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LOS ANGELES — Luis Ernesto Rodriguez eyed the metal door as he waited for his little girls. Now 6 and 5 years old, they were his only children, inseparable, with thick black hair and mischievous smiles that reminded people of little mermaids.
More than two years had passed since he had last seen them. What would they be like now? Would they recognize him? He had shed 20 pounds during the long journey north.
The door opened and his girls bounded into the tiny room. They shouted and laughed the same way they did when he used to carry one in each arm on the way to day care.
But their smiles melted away when they saw the thick wall of Plexiglas between them and their father, clothed in an orange jumpsuit worn by detainees at an immigration detention center in California's Imperial Valley. There would be no hugs, no kisses.
The girls pressed their palms to the barrier. Rodriguez did the same. His older daughter showed him how to shape a heart with her hands. Rodriguez did the same.
"Be patient," Rodriguez said. "I promise I'll be with you again."
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Luis last caressed his daughters in the predawn darkness of their cluttered apartment in South Los Angeles. The girls were asleep under the pink sheets of their shared bed when he kissed them and then rushed out to seek day laborer work at the Home Depot store.
It was there, on that morning in November 2008, where police converged on Rodriguez, weapons drawn, and arrested him on suspicion of armed robbery. A short man with a bristly mustache, Rodriguez, then 39, fit the description of a man who had swiped three gold rings from a woman.
It was an apparent case of mistaken identity. No charges were filed, but Rodriguez wasn't going back to his girls.
An immigrant from El Salvador with a troubled past, he had a deportation order dating to 1991. He spent the next two months in jails.
The girls ended up with their maternal grandmother, who was destitute and suffered from memory lapses, so social workers took them away. They joined the thousands of children nationwide who are under custody of child protection agencies after their parents have been placed in deportation proceedings or deported. An estimated 5,000 such children are in foster care, about 1,000 of them in Los Angeles County, according to juvenile court attorneys and the Applied Research Center, a nonprofit racial justice think tank.
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In January 2009, Rodriguez was placed on a flight to El Salvador, a nation he had fled as a teen, when it was rife with war. He had hours to agonize over his girls' fate.
Rodriguez had been through such a separation before. In 2007, social workers had taken his daughters from Rodriguez's dirty, near-empty apartment in South Los Angeles. Rodriguez and his wife, Blanca, were cocaine users.
After 13 months of parenting classes and drug tests, Rodriguez got them back. Blanca was deported and eventually lost her custody rights. He became a single father. A social worker who visited his home a few months later gave him high marks.
Now, Rodriguez was headed back to El Salvador with only an extra pair of pants in his backpack. He settled in with his brother, another deportee, in Quezaltepeque, a crime-ridden city outside the capital. He sold quesadillas at a textile factory and began the work of getting his children back. He got in touch with his attorney in Los Angeles. He took drug tests. He attended parenting classes. He called his daughters regularly, hoping that would prove that their bonds remained deep.
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Back in Los Angeles, the girls missed their father. They didn't like living with strangers. They cried and fought and were passed from one foster home to another.
On May 14, 2010, several attorneys and social workers gathered in Room 415-2 at the Children's Court in Monterey Park. Presiding was the former mayor of Los Angeles, James Hahn, now a Superior Court judge.
Rodriguez pressed a cellphone to his ear and paced around his home in Quezaltepeque, straining to hear the proceedings 2,000 miles away. He heard his attorney, Thomas Pichotta, tell the court that Rodriguez had passed the drug-testing and counseling requirements. Hahn okayed the reunification. His daughters were coming to El Salvador.
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Rodriguez had only weeks to prepare. He put up shelves and set up a reading table in the girls' room. He pictured sweeping them up in a hug, buying them secondhand clothes, showing them the volcano towering over their new hometown.
But then he looked more closely and saw a less idyllic picture: The ramshackle house was little more than a shelter. The girls' room was dank and stained with water marks. His brother, whom he barely knew, was abusing drugs; his brother's girlfriend, who had offered to provide day care for his daughters, wasn't interested anymore.
Rodriguez begged the court for more time. In June, the court rejected his request. Social workers canceled the girls' flight and mounted the girls' photos in albums that were browsed by parents seeking to adopt children.
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On Feb. 9, 2011, Rodriguez made it to the mountainous border between Tecate, Mexico, and the backcountry east of San Diego. He was caught by the U.S. Border Patrol and held at the El Centro Service Processing Center in California's Imperial Valley. He asked for asylum, claiming that gang members would kill him if he were deported.
In May 2011, a judge rejected the asylum claim. Rodriguez was sent back to El Salvador.
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A couple knocked on the front door of the girls' foster home. They were in their 40s, childless, with a large home in the Inland Empire. Soon, they started visiting the girls every weekend, taking them for pizza, to movies, to the aquarium in Long Beach.
They took them to their home. The girls, whose names are being withheld to protect their privacy as minors, had never seen anything like the couple's house - two stories, on a cul-de-sac. In June 2011, the girls moved in. There would soon be a court hearing to terminate Rodriguez's parental rights.
Pichotta, Rodriguez's attorney, wanted to stall the process, but he couldn't find his client. It turned out Rodriguez was making another months-long journey back to California and had lost his backpack trying to outrun Mexican police. .
In November 2011, Rodriguez surfaced at the California-Mexico border. He lived in an abandoned hotel and was earning pesos washing cars outside the post office in Mexicali. He planned to turn himself in to U.S. authorities and claim political asylum again. He looked forward to Sunday afternoons. That's when he got to speak with his girls. One day in January 2012, his older daughter picked up the phone.
"I miss you big time," he said.
"Okay," she said.
The younger daughter got on the phone.
He told her he loved her.
"Okay," she said.
They hung up. Rodriguez slumped on the park bench. Something didn't seem right.
A few days later, one of Rodriguez's attorneys finally reached him by phone. He had terrible news. His parental rights had been terminated at a hearing in October 2011, three months before. Too much time had passed for him to appeal, the attorney added. The girls' adoption would soon be final.
His three-year ordeal ended in the shadow of the 18-foot border fence.


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United States Filter Corporation (USFilter), a subsidiary of Vivendi Environnement (Euronext Paris: VIE and NYSE: VE), announced it has successfully completed the sale of its waterworks distribution business to National Waterworks, Inc., a company jointly owned by JPMorgan Partners, the private equity arm of J.P. Morgan Chase & Co., and Thomas H. Lee Partners, a Boston-based private equity firm, for a cash purchase price of $620 million. The sale furthers USFilter?s announced strategy to divest non-core assets and focus on growth opportunities within USFilter?s expanding business base of water-wastewater equipment and services, and consumer and commercial businesses.
