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|Eugenio Biglieri, Osvaldo Pugliese
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|Esaote, S.P.A.
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This application claims priority under 35 U.S.C. �� 119 and/or 365 to IT SV2001A00017 filed in Italy on May 28, 2001; the entire content of which is hereby incorporated by reference.
1. Field of the Invention
The invention relates to a Nuclear Magnetic Resonance imaging apparatus.
2. Discussion of Related Art
In document U.S. Pat. No. 6,339,717 B1 a medical examination system, particularly a magnetic resonance imaging apparatus is disclosed showing the above described architecture. The apparatus has a host computer unit, a control computer unit and an image computer unit. The three computer units are integrated in a commercially obtainable personal computer that contains at least two of the said computers, preferably all three of the said computers. The integrated hardware architecture is further operated also by a commercially available operating system such as Windows� or other kinds of operating systems. Part of the hardware and specifically, the units for driving the apparatuses specific exciting and receiving units as well as the analog to digital and digital to analog converters for transforming the digital control signals in analog signals for controlling the driving units and for transforming the analog received data in digital data, are housed within the frame of the nuclear magnetic resonance apparatuses, while the conventional personal computer hardware is housed in a separated case or console. Thus U.S. Pat. No. 6,339,717 B1 teaches to separate the said personal computer hardware from the nuclear magnetic resonance excitation and receipt unit.
Although the use of commercial hardware in the form of personal computer already contributes to lower costs of the apparatuses, a considerable amount of hardware is reproduced in each machine. The computational power of each such personal computer hardware is not completely exploited by carrying out the control and processing functions of only one machine.
Furthermore, a particular kind of medical examining apparatuses, particularly of magnetic resonance imaging apparatuses, is getting more and more interesting for the user, due to its lower costs, to the reduced dimensions and to the more simple way to install it. Such apparatuses are the so called "Dedicated MRI" apparatuses which have magnetic structures which are relatively small and which are constructed for examination of only special anatomical districts of the entire body, such as the foot, the knee, the elbow, the head, the shoulder, the hand, etc.
Thus in a bigger medical cabinet or in a diagnostic department many of these specific apparatuses may be provided each one having its own hardware.
It is important in this case to reduce so far as possible costs and volume of the apparatuses.
It is an object of the present invention to provide for a medical examining apparatus, particularly for a magnetic resonance imaging apparatus, which construction helps in reducing the overall dimensions of the apparatus or the need of installation space for the apparatus and in reducing costs.
Furthermore it is another object of the present invention to provide a medical examination apparatus, particularly a magnetic resonance imaging apparatus, having an hardware architecture which facilitates the configuration and upgrade of the apparatus by limiting as far as possible the amount of hardware which needs to be substituted for configuration and upgrade.
The invention achieves the above mentioned aims by means of a nuclear resonance imaging apparatus, in which at least one part of the personal computer hardware is formed by a client and a server computer communicating one with the other by means of a conventional network protocols.
Many different configurations of the client-server architecture are possible which has different levels of advantage.
In one possible configuration, the client computer is mainly formed by a motherboard comprising a local CPU and only a network interface such as a conventional network card or network controller and the local client computer, this means the client computer associated to the exciting and receiving units of the magnetic resonance imaging apparatuses, only manages the communication with the server computer in which one all the hardware units and software reside which are necessary for controlling the driving units of the exciting and receiving units located in the machine frame of the exciting and receiving units themselves, for processing the received data obtaining from them the image data, for displaying, filing, storing the said image data, and for receiving and processing the commands inputted by the machine operators and also for managing the network communication.
Since network protocols allow a wide sharing of peripherals directly connected with the client and or the server computer, some of the peripherals may be connected directly only to the client computer or to the hardware computer.
Other peripherals may be connected or interfaced directly with both computers depending on the level of hardware doubling requested by the operators for facilitating their job.
In any case, transferring most of the controlling and processing tasks to a server computer reduces the hardware needed for configuring the client computer which must in this case carry out local minor or limited tasks.
For example, the display monitor or input devices must be provided for the client computer and for the server computer. This hardware doubling might be also chosen for other peripherals such as mass storage devices and/or portable data devices writer or readers such as floppy disk drives, CD-rom or CD-writable or rewritable, DVD-ROM or DVD writable or rewritable drives or other kind of storage device readers and writers such as compact flash, PCMCIA memory stick readers and writers, or the like.
The client computer may have also a hard disk unit or other kind of memory unit for storing the communication protocols and control software and the operating system as well as the software for carrying out limited local tasks.
It is to be appreciated that the client computer in any case needs a reduced computational power, limited hard disk or memory for the local software and a reduced RAM as the server computer. Thus also if many of the peripherals are provided in the configuration of the client local computer as well as in the configuration of the server computer costs of the client computer will be considerably lower than the costs of the server computer.
It is also to be considered that in case of use of only one apparatus, the client computer might be very simply configured as the server computer so that no client computer will be necessary since more than one apparatuses are provided are provided.
In case of use of two or more apparatuses, the client server architecture however allows to reduce costs for hardware, and software because the second apparatus will need only to be equipped with the client computer, while it will be put in communication with the server computer of the first apparatus.
Thus a second, a third and further apparatuses may be added very simply to the network by simply providing the server computer with a switch or a hub having the requested number of ports which are needed.
Each one of the apparatuses connected to the server may be differently configured relating to their client computer and the different peripherals of the different client computer configurations may be or not shared by each or part of the apparatuses connected to the network.
Relating to the above mentioned possibility it is to be noticed that the above described client/server architecture may be in any case also used in any kind of medical examination device. So also examination devices of different kind such as ultrasound, radiographic or similar apparatuses may be connected to the network, thereby sparing resources also for this kind of apparatuses. In this case the server computer must be provided also with the controlling, processing and displaying programs for each different kind of apparatus connected to the network.
It is always possible to decide how far controlling, processing and displaying or storing tasks of the apparatuses connected to the network has to be integrated in the server computer.
Furthermore the client/server architecture allows differentiation of different diagnostic divisions by defining the common server of the apparatuses of one division as local server and by connecting this server to a further network controlled by a central server or framework computer which then collects information from the different local servers. This allows better cooperation of the different diagnostic divisions relating to identifying and collecting information of a patient and also easier upgrades of the apparatuses of the different divisions which may be carried out centrally, for example when a software upgrade or other similar jobs have to be carried out.
It is also to be stressed out that the client computer needing a reduced hardware amount will show also smaller dimensions and that it might be integrated very simply in the frame or case supporting the exciting and receiving units or in devices associated therewith such as in the frame of an examination table or chair, or the like.
Also the apparatus dedicated monitor and/or input device and/or storing device might be provided in a very small console which might be associated very easily to the frame of the exciting and receiving unit or to the examination chair or table.
The above architecture allow simply to use the same host computer combined with the specific programs to control more than one imaging apparatus.
The client computer associated to the apparatuses resident exciting and receiving units as well as to the apparatuses resident specific hardware units for driving the said exciting and receiving unit may be configured in different manners so to provide integration with more peripherals which might be chosen to be added to the MRI apparatus, such as a video cards for driving a local monitor and/or interfaces for driving mass storage devices as floppy disk drives, CD-ROM or CD writable or rewritable drives or the like.
The host computer might be configured as a server having a switch or hub for connecting more than only one apparatus and might be provided with the image reconstruction software, with the software for controlling the driver units of signal excitation and receiving units according to different kinds of imaging methods known.
The host computer might be itself a regional server which is a client of a central server of a server controlling a network formed by more than one regional server each one controlling one or more than one MRI apparatuses.
