converged with their
orders from Robert Cecil.
At Holbeche, the conspirators did their best to prepare the house for a siege, and told those not willing
to make a stand that they should escape as best they could. During the flight from Warwick Castle via Hewell
Grange (the home of Lord Windsor, who was kin to Sir John Talbot of Grafton and the Wintour brothers) where
they were reported to have stolen arms and munitions, their store of gunpowder had become wet from the
pouring rain, and it was laid out in front of the fireplace to dry. A stray spark landing in the gunpowder
caused a sudden explosion that blinded John Grant, and slightly injured Robert Catesby, Ambrose Rookwood and
Henry Morgan, a friend of John Grant's. This was the final demoralizing blow: when Thomas Wintour asked the
party what they intended to do, he was told "We mean here to die".
Stephen Littleton and Thomas Wintour left temporarily for 'Pepperhill', the Shropshire residence of Sir
John Talbot, which lay 10 miles away, where they hoped to rally further support. Sir John dismissed them in
anger saying that it was more than his life was worth to assist them, only confirming the thoughts of
Robert Wintour who had refused the task of visiting Sir John but had given them a letter which they were to
hand to a servant who would in turn pass it to Sir John. In the aftermath of the plot, Sir John Talbot fell
under suspicion and was arrested as a matter of course, yet no incriminating evidence against him could be
By approximately 11.00 am the following morning, Walsh's men had surrounded the house. Thomas Wintour,
John Wright, Christopher Wright and Ambrose Rookwood were soon shot in the courtyard, perhaps attempting to
quell a fire that Walsh and his men had started in an attempt to drive the conspirators from the house. The
two Wrights were moribund, but Thomas Wintour managed to make it back to the house, where Robert Catesby and
Thomas Percy were the only defenders left who were not incapacitated by their injuries.
"Stand by me, Mr. Tom," said Catesby, "and we will die together."
The three men stood close inside the door of the house, and went outside to face their death. Catesby and
Percy, standing side by side, were supposedly felled by a single shot. According to the account by Father
Oswald Tesimond, Robert Catesby managed to crawl back inside the house, and finding a picture of the Virgin
Mary, clutched it in his arms until he died. The soldiers rushed into the house, realising Wintour's fears of
being captured. Many of those present at the siege declared later that the actions of the soldiers, hungry
for trophies, had perhaps not been conducive to the survival of those who were dying, and that with swift
medical aid, one or more of them may have lived.
The last door that many of the conspirators ever went through is still in existence today at Holbeche
House. Although many additions have been made to the back, the front rooms and facade of the house are still
the same as they were in 1605, although several of the original windows have now been bricked over. You can
still see the musket holes in the wall from this siege, which adds further intrigue to the story of the last
stand of the conspirators. The location of the musket holes offers strong evidence that those inside the
house were utilising the upstairs windows, probably to gain the advantage of height over their pursuers, and
would thus have almost certainly been using firearms.
Holbeche House today is a private nursing home. The owners kindly gave the Gunpowder Plot Society
permission to tour the house and the grounds. Although a great deal of construction has recently taken place,
which has resulted in the destruction of the remnants of the old water-mill, you can still see traces of the
original wall that surrounded the property. Even more interesting is the existence of a tunnel in the dining
room that, according to legend, led to another property. It was a surprising find, as none of the Plot
literature has ever mentioned this tunnel, although it was certainly in existence in 1605. Perhaps this was
the method that many used to escape, leading one to conclude that the final defenders must have chosen to
The new owners of Holbeche House have indicated that the property is imminently due for restoration, and
this will involve the gutting of the house interior, back to the original brick and timber work, before being
covered over again. It is at this point that we are hoping Holbeche will reveal many more secrets. As part of
this restoration the Gunpowder Plot Society with co-operation from the new owners would like to supervise the
opening up of the tunnel and investigate, something we have previously been unable to do due to the daily use
of the property. At present it is unclear where the tunnel leads to or if it is still useable, but it is
certainly a task we are looking forward to, in the hope of making a startling discovery or revelation. At
present we are trying to locate survey maps that may indicate the tunnel's existence, or at the very least,
identify the neighbouring properties that could have been the tunnel's destination. It is also yet another
indication of the length to which the Catholic families of the area were prepared to go to in order to
preserve the safety of their numbers. We will keep everyone up to date on the developments within this
As part of the investigation, the Gunpowder Plot Society aims to map out as much of the original house
as possible and ensure the preservation of anything historically important. Very little is known generally
about the property, when it was built, how Stephen Littleton came to be its owner, or who created the priest
hides that are evident today.
