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District 3
(Underground Coal Mine)
Fatal Fall of Material Accident
Powhatan 4 Mine (I. D. No. 33-01157)
Quarto Mining Company
Clarington, Monroe County, Ohio
September 24, 1999
Chris A. Weaver
Mining Engineer (Ventilation)
William L. Sperry
Coal Mine Safety and Health Inspector (Electrical)
Kenneth W. Tenney
Coal Mine Safety & Health Inspector
Stanley J. Michalek, P.E.
Civil Engineer
Originating Office - Mine Safety and Health Administration
5012 Mountaineer Mall, Morgantown, West Virginia 26501
Timothy J. Thompson, District Manager
In 1971, Quarto Mining Company opened the Powhatan 4 Mine, I.D. 33-01157, into the Pittsburgh #8 coal seam at a location near Clarington, Monroe County, Ohio. Consolidation Coal Company purchased the company in 1987 and has operated the mine since that time. However, the mine ceased coal production on May 9, 1999, and recovery work in preparation for mine closure has been ongoing since that time. By September 24, 1999, at the time of the accident, employment consisted of 17 underground and 19 surface workers. Recovery of equipment and other mining materials was being conducted on the day shift, five days per week. Examinations were being conducted three shifts per day, five days per week.
The mine is accessed by a dual compartment slope (containing a conveyor belt and a track compartment), five intake shafts, and four return shafts. Ventilation is provided by four main mine fans exhausting 802,233 cubic feet of air per minute. During the previous quarter, the mine liberated 806,680 cubic feet of methane every 24 hours. The immediate mine roof consists of 0 to 12 inches of shale below a 0 to 12-inch-thick coal rider seam. Approximately four feet of soft gray shale is present between the coal rider seam and the main sandstone roof.
The roof control plan in effect at the time of the accident was approved by the Mine Safety and Health Administration on April 25, 1997.
The principal officers for the Powhatan 4 Mine at the time of the accident were:
Peter Bieniek......................................................Assistant Superintendent
Michael E. Blevins.............................................Manager of Safety
An MSHA Safety and Health Inspection (AAA) was completed on June 30, 1999, and another was ongoing at the time of the accident. The Non-Fatal Days Lost (NFDL) incident rate during the previous quarter was 7.52 for underground mines nationwide and 0.00 for this mine.
On Friday, September 24, 1999, the crew assigned to recover equipment and materials from underground areas of the mine conducted a routine planning discussion for the daily work activities prior to entering the mine. Their duties on this day included the continuing recovery of a slurry pipeline which had been an ongoing project for this crew since September 13, 1999. The 10-inch-diameter (nominal), high impact PVC pipeline had been used to pump coal waste from the preparation plant into worked-out areas of the mine. The recovery crew consisted of a foreman, Allan Pruitt, and five workers: William E. Florence, Jr. (victim), Gerald Eble (victim),Harold Wayne Peters (injured), Anthony Patch (injured), and Jim Vogler. Also, Ted Hunt and Rich Boyd, Foremen, were assigned to making required examinations and pumping water in various parts of the mine. No other workers were assigned to underground activities on this shift.
The recovery crew entered the mine at approximately 8:00 a.m. They first proceeded to an area where they loaded pipe that had been previously separated and pulled to the track entry. Once this task was completed, the crew moved to the 189 passway track entry and began to recover pipe which was still suspended from the mine roof. Recovery work at this location required the pipe to be removed from the suspension chains, pulled apart, and loaded onto the supply cars. The pipe was suspended by brackets which were bolted to the mine roof. Each end of a 5/16-inch chain was attached to a bracket and looped beneath the pipe. Two bracket suspension assemblies were usually installed per pipe length. The recovery process began by removing a retaining spline from the coupler joint at the fixed end of the pipe. The chain nearest the free end of the pipe was then cut with bolt cutters. Normally, each side of a link was required to be cut to sever the chain. Next, a wire cable was attached to the end of the pipe and pulled with the locomotive to separate the section of pipe, dropping it onto a supply car. Loaded supply cars of pipe were stored and empty supply cars were obtained as the recovery proceeded.
Recovery of the pipe continued, without incident, to the block between crosscuts 181 and 182 of the passway track entry, where the work area was covered by a canopy measuring approximately 50 feet in length. The canopy was constructed of 60-lb rails and wood planks beneath the site of an old roof fall. The canopy was supported by pin rails, also constructed of 60-lb rails, into both ribs. Cribs and posts were installed between the top of the canopy and the mine roof. The chain and bracket assemblies for suspending the pipe extended through the canopy to the main mine roof, holding the pipe tightly against the bottom of the canopy.
As the recovery work neared the outby end of the canopy, the crew needed one more joint of pipe to fill their last supply car of the shift. At this time, Vogler, who was operating the trolley locomotive, was parked near crosscut 182, just inby the canopy. He had been joined by Boyd who had been conducting examinations elsewhere in the mine. The supply car was attached to the outby end of the locomotive and extended beneath the canopy. Florence and Eble were removing the chain from the pipe. However, the pipe was pressed so tightly against the canopy that they needed to rotate the chain with a screwdriver to reach the link with the bolt cutters. As the chain at the inby end of the pipe joint was being cut, Patch and Peters, who had been separating and loading pipe onto the supply car, began walking outby so that the supply car could be positioned for loading. Pruitt was at the next pipe coupling attempting to remove the retaining spline, placing him just outby the canopy. Vogler was signaled to advance the supply car while Florence and Eble moved to the next pipe support chain, which was also located beneath the canopy, approximately ten feet from its outby end. As Eble positioned the bolt cutters on the chain, the entire canopy suddenly collapsed.
Patch had just reached the outby end of the canopy when he was hit by falling material and knocked to the mine floor. Peters, who was walking behind Patch, was trapped under the fallen material. Pruitt was also hit by debris which rolled out from the collapse, but did not sustain injuries which required treatment. Patch could hear Peters calling for help, but received no response from Florence or Eble. Disoriented by the dust generated by the force of the falling material, Patch experienced difficulty locating Peters. As the dust cleared, Patch found Peters and immediately began digging to free him. Peters was experiencing difficulty in breathing. Realizing he could not lift the rails and material by hand, Patch requested assistance and a lifting jack. Pruitt, Vogler, and Boyd immediately provided recovery assistance. Loose, deteriorated roof rock, along with rail and wood planks, had to be removed to reach Peters, Florence, and Eble. The jack from the locomotive was used to lift pieces of rail which extended beneath the debris. Peters was uncovered promptly and appeared stable. The four workers then began searching through the debris for Florence and Eble.