The above mentioned architecture also allows to use the same regional server to control different kinds of imaging apparatuses having also a client computer as local control unit, such as for example X-ray imaging apparatuses, ultrasound imaging apparatuses etc.
According to a further improvement of the hardware architecture of the present invention, there is provided a communication bus which is a backbone of the driving unit or units of the excitation and receiving unit or units and of the associated local computer and each driving unit and each unit of the client computer is made in the form of one or more electronic cards each one having an input/output interface with the communication bus, while the input data and output data exchanged between the single electronic cards is coded according to a common data coding protocols.
By providing each unit and/or each electronic card forming a unit with its communication interface for the specific communication bus in use, the single units of the apparatus may be added or removed very easily.
Therefore, the apparatuses may be configured in a very easy and inexpensive manner, not only relative to the components of the client computer and to its interface with the driving units of the exciting and receiving units but also relative to each of the said driving units which has to be specifically designed and constructed for the specific exciting and receiving units. Thus thanks to the above mentioned architecture it is possible to remove, add and substitute electronic cards for upgrading, integrating or repair purposes. It is also possible to define a basic hardware configuration which is required for the proper operation of the apparatus relating to its basic functions by leaving open the possibility to upgrade the configuration of the apparatus at any time when needed with additional units or cards for executing further functions.
It is also possible to simply upgrade older dedicated hardware, such as the magnetic coils feeding units and/or the driving units of the receiving coils and/or further hardware needed for driving temperature probes or further control and survey functions by simply removing the older electronic cards and substituting them with the newer ones.
Such open architecture of the specific hardware for driving the exciting and receiving units and the client computer hardware has further advantages since it gives a better possibility to carry out diagnostic hardware tests through the server computer or by means of diagnostic systems which may be interfaced with the communication bus for collecting and analyzing the hardware. The diagnostic procedures allows unequivocal addressing of each electronic card, since the communication bus requests for each card connected therewith have a precise and univocally recognizable address.
In more detail, in their basic configuration the driving units of the exciting and receiving units may include, a central image data supervision, pre-processing and reconstruction unit, which controls a control and capture unit as well as a thermal and magnetic control unit, and a receiver unit.
All these sub-units of the driving unit are provided with communication devices and are connected to one other and to the client computer and its peripherals and through the said client computer to the server computer and its peripherals by using the same bus or the same communication lines.
As a further improvement, the use of a console consisting of a client computer and a server computer formed by a conventional personal computer with appropriate functions, allows the use of peripheral devices for command entry, display, print, storage and communication with conventional networks, such as keyboards, monitors, modems, or network adapters, printers, etc.
Furthermore, it is also advantageously possible to adapt currently enhanced video-game peripherals to diagnostic use, the apparatus, or at least some functions thereof being easily controllable, for instance by a joystick or a game pad, which allows to enter commands in a more immediate and intuitive manner.
The architecture of the hardware according to the invention allows easy implementation of the different operating modes of an imaging apparatus of whichever kind by simply loading the corresponding software in the server computer and/or in the client computer. The different modes within the same kind of apparatus often do not require the physical presence of dedicated electronics, the latter being replaced by control software packages. When a different examination apparatus has to be considered, then it is necessary to provide only a very limited part of the entire hardware that has to be replaced with the specific hardware designed for driving the specific examination and receiving units. Hence, for instance, a unique server console can be used both for control and image display through different apparatuses, by simply loading the software required for the specific apparatus. Moreover, any improvement, e.g. for MRI machines, the implementation of new or different imaging sequences, may be simply obtained by loading the corresponding software into the server computer memory and, if needed, by replacing and/or adding cards or parts of the electronics or sub-units of the unit for driving the signal exciting and receiving unit. The server computer will then be operated in order to communicate the new sequences to be applied in one or more or all the apparatuses connected to the server computer by means of their client computer.
The considerable advantages in terms of flexibility, easy maintenance and upgrade, cost savings and fast construction, which may be achieved by the arrangements of the present invention are apparent from the above description.
The characteristics of the invention and the advantages derived there from will appear more clearly from the following description of a non limiting embodiment, illustrated in the annexed drawings, in which:
FIG. 1 is a schematic view of an embodiment of a Nuclear Magnetic Resonance imaging apparatus according to the invention.
FIG. 2 shows a more detailed block diagram of the apparatus of FIG. 1.
FIG. 3 shows a block diagram of a variant embodiment of the apparatus of FIGS. 1 and 2 in which the client computer system has a different configuration.
With reference to FIG. 1, a Nuclear Magnetic Resonance imaging machine comprises a signal exciting and receiving unit consisting of a magnetic unit 1. The magnetic unit includes permanent or resistive or superconducting magnets for generating a static field inside a cavity 101 which is designed to receive the patient body or a part thereof, particularly a limited anatomic region, such as a leg, an arm, the head, etc.
As is generally known, different coils are associated to the static field generating magnet, including:
excitation coils, for exciting nuclear spins;
magnetic gradient generating coils, for selecting the section plane along which imaging has to be performed, for encoding nuclear spins to univocally identify the signals transmitted at a predetermined space position and univocally assign the received data to a predetermined pixel of a pixel matrix which forms the displayed image;
receiving coils, for receiving magnetic resonance echoes.
Also, other means are provided, such as temperature control sensors and/or means for heat increase or generation and means for heat dissipation, which are designed to set and maintain a predetermined operating temperature, etc.
All the above elements are well-known and widely used in Nuclear Magnetic Resonance imaging machines of any type and size, both for total body machines, i.e. those designed to accommodate the whole patient body or a substantial part thereof, and for dedicated machines, i.e. those adapted to only accommodate specific limbs or limited parts or regions of the patient body. The geometry of the magnetic structure, i.e. of the cavity for accommodating the body under examination or the part thereof may also be of any type, and particularly either of the open C- or U-shaped type, or consisting of two poles separated by columns, or of the annular, closed type.
The machine shown in the Figures has a closed, i.e. annular magnetic structure and the cavity is only open at the two end sides transverse to the axis, but the invention is intended not to be limited to apparatuses having only this kind of magnetic structure.
A patient table or seat, which may have any construction and is denoted with numeral 2, is generally associated to the magnetic unit. Particularly, the patient table or seat 2 may have a structure adapted to form closable housing compartments, as is schematically shown in FIG. 1.
The magnetic unit or structure, with the components listed above, is associated to control, monitoring and processing units, which have the function to control and adjust the various components of the magnetic structure and to receive and process echo signals to extract there from all data useful for the reconstruction thereof into an image formed by an array of light image dots, the so-called pixels, whose brightness and/or color are univocally related to the received data and whose position is related to the position, within the body part under examination, wherefrom the echo signal was transmitted.
Particularly, and as a rule, an electronic unit 3 for driving the signal exciting and receiving devices, a unit 4 for entering commands to the signal exciting and receiving unit, a display and image processing unit 5 and a filing and storage unit 6 are associated to the magnetic unit.
The unit 3 for driving the signal exciting and receiving devices is contained in the case of the magnetic unit 1 and/or possibly also at least partly contained within the structure of the patient table 2, in one part thereof 202, for instance a support column, having the form of an switchboard.
The units for entering commands 4 to the signal exciting and receiving units, for display and image processing 5 and for filing and storage 6 are included, partly as hardware peripherals and partly as software programs, in a traditional personal computer indicated as server PC in FIG. 1.
