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A dilatation balloon and catheter for insertion into a bodily conduit. The catheter (10) includes shaft (12) and a dilatation balloon (24) at the distal end of the shaft. The balloon is inflated via a central lumen (14) in the shaft for delivery of a fluid inflation media. The balloon is fabricated from a combination of a thermoplastic elastomer (TPE), preferably an engineering thermoplastic elastomer (ETE), with a non-compliant structural polymeric material. The combination may be a blend of the non-compliant structural polymer and the TPE. Alternatively, the combination may be a layered balloon having, for example, a non-compliant structural polymer inner layer and a soft, abrasion resistant, elastomeric outer layer. Methods for fabricating the balloon from the combination of a TPE and a non-compliant structural polymer are also disclosed.
1. A dilatation balloon for use in a medical device, the balloon having a structural layer which is a blend consisting essentially of polyethylene terephthalate (PET) as its major component and as a minor component a randomized block copolymer of polyether glycol and polybutylene terephthalate.
2. The balloon of claim 1 further comprising an elastomeric layer outside of the structural layer.
3. The balloon of claim 2 in which the elastomeric layer comprises a blend of an ETE with PET.
4. A dilatation balloon for use in a medical device, the balloon comprising a structural layer which is a blend consisting essentially of polyethylene terephthalate (PET) as its major component and as a minor component a randomized block copolymer of polyether glycol and polybutylene terephthalate, the balloon further comprising an elastomeric layer outside of the structural layer, said balloon being made by a process which comprises coextruding the elastomeric layer and the structural layer.
5. A dilatation balloon for use in a medical device, the balloon having a structural layer which is a blend comprising at least two components: a) polyethylene terephthalate (PET) as its major component; and b) as a minor component a randomized block copolymer of polyether glycol and polybutylene terephthalate, said blend components not being covalently bound to other molecules.
6. The balloon of claim 1, 4 or 5 in which the randomized block copolymer of polyether glycol and polybutylene terephthalate is HYTREL�.
7. The balloon of claim 1, 4, or 5 in which the PET in the blend comprises modified PET.
8. The balloon of claim 7 in which the modified PET is SELAR�.
This is a continuation of application Ser. No. 08/653,117, filed May 24, 1996, now U.S. Pat. No. 5,797,877, which is incorporated herein by reference in its entirety.
The present invention relates to catheters that can be placed in bodily conduits. The invention particularly relates to dilatation balloons and catheters using such balloons for administering treatments to widen constricted passages in, for example, angioplasty, valvuloplasty, or urological procedures.
One example of such a procedure, angioplasty, is used to treat a stenosis, i.e. to restore adequate blood flow to a region of a blood vessel which has been narrowed to such a degree that blood flow is restricted. Frequently the stenosis can be expanded so that the vessel will permit an acceptable blood flow rate. Coronary angioplasty, for example, includes the insertion of a balloon catheter through a patient's coronary artery to an arterial stenosis and injecting a suitable fluid into the balloon to inflate it, hence expanding the stenosis radially outwardly. Angioplasty has proven to be a successful alternative to coronary arterial bypass surgery.
Typically, balloon catheters have a balloon fastened at at least one end around the exterior of a hollow catheter shaft. The hollow interior of the balloon is in fluid flow relation with the hollow interior of the shaft. The shaft then may be used to provide a fluid supply for inflating the balloon.
Presently used catheter balloons may be classified as compliant or non-compliant balloons. Compliant balloons expand and stretch with increasing pressure within the balloon, and are made from such materials as polyethylene or polyolefin copolymers. Non-compliant balloons, made from such materials as polyethylene terephthalate (PET) or polyamides, remain at a preselected diameter as the internal balloon pressure increases beyond that required to fully inflate the balloon.
Compliant balloon materials provide a degree of softness to the balloon which aids its passage through, e.g., blood vessels with minimal trauma. Known compliant balloon materials also can display good abrasion and puncture resistance at thicknesses typically used for medical device balloons. However, as mentioned above, they do not remain at the desired diameter with increasing pressure. Such compliant balloons also lack sufficient hoop strength to achieve high dilating forces.
A non-compliant balloon, that is one remaining at a preselected diameter regardless of increasing pressure, is often desirable. Typical non-compliant balloon materials do not exhibit the same degrees of softness and abrasion resistance as the compliant balloons.
It would be desirable, for many treatment conditions, to have a dilatation balloon exhibiting the combined characteristics of softness, abrasion and puncture resistance, hoop strength, and the ability to maintain a preselected diameter as the internal pressure within the balloon is increased. The balloon described herein was developed to address that need.
In one embodiment, the invention is a dilatation balloon for use in a medical catheter device. The dilatation balloon includes a thermoplastic elastomer in combination with a non-compliant structural polymeric material. The preferred thermoplastic elastomer includes an engineering thermoplastic elastomer, for example a polyether glycol/polybutylene terephthalate block copolymer. The thermoplastic elastomer may be combined with the non-compliant structural polymeric material as an outer elastomeric layer disposed upon an inner structural layer of the non-compliant structural polymeric material, as both an inner elastomeric layer and an outer elastomeric layer disposed upon an intermediate structural layer of the non-compliant structural polymeric material, or as a blend of the thermoplastic elastomer and the non-compliant structural polymeric material.
In another embodiment, the invention is a catheter for insertion into a bodily conduit. The catheter includes a shaft having a lumen internal to the shaft for delivery of fluid inflation media, and a dilatation balloon bonded to the shaft and defining a chamber. The chamber is in fluid communication with the lumen to permit inflation of the chamber. The dilatation balloon includes a thermoplastic elastomer in combination with a non-compliant structural polymeric material, as described above with respect to the balloon in accordance with the invention.
In yet another embodiment, the invention is a method for fabricating a dilatation balloon for use in a medical catheter device. The method involves producing a generally cylindrical balloon blank from a combination of a thermoplastic elastomer and a non-compliant structural material, and shaping the balloon blank to produce the dilatation balloon.
The balloon blank may be produced by disposing an elastomeric layer including the thermoplastic elastomer upon a structural layer including the non-compliant structural polymeric material to produce a layered, generally cylindrical balloon blank. The thermoplastic elastomer and the non-compliant structural polymeric material may be coextruded to produce the balloon blank. Alternatively, the balloon blank may be produced by preparing a blend of the thermoplastic elastomer and the non-compliant structural polymeric material. A generally cylindrical balloon blank is formed from the blend, and the balloon blank is then shaped to produce the dilatation balloon. The balloon blank may be shaped to have a generally cylindrical central portion and generally conical end portions.
For a better understanding of the present invention, together with other objects, advantages, and capabilities thereof, reference is made to the following Description and appended claims, together with the Drawings in which:
FIG. 1 is an elevation view of a medical balloon catheter, partly in section, in accordance with one embodiment of the present invention;
FIG. 2a is a cross-sectional view of the balloon of FIG. 1, taken along line 2a--2a, showing the balloon layers;
FIGS. 2b, 2c, and 2d are cross-sectional views similar to that shown in FIG. 2a (omitting the shaft distal end) illustrating balloons in accordance with alternate embodiments of the invention.
An exemplary embodiment of the balloon and catheter in accordance with the invention is described herein. The angioplasty catheter includes a balloon mounted at the distal end of a shaft including at least one lumen for inflation of the balloon. The balloon is a generally tubular body fabricated from a combination of a non-compliant structural polymeric material and a thermoplastic elastomer (TPE). The combination may be in the form of coextensive coextruded layers, otherwise disposed layers, blends, or blended layers of these materials. Once the catheter is in position within the patient's artery, a fluid inflation medium may be introduced via the lumen to inflate the balloon to the preselected desired diameter.
The term "structural polymer" or "structural polymeric material", as used herein, is intended to mean any polymeric material suitable for use in medical balloons and compatible with the TPE selected. As mentioned above, the term "non-compliant", as used herein, is intended to mean remaining at a preselected diameter as the internal pressure in the balloon is increased above that required to fully inflate the balloon. The structural layer of the balloon must be self supporting and capable of supporting at least one TPE layer thereon. Suitable non-compliant structural polymeric materials include, for example, modified polyesters, polyethylene terephthalate (PET), modified polybutylenes, polyvinyl chlorides, polyamides (e.g. Nylon), etc., or a combination thereof. Preferred are biaxially oriented non-compliant structural materials; most preferred is biaxially oriented PET.
