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hilton | Live unforgettable and invigorate both your mind and body in this elegant 55 sq. m/592 sq. ft. room, offering a partial view, a furnished balcony as well as a comfortable seating area, work desk, walk-in closet and a king-sized signature Waldorf Astoria bed. | 2019-04-21T08:38:19Z | https://waldorfastoria3.hilton.com/en/hotels/uae/waldorf-astoria-dubai-palm-jumeirah-DXBPDWA/accommodations/K1DR.html | Sports | Recreation | 0.384767 |
usta | The Sedona Sizzlers won the championship after defeating Albuqueque 2-1; Phoenix 2-1; one of the Tucson teams 2-1, and the El Paso team 2-1. Their one loss came against the other Tucson team from Saddlebrook Country Club. With the Sedona team and the Tucson Saddlebrook Country Club teams tied with the same win-loss match record, Sedona won the team championship because they won more overall individual matches than the Tucson team.
"Every player contributed to winning the championship" said captain Roberts. "What is remarkable about this team is that only two players had ever had any competitive experience before this season. Considering the team injuries and learning to deal with nerves, it was a terrific win and being able to practice at Poco Diablo Resort was big help to us". The Sedona Men's 3.5 Senior League team also competed in the Southest Senior League Section Championships to finish in 2nd palce with a 4-1 record. The team, named the Los Poco Diablos, includes: Bruce Ullock (captain), Jack Odom, Mark Dzierson, Robert Schuessler, Richard Schumann, Bob Doyg, all of Cottonwood and George Piersall, Tony Dufor, Jack Odom, and Jeff Gloss all of Sedona.
Other NAZ Senior League teams that competed in the Southwest Senior League Section Championships: a Flagstaff, AZ team in the Women's 4.5 Division (captain Chrys Smiley), the Red Rockers from Sedona, AZ in the Men's 4.0 Division (captain Mark Carlson), the Volley Girls from Flagstaff, AZ in the Women's 4.0 Division (captain Katherine Baker), and a Flagstaff, AZ team in the Women's 3.5 Division (captain Jan Blackman).
The Sedona Sizzlers will now represent Northern Arizona and the Southwest Section at the USTA Senior League National Championships to be played at the Indian Gardens Tennis Complex in Indian Wells, CA, October 22-24 where 17 USTA Sections compete for the national title. | 2019-04-23T22:11:47Z | http://www.northernarizona.usta.com/News/6649188/ | Sports | Sports | 0.94987 |
muscleandfitness | The Wolverine physique displayed in the movie franchise is iconic and straight-up badass. Lucky for you, the program to get it is simple.
Size, strength, definition, and athleticism. When you have a physique that conveys all these, people call you a hero—maybe even an X-Man. Hugh Jackman owns all four of these attributes every time he plays Wolverine, and the training that gets him there is simple and old-school.
How Mark Wahlberg manages to stay not just fit, but jacked too.
Jackman’s trainer, David Kingsbury, had the actor follow a classic progressive overload plan to build strength on basic lifts like the bench press, squat, and deadlift. The point is to start extra light, using only a small percentage of your max, and gradually up the weights and drop the reps so that you’re smashing through plateaus in only a few weeks. (Note that the fourth week is done with lighter weights to allow recovery.) “It’s a system you can trust to continue to improve your gains,” Kingsbury says.
The remaining work involves some age-old techniques such as supersets and circuits to thoroughly exhaust muscles and burn off the fat that covers them. But if you’re picturing the modern bodybuilding workouts featured in some other mags, you won’t find them here. “There’s no point in just bulking up,” Jackman says, “because you’ve got to be functional.” Unlike most guys in gyms today gunning for bigger arms, Jackman’s training is balanced, and he does the so-called hard exercises most others avoid—no machines. Jackman’s look is more evidence that free weights are behind every unforgettable physique, whether or not it’s built on an adamantium skeleton. “I got in the best shape I’ve ever been in,” he says.
Perform each workout (Day 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5) once per week for eight weeks. You can do workouts 1, 2, and 3 on Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday, respectively, and then rest Thursday and do workouts 4 and 5 on Friday and Saturday. The weight you will use on the main lifts will follow a specific weekly progression. See “Linear Progress” below. Alternate “A” and “B" rest, and repeat.
The loads you use on the bench press, squat, weighted pullup, and deadlift will vary with each set and each week. First, estimate how much you can lift on these exercises for one perfect rep (your max). Now find 95% of that number and use this calculation as your adjusted max for the program—we want you to err on the lighter side. Follow the table to see which percentage of that max you will use for a given set. For example, if your adjusted max on the bench press is 225lbs, a set calling for 60% will require 135lbs. Regardless of how light a weight feels, perform only the reps that are required for the set. The weights will get heavier as the program moves forward. After four weeks, add 5–10% to your maxes, and repeat the cycle. Add only 5% if you felt the weights you used in Week 3 were very challenging. If you banged out those reps without much trouble, you can speed progress by adding 10% instead.
Bulletproof your joints and sculpt a killer body with these circuits.
Perform at three different angles. Begin on a steep incline and do 6 reps. Without rest, adjust the bench to reduce the incline and do another 6 reps. Adjust the bench to make it flat and complete 6 final reps. That's one set.
Complete this exercise on an adjustable bench set to a slight decline and use a weight plate. | 2019-04-19T00:18:35Z | https://www.muscleandfitness.com/training/build-muscle/get-jacked-x-men-style-like-hugh-jackman | Sports | Reference | 0.110542 |
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fresnobee | ESPOSITO — Vincent Ira Esposito, 71, of Selma died Nov. 17. He was a lines man. Memorial: 11 a.m. Nov. 29 at The Worship Centre in Fowler. Arrangements: Wallin’s Fowler Funeral Home.
HAGGMARK — Hazel Clarice Haggmark, 86, of Selma died Nov. 15. She was a clerk for Pacific Gas & Electric Co. Memorial: 1 p.m. Nov. 28 at Thomas-Marcom Funeral Home.
KUCKENBAKER — Terry Lee Kuckenbaker, 70, of Fresno died Nov. 22. He was a transportation specialist. Visitation: 5 to 7 p.m. Dec. 1 at Wallin’s Fowler Funeral Home. Home Service: 6 p.m. Dec. 1 at the funeral home. Service: 10:30 a.m. Dec. 2 at St. Gregory Armenian Church in Fowler.
PARSONS — Connetta Morene Parsons, 94, of Sanger died Nov. 22. She was a packer. Visitation: 2 to 4 p.m. Nov. 27 at Wallin’s Sanger Funeral Home. No services will be held.
RAMIREZ-SOTELO — Rosalva Ramirez-Sotelo, 54, of Parlier died Nov. 22. She was a homemaker. Visitation: 5 to 8 p.m. Nov. 28 at Wallin’s Parlier Funeral Home. Rosary: 6 p.m. Nov. 28 at the funeral home. Mass: 10 a.m. Nov. 29 at Our Lady of Sorrows Catholic Church.
SAENZ — Erna Saenz, 88, of Selma died Nov. 18. She was a homemaker. Visitation: 5 to 8 p.m. Nov. 28 at St. Joseph’s Catholic Church. Rosary: 6 p.m. Nov. 28 at the church. Mass: 1 p.m. Nov. 29 at the church. Graveside: 2 p.m. Nov. 29 at Selma Cemetery District. Arrangements: Thomas Marcom Funeral Home.
TAMBERI — Adolf Tamberi, 85, of Madera died Nov. 22. He was a retired produce manager for Sierra Food Land. Visitation: 2 to 7 p.m. Nov. 28 at Jay Chapel. Rosary: 7 p.m. Nov. 28 at the funeral home. Graveside: 11 a.m. Nov. 29 at Calvary Cemetery. Remembrances: Optimal Hospice, 6780 N. West Ave., Fresno, CA 93711 or St. Joachim Catholic Church, 401 W. Fifth St., Madera, CA 93637.
TRBOVICH — Dolly Trbovich, 91, of Fresno died Nov. 18. She was a homemaker. No services will be held. Arrangements: Boice Funeral Home.
TRUJILLO — Ariana Trujillo, infant, of Madera died Nov. 16. She was the daughter of Mayra Llerenas and Andrew Trujillo. Private service. Arrangements: Jay Chapel.
TULLY — Steve R. Tully, 53, of Fresno died Nov. 19. He was a construction worker. Private service. Arrangements: Nova Cremation Service.
WILLIAMS — Richard Paul Williams, 70, of Porterville died Nov. 20. He was a certified nursing assistant. Visitation: 2 to 6 p.m. Nov. 27 at Whitehurst-Peters-Loyd. Graveside: 10 a.m. Nov. 28 at Hillcrest Memorial Park Cemetery. | 2019-04-26T05:54:13Z | https://www.fresnobee.com/news/local/obituaries/article117100813.html | Sports | Reference | 0.174243 |
miamiherald | With a whopping 1 million haircuts and a best-selling book— Cozy’s Complete Guide to Girls Hair—under her belt, Cozy Friedman is bringing her expertise to your homes with the launch of SoCozy, salon quality hair care made just for kids. The “no nasties“ formulations are non-toxic and free of yucky stuff like parabens, sulfates, phthalates, propylene glycol as well as gluten, wheat and nuts. Custom fragrances like Mango-go, Frutti-tutti and Pear-fection work well for mini olfactory systems, while the urban-chic packaging blends in nicely with mom and dad’s decor. At Soap.com and Follica.com; socozy.com. | 2019-04-21T00:31:07Z | https://www.miamiherald.com/entertainment/celebrities/article1989447.html | Sports | Kids | 0.542163 |
baltimoresun | Apparently it's not just humans who enjoy BWI Marshall Airport's "easy come, easy go" atmosphere.
Mice, enticed by indoor warmth and crumbs from strangers, have made themselves at home in the cavernous interior of the region's busiest airport.
Last Friday evening, passengers waiting for a Southwest flight at Gate 5 in Concourse B watched as mice foraged for dinner.
"It was more than one. There was one by the window and one in the middle of the room. People were startled, horrified. Some jumped out of their seats, some literally said, 'Eek,' " said Pete Wright, an author and Virginia lawyer. "The lady sitting next to me jerked up and raised her feet off the floor. She was wearing sandals, and a mouse had run into or over her foot."
As Anne Arundel County health officials investigate a passenger's Dec. 4 complaint about about mice running around in Concourse D, airport officials said they regret the close encounters and are redoubling efforts to combat the mouse population.
Keeping BWI mouse-free is a difficult battle, said Jonathan Dean, the airport spokesman. The nearly 2 million-square-foot terminal is surrounded by 3,600 acres of grassland and woods. Since summer, the side of the terminal facing the runways has been open during a $100 million construction project to improve security and passenger access.
"Major construction has temporarily created access points. That location is very close to the construction site," said Dean of the spot where Wright and others saw mice.
A pest control company has set hundreds of traps inside walls and vents and in back corridors, Dean said. It also has traps outside the terminal near trash compactors and access points.
Home Paramount Pest Control Co. is responsible for both BWI and Martin State airports. The three-year, $324,829 contract began in October 2011. A company customer service representative said no one in the commercial division was available to discuss the situation.
"We have a vigorous, joint effort with our tenants," Dean said. "BWI is fully committed to pest control. This is a major priority."
Elin Jones, a spokeswoman for the county health department, said the agency is questioning employees of the 20 shops and food service establishments along Concourse D, the airport's largest pier, which serves Delta, Jet Blue, US Airways and United. The department also is working with airport officials on an eradication plan, she said. The case could be resolved before the end of the year.
A review of a year's worth of Anne Arundel County health inspection reports for restaurants and convenience shops turned up no mouse-related violations.
Jones said passengers can file online complaints with the county health department.
Wright, who travels about half the year representing children with special educational needs, dashed off an email to 15 airport and Anne Arundel County officials when he got home Friday. "I always tell people, 'If it's not in writing, it didn't happen,' " he said.
It's not the first time mice have had a coming-out party at BWI. Nor is it unusual for airports around the country to have a terminal mouse problem.
A YouTube video shot in 2010 shows mice in a BWI hallway. A July video is headlined: "Rats are out of control at BWI airport!" For the record, the critters in question were mice, seen scrambling under a lounge seat occupied by a sleeping passenger.
On Halloween, W. Jarrett Campbell, a marketing manager for a North Carolina industrial automation company, tweeted: "Eek! There is a serious mice infestation in Concourse B at BWI airport!"
"I travel for a living, and I've been through many airports around the world. ... I was surprised to see mice in an airport lounge," Campbell said in a phone interview. "It wasn't the end of the world, and I won't stop flying through BWI, but it was unpleasant."
According to online accounts, rodents have been sighted at Boston's Logan airport, Reagan National in Arlington, Va., and LaGuardia in New York City. A 2008 "exclusive" investigation by WGN in Chicago reported that popcorn-wielding children — and apparently a news crew armed with cookies — were feeding a burgeoning mouse population at O'Hare International Airport.
"We warn you some of the video may be uncomfortable to some viewers," warned the WGN reporter and rodent wrangler.
Both Wright and Campbell have BWI flights coming up and said they will be on the lookout for mice.
"I'll just go on over to that gate and start some small talk with some gate attendant," said Wright, chuckling. "If it isn't better, I know how to get attention." | 2019-04-22T06:29:17Z | https://www.baltimoresun.com/business/bs-bz-bwi-mice-20121210-story.html | Sports | Shopping | 0.283721 |
umn | Academic Health Center (AHC) Classroom Services unit, located within the AHC Office of Facilities and Capital Planning, ensures that our classroom environments support the unique and dynamic nature of AHC curriculum. We coordinate scheduling, maintenance, security and technology of 47 rooms on both the Minneapolis and St. Paul campuses.
AHC Classroom Services is an advocate for all teaching spaces within the AHC. We work with and between schools and departments to facilitate solutions to teaching space needs. In this capacity we represent classrooms and study spaces at AHC security meetings, work with Facilities Management on classroom conditions and serve as the reference source for classroom information for AHC administration.
We are a planning resource for the schools and programs of the Academic Health Center. Through our three major work areas – classroom scheduling, tech support and consultation with AHC school administration – we serve as a point of contact for input from students, faculty, staff, and administrators on classroom needs.
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msnbc | Democratic presidential candidates Senator Bernie Sanders and Hillary Clinton argue during the PBS NewsHour debate on Feb. 11, 2016 in Milwaukee, Wis.
About a month ago, during the sixth debate for the Democratic presidential candidates, PBS’s Judy Woodruff asked Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders about U.S. race relations in the Obama era. Clinton responded by emphasizing some areas of improvement, while also describing “the dark side of the remaining systemic racism that we have to root out in our society.” Her efforts as president, she said, would focus on criminal justice reforms, education, jobs, and housing.
Last night, I believe for the first time, Sanders acknowledged that one of Clinton’s criticisms of his candidacy is probably correct.
At another point in the debate, Sanders even connected the Flint water crisis to, of all things, Wall Street.
But the answer in this latest debate was different, though it was probably more of a repackaging than a reversal. Sanders is still “talking about dozens of issues,” but as of last night, he’s effectively making the case that the issues that are most important to him – economic inequality, an unfair tax system, trade, Wall Street accountability, etc. – fall under the umbrella of a broader issue: rebuilding the middle class.
In other words, Sanders is willing to present himself as a single-issue candidate, so long as voters recognize the fact that his single issue is vast in scope.
This isn’t altogether expected. In recent weeks, Clinton’s principal criticism of Sanders is that his areas of interest are far too narrow. As of last night, Sanders has stopped denying the point and started presenting it as a positive.
And who knows, maybe it is. Democrats have been focused on the interests of the middle class for generations, and when Sanders made his “one-issue” declaration, the audience applauded.
But it’s not every day that a candidate announces during a debate that one of the central criticisms of his candidacy is broadly accurate.
During last night’s debate, Clinton let Sanders’ acknowledgement go without comment – she did not repeat the “single-issue candidate” criticism – but it creates an interesting dynamic in their race. Remember, as we discussed a month ago, Clinton wants voters to see Sanders as a well-intentioned protest candidate. The White House is about breadth and complexity, the argument goes, and even if you agree with Sanders, it’s hard to deny his principal focus on the one issue that drives and motivates him.
A president, Clinton wants Democratic voters to believe, doesn’t have the luxury of being “a one-issue person.” A president’s responsibilities are simply too broad to see every issue through narrowly focused lens.
Sanders is willing to gamble that progressive voters will back him anyway. It’s a risk that will likely make or break his candidacy in the coming weeks. | 2019-04-25T13:51:59Z | http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/sanders-makes-the-case-single-issue-candidacy | Sports | News | 0.483354 |
yale | Over the years, the United States has made significant progresses through environmental law in certain areas. These progresses have influenced and shaped developments of other legal systems in environmental field when the world has become increasingly like a global village. The Policy and Law Center for Environmental Sustainability College of Law (PLES), National Taiwan University, is honored to have invited Professor E. Donald Elliott from Yale Law Scholl to discuss the U.S. environmental law in global perspective. The Review is particularly honored to have obtained Professor Elliott's permission to publish this roundtable. In his lecture, Professor Elliott describes the five best features of American environmental law and then mentions the five worst things that other legal systems should avoid. His insightful discussion is sure to shed a new light on our understanding of environmental law in the United States and its influences over other legal systems around the world. | 2019-04-22T20:52:48Z | https://digitalcommons.law.yale.edu/fss_papers/5093/ | Sports | Reference | 0.634274 |
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wordpress | This article about a splendid heritage town Orchha brings out the multilayered culture associated with its entity as a historical living vibrant town. The essay describes architectural uniqueness, some distinct ideas in the wall paintings such as the idea of ‘hasti kunj’, uncovers links with the heritage of poetry, the important element of a sacred heritage landscape where among other features is the coexistence of folk and high deities defined in an animated ecosystem of pilgrimage cultures, and intangible heritage. The article concludes by pointing out the necessity of adopting a balanced, sensitive heritage zoning policy in order to prevent degradation of a small gem of incredible India in Madhya Pradesh. The Academic tours with Navina Jafa pursue to bring to the audience the complexity of the Indian civilization in the most entertaining and simple matter with a narrative that aims to highlight in a parallel manner realistic issues of cultural skill mapping, sustainable development, and conservation of local intangible heritage.
The Bundela (Boondela) Rajputs (16-17thc) of Orchha in Bundelkhand fought valiantly, they played political games with Mughals, and later with the British. They built, painted, loved and explored spirituality. Their mytho- historicity says that a clan of Rajputs who were banished from Varanasi sought refuge in the Vidhyachal Hills. There their leader offered prayers to the Vidhyachal Devi or the Hill goddess, and when his prayers remained unheard, the Rajput went on to cut his head. As soon as one drop (Boond) of blood fell on the sacrificial stone, the Goddess appeared and granted the exiled Rajput supreme power to rule over a territory. He and his clan came to be called Boondela (Bundela) and reigned over Boondelkhand (Bundelkhad) which is today not only a geographical setting but is defined by Bundeli a linguistic culture.
The Bundelkhand region is made of an old landmass comprising of rugged rocks that date back to the pre-Cambrian period, it is defined by an undulating terrain, rocky outcrops, narrow valleys and plains watered by several tributaries of the Yamuna. This geographical environment where security and water were ensured thus emerged as the chosen territory to establish a safe haven of power.
One of the Bundela clans ruled over a high raised land (Udcha) a word which is believed to have been distorted to Orchha. Getting off at the chaotic Jhansi station in Uttar Pradesh (this is the nearest railway station to Orchha on the broad gauge), one travels along a meandering border section into the state of Madhya Pradesh where the entry into the quiet Orchha town is marked by forest area, small streams that can be seen in the Monsoons, a grand Gate that welcomes the visitor to a kingdom of brave Spirited Kings, and into a town marked by an imposing iron bridge, huge palaces, temples and other structures picturesquely located against the central Natural heritage of the largest tributary of the Yamuna – the Betwa River.
Despite, the blessings of the Goddess Vidhyachal, the Orchha rulers drew their legitimacy of kingship from the male Vaishnav incarnation of Ram and Krishna. which is evident both in paintings and architecture in Orchha. For example, one experiences the idea of Vishnu boldly captured in the aerial view of the architectural planning of the Caturbhuj Temple (Four-armed Vishnu Temple). The temple appears as if it itself is the form of the powerful robust Vishnu in metaphoric stone designed as if he Vishnu is striding the sky.
Whatever is seen as built heritage, hides within the walls fascinating political intrigues of power games. Orchha kings at one point of time sided with the rebellious Mughal crown prince Salim (Jahangir) against his father (Akbar) such that Abul Fazl, the writer of the famous Akbarnama, chronicler of Akbar’s reign and Akbar’s close friend was murdered by the Bir Singh Deo of Orchha and for this Deo was awarded by Emperor Jahangir the crown of Orchha.
The association of the King of Orchha and Emperor Jahangir assumed a tangible form in Orchha. A palace called Jahanagir Mahal, along with an elaborate garden (phool bagh) to welcome him were constructed. This garden with amazing hydraulics also has a large sculpted receptacle which is believed to have served the dual purpose of a wine cup for Jahangir and on other occasions was used during the festivities of Holi to fill colored water.
Temples, palaces, gardens and other structures incorporate Non-Islamic architectural features of Chajjas (eaves), canopied balconies (jharokhas) and Torans (decorative elaborate doorways) along with motifs of peacocks and elephants.
These blend with the Islamic features reflected in the octagonal ribbed domes decorated with blue tiles, aligned corridors, perforated screens, balconies that provide unique views or darshan to Gods, Kings, and Nature in conjunction with hydraulic features and unique Persian cool wind circulation contraptions called dastgir.
The bold setting of architecture does not fail to communicate the militarized character of the buildings which is balanced by the grace and beauty presented in a quaint style of bright colored and single colored wall paintings in the palaces and temples. The paintings capture the folk styles and the themes are from Vaishnav mythologies, regular activities of entertainment such as dance, wrestling, processions and local mythical folk figures.
Some themes and iconographical placement are interesting, for example in the private chambers of King and Queen in Raja Mahal palace there are paintings that assert the Kings association with Vishnu in which is presented their concept of the king as a protector. This also reiterates the belief of the King as the supreme male principal who is empowered by Shakti the feminine principal. To elaborate this, for examples there is the painting of Gajendra Moksh a myth that recounts Vishnu as a protector is seen saving a repenting prince reborn as an elephant from the jaws of a crocodile. This is juxtaposed with another panel in a niche in the same space where the metaphor of the elephant is presented as a power symbol. The elephant painting technically called Hasti kunj is one where the body of the animal is made of multiple women in action (dancing, playing instruments decorating themselves), conveying that the power of the elephant is resourced from Shakti represented in the women; and yet, ironically the idea of power itself is in the hand of the male, and this is shown with a man riding the elephant.
One of the lasting contributions of the court of Orchha was the poetry of the court poet Keshavdas. While Keshav Das has in his poetry amply celebrated the Betwa river, and Orchha, it his famed poetics Rasikpriya inspired by the court dancer Rai Praveen (perceived as Keshavdas’ Radha) and her lover Prince Indrajit (as Krishna) that has emerged as a classical work. The presentation of Orchha is enhanced by referring to the poetry on Rai Praveen that describes her beauty, wit and love for the Prince. The theme of poetry and art is most appropriate in the Anand Mahal commonly known as the palace of Rai Praveen. It is a restored structure with underground marble rooms, fountains and charming gardens that evokes romance in the audience.
The focus of Orchha for the people at the grassroots is its identity as a pilgrimage town. In the pilgrimage tourism map the Ram Raja Temple takes a central place. The temple houses an image of Lord Ram brought by a queen from his birth place – Ayodhya. The sacred calendar follows all festivities associated with the epic story of Ram that manifest as rituals and multiple rural pilgrim melas fairs. The sacred space of Orchha also includes the Chaturbhuj Temple, the temple of the folk deity of Hardol in the Ram Bagh and the sacred Betwa River.
The story of Hardol the spiritual prince of Orchha’s royal family is about political intrigue and political murder. However, Hardol is transformed as a folk deity representing an auspicious force related to marriage ceremonies and fertility rituals. His baithak or temple is a small grilled enclosure that is placed amidst a beautifully laid out Mughal Garden where thousands of pilgrims tie marriage invitation cards, newly married couples seek blessings as they start their life together, and couples send their prayers to godling Hardol to grant children. Colorful scenes of women adorned to present their marital status, dynamic bazaars selling religious and fertility objects, CDs of songs in a genre called Bundeli Geet Natika in honor of Hardol, along with pilgrims lazing around make this part a palpable hotspot of frenzy energy.
The Sacred River Betwa is marked by ghats (Flight of steps to the rivers) that functions for cremation/funerary rites, and sacred ritual baths. One special ghat is the Kanchan Ghat (the ghat of Gold) of which the oral history goes that the religious King of Orchha Madhukar Shah performed raas (Circular metaphysical dance of Krishna with Radha) in the full moon night with yellow flowers strewed around making them look like gold under the moonbeams. More than 600000 pilgrims in a year from nearby places visit Orchha and are part of the spiritual fervor and festivities that defines the vibrancy of the religious economy of the town.
The connectivity of trains and improved roads has made Orchha accessible to two popular tourist circuit – Gwalior-Agra and Khajuraho. Hence, besides the ongoing energetic pilgrimage tourism based on the rural social event calendar, there is now a surge in popular tourism. It is not surprising that quite a few eclectic hotels have come up along with associated service providers. However, what needs to be kept in mind and to be done is the participation of local and state governing bodies to address and regulate matters related to sensitive heritage zoning, building regulations, and strict heritage policing associated with water, natural environment, and plastics management so that a responsible sustainable tourism is established. One has to take care that the essence of the exalted outlines of the chattris (Cenotaphs) against the sublime Betwa River representing the metaphor of the Samadhi or dissolution, where the super consciousness are experienced in the rising towering of the almost Gothic like Lakshmi temple and the bold Chaturbhuj temple does not recede in oblivion due to callous Heritage Management to sustain and conserve a slice of Incredible India.
The Vindhya Range is geologically a broken, discontinuous chain of mountain ridges along a hilly track that runs through small hills, highlands and plateau in West-Central India. This geological space is interpreted as a sacred geography associated with the Vindhyachal Devi whose central Shrines is situated not in this area but in Mirzapir near Varanasi. The Shrine of the Mountain Goddess forms a part of the 108 Shaktipeets or the 108 locations where body parts of the Great Mother Goddess in the form of Sati fell. It is believed that the back of the Goddess fell at this location. The transformation of the Goddess into the Sacred Mapping of Tantra finds that the goddess is located in the Yantra/Mandala or Sacred geometrical map in honor of the Goddess of Wealth Lakshmi, where she is in the form of a Mountain considered to be the source of eternal power.
The Hindu trilogy of the principals of creation, protection and destruction (to engender re-creation) is encapsulated in the anthromorphic ideas of Brahma, Vishnu and Shiva. Vishnu the protection principal is depicted two streams as Vishnu the savior the idea of Vishnu itself through several stories like Gajendra Moksha and the other are parallel stories of his ten incarnations that appear at different points of mythological periods in various forms to replace the disorder with order, the evil with goodness. Of these 10 incarnation as the forms of Vishnu as Ram, and Krishna. | 2019-04-25T20:27:57Z | https://navinajafa.wordpress.com/category/tourism-studies-incredible-india-sustainable-tourism-poetry-heritage/ | Sports | Arts | 0.625084 |
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Categories: North York Condos | Tags: 5508 Yonge Street, north york condos | Permalink. | 2019-04-21T07:06:55Z | https://kirbychan.wordpress.com/category/north-york-condos-3/page/2/ | Sports | Shopping | 0.508596 |
nasa | Kepler-1420b is a super Earth exoplanet that orbits a G-type star. Its mass is Unknown and it takes 6.7 days to complete one orbit of its star. Its discovery was announced in 2016. | 2019-04-22T15:54:54Z | https://exoplanets.nasa.gov/newworldsatlas/2867/kepler-1420b/ | Sports | Science | 0.793287 |
gmu | Even in the midst of the most horrific violent conflicts, there are always people building peace. What motivates such individuals to act for peace when many others do not, and how do they understand their own motivations? What do they feel sustains and supports them against the risks they face? How do they think the international community can better support them and others like them to make the courageous choice for peace? | 2019-04-25T22:38:59Z | http://mars.gmu.edu/handle/1920/10585 | Sports | Reference | 0.333106 |
uga | Circumcenter: The circumcenter is the center of a triangle's circumcircle. It can be found as the intersection of the perpendicular bisectors.
Euler line: The line segment that passes through a triangle's orthocenter, centroid, and circumcenter. These three points are collinear for any triangle. In addition, the distance from the orthocenter to the centroid is twice the distance from the circumcenter to the centroid.
Nine-point circle: Also called Euler's circle or the Feuerbach circle, is the circle that passes through the perpendicular feet, and dropped from the vertices of any reference triangle on the sides opposite them. Euler showed that it also passes through the midpoints of the sides of the triangle. By Feuerbach's theorem, the nine-point circle also passes through the midpoints of the segments that join the vertices and the orthocenter . These points are commonly referred to as the Euler points.
Regular Hexagon: A polygon for which all sides are congruent and all angles are congruent. | 2019-04-20T00:53:08Z | http://jwilson.coe.uga.edu/EMAT6680Fa05/Tucker/NewTools5/tools.html | Sports | Science | 0.293963 |
mnsu | "Structured Techniques for Creating Engaging Online Discussions" by Caroline Kinskey, Carrie Lewis Miller et al.
Each year, more students enroll in online classes than the year before (Allen and Seaman, 2017). Online asynchronous discussions are often used in these online classes as a method of interaction between students and the instructor typically via an online discussion forum. It is in the discussion forums that students examine topics, debate points of view, defend opinions, and receive feedback from their instructor and peers despite the location or time difference that may exist between them (Cho and Tobias, 2016). Within these discussions, communities of inquiry can be created and the sense of isolation that can often be defeating to student motivation in the online classroom can be mitigated (Hung and Chou, 2015). There are many effective techniques to use when implementing discussions in the online classroom beyond the traditional call and response asynchronous format. Strategies such as role assignments, structured debates, discussion artifacts, Socratic circles, or video discussions can engage and motivate students, create a sense of social presence, and provide new ways for students and instructors to interact in the online classroom. Using techniques such as role assignments or online debates can facilitate the development of a student's cognitive presence, help build communities of inquiry, and increase their listening skills (Gašević, Adesope, Joksimović, and Kovanović, 2015; Wise and Chiu 2014; Xie, Yu, and Bradshaw, 2014).
