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NeuroNow - Living Longer with Muscular Dystrophy
Spring 2008
Living Longer with Muscular Dystrophy
Date: March 1, 2008
Drs Kathryn Wagner and Tom Crawford, here with a young patient, direct Hopkins' Muscular Dystrophy Center.
Two decades ago, boys with Duchenne muscular dystrophy, the most common and lethal form of the disease, regularly died in their teens and early 20s. Today, they are living beyond that and into adulthood.
The phenomenon is a testament to the quality of care delivered at centers like Johns Hopkins', one of the most comprehensive of the Muscular Dystrophy Association's 225 hospital-affiliated clinics. The Hopkins MDA Clinic treats numerous neuromuscular disorders, but the volume of those with some form of muscular dystrophy—nearly 1,300 patients are seen in clinic every nine months—is exceptional.
In the MDA Clinic, the focus is on maximizing available treatments and developing new ones. "We are doing well in increasing quality of life and longevity, as exemplified by our large adult Duchenne population," says Kathryn Wagner, co-director of the MDA Clinic. With so many Duchenne patients "aging out" of the pediatric clinic, Wagner added an adult clinic to serve this emerging patient population. That's made Hopkins one of few centers nationwide with clinics for both children and adults.
As boys, these patients benefited from aggressive, proactive care. As soon as they developed scoliosis, for example, they were operated on. As soon as they needed a device—be it a walker, special bike or wheelchair—they got one. Many centers, says Tom Crawford, MDA Clinic co-director, all but give up when patients are "confined to a wheelchair," the term he dislikes most. "Kids with muscular dystrophy are confined by their disease. They're liberated by the wheelchair."
Sometimes, Crawford says, "patients' lives are wasted as people try to fix what's broken and have patients do what they simply can't do. At Hopkins, we're particularly skilled at optimizing what they can do." Duchenne patients in the adult clinic are the first generation to have spent their entire lives taking steroids, Wagner says. (First reported by Hopkins neurologist Daniel Drachman in 1974, the use of prednisone for Duchenne now is the standard of care worldwide.) "They are almost completely quadriplegic, so our focus is on preserving every precious function, like the flicker of movement in a finger to operate a wheelchair or a computer keyboard," says Wagner.
Neurologists in the MDA Clinic collaborate with pulmonologist Noah Lechtzin, cardiologist Daniel Judge and genetics counselor Nicole Johnson, all expert in treating muscular dystrophy's significant complications. "The multidisciplinary approach," says Wagner, "has brought success in extending life span and quality of life."
For more information, contact the MDA Clinic: 410-955-6484, or visit the Muscular Dystrophy Center web site.


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At 3 p.m. on Wednesday, Andreas Schieve puts one last fitting on a Mercedes truck, hangs up his tools on the assembly line and attends a brief meeting to hand the line over to the night-shift workers. Then he walks out of the factory gates and into town, ready for another four-day weekend.
Like most of the workers at the Ludwigsfelde Daimler-Mercedes plant, the 50-year-old man would rather not be forced to work three-day weeks about a third of the time.
"It's harder to make the rent payments and my wife and I don't have extra money to save for holidays and new appliances," he said while having a Chinese dinner at a shopping mall outside the plant, where he's worked more or less continuously since 1976. His wife works as a cleaner.
"But I do realize that it's better than being laid off. It's hard, but it's not as if I'm in danger. We're not living in Greece here."
While the rest of Europe is just beginning to crawl out of crisis and into the first tentative rays of growth and recovery, Germany is positively booming. Export sales are up dramatically, spurred especially by Chinese sales; consumer spending has returned sharply; banks and housing markets are unscathed - and, most significantly, while the rest of the continent and the United States experienced harsh job losses, Germany has actually seen unemployment fall this year to 7 per cent, below Spain's boom-time level
A big part of Germany's resilience can be found in factory towns like these and in the weekly pay statements of workers like Andreas Schieve.
In most other European countries, Mr. Schieve would have been laid off in late 2008, when the credit-driven economic downturn hit Europe hard and orders for this plant's commercial trucks dried up. Orders fell from 60,000 trucks a year to around 30,000, and the work force should have been slashed to match - more than 1,000 layoffs.
But Germany did something different. While its neighbouring countries spent hundreds of billions bailing out banks, financing infrastructure and stimulating the economy, Chancellor Angela Merkel's conservative-liberal coalition government also took a very large, unique gamble by spending huge sums of money bailing out its work force.
In a system known as kurzarbeit, or "short-time work," the German government pays up to two-thirds of the salary of employees who would otherwise be laid off, as long as they remain employed. The employer is expected to cover any hours actually worked and to keep up their pension and benefit payments.
Starting in 2009, this formerly marginal scheme became the core of Germany's recovery plan, and the number of Germans on kurzarbeit rose from tens of thousands to 1.5 million, costing the German government billions.
The workers say they find their tenuous employment inconvenient and complain that the money is neither as good nor as predictable. Some of Mr. Schieve's friends flew to Tuscany on long-weekend package vacations, only to be disciplined when the Friday shift was suddenly reactivated and they were nowhere to be found. But compared to other Europeans, they are extremely fortunate.
For Germany, it has been a huge gamble, for if the economic downturn lasts beyond 2010, the cost of having millions of private-sector employees effectively on the state payroll will become unaffordable and counterproductive, triggering an even worse crisis.
