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The College has gained national recognition for its exceptional teaching, intimate classes and gifted students. Pomona's continued leadership depends on people like you. As a small college, Pomona counts on a relatively small pool of alumni, parents and friends to help meet its priority needs. Please give a gift today. Thank you!
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Tuesday, July 15, 2014
Dr. Ronnie L. McKnight, Ed.D, was installed as the new President and Chief Operating Offer of The Jonathan Fields Save a Life Heal a Heart Foundation. Dr. McKnight was installed on February 29th 2014 in Naples, Fla. The 501c3 non-profit assist victims who suffer from congestive heart failure and those in need of Adult Stem Cells procedures. The Board of Directors sought out Dr. McKnight two years ago, however, he decline the offer as he was busy establishing The Center for Retention of African American Students. The Board of Directors kept the post open at the behest of the founder and CEO, until Dr. McKnight finally agreed to take the helm. The foundation is headquartered in New York, with locations in Florida, South Carolina, Thailand and The Dominican Republic.
Dr. McKnight, has serve as the Executive Director for FADVACAC (Fighting Against Domestic Violence and Crimes Against Children) for the past ten years, he has been a college Professor for ten years, he has served as a voting member of the Recording Academy of America, (The Grammy Awards), and he is a philanthropist and human rights activist. Raphael Shlomo, Chairman of the Board of Directors for the foundation, said that Dr. McKnight, was the best person for this position. Our founder and CEO Jonathan Fields made it clear that he wanted Dr. McKnight to lead the foundation at whatever cost. Dr. McKnight has a world of experience in executive leadership and management. Dr. McKnight is a native of Kingstree, SC and he has one son.
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Wednesday, May 1, 2013
The word for this month's character trait at SJCA was "impeccable." The students honored for displaying this trait were (back row, l-r) Jamon Hutson, Matthew Glover, Fletcher Law, Jacob Casselman, Grace Barrett, Camber Wallace, Stephanie Justus, (front row) Ishana Jassar, Kinsey Lake Castle, Isabella Steele, Ayden Brewer and Lundon Anderson.
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Men's Lacrosse Runs Past Mustangs, 13-8
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HAMBURG, NY – With a five-goal second quarter scoring spurt, Hilbert College took a commanding 13-8 NEAC victory over Morrisville State in men's lacrosse April 13. The Hawks outscored Morrisville by one goal in the opening quarter, and matched them in point production in the second half. With the win, Hilbert claimed their first victory over the Mustangs since starting a Division III program three years ago.
Sophomore Brendan Kane paced the Hawks with 4 goals and added one assist, pushing Hilbert to 2-1 in NEAC (5-3 overall). Junior Sean Purtill was an active participant on offense, scoring 3 goals and distributing 3 assists. Elliott Russillio {in photo} also chipped in 3 goals and senior John Pingitore finished with 2 goals and one assist.
Morrisville's Louie Geswaldo was the game's leading scorer netting 5 goals for the 3-2 NEAC (3-7 overall).
Shaughn Irving gave Hilbert their first lead of the game at 12:05. Morrisville responded with 2 goals before Pingitore tied it at 2-2 at 4:48. The Mustangs beat William Wagner once more before Russillio hit back-to-back goals to finish the action and give Hilbert a 4-3 lead.
Kane and Purtill owned Morrisville in the second period as they took turns firing 5 balls past Tyler Catalfano between the pipes. After 30 minutes, Hilbert held a five goal lead and held that difference the rest of the way.
Middie Nick Kieffer won 12 of his 19 face-offs while defender Kyle Mackowiak and William Wagner both led with five ground balls.
The Hawks outplayed the visitors gaining advantages in shots (2), ground balls (14), and won 14 of the 22 face-offs.
Hilbert travels to Cazenovia College April 17 for their next league game before they return to Hamburg for a three-game stretch.
Hilbert College, located in suburban Hamburg, N.Y., south of Buffalo, is a private four-year college founded in 1957 in the Catholic Franciscan tradition. With nearly 1,100 students, Hilbert is a dynamic Western New York college that offers career-focused majors, including one of the top criminal justice programs in the region, and more than 50 minors and concentrations. The college's engaging, student-centered campus community offers numerous leadership, internship, and service learning opportunities from which students launch successful careers while making positive changes in their communities. The Hilbert Blueprint promotes a well-rounded student experience over four years – starting with the Foundations Seminar in the freshman year, followed by Sophomore Service, Junior Symposium, and culminating with the Senior Capstone. Hilbert has expanded its academic offerings with the college's first graduate programs and new Accelerated Degree Programs geared to adult learners.
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Wednesday, March 12, 2008
Have you ever attended a Royal Institution Mathematics Masterclass?
If you have, then the Royal Institution of Great Britain would like to hear from you.
Since 1981 the RI Masterclasses in Mathematics have been enriching school maths for 12 to 14 year-olds. Now the RI is for the first time undertaking an independent evaluation of the programme. "This is a very exciting opportunity," says Sara Santos, Clothworkers' Fellow in Mathematics at the RI, "We are seeking to further improve our already successful programme, even perhaps reshape it to challenge and enthuse our finest young minds."
If you have participated in any of the RI Mathematics Masterclasses for Young People (any time between 1981 and now), you can now record your memories and reflections in this on-line questionnaire. The questionnaire takes around 15 minutes to complete. "It might be a precious amount of time for you, but your feedback is invaluable for us," says Sara. "We are also trying to keep in touch with the Masterclasses community." To keep in touch, please visit the RI website, email the RI on email@example.com, or join the group RI Mathematics Masterclasses for Young People on Facebook .
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March 10, 2008
Monday, March 10, 2008
Maths and Science through the medium of song
They say that music is a very mathematical pursuit. Here at Plus, we have written about mathematics and music many times.
The MASSIVE database is a website that contains information on over 2500 science and mathematics songs. Some songs are for children, others for professors. Some are by professional recording artists, others recorded in garages. The site is maintained by Greg Crowther, who is affiliated with the University of Washington, Science Groove, and the Science Songwriters' Association. MASSIVE is part of the US National Science Foundation's National Science Digital Library.
My personal favourite science song? She Blinded me with Science by Thomas Dolby — and you can find this song in the database. Another way of tracking down science songs is by doing a search for science at LastFM. What is your favourite science or mathematics song?
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March 7, 2008
Friday, March 07, 2008
The Big Questions
As part of this year's National Science and Engineering Week, the BA are running a project called The Big Questions, which challenges the public to pose their burning science and engineering questions through live events, online and via the media.
Sir Roland Jackson, Chief Executive of the BA, said:
"Questioning is at the heart of scientific discovery. From evolution to space exploration British scientists have always been courageous in asking and solving some of the big questions of their time. In doing so, they have expanded our knowledge, earned our respect and enriched our lives. We want to celebrate our nation's innate curiosity by encouraging the public to share with us their big questions on life, the universe and beyond. In return, we will ask some of our best scientific brains to come up with an answer."
Helping to answer the questions are Oxford University Press, Brainiac LIVE!, The Punk Scientists, The British Library and the Royal Pharmaceutical Society.
