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A bruise (layman's term), also called a contusion (medical term), is a type of hematoma of tissue[1] in which capillaries and sometimes venules are damaged by trauma, allowing blood to seep, hemorrhage, or extravasate into the surrounding interstitial tissues. Not blanching on pressure, bruises can involve capillaries at the level of skin, subcutaneous tissue, muscle, or bone.[2][3] Bruises are not to be confused with other lesions primarily known by their diameter. These lesions include petechia (< 3 mm caused typically by platelet disorders), purpura (3 mm to 1 cm caused typically by inflammation of the small blood vessels known as vasculitis), and ecchymosis (>1 cm caused typically by coagulation disorders), all of which also do not blanch on pressure, and are caused by internal bleeding not associated with trauma (e.g., platelet or coagulation disorder).[4]
As a type of hematoma, a bruise is always caused by internal bleeding into the interstitial tissues which does not break through the skin, usually initiated by blunt trauma, which causes damage through physical compression and deceleration forces. Trauma sufficient to cause bruising can occur from a wide variety of situations including accidents, falls, and surgeries. Disease states such as insufficient or malfunctioning platelets, other coagulation deficiencies, or vascular disorders, such as venous blockage associated with severe allergies[5] can lead to the formation of purpura (of which petechia and ecchymosis are smaller and larger classes of purpura) which is not to be confused with trauma-related bruising/contusion.[6] If the trauma is sufficient to break the skin and allow blood to escape the interstitial tissues, the injury is not a bruise but instead a different variety of hemorrhage called bleeding. However, such injuries may be accompanied by bruising elsewhere.[7]
Bruises often induce pain, but small bruises are not normally dangerous alone. Sometimes bruises can be serious, leading to other more life-threatening forms of hematoma, such as when associated with serious injuries, including fractures and more severe internal bleeding. The likelihood and severity of bruising depends on many factors, including type and healthiness of affected tissues. Minor bruises may be easily recognized in people with light skin color by characteristic blue or purple appearance (idiomatically described as "black and blue") in the days following the injury.
Mechanism of bruise
Increased distress to tissue causes capillaries to break under the skin, allowing blood to escape and build up. As time progresses, blood seeps into the surrounding tissues, causing the bruise to darken and spread. Nerve endings within the affected tissue detect the increased pressure, which, depending on severity and location, may be perceived as pain or pressure or be asymptomatic. The damaged capillary endothelium releases endothelin, a hormone that causes narrowing of the blood vessel to minimize bleeding. As the endothelium is destroyed, the underlying von Willebrand factor is exposed and initiates coagulation, which creates a temporary clot to plug the wound and eventually leads to restoration of normal tissue.
During this time, larger bruises may change color due to the breakdown of hemoglobin from within escaped red blood cells in the extracellular space. The striking colors of a bruise are caused by the Phagocytosis and sequential degradation of hemoglobin to biliverdin to bilirubin to hemosiderin, with hemoglobin itself producing a red-blue color, biliverdin producing a green color, bilirubin producing a yellow color, and hemosiderin producing a golden-brown color.[7] As these products are cleared from the area, the bruise disappears. Often the underlying tissue damage has been repaired long before this process is complete.
Size and shape of bruises
Bruise shapes may correspond directly to the instrument of injury or be modified by additional factors. Bruises often become more prominent as time lapses, resulting in additional size and swelling. Bruising present in a different location than the site of impact is called ectopic bruising and occurs when the tissue at the site of injury is loose, allowing blood to travel under the skin to another location due to gravity or other forces, such as in a black eye.
General factors modifying size and shape of bruises
- Condition and type of tissue: In soft tissues, a larger area is bruised than would be in firmer tissue due to ease of blood to invade tissue.
- Age: elderly skin and other tissues are often thinner and less elastic and thus more prone to bruising.
- Gender: More bruising occurs in females due to increased subcutaneous fat.
- Skin tone: Discoloration caused by bruises is more prominent in lighter complexions.
- Diseases: Coagulation, platelet and blood vessel diseases or deficiencies can increase bruising due to more bleeding.
- Location: More extensive vascularity causes more bleeding.
- Forces: Greater striking forces cause greater bruising.
- Genetics: Despite having completely normal coagulation factors, natural redheads have been shown to bruise more, although this may just be due to greater visibility on commonly associated lighter complexion.[8]
Severity of bruises
Bruises can be scored on a scale from 0-5 to categorize the severity and danger of the injury.[citation needed]
|Harm score
|Severity level
|Light bruise
|No damage
|Mild bruise
|Little damage
|Moderate bruise
|Some damage
|Serious bruise
|Extremely serious bruise
|Critical bruise
|Risk of death
The harm score is determined by the extent and severity of the fractures to the organs and tissues causing the bruising, in turn depending on multiple factors. For example, a contracted muscle will bruise more severely, as will tissues crushed against underlying bone. Capillaries vary in strength, stiffness and toughness, which can also vary by age and medical conditions.
An alternate bruise severity ranking system called the Chien Intensity Scale is slowly growing in popularity in some research circles. Although not widely used, the Chien Intensity Scale is used by institutes including the Ryan Mackey Memorial Research Institute and the Sydney Medical Center.
Light bruises
Low levels of damaging forces produce small bruises and generally cause the individual to feel minor pain straight away. Repeated impacts worsen bruises, increasing the harm level. Normally, light bruises heal nearly completely within two weeks, although duration is affected by variation in severity and individual healing processes;[9] generally, more severe or deeper bruises take somewhat longer.
Moderate to severe bruises
Severe bruising (harm score 2-3) may be dangerous or cause serious complications. Further bleeding and excess fluid may accumulate causing a hard, fluctuating lump or swelling hematoma. This has the potential to cause compartment syndrome as the swelling cuts off blood flow to the tissues. The trauma that induced the bruise may also have caused other severe and potentially fatal harm to internal organs. For example, impacts to the head can cause traumatic brain injury: bleeding, bruising and massive swelling of the brain with the potential to cause concussion, coma and death. Treatment for brain bruising may involve emergency surgery to relieve the pressure on the brain.
Damage that causes bruising can also cause bones to be broken, tendons or muscles to be strained, ligaments to be sprained, or other tissue to be damaged. The symptoms and signs of these injuries may initially appear to be those of simple bruising. Abdominal bruising or severe injuries that cause difficulty in moving a limb or the feeling of liquid under the skin may indicate life-threatening injury and require the attention of a physician.
Treatment for light bruises is minimal and may include RICE (rest, ice, compression, elevation), painkillers (particularly NSAIDs) and, later in recovery, light stretching exercises. Particularly, immediate application of ice while elevating the area may reduce or completely prevent swelling by restricting blood flow to the area and preventing internal bleeding. Rest and preventing re-injury is essential for rapid recovery. Applying a medicated cream containing mucopolysaccharide polysulfuric acid (e.g., Hirudoid) may also speed the healing process. Other topical creams containing skin-fortifying ingredients, including but not limited to retinol or alpha hydroxy acids, such as DerMend, can improve the appearance of bruising faster than if left to heal on its own.