Yet it seems to have worked, to an amazing degree: Despite suffering an economic contraction of 5 per cent last year - during which unemployment doubled in the United States to 10.1 per cent and approached 20 per cent in Spain and Greece - Germany actually saw its unemployment rate fall to 7 per cent, its lowest point in 17 years.
The system has driven up government debt sharply and means the German recovery won't have the commensurate boost in consumer spending other countries will see. But German officials believe kurzarbeit has spared their country a far larger catastrophe and has allowed it to experience a boom in the midst of Europe's slump.
The logic works like this: If Mr. Schieve had been laid off, he and his wife would have been forced out of their three-bedroom rented house. The landlord, facing the depressed housing market of eastern Germany, would likely have defaulted on the mortgage. Meanwhile, the shops and services of Ludwigsfelde, a one-industry town, would have failed due to the layoffs and created their own defaults. Mr. Schieve and his fellow laid-off workers would have gone on welfare, costing the state large sums of money without generating any tax revenue.
The mortgage defaults generated by Mr. Schieve and a million people like him would have driven several banks into insolvency, forcing much more expensive state bailouts. And their mounting social-assistance bill and vanishing income-tax payments would have created a chronic government deficit.Report Typo/Error
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OK, everybody, it's time for my Xmas wish list. If you still don't know what to get that DBA or gadget buff in your life, then you'll want to see what I've got this year. Some items will be for DBAs only, because this is still a database blog, but most are generic enough for everybody.
I've reviewed every item in here, and these are all items I recommend. They range from the high end to the low end, so every budget should be able to manage something here.
So here they are, in no particular order:
1. ScottEVest Apparel – these are clothes made with technology in mind. They've not only got tons of pockets, but they've got a hidden cord system for your MP3 player or anything else you wear that has cords. Click here to read my review of the hidden cargo pants, ultimate hoodie microfleece, and travel jacket.
2. Bluetooth earpieces are really big this year. There are some new designs, and they're looking pretty good. I had a chance to play with the new Jawbone as well as three BlueAnt devices. Click here to see the review of the Jawbone, as well as the BlueAnt headset and hands-free reviews.
3. You know what else is really big? GPS devices. There really is no substitute for a good GPS. Whether you're going out of town and need to take it with you, or you're in town and just going to a doctor you've never been to before, you can't get around the need for these guys anymore. And they're so cheap these days. The ones I have for you start at just $140. I've got two TomToms and two Magellans. I tried to get some Garmins for you, but I guess they're not doing so well because they didn't seem to be able to afford to send devices. I can't think of many reasons why they'd miss out on a roundup with their two main competitors, though. To tell the truth here, you won't go wrong with any of these devices, but the TomToms were our favorite. Go here for the TomTom review.
4. Nothing says take me to a conference like the slim Casio Exilim EX-Z300. I love this camera. Sorry, I wanted to give you guys more to choose from, but after originally wanting to submit a camera, all of the other vendors backed out at the last minute when they found out I'd be doing durability testing. I don't know if they just can't afford to give a camera away or if they're afraid of the durability test. Anyway, the Exilim is a solid camera that takes excellent pics. Here's the review.
5. I've got a whole list of PC speakers for you. I was surprised how this one turned out both for the speakers and for me. So if you're thinking that PC speakers might be a good out-of-the-way gift, then see the ones I looked at. I've got Logitech, Creative, and Genius. Click here for the Logitech review, here for the Creative review, and here for the Genius review.
6. Say it with me: Webcams. I've got some nice Webcams lined up over here. These days you almost can't go wrong with something like this as a gift, whether it's for your hubby in IT, your kids, or even your parents who live two states away. Webcams make almost any Internet situation better. I've got two from Microsoft and two from Logitech. To be completely fair, my favorite for traveling is the Microsoft LifeShow, and my favorite desktop is the Logitech Orbit. Read the Microsoft and Logitech reviews.
7. Now for those SQL Server DBAs out there: APress just released a group of books for the latest version of SQL Server. If you have a DBA in your life and don't know what to get him, this could be a good start: Pro SQL Server Integration Services.
8. Here's another good APress book: Pro SQL Server 2008 Entity Framework
9. And one more from APress: SQL Server 2008 Transact-SQL Recipes: A Problem-Solution Approach
10. MP3s seem to not be going away either, so I managed to get three for you. First, I got the Zune, which is a good device. Second, I got one from Creative, and last, I actually managed to get the new iPod Touch. I think these are three devices for three types of users and definitely in three price ranges, so there's really something here for everybody. Sorry, I don't actually have reviews of these ready, but most of you know these devices anyway. However, though not on the Xmas list, there will be reviews to follow.
11. Since DBAs tend to work late nights, I still love the Microsoft Ultimate Keyboard from last year. I still think it's one of the best keyboards I've ever typed on. It's a little pricey, but good nonetheless. You can see the review here.
12. And finally I have two excellent printers. I've got one of the newest HPs and one of the newest Epsons. If you want my honest opinion, I'm favoring the HP for its better user interface, but that's really the only reason. They're both excellent printers that deliver superb functionality and print quality, especially for photos. You can see the HP review here, and the Epson review here.
