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Topic: Dad is now at peace
My wonderful Dad, my hero, my everything passed away peacefully this morning at 2.45am in the arms of my Mom and I.
Thank you for all your support and prayers. Dad fought right up to the end but God heard our prayers and took him to a better place, as much as we wanted him to stay, enough was enough. I'm so thankful he never suffered any pain and his passing was peaceful.
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Mary Bullwinkel
Beacon Correspondent
Fortuna resident Pearl Frey turned 100 years old on Sept. 22, and the community came together and made not just one, but two of her dreams come true.
When Sue Moore of Visiting Angels found out that Frey wanted a helicopter ride to celebrate her 100th birthday, she decided she would do all she could to see that the wish became a reality.
Moore mentioned the wish at a Fortuna Chamber of Commerce mixer and the ball began to roll. "The entire community of friendly Fortuna came together and made this happen," Moore said. That was on a Wednesday and three days later when Frey was celebrating her 100th birthday at a party at the Los Amigos Club in Loleta, she received a certificate letting her know her wish had been granted.
One week after the chamber mixer announcement, Frey was fulfilling her dream and enjoying a half hour sightseeing ride in a helicopter, courtesy of Redwood Coast Helicopters and pilot Glenn Gunther. "It's something I have looked forward to for years and years and years," Frey said. The sightseeing tour took Frey over her house in Fortuna, down the Eel River past Fernbridge, out to the mouth of the river and then back.
Not only did Frey get a ride in a helicopter last week, she was also given a ride in a fire truck on the same day. CalFire was having a barbecue at the Rohnerville Air Base and agreed to give Frey the second special birthday gift.
Frey thoroughly enjoyed both the helicopter and fire truck rides. "She was elated," Moore said, referring to Frey, "she said she wanted to do it again when she turned 110."
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Marlins strand 15, miss chance to topple Rockies
Miami goes up in ninth, but Cishek blows save, Dyson allows winner
DENVER -- Following Friday's offensive flash in the pan, the Marlins had seemingly found a way to win by resuming their scrappy run-producing ways.
But with one towering solo shot to the third deck of right field, Corey Dickerson neutralized the Marlins' two-out, ninth-inning rally. And in the 13th, Dickerson again made Miami pay for a night's worth of missed opportunities by securing a 5-4 victory with his go-ahead single.
One day after erupting for 13 runs, the Marlins went 2-for-13 with runners in scoring position, stranding 15, to fall back to .500.
"We left a ton of guys on base," manager Mike Redmond said. "In one-run games in this ballpark, that's tough. You can put a big number up quick and in one swing. But we had chances. We had a lot of chances."
Nolan Arenado led off the 13th with a double off right-hander Sam Dyson to set up Dickerson's second round of heroics. And after Dickerson snuck a ground ball up the first-base side, Arenado just beat out Giancarlo Stanton's cannon throw to score the game-winner.
"I knew [third-base coach Stu Cole] was going to send him, being the 13th inning," said Dickerson. "It was the right decision, even though Stanton has a great arm. He made a good throw, and luckily Nolan beat it."
Four innings earlier, LaTroy Hawkins sat down the Marlins' first two batters of the ninth easily enough before Marcell Ozuna and Jarrod Saltalamacchia put runners on the corners with back-to-back singles. Then, in a far cry from Friday's high-flying ways, Adeiny Hechavarria got the job done by deflecting a slow chopper up the middle off Hawkins' glove.
On to close out what would have been the Marlins' Major-League leading 33rd one-run victory, right-hander Steve Cishek served up the no-doubter to Dickerson, erasing Miami's ninth-inning, small-ball rally.
"I've done it a couple of times in BP," Dickerson said after hitting only the 33rd third-deck homer in Coors Field history. "We joke around and they tell me, 'Do it in a game.' I got a good pitch and put a good swing on it. It was pretty awesome that it went that far."
Down 3-1 in the count, Cishek lamented the pitch he threw to Dickerson, whom he called "an all-or-nothing hitter."
"I left a big pitch to hit to a pure fastball hitter, and he got all of it," Cishek said after his fourth blown save of the season. "I'm not one to make excuses. The bottom line is I didn't make my pitches."
The Rockies got to Tom Koehler for all three runs he'd surrender in the third. After allowing back-to-back singles to start the inning, Koehler coaxed Rockies starter Jordan Lyles into a run-scoring double play to seemingly dodge any serious damage.
But in the span of six pitches, Koehler would serve up a double to Charlie Blackmon and a homer to Brandon Barnes for the Rockies' only extra-base hits of the evening before Dickerson's game-tying blast. Outside of that, Koehler hardly broke a sweat, scattering eight hits with four strikeouts and no walks.
"I got beat today by the definition of a bloop and a blast," Koehler said.
Stanton's double in the top of third brought home Christian Yelich and put the Marlins on the board first.
After Donovan Solano became the third Marlin in the past two days to bring home a run with a bases-loaded walk, Stanton was given a chance to add to his Coors Field legend in the fourth. But with the bases still loaded and two outs, Lyles rung him up with a slider to end the threat -- the first of three times Stanton would strike out to end the inning in a go-ahead opportunity.
A free pass came back to bite the Rockies again in the fifth after Saltalamacchia's double brought home Ozuna to tie the game at 3 following his two-out walk.
Cody Ulm is an associate reporter for MLB.com. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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The Greatest Athletes to Wrestle in the WWE
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The following is my list of the greatest athletes to ever wrestle in the WWE. Now for this list, I have 2 simple rules: (1) the entrants must have wrestled at least one singles match in a WWE ring (no WCW or NWA) and (2) they must have a recognizable reputation in wrestling. This was very difficult to objectively rank, so, as usual, enjoy the content rather than go nuts over my order. Most of these entrants were former football players. It is no surprise that wrestling has a history of calling upon players who are cut from the NFL. Hopefully, I didn't leave out anyone significant. This list will attempt to rank the athletic success of these stars outside of their WWE careers. To my non-U.S. readers, all football references are to American football, rather than soccer. Let's go.
Honorable Mentions:
Hacksaw Jim Duggan (Atlanta Falcons)
Dolph Ziggler (Kent State, wrestling)
Dr. Death Steve Williams (Oklahoma, football and wrestling)
Ahmed Johnson (2 yrs with the Dallas Cowboys, bumped from #15 due to lack of online info)
Ricky Steamboat (New York State, wrestling)
Macho Man (Minor league baseball)
Paul Orndorff (University of Tampa, football)
Scott Norton (Arm wrestling champion)
Floyd Mayweather Jr. (Boxer)
Akebono (Sumo wrestler)
17. Lex Luger- Luger played in college for Penn State in his freshman year, then transferred to Miami to play for the Hurricanes. He didn't make much of a name for himself in college, and eventually went on to play brief stints in the CFL, followed by the NFL's Green Bay Packers, where he was sidelined due to injury. His football career came to an end after spending a year in the United States Football League where he was teammates with Ron Simmons.
