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With just mere hours until teams need to cut rosters to 53 for the season, Dallas and Wade Phillips will have some tough choices to make. I dont envy Phillips or any head coach this time of year for what they must do in cutting the fat and forming a team that will start the season. But like it or not, it is part of the job and part of the business.
Rookie Linebacker Stephen Hodge is one of those players fighting for a roster spot. However for Hodge his chances are slim and the options that the coaching staff have for him will result in another tough decision no matter what they choose. During the offseason Hodge had his knee scoped and has not been able to practice much because of it. That makes it tough for someone to make a team if he cant be evaluated properly. His persistent swelling in his knee is really complicating matters. Dallas can protect his rights by placing him on injured reserve and shutting him down for the season in hopes that he can be ready for next season. They can take a chance and release him hoping no other team picks him up, and then resign him to the practice squad. But because there are a few other injured players Dallas is waiting on, the chances of Hodge making the roster is slim. This is the tough side of the business.
Now on the other hand Dallas claimed Linebacker Curtis Johnson off waivers after the Colts cut him because of an injured hamstring and there is a good chance he will make the 53 man roster without ever getting on the field for the Cowboys because of the injury. He will not play in Fridays last preseason game. They really like the former Colt who played as a 4-3 defensive end but will be converted to an outside linebacker in the 3-4. "We knew about him coming out of college" Phillips said of Johnson who played 7 games with the colts last season. There is no way Dallas would pickup an injured player a few days before cuts if they didnt know what they where getting. They are high on his special teams abilities and after putting LB Brandon Williams on injured reserve, and LB Jason Williams nursing a high ankle sprain that will keep him out 4-6 weeks, Johnson should be back soon and should make the roster.
Wide Receiver Travis Wilson who has been on injured reserve was released and given an injury settlement… Backup offensive lineman Cory Proctor's roster spot may be in jeopardy after Dallas signed 5 year veteran Duke Preston who plays the same positions. And it was Preston during practice snapping to Quarterback John Kitna not Proctor who didnt even get any work in during the drill… Fourth round pick Quarterback Stephen McGee is also sitting on that bubble. He is nursing a strained MCL and has been considered OK at best when he is able to participate and healthy. One thing going for him is the fourth round choice the Cowboys used on him, that may get him a spot for a little while anyway.
Lets see what happens in the next few days when the fat is cut, because a lot of the guys we have been watching in preseason wont be there for long, and you know there will be some surprises.


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By the turn of the millennium, conventional power solutions were reaching the limits of energy efficiency for Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) systems. Power design architects needed to contemplate new techniques and seek innovative power solutions that could be fully integrated within the overall digital chain, making it possible to monitor and control board power and reduce the overall energy consumption of telecom equipment.
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If you want to see traditional Dubai at work, visit the wharves. Dhows are large wooden boats used to transport goods to the UAE's neighbouring countries. It's fascinating to watch busy workers load and unload all sorts of goods, including the kitchen sink.
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This short video tutorial from GSi shows how to manually install a virtual instrument in OSX Lion, and it takes VB3 AU as an example, but the same procedure is valid for both AU and VST formats and works in Mountain Lion too.
The problem with OSX from 10.7 is that the USER LIBRARY is hidden by default. You have to press the OPTION KEY onto your computer keyboard while viewing the Finder "GO" menu, and the menu item "Library" will magically appear!
Also, it is necessary that you are logged in as an administrator user in order to set the proper permissions to files and folders.
In this other video I'm doing the same install on a different Mac, this time the OSX is version 10.8.3 and the host I'm using for testing the installation is Mainstage 2.
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Snake Newton picks Event Opals for Robbie Williams tour
FOH specialist Snake Newton relies on Event Opals in the pre-production of Robbie's show sound.
London, UK - Considering they are on the front line night after night, live sound engineers rarely get the opportunity to create a name for themselves in the same way as studio engineers. Snake Newton is perhaps the exception who proves this rule, having worked front-of-house for TV award shows including the MTV Europe awards, the MOBOs, the Brits, and with artists including Sugababes, Duran Duran and most recently Robbie Williams.
Snake likes to work closely with bands during the pre-production phase of a show, enabling him to carefully plan each sound for every track, and the latest Robbie Williams tour is no exception. Snake likens this process to recording in the studio, where he will program specific sounds for each particular track, rather than allowing himself to be constrained to a 'one-instrument-one-sound' approach.
Monitoring in pre-production
Of course, to make sure the pre-production programming translates accurately to the show PA, it's essential to have monitors you can trust. Snake has recently purchased a pair of Event Opal nearfield monitors for pre-production work and has discovered they're so much better that his previous monitors, he's now far more confident of that translation to the show PA.
For Snake, the Opals deliver a range of audio that can't be found elsewhere: "The classic problem when doing pre-production with small speakers is that when you put it through a PA, the sub is crushing, because you have no real reference to that area. The thing I've found with the Opals is the extended bass and the lack of distortion, which means it's very close to hearing the sound you would hear from a PA. I don't have to think about compensating for a lack of bass-end. So when I did the first of Robbie's shows at the BBC Electric Proms with the Opals it all fell straight into place with the PA."
It didn't take much time for Snake to decide that the Opals were the way to go: "I got my hands on a demo pair and I was very impressed right from the beginning. I ordered my own pair the very same day. Even one-on-one the difference between these and my previous monitors is huge. I could immediately tell that the bottom end was a hell of a lot deeper and the mids were much more accurate. The sweet spot is almost imperceptible; there obviously is a sweet spot, but it's not that different to the rest of the soundfield. The field across the speakers is so even I was taken aback. In the past, I've noticed that I sometimes end up mixing guitar-light during long sessions due to listening fatigue. That doesn't seem to happen with the Opals at all."
His new monitors have even meant Snake feels more comfortable taking creative risks with his pre-production programming: "If you have no accurate reference point, that level of programming is going to lead to disaster. This is the first time I've felt confident enough to not put anything through the PA before show-day. We just rocked up at the Roundhouse for the Electric Proms show and off we went. Now I'm stuck with the problem that maybe I need two pairs, one for the studio and one for the road, instead of carting them up and down the motorway all the time!"
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San Francisco 49ers Aim to Change the NFL by Poaching Talent From Tech; 'Open Source' Scouting?
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The San Francisco 49ers have a long tradition of borrowing ideas from Silicon Valley. Their legendary former coach, Bill Walsh, famously modeled his meeting techniques after those used by technology CEOs. But in the last few months, the 49ers have developed a more aggressive approach to tapping into the tech industry's best minds: They've started hiring them.
Led by team president and co-owner Gideon Yu—a former Facebook , YouTube and Yahoo executive—the Niners have been quietly plucking from the neighboring tech world to fill their top jobs. Rather than pursuing the normal Silicon Valley routine of bouncing between startups and hoarding stock options, the nucleus of tech veterans in the team's executive offices focuses on everything from streamlining the draft scouting process to finding out how fans in different parts of the stadium can organize chants with their smartphones. They are, as Yu puts it, "fundamentally trying to rethink everything about live sports."
