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The Shreveport TimesMetropolitan News Area News Section C, Page One Classified Local News Sunday, Jan. 21, 1973 Tough, Young Director Changing Image Of CMMC, Pondering Its Future Role By Margaret Martin Times Medical Writer Dr. Rodric M. Yeager speaks softly, carries a stethoscope in his pocket and holds a pipe in his hands. "There is no question that we must offer quality care to the medically indigent," he says reflectively. "Is that our only role? The hardest part is figuring out what role Confederate must play in the future of S h r e v e p o r t medicine." Yeager, 32, is director of the 650-bed Confederate Memorial Medical Center (CMMC) which is the public hospital for the poor of North Louisiana. It also is the teaching hospital for LSU Medical School at Shreveport, and a training center for interns, residents, nurses, and medical and radiology technicians. Yeager, a native of Texarkana, Ark., is a heart surgeon turned administrator who still does surgery. He was miffed because a r e c e n t story about his selection as director revealed his $30,000 salary, but not all of Ms credentials. Related Story on Page 2-C The young physician, who came to Shreveport in July as assistant professor of surgery with the medical school, is proud of his training. (He is still on the staff at the medical school, but his salary has not been determined, accord-ing to Dr. George Menelly, associate dean.) He was educated at Centenary College and the Tulane University School of Medicine. He was a surgical intern and resident at New Orleans Charity Hospital where he also was a Research Fellow in cardiovascular surgery. He was chief resident in both surgery and cardiovascular surgery at Charity. ,At Tulane, he served as a s s i s t a n t professor and instructor in surgery, and a Fellow in cardiovascular research. He has completed and passed Part I and has been unofficially notified that he has passed Part II of an examination for certification by the American Board of Surgery. , While in medical school, he was awarded the Meek Outstanding Senior Medical Student Award. He served as assistant clinical direc-tor for two years at Charity Hospital in New Orleans and set up the hospital's accident room and trauma, burn and surgical-intensive care units. Patients Come First Yeager believes that "patients come first" though his words are determined and unwavering. He comes to work early and stays late — as late as 9 p.m. — Monday through Friday. But he is also at the institution OH Saturdays and many Sundays. Yeager has been in the brown leather seat in the director's office on the east wing of the first floor of the hospital exactly a month. His appointment by the now defunct C o n f e d e r a t e board of directors climaxed a year of massive changes in the almost 100 y e a r-old hospital, changes which shook everyone from the 78-year-old director Dr. Edgar Galloway, to the lowest paid aide. And it signaled a new order. Like many other things in the state, the new beginnings generally started with the election of Edwin W. Edwards as governor, but specifically they began on a Sunday in March when a black legislator spoke out against the status quo of the hospital. The hospital has on its visiting staff most of the physicians belonging to the Shreveport Medical Society. Rep! Alphonse Jackson Jr. asked the governor to appoint blacks to the board of directors of the hospital. (Although some 90 per cent of Confederate's patients are black, no blacks had ever sat on its governing board.) Old Order Changes The g o v e r n o r did. On Aug. 10, Edwards named 12 b o a r d members including three blacks. Subsequently he named a fourth. He also selected two women. Harold K. Quinn, Shreveport insur-ance executive, was put in the chair-man's spot, replacing T. B. Lanford who had held the post since 1956. Only three members were renamed. The new board became active Jan 1. The old guard changed. Galloway, who since 1940 had been administrator, at various times for 22 years, offered to remain, but the board accepted his resignation. Assistant Direc-tor Robert C. Hall was named acting .director and served until Yeager who had been named the hospital's tirst medical director, was put in the post. Lack of black board members weren't Jackson's only complaint. He blasted operation of the admitting room, saying "It appears to me we've got that department operating independ-ently of the total operation out there." Waiting time in the admitting room, the legislator said is a minimum of four hours. "It can be up to eight hours or 10," he added. Patients, he charged "are unheard and unanswered . . . " Black employes, he said "face gross discrimination." They are not given higher positions, there is a lack of blacks in the upper echelon of the hospital work force and there is a "lack of any sensitivity on the {[art of the immediate supervisors to the Confederate Medical Center Director Dr. Rod Yeager is a symbol of a new beginning for the hospital, which is the teaching institution for the LSU Medical School at Shreveport, the building vnder construction in the foreground. Confederate rises in the background. (Times Photo by John A. Moore) civil and human rights of blacks," Jackson continued. "They are not respected as full citi-zens," he added, explaining that superi-ors refused to use courtesy titles (mist-er, miss, mrs.) . HEW Agrees Eight months later, a jeport; issued by Miles Schulze, branch* cHief for Contract Compliance of the U.S. Office of Health, Education and Welfare, agreed with Jackson. The report said that the most serious problem at C o n f e d e r a t e was racial segregation of job titles. After meeting with Confederate offi-cials, representatives of the State Civil Service and Division of Hospitals and members of the black community, HEW officials said that the racial discrimina-tion of job titles had resulted in blacks being overwhelmingly placed in the lower job categories. Only one black of the 515 employes was in a supervisory capacity. The problem was so severe, the HEW report said, that all aspects of the employment policy must be re-examined and reviewed in order to effect