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Sometimes we meet actors and wonder how they manage to mine on-screen warmth from their seemingly chilly real-life personalities. Not so in the case of Julie Walters. She's adorable, lively, fun, and levelheaded. And she's one heck of a fine actor.
Take for example the Brit's latest project to hit the States, Calendar Girls. It's the true story of a group of women in Yorkshire, England, trying to raise money for charity. Walters' character, Angela Baker, suffers through her husband's death from leukemia. After having sat on a broken sofa at the hospital, Angela and her friends decide to raise money to buy a new one to comfort the patients' families. Their method of fundraising—to pose nude for a calendar—attracts wanted and unwanted attention.
In the film, Walters is surrounded by some of Britain's finest actors: Helen Mirren, Geraldine James, Celia Imrie, Annette Crosbie, and Ciaran Hinds, among others. Still, we notice Walters' quiet craft, her ability to do little and reveal much about the depth of Angela's agony. Mirren's is the showier role, but Walters' will be remembered among the other highlights of her long, impressive career.
Walters first came to the notice of American audiences in 1983 as the star of Educating Rita, opposite Michael Caine—a role she said was "a good start for me, really, a bit of a platform." She had been performing the role onstage yet thought she would be required to take screen tests. As Walters recalled, "I thought, Well, I'm not going to do it; I'll be too nervous; it'll be just terrible. I didn't hear from [director] Lewis [Gilbert] for ages. He came to the States trying to get some money. And then people here obviously wanted to do it American. But the writer wanted it to be done English. So Lewis came back, and he got Michael. And then he said, 'We don't need a star to play Rita; we can have you.'" The choice was perfect, and she earned an Oscar nomination.
Then followed a string of small British films, television series, and stage work. But her second round of worldwide notice began when she played ballet teacher Mrs. Wilkinson in Billy Elliot. "And then suddenly, around 2000, I don't know what it was, I suddenly started winning awards and things," the actor recalled. "I won three BAFTAs on the trot, year after year, and I thought, What's happening? It's really weird. I thought, In another year this wouldn't have won an award. I don't know why that is. I think sometimes it's just your turn, for some reason. And then Calendar Girls came up, as well." Walters modestly passes over the juggernaut that is the Harry Potter series, in which she plays the paragon of motherhood, Mrs. Weasley.
Walters studied English and drama at Manchester Polytechnic, where, she said, one of her most valued lessons came during her first attempt at improvisation. "I know that's really obvious stuff, but it was about being," she said. "[Our teacher] was just asking us to be. And that was the best—just to be in the character. I remember that, thinking, How fantastic; you're not there to be 'performing.' It was a very simple little message."
Asked about her current method for preparing characters, Walters said, "I never really think about technique. I never have [even in school]. I always felt it had to come from here [points to the heart], and if it didn't come from there, then it didn't matter. Which isn't a marvelous way to approach things; it's rather an exhausting way. I think technique will relieve you of some of that."
For Calendar Girls, the actor asked to meet her real-life counterpart, Angela—or Annie, as she is called. "Some people don't like to [meet their characters], and I understand that," said Walters. "I read the script, and it's a good script, but I saw that Annie was in scenes but doesn't say anything. Why was that? Was she shy? Depressed? I didn't quite know what it was. So I rang them and said, 'Can I please go and meet her?' I wanted to see what she was like—the dynamics of her relationship with Chris, Helen Mirren's character. I wanted to know how she fitted in with the group of women. Within the first five minutes of meeting her, I could see what the script was."
The actor and her real-life model found common ground in watching a loved one suffer with leukemia; Walters' daughter, now 15, faced the disease as a toddler. "So she knew I knew what it was like to have that news," said Walters. "So that was good for us in one sense—awful but good for us in that it made a bond between us."
Walters said she felt a huge responsibility to portray Annie faithfully and responsibly—her suffering and her reaction to the celebrity that came with the calendar. "I wanted to reassure her that we wouldn't be doing it for laughs," said Walters. "I told her, 'You're safe in my hands.' I was concerned, about the script, slightly, in that it was a difficult road to tread between the awful loss that she was feeling and this huge onslaught of fame and the pleasure that she was getting from that, in that it was keeping [her husband] alive in some sense. I didn't want her to be the wet blanket all the time, because she was in mourning. In fact Angela enjoyed all of it; it was a diversion from what she was feeling."
But, added Walters, "I said to Angela that it would not be an impersonation. It's not a drama-documentary. I was not trying to absolutely inhabit her physically. But I wanted to get the essence of her, not necessarily noting down mannerisms, but you get a feel that you take in. The emotional journey is what's important, and it will also be what's important to her in the end."
Walters' performance here is not a copy of life, but it is one worth emulating on so many levels—and one deserving of further recognition.


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Josh Thole is finished with his second "spring training" of the year and ready to get back behind the plate for the Mets.
"It's kind of like Opening Day for me again," Thole told The Post yesterday as he prepared to board a flight from Buffalo to New York. "You sit out for 25 days or so, it's like you want to get back in the saddle."
Thole will be at Citi Field for tonight's game against the Cardinals, when he is expected to be activated from the disabled list.
Earlier this week, Thole finally got around to watching the play that landed him to the disabled list with a concussion. It happened on May 7 at Citizens Bank Park, when the Phillies' Ty Wigginton landed a shoulder to Thole's face in a home plate collision.
Thole laid motionless for about two minutes, but ultimately walked from the field. After watching video of the play, Thole concluded there wasn't much he could have done differently, other than maybe wear his mask instead of discarding it.
To that end, Thole plans to unveil a new hockey-style goalie's mask he began wearing during his minor league rehab assignment. Thole said the mask will stay on for virtually all plays, with the exception of extremely high pop ups.
Thole, who has suffered at least three concussions in his career, said it's understandable the Mets took it slow with his rehab.
"I knew that given my history they were going to be very cautious with me," he said. "I knew that coming into it, but it wasn't serious. Concussions are getting all the big p.r., but you are talking about football players who are time and again getting beat up play after play.
"This one was a little dizzy, a little memory loss, but it wasn't like I was standing in the dugout vomiting or anything like that. I really considered that I've had one real concussion and the other two were just simply very mild."
