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Prehospital Resuscitation Intra Nasal Cooling Effectiveness Survival Study (PRINCESS)
This study is currently recruiting participants.
Verified March 2017 by Leif Svensson, Karolinska Institutet
Karolinska Institutet
Erasme University Hospital
University Hospital Hradec Kralove
CHU de Charleroi
University Hospital, Lille
Karolinska University Hospital
BeneChill, Inc
Information provided by (Responsible Party):
Leif Svensson, Karolinska Institutet
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First received: September 9, 2010
Last updated: March 1, 2017
Last verified: March 2017
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Promising result of intra-arrest cooling on neurological intact survival in cardiac arrest patients has recently been published in the PRINCE-study in Circulation 2010.
The main purpose of this study is to determine whether prehospital intra-nasal cooling initiated during resuscitation, in addition to systemic cooling at hospital, increases neurological intact survival measured as cerebral performance category score (CPC-score)at 90 days in witnessed cardiac arrests outside hospital.
|Out-of-hospital Cardiac Arrest
|Device: Prehospital intra-nasal cooling with RhinoChill
|Phase 2
|Study Type:
|Study Design:
|Allocation: Randomized
Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment
Masking: None (Open Label)
Primary Purpose: Treatment
|Official Title:
|PRINCESS - Prehospital Resuscitation Intra Nasal Cooling Effectiveness Survival Study
Resource links provided by NLM:
MedlinePlus related topics: Cardiac Arrest Health FacilitiesU.S. FDA Resources
Further study details as provided by Leif Svensson, Karolinska Institutet:
Primary Outcome Measures:
- Neurologically intact survival (CPC-cerebral performance categories scale 1-2) [ Time Frame: 90 days after cardiac arrest ]
The Cerebral Performance Categories (CPC) are used to describe neurological outcome. A CPC of 1 or 2 is considered "neurologically intact."
- - Good cerebral performance: little to no deficit.
- - Moderate cerebral disability: capable of independent activities of daily life
- - Severe cerebral disability: conscious, but dependent on others for daily support
- - Coma or vegetative state
- - Death or brain death
Secondary Outcome Measures:
- Total survival [ Time Frame: 90 days ]
- Proportion of patients achieving Return of Spontaneous Circulation (ROSC). [ Time Frame: 1 hour ]
- Time to target temperature of 32-34º Celsius [ Time Frame: 8-10 hours ]
- Admitted alive to hospital [ Time Frame: 2-4 hours ]Proportion of patients that are admitted alive to hospital
|Estimated Enrollment:
|Study Start Date:
|June 2010
|Estimated Study Completion Date:
|December 31, 2017
|Estimated Primary Completion Date:
|December 31, 2017 (Final data collection date for primary outcome measure)
|Assigned Interventions
No Intervention: Control
Patients in the control group standard advanced cardiac life support care. Patients that achieve return of spontaneous circulation will be treated with hypothermia according to current guidelines upon arrival at the intensive care unit.
Experimental: Intervention
Intra-arrest trans-nasal cooling with RhinoChill will be initiated during advanced cardiac life support. In patients achieving return of spontaneous circulation, trans-nasal cooling will continue until systemic cooling is started at the intensive care unit.
Device: Prehospital intra-nasal cooling with RhinoChill
Patients in the intervention group will receive prehospital intra-nasal cooling with RhinoChill as soon as possible during the resuscitation (i.e. intra-arrest). Intra-nasal cooling will be ongoing until systemic hypothermia is started at the intensive care unit.
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|Ages Eligible for Study:
|18 Years to 79 Years (Adult, Senior)
|Sexes Eligible for Study:
|Accepts Healthy Volunteers:
Inclusion Criteria:
- Age ≥18 years
- Collapse was witnessed (heard or seen)
- Do not have a pulse
- Are unresponsive to external stimuli
Exclusion Criteria:
- Age ≥80 years
- Have an etiology of cardiac arrest due to trauma, severe bleeding, drug overdose, cerebrovascular accident, drowning, smoke inhalation, electrocution, hanging
- Already hypothermic (e.g., avalanche victim; found in the snow)
- Have an obvious barrier to placing intra nasal catheters (e.g., intranasal obstruction)
- Do Not Attempt to Resuscitate (DNAR) orders
- Have a terminal disease
- Known or clinically apparent pregnancy
- Have a known coagulopathy (except therapeutically induced)
- Are known to have a need for supplemental oxygen
- Achieve ROSC prior to randomization
- Response time (call to arrival) of the ambulance > 15 minutes
Contacts and Locations
Choosing to participate in a study is an important personal decision. Talk with your doctor and family members or friends about deciding to join a study. To learn more about this study, you or your doctor may contact the study research staff using the Contacts provided below. For general information, see Learn About Clinical Studies.
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT01400373
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT01400373
|Contact: Leif Svensson, MD, PhD
|+46 8 616 10 00
|Contact: Per Nordberg, MD, PhD
|+46 8 616 35 83
|Department of Intensive Care, Erasme University Hospital
|Brussels, Belgium
|Contact: Fabio Taccone, MD +322 555 5587 firstname.lastname@example.com
|Department of Cardiology, Karolinska Institutet, Södersjukhuset
|Stockholm, Sweden, 11883
|Contact: Leif Svensson, MD. PhD +46 8 616 19 18 firstname.lastname@example.com
|Contact: Per Nordberg, MD. PhD. + 46 8 616 35 83 firstname.lastname@example.com
|Principal Investigator: Leif Svensson, MD. PhD
|Principal Investigator: Per Nordberg, MD. PhD
Sponsors and Collaborators
Karolinska Institutet
Erasme University Hospital
University Hospital Hradec Kralove
CHU de Charleroi
University Hospital, Lille
Karolinska University Hospital
BeneChill, Inc
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Keywords provided by Leif Svensson, Karolinska Institutet:
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
ClinicalTrials.gov processed this record on September 25, 2017
Nordberg P, Taccone FS, Castren M, Truhlár A, Desruelles D, Forsberg S, Hollenberg J, Vincent JL, Svensoon L. Design of the PRINCESS trial: pre-hospital resuscitation intra-nasal cooling effectiveness survival study (PRINCESS). BMC Emerg Med. 2013 Nov 25;13:21. doi: 10.1186/1471-227X-13-21.
Castrén M, Nordberg P, Svensson L, Taccone F, Vincent JL, Desruelles D, Eichwede F, Mols P, Schwab T, Vergnion M, Storm C, Pesenti A, Pachl J, Guérisse F, Elste T, Roessler M, Fritz H, Durnez P, Busch HJ, Inderbitzen B, Barbut D. Intra-arrest transnasal evaporative cooling: a randomized, prehospital, multicenter study (PRINCE: Pre-ROSC IntraNasal Cooling Effectiveness). Circulation. 2010 Aug 17;122(7):729-36. doi: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.109.931691. Epub 2010 Aug 2.
|Responsible Party:
|Leif Svensson, Leif Svensson, MD, PhD. Associate Professor in Cardiology. Karolinska Institutet, Södersjukhuset., Karolinska Institutet
|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
|NCT01400373 History of Changes
|Obsolete Identifiers:
|Other Study ID Numbers:
|Study First Received:
|September 9, 2010
|Last Updated:
|March 1, 2017
Keywords provided by Leif Svensson, Karolinska Institutet:
Hypothermia, induced
Intra-arrest cooling
Cardiac arrest
Prehospital emergency care
Emergency Medical Services
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
Heart Arrest
Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest
Heart Diseases
Cardiovascular Diseases
ClinicalTrials.gov processed this record on September 25, 2017


