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JEFFERSON COUNTY, W.Va. - As Halloween is fast approaching more families are decorating their homes with Halloween lights, but fire officials say if you don't use caution there could be disastrous consequences.Halloween is a special time for many people in the area, kids dressing up in costumes, trick or treating and more homes with Halloween lights. Emergency services officials are now urging residents not to overload the amount of lights otherwise, chances of your house catching on fire will increase.
"It's going to increase your risk of fire hazard," said Ed Hannon, deputy director of Jefferson County Emergency Services. "With Halloween coming, there are a lot of other things. People have the pumpkins with the candles in it, if they are on a wooden porch or something and fall over that could start a fire."
This is one of many tips, fire officials are offering as part of National Fire Prevention Week. While officials are issuing a warning about holiday decorations, they are also urging everyone to use common sense at all times.
"Make sure you don't leave your kitchen and your food unattended so make sure you are present, an adult is present in the kitchen when you are cooking," said Dan Fritsch, an assistant fire chief of Citizens Fire Company in Charles Town. "Second factor is boiling food or using grease to cook, grease fire is a common cause of kitchen fire."
Fritsch also says don't overload the circuits in your kitchen along with not overheating food in the microwave, and they say make sure be careful when you cook with kids around.
"A reminder to keep pots and panhandles away from the edge of the stove away from where children or pets could jump up and accidentally touch that, and end up having the hot fluids splash on the adult and child," said Fritsch.
Fire officials say to make sure your smoke detectors work and to have an escape plan ready just in case.


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Seven Phoenix Student-Athletes Earn Academic All-League Honors
By: Ryan Hartwig (@RyanHartwig)
GREEN BAY, Wis. (GreenBayPhoenix.com) - Seven UW-Green Bay student-athletes from three sport programs were selected as members of the 2011-12 Winter Academic All-Horizon League Teams, the conference office announced on Tuesday. The teams were determined by a balloting of the league's faculty athletics representatives and communications directors.
Leading the way for the Phoenix was the women's swimming and diving program, which landed four on the academic all-league squad. Two from men's swimming and diving were also honored, while senior Julie Wojta (Francis Creek, Wis.) from women's basketball rounded out Green Bay's honorees.
Lauren Caruso (DeForest, Wis.), Kendra Rottier (Green Bay, Wis.), Carrie Dinelli (Northbrook, Ill.) and Jessica Stolfi (Kenosha, Wis.) took four of the 18 spots on the women's swimming and diving academic all-league team after strong seasons both in the pool and in the classroom. The quartet helped the Phoenix to a third-place finish at the 2012 Horizon League Championships while all holding at least a 3.7 GPAs. Mitchell Spaeth (Fredonia, Wis.) and Brian Heiser (McFarland, Wis.) were honored on the men's side, aiding the Phoenix to a fifth-place finish at the conference meet in addition to excelling academically.
Academic All-Horizon League marks yet another honor on the long list of achievements this season by Wojta, who earned a spot on the five-member women's basketball squad. Wojta, who makes her second straight appearance on the list, holds a 3.58 cumulative grade-point average as a business administration and accounting major and is also a Capitol One Second Team Academic All-American and CoSIDA Academic All-District 6 selection.
The most decorated Green Bay women's basketball player in program history, Wojta was recently selected as the 18th overall pick by the Minnesota Lynx in the second round of the WNBA Draft. Wojta was also selected as one of five John R. Wooden All-Americans in addition to being named AP Second Team All-America, a Wade Trophy Finalist and Horizon League Player of the Year, Defensive Player of the Year and First Team All-League.
This season, the team MVP led seventh-seeded Green Bay to the second round of the NCAA Tournament for the third consecutive season. Wojta posted a double-double performance in her final game against No. 2 seed Kentucky, grabbing an NCAA program-best 10 steals while pouring in 16 points. For more on Wojta's career accomplishments, click here.
Caruso, a senior majoring in human biology and Spanish, picked up academic all-league honors for the second consecutive season on Tuesday. The four-year Phoenix standout earned a pair of top-eight finishes at the 2012 Horizon League meet, placing fourth in the 200 breaststroke (2:19.83) and fifth in the 400 IM (4:30.11) while carrying a 3.859 GPA.
Rottier shattered five school records and won three individual conference championships in 2011-12, all while maintaining a 3.739 GPA as a mathematics major. The sophomore snapped the Green Bay standards in the 500 free (4:52.88), 1000 free (10:03.79), 1650 free (16:47.23), 200 fly (2:02.81) and 800 free relay (7:27.18), and also cruised to league titles in the 500, 1000 and 1650 freestyle races.
Dinelli, a sophomore human biology major, dove her way to a fourth-place finish in the 3-meter event at the 2012 Horizon League Championships with a score of 247.90. The owner of a 3.875 GPA, Dinelli also earned a solid finish on the low board, placing 11th with a total of 232.65.
Stolfi, who boasts an impressive 3.93 GPA as a biology major, placed seventh in the 1-meter diving competition (212.00) at the conference championships in addition to a 12th-place finish on the 3-meter board (222.60). Stolfi's 3.93 GPA is the third-highest on the 18-member academic all-league team.
Spaeth earned one of the 17 spots on the men's swimming and diving list after a solid year on the diving boards while maintaining a 3.532 cumulative GPA. The junior business administration major qualified for the NCAA Zone 'D' Diving Championships in March and also earned a pair of high finishes at the 2012 Horizon League Championships. Spaeth, who along with Wojta and Caruso earns his second straight all-academic team nod, finished third (328.65) on the 1-meter board and sixth (283.80) in the 3-meter event at the conference meet.
A sophomore business administration major, Heiser holds a perfect 4.0 GPA and is quickly becoming one of Green Bay's top young swimmers on the men's side. Heiser earned two top-eight finishes at the 2012 Horizon League Championships, placing eighth in the 400 IM (4:05.42) and the 200 backstroke (1:53.31). Heiser is one of just three student-athletes on the winter academic all-league teams with an unblemished 4.0 GPA.
In all, a total of 76 Horizon League student-athletes from six winter sports - men's and women's basketball, men's and women's swimming and diving and men's and women's indoor track and field - received academic all-league honors. Despite not offering indoor track and field, Green Bay's seven selections were just six off Milwaukee's league-high 13 and just two off of the second-place total of nine held by Cleveland State, UIC and Valparaiso.
For a complete list of the 2011-12 Winter Academic All-Horizon League Teams, click here.
The Horizon League recognizes student-athletes with seasonal Academic All-League Teams in each of its 19 championship sports. To be eligible for Academic All-Horizon League consideration, a student-athlete must have a cumulative grade-point average of 3.20 or higher and have completed at least one year at the member institution, having earned 24 credits.
For the latest and most up-to-date information on Green Bay Athletics, please visit GreenBayPhoenix.com.
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'"His skill level is beyond most guys in this league," said 13th-year veteran center Chris Taylor, Vanek's linemate the past six weeks. "Some guys, it takes two years. Some guys never adjust. It took him three weeks."'
