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Arrival: Sunday, June 4, 2017
Departure: Sunday, July 16, 2017
The Round Top Festival Institute offers six weeks (no absence is permitted) of intensive training for young talented musicians (born before December 31, 1999) seeking a transition from conservatories and universities to a future professional career. Symphony orchestra, chamber orchestra, chamber music and solo repertoire are included in this concentrated 6-week program.
The Round Top Festival Institute owns its campus (over 200 acres), its venues (a 1,000-seat concert hall and a 160-seat chapel), its practice rooms, its accommodations, its food service and other amenities (swimming pool, jogging trails…). The whole project has been specifically envisioned and realized by renowned concert pianist James Dick, Founder and Artistic Director, to provide the best environment to implement the program.
The Round Top Festival Institute offers to accepted young artists a full scholarship (worth $5,500) for tuition through The James Dick Foundation for the Performing Arts.
The relatively small number of participants (about 95) whose admission is based on auditions and recommendations and the fact that participants and faculty share the same campus, create a collegial atmosphere through which a constant flow of stimulating exchanges enlightens everyone.
Enrollment includes 28 violins, 10 violas, 10 cellos, 6 basses, 4 flutes, 4 oboes, 4 clarinets, 4 bassoons, 5 horns, 4 trumpets, 3 trombones, 1 tuba, 6 percussions, 2 harps and 4 pianists.
The Round Top Festival Institute is committed to the principle of equal opportunity for all of its applicants for admission. For that reason the Round Top Festival Institute does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin or disability in access to its program.
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All accepted participants are enrolled in the Texas Festival Orchestra (TFO) and perform every week after daily rehearsals beginning on Monday and culminating on the Saturday evening performance. Rotation is effective according to abilities. Sectionals are conducted by faculty and/or guest conductor on Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays. Schedule of Orchestra Rehearsals:
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Wednesday 3:30 pm – 6:00 pm
Thursday 3:30 pm – 6:00 pm
Friday 3:30 pm – 6:00 pm
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Sergei Rachmaninoff Symphony No.2 (Perry So, conductor)
Giuseppe Verdi Requiem (Linus Lerner, conductor; Soloists TBA)
Maurice Ravel Alborada del gracioso (Ransom Wilson, conductor)
Maurice Ravel Piano Concerto in G (Ransom Wilson, conductor; Francois Dumont, piano)
Maurice Ravel Piano Concerto in D (Ransom Wilson, conductor; Francois Dumont, piano)
Maurice Ravel Daphnis and Chloe Suite No. 2 (Ransom Wilson, conductor)
Gioacchino Rossini La Gazza Ladra Overture (Yaniv Dinur, conductor)
Johannes Brahms Violin Concerto (Yaniv Dinur, conductor; Regis Pasquier, violin)
Antonin Dvorak Symphony No. 9 (Yaniv Dinur, conductor)
Joseph Schwantner Percussion Concerto (Vladimir Kulenovic, conductor; Thomas Burritt, soloist)
P.I. Tchaikovsky Manfred Symphony (Vladimir Kulenovic, conductor)
Frederic Chopin Piano Concerto No. 1 in e (Christian Arming, conductor; James Dick, piano)
Maurice Ravel La Valse (Christian Arming, conductor)
Maurice Ravel Bolero (Christian Arming, conductor)
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Chamber Music Program: Young Artists are enrolled in chamber music groups with their peers and also with faculty members.
Private Lessons (one hour each week) and Master Classes are included in the scholarship.
At the beginning of each week, available teaching times are posted backstage of the concert hall.
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is available to the best violin applicants after auditions.
Chamber Music Program: Young Artists are enrolled in chamber music groups with their peers and also with faculty members.
Private Lessons (one hour each week) and Master Classes are included in the scholarship.
At the beginning of each week, available teaching times are posted backstage of the concert hall.
Just sign up!
Master classes are scheduled in the Edythe Bates Old Chapel.
