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August is still hot weather at its most sweltering and humid, but it's also a fantastic opportunity to head up to your summer cabin for one last vacation and get a bit of refurbishing and remodeling done before the autumn season. Why not send the season off in style with a final long weekend at the cabin - vacationing half the time and evaluating your property for the other half and deciding what changes need to be made. While the fall weather is certainly cooler, you won't want to hold off on your renovations until then - you'll want to be enjoying the weather!
To help you get started making over your summer cabin into an autumnal cabin, consider a few of these tips and suggestions.
1. Replace your floor. If there's one major renovation you'll want to make, it's probably the flooring. Floors take a beating over the years, and if it's been quite a few since you last touched up yours, it might be time to take that step. While wood is the rustic classic, a number of options are open to you for any room in your house. But if you should go with hardwood flooring, stick to engineered floors, as they offer a greater variety of heating options.
2. Replace your heat. While you're rethinking your floors, reevaluate how you heat your home. Instead of gas heat or a woodstove, why not utilize greener energy with radiant floor heating. Using energy-efficient technology, radiant heat systems keep your home warm through convection currents and using minimal electricity. And they fit beautifully and discreetly under engineered wood floors!
3. If you don't have a porch, consider one. A cabin without a porch in the fall weather is a wasted opportunity. No need to go over the top with yours, but as the trees turn and the countryside lights up, you'll want to be sure you've got a great view. If you already have a porch, consider enclosing it with removable screens or mosquito netting, to help avoid pesky evening bugs.
4. Install a new range and stove. As the weather gets chilly, you won't need to spend all your time cooking outdoors on the grill. Instead fill your newly autumnal cabin with the smells of dinner on a brand new range and stove. Share the cooking with your family, then share the meal.
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Well, it turns out I don't have to worry about solving this moral dilemma yet, nor do I have to worry about being recruited for Operation Covert Squash…
My daughter came into the kitchen and saw me grating potatoes and excitedly asked if I was making hash browns. I told her I was and asked her to get me a yellow squash and zucchini so I could add them. She was appalled and asked in horror if I was really going to "ruin perfectly good hash browns by adding squash".
And then I remembered that I was talking to the individual who clings to her dislike of summer squash. "Oh, I forgot that I was going to sneak in the yellow squash and then when you said you liked the recipe I was going to say, surprise they have squash in them". She shook her head and said, "way to keep a secret mom" and walked away without getting me the needed squash.
If your children do not like squash and you want to be covert about adding them to your hash browns, peel the squash, before grating so the color of the skin doesn't stick out from the color of the potatoes. If your family likes squash, or if you have already given away your secret, leave the skin on the potatoes and the squash. The skin adds color, nutrients and cuts down on the time involved in preparing the vegetables.
My daughter came back and asked if she could "try the hash browns made with the ingredient I'm not supposed to know about". She said that she liked them better than regular hash browns and described them as more flavorful and went back for seconds. She could tell I was pleased, maybe because I exclaimed with delight "I knew you'd like them!" (need to work on my sneakiness). She leveled me with a glare and said, "I admit that your hash browns with squash taste better than regular hash browns, but I still think you over-utilize squash in your recipes each summer".
Yep, definitely have to work on developing my sneaky!
Hash Browns with Summer Squash
Adapted from The Fastest, Easiest, Crispiest Hash Browns
Yield – 8 servings
Preparation Time – 5 – 15 minutes depending on whether you have a food processor
Cooking Time – 10 minutes
- 1 pound red potatoes, grated
- 1 medium yellow squash, grated
- 1 medium zucchini, grated
- 1 small onion, finely chopped
- 4 cloves garlic, minced
- 1 teaspoon seasoned salt (how to make seasoned salt)
- 1/4 teaspoon pepper
- 1 tablespoon olive oil
- If you have a food processor, run the potatoes, yellow squash, zucchini, onion, and garlic through it on the grate setting. If you don't have a food processor, you can use a box grater to grate the vegetables.
