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South African Journal of Surgery
On-line version ISSN 2078-5151
Print version ISSN 0038-2361
S. Afr. j. surg. vol.52 n.2 Cape Town Feb. 2014
Injuries sustained by passengers travelling in the cargo area of light delivery vehicles
J B HowlettI; C AldousII; D L ClarkeIII
IMB ChB; Pietermaritzburg Hospital Complex, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
IIPhD; Pietermaritzburg Hospital Complex, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
IIIFCS (SA), MMedSci, MBA, MPhil; Pietermaritzburg Hospital Complex, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
INTRODUCTION: Despite its inherently dangerous nature, the practice of transporting passengers in the cargo area of light delivery vehicles (LDVs) is widespread in South Africa.
OBJECTIVE: To review the patterns and outcome of injuries associated with events involving LDVs transporting passengers.
METHODS: All patients presenting to the Pietermaritzburg Metropolitan Trauma Service in KwaZulu-Natal Province following an event in which they had been travelling in the cargo area of an LDV between January 2011 and December 2012 were included in the audit.
RESULTS: A total of 66 patients were treated during the study period; 35% were children under the age of 18, and 90% were ejected from the LDV during the incident. The mean injury severity score (ISS) was 23. Collision events were associated with a higher mean ISS (33) than non-collision events (15) (p=0.008). The region most commonly injured was the head and neck, and 11% of victims sustained a permanent disability. The patients collectively spent 873 days in hospital and 70 days in an intensive care unit, and underwent 17 operations.
CONCLUSION: Transporting passengers in the cargo area of an LDV is dangerous, as ejection from the vehicle resulting from a collision is associated with significant morbidity and mortality. Legislative initiatives to prevent this practice are required as part of an ongoing comprehensive injury prevention programme.
South Africa (SA) experiences a major burden of injury related to road traffic crashes (RTCs). This situation is not unique to SA and is in fact widespread throughout the developing world. It is estimated that globally each year over 1.2 million people die and up to 50 million are injured as a result of RTCs.[1-4] The burden of disease is disproportionally distributed, however, with 90% of these deaths and morbidities occurring in middle-and low-income countries, where less than half of the world's motor vehicles are owned.[1-4] Despite the fact that only 4% of Africa's population own motor vehicles, compared with 60% of the population in the developed world, our continent has the highest motor vehicle accident-related mortality rate in the world at 28/100 000 population.[1-4] The World Health Organization (WHO) estimates that as a result of urbanisation and increased vehicle ownership in developing countries, there will be an 80% increase in RTC-related mortality over the next decade and that RTCs will rise from the ninth to the fifth leading cause of death worldwide over the same period.[1-4] The situation in SA supports this prediction, with local traffic statistics demonstrating a steadily increasing number of registered vehicles and drivers on the roads. It is estimated that there were 13 802 deaths from RTCs in SA during 2011.[1-6] The SA mortality rate from RTCs is 27/100 000, significantly higher than the world average.[1-6] Of the 13 802 people who died in RTCs in SA in 2011, 20% were travell ing in a light delivery vehicle (LDV).'5,61 Injury prevention programmes are urgently required to attempt to reduce the incidence and severity of RTCs. The WHO Decade of Action, which aims to reduce road traffic deaths and injuries across the world between 2011 and 2020, is one such campaign.[1-6] The healthcare profession should play a central role in the design and implementation of such programmes. Identifying appropriate targets for legislation designed to reduce RTC-related morbidity and mortality requires audit and surveillance.
LDVs and passenger transportation
LDVs are known as bakkies in SA, pick-up trucks in North America and open-bed trucks elsewhere. LDVs are extremely popular in SA, and more than 50 000 new LDVs are registered annually.[5,6] LDV-related collisions have been shown to result in a higher mortality rate than accidents involving sedans.[4-6] If there is a collision, travelling in the cargo area of an LDV is associated with a mortality rate double that associated with travelling in a closed sedan.'61 Despite these risks, people are commonly transported in the cargo area of LDVs on SA roads. The danger of this practice has been recognised, and it is prohibited in Europe and Australasia. The current laws in SA are unclear and poorly enforced. The law states that passengers can be transported in the cargo area of a goods vehicle, provided the sides are enclosed to a height of 350 mm if passengers are seated and 900 mm if they are standing.[5-7] It is, however, illegal to transport any person in the cargo area together with goods or for reward, or to transport employees in the course of their employment.'5-71 These restrictions are rarely enforced, and there are numerous reports of horrific LDV accidents in the media.[8-13]
This prospective audit describes the demographics of passengers injured while travelling in the back of LDVs, and the mechanism and spectrum of the injuries. It is intended that the data should inform public health interventions designed to prevent injury.
The Pietermaritzburg Trauma Service (PMTS) aims to provide resources and expertise, as well as strategic and political leadership in trauma care, to the city of Pietermaritzburg and the western rural health districts of KwaZulu-Natal Province (KZN). Pietermaritzburg is the capital of KZN and the largest city in the western part of the province. It has a population of 1 001 000 and is served by a tertiary hospital (Grey's), a regional hospital (Edendale) and a district hospital (Northdale). There are three private hospitals in the city. Western KZN is predominantly rural, with a population of approximately two million people, and consists of four health districts.[14]
The Pietermaritzburg Trauma Registry
The PMTS runs a comprehensive electronic trauma registry.[14] Ethical approval to maintain an electronic medical registry system has been obtained (ethics no. BCA221/13 BREC UKZN). The registry is a hybrid electronic medical record system that directly captures data into the database during patient admission, during operations and on discharge. Specific ethical clearance was obtained for collecting clinical data on people injured as a result of travelling in the cargo area of an LDV (ethics no. BE 159/11).
All patients presenting to the PMTS between January 2011 and December 2012 following an accident when they had been travelling in the cargo area of an LDV were included in the study. The primary author (JBH) recorded demographic details and information on the mechanism and pattern of injury, and interviewed each patient included in the study. The trauma registry was also cross-checked for patients who met the inclusion criteria. When necessary, a telephonic interview was performed in conjunction with clinical record review. The data were analysed using a standard statistics package, with the assistance of a qualified statistician.
Definitions. A collision event involved a collision between an LDV and another vehicle or a stationary object. A non-collision event involved passengers being ejected from or falling out of an LDV without a collision.