Asked why football is attractive to some of the tech world's brightest lights, 49ers CEO Jed York put it this way: "Because they made a lot of money, they did a lot of cool things before they turned 40 years old and they don't want to go play golf six days a week."
"We're in a lucky situation," York added. "We're not chasing people and trying to say, 'We're going to pay you so much money and you have to come here.' … There's a sense of, 'This is a startup.'"
As the 49ers prepare for the eventual opening of a new stadium in Santa Clara, and as the team—led by coach Jim Harbaugh—finds itself in the midst of its most successful run since the mid 1990s, York said he's been inundated with résumés—even if some of the candidates aren't quite ready to make the leap. "Sometimes the salary cuts half of those people off because they expect to come here and make whatever they were making at Google or Cisco or wherever," he said.
Dan Williams, a former Facebook director who is now the team's senior director of technology, attended 49ers games as a child and had bought season tickets for a decade. When he decided to leave Facebook, he spoke to a handful of technology startups before hearing from some of his former Facebook colleagues who'd taken jobs with the football team. "This is a passion play, absolutely," Williams said. "You get tired of a place like Facebook after some time. I love the team. I love sports. I had an opportunity as a fan to develop a stadium I'm going to attend? Great. That was it."
In a business where technology often takes a back seat (the NFL has strict rules on where things like iPads can be used during games, for instance), the 49ers' approach is rare. York said there's a level of interaction between the business executives and football staff that he doesn't believe exists in most places. It's too early to tell how the innovations will show on the field, since many of the new employees started in the last few months. But most members of the organization said the next draft will be the first football event where their advancements will really take hold.
"We know the evaluation process and the scouting process. We don't know the technical aspects. We don't know what's available and we certainly don't know how to build it," said Trent Baalke the team's general manager. "What we're trying to do is the cutting edge. If we can do it anywhere in this country, it should be in the Silicon Valley. We'd be foolish not to."
The plan for the draft, at least for now, is to create a centralized database for scouting information that's available to anyone in the organization and is easier to digest. Baalke said there are thousands of numbers tracked in the scouting reports—heights, weights, 40-yard dash times— that are gathered by scouts and executives. Yet in the NFL, this information is rarely packaged together. Kunal Malik, the team's chief technology officer, said that so far, the focus has been on developing programs that allow scouts to easily share information and go paperless. Yu said that in conversations with scouts "what we found is we have to push them to dream even more, because usually it's like, 'OK, we can do that for you,' and it's done overnight." Now, he says, scouts are far less shy about seemingly impossible technological requests.
Yu has said that in the future, it's possible the team could open source its football technology, allowing fans to come up with applications for coaches and scouts with numbers provided by the team. While that's a staple in the technology industry, Yu admits that "probably won't be version 1.0," mostly due to the fact that it would be massive philosophy shift in a league that prides itself on keeping everything in-house.
Most of the team's fan experience ideas involve smartphones. York looks forward to the ability to mobilize fans and increase crowd noise through apps or text messages. Yu said the plan is for the new stadium to feature the option to use your smart phone to order food or merchandise, which would then be delivered to your seat.
Employees say the tech mindset has generally taken over in the team's Santa Clara facility. Paraag Marathe, the team's chief operating officer, wants to knock walls down in the team's facility to mirror the creative environment of tech offices.
Yu said anywhere he goes—even a child's soccer game—he'll be pitched ideas from tech leaders on what the Niners should try next. Ideas, he said, that stretch from accelerometers on helmets to measure the physics of the game to mobile payment plans.
The team's new stadium is slated to open in the fall of 2014. In a couple of months, a video application cold be ready for fans to test, but the bulk of the innovations will be unveiled when the stadium opens.
"There's something much more tangible about working for a football team than working for a cloud product," said new team CFO Cipora Herman, a former Facebook vice president.
"I do think that the 49ers are developing a reputation in the Valley as a place that's open to innovation and oh, by the way, it's really cool because it's a football team."
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Glee's Heather Morris: Pregnant with First Child!
Glee's Heather Morris is reportedly pregnant with her first child with longtime beau and high school sweetheart Taylor Hubbell, according to Us Weekly.
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It looks like some memos got lost in the mail, because I'm pretty sure that fashion icons Maria Sharapova and Venus Williams would never show up for an Istanbul Cup photo opp — complete with traditional Ottoman garb — looking like amateurs.
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Big hit eludes Rangers in shutout loss to Indians
CLEVELAND -- The Rangers' inability to get a big hit with runners in scoring position cost them again on Saturday night at Progressive Field.
That has often been the case this season and the Rangers' futility in those situations continued after going 0-for-9 with runners in scoring position in a 2-0 loss to the Indians.View Full Game Coverage
CLEVELAND -- The Rangers' inability to get a big hit with runners in scoring position cost them again on Saturday night at Progressive Field.
That has often been the case this season and the Rangers' futility in those situations continued after going 0-for-9 with runners in scoring position in a 2-0 loss to the Indians.View Full Game Coverage
The Rangers' lack of offense left starter Miles Mikolas taking the loss despite a strong outing. Mikolas, doing a superb job of changing speeds, held the Indians to two runs in seven innings, allowing five hits, walking two and striking out six.
"He pitched really, really well," manager Ron Washington said. "Too bad we couldn't score for him."
The Indians were 2-for-4 with runners in scoring position with both hits coming in the sixth inning and that made the difference. The Rangers were held without a hit in those situations for the 22nd time and are 2-20 in those games.
"We're just not playing the Rangers' game right now," shortstop Elvis Andrus said. "We've got to score runs anyway we can. We're just not doing it. We're just not executing … the last couple of games. We were playing a lot better baseball before we came here. Need to come back tomorrow and execute."
Failure to get a hit with a runner at second or third does not always doom a team to defeat. The Rangers were 8-13 in those games in 2011 because they could overcome the clutch hit with the long ball. But this edition of the Rangers has the second fewest home runs in the league.
The Rangers are hitting .239 with runners in scoring position, the second lowest for the club since STATS Inc. started charting such statistics in 1974. The Rangers hit .227 in those situations in 1992.
"We're just not getting it done," Washington said. "We're creating opportunities but we're not cashing them in. We just haven't been able to get it done. We're just not driving in the runs. Tonight it was throughout the lineup, not just one spot."
The Rangers had two chances to give Mikolas the lead and couldn't deliver. In the second, J.P. Arencibia led off with a roller down the first-base line. Pitcher T.J. House fielded it but threw wildly to first. Arencibia ended up at second but stayed there. Leonys Martin grounded out, Chris Gimenez struck out and Rougned Odor grounded out.
In the sixth, Elvis Andrus walked and Alex Rios reached on an infield single to start the inning. After reliever Scott Atchison replaced House, they both moved up as Adrian Beltre grounded out to first base. Arencibia followed with a grounder to third baseman Lonnie Chisenhall and Andrus was thrown out in a rundown. Martin then took a called strike three to end the inning.