After speaking with Jason Bay, Thole is convinced his concussion wasn't anything close in magnitude to Bay's. Two years ago, Bay crashed into the left-field fence at Dodger Stadium and missed the final two months of the season.
"We were down in Florida together last week and we talked multiple times," Thole said. "[Bay] said, 'You've got to be careful, you've got to be cautious with it.' Mine was a little bit different. He was having symptoms and they wouldn't go away — headaches for two months. I'm fortunate enough that mine only lasted for seven days and then I was fine."
Thole was off to a solid start for the Mets, batting .284 with a homer and seven RBIs in 26 games before the concussion. His arrival means either Rob Johnson or Mike Nickeas will head to Buffalo.
"I've had a chance to work with both of them and they work so hard preparing [for] the game with me," Thole said. "If you ask any of us — if we could have it our way — we would keep three catchers."
* The Mets are also expected to call up reliever Elvin Ramirez, who is 3-0 with a 0.00 ERA in 11 appearances for Triple-A Buffalo after beginning the season at Double-A Binghamton. The right-hander has 19 strikeouts and one walk over 14 2/3 innings for Buffalo.
Ramirez was left unprotected by the Mets after the 2010 season and selected by the Nationals in the Rule 5 draft. But Ramirez missed the entire year after having shoulder surgery, and the Nationals subsequently returned him to the Mets. … Manny Acosta, who was designated for assignment Tuesday, cleared waivers and was out-righted to Buffalo.
* Chris Young, who is coming back from right shoulder surgery, had an impressive rehab start for Buffalo, throwing six scoreless innings. He allowed two hits and three walks.

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JACKSONVILLE, Fla. - Grades for Duval County's public elementary and middle schools were released Friday and overall the district received a C on its scores.
There were 22 failing schools compared to 11 failing schools in 2013. Administrators said charter schools contributed to the problem: six of them received F grades.
Duval School Superintendent Dr. Nikolai said he knows there is a lot of work that needs to be done to turn "F" schools around, but he pointed out that there has been some success in fixing several of the failing schools.
News4Jax spoke with Wayne Peterson, the academic director of the Global Outreach Charter School, on Friday afternoon. He said two charter schools he's worked with have changed their "F" rating to a "C" in just one year.
"Leadership was crucial. We had a consulting firm, Dr. James Young. Those were key. The right personnel, as well as the way we taught and delivered instruction," said Peterson.
Peterson took over SOS, School of Success Academy, when the Charter had an "F" grade and was faced with being shut down if it didn't improve.
Now, Peterson works with the Global Outreach Charter School and in just one year also turned that school around. Global Outreach also advanced from an "F" to a "C" this year.
"We look at our schools as a corporation or organization, then we can provide proper leadership that would motivate and inspire teachers, parents and students," said Peterson. "We were able to inspire the entire body that impacted student achievement, and it worked."
Because School of Success and Global Outreach were able to improve their grades, they are no longer in danger of closing.
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California employers are popular targets for lawyers looking for the next big lawsuit hit. They may have found a new one right under their ... well ... butts.
A little-noticed California wage order requires that "all working employees shall be provided with suitable seats when the nature of the work reasonably permits the use of seats."
That's not all: For employees whose work requires standing, "an adequate number of suitable seats shall be placed in reasonable proximity to the work area" for use when "it does not interfere with the performance of their duties." Presumably, this means cashiers and others who spend much of their workday standing must have access to chairs for times when they're not busy.
Seating class actions have already been filed against a Home Depot in Los Angeles and a Walmart in Alameda County.


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OK, so Adrian Peterson probably isn't walking through the door with his 1,925-yard freshman season.
In fact, no Big 12 team signed a five-star prospect in 2013. What that means for the league is debatable, but newcomers certainly will have plenty of chances to impact the 2013 season.
A junior college transfer may start at quarterback for Kansas State, the league's defending champion. Traditional power Oklahoma has holes to fill at safety. Kansas has holes everywhere, and an influx of junior college talent could shine at West Virginia.
The league's collective reliance on junior colleges makes the Big 12 a breeding ground for breakout rookie seasons, and a few true freshmen have strolled into beneficial situations. Somebody has to be the league's newcomer of the year, and there are plenty of players about whom to speculate.
As the college football season approaches, Rivals.com is breaking down the conferences across the country to see which five true freshmen or junior college transfers could have the biggest impact.
Measurables: 6-foot-2, 215 pounds. Iowa Western Community College
Recruiting ranking: No. 1-ranked quarterback and No. 20 overall in the junior college postseason top 100 2013
Buzz: When you are looking to make an immediate splash, quarterback is the place to be. Fresh out of junior college, Waters finds himself in the thick of a two-man race to replace departed Heisman Trophy finalist Collin Klein and he definitely has a chance to win it. At Iowa Western a season ago, Waters earned NJCAA Offensive Player of the Year honors by completing 72.8 percent of his passes and throwing for 3,194 yards, 34 touchdowns and just two interceptions. He can make plays with his legs as well as with his arm, which suits Bill Snyder's offensive model. Waters will need to beat out last year's Wildcats backup, Daniel Sams, to win the starting job, and if he does that no newcomer will be in position to have more of an impact on the Big 12 season.
Measurables: 6-foot-2, 185 pounds. Arizona Western Community College
Recruiting rankings: No. 12-ranked defensive back and No. 59 overall in the Rivals Junior College100
Buzz: Sendish arrived in the spring and already has become a pillar of Kansas' team. Head coach Charlie Weis sent his newcomer to Big 12 media days in Dallas to represent the program, and Sendish is a lock to start at defensive back. There's no better place for a talented newcomer than KU, which needs to upgrade its talent across the board after a one-win 2012 season. Sendish is talented enough to rack up serious statistics in the pass-happy Big 12, where he will get plenty of chances to make plays on the football. Sendish has great speed and impeccable instincts. He does not have a redshirt season available, so he'll be motivated to make an impact from the jump.
Measurables: 6-foot-1, 175 pounds. Lithonia (Ga.) Martin Luther King
Recruiting rankings: No. 83-ranked wide receiver, unranked in the Rivals250 presented by Under Armour
Buzz: Bray probably won't start at wide receiver from the season's onset, but he will figure into the rotation on the outside. He'll have his chance to catch plenty of balls in what should still be a pass-happy Red Raiders offense. And if an injury should occur to a starter, the freshman will be on the short list to slide up the depth chart. Despite what happens there, though, he will have a chance to make an impact in the return game. Bray has top-level speed and the Red Raiders don't have an experienced return man, leaving the door wide open for Bray to make a mark on special teams.