Upon notification of the accident, the dispatcher on the surface requested 911 emergency assistance. Gerald Mountain, Safety Supervisor, who was located on the surface, was notified of the accident by the dispatcher at approximately 2:00 p.m. He immediately proceeded to the accident site, arriving just before Florence was located at approximately 2:15 p.m. Florence was checked for vital signs, but none were detected. They then completed uncovering Florence and began digging for Eble. During this time, at approximately 2:30 p.m., Mountain walked back to the main line track entry to call for additional help. Hunt, who had been conducting examinations in the east end of the mine, was traveling west via a track-mounted vehicle when he met Mountain near crosscut 166. Mountain used the mine phone to request assistance from personnel at the preparation plant and then traveled back to the accident site with Hunt. Hunt administered first aid to Peters as the others continued the recovery work. Pete Bieniek, Acting Superintendent, was off the mine property at the time of the accident and arrived at the site after Eble was located. No vital signs were detected from Eble. Both victims were recovered before additional help arrived. Peters was placed on a stretcher and carried to a track-mounted vehicle.
The injured personnel were transported to the surface where Patch and Peters were treated and then sent to local hospitals. Peters was transported to Ohio Valley Hospital at 3:15 p.m. where he was treated and released. Patch was transported to Wetzel County Hospital before being transferred to Bellaire Hospital. Patch was retained overnight for observation. Florence and Eble were transported to the surface via a track-mounted vehicle prior to the arrival of the Monroe County Coroner, Dr. Geoffrey Snyder. Florence and Eble were pronounced deceased upon examination by Dr. Snyder who arrived at the mine at 4:05 p.m.
During the investigation, MSHA and ODMR cooperated to conduct a joint investigation. Management personnel from Quarto and UMWA representatives of the miners also participated in the investigation. Chris A. Weaver was appointed the lead investigator for MSHA.
The MSHA investigators conducted a pre-investigation conference at the Powhatan 4 Mine on September 24, 1999. During this conference, the format of the investigative procedures was discussed with the representatives of the state, company, and miners. The underground investigation of the accident site also began on September 24, 1999. All existing conditions were evaluated and recorded on maps and notebooks by investigation team members. Photographs, electronic images, and video recordings were also made of the accident site. The investigation also included a review of training records, examination records, and compliance history. A structural evaluation of the failed canopy structure was also conducted. Information from the investigative findings is contained in the "PHYSICAL FACTORS" section.
As part of the investigation, MSHA and ODMR conducted interviews of persons with knowledge of the facts surrounding the accident. Initial interviews of persons present during the accident were conducted on September 27, 1999. Additional interviews were conducted by MSHA with former Quarto employees on November 5, 1999, which provided historical information regarding physical conditions at the accident site.
PHYSICAL FACTORSThe investigation revealed the following factors relevant to the occurrence:
- The accident occurred in the area of the mine known as the 189 passway, between crosscuts 181 and 182. This entry is a secondary track haulageway that paralleled the main line track entry way from crosscuts 178 to 189.
- The entry width varied from approximately 24.3 feet at crosscut 181 to 22.5 feet at crosscut 182. Reportedly, the entry width was approximately 18 to 19 feet when originally mined in 1977.
- The mine is located in the Pittsburgh coal seam. The original entry height was approximately 75 inches. Roof deterioration in the passway entry between crosscuts 181 and 182 resulted in a dome shaped cavity approximately 35 feet long and ranged in height from 6 to 8 feet above the coal seam. Subsequently, a canopy was constructed beneath the cavity (construction date prior to 1986).
- The canopy consisted of the following components:
- Horizontal pin rail holes were drilled approximately 5 feet apart into the coal pillars on both sides of the entry and approximately 52 inches above the floor.
- Pin rails, measuring approximately 80 to 90 inches long and weighing 60 pounds-per-yard, were inserted into the holes in the pillars on both sides of the entry, such that approximately 2 to 3 feet of the rail cantilevered into the entry. These rails were installed upside down (base flange facing up). The original depth of the drilled holes was specified to be 50 inches. However, at the time of this investigation, some rails appeared to be tight in their hole while others appeared loose. In several instances, large gaps were measured (10 to 16 inches) between the rail and the back of the hole.
- Running rails, measuring approximately 33 feet long and weighing 60 rounds-per-yard, were placed on the pin rails, parallel to the entry. These rails were placed right-side up (base flange resting on the inverted flange of the pin rails).
- Spanning rails, measuring approximately 16 feet long and weighing 60 pounds-per-yard, were then placed on top of the running rails. These rails spanned the track haulageway and were placed right-side up. These rails were placed on approximately 48-inch centers.
- Wooden lagging, consisting of planks approximately 2 inches thick by 10 inches wide by 48 inches long, was then placed between the spanning rails. The lagging was supported by the base flange of the spanning rails. This arrangement essentially created a solid canopy above the track haulageway.
- Wooden cribs and posts were then placed on the canopy and extended to support the mine roof. The height of the cribs and posts varied depending on the location over the canopy.
- Horizontal pin rail holes were drilled approximately 5 feet apart into the coal pillars on both sides of the entry and approximately 52 inches above the floor.
- The slurry pipeline was installed approximately three years prior to the accident, through the 189 passway on the clearance side of the entry. The pipeline was hung using welded 5/16-inch-diameter chains suspended from steel brackets which were bolted to the mine roof. This suspension extended through the canopy to the main roof at the accident site. At the outby end of the canopy, the pipe was installed directly beneath the pin rails. Farther inby, the pipe was installed beneath the spanning rails, tightly against the canopy to maximize clearance above the track. Labeling on the pipe identified it as "Aquamine High Impact PVC" manufactured by Aquamine, LLC. Weighing 11.25 pounds per foot, the pipe specifications were 10.75 inches in diameter with a wall thickness of 0.511 inches.
