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I lost my mother last week.
My sister-in-law called Tuesday night to give me the difficult news. After I processed the words for a few moments, I felt the tears welling up in my eyes.
But I also felt a sense of relief.
My wife and I had just visited Mom two days earlier at the Dallas-area assisted living center where she had spent the last 18 months. When we entered her room and saw her, we knew immediately that she wouldn't have much time left. Even though it had only been a few months since our last visit, the change in her appearance and energy level was dramatic.
My mother was dying.
Over the course of the next two days, we talked about old times and shared our love of cats — as we had done on previous visits. But on this visit, things were different. Mom lost focus during our conversations, and on Sunday she even briefly forgot we had visited with her the previous day. She also seemed very weak.
On Sunday afternoon, my wife took me aside in the hall outside her room and told me, "If there's anything you need to say to your Mom, you need to say it today. I don't think she'll be here much longer."
In my heart, I knew my wife was right. When she excused herself to go visit some parakeets in the living center's library area, I pulled my chair up close to Mom's bed and we had a little talk.
She told me how she was ready to go, and that she wished she could go in her sleep. I told her she shouldn't feel bad about wanting that, and that she had so much to look forward to in Heaven. She'd be with my Dad, who passed away in 2006, and also with her parents and two sisters. She looked at me wistfully and said, "Oh, I hope you're right."
As evening approached, I knew it was time to head back home. My wife and I hugged Mom's frail frame and kissed her on the cheek. As we walked to the door, Mom blew me a kiss and told me she loved me — as she did every visit. I wondered if this would be the last time we'd share that moment.
On the way home, I kept thinking of how Mom's world had shrunk over the past few years. When she first moved back to Texas after my Dad's death, she was lively and outgoing. She'd have dinner with a small group of residents in the dining room and occasionally take shopping trips to the local grocery store.
But after she broke her hip and was hospitalized in 2010, she could no longer care for herself and had to move into a group care home. She later moved into her most recent facility, where she had her own room and a friendly, caring staff. Still, her willingness to leave her bed and interact with others slowly slipped away as her health declined.
It was heartbreaking to see, especially for my younger brother and his wife, who lived nearby and did so much to attend to her needs and make her as comfortable as possible.
Now she's gone, and it's a difficult reality to accept. For all of my 58 years, my mother had been with me on this earth — perhaps not close in terms of distance, but always in my thoughts and just a phone call away. Now that earthly bond is severed, but in losing her to Heaven, I find myself feeling comfort and peace, more than sadness — though that feeling definitely surfaces from time to time.
Mom's passing was apparently a peaceful one. When the living center's staff brought her dinner that evening, she was awake and smiling. Three hours later she was gone.
Did she go in her sleep, as she had wished? I'd like to think so.
She always did like to get her way.
Rest in peace, Mom. I love you.


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Attini, Myrmicinae, Formicidae, Hymenoptera, Insecta, Arthropoda, Animalia
Guatemala to Amazonian Brazil. Costa Rica: Atlantic slope.
Body covered with lanose pubescence, like Sericomyrmex. All other Costa Rican Trachymyrmex have short, stout setae. This species is most easily confused with the genus Sericomyrmex. Sericomyrmex has a more broadly heart-shaped head and less strongly developed mesosomal tubercles. Recent phylogenetic studies suggest Sericomyrmex is a derived Trachymyrmex (T. Schultz, pers. comm.).
Natural History
This species inhabits wet forest. Nests are in the soil. Mayhé and Brandao (2002) describe the biology as follows:
The first information is from Mann (1922:49) on the type series: "...large colony. The nest was in the ground, alongside a trail in thick woods. The entrance was in the form of a turret, loosely constructed of earth and about 6 inches in height; a foot beneath the surface was a large cavity, containing a fungus garden, pendulous and 4 or 5 inches in diameter." Gabriel A. R. Melo has collected in Manaus three workers following a forage trail, carrying dry leaves ... Antonio Mayhé and Jose V. Hernandez found two nests in Aroa, Venezuela, in a secondary forest, at 865m of altitude. The entrance of the first ... was at the side of a human trail and presented a turret made by rigid earth coming out of the litter, 1cm diameter and 3 cm height; the [single] ... chamber was 20 cm deep. The second one ... presents also a turret, although smaller, and its [single] ... irregular chamber was 16 cm deep, with the fungus garden hanging from the roof. ...The ants feign death when disturbed, in a conspicuous cryptic behavior.
I know the species from two localities in Costa Rica: La Selva Biological Station, and Refugio Eladio in the Penas Blancas Valley east of Monteverde. At La Selva I observed workers entering a small clay turret in a trail. At Eladio's I observed a second nest, also with a turret-like tumulus in the middle of a trail. The tumulus was fairly large, about 10cm diameter. The main nest chamber, with queen and fungus garden, was about 10cm deep below the surface. It was spherical, about 5cm in diameter. I observed a worker returning with a caterpillar dropping.
Sericomyrmex opulenta Mann 1922:48, fig. 21. Worker: Honduras. Combination in Trachymyrmex: Weber, 1958:51.
Literature Cited
Mann, W. M. 1922. Ants from Honduras and Guatemala. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 61:1-54.
Mayhé-Nunes, A. J., and C. R. F. Brandao. 2002. Revisionary studies on the attine ant genus Trachymyrmex forel. Part 1: Definition of the genus and the Opulentus group (Hymenoptera : Formicidae). Sociobiology 40:667-698.
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John T. Longino, The Evergreen State College, Olympia WA 98505 email@example.com
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|Matt Mackall <mpm@xxxxxxxxxxx>
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On Wed, Oct 13, 2004 at 07:48:18AM +1000, Con Kolivas wrote: > Matt Mackall wrote: > >On Tue, Oct 12, 2004 at 09:39:23PM +1000, Con Kolivas wrote: > > > >>This patch adds poll support to the b44 driver to allow netconsole > >>support. Style lifted straight from 8139too.c > >> > >>here is the dmesg output with it in place: > >> > >>netconsole: device eth0 not up yet, forcing it > >>netconsole: carrier detect appears flaky, waiting 10 seconds > >>b44: eth0: Link is down. > >>b44: eth0: Link is up at 100 Mbps, full duplex. > >>b44: eth0: Flow control is on for TX and on for RX. > >>netconsole: network logging started > >> > >>output confirmed by netcat on other system. > >> > >>Signed-off-by: Con Kolivas <kernel@xxxxxxxxxxx> > > > > > >+ disable_irq(dev->irq); > >+ b44_interrupt (dev->irq, dev, NULL); > >+ enable_irq(dev->irq); > > > >Aside from this bizarre whitespace convention and neglecting to cc: > >me, looks good. > > > > sorry,sorry,thanks. > > Can you explain where I went wrong in the whitespace so I don't make the > same mistake again? It looked pretty standard to me. Stray space between b44_interrupt and args. > Should I nudge akpm with this or will it go via another route? Jeff Garzik usually picks up net driver stuff, I think he got this one. -- Mathematics is the supreme nostalgia of our time.
