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The purpose of this study is to demonstrate that QuickOpt optimization can be as an alternative method for CRTP/D patients' optimization in clinical practice through the comparison of the improvement differences between the CRTP/D patients with different optimization at 12 months after implantation.The hypothesis is that the Heart Remolding parameter (LVESV) improvement of patients using QuickOpt parameters at 12 months after implant is not inferior (10%) to the patients by Echo optimization。
Heart Failure
Device: Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy
Device: Optimization using echocardiography
|Study Type:
|Study Design:
|Allocation: Randomized
Endpoint Classification: Efficacy Study
Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment
Masking: Double Blind (Subject, Investigator, Outcomes Assessor)
Primary Purpose: Treatment
|Official Title:
|Clinical Impact of Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy on Heart Failure Patients With QuickOpt and Echo Optimization
- LV End Systolic Volume (LVESV) [ Time Frame: 12 months ] [ Designated as safety issue: No ]• To compare LV End Systolic Volume (LVESV) derived by the QuickOptTM optimization method with that derived by the echocardiography optimization methods at 12 months after implantation
- Clinical parameters (NHYA class, SAS and 6 MHWD [ Time Frame: 12 months ] [ Designated as safety issue: No ]• To compare Clinical parameters (NHYA class, SAS and 6 MHWD ) derived by the QuickOptTM optimization method with that derived by the echocardiography optimization methods at 12 months after implantation
|Estimated Enrollment:
|Study Start Date:
|May 2010
|Estimated Study Completion Date:
|December 2015
|Estimated Primary Completion Date:
|December 2015 (Final data collection date for primary outcome measure)
|Assigned Interventions
Experimental: Quickopt Group
the QuickOpt Group patients will be optimized by QuickOpt(IEGM);
Device: Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy
Patients will be optimized using QuickOpt (IEGM) algorithm installed on the Merlin device programmer within 2 weeks and 3 and 6 months after device implantation.
Active Comparator: Echocardiography group
the Echo Group patients will be optimized by Echo.
Device: Optimization using echocardiography
Optimization of the AV/PV and VV delays using echocardiography
Detailed Description:
Clinical studies have demonstrated that the AVTI from QuickOptTM related significantly to the max aorta VTI (AVTI) by Echo, the concordance correlation coefficient (CCC) was so high from 0.96 to 0.99.
But up to now, there are no clinical trials to evaluate mid-long term clinical outcome for CRTP/D patients by QuickOptTM and Echo optimization, this is indeed the main purpose of the study; in addition, the clinical impact, the status of arrhythmia and agents of all the enrolled patients, will be evaluated at 1 year after implant.
|Ages Eligible for Study:
|18 Years and older
|Genders Eligible for Study:
|Accepts Healthy Volunteers:
Inclusion Criteria:
• Patient meets current CRT-P indications and be implanted with an SJM CRT-P device with V-V timing and a compatible lead system
- Patient is able to provide written informed consent for study participation
Exclusion Criteria:
• Patient has limited intrinsic atrial activity (≤ 40 bpm)
- Patient has persistent or permanent AF
- Patient has a 2o or 3o heart block
- Patient's life expectancy is <12 months
- Patient is <18 years old
- Patient is pregnant
- Patient is on IV inotropic agents
- Patients who are ongoing other devices or agents study
- Patients with heart transplanted or waiting for heart transplant
- Patients with Hypertrophic and obstructive cardiomyopathy
- Patients with severe aortic valve and mitral valve stenosis or regurgitation without replacement
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT01172067
|China, Beijing
|Fuwai Hospital
|Beijing, Beijing, China, 100037
No publications provided
|Responsible Party:
|St. Jude Medical
|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
|NCT01172067 History of Changes
|Other Study ID Numbers:
|Study First Received:
|July 28, 2010
|Last Updated:
|May 8, 2015
|Health Authority:
|China: Ethics Committee
Keywords provided by St. Jude Medical:
heart failure
Timing cycle optimization methods
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
Heart Failure
Cardiovascular Diseases
Heart Diseases
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Fire. And wine. Thats the essence of Za-Bistro!, a groundbreaking 3,800-sq.-ft., 124-seat restaurant concept in the Orlando, Fla., suburb of Maitland.
Fire refers to the 7-ft.-diameter, 6,000-lb. gas-fired stone hearth oven at the restaurants heart, used for hand-tossed pizzas, oven-baked entrées and sandwiches. This oven isnt just the kitchen workhorse, mind you. Its practically the whole team of Clydesdalesroughly 80% of the menu items are cooked or finished here. Thus, behind the scenes, all it takes is three other pieces of equipment to handle all food production.
And the wine refers, of course, to the wine bar, where more than 40 varieties are available by the glass, supplemented by micro-brewed beers and specialty coffees. All in all, an upscale, inviting neighborhood eatery.
Sure, you say. Za-Bistro! sounds like a lot of other pricey Euro-bistro experimentsuntil you hear a few numbers, such as: The $15 check average. Or, when it opened in December 2003, the $150,000 minimalist equipment package, before tax and installation. Or maybe the $1 million in revenues generated in year onedespite the three major hurricanes that hammered the area of Central Florida.
Za Birth of Za-Bistro!
Indeed, one of the drivers for the concept was trying to create a $30 experience for $15, says Lee Simon, project designer and foodservice consultant with The General Group/Louis Wohl & Sons, of Tampa, Fla. Our goal was to create an ambience one notch above typical casual dining without breaking the bank.
The idea started with Chris Muller, associate professor at the University of Central Floridas Rosen School of Hospitality Management. Muller envisioned a restaurant based on a gourmet pizza concept, Pizza Express, that hed enjoyed in England.
He imagined something like California Pizza Kitchen, only more neighborhood-focused and with a European flare, Simon explains. As the idea evolved, the number of stone hearth oven-baked menu items kept growing. Before long, the oven was the restaurant.
Tonights Star: The Stone Hearth Oven
But still, its all about the oventhe busiest piece of territory in the place. When youre up around 20 items in the oven at once, keeping track of timing and temperature takes practice, but it sure is awesome, says Jon Baker, managing partner for the Maitland store.
Keeping the oven happy is a matter of regular maintenance. The burners are professionally cleaned every three months, and once a week, the crew uses a shop vac set on reverse to blow out the area around the heating elements and remove leftover debris.