Kinskey, Caroline; Miller, Carrie Lewis; Hauck, Keith; and Manderfeld, Michael, "Structured Techniques for Creating Engaging Online Discussions" (2018). IT Solutions Publications. 2. | 2019-04-18T14:57:07Z | https://cornerstone.lib.mnsu.edu/it-solutions-pubs/2/ | Sports | Business | 0.300265 |
caltech | I know that there are a lot more files that should come as part of Level 1 (BCD) or Level 2 (PBCD) data. How come they didn't come with my download?
Yes, there are a lot more files than what are shown, such as the errors! We decided for clarity that only certain files of primary interest to users would appear for individual examination in the SHA interface, but of course the download includes many more files -- you don't even have to tell it to include ancillary products. The IRAC, IRS, and MIPS Instrument Handbooks list (and define) all of the files that are included in the downloads. To first order, only the highest level products are shown in the Level 2/PBCD tab, and for that matter the Level 1/BCD tab. This is designed for you to inspect the data enough to see if you want to download it. If you package up the data for downloading, the most frequently used standard files (errors, coverage, masks, etc.) will come with the download; to ensure you have all the files, select "incuding ancillary" when packaging. | 2019-04-25T19:44:48Z | https://irsasupport.ipac.caltech.edu/index.php?/Knowledgebase/Article/View/141/0/i-know-that-there-are-a-lot-more-files-that-should-come-as-part-of-level-1-bcd-or-level-2-pbcd-data-how-come-they-didnt-come-with-my-download | Sports | Reference | 0.412093 |
sbs | Martial felt severe pain in his right knee after United's FA Cup defeat to Wolverhampton Wanderers and conversations between the Premier League club and France's team doctor Franck Le Gall have led to his omission.
The world champions begin their Group H campaign in Chisinau on Friday evening (Saturday morning AEDT) before hosting Iceland at the Stade de France in a repeat of the EURO 2016 quarter-final the following Monday evening (Tuesday morning AEDT).
United do, however, have eight days to rest after the trip to Wolves before they welcome Barcelona to Old Trafford in the first leg of their UEFA Champions League quarter-final. | 2019-04-24T18:57:52Z | https://theworldgame.sbs.com.au/martial-out-of-france-qualifiers-with-knee-injury | Sports | Sports | 0.754549 |
nepaminers | The NEPA Miners finish after seven seasons.
The NEPA Miners want to thank their loyal supporters consisting of sponsors, fans, board members, coaches and players who gave the u-boat replica watches NEPA Miners a successful seven football seasons. The NEPA Miners organization is grateful to be able to have won many games and touched many lives on and off the field over seven seasons. An expensive and time consuming endeavor, the Miners were able to keep semi-professional football going strong and now pass the torch to the Electric City/Diamond City Chargers to keep the tradition alive. There Tudor Pelagos Replica may not be any more community events, practices or games for the Black and Yellow but the memories will last forever. | 2019-04-18T15:26:07Z | http://nepaminers.com/news.php?n=MjA5 | Sports | Sports | 0.673887 |
hubpages | THE TEARS IN MY EYES YOU NOW SEE.
As a psychiatrist, I’ve seen how intense sexual attraction is notorious for obliterating common sense and intuition in the most sensible people. It’s important to tell the difference between lust and love. Lust is an altered state of consciousness programmed by the primal urge to procreate.
If you can believe in the word LUST and LOVE what are the differences from both :\? | 2019-04-20T20:28:40Z | https://hubpages.com/literature/forum/27202/-------------------------rain | Sports | Recreation | 0.665072 |
mpg | What were drugs? Were they gateways to divine realms, protectors from demonic plagues, commodities for trade, markers of authority, or means to stabilize the population? This project branches off from the Social Geography project, by examining the ways in which the material properties of drugs changed as they migrated across different epistemic, geographic, social and linguistic domains. Records from early medieval China describe a diverse range of actors who intersected in the drug trade: pickers, sellers, doctors, Buddhists and Daoists. Each of these actors adapted and adopted drugs within different plans and agendas, trying to make them work in different ways towards different ends. How can we better account for this complexity, and the currencies of meaning, money and authority within which these drugs circulated?
This project explores the limits and opportunities of existing resources for identifying the different ways in which these actors interacted with, represented and understood drugs and drug lore. The project marks a departure from traditional, genealogical developmental models of drug history in China by identifying innovative critical methodologies hand in hand with developing new digital tools for exploring these questions. | 2019-04-24T01:55:19Z | https://www.mpiwg-berlin.mpg.de/research/projects/departmentSchaefer_MappingDrugs | Sports | Society | 0.250018 |
lsoft | pregnancy, still nursing 2-yr twins during this pregnancy.
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Any input or experience would be greatly appreciated.
Patti, aspiring LC in Oregon. | 2019-04-25T18:13:40Z | https://community.lsoft.com/scripts/wa-LSOFTDONATIONS.exe?A2=LACTNET;65c912d7.0003D | Sports | Kids | 0.918171 |
wordpress | My new interview with The Plane Truth is here!
We delve into the fascinating Earth Feng Shui, and specifically, my proprietary school of Geopolitical Feng Shui. I explain how the 2015 Chinese Year of the Wood Sheep works worldwide, and how it compares to the previous 2014 Year of the Wood Horse that just ended. We also talk about the important Water Feng Shui and how the presence of big bodies of water (oceans, rivers) and their pollution by humans influence any city or country’s fortune.
I further reveal what is Chinese Zodiac and how it really works, what is the classic Compass School of feng shui, and how feng shui helps me make my global predictions.
Last, but not least, this show is in big part about predictions. We discuss my predictions concerning the BRICS, EU, Latin America, Eurasia and US, as well as the general Earth Shift timeline.
This interview was recorded in the beginning of February 2015, but published only yesterday due to certain scheduling issues. That’s why you will see me referring to the Year of the Sheep as yet to start. The Chinese Year of the Sheep has started on January 19, 2015 and the auspicious celebrations period is ending today, March 4.
I recommend that you also listen to my prior interview with Cat’s Eye on the Future: Lada Ray: 2015 Chinese New Year and Feng Shui Predictions Special. This interview is shorter and it will add to the full picture regarding the Year of the Wood Sheep, and feng shui in general (interview description).
See other Lada Ray Interviews.
You can subscribe to The Time Monk Radio YT channel here, to listen to our favorite The Plane Truth and Cat’s Eye on the Future shows. Please support them – they are doing a very important and awesome job! | 2019-04-22T10:20:44Z | https://ladaray.wordpress.com/tag/5-elements/ | Sports | News | 0.486144 |
wordpress | In Morocco, a traditional Jewish groom would wear a white shroud under his black groom’s coat. In Yemen, a Jewish woman would receive female guests on the first Sabbath after she had given birth, wearing a regal dress adorned with pearls—a dress she would then wear on Yom Kippur and eventually be buried in.
This keen awareness of the life cycle and of human mortality is one of the themes of Dress Codes: Revealing the Jewish Wardrobe, an exhibition that opened March 11 at the Israel Museum, Jerusalem. On display are some 100 items, covering about 250 years and originating in nearly 30 countries. The exhibits, all of them worn by Jews, are but a small part of the museum’s collection of 10,000 items of costume, according to Efrat Assaf-Shapira, who is making her curatorial debut with this exhibition.
Jewish women in traditional communities around the world generally wore clothing that men deemed modest. But definitions of modesty varied and were influenced by the surrounding culture. Thus, long before the Taliban came around, Jewish women in Afghanistan wore a black chader with a full-face white veil, and in Iraq both Jewish and Muslim women wore a body wrap called an and a full-face veil made of hair from a horse’s tail. The manufacturer of these horsehair veils was a Jew, as were many of the people who worked in the textile industry.
These garments—symbols of the vise-like grip of patriarchal societies—send chills up my spine. Yet there are women in Israel today, known as “Shawl Women,” who have adopted coverings that are as concealing as any in this exhibition. Oddly, there is a feminist aspect to their super-piety, because they are acting on their own accord, without the sanction of (male) rabbis.
Traditionally, women could at least please themselves in what they wore under their wraps. “Concealing and revealing” is another of the themes of the exhibition, Assaf-Shapira said, pointing to the brightly colored trousers worn by Bukharan women under their whole-body cover-ups. And in Baghdad, the curator added, women wore sequined and embroidered bustiers hardly different from what Jean Paul Gaultier designed for Madonna.
One of the oddest items on display is a pair of trousers, part of the bridal costume in Tunisia. The trousers appear to be size XXXL, and the explanation is that women were fattened up—even awakened at night to eat—before the wedding, because bodily fat was considered a sign of good health.
Another very interesting, and rare, item is from Iran. Dating to the early twentieth century, it is all in maroon, and consists of a jacket, a short tutu-like skirt, and tight pants. Assaf-Shapira said the fashion was influenced by the visit of the shah and his wife to Paris, where they saw a ballet and were captivated by the tutus and tights. But the fashion was short-lived, because Iran at the time was moving rapidly toward the West.
As is obvious from the exhibition, brides did not always wear white. In fact, most of the bridal costumes displayed are in other colors. It was Queen Victoria who made white de rigueur for bridal gowns. On display is a magnificent mid twentieth century ivory gown from New York; the “something borrowed” is the fine, nineteenth-century lace veil, and the “something blue,” Assaf-Shapira revealed, is a blue ribbon tucked inside the bodice.
In traditional Jewish communities, a treasured dress that did not become a shroud might be donated to the synagogue after the owner’s death for use as a parochet (a cover for the ark). The cover would then be embroidered with the woman’s name, thus serving as a memorial for her.
Also on display is a collection of children’s clothes—nearly all of them looking like miniatures of adults clothes, because in traditional societies children were considered to be adults in the making.
Text copyright 2014 by Esther Hecht. No part of the text may be used without written permission of the author, or, in the case of the images, written permission of the Israel Museum. | 2019-04-26T07:47:27Z | https://estherhecht.wordpress.com/2014/03/ | Sports | Society | 0.201049 |
smugmug | Noah has written art guides for the Museum Time app and the Pocket Guides app.
Museum Time This guide provides a private tour of the best of the museums of Madrid, Barcelona, and Seville. Listen to renowned art historian, Professor Noah Charney, tell you the secrets, symbols, and stories behind a selection of must-see artworks in top museums throughout the city. Read or listen to the information provided. This is an essential travel accessory for art lovers, a fascinating and fun way to appreciate the art, and get the most out of your museum visits.
Museum Time guides allow you to see art in an entirely new way. This app takes you on a private guided tour of a special selection among the greatest artworks in the museums of Madrid, Barcelona, and Seville. Internationally-renowned art historian Noah Charney leads you through each museum, explaining the history, symbolism, secrets, and importance of each work selected. It is a private, guided tour with a knowledgeable and engaging professor.
Noah Charney, a best-selling author and professor of art history, draws you in, bringing to life the stories behind the artworks, and imparting important lessons about history and the history of art, as taught through the prism of individual masterpieces.
This is an essential travel accessory for art lovers, a fascinating and fun way to appreciate the art, and get the most out of your museum visits.
Guides are available to the museums of Madrid, Barcelona, and Seville, with more city guides to come.
Pocket Guides Noah has written a guided tour of the greatest art and architecture of Florence and Venice, for the Pocket Guide app. Pocket Guide Apps use GPS software to help you navigate the city you are visiting and to find the major historical and cultural sites of interest. When you reach each new site, the guide knows that you are there and automatically begins to tell you about what you see. You can control the guide, listen to a narrator tell you about the site, or you can read the information yourself. The guides feel like having a private guided tour with an informed and entertaining professor.
The guides to Florence and Venice can be tailored to any length you like. If you have only a short time in these magical cities, and would like some guidance to the must-see art of the city, then this is an ideal tour. It provides a sample of the best art of Florence, from world-renowned museums to treasure-house churches. For those who would like expert advice and guidance on which works are worth the journey, then this is the only guide you will need.
All of the major art sites are included in these tours, as well as many hidden gems. The guide is written by best-selling author and professor of art history at American University of Rome (and author of The Secret History of Art blog series), Noah Charney, who taught art history in Florence for several years. | 2019-04-19T22:28:20Z | https://noahcharney.smugmug.com/Teaching/Apps | Sports | Arts | 0.466114 |
gla | Everest and Blanc (E&B) is at a crossroad. It grew from a ‘mom and pop’ operation into a small professional firm and plateaued. Thus, there is a desire to bring about operation efficiency, followed by expansion of the company. In order to be successful, a systematic decision making process is necessary to ensure a high probability of success, and able to pinpoint dysfunctions early for improvement. In addition, implementing processes need careful consideration and progress monitoring. This study was founded on these premises using M2 mode research methodology to establish an optimal structural course of action by surveying paradigms of management theories and concepts.
The study began with an exposition on research methodologies and focused on the M2 research mode. It continued on with considering operations topics (micro concerns), extending to general issues (macro concerns) in conjunction with management theories and concepts. Finally a decision making model was shaped and applied to E&B. During the process, several important decisions were made, grounded on the findings on the research, such as relocating the corporate office anticipating expansion. Overall, the changes introduced, the process of change, the decision-making process, and implementation were all effective.
The decision making model, SOMM, Strato Operation Management Model, is an extension of both Ansoff’s and Anthony’s management models together with the decision-making process. The emphasis is on the relationship of the system structure’s characteristics where it is symbolized by a matryoshka representing the three management modules (Strategic Management, Management Control and Planning and Tactical Operation) nesting within each other. Relating to the overall strategic and management control and planning competency, the workhorse is a combination of defensive and offensive approaches together with evaluation methodologies to capture emerging and unintended strategies and to control performance; whereas the tactical operation process is to bring about efficiency and effectiveness.
These are new knowledge and policies cast into members of E&B. It is, therefore, fundamental that careful interventions are necessary to cause changes by motivation and to align goal congruency. Further, the inquiry had specifically focused on the needs of E&B, it did not preclude application to other organizations. For academics, it may be an engaging topic for further empirical studies advancing knowledge in management and operations. With respect to a wider world application, it was also concluded that the findings for E&B are applicable and adaptable to other professional and business concerns as innovative tools to their problems and issues.
Southern, Dr. Geoffrey and Macbeth, Prof. Douglas and Paton, Prof. Robert A. | 2019-04-26T03:39:58Z | http://theses.gla.ac.uk/850/ | Sports | Business | 0.973271 |
squarespace | The Axis Syllabus study group is a place to explore the body in motion, to ask questions, to dance, to engage in ones own process and personal anatomical design. All bodies and experience levels are welcome.
Axis syllabus (AS) is a reference system of compiled research for movement with a focus on health, safety, efficiency and longevity of the human body. The goal being to work in harmony with the intelligent designs of nature and evolution through science and practice based research of anatomy, physics and biomechanics. For more info about AS go to axissyllabus.org.
BIO: René Smith is a movement artist currently residing in Portland Oregon. She was introduced to Axis Syllabus (AS) in 2004, and is currently working towards her teacher certification. Rene´ has studied a variety of dance forms including Butoh, dance improv, Aerial arts, and West African dance, and loves collaborating with other artists.
Emily Jones is a Portland based performer and movement teacher. She is passionate about understanding the body as a sustainable landscape for exploration and expression. Emily has been studying Axis Syllabus since 2013 and currently in the process of becoming a certified teacher. | 2019-04-25T18:05:37Z | http://flockpdx.squarespace.com/classes-workshops2/2016/9/21/axis-syllabus-study-group-with-ren-smith-and-emily-jones | Sports | Arts | 0.619933 |
dundee | As every medical student will know, the arrival of the summer holidays is a momentous occasion where one can shelve their Oxford handbook and bask in endless exam-free sunshine for a glorious couple of months. So why on earth did I undertake a DCAT summer studentship? If I am honest, after completion of a long and challenging year and fiendish set of exams, the idea of working nine-to-five with the Institute of Academic Anaesthesia, Medical Physics and Bio-engineering seemed suitably less appealing than it did when I first applied three months previous. How wrong I was.
The overuse of words such as “amazing”, “fantastic”, and “brilliant” has led to a significant dilution in their intended effect; suffice to say I will simply describe my scholarship as being the most challenging but rewarding experience of my undergraduate career. People have asked me how I managed to carry out and write up an entire scientific paper, three journal articles, design a national survey of trainee anaesthetists, and organise two future studies in just eight weeks: the answer is simple really, because I put my heart and soul into my project and had the phenomenal supervision of undoubtedly the best and most passionate researchers I have ever, and will probably ever, know. A summer studentship should not be undertaken lightly, the best piece of advice I can extend to others who may be considering applying is only do so if you are interested in research and want exposure to some of the remarkable work that is taking place on your very doorstep.
This opportunity is what you chose to make of it and as such is heavily student-led. I was perpetually fearful of organising my project and timetable largely on my own; but that is the beauty of the DCAT scheme, you are given this incredible chance to develop key organisational skills fundamental to academic and clinician alike. There is also an excellent support network in addition to your assigned supervisor that exists to ensure the success of not only the scheme, but the individual student.
So if you are interested in the academic side of medicine, are enthusiastic and keen to learn new skills and meet interesting and unbelievably talented people, a DCAT summer studentship may very well be for you. It is not an easy eight weeks, and despite this being the hottest summer since the sixties I have a suitably unimpressive tan, but I have had the most exceptional experience and will always look fondly back on the summer of 2013. | 2019-04-23T10:09:17Z | http://dcat.cmdn.dundee.ac.uk/medical-students/dcat-vacation-studentships/case-study-heather-lockwood | Sports | Health | 0.400564 |
pbs | The Temptations Perform "My Girl" at the 2018 A Capitol Fourth.
On July 4, 2018, America’s national Independence Day celebration kicked off our country’s 242nd birthday on A Capitol Fourth with Emmy Award-nominated actor and producer John Stamos as the host!
Broadcast live on PBS from the West Lawn of the U.S. Capitol, this time-honored 38 year-tradition put viewers front and center for America’s biggest birthday party with the greatest display of fireworks anywhere in the nation lighting up the iconic D.C. skyline.
The country’s longest-running live national July 4 TV tradition will feature all-star musical performances by: multi-platinum selling music legend Jimmy Buffett with the Broadway cast of the new musical Escape To Margaritaville, making their first stop after Broadway at the U.S. Capitol before launching a national tour; ‘America’s Band,” the iconic multi-platinum selling music legends The Beach Boys; three-time Grammy Award-winning and multi-platinum selling artist Pentatonix; multi-platinum pop singer and songwriter Andy Grammer; theatrical icon and one of Broadway’s greatest triple-threat talents Chita Rivera; legendary Motown stars The Temptations; acclaimed multi-platinum country music singer-songwriter and winner of the iHeartRadio Music Award for Best New Country Artist Luke Combs; country music star and American Idol alum Lauren Alaina; 12-time Grammy Award-winner and gospel legend CeCe Winans; internationally acclaimed Grammy award winning violinist Joshua Bell; and The Voice Season 14 finalist Kyla Jade; with the National Symphony Orchestra under the direction of top pops conductor Jack Everly.
As we come together as one family of Americans to celebrate our freedom and independence, the concert will pay special tribute to our men and women in uniform by world-renowned four-time Grammy Award-winning soprano superstar Renée Fleming, who will perform “You’ll Never Walk Alone,” her show-stopping anthem from the current hit Broadway production of Carousel. The inspiring moment will be dedicated to our troops serving around the world, their families, and all those who have made the ultimate sacrifice, fighting for our freedom. A Capitol Fourth will feature a special video message from John Williams in honor of the 40th anniversary of Superman. The concert will also feature a special tribute to The Beach Boys who will be honored for their extraordinary musical career as the fifth-ever recipients of A Capitol Fourth’s National Artistic Achievement Award.
Also participating in the event was Patrick Lundy & The Ministers of Music, the Choral Arts Society of Washington, the U.S. Army Herald Trumpets, the U.S. Army Ceremonial Band, Members of the Armed Forces carrying the State and Territorial Flags and the Armed Forces Color Guard provided by the Military District of Washington, D.C.
The 2018 A Capitol Fourth was live-streamed on PBS.org, YouTube and Facebook. | 2019-04-22T11:39:33Z | http://acapitolfourth.lunchbox.pbs.org/a-capitol-fourth/concert/concert-highlights/ | Sports | Arts | 0.934901 |
livejournal | For real. I've never been this hungry all the time. I'm glad I'm thin, and am not on this stuff for too long. Yuck, I mean yum. Mmmmmm, Cheeze-its. | 2019-04-20T07:37:34Z | https://djner.livejournal.com/211635.html?thread=699571 | Sports | Reference | 0.222739 |
waterlooblackhawks | Karen’s Print Rite brings you updates on former Waterloo Black Hawks players. Photo courtesy of the Vancouver Canucks / Getty Images.
By one important measure, it is 100 percent accurate to say Brock Boeser’s first National Hockey League season is the best rookie year ever by a former Waterloo Black Hawk.
Already. Lest we forget, it’s still a long way from the season’s midpoint, much less the end of the year.
Yet “best” is a very subjective word. In this Where Are They Now Feature, we’ll rank the five previous best NHL rookie seasons by Waterloo Black Hawks. Then you can decide – now and during the coming months – where Boeser’s year ranks.
First a word about “rookies.” The NHL currently defines the term with a few criteria: 1) must be under age 26, 2) cannot have played in 25 NHL games or more prior to this season, and 3) players who meet the first two criteria while appearing in parts of at least two seasons cannot have appeared in more than six games during any of those years. At age 20 and with just 9 appearances last spring after joining Vancouver from the University of North Dakota, Boeser is firmly within the boundaries of the term.
Almost exactly one year ago, Chicago was visiting the St. Louis Blues. With the December 17th game tied at 4-4 and less than five minutes to play, Marian Hossa and Brent Seabrook set up a Hinostroza for the go-ahead score which proved to be the winner. At home one night later, he assisted on a Ryan Hartman game-winner, then scored an insurance goal at 17:40 of the third. Those highlights were among several memorable efforts as Hinostroza settled in for his hometown club.
Blake’s first NHL season was more than just the best NHL rookie year for a former Black Hawk. Up to that time, it was the best effort at that level by ANY former Waterloo player. During a seven game span from January 27th through February 11th, Blake turned in seven points (all assists) in seven games. On February 3rd, he notched two assists on goals by Bryan Smolinski and Glen Murray against the powerhouse Detroit Red Wings. It was one of three multipoint games.
Eye-popping scoring statistics were never part of Alberts’ nine season NHL career. When he retired after the 2013/14 campaign, he had eight regular season goals over course of his stay in the league. Yet, no former Black Hawk has skated in more NHL games as a rookie. Amidst that consistency, his first league goal came on what was otherwise a rough night for the Bruins. Trailing the Buffalo Sabres 4-0 late in the second period, Glen Murray set up an Alberts one-timer, and the big blue-liner scored shorthanded.
Pavelski did not start the 2006/07 season with the Sharks, but he was called up from their affiliate in Worcester in time to meet the Kings on November 22nd. Midway through the third period, he found the net on assists from Scott Hannan and Patrick Marleau. Pavelski ended up scoring goals in four of his first five NHL contests. Against the Kings again three weeks later, the former Waterloo captain tallied his first multigoal game. By the end of the season, Pavelski had almost completely established himself as the indispensable part of the San Jose lineup he has become during the last decade.
Like Pavelski (and Boeser, for that matter), Smith scored in his NHL debut. Visiting the Columbus Blue Jackets on opening night, Shea Weber and Ryan Suter set up Smith’s go-ahead goal with just over four minutes to play in the second period. Nashville led the rest of the way during a 3-2 victory. The next night, Smith was all over the scoresheet with a goal and two assists during a 4-2 win versus the St. Louis Blues. He had two other three-point nights during the winter and finished as the Predators’ eighth-leading scorer for the season. Other than the 2012/13 lockout year, Smith has played in at least 72 games during each season of his NHL career. | 2019-04-23T00:13:26Z | https://www.waterlooblackhawks.com/news_article/show/866475 | Sports | Sports | 0.76822 |
active | When I started running I could only run two blocks and even that was pushing my limits. Fortunately I decided to stick with it. I kept running and I started to improve.
After a few months of running, I finally signed up for my first 5K. When I crossed that first finish line, I was hooked. At no other time in my adult life had I felt such an amazing sense of accomplishment.
If you are considering running a 5K, but you haven't run before or you are a runner trying to get back into a rhythm, here are some tips to help you reach your goal.
The big way to get motivated to run is to officially throw your hat into the ring. Pick a race and sign up. Having an actual goal and date to work toward will help you focus and commit to your training. If you are truly a new runner, make sure the race is at least eight weeks away to give yourself plenty of time to build up your running distance slowly.
If you're into gear, then you can look into a sports watch as it will help you know your mileage and, depending on the model, your speed. There are also plenty of apps on the market now that can turn your phone into a sports watch of sorts. Shop around for an app that match your running goals the best.
You can also look into the higher end running clothes, but they are not necessary at the 5K distance. These clothes can include a technical tee, which is a T-shirt that wicks sweat away from your body, special wicking socks, or running shorts/pants. Some people like the gear as it makes them feel empowered while others are content with their T-shirts and shorts already in their wardrobe. The choice is up to you. | 2019-04-26T00:15:48Z | https://www.active.com/running/Articles/5K-Basics-for-a-Beginning-Runner.htm | Sports | Shopping | 0.539698 |
bradley | Faculty: Bond (Coordinator), Crowe, Griffin, Highfill, Iyer, Rubash.
* Satisfies the FCB Economics elective requirement.
The following course sequence is recommended for international business majors. This sequence includes international business and Foster College of Business requirements as well as the University general education requirements. | 2019-04-24T04:46:30Z | https://www.bradley.edu/academic/undergradcat/20132014/fcba-ibmajor.dot | Sports | Business | 0.981136 |
duke | Management of cardiovascular risk in the usual care of Medicaid recipients.
Uncontrolled risk factors contribute substantially to cardiovascular disease burden. With retrospective chart review, we examined rates of cardiovascular risk factor assessment and intervention during the course of usual care for a representative sample of 3,742 adult North Carolina Medicaid recipients with diagnosed hypertension managed by a primary care provider. Most patients had been established with their provider for at least three years. Ninety-six percent had multiple modifiable risk factors. Blood pressure and cholesterol were above goal for 52.9% and 37.2% of patients, respectively. Among those with uncontrolled blood pressure, only 44.3% had intensification of therapy within the prior year. Half of patients with cholesterol above goal were treated with medication; and half of current smokers had documented advice to quit. Documentation of aspirin use or counseling was rare. Despite Medicaid coverage and access to care, many effective strategies to prevent cardiovascular events were underutilized, even among patients at highest risk. | 2019-04-21T16:05:39Z | https://scholars.duke.edu/display/pub1276668 | Sports | Health | 0.664969 |
latimes | Northrop Grumman Corp. is offering to build 40 B-2 stealth bombers for the Air Force at a fixed price and would absorb any cost overruns. The program would cost the Pentagon about $29.4 billion.
Northrop Chairman Kent Kresa told Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld in a May 15 letter that the company could reopen the B-2 production line and build each bomber for about $545 million. The Pentagon would have to spend $190 million more for equipment, training and support, making the final cost about $735 million.
"We are looking at [the offer] but we are just not ready to announce any programmatic response," said Rumsfeld's spokeswoman, Torie Clarke. Pentagon officials have talked of upgrading the current fleet with new avionics and an ability to carry as many as 324 small satellite-guided bombs, but not reopening the production line.
Northrop shares fell $1.04 to close at $86.98 on the NYSE. | 2019-04-23T18:47:02Z | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2001-jun-14-fi-10248-story.html | Sports | Business | 0.961509 |
baylor | Last fall, Baylor announced the launch of “Give Light” — a $1.1 billion fundraising campaign to support the university’s strategic plan, Illuminate. Among the campaign’s planned capital projects is a $50 million renovation/expansion of Memorial and Alexander halls, home to Baylor’s Honors Residential College.
What will that entail? First off, the project includes a complete renovation of Memorial (opened in 1930) and Alexander (opened in 1941), along the same lines of the updates many of Baylor’s traditional residence halls (Penland, North Russell, South Russell, and Martin) have experienced since 2013.
They’ll create that space in two ways. Most notably, it will come by building up from the current dining hall that sits between Alexander and Memorial, adding floors above to create additional square footage. The renovation process will also make available some spaces (like Alexander’s basement and Memorial’s fourth floor) that have become unusable over the years, bringing them back online to serve current and future students.
One bonus of the plan: Memorial Chapel, which was renovated a decade ago (thanks to generous support from the Getterman and Robbins families) with beautiful stained glass and hardwood floors and pews, will now be far more accessible to students via the new central shared space created between the two buildings.
The next step, of course, is fundraising. Once fundraising is complete, plans will be made to take Memorial/Alexander offline for a year so the renovation and construction can begin, with the goal of completing the project within a single school year so that students can begin benefitting from the new space.
Want to help make this renovation a reality? Contact the Office of Advancement at 1-800-229-5678, option 4, to discuss opportunities to support construction. | 2019-04-23T12:36:59Z | https://www2.baylor.edu/baylorproud/2019/04/give-light-projects-an-expanded-memorial-alexander-for-the-honors-residential-college/ | Sports | Business | 0.591383 |
livejournal | Happy Birthday? Huh? You got the wrong person, my bday was in August.
I kind of thought it was odd that I didn't see a notification from LJ, but I saw someone post a happy birthday to angrygoatee yesterday! | 2019-04-20T19:31:47Z | https://bfirrera.livejournal.com/323211.html | Sports | Reference | 0.301674 |
wordpress | Last month we gave away a signed copy of Brandilyn Collins’ new novel Over the Edge. (If you didn’t win, you can buy Over the Edge here.) This month we have something for those of you who prefer historical romance instead of suspense–a signed copy of Lauraine Snelling’s A Heart for Home.