Questions that have been asked already include:
Scientists who have posted their own questions include:
You can find a list of the questions that have been posed so far, or post your own question, at: http://bigquestion.wordpress.com/. The event will be launched to the national media on 6th March. The BA is currently looking for more scientists and experts to help answer some questions, and so if you know the answers to any of the questions posed and want to help out, you can answer by posting on their blog.
Apart from online, other Big Questions are going to be answered at events organised by the Science Museum, Jodrell Bank, the National Botanic Garden of Wales, Cambridge Science Festival and the Institute of Cognitive Neuroscience.
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March 7, 2008
Friday, March 07, 2008
Got something on your chest?
At Plus, we would love to hear what you have to say.
On our news page, you can add comments to all our news and blog articles, ask further questions arising from the stories, and engage in discussion with other Plus readers. Violently disagree with the author of an article? Here is where you can get your opinion across.
Plus is also proud to bring you the Mathematics forum on the Nature Network. The Nature Network was developed by science journal giant Nature as an online meeting place for scientists to gather, talk and find out about the latest scientific news and events. In the maths forum, you can connect with other mathematicians to ask your questions or post your news and events.
Got a burning maths question you need answering? Can't quite solve that equation? Ask all your confusing, baffling and confounding maths questions at Ask NRICH.
Happy posting.
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March 5, 2008
Wednesday, March 05, 2008
The Further Mathematics Network and Rolls-Royce plc are inviting entries for a new UK national poster competition for undergraduate and PGCE mathematics students. The academic year 2007-8 is the first year that the competition has been run, and there is a £100 prize awarded for the design of each winning poster — it is likely that two posters will be selected. The winning designs will be sent to schools and colleges around the UK, meaning that your poster may be exposed to tens of thousands of teachers, students and parents — the potential audience is over 2000 schools and colleges.
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March 4, 2008
Tuesday, March 04, 2008
Evolution is the main theme of this issue. With Darwin's anniversary year not too far off, we find out how to reconstruct the tree of life and how to spot the fingerprint of natural selection. We report on the rapidly melting Arctic, bound to destroy much of evolution's achievements, and explore the maths used in ice and ocean models. And we have a look at cellular automata, simple mathematical models that can evolve surprisingly complex behaviour. Plus you can learn how to best distribute money amongst your employees without evolving envy.
Apart from that you will find the usual Editorial, Outer space, puzzle and book and film reviews.Read issue 46 now!
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Here and Now was mounted by YIVO to commemorate the 105th anniversary of the founding of the Jewish Labor Bund. Made possible through the generous support of the YIVO Board of Directors and by YIVO Trustee Motl Zelmanowicz, the exhibition was curated by Leo Greenbaum, Krysia Fisher, and Fruma Mohrer. It opened on October 28, 2002 at the Center for Jewish History.
All the materials exhibited in Here and Now were drawn from the collections of the YIVO Archives and the YIVO Library.
The establishment of the Polish Republic in 1918 was heralded by Poles and Jews alike as the dawn of a new age of democracy, equal rights and social justice. For a large percentage of the three million Jews who lived in Poland, however, the interwar period was one of widespread virulent anti- Semitism, systematic economic discrimination, and increasing impoverishment.
While Zionist parties urged Jews to leave and emigrate to Palestine, the Bund took up the call for Doikeyt or Living Here and Now. The critical problems of Jewry needed to be resolved, not by escaping from the hard realities of everyday life, but by addressing them, Here and Now, in Poland, by means of an energetic political and cultural program.
At the heart of the Bund's vision was the creation of a modern, secular and culturally autonomous Jewish society which would strive for the ideals of Socialism and for the rights of the Jewish working class. Yiddish, the centuries-old vernacular of Polish Jewry and the language of the majority of Jews in interwar Poland, would be the national language of this new society.
Faithful to its mission, the Bund created a whole new network of cultural, educational and social organizations for Jewish workers and their children. The Bund infrastructure of schools, publishing houses, libraries, drama groups, youth and sports clubs and health sanatoriums contributed significantly to the flowering of Yiddish culture in interwar Poland and left a significant mark on an entire generation.
In 1921 the Central Yiddish School Organization, called Tsysho, was established at a conference in Warsaw. The network of secular Yiddish schools included kindergartens, elementary schools, high schools and teachers' seminaries. Emphasizing Socialist ideals, secularism and Yiddish, the Tsysho schools served primarily working class children. In 1929 a total of 24,000 students were enrolled in Tsysho schools. Although the student population had dropped to 15,000 by 1935, the school system continued to maintain high academic standards, and to publish textbooks and scholarly journals.
The Bund's infrastructure included its well known official daily organ, the Folkstsaytung, which appeared in 1921. Renamed Naye folkstsaytung in 1926, the daily newspaper was published continuously until September 1939. The newspaper championed the rights of workers, reported on political debates in the Sejm, and covered cultural and scientific subjects. Its literary supplement promoted the works of great Jewish as well as non-Jewish writers such as Joseph Opatoshu, Moshe Kulbak, Melekh Ravitch, Leo Tolstoy, Upton Sinclair and others.
Kultur Lige, the publishing house of the Bund, promoted the publication of important Yiddish literary works and also established libraries, drama clubs, theater troupes and popular lecture series. On the 40th anniversary of the Bund, at a ceremony held in the Nowosci Theater in Warsaw, prizes in literature were awarded by the Bund Central Committee. Itzik Manger received the prize for best author and Yehoshua Perle was recognized for his work Yidn fun a gants yor.
Kultur Lige also organized a theater troupe called Yung Teater and created a network of popular Yiddish libraries. The Bronislaw Grosser Library in Warsaw held about 20,000 books. Herman Kruk, later the diarist of the Vilna Ghetto, was the director of the Library.
Interested in stimulating the growth of the party, the Bund considered the establishment of youth groups as central to its mission of attracting and recruiting new members. Yugnt Bund Tsukuft (Youth Bund—The Future) was founded in 1919 and SKIF—Sotsyalistisher Kinder Farband (Socialist Children's Union) was established in 1926. Both Tsukunft and SKIF organized summer camps, drama clubs, and various cultural activities. Tsukunft-Shturem, a division of Tsukunft, consisted of a para-military self-defense group, which participated in the struggle against anti-Semitism.
Morgenshtern (Morning Star), the Bund sports organization for Jewish workers and their children, was founded in 1926. While sponsoring physical education and activities such as gymnastics, cycling, swimming and hiking, Morgenshtern emphasized Socialist values and the Yiddish language. It published a journal titled Arbeter sportler. The Bundist sports organization did not encourage competitive and "champion" oriented sports. In the 1920s boxing was not allowed but by the late 1930s boxing was considered a permissible defensive sport which symbolized the importance of selfdefense. Named for Vladimir Medem, the Bundist leader, the Medem Sanatorium was founded in 1926 and located in Miedzeszyn, near Warsaw. Established as a center for children with tuberculosis, the facility also provided health care and education for other children. Between 1925 and 1939 the institution cared for more than 10,000 children. In August 1942 the Nazis raided the sanatorium and deported the children, teachers and medical staff to Treblinka.