Like suspenders and a belt, key replacement parts are kept on site, thanks to the spare parts kitincluding igniter, valve and pilot assemblythat ships with the oven.
Should the oven go down, however, theres a plan. The two key cooking players backing up the stone hearth oven include a 6-burner range with an undercounter convection oven and a six-pan boilerless steamer. The operations team uses [these] for the hot items, and theres a cold menu to switch to if necessary, Simon says.
Putting all your production capacity into one stone hearth oven basket takes guts. Simon admits he did have some sleepless nights before the store opened.
Thats the $500,000 question, he says. Up to the day the restaurant opened, my greatest fear was whether the oven could keep up with demand.
The oven more than proved itself within six weeks of opening. On Valentines Day, they did more than 300 coversmostly dinners, Simon says. The oven has kept up amazingly well.
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Practical elements include outfitting the service-entry with an air door (to block pests and vermin); placing the soft drink system and CO2 tank in back (to limit the need for purveyors to enter unless necessary); and separate doors for entering and exiting the kitchen.
Meanwhile, a compact 5-pan blast chiller stars as a behind-the-scenes linchpin, not so much for its food safety abilities as for the way it enables the assemble-to-order menu. It reduces bake times and allows work to be completed earlier in the day.
Food items are par-cooked on the range, convection oven or steamer, placed in ovenproof serving dishes or in hotel pans, then blast chilled. At that point, the food can sit on the line in undercounter refrigerators.
When an order comes in, line cooks pull out the appropriate dish and toss it in the oven to finish cooking, Simon says. Most of the menu is prepared in-house, going thru the blast chiller-to-oven process. Only pizza dough, some soups, desserts and a few component ingredients come from off-site vendors.
The blast chill arrangement gets kudos from the local health inspector. He tells us its one of the only restaurants in the area where hell eat, Simon notes.
Double Duty
The dining room features banquettes and tables, rather than the booths usually found at other casual-dining eateries. The slightly oversized 30-inch-square tables can be moved to create different seating combinations as needed.
Also, a stage area used for live music doubles as a buffet area for brunches or special events. (That area plus the low check average has added an unexpected bonus: Theyve had tons of baby showers, bridal showers, rehearsal dinnersthings youd never think of for [most casual-dining restaurants], Simon adds.)
In the stone hearth oven work area, a sink next to the staging table allows workers to use the space as a prep area in the mornings. Theres also plenty of room to add a more expansive breakfast menu component in the future, by adding portable induction cookers on the front counter and a combi-oven in back.
And out-of-sight in the back-of-house are extra plumbing and electrical hookups for future equipment acquisitions, such as a dedicated undercounter warewasher for glassware, or a 40-qt. mixer, should they decide to make pizza dough in-house.
Im a big proponent of putting the utilities in from the beginning so you can expand later on, says Simon, who goes by the first define, then fill motto. Buy what you can now, then add more down the road when you can. Ive seen too many projects where the facility and design shrink to fit the current budget.
Less Equipment = Energy Savings
For starters, the oven, which operates at about 700°F using about 220,000 Btus of power, draws about the same juice as the six-burner range, used for only 10% of menu items.
On the ventilation side, the design team opted for a 4 x 4 condensate hood, up from the 3 x 3 hood theyd planned for. The reasoning was simple: the supplier provided research showing that the slight increase in hood size gave a much higher capture rate, putting less heat and moisture into the surrounding kitchen, and consequently, a smaller load on the HVAC system.
Overall, Za-Bistro!s monthly electricity tab is about 40% lower than the locations previous restaurant tenant, thanks to fewer equipment pieces, a better HVAC system, and smaller, more energy-efficient walk-ins.
Front of House, Wining And Dining
Décor-wise, the merlot, beige and gold color schemewith copper and blue accentsecho the wine element while lending an upscale feel. Between tables, low frosted-glass dividing walls are etched with Za-Bistro!s fire-and-wine logo, through which you can make out the flickering glow from the stone hearth oven.
The rich look gets a boost from a few cost-saving tricks, such as the eye-catching copper hood above the oven. Its really a laminate, Simon admits. Far less expensive than real copper, and with none of the maintenance issues. We tried to spend money where it counted.
The wine displaya floor-to-ceiling built-in cabinetis another budget saver. Instead of a pricey custom millwork piece, the cabinet uses buy-out wall-mounted wine racks, recessed can lighting and stock French doors.
No expense was spared in the bathrooms, however, where wall-mounted faucets and countertop basins remind guests that the restaurant is a notch above.
Weve upgraded the same areas that people do in their homeskitchens and bathsand that leaves an impression, Simon explains.
Simon readily ticks off a few tweaks: Other designs we explored included using a different shape of oven, one thats rectangular and allows for access by more than one person at a time, he says.
Other potential changes would be adding more refrigerated and heated holding capabilities to the front counter facing the stone hearth oven; shrinking the seating area in front of the oven to eight seats for a more intimate feel; and enhancing the interior and exterior décor packages for better impact and durability.
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Last year, linebacker/defensive end Fredric Plesius became Baylor University's first Canadian recruit (the Bears have since added two others). This fall, look for the 6'1", 250 pound native of Montreal to suit up for the Laval Rouge et Or. After redshirting during the 2008 season, he will be eligible to play immediately at Laval.
Another Quebec product, defensive end Arnaud Gascon-Nadon, was one of four Canadians at Rice University in '08 (the Owls recruited two more for 2009). As a true freshman last year, he saw considerable playing time at defensive end and performed well enough to earn a spot on the Conference USA All-Freshman team. He chose not to return to Rice this fall and is expected to eventually end up in the CIS, likely somewhere in his home province. Regardless of which school he chooses, two factors will prevent the 6'4", 235 pound Gascon-Nadon from playing in '09. First of all, transfer rules require him to sit out a year because he actually participated in games for the Owls last fall. The other issue is that he has an injured shoulder that will likely need to be surgically repaired before he plays again.
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Scott Ferguson – offensive line, St. Cloud State (NCAA D2): The 6'6", 330 pounds Ferguson redshirted in 2006 so he still has two years of eligibility remaining. Nonetheless, he was named a First Team Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference North Division All-Star at left tackle in 2008.