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Wheatfield laborer wins partial award for injury
LOCKPORT – A worker who was left disabled after being hit in the head in a 2009 construction accident was almost as much at fault as the company was, a jury ruled last week.
Thus, Frank P. Zito of Wheatfield will collect only 55 percent of the damage tab the State Supreme Court jury calculated for medical expenses and pain and suffering. Still, Zito, 60, stands to receive $308,863 from Pumpcrete Corp. of Orchard Park.
"We were disappointed it wasn't an outright defense verdict," said Dennis P. Glascott of the Goldberg Segalla law firm, the attorney for Pumpcrete.
But Glascott said Friday the company might decide to let the verdict stand rather than appealing it or seeking to reduce it further in post-trial motions.
"In this day of big jury verdicts, it could have been worse," Glascott said. "We're looking at it. We're not sure [an appeal] is worth it."
Zito's attorney, R. Charles Miner of Smith Miner O'Shea & Smith, said he would honor his client's request not to discuss the case with the media.
In a trial that lasted three weeks before Niagara County Judge Matthew J. Murphy III, sitting as an acting State Supreme Court justice, the six-member jury ascribed 55 percent of the fault for the accident to Pumpcrete and 45 percent to Zito.
It figured that Zito's past and future lost wages and his past and future pain and suffering were worth $561,552, but he can only pocket 55 percent of that.
The incident occurred Feb. 10, 2009, on a Campbell Boulevard bridge reconstruction job over Tonawanda Creek on the Amherst-Pendleton border.
Zito, working for Oakgrove Construction of Elma, was assigned to act as the "hose man," the person who positions the end of the hose as concrete was pumped out of a truck belonging to Pumpcrete, a subcontractor on the job.
Zito had to stand on a steel frame inside the concrete forms that were designed to create the bridge abutments. After positioning the hose, Zito was to signal the boom operator on the concrete truck to start pumping.
Hand signals were used so Zito could keep his eye on where the wet concrete was going.
"He said he didn't look up. His job was to look down," Glascott said.
Although nothing was said at the time, Zito claimed that a recoil of the concrete boom struck him on top of his hard hat.
Eventually, career-ending neck and spine injuries resulted, including a cervical fusion.
"We contested it," Glascott said. "Nobody saw it happen except for Mr. Zito. He didn't tell anybody at Oakgrove for six days."
Glascott argued during the trial that Zito had a pre-existing neck condition, and although he didn't talk to jurors after their decision, he surmised that claim might have had an effect on the final verdict.
In a pretrial hearing, Zito argued that it was up to the Pumpcrete employee operating the boom to pay attention to his location and not trigger the concrete flow if Zito was in an unsafe position.
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- 1/4 teaspoon freshly grated nutmeg
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A brilliant and courageous doctor reveals, in gripping accounts of true cases, the power and limits of modern medicine
Medicine reveals itself as a fascinatingly complex and "fundamentally human endeavor" in this distinguished debut essay collection by a surgical resident and staff writer for the New Yorker. Gawande, a former Rhodes scholar and Harvard Medical School graduate, illuminates "the moments in which medicine actually happens," and describes his profession as an "enterprise of constantly changing knowledge, uncertain information, fallible individuals, and at the same time lives on the line." Gawande's background in philosophy and ethics is evident throughout these pieces, which range from edgy accounts of medical traumas to sobering analyses of doctors' anxieties and burnout. With humor, sensitivity and critical intelligence, he explores the pros and cons of new technologies, including a controversial factory model for routine surgeries that delivers superior success rates while dramatically cutting costs. He also describes treatment of such challenging conditions as morbid obesity, chronic pain and necrotizing fasciitis the often-fatal condition caused by dreaded "flesh-eating bacteria" and probes the agonizing process by which physicians balance knowledge and intuition to make seemingly impossible decisions. What draws practitioners to this challenging profession, he concludes, is the promise of "the alterable moment the fragile but crystalline opportunity for one's know-how, ability or just gut instinct to change the course of another's life for the better." These exquisitely crafted essays, in which medical subjects segue into explorations of much larger themes, place Gawande among the best in the field. National author tour. (Apr. 4) Copyright 2001 Cahners Business Information.


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Serta, Simmons moving to 10-year warranties in 2015
June 10, 2014,
ATLANTA — Bedding majors Serta and Simmons said they are moving to five-year and 10-year warranties next year, a move that will bring uniformity in maximum warranty lengths to the top bedding brands.
Last month the two companies announced a three-tier warranty program that included 15-year, 10-year and one- to 10-year warranties, a move that was met with some sharp criticism from major bedding retailers.
The five-year warranties will be for non-flagship bedding lines, while the 10-year warranties will be for flagship lines, officials at the two companies said.
"The further simplification of our warranty policies is a direct result of productive, open dialogue with our retailers," said Gary Fazio, CEO of Serta Simmons Bedding, the parent of Serta and Simmons. "Both Serta and Simmons participated in this dialogue and have independently come to this conclusion, which I fully support. The new two-tiered policies streamline the selling strategy and step-up story on the sales floor, while still defining clear standards of performance, quality and service for consumers."
Serta and Simmons officials notified retailers and licensees of their new warranty plans late last week.
Those new plans will bring the maximum warranty length of major bedding producers' flagship lines to 10 years. Tempur Sealy International announced a switch to 10-year warranties earlier this year for its flagship lines, which include Sealy Optimum, Sealy Posturepedic, Stearns & Foster and Tempur-Pedic.
Both the new Tempur Sealy and Simmons and Serta warranties end the practice of offering pro-rated warranties that can dramatically extend the warranty length.
Simmons and Serta officials said their initial warranty proposals were based on an extensive review of both consumer and retailer feedback. The intent of the original change was to simplify both companies' warranties by reducing the number of warranty tiers and eliminating the proration period. That resulted in a three-tier warranty system with no proration period, officials noted.
While many dealers applauded those efforts to simplify warranties and maintain a step-up story across product lines, Serta and Simmons officials said, they acknowledged that they also received feedback about the expectations that a 15-year warranty may set and the additional complexity it could create on the dealers' floors for the consumer. As a result, both Serta and Simmons decided to make an additional change to further simplify their warranty policies, officials of those companies said.
