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SeaGlass Carousel Design a Stroke of Technical Mastery
SOURCE: Live Design Online · PUBLISHED: January 5, 2010 · AUTHOR: William B. Gorlin, P.E.
The SeaGlass Carousel at New York's Battery Conservancy challenged its designers to create an amusement park-style ride in an outdoor environment not especially conducive to the operation of such a ride. Welcoming the challenge as an opportunity for innovation, its engineers devised a unique ride structure whose design features showcase its ease of operation, reliability, safety and durability in its ocean-side setting.
SeaGlass Carousel is an automated, aquatic-themed ride within a spiraling nautilus-shell pavilion soon to be constructed at the tip of lower Manhattan. The carousel is designed to conjure the era at the turn of the 20th century when Battery Park was the first home of the New York Aquarium. The pavilion and original concept is the brainchild of WXY Architecture and Urban Design, while carousel production concept and design were done by George Tsypin Opera Factory. McLaren Engineering Group took on complete structural, mechanical, and electrical engineering for the ride system.
The project's all-electric, no-hydraulic design posed a particular challenge because of its location in an environment sensitive to temperature changes and atmospheric, salt-air moisture. Because the pavilion was designed without a fully enclosed wall, the carousel's intricate workings risked exposure to the elements. Its designers addressed this issue, however, by housing all of its machinery and electrical equipment in the facility's compact cellar, by using appropriate coatings and materials, and by clever detailing to collect and convey water.
Unlike traditional carousels, SeaGlass has all the structural supports and drive mechanisms beneath the ride's main turntable, creating a distinctive open-air viewing environment for the patrons as there is no revolving roof over the ride. The main turntable structure rides on a central ring bearing and a series of large casters rolling on tracks in the cellar.
Electrical cable management was an important element in the structure's design. A revolving slip ring, which resembles a tower covered with a stack of wire brushes, sits in the middle of the assembly to maintain electrical contact, distribute power, and effect signals for the ride. The slip ring is protected from above with a cover. The structure's complex control system is housed in the cellar, except for the ride operator control console, which has a complete view of the ride.
The project required precise electronics, a variety of rotating parts and rigorous specifications. The ride structure comprises one main turntable 46' in diameter, with three smaller turntables each 17' in diameter that are built into the main turntable and which spin on their own axes. The main turntable is powered by four electric motors with a friction drive—a rubber wheel that grabs onto and propels the turntable. The smaller turntables ride on ring bearings and are each driven by a separate electric motor.
When the ride is operating, the main turntable revolves continuously, while the smaller turntables twist back and forth within a total angle of 240 degrees. The system has built-in safety features such as a limit switch that is automatically triggered in the event of a malfunction—a turntable rotating beyond its prescribed pivot point, for example.
The motors, gearboxes, casters, control cabinets, electrical equipment, ring bearings, and other equipment all were specified with appropriate materials and coatings that can accommodate exposure to salt air, water, and temperature changes. The ride assembly contains water collection troughs around the perimeter of all gaps where there are interfaces between moving surfaces. These troughs convey water to pipes on the ride that deliver the water to perimeter stationary troughs and pipes outside of the ride, which then take the water to sump pits in the cellar. The troughs on the ride include clean-out hatches that catch any dirt and debris. The circular tracks bear on grout that has embedded plastic weep tubes to permit water to drain to the perimeter.
Electrical stub-outs and the slip ring base are elevated above the slab to avoid immersion if standing water were to collect temporarily on the floor during a storm. All on-board electrical enclosures were specified to satisfy National Electrical Manufacturers Association (NEMA) 4X requirements for enclosure protection.
A central feature of the ride is its unique patron seating: iridescent carriages sculpted like sea-glass fish that revolve on the four turntables, giving the appearance of fish floating in the ocean. The lifting masts for the moving fish carriages were made from hydraulic cylinder bodies to take advantage of the self-wiping seals, internal bearings and clean, finished appearance.
Twelve different sculpts will be used to create the fish carriages. The total patron capacity is 30 riders, one in each of 30 fish. Three clusters of four fish carriages will reside on the large turntable, between the three smaller ones. One of those carriages will be an ADA-compliant unit for patrons in wheelchairs. Each of the small turntables will have six fish carriages, which will include mechanisms to create vertical lift and side-to-side motion similar to a fish swimming through the water.
The carriages' lift and swivel action is produced by a compact, customized piece of machinery in the cellar designed to move the fish in a confined space in close proximity to rotating machines, to clear one another and the structure, and to enhance aesthetics by obviating the need for overhead lifting poles. The fish on the main turntable will be fixed. All told, the ride will have 25 separate axes of motion.
The ride will also include as many as 10 different programmed sequences to produce an individual effect of being part of a school of fish. This impression will be further augmented as the small turntables rotate like subgroups within the schooling fish, immersed in a multi-sensory environment with sophisticated lighting, projection and audio effects.
See also: Sea Glass Carousel Project Summary


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Now Mr Skin knows why sharks hunger for our women. Blanchard Ryan is the newest in a proud line of naked bait that have tempted the man-eaters of the sea. She's this millennium's Jaws morsel, only times have changed and nudity in a mainstream movie doesn't have to be silhouetted. She opens Open Water (2003) with a splash of full-frontal nudity that will make you afraid to go to the movies again, because how can they live up to that kind of flesh-fest? Before this summer thriller sent her to...Join Mr. Skin for the full bio >>
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HORNDON-on-the-Hill kept up their winning streak against the impressive Belhus in a close-fought derby.
Horndon raced to 280 in their 49 overs, having elected to bat first and they never looked like losing having scored so impressively.
Belhus reached 241-6 in their reply. The win moves Horndon to within 11 points, and one win, of safety – behind West Essex.


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hdup is used to back up a filesystem. Features include encryption of the archive (mcrypt/GnuPG), compression of the archive (bzip2/gzip/lzop/none), the ability to transfer the archive to a remote host or restoring from a remote host (with SSH), the ability to split up archives, and no obscure archive format (it is a normal compressed tar file).
rdup is a utility inspired by rsync and the Plan9 way of doing backups. rdup itself does not backup anything; it only prints a list of the names of files that have changed since the last backup. It also handles files that are removed, allowing for correct incremental backups. Auxilary script that implement a backup strategy are included.
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A tool for securing DNS communications between a client and a DNS resolver.
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West Nile virus is back, and here to stay. It's important to prevent being bit by a mosquito infected with West Nile virus as you enjoy summer activities.
To avoid mosquitoes you can stay indoors between dusk and dawn, and stay away from places where they breed and thrive. But in the summer you'll often be outside when mosquitoes are. That's why it's important to use a mosquito repellent when you're outdoors.
Choose a repellent that best fits your needs based on:
Mosquito repellents are not all the same. Different brands might have different ingredients. Repellents made for adults may not be appropriate for kids, or one repellent may only offer a half hour of protection while another gives five hours of protection.
When choosing a repellent ask yourself the following questions so you know what is right for you:
Cautions: Children should not use repellents that contain more than 30% DEET. Children under three should not use repellents containing oil of lemon eucalyptus because they have not been significantly tested on children of that age. Never use a repellent on an infant younger than two months. Instead, use a carrier draped with mosquito netting, or avoid taking infant outdoors where and when mosquitoes are likely to be present.
Do not use a repellent that is combined with sunscreen. The sunscreen will need to be reapplied more often than the repellent so you might end up using too much repellent.
The following chart can help you determine the best repellent for your situation. Remember: always read the label.
Products containing premethrin are intended to be used on clothing and/or gear, but not to be applied directly to skin.
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|Sawyer Controlled Release (slow release over hours)
|up to 20 hours
|OFF! Deep Woods
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|Repel Lemon Eucalyptus Insect Repellent
|Oil of Lemon Eucalyptus
|up to 6 hours
|Cutter Advanced
|Picaridin 7%
|up to 4 hours
|OFF! Skintastic
|2 hours
|Bite Blocker for Kids
|Soybean Oil
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|OFF! Skintastic for Kids
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|Skin-so-Soft Bug Guard Plus
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|20 minutes
|Herbal Armor
|Citronella, Peppermint Oil,
|19 minutes
|Cedar Oil, Lemongrass Oil
|Geranium Oil
|Green Ban for People
|Citronella, Peppermint Oil
|14 minutes
|Buzz Away
|Citronella Oil
|10 minutes
|Skin-so-Soft Bug Guard
|Citronella Oil
|10 minutes
|Skin-so-Soft Moisturizing Suncare
|Citronella Oil
|3 minutes
Products containing DEET, oil of lemon eucalyptus, and picaridin are registered with the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). Products containing citronella oil and IR3535 have met applicable standards of the EPA.
For more detailed information on repellents, visit the following websites:
Information for this fact sheet adapted from the Centers for Disease Control.