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A BILL to amend and reenact §11-15A-1 of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, relating to further defining a "retailer engaging in business in this state" for purposes of sales and use taxes; specifying that any retailer in a unitary business with an entity in this state is included within the definition; and providing effective date.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:
That §11-15A-1 of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, be amended and reenacted to read as follows:
§11-15A-1. Definitions.
. -- When used in this article and article fifteen of this chapter, terms defined in subsection (b) of this section
have the meanings ascribed to them in this section, except in those instances where a different meaning is provided in this article or the context in which the word is used clearly indicates that a different meaning is intended by the Legislature:
"Business" means any activity engaged in by any person, or caused to be engaged in by any person, with the object of direct or indirect economic gain, benefit or advantage, and includes any purposeful revenue generating activity in this state;
(2) "Consumer" means any person purchasing tangible personal property, custom software or a taxable service from a retailer as defined in paragraph (7) of this subsection
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(5) "Purchase" means any transfer, exchange or barter, conditional or otherwise, in any manner or by any means whatsoever, for a consideration;
(6) "Purchase price" means the measure subject to the tax imposed by this article and has the same meaning as sales price;
(7) "Retailer" means and includes every person engaging in the business of selling, leasing or renting tangible personal property or custom software or furnishing a taxable service for use within the meaning of this article, or in the business of selling, at auction, tangible personal property or custom software owned by the person or others for use in this state:
That when in the opinion of the Tax Commissioner it is necessary for the efficient administration of this article to regard any salespersons, representatives, truckers, peddlers or canvassers as the agents of the dealers, distributors, supervisors, employees or persons under whom they operate or from whom they obtain the tangible personal property sold by them, irrespective of whether they are making sales on their own behalf or on behalf of the dealers, distributors, supervisors, employers or persons, the Tax Commissioner may so regard them and may regard the dealers, distributors, supervisors, employers, or persons as retailers for purposes of this article;
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Any retailer having or maintaining, occupying or using, within this state, directly or by a subsidiary, an office, distribution house, sales house, warehouse, or other place of business, or any agent (by whatever name called) operating within this state under the authority of the retailer or its subsidiary, irrespective of whether the place of business or agent is located here permanently or temporarily, or whether
retailer or subsidiary is admitted to do business within this state pursuant to article fifteen, chapter thirty-one-d of this code or article fourteen, chapter thirty-one-e of this code;
_____(B) On and after June 1, 2013, any retailer that is related to, or part of a unitary business with, a person, entity or business that, without regard to whether the retailer is admitted to do business in this state pursuant to article fifteen, chapter thirty-one-d of this code or article fourteen, chapter thirty-one-e of this code, is a subsidiary of the retailer, or is related to, or unitary with, the retailer as a related entity, a related member or part of a unitary business, all as defined in article twenty four, section three-a of this chapter;
(i) That, pursuant to an agreement with or in cooperation with the related retailer, maintains an office, distribution house, sales house, warehouse or other place of business in this state;
(ii) That performs services in this state in connection with tangible personal property or services sold by the retailer, or any related entity, related member or part of the unitary business;
(iii) That, by any agent, or representative (by whatever name called), or employee, performs services in this state in connection with tangible personal property or services sold by the retailer, or any related entity, related member or part of the unitary business; or
(iv) That directly, or through or by an agent, representative or employee located in, or present in, this state, solicits business in this state for or on behalf of the retailer, or any related entity, related member or part of the unitary business.
(C) For purposes of paragraph (B) of this subdivision, the term "service" means and includes, but is not limited to, customer support services, help desk services, call center services, repair services, engineering services, installation service, assembly service, delivery service by means other than common carrier or the United States Postal Service, technical assistance services, the service of investigating, handling or otherwise assisting in resolving customer issues or complaints while in this state, the service of operating a mail order business or telephone, Internet or other remote order business from facilities located within this state, the service of operating a website or Internet-based business from a location within the state, or any other service.
(9) "Sale" means any transaction resulting in the purchase or lease of tangible personal property, custom software or a taxable service from a retailer;
(10) "Seller" means a retailer, and includes every person selling or leasing tangible personal property or custom software or furnishing a taxable service in a transaction that is subject to the tax imposed by this article;
(11) "Streamlined sales and use tax agreement" or "agreement," when used in this article,
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(12) "Tangible personal property" means personal property that can be seen, weighed, measured, felt, or touched, or that is in any manner perceptible to the senses. "Tangible personal property" includes, but is not limited to, electricity, water, gas, and prewritten computer software;
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The term "use" does not include the keeping, retaining or exercising any right or power over tangible personal property, custom software or the result of a taxable service for the purpose of subsequently transporting it outside the state for use thereafter solely outside this state.
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NOTE: The purpose of this bill is to require certain retailers located out of state to collect and remit use tax as provided by West Virginia Code §11-15A-6. Those certain retailers are related to persons and entities in the state which perform services related to the tangible personal property or services sold by the retailer.
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My mother often had this mix on hand when I was growing up. Now I make this hot cocoa for my kids on cold and rainy mornings. It's cheaper than store-bought mixes and even more delicious.
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- 12 cups nonfat dry milk powder (2 pounds)
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- Mix all ingredients in a very large bowl. Store in an airtight container. To serve, mix 1/3 cup mix with 1 cup boiling water. Yield: 50 servings.
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"Most diffently. It reminds me of the coco mix my mom made for us on Christmas Eve. My brother was sick from birth and he looked forward to his Hot chocolate. My mom lost the recipe and I looked everywhere for one that tasted as good. This hit the spot now I will carry on the tradition since I found this recipe. Thank you. It brought back wonderful memories of my died brother how he enjoyed his hot coco.Julie in Muscatine, Iowa"
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What kind of training do you plan to do? For young puppies I start with an adjustable flat nylon collar with a quick release buckle. I also like Sense-ation front hook harnesses, a traditional harness with the leash connection on the back can encourage pulling.
I don't like or use choke chains, and you won't need to worry about whether or not to use a prong collar for awhile. Jane's suggestion of a martingale collar is a good one, you want something that a puppy can't back out of. One time Cassidy balked at the door to the vet and backed out of her collar - our vet is on the busiest street in town, with four lanes of traffic. I had to immediately tackle her before she could bolt! The Sense-ation harness is also more secure than a flat collar, and it's very easy to put on, you just pop it over the dog's head and buckle it under the chest.
I have many collars for my dogs. Flat buckle collar for tags(which they only wear when we are off property)
For my baby puppy, I really didn't use anything, he was naked most often when we trained. I wanted him to want to be with me, not because he was attached. Food, praise, then toys kept him engaged with me.
I went with a harness when he was about 3 months old when we went off property. I also had a heavier leather harness for protection work.
Around 6-8 months I introduced a prong. But I still used a fursaver on the dead ring only for many training exercises. I intro'd the e-collar at 3 yrs. We use that for certain things, but when he was trained on it, it was on him every time I trained, even if it wasn't used.
For my reactive dog, I used a gentle leader and a front clip harness because a prong ramped her up.
For my very handler sensitive dog, a flat buckle collar is all that is needed.
The only collar I've never used and never will is a slip chain choke. I'd rather use a prong than a choke collar.