16. JBL- JBL played college football for Abilene Christian University as an All-American offensive lineman for 2 seasons, followed by a brief NFL stint that saw him released before ever playing a regular season game for the LA Raiders. He also played one season in the World League of American Football for San Antonio, Texas. JBL has often bragged on television that he played his last 2 college games with a broken leg.
15. Brian Pillman- Like numerous stars in this countdown, The Loose Cannon played defensive tackle. In college, he played for Miami University in Ohio (same as Ben Roethlisberger) where he still holds the school records for both season and career tackles for a loss. The Cincinnati Bengals signed him as a free agent in the NFL in 1984 and sent him to the Buffalo Bills, where he was eventually cut before the start of the 1985 regular season. Pillman also briefly played in the Canadian Football League before embarking on his professional wrestling career.
14. Bill Goldberg- Goldberg is yet another former NFL player to turn to wrestling due to injury. He played as a defensive tackle in college for the University of Georgia before being drafted late into the 1990 NFL Draft. Goldberg played for the LA Rams, the Atlanta Falcons (majority of his career), and finally, the Carolina Panthers. A terrible career-ending injury saw his abdominal muscles literally tear from his pelvis (ouch!). Suffice to say, his NFL career was lackluster, playing in only a few games and never recording a single sack.
13. Shelton Benjamin- Shelton Benjamin was a wrestling prodigy since his early days, and it is a shame that he never became a main eventer in the WWE. However, that does not take away from what he has accomplished in his career, which began as a high school state champion in heavyweight wrestling. In 1996, Benjamin won a national heavyweight title in junior college before attending the University of Minnesota where he became a 2-time All-American heavyweight wrestler and even worked and lived with Brock Lesnar there.
12. The Rock- The Great One is up next on my list. His wrestling career speaks for itself, while his football career does the same. A member of the 1991 National Champion Miami Hurricanes, he played defensive tackle, which by now should be common knowledge to many wrestling fans. Although he only started in 1 out of his 39 career games at Miami (anyone would come off the bench for Warren Sapp), Johnson recorded a total of 77 tackles and 4.25 sacks. Rocky's popularity even scored him a guest appearance on Martha Stewart Living during the championship season. Following college, he briefly took a crack at the CFL, before eventually finding his true calling. The Rock and Lex Luger are to this day the only 2 WWE wrestlers to both play college football at Miami and play in the CFL.
11. Jack Swagger- Barely edging out The Rock (due to individual college achievements) is Jack Swagger. At the University of Oklahoma, Swagger actually played 2 sports. He was a back-up defensive tackle on the football team in addition to his specialty, wrestling. Swagger was named an All-American and famously set a record for pins in a season (30). Unfortunately, he wasn't able to win the NCAA Championship in either year and finished with a personal best of 7th place in 2006.
10. Wahoo McDaniel- Wahoo started his college career playing football for Oklahoma and went on to have a full NFL career. He was a linebacker for the Houston Oilers, the Denver Broncos, the New York Jets, the Miami Dolphins, and the San Diego Chargers during the 1960's. McDaniel didn't get to start any games until the latter stage of his NFL career, however, he was still able to record 13 career interceptions and even run one of them back for a touchdown. His football career came to a halt after assaulting 2 police officers, which caused Wahoo to transition into his wrestling career.
9. Ron Simmons- Simmons had an incredible college football career that led to a brief professional football career. He began in college at Florida State where he played in back-to-back Orange Bowls. FSU would retire his jersey, as he was actually a leading candidate for the Heisman Trophy in 1979, and he was even inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame. He would go on to play in the NFL (Cleveland Browns), CFL, and USFL in the mid-80's, but nothing notable came from his professional career.
8. Monty Brown- Easily the least known wrestler on this list, but one of the most notable football careers, is Monty Brown. His stage name was The Alpha Male, Marcus Cor Von, and he was a member of the ECW New Breed. Brown began his college football career at Ferris State University, where he set several records, won multiple awards, and was named an All-American linebacker. He played multiple seasons for the Buffalo Bills, including a Super Bowl appearance in 1994, which they lost to the Dallas Cowboys. In his final season in the NFL, Brown signed with the New England Patriots and had his season cut short due to injury. Brown began to show promise in his final 2 years in the NFL, which happened to be the only seasons in which he started any games, and he even recorded over 60 tackles and nearly 40 assists on tackles in those 2 seasons.
7. Kurt Angle- How can we leave out Kurt Angle? The guy's entire gimmick is based on his Olympic success of winning a gold medal in the 1996 Games in Atlanta. Angle faced a renown Iranian wrestler in the heavyweight class, and defeated him by official decision after they wrestled to a draw. Oh yeah, and he did it "with a frickin' broken neck". Other accomplishments include being a 2-time NCAA Division 1 Champion and a 3-time Division 1 All-American. He once even tried out for the Pittsburgh Steelers NFL football team. Kurt is one of the best athlete-turned-wrestlers of all time.
6. Dan Severn- Up next is another renown wrestler, UFC pioneer, Hall of Famer and former Superfight Champion, Dan Severn. Specializing in Greco-Roman and freestyle wrestling, The Beast has held over 100 titles in his illustrious career. He is a Hall of Famer at Arizona State University, where he attended college, and competed in all 3 Summer Olympics in the 1980s as a team alternate for amateur wrestling. He famously feuded with Ken Shamrock in UFC, WWE, and NWA.
5. Ken Shamrock- Cracking the top 5 is Ken Shamrock. The UFC Hall of Famer has headlined over a dozen ppvs and is one of the all-time greats of MMA. The World's Most Dangerous Man is the first UFC Superfight Champion (3X total) and the founder of the infamous Lion's Den. His battles with Royce Gracie, Dan Severn, and Tito Ortiz set records in the UFC and turned Shamrock into a legend. He also still holds the record for the longest UFC fight ever, at a whopping 36 minutes. In 2002, a deal fell through that would've brought him back to the WWE for a program with Kurt Angle, but scheduling disputes robbed the fans of what would have potentially been one of the best feuds ever.
4. Ernie Ladd- "The Big Cat" is up next in this countdown. Most young fans won't recognize this WWE Hall of Famer because his wrestling career ended in 1986. Ladd wrestled in the former WWWF, going up against the best of the best, including Sammartino, Morales, and Backlund in the 1970's. Although he competed for the original WWE title, Ladd was never successful in his quest, but was a trailblazer, as he was one of the first African Americans to become a true threat to the title. Additionally, Ladd was the first football player-turned wrester to become really successful in the ring. Before wrestling, Ladd played over 100 combined games for 3 NFL teams, most notably the San Diego Chargers, which played in 4 championship games while Ladd was with them, eventually winning an AFL Championship in 1963. He technically had the longest NFL career out of any full-time wrestler on this list and was a 4X AFL All-Star.