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With WordPress 2.3, the developer had merged and created three new tables Three new terms tables (schema) : term_relationships, term_taxonomy and terms support combined post categories, link categories, and the new tags. Which means old tables like categories, link2cat, and link2post are gone ! Now this had affected few themes on GFXedit as most themes used to query the "gone" tables for showing up with the style instead of just using a single line of code <?php get_links()?>.
The Fix
- Open the file containing the sidebar code (usually sidebar.php) and look for the code, something which starts with
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- Delete the whole line of code, i.e till it ends with ?> For e.g delete the code
$link_cats = $wpdb->get_results("SELECT cat_id, cat_name FROM $wpdb->linkcategories");
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That should fix the error but in order to show up the Link heading you have replace the code within the

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WASHINGTON, DC, August 18, 2014 — Best Lawyers named Covington & Burling's Stuart Eizenstat and Gregg Levy each a 2015 "Lawyer of the Year" in international trade and sports law, respectively, citing their "abilities, professionalism and integrity." Overall, Covington lawyers received 217 individual mentions in 58 areas of law in the newly released annual survey ...
Washingtonian Names 25 Covington Attorneys 'Top Lawyers'
WASHINGTON, DC, November 23, 2009 — Twenty-five Covington & Burling LLP attorneys are recognized as "Top Lawyers" in the December issue of Washingtonian magazine. The list, compiled by the magazine's editorial staff, identifies leading lawyers in the Washington area. Of the "Top Lawyers," Washingtonian identified 30 as "stars of the bar." Among them is Michael ...
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WASHINGTON, DC, August 7, 2009 — Covington & Burling LLP received 131 individual mentions in 38 areas of law in the 2010 edition of The Best Lawyers in America. This annual compilation of top US lawyers is based on peer-review surveys and is used as a referral guide in the legal profession. The Covington lawyers recognized are as follows: Administrative: ...


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Here the display interface for the setup2010. The AVR controller stay into the basis interface module and is connected by SPI at high speed. The CPLD module can also read all the inputs. Max input elements is 24. The outputs drive the LCD display, background lighting, 4 leds and 2 spare lines. Power is 3.3V and 5V on the 10 pins interface connector from the CPLD Interface module.
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RPattz and Crew to Debut 'New Moon' Footage on MTV Movie Awards
Attention, Twi-hards; mark May 31 on your calendars!
E! Online reports that Robert Pattinson, Kristen Stewart and Taylor Lautner will debut never-before-seen footage from the upcoming Twilight sequel New Moon at this year's MTV Movie Awards.
"Fans can tune-in to the show to see sneak peeks from three of the most highly anticipated movies of the year," says show producer Mark Burnett. "These clips have never been seen before and we're very excited that The Twilight Saga: New Moon is one of them."
This is the second year in a row that footage from the vampire saga has debuted on the MTV Movie Awards. Last year, a minute-long clip from Twilight showing Cam Gigandet battling with Pattinson was aired during the ceremony.
Twilight is nominated for seven awards this year, including Best Movie, Breakthrough Performance Male (Robert Pattinson and Taylor Lautner), Best Female Performance (Kristen Stewart), and Best Kiss (Stewart and Pattinson).
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Chinese President Hu Jintao's upcoming visit to the United States, postponed following hurricane Katrina, will be different from previous bilateral meetings. This time, the countries' presidents will meet at a time of intensive American attention to the US-China trade balance and other economic issues, such as protection of intellectual property rights.
With China's US trade surplus reaching $200 billion last year, American sentiment is growing to take strong measures. Some have suggested that the trade imbalance is related to China's currency peg to the US dollar. A recent Congressional bill has called for imposing a 27.5% punitive tariff on Chinese imports.
In fact, the trade imbalance is more complicated than the currency issue per se. Globalization has strengthened the ability of capital to flow to wherever investment promises the highest returns; likewise, competitive manufactured products from low-wage economies will flow in the other direction. That is why China fascinates American investors, among others, and why US customers buy Chinese products.
To be sure, the exchange rate has an impact on investment and trade. But, even with China's efforts to loosen the renminbi-dollar linkage, it is arguable whether revaluation could save American jobs or improve the US trade balance. After all, China is not alone: India and other competitive developing countries pose a similar challenge to the US.


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Note: NEW volunteers are asked to attend a mandatory volunteer training session on February 13th at 5:30 at the Powerhouse on University Avenue. Returning volunteers may attend if you choose.
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Travel Insurance for Work & Travel Trips (Working Holidays)
Information on Travel Insurance for Work & Travel
Especially young people, after completing their A-levels, are often drawn to foreign countries. Appropriate protection is indispensable during their stay abroad. TravelSecure provides you with suitable coverage for this exciting time.
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- Enquiry on whether you can be held liable for the damage
- After examining the facts, reimbursement of the costs according to the limit of liability
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- Limit of liability € 3,000,000.00 for personal and material damages
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- Maximum age for the conclusion of the policy is 35
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Welcome to Dot Comper
Everyone has read news in the papers and online about people who regularly enter competitions and actively seek them out in magazines, brochures, on sweet shelves and drinks promotions. Some make a living out of entering thousands a month and winning, others an average wage but the time spent can be consuming. We make entry and finding competitions easier.
Competitions can vary from simply providing the answer to an easy question or choosing the correct answer from multiple choice. Then the task of filling out a form providing your email, phone number or address for their database. You can also win for being creative and answering tie breakers with high quality slogans and providing feedback on a company.
Millions of people enter competitions in the UK, some fair better than others. Our community actively seek out UK competitions and detail them online via our message boards and businesses enter their offers and competitions into our directory. At any one time we have 1000's of pounds of UK competition prizes on offer. With free draws, tiebreakers, question only and a great deal of voucher codes and offers submitted also.
The concept of entering many competitions is the numbers game, surely you are bound to win a prize should you enter many more than another. Or perhaps it really is just luck. The chance to win a car, a holiday, a salary for a year, free insurance cover or a Christmas hamper can be too tempting. While some people do indeed shrug off free prize draws thinking they won't, the majority contemplate that someone has to win.
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Browse our competition directory which businesses and fellow compers have submitted the latest prize draws and tie breakers too. Search upon any type of comp, from the arts, to games, health and holidays, prizes for sports, shopping online gift vouchers with entries and offers for business to business, so called B2B competitions.
Sign up to the competition forum and tell us the competitions you have seen, competitions you have entered and any prizes which you have one. Tell us your compers story. Visit our spectacularly online competitions section for news about the latest free to enter competitions, that often only require an email and no purchase. Others however will see you entered into a prize draw after purchase.
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The major in Criminology provides a comprehensive understanding of crime and the criminal justice system. The major prepares students to assume roles of leadership in this critical area of modern society. Courses are designed to review theory, research, and applications of knowledge regarding delinquency and crime, as well as to understand the manner in which offenders are processed. Students learn about the nature and extent of crime, different types of crime, and theories to explain crime. In addition, detailed analyses are made of the functions of the law, police, courts, and correctional systems and the ways in which these are linked to broader aspects of society. Students may also minor in Criminology. The Criminology major and minor are administered through the Department of Sociology.
CRIMINOLOGY courses have several broad objectives, including:
1. General education and development of critical thinking skills.
2. Undergraduate preparation for pursuing careers in such fields as law and society, in the local and state criminal justice systems (e.g., juvenile probation officer, pretrial services officer, crime analyst for criminal justice agencies), or in federal agencies (e.g., DEA).
3. Preparation for graduate study in criminology, criminal justice, sociology, or other social and behavioral sciences.
4. Preparation for law school.
Students may earn a Bachelor of Arts degree in Criminology. The Department of Sociology also offers graduate degrees in Sociology (M.A., Ph.D.) with emphases in criminology and in other areas (race/ethnic relations and medical sociology).
The major in Criminology consists of 31 credit hours, including:
Required courses
SOC 101 Introduction to Sociology (3 credit hours)
SOC 210 Introduction to Social Research1 (3 credit hours)
SOC 211 Quantitative Methods for Sociologists2 (3 credit hours)
SOC 212 Quantitative Methods Lab (1 credit hour)
SOC 371 Criminology (3 credit hours)
SOC 470 (Theories of Deviant Behavior (3 credit hours)
One of the following two courses:
SOC 271 Criminal Justice (3 credit hours)
SOC 370 Juvenile Delinquency (3 credit hours)
Elective courses
Four other courses offered by the Department for a total of 12 credits.
Other Requirements
• A minimum final grade of C- in all courses offered by the Department
• A minimum cumulative GPA of 2.0 in all courses offered by the Department
• A minimum of 16 credits must be earned in residency in the Department; thus, only a maximum of 15 credits can be transferred from other institutions as eligible for the CRIMINOLOGY major.
A minor in Criminology requires a minimum of 15 credit hours, including:
Required Courses
SOC 101 Introduction to Sociology (3 credit hours)
SOC 371 Criminology (3 credit hours)
Elective Courses
Three other courses offered by the Department, of which one must be 300-level or higher, for a total of 9 credits.
Other requirements
• A minimum final grade of C- in all courses offered by the Department
• A minimum cumulative GPA of 2.0 in all courses offered by the Department
• A minimum of 9 credits must be earned in residency in the Department; thus, only a maximum of 6 credits may be transferred from other institutions as eligible credits for the Criminology major.
1 EPS 452 can be substituted for SOC 210 only by students who are also enrolled in the School of Education.
2 PSY 204 can be substituted for SOC 211 and SOC 212 only by students who are also majoring in Psychology.
Graduation with Departmental Honors is available to eligible students who fulfill the following:
1. Students desiring Departmental Honors in Criminology must maintain an overall GPA of 3.3 and a GPA of 3.5 in Criminology. They must also achieve a minimum of B in all Criminology courses. For transfer students, the Department uses the cumulative, combined GPA calculated by the Office of the Registrar.
2. A student seeking Departmental Honors is required to write an independent research paper which is submitted to the Undergraduate Committee in the Department of Sociology. The nature of the independent research project is determined by the faculty member(s) with whom the student works. This project is done in SOC 498 & SOC 499 (Honors I & II). The student should have the same professor for all six credits.
3. Recruitment of eligible students is by departmental invitation at the beginning of a student's junior year.