For fosters, I use a martingale that cannot be slipped.
yes, puppy
The pinch collar looks too brutal for me, not sure I would be comfortable nor my GSD. I'm hoping by my 52 birthday in March I will find my lifelong companion and protector.
|Are you getting a puppy? I would use a regular collar or harness for a puppy.
Collar or Harness
Before I find my lifelong companion and protector I am doing research on all things GSD, any thought on should I use collar, harness or both for which types of training and on the collars which one, the pinch, choke etc.
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One of the most helpful courses that I'd ever taken as an undergraduate student was a course called, "Engineering Entrepreneurship". This was an intense course designed to simulate the actual process of developing a startup company based on an original technology. I spent long hours with a team of students working to draw up financial reports for our pseudo company, outlining an operations plan for development and putting together a business proposal at the end. A course like this is so important because many groups in biotechnology, energy, and other industries feel that nanotechnology is on the cusp of being an industry in and of itself if not for a few very impactful ideas.
There are many ways for nanotech applications to make it to the marketplace. Indeed, there are various drugs such as Doxil which have been around for years and were "nano" before it became a buzzword.(1) Nanotechnology has become a part of other industrial processes, giving antimicrobial properties to surfaces or improving microfab processes. We should look, however, not only to how nanotechnology can be used to supplement existing products or how to reliable existing products as nanotechnology but also how to cultivate a new industry based on nanotechnology.
How exactly can a nanotech industry be created? I think that is something much too involved to discuss in a single blog post. What I can suggest is that all engineering students look into taking business courses along with their other requirements. I believe that if engineers with a background in nanotechnology can become involved in the process of developing startups that then nanotechnology will be as recognized of an industry as biotechnology has become.
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IBM: Using Linker Address Maps with Multiple Libraries
Last week's unforgettable article on LAPACK/ESSL and ScaLAPACK/PESSL described how LAPACK on iceberg is installed with the Call Conversion Interface (CCI) which substitutes ESSL for LAPACK routines when possible.
For various reasons, you might what to know which library a given LAPACK routine is coming from (e.g. if you're getting unexplained numeric or performance differences).
Turns out it's pretty easy...
Simply pass this option to the linker (where you replace "<FILE NAME>" with a name for an actual output file):
"-bmap:<FILE NAME>"
If you're linking with xlf90, use this xlf90 syntax to pass an option through to the linker:
"-Wl,-bmap:<FILE NAME>"
From "man ld," the "-bmap" option "writes an address map of the output object file." Part of the address map is the source file of each routine, so the next step is to simply grep "<FILE NAME>" for your subroutine of interest.
Here's an example, using the "testeig" program from this tutorial at ZIB/HLRN:
The "testeig" program calls the eigenvalues/eigenvectors routine DSPEV. DSPEV is one of several routines which has the same name in both LAPACK and ESSL, but has different call argument sequences. CCI knows about the name conflict and can't substitute the ESSL version for the LAPACK version. ("Testeig" uses its own pre-processor macros, USE_LAPACK and USE_ESSL, to select between the LAPACK and ESSL argument sequences, respectively.)
First, we compile to use the ESSL argument sequence, and link, giving the linker the "-bmap" option and specifying "-lessl" before "-llapack":
xlf90 -qsuffix=cpp=F90 -WF,-DUSE_ESSL -q64 -I/u2/wes/PET_HOME/MATH/IBM/include -c testeig.F90 xlf90 -q64 -L/u2/wes/PET_HOME/MATH/IBM/lib64 -Wl,-bmap:map.out -o testeig testeig.o dlatms.o dlatm1.o dlarnd.o dlarot.o dlagge.o dlagsy.o dlaran.o -lessl -llapack
A grep of the address map file shows us that DSPEV was taken from libessl.a:
$ egrep -i dspev map.out I DS ER S22 dspev {/usr/lib/libessl.a[essl_64.o]} 0000000100016068 00000028 2 GL SD S272 <.dspev> glink64.s(/usr/lib/glink64.o) 0000000100016068 GL LD S273 .dspev 00000001100045A8 00000008 3 TC SD S423 <dspev>
Now, compile to use the LAPACK argument sequence, and link, giving the linker the "-bmap" option and this time specifying "-llapack" before "-lessl":
xlf90 -qsuffix=cpp=F90 -WF,-DUSE_LAPACK -q64 -I/u2/wes/PET_HOME/MATH/IBM/include -c testeig.F90 xlf90 -q64 -L/u2/wes/PET_HOME/MATH/IBM/lib64 -Wl,-bmap:map.out -o testeig testeig.o dlatms.o dlatm1.o dlarnd.o dlarot.o dlagge.o dlagsy.o dlaran.o -llapack -lessl
A grep of the new address map file shows us that, this time, DSPEV was taken from liblapack.a:
$ egrep -i dspev map.out 000000010001D590 00000548 3 PR SD S271 <> dspev.f(/u2/wes/PET_HOME/MATH/IBM/lib64/liblapack.a[dspev.o]) 000000010001D590 PR LD S272 .dspev 0000000100029530 00000058 3 RO SD S354 <> dspev.f(/u2/wes/PET_HOME/MATH/IBM/lib64/liblapack.a[dspev.o]) 0000000110008E88 00000078 3 RW CM S561 <_$STATIC_BSS> dspev.f(/u2/wes/PET_HOME/MATH/IBM/lib64/liblapack.a[dspev.o])
Numerical Instability
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ARSC Consult recently received a request to help locate the source of a floating point overflow in a program. This interrupt occurred after the program had been running for a long time, so it was expensive to rerun to the fault point repeatedly, trying to isolate the error.
In a case like this, one error source comes to mind that should be included in your "bag of errors." Classically, numeric instability arises in a numerical partial differential equation solver when the time step is too large or the integration scheme needs to be modified for the specific domain. This may occur after a program has been running for a long time and some interesting results are starting to appear.Typical Symptoms:
- A working differential-equation-solving program blows up with a floating point error after running its integration for many time steps.
- The solution to a program starts having jaggies, i.e., the solution curve starts developing a jagged appearance. Because output graphs are normally done only at long intervals (many time steps) jaggies may never show in the output. Adjusting the output so you can see the data just before the crash should show the jaggies in at least one of the variables.
Normally, numerical instability causes the solution to oscillate around the desired curve with solution errors alternating in sign and doubling in magnitude with each integration step. In typical double precision computation, a one-bit error in a field that is near 1.0 has an error of approximately order 1.0e-15. In 50 steps, with 50 doublings of the error, the error is about the size of the data. In another 1000 steps, the doubling in error magnitudes causes an overflow (2**1000 is the approximate max double precision number).Solution Techniques:
- Decrease the time step in the integration.
- Use a solver that is more stable. For example, implicit solvers tend to be much more stable but much slower than explicit ones.
- Add some viscosity to the physics. When adding viscosity it is important to be sure that momentum, energy, and so on are still conserved.
- Rethink the entire solution approach and change the physics. For example, instead of trying to predict weather far into the future using short-term models, use climactic-variable physics.
Often a combination of these approaches is used. For example,
- An implicit integration step may be used occasionally to smooth the data fields in an integration that nearly always uses a faster explicit integrator.