Sixty-six patients involved in 53 events were identified over the 2-year study period. There were 15 collision events, 28 non-collision events and ten events in which the mechanism was uncertain. For 30 of the 53 events, patients were able to state how many people had been in the back of the LDV with them. There were a total of 217 people in the back of 30 LDVs, an average of just over seven people per LDV. In 42 cases the time of the accident was verified: 35 events occurred during the day and seven at night. A total of 66 patients were treated by the PMTS following an event. There were 43 males (65.2%), the mean age of the patients was 20 years (range 1 - 60), and 23 (34.8%) were children under the age of 18 years. Of the 66 patients, 60 (90.9%) were ejected and four jumped from the vehicle, and two were not ejected. In two cases the LDV had a hard canopy over the cargo area with passengers inside. In one of these cases all three passengers were ejected despite the presence of the canopy, and in the other the patient sustained minor injuries while inside. In 35 cases the type of road was identified: eight patients were injured on gravel farm roads, 18 on secondary tar roads and nine on a highway. Thirty-eight events occurred during the summer and 28 during winter. Fig. 1 schematically describes the patient cohort.
Injury pattern and outcome
The mean injury severity score (ISS) was 23. Of the patients 59 were admitted and seven discharged. The mean hospital stay was 15 days, and 13 patients were admitted to an intensive care unit (ICU). All the patients requiring ICU admission had been ejected from the vehicle. The mean ICU stay was 5 days. Thirteen patients required a total of 17 operations. Thirty-eight patients sustained head and neck injuries, 17 had chest, pelvic and extremity injuries, 12 had abdominal injuries and eight had facial injuries (Table 1). Eleven patients died on the scene. Of the 66 patients who reached hospital, five died (7.6%) and seven (10.6%) sustained permanent disability including paraplegia and quadriplegia. The patients in the collision group had a mean ISS of 33, as opposed to 16 in the non-collision group (p=0.008). The mean ISS was 23 for patients who were ejected from the vehicle, 9 for those who jumped out and 5 for those who were not ejected. However, owing to the high rate of ejection this difference was not significant (p=0.223).
Our data indicate that travelling in the cargo area of an LDV is associated with significant risks. We found a high rate of ejection of passengers from the vehicle (90.9%), significantly higher than would be expected in RTCs involving closed sedan-type vehicles. Ejection from a vehicle is a significant mechanism of injury and associated with a diverse injury pattern and an increased risk of mortality and permanent disability.[15-19] In our cohort ejection was associated with a much higher mean ISS and an increased need for ICU admission compared with non-ejection. Collision events had a statistically significantly higher mean ISS than non-collision events.
Passengers involved in RTCs while travelling in the back of an LDV also have a significant chance of sustaining a devastating neurological injury - 10.6% of our patients (7/66) had permanent disability, including quadriplegia and paraplegia. The commonest region injured was the head and neck. This is consistent with the findings of other case series, which found the head and neck to be the most common region injured in incidents involving passengers travelling in the back of a flat-bed truck.[15-18] Although the head was the commonest site of injury, severe injuries to the torso, pelvis and long bones were also commonly sustained. Children and young men were the groups most affected. The majority of the events occurred during daylight hours, indicating that many children and young adults ride in the back of an LDV to get to school and to work.
The injuries resulted in significant costs to the healthcare system, amounting to a total of 873 days in hospital, including 70 days in an ICU, and 17 operations. The economic impact of these injuries to broader society is more difficult to quantify, but is probably significant.
Study limitations
One of the limitations of the study is that the patients were identified at referral hospitals. Passengers who were either not injured badly enough to be admitted to hospital or who died at the scene of the accident may therefore not have been included. This was mitigated by attempting to establish the number of casualties and deaths at each scene. However, this methodology may have led to an over-estimation of morbidity, as only the more severely injured patients came to hospital, and an under-estimation of incidence, as mildly injured passengers did not.
The three primary interventions to prevent and reduce RTCs are engineering, education and legislation. Other than manufacturing double-cab vehicles to accommodate passengers inside the vehicle, little has been done to deal with the problem from an engineering point of view. Canopies do not offer significant protection, and occupants of enclosed cargo areas have a fatality risk 1.8 times higher than the occupants of the cab.[4-7,15-19] In our series, three of the four patients travelling in an LDV with a canopy were ejected. Although not statistically significant, this highlights the fact that canopies do not protect against ejection. Furthermore, the back of an LDV is a hard shell without seatbelts, airbags or protective padding, and patients are at risk of a 'second collision' even if they are not ejected, as demonstrated by one of the patients in our series.
Education is important, and should be targeted at school-children and their parents as well as young working people. Farm owners and labourers also need to be educated (eight of the injuries in our series occurred on farm roads). However, it has been demonstrated repeatedly that legislation is more effective than education alone in bringing about changes in behaviour, and the introduction of effective road safety legislation is one of the core principles laid out in the WHO Decade of Action campaign to reduce RTCs.[20,21]
The majority of the LDVs in our series were overloaded, with an average of just over seven people travelling in the cargo area of each vehicle in the cases for which information on numbers of passengers was available. LDVs are only licensed to carry two to three passengers. A driver carrying passengers in the back of an LDV can be fined for overloading, but this is rarely enforced. Nevertheless, preventing overloading alone will not be sufficient, and legislation that specifically prohibits travelling in the cargo area of an LDV may be necessary. The introduction of legislation to enforce the wearing of seatbelts and motorcycle helmets has had dramatic effects on road traffic-related mortality and morbidity, and it is hoped that this can be replicated by the introduction of legislation to prevent the transportation of passengers in the back of LDVs.[20,21]
Passengers travelling in the cargo areas of LDVs are particularly vulnerable in the event of a collision, and it is unsafe to transport passengers in this manner. Injuries sustained while travelling in the back of an LDV result in significant preventable morbidity and mortality. A multifaceted injury prevention programme must include educational initiatives and obtain legal sanction if it hopes to reduce road traffic-related mortality and morbidity.
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Rick Santorum's Texas GOP convention speech won't be public
Perhaps the biggest name featured at the Texas Republican Party's convention next month -- former GOP presidential candidate Rick Santorum -- will give a speech that is off-limits to the media and the public.
Santorum is the main attraction at the June 8 Gala Banquet, a private party fundraiser at the convention, that at least for now will be reserved for delegates, alternates and those who buy tickets to the event at the Fort Worth Convention Center.
"There has never been media availability at the state party's premier banquet," said Chris Elam, the state party's communications director.
Elam said party officials are talking to speakers, including Santorum, if they would like to make themselves available to the media. The former Pennsylvania senator campaigned hard in Texas but suspended his campaign in April.
Reporters have been allowed in the past to cover convention-related gatherings that featured high-profile speakers, such as Mitt Romney during a convention banquet at the 2008 state GOP convention in Houston.