Piano program
Accepted pianists receive individual lessons weekly and participate in master classes. Throughout the entire six-week term all pianists are coached to participate in solo, duo piano and chamber ensemble concerts, as well as in the orchestral programs whenever a work requires a pianist. Piano students are given varied opportunities to perform in public with their peers (unscheduled performance dates) and/or faculty members (scheduled performance dates.)
Harp program. Will start on June 19 through July 16. (Orchestra and chamber music.)
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An executive order issued by President Barack Obama earlier this month aims to provide more flexibility to millions of student loan borrowers with low income and high debt.
But with the law not set to go into effect until December 2015, area experts say borrowers should use existing resources to find the best payment plan available now.
"We are still trying to figure (the order) out for the simple reason it is very confusing and we do not know for sure if it is going to go through completely," said Jill Rayner, director of financial aid for the University of North Georgia. "There's so many nuances to how it's written, so we're waiting for guidance from the U.S. Department of Education."
Rayner said current students and new graduates should not wait for the effect of the law to become more clear, but should plan now for what could be a significant debt burden. She said resources designed to help students understand their debt are available online, and federal loan services are available to lend their expertise to new graduates preparing to repay their loans.
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Brenau Director of Financial Aid Pam Barrett said she also sees lack of communication with loan servicers as a common reason for problems with repayment.
"I think the problem that we see most is students don't stay in touch with the servicer that's been assigned to them," she said. "They just take the option that's presented to them, which is the standard plan, and don't learn about other options. (The servicer can help borrowers) try to get a better payment plan that is more in line with their income."
The executive order, issued by Obama June 9, expands the existing Pay-As-You-Earn program, which caps monthly payments based on income. PAYE is already available to students who borrowed federal loans after 2007, but the expansion will extend the PAYE option to borrowers who took out student loans earlier.
Under the standard loan repayment plan, graduates pay the same rate each month over a 10-year-term. Under PAYE, that term can be extended to 20 years and monthly payments are capped at 10 percent of the borrower's income. Any balance left at the end of 20 years of payments is forgiven. The PAYE option lowers monthly payments for some borrowers, but also increases the amount of interest for some.
Barrett said PAYE is just one of the repayment plans that take income and factors like family size into account.
There are also the income-based, income-contingent and income-sensitive plans. Each of these plans has different eligibility requirements, different lengths of time over which repayment is made, and apply to different types of loans.
In addition to plans that consider borrower income, the standard plan, graduated plan and extended plan are available to eligible borrowers. The number of options and complicated formulas that go into determining how they work for each individual borrower make it particularly important that borrowers communicate with their loan servicers who will help them understand not only which options are available, but how they apply to a particular borrower's situation, Barrett said.
Rayner said borrowers should also take advantage of the many online resources available to educate themselves about student loan repayment. She said the loan calculator available at studentloans.gov is a particularly valuable tool for assessing debt, particularly when looking at different loan terms. Students can also find detailed information about their loans through the National Student Loan Data System.
"It does give you a reality check," Rayner said of the calculator. "It shows students, this is how much your principal is, but this is how much your interest will be."
With the announcement the PAYE option will likely be extended to borrowers who took out loans before 2007, borrowers with older loans may be taking a second look at their repayment options.
Barrett said borrowers who have already started repayment with one option can go back and change to another. She said she recommends re-examining repayment options especially after a change of income, whether that change is an increase or decrease.
Borrowers with a decrease in income may want to choose a longer-term, lower monthly payment option, but should keep in mind a longer term may lead to a larger amount paid overall as more interest accrues.
Borrowers with an increase in income may want to consider making larger payments in order to avoid interest.
Barrett said larger payments can be made without changing the minimum monthly payment.
Both Barrett and Rayner said the two most important things students can do to minimize their debt burden are to communicate with their loan servicer and to borrow as little as they can and, if possible, avoid using student loans to cover household expenses.
"It's important to watch how much you're borrowing while you're going to school," Rayner said. "Really analyze what you can cut back on and what you really need. "
"Awareness and communication, I think, are the most important things," Barrett said. "(And) borrow as conservatively as possible. ... Try just to keep in mind that that's going to be repaid."