Formed from the ashes of the defunct Russian Jewish Labor Bund, the party reorganized itself in Poland in 1918. In 20 years of existence the Polish Bund clearly established itself as a party striving for Socialism within a democratic state; as the defender of the Jewish working class and its right to decent living conditions, and as the leader of the Jewish trade union movement.
The Bund's stability as a party and its position within the Polish and international Socialist movements were not firmly established until the 1930s. Throughout the 1920s the Bund experienced factionalism from within and political harassment from without.
The internal dissension between the right and left wings of the party was resolved in 1930 when the Bund joined the Socialist International. The Bund's affiliation with an international Socialist group contributed to its stabilization as a party and to closer relations with the Polish Socialist Party, the PPS. The understanding between the two parties was reflected in their cooperation in several local government elections and in the holding of joint May Day processions.
Political harassment of the Bund by the Polish government lasted through the 1920s and into the early 1930s. The government distrusted the Bund and suspected its members of disloyalty to the Polish state. The authorities closed down Bundist newspapers, trade unions and Yiddish schools, and denied funding to the Tsysho Yiddish secular school system. The Communists constituted another source of external harassment. Determined to seize control of the trade union movement and to eliminate the Bund as a rival, the Communists subjected the Bund to numerous attacks, which lasted into the 1930s.
Throughout its existence the Bund concentrated its efforts on the development of the Jewish trade union movement, supporting decent working conditions and encouraging labor strikes and demonstrations. In the 1920s the Bund began its "Right to Work" program, challenging employment discrimination and urging Jewish workers to fight for their right to the same jobs as non-Jews. By the end of 1939 the Bund controlled the overwhelming majority of the Federation of Professional Labor Class Unions, a largely Jewish organization comprised of 14 unions, 498 branches and 99,000 members.
The founding of the new republic in 1918 had been accompanied by a wave of pogroms in Lwow, Pinsk, Vilna and other localities. Although by 1921 the anti- Semitic excesses had diminished, it soon became clear that the new Polish constitution's guarantee of equal rights for all could not prevent the governing authorities from practicing economic discrimination against the Jewish population.
With over half a million people working in its administrative departments and factories, the Polish government, the largest employer in the country, began to dismiss or exclude Jews in the early 1920s. Municipal governments followed suit. Jewish doctors were not hired in state hospitals, nor were Jewish lawyers employed by state institutions. Similarly, the railroad companies removed Jewish workers from their jobs. In 1925, the Sejm voted to deny Jews permits to sell cigarettes and tobacco. Many thousands of Jewish employees were fired, including those in the Polakiewicz cigarette factory in Warsaw and in the Szereszewski tobacco factory in Grodno.
The Bund created a Bureau for the Right to Work and negotiated vigorously with the Polish trade unions and the government to open up employment possibilities for Jews. In 1926 a Congress for the Right to Work, attended by 600 delegates from throughout Poland, took place in the Kaminski Theater in Warsaw. 422 of the delegates were members of the Bund. The Bund continued to fight for the right of Jews to work throughout the interwar period up to the Second World War.
The ten years of Marshal Pilsudski's administration, from 1926 to the time of his death in 1935, was a period of fragile peace during which the most radical tendencies of the right wing parties were held in check. This peace was shattered with Pilsudski's passing, and the new government, inspired in part by the success of the Nazi Party in Germany, openly espoused a policy of economic anti-Semitism and publicly encouraged the emigration of Jews. The government promoted a boycott of Jewish businesses, passed a ban on shehitah or ritual slaughter, and approved the establishment of "ghetto benches" in the universities which segregated Jewish students in separate seats at the back of the class.
In 1936 pogroms took place in Przytyk and in other communities, resulting in many injuries and much destruction of property. During this period, no fewer than 1,289 Jews were wounded in attacks in over 150 towns and villages in Poland. In August of 1937 alone there were four hundred attacks on Jews in seventy-nine cities and towns.
Faithful to its mission of Doikeyt, the Bund organized the fight against anti-Semitism by opposing it head on. It mobilized public opinion by means of mass protests, work stoppages, and demonstrations. When word spread of the pogrom in Przytyk, the Bund Central Committee called for a half-day general strike, which brought Jewish businesses to a standstill in Warsaw, Bialystok, Czestochowa, Vilna, Krakow, Lwow, Tarnow, Lublin and Lodz.
Following the strike the Bund called a conference against anti-Semitism, to be organized together with the PPS, the Polish Socialist Party. The government confiscated the leaflets and banned the event before it could take place.
Influenced by its early self-defense activities in the Tsarist period, the Bund organized selfdefense groups to stop hooliganism against Jewish women and children in the parks and to prevent assaults against Jewish students on university campuses. The Bund newspaper Naye folkstsaytung, expressed its condemnation of the anti-shehitah law passed in 1937, stating that it had been enacted solely to incite anti-Semitism.
The Bund's open and unabated fight against anti-Semitism and its leadership role in the Jewish trade union movement contributed to its transformation into one of the most popular and powerful Jewish parties in Poland. In the last four years before the outbreak of World War II, the Jewish Labor Bund reached its peak, winning a majority of the Jewish votes in municipal elections throughout the country.


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Wednesday, June 26, 2013
Army Pvt. Daniel S. Moore has graduated from basic infantry training at Fort Benning, Columbus, Ga.
During the nine weeks of training, the soldier received training in drill and ceremonies, weapons, map reading, tactics, military courtesy, military justice, physical fitness, first aid, and Army history, core values and traditions. Additional training included development of basic combat skills and battlefield operations and tactics, and experiencing use of various weapons and weapons defenses available to the infantry crewman.
Moore is the son of Mike Moore of Blue Jasmine Lane, Summerville.
He is a 2012 graduate of Summerville High School.
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Hey Glamazons!
Since we are getting closer to spring I wanted to talk about a major trend that is very wearable and many celebrities such as Jessica Alba, Beyoncé, and Minka Kelley have been wearing: Floral Denim!
This is a great trend because it takes a spin on the original denim. It dresses up any look and is comfortable; not to mention you have so many options of colors and prints to choose from. Just remember to mix your printed jeans with some solids so you do not have an overload of color!
Miranda Kerr is a celebrity who is always on top of her style game. She wears floral denim exceptionally well and you can get the same look with minimal investment.
Floral print denim jeans can be found at cottonon.com at super affordable prices from $25-$52 in a variety of colors.
I would recommend wearing a solid print shirt to coordinate with the floral denim. If you have trouble deciding on a solid color, black, white, and grey are always great standbys. You can buy a grey shirt like Miranda's from Old Navy for $10.50. While you can use any grey solid shirt, Old Navy always has a great selection of basic v- neck, long sleeve shirts to choose from.
And don't forget to round out the look with an awesome bag. This red satchel can be found online and in stores at Target for only $32.99.
Another detail not to miss are the shoes. This classic nude pump is from Steve Madden and can be bought online at www.stevemadden.com for only $89.95
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Look out for next week's Valentine's Day inspired Look for Less outfit. See you then!