"Sometimes all it takes is a ground ball," Washington said. "Sometimes all it takes is a fly ball. We just have to execute in those situations. We have to push some runs across."
Mikolas took a two-hit shutout into the sixth before giving up a leadoff single to Jason Kipnis. Mike Aviles bunted him to second and Kipnis went to third on Michael Brantley's grounder to short.
After Carlos Santana was intentionally walked, Chisenhall fought off a first-pitch fastball and dumped it into center field for a run-scoring single.
"It was a fastball in and I thought I got it in enough," Mikolas said. "I probably could have thrown it in more, maybe get a broken-bat popup to second base."
Nick Swisher lined a single to right to give the Indians a 2-0 lead before David Murphy grounded out to end the inning. Mikolas then retired the side in order in the seventh but was still left on the hook for the loss.
"I threw a lot of strikes," Mikolas said. "A lot of the things we have been working on came through and I threw a lot of quality strikes. I had some good velocity and I was able to locate my curveball."
"Their guy, coming in with a high ERA, but he's commanding," Indians manager Terry Francona said. "Not only throwing a solid fastball, but he's flipping that breaking ball over almost at will, and it really made it tough on us. But the one inning we executed."
The Rangers had one last chance to save Mikolas from a tough-luck loss. They started the ninth with a walk by Arencibia and a single by Martin against Indians closer Cody Allen. But the script didn't change.
Allen struck out pinch-hitter Jim Adduci, got Odor on a foul pop and caught Daniel Robertson looking at strike three to end the game.
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- Complete Solution (Solve the game - completely.)
- DHTML Lemmings (Play the complete game in a browser.)
- Game Map (Sega Master System) (Maps of all levels in the game.)
- Lemmings Level Designer (A chance to download a level designer for the Spectrum version)
- Lemmings review (Payback programmer James Daniels reviews Lemmings, particularly championing the 2-player game.)
- Lemmings Universe (Facts, History, Solutions and more about all of the Lemmings games.)
- Oh No! It's the Lemmings Games Web Page (A decent fan site dedicated to the Lemmings series.)
- The Lemmings Compendium (All things Lemmings.)
- The Making of Lemmings (Read-Only Memory, 2015) (Article about the Lemmings creation by Rich Stanton, illustrated by Kyle Fewell.)
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Amazon ; an online store selling new and used computer and video games.
Google ; search engine that ranks by popularity
eBay ; Many older games listed on MobyGames are out of print. Auction sites like eBay are the best place to find them.
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Are you ready for another amazing year at Hawai'i Community College? We hope so! The Student Life Program and the Student Council have been working hard to bring you some exciting events this year! And we are kicking off the year with …
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Global-Recycling-Equipment.com Company Inc. Joins with Shredderhotline.com Company Inc.
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Feb. 26, 2013 12:45 AM
CHICAGO, Feb. 26, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- The global recycling equipment group owned by the Burda family has renewed effort for mini shredding systems for under 1 million with many designs in the $250,000 range for the recycling industry.
Data shown on the website www.industrialshredder.com shows may layouts for a multi shred system with a dual wash line that can provide a MULT function use to shred plastic and other waste materials in large volumes with a wash line to clean dirty material for upgrade.
The need in the industry for more automated lines to take bales of scrap metal and plastic and shred for upgrade or in the case of plastic wash the material for further processing and upgrade needs.
The concept designed by the Burda Group in 1970 is to take bales of material or even bulky items such as tires, pallets, fridges, stoves, and shred for volume reduction and upgrade. The need for many items such as plastic must be washed to ensure proper upgrade for the world market.
We have found that if materials are not shredder or shredded and washed then the final end product can not be resold or accepted by China or other countries.
On our website www.globalrecyclingequipment.com shows data on the pender design and pictures of this design for shredding scrap metal to a frag form using a shear shredder and a vertical densifier.
This data on the website www.industrialshredder.com shows more detail on the layout needed for plastic bale shredding or bulky material shredding where wash is needed.
The industry should start to understand that industrial shredding systems are not all large but in most cases they are larger than most people understand.
Small shredders have a place in our industry but large shredders are often needed to take the place of a small shredder to endure the duty cycle or the shredding application of the task.
The pictures on the website www.shredderhotline.com and many of the Burda Group company sites show layouts of shredder and rasper designs that have been installed around the world including the US Army and US Air Force for the shredding tires in Iraq to a wire free recycled form.
The systems offered in our data sheets shown on the website www.industrialshredder.com involve designs using a single and dual shredder layout with or without wash lines.
Most shredding of scrap metal is processed into a fist size chunk and allow the removal of contaminants and other items such as rocks and dirt and grit.
The dual shred line 3D layout is shown at www.eidal-kubota.com and also at www.chinashredder.com in multiple configurations where the primary shredder is fed in a horizontal or vertical mode.
The mode of feeding will vary but this standard design for feeding can change from a horizontal mode feed system for the primary shredder to a vertical mode for the primary or secondary shredder.
The pictures of the system shown on the website www.industrialshredder.com outline some of the variations of a horizontal feed system for plastic pipe processing and bulk plastic bale processing or even carpet shredding and mattress shredding for recycling of these materials.
The pictures on the website www.globalrecyclingequipment.com show a triple shred line for e waste for metal and plastic recovery.
Shredders are not expensive if you find the right company and shredders of the past are not the same as the shredders made today by group such as ours with patented low hp high torque designs.
The core shredder in the the Edal Kubota shredding system has an infeed opening of 2 meters by 2 meters for bulky items.
Shredders like these are all over the world.
They are called slow speed shear type shredders.
Other designs of shredders are called raspers.
Other designs of shredders are called single shaft grinders.
Other designs of shredders are called vertical grinders.
The shredderhotline.com company makes all types of shredders and does not offer just one design but multiple designs and machines to handle the task of shredding.
No one machine can do it all.
Everyone that make shredders must have a diversified shredder family in their design packages.
The only difference is that most shredder groups do not have multiple lines to offer.
That limits the selection for clients.
Today most groups in the industry who purchase a shredder have bought the first shredder that they feel works well for their application.
Most do not understand that their selection may be wrong.
Most groups do not understand linear design systems.
Most shredding systems bought today are not using the best design.
The base shredder today for many applications should have an large infeed opening to grab bales or slugs of material.
The layout of the typical shredder is shown clearly on our website www.industrialshredder.com.
Most industrial shredders are the size of a school bus.
If they are not that big then they may not be an industrial shredder.
Be careful in your selection of low cost shredders and do not think that you have to buy a machine from China to get a low cost shredder.
There are many low cost shredders made in the USA and Europe by our group and others.
Look around and check things out.
The design of all shredding systems are refined during the engineering stage but the concept and data of design is based on the layout data in our website at www.shredderhotline.com.
All layouts of a two shredder system is shown in our data.
As outlined above, the base system needed in the waste industry is typically comprised of two shredders to slice and dice material and often involves wash tanks when plastic is involved.