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I have question about network printer,
i don't know maybe how to scan a network printer.
after scan it show me only IP adress and it showing that is a printer, but nothing else,
no serial number, no toner notification or something else for exaple:
Manufacturer: ?
Model: ?
Description: a Network Printer
Serial Number: 10.241.47.45 (no serial but IP)
Device Type:
Printer Asset Tag:
Purchase Price:
Purchase Date: Last Updated Time: 2012-01-14 @ 05:09 pm
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Groups: Printers
did i miss something
i scan with http and with account that i am using to connect through internet browser.
thank you in advance.
Jan 18, 2012 at 8:50 UTC
create a separate scan range for them and use only snmp-login
i hope this can help
make sure that there are no overlaps with other ranges
This topic was created during version 5.3.
The latest version is 7.5.00101.
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Jan 18, 2012 at 8:44 UTC
You would have better results with SNMP, http scrapping is kind of hit or miss.
Jan 18, 2012 at 8:48 UTC
You should be able to go into the web interface of the printer and configure SNMP as Justin said. All you need is a read community string, and it should work fine (and hopefully show you toner levels).
Jan 18, 2012 at 8:50 UTC
create a separate scan range for them and use only snmp-login
i hope this can help
make sure that there are no overlaps with other ranges
Jan 25, 2012 at 2:20 UTC
hi everyone,
i replay later but i was not able to replay before sorry :(
i try it with snmp-login but it same again, i dont know did i do everything right.
in attach a show the page of the printer.
what exactly should i do here and what in network scan.
thnx in advance
Jan 25, 2012 at 3:26 UTC
i try more things and now is working the info of the printer,
but it needs more time to get info from printer.
thank you very much.
and also i have another question
how can i set different username&password to printer groups so i can scan printer gropup with diffident credentials?
Jan 25, 2012 at 5:50 UTC
create separate scan ranges with separate accounts
see above
make sure that there are no overlaps!
Jan 25, 2012 at 5:53 UTC
for more info read here
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Low rates of hepatotoxicity among Asian patients with paracetamol overdose: a review of 1024 cases
The metabolism of paracetamol in Asians is thought to differ from Westerners. Detailed clinical features of paracetamol -induced hepatotoxicity among Asians remains largely unreported.
A retrospective review of adult cases with paracetamol overdose over a five-year duration was performed in two of the largest public institutions in this country. Prevalence and predictive factors for hepatotoxicity were determined.
Data on 1024 patients (median age 23 years, 82.0% female, ethnic groups: Malays 40.8%, Chinese 20.9% , Indian 33.2%) were obtained from January 2005 to December 2009. The median amount of paracetamol ingestion was 10.0 (IQR 5.0 - 15.0) g and the median serum paracetamol level was 274.80 (IQR 70.0 - 640.0) μmol/L at presentation. 75 (7.3%) patients developed hepatotoxicity. 23/ 55 (41.8%) patients who had ingested > 10 g of paracetamol and had a delayed (> 24 hour) administration of N-acetyl cystine (NAC) developed hepatotoxicity. No patients developed acute liver failure nor suffered any mortality (0%). Independent predictors for hepatotoxicity were identified as Malay (OR 2.22, 95% CI = 1.13-4.37) and Chinese (OR 3.26, 95% CI = 1.55-6.84) ethnicity, paracetamol dose > 10 g (OR 2.61, 95% CI = 1.53-4.46), prolonged duration of time from paracetamol ingestion to hospital presentation (> 24 hours OR 10.71, 95% CI = 3.46-33.15) and prolonged duration of time from paracetamol ingestion to NAC administration (> 24 hours OR 9.02, 95% CI = 2.97-27.45).
Paracetamol-induced hepatotoxicity rates in a multi-ethnic Asian population was low at 7.3%. Mortality and morbidity were non-existent despite high doses of paracetamol ingestion and delayed presentations to hospital.