The communication between the unit 3, contained in the case of the magnetic unit and/or in the structure of the patient table, with the units 4, 5, 6 of the control console provided by the server personal computer is obtained by means of a communication network denoted with numeral 7. The network 7 connects the server computer with a client computer 30 which is associated to the driver units 3 and also contained in the case of the magnetic unit 1 and/or possibly also at least partly contained within the structure of the patient table 2, in one part thereof 202, for instance a support column, having the form of an switchboard.
The communication bus may be of any type, e.g. a conventional communication bus of the Ethernet type, of the SCSI or USB type or of any other type, which allows multiplex communication among several units.
Once the type of bus to be used is selected, the implementation of interfaces with the bus 7 on the individual units 3, 4, 5, 6 is well-known in the art.
FIG. 2 shows in greater detail what has been generally described with reference to FIG. 1.
The magnetic unit 1 includes several components, as shown in the figure, that is, in addition to static field generating magnets, temperature sensors 10, heating and/or cooling means 11, at least one bucking coil 12, at least one transmission or excitation coil 13, one or more gradient coils 14, tuning means 15 and at least one receiving coil 16, as well as one or more magnetic field sensors 17.
The temperature sensors and the heating and/or cooling means are controlled by a temperature control unit 110 which includes means for reading the signals of the sensors 10 and means for supplying the heaters and/or coolers 11, which are controlled by a thermal control unit 210 based on the actual detected temperature and on the comparison thereof with the preset nominal values.
The thermal and magnetic control unit also controls the bucking coil 13 to correct the static magnetic field with reference to the variations induced therein by external magnetic fields and based on the actual field values detected by the magnetic field sensors 17. A supervision, pre-processing and reconstruction unit 130 controls a data capture and control unit 230 which in turn controls the amplifiers 330 and 430 for the signals provided to the transmission or excitation coil 13 and to the gradient coil/s 14 respectively.
A receiver unit 150 is responsible for tuning 15 the receiving coil 16 and identifying the receiving coil 16, as well as for receiving the data collected by said receiving coil 16.
These units are all contained wholly or at least partly inside the case of the magnetic unit 1, and/or wholly or at least partly in a closable compartment of the structure of the patient table 2.
The supervision, pre-processing and reconstruction unit 130, the control and data capture unit 230, the thermal and magnetic control unit 110 and the receiver unit 150 communicate with one another and/or with other units by means of a bus 7′. In order to allow this communication each unit or electronic circuit card or board has its own Input/output on board controller which is suitable for communicating through the chosen bus 7′.
More particularly, these units communicate with the CPU 18 of a conventional personal computer, having conventional peripherals, according to the desired or required quantity and type.
The display and command entry peripherals denoted with numerals 118, 218, 318, as well as a mass memory for filing and a memory for the specific image processing and display software, collectively denoted with numeral 418 are connected to the CPU 18. The CPU 18 may also communicate by means of a network communication controller 107 such as a LAN or ETHERNET card with a local communication network 7, such as a LAN network or an Intranet or Internet network, or a network of any other suitable type. The Server Personal Computer indicated by Server PC in FIG. 1 communicates with the client computer by means of the network 7. The network 7 is also connected with a modem unit 19, which allows connection to a local network and/or to other machines connected to the local network via a telephone line. This redundancy, besides allowing communication with local networks in other locations, is also an alternative method for connection with the local LAN network, in case of temporary communications problems of the network interfaces.
As it is apparent from the above description, the communication network is not only provided between the client and server Personal computers but it is extended also inside the driver units 3, thereby providing the greatest configuration and operation freedom as well as allowing the addition of functional units with new functions and/or the replacement of old type units with more modern units. Replacement operations, both for upgrading and repairing purposes are apparently easy. As long as signals are encoded consistently with the bus in use, any unit may be connected to the communication bus 7′ and is able to exchange data and commands with the other units.
The construction of the apparatus according to the invention also allows additional configurations, which might be highly advantageous in terms both of cost effectiveness and of organization and management. In fact, the connection of various units through a conventional data bus allows the control of several apparatuses, even of different types, from a single location or from a limited number of locations.
A system may be also provided which comprises several machines organized in groups, each having a single dedicated client personal computer in the form of a conventional computer, each conventional client computer being connected to a server Personal Computer via a network. In this case, the server computer may contain many different programs for controlling image acquisition and/or processing and reconstruction procedures, e.g. a database of Nuclear Magnetic Resonance imaging sequences, a database of signal filtering and/or processing procedures aimed at modulating the definition and/or the contrast and/or the signal-to-noise ratio and/or the imaging times, whereas the client computers may access the server databases to extract programs and/or image acquisition and/or processing procedures from said databases.
By this arrangement, client computers may be configured in a more inexpensive manner, especially as regards memories and graphic sections. Also, limited-quality means, e.g. monitors or printers, may be provided locally, while higher-quality means are associated to the server. This provides considerable resource savings, and allows, for instance to purchase higher-quality monitors and/or other display means, such as printers or the like.
A configuration example of a machine according to the invention, fit for this configuration, is shown in FIG. 3. Same functions or means in this figure are denoted with same numerals. As is evident from the comparison with FIG. 2, the units that are expressly dedicated to the control of the magnetic unit and to the reception of echo signals, as well as to signal processing to extract image data are identical to those described with reference to FIG. 2.
However, unlike the previous example, the apparatus has no dedicated peripheral, but includes a local CPU unit which controls the communications between the internal bus 7′ and the communication bus, e.g. a LAN network or the like 7, which CPU is denoted with numeral 20 forming a basic minimum configuration of the client computer resident in the frame of the apparatus. A modem 21 may be also provided to allow communication via telephone lines.
The local CPU 20, whereto local memories may be associated, has the only task to access a local server computer via the LAN network, which local server computer integrates the units as described in FIG. 2 and is designed to control several machines. As mentioned above, the local server computer may in turn be a client computer of another server computer for generally controlling several local server computers and therewith several groups of apparatuses which may be used for example in different divisions of an hospital or the like.
The presence of an internal controlling CPU 20 does not cause a real cost increase, both due to the comparatively little cost of CPUs and to the fact that this configuration allows to reduce the number of computers dedicated to the control of machines. In this basic minimum configuration of the client computer the computational power requested is very limited since the local CPU 20 has the only task to control the communications between the specific driver units 210, 230, 130, 150 and the server computer.
Moreover, the local CPU may be used to also control local peripherals, such as storage, display, print and control entry means as it is illustrated and described with reference to FIG. 2.
It shall be noted that the presence of a local CPU 20 does not even hinder the possibly desired provision of one or more apparatuses having a dedicated console.
Referring to the Figures, an additional advantageous characteristic of the invention may be noted. Dedicated apparatuses must be often provided with external supports for limbs or parts of limbs which are not to be received in the cavity or imaging space. For example, if a knee has to be imaged, the other leg of the patient should remain out of the magnetic structure 1. In order to allow the patient to take a comfortable position, the magnetic unit case has side extensions 201 which act as cabinets for housing the units mounted within the case of the magnetic unit and at the same time as supports for the limbs that are not housed in the imaging space. Therefore, the need to create a space for accommodating the electronic units which are permanently associated to the magnetic structure are combined with the needs to create external supports for the magnetic structure itself, wherefore the possible size increase caused by the invention is anyway compensated for by the use thereof as support elements.
The invention is not limited to the configurations of Nuclear Magnetic Resonance imaging apparatuses as shown and illustrated herein, but is also applicable to any type of apparatus, both in the specific field of non invasive imaging, i.e. ultrasound, x-ray imaging, or the like, and in other fields like the detection of physiological or analytical parameters. In this case, the architecture provided by the invention is particularly advantageous because it allows easy data collection and exchange among the different apparatuses, as well as the central control thereof.
