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Man, this storm has done some serious damage and my thoughts and prayers go out to those on the East coast. Luckily the death toll has not been higher, but this thing is not over yet.
So for the response to this storm, it is important that folks who are involved with that have the tools necessary to track the disaster, and the response to the storm seems to be pretty good so far. But like the articles suggest below, folks were not expecting the storm surge to be this high and that will factor into the mix for the response. 13 to 14 ft is amazing.
One thing that is concerning is that this winter, and power is out. Hopefully the cold related injuries and deaths can be reduced to a minimum through an effective response. Neighbors helping neighbors.
The other thing is the main cause of deaths in this storm so far is falling trees. For first responders, definitely keep an eye on the trees in the areas you are responding too, because 'widow makers' are all over the place. Couple that with snow or ice forming on these precarious trees damaged by wind, and you can see why this is something to think about while going in these places.
Paul from the Facebook page asked if anyone has created an Ushahidi for this storm, and after some digging around, someone has. Here is a link to this storm tracking tool and you can click on the graphic below as well. The blog at Ushahidi is also posting about all of the various crowd mapping projects across the web that are trying to help out and that is useful for folks trying to find stuff that is relevant. FEMA and the Red Cross has resources as well. Good luck to everyone that is involved. –Matt
Sandy: Five Latest Developments
Published: Oct 31, 2012
Sandy continues to weaken over the interior Northeast, however gusty winds, snow and rain will linger into Wednesday.
Below are some of the latest developments as we continue to track Superstorm Sandy.
1: Millions Still Without Power
• As of 1 p.m. Eastern time Wednesday, over 5.9 million customers were without power due to Sandy.
• On Tuesday morning, a peak total of over 8 million customers were in the dark. Obviously the Northeast was hardest hit, but significant outages occurred in northern Ohio, and sporadic outages occurred as far away as northwest Indiana and northern Georgia.
• In some regions, power failures were nearly total. Governor Andrew Cuomo said 90% of Long Island families were without power Tuesday. One of New Jersey's utilities reported 86% of its 1.1 million customers were without power Tuesday morning, and that figure was still 86% early Wednesday.
2: Numerous Fatalities Reported
• As of mid-morning Wednesday, the total number of fatalities blamed on Sandy is 47 in the mainland United States plus one in Puerto Rico.
• Many of the victims were killed by falling trees.
• Sandy also killed 69 people in the Caribbean. Click here for a complete roundup of Sandy's aftermath in the Caribbean.
3: Staggering Damage
• Very early damage estimates suggest Sandy caused at least $10 billion in damage, and possibly as much as $50 billion in total damage and lost business. The higher number would make Sandy the second-costliest storm in U.S. history, behind Katrina.
• Damage ranged from storm surge flooding to direct wind damage to devastating fires fueled by high winds and the difficulties fire departments faced in navigating flooded or blocked roads. We have more than 200 images of the devastation at this link.
• For video of the damage and aftermath, check out our video player at the top of this page.
• We also have a by-the-numbers breakdown of Sandy's top winds, worst surge and heaviest snow.
4: Chilly Weather in the Blackout Zone
Behind the storm, cold air has moved into areas where power is out.
Wednesday morning temperatures were in the 30s and 40s across most areas without power, except for New England where 50s and lower 60s prevailed.
New England will lose the mild advantage Thursday morning and 30s and 40s will prevail across the power outage regions for the next several mornings.
Daytime highs will only rise into the 40s and 50s over most of the areas that are without power, with no warm-up expected through the next five days.
5: Three Feet of Snow!
• Three feet — 36 inches — of snow fell near Richwood, W.Va. by late Wednesday morning.
• Mount Le Conte, Tenn., reported a whopping 34 inches of snow by Wednesday morning.
• 33 inches of snow fell near Clayton, W.V., ironically located in Summers County.
• Up to 29 inches of snow was reported in Redhouse, Md.
• Several other locations in the mountains of West Virginia and western Maryland received 2 feet or more. Even the high elevations of East Tennessee received as much as 22″ of snowfall.
• The heavy wet snow and high winds led to numerous power outages in communities throughout the central Appalachians, posing hardships especially for elderly residents coping with outdoor temperatures in the 20s and lower 30s.
• You can read more about Sandy's snowy side and check out impressive Sandy snow photos here on weather.com.
Story here.
NYC utility prepped for big storm, got bigger one
DAVE CARPENTER, JEFF DONN and JONATHAN FAHEY
October, 2012
Consolidated Edison figured any surge would not surpass the 11-foot record set nearly two centuries ago. Or the design limit of 12.5 feet for a key substation in lower Manhattan.
But the wall of seawater reached 14 feet.
The surge that swamped the substation cut power to about 250,000 customers. It was the signature event in a series of electrical failures from winds and floods that at one point left almost 1 million Con Ed customers in the dark – a record storm outage for the utility.


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|Tate's Bakeshop, Southampton's finest
If it's summer in the Hamptons, it's time to head to Tate's. This charming bake shop lights up the Village of Southampton with its incredible array of scones and muffins, cakes and cobblers. And then there are the pies! Delicious fresh berries from farms all over the area are ladled into flaky pie crusts. And in the case of today's recipe, they top a white chocolate cream that's a sweet foil for the tart taste of blueberries. Served cold, it's also a very refreshing way to cap off a summer meal. And to think, Tate's got its start at a local farm stand.

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Behind the Cover: Mila Kunis & Justin Timberlake
ELLE: "Friends with benefits": a good idea or a bad idea?
Justin Timberlake: [Smiles] It is such a good idea—until it's a bad idea.
Mila Kunis: I concur. Ultimately, it ends when someone wants to go and get serious with somebody. More times than not, a person catches feelings and somebody gets hurt.
ELLE: I think any time someone is rubbing up against your nether regions, you're going to develop an emotional attachment.
MK: Yeah, when a female orgasms, a hormone gets released. I've never met a girl who can have sex without an ounce of feeling.
JT: Aha! Is that just a woman convincing herself so she feels like it's okay to have sex with someone?
MK: Fifty-fifty.
JT: So it's the same thing as with guys! Women are just lying to themselves.
Mila Kunis wears a strapless stretch crepe dress from Lanvin. Justin Timberlake wears a cotton shirt, a wool tie, and wool pants from Lanvin.
ELLE: Playing friends with benefits, what was your costar most self-conscious about while shooting the nude scenes?
MK: [To Justin]You've got a fine ass. I was self-conscious about a lot of things. Show me one girl who isn't.
JT: I'll be honest and say, like, I'm still trying to get into the editing room and cut down on my ass time. I'm like, "Oh my God, my mom's gonna see that!"
ELLE: As in the film, have either of your parents ever walked in on you while you were in flagrante delicto?
JT: I was caught one time. My mom wasn't cool about it. I was too young to be in bed with a girl, so she was upset.
MK: I don't think my parents think I've ever had sex.
Chantilly lace cocktail dress, Tom Ford, price on request, visit tomford.com. On him: Gingham shirt, Lanvin, $545.
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JACKSONVILLE, Fla. - Police have identified the man who died early Tuesday morning after a shooting in the Moncrief Park neighborhood as a 47-year-old man who lived about 10 blocks away.
The Jacksonville Sheriff's Office says Terrance Johnson died at Shands Jacksonville Medical Center after he was found unresponsive in the road in the 1300 block of West 21st Street. Police found the body when they responded to a report of a shooting.
"When they got here, they found one black male in his mid to late 40s lying unresponsive on the ground," Waters said. "Rescue was called. He was transported to Shands Jacksonville, where he was pronounced dead."