- Roof and rib deterioration eventually caused debris to build up on the canopy and along the ribs on each side of the track haulageway. This condition caused the spanning rails to sag, which loosened and dislodged the cribs and posts on top of the canopy. Debris along the ribs was such that it contacted the sides of coal haulage cars. On September 2, 1998, both conditions were cited by MSHA during a Safety and Health Inspection. The
operator then rebuilt the cribs and removed the debris from the top of the canopy. After the canopy was unloaded, the cribs were intentionally loosened and then re-tightened to remove some of the sag from the spanning rails. However, noticeable deflection (approximately 10 inches) remained at the center of the spanning rails on the outby end of the canopy. A track cleaner was then used to remove the sloughage. Both citations were terminated on September 30, 1998. By May 1999, additional sloughage was evident along the ribs, particularly near the outby end of the canopy on the clearance side (the side nearest the slurry pipeline).
- During the investigation, conditions were observed that indicated significant pillar sloughing had occurred since the canopy was installed. In several areas, it appeared that as much as 2 to 3 feet of pin rail has been exposed. Accessible pin rails were measured which extended from 8 to 26 inches into the horizontal holes drilled into the coal ribs.
- Loose rock had continued to accumulate on the canopy since it was cleaned off. Most of the rock which fell during the collapse was highly weathered, indicating that it had fallen from the mine roof before the accident.
- Witnesses reported hearing a loud "ping" immediately before the canopy collapsed which was perceived as originating from the location of Florence and Eble. This "ping" would be consistent with the sound of the pipe-support chain failing under tension as cutting was initiated. Eble was observed with the bolt cutters in the ready position to cut the last chain at the outby end of the canopy immediately before the failure. A portion of the
chain, recovered after the accident, showed no visible signs of overloading.
- Debris observed on the mine floor during the investigation indicated that the collapse originated from the corner nearest Eble's location.
- After the collapse, pin rails in the rib opposite the pipeline appeared to be unaffected. These pin rails appeared to be level and the running rails were still in place. Pin rails in the pipeline side rib were deflected downward or missing.
- A bolt cutting tool was found at the accident scene. Witnesses reported that the cutting tool was moved during rescue operations and that it was initially found at the location of the victims.
The accident occurred because of the following factors: The coal ribs supporting the pin rails of the canopy deteriorated over time. This deterioration transferred a portion of the load from the rib to the slurry pipeline, making it a load bearing member and a stabilizing component of the canopy. This transfer of support was undetected by the preshift examiners and the miners involved in the recovery activities. As the pipe support chains were cut during the recovery process, the load was increased on the remaining suspension chain. The severing of the last suspension chain beneath the canopy caused the sudden and immediate collapse of the structure.
- A 103(k) Order (No. 4869381) was issued to ensure the safety of all persons in the mine until an investigation was completed and all areas and equipment were deemed safe.
- A 104(a) Citation (No. 7142392) was issued citing 30 CFR 75.360(b)(1). The preshift examination for hazardous conditions conducted on September 24, 1999, between the hours of 5:00 a.m. to 7:00 a.m., for the 189 passway track area, where persons were scheduled to work or travel during the oncoming shift recovering slurry pipeline, failed to identify existing hazardous
conditions in this area. The provided record as to the results of required examinations, identified as "Tracks and Outby Areas", did not indicate any hazardous conditions that existed along the area designated as "Mainline 222 to East Tail".
Hazardous conditions existed in the Mainline 222 to East Tail area, along the 189 passway track haulage between crosscuts 181 and 182 as follows: The coal rib into which pin rails had been installed to support a canopy structure at this location had sloughed and deteriorated until the load of the canopy structure was transferred to a slurry pipe suspended under the canopy by chains from the mine roof. Failure to detect hazards in this area where severe conditions existed resulted in two workers being fatally injured by the sudden collapse of the canopy, at approximately 2:00 p.m., when they attempted to recover the slurry pipeline at this location.
Respectfully Submitted:
Chris A. Weaver
Mining Engineer (Ventilation)
William L. Sperry
Coal Mine Safety and Health Inspector (Electrical)
Kenneth W. Tenney
Coal Mine Safety & Health Inspector
Stanley J. Michalek, P.E.
Civil Engineer
Approved by:
Timothy J. Thompson
District Manager
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After walking in the Lake District UK on July, my partner, Mr. SSK made
a proposal to complete the visit to the 100 Kannon (the Goddess of Mercy)
Temples, which were 33 ones in 'SAIGOKU', Kinki District, 33 in 'BANDO',
Kanto District and 34 in Chichibu Area. Then he planed the itinerary consulting
"The Guide Book for 34 Kannon Temples in 'CHICHIBU'" Area and "Mapple Series' Maps" published by Shobunsha Publications,Inc. He planed to visit the temples in sequence as much as possible with considerable
effort. Consequently the route became comings and goings to north and south
directions in Chichibu Area. The total walking distance is about 1/10 in
comparison with one of a pilgrimage in 'SAIGOKU' or 'BANDO'. Besides the
route is in urban areas relatively, then it is not so difficult for us
to find lodgings and restaurants. Our plan was about 100Km walking and
a six-day trip leisurely from 2nd to 6th November 2,005.


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A Verb for Keeping Warm
100% California Rambouillet
approx 50 g / 106 yards
DK weight
5 sts per inch, US needle 4-6
hand wash only with pH neutral soap
1st Edition
Vintage: 2015 flock / 2015 milled
Estill Ranch, Eagleville, California
Farmer: Lani Estill
Announcing the 1st Edition of Range! Made of California-grown Rambouillet wool and milled at Wyoming-based Mountain Meadows, this is our first combed farm-yarn; it is 3-ply and due to the combing process the texture is smooth. We chose to work with farmer Lani Estill because she raises beautiful wool and because she is practicing carbon farming - this type of farming and ranching is designed to lower greenhouse gas emissions by capturing carbon within the soil by using compost in place of pesticides and tilling. Wool from farms committed to carbon farming has been coined climate beneficial wool.
In 2012, in Northern California, on the account of one sheep shearer, farmers, not having a market for their fleece, discarded over 8000 pounds of wool. Shocked to discover this and being a lover of wool and yarn, we formed The California Wool Project. The goal of this project is to support farmers and US mills as well as provide options for those who would like to try to knit and wear California-grown materials. We created our 1st yarn line, Pioneer, in hopes of many more, made with California wool. Then, came Flock. And now Range is our third line of California-grown wool yarn. We have a soft spot for yarn which knits to 5 stitch per inch; this weight of yarn is heavy enough to make a sweater, but just the right amount of warmth for the Bay Area's mild climate, or a layering piece if you live in a colder climate.