- The time step may be decreased in zones where the fluid is behaving in interesting ways. Areas of steep gradients are where instability is more likely to begin.
- An artificial viscosity may be used that only affects grid cells that cover or are adjacent to shock waves. Because shock waves represent such extreme gradients, they often require special attention.
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Winter Entertainment in Fairbanks
The cold winter air has settled into Fairbanks once again. This morning temperatures were reported as -51 F (-46 C) at the Fairbanks International Airport. At this temperature a cup of hot water thrown into the air will freeze before it hits the ground. If you don't believe it, check out these videos:
Note: These videos were recorded when the temperature was a balmy -42 F (-41 C).
Quick-Tip Q & A
A:[[ I tried "nm" on an IBM ".a" file, trying to figure out what routines [[ it contains, but it returns nada: [[ [[ $ file liblapack.a [[ liblapack.a: archive (big format) [[ $ nm liblapack.a [[ $ [[ [[ Is the archive really empty? What's wrong? # # The answer, courtesy of John Skinner: # Use -X flag to list any 32-bit and 64-bit object files in an archive. Some IBM libraries contain both 32-bit (the default object mode under AIX) and 64-bit object files in the same library, while other libraries may contain only 32-bit or 64-bit objects. However, nm's default output is to only list 32-bit objects. From the nm man page: -X mode Specifies the type of object file nm should examine. The mode must be one of the following: 32 Processes only 32-bit object files 64 Processes only 64-bit object files 32_64 Processes both 32-bit and 64-bit object files The default is to process 32-bit object files (ignore 64-bit objects). The mode can also be set with the OBJECT_MODE environment variable. For example, OBJECT_MODE=64 causes nm to process any 64-bit objects and ignore 32-bit objects. The -X flag overrides the OBJECT_MODE variable. Examples: # Nothing is found because only 32-bit objects inside archive % setenv OBJECT_MODE 64 % nm /usr/lib/libpessl.a # Now try "nm -X32_64 ... ": % nm -X32_64 -A /usr/lib/libpessl.a /usr/lib/libpessl.a[pessl.o]: f - /usr/lib/libpessl.a[pessl.o]: .$PTRGL T 468560 /usr/lib/libpessl.a[pessl.o]: .$RESTF14 T 100644 /usr/lib/libpessl.a[pessl.o]: .$RESTF15 T 100648 etc. etc. Q: I've noticed that a lot of people, maybe 2-5%, put blankets on the hoods of their cars when it's really cold. Does this actually do any good? Why or why not?
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The Arts in Education (AIE) grant program is funded entirely from investment income generated by the sale of Indiana's Celebrate the Arts license plate. Recipients of AIE grants use the funds for a variety of different type of arts education projects. Included here are examples of recent recipients who have shared their projects with us. For more on the AIE grant program, click here.
With the funding provided by a 2012 Arts in Education grant from the IAC, Arlington Elementary School in Fort Wayne brought two art opportunities to their students – the FAME Visiting Artist program and their 4th annual Fine Arts Day.
In March 2012, famed illustrator, artist, and art educator Mark Kistler of PBS' Imagination Station visited Arlington to discuss character, respect, and his artistic techniques with the students. "Classroom teachers took what he taught in the assemblies and expanded on these important topics in their classroom," art teacher Janet Corah said. "His lessons in three dimensional drawing excited, educated and motivated our students to create their own creations."
Then in May, Arlington hosted their 4th annual Fine Arts Day. Students explored a range of artistic forms including Native American dance with the Fort Wayne Ballet, rhythm and African drumming with Dumpster Drummers and Abass Camara, storytelling through movement with drama teacher Elizabeth Piercy, illustration with artist, illustrator, and children's author Adam Seif, and the artistic and scientific process of John James Audubon with the Fort Wayne Museum of Art.
"FAME Visiting Artists and Fine Arts Day have been wonderful experiences for our students and we hope to continue both opportunities for our students for many years," Corah said.
"Providing communities with the vehicle to connect exceptional resources with children who otherwise would not have opportunities to participate in these activities will enrich their lives and their families for years to come," Horan said.
Children delivered invitations to 250 neighbors and businesses in the area for the dedication of the bird sculpture. The community sung peace songs, played games and picnicked near the sculpture, which children and adults alike inaugurated by blowing thousands of bubbles.
"We are so grateful for the gift of this grant in making this sculpture come true. It means so much to our school community, and now to our town," Felicia Leon-Driscoll, director of community relations at Montessori, said.
The school was able to hire a string quartet from the Fort Wayne Philharmonic and dancers from the Wells County Creative Arts Council's School of Ballet to perform at the Arts and Music Festival which celebrated the gardens' unveiling. A ceramicist, sidewalk chalk artist and chainsaw sculpture visited to teach the students about their respective art forms. Parent volunteers and community members also enjoyed the festival with students.
"It was a huge success, and a great way to promote the arts in Indiana," art teacher at Norwell Hallie Koenig said. "Thanks for all you do."
"When elementary students ask their teachers to bring them more Shakespeare plays to take home and read on their own, then a love of literature has been born," Susan Stewart of the Advanced Program at Greater Clark, said. "Thank you, IAC."
Batesville Middle School, a fiscal year 2010 Arts In Education grantee, invited us to watch them practice their African drumming and dancing in May of 2010. For images from our visit, go to our web photo gallery. Or watch the YouTube video below:
Dickinson Fine Arts Academy in South Bend, IN used its Arts in Education grant to create a combined math and art project using the geometric block designs in quilts. The school partnered with River Bend Community Math Center to produce lessons in design and fractions. Teachers spent two days in professional development and taught alongside staff members from River Bend. Students used fractions and geometry to create block patterns which were incorporated into a large mural.
"The mural will be displayed in the school and will be used for interactive math activities," Kemilyn Schreiber, fine arts magnet facilitator at Dickinson Intermediate Fine Arts Academy, said.


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Fox News Echoes RNC In Hiding Obama's Focus And Record On Job Creation
Fox News is parroting a Republican research document that falsely claims President Obama is "pivoting" to jobs ahead of his State of the Union speech. But job creation has been a priority during the entire administration, as Obama has crafted and pushed policies that have created millions of private sector jobs, lowered unemployment, and boosted economic growth.
RNC Accuses Obama Of Being The "Pivoter In Chief"
RNC: After Ignoring The Economy, Obama Will Pivot Back To Jobs. Amid news reports that President Obama is going to focus on the economy in his State of the Union speech, the Republican National Committee issued a research document that claimed Obama did not focus on job creation during his inaugural address and called him the "Pivoter In Chief," claiming the president has "had to be reminded to focus on Main Street rather than his own lofty liberal goals." [Republican National Committee, 2/11/13 [1]]
Fox Echoes RNC, Accusing Obama of Pivoting
Fox's Hume Asks If Obama Will "Finally Make The Long-Awaited Pivot To The Economy" During The State Of The Union. On the February 11 edition of Fox News' The O'Reilly Factor, Fox News analyst Brit Hume previewed Obama's State of the Union address by asking if he will "finally make the long awaited pivot to the economy." Hume went on to say he suspected Obama "is not really very interested in or by the economy" because he "doesn't really fully understand it":
HUME: The other question, Bill, is will he make the long-awaited -- finally make the long-awaited pivot to the economy. The buzz in Washington over the weekend has been that he's going to pivot to the economy and he's going to focus on the economy because it's still weak. I've had a suspicion for a long time, Bill, that this president isn't really -- is not really very interested in or by the economy. I think he doesn't really fully understand it, I think that he's much more preoccupied with equality of opportunity, or at least or even equality of income and with social justice, than he is with the growth of the economy.