Santorum's staff did not respond to an inquiry by the Star-Telegram about media availability at the Fort Worth convention.
Political observers note that state party conventions -- this Republican gathering could draw up to 9,000 delegates and 9,000 alternates to Fort Worth next month -- generally serve as a rallying point for the party's most faithful members.
The Texas Republican Party's convention is believed to be the largest GOP gathering in the country.
"I think a state convention's purpose is to raise the party profile, so I would think the more media coverage the better," said Jim Riddlesperger, a political science professor at Texas Christian University. "But the Republican convention has always attracted a more conservative part of the base.
"And it's also been in the last several years that a number of prominent Republicans -- first Rick Perry ... and now David Dewhurst -- have run for positions by openly ignoring the media ... and that has played well with the Republican base."
At national party conventions, officials generally work hard to make them media-friendly because "they know the world is watching," said Cal Jillson, a political science professor at Southern Methodist University in Dallas.
And while state political conventions are clearly different and are not broadcast as widely, "it is unusual to act like you are embarrassed by your keynote speaker and therefore don't want media records of his comments," Jillson said.
If the media is blocked because of space limitations, Jillson said it's common to create a "pool" of print and TV reporters who share information gathered during the event.
"This means the Texas Republican Party has concluded ... that it benefits by excluding the media," Jillson said. "The Republican Party is saying they want to avoid any possibility that Santorum says anything that upsets the apple cart and causes a media story that is embarrassing to them."

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On fatal crash anniversary, feds urge states to get tougher on drunken driving
The National Transportation Safety Board recommended Tuesday that states lower their threshold for drunken driving with the goal of reducing alcohol-related fatal crashes, which have held steady for much of the past 15 years.
The board voted 5-0 to encourage states to change the minimum blood alcohol concentration from 0.08 percent to 0.05 percent or less. Since Utah became the first state to adopt the 0.08 standard 30 years ago, the number of Americans killed in alcohol-related crashes has fallen by nearly half, but nearly 10,000 still die every year.
NTSB Chairwoman Deborah Hersman said that while the United States prides itself on transportation safety, it lags behind its peers in cutting drunken driving fatalities. She noted that European Union countries had slightly exceeded their goal of cutting such deaths in half.
"Impaired driving remains one of the biggest killers in the United States," Hersman said. "Other nations are taking steps toward saving lives."
The unanimous vote came exactly 25 years after the nation's worst alcohol-related crash, near Carrollton, Ky. On May 14, 1988, a church group was returning home from a trip to the Kings Island amusement park near Cincinnati when a pickup going the wrong way on Interstate 71 crashed into the group's bus. It ruptured the fuel tank and ignited a fire that quickly engulfed the bus. Twenty-four children and three adults were killed.
The pickup driver, Larry Mahoney, had a blood alcohol concentration of 0.24, more than twice the legal limit in Kentucky at the time. A jury convicted Mahoney of manslaughter and he served nearly 11 years in prison.
"We have made progress since that deadly night in Kentucky," Hersman said. "But it's not nearly enough. "Today, our thoughts are with those families."
NTSB has no enforcement power over the states, so the change would have to come from state legislatures and governors. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration said Tuesday that it would help states that decide to implement the recommendation and encouraged them to take other steps that would prevent impaired drivers from getting behind the wheel.
"NHTSA continues to work with states and encourages them to take a multi-faceted approach to reducing drunk driving that includes the use of ignition interlocks, education and awareness programs, and enforcement of state drunk driving laws," the agency said in a statement.
As recently as 2000, 31 states had a limit of 0.10, but Congress passed a law that year that allowed the Department of Transportation to withhold highway funding from states that didn't fall in line. Delaware was the last to comply, in 2004.
According to NTSB numbers, the percentage of alcohol-related vehicle fatalities has changed little since the late 1990s, hovering around 30 percent.
Not everyone would support the lower limit. Sarah Longwell, managing director of the National Beverage Institute, a restaurant industry group, called the NTSB recommendation "ludicrous." She and other opponents of the 0.05 limit said that law enforcement resources were better spent on the worst offenders instead of what she called moderate drinkers.
"Further restricting the moderate consumption of alcohol by responsible adults prior to driving does nothing to stop hardcore drunk drivers from getting behind the wheel," she said in a statement.
Her group cites federal statistics that more than 70 percent of drunken driving fatalities involve drivers with a blood alcohol level of 0.15 percent or more, and that the average level of a driver involved in a fatal crash is 0.16.
Even one of the leading advocacy organizations that pushed for the 0.08 limit stopped short of endorsing the NTSB recommendation. Mothers Against Drunk Driving said in a statement that it appreciated the NTSB's work but said it would focus its efforts on law enforcement tools that it projects would save thousands of lives a year.
"Above all, MADD strongly recommends that the safest course of action is to not drink and drive," it said.


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How to hire, retain engineering talent
Multiple articles on engineering hiring and retention were part of the Control Engineering January 2014 North American edition issue. Tips on hiring and retaining top engineering talent follow, including how technology can improve automation recruiting, retention, using a skills database to engage employees, internships, and filling the skills gap.
6 tips to hire, retain top engineering talent
According to the 2013, Manpower Talent Shortage Survey (by the Manpower Group), engineering is the second most difficult profile to fill, after skilled trades. Technology is advancing at a quick pace and, now more than ever, there is a need for skilled engineers. But recruiting the best talent available is not easy. Many countries are battling high unemployment rates, but hiring for engineering positions has not slowed down. The truth is, employers struggle to find suitable candidates for engineering positions, and the demand is growing. Some companies are even expecting to lose 60% of their engineering workforce to retirement in the next 10 years.
So how do you get the best engineering talent on board? Here are a few things that good candidates look for in prospective employers and how you can tap into their aspirations to get them to work with you. Below are six traits you should look for in talent, questions to ask them, and how to retain top talent.
Using technology to improve automation recruiting, retention
Perhaps the greatest challenge in recruiting, hiring, and retaining engineering personnel is attracting qualified talent from a limited pool of candidates. Business leaders, recruiters, and hiring managers in the fields of manufacturing and automation must help ensure that the industry is promoting our brand of engineering so prospective talent see that careers in automation and manufacturing technology are rewarding and exciting.
Students should be introduced to industrial technology at an early age to help shape positive perceptions of the industry. This article was a Control Engineering Digital Edition Exclusive, January 2014. Read more by clicking through the headline at the top of this section.