Neighbors gathered near the scene Tuesday morning and expressed concern to Channel 4.
"It's a shame, really. It's really a shame because you got people out here," Wilbert Staten said. "You've got children that play in this neighborhood and you've got so many churches around in the neighborhood, too."
According to police, no suspects were in custody.
"Next step is to canvass and gather information," Waters said. "Talk to as many witnesses as we can."
When police released the identity on Thursday they did not provide any update on the investigation.
Anyone with information the could help in this case is asked to call Crime Stoppers at 866-845-TIPS.
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Dog-friendly Trevone Cottages & 3 Dogs
Chy Vean is a single storey property in a quiet cul de sac in the delightful village of Trevone. The holiday property is finished to a very good standard with plenty of natural light, tiled throughout and has underfloor heating. Just 2 miles from Padstow, Trevone is a small village with a sandy beach surrounded by…
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It's been a few days since I returned from New York (I miss you!) and I'm trying to catch up. You'll notice I've changed the layout of the blog. I think this one is easier to navigate and easier on the eyes. I hope it works.
Today, I'm catching up on all the recorded t.v. shows I missed while I was gone and yes, TLC's Big Sexy is one of them.
I really do love the idea of a show featuring women who are confident in their bodies, but are normal at the same time. I've realized that regardless of the size you are, all woman have insecurities.
As I was watching the show and skimming through the breaks, I happened to run across a commercial for one of TLC's other shows, What Not to Wear. Now, as much as I love fashion, I'm not a fan of ALL fashion shows. Big surprise, huh?
You all know my stand on fashion and being able to wear what you want as long as you're confident in it. That's where my dislike of fashion-themed television shows that thrive off of breaking down your personal style comes from. I don't mind style advice, but when you're describing a confident woman's style in derogatory terms, that's where I get upset.
There on my television was WNTW's co-host Clinton Kelly standing in the mirror with a very confident woman, whom they deemed "curvy." She was was wearing a sparkly tight dress and fur coat. Kelly loudly states that she looks like a stripper or whore…something along those lines. Huh? What? The sad thing is a lot of shows are like this and they're popular too! What message is this sending to the young women who watch it?
One minute TLC wants to promote confident big girls and the next they are tearing a "curvy" woman apart because of her outfit choices. It doesn't make sense to me.
I know most of the women on this show will all say they are happier now after their "make-overs." And most of them go on because they want the help or someone urged them to go on. But, what about the women who walk on that set with confidence in their style? I guess if someone says you dress like a whore, it must be OK for them to berate you and change your style? Why would you let someone do this to you?
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'After skating in the team's optional workout Saturday in the Amherst Pepsi Center, Numminen said it's possible he could be ready to play as soon as Tuesday night's game in Toronto. Numminen said he's laid out no specific plans but when pressed if he was hoping to play Tuesday, he said, "I hope so."'
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Afinogenov is still not ready for prime time
'How long will it take before the Sabres conclude that this is the year they finally unload the enigmatic winger? For the most part, he looks no better in Season Eight than he did in Game Eight of his NHL career, when fans envisioned the next Pavel Bure but instead found a player who was closer to Valeri Bure. At some point, enough is enough.'
String of decisions leaves faithful to wonder
'"This year we started off a little bit slow and plus we lost Drury and Briere and everybody was sort of all just like, 'Oh well, we stink again,' " said Jim Krell, a 32-year-old carpenter who said he'll keep his season tickets. "They're pretty inconsistent and it's kind of like everything's not an event. I mean last year every game was kind of like an event. It was almost like 41 Bills games. And this year it's just sort of … it's not like it was."'
Losses add up for businesses, too
'"The best way to put it is the last two years, this was an event. Nobody missed a game. People calling each other to find out where they'd be watching the game," Szpilewski said. "Now, people are finding other things to do with their time. A lot of the people that were out last year aren't showing up. They're disappointed about the team."'
Sunday's Boston Coverage
Sabre thumbnails (Boston Globe)
Boston (40-28-10) at Buffalo (36-30-12) (AP)
Bruins hope to improve playoff position vs. Sabres (Sportsticker)
Boston Bruins (40-28-10) at Buffalo Sabres (36-30-12) (The Sports Network)
Bear Essentials On the Road: Buffalo (BostonBruins.com)
Pregame Notes: Boston vs. Buffalo (BostonBruins.com)
Sunday's Rochester Coverage
Suddenly hot Amerks pull away in third period (Rochester D&C)
Griffins can't get past Americans (Grand Rapids Press)
Amerks Win At Grand Rapids (RNews.com)
Rookies, Plante lead Amerks over Griffins (Amerks.com)
Lots of fans and shots, not enough goals (GriffinsHockey.com)
Sabres Hope History Repeats Despite Playoff Miss
'But the Sabres are also at a disadvantage that can't be shoved aside as a meaningless excuse. In order to stay in business and remain competitive down the road in one of the smallest NHL markets, they have to make some tough decisions based on the future rather than the present.'
Disturbing deja vu for Sabres
'"We had them where we wanted and we let it slip again," Pominville said.'
Sabres nearing elimination a year after winning regular-season title
'The Sabres have been undone by management decisions that led to the team losing both co-captains, Chris Drury and Daniel Briere, to free agency last summer. And Buffalo's core took yet another major hit last month when the team was forced to trade Brian Campbell to San Jose after failing to negotiate a new contract with the two-time All-Star defenseman.'
How did Sabres crash & burn so quickly?
'All one has to do is to look at the top, and that old proverb applies here…"A fish rots from the head." The Sabres front office is the reason for the team crashing and burning in just one season. The three decayed heads of state obviously are GM Darcy Regier, Managing Partner Larry Quinn and owner Thomas B. Golisano. All three share equally in the sudden demise of a team that led the entire NHL just one season ago.'


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Exclusive: Carver
560 Voyager — By Capt. Patrick Sciacca —
July 2004
One Cushy Cruiser
|Large entertainment spaces and top-notch accoutrements make this Wisconsin-built pilothouse a perfect fit for the cruising family.
The Long Island, New York, marina where I keep my boat has many slips occupied by Carvers. Some are sedans and others are motoryachts, but all have something in common: owners who desire all the amenities of home as well as comfort for family cruising. It's a blend that Carver has mixed well for many years. But even so, the builder is always upgrading and revamping its boats. Carver's latest launch, the 560 Voyager, which comes from the same hull mold as her 570 Voyager sistership (See "Cruise Ship," July 2001), takes the builder's pilothouse series to a higher level of layout, functionality, and finish. After recently testing the 560, I figure it won't be long before I see one in my marina.
Heading down the docks at the Ship And Sail dealership in Kemah, Texas, I immediately noticed the 560's full-height, curved, sliding cockpit door. It was a nice look, but the layout behind the door was even sweeter. Unlike the 570, which features barrel chairs and a TV cabinet immediately to port, the 560 sports a U-shape dinette here that could easily seat eight. There's an additional lounge directly across for a few more guests. Both the lounge and dinette seating are made of buttery-soft, caramel-tone Ultraleather. A retractable 32-inch Panasonic plasma TV replaces the bulky cabinet-style one from the 570; additionally, on the 560 it's just forward of the amidships galley.
That galley has received some noteworthy upgrades, too. The countertops on earlier Voyagers were made of Karadon, according to Dave Foulkrod, president of Ship And Sail, who added that granite is now standard on the 560. Black galaxy granite (other colors are available) is also used for the galley sole and provides an upscale look.