a»y positive and meaningful change. The report also warned about denying traditional male jobs to women. The report recommended an Affirma-tive Action Program to show positive commitment to equal employment oppor-tunity, as well as a commitment to eliminate all existing vestiges of discrim-ination in employment based on race, color, sex, religion or national origin. Accentuating The Positive Yeager is reluctant to discuss the past criticisms, apparently thinking they will reflect on him and on his fledgling administration. He wants to accentuate the positive. At first he even denies knowledge of the HEW report. When pressed, he says, he sees no black or white problems at Confederate. "I am not looking for whites or blacks or women. I am looking for bodies to fill positions, he says, pulling out a sheet of paper filled with "wanted positions." "We have 21 empty registered nurses' positions. We Heed a painter . . . we are having a dickens of a time getting a painter. "We can't get clerk-typists for the records room. We have applicants, but you take them back and show them that they have to get up on a ladder to pull a record. They don't want the job," he continues. He promises, "we will not discrimi-nate. We are going to fill job positions with the most qualified people around." But Yeager does admit that some of the criticisms are valid, that "there are many people in jobs who have not been elevated for years and years." It has nothing to do with discrimina-tion, though. He explains that there are people doing Clerk 2 jobs, but classified by the Civil Service as Clerk 1. Their jobs must be audited and re-evaluated by Civil Service. Yeager has requested Civil Service officals to come to Confederate to perform a general audit of jobs, resulting in a reclassification of many positions to a fcigher status. They are due here this month. Although he has made no policy statement on use of courtesy titles, Yeager feels, and Jackson agrees, that the situation has improved — or at any rate is being worked on. (A part of Yeager's philosophy for success is to improve by example. He addresses employes by courtesy titles and proffers his hands upon greeting them about specific matters). Yeager feels that it is important that employes be identified to patients by wearing name tags. This will become mandatory in the future, he said, as security is beefed up. For the most part, Jackson agrees with Yeager whom he describes as a "bright and creative young physician". But, the legislator, adds, "we have a long, long way to go." Healthy Starters Yeager returns to his office from the operating room dressed in a white coat over the green scrub suit of a surgeon. He picks up a pipe and continues the interview. Let's talk about improvements, about plans for the future, he says. He speaks in terms of statistics. Confederate had 160,000 outpatients 1971-72. That was 25,000 more than five years ago. There were 10,000 emergency room visits last year, as compared to 6,600 five years ago, and 23,000 patients were admitted last year and 22,000 only five years ago. There were 64,000 x-ray examinations last year compared with 50,000 five years ago. There were 935,000 pathological tests, a 72 per cent increase over five years ago. The Confederate-Northwestern S t a t e University School of Nursing had a total of 146 students, with 14 graduations last year. There were 52 radiology technician (Continued On Page 3-C)
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Title | Tough, Young Director Changing Image of CMMC, Pondering its Future Role |
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Martin, Margaret Moore, John A. |
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Yeager, Rodric M. Administration (Confederate Memorial Medical Center - Shreveport, La.) |
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Shreveport Times |
Date | 1973-01-21 |
Identifier | See reference URL on the navigation bar. |
Source | Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center Shreveport Medical Library (http://lib.sh.lsuhsc.edu) |
Language | en |
Relation | http://www.louisianadigitallibrary.org/cdm4/index_LSUHSCS_NPC.php?CISOROOT=/LSUHSCS_NPC |
Coverage-Spatial | Shreveport (Caddo, La.) |
Rights | Physical rights are retained by Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center Shreveport. Copyright is retained in accordance with U.S. copyright laws. |
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-- clip just one of many issues that folks seem to want bipartisan agreement on but after the record six billion dollar campaign blitz.
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Simon you have actually no experience in the private sector.
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So they're looking for a mascot. I suspect they'll end up dressing up some kid who played mediocre college hockey in a green animal costume and have him or her skate around in between periods on stilts, launching overpriced Wild t-shirts into the crowd with a gun. Someone who can skate capably on the ice while wearing a 50 pound costume and sell merchandise. Someone with local ties who is still loved by the area hockey rubes.
I really don't see the need to even hold interviews for this position; hire from within I say. They've got the perfect candidate already on payroll: Danny Irmen. Irmen could skate on the 4th line during the game, play maybe 8 minutes a game and still have enough energy leftover to entertain the masses between periods. Hell, maybe they could even save a bit more money and see if he could talk Don Lucia into letting him borrow the Goldie Gopher costume on game days.
Friday, August 29, 2008
3 comments:
- Julie said...
I heard Lucia wanted the mascot job...not like he's really doing much with the job he has now.
- MN Wild Freak said...
ohhh, ouch Julie. I vote Danny Irmen as well - it's a great use of resources! and I say we just paint some black lines under his eyes and give him a bear claw and let him skate around and make some shots on goal. Seriously, who else in the NHL has a real mascot? cheeeeeeesey!
- Cortney said...
I agree, it's super cheesy. And some of the requirements are pretty funny.