- Squeeze the excess moisture from the vegetables. (Removing the liquid is essential to making crispy hash browns).
- Add the seasoned salt and pepper to the vegetables and stir to thoroughly combine.
- Add oil to a largest skillet you have. Spread the hash brown mixture evenly over the bottom of the pan. Cook over a medium high flame until the bottom is crispy, approximately 4 – 6 minutes. Then flip and cook until the other side is crispy, approximately 4 – 6 minutes.
If you have a waffle iron, you can try cooking the grated vegetables in it. Brush or spray with oil. Place 1/2 cup of grated veggies over each square on the waffle maker. Spread evenly over the bottom of the waffle maker, lock the lid down, and cook for 8 – 10 minutes or until the hash browns are crispy and cooked through.
Are you thinking what I'm thinking? Carrots, beets, eggplant?!? The possibilities for sneaking veggies into breakfast are endless!


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Sells a subset of product or services directly or via partners to a large number of named accounts/non-named accounts/geographical territory (mainly Tier 3 accounts).
Primary job duty is to sell business applications software/solutions and related services to prospective and existing customers. Manage sales through forecasting, account resource allocation, account strategy, and planning. Develop solution proposals encompassing all aspects of the application. Participate in the development, presentation and sales of a value proposition. Negotiate pricing and contractual agreement to close the sale. Identify and develop strategic alignment with key third party influencers.
Leading contributor individually and as a team member, providing direction and mentoring to others. Work is non-routine and very complex, involving the application of advanced technical/business skills in area of specialization. 8 years applicable experience including 7 years of sales experience. Successful sales track record. Ability to penetrate accounts, meet with stakeholders within accounts. Oracle knowledge and/or knowledge of Oracle*s competitors. Interaction with C level players. Team player with strong interpersonal /communication skills. Excellent communication/negotiating/closing skills with prospects/customers. Travel may be needed. Bachelor degree or equivalent.
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Develop strong relationships with customers so they will share their successes on the Oracle platform with other prospects.
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Applications sales experience focusing on large, complex strategic accounts. Requires highly developed selling, customer relations and negotiations skills with the ability to effectively communicate with C-level executives and line of business representatives.
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WILSON – DOCKAR Marriage 1840 Scotland
March 5, 2011 by © Joan Miller - Luxegen Genealogy.
Filed under Family History, genealogy, Scotland, UK & Ireland
|From Wilson Family Tree
Alexander Wilson, Shoemaker and Elizabeth Dockar were married 20th June 1840 before witness, William Dockar and Alexander Innes.
Source - ScotslandPeople – 20/06/1840 WILSON, ALEXANDER (O.P.R. Marriages 155/00 0030 0728 Gamrie and MacDuff)
This couple were my great, great grandparents on my father's maternal side.


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There are quotes listed under Sherlock Holmes as well. I would guess that these need to be moved there, and this space reserved for quotes from Doyle speaking as himself. — Bobby D. Bryant 18:40, 3 Nov 2004 (UTC)
- I am in the process of moving the quotes that were here to the Sherlock Holmes page. I have also considered merging that page with this one, creating a section for Holmes stories, because most of the quotes likely to be encountered by Doyle would be from the Sherlock Holmes series, and it would probably minimize duplications. I await other ideas and opinions on the matter though, and probably wouldn't do this any time soon. A few duplicates are tolerable, and sometimes it can be desirable to have a few quotes on several different pages under different headings, to direct people to further material. ~ Kalki 22:11, 3 Nov 2004 (UTC)
"It is stupidity rather than courage to refuse to recognize danger when it is close upon you." - I see this quote is attributed to A C Doyle frequently


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Ben, the cardiology registrar, is a really nice guy and I like him a lot. Trouble is, every time me and Ben are on call at the same time, we have major drama to deal with.