And of course, if you're still too strapped to get anything on this list, here's a little something someone sent me while preparing for this post. It's a Web site where you can sign up and have your friends pitch in and get you something. Go to Dream Bank for more details.
OK, that's it this year. Everybody take care.


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Habitat 1125 proposes a new model of affordable housing that addresses the needs and problems of single-parent families. The repetition and shifting of a housing module allows a dynamic play of volumes that creates special connections between the apartments. The introduction of an open courtyard not only allows more light and ventilation, but also helps to foster interaction between the residents.
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The hard yards could be starting to pay off for Gold Coast's wannabe teen pop star Cody Simpson.
He has a duets album due out with Justin Bieber and has been named on the iHeartRadio festival bill to be headlined by Miley Cyrus next month.
Simpson was all set to be Australia's Justin Bieber in 2011. It proved to be a premature label since top 10 singles have eluded him everywhere except Japan, where On My Mind made No.5, and Ukraine, where bizarrely he has had four top 10s.
But ironically, superstar brat Bieber has been instrumental in helping Simpson (who is now based in the United States) establish himself. Bieber has taken Simpson, as his support act, on tours of Australia, Europe and the US, and has recorded an album of duets with him.
"[Bieber] called me up a couple of months back, and said, 'Mate, I see you've been getting really good at guitar!' So we got together that night, actually in LA, and wrote some great riffs, and ended up writing a really amazing song together," Simpson told Canada's Herald Chronicle.
"Then I had to go over to Europe, but we got back together when I got back and wrote 12 songs in seven days. We stayed up all night, every night, slept in the day, working until 6 am, and we literally wrote an entire project together.
"You'll be hearing some music from it soon. He's been a good mate of mine, helping me get my music out there and exposed, and this album will really help me with showcasing my guitar, songwriting and vocal skills."
Simpson will join Miley Cyrus, Redfoo and rapper Miracle for the inaugural Australian pop festival on October 18 at Allphones Arena.
IHeartRadio festival tickets go on sale from September 4 at ticketek.com.au/iheartradio
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Sled hockey league set to begin
The Pittsburgh Mighty Penguins sled hockey team has come a long way since its formation in 1998.
The organization's original goal was to give children and adults with a physical disability an opportunity to play a sport and stay active.
Over the years, the team has expanded in membership and participated in a growing number of competitive tournaments.
This weekend, the Mighty Penguins will host a season-opening tournament for the newly formed Mid-American Great Lakes Sled Hockey League.
For Mighty Penguins players, formation of the league means more games and a chance to compete for a league championship and national title. The national tournament will be held at the USA Hockey National Disabled Festival on April 1-3 in Blaine, Minn.
"Most of us have been waiting awhile for this chance," said Mighty Penguins forward Daniel McCoy, 16, of Cheswick. "It's a great feeling."
In sled hockey, players sit on a narrow sled, balancing on two blades, and propel themselves with a pair of specially designed mini-hockey sticks. Essentially, all ice hockey rules apply.
In addition to McCoy, the Mighty Penguins players are Cheswick's Nicholas Halapchuk, Greensburg's Cody Gray, Nevin Gray and Michael Kempka, Homer City's Barnabas Kester, Jeannette's Zach Harding, North Hills' Kyle Merbach, Penn Hills' Jonathan Stark, Plum's Kelsey DiClaudio, Saltsburg's Josh Wirt, and Wexford's Daniel Hefley.
Most of the players were born with a disability, such as spina bifida, while some were involved in a serious accident. They range in age from 13 (DiClaudio) to 41 (Merbach).
"When you tell people it's sled hockey, you tend to get the 'Oh, isn't that nice?' syndrome," said Mighty Penguins coach Ray Harding, whose son, Zach, plays forward. "When they come out and see a game and all the hits and checking, it opens up their eyes. There's a lot of tough hits. We were in Canada for a tournament recently, and when we left there was a little bad blood."
The Mighty Penguins players are excited about being able to unveil the new league with a large tournament in their home city. They will travel to other cities for tournaments later in the season.
Wirt, 26, has been with the Mighty Penguins sled hockey team since it started 12 years ago. He took part baseball, basketball and wrestling before he was in a car accident in 1994 that left him in a wheelchair.
"For so many of my family and friends to be able to watch close to home, it means a lot for that to finally happen," said Wirt, a defenseman.
Several Mighty Penguins players have become accomplished in their sport. Wirt captured a gold medal at the Winter Paralympics in Utah in 2002. McCoy is a member of the U.S. national sled hockey team, and Hefley and Nevin Gray compete for the national junior team.
In addition to being the youngest member of Mighty Penguins, DiClaudio is the only female. The 13-year-old attends O'Block Junior High School in the Plum School District and plays forward.
"She doesn't take any crap," coach Harding said. "She's mixes it up with the biggest of them. Some of the other players on other teams are a little apprehensive until she lays the first check into them. That's an eye-opener for other players."
Sled hockey was invented in Sweden in the 1960s and continues to expand in the United States. The Mighty Penguins are on the cutting edge of that growth.
"The new Mid-American Great Lakes Sled Hockey League is a positive step towards the growth of sled hockey across the country," USA Hockey disabled section chair J.J. O'Connor said. "The new league is the culmination of many years of hard work by volunteers, parents and players."Additional Information:
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The Mid-American Great Lakes Sled Hockey League's inaugural tournament is this weekend. The event is free, but a donation of $5 is appreciated.