Bart Archdekin – offensive line, Minot State (NAIA): Archdekin has been named a Dakota Athletic Conference All-Star each of the last two seasons, putting the 6'3", 326 pounds Calgarian on the radar of CFL scouts.
Nick Levnaich – kicker, Minot State (NAIA): Primarily a placekicker, Levnaich showed tremendous accuracy by making ten of his eleven field goal attempts in 2008. His longest kick was from just 35 yards though, so his mission this year is to prove that he has CFL range.
Jerome Miller – running back, Missouri University of Science & Technology (NCAA D2): Miller recorded rushing totals of 304 and 334 yards as a backup in 2008 and 2007 respectively but, with the graduation of starter David Shields, the 210 pound Toronto native should get an opportunity to shoulder more of the load in '09. He has two years of eligibility remaining.
As an aside, add Hampton University kicker Carlo Turavani to the list of top Division 1 prospects for the 2010 Draft. He had been on the radar for 2011 but, as it turns out, he will be eligible for next spring's talent auction because his name appeared on the roster at McMaster in 2006, a year before he accepted a scholarship to Hampton. He'll join the aforementioned Nick Levnaich and Guelph's Rob Maver in a solid class of available kickers. Maver, in particular, is outstanding and may even attract some NFL attention after spending a portion of his summer with in the U.S. with renowned kicking coach Gary Zauner.
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The internet offers fans an advance look at two highly regarded prospects for the 2010 CFL Draft.
Concordia University slotback Cory Watson, one of the top receivers in the Class of 2010, has followed the lead of many professional athletes by creating his own website. At corywatson.com, fans can view photos, highlights, and press clippings of the talented Stingers receiver.
Also, Queen's University linebacker Shomari Williams recently spent a week working out under the direction of Canadian trainer Mike Gough at his Florida facility. Gough has earned a reputation south of the border as one of the best in the business when it comes to prepping football players for combines and training camps and last year worked with the top two picks in the 2008 CFL Draft, Simeon Rottier and Étienne Légaré,
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Keynote Lecture: Thursday, January 23, 2014, Meyerson B-1 Laura Baird Energy Narratives OMA/AMO, Rotterdam, NL 6:00 PM Symposium: Friday, January 24, 2014, Meyerson Lower Gallery Welcome Marilyn Jordan Taylor University of Pennsylvania 9:00 AM Winka Dubbeldam University of Pennsylvania Discussion 1.Accounting for Energy 9:30 AM David Nye Implementing a New Domestic Energy Regime: The Electrified [...]
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Architecture and Energy: Performance and Style (pre-order from Routledge, May, 2013) This volume includes refinements of the presentations made at that event and some additional essays solicited to address other aspects of the topic. Style is something of a forbidden term among contemporary designers, and this collection is meant to provoke a reconsideration of the [...]
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200 of North America's most talented freshmen are selected from to compete in front of college coaches.
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Players are slotted into 12 teams and coached by national esteemed high school coaches.
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Players are broken into equal pods. Face-off competitions are bracketed to determine pod winners, a final four, and the eventual King of the X. Over 50 college coaches watched freshmen compete in 2014. Last year's champion was Joe Neumann (Johns Hopkins).
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Aah. I art journalled this weekend - *just for fun* - and it was lovely. :)
I haven't done anything art-journally in months & months, but have been craving it (and, it seems, collecting journals and composition books to do it in,excessively...lol. There are at least 4 blank ones on my desk, right now).
I'm busy busy today putting the final touches on my school portfolio & application (which is taking *sooo* much longer than I remember these things taking, goodness!), so I only have a moment to post a few little peeks of the pages I've been making, but here they are - in yummy color:
Soooo fun to splash paint around and handwrite messily and experiment with color & idea development. :) Yay! I'll share the full pages in a few days!
This week is looking like it'll be full of Ikea setting-up & some much-needed organization in here (eeek!), craft-fair applying, a little video compositing, Spring line (and vacation!) planning, quilt-beginning, granny circle crocheting,
a milkshake meeting, bike riding, lots of coffee drinking, and hopefully some Black Swan watching. I'm feeling the need to catch up on Oscar nominees!
Anyhoo - what are you up to this fine Monday?
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Kat Von D Adora Perfume Rollerball Review
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Kat Von D tweeted she's dating Jesse James.
Oh Lawd.
Ok, 'nuff celebrity gossip for today.
As you know Kat Von D's Fall Collection 2010 consists of a brand new fragrance from the tattooed goddess, entitled Adora. I just wanna say I adora you all…ha! Sorry that was screaming for me to play on it.
This is Kat's third scent with Saint and Sinner being part of the original release. I've only casually sniffed both Saint and Sinner and I know you've wanted reviews of them for a while now, promise I'll get on that soon.
Adora means "beloved one" in Latin which is what this fragrance is all about, a romantic, sensually sweet blend of fruits and floral.


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Ideas sparked during the kick-off session of the IAB Annual Leadership Meeting held attendees attention, and fueled late night conversations, drawing the full house back to the conference at 9:00AM. A day of leaders talking to leaders about the most significant issues facing the industry is precisely what the almost 500 industry innovators came to Orlando to be part of.
Randall Rothenberg took the stage, introducing Michael Mendenhall, SVP and CMO of HP, but first spoke briefly about how the new ease of media creation and distribution impacts the role of marketers. This new "world without limits" challenges the industry to "battle back"—the theme of the event.
Michael Mendenhall touched on this theme, highlighting magcloud.com—a beta site developed by HP that allows users—any users—to create and publish a print magazine in a limited time frame. No experience necessary. Next, he detailed a vision of how, like the origins of the television market, brands have an opportunity to build individual, customized affiliate networks to reach targeted audiences and strong brands. Accomplishing it takes time and resources, but the result can become a valuable part of what defines the new brand. One campaign doesn't do the trick in today's media world, the full environment each brand creates is what makes the impact.
The Interpublic Group of Companies, the first advertising holding company, shared its success with a mesmerized audience by describing how its agencies interact to meet the changing demands of clients. Michael Roth, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Interpublic Group, was joined by Nick Brien, President and Chief Executive Officer, Mediabrands; Howard Draft, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Draftfcb; Robert Bagot, Chief Creative Officer, McCannSF and Randall Rothenberg for a insight-driven conversation on the blurred lines between direct marketing and brand marketing and who has ultimate responsibility for reaching across the agency's and silos in response to client demands. In IPG's eyes, it's their agency—and specifically one person who's held accountable.