When an epidemic strikes the Red River Indian Reservation in South Dakota, Astrid Bjorklund is overwhelmed by their need and decides to use her medical training on the mission field. Astrid faces opposition not only from the tribe’s elders but also from Joshua Landsverk, the man she once thought she loved.
Will Astrid find a way to help the people she’s come to love? And will Astrid and Joshua be able to reconcile, or will her work push them apart for good this time?
Lauraine Snelling is unarguably one of the CBA’s most prolific authors. With over 60 books in print, over 2 million copies sold, and almost 30 years in the business, she still writes three books a year and finds time to teach at writer’s conferences across the United States.
So we thought it’d be great to ask her some questions. Here’s the first of our three part interview.
GWP: Christian writers tend to fall into one of two groups. The first believes that the purpose of Christian writing is to make a point or to get a specific message across. The second believes that the purpose of Christian writing is to entertain readers (in a God-honoring way of course). What do you think is the goal or purpose of Christian fiction?
Lauraine: I have always believed that my first goal has to be to entertain my readers. If someone were to write to me and said my book was boring, I would be crushed. I want readers to be carried away to a different time and place, out of what is too heavy in their life at the moment, transported to a world where they can watch someone else go through much of what they have experienced, but they are through it, not caught in it. The characters, I mean.
Now, if I do that well, and the reader cares about the characters and their lives and their struggles, then that leaves the door open for the Holy Spirit to get His point across and His message. I have had people write to me and say “I got this or that out of this book.” And I know that I did not put that particular thing into that book. That’s seeing God at work and then I know that I am doing my job.
If I try to preach the message, the book will then be preachy and I really dislike preachy fiction. I quit reading authors who get on a bandwagon. Let their characters tell the story. Oops, now I’m preaching. Arggg. This is one of those areas that it is difficult to know the difference and to recognize when you’ve stepped over the line. | 2019-04-24T02:16:39Z | https://girlswithpens.wordpress.com/2011/06/10/june-book-giveaway-1/ | Sports | Home | 0.122091 |
wordpress | This is my article from our November issue of the News Magazine!
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The Church Has a Morbid Propensity Toward Ambivalence When it Comes To The UFO Phenomenon!
I am amazed at the lack of interest from most of the Christian church in regard to the burgeoning UFO phenomenon. As the title of this article indicates the church seems to have a propensity toward ambivalence concerning all things UFO related.
Yes, there are people who are looking at the phenomenon and wanting answers, however, for the most part, pastors, Christian TV programs, and Christian books and magazines steer away from the subject and avoid it like Ebola!
However—and this is the dirty little secret within our churches—upward of 30% of the people sitting in the pews on any given Sunday have experienced lights in the sky, orbs, Daylight UFO sightings, an encounter with an entity or sleep paralysis.
At the conference in Atlanta this weekend—and it was a really great conference—I asked the folks in attendance to raise their hands if they had seen lights in the sky, orbs, daylight UFO sightings, an encounter with an entity or sleep paralysis. I would estimate that well over 60% of the people gathered there had their hands raised.
I am always amazed when I see the hands shoot up.
There were also a couple who came and spoke with me about ongoing encounters they are having at their home. Not only are they seeing UFOs but on one occasion a beam of red light shot out of one of the craft when they rebuked it in the name of Jesus!
Then there was a man who came up to me and told me this story which I’ll reproduce here.
He was sitting on his front porch and looking at the night sky. Suddenly a boomerang shaped craft approached him and flew silently over his house. He was mesmerized at seeing it but also realized to his great concern that he was paralyzed. The craft stopped over his house and then the porch began to vibrate intensely. At this point, he forced himself to get up out of the chair and made it back to the house. His wife was sitting in their living room not more than 20 feet away and he asked her if she felt the vibration. She replied that she hadn’t felt a thing. He then told her to come outside and look up at the sky. When they got outside the craft was gone.
Needless to say, he was upset and wondered what was going on. I replied that in my opinion if he had remained on the porch he would have most likely been beamed up to the ship! In other words, abducted.
The man was troubled by this and frankly who wouldn’t be. Both of these stories concern Christian men and woman who have had UFO encounters.
I was able to get both parties to talk to each other about their UFO experiences. I think this is really important and I will be doing more of this at conferences in the future. I might actually hold a group session in a private room so people can realize that they’re not alone and that there are other people out there who are going through what they’re going through.
Some of you will think like I’m sounding like a broken record when I launch into this next part of my article. However, it needs to said over and over again and maybe after a while the gravity of what I’m saying may begin to sink in.
Over the weekend at The Southern Appalachian Prophecy Conference—which by the way will be held next year at the same place and time—I showed the folks the clips from The Tucker Carlson show. Last December Tucker had a former F18 pilot on, Commander David Fravor who stated that the UFO he saw and recorded on film: was not of this world!
This statement on FOX news, which is main-stream television was disclosure. As I stated over the weekend and do so now, I really thought my phone was going to blow up and pastors and people would be calling me. To my disappointment and admitted frustration the phone didn’t ring and I only received one email from someone who had seen the Tucker Carlson show the night before.
I still find this very troubling as the proof of the churches ambivalence to the burgeoning UFO phenomenon is in the lack of response if indeed there was any at all.
There are good pastors out there who are afraid to address the subject of UFOs with their flock. There are good people sitting those pastors churches who have had an encounter and are too afraid or ashamed to go to their pastor and talk to him about it.
This is the reason why I wrote the new book, UFO Disclosure, and it’s the reason why I will continue to sound the alarm of what I term The Coming Great Deception.
Most of you who subscribe to the News Magazine or frequent my BLOG often will know exactly what I mean by this term. For those of you who are new, I’ll fill you in.
Darwinism is the prevailing global paradigm. It’s the accepted world-view in academia and the scientific community. Thus, there is no supernatural, no prophecy, no miracles of the Bible, and certainly, Jesus didn’t create anything, was not the Son of God and perhaps wasn’t even a real person.
Thus the neo-Darwinist are looking to outer-space for the answers to the riddle of our origins. They embrace the concept of Panspermia, the idea that we were seeded here by an advanced race of extraterrestrials. They are looking to the so-called extraterrestrial as the answer!
With this in mind and the fact that we are seeing on-going disclosure in all forms of our media, one can only wonder when not if full disclosure will happen.
This also makes me wonder about the timing of the Rapture of the church. As I stated this year: We go up they come down!
Think about it. Something is holding the full-blown disclosure of UFOs. Something is keeping a mile-wide UFO from hovering over the White House!
Could He that restrains be restraining? In other words, could the Spirit of the Living God in the believer be what is holding back the full manifestation of UFOs?
That’s the position I’m holding on to.
However, how much will the church see before we go home? How much will be revealed to us before we hear the last trump and rise to meet Him in the air?
What will we encounter as believers?
I don’t have an answer to this but nevertheless, I’m troubled and concerned with what I see being revealed in all forms of media. Then there are the people sitting in the pews who have had encounters or the people that come up to me at a conference. They need to be able to discuss what they have seen and to do it without condemnation or ridicule.
Time for the church to address what is going on and stop hiding behind the pulpit for fear of ridicule. If FOX news is going with the story then why shouldn’t the church be addressing this?
As I have stated numerous times: UFOs are real burgeoning and not going away!
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b) Chima has now announced it’s readying for war also. With the surge of peoples in other nations taking cue from your 2016 election of rejection of the socialist/ marxist agenda of Obama / Clinton / Soros et al, and turfing out their govt by electing a Trump like candidate to lead (Merkel got booted in Germany, Brazil also booted the communists), China is now concerned because it has bound South American countries like Venezuela with crushing debt, is pillaging the oil reserves, and now senses that Trump is poised to come to Venezuela’s aid in booting China out.
Lastly I find it interesting and curious, that the Russian govt banned halloween due to its “being a tool of Satan to ensnare the children”.
disgusting …. God aka Yehovah (YHVH) says in scripture that in times past in our ignorance He permitted (by not judging) some things but once we’ve come to the knowledge of His truth, there is no longer any excusability. It’s sure saying something to the Western churches if Putin / Russia bans hell-oween because it’s a satanic strategy to lure children into the occult, but the West is ok with it. | 2019-04-20T10:35:32Z | https://lamarzulli.wordpress.com/2018/10/29/atlanta-conference-update/ | Sports | News | 0.451054 |
wordpress | Six notable authors have just published a challenging new book about the way the Treaty of Waitangi has been twisted to be greatly in favor of Maori tribes over the last thirty years. These distortions include the rewriting of our [New Zealand’s] history by political “historians,” the never-ending so called Treaty Claim process, and the privatization and relinquishment of our foreshore and seabed, as well as our native flora and fauna, and the rights that apply to our sea fishery.
If you are interested in these matters, then this book, Twisting the Treaty – a Tribal Grab for Wealth and Power provides readily readable discussion on these topics. The Cover below.
Warning – the book is factual and is not politically correct; one of its charms in my view.
The book is available at a retail cost of $40. It has 414 pages and 16 photo pages, but, with 16 self-contained chapters, it does not have to be read all at once.
3. Also see our website, www.trosspublishing.co.nz for info and to order online.
It seems unbelievable. It’s certainly one of the most under-reported aspects of the criminal world, if true.
It seems the issue is important enough to have garnered the attention of Congress, as well.
It seems heroin is for amateurs. The pros deal in faux Versace, apparently. | 2019-04-21T09:15:08Z | https://rasskazivats.wordpress.com/tag/book/ | Sports | Business | 0.336681 |
typepad | Borderline Personality Disorder - An Intractable Brain Disorder?
There is considerable stigma and a prevalent attitude among many professionals, let alone people diagnosed with Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD), that BPD is intractable and cannot be recovered from. The truth is, however, Borderline Personality Disorder does not, by any means, have to be a life sentence of pain and suffering.
There are many theories as to the cause of BPD that are being forwarded by professionals. There is even an on-going debate about what BPD should really be called. There is this energy invested in all of the theories, all of the ideas about what this mental illness challenge is called or should be called to the point that the related distractions for those with BPD may in fact be blocking their chances for recovery.
Being forwarded more and more is the idea that BPD is a "brain disorder". That it is all-biological. There is no conclusive evidence of this. Professionals who forward this theory/cause/argument have essentially no conclusive proof. Do you feel like waiting for them to figure it out? Do you feel like putting off your future or prolonging your suffering right now until they figure it out, assuming that they really ever can or will in any conclusively proven way? Are you willing to mortgage your mental health to the notion that there will some day be a magical cure-all pill?
I was even given this rather lame answer, in 1987, when I asked a psychiatrist I was seeing if and when I would ever get better. His response to me was, that I would get better, "when we find the better pill".
I wasn't on any psychiatric medication. What pill was going to be better than no pill? What sense could this possibly make? I never went back to see him again. I did not believe his conclusion. I refused to. My refusal to just accept the careless and negative words of a less than stellar psychiatrist made all the difference in the world to my journey and process and made my recovery possible. If I had of believed that psychiatrist my life could have been doomed to the pain and suffering of the active throes of BPD.
I certainly wasn't going to be limited by his negative and perhaps self-serving beliefs. I didn't accept his response to my question. I found a way to continue to believe in possibility and to have hope despite all odds and despite how lost I was. I worked hard. I held out hope for my own recovery. I had skilled professional help. I recovered despite some professionals on my journey who sought to have me believe as they believed. I refused to accept their limiting negative and either incompetent or burned out belief that recovery from BPD was not possible. I moved on and found therapists who supported my belief, encouraged my belief, and worked with me from the shared belief that recovery from BPD was possible.
Do some people with BPD benefit from taking certain prescribed medications? Likely, yes. If you are currently on medication your doctor has prescribed please do not make any changes without consulting him or her first. But taking prescribed medication to help with some symptoms is far from a cure-all.
The brain is a very complex thing. The brain is not just affected by our genetic code or our biology. The brain is also very much affected by emotional trauma - at the heart of which is often abuse and/or the core wound of abandonment in those who go on to be diagnosed with BPD. The brain is affected by what a human being experiences and/or perceives in his or her environment. The brain is affected by lack of nurture. It is affected by lack of secure attachment.
Traditional psychotherapy - talk therapy - in and through the various modalities it is offered, can and does address issues that are "brain-deep".
BPD is referred to as a personality disorder. In my past experience with BPD I came to know it as a relational disorder. I do not believe there can or will ever be a pill that can control or change a person's thoughts or feelings or ways of relating. I do not believe this is just a matter of biology at all. There likely is a neurological component to BPD but as I know since I have recovered from BPD it is not something that can't be overcome.
Ironically enough a mental health system that focuses on the polarized, more often than not, negative thinking patterns of those with BPD, itself exhibits these very same tendencies when it (and not all professionals fit this mold) makes the claim that borderlines cannot recover. Could this be a case of a systemic-borderline-like-thinking? What ramifications does this cast upon the stigma and resultant disservice being done to many with BPD when they do seek treatment?
What each and every person with BPD must know right now is that they can get better. You can change your suffering, at the very least, into manageable pain. You can make progress. You can get on and then stay on the road to recovery. To whatever degree you can navigate your way through the intrapsychic narcissistic injury of what I refer to as "the core wound of abandonment" is the degree to which you can create healthy change in your life. It is the degree to which those with BPD can find and re-claim the lost authentic self.
Recovery from Borderline Personality Disorder hinges upon this quest for the lost authentic self. The gateway to the finding of this self is the dissociated from inner child.
Recovery from Borderline Personality Disorder is possible and can be achieved. It takes a lot of hard work in therapy with a therapist who believes that you can get better. It takes accepting and exercising personal responsibility for yourself, your feelings, your thoughts, you actions and your behaviour, without excuse. Recovery from BPD also requires gut-wrenching honesty with yourself.
Borderline Personality Disorder is not some "brain disorder" that leaves you, the borderline, helpless in its grips and doomed to a lifetime of pills in the quest for the magical combination or magical cure-all pill. The reality is that you are your own best chance for recovery. Your choices are much more powerful tools on your journey and in your process than any pill could ever hope to be.
In order to get on the road to recovery those with BPD must learn how to make the choice to open up to the vulnerability of learning and to lay down the closed relational style of constant vigilant protection.
You cannot learn and protect at the same time. If you have BPD, you have a choices to make. Among those choices also is the choice to believe in your ability to find your way to recovery.
Recovery from BPD is not possible at all unless and until the borderline opens up to risking holding and accepting the belief in this possibility. What you think is what you will experience.
What do you believe? What will you choose in your own life?
Hi, A.J..... am pleasantly surprised to stumble on your site (and hear about your own journey), while I was looking for info. and some personal experience about the "push/pull" phenomenon in BP's & NP's. Am reasonably sure I'm experiencing the same pattern while getting to know a woman who often seems to be "late" for our get-togethers (usually by several hours, along with little or no explanation when she finally arrives)! And I notice they seem to occur mostly after we've just had a period of greater emotional intimacy. She also has some other behaviors & history that match the BPD/NPD "profile".
My kudos to 'ya, and it's encouraging to hear that there are folks who're able to come to some awareness of Borderline behaviors in themselves, and can overcome it (because I keep reading that it's "incurable")! But however difficult it is for all involved to deal with sometimes, personally I think it's important to still remember that nobody ever asked to be a BP or NP, and so rather than just assigning various "victim" and "perp" labels, I think we all share some responsibility in helping each other to try to work thru our respective "stuff".
In any case, nice work, and thank you! | 2019-04-20T00:58:51Z | https://borderlinepersonality.typepad.com/my_weblog/2008/04/borderline-pe-1.html | Sports | Health | 0.617032 |
cern | the SACA, in line with its terms of reference, should analyse the resulting proposals and make a ranking recommendation based on compliance with the INTOSAI standards.
The Council welcomed the information provided by the President on a proposed OECD study on the social and economic impact of science using CERN and the LHC as a test bed.
The Council took note of the departure of the UK Delegate, Mr Paul Williams, and invited the United Kingdom delegation to convey to Mr Williams its sincere thanks for the many contributions he had made to its work.
The Council took note of reports by the Director for Accelerators and Technology, Dr Myers, and by the Director of Research and Computing, Professor Bertolucci, on the work performed on the LHC machine, experiments and computing grid during the technical stop in January and February 2011, on the reasons for operation of the LHC at a maximum energy of 3.5 TeV per beam in 2011, on physics prospects for 2011-2012 and on the latest results from the experiments at the AD facility and from the CLOUD experiment.
The Council further took note of reports by the Chairman of the Scientific Policy Committee on the related discussions at its March 2011 meeting, including its endorsement of the physics-driven decision to defer the shutdown to 2013 and of the decision to run at a maximum energy of 3.5 TeV per beam in 2011, and by the Chairman of the Finance Committee on the latter's discussions at its meeting the previous day, and of statements by delegations and representatives of the Observer States.
The Council congratulated the Management, the staff, the collaborations and all those concerned on the successful operation of the LHC machine, experiments and computing grid in 2010 and expressed appreciation for the interesting results achieved so far and for the rapid start-up in 2011, looking forward to the next two very exciting years for LHC, for CERN and for particle physics in large.
The Council took note of a presentation by the Director-General on the overall framework and boundary conditions for the Medium-Term Plan for the period 2012-2016.
The Council expressed warm appreciation to Mrs B. Sode-Mogensen for her outstanding service to the Council and the Organization as Danish Delegate over a period spanning nearly 30 years.
The Council took note of a report by the Head of International Relations, Professor Pauss, on progress in the negotiations with the five States applying for Associate Membership as the pre-stage to Membership following the Council’s December 2010 decision.
The Council decided by consensus to elect Mrs B. Vizkelety (Hungary) Vice-Chairman of the Finance Committee for a period of one year with retroactive effect from 1 January 2011.
as new members of the SPC for a first term of office until 31 December 2013. | 2019-04-21T20:04:40Z | http://council.web.cern.ch/en/content/158 | Sports | Reference | 0.070349 |
uchicago | Pediatric differentiated thyroid cancer (DTC) patients frequently present with lymph node and/or distant (lung) metastases. Such patients warrant an aggressive treatment consisting of surgical removal of all surgically accessible local metastases as well as further treatment with one or more courses of radioiodine therapy (RAI). It is still a subject of debate in literature how much I-131 should be administered to pediatric patients. Patients can either be given a fixed (possibly body weight adjusted) activity or a dosimetry based activity, which is often considerably higher.
Here, we will present a typical case of a pediatric patient who was treated using a dosimetric approach. Then we will discuss the basis of dosimetry and the procedures involved, followed by a discussion of when to use dosimetric RAI as well as the pros and cons of the various approaches in pediatric patients.
In general, two opposite approaches to dosimetry exist: either the activity that is as high as safely administrable (AHASA) is determined based on the radiation exposure to the critical organs at risk (in pediatric patients these are the bone marrow and, in patients with lung metastases, the lungs), or a lesion-based approach in which the activity that is required to deliver a certain radiation dose to the metastatic lesion(s) is determined.
Because the latter approach requires an accurate volumetry of the target lesion(s), which is not possible in children with disseminated pulmonary metastases, which are often not visible with morphologic imaging techniques, we advocate using the AHASA approach in children with extensive metastatic DTC.
Frederik A. Verburg, M.D., Ph.D., has received speakers' fees and research support from Genzyme Corp. and is a paid member of an advisory board for Roche Healthcare. Christoph Reiners, M.D., has received speakers' fees and research support from Genzyme Corp.
Heribert Hänscheid, M.D., has no relevant financial relationships.
The Editor-in-Chief, Leonard Wartofsky, M.D., is a Consultant for Asurogen, Genzyme, and IBSA, and is on the Speaker's Bureau for Genzyme.
Kenneth Burman, M.D., is a Consultant for Medscape and UpToDate; a Reviewer for the Endocrine Fellows Foundation; and has received Institutional Grants for Research from Amgen, Eisei, and Pfizer.
Lynnette Nieman, M.D., is an Author/Editor for UpToDate, and receives Research Support from HRA-Pharmaceutical.
Adipose tissue plays a central role in the interplay between nutrition, energy balance, and human health. There are 2 types of adipose tissue, white and brown. White adipose tissue (WAT) stores energy, whereas brown adipose tissue (BAT) dissipates it. Overnutrition and/or physical inactivity result in an excess of WAT, the hallmark of obesity. In contrast, BAT is thermogenic, a property conferred by the presence of a unique protein, uncoupling protein 1 (UCP1). Located in the inner mitochondrial membrane, UCP1 uncouples mitochondrial respiration, releasing energy as heat. This unique property protects animals from hypothermia (1).
The traditional belief that BAT exists only in infants but not in adults has resulted in a paucity of research in humans. However, the discovery of fat with high metabolic activity in adults by functional imaging using positron emission tomography (PET) brought about a resurgence in research interest on BAT identity, abundance, prevalence, regulation, and significance in humans (2–9).
This review will cover 1) the characteristics and ontogeny of BAT, 2) its prevalence and regulation, 3) metabolic relevance, 4) the potential roles of BAT in health and diseases, and 5) the avenues for therapeutic targeting of BAT in obesity. These questions will be discussed on the background of known biology of BAT in rodents. | 2019-04-22T00:07:24Z | https://cme.uchicago.edu/content/training-course-wa | Sports | Science | 0.619071 |
bbc | Jez Nelson pays tribute to the late pianist and composer John Taylor, introducing key performances from the archives and tributes from students, collaborators and musical friends.
Jazz on 3 pays tribute to pianist and composer John Taylor, who died in July, aged 72, with key performances drawn from the Jazz on 3 archives and tributes from students, collaborators and musical friends.
A leading figure on the British jazz scene, known for his lyricism, for his contemporary approach to harmony and for his work as an educator and mentor, Taylor rose to prominence in the 1960s playing with the likes of John Surman, John Dankworth and Cleo Laine.
As the house pianist at Ronnie Scott's in the 1970s and subsequently as a bandleader and recording artist for labels such as ECM, he worked with a host of international stars, among them Jan Garbarek and Peter Erskine. But he is perhaps best known for his partnership with trumpeter Kenny Wheeler - a musical relationship that lasted until Wheeler's own death in 2014 and that must surely count as one of the most important in the history of British jazz. | 2019-04-25T13:47:41Z | https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b06fljsr | Sports | Arts | 0.739755 |
greenbaypressgazette | Patrick Neu of Forestville spoke about the impact algae blooms have on fishing and fishing-related businesses.
WASHINGTON, D.C. - A Door County man provided testimony Tuesday about the harmful effects of algae blooms at a subcommittee of the U.S. Senate.
Algae blooms effect tourism and public health in Wisconsin and the nation, said Patrick Neu, a longtime angler from Forestville. He spoke at a hearing of the Senate Commerce Subcommittee on Oceans, Atmosphere, Fisheries and Coast Guard. Neu was asked to speak to the subcommittee by Sen. Tammy Baldwin, D-Wisconsin.
Neu, who is director of the National Professional Anglers Association, said his members "are literally on the front line when it comes to harmful algal blooms."
The blooms are depleting fishing opportunities and damaging fishing-dependent businesses, Neu said.
The Senate recently passed a bill about algae blooms, and the legislation is pending with the U.S. House of Representatives. Baldwin worked with a bipartisan coalition to pass the bill, which gives communities tools to address water quality challenges and identify the local factors driving toxic environmental hazards. | 2019-04-25T07:57:51Z | https://www.greenbaypressgazette.com/story/news/local/door-co/news/2018/08/30/algae-blooms-door-county-man-testifies-u-s-senate-subcommittee/1135731002/ | Sports | Recreation | 0.41073 |
pbm | Austerlitz is a detailed, complex multi-player Napoleonic era wargame. Each of the 16 players represents the head of state and military/naval command of a nation. The game plays on 3 maps, one covering Europe, the Ottoman Empire and North Africa; the second covering the Carribean basin; and the 3rd covering the Indian Ocean & Southeast Asia. The game includes strong diplomatic and economic elements, as well as the strictly military aspects.
Battles are resolved in two ways. Small battles are resolved via a mathematical formula, and results printed out in the turn report. Major battles are resolved via 'simulation' which amounts to a turn-within-the-turn wherein the involved players deploy their units on a seperate battlefield map and issue tactical orders to them. The battle is then processed according to the respective players' dispositions and plans. | 2019-04-22T20:56:46Z | http://www.pbm.com/~lindahl/pbm_list/descriptions/austerlitz_eng.html | Sports | Games | 0.979737 |
photoshelter | A selection of images from the Sports section of the Library. Alan is also available for commissions and is a member of AIPS and NUJ.
All images in the Library are available for editorial use. Please use the search facility to find specific photos. | 2019-04-26T17:02:34Z | https://f2images.photoshelter.com/gallery/Sports-Feature-Photos/G0000y2L9pG.82pA/C0000OFTKCxeZD_o | Sports | Sports | 0.991805 |
wordpress | On Friday, I went to a phenomenal training. It was at a facility called Have Dreams in Evanston, IL. I have been to several trainings facilitated by the staff at Have Dreams, and every single one has been extremely valuable. I always leave these trainings excited to implement a fresh set of ideas and activities into my classroom.
An added positive of the trainings at Have Dreams is that the staff is cognizant and respectful to the needs of people with autism. They aren’t trying to cure autism: Rather, they are trying to provide a bridge between the neuro-typical worlds and people with autism who are struggling to live in it.
The training was an unofficial run-down on the TEACCH Transition Assessment Profile (TTAP). If you teach high school students with developmental disabilities, you know that there are few meaningful assessments for students with autism in the age range of 14-22.
The TTAP includes scales from three different settings: home, work/school, and from the test itself. Each scale covers items from six different areas: vocational skills, vocational behavior, independent functioning, leisure skills, functional communication, and interpersonal behavior.
After introducing these different areas, the trainer made an interesting point: People with significant cognitive disabilities arenot unemployed or fired because they lacked enough academic skills. Instead, individuals get fired due to poor interpersonal communication or behavioral difficulties/aggression. Having had several students get fired from jobs, I knew he was exactly right!
As a teacher, this was something I knew from experience, but it was nevertheless an eye-opening point. I need to spend more time on pro-social, positive behavior and less time on increasing students’ reading levels or math skills. Unfortunately, this is often in direct contradiction with parent wishes, so it is important to start to have honest conversations about post-secondary opportunities and expectations earlier in their high school careers. Using this test when a student enters high school will be a good jumping-off point for that conversation.
The test itself includes different items that are measured on a scale of pass, emerge, or fail. Scoring criteria to choose pass, emerge, or fail are included in the test manual. Specific test items include things such as telling time, following picture directions, working without supervision, working through an office distraction, and demonstrating appropriate eating habits.
We covered both positives and negatives of the assessment during the training. A negative is that the test costs money. A full kit costs almost $500, although many of the materials can be teacher-made with the right mix of creativity and motivation. You can order the test here: http://teacch.com/publications/teacch-transition-assessment-profile-ttap-kit-and-manuals.
If you live in the Chicago area and you are interested in attending a training session at Have Dreams, you should definitely do so! You can find out more information about their training opportunities here: http://havedreams.org/ . I recommend starting with the TAP 1 – Basic Elements of Structured Teaching training.
I can tell when a training is good because I leave with a head full of ideas that I want to implement right away! Here are a just a few of the things that inspired me during this last training session.
The front of this card says “Chill,” and the back has cues for the student to use to help self-soothe and come back to the group.
Directions for a student with autism to follow to complete a sanitizing job. I love the pictures and how each one goes top to bottom, with a check box on the right for the student to check the shelf off.
Social story on knocking before you enter the bathroom, even if you are trying to complete a job.
Visual cues to help students remember to use their manners!
And, last but not least… My favorite!
This is a ‘conversation box.’ Take any box and cover it with a solid duct tape. Add library pockets around the outside and a slit on the top. Each library pocket contains a question or a conversation starter, with choices to answer the question or comment on the back. Students can answer independently or use the choices on the back as a support. When everyone has answered the question, drop it in the slit on the top and move on to the next one! Make sure that you can open either the top or the bottom to get the cards out when you are done! | 2019-04-24T18:26:49Z | https://adventuresinspeducation.wordpress.com/2014/12/09/the-teacch-transition-assessment-profile/ | Sports | Home | 0.255949 |
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An electrosurgical generator apparatus controls a variable output signal to electrodes. The generator apparatus operates in a cut mode, a coagulation mode or a stimulate mode. The generator apparatus comprises a DC power supply that provides regulated low voltage and high voltage outputs and a radio frequency (RF) waveform generator circuit that provides pulse duration modulation (PDM) of a carrier signal. The carrier signal directly affects the variable output signal to the electrodes. A control circuit controls a variable output signal to electrodes used in electrosurgical procedures. The control circuit comprises a DC power supply circuit that provides regulated low voltage and high voltage outputs and an RF waveform generator circuit that provides pulse duration modulation of a carrier signal. The carrier signal directly affects the variable output signal to the electrodes.
The present invention also comprises a method of controlling an electrosurgical generator apparatus that controls a variable output signal to electrodes. The generator apparatus operates in either a cut mode, a coagulation mode or a stimulate mode and has a controller, memory and a user interface. The method includes setting a temperature setpoint, setting a soak time preset and measuring the actual temperature at the electrodes. The method also includes comparing the actual temperature to the temperature setpoint and controlling an output power of the generator apparatus using an algorithm stored in the memory. The method further includes determining when the actual temperature is approximately equal to the temperature setpoint, starting a timer that compares an elapsed time to the soak time preset and reducing the power of the output signal to the electrodes to approximately zero.
FIGS. 19A-19C are flow charts depicting a synopsis of the software operation for RF output control for the control circuit of FIG. 2A.
Referring to the drawings in detail, wherein like numerals indicate like elements throughout the several figures, there is shown in FIGS. 1A and 1B a preferred embodiment of an electrosurgical RF generator apparatus or simply RF generator 50 in accordance with the present invention. FIG. 1A is a perspective view of a front panel 52 a of the RF generator 50, and FIG. 1B is a perspective view of a rear panel 52 b of the RF generator 50.