Further, with specific reference to Nuclear Magnetic Resonance imaging apparatuses, the invention is not limited to the configurations of the units associated to the magnetic unit as shown and described herein. All the above without departure from the guiding principle disclosed above and claimed below.
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Richard Gladwell, Sail-World NZ's Editor comments: The motion filed by SNG depends on the use of the word 'keel yacht' in the opening paragraph of the Notice of Challenge, and asks the Court to accept SNG's assumption that such a boat can only be a monohull. The certificate goes on to advise of the draft of the boat with centreboards raised and with centreboards down. It should be noted that with this size of multihull (which a boat 90ft x 90ft can only really be) that it is common practice to include some ballast in the centreboards to ensure that they have more than neutral bouyancy. Other yachts all use varying combinations of crew, ballast and form stability to provide righting moment, and it is difficult to believe that SNG are serious in their assumption that a boat of this size would be expected to have no external ballast, or be of a single hull, or that the dimensions of the smaller hulls are relevant from the perspective of designing a suitable opponent.
The relevant section of the Deed of Gift states:
'Accompanying the ten months' notice of challenge there must be sent the name of the owner and a certificate of the name, rig and following dimensions of the challenging vessel, namely, length on load water-line; beam at load water-line and extreme beam; and draught of water; which dimensions shall not be exceeded; and a custom-house registry of the vessel must also be sent as soon as possible. Center-board or sliding keel vessels shall always be allowed to compete in any race for this Cup, and no restriction nor limitation whatever shall be placed upon the use of such center-board or sliding keel, nor shall the centerboard or sliding keel be considered a part of the vessel for any purposes of measurement.'
There is no requirement for the Challenger to give a general description of the vessel with which they intend to challenge. In fact if this were the case there would always the be opportunity for the Defender to argue that their general description was in some way misleading, even though all the measurement requirements of the Deed of Gift had been met.
Further the Deed clearly contemplates the use of sliding keels, as used by the AC90 class, but a sliding keel could also be used by the GGYC Challenger. Does this make it a keel yacht?
The Mercury Bay decision also makes it very clear that the 'Four corners of the Deed' must apply when there is no ambiguity. In this case there is no ambiguity, as the measurements required under the Deed of Gift, have been supplied.
The Deed of Gift is consistent in that it talks of vessel(s). And, whether the Challenger or Defender is of one hull or many, it is still a vessel - as is a hydrofoil.
Further if the Mercury Bay decision is applied (as it must be) then the Defender is entitled to respond with any boat type it pleases. Thus if GGYC stated they were challenging with a keel yacht, SNG is under no responsibility to respond with the same type of boat - and would be quite entitled, under the Mercury Bay decision to respond with a catamaran, trimaran or hydrofoil.
Much of the SNG view is predicated on the assertion that a 'keel yacht' is really a 'keelboat' as used to categorise recognised and international classes by ISAF in terms of administration. There is no definition of a keelboat in the ISAF Regulations, and the purpose of the designation is to define various groupings and for administrative processes, such as the required geographic spread of the classes to maintain their world championship status, for instance, or use as Olympic equipment in say a keelboat event. Interestingly in the space of one paragraph in the affidavit, SNG's Fred Meyer works from the use of 'keel yacht' to 'keel-boat' to 'keelboat'.
The decision of the Appellate Division of the New York Supreme Court in the case known as Mercury Bay can be read by http://www.nycourts.gov/history/cases/mercury_sandiego.htm!by_clicking_here


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Have you ever heard of the term Internetainer? Even if you haven't, you've certainly followed a number of YouTubers in the past few years. In the new age of YouTube, there's a new type of influencer – the internetainer! While the world's largest video social network has proven itself an outstanding platform to create these internetainers, it seems that their true (financial and long-term) success doesn't lie (just) on YouTube.
We're starting with Internetainers or, in English – people who are making a living off entertaining you on the Internet, specifically YouTube. There are definitely "internetainers" on various other social media sites, but most of the most famous Internetainers are still YouTubers: with all sorts of different shows and channels, spanning from gaming to movie reviews.
The word Internetainer was first coined by a pair of Youtubers, Rhett and Link, who defined themselves as Internetainers. They're most known for their online viral videos and their daily morning talk show called Good Mythical Morning. They also have their own series called Buddy System that you can access through YouTube Red.
Well, if you don't count the YouTube channels of celebrities such as Justin Bieber or Rihanna, a quick glance at the list of the most-followed Youtubers shines some interesting light on the topic. Felix Kjellberg (PewDiePie), has more than 50 million subscribers to his YouTube channel, which goes to show that YouTube is serious business and not just a platform reserved for cat videos.
During just the writing of this article, pewdiepie's subscriber number rose by a couple thousand people. My editor (who insisted on correcting the number each time he looked at the article) was not internetained!
To put the reasoning of the "YouTube business" into perspective, let's look at a few statistics, courtesy of YouTube's official Press room:
The "business" of YouTube goes so far as to make the Youtubers famous with very large audiences. Smosh was named the most influential celebrity among teens in 2014., ahead of Jennifer Lawrence and Katy Perry. So when somebody tells you that YouTube can't get you anywhere, tell them that YouTube is more popular than movie stars and singers. Kids already know that.
Jeetendr Sehdev, a professor at the University of Southern California, says that brands want to cooperate with YouTube stars because they are "off script and on point". That's why YouTube influencers are extremely sought-after by brands such as Nike, who partnered with YouTuber Casey Neistat to make a video for their #makeitcount campaign. It has more than 23 million views.
The reasoning behind the success of YouTube influencers can be boiled down to a few simple things:
Getting to where they are now wasn't easy for the biggest YouTube stars. It took a lot of time and effort to get to large numbers of subscribers, which can be best seen in the example of Smosh, one of the biggest YouTube channels today.
Smosh started their YouTube life in 2005, with videos of lip-synching to cartoon and video game theme songs. Their breakthrough video was a lip-synching of the theme song for the Pokemon anime. It got them more than 20 million views and was the most-viewed YouTube video for quite a while.
Smosh was later featured in the Time Magazine Person of the Year: You issue, and continued to grow and diversify in the following years. Recently, Smosh made their own sitcom, and have even launched the Smosh Games Alliance, a multi-channel network for fans.
Most of the well-known YouTube channels have diversified and grown through the years, with most channels actually supporting other, smaller channels that are used to upload different kinds of videos. The most prominent Youtuber, PewDiePie, even deleted his second channel some time ago, but will surely be back with another "backup" channel.
Germán Alejandro Garmendia Aranis, a Chilean Youtuber who has two channels with over 10 million subscribers, is a good example of diversification on YouTube, as well as Shane Dawson and a lot of other Youtubers. But the reasoning behind this is best seen on the example of Philip DeFranco.
These secondary channels allow the YouTubers to create different things that aren't directly tied to their main channel, but rather allow them to stay on YouTube and also make videos about other things that interest them.
As the brands turn to influencers more and more, it's important that the cooperation between the two sides remains beneficial for both parties. A recent study by Schlesinger Associates found that 84% of marketing professionals will launch at least one influencer marketing campaign in the next year, and 81% of marketers who had previously executed influencer marketing campaigns agreed influencer engagement is highly effective.
The way influencers earn money from these campaigns? They use a tool designed for that specific purpose.
Of course, it's not that simple, but a tool called Social BlueBook can calculate the price you should charge if you're an influencer, and it takes into consideration both the subscriber count and the average views per video so that you can name a fair price.