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|From: Erich Rast (erich at snafu.de)
Date: Mon Oct 4 06:50:24 EDT 2010
Perhaps the original poster was just asking for how to check for the occurrence of a loop in a graph, presumably in the context of traversing it. At least that's how I understood his mail when I first read it -- now I'm no longer so sure. Best, Erich On Sun, 2010-10-03 at 23:48 -0400, Stephen Bloch wrote: > On Oct 3, 2010, at 7:19 PM, Marco Morazan wrote: > > > What year of study are you in? > > > > I will assume you are a beginner. It can't be done in Racket or any > > other programming language. Most Automata Theory books have a proof of > > that The Halting Problem is unsolvable. > > More precisely, you can write a program that will say "yes, there's an infinite loop" whenever there's an infinite loop, but sometimes mistakenly says "yes, there's an infinite loop" when there isn't. Or you can write a program that will say "no, there's no infinite loop" whenever there isn't one, but sometimes mistakenly says "no, there's no infinite loop" when there is. Or you can write a program that never makes a mistake on this question, but sometimes goes infinite itself. But there is NO program, in ANY language, that takes in another program and always tells correctly (in finite time) whether that other program contains an infinite loop. > > The proof is simple: suppose there were such a program; call it "inf-loop?". Then I would write a program "diag" as follows: > > (define (diag) > (if (inf-loop? diag) > "bye now" > (diag))) > > Now, either "diag" goes infinite or it doesn't. If it does, (inf-loop? diag) will return true (because that's what inf-loop? does), so the "if" will return "bye now", thus NOT going into an infinite loop. On the other hand, if "diag" doesn't go infinite, (inf-loop? diag) will return false (because that's its job), so the "if" will call "diag", thus going into an infinite loop. In short, if "diag" goes infinite, then it doesn't, and if it doesn't, then it does. Both situations are impossible, so our assumption that "inf-loop?" exists must have been incorrect. We conclude that "inf-loop?" doesn't exist (or isn't always correct, or sometimes goes infinite itself, or something). > > > Stephen Bloch > sbloch at adelphi.edu > > _________________________________________________ > For list-related administrative tasks: > http://lists.racket-lang.org/listinfo/users
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Anne Hathaway went into the 'Interstellar' promo tour with a new stylist and a brand new red carpet look.
Judging by your comments, this wasn't a successful tour, so let's take a look back at her looks and see if you can pick a favourite.
LA was the first stop on the tour where she donned a midnight-blue Richard Nicoll bias-cut gown which some deemed very unflattering.
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It's tough to find a person who has never considered his or her own funeral. It's kind of like trying to find someone who has never thought about hooking up with Angelina Jolie--pretty much everyone has considered that scenario in their heads a time or two. (Haven't they?) Anyway, at my funeral, I'm shooting for a string quartet rendition of "Sweet Child o' Mine" and an appearance by childhood love Joey McIntyre from New Kids on the Block. If Joey Mac breaks out with "Please Don't Go Girl," I'll be the happiest girl in heaven. In Get Low, playing at the Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth as part of their Magnolia at the Modern film series, Robert Duvall portrays Felix Bush, a Tennessee recluse from the 1930s who stages his own funeral in order to hear what people have to say about him. Sissy Spacek plays his former love, and Bill Murray is the funeral director, which makes me laugh without even having seen the film. Get Low is getting some pretty solid Oscar buzz, and seeing it in a museum will only add to its cool factor. It screens both this weekend and August 27 through 29. The Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth is located at 3200 Darnell St. Show times are 6 and 8 p.m. Fridays, 5 p.m. Saturdays, and 2 and 4 p.m. Sundays. Tickets are $8.50, $6.50 for Modern members. Visit themodern.org/magnolia for more information.
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Joe Hockey hopes we will feel aggrieved and hard done by when he tells us Australians are working an average one month a year to pay for the welfare of another Australian (''A budget to take us to the starting line'', Comment, 13/6). But those other Australians he refers to are our own unemployed children, our friend's child with a disability, our elderly parents or neighbours, and possibly our future selves should our own good fortune ever run out. Particularly at a time when many friends and family members are facing the real prospect of retrenchment, I have no objection to making a contribution to the welfare of others as long as I am still working.
Of course welfare spending should be effective and well targeted, but supporting vulnerable people so they can participate in our community and our economy is to all our benefit. The idea that some Australians are being ripped off by other Australians is not only disturbingly divisive and mean spirited, but also deluded. None of us will escape seeing people we care about become sick, injured, widowed or unemployed. Should we all follow Joe Hockey's lead and start tallying up the unpaid hours and financial help we give to friends and family in need - or are we better than that?
Kerryn Garner, Preston
Deflecting attention from welfare for wealthy
How disappointing it is that Mr Hockey has chosen to question welfare spending. Is he seeking to attract attention away from the welfare spending for higher income people that is implicit in negative gearing, which boosts wealth creation for the better-off and puts house ownership further from the reach of the young and low-income people? Is he hoping we will forget Mr Abbott's generous paid parental scheme, which will see government support for people on high incomes who should be able to save sufficiently to cover their periods of parental leave? Is Mr Hockey thinking that we have forgotten the tax revenue lost to the government through companies' tax minimisation activities, through the abandonment of the mining tax that applied to super profits earned from the exploitation of the nation's resources, and through the excise rebate enjoyed by off-road users of diesel? Is he turning a blind eye to the waste of billions of dollars in holding asylum seekers in harsh offshore detention centres, to often poorly planned defence equipment acquisitions, and to the propensity in Australia for major transport projects to often be funded without adequate benefit-cost analysis? These are some of the major fiscal issues that get scant attention in the current public discourse. Is this what Mr Hockey wants?
Andrew Trembath, Blackburn
Treasurer should be custodian of our values
Thanks, Mr Hockey, for letting us know the costs. I have never felt the need to do this sum while working and paying taxes through the many years of raising a family and providing for their education, health needs and other needs.
Why not? Because I believed in what I was doing, raising a family according to the values of a democratic society. Those fundamental values - compassion for those in need and respect for the individual whether they are earning a wage or not - make counting up the cost an irrelevance. While you may dismiss such values as unsustainable in this economic environment, these values are fundamental to the operation of a successful and harmonious society.
You, Mr Hockey, should act as the custodian of those values, not the destroyer. It is exploiting the principles of democracy to use the data as a way of justifying your budget. You are creating fear to impose your neoliberal ideology. Mr Hockey do not divide our society and destroy our democratic values with your sinister brand of class warfare.
Patricia Parkinson, Richmond
Disturbing glibness
In his defence of the budget, Joe Hockey pursues social division and punishment of the poor. He says it's not the government's job to ensure equality of outcome, yet he has framed a budget engineered to worsen inequality.
His appeal to ''self-sufficiency'' and ''personal empowerment'' obscures the inherited privilege that often surrounds the wealthy and the inter-generational disadvantage that too often condemns the poor. He would have us alone in the race, ruthless competitors.
Hockey challenges whether those who earn more should pay more, without reflecting on the growing inequality. Are the multimillion-dollar salaries fair in the first place? Is it fair the rich can pay professionals to minimise their tax, that superannuation is weighted to benefit the well-off, or that wealth begets more wealth through rent-seeking investments and market opportunities?
Perhaps because of the role higher education has played in social mobility, we now move towards uncapped university fees. The Treasurer seems intent to prevent the less well-off catching up, by putting lead in their saddle bags. But it's the glibness of Hockey's defence that truly disturbs - the willingness to turn us against the people our taxes are rightly used to support. There's no race to decency in this budget, and the race Hockey would have us run is fixed in favour of the entrenched wealth and power he and the Coalition serve.
Darren Lewin-Hill, Northcote
What's fair and unfair
I think it is fair that one month of my income goes to welfare recipients who genuinely cannot work or can't gain work. But Joe, here is what I think is unfair.