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Bob Carrigan, CEO of IDG Communications Inc., explored five main concepts as he discussed the challenges that traditional media companies face while marketers shift money into interactive away from legacy media. 1) Looking Below the Line. 2) Audience Centricity. 3) Everything is Custom. 4) Beyond Our Borders. 5) Evolution or Extinction. The legacy media create the value required by marketers—through technology and digital media. The marketing dollars are still there, it's our job to prove we our work brings results.
David Payne, CEO, ShortTail Media, continued the pork bellies analogy that began in 2008 during Wenda Harris Millard's Annual Meeting presentation. He wants to turn pork bellies into premium inventory and offered six steps to accomplish it. 1) Radically improve ad units. 2) Radically cure metrics. 3) Radically improve the creative. 4) Create conventions - drive simplification to gain scalability. 5) Develop smarter pricing strategies. 6) Focus on simplification.
After lunch the conversations of the industry's biggest players were joined by some smaller, but just as valuable members of the ecosystem. Online advertising makes survival possible for publishers of all sizes around the world—that was the message of the short film debuted by the IAB entitled "I Am The Long Tail." Presented by David Doty, Senior Vice President Thought Leadership & Marketing, IAB, the film was comprised of short videos submitted by small publishers from across the country. It told the story of how interactive advertising enables these small publishers to thrive and achieve the American dream by supporting themselves, their families and even employees through their own businesses. It will be available soon on www.iab.net.
Talk then moved to a more intense account of the economy with a deep dive into the 2009 interactive outlook. Mark Mahaney, Director, Internet Sector, Citigroup Investment Research, took on the question "Where Are Advertising Dollars Going?" while Terence Kawaja, Managing Director, GCA Savvian, tackled "Where Are Investor Dollars Going?" It's no surprise that the outlook is shifting, but there is still opportunity for online to attract spend traditionally allocated to print medium.
Discussion of online creative changed the tone of the afternoon as Steve Duenes, Graphics Director, Aron Pilhofer, Editor, Interactive News Technology and Paul Smurl, Vice President, Advertising, from The New York Times shared the publisher's vision for displaying information and data online in a way that users can't experience anywhere else—and a way that can help ensure the digital newspaper remains relevant in a world where information is so accessible.
Microsoft's Scott Howe, Corporate VP, Advertiser and Publisher Solutions Group, kept the crowd on their toes as he presented the blueprint for the future through the eyes of Microsoft. Three major takeaways served as the base of his comments and humor. Adversity must fuel innovation. Our industry must, together, defend our value. And, the acknowledgement that there are challenges in our industry that can only be solved through collaboration—a reoccurring theme of Ecosystem 2.0: Brands Battle Back.
The recent election, particularly the Obama social media campaign, came back to life during the last session of the day as a panel moderated by John Battelle, Chairman CEO Federated Media, revealed the secrets, challenges and lessons surrounding how partnerships created a campaign like nothing seen before. It will be a case-study dissected by brands for years to come. The biggest question---how can you make money doing it? According to Andrew Michael, VP, Interactive Marketing at CNN, Tom Arrix, VP, Sales at Facebook and Rob Shepardson, Founding Partner at SS+K, there's still work to be done on that front.
As day two came to a close it was clear that the interactive industry's biggest players are paying attention and preparing to take action on the many lessons learned. The networking never stops and the chatter is always fresh. See for yourself – search twitter for #IABnet for more first-hand feedback on the interactive event of 2009.


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Buzz: Vikings WR Harvin Requests a Trade
Big news today that Vikings WR Percy Harvin wants to be traded from Minnesota. While it remains to be seen whether or not the Vikings would honor his request, Harvin sounds serious about moving out of town.
One day after expressing frustration over several unspecified issues with the Vikings, a person with knowledge of the situation told The Associated Press on Wednesday that Harvin has requested a trade. The person spoke on condition of anonymity because of the sensitivity of the issue.
Getting beyond the migraines, the unexplained illnesses and some of the other drama (the article explains most of it) that has surrounded Harvin … could the Jets be interested?
It's hard to say, but I wouldn't put it past the Jets to at least make a call to the Vikings. It's no secret that they were very interested in trading back into the first round to pick up Harvin back in 2009 after they drafted Mark Sanchez. The Jets interest in moving up to the 21st spot, right ahead of the Vikings during the 2009 NFL Draft was described by a source at the time as "pretty aggressive."
Of course a lot has changed since then for both the Vikings and the Jets. The Vikings are starting to rebuild themselves from the Brad Childress crater and might not be all that interested in caving into one of their star player's demands by trading away such a valuable asset. Meanwhile the Jets have put together a commendable offense with the addition of Stephen Hill and even Chaz Schilens, along with the projected production of players already under contract who started to show promise last year – Jeremy Kerley and Joe McKnight.
But that's on paper, Kerley and McKnight will have to step up to fill voids created in their offense since last year created by LaDainian Tomlinson and Plax. If the Jets traded for Harvin, it would limit the role that Jeremy Kerley and Joe McKnight would play going forward. Harvin would represent an already productive slot receiver who could double as an electric player on reverses or Wildcat plays and would provide a spark on Special Teams as well. Harvin had 345 yards on the ground in 52 carries last year in addition to his 967 yards via 87 catches.
Let's also not forget the Gator factor. As I understand it, there's a pretty prominent Gator alum that the Jets acquired this offseason that would have good chemistry with Harvin from their college days …
What do you think?
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News about Rem Koolhaas, including commentary and archival articles published in The New York Times.