And if the economy is bumping along at 1 or 2 percent growth, that may be good enough for him, and I don't think he's going to go out of his way and adopt any policies that aren't completely comfortable with him to try to boost the growth, and I think that's a big issue that will haunt him and his party for some time. [Fox News, The O'Reilly Factor, 2/11/13]
Dobbs: Obama Is "Pivoting To Jobs Once Again." On the February 11 edition of his Fox Business show, Lou Dobbs discussed the address by claiming Obama is "talking about jobs, he's pivoted to jobs once again. And he wants more spending." [Fox Business, Lou Dobbs Tonight, 2/11/13]
For more on Fox parroting the RNC's "pivot" talking point, CLICK HERE [2]
In Fact, Obama Has Continually Pursued Effective Job Creation And Economic Growth Measures During His First Term
2009: Obama Signs Stimulus Into Law
NY Times: Obama Signs Stimulus Bill. The New York Times reported that Obama signed the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, also known as the stimulus, during a ceremony in the Denver Museum of Nature and Science:
The president said he would not pretend "that today marks the end of our economic problems."
"Nor does it constitute all of what we have to do to turn our economy around," Mr. Obama said at the signing ceremony in the Denver Museum of Nature and Science. "But today does mark the beginning of the end, the beginning of what we need to do to create jobs for Americans scrambling in the way of layoffs." [The New York Times, 2/17/09 [3]]
Experts Agree That Stimulus Helped Foster Job Creation and Economic Growth
CBPP: Because Of Stimulus, "The Unemployment Rate Has Been Lower Each Year Since 2009 Than It Otherwise Would Have Been." The Center on Budget and Policy Priorities (CBPP) produced a chart showing the observed unemployment rate alongside Congressional Budget Office (CBO) estimates of what the unemployment rate would have been without the stimulus bill:
[Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, "Chart Book: The Legacy of the Great Recession," 2/1/13 [4]]
CBPP: "GDP Has Been Higher Each Year Since 2009 Than It Would Have Been Without The Recovery Act." The CBPP post on the economic recovery also featured a chart showing real GDP alongside the CBO's estimates of what GDP would have been without the stimulus:
[Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, "Chart Book: The Legacy of the Great Recession," 2/1/13 [4]]
CBO: Stimulus Boosted Economy By Up To 4.1 Percent In 2010, 2.3 Percent In 2011. In its November 2012 report, the CBO estimated that the Recovery Act increased real GDP by between 0.7 percent and 4.1 percent in 2010, and by between 0.4 percent and 2.3 percent in 2011. The CBO also estimated that the stimulus increased real GDP by up to nearly a percent in 2012. [Congressional Budget Office, November 2012 [5]]
CBO: Stimulus Created Equivalent Of Up To 3.3 Million Jobs In 2010, Up To 2.6 Million In 2011. The November 2012 CBO report found that the stimulus created the equivalent of between 700,000 and 3.3 million jobs in 2010 and the equivalent of between 400,000 and 2.6 million jobs in 2011. The CBO estimates that the stimulus created the equivalent of between 200,000 and 1.1 million jobs in 2012. [Congressional Budget Office, November 2012 [5]]
Wall Street Journal: 70 Percent Of Economists Surveyed Said Stimulus Helped. The Wall Street Journal reported in March 2010 that 38 of 54 economists in an economic forecasting survey from the paper "said the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act boosted growth and mitigated job losses, while six said the legislation had a net negative effect." [The Wall Street Journal, 3/12/10 [6]]
2009: Obama Rescues The Auto Industry
Plain Dealer: GM And Chrysler Went Through "Government-Sponsored Bankruptcy" In 2009. The Cleveland Plain Dealer reported that GM would move through an accelerated "government-sponsored bankruptcy":
Administration officials said late Sunday the federal government would provide an additional $30 billion to GM -- which has already received about $20 billion in government loans -- to help it restructure through bankruptcy. GM will follow a similar course taken by Chrysler LLC, which filed for Chapter 11 protection in April and hopes to emerge from its government-sponsored bankruptcy this week.
The officials, speaking on condition of anonymity in advance of Obama's public remarks, said the administration expects the court process to last 60 to 90 days. If successful, GM will emerge as a leaner company with a smaller work force, fewer plants and a trimmed dealership network. [Cleveland Plain Dealer, 6/1/09 [7]]
Experts Agree That Auto Rescue Saved More Than 1 Million Jobs
Ford CEO: Without Auto Rescue, The Entire Auto Industry "Would've Been in Real Trouble." In an interview with Fox News host Neil Cavuto, Ford CEO Alan Mulally explained that without the federally financed auto rescue, the auto industry "would've been in real trouble." [Fox News, Your World with Neil Cavuto, 9/18/12 [8], via Media Matters]
Center For Automotive Research: Auto Rescue Saved 1.3 Million Jobs. Reuters reported that the Center for Automotive Research (CAR) also found that the auto rescue saved 1.3 million jobs in 2009. CAR chief economist Sean McAlinden called the rescue 'the most successful peacetime industrial intervention in U.S. history." [Reuters, 2/10/12 [9]]
Krugman: Attempting Privately-Financed Bankruptcy "Would Mean Wiping Out Probably Well Over A Million Jobs." In a 2008 post to his New York Times blog, Nobel Prize-winning economist Paul Krugman explained that because credit markets at the time were not in "reasonably good shape," privately-financed bankruptcy would have resulted in over a million jobs lost:
If the economy as a whole were in reasonably good shape and the credit markets were functioning, Chapter 11 would be the way to go. Under current circumstances, however, a default by GM would probably mean loss of ability to pay suppliers, which would mean liquidation -- and that, in turn, would mean wiping out probably well over a million jobs at the worst possible moment. [The New York Times, The Conscience of a Liberal, 11/16/08 [10]]
2010: Obama Proposes Additional Infrastructure Spending
Wall Street Journal: "President Barack Obama Proposed Spending $50 Billion Next Year On Highways, Airport And Railway Construction." The Wall Street Journal reported on Obama's initial call for the creation of an infrastructure bank to "make low-cost loans for transportation projects directly from the federal government to local governments." The article quotes Obama as saying that the bank would "not only create jobs now, but will make our economy run better over the long haul." [The Wall Street Journal, 9/7/10 [11]]
Experts, Disparate Groups Agree: Infrastructure Investment Would Boost Economic Growth
CBO: Spending On Infrastructure Is More Stimulative Than Tax Cuts For The Wealthy. The November 2012 CBO report on the estimated economic impact of the 2009 stimulus found that transferring money to state and local governments for infrastructure spending had an economic impact of nearly four times as much a one-year tax cut for wealthy Americans would have had:
[Congressional Budget Office, November 2012 [5]]
Moody's: For Every Dollar Spent On Infrastructure In 2009 Stimulus, $1.57 Was Returned To The Economy. In its July 2010 analysis of the stimulus, Moody's Analytics found that every dollar of increased infrastructure spending resulted in $1.57 returned to the economy:
[Moody's Analytics, 7/27/10 [12]]