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Numerical Calculation
A phosphodiester bond make up the backbone of each helical strand of DNA. The phosphate groups in the phosphodiester bond are negatively-charged. Because GATE is made of DNA, we can not ignore the influence of the Coulomb force. So we calculate the electric potential inside and outside the GATE.
The coodinates are set as follows:
A point-charge model is used. We assume the phosphate groups have negative charge,and negative charge circles the axis of the double helix once every 10.4 base pairs. we use following fomulas to calculate electric potential.
Debye–Hückel equation:
Debye length
Summing up all the Electric Potential for every DNA phosphate presented on the DNA origami GATE. (used C language to output the numbers)
Electric potential at the z-axis(x=0, y=0).
the length of the gate is 88bp, 30nm. Target base pair 25 を点電荷と仮定する
MD Simulation
We carried out molecular dynamics simulation to examine the capturing mechanism and the effectiveness of our structure "Cell Gate".
DNA Model
For simplicity, a course-grained DNA model is used in our simulation. One DNA nucleotide is represented by one bead in the model and each bead can be hybridized with a complementary bead.
The potential energy of the system includes 5 distinct contributions.
The first three terms are intramolecular interactions, bonds, bond angles, and dihedral angles. In order to express the "tether like structure", only bond interactions are considered in our DNA model.
And the latter two terms are non-bonded interactions. Coulomb interactions are taken into account using the Debye-Huckel approximation which enables to internalize counterions contribution.
Parameters of these potentials were fit to reference literatures(1).
The force on bead i is given by a Langevin equation
The first term donates a conservative force derived from the potential Vtot and the second is a viscosity dependent friction.
The third term is a white Gaussian noise and effects of collision with solvent molecules which causes brownian motion are internalized in this term.
Langevin equation is integrated using a Velocity-Verlet method.
Toehold displacement of dsDNA
In order to test the model, here we carried out a simulation of Toehold displacement between two strands.
Length of strands and simulation condition were as follows:
Target strand/Toehold A/Toehold B : 25nt / 9nt (+10nt spacer) / 13nt (+10nt spacer)
Temperature : 300K Time-step / simulation length : 0.01ps / 100ns Ion concentration : 50mM Na+
Movie 1 shows the trajectory of each strand from the simulation. The target strand moves from Toehold A strand to Toehold B strand which are fixed on the field. This result agrees with the energy gradient.
Comparison of capture ability
One of constructional features of our structure "Cell-Gate" is the use of a novel strand displacement method.
By comparing our selector strand to toehold strand, the most popular method for strand displacement, we looked at the effectiveness of our structure in terms of it's strand capturing ability.
Model and Method
According to the design of the experiment section, we modeled the selector strand and the toehold strand as shown below.
Hex-cylinder is represented as the assembly of fixed electrically-charged mass points.
Simulation was carried out at the following condition:
Temperature : 300K
Ion concentration : Na+ 50mM
Box size : 20nm×20nm×20nm (periodic boundary condition)
Time-step / simulation length : 0.01ps / 10ns
Results and Conclusion
Movie2 and 3 shows the result of each simulation, selector-target and toehold-target.
We note that this simulation was carried out under a periodic boundary condition, where the size of the simulation box is 20nm×20nm×20nm. Then, the distance between the target strand and the Hex-cylinder is maintained virtually constant.
One of the advantages of the selector strand is shrinking ability. The selector strand hybridizes to the target making a loop which makes it possible to extend the strand length without changing the final structure's length.
Results obtained from this simulation show that the selector strand can catch the target strand exists outside of the Hex-cylinder and hybridize completely while the toehold strand never hybridize to the target strand in simulation time.
We run 5 simulations for each capturing mechanism under the same conditions and results were almost the same as we first obtained.
By considering results of electrostatic potential calculation around the hex-cylinder and MD simulation, it is clear that the electrostatic field prevents the entrance of DNA strands into the Hex-cylinder and the selector strand helps it to get into the cylinder.
Therefore, we concluded that our novel selector strand provides a high capture ability to our system "Cell-Gate".
1. Thomas A. Knotts et al. A coarse grain model of DNA , J.Chem.Phys 126,084901(2007) 2. Carsten Svaneborg et al. DNA Self-Assembly and Computation Studied with a Coarse-Grained Dynamic Bonded Model, DNA 18,LNCS 7433, pp.123-134, (2012) 3. Xhuysn Guo & D.Thirumalai, Kinetics of Protein Folding: Nucleation Mechanism, Time Scales, and Pathways, Biopolymars, Vol.36, 83-102 (1995) 4. GROMACS manual ( http://www.gromacs.org/ ) 5. Cafemol manual ( http://www.cafemol.org/ )