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Favourite/least favourite by seasons that I own (somewhat stolen from Financial Panther):
3 - Dog of Death/When Flanders Failed 4 - Lisa's First Word/So it's Come to This: A Simpsons Clip Show 5 - Secrets of a Successful Marriage/Bart's Inner Child 6 - And Maggie Makes Three/Another Simpsons Clip Show 7 - Marge Be Not Proud/Bart the Fink 8 - Homer's Phobia/The Simpsons Spin-Off Showcase 9 - King of the Hill/Trash of the Titans 10 - Wild Barts Can't Be Broken/Maximum Homerdrive
[Edit - I hate Saddlesore Galactica, yep it's still BGM]
Just like Ryan Seacrest
Okay, last post in this thread.
Good stuff.
Good point lolcats, well raised.
I'll be talking on chat...
Yeesh, get a room guys.
Lets start an actual discussion about Teh Samsins...
I love Teh Samsins, it's so not lame.
Okay... I got it finished with 32 minutes...
The ending may feel a bit rushed, but I didn't want it to be released after March, I made up for the rushed ending with the rest of the episode
Oh yeah, I made sure rendering didn't glitch again...
Bleeding Gums I agree it's not lame at all, kinda funny
Finally, dammit.
Season 25 Ratings:
Homerland: F Treehouse of Horror XXIV: F Four Regrettings and a Funeral: F YOLO: F Labor Pains: F The Kid is All Right: F Yellow Subterfuge: D White Christmas Blues: N/A
I know... FINALLY.
Oh BGM...
It seems you've been unbanned...
Indeed, I used my powers in Washington effectively.
This truly is the single greatest thread in existence.
And about the creepy aspect of this "show", I've seen worse. My mind's pretty much warped by the internet now, so it doesn't affect me.
This is better then I Like Homer...
Truly, it is better than I like homer.
Definitely is better than I Like Homer.
We can all agree on that...
Truly, lolcat's thread has a butt that won't quit.
I agree...
This thread is just workin' the stage, makin' it rain like a mutha-f--kin hurricane.
Beautiful work here lolcats, not disappointed.
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The game starts here. Luther doesn't really know what to do yet and chooses to aimlessly wave a stalagmite here and there. Use it as a weapon, dummy! Luther is hurt, there is blood on his face. Maybe he should actually fight that giant spider instead of opening his inventory for a MobyGames screenshot capture next time Yup, that must hurt. Then again, why did you attack him? He looks like a rare, endangered feline species You explore the Hive Caves. You decide to cast your summon spell to match the lava with stylish pink Some locations are displayed as pre-rendered images with "jumping" navigation, like in Myst-style adventure games. This screenshot also illustrates the possibility to kill any character you encounter ...while the rest reverts to the adventure-like format. This shop is an exquisitely decorated pre-rendered image The game is full of atmospheric locations. Being pursued by a bluish ghost in these ruins is genuinely creepy Beautiful sky over cemetery. You have morphed into your Beast form and prepare to attack some zombies Claw Mountains - beautiful icy environment. Though probably not the best place to test this new spell of yours The Citadel is a rather annoying level. Pesky creatures would attack and then suddenly disappear, leaving those nice-looking, but deadly traps You got poisoned in those dark caves, and attacked by two giant spiders. Maybe you should have just stayed at home I think Belial should work on his social skills. Removing scary skulls from the entrance to his chamber would be a good start | ||


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GlaxoSmithKline to Pay $750M Fine for Sale of Bad Drugs.
(Oct. 26) — Another day, another hard pill to swallow for GlaxoSmithKline.
On Tuesday, the pharmaceutical giant agreed to pay $750 million to settle a government lawsuit alleging that the company sold defective and potentially dangerous medication.
The U.S. Justice Department brought suit against GSK after finding that the company's Cidra, Puerto Rico, factory produced drugs sold to consumers that were often mislabeled, of the wrong dosage and contaminated with micro-organisms.
"Today's settlement reminds the pharmaceutical industry that they must observe those standards and reflects the commitment of Federal law enforcement organizations to pursue improper and illegal conduct that places health care consumers at risk," Patrick E. McFarland, inspector general of the U.S. Office of Personnel Management, said in a statement.
It's a sharp turn south for the company from earlier this year, when the Food and Drug Administration initially ruled to keep the drug Avandia on the U.S. market and stop studying it before later withdrawing it from store shelves. GSK, which closed the Cidra factory in 2009, issued its own statement to as much affect about today's settlement:
"We regret that we operated the Cidra facility in a manner that was inconsistent with current Good Manufacturing Practice (cGMP) requirements and with GSK's commitment to manufacturing quality," said PD Villarreal, GSK's senior vice president and head of global litigation. "GSK worked hard to resolve fully the manufacturing issues at the Cidra facility prior to its closure in 2009 and we are committed to continuous improvement in our manufacturing processes."
According to the Justice Department, the drugs found to be adulterated included Bactroban, Kytril, Paxil CR and Avandamet.
The federal government will receive $436,440,000, and GSK will pay $163,560,000 to states participating in the agreement, the Justice Department said.
In September, the FDA announced it was implementing new restrictions on rosiglitazone, the main ingredient in Avandia, Avandamet and Avandaryl, which are used to help control type 2 diabetes, and which earn GlaxoSmithKline billions in profit annually. The European Medicines Agency, meanwhile, recommended that Avandia be taken off the market altogether after studies indicated a sharp increase in heart attack risk associated with the drug.