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Approval from the University Malaya Medical Centre (UMMC) ethics committee was obtained prior to the conduct of this study. In Malaysia, the majority of our urban population is concentrated in the capital, Kuala Lumpur. The UMMC, a 900-bedded hospital and the General Hospital of Kuala Lumpur (GHKL), a 1000-bedded institution, are the two oldest and largest public institutions in the city. Both UMMC and GHKL have an estimated 110, 000 and 150,000 admissions to their Emergency Departments on an annual basis respectively (local institutional statistics 2008, unpublished). A retrospective review of clinical records was performed in both these centres for a five-year duration from 2005 to 2009. The International Classification and Diagnosis (ICD) 9 and 10 coding systems were used to identify individuals with paracetamol overdose from the Medical Records units of both institutions. All patients aged ≥ 18 years of age who had a diagnosis of paracetamol overdose from ICD 9 and 10 coding system were included.
Information obtained from the medical records included the following: basic demography, timings of paracetamol overdose, presentation to Emergency Departments and administration of N-Acetylcysteine (NAC), estimated doses of paracetamol ingested based on patient's recall, concomitant ingestion of other drugs, alcohol, history of psychiatric disorders and numbers of overdose attempts. All blood investigations during this period were available in both institutions' computerised laboratory database and the following data were collected: serum paracetamol level, liver function tests, pH, coagulation profile and renal profile. The main outcomes in terms of duration of hospital stay and survival (i.e. discharged or died in hospital) were also available from both institutions' computerised data system.
Hepatotoxicity was defined by a peak serum alanine transaminase (ALT) level > 1000 IU/L, in accordance with previous accepted nomenclature in the literature
All results were analysed using the Statistical Package for Social Scientists (SPSS version 19.0, USA). Continuous variables were expressed as means with a standard deviation or medians where appropriate. Categorical data were expressed as proportions. Continuous data were analysed using Student's t-test, Mann–Whitney –U test and Kruskal Wallis test where appropriate. Categorical data were analysed with chi-square test or Fischer's exact test where appropriate. Significant associations with hepatotoxicity identified at univariate analysis were subsequently analysed in a multivariate analysis to identify independent predictors of hepatotoxicity. Predictive factors were expressed as odds ratios with a 95% confidence interval. Statistical significance was defined as a p value of <0.05.
Between January 2005 to December 2009, a total of 1,410 cases were identified as paracetamol overdose according to ICD 9 or ICD 10 coding systems in both UMMC and HKL. 386 cases were excluded due to a combination of missing medical records, coding misclassification and age < 18 years. 1024 cases of medical records were finally available for analysis. The incidence of paracetamol overdoses from January 2005 to December 2009 in UMMC and KLGH are highlighted in Figure
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Incidence of adult paracetamol overdose cases in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, from 2005 – 2009
Incidence of adult paracetamol overdose cases in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, from 2005 – 2009.
Clinical characteristics of paracetamol overdose patients
Demographic and clinical data of the study population are highlighted in Table
Clinical details of paracetamol overdose
The median amount of paracetamol ingestion in 1024 patients was 10.0 (IQR 5.0 - 15.0) g and the median serum paracetamol level was 274.80 (IQR 70.0 - 640.0) μmol/L at presentation. The median duration from paracetamol ingestion to hospital presentation was 4.5 (IQR 2.3 - 11.5) hours. There was a median duration of 6.50 (IQR 2.5 - 14.0) hours from timing of paracetamol ingestion to NAC administration, whilst timing from hospital presentation to NAC administration was a median of 1.5 (IQR 0.0 to 4.1) hours, indicating that there was little delay in the administration of NAC at presentation to the emergency units in both hospitals. Most patients were admitted for a median of 3 days, ranging from 2 – 4 days.
Hepatotoxicity rates and clinical outcome
75 (7.3%) patients with paracetamol overdose developed hepatotoxicity, i.e. a peak serum ALT ≥ 1000 IU/L. 124 (12.1%) patients had a moderately raised peak serum ALT (66–999 IU/L) whilst the remaining 825 (80.6%) had normal liver function tests. 146 (14.3%) cases had an INR ≥ 1.5 but none of the patients with hepatotoxicity developed acute liver failure. 24/ 149 patients with mild drowsiness or stupor at presentation had an INR > 1.5. However, 10 of these patients had alcohol intoxication and the remainder had co-ingestion or either benzodiazepines or antidepressants. All 1024 patients with paracetamol overdose were discharged well following hospitalisation. 542 patients had ingested > 10 g of paracetamol, but only 61 (11.3%) developed hepatotoxicity. Among these 542 cases, 23/ 55 (41.8%) patients who had a delayed (> 24 hours) administration of NAC developed hepatotoxicity.