New America Foundation: "Long-Term Investment In Public Infrastructure Is The Best Way Simultaneously To Create Jobs, Crowd In Private Investment." A study from the New America Foundation found that infrastructure spending makes the economy more productive and would "generate a multiplier of growth in other sectors of the economy":
U.S. public infrastructure is in shambles and is rapidly deteriorating. The American Society of Civil Engineers estimates that the United States must spend $2.2 trillion on infrastructure over the next five years to meet America's most basic infrastructure needs but that less than half that is currently budgeted, leaving an approximately $1.2 trillion shortfall. A multi-year program designed to close that infrastructure deficit would not only help fill the demand hole but make the economy more productive and efficient in the long-term. Indeed, long-term investment in public infrastructure is the best way simultaneously to create jobs, crowd in private investment, make the economy more productive, and generate a multiplier of growth in other sectors of the economy. [New America Foundation, October 2011 [13]]
U.S. Chamber Of Commerce: "U.S. Chamber, AFL-CIO Urge Infrastructure Bank." A U.S Chamber press release detailed a joint press conference held by the U.S. Chamber, AFL-CIO in which both organizations lent their support to an the BUILD act, a bill that would create an infrastructure bank. [U.S. Chamber of Commerce, 3/16/11 [14]]
- Huffington Post: Republicans In Senate Block Infrastructure Bank. The Huffington Post reported that Senate Republicans blocked "a $60 billion measure for building and repairing infrastructure like roads and rail lines" that called for "a $10 billion bank to leverage private and public capital for longer-term infrastructure projects." [Huffington Post, 11/3/11 [15]]
2011: Obama Proposes American Jobs Act
Obama Proposed The American Jobs Act, A Package Of Tax Cuts And Investment To Create Jobs. In September 2011, President Obama introduced the American Jobs Act, which included tax cuts and incentives as well as calling for increased spending on infrastructure, schools, and funds to keep teachers and first responders on the job. [CNNMoney, 9/8/11 [16]]
Economists Estimated That the Act Would Have Significantly Boosted Employment and GDP
Mark Zandi: American Jobs Act Would Have Added Nearly 2 Million Jobs. Mark Zandi, chief economist at Moody's Analytics, estimated that the American Jobs Act would increase employment by nearly two million jobs, cut the unemployment rate by a full point, and increase the size of the economy by 2 percent if it had been fully implemented:
President Obama's much-anticipated jobs plan is a laudable effort to support the struggling economy. The plan would go a long way toward stabilizing confidence, forestalling another recession, and jump-starting a self-sustaining economic expansion. If fully implemented, the Obama jobs plan would increase real GDP growth in 2012 by 2 percentage points, add 1.9 million jobs, and reduce the unemployment rate by a full percentage point, compared with current fiscal policy. [Moody's Analytics, 9/19/11 [17]]
Macroeconomic Advisers: American Jobs Act Would Have Contributed "A Significant Boost To GDP And Employment." In a post on its blog, Macroeconomic Advisers estimated that the American Jobs Act would have been "a significant boost to GDP and employment":
We estimate that the American Jobs Act (AJA), if enacted, would give a significant boost to GDP and employment over the near-term.
- The various tax cuts aimed at raising workers' after-tax income and encouraging hiring and investing, combined with the spending increases aimed at maintaining state & local employment and funding infrastructure modernization, would:
- Boost the level of GDP by 1.3% by the end of 2012, and by 0.2% by the end of 2013.
- Raise nonfarm establishment employment by 1.3 million by the end of 2012 and 0.8 million by the end of 2013, relative to the baseline.
- The program works directly to raise employment through tax incentives and support to state & local governments for increasing hiring; it works indirectly through the positive boost to aggregate demand (and hence hiring) stimulated by the direct spending and the increase in household income resulting from lower employee payroll taxes and increased employment. [Macroeconomic Advisers LLC, 9/9/11 [18]]
Economic Policy Institute: American Jobs Act Would Have "Increased Employment By About 4.3 Million Jobs." On the Economic Policy Institute (EPI) blog, EPI research and policy director John Irons provided a "preliminary breakdown of the package and a first pass look at the job impact" of Obama's jobs plan:
Overall the package would increase employment by about 4.3 million jobs over the next couple of years. The new initiatives would boost employment by about 2.6 million jobs, while the continuation of the two temporary provisions (EUI and the payroll tax holiday) would prevent a backslide of over 1.6 million jobs.
Irons included the following graphic in his post:
[Economic Policy Institute, Working Economics, 9/8/11 [19]] [20]
- Associated Press: "Senate Republicans Have Voted To Kill The White House Jobs Bill." The Associated Press reported that 46 Republicans helped filibuster the American Jobs Act, because of the bill's "spending to stimulate the economy and its tax surcharge on millionaires." [Associated Press via Bloomberg Businessweek, 10/11/11 [21]]
2012: Obama Continues Pushing For Policies To Create Economic Growth On And Off The Campaign Trail
Obama Announced His "To Do List" For Congress. The New York Times reported that in May 2012, President Obama outlined a "five-point 'to do' list for lawmakers that packages job creation and mortgage relief ideas he has proposed before." The list included tax cuts for businesses and a Veterans Jobs Corps "to help place veterans of Iraq and Afghanistan as police officers and firefighters or in other community-service jobs." [The New York Times, 5/7/12 [22]]
- CNN.com: Republicans Blocked Business Tax Cuts In "To Do List." CNN.com reported that Republicans in the Senate "refused to allow a vote on a bill that would give tax breaks for companies that 'insource' jobs to the U.S. from overseas while eliminating tax deductions for companies that move jobs abroad." [CNN.com, 7/19/12 [23]]
- The Hill: Senate Republicans Stopped Veterans Job Bill. The Hill reported that Senate Republicans blocked a veterans jobs bill that was called for in Obama's "To Do List." Republicans reportedly used a budget point of order to stop the bill's passage. [The Hill, 9/19/12 [24]]
CBS News: Obama Highlighted GOP Opposition To Jobs Act In Weekly Radio Address. CBS News reported that in a weekly radio address, Obama "criticized Republicans in Congress for thwarting passage of his jobs bill." CBS News reported that Obama explained that the American Jobs Act is "full of the kinds of bipartisan ideas that could have put over a million Americans back to work and helped bolster our economy against outside shocks." [CBSNews.com, 6/16/12 [25]]
2013: Obama Continues Call For Government Investment In Job Creation
Obama Talks About Government Investment In Job Creation In Second Inaugural Address. In his second inaugural address, President Obama commented on the need for public investment to attract "new jobs and new businesses to our shores." He also argued for investing in "sustainable energy sources" so that the United States does not "cede to other nations the technology that will power new jobs and industries." [WhiteHouse.gov, 1/21/12 [26]]
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In this momentous first season at our new Emirates Stadium, the matchday programme will feature a different Arsenal 'first' in every issue.