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Substitute Mario Balotelli rescued Manchester City's Champions League campaign with a late penalty equaliser in a pulsating 1-1 draw against Borussia Dortmund.
The German champions looked set to edge a contest dominated by both goalkeepers after Marco Reus pounced on a Jack Rodwell mistake to score just after the hour. City keeper Joe Hart and his opposite number Roman Weidenfeller had both produced a string of outstanding saves to keep their respective sides in the game at the Etihad Stadium.
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Eight Points, Nine Seconds Review: Jared Wade: Defending the Heats Pick-and-Roll and Flummoxing Dwyane Wade
Im not sure when the pick-and-roll was invented, but it was probably about three weeks
after James Naismith hung a peach basket on a pole. It is among the most basic
offensive actions a team can run and it has been a staple play of virtually every NBA
team since the days of Bob Cousy. The reason: if run properly, it inevitably creates an
advantage, at least temporarily, for the offense.
There are many ways to defend the pick-and-roll. None of them work. Again, the offense
always gets an advantage and while different defensive strategies can limit that edge in
various ways, vulnerabilities remain. So the goal for the two defenders involved in the
play is to react to the screen and then recover quickly enough to ensure that both
offensive players are corralled into areas where they can do the least damage.
In recent years, the prevailing defensive philosophy used against the pick-and-roll has
been to blitz the ball handler and force him to give the ball up. I cant say exactly when
or why this became the norm, but it probably has to do with players like LeBron James,
Dwayne Wade, Derrick Rose and Russell Westbrook being so adept at going by big men
in zero second flat and splitting any soft double teams. Players in the 1980s werent
doing it like they can.
Regardless of why, things done changed.
Tom Thibodeau is the leader of the new school. As an assistant in Boston and now as a
head coach in Chicago, he has implemented this swarm the pick-and-roll strategy to
help his teams play some of the best defense the sport has ever seen. It is the anti-
thesis of passively reacting to what the offensive team wants to accomplish in the pick-
and-roll. The defense becomes the aggressor, swarming the man with the ball and
rotating help defenders to stop the roll man from catching a pass and scoring at the rim.
Throughout the first three games on their series against the Heat, the Pacers have not
been doing this. They have instead done the exact opposite.
As the ball-handler (usually LeBron or Wade and sometimes Mario Chalmers) comes off
the screen, the big man does not run at him hard. He is barely even showing at all
actually. He is just hanging back and maintaining a pool-cue-length distance in between
himself and the guy with the ball.
This accomplishes two things that fundamentally alter how the rest of the play will likely
transpire. First, it makes it much harder for the ball-handler no matter how fast and
crafty he is as a penetrator from getting all the way to the rim. The big man hanging
back is essentially adopting a free safety mentality in which he wont allow anyone to get
past him. Of course, the penetrator can just try to go over or around, but especially when
the defender is Roy Hibbert good luck with that. He is 72″ and has been in a shot-
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Heat Index Preview: 3-on-3 preview: Heat-Pacers, Game 4
In another installment of the Heat Index's 3-on-3 series, our writers give their takes
on the storylines before Game 4 of the Eastern Conference semifinals (ABC, 3:30 ET).
1. Fact or Fiction: LeBron is right, Game 4 is a must-win for the Heat.
Tom Haberstroh: Fiction. The "must-win" meme is the worst thing to happen in
sports analysis since the basketball adaptation of the "closer" term. That may be a bit
strong, but our casual acceptance that a non-elimination game is a "must-win" has
gotten a bit out of control. If the Heat lose Sunday, they still have potentially two
games remaining at home. This isn't do-or-die. Yet.
Michael Wallace: Fiction. I know the point LeBron was trying to make, but I think
in a literal fashion, when it comes to this situation, it's not true. Elimination games are
must-win games. Neither team's season would end based on the outcome of Game 4. I
actually believe this game is bigger for the Pacers' psyche. The Heat can't go in thinking
this series is over if they don't win Sunday. Even if they're down 3-1, there's still a
game in Miami on Tuesday. Which means there's still a chance to start a rally.
Brian Windhorst: Fact. I think it is rather obvious that getting down 3-1 without
Chris Bosh and with the Pacers getting more confident by the minute is not a recipe for
victory. The difference between 3-1 and 2-2 obviously is vast, especially because it
would give the Heat back the home-court advantage. The Heat players have a lot on the
line here: reputations and futures and legacies. Way more than the Pacers.
2. Fact or Fiction: D-Wade came off worse than Spoelstra in Game 3.
Haberstroh: Fact. And that's a remarkable achievement by Wade considering that
Heat fans were calling for Spoelstra's pink slip after the Pacers went up 7-0 during the
Dexter Pittman Experiment of Game 3. And then sprinkle in the fact that Spoelstra had a
heated argument with the team's most beloved star. And still, there's no question that
Wade came off worse in Game 3. That's how awful Wade was in Thursday's game.
Wallace: Fact. I asked Dwyane on Saturday if he felt he made a mistake by
showing his frustrations in such a public fashion during that timeout blowup with
Spoelstra. He said it was just the byproduct of a heated discussion during an intense
time in the game. At the end of the day, I truly believe Dwyane was much madder with
himself than anyone on that Heat bench. His body just wasn't cooperating. He lashed
out. He looked bad doing it. Everyone insists it's behind them now.
Windhorst: Fact. Spoelstra's Dexter Pittman experience and revolving door of
subs was not exactly awe-inspiring. But Wade came off as petulant because of the way
he was playing, especially his hard-to-explain effort level. Combined with his inexcusable
flagrant foul in Game 2, Wade's attitude so far in this series has been has been poor.
Including snapping at his coach at a crucial part of the game.
3. Fact or Fiction: The Heat should still be favored in this series.
Haberstroh: Fiction. In light of the Wade injury stuff, I've moved from toss-up to
slight nod to the Pacers. I still think the Heat have a good chance of turning this around
and beating the Pacers, but I don't find it to be a likely scenario anymore. Not with Bosh
out. Not with Wade playing on one leg. I don't think this is an X's-and-O's problem as
much as it is a physical one. Does Wade still have the burst in his step to be himself?
I'm not sure. If he doesn't, it becomes a 1.5-on-8 ordeal.
Wallace: Fiction. Call me crazy, but I consider it a 50-50 series right now. Yes,
the Pacers have a 2-1 series lead. But I've seen the Heat rally from a 2-0 deficit in the
Finals to beat Dallas in 2006. And I've seen Miami hold a 2-1 series lead over the Mavs
last season in the Finals and squander it. I've always said the Heat seem to respond to
adversity far better than prosperity. But without Chris Bosh available and with Wade
ailing a bit, nothing less than their A-game will beat Indy.
Windhorst: Fact. If they split in Indiana, which is still possible, then they will
have done exactly what was expected of them and they will have control of the series.
Because this is still within reach, they are not yet desperate. They lose Game 4, of
course, then they become a heavy underdog. In short, it's a big game.
NBA Playbook Review: John Bennett: A Look at Roy Hibbert's Career Night
Hardwood Paroxysm Review: Eric Maroun: How Indiana Got Its Swagger Back
So that happened, huh?
Id like to congratulate the Indiana Pacers on stealing a road playoff game against
one of the best home teams in the NBA. It wasnt pretty by any means and it seemed
like both teams were giving the game away throughout the final couple minutes.
However, a win is a win in the playoffs and even the poor play by Indiana down the
stretch doesnt change the fact that the series is now evened up at one game apiece.
Prior to Game3 of the Pacers-Heat series, my friend John who came to the game
with me asked who I thought would win. My political answer was either Indiana close
or Miami big. I simply did not see Miami winning a close game on the road, and I
certainlycould not fathom a reality where Indiana blew out the Heat. A little over
three hours after John asked me for my prediction, the Pacers had routed the Heat
94-75, and all of the sudden they find themselves up 2-1 in this series.
Some random thoughts from the game:
- Coming from someone who wrote an article months ago calling out the entire
city of Indianapolis for not showing up to games and finishing with the fifth
worst attendance in the NBA, the crowd last night absolutely brought it. The
18,165 fans in attendance clad in yellow Gold Swagger shirts served as the
poster child for the image the country should have when they think of Indiana
as a basketball state. From the very beginning, it was apparent to everyone,
fans and beat writers included, that this was going to be a playoff atmosphere.
- Roy Hibbert was an absolute monster. When Dexter Pittman was announced
as a starter, the gentleman sitting next to me, decked out in a white and black
LeBron jersey, declared the game was over and Hibbert was going to have a
big game. While the decision to start Pittman, a guy who had exactly zero
meaningful playoff minutes logged in his career coming into last night, was
curious, to declare even facetiously that the game was over before it started
was laughable. Three minutes later, the Pittman experiment was over, Indiana
was up 11-2, and I had stopped laughing. Hibberts final line ended up
resembling everything that Pacers fans could possibly want from their All-Star
center: 19 points, 18 rebounds, 5 blocks, and most likely one massive pay day
coming his way in the near future.
- Where do I even possibly begin with Dwyane Wade? The jokes have already
been made that hes in the spirit of the Indianapolis 500 by bringing the
Brickyard to Bankers Life Fieldhouse last night and how it was actually Miami
fans, not Indiana fans, who now wish he had been suspended for Game 3. But
there is something far more serious going on than his woeful five point, six
turnover, 2-13 from the field performance. Bob Kravitz of the Indianapolis Star
tweeted at halftime that Wade might be sick while Brian Windhorst reports that
Wade is being bothered by a lower leg issue that plagued him towards the end
of the regular season. Whatever the issue is, it needs to get resolved as soon
as possible because LeBron James simply cannot carry this team on his back
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David Cameron came to West Craven yesterday with a surprise birthday card for an 18-year-old factory worker and ended up defending the bed he slept in.
The Prime Minister was on the campaign trail when he visited Silentnight's Barnoldswick factory and took questions from staff.
He started by presenting a surprised Robert Harrison, of Earby, with a coming-of-age card and a warning him to take it easy in the pub that night.
"I was surprised and pleased to get the card," said Robert. "I don't think I'll be taking it out showing it around. I'll just keep it safe. I haven't made my mind up how I'll vote."
Mr Cameron also admitted to 45-year-old Karen Morris from Barnoldswick that he and wife Sam did not sleep on a Silentnight bed but another brand bought as a wedding present by his mother-in-law 18 years ago.
"After 18 years, I think it's about time he bought another bed," said Ms Morri. "I'd be happy to take the order from him."
He had harsh words for Nigel Farage's UKIP and promised that his government had an economic plan that would spread wealth and prosperity to the North-West.
He also backed Ribble Valley MP Nigel Evans as Tory candidate for next year's general election.
Mr Cameron attacked UKIP for representing 'the politics of anger, not the politics of answers'.
He promised sticking with the Tory party's economic plan would spread prosperity to East Lancashire to benefit go-ahead firms like Silentnight.
Tackled on Rolls Royce's plans to axe 122 jobs at their nearby Barnoldswick factory Mr Cameron said: "I think the Conservatives are delivering here in Lancashire and the North-West.
"If you take the overall figure, there are 71,000 more people in work.
"The North-West has done better than any other area in the country in training and employing almost 300,000 apprentices.
"There are good signs of recovery here.
"In terms of Rolls Royce, obviously any job loss is disappointing but if you look across what's happening in the aerospace sector with BAE Systems and other companies, there's good growth taking place across the North-West.
"There is a very exciting expansion of BAE Systems in Lancashire and I know that there keen to take some of the people Rolls Royce might be letting go.
"Overall in aerospace in Lancashire I think the picture is good one."
On whether Mr Evans should stand as a Tory in next year's general election after his acquittal at Preston Crown Court last month on sex assault charges, Mr Cameron said: "That's very much Nigel's decision and the decision of the Ribble Valley constituency.
"Obviously, I'm pleased for him that he's back in the House of Commons as a Conservative MP.
"He's got great experience having been deputy speaker, and I'm keen to see him continue."