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Immaculate Conception
The Roman Catholic doctrine of the Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary, as defined by Pope Pius IX in 1854, states that "in the first instance of her conception, by a singular privilege and grace granted by God, in view of the merits of Jesus Christ, the Saviour of the human race, was preserved exempt from all stain of original sin."
The Feast of the Immaculate Conception is celebrated on 8 December.
The Immaculate Conception is often erroneously linked to the Conception of Jesus rather than Mary. Jesus would have had no need for an Immaculate Conception, assuming his deity. According to this doctrine, Mary, being human, was given the grace of perfection before her birth so as to serve as the vessel of the Lord.
The medieval Catholic philosopher and theologian, Duns Scotus, famously argued for this doctrine as follows: Potuit, decuit, ergo fecit, which is Latin for God could do it, it was appropriate that God do it, therefore God did it. Scotus argued that since God could have caused Mary to be miraculously conceived free of original stain, and it was fitting for God to do so, therefore God must have so done.
Protestant positions on this topic differ. They believe Mary to be a normal human being, a sinner, who was used by God to bring Christ into the world. This is a reasonable point of view given the lack of Biblical support for Mary being "exempt from all stain of original sin." The primary Biblical evidence cited by Catholics is the passaage in which the angel announces to Mary that she would be the mother of the Savior and uses these words, "Hail, Mary, full of grace...."
Does "full" mean sinless, and if so, does it mean that she always was so? Unless the answer to the latter question is "yes," the doctrine of the Immaculate Conception is not affirmed.
Pertinent Scripture texts used by Protestant Christians in opposition to the Roman view include:
"For there is one God, and one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus; Who gave himself a ransom for all..." I Tim. 2:5-6
"For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God." Rom. 3:23 (emphasis added)
"And ye know that he was manifested to take away our sins; and in him is no sin." I John 3:5 (emphasis added)
"If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us." I John 1:8
"Neither is there salvation in any other: for there is none other name (Jesus Christ) under heaven given among men, whereby we must be saved." Acts 4:12
These passages allow the possibility that not even Mary could have been without blemish at some time in her life.
External links
- Immaculate Conception. The Catholic Encyclopedia.
- Immaculate Conception. The Immaculate Conception Church.