Nov. 20 at BladeRunners, Harmar
• 9:20 a.m. — Fort Wayne Flyers vs. Ohio United
• 9:40 a.m. — Pittsburgh Mighty Penguins vs. Grand Rapids Sled Wings
• 3 p.m. — Michigan Sled Dogs vs. Fort Wayne Flyers
• 5:40 p.m. — Pittsburgh Mighty Penguins novice vs. Johnstown novice
• 6:10 p.m. — Grand Rapids Sled Wings vs. Ohio United
• 7 p.m. — Pittsburgh Mighty Penguins vs. Michigan Sled Dogs
Nov. 21 at Valley Sports Complex, New Kensington
• 7:45 a.m. — Grand Rapids Sled Wings vs. Fort Wayne Flyers
• 9:10 a.m. — Michigan Sled Dogs vs. Ohio United
• 12:20 p.m. — Fort Wayne Flyers vs. Pittsburgh Mighty Penguins
• 1:45 p.m. — Michigan Sled Dogs vs. Grand Rapids Sled Wings
• 3:30 p.m. — Ohio United vs. Pittsburgh Mighty Penguins


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A photographer who captured one of the most iconic moments in sport has hung up his camera after 67 years in the profession.
Ken Bray, 84, of Mornington Road, Woodford Green, who photographed Roger Bannister running the first four-minute mile in 1954, has stepped down as official photographer for Woodford Green Athletics Club (AC) with Essex Ladies.
Mr Bray turned his hobby into a career when he set up his own dark room and studio in a Woodford Green house he shared with his wife and another couple in 1946.
He said: "We wondered what the food situation would be like after the Second World War, so we shared a house to save money.
"It was then I set up my own dark room and studio and made a lot of the materials I needed myself as we didn't have a lot of money."
Mr Bray went onto open his own studio in South Woodford, from where he worked for various press organisations, covering events such as the Helsinki Olympics in 1952.
And he was among a dozens of photographers present in Oxford when Roger Bannister achieved his historic feat.
"I showed Roger the picture and he said it was the best he had seen out of all of them. He said you could see his stride better than in the other ones."
"Some of my most memorable moments were when I covered the Queen's Scout Awards at Buckingham Palace every year.
"I photographed so many different people – from Seb Coe, to Ken Dodd. I have truly enjoyed every moment."
Mr Bray officially retired in 1996, but continued to take photographs for the athletics club's website.
Since retiring from professional photography, Mr Bray and his wife have visited more than 50 countries.
"Now that I won't have to worry about the club as much and walking long distances - we will be able to carry on doing the things we love," he said.


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I am writing this letter to inform all the hard working taxpayers of Guernsey County about a particularly upsetting waste of taxpayer money. I feel very strongly that the people of Guernsey County should pay better attention to goings on involving their county workers and certain elected officials directly involved with them.
The problem I am seeing on almost a daily basis is a county waste water worker who is supposed to be at work, but is spending a lot of time making frequent stops at his home throughout the workday. And what, might you ask, is wrong with that? I believe when he takes his work clothes off and mows his grass, then puts his work clothes back on and jumps in his county-provided truck, goes back to work for an hour or so, then returns home again so he can rake and sweep the grass clippings, then goes back to work, there is definitely something wrong. This kind of unjust practice happens regularly.
I called the county commissioners, and told them what I was observing. They told me they would talk to the employees boss and get the problem resolved. That was five phone calls ago, and nothing much has been done.
The employees boss called me one afternoon and tried to tell me this was comp time, but come on; you dont take comp time 15 minutes here or 2 hours there.
After the first time I talked to the commissioners the one thing I did see that changed was this employee didnt stop at home throughout the day. But that was very short lived (1 week).
This employee has gotten away with this for so long now I dont think it even worries him. And, as far as the commissioners go, it wouldnt be too hard for them to see for themselves what this employee is up to. It would take more than a phone call to his boss to get to the bottom of the problem.
The people of Guernsey County deserve better than this. If this employee makes $15 an hour and cheats us just two hours a week, $1,560 of our money is wasted a year.
I went to our elected officials and got no where, so now I address the taxpayers of Guernsey County. We need to stand up and take action against problems like this. We need to pay more attention to who we vote for in future elections, and we need to bring these problems out in the public eye so they can be addressed.
We all hate it when our taxes are raised, and this is just one of many reasons we have to pay so much. Take a look at your water/sewer bill and remember when you pay it that a portion of the bill is paying this employee for mowing his grass, instead of doing the job he is getting paid to do. When you pay your property taxes, look at how much goes to the county and ask yourself if we can let this kind of thing continue.
We all deserve better, and hopefully this matter can be resolved soon.
Paul Wolfe


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Michael Jackson has been approached by the popular Irish boyband Westlife to record a duet with them
The King of Pop has not yet lost his charm, he still has his fans around him instead. Michael Jackson reportedly has been approached by the Irish boyband Westlife to record a song together next year.