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AT&T and Numera Combine Personal Safety and Home Health Management with New Personal Health Gateway
AT&T Provides Wireless Network and Location Services for Numera Libris(TM), Marking a Move Beyond Traditional Emergency Response to More Comprehensive Health Support
Dallas, Texas, February 21, 2013
As 78 million baby boomers continue to age, falling is a serious issue that is often a precursor to many other serious and chronic health concerns. One-third of adults over 65, or 14.8 million people in North America, fall each year with many more falls unreported. Chronic conditions affect 21 percent of those between the ages of 45 – 64, and that percentage climbs to 45.3 percent of those over the age of 65. For those who are living with chronic conditions or are transitioning from hospitalization, continuity of care is critical for measurably better health.
To respond to this rapidly growing market, AT&T and Numera today announced that AT&T will be the wireless network and location services provider for Numera Libris. Libris brings together home health management and a personal emergency response system (PERS) in one simple, mobile solution. Advances in wireless technology and activity and biometric monitoring have made Numera Libris possible – a comprehensive mobile solution designed to better address the needs of active adults, as well as the chronically ill and homebound.
This "Personal Health Gateway", a new category of device, integrates safety functions including mobile emergency response services, two-way voice, automated fall detection, and location tracking with telehealth functionality. Numera Libris will be on display in the AT&T Connected City at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona on February 25 – 28, 2013 and also the AT&T exhibit, booth 3727, at HIMSS on March 4-6, 2013.
"Incorporating continuous monitoring of an individual's activity, location and important health measurements, the Numera Libris system breaks new ground in bringing together personal safety and telehealth in a mobile device," said Chris Penrose, senior vice president of emerging devices, AT&T.
"With the addition of wireless connectivity, the Numera Libris creates an affordable solution that connects individuals with their caregivers in an efficient manner."
Libris connects with the Numera NetTM telehealth+telecare platform, which enables an individual to upload biometric measurements from a variety of wireless health devices. They can then quickly, easily and securely, send that information via either a PC or Numera's home hub to their extended health care team, including family, friends, and healthcare professionals.
"Unlike traditional PERS, which target individuals in their 80s, Libris offers an adaptive, personal health gateway for the healthy aging population as well as those living with chronic conditions, " said Tim Smokoff, CEO of Numera. "This goes beyond fall detection, enabling these consumers and their family members to better manage their healthcare needs and ultimately to stay healthier and independent longer. Now individuals can stay connected to their health professionals between office visits from wherever they are through mobile health and safety monitoring done both in and outside of the home."
The telecare and telehealth market is expected to exceed $1 billion by 2016 and grow to $6 billion by 2020.
With AT&T mobile broadband network connectivity, Numera has begun Libris pilot programs with select solutions providers. The companies are planning for full commercial availability this spring.
For the complete array of AT&T offerings, visit www.att.com.


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"Where to Find the Money for Your Business" Panel Discussion
- When:
- Location:
- Student Center
- Room:
- 301
- Description:
Are you stuck and need ideas about where to find funding for your business?
The CEI has designed a workshop just for you! Our four panelists have financial knowledge and will be at UB on April 3, 2013, from 2:00 to 3:00 pm in SC301 to discuss different aspects of funding and provide details about how to find funding resources. RSVP is required – email@example.com, space is limited.
Join us and enjoy a slice of pizza as we celebrate National Financial Literacy Month. Bring your questions to ask the financial experts
- Veronica Cool, Vice President, Principal Business Banker Wells Fargo Bank
- Tonia McCoy, Small Business Administration
- Kathleen Manley, Owner, Asset Funding Solutions, Inc. and one of CEI's Entrepreneurs in Residence
- Omari Pearson, Program Manager, Operation HOPE Inc.
- Contact Name:
- Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation
- Contact Email:
- firstname.lastname@example.com
- Contact Phone:
- 410.837.4892
If you need accommodations to participate in this event, please contact the person listed above at least 10 days prior to the event.


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Extreme Zucchini
By Fruits & Veggies - More Matters
From the Cool Fuel Cookbook for Kids
- Prep Time: 30 Minutes
Side Dishes
Serves: 4
Cups of Fruits & Vegetables per Serving: 1/2
1 cup zucchini, with skin, cut into 1" cubes
1 medium tomato, chopped into 1" chunks
1/4 cup yellow bell pepper, diced
1/4 cup onion, diced
1/2 tablespoon low-fat mayonnaise
Combine first 4 ingredients in a small sauce pan. Cook on MEDIUM-LOW heat until vegetables are tender, about 20 minutes, stirring occasionally. Remove from stove top and mix in the mayonnaise. Add salt and pepper to taste (optional).
Each serving provides: An excellent source of vitamin C.
From the Cool Fuel Cookbook for Kids
Nutritional Information
- Calories: 19
- Carbohydrates: 4g
- Total Fat: 0.4g
- Cholesterol: 0mg
- Saturated Fat: 0.1g
- Dietary Fiber: 1g
- % of Calories from Fat: 16%
- Sodium: 22 mg
- Protein: 1g
- Recipe Credit
Recipe is courtesy of Produce for Better Health Foundation and Shoney's, Inc. This recipe meets PBH and Centers for Disease Control & Prevention (CDC) nutrition standards that maintain fruits and vegetables as healthy foods.
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A CHARITY treasurer has been fined £3,000 for charging the organisation for trustee duties.
Alan Rowntree, who is a partner at Beever and Struthers accountancy firm, in Blackburn, charged the Brian Mercer Charitable Trust £35,342 between 2002 and 2009 for the work, which is against Charity Commission guidance.
He also admitted he failed to to follow the Charity Commission advice in relation to safeguarding against a potential conflict of interest arising from acting as a trustee of the Trust while also providing professional services.
The Brian Mercer Charitable Trust gives grants to organisations including the British Liver Trust, Sightsavers International and the Royal National Institute for the Blind.
Documents on its website show it has made a donation of £25,000 to Blackburn Youth Zone and has recently given £10,000 to the East Lancashire Hospice.
It offers £50,000 a year to Eyesight, which does research into age-related macular degeneration, and £42,000 to the Royal British Society of Sculptors.
Mr Rowntree was also reprimanded by the The Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales and told to pay £2,809 in costs.
A spokesman for the Charity's Commission said: "We received complaints about trustee payments and conflicts of interest within the Brian Mercer Charitable Trust.
"We gave the trustees advice about the power to pay trustees, their duties regarding decision making and their responsibility to recover payments if they have been made in breach of trust.
"We decided not to take any further action than this because there was insufficient evidence to conclude that the trustees had acted outside of their discretionary powers.
"We will only intervene in cases where there is clear evidence of serious misconduct or mismanagement."