We design systems as a modular form in concept and is comprised of many sub components for shredding.
Once again the shredding process used in todays world uses a primary shredder to open up the bales of material.
Another system to watch in the new decade of shredders is our design to shred white goods into a frag form.
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Fabrice Tourre, the former Goldman Sachs Group Inc. vice president facing civil fraud claims over a mortgage bond debacle that made his client $1 billion, may say when he takes the witness stand today that he's a scapegoat who was only trying to do his best for the firm.
Tourre, now a 34-year-old graduate student, is scheduled to testify before a jury in Manhattan federal court this afternoon about his role in structuring and selling a 2007 mortgage-backed investment that lost a group of investors about $1 billion when the mortgage market crashed. It will be his first chance to make good on a promise, made before Congress in April 2010, to fight the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission's allegations that he "categorically" denied.
Tourre's testimony comes near the end of two weeks of evidence against him by the SEC, whose lawyers will try to use Tourre's own words to show he misled investors about the role of Paulson & Co., the hedge fund run by John Paulson, in helping select the assets behind the investment, which it then bet against.
His best defense may be to emphasize his relative lack of stature at Goldman Sachs at the time of the Abacus deal, said Jacob Frenkel, a former SEC lawyer not involved the case.
"He was a small player and nobody was fooled here," said Frenkel, now with Shulman Rogers Gandal Pordy & Ecker PA in Potomac, Maryland. "I think that's the most powerful image he can deliver."
His lawyer has said that Tourre's e-mails to his girlfriend in 2007 showed he was uncertain about what he was doing and provided "an easy mark, a scapegoat" for the SEC.
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Tourre has kept a low profile since enduring the questions of a U.S. Senate subcommittee in April 2010 alongside other Goldman Sachs executives. The firm later settled SEC allegations for $550 million, a record at the time. Tourre has spent part of the time since then volunteering in Rwanda and working on a doctorate in economics at the University of Chicago.
Yesterday, the SEC's star witness in the trial told jurors that Goldman Sachs misled her into helping construct a doomed investment that Paulson was betting would fail.
Laura Schwartz, who headed ACA Management LLC's asset management business in early 2007, testified that Goldman and Paulson led her to believe that the hedge fund wanted to invest, rather than take a short position, in a mortgage-backed security that lost $1 billion in the crash of the credit markets.
"Our understanding was that Paulson was the equity investor," Schwartz said.
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Advance Directives
An Advance Directive is sometimes called a Power of Attorney for Health Care, a Durable Power of Attorney for Health Care (or DPOA) or a Designation of Patient Advocate form. It is a legal document used to plan your health care in advance. It allows you to name a Patient Advocate who makes medical decisions about your care, custody and treatment, in the event you are unable to do this for yourself.
You have the right to appoint a Patient Advocate by completing an Advance Directive form (available also in español). A Patient Advocate should be someone who knows your wishes and is willing and able to make those decisions for you if needed.
When you complete an Advance Directive, copies of the document should be provided to your Patient Advocate and primary care physician (family doctor). In addition, a copy should be entered into your medical record at Henry Ford Allegiance Health. Each time you are hospitalized, a copy of your Advance Directive will be attached to your patient chart and will be used when planning your treatment. If you make changes to your Advance Directive, complete a new form and give the updated form to your Patient Advocate and primary care physician.
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You are not required to have an Advance Directive; you can make your wishes known by talking with your family or doctor or by writing them down. Without an Advance Directive, however, your Patient Advocate does not have legal authority to act for you.
You are not required to provide written instructions about your treatment. You can simply name a Patient Advocate. However, your advocate can only have life-sustaining care stopped if you write this down in an Advance Directive. Henry Ford Allegiance Health will honor your Advance Directive within the limits of Michigan law and the hospital's mission, philosophy and capability. The existence, or lack of, an Advance Directive does not determine a patient's right to access care, treatment or services.
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We are happy to provide you with an Advance Directive form (available also in español) and answers to frequently asked questions about Advance Directives.
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|The Makerbot Arrives
Using Google SketchUp for Makerbot 3D DesignI decided to go with Google SketchUp for the 3D design software and after a few minutes of watching some tutorial videos, I was on my way to designing a baseball holder for a MLB game-used ball that I had sitting on the mantle at home. I used the free version of Google SketchUp for the Mac.
There is one crucial plug-in that you must install on Google SketchUp 7 or 8 (I used 8) that will enable you to export your digital file to the compulsory .STL file format (that you will open in Replicator G).
The SKP to STL plug-in is available here and if you are on a Mac with 10.7 you will have to locate your Library folder which has been hidden for some reason by Apple. Anyway, this video helped me locate the HD Library folder (I am a somewhat new Mac OS X user). Locating the Library folder on Mac OS X Lion
Once you have downloaded and installed the SketchUp to .STL plugin and put the plug-in file in the right SketchUp folder you should find the "Export to .STL" option under Tools in Google SketchUp.
Run your STL through Netfab Cloud Service before Replicator GThe next step you want to do once you have a saved .STL file is to run it through Netfab Cloud Service (Beta) this really helped smooth out some of the design issues that occured within SketchUp and ultimately crashed my first build- with the help of Netfab my second print went smoothly.
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Connect to Makerbot or dump .STL on to SD CardIt is nice to get all of the feedback when connecting to the Makerbot from your computer, though it seems a little more practical to just dump the final file from Replicator G on the SD Card and insert it into the Makerbot. You can find the complete guide to using Replicator G at the link above and I found the program fairly easy to use and navigate around.
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While my design was simple and was not without flaws (I keep having one edge turn up even while using a raft or increasing the temp of the room) I did learn that the process from design conception to holding the final object in your hands (after a few hours work) is indeed possible and truly exciting.
I am looking forward to having students experience this new medium in the fall and even hope to make it a part of a few related courses on campus.
Read an update on this academic library Makerbot.
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FRIDAY, April 22, 2011 (HealthDay News) -- Treating diabetes patients' depression boosts their overall health, according to a new study.
It included 145 people with type 2 diabetes and depression who received a year-long depression intervention that included 12 weeks of cognitive behavioral therapy over the phone, followed by nine monthly booster sessions. They also took part in a walking program.
They were compared to a control group of 146 diabetes patients with depression who received usual diabetes care.
At the end of the year, depression symptoms were in remission for 58 percent of the patients in the intervention group and 39 percent of those in the control group, said the researchers at the VA Ann Arbor Healthcare System and the University of Michigan Health System.
The intervention program also led to lower blood pressure, an increase in walking of about four miles a week and improvement in general quality of life.
However, most patients already had good blood sugar control at the outset of the intervention, so A1C levels, a measure of blood sugar control, did not drop.
The study appears online ahead of print in the journal Medical Care.
Depression and diabetes often go hand in hand, and depression can be a major problem for people with diabetes because it makes them less likely to follow their medicine schedule or exercise program, the researchers explained.
"Depression is a common, treatable issue for many people who have diabetes," said study lead author John Piette, a senior research scientist at the VA and professor of internal medicine at the University of Michigan Medical School, in a university news release.