Very gently massaging the area and applying heat may encourage blood flow and relieve pain according to the gate control theory of pain, although causing additional pain may indicate the massage is exacerbating the injury.[10] As for most injuries, these techniques should not be applied until at least three days following the initial damage to ensure all internal bleeding has stopped, because although increasing blood flow will allow more healing factors into the area and encourage drainage, if the injury is still bleeding this will allow more blood to seep out of the wound and cause the bruise to become worse.
In most cases hematomas spontaneously revert, but in cases of large hematomas or those localized in certain organs (e.g., the brain), the physician may optionally perform a puncture of the hematoma to allow the blood to exit.[11]
As a medical sign
The presence of bruises may be seen in patients with platelet or coagulation disorders. Unexplained bruising may be a warning sign of child abuse, domestic abuse, or serious medical problems such as leukemia or meningoccocal infection. Unexplained bruising can also indicate internal bleeding or certain types of cancer. Long-term glucocorticoid therapy can cause easy bruising. Bruising present around the navel (belly button) with severe abdominal pain suggests acute pancreatitis. Connective tissue disorders such as Ehlers-Danlos syndrome may cause relatively easy or spontaneous bruising depending on the severity.
During an autopsy, bruises accompanying abrasions indicate the abrasions occurred while the individual was alive, as opposed to damage incurred after death.
As a treatment
Folk medicine, including ancient medicine of Egyptians, Greeks, Celts, Turks, Slavs, Mayans, Aztecs and Chinese, has used bruising as a treatment for some health problems. The methods vary widely and include cupping, scraping, and slapping. Fire cupping uses suction which causes bruising in patients. Scraping (Gua Sha) uses a small hand device with a rounded edge to gently scrape the scalp or the skin. Another ancient device that creates mild bruising is a strigil, used by Greeks and Romans in the bath. Archaeologically there is no precedent for scraping tools before Greek archaeological evidence, not Chinese or Egyptian.[12]
See also
- Blunt trauma
- Black eye
- Blister
- Burn
- Cerebral contusion— bruising of brain tissue
- Love-bite
- Myocardial contusion— bruising of the heart muscle
- Pulmonary contusion— bruising of lung tissue
- Ship foot—a bruise underneath the toenail
- Subconjunctival hemorrhage
- ^ "contusion" at Dorland's Medical Dictionary
- ^ "Harrison's Principles of Internal Medicine. 17th ed. United States: McGraw-Hill Professional, 2008". Harrison's Principles of Internal Medicine.
- ^ "Easy Bruising Symptoms".
- ^ "Bruises versus Ecchymoses". Medscape.
- ^ Turley, Lois (2004-03-10). "Shiners-dark circles & swollen eyes". Retrieved 2009-10-08.
- ^ "UCSF Purpura Module" (PDF).
- ^ a b Kumar, Vinay; Abbas, Abul K.; Fausto, Nelson; & Mitchell, Richard N. (2007). Robbins Basic Pathology (8th ed.). Saunders Elsevier. p. 86 ISBN 978-1-4160-2973-1
- ^ Liem, Edwin B.; Hollensead, Sandra C.; Joiner, Teresa V.; Sessler, Daniel I. (2006). "Women with Red Hair Report a Slightly Increased Rate of Bruising but Have Normal Coagulation Tests". Anesthesia & Analgesia 102 (1): 313–8. PMC 1351323. PMID 16368849. doi:10.1213/01.ANE.0000180769.51576.CD.
- ^ Voorhees, Benjamin W. (2007-08-31). "Medical Encyclopedia - Bruise healing". Retrieved 2007-09-09.
- ^ "WebMD article on bruising".
- ^ "how to heal a bruise".
- ^ Kotera-Fayer "Die Strigilis" 93
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External links
|Wikimedia Commons has media related to Hematoma.
|Look up bruise, contusion, or ecchymosis in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.
- What is a bruise? for kids
- Bruises in sports
- NiceBruise.com - Where bruise sufferers go to show off their bruise

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Текст песни: Runnin' (2Pac )
One time, one time, nigga, one time! (Where?)
Runnin' from the police (Yeah, I know what you mean)
No matter what I do, they got a nigga
Still runnin' from the police(Put them motherfucking Nike's on tight and get ghost y'all)
[Young Hollywood]
I ain't got nuttin' on my mind, but gettin' in some trouble
Licking shots to they block, leavin' bloody blood puddles
For some ridah's delight, now we in a gunfight
I can shoot the gauge pebbles at the devils or die tonight
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Thug Life motherfucker, got me runnin' from the police
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The O.
J. and it's all okay
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== Links ==
== Links ==
* http://www.lxde.org/ - Home of the
* http://www.lxde.org/ - Home of the Desktop Environment
* http://wiki.lxde.org - LXDE Wiki
* http://wiki.lxde.org - LXDE Wiki
* http://wiki.lxde.org/en/Fedora - Fedora in the LXDE Wiki
* http://wiki.lxde.org/en/Fedora - Fedora in the LXDE Wiki
* http://blog.lxde.org - LXDE Blog
* http://blog.lxde.org - LXDE Blog
* http://forum.lxde.org - LXDE Forum
* http://forum.lxde.org - LXDE Forum
Revision as of 16:04, 18 November 2009
LXDE In Fedora
LXDE ((Lightweight X Desktop Environment) is a new project aimed to provide a new desktop environment which is lightweight and fast. It's not designed to be powerful and bloated, but to be usable and slim enough, and keep the resource usage low. It consists of
- PCManFM: File manager, provides desktop icons
- LXPanel: Feature-rich desktop panel
- LXSession: Standard-compliant X11 session manager with shutdown/reboot/suspend support via HAL
- LXSession-edit: GUI to configure what's automatically started in LXDE
- lxde-settings-daemon: XSettings Daemon
- LXInput: Keyboard and mouse settings dialog
- LXRandR: Configuration tool for monitors and external projectors
- LXAppearance: Feature-rich GTK+ theme switcher able to change GTK+ themes, icon themes, and fonts
- LXTask: Lightweight task manager derived from xfce4 task manager
- LXTerminal: Desktop-independent VTE-based terminal emulator
- LXLauncher: Open source replacement for the Asus Launcher on the EeePC
- LXShortcut: Small utility to edit application shortcuts, used by lxpanel and lxlauncher
- LXNM (still under development): Lightweight network manager for LXDE supporting wireless connections (not yet in Fedora )
- LXRandR (still under development): Monitor configuring tool
- Openbox: Lightweight, standard-compliant, and highly-configurable window manager.