3. Mark Henry- A fellow Texan and one of my favorites on this list is Mark Henry. Prior to the WWE, Henry was a power lifter and weightlifter, winning so many medals and setting so many records that it would make your head spin. He is a 2-time Olympian, 2-time National Champion, and gold medalist in powerlifting, as well as a 3-time National Champion in weightlifting. Henry set numerous world records, along with dozens of other achievements, such as the first ever winner of the Arnold Strongman Classic. All of this, in 1996, led to a then-unprecedented, lucrative 10-year, 8-figure WWE contract, which even allowed Henry to take time off for competitions.
2. Lawrence Taylor- Yeah I know, cocaine and under-aged prostitutes have marred this legend's legacy, but luckily, I'll still allow him entry in my countdown. The 10X Pro Bowl, Hall of Famer is arguably the greatest linebacker in NFL history. He set several records in college at UNC before turning pro. LT famously main-evented WrestleMania 11, and although he only wrestled one time in the company, it is still a hell of an achievement, considering the fact that he had no wrestling experience. As we know, Taylor defeated Bam Bam en route to perhaps the single greatest feat that any pro athlete has ever accomplished in WWE, winning the company's biggest match of the year.
1. Brock Lesnar- What can I say about The Beast?
-NCAA Heavyweight Champion (University of Minnesota, 2000)
-UFC Heavyweight Champion
-Signed with Minnesota Vikings
Brock is arguably the greatest physical athlete in history. No one can duplicate his list of career accomplishments. I have been a fan of Brock since his WWE debut, and even supported him in his MMA career. In college, Brock finished 2nd place for the heavyweight championship in wrestling in 1999, then went on to win it the following year. The guy took on nothing but monsters from when he first stepped foot into The Octagon. UFC 100 and 116, which he headlined, are the 2 highest grossing UFC pay per views ever. As a matter of fact, Brock headlined 4 out of the 6 highest grossing UFC ppvs, making him the all time biggest draw. He also set numerous other records in his short run with the company. I personally was excited to see what Brock could do in the NFL, but unfortunately, he and the Vikings weren't on the same page. All this and he still managed to become a 3X WWE Champion in his 2 year TV stint, something only a dozen other men have done, usually taking them most of their careers to accomplish.
There you have it, folks. There were too many athletes out there to mention in this blog, so here's your chance to drop some extra names. Please feel free to share any additional thoughts or insight.


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A PREGNANT woman had to wait more than a month to have working gas and central heating in her home.
Marguerite Keita, who is four months pregnant, moved into her house in Freshfield Avenue, Great Lever, on March 7.
Miss Keita, aged 24, called British Gas that day to report a problem with her electricity meter, but was given an incorrect code to get the meter to work and did not have the error addressed until nearly two weeks later.
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Miss Keita said: "I feel like I've been treated really unfairly. I'm four months pregnant and they've done nothing about it. They never even gave me a heater — I had to fend for myself.
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SAN DIEGO -- D-backs left-hander Wade Miley, who allowed four runs on nine hits in five innings while experiencing a drop in velocity on Friday, watched video of the start on Saturday to try to understand why he struggled.
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When a pitcher rushes and opens his lead shoulder prematurely, he can end up pushing the ball rather than getting on top of it. That can reduce not only control, but also velocity.
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I am also trying to understand how a young and healthy team like the Pacers keeps trying to bring broken down players? thanks Phoenix for signing Redd.
At this moment we are paying 14mil for 3 players that either not 100% healthy or are getting hurt all the time, ridiculous.


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Hello, thanks in advance to those who have the patience in helping me.
I have a simple question regarding the place chanting has in the practice. Is it a culturally related influence or does it have significance I need to consider in my practice? Personally, in my current path my focus has been mindfullness meditation and learning the dhamma through my own reading, in which I am most interested in.
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here is Thich Naht Hanh "The Art of Power" interpretation of Dhammapada 183
The bad things, don't do them. The good things, try to do them Try to purify, subdue your own mind That is the teaching of all buddhas. From
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The non-doing of any evil, the performance of what's skilful, the cleansing of one's own mind: this is the teaching of the Awakened.
and from the dhammapada for contemplation
Cease to do evil, cultivate that which is good; purify the heart.
This is the Way of the Awakened Ones.
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An International Double Cohort Study to Compare Laparoscopic Ventral Rectopexy With Laparoscopic Resection Rectopexy (LaProS)
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Rectal prolapse (RP) is the descent of the upper rectum and is a common problem in the western world. Surgery is the only definite treatment and is preferably performed minimally invasive. High-level prospective studies on treatment strategies for RP currently are lacking and, thus, no consensus exist regarding the optimal treatment for patients with RP. Furthermore, remarkable transatlantic differences exist, as in Europe, laparoscopic ventral rectopexy (LVR) is regarded the treatment of choice, while in the USA Laparoscopic Resection Rectopexy (LRR) remains the golden standard.
To determine the optimal minimally invasive surgical treatment for patients with RP.
International, prospective, comparative double cohort study. The first cohort will consist of 120 European patients with a RP and will be treated with LVR. Centres in The Netherlands, Belgium and the UK are enlisted for participation. The second cohort will consist of 120 American patients with a RP, treated with LRR. Several US centres are enlisted. Preoperative work-up consists of radiological imaging and standardised questionnaires. Follow-up (FU) is set on two years. During FU, pre-operative imaging and questionnaires will be repeated.
Primary & secondary outcomes:
Primary endpoint will be improvement on the Gastro-Intestinal-Quality-of-Life-Index (GIQLI). Secondary endpoints will be generic Quality-of-Life, functional results, morbidity, mortality, recurrences and cost-effectiveness.
Time frame:
Study and inclusion start will be on January the 1st, 2011 and will take approximately 18-24 months. Therefore, total study duration will be 42-48 months.
|Rectal Prolapse Procidentia
|Procedure: Laparoscopic Resection Rectopexy Procedure: Laparoscopic Ventral Rectopexy
|Study Type:
|Study Design:
|Allocation: Non-Randomized
Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment
Masking: None (Open Label)
Primary Purpose: Treatment
|Official Title:
|Laparoscopic Rectal Prolapse Surgery Study. An International, Double Cohort Study to Determine the Optimal Treatment for Rectal Prolapse.
- Quality of life [ Time Frame: 24 months ]Quality of Life objectified by the gastro-Intestinal Quality of Life Index and secondary by EuroQoL-5D and Short-Form 36 questionnaires.