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City on the Gulf: Koolhaas Lays Out a Grand Urban Experiment in Dubai
Rem Koolhaas's master plan for the proposed 1.5-billion-square-foot Waterfront City in Dubai would simulate the density of Manhattan on an artificial island just off the Persian Gulf.March 3, 2008 artsReview
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The Hanging Tower of Jersey City
After a wild saga involving a dozen legal actions and the hiring of a mega-star architect, the design for a new tower to anchor this city's arts district has emerged.March 4, 2007 realestateNews
Embracing Koolhaas's Friendly Skyscraper
Rem Koolhaas's television authority headquarters in Beijing may be one of the largest buildings ever constructed.November 16, 2006 artsNews
A World-Famous Architect Goes Home to Cornell
For Rem Koolhaas, designer of the soaring CCTV tower in Beijing, a commission with ties to his student days.September 19, 2006 artsNews
Joshua Prince-Ramus Leaving Koolhaas's O.M.A. to Start New Architecture Firm
Rem Koolhaas's partner is striking out on his own and taking the entire 35-member New York staff with him. But no hard feelings, they say.May 14, 2006 artsNews
Sale of Twombly Work to Help Fund Expansion of Wilshire Boulevard Temple in Los Angeles
A 25-year-old purchase by a Los Angeles philanthropist could now help pay for a Rem Koolhaas building.
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At Moscow's New Garage Museum, a Work Set to Debut in a Thousand Years
Taryn Simon's "Black Square XVII" is made from nuclear waste and will go on view in 3015, once it has been sapped of radioactive material.
June 12, 2015, Friday
Miuccia's Museum Opens
The Fondazione Prada opens the doors to its first permanent exhibition space on May 9th.
May 2, 2015, Saturday
Los Angeles Temple Chooses Koolhaas for a Grand Expansion
Wilshire Boulevard Temple, famous for its ornate 1929 synagogue, wants the Dutch architect Rem Koolhaas to design a new building for special events.
April 24, 2015, Friday
In Miami Beach, the Faena Forum Is to Open in December
The Argentine developer Alan Faena calls his newest project a multidisciplinary center, and one of those disciplines is art.
March 19, 2015, Thursday
Venice Architecture Biennale Grows in Stature
By developing a careful mix of sophistication, education and entertainment, the Venice Architecture Biennale has established itself as the most important international event in its field.
March 14, 2015, Saturday
Under Xi, China's Wave of 'Weird Architecture' May Have Peaked
Ever since President Xi Jinping issued his admonishment against the rise of outlandish and exorbitant buildings across China, government officials, planners and architects have been scrambling to figure out what it means for them.
December 19, 2014, Friday
Prada Art Foundation to Open Koolhaas-Designed Headquarters in May
Fondazione Prada's new headquarters will incorporate seven former industrial structures with three new buildings in Milan.
December 6, 2014, Saturday
Koolhaas-Designed Miami Beach Arts Center to Open Next Year
Called Faena Forum, the 50,000-square-foot institution, at 32nd Street and Collins Avenue, will be dedicated to the development of cultural programming.
November 18, 2014, Tuesday
Long-Running Art Moscow Fair Canceled
Its founder cited international tensions and a virtually nonexistent local market.
September 16, 2014, Tuesday
A new exhibition challenges the rush to preserve sites deemed historic.
A Cultural Heart for Big D
Images of the two new performing arts buildings in Dallas.
Prada's Transformer
A shape-shifting temporary structure that sits in the center of Seoul can change its appearance and function.
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A fireworks show on the final day of celebrations marking the Lunar New Year sparked a fire at the landmark China Central Television headquarters complex in Beijing.
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A fireworks show on the final day of celebrations marking the Lunar New Year sparked a fire at the landmark China Central Television headquarters complex in Beijing.
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Welcome to Kepler Energy & Space Engineering LLC
To advance Earth/ Space Engineering/ Science for the purpose of conducting research/ development of space and Earth resources.
About KESE LLC
Our Vision
To advance Earth/Space Engineering/Science for the purpose of advancing research/development of space and Earth resources.
Space Development to include: enhanced launch capabilities; SBSP; asteroid mining; planet mining; robotics; space debris cleanup; and human space colonization.
Our Automated Mining System Mission (dubbed "Cornucopia" for the mythical "Horn of Plenty" - See http://www.cornucopiamission.us) is currently in design-phase, and will return several metric tons of asteroid regolith to Low Earth Orbit for manufacturing space vehicles and habitats in space for space using space materials, free from the exacting weight, design and robustness constraints of current rocket-launches.
This Project will provide a continuous stream of raw materials from asteroids to LEO, which will enable the manufacturing of all the "futuristic designs" that are now only in science fiction. And this can be done NOW, not 10-20 years from now, using TODAY's TECHNOLOGIES from space-proven hardware and designs.
Our AMS will be equipped with several different camera systems and a star observation system, and the feed from these systems will be made available on line via the Internet to the People of the World.
KESE LLC Earth Alternative Energy development to include: solar power; space-based solar power (SBSP); deep well geo-thermal; biomass; wave power generation; wind power generation; and development of hydrogen power.
Our Team:
Dr. Robert Frantz, PhD: President and CFO.
Twenty years Marine Corp pilot, seventeen years United Airline Captain. Dr. Frantz brings his extensive aerospace experience to his current position as President and CFO of KESE. His skills and discipline are an invaluable asset that enable him to assist his associates in positioning KESE at the fore-front of the Asteroid Mining Industry by setting it up as a solid Earth-based business that can provide near-immediate Return On Investment (ROI) as well as the capability to fund the KESE efforts from the revenues produced from our Earth-based businesses.
Michael Buet, Chief Technical Officer (CTO) & VP of Engineering.
Michael graduated from UNC-C EE/ME - LEAN/Six-Sigma Black Belt & SCRUM Master, with over thirty years of broad Aerospace Industry experience. Michael started his career at AT&T-Bell Labs, and worked with LORAL Electronics, DeCrane Aerospace, Harvard Custom Manufacturing, Global Aeronautica (Boeing/Alenia 787 Dreamliner joint-venture) and Star Technology and Research, Inc. – Authored Paper on Asteroid Mining (see above), which he presented as KESE at the 2013 International Space Development Conference (ISDC) in San Diego, and will be presenting again at ISDC 2014 in Los Angeles (http://isdc.nss.org/2014/)
We are currently working to formalize our cooperation with NASA/JPL Technology Transfer Office.
Dr. Edgar Mitchell, Apollo 14 Astronaut & Moon-walker(GoogleMoon coordinates: 3°39'06.00" S 17°29'41.96" W), Ret'd NASA.