Measurables: 6-foot-1, 305 pounds. Waco (Texas) High
Recruiting rankings: No. 12-ranked defensive tackle, No. 168 in the Rivals250
Buzz: Billings will need to move up the depth chart in camp to make a serious impact this season, but there's little doubt that he's capable of doing that. The 305-pound prospect is the best defensive tackle the Bears have signed in years, and the position isn't exactly clogged with talent. Beau Blackshear won the starting gig this spring, but his name does not seem to be firmly etched into the spot. Billings has every measurable that coaches want in a tackle, and he is a real threat to take reps from more experienced players in the fall. If he has the sort of camp he's capable of having, he could be given major playing time. The opportunity for early playing time is a major reason Billings signed with the hometown Bears.
Measurables: 6-foot-1, 190 pounds. Fresno (Calif.) Central East
Recruiting rankings: No. 16-ranked safety, No. 189 in the Rivals250
Buzz: Byrd is a talented player, but his inclusion on this list is also the product of opportunity. Oklahoma is thin when it comes to experienced safeties, and there's plenty of room for a newcomer or two to make a mark at the position. The Sooners' returning options played mostly in nickel situations a year ago, and a player as physically gifted as Byrd should push the veterans immediately. Fellow true freshman Ahmad Thomas, who arrived for spring practice, should see playing time at safety. Still, Byrd is the better prospect and, thanks in part to a college-ready body, he should have little problem adjusting during camp. Once on the field, he'll have no shortage of chances to change games, and the Big 12's identity, combined with OU's perceived weakness at safety, will cause plenty of opportunity.
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Expect the Calgary Stampeders to be minor players in tomorrow's CFL dispersal draft of Ottawa Renegades talent.
Plucking players from the Renegades' roster is plagued with pitfalls, leaving Stamps brass wary of taking on more than a couple of bodies for depth.
The Stampeders are also leery of messing with the lineup fielded en route to an 11-7 record in 2005. The Ottawa roster is also laced with heavy contracts that would make their acquisition a risk.
Also, teams selecting players who have already been paid bonuses would have to reimburse the previous Renegades owners for money already paid out to the player.
Those contracts leave Stampeders president Ted Hellard, whose team picks fourth overall, with only mild interest in a couple of acquisitions.
"That makes a significant number of players not that palatable and, in our case, we're not sure even if they had better contracts, whether we'd be interested anyhow," Hellard said.
"You can call us cocky but we're pretty comfortable with the guys we've got and the other free agents we've got coming in who we haven't announced yet in terms of imports we'll have in camp ... I'm not sure if you offered them all to me for nothing if I'd take a lot of them.
"There's two or three we're interested in and I can tell you for sure we'll at least pick one."
While Hamilton has first selection, some league insiders feel the team will try to trade the pick to a team in need of a quarterback. It is expected 32-year-old QB Kerry Joseph will go first overall, although that pick might be dealt to a team like Saskatchewan in need of a starting pivot.
Stamps GM Jim Barker said the dispersal draft is riddled with variables, especially since rosters won't be expanded to accommodate the additional players and a salary cap in now in effect.
"It's one of those things where you can't just list the best guy to the worst guy and move on down the list," Barker said.
"There's so many factors that go into taking a veteran player and adding him to your own group of players. If you take a player who's worth, let's say $120,000, you have to get rid of $120,000. Those are all things we have to discuss and make decisions on.
"The whole league will get better but it's finding those players who will fit into your locker-room. We're in the process of talking to players who have played with different players (on Ottawa's roster) and learning what we can about them.
"You could have a chance at a better player who you have to leave on the board because you just can't fit him in. My job is to upgrade every position, with that said, we have to factor in what our guys are making and what (an available player) is making."
A decision on what will be done with Ottawa's neg list has yet to be announced. Should Ottawa re-join the league next season under new ownership, an expansion draft would be held in which the Stamps would need to leave some players unprotected.
Tomorrow's draft kicks off at 2 p.m.
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1. Kerry Joseph
QB (import)
Tons of talent and threw for 4,500 yards last year while also rushing for 1,000 but only one team -- Saskatchewan -- is looking for a new starter.
2. Jason Armstead
WR (import)
Posted more than 1,300 yards in receptions last year to lead the Renegades, including five for touchdowns, and is a deadly kick returner.
3. Korey Banks,
DB (import)
Is a starter for almost any CFL team after posting 10 picks last season (two for TDs) but recently signed a hefty new contract.
4. Kyries Hebert,
DB (import)
An impact player but Hebert ran into legal problems in the off-season and might not be able to return to Canada this season.
5. Ibrahim Khan,
OL (non-import)
The 6-ft. 4-in., 305-pounder is an impact player for most squads. At 25, the tackle could anchor a CFL o-line for another decade.
6. Brad Banks,
QB (import)
The Iowa product has plenty of upside and could be a CFL star one day once given a chance to start. Do the Stamps need another project?
7. Pat Woodcock,
WR (non-import)
Woodcock has been a bust in Ottawa since signing a pricey free-agent deal there from Montreal two years ago. He has loads of speed.
8. Val St. Germain,
OL (non-import)
Named Ottawa's top offensive lineman last year. At 34 his best years are behind him but would be a solid addition to most lineups.
9. Anthony Collier,
DE (import)
Recorded 12 sacks and three interceptions in just 13 games last
season. Tied a CFL record with five sacks in one game.
10. Cory Hathaway,
FB (non-import)
Lethbridge product, just 22, was drafted last spring by the Renegades. At 6-ft. 3-in., is from the same mould as Chris Szarka.
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The things this small state does affect things around the world. —Michael Sullivan, Utah Governor's Office of Economic Development
It's no secret that Utah's economy is a model of health when compared to many other cities and states around the nation, including the city of Detroit, which recently filed for bankruptcy.
What you may not realize is the way Utah's low unemployment rate is helping to bolster the rest of the nation.
Utah's pro-business tax rates and incentives have not only helped Utah weather the economic storm, but also helped to create 66,600 new full-time Utah jobs in the last year and a half. Experts say these jobs not only help Utah but spur spending in the national economy.