Taking into account Jacko becoming an inspiration for many other musicians, thus Westlife, who wants to impress their young fans, decided to ask the superstar to record a duet. The group's manager Louis Walsh says: "Michael Jackson is an inspiration and we are approaching him. The boys have sung with Diana Ross and Mariah Carey on their new album. So we thought: 'Who next?' Jackson would be great."


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Jefferson Hills DPW to get needed storage facility
Tom Lovell wanted to do a cartwheel after the July 8 Jefferson Hills Council meeting.
"I was nervous," the borough's public works director said.
Council approved four bids by 4-0 votes for the construction of new public works and salt storage facilities along Old Clairton Road behind the borough offices and near Jefferson Elementary. President Chris King and council members Vickie Ielase and Janice Cmar were absent.
The price of the facilities increased from $3.5 million to about $4.15 million.
"I have a grave concern for this project," said council member Tracey Khalil. "It's not something that I want to hold up because it's needed. It's needed desperately. We need to, as we always have done, move forward carefully and cautiously."
Dave McLean of McLean Architects LLC spoke to council at the July 3 meeting, explaining that the cost increase had a lot to do with expansive soil, which swells when wet, that was found on the building site.
"It's not that the building has features and things in it that are beyond what you need," McLean said. "A lot of the cost is in permanent improvement that has to be done correctly to ensure that the construction is done properly."
One option to cut costs would have been to reduce the size of the salt storage center in half, cutting the salt supply from 4,000 to 2,000 tons. The savings would have been $113,900. Now the borough will have the ability to store a year's surplus of salt, buffering costs if there is any fluctuation in the salt market.
Currently, public works stores its salt under a tarp, which can be problematic, Lovell said.
"In the wintertime, salt clumps," Lovell said. "It takes a lot of time to bust up the salt. If they miss one basketball-size chunk of salt, it jams the trucks up. It's just miserable down there."
Contracts were awarded to General Mechanical Contractors Inc. for $2.9 million for general construction; East West Manufacturing & Supply Co. Inc. for $407,000 for heating, ventilation and air conditioning; Vrabel Plumbing Co. LLC for $317,200 for plumbing and to A-1 Electric Inc. for $502,000 for electrical work.
Borough finance director and acting manager Andrew McCreery suggested covering the added costs by purchasing a $1 million note as well as using general funds.
Brittany Goncar is a staff writer for Trib Total Media. She can be reached at 412-388-5803 or email@example.com.


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I am pleased to announce the Class of 2011 for the Process Automation Hall of Fame. Elected by their peers in the Hall, these automation professionals have made clear and extensive contributions to the domain of process automation, and are being recognized for their work and careers.
John Berra, recently retired Chairman of Emerson Process Management.
In his 41 year career, spanning all phases of work in the automation industry, Berra's devotion to the profession and his dedication to furthering the work of ISA's standards organization stands out. His vision and willingness to take risks changed the face of distributed control, introduced digital fieldbuses (HART and FF) and human centric design.
Dr. Sigurd Skogestad, Head of the Department of Chemical Engineering, NTNU
Skogestad is considered one of the world's authorities on multivariable control, and he has worked in the power industry as well as academia. The goal of his research is to develop simple yet rigorous methods to solve problems of engineering significance. Research interests include the use of feedback as a tool to (1) reduce uncertainty (including robust control), (2) change the system dynamics (including stabilization), and (3) generally make the system more well-behaved (including self-optimizing control). Other interests include limitations on performance in linear systems, control structure design and plantwide control, interactions between process design and control, and distillation column design, control and dynamics.
Dr. Maurice Wilkins, VP Global Marketing Services, Yokogawa Corporation
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From Shore to Shore explores the worlds of the boat builders and the historic locations where boats and ships are built or maintained today. Actual boats will be on exhibit during the show. The show includes six photographs by Fine Art America artist Marianne A. Campolongo.
The opening reception on Thursday January 17, 2013 will feature clam chowder from Legal Seafood and other goodies. RSVP is preferred for the opening - no registration for the balance of the exhibit. Direct link for registration - opening info: http://tinyurl.com/Boats-Pix
The exhibition will fill ArtsWestchester�s Peckham Gallery with graphic panels on the history of boat building in the region, small boats built in the region, profiles of boat yards and master craftsmen, displays of boat-builder�s tools, half models and audio-visual installations. All are invited all to come and explore the world of boat building, and help us preserve these places and practices for future generations.
From Shore to Shore is presented in association with Long Island Traditions (www.longislandtraditions.org) , and has been made possible with support from the National Endowment for the Arts, New York State Council on the Arts, and the New York State Council on the Humanities.
The exhibit continue through March 9, 2013. Gallery Hours are Tuesday - Saturday 12 noon-5 PM. More info here: https://www.artswestchester.org/things-to-do/event/from-shore-to-shore-boat-builders-and-boat-yards-of-westchester-and-long-island/


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Despite what it called challenging market conditions, Airbus also reached its order intake target. Overall, Airbus won gross orders for a total of 310 airplanes worth $34.9 billion. Its net tally of 271 airplanes accounted for $30.3 billion, it added. Airbus said its net order total equated to 54 percent of the worldwide market share for airplanes seating more than 100 seats.
The new orders include 228 A320-family aircraft and 78 units from the A330/A340/A350XWB family, as well as new orders for four A380s. Three years after the launch of the A350XWB, Airbus surpassed orders for 500 of the new type. As of the end of last year, Airbus counted a total order backlog of 3,488 aircraft, valued at $437.1 billion, representing six years of full production.