Another way for influencers to gain money is to simply put ads inside their videos and promote products, but that is getting extremely difficult with the dawn of advanced ad blocking software. As great as that is for the end user, it's taking money right out of the Youtuber's pockets, so they often need to resort to product placement, reviews, and Patreon.
Being the newest thing in YouTube and influencer marketing in general, Patreon is a great way to get paid, by simply accepting donations from your viewers. This way, your videos are crowdfunded, so you don't have to put ads on them (but why wouldn't you?), and you can focus more on the content you create. It's also the most "democratic" way because the community funds you because you create content that they like.
When it comes to other social media, it's safe to say that the Youtubers that produce mainly video content are mostly followed on YouTube, with Facebook, Twitter and Instagram serving as a way to divert more traffic to their "main" channel, with sources claiming that sharing YouTube videos on Facebook helps you boost your YouTube views.
Aside from ads, YouTube is starting to get really successful with their YouTube Red platform, successfully eclipsing CBS All Access, Dish's Sling TV, and Sony's Playstation Vue platforms. This means that YouTube Red is outpacing every other pay-to-watch platform launched recently.
YouTube Red is designed specifically to allow you to browse YouTube without ads on most platforms, such as Chromecast and Android TV. You can also download videos, and get access to a lot of original shows based mostly on the Youtubers and the things they produce.
This raises another interesting question, though: is YouTube Red a threat to independent Youtubers?
However, it's not all great news for YouTube. With its immense popularity comes great responsibility, and YouTubers have seen their videos shape how the world looks at itself.
However, relying on YouTube doesn't always mean financial stability.
There's also the disconnect between internet fame and finances. Simply said: followers and subscribers don't guarantee money. For example, Jack Conte, a musician, at one point had around 4 million views per video but still struggled to earn more than $400 per video.
The second example is the one of Brittany Ashley, an actress made famous by Buzzfeed's four YouTube channels, resulting in millions of views. The thing is, those views didn't pay her bills, and she still had to wait tables to be able to live a normal life.
With the news of other platforms such as Medium layoffs and office shutdowns and Vine shutting down completely, could YouTube also face similar problems?
In short: probably not. You see, even though Medium and Vine are facing hardships, and it's easy to find articles that note that YouTube "is dying", it's hard to see YouTube going away. What is more likely, is a refresh or a switch in the content that is being made and produced.
It was exciting to vlog years ago because it was new, but now it's pretty commonplace. Likewise, finding gaming streams used to be hard, and they're everywhere now. It's not that the platform has any danger of disappearing, but a shift in the way content is produced and published could happen.
Video-focused websites have become the hubs for their creators' content, such as Smosh, a video-first platform from the creators of the Smosh YouTube channel.
And it's not just Smosh.
Every financially successful YouTube star has a "home" on the web, from Smosh to PewDiePie. It's where they aggregate the content related to them and sort them out under one big name – their brand name. These platforms, which we'll go into more in upcoming articles, let creators stay financially independent while using the reach of billions of viewers that YouTube gives them.
Part 2 of the "Internetainers" series on the .Me blog will go into the real life examples and strategies of how YouTubers are leveraging their own platforms in order to boost their long term success!
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Fortgens family
Fortgens was a Mennonite family, first living at Emmerich, Germany, from where a number of members migrated to Amsterdam, among them Jacob (?) Fortgens, father of the well-known Zonist preacher Michiel Fortgens. Abraham Fortgens was a Mennonite deacon of Emmerich about 1690. His son Isack, born 1685 at Emmerich, died ca. 1751 at Amsterdam, moved to Amsterdam and served the Zonist congregation as a deacon 1715-1720 and 1728-1735; Catherina, daughter of Isack, in 1731 married Abraham Fock, a Mennonite emigrant from Danzig. Some members of this family joined the Zonist congregation and are often found as deacons until the end of the 18th century; others joined the Amsterdam Lamist congregation.
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Zijpp, Nanne van der. "Fortgens family." Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. 1956. Web. 28 Jul 2017. http://gameo.org/index.php?title=Fortgens_family&oldid=120597.
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Zijpp, Nanne van der. (1956). Fortgens family. Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. Retrieved 28 July 2017, from http://gameo.org/index.php?title=Fortgens_family&oldid=120597.
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Xiaomi has launched the new Mi Note- a 5.7" phablet dubbed to be its next flagship, taking on the iPhone 6 Plus in size and performance at nearly half the price.
Weighing at 161 grams, the Mi Note sports a curved glass front and rear that carries a 13MP rear camera and a 4MP front camera. The rear camera, Xiaomi claims, has a technology patent as well as optimal image stabilization capability. At the same time, Xiaomi has included a 4MP sensor with 2µm pixel size in the front camera to accentuate 'selfies' and close ups.
Xiaomi, however, has invested well in performance and speed too. Carrying a Qualcomm Snapdragon 810 octa-core processor, the Mi Note has a 4GB RAM and a 1080p display. The 3000 mAH battery promises long hours of browsing and calling time. Given the size and internal specs, the Mi Note seems to be the first phone from Xiaomi to merit the 'phablet' tab.
Releasing in China for sale on the 27th, the Mi Note will be priced at £350 on unlocked versions.
Xiaomi believes that the size and performance should catch the attention of users who could enjoy a phone similar to the iPhone 6 Plus at a much lesser price. User reviews of the new phablet should start trickling in from February.
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Drivetime Tuesday 21 May 2013
Mary Wilson presents an information packed evening news magazine with all the stories of the day
RTE's Richard Downes reports from the devastated suburb of Oklahoma City after a 200mph tornado ripped through it.
Mike Sanders, Morning News Anchor with KTOK News Radio, Oklahoma City brought us a detailed report on the tornado chaos and death toll.
The Oireachtas Health Committee held its third and final day of hearings into the abortion legislation, and it was the turn of lawyers to make submissions and take the questions of TDs and Senators. Fergal Keane reported.
In her poilitical column this week Olivia O'Leary explores one of the great truths of politics...
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MS Bremen
In operation since 1993, MS Bremen is a similar vessel to MS Hanseatic – built and loved for giving passengers the chance to cruise to some of the unspoiled landscapes the world has to offer, from Antarctic to the Amazon.
One of the great things about sailing with Hapag Lloyd Cruises is the way in which cruisers are encouraged to discover more about the destinations they are visiting by way of onboard cruise experts and information sessions - and choosing a cruise on the MS Bremen is no exception. These fantastic lectures and discussion groups really open up a whole new side to cruising, allowing you to get closer to every port of call before you step foot on solid ground.
Of course, there's always plenty of time for relaxation and the MS Bremen is equally well-equipped, from the Panorama Lounge to the Beauty Parlour you'll always find something to help you recover from yet another exciting day at sea.
MS BREMEN Accommodation
Outside Cabins include:
- 2 large single beds (can convert into a queen size)
- Seating area
- Mini-bar
- TV/radio
- Telephone
- Wardrobe
- Air conditioning
- Bathroom w/shower
- Safe
Suites also include:
- Separate living area
- Bathroom w/shower and bath
- Private Balcony
- Flat screen television
MS BREMEN Dining Options
The Main Dining Room: Excellent food served expertly prepared and served. The menu options are varied, with dinner including a choice of two starters, soups, two main courses and a choice of three desserts. As you would expect, there is also a vegetarian option.
The Club: A more informal option serving grilled food such as hamburgers and sausages.