That Gina Rinehart is filthy rich because she inherited the right to dig up and profit from ''our'' natural resources; that many CEOs of our major companies, who earn millions, campaign to minimise the wages and conditions of their workforce; that many very wealthy people minimise liabilities through tax avoidance schemes; that children of wealthy parents can inherit estates without paying tax; that mega-rich men can gain substantial control over the media and use it to manipulate public opinion; and finally, that so much wealth is held by so few. So much unfairness isn't there, Joe? I'm glad we have a Treasurer who's so attuned to it and willing to work tirelessly for a fairer society.
Andrew Barrington, Ivanhoe
Friend in good times
For the under-30s, the government is a fair-weather friend. They'll hang out at your place and bludge on your income tax when you've got a job. But if you lose that job, they're out the front door without a word of thanks.
Robert Nalis, Seddon
Do numbers on Pyne
Someone has obviously crunched the numbers for Hockey. Can he get the person to do the numbers on how long we all have to work to pay politicians their taxpayer-funded salaries? The calculations for Mr Pyne should be interesting. Having gone from his predominantly free university education straight into politics, all of Mr Pyne's adult working life has been funded by the taxpayer.
Deirdre McQueen, Eltham
Who is Joe to judge?
After private schooling and university, Hockey worked briefly as a lawyer, then a Liberal staffer, before entering politics. Media reports indicate his family assets were purchased by his investment banker wife. They include a $5-6 million home in Hunters Hill, a $1.5 million holiday home, and Queensland cattle properties worth $2.5 million or more. The Hockeys also have a family trust and a self-managed super fund.
In terms of lifters and leaners, genuine productivity is generated by those like Hockey's migrant parents with their small business, not by politicians. Hockey has been materially cosseted throughout his life by ''others'' (his parents and his wife); yet, he presumes to judge and lecture people on their ''lifting'' status.
Barbara Chapman, Hawthorn
Choose better parents
Last year a report by the Grattan Institute found that home owners receive $36 billion a year in government expenditure, and investors almost $7 billion. Renters received next to nothing. This week we found out that first home buyers are at a record low.
So HECS debts are to rise, the first home saver account scheme was abolished but negative gearing remains untouched, and access to social welfare has been cut for young job seekers. Now we simply need the abolition of the minimum wage and the experiment in social engineering will be complete. An underclass of bludgers too stupid to be born to parents of calibre will do our donkey work and build our pensions, and if they're too lazy we can get someone on a 457 visa.
Terry Donnelly, Northcote
Dutiful graduates
By forcing students to require more and more money to finance their higher education, we are encouraging them to see their education in terms of what it might bring them in income. Education itself is likely to suffer as a result, losing the notions of discovery, inquiry, challenge and criticism that is fundamental to a dynamic society. On the one hand, we are being told we want more entrepreneurs and yet what we are doing is seeking to turn out dutiful ''yes'' men and women. Perhaps it is time the education portfolio was renamed at state and federal levels to reflect the anti-educational principles being promoted? Sadly, on this issue, Clive Palmer knows more than Christopher Pyne.
Ian Morley, Heathmont
Term rarely used
Bob Carr and Gareth Evans attack the government for saying it won't refer to east Jerusalem as ''occupied'', a term rarely used by past governments (Comment, 10/6). Israel captured the territory in 1967 from Jordan, which had no legal rights there, and renounced any claim to the area in 1988. Nor is it legally ''Palestinian territory'', as no sovereign Palestinian state ever existed there.
UN Security Council Resolution 242 from 1967 also supports this interpretation - with numerous diplomats directly involved in drafting it confirming that its language was specifically crafted to mean the boundaries should be negotiated.
Evans and Carr claim support from 1967 advice to the Israeli government by Theodor Meron, then legal adviser in the Israeli Foreign Ministry. However, the detail of that advice implicitly acknowledges that, in contrast to the Golan Heights captured from Syria, the West Bank is not ''occupied'' in the legal sense.
Colin Rubenstein, Australia/Israel & Jewish Affairs Council
We've done enough
We stood by and watched the US bombing Iraq back to the stone age. We then terrorised the population by invading their territory, sacrificing the lives of a significant number of young Australians in the process. We were responsible for the deaths of uncounted numbers of civilians and caused the displacement of who knows how many refugees who, when they sought our assistance, we sent to detention camps in Third World hellholes.
Now The Age suggests we have a duty to help Iraq. For pity's sake haven't we helped these poor people enough?
Brian Sanaghan, West Preston
Eight yards retained
Contrary to what Peter Norden claimed (Focus, 13/6), Shayher Group never applied to have the cells in Pentridge Prison's H Division, part of the A Division building in which prisoners slept, demolished. The application to alter the listed heritage fabric applied to the more recently built ''extension'' to the east of A Division in which the
H Division rock-breaking and labour yards were contained. Heritage Victoria issued a permit two weeks ago that required the retention and restoration of eight of the 24 yards.
Robert Larocca, Shayher Group
Outsourcing emissions
Des Moore (Letter, 13/6) is correct that America is reducing CO2 emissions from coal burning. So are we. One reason is because both countries continue to close factories, instead exporting our raw materials and then importing the finished goods. However, the manufacturing countries are not renowned for clean air so the overall benefit to the world is questionable.
Don Hampshire, Sunbury
And another thing...
Abbott only needs to look in the mirror to see the greatest problem facing this part of the world.
Geoff Mulhall, Caulfield
Hockey sees 2014 as his starting line. Unfortunately the finish line is 1894.
Colin Jones, South Melbourne
After reading Hockey on ''equality of opportunity'' I can see he's wasted at Treasury; such talent demands an urgent reshuffle to the Ministry of Truth.
Laurie McCormack, Clifton Hill
If the budget is so fair, Joe, take it to a vote. You didn't last time and most of us are champing at the bit to give you a democratic fairness evaluation.
Rob McCasker, Ballarat
Joe, how long does the average Australian work to support all the millionaires who don't pay tax?
John Renowden, Princes Hill
Somebody needs to explain to Abbott that ''centre-right'' means ''politically central with a leaning to the right'', not ''well and truly wedged in the centre of the right wing''.
Greg Walsh, Black Rock
I'm far more worried about Abbott meeting with Murdoch than I am about Swan meeting with Gatto.
Dijana Gullotti, Preston South
Julie Bishop just said Australia is committed to human rights. And the evidence is …?
Christine Morris, Hoppers Crossing
Having demonised asylum seekers, this government has now moved on to welfare recipients.
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the reason i believe in chemtrails, and it may be a foolish reason, but is because i saw it with my own eyes and thought "i never saw trails like that in my whole life" and THEN i looked it up and saw that "chem trails" was a thing, it didnt happen the other way around.
I dont know anything about them other than i DO NOT remember EVER seeing them in my past 25 years of life, now they are EVERYWHERE, EVERYDAY, it's not full proof evidence but if nothing else there's something different going on now than there used to be.
NONE of us know but yet we're all at eachothers throat over it, i think the "chemtards" could probably research it a little more before being so adamant about it, and the debunkers can maybe relax and see that there's something different about ALL these trails popping up EVERYWHERE so excessively.
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Still doesn't prove they are anything more than contrails.
And it's obvious that you have never studied aviation or atmospheric science.
You are jumping to conclusions based on your own ignorance.
Continue...it's funny.
And as long as I'm a shill fro posting truth...chemtards will be chemtards for posting ignorance as truth.