There is a limited amount of this yarn available. We encourage you to purchase all of the yarn required to make your intended project.
Check out Local Color 2016, our line of Range dyed with locally grown and foraged plants.
Hand wash only
Patterns that use this yarn:
Pathless Woods legwarmers by Caitlin Ffrench
A Beer on the Dock hat by Thea Colman


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The Highest Quality Trailers for Sale in Melbourne
If you are looking for high quality custom made trailers anywhere in Melbourne, then Western Trailers and Engineering is the perfect place for you! Here you will find a wide variety of trailers and if you have a clear picture of what you need, we can make the perfect trailer for you that fits all your requirements and needs. We are one of the top rated trailer manufacturers in Australia. We have an eye for detail and we make sure that our work meets the demand of the clients.
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|11) Barred Owl
This owl is much larger than the screech owl. Usually, it is nocturnal, but sometimes it will move around during the daytime, particularly after periods of inclement weather when it cannot hunt. It is sometimes known as the eight-hooter, and its call has been described as someone saying, "who cooks for you, who cooks for you all." It has a loud demonic call that can reverberate throughout our woodlands. It feeds on small rodents, snakes, lizards, and insects.


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The Pennsylvania Chamber is pleased to announce an additional, significant new benefit for qualifying smaller businesses. Thanks to our partnership with the U.S. Chamber of Commerce in Washington, D.C., the U.S. Chamber offers immediate membership to you at no additional cost.
As the world's largest business federation, the U.S. Chamber is proud that 96 percent of its membership is comprised of smaller businesses and is excited to welcome your business to its ranks. Through this membership, you'll have access to many benefits that are designed specifically for small businesses, including toolkits, news, advocacy updates, other products, services and publications.
To get started, simply sign-up here and in the coming week, you will receive an email from the U.S. Chamber that will provide you with your official membership number and information on how to access these new and valuable resources.


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THE fire service has praised the actions of the occupiers of a home in Purewell this evening after a fire started in a kitchen.
Crews from Christchurch were sent to the property at 7.06pm after a pan of fat left under a grill caught light when the grill was turned on instead of the oven by mistake.
A spokesman for Dorset Fire and Rescue Service said: "The occupiers were very lucky, as they smelled the smoke even before the smoke detectors actuated.
"The occupiers' swift actions in calling the fire service immediately and leaving the kitchen and closing the doors meant that the damage was confined to the cooker and the kitchen."
Although the cooker itself suffered moderate fire damage, the kitchen escaped with light smoke damage, the spokesman added.


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i just hugged the lady at the liquor store goodbye for the summer...
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Who cares if she's hot u pathetic as$holes? It's not the point of the text, and since there's no picture, she looks exactly like the rest of the women uve ever had... Imaginary.
Customer service at it's best. lol
Was she hot?
Nothing like bonding in a booze shop.
if she was hot id probably be crying when i hugged her goodbye
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On Thursday 29 March 2007 17:35:59 Richard Hughes wrote: > b) that the default (GNOME) version didn't have gnome in the name. That's sort of the point. Our "Default" spin or the one we'd like most people to use doesn't call out any specific software/technology/etc. It's just Fedora, what we the project think is our best foot forward. The KDE spin however is specialized for those that wish to use KDE or wish to see what it's about. -- Jesse Keating Release Engineer: Fedora
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All university residence halls, apartments, and suites will be closed at the end of the Spring 2013 semester. Residents are asked to notify their community assistant of the day and approximate time they expect to check out of their residence hall, apartment, or suite.
All students except graduating seniors must vacate their room/apartment/suite no later than 24 hours after their last final examination. Students with final exams on Thursday, May 16, must vacate their room/apartment/suite no later than 10:00 a.m. on Friday, May 17. Graduating seniors may remain in their room/apartment/suite (only if they sign up in their hall office by Sunday, May 12) until 4:00 p.m. on Saturday, May 18, but must complete all checkout procedures prior to that time by making special arrangements with the staff responsible for that building.
At checkout, students must return all room/apartment/suite keys to a staff member in their building. A community assistant will complete an inspection of the room/apartment/suite at that time and compare the condition of the room/apartment/suite to the information recorded on the Room/Apartment/Suite Condition Form at check-in. Residents are encouraged to initiate the checkout process with a staff member from their particular floor. It is the student's responsibility to bring damaged and/or missing items to a staff member's attention prior to completing checkout. Students will receive the blue copy of the Room/Apartment/Suite Condition Form upon completion of the checkout process. All damages and/or missing items will result in an assessment of charges at the current cost of materials and labor. After closing, the building director will conduct a final room/apartment/suite inspection to insure the accuracy and appropriateness of any student billings.
Each resident must clean his/her portion of the room/apartment/suite so that it is left in the condition it was found at check-in. All articles and possessions must be removed from the room/apartment/suite, including such materials as shelf paper, rugs, bricks, wood frames, etc., prior to the preliminary inspection. Nothing should be left in drawers and closets or under beds. Trash cans should be completely emptied. All furnishings must be returned to their original position prior to the preliminary inspection.
Residents should consult with a residence life staff member to determine specific checkout times in their building.
There will be a $50 fee for failure to return a room/apartment/suite key.
Failure to check out properly or failure to leave the room/apartment/suite in an acceptable condition will result in the assessment of a $25 fee for improper check out. Residents of University Towers, Delaney, Putt, Ruddock, Suites on Maple East, Suites on Pratt, Wallwork, Stephenson, and Northern Suites are reminded to clean their kitchen, bathroom, living room, and bedroom. Failure to clean these areas may result in additional charges.
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03. 12. 2009 - Czech Airlines Employees Helping the Handicapped
Prague, 3 December 2009
Czech Airlines is again helping the handicapped this year. At the seat of Czech Airlines, a two-day sales event is being held for the products of the workshops of the occupational therapy centre that is a part of the Sulická Home for People with Handicaps. With each of their purchases, employees contribute to covering the financial costs of the acquisition of further materials needed in the sheltered workshops' production. But it is also a good way of getting an original Christmas present.