- GPicView: A very simple, fast, and lightweight image viewer featuring immediate startup
- Leafpad: Lightweight and simple text editor
- XArchiver: Lightweight, fast, and desktop-independent gtk+-based file archiver
LXDE uses a modular approach: Each component of LXDE can be used independently, so you don't need to install the whole Desktop, if you don't like it.
Installing LXDE
LXDE is not available in the traditional Fedora DVD image unlike GNOME and KDE. However it is available in the repository and via the Fedora LXDE Spin. You can also install LXDE packages after installation using yum or the package manager of your choice.
Fedora LXDE Spin
Download the installable Live CD from
Command Line
To install LXDE in Fedora using yum, execute the following as root:
- Open a terminal (shell).
- Install the LXDE group:
su -c 'yum install @lxde-desktop'
Graphical Interface
- Go to System > Administration > Add/Remove Software.
- In the left side pane choose LXDE desktop.
- Click Apply to install the package set.
Using LXDE
GDM or KDM
For GDM and KDM no manual configuration is needed, just select LXDE from the available sessions listed by the display manager. If you don't see LXDE, restart your gdm or kdm, or reboot.
In Fedora, slim may be called through a wrapper, slim-dynwm, which determines the available window managers using the freedesktop information and modifies the slim configuration file accordingly, before launching slim. To use SLiM with Fedora, put the following in your /etc/sysconfig/desktop configuration:
To reboot or halt, login in as special username "reboot" or "halt" - using the root password. To get a console prompt use username "console", and to switch sessions use F1, screenshot F11.
Make LXDE the default Desktop
To use LXDE as the default desktop for new users, add the following in your /etc/sysconfig/desktop configuration:
Fedora's LXDE Special Interest Group
The LXDE SIG (Special Interest Group) is a group of Fedora contributors that help improve the LXDE experience in Fedora
- http://www.lxde.org/ - Home of the LXDE Desktop Environment
- http://wiki.lxde.org - LXDE Wiki
- http://wiki.lxde.org/en/Fedora - Fedora in the LXDE Wiki
- http://blog.lxde.org - LXDE Blog
- http://forum.lxde.org - LXDE Forum


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"As we increase the rotor diameter in our portfolio, the tower dimensions increase," explains Michael Baranowski, product manager for Repower's 3.XM turbine series, which includes turbine towers with hub heights up to 143 metres. "As the rotor gets bigger and bigger, it means that the turbine will be more specialised for low-wind sites, and at low-wind sites a project will only make sense if you can capture wind at higher altitudes."
It is therefore the manufacturers with turbines for low-wind sites in their portfolio - including Repower, Suzlon, Acciona and Nordex - that are offering taller towers. Although taller towers are more expensive, manufacturers can see that the greater energy yields available at higher altitudes make this extra investment worthwhile.
Relevant strength
Christof Stork, Italy country manager for GL Garrad Hassan, says that taller towers at low-wind sites may also be less robust, and thus less expensive, than would be necessary for equally tall turbines located at prime wind sites.
In a cost-benefit analysis, taller towers typically make more sense at sites where the wind is blowing less strongly.
Gunter Steininger, product manager at Nordex, notes that the company has been turning out turbines with a hub height in excess of 100 metres since 2005. On the European market, the company currently offers its N117 turbine model at a hub height of up to 141 metres. "There is actually a lot of experience with taller turbines," says Steininger.
"What is new over the last few years is that there is a real market for them."
Steininger says the market has developed because the best wind sites, particularly in Europe, have already been taken up and the efficiency of turbines for low-wind sites has improved. "In the past there was a disadvantage at the economic level for these taller turbines, but that is no longer the case."
Greater need
Steininger notes that in the wake of the Fukushima nuclear accident in Japan last year there has been a further push to boost turbine efficiency, and thus the business case for taller turbines. Countries now foregoing nuclear energy or reducing its weight in their future energy mix will need more power from renewables and less efficient sites than once planned.
"I think towers are going to be one of the next big areas of innovation in the industry," says Acciona Wind product-line director Scott Baron, "and that this innovation will involve how you offer these taller towers more cheaply."
Acciona Windpower's solution for both cutting costs and overcoming the structural limits associated with the use of steel has been to use an all-concrete structure for its 120-metre towers. Modular pre-cast tower sections are moulded on site and assembled at the plant location. Other manufacturers of taller turbines have opted for concrete and steel hybrid towers.
Speed challenge
"If you think of the economics of choosing a tall concrete tower versus a slightly shorter steel tower, there are three main factors to keep in mind," explains Baron. One is the wind shear, or the rate of increase in wind speeds seen at higher altitudes at a specific site.
In this vein, Baron believes fine-tuning wind measurement at higher altitudes will be an important challenge for the industry.
Other factors include the relative cost of steel-tower transportation and project scale. "If your project is located right next to a steel factory then you have low transport costs, but if you're a decent distance away it can be quite expensive and you can avoid these costs with a concrete tower," explains Baron. "Larger projects also benefit from concrete towers more because you can spread the fixed cost over more turbines."
Clear of the turbulence
A secondary factor driving the trend towards taller towers is the growing number of wind farms that are being built in wooded areas, particularly in northern Europe. While blade tips must obviously be high enough to clear the tree tops by an ample margin, height is also important to ensure that the turbines can operate efficiently. "With longer blades, especially in woody and hilly areas, there is more turbulence and by going higher we can reduce that," says Baranowski.
The modular nature of the concrete or hybrid concrete and steel structures typically used for taller towers has the beneficial side effect of limiting the number of trees that must be cut down to transport and install turbines at a site.
While the occasional not-in-my-backyard (NIMBY) protests may be par for the course for wind farms in general, there does not seem to be any particular opposition from the public to taller turbines specifically.
Indeed, their growing spread on the market comes as the population of many countries has grown accustomed to wind farms.
But as the turbines get taller, permitting approval is likely to be an issue. Generally speaking, projects involving taller turbines may take a little bit longer to be authorised and may undergo a slightly more in-depth assessment process.
"In the US there can be permitting issues from an aviation perspective," says Baron.
"There is typically a lengthened process when the ground-to-tip height is above 500 feet (152 metres) and with a taller tower and a bigger rotor you can easily cross that threshold."
Height restrictions in some countries mean the tallest towers in a manufacturer's portfolio may not be suitable for all markets. For example, Baranowski of Repower says that in Germany - a key market for the sale of taller turbines - blade-tip restrictions kick in only at 200 metres and do not currently represent an obstacle even for its 143-metre towers. "In countries like Italy, France and Poland, there are tip-height restrictions at 150 metres," he adds. However, these restrictions are expected to ease shortly in Poland opening a new market for the sale of taller towers.
A CLOSER LOOK TURBINE TOWER DESIGN AND THE EVOLUTION OF TALLER towers by EIZE DE VRIES
With high-wind onshore sites increasingly difficult to find, developers have been seeking to boost yield levels through turbine models featuring large rotors per megawatt power rating. Higher towers are expected to be the next big area for technological development in the wind sector.