Astronaut Edgar Mitchell was the Lunar Exploration Module(LEM)Pilot of Apollo 14, the third human lunar landing, which touched down in the Fra Mauro highlands on February 5, 1971, the sixth man to walk the Moon. Over the course of two EVAs, Astronauts Alan Shephard and Edgar Mitchell spent almost nine hours exploring the lunar highlands. Use GoogleEarth to explore the highlands terrain surrounding the descent stage of the lunar module Antares. (http://edmitchellapollo14.com).
Mr. Jerome Pearson, ret'd NASA Aerospace Engineer & inventor of the Space Elevator and President of Star Technology and Research.
Currently building the Electro-Dynamic Debris Eliminator (EDDE), a self-powering tethered satellite system designed to capture and manage all orbiting debris, under NASA Contract (www.star-tech-inc.com). Formerly Chief of Structural Dynamics, Air Force Research Laboratory, WPAFB OH. Over 100 technical publications and patents; Associate Fellow, AIAA; Member, International Academy of Astronautics. Selected publications:
Co-author with Michael Buet of "KESE-LLC Cornucopia Mission Paper": Robotic Mining System for Rapid Return of Asteroid Resources, with DS Bennett (Georgia Tech), and Professor N. Komerath (Georgia Tech), May 2013;
High-Altitude Morphing Aircraft (HAMAC) Flight Models, with Gerald Gregorek, Harry Wykes, Charles Hall, Jr., John Oldson, and Cliff Whitfield, Air Force Research Laboratory Technical Report AFRL-RB-WP-TR-2010-3005, March 2010;
Multi-Winglets for Improved Aircraft Performance, with G. Gregorek, N. Komerath, and M. Smith, Air Force Technical Report AFRL-VA-WP-TR-2004-3074, Wright-Patterson AFB Ohio, July 2004.
Dr. N. Komerath, PhD, Georgia Tech - Professor at the Georgia Tech Daniel Guggenheim School of Aerospace Engineering.
Dr. Komerath has 3 US Patents and over 250 publications, and guided 15 PhDs, of whom 3 have won GIT's Outstanding PhD Thesis (top 1%) Award. He has guided over 120 undergraduates and 50+ MS candidates in research projects, and served as project director for over 100 externally sponsored projects. He has served as Fellow of the NASA Institute of Advanced Concepts, Boeing A.D. Welliver Faculty Fellow, Sam Nunn Senior Security Fellow and Hesburgh Teaching Fellow, and as 2008-09 Chair of the Aerospace Division of the American Society for Engineering Education. He is a member of the AIAA Economics Technical Committee, the American Helicopter Society's Aerodynamics Technical Committee, and the ASEE's Aerospace Engineering and Energy Conservation and Conversion Division executive committees.
Mr. AJ Burke AEA Lab Manager/Industrial and Facilities Engineering Advisor.
AJ Burke is a retired US Army officer with over 22 years of service and a highly accomplished engineering and technology manager and consultant. He has worked at Lockheed-Martin, ITT, Hasco, NTT Data and Eaton on a variety of technical projects in aerospace, automotive, biotech, defense, electronics, energy, healthcare and plastics. In his most recent consulting roles he has been a corporate test laboratory manager and laboratory project manager and he will head up the lab, industrial and facilities engineering effort for the Alternative Energy and Aerospace Research Center (AEA) development as well as advising with the larger commercial project in alternative energy and facilities engineering issues at Jasper's Crossing.
Mr. Kim Peart, Director, Space Pioneers.
D.Jennifer Bolton, PhD, Science Officer, Space Pioneers.
Dr. R. Frantz PhD, KESE LLC Co-founder, President & Chief Financial Officer (CFO).
Mr. M. Buet EE/ME - LEAN/Six Sigma Black Belt, KESE LLC Co-founder, Chairman of the Board, Chief Technical Officer (CTO) &
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"Capturing space abundance for the benefit of all mankind and promoting good stewardship of our Earth resources."
Apollo 14 Edgar Mitchell Joins KESE' Board of Advisors
On January 20th, Apollo 4 Astronaut EdgarMitchell joined KESE's Board of Advisers. We are deeply honored to welcome him on our Team.
From his Apollo 14 mission in 1971 as Lunar Module Pilot and sixth man to walk on the moon, Edgar Dean Mitchell retired from the U.S. Navy in 1972 to redirect his focus from "outer space" to "inner space." He founded the Institute of Noetic Sciences (IONS) in 1973 to explore the mysterious workings of consciousness, a reality we all know exists, yet that eludes adequate mainstream scientific definition. His intent was not only to establish scientific methods of research to uncover underlying principles, but also to find methods to apply appropriate efforts toward the sustainability of our fragile "... Read more
NASA: 100-foot asteroid will fly by Earth today 3/5/2014 closer than the Moon
At 4 p.m. EST (2100 GMT), the Slooh online observatory will webcast its own coverage of asteroid 2014 DX110 using the company's remote-controlled telescopes. Slooh's Paul Cox will host the observing event.
From NASA: "This asteroid, 2014 DX110, is estimated to be about 100 feet (30 meters) across. Its closest approach to Earth will be at about 217,000 miles (about 350,000 kilometers) from Earth at about 1 p.m. PST (4 p.m. EST) [2100 GMT] on March 5. The average distance between Earth and its moon is about 239,000 miles (385,000 kilometers)."
The asteroid 2014 DX110 will zip by Earth at 4 p.m. EST (2100 GMT) today, just days after its discovery on Feb. 28. NASA officials say it poses no threat to the Earth.
The first asteroid 2014 DX110... Read more
KESE Meets with NASA RESOLVE Team at Kennedy Space Center
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On January 22nd, KESE CTO & VP of Engineering, Michael Buet, and KESE President & CFO, Dr. Robert Frantz met with key members of the NASA Regolith & Environment Science and Oxigen & Volatile Extraction (RESOLVE) Team. That NASA Project is currently developing rover-borne robotic system to excavate and analyze Moon and Mars sub-surface regolith, and has agreed to cooperate with KESE via the NASA Technology Transfer Program.