The term "thermoplastic elastomer" or "TPE", as used herein, is intended to mean a polymeric material that combines the mechanical properties of a thermoset rubber, i.e. resiliency, softness, and toughness, with the production economics of a thermoplastic polymer. The TPEs include styrenic block copolymers, polyolefin blends (TPOs), elastomeric alloys, thermoplastic polyurethanes (TPUs), thermoplastic copolyesters, and thermoplastic polyamides. These materials have varying patterns of hard and soft segments included in the polymer chain or compound. The hard segments melt or soften at processing temperatures, producing a melt processable material for ease of fabrication. In block copolymer TPEs, the hard and soft regions are in the same polymer chain. Descriptions of various types of TPEs may be found in Modern Plastics Encyclopedia 1988, Vol. 64, No. 10A, pp. 93-100 (October 1987), and in Modern Plastics Encyclopedia 1990, Vol. 66, No. 11, pp. 122-131 (Mid-October 1989), both incorporated herein by reference.
The preferred TPEs for the balloon described herein are engineering thermoplastic elastomers (ETEs), which are randomized block copolymers having polyester crystalline hard segments and amorphous glycol soft segments. ETEs possess flexibility over a useful range of strain, and are quite extensible when operating within their elastic limit. Another advantage of ETEs for medical devices is their resistance to most radiation, permitting sterilization by such means, although they must be protected from UV radiation.
The more preferred ETEs for use in the medical devices described herein are randomized block copolymers of polyether glycol and polybutylene terephthalate (PBT). These combine crystalline PBT hard segments with melt stable glycol soft segments, and come in a wide range of stiffness grades. Most preferred are those having a flexural modulus of about 21,000-440,000 psi (as measured in accordance with ASTM D790, Method 1), for example Hytrel� polymers (available from E.I. DuPont de Nemours and Company, Wilmington, Del.).
As mentioned above, the combination of a TPE and a non-compliant structural polymer may be in the form of blends, coextensive coextruded layers, otherwise disposed layers, or layers of blends of these materials. Suitable blends include homogeneous and near-homogeneous blends, which may be prepared by such conventional means as stirring, mixing, compounding, etc.
In a layered embodiment of the balloon, one or more base structural polymer layers are formed, for example by extrusion, from a non-compliant structural polymer, as described above. Alternatively, the base non-compliant structural layer is formed from a blend of two or more structural polymers, a blend of a structural polymer with a minor amount of another polymeric material, or a blend of a structural polymer with a minor amount of a TPE. As used herein, the term "minor amount" is intended to mean an amount selected to make the additive no more than a secondary component, for example less than 50 weight %, of the blend. The material of the structural layer, however, must still contribute to the balloon the properties described above for the structural material. This base structural layer (or layers) is typically at least about 0.2-1.5 mil thick, and gives the balloon its tensile strength so that the balloon wall is self supporting.
At least one additional, elastomeric outer layer about 0.2-0.5 mil thick is coextruded with or otherwise disposed on the base layer and, typically, generally coextensive therewith. Normally, the elastomeric layer is significantly thinner than the structural layer. The material of this outer layer is based on a thermoplastic elastomer (TPE) which, in some embodiments, may be combined in a blend with other polymers known to be suitable for medical balloons. The amount of these other polymers, however, should be within limits which would permit such a blend to contribute to the balloon the properties described herein for such an elastomeric layer. Especially preferred for this outer elastomeric layer is a blend of an ETE with a small amount of a non-compliant structural polymer, e.g. a blend of about 1-10 weight % PET, remainder Hytrel elastomer.
In some of the above-described layered balloons, it may be advantageous to dispose or coextrude an adhesive or other polymer layer between two or more of the layers. In one embodiment, an adhesive layer may be included to improve adhesion between coextensive balloon layers and, if desired, may be applied for adhesion of the medical device balloon to a catheter shaft. In another embodiment, an additional polymer layer may be included to contribute other desirable properties to the balloon, for example to contribute further to the softness and/or foldability of the balloon. In other embodiments, the adhesive or other polymer may be blended with a structural and/or elastomeric layer to contribute its properties to the balloon. For example, in a three layer balloon an adhesive polymer may be blended with a structural polymer layer to improve adhesion of inner and outer ETE layers to the structural layer. The amount of adhesive or other polymer in such a blend is selected to provide the desired enhancement of properties while permitting the blend to possess the properties described herein for such a layer. Examples of adhesive materials for forming this layer or blend are Bynel� adhesive resin (E.I. DuPont de Nemours and Company, Wilmington, Del.) or Plexar� adhesive resin (Quantum Chemical Corp., Cincinnati, Ohio.). Selar� modified PET resin (E.I. DuPont de Nemours and Company, Wilmington, Del.) is a suitable polymer intermediate layer or blend additive for improving softness and foldability of the balloon. Bynel and Plexar resins can also serve to improve the abrasion resistance and puncture resistance of the balloon, and provide it with a softer feel.
In another embodiment of the balloon, a single layer balloon wall is fabricated from a blend of a non-compliant structural polymer and a TPE. The TPE, preferably the above-described polyether glycol/PBT block copolymer, is blended with the structural polymer in a TPE-to-structural polymer ratio selected to provide the desired degree of softness and abrasion resistance to the balloon without unduly compromising the hoop strength or the desired inflated diameter. As mentioned above, such blends may be homogeneous or near-homogeneous, and may be blended in any of several ways known in the art. Typical polymer ratios for such a single layer balloon are about 40:60 to 60:40, TPE:structural polymer.
In other embodiments, the TPE/structural polymer blend used in the above-described single layer balloon may be used as a structural layer in combination with other layers, or may be blended to be used as an elastomeric layer in a layered balloon. The polymer ratio for a blended structural layer of such a balloon is typically about 40:60 to 60:40, TPE:structural polymer; that for elastomeric inner or outer layers is typically about 30:70 to 60:40, TPE:structural polymer. The exact ratios within these ranges to produce specific balloon characteristics are empirically determined with minimal experimentation. These blended layers may be used with or without an adhesive or softening component or layer as described above.
The use of thermoplastic elastomers in medical device balloons results in a superior balance of balloon properties when used as one or more outer layers over a structural layer of currently used balloon materials or other suitable structural polymers, or as outer and inner layers surrounding such a structural layer. Alternatively, this superior balance of balloon properties may be achieved by using TPEs as a blend with currently used balloon materials or other suitable structural polymers. By varying the fabrication method and/or layer materials and/or blend materials and ratios, as described herein, the structural and surface properties of the ETE containing balloon may be precisely tailored for a desired procedure.
The description below of various illustrative embodiments shown in the Drawings refers to engineering thermoplastic elastomers (ETEs). However, it is not intended to limit the scope of the present invention, but merely to be illustrative and representative thereof.
Referring now to FIG. 1, catheter 10 in accordance with one embodiment of the present invention includes shaft 12 having lumens 14 and 16 extending therethrough, and having a proximal end 18 and a distal end 20. Distal end 20 extends to catheter tip 22. Dilatation balloon 24, shown in FIG. 1 in its inflated state, surrounds shaft distal end 20. Balloon proximal end 26 is bonded to shaft distal end 20 at a point spaced from tip 22, and balloon distal end 28 is bonded to shaft distal end 20 near tip 22, each, e.g., by a suitable adhesive (not shown). Balloon 24 defines balloon chamber 30 which is in fluid communication with lumen 14 via aperture 32. Thus, balloon 24 may be inflated by passing a fluid inflation medium through lumen 14 and aperture 32 into chamber 30. Lumen 16 may be used, for example, to contain a guidewire or other device.