The RF generator 50 operates in either cut mode or coagulate mode, and the RF generator 50 may also include a stimulate mode, especially when the cut mode and/or coagulate mode are used to generate lesions. Stimulate and lesion generate modes are typically associated with neurosurgery. The stimulate mode is generally used to detect problematic areas that may be causing a patient such symptoms as twitching or pain. Typically a surgeon or other user will apply a stimulate voltage to areas within a patient's brain until the twitching stops, thereby identifying the problematic area. The lesion generate mode is a higher power and impedance mode than the stimulate mode and is used to destroy, scar or otherwise render useless the detected problematic areas. The RF generator has jumpers JMP3, JMP5 which allow selection between “normal” (cut/coagulate modes) and “lesion” (lesion generate/stimulate modes) as described in greater detail hereinafter.
The RF generator 50 includes a housing 52, a touch panel 54 on the front panel 52 a and a connector panel 56 on the rear panel 52 b. A power cord 48 of the conventional type as is known in the art is connected to a power source to provide power to the RF generator 50 via a source power plug adapter 49. Preferably, the RF generator 50 is supplied with between about 110-125 VAC at 60 Hertz (Hz) or about 220-240 VAC at 50 Hz alternating current (AC). But, other supply voltages and frequencies of AC voltage or other direct current (DC) voltages may be supplied without departing from the present invention.
Preferably, the RF generator 50 is used with a bipolar surgical pen 40 having a cord 46 connected to an output adapter 58 of the RF generator 50. The bipolar surgical pen 40 typically includes a generally elongated insulated handle 42 which is sized to be gripped by a surgeon or other user and which contains a pair of spaced electrodes 44 a, 44 b. The electrodes 44 a, 44 b are preferably parallel to one another and partially extend from one end of the bipolar pen 40. The electrodes 44 a, 44 b are each of opposite polarity such that one electrode is positively charged and the other electrode is negatively charged, alternately, during use. The electrodes 44 a, 44 b can be of varying sizes, shapes and thicknesses depending upon the particular application. Of course, the RF generator 50 is not limited to use with bipolar surgical pens 40, but may be used with other electrosurgical instruments such as forceps, bulk coagulators, mono-polar electrodes with ground pads, and the like without departing from the broad inventive scope of the present invention.
The RF generator 50 also includes an on/off switch 53 (FIG. 1A) and RF indicator lights D1, D2. The on/off switch 53 is preferably comprised of a two-way toggle type pushbutton having a blue cap for power on and a red cap for power off. The RF indicator lights D1, D2 are preferably blue light emitting diodes (LEDs), but could be other colors or types of lights without departing from the present invention. The on/off switch 53 allows an RF output or a stimulation output to be activated by energizing/de-energizing a high voltage power supply 64 (FIG. 2A).
Referring to FIG. 3, front panel controls 57 (FIG. 1A) include an off pushbutton (PB) contact S1, an on PB contact S2 for the on/off switch 53 (FIG. 1A) and first and second RF out LEDs D1, D2, respectively. Preferably, the on and off PB contacts S1, S2 are single-pole, double-throw (SPDT) type pushbutton contacts. The off PB contact S1 is connected to an input of a main controller U1 (FIG. 12) to provide an off PB signal PBPWROFF, and the on PB contact S2 is connected to another input of the main controller U1 to provide an on PB signal PBPWRON.
Preferably, the touch panel or touchscreen 54 is a color, thin film technology (TFT), active matrix-type touchscreen of a type well known in the art. The touchscreen 54 is controlled by a liquid crystal display (LCD) controller or simply display controller 60 (FIG. 2A) and provides inputs to the main controller U1 through an SMT controller 62 (FIG. 2A) as described in greater detail below.
Referring to FIG. 2A, an overall control circuit 59 for the RF generator 50 is shown in a general block diagram. The control circuit 59 is comprised of multiple sub-circuits forming an overall control system for the RF generator 50. The control circuit 59 includes the main controller U1 and high and low voltage power supplies 64, 66. Preferably, the RF generator 50 includes the high voltage power supply 64 that is an off-line switching power supply to provide high voltage DC output to an RF amplifier circuit 68. The high voltage (HV) power supply 64 receives supply voltage (e.g., 120 VAC, 60 Hz) and serves as the power source for the low voltage power supply 66 and the RF amplifier 68. The RF amplifier 68 includes a stimulator portion 70 (sub-circuit) which applies reduced voltage amplitude or temperature output when selected through screens 120-126 (FIGS. 15A-15G) that interface to software in controllers U1, U1102, U1120 and flash Random Access Memory (RAM) integrated circuit IC or flash memory IC U1108 via the touch panel 54 described in greater detail hereinafter. In the tip of the surgical pen 40 is a thermistor 72 for providing the temperature of the tip of the surgical pen 40 to a temperature sense circuit 74 connected to the main controller U1. The touch panel 54 is controlled by a liquid crystal display (LCD) or simply display controller 60 and is powered by an LCD or simply display CFL high voltage (HV) inverter 61. Inputs from the touchscreen 54 are interfaced through an SMT controller 62. The SMT controller 62 interfaces with the main controller U1. The front panel controls 57 and rear panel connectors 56 provide input/output (I/O) to the control circuit 59. The main controller U1 controls the stimulator circuit 70 and an RF amplifier circuit 68. The RF amplifier circuit 68 in combination with the HV power supply 64 in turn provide outputs to the bipolar surgical pen 40. Feedback from the bipolar surgical pen 40 is sensed by the thermistor 72 in combination with the temperature sense circuit 74 and by an impedance monitor circuit 76. The various control circuits 56, 57, 60, 61, 62, 64, 66, 68, 70, 72, 74, and 76 of the control circuit 59 will hereinafter be described in greater detail.
FIG. 2B shows that the RF generator 50 comprises a plurality of circuit boards 154, 155, 156, 157, 157 a, 159, 160, 161, 162, 164, 166 for each of the main functions shown in FIG. 2A. By using separate circuit boards 154, 155, 156, 157, 157 a, 159, 160, 161, 162, 164, 166, only a portion of the RF generator 50 needs to be removed or replaced when being upgraded or repaired. The RF generator 50 includes a controller board 155, a main board 159, an LCD display panel board 154, an SMT controller board 162, a rear panel connectors board 156, a front panel control board 157, a front panel connectors board 157 a, an LCD display controller 160, an LCD display inverter board 161, a high voltage power supply board 164 and a low voltage power supply board 166. Various cables and connectors interconnect the boards 154, 155, 156, 157, 157 a, 159, 160, 161, 162, 164, 166 as is known in the art. Preferably, the boards 154, 155, 156, 157, 157 a, 159, 160, 161, 162, 164, 166 are mounted in board slots (not shown) in a chassis (not shown) inside the housing 52 of the RF generator 50 and are interconnected as shown. But, some boards 154, 155, 156, 157, 157 a, 159, 160, 161, 162, 164, 166 may be attached to other boards 154, 155, 156, 157, 157 a, 159, 160, 161, 162, 164, 166 and/or to walls of the housing 52 as necessary. Of course, the control circuit 59 could be implemented on a single circuit board or other various combinations of circuit boards and circuit implementations without departing from the present invention.
Referring to FIGS. 11A-11C, the controller board 155 includes an RF amplifier controller U1102, a digital to analog converter (DAC) IC U1107, an impedance monitor controller U1120 and a flash memory IC U1108. The flash memory IC U1108 has no moving parts and can be electrically read, erased and programmed (programmable and non-volatile) without being taken out of the circuit as is well known in the art. Preferably, the DAC IC U1107 includes at least four 8-bit channels or outputs and a 2-wire serial interface for receiving data. Other DAC ICs having different resolutions (bits of resolution) and different communications or other inputs may be provided without departing from the present invention.
The controller board 155 further includes a tone generator and drive circuit 98 and a master clock generator 95. The master clock generator circuit 95 includes an oscillator or crystal X1 and first and second multi-stage binary ripple counters U1150 and U1160. Regulated voltage, in this case (+) 5 volts DC (FIG. 8), is applied to the crystal X1 which generates a predetermined clock frequency output signal, in this case 40 MHz. The clock frequency output signal 40 MHz can be used directly by the controllers U1, U3, U1102 and U1120 and other various sub-circuits circuits throughout the control circuit 59, but the clock frequency output signal 40 MHz is also applied to a clock input of the first multi-stage binary ripple counter U1150 and one stage Q12 of the first binary ripple counter U1150 is subsequently applied to a clock input of the second multi-stage binary ripple counter U1160 to generate a plurality of frequencies which are multiples or divisions of the predetermined clock frequency output signal 40 MHz, such as 20 MHz, 156.25 KHz, 78.125 KHz, 9.766 KHz, 610 Hz, 305 Hz, 4.8 Hz and 2.4 Hz. The various clock frequencies 2.4 Hz-40 MHz are used by circuits throughout the control circuit 59 as is well known in the art.
The tone generator and drive circuit 98 generates, through a series of NAND gates U1109A-U1109C, U1110A-U1110B and U1112A-U1112B, a tone out signal TONEOUT which in turn drives an audio speaker LS6001 (FIG. 6C). The tone generator and drive circuit 98 receives a coagulation mode signal COAG from the main controller U1 which is gated with the 305 Hz clock frequency and a foot pedal on signal FTPDON from the main controller U1 in order to generate a tone of a particular frequency when the coagulation mode is selected and the foot pedal is pressed. Similarly, the tone generator and drive circuit 98 receives a cut mode signal CUT from the main controller U1 which is gated with the 610 Hz clock frequency and with the foot pedal on signal FTPDON from the main controller U1 in order to generate a tone of a different frequency from the coagulation mode when the cut mode is selected and the foot pedal is pressed. This provides the user with a different audible tone when either the cut or coagulation mode is being used. Additionally, the cut mode signal CUT may be gated with a blink signal BLINK, described in greater detail hereinafter, in order to create a cyclic output to the cut mode tone for differentiating the cut mode sound from a lesion mode sound when jumper JMP3 selects the RF generator 50 to operate as a lesion/stimulate type generator instead of a cut/coagulate (normal) type generator. A touchpanel beep signal TPNL_BEEP from the main controller U1 is gated with the 1220 Hz clock frequency in order to generate yet another tone, different than the coagulation mode, the lesion mode and the cut mode tones, whenever the touchpanel 54 is touched as detected by the display controller U3. An audio circuit 89 (FIG. 6C) includes the speaker LS6001 which is connected to the tone generator output TONEOUT and to a volume adjusting potentiometer VR6001 for outputting sounds generally associated with the varying tone generator output signal TONEOUT.
The controller board 155 further includes several miscellaneous gating circuits for generating other signals used throughout the control circuit 59. The 78.125 KHz and 156.25 KHz clock signals are gated by an AND gate U111A to generate a simulate pulse signal STIM_PS. The stimulate pulse signal STIM_PS is used for as an excitation or control signal for the low voltage isolated supply circuit 66 (FIG. 8). The 4.8 Hz and 2.4 Hz signals are gated by an AND gate U111B to generate the blink signal BLINK. The blink signal BLINK provides a relatively slow, cyclic pulse for use by other circuits such as indicator lights and the like. The foot pedal on signal FTPDON is gated with the blink signal BLINK by a NAND gate U1110C and subsequently gated with a relay on-delay signal RLYDLY by a NAND gate U1115B to generate an RF out flash signal RFOUTLED. The RF out flash signal RFOUTLED is used to drive first and second RF out LEDs D1, D2. A monopolar mode relay output signal MONORLY_CTL from the main controller U1 is gated with the relay on-delay signal RLYDLY by a NAND gate U1113A to generate a monopolar mode relay signal MONORLY. The monopolar mode relay signal MONORLY energizes a monomode relay K1303 (FIG. 13) when the monopolar mode is selected through the touchscreen 54 allowing a ground pad GNDPAD to be connected to the RF output of the RF generator 50. A high voltage relay output signal HVRLY_CTL of the main controller U1 is also gated with the relay on-delay signal RLYDLY by a NAND gate U1113B to generate a high voltage relay signal HVRLY. The high voltage relay signal HVRLY drives a high voltage relay K401 (FIG. 5A) in order to turn off supply power to DC level portions of the high voltage power supply 64 by the main controller U1 when a short circuit condition or other predetermined alarm condition is detected. The cut mode signal CUT from the main controller U1 is also gated with the relay on-delay signal RLYDLY by a NAND gate U1114A to generate a cut relay signal CUTRLY. The cut relay signal CUTRLY controls an output mode relay K6002 (FIG. 6B) to switch between output voltage levels as described in greater detail hereinafter. An impedance test output signal IMPD_TST from the main controller U1 is also gated with the relay on-delay signal RLYDLY by a NAND gate U1114B to generate an impedance test relay signal IMPTSTRLY. The impedance test relay signal IMPTSTRLY controls an impedance test relay K6001 (FIG. 6B).
Referring to FIGS. 12A-12B, the SMT controller board 162 (FIG. 2B) includes the main controller U1, a real time clock U21, and a display controller U3. Preferably, the real time clock U11021 is used in conjunction with a battery back-up system (not shown). Preferably, the main controller U1 is a complementary metal oxide semiconductor (CMOS) FLASH-based 8-bit microcontroller with 100 nanosecond instruction execution and includes about 1024 bytes of electrically erasable programmable read only memory (EEPROM), about 12 channels of 10-bit Analog-to-Digital (A/D) converter, an additional timer, external memory addressing, about two built-in comparators, a synchronous serial port which can be configured as either 3-wire serial peripheral Interface (SPI) or as 2-wire Inter-Integrated Circuit (I2C®) bus (a registered trademark of Philips Electronics, Eindhoven, NETHERLANDS) and about two addressable universal asynchronous receiver transmitters (AUSARTs). The main controller U1 could be other microcontrollers having other sizes and speeds, or the main controller U1 could be an application specific integrated circuit (ASIC), a programmable logic array (PLA), a microprocessor and the like without departing from the present invention. The main controller U1 acts as a master controller to the other controllers U3, U1102 and U1120. At least the main controller U1 uses at least the flash memory IC U1108 to store and/or retrieve data, but the controllers U3, U1102 and U1120 may also use the flash memory IC U1108 to store and/or retrieve data. An I2C bus provides two-wire serial communication between controllers U1, U1102 and U1120, the DAC IC U1107, the real time clock U11021 and the flash memory IC U1108. The I2C bus is bi-directional and uses a serial data (SDA) line and a serial clock (SCL) line along with dedicated ports on a given controller for digital communication. The controllers U1, U1102 and U1120, the DAC IC U1107, the real time clock U11021 and the flash memory IC U1108 each have a unique address for I2C communications. Other inter-controller communication such as straight I/O or other serial or parallel communications protocols may be used without departing from the present invention. Preferably, the main controller U1 also provides a separate write protect signal WP to the flash memory IC U1108, in addition to the I2C bus communications, in order to issue write protect commands directly to the flash memory IC U1108. Preferably, the main controller U1 also receives a real time clock interrupt signal RTC_IRQ\ and a real time clock sequential write signal RTC_SQW, in addition to the I2C bus communications, in order to interrupt the main controller U1 for more precise real time updates.
The main controller U 1 communicates with the display controller U3 serially via touchpanel ready to send TPNL_RTS, touchpanel clear to send TPNL_CTS, and touch panel transmit TPNL_TXD signals. The main controller U1 also provides data to the touchpanel 54 through the display control circuit 60 via video data signals VIDEO_DO-VIDEO_D7 and communicates directly with the display control circuit 60 via communications signals including video clear to send VIDEO_CS\, video ready VIDEO_RDY\ and video write VIDEO_WR. The display control circuit 60 allows the main controller U1 to display data such as current timer\counter\setpoint presets, measured process values and the like. The display controller U3 detects actual presses of the touchpanel 54 at specific locations and times in order to determine what feature or button a user has selected or entered on a particular screen (FIGS. 15A-15H).
Referring to FIG. 12B, the SMT controller board 162 further includes filtering capacitors C1-C4, a sense X-left resistor R2, a sense Y-top resistor R3, a sense Y-bottom resistor R4, a sense X-right resistor R5, a biasing capacitor C7, and an external crystal or oscillator Y1, which together support the display controller U3. The touchscreen 54 communicates with at least the main controller U1 through display controller U3 in order to display data from the memory and to allow a user to enter settings. The sense resistors R2-R5 connect to touch panel cables 3M TP, GUNZI TP and provide voltage inputs to the display controller U3 at inputs SXL, SYT, SYB, and SXR, respectively.
Referring to FIG. 1A, the RF amplifier controller U 1102 drives a pair of shift registers U1130, U1140 to generate declining pulse duration modulated (PDM) RF outputs. Preferably, the shift registers U1130, U1140 generate about one MHz declining PDM RF outputs. Preferably, the shift registers U1130, U1140 are 8-bit shift registers. It is to be understood by those skilled in the art that a 16-bit shift register or other sized shift registers could be used without departing from the scope and spirit of the present invention. The shift registers U1130, U1140 provide a series of output pulses at about a 0.5 microsecond rate and/or multiples and derivatives thereof. The RF amplifier controller U1102 shifts the input load (data lines B0-B7) of the shift registers U1130, U1140 to produce pulses which are out of phase from one another at a given rate, in this case at about a 1 MHz rate or an 833 MHz rate as described hereinafter (FIGS. 18A-18C). Preferably, the RF amplifier controller U1102, in combination with a 20 MHz clock signal from the master clock generator 95, causes the shift registers U1130, U1140 to have the following pulse waveform pattern: about 2 microseconds on, about 0.5 microseconds off, about 1.5 microseconds on, about 1 microsecond off; about 1 microsecond on, about 1.5 microseconds off; about 0.5 microseconds on, about 2 microseconds off. Preferably, the total duration for the entire waveform is about 10 microseconds. The resulting waveform is a decaying square wave which is filtered to form a decaying sine wave as described hereafter. Of course other signals and waveforms may be created without departing from the present invention, for example providing equal on and off times result in a pulse train of square waves. The shift registers U1130, U1140, in turn, drive a pair of field effect transistor (FET) drivers U6001, U6002 in the RF amplifier circuit 68 shown on FIG. 6A with their respective shift register outputs Q1 MHZ and Q\1 MHZ. The first and second shift register outputs Q1 MHZ and Q\1 MHZ are also inputs back into the RF amplifier controller U1102. Generally, the first shift register output Q1 MHZ is about 180° out of phase with the second shift register output Q\1 MHZ. Preferably, the RF amplifier controller U1102 which is controlled by the main controller U1 includes an controlling program that generates a plurality of different user selectable waveforms based on PDM modulation of the carrier signal (FIGS. 19A-19C).
Referring to FIGS. 6A-6C, the RF amplifier circuit 68 is substantially disposed on the main board 159. The RF amplifier circuit 68 includes Zener diodes D6002, D6004-D6006, D6008-D6009 and D6012-D6015, diodes D6016-D6017, diodes D6001 and D6007, and D6010-D6011, transformer T6001, capacitors C6001-C6002, FET drivers U6001 and U6002, and field effect transistors (FETs) Q6001 and Q6002. The FETs Q6001, Q6002 in combination with the FET drivers U6001, U6002 and the three winding transformer T6001 form the amplifier portion of the RF amplifier circuit 68. The RF amplifier circuit 68 amplifies the output signals Q1 MHZ, Q\1 MHZ from the shift registers U1130, U1140. The output signals Q1 MHZ, Q\1 MHZ from the shift registers U1130, U1140 drive the FET drivers U6001 and U6002 which in turn drive the FETs Q6001, Q6002. Preferably, the FETs Q6001, Q6002 are fast switching metal oxide semiconductor FETs (MOSFETs) with about 500 V breakdown voltages and current ratings of about 15 A. The FETs Q6001, Q6002 switch a regulated high voltage REG HV (FIG. 5B) to first and second primary windings T6001 a, T6001 b, respectively of the transformer T6001.
The RF amplifier circuit 68 further includes a snubber portion 80 connected to the primary windings T6001 a, T6001 b of the amplifier transformer T6001 via a resistor and Zener diode bridge 81 which includes an FET Q6003 and diodes D6016, D6017. The snubber portion 80 prevents or reduces high inductive spiking of voltages and controls switching voltage transients, as is well known in the art.
The RF amplifier circuit 68 further includes inductors L6002-L6006 in combination with an isolation transformer T6002 which form the RF output and filter 69 of the RF amplifier 68. The RF output and filter 69 filters the waveforms from the FETs Q6001 and Q6002 in order to achieve waveforms closer to or approximating sinusoidal and also provides signal isolation in order to reduce RF leakage. Preferably, the isolation transformer T6002 is a toroid-type transformer. The overall impedance on the secondary side of the isolation transformer T6002 is a function of the secondary winding of transformer T6002, inductor L6005 and capacitor C6008, and is selected or modified by changing component values in order to configure the RF amplifier circuit 69 for cut mode or coagulate mode. As mentioned above, the impedance of the output of the RF amplifier is preferably about 400 ohms for cut mode and about 20 ohms or less for coagulate mode. While only one RF output and filter circuit 69 is shown in FIG. 6B, it is also possible to have two RF output and filter circuits 69 which are selectively switched by a cut/coagulate relay (not shown) in order to provide a cut mode and coagulate mode output in a single RF generator 50. The RF amplifier 68 shown in FIGS. 6A-6B is simplified for use as a lesion generator so that the impedance of the output of the RF amplifier could be chosen to be a cut mode or a coagulate mode in order to generate lesions. Since the output waveform is controlled by the RF amplifier controller U1102 (i.e., via software) either type of output signal, decaying or continuous, can be selected.
The RF amplifier circuit 68 further includes a short circuit detection circuit 78 which is connected to the RF output and filter 69 by inductor L6006. The short circuit detection circuit 78 generally determines when the output current exceeds a predetermined threshold current as set by the main controller U1. The short circuit detection circuit 78 includes operational amplifier (op-amp) U6003A, diodes D6007, D6010-D6011, capacitors C6010, C6013, C6017-C6018 and resistors R6009, R6014. The threshold of the short circuit detection circuit 78 is controlled by the main controller U1 by analog output signals from the DAC IC U1107 which is controlled via the I2C bus. The DAC IC U1107 generates an RF short circuit control signal CAOGRFSCCTL which corresponds to the predetermined threshold current in the main controller U1 and which is applied to the positive input of op-amp U6003A wherein op-amp U6003A is applied as a comparator. Current in the RF output and filter 69 is detected through inductor L6006 and the resistor R6009 and capacitors C6013 and C6010 filter or smooth the detected signal. Diodes D6010, D6011 allow a reduced voltage, in this case +15V, to be piloted by the detected current thereby applying an equivalent level current at a lower voltage through resistor R6015 and a corresponding voltage is then applied to the negative input of comparator U6003A. The output of comparator U6003A is an RF short circuit signal RFSC_COAG which, if present, is supplied to an input of the RF amplifier controller U1102. If the RF amplifier controller U1102 receives the RF short circuit signal RFSC_COAG for a predetermined period of time, the RF amplifier controller U1102 will shut-off outputs to the RF amplifier circuit 68 and high voltage power supply circuit 64 and send a signal to the main controller U1 for alarming and the like.
FIG. 6B shows that the output mode relay K 6002 selects between the output of RF output and filter 69 of the RF amplifier circuit 68 and a stimulation signal which includes stimulate signals STIMOUT1, STIMOUT2 (FIG. 13). The coil of the output mode relay K6002 is controlled by the cut relay signal CUTRLY derived from NAND gates U1114A, U1114B and the cut output signal CUT from the main controller U1.
The impedance monitor interface 76 is connected in parallel with the RF output and filter 69 of the RF amplifier circuit 68. The impedance monitor interface 76 includes inductors L6007-L6011 and capacitors C6011-C6012 and C6014-C6016 which form a diplexer for filtering out a particular signal between two mixed signals as described in greater below.
The controller board 155 (FIG. 2B) further includes the impedance monitor controller U1120 (FIG. 11B) which is coupled to the impedance monitor interface 76 (FIG. 6B). The impedance monitor controller U1120 is a separate microcontroller which communicates with the main controller U1 via the I2C bus as mentioned above. The impedance monitor interface 76 is in electrical communication with an impedance monitor circuit 90 (FIGS. 4A-4D). The impedance monitor circuit 90 includes a reflectometer bridge 92, a bridge signal conditioner 94 and four detector circuits, namely a quadrature bridge or Q-bridge detector 100, an in-phase bridge or I-bridge detector 102, an quadrature reference or Q-reference detector 104, and an in-phase reference or I-reference 106. A sine reference signal 20 KHZ_REF from a reference signal generator 108 (FIG. 14) is applied to the reflectometer bridge 92. The sine reference signal 20 KHZ_REF is about 18 to 24 kHz, but preferably, the sine reference signal 20 KHZ_REF is about 20 kHz. The sine reference signal 20 KHZ_REF provides an excitation signal, i.e., impedance monitor drive signals IMPMONI_DRV+, IMPMONI_DRV−, for measuring impedance over the electrodes 44 a, 44 b of the bipolar surgical pen 40. The impedance monitor drive signals IMPMONI_DRV+, IMPMONI_DRV− are applied to the bipolar surgical pen 40 through the impedance monitor interface 76 (FIG. 6B) thereby superimposing the impedance monitor drive signals IMPMONI_DRV+, IMPMONI_DRV− onto a given cut/coagulate signal (i.e., the output of RF output and filter 69). The impedance monitor interface 76 functions as a filter-type diplexer which selectively removes an impedance signal to be measured from the cut or coagulation signal from the RF output circuit 69. Of course other signal separation circuits may be implemented without departing from the present invention. The impedance monitor drive signals IMPMONI_DRV+, IMPMONI_DRV− therefore, the impedance affects the conditioned form of the sine reference signal 20 KHZ_REF which is applied to the bridge detectors 100, 102 through the bridge signal conditioning circuit 94.
When the impedance test relay K 6001 (FIG. 6B) is energized by the impedance test relay signal IMPTSTRLY, resistor R6001 simulates a fixed value on the impedance monitor drive/feedback signals IMPMONI_DRV+, IMPMONI_DRV−. Preferably, resistor R6001 is a precision resistor with a tolerance of about 1% or better. Of course, resistor R6001 could be selected with other tolerances and other resistance values without departing from the present invention. It is contemplated that resistor R6001 is a variable resistance device such as a multi-resistor switch-selectable block for generating user selectable voltages when testing the overall RF generator 50.
The Q-bridge detector 100 includes transconductance op-amps U4023 and U4024, op-amp U4025, resistors R4032, R4034, R4036, R4038, R4040, R4042, R4043, R4046-R4048 and R4050, capacitors C4043 and C4045, and diodes D4060 and D4070. Impedance monitor feedback signals IMPMONI_DRV+, IMPMONI_DRV− conditioned via the bridge conditioning circuit 94 are applied to transconductance op-amps U4023 and U4024 of the Q-bridge detector 100. The Transconductance op-amp U4023 also receives a 180° signal 180 DEG from a four phase reference generator 108 (FIG. 14) so that the output of the transconductance op-amp U4023 is only permitted when the 180° signal 180 DEG is on. Similarly, the transconductance op-amp U4024 also receives a 0° signal 0 DEG from the four phase generator 108 so that the output of the transconductance op-amp U4024 is only permitted when the 0° signal 0 DEG is on. The outputs of transconductance op-amps U4023, U4024 are alternately, based on phase angle signals 0° signal 0 DEG and 180° signal 180 DEG, input to op-amp U4025 and subsequently to a low pass filter comprising the resistor R4036 and capacitor C4043 which together form a bridge Q-channel synchronous demodulator 101. The bridge Q-channel synchronous demodulator 101 outputs a Q-channel bridge signal IMP_BRDG_Q to the main controller U1 and the impedance monitor controller U1120. The Q-bridge signal IMP_BRDG_Q generally corresponds to the overall imaginary component of the impedance at the electrodes 44 a, 44 b.
The I-bridge detector 102 includes transconductance op-amps U4026 and U4027, op-amp U4028, resistors R4033, R4035, R4037, R4039, R4041, R4044-R4045, R4049, R4071, R4072, and R4083, capacitors C4044 and C4046, and diodes D4008 and D4009. Impedance monitor feedback signals IMPMONI_DRV+, IMPMONI_DRV− conditioned via the bridge signal conditioner 94 are also applied to transconductance op-amps U4026, U4027. The Transconductance op-amp U4026 also receives a 90° signal 90 DEG from the four phase reference generator 108 so that the output of the transconductance op-amp U4026 is only permitted when the 90° signal 90 DEG is on. Similarly, the transconductance op-amp U4027 also receives a 270° signal 270 DEG from the four phase generator so that the output of the transconductance op-amp U4027 is only permitted when the 270° signal 270 DEG is on. The output of transconductance op-amps U4026, U4027 are alternately, based on phase angle signals for 90° signal 90 DEG and 270° signal 270 DEG, input to the op-amp U4028. The output of op-amp U4028 is applied to a low pass filter that includes resistor R4037 and capacitor C4044. The op-amp U4028 and the low pass filter form a bridge I-channel synchronous demodulator 103. The bridge I-channel synchronous demodulator 103 outputs an I-channel bridge signal IMP_BRDG_I to the main controller U1 and the impedance monitor controller U1120. The I-bridge signal IMP_BRDG_I generally corresponds to the overall real component of the impedance at the electrodes 44 a, 44 b.