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An Open Label Clinical Trial of Retinal Gene Therapy for Choroideremia
This study is ongoing, but not recruiting participants.
Ian M. MacDonald
Alberta Innovates Health Solutions
Canada Foundation for Innovation
Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR)
Choroideremia Research Foundation Canada
Foundation Fighting Blindness
Imperial College London
University of Oxford
Information provided by (Responsible Party):
Ian M. MacDonald, University of Alberta
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
First received: February 26, 2014
Last updated: May 1, 2017
Last verified: May 2017
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Detailed Description:
A project has been developed in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada to enable male patients with choroideremia to access a clinical trial that replaces the defective gene with a normal copy. This experiment is designed to show that the transfer of a normal copy of the gene to the eye is not only safe but may improve the sight of patients. Only Canadian subjects who meet criteria will be recruited.
|Genetic: rAAV2.REP1 vector
|Phase 1 Phase 2
|Study Type:
|Study Design:
|Intervention Model: Single Group Assignment
Masking: None (Open Label)
Primary Purpose: Treatment
|Official Title:
|An Open Label Clinical Trial of Retinal Gene Therapy for Choroideremia Using an Adeno-associated Viral Vector (AAV2) Encoding Rab-escort Protein-1 (REP1)
Resource links provided by NLM:
Genetics Home Reference related topics: choroideremia
MedlinePlus related topics: Genes and Gene TherapyU.S. FDA Resources
Further study details as provided by Ian M. MacDonald, University of Alberta:
Primary Outcome Measures:
- Number of patients with ocular and systemic adverse events [ Time Frame: 2 years ]This is assessed by standard ocular examinations and vector dissemination and inflammation assays.
Secondary Outcome Measures:
- Changes in visual field [ Time Frame: Baseline and up to 2 years following vector delivery ]This is assessed by Goldmann perimetry and microperimetry; measurements before and after vector delivery are compared.
- Changes in visual function [ Time Frame: Baseline and 2 years following vector delivery ]This is assessed by multifocal electrophysiology, full field scotopic threshold, spectral domain optical coherent tomography, fundus photography and fundus autofluorescence; measurements before and after vector delivery are compared.
|Estimated Enrollment:
|Study Start Date:
|April 2015
|Estimated Study Completion Date:
|December 2018
|Estimated Primary Completion Date:
|June 30, 2017 (Final data collection date for primary outcome measure)
|Assigned Interventions
Experimental: Open Label
Patients will receive a subretinal injection of 0.10 ml of the rAAV2.REP1 vector drug substance. It is a colourless opalescent frozen liquid with no visible particles. Each patient will be given a one-time dose in one eye.
It is the same vector used in the United Kingdom Phase I/II trial logged at: http://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT01461213.
Genetic: rAAV2.REP1 vector
No additional details needed.
Detailed Description:
This is an open label study involving a total of 6 male patients. Screening and patient medical records will determine patient eligibility. Patients will receive a subretinal injection of the rAAV2.REP1 vector by a trained vitreoretinal surgeon in one eye. Each patient will be followed up for 24 months after treatment to assess the primary and secondary endpoints of this study using a number of outcome measures. However, further follow-up will continue after the study on an annual basis for a minimum of ten years. Data will continue to be analyzed by members of the study group after this study is complete.
|Ages Eligible for Study:
|18 Years and older (Adult, Senior)
|Sexes Eligible for Study:
|Accepts Healthy Volunteers:
Inclusion Criteria:
- The research subject is willing and able to give informed consent for participation in the study.
- Male aged 18 years or above.
- Diagnosed with choroideremia (with genotyping or evidence of lack of the gene product with immunohistochemistry) and in good health.
- Active degeneration of the retina (the expectation of significant decline in visual function without any intervention over the subsequent 5 years) with OCT (optical coherent tomography) changes visible within the macula.
- Willingness to allow his general physician and ophthalmologist, if appropriate, to be notified of participation in the study.
Exclusion Criteria:
The participant may not enter the study if ANY of the following apply.
- Female or child research subject (under the age of 18).
- Men unwilling to use barrier contraception methods, if relevant.
- Previous history of retinal surgery or ocular inflammatory disease (uveitis).
- Grossly asymmetrical retinal disease or other ocular morbidity which might confound adopting the fellow eye as a long-term comparator.
- Any other significant systemic disease or disorder which, in the opinion of the investigator, may either put the research subject at risk because of participation in the study, or may influence the result of the study, or the research subject's ability to participate in the study. This would include a contraindication to oral prednisolone, such as a history of gastric ulcer).
- Research subjects who have participated in another research study involving an investigational product within the past year.
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Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT02077361
|Canada, Alberta
|University of Alberta
|Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, T6G 2E1
Sponsors and Collaborators
Ian M. MacDonald
Alberta Innovates Health Solutions
Canada Foundation for Innovation
Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR)
Choroideremia Research Foundation Canada
Foundation Fighting Blindness
Imperial College London
University of Oxford
|Principal Investigator:
|Ian M MacDonald, MD, CM
|University of Alberta
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Additional Information:
Keywords provided by Ian M. MacDonald, University of Alberta:
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Additional Information:
Maguire AM, Simonelli F, Pierce EA, Pugh EN Jr, Mingozzi F, Bennicelli J, Banfi S, Marshall KA, Testa F, Surace EM, Rossi S, Lyubarsky A, Arruda VR, Konkle B, Stone E, Sun J, Jacobs J, Dell'Osso L, Hertle R, Ma JX, Redmond TM, Zhu X, Hauck B, Zelenaia O, Shindler KS, Maguire MG, Wright JF, Volpe NJ, McDonnell JW, Auricchio A, High KA, Bennett J. Safety and efficacy of gene transfer for Leber's congenital amaurosis. N Engl J Med. 2008 May 22;358(21):2240-8. doi: 10.1056/NEJMoa0802315. Epub 2008 Apr 27.
Hauswirth WW, Aleman TS, Kaushal S, Cideciyan AV, Schwartz SB, Wang L, Conlon TJ, Boye SL, Flotte TR, Byrne BJ, Jacobson SG. Treatment of leber congenital amaurosis due to RPE65 mutations by ocular subretinal injection of adeno-associated virus gene vector: short-term results of a phase I trial. Hum Gene Ther. 2008 Oct;19(10):979-90. doi: 10.1089/hum.2008.107.
Bainbridge JW, Smith AJ, Barker SS, Robbie S, Henderson R, Balaggan K, Viswanathan A, Holder GE, Stockman A, Tyler N, Petersen-Jones S, Bhattacharya SS, Thrasher AJ, Fitzke FW, Carter BJ, Rubin GS, Moore AT, Ali RR. Effect of gene therapy on visual function in Leber's congenital amaurosis. N Engl J Med. 2008 May 22;358(21):2231-9. doi: 10.1056/NEJMoa0802268. Epub 2008 Apr 27.
Bennicelli J, Wright JF, Komaromy A, Jacobs JB, Hauck B, Zelenaia O, Mingozzi F, Hui D, Chung D, Rex TS, Wei Z, Qu G, Zhou S, Zeiss C, Arruda VR, Acland GM, Dell'Osso LF, High KA, Maguire AM, Bennett J. Reversal of blindness in animal models of leber congenital amaurosis using optimized AAV2-mediated gene transfer. Mol Ther. 2008 Mar;16(3):458-65. doi: 10.1038/sj.mt.6300389. Epub 2008 Jan 22.
MacLaren RE. An analysis of retinal gene therapy clinical trials. Curr Opin Mol Ther. 2009 Oct;11(5):540-6. Review.
MacLaren RE, Groppe M, Barnard AR, Cottriall CL, Tolmachova T, Seymour L, Clark KR, During MJ, Cremers FP, Black GC, Lotery AJ, Downes SM, Webster AR, Seabra MC. Retinal gene therapy in patients with choroideremia: initial findings from a phase 1/2 clinical trial. Lancet. 2014 Mar 29;383(9923):1129-37. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(13)62117-0. Epub 2014 Jan 16.
|Responsible Party:
|Ian M. MacDonald, Professor, Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, University of Alberta
|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
|NCT02077361 History of Changes
|Other Study ID Numbers:
File # 9427-U0180-84C ( Other Identifier: Health Canada )
|Study First Received:
|February 26, 2014
|Last Updated:
|May 1, 2017
Keywords provided by Ian M. MacDonald, University of Alberta:
gene therapy
gene transfer
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
Eye Diseases, Hereditary
Eye Diseases
Choroid Diseases
Uveal Diseases
Genetic Diseases, Inborn
Genetic Diseases, X-Linked
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Sorting out 'scare stories'
We in the media rarely lie to you. But that leaves plenty of room to take things wildly out of context.
That's where most big scare stories come from, such as recent headlines about GM foods. GM means "genetically modified," which means scientists add genes, altering the plant's DNA, in this case to make the crop resistant to pests.
Last week, Poland joined seven other European countries in banning cultivation of GM foods. The politicians acted because headlines screamed about how GM foods caused huge tumors in rats.
What the headlines didn't tell you, though, is that the female Sprague-Dawley rats used in the test usually develop tumors — 87 to 96 percent of the time.
Reporters and environmental activists have incentives to leave out details that might make the story boring. It's useful if you think you're in danger.
"It's a great way to get attention," says Bjorn Lomborg, statistician and author of "The Skeptical Environmentalist," "but it focuses you on the wrong solutions." Instead of doing something that really fights cancer, like quitting smoking, people devote their energy to banning things like GM foods.
Reporters sleep with clear consciences because we (usually) don't say anything completely false. We tell ourselves that we may save lives and draw attention to important issues — and so what if people err on the side of safety?
But the answer to "so what?" is that people waste time, money and emotional energy, and we are less safe because we worry about the wrong things.
Years ago, the Natural Resources Defense Council claimed the chemical Alar, which helps keep apples from rotting, killed kids. When "60 Minutes" ran the story, I believed it. So did lots of people.
But the scare was bunk. Apples, even apples with Alar, are good for you. Since banning Alar meant apples decay more quickly, apples became slightly more expensive, and that meant some kids ate less healthful food.
Today, we have new scares, like the one over plastic water bottles. Some contain a chemical called BPA, which activists say causes cancer, hyperactivity and all sorts of problems.
If these stories were true, who could blame parents for being frightened?
Julie Gunlock, from the Independent Women's Forum, blames the scaremongers. She points out that the activists scare mothers needlessly because "over 1,000 studies, independent studies, have said that BPA is perfectly safe."
She knows how the scare stories work: "BPA is easily vilified. I mean, it's invisible. And people tend to say: 'Chemicals, it's scary. I'll just trust what some activist organization or consumer rights organization says and avoid it.'" To keep scares in perspective, remember all the good news that gets less attention. Coverage of horrors like the massacre in Newtown, Conn., makes us think our kids are in more danger today, but school violence is actually down.
And despite all the chemicals — actually, because of them — we live longer than ever.
There is plenty of bad news that's real — like the national debt, and most of what politicians do. But in most ways, most of the time, the world slowly but surely gets better. To most of us, that's good news.
John Stossel is host of "Stossel" on the Fox Business Network. He's the author of "No They Can't: Why Government Fails, but Individuals Succeed."


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Jamie Salter will use high-tech imaging technology to bring back the late actress for an upcoming film.
Marilyn Monroe looks set to make a screen comeback from beyond the grave after the rights to her image were snapped up by a branding expert. Jamie Salter plans to use high-tech imaging technology to revive the tragic actress on the big screen after purchasing her "name and likeness" in a multi-million dollar deal last week.
According to Britain's Independent newspaper, Salter bought the rights from Anna Strasberg, whose late husband, actor Lee Strasberg, was Monroe's acting teacher and beneficiary of her will. The exact sum he paid has not been disclosed.
Salter, who also manages Bob Marley's image through his Authentic Brands firm, is convinced he can make the "Some Like It Hot" star more popular than ever. He says, "Why does Lindsay Lohan aspire to be Marilyn Monroe? Why does Lady GaGa aspire to be Marilyn Monroe? The reason is that she is an iconic personality, she has great style, she is just simply elegant. She stands for glamour, and sex appeal, and - remember this - she proves that size doesn't matter. She is voluptuous, a real woman. The younger generation will fall in love with her the way we fell in love."
Monroe died in 1962 at the age of 36.