Space debris
KESE is closely allied with Star Technology and Research, Inc., a company dedicated to remove ALL dangerous left-overs from over 50 years of rocket launches now threatening our very access to space. Space debris, also known as orbital debris, space junk, and space waste, is the collection of objects in orbit around Earth that were created by humans but no longer serve any useful purpose. These objects consist of everything from spent rocket stages and defunct satellites to erosion, explosion and collision fragments. As the orbits of these objects often overlap the trajectories of newer objects, debris is a potential collision risk to operational spacecraft.
The vast majority of the estimated tens of millions of pieces of space debris are small particles, less than 1 centimetre... Read more
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Ciao: Golf for the ages
The game of golf is attractive to all levels of golfers, regardless of age, nationality and expertise — or lack of it.
Thanks to the handicap system there is a means of parity so that golfers with different skill levels can play together. Using the appropriate tee box also can be an equalizer.
And when you step up to the first tee, hope springs eternal for most golfers.
Many, like me, just hope that the first shot will be straight and reach the fairway. Others, like the low handicappers, expect that it will be straight and in the fairway. And the pros know that their shot will be straight and well down the fairway.
Last weekend the game of golf dominated the international, national and even the local news.
The main event, of course, was the U.S. Open played at the historic Congressional Country Club in Bethesda, Md., just outside Washington, D.C.
I am a member of Congressional and have been for 30 years. In fact, I played the course about a month ago when we were up for a family occasion. Preparations were well underway at the time.
The rough already had grown to where you were warned to use only a wedge to hit out of it. Of course I never went into the rough, even when my ball was there. Too high and thick. Why risk getting lost in there myself?
Other preparations, such as sponsor tents, food stations for those not fortunate enough to gain admission to the clubhouse and so forth were well underway. Congressional was ready to host its third U. S. Open.
The one in 1964 was made famous by Ken Venturi's amazing stamina to survive 36 holes on that hot Saturday and record the winning score. In 1997, Ernie Els won after both Tom Lehman and Colin Montgomerie faltered on the 17th hole (now the 18th on the rerouted Big Blue). I worked in Scoring Central for that one and was seated on the hill with a perfect view of both misplays.
It was great fun watching on television the pros work their way around "my course," sometimes having to extricate themselves from that very same rough and even visit the same water from time to time where I frequently have to call upon my favorite club, the ball retriever.
However, it was also disappointing that no American player was ever really in contention for the title. Not Phil Mickelson. Not Steve Stricker. Not Zach Johnson.
In fact the two Americans who finished highest, tied with two other pros for third place, were Kevin Chappell and Robert Garrigus, neither of whom were familiar to me.
It was not that they or others from around the world played poorly. It was that the winner, who led from the first day on, played so well.
Rory McIlroy of northern Island was simply spectacular from his first shot on day one to his last on day four. By the end of the first day he was ahead by three strokes. He stretched that to six on Friday and to eight after round three.
Unlike at the Masters in April when he also led after the third round, he did not falter and he maintained that eight stroke margin.
His play was so faultlessly consistent that it was beautiful to watch.
And like so many he kept me glued to my TV set.
Oh I stopped watching for a few hours on Friday while I played my own version of golf at a local club. Sad to say that I apparently learned nothing from watching the pros, but I actually won some money with my own secret to golfing success — a high handicap and a good partner.
Indeed, Irish eyes were smiling in Bethesda. But there were smiles among Neapolitan golf fans as well this weekend when on the same day that this year's Open started, here in Naples it was confirmed that the ACE Group Classic not only will continue for the next three years at least, but is returning to Twin Eagles where it was so successful when there in the past.
Having worked for the Golf Channel during those years, I remember walking with and watching such standouts as Tom Watson, Jack Nicklaus, Raymond Floyd and Gary Player.
It is interesting to note that this local senior tournament (now called the Champions Tour) came to Naples way back in 1988. Then called the Aetna Challenge, its first three years were played at the Club Pelican Bay with such golf legends and major winners as Arnold Palmer, Gary Player, Lee Trevino and Dow Finsterwald participating.
I have seen no announcement about the dates of the Shark Shootout, but hopefully that tournament will continue as well.
Not to be overlooked in last weekend's golf activity in the nation's capitol, there was another contest going on where the team of President Barack Obama and House Speaker John Boehner edged out Vice President Joe Biden and Ohio Governor John Kasich.
The prize money was announced to the press (and the IRS, I presume) as two dollars to each of the winners.
Oh, McIlroy's winnings were a cool $1,440,000. The luck of the Irish? I don't thinks so.


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Almost every kite design falls into a few main categories.
Flat kites
The simplest possible form of kite just consists of a single sheet of some suitable material, with spars and a bridle to support it. Unfortunately, flat kites are inherently unstable. They can be stabilized by ensuring that most of the drag is generated behind and below the towing point. Several methods may be used singly or in combination:
Tails and vents waste wind energy and so tend to result in a low angle of flight. Vents are rarely used in flat kites. Flat kites generally fly well in light to moderate winds.
Common flat kite designs are: The Classic Diamond, Della Porta, Barn Door, Edo, and Star.
Bowed and Dihedral kites
Flat kites are inherently unstable. This problem can be overcome by making the surface facing the wind slightly convex. Then, if it tips slightly in either direction, one side of the kite is facing the wind flatter, and the other side at a greater angle. This results in more lift on the side flatter to the wind, so restoring the kite to an equilibrium position.
A kite may be made convex to the wind by either of two methods:
* the kite may be bowed, either by a line fixed between the ends of a cross spar and tensioned until a suitable bow is achieved, or simply by wind pressure, or
* the cross spar may be made in two pieces and set at a slight angle, known as a "dihedral", where they join in the middle. Plastic dihedral fittings are widely available for the purpose.
In principle, any kite that is traditionally bowed could also be made as a dihedral, and vice versa, and for this reason we group them together, even though most are traditionally made in one form or the other. But whether, for example, an Eddy kite (originally bowed) is still an Eddy kite if it is built with a dihedral is an esoteric point upon which opinions differ.
Common Bowed kites are: Rokkaku, Eddy, Barn Door, Delta, Genki, Roller, and Fighter.
Cellular (and box) kites
There are many different types of cellular kite with varying characteristics. They range from simple box kites to highly elaborate aerial structures, and even the simplest have an special appeal resulting from their 3-D nature which simpler kites lack.