The five-year warranty tier will include non-flagship products, while the 10-year tier will include flagship products such as Perfect Sleeper, Beautyrest Recharge, Beautyrest Recharge World Class, Beautyrest Black, ComforPedic From Beautyrest, iComfort and iSeries.
The new warranty plans were discussed in retail letters sent by Andrew Gross, senior vice president of marketing at Serta, and Tony Smith, president of Simmons. In their respective letters, Gross and Smith presented the policy change as a solution stemming directly from retail feedback on ways to better communicate the warranty step-up story to consumers.
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Texas Legislature OKs A to F grade rating system for schools
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) - The Texas Legislature has approved a contentious proposal issuing A through F grades rating its public schools' academic performance.
The House voted 119 to 17 on Sunday to pass a compromise after both it and the Senate approved separate versions of the plan earlier in the session. It now goes to Gov. Greg Abbott to be signed into law.
Schools will be rated primarily based on student performance on standardized tests. But also, graduation rates and community and parent engagement will be considered.
The plan begins in 2016 and replaces a current system where schools get ratings like "met standard." Texas already had approved a letter-grade system for school districts, but not individual schools.
Supporters say grades are easier to understand. Opponents argue that attending an F-rated school stigmatizes students.
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WORK hard, but party harder. This should be Ri Ri's motto if recent holiday snaps are anything to go by.
The singer is currently taking some time out cruising on the Mediterranean Sea with some of her closest pals.
The Barbadian beauty was snapped dancing, boozing and giggling aboard her luxury yacht as it anchored in Capri, Italy yesterday and posted a pic on Twitter, posing provocatively for the camera in a floral yellow bikini.
Famed for her wild ways, Rihanna is said to be keeping staff on the vessel awake with her loud late-night partying.
"The gang stayed up singing and dancing until dawn," a source told British newspaper The Sun.
"She's a lovely girl but the crew are only getting a few hours of sleep a night.
"And they have to be prepared to be vigilant and make sure she doesn't get hammered and fall into the sea."
According to the publication, the 24-year-old and her pals have consumed a lot of alcohol. Her tab apparently included "25 bottles of gold Armand de Brignac Champagne, 60 bottles of Peroni and Corona and ten bottles of tequila".
Rihanna has been using her Twitter page to update fans on her sunny escapades. The stunning singer took to the social networking site to share her musings about her recent travels.
"Why see the world, when you got the beach? (sic)," she teased.
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The Muny has announced the dates for its audition schedule for the 2014 season. Complete information on times, locations and descriptions of each audition will be posted on muny.org Dec. 16.
The audition dates are:
Jan. 31: St. Louis local nonequity adult singer auditions.
Feb. 1: Adult open call: singers.
Feb. 2: Singer callbacks.
Feb. 3: St. Louis local equity adult principal auditions.
Feb. 8: Adult open call: dancers.
Feb. 9: Dancer callbacks.
Feb. 22: Teen open call.
Feb. 23: Teen callbacks.
March 1: Children open call.
March 2: Children callbacks.
And for the first time: Dec. 1-15, 2013: Singer video submissions accepted.
Adult singers looking to audition for the 2014 Muny season can now submit a video audition online.
"The Muny treasures the talent and spirit that college students bring to our stage each season," said Muny Executive Producer Mike Isaacson. "We know that traveling to St. Louis is too costly for some students. In an effort to support these emerging young professionals, we will accept online video submissions from singers.
"Muny Casting Director Megan Larche Dominick has created this new system in hopes that we will make auditioning more accessible to a wider range of talent."
People should visit muny.org for complete information on the new video audition submission process.
Preregistration for all auditions will begin Jan. 6. For the first time, preregistration includes children and teens.
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"The Addams Family," "Billy Elliot the Musical," "Grease," "Hello, Dolly!," "Seussical the Musical" and "Tarzan®."
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"Imperfection is beauty, madness is genius and it's better to be absolutely ridiculous than absolutely boring."
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"Imperfection is beauty, madness is genius and it's better to be absolutely ridiculous than absolutely boring."
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"I believe that everything happens for a reason. People change so that you can learn to let go, things go wrong so that you appreciate them when they're right, you believe lies so you eventually learn to trust no one but yourself, and sometimes good things fall apart so better things can fall together."
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It was a cheerful time – the war was over, the bad guys were gone, and America truly was the world's last best hope. Corn on the cob and apple pie. Drive-in movies and long summer nights. High school heroes and soda-fountain romance. And that exciting, exciting new music, coming up north from somewhere down south.
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Heartbreaking: Firefighter Responds to Horrific Crash on Christmas Eve; Discovers Dying Woman Is Own Daughter
Heartbreak ruined the holiday of a volunteer firefighter and his family on Christmas Eve when he responded to a horrific car crash and pulled the mangled body of a dying woman from the wreckage only to discover it was his own daughter.
The New Hampshire Union Leader identified the firefighter as Stephen Whitcomb and his daughter, as mother of three, Katie Hamilton, 30, of Brookline, N.H.
"It's a sad, sad day for all of us, not just because it's Christmas Eve, but because of the relationship of the deceased," said Brookline Police Chief Bill Quigley in a WMUR report.
"I know that she is a young mother. She's, like I said, been in the community for a long time. Her family are impeccable people who are highly respected throughout the town and surrounding communities," added Quigley.
The WMUR report said the young mother was the only fatality in the three-car crash on Route 13 in Brookline on Tuesday morning.
Fire Chief Charles Corey, told the Union Leader that Hamilton was a big supporter of the volunteer fire department who was "a very good person."
"She was always there," he said.
Instead of gifts and holiday greetings, grieving friends of the family poured out messages of encouragement and condolences on the Facebook page of her mother, Catherine Whitcomb.
"Cathi I am so very sorry and saddened about Katie. You are in my never ending prayers. If I can do anything for you, let me know," wrote Brenda Gould Thatcher on Christmas.
"Didn't know Katie that long but fell in love with her and her engaging smile and person. Praying for comfort and solace for you all. If in any way I can do anything for you, Catherine Whitcomb, please ask!" wrote Ruth Bodycott.
"Omg… My heart goes out to you and your family today. Nothing is more horrible than losing your child. There is a very special place in heaven for her, and for you as well. Sending so much love your way. If there is anything you need, even a shoulder, I am here for you. May you find the peace and comfort you need," wrote Darlene Garretson-Watts.