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The Reserve Bank of India's (RBI) policy actions were in line with my expectations. After a gap of nine months, RBI cut the repo rate by 25 basis points (bps). For the third time in four policy reviews, RBI also cut cash reserve ratio, or portion of deposits that banks need to keep with the central bank, by 25 bps. One basis point is 0.01 percentage point. RBI justified these actions on account of the need to arrest the loss of growth momentum and the space offered by moderation in both the wholesale price index (WPI)-based inflation and core inflation that excludes food and fuel prices that tend to be volatile.
The central bank has taken comfort from the WPI index slowing over the last three months. Note that consensus inflation estimates were also on the higher side and this led to interest rate markets correctly pricing in some policy easing in the current quarter, in line with RBI's guidance late last year. What is interesting is that RBI has also made a bold judgement call that core inflation will remain subdued in the months ahead despite the potential rise in administered prices as the government tries to cut fuel and fertilizer subsidies. While RBI has not committed itself to big rate cuts down the line, it has left the door open should headline inflation surprise on the downside.
Although the recent inflation trajectory has been comforting, I think there are reasons to be cautious on the outlook for prices. First, it is not clear whether the recent decline in manufacturing as well as non-food manufacturing inflation will be sustained. Based on a disaggregated analysis of the WPI, it appears that the provisional inflation figures over the last two months could be under-stating actual inflation because of a poor response rate by respondents. Typically, such aberrations get corrected at the turn of the calendar year or the financial year. Secondly, the way diesel and cooking gas price have been implemented has led to some ambiguity on how these prices will be captured in WPI. It could be that WPI may end up underestimating inflation despite higher prices of administered fuels. Lastly, the second-round effects of these hikes should not be doubted if, as the consensus goes, the economy has bottomed out. Further, when RBI is engaged in easing policy and banks have promised to ensure transmission, some pass-through of higher fuel prices can be expected, particularly at the retail level. This may lead to further divergence between the wholesale and retail level inflation rates, which could result in the perverse situation of inflation expectations rising even as RBI is cutting interest rates.
All said, given that WPI inflation may average around 7% over the next 12 months, I don't see much scope for further policy easing. It is likely that RBI will cut the repo rate by another 25 bps before it takes a long pause. From a policy transmission perspective, it may make sense for RBI to effect that 25 bps cut in the March review itself rather than wait for the May annual policy. That way, the annual policy can be used as a tool to facilitate credit growth by cutting the statutory liquidity ratio and the HTM (held-to-maturity) limit for government securities. Lastly, as an aside, Tuesday's policy decision as well as the justification used, raises the question about the role of core inflation in policymaking. In my understanding, core inflation is relevant because it helps identify the underlying inflation trends. Such a supposition is valid only when headline and core inflation trends converge over the forecast horizon. However, if like in India, persistent structural factors restrain such convergence, then the use of core inflation for guiding policy decisions should be questioned. Or the choice of core inflation should be more rigorous. In my view, RBI will be well served if they explore use of statistical measures such as trimmed mean inflation to assess the underlying trend. Similarly, the role of the current account deficit (CAD) in policy making continues to be a grey area despite RBI flagging off the risk. Given that the deterioration in CAD is primarily due to high gold imports, there is an argument that India is not suffering from worsening competitiveness but rather disguised capital outflows. Such a conclusion, while debatable, will have more stark implications for macro policy.
A. Prasanna, chief economist, ICICI Securities Primary Dealership


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Bringing Green Building Outcomes to Affordable Homes
The benefits of green building – quality, healthy and safe environments that are cost effective – should be available to all. These outcomes are especially critical in affordable housing where studies show that income level segments that rely on affordable housing often pay more in utility and water costs then people of with higher incomes. It's a problem that needs a solution.
To catalyze change and bring more green building outcomes into affordable housing, USGBC recently introduced the Value Quality and Efficient Affordable Housing Campaign. The campaign is aimed at spurring USGBC advocates into action to fight for green building attributes, primarily third party certified green building standards like LEED for Homes, to be included in their states affordable housing policy.
Affordable housing policy in every state is administered by a state housing finance agency (SHFA). Each SHFA develops a Quality Allocation Plan (QAP) which in turn drives affordable housing development mostly by determining how projects are funded though Low Income Housing Tax Credits. And while many state QAPs do include green attributes, only a handful of plans specify third party certified green building rating systems.
The best way to get third party certified rating systems and green attributes into affordable housing policy is by greening the QAP. To help advocates hit the ground running and make change happen, several resources like a campaign brief and legislative text were developed. In addition, outside groups like Enterprise Community Partners provides a wealth of information to help jump start the process including an interactive map displaying QAP attributes for every state and a handy Green Affordable Housing Toolkit.
While some great things have been happening around the country in regards to building quality, green affordable homes, more can be done. From the campaign roll out call, the USGBC advocacy community certainly seems engaged and eager to bring green building qualities to future generations of affordable housing stock.


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Coming out of college, Andre Drummond was supposed to be a project. A raw 19-year old center, he declared for the NBA Draft after one season at UConn, where he averaged 10 points and 7.5 rebounds a game. Drummond was the No. 2 player in the country in high school, behind only Anthony Davis, but concerns about his NCAA production sent him sliding to the Detroit Pistons at No. 9 overall. After shooting 29.5 percent from the free-throw line, he seemed years away from helping an NBA team.
Instead, on a per-minute basis, he was one of the most productive players in the league as a rookie. The numbers are insane. Drummond had a PER of 21.6, 15th highest in the NBA. He was 2nd in effective field goal percentage (61 percent) and 3rd in total rebound percentage (21.2 percent). His block percentage (6.1 percent) and offensive rebounding rate (15.4 percent) last year would have been career highs for Dwight Howard! Headed into his second season, the sky is literally the limit.
As a rookie, Drummond played 20 minutes a night. If he can maintain that same level of production in the starting lineup, he will be one of the best players of the league. Josh Smith and Brandon Jennings have drawn most of the headlines this offseason, but Drummond's progression is the real story for Detroit. A 20-year old-center with his talent can change the balance of power in the NBA. At 21, Dwight Howard was the best player on a playoff team. At 23, he lead the Orlando Magic to the NBA Finals.
Drummond is built like Howard, except much bigger. The NBA lists him at 6'10 270, but he measured out at 7'0 280 with a 7'6 wingspan at the Pre-Draft Combine. He is one of the biggest players to enter the NBA in the last 20 years. Only two active players -- Aaron Gray and DeSagana Diop -- came into the league bigger than him. Neither is ever going to take the ball between his legs in mid-air and dunk it, which Drummond did before his freshman season (0:34 in the video). That really shouldn't be possible.
A player with his size should have a hard time moving his feet and getting off the ground. Drummond, who had a 34' max vertical at the Combine, can do chin-ups at the rim. This is an actual quote from Jay Bilas in a telecast of a UConn game two years ago: "[Drummond] needs to wear a mouthguard because he gets his mouth right up into the rim. He's going to knock some teeth out. Most guys dunk on the way down. He dunks on the way up."
One of the biggest differences between the NCAA and the NBA is the sheer size of the centers. There are only a handful in college with the size to play the position at the next level. Most have to add at least 10-15 pounds of muscle to survive. For the first time in their lives, they are matching-up with players who are bigger and more athletic than them. Drummond is the exception that proves the rule. As a rookie, he was the biggest and most athletic center in the league.
The last rookie center you could say that about was Shaquille O'Neal, although you can't really compare the two. Shaq was a relatively finished product, a 20-year-old with three seasons of college experience and an advanced low-post game. Drummond, in contrast, seemed to operate primarily on instinct last season, scoring on dump-offs, alley-oops and offensive rebounds. It was see the ball, dunk the ball. Given an angle to the rim, it was almost impossible to stop him.
Where Drummond has a chance to be really special is on the defensive end. A player with his size can change the game just by standing in front of the the rim. There's no better example than Roy Hibbert, who uses his 7'2 280 frame to anchor the best defense in the NBA. The Indiana Pacers route all dribble penetration to him, confident that no one can consistently finish over the top of him. Drummond is longer and faster than Hibbert, although still years away from his level of defensive production.
High-level interior defense is as much mental as physical. The best anticipate, rather than react, to the offense. Marc Gasol isn't the most athletic guy in the world, but his ability to quarterback the Memphis Grizzlies defense won him the Defensive Player of the Year Award. DeAndre Jordan and Javale McGee, in contrast, have all the physical tools, but neither has quite been able to put it all together. This is an area of Drummond's development where the Pistons coaching staff could play a huge role.
An even more pressing issue is his free-throw shooting. He shot 37 percent from the line as a rookie. Ethan Strauss had an article about him shooting underhanded, but he could literally just fling the ball at the rim and do better. If he can't improve, opposing coaches will go with Hack-A-Drummond. And while his inability to convert at the charity stripe didn't affect his aggressiveness at the rim, it did it make it less useful. Even worse, the hard fouls can add up quickly.
Last season, Drummond missed 22 games with a stress fracture in his lower back. That's a major concern, since super-sized centers, for whatever reason, have a hard time staying healthy. Yao Ming (7'6 310) retired at 31. Andrew Bynum (7'0 285) and Greg Oden (7'0 285) are one more knee injury from joining him. The good news is that Drummond's frame carries all that extra weight well. If he had stopped growing at 6'8, he would have made an excellent NFL left tackle.
Next season, Detroit should have a fascinating team. Playing next to Greg Monroe and Josh Smith, two of the best passing big men in the NBA, could create a lot of easy finishes for Drummond. At the same time, the lack of frontcourt shooting could make it a tight squeeze in the paint. The Pistons will have four new starters, so it will take some time for the rotation to shake itself out and for Maurice Cheeks to (hopefully) figure out the right line-ups and combinations of players.
Either way, Detroit is a franchise on the rise. As long as Drummond stays healthy, he has as much physical upside as any player in the NBA. If he ever develops a post game, he could be unstoppable. However, even without one, he has a chance to be the best pick-and-roll finisher and rebounder in the league in a few years. In his prime, a player with Drummond's gargantuan size will be an existential threat to any small-ball team. He'll be a player worth watching for a long time to come.