Common Cellular designs include: Box Kites, Hargrave Box Kite, Conyne, Cody, Snowflake, and Circoflex
Sled kites
Sled kites rely on wind pressure to keep the sail in shape, some not requiring spars at all, making them very cheap, and almost indestructible, except by dragging them through a convenient gorse bush after the wind dropped! They usually fly reliably in a light wind, though a poorly designed sled can deflate if hit by a sudden side wind, falling in a heap to the ground (or a gorse bush).
Common Sled Designs are: Rogallo and the Basc Sled.
Parafoil kites
Most kites use thin sheet material for their sails. It is well known, however, that this is not the most efficient lifting surface, and aircraft wings invariably have a pear-drop cross section which causes the air passing over the top to travel further than the air passing underneath, so producing a reduction in air pressure above the wing with minimal turbulence. Aircraft use rigid structures but these would be far too heavy to fly as a kite in reasonable wind speeds.
Parafoils include: Flow Forms and many different inflatable designs.
Rotating kites
People sometimes ask whether it's possible to make a rotating kite. In fact, there are several types commercially available as well as others that appear at festivals from time to time. For some of these, rotation is an essential part of its means of achieving lift, but for others, it's more incidental.
We've put rotating kites in a single category, but in fact there are three quite distinct types:
* those, like the gyrokite and windmill kite, which rotate about a roughly vertical axis,
* those, like the UFO kite, that rotate about a horizontal axis perpendicular to the wind, and
* those, like the rotating box, which rotate about a roughly horizontal axis in line with the wind.
In the first two types, rotation provides or contributes (if only a little) to the lift, but in the last, it's simply for artistic effect.
Rotating kites: Rotoplane, UFO, and Bols.
Single line kites, with the exception of fighters, are not usually maneuverable because the only means of control is through the tension of the line.
Dual line kites change all that. If you pull the right line the right half of the sail is pulled towards you and the kite turns to the right, or clockwise, and if you pull the left line the kite goes left, or counterclockwise. Very simple and intuitive. It is also possible to control the speed of the kite, by pulling both lines together - the harder you pull, the faster it goes, and if you allow the lines to go slack by throwing your hands forward, the kite stalls.
There are three widely available types of dual line kite: the Peter Powell diamond stunter, the delta sports kite, and the dual line parafoil.
In a triple line kite, 2 lines control direction of flight, and the third line allows the angle of attack to be adjusted, so the forward speed can be controlled without walking forwards or backwards to control the joint tension of the lines. Consequently, such a kite can be made to go backwards apart from simply by stalling it. It would be possible to control a triple line kite with your two hands and the third line attached to your belt, but in practice, a triangular or Y-shaped handle is used, allowing it to be controlled with one hand.
Triple line kites are not common and have never really caught on. Nevertheless, there are several that have been discussed on the Internet, and if you want something different, they may well be worth exploring.
Three line kites allow the sail to be tilted from side to side to control turning, as do two line kites, but they also allow the angle of attack to be controlled, so controlling the speed, and even allowing reverse motion. In addition, four line kites allow the sail to be twisted, causing it to spin like a propeller. Four line kites have caught on far more than three liners and so have benefited from more development and refinement.
Quad line flying is quite different from flying a two line kite. Rather than pulling the lines differentially to perform a turn, they have to be tilted differentially, and rather than pulling them together to control speed, the handles have to be tilted together. Experienced two line fliers normally take a little while to adjust as they have to counter all their acquired habits. Since a quad line kite can be made to go backwards as well as forwards, if it crashes upside down, it can be relaunched as easily as the right way up (provided you can work out which way to turn the handles!) A four line kite can do things no other kite can, and it's an experience not to be missed.
Amongst modern four line kites, two main classes have emerged: the Revolution and its cousins, and four line parafoils.
Common 4 line kites are the Revolution, Decca, and Airbow. There are also many 4 line parafoils used as traction kites.


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Tuesday, May 27, 2014
ABOUT 39 families from Barangay Apas, Cebu City, want Regional Trial Court (RTC) Branch 9 Judge Alexander Acosta out of the ejectment case that landowner Aletha Suico-Magat filed against them.
Benjamin Militar and Alvin Prandy Canta, the residents' lawyers, filed a motion asking Acosta to voluntary inhibit from hearing the case "in order to avoid any further suspicion of partiality."
"The residents have lost its (sic) trust in the impartiality of the presiding judge and ask for his immediate inhibition and recusal," the residents' pleading read.
In March, Judge Acosta denied the residents' motion for temporary restraining order (TRO), which led to the demolition of some of the houses of 157 families in a lot in Sitio San Miguel, Barangay Apas.
Municipal Trial Court in Cities Branch 6 Pamela Baring-Uy issued the writ of demolition dated Jan. 23 against the families, who are occupying Lot 947 comprised of 7,411 sq.m., and Lot 942, with an area of 9,753 sq.m.
Both lots, owned by Magat, were supposed to be part of the expansion of the then Lahug airport.
The Supreme Court ordered the Mactan-Cebu International Airport Authority to return the lots to Magat's family, the Suicos, in 2011.
But the residents argued that the Provincial Government owns the lots.
They said the Province's ownership is covered by Executive Order 20, which was issued on June 9, 1918 by the Office of the Governor General of the Philippines during the American colonial rule.
In denying the motion for a restraining order, the judge said, "As what the court said, it cannot, and will not tolerate and allow abuse of the mandate and the doctrines under the guise that defendants are "homeless and underprivileged citizens."
The two properties span 7,411 sq.m. and 9,753 sq. m. Both lots were supposed to be part of the expansion of the old Lahug airport.
The residents sought the inhibition of Judge Acosta after he denied the petitioners' motion for reconsideration on the denial of their motion to suspend the implementation of the demolition writ.
The residents' lawyers said Acosta failed to distinguish and lumped their motions for issuance of a preliminary injunction and to suspend the enforcement of the writ.
"It is quite disheartening that this court, unmindful of its responsibility as the upholder of the social justice doctrines of the law and the constitution, has turned a blind eye and a deaf ear on simple requests for a just and humane treatment of the urban poor settlers," the residents' pleading read.
The residents' lawyers said they filed the inhibition because they cannot expect to get a "just and impartial" resolution of the case from Acosta.
Published in the Sun.Star Cebu newspaper on May 28, 2014.
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