"The things this small state does affect things around the world," said Michael Sullivan from the Utah Governor's Office of Economic Development. "The governor has often been quoted as saying the nation should look to Utah as an example of how to do it right."
In the financial sector, much of the state's economic success comes from a unique bank charter offering which allows industrial loan companies to set up shop in Utah.
An Industrial Loan Company, or ILC, allows non-financial institutions like Target, BMW, Home Depot, GE or dozens of similar non-bank companies to lend money to consumers, usually through a branded credit card.
The Beehive State was the first to offer this unique charter and is one of only seven states in the nation that allow it. Dozens of large companies, including Goldman Sachs, have moved a large part of their financial operations and thousands of jobs with them to take advantage of Utah's offering.
Utah has become a financial center in the west. Merrick Bank, an ILC headquartered in South Jordan, employs more than 150 people in Utah. Those employees service more than 1.3 million customers in every state across the nation. Additionally, the bank holds more than a billion dollars in assets.
"Especially in this economy, not everyone banks at a bank. We give all kinds of people the availability to get credit in the marketplace," said Rick Urrutia, President and CEO of Merrick Bank.
Merrick Bank specializes in providing credit to high-risk, low credit score customers.
"This recession cut too many normal customers out the banking system," Sullivan said. "Most are good people who had a financial problem, many not of their own doing. Through analysis and financial modeling, we identify the people who got dealt a bad hand. We can offer them credit and help get their life back to normal, bringing them back to the market and banking system."
Government leaders say the ILC industry is an important piece in helping the country make economic progress.
"Utah's Industrial Loan Industry enables consumers across the country to have financing to buy and sell products," Sullivan said. "BMW's bank benefits customers around the world. Target bank benefits customers across the country. Medallion Bank, who is headquartered here, helps taxi drivers in major cities like New York get financing for their Taxi Medallion (taxi operator license). Anyone who rides in a cab benefits from that."
Officials say Utah's economy is reaping the benefits of creating one of the nation's most business-friendly tax environments. Offering post-performance tax incentives to new companies when they relocate to Utah has been the key to attracting tens of thousands of new above-average salary jobs.
"We offer post-performance tax incentive credits to companies that create more than 50 full-time jobs in five years," Sullivan said. "We give back a portion of taxes they paid in the prior year for the new employees they've added as long as the jobs paid at least 125 percent of the average wage in the county they were created in, including benefits."
State leaders say there is no reason other states couldn't provide these kinds incentives since they don't cost the state anything. Tax rebates are only given post-performance. Companies don't receive the incentive until after they've met the criteria creating new full-time employment positions.
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North Texas is set to introduce Dan McCarney as its new football coach Tuesday.
A person familiar with the decision tells The Associated Press that McCarney, a Florida assistant and former Iowa State head coach, is being hired as the replacement for the fired Todd Dodge. The person would not comment publicly because the school had not yet made its announcement.
North Texas has called a news conference for Tuesday afternoon "to announce the hiring of the new head football coach."
Published at 2:58 PM CST on Nov 29, 2010 | Updated at 3:15 PM CST on Nov 29, 2010


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Elena Fattori
Affiliation: Merck Research Laboratories
Country: USA
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- Electro-gene-transfer: a new approach for muscle gene deliveryElena Fattori
Dipartimento di Biologia Molecolare e Cellulare, Instituto di Ricerche di Biologia Molecolare, I R B M P Angeletti, Via Pontina Km 30, 600 00040 Pomezia, Roma, Italia
Somat Cell Mol Genet 27:75-83. 2002..We also summarize the results obtained with electro-gene-transfer in animal models to date and the technical issues that must be solved before its use for human therapy can be considered...
- ErbB2 genetic cancer vaccine in nonhuman primates: relevance of single nucleotide polymorphismsElena Fattori
Istituto di Ricerca di Biologia Molecolare, Via Pontina, Pomezia, Italy
Hum Gene Ther 20:253-65. 2009..Our findings are particularly relevant in the investigation of the impact of TAA polymorphisms on the efficacy of a cancer vaccine strategy...
- Gene electro-transfer of an improved erythropoietin plasmid in mice and non-human primatesElena Fattori
Istituto di Ricerche di Biologia Molecolare IRBM, Via Pontina Km 30 600, 00040 Pomezia Rome, Italy
J Gene Med 7:228-36. 2005..Transduction can be improved in several animal models by application of electric pulses after DNA injection...
- Efficient immunization of rhesus macaques with an HCV candidate vaccine by heterologous priming-boosting with novel adenoviral vectors based on different serotypesE Fattori
Department of Molecular and Cellular Biololgy, Istituto di Ricerche di Biologia Molecolare P Angeletti, Pomezia, Rome, Italy
Gene Ther 13:1088-96. 2006..The induced responses are broad and show significant cross-strain reactivity. Boosting can be delayed for over 2 years after priming, indicating that there is long-term maintenance of resting memory cells...
- Modulation of the immune response induced by gene electrotransfer of a hepatitis C virus DNA vaccine in nonhuman primatesStefania Capone
Istituto di Ricerche di Biologia Molecolare, P Angeletti, Rome, Italy
J Immunol 177:7462-71. 2006..These data support the hypothesis that T cell responses elicited by the present strategy could be beneficial in prophylactic vaccine approaches against HCV...
- Synergistic effect of gene-electro transfer and adjuvant cytokines in increasing the potency of hepatitis C virus genetic vaccinationMirko Arcuri
Istituto di Ricerche di Biologia Molecolare P Angeletti IRBM, Pomezia, Rome, Italy
J Gene Med 10:1048-54. 2008..This technology has been used to increase the production of therapeutic proteins, such as cytokines and growth factors, and to improve immunization efficiency following the injection of antigen-encoding plasmids...
- In vivo DNA gene electro-transfer: a systematic analysis of different electrical parametersImmacolata Zampaglione
Istituto di Ricerche di Biologia Molecolare IRBM, Via Pontina Km 30 600, 00040 Pomezia Rome, Italy
J Gene Med 7:1475-81. 2005..Intramuscular plasmid injection followed by electroporation is an efficient method for gene therapy or vaccination. Several protocols have been described that give good transduction levels with several reporter genes...