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Stemming from the original trailblazing entity Hellz Bellz comes BOTB, the newest conceptual venture from the mind of Lani Alabanza-Barcena featuring classic statement pieces including tops, dresses, beanies, leggings, and shoes. BOTB is a clash of two contrasting female embodiments, which come together for a melodic mix of chaos that presents the refined rebellette. Strong yet feminine, aggressive yet gentle, it is the label for women who live not by a set state of mind, but by the whims of her motives. BOTB designs contrast the tough-girl mold the designer has pieced together over the years against a lighthearted approach to design inspired by current youth culture. BOTB acts as a mirror against today's multicultural society and echoes the broad growing interest of each individual.
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America's new motto: In Guns we trust.
If semi-automatic weapons are outlawed, we'll start down a slippery slope. Next, they'll outlaw fully automatics, then grenades and grenade launchers, Claymore mines and Howitzers. What? Those are already banned? I knew it. It has begun, we're doomed!
All you read or hear is 1.7 million purchasers of firearms were turned away because they were either convicted felons or had a mental history. No one says a word about the very, very few who were pursued beyond being turned away. But we need universal background checks? To keep track of who?
We cannot use religious scripture to determine who gets equal rights and who does not, especially since it has been proven that being gay is natural. Gays will get equal rights no matter what your Bible says.
Some people are tolerant and do not take the Bible as a text to live by but as a text to learn from.
Coop up the crazies. Don't take our guns. Taking the guns from law-abiding citizens wouldn't have stopped the crazy cop in L.A. or the terrorist at Fort Hood. If a criminal couldn't get a gun on the black market, he wouldn't hesitate at stealing one. Gun laws are not the answer. Better mental workers and facilities are.
Yes, you have the right to own a gun to protect you, your family and your home. Just be aware, there is a greater chance that someone in your home will be killed by that gun than that gun will ever be used to protect you, your family or your home against a criminal.
Good doctors control what is prescribed and know the difference between addiction and physical dependence.
Hey, if the gays want to belong to groups or whatever (Boy Scouts), don't ruin this excellent group of young people's organization. Start your own … scouts!
Hang in there, America. You don't have to give up your morals and values you grew up with and made America the special place it is. Hollywood is trying hard to make us feel that unnatural things are normal but, in the end, we will find our way by sticking together against the vocal minorities brainwashing our young people.
I think anybody who tries to murder the national anthem should be shot with an assault rifle!
To the ranter on funeral processions: You must be very selfish. No, there is no law saying traffic has to stop, it's only showing respect. You can't always pull over to the side. If you are in that much of a hurry, you should have left earlier. It doesn't kill anyone to stop for two to three minutes. Show some decency for others.
The political poll percentage means nothing unless they also define who and what was asked, and when it was taken.
Bought a $20 Hoosier scratch-off ticket (first and last time). Didn't even win $1.
When you spend more than you take in, you go broke. You'd think even a Democrat could figure that out.
Teachers aren't the problem in most cases of failing schools. It's lazy, uncaring parents who are the problem. Buying your kid an iPhone/pod/pad and designer clothes and shoes is not good parenting. Reading to them, buying them books, coming to school conferences and holding them accountable is what is needed.
Please, Dems, run Joe Biden for president in 2016. We will really need the comic relief, since the country will be pretty much down the tubes by then.
Sorry, FWCS (Fort Wayne Community Schools) board and (Superintendent) Wendy Robinson. You are not doing a good job and, like so many elected officials, you are not being held accountable.
Here's a clue for our leaders. Every Sept. 11, be prepared for some kind of action from what some people call terrorists. Most Americans remember that we were attacked on that date, so even our simple-minded leaders should figure out the date is significant.
I believe history will show Al Gore to be the biggest phony and con man we've ever seen. It's amazing any still listen to such a hypocrite.
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A small number of insects and other bugsabout one per centare major
pests. They are responsible for destroying crops and food, infesting livestock,
damaging property and spreading disease.
When an animal species arrives in a new place, it often leaves behind the
parasites, predators and other factors that kept its population numbers in
check in its native home. A species that was not a pest in its native land can
become a significant pest in a new location.
Unlike mammal, fish and bird introductions, most introduced bug species have
reached Australia by accident. Bugs are small and can creep undetected onto
boats and aircraft. They can also hitch rides in food, furniture, building
equipment, plants and on animalsincluding humans.
Many of the bug species introduced to Australia are now well established and, in
some cases, have become significant agricultural or urban pests.
Cockroaches from Europe and America were amongst the earliest invaders, arriving
in Australia in the late 1700s and early 1800s. Australia's 440 native species
of cockroaches are the recyclers of the bush, eating dead plant material and
returning nutrients to the soil, but the introduced species contaminate food
and carry diseases such as salmonella and diphtheria.
Some recent arrivals that have created major problems for farmers and
agriculturalists include the European Wasp, Fire Ant, Elm Leaf Beetle and
Not all pests are introduced. The Queensland Fruit Fly is a native pest rather
than an introduced one. It is now a major problem throughout eastern Australia
due to the planting of fruit trees along the east coast and inland river
systems. Fruit flies are not strong fliers, but are spread by infested fruit
being carelessly discarded in a fruit growing area.
Sometimes bugs are deliberately employed as 'biocontrol' agents. This is the use
of natural enemies to control non-native insects or plants, such as invasive
weeds. The control species often comes from the original home of the pest
species. It is more environmentally friendly than using pesticides or
herbicides, but crucial research and testing is needed to make sure that the
control species does not become a problem itself.


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Factory Entertainment was on hand during Comic-Con showing off their wide array of licensed product, from The Beatles Yellow Submarine to Universal Monsters. But first things first - new 2013 licenses! Factory Entertainment announced at the show their acquisition of the following hot movie and comic licenses: Jurassic Park, Jaws, Back to the Future, Judge Dredd and Shaun of the Dead. Collectors can expect a variety of product including new plush, Shakems (bobble heads), statues and prop replicas.
THE BEATLES YELLOW SUBMARINE: Recently remastered and released on Blu-ray, this animated classic has already received collectibles in the form of new Shakems and plush (see our story HERE). New items on display included Pepperland Band Shakems (with alternative heads: those of the animated Beatles and those bearded as the band), a cool Yellow Submarine Maquette, and most exciting: 1:6th scale Articulated Collectibles Figures of the cartoon Fab Four. Based on their animated appearance in the movie, these approximately 12" figures were given a more real world treatment by elongating their legs and arms to make them appear more human. The figures are a "what if the 'toon was real" approach without losing any of the cartoon charm. Ringo, Paul, George and John will each retail for around $129 and are slated to begin shipping this October. Each comes with real cloth outfits and a large assortment of accessories and interchangeable arms. They looked amazing in person.
UNIVERSAL MONSTERS: The item that has me most excited is Factory Entertainment's 1:1 replica of the fossil hand prop seen in the 1954 Universal classic The Creature From The Black Lagoon. Sculpted by Tyler Ham using the only surviving resources, this unique collectible is coming soon priced at around $400 and limited to only 500 pieces. Also on display was Factory Entertainment's new 1:1 Frankenstein VFX Maquette (read our story HERE), as well as a new Medallion replica from Dracula (750 pieces) and Wolfman Cane. While only the gorgeous wolf handle was shown at Comic-Con, the entire cane will be offered as the final product.
While not licensed product, Factory Entertainment had on display a line of monster figures called Crypto-Creatures. Factory Entertainment was gauging fan reaction on these and from what I saw, I thought they looked great.
JAMES BOND 007: Following their steel "Jaws" replica teeth and sold out reproduction of the Golden Gun, Factory Entertainment will be introducing several new authentic James Bond prop replicas. Look for Goldfinger Tracking Devices and the Goldeneye Lens and Keys (above) this fall, as well as a cool Moonraker Laser this winter.
MEN IN BLACK: Shakems (see our story HERE) and a cool replica of the Neuralyzer (HERE) have been announced, but Factory Entertainment have two new weapon replicas on display at the show. Coming soon will be chromed-out (real metal) props of the "Noisy Cricket" and Agent Sidearm (J2 Gun).


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A coalition representing disabled Minnesotans said they had a good meeting Tuesday with Human Services Commissioner Lucinda Jesson.
The group asked for the last-minute meeting so they could air their grievances over a Medicaid cost-cutting proposal floated by seven health plans and hospitals.
A spokesman for the Minnesota Consortium for Citizens with Disabilities said Jesson was a good listener and well-informed about their concerns. But the consortium is still worried about the possibility of damaging cuts to programs that affect disabled Minnesotans.
Representatives from the health plans who crafted the proposal also met with Jesson Tuesday. A spokesperson for the group said they hope their document will be a useful resource that could improve access, affordability and the quality of health care for all Minnesotans.
The commissioner declined a request from MPR News to discuss the meetings.


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The Battle of the Midway—the matchup of No. 7 Syracuse and No. 19 San Diego State aboard the retired USS Midway in the San Diego harbor—is going forward.
With promoters unable to secure major sponsorships, the game was in jeopardy of being canceled this week. Instead, Fox Sports stepped up its financial commitment and organizers agreed to add seats to the deck of the Midway to increase revenue.
So the Syracuse-San Diego State game will go on as planned, Nov. 9 at 8 p.m. ET.
"We are excited to be participating in the game against Syracuse on the USS Midway," San Diego State athletics director Jim Sterk said in a statement. "We are fortunate to have a great group of people supporting this event, which will give us an opportunity to showcase our basketball program, University and community to the entire nation. It will truly be an unforgettable experience."
With sponsorship problems, a concert, fan festival and gala dinner—all to benefit charity—already had been canceled and it appeared this week that the game might be next on the chopping block.
Instead, Fox Sport became the major stakeholder in the event, assuming financial liability for any revenue shortfall.
"The promoter had some issues securing some sponsorships, which created some hardships for him," Fox Sports San Diego general manager Henry S. Ford told the San Diego Union-Tribune. "We kind of stepped up to make it happen. Producing a game of this magnitude is far more than a typical game would cost. "We're happy to work with San Diego State and Syracuse to make Battle on the Midway a first-class event here in San Diego and an outstanding telecast to our national audiences."
The original Carrier Classic game between North Carolina and Michigan State was held last year aboard the USS Carl Vinson in San Diego harbor to much fanfare and glamor. Even President Obama attended.
With no active aircraft carrier to be docked in San Diego this fall, organizers moved the game to the deck of the retired USS Midway. Originally planned to seat only 4,000 fans on the deck, Midway Museum officials agreed to add another 1,000 seats for the game.
San Diego State now will handle ticket sales through its athletics department, further reducing costs for the game. With the added capacity, Sterk said there will be able 2,900 tickets made available to the public next week, ranging from $150 to $500 per seat.
Last year's Carrier Classic generated so much buzz that two copycat events were scheduled on the East Coast this year. No. 3 Ohio State will play Marquette on the USS Yorktown in Charleston, S.C. And Georgetown will play No. 16 Florida on the USS Bataan off the coast of Jacksonville. The games in Charleston and Jacksonville are on secure financial footing.