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Coach Tom Cable thinks the best thing for the Raiders' quarterback situation is a competition.
That means former No. 1 pick JaMarcus Russell will have to win back his old job.
"I have not put a lot of thought into this at this point," Cable said at the NFL Scouting Combine in Indianapolis when asked about naming Russell the starter. "JaMarcus is working and doing the things he should be doing right now. He'll get himself prepared to compete for the job. I think that's the only way to look at it."
Cable did not respond to questions alluding to the lawsuit filed by former assistant coach Randy Hanson, who claims Cable broke his jaw during a training camp altercation. He said only that he doesn't have "that many distractions."
Cable also acknowledged the team hoped to sign defensive end Richard Seymour to a long-term deal after putting the exclusive franchise tag on him earlier this week.
"I think Richard wants to be there, get there and get his family settled," Cable said. "I think those are the things important to him."
But the bigger question is the open competition at quarterback.
"That would help our football team right now, getting into more of that competition," Cable said. "I'm for having guys go at it and battle for the job."
Combine: Former Cal star Jahvid Best posted the best time among running backs in both the 40-yard dash (4.35) and 3-cone drill (6.75) at the combine. Clemson running back C.J. Spiller ran a 4.37 40. Best's 40 time was also the third-fastest among all players timed on Sunday, behind wide receiver Jacoby Ford (4.28) of Clemson and special teams player Trindon Holliday of Louisiana State.
Cardinals: Arizona's eventful offseason will continue this week when the Cardinals release former first-round pick Antrel Rolle, an NFL source told ESPN.com. Rolle's release will follow Kurt Warner's retirement and the Cardinals decision not to use their franchise tag on linebacker Karlos Dansby. Rolle would become the premier safety in this year's free-agent class, but it is still possible the safety will return to the Cardinals. He had four interception and was a Pro Bowl alternate this season.
Jets: New York Jets running back Thomas Jones will not restructure his contract and will be released this week, sources told ESPN on Saturday. Jones, who will become a free agent March 5, was slated to receive a $3 million roster bonus March 9 and a $2.8 million base salary in 2010. He rushed for 1,402 yards and 14 touchdowns on 331 carries last season.
Vikings: The team and potential free-agent receiver Greg Lewis agreed on a one-year contract. Lewis, 30, appeared in 13 games for the Vikings, catching eight passes for 96 yards with a touchdown. He also played on special teams. The seven-year veteran had one of the most memorable plays of the season in the third game when he made a spectacular grab on Brett Favre's last-second pass to the back of the end zone to lift the Vikings over the 49ers.
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Nimu S
March 29,2015
My Favorite....!!
Copper Chimney restaurant in worli is good punjabi restaurant. Its ambience is ok but reasonably big. Prices are reasonable and food quality is satisfying. Always it is full and sometimes we have to wait for half n hour or one hour. Paneer and other punjabi vegetable are good specially paneer tikka masala and Biryani is to relish on Gulab jamun was ok seemed canned, kulfi was nice Otherwise a nice place for good food with family.
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Bina S.
February 23,2015
One Of The Best Indian food..........
We tried veg food and it was excellent. This place is perfect for special occasions and for Indian food lovers. All the items we ordered had an excellent taste with good quantity. Also the ambiance is very nice. The atmosphere, aroma of food, taste, tenderness and quality are awesome. High quality spices in all ingredients makes a perfect choice of rich Indian food. Gives you the pleasure of enjoying the food with luxury.
Suggested dishes: Paneer Tikka Masala, Dal Maharaja, Banarasi Pulao and all desserts are great.
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Asha Nath
January 24,2015
Good food,could be better
Been here quite a few times and every time service falls a tad below expectation. Food always comes late, starters always come along with main course or way too early before the main course. But food is good,though portions could be better and there could be more flavors. Love the roomali roti and achari mushroom here,biryani is okay and desserts are nothing great. leaves one feeling a bit let down in the end since it is quite expensive,but ambiance is very nice and perfect for family.
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Nitish Sharma
January 01,2015
Average to good north indian
I have had a lot of buffet lunches at copper chimney worli however i would rate it just about good.
For the reputation it posesses the ambience is strictly ok.The tables are very cramped and the salad table in the centre isnt very comforting.Copper chimneys buffet spread looks more out of a north indian wedding spread which has been ravaged by some 20 diners already. The presentation is good to start with but they do not refill properly and the frequency of refil of the breads is abysmally low.
The biggest let down for me is the Dal makhani. For its reputation copper chimneys dal is very pedestrian. The paneer dishes are good and as they should be , but they are superbly oily and very heavy.If they say that their dal is simmered overnight i seriously doubt their definition of Dal or their duration of night.
The overall feeling after the buffet is not of satisfaction but of bloating which should not be the case.I would rate copper chimney equal to jewel of india in terms of its buffet only difference being copper chimney does not use "averaged" out gravy.
I am convinced that the ala carte food at copper chimney would be better.However the true test for a joint of this repute is to replicate the small portion to the larger size with minimal dilution of taste.
Overall copper chimnet , worli is good but not exceptional.....you will come out with a feeling that you have had the same taste somewhere before.
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April 02,2014
Best Indian Restaurant
I have been going here since I was a kid. Cant get enough of this place its my preferred restaurant for Indian food which is simply delicious. The roomali roti is the best in mumbai. The gravy's are very nice towards d sweeter side but still yumm. One should try the Chello rice (Sweetened rice with cream) goes very well with the Veg Shaslik. However, the same is not on the menu now. But they give you if you ask them to.
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Ambar Sinha
March 13,2014
First time at the Copper Chimney
It was pure chance that my American boss decided to show up for a project and was in Mumbai for a week. Being his first visit to India, he wanted to try authentic Indian food and I couldn't think of a better place than the Copper Chimney! We showed up for dinner at around 9ish and dove straight into the menu ordering a Rann and some kebabs. The food did take some time but the wait was totally worth it! After about an hour of hogging on the amazing starters and the main course, we decided to have the dessert too (which was totally a good idea!) Absolutely a good experience for a food junkie and a great place to get a real taste of India!
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Savir Bajaj
January 13,2014
Great Family Dining
Copper Chimney has been very prominent since years for its great food and good service. Having visited this place for and number of times have never had a chance to complaint about the quality of food ever. The Sunday Brunches are the most enjoyable with a great variety leaving you full but still wanting more.