- Optimal surgery and functional results [ Time Frame: 24 months ]Compare 2 laparoscopic approaches and functional results evaluated by questionnaires
|Estimated Enrollment:
|Study Start Date:
|April 2010
|Estimated Study Completion Date:
|April 2018
|Estimated Primary Completion Date:
|April 2017 (Final data collection date for primary outcome measure)
|Assigned Interventions
Active Comparator: Cohort 2
Cohort 2 (two) will consist of 120 patients with an external rectal prolapse (Oxford Grade V)treated by Laparoscopic Resection Rectopexy (LRR). These patients will be included in the US centers involved in this study and treated by LRR.
Procedure: Laparoscopic Resection Rectopexy
laparoscopic sigmoidectomy with suture rectopexy
Other Name: Laparoscopic Resection Rectopexy,
Active Comparator: Cohort 1
Cohort one will consist of 120 patients with an external rectal prolapse (Oxford Grade V) which will be treated with Laparoscopic Ventral Rectopexy. As this is the standard treatment in the European centers involved in this study these patients will be selected in the participating centers in the Netherlands, Belgium and England.
Procedure: Laparoscopic Ventral Rectopexy
laparoscopic ventral rectopexy with mesh
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Detailed Description:
A Rectal Prolapse (RP), or procidentia, is the descent of the upper rectum. This descensus in the full-thickness of the rectum, and can be either internal, called an internal rectal prolapse or intussusception (IRP), or through the anus (called an external rectal prolapse (ERP)).
RP mainly occurs in women (80-90%) of which most in the 6-7th decade. Risk factors for developing a rectal prolapse are the presence of an abnormal deep pouch of Douglas, laxity and atonic condition of the muscles of the pelvic floor and anal canal. Moreover, weakness of both internal and external sphincters, often with evidence of pudendal nerve neuropathy and the lack of normal fixation of the rectum may lead to RP. This also frequently leads to other pelvic organ prolapses like vesicoceles, enteroceles and genital prolapses. In this study the investigators will focus on the treatment of RP.
Rectal prolapses cause anal incontinence in more than half of the patients. Another frequent symptom of RP is constipation. Furthermore, the rectal prolapse can lead to anal pain as a result of incarceration leading to ulcers, necrosis and perforation.
Besides the fact that this disease has a considerable impact on the individual quality of life, it also carries significant socio-economic consequences as incontinence products have to be used in large amounts.
|Ages Eligible for Study:
|18 Years and older (Adult, Senior)
|Sexes Eligible for Study:
|Accepts Healthy Volunteers:
Inclusion Criteria:
- All patients with an indication for Laparoscopic Resection Rectopexy* for External Rectal Prolapse (Oxford Grade V)
Exclusion Criteria:
- Under 18 years of age
- Former rectosigmoid resection
- Former rectal prolapse surgery
- Rectosigmoid tumor
- Severe mental retardation
- Pregnant women
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT01595412
|Contact: Jorge Canedo
|Contact: Avery Gottfried, MHA
|United States, Florida
|The Florida Hospital
|Orlando, Florida, United States, 32806
|Tampa General Hospital
|Tampa, Florida, United States, 33601
|Cleveland Clinic Floria
|Weston, Florida, United States, 33331
|Contact: Jorge Canedo 954-659-5861 email@example.com
|Principal Investigator: Steven D Wexner, MD
|United States, Louisiana
|Oschner Clinic North Shore
|New Orleans, Louisiana, United States, 70448
|United States, Maryland
|John Hopkins
|Not yet recruiting
|Baltimore, Maryland, United States, 21287
|United States, Massachusetts
|Lahey Medical Center
|Burlington, Massachusetts, United States, 01860
|Principal Investigator:
|Steven D Wexner, MD
|Cleveland Clinic Floria
Additional Information:
|Responsible Party:
|Steven Wexner, Chief Academic Officer Cleveland Clinic Florida, The Cleveland Clinic
|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
|NCT01595412 History of Changes
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|Study First Received:
|May 8, 2012
|Last Updated:
|April 12, 2017
|Individual Participant Data (IPD) Sharing Statement:
|Plan to Share IPD:
Keywords provided by Steven Wexner, The Cleveland Clinic:
Laparoscopic surgery
Colorectal Surgery
Quality of Life
Rectal Prolapse
Anorectal Physiology
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
Rectal Prolapse
Pathological Conditions, Anatomical
Rectal Diseases
Intestinal Diseases
Gastrointestinal Diseases
Digestive System Diseases
Pelvic Organ Prolapse
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MACKINAC ISLAND, MI—Grand Hotel, the world's largest summer hotel, opens for its 2014 season May 2 with the unveiling of the Musser Suite, a one-bedroom suite on its fourth floor that will provide a view of the Mackinac Bridge and the entire Straits of Mackinac.
The suite is named for the late Grand Hotel Chairman R. D. "Dan" Musser Jr., who played a key role at the hotel from 1951 until his death one year ago. The Musser Suite is the first room to be added to the hotel since it opened its Millennium Wing in 2001. It is Grand Hotel's only one-bedroom suite and the first step in a plan to add seven additional two-bedroom suites to the historic hotel over the next three years.
"My father and I had talked about making this addition for about 20 years and it is finally happening," said Grand Hotel President R. D. "Dan" Musser III. "I am pleased to be able to start the project this year and to name it in his honor."
Grand Hotel decorator Carleton Varney, president of the New York-based Dorothy Draper Co. Inc., stated the suite "is styled to be one of the finest decorated projects of my career." Varney said memorabilia Musser accumulated through the years will be used for wall art and appointments and that the suite will include carpeting that was custom-woven in Connemara, Ireland.
When the project is complete, Grand Hotel's roofline will look very similar to when it opened in 1887. It is the latest example of working to maintain a sense of continuity and timelessness at Grand Hotel, while at the same time adjusting to changes in the world around it by making improvements and adding amenities, according to the company.
Musser said other changes that hotel regulars will notice this season include new valances in the Main Dining Room, a renovated front desk, and a new canopy lining and new bar at The Jockey Club at the Grand Stand. The hotel Theatre will have an upgraded AV system that will enhance the many conferences it hosts. Golfers will be able to rent new Titlist golf clubs at The Jewel. The hotel also has added three new hackney horses to its stable.
"The challenge through the years has been to maintain Grand Hotel's ambiance and character while adjusting to a whole variety of changes that have taken place in society," stated Musser. "This season will be the 96th season that a member of my family has been involved in operating Grand Hotel and that continuity of management has been a major part of the equation."
In 1919, W. Stewart Woodfill went to work at Grand Hotel at its front desk. Fourteen years later, in March 1933, in the depths of the Great Depression at a time when all the nation's banks had been closed, Woodfill was the sole bidder in an auction to take the hotel out of receivership. R. D. Musser Jr., who was his nephew, went to work at the hotel in 1951, became president in 1960 and purchased the hotel from Woodfill in 1979.