The Q-reference detector 104 includes transconductance op-amps U4031 and U4032, op-amp U4033, resistors R4057, R4059, R4061, R4063, R4065, R4067-R4068, R4073, R4079, R4080 and R4081, capacitors C4047 and C4049, and diodes D4010 and D4011. The sine reference signal 20 KHZ_REF is also dropped across a resistor R4030 to create an alternate sine reference signal 20 KHZ_REF_A. The alternate sine reference signal 20 KHZ_REF_A is applied to reference signal conditioner 96. The reference signal conditioner 96 comprises op-amps U4029, U4030 and resistors R4051, R4055-R4056. The conditioned signal output from the reference signal conditioner 96 is applied to the transconductance op-amps U4031, U4032. The transconductance op-amp U4031 also receives the 180° signal 180 DEG from the four phase reference generator 108 so that the output of the transconductance op-amp U4031 is only permitted when the 180° signal 180 DEG is on. Similarly, the transconductance op-amp U4032 also receives the 0° signal 0 DEG from the four phase generator 108 so that the output of the transconductance op-amp U4032 is only permitted when the 0° signal 0 DEG is on. The outputs of the transconductance op-amps U4031, U4032 are alternately, based on phase angle signals 0° signal 0 DEG and 180° signal 180 DEG, input to the op-amp U4033 and a low pass filter including resistor R4061 and capacitor C4047 which form a reference Q-channel synchronous demodulator 105. The reference Q-channel synchronous demodulator 105 outputs a Q-channel reference signal IMP_REF_Q to the main controller U1 and the impedance monitor controller U4020. The Q-channel reference signal IMP_REF_Q generally corresponds to the imaginary component of the reference signal which is used to compensate out the impedance of the electrodes 44 a, 44 b themselves from the overall imaginary component of the measured impedance.
The reference signal conditioner 96 also provides an input to the I-reference detector 106. The I-reference detector 106 includes transconductance op-amps U4034 and U4035, op-amp U4036, resistors R4058, R4060, R4062, R4064, R4066, R4069, R4070, R4074, R4082 and R4084-R4085, capacitors C4048 and C4050, and diodes D4012 and D4013. The output of the reference signal 96 is applied to the inputs of transconductance op-amps U4034, U4035. The transconductance op-amp U4034 also receives the 90° signal 90 DEG from the four phase reference generator 108 so that the output of the transconductance op-amp U4034 is only permitted when the 90° signal 90 DEG is on. Similarly, the transconductance op-amp U4035 also receives the 270° signal 270 DEG from the four phase generator 108 so that the output of the transconductance op-amp U4035 is only permitted when the 270° signal 270 DEG is on. The outputs of the transconductance op-amps U4034, U4035 are alternately, based on phase angle signals for 90° signal 90 DEG and 270° signal 270 DEG, input to the op-amp U4036. The output of the op-amp U4036 is passed through a low pass filter including resistor R4062 and capacitor C4048 which together form a reference I-channel synchronous demodulator 107. The reference I-channel synchronous demodulator 107 outputs an I-channel reference signal IMP_REF_I to the main controller U1 and the impedance monitor controller U1120. The I-channel reference signal IMP_REF_I generally corresponds to the real component of the reference signal which is used to compensate out the actual impedance of the electrodes 44 a, 44 b themselves from the overall real component of the measured impedance.
The combination of the synchronous detectors 100, 102, 104, 106 is used to detect the angle and magnitude or complex impedance measured through the bipolar electrodes 44 a, 44 b of the electrode pen 40. The overall impedance monitor 90 samples at 0°, 90°, 180°, 270° phase angles of a signal returned from the electrodes 44 a, 44 b via the impedance monitor feedback signals IMPMONI_DRV+, IMPMONI_DRV−. By using the transconductance op-amps U4023, U4024, U4026, U4027, U4031, U4032, U4034, and U4035 and the phase angle signals 0° 0 DEG, 90° 90 DEG, 180° 180 DEG, AND 270° 270 DEG, an impedance calculation software routine 198 (FIG. 17) is able to calculate the actual impedance of the material being cut or coagulated (in real and imaginary Cartesian coordinates) from the overall impedance (real and imaginary Cartesian coordinates) and the reference signal impedance (real and imaginary Cartesian coordinates) by compensating out the impedance of the electrodes 44 a, 44 b themselves. The impedance calculation software routine 198 then converts the actual complex impedance in terms of real and imaginary components into magnitude and phase angle of the actual impedance (Polar coordinates). The magnitude and phase angle of the actual impedance can then be monitored, trended, used for alarming and/or used to stop a particular procedure separately or together.
Referring to FIGS. 5A-5B, there is shown a high voltage power supply 64 in accordance with the preferred embodiment of the present invention which is generally disposed on the high voltage power supply board 164. Conventionally available alternating current (e.g., about 120 VAC, 60 Hz) is supplied through the power cord 48 and power plug adapter 49 connected to P400 and then through an in-line fuse F400. The supplied AC power is smoothed through a capacitor C400 before being applied to a diode bridge rectifier DB400. The output of a full wave diode bridge rectifier DB400 is clamped by an in-rush limiter RT400 which provides a signal to contacts of a high voltage power supply relay K401. The high voltage relay K401 is controlled by the high voltage relay signal HVRLY which is generated by the high voltage relay output signal HVRLY_CTL of the main controller U1 gated with the relay on-delay signal RLYDLY., Capacitors C401, C402 smooth the full wave rectified signal from the full wave diode bridge rectifier DB400 and resistor R400 provides a bleed-off when the relay K401 is opened. Once energized, high voltage relay K401 applies DC voltage to a second fuse F401 and the rest of the high voltage power supply circuit 64. An optically isolated transistor U400 in combination with a diode D401 and resistor R401 detect when there is a no high voltage condition and provide a no high voltage signal NOHV to an input of the main controller U1. Current sense transformer T400 in combination with suitable biasing components including resistors R413 and R405, diode D407 and filtering capacitor C416 create a current sense signal ISENS.
A high voltage regulating circuit 65 is also powered through another fuse F401. The high voltage regulating circuit 65 includes a FET driver IC U402 and a high speed pulse width modulating controller (PWM controller) U401. The current sense signal ISENS is applied to a current limiting input of the PWM controller U401 for clamping or limiting the output of the PWM controller U401. An RC oscillator comprising resistor R407 and capacitor C403 serves as a clock for the PWM controller U401. The foot pedal signal FTPDON from the main controller U1 (FIG. 12) gates transistor Q400 through resistor R402, and transistor Q400 allows +15V across resistor R403 thereby allowing a FET Q401, with a suitable filtering capacitor C405, to allow a soft start sink signal to flow to ground thereby selecting a soft start function (ramp up) in the PWM controller U401. The output of the PWM controller U401 is applied directly to a high input of the FET driver IC U402 and to a FET Q404 for gating the low input of the FET driver IC U402. The high and low outputs HO, LO of the FET driver IC U402, along with suitable biasing components including capacitors C412-C415, C417-C418, resistors R410-R412, diodes D402-D406, an inductor L400, drive high MOSFET Q402 and low MOSFET Q403, respectfully to generate the regulated high voltage signal REG HV. The regulated high voltage signal REG HV is applied to the RF amplifier 68 (FIGS. 6A and 6B) to provide cut and/or coagulate output signals to the electrodes 44 a, 44 b. A power supply control signal PSCTLV is output of the DAC IC U1107 (FIG. 11B) and is controlled or adjusted by the main controller U1. The power supply control signal PSCTLV is applied to op-amp U403B with associated biasing components including resistors R415, R417-R419, capacitor C419 and diode D408. The output of op-amp U403B is applied to op-amp U403A with associated resistors R420-R422 and capacitors C420-C421 and the output of op-amp U403A is then applied to a voltage regulating input of the PWM controller U401 in order to adjust the PWM output of the PWM controller U401. Thus, the main controller U11021 drives the DAC IC U1107 which drives the PWM controller U401. The PWM controller U401, in turn, drives the FET driver IC U402 which pulse width modulates FETS Q402 and Q403 to generate the regulated high voltage REGHV for use by the RF amplifier circuit 68. Accordingly, a change in the power supply control signal PSCTLV causes a proportional change in the regulated high voltage REGHV being output from the high voltage power supply 64. Other circuit implementations for generating regulated high voltage DC, such as the regulated high voltage power supply disclosed in U.S. Pat. No. 5,318,563 of Malis et al., may be utilized without departing from the broad inventive scope of the present invention.
The high voltage power supply 64 also includes an over voltage monitoring circuit 82. The over voltage monitoring circuit 82 includes op-amps U405C-U405D and resistors R438-R446 and generates an over voltage monitor signal OVMONI to the main controller U1 when the regulated high voltage REGHV has exceeded a predetermined value for alarming and/or interlocking purposes. For example, if an over voltage condition is detected, the main controller U1 can either reduce the power supply control voltage PSCTLV or de-energize the high voltage relay K401 via the high voltage relay output signal HVRLY_CTL.
Referring to FIG. 6C, a data output circuit 30 includes an RS232 line driver IC U6004, various biasing capacitors C6019 and C6021-C6024 and a data output port P6013. A serial data out signal DATA_OUT from the main controller U1 is applied to the RS232 line driver IC U6004. The RS232 line driver IC U6004 converts the serial data out signal DATA_OUT to a corresponding RS232 compliant signal TXD on pin 2 of the data output port P6013. The data output port P6013 is preferably a 25 pin DIN connector of the DB-25 type; however, the data output port P6013 could be other connector types such as a 9 pin DIN connector of the DB-9 type or even other connectors without departing from the present invention. Further, it is obvious that a receive signal (not shown) could be connected from the data output port P6013 to the RS232 line driver IC U6004 and from the RS232 line driver IC U6004 to the main controller U1 in order to also receive data as is well know in the art. Even further, other line drivers such as RS485, Ethernet and the like may be substituted for the RS232 line driver IC U6004 along with appropriate associated circuitry necessary to make the other line drivers functional within the context shown herein without departing from the present invention.
A foot pedal detection circuit 32 includes an input jack J6008 and conditioning inductors L6012-L6013. A foot pedal switch set (not shown) is normally connected to the input jack J6008 to allow a user, such as a surgeon, to use the different modes of operation of the RF generator 50 without using his or her hands because users are typically holding at least the surgical pen 40 during a particular procedure. A coagulation mode foot pedal signal COAG_FTPDL is conditioned by inductor L6014 when a coagulation foot pedal switch is closed or otherwise operated. Similarly, a cut mode foot pedal signal CUT_FTPDL is conditioned by inductor L6013 when a cut foot pedal switch is closed or otherwise operated. In like fashion, a lavage foot pedal signal LAVA_FTPDL is conditioned by inductor L6012 when a lavage foot pedal switch is closed or otherwise operated. The coagulation mode foot pedal signal COAG_FTPDL, the cut mode foot pedal signal CUT_FTPDL and the lavage foot pedal signal LAVA-FTPDL are all connected to a foot pedal interface circuit 33 on the controller board 155 (FIG. 11B). The foot pedal interface circuit 33 includes resistors R1152-R1154, capacitors C1151-C1153 and diodes D1103-D1105. A fixed voltage is applied across the resistors R1152-R1154, in this case (+) 5 volts DC, and is applied to each signal line for the coagulation mode foot pedal signal COAG_FTPDL, the cut mode foot pedal signal CUT_FTPDL and the lavage foot pedal signal LAVA-FTPDL, respectively. When one of the foot pedal switches is closed, current flows through the respective switch to ground thereby allowing the capacitors C1151-C1153 to discharge through respective inductors L1112-L1113 and allowing the voltage to drop on the other side of diodes D1103-D1105. Signals COAGFTPDL, CUTFTPDL, and LAVAFTPDL corresponding to the coagulation mode foot pedal signal COAG_FTPDL, the cut mode foot pedal signal CUT_FTPDL and the lavage foot pedal signal LAVA_FTPDL, respectively, are connected to diodes D1103-D1105 and are connected to inputs of the main controller U1 on the SMT controller board 162. The main controller U1 determines, through various software, if a particular mode is applicable based upon the input signals for the coagulation mode foot pedal signal COAGFTPDL, the cut mode foot pedal signal CUTFTPDL, and the lavage foot pedal signal LAVAFTPDL and other present conditions and provides output signals for use by various other circuits for coagulation mode signal COAG, cut mode signal CUT, lavage mode signal LAVAGE. Further, the main controller U1 determines when any of the input signals for coagulation mode foot pedal signal COAGFTPDL, cut mode foot pedal signal CUTFTPDL, and lavage foot pedal signal LAVAFTPDL indicate that a foot pedal switch is closed and outputs a foot pedal on signal FTPDON for use by at least the PWM controller U401, the RF amplifier controller U1102 and the tone generator 98.
The controller board 155 further includes the temperature sense or thermistor interface circuit 74 as shown on FIG. 7. The thermistor interface 74 includes resistors R701, R702, capacitors C717, inductor L705, diode D701, NOT gate U715A and relay K701. A voltage reference, in this case 5 volts DC, is applied to the thermistor 72 across resistor R701 providing excitation voltage for the thermistor 72. In normal operation, the thermistor generates a temperature input voltage signal THRMSTR which is conditioned by the temperature sense control circuit 74 which varies generally linearly with variations in temperature to a practical extent, as is known in the art. The other terminal of the thermistor 72 is tied to an alternate voltage sink AVSS which is merely an alternative resistive path (resistor R6 on FIG. 12) to ground. The NAND gate U715A selectively energizes the temperature test relay K701 whenever the startup delay relay signal RLYDLY from a power on-delay circuit 75 or a temperature test signal TEMP_TST from the main controller U1 are high. When the temperature test relay K701 is energized, resistor R702 simulates a fixed value on the temperature input voltage signal THRMSTR. Preferably, resistor R702 is a precision resistor with a tolerance of about 1% or better. Preferably, resistor R702 has a resistance value which generally corresponds to a resistance value generated by the thermistor 72 when the temperature is about 40° C. Of course, resistor R702 could be selected with other tolerances and other resistance values without departing from the present invention. It is contemplated that resistor R702 is a variable resistance device such as a multi-resistor switch-selectable block for generating user selectable voltages when testing the overall PF generator 50.
The power on-delay circuit 75 includes a resistor R706, a capacitor C720 and a diode D702. A fixed voltage, in this case (+) 5 volts DC is applied across resistor R706 in order to charge capacitor C720. The power on-delay circuit 75 provides the startup delay relay signal RLYDLY after capacitor C720 is fully charged. The startup delay relay signal RLYDLY is used throughout the control circuit 59 to reset various circuits and/or devices on power up and to prevent unexpected events from occurring on power up (of the overall control circuit 59) because various circuits and/or controllers are in unexpected conditions just after power up. Other circuit implementations such as timer IC's or timer controlled relays may be used in place of the power on-delay circuit 75 to generate the startup delay relay signal RLYDLY without departing from the present invention.
A voltage regulator IC U 701 provides a regulated 5 VREF for use throughout the control circuit 59. The voltage regulator IC U701 accepts +15 volts DC and, along with suitable biasing components including capacitors C718-C719 and resistor R703, generates the regulated 5 volts DC 5 VREF.
Referring to FIG. 8, the low voltage isolated supply 66 provides regulated low voltage outputs of approximately (+) 3-7 volts DC, (+) 12-15 volts DC, and (−) 12-15 volts DC. Preferably, the output of the isolated supply 66 has outputs of (+) 5 volts DC+5 VAUX, (+) 15 volts DC+15 AUX and (−) 15 volts DC−15 VAUX. Isolated supply 66 includes a dual-ended transformer T803 and a voltage regulator IC U110811. The isolated supply 66 also includes capacitors C840-C843, resistors R837-R838, diodes D818 and D820, and clipper diode D819. The stimulate pulse signal STIM_PS gates the transistor Q806 at a frequency set by the 78.125 KHz and 156.25 KHz clock signals so that an alternating signal can be created with clipper diode D819 to drive the primary winding of transformer T803. The diode D818 and capacitor C842 provide the (+) 15 volts DC+15 AUX. The oppositely oriented diode D820 and capacitor C843 provide the (−) 15 volts DC−15 VAUX. The voltage regulator IC U110811 provides a more precisely regulate (+) 5 volts DC+5 VAUX from the (+) 15 volts DC+15 AUX. The regulated voltages (+) 5 volts DC+5 VAUX, (+) 15 volts DC+15 AUX and (−) 15 volts DC 15 VAUX are used throughout the control circuit 59 as low voltage supply as is known in the art.
Referring to FIG. 9, the main board 159 further includes a stimulator voltage control circuit 111 and a stimulator current control circuit 112 of the stimulator circuit 70. The stimulator voltage control circuit 111 includes opto-coupler IC U909 and op-amps U908B and U908C. Positive (+) 5 volts is applied through a resistor capacitor network comprising resistor R925 and capacitor C931 to the anode of opto-coupler IC U909 and a stimulator voltage control signal STIMVCTL output from the main controller U1 is applied to the cathode of opto-coupler U909. The output is directed across resistor R929 and capacitor C932 to drive transistor Q904 the output of which is dropped across resistors R927-R928 with suitable filtering capacitors C928, C930, C933-C934 to the input of op-amp U908B. The output of op-amp U908B is applied to the input of op-amp (buffer) U908C with suitable biasing resistors R930-R931. The output of op-amp U908B is a stimulate voltage set VSET voltage and the output of op-amp U908C is stimulate voltage reference VREF. The stimulator current control circuit 112 includes opto-coupler IC U910 and op-amps U908A and U908D. Similar to the stimulator voltage control circuit 111, positive (+) 5 volts is dropped across resistor R932 and capacitor C937 to the anode of opto-coupler IC U910 and a stimulator current control signal STIMICTL output from the main controller U1 is applied to the cathode of opto-coupler U910. The output of opto-coupler IC U910 is dropped across resistor R936 and capacitor C938 to drive transistor Q905. The output of transistor Q905 in combination with resistors R933-R935 and capacitors C936 and C939 apply the input voltage to op-amp (buffer) U908A. The output of op-amp U908A is applied to the input of op-amp (buffer) U908D, and the output of op-amp U908D provides a current reference voltage IREF.
Referring to FIGS. 10A-10C, the stimulator circuit 70 further includes a patient output voltage/current regulator or patient regulator 86. The patient regulator 86 includes op-amps U1012A-U1012B, transistors Q1007-Q1010 and suitable biasing components including resistors R1039-R1044 and R1046-R1049, capacitors C1045-C1050 and diodes D1021-D1022. The current reference voltage IREF (FIG. 9) from the stimulator current control circuit 112 is applied to op-amp U1012B and the output of op-amp U1012B is dropped across resistor R1046 to drive a transistor amplifier bridge Q1008-Q1010. The stimulate voltage reference VREF (FIG. 9) from the stimulator voltage control circuit 111 is applied to op-amp U1012A and the output of the op-amp U1012A is dropped across resistor R1043 to drive FET Q1007 which gates a signal from transistor amplifier bridge Q1008-Q1010 thereby outputting a simulate positive drive signal +VDRV. The output of op-amp U1012A also creates a positive output sense signal OIPSNS through resistor R1047 and across resistor R1049 and capacitor C1050 to regulate the positive output in stimulate mode based on current and voltage.
The patient regulator circuit 86 further includes op-amps U113A-U113D and U1014A and transistors Q1011-Q1015. In conjunction with the op-amps U1113A-U1013D and transistors Q1011-Q1013 and Q1015 are suitable biasing components including resistors R1050-R1066, capacitors C1051-C1058 and diodes D1023-D1024. The current reference voltage IREF from stimulator current control circuit 112 is applied across resistor R1050 to op-amp U1013B which is dropped across resistor R1057 and applied to op-amp U1013A. The output of U1013A is dropped across resistor R1059 to drive transistor Q1015 of transistor amplifier bridge Q1012-Q1013 and Q1015. The stimulate voltage reference VREF is applied across resistor R1066 to the input of op-amp U1014A having a feedback resistor R1065 and the output of op-amp U014A is applied across resistor R1060 to the input of op-amp U1103D. The output of U1013D is dropped across resistor R1058 to drive transistor Q1014 which gates FET Q1001. The output of the transistor amplifier bridge Q1012-Q1013, Q1015 is applied through FET Q1011 to create a simulate negative drive signal −VDRV. The output of op-amp U1013A also creates a negative output sense signal OINSNS through resistor R1063 and op-amp U1013C with feedback resistor R1062 and smoothing capacitor C1055 to regulate the negative output in stimulate mode based on current and voltage.
The stimulator circuit 70 further includes an over current protection circuit 88. The over current protection circuit 88 includes comparators U1015B and U1015D and optical isolation transistor U1016. The over current protection circuit 88 also includes suitable biasing components including resistors R1067-R1068 and capacitor C1059. The positive and negative output sense signals OIPSNS, OINSNS are applied to comparators U1015D and U1015B, respectively, and are compared to the current reference voltage IREF from the stimulator current control circuit 112 (FIG. 9). The output of the comparators U1015D, U1015B is applied to the optical isolation transistor U1016 to generate a stimulator current monitor signal STIMONI to the main controller U1, at for example RB6, when an over current condition is detected.
The stimulator circuit 70 also includes an over voltage protection circuit 89. The over voltage protection circuit 89 includes op-amps U1014C, U1014D and comparators U1015A and U1015C. The over voltage protection circuit 89 also includes an optical isolation transistor U1020 and suitable biasing components including resistors R1072-R1073, R1075 and R1078-R1079 and capacitors C1060 and C1062. The simulate positive drive voltage +VDRV is applied to an input of op-amp U1014C and the simulate negative drive voltage −VDRV is applied to an input of the op-amp U1014D. The output of op-amp U1014C is dropped across resistor R1072 and is applied to an input of comparator U1015C. The output of op-amp U1014D dropped across resistor R1078, in combination with the stimulate voltage reference VREF is dropped across resistor R1079, and is then applied to an input of comparator U1015A. The stimulate voltage set signal VSET is applied to the other input of comparator U1015C and to the other input of comparator U1015A. The outputs of comparators U1015A and U1015C are applied to the optical isolation transistor U1020, and the output of the optical isolation transistor U1020 provides a stimulator voltage monitor signal STIMVMONI to the main controller U1, at for example RB7, when an over voltage condition is detected.
Referring to FIG. 13, stimulator circuit 70 further includes an output drive circuit 110. The output drive circuit 110 includes single pole double throw (SPDT) IC switches U1317-U1318 and opto-coupler ICs U1319 and U1321. The output drive circuit 110 further includes suitable biasing components including resistors R1369-R1371, R1374 and R1376, capacitors C1361, C1363 and C1364 and diodes D1325-D1327. The stimulate positive drive voltage +VDRV and stimulate negative drive voltage −VDRV are applied through the first SPDT IC switch U1317 and then through the second SPDT IC switch U1318. The IC SPDT switches U1317, U1318 are driven by a stimulating pulse positive signal STIMPULSE+ from the RF amplifier controller U1102 and a stimulating pulse negative STIMPULSE− from the RF amplifier controller U1102, respectively, through the opto-coupler ICs U1319, U1321. The RF amplifier controller U1102 controls the stimulating pulse positive signal STIMPULSE+ and the stimulating pulse negative STIMPULSE− based upon a predetermined duty cycle determined in software. The output of SPDT IC switch U1318 provides the first stimulate output voltage STIMOUTI when stimulate mode is selected and the foot pedal is depressed. The second stimulate output voltage ST1MOUT2 is switched by relay K1303 between a stimulate ground or ground reference STIM and a ground pad GNDPAD. The coil of relay K1303 is energized by the monopolar mode relay signal MONRLY thereby connecting the second stimulate output voltage STIMOUT2 to the ground pad GNDPAD when monopolar mode is selected. The first and second stimulate output voltage signals STIMOUT1, STIMOUT2 are connected to contacts of relay K6002 to be selectively applied to the electrodes 44 a, 44 b when stimulate mode is selected and the foot pedal is depressed.
Referring to FIG. 14, the four-phase reference generator circuit 108 includes a multi-stage counter oscillator IC U1416, IC flip-flops U1417A-U1417B and U1418A, optically isolated not gate U1438, buffer op-amp U1419, optically isolated transistor U1437 and transistors Q1401-Q1404. The four-phase reference generator circuit 108 further includes inductors L1406-L1408, resistors R1412-R1420 and R1475-R1478, and capacitors C1422C 1427. The four-phase reference generator basically provides sequentially a 0° signal 0 DEG, a 90° signal 90 DEG, a 180° signal 180 DEG and a 270° signal 270 DEG based on the phase angle of the sine reference signal 20 KHZ_REF for use by the impedance monitor 90 when the multi-stage counter oscillator IC U1416 receives an impedance oscillator on signal IMP_OSC_CTL_A from the impedance controller U1120 and an impedance oscillator control signal IMP_OSC_CTL. The impedance oscillator control signal IMP_OSC_CTL is a function of the impedance oscillator on signal IMP_OSC_CTL_A (FIG. 11) which is AND gated with a clock frequency, in this case 78.125 KHz. The impedance controller U1120 determines when to test for impedance based upon software. The four-phase reference generator circuit 108 also provides the sine reference signal 20 KHZ_REF which is applied to the reflectometer bridge 92 of the impedance detection circuit 90 (FIG. 4A) through a reference amplifier circuit 109 which includes transistors Q1401-Q1404 and resistors R1414-R1420.
As described herein above, the control circuit 59 controls a variable output signal to bipolar electrodes 44 a, 44 b used in electrosurgical procedures and includes the HV DC power supply circuit 66 that provides regulated low voltage and high voltage outputs and the radio frequency waveform generator circuit or RF amplifier 68 that provides PDM of a carrier signal. The carrier signal directly affects the variable output signal to the bipolar electrodes 44 a, 44 b.
Referring to FIGS. 15A-15H, the touchscreen 54 includes screens 120-127 for displaying the data. The onscreen indicators 130 display data in alphanumeric-style values. The onscreen indicators 130 may also include bar graphs. Preferably, the onscreen indicators 130 display one of a pulse width setting, a frequency setting, a voltage setting, an amperage setting, a measured temperature value, a temperature set point value, a measured impedance value, an actual time, an elapsed time, a remaining time, and a time set point value. Optimally, the RF generator 50 onscreen indicators 130 displaying all the previously mentioned values. Preferably, the onscreen indicators 130 display also at least one of an operating mode, an alarm status, a calibration status, a maintenance status and a selected user parameter. The touchscreen 54 has at least one screen 120-127 having an onscreen field 132 for allowing a user to enter a set point. The onscreen field 132 preferably allows entry of at least one of a pulse width setting, a frequency setting, a voltage setting, an amperage setting, a temperature set point value, and a time set point value. Preferably, the screens 120-127 include onscreen fields 132 that include all the previously mentioned values. Further, the touchscreens 120-127 have an onscreen software pushbuttons 134 a-134 c having a first state and a second state. Preferably, the onscreen software pushbuttons 134 a-134 c are pressed to hold and pressed to release and include a save current setting pushbutton 134 a, a load profile pushbutton 134 b and an escape pushbutton 134 c. Further, the screens 120-127 preferably include an onscreen software selector switch 136 having a first position and a second position such as, for example, a monopolar/bipolar mode selector switch 136.
The screens 120-127 are preferably navigable using onscreen menu buttons 138 a-138 g to switch between screens 120-127 including a stimulate screen button 138 a, a lesion screen button 138 b, a diagnostics screen button 138 c, a printouts screen button 138 d, a main menu button 138 e, a lesion profiles screen button 138 f and a stimulate screen profiles button 138 g. FIG. 16, shows a navigation menu tree 129 for navigating between screens 120-127 using the onscreen menu buttons 138. While the preferred embodiment is demonstrated in FIG. 16 other ways of navigating between screens 120-127 and other types of onscreen menu buttons may be utilized without departing from the broad inventive scope of the present invention.
Referring to FIG. 15A in detail, onscreen menu buttons 138 a-138 d are provided to jump or go to the stimulate screen 123 (FIG. 15D), the lesion screen 121 (FIG. 15B), the diagnostics screen 125 (FIG. 15F) and a printout screen 126 (FIG. 15G), respectively. Preferably, screen 120 is a top or main screen for the user to return to between modes or on power-up as shown in FIG. 16. However, the screens 120-127 may include other versions of a main screen 120 that is more complicated or that uses pop-up menus or the like without departing from the present invention.
Referring to FIG. 15B in detail, the lesion screen 121 includes onscreen menu selector buttons 138 a, 138 e, 138 d and 138 f for the stimulate screen 123, the main menu 120, the printout screen 126 and a stimulate profile screen 124 (FIG. 15E), respectively. The lesion screen 121 also includes onscreen indicators for probe temperature, temperature limit, hold time and impedance. The onscreen indicators 130 also act as onscreen modifiable entry fields 132 such that when a user touches an area of the screen near the onscreen indicators 130 and a numeric keypad pops up allowing user entry of a preset or set point. For example, if the user presses the onscreen indicator 130 for the temperature limit 140 (FIG. 15C), a numeric keypad with the numbers 0-9 and “escape” and “enter” appears allowing the user to enter a temperature preset in ° C. such as 20° C., hitting “enter” returns the screen to its original appearance with the new set point entered into the main controller U1 and flash memory IC U1108. By selecting the lesion profiles onscreen menu button 138 f, the lesion profile screen 122 is displayed as shown in detail in FIG. 15C. The lesion profile screen 122 has a table of onscreen indicators 130 which also act as onscreen modifiable entry fields 132. The lesion profile screen 122 includes onscreen menu buttons 134 a-134 c for saving current settings, loading a profile, and “escape”, respectively, which would return to screen 121 (FIG. 15B). The lesion profiles include a list of temperature limits 140 and hold times 141 for different profiles (i.e., profile 1, profile 2, profile 3, profile 4 or profile 1-profile 4). The lesion profile screen also displays the current settings. The profiles (profile 1-profile 4) can be for a particular doctor or for a particular technician or a particular procedure. It is contemplated that the profiles (profile 1-profile 4) can be renamed by touching the onscreen software pushbutton and typing in a procedure name such as “lesion generation” or a doctor's name, such as “Dr. Smith.” During a particular procedure, the temperature control loop will drive the temperature of the electrosurgical pen 40 to the preset temperature limit 140 and hold the temperature at the temperature limit for the hold time 141 in the current settings. The profiles or user defined parameters (profile 1-profile 4) are first entered on the lesion profile screen 122, then stored in a memory location in the flash memory IC U1108 and later selected by a user by using the load a profile button 134 b. The same method for entering the user defined setup parameters is used for both the temperature limit 140 and hold time 141. Once the soak time or hold time preset 141 is used by the counter in the main controller U1, the main controller U1 measures an actual temperature at the bipolar electrodes 44 a, 44 b using the thermistor 72 located in the tip of the electrosurgical pen 40 and the temperature sense circuit 74. When the actual temperature is approximately equal to the temperature set point or limit 140, the timer compares an elapsed time to the hold time 141 and once the elapsed time is equal to the hold time 141 the main controller U1 reduces the power of the output signal to the bipolar electrodes 44 a, 44 b to approximately zero.