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Jockey Niall "Slippers" Madden believes his mount Numbersixvalverde can become the first horse since Red Rum to win consecutive Grand Nationals.
Madden steered the Irish horse to a six-length victory over the 2005 winner Hedgehunter in last year's big race at Aintree.
And despite carrying 9lbs more in weight this time, the jockey believes the burden will not be his undoing on 14 April.
"I can see him winning again, but everything has to go his way," Madden told BBC Sport.
"Everything has to fall into place, you just have to hope and have your fingers crossed.
"But he will have a chance, given a clear round and everything going according to plan. I can't see the weight beating him."
Numbersixvalverde, trained by Martin Brassil, has been allocated a weight of 11st 3lbs this time, 2lbs more than Hedgehunter carried to victory two years ago.
But Madden reckons he would have probably triumphed last year, even with the extra weight.
"He won by six lengths, going away, last year and he's as good now as he was then," he said.
Madden has followed in the racing footsteps of his family after growing up in Naas, Kildare.
His father, also a jump jockey called Niall, is known as "Boots" from his riding days when he a wore an oversized pair of boots at the stables of trainer Edward O'Grady.
Niall's nine-year-old brother Tom, who is already riding ponies, answers to "Socks".
"Slippers" had never ridden in the world's most famous steeplechase before last year's heroics, or even won a race in Britain, but you would have struggled to remember that.
Then aged just 20, he kept his mount out of trouble and hit the front with exquisite timing on the 2005 Irish Grand National winner.
He rode the horse out on Thursday and reported him to be in "great old form" ahead of his bid for a repeat win.
Record-breaking Red Rum won the Aintree marathon in 1973, 1974 and 1977 - and was second in the years in between.
If there is one horse that could spoil Numbersixvalverde's chances of doing the double, Madden points to Point Barrow.
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More Parks and Green Space | Adrian Benepe | New York Times
"The next mayor[New York] will not face the crisis that Koch faced — in fact, the Bloomberg administration presided over the biggest program of park building since the 1930s. But considerable challenges and opportunities face the next administration, which will need to maintain the new parks while continuing to build for a growing city."
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Chief executive Alastair McCapra is leaving the Landscape Institute at the end of October to take up the post of CEO at the Chartered Institute of Public Relations.
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3 Tier Wedding Cake For Destination Wedding (First Time)
Decorating By lulubean Updated 21 Aug 2013 , 2:23am by lulubean
Hello! I am hoping for some advice on how to accomplish the following:
I am baking a 3 tier wedding cake for a family member in about a month. The cake will be 10, 8, and 6x3 inch rounds. I live in Philadelphia and will be driving to Cape Cod for the wedding. It is about a 6.5 hour drive. We have to be there by Friday, but the wedding isn't until Saturday.
We plan on driving there on Thursday night. I was thinking about baking the cakes Thursday during the day, wrapping them tightly and then traveling with them. Is this too far in advance? Do I have to keep the cakes cold for the drive?
I then thought I could crumb coat and stack them at the venue on Friday morning. I can either do the final decorations Friday afternoon or Saturday morning at the location. They said there is a large fridge that I can store the cake in. I plan to do a crusting butter cream on all 3 tiers. (should it be in the fridge or left out) If it is in the fridge should I get a box for it?
Any advice on when to bake these cakes would be greatly appreciated. This is my first time baking a wedding cake so if you want to throw in any other advice about your favorite crusting frosting, best way to stack, etc. I have been online checking out all the tutorials and have found some great stuff, but I would greatly appreciate help for the bakers on this board. Thanks in advance for your help!
AI'd bake, fill, and decorate them all ahead of time and freeze them (unstacked). Put them in an ice chest (not touching each other[unless you use some dry ice]) for the drive up and stack them there.
Edna De La Cruz has a great crusting bc recipe at designmeacake.com
I promise I'm not trying to discourage you but if you don't know how to stack a cake are you sure you want to practice on someone's wedding cake?
Thanks for the advice! It's ok, I'm not discouraged! I have stacked cakes before, but I used a pretty simple method with thin plastic dowels and there wasn't any travel involved. Just wondering what products or "tricks" worked best in other peoples experience for the whole wedding cake making process. I plan to make a cake ahead of time to "practice" before the event so hopefully I can work any kinks out then. Thanks again for the advice!! :)
AOh good! A ton of folks love sps for stacking. I personally haven't tried it yet since wooden dowels are cheap (I've been known to pinch a penny so tight it squashes to the size of a nickel) but I don't think that sps is that expensive (just a bit more so than wooden dowels).
Have you ever frozen a fully decorated cake before? If be happy to give you instructions if you need them.
Hello! No, never! I would love to hear your method for freezing an iced cake! I have heard and seen a bunch of different options. Thanks again for all your help! :)
What is the design of the cake you are planning on making?
Hello! I planned to do rosettes on the bottom and top tiers and then keep the center smooth and pipe a design similar to her invitation in white butter cream. I plan to do the rosettes and the center tier design at the venue.