As shown in FIGS. 1 and 2a, dilatation balloon 24 surrounding shaft distal end 20 is made up of two layers, 34 and 36, of differing polymeric materials. Inner layer 34 is a structural layer of, e.g., PET approximately 0.2-1.0 mil thick. Outer layer 36 has been co-extruded to be co-extensive with layer 34, and is a layer of ETE, e.g. Hytrel copolymer, about 0.2-0.5 mil thick.
FIGS. 2b, 2c, and 2d each illustrate alternate embodiments of the balloon of the invention in cross-section, similarly to FIG. 2a. For simplicity, however, shaft distal end 20, although actually present in the same position as shown in FIG. 2a, is not depicted in the view shown in FIGS. 2b-2d.
FIG. 2b illustrates in cross-section dilatation balloon 24a, fabricated from single layer 38 of a blend of a structural polymer, e.g. polyethylene terephthalate, with an ETE, for example Hytrel copolymer.
FIG. 2c shows balloon 24b fabricated from, e.g., coextruded triple layers, 34a, 36a, and 40. Structural layer 34a and ETE outer layer 36a are similar to layers 34 and 36 of FIGS. 1 and 2a. In the embodiment illustrated in FIG. 2c, however, an additional ETE layer, innermost layer 40, has been coextruded to be coextensive with layers 34a and 36a and internal thereto. Innermost layer 40 provides additional tear resistance to protect the balloon wall from damage from internal pressure. Layer 40 also provides for a softer, more foldable balloon.
FIG. 2d illustrates balloon 24c, fabricated in a similar manner to balloon 24 of FIGS. 1 and 2a, and having inner structural layer 34b and ETE outer layer 36b. Thin intermediate adhesive layer 42 of, e.g., Bynel resin is coextruded with and between layers 34b and 36b to be coextensive therewith, acting to bond together more securely layers 34b and 36b.
In other alternate embodiments, one or more of layers 34, 34a, and 34b may be a blend of a structural polymer with an ETE. Also alternatively, one or more of layers 36, 36a, 36b, or 40 may be a blend of ETE with a structural polymeric material. In the embodiment of FIG. 2c, a sufficient amount of a polymeric adhesive to improve bonding of the layers may be blended into layer 34a. Alternatively, layer 34a may be , e.g., a Selar resin balloon softening layer. Also alternatively,the adhesive or other polymeric additive may be blended into, e.g., layer 34, 36, 36a, 40, etc., as described above. In other alternate embodiments, not shown, the balloon may have more than one innermost and/or outermost ETE layer. For example, a balloon may be similar to that shown in FIG. 2a but have an additional ETE layer between layers 34 and 36, or may be similar to that shown in FIG. 2c but have an additional ETE layer between layers 34a and one or both of layers 36a and 40.
In operation, the catheter device including the novel dilatation balloon is inserted into the vasculature of a patient, and is manipulated into position by torquing, pushing, and pulling. Positioning of the catheter is aided by the softness of the balloon provided by the TPE component of the balloon. Once the catheter is in position, the balloon is inflated to the preselected diameter, then deflated via the central lumen of the shaft. The inclusion of a non-compliant structural polymer in the balloon makes possible such preselection of the diameter. Upon completion of the dilation procedure and deflation of the balloon, the catheter is removed from the patient. Removal of the catheter is also aided by the softness contributed to the balloon by the TPE component.
The invention described herein presents to the art novel, improved catheters and composite medical device balloons including thermoplastic elastomers as (a) one or more layers in addition to one or more layers of currently used balloon structural materials or other suitable structural polymers, or (b) as a blend with such materials. The inclusion of TPE results in a superior balance of balloon properties. For example, softer feel; superior abrasion and puncture resistance; lower required insertion, placement, and withdrawal forces; lower balloon resistance to inflation and deflation pressure; superior refoldability, with fold memory; and the ability to maintain a preselected diameter are all achievable in a single balloon fabricated as described herein. Thus, the balloon described herein can provide a non-compliant balloon with the softness of a compliant balloon, as well as a soft balloon with ranges of burst strength and hoop strength equivalent to those of harder balloons. The use of the adhesives and other layers or layer additives described herein, especially the Bynel and Plexar adhesives and Selar additive described, can offer advantageous adhesive and/or softening properties. By varying the fabrication method and/or layer or blend materials and ratios as described herein, the balance of structural and surface properties of the TPE containing balloon may be precisely tailored for a specific procedure.
While there has been shown and described what are at present considered the preferred embodiments of the invention, it will be apparent to those skilled in the art that modifications and changes can be made therein without departing from the scope of the present invention as defined by the appended claims.
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With all but two players back from last year's Region IV semifinalist squad, expectations are sky high for Carroll County's boys' basketball team.
And there is plenty of reason for Cavalier fans to be optimistic about the 2012-2013 season. Brad Hawks will have the luxury of his deepest team as Carroll's head coach with 10 players that he said he would feel comfortable starting. The Cavs have plenty of big bodies to bang inside to compliment a talented group of guards led by Southwest District Player of the Year and All-Region IV First-Team selection Ryan Gravley.
"We're expecting to get after people and to be very competitive in the Southwest District and hopefully Region IV," Hawks said.
While Hawks may be careful with the words he chooses to talk about expectations, the non-district schedule tells a different story. The Cavaliers have considerably beefed up the out-of-league slate with games against Virginia Episcopal on Feb. 2, and three games against defending state champions against Christiansburg on Jan. 5 and a home-and-home series with Galax set for Dec. 6 and Dec. 14. Carroll will also play Oak Hill Red on Jan. 29 and face George Wythe in the Fort Chiswell Christmas Tournament.
"We'd like to get up and play some more man-to-man defense. We tweaked the schedule a little to try to play some teams that would prepare us a little better for the regionals," Hawks said. "I think our schedule is pretty tough. That should be a good thing."
Everything will start with Gravley, an exceptional guard that can beat teams with his passing just as well as his scoring. Last year he led the Cavaliers with 15.2 points per game, and his 5.6 assists per contest led the entire Timesland. Perhaps his biggest contribution was his ability to take over games in clutch situations as he helped guide Carroll to a 19-5 overall mark and 12-0 record in the SWD en route to earning honorable mention All-Group AA honors.
"Ryan is solid. He had a good summer and really turned some heads in the camps we went too," Hawks said. "He is getting some (college) looks right now. He just needs to continue with that steady guard play because we go as he goes. His major strength is not athletic ability - it is his basketball IQ and just being smart with the ball."
Gravley will have plenty of help in the Cavalier backcourt. Joining him will be junior Connor Lundy, a second-team All-SWD selection a year ago. Last season, Lundy finished second on the team in scoring with 13.3 points per game while shooting 32 percent from beyond the 3-point line. He also averaged 4 rebounds and 2.2 assists per outing.
"Connor is about 6-4 now and he is shooting the ball really well. He will be expected to score a lot for us this year," Hawks said. "This is his third year on varsity now and he is getting to the rim better this year. He has put on a little weight and he's a little stronger, so his ability to finish a little better will compliment his outside game."
Gunnar Beamer earned honorable mention all-district accolades last season while averaging 3.8 points and 2.9 assists per game as a sophomore. Beamer will run the point more this year, which should benefit the Cavs in several ways.
"Gunnar is expected to come in and run the show at point guard and that will free Ryan up to move to the wing a little. Gunnar has had a good summer and has been working very hard. He handles the ball real well," Hawks said. "With him running point, I don't think Ryan will get worn down as much as he did last year. Teams threw two or three guys at him a lot, so with Gunnar running the point and handling the ball extremely well, it will be hard for other teams to pressure us."
Senior guard Chris Smoot returns after an honorable mention all-district campaign as well after averaging 3.6 points and 2.9 rebounds last year. His full-tilt hustle and attitude on the court seem to be infectious and sparked Carroll on many occasions last year.
"Chris Smoot is by far our best on-ball defender," Hawks said. "He knows his role on the team and knows what is expected out of him. The kids feed off his energy."
Taylor Case is a reserve guard that provides Carroll with another very athletic body and steady presence. With such a talented backcourt, the Cavs will look to push the pace of the game.