"Unfortunately, most busy clinics cannot provide the level of intensive care these patients need. This study shows that telephone-delivered counseling can improve patients' access to effective depression care, improve their cardiovascular health and get them moving again," he added.
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The latest EDEM software release from DEM Solutions Ltd enhances the connectivity of EDEM with other Computer Aided Engineering (CAE) tools. Version 2.6 implements the company's strategy to make EDEM highly integrated with other CAE tools.
The new software offers the benefit of forty additional and improved features increasing its usability, reliability, productivity, and connectivity with other CAE tools. Enhancements have been made to the EDEM coupling interface, which provides the structure for coupling EDEM with other tools such as multi-body dynamics (MBD), computational fluid dynamics (CFD), and introduces a facility for sharing data with finite element analysis (FEA).
Manufacturers of equipment designed to handle bulk materials (diggers, buckets, scrapers, bulldozers) face many challenges in resolving the optimal design. Simulation is an established way of investigating engineering challenges and providing insights into how designs will perform before any financial investment and design time takes place in physically creating and building the equipment. The use of CAE tools such as finite element analysis (FEA), multi-body dynamics (MBD), and computational fluid dynamics (CFD) are well established in the engineering toolkit to aid design decisions.
The new software release extends existing FEA and MBD analysis to include the effects of interaction of bulk materials, which is another new dimension and major advantage for engineers designing and optimizing equipment handling bulk materials, including coal, ores, soil, pellets, tablets, grains, and powders, across a number of industry sectors.
DEM Solutions team of more than 20 technical experts have been developing the new, improved software since last year, and have listened and responded to global clients to add features and benefits that can assist all manufacturers of equipment designed to handle bulk materials.
While the use of CAE tools such as FEA, MBD, and CFD are well established in the engineering toolkit to aid design decisions, the effectiveness and impact of these various tools is limited if the designer is unable to simulate the interaction of the equipment with the material that it is intended to handle. Therefore, when it comes to handling or processing bulk materials, it is critical to have the feedback and forces of the material in its interaction with the machine components.
The EDEM software platform brings the benefits of DEM simulation to manufacturers as a tool that simulates and analyses the behavior of many forms of bulk materials, providing the means to reduce dependency on physical prototyping, shortening design cycles, and leveraging design know-how in the simulation environment. When used with other CAE tools, EDEM provides crucial insight and information on the forces and loading on equipment caused by the interaction with the bulk material. Bringing EDEM into play with other CAE tools adds critical insights for the engineer and improves the confidence in the design.
"Our strategy is to complement other CAE tools by providing robust integration of EDEM simulation," said Richard LaRoche, DEM Solutions VP of engineering & software development. "Our customers who design equipment for handling bulk material have suffered from an incomplete view of how the equipment will perform. Over the past several years we have witnessed the benefits of EDEM integration in generating new solutions combining particle and machine dynamics to result in powerful, new insights into the machine-material interaction. The new release extends our ability to address this challenge. In line with our collaborative approach, we're working with our technology partners - leading CAE software companies - to create and enhance co-simulation solutions to allow equipment design engineers to be more productive and create better designs."
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The latest EDEM software release from DEM Solutions Ltd enhances the connectivity of EDEM with other Computer Aided Engineering (CAE) tools. Version 2.6 implements the company's strategy to make EDEM highly integrated with other CAE tools.


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A new software monitoring tool that can track and enforce acceptable-use policies and protect intellectual property and trade secrets hasn't passed the acid test of some employees at the Food and Drug Administration, according to the online site AOL Government.
FDA officials reportedly installed SpectorSoft's Spector 360 monitoring software on the laptop computers of an undisclosed number of FDA scientists and doctors, reportedly because the agency was concerned about unauthorized disclosures.
But in a lawsuit filed last week, the scientists contend that FDA secretly monitored their personal e-mail after they had warned Congress that the agency was approving medical devices they believed posed unacceptable risks to patients.
System would monitor feds for signs they're 'breaking bad'
Spector 360 is designed for business, education and government users with networked Mac and Windows computers. The software captures every activity, including snapshot videos of a user's computer screen. The activity data is automatically stored centrally for further auditing, according to the company website.
"Spector 360, which is designed for centralized employee monitoring, offers a high level view of the ongoing Internet and desktop activities of your employees as they use company computers both Mac and Windows," the web site says. "The software features automated deployment, remote management tools and will record a wide range of activity including Email, Chat/IM, Web Surfing, Online Searches, Keystrokes and Programs used."
Among the activities that Spector 360 allows administrators to discern are:
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Having been on the other side of this with responsibility for IT systems and company computers, I tell everyone this is the "company" computer, yours is at home, so be aware you may be monitored.
If someone were to be a whistle blower, use your own computer to be safe and the IT folks like it better that way too as we really don't like to employ and review such information either, but it goes with the territory and private industry does it and they have to when breaches occur someone has to be accountable and be checking on security.
I never liked using this software but again we had the insider trading at the FDA too so don't forget that incident as an example.
Hmm... Big Brother in Government ... imagine that.
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Lucy M. Hartley, 92, of Hudson passed away Dec. 22, 2013, at her home, under the care of Hospice.
Lucy was born Jan. 19, 1921, in Medina Township, to Daniel and Catherine Mae (Malarney) Monahan. On Aug. 12, 1944, she married James L. Hartley Sr. at Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Hudson. He preceded her in death on Sept. 9, 1972.
Lucy was a lifelong resident of the Hudson area, living her entire life on Medina Road. She graduated from Sacred Heart School in 1938 and Lenawee County Normal School in 1939. Lucy taught at the Catholic Hill Country School in Medina Township from 1939 to 1946, leaving to raise her family. After her children were older, she returned to teaching at Sacred Heart Catholic School in Hudson for 20 years, and then substitute taught at the school for an additional 25 years. Lucy truly loved teaching and had a very significant impact on the lives of many of her students.
Lucy was a member of the Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Hudson where she also belonged to the Altar Rosary Society, and the South Hudson Woman's Club.
Surviving are four children, James L. (Deanna) Hartley of Clayton, John M. (Cathy) Hartley of Hudson, Marie Hartley of Hudson, Dennis J. (Jill) Hartley of Adrian; one sister-in-law, Geri Monahan of Hudson; seven grandchildren, Amy, Sarah, Dan, Carrie, Michael (Breanne), Michelle and Mark; and one great-grandson, Cameron. Lucy was a very loving mother and grandmother, and a beloved aunt to her many nieces and nephews. Nothing was more important to Lucy than her family and her faith.
In addition to her husband, she was preceded in death by her parents and three sisters, Betty (Al) Hednrickson, Regina (Jim) Hafner and Lois (Bernard) Reuter; and one brother, Bud Monahan.