Wind speeds are typically highest in coastal regions and decrease further inland. They are lowest near ground level and increase with height. Power in the wind is directly related to wind speed cubed, so a relatively small increase in wind speed can produce proportionally much more power. Typical yield increment rates at inland locations are quoted as 0.75-1% per extra metre hub height, but tend to diminish above a certain point depending on the terrain.
Higher towers are especially beneficial at lowand medium-speed inland sites, enabling substantially higher yield levels per megawatt as well as achieving a reduction in cost of energy. And as wind flow at greater heights becomes less turbulent and more stable, reinforced by today's trend for larger rotors, the use of higher towers could increase a turbine's operational lifetime. A tower similar to or bigger than the rotor diameter is also considered more aesthetically pleasing.
Common solution
Tubular steel towers have traditionally offered the most common wind-industry solution, and usually consist of several sections depending on hub height and transportation logistics. To allow safe passage through road obstacles like tunnels, a maximum diameter is usually restricted to 4.2-4.3 metres. That puts a limitation on maximum hub height, often around 100 metres.
An exception to this rule is Vestas. For its 3MW V112-3.0MW flagship turbine, the Danish manufacturer currently offers a 119-metre tubular steel tower with a 4.2-metre diameter at its base. These soft towers have relatively thick steel walls, making them an expensive solution. Other suppliers are considering alternative high-tower solutions.
Perhaps the world's highest turbine tower at present is a 160-metre four-legged lattice steel structure with a 2.5MW Fuhrlander turbine operating in Germany. Advantages of bolted lattice towers include low mass, rather small inexpensive foundations per leg, and easy component transportation.
However, there are downsides to this design. Most notably the time required for assembly, a need for yearly bolt-connection checks, and potential visual restrictions. Some alternative lattice-tower solutions focus on speeding up assembly and reducing maintenance demands.
Sector dominance
Enercon has for many years dominated the concrete tower sector. An initial design for the company's 500kW turbines comprised two or three bolted cylindrical segments made in rotating moulds. The next step was in-situ chimney-type towers comprising a short steel transition piece on top, used with 1.5MW direct-drive E-66 turbines.
These towers are built using a sliding shuttering method characterised by a long construction period and uncontrolled weather and manufacturing conditions. Other suppliers have built in-situ concrete towers, but only in limited numbers and designed as a concrete-steel hybrid structure.
Enercon's later generation concrete towers were prefab designs, built from multiple coning rings with a short steel transition top section. After the towers are assembled onsite, steel cables are run through slots inside the concrete mantle, providing a stiff and strong single assembly.
The industry's biggest concrete tower is currently for the 7.5MW E-126 turbine, which features a 14.5-metre base and 135-metre hub height. In general, a wider base and the excellent stiffness characteristics of both concrete and concrete-steel hybrid towers allow for bigger hub heights.
The future
Many believe concrete-steel hybrids are the way forward. In these, the concrete bottom sections match a standard tubular steel upper section with a 4.2-4.3 metre base diameter. Enercon has just announced a new hybrid tower with 149-metre hub height for its 3MW E-101 model, most likely a new record.
Apart from height restrictions, a possible limit for any future tall wind turbine tower design is, according to experts, a trade-off between additional investment costs set against the expected lifecycle-based cost of energy.


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Stanley Cup 2013: Talent shines when coaching takes a back seat
CHICAGO – The best thing about Game 4 of the Stanley Cup final was that it was played at such a frenetic pace that it took control out of the hands of the coaches and placed it firmly in the hands of the players.
And they responded by providing us with one of the most entertaining Stanley Cup final games in years. If the NHL truly wants to grow the game, it should hope that the record six million people who watched on NBC were either hockey neophytes or casual fans.
That's the good news. The bad news is, don't count on a 6-5 overtime game happening again. Hockey is arguably the most hyper-coached and overanalyzed game in sports and you can count on Blackhawks coach Joel Quenneville and Bruins coach Claude Julien will do their best to put the clamps on the game and turn it back into a line-matching chess match.
"You want to forecast going into games," Quenneville said. "You expect them to play tight."
Well, there you have it. This comment comes from a coach who has won two games in the Stanley Cup final and lost two. In the games the Blackhawks have won, 18 goals have been scored. In the two they've lost, five. Duncan Keith said it seemed "like a track meet out there," in Game 4 and if that's what works for you, why not stick with it?
You can't blame coaches for imposing their will on the game. Their job is to win, not to make the game exciting. And they feel the more they can control what happens on the ice, the better chance they have of being successful. But here's the thing. When you put enough talented players out on the ice, add in the fact the ice is going to be bad and turn them loose, sometimes great things will happen.
(It also helps to have goaltenders who soil themselves the way Tuukka Rask and Corey Crawford did in Game 4. When asked once what could be done to increase scoring in the NHL, Bob Clarke said the league needed more bad goaltenders. Crawford was particularly shaky, allowing all five goals on the glove side, which prompted him to quip: "Last series they were talking about my blocker. Both sides are bad I guess.")
But opening the floodgates at this point would probably favor the Blackhawks, who capitalize on having not only speed, but players who can make creative offensive plays at top speed. They have quick feet, but they also move the puck quickly. And the Hawks just went out and played in Game 4. They stopped worrying about Zdeno Chara being on the ice and all the matchup permutations that would entail and just unleashed their best offensive players on the Bruins beast.
Coaches may hate games like Game 4, but fans love watching them and players love playing in them. Players listen to coaches and play systems because they have to, otherwise their hockey pants will get nailed to the bench. But what player, no matter the level, doesn't want to go out there and just play and allow talent and competitiveness to dictate which team wins? That's what the Blackhawks seemed to do in Game 4 and if not for their goaltending, that game would have been a rout in their favor.
"I'm just playing the game, I read and react," said Blackhawks defenseman Duncan Keith. "The whole game for me is instincts and reading the play and making a quick decision. And I don't think our team is built to sit back and see what happens."
It's that kind of game that becomes more entertaining because when players react on instinct, sometimes their instincts are wrong. That leads to mistakes, missed passes, botched plays and turnovers. Those lead to opportunities, which lead to goals. The Blackhawks, you would think, would be willing to live with those mistakes if they led to good things more often. And the Blackhawks had their least success when they worried about their opponent more than themselves. After all, these guys are the Presidents' Trophy champions. They should be dictating the pace in every game, not reacting to the pace dictated by their opponents.
"Maybe we were getting caught up a little bit too much with their defensemen and their forwards the first couple of games," said Blackhawks right winger Patrick Kane. "I think we're better off when we're just using our speed and playing hockey. Don't think too much about the game, use your instincts. There are different things you want to do, but I think we're better off when we just play the game. So we'll try push the pace and play as fast as we can, the way we did last game. It's fun to be a part of that, especially when you win."