I should have mention that the venue offered me the use of their kitchen, so I thought it may be easier to do the decorating there vs doing it at the house I am staying at and worrying about driving it with. (thought it isn't really a far drive) :)
ASounds like a pretty design :) rosettes are relativity easy so you may want to wait and do those there but you can have your cake filled, crumb coated, and ready to go.
Place decorated (or crumb coated) cake in a cardboard box. Wrap box in 3 layers of plastic wrap and one layer of foil and freeze.
A slow defrost is best. Normally I'd say put it in the fridge the night before then place on the counter the next morning. Don't unwrap until it's completely at room temp!
Since you're traveling with it I'd take them straight out of the freezer and put them in an ice chest at the last possible second for the ride. If they're still cool when you get there just put them on a counter until they're completely at room temp and then unwrap, finish decorating if necessary, and stack.
Hope that helps! Good luck!
Thanks so much!!! I really appreciate it!!
ANot a problem!
Oh good!
A ton of folks love sps for stacking. I personally haven't tried it yet since wooden dowels are cheap (I've been known to pinch a penny so tight it squashes to the size of a nickel) but I don't think that sps is that expensive (just a bit more so than wooden dowels).
Have you ever frozen a fully decorated cake before? If be happy to give you instructions if you need them.
I've reused the SPS system. I just take the legs off the plate and wash everything real good and let it air dry. If you don't decorate a lot and know you will get the SPS system returned, it isn't so expensive.
I should be able to get the system back since it is for a family member. I will look into it! Thanks for the advice!


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A CASTLE in Toledo where Queen Isabel 'The Catholic' – co-author of the bloodthirsty Inquisition – lived for most of her life is now on the market.
The price tag sits at a cool €9.6 million.
Plans were afoot to restore the fortress and turn it into a Guardia Civil museum, but the country's financial crisis forced the government to put it up for sale.
A typical Arab-style castle – four-square with a round tower at each corner – the fortress in the town of Maqueda (Toledo province) was rebuilt in the 15th century, but more recently has been used as a Guardia Civil station and even a traffic authority office.
Glass-plated plaques bearing the names of Guardia Civil officers killed by Basque separatist terrorism cell ETA remain on the inside walls – the first features of the planned national museum to be fitted in 2003, before the idea was scrapped altogether.
Known locally as the La Vela Castle, first refusal to buy it was given to Maqueda town hall, but socialist mayor Esteban Ríos said: "We felt frustrated, because although Interior offered it to us, we're only a small village, we haven't got much money and the maintenance costs would be huge."
But whoever can afford €9,588,290 plus general upkeep costs will get a 3,523-square-metre structure with three storeys and a basement, extremely well-preserved and solid due to the walls being three metres (9'9") thick, and with panoramic views of the surrounding countryside, as it sits on a hill.
Esteban Río says he hopes whoever buys it will give it a use that respects its prestige as a gem of national historical heritage.
The castle is due to be auctioned sometime this year, but a date has not been confirmed.


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Prince William will be spending Christmas with his pregnant wife, Kate, and his in-laws in the southern England village of Bucklebury, royal officials said over the weekend.
That means a family Christmas for the Duchess of Cambridge, who was recently hospitalized in London after suffering from severe morning sickness.
A statement from St. James' Palace, William's official residence, said Saturday that the prince and Kate, both 30, would celebrate the holiday "privately with the Middleton family."
A recent article penned by Kate's sister, Pippa Middleton, gave some insight into what a Bucklebury holiday might look like for the royal pair.
"The Middletons' Christmas should be blissfully calm. We're good at keeping each other's spirits up," Pippa wrote in the most recent edition of Britain's Spectator magazine. She added that her father, Michael, liked to surprise the family with bizarre costumes.
"He buys a new costume each year and typically gets a bit carried away - a couple of Christmases ago, he appeared in an inflatable sumo outfit," she wrote.
British royals traditionally spend the holidays at Sandringham, a vast estate in eastern England, and a spokesman for William said that the royal couple would pay a visit at some point over the festive season. He noted that William's absence from Sandringham had been approved by his grandmother, Queen Elizabeth II, and her husband, Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh.
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The charts we have provided for heating and annealing are based on theoretical schedules, modified by experience in the Bullseye factory studio. They are fairly conservative schedules, allowing more than adequate time in heating and cooling for most projects. However, they should be used as a starting point only and adjusted to the specifics of your kiln and your project.
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For the second time this week, a company has announced plans to move to Lancaster County.
Strategic Outsourcing Inc., a professional employer service, announced Thursday its plan to create between 60 and 80 new jobs here. The company, which is moving its corporate office from Charlotte to the URS building in Indian Land, will also transfer about 160 current employees.
Hal Crenshaw, president of Crenco Oil Co., is still concerned about the city of Lancaster's Streetscape project.
The project, which has made its way to the southern end of the city, brings new curbing, lighting, greenery and sidewalks to Main Street. Work began nearly two months ago and is expected to be completed in August.
Crenshaw said the planned curbing will limit vehicle access to his business, Crenco Food Store, located on South Main Street at the Brooklyn Avenue intersection.
Kilburnie, the Inn at Craig Farm, is celebrating its 10th anniversary with members of the Lancaster County Chamber of Commerce, by hosting the next Business After Hours on Thursday from 5 to 7:30 p.m.
The special celebration will also honor the conclusion of the chamber's two-week membership campaign, and all new members will be recognized as special guests at the event.