- Hyaluronidase increases electrogene transfer efficiency in skeletal muscleCarmela Mennuni
Istituto di Ricerche di Biologia Molecolare P Angeletti, 00040 Pomezia, Italy
Hum Gene Ther 13:355-65. 2002..HYAse is used in a variety of clinical applications, and thus the combination of HYAse pretreatment and muscle EGT may constitute an efficient gene transfer method to achieve therapeutic levels of gene expression...
- Gene electro-transfer improves transduction by modifying the fate of intramuscular DNAManuela Cappelletti
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"Yes, raster is faster, but raster is vaster, and vector just seems more corrector" — Professor Dana Tomlin, University of Pennsylvania
Some weeks ago… wait a minute, it was last June! Doesn't time fly when you're enjoying yourself? Anyway, way back then we discussed a new graphics technology called scalable vector graphics, or SVG.
Well, SVG has matured to become a W3C (World Wide Web Consortium) Recommendation [www.w3.org/tr/svg/], and members of the SVG community are forging ahead with dreams of world domination dancing in their heads.
Back in February 1999 the W3C proposed SVG as a brilliant way of doing graphics. One of the advantages is that any text in an SVG graphic is searchable. Small wonder then that we've noted that cartographers in particular seem to be getting very interested in SVG as a standard for mapping.
A good example of this drive is an article by Antoine Quint titled Digging Animation on XML.com, in which Quint discusses how a Flash animation can be migrated to SVG — something that should gladden the hearts of all who would prefer to see ubiquitous Flash web presentations disappear without a trace.
Interesting thought: if SVG really becomes dominant, could we see Macromedia dumping its proprietary Flash in favour of the open-standard SVG?
There's an SVG editor from Jasc Software, the firm that makes Paint Shop Pro, called WebDraw that, when we covered it, was in prerelease beta. It is now in full release and worth a serious look.
As you start to work with SVG images, you will need to convert raster images to SVG. There are a few tools out there that attempt to do this tricky task. There are 'fds for SVG' from PADC Lab, University of Tsukuba and CR2V from Christophe Vantighem. This tool seems to give generally terrific results, but at present there seems to be a problem with the downloaded ZIP file being corrupted.
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This past May, Israel launched a national philanthropic initiative to address the complex challenge of the prevention and treatment of child maltreatment (child abuse and neglect).
Myers-JDC-Brookdale's Engelberg Center for Children and Youth is playing a key role in this strategic national initiative.
Mehalev ("From the Heart") is an initiative of a young Israeli hi-tech philanthropist. The initiative takes the perspective that effectively addressing child maltreatment requires a system-wide response from the social services, health care system, education system, the police, and others. Thus, a key element of Mehalev is to mobilize national agencies around a common agenda to focus on the extent and nature of the challenges and develop a shared understanding of how to address them. Thus, the Mehalev steering committee includes government officials, social entrepreneurs, representatives of the business sector, and academics.
The Haruv Institute is coordinating the Initiative and the Israeli division of the Boston Consulting Group is assisting in strategizing Mehalev's multi-year stages.
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One of the key advantages that MJB brings to this initiative is our unique ability to work across ministries and sectors. The Institute's work with Mehalev complements other efforts we are making to address the challenges of child abuse and neglect, and builds on MJB's longstanding experience in research on services for children at risk. At the same time, it draws on the Institute's expertise on system-wide impact and measurement, which has emerged in recent years as a major issue for the social services in Israel and internationally.
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NC State redshirt sophomore right tackle Tyson Chandler knows the Wolfpack will have a tough challenge Monday against Vanderbilt in the Music City Bowl in Nashville, Tenn.
The Vanderbilt defense, which features three seniors and a junior on the defensive line, allowed 18.2 points per game and had 23 sacks. The Commodores will also get to sleep in their own beds and have a home crowd for the "neutral" bowl contest.
"They do look good and I'm excited to play an SEC team," Chandler said. "The first time we played an SEC team [vs. Tennessee Aug. 31], we didn't get the outcome we were looking for [losing 35-21]. This time, we got a second chance at it and I'm excited about the opportunity."
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Chandler will be playing with senior offensive lineman R.J. Mattes, Camden Wentz and Andrew Wallace, for the last time. He also is thinking about injured senior right guard Zach Allen.
"With the seniors, I know I have one more time to play next to them, but it hurts more with Zach because there is no 'One more time' with his college career over," Chandler said. "I'm excited about playing next to [right guard] Andrew, and really excited about playing with all those guys next to me, since Camden played some guard too. I had R.J. for several games on the left side and Andrew on the right."
Chandler earned three starts at left tackle and then switched to right tackle for the last eight games. The 6-6, 340-pounder from North Plainfield, N.J., seems to have found a home at the latter spot. He allowed two of his six sacks on the right side in his first full year starting for the Wolfpack.
"I'm most comfortable wherever I am and where the coaches put me," Chandler said. "[Offensive line] Coach [Jim] Bridge gets me ready for whatever position I need to play. I'm seeing the little things like where a linebacker is aligned. You can tell what the defense is doing by the linebackers. That is all because of Coach Bridge."
Chandler played defensive tackle on the prep level, including his last year at Fork Union (Va.) Military Academy. Rivals.com ranked him the No. 12 prep school player in the country.
"I had never played offense before and I wouldn't be where I am today without Coach Bridge," Chandler said.
Chandler is looking forward to learning more about the new coaching staff, led by head coach Dave Doeren, and he's eager to work with new offensive line coach Mike Uremovich. Both have arrived from Northern Illinois.
"I'm excited about the new guys coming in here and I know the athletic director [Debbie Yow] did the best she could," Chandler said. "I'm going to miss who I played for the past two years, but whatever happens, happens. I'll miss Coach [Tom] O'Brien and Coach Bridge.
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As we all know and everybody is talking about it all over the internet. Lazaro will coast the voting rounds only because of his sob story. Many people think he's just an average singer.
As we all know and everybody is talking about it all over the internet. Lazaro will coast the voting rounds only because of his sob story. Many people think he's just an average singer.
People love sob stories to cry over and pity.
That's why Lazaro should have auditioned for America's Got Talent last year. Can you just imagine the faces of the audience and the judges as soon as he sings on the stage? The contestant with the sobbest story almost always wins in AGT. Lazaro could have won it. Same thing for that mediocre blind guy a few seasons ago who sometimes go off-key (Matt?) and was only there for sympathy taking a spot from more deserving contestants.