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Marshall back on roster, Parra placed on DL
WASHINGTON -- The Reds activated left-hander Sean Marshall from the disabled list on Friday and put Manny Parra on the 15-day DL.
Marshall had been on the DL since April 10 with shoulder tendinitis and was eligible to come off April 23, but the Reds didn't give the word until they were taking batting practice for Friday's game.
Marshall threw twice on rehab assignments this week and fared well before re-joining the team on Thursday in Washington.
Marshall last pitched on Wednesday for Triple-A Louisville, throwing 18 pitches in one inning. He said Thursday that he threw all of his pitches and felt fine.
He had pitched in just one game this season -- against the Nationals -- before going on the DL. Left-hander Parra went on the DL with a pectoral muscle strain (left), retroactive to Wednesday.
Jeff Seidel is a contributor to MLB.com. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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I have a multilayer Neural Network with 1 layer of hidden - z units, input layer - x units and output layer - y units. I have a question, Can I divide the NN into 2 new ones as:
Can I divide it? Please, help me.
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Not if you want to keep the exact same behavior. Each output node could potentially depend on all the hidden nodes, so while you could split the output layer into two networks (duplicating the input and hidden layers), you can't split the hidden layer without (potentially) changing the behavior.
That said, if each output node depends only weakly on some of the hidden layer nodes, it might be possible to split it while changing the behavior only slightly.
My output units are large and they are independent groups. Can I split it?
What do you mean by "large" and "independent groups"?
While I have never used neural networks, I am very interested in AI and have read a bit about them. Could you possibly plug what you want to divide into another NN as the input? Just a possibility that I thought might work, sorry if it is of no use, like I said I have no real knowledge on using them just theorectical knowledge, I guess as what you could call it.
I think I had a mistake. Thank you for help.


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Fields, Travis, Lennerton head six roster cuts
LAKELAND, Fla. -- Daniel Fields, Devon Travis and Jordan Lennerton all made impressions on Tigers officials to help their case for eventually making it to the Major Leagues. None of them were going to make the Opening Day roster. Thus, they were among the second wave of roster cuts as the Tigers trimmed their ranks Friday.
Lennerton, Fields and Justin Miller were optioned to Triple-A Toledo, while third baseman Francisco Martinez was optioned to Double-A Erie. Travis, as a non-roster invitee, was assigned to Minor League camp; he's expected to join the Double-A club after hitting up a storm at both Class A levels last year.
The Tigers later optioned outfielder Steven Moya to Erie after Friday's 12-6 win over the Nationals.
Of the six cuts, Miller had the one real chance to make the Opening Day roster. The hard-throwing right-hander, signed last fall out of the Rangers' farm system, was a darkhorse candidate for a bullpen spot. He gave up runs in each of his first four outings this spring, which combined with strong performances from others in camp left Miller on the outside of the battle. He gave up five runs, three earned, on six hits in five innings, walking two and striking out six.
For Lennerton, a first baseman in the same organization as Miguel Cabrera and Victor Martinez, an Opening Day spot would've been a long shot unless somebody was injured. The 28-year-old went 5-for-21 with two RBIs in his first big league camp. He'll return for a second season with the Mud Hens.
"I think I showed them that I am able to play at this level," Lennerton said. "Obviously things may not have gone exactly as I wanted, but I put together some good at-bats, I played some solid defense, and I think the staff knows I'm not afraid to work and I'm always putting in my time."
He'll be joined by Fields, who's headed to the same ballpark where his father, current Tigers hitting coordinator Bruce Fields, managed at Toledo in 2001 and '02 before joining then-manager Alan Trammell's staff in Detroit as hitting coach. Now, the younger Fields -- born and raised in Detroit -- will be one step away from making the big leagues himself.
With no time above Double-A, the 23-year-old Fields was never seen as a candidate to fill the left-handed-hitting platoon role that opened up in left field when Andy Dirks required back surgery earlier this month. He went 3-for-14 with no RBIs this spring, walking three times with seven strikeouts.
"I think when I got in there, I played as hard as I could and did everything I could to play well and show them what I had to do," said Fields, who will play center field in Toledo. "Hopefully I'll go to Minor League camp, play well, start the season off in Toledo and hopefully I get an opportunity up to Detroit soon."
Travis is an up-and-coming second-base prospect who made a fresh set of impressions with a new staff. He went 5-for-18 in scattering playing time this spring.
He'll be joined in Erie by Martinez, who returns to the same level where he earned an All-Star Futures Game selection in 2011. He spent last summer at Class A Advanced Lakeland after the Tigers reacquired him from Seattle.
Martinez went 5-for-17 in 12 games.
Moya was the furthest from the big leagues going into camp but made a big enough impression to change the perception on his development. The lanky left-handed hitter went 7-for-21 with two doubles, a triple and five RBIs, falling a home run shy of the cycle in a four-RBI performance against the Cardinals on Monday in Jupiter, Fla.
Moya's name came up when the Tigers were discussing their options in left field with Dirks out, manager Brad Ausmus said.
"You can make an argument that he was the MVP of the camp," Ausmus said. "The problem is he was in A-ball and he really just needs to play. He needs to get experience. We certainly think the ceiling is high for him, but asking him to go from 90 games in A-ball to the big leagues is an enormous jump."
Moya was neither stunned nor disappointed by the decision.
"That's OK, I'm not upset," Moya said. "I'm just going to keep doing my job, working hard, keep going forward, thinking positive. The only thing you have control of is what you do every day and how your work."
Asked whether he felt he proved what he can do, Moya said, "A lot. I know now they know that I can hit. They know I can run. Now they know I can play the outfield. I let them know what I want, and what I want is to be in the big leagues."
The moves reduce the Tigers' Spring Training roster to 40 players with two weeks to go before breaking camp.
Jason Beck is a reporter for MLB.com. Read Beck's Blog and follow him on Twitter @beckjason. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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I need my glass experts on this, green plate with 2 glass (pudding) or desert dishes. What is so interesting about this is the plate has beautiful cut designs in this.
I you can't see this well, I will put up another pic. I would love to find more of these in my storage. Hopefully I will.