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what conclusion did i jump to? did you read my last paragraph? studying aviation? my only point was that i thought these trails were odd before i ever knew what a chem trail was, i've always seen Comtrails as a kid but these seemed different to me, i'm not a chemtard just a normal person who sees something weird, i'm pretty sure my post made that clear.
i don't know shit about anything just offering my opinion, but my guess is that you are as clueless as me, only you are a lot more adamant about your ignorance and seemed quite bothered that somebody has a different opinion than you.
If i studied aviation what exactly am i going to find thats going to explain to me why i don't remember ever seeing these when i was younger? im not a chemtrail activist ive just wondered about them since before i knew what a chemtrail was.
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VolitionRx Limited (NYSEMKT:VNRX) is a development-stage company focused on the development of blood-based cancer detection tests aimed at the research, clinical lab, point-of-care, and over-the-counter markets. The suite (currently 15) of tests under development are based on the company's proprietary and patent-protected NuQ technology, which is designed to detect the level and structure of nucleosomes in the blood, a relatively novel approach to cancer detection which may offer the dual benefits of high accuracy and speed. VNRX's platform technology could eventually be expanded to dozens of cancers as well as to other conditions that are related to elevated nucleosomes, such as autoimmune diseases, sepsis, and inflammatory-related diseases.
Characteristic of all cancers is the later the stage, the poorer the patient prognosis. As such, the earlier the diagnosis and initiation of appropriate treatment, the better likelihood of improved patient outcomes. Current cancer diagnosis and screening methods leave substantial room for improvement in terms of accuracy, cost, patient comfort, and in finding cancers at an earlier, more treatable stage. VNRX's NuQ technology aims to marry high accuracy and reliability typically only achieved with invasive and costly diagnostic methods with the convenience, low-cost and non-invasive nature characteristic of many of the current cancer screening tests - a combination not currently available.
Epigenetics: Relatively New Role In Cancer Detection…
VNRX's test technology is based on the field of epigenetics. Epigenetics refers to functional changes in the genome, or the switching on and off of genes, which are caused by something other than changes in the underlying DNA sequence. An example is histone (proteins that order DNA into nucleosomes) modification which regulate gene expression but does not change the underlying DNA sequence. Nucleosomes are the basic unit of DNA packaging, which consists of 146 base pairs of DNA wound around a four histone protein core.
Epigenetics' role in detecting cancer is relatively new with the first real discoveries not culminating until around the mid-1990's. Research has accelerated since, facilitated in part by better DNA sequencing technologies. One of the most significant recent discoveries of epigenetic's role in cancer was how certain epigenetic changes in the GSTP1 gene are a marker for prostate cancer.
The structure of nucleosomes in cancer cells is different than that of healthy cells and it also appears that the structure of nucleosomes is different among types of cancers (e.g. colon vs. breast). VNRX's tests are designed to identify cancer by detecting the level and structure of nucleosomes in the blood. Cancer results in accelerated cell growth and death - when the cells die the nucleosomes are released into the blood and recycled into the body.
VNRX's tests have been developed to identify the presence of cancer and also to identify the type of cancer from the levels of nucleosomes in the blood as well as the different structure of nucleosomes.
And while VNRX's main focus is on cancer, potential derivative applications include diagnosis of other conditions where elevated blood nucleosomes have also been shown to be present. These include autoimmune diseases (e.g. - rheumatoid arthritis, Crohn's disease, etc), sepsis, and inflammatory-related diseases. Patients with some of these derivative-type conditions (along with healthy and cancer patients) will be included in the planned large (2,000+ patient) clinical trial which is expected to commence enrollment during the current year.
Investment Thesis
VolitionRx is a development stage company and still at the very front-end of initial clinical trials with currently only limited data validating their technology for use as a cancer diagnostic. The company will require a significant amount of additional capital to fund ongoing operations including several already planned and future retrospective and prospective clinical studies which will likely encompass several thousand patient samples and potentially cost several (potentially tens of) millions of dollars. Commercialization via a channel supported with broad distribution and attracting meaningful demand could be years away and is, at the very least, dependent on consistently compelling trial data to support use of the technology in the clinical setting. This, of course, also assumes that requisite regulatory approvals are successfully attained. We provide that paragraph as a run-up disclosure that an investment in the company is not without meaningful risk.
Notwithstanding these risks, we think the risk-reward balance is weighed far greater in favor of an investment in VNRX when considering the following in aggregate…
Initial Trial Data…
Initial trial data from a small 105-patient study indicated NuQ tests detected between 76% and 100% of cancers with specificities between 79% and 90%. Preliminary results from an 800-patient study, an announcement related to which was made shortly following the 105-patient study data, indicated consistency with the earlier data. Data from ongoing studies is expected to be submitted for publication within the next few months, the release of which should provide further insight into the performance of the technology. While way too early to make any concrete conclusions, the initial data is clearly a positive start and was encouraging enough for management to accelerate the clinical programs and initiate other larger studies. Sensitivities/specificities anywhere near the ranges seen in the early data, if confirmed in larger studies, would be highly encouraging, particularly given that many current cancer diagnostic and screening methods and tests have shown significantly inferior performance relative to this preliminary data and are widely used today.
Current Cancer Testing Lacking…
In general, the bar is set fairly low in terms of current cancer diagnostic and screening tests and methods, which leave substantial room for improvement in terms of accuracy, cost, patient comfort, and in finding cancers at an earlier, more treatable stage. This could benefit VNRX as the regulatory (i.e.- accuracy, interpretation, etc.) hurdles and competitive landscape would both favor a relatively high accuracy, easy-to-use, non-invasive and cost effective diagnostic test such as what the NuQ tests potentially offer.
PSA testing (prostate cancer) and mammograms (breast cancer) are two examples of cancer screens that are widely used (annually ~20 million PSA tests and ~40 million mammograms are done in the U.S.) yet have such significant reliability issues that they have been cited as potentially causing more harm than good. Fecal occult blood tests, often used as a front-line screen for colon cancer, is another example of a widely used cancer test with questionable reliability. Worldwide there are about 140 million fecal occult blood tests done every year yet they have significant potential for false positives with sensitivities in some studies cited as low as 30%.
In terms of cost competitiveness, VNRX envisions offering their tests in the range of approximately $10 to $40 each (the specific price could be influenced by various factors including the sales/commercialization channel, geographic location, reimbursement policies, etc.). The end-user price would include a mark-up for margin to the distributor but will still be competitive to almost any of the current least expensive, minimally-invasive tests (many of which are fraught with poor performance and reliability issues) and a small fraction compared to the cost of many of the invasive procedures such as colonoscopy/sigmoidoscopy and endoscopic ultrasound.
Intellectual Property…
As VNRX is possibly the only (or at least one of very few) company in the world pursuing nucleosomes in the blood for cancer detection, they have been able to rapidly build a patent-moat around their technology and intended applications. Most of the current patents were applied for in 2011, with patent protection afforded through 2031. Even in the event that development stalls or is delayed (which we do not expect), their IP would potentially still have substantial value and should provide a buoy to the market value of the company.
Scalable, Platform Technology With Enormous Potential Target Markets…
The NuQ technology is potentially expandable to dozens of cancers as well as other conditions associated with elevated blood nucleosomes. With more than 200 different types of cancer and about 50 major cancer types in existence, the potential market for these tests is enormous. Just the markets of the cancer types that VNRX has indicated may be their initial focus to offer significant opportunity. For example, for colon cancer screening there's over 7 million colonoscopies done in the U.S. and Europe (which cost in aggregate about $7 billion) combined every year and for breast cancer there's roughly 100 million (combined U.S. and Europe, which cost in aggregate about $10 billion) mammograms done. As a screening test (or even as an adjunct to current methods) for just these two cancers, this represents a potential market size of over $4 billion (@ $40/patient test). As a screening test for several more cancers (e.g. pancreatic, lung, cervical, kidney, prostate, etc.) the potential aggregate market could be as much as $10 billion or more.