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text: Kiku Christina Lehnherr became City Center Abbess in February 2012. She has degrees in physical therapy and Clinical Psychology and practiced both in Switzerland. Ordained as a priest by Tenshin Reb Anderson in 1993, she received Dharma Transmission from Tenshin Reb Anderson in 2005. From 2003 to 2006 she served as Head of Practice (Tanto) at City Center. Between 2006 and 2012, Christina lived in Marin where she continued to support sitting groups and students as a non-residential teacher. She co-leads, with Senior Dharma Teacher Ryushin Paul Haller, Zen Center's year-long program for non-residents called Establishing the Path of Practice.


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If you've ever set up or played in a recording studio, it's no doubt you've come across Dbx products. Their series of compressors and audio electronics helped pave the way for modern day recording techniques and best practices. When founder David Blackmer figured out the human ear could actually respond to a greater range of frequencies than originally thought, he began to work to change the form. This sparked the creation of a whole range of sound reproduction gear that inspired this ground-breaking discovery.
Two contributions that made an impact were the voltage controlled amplifier (VCA) and the root mean square (RMS) detector. Blackmer's VCAs and RMS units were built with discrete transistors that were able to run at much a higher temperature without cutting out, which was an improvement over other units at the time. Despite having a bit of distortive qualities at first, these components began to be incorporated into early automated mixing boards.
With these new component improvements, Dbx began to get into compressor construction. Using these state-of-the-art elements, Dbx created the 160 which allowed for a much smoother gain reduction. Compression could be infinite without an abundance of distortion. This unit could also track the attack and release times based on the signal alone. Dbx compressors from there on had these solid benefits as well as a built-in noise-gate that gives you the opportunity to shut off when the decibels went below a certain level. This was a very handy feature for a busy recording session as it helped protect your equipment.
You don't have to be a professional studio to incorporate Dbx technology into your at-home set up. Incorporating a compressor into your setup allows you to narrow your recording's dynamic range and control volume fluctuations with dynamite accuracy, which is a benefit to any level of recording artist.
Dbx has always had a taste for innovation and their wide category of compressors, loud speaker management systems, equalizers and even preamps proves that. Their focused beginning allowed them to influence the construction of compressors and by association, the recording industry itself… and now you can enjoy it from the comfort of your own home.


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A description of Judaism's primary book of Jewish legal theory.
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According to tradition, following the destruction of the Second Temple in 70 CE, the many teachers of Jewish law (halakhah) transmitted a growing and ever more complex body of material known as oral Torah (Torah she'b'al peh). At the same time, tradition says, oppression by Rome, reflected in the destruction of the Temple and the defeat of the Bar Kokhba rebellion (135 CE), was causing the oral Torah to be lost. As a consequence, Rabbi Judah the Patriarch undertook to collect and edit a study edition of these halakhot (plural) in order that the learning not vanish.
Interestingly, modern scholars have re-affirmed the significance of the catastrophic defeats of the Jews by the Romans. The scholarly twist, however, is that, at the end of the second century CE, when Rabbi Judah the Patriarch (often referred to simply as "Rabbi") was on good terms with the Roman imperial government, he published the Mishnah as a conscious effort to ignore and displace the memories of destruction and loss.
Although the Temple had been destroyed 130 years prior to its publication, in the world described by the Mishnah the Temple still exists and the laws that governed it are expressed in the present tense. Although the Talmud (the compendium of the Mishnah and the Gemara, which interprets and comments on the Mishnah) preserves traditions allegedly contemporaneous with the Mishnah that refer to the Bar Kokhba rebellion and defeat, the Mishnah itself ignores these. In this way, the Mishnah is a document that describes a life of sanctification, in which the rituals of the Temple are adapted for communal participation in a world that has no Temple, which escapes the ups and downs of history.
Disputes Between Rabbis
This idyllic world of the Mishnah, however, is not a world of uniformity; far from it. The vast majority of passages in the Mishnah contains a dispute between different rabbinic sages. When does one begin the morning prayers? How does one treat produce which may or may not have had the priestly gifts separated from it? How does one constitute a Jewish marriage? What are the limitations of the liability of someone who watches another's property? Can cheese and meat be on the same table? How much drawn water invalidates a ritual bath? On all of these issues and on thousands of similar issues, the Mishnah includes various opinions.
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- Abstract Geant4 is a toolkit for simulating the passage of particles through matter. It includes a complete range of functionality including tracking, geometry, physics models and hits. The physics processes offered cover a comprehensive range, including electromagnetic, hadronic and optical processes, a large set of long-lived particles, materials and elements, over a wide energy range starting, in some cases, from 250 eV and extending in others to the TeV energy range. It has been designed and constructed to expose the physics models utilised, to handle complex geometries, and to enable its easy adaptation for optimal use in different sets of applications. The toolkit is the result of a worldwide collaboration of physicists and software engineers. It has been created exploiting software engineering and object-oriented technology and implemented in the C++ programming language. It has been used in applications in particle physics, nuclear physics, accelerator design, space engineering and medical physics. PACS: 07.05.Tp; 13; 23
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- Nuclear transport models including density- and momentum-dependent mean-field effects are compared to intranuclear-cascade models and tested on recent data on inclusive p-like cross sections for 800A-MeV La+La. We find a remarkable agreement between most model calculations but a systematic disagreement with the measured yield at 20°, possibly indicating a need for modification of nuclear transport properties at high densities.
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SPECIAL NOTE: As part of the ongoing celebration of its 75th Anniversary, the national headquarters of the National Junior College Athletic Association (NJCAA) will release nine insightful articles during the 2012-13 academic year that will make up the NJCAA 75th Anniversary Feature Series. Below is the third installment of the series, which can also be found in the November issue of NJCAA Review.
Also, a supplement 75th Anniversary Q&A feature with George E. Killian is available this month on the NJCAA website as well as in the pages of the November issue of NJCAA Review.
After successfully conquering many challenges in the 1940s and 50s, the NJCAA entered its fourth decade on seemingly solid ground. It had the support of the American Association of Junior Colleges (AAJC), was a key player in the National Alliance with the NAIA and National Federation of State High School Athletic Associations and had established a cordial working relationship with the NCAA.
During this time the association also began to grow at an incredible rate. After the 'California Setback' in 1951, NJCAA membership stayed under 200 member colleges for 10 years. However, by the 1960s membership in the organization eclipsed 300 for the first time, which brought about its own set of unique challenges.
In addition, change was becoming common place. Many longtime leaders of the organization were stepping aside or moving on. Dr. Reed Swenson of Weber College (Utah) stepped down as President of the NJCAA in 1962 as Weber shifted to a four-year institution. Longtime Editor of the JUCO Review, Laurence J. Burton of Weber, also resigned his post and eventually served four terms in the U.S. House of Representatives. Compton College (Calif.) athletic director Earle Holmes stepped down as the Director of the Service Bureau in 1960. Also, Charles Sesher of Hutchinson Junior College (Kan.) relinquished the Vice-President position in 1964. Sesher had held the VP post since 1949 and was instrumental in making the NJCAA's national championship basketball tournament an annual success during this time.
These and many other great men from the pivotal founding years of the NJCAA were beginning to retire or move on to other challenges in their professions. As a result, a wave of new athletic administrators and coaches began to rise to prominent positions both at the region and national level.