For our opening European match at Emirates, it would seem appropriate to chart a European 'first' and what better way to start than cast our minds back over 40 years to the Gunners first ever competitive fixture in Europe. And what a start it was with the Gunners racking up a 7-1 victory over Danish side Staevnet in the Inter-Cities Fairs Cup.
The year was 1963 and the Gunners had qualified for the competition courtesy of a seventh place finish in season 1962/63.
Arsenal had been travelling into Europe to play friendly fixtures since the turn of the century. The Club's first match on the continent was way back on May 5, 1907, when the Gunners travelled to Brussels and beat Racing Club 2-1, before then heading off to Holland, Germany, Czechoslovakia, Austria and Hungary in a comprehensive eight game European Tour over the course of just a fortnight. The Club had also been visiting Denmark for many years, with seven tours having headed to Copenhagen, primarily in the 1920s and 1930s.
But the first competitive match in Europe obviously marks a special occasion for any Club, and our game on September 25, 1963 represented the start of what has been a long history of continental participation - tonight's game is Arsenal's 171st official fixture in European competition.
Despite the fixture in Denmark being over 40 years ago, there was one current Arsenal staff member who actually travelled to the match in question and, it won't surprise anyone to learn that it was current Director Ken Friar.
"I remember it well," says Ken. "Arriving into Copenhagen and that beautiful bridge. In those days we flew everywhere in two planes believe it or not. It sounds strange now, but the Club employed this policy in case one of the planes didn't make it! So we would literally have one goalkeeper in one plane and one in another, and so on.
"The Danish people really looked after us, they were great hosts and the Club had been playing friendlies out there for many years. Of course back then it was far more unusual for people to go abroad so everything seemed very different. I remember the 'smorgasbord' of food in the hotel - most of the people in the party had never seen anything like it."
Nowadays, qualifying for European competition is absolutely crucial for a football club of Arsenal's stature, but back then things were very different.
"To be honest it probably cost the Club money to participate in European competition back then," says Ken, who was assistant to Club Secretary Bob Wall at the time. "You have to remember there was no money from TV companies back then and the crowd in the return leg was under 14,000 at Highbury, which was probably half the average number that season. The attendance shows that in the early years in Europe supporters weren't really enthusiastic."
As mentioned, the first ever fixture resulted in a comprehensive 7-1 win for the Gunners.
15,000 enthusiastic Danes watched Scottish International Johnny MacLeod get the ball rolling on nine minutes and legendary striker Joe Baker made it two before the half-hour mark. Then Geoff Strong took the game by the scruff of the neck. The Geordie striker, who scored 77 goals in 137 matches for Arsenal, scored a 14 minute hat-trick to leave the Danes reeling 5-0 at
half-time. After the break Joe Baker grabbed two more for his own hat-trick - Joe went on to score 100 goals for the Club in his career. In the closing stages Staevnet scored a well taken consolation.
The Danes could be forgiven for being over-run by Billy Wright's Gunners as they were all amateur players who trained in the evenings after work and to come up against International stars like Baker, Strong and MacLeod, not forgetting the great George Eastham who also played in the match, would have been a daunting prospect. Nevertheless, Arsenal obviously put on a superb performance that night and at the banquet after the match the Danish officials confirmed that 'they had seen the finest display of football given by any British side in Denmark since the war,' according to the Arsenal matchday programme for the return leg at Highbury.
The full Arsenal team for the fixture was as follows: McKechnie; Magill, McCullough, Brown, Ure, Groves, MacLeod, Strong, Baker, Eastham, Armstrong.
Of the Gunners team that day, unfortunately Laurie Brown, Joe Baker and George Armstrong are no longer with us. Of the other players who featured that day, two were actually present at Highbury for the final ever fixture; full-backs Jimmy Magill and Billy McCullough.
In the Highbury leg of the fixture, the Danes actually triumphed 3-2, though of course this was still a heavy 9-4 aggregate victory for the Gunners. Joe Baker, George Eastham and Johnny MacLeod were rested for the fixture with David Court, Alan Skirton and John Barnwell taking their places. Skirton and Barnwell were the Gunners' scorers in front of just 13,569 supporters. John Barnwell is featured on pages 62-63 of this evening's programme.
One little known fact about Arsenal's opposition for this historic fixture is that Staevnet were not an actual team in their own right. The term 'Staevnet' is the name given to a combination of Copenhagen clubs when playing as a select team. In the Gunners' earlier friendlies in Denmark they had often played against Copenhagen 'Staevnets'.
This combining of clubs from a city also occurred in England in the early days of the Inter Cities Fairs Cup, when teams representing 'Birmingham' and 'London' entered the competition on occasions.
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So what? Well, lets look at customers in Retail and Manufacturing industries. According to the Datamonitor aticle above, AMR, estimates only 29% of the SAP customers they surveyed have the prerequisite technology in place.
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Available since May 2006, there is no additional charge to Lotus Notes customers current on their maintenancce for access to the SAP solutions feature.
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- To demonstrate that upper extremity training with the Armeo system with a sensing glove will result in greater functional improvement as measured by clinical functional outcome measures, than Armeo training with grip sensor, in a chronic post-stroke population with impaired upper extremity function.
- To compare kinematic data following training with grip sensor vs. sensing glove, using data provided by the Armeo system, clinical outcome measures and data derived from the analysis of upper extremity movements using a camera-based motion analysis system.
|Device: Sensing glove Device: Grip Sensor
|Early Phase 1
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|Study Design:
|Allocation: Randomized
Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment
Masking: Open Label
|Official Title:
|The Effect of Repetitive Upper Arm Training in a Virtual Environment on Upper Extremity Motor Recovery in Chronic-stroke Survivors
- Change in Grip Strength from Baseline [ Time Frame: Baseline, 10 weeks ]
- Change in Box and Block Test score from Baseline [ Time Frame: Baseline, 10 weeks ]
- Change in Graded Wolf Motor Function Test score from Baseline [ Time Frame: Baseline, 10 weeks ]
|Study Start Date:
|December 2008
|Estimated Study Completion Date:
|December 2016
|Primary Completion Date:
|October 2015 (Final data collection date for primary outcome measure)
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|Active Comparator: Sensing Glove
Device: Sensing glove
Comparing the use of Armeo with grip sensor to use of Armeo with sensing glove
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By using the Armeo system, the investigators hope to achieve repetitive training of reach, grasp, and release in an engaging environment that can be adapted to individual capabilities, and to enable stroke survivors whose motor weakness may have excluded them from performing repetitive therapy tasks, to participate in this study.The Armeo system is an adjustable arm orthosis that has received FDA 510k exemption. It passively counterbalances the weight of the arm, thereby reducing the effort required by the paretic arm to overcome gravity. The device is able to augment feedback through a virtual environment (i.e. computer games). The tasks presented in the virtual environment are designed to achieve functional movements, i.e. the subject has to perform tasks such as reaching for objects as part of the game.