Industry Standard ELISA Format, Compatible With Standard Instrumentation…
The tests use the ELISA format, which has been in existence for about 40 years and remains the dominant testing format in the clinical lab diagnostics space. As such, the NuQ tests would seamlessly fit with industry standard labs, practices, training, and instrumentation. Initial introduction could be with standard manual multi-well plates with potential to also either partner with an instrument manufacturer (which could include the likes of diagnostic heavyweights such as Siemens (SI), Abbott (NYSE:ABT), Roche (OTCQX:RHHBY), etc.) as a supplier or to sell directly to the installed instrument base.
Diversifying Risk, Measured and Stepped Roll-Out…
As opposed to an all-or-nothing, swing-for-the-fences, or all-eggs-in-one basket approach, VNRX has several irons in the clinical trial fires and expects to pursue a measured, stepped roll-out, which should both help diversify risk of failure and broaden the potential market opportunities. Relative to current clinical trials, enrollment/patient samples include those of various cancer types, cancer stages and patient backgrounds. This should help them narrow their focus for future larger studies and improve the chances for hitting trial endpoints. Studies will be done through collaborations (i.e. - w/ blood or cancer banks/repositories) where possible to minimize expense and streamline the process.
Relative to the product roll-out, the initial introduction which will be via the RUO channel will provide not only a source of revenue, it will also, perhaps more importantly provide another (inexpensive) mechanism for validation of the technology as well as another conduit for feedback. Assuming requisite regulatory approvals, VNRX would then tap the clinical lab markets - the commercialization game-plan which would likely entail either an agreement with another diagnostic company (instrument manufacturer?) or other third-party distribution (clinical lab?) which could allow VNRX to focus their resources on scaling up production rather than on building a sales force and facing the associated fixed-cost risks of doing so. The European market should afford the opportunity to generate revenue and cash and help fund the U.S. development and regulatory program. And, if and when the POC channel made sense to pursue, VNRX may be in a position to capitalize on that market as well.
Outlook / Valuation / Recommendation
Our Outlook Could End Up Being Conservative…
VNRX's current plan relative to commercialization is to initially promote to the research market, which potentially provides the company with an opportunity to build awareness about the products as well as expands the validation experience of their technology. The company recently brought on a director of sales and marketing to lead the RUO sales effort. The RUO market, which consists of selling to research-oriented institutions such as medical universities for uses outside of patient diagnosis, likely offers only a fraction of the revenue opportunity compared to the commercial clinical market, however.
In the meantime, VNRX will pursue CE Mark in order to sell the tests to the clinical market in Europe (which could happen in 2014) and FDA approval for the U.S. market (potentially by 2015 or 2016). Key to increase chances of successfully gaining regulatory approvals (Europe and U.S.) will be to demonstrate high enough accuracy (sensitivity = true positive cancer rate, specificity = true negative cancer rate). The lingering question is 'how high is high enough?' - which is very difficult to determine at this point. The hurdle for CE Mark may be lower in that regard than for FDA approval. The current lack of a consistently reliable, low-cost, non-invasive cancer diagnostic means that the bar may be at a very achievable level.
VNRX's most recent guidance relative to CE Mark submission is that they expect the NuQ-X test and NuQ-panel products will be applied for by the end of 2013 or the first half of 2014. Our model assumes launch to the clinical lab market in Europe in mid-to-late 2014.
Relative to FDA approval, given that there are no tests currently on the market that would likely be considered "predicate devices" and with cancer tests considered Class III medical devices, we think it's probable that FDA approval would need to follow the PMA pathway. This will almost certainly require U.S.-based clinical studies, potentially including several thousands of patients and taking a number of years to complete. If, however, U.S. marketing approval can be obtained with the much simpler 510(k) pathway - possibly using the tests as an adjunct to current cancer diagnostic methods - this would likely significantly reduce time to the U.S. market launch. As it is now, we model a launch to the clinical lab market in the U.S. in mid-to-late 2016 - which could end up being conservative, particularly if 510(k) clearance is deemed sufficient to sell to the clinical market.
Assuming requisite regulatory approvals, VNRX's commercialization game plan to tap the clinical lab markets will likely entail either an agreement with another diagnostic company (instrument manufacturer?) or other third-party distribution (clinical lab?) which could allow the company to focus their resources on scaling up production rather than on building a sales force and facing the associated fixed-cost risks of doing so. The European market should afford the opportunity to generate revenue and cash and help fund the U.S. development and regulatory program. The POC and OTC channels, particularly as it relates to the U.S., are likely longer-term endeavors.
Over the next ten years our model assumes very incremental (low single-digit by 2023) penetration of the clinical lab IVD cancer markets, which we estimate at approximately $300 million in Europe and $460 million in the U.S., with projected growth rates of 5% - 6% annually. We also model a much smaller contribution (and lower penetration rate) from the POC channels, our assumptions which incorporate the added uncertainty of entering the U.S. POC market.
Data from ongoing and future clinical trials should not only provide more insight into the chances of regulatory approval, it should also help determine the potential diagnostic utility of the tests. Depending on how strongly healthcare practitioners, third party payers (public and private), and influential medical organizations (such as USPSTF, American Cancer Society, etc.) view the utility of the tests, it's conceivable that VNRX's tests could take share of not only the current IVD cancer market, but also penetrate the markets of other cancer screening and testing methods (e.g. - colonoscopy, mammogram, advanced imaging, etc). These markets are enormous and many times the size of the current IVD cancer segments. We note that we currently do not incorporate any assumption of penetration into these other diagnostic markets in our model - which, could provide significant upside to our estimates - which will be updated if and when appropriate. As cancer is VNRX's main focus we also do not include contribution from potential future ancillary applications (i.e. - autoimmune diseases, sepsis, inflammatory-related diseases, chemotherapy efficacy, etc) - which also could provide some upside.
Valuation Very Attractive…
Based on our DCF model which goes out to year 2023 and uses an 11% discount rate (based on CAPM) and 2% terminal growth rate, VNRX is valued at $7.26/share (which we round to $7.25). Our model and assumptions will be updated if appropriate based on news flow which could also influence valuation. As it is now, we value VNRX at $7.25/share. We feel the current market price ($2.50) substantially undervalues the company and recommend accumulating the stock up towards our $7.25 price target. We have initiated coverage of VNRX with an Outperform rating.
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Subject: [ROOTS-L] Los Angeles National Cemetery
Date: Mon, 22 Mar 2004 09:14:12 -0600 (CST)
Los Angeles National Cemetery
I am looking for info on the " National Home of Disabled Volunteer
Plus, I am looking for info on how to get a death record on John Creal,
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Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, CA
950 S. Sepulveda Blvd.
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(310) 268-4675
Total records = 85,825
Originally a 20 acre tract of land for the burial of residents of the
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There are also 14 Medal of Honor recipients buried here.
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" Brand: Victoria Secret / Type: Fragrance / Concentration: Eau de Parfum / Gender: for women "
Last month I found another perfume bottle for my collection which is coming along nicely with lots of bottles of various shapes and sizes. Victorias Secret: Ooh La La, Eau de Parfum is another great find and this cost me $39 from the Victoria Secret web site. $39 converts to £24.66 if you was wondering, which is not a bad price to pay for a good brand named perfume.