President R. D. "Dan" Musser III and VP Mimi Cunningham became the third generation of their family to take the helm of the hotel in 1989. Dan is responsible for all day-to-day operations of Grand Hotel, while Mimi is responsible for the hotel's retail operation—11 shops including a salon and spa, fine jewelry, cut flowers, clothing and gifts. In addition, her department runs a summer children's program and the hotel's art exhibit
In addition to its regular season opening May 2, Grand Hotel will once again offer an early opening from April 25-May 1 with rooms available for $200, including a continental breakfast. Lunch and dinner are available at The Gate House and Cawthorne's Village Inn restaurants, both operated by Grand Hotel.
Grand Hotel is located on Mackinac Island, where there are no motorized vehicles and the island is only accessible by ferry or airplane. The hotel is open from the first weekend in May through the end of October. The 386-room hotel is a National Historic Landmark and a member of Historic Hotels of America.


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Spiced Butternut Squash Cupcakes
Yes, you read that correctly. I put butternut squash in a cupcake. It's really not that far fetched… You shred raw butternut squash and stir it into the batter similar to a carrot or zucchini cake.
I have been following Mary at the Food Librarian for quite some time now. Have you seen her blog? It's awesome. Well she loves bundt cakes and celebrates National Bundt Day (Nov 15 in case you missed it) by making 30 bundts in a I Like Big Bundts challenge leading up to the 15th. I love watching her bundts pop up every day and always since some Sir Mix Alot in my head while reading about her bundts. I was bummed I couldn't make a bundt to participate this year, but maybe I will next year.
Sorry for all the rambling. The point is, I saw this bundt recipe in Mary's blog for a bundt with butternut squash in it. I was hoping to find a great dessert recipe that used butternut squash to feature this week as an interesting twist to butternut squash. I knew this was my recipe the second I saw the pictures.
And to top it off, I love trying new flavors and ingredients and I had never had crystalized ginger. I took a bite of the ginger by itself and I wasn't a fan. But when combined with the cupcake, the spiced frosting, and the ginger on top, it was perfect.
I can't fully describe how awesome these cupcakes were, but they were definitely one of my favorites of all time. The cake is very moist and tender. The frosting and ginger compliment the cake with a hint of nutmeg and ginger. Basically they're awesome and you should make them.
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Spiced Butternut Squash Cupcakes
Yield: 24
For the Cupcakes
4 oz (1/2 cup or 1 stick) unsalted butter, softened
13 1/2 oz. (3 cups) flour
1 1/2 cups sugar
1/4 cup vegetable oil
1/4 cup unsweetened applesauce
2 eggs
1 Tbsp white vinegar
2 tsp vanilla
1 tsp baking soda
1 tsp salt
1/2 tsp ground ginger
1/4 tsp freshly grated nutmeg
3/4 cup buttermilk
2 1/4 cups peeled and grated butternut squash (about 8 oz.)
For the Frosting
16 tablespoons (2 sticks) unsalted butter, softened
2 - 2 1/2 cups Confectioners' sugar
pinch salt
2 tsp vanilla extract
2 Tbsp buttermilk
1/4 tsp freshly ground nutmeg
1/4 cup crystallized ginger, chopped
For the Cupcakes
Position a rack in the center of the oven and heat the oven to 325. Place 24 cupcake liners in muffin pans.
In a large bowl with a hand mixer or in a stand mixer fitted with the paddle attachment, beat the butter and sugar on medium speed until well combined, about 1 minute.
Add the oil and applesauce and beat until combined, about 15 seconds.
Add the eggs one at a time, mixing well on low speed.
Add the vinegar and vanilla and mix again until just combined.
Add half of the flour and the baking soda, salt, ginger, and nutmeg, mixing on low speed until just combined.
Add half of the buttermilk and mix until just combined. Repeat with the remaining flour and buttermilk.
Stir the squash into the batter and transfer the batter to the prepared cupcake pans.
Bake until a cake tester inserted in the center comes out clean, 22-25 minutes. Cool completely on a wire rack.
For the Frosting
In standing mixer fitted with whisk attachment, beat butter at medium-high speed until smooth, about 20 seconds.
Add confectioners' sugar and salt; beat at medium-low speed until most of the sugar is moistened, about 45 seconds. Scrape down bowl and beat at medium speed until mixture is fully combined, about 15 seconds.
Scrape bowl, add vanilla, nutmeg, and buttermilk, and beat at medium speed until incorporated, about 10 seconds, then increase speed to medium-high and beat until light and fluffy, about 4 minutes, scraping down bowl once or twice.
Once cupcakes have cooled completely, pipe frosting onto each one. Top with chopped crystallized ginger.
Recipe inspired by The Food Librarian
Cake Recipe from Fine Cooking
Frosting Recipe adapted from my go-to vanilla frosting
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13 Responses to "Spiced Butternut Squash Cupcakes"
Wow, that sounds interesting and wacky enough to be delicious! I will give them a try for sure.
This looks gorgeous and I bet it tastes wonderful. I love baking with zucchini and carrots, so this isn't far-fetched at all. And the ginger on top is the perfect finish.
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These cupcakes are wonderful…ciao Flavia
Okay. I thought the lasagna roll-ups were cool, but you've out-done yourself here. I'm so intrigued! These are going on my "must bake soon" list!
You are constantly outdoing yourself with new and interesting ingredients. These look AWESOME!
Wow, what a great idea. Looks delicious!
Awesome cupcakes! I love adding fruit and veggie purees to baked goods, and must try butternut squash :).
most favorites of all time! wow!
What a great idea to use the signature ingredient in a cupcake. these look perfect.
Yum! I love that you topped it with crystallized ginger…one of my favorites!
I love everything about this recipe. What a great post!
These look amazing!!!!
It doesn't surprise me that you made them into cupcakes! I'm willing to bet I would like these….they look amazing!
These look absolutely wonderful! I love cupcakes and I have never thought of trying this. These are bombbb!


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Fla. deputy seriously injured in cruiser crash
Deputy was speeding with lights and sirens activated to assist another deputy when his cruiser struck a car Tuesday
By Sonja Isger
The Palm Beach Post
PALM BEACH COUNTY, Fla. — Palm Beach County Sheriff's Deputy Michael Calloway's injuries, though severe, do not appear life-threatening after he crashed on the way to assist a fellow deputy Tuesday night, said spokeswoman Teri Barbera.
Calloway was speeding with lights and sirens activated to assist another deputy when his cruiser struck a car on Southern Boulevard, sending the cruiser over a couple of curbs and into a tree in the Airport Hilton parking lot at about 9:36 p.m.
Arthur H. Beebe III, the 40-year-old driver in the other car was not injured, but the deputy had to be cut from the wreck and was taken to St. Mary's Medical Center's trauma unit to be treated.