Like the countertops here, the appliances also received an upgrade. The 570's refrigerator and freezer have cherrywood faces, while the 560's Sub-Zeros have a more contemporary-looking brushed stainless steel look. Your guests will admire the galley's appearance, but it's functional, too, equipped with a standard three-burner Ceran cooktop, a Panasonic microwave/convection oven, a Cuisinart coffee maker, and an optional Broan trash compactor.
Obviously much has changed in the saloon and galley from the 570 to the 560. However, the three-stateroom, two-head layout below decks remains the same. There's a full-beam (15'4") master stateroom and en suite head amidships, a forepeak VIP, and a third stateroom aft to port of the VIP. Kids and/or adult guests can share the second/day head to starboard, just aft of the VIP. One aesthetic upgrade is Carver's use of sapele pommele inlays on the cherrywood doors, dressers, and countertops. The inlays pleasantly accent the high-gloss cherrywood.
But the 560's interior wasn't the only area to get a makeover. Some of the exterior modifications included switching the swim platform from an integral one to a hydraulically operated system, enabling you to easily launch a tender or PWC. A davit on the flying bridge is optional. Carver also added two feet to the 560's cockpit, which resulted in a 69-square-foot space that allows room for transom seating. It has additionally allowed designers to reduce the angle of the stairway leading to the flying bridge. And don't worry about sun-sensitive guests, because the flying bridge has been extended a couple of feet, so the added overhang will keep most of this area shaded.
Also up on the guest-friendly flying bridge is a U-shape lounge with table aft and to port, the place for an alfresco lunch or full-on barbecue when you take into account the wet bar and optional Nova Kool refrigerator and Jenn-Air grill to starboard.
Next page > Part 2: Carver has made some impressive upgrades in layout and materials for its latest launch. > Page 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6
This article originally appeared in the June 2004 issue of Power & Motoryacht magazine.


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im getting warnings from my shared host (lunarpages). saying my cpu & memory usage is high. im guessing they want me off shared. but looks like a lot of the traffic is not even from humans... how do you prevent the bots from accessing 53,000 hits? lol. i know I can ip deny individual bots, but I keep doing that, and then lunarpages sends me another list of the new top ten ips... is this just something everyone deals with?
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Are these legitimate bots, like search engines, etc? If so, then the obvious solution is to use robots.txt to block them.
But that won't help if they are some sort of malware. In that case, are they coming from any particular country? If so, you could consider blocking the entire range of IP addresses, but then you'd also be blocking legitimate visitors from that country.
Maybe somebody else will have a better suggestion.
You could try something like Crawl Protect.
Try this in your robots.txt file: - it worked for me when I had Gigabytes of Russian bots
Crawl-delay: 10
Google accepts the rule but ignores it
The problem with robots.txt (as I mentioned earlier) is that, if the bots are malignant, they won't take any notice of it.
I forgot to mention that the "Gigabytes of robots" accessing my site was on a daily basis.
Does this come in the malignant category?
I don't know what you mean by "Gigabytes of robots". In general, iIf the bot comes from a reputable company, like Google or Alexa, then it will respect robots.txt. These bots are generally well-behaved, and won't cause any problems with your hosting.
But if the bot has some nefarious purpose, like harvesting email addresses, then it won't take any notice of robots.txt, and you'll have to find some other way of blocking it.
More and more bots such as brandwatch.net are crawling sites looking for things said about clients. They can suck down a lot of data and use a lot of resources. robots.txt isn't going to block them. Your best bet is to use htaccess.
There are a couple of ways you can do it. You can block the bots using their user agent string. I have had success with this but have not been able to block Baiduspider no matter how many different permutations I have tried in htaccess. I have blocked the rest of the bots, though. When they visit they get a 403 Forbidden error page. I put this in htaccess:
SetEnvIfNoCase User-Agent "^baiduspider" bad_botSetEnvIfNoCase User-Agent "^baidu" bad_botSetEnvIfNoCase User-Agent "^baidu*" bad_botSetEnvIfNoCase User-Agent "^Baiduspider/2.0" bad_botSetEnvIfNoCase User-Agent "^Yandex*" bad_botSetEnvIfNoCase User-Agent "^YandexBot" bad_botSetEnvIfNoCase User-Agent "^magpie-crawler" bad_bot
Order Allow,DenyAllow from allDeny from env=bad_bot
magpie-crawler is brandwatch.net.
As I said, I have not been successful at blocking Baidu using this method but have blocked everything else. I'm going to have to resort to using an IP address range to block Baidu because the user agent string isn't working.
Another method you can use is to rewrite based on the user agent string as described here:
I don't know how efficient that is.
Also see this for more ideas:
If your web server is Apache:Quote from http://www.uk-cheapest.co.uk/blog/2010/11/how-do-i-block-the-baiduspider-from-crawling-my-site/ :"You can easily disable the Baidu spider by placing the following in your .htaccess file:
BrowserMatchNoCase Baiduspider bad_botDeny from env=bad_bot
Using this method saves you the trouble of having to find blocks of Baidu IP addresses and block them individually. "
However, since it seems you have PHP on your server and since Baidu ignores your robots.txt, how about a reverse DOS?
I block Baidu differently on my web server. When Baidu requestsmy default web page, some PHP code delays this page request for999 seconds. This keeps one IP socket busy on both my server andthe Baidu server until the default IP 'timeout error' occurs. This keepsBaidu from bothering other web servers for a minute or so. This is,kind of, a reverse DOS attack on Baidu. Zero (0) bytes are transferred.http://gelm.net/How-to-block-Baidu-with-PHP.htm
Be VERY careful with this. I would never recommend this as an option, instead you should block it on the firewall level. Though this is of course not that easy when your on a shared server.
The reason I do not recommend using sleep() with PHP (or any other language for that matter) in this case, is due to if someone finds out that you did this it makes it very easy to take your server "down", i.e. use up all of the available web server threads and by that denying access to the server for real customers.
If you ask me...Lunarpages' network is managed by idiots. If they had any idea of what there were doing they would block traffic that is causing high loads on their servers. They can easily do with with any good firewall. Example a real human would not make a dozen connections in the span of a few seconds, thus you can drop connections that are making too many connections within a certain threshold.


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Hey there, time traveller!
This article was published 28/12/2012 (1697 days ago), so information in it may no longer be current.
Looking back, it's been an extraordinarily busy year on the farm and food file, with changes to the structure and substance of farm policy in Canada so dramatic, the effects may take years to sink in.
The change that captured all the headlines -- the move to open marketing for wheat, barley and durum produced in Western Canada -- may or may not prove to be the most significant, given everything else that is taking place.
While all that was going on, there was some fundamental restructuring of farm supports and regulatory protection for farmers put into play that might give farmers a rude awakening when prices fall or a crop failure strikes.
Farmers and two levels of government cost-share a farm-support program called AgriStability, a sort of insurance plan that shelters them from sudden downturns in the value of their crops. It's a complicated formula that is designed to guarantee them a sizable portion of their average returns based on their farm's historical financial performance. Until 2012, farmers were able to insure 85 per cent of their farm's reference margin, which is based on the value of sales.
But with commodity prices soaring in recent years, program administrators could see a worrisome scenario looming. Farmers were building up some whopping reference margins, big enough that if prices dropped, they could be eligible for program payouts even if their farms remained in a profitable position.
Plus, there was evidence to suggest this level of risk-sharing was prompting farmers to over-extend themselves by bidding up the price of farmland.