So if the Blackhawks feel confident enough to set the pace from the outset, buckle up and get ready for a wild ride for the rest of this series. We can only hope they do that because 2-1 is nice, sometimes, but 6-5 is better, all the time.
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Dear Seattle Public Schools Families,
On Sept. 5, 2017, President Trump directed the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) to phase out and eventually end the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program over the next two and half years.
DACA has protected nearly 800,000 young undocumented immigrants brought to the United States as children from deportation and given them an opportunity to achieve the American dream.
We recognize this directive has heightened a sense of anxiety and fear for our families and students. Seattle Public Schools stands with our governor, state attorney general, local legislative delegation and elected city and county leaders against the end of DACA. We have hope that Congress will act swiftly to find a positive solution.
Seattle Public Schools is committed to educating children regardless of religion, race, ethnicity, sexual orientation, gender identity, country of origin or immigration status. We will do whatever it takes to make sure every student thrives and want to reassure you, that we will do everything within our power to make sure all of our children are safe, honored and respected while in our care.
In support of this commitment, we articulated our response to Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) in our superintendent procedures this last school year and shared the information with school staff. Key points include:
We believe in the U.S. Constitution and the freedoms, protections and opportunities it provides. Together, we must defend the values we hold and stand up for each other. I appreciate the trust you put in Seattle Public Schools and we will do everything we can to protect the rights of our school community, including those of our immigrant students and families.
Read the School Board resolution adopted Feb. 15, 2017, "Resolution Affirming the Provision of Safe, Welcoming, and Inclusive Schools for All Students
Without Regard to Race, Religion, National Origin, or Immigration Status."
Dr. Larry Nyland
Seattle Public Schools


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A Ukrainian pro-European Union activist stands while warming himself near a bonfire at a heavily fortified tent camp in Kyiv's Independence Square in Kiev in Kiev, Ukraine, Dec. 17, 2013.
Weeks of angry pro-European Union protests as well as Western pressure have forced Yanukoyvch to make some concessions to the opposition. Last week Yanukovych called for an amnesty for some of the activists detained.
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Ukrainian opposition supporters gather at a mass rally on Independence Square in Kiev, Dec. 15, 2013.
The European Union suspended association talks with Ukraine as more than 200,000 protesters massed in the heart of Kiev demanding that the government recommit itself to the West.
The ex-Soviet nation of 46 million has been at the heart of a furious diplomatic tug of war since President Viktor Yanukovych's surprise decision last month to ditch a landmark EU agreement and seek closer ties with historic master Russia.
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A pro-European integration protester stands guard on top of a barricade at Independence Square in Kiev, Dec. 14, 2013.
Opposition leaders in Kiev on Saturday and voiced support for protesters camped out for weeks in the capital, a move sure to anger Moscow for what it sees as Western meddling in its backyard.
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U.S. Senator John McCain shakes hands with a protester during a mass opposition rally at Independence Square in Kiev, Dec. 15, 2013.
McCain told more than 200,000 EU supporters rallying in the Ukrainian capital Kiev that Washington backed their desire for European integration.
"To all Ukraine, America stands with you," he called out to the cheering crowd. "The free world is with you, America is with you, I am with you... Ukraine will make Europe better and Europe will make Ukraine better."
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Head of the Ukrainian UDAR (Punch) party, Vitali Klitshchko addresses an opposition rally in Independence Square in Kiev, Dec. 16, 2013.
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Interior Ministry personnel block a street during a gathering of supporters of EU integration in Kiev, Dec. 9, 2013.
Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovich backed a call for talks with the opposition on Monday to end weeks of protests in Kiev, but tension was high with pro-Europe demonstrators barricading their protest camp in preparation for police intervention.
U.S. Assistant Secretary of State Victoria Nuland visited Independence Square in the Ukrainian capital Kiev on Wednesday, the U.S. embassy said.
Nuland's highly symbolic appearance in the square came a day after Secretary of State John Kerry issued a strong statement, expressing the United States' "disgust with the decision of Ukrainian authorities to meet the peaceful protest ... with riot police, bulldozers, and batons, rather than with respect for democratic rights and human dignity."
Read more: Top U.S. official visits protesters in Kiev as Obama admin. ups pressure on Ukraine president Yanukovich
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A Ukrainian riot policeman pulls a Pro-European Union activist out from a tent camp in Independence Square in Kiev, Dec. 11, 2013.
Security forces clashed with protesters as they began tearing down opposition barricades and tents set up in the center of the Ukrainian capital early Wednesday, in an escalation of the weeks-long standoff threatening the leadership of President Viktor Yanukovych.
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People surround a statue of Soviet state founder Vladimir Lenin, which was toppled by protesters during a rally organized by supporters of EU integration in Kiev, Ukraine, Dec. 8, 2013.
The third week of protests continued Sunday with an estimated 200,000 Ukrainians occupying central Kiev to denounce President Viktor Yanukovych's decision to turn away from Europe and align this ex-Soviet republic with Russia.
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Thompson Creek Reschedules Third Quarter 2012 Financial Results Conference Call/Webcast for Friday, November 9, at 8:30 a.m. Eastern Time
Nov 07, 2012, 19:59 ET
DENVER, CO, Nov. 7, 2012 /CNW/ - Thompson Creek Metals Company Inc., a growing, diversified North American mining company ("Company"), today announced that it has rescheduled its third quarter 2012 financial results conference call for analysts and investors for Friday, November 9, 2012, at 8:30 a.m. ET. A news release on the financial results will be issued after markets close on Thursday, November 8, 2012.
Kevin Loughrey, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, and Pamela Saxton, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, will be available to answer questions during the call.
To participate in the call, please dial 1 (647) 427-7450 or 1 (888) 231-8191 approximately five minutes prior to the start of the call. Live audio webcasts of the conference call will be available at http://www.newswire.ca/en/event and www.thompsoncreekmetals.com.
An archived recording of the conference call will be available at 1 (416) 849-0833 or 1 (855) 859-2056 (access code 47002572#) from 10:30 a.m. ET on November 9 to 11:59 p.m. ET on November 16. An archived recording of the webcast will also be available at the Company's website.
About Thompson Creek Metals Company Inc.
Thompson Creek Metals Company Inc. is a growing, diversified North American mining company. The Company produces molybdenum at its 100%-owned Thompson Creek Mine in Idaho and Langeloth Metallurgical Facility in Pennsylvania and its 75%-owned Endako Mine in northern British Columbia. The Company is also in the process of constructing the Mt. Milligan copper-gold mine in central British Columbia, with start-up scheduled for the third quarter of 2013 and commencement of commercial production in the fourth quarter of 2013. The Company's development projects include the Berg copper-molybdenum-silver property and the Davidson molybdenum property, both located in central British Columbia. Its principal executive office is in Denver, Colorado and its Canadian administrative office is in Vancouver, British Columbia. More information is available at www.thompsoncreekmetals.com.