Develop a skills database to engage employees in continual learning
Training is not an event, but is itself a process. Companies must continually work to develop talent over time, from one level to the next. While learning the technology and gaining hands-on experience are important, it's also important to include leadership guidance in talent development programs. In addition to automation topics, training should include soft skills such as client interaction, conflict resolution, career advancement, and project management.
Developing automation talent requires more than a significant investment; it also requires commitment. One way to leverage both commitment and investment is to maintain records. For example, maintaining a skills database that indexes trainees by industry, process, platform knowledge, and competency can help companies identify the right engineers for each job or project, track skills development over time, and identify areas for potential cross training.
"If someone is skilled in one particular technology, it might make sense for him to go to the next level of that technology, or it might make more sense for him to shift educational focus to a similar technology, making himself more versatile," said Chad Harper, director of technology at Maverick, an organization that has developed a process-focused program called Maverick University. "With our skills database, we can make those decisions more easily because all the information on each employee's level is at our fingertips."
Having a skills database can also enhance the performance review process and motivate employees to expand their overall knowledge base. Recently, human resource (HR) departments have begun to encourage employees to work closely with their managers throughout the year, and touch base regularly about their performance on recent projects and their progress toward their development goals. Go Online: Click through the linked headline at the top of this section to read more on talent development.
– Mike Gavin is director of performance excellence at Maverick Technologies.
Recruitment, internships introduce manufacturing's value
The industry workforce shortage is in part due to the misperceptions associated with manufacturing facilities and manufacturing jobs in today's society. Organizations need to work more closely with students and promote the benefits, work environment, work variety, and career opportunities available within the manufacturing industry. Through involvement in local schools, internships, or a leadership development program, students and current employees can grow and develop a career with the organization. Three points of advice follow.
1. Recruit a pool of talented individuals by engaging in partnerships with local schools to gain more insight into the student body and become more visible to students. Participate in various activities with local high schools and post-secondary education institutions—universities, community colleges, and tech schools. Participate in a variety of different school programs, including classroom presentations, speaking engagements, and local campus career fairs. Offer students on-site tours of facilities to help reverse some of the misconceptions surrounding the industry by providing real hands-on experience at a manufacturing plant.
2. Increase visibility with students with an internship program for the operations and engineering services areas of the organization. Encourage students to network and look for future opportunities for subsequent years.
3. Hire the best interns for a two-year leadership development program in which participants rotate positions every six months, expanding opportunities and learning experiences. At the end of the two-year program, support each participant in finding a role somewhere in the organization, in his or her individual area of interest.
Go Online: Click through the headline at the top of this section to read more on developing engineering students.
This article was a Control Engineering Digital Edition Exclusive, January 2014.
– Karen Lusher is human resources manager, operations and engineering services, Rockwell Automation.
Skills gaps in engineering youth? Ask yourself 5 questions
A common gripe that I hear from senior engineers is that today's generation feels entitled, lacks critical thinking skills, and does not take the time necessary to perform tasks. How fair is it, then, to dismiss the millennial generation without taking a long, hard look in the mirror?
Before dismissing the next generation, ask yourself five important questions:
- Am I making myself available?
- Am I actively mentoring?
- Are we a distraction, sending a barrage of e-mail and requests, thus preventing others from concentrating?
- If the newer engineers have weaknesses, what are we doing to address them?
- Have I taken the time to try to see the world from their perspective?
In our office, some of the best and brightest engineers are younger than 30. However, many of them have had little opportunity to research or present technical topics in front of a group. This is a clear weakness and impacts their future ability to meet clients and give solid technical presentations.
Recognizing that we needed to give them opportunities to develop, we set up a junior engineers' meeting every month. This forum is run by the junior engineers; senior engineers and managers are not allowed. A new person organizes the meeting each month, sets the agenda, and presents a technical topic. While certainly not perfect, this is one example of the type of action that can be taken to mitigate a known deficit. Click through the headline for about developing engineering resources.
Read more by clicking through the headline at the top of this section.
– Brian P. Martin is PDX electrical discipline manager at CH2M Hill.
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text: Editor's Note: The idea for this article, its research, and its original draft were the work of Ava George Stewart. The final draft and integration of riding techniques were the work of J. J. Paul, III - a motorcyclist since 1972. In the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration's (NHTSA) DWI Detection and Standardized Field Sobriety Testing Program, police are trained in "DWI Detection Phases." The phases are vehicle in motion (phase one), personal contact (phase two), and pre-arrest screening (phase three). This article addresses phase one — vehicle in motion. More specifically, it discusses the cues that apply to the vehicle in motion when that vehicle is a motorcycle.1 The phase one decision for the police officer, based upon the officer's observations of the vehicle in motion, is whether to stop the vehicle. The NHTSA Student Manual, 2006 (manual) presents 24 Visual Cue Descriptions for four-wheeled vehicles that it indicates police may use to detect nighttime impaired driver


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Like most pro-Europeans I believe that strength in unity is particularly important in today's multipolar world. We argue that a united and independent Europe has become increasingly necessary, while a politically divided one would bring disadvantages in many areas, including economic, cultural, political, social, scientific, diplomatic and military. A major argument is the relative small size and importance of the individual European countries with respect to the current and rising powers on the world scale. The individual countries have limited geopolitical influence and are unable to represent their own interests effectively. On the other hand, a united Europe, with a population and an economy larger than that of the United States, would make a viable partner, or competitor, whose opinion and interests would be taken into account on the world stage. Let us be clear - a United Europe can stand up to America - even by force of arms if needed, but hopefully it will not come to that!
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Sophomore forward Larry Nance, Jr. said, "That was just a good shot by them. We had our defensive execution, had a hand in his face, and as Nathan Sobey showed us last week, sometimes those shots go in. Props to him for that shot, but we were there."
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All five Cowboy starters finished in double figures, and they accounted for all of the Cowboys scoring. UW was led by Larry Nance, Jr. with 19 points and 8 rebounds. Riley Grabau scored 13, Leonard Washington and Josh Adams had 12 apiece and Derrious Gilmore finished with 11 points. Wyoming was 24-59 (40.7%) on field goals, only 3-17 (17.6%) beyond the arc and 16-21 (76.2%) from the stripe. They were out-rebounded 38-36 and finished with 17 turnovers. They went just 3-10 in OT.
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| Nando
ナオシ Naoshi
|Eye color
|Hair color
|Trainer class
|Trainer and Coordinator
|Anime debut
|Dawn Of A New Era!
|English voice actor
|Billy Regan
|Japanese voice actor
|Kazuya Nakai
Nando (Japanese: ナオシ Naoshi) is a recurring character from the Pokémon anime. He is a wandering minstrel who enjoys music and as such always carries his golden harp with him.