After serving as Treasurer of the NJCAA for many years, Dr. Gerald D. Allard of Farmingdale Agriculture & Technical College (N.Y.) was elected to replace Swenson as President in 1962. Other individuals that entered into the national scene included Joseph Rockenbach of Rochester Junior College, Minn. (tabbed as Treasurer in 1962), Jay W. Tolman of Mesa College, Colo. (elected Secretary in 1963), Homa S. Thomas of Northeastern Oklahoma A&M College(elected Vice President in 1966 and President in '69), Martin Dittmer of Ellsworth Junior College, Iowa (selected as Secretary in 1967), and George E. Killian of Erie County Technical Institute, N.Y. (named Editor of the JUCO Review in 1962 and was elected President in '67).
One of the first major accomplishments of Allard and the NJCAA in the early 60s was the creation of the Commissioner of Eligibility position within the organization's leadership structure. Allard strongly believed in that creating such a position "…member colleges will no longer wonder to whom infractions should be reported and no longer should there be an unwarranted time lag between the report of the infraction and action against the college concerned."
Allard called upon Hobart Bolerjack of Benton Harbor Community College, Mich., to serve as the first NJCAA Commissioner of Eligibility. Bolerjack had previously served as Secretary of the NJCAA and in his new post was responsible for nearly all eligibility matters of the organization, including overseeing all proposals and changes to eligibility regulations. Bolerjack was an easy candidate and selection to this new position as he previously was the chair of the eligibility committee for many years. He had a solid reputation and was fair and just in his rulings. He was also very helpful and offered his analysis on the trouble areas of NJCAA eligibility for member colleges on a regular basis in the pages of the JUCO Review. He would hold the Commissioner of Eligibility post until 1970.
One constant and contentious issue in the early part of the decade was that of regional boundaries and districting. The NJCAA was still operating under the 16-region model, which was put in place in 1949 when membership was under 200 member colleges. By 1966 the issue was a top priority and needed to be addressed. Then-Secretary Tolman stated the problems in clear terms at the 1966 NJCAA annual meeting, "I feel that one of the most pressing, difficult and perplexing problems facing the NJCAA today is that of districting. Currently, we have two (2) regions which have only ten (10) members, while several regions have thirty-five (35) to forty (40) members. Regardless of the geographic and other factors involved, I seriously question if we can justify such a disparity in membership among the sixteen regions…..such inequality in representation is indefensible and immediate steps should be taken to remedy the situation."
Everyone in the NJCAA agreed with Tolman's assessment, yet breaking from the 16-region format would cause problems of its own for many sports – most notably the 16-team bracket for the basketball national championship in Hutchinson. It would take several years for the organization to come up with a solution that the majority of the membership would agree to. Finally in 1968, the NJCAA expanded from 16 to 18 regions and then to 19 regions in 1969.
By the late 1960's the NJCAA's membership was nearing 400 colleges and it was becoming clear that the day-to-day business of the organization was too much for a group of volunteers to handle. Similar organizations like the NCAA, NFSHSAA and NAIA had full-time executive directors or commissioners and calls for the NJCAA to follow suit increased. Much like today, the officers and Region Directors of the NJCAA were athletic directors, coaches or administrators from member colleges. They volunteered their time to assist and lead an organization they deeply cared about. Many spent their own money and resources to attend executive and annual meetings.
Neither Allard nor Tolman sought re-election to their respective offices in 1967 and the NJCAA then turned to Killian to take the office of President. After careful consideration and research, the membership approved the creation of the office of NJCAA Executive Director a year later and a search committee - headed by Vice President Homa Thomas - was appointed to review qualified applicants for the position and make its recommendation at the 1969 meeting.
It turned out that the NJCAA already had the right man for the job. Thomas, as well as a large contingent of supporters, believed Killian was the ideal candidate for the position. After talking it over with his family, Killian accepted the offer and became the first Executive Director of the NJCAA in April of 1969. Doing so meant he had to leave his position as head basketball coach and athletic director at Erie County & Technical College in Buffalo, N.Y., and relocate his family to Hutchinson as the organization voted that the national office of the NJCAA was to be based where its most prominent national tournament was located.
On August 1, 1969 the national office of the NJCAA officially opened in the Hilton Inn, also known as the Baker Hotel, in Hutchinson. Killian and Thomas, who was now NJCAA President, along with financial advisor Jerome Chandler and secretary Maxine Harper where on hand for an informal ceremony that resulted in great publicity for the organization in the area.
The NJCAA was in dire need of a man like Killian at the helm. As President, and then later as Executive Director, he pushed the NJCAA and its Regions to increase membership and actively recruit new colleges into the organization. This resulted in a continued surge in membership throughout the 1960s and 70s. Killian believed a larger association would raise the profile of the NJCAA and make it hard for people to ignore.
Killian strengthened the NJCAA's representation on the United States Olympic Committee and led the organization in becoming a charter member of the United States Sports Council with the NCAA, NAIA and other groups in 1967. Both yielded big dividends by the end of the decade.
With the United States Sports Council the NJCAA had access and was involved in the process of organizing and administering a program that selected American athletes to participate in the World University Games. It also helped the NJCAA stage international exhibitions at home and abroad.
Thanks to Killian's dynamic personality and persistence, by 1967 the USOC approved the NJCAA and California two-year colleges to participate in the U.S. Olympic team trials in the sports of basketball, track & field and wrestling. For basketball, Dick Baldwin of Broome Technical College, N.Y., and Jerry Tarkanian of Pasadena City College, Calif., served as co-head coaches at the Junior College Olympic Trials held in Hutchinson March 29-30, 1968. A squad of 25 was trimmed down to 12 that then travelled to Albuquerque, N.M., for the US Basketball Olympic Team Trials and competed against teams representing the AAU, Armed Forces Coalition, NCAA and NAIA. Players from all teams were eligible for selection on the 1968 U.S. Olympic team coached by Henry Iba that would compete in Mexico City.
Many dismissed the junior college players and so-called experts believed they would be overmatched at the trials. However, those assumptions were proven false. NJCAA superstar Spencer Haywood of Trinidad State Junior College (Colo.) not only impressed those in attendance but more importantly caught the eye of Iba. Haywood was selected to Team USA and was just 19 years old at the time. He became the first teenager to play on the U.S. Olympic basketball team and made the cut over future Naismith Hall of Famers Pete Maravich, Calvin Murphy and Dan Issel.
Haywood's selection proved to be important not only for the NJCAA but also for the United States. He led Team USA in scoring at the Mexico City Olympics, averaging 16.1 points per game. He scored 21 points in the gold medal game against Yugoslavia, securing the seventh-straight gold medal for the United States in men's basketball.
Killian, who attended the Olympics for the first time in Mexico City, wrote the following in the November 1968 issue of JUCO Review: "We of the NJCAA can be extremely proud of Spencer Haywood's play in the Olympic Games, but most noteworthy, we can point with pride to the wonderful showing Spencer made as a sportsman and a gentleman."
The American sports media could not get enough of Haywood and his rise from the NJCAA to Olympic stardom. His story solidified that the competition level in the NJCAA was high and warranted respect. Historically, nothing did more for the success and long-term credibility of the NJCAA during this time than Haywood's selection to and performance on the U.S. Olympic team. He would go on to success at the University of Detroit and later in the ABA and NBA.