If you want to rely on good food and a nice pleasant atmosphere this is the place to be. The veg and non veg delicacies are as good as they can be. Be it the chicken or paneer. No one beats copper chimney when you want a restaurant which can be relied upon
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December 28,2013
best north indian food in mumbai
I have been to their other branches , tried lots of tandoori chicken in other restauraunts but feel this is the closest I can get to the good quality tandoori available in Delhi .The tandoori chicken melts in the mouth , it has no red colour (most of the restaurants put some strange red colour in the tandoori chicken which I hate).The butter chicken and garlic naan are a must haves...
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November 29,2013
Copper is gold
Yes! the name is copper but its value is gold.I visited this place twice specially for buffet lunch and once with my clients. the ambiance is awesome. Food is as always mouth watering. I love the meat, fish and desserts. The service is best. the place is very hygienic and the menu selection is suited for all food lovers. Pricing is average. overall its a gold experience and ofcourse it glittera. I love this place. I would like to visit this place again with my loved one.
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Ronak Shah
October 19,2013
I call it vintage because this is one of the restaurants I have grown up looking at as its very close by from where I stay. Today Copper Chimney has emerged as a brand name by having multiple outlets in malls. But this outlet in Worli is really a Family Place. You'll Always big or small family groups enjoying their meal. The space is big and very well made off and maintained for all these years. Each and every item in the menu tastes superb. One can never get bored by going here again & again. An advise for anyone planning to visit this place is that "book your table in advance" even if you are going on a weekday. As it is so full always. And also they follow two shifts reservation for dinner i.e. from 8 pm to 10 pm and the other is 10 pm onwards.
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October 09,2013
Lunch Buffet only!
Copper Chimney at Worli has the best Indian lunch buffet - by a mile. You just cannot go wrong at this place (well, maybe except for the reservation process). The lavish spread is ALWAYS top notch, especially on Sundays. The live chat counters, the salad bar, the kebabs, the biryani, the main course are all brilliant and better than any 5 star hotel offering. The desserts are the best part and we always leave content. For the price, this place is a wonderful deal, which is why this place is ALWAYS FULL.
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Nitish Sharma
October 09,2013
Average Seating...good food
I have had a lot of buffet lunches at copper chimney worli however i would rate it just about good. For the reputation it possesses the ambiance is strictly ok. The tables are very cramped and the salad table in the center isn't very comforting.Copper chimneys buffet spread looks more out of a north Indian wedding spread which has been ravaged by some 20 diners already. The presentation is good to start with but they do not refill properly and the frequency of refill of the breads is abysmally low. The biggest let down for me is the Dal makhani. For its reputation copper chimneys dal is very pedestrian. The paneer dishes are good and as they should be , but they are superbly oily and very heavy.If they say that their dal is simmered overnight i seriously doubt their definition of Dal or their duration of night. The overall feeling after the buffet is not of satisfaction but of bloating which should not be the case.I would rate copper chimney equal to jewel of India in terms of its buffet only difference being copper chimney does not use averaged out gravy. I am convinced that the ala carte food at copper chimney would be better.However the true test for a joint of this repute is to replicate the small portion to the larger size with minimal dilution of taste. Overall copper chimney , worli is good but not exceptional.....you will come out with a feeling that you have had the same taste somewhere before
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Pavan Hemdev
September 29,2013
Good Indian Food
A favorite as a child, I ate at Copper Chimney after nearly 12 years and still loved it. We went on a Sunday at 8 pm and the place was packed. Definitely recommend reserving a table. The mutton sheekh kebab was simply superb. Also recommend the achari tikka and the chello kebab. Its good to see a restaurant maintain its quality of food and service for such a long time.
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August 06,2013
great punjabi food
I have been to the Coppoer Chhimmney at Worli several times as our office was just opposite the place and we did not have an elaborate cafeteria. so any visitor and the quickest place to go was Copper Cnimmney. i have eaten both at their buffet and a la carte also. their crisp roomali roti was a novelty (though now available at several places) and you will see it on most tables. food is generally good and it fills a niche between the fine dining places and ordinary eating places
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August 04,2013
Copper Chimney
Food Originally, I wasn't expecting to order a buffet. During the waiting time, I took a look at the food. The menu wasn't that well organized, and there wasn't many Jain Vegetarian options. We took a look at the buffet, and in the vegetarian section, only some of it was Jain. They were willing to make changes and give us the Jain subji for the buffet price. Their Chaat was excellent, so if you do go there be sure to try it. The desserts were nice. The food was nice but I think less paneer dishes would have been better. Service I recommend, on weekends, to make reservations before you go. The waiting is tremendous. My experience? We waited for around 30 minutes. The restaurant was full as well as the waiting space. The person working there told us there was a 5 minute wait. I was not pleased when our waiting time exceeded 10 minutes. When we went to complain, they just said, "Sorry, sir". Not the best service. When we were sitting at our table (finally!), no one came to attend us. We said excuse me several times, no one comes. We had to raise our hands in the air and wave them several times before anyone came. Not the best place for Service. Ambiance Nice place, no complains there. Except one. The TV had bad signal. No biggie. Price When I came to Copper Chimney a couple years ago, buffet was cheaper. Now it is around 750 rupees. Okay price. Not the best, again. I would recommend this place for the lovely food. Happy Eating!
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Pratik Shah
August 01,2013
complete family fine dine experience
the USP of this place is the best north indian dishes served as it is in taste since years...another unique thing about this place is the open kitchen...the tandoor and the sanjha chulah which are visible and can see the cooks producing the best food for our taste buds...the paneer dishes are a real treat...melts and now my mouth is watering tooo...the chicken here is also very tenderly cooked...a complete eating experience...the hospitality commendable...this 1 at worli is the oldest branch of copper chimney and the best one.
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December 08,2012
Best buffet lunch of Mumbai.Love the chaats,salads , starters ... Gravies,breads....desserts...actually everything.Order a pint of beer & the food will taste even better .Their black dal is legendary .The kebabs are to die for Service is what u get at 5 star hotels..lovely hospitality. Have grown up eating their food & it tastes even better now than before .Feel like a king dining in a palace !!
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· Returns capital gain rates for high-income households would to 20%, the rate put in place under President Clinton. These tax-rates would apply to singles above $400,000 and couples above $450,000.
Extended emergency benefits for the long term unemployed
· Prevents 2 million people, including 55,000 Ohioans, from losing unemployment insurance benefits by extending benefits for one year. There is no change in benefit eligibility.