This annual charitable event, now in its third year and meeting with great acclaim each time, will be held on 3 and 4 December from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. on the ground floor of the Czech Airlines APC Building. Czech Airlines employees will be able to purchase diverse products, from pottery to painted glass and painted silk to traditional Advent decorations.
"With our clients, we strive to make gifts and other items that will not only give people pleasure, but also be useful. We were very pleasantly surprised by the sincere and spontaneous interest of all Czech Airlines employees. Their genuine interest in our products was very pleasant and motivating for us. By purchasing them, all our customers give us the opportunity to continue in peaceful and creative work," said Blanka Němcová, the head of the occupational therapy workshop, in her letter of thanks addressed to Czech Airlines employees after last year's sales event.
The Sulická Home
The Sulická Home for People with Handicaps provides comprehensive services to people with mental handicaps, whose state of health does not allow them to provide for themselves in the long term in their own environment, and who require the assistance of another person.
The Occupational Therapy Centre
The work and therapeutic activities take place in occupational therapy workshops. The centre has two gardening workshops with an adjoining garden and greenhouses, a pottery shop, a shop for the processing and production of woollen products, a woodworking workshop, and two artistic classrooms for painting on glass and silk, the production of jewellery, and embroidery. The work in the shops is organised for clients who are in attendance all day, or in the form of afternoon hobby groups and stay groups. Aside from providing space for self-realisation to persons who have difficulty in finding application, the creative work in the workshops allows them to practice their psychomotor abilities and a number of skills during production.
Hana Hejsková
Communications Director
Czech Airlines Press Spokesperson


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I have been reading books by cormack mccarthy and umberto eco and rereading pynchon.
BEE is my favorite author and just started reading imperial bedrooms. As I am reading this I think "Every other writer is crap compared to BEE".
anybody else get like this when they rad a book by their favorite author?


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Two days before Christmas, property developer Luke Saraceni started to sweat – and it had little to do with the 35 degree heat scorching his home town of Perth.
The likable developer had received a note from his bank explaining the reasons why it had rejected his Goldman Sachs-led proposal to inject $150 million into the troubled Raine Square office tower development in inner-city Perth.
One week later, as he holidayed in Thailand, Saraceni received a second note from Bankwest, owned by the
"They issued me with a demand notice to repay the loan," says Saraceni, who BRW calculated last year to be worth $288 million. "That's some kind of New Year's Eve present," he says referring to a demand for $335 million.
A second restructuring proposal was rejected and financiers Bankwest and
The 20-storey Raine Square tower was to be the pinnacle of Saraceni's otherwise highly successful property career. Instead, The Australian Financial Review has tracked enough second mortgages and cross-collateralisation agreements on his vast property holdings to suggest the empire is crumbling.
The banks seized four other Saraceni companies, including a Margaret River vineyard estate. Moreover his $16 million house in Perth's exclusive suburb of Mosman Park is financed to the hilt.
The father of three also has a delicate sub-leasing arrangement to manage after Bankwest leaves its current headquarters for Raine Square. If things don't go Saraceni's way, he'll be hit with a liability that could run into the tens of millions of dollars.
The 56-year-old owner of Saracen Properties is a former town planner with a knack for spotting opportunities in property. He holds several interests with co-Raine Square developer Hossean Pourzand and most people in the industry respect him for taking on projects that are usually in the realm of institutional investors.
"It's difficult to be a private property developer," says one Perth builder.
"When someone does have the courage to do what Luke has done, everyone barracks for them and likes to see them pull it off."
But Saraceni's aggressive business principles – he took over the vacant office of disgraced entrepreneur Alan Bond because it had good views and was an excellent conversation starter – are not universally supported.
"Is he a good guy to have a beer with? Sure he is," one Perth-based developer says. "But he's done too many things with a small capital base and this is going to reignite the stereotype that we are all four-on-the-floor Wild West developers. My guess would be his balance sheet is geared in excess of 100 per cent, when it needs to be less than 50 per cent."
Saraceni's appetite for risk would ultimately be his undoing.
Saraceni and Pourzand bought the inner-city Raine Square site for $21.5 million in 2004 and started demolition work roughly two years later.
In a coup for the developers, financier Bankwest signed on as the major tenant, although Saraceni had to take on a "contingent liability" for the premises the bank was vacating.
As a sweetener to entice Bankwest to Raine Square, Saraceni offered to pay out Bankwest's outstanding lease requirements in its current premises.
But project delays to Raine Square mean that when Bankwest vacates the premises, it will leave Saraceni with a huge headache and a potentially large contingent liability. How can he lease such a large space for just a short period of time? He will end up paying the bill if he can't negotiate a deal with the building's owners.
The contingent liability hanging over Saraceni's head is as high as $50 million. "It's not an issue," Saraceni says. "We believe that space will fill very quickly."
The confidence is quintessential Saraceni, who never admits to selling a distressed asset. "I build and sell stuff, that's what I do," he commented after one such sale.
Melbourne-based Salta Properties was appointed to build the 42,500-square-metre office tower during boom times in Perth, when Saraceni criticised local builders for "writing their own tickets".
It is understood Salta undercut other tenders by between $40 million and $60 million; but the subsequent problems went on to far outweigh any cost savings.
Pinning down the exact moment when things went wrong at Raine Square is difficult.
But the emergence of a "no-go" area where only construction staff who were members of the Sword Boys gang could use the on-site gym was not a positive step. Those close to the project say members of a rival gang, the Coffin Cheaters, also worked on the site, which was never free of tension, resulting in low morale among the workers and project delays.
The relationship breakdown between Salta and Saraceni led to both groups accusing each other of not having the finances to complete and/or pay for the work.
Construction staff employed by Salta downed tools last February, leading to a seven-month delay before another builder, Probuild, picked up the pieces.
Saraceni's problems were not over, however. Cash flow had been tight for some time and he had a $25 million payment to make to Bankwest by September last year.
Saraceni had already been warned by his financiers that he would have to sell assets and do it fast to raise cash.
"He wanted to do the old model of getting his loan-to-value ratio down by doing things like raising rents," one financial expert says.
"But times had changed."