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Fred W. Pittinger, Jr.,
Fred W. Pittinger, Jr., 78, of Cuyahoga Falls, passed away unexpectedly on July 31, 2014. He was born on May 1, 1936 in Akron to Fred Sr. and Mary (Mae) Pittinger.
Freddie was a founding member of Immaculate Heart of Mary Parish in Cuyahoga Falls. He was a member of the Northampton Historical Society.
He was preceded in death by his parents, sister, Arlene Pittinger and brother, Arthur Pittinger. He is survived by his brother George (Claudia) of Kent, sister-in-law, Jeannette Pittinger of Silver Lake, many nephews and nieces.
Calling hours are Sunday, August 3, from 2-5 PM at Bissler and Sons Funeral Home & Crematory, 628 W. Main Street, Kent, OH 44240.
Mass of Christian Burial will be Monday, August 4, at 10 AM at Immaculate Heart of Mary Church, 1905 Portage Trail, Cuyahoga Falls with Father Ralph Thomas officiating. THE FUNERAL PROCESSION WILL ASSEMBLE AT THE CHURCH.
His body will be laid to rest at All Saints Cemetery on Highland Road in Northfield.


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Soccer games were also on the schedule
By Tina Snell, Staff Writer
From June 10 – 19, eight people from Morrison County joined with eight others from around the state and traveled to Guatemala on a mission trip. The group had both soccer and their Christian faith in common.
Several of the travelers are part of the Little Falls Flyers soccer team. They are Jake and Riley Loukinen and Thomas Bell. Other members of the group included Josiah Lojovich, a senior at Upsala High School, Joe Kornbaum and Luke Majerle, both 2013 graduates of Little Falls Community Schools (LFCS), Josiah Tonder, a 2008 LFCS graduate and Bobby Loukinen, the director of ES (Every Student) Sports.
Riley, Jake's brother, said he loves soccer because it's fast. The bonding with his teammates was also a draw for him.
Jake said he's been playing most of his life and his friends all play the sport. This was an opportunity to combine his two loves, soccer and his faith.
While the team went to San Luis, a suburb of Guatemala City, to play soccer, they also went to talk to others about their faith and about hope.
"Our purpose was to open doors for the future using soccer as a tool to get into the schools and talk to students," said Jake.
"This was an opportunity to talk about the important things. Life is more than sports. We wanted to bring a message of hope to every student," said Bobby.
The Minnesota team was able to play soccer against the Guatemalan teams from the local high schools. It was a treat for the Guatemalans for they had never played against a team from the United States before.
During half-time, the Minnesota students would talk to the stadium of fans and to the other students about their faith.
"We handed out cards to people on the street, asking them to come to the stadium and watch the game," said Jake.
"We went 6-2 against some very talented teams," said Bobby. They lost against a team from the top division in Chichicastenango and again against a high school team where the goalie played for the Guatemalan National U18 team and other members of the team played for various national youth teams.
"After each game, we had the opportunity to talk to members of the other team. We talked about making wise decisions in life," said Bobby. "The message was that 'Your choices today always affect your tomorrows.'
The team also spoke in several high schools with the same message. They answered lots of questions about being an American teen.
The Minnesota group held two soccer clinics at an elementary school and on the field in Chichicastenango. They also conducted a service project, cleaning up a local soccer field that also served as the local pasture for horses and cattle.
"That was kind of a mess," Bobby said.
A highlight of the trip was attending a professional game where the Guatemala national team played against Argentina.
"Playing for Argentina was Lionel Messi, the best soccer player in the world," said Bobby.
Jake said they saw Messi make three goals of the 4-0 game.
The group stayed at the Dream Center, a few homes outside Antigua, Guatemala, owned by the missionary they were working with. This is an annual trip and the Loukinens plan on attending the next one.
"Our goal is to find hope in life; hope in our relationship with Christ," said Bobby. "You can live up to 60 days without food; you can live up to seven days without water; you can live up to five minutes without oxygen, but it's hard to live one second without hope."
"Soccer brings every student together," said Jake. "It was fun trying to talk with the other players, who only spoke Spanish."
"It was also fun to watch them try to speak Spanish. Everyone would gather around and listen," said Bobby. "The love of soccer and the love of God, a great opportunity to talk about our faith."


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New York subway map typo costs MTA a quarter million
- Written by Jed E. Robinson
- Published in USA
The Metropolitan Transportation Authority raised its fares and in order to keep everyone informed with the current fare prices. This is why it ordered new maps to be printed. The new maps advertise the pay per ride minimum card price.
Unfortunately someone made a rather big mistake. Instead of having the new rate of $5 printed on the maps MTA has reportedly printed out thousands of these maps with the old price of $4.5.
It's not like the MTA printed the maps because of a map change. The main purpose of an estimated $250000 investment was to have maps with the updated rates.
The new incorrect maps were reportedly already handed out throughout the city in different stations. According to some Transit Workers Union members around 80 thousand maps were printed with this typo.
After we did a basic calculation we noticed that the recent subway map typo had a very high cost: $250000. Unfortunately this means that another fare hike might be imminent in the near future.