That's a classic manifestation of "moral hazard," and many farm leaders were prepared for an increase in program premiums from 15 per cent to 30 per cent. But a second adjustment caught them by surprise. Governments also changed the payment eligibility criteria, so farmers are compensated based on the lesser of their reference margin or allowable expenses.
In most situations, that means the farmer is only able to insure to recover 70 per cent of his or her eligible expenses, rather than 85 per cent of the farm's average sales.
That shifts a large measure of the risk of marketplace downturns back onto farmers' plates and farm leaders were none too happy about it. One can hope farm-gate prices will keep going up, which would make all this moot, but every grain-price boom in the past has always been followed by a downturn.
Plus, 2012 was the year the Canadian Grain Commission celebrated its 100th anniversary. That celebration however, coincided with a major government-ordered overhaul, moving it away from its historic role as a regulator and defender of farmers against the "big, bad grain trade" and toward a less intrusive role as the keeper of Canada's export grain-quality reputation.
Oh, and by the way, it's moving to 91 per cent cost recovery instead of the current 50-50 split government and industry share right now. That means the fees it charges for its services will rise an average of 44 per cent, prompting a spirited debate on whether some of those mandatory services should be made voluntary.
The CGC is also getting out of the business of licensing grain buyers, which ensured farmers weren't left hanging by grain brokers who bought grain and then went broke before they paid for it. Although there are plans to replace the system, it will likely be in the form of an insurance plan paid for by farmers, not the grain commission or companies.
In other changes, federal agencies are no longer monitoring whether fertilizer products actually work. The responsibility for pedigreed seed field inspections is being off-loaded onto seed growers, and there is ongoing talk of making the seed-variety registration process less restrictive -- a move many argue could cause long-term damage to Canada's reputation for quality.
The one regulation announced in 2012 that actually increases the government's role was the long-awaited introduction of legislation designed to give rail shippers the ability to hold the railways accountable for poor service. To get that, grain shippers worked with other rail shippers across Canada, who all had the same complaints with the railway's performance.
All in all, these changes send a clear message to farmers, who have traditionally alternated between portraying an image of independent business operators or victims of circumstances beyond their control when it comes to environmental disasters or low prices.
The business of farming may be riskier than most, but this government is giving farmers the freedom -- and some tough-love nudging toward proactively managing more of those risks on their own.


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ENMORE Seniors started the 2014 season early this year with the return away 'Winter Warmer' match against Minehead.
New Senior's captain, John Newell, started in fine fashion - playing with last season's captain, Keith Norcutt, and against the same opponents who beat them on the Enmore course in November.
The Enmore pair ran out convincing winners, 9up.
Other points gained in a fine four and a half to three and a half win were won by Mike Cavill with Tony Pomeroy (6 up); Ray Hancock with Iain Stewart (5 up); Paul Waplington with Jim Symcox (3 up).
The half point was gained by Colin Fitzpatrick with Roger Cross.
The overall score for the two games was an emphatic 52 holes up for Enmore with Minehead gaining just seven. Enmore's next 'Winter Warmer' is at Weston-super-Mare in February.


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N. C. Gullett
1822-1900 — Tivoli, Texas
Born in Maury County Tennessee in 1822 to Samuel and Rebecca Thompson Gullett, Newton Cannon Gullett was named after Tennessee Representative and Gubernatorial candidate Newton Cannon who represented Maury County and lived in nearby Williamson. Gullett was educated in neighboring Columbia, Tennessee. Following his formal schooling he was apprenticed to a storekeeper in Lynnville, Tennessee. On December 16, 1845 he married Elizabeth Hendrick in Columbus, Lowndes County, Mississippi. The marriage ended in divorce nine years later. At the age of thirty-two he moved to New Orleans and in 1850 removed to San Antonio, Texas where, for the next five years, he engaged in the general loan business, buying and selling notes and land speculation. During this period he acquired several thousand acres in various Texas Counties including a coal mine near Fueldale in Bastrop County. In 1856 he returned to New Orleans where he operated a grocery store at 30 Gravier Street and also at 33 Natchez Street and dealt in imported liquors and wines. He married his second wife Louisiana Jane Canter in New Orleans in 1859.
Heeding the call of the Confederacy he enlisted in Millaudon's Company (Jefferson Mounted Guards) in 1861 and served on the staff of Gen. R. V. Richardson. Later he attained the rank of Captain under infamous General Nathan Bedford Forrest. At the close of the war he returned to New Orleans where he operated one of the only post war commission houses dealing in cotton and cottonseed oil. He is said to have made over $ 100,000 per year for several years following the war. For a time he worked in conjunction with H. Kendall Carter and was the agent for Louisiana and Texas for the Gullett Cotton Engine Company of Amite, Louisiana. Said to have been a ladies man and a bit of a dandy, he spent a good portion of his time riverboat gambling following the death of his wife L. J. Canter in 1870.
In 1872 he married Charlotte Dozarie Osborn Bernard, widowed mother of four children, and the daughter of D.C. (Daniel Clark) Osborn a wealthy New Orleans area sugar cane planter. In addition to the Pecan Grove Sugar Plantation and Saw Mill near Barataria, Louisiana, Osborn was possessed of a vast parcel of land along the Texas coast and upon his death in 1871 his daughter Charlotte and other heirs(Geraldine and Paul Osborn) asked N. C. Gullett to oversee the property owing to his business acumen and experience in Texas. Already a landowner there, he agreed and he and third wife Charlotte began the process of turning 20,000 contiguous acres along the San Antonio River and Guadalupe,San Antonio and Hynes Bays into a showplace ranch. They erected a large home on a knoll about two miles northeast of the present town of Tivoli and named the venture Tivoli Ranch either after Charlotte's home near the Place Du Tivoli in New Orleans (present day Lee Circle) or Tivoli Gardens a city park near Lake Ponchartrain.
Accustomed to the finer trappings of sophisticated New Orleans, they brought with them fine furnishings, blooded horses and stock and fanciful carriages and livery previously unseen along the Texas Gulf Coast. A wharf was constructed near the confluence of the San Antonio and Guadalupe Rivers and was known as Gullett's Landing. Here the Gullett schooner LADY DORA would land lumber and building materials, furniture, clothing, food and other supplies from New Orleans and Galveston. The couple entertained lavishly and their home became the social center of the region.
In 1876 Colonel Gullett was the first rancher in Texas to erect a wire fence. That year he traveled to New York to purchase the newfangled product. To that point ranchers either let their cattle range freely or erected wooden plank fencing which was difficult to maintain. The vast majority of Tivoli land was pasture under fence. Gullett's cattle bore the diamond stickpin brand and the Colonel himself always wore a diamond stickpin. Eschewing the mode of the western rancher, Colonel Gullett preferred the fancier dress of the southern planter. Unlike his neighbors Gullett fashioned his ranch after the plantations of his former home State of Louisiana. A pioneer in upbreeding, Gullett experimented with Durham and Brahma before settling on Angus as the most adaptable breed to the region. In addition to Scotch Polled Angus cattle the ranch became widely known for its thoroughbred horse stock. At times Gullett carried as many as 5,000 head of cattle and 1,200 horses on Tivoli Ranch. His nephew, Captain John T. Lytle, would become the greatest trail driver in Texas history, driving over a half million head of cattle to market in the 1870's, handling herds valued in excess of nine million dollars and founding the Texas and Southwest Cattle Raiser's Association of which association Colonel Gullett was a founding member.