SOURCE: Thompson Creek Metals Company Inc.
For further information:
Pamela Solly
Director, Investor Relations
Thompson Creek Metals Company Inc.
Tel: (303) 762-3526
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Christine Stewart
Renmark Financial Communications Inc.
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Original Trinity Hymnal, #145
Come, thou long-expected Jesus,
Born to set thy people free;
From our fears and sins release us;
Let us find our rest in thee.
Israel's strength and consolation,
Hope of all the earth thou art;
Dear Desire of ev'ry nation,
Joy of every longing heart.
Born thy people to deliver,
Born a child, and yet a King,
Born to reign in us for ever,
Now thy gracious kingdom bring.
By thine own eternal Spirit
Rule in all our hearts alone;
By thine all-sufficient merit
Raise us to thy glorious throne.
Page number: Blue 145, Right-Click Here to Download MIDI File
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If you are the type of person that enjoys watching empowering videos then #HACKINGHAPPINESS is for you!
I have created a video series with one goal, to empower as many people as possible with the art of happiness.
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The holidays have barely ended. It was a long work up from August until Dec 37th. And then back onto the road. This was the first week of many more to come, to work on growing the Italian wine business so many more folks may sleep well at night knowing there are those of us who are working long hours to keep the world safe for Italian wine. No matter how the Italians will manage to change direction in the next year or so.
Right now the Euro is relatively stable. People are coming out and eating and drinking and spending a little more, even in economically depressed areas. This past week I spent time in and around New Orleans. The smell of oil from the spill has gone, but the sting of the event lingers. People in this region are hurt. And they are emotional. You can tell by driving on the streets, if you are a cipher to those emotions, which, for better or worse, I am. But the spirit of the folk in this region is indomitable. Lots of resilience here. And a joy for life, even as we are on this little orb hurtling as some unimaginable speed through space as we are scattered in another direction at another totally unbelievable speed, by the galaxy whose teat we suckle at. And this, with the faint hint that in 5 billion or so years all will be nothing, not a grain of sand, not a speck of pepper. Wow, how's that for an upbeat intro with a side of nihilism?
|Giulio Galli and John Skidmore ~ They gots them a "Breaux-mance" going on
One of my Italian importers, Giulio, I have profiled before. His son Leo is now almost two and growing, His daughter, Gia, is a perfect little princess. His dogs have died or gone missing. His lovely wife is by his side, his partner for better or worse. Not for better or else. This is a resilient family in pursuit of their American Dream.
I don't know what it is when we were together this week, but twice I found myself talking with my hands and before I knew it, glasses, sometimes filled with red wine, sometimes with rose sparkling wine, sometimes empty, went flying. In imitation of our galaxy or our little planet. But this time wine was spilled, glasses were broken. Three glasses. And so I had to calm my conductor hands down so we wouldn't spill anymore wine.
Precious stuff. Need to sell it, not spill it. I am sometimes, overly animated. Mea culpa.
|Working lunch
And so, in Austin and in New Orleans, culinary crèche and crypt, we took some pearls out into the world. We made some new converts. Yeah, we spilled a little. Consider it a baptism of sorts.
I sat sipping this little Tuscan wine, 12.5%; gee did I take a walk though the time travel label and go back into a time when wines were 11%, 12%? Like the 1970 Latour I recently opened, barely a 12% wine. And one with many more years on it?
And the Merlot, cento percento. My colleague James emailed me the other day," Tell me about Masseto." I couldn't say much other than the time a friend bought a bottle of the '97 in Santa Monica at Osteria Angelini. God, it must have been $600 on the list. My childhood buddy figured out how to make more money making movies than I did selling wine. So we drank it empty and he wanted to try the '97 Dal Forno Amarone. Which we did. Ok, now I am starting to irritate myself, sounding like one of my young somelya buddies who posts every old, epic wine he is near and tasting. Stop. Focus.
|Veal Parmigiana ~ Old School
The time to hesitate is through.


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The 100,000 Genomes Project
In 2012 the UK Prime Minister, David Cameron, announced plans for the 100,000 Genomes Project. This ambitious project will deliver the sequences of 100,000 genomes from NHS patients by the end of 2017, including patients with rare disease and cancer. Patients with unusual forms of diabetes likely to have a monogenic cause or ultra-rare disorders of unknown genetic cause can participate in the project by providing DNA samples for genome sequencing. Blood samples are also being stored for future analysis of RNA, proteins and metabolites to facilitate our understanding of rare monogenic forms of diabetes. This project provides an opportunity for patients like Jack, Dan and Tom with neonatal diabetes, MODY or a rare syndrome, but in whom no genetic diagnosis has yet been found. New causes of rare genetic diseases will be investigated using the strategies we learnt about earlier, for example by doing a trio analysis for an affected child and their unaffected parents.
Participants can decide if they want to find out about "additional findings" in their genome. These are genetic variants that are known to cause serious, life threatening conditions. These diseases can often be prevented or reduced by treatment. Examples include familial hypercholesterolaemia and inherited breast cancer caused by BRCA1 or BRCA2 mutations. Couples taking part, for example the parents of a child with a rare disease, can choose to find out if they are both carriers of recessive diseases such as cystic fibrosis.
You can find out more about the 100,000 Genomes Project by visiting the Genomics England website. You'll find information for potential participants, videos about the project and participant stories, as well as short films introducing genomics and genome sequencing. One goal of the project is to accelerate the uptake of genomic medicine within the NHS. A genomics education programme for healthcare staff is being led by Health Education England who have developed many online resources that you'll find on their website.
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Built in the 1780s and now a national historic landmark, Montpelier was one of several Snowden homes on what was once a vast land holding. This Georgian plantation house was home to four generations of Snowdens, as well as enslaved individuals like Nance and Catte Creek, and Ben, a blacksmith. Thanks to the efforts of the Friends of Montpelier, who advocated to restore Montpelier in the 1970s, visitors have explored this house for decades. Major Thomas Snowden and his wife Ann Ridgley, first occupants of Montpelier, welcomed distinguished guests like George Washington and Abigail Adams.
Come inside and learn what life was like in 18th-and-19th-century Maryland. Stroll the grounds with over 70 acres of fields and wooded paths - an oasis of tranquility in a bustling world. Inside and out, Montpelier is a fascinating place to be!


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All about that base
Steal fourth for glory
The Show is back for another swing, batting for all the glory, drama and emotion of America's favourite pastime. Experience authenticity like never before with 10 additional minor league stadiums, branded gloves, cleats and bats – while real time seasonal lighting across the impressive grounds gives you the perfect big game feel.
Are you an MLB 14 The Show veteran? Then you can continue your Franchise and Road to the Show progress right here in MLB 15 The Show to make sure you slide right into your familiar bullpen.