The bottle is a 1.7oz bottle of light spray eau de parfum and the design is ever so girlie. It reminds me of the perfume bottles my grandmother used to have on her dressing table which I used to go and look at when I visited her.
This bottle is a small glass bottle with Ooh la la written across and it has a silver top, to dispence the eau de parfume you have to squeeze the pink ball shaped puffer at the side of the top which lets out a light amount of spray each squeeze.
I love this as it is delicate bottle design and a little old fashioned but luxurious.
The eau de parfum has a really nice scent, it has vanilla tones which is my favourite and this is mixed with manderin and cherry to give it nice fuity undertones. The scent isn't at all sickly like you'd expect but is light and fresh as the manderin and cherry is the first scent you smell when it's applied.
After three or four minutes you can smell the vanilla coming through which lingers on the skin for hours after applying.
I like it when other people comment on my perfume and this one has attracted a lot of attention from my friends. I think most women like the vanilla scented perfumes as now two of my friends have ordered some of this eau de parfume after smelling it on my wrist.
I am happy to recommend it to you and with christmas fast approaching it would make a lovely present for a woman or young girl, as the bottle is so delicate and stylish and the price is reasonable.
You only need a little of the spray for it to be detected on the skin and the scent lasts hours.
Ooh la la ... I love it.
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The Victoria's Secret store on New York's 57th street is my dream store; The ground floor is stocked with perfume, cosmetics and toiletries [the actual underwear is on the first floor], so when I go on trips to the US I tend to go insane as soon as I go through the door - every product is honestly so nice and the quality is good too, so I stock up and always get requests for products from my family and friends too. If customs should ever stop me I'm done for*.
Anyway I was searching for UK suppliers to save on weight and space for next month's trip and found that a few perfumes are indeed available on UK based sites, so I present you with OOH LA LA, which is also one of my favourites...
The perfume applies lightly and fruity/sweet; The mandarin is the dominant note on my skin, but the sweet-but-tart apple note also stands out. I'm not sure on what they mean by dewfruit, do they mean honeydew melon? This would fit as the top notes do seem watery to me.
The floral notes never seem to fully develop - with is fine by me as I'm not a huge floral perfume wearer - and are mild and semi-masked by lingering mandarin. The peony is the easiest to separate and there is also a hint of white blossoms. When the perfumers say that the buttercream accord is pink they mean strawberry; Strawberries and cream notes softly drown out most of the florals. The perfume goes close to the skin though, so the sweetness isn't heavy.
The cream notes carry down to the base and mingle with the vanilla, so the creamy note is the main note on my skin and the musk is hidden. In fact all I can smell is vanilla and cream so this is what the perfumers interpretation of meringue must be. The whole fragrance is light and airy, so it does bring meringue to mind.
** There are five perfumes in the Sexy Little Things line: Sexy Little Things, Ooh La La, Sexy Little Things Noir, Love Rocks and Noir Tease **
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Lady apple gala, mandarin, dewfruit, diamond orchid, cherry blossom, pink peony, pink buttercream, vanilla, musk and meringue.
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The glass bottle is clear, so the cheerful pink shade to the juice is clearly visible.
The bottle has a atomizer. While mine hasn't broke, it is common for atomizers to do so. The bottle has a basic screw though, so it is easy to transfer the juice to a different bottle should it break.
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As mentioned above OOH LA LA is light, close to the skin and seems watery, so it was no real surprise that the fragrance burns down within about four hours. Not great by any means, but not the worst.
I bought my bottle in winter as the buttercream and vanilla is a comforting and warming mix. The fruits were nicely mingled with delicate florals, so it didn't seem out of place for the time of year. I continued to wear it as the weather improved and became warmer; This is when the perfume being close to the skin comes in handy as the sweetness remains light - it has never become cloying on me. The fruit notes also seem more apparent to me.
As well as being wearable all year round I also happily wear this perfume for casual days, work and some evenings out. The fragrance is subtle, so colleagues won't find it irritating at work and on many nights out I prefer something quieter as I get scent-headaches in crowds and/or when I get overheated.
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This is a pleasant, all year round scent with good staying power, at a reasonable price; Plus the bottle is pretty and adds a nice decorative touch to a dressing table.
OOH LA LA is only let down by it's similarity Vera Wang Princess, Paris Hilton Can Can and Philosophy Falling In Love. If you like like any of those perfumes I'd say that it's a safe bet that you'll enjoy this too.
I'd buy this again as - while it's not great - the staying power is better than it's scent-a-likes, plus it's also a slightly cheaper option than Princess.
* True story; Whilst customs has never stopped me, security has stopped me on three separate trips. Once [at the ferry port to visit the Statue of Liberty] because I had traces of cocaine on my chair (most have come from the taxi cab's boot) and the other two were because the moisturizer I'd used showed up as explosive material on their scans [airport security swabbed my hands]. Yes - I did scrub my hands raw after moisturizing after the first incident.
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On Cheapsmells.com [I've used this site before and have never had a problem] a 50ml bottle costs £30. Of course there is always Ebay too, where I've ordered from US sellers [also with no problems] and the occasional UK seller too.


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By Frank Eltman, Associated Press Writer
MINEOLA, N.Y. Wal-Mart (WMT) agreed Wednesday to pay nearly $2 million and improve safety at its 92 New York stores as part of a deal with prosecutors that avoids criminal charges in the trampling death of a temporary worker.
Nassau County District Attorney Kathleen Rice, who began a criminal investigation shortly after last November's customer stampede at Wal-Mart's Valley Stream store, said that if she had brought criminal charges against the retailer for negligence in the worker's death, the company would have been subject to only a $10,000 fine if convicted.
Instead, she said, the company has agreed to implement an improved crowd-management plan for post-Thanksgiving Day sales, set up a $400,000 victims' compensation and remuneration fund, and give a $1.5 million grant to Nassau County social services programs and non-profit groups.
The agreement included no admission of guilt by Wal-Mart.
"Rather than bringing the world's largest retailer to court and imposing a small fine against them, I felt it was important to require significant safety changes that will affect the whole state," Rice said. "Our goal is for the protocols that are set up to be the gold standard for crowd management in this industry."
Wal-Mart Vice President Hank Mullany said, "The crowd management plan we are announcing today was developed by a team of experts whose experience includes NFL Super Bowls, Olympic Games, concerts and national political conventions."
Jdimytai (Jimmy-tree) Damour, a temporary employee, had been on the job for about a week and had no training in security or crowd control when a crowd estimated at 2,000 broke down the Valley Stream store's doors, trapping him in a vestibule.
The 34-year-old Queens man died of asphyxiation. Eleven others, including a pregnant woman, were injured.
Earlier this year, Damour's family announced plans to sue the county, retailer and others. The family's attorney did not immediately comment on Wednesday's announcement.
Any victims who accept payment from the Wal-Mart compensation fund will be required to waive their right to a separate civil suit against Wal-Mart, Rice said. Also, she said, Wal-Mart has agreed to advertise the compensation fund in the daily and weekly newspapers that cover Valley Stream and its surrounding neighborhoods.
"Facilitating the compensation is one of the main goals of this settlement," she said.
The company also agreed to an independent review of its procedures for post-Thanksgiving Day sales. The prosecutor said her office will oversee compliance.
"We are hoping that this safety plan becomes the nationally recognized model for crowd management among all retailers and becomes an industrywide best practice," she said.