Referring to FIG. 15D in detail, the stimulate screen 123 includes onscreen menu buttons 138 b, 138 e, 138 d and 138 g for the lesion screen 121, the main menu screen 120, the printout screen 126 and a stimulate profiles screen 124 (FIG. 15E), respectively. The stimulate screen 123 also includes onscreen indicators 130 for pulse width, frequency, duration, mode and amplitude. The stimulate screen also includes onscreen software pushbuttons 134 e and 134 f for ramp rate up and ramp rate down, respectively. All the indicators 130 are also onscreen modifiable entry fields 132. For example, the user could select the onscreen indicator 130 for frequency by pressing an area around the onscreen indicator 130 for frequency which would bring up a pop-up menu having frequency values such as 0.5 kHz, 1 kHz, 2 kHz and the like. The only onscreen indicator 130 that is different is the mode onscreen indicator which is also a selector switch 136. When the mode onscreen indicator 130/selector switch 136 is pressed the mode merely toggles between monopolar and bipolar which changes the position of the monopolar mode relay K6003 accordingly. FIG. 15E shows that the stimulate profiles screen 124, similar to the lesion profiles screen 122, includes a table of user defined setup parameters or profiles (profile 1-profile 4) and a listing of current settings. The stimulate profiles screen 124 displays a pulse width 143, a frequency 144, a duration 145, a mode 146 and an amplitude 147. It is contemplated that the stimulated profiles screen 124 also includes an amperage setting, a temperature limit, and an alarm setting. In order to setup a profile, a user selects the parameters 143-147 for a particular profile (profile 1-profile 4) and then uses the save current settings onscreen pushbutton 134 a to store the user profiles, profile 1 -profile 4, into memory. To load a profile, the user selects the load a profile onscreen pushbutton 134 b and the particular profile settings, profile 1-profile 4, are loaded into the current settings. Pressing the escape onscreen pushbutton 134 c returns the user to the stimulate screen 123.
Referring to FIG. 15F in detail, the diagnostic screen 125 includes onscreen menu buttons 138 a, 138 b and 138 e for the stimulate screen 123, the lesion screen 121 and the main menu screen 120, respectively. The diagnostic screen 125 also has onscreen pushbuttons 134 for a memory test 150, a temperature test 151, an impedance test 152, a touchpad test 153 and a tone test 154. When the user selects a particular test 150-154, the controller U1 runs diagnostic software and then displays whether the tests 150-154 passed or failed an in onscreen indicator 130 around the test fields 150-154. Obviously, other indication of diagnostics could be implemented without departing from the present invention.
Referring to FIG. 15G in detail, the printout screen 126 has onscreen menu buttons 138 a, 138 b and 138 e for the stimulate screen 123, the lesion screen 121 and the main menu screen 120, respectively, and an onscreen pushbutton 134 g to start printing. As indicated on the printout screen 126 the onscreen pushbutton 134 g for start print commands the RF generator 50 through the main controller U1 to output a detailed report of all stimulation and lesion data recorded during a procedure through data output port P6013.
FIG. 17 is a software flow chart of the impedance calculation software routine or impedance calculation routine 198 for the electrosurgical bipolar generator apparatus 50. The impedance calculation routine 198 runs in at least one of the controllers U1, U1102 or U1120, but preferably runs in the main controller U1 and the impedance controller U1120. The impedance monitoring circuit 76 detects an impedance as measured across the pair of leads of the bipolar electrodes 44 a, 44 b. The impedance is correspondingly proportional to an amount of cell destruction caused by the RF generator 50. The impedance monitoring circuit 76 uses the bridge detectors 100, 102 to measure an overall impedance signal and the reference detectors 104, 106 measure the impedance of the sine reference signal 20 KHZ_REF. In Step 200 of the impedance calculation routine 198, I/O are initialized, timers are setup and interrupts are enabled in the impedance monitor controller U1120 and/or in the main controller U1. If a coagulation signal COAG from the main controller U1 (FIG. 12A) is determined to be low by the impedance controller U1120 (FIG. 11A), the impedance calculation routine 198 energizes an oscillator in Step 202. At Step 204, an AID converter inputs the bridge detector signals from bridges 102, 100 (real and imaginary, respectively) measured from the impedance circuit 76 and the reference signals from the reference detectors 106, 104, (real and imaginary, respectively). The impedance calculation routine 198 adds a constant or a correction factor to the reference signals at Step 206. The correction factor is to compensate for losses in the circuit components due to non-ideal or real world component conditions. At Step 207, the impedance calculation routine 198 divides the bridge output values IMP_BRDG_I and IMP_BRDG_Q (real and imaginary, respectively) from the bridge I-channel circuit 103 and bridge Q-channel circuit 101 by the reference values IMP_REF_I and IMP_REF_Q (real and imaginary, respectively) from the reference I-channel circuit 107 and reference Q-channel circuit 105 to obtain RHO (real and imaginary) otherwise known as a reflection coefficient. Next at Step 208, the impedance calculation routine 198 calculates one plus RHO over one minus RHO to obtain the complex impedance (i.e., real and imaginary values) in Cartesian coordinates. The routine 198 then multiplies the impedance obtained at Step 208 by a scaling factor at Step 210. Using processor functions for multiplying and adding the real and imaginary stored variables of the actual impedance and taking the square root thereof at Steps 212-218, the impedance routine 198 obtains the magnitude of the impedance value and stores the magnitude value into memory at Step 220. Similarly, the impedance routine 198 uses processor functions to divide the real component of the actual impedance by the imaginary component of the actual impedance and then takes the arctangent of the result to obtain the phase angle or angle of the impedance at steps 222-224. The impedance routine 198 then stores the actual impedance angle at step 226.
Preferably, the impedance calculation routine 198 is used to detect an amount of cell destruction when using the RF generator 50. The user first measures a baseline impedance across the pair of leads of the bipolar electrodes 44 a, 44 b with the impedance monitoring circuit 76 when the leads are applied to an area of cell tissue just before either a coagulation operation or a cutting operation. The user implements the selected operation (i.e., cutting or coagulating) and the impedance monitoring circuit 76 measures the present impedance across the pair of leads of the bipolar electrodes 44 a, 44 b. The RF generator 50 determines the amount of cell destruction which has occurred by comparing the present impedance to the baseline impedance. The difference between the impedances is correspondingly proportional to the amount of cell destruction caused by the RF generator 50. Preferably, the controller U1 stops a selected operation after a predetermined level of cell destruction has occurred based upon the measured and compared impedance values. As mentioned above, preferably the measurement includes the overall signal in-phase components obtained through the bridge in-phase detector 102 and the overall signal quadrature component using the bridge quadrature detector 100 and includes the reference signal in-phase components obtained by the reference in-phase detector 106 and the reference signal quadrature components obtained by the reference quadrature detector 104. The in-phase and quadrature components are combined using Steps 200-220 of the impedance software in the impedance controller U1120 for both the baseline and the present impedance values in order to determine the magnitude and angle of the impedance.
FIGS. 18A-18B show a software flowchart for a lesion or temperature control software routine or simply lesion routine 228. The lesion routine 228 runs in at least one of the controllers U1, U1102 or U1120, but preferably runs in the main controller U1. The lesion screen 121 displays the temperature limit 140 and hold time 141 which are drawn or loaded at Step 230 of the lesion routine 228. The temperature is converted or scaled at Step 232 from the temperature input voltage signal THRMSTR conditioned by the temperature sense control circuit 74 as measured from the thermistor 72. At Step 234, the actual temperature measured and converted is loaded or displayed on the touchscreen 54. Similarly, the actual impedance as measured between the electrodes 44 a, 44 b and calculated by the impedance routine 198 is displayed on the touchscreen 54 at Step 236. An initial power level is determined at Step 238 using the actual probe temperature in comparison to the temperature limit 141. Steps 240-246 determine what input, if any, was received and determine where to proceed in the lesion routine 228. Step 240 determines whether the touchscreen 54 was touched or depressed. If the touchscreen was touched, the lesion routine 228 jumps to a sub-routine for entering a new temperature limit 140 or hold time at Step 242. Alternatively if the touchscreen 54 was not pressed, the lesion routine 228 determines whether the start button was pressed or not at Step 244. If the start button was not pressed, the lesion routine 228 determines at Step 246 whether the foot pedal was pressed. If the start button was pressed, the lesion routine 228 checks if the measured impedance is less than about 1500 ohms at Step 248. If the foot pedal was pressed and the start button was not pressed, the lesion routine 228 also checks if the impedance is less than about 1500 ohms at Step 248. If the foot pedal is not pressed, the lesion routine 228 jumps back to Step 232 to perform another temperature conversion. If the impedance is less than about 1500 ohms at Step 248, the lesion routine 228 goes to Step 249 to display “insert probe” and returns to the perform temperature conversion at Step 232. If the impedance is less than about 1500 ohms, the lesion routine 228 proceeds to Step 250 and turns on output power, illuminates an LED, and sounds a tone. Next at Step 252, the lesion routine 228 initializes flags and a delay counter. At Step 254, the lesion routine 228 checks for fault signals. At Step 256, the lesion routine 228 performs temperature conversion. At Step 258, the probe temperature and impedance are displayed. If the probe temperature is greater than the temperature limit 140 at Step 260, the delay counter is decreased by a predetermined number, in this case by five as shown at Step 261 and the lesion routine 228 proceeds to Step 264. If the probe temperature is not greater than the temperature limit 140 the lesion routine 228 proceeds to Step 262 where the delay counter is decreased by another predetermined number, in this case by one, before proceeding to Step 264. At step 264, the lesion routine 228 determines whether the delay counter has reached zero. If the delay counter equals zero, the lesion routine 228 proceeds to Step 266 where the delay counter is reloaded and subsequently proceeds to Step 268 to calculate the differential temperature between the probe temperature and the temperature limit 140. If the differential temperature is less than about four, the delay counter is increased by a differential temperature increase amount at Step 270. If the differential temperature is less than zero, the output power is decreased by a predetermined output power difference and a set limit reached flag is set at Step 272. If the differential temperature is greater than zero, the power output is increased by a factor of the differential temperature at Step 274. At Step 276, the hold timer is started, if it is not already started. When the temperature limit 140 is reached, the lesion routine 228 proceeds to Step 278 which displays the update hold timer. If the delay counter is not equal to zero at Step 264, the lesion routine 228 also proceed to Step 276 to start the hold timer. After the hold time display has been updated, the output power is turned off when the timer equals zero, the stop button is pressed or otherwise a loop condition has been met at Step 280.
FIGS. 19A-19B show a software flow chart for an RF power output software routine or RF output routine 298. The RF output routine 298 runs in at least one of the controllers U1, U1 102 or U1120, but preferably runs primarily in the main controller U1 and the RF output controller U1102. A jitter counter is loaded with a preset at Step 300 and a pointer is set to a random delay table at Step 302. At Step 304, a loop loads a predetermined count time into a first timer, TIMER1, and the first timer TIMER1 is started. At Step 306 a random delay time value is read from the table, randomly, and is loaded into a second timer, TIMER0, and subsequently the second timer TIMER0 is started. The jitter counter is decremented at Step 308. If the jitter counter equals zero, an invert jitter flag is set and the jitter counter is reset at Step 309 before proceeding to Step 310. However, if the jitter counter is not equal to zero, the jitter flag is checked at Step 310 to determine if it is equal to zero. If the jitter flag equals zero at Step 310, the RF output routine 298 proceeds or jumps to a second frequency sub-routine COAG_833 (FIG. 19C) at Step 311. However, if the jitter flag does not equal zero, the RF output routine 298 proceeds to a first frequency sub-routine COAG_1000 at Step 312 and a first byte of data is loaded into the first and second shift registers U1130, U1140. At step 312, the first and second shift registers U1130, U1140 are also started at a particular first frequency, in this case the first frequency is about 1 MHz. At Step 314, a second byte of data is loaded into the first and second shift registers U1130, U1140 and at Step 316 a third byte is loaded into the first and second shift registers U1130, U1140, and likewise fourth through ninth bytes are subsequently loaded into the first and second shift registers U1130, U1140, at Steps 318, 320, 322, 324, 326 and 328, respectively. At Step 330 (FIG. 19B), the second random delay timer TIMER0 is run until complete before proceeding to Step 332. At Step 332, the reset pointer is moved to the top of the random delay table if it is at the bottom or at some other predetermined return (to top) location. At Step 334, the first timer TIMER1 is checked. If the first timer TIMER1 is complete the routine moves to Step 336, and loads another preset time count into the first timer TIMER1. However, if the first timer TIMER1 is not complete the RF output routine 298 jumps back to Step 306 at Step 335. After loading the other preset time into the first timer TIMER1 at Step 336, the RF output routine 298 proceeds to Step 338 to determine if the foot pedal is being pressed or if there is a fault. The output is suspended for a suspension time at Step 340, in this case the suspension time is about 100 milliseconds, if a short circuit signal is activated. Next at Step 342, the first timer TIMER1 is checked. If the first timer TIMER1 is not complete the RF output routine 298 returns to Step 338. However, if the first timer TIMER1 is complete, the RF output routine 298 jumps back at Step 343 to Step 304.
Referring to FIG. 19C, the second frequency sub-routine COAG_ 833 is shown in Steps 344 through 361. At Step 344 through 360 other bytes are loaded into the first and second shift registers U1130, U1140 which preferably create a separate frequency different from the first frequency created from the bytes of data loaded at Steps 312 through 328 (FIG. 19A).
Steps 300-311 and 330-343 comprise a randomizer sub-routine. The randomizer sub-routine causes the RF output to switch between the first and second frequency sub-routines COAG_1000, COAG_833, generally randomly. A dedicated random generator or random generator circuit could also be implemented without departing from the present invention, thereby simplifying the RF output routine 298. Further, other methods of randomizing the selection between the first and second frequency sub-routines COAG_1000, COAG_833 could be implemented in the RF output routine 298 without departing from the present invention. The primary purpose of switching between the first and second frequency sub-routines COAG_1000, COAG_833, is to avoid unwanted collateral damage caused by a prolonged output at a single frequency. It has been observed during use of electrosurgical generators which output a single frequency for prolonged periods of time that such unwanted collateral damage occurs. It has also been observed that by randomly shifting between frequencies during use, such collateral damage can be avoided or at least minimized. Obviously other different frequencies could be loaded into the first and second frequency sub-routines COAG_1000, COAG_833 in order to vary the frequency between different first and second frequencies utilizing the shift routines and the random generator without departing from the broad inventive scope of the present invention.
It is further contemplated that any number of different output signals could be formed, having any number of different shapes and different frequencies, by substituting or changing the data loaded into the first and second frequency sub-routines COAG_ 1000, COAG_833. For example, outputs could be formed having the form of decaying sinusoids, decaying sawtooth waves, decaying square waves, or decaying combinations thereof. Preferably, the outputs are a combination of a decaying square wave and a decaying sinusoid.
(b) a radio frequency (RF) waveform generator circuit that provides pulse duration modulation of a carrier signal, the carrier signal directly affecting the variable output signal to the electrodes.
2. The control circuit according to claim 1, wherein the RF waveform generator circuit includes at least one shift register integrated circuit (IC) device.
3. The control circuit according to claim 1, wherein the RF waveform generator circuit includes two shift register integrated circuit (IC) devices and a processor.
4. The control circuit according to claim 3, wherein the processor is a microcontroller that has a controlling program for generating a plurality of different user selectable waveforms based on the pulse duration modulation of the carrier signal.
(b) an off-line switching power supply that provides a high voltage DC output to a radio frequency (RF) waveform generator circuit, the RF waveform generator circuit providing pulse duration modulation of a carrier signal, the carrier signal directly affecting the variable output signal to the electrodes.
(c) a touchscreen interface that communicates with the controller to display the data from the memory and that allows a user to enter a setting.
8. The electrosurgical generator apparatus of claim 7, wherein the touchscreen has an on-screen indicator for displaying the data.
9. The electrosurgical generator apparatus of claim 8, wherein the on-screen indicator is an alphanumeric value.
10. The electrosurgical generator apparatus of claim 8, wherein the on-screen indicator is a bar graph.
11. The electrosurgical generator apparatus of claim 8, wherein the on-screen indicator displays at least one of a pulse width setting, a frequency setting, a voltage setting, an amperage setting, a measured temperature value, a temperature setpoint value, a measured impedance value, an actual time, an elapsed time, a remaining time, and a time setpoint value.
12. The electrosurgical generator apparatus of claim 8, wherein the on-screen indicator displays at least one of an operating mode, an alarm status, a calibration status, a maintenance status, and a selected user parameter.
13. The electrosurgical generator apparatus of claim 7, wherein the touchscreen has an on-screen field for allowing a user to enter a setpoint.
14. The electrosurgical generator apparatus of claim 13, wherein the on-screen field allows entry of at least one of a pulse width setting, a frequency setting, a voltage setting, an amperage setting, a temperature setpoint value, and time setpoint value.
15. The electrosurgical generator apparatus of claim 7, wherein the touchscreen has an on-screen software pushbutton having a first state and a second state.
16. The electrosurgical generator apparatus of claim 7, wherein the touchscreen has an on-screen software selector switch having a first position and a second position.
(c) an impedance monitoring circuit that detects an impedance as measured across a pair of leads of the electrodes, the impedance being correspondingly proportional to an amount of cell destruction caused by the generator apparatus.
18. The electrosurgical generator apparatus according to claim 17, wherein the impedance monitoring circuit further comprises a bridge detector for measuring an overall signal and a reference detector for measuring a reference signal.
19. The electrosurgical generator apparatus according to claim 18, wherein the bridge detector further comprises a bridge in-phase detector for measuring overall in-phase components of the overall signal and a bridge quadrature detector for measuring overall quadrature components of the overall signal.
20. The electrosurgical generator apparatus according to claim 18, wherein the reference detector further comprises a reference in-phase detector for measuring reference in-phase components of the reference signal and a reference quadrature detector for measuring reference quadrature components of the reference signal.
(e) stopping the selected operation after a predetermined level of cell destruction.
22. The method according to claim 21, wherein step (a) further includes measuring overall signal in-phase components using a bridge in-phase detector and overall signal quadrature components using a bridge quadrature detector and measuring reference signal in-phase components using a reference in-phase detector and reference signal quadrature components using a reference quadrature detector.
23. The method according to claim 22, wherein step (a) further includes combining the overall in-phase components and the overall quadrature components, combining the reference in-phase components and the reference quadrature components, comparing the overall components to the reference components to create a comparison result, in order to determine the magnitude and angle of an impedance.
(f) comparing the combined overall components to the combined reference components to determine the magnitude and angle of the impedance.
(c) selecting the first user-defined parameter using the user interface.
(f) selecting either the first user-defined set-up parameter or the second user-defined set-up parameter using the user interface.
27. The method according to claim 25, wherein the first user-defined set-up parameter is one of a pulse width setting, a frequency setting, a voltage setting, an amperage setting, a temperature limit, a time duration and an alarm setting.
(g) reducing the power of the output signal to the electrodes to approximately zero. | 2019-04-23T07:22:06Z | https://patents.google.com/patent/US20040082946A1/en | Sports | Arts | 0.102281 |
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4. Bay Port (13-3): A five-game win streak, including over Sheboygan South and Sheboygan North, has the Pirates tied with Notre Dame atop of the FRCC. Previously: 4.
5. Luxemburg-Casco (11-3): The Spartans defeated Fox Valley Lutheran and Little Chute for NEC victories. Previously: 5.
6. Crivitz (14-3): The Wolverines saw their seven-game winning streak end with their first M&O Conference loss to Oneida Nation. Previously: 6.
7. West De Pere (12-4): The Phantoms defeated Menasha 84-55 for a Bay Conference victory. Previously: 7.
8. Southern Door (12-3): Victories over Oconto and Kewaunee have the Eagles atop the Packerland Conference. Previously: 8.
9. Oneida Nation (12-1): The Thunderhawks are on a nine-game winning streak, including a 60-45 victory over Crivitz. Previously: NR.
10. Kewaunee (11-5): The Storm went 1-1 last week with a 43-32 win over Algoma before losing 54-48 to Southern Door. Previously: 9.
Kendall Renard, G.B. Preble: Recorded a double-double with 19 points and 12 rebounds in Preble’s 48-43 win against Pulaski.
Emily Higgins, Pulaski: Registered a game-high 28 points for Pulaski in a 58-41 victory against Sheboygan South.
Ally Demmith, Lena: Led Lena to a 63-53 win over Coleman with a game-high 21 points.
Jaddan Simmons, G.B. Southwest: Totaled a game-high 25 points for the Trojans in a 54-50 win over De Pere.
1. Pulaski (12-2): The Red Raiders went 1-1 with a 45-40 win over Green Bay Preble and a 51-50 loss to Sheboygan South, but stay at the top of the rankings. Previously: 1.
2. Southern Door (11-3): The Eagles edged past N.E.W. Lutheran for a 68-65 win. Previously: 2.
3. Bay Port (11-3): The Pirates ended a two-game losing streak with double-digit wins over Sheboygan South and Sheboygan North. Previously: 3.
4. Marinette (13-2): The Marines extended their winning streak to seven with victories over Freedom and Denmark. Previously: 4.
5. Oconto (11-3): The Blue Devils defeated Peshtigo 54-51 in a Packerland Conference win. Previously: 5.
6. Wrightstown (12-3): The Tigers got two NEC road wins over Little Chute and Oconto Falls last week. Previously: 6.
7. Green Bay Southwest (11-5): Wins over De Pere and Notre Dame have the Trojans on a four-game winning streak. Previously: 7.
8. Coleman (12-2): The Cougars continue to stay hot with wins over Wausaukee and Suring to extend their nine-game winning streak. Previously: 10.
9. Notre Dame (11-4): The Tritons went 1-1 and saw a five-game winning streak snapped in a 73-62 loss to Green Bay Southwest. Previously: 8.
10. Crivitz (11-3): The Wolverines are rolling with a six-game winning streak and are tied atop the M&O Conference standings. Previously: NR.
Jake Poetzl, Marinette: Led the Marines with 28 points in a 63-58 win against Denmark.
Tristan DeJardin, Niagara: Totaled a game-high 26 points in the Badgers' 68-58 win over Lena.
Kyle Daoust, Southern Door: In the Eagles' 68-65 victory against NEW Lutheran, he recorded a game-high 26 points.
Kaden Richards, Shawano: Scored 24 points, including six 3-pointers, for the Hawks in a 67-61 win over Green Bay West. | 2019-04-20T18:27:00Z | https://www.greenbaypressgazette.com/story/sports/high-school/basketball/2018/01/29/all-usa-green-bay-basketball-rankings-top-performers/1073693001/ | Sports | Sports | 0.907806 |
sun-sentinel | Pembroke Pines -- A stolen purse was returned to its owner after a citizen chased the thief across the Broward Community College campus and into a residential area, police said.
According to police, the thief walked into an office Monday at the campus on Pines Boulevard and took a purse from under a desk. An employee, seeing him carrying the purse, asked what he was doing in the office. The thief ran out of the building and the employee shouted for help, police said.
A 26-year-old Miramar man heard the shouting, saw the thief running across the parking lot and chased him on foot, police said. He caught up with the thief in the 300 block of Southwest 72nd Avenue as he was trying to hide in bushes in the backyard of a house, police said.
The thief told the man that he left the purse in a yard two houses away. The man let the thief go, found the purse and returned it to the owner. It was missing $20 cash, police said. | 2019-04-25T14:56:46Z | https://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/fl-xpm-1986-06-13-8602040721-story.html | Sports | News | 0.850202 |
wordpress | Here’s a piece I shot (handheld Canon DSLR) and edited (Adobe Premiere).
It’s Action-packed, graceful, dynamic, heart-stopping!
Aerial Ice Extreme returns, for the 2nd year, to Great America in Santa Clara, CA.
Using a handheld DSLR, this segment provides, for the client, a visual record (or “meander through” ) of the party’s guests & the reception. | 2019-04-25T00:27:30Z | https://studiotsark2014.wordpress.com/2014/06/13/tamitsark-media-cv-reel/?share=google-plus-1 | Sports | Business | 0.684971 |
miami | on its campus in Miami, Florida November 7 - 10 2019.
The University of Miami School of Law offers a unique scholarship opportunity to participants of the FDI Moot to attend any of its LL.M. programs, including The White & Case International Arbitration LL.M.! Each year at Miami Law, one half-tuition scholarship (currently $25,640) is available for a present or past student participant, coach or arbitrator in the FDI Moot competition.
Sponsorship opportunities for the FDI Moot Miami 2019 are available at several levels. Please download and complete the sponsorship form to indicate your support for the FDI Moot 2019. For more information on sponsorship opportunities, please contact Farah Barquero, Director, Programs, University of Miami School of Law.
Sponsorship opportunities for the FDI Moot Miami 2019 are available at several levels. Please download and complete the sponsorship form to indicate your support for the FDI Moot 2019. For more information on sponsorship opportunities, please contact Farah Barquero, Senior Program Coordinator, University of Miami School of Law. | 2019-04-20T19:18:41Z | https://media.law.miami.edu/communications/events/fdimoot2019/ | Sports | Business | 0.29394 |
ncwrestling | Haley Augello -Haley Augello was a 2016 Olympian competing for TeamUSA at 48kg. . She also won two college national championships for King University and now trains at the TarHeel RTC in Chapel Hill.
Becka Leathers- Becka Leathers was a 2017 World Bronze medalist at 55kg. She was also a multi-time National Champion throughout her career. She also now trains at the TarHeel RTC with Coach Coleman Scott.
John Williams- Head Coach of Apple Valley Middle School in Hendersonville and founder of the all-girls Relentless Wrestling Club. John has also served as an assistant coach at North Henderson High School.
NCUSA's Board of Directors created the Women's Task Force to help promote and expand the growing women's wrestling movement in North Carolina. Many states across the country have been adding Women's events and championships, and the strong numbers in North Carolina reflect the trend of massive growth nationwide.
The task force is headed by Havlock HS head coach Chase Holleman. Coach Holleman is a strong supporter of women's wrestling, and currently serves as a member of the NCWCA Board of Directors as well as the newly named Women's Director for NCUSA.
The goal of this task force is to develop wrestling opportunities for women' in North Carolina, coordinate a strategy for the sport at the high school level, and continue to grow the numbers of women wrestlers in North Carolina. | 2019-04-19T21:12:53Z | https://www.ncwrestling.org/news_article/show/960333 | Sports | Sports | 0.963901 |
otago | The University of Otago’s Summer School runs from early January to late February each year.
The Faculty of Law offers law papers as part of the Summer School programme, in Auckland, Wellington and Dunedin. All of the papers are 400 level and generally require pre-requisite papers. However, you can apply to the Faculty of Law Dean for special entry.
Visit the Otago Summer School website.
For full descriptions of papers and lecturers, refer to the Law Student Handbook. | 2019-04-20T17:06:54Z | https://www.otago.ac.nz/law/undergraduate/summerschool/ | Sports | Reference | 0.933265 |
tufts | Pliny the Elder, The Natural History, BOOK IX. THE NATURAL HISTORY OF FISHES., CHAP. 32.—THAT THE SAME KINDS ARE NOT EVERYWHERE EQUALLY ESTEEMED.
There is this also in the nature of fish, that some are more highly esteemed in one place, and some in another; such, for instance, as the coracinus1 in Egypt, the zeus,2 also called the faber,3 at Gades, the salpa,4 in the vicinity of Ebusus,5 which is considered elsewhere an unclean fish, and can nowhere6 be thoroughly cooked, wherever found, without being first beaten with a stick: in Aquitania, again, the river salmon7 is preferred to all the fish that swim in the sea.
1 The bolty of the modern Egyptians, as previously mentioned.
2 Or Jove-fish. Cuvier says that Gillius has applied the name of "faber" to the dory, or fish of Saint Peter, and has stated that the Dalmatians, who call it the "forga," pretend that they can find in its bones all the instruments of a forge. After him, other modern naturalists have called the same fish Zeus faber; but nothing, Cuvier says, goes to prove that the dory is the fish so called by the ancients. The epithet even of "rare," given to it by Ovid, Halieut. 1. 112, is far from applicable to the dory, which is common enough in the Mediterranean. If, indeed, the χαλκέυς of the Greeks were the same as the "faber," as, indeed, we have reason to suppose, it would be something in favour of the dory, as Athenæus, B. vii., says that the χαλκέυς is of a round shape: but then, on the other hand, Oppian, Halicut. B. v. 1. 135, ranks it among the rock-fish which feed near rocks with herbage on them; while the dory is found only in the deep sea.
4 Cuvier says that this fish has still the same name in Italy; that it is called the "saupe" in Provence, and the "vergadelle" in Languedoc, being the Sparus salpa of Linnæus; and that it still answers to all the ancient characteristics of the salpa, eating grass and filling its stomach, and having numerous red lines upon the body. It is common, and bad eating, but is no better at Ivica, the ancient Ebusus, than anywhere else. M. De la Roche, when describing the fishes of that island, says expressly that the flesh of the saupe is but very little esteemed there. Ovid, Halieut. 1. 122, speaks of it as "deservedly held in little esteem."
5 See B. iii. c. 11.
6 Neither at Ebusus nor anywhere else.
7 Hardouin remarks, that Pliny and Ausonius are the only Latin writers that mention this fish; while not one among the Greeks speaks of it. It was probably a native of regions too far to the north for them to know much about it. In this country it holds the same rank that the scarus and the mullet seem to have held at the Roman tables. | 2019-04-26T14:51:54Z | http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.02.0137%3Abook%3D9%3Achapter%3D32 | Sports | Reference | 0.78395 |
dailyherald | Here is today's link to Daily Herald handicapper Ron Uchman's selections for thoroughbred racing at Hawthorne Race Course on Friday, Nov. 9, 2018. Uchman's selections are brought to you in part by the Daily Herald and brillianthorseracing.com. Open and print the PDF listed below. Live racing through Jan. 12 at Hawthorne Race Course.