A preliminary traffic report from Sheriff's investigators reported Calloway was westbound in the outside lane of Southern Boulevard and was quickly approaching an Audi in the same lane. Both drivers changed lanes at the same time, but Calloway's cruiser, a 2008 Ford, approaching at a faster speed, hit the Audi on the passenger front side.
The impact sent the cruiser north and into the parking lot in the 100 block of Australian Avenue.
Calloway, who just had his 26th birthday this month, has been with the sheriff's department since 2011, Barbera said. She did not have any information about his previous work history. Nor were details available regarding the situation to which Calloway was rushing.
State law permits law enforcement officers to break standard safety regulations including the speed limit as long as they're responding to emergencies or pursuing suspects.
Calloway was traveling with lights and sirens on — what is referred to as Code 3, spokesman Eric Davis said. To do that he either had to announce to dispatchers and supervisors that he intended to go to the scene with lights and sirens blaring and receive their acknowledgement or he had to be directed to do so, Davis said.
Calloway is not the first deputy this year to be injured in a crash. A deputy was injured in a crash on April 11 on Drexel Road when a civilian ran a stop sign, Barbera said. In February, a sheriff's Tahoe carrying both a deputy and a police dog was involved in a three-vehicle crash that ended with the Tahoe on its roof. Three people were taken to the hospital with minor injuries; the dog was not harmed.
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Now, let's journey around the world and see what favorite herbs, vegetables, and fruits people have been using. Altogether it's a wonderful collection of interesting dishes from all over the world, and a great party to celebrate three years of Weekend Herb Blogging.
Ambercup Squash/Winter Squash (Chili, Sage, Cinnamon)
Apples (Plums, Cinnamon, Rolled Oats)
Asparagus (Potato, Carrot, Chard, Garlic, Onion)
Aubergine/Eggplant (Zucchini, Tomatoes)
Carrots (Cashews, Rosemary, Black Sesame Seeds, Garlic)
Cauliflower (Onions, Garlic, Rosemary, Aleppo Pepper)
Chayote (Chili, Scallions, Ginger, Garlic, Cilantro)
I don't think there have been many WHB entries about chestnuts through the years, but Chriesi from Almond Corner in Switzerland says roasting chestnuts is one of her favorite memory from childhood. In honor of the occasion, she has made a delicious Chestnut Cake, and if you're a chestnut fan, you can find other ideas at this blog too.
Chickpeas (Lentils, Tomatoes, Chiles, Cilantro, many spices)
Chickpeas (Scallions, Lemon, Mint, Cilantro)
Chile Peppers (Ginger, Napa Cabbage, Onions)
Chile Peppers (Garlic)
Cilantro (Ginger, Onion, Lime, Jalapeno)
Cilantro (Many vegetables and aromatics)
Dandelion (Persimmon, Medjool Dates)
Dried Beans (Thyme, Chili, Carrot, Onion, Potato)
Figs (Hazelnut)
If you like figs even the tiniest bit, you'll want to see the beautiful Fig, Hazelnut, and Chocolate Fudge Cake created by Anna from Morsels and Musings in Sydney, Australia. Anna has been enjoying both fresh and dried figs this year, and has a great-sounding recipe for fig jam too.
Ginger (Chile, Onion, Tomato, Shitake Mushroom, Sour Plums)
There are a lot of flavorings in Easy Steamed Fish, prepared by Wiffy from Noob Cook in Singapore, but I decided the ginger flavor would be essential to this dish so I'm putting it under ginger. I'd love to be able to transport myself to Singapore and taste this because I'm intrigued by sour plums as one of the ingredients, and the combination sounds delicious. (Wiffy is also the host for next week's edition of WHB, so send her your entries at whb AT noobcook DOT com.)
Kabocha Squash/Winter Squash (Garlic, Onion, Coconut Milk)
Endive (Kale, Pear)
Mint (Apple Cider)
Mint (Mango, Banana, Apple, Orange, Coconut, Lime, Cashews)
Olives (Garlic, Lemon, Coriander Seed)
Olive Oil
Parsley (Tomatoes, Olives)
Pam from The Backyard Pizzeria in Australia says that her family is getting tired of cilantro, and that's the only reason she's using parsley in her dish of Mougrabieh Couscous with Tomatoes and Olives. Whether you use cilantro or parsley, this sounds good to me, and I'm impressed that Pam managed to get an herb, a vegetable, and a fruit, plus intrigued with the idea of cooking this type of couscous too.
Parsley (Leeks, Walnuts, Lemon)
Pecans (Thyme)
Pineapple Sage (Tomatoes, Rice)
Pumpkin/Winter Squash (Carrots, Sage, Thyme)
Pumpkin/Winter Squash (Cilantro)
Pumpkin/Winter Squash (Vanilla pod)
Rau Ram (Many herbs, vegetables, and aromatics)
Sage (Butternut Squash)
Savoy Cabbage
Spaghetti Squash (Pumpkin Seeds, Herb of your Choice, Garlic)


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A THREE-day strike has resumed this morning after a relatively quiet evening for Wiltshire Fire and Rescue and will continue until 3pm this afternoon.
Industrial action launched by the Fire Brigades' Union started at 10am today. It follows a 12-hour strike last night which saw the fire service attend two incidents and a false alarm in Swindon.
Last night firefighters were called to a home at The Prinnels following reports of a gas smell coming from a property. A resilience crew operating in the Swindon area attended and found that the cooker had been left on. The alarm was later raised in New Town after smoke from a bonfire caused concerns.
Swindon area resilience crew rushed to the scene which turned out to be a false alarm. A road traffic collision on the M4 westbound between J17 and J18 was attended by a crew from Malmesbury and one from Yate.
The crash involved two cars but no-one was trapped, and firefighters only had to make the vehicles safe. Although crews at ten of Wiltshire's fire stations were striking, on-call firefighters were on call to respond to incidents.
"Crews at ten of Wiltshire's 24 fire stations were unavailable to respond to incidents during the strike, but the service had contingency plans in place to maintain cover across the county using on-call firefighters and alternative locations as appropriate," said a Wiltshire Fire and Rescue spokesman.
"As a result, there were 12 appliances available 'on station' and a further four 'on call'.
At 2am this morning, all striking crews returned to duty. Today's last round of industrial action will end at 3pm.


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INDIANA STATE UNIVERSITY is going to the NCAA tourney for the first time in 10 years. Winning the MVC tourney earlier today against the number 1 seed Missouri State
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INDIANA STATE UNIVERSITY is going to the NCAA tourney for the first time in 10 years. Winning the MVC tourney earlier today against the number 1 seed Missouri State
I wonder if Larry Bird be able to come and watch them in the tournament. What do gms have to do around this time?
Also as a current isu student, I'm excited!
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Congrats to ISU! It's always nice to see Indiana teams in the tourney.
I'm upset that they had to beat the mighty Purple Aces on their march to the tournament, but I'm always happy when Indiana teams go dancing.