The community grant money includes $1.2 million for Nassau County's Youth Board, which helps non-profit agencies provide career development, employment training and other opportunities. The retailer also will donate $300,000 to the United Way of Long Island's Youth Build Program in Nassau County. The deal also calls for Wal-Mart to hire 50 high school students annually to work in its five stores in the county.
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For Immediate Release
December 8, 2013
Susan G. Morrell, Senior Assistant Attorney General
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Diana E. Fenton, Assistant Attorney General
John J. Kennedy, Attorney
New Hampshire Attorney General Joseph A. Foster, New Hampshire State Police Colonel Robert C. Quinn, and Lebanon Police Chief Gary J. Smith, announce that an investigation is ongoing in connection with an incident on I-89, which resulted in two fatalities.
At approximately 1:18 pm on December 7, 2013, Lebanon Police Department received a 911 call reporting a two-vehicle collision in the northbound lane of I-89 just north of exit 18. Two individuals were found deceased at the scene in one vehicle and one individual was found injured but alive in another vehicle. That individual was transported to Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center for treatment of minor injuries, where he currently remains.
The deceased individuals have been identified as Amanda Murphy (24) and Jason Timmons (29) of 35 Fern Street, Wilder, Vermont. They were traveling in the northbound lane of I-89 when their vehicle, a 2005 Ford Escape, was struck by a 2005 Red Chevy pickup truck driven by Robert Dellinger (53) of 28 Birchpoint Lane, Sunapee, NH. Dellinger's vehicle was traveling southbound on I-89 and then crossed over the median towards the northbound lane of travel, colliding with victims' vehicle.
Autopsies will be performed on Ms. Murphy's and Mr. Timmons's bodies today by the State's Chief Medical Examiner, Dr. Thomas A. Andrew.
The investigation is continuing. The State Police are asking anyone who witnessed this fatal collision or has information about this collision to call them at 271-3636 or 223-4381.
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UMKC School of Computing and Engineering Dean Kevin Truman receives prestigious award
Society of American Military Engineers' Bliss Medal recognizes excellence in educating, mentoring and motivating studentsIn the middle of Teacher Appreciation Week, the Society of American Military Engineers (SAME) recognized University of Missouri-Kansas City (UMKC) School of Computing and Engineering (SCE) Dean Kevin Truman for excellence in educating, mentoring and motivating students. Truman accepted SAME's 2009 Bliss Medal on May 5 at SAME's 2010 Joint Engineer Education and Training Conference and Expo.
Throughout his 30 years as an educator, Truman has provided excellence in educating, mentoring and motivating students. He has received several teaching awards, including the Missouri Society of Professional Engineer's Outstanding Engineer in Education Award, the Burlington Northern Foundation Award for Distinguished Teaching and the Missouri Governor's Award for Excellence in Teaching.
After serving as chairman of Washington University's Department of Civil Engineering (which later became the Department of Mechanical, Aerospace and Structural Engineering) for 10 years and receiving an endowed professorship, Truman joined SCE in 2008. As dean of SCE, he is working to establish a reputation for academic excellence, strengthen alumni and community relations and grow research and entrepreneurial operations.
Working with the SAME Greater Kansas City Post, Truman helped found UMKC's first SAME student chapter. UMKC's partnership with SAME has grown quickly over the past two years, linking students with architecture, engineering and construction professionals; advancing students' scientific and engineering education; assisting in students' professional development; and jointly achieving the SAME's goals and objectives.
At the same time, students, faculty and staff know Truman as a leader who is conversational, considerate, fair, structured and calm under pressure. People also recognize him for his cake-baking skills, as he often shares lava cake and chocolate flan with his department.
Truman holds a master's degree in civil engineering from Washington University and a doctorate in civil engineering from the University of Missouri-Rolla (now Missouri University of Science and Technology).
This information is available to people with speech or hearing impairments by calling Relay Missouri at (800) 735-2966 (TT) or (800) 735-2466 (voice).


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Volume phase gratings, recorded in a photosensitive polymer by two-beam interference exposure, are studied by means of optical microscopy. Transmission gratings and reflection gratings, with periods in the order of 10 μm down to 130 nm, were investigated. Mapping of holograms by means of imaging in sectional view is introduced to study reflection-type gratings, evading the resolution limit of classical optical microscopy. In addition, this technique is applied to examine so-called parasitic gratings, arising from interference from the incident reference beam and the reflected signal beam. The appearance and possible avoidance of such unintentionally recorded secondary structures is discussed.
Photosensitive polymers are highly attractive media for photonic applications, such as holographic memory, 3D imaging and waveguides [
Due to the great demand for advanced systems, many efforts are made to characterize and optimize functionally tailored material systems, as well as respective recording techniques [
In general, the choice of methods for imaging is determined by the specific property which is contributing to the contrast of the image. This is, in the case of volume phase gratings, assigned to the characteristic physico-chemical feature, constituting the grating by means of a periodic modulation. In addition, the dimension, orientation and geometry of the structure are connected with geometry and resolution of the imaging technique. In view of the significance of the imaging task, the pros and cons of possible techniques, such as optical microscopy, electron microscopy and atomic force microscopy, must be considered. Special forms of light microscopy, such as confocal laser scanning, have been applied, in which the signal contrast is assumedly attributed to the remaining fluorescence of the photoinitiation system [
Obviously, imaging of phase gratings becomes more difficult, the smaller the amplitude and the period of the associated refractive index profile, which is generally the case for reflection gratings, especially in the presence of so-called parasitic gratings. The designation parasitic grating refers to structures recorded unintentionally, which result in a reduction of the dynamic range and are therefore undesirable. However, in view of the etymological origin of the term
In this paper we show microscopic images of transmission and reflection gratings as well as of uni-directional secondary gratings. Several possibilities are discussed as to how to avoid secondary gratings. Techniques are presented on how to analyze respective structures with regard to the spatial characteristics in the sub-micrometer range.
Two-beam interference exposure was applied to generate one-dimensional volume phase gratings in photosensitive polymer. Free-surface epoxy-based polymer samples are used, provided by micro resist technology [
Either transmission or reflection type gratings are generated, depending on the orientation of the polymer sample relative to the recording beams. This is illustrated in
Recording geometries for transmission grating (TG) and reflection grating (RG). Wave vectors of reference wave (R) and signal wave (S) are displayed. The reflected signal wave (S') forms a secondary grating (RG') by interference with the reference wave.
Microscopic imaging is accomplished via classical optical microscopy (at ZELMI, Berlin Institute of Technology, Germany). In spite of the resolution limit of conventional optical microscopy, which does not allow resolving structures in the sub micrometer range, imaging of reflection gratings is nevertheless accomplished. For this purpose, imaging in sectional view was implemented, which takes advantage of the fact, that the reflection grating planes are nearly parallel to the focus plane of the microscope.
Schematic diagram of imaging in sectional view. Tilted reflection-type grating with period Λ appears in the image plane as sectional grating with periodicity Λs.
The appearance of secondary gratings is determined by several intrinsic, as well as extrinsic factors or rather by material specific properties as well as recording parameters. Starting point for estimation in general is the visibility
Microscopic images of transmission gratings (diagonal lines) and secondary reflection gratings (vertical lines) for different recording geometries. Transmission grating periods Λ are 7.6 μm (left side) and 2.3 μm (right side) and sectional grating periods Λs are 42 μm (left side) and 9 μm (right side), respectively.