Here it's about the good looking guy. There it's about the sob story.
If it's a choice between Paul Jolley and Lazaro Arbos. They both sang the same song for some reason but Paul ran rings around Lazaro. Keith was right, Lazaro should not have chosen that song but it didn't matter, he is one of the judges favorites so he can sing bad and still get in. They never critique his vocals but gush over his sob story.
Paul & Lazaro may have both sang a Keith Urban song but they didn't sing the same Keith Urban song, & yes I too thought Lazaro wasn't good at all.
I just listed to "Tonight I Wanna Cry" by Keith Urban that both Lazaro and Paul did. I'm not a country music fan, but this song doesn't seem to sound country at all to me and I'm surprised it didn't have more crossover success- it's really a pretty song.
With all the songs to sing, why would anyone pick a song that another contestant had already sung- it just opens you up to comparison whether you were better or worse. Not only did Lazaro do it, but Melinda Ademi sang the same Jessi J song that Angela Miller did in round one. I don't get it.
My appologies those two guys did sing the same song oops!
But neither of them did it justice.
In my mind, Keith Urban has NO duplicate, so no one but him can do that song justice. There are quite a number of song I wish he would cover, but I cringe whenever I hear someone else singing one of his songs . . . . although Chris Daughtry did a nice job with "Making Memories of Us" during his season (but he should have left out some of the bravado).
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I probably will not vote at all. Seldom have I ever. That being said, while I don't think Lazaro is great, there have been a good number of past contestants that I didn't feel were any better. I will be sad for him when this ride is over. I would love to think that maybe someone, somewhere, who has the skills/capacity to help him with the stuttering and the confidence will step up and offer a hand. The few times I have been moved to vote it has always been about who I truly enjoyed the most/had the best vocals to my ears. I would not give a sympathy vote! I am very tenderhearted though and it does move me when there is someone with REAL issues that have had such a huge impact such as his. Though I may find other back stories inspiring or moving I usually tire of them, and while I don't want to continue to hear about his every week I do not in anyway blame him. His is a situation that is front and center all the time whether he wants it to be or not, and I somehow think he would much prefer not having this to feature.


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LOS ANGELES, Nov. 10 (UPI) -- Della Reese has signed up for a guest role on the new police drama series "Detroit 1-8-7," ABC announced Wednesday.
Reese, 79, is an award-winning actress and singer, a Detroit native and an ordained minister in Los Angeles.
She will appear in an episode of "Detroit 1-8-7" set to air Dec. 7.
"Ms. Reese will portray Lorraine Henderson, an urban, working-class mother in her 70s, whose son's body is found in an abandoned fallout shelter," ABC said in a synopsis of the episode. "A young man when he was murdered, Richard Henderson was believed missing since 1967. Reese's casting reflects the producers' continuing effort to showcase Detroit talent."


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Are the Islanders moving?
Is the team's agreement to play an exhibition game in Kansas City in September a sign they'll be leaving their Uniondale home?
Representatives for team owner Charles Wang said yesterday there's no plan to move the team, which reportedly loses more than $20 million a year.
And the developers who, along with Wang, have proposed a massive project around a renovated Nassau Coliseum said yesterday that whether the team stays or goes isn't their concern. They're forging ahead with the Lighthouse Project, which proposes 300 hotel rooms, 200,000 square feet of convention space, 1 million square feet of office space and 2,300 luxury apartments.
Hempstead Town officials said the Lighthouse Project is much bigger than hockey.
"We met with the [Lighthouse group] as recently as last week," Hempstead supervisor Kate Murray said yesterday, and "they've expressed no interest in relocating.
"If the Lighthouse Project were only about hockey and the Coliseum," she said, "the process would move much more quickly because you'd be talking about a renovation project instead of an enormous new development project - probably the largest in decades."
The president of the Lighthouse Development Group, Michael Picker, said he anticipates that state-required environmental studies of the project will be completed in the next 30 to 60 days.
It was in February 2003 that Wang first discussed plans to renovate the Coliseum with Nassau County Executive Thomas Suozzi, Lighthouse officials said. But it wasn't until November 2007 that Wang and real estate mogul Scott Rechler submitted a detailed plan to the Town of Hempstead to build the 150-acre project.
In April, the team submitted an eight-page draft report outlining environmental studies under way. Two public hearings were held in May and, since then, Lighthouse officials have been meeting regularly with town officials and a town engineering consultant to develop ways to mitigate effects on the environment.
Traffic has been one of the biggest issues, both sides say. Based on requests by the town and the state department of transportation, the developers have conducted traffic studies at 279 locations near Nassau Coliseum.
Developers said they will have spent more than $7 million on consultants to study the various areas of impact.
Said Lighthouse spokesman Paul Lancey, "When you're building the next generation of suburbia, it's extensive."


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Jack Hopper attended Texas A&M University where he earned the B.S. in Chemical Engineering. He earned a Master in Chemical Engineering from University of Delaware and his Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering from Louisiana State University. His research interests are in kinetics, catalysis and reaction engineering, pollution prevention and waste minimization by process modifications, petroleum refining and chemical processes and process simulation with reaction kinetics and reactor design. Dr. Hopper has received the 2009 LSU Engineering Hall of Distinction award, the ASEE Gulf Southwest Dow Outstanding Young Faculty award (1971), the Texas A&M Chemical Engineering Distinguished Alumni Award (1998), the Outstanding Alumni Award, Lee College (1981), the Fellow of the American Institute of Chemical Engineers award in 1985 and the Sabine Chapter of TSPE Engineer of the Year recipient in 2004.