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Lohan vows fresh start after rehab
6:21am Monday 19th August 2013 in National Entertainment News © Press Association 2013
Lindsay Lohan has vowed that life after her sixth stint in rehab is going to be different as she is on the road to recovery.
In an interview with Oprah Winfrey aired in the US, the troubled actress said she is in "a different head space" now and vowed to stay "present and clear-headed and focused".
"I feel whole again and I have such a desire to want to keep this feeling and stay this way, and I'm willing to do whatever it takes," she said.
Lohan, 27, completed her latest court-ordered stay in rehab in July. She must continue therapy into late next year.
She acknowledged an addiction to alcohol, which "in the past was a gateway to other things for me" but she offered no specifics other than cocaine, which she said she has used no more than 15 times.
Winfrey asked her what she is on these days. Lohan replied: "Vitamins."
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"Suspension System of New York's Manhattan Bridge Gets Long-Awaited Update," by David Hill, Civil Engineering, November 2013—Weidlinger is providing engineering services for replacement of the suspension cables of New York's Manhattan Bridge, to be completed in November 2013. Weidlinger Principal Guang-Nan Fanjiang is quoted. read more
"New York City Explores 'Green' Infrastructure Approaches to Reduce Sewer Overflows," by Jay Landers, Civil Engineering, November 2013—Weidlinger provided civil and structural engineering services for the Gowanus Canal Sponge Park, one of two projects profiled here. The 1,800-square-foot system will retain and filter stormwater runoff from streets that drain into the canal. read more
"A Modernist Structure Is Restored with Kickstarter," by Kevin Wilcox, ASCE News, October 29, 2013—The fundraising campaign to save the historic summer home of company founder Paul Weidlinger has reached its initial goal of $50,000. However, the total amount needed to complete the restoration is $150,000. Click here to learn how you can contribute. read more
Weidlinger Principal Dr. Mohammed Ettouney will be among the panelists for Engineering News-Record's "Smart Infrastructure: Business Risks & Opportunities" webinar on October 23, 2013, at 2:00 p.m. To register, click here.
Weidlinger's Dr. Mohammed Ettouney will present "Progressive Collapse Principles of Bridge Structures" as part of the ASCE Met Section lecture series. The presentation, which is free to ASCE members, will take place October 16, 2013, 5:30-7:30 p.m., in the Edison Room of Con Edison's New York Headquarters. Click here to register online.
The Cape Cod Modern House Trust (www.ccmht.org) has mounted a Kickstarter campaign to raise $50,000 toward restoration of a summer home designed and originally occupied by company founder Paul Weidlinger. The historic structure is representative of the Modern movement on Massachusetts's Outer Cape. To view a short film about the house and learn how you can contribute, click here.
"Estadio Ciudad de La Plata (La Plata Stadium), Argentina," by Matthys Levy, Tian-Fang Jing, Andrzej Brzozowski, and Gregory Freeman, Structural Engineering International, August 2013—This cover story in the journal of the International Association for Bridge and Structural Engineering profiles La Plata Stadium, winner of the organization's 2012 Outstanding Structure Award. request PDF
Built on Narrow Land, a film by Malachi Connolly, will be featured at the Provincetown International Film Festival, June 19-23, 2013. This intimate documentary chronicles the history of mid-century Bauhaus architecture on Cape Cod—including the summer home of company founder Paul Weidlinger—and ongoing efforts to preserve the structures. Click here for festival details and here for the film's official website.
"New Design Concept for W. Thames Bridge Is Finally Revealed," by Hana R. Alberts, Tribeca Trib Online, June 6, 2013—The city presented renderings of a new design for the $27-million pedestrian bridge over West Street in New York City, designed jointly by Weidlinger Associates and WXY Architecture. read more
Weidlinger Senior Associate Adam Hapij, PE, will co-present "Multidisciplinary Assessment of Building System Response to Superstorm Sandy" at the June 6, 2013, panel, After Superstorm Sandy: Rebuilding and Planning Metropolitan Infrastructure. He is representing the Architectural Engineering Institute Committee for Abnormal Demands on Buildings, of which he is chairman. Click here for event info and here for presentation abstract.