"We're going to try to get up and down the floor as much as we can. I think guard play is a strength for us," Hawks said. "We'll try to get up and down when we can, but we're not afraid to hold the ball and set up in the offense either because our guards do handle the ball pretty well."
The Cavaliers are just as deep up front, but the team will certainly miss the services of talented forward Wes Smoot, a second-team All-SWD pick last year. Still, with Cody Keith (an honorable mention all-district pick) and Duncan Reece back after tremendous sophomore campaigns, Hawks believes Carroll will be okay.
"Both are athletic, run the floor well and are very active on defense. Hopefully those two can step in and fill the void Wes left," Hawks said. "Cody runs the point spot on our press the best of anybody we've had. When he is deflecting passes and getting steals, I think our press is very effective."
Hawks said Reece moves his feet extremely well to be 6-6. He continues to become more active on defense and should help Carroll tremendously.
"He's come in with a great attitude so far this year about getting better," Hawks said. "He is putting in extra time shooting free throws and finishing around the bucket, things like that."
Add senior returners Austin Horton, Tyler Lineberry and Lucas Holder into the mix and the Cavaliers have a big and deep frontcourt. Horton is in his fourth year on the varsity team while Lineberry and Holder come in with two years of varsity experience.
"All three guys can come in and mix it up down low and they all play the back spot on the press pretty well," Hawks said. "They are all capable of rebounding and scoring in the post."
An honorable mention all-district player last year, Horton led the team with 5.3 rebounds and placed fourth on the squad with 8.4 points per game. Steady in all aspects of the game, Horton drew 35 charges last season.
"That is an unbelievable number – I'd say it's got to be some kind of record. Austin has upped his role on the team this year and taken on more leadership. I've been impressed with him as far as his leadership qualities," Hawks said. "He's also learned to play that back spot in the press as good as anybody."
A 6-5, 270-pound human roadblock, Holder worked extremely hard in the weight room to get quicker and faster, which Hawks said has made a major difference. Meanwhile, Hawks said Lineberry played AAU basketball all summer and has worked extremely hard on his footwork and ability to score in the post.
Nathan Snow is another returning frontcourt player that always provides a spark with what Hawks calls his "rah-rah" attitude and all-out hustle. Mixing so many talented and experienced parts should allow Hawks to tinker with his lineup most nights based on the opponent.
"I think we have legitimately 10 guys that could all work their way into the starting lineup at one point or another. We are fortunate because the kids will have to practice hard to get on the floor," Hawks said. "I think it is a good thing because we can go super small if we need to or we can go super big."
Moving up from the JV team will be Winston Giles, Blake Dalton and Tyler Hayton. Giles will most likely miss the first 4-6 weeks with a hip injury, but Hawks said he has the ability to be a zone buster with his outside shooting. He's also versatile enough to play forward or guard.
Dalton is a junior guard that can come in and give minutes backing up Gravley. Hawks said he admires Dalton because of the way he practices so hard. Hayton provides more size at 6-5. Right now he is learning his role, but Hawks expects him to improve as he practices against Carroll's abundance of talented post players.
Carroll will need every bit of its talent, Hawks says, to run through the Southwest District again this year. Abingdon and Tazewell both are very dangerous teams that he expects to give the Cavs a run for their money this season.
"The Southwest District is as strong as it's been in the five years since I've been coaching," Hawks said.


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Hayden Ploeger didnt have much trouble making his decision about where he would go to college.
Presbyterian College is the only school that made me a definite offer, the South Aiken High School senior golfer said on Tuesday after signing his letter of intent at the school library in front of family, friends and school officials.
While Ploeger said there were other colleges that he considered or showed interest, Presbyterian had the edge because of its commitment to him. And when he visited the campus, he felt even better about the decision.
I took my official visit and enjoyed seeing students on campus, Ploeger said. I met the players on the golf team and they were a great bunch of guys. I went to a class and there were only 15 students in it, so that was good. With smaller classes, the teacher gets to know you one-on-one.
Ploeger plans to excel in the classroom as well as on the golf course. Hes interested in majoring in Chemistry and pursuing a postgraduate degree in Pharmacy, two programs hes heard good things about at Presbyterian. He said his ultimate goal is to be an academic All-American, which isnt a stretch for a student who had a 4.973 GPA through his junior year in high school.
Hes a quality person, a hard worker and mature beyond his years, said Drew Jernigan, Ploegers coach on the South Aiken golf team. Hes very intelligent and will be a successful person, much less golfer.
On the golf course, Jernigan said Ploegers strengths are his short game and his intellect, which helps him manage every shot over the course of a round. Ploeger added that consistency is among his strengths, especially when it comes to hitting off the tee. Ploeger isnt the biggest hitter, but he finds fairways and leaves himself in good shape.
I want to become a better putter, Ploeger said of an area he expect to improve at the college level. Thats what makes a good player great.
If Ploeger makes a successful transition, he should have the chance to be a starter for the Presbyterian golf team as a freshman.
He said he wants to help it make the NCAA playoffs and contribute all around during his time in college.
I want to grow as a better person and be a member of the Presbyterian College community, Ploeger said.
Noah Feit is the sports editor for the Aiken Standard and has been a professional journalist for more than a dozen years after graduating from Syracuse University.
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Penelope Cave is passionate in sharing her enthusiasm for the instrument and its delightfully broad and varied repertoire in well planned, audience-friendly programmes for solo harpsichord with spoken introductions or entertaining contemporary readings to set the music in context.
addition to her illustrated paper for the 23rd annual
conference on Music in eighteenth-century
|After the success of the Mostly Mozart programme last year, that included the National Trust at Hatchlands, Handel House and the Winchester Early Music Series, they are now offering Sense & Sensibilities, a tribute to Jane Austen. This specially created musical entertainment is proving very popular with audiences and critics alike and includes duets from Jane Austen's own books, from her library at Chawton; the very ones she played with her sister, Cassandra. The charming forgotten works for four hands and those by Burney, Clementi, Pleyel and Giordani and the popular Battle of Prague, are interspersed with entertaining contemporary readings, chosen from diaries, letters, novels and poetry. Press comments include: "the unanimity of the players made it very difficult to differentiate one from the other." (York Press) and, "a thoroughly enjoyable evening in which Cave and Brown performed with energy and enthusiasm throughout." (Hampshire Chronicle, February '07).
|Recent and forthcoming concerts include:
Four short Films on Music at Tatton Park
Dr Penelope Cave recently project-managed and appeared in four short films for the National Trust on music at Tatton Park, directed by her PhD supervisor at the University of Southampton, Professor Jeanice Brooks.Using historic instruments and music in the Egerton family collection, they feature womens music-collecting, domestic performance, dancing and piano lessons in the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries.
To view all four films see: www.southampton.ac.uk/music/research/projects/at_home_with_music.page?#media
|Penelope Cave studied at the Purcell School and the Royal Academy of Music. She won the Raymond Russell prize, the National Harpsichord Competition at Southport and was a laureate of Bruges International Harpsichord Competition. She has given solo performances at the Purcell Room, the Wigmore Hall and at music clubs throughout Britain and festivals have included Flanders, Edinburgh, York, Winchester, Ryedale, Presteigne and Greenbelt. She has recorded for Hyperion, Naxos, Pace Recordings, Belgian Radio, Classic fm and BBC Radio 3. Well known for her educational work, she has given masterclasses, workshops and courses in France, Italy, Germany and Mallorca and throughout Britain, including the universities of Ulster & Stirling, Benslow, Jackdaws and Dartington International Summer School.
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|Programmes with colleagues, include:
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|Penelope Cave was married to instrument maker, the late Michael Heale, and owns his copies of an Italian instrument by Giusti, a copy of a late Portuguese harpsichord by Antunes, a highly decorated two-manual French harpsichord and an English virginals.
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The ambitious project by the Portuguese government that aims to increase electricity generated from renewable sources to 45 percent by 2010 is not new news. However, what is new is that this is not just political bullshit, a lot of private investment has gone into it as well.
Today, the World's largest Solar Power Plant opened in Portugal and it is expected to produce 20 gigawatt-hours per hour.