MS BREMEN Entertainment
Similar to the offerings on the MS Hanseatic, the entertainment onboard the MS Bremen is relatively low-key, with the overall focus being on discussions and lectures regarding the ports of call you will be visiting on your cruise.
MS BREMEN Facilities
- Library
- Outdoor swimming pool
- Fitness centre
- Sauna
- Lecture & film room.
MS Bremen Cruises
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At 6 months my daughter was given lightly steamed sweet potatoes..
to pick up and nibble/gum. I tried to go the "baby-led weaning" whenever possible. She was food that age appropriate, but not pureed. And although my mother encouraged serving baby cereal, I gently resisted after the first or second time. Nutritionally useless garbage that it is; I'd rather give baby some sliced banana or avocado rolled in wheat germ (makes it easier to handle). Baby- led weaning reminds you "Food before one is just for fun."
I do not know much about baby led weaning ... but this sounds like a great way to do it!
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MOC Products Company, a provider of innovative products and technology solutions to the new-car dealership industry, has announced the release of its Ecotrac line of GPS-based tracking and stolen-vehicle recovery ('SVR') products. Based on GPS tracking technology and products provided by CalAmp, the Ecotrac ECO3000 offers a complete vehicle tracking and monitoring solution for new and used cars, trucks and recreational vehicles. ECO3000 has a variety of applications, including personal/teen car tracking, vehicle maintenance, fleet, law enforcement and public works.
Based on CalAmp's super-sensitive GPS tracker technology and hosted web-based application software, the ECO3000 can accurately determine the location of a vehicle in most garages, parking structures, canyons and areas too difficult for other devices. Easily managed by anyone with internet access, the Ecotrac website enables real-time control and remote location information needed for users to make quick, informed decisions about their vehicles. With internal antennas and a quick-connect harness, the device can easily be installed in a covert location in minutes, leaving no indication to thieves that a vehicle is protected. Additional features and benefits include:
* All system features and information can be viewed and controlled by the user via the Internet. Unlike other SVR systems, users are not forced to rely on a third party to track their vehicle.
* View vehicle location online at any time via detailed maps and satellite views. Details include direction, street address and speed
* Speed, Movement and 'Geofence' Alerts allow users to set limits on how and where a vehicle is driven, and receive notifications if a breach occurs
* The ability to control existing vehicle electronic systems such as door locks and starter interrupt
* The flexibility to set, view or change settings by phone or online
* The convenience of receiving notifications via email, text message or phone whenever an alert is triggered. Unlike some other SVR systems, Ecotrac® does not require a user to visually determine if their vehicle has been moved
* The ability to schedule actions in the future with an easy-to-use scheduling feature
* Complete coverage in the US and most areas in Mexico and Canada. Coverage is not limited to certain cities or states as is the case with other SVR systems
* Over-the-air programmable and upgradeable
* Internal antenna design helps prevent tampering with signals or the device which is possible with systems that utilize external antennas
Ecotrac products will initially be sold to consumers through new and used car dealerships in the US, Canada and Mexico. The ECO3000 Tracking Unit will be available for purchase starting today, June 1, 2009. The sale price will include all hardware, the first year of activation and 250 'credits' for system usage. Renewal plans and additional credits can be purchased online when needed.
'Ecotrac offers features, capability and technology that far surpass those of SRV and tracking systems currently being sold to consumers,' said Eric Berg, MOC's VP of Operations. 'MOC believes that car buyers will embrace Ecotrac's easy-to-use features and find them useful, not only for periodic vehicle tracking but, many day-to-day needs. The consumer and business applications are endless. Whether you're a parent needing to monitor your teenager's driving habits or a fleet manager ensuring your delivery truck is on schedule, Ecotrac has the answer.'
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Suspended Board president Thilanga Sumathipala ordered the closure of the organisation's Colombo headquarters and sent all employees home as he started a legal tussle with sports minister Jeevan Kumaratunga.
Chief executive Duleep Mendis was instructed to stop all correspondence on behalf of SLC and extra security guards have been employed to prevent any of the government's six-man interim committee from entering the premises.
The suspended committee also issued a statement clarifying its position and arguing that attempts were being made to "illegally" take over the headquarters.
"We wish to draw everyone's attention to the fact that under the law neither the minister nor the secretary to the ministry nor any member of an interim committee is empowered to enter into or takeover any immovable property belonging to Sri Lanka Cricket," said the statement.
"Sri Lanka Cricket also wishes to keep all persons informed that the interim committee appointed by the minister is a separate and distinct entity from Sri Lanka Cricket and has no legal authority whatsoever to act in the name of or on behalf of Sri Lanka Cricket," it added.
Damien Fernando, a member of the six-man interim committee which is headed by Jayantha Dharmadasa, was denied access to the Board headquarters - an act that drew sharp criticism from the sports minister.
"People are acting as if cricket is their parent's property and are trying to cling onto power," Kumaratunga said.
"The administration of cricket is in a sad state and that's why I decided to appoint an interim committee.
"Already a complaint has been lodged with the police and I will be taking appropriate legal action to stop this menace."
Kumaratunga announced last week that the government had evidence of financial misconduct within the administration and was taking over control to prevent a financial crisis.
The suspended executive committee reacted by claiming that Kumaratunga had been misled by parties with vested interests and criticised the minister for not providing them with a forum to answer the allegations.
The executive committee defiantly proceeded with its annual general meeting on Sunday and elected Sumathipala uncontested for a fifth term as Board president.
Sumathipala - led committees were dissolved by the government in 1999 and 2001 and his fourth term also ended in controversy when he was taken into police custody after becoming embroiled in an immigration fraud case.


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The 2016 PGA Championship will take place from July 28 through 31st, and feature some of the biggest names in golf. Want to watch the PGA Championship Online?
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The 2016 PGA Championship – now in its 98th year – will take place from July 28th through the 31st. This year, the Championship will be held at Baltusrol Golf Club, in Springfield, New Jersey. Golf fans worldwide are excitedly awaiting the event. Want to watch the PGA Championship online?
Interested in watching the tournament online? The 2016 PGA Championship will be covered in the US by both TNT and CBS and in the UK by Sky Sports. Good news for those who want to watch without cable — there are plenty of legal ways for you to watch an official PGA Championship live stream.
Watch the PGA Championship Live Stream on Sling TV
As with many of the major golf events, you can watch the PGA Championship online with Sling TV. What is Sling TV? It's a live streaming service that lets subscribers watch a number of popular pay TV channels (including TNT) using their internet connection.
Starting at just $20 a month, Sling TV subscribers can enjoy not only TNT but also over 25 other channels, like ESPN, ESPN2, AMC, HGTV, CNN, TBS, and many more. There's no contract, so you pay month-to-month just like you would with Netflix. You can watch Sling TV on your TV (using a streaming player like the Roku, Apple TV, or Amazon Fire TV, to name a few), phone, tablet, or computer. You can even score a FREE Roku 2 when you prepay for 3 months of Sling!
Right now, you can sign up for a free 7-day trial of Sling TV. This is a great way to try the streaming service, and with the trial, you can watch the PGA Championship live stream on TNT. Also, T-Mobile subscribers can score an exclusive discount, bringing their cost down to just $14 a month!
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PlayStation Vue Offers Another Way to Watch PGA Championship Online
PlayStation Vue is another option, giving subscribers access to TNT and 50+ other channels for $30 a month. CBS is available in select markets, but is not available nationwide.
Vue works on PS3/PS4, Chromecast, Roku and Amazon Fire TV, plus on mobile devices (although mobile viewing outside the home is restricted). Our PlayStation Vue review has the details.