Tax relief and investment incentives for Business
· Extends tax relief for business for two years through the Research & Experimentation tax credit.
· Extends for two years the treatment of military basic housing allowances under low-income housing credit. Specifically, a service member's housing allowance would not be considered income for purposes of calculating whether the service member qualifies as a low-income tenant.
· Extends for two years the Work Opportunity Tax Credit, which allows businesses to claim a credit when hiring one of eight targeted groups (members of families receiving TANF, qualified ex-felons, designated community residents, vocational rehabilitation referrals, qualified summer youth employees, qualified food and nutrition recipients, qualified SSI recipients, and long-term family assistance recipients).
· Extends for two years the charitable deduction to businesses for contributions of food inventory.
· Temporarily fixes the Sustainable Growth Rate (SGR). The agreement avoids a 27% cut to reimbursements for doctors seeing Medicare patients for 2013 by fixing the SGR through the end of 2013.
Energy Tax Extension
· Extends for one year the tax credit for wind electricity.
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Tribes Want To Share With You (Through Tribes' Instagram)
By Staff, Photos by @Tribesband on February 15, 2013
Tribes has certainly seen a lot over the past few months. Judging from their Instagram (@Tribesband) some of it has been expected and some of it looks completely unexpectable.
There are the classic shots from any tour; we see the band rehearsing as well as members crammed into a car like a scene out of a Maysles brothers documentary. We also get to see a nice shot of the band visiting a pretty spectacular aquarium. The wild card shot from the last few months though has to be the picture of the giant bee with a stand-up bass, your guess is as good as ours there. The bands sophomore album, Wish To Scream, is set for release May 20th on Island Records.
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|Publication number
|Publication type
|Application number
|Publication date
|3 Mar 1987
|Filing date
|8 Nov 1984
|Priority date
|8 Nov 1984
|Fee status
|Publication number
|Kent E. Noffsinger
|Original Assignee
|Lee E. Keith, Stephen D. Morris
|Export Citation
|BiBTeX, EndNote, RefMan
|Patent Citations (8), Referenced by (18), Classifications (11), Legal Events (4)
|External Links: USPTO, USPTO Assignment, Espacenet
This invention relates to an impingement exerciser, exercise monitor training apparatus, rehabilitation apparatus, feedback training and monitoring equipment for control and biofeedback.
Apparatus and associated control systems providing force/resistance or muscular contraction loading for an exerciser are already well known as disclosed, for example, in U.S. Pat. Nos. 3,848,467, 3,998,100 and 4,138,106. Such prior apparatus often features a horizontal bar through which muscular contraction loading is applied to the exerciser by controlled force transmission and motion of the bar in accordance with a predetermined muscular contraction mode for body conditioning purposes. Generally, such prior apparatus are limited to a single contraction mode because of physical arrangement and control interfacing. Such prior physical arrangements are also costly to manufacture and maintain in acceptable working condition.
It is therefore an object of the present invention to provide an improved impingement exerciser with force monitoring and feedback system for multi-modal muscular contraction/extension loading.
One form of the invention has been disclosed but it is pointed out that the concepts may be embodied in various structural arrangements and may be used for various purposes as set forth in more detail hereinafter.
In accordance with the disclosed form of the present invention which conforms with a fully operational prototype, a horizontal bar is bidirectionally loaded at opposite end portions thereof by separate drive assemblies of the mechanical linkage type through non-rotative end couplings which include elastically deformable shaft sections within which all forces are transmitted and monitored by strain gauge types of forces sensors providing symmetrical as well asymmetrical analog force measurements. The position, velocity, acceleration and other physical relationships of such monitored force measurements with respect to motion are provided by the digital output of an optical type of position sensor located at one or both of the opposite ends of a drive axle to which the mechanical drive assemblies are connected. The drive axle is powered by an energy source in the form of a DC motor coupled thereto through a disengageable clutch.
The DC motor and clutch are controlled either manually or by operational control signals obtained from a computer to which the analog and digital monitoring signals, aforementioned, are fed. Such input data is stored, readout on demand and influences the operational control signals generated by the computer in accordance with a selected loading pattern or program. The interfacing between the apparatus and the computer also provides for the collection of data useful in the study of human muscle response to a variety of loading patterns.
These together with other objects and advantages which will become subsequently apparent reside in the details of construction and operation as more fully hereinafter described and claimed, reference being had to the accompanying drawings forming a part hereof which illustrate only one manifestation of the concepts of this invention, wherein like numerals refer to like parts throughout.
FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing apparatus constructed in accordance with one embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 2 is an enlarged, partial longitudinal sectional view through the apparatus shown in FIG. 1.
FIG. 3 is an enlarged side sectional view through the apparatus shown in FIG. 1.
FIG. 4 is an enlarged partial sectional view taken substantially through a plane indicated by section line 4--4 in FIG. 2.
FIG. 5 is an enlarged partial sectional view taken substantially through a plane indicated by section line 5--5 in FIG. 3.
FIG. 6 is a partial sectional view taken through a plane indicated by section line 6--6 in FIG. 5.
FIG. 7 is a block circuit diagram schematically illustrating the control system associated with the apparatus of the present invention.
Referring now to the drawings in detail, FIGS. 1, 2 and 3 illustrate apparatus constructed in accordance with one embodiment of the invention, generally referred to by reference numeral 10. The apparatus includes any suitable frame assembly 12 mounted on top of a platform 14 elevated somewhat above the floor by supporting side structure 16 to form an enclosure below the platform. An elongated bench 18 is disposed on the platform and fastened thereto below a horizontal bar 20 movably supported by the frame 12 in parallel spaced relation above the platform. The bar 20 constitutes a force applying element adapted to be gripped or engaged by a user of apparatus 10, lying or seated on bench 18.
Opposite end portions of the bar 20 are connected to upper ends of linkage drive assemblies 22 through slide blocks or plates 24 slidably mounted by the frame. The lower ends of the linkage drive assemblies 22 are connected to a power drive system 26 enclosed below the platform 14. As more clearly seen in FIGS. 2, 3 and 6, each linkage drive assembly 22 includes a drum 28 at its lower end connected to a power axle 30 mounted for rotation about a fixed horizontal axis within a fixed bearing tube 32. A crank arm 34 is connected to an outer axial end of drum 28 and has a plurality of holes through one of which a connecting rod 38 is pivotally connected by a crank pin 40. The end of connecting rod 38 opposite crank pin 40 is pivotally connected by pivot element 42 to the slide block 24. Accordingly, rotation of the power axle 30 imparts reciprocatory translation to the bar 20 through the drive linkage assemblies 22.