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This medication can cause low blood sugar (hypoglycemia). This effect may occur if you do not consume enough calories (from food, juices, fruit, etc.). The symptoms include chills, cold sweat, blurred vision, dizziness, drowsiness, shaking, rapid heart rate, weakness, headache, fainting, tingling of the hands/feet, and hunger. It is a good habit to carry glucose tablets or gel to treat low blood sugar. If you are in a situation where you don't have these reliable forms of glucose, eat a quick source of sugar such as table sugar, honey, or candy, or drink a glass of orange juice or non-diet soda to quickly raise your blood sugar level. Tell your doctor immediately about the reaction. To help prevent hypoglycemia, eat meals on a regular schedule and do not skip meals.
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Before using this medication, tell your doctor or pharmacist your medical history, especially of: liver disease, heart problems (e.g., congestive heart failure, heart attack, angina), fluid in your lungs, swelling (edema, fluid retention), kidney disease, thyroid problems, certain hormonal conditions (adrenal/pituitary insufficiency, SIADH-syndrome of inappropriate secretion of antidiuretic hormone), mineral imbalance (hyponatremia), anemia, high blood cholesterol, eye (retina) problems, bone problems (e.g., osteoporosis, osteopenia).
You may experience blurred vision, dizziness, or drowsiness due to extremely low or high blood sugar levels. Do not drive, use machinery, or do any activity that requires alertness or clear vision until you are sure you can perform such activities safely.
Limit alcohol while taking this medication because it can increase your risk of developing low blood sugar (hypoglycemia).
During times of stress, such as fever, infection, injury or surgery, it may be more difficult to control your blood sugar. Consult your doctor because a change in your medication may be required.
Before having surgery, tell your doctor or dentist about all the products you use (including prescription drugs, nonprescription drugs, and herbal products).
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This medication may increase the risk of bone fracture (upper arm, hand, foot) in female patients. To lower the chance of getting injured, use caution when doing activities such as contact sports.
Kidney function declines as you grow older. This medication is removed by the kidneys. Therefore, the elderly may be at greater risk for hypoglycemia while using this drug.
This medication can cause changes in the menstrual cycle (promote ovulation) in women with certain fertility problems. Consult your doctor or pharmacist about the use of reliable birth control while taking this medication.
This medication is not recommended for use during pregnancy. Insulin treatment may be preferred. Use of rosiglitazone/glimepiride close to the expected delivery date may increase the risk of low blood sugar in your newborn. Consult your doctor for more details and follow all instructions carefully.
It is unknown if this medication passes into breast milk, and it may have undesirable effects on a nursing infant. Breast-feeding while using this drug is not recommended. Consult your doctor before breast-feeding.
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A product that may interact with this drug is: insulin.
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Beta-blocker medications (including metoprolol, propranolol, glaucoma eye drops such as timolol) may prevent the fast/pounding heartbeat you would usually feel when your blood sugar level falls too low (hypoglycemia). Other symptoms of low blood sugar such as dizziness, hunger, or sweating are unaffected by these drugs.
Check the labels on all your medicines (such as cough-and-cold products) because they may contain ingredients that could affect your blood sugar. Ask your pharmacist about the safe use of those products.
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Willamette students and alumni earn national awards for academics and research
Nine Willamette University students and recent alumni earned ten prestigious national awards this spring, providing them with scholarships for research, graduate school, internships and study abroad.
These scholars captured awards in a wide breadth of fields, from the sciences to public service to business to government policy — a reflection of Willamette's comprehensive liberal arts education.
This year's national award-winners include:
Hertz Foundation Fellowship
Jeff Weber '10, a chemistry and mathematics major, was one of only 15 students from nearly 600 applicants nationwide to earn a $250,000 Hertz Fellowship for innovative leaders in the applied sciences and engineering.
The award supports up to five years of graduate studies and is the nation's most generous doctoral fellowship. Weber was the only winner to come from a small liberal arts university — the rest attend large, research-oriented schools, including MIT, Stanford, Berkeley and Harvard.
Weber is heading to Stanford's chemistry PhD program. He also was accepted to Harvard, Caltech, Princeton, MIT and Columbia.
Harry S. Truman Scholarship
Hannah Harper '11, an African studies major with minors in chemistry and Spanish, was named a Truman Scholar. The award provides up to $30,000 for graduate school to college juniors who plan to pursue careers in government or elsewhere in public service.
Harper, who plans to earn an MD/PhD and work to fight the AIDS pandemic in Africa, will participate in leadership development programs and have opportunities for internships and employment with the federal government.
Fulbright Grants
Caitlin Casebolt '10 won a Fulbright Grant for U.S. Students. Fulbrights place recent graduates in countries around the world to take classes, pursue graduate degrees, teach English or undertake research or creative projects. Casebolt, an anthropology major and German minor, will teach English in Germany.
Randall Cass '08 also earned a Fulbright Grant for U.S. Students. The international studies major will study at the Pontificia Universidad Católica in Chile while researching the role of agriculture in establishing food security. He spent the past two years serving in AmeriCorps as an environmental educator for Oregon Tilth.
Ivo Dimitrov '08 won a European Union Fulbright Grant. Dimitrov, a Bulgarian native who majored in history and Spanish, will spend a year at Universitat Pompeu Fabra in Barcelona, Spain, where he will research historical reconciliation efforts. He is earning a master's degree in European governance at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
Individual Advanced Research Opportunities Fellowship
Ivo Dimitrov '08 also earned a $7,200 Individual Advanced Research Opportunities Fellowship, through the International Research & Exchanges Board, which helps students, scholars and professionals perform policy field research in Eastern Europe and Eurasia. He will spend three months in Bulgaria interviewing members of parliament about the country's lack of historical reconciliation efforts following five decades of Communist rule.
Barry M. Goldwater Scholarship
Charlotte Osborne '11 was named a Goldwater Scholar, a $7,500 scholarship for students planning careers in math, the sciences or engineering. Osborne, a chemistry major and psychology minor, plans to earn a PhD in organic chemistry.
National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship
The National Science Foundation awarded Alex Compton '06 a Graduate Research Fellowship, which provides $30,000 annually for up to three years to students with extraordinary promise in the sciences, mathematics or engineering. Compton, who majored in biology, is pursuing a PhD in molecular and cellular biology at the University of Washington.
NCAA Postgraduate Scholarship
Chris Platano '10, an economics major and politics minor, earned a NCAA Postgraduate Scholarship, which provides $7,500 for graduate school to outstanding scholar-athletes. Platano competed in cross country and track and field at Willamette, and he now works as an operations analyst for Intel. He plans to use his scholarship to attend business school.
James S. Kemper Foundation Scholarship
Keith Fakhoury '13 was selected as a Kemper Scholar, which prepares him for leadership and service, especially in the fields of administration and business. The economics major will receive annual scholarships and stipends for internships during the summers after his sophomore and junior years.
Honorable mentions
Environmental science major Peter Henry '11 received an honorable mention for the Udall Scholarship, an award for students seeking careers related to the environment.
Biology graduate Mariah Mayfield '07 earned an honorable mention for the National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship. She is studying in Montana State University's fish and wildlife graduate program.
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Lantern Slide - HMS Daffodil & HMS Iris, Zeebrugge Raid, circa 1924 Reg. No: SH 881024
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- Part of a collection of magic lantern slides relating to British naval history originating from the St John's Home for Boys. These slides were produced in Melbourne after the First World War with images from books and other sources. They are believed to have been used to illustrate lectures to the children in St John's Homes. Several of the slides are marked with the name 'Boreham'. This may indicate a link to Reverend Frank William Boreham (1871-1959), a noted Baptist writer and preacher who used lantern slides to illustrate talks in Melbourne and Tasmania however St John's was an Anglican institution.