Yet, without the efforts of new NJCAA leaders like Killian, Haywood and thousands of other student-athletes would not have had such tremendous opportunities.
The NJCAA entered the 1960s in a state of flux. Proven, trusted leaders had stepped aside. New leadership in a new era of collegiate and amateur athletics was needed. Though many were capable, no one was more right for the job than George E. Killian. As the decade closed, Killian was ready to advance the NJCAA in ways no one could have imagined.
With its sights on the future, the NJCAA, led by its new Executive Director, was ready and equipped to forge ahead.


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A tissue opening occluder comprising first and second occluder portions, each occluder portion including a frame structure and an attachment structure to attach one portion to the other portion. The frames may be utilized to constrain the tissue between the two portions enough to restrict the significant passage of blood therethrough. The frame portions may be covered by a fabric suspended from a perimeter thereof. The occluder portions are conjoined at least one point on each portion.
1. A reversibly deployable tissue opening occluder comprising an occluder panel and a wire anchor assembly having at least two wire portions extending from the occluder panel forming a continuous wire loop structure opposite the occluder panel, said occluder panel comprising a fabric support structure and fabric supported by a perimeter thereof, said wire anchor assembly having a substantially planar portion with a substantially flat configuration with a width substantially greater than a thickness thereof, said wire anchor assembly adapted to be selectively manipulatable in furtherance of positioning and securing said occluder panel at a tissue opening situs, said wire anchor assembly being at least indirectly linked at a periphery of said wire anchor assembly to a central portion of said fabric support structure, and said wire anchor assembly configured for placement within a tissue opening so as to extend through the opening and between first and second atria of a heart when deployed, and said occluder panel having a periphery with opposite ends, said wire anchor assembly being opposingly urged toward only one of the opposite ends for engagement with the tissue opening in furtherance of closure.
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This is a regular application filed under 35 U.S.C. �111(a) claiming priority under 35 U.S.C. �119(e)(1), of provisional application Ser. Nos. 60/309,337, 60/309,376, and 60/309,418, all having a filing date of Aug. 1, 2001, all of which were filed pursuant to 35 U.S.C. �111(b).
The present invention generally relates to devices for occluding a tissue opening such as a patent foramen ovale (PFO) or shunt in the heart, the vascular system, etc. and particularly provides an occluder device deliverable via a catheter to the site of a tissue opening.
The device of the subject invention, in all its embodiments, may be utilized for the occlusion of many types of tissue openings, such as septal defects and PFO, and the like. For the sake of clarity, the present invention may, at times, be described specifically in the context of occlusion of a PFO. This specific description, however, should not be taken to limit the scope of the possible applications of the present invention.
The term "patent foramen ovale" generally refers to the failure to close a normal opening between the left and right atria (i.e., upper chambers) of the heart. Typically, a foramen ovale is a flap-like opening between the left and right atria of the heart which persists long after birth. Commonly, the foramen ovale has one flap extending from the top of the atrial chamber and another flap extending from the bottom of the atrial chamber, wherein the two flaps meet or overlap each other. Specifically, a PFO is typically located between the atrial septum primum and secundum at the location of the fossa ovalis. The opening provides a path to allow blood to bypass the lungs in an unborn infant, since the lungs are not in use during that period. The foramen ovale typically becomes functionally closed after the birth of the infant due to greater pressure from the increased blood flow in the left atrium acting upon the flap. However, in humans, for example, as many as 1 in 5 people have foramen ovale that do not fully close. In the absence of other cardiac defects or unusual cardiac pressures, the open foramen ovale does not present a substantial problem. However, in patients having circulatory problems wherein the pressure on the right side of the heart is increased, for example as the result of congenital heart disease, blood may begin to flow through the foramen ovale. This result may also occur, for example, in divers when experiencing an increase in pressure due to being under water. The presence of a significantly large PFO, a flap structure that cannot provide sufficient seal, or a significant increase in pressure can cause blood to shunt across the defect from the right atrium to the left atrium and hence on to the left ventricle, aorta, and brain. If the defect is not closed, the risk of stroke is increased. Shunting of blood from the left to the right side can also have negative consequences, such as cardiac failure or hemoptysis.
Tissue openings have traditionally been corrected by open heart surgery which required the surgeon to open the chest of a patient and bypass the heart temporarily. The surgeon would then physically cut into the heart and suture the opening closed. In the case of larger defects, a patch of a biologically compatible material would be sewn onto the tissue to cover the opening. However, the risk of complications occurring during such an intricate procedure presents substantial problems that patients would rather avoid.
In order to avoid such complications and the long recovery times associated with open heart surgery, a variety of trans-catheter closure techniques have been implemented. In such techniques, an occluding device is delivered through a catheter to the site of the tissue opening. Once the occlusion device is positioned adjacent the opening, it must be attached to the tissue wall containing the opening in a manner that permits it to effectively block the passage of blood through the opening. Furthermore, the occlusion device must also adjust to the anatomy or structure of the PFO, commonly a tunnel like structure, the width and length of which varies substantially between patients. As has been documented in the literature, the trans-catheter techniques developed thus far have had drawbacks associated therewith.
For example, a variety of heretofore known devices require assembly at the situs of the tissue opening. That is to say separable or separate halves of the device are deployed and subsequently united so as to traverse or span the tissue opening in furtherance of closure. Some well known devices require threading or "buttoning" of the discrete device elements. Additionally, such devices require special delivery and/or deployment tools, making their utility less than desirable.
A further shortcoming in the art yet to be adequately and fully addressed is the issue of device positioning at the situs and, more particularly, re-positioning in furtherance of effectuating a proper seal of the tissue opening. Also not addressed is the ability to retrieve the device from the situs without damage thereto. Heretofore, known devices appear to evidence a broad functionality, namely that of occlusion, or more pointedly, plugging a tissue opening without a full or more developed functionality of the constituents or substructures of the device, e.g., a device which includes a single occluder reversibly secured in place by an anchor assembly.
Heretofore known self expanding devices tend to be structurally complex, expensive to produce and cumbersome to load, unload, and reliably position at the situs of a tissue opening, and insensitive to the variable requirements of the PFO tunnel geometry. The balance or tension between the structural integrity of the device, its "size" (e.g., bulk, rigidity, etc.), and ability to remain optimally positioned continues to be a critical consideration, cardiac devices being subject to the rhythmic pumping of the heart, on the order of 100,000 beats per day.
The present invention addresses the needs of the field, as well as other problems associated with the prior art. The present invention offers advantages over the prior art and solves problems associated therewith.
The present invention is a tissue opening occluder which preferably has first and second portions. Both portions include a frame. One or both of the portions may have means for attaching the two portions together. Each of the frame portions is placed or positioned on one of opposite sides of a tissue wall to occlude the opening enough to restrict the significant passage of blood therethrough. One or both of the frame portions may also have a fabric support structure and have fabric suspended from a perimeter thereof. The fabric preferably is of such a type that it promotes the growth of tissue on the surface of or within the fabric. The portions may be directly attached together, attached by means of an attachment structure that is independent of either portion, may be conjoined at a single point or at a plurality of points, or may be attached by their frame and/or fabric elements. One or both of the portions may be formed in different shapes or may be identically configured.