Nando made his debut appearance in Dawn Of A New Era!. At the time, he was confused as to whether he should challenge Gyms or become a Pokémon Coordinator. Trying to decide between the two, he battled both Ash and Dawn with his Budew, which evolved into Roselia during his battle with Ash. After the battle, Nando decided to become both a Pokémon Trainer and a Coordinator.
He later appears again in A Secret Sphere of Influence!, where he is falsely accused and arrested due to Jessie, James, and Meowth's stealing of the Adamant Orb.
Nando also appeared in Dawn's Early Night where he entered the Hearthome Contest, which he won by defeating Zoey.
Nando made a cameo in A Breed Stampede! alongside Kenny in Marian's news report about Coordinators.
After a long absence, he appeared again in Last Call, First Round! as a participant in the Sinnoh Grand Festival. He made it past the Appeal Round and quickly reached the Top 4 as seen in Coming Full Festival Circle!. In the said episode, he fought a hard battle against Zoey with his Lopunny and Kricketune, even impressing Fantina a lot with their combinations; however, Zoey eventually won the battle. In the same episode, Nando can be seen playing music to the Pokémon around the area. He made a brief appearance in the following episode watching Dawn and Zoey compete in the finals and then again after the Grand Festival had finished announcing that he was going to compete in the Lily of the Valley Conference.
He also appeared in An Old Family Blend!, where it is revealed that he is Ash's first opponent in the Sinnoh League at the Lily of the Valley Conference, with the match occurring in the following episode. Despite his Pokémon putting up a good fight, he lost his match against Ash and was eliminated. After the match, he mentioned that he would continue his travels in order to train further before leaving.
Nando had a cameo appearance in Zoroark: Master of Illusions.
Nando's character can be easily described as calm and collected. Even in the most tense of situations, such as being arrested for a crime he did not commit, he will always look to the positive side. His favorite pastime is to play his harp for anyone, whether they be human or Pokémon, who will care to listen in hopes of spreading the tranquility he feels inside to others.
Even if Nando encounters a Trainer that has hostility towards him, such as Zoey, he will still treat that Trainer with the utmost respect. As seen in Dawn of a New Era!, Nando likes to be a peace maker, helping Ash and Dawn settle their differences on whether battling or coordinating are better than one another.
Nando tends to choose Pokémon with some sort of musical ability which fits his musical battle style. His Pokémon tend to be Bug or Grass-type and also tend to know sound-based moves. Nando's Pokémon are also known for being able to exhibit both beauty and grace.
This listing is of Nando's known Pokémon that may or may not be on hand:
In rotation
Roserade appears to be Nando's main Pokémon. It first appeared as a Budew in Dawn Of A New Era!, where it fought against both Ash and Dawn. It evolved later into Roselia in the same episode. It appeared again in A Secret Sphere of Influence!, where it was revealed that it had defeated Gardenia's Turtwig. It also appeared in Dawn's Early Night! during the Hearthome Contest.
It helped Nando reach the semi-finals alongside Sunflora and it was revealed in Coming Full Festival Circle! that it had evolved into a Roserade.
In League Unleashed! it battled against Ash's Staraptor. Early in the battle, it was able to overpower Staraptor. However, thanks to a powerful Brave Bird, Staraptor was able to defeat Roserade.
|Dawn Of A New Era!
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|Satsuki Yukino
|Sarah Natochenny
| Sunflora first appeared in A Secret Sphere of Influence!, where it ran off after Nando was accused of stealing the Adamant Orb. It proved Nando's innocence by tracking down Team Rocket, who really stole the orb. It later appeared in Dawn's Early Night! during the Hearthome City Contest.
It made a brief appearance in Coming Full Festival Circle! where it had helped Nando get to the semi-finals alongside Kricketune and Roserade in another battle.
Sunflora's known moves are Leech Seed, Cut, GrassWhistle and Razor Leaf.
|A Secret Sphere of Influence!
Kricketune first appeared in Dawn's Early Night, where it was used in the Hearthome City Contest alongside Sunflora in a music-based appeal and Roselia in battles. It later helped Nando win the Beach Rose Contest prior to A Breed Stampede!. While Roserade appears to be Nando's main Pokémon, Kricketune has actually appeared more due to Roserade mostly having brief appearances in later episodes.
During the Sinnoh Grand Festival, in Coming Full Festival Circle!, it and Lopunny were used in the semi-finals, where they lost to Zoey's Mismagius and Leafeon on points.
In League Unleashed!, during the Lily of the Valley Conference, it faced Ash's Heracross as Nando's last Pokémon, and eventually lost the match.
|Dawn's Early Night!
|Voice actors
|Katsuyuki Konishi
|Katsuyuki Konishi
| Altaria is Nando's fourth known Pokémon. It first appeared in Last Call, First Round!, where it was used in Nando's appeal in the Grand Festival alongside his Kricketot.
Altaria's only known move is Perish Song.
|Last Call, First Round!
| Kricketot first appeared in Last Call, First Round!, where it was used in the Grand Festival. Using its antennae, Kricketot was able to create music which, when used in combination with Altaria's Perish Song, created a dazzling appeal which easily ensured Nando's progression past the first round.
Kricketot's only known move is Sing*.
|Last Call, First Round!
|Voice actors
|Alyson Leigh Rosenfeld
| Lopunny first appeared in Coming Full Festival Circle!, where it was used in the Sinnoh Grand Festival. Lopunny's dancing skills were well suited alongside Kricketune's ability to create music and were used to simulate a ballerina and a violinist, respectively. The two were able to put up a good fight against Zoey's Mismagius and Leafeon during the Semi-Finals. However it wasn't enough against Zoey's highly trained Pokémon and the two had the fewest points by the time the clock ran out. It reappeared in a flashback in League Unleashed!.
Lopunny's known moves are Jump Kick, Protect, Blizzard and Focus Blast.
|Coming Full Festival Circle!
|Voice actors
|Ikue Ohtani
| Nando used Armaldo in League Unleashed! against Ash's Staraptor and Ash's Quilava. It managed to defeat Ash's weakened Staraptor and put up a good fight against his Quilava before they were both knocked out.
Armaldo's known moves are Protect, Rock Blast and X-Scissor.
|League Unleashed!
Badges obtained
- Forest Badge (prior to A Secret Sphere of Influence!)
- Coal Badge (prior to Last Call, First Round!)
- Cobble Badge (prior to Last Call, First Round!)
- Relic Badge (prior to Last Call, First Round!)
- Icicle Badge (prior to Last Call, First Round!)
- Unknown Badge (prior to Last Call, First Round!)