As Tivoli Ranch grew, additional personnel were needed to maintain the operation and as the area became more populous support services became necessary. In addition to a store, Gullett would erect a cotton gin outfitted with a Gullett Cotton Engine, bring the first telegraph line into Refugio County, donate the material for the construction of a school/church building and, by 1877, establish a United States Post Office on the ranch known as Tivoli. Colonel Gullett incorporated the Gulf Coast Fair Association to promote the economy of the area , financed a portion of the Gulf and West Texas Railway and was a lobbyist in Washington D.C. on behalf of Texas Cattle Raisers.
Following the death of his third wife in 1883, the Colonel bought out the remaining heirs and set about colonizing what was by that time the 40,000 acre Tivoli Ranch by selling small farm tracts to the hard-working German farmers he was familiar with from the Bastrop area where the Colonel also owned a coal mine. Sadly these plans would never fully materialize as a result of an altercation with a business associate.
At the age of 75, widowed for the third time following the death of his fourth wife Mattie Deseker-Gullett in Selma, Alabama, the then elderly Gullett had formed a partnership with Alonzo Roland Allee, the well-liked former Texas Ranger and ex-Sheriff of neighboring Goliad County. After breakfast August 18, 1897 an argument ensued over work which was to have been done by one of Allee's men. In a scuffle Gullett was knocked to the ground by Allee and beaten. Upon arising the argument continued with the Sheriff firing his rifle at Gullett but missing. Gullett drew a pistol from his vest and returned fire killing Allee. The Refugio County judge J. Y. Hamilton was a witness to the incident and was thus unable to hear the resulting case for murder against Gullett. Venue was moved to Bee County where Colonel Gullett was eventually vindicated. Unfortunately, owing to his vast wealth as much as to the affability and popularity of Allee, the shooting branded Gullett a social pariah. He moved from Tivoli to live full-time at his town house in Victoria at Glass and Santa Rosa streets.
While enroute from New Orleans he stopped at the Tremont House in Galveston where he was when the great storm of 1900 hit Galveston. He perished of fever following the storm and his body was located one month to the day following the hurricane. His body is believed to be interred beneath a large monument in the historic Evergreen Cemetery in Victoria, Texas.
Having died intestate, it was almost two years after his death before Colonel Gullett's sizeable estate was probated at Victoria, Texas with proceeds dispensed to relatives from the Gulf Coast of Texas to as far away as Eagle, Alaska. His nephew W. H. Daimwood of Corpus Christi closed the estate in 1902. A syndicate composed of Preston Rose Austin, J. C. Dilworth. Jesse McDowell, J. K. Hexter, F. C. Proctor and others purchased the remnants of Tivoli Ranch and formed the Refugio Black Land and Irrigation Company to continue Gullett's ambitious colonization plans. They greatly improved the town of Tivoli and started the neighboring community of Austwell. Sadly, over a century later, neither town had blossomed into the bustling metropolis or seaport that Gullett and his successors foresaw.
Colonel Gullett's nephew George Washington Gullett continued to farm and raise stock at his ranch on Hynes Bay near Crescent Village until he perished in a house fire in 1941. Oddly, few remember the name and little more is known about Colonel Gullett or his family although descendents still live in the area. A Texas historical marker in Tivoli erroneously credits the founding of the town to Preston Rose Austin in 1907, thirty years after Colonel Gullett established the U. S. Post Office at Tivoli.
An interesting sidebar: Col. Gullett's sister Eliza was married to Henry Boone Daimwood a nephew of Daniel Boone the famous frontiersman. Later in life Col. Gullett would marry Charlotte Osborn whose grandfather John Osborn had once rafted down the Green River and explored Mammoth Cave with Daniel Boone.


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It is time to tackle the systemic flaw in housing policy – reliance on leverage – and introduce minimum downpayment regulations for all homebuyers, writes Charles W. Calomiris
Without high leverage the subprime boom and bust could not have happened. Risky no-docs borrowers would have been unwilling to deceive lenders if they had to pledge a large amount of their own savings as a downpayment (deposit). House price declines would not have produced huge loan losses if homeowners had retained a minimum 20 per cent stake in their homes.
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I am a clean/ tidy/ quiet/ polite/ non smoker/ non drinker /don't have any pets/ single/ male/ christian / don't like to party/ fit/ energetic / caucasian/ young professional who has just moved to Toowoomba for work. I am 23 years old and fully employed. I am currently working at range dental (oral experts group) -- in Toowoomba. Contact me for Facebook details. A bit about myself: I have spent the last 5 years at university down in Orange, NSW. I worked at Kinross boarding school as a boarding house master for 2 years. I have completed my Gold Duke of Edinburgh Award. I graduated last year and have moved into full time employment here in Toowoomba. I enjoy mountain bike riding (especially down the range), surfing/ wakebaording and am interested in pretty much everything. I have lots of references available, having just finished looking for work. Please find one attached down the bottom. Sincerely, Alexander (just call me Alex) --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Reference: Reference for Alexander Helms, DOB, 27/08/1993, CSU Graduate 2016. Connection to the applicant; Alex has asked me to write a reference for him, as he is to graduate in December and seek employment as a dentist. I have had the absolute pleasure of knowing, lecturing and tutoring Alex over twenty weeks in an adult clinic at CSU, Wagga Wagga campus. Details of the applicant and what I have seen; Their clinical ability and skill level In the time I have known Alex he has proven himself to be an incredibly competent and capable person. Alex works with efficiency and dedication and a maturity beyond his years. He is able to work independently and usually to time. Alex needs minimal supervision, and is always quite clear on what needs to be achieved. Alex is confident in his treatment planning and his aims for a clinic session. However, of all the students I tutor, Alex is always the first to ask how he could have improved and what he could have done better. Alex is always willing to listen to suggestions and feedback provided, and very respectful, gracious and grateful in receiving feedback. He reflects quickly and is ready and responsive to change a treatment plan if he thought it better serves the patient. His clinical ability sessions are consistently marked at excellent, which is the highest grade possible to achieve. Team player All CSU students work well in a team with each other. This is because they are forever moved on placement with a group of fellow students. As a team they have to pack and unpack all their belongings, and start a fresh in a new country town or city, new clinic, new staff, new patients, new tutors, and new rules. I believe they have all developed great resilience from this arduous process. Alex is no exception. They assist each other during their daily clinic sessions, and always look out for how to make their fellow student's life flow as well as possible. Alex also works well with the team of university staff, reception and dental assisting, and also with oral health students studying concurrently at the Wagga campus. He is always mindful of helping all in the team. Communication with patients and other people Alex enjoys communicating with patient of all ages. He is fun and positive with adolescents, and respectful and considerate and extraordinarily compassionate with adults of all ages. He is always very professional, and the patient of any age could sense that Alex truly cares for them. At the CSU clinic in Wagga the students have had minimal exposure to treating children under 10 years of age, although this is covered in lectures. Hence I cannot comment on this. However, on other placements during the year Alex has treated children, and enjoyed this experience. 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Player InformationFlames Home > Men's Soccer Home > Men's Soccer Roster > Roster Detail
Richard NyarkoClass: Senior
Position: M/D
Height: 6-0
Weight: 165
Previous School: Texas-Brownsville
Hometown: Accra, Ghana
2011 (Jr.)