This evening, I admitted a man called Jim into hospital. Jim is 85 years old but still independent and lives by himself. In the afternoon, Jim had been to the post-office and as he was leaving, Jim passed out. Now, I don't know if any of you have recently been to the post-office but I have to say that every time I visit one, I end up seething with rage or in tears. Why does it have to take the best part of the day just to post a parcel? Mr Angry knows how I feel and, to be honest, I don't blame Jim for passing out.
Jim was a little embarrassed by the whole episode, but felt pretty much back to normal. Jim is a big Chelsea fan and was desperate to get out of hospital so he could watch tomorrow's FA Cup final. I asked Sharon, the nurse, to do an E.C.G. recording that showed the Jim had an irregular heart rhythm that Jim had had for donkey's years. But it also showed that Jim's heart was beating very, very slowly indeed. I figured that this was probably a side-effect of some of the medications he was on and, as a precaution, I asked for Jim to be put on a cardiac monitor so we could keep an eye on his heart rhythm.
I'm seeing my next patient about half an hour later and Jim's cardiac monitor starts beeping. Sharon says "I've just walked away from him, he's fine – the monitor's faulty, I'll go turn off the siren" and leaves the room to see to Jim's monitor.
A couple of seconds later I hear Sharon shout,
Jim wasn't fine at all. The siren was going off because Jim's heart had stopped beating. Jim was dead.
I run to Jim's bay and commence CPR with Sharon and another nurse goes off to get the crash trolley. The other members of the cardiac arrest team arrive and we start advanced life support, as we've been trained for.
We shock Jim. Basically we electrocute him in the hope that his heart will start beating again.
It works.
Jim gets a pulse back. Slowly, over the next 20 minutes or so, Jim becomes more and more responsive until he is able to utter the words "Where am I?"
Those words made me feel happier than any words have made me feel for a long time. We saved Jim's life. If this had happened in the Post Office, Jim would have been dead. If Jim hadn't listened to the advice of the paramedics to "have it checked out," he'd be dead. If I hadn't asked for Jim to be put on a cardiac monitor, he'd be dead.
As it is, when I finished the shift, Jim was sat chatting to his daughter on the coronary care unit. While he probably won't get to see the FA Cup final, he'll at least be alive to listen to it on the radio and, as Ben told me, "you've go to be happy about that."
(For those medics among you, the initial ECG that Sharon did showed A.F. with bigemeny at an effective rate of 36 bpm. He had a VF arrest and reverted back to bigemeny after one shock.)
Friday, 18 May 2007
Football isn't a matter of life and death, it's much more important that that
Documented by Dr Michael Anderson at 22:58
Specialty referred to: junior doctor, patients
2 comments:
- Ally said...
:/ Hectic stuff mate. I hope I'll be capable of doing this stuff once I graduate from 5th year (hopefully) :S - Good Blog btw
- 20 May 2007 at 09:39
- The Junior Doctor said...
Cheers Ally and welcome,
I used to find arrests just totally petrifying when i first graduated. But like anything, they get easier the more you're exposed to them.
Good luck with your finals, I'm keeping my fingers crossed for you
- 20 May 2007 at 21:44
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Q&A: Procter & Gamble Is Good As Gold WIth Olympic, NFL Marketing Strategies
By Barry Janoff
May 14, 2012: With the 2012 Summer Olympics less than 75 days away, Procter & Gamble is ramping up activation that sees it thinking national and acting global.
P&G, which has been associated with the Olympics movement for about 75 years, signed a deal in 2009 to become an official marketing partner of the U.S. Olympic Committee. That was followed in 2010 with a deal for P&G to become a global partner of the International Olympic Committee through 2020.
P&G's first official Olympics foray came at the 2010 Winter Games. In Vancouver, marketing included a "Proud sponsor of moms" theme that was anchored by a "Thank You Mom" campaign, focusing on the mothers of U.S. Olympic athletes and hopefuls. Based on its success there — which P&G said "resulted in increased favorability ratings, greater market share and nearly $100 million in incremental sales" — the company has expanded its "Thank You Mom" campaign and its presence for the 2012 London Games. The business goal for the activation: "$500 million in incremental sales," Jon Moeller, P&G's CFO, said during a conference call earlier this year.