Perth's property market was in the doldrums for the best part of 2010 and financiers were now operating in a conservative post- financial crisis environment.
Saraceni was typically adamant that he would restructure without having to resort to a fire sale of his assets.
Bankers almost fell off their chairs when he sold his $7.6 million yacht, an opulent Sunseeker 86 cruiser, only to buy a slightly cheaper luxury vessel.
One of his few sales, the disposal of a residential Perth property worth a few million dollars, was never going to substantially change the equation.
Instead, Saraceni sought a capital injection from institutional investors. He was confident that a Goldman Sachs proposal that would have lowered the loan-to-value ratio to 57 per cent would be acceptable to the financiers.
He miscalculated.
As Saraceni scrambled to find backers, Bankwest rolled over a $25 million debt due in September to December, which would combine with another scheduled repayment. Saraceni and Pourzand needed $50 million.
With limited cash supplies and his Goldman Sachs refinancing proposal having been rejected two days before Christmas, Saraceni made one last attempt with a New York-based investment fund proposal to inject $100 million into Raine Square.
"We thought any normal banker seeing a proposed restructure of that nature would accept it, especially in the interests of the project," Saraceni says. "Instead they called in the receivers."
Saraceni and the banks have – not surprisingly – very different views on the restructuring proposals, with the developer accusing the banks of sitting on the Goldman Sachs proposal for several months before rejecting it suddenly.
"There were too many loose ends [to the proposal] and they weren't properly capable of success," says one financier with knowledge of the situation.
"They just had so many gaps in them, they just weren't capable of being treated in a serious way."
As the new year beckoned and Saraceni was holidaying in Phuket, he received a note demanding the repayment of $335 million by January 10.
Saraceni decided to celebrate New Year's Eve anyway.
He says he hasn't lost any sleep over the affair. "The chances of me going broke are minimal," Saraceni says.
"I have a dozen other projects in the pipeline. It's going to be a bloody tough couple of years, but as I said, I have not lost one ounce of sleep over it. That's property development."
Receivers have seized several assets, including the 40 hectare Saracen Estates in Western Australia's wine-growing Margaret River region.
Saraceni's other major financiers,
Numerous guarantor companies represent almost all of Saraceni's personal property holdings around the state.
Saraceni's financial position depends largely on the sale price receivers get for Raine Square, which was valued at $550 million in stronger economic times.
He thinks he and Pourzand will share in at least $50 million, which is enough to rebuild an empire.
Saraceni says part of his comeback will involve taking on the finance groups that called in the receivers.
"They are very vindictive in their approach," Saraceni says.
"I haven't started with these guys yet."
The Australian Financial Review


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From: "David Farrior" <davidfarrior at gmail dot com>
> I have two monowalls both running v1.2. I have a ipsec connection set up.
> When the tunnel comes up, I can ping the monowall lan ip address on the
> remote network, but no hosts on that remote network.
I have a similar problem with PPTP on one system while all of the other m0n0
installs work fine. If all else fails, I would suggest reinstalling the
image to the hard drive, and reconfiguring from scratch to see if it "goes
away." I, however, am preserving mine to find out what the problem really
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Inspections, Compliance, Enforcement, and Criminal Investigations
Superior Rehab Technology, Inc. 27-Jul-05
Department of Health and Human Services
Public Health Service
Dallas District
July 27, 2005
Ref: 2005-DAL-WL-20
Mr. Terry L. Young, Vice President
Superior Rehab Technology, Inc.
27481 Smithson Valley Rd.
San Antonio, TX 78249
Dear Mr. Young:
Between May 9 and 25, 2005, the United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) conducted an inspection of Superior Rehab Technology, Inc., at the above-referenced address. Your firm manufactures and distributes the Superior 2000TM, 3000TM, and 4000TM Electronic Muscle Stimulators (EMS). These prescription medical devices are intended for (a) the immediate post-surgical stimulation of calf muscle to prevent venous thrombosis, (b) the prevention or retardation of disuse atrophy, (c) muscle education, (d) maintaining or increasing range of motion, (e) increasing blood circulation, and (f) relaxation of muscle spasms. Therefore, these products are medical devices as defined in Section 201(h) of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (the Act), 21 U.S.C. 321(h).
The FDA inspection revealed that your devices are adulterated and misbranded within the meaning of the Act. Your devices are adulterated within the meaning of Section 501(h) of the Act, 21 U.S.C. 351(h), because the methods used in, or the facilities or controls used for the manufacturing, packing, storage, or installation are not in conformance with the Current Good Manufacturing Practice (CGMP) requirements of the Quality System (QS) Regulation for medical devices, as specified in Title 21, Code of Federal Regulations (C.F.R.), Part 820. Your devices are misbranded within the meaning of Section 502(t)(2) of the Act, 21 U.S.C. 352(t)(2), because your firm failed to establish written medical device reporting (MDR) procedures, as required by Section 519 of the Act, 21 U.S.C. 360i, and the MDR Regulation, 21 C.F.R. Part 803.
QS Regulation
At the close of the inspection, FDA issued you a List of Inspectional Observations, Form FDA-483, which identified significant violations of the QS Regulation, which include, but are not limited to, the following:
1. Failure of management with executive responsibility to ensure that an adequate and effective quality system has been fully implemented and maintained at all levels of the organization, as required by 21 C.F.R. 820.20 [FDA-483 Item 1]. For example, your firm has not established and maintained: (a) a quality policy or objectives and a quality plan for the Manufactured electronic muscle stimulators; (b) procedures for conducting and documenting management reviews and quality audits; and (c) procedures for handling complaints.
2. Failure to establish and maintain adequate complaint handling procedures for receiving, reviewing, and evaluating complaints by a formally designated unit, as required by 21 C.F.R. 820.198(a) [FDA-483 Item 4]. For example, your firm has not maintained complaint files for your medical devices. You recorded Incoming customer calls concerning defective electronic components in the Device Encounter Forms, but these forms were not evaluated as product complaints. The Device Encounter Forms also did not document (a) the name, address, and phone number of the complainant (caller), (b) why an investigation is not necessary, (c) patient involvement, (d) any corrective action taken, and (e) any reply to the complainant.