There are several possibilities to avoid the appearance of secondary gratings. The most generic approach is to use antireflection coating on the substrate to attenuate reflection of the recording waves. A more sophisticated way exploits the correlation between recording geometry and grating period, described by Equation (1). Accordingly the grating period Λ converges to infinity if the angle between the recording beams is approaching zero. As a consequence, no secondary transmission grating should arise in case of symmetric exposure geometry. As can be seen from
The possibilities mentioned above particularly apply to uni-directional secondary gratings and are expected to show only little effect on noise gratings. Caused by scattered light, such multi-directional secondary gratings may only be affected by means of addressing the material response. A corresponding approach is to apply short exposure time. A minimum deposited energy density is needed to trigger material response [
Microscopic images (false-color display) of transmission grating (TG) and reflection grating (RG) without secondary gratings. Grating periods are Λ = 7 μm (TG) and Λs = 32 μm (RG), respectively.
To take full advantage of the correlation described by Equation (2), two of the parameters {Λ, Λs, φ} are required, yielding a complete description of the spatial hologram characteristics. In case of the single beam exposure discussed above, Λs = 32 μm was read from the image (
Beyond the rather qualitative description of reflection gratings on the basis of corresponding sectional gratings, imaging in sectional view allows refined analysis of spatial hologram characteristics as well. The parameter of interest is the reflection grating period, which ranges between 0.5 μm and 130 nm, depending on the recording geometry (see Equation (1)). However, this is out of the range of light-microscopic resolution. Nevertheless, imaging in sectional view offers a possibility to determine Λ without the need to apply more complex methods. We propose an appropriate approach, which takes advantage of the fact, that the focus plane determines the sectional plane, as illustrated in
To determine the grating period of the corresponding reflection grating, the symmetry of the Λs(φ)-curve can be utilized. Regardless of the actual tilt of the reflection grating in the polymer sample, the axis of symmetry,
Sectional grating period, depending on the slant angle φ, calculated according to Equation (2). Circles refer to the two cases already described in
We have demonstrated imaging of volume phase gratings in a photosensitive polymer by means of optical microscopy. Appropriate alternative imaging techniques were discussed, with reference to the specific advantages and disadvantages concerning applicability to volume phase holograms. Light microscopic images of transmission gratings and reflection gratings as well as of secondary gratings of inverse geometry, also known as parasitic gratings, are shown. The appearance and possible avoidance of such unintentionally recorded gratings is discussed. Imaging in sectional view was implemented to render reflection gratings visible and to study secondary gratings with periods in the sub-micrometer range. In spite of the fact that this is out of the resolution range of optical microscopy, techniques are described and proposed by which the reflection grating period can be quantified.
We acknowledge support by the co:bios foundation. We thank microresist technology GmbH for providing the photopolymer samples. Microscopic recordings are provided by the Zentraleinrichtung Elektronenmikroskopie (ZELMI).
The authors declare no conflict of interest.


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Nicole Puza on the set of The Martha Stewart Show with Martha Stewart. Dr. Puza, an intern at the MU Veterinary Medical Teaching Hospital, demonstrated how to make cupcakes that look like cheeseburgers and turn pound cake into French fries.
As a fourth-year student at the University of Florida College of Veterinary Medicine, Nicole Puza was charged with leading the Class of 2012's morale committee. She had her work cut out for her. As the group immersed itself in the intensive study needed to prepare for the North American Veterinary Licensing Exam, Puza felt a growing need to lift her own, as well as her classmates' spirits.
"Everyone was so stressed," she said, "I wanted to make people smile."
Puza had always possessed a passion for arts and crafts. When she was just 13, she painted a mural on her bedroom wall of angels playing trumpets with a music staff flowing between them. She also enjoyed hobbies like decorating pottery and knitting. However, making woolen scarves for all 84 of her classmates was neither feasible, nor particularly needed in the Florida climate, so she turned her creative energy in a new direction. She found a book on making cupcakes and began baking.
"It's an instant gratification craft," she said. "When I had time and didn't have something I had to do, I would make cupcakes as a de-stressor."
Puza, who is now undertaking a small animal rotating internship at the MU College of Veterinary Medicine, said her first batch of morale-boosting cakes for her classmates was timed to coincide with Thanksgiving last year. In keeping with the holiday, she created turkey shaped treats that were quickly gobbled up.
Her creativity continued whenever she had time to spare. She soon moved beyond the ideas she found in the cupcake book and started drawing on her own imagination for inspiration. Her cupcakes were as much sculpture as indulgence. One time her former classmates were treated to cakes that resembled broken eggs. She designed another batch of cupcakes to look like blood cells on a slide. Classmates were not the only beneficiary of her baking therapy; she also made cupcakes for her "Angry Birds-crazy" nephews. She experimented with various melting chocolates, but wrestled with how to assemble the video game birds' comically oversized heads. Eventually she decided to make heads by lining the inside of plastic Easter eggs with chocolate.
"A lot of it is trial and error," she said. "I stand in the candy aisle a lot and look at the candy and decide what I can do with it. A lot of candy, like Starbursts and chewy Jolly Ranchers, can be molded, kind of like clay."
A classmate shared photos of Puza's turkey cupcakes with family members, including an uncle who is the chief financial officer of Martha Stewart Living. The creation so impressed him that he asked to see additional photos of Puza's cupcake creations and ultimately invited the Connecticut native to visit the set of The Martha Stewart Show the next time she was in New York City.
Preparing for a trip home last spring, Puza responded to the invitation. She received two tickets via email to the April 10 show. However, less than a week before the show was scheduled to be taped in front of an audience, she received a second email from the show's producers. Stewart had learned that Puza would be in the studio audience and requested that instead the veterinary student appear as a guest and demonstrate how to make one of her cupcake recipes.
In a flurry of emails and telephone calls, Puza provided the program's baking staff with recipes and instructions to make cupcakes, brownies, pound cake and icing, which the bakers completed prior to the taping. During her six-and-a-half-minute segment on the air, Puza showed Stewart how to split the vanilla cupcake to resemble a hamburger bun. The brownie became the patty. Frosting was colored red for ketchup, yellow-orange to resemble American cheese and green to look like lettuce. White sprinkles became "sesame seeds" on the top of the bun. A crinkle knife was employed to fabricate french fries from pound cake. The fries were then toasted to provide the final aesthetic touch.
Puza said she was nervous prior to the taping, but received some sage advice from the producers who told her to relax and enjoy the experience otherwise it would just be a blur in her memory. She said Stewart herself also put her at ease.
"I met Martha in the commercial break before my segment as our make-up was being touched up and our microphones were being put on. She was so poised and calm and genuinely kind. She made me feel very comfortable. She complimented many of my previous cupcake designs and remarked how she had been hoping to meet me for months. All of the staff on the show were so upbeat and welcoming. They all made me feel like I belonged there."
Since her brush with fame, Puza has completed her doctor of veterinary medicine degree and brought her veterinary knowledge and cake decorating talents to the MU Veterinary Medical Teaching Hospital. She has already impressed her colleagues here with such offerings as cupcake rubber ducks, sheep and ants at a picnic.
Puza's internship is a year long, after which she hopes to secure a residency in internal medicine. Although the appearance on the Martha Stewart Show gave her reason to briefly consider pursuing her cupcake craft professionally, she said at this stage in her veterinary career, she does not have the time to view it as more than a hobby and a means to relieve stress.
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That Coffee Just May Be Saving Your Life!
You got the Monday blues? I know I do, but then again, I do every Monday morning. There is nothing better though than that first cup of coffee, right? Then you start thinking about all those times you have heard that caffeine is bad for you, maybe you find yourself limiting the coffee to one a day maybe two. Well you may be doing yourself a disservice.