P&G and its brands are aligned with about 150 athletes worldwide, focused on regions where the company has a presenced. In the U.S. that includes Natalie Coughlin (Pantene, pictured), Allyson Felix (Oral Care), Tyson Gay (Gillette), Shawn Johnson (Bounty), Ryan Lochte (Gillette), Diana Lopez (Duracell) and Kerri Walsh (Pampers). In the host nation, that includes Victoria Pendleton, Mark Cavendish, Jessica Ennis, Jenna Randall, Sir Chris Hoy and Paula Radcliffe.
P&G last week unveiled an umbrella TV ad, "Best Job," which the company describes as a commercial that "honors everything that all moms do to help their children succeed by showcasing the amazing moms behind Olympic athletes at the London 2012 Olympic Games. The hardest job in the world is truly the best job in the world."
Among its social media activation, a destination at Facebook allows people to send a message to their own moms.
For London 2012, P&G has built upon two projects it utilized in Vancouver. The company said it would give each mom of the nearly 800 U.S. Olympians and Paralympians who will comprise Team USA a $1,000 Visa reward card to help offset travel costs or for use while at the Games. In London, the company will oversee the P&G Family Home, described as a "private and secure home away from home where moms of Olympians can spend time with their athletes in a relaxed, family-friendly environment." The location will, of course, be filled with P&G products.
In addition to P&G, worldwide Olympic sponsors include Acer, Atos, Coca-Cola, Dow, General Electric, McDonald's, Omega, Panasonic, P&G, Samsung and Visa.
Jodi Allen, P&G vice president for North America operations and marketing, spoke with NYSportsJournalism.com about the challenges and rewards of being a global Olympics marketing partner and what the company has learned from its alliance with the NFL.
NYSportsJournalism: How do you create marketing specifically related to the Olympics while still remaining true to the messages of your respective brands?
Jodi Allen: The 'Thank You Mom' Program, which is all about bringing our P&G brand to life, is based on the insight that behind every great athlete is an even more incredible, great mom. That is a big part of what we are doing. But at the end of the day, making sure that we are selling our brands and improving the equity of our brands is what we are all about. Every one of the brands has been able to find a unique way in, based on an insight that's relevant to their brand but that still ties back to the total P&G program. And if that allows our brands to win and P&G wins, we all win.
NYSJ: How does this strategy translate to specific P&G brands?
JA: Tide has chosen to go after a big idea, which is 'Proud Keeper of the Red, White and Blue' — and they have (track and field star) Lopez Lomong. He was the American flag bearer in the opening ceremony at the 2008 Beijing Olympics and has an incredible story. Or you have a brand such as Pampers, which has partnered with (beach volleyball icon) Kerri Walsh, the mom of two boys herself. We really have tried to support both the idea that resonants with the brand benefits as well as the athletes who are able to tell the story of that brand in a very authentic way. So we really have spent a lot of time and effort to find the right ideas as well as the right brand ambassadors.
NYSJ: The alliance with the Olympics is about uniting brands with sports, which is what P&G also has done since becoming an NFL partner in 2010. What have been the challenges and rewards of getting consumers to associate such brands as Tide, Head & Shoulders, Febreeze and Bounty with athletes and sports?
JA: My favorite work at P&G with the NFL is the Vicks program with Drew Brees. It's not an obvious kind of connection between Vicks and the NFL. But the way that we brought the idea to life is that everybody has to be at work in the morning and has to have a good night's sleep. It absolutely works in a brilliant way. Our partnership with the NFL is very strong and growing. We recently announced that Tide now has an official alliance with each of the 32 teams (only the second brand behind PepsiCo's Gatorade to have that designation). So we will be taking that association and our overall partnership with the NFL to another level for the 2012 season.
NYSJ: P&G has a vast inventory of strong brands, each with their own message. How do you get the brand managers to play nice together?