"Weidlinger Launches PZFlexCloudTM Using CliQr TechnologiesTM to Set New Standard for Finite Element Software-as-a-Service," Marketwire.com, May 21, 2013—Weidlinger Associates, Inc., and CliQr TechnologiesTM announced the release of PZFlexCloud on CliQr's CloudCenterTM platform. Running on HP Cloud Services, PZFlexCloud makes PZFlex®, Weidlinger's popular 3D virtual-prototyping and wave-propagation analysis software, affordable and accessible to a much broader set of users. read more
"ACEC New York Awards 18 Scholarships to NYS Schools' Engineering Students," New York Real Estate Journal, May 15, 2013—The American Council of Engineering Companies (ACEC) awarded the Weidlinger Associates, Inc., Scholarship to Matthew Post, a bachelor's degree candidate in civil engineering at Manhattan College. read more
"Youth Activity Center Gets Donations," Los Alamos Monitor, March 21, 2013—A donation from the Weidlinger Navarro Northern New Mexico Joint Venture helped fund the upgrade of the Family Council's Youth Activity Center in Los Alamos, New Mexico. Associate Principal Jim Weeks is pictured. read more
"Bleecker Street Subway Restored by Lee Harris Pomeroy Architects" by REW Staff, Real Estate Weekly, March 20, 2013—Designed by Lee Harris Pomeroy Architects in a joint venture with Weidlinger Associates, the MTA's $94.5-million rehabilitation restores the station to its former glory and links two major subway lines. read more
"East 180th Street Station Renovation Complete" by Kevin Wilcox, Civil Engineering, March 12, 2013—Weidlinger Principal Steven Highfill describes the engineering challenges of restoring the historic station and adjoining administration building. Engineering and design services were provide by a joint venture of Weidlinger and Lee Harris Pomeroy Architects. read more (ASCE login required)
"WWII Museum Pavilion Salutes Nation's Strength" by Lynn R. Novelli, Civil Engineering, February 12, 2013—The National WWII Museum in New Orleans, Louisiana, announced the opening of the U.S. Freedom Pavilion: Boeing Center, part of the museum's $325-million expansion plan. Weidlinger is providing structural engineering services for all phases of the expansion. Weidlinger Principal Tian-Fang Jing is quoted. read more (ASCE login required)
"100 Years Later, a Railroad Landmark Is Revived" by David W. Dunlap, the New York Times, January 31, 2013—For its 2012 centenary, the historic East 180th Street station in the Bronx, New York, received a $66.6-million restoration. Weidlinger designed the renovation in association with Lee Harris Pomeroy Architects. read more
"Translucent Dome for Argentine Soccer Stadium" by Matthys Levy, Structure, February 2013— This cover story, written by Weidlinger Chairman Emeritus Matthys Levy, details the design and construction of Argentina's prizewinning La Plata Stadium, whose twin-peaked fabric roof is an application of the Tenstar Dome™ concept originally developed by the firm for the Georgia Dome. read more
"National September 11 Memorial: Notes of Interest," AIA.org, January 14, 2013—The American Institute of Architects announced that the National September 11 Memorial, designed by Handel Architects, won a 2013 Institute Honor Award. Weidlinger was the blast hardening consultant for the project. read more
"Times Square 'Bow Tie' Is to Get Belts of Steel and Granite" by David W. Dunlap, the New York Times, January 13, 2013—Weidlinger has been the civil engineer since 2006 and has provided structural and security engineering services for the Times Square Reconstruction project, profiled here. read more
"President Clinton, Governor Cuomo, Mayor Bloomberg, Tom Brokaw and Friends Dedicate FDR Four Freedoms Park in New York City," Business Wire, October 17, 2012—Weidlinger Associates was the structural engineer for the FDR Four Freedoms Park, dedicated on October 16, 2012. Designed in 1973 by the late Louis I. Kahn, the park is the first memorial dedicated to President Roosevelt in his home state. read more
"Set in Stone: Commemorating the Legacy of FDR, Louis I. Kahn's Last Monument Rises, 38 Years After He Designed It, on a Watery Urban Site" by Beth Broome, Architectural Record, October 17, 2012—Located on Roosevelt Island, overlooking New York's East River, the FDR Four Freedoms Park realizes the vision of architect Louis I. Kahn, who conceived it as a "room and a garden." Weidlinger was the structural engineer. read more
The 12th Americas Conference on Wind Engineering, convened by the American Association for Wind Engineering, will take place in Seattle, Washington, June 16-20, 2013. The conference theme will be "Wind Effects on Structures, Communities, and Energy Generation." The deadline for submission of presentation abstracts is October 20, 2012. Weidlinger Principal Dr. Anurag Jain will co-chair the conference along with Professor Dorothy Reed of the University of Washington. read more
"Lightness of Being: Light Gauge Structural System Saves the Budget for St. Hilda's House Convent in Harlem" by Peter Wilk, Structural Engineer, September 2012— Weidlinger's Jing Wang, PE, is quoted in this profile of St. Hilda's House, a convent in West Harlem serving Episcopalian women. As the structural engineer, Weidlinger helped to incorporate intensive green roofs and other cutting-edge sustainable solutions into the design while adhering to a very limited budget. read more
"Decades Later, a Vision Survives" by Michael Kimmelman, the New York Times, September 12, 2012—Review of FDR Four Freedoms Park, architect Louis Kahn's only work in New York City, which describes the project as "…a belated and monumental triumph for New York and for everyone who cares about architecture and public space." Weidlinger was the structural engineer for the project. read more
"Museum Additions Create Alternative Energy Fun" by Lynn R. Novelli, Civil Engineering, September 11, 2012—Weidlinger's Gregory Freeman discusses engineering challenges in designing the Staten Island Children's Museum Environmental Structures—a vertical-axis wind turbine, skylight wind scoop, and tent-like meadow structure, the first project with a fabric cover that combines photovoltaic film panels with a PTFE-fiberglass membrane. read more (ASCE login required)