- Unknown Badge (prior to Last Call, First Round!)
- Unknown Badge (prior to An Old Family Blend!)
Ribbons obtained
- Unknown Ribbon (prior to A Secret Sphere of Influence!)
- Hearthome Ribbon (Dawn's Early Night!)
- Unknown Ribbon (prior to A Breed Stampede!)
- Beach Rose Ribbon (prior to A Breed Stampede!)
- Unknown Ribbon (prior to Last Call, First Round!)
Pokémon competitions
- Sinnoh Grand Festival - Top 4 (Coming Full-Festival Circle!)
- Lily of the Valley Conference - Top 64 (League Unleashed!)
Voice actors
- Nando's golden harp, which he carries with him, is shaped like a Mew.
- The harp he holds during Contests is shaped as two Mew joined at toe and tail.
- Nando shares his two unknown Badges with two of Barry's three unknown Badges.
- Unlike other Coordinators who tended to wear formal clothing when entering a Contest, Nando's regular Contest outfit was simply his regular outfit with a few attachments. He also used a larger harp incorporating two Mew instead of one.
- Nando is the only male character to make it to the Top 4 of the Sinnoh Grand Festival.
|ナオシ Naoshi
|Possibly derived from the Spanish name Fernando, considering his accent. If this is the case, fern' may be a reference to the grass type.
|시호 Siho
|Chinese (Taiwan)
|尚志 Shàngzhì
|From 尚志 Naoshi.
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|This article is part of Project Anime, a Bulbapedia project that covers all aspects of the Pokémon anime.


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Harvard continues to play close games with outcomes decided by just a few pitches here and there. The team's record has not been reflective of the year, as the Crimson has already lost an incredible 14 games by two runs or less with eight of those games decided by a single run.
The latest came Wednesday night as the Crimson lost to Massachusetts in the Beanpot championship game at LeLacheur Park in Lowell, Mass. by a score of 8-7. Harvard scored seven runs in its final two at bats and had the tying run on second base in the ninth when a line drive to center field was caught to end the game.
Harvard is led by Kyle Larrow's .351 batting average. Larrow has five multi-hit games in his last seven contests with a 13-for-26 mark in that span (.500). Jake McGuiggan (.326, 8 2B, 16 RBI) was last week's Ivy League Player of the Week and is batting 13-for-28 (.464) in his last eight Ivy League games. Steve Dill (.324), Carlton Bailey (.310), Jeff Reynolds (.301, 10 EBH, 16 RBI) and Jack Colton (.283, 12 RBI) follow suit.
Brent Suter (1-5, 3.92 ERA) and Tanner Anderson (2-2, 6.66) are slated to start on Friday. Suter has struck out 36 batters in 41.1 innings of work while Anderson has won his last two starts.
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Harvard senior Brent Suter is a candidate for the Lowe's Senior CLASS Award for his amazing contributions in the classroom and the community. For more on Suter, log onto www.seniorclassaward.com.
About Brown
The Bears have lost five straight and 11 out of their last 14 games. The team was swept at home by Holy Cross on Wednesday by scores of 12-6 and 9-0.
Pitching has been at the heart of Brown's problems as opposing teams are batting .352 with the Brown pitching staff saddled with a 8.32 ERA. Heath Mayo (2-1, 5.13) and Kevin Galan (1-4, 8.36) are slated to start on Friday. Mayo has allowed 45 hits and 24 walks against 24 strikeouts in 40.1 innings while Galan has allowed 65 hits in 37.2 innings against just 19 strikeouts as opposing teams are hitting .392 against him.
Cody Slaughter leads a good hitting team with a .347 batting average and a .411 on-base-percentage. Wes Van Boom (.295) leads the team with 26 RBI on the strength of 12 doubles while Will Marcal (.291) has a team-high 14 extra base hits including five homers for 22 RBI. John Sheridan (.340) has 11 of Brown's 18 stolen bases this season.


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Fact Sheet
Fact Sheet
- The City College of New York
- Main Campus: 160 Convent Avenue, New York, NY 10031
- Center for Worker Education: 25 Broadway, New York, NY 10004
- Main Number: (212) 650-7000
- Office of Institutional Advancement and Communications: (212) 650-5310
- 37 contiguous acres stretching along Convent Avenue between W. 130th Street and W. 141st Street.
- The century-old neo-gothic buildings designed by George B. Post, which surround the North Campus Quad, are listed on the United States and New York Registers of Historic Places
- Two new science research buildings scheduled for completion in 2014 represent a $1 billion investment in capital construction.
- President: Dr. Vincent Boudreau
- Mary Erina Driscoll, Interim Provost
- College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, consisting of four divisions (Humanities and the Arts, Interdisciplinary Studies, Science and the Colin L. Powell School for Civic and Global Leadership) and four professional schools (Bernard and Anne Spitzer School of Architecture, School of Education, Grove School of Engineering, Sophie Davis School of Biomedical Education [Unique seven-year B.S./M.D. program])
- In addition, CCNY is one of seven CUNY campuses in the Macaulay Honors College.
- Collectively, CCNY's schools and divisions offer 73 undergraduate majors and 47 masters programs, of which 10 are interdisciplinary. In addition, CCNY grants Ph.D.'s in biomedical engineering, chemical engineering, civil engineering, electrical engineering and mechanical engineering; and in biology, biochemistry, chemistry and physics, jointly with the CUNY Graduate Center.
- City College is home to 21 research institutes in the sciences, engineering and social sciences. They are engaged in ongoing investigations in such areas as nanoscience, photonics, alternative energy, water resources, transportation and public policy. For 2010 – 11, funded research at the College totaled $66.9 million.
- Morris Raphael Cohen (Main) Library plus six specialized or branch libraries: Architecture Library, Art Visual Library, Center for Worker Education Library, Dominican Studies Library, Music Library and Science and Engineering Library. The collection includes 1.44 million books, 50,000 periodicals, 1,000,000 digital images and 240 databases.
- Total: 16,544
- Undergraduate: 13,315
- Graduate: 3,229
Student Profile
- The City College of New York is ranked by "U.S. News & World Report's America's Best Colleges" number one in diversity among masters-level universities where Hispanics are the largest ethnic group. CCNY students hail from 153 countries and speak 99 languages besides English.