JA: The way I would say it is, at the end of the day we are all P&G employees. And having P&G win is really what it's all about. Each brand in the portfolio needs to play its part. The good news is that each of our brands has been able to see the Olympics as something that they can, in a very creative way, tell their own brand stories. So whether it's Pantene coupling with (swimmer) Natalie Coughlin to talk about beautiful hair or CoverGirl, which has partnered with with women's boxing, which will be part of the Olympics for the first time. They have a great campaign (pictured below) that brings together the idea, 'I'm tough. I'm beautiful. I'm a CoverGirl.'
"At the end of the day we are all P&G employees. And having P&G win is really what it's all about. Each brand in the portfolio needs to play its part."
NYSJ: P&G came in as an official Olympic marketing partner with the 2010 Winter Games in Vancouver. Even though the season and the logistics are different, what did you learn from those Games that you are taking into the London Games?
JA: At the 2010 Olympics, we learned that this universal insight — that behind every athlete is an even more incredible mom — was a powerful idea. But [because of when the deal with the USOC was signed] we started our work for Vancouver only about 80 days before the actual Games. We only had a limited time for our actual planning to bring that idea to life. Also in Vancouver, we were bringing together only Team USA. It was a USA-only event. But we realized that the power of the idea was global. So as part of the London Summer Games, and now with a deal with the IOC, we are bringing together our different programs in different countries in very big ways. It is different in the U.K. versus what we are doing in China versus what we are doing in Russia versus what we are doing in the U.S. We are leveraging 150 Olympic athletes and hopefuls. We are taking what we learned in Vancouver and amping it up, doing it in a much more global way.
NYSJ: We are in the sweet spot of marketing where more and more people will pay attention to Olympics marketing and messages, but how do you carry that past the Olympic Games?
JA: One of the things we learned through our experience at Vancouver is that the relationship with these moms of athletes goes far beyond the Games themselves. So part of the reason we are investing in our relationships with these moms is that we feel we can take it from one Olympics to the next and the next. Working with 150 athletes globally, we are going to be able to have this movement continue long beyond the 2012 Games. That is clearly our intent.
NYSJ: How do you build a campaign so that consumers, who many times see that athletes are not true to the products they endorse, believe in what P&G spokespersons are saying to them?
JA: I absolutely feel that we have gone out of our way to find athletes who tell the authentic story of the brand. It all comes down to the stories we are trying to tell. So with Shawn Johnson, we have footage of her doing Olympic gymnastics events in her living room and kitchen, knocking things over and her mom Teri needing to use Bounty to clean up the mess. We have a great Bounty anthem ("Let the spills begin") that tells the story about all the kids doing gymnastics in their homes. These are very authentic stories. They happen in real households in the U.S. Whether it's Shawn Johnson with Bounty or Lopez Lamong with Tide, I feel we have done a brilliant job of making it authentic.
NYSJ: How would you describe the synergy between P&G and the USOC?
JA: Our partnership with the USOC has been incredible. I have nothing but great things to say about it. Obviously, having to coordinate all of our brands and the USOC has some challenging logistics associated with it. But the value of the program that we have brought to life is so strong that the alliance with the USOC has been amazing.
NYSJ: What is the back story behind supporting the 'Thank You Mom' campaign with the $1,000 Visa rewards card?
JA: We asked the USOC how P&G could support and thank the moms of U.S. Olympic and Paralympic athletes. They came back to us by saying, 'Help them get to London to see their children compete.' Many of these moms struggle to find the financial means to see this dream realized. Which is why P&G created the 'Thank You, Mom' gift, which will make it easier for the mom behind every U.S. Olympian and Paralympian on the 2012 Team to share their child's dream. And to keep those moms connected with their athletes and families during the Olympics, we will have in London the P&G Family Home, a private and secure home away from home where moms of Olympians can spend time with their athletes in a relaxed, family-friendly environment.
NYSJ: What will P&G be doing to support the Olympics effort between now and July?