While you're swinging for the fences, every game you play earns you virtual currency Stubs, and rewards such as licensed equipment, virtual baseball cards, franchise brand partnerships and items.
When you need a little downtime, be sure to enter the field of dreams with MLB legends, which introduces 30 iconic MLB Alumni into the virtual card pool. These players span every historic baseball era of the last 70 years, giving you the chance to find a historic virtual player card to add to your collection and use throughout MLB 15 The Show.


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Using Simulated and Measured Load Pull for Optimal Performance in RF Power Amplifier Design
1 Hour | Webcast - Aufzeichnung | Where & When
Why this Webcast is important:
RF Power Amplifier Design is possibly the most challenging RF design task. In Part 1 of this multi-part RF Power Amplifier Design Webcast Series, we begin with a key technique for attaining optimal PA performance, Load Pull Analysis. Determining optimal loads is the first step in maximizing your RF power amplifier design's performance. This webcast will introduce you to many techniques which could save you weeks of time, identify bad designs early and turn a good design into a great one.
Topics covered include:
• Choosing the best bias point for optimal performance
• Determining the best load and source impedances
• Fundamental as well as harmonic load pull analysis
• Examine sensitivity of your completed design to external source and load variations
• Designing for best performance at X-dB gain compression or a specific power delivered
• Power-added efficiency (PAE), distortion and delivered power tradeoffs
• Determining optimal loads across a band of frequencies
Andy Howard, Senior Applications Engineer, and creator of the ADS Power Amplifier and Load Pull DesignGuides will cover these and more in this 60 minute webcast. Attendees will be provided with a detailed application note and the latest pre-release version of the Load Pull DesignGuide used in this webcast
Who should view this Webcast:
Engineering Designers, Managers, and EDA tool decision makers involved in a design team responsible for developing Multi-Technology RF designs for the latest commercial wireless or Aerospace-Defense applications.
Where & When
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For Immediate Release
Patricia Kiernan Johnson;
Opens for business on September 4, 2012
Official ribbon cutting on September 28, 2012
Custom-designed, state-of-the-art facility provides a national hub for the world of opera
New York, NY—
OPERA America
, the national nonprofit service organization for opera in the U.S. and Canada, will open the field's custom-designed
, employing urban repurposed architecture in the heart of New York City. The National Opera Center opens for business on September 4, with the official ribbon cutting taking place on September 28. The National Opera Center of OPERA America provides an array of essential facilities and services to the opera industry that have been sorely needed and never before available under a single roof. Encompassing 25,000 square feet on two floors of a former fur factory on Seventh Avenue at 29th Street, this $14 million project of OPERA America ($6 million for construction, $6 million for operating endowment and $2 million in relocation costs from Washington, D.C. to NYC) will serve as the heart of an industry that is widely disbursed, yet inherently collaborative. OPERA America's National Opera Center is the first-ever such facility built specifically for opera rehearsals, auditions and meetings. The creation of this facility was an innovative, dynamic and comprehensive response to the lack of appropriate spaces for these activities in New York City. It is truly a convening hub, a place to audition, a place to rehearse, a place to perform, a place to unite.
Andrew Berman Architect
designed the center, with acoustics by
Robert R. Mahoney & Associates
The opening of the National Opera Center marks the realization of OPERA America's multi-year plan, which began when the organization moved from Washington, D.C. to New York City in 2005. "OPERA America relocated to New York City in order to have more frequent contact with members who travel here to hold auditions, meet with managers and publishers, and conduct other essential industry business," stated OPERA America President/CEO Marc A. Scorca. "Our expectations that our members would use our transitional office for design presentations and co-production meetings — even for rehearsals — were far exceeded. Members are tremendously excited that they will finally be able to work in supportive facility that is custom-built to respond to their specific needs." Situated within blocks of more than a dozen subway lines, three suburban railroads, Amtrak and airport train connections, the National Opera Center is easily reached from locations in New York or across the country.
Facilities and services of OPERA America's National Opera Center include: an acoustically excellent
Audition Recital Hall
that can also be used for readings of new works and press conferences; the
Colin Graham Green Room
for pre- and post-event activities; a large, versatile
Rehearsal Hall
that can accommodate staging rehearsals and master classes; 10 vocal studios with new pianos tuned weekly, ideal for voice lessons, coachings and rehearsals; the
Charles MacKay Learning Center
, equipped for professional seminars, student and teacher learning and ensemble rehearsals; a
Recording Studio
Media Center
generating live streams of events and CDs and DVDs of auditions, workshops and performances;
Meeting Rooms
suitable for co-production sessions, design presentations and business meetings; the
Richard Gaddes Artists Lounge
and the
Freedman Artists Canteen
; and a
Business Center
to connect with the home office, print documents and prepare materials for meetings. The
Elebash Score and Recording Library
, the
Ardis Krainik Research and Reference Library
and the
Julius Rudel Archive
provide invaluable resources supporting academic research and role preparation. OPERA America's administrative offices will also be housed at the National Opera Center in the
Lee Day Gillespie Administrative Suite
, featuring state-of-the-art technology that enables the staff to strengthen service to the entire industry. Although designed with the opera community in mind, the National Opera Center facilities will ably serve the needs of theater, choral and instrumental groups, and can host activities ranging from yoga classes to movie screenings.
In order to make the project both financially feasible and fiscally responsible, OPERA America is renting, not purchasing, the space that has been transformed into the National Opera Center. OPERA America has signed a 20-year lease with an option to renew it for five additional years. Given the escalating expense of New York real estate, the deal structure ensures that OPERA America's costs will be contained and predictable.
"The opening of the National Opera Center is such a remarkable moment in the history of OPERA America," stated the organization's incoming Board Chairman
Frayda B. Lindemann, Ph.D.
"OPERA America has been integral to the health of opera in this country for decades, by supporting and helping to guide our industry from the wings. I can't wait to be there as OPERA America takes the next step by providing desperately needed physical space for artists and companies, and by increasing offerings for the public and industry alike."
For more than 40 years, OPERA America has served the industry's administrative, research, and professional development needs. The opening of the National Opera Center will simultaneously deepen and expand these offerings while strengthening the organization's commitment to fostering the development of new American works. In just the first three months of the National Opera Center's operation, OPERA America will present its
Salon Series
, performances of selections from new North American operas attended by producers, publishers, artists, composers, librettists and opera lovers;
Making Connections
, professional development and networking events for emerging artists;
Feedback Auditions
to assist artists in improving their audition skills; events to celebrate
National Opera Week
; the
In Conversation
series, featuring live interviews of some of opera's leading performers, designers and artists;
for opera company administrators, including marketing, education, technical/production and finance; and the
New Works Forum
, providing an opportunity for artists, producers and administrators to explore issues surrounding the creation and presentation of new works. These activities are separate from those planned by renters of the National Opera Center.