• Played in all 20 games, starting 18
• Named to Big South Presidential Honor Roll
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• Played in all 18, with six starts
• Posted three points on a goal and an assist
• Assisted on a goal in win over St. Francis (N.Y.) at the Sculley Memorial Tournament (Sept. 12)
• Scored first goal as a Flame in 3-0 victory at Winthrop (Sept. 25)
• Received first Liberty start against No. 2 North Carolina (Oct. 12)
Previous School
• Attended University of Texas-Brownsville in 2009-10
• Helped the Scorpions win the Red River Athletic Conference and reach the NAIA National
• Texas-Brownsville finished as the only undefeated NAIA team with a 17-0-2 record, falling in the national tournament on penalty kicks
• The Scorpions finished the year ranked 15th in the NAIA national poll
• Graduate of Liberty Christian Academy
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North Allegheny knows title goes through Central Catholic
When Art Walker arrived at North Allegheny in 2005, Central Catholic was never mentioned.
Never mind that Walker had led the Vikings to back-to-back WPIAL Class AAAA championships and an undefeated PIAA title in '04.
It wasn't until North Allegheny finally played Central — and beat the top-ranked Vikings, 17-7 — in the 2010 WPIAL semifinals that the Tigers truly re-established themselves as an elite Quad-A program.
"We didn't know if we were going to see anybody as tough as them," Walker said. "That experience was crucial for us."
Now, the roles are reversed.
Walker has North Allegheny (6-0, 5-0) ranked No. 1 in the WPIAL, and standing in the way of a young Central Catholic (5-1, 4-1) team that is trying to recapture the flag as the premier program in Quad-A.
This is only their second meeting in the past decade. That both are in the Quad North raises the stakes.
"I think all of that is true, but NA is extremely good," said Central coach Terry Totten, who was Walker's defensive coordinator for four years before being promoted.
"They're well-coached, very good on both sides of the ball and special teams. They have a guy that can move the ball around. I don't see a weakness. We're not that kind of football team this year. We're not. I'm going to give it to you straight. We're going to battle, but we're a very young football team."
Where Walker was reluctant to use Central as a template for North Allegheny — the former is a parochial school, the latter a public — their results are mirror images.
Since 2007, Central is 59-9, while North Allegheny is 61-10. Both have won PIAA titles (Central in '07, NA in '10), but the Tigers have an edge as two-time defending WPIAL champions with a 22-game win streak against district opponents.
"The system is in place," Totten said of the Tigers. "They do a lot of similar things that we did. They're very sound, very well-coached. (Walker is) very thorough. He's bright. He knows football. He runs a tight ship. It's kind of the perfect storm out there right now. "
Where North Allegheny is coming off a 14-3 victory at then-No. 2 Gateway, Central is trying to regroup from a 34-7 loss at Seneca Valley Sept. 27. Considering North Allegheny beat Seneca Valley, 45-3, on Sept. 14, the Tigers are overwhelming favorites.
Walker has warned his players not to overlook Central, which has allowed six touchdowns all season, including one against Pine-Richland last week. The Vikings also should be bolstered by the return of three players who missed that Seneca Valley game: tailback Luigi Lista-Brinza, safety Garret Vrbanic and lineman Angelo Natter.
"When they played on Thursday night, I don't think by any means it showed what kind of quality team they are," Walker said. "We're going to approach it like we're going to get their best game.
"We need to understand this game means so much more than last week's game. This one's bigger because it's a conference game. Our first goal is to try to win our conference, so this game is so important right now."
More important than the opponent, which goes without saying.
Kevin Gorman is a staff writer for Trib Total Media. He can be reached at firstname.lastname@example.com or 412-320-7812.


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Saturday, 2 January 2010
January 1, 2010: Episode Update
After getting his hopes built up and his imagination picturing him and Becky and a handful of rug-rats, Steve has been bitterly disappointed now that he knows Becky doesn't want any kids. She skives off work which annoys Liz no end. She tears a strip off Claire for telling Steve. She tries to talk to Steve but they make no headway. She can't really explain why other than talking about her rotten genes and her inability to handle it all. She runs to Roy and Hayley for a comforting ear and tells them that if she had a kid, she couldn't just come and go as she pleased. The Croppers urge her to talk to Steve but when they try to discuss it again, it ends up with Steve wondering if they got married too quickly and didn't really know each other properly after all. They are disillusioned and disappointed and Becky sleeps on the sofa that night.
Michelle spent the night in the hotel with Jake after all. She tries to talk to Ryan about responsible sex and offers to buy him protection or let him have some of hers, as she has loads, ... er... well she has enough... well, let's just leave that aside for the moment. Nice. I guess she's trying to be cool with all that and even allows Sian to stay overnight as long as it's ok with her dad. She says it is but I just wonder because she admits to Ryan that she will lie to her father and say she's staying at Sophie's. Sophie's upset with Sian and won't talk to her.
Rosie's got a broken roller skate due to Graeme trying them out on the cobbles at 3 am. Sounds like Rosie got a taste of her own medicine, cherry vodka flavoured! Graeme later takes her to the precinct on his window-washing wagon so she could get it fixed at a shoemaker there. She is aware that he fancies her rotten. Could this be the beginning of another odd couple, similar to Ashley and Maxine were? Bimbo and butcher?
Natasha backs out of a Stylist Dinner that she'd promised to go to with Audrey in favour of a hot date with a welder. Audrey books Lewis and later has cold feet but it's too late to back out. Lewis, well used to women getting nervous when they first do this sort of thing, sits with her and talks over a cup of tea and later a G&T and when her nerves are gone and they're enjoying each other's company, they go to the dinner. Audrey has such a lovely time she drops into Gail's afterward, tiddly and giggly and offers to pay for Joe and Gail's honeymoon.
Dev visits the kids and things seem to go well. He even shakes Matt's hand and scolds the kids to listen to Matt when he asks them to get their coats on. Sunita offers him a visit with the kids on Monday which he gratefully accepts before leaving. One little moment of kindness and his imagination has taken off. He later admits to Molly that he wants his whole family back and thinks Sunita's smile in a photo of her and the kids is just for him! Oh dear.
Bits and bobs: Steve takes Amy for a visit to see Tracy. Rosie and Sophie both end up spending quality time with their hungover mother and watch a girly film with her in bed. Tyrone misses a lunch at home with Jack and Connie because Kevin asked him to go out on a breakdown. The woman was impressed and was talking about job offers. Molly decided that sounded like a very good idea and tried to talk Tyrone into calling the woman but he's quite happy where he is. I don't think she's about to drop the subject. Pam tried to find out what was on Bill's mind but he kept quiet. Gail remarks to Kevin that Sally has looked tired lately but he covers, pointing out that Sally was in top form the night before at the party. Betty seems to have Geographical Tongue. Very sore. Everyone seems to be interested in watching the film Escape to Victory (a WWII film about POWs playing footie against a German team in Paris, made in 1981).
Our Yoork should be back with her Corrie episode reviews next week!
9 comments:
- Flaming Nora said...
Thanks so much for doing the episode reviews Diane!
- 2 January 2010 at 15:23
Audrey was a hoot last night; the more she drank, but more fun she got, esp. with the giggling with Gail on the couch. Would love to see a Pretty Woman, er, Man(?) story for her.
Have the Barlows forgotten that they have another grandchild besides Simon? Not a peep about their Amy at Christmas, Boxing Day, or on any visit to the pub, where she is just up the stairs. It's nice that she gets to play with Josh, but shouldn't she also spend some time with her cousin, esp. since there's a battle brewing between the Rovers and Peter's wine bar.
- 2 January 2010 at 15:47
How come everyone was open on New Year's day? Audrey's salon, the cobblers? Great to see Nigel Havers, hope he has a long stint. Poor old Gail, she may as well have "Disaster" iced on her wedding cake but she is the only one that can't see it! And we also noticed that Amy is Diedre's natural grandchild but not a mention of her was made over Christmas, just angst about Simon not being there!