Established as St John's Home for Boys in 1923, the home was located in Balwyn Road, Canterbury at 'Shrublands', a mansion formerly the property of investor & businessman John Hindson (1839-1919). His widow Alice Hindson (nee Henty) donated 'Shrublands' to the Anglican Church as a memorial to her husband and William, her late son, to be used as a home for "needy and destitute' boys on the condition it was named 'St John's'. It was officially opened on 22 November 1924 after extensive renovations to accomodate 30-40 boys, also paid for by Alice Hindson. There was a physical link with British naval history as Dame Nellie Melba donated a chapel lantern to St John's Home supposed to be one of those used by Admiral Lord Nelson in the cabin of his flagship HMS Victory. She also donated a cabin bell and wooden spars from HMS Victory. The latter were turned into candle holders.
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- Standard format black and white Lantern Slide with black binding tape.
- Description Of Content:
- Bow view of the two former Mersey river ferries Daffodil and Iris used by the Royal Navy as landing ships during the Zeebrugge Raid on 23 April 1917 due to their shallow draft. Special protected landing structures can be see on the bridge wings.
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- Donation from Miss Appleby - St John's Homes for Boys & Girls, 1988
|82.0 mm (Height), 83.0 mm (Width)
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|wars conflicts, lantern slides, community organisations services, world war i 1914-1918, children s homes, orphanages, ferries, zeebrugge blockade 1918
|Themes this item is part of:
|St John's Home for Boys & Girls, Canterbury, Victoria, Childhood & Youth Collection, Domestic & Community Life Collection, Public Life & Institutions Collection
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|Steam Power
|Tertiary Classification:
|naval vessels - british
|Lantern Slide: Black & White; Standard (3¼ in. x 3¼ in.)
|Alexander Gunn & Sons, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, circa 1924
|St John's Home for Boys and Girls, Canterbury, Victoria, Australia, 1924-1940
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I recently went to a wedding of one of my boyfriends old friends. It was quite religious with an opening prayer, lots of references to what the bible says about marriage, songs that were religious, more prayers and all that nonsense.
My boyfriend, who is an atheist, mentioned that he would want that for his wedding because "it's tradition and there would be hell to pay from my family if there wasn't". I personally don't want all that garbage poisoning my wedding, and as for the family, it would be our wedding and not theirs. Why should we do things we don't want to placate them?
My question to you is, what would be right for an atheist? What is your opinion on how an atheist wedding should be? What is your opinion on having a religious wedding to satisfy family members?
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I would like a proper wedding, one with a cake and flowers and vows and family members all there. But I refuse to try and satisfy everyone when it's my wedding.
Congratulations on your 40 year marriage, its rare these days.
That's beautiful.
Is that you Blaine? That's so cute
Yea I know what you mean, life is too short
My question to you is, what would be right for an atheist? What is your opinion on how an atheist wedding should be?
My wife and I are atheists and had a secular wedding. We couldn't find a Humanist minister to perform the ceremony so we went with an atheist Unitarian minister. We had the wedding outdoors in October with a theme of nature and leaves of autumn. We chose 'readings' from scientific and literary figures including Mark Twain. We wrote our own vows and pronouncements, and included a subtle reference to Star Trek (live long and prosper). We had a candle-lighting ceremony and gave harvest-themed gifts to the wedding party members.
We even put bowls of legos on all the tables at the reception. There were lego towers everywhere. We didn't want a DJ or dancing but we had a classical guitarist. We told him to play any classical tune he wanted, but no hymns, nothing religiously themed, and absolutely no references to God. It all went great.
We figured it's our wedding. So we did it our way.
What is your opinion on having a religious wedding to satisfy family members?
My wife and I are both the sole atheists in our devoutly religious families. We told them we were writing our own vows and having a woman Unitarian minister. (We didn't mention she was a lesbian or mind that many of them incorrectly assumed she was a Christian.)
We wondered if some of them might protest or even refuse to come. We figured that would make a smaller wedding and thus be easier. But they all came to the wedding and had a great time.
If you're going to do it, do it on your own terms.
This is how I feel, that it's my wedding and should be planned around what me and my partner want.
Your wedding sounds amazing, almost along the lines of what I was thinking. Love the lego idea!
You were not born to please others. You first, then others. So no religious weddings if you don't want it.
When I got married, it was by a Justice of the Peace. I absolutely refuse to be part of any religious ceremony, including any marriage under the auspices of an entity in which I do not believe - God." Think about it: if I recite the lines,"...so help me God," I've just given myself permission to not regard the marriage as a binding contract. It's as though I signed the marriage license,"Donald Duck." It renders it meaningless to an atheist.
You make a good point. Another reason for it not to be included in a proper wedding.
I say just go to a court house and then just use the money to take a long trip to Mexico or something.


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Tuesday, May 20, 2014
Trident, Summerville and Moncks Corner medical centers are celebrating EMS Appreciation Week. On Wednesday, May 21, EMS providers are asked to join an appreciation event at either medical center that includes lunch, a dunking booth, a DJ and a photo booth. The event will take place from 11 a.m. – 2 p.m. at both locations.
The same event will also take place at Trident Medical Center on Thursday, May 22 from 11 a.m. – 2 p.m. These events are open to all EMS providers in appreciation of their public service and dedication to health in the Lowcountry.
EMS providers are vital to ensuring lifesaving care to those in need 24 hours a day, seven days a week. Access to quality emergency care dramatically improves the survival and recovery rate of those who experience sudden illness or injury. EMS providers consist of emergency physicians, emergency nurses, emergency medical technicians, paramedics, firefighters, educators, and administrators.
EMS providers engage in thousands of hours of specialized training and continuing education to enhance their lifesaving skills. Trident Health is proud to participate in recognizing the value and essential role EMS providers provide each day in our hospitals.
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That is the exact reason why I held out on buying an iPad 2. Each time I looked at my iPhone and then the iPad I felt I would only hate myself if I bought one without retina display.
Samsung announce 10.1-inch 2560 x 1600 resolution display, paving the way for a Retina Display iPad 3?
Samsung has just announced that it will be demonstrating a new display panel for touch screen devices at the SID Display Week 2011 next week in Los Angeles. The display will have a huge resolution of 2560 x 1600 @ 300dpi and will be a 10.1-inch panel.
What is interesting to us is that the display may pave the way for the highly demanded Retina Display in the next version of the iPad. One of the reasons it failed to materialize in the iPad 2 was put down to power consumption. The new Samsung display uses a technology known as PenTile which is said to draw 40% less power consumption. PenTile has been developed by Samsung's partner Nouvoyance.
Because tablets are regularly used for viewing rich-colored images, the 10.1-inch 300 dpi display is ideal for applications that require extraordinary image and text clarity such as browsing the web and viewing high-definition movies, or reading books and spreadsheets. "In order to develop tablets with the form and function that consumers demand, a design engineer ultimately has to determine how to get the highest resolution display possible, while still fitting within the overall power budget for their design," said Joel Pollack, executive vice president of Nouvoyance, Samsung's affiliate company that developed the PenTile RGBW technology.
Before we get too excited, Apple and Samsung have a little bit of work to do prior to this display appearing on the next gen iPad. The current iPad 2 has a 9.7-inch screen with a 4:3 aspect ratio at a resolution of 1024 x 768. If this was doubled to make it a Retina Display, it would be slightly less than this Samsung panel at 2048 x 1536. The Samsung panel also has an aspect ratio of 16:10 which Apple do not acknowledge as being the best for a tablet device. There is also the small matter of an ongoing legal case between Apple and Samsung to sort out.
The good news is that Retina Display type panels are starting to appear now and become a real possibility for future devices. How many of our readers would want a Retina Display on their next iPad? Let us know in the comments!
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Samsung announce 10.1-inch 2560 x 1600 resolution display, paving the way for a Retina Display iPad 3?
I would LOVE a retina display on the iPad 3!!!
Thats based on your opinion. If we go by a case of brand and how well the Galaxy moniker has hit (3 million preorders for Galaxy S 2 I believe), the new and improved Tab could sell quite well. It doesn't have to sell like the iPad to be successful, so stop comparing it to that. Great case in point is HTC. No one phone sells like the iPhone, yet their profit is continually going up to a time of 110+%.
So its very plausible that Samsung could withhold supply from Apple in order to slow production for them and raise it for themselves. Its all business.