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Phillip Lynch was not renowned for a boisterous sense of humour while he was
The underlying message lay in Lynch's choice of words. They were exactly the same ones he used as army minister in 1968 when he wrongly denied claims that Australian soldiers had subjected a Vietnamese woman to "water torture". Lynch later made an embarrassing correction.
Last Monday, retired high court judge
Mason confirmed historian Jenny Hocking's revelation in a new book that despite being a high court judge, he secretly advised then governor-general Sir John Kerr over an extended period about his preparations to dismiss
Although the beneficiaries are unlikely to agree, Mason's participation in such a divisive issue suggests the crucial principle of the separation of judicial and executive branches of government needs formal expression.
Mason said that Kerr told him that the Senate "remained firm in its resolve in not granting supply, a statement which I assumed was based on information provided by Mr Fraser". Unsurprisingly, Fraser was not a disinterested observer. However, several Coalition senators from that period have confirmed Lynch's inference that they were about to cave in.
By that stage, the continuation of the Labor government until a normal election would not have been a national disaster. The fiscally conservative
Kerr started thinking about dismissing Whitlam long before Fraser blocked the budget. He discussed whether to take the vice-regal job with Mason, who said he cautioned him that it merely involved rubber-stamping others' decisions. But Kerr replied that an occasion could arise for him to exercise the governor-general's "reserve powers". However, the constitution does not refer to these powers, which Kerr used to sack Whitlam, let alone specify the constraints on their use.
Contrary to his reputation as a radical, Whitlam was very much a conservative on constitutional arrangements, where he was strongly influenced by British traditions, including the one that precludes the Queen from sacking a prime minister with majority support in the House of Commons.
He assumed that the Senate would follow the precedent created by the 1911 law that prevents the House of Lords from blocking a money bill for more than a month.
He mistakenly took it for granted that Kerr would always obey the conventions requiring him to take the advice of a prime minister and would never appoint a replacement without a majority in the House of Representatives.
Unless the conventions and reserve powers are codified or abolished, it is hard to see how Labor will ever advocate moving to a republic in which an elected president inherits these presumed powers. Even some powers in the written constitution, such as a governor-general's right to veto bills passed by parliament, will have to be addressed before then.
Constitutional change is difficult to achieve in a referendum that lacks bipartisan support. While the Coalition parties are unlikely to back initiatives to clarify the powers of a governor-general, Labor is unlikely to support broader changes to reverse the Commonwealth's expanding power.
Yet a reforming Coalition government could make a case for devolving some power to state and local governments, even though the Fraser and Howard governments went in the opposite direction.
Meanwhile, Opposition Leader
The constitution and the electoral laws allow Gillard to hold an election as late as November 30. Their admirable clarity on this removes any scope for Gillard to cheat. Her freedom to pick that date can only be curtailed if Governor-General
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A BOURNEMOUTH council maintenance van was caught displaying an invalid tax disc which revealed its road tax had expired four months previously.
The white Ford Transit van used by the council for buildings maintenance work was discovered with the out-of-date tax disc whilst parked at St Clements Gardens in Boscombe.
All Vehicles registered in the UK that are used or parked on public roads must be taxed and the penalty for not doing so is a minimum of £80.
Failure to settle the fine will result in prosecution where the court may increase the fine to a maximum of £1000 depending on the circumstances.
Boscombe Cllr Jane Kelly said: "This is obviously a very unfortunate incident. It is very important to make sure your road tax is always up-to-date."
A spokesperson for the DVLA said: "The DVLA can take enforcement action if a vehicle is driving on a public highway untaxed. If tax has been paid but the disc has not been displayed then there is still an offence, but it is something the police would need to enforce."
"So failure to display a valid tax disc can become a police matter."
- Snapped: Poole council's controversial "spy car" caught speeding by police safety camera
- Council van had "special dispensation" to park on double yellow lines
If you have a valid tax disc but it is not on display, an officer may issue you a Fixed Penalty Notice as a tax disc should be clearly visible in the window.
Margaret Leslie, operations manager at Bournemouth Council, said: "The car has a valid tax disc which was purchased in October last year. We will ensure the driver is very diligent in their checks to ensure the tax disc is on display."
Vehicles can also be clamped by the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency (DVLA) and when this occurs either a fee of £100 must be paid or a valid tax disc must be produced within 24 hours.
You can report an untaxed vehicle to the DVLA through this link: www.gov.uk/report-untaxed-vehicle.


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2013 Regional CotY (Contractor of the Year) Award for Residential Bathroom Over $60,000
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This project has won the following awards:
- 2013 Regional CotY (Contractor of the Year) Award for Residential Bathroom Over $60,000
- 2013 National Chrysalis Award for Bath Remodel Over $60,000
For a couple sharing a master bathroom in the home they have owned for more than 30 years, a sense of separate space was essential. They wanted a modern organic aesthetic with earthy simplicity. Space planning was critical for this master bath, created from the existing bathroom plus room borrowed from a little-used landing. Distinct areas for the husband and wife mirror each other with pleasing symmetry and create the sense of personal space the clients desired.
Floating vanity cabinetry is an architectural element that establishes a light, open feeling. Haze alzak recessed lighting, a mindful choice for environmentally conscious clients, provides the best light output with the least amount of glare. The design's appealing character is expressed with material and finish choices. Quarter sawn oak cabinetry displays a subtle, complex texture. Dramatic slab travertine in the shower is reminiscent of the surrounding sandstone hills, much beloved by the clients.
The existing bathroom was a dark and cramped room with a decades old design. It was difficult to share and there was little room for storage.
In the new bathroom, separate areas for husband and wife mirror each other with pleasing symmetry. A sense of openness is established with floating quarter sawn oak vanity cabinetry. Every square inch of the floor plan was utilized for maximum functionality. The design's architectural approach favors very clean, straight lines and an emphasis on organic simplicity.
The original bathroom had seen better days and was barely functional, hidden away in a dark downstairs hallway.
The sumptuous shower was designed as the focal point of the room. Dramatic expanses of slab travertine were selected in colors and textures which capture the spirit of the home's surrounding sandstone hills, much beloved by the clients.
The expansive new master bathroom was built with space borrowed from a little used landing. Creative space planning was used to maximize the square footage of the new master bathroom.
Innovative mirror cabinets, which slide open to reveal plentiful storage space and electrical outlets, are illuminated by simple yet interesting rectangles of light strategically placed for optimum, flattering lighting. This modern organic master bathroom establishes two distinct areas for comfortable sharing and unifies a respect for nature's colors and textures with an appreciation for clean, disciplined lines.


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Legislative negotiations in the European Parliament
In order to capitalize on its increasing legislative powers, the European Parliament (EP) has had to specialize internally. The scholarly literature has predominantly studied the structural manifestations of specialization, such as the allocation of committee seats among parliamentarians. This article sheds light on a second selection process: participation in legislative negotiations. For every given legislative dossier, parliamentarians have to decide whether and how strongly to participate in the negotiations. The literature on office allocation contains assumptions about the role of office-holders in negotiations. The first aim of this article is to test the validity of these assumptions. The second aim is to apply theories used in studies on office allocation to negotiations and gain insight into the following questions: Are actors with extreme preferences more active than others? What is the role of experts? How do party politics play out? Although we find effects of preferences and expertise on negotiations, the evidence is most compatible with the view that negotiations serve EP party groups to form and exchange policy positions.
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These fallouts, for a new democracy to manage, seem to be challenges that in some senses at the time one could possibly take heart by saying that well it is really the problem of an absence of institutions, that you didn't have enough democratic institutions to buffer the country against these particular expressions of social breakup and social fragmentation.
What then does one say in the Indian context today? One of the most difficult situations that we face in India at present is precisely the same kinds of fragmentation and deepening divisions within society of a type that we really have not experienced in the country, at least in the last 50 years. And in the Indian context, neither have we had a major economic crisis of the type that the Southeast Asian countries went through. In fact India is consistently held up as younger brother or sister to China in the context of economic growth, at least in the recent period. And whatever one may agree or not agree about the validity of that comparison or that example, certainly India's economic situation at this point is not one of crisis.
Nor is India a dictatorship, not in the traditional sense that we understand it and I would say not in any sense, probably, at least up unto this point. India has been held and is the world's largest democracy. Democratic institutions have pretty strong and deep roots in the country at this point. And yet it is within this same country that we are experiencing and have seen growing over the last few years and coming to some kind of climax in the last six months or so, a dramatic acceleration and breaking out of religious violence, gender violence imbedded in that religious violence, of a form we have not seen in the country for quite some time.
All these, I think, give pause to and pose the question that I asked in quite dramatic ways. And that question that I would repeat again is whether the institutions of political democracy as we understand it can manage the fallouts of economic globalization.
Why do I think that in India, some of what we've seen today in Godhra and spreading into some other parts of the country, are fallouts from economic globalization? I am not a believer in bashing economic globalization for every bad thing that happens in the world. But I do believe that one of the things that we have seen in the country is an increase in aspirations coming through the expansion of media, the expansion of unequal consumption of a type we have never seen in the country before. And at the same time, the knowledge among many people that those aspirations cannot be met for very large numbers of young people who are out on the streets, who are educated and unemployed, not possibly in their lifetimes. What happens to these young people is that they become cannon fodder for every kind of millenarial vision, very often those are visions that draw upon and create identities which have to find a significant other to blame for their own situation. And in India today I think the promotion of violence and of sectarian identities on a scale that we haven't seen for quite some time are in fact part of that fallout.
It is therefore I think time that we looked again at the question of what we mean by democracy. Yes, institutions are important and crucial and the institutions that Sakiko mentioned, in the Indian context, are absolutely critical and important: the existence of a relatively independent judiciary, the importance of a vibrant and vocal civil society movement, the importance of innovations in this regard, the right to information movement that Sakiko also mentioned which began in Rajasthan and has spread to other parts of the country, bringing accountability to the institutions of government as well as the role of civil society in raising the issue of corporate accountability and the institutions of corporate regulation as well. All of these are absolutely critical and important.
And yet they are clearly not enough. They're not enough to buffer a society as vibrant, with institutions as deep as India has, against what we are seeing today. And I don't think I am overstating the position to say that at this point in India, the situation that we face is quite different from many times in the past. Communal riots as we call them are not new to India. And yet the situation today is quite, quite different from anything we have seen in the past. Not so much in the extent of the violence and the depth of the fragmentation but in the extent to which it is spreading into middle class ideas and ethos, in the extent of state support and condoning of the violence in forms that we have not seen before. And I think therefore in the Indian context and therefore given that we are speaking about the world's largest democracy at this point, it is absolutely critical for us to ask this question in a serious way.
My own answer to this question, in a very preliminary way, is that in our thinking about political democracy, in our thinking about institutions' participation and accountability, in our thinking about the importance of elections and political parties, one of the things that we tended to leave out is the importance of an ethos of inclusion. The democracy must mean and must build an ethos of inclusion, an ethos of equity and an ethos of equality.
And if we don't have and don't build an ethos like that and build that into the institutions of democracy in a sustained and systematic way, then the capture of those democratic institutions, not just political parties and governments, but the institutions that hold society itself together is always an open thing -- that you can lose what you build over 50 years if you don't build in that ethos.
What does this say, however, to the processes of economic globalization? Because in India as elsewhere in the world, we have been celebrating, through the processes of globalization, inequality and an ethos of individual advancement. And I think therefore that the experience of Indonesia post 1997 and the experience of India as we are undergoing it at the present time exactly challenge both our notions that economic globalization will somehow deal with all these problems and our traditional understandings of political democracy. Thank you.