Dr. Hopper joined Lamar University in 1969 as an Assistant Professor in Chemical Engineering. In 1972 he was promoted to Associate Professor and in 1974 he became Head of Chemical Engineering. In 1975 Dr. Hopper was promoted to Professor in Chemical Engineering, and in 1980 he served as the Interim Head of Industrial Engineering. From 1984 to 1999 Dr. Hopper served in multiple positions including Liaison for the Hazardous Waste Alternatives Center Committee, Director of Engineering Graduate Studies, and Associate Director of the Gulf Coast Hazardous Substance Research Center, of which he eventually became Director. He presently serves as the Director of the Texas Hazardous Waste Research Center and the Director of the Texas Center for Technology Incubation. In 1999 he became the Dean of the College of Engineering and also serves as the Executive Assistant to the President for Economic Development & Industrial Relations and Interim Associate Provost for the Sponsored Programs Administration.Dr. Hopper serves as a member of Texas A&M's Chemical Engineering Advisory Council and the LSU Chemical Engineering Advisory Council. He is a member of the Spindletop Rotary Club and the Greater Beaumont Chamber of Commerce Advancing New Technologies at Lamar University (ANT @ LU) board member. He is a member and Fellow of the American Institute of Chemical Engineers, a registered engineer in the State of Texas, a member of Sigma Xi, Tau Beta Pi, Omega Chi Epsilon, Phi Kappa Phi and the American Chemical Society.


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As an NMC registrant, this work-based module will give you a formal opportunity to self-record and develop your practice to achieve Stage 3 Practice Teacher status. You'll work towards a recordable local qualification that satisfies NMC requirements for due regard in the supervision of student health visitors, school nurses and occupational health nurses.
You'll study at Anglia Ruskin and also in your workplace, under the supervision of a practice teacher with sign-off authority. Here at the University, you'll undertake modules 1 and 2 of the Postgraduate Certificate in Medical and Healthcare Education.
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If you want to go on to study NMC Stage 4: Educational Practice for Professional Learning for NMC Registrants (Postgraduate Diploma Medical and Healthcare Education), this module provides a foundation for that.
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senior-level colleagues. But without a revered institution behind him, he thought clients would be reluctant to trust him with their funds.
Not one to gamble, Byrd decided in 1998 to apply his craft at one of the small boutiques and begin to execute the strategy of folding some of the relationships from his days as an entrepreneur into his investment banking business. "I did that with the full intention of beta testing my strategy, prior to launching my own firm," says Byrd, who was able to transfer about 80% of those relationships over to the investment firm, including PSE&G, Con Ed, and Prudential. "After about three years, I felt pretty comfortable with my strategy. I had accomplished it in a major way at the firm that I was working at. In any given year I was one of the top producers at the firm."
After trying unsuccessfully to get equity at his firm, he and three colleagues–Vernon Gatling, BLACK ENTERPRISE board member Paul T. Williams Jr., and Wendell Bristol–began mapping out a strategy to start their own firm, Toussaint Capital Partners (No. 8 on the BE INVESTMENT BANKS list with $17.6 billion in total managed issues). The group chose Byrd to head the company because of his previous entrepreneurial experience, and they began hammering out a business plan, which consisted of a thorough market analysis, how they planned to generate business, and a very conservative capitalization structure. "We made sure that we raised enough capital that, if in the first year we didn't do any business, we would still be able to exist," Byrd says. "Of course, we did much better than that, but we thought that was a very prudent way to go about building our business plan and selling it to investors."
By early 2003 they had raised more than $1 million in capital from individual investors; investments from the partners; and with money from Byrd's building maintenance enterprise, Bradford & Byrd Associates. Byrd became the majority owner of the fledgling firm, with 70% ownership. His wife, Trina, owns nearly 15%; Williams owns 10%; and the rest was split between the other partners. The firm would focus on new-issue debt and equity underwriting as well as secondary debt and equity trading with institutional portfolio managers, money managers, pension funds, treasurers of municipalities, treasurers of pension endowments, and corporations.
Each partner brought with them quality relationships, such as MetLife, Western Asset Management, and the city of New York, which became the company's first clients. Those relationships provided a track record that Byrd uses to go after new clients. He hopes Toussaint will grow in the 20% to 35% range each year.
Another factor Byrd hopes will ensure the company's success is his desire to acquire money-management enterprises and established broker-dealers, domestically and internationally, in markets such as Latin America and the Caribbean.
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Legal Question in Personal Injury in Pennsylvania
My 80 year old mother slipped on ice in front of her modular home in Pennsylvania that is in a retirement community and crushed a disc in her back. She is in severe pain. My question is "Is the owner of the land liable?" Since the fall was not within the house that she owns, but on the property, which she rents, can the land owner be sued?
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A landowner is liable for defects on his/her property, which cause injury to another. That duty is not absolute, but rather require the landowner to diligently in discovery defects with his property. With ice and snow in PA, it is said that if the same develop into hills and ridges, the landowner has not acted diligently in discovering the defect. Your facts are not sufficient to give a thorough answer on liability. Please also ote that in PAs the statute of limitation for torts is two years.
Most likely. I need morw facts in order to make a proper decision. Please feel free to call to discuss the merits. Of the case
It would appear that the Land owner may have liability in the facts you related. However more information is needed to make a proper evaluation. Again the staute of limitations would play a part on an possibility of pursing a claim. The statute is two years from the date of the incident.
Landowners owe a duty to people on their property, and the degree of that duty is classified by that person's STATUS on the land. If she was there as a renter or someone who does some kind of business, she will be accorded the HIGHEST duty, and the landowner will be liable if they did not inspect the premises and make them safe. Definitely give our offices a call to discuss her recovery and options.
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Pyongyang also said it would never abandon its atomic weapons in exchange for aid, describing them as a "national treasure".
The central committee of the ruling Workers' Party, chaired by leader Kim Jong-Un, decided at a meeting that the country's nuclear arsenal "should be expanded and beefed up qualitatively and quantitatively until the denuclearisation of the world is realised", the official KCNA news agency reported.
Tensions have risen sharply since the United Nations tightened sanctions in response to the North's nuclear and missile tests. Joint US-South Korean military drills south of the border also angered Pyongyang.
On Saturday, the North declared it was in a "state of war" with the South and warned Seoul and Washington that any provocation would swiftly escalate into an all-out nuclear conflict.
During their meeting, members of the committee also decided to develop a light water reactor as part of a civilian nuclear power industry to ease electricity shortages, KCNA said.
The North in 2010 disclosed the existence of a uranium enrichment facility and a light water reactor, purportedly to generate power.
Experts said it could easily be reconfigured to make fuel for nuclear weapons, supplementing the existing plutonium weapons programme.
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The first volume of Population and Health in Developing Countries, released by the IDRC on 21 January, presents data from household monitoring of births, deaths and migrations from key sites in 16 countries in Africa and Asia.