A Mass of Christian Burial for Lucy Hartley will be celebrated at 11 a.m. Saturday, Dec. 28, 2013, at Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Hudson with Father Joseph Krupp as celebrant. Burial will follow at the Calvary Cemetery in Hudson. Visitation will be from 1 to 4 and 6 to 8 p.m. Friday, with a Rosary Service at 7:30 p.m., at the Eagle Funeral Home in Hudson.
Memorial contributions are suggested to the Sacred Heart Catholic School or Hospice of Lenawee. Friends can share memories and condolences with Lucy's family online at www.eaglefuneralhomes.com.
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Roddick trumps Murray in Miami exhibition
A relaxed Andy Murray lost to Andy Roddick in an exhibition match at the Miami Tennis Cup on Saturday.
World No. 3 Murray lost to the recently-retired American in straight sets, eventually succumbing 6-2 6-3 in a semi-final match played with reduced levels of intensity.
"Andy hasn't hit that many balls the last few months," Murray said afterwards. "Maybe his timing was a little bit off, but he still hits the ball very well.
"It was only a few months ago he was making a decent run at the US Open."
Roddick, meanwhile, admitted that he would have been in trouble if the match had been extended to a full three sets. He also ruled out any prospect of coming out of retirement.
"If we had gone three sets I would've had a full body cramp and it would've been awkward for all of you," he joked. "Andy was nice to me tonight.
"There's no comeback. I don't miss the travel at all.
"It's nice coming here and seeing familiar faces. I still enjoy hitting tennis balls, but I haven't lost that part of it. I haven't lost any of the innocent parts of tennis. I just do it in front of less people."
Roddick will now face Nicolas Almagro in the final of the exhibition, after the Spaniard beat John Isner in the other semi-final.


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SETI Institute chair Dr. Jill Tarter to speak at UH Mānoa on Friday, May 3University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa
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Does intelligent life exist beyond Earth? If so, how might we find it?
These will be some of the questions discussed at the second Sheraton Waikīkī Explorers of the Universe lecture when Dr. Jill Tarter, chair of the SETI Institute, speaks at the UH Mānoa Kennedy Theatre on Friday, May 3 at 7:30 p.m.
SETI, the search for extraterrestrial intelligence, uses the tools of astronomy to systematically look for evidence of technologies produced by distant, alien civilizations.
The SETI Institute uses the Allen Telescope Array to explore the thousands of exoplanets being found by the Kepler spacecraft and ground-based observatories, and to find out whether some of those potentially habitable worlds might actually be inhabited.
If you've seen the movie "Contact," you are already familiar with some of Dr. Tarter's life and work—she was the inspiration for the main character (Dr. Eleanor "Ellie" Arroway) played by Jodie Foster.
Tickets are free but required, and the supply is limited. Tickets can be obtained online at https://uhifa.ticketbud.com.
For more information, visit: http://www.ifa.hawaii.edu/info/press-releases/Tarter/


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DETROIT — General Motors is adding more than 588,000 vehicles to a recall tofix ignition switches that can shut off engines and cause crashes.
The company says it's adding Saturn Ion compacts from 2003 through 2007, andChevrolet HHR SUVs and Pontiac Solstice and Saturn Sky sports cars from 2006and 2007.
The additional vehicles increase the total recall to 1.37 million.
GMannounced Feb. 13 that it would recall 780,000 Chevrolet Cobalts and PontiacG5s from the 2005 through 2007 model years.GM says the problem has been linked to 31 crashes and 13 front-seat deaths.
GM says a heavy key ring or jarring from rough roads can move the ignitionout of the run position, cutting of the engine. If that happens, the front airbags may not work.
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DUBLIN, Ohio, USA, 20 January 2011—Americans are using libraries a lot more as the economic downturn has impacted lives, careers and incomes. Americans see increased value in libraries and the value that libraries provide to their communities, and report even stronger appreciation of the value librarians bring to the information search experience, according to a new membership report by OCLC, a nonprofit library services and research organization.
Perceptions of Libraries, 2010: Context and Community is a follow-up to the 2005 Perceptions of Libraries and Information Resources. The new report provides updated information and new insights into information consumers and their online information habits, preferences and perceptions. Particular attention was paid to how the current economic downturn has affected information-seeking behaviors and how those changes are reflected in the use and perception of libraries.
The OCLC membership report explores:
- Technological and economic shifts since 2005
- Lifestyle changes Americans have made during the recession, including increased use of the library and other online resources
- How a negative change to employment status impacts use and perceptions of the library
- How Americans use online resources and libraries in 2010
- Perceptions of libraries and information resources based on life stage, from teens to college students, to senior Americans.
The membership report is based on U.S. data from an online survey conducted by Harris Interactive on behalf of OCLC. OCLC analyzed and summarized the results to produce Perceptions of Libraries, 2010: Context and Community, which is available for download on the OCLC Web site free of charge. Print copies of the report are available for a nominal fee to cover the cost of printing and shipping.
Cathy De Rosa, OCLC Global Vice President of Marketing, principal contributor to the membership report, said changes in the information landscape and the impact of the economic downturn made it important to update the 2005 survey findings.
"Five years is at least one information generation in the digital information age," said Ms. De Rosa. "To put the pace of change in perspective consider that in 2005 there was no Twitter (launched July 2006), Facebook hadn't opened up to the general public (September 2006), and the first iPhone was still two years away (January 2007)."
"Also, in the five years since we published Perceptions 2005, the United States and much of the rest of the world has experienced a massive economic downturn," Ms. De Rosa continued. "We know instinctively that the global recession must be affecting how people use and perceive information resources and library services, but we wanted to find out more about how economic factors are impacting both the use and the perception of the library. Having a 'snapshot' from 2005 gave us a great opportunity to compare usage and attitudes before and during the recession, and to identify new opportunities for libraries."
OCLC encourages feedback and discussion about the new membership study.
About OCLC
Founded in 1967, OCLC is a nonprofit, membership, computer library service and research organization dedicated to the public purposes of furthering access to the world's information and reducing library costs. More than 72,000 libraries in 170 countries have used OCLC services to locate, acquire, catalog, lend, preserve and manage library materials. Researchers, students, faculty, scholars, professional librarians and other information seekers use OCLC services to obtain bibliographic, abstract and full-text information when and where they need it. OCLC and its member libraries cooperatively produce and maintain WorldCat, the world's largest online database for discovery of library resources. Search WorldCat.org on the Web. For more information, visit the OCLC Web site.
OCLC, WorldCat and WorldCat.org are trademarks/service marks of OCLC Online Computer Library Center, Inc. Third-party product, service and business names are trademarks/service marks of their respective owners.
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18 brilliant pictures of life in Cuba
Cuba – with its gorgeous beaches, verdant countryside and time-worn capital – made it onto the Rough Guide to 2018. And as Trump tightens restrictions on US…
Havana is an enchanting and captivating city, with the twists and turns of its compelling history and rich culture laid bare in the surprising diversity of its architecture and kaleidoscope of citizens. Nowhere is there uniformity, with the hotchpotch of buildings and people presenting a different set of stop-and-stare images on every street. Policemen on military service lean against Soviet-era Brutalist office blocks; adherents of Santería, dressed all in white, stroll past Neo-Gothic churches; queues of smart, elderly socialites form outside Art Deco theatres; and taxi drivers in baseball caps tout rides in their fifty-year-old Buicks and Chevrolets in front of Neoclassical shop fronts. In the centre especially, almost every street seems to have an intriguing story to tell, whether one of colonial grandeur, bygone glamour, economic hardship or revolutionary change – and sometimes all of these, wrapped up in just one block.