• Ron Uchman is a veteran handicapper, and his picks have appeared in the Daily Racing Form and several newspapers over the years. He has worked for Hawthorne Race Course for 20 years, and occasionally at Arlington International. | 2019-04-19T12:57:44Z | http://edit.dailyherald.com/sports/20181109/uchmans-hawthorne-selections-for-fridays-races | Sports | Sports | 0.406692 |
wordpress | Oooh, it looks cool actually!
Into the Spider-Verse was one of my favorite films from 2018, so I too can easily endorse seeing it. It really plays around with the lore in many creative ways, and stands out even in an era when superhero films were dominating the silver screen.
That would be nice; it was animated in a very unique fashion, really capturing the comic book presentation without coming across as that “animated comic book” presentation that are sort of like audiobooks, but for a different medium.
Sorry could resist! Looks and sounds pretty cool. Do you have Netflix? Can you recommend any anime for me? I like dark stuff not overly jazzed up stuff. I hope that makes sense haha.
I need to finish this one, but I enjoyed the start to Castlevania on Netflix, and I don’t think this one is on Netflix but I absolutely LOVE Attack on Titan. Definitely worth watching if you aren’t already. It pulls you in right from the beginning.
Omg I wish this had been more generally hyped. I heard about it because I run in those circles, but I know it deserves so much more laud. Need to watch. | 2019-04-20T20:17:52Z | https://ignitedmoth.wordpress.com/2019/01/20/spider-man-into-the-spider-verse-2018-review/ | Sports | Arts | 0.179482 |
wikipedia | The Meiji Restoration (明治維新, Meiji Ishin), an aa kent as the Meiji Ishin, Renovation, Revolution, Reform, or Renewal, wis an event o chynge that restored practical imperial rule tae Japan in 1868 unner Emperor Meiji. Awtho thare war Emperors afore the Meiji Restoration, the events restored practical abilities an consolidated the poleetical seestem unner the Emperor o Japan. Meiji govrenment an aa made eddication compulsory for baith boys an girls at minimal fees.
The goals o the restored govrenment war expressed bi the new emperor in the Chairter Oath. The Restoration led tae enormous chynges in Japan's poleetical an social structur, an spanned baith the late Edo period (eften cried the Late Tokugawa shogunate) an the beginnin o the Meiji period. The period spanned frae 1868 tae 1912 an wis responsible for the emergence o Japan as a modrenised naition in the early twentiet century, an its rapid rise tae great pouer status in the internaitional seestem.
This page wis last eeditit on 23 Mairch 2017, at 19:10. | 2019-04-25T14:34:40Z | https://sco.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meiji_Restoration | Sports | Society | 0.546087 |
rutgers | This series of courses in mosquito biology, habitat recognition, and identification is being coordinated through the Rutgers/NJAES Office of Continuing Professional Education (OCPE) and the Department of Entomology at Rutgers' School of Environmental and Biological Sciences. These workshops have been designed to meet the needs of government employees involved in mosquito research, surveillance and abatement. Incorporating a science-based approach to mosquito control, the stewardship of public health and the environment is the primary focus. Lectures will cover biology, morphology, ecology, and behavior of the Culicidae, along with the most current surveillance and control techniques. The full program has been divided into three separate courses to accommodate requests from individuals and agencies seeking information on a particular discipline. Each course will complement the information provided in the section preceding it, thereby fully presenting the information necessary for workers employed in mosquito abatement operations. Entomologists, biologists, health inspectors, wetlands and identification professionals are encouraged to participate.
Attendees who wish to become certified by the New Jersey Agricultural Experiment Station in Mosquito Identification, Biology and Habitat Recognition will need to satisfactorily complete all three of the courses and pass a certification examination. Note that the workshops need not be completed in the same year to obtain the certification, though it is generally recommended.
Identification of immature and adult mosquitoes.
This course has been approved for 2.5 Rutgers CEUs. | 2019-04-24T12:30:52Z | http://www.cpe.rutgers.edu/courses/current/ae0605ca.html | Sports | Science | 0.971482 |
wordpress | Come one, come all! I’ll show you a tale Of how God’s pure love Is your wishing well– When in… Read more Come One, Come All!
Can you help me?! I’ve lost my mind! I’m trying to do A quick rewind. I found it once, But… Read more Can You Help Me?!
Just a thought to help others out...if you click the Who Blogging Cares logo at the top, it will take you to a feed of all my posts in a quicker way. | 2019-04-26T13:38:08Z | https://whobloggingcares.wordpress.com/category/poetry/ | Sports | Reference | 0.606504 |
honda-tech | Wanted to have a Vouch thread started, just to give people a warm fuzzy feeling about my dealings with those on H-T. If you've dealt with me, be it questions or purchases, please state it here. I'd really appreciate it.
this guy is awsome , i would do buisness with him anytime.
Bought a turbo from him several months ago. It was beautiful when it arrived and the powder coating was top notch. Paypal made it an easy transaction too.
I bought two turbos and an intercooler from him and plan on purchasing a lot more. His company is very knowledgable and has great customer service. Goes a step beyond for his customers. Ill do bussiness with again very soon.
jet coated a customers log manifold for me . came out SPECTACULAR !! for the price and turn around time. it definatley cannot be beat.
bump for mac , the gt35e i bought from him is working flawlessly!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
a great guy to deal with and he really knows his ****.
Turbo got here yesterday. I have to say, this thing looks incredible! TheShodan was awesome to do business with and he gave me great prices, customer service, and all the help I needed choosing my turbo. Here are a couple pics of it bolted up to my LoveFab stuff.
Bought a custom spec turbo from my GSR and have had no problems. Turbo is still in great shape. Also had the turbo ceramic coated th increase flow and lower temps. Thanks to TheShodan and STC (STC coated and built the turbo). We will do business again.
Here is a pic of my super shiny turbo in the car.
I can vouch for him thus far. Great communication. I will post pictures of the finished product when they are back in my possession.
TheShodan's coatings and customer service are great. Good turn around time too.
Here is the latest from TheShodan. GT30R coated turbine housing. I will reupload my other pictures above tonight.
I can Vouch for theshodan. Great Communication and great services. I sent my turbo to him to be coated and I cannot be happier. He does a great job, I will be going through him in the future.
Thanks again Mac and Pete.
I've talked to many of the big turbo specialists and Mac takes the time to go in depth, and explain things in detail more than most people. He pointed out things that nobody else did, and he's one of the first people I'd go to with any questions in the future. He also gave me the best price, bar none. I spent over 2 grand with him, and am 100% satisfied. Mac is one of the better people on here to go to for anything turbo related. Thanks Mac!
Thanks again for all the comments people.. Just an update. Here are new "Red Pills" of the S366 and S372. Thanks to Direct Performance, Speed Theory, Chachi Racing and Tepid 1 for allowing the pics to be used. | 2019-04-19T04:20:06Z | https://honda-tech.com/forums/sales-feedback-157/vouch-thread-shodan-997589/ | Sports | Business | 0.573127 |
greensonscreen | Born in Kingston upon Hull, Bradley joined his hometown club as a seven-year-old and made his way through the Hull City youth ranks. After a loan at Harrogate Town in late 2010 and a spell with Swedish side IK Frej the following spring, he earned his first professional contract at Hull for the 2011-12 season.
Bradley made his Football League debut whilst on a three-month loan at Aldershot in early 2012, after which he played twice for Hull in the Championship at the end of that campaign. Returning to Aldershot for a full-season loan a few months later, he accumulated a total of 62 appearances for the Hampshire club before being released by Hull at the end of 2012–13 season.
He soon signed a deal with League Two Portsmouth, having turned down interest from Championship and League One clubs. After a season at Fratton Park, he joined League One Crawley Town in July 2014 and racked up 79 appearances in two seasons, the second as captain.
Having turned down the offer of a new contract with the West Sussex side, the 24-year-old completed a 'team' of new players to arrive at Home Park in the summer of 2016 - eleven new signings (ten fresh faces) in a little over three weeks as Derek Adams readied his Argyle squad for the season ahead. | 2019-04-21T02:59:31Z | http://greensonscreen.co.uk/gosdb-players2.asp?pid=1136 | Sports | Sports | 0.776137 |
ucsb | Displaying 151-160 of 2442 entries for Keyword: love.
A new SONG, call'd, / The Richmond Recreation: / OR, / The Royal Dance of Delight.
Tune of Lochaber no more.
To the Tune of, Draw the Curtaines.
Tune is, Lay the bent to the bonny broom.
The tune is Lay the bent to the bonny broom. | 2019-04-23T00:07:47Z | http://ebba.english.ucsb.edu/search_combined/?numkw=1&kw1=9&p=16 | Sports | Recreation | 0.864311 |
weebly | Welcome to this Site which has been established on 3 January 2013. The content here is linked to papers of case-studies of dreams on my other Sites: www.dr-umar-azam.com and www.dr-umar-azam.co.uk On this Site, I will add newer dreams which I have experienced - for example dreams about my Websites, some of which have been very recently created.
Also, you can use this Site to send me your Islamic dreams for interpretation (your contact details can be kept confidential upon request). An 'Islamic' dream can be defined as: a dream which contains any of the symbols identified with Islam such as: Mention of Allah سبحانه وتعالى or the Prophet Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم or any of the Prophets of Islam, the Holy Quran, the Angels, the Holy Ka'ba, any of the Mosques, any of the five pillars of Islam etc. etc. | 2019-04-25T13:54:43Z | http://islamicdreams.weebly.com/ | Sports | Reference | 0.737955 |
sfgate | A federal judge on Wednesday continued to block a state law that threatened to shut down Mississippi's only abortion clinic and make it nearly impossible for a woman to get the procedure in the state.
U.S. District Judge Daniel P. Jordan III temporarily blocked the law July 1 and extended that order Wednesday, though he did not say when he would rule on the clinic's request to put the law on hold for a longer period. If he grants that request, the case eventually would go to trial.
The U.S. Supreme Court has ruled that states can't place undue burdens or substantial obstacles to women seeking abortion. The state law would require anyone performing clinic abortions to be an OB-GYN with privileges to admit patients to a local hospital.
The doctors at the clinic in Jackson do not have those privileges, which the clinic has said aren't necessary.
Supporters of the law said it's designed to protect patients, and Republican Gov. Phil Bryant has said he hopes it will help make Mississippi "abortion-free."
The clinic, Jackson Women's Health Organization, said it has been unable to obtain admitting privileges for its two out-of-state OB-GYNs because local hospitals have not responded to their requests.
The clinic said it would face "irreparable harm" if the law were to be enforced because hospitals haven't said when - or if - they'll consider the privileges.
"If they're denied or if the hospitals are dragging their feet, that's going to be more clear evidence that there's a substantial obstacle" to an abortion, clinic attorney Robert McDuff said.
The state attorney general's office declined to comment after the hearing.
The law was passed by the GOP-controlled Legislature. When Bryant signed it in April, he said, "If it closes that clinic, then so be it."
Terri Herring of the Pro Life America Network lobbied for the law and attended the court hearing. After the judge's decision, Herring said the hospitals should deny admitting privileges for the abortion clinic's doctors.
The clinic uses out-of-state physicians because in-state physicians generally don't want to face the social pressure of having protesters at their offices, homes or churches, clinic employees say. | 2019-04-24T21:47:28Z | https://www.sfgate.com/politics/article/Judge-blocks-Mississippi-abortion-law-3700824.php | Sports | Health | 0.584575 |
wordpress | We had a very productive conference call on March 5 for the BMSCE 1980 Silver Jubilee Celebration. Attendees for the meeting were: Mr. Kumaraswamy�71 (CA), Mr. Satyen�69 (TX), Vijay Lathia�80 (MA), Anil Kumar�80 (VA), Krishna Murthy�80 (MI), Veena�92 ( UK ), and Sharmili�99 (KY).
� Silver Jubilee date. We would like to set this date for most folks to attend.
o Consensus was to have dates coincide school-off week. Taking into account both east/west coast we are looking at weekend of Jun 25, Jul 2, Jul 9, Jul 16, Jul 23 and July 30.
o Folks of 1980 batch please let us know if you are planning to be in Bangalore during these weeks.
o Professors who taught during 1975-80.
o Each batch of 1980.
o Individuals of 1980 batch nominated by their classmates.
o Certificates will be mailed to folks who can not attend.
o Contacts and pledges for Civil batch Anil Kumar/ Krishna Murthy for US and Krishna Naidoo/Dev Sitaram for India contacts/pledges .
o Contacts and Pledges for Electronics Srinivas Dabir / Ashok Kumar for US, Gridhar Boray / Tara Nawaz for India .
o Arun Kumar is contact for Mechanical branch; he will help in getting emails and class picture.
o Need help in finding folks from Electrical batch and participation from 1980 folks in India.
� 1980 batch is setting an initial goal to provide scholarship for next 5 years. Scholarship for a year costs around Rs. 5000. Please support this effort. Money collected from all 1980 batches will be collectively given towards the scholarship.
� Giridhar and Tara will help in extending invitation to the professors of 1980 batch. They will be attending upcoming March 19th BMSCE-IAA meeting at BMS.
� We are looking for help with certificates, yearbook and T-Shirts for the event.
� Sharmili will help with managing Web page for 1980 batch on http://www.bmsceiaa.org. We will post 1980 group, individual and professors pictures here. Please also send your favorite inspirational/best-wish quotes for wesite and yearbook to Kumaraswamy.
Again this is your event, so please participate and help wherever way you can, please forward your questions and commnets.. As a batch of 1980, we are breaking grounds to start this for Alumni celebration 1st time, so lets make it a great success.
Date/Time: Mar 5th Saturday 11:45 AM.
Thanks for everything and for initiative in doing this. Timing is OK with me.
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Hi from australia, good review. I will come back next week to see what’s new. | 2019-04-25T12:03:51Z | https://bmsceiaa.wordpress.com/2006/11/18/meeting-minutes-bms-1980-silver-jubillee-celebration-conference-call-sat-mar-5th-2005/ | Sports | Computers | 0.398206 |
latimes | Step 1Cut tortillas into 8 wedges each. Pour oil 1/8 inch deep in heavy 10-inch skillet and heat over medium-low heat. When hot, add single layer of tortilla wedges and fry until browned on 1 side, 1 to 2 minutes. Sprinkle with salt while frying. Turn tortillas and brown second side. Drain on paper towels. Repeat until all tortilla wedges are browned. Store in paper bag.
400 calories; 213 mg sodium; 0 cholesterol; 21 grams fat; 48 grams carbohydrates; 5 grams protein; 0 fiber. | 2019-04-18T11:00:32Z | https://recipes.latimes.com/recipe-fried-tortilla-chips/ | Sports | Health | 0.451479 |
farmingdalesports | Mahwah, N.J. - The Farmingdale State baseball team used a four-run sixth inning to open up a 5-0 lead en route to the 8-3 victory at Ramapo on Thursday afternoon.
Leading 1-0 entering the top of the sixth, FSC (10-5) junior first baseman Morgan McCarthy (Oceanside, N.Y.) hit a one-out single and moved to second when Cam Alfano (Yaphank, N.Y.) was hit by a pitch. In the next at-bat, junior second baseman Tyler Schrimpf (Miller Place, N.Y.) hit an infield single to shortstop which scored McCarthy and put the Rams on top, 2-0. After a Nick Attardi (Smithtown, N.Y.) RBI sacrifice bunt, Schrimpf came around to score on a balk. Farmingdale State added a run on a bases loaded walk to extend the advantage to 5-0.
With runners on second and third and two outs in the bottom of the seventh, the Roadrunners (6-7) used a Philip Mahlik (Bernardsville, N.J.) RBI single through the right side to score their first run of the game. During the next at-bat, junior first baseman Matt Meola (Union, N.J.) scored on a wild pitch to cut the deficit to 5-2.
The Rams quickly answered with two runs in the eighth on an RBI sac bunt by junior shortstop Brian Perez (Levittown, N.Y.) and a bases loaded walk to sophomore catcher Michael Amandola (North Babylon, N.Y.).
Each team added a run in the ninth as FSC earned the 8-3 non-conference road win.
Schrimpf finished the day 2-for-4 at the plate with a pair of runs scored, while McCarthy had two hits and scored a run. Junior pitcher Jimmy Mattera (West Islip, N.Y.) (1-0) earned his first win of the season after tossing 4.2 innings allowing two runs on five hits with seven strikeouts.
For Ramapo, Meola was 3-for-3 with a double and two runs scored.
The Rams square off against Skyline opponent Yeshiva this morning at Overpeck Park in Palisades Park, N.J. The first pitch is scheduled for 9:30 a.m. | 2019-04-22T22:02:21Z | http://farmingdalesports.com/sports/bsb/2018-19/releases/20190329e08wbs | Sports | Sports | 0.791175 |
hubpages | Cranberry Orange Nut Bread is a delicious treat for breakfast and snacking. It's made with wholesome cranberries, vitamin-packed oranges, and nutritious walnuts. It's sure to be a family favorite.
Shoofly Pie is one of my favorite breakfast and brunch foods. It is full of flavor and texture and many memories of visits to Pennsylvania to visit my sister and her husband.
A nutritious breakfast bread using ground oats and almonds, a taste and texture that even kids will like.
Breakfast twist with sour cream and cinnamon is a delightful pastry that is not too sweet. It is great to dunk in your morning coffee.
Don't throw those bread crusts away! Save them and try this delectable dessert!
A fruity, tart, and sweet bread ideal for breakfast or a snack. Substitutions to modify the recipe included. | 2019-04-25T08:59:11Z | https://hubpages.com/food/breakfast-breads-and-cakes/1493?page=4 | Sports | Reference | 0.290985 |
wordpress | He says okay and goes up to look.
“I found one, Mom!” he says, and throws it down to me. It matches neither of the socks I have waiting. “That’s not it – now you have three to find!” I say.
He goes and looks again. “I found two!” He yells, and throws it down. Not only do they not match the three I have in my hand, they’re not even his socks.
Then he comes down with 4 socks. We successfully match a few pairs, but we still have some unmatched socks. So I go upstairs and have a hunt through his drawers.
Nevertheless, I persevere and come up with two more socks. I take them downstairs, and continue on my way.
I tell him I wasn’t even aware of his junk drawer and we playfully tussle for a moment while he tells me his junk drawer is completely off limits.
We both lost it and dissolved into hysterical laughter.
At which point I decided to give up and went downstairs.
I’m still laughing. And I still have 6 unmatched socks. | 2019-04-24T00:48:40Z | https://lostinaseaofblogs.wordpress.com/2015/02/07/i-know-where-all-the-unmatched-socks-are/ | Sports | Kids | 0.250005 |
wordpress | Newark, New Jersey Mayor Corey Booker visited The Ensemble Theatre, Saturday, February 23, 2013. He was invited by Ensemble Theatre Board Member and Shell Employee Simone Haygood and the Shell Black Networking Group (SBNG), one of Shell Oil’s several affinity groups designed to support diversity within the company. Members of the SBNG attended The Ensemble Theatre’s Black History Month drama, Knock Me A Kiss by Charles Smith. Following the play, Mayor Booker gave a presentation on leadership. He shared funny, endearing, and insightful stories about his family and other early experiences that helped shape his leadership style. He elaborated on vision, attention to detail, and collaboration, a few components of his style. Mayor Booker graciously mingled with guests including Houston Mayor Annise Parker, Shell Employees, and Ensemble Theatre Board Members and staff. | 2019-04-23T21:03:12Z | https://tet1976.wordpress.com/2013/03/07/shell-black-networking-group-invites-newark-new-jersey-mayor-cory-booker-to-the-ensemble-theatre/ | Sports | Arts | 0.481624 |
travelandleisure | Thousands of people a day travel to the Hoover Dam, which is only about 45 minutes away from the Strip. From the overlook—when you look straight down from its 726 feet—you’ll get amazing views of the dam, Lake Mead, the Black Canyon and the Colorado River. There are two tours available: one of the power plant, and one that travels the passageways of the dam (most people prefer the latter). | 2019-04-20T08:49:20Z | https://www.travelandleisure.com/travel-guide/las-vegas/things-to-do/hoover-dam | Sports | Recreation | 0.982752 |
carleton | If reality TV has taught us anything, it’s that putting a bunch of strangers in a room for an extended period of time is a sure-fire recipe for drama.
Unfortunately, “strangers plus room plus time” is also the standard recipe for an office. Mix in a dash of cultural disconnect and office politics can head south fast.
At Immigration Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC), Vanessa Laporte works as a conflict resolution adviser to resolve staff conflicts domestically and abroad, including IRCC employees at Canada’s embassies and consulates, where local residents work under the supervision of Canada’s diplomats to process visas and immigration applications.
“You can have those cultural differences in Paris and London, just like you would in New Delhi and Dakar,” says Laporte, who completed Carleton University’s Graduate Diploma in Conflict Resolution (GDCR) in 2014.
Laporte credits her conflict resolution training with helping her strike the right balance in resolving these conflicts.
“It’s a fine balance between doing your homework and having that curious aspect,” she says, “instead of going in and assuming that you know what’s going on and know their perspective. Of course, you’re going to do your homework in terms of going into an embassy and understanding what’s going on there — the cultural dynamics of the region are a given.
For Johannus Olsthoorn, the Carleton’s GDCR built on skills he developed during three decades of communications and citizen engagement at various federal government departments and agencies. He wanted to continue using his skills in retirement and launched his own consultancy – Laudusk Conflict Management Services.
Offered through Carleton’s Department of Law and Legal Studies, the 12-month program targets professional advancement, as well as those interested in applying conflict resolution in a personal or community context. It’s approved by the Alternative Dispute Resolution Institute of Ontario (ADRIO) and L’Institut de médiation et d’arbitrage du Québec (IMAQ).
The training was invaluable to Olsthoorn in offering a range of conflict resolution services, including mediation, workplace investigations and conflict assessments where he acts as an independent assessor interviewing staff to identify conflict and potential tools to resolve it.
Faculty in the program are researchers and practitioners, and each course has an independent learning initiative such as journaling, role-playing and self-insight activities. After coursework is completed, students undergo a skills assessment to help them gauge their level of competency.
Alain Babineau found role-playing particularly useful in turning theory into practice, and has since used his conflict resolution training to work on “developing communications techniques for the use of law enforcement personnel in Canada and abroad,” something the former RCMP officer felt was lacking during his time as police officer.
At Operation Come Home, Elspeth McKay deals with young people on the other side of that equation. The Ottawa-based NGO is a community economic development hub for at-risk and homeless youth and McKay is its executive director.
As an executive, McKay doesn’t work directly with clients; she mostly uses the training to manage relationships with stakeholders and staff – mediating conflicts, facilitating policy discussions and negotiating resolutions for resignations or terminations.
McKay graduated with her GDCR in 2000.
“I’m better able to facilitate and have better discussions with people because I have that type of training,” McKay says. “It’s really valuable, and if I didn’t have to work full time, I’d have gone on to study more conflict resolution. | 2019-04-19T14:16:22Z | https://newsroom.carleton.ca/story/conflict-resolution-graduate-diploma/?utm_source=NewsroomBanner&utm_campaign=October2018 | Sports | Business | 0.151394 |
dailyrecord | Cambuslang OAP warns residents of cold callers after they left her driveway in a "complete mess"
MARY SCOTT spent £350 on new paving slabs but was left unhappy with the work.
A Cambuslang pensioner has warned other residents to think twice before allowing cold callers to carry out work – after being left unhappy claiming her driveway was left in a shoddy state because of their work.
Mary Scott, 82, was in her garden when approached on a Saturday afternoon by a man from the Weathershield company.
He offered to work on her gutters, and then asked if she wanted work done on her driveway, which needed new paving slabs.
However Mary says the work done, which cost £350 was “a complete mess”, with the new paving slabs a completely different colour.
And she has been blanked by the workers when she tried to contact them afterwards.
She said: “I know it was foolish and I’ve never agreed to that work being done before by someone coming to the door.
“But I can’t do the gutters anymore at my age, so I agreed that they could do that.
“Then the lad mentioned that his father could do the paving slabs too.
“I said I wouldn’t have the money for that, but they mentioned that the banks would be open and they could come back later on.
Weathershield advertise themselves as a company that can handle all sorts of repairs including: tiling, slating, felting, roof repairs, roughcasting, gutter cleaning and renewal, UPVC supplied and fitted, and the power washing of roofs, driveways, paths and patios.
Mary insists that the gutters and paving project at her property was handled unprofessionally.
The pensioner claims she never received a receipt and, after complaining about the standard of the paving works, she was ignored.
Her phone calls have gone unanswered and a letter written to the company’s base in Cleland Industrial Estate, Motherwell, weeks ago has not been responded to.
Mary said: “I’ve tried them repeatedly and it just rings out. I would like them to come out and sort the mess they’ve done.
“One of my neighbours was over and just asked what had happened - the new slabs look terrible.
The Rutherglen Reformer tried contacting Weathershield on the Glasgow, Lanarkshire and mobile numbers listed on the leaflet handed to Mrs Scott. However, none of our calls were returned. | 2019-04-24T18:17:07Z | https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/local-news/cambuslang-oap-warns-residents-cold-13010653 | Sports | Business | 0.548496 |
virginia | Posted on Wednesday, August 26th, 2015 at 3:58 pm.
The Q-Q plot, or quantile-quantile plot, is a graphical tool to help us assess if a set of data plausibly came from some theoretical distribution such as a Normal or exponential. For example, if we run a statistical analysis that assumes our dependent variable is Normally distributed, we can use a Normal Q-Q plot to check that assumption. It’s just a visual check, not an air-tight proof, so it is somewhat subjective. But it allows us to see at-a-glance if our assumption is plausible, and if not, how the assumption is violated and what data points contribute to the violation.
A Q-Q plot is a scatterplot created by plotting two sets of quantiles against one another. If both sets of quantiles came from the same distribution, we should see the points forming a line that’s roughly straight. Here’s an example of a Normal Q-Q plot when both sets of quantiles truly come from Normal distributions.
So we see that quantiles are basically just your data sorted in ascending order, with various data points labelled as being the point below which a certain proportion of the data fall. However it’s worth noting there are many ways to calculate quantiles. In fact, the quantile function in R offers 9 different quantile algorithms! See help(quantile) for more information.
Q-Q plots take your sample data, sort it in ascending order, and then plot them versus quantiles calculated from a theoretical distribution. The number of quantiles is selected to match the size of your sample data. While Normal Q-Q Plots are the ones most often used in practice due to so many statistical methods assuming normality, Q-Q Plots can actually be created for any distribution.
In R, there are two functions to create Q-Q plots: qqnorm and qqplot.
qqnorm creates a Normal Q-Q plot. You give it a vector of data and R plots the data in sorted order versus quantiles from a standard Normal distribution. For example, consider the trees data set that comes with R. It provides measurements of the girth, height and volume of timber in 31 felled black cherry trees. One of the variables is Height. Can we assume our sample of Heights comes from a population that is Normally distributed?
That appears to be a fairly safe assumption. The points seem to fall about a straight line. Notice the x-axis plots the theoretical quantiles. Those are the quantiles from the standard Normal distribution with mean 0 and standard deviation 1.
The ppoints function generates a given number of probabilities or proportions. I wanted the same number of values in randu$x, so I gave it the argument length(randu$x), which returns 400. The qunif function then returns 400 quantiles from a uniform distribution for the 400 proportions. I save that to y and then plot y versus randu$x in the qqplot function. Again, we see points falling along a straight line in the Q-Q plot, which provide strong evidence that these numbers truly did come from a uniform distribution.
What about when points don’t fall on a straight line? What can we infer about our data? To help us answer this, let’s generate data from one distribution and plot against the quantiles of another. First we plot a distribution that’s skewed right, a Chi-square distribution with 3 degrees of freedom, against a Normal distribution.
Notice the points form a curve instead of a straight line. Normal Q-Q plots that look like this usually mean your sample data are skewed.
Notice the points fall along a line in the middle of the graph, but curve off in the extremities. Normal Q-Q plots that exhibit this behavior usually mean your data have more extreme values than would be expected if they truly came from a Normal distribution. | 2019-04-21T12:08:39Z | https://data.library.virginia.edu/understanding-q-q-plots/ | Sports | Science | 0.233661 |
anl | The new finalize callback interface simplifies the shutting down of a composition of mochi services, but it doesn't provide a mechanism for invoking specific shutdown mechanisms independently -- all finalize callbacks are invoked consecutively when the margo instance is destroyed.
Consider the case where a hypothetical service daemon provides clients with direct access to multiple independent providers -- for simplicity, lets just say 2 BAKE instances for whatever reason. These BAKE instances serve different roles in the service and can come and go independent of one another, but with the current interface they can only be shutdown together when the underlying margo instance is destroyed.
Maybe there's a way we can organize so there's multiple finalization callback stacks, keyed by a unique identifier -- at least in our case, that identifier would reference a set of providers that all provide a single, logical service (a mobject finalize stack would include the mobject provider, as well as all underlying providers like BAKE, sds-keyval, etc.).
The new finalize callback interface simplifies the shutting down of a composition of mochi services, but it doesn't provide a mechanism for invoking specific shutdown mechanisms independently -- all finalize callbacks are invoked consecutively when the margo instance is destroyed. Consider the case where a hypothetical service daemon provides clients with direct access to multiple independent providers -- for simplicity, lets just say 2 BAKE instances for whatever reason. These BAKE instances serve different roles in the service and can come and go independent of one another, but with the current interface they can only be shutdown together when the underlying margo instance is destroyed. Maybe there's a way we can organize so there's multiple finalization callback stacks, keyed by a unique identifier -- at least in our case, that identifier would reference a set of providers that all provide a single, logical service (a mobject finalize stack would include the mobject provider, as well as all underlying providers like BAKE, sds-keyval, etc.). | 2019-04-24T12:45:50Z | https://xgitlab.cels.anl.gov/sds/margo/issues/37 | Sports | Reference | 0.365859 |
smugmug | A totally amazing job done here! WOW!