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Thanks, Stefan. Lots of the parts of this plane come from my "scrap" bin.
A little more on the fuselage top hatches before we get back to the nose.
In these photos you can see the magnets in the rear corners of the front hatch, the peg holes in the former, and the hold-down bolt. There's also a photo showing the inside of the hatch lids. They're very simple!
The nose gear door is going to rest on some 1/8" sq balsa. The door outside surface is a compound curve, so we are going to make the hatch flat on the inside with a 1/32" ply liner and then sand the outer 1/8" balsa to match the curves. First I "masked" the door edges so that my sanding bar wouldn't eat into the existing surface, then I removed all the excess balsa.
The cowl will have 2 4-40 bolts holding it on. There are small inlays of 1/32" play to prevent the wood from crushing (they're flush now, but will be sanded smoother later). The two tabs are fastened to the cowl with bolts, then the tabs are epoxied to the firewall. The packing tape serves as a mask to keep epoxy from sticking (it sticks to matte cellophane but not packing tape).
I'm going to be working on the nose gear door mechanics next, getting the door hinged and the servo positioned. The door will be controlled by a sequencer in my DX18.
Ah, the nose door! I love it. Below you can see photos of the door in the open and closed position. The servo is an E-Flite DS-35, and ultra tiny fast servo intended for indoor foamies. I had to change the connector to work with standard equipment (it's set up for an AR6300).
There's also a video of the door and gear working together in that ZIP file. These are driven using the "Basic" pre-defined sequence (second on the list) in the DX18. I adjusted the sequence time down to 3.0 for both directions, and tweaked the door position timing a smidgen. It's really cool being able to use a feature in the transmitter that was a lot of fun to develop.
The door looks a little off. The hinges are only held in place with a little friction. They will be much better after the model is covered and I can align and glue things permanently.
Note when the door is open that there is a rail inside the door for the pushrod to be adjustable in a bunch of different positions. Space those holes as close as you can - mine are spaced 3/32" apart. It makes the setup a lot easier. Also, use a servo horn like the one shown, the T type with 3 holes. Those help. And the little V-bend in the pushrod is to make it adjustable too.
Next step will be wingtips. The glue is already dried, I just have to do some sanding!
The thread title says 40" but with the wing tips I just finished, it's actually 44". The DX18 is one of the first protos. The length from back of spinner to end of fuselage is 27.5" but the elevators will extend a little further back.
OK, wingtips.
The tips are made by sandwiching some balsa. The center core is a piece of 1/4" balsa (cut to rough shape) with the grain running chordwise. This is because the wood extends behind the wing to end with the aileron TE, and this makes it a little stronger. The top and bottom pieces are 3/16" with the grain running spanwise. This is easier to sand to the airfoil. This sandwich is clamped between two solid blocks and clamped overnight.
I didn't show it, but you can do a good bit of ligthening of the wingtip by removing wood from the 1/4" section before gluing the sandwich together.
The root side is then sanded square then glued to the wing tip. Note how the inner layer can be lined up to serve as a reference later when sanding. The glue again is given plenty of time to cure.
After the glue dries you can do a little carving and then sanding. I use blue masking tape at the root to keep from sanding the whole wing skin down to nothing The paper is coarse and attached to a real long sanding bar. This ensures a good airfoil shape matching the wing cleanly.
Next the tips are rounded with a smaller block not as coarse, then lighter grit, and finally with the flexible sander.
As you sand the airfoil to shape you will notice that the layers provide a good reference to how evenly you sanded.
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Wow, very impressive! Looks like it will be a lot of fun. The "stealth" Dx18 is very cool - is that where all of the secret firmware tests take place before public release? I'll bet it doesn't even show up on radar.
The dust collector was a great addition for your long term health - make sure you have/get some high quality filtering on the outlet.
From the looks of things in the shop, the work that you do during the day, and the number of threads you keep track of here, sleep must be optional.......!
I made them.
Several years ago I used the CD044 plans from Flying Models to draw the outline of the top view in CAD. I scaled it up to 35" span and designed my own structure within that. This one is a scaled-up version of that with some other changes as well.
I haven't forgotten this thread, just been a little busy this week.
Today I show the elevators being built. I realized I needed to do this before making the servo mounts for elevator and rudder, but also that I needed to coordinate them some.
The elevator is built in two sides. This is just a style thing, and to get useful surface action for a landing flare with the increased outer area.
The frame is 3/8" sq, same as the stab. The single "rib" near the middle will hold the control horn (I'm using the hardware set from the E-Flite Habu 32). It aligns with the servo arm - you'll see that setup later on.
After the frame was dry, I attached it to one side of the sheeting (pre-cut to shape). These will be beveled to give a taper. Attaching the one side of sheeting now makes them stronger and easier to hold while beveling.
I prefer the built-up control surfaces because they are lighter, stronger, and resist warping.
I'm going to take advantage of a little geometry by making the taper only on one side.
Right now if you look at the side view it's a rectangle. I'll be removing wood from one side only (the unsheeted side) to turn it into a right triangle. Then I'll sheet the remaining side, still keeping a right triangle.
If you lift up the point so that it's halfway up to the max thickness (ie, "neutral" elevator) then you notice that the bottom (first-sheeted) side now has a little gap. I will remove a little more triangle from the LE so that "down elevator" really is down.
I'll try to remember to photograph each step since you asked. Thanks for asking.
Just a note here: I have the templates for all the Shrike 40 parts (ribs, bulkheads, etc) and the build book used in the Lanier BIY kits as PDFs and can send them to whoever would like to build one. (No charge, of course) I haven't had my plans scanned in yet, but could do so anytime and send those as well.
My Shrike is plans built from the info I have. The main thing I did differently from the original kit design was to do away with the 1/4 square spruce wing spars, and use 3/8 carbon fiber tubing instead. Much easier to bore round holes than to cut square ones.
Once you've flown a Shrike, you'll always have to have one. They're in a class all by themselves when it comes to handling and grooving. I think mine is also my fifth- 40 kit, 2- 10 kits, 40 ARF, and this 40 scratch build. Took me a long time to correct all the mistakes I made, the biggest being messing with the CG. I left it right at where it shows on the plans for this one, and that prevented troubles.
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