Golf Fans with an Antenna Can Catch the CBS Weekend Coverage
CBS will be sharing weekend coverage of the PGA Championship with TNT. While TNT will cover the early portion Saturday and Sunday morning, CBS will be broadcasting the tournament in the afternoons from 2-7 p.m. ET each day of the weekend. To watch CBS' coverage of the 2016 PGA Championship, you'll need an antenna. Check out our guide on how to choose a good antenna.
New PGA Tour Live Service Provides Some Coverage
Within the last couple weeks, the PGA has launched its own standalone streaming service, PGA Tour Live. For $5.99 a month, the service offers some streaming coverage of PGA tournaments throughout the year. However, this won't let you watch the PGA Championship online in its entirety. Instead, PGA Tour Live just offers early round coverage of selected groups on Thursdays and Fridays.
2016 PGA Championship Live Stream Schedule (US)
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Thursday, July 28
1:00 – 7:00 p.m. ET – Round 1 (TNT)
Friday, July 29
1:00 – 7:00 p.m. ET – Round 2 (TNT)
Saturday, July 30
11 a.m.-2 p.m. ET – Round 3 (TNT)
2-7:00 p.m. ET – Round 3 (CBS)
Sunday, August 16
11 a.m.-2:00 p.m. ET – Final Round (TNT)
2-7:00 p.m. ET – Final Round (CBS)
More scheduling info can be found here.
NOW TV Offers PGA Championship Stream for UK Fans
If you live in the UK, NOW TV is the best way to watch the PGA Championship live online. NOW TV is owned and operated by Sky TV, and it lets you stream Sky's channels on a variety of devices. With NOW TV's sports pass, you can watch all 7 Sky sports channels with one low payment and no contract. You'll get daily coverage of the 2016 PGA Championship, so you can watch the excitement unfold.
NOW TV offers their sports streaming service with a few different subscription options. There is a Day Pass for PS6.99, a Week Pass for PS10.99, and a newly-released Month Pass for PS31.99. Obviously, you'll need to get at least a Week Pass if you want to watch the whole PGA Championship live stream.
Click here to learn more about NOW TV.
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Disclaimer: This episode is not suitable for people sensitive to certain topics. Listen at your own discretion.
We've been saying we wanted to do a DigressCast with alcohol involved, and now we have done it. The topic for the night, "Virgin". Yes. That's what happens when you mix DigressCast and alcohol. Tonight, we have DK, Justin, Nicole, and our friend Tian Hong, with Rizuan joining us later in the night. This episode is slightly long, running at about 1 hour, and it's not even done yet!! I'm wondering if I should release the 2nd part as Episode 5.5.
Enjoy your latest DigressCast, with alcohol involved.
DK, Justin, Nicole, Tian Hong, Rizuan.


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Google Glass users will soon be able to see incoming iPhone text messages on the head-worn gadget, but due to "limitations" Google claims Glass cannot be used to reply to these texts.
Announced via Google+, the update will roll out to Glass users soon, just as the device receives a major update to run the company's Android 4.4 KitKat operating system.
Google said: "By popular demand you can now get texts from your friends on Glass. Get started by going to your iPhone's Bluetooth settings and turning on 'Show Notifications' for your paired Glass. When you receive a new text message, it will appear as a notification on Glass. Keep in mind that you won't be able to reply from Glass due to some limitations with iOS. (Android fans, don't feel left out – you've got SMS on Glass already.)"
Glass will also soon receive a new calendar application, accessible from the home screen. Kept in sync with your Google account, Glass users can change the title, time and location of events, RSVP to them and delete or dismiss it from their timeline.
Google says the updates will be coming to Glass users "in the next few days."
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2nd Sunday Local Author--Thomas Cochran
Please join us on Sunday, April 12 at 2 pm for our 2nd Sunday Author series. We will be showcasing author Thomas Cochran, who will be discussing his newest youth novel - Uncle Drew and the Bat Dodger.
This is a story about the relationship between a nine-year-old boy named Teddy Caldwell and his elderly neighbor Uncle Drew Weems. After Teddy accidentally breaks Uncle Drew's window with a baseball, Uncle Drew shares a story about an African-American Depression-era ballplayer named Bopeep Shines. Uncle Drew tells Teddy about the racial turmoil and struggles his friend Bopeep faced trying to establish and prove himself as a top-rated athlete. Since no official records exist for Bopeep Shines, his legacy rests in the realm of baseball mythology. Uncle Drew, with Teddy's help, set out to restore Bopeep to his rightful place as one of the greatest pitchers who ever lived. In the process, Teddy learns to evaluate his place in the world and develop his own moral code.
Thomas Cochran was raised in Haynesville, Louisiana, which serves as the model for Oil Camp, the setting for his fiction.
He is the author of three novels for young readers. His first novel, Roughnecks, was a Young People's National Book Award nominee. School Library Journal called Roughnecks "...the best novel ever written about high school football." Cochran's other titles include Running the Dogs and Uncle Drew and the Bat Dodger. Cochran has also contributed non-fiction and poetry to many print and online publications, including The Oxford American, Gray's Sporting Journal, and Rattle.
A retired schoolteacher, Thomas Cochran currently lives with his wife on some acres in rural Northwest Arkansas.
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The Denver Broncos are scheduled to introduce new coach John Fox at 2 p.m. ET on Friday.
And one of the most important questions Fox is likely to be asked is what role he envisions for QB Tim Tebow, taken by the team 25th overall last April.
Tebow welcomed Fox to Denver with a greeting on his Twitter account yesterday. But there is no certainty that Tebow -- who started the final three games this season for the Broncos -- will be handed the reins again in 2011.
On Wednesday, when Fox met with reporters during his interview, he said of Tebow (via the Denver Post):
"He's got a lot of intangibles I look for. Where that goes it's hard to predict. He's in a developmental stage for sure, but I think he has the makings to be as good as he wants to be."
Broncos VP of football operations John Elway had a similar take on Tebow last week.
"Tim Tebow is a darn good football player," Elway said. "What we have to make him is a darn good quarterback."
Kyle Orton, the Broncos' main starter the past two seasons, is under contract to the team next year.
So Fox will likely have to see a lot from Tebow to move him out of the "developmental" category quickly.
-- Sean Leahy
Nate Davis is a reporter, blogger and editor who's been at USA TODAY since 2000. He has covered the NFL since 2005. No, he did not play quarterback for Ball State. Davis' succession of our esteemed colleague Sean Leahy at The Huddle is considered a Brady-for-Bledsoe swap by most "insiders."More about Nate


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Britain is poised to enter a new golden age of power station design that could surpass the creation of architecturally magnificent temples of energy such as the Bankside and Battersea plants in London, and the surreally beautiful chimneys of more modern power stations like those at Drax and Didcot. More than 20 new energy plants are on the way – and iconic design, coupled with greater community involvement and the use of biofuels, have become burning issues at a time when European and British legislation is putting tougher restrictions on power-station carbon emissions and landfill.
Two power stations on the London Olympic site, designed by John McAslan + Partners and Nord Architecture, set a benchmark for outstanding design. But it is the massive £150m biofuel-burning plant at Stockton-on-Tees, designed by Thomas Heatherwick and due for completion in 2013, that will take British power stations into the Bilbao Guggenheim league of architectural icons.
The woodchip-fired plant's extraordinary form will rise like a grass-covered Narnia castle from four hectares of industrial wasteland, and supply power to 50,000 homes in the Middlehaven regeneration area via a Scandinavian-style district-heating system. The plant's creator, BEI Teesside, says this fusion of biofuels and a local heating grid will make it twice as energy-efficient as ordinary power plants, and generate a fraction of the carbon output.