This will end up in Android tablets before it does the iPad, sorry folks.
Trust and believe, this is a pre-emotive strategy by Samsung to spite Apple (yes, the same Apple that bought over $5B in components last year). But they know that's all coming to an end and aren't satisfied with copying current gen Apple devices anymore, now they are copying future gen, unreleased products before Apple can even announce them (because Apple won't announce them because they are so secretive). So the irony is Apple will appear to have actually copied from Samsung once Sammy's 10.1 inch ultra thin tablet gets this display. The good thing for Apple is 1) it's the software stupid! , 2) Apple's marketing is second to none (well maybe a tie with those Old Spice commercials lol), 3) the iOS and OS X ecosystem (specifically iTunes and the AppStore) has us all extremely satisfied and 5) the Apple Store experience simply can't be touched. So combine all these factors and iPad 3 will be safe, albeit a few bloggers taking the bait and claiming Apple copied it's display from Samsung. But Samsung are some ungrateful b1otches!!! Lol
Calm down with the fanboy diatribe. I don't know if you realize this, but Apple did not "develop" the retina display, simply because Apple is not a screen tech company. Apple did not disclose the maker, but it's probably LG or Toshiba. Btw, Toshiba has been making 300+ dpi screens since 2007.
When Samsung comes out with some new screen tech, they are not trying to "spite Apple", please realize that you might call the iPhone 4 "Samsung iPhone 4" since they make almost all components there, instead they are simply trying to compete with other screen tech companies, namely LG, Toshiba, Panasonic etc. and probably eyeing Apple products.
When Apple comes out with iPad3, they will have just one more option to get their screen from. The world is not out to get Apple.
No one implied Apple developed the 300+ dpi display, but they did create that brand name and they did bring it to market and no one else has matched it's specs (still to this day). And you have been living under a rock of naivety if you believe Samsung is merely keeping up with it's competitors with regards to this display. Do some research on their current legal spat and you'll enlighten yourself to what's going on buddy.
Your whole argument makes no sense. Frank said it right, noone can copy Apple's "screen" because they didn't invent it. Sure the marketing and name can be, but not the screen tech itself. Samsung, LG, Toshiba, etc compete with each other for screen bragging rights and vie for companies money.
So no, if Samsung ours their improved screen in their tablet first, they are not "copying" Apple. Its dummy how these diehard fans can distort time to suggest someone is copying Apple even when they CREATED the tech in question on top of putting it out first. Does it mean the Tab will be better than iPad? Thats up to each individual using it. You'll never like anything not Apple made so your answer is no. Fair enough.
P.S. Samsung, in the long run, is most definitely not seeing Apple as their main competition compared to companies like Sony and Intel. Their bread and butter is semiconductors. Seeing as Apple uses Samsung for that, Apple is not even on Sansungs main radar. Only their mobile division.
Once again, no one said anyone is copying Apple's screen. It's simply not what I stated. Your entire response is based off incorrectly interpreting what I said. And yes, chips are Samsungs bread and butter. But end user mobile products are on fire right now so of course Samsung is attempting to quicky grab some of that market share. And their products are good, but they aren't original. At least their popular Galaxy line. They are copying what Apple is doing. Bottom line. If that doesnt make sense to you then I think there are other, more helpful, elementary-level material you need to be spending your time reading my friend because this is as simple as it gets.
With all due respect, but I think you have not been following tech news for long. Apple is being sued by everybody, and its contersuing everybody. Tech has always been like this, the Samsung x Apple feud means as much as HTC x Apple, Microsoft x HTC, LG x Samsung, Intel x NVidia and all other lawsuits we see every day.
Samsung and Apple are much more like parners than competitors, they depend on each other. I don't think I'm the one being naive by believing that their current legal status is just business as usual.
I actually have been but those other lawsuits aren't what this article is about. With this particular one, when it come to icons, marketing materials and even retail packaging there's a striking pattern of similarity and it's up to the courts to decide if Apple's IP has been ripped off (and conversely if Samsungs patents have been infringed on).
The ipad display is already great. I wouldn't buy ipad 3 just for a theoretically superior screen.
I thought the main reasons for the iPad not getting something like this would be more like costs and inability to mass produce with high yields.
I don't see why Pentile would reduce the overall power consumption of the screen as the biggest part of that is the backlight.
I imagine it would be another 2 years before we see this screen in an iPad
The power of the backlight is constant, it only varies by the physical dimensions of the screen, not the resolution or DPI. The reason a higher resolution screen sucks more power is because you have to drive more pixels, both in supplying current to the pixels and in extra processing for the higher DPI image.
iPad screen is great because of how far you hold it from your face, but man. Retina would be like dropping a nuke on the tablet world, because that is truly my only gripe with the iPad 2. And for all the people thats going to wait and wait to buy an iPad, your never going to buy anything, because tech is always evolving. So just jump on board now, and enjoy
The photo and video quality of the iPad2 is great. It would be nice to have the better resolution for the text quality. The iPad2 is more like a desktop monitors text quality whereas the iPhone4 has better text quality.
But I don't think I would upgrade from my iPad2 just for the higher quality of the display. That extra display resolution would require more processor power to operate and I would not want to sacrifice any speed for that option. The iPad2 is great on both speed and screen quality.
We'll see what comes of this, who's first out of the gate with it and who brings it at the best value. However, until them I'm going for the ASUS Transformers' 1280 x 800 resolution.
Why such a high demand for such a large resolution screen?
My main system has an I7 quad core with a 6970 AMD gfx card. A fairly beefy system, it gets reasonable frame rates on my dell 3007WFP (2560 X 1600) monitor. But imagine mobile hardware trying to push these resolutions for websites or for games.. it would just scream.
I have an Ipad 2 and the resolution seems perfectly fine for such a small device. Websites look crisp games look top notch as long as antialiasing is used i see no need for "retina displays". Since all its going to do is result in higher consumption, lower framerates in games and the potential for more lag.
Id much rather have a similar resolution screen with OLED tech of some description, which would result in much higher motion clarity much nicer colours and perfect black levels. Its like pixel pushing in cameras, once we got to about 5 mega pixels everything beyond that was barely any use.. Better sensors and things under the hood were the important bits.
It will be great regardless of the device/name given to it but I doubt the iPad will see it. Apple is probably looking to replace Samsung and/or Samsung looking to compete with higher quality products than Apple [which means they cut off their supply to Apple].
It will be interesting how it all plays out.
If they release a Retna iPad this summer I'll buy one. I didn't know I had any reason to buy an iPad until recently ... But I think I'll wait for Retna first.


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Over a year ago, the Warren Select Board invited the Library Commission to consider relocating the Warren Library to the first floor of the Town Hall, so that both the Library and the Municipal Building could have additional space. Since that time much planning, research and consideration have taken place including a survey to learn the interests and concerns of residents and an informational meeting open to the community.
The move will be voted on at Town Meeting on March 6. Both the Library Commission and The Friends of the Warren Library would like voters to be as informed as possible about the following questions:
• Why Town Hall?
• What changes will be made to Town Hall?
• How will the community benefit from an accessible Town Hall?
• How is this plan more cost effective than other options?
• Where will the money come from?
• What benefits will library patrons gain?
• What other benefits will result from a move?
If you would like the answers to these and other questions, stop by the library on Thursday, February 8, between 5 and 8 p.m., when The Friends of the Warren Library are hosting an Open House for residents to discover and discuss the plans for the move. We'll have architectural drawings, handouts, tours of both locations and some great refreshments.
Don't miss this opportunity. We hope to see you there!
Fran Plewak, president
Friends of the Warren Library


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Below, you will find links to setup instructions for configuring your wireless interface for connectivity at ETSU. Please note our wireless network policy. For students staying in the residence halls, please see our Residence Hall Wi-Fi info.
ETSUWiFi uses domain authentication. In other words, connecting to ETSU's wifi service requires the same username and password as you use for most other ETSU services. When you change your password for email, Goldlink, D2L or other ETSU services, you must remember to teach your wireless device your updated password. It does not matter whether you connect to ETSUWiFi using a computer, a tablet, a mobile phone or any other wi-fi device; neglecting to update the password stored in your device WILL result in frequent account lock-outs from password failures.