- 2 January 2010 at 16:10
Corrie writers have a habit of 'forgetting' key pieces of information such as Deidre being Amy's Nana. I am sooooooooooo hoping they might treat the dreadful Molvin story line the same way, after all My-2nd-Son (Michelle), Dr Matt Returns (Ashley & Cluur), Wicki's friend falling down the stairs at Underworld, and the Loony KC story lines all seem to have disappeared into the slops tray at the Rovers. Please please please let Molvin go the same way!
- 2 January 2010 at 16:24
- Merseytart said...
Never mind the Barlows forgetting their other grandchild - Ken's put his other son back in the plot cupboard, after supposedly "bonding" with him and Denise again last year!
- 2 January 2010 at 19:13
The difference with Amy and the missing sons of Ken, Michelle and Hayley is that she lives on the street, and her grandmothers are good friends. If she lived away, or there were a problem between Liz and Dierdre, that would be different, but in the current situation, it's a careless omission.
- 3 January 2010 at 17:52
I know that Corrie can't have amazing cliffhangers every episode, but ending the episode with Becky asleep on the sofa was a very boring choice. What will it be next time, Becky brushing her teeth? Looks like her character is going to be overused once again.
- 3 January 2010 at 21:48
- Yoork said...
Thanks so much TVOR for covering me! You kept this blog afloat these holidays!
I will be back this Monday!
Thx again!
- 4 January 2010 at 06:00
- Tvor said...
Good to see you back Yoork! Hope you had a brill holiday!
- 4 January 2010 at 17:56
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The Unidentified employees from 1994 should all be re-titled to remove "Hogwarts" as they could also be Employees from the visiting schools.188.8.131.52 11:17, July 31, 2010 (UTC)
No; all of this employees stated at the Great Hall before the arrival of the other schools.Pol 871 11:29, July 31, 2010 (UTC)
But, of course, they may be Ministry Wizards( if you see, they had a books in the table,however, the hogwarts teachers no).Pol 871 11:29, July 31, 2010 (UTC)
They were there before the Students and headteachers arrived, but they could still be employees from the other schools.126.96.36.199 11:33, July 31, 2010 (UTC) How could be, if they had not yet arrived?This is impossible, they only may be teachers, employees or ministry wizards.Pol 871 14:51, July 31, 2010 (UTC)
We see the head teachers and the students arrive, presumably they would have taken the special "first class" transport, which we see.
Leaving secondary teachers and employees to get there early by other means and set classrooms and things up early, kind of like lupin taking the Hogwarts express. Logically with the amount of students, some of these faces in 1994 would be teachers from these school to give them lessons, and so not employees from hogwarts.220.127.116.11 15:35, July 31, 2010 (UTC)
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Pol 871 15:54, July 31, 2010 (UTC)
Sounds like a more correct title. I'm all for it 220.127.116.11 16:16, July 31, 2010 (UTC)


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Motor Learning in a Customized Body-Machine Interface (BMI)
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|Spinal Cord Injury
|Device: Customizing the Body-Machine Interface
|Study Type:
|Study Design:
|Allocation: Non-Randomized
Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment
Masking: Single (Participant)
Primary Purpose: Supportive Care
|Official Title:
|Motor Learning in a Customized Body-Machine Interface for Persons With Paralysis
- Change in Time to task completion from Baseline at 8 months [ Time Frame: Baseline and 8 months ]The subjects will perform computer games requiring different data entry tasks (characters, cursor control) and navigate either a virtual or a real obstacle course. This primary outcome measure is the time it takes subjects to complete each task.
- Change in Movement Smoothness from Baseline at 8 months [ Time Frame: Baseline and 8 months ]This outcome measure measures the change in movement smoothness when operating the virtual and real wheelchairs
- Change in Strength [ Time Frame: Baseline and 8 months ]This outcome measure measures the changes in upper body strength after training
- Change in Mental State [ Time Frame: Baseline and 8 months ]This outcome measures measures the change in mental state (as quantified by the State-Trait Anxiety Inventory) after training
|Estimated Enrollment:
|Study Start Date:
|February 2013
|Estimated Study Completion Date:
|June 2017
|Estimated Primary Completion Date:
|June 2017 (Final data collection date for primary outcome measure)
|Assigned Interventions
Experimental: SCI Static
SCI group that practices with a static body-machine map
Device: Customizing the Body-Machine Interface
The intervention compares two ways of customizing the body-machine interface which will be used for subjects for 40 sessions (spread over 8 months). In one case (SCI static), the body-machine interface is static. In the other case (SCI Machine Learning), there is a machine learning algorithm that adapts to the movements made by the subject.
Experimental: SCI Machine Learning
Spinal Cord Injury patients who practice with a body-machine map that is adapted using machine learning
Device: Customizing the Body-Machine Interface
The intervention compares two ways of customizing the body-machine interface which will be used for subjects for 40 sessions (spread over 8 months). In one case (SCI static), the body-machine interface is static. In the other case (SCI Machine Learning), there is a machine learning algorithm that adapts to the movements made by the subject.
Detailed Description:
The goal of these studies is to enable persons paralyzed by spinal cord injury (SCI) to drive powered wheelchairs and interact with computers by acting through an interface that maximizes the effectiveness of their residual motor function. This is called a "body-machine interface" because it maps the motions of the upper-body (arms and shoulders) to the space of device control signals in an optimal way. In this way, paralyzed persons that cannot operate a joystick controller because of lack of hand mobility can effectively use their whole upper body as virtual joystick device. An important characteristic of the proposed approach is that it is based on the possibility to control a computer or a wheelchair by bodily movements through an interactive learning process, in which the interface adapts itself to the subject's mobility and the subject learns to act through the interface. This study aims at developing and testing the customization of this interface to a group of SCI participants with tetraplegia, resulting from high-level cervical injury. The proposed research is organized in three specific aims:
(Aim 1) To develop new functional capabilities in persons with spinal cord injury by customizing a body-machine interface to their individual upper body mobility. After fitting the interface to the residual movements of each subject, participants will practice computer games aimed at training two classes of control actions: operating a virtual joystick and operating a virtual keyboard. This study will test the ability of the subjects to perform skilled maneuvers with a simulated wheelchair.
(Aim 2.) To test the hypothesis that practicing the upper-body control of personalized interfaces results in significant physical and psychological benefits after spinal-cord injury. A study will evaluate and quantify the impact of the practicing functional upper-body motions on the mobility of the shoulder and arms by conventional clinical methods and by measuring the subjects' ability to generate coordinated upper body movements and to apply isometric forces. Other studies under this aim will evaluate the effects of operating the body-machine interface on musculoskeletal pain and on the mood and mental state of the participants.
(Aim 3) To train spinal-cord injury survivors to skillfully operate a powered wheelchair using their enhanced upper body motor skills and customized interface parameters. Finally, the last study will test the hypothesis that the skills learned through practice in the virtual environment are retained for the control of an actual powered wheelchair. After reaching stable performance in the simulated wheelchair, subjects will practice the control of the physical wheelchair in safe a testing environment.