- Ethnicity: Hispanic, 32 percent; African-American, 22 percent, Asian, 22 percent, White, 24 percent
- Gender: Male: 47 percent; Female: 53 percent
Student Awards
- Rhodes Scholarships: David L.V. Bauer, 2009; Lev A. Sviridov, 2005
- Truman Scholarships: Ayodele Oti and Gareth Rhodes, 2011; Don Gomez, 2009; David L.V. Bauer, 2008; Claudio Simpkins, 2005
- Goldwater Scholarships: Alla Zamarayeva, 2013; Johnson Ho, 2011; David L.V. Bauer and Itamar M. Balisha, 2007; Philipa Njau, 2005
- Javits Fellowships: Kimberly Paige Young, 2009; Deborah M. Wolf, 2006
- Fulbright Scholarships and Teaching Assistantships: Kayhan Irani, Susan M. Tsang and Humaira Hansrod, 2012; Ilan McKenna and Sara Roffino, 2009; Corey Sullivan, 2008; Jessica Tibbets, 2007
- NSF Research Fellowship: Alla Zamarayeva, Howie Neal Chu, Elaa Hilou, Daniel Lurie, Jason Martinez, Aniqua Rahman, Mariya Shcheglovitova, 2014; Ru Chen, Dane Christie, Jan Stepinski, Julius Adebayo Edson, Philip Liu, Arash Nowbahar, Aleksey Ruditskiy, Jake V. Vaynshteyn, 2013; Jaeseung Hahn, Deborah Opeyemi Ayeni, Theresa Lynn Carranza, Charlie Corredor, Zvi Hershel Fishman, Christopher Donald Hue, Jemilas Caplan Kester, Stephen Ma and Christie Anne Sukhdeo, 2012;Anthony Pang, Giovanni Milione and Evangeleen Pattison, 2011
- Math for America Fellowship: Yekaterina Garmash, Michael McDonald and Mallory Villa, 2012; Jian Liu, 2011
- Full Time: 555; Part Time: 894
- 95.6 percent of full-time faculty members hold Ph.D.'s or terminal degrees in their fields. The faculty includes Fulbright scholars, Guggenheim fellows, MacArthur "Genius" Grant recipients and winners of the Pulitzer Prize, Emmy Awards, GRAMMY Awards and National Book Awards. In addition, current faculty members collectively hold 12 memberships in the National Academy of Science, National Academy of Engineering and Institute of Medicine.
- CCNY has 22 University Distinguished Professors and 14 named chairs, more than any other CUNY college.
Faculty Honors
- 2014 - Elliot Jurist, American Psychological Association Division 39 Scholarship and Research Award.
- 2013 - Debra Auguste, Presidential Early Career Award; Robert Alfano, American Physical Society Arthur L. Schawlow Prize in Laser Science; Sheldon Weinbaum, American Academy of Arts & Sciences Fellow; Carla Capetti, Fulbright Scholar; Michael Sorkin, Cooper-Hewitt National Design Award, Paul Wachtel, American Psychological Association Division 39 Scholarship and Research Award; Arthur Szlam, Sloan Research Fellowship
- 2012 - Barbara Ann Naddeo, Jaques Barzun Prize; Ruth Stark, Sloan Public Service Award; Robert Alfano, Britton Chance Biomedical Optics Award
- 2011 - Jonathan Pieslak, Guggenheim Fellow; Ruth Stark, American Association for the Advancement of Science Fellow; Robert Paaswell, Council of University Transportation Centers Transportation Education Award
- 2010 – Joseph Birman, American Physical Society Andrei Sakharov Prize; Marie Nazon, Fulbright Scholar; George Ranalli, AIA-NY Sidney L. Strauss Award
- 2009 – Catherine Franklin and Amita Gupta, Fulbright Scholars; Michael Sorkin, Fellow of American Academy of Arts and Sciences.
- 2008 – Morton Denn, AIChE Founders Award; Hasanthika Sirisena, Rona Jaffe Foundation Writers' Award; Michio Kaku, Klopsteg Memorial Award; Latif Jiji, Ralph Coats Roe Award; Robert Alfano, Charles Hard Townes Award.
- 2007 – Beth Baron, Carnegie Scholar; Lance Brown, Topaz Medallion.
- 2006 –Lynn Appelbaum, PRSA College of Fellows; Sally Hoskins, National Academies Education Fellow; Jonathan Pieslak, American Academy of Arts and Letters Fellow; Hernán A. Makse, Mayor's Award for Excellence in Science and Technology.
- 2005 – Judith Stein, Fulbright Distinguished Chair; Charles Watkins, American Association for the Advancement of Science Fellow; Myriam Sarachik, L'oral-Uneso Women in Science Award.
- 1847 - Founded as the Free Academy by Townsend Harris. Original building located at 23rd Street and Lexington Avenue in Manhattan.
- 1907 - Uptown campus, consisting of five buildings along Convent Avenue designed by George P. Post, opens.
- 1919 - City College School of Technology and City College School of Business and Civic Administration established.
- 1921 - School of Education established.
- 1930 –Women admitted to graduate and business programs.
- 1950 – Men's basketball team wins NCAA and NIT tournaments.
- 1951 – City College becomes entirely coeducational.
- 1953 - CCNY acquires campus of Manhattanville College and expands south to 130th Street.
- 1958 – City College School of Business and Civic Administration becomes Baruch School of Business and Civic Administration.
- 1961 – The City University of New York established as umbrella institution for public colleges in New York City.
- 1962 – School of Technology becomes School of Engineering and moves into new home in Steinman Hall.
- 1968 – School of Architecture established. Baruch School of Business and Civic Administration becomes Baruch College of City University of New York.
- 1971 - Marshak Science Building, named for Robert Marshak, a renowned physicist and President of City College, opens.
- 1973 - The Sophie Davis School of Biomedical Education is established to meet growing demand for primary care physicians.
- 1984 - North Academic Center, housing classrooms, offices, cafeterias and library, opens as largest academic building in CUNY system.
- 2005 - School of Engineering becomes the Grove School of Engineering, named for Dr. Andrew S. Grove, '58, a CCNY alumnus and co-founder of Intel Corp.
- 2006 - The Towers at The City College of New York, the first residence hall built on a CUNY campus, opens.
- 2009 - School of Architecture becomes Bernard and Anne Spitzer School of Architecture, named for Bernard Spitzer, '43, a New York City real estate developer, and moves into a new home on the south campus.
- 2013 - Division of Social Science becomes Colin L. Powell School for Civic and Global Leader Leadership, named for Gen. Colin L. Powell, USA (ret.), '58, the first African American to serve as chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and U.S. secretary of state.
Notable Alumni
Public Service
- Gen. Colin L. Powell, (USA) ret., '58, first African-American chair of Joint Chiefs of Staff and first African-American Secretary of State.