The ability to reach and grasp is a necessary component of many daily-life functional tasks. Impaired reach and grasp following strokes result in the recruitment of compensatory measures such as increased use of the trunk to transport the hand.
As an end-effector, the grip sensor provides a point of attachment, compared to the glove, in which the hand is free. The posture of the hand, range of movement, joint adaptations, movement pattern and kinematics are likely to be affected by a free or fixed end-effector. In this study, the investigators would like to compare the efficacy of training with both end-effectors. The investigators will also compare efficacy of these 2 end-effectors in high-functioning vs low-functioning hemiparetic subjects.
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- Male and female, community dwelling, age 18-70
- First-time non-traumatic ischemic or hemorrhagic stroke at least 3 months prior to study enrollment
- Score of 15-55 out of 66 on arm motor Fugl-Meyer scale
- The ability to extend >=10 degrees at metacarpophalangeal and interphalangeal joint of all digits
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- Cognitive impairment that may interfere with understanding instructions for motor tasks and assessment tools
- Inability to operate Armeo system (which will be assessed during the calibration process. Subjects must have sufficient range of movement to enable calibration of the virtual workspace.)
- Participation in other forms of therapy/intervention for upper extremity motor recovery
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT01485354
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|Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital Boston
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|Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital
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|Paolo Bonato, Director, Motion Analysis Laboratory, Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital
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|June 28, 2011
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|April 7, 2016
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text: Think it's about time I dropped the Mukhortova/Trankov thread and started a new Anyway, the latest blog entry (thanks for posting the link in from russia with love) Falling on the ice is painful Perhaps worth mentioning there are some photos in the blog, so go to the link even if you don't read Russian. Q: Tanya, did you ever feel tired enough to drop it all and retire? We realize behind your gorgeous skating there is so much hard work. Volosozhar: Thanks, it's nice to hear. I'm so taken by our work with Maksim that no, I don't have such thoughts. Such thoughts did cross my mind though seldom before, it was more about Stanislav's injures. I realize the success of our team is not up to me only. Q: While you still represented Ukraine who were you close with and still in touch with? Do you know what is Bekhnazarova doing now? Volosozhar: I was friendly with Verbillo, Zadorozhnuk, Kovalevsky, Beloglazova, Oksenich. With our doctor and masseur. I still keep in touch with all of them. As for Bekhnazarova, I heard she parted with her partner Zuev. Q: Maksim, you mentioned being a football fan. Which teams are you supporting? Trankov: Between Real and Barca - Barca, between Inter and Milan - Milan, as for the brits - I like the Arsenal and Tottenham. Q: Tanya, are you responsible for your makeup? Who is usually helping you? Volosozhar: I used to do it myself. Now I have a professional who does it. Trankov: Her name is Karina, she is a professional make up artist. She used to help Maria Mukhortova and I, now I asked her to work wit Tanya. She is quite well known in certain circles. Tanya: I like her work. She does the make up, I do the hair. Q: What do you think about the other skaters programmes? This season and in general. Which programmes of yours with the previous partners or of other pairs do you like the most? Tanya: I loved the programme Stanislav and I skated to the `Perl Harbor' soundtruck and `Romeo & Juliette' to Rota's music I skated with Petro Kharchenko. I liked Savchenko/Shelkowy's `Once upon a time in Mexico' and last year Pang/Tong's programme. And `Lady and the Hooligan' by Mukhortova/Trankov. Trankov: I liked that programme with Maria as well. Can't say it was my favourite though. I liked the `Petrushka' from 2005 and Rakhmaninovs' `Rhapsody on the theme of Paganini'. Q: Do you have a choreographer who works with you? Trankov: Yes, Alla Kapranova. She worked with Kulik, Butyrskaya, Smirnova/Ulanov, Elena Sokolova, Kira Ivanova. Volosozhar: we work with her both on and off the ice. Trankov: It's not a classical choreography, but adapted especially for figure skating. Alla is a great professional and we love working with her. Q: Am sure you can do a level 4 split twist. And its' not quite clear why now you only receive level 2. You have a difficult entry, Tanya does a split, you catch her right... What is not counted? Trankov: Actually we don't have a difficult entry. It's a simple one, which gets a positive GOE, but is not affecting the element level. For the entry to be difficult there must be some steps and the split must be performed in the pace of those steps. Or some skating elements are required, such as a spread eagle and then spiral position. I.e. if we add the spread eagle to the spiral - now that would be counted as a difficult entry. Q: Have you ever tried a 4 split twist? Are you going to? You have so much high on the split twist that it seems you could do 4 revolutions in the air. Volosozhar: Thanks for the compliment! We haven't tried it, but we might some day. Trankov: I think so too, that we are capable doing the 4 split twist. With a bad catch - easily. The well performed one would demand lots of work. But it's pointless right now. If the 4 split twist coasted the same points the tripple of level 4 we would had tried it a while ago. Volosozhar: indeed, it is pointless Q: Maksim, you are gaining your second academic degree. Why have you chosen that subject? Trankov: I'm studying towards my first academic degree. I dropped out twice. Now my specialization is teaching psychology. I like it. The shrink who worked with Maria and I in St. Petersburg adviced me to study that. Q: Do you keep any diets? How do you keep in shape? I realize you have lots of exercise, but some skaters gain weight between the seasons, while it seems you don't have such a problem. Am mostly interested in Tanya's reply- she mentioned being a plump kid. Volosozhar: I do not keep any diet. Of course if I figure I gained weight I give up eating at the evening. But in general I don't have such a problem and can eat whatever. Trankov: The same here. We hardly gain any weight during the offseason either, but at any rate it all dissolves once we start training. Volosozhar: When I was 13 or so, I weighted 37kh, which was quite alot for my high. But then it somehow became normal and now everything is perfect. Q: Sometimes even the most experienced skaters fall. I always admire their ability to get up quickly, refocus and continue with their programme as if nothing happened. But it must be painful to fall. Is being able to overcome the pain fast something that you born with or it can be gained with the experience and hard work? Volosozhar: When you fall, of course, it's painful and disappointing. All skaters fall alot when they just start skating. We are even taught how to fall correctly, so you get used to it and can take it. Falling during the competition is disappointing, you loose power, the pace changes. Most important thing is to regroup and go on with the skate. Everything matters - the character, the mood, the experience. Q: Will you show one of the new exhibition numbers at the Worlds? Volosozhar: should we make it to the exhibition - sure. We think it'll be our funny programme. Q: Have you seen the Europeans? 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Laura Harvey has heaped praise on Kim Little after the Scottish international's influential display in Arsenal's 11th FA Cup triumph on Saturday.
Little opened the scoring against Bristol Academy with a fine solo effort, was a constant livewire as the Gunners ran out comfortable 2-0 winners at the Ricoh Arena and was later voted Women of the Match.
"Her goal sums her up. Kim is talented, she is world class," said the Arsenal Ladies manager.
"Some of the football she can play is frightening. I think that is summed up by the way she took her goal.
"She has had a tough season [and] it's been hard for her but she is hitting form right when we want her to hit form."Copyright 2017 The Arsenal Football Club plc. Permission to use quotations from this article is granted subject to appropriate credit being given to www.arsenal.com as the source