In a first embodiment of the subject invention, the portions or halves of the occlusion device are configured as occluding panels, namely reversibly expandable elements which cooperatively engage opposing wall portions in the vicinity of the tissue defect (e.g., structures which are positioned in each atrium). Such occluding panels may be substantially planar or may have a significant third dimension. A variety of linkages are contemplated for integrating or otherwise joining the panels such that the sought after device responsiveness is obtained.
In a first alternate embodiment of the subject invention, one half of the occlusion device may be configured as an occluding panel (i.e., atrium engaging element), having two or three dimensions, while the second half may comprise a planar wire anchor structure which is configured to resiliently occupy a body structure, such as a PFO "tunnel," in furtherance of stabilizing the occluder panel portion of the device. The anchoring or positioning member may utilize one or more hook structures for engaging tissue surrounding the opening.
In yet a further embodiment of the subject invention, the device is adapted to be received and retained exclusively within the PFO "tunnel," no structure thereof extending into the atrium. The anchor structure stabilizes an occluding panel such that the panel "bridges" the portions of the septum within the area of the defect.
The present invention is thus an improved device over structures known in the prior art. More specific features and advantages obtained in view of those features will become apparent with reference to the drawing figures and DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION.
As a preliminary matter, the subject invention contemplates three general configurations, several styles of each shown and subsequently described in the figures. The first general configuration for the tissue opening occluder (e.g., those illustrated in
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The anchor assembly 34 of the tissue opening occluder 30 further includes linkage 44 (not shown in
As an integral component of the wire anchor element 40, the linkage 44, more particularly the physical point of connection of the occluder panel 32 to the wire anchor element 40, is preferably an eyelet 46 (i.e., a loop) as shown in
As is appreciated with reference to the figures, the planar wire anchor element 40 preferably, but not necessarily, has a periphery that extends out into the atria when positioned in furtherance of device anchoring. More particularly, the wire anchor element 40 is oriented substantially parallel to the tissue wall. The anchor profile should be low so that tissue can grow into the implant and so that the implant does not cause flow disturbance or facilitate clot formation. It is preferred in these embodiments, that the angle of difference between the tissue wall and the wire anchor element be less than 45 degrees, but more preferably may be less than 15 degrees. This angle of difference is preferably measured from the central axis of the tissue wall.
Anchor shapes are provided which offer capability to conform to the geometry of a PFO tunnel and resistance to inadvertent ejection from the tunnel in the direction of the occluder panel. The PFO tunnel generally ranges from 3-10 mm in width and 1-20 mm in length and is generally flat in height with no thickness under "at rest" conditions. Anchors such as those shown in
As previously noted, the occluder panel 32 comprises a fabric support structure 36 and fabric 38 supported or suspended by a perimeter thereof. The fabric support structure 36 of the occluder panel 32 is generally flexible and elastically deformable. Fabric 38, which may be formed of a thin, flexible material which can be folded and pulled taut without being damaged, is suspended or otherwise affixed to the perimeter of the fabric support structures 36. It may be desirable to provide an excess of fabric to the panel 32 or the anchor 40 so as to facilitate collapse of the fabric carrying structure into a catheter.
The fabric 38 is preferably a relatively porous material. While this may seem to contradict the purpose of the device, blood will tend to coagulate on the latticework provided by the porous material. Blood flow across the tissue opening is usually substantially blocked after minimal time passage. If so desired, the fabric 38 of the occluder panel 32 may be treated with a thrombogenic agent to speed this natural process, or may be impregnated with a biocompatible polymeric compound or the like to make it relatively impervious to fluids.
The primary purpose of using a porous fabric is to accelerate the process of permanently anchoring the device in place. The support structures hold the fabric tautly and in intimate contact with the surface of the tissue wall. This intimate contact between the tissue wall and perimeter of the occluder permits ingrowth of collagen and fibrous tissue from the tissue wall into the fabric. Over time, the membrane resting against the tissue wall will become securely anchored to the wall and be covered by a layer of endothelial cells. Elastic polymeric materials such as, for example, polyester knit, nylon, polypropylene, polytetrafluoroethylene (e.g., Teflon�), and expanded polytetrafluoroethylene (e.g., GoreTex�), as well as natural fabrics such as silk, are suitable materials for covering the fabric support structure 36 of the occluder panel 32.
To accommodate the need of the fabric support structure 36 to distort when retrieving the device 30 into a catheter, excess fabric can be provided. On an area basis relative to the support structure, an excess of fabric in the range, typically, of about 30-35 percent, and up to 50 percent, is sufficient. This range is required because the low stretch characteristics of the fabric prevent the support structure from collapsing in a manner suitable to get into the catheter. However, a 30 denier polyester knit is advantageous in that it possesses a low stretch character, is approximately 50% less bulky than known jersey style knit patterns which facilitates the use of smaller delivery catheters, and allows for the device of the subject invention to be retrieved into such catheters at forces that are not detrimental to either the catheter or the device (e.g., a 40 mm occluder may be pulled into a 12 French catheter using a reasonable peak force of about four pounds).
The fabric 38 may be attached to support structures 36, or wire anchor element 40 as the case may be, by any suitable means. For instance, the fabric 38 may be directly attached to the support structures 36 by means of an adhesive or the like, or the periphery of the fabric 38 may be wrapped about the support structures 36 and the peripheral edge attached to the rest of the fabric so as to essentially define a sleeve about the support structures 36. In the latter instance, the sleeve may fit the support structure relatively loosely so that the structure may move within the sleeve with respect to the fabric. The peripheral edge of the fabric may be affixed to the rest of the fabric sheet 38 in any suitable fashion such as by sewing. Preferably, though, the periphery of the fabric can be sewn to at least some portion of the perimeter segments of the support structures 36 using a polyester, non-adsorbable suture or the like.
The planar wire anchor element 40 and the fabric support structure 36 are preferably formed of a flexible, elastically deformable material such as a biocompatible metal, metal alloy or polymer, most preferably a superelastic material. One such material currently known in the art is a near-stoichiometric nickel/titanium alloy, commonly referred to as Nitinol or NiTi. Such superelastic materials may be elastically deformed to a much greater extent than most other materials, yet substantially fully recover their original shape when released. This permits the frame to be deformed sufficiently for insertion into, and passage through, a small-diameter catheter, yet automatically elastically return to its initial shape upon exiting the catheter.
The frame portions are preferably manufactured with nitinol wire that can be wound around the pins of a forming die and subjected to heat treatment. The wire may be bent through greater than 360 degrees to form the loops or eyelets. The ends of the wire may be attached to each other in any secure fashion, such as by means of welding, a suitable biocompatible cementitious material, or by any means known in the art. For example, the wire ends of each frame half can be connected with a titanium hypo tube using a compression crimp. Titanium is more ductile than nitinol, providing a reliable grip with excellent corrosion resistance, thereby making this method suitable for joining the ends of the material. Alternately, the preferred forms for the fabric support and/or the wire anchor element may be cut out from a sheet of such superelastic material as a single structure, by chemical etching, punching with a suitable punch and die, or any other appropriate forming method.