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The overseas manufacturer of troubled steam generators that sidelined the San Onofre nuclear plant may have used the wrong parts in test equipment as it tries to devise repairs, U.S. nuclear safety regulators confirmed Tuesday.
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries failed to verify the size and shape of more than 1,100 tubes purchased from a Chinese supplier for use in a mock-up steam generator. The U.S. nuclear regulatory discovered the problem during an October inspection of Mitsubishi facilities in Kobe, Japan, and is awaiting a response to a "nonconformance" letter sent Nov.
San Onofre plant operator Southern California Edison met Tuesday with nuclear commission officials in Maryland to discuss its proposal to restart one of the plant's two reactors for a brief period at partial power.
At the same time, Edison and Mitsubishi are developing a long-term plan that might repair steam generators at both Unit 2, where the restart proposal is pending, and Unit 3, which has shown more extensive damage from tubes rubbing against supports and each other.
Edison and regulators have attributed problems in both generators on a botched computer analysis that miscalculated steam velocities. Manufacturing issues also played a role in generators at the Unit 3.
The nuclear commission found that Mitsubishi failed to verify the outside diameter straightness, tube bending radius and total tube length. It also notified Mitsubishi that a gauge used to measure strain on tubing was not properly certified.
Contacted Tuesday, a U.S. representative for Mitsubishi was awaiting a response from Japan.
Nuclear regulators could arrive at a decision in March on Edison's request to restart Unit 2 at partial power.
Tuesday's meeting in Rockville, Md., revolved around a long list of technical questions from regulators about the restart plan and technical assessments commissioned from steam generator experts, including industry rivals to Mitsubishi.
Nuclear commission officials fielded questions for nearly an hour from a sparse gallery crowd and by telephone from Southern California, holding out the event as an example of its commitment to public transparency.
Kendra Ulrich, of the international environmental group Friends of the Earth, urged the commission to make public an evaluation of whether a more substantial license amendment review of restart plans is needed. Nuclear Regulatory Commission officials said the agency cannot release that evaluation because it is Edison's property, while Edison officials offered no response during a lengthy discussion.
Friends of the Earth is petitioning the nuclear commission to conduct a more rigorous, semi-judicial review of the restart plans, in proceedings now before the Atomic Safety and Licensing Board.
After plugging hundreds of steam generator tubes, Edison wants to restart the Unit 2 reactor at 70 percent power for five months before conducting new inspections.
Edison has focused much of its analysis on unprecedented tube-on-tube wear found among a cluster of tubes in Unit 3 and between two tubes in Unit 2.
Daniel Hirsch, a nuclear safety activist and lecturer on nuclear policy at the University of California Santa Cruz, said the inspection report from Japan is a reminder that San Onofre's generators have not been fully repaired for long-term use.
"Why would you possibly try and restart Unit 2 without doing those repairs first," he said.
After hiring Mitsubishi in 2004 to build and deliver four new generators, Edison audited the manufacturer's quality assurance program at facilities in Kobe, Japan.
Edison repeatedly found issues associated with design control before acknowledging improvements in 2006, according to an inspection report published by the nuclear commission in July.
Edison has billed replacement steam generator manufacturer Mitsubishi Heavy Industries for $45 million in connection with the plant's nine-month outage, with costs for repairs, inspections and replacement power already exceeding $350 million.
The California Public Utilities Commission has opened an investigation to evaluate whether utility customers should get a rate reduction on a plant that has not produced power since Jan. 31.
Edison, which owns nearly 80 percent of the plant, and San Diego Gas & Electric, which owns a 20 percent stake, submitted their first formal arguments against a rate suspension or rebate on Monday.


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Torrington bike shop owner arrested on rape, kidnapping charges
Published 12:00 am, Friday, April 26, 2013
TORRINGTON >> A 33-year-old local bike shop owner was arrested Friday and charged with first-degree aggravated sexual assault after police said he abducted a Torrington woman at gunpoint and then sexually assaulted her.
Randy Brumell, the owner of Brumell's Cycle and Fitness, 911 East Main St., was also charged with second-degree kidnapping with a firearm, first-degree unlawful restraint, criminal possession of a pistol, carrying a pistol without a permit, sixth-degree larceny by possession and second-degree breach of peace.
Torrington Police Lt. Bruce Whiteley said in a news release that Brumell, of 6 Victoria St., Torrington, was arrested at 12:15 p.m. by city police without incident. He is being held on $750,000 court-set surety bond and is scheduled to appear in Bantam Superior Court on April 29.
Police said the 39-year-old victim reported to police on March 10 that Brumell, whom she knew, abducted her in Torrington at gunpoint.
"He drove her to a building where he then sexually assaulted her," Whiteley said in the release. "The handgun was not fired and has been recovered. The victim reported no physical injuries as a result of the assault."
Police said Brumell, a convicted felon, cannot legally possess a firearm in Connecticut. The gun was reported stolen out of Kentucky.
Brumell was previously arrested on March 12 on drug charges after police searched his bike shop and residence while serving a search warrant. He was charged with possession of under four ounces of marijuana, possession with intent to sell and use of drug paraphernalia.
Sgt. David Wood said in a press release that officers found marijuana, weighing scales and assorted drug paraphernalia. A 1998 Chevrolet Astro Van and $1,000 were seized at the time.
Brumell was released on $50,000 bond and has not yet entered a plea on those charges. He was set to return to Bantam Superior Court on March 12 in that case.
In 2011 Brumell was arrested following a traffic stop near Dawes Avenue in Torrington. Police said at the time he was driving with a suspended license and didn't have his registration or insurance information with him. He was charged with possession of marijuana, possession of marijuana in a school zone, possession of drug paraphernalia and failure to appear in court after that traffic stop.
The outcome of that case wasn't available Friday. Brumell also has a previous misdemeanor conviction for third-degree assault after he was arrested in Wallingford in January 2006. He pleaded no contest to that charge and was sentenced to one year in prison, suspended and two years of probation.
It wasn't clear Friday what felony conviction Brumell has on his record.
He has owned the East Main Street bike shop since 2008, according to his LinkedIn profile.


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The UK Daily Express has reported (noted that it's a UK publication reporting the loss of liberties for Americans, not CNN, ABC, CBS, or even Faux news) that the US government will use drones against an American civilian for the first time in the man-hunt for Christopher Dorner.
Current odds in Vegas are 2-1 that once the drone strike on Dorner is called in, a subsequent double-tap strike targeting rescue personal will be launched out of habit by the nerds with the joysticks in DC.
Authorities have reportedly offered $1 million for information leading to the arrest of the ex-soldier and NYPD cop.


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Friday Lazy Linking
What I want from a restaurant website. Matthew Inman, The Oatmeal - Comics, Quizzes, & Stories (2011-02-08).
A list of things I'd like restaurant websites to provide.View(Linked Wednesday 2011-02-09.)
Tesla Predicts the Portable TV (1926) Matt Novak, Paleofuture Blog (2011-02-07).
In 1926 Nicola Tesla gave an interview to Collier's Weekly in which he predicted something that sounds remarkably like portable television. Perhaps most interestingly, he mentions that this technology would be used to watch war unfold, "just as though we were present." NEW YORK, Jan 25 - (AP) - Application...(Linked Wednesday 2011-02-09.)
Kindlebility. Phil, philwilson.org (2011-02-05).
In my attempts to find better ways of getting long-form content onto my Kindle to read offline, I've mainly been using two tools: Instapaper and the Later On Kindle Chrome extension. Instapaper has great formatting, and repeated delivery works like a new issue of a periodical, but as far as...(Linked Wednesday 2011-02-09.)
Breaking the Web with hash-bangs. Isofarro, isolani: weblog (2011-02-08).
Update 10 Feb 2011: Tim Bray has written a much shorter, clearer and less technical explanation of the broken use of hash-bangs URLs. I thoroughly recommend reading and referencing it. Update 11 Feb 2011: Another very insightful (and balanced) response, this from Ben Ward (Hash, Bang, Wallop.) , great job...(Linked Wednesday 2011-02-09.)
i'll tell you why the obama admin is shitting bricks right at. Captain Capitulation, eye of the storm (2011-02-10).
i'll tell you why the obama admin is shitting bricks right at this moment. they were hoping to preserve the whole damn thing - the military and intelligence establishments, the basic control of the population - minus mubarak, as politicians the world over like to believe that swapping symbols or...(Linked Thursday 2011-02-10.)
Which Government Employees Cause More Harm: Docs or Cops? cherylcline, der Blaustrumpf (2011-02-08).
Robin Hanson's post today, "How Med Harms," prompts me to ask whether docs or cops cause more harm and death. Cops are a favorite target of liberals, anarchists, and some libertarians: they're of moderate status, usually of average intelligence, and they're heavily and conspicuously armed in a country that equates...(Linked Thursday 2011-02-10.)
Chamber of Corporatism. Jesse Walker, Jesse Walker: Reason Magazine articles and blog posts. (2011-02-07).
President Obama will be speaking today at the U.S. Chamber of Commerce. Tim Carney comments: This visit will spur a slew of articles on how Obama is "tacking to the center," becoming more "pro-business," and "mending relationships." This will mostly be bunk. The president is still selling the same Big...(Linked Thursday 2011-02-10.)
Stuck in the Middle. Dorothy, Cat and Girl (2011-02-10). (Linked Friday 2011-02-11.)