Most ETSU owned Windows computers that log on to the ETSU Domain will receive the SSID wireless configuration automatically. If you are not automatically prompted to login to ETSUWiFi, plug the device into ETSU's network with a network cable and reboot so it can get the initial wireless configuration. If you are still not prompted to log into ETSUWiFi at next reboot, choose the correct operating system listed above under ETSU owned machines and manually configure the device.
Note: ETSU owned machines that use Microsoft Vista and Windows 7 may be prompted to enter their user name and password twice at initial login. The first set of credentials is to logon to the laptop. The second set is to log on to the wireless network.
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In just a few short weeks, the Canadian men's curling championship begins in Edmonton, Alberta. One of the teams vying for the coveted Brier crown is the Saskatchewan squad headed by Brock Virtue.
In this week's newsletter, we introduce you to Goldline ambassador Chris Schille, who plays second on the Virtue team. Chris is no stranger to the Brier, having played as part of Brad Gushue's Newfoundland team back in 2007 and 2008. But I suspect he will certainly agree that his road to the 2013 Brier will be one he will never forgot, having been expelled from a critical playoff game during the provincial playdowns for using foul language.
We caught up with Chris last week; here's what he shared with us.
If you weren't curling what sport would you be playing?
For sure darts. It's the one thing I'm better than my other teammates at without a doubt. Atmosphere at the events is the best in sport!
Where were you born?
Barrhead, AB. Kidby says there'ss good reason for that. I don't get it ;)
Where is your current hometown?
Regina, SK. Moskowy calls this Queensland or God's land or something. Also don't get it.
What is your "real" job?
Manager/Partner/Estimator/Acct. Carpet Superstores. I do it all, similar to my curling team
When did you start curling?
Full time when I was 13 after watching the world juniors in Red Deer. How could I not play a sport that Heather Godberson was playing?
Who is your favourite athlete?
Derek Jeter, no explanation needed.
Where is your favourite place to curl?
At the Brier. There's nothing like it and I can't wait for Edmonton. Best event, best city to have it.
What is your favourite food?
Qdoba tacos with Mexican soup in Phoenix.
Where is your favourite vacation spot?
See above. I really question my sanity for living in this climate when that paradise exists just 3 hours south.
What is your favourite TV show?
I watch lots of crime shows but I think I look the most forward to The Mentalist.
What are you listening to on your iPod?
Nothing cause I'm answering these questions.
Who is your favourite curler other than yourself?
Does Russ Howard still count? He's the man.
Who is your role model?
That's tough, Tiger Woods maybe… But for what reason?
Have you ever been in a bar fight?
Hell no, I wouldn't last 10 seconds. I cause them then run like mad
Who is your celebrity crush?
Jennifer Love Hewitt, always.
What is your favourite book?
Theo Fleury's book is fantastic. Tie with John Daly's though.
What is your favourite movie?
Gonna go with Poolhall Junkies, hustling at its best.
If someone wrote a book about your life, what would they title it?
Oh god I don't know…. "Let it Fly" or "Off the Hook" yikes…
If you could be anyone dead or alive who would you be?
Ben Hebert. Who wouldn't?
What would you do if you had a million dollars?
I would be Ben Hebert… isn't that the same question? #rich
Who is the best curler to follow on Twitter?
Is this section dedicated to @bennyheebz?
What is your favourite sports team?
The pride of sports - the New York Yankees.
What is your preferred shot to win a game?
Sour Jack.
What is one of your favourite quotes?
Don't wish time away, this is the fun part ~ Mark Nichols. I've lived by this since 2007.
What is your favourite body part
Let me google a good one……. Pharynx
What is your favourite form of exercise?
Golfing. There was a great info session on how many calories you burn walking a course, something I've never done. Cart always.
If you could choose to stay a certain age forever, what age would it be?
29, as in I have 6 days left, please freeze time.
What's the hardest thing you've ever done?
A back flip


text: All campus community members should have two IDs: Charger ID and A-Number Charger ID Your Charger ID is your primary login ID and serves as the base of your official uah.edu email address. Typically the format consists of your initials followed by a 4 digit sequence number (e.g., 0001). Your Charger ID is used to access Wi-Fi and sign into Banner, Canvas, myUAH, Cisco NAC, Google Apps, and other services around campus. Authentication to many of these services is managed via our Single-Sign-On (SSO) technology. Learn more about SSO. Can't remember your default Charger ID and/or password? Your Charger ID is the first part of your official UAH email address (characters left of the @ sign). Your default password can be retrieved by contacting the OIT Help Desk at 256.824.3333. You can also use the OIT User Services Portal to reset your password or recover your Charger ID by using your A-Number and PIN. Find out more about OIT User Services Portal. A-Number Your A-Number is provided to you in a letter from the university when you enroll. It is used by various offices around campus. You may be asked for it in order to access your personal records or for security purposes. Can't remember your default A-Number and/or PIN? If you cannot remember your A-Number, you will need to contact the OIT Help Desk at 256.824.3333 or Charger Central at 256.824.7777. If you have forgotten your PIN, would like to change your PIN, or want to reset your PIN to the default, follow the steps found on the Banner Password Reset page. New to UAH? Don't know your Charger ID? Your A-Number will be provided to you in a letter from the university. It will include a special PIN as well. Once you have obtained your A-Number and PIN in the mail, you will need to follow the steps below to access your Charger ID. Go to the OIT User Services Portal. At the bottom half of the screen, enter your A-Number beginning with "A" and then enter the PIN you were given. Click Find my Charger ID. Your Charger ID will appear in the box at the top of the page called "Charger ID." If you encounter any problems, please contact the OIT Help Desk at 256.824.3333 or firstname.lastname@example.com.


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GoJane is "SO ZEN" in Southern Cali!
You East Coast girls are hating on us West Coast gals aren't you? Here we are strutting around town in barely-there dresses, while you're bundled up in frumpy coats and jackets waiting for the cold weather to disappear. Don't be mad at us, it's Mama Nature's fault. She's blessed us with sunny days and warm weather…in January! This week's outfit was chosen as a blatant (in your face, kind of) celebration of the beautiful Southern Cali weather. Notice the need for sunglasses to protect our eyes from the glaring sun. Notice our model's skin tone darkening into a subtle tan as the pictures progress. Notice the pretty flowers blooming in the garden. Yeah, you should be jealous! ;)
Have you taking a stroll through these garden's before? Have you meditated amongst these beautiful dragon statues? Does looking at these pictures give you deja-vu? Let us know if you've been to this peaceful Southern California retreat. If you have, you know that it's a vegetarian's delight. Hint: "So zen…"
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Men's Soccer Loses In the Air
- Release Date:
- September 17, 2011
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HAMBURG, NY – The Hilbert College men's soccer team lost a tough 2-1 non-conference game to cross town rival Buffalo State College September 17. The winless Hawks held a 1-0 lead after 50 minutes of play only to give up two goals off headers to the visiting Bengals who improve to 5-0-1.
Hilbert's Eric Russell had a nice pass to set up Ed Sarcione who beat a defender and keeper at 50:30 to score his second goal of the season. The Hawks continued to contain the Bengals on the ground and defended every possession near the net.
At 57:08, after a Hilbert foul, Thomas Karanas put the ball in play finding Matt Hamister in the box who headed it past Hilbert's Kamil Cislak to even the score. Eleven minutes later Buffalo State's Kirk Love scored the game winner off a header.
Buffalo State outshot the Hawks (12-9) and held the advantage of (9-5) in corner kicks. Cislak finished with 7 saves after facing 9 shots on goal.
Up next for the Hawks (0-6) is their first road game since September 5 when they travel to Morrisville September 19(4pm) and then travel to Thiel College to play a double header with our women's team (3pm/5pm). Hilbert plays again in Hamburg September 24 when they open AMCC league play against Pitt-Greensburg.
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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