- Felix Frankfurter, Class of 1902, former U.S. Supreme Court Justice.
- Edward I. Koch, '45, former Mayor of New York.
- Andrew S. Grove, '60, Co-Founder of Intel Corp. and benefactor of Grove School of Engineering.
- Linda Kaplan Thaler, '72, CEO of The Kaplan Thaler Group, twice voted as fastest-growing advertising agency in the United States.
- Josh S. Weston, '50, former Chairman and CEO of Automated Data Processing Inc.
- Sy Sternberg, former Chairman and CEO of New York Life.
Arts and Letters
- E.Y. "Yip" Harburg, '18, lyricist who wrote the songs for "The Wizard of Oz.".
- Faith Ringgold, '55 B.S., '58 M.A, award-winning painter, quilter and author of children's books.
- Oscar Hijuelos, '75, Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist.
- Irving Kristol, '40, writer dubbed "godfather of neoconservatism."
Science and Education
- Jonas E. Salk, '34, developer of first polio vaccine.
- Matthew Goldstein, '63, Chancellor, City University of New York.
- Mario Runco, '74, former astronaut who served on three space missions.
In addition, 10 City College graduates are Nobel laureates, placing the institution among the top ranks of public colleges and universities nationwide.


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Family of Five Racing Together in Lake Placid
For the Seedes family, triathlon—and an active lifestyle—is a family affair.
by Lisa Dolbear
The family that runs together, has fun together. That could be the motto for IRONMAN athlete Bill Seedes, founder of "I Tri 4 Downs," a charity dedicated to raising money for children with special needs. The Seedes family returns to Lake Placid this weekend for the third year in a row, where Bill hopes to best his time of 11:52 hours. Seedes will be busier than the average competitor however, with all three of his kids competing in the United Healthcare IronKids fun run (including 13-year-old daughter, Kristina, who has Down syndrome).
Their collective involvement in the sport is a constant reminder for the Seedes family of what is possible. Kristina swims and runs on her own and completes the cycling portion of races (with her father's help) on a tag-along bike. Her accomplishments are a testament to Bill's belief that children with special needs can do anything: "They just need to be given the chance," he says.
Returning to family-friendly Lake Placid
Younger siblings Emma, 10, and Conor, 6, also participate in the United Healthcare IronKids event, making the IRONMAN weekend in upstate New York about so much more than the 140.6 miles Seedes will cover on race day. Lake Placid's many attractions make it a prime location for family bonding, especially for those who enjoy activities like hiking, kayaking and horseback riding.
The bounty of activity isn't the only draw for Seedes, who cites Matt Long's moving finish at the 2009 IRONMAN Lake Placid race as one of the inspirations for choosing the event in the first place. Hospitality is a close second. "It feels the entire region welcomes the athletes," says Seedes. "We try to plan a family event each day—except for Sunday, that's my day!"
To make sure his day goes well, wife Cathy helps the kids decorate signs at the race expo, and gather the requisite foam fingers and cow bells to cheer dad on. But her biggest job? Keeping up with the laundry for Bill and the kids: "The whole family is swimming, biking and running. That produces a lot of sweaty, smelly clothes!"
Though Bill's day will be focused on improving his time and redeeming a medical setback from last year's race, he isn't worried about how he will handle the challenges that await him. He draws from the drive that he sees in his daughter every day. "This one race is nothing compared to what they might go through every day," he reminds himself.
A family approach to wellness
Like most IRONMAN triathletes, Bill has some family members that call him crazy for training such long hours, but his wife and children embrace the sport whole-heartedly as a way to maintain a healthy, active lifestyle. The benefits of swimming, biking and running go beyond the physical for the Seedes family. "It's about participating in something, doing your best, and crossing the finish line no matter what place you are in," says Bill. "I also think Emma and Conor like the fact that triathlon is something Kristina can do for the rest of her life."
This weekend, the Seedes family will head to Lake Placid for another memorable weekend in the heart of the Adirondacks. Bill will set the tone for race day by reminding his children what triathlon is all about: "The main message is that you had the courage to start a race and finish it the best that you could on that day," he says. "Some days just might be faster than others."
As Bill goes for redemption in his third IRONMAN Lake Placid, he hopes this Sunday might be one of those days.
Lisa Dolbear is a three-time IRONMAN and USAT Level 1 coach. Visit her blog on mental skills training at trimojo.com.


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CT Cardio-Vascular Engine
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With its evaluation of dynamic myocardial perfusion, syngo.CT Myocardial Perfusion takes you to a new level in measuring the myocardial blood flow – and allows you to use actual quantitative assessments of the hemodynamic relevance of intermediate stenoses of the coronaries.2 This enables you to choose the right diagnostic approach for every patient.
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The new syngo.CT Rapid Stent Planning1 introduces the automatic completion of manufacturer-specific stent order forms. This optional extension makes the most effective use of the unique Rapid Results Technology: Protocols guide the user through all length and diameter measurements, which are then automatically stored in the corresponding order form. At delivery, syngo.CT Rapid Stent Planning provides three order forms: Gore Excluder, Zenith Flex, and Medtronic Endurant in PDF format. In addition, new order form templates can be generated to match the requirements of other vendors.3
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When assessing coronary artery disease, the manual preparation of reformats and visualizations of the coronary vessels is time-consuming and rarely standardized. With Rapid Results Technology (RRT), you can automatically generate visualizations of the coronary and general vessels in a variety of types and orientations. Design your own protocols that best suit your daily work. Save time for reading other cases by allowing RRT to create just the right amount of information – standardized and reproducible. With the new edition, RRT lets you send the results of your executed protocols directly to your PACS or your preferred archiving system with no extra effort.
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2010 Holiday Gift Guide: Icon Rogue 2 LED flashlight
Posted by Andru Edwards - Categories: Features, Smart Home, Men, Under $50
Sure, we wanna cover all the cool stuff in our 2010 Holiday Gift Guide, but we also wanna hit you with some stuff that's practical as well, and the Icon Rogue 2 LED flashlight fits that bill. It's powered by two AA batteries (included int he package) that lasts for 72 hours, and has overwhelming light output. The body is an aerospace-grade aluminum that can withstand just about anything--seriously, it feels like you can prop up a car with this thing to change a tire. The handle is an open architecture design that doesn't cause your hand to get all sweaty. It's got two light output settings, and low was bright enough for anything we wanted to do with it. Setting it to high shows the power of this thing though, which we are sure is super helpful in an emergency, or just messing around in the darkness of night. They retail for $49.99, and if you've got a Radio Shack near you, you can find them there. We've also found them on Amazon for $34.99.
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