As more clearly seen in FIGS. 2 and 4, each slide block 24 is guided for movement along a vertical path fixed to the frame by means of a pair of vertical guide rods 44 extending through sleeves 46 attached to the slide block at its four corners. A cross-sectionally rectangular sleeve 48 is fixed as by welding to each end portion of the bar 20 and is received with vertical clearance within a rectangular slot 50 formed in the slide plate so as to form part of a non-rotatable coupling to the bar 20. The coupling also includes a pair of elastically deformable shaft sections 52 and 54 fixedly attached to vertically opposite sides of sleeve 48 and to anchor plates 56 and 58 attached by spot welding to the slide plate 24. Thus, bidirectional displacing forces are transmitted between the bar 20 and each slide plate 24 through the shaft sections 52 and 54, which undergo elastic strain. A pair of strain gauges 59 of a well known type producing electrical analog signals are mounted on each shaft section 52 and 54 in order to measure and thereby monitor the forces transmitted.
Since the displacing force transmitted between the horizontal bar 20 and the linkage drive assemblies 22 is a function of the motion of the linkage assemblies, movement of one or both of the drums 28 is monitored by an optical position sensing encoder assembly generally referred by reference numeral 60 as more clearly seen in FIGS. 5 and 6. The position encoder 60 includes an annular ring 62 fixed to the inside of the drum 28 for rotation therewith, straddled by three flange assemblies 64, 66 and 68 fixedly mounted on tube 32 in angularly spaced relation to each other. Each of the flange assemblies has one flange 72 mounting an infrared light emitting diode (LED) 74 in alignment with a photo-sensitive diode 76 on the other flange 78. The light transmitted from LED 74 to diode 76 is, however, blocked by the annular ring 62 except when aligned with holes formed in the ring. The ring 62 is accordingly provided with two series of closely spaced holes 80 positioned along a circle coaxial with the axle 30 and intersected by the light beam from the LEDs 74 on flange assemblies 64 and 66. The diameter of the holes 80 are preferably equal to the spacing therebetween so as to produce a square wave type digital signal output from the diodes 76 on flange assemblies 64 and 66 in response to rotation of the drum 28. The light beam emitted from the LED 74 on flange assembly 68 intersects another circle, having a diameter different from the circle diameter of the holes 80, on which a single hole 82 lies. Thus, a counter reset signal is produced by flange assembly 68 for each rotation of the drum for processing the digital data obtained from the signal outputs of the diodes 76 on flange assemblies 64 and 66.
Powered rotation is imparted simultaneously to both drums 28 at the ends of the power axle 30 aforementioned by means of the power drive system 26 which is diagrammed in FIG. 7. The axle 30 is driven through transaxle gearing and 4:1 reduction gear 84 by a 5 hp. DC motor 88. The output shaft of motor 88 is releasably coupled to the gearing 84 by an electromagnetically controlled clutch 90.
As schematically shown in FIG. 7, the DC motor 88 and clutch 90 are controlled by a motor control component 92 of a regenerative type so as to enable the motor to follow either input signals received through signal line 94 or from a manual control 96. An AC power source 98, such as a commercial 230 volt, single phase, 60 megaherz power supply, is connected to the DC motor and clutch through the control 92. Analog input signals in line 94 are derived from a microcomputer 100 through an interface 102 to which analog inputs are fed from the strain gauges 59 aforementioned measuring the forces being transmitted between the horizontal bar 20 and the mechanical linkage assemblies 22. The digital input from the position encoder 60 is also fed to the interface to provide motion phase data. A keyboard 104 associated with the computer 100 is utilized to select and initiate operation of apparatus 10 in accordance with a selected program or algorithm based on the data derived from the force measuring and monitoring inputs of the strain gauges 59 and position encoder 60. The data obtained by the monitoring measurements of the strain gauges 58 and position encoder 60 may also be readout under direction of the keyboard 104 on a display screen 106 and a printer 108 including asymmetrical force readings to determine the relative strength of left and right arms or legs and velocity or other motion data. The computer 100 may be programmed to produce any desired loading mode by the bar 20 including conventional dynamic concentric, dynamic eccentric, isokinetic, isometric and modified variations thereof. Further, programming may be included to selectively provide a biofeedback capability. Also, through the clutch 90 rapid power disengagement may be effected as a safety measure in response to detection of certain conditions based on measurement data being recorded or readout and emperical experience data stored in the computer memory.
As indicated previously, the prototype, as disclosed, is functional but many variations, alternative structures and improvements may be incorporated therein. The impingement exerciser may be effectively utilized in conjunction with various athletic training procedures, body and muscle conditioning procedures and rehabilitation with monitoring and feedback techniques. However, the exerciser without the computer, gauges and related structures still provides a novel and unique exerciser concept in which force and velocity are totally independent. As examples of the structural variations, the horizontal bar 20, as disclosed need not always be horizontal and the vertical standards may be free to pivot together or independently for twising motion. Likewise, the bar 20 or impingement member is not necessarily non-rotative inasmuch as a sleeve could be mounted on the bar that is either fixed or free for adjustment. Also, the exerciser is not restricted to a horizontal bar but could have cables attached through frame supported pulleys to redirect forces to provide motion at any angle and at any level. Also, a yoke with handles or other setups or equipment could be driven with one drive assembly or cable. The pair of drive assemblies could be independent to get a "seesaw" effect with the bar 20 being fixed to the plates using ball-type joints. The movement of the bar or other impingement member may be omnidirectional with selective capability for all three axes. Various types of devices may be used in lieu of strain gauges with such devices being mechanical, electronic or the like having the desired sensitivity and dynamic range on each independent axis of movement. The force determining arrangements may be connected with the ends of the bar as indicated or along the bar to obtain curvature readings or on the yoke if used on cables. The impingement member or bar does not have to move to obtain readings as isometrics or any pattern can be performed with monitor and control feedback. The motion of the impingement member or bar is not necessarily cyclic or reciprocating but can have any forward/reverse pattern. Thus, the impingement member or bar does not necessarily have to move in a fixed vertical path although this is true of the disclosed prototype since the impingement member or bar can move omnidirectionally as indicated previously. The sensors related to the drive arrangement provide position, speed at position, direction and reference information and includes the possibility of providing two independent systems for two sides of the device to measure asymmetrical performance. The data from the sensors may be utilized directly or after the data has been introduced into the computer, recorded or the like and is utilized in real time or delayed evaluation and for biofeedback training or effect as well as control of loading programs. The loading patterns or programs may involve real time generated as well as preprogrammed pattern and the machine is inherently inertia free but can be programmed to behave with inertia-like characteristics. Also, user generated forces can be monitored or recorded and controlled in the biofeedback mode.