The Gunpowder Plot has also been seeking permission from the new owners to erect a plaque on the grounds
in remembrance of the plotters who lost their lives here. Any new information will be posted in
the Newssection.
UPDATE - As of June 2005 we have been informed that the priest hides under Holbeche are in fact nothing
more than underground storage water tanks, and it is also unlikely that any of the original building survives
other than the great fireplace. Extensive renovations were carried out in 2003/2004 and the subsequent discoveries
certainly dispel any myths as to what the house perhaps held. One thing that is supported though - if the house has
been all but rebuilt, it adds credence to the story that the powder left to dry in front of the fire blew the roof
off, and therefore would have destroyed much of the house.
We are now attempting to go back as far as we can from extant records of the property to determine exactly what
changes were made to the building and when these were made. We are certain that much of the current rear of the house
including the side garden, was added, or greatly modified in the 19th century.


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Reno, Nev. • Reno police say bicycle theft is the top property crime around downtown Reno this summer, and they think the Burning Man festival may have something to do with it.
Police Sgt. Dan Thompson says the only time of the year the department sees so many bike thefts is in the weeks leading up to the festival, which begins Aug. 25.
Bicycles are the main source of transportation at the weeklong event, held on the Black Rock Desert playa about 100 miles north of Reno.
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Therapist Terry Real analyzes one couple's problems.Kay says when his wife, Laurie, started saying she wanted a divorce in 2001, he turned to Dr. Harvey Rosenberg for help. Rosenberg presided over Kay's couples therapy. And when Kay attempted suicide later that year, Rosenberg was the one to help him through his recovery.
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Now they are in the doghouse again as they struggle to shrug off the after effects of the global financial crisis. But there are signs of a fresh revolution in fiscal restraint to reverse years of welfare and military spending that left their economies vulnerable to the financial crisis, and threaten to bankrupt them if not pruned before the retirement and healthcare costs of ageing baby boomers hit their budgets.
Britain's Conservative-Liberal coalition government announced deep cuts in its first budget – in welfare, defence and the civil service – in a bid to close a huge budget deficit. In the US, the Republican party, especially its Tea Party faction, has something similar in mind and although it does not control the Senate, is in a position to wring spending cuts from the Obama administration. To an extent, Greece and Ireland (because they had to) and Germany (out of habit) led the way in the new austerity. But as economic policy fashion leaders, Great Britain and the US may be more influential.
What has this got to do with Australia? The Mid-Year Economic and Fiscal Outlook confirms the budget is on track to return to surplus by 2012-13, as the former Rudd government predicted when it plunged the budget into deficit to stave off the worst of the financial crisis two years ago. Real spending growth is being kept to less than 2 per cent of output as promised, the giant fiscal stimulus of 2009-10 is being steadily withdrawn, private sector growth is apparently self-sustaining at above trend levels and commonwealth net debt is set to peak at 6 per cent of output. As Treasurer
Mr Swan and new Finance Minister
This means they will hit the budget after the current forward estimates period, along with many other spending promises, weakening the budget for future governments and calling into question long-term projected surpluses. Contrary to Mr Swan's rhetoric, net savings since the election fall short of post-election promises made to the independents and Greens to get them into the Labor camp. It may only be a matter of $140 million over four years, out of nearly $1.5 trillion in spending. But Mr Swan and Ms Wong should be building a safety buffer in these years of strong growth, which will average 3.25 per cent a year, thanks to resources boom Mark II. Instead they are line-dancing around the budget balance line, passing up a real chance for structural budget reform, and weakening our defences against future shocks from China.
Don't be conned by the furphy about the rising currency hitting revenues. A strong free-floating currency is a symptom of a robust economy, and the $9.7 billion four-year revenue decline since the election was offset by a $7.1 billion reduction in expenses. Focus instead on the vast field of savings available to the government but ignored by Mr Swan and Ms Wong.
Cash for clunkers and green car funds should be axed, not just wound back, along with the rest of the $17 billion of industry aid that mostly keeps our car and textiles industries tagging along a decade or two behind the world. In a fully employed economy such spending makes us less productive. Middle-class welfare and tax expenditures offer larger targets.
Mr Swan should take the savings and use them as a down payment on some real tax reform to reward enterprise and hard work and kick-start stalled productivity. The Henry tax review showed how. If he wants to know how to make his mark, Mr Swan could look to British Prime Minister
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