Inaugural renting organizations of the National Opera Center include:
Boston Lyric Opera
Chautauqua Opera
Fort Worth Opera
Gotham Chamber Opera
Houston Grand Opera Studio
Lyric Opera of Chicago
Minnesota Opera
Music Academy of the West
Opera Theatre of Saint Louis
The Santa Fe Opera
William Matheus Sullivan Musical Foundation
Wolf Trap Opera
OPERA America's National Opera Center opens for business on Tuesday, September 4, 2012. The official ribbon cutting ceremony on Friday morning, September 28 will be streamed live at
at 10:30 a.m. EDT.
The National Opera Center was made possible in part by the deeply appreciated support of generous individual donors from across the country, the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs, New York City Council and the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.
National Opera Center named spaces:
John Conklin Artistic Services Office
Elebash Score and Recording Library
Betty and Jean-Marie Eveillard Vocal Studio
Freedman Artists Canteen
Richard Gaddes Artists Lounge
Lloyd and Mary Ann Gerlach Service Desk
Lee Day Gillespie Administrative Suite
Colin Graham Green Room
Jane A. Gross Vocal Studio
Pamela J. Hoiles Reception Lobby
Plato and Dorothy Karayanis Foyer
Ardis Krainik Research and Reference Library
Barbara and Ronald Leirvik Board Room
Charles MacKay Learning Center
Sherrill Milnes Honors Gallery
James and Deborah Reda Foyer
Julius Rudel Archive
Beverly Sills Vocal Studio
Marc and Cathy Solomon Vocal Studio
Jill and William Steinberg Vocal Studio
Additional spaces are in the process of being confirmed.
For more information about:
OPERA America, visit
The National Opera Center, visit
OPERA America leads and serves the entire opera community, supporting the creation, presentation and enjoyment of opera.
Artistic services help opera companies and creative and performing artists to improve the quality of productions and increase the creation and presentation of North American works.
Information, technical, and administrative services to opera companies reflect the need for strengthened leadership among staff, trustees and volunteers.
Education, audience development and community services are designed to enhance all forms of opera appreciation.
Founded in 1970, OPERA America's worldwide membership network includes nearly 200 Company Members, 300 Associate and Business Members, 2,000 Individual Members and more than 16,000 subscribers to the association's electronic news service. In 2005, OPERA America relocated from Washington, D.C. to New York as the first step in creating the first-ever National Opera Center. With a wide range of artistic and administrative services in a purpose-built facility, the Opera Center is dedicated to increasing the level of excellence, creativity and effectiveness across the field.
OPERA America's long tradition of supporting and nurturing the creation and development of new works led to the formation of
The Opera Fund
, a growing endowment which allows OPERA America to make a direct impact on the ongoing creation and presentation of new opera and music-theater works. Since its inception, OPERA America has made grants of nearly $11 million to assist companies with the expenses associated with the creation and development of new works.


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|This is the article on the genjutsu. For the chapter, head to Izanagi.
Izanagi is a genjutsu that is cast on the user instead of others and is the most powerful amongst this type of genjutsu.[1] When activated, the caster removes the boundaries between reality and illusion within their personal space. To a degree this allows the user to control their own state of existence, but it is normally only active for the briefest of moments.[2]
While the user remains physically real while fighting, this technique is capable of turning any occurrence including injuries and even death inflicted upon themselves while the technique is active into mere "illusions". Whenever the user receives a fatal injury, he or she automatically fades away as though they were an illusion all along and then returns back to reality; physically real and unscathed. The technique is based on an ability the Sage of the Six Paths had, referred to as "Creation of All Things" (万物創造, Banbutsu Sōzō). The process he used is explained to have initially involved the administration of imagination, and the spiritual energy which forms the basis of Yin chakra to create shape and form from nothingness. Then, through the application of vitality, and the physical energy which forms the basis of Yang chakra, he would breathe life into the prior form. Thus, a technique with the power to turn imagination into reality was born, known as Izanagi.[3]
Izanagi can only be used by those with the genetic traits of the Sage of the Six Paths. The Uchiha, descended from the Sage, are able to perform Izanagi with their Sharingan. In exchange for the brief control of reality that it allows them, the Sharingan with which Izanagi is cast becomes blind. For this reason the Uchiha labelled it a kinjutsu. Danzō Shimura, in an effort to make practical use of the technique, had ten Sharingan embedded into his right arm.
To make full use of Izanagi, users must also have the genetic traits of the Senju, who are also descended from the Sage. Partially for this reason Danzō had some of Hashirama Senju's DNA transplanted into his arm, which extended the lifespan of each Sharingan's Izanagi to a minute, allowing him to use the technique for up to ten minutes in total, with breaks in between as he deemed necessary. This had the added benefit of increasing his physical energy and vitality as well as access to Wood Release which could be used to subjugate tailed beasts. However, because Danzō is not an Uchiha, his chakra levels drop substantially every time a new Sharingan is used to activate the technique.
Tobi also makes use of Hashirama's DNA. In contrast to Danzō, Tobi claims to have gained control of Hashirama's DNA. His claim is supported by the fact that he was able to maintain Izanagi during his battle with Konan for ten consecutive minutes at the cost of only one Sharingan.
Like the various techniques used with the Sharingan, this technique is named after a Shintō god. In this case, it is Izanagi, who, together with his sister and wife Izanami, created the islands and other deities of Japan.
One of the most famous stories about Izanagi tells the tale of how he goes into Yomi, the Japanese underworld, to retrieve Izanami after she died giving birth to the Shinto fire god Kagutsuchi. In Yomi, he manages to get Izanami and they both try to leave. However Izanagi was not supposed to look at her before they escape. Right before they reach the exit, Izanagi looks back and sees her in a decayed form. Frightened, Izanagi flees from Yomi and blocks the cave. Izanami curses Izanagi saying that she will kill 1000 people per day. In response, Izanagi says that 1500 people will be born each day.
After his failed attempt to get Izanami, he washes himself in a stream. As he cleans his left eye, Amaterasu is born, as he cleans his right eye, Tsukuyomi is born, and as he cleans his nose, Susanoo is born.
- In Naruto Shippūden: Ultimate Ninja Storm Generations, Danzō uses this as his ultimate technique, letting his Wood Release go out of control, creating a tree that crushes both himself and the opponent, and activating Izanagi at the last moment to escape harm.


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AICPA Bylaw Section 670
6.7 Term Limit
As adopted
November 6, 2007
.01 Regardless of whether a member has served as a designated, directly elected, or at-large member of Council, no Council member who has served in any, or all, of the foregoing categories may serve more than seven consecutive years. A member who has served seven consecutive years shall not be eligible to serve on Council as a designated, directly elected, or at-large member of the Council until at least one year after the seventh consecutive year the member last served on the Council. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in any section of these bylaws, any period during which an individual served as an ex officio Council member, such as president or a member of the Board of Directors, shall not be included in any determination of eligibility under this section.