You stated to our investigator that these incoming calls were considered service related calls, rather than product complaints. FDA disagrees. Your firm has not established a complaint handling procedure to receive, review, investigate all complaints, and it has not defined whether servicing is a specified requirement and documented all specific servicing requirements for your EMS devices (see 21 C.F.R. 820.200) to determine whether incoming customer calls are scheduled service calls or product complaints. Furthermore, the Owner's Instruction Manuals for three of the EMS models you provided to our investigator do not document any routine or scheduled servicing requirements required for these electronic devices. Finally, internal electronic components of electronic devices (e.g., LCD display, resistors, capacitors, diodes, power amplifiers, transistors, and microchips) are not components that require routine or scheduled servicing. Their premature failures or trend of failures, and the risk of their failures to patients, must be investigated to determine the possible root cause.
3. Failure to establish and maintain procedures to control the design of the device in order to ensure that specified design requirements are met, as required by 21 C.F.R. 820.30(a) [FDA-483 Item 7]. For example, your firm, as a specification developer, has not established design change procedures to control, validate or verify, and approve design changes before their implementation. Furthermore, your firm has not established design transfer procedures to ensure that the original design specifications or design change specifications are correctly translated into production specifications used by the contract manufacturer.
4. Failure to establish and maintain procedures to ensure that all purchased or otherwise received product and services conform to specified requirements, as required by 21 C.F.R. 820.50 [FDA-483 Item 8]. For example, your firm has not established written specified requirements, including quality requirements, that must be met by your contract manufacturer (purchasing data).
You stated to our investigator that you had not followed the current written manufacturing agreement with the contract manufacturer but had on-going verbal agreement with them to initiate design changes and manufacture the EMS devices that would meet your firm's quality and specific design requirements. Your verbal agreement with the contract manufacturer was not documented.
5. Failure to establish and maintain procedures for acceptance or rejection of incoming product and to include documenting the results of acceptance or rejection, as required by 21 C.F.R. 820.80(b) [FDA-483 Item 9]. For example, your firm has not: (a) established acceptance procedures for the inspection, testing, or verification of incoming products to ensure that they meet your firm's specified requirements; and (b) documented the results of acceptance or rejection.
You stated to our investigator that you ran a [redacted] test of the EMS devices that included [redacted] and attaching the device electrodes to yourself. You failed to document these test results and to justify that testing the devices on yourself is a valid scientific test.
6 . Failure to establish and maintain procedures for implementing corrective and preventive actions and documenting these actions, as required 21 C.F.R. 820.100(a) and (b) [FDA-483 Item 6]. For example, your firm has no procedures for analyzing processes, work quality records, service records, complaints, returned products, and other sources of quality data to identify existing potential causes of nonconforming product and to investigate the causes of nonconformities relating to the product, processes, and the quality system.
7. Failure to establish and maintain procedures to ensure that device history records for each batch, lot, or unit are maintained to demonstrate that the device is manufactured in accordance with the device master record, as required by 21 C.F.R. 820.184 [FDA-483 Item10}. For example, your firm has not established procedures defining the specific types of information and acceptance records needed to be included in the device history records.
8. Failure to establish and maintain procedures to control labeling activities and to include printing legible labels, labeling inspection, labeling storage, and labeling operations, as required by 21 C.F.R. 820.120 [FDA-483 Item 12]. For example, your firm has not established labeling procedures to address the content of labels, how labels are generated, where labels are affixed to the EMS devices and/or their packaging, and how labels and labeling are inspected.
9. Failure to maintain device master records (DMR's) to include or refer to the location of device specifications, production process specifications, quality assurance procedures, packaging and labeling specifications, and to ensure that each DMR is prepared and approved in accordance with 21 C.F.R. 820.40, as required by 21 C.F.R. 820.181 [FDA-483 Item 11). Although your firm provided a list of the contract manufacturer's production procedures and some electronic circuit diagrams of the EMS devices for review by our investigator, your firm's device master record is incomplete in that your firm has not established procedures for all quality assurance and labeling activities and documented specific test equipment to be used at your firm.
10. Failure to establish and maintain procedures for quality audits and conduct such audits to assure that the quality system is in compliance with established quality system requirements and to determine the effectiveness of the quality system, as required by 21 C.F.R. 820.22 [FDA-483 Item 2]. For example, your firm has not established procedures for internal audit of your firm's quality system and external audit of the contract manufacturer's quality system. Moreover, your firm has not conducted such audits. Your firm verbally stated to our investigator that your firm had visited the contract manufacturer several times during the time of manufacturing, but that your firm could not remember the actual dates of visit and has not maintained your audit results of their manufacturing operations.
MDR Requlation
The Form FDA-483 also identified the following violations of the MDR regulation:
1. Failure to develop, maintain, and implement written MDR procedures, as required by 21 C.F.R. 803.17 [FDA-483 Item 5]. Your firm has not established any written MDR procedures for the timely and effective identification, communication, and evaluation of events that may be subject to the medical device reporting requirements.
Responding to This Letter
This fetter is not intended to be an all-inclusive list of deficiencies at your facility. It is your responsibility to ensure adherence to each requirement of the Act and the regulations. The specific violations noted in this letter and in the Form FDA-483 issued at the close of the inspection may be symptomatic of other serious underlying problems in your firm's manufacturing and quality assurance systems. You are responsible for investigating and determining the causes of the violations identified by the FDA. You must also promptly initiate permanent corrective and preventive action on your quality system.
Federal agencies are advised of the issuance of all Warning Letters about devices so that they may take this information into account when considering the award of contracts. Additionally, no premarket approval applications for Class III devices to which the Quality System regulation deficiencies are reasonably related will be approved until the violations have been corrected. Also, no requests for Certificates to Foreign Governments will be approved until the violations related to the subject devices have been corrected.
You should take prompt action to correct these violations. Failure to promptly correct these violations may result in regulatory action being initiated by the FDA without further notice. These actions include, but are not limited to, seizure, injunction, and/or civil penalties.
Please notify this office in writing within 15 working days of receipt of this letter of the specific steps you have taken, or will take to identify and correct the noted violations, including (1) the time frames within which the corrections will be completed, (2) any documentation indicating the corrections have been achieved, and (3) an explanation of each step being taken to identify and make corrections to any underlying systems problems necessary to ensure that similar violations will not recur.
Your reply should be directed to Thao Ta, Compliance Officer, at the address indicated on the above letterhead.