GREAT FALLS " Chester Regional Medical Center Chief Executive Officer Craig Walker and Dr. Sam Stone have signed on the dotted line.
Their signatures pledged support to keep the Great Falls Clinic open and Dr. H.P. Snead Jr. and family nurse practitioner Terry Sims available to patients.
About 150 people gathered in the Great Falls Middle School gym last Thursday night to show their support of the local clinic and its staff after talk surfaced about the possible merger of the clinic with the hospital's Richburg clinic.
The front yards along Chesterfield Avenue were for show.
The back yards – where stuff was stacked out of the sight – were by design.
However, each spring, one portion of our back yards was set aside and marked off for vegetable gardens.
And it was serious business, too. Babbit and Castello even hoed one in the cartoon that was at the old show.
President Roosevelt was on the radio encouraging all of us to do our part by investing in a Victory Garden to reduce the pressure on the World War II food supply.
WASHINGTON D.C. – U.S. Rep. John Spratt is denouncing a recent statement by the National Republican Congressional Committee that referred to him as "Amnesiac John Spratt."
"The NRCC accuses me of 'amnesia,' a sly, underhanded reference to the fact that I am in the early stages of Parkinson's disease," said Spratt, the 14-year term congressman who represents South Carolina 5th District. "I found their assertions beneath contempt."
The president and chief executive officer of Indian Land-based company Defense Venture Group has died.
John M. Zinn died Tuesday after suffering an accident while on a business trip in Amman, Jordan, according to the company.
Defense Venture Group, which provides management services for several aerospace and defense sector companies, hasn't released any more information about the incident.
Zinn was 33.
INDIAN LAND – A Lancaster man has been charged in an early morning crash on Wednesday involving a Lancaster County School District bus.
Nine Indian Land Elementary School students and a bus driver were not injured after an early morning accident in the northbound lane of Charlotte Highway.
S.C. Highway Patrol Lance Cpl. Billy Elder said bus driver Myra Helms, 53, of Fort Mill had stopped the 2003 Freightliner bus she was driving to pick up students about 6:15 a.m.
KERSHAW – Kershaw Town Council approved a contract with the Lancaster County Sheriff's Office for law enforcement coverage for the town, but council members want to make sure the town gets what it's paying for.
Council unanimously approved the one-year, $451,036 contract Monday night. The sheriff's office has provided law enforcement for the town since 2001, when the town disbanded its police department.
After more than 10 years as the county's treasurer, Dick Rowell is looking forward to the next stage of his life.
Rowell announced recently he would not seek another term after his current one expires in 2013, but he's considering leaving even sooner. This June will mark the end of the first year of his current four-year term.
Rowell made the decision, not because he doesn't enjoy his job, but because he was simply ready to retire.
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Jomo Cosmos were all but assured of relegation to the First Division after they were held to a 1-1 draw by Maritzburg United in their Premiership encounter in Daveyton on Saturday.
Cosmos had the best chance of a dull first half after Michael Morton brought down Mark Haskins, who fired a long-range free kick wide to the right in the 38th minute.
Earlier, in the only other moment of mild excitement in the opening period, Themba Tshabalala was shown a yellow card for a tackle on Cuthbert Malajila in the 17th minute.
The hosts eventually spiced things up 10 minutes after the break when Elhadji Samb netted from inside the area to put them ahead.
Maritzburg, however, struck back with 19 minutes remaining in the match, when a Felix Obada cross from the left found Malajila who headed home the equaliser.
Siyabonga Nontshinga had a last-ditch effort for Cosmos a few minutes later, but he drilled his long-range effort wide.
While Cosmos, who hold a game in hand, must win their last two matches by significant margins to stand any chance of retaining their place in the Premiership, Maritzburg remained in 11th place in the table with one game left in the season. – Sapa


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Seven Innocent People Volunteer to Serve 60 Days in Prison to Show Real Life Behind Bars
Seven ordinary citizens are pretending to be convicts in a harrowing, new documentary series from A&E called "60 Days In."
The volunteers signed up to serve two months at the Clark Couny Jail in Jeffersonville, Indiana, to show what it's like to be incarcerated there.
Sheriff Jamey Noel said he had tried to bring in undercover officers to pose as prisoners, but hadn't been able to find anyone who would commit to more than one or two days, WTSP-TV reported.
The facility has a history of problems including overcrowding, sexual relationships between guards and inmates, and drug smuggling, authorities said.
"After recently taking office, it was no secret that the Clark County Jail had problems and we needed to take quick control," Noel said in a statement from the cable network.
"These brave volunteers helped us identify critical issues within our system that undercover officers would not have been able to find," Noel said in the release.
Hundreds of hidden cameras filmed around the clock, the network said. Few people knew of the project. Guards and inmates were in the dark.
There are gritty, bloody scenes of fights, drug use and confrontations between real inmates and the posing volunteers.
At one point, a weeping female volunteer says she has had enough.
The civilians, who have never been charged with a crime, include a police officer, a social worker and a military wife.
Their reasons varied for volunteering, but they shared the goal of "leaving with a better understanding of the system — how it operates, its psychological effects, and wanting a part in exposing its larger impact on society," the network said in a press release.
The weekly series debuts on March 10.