Next year they should be even better. They've got Odum for one more year after this one and just wait until Gant from Terre Haute North gets there. They'll go the NCAA's every year he's there. That dude is tall and smooth. An absolute scoring machine who will tear up defenses nightly in the MVC. Range to about 16 feet and can even bring the ball up the floor in a pinch. Needs to get better on defense, but his offense is Division I level right now and has been for several years. They have three commits for next year and now that this group who will be back has an NCAA appearance under their belt they should have no trouble filling that 4th spot with a solid player.
Knowing that Purdue and ND were both going to be pretty good, if you had told me at the start of the season that ISU would be the first Indiana team to punch their ticket I'd have called you crazy.
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That sounds good Trav. I thought Odum was a redshirt freshman? That gives him 3 more years doesn't it? I was very excited and happy with the outcome today to say the least!
Yes that's my mistake on Odum. He has an older bro and I thought we were talking about him. They're from TH South so I don't know about them as much as I do about the TH North kids. Odum does have three years left.
One of the things that I like about this ISU team is that they are peaking at the right time. Wichita State KILLED the Trees in both regular season meetings, and then ISU turns it over on them on a neutral court. They also went to Southern Illinois and Northern Iowa late in the season and beat two teams that almost NEVER lose an MVC game at home.
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I also feel bad for Mo. State and Wichita State. I would be really surprised if either made the NCAA's now. Mo. State lost to Indiana State twice, once an a neutral court, lost to a .500 Evansville team, and lost their bracket buster to Valparaiso. Wichita State did almost upset Uconn early in the season, but they also lost to ISU on a neutral court, lost to an under .500 SIU team at home, and also lost their bracket buster at home. If the two had met in the MVC title game and played each other tough, one would be in the dance and the other would have had a good shot at it. Instead they both lost to the Trees and neither are gonna make it.
I was at the Wichita State game in Terre Haute and that's not the way I remember it. ISU played them close until about 2 minutes to go in the first half. Wichita took the lead for good there and never trailed in the second half, and was up by 10 or more for almost all of it. The three overtime loss at Wichita, they were gassed and lost it by 10. Doesn't matter now though does it?
Also, is it alright to say that ISU could be the top team in the conference next year since WSU and MSU could be on the decline? That'd mean it could be ISU and maybe Creighton fighting for the top... hmmm.
also Larry Bird comments, scroll through the twitter.
Last edited by Gold; 03-07-2011 at 03:59 PM.
Even though I'm an ISU alum I would have rather had Missouri State win.
Cuonzo Martin.
I live near the ISU campus and is good friends with their freshman point guard Jake Odum. They don't lack heart that's for sure.
Looks like the pacers put up the video of Bird's interview about isu a few hours after those tweets.
IU is the only under .500 D-1 team in the state. Simply sad.


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There is a lot of that – shall we call it "lack of thankfulness"? – going around these days. Retail workers are starting to complain bitterly now that Black Friday sales have been moved back to Thanksgiving Day and many people are faced with having to work on what had become one of the few remaining family-gathering days. Employees of both Target and Wal-Mart have publicly protested, and the group Change.org claims to have collected 350,000 signatures from people against Target's 9 p.m. Thanksgiving opening.
Time for a reality check, folks. Retail establishments of all types face tremendous challenges these days. In fact, you might say they are under the same kind of stress faced by a sugar-peddling bakery in a time of growing health-and-fitness awareness. Online retailers, free of the need for high overhead costs, are taking an ever-growing share of sales. Brick-and-mortar stores are failing at a frightening (to their owners at least) rate, and they'll do whatever they can to stay in business. That means, more than anything, trying to push the holiday sales that make up the largest share of their profits.
Employees of the stores that are left should be grateful they have jobs to complain about going to. It's nice to spend Thanksgiving with family. It's even nicer, though, to be able to provide the food for the family table. Working on holidays is preferable to not working 365 days a year.
No, being thankful does not require stoically accepting every lousy deal someone tries to shove off on us. We always try to do better and to be more, to strive to improve our lot in life. But it does mean not throwing away what we have too hastily.


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Last year I went to an ENT for a swollen gland behind my ear. He did a biopsy and told me it was fine and not to worry about it just a swollen salivary gland. It is about double the size of my other one and causes pain on the inside of my ear especially if I lean my head towards my shoulder on that side; it is a sharp shooting pain. Here I am a year later and it's the same with more frequent pain in my ear. I'm 27 years old and this just doesn't seem right, I also on occasion get pretty bad dizzy spells. Any insight on what this is or advice on what to do please let me know!
I believe an evaluation by a University basd ENT is warranted. A new biopsy may be obtained. Pain in the ear with a mass on that side of the head and neck is concerning for more than benign salivary tissue.
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After flirting with a move to MLS, U.S. national team prospect Mikkel Diskerud has decided to stay in Norway and sign a new two-year deal with Rosenborg BK.
Diskerud, 22, joined RBK last summer and appeared in 18 games for his new club, which finished third in the Eliteserien. He was out of contract this winter (Norway's soccer season runs concurrent with the calendar year) and entered into negotiations with the Portland Timbers. Portland's new coach, Caleb Porter, worked with Diskerud on the U.S. Under-23 team that failed to qualify for the 2012 London Olympics.
But the MLS team ultimately concluded that Diskerud wasn't worth a Designated Player deal. Portland then acquired Argentine midfielder Diego Valeri, 26, as a DP.
Rosenborg apparently valued Diskerud more highly.
"We wanted a longer contract with Mix, but it was two years or nothing," RBK sporting director Erik Hoftun told reporters Tuesday. "(He) will be a good player for us this season."
Born in Oslo to a Norwegian father and American mother, Diskerud began his pro career at Stabæk in 2008 and emerged as a regular starter two years later. He moved on to Belgian club KAA Gent in January 2012 and then joined Rosenborg last August.
Diskerud chose to represent the U.S. internationally, played for the Under-20s and then made his senior national team debut in November 2011. He's now earned three caps and he scored his first goal in November's 2-2 draw in Russia. He was invited to participate in U.S. coach Jurgen Klinsmann's January camp but didn't play in either the friendly vs. Canada or the subsequent World Cup qualifier in Honduras.
A 22-time Norwegian champion, RBK will kick off its 2013 season on March 17. The club also has qualified to participate in the 2013-14 UEFA Europa League.


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Inspired to write the play by events in her family life, Jacqmin blends elements of horror and comedy in an effort to depict the struggles of real people dealing with change, in both themselves and their loved ones. "The play grapples with the American obsession with size, and what our bodies say about us," Jacqmin said. "If what's outside is the only thing that counts, do our insides really matter? What happens to us when the people who are closest to us change?"