In order to enhance radiopacity so that the device can be viewed remotely during deployment, either the fabric support structure 36 or the wire anchor element (or both) may be provided with a radiopaque coating, such as gold or platinum. For instance, the wire may be plated with a thin layer of gold or platinum. For instance, a helically wound length of a thin radiopaque wire may be placed over the wire, alternatively, radiopaque marking bands, which are commercially available, may be employed. By placing one such band on segments of device structures, a physician can remotely visualize the frame as a plurality of small bands; when the bands are appropriately spaced from one another on a monitor, the physician knows that the frame is properly deployed. Alternatively, the fabric support structures can be made of wire with a radiopaque core.
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The anchor element 40 of
It will be understood that the fabric support structure can, in some embodiments, comprise a single continuous wire made of nitinol. A structure employing multiple nitinol sections, however, can also be utilized.
The swatch of fabric is made of any appropriate material discussed hereinbefore. In any case, the material of which it is made will function to promote tissue growth within the PFO infudibulum.
It will be understood that insertion of the occluder panel 32 into the PFO infudibulum will be accomplished in a manner known in the prior art. Typically, a nitinol fabric support structure would be positioned within a deployment catheter in a contracted configuration. After the catheter has been inserted through a patient's vasculature to arrive at the PFO, it can be deployed in an appropriate manner known in the prior art. Appropriate deployment techniques are taught in pending U.S. patent application Ser. No. 09/628,211, application Ser. No. 09/760,056 and issued U.S. Pat. No. 6,214,029. Those techniques are hereby incorporated by reference.
Although the foregoing has focused on application of the present invention to occlude atrial PFO, the invention is not limited to occluding only foramen ovale. For instance, the instant occlusion device can be used to treat atrial septal defect, ventricular septal defect, patent ductus arteriosus, or any other congenital or acquired orificial or tubular communications between vascular chambers or vessels.
While a preferred embodiment of the present invention has been described, it should be understood that various changes, adaptations and modifications may be made therein without departing from the spirit of the invention. Changes may be made in details, particularly in matters of shape, size, material, and arrangement of parts without exceeding the scope of the invention. Accordingly, the scope of the invention is as defined in the language of the appended claims.
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We must learn to love unconditionally as God loves us. Only then can we put aside our own selfish motivations and become united as we were intended to be. Only the Holy Spirit is able to lead and guide us into all truth. First we must make sure we are listening to the right voice. Not the voice of tradition. Not the voice of indoctrination. How will you know Him? There is no darkness in Him at all. Never any encouragement to argue or coerce. His intentions are always pure. Listen only to that voice and speak the truth in love.
Jesus said that, if He be lifted up, He would draw all people unto Himself. That has obviously not happened as of yet.
QuoteJesus said that, if He be lifted up, He would draw all people unto Himself. That has obviously not happened as of yet. Hi alihaymeg , I have read what you have said and can understand some of it But to me when Jesus appeared He made this statment that He had no where to lay His Head , to me the body of Christ was not formed yet , but when you read Pauls writtings the Bodyof Christ / True Church was being drawn to the Head [Christ Jesus ] So I do believe that the body is being drawn to the Head and being formed and knitted in Love in the Spirit it is ,, but the flesh is being destroyed simultaneously and that is maybe what is being observed outwardly ? here is a few scriptures to show my point, the body without forming to the Head /Christ ? Mat 8:20 And Jesus said unto him, The foxes have holes, and the birds of the air [have] nests; but the Son of man has no where to lay [his] head.[metaph. anything supreme, chief, prominent]of Christ: the Lord of the husband and of the Church That we [henceforth] be no more children, tossed to and fro, and carried about with every wind of doctrine, by the sleight of men, [and] cunning craftiness, whereby they lie in wait to deceive; Eph 4:15 But speaking the truth in love, may grow up into him in all things, which is the head, [even] Christ:From whom the whole body fitly joined together and compacted by that which every joint supplies, according to the effectual working in the measure of every part, making increase of the body unto the edifying of itself in love. Col 1:18 And he is the head of the body, the church: who is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead; that in all [things] he might have the preeminence. now PAUL shows the lack or dividing and not drawing here hummm. Col 2:19 And not holding the Head, from which all the body by joints and bands having nourishment ministered, and knit together, increases with the increase of God. Wherefore if you be dead with Christ from the rudiments of the world, why, as though living in the world, are you subject to ordinances,(Touch not; taste not; handle not] Which all are to perish with the using;) after the commandments and doctrines of men? Which things have indeed a show of wisdom in will worship, and humility, and neglecting of the body; not in any honor to the satisfying of the flesh. we are to glory in God through Christ in Spirit and Truth as Paul said above we do not glory/boast in our flesh or let others glory in your flesh the word glory means basically to "boast" http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/boastGal 6:13 For neither they themselves who are circumcised keep the law; but desire to have you circumcised, that they may glory/boast in your flesh. makes you wonder dont it ?
Oh I see! I am new here too.You were not speaking generally about Christians but specifically towards a denominational system which prevents people from questioning what they were taught in order to find understanding. The moment we disagree, we are treated as heretics, not seekers of understanding concerning the things of God. I just read through this forum, it just appears to me that some here who think any disagreement is evil and to stand up for what we believe in is some how makes us unloving. So I thought you were agreeing with that statement. I think I will be quiet from now on because I don't want to contribute to a misunderstanding.
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What a popular name says to menDo you know gazillions of girls with the same name as you? If your name is Ashley, Stephanie, Amanda, Jennifer or Jessica—some of the most common names of women ages 18 to 35—you probably do, and Wattenberg, author of The Baby Name Wizard, says that's not a bad thing. Many guys are "really drawn to the names that are popular and fashionable in their own age group," she says. "There's something approachable about the familiar—it doesn't make him stop and wonder."
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What a fantasy name says to menDoesn't it seem like exotic dancers always have stage names like Destiny or Angel? It turns out, there's a reason for that: They are names that immediately evoke a fantasy. "But what guys look for in a fantasy is not necessarily what they look for in reality," says Wattenberg. "And if what you want is to be reality, then you don't need to worry that your name isn't Heaven."
What a girl with a guy's name says to men"Parents sometimes give girls masculine-sounding names because they think it sounds stronger, but that's not necessarily the case," says Wattenberg. "You don't meet a Peyton and assume she's stronger than a Margaret." But having a manly name, interestingly, can be very sexy to men. "It suggests that you're very American, very modern." And if you're a girly-girl with a masculine name, that juxtaposition can be intriguing to men.
What a name ending in ie says to menThe ie ending evokes a response similar to that of the common name. "The sort of cute nicknames like Jessie or Lexie are approachable," says Wattenberg. "It's a very friendly name. In terms of being somebody who you're willing to talk to at a party, a nickname like that can be very approachable."
What a name that's the same as his middle-school crush says to menTo guys, the sexiest name you could have is that of the girl he fantasized about in ninth grade, says Wattenberg. "Every guy has his own funny little map of names in his head in which certain names just make him look all dreamy. And that's one you can't control." Which means no Facebooking his high-school flame and changing your name to hers!