The past and the present are closely interwoven all over this sprawling metropolis, with tenement buildings moulded from the mansions of imperial counts, 1950s department store signs hanging over entrances to community centres and government agencies occupying eighteenth-century convents. An infectious vitality pervades every neighbourhood, as life in Havana unfolds unselfconsciously and in plain view: front doors are left open, washing is hung out on balconies, domino players sit at tables on the kerb, conversations are shouted between buildings and families watch TV in exposed street-side living rooms. Even in the most touristy parts of the city, which double up as residential neighbourhoods, the locals make their presence felt.
Havana's diverse districts mark distinct eras in the capital's evolution. What was once contained within seventeenth-century city walls now forms the most captivating section of harbourside Habana Vieja, the old city, and the capital's tourist centre. Soldered on to Habana Vieja is gritty, lively Centro Habana, often bypassed by visitors on their way to more tourist-friendly parts of town but home to the most striking and idiosyncratic section of Havana's oceanfront promenade, the Malecón. Sharing the Malecón with Centro Habana is Vedado, heart of the city borough of Plaza, its attractive, leafy, open plan neighbourhoods blessed with most of the city's abundant theatres, cabarets, nightclubs and cinemas. From here you could walk the couple of kilometres to the vast and famous Plaza de la Revolución, with giant monuments to two icons of the Cuban struggle for independence, Che Guevara and José Martí. Beyond Vedado to the west, on the other side of the Río Almendares, Miramar ushers in another change in the urban landscape. Modelled on mid-twentieth-century Miami, this part of the city comes into its own at night, with some of Havana's most sophisticated restaurants and best music venues scattered around the leafy streets.
Havana's success and riches were founded on the strength and position of its harbour – the largest natural port in the Caribbean. However, the original San Cristóbal de la Habana settlement, established on July 25, 1515, St Christopher's Day, was actually founded at modern-day Batabanó, on the south coast of what is now Mayabeque province. It wasn't until November 25, 1519, that the city was relocated to the banks of the large bay known as the Bahía de la Habana.
The early settlement began to ripple out into what is now Habana Vieja, with the first streets established down on the waterfront between the present-day Plaza de Armas and Plaza de San Francisco. However, it was with the discovery of a deep, navigable channel through the treacherous shallow waters between Cuba and the Bahamas that Havana really took off as a major city, becoming a bridge between Spain and the New World thanks to its strategic location on the newly established trade routes.
As the Spanish conquistadors plundered the treasures of the Americas, Havana became the meeting point for the Spanish fleet on its way back across the Atlantic. For several months of the year, ships returning from all over the Americas laden with precious cargoes would slowly gather at the port until a force strong enough to deter possible pirate attacks in the Caribbean had been assembled. An infrastructure of brothels, inns and gambling houses sprang up to cater for the seamen, and the port itself became a target for frequent attacks by buccaneers.
In 1558, after consolidating shipping operations by making Havana the only Cuban port authorized to engage in commerce, Spain started a long period of fortification with the construction of the first stone fort in the Americas, the impressive Castillo de la Real Fuerza. Work started on the Castillo de San Salvador de la Punta and the formidable Castillo de Los Tres Reyes del Morro in 1589 and was finally completed in 1630. Three years later a protective wall began to be built around the city, and was completed in 1740.
Assaults on the city persisted, however, and in 1762 Havana fell to the British. The free trade that the port enjoyed during its brief eleven months of occupation – the British swapped Havana for Florida – kick-started the island's sugar trade; previously restricted to supplying Spain, it was now open to the rest of the world. Spain wisely kept British trade policies intact and the consequential influx of wealthy Spanish sugar families propelled Havana into a new age of affluence.
The nineteenth century was a period of growth, when some of the most beautiful buildings around Habana Vieja were constructed and the city enjoyed a new-found elegance. At the same time, crime and political corruption were reaching new heights, causing many of the new bourgeoisie to abandon the old city to the poor and to start colonizing what is now Vedado. By the 1860s the framework of the new suburbs stretching west and south was in place.
In 1902, after the Wars of Independence, North American influence and money flowed into the city, and the first half of the twentieth century saw tower blocks, hotels and glorious Art Deco palaces like the Edificio Bacardí built as the tourist industry boomed. Gambling flourished, run by American gangsters like Meyer Lansky, who aimed to turn Havana into a Caribbean Las Vegas.
The Revolution put an abrupt end to all this decadence, and throughout the 1960s the new regime cleaned the streets of crime and prostitution, laying the basis for a socialist capital. Fine houses, abandoned by owners fleeing to the US, were left in the hands of servants, and previously exclusive neighbourhoods changed face overnight. With the emphasis on improving conditions in the countryside, city development was haphazard and the post-Revolution years saw many fine buildings crumble while residential overcrowding increased, prompting Fidel Castro to take action. Happily, since the 1990s there have been steady improvements, with redevelopment work recapturing some of the former glory, especially in the worst-affected areas of Habana Vieja.
Today there is a growing prosperity in Havana, evident from fancy restaurants full of locals, increasingly well-appointed houses, and new cars on the roads. Although many of its citizens still live in poverty on a minimum of resources, new housing developments springing up on the city's outskirts and improvements in travel infrastructure speak of important social investment and the efforts made to address the city's increasing inequalities.
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STOCKTON - It will be another offseason of change for the Thunder. But unlike most years, the most significant hire will take place in the front office, not on the team's player roster.
STOCKTON - It will be another offseason of change for the Thunder. But unlike most years, the most significant hire will take place in the front office, not on the team's player roster.
Dan Chapman, the first employee hired by the team when it moved to Stockton in 2005, is leaving as team president at the end of the month to work as an associate athletic director at University of the Pacific. Thunder owner Brad Rowbotham has launched a search for his successor and must fill other front office and hockey positions.
He also might need a coach. Matt Thomas is interviewing today for the coaching position at the University of Alaska-Anchorage.
The first item on Rowbotham's summer agenda, however, is replacing Chapman, 50, who built an organization that never has been outside the top five in attendance in the 23-team ECHL and advanced to the Kelly Cup Finals this season, losing to Reading in five games.
Rowbotham said he has made initial contact with a few candidates, but he declined to reveal their names.
He was clear about how he planned to proceed and what he wants. He said he will consult with chief financial officer Bill Davidson and ECHL commissioner Brian McKenna.
"We definitely need someone with a high level of management experience," Rowbotham said. "Sports experience would be a plus, but you have to remember there so many different things to run. They have to deal with ticket sales, sponsors, players, coaches and fans, to name some of them. So we're open to looking at people with varying backgrounds."