Jacqmin, a Yale University graduate, received her MFA from Ohio University. Her play Two Lakes, Two Rivers was workshopped at the 2012 O'Neill National Playwrights Conference. Other plays include Ski Dubai, Look, We Are Breathing, and Dental Society Midwinter Meeting. Her work has been produced and developed by Atlantic Theater Company, Old Vic New Voices, Roundabout Underground, Vineyard Theatre, Ars Nova, Cape Cod Theatre Project, Second Stage Theatre, among others.
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Bell Helicopter is preparing to start assembling the first prototype of the 525 Relentless super-medium twin later this year at its facility in Amarillo, Texas. Four more prototypes are expected to join the test program before certification in 2015. Bell and its suppliers have begun manufacturing parts for the helicopter, which was announced in February last year and is slated to fly for the first time next year.
The 525 is an 18,000-pound "plus" helicopter with an expected range of more than 400 nm, a cruise speed approaching 150 knots, a ceiling of 20,000 feet and seating for 16 to 18 passengers. It will be powered by a pair of GE CT7-2F1s (1,800 shp each) driving an all-composite five-blade main rotor system and a four-blade tail rotor. The aircraft will incorporate a triple-redundant fly-by-wire flight control system with a BAE flight computer that incorporates lessons learned on the Bell/Boeing V-22 Osprey military tiltrotor. The 525 will also feature a touchscreen-controlled Garmin G5000H glass panel integrated avionics suite with four main displays. (Garmin originally began developing the G5000 for the new Cessna Citation X. Both Bell and Cessna are owned by Textron.)
Bell is not taking orders for the new helicopter yet, but it expects heavy interest from the offshore oil and gas industry. The 525 mockup unveiled at Heli-Expo last year was in the livery of OGP provider PHI. However, the company, working with its customer advisory panel, has identified four more primary mission segments for the 525: corporate and VIP, helicopter emergency medical service (Hems), firefighting, and search-and-rescue/parapublic.
At certification Bell plans to have a substantial number of kits approved for various missions via STC (supplemental type certificate). Bell has identified approximately 82 kits that support each of the mission configurations. It will also offer various degrees of customization. "We didn't just bring together the customer advisory panel to define the product in the beginning; we are using it throughout all phases of design," said Larry Thimmesch, Bell vice president of commercial programs. "You see lots of products out there that get after-market additions to make them effective. To me that is a failure in design."
Over the summer Bell announced additional suppliers for the 525, including GKN Aerospace and Triumph Group for airframe structure machining and composites; Kuka for major structural tooling; Goodrich for ice protection; Israel Aerospace Industries for passenger seating; and Mecaer for wheeled landing gear.
'Paperless Airplane'
Thimmesch told AIN that Bell completed the preliminary design phase last summer. "All of the interfaces have been designed between parts. If I have the interface between two parts defined I can design the part with detailed data and less collaboration." The 525 is being designed digitally, without paper drawings, using Dassault Systemes' Catia v6 and Enovia software. Approximately 430 Bell employees are working on the 525, half of them engineers. "There are many new things on this program, not just in terms of product but also in terms of process and cultural change," he said.
This includes how Bell's first paperless aircraft is designed and built. "We are focusing on releasing our digital models. These digital product definitions (dpds) carry all the information in 3-D needed to build and manufacture the part. Everything is defined, creating a seamless data flow and saving time," Thimmesch said. It is one reason why Bell can design the 525 and build prototypes with such a relatively small staff.
Thimmesch explained how it works. "There is one bill of material. Manufacturing engineers can put together a manufacturing and assembly process that is the engineering definition of that assembly. They are one and the same, so there is no separate synthetic set of manufacturing numbers. That translates into the work instructions on the factory floor that will show mechanics how to assemble. All the instructions are in a virtual 3-D environment from the same source of data that was used to design the component and plan [the manufacturing and assembly processes]. That same data will go out and support the technical publication manuals. There is less transaction time, less time for human intervention and error, and it is [closer to] seamless in the manufacturing and customer arena. This is the first project designing an aircraft in the digital environment with Enovia and Catia v6, software, which is new in the industry, and other major OEMs are actually watching us pilot these tools through the program to learn from the process."
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However, Bell is not relying solely on virtual data to validate its design. Like many other OEMs, it has system integration labs devoted to the new aircraft. What is different at Bell, Thimmesch said, is how early in the process labs were up and running. "We have never had one up and running this early in a program before, and this is all about our focus on learning. The sooner we can learn, the more mature the product will be, and the less change we will have later. The systems integration lab (SIL) is what I call our first prototype aircraft. It is already functional for flight controls and avionics. We are already doing testing there and by the middle of this year we will have the lab fully functional. You will sit in a cockpit and move the cyclic, and the swashplate will move in the hydraulics portion of the sim lab. It really tests out the integration, and we are actually going to use [this effort] for certification credit. It is going to be a conformed configuration and will be fully operational a year before flight-test," he said.
Bell already has a prototype cockpit simulator, called the sim cab, up and running at its Fort Worth headquarters that it is using to mature the control laws and math models for the 525's fly-by-wire controls. A duplicate sim cab is under construction and will be part of the SIL.
Bell is also building rigs to test access and the durability of key components such as door mechanisms. Members of the customer advisory panel used a roof access test rig late last year to validate the locations of maintenance access doors as well as built-in steps and safety harness tie-offs to the upper deck.
"Things that customers touch every day when they get into or out of an aircraft–those are the things that we want to make sure are robust, reliable and function well," Thimmesch said. "We've already built a prototype for our J-track crew seat and are wringing it out. We are getting ready to build a sliding mechanism for the main cabin door to make sure it works flawlessly. We are looking at those prevalent man-machine interfaces and doing testing above and beyond what is required for certification to make sure they are mature when the helicopter gets into customers' hands."
Bell has already assembled the 525's tail-rotor assembly actuator, elements of the main-rotor gearbox and the accessory gearbox. Bell suppliers have begun to fabricate parts. In October, GKN produced the first fuselage longeron. As of December, it had yet to fabricate main rotor blades. "We are on track for all our weight and schedule targets," Thimmesch said. "All of our major tooling suppliers are on board and building tools. Everybody is getting ready for the start of production. It's full speed ahead now."
Shrikant Kotnis (not verified)
February 2, 2013 - 5:17am
All the best wishes and hearty congratulations for the production of largest Bell helicopter. I am maintaining a FIFTY SIX YEARS YOUNG Bell 47 G 2 helicopter Sl. No. 1971 which is THE SENIORMOST HELICOPTER IN INDIA and is still ALIVE.
John Toledo ATP... (not verified)
February 2, 2013 - 7:37am
Maybe , take the new tires off my car to fly this. J toledo(retired aviator)
David (not verified)
February 2, 2013 - 7:04pm
What an honor it would be as well as a thrill to be part of this development!
Vivek sharma (not verified)
February 4, 2013 - 11:10am
This helicopter is not succege sorry.