Michael A. Chappelli
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Monkey World Ape and Rescue Centre is a 65-acre ape and monkey sanctuary near Wool.
It was set up in 1987 by Jim Cronin and later run by both him and his wife Alison.
It was originally intended to provide a home for abused primates rescued from unscrupulous Spanish photographers who used them as props.
The attraction is now home to hundreds of rescued and endangered primates, with five species of gibbon, three groups of orangutan and the largest group of chimpanzees outside Africa.
Monkey World assists governments around the world to stop the smuggling of primates from the wild.
At the centre refugees of this illegal trade as well as those that have suffered abuse or neglect are rehabilitated into natural living groups. The most recent arrival is Bengal slow loris who was flown 5,000 miles to his new Dorset home after being confiscated in a drug raid.
The loris, who is no bigger than a bag of sugar, had been living in the Maldives Island capital Male, after he was found in a drugs bust.
Officers housed the monkey for eight months while they scoured the globe looking for a suitable new home. They called the loris, which is believed to be male, Kalo, which means 'buddy'. After hearing of Kalo's plight, Dr Cronin, embarked upon a mission to re-house the primate.
Monkey World can be found on the A31 between Bere Regis and Wool and visitors should follow the brown tourist signs.
It is open 10am to 6pm during August. Last entry is one hour before closing. Call 01929 401018.


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Homemade Fish Sticks
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- 2 large
- eggs, beaten
- 1/4 c
- evaporated milk , water or 2% milk
- 1 c
- panko bread crumbs- more if needed
- 1 c
- bisquick, or all purpose flour
- 1 lb
- cod fillet -cut into 1/2-inch thick sticks 3-4 inches long
- salt and pepper to taste
- 1 c
- miracle whip salad dressing
- 2 Tbsp
- pickle relish, sweet
- 1 Tbsp
- minced onion or onion powder to taste
- 1/4 c
- ketchup
- pepper to taste
How to Make Homemade Fish Sticks
- 1Prepare fish:
Preheat oven to 400^.
In a shallow dish beat eggs,and milk; set aside.
Pour bread crumbs in a shallow pan;in another pan place Bisquick or the flour.
Sprinkle fish pieces with salt and pepper.
Roll fish pieces in flour to cover well, then dip in the egg mixture. Then press fish into Panko bread crumbs to cover completely . Place each fish stick on a sprayed baking pan.(I like to cover pan with foil and spray that- easier clean up). Spread them out so they are not touching. Bake until lightly browned , about 15 minutes, then turn over and bake for 5 minutes more.
If you want to fry these- use 1/4 or so of Crisco or canola oil. in a large skillet over medium-hi heat. Cook in a single layer not touching; until golden brown, about 1 minute on each side. Drain on paper towel. Serve hot.
- 2Tartar Sauce:
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A State Space Approach to Estimating the Integrated Variance and Microstructure Noise Component
We call the realized variance (RV) calculated with observed prices contaminated by microstructure noises (MNs) the noise-contaminated RV (NCRV) and refer to the component in the NCRV associated with the MNs as the MN component. This paper develops a method for estimating the integrated variance (IV) and MN component simultaneously, extending the state space method proposed by Barndorff-Nielsen and Shephard (2002). Our extension is based on the result obtained in Meddahi (2003), namely, when the true log-price process follows a general class of continuous-time stochastic volatility (SV) models, the IV follows an ARMA process. We represent the NCRV by a state space form and show that the state space form parameters are not identifiable; however, they can be expressed as functions of fewer identifiable parameters. We illustrate how to estimate these parameters. The proposed method is applied to yen/dollar exchange rate data. We find that the magnitude of the MN component is, on average, about 21%-48 % of the NCRV, depending on the sampling frequency.
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WHAT: A memorial service for Steven Muller, president emeritus of The Johns Hopkins University.
WHEN: Friday, Feb. 22, 3:30 p.m.-5 p.m.
WHERE: The Peabody Institute's Miriam A. Friedberg Concert Hall, entrance at 17 E. Mount Vernon Place, Baltimore.
DETAILS: Speakers will include current Johns Hopkins President Ronald J. Daniels; Sen. Barbara Mikulski, D-Md.; Frank Mankiewicz, Muller's UCLA roommate, George McGovern's 1972 campaign manager and former president of National Public Radio; Peter Fischer-Appelt, president emeritus of the University of Hamburg; and Muller's two daughters, Julie M. Mitchell of San Francisco and Elizabeth M. Casparian of Princeton, N.J.
The public is invited. A reception will follow in the George Peabody Library, adjacent to Friedberg Concert Hall.
BACKGROUND: Muller died Jan. 19. [Obituary. ] He was president of The Johns Hopkins University from February 1972 to June 1990, second only in tenure to founding president Daniel Coit Gilman. He also served for about a decade as the president of The Johns Hopkins Hospital.
He affiliated the university with the Peabody Institute, a move that preserved the then-ailing music conservatory and eventually made it one of Johns Hopkins' nine schools. He established the School of Nursing for the first time as a standalone division of the university and re-established the School of Engineering as a separate school.
Muller was instrumental in bringing the Space Telescope Science Institute to Baltimore, ensuring that science operations for the Hubble Space Telescope would be controlled here. With insight into China's future as a global power, he in 1986 established the Johns Hopkins-Nanjing University Center for Chinese and American Studies. On Muller's watch, the university also established the American Institute for Contemporary German Studies, the Krieger Mind-Brain Institute and academic centers for part-time students in Baltimore, in Montgomery County, Md., and at the Applied Physics Laboratory.
Muller also was a leader in the expansion and modernization of what is now the Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center campus following Johns Hopkins' acquisition of the old City Hospitals from Baltimore City.
Muller led two highly successful fundraising efforts: the Hopkins Hundreds Campaign, which raised more than $109 million for the university and hospital between 1973 and 1976; and the Campaign for Johns Hopkins later in his tenure, which brought in more than $600 million, well exceeding its $450 million goal.
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He is a member of both the National Writers Union, the International Federation of Journalists, and covers San Francisco Health News for Examiner.com.
Celiac.com 07/30/2007 - When I was growing up, one of the favorite things for my brother and I to have for dinner was fish sticks served hot out of the oven along with our favorite French fries.
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