Hope you don't mind another vote to your tally, Cromik. This 73 year old man, is man enough to pay for a membership, has the money to do it and not to sponge of a interloping login, and is man enough to use his own name when he does it. I have had my photos voted off for the past year and one-half by this 5'-7" or less gutless kid daily, but this is the same person that writes comments using canal barge language and hateful epithets about me and my wife, and I hope Help@Smugmug makes good on there promise to me.
Anyway, Cromik, I must say in all honesty that day in and day out your pictures are top quality. One last suggestion though, do what I did and change your comments to 'By Approval Only' and you can stop this little guy from using your photos to do his anit-social networking.
This picture is worthy of a high place on the 'Today's Most Popular' and has my support. As for the person that signed in as "Guest" and not a Smugmug member, well............. the fact that this picture is on the gallery upholds the idea that at least 'Guest', aka, small caps, large caps, Judy Cruse, Mark Cruse is not completely truthful. Nice work Chromik on the hummingbird.
I love this! Getting a picture as clear as this, of a hummingbird is on my photo bucket list. Beautiful shot! | 2019-04-19T04:48:31Z | https://chromik.smugmug.com/Birds/Birds-in-Northen-Illinois/i-rkx2fSB | Sports | Arts | 0.341043 |
reuters | TOKYO, Sept 26 (Reuters) - The dollar largely stuck to tight ranges on Wednesday as investors awaited policy cues from the Federal Reserve, which is widely expected to raise interest rates later in the day, and as the Sino-U.S. trade dispute dampened demand for risky assets.
Investors were also watching talks between U.S. President Donald Trump and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe due in New York later on Wednesday to see if the two countries have made progress on how to promote bilateral trade following a round of trade negotiations.
Global markets have been on edge in the past few months as the escalating Sino-U.S. trade dispute stoked uncertainty about the outlook for global growth and broader monetary policy for some developed and emerging market economies.
“In the trade dispute, China and the United States have made no real progress on having direct negotiations,” said Kumiko Ishikawa, senior analyst at Sony Financial Holdings.
“The market isn’t shifting aggressively to a risk-on mode as a result,” she said.
The index edged higher to 94.187 on Wednesday, sitting near a 2-1/2 month low of 93.814 touched on Friday.
The dollar changed hands at 112.94 Japanese yen, close to a near 10-week high of 113.02 yen touched earlier in the session.
Sony senior analyst Ishikawa said investors were paying attention to the Trump-Abe talks on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly meeting in New York.
Meanwhile, the Australian and New Zealand dollars got a boost after figures showed New Zealand business sentiment rose from a decade-low in September.
The Aussie advanced 0.3 percent to $0.7275. The kiwi gained 0.4 percent to $0.6676.
The euro edged down to $1.1761.
The pound, meanwhile, traded a flinch lower at $1.3177, giving up some gains after rising about half a percent during the previous session. | 2019-04-21T07:03:41Z | https://www.reuters.com/article/global-forex/forex-dollar-sticks-to-tight-ranges-ahead-of-widely-expected-fed-rate-hike-idUSL4N1WC0QZ | Sports | Business | 0.606852 |
imdb | A young singer dates a disc jockey who helps her get into the music business, but their relationship become complicated as she ascends to super stardom.
Billie Frank is a shy, young multiracial girl who is sent away by her alcoholic mother at a very early age. At an orphanage, she befriends Louise and Roxanne. Flash forward to 1983. Billie and her friends are spotted by a record producer, Timothy Walker, who wants them to sing backup for his latest pop-music discovery. But when super DJ Julian Dice hears Billie's incredible voice, he makes a shady deal with Timothy to get her out of that dead-end situation. Soon, Billie and Dice are making hits inside the studio, and falling in love outside of it. Eventually, the pressure of her newfound celebrity puts too heavy a strain on Billie, forcing her to decide what it is she really wants from Dice, and what she wants for herself. | 2019-04-20T23:30:30Z | https://m.imdb.com/title/tt0118589/plotsummary?ref_=m_tt_stry_pl | Sports | Arts | 0.971739 |
buffalobills | Bills vs. Jags – it’s a familiar matchup and one that brings back some recent memories for Buffalo. When Jacksonville comes to town this weekend, it’ll mark their first visit to New Era Field since 2016. However, the opponents played each other less than a year ago in the AFC Wild Card round. A defensive slugfest, the Jags came away with a narrow win. With homefield advantage on their side this time around, the Bills will look to get a ‘W’ and serve the Jags a cold dish of revenge in the process.
Since he was named Buffalo’s starting QB back in September, Josh Allen’s demeanor has not changed. The rookie has remained positive, humble and grateful, even through an injury that sidelined him for four weeks. After practicing fully, it’s looking like Allen will return to Buffalo’s offensive line-up. The first-year pro is just as eager for the chance to help out his team as fans are to watch.
It took some time, but Bills running back LeSean McCoy finally found his legs Week 10 against the Jets. The future Hall of Famer helped set the offense in motion before the bye, putting up 113 yards rushing and two touchdowns in the 41-10 victory, and will look to do the same against a tough Jaguars squad. However, this isn’t McCoy’s first rodeo against the Doug Marrone led Jags. Since being traded to Buffalo in 2015, McCoy has had three run-ins with Jacksonville. Shady’s best performance against the Jaguars came in 2016, when he ran for 103 yards and a score on 19 carries. McCoy’s effort is not only aiding his team, it’s moving him further into the NFL history books. With just 120 yards, No. 25 will move to 25th place on the all-time rushing list.
Shady McCoy wasn’t the only Bills offensive player to make a splash in the team’s last outing. Bills wide receivers Zay Jones and undrafted rookie free agent Robert Foster also had themselves a day. The two were more than reliable, combining for nearly 200 yards. While Jones’ performance was inspiring, Foster’s was epic. After getting called up from the practice squad, Foster was determined to make the most out of his opportunity. On the game’s opening play, he caught a 47-yard strike from back up QB Matt Barkley and finished the contest with 105 yards receiving. With another 100-yard showing, the Alabama product would become the first Bills undrafted rookie to compile back-to-back 100-yard games.
This season has had its share of ups and downs, but one thing that’s remained solid through 10 games is the Bills defense. The stout unit has been impressive, and downright electric at times, in several categories and is currently one of the best in the NFL. While the group has been delivering as whole, defenders such as linebacker Matt Milano, who is tied for the league-lead with five takeaways, and cornerback Tre’Davious White, who is just one of five NFL corners since 2007 with 100-plus total tackles and five or more interceptions through 25 games, have been leading the charge. When the Bills take the field on Sunday, they will do so with the backing of the NFL’s second ranked defense in yards per game. The ‘D’ has given up an average of just 302 and has limited their last two opponents to 200 yards or less. | 2019-04-25T13:50:06Z | https://www.buffalobills.com/news/top-5-reasons-the-bills-will-deliver-against-the-jags-week-12 | Sports | Sports | 0.709935 |
binghamton | The Binghamton University Bookstore is proudly operated by Barnes and Noble College.
Clothing and gifts: Get Binghamton University swag; hats, sweatshirts, mugs, frames etc.
For additional information on the Binghamton University Bookstore, visit binghamton.bncollege.com or e-mail them at [email protected]. | 2019-04-19T22:17:35Z | https://www.binghamton.edu/services/auxiliary/bookstore/ | Sports | Shopping | 0.727798 |
wordpress | Suzhou Amusement Land is one of the first groups of Countryal AAAA level Panoramic spots. More than the Previous few years, it has been Produced as s Properly-known Mixed Technique with travelling and leisure Companies in the Country, which has possessed 5 worlds including Warm Spring World,Candyland World,Happy World, and Wetland World.
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Water World occupies 80000 square meters with oriental bathing culture as its theme, combining exciting water rides and a Wealthy Mix of leisure Wellness and Sports activities product. Immersed into the charming garden with the Bali style, Vacationers are enjoying all kinds of experiences This kind of as Sports activities, Amusement, fitness, gourmet food. | 2019-04-22T12:56:21Z | https://chinatravetour.wordpress.com/category/suzhou/ | Sports | Recreation | 0.657988 |
usi | Occasionally, an employee may need to be absent from work for an extended period because of illness, disability or other compelling reasons. To request a leave of absence, an employee should complete a Personal Leave of Absence Request Form or an FMLA Leave Request Form and submit the form to Human Resources.
For more information on the leaves below, please refer to the University Handbook, Leaves of Absence Policy, Section D.7 and Parental Leave Policy D.13. | 2019-04-20T05:19:11Z | https://www.usi.edu/hr/benefits/leaves/ | Sports | Health | 0.712258 |
tripod | The listserv we joined at the beginning of this portion of our methods class was incredibly useful! Some of the greatest advantages of joining a group like this, and of using it in a classroom setting are that questions get sent to everyone, so answers do not have to be repeated, there are so many people on the listserv that it does not take a long time for someone to reply, and if you have not yet experienced the problem that someone has sent a question about, the answer is always in your e-mail, so you can go back to it if you experience the problem later. For me personally, over the past five weeks, the listserv has been helpful to make sure the little details are worked out in my webpage. Even if I am not experiencing a problem, I read what the questions and answers are, and make sure I posted, uploaded, downloaded, etc. the correct way. It has saved me from a lot of headaches that I know would have occured without this listserv. Also, as soon as Danielle and I experienced an issue with our webpage, we sent out an e-mail to the listserv. This saved us a lot of time because we were able to move on to the next project, knowing that an answer to our problem would come soon. Without the listserv, we would've spent lots of time on our problem, trying to solve it in any way possible, and then, we would've tried to contact someone for an answer. Basically, the listserv saves people from many headaches and frustrations. In a classroom setting, as a teacher, it would be useful so you would not have to repeat yourself. Also, it would allow you to stay updated on the progress of your students. It breaks down the barriers of communication between teachers and students. | 2019-04-26T13:50:47Z | http://jenniferdurlin.tripod.com/html/listserv.html | Sports | Computers | 0.698972 |
wpi | We studied the topography of a granular bed after dragging intruders, such as vertical posts, through an initially leveled surface using a stereographic camera. We studied the parameters R, the intruder radius, and Z, the immersion depth, in relation to surface displacements for slow moving intruders which were much larger than the particle size. The inclination angles of surfaces exceeded theta=35° in the trough behind the post, and were significantly greater than the angle of repose theta=24° of free standing piles. The mounds and their profiles were roughly geometrically similar, and increased in size with intruder radius R and immersion depth Z. The ratio of the mound volumes to immersed intruder volumes exhibited a roughly linear increase with the ratio Z/R. | 2019-04-21T08:57:43Z | https://digitalcommons.wpi.edu/mqp-all/4099/ | Sports | Science | 0.657252 |
wordpress | Michaël Borremans (born in 1963 in Geraardsbergen, East Flanders) is a Belgian painter and filmmaker who lives and works in Ghent. His painting technique draws on 18th century art as well as the works of Édouard Manet and Degas. The artist also cites the Spanish court painter Diego Velázquez as an important influence. His earlier drawings, many of which belong to the collection of fellow painter Jan Van Imschoot, are often used as a basis for his later paintings. In recent years, he has been using photographs he has made himself or made to order sculptures as the basis for his paintings. | 2019-04-26T10:19:59Z | https://michelkoven.wordpress.com/category/michael-borremans/ | Sports | Arts | 0.977939 |
news-press | Karl Schneider is a digital content producer for Naples Daily News and the News-Press. He works to turn written stories into digital experiences. Karl joined the staff in 2018. | 2019-04-20T08:37:41Z | https://www.news-press.com/staff/10061262/karl-schneider/?page=2 | Sports | News | 0.874053 |
vcu | The purpose of this exploratory study was to further investigate the notion of parental competencies through the use of the Juvenile Offender Parent Questionnaire as previously developed by Rose and colleagues (2004). The parent questionnaire was administered to 88 parents of juvenile probationers placed on probation in a Virginia county. Exploratory Factor Analysis revealed an eight-factor solution: parental exasperation, parental resignation, mistrust of the juvenile justice system, shame over parenting efficacy, parental monitoring, fear of the child, parent perceptions of child’s exposure to violence, and anger towards child. Regression analyses indicate that parental exasperation and parental resignation were not significant predictors of whether a juvenile violates their probation or subsequently offends while on probation; however, parental monitoring was significant. Moreover, this study highlights the significance of maintaining passing grades and refraining from substance use as predictors of offending patterns in probationers. This document was created in Microsoft Word 2003. | 2019-04-24T02:55:14Z | https://scholarscompass.vcu.edu/etd/1672/ | Sports | Computers | 0.905577 |
carleton | The progression of hydration of Geosynthetic Clay liner (GCL) from underlying subsoil was studied for three GCL products under simulated landfill conditions, before and after being covered by municipal solid waste. GCL hydration is shown to be highly dependent on the GCL manufacturing techniques, the grain size distribution and initial moisture content of the subsoil. The hydration behaviour of the GCL was also affected by the exposure conditions in the landfill. Prior to waste placement, the composite liner may be exposed to daily and seasonal thermal cycles for a period of time (weeks to months). These cycles significantly suppressed the hydration of the GCLs and kept the equilibrium moisture content of the GCLs far less than what expected under isothermal conditions at room temperature (22°C). After waste placement, the GCL may experience elevated temperatures that occur during waste decomposition in municipal solid waste landfills. Results indicated that as the temperature increased (from 22 to 55°C), the final equilibrium moisture content decreased, from about 96% at room temperature to about 14% at 55°C. Moreover, the normal stress of 2 to 5 kPa was shown to induce an adequately high rate of hydration and the maximum equilibrium moisture content.
Rayhani, M.T, & Sarabadani, H. (H.). (2013). Factors affecting hydration of geosynthetic clay liners in landfill applications. In 18th International Conference on Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering: Challenges and Innovations in Geotechnics, ICSMGE 2013 (pp. 3061–3064). | 2019-04-24T13:51:29Z | https://ir.library.carleton.ca/pub/16821 | Sports | Science | 0.965175 |
hubpages | It has become increasingly difficult to find vendors, at least of the "brick-and-mortar" variety, who sell the once-ubiquitous stereo system. Today, one will find home-theatre systems, "boom boxes," and digital, portable music systems (i.e., iPods, MP3 players, etc.) in stores such as Target and others. But receivers? Compact disk decks? Amplifiers? Hard to find! Yes, you can find dozens of websites that sell all these items but it is rather difficult to audition stereo components online! My premise here has to do with the last, admittedly rather facetious, sentence: the best way to purchase a stereo component or system is to HEAR it.
In another Hub article I authored entitled "Whither HiFi," I wrote this: "Now I know today’s music (if such it can be called) consists of three or four minute long pop tunes with a minuscule dynamic range (i.e., the difference between the softest and loudest parts) is perfect for these new gizmos. (Ever notice the advertising for these digital players? 'Holds up to 1000 songs.' 'Songs?' How about symphonies, concerti, operas, or even arias? Sigh.)" In another Hub article I wrote entitled "High Fidelity, Today's Music, and Today's Listening Habits," I stated: "This brings me back to the quality of sound on the 'systems' commonly used today to listen to music. With four step-children, I am around young people quite a lot and I see (and hear) how they listen to music. For the most part, it's digitally compressed pop music playing over the speaker(s) in a 'smart phone,' or on an MP3 player with earphones, or on a laptop computer, while they do something else. One of my stepsons recently told me he really never sits down and just 'listens' to music. I, on the other hand, will sit in front of my system (sometimes with a cigar and a brandy - great way to do it!) and just listen to the music. On occasion, I'll turn off the lights and sit there in the dark, totally immersed in a symphony, or whatever I'm listening to."
The items depicted in the graphics are, classically, what most stereo systems consist of. The majority of two-channel (stereophonic) systems consist of one or more signal sources (CD player, tuner, turntable, tape deck, etc.), a receiver, and two speaker systems. (Note I said "speaker systems," rather than simply "speakers." With few exceptions, competently designed speakers consist of two or more drivers and a crossover system, the latter item sending the audio signals [bass, mid-range, treble] to the appropriate drivers. Thus, a "speaker system.") As you can see, the receiver combines the functions of radio tuner, preamplifier, and power amplifier on one chassis. The problem is the three components share the same power supply and some associated electronics, necessitating some compromises in manufacture and, therefore, in the way it will likely sound. A "high-end" stereo system will almost always consist of separate preamp, power amp, and tuner. A bit of a compromise can be obtained by using an "integrated" amp, which has the functions of preamp and power amp, and a separate tuner if desired.
"I thought the early CDs (and the players) sounded bright and the sound kind of . . . mechanical. The sampling rate for CDs had a fixed upper limit of 44khz, meaning a sharp drop-off after 22khz (with respect to frequency response). It was maintained at the time the humans could not hear frequencies above this limit so it didn’t matter. Wrong! It turns out that harmonics above 22khz do affect what we hear and the 'brick wall' presented by the 44khz upper limit was one of the factors responsible for the rather uninvolving sound of many CDs. Lo and behold, manufacturers started 'oversampling' in order to compensate for this effect. (A few years ago, one high-end manufacturer advertised a CD player with a slogan something like 'Finally, CD sound as good as vinyl!' I guess we’ve come full circle!)"
Well, CDs and digital-to-analog converters (DACs) have "come a long way baby," and they do sound much better now. My system has both analog and digital sources but, although the CD format is quite convenient, easy to load, has no "clicks and pops" as many records do, and you don't have to flip them over, I still prefer the sound of vinyl!
At this point one might ask, "what's the difference?" Undoubtedly the more elaborate the system the higher the cost. I could be "flip" here and simply say "you get what you pay for," but, I must say, that is usually true in the case of HiFi. When I was a salesman in an audio store a while back, I would tell my customers you need to spend about $2000 to get a good, entry level HiFi system. (This was in the 1990s but the figure isn't that far off today.) I would sometimes get an incredulous look and was told how they could buy a "rack" system complete with CD, turntable, cassette, amp, and speakers and a nice rack to put it all in at the local department store for arounf $1400 or so, or even less. I would try to explain to them they would eventually tire of listening to the "rack" system and, if they wanted to sell it and move up to a better system, they would get very little for it. Of course, if they were the type of listeners who are primarily interested in playing music in the background while they do something else, the "rack" system would do just fine.
Stereo components - tuner, integrated amp, and one of the speakers. High-end enthusiasts sometimes refer to such equipment as "Oriental mid-fi!"
For those who actually wanted to listen to music, the department store "rack" system would soon turn into an albatross. (Ironically, today one cannot even find stores selling these types of systems at all.) I had the habit of taking prospective buyers into our "high-end" room and let them sit down in front of a $50,000 system and listen to music for a while. After I heard exclamations of "My God, who can afford that?" and the like (you'd be surprised how many systems are sold at that price level or higher), I would say something like "Forget the price for a moment and tell me what you experienced." In most cases, they would say something like "the best sound I ever heard." Then the next step was to try to get them into a system which was as close to the high-end system they could get within their budget. Naturally it isn't easy to get close to that level of fidelity with a couple of thousand bucks but I usually sold them a system which cost just a bit more than the "rack" system would have, and sounded much better (and lasted longer as well).
Ah yes, the sound. That's what "HiFi" is all about. A good audio system today should meet two criteria: it is stereophonic which means it gives the listener the proper spatial information (i.e., creating the illusion of directionality and audible perspective), and it is high-fidelity, (faithful to the original). There are many "stereos" that are anything but "HiFi." I can sit in front of my system and "see" where the different instruments are placed, where the soloist is, etc. A realistic recreation of a given performance in time and space is what high-fidelity is all about. Do better components sound better? Yes they do. (I could get into the age-old argument of subjective versus objective testing here, but I'll restrain myself. Suffice it to say specifications do not always tell you how a given component sounds. Trust your ears, they are the most important tools you have when you are looking for audio equipment.) Okay, but what about the "high-end?" Is it necessary to spend that kind of money (usually tens of thousands) to get satisfactory sound? No, of course not. In fact, sometimes one comes across the law of diminishing returns; i.e., it would cost much more money to extract that last percentile of fidelity. But there are well-heeled audiophiles out there who do spend "big bucks" for high-end systems.
A few more thoughts about elaborate systems. First of all, they can be as elaborate as all get out, with separate power supplies for amplification components, separate digital-to-analog converters for CD players, etc. And do not forget interconnects (the wires leading from one component to another) and speaker cables. There are interconnects and speaker cables out there costing literally thousands of dollars. (Do they make an audible difference? Yes, if the rest of the system is of that calibre.) Further, it is advisable to keep stereo and home-theatre systems separate - they perform different functions. (Yes, you can get decent sound from a home-theatre system when you play music, but speaker placement, for one thing, is very different in multi-channel systems and the stereo effect can be lost or muddied. If you can afford it, buy separate components for your HiFi system and use an AV receiver for home theatre.) Yes, doing it this way costs more money, but isn't that the case for all good things in life?
A truly "high-end" audio system.
So What's it All About? Music!
So, what's it all about? It's about music. Again, I believe most people do not listen to music, they only hear it. As I look around at people walking through the city, see them on TV, and so forth, I see them with tiny earplugs, attached to a portable, digital music player and going about their business. That's fine, but I suspect their listening habits at home are similar; music as "wallpaper." Not me. I sit down in front of my system, and I listen to music. If you really like good music (yes, I know, what constitutes "good music" is a matter of opinion), then sit down in front of a good HiFi system in comfortable chair and listen. Believe me, you'll never be satisfied with the little "iGizmo" again! In any case, as always, I wish you good listening!
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reuters | VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - Pope Francis urged 19 freshman cardinals to shun rivalries and factions at an induction ceremony on Saturday where his scandal-plagued predecessor, pope Benedict, made a surprise appearance.
It was the first time Benedict attended a papal rite since his resignation a year ago. His presence offered the remarkable scene of a former pope, a reigning pope and a potentially future pope in St. Peter’s Basilica at the same time.
Rivalry between factions of the Curia, the Vatican’s central administration, was blamed for the mishaps and scandals that dogged Benedict’s eight-year papacy, capped by the so-called “Vatileaks” scandal in 2012 in which Benedict’s butler stole personal documents and leaked them to the media.
Cardinals are the pope’s closest advisers in the Vatican and around the world. Apart from being Church leaders in their home countries, those who are not based in the Vatican are members of key committees in Rome that decide policies that can affect the lives of 1.2 billion Roman Catholics.
Sixteen of the new appointees are “cardinal electors” who will join 106 existing cardinals who are also under 80 and thus eligible to enter a conclave to elect a pope from among their own ranks.
They come from Italy, Germany, Britain, Nicaragua, Canada, Ivory Coast, Brazil, Argentina, South Korea, Chile, Burkina Faso, the Philippines and Haiti. The non-electors come from Italy, Spain and Saint Lucia.
Benedict, 86, who was using a cane, came in through a side entrance and sat quietly wearing a long white overcoat in the front row with cardinals. When he reached the front of the basilica to start the ceremony, Pope Francis greeted Benedict, who took off his white skull cap in a sign of respect and obedience.
Even though the crowd had been asked to refrain from applause during the ceremony, they clapped when Benedict walked in and again when his name was mentioned in an address by one of the new cardinals.
Benedict became the first pope to resign in 600 years when he stepped down on February 28, 2013. Francis was elected the first non-European pope in 1,300 years two weeks later.
Francis gave the red-and-white-garbed cardinals their square hat, known as a biretta, and their ring of office in the presence of hundreds of other cardinals and bishops during the solemn ceremony inside Christendom’s largest church.
He urged them to be men of spirituality and service.
“Whenever a worldly mentality predominates, the result is rivalry, jealousy, factions,” he said.
Francis urged cardinals to remain united. “The Church ... needs you, your cooperation, and even more your communion, communion with me and among yourselves,” he said.
His choice emphasized his concern for poor countries.
The new cardinal electors are aged 55 to 74. From Latin America are Archbishop Aurelio Poli, 66, Francis’s successor in the Argentine capital, and the archbishops of Managua in Nicaragua, Rio de Janeiro in Brazil and Santiago in Chile.
Archbishop Chibly Langlois, 55, is the first cardinal from Haiti, the poorest country in the Western Hemisphere, where according to the World Bank some 80 percent of the rural population lives in abject poverty. The Philippines, Nicaragua, Ivory Coast and Brazil also have high rates of poverty.
Only four of the cardinal electors are Vatican officials, chief among them Italian Archbishop Pietro Parolin, 59, Francis’s new secretary of state, and Archbishop Gerhard Mueller, 66, the German head of the Vatican’s doctrinal congregation. | 2019-04-19T23:21:39Z | https://www.reuters.com/article/us-pope-consistory-benedict/pope-francis-inducts-new-cardinals-as-predecessor-benedict-looks-on-idUSBREA1L07X20140222 | Sports | Home | 0.089739 |
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sherdog | Discussion in 'Grappling Technique' started by lildog, Jun 16, 2008.
My class is set up a little different than im use to. Its been several years since i last took BJJ, and what ive seen at other gyms was pretty different. Usually, the class involves 10 minutes of warm up drills then technique. At my new school we only do technique for 20 minutes, and then we roll for 30+. It doesnt seem like enough time to actually learn technique. And as a beginner, i think rolling for 40 minutes is too much. Is it a bad thing for to roll with person for like 5 minutes or so, and then take a break then go it again with someone else? My class seems really aggressive, and my instructor is a legit black belt, he just doesnt spend a lot of time instructing. I think its normal for me to be sore and worn out, but i just think for instruction and less rolling right now is preferable. I dont know, maybe ill become better by rolling so much with guys that are more experienced than me?
If your teacher is a legit BB then dont worry about it.
Some teachers teach more, spar less and others do the reverse.
Just go for a while and see how you do.
one thing i like about him, is that he wants everyone to start on the feet, instead of on your knees. It seems pretty basic, but it amazes me how many schools have all their rolling sessions just on the ground. He teaches takedowns (wreslting/judo etc.) and thats cool.
Drilling the technique properly is far more effective than talking about how to do it properly. The best teachers are often the ones that say very little.
lol, how do you figure that?
At my new school we only do technique for 20 minutes, and then we roll for 30+.
YMMV, but that's the way I like it. I can do pushups on my own time, and warming up is something that IMO should be done before class starts. Jiu Jitsu class should be about jiu jitsu.
As far as the split between practicing techniques and rolling is concerned, a lot depends on how many techniques you're learning in a day. 20 minutes should be enough to learn the mechanics for 4-5 techniques, which you can (and should) then focus on using during the subsequent rolls.
And yes, you'll learn a lot by rolling. Basically, your goals should vary depending on who you're rolling with. With someone below your level, polish your techniques. With someone at your level, apply your techniques. And with someone above your level, learn from how he defeats your techniques.
Finally, notice how I used the word "with" rather than "against" in the above paragraph. While it is important to roll competitively from time to time, the majority of your rolling should be spent bettering your game and that of your partner. If you're constantly focused on "winning" the roll, you'll stick to your strengths and never improve your weaknesses. Put yourself in bad situations and try to get out of them. You and your partner should also intentionally give each other opportunities to apply what you learned earlier in that class. That way, both of you can gain experience using those moves as well as defending them.
A lot of schools do things differently, and I'm not going to say they're wrong for doing so. But I've seen my game improve dramatically since moving to a school that does things this way.
nothing makes you learn more then "on the job training" once you go more and more your school mates will prob teach you stuff also .
But that schedule changes depending on the size and make up of the class. Somedays, if it's a small class and mostly intermediate-advanced guys, we'll roll the whole time and the instructors will come by and watch and give pointers and such. | 2019-04-23T19:06:49Z | https://forums.sherdog.com/threads/bjj-class.799109/ | Sports | Sports | 0.902474 |
usatoday | Tim Kaine and Mike Pence didn't have the appeal to viewers that Trump and clinton did.
Thirty-seven million people watched the vice presidential debate between Tim Kaine and Mike Pence on Tuesday night, according to Nielsen.
That's less than half the audience that watched the first debate between Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton last week, which had a record-breaking 84 million viewers.
This is also the lowest viewership for a debate since 2000.
Ratings for vice presidential debates have almost always paled in comparison to those featuring the candidates at the top of the ticket, though the 2008 debate between Joe Biden and Sarah Palin was a notable exception.
The margin between this year's presidential debate and the vice presidential debate has never been so wide, though.
Previously, the largest gap was in 1976 when the first presidential debate between Jimmy Carter and Gerald Ford had 70 million viewers and the vice presidential debate between Walter Mondale and Bob Dole had 43 million. | 2019-04-21T22:26:11Z | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/onpolitics/2016/10/05/vice-presidential-debate-pence-kaine-ratings/91629720/ | Sports | Reference | 0.475361 |
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The vibe is very positive. Attendance is significantly up over previous years and the show is well organized. Feedback from attendees has been very excouraging – lots of good buzz on #javaone and other social channels. Many sessions are sold out or standing-room only.
This year’s JavaOne left no doubt Java is moving again, and picking up steam. Throughout the conference and in the various keynotes there was a host of announcements, strategic initiatives, roadmaps, product releases and updates.
After speaking to many developers over the past days it’s clear JavaOne has brought renewed excitement and energy to the Java community. I personally am particularly excited about Java FX 2.0, the Mac OS X support for JDK 7 and JavaFX, and bringing Java ME back to the mainstream platform again. | 2019-04-26T05:48:57Z | https://terrencebarr.wordpress.com/tag/java-on-os-x/ | Sports | Computers | 0.529624 |
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imdb | I watched the movie just days before hitting 100 days and the audience occupancy wasn't as full as the movie Happy Days. Actually, since I live in the U.S, I had three opportunities to see the movie but all failed due to work. But I feel quite happy that I didn't waste $10 in a lousy theater but rather Rs. 35/- to see it in a A/C theater. Anyways getting to the point, the movie was pretty average. Ram Charan does average for a new comer but his debut was hyped a little too much. But he can dance damn good though. Cinematography by Shyam K. Naidu was good but he good have given a better look and feel when shooting beautiful locales in Bangkok. I felt that the movie was quite boring, seeing all routine stuff. There aren't any worthy scenes/dialogue to mention as they are the "usual". Songs in the movie are pretty good and I think that pretty much makes this movie watchable. | 2019-04-23T12:46:15Z | https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1105721/ | Sports | Arts | 0.990182 |
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