JA: We already have started campaigns for many of our brands in the U.S. as well as in London. And there will be more to come. I don't want to be specific yet because I don't want our competitors to know where we are headed. But let's just say there are far more stories to be told.
Tyson Gay Stays Sharp For Gillette, Olympics
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Mrs. Obote: Impeach Uganda's President
General Museveni can no longer be trusted to lead Uganda except to a catastrophic disintegration. Time is now overdue for the people of Uganda to organize and mobilize through Parliament to invoke the provisions of article 107 of the Constitution to remove General Museveni from the high office of President
[Global: Africa Commentary]
The ongoing saga surrounding the unconstitutional re-appointment of Justice Faith Mwonda as the Inspector General of Government (IGG) here in Uganda is only the latest of General Yoweri Museveni's many actions of abuse of office, willful violation of his oath of allegiance and presidential oath.
He has violated the Constitution, amounting to gross misconduct by a leader who is supposed to be the fountain of honor in Uganda.
However, Museveni's abuse of the Constitution and his wanton disregard of the Constitutional order is not surprising. It is the very embodiment of his political life. In 1980, Museveni consented to the multiparty general elections as the leader of the Uganda Patriotic Movement (UPM).
He miserably lost the elections including in his own Nyabushozi Constituency—to Sam Kutesa, a member of the Democratic Party then, and now Uganda's foreign affairs minister. Instead of challenging the election results in the Courts of law as provided for in the Constitution, Museveni , just as he had planned since 1965, took up arms and today the Luwero triangle that he created is still littered with unburied skulls in testimony to his military but unconstitutional exploits.
Northern and Eastern Uganda have seen similar exploits.
When Museveni, through the barrel of the gun took over power on January 25, 1986, he suspended parts of the 1967 Constitution through the infamous Legal Notice No. 1 of 1986. Worse still, even the parts of the Constitution that he agreed to preserve, including the bill of rights that guaranteed the freedom of association, were routinely abused.
Having illegally banned political parties from operating and contesting the 1993 Constituent Assembly elections, Museveni through the largely Movement Constituent Assembly wrote the 1995 Constitution which included such detestable articles like the infamous article 169 that constitutionalized the ban on free political party activity. The 1995 Constitution is accordingly, Museveni's baby.
When it suited him, he amended it in 2005.
To all rational and well meaning people, should have been the last person to violate his own Constitution but true to his legacy, he has only obeyed the commands of the Constitution by accident.
If one attempted to list all the violations of the Constitutional order perpetuated by General Museveni, one would write entire series of books. The list would include for sample purposes the following:
(a) The routine violation of people's rights and freedoms including illegal detention in safe houses, torture and extra judicial killings as recently.
(b) The deployment of the UPDF in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) (twice), and Sudan without the authority of Parliament.
c) The attacks on the Courts of law including the infamous black mamba's desecration of the High Court.
d) The grant of loans, guarantees and outright bailouts to so called investors like Basajjabalaba, Tristar and several others without the authority of Parliament.
e) The directives to the otherwise independent Uganda Land Commission to give away public land to investors like in the cases of UTV land, Shimoni school land, Kitante School land and the attempted Mabira forest give away.
f) The routine and corrupt mismanagement of the economy and running down of public infrastructure and social services.
g) The illegal expropriation of private property including ranches and the protection of trespassers on private land.
h) The recent appointment of Major General J. J. Odongo a serving UPDF officer to cabinet.
i) The illegal re-appointment of Justice Faith Mwonda as IGG.
General Museveni can no longer be trusted to lead Uganda except to a catastrophic disintegration. Time is now overdue for the people of Uganda to organize and mobilize through Parliament to invoke the provisions of article 107 of the Constitution to remove General Museveni from the high office of President on grounds of abuse of office, willful violation of his oath of office and above all the Constitution.
Mrs. Obote is President of the Uganda People's Party.