"Rite of Spring" by Cheng Gu and Tian-Fang Jing, Modern Steel Construction, August 2012—Weidlinger's Cheng Gu and Tian-Fang Jing explain how complex geometry, cost considerations, and other factors influenced the design process of the steel, glass, and concrete Brooklyn Botanic Garden Visitor Center. read more
"U.S. Navy Eyes Technology to Cloak Subs," by Michael Fabey, Aviation Week, June 5, 2012—Senior associate Jeffrey Cipolla describes Weidlinger's underwater acoustic-evading technology, now in SBIR Phase II development. read more
"National Park Service (NPS) and Cape Cod Modern House Trust (CCMHT) Sign Leases for Hatch and Weidlinger Houses," NPS, July 2, 2012—A vacation home designed and built by Paul Weidlinger in 1954 is being preserved and studied in depth. read more (NPS) | read more (CCMHT)
Cliqr Technologies (cliqrtech.com), June 26, 2012—PZFlex director Robert Banks cites benefits of CliQr's next-generation CloudCenter™ solution for clients supported by Weidlinger's FEA simulation software. read more
"Ray Daddazio: Stepping Up Sustainability" by Maureen Foody, Structural Engineer, June 2012—Cover story that describes Weidlinger's President and CEO as "a New Yorker, an environmentalist, a collaborator, a scientist and ultimately an engineer's engineer." read more
"Book Review: Review of Infrastructure Health in Civil Engineering" by Anil K. Agrawal, Journal of Bridge Engineering, May 2012—Review of groundbreaking two-volume technical treatise coauthored by Weidlinger Principal Mohammed Ettouney and Sreenivas Alampalli read more
"Major Times Square Redesign to Start in Spring" by Mathew Katz, DNAinfo.com, May 1, 2012—Weidlinger Principal Jim Quinn comments on the upcoming $40-million reconstruction of Times Square, for which Weidlinger is providing final design services. read more
"In Detail: Brooklyn Botanic Garden Visitor Center" by Gwen Webber, the Architect's Newspaper, April 18, 2012—Profile of the new Brooklyn Botanic Garden Visitor Center, a curvilinear steel-framed structure with a heavily planted green roof designed to unify the building with the surrounding gardens; Weidlinger provided structural engineering services.
"Brooklyn Botanic Garden Green Roof Captures Water, Camouflages Building and Complicated Construction" by Nadine M. Post, ENR.com: Engineering News-Record (via GreenSource), April 16, 2012—Weidlinger's Cheng Gu describes engineering challenges involved in designing the 10,000-square-foot green roof of the new Brooklyn Botanic Garden Visitor Center read more
"Getting Ready to Move," produced by the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, March 19, 2012—Chronicles the preservation and removal of Juno, the largest classical sculpture in the U.S., from her former Brookline, Massachusetts, home in preparation for relocation to the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston (Weidlinger repaired and helped install the statue) view video
"A New Bostonian, Size XL, Age 1,900" by Ellen Gamerman, the Wall Street Journal, March 17, 2012—Profiles the colossal sculpture of the Roman goddess Juno recently acquired by the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, describing plans for her repair and relocation (Weidlinger repaired and helped install the statue) read more
"From Opening Thunder to Closing Whimper: Predicting Bomb Shockwaves, Building Vulnerability, and Evacuation Priority," EurekAlert.org, January 13, 2012—Examines the capabilities of the Urban Blast Tool developed by Weidlinger for the Department of Homeland Security to predict damage patterns if a bomb were to detonate in lower Manhattan read more
"A Bridge Built to Sway When the Earth Shakes" by Henry Fountain, the New York Times, February 6, 2012—Weidlinger was the structural designer of the deck and suspension system for the new signature span of the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge, profiled here read more
"DHS Simulation Software Predicts Bomb Blast Paths" by Elizabeth Montalbano, InformationWeek, February 3, 2012—Spotlights the Urban Blast Tool software developed by Weidlinger Associates for the Department of Homeland Security, which is used to predict the impact car or truck bombs would have on the streets of lower Manhattan read more
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"Multihazard Design: How to Prepare for Dual Disasters" by Mohammed Ettouney and Anurag Jain, ENR.com: Engineering News-Record, October 10, 2011 read more (subscription required)
Rebuild, directed by Eddie Rosenstein, presented at the summit "Remembrance, Renewal, Resilience," hosted by the Center for National Policy and Voices of September 11th, September 8, 2011—Highlights safety measures incorporated into the reconstruction of the World Trade Center site by the PANYNJ; Weidlinger's Najib Abboud interviewed; Michael Udvardy served as technical advisor view video
"Washington, DC, Engineers Assess Quake Damage, Seismic Codes" by Bruce Buckley, ENR.com: Engineering News-Record, August 25, 2011—Weidlinger's Jerry Rasgus quoted regarding the seismic performance of Washington, DC, buildings after the earthquake of August 23, 2011 read more (subscription required)
"Reactions to the Washington, DC, Earthquake," The Kojo Nnamdi Show, WAMU-FM, August 25, 2011—Weidlinger's Jerry Rasgus interviewed regarding potential structural damage resulting from the earthquake that shook the East Coast on August 23, 2011 listen to program
"Defensive-Design Aid Coming" by Nadine M. Post, ENR.com: Engineering News-Record, May 5, 2011—Weidlinger's Robert Smilowitz quoted regarding guidelines under development by the American Society of Civil Engineers' Structural Engineering Institute for the performance-based design of structures to resist disproportionate collapse read more (subscription required)
Infrastructure Health in Civil Engineering, CRC Press, Mohammed Ettouney's groundbreaking new two-volume book on structural health monitoring, scheduled for release in September 2011, is available for preorder.