Mr Heatherwick says: "We need to find new ways to incorporate these buildings into our lives and make them of benefit to society. Britain has a heritage of amazing power stations. Now, with the impetus of alternative energy production, we have an opportunity to make new power buildings to fit this age."
The use of biofuels and waste are at the heart of this quantum-jump in design thinking, and many of these power plants will be built near port or estuary regeneration zones, where several thousand tons of biofuel can be shipped in every week. It's an acid test for architects: how do they design football pitch-sized plants close to dense urban areas without blighting them, visually?
Many of this new wave of power plants have the potential to become design icons – but not all. While projects such as the waste-powered Eco Energy Park in south-west London seem promising, others, such as the forthcoming plant for Thames Gateway Power, are, so far, less than compelling. Thomas Bender of the Commission for Architecture and the Built Environment says well-designed waste management facilities will be seen as pioneering industrial buildings that increase civic pride – "but we see too many schemes which lack ambition and don't regard these buildings as an exciting design challenge".
The difference between creating a brilliantly designed power station and dumping a supersized architectural minger on the landscape depends on how the buildings' shells are designed.
"The outer skins of power plants are 10 per cent of their total cost," says the Teesside project director Matthew Day. "By spending 10 per cent more on the skin you can make the form of a power station really special."
Hyper-trendy architects such as the Dutch practice MVRDV, and its Why Factory think tank, propose more radical and hallucinatory approaches: 10-storey high solar "flowers" off the coast of Phuket in Thailand, for example, and gigantic grids of greenhouses raised above the city blocks of Barcelona.
But could neighbourly architectural modesty be the key to truly revolutionary power-station design? Dow Jones Architects, a bright young London practice, was commissioned by Design for London and the London Development Agency to investigate the creation of local waste-burning power plants no bigger than a small blocks of flats.
"A waste-burning plant processing the domestic waste from a London borough would create enough heat for more than 11,000 homes, and enough electricity for 25,000 homes," explains Alun Jones. "The intelligent use of waste for power can form the core of local redevelopment strategies. My own south London borough sends its recycling to China for processing – but how can this be a good idea?
"We eat organic, buy fair trade coffee, and get electricity from green suppliers," he says. "But we don't seem to care, or have any choice about, what is happening to our waste. Making it a local issue is key. Why can't we have low-cost local heat and power – and a small but architecturally beautiful waste-burning power station at the end of the street?"
Energetic designs...
Energy Centre, Olympic site, London by Nord Architecture
Nord is one of Britain's most highly regarded younger practices; it made its name with small buildings that were contextually surprising, carefully detailed, and obdurate. The black brick of its power station evokes a vast piece of coal that's as striking as the black obelisk in 2001: A Space Odyssey.
Energy Centre, Olympic site, London by John McAslan + Partners
McAslan is one of the most stringent architectural rationalists, and this scheme brings a super-crisp modernism to power station design. The practice has avoided excess – though the blood-red staircase is positively surreal by its standards. The semi-opaque metal screening and low-level glazing lends the design a diagrammatic clarity; it also gives power generation an almost literal visibility.
Eco Energy Park, south-west London by Buckley Gray Yeoman
The architects of this £30m scheme have treated the design as a landscaping exercise. Almost half of the 150m-long shell will be covered in grass. The structure has no obvious typology, and its peaks and troughs will have the important effect of reducing its sense of mass.
GEI Power Station by Heatherwick Studio
They really do know how to large it on Teesside, and Thomas Heatherwick's design for the biofuel power station at Stockton-on-Tees will give Middlehaven's industrial wasteland the look of a sci-fi book cover. Beneath the hyperbole is simple architectural logic: the segmented and stepped form conceals an 85m chimney with considerable grace. The design makes bigness look almost entertaining – but if the finer details are value-engineered into oblivion, it could fail horribly as an architectural spectacle.
Thames Gateway Power, Dagenham by Race Cottam Associates
Where's the joy? There's nothing here that immediately lifts the spirit, but that may be because of the sheer size of the 279m-long building. Making it a low-strung structure ("I'm not really here, honest!") is intelligent, but isn't enough. This scheme could yet be a relatively civil presence in Dagenham – but only if the architects produce superbly designed details.
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Casey Smith of Bemidji, a sixth-grader at Bug-O-Nay-Ge-Shig Middle School, wrote an essay that was selected to be published in the Star Tribune.
Smith's essay titled, "How Do I Count?" was one of 10 essays selected out of more than 400 entries from around the state to be published as part of an essay contest by ThreeSixty, a collaboration of the Star Tribune, the St. Paul Pioneer Press and the University of St. Thomas.
More than 400 middle- and high-school students from around Minnesota wrote essays to explore how their families, friend groups, schools and souls influence why they matter in America.
ThreeSixty trains high school students in journalism and sponsors online essay contests throughout the year. The essays were judged by writers Maria Elena Baca of the Star Tribune, Ruben Rosario of the Pioneer Press, and ThreeSixty staffers Lynda McDonnell and Anne Nelson.
In his essay, submitted by teacher Kendra Wold, Smith writes:
"I am a young boy who dances and sings. I am enrolled as an Ojibwe Native American from Red Lake, Minnesota. My Native name is Makoonce, which means "Little Bear."
I live in Bemidji with my father, my step-mother and two of my five brothers. I also have a sister who has twin baby girls. I like being an uncle.
In America I see myself as a future actor. I would like to be in movies and programs that show Native Americans in a positive way. I would like to show my talents as a singer and a dancer. I like to sing and dance because they are part of my culture. I do these things because I would like to carry on the Ojibwe traditions to future generations.
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Dougie Poynter and Ellie Goulding back together?
Dougie Poynter is supporting Ellie Goulding during her time off sick from work.
The 'Army' hitmaker cancelled two shows in Latvia and England on Friday (14.5.07.16) after she was diagnosed with exhaustion and has turned to her ex-boyfriend - who she split from in March - for "comfort".
The pair were spotted getting close at a documentary screening last week and a source told The Sun newspaper: "Ellie was sat next to Dougie at a screening of the documentary she's supporting called Racing Extinction. It's a really tough watch, but Ellie was an emotional wreck and she broke down in tears. He put his arms around her and held her before they both left and went to the pub next door. It's been one of the toughest weeks in Ellie's career and Dougie obviously knows her very well -- and exactly how to comfort her.
"While she is going through a horrible time, it does seem like her turmoil has brought them much closer and made them realise what they're missing."
Ellie revealed this year that she will quit music for 12 months after her tour to deal with the heartbreak of splitting from the McFly bassist.
And the 'Explosions' hitmaker previously described her relationship with Dougie as an "unfinished story".
When asked if they could work things out, she said: "Maybe. I hope so. We have something I know is special and I think other people see it - my friends see it, my family see it...
"But I think some things are just kind of unfinished, an unfinished story. I hope so - he's a real gem and he's doing so well and he's keeping busy, as am I. I hope so, he's a great guy."
Dougie has also admitted he still loves the blonde beauty and hasn't ruled out a reunion, but admits he found it "hard" because they had to spend so much time apart.
He said: "We love each other very much. We are the best of friends. We hung out at Coachella, like all day, with her friends and my friends. It was really, really cool. Everything is totally fine.
"It's just both being all over the place. Like I said, we still get on really well. She's one of the most amazing people I've ever met. But just right now, it's hard. I'm single now."