Predictive factors for paracetamol-induced hepatotoxicity
Potential risk factors for paracetamol-induced hepatotoxicity were evaluated by univariate analysis (Table
This retrospective study represents one of the largest case series of paracetamol overdoses that has been reported to date. The duration of 5 years demonstrated little variation in admission patterns (apart from the first year) and there had been no major changes in the medical management of paracetamol overdose during this period. As all cases of poisoning in this country are solely managed in public institutions, the data from this study is fairly representative of the population from the largest city in this country. Furthermore, the general Malaysian urban population consists of 3 major ethnic groups, i.e. Malays, Chinese and Indians
In this study, we have demonstrated that despite significant numbers of paracetamol overdose over a 5-year duration, only 7.3% of this multi-ethnic Asian adult population developed hepatotoxicity and no (i.e. n = 0) patients developed ALF following paracetamol overdose. Our results are in concurrence with previous reviews that paracetamol overdose is a rare cause of ALF in Asians. It is noteworthy that > 50% of patients who ingested > 10 g of paracetamol and had a delayed (> 24 hours after paracetamol ingestion) administration of NAC did not develop hepatotoxicity. Whilst the usual characteristics of paracetamol pharmacology such as cumulative dose and delayed timing of NAC administration predicted hepatotoxicity, this study identified that ethnicity, particularly those of Malay (OR 2.22) and Chinese (OR 3.26), were independent determinants of hepatotoxicity. The latter fact may suggest, but does not confirm, that ethnic differences in paracetamol metabolism may contribute towards paracetamol-induced hepatotoxicity.
We have compared our case series with previous publications and summarised the salient features in Table
A possible explanation for the lower hepatotoxicity rates in non-Western studies may be explained by the cumulative dose of paracetamol ingested by individuals. The minimal amount of paracetamol known to cause toxicity in adults is approximately 7.5 g and liver toxicity is usually associated with paracetamol doses of > 10 g
An alternative explanation for an increased paracetamol-induced hepatotoxicity among Western patients may be related to alcohol co-ingestion. Chronic alcohol exposure is recognised to increase short term toxicity from paracetamol overdose by 2 to 3 fold increase in hepatic content of cytochrome P4502E1, the major isoform responsible for the generation of the toxic metabolite from paracetamol
Variation in the timing of NAC administration may be another explanation for differences in hepatotoxicity rates between studies. Delayed administration of NAC to patients with potentially toxic doses of paracetamol is a recognised risk factor for hepatotoxicity, an observation that was also demonstrated in our study. Patients with paracetamol overdose who had received NAC > 24 hours after paracetamol ingestion in our study were 10.4 times more likely to develop hepatotoxicity compared to those who received NAC earlier. Among our study cases, 92% of patients received NAC within 24 hours. Unfortunately, data on the timing of NAC administration has not been reported widely in the literature, and further comparisons have not been possible. However, it is notable that despite 80% of patients receiving NAC within 24 hours of paracetamol overdose a 14% hepatotoxicity rate (i.e. double the rate in our study) was reported in a recent Australian study
Pharmacogenetic variation in the metabolism of paracetamol between Caucasians and Orientals has previously been studied
This study has obvious limitations in the light of its' retrospective design. Nevertheless, its' large sample size, representative study population and accurate capture of computerised laboratory data are its' major strengths. We have demonstrated that the rates of hepatotoxicity among 1024 Asian patients with paracetamol overdose is low at 7.3%. Although differences in the clinical characteritics of paracetamol overdose between Western and Asian patients are recognised, it is possible that intrinsic differences in paracetamol metabolism may be a contributory factor as well. Our data supports the findings from a recent study demonstrating that N-acetyl cysteine therapy is not cost-effective in the management of Asian patients with paracetamol overdose
Competing interests
The authors declare that they have no competing interests.