"Missing from the Checklist on the Safety of Nuclear Structures" by Mohammed Ettouney, Structure, August 2011 read more
"Legacies: Roosevelt's Room" by Paul Goldberger, The New Yorker, August 2011—Profile of FDR Four Freedoms Park read more
"Extending Jefferson's Vision" by Weidlinger's Peter DiMaggio, Civil Engineering, April 2011 read more
"Engineering the City" Mann Report Building, April 2011 – profile of Weidlinger president and CEO Raymond Daddazio
"Life after Fukushima" by Pam Hunter, Pam Radtke Russell, Debra K. Rubin, and Bruce Buckley, ENR: Engineering News Record, March 23, 2011 – Weidlinger's Mohammed Ettouney quoted regarding evaluation of the aging structure of nuclear reactors
"No Bridge Too Far in Daddazio's Pursuit of Perfection" by Roland Li, Real Estate Weekly, February 9, 2011 – profile of Weidlinger president and CEO Raymond Daddazio


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Poll: Most Americans Support Federal Shutdown to Defund ObamaCare
Despite attack ads by an Obama front group blasting Republican lawmakers for refusing to fund ObamaCare in the upcoming budget, a new poll released this week shows most Americans actually support partially shutting down the federal government until funding for the administration's controversial healthcare takeover is cut. Other recent surveys, meanwhile, revealed that public opposition to the so-called "Affordable Care Act" has reached record levels — and as time goes by, it is only becoming more unpopular.
Chaos Reigns After Obama Gave Libya to Jihadists; Syria May Be Next
As the Obama administration brazenly waives federal arms-control rules to supply jihadist Syrian rebels in the establishment-backed war against the Assad regime, Libya remains in turmoil after it was handed over to Islamists and self-styled al-Qaeda leaders by NATO forces, especially those of the U.S. government. Indeed, a U.S. ambassador and other Americans are dead, sensitive American military equipment was recently stolen, multiple tribal conflicts are raging, arms from the war are boosting Islamists across the region, oil production has all but come to a halt, and chaos still reigns alongside sharia law in Libya under the Muslim Brotherhood-dominated central government.
What is the Obama-backed Free Syrian Army?
As weapons and supplies funded by U.S. taxpayers pour into Syria in a bid to help Western-backed Islamist rebels take down the Assad regime, the Obama administration and its apologists continue to insist that the aid is meant to bolster "moderate" or even "secular" opposition fighters. Among the most frequent entities mentioned as worthy of U.S. government support is the so-called Free Syrian Army — an Islamist-dominated outfit overseen by a Syrian military defector that helps distribute military weaponry and other goods provided by the Obama administration, Western governments, and a coalition of Islamist dictators hoping to unseat their secular counterpart in Damascus.
The outfit's main selling point appears to be that, as opposed to the more effective fighting forces in Syria, the Free Syrian Army is not technically al-Qaeda. But what is the Free Syrian Army, really? No two analysts have the same answer.
Australia Reining in Climate Schemes After Voters Reject Carbon Tax
In the wake of a crushing defeat last week for the climate alarmism-promoting Australian Labor Party, which imposed the deeply unpopular and expensive "carbon tax" credited by analysts for the conservative coalition's victory, authorities in Australia are preparing to dismantle and consolidate the myriad global-warming schemes spawned under the previous government. However, while legislation is already being drafted, major hurdles remain before the tax on CO2 can be scrapped, sparking an outcry among businesses, state governments, and especially Australian voters, who voted overwhelmingly in favor of the new coalition and its pledge to kill the costly economic burden.
Wisconsin Law Reining in Government Unions Upheld Again
A popular Wisconsin law aimed at reining in the stranglehold of government-employee unions over taxpayers and workers was upheld Wednesday by a federal judge, who ruled that the 2011 "Act 10" reform measures championed by Republican Governor Scott Walker did not violate the First Amendment or equal-protection rights of Big Labor. It was the second major victory for the law in federal courts so far. However, with union bosses terrified of losing the battle, thanks in large part to the national repercussions it could have, efforts to kill the measure are far from over.
As Syria War Plan Loses Steam, Bid to Empower UN Court Grows
As a tsunami of public and congressional opposition puts a damper on the Obama administration's warmongering against Syria, at least for now, the establishment is making clear that it has no intention of letting the latest crisis go to waste. Instead of launching a full-blown military strike for "regime change," which may still happen regardless of what Congress says, it appears to analysts as though there may be a new strategy at work — strengthening the United Nations and its supposed "court."
In essence, the establishment appears to be hoping to exploit the disaster in Syria to further empower the dictator-dominated UN and its so-called International Criminal Court (ICC) while painting the Russian government as a legitimate force for peace.