If successful, this study will lead to effective operation of a highly customized interface that adapts to the residual motor capability of its users. Physical and psychological benefits are expected to derive from the sustained and coordinated activity associated with the use of this body-machine interface
|Ages Eligible for Study:
|18 Years to 65 Years (Adult)
|Sexes Eligible for Study:
|Accepts Healthy Volunteers:
Inclusion Criteria:
- Age 18-65
- Injuries at C3-C6 level, complete (ASIA A) or incomplete (ASIA B and C)
- Able to follow simple commands
- Able to speak or respond to questions
Exclusion Criteria:
- Presence of tremors, spasm and other significant involuntary movements
- Cognitive impairment
- Deficit of visuo-spatial orientation
- Concurrent pressure sores or urinary tract infection
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT01608438
|Contact: Ferdinando A Mussa-Ivaldi, PhD
|United States, Illinois
|Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago
|Chicago, Illinois, United States, 60611
|Principal Investigator:
|Ferdinando A Mussa-Ivaldi, PhD
|Northwestern University
|Responsible Party:
|Ferdinando Mussa-Ivaldi, Senior Research Scientist, Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago
|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
|NCT01608438 History of Changes
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|Study First Received:
|April 16, 2012
|Last Updated:
|March 25, 2016
Keywords provided by Ferdinando Mussa-Ivaldi, Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago:
Body-machine interface
Upper-body motion
Motor learning
Assistive Devices
Computer keyboard
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
Spinal Cord Injuries
Spinal Cord Diseases
Central Nervous System Diseases
Nervous System Diseases
Trauma, Nervous System
Wounds and Injuries
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This is also Eli Month: Giants QB Manning is 30-7 in October.
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These January releases go from blah to bliss while an overlooked 2011 album kicks ass
RICH LOPEZ | Staff Writer
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Although they don't want to be labeled as dance/electronica, electronica act Canyons provides multitudes of synth and drum machines in all 11 tracks of their latest album. Dreams starts off with a hip bass line and groovy beat in "Under a Blue Sky," but that interesting minute is quickly put to rest with the inclusion of saxophone. Initially, it registers as fascinating, but quickly becomes abrasive, that they prove the point that saxes and electronica do not blend well and the song devolves into a melange of animal sounds, ethereal vocals and pretty much drivel.
The Aussie band fares better in "My Rescue," a offering more focus with stronger beat with vocals. Then it regresses into the pedestrian "See Blind Through." The album has major ups and downs that aren't worth the ride with the second half merely a haze of irregular beats. Strangely, 11 songs are listed, but 10 show up. However, I doubt the missing song could have made the album anything better.
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HOUSTON - A Walmart employee has been accused of intentionally running over a customer.
Lance Jason Ferguson, 33, has been charged with aggravated assault.
Houston police said a customer looked at DVDs and video games at a Walmart store in the 9500 block of Rowlett in southeast Houston on July 10.
Dominique Mason, a high school senior, said he was about to walk out of the store with them without paying, but then he had a change of heart.
"I went back and put them in the Walmart seat just because it was wrong for stealing," Mason said.
Mason said he then walked out of the store and Ferguson, a store employee, followed him.
Mason began walking home. As he was in the parking lot of a business in the 11500 block of the Gulf Freeway, he heard a car come up behind him and was then hit, police said. He rolled on top of the hood and then fell to the ground, detectives said.
Investigators said the customer told them that Ferguson got out of the car, told him never to return to the Walmart and walked closer to him as if he was going to hit him. Ferguson then left and the customer walked home, officials said.
When Mason got home, his mother took him to a hospital to be treated for injuries to his back.
Police said they talked to Ferguson and he admitted to the confrontation inside the store. He denied leaving the store and denied driving to work that day, investigators said.
Detectives said surveillance video from the store showed Ferguson leave the store and leave the parking lot in a vehicle similar to the one the customer described being hit by. The video also showed Ferguson return the store within 10 minutes of leaving, police said.
Mason said he considers the incident to be a wake-up call.
"Changed a little but how life is, how much meaning we have -- how much meaning I have," he said.
Ferguson is no longer employed by Walmart. He's in the Harris County Jail with bond set at $30,000.
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I Do and I Don't
A History of Marriage in the Movies
By Jeanine Basinger
Knopf, 395 pages, $35
Hollywood has always had an ambivalent attitude to matrimony. As director Frank Capra said, "Embrace happy marriage in real life, but keep away from it onscreen."
In this comprehensive and entertaining account of marriage in the movies, American film historian Jeanine Basinger explores Hollywood's mixed messages. On the one hand, marriage is wonderful. (It must be. The country is built on it!) On the other hand, marriage is trouble. (It has to be, or there's no plot.)
According to Basinger, the marriage movie is often at odds with itself, an intriguing mix of reassurance and warning, honesty and illusion, familiarity and escape. "Underneath every movie story runs another story, and it often contradicts or questions the one on the surface," she writes.
Basinger, who is chair of film studies at Wesleyan University in Connecticut and curator of its film archives, reports that she had no luck when she started asking colleagues and friends to list their favourite marriage movies. There are courtship movies, in which the characters will presumably end up married, and there are films in which characters just happen to be married. But movies that take marriage as their central subject are surprisingly rare.
Even movies that centred on marriage tended not to be marketed that way. Rebecca (1940) was introduced in ads as a film about a man and woman "gloriously in love ... a great dramatic romance," a description that would surprise anyone who's seen Hitchcock's dark, slightly perverse psychological thriller.
Studios worried about marriage's marquee appeal. For a Depression-era housewife, weary of scrimping and saving, a trip to the cinema was "the fur she could afford," a brief glimpse of glamour and ease. "But what if the story was about the rabbity old thing she brought in with her?" asks Basinger.
Some movies did rely on the fact that viewers could relate to everyday marriage problems. A 1946 short called I Love My Husband, But! comes down to the hubby's habits of botching house repairs, using the guest towels in the bathroom, and being unable to find things right under his nose. More often, though, marriage movies offered escapism, with cosmopolitan Nick and Nora Charles solving Manhattan mysteries or gorgeous Greta Garbo finding intrigue in "the exotic East."
Other marriage movies focused on problems like addiction, infidelity or outlandish twists (one's spouse is a secret Nazi or a serial murderer or a space alien). But even when marriage was threatened, there was a sense that it shouldn't be threatened too much.
The restrictive production code in force from 1934 to the 1950s stipulated that "the sanctity of the institution of marriage and the home shall be upheld." If you had to show adultery, you had to make sure it didn't look like too much fun.
Basinger writes jargon-free prose for a broad readership. She makes it clear in her introduction that she is not offering close formalist analysis. Nor is she exploring larger sociological and psychological contexts. Basinger is interested in how average audiences experienced these movies at the time they were released, and she discusses primarily story, character and theme.
At times, Basinger spends too much time summarizing plots and listing titles. Still, it's a thorough and democratic inventory, ranging from prestige films (Dodsworth, The Best Years of Our Lives, Days of Wine and Roses) to dozens of now-forgotten B-movies.
The book's structure feels lopsided. After a short outline of the silent era, a very long section covers the studio era (but often jumps ahead to later films like 1967's Two for the Road). Basinger wraps up with a brief breakdown of the modern era.
By the time Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice were exploring the sexual revolution, the marriage movie had radically shifted. Basinger suggests that many of its traditional concerns moved over to the cosy form of weekly television. One odd recent trend involves "going nuclear," as Basinger calls it; that is, what was once verbal sniping now involves live ammo, as in Mr. and Mrs. Smith, in which married assassins Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt try to kill each other.
Still, even with all these social and cinematic changes, Basinger believes that all serious marriage movies come back to the question that Carole Lombard asks Jimmy Stewart in Made for Each Other: "Oh, Johnny, what's happened to us?"
After giddy romantic beginnings, time and a certain amount of trouble eventually transform a marriage. What happens then, whether love fades away or becomes stronger and fuller, is the central issue of the marriage movie -- and indeed, marriage itself.
Alison Gillmor writes on pop culture for the Free Press.


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