Authors' contributions
ARM collected the data, performed initial data analysis and drafted the manuscript. NYY provided administrative support. SM conceived and designed the study, performed final data analysis and helped to draft the manuscript. All authors read and approved the final manuscript.
We would like to thank the University of Malaya Short Term Research Grant for their partial funding in the conduct of this study.
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How true! Most relations have a fallacious dent astir mental state from the point shows and best-selling witticism characters like Mandrake the conjurer. Consequently, many an mythology almost psychological state are prevalent even amongst the taught. Let us examine whatsoever of these mythology and variety out the facts and realities going on for hypnosis.
Myth # 1: Hypnosis is an unnatural development.
The Reality: Hypnosis is a without fault mean phenomenon of the subconscious heed. Here are a few examples of spontaneous, inherent hypnosis in our day to day life:
- The soothing outcome during prayer.
- Supermarket Hypnosis: Yes, their gaudy advertisements and offers do tranquilize us from purchase thing that is without doubt not important.
- Absorbed in an unputdownable stamp album.
- Day dreaming: a category of self hypnosis.
- Highway mental state spell driving: tend to origin accidents due to the unconscious awareness intelligent that the car will go on by it even if the driver nods off!
Myth # 2: Hypnosis is harmful.
The Reality: Hypnosis is certainly secure in educated safekeeping. No one can be controlled into doing holding that he does not poverty to do. Used unethically and unprofessionally, the status of perverse suggestions person planted does exist, though.
Myth # 3: Under hypnosis, the separate losses his cognitive state.
The Reality: The (hypnotized) subject matter is aware of the environment at all times, unless he waterfall drowsy during the ceremonial.
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The Reality: On the contrary, sympathetic suggestions specified during the induction bolster self-confidence and same laurels in the hypnotised various.
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The Reality: The driving force of hypnotisability lies in the matter and not in the hypnotist! The speciality single allows his mind and organic structure to ease up and adopt useful suggestions from the hypnotizer that are useful for the idea himself, not the some other way smoothed.
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The 2010 vintage of Heritage Zinfandel presents an excellent cool vintage aroma profile of blueberry, red currants, earthy dustiness and mineral nuances. The low alcohol nature of this wine shines through immediately with silky smooth tannins and a firm grip of natural acidity and balance. The fruit is substantial with layers of black cherry, mixed berries, currants and allspice. This Zinfandel is superbly balanced and satisfying, repeating the earthy, mixed berry theme while also carrying forward subtler hints of white and black pepper. The finish lingers on creating a mouth-watering desire for another sip.
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Today, Dry Creek Vineyard is committed to vineyard diversity, vinifying individual lots of fruit separately, and then blending carefully for each final cuvee. Dry Creek Vineyard is also a leader in the stewardship of pre-Prohibition Zinfandel vines and vineyards, and has isolated a clone, called the "Heritage Clone," which is bottled separately from their "Old Vines" Zinfandel (containing wine only from vines no younger than 50 years old), and which has made very promising wines. View all Dry Creek Vineyard Wines
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The Michigan State Spartans added even more depth to their defense on Friday morning when linebacker Ed Davis received official word from the NCAA that he was granted a sixth year of eligibility following an injury that saw him miss the entire 2015 season.
Spartans head coach Mark Dantonio sent out the following tweet announcing the news.
Davis, who has already earned three letters as a Spartan suffered a torn ACL during preseason camp in 2015 after starting 12 games during the 2014 season earning honorable mention All-Big Ten from both the coaches and media for his play.
During his career Davis has posted 80 total tackles, including 16.5 tackles for loss and 11 sacks.
The Detroit (Mich.) Southeastern product not only brings his talents to the Spartans already deep linebacker group but also his veteran leadership.
It will be interesting to see how the Spartans work Davis into the defensive game plan as some feel he could also see time coming off the edge at defensive end with his 6-foot-2, 237-pound frame.