Polish Government Seizes Private Pension Assets
Authorities in Poland last week announced the confiscation of bonds held in private pension funds without compensation, implausibly claiming that the move did not amount to a nationalization of the assets. While Polish officials engaged in rhetorical games and semantics to conceal the severity of the "transfer" of privately owned assets to a "state pension vehicle" known as ZUS, the controversial move is still fueling confusion and fierce criticism from analysts and economists. Some experts fear other governments may follow suit.
Amid Talk of Syria Deal, Obama May Defy Congress on War
After having already falsely claimed to have the authority to launch a war against Syria without congressional approval — let alone a declaration of war, as required by the Constitution — Obama is now brazenly threatening that he may attack whether Congress votes to support it or not. Amid solidifying opposition to the scheme in Congress and among the public, multiple news reports have suggested that lawmakers are set to delay the vote — or possibly even not hold it at all if Obama's war plans look certain to be crushed. Obama, however, said he had not made up his mind on whether to listen to Congress.
Rebel Atrocities in Syria Escalate, Sparking Alarm Over Obama Plan
A series of fresh revelations about atrocities and war crimes perpetrated by Western-backed Syrian "rebels" have sparked alarm among analysts, further complicating Obama's already-tough push for support to launch military strikes against the Assad regime. As opposition to U.S. military intervention in Syria grows among the public, Congress, and the so-called "international community," the latest atrocities are being cited by critics of the warmongering as more reasons not to join the civil war on behalf of ruthless jihadists — more than a few of whom are openly fighting with al Qaeda to take down the secular regime.
Australia Votes to Crush Carbon Tax and Big Government
Voters in Australia delivered a landslide victory for a more liberty-minded coalition on September 7 that ran on a market-friendly platform and vowed to abolish the deeply unpopular "carbon tax," reportedly winning the biggest parliamentary majority in about a decade. The new prime minister, Tony Abbott of the Liberal Party, presented himself as a socially conservative leader who would rein in high taxes and spending while slashing foreign aid and half-baked "green" policies supposedly aimed at combating "global warming." Evidently, Australians liked the plan.


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SYRACUSE -- A busy downtown street is back open after a water main break.
The water main break was reported early Thursday morning on Fayette Street, according to a press release from the Syracuse mayor's office. The road was blocked between Salina Street and Warren Street.
A boil water advisory has not been issued, and the city says only one building has reported a disruption of water service. Officials say it was the building that includes the Rite Aid on the corner of Fayette Street and Salina Street.
City Hall says while repairing the first break, crews found a second break in the same area and are continuing to work on repairs.
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AMD, Austin have managed a benchmark score of X12515 in the 3DMark Vantage benchmark using two Radeon HD4870 X2 cards in CrossfireX, a feat that takes three GeForce GTX 280 cards in 3-way SLI to achieve. The R700 boards were clocked at 778 MHz core, while the GDDR5 memory was clocked at 980 MHz QDR (effectively 3.92 GHz). This brings the total on-board video bandwidth to a stellar 250.8 GBps. With inputs from TG Daily
holy shit. There is still MUCH better value for performance in this case.... two HD4870X2s are cheaper than three GTX280s by a fair bit. AMD really are on a roll. Considering only nvidia chipsets support CF, well..... Nvidia is going to go flying downhill
Edit:was wrong, didn't notice the x. My 3 9800GTX cards murder that score http://img.techpowerup.org/080630/vantage2.jpg
Yeah impressive that they could beat three GTX280's, which are still single cored, and are running in the less-efficient tri-sli. AMD is really moving its way up the ladder.
Nvidia hasn't come out with a dual processor card for this generation, so benchmarks like this mean jack shit.
Who cares about what the card is made of, or how many GPU's it has? As long as it performs on par with an expensive monolithic GPU and remains cheap?
I am so glad that AMD is finally coming back to the scene! 4870 X2 kicks ass very hard! If it`s under $450, that will be my next card.
So how fast will the nVidia 280 x2 card be? Don't you guys think AMD will get spanked again as soon as the x2 version of the 280 comes out?
Until that happens, they hold the crown. With NVIDIA over-reacting to the RV770 (by slashing prices many fold) and the UMAP, the message that goes out is that it will be a while before NV can counter the RV770 / R700 threat using "something new".
Sorry but nvidia doesnt always have to make dual cards. You're talking about a card which uses 400W in total. I dont think anyone would want that in their system. is there a moral obligation against dual GPU vs single GPU? GPUs arent like CPUs mate on paper nvidia's GTX280 should be raping the HD4870, BADLY.
remember one GTX280 core uses 200W of power. the GTX280 CANNOT take much higher temps than what it runs at, due to the sheer size (technically its a fragile card in contrast to the RV770 thanks to the massive package). 2 GTX280 in close proximity jammed into one slot is suicide. if nvidia decide to phase out the 9800/9600s, that will be their doom.
....and they can/t becouse TDP of 280GTX is on level of x2 4870 so 4870 X2 has TDP 250W, 280GTX GX2 would be TDP 450W kapis? 2 ATI chps size equals one size of nvidia chip


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