In this concept, controlled forces are provided to the user and are independent user generated quantities. Such user generated forces can be monitored/recorded or controlled in the biofeedback mode. At full utilization, the present invention could be in a mode where the user is defining the forces by setting them at any instant without any adjustment or distraction at real time, utilizing monitored signals for biofeedback control of force performance with the machine programmed in any manner of response for monitored signal control with monitored signals being permanently or temporarily stored for later review either by computer or observation of the user with such information thus being available for the current performance capability of the user and for determining long-term or short-term performance and change of performance to program future routines for endurance/recovery curves and finally for comparison with other data from other sources thereby providing significant new data relating to the user. One example of such data would be comparative asymmetry data. Defining further the concept of this invention, it provides velocity/position profile with or without forces which is user controlled, that is, when the user resists there are forces proportioned to the resistance with the machine movement and positioning, however, being independent of this. This capability provides a subtle but major distinction between the state of the art and what the present invention provides. Thus, action/reaction forces can be used to control the velocity/position profile of the apparatus so that these profiles become functions of the forces.
The power source is optional since various types of motors and power devices may be utilized and the disengageable clutch which is a power-on safety clutch may be used but other similar clutches or devices may be utilized so that when the clutch disengages, the user will be protected with inertia of the drive system. The bench illustrated in the drawings is not necessarily needed or fastened in place nor does the user require the bench when using the device. Essentially, the release of the force element or impingement element by the user does not change the motion of the machine unless such a change is desired which is totally different from current state of the art devices. The apparatus can oscillate between isometric, isotonic, isokinetic and the like in any manner desired and the drive system may be reversible in any manner such as electronically or the like and the drive system is regenerative. As an alternative, a screwjack system could be used which is quite flexible in use and is compact in design. U-joint couplings may be used to provide universal orientation of the impingement member or other components with the machine providing both static impingement and dynamic impingement with the various details of construction being varied while maintaining the essential concepts of the invention.
The foregoing is considered as illustrative only of the principles of the invention. Further, since numerous modifications and changes will readily occur to those skilled in the art, it is not desired to limit the invention to the exact construction and operation shown and described, and accordingly, all suitable modifications and equivalents may be resorted to, falling within the scope of the invention.
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|U.S. Classification
|482/8, 482/901, 482/130, 482/91, 482/902
|International Classification
|Cooperative Classification
|European Classification
|8 Nov 1984
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FDA advisory panel for PROGENSA PCA3 delayed
Aug 29, 2011, 16:15 ET from DIAGNOCURE INC.
QUEBEC CITY, Aug. 29, 2011 /PRNewswire/ - DiagnoCure, Inc. (TSX: CUR), a life sciences company that develops and commercializes high‐value cancer diagnostic tests, announced today that Gen-Probe Incorporated, its commercial partner for the PCA3 test, received notice from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) that the PROGENSA® PCA3 Assay will not be reviewed by the Immunology Panel of FDA's Medical Devices Advisory Committee on October 14, 2011 as previously scheduled, but will be reviewed by the Panel at a later date. Gen-Probe was informed that the Panel review has been postponed in order to provide the FDA more time to review and respond to information and materials that have been provided by Gen-Probe in connection with the Panel meeting and the Premarket Approval Application for the PROGENSA® PCA3 Assay. A new date for the Panel review of the PROGENSA PCA3 Assay has not yet been confirmed, but Gen-Probe informed DiagnoCure that it currently expects that it could take place in the first quarter of 2012.
About DiagnoCure
DiagnoCure (TSX: CUR) is a life sciences company that develops and commercializes high-value cancer diagnostic tests that increase clinician and patient confidence in making critical treatment decisions. In 2008, the Company launched the PrevistageTM GCC Colorectal Cancer Staging Test through its U.S. CLIA laboratory, and granted the worldwide exclusive rights to this test to Signal Genetics in June 2011. The Company also has a strategic alliance with Gen-Probe (NASDAQ: GPRO) for the development and commercialization of a second-generation prostate cancer test using PCA3, DiagnoCure's proprietary molecular biomarker. The PROGENSA® PCA3 test is commercialized en Europe under CE mark and was recently approved in Canada; in the United States, the test is commercialized through clinical laboratories using PCA3 analyte specific reagents from Gen‐Probe; a PMA application was filed with the FDA. For more information, visit www.diagnocure.com.
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unknown risks, uncertainties and assumptions that may cause actual
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Newcastle director sends message to players over relegation battle
NEWCASTLE'S players must take their fate into their own hands in their relegation scrap, according to a club director.
Moncur believes an escape from relegation is very much in Newcastle's own hands
Bob Moncur joined the top table at St. James' Park last summer but was also a legend during his playing days as the last United captain to lift a trophy.
And now the 71-year-old has told the players that they must get the points themselves and not rely on other teams to help them get out of the relegation zone.
"The bottom line is it is down to us and if we get results we don't have to worry about anybody else," Moncur told the Chronicle.
"That's all you can really say. Stoke isn't an easy place to go to and Bournemouth at home will be a big game.
"We have to make sure we come out on top."
Having had an 18-day break from competitive football, Steve McClaren is hoping a warm-weather training trip to La Manga in Spain has reinvigorated his squad.
There the Magpies beat Norwegian outfit Lillestrom 2-1 in a friendly that saw Rolando Aarons and Georginio Wijnaldum hit the net while January signing Jonjo Shelvey took the captain's armband.
And Moncur rejected the criticism over the trip levelled by Paul Merson and Phil Thompson and claimed that the Newcastle fans know it was all about football, not a holiday.
"We know the fans who travel to Stoke will be 100% behind the team like they always are," Moncur added.
"They know the team haven't been playing well but they recognise when a team is putting effort in or not.
"The situation is we have to dig in on the field and get results. If we start doing that, we can get out of it.
"We need a good team performance at Stoke and what we need to see is an improvement on the away form with a determined and organised display.
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