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Today I have spent most of the day trying to get over a horrible man-flu – given to me by my wonderful children! Unfortunately when I am on sick leave the boredom kicks in pretty quickly and I tend to gravitate online to to keep occupied. Here is what I did today…
Step 1 – look for inspiration
This step is pretty easy… since I missed out on my usual feed of podcast content whilst commuting to work, discount I had a quick scout around the web looking at some inspirational content from some of my favourite authors like Steve Sammartino, nurse Tom Peters, Seth Godin.… and listening to a few podcasts from the likes James Altucher, and the crew at Beers, Blokes, Business
Lots of good content there to knock a chesty cough for six!
Step 2 – inspiration into actions
A consistent theme across all of those authors/channels was that it is really important to take control of your work online. Now you can unpack that a number of different ways – but the things that I took away from it were:
- You should own your name online.
Not LinkedIn, not Twitter, not Facebook. At the moment in my part of the world this blog which sits at http://www.paul-woods.com is on the second page of results for Paul Woods – yep – I am a NOBODY! My Linkedin profile, Twitter feed and Facebook timeline all rank higher. This needs to change!
- You should own the content you produce online.
I have a few blogs around the place – some lie very dormant (like this one has for a while), some are quite low maintenance – like my Microsoft Office tips and tricks blog – whilst some a quite fresh like my new site where I am documenting the things I learn about my new Zoom H4n Handy Recorder. Across just the three blogs mentioned above, I have written over 400 pieces of content in the past 8 or 9 years – a small back catalog of good (and not so good) content. But according to Google, you couldn't really attribute that content to me. This needs to change!
- You should own your future
Today, I have a great job where I have developed over time and had the opportunity to do some truly amazing things, and learn from some amazing people. For example over the past four years I have been given enough rope and support to create a business inside the larger corporate machine – and have experienced the good and the bad of raw intrapreneurship – where I transformed what was simply a hobby – my Office tips and tricks blog into a "7 figure, profitable, employing a team of people" business. But I know for sure that I will not still working at the same place when I retire at 40/50/65/70/80. To survive/be comfortable in the future, where businesses are redefining what work is for the middle class… you can't pretend to rely on employment forever. I have been pretty comfortable to date. This needs to change!
Step 3 – actions into execution
Yep… all of that needs to change. But what is the first step? Good question. I thought I would share what I have done in the past 2 hours to kick start "turning the ship around"
- Wrote this article! And committed to myself (and you) to write more articles like it which are more focused on where I want to be tomorrow.
- Ensured that I had some basic Search Engine Optimisation occurring on my WordPress blogs. In this case I simply used the All-in-one SEO Pack for WordPress and London SEO Agency which does some pretty nifty things out of the box, but one thing in particular that I like is that it made it really easy for me to set up…
- Google Authorship. Clearly identifying Paul Woods as the author of stuff that Paul Woods has created online. This meant getting familiar with something that (to be honest) I had disregarded in the past – Google+. Whilst there is little value for me in circles at the moment (as not many of my friends or family are there) – the fact that my Google profile acts as the glue between all my content – both text and video – is a good thing.
- 30 minutes Exploring other ways to raise / curate my profile and learn at the same time. Top of the list was becoming a "author" – well as close to an author you can be without a publisher behind you. I am thinking about taking some of the best content from my Office tips and tricks blog and turning it into a easy to consume Amazon Kindle title. It will take some work, but a "as traditional as you can almost get" book published via Amazon.com is a great artifact that adds credibility to your story, what ever it is. You can help me craft the first title by filling in this quick survey
So there you have it – 120 minutes of time that I let my body and mind rest from work, and applied some creative thought to the world I live in. A little bit of future proofing for the years ahead. You should give it a go too next time you are unwell and trying to stop the spread man flu and your addiction to a regular salary.
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Today's Meatless Monday recipe comes from one of our Train with Grain sponsored cyclocross riders, Patricia Dowd. It sounded so simple and delicious, I couldn't help but share it over here, too. Check out more Train with Grain content here. Not only is it pretty simple, but it uses pumpkin and it's Halloween- perfect fit! Happy Halloween!
This week's farm share was jam packed with early fall goodness: pumpkin, arugula, fingerling potatoes, garlic and heirloom tomatoes.
I opened my refrigerator and found pre-cooked rice and garbanzo beans staring me in the face, so I threw this together for lunch.
- Arugula (1 cup)
- Roasted Pumpkin Seeds (a handful, pre-roasted)
- Garlic (1 large clove)
- Olive oil (drizzle into the food processor until the pesto reaches desired consistency)
- Sea salt and fresh ground pepper to taste
Place arugula, pumpkin seeds and garlic in a food processor. Pulse. Drizzle in olive oil while food processor is on. Add salt and pepper. Pulse. Voila, pesto!
- Prepared brown rice, Bob's Red Mill Long Grain Brown Rice. Follow directions on package. Make extra rice and store in your frig.
- Prepared Bob's Red Mill Garbanzo Beans. Follow directions on package. Make extra beans and store in your frig.
- Roasted pumpkin. Peel, cut and de-seed pumpkin. Toss with olive oil and sea salt. Roast in oven at 400°F degrees for 35-45 minutes. Store roasted pumpkin in frig.
- Chop a farm fresh tomato. If it's not tomato season, skip adding the tomato. Out of season tomatoes are mushy and taste terrible.
Grab your favorite bowl. Fill with brown rice, arugula pesto, garbanzo beans and roasted pumpkin. Top with chopped tomato, sea salt and fresh ground pepper. Enjoy!


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IMPROVEMENTS to a communal garden, a new bin store and extra parking spaces have been given the go-ahead thanks to a special fund.
Oxfordshire tenants of the GreenSquare Housing Association submitted bids for work costing up to £5,000 they would like to see in their areas.
A vote on which should be backed was taken at the housing association's Isis communities board annual meeting, held at the Clockhouse in Blackbird Leys.
The money is from an estate improvement fund, with £40,000 available each year for projects.
Lew Fryer, GreenSquare's community involvement officer, said: "People made a tremendous effort. Residents had photos, fact sheets and, in some cases, PowerPoint presentations on their stalls at the meeting.
"There was a really great atmosphere at the event, with lots of enthusiastic discussion about each of the proposed projects.
"In the end, we were able to give the go-ahead to all nine suggestions, which included a locked bin store with cover and two extra parking spaces at Marsh Court, Abingdon; new furniture and improvements for the communal room at Wingfield Court, in St Clement's, Oxford; and the planting a willow tree in the communal garden for more privacy at Rackham Place, on the Waterways estate.
"We are always keen to involve residents in decisions to make improvements to their communities. Letters will now be sent to the residents who might be affected by the proposed projects before the final go-ahead is given to start any work."
Other schemes include a water irrigation system for the greenhouse at Frys Court, in Greater Leys, and garden furniture for John Kallie Court, in Cowley.
Gerry Webb, whose garden is famous for its appearances in the disabled entrant category of Oxford in Bloom, welcomed the new water irrigation system.
He said: "It will make such a big difference. I'm disabled, so lugging 14 cans of water around the gardens in the summer can be very difficult. It will improve the area and the gardens."


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AROUND 100 people helped launch the Friends of the Winchester Poetry Festival last night.
The festival will be held from September 12-14 and aims to become a major annual event.
It will celebrate local poets and Hampshire's literary heritage as well as stage readings by national names such as Brian Patten, who once lived in Winchester, and Michael Longley and commemorate the centenary of the start of World War One.
The launch event was held in The Deanery in The Close with special guest Roger McGough giving a short and well-received reading.
Mr McGough said: "A city isn't a city without a poetry festival."
Festival chairman Robert Hutchison said there were no good regional festival in the South and this annual event would fill the gap.
He appealed for people to support it by becoming friends and pledging up to £100 a year.
The launch attracted many local people including Judge Guy Boney QC, Barbara Large, founder of the Winchester Writers' Conference, Edward Fennell, founder of Hyde 900, mayor and mayoress Ernie and Barbara Jeffs and deputy mayor Eileen Berry and city councillors Kim Gottlieb and Robert Johnston.
Also there was Peter Owen, the nephew of World War One poet Wilfred Owen. During the festival there will be a special reading in the memorial cloister at Winchester College.
Photo by Joe low. See next week's Hampshire Chronicle for more photos.