Rowbotham, who bought the Thunder in 2010 from Michael Reinsdorf, said he appreciates Chapman's efforts during his eight-year tenure and hopes to build on what has been accomplished.
"Whoever comes in has to be able to do the things that we do well and continue with those, and to bring in some new creative ideas," Rowbotham said.
He said he has no set time line to fill the team presidency and is monitoring the coaching situation.
The Thunder has had several longtime employees move on this year, including trainer Kevin Anderson to Delta College and manager of administration Linda Vasquez to Parents By Choice, a local foster family agency.
"When you make the steps we've made and had success, people get noticed and get new opportunities," Rowbotham said. "We still have a lot of good people in place, and they are working extremely hard. We want to win, whether it's on the ice or getting a new season ticket holder. Nothing's changed there."
Contact reporter Scott Linesburgh at (209) 546-8281 or email@example.com.


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Posted 26 June 2014. PMN Crop News.
Water-Optimized Artesian Corn Hybrids May Help Growers Manage 2014 Growing Season
Source: Syngenta Crop Protection-US Press Release. www.syngentacropprotection.com
Minnetonka, Minnesota (June 3, 2014)--As growers across the Corn Belt embark on a new season, the age-old challenge of growing corn remains the same. Water, the most critical input to producing a successful crop, is variable and unpredictable in its availability from field to field, and even acre to acre. While variable rainfall may affect yields this season, growers can better manage weather conditions and optimize the conversion of water to grain by planting Artesian™ corn hybrids from Syngenta.
"While corn growers may not be able to predict how much rainfall they will get during the season or when they will get it, they can be assured that the crop they plant will make the most of the water it receives," said Duane Martin, Ph.D., Syngenta product lead, commercial traits. "Artesian corn hybrids can help growers maximize yield by converting more water from the soil into more bushels of corn, compared to other hybrids. And even if weather and water conditions are optimal, Artesian corn hybrids have been proven to yield with the best in the industry, helping farmers grow more corn in almost any situation."
Artesian corn hybrids represent an elite class of high-performing hybrids that are widely adapted across the Corn Belt and can help growers achieve more consistent corn production and profit potential on virtually any acre. These hybrids contain scientifically selected genes that provide multiple modes of action for season-long drought protection.
In 2013, Artesian corn hybrids were put to the test in more than 2,500 plots, bringing the total number of on-farm trials conducted since 2010 to more than 4,000.
Artesian corn hybrids have consistently matched or exceeded the yield of comparable hybrids in optimal growing conditions or under moderate drought stress. Under severe and extreme drought stress, Artesian corn hybrids have outperformed trial averages by nearly 14 percent over the past four years.1 In cases of extreme drought stress, Artesian corn hybrids have produced 40 percent higher yields compared to the plot average. The trial database included Syngenta and competitor hybrids with and without drought tolerance technology.
Instances of variable rainfall during the past four growing seasons abound—and Artesian corn hybrids have performed in spite of these challenges. "Before the real-world test of the 2012 drought, the question that was top-of-mind for growers and the agricultural community was, 'Do Artesian corn hybrids work?'" said Martin. "These days, growers know Artesian corn hybrids work, and are looking deeper into the technology to understand why they work—and how this technology can help their farming enterprise."
Martin points to the use of Managed Stress Environment (MSE) trials as the greatest differentiator in development and testing when comparing Artesian corn hybrids to the competition.
MSEs are research sites established by Syngenta at locations in North and South America where the prospect of in-season rainfall is highly unlikely. This lack of rainfall enables researchers to precisely control how much water plants receive and at what growth stages the water is administered through a sophisticated irrigation and monitoring system.
As Martin explained, "The ability to control water with such precision and simulate varying levels of drought—at specific growth stages—helps us understand how plants respond to stress at the gene level."
The identification of multiple specific genes—representing multiple different modes of action to help protect plants against drought and optimize water all season long—led to the development of Artesian corn hybrids.
"Once identified and validated, the best versions of these genes, which are naturally found in the corn genome, are used to develop Artesian corn hybrids," said Martin. "These elite genetics produce a class of hybrid that can deliver top-end yields whether the crop receives enough water or not."
Artesian corn hybrids are available through Golden Harvest® and NK® seed brands and through licensing agreements with independent seed companies. Artesian corn hybrids are widely available for planting in most areas of the Corn Belt for the 2014 season, with the portfolio of Artesian hybrids expanding significantly in 2015 and beyond.


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Dear Editor,
1. I think some of the stated reasons for creating a dog park in Reinbeck by Reinbeck's Park Board are more assumptions than fact.
a. Perhaps 40% of the population in Reinbeck do have dogs but how many of that 40% will use the dog park?
b. Why would we want other communities to bring their dogs to our dog park? These dogs would tend to bark and leave their wastes in the enclosed area. If the board thinks all people will collect their dog's waste, they haven't observed the practices of many of those that currently walk their dogs.
c. Stating that dogs will bark less in their home area because they have had a chance to use the dog park is an opinion - not a fact.
d. No one should ever believe that a city dog park will enhance the community to the extent it brings people to live in our town. That logic was used when the swimming pool was built and I did not believe it then and do not find it any more believable now. Less than expected pool attendance documents this as fiction.
2. Are the citizens of Reinbeck willing to pay, or should they pay, for the installation of a fence to enclose the dog park AND maintain the park when likely less than 40% of the citizens will benefit from this expenditure. I, for one, think we can find better uses for our park board's limited budget.
3. If those that will use the dog park truly feel the need for the park, let them raise the funds for installation and maintenance just as the booster club does in many cases for its interests.
4. Dogs are not people as some dog owners would have the world believe. They do have their place in our society, but that place must be controlled by the owner in a manner that does not interfere with other's rights and life style. We already have too many barking dogs in our town that are uncontrolled by their owners. There is no logical reason to encourage more of this by bringing more dogs to Reinbeck to use this proposed dog park.
I happen to enjoy dogs and cats (although I am allergic to cats) but feel we have gone much too far already in expecting the world to accommodate these pets. If you can't provide proper control of your pet, meaning keeping them on a leash, or containing them in your house, or yard without barking, or the stink of uncollected waste, then perhaps you should consider not having a dog or cat. Why should those of us who do not have these pets, be forced to contend with pet owner's preferences that tend to abuse our rights?
Reinbeck needs to enforce the laws already on the books first regarding pets. Once that is done to everyone's satisfaction, then we can take the next step, which may be a dog park.
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Aug 18, 2009 at 7:34 am
lol I knew that was the impala from sipernatural! Sick car I get chills every time I hear dean fire it up and Bigger chill when he hauls ass in it!... I too want one VERY Badly!
Sep 21, 2008 at 1:46 pm
We love your passion for the muscle cars. Your dad sounds really cool too.
Sep 4, 2008 at 7:29 am
That is an awesome 4dr in your profile pic!!! And a 67 at that!!!!