UPDATE: Spartans head coach Mark Dantonio released the following statement about Davis.
"We're very excited to hear the news about Ed Davis receiving his sixth year of eligibility from the NCAA. We felt all along throughout this process that Ed would get an opportunity to play this season once the paperwork was submitted and reviewed. Ed fulfilled his requirements by earning his degree this summer, so it's great to see him get rewarded after missing all of last year with a knee injury. I want to thank everyone who helped Ed during this process, particularly our academic, compliance and athletic training staffs. I appreciate their efforts in having a young man finish his collegiate career on the field, rather than the sidelines. Ed is an outstanding football player and has persevered through this past year. We're looking forward to him getting back in a Green and White uniform for the Spartans this fall."null


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I have read so many posts on the subject of "Content is King" lately, that I feel I need to chime in on this. Now, don't worry, RQR will never turn into a "blogging about blogging" blog. Stuff like this will remain the exception and I'll usually leave it to the blogging-bloggers.
For today, though, I want to shed some much-needed light on the "Content is King" theme. And yes, I'll also explain why the hell I have a picture of 50 cent up there.


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Hero Eco plans to invest Rs450 crore in the next five years across businesses
Vijay Munjal-led Hero Eco today said it has acquired UK-based Ultra Motors for an undisclosed amount, aiming to strengthen its presence globally in the electric vehicle segment.
Hero Eco, the newly formed umbrella entity by Vijay Munjal-led companies that include Hero Electric, Hero Exports, Hero Cycles, Mediva, Winn and Hero Ecotech, plans to invest Rs450 crore in the next five years across businesses.
The company is also planning to set up an electric vehicle facility in North America within the next 18 months.
"Hero Eco has acquired Ultra Motors in UK. This will give us an exposure to all the markets where Ultra Motors were present and will strengthen Hero's brand globally," Hero Eco Managing Director Naveen Munjal said. He, however, declined to share the value of this acquisition, citing confidentiality of agreement. "Ultra Motors has 3 plants and is present in 6 countries with sales networks in 22 nations across the globe. This all will come under Hero Eco now," Munjal said.
Earlier, Hero Electric had a tie-up with Ultra Motors for Indian operations, but it fell apart later. The foreign firm had closed shop here about two years ago. Ultra Motors currently has its main manufacturing plant in Taiwan and has two contract assembly plants in China.
"Eventually, the contract manufacturing activities of the two Chinese plants will shift to India. However, it will take at least 6-8 months to proceed in that direction," Hero Eco Chief Executive Officer Sohinder Gill said.
On the new group entity, Hero Eco Chairman Vijay Munjal said the new brand identity will integrate all its different verticals.
"With the new identity, we will be foraying into high-end bicycles in India under a new brand Winn. We will also expand our medical equipment business under Mediva brand in a big way," he added.
The Rs450 crore Hero Eco is aiming for a group turnover of Rs1,500 crore in the next five years, Naveen Munjal said. "To expand our all businesses, we will be investing Rs 450 crore in the next five years. We will be setting up a new electric vehicle plant in North America in the next 18 months," he added.
Besides, the group will also set up a bicycle unit in India within next 18 months, he said. Currently, Hero Eco has all its manufacturing facilities in Ludhiana. While it produces 65,000 units of electric 2-wheelers, 9 lakh bicycles are rolled out every year.
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When Akbar wandered the alleyways of Old Delhi, he didn't announce it with sun-guns and boom mikes . It is amazing that the media begins to talk of how finally here is a person of the people, who has descended from on high to walk the earth with mere humans
I was, as is often my wont, watching TV the other day, not really looking for inspiration or enlightenment, but sort of floating along in the hope of being entertained, when I came across this program called Undercover Boss on BBC Entertainment.
This is not a program as you may wrongly surmise from the title about the CEO of Victoria's Secret. This is about the czars or at the very least paid satraps of various enterprises who purportedly go incognito to meet their humble minions and see for them what happens, as you may say, in the belly of the beast. There they find hidden truths, real insights and the like which, in the wonderfully sugar coated world of television, transforms them and their companies. Care and nurture and sympathy then flows from every pixel of the screen.