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Penn State AD apologizes for calling Joe Paterno tribute 'inappropriate'
Penn State athletic director Sandy Barbour has apologized for criticizing the men's hockey team's tribute to Joe Paterno as "inappropriate and insensitive," Greg Pickel of PennLive.com reports.
After the NCAA restored 112 victories that were dropped amid the Jerry Sandusky scandal last week, the men's hockey team wore stickers on their helmets with the number 409, representing Paterno's updated win total.
On Monday, Barbour said the stickers were a mistake, but later she issued an apology for her comments while speaking on WBLF radio.
"First of all, I want to apologize for the tweet," Barbour told hosts Jerry Fisher, Travis Johnson, Tim Owen, and Jacob Kaucher. "This is far too important a subject to vet on a casual; or in social media. I'll use my own words. It was inappropriate and insensitive of me to do that from a tweet standpoint."
The vacated wins were among several sanctions the NCAA handed down after Sandusky, a former Penn State defensive coordinator, was convicted of 45 counts of sexual assault. The school was fined $60 million, given a four-year bowl ban and docked scholarships.
In July 2012, seven months after Paterno's death, the NCAA vacated 112 victories from 1998 through 2011 after an independent investigation determined that Paterno and three other Penn State officials helped conceal Sandusky's abuses.
Penn State basketball players considered wearing t-shirts with the number on them before their game Saturday but decided against it. The team's sports information director told The Daily Collegian "we wanted to keep the focus on our team and our game."
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|Reviews for TomoKun in Wonderland!
| KitsuneHime18x chapter 3 . 4/15/2014
This is so great! I hope you write more of this soon! I really adore the yaoi version!
| Sybil Rowan chapter 3 . 8/28/2013
This was great little series you wrote. I see you had posted it a long time ago, but I would have loved to see Tomokun in X land. It would be a scream to see him chased around by Kamui, Fuuma, and Sorata. Better yet! Seishiro and Sabura! Now that would put a smile on my face.
| Sybil Rowan chapter 2 . 8/28/2013
Good job with this parody, too. I enjoyed the Humpty Dumpty part.
| Sybil Rowan chapter 1 . 8/28/2013
LOL, nicely done. I enjoyed this a great deal.
| Celtic Harmony chapter 3 . 1/3/2009
update soon please. Yaoi rules!
| KhaosKitty chapter 3 . 9/14/2008
These bishounen are creepy. ;
Love the emperor tho. xD
| KhaosKitty chapter 2 . 9/14/2008
I could picture the whole thing! xDD
This is pretty damn weird...
| KhaosKitty chapter 1 . 9/14/2008
Wow, what a great idea!
I watched this anime out of curiosity - I'm not a yuri fan - but a yaoi version is a work of genius!
What's Tomo-kun meant to look like?
I imagined a cute uke sort with black hair and brown eyes...
Anyhoo, great fic, I shall read on!
| Forgotten.Thirteen chapter 3 . 7/13/2008
I love this. I'm not a fan of MiyukiChan in Wonderland, but I had clicked on it hoping there was a yaoi parody. When I saw this, I had to read it. I love it so much. It's filled with so much win. _
| Ranma Matsuri chapter 3 . 3/26/2008
I really hope you go on with this, it's very entertaining and the possibilities are endless... yaoi-ness, yay!
| Determined chapter 1 . 1/5/2008
Yesh yaoi! :) (Worships)
| bb chapter 3 . 8/14/2007
I can't believe you updated thank you
| Kouga Myazawa chapter 3 . 8/4/2007
Nope. It was just an excuse for me to write him coming to school. She is non-existent.
| Baka Basher chapter 2 . 8/4/2007
Normally I find yaoi downright creepy, but this is cute and rather funny, just like the original Miyuki-chan.
Oh! Question! Was the girl that Tomo was planning to ask out at the beginning Miyuki? (ponders)
| silverwolf chapter 3 . 8/2/2007


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Feb. 25, 2014
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. - Wyoming's Mason Finley has been named the Mountain West Indoor Track and Field Male Athlete of the Week, the conference office announced on Tuesday. The weekly accolade is the third for Finley this season and fourth of his career. He has won the award three of the seven times it has been bestowed this season.
Finley highlighted eight event titles for the Cowboys during last Friday's Rocky Mountain Classic in War Memorial Fieldhouse with a record-breaking toss of 66-3 1/4. The mark broke the school and facility record of 66-0 1/4 that Finley had established during last December's Power Meet. The throw keeps him first in the current Mountain West standings and fourth in the NCAA, while ranking second in conference history. In his career, Finley has broken Wyoming's school record in the shot put three times.
Wyoming continues its season at the 2014 Mountain West Indoor Championships on Thursday through Saturday in the Cadet Field House at the Air Force Academy.


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I am doing a birthday cake for a little girl and her favorite color is purple. She has asked if I could make the "inside" of her cake purple (meaning the cake batter). My thought was to do a marble effect with white cake and mixin purple batter. Can I just add food coloring to white cake mix?? will adding a small amount of coloring effect how the cake bakes? Has anyone tried this before that can offer tips? The cake is for this weekend. Thanks for the advice!
Yes you can add food colouring to the batter. Here's a tutorial on how to make a rainbow cake that will probably help you out:
On the shark cake I did, the inside of the shark was red and the inside of the water was blue, just used regular gel coloring added to the cake batter, tasted fine
Coloring your cake batter is completely fine...mix in a few drops at a time or small quantities at a time till you get the color you want. Mixing in color to your batter will not affect the consistency...so no need to worry. Also, from my experience, and its just a suggestion... if you want the child to be 100% happy, give her what she asked for... i.e; a purple fully purple cake...don't marbel the batter...coz she's gonna be expecting a fully purple interior when she cuts it.


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On Wednesday, Martin Sepulveda, Republican candidate for Congressional District 9, unveiled a five-step job creation plan to expand the economy and put Arizonans back to work.
The five steps include:
1. Use tax credits and other incentives to encourage capital investment.
2. Reduce regulatory burdens on businesses.
3. Eliminate taxes for middle-class on interest, dividends and capital gains.
4. Mobilize homegrown talent to develop new products and services.
5. Promote efforts to export more products and services.
Read more about Martin's job creation plan at www.sepulvedaforcongress.com/issues/job-creation-plan.
• Briefs compiled from staff and wire reports