I am usually sanguine about these things, believing as I do in the innate goodness of people with few exceptions. Vlad the Impaler springs to mind. (I am of course curious as to how these CEO's remain unidentified, given that there is a camera crew following them around. I presume there is a cover story for this undercover work, which is readily credible.)
But it is television after all, reality now passing for art.
This of course started me thinking. (Amazing how I can start thinking like this with such little to go on. Impressive!) I thought about ancient kings and apparently even queens who would descend from their palaces cloaked as commoners or disguised as mendicants and who would wander the streets and villages of their kingdom revealing themselves to no one, trying to measure the satisfaction index of their rule.
It is presumed that this resulted in a kinder more benevolent realm. One can't say for sure, since this was chronicled by fawning royal historians. In a sense this is like today's TV and you can't really be sure. But it is for sure that when Akbar wandered the alleyways of Old Delhi, he didn't announce it with sun-guns and boom mikes.
And now in my enchanted land, I see the Overcover Boss at work: The politician who says he will undertake a 'Padayatra', a journey on foot across the rural landscape of a federal state or two. He may or may not actually walk, and may be ferried by helicopter to convenient staging points.
Or there is the more flamboyant 'Rath Yatra' which has signifying nods to Royal Chariots, nay, even to the temple chariots of Jagannath from whence we derive the word juggernaut. So we have our versions of the Popemobile which are flamboyantly decorated campers that drive the politician from town to town, village to village where quote adoring unquote citizens come out in thousands to cheer and exhort their hero. This form of the 'boss' wandering his lands is always as the politician will tell you, issue based. As in, they have an issue with the other party and they would rather get the voters to duke it out than roll up their sleeves and fight it out like knights of yore.
We also have the heart-warming stories of the youth icon who sups with the lower caste villager, photo-op and all thrown in. I of course think why this would even be written about, if for example he had dined with a not low caste but equally poor villager. Or going further, in extremis, if he had dined with a non-poor, non-low caste person, me for example!
The answer is that it makes for good TV as Murdoch might say. We don't seem to realize that we only perpetuate the idiom of high and low caste by harping on their unfortunate accident of birth, economic circumstance becoming a secondary footnote.
Hey, but that's just me, being contrarian as usual.
The reason for all this al fresco dining is apparently so that one can truly understand the nature of what ails these people. (I could tell you all that in one word but I wouldn't make for good copy.) It is amazing that the media begins to talk of how finally, here is a person of the people, who has descended from on high to walk the earth with mere humans.
This too is reality TV.
In all fairness the youth icon is a darn sight better looking than half the TV stars.
So from the anonymous and concerned truth seeker to the well publicized vote seeker: what a journey we have made my countrymen?
We seek no truth about what the poor man is going through, beyond the advantage we perceive in its newsworthiness, or that we can use to cast aspersions at the others who also live in glass palaces of power.
If we really wanted to know what people thought of their so-called leaders, we might have considered the anonymity of modern day market research.
But we already know what people think of their 'bosses'. And most of it would be unprintable and eminently 'bleep able'.
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The TARDIS lands in 22nd century Africa in the shadow of a dormant volcano. Agri-teams are growing new foodstuffs in the baking soil to help feed the world's starving millions - but the Doctor and Rose have detected an alien signal somewhere close by. When a nightmare force starts surging along the dark volcanic tunnels, the Doctor realizes an ancient trap has been sprung. But who was it meant for? And what is the secret of the eerie statues that stand at the heart of the volcano? Dragged into a centuries-old conflict, Rose and the Doctor are soon elevating survival to an art form - as ancient, alien hands practice arts of destruction all around them...
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Scotland has a female First Minister, who competes in Holyrood with a female Leader of the Scottish Labour Party, as well as a female leader of the Scottish Conservatives. While this should be welcomed, we should not assume that the problem of women's under representation is solved for good, and instead look at what statutory measures could do to achieve lasting positive change, argue Meryl Kenny, Fiona MacKay, and Cera Murtagh.
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