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Our Lumego SIRIUS LED panels are particularly space saving illuminants. Thanks to their flat design, they can be directly attached to the ceiling, on a wall or hanging from the ceiling as a pendant lamp. This makes these LED panels extremely versatile, particularly in panelled ceilings in offices or at reception desks. Even in private housing, e.g. in hallways or above kitchen islands, these LED panels are meanwhile preferably used light fixtures. The sizes, models (3000 K or 4000 K) we offer and the optionally available mounting sets provide numerous application options and they do so at a very attractive price-performance ratio.
The LED panels have a high degree of efficiency and a long service life thanks to the high quality Nichia LEDs. The illuminated area is illuminated homogeneously and is virtually glare-free due to the opal diffuser. The SIRIUS LED panels are operated using direct current and are supplied without a constant current power supply, which gives you flexibility in design and positioning. The panel's brightness can be modified (500 mA to 1050 mA) depending on the constant current power supply used
- Ultra flat design (merely 14 mm)
- Infinitely dimmable (requires dimmable LED constant current power supply)
- Luminous flux (brightness) is adjustable via the operating current of the power supply (500 mA to 1050 mA)
- Homogenous light distribution
- Dimensions: 1195 x 596 x 14 mm
- Frame: aluminium, anodised silver
- For improved efficiency: Operated via constant current power supply
- The LED panels are supplied without power supply
- The LED panels are conditionally (protection area 3) suitable for damp rooms (bath/shower).
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Last year I discovered a new recipe while I was flipping through Jamie Oliver's cookbook 'Jamie at Home.' In the book, he has a recipe for Fried Zucchini Flowers. I tried it with zucchini flowers, but I also tried the recipe using pumpkin flowers. I was amaze at how distinctively different they tasted. The zucchini flower was mild and buttery, while the pumpkin flower was extremely flavourful – almost peppery.
Stuffed with fresh mozzarella cheese, dipped in a white wine batter and then deep fried, they were delicious. So now, every year I grow a few pumpkin plants in hopes of growing a decent sized jack-o-lantern, but I also grow them to harvest the yummy flowers. Since I only harvest the male flowers, I don't sacrifice my potential pumpkin crop. Only the female flowers develop into pumpkins.
Here's a photo of the stuffed flowers, battered and frying in vegetable oil. Unfortunately, they didn't last long enough on the plate to get a photo of the finished dish. Next time!
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Pineapple Publishing and Graphic Design is a full-service graphic design studio specializing in website design and development. Let us help you conceive and develop your new website or redesign your existing site based on your needs, desires and requirements. Whether you are looking for a basic informational site or a more robust e-commerce or content management solution, we can do the job!
Besides being experienced in all aspects of graphic design and print production, we also possess the programming skills required for successful web deployment. We are uniquely able to blend both creative and technical disciplines to execute websites with form and functionality.
When building websites we are proficient in a number of different skills.
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We offer turnkey solutions for any company or individual looking to establish or update their web presence. We don't just "do websites." We can assist in everything from registering your domain name to setting up your e-mail to hosting on our cloud server. If it is e-commerce you are looking for, we can help you license your SSL certificate, install it, set up your shopping cart, and then link it up to the payment gateway of your choice.
Unlike "print," a website is an interactive medium ... an interface uniquely suited to organizing and delivering information. Our goal is to always deliver a clean, intuitive interface that fits the clients' vision and functions properly across multiple platforms.
Designed as a front end informational, support, and marketing site to complement its Image Asset Management subscription service site.
The home page features an interactive Flash animation scripted in Actionscript 3 which displays a spinning 3D cube of thumbnail images. The animation reacts to vertical mouse movements.
Razzbonic's site makes extensive use of Javascript and jQuery to hide and show content sections based on user selection, presenting the user with an uncluttered view of only the information which they find relevant.
An e-commerce site which highlights a continually changing inventory of watercolor artwork.
This site runs on X-cart, a PHP / MySQL based shopping cart which is linked to payment gateway Authorize.net.
Jocelynchengart.com is a good example of the turnkey service we offer. We registered her domain name and setup her e-mails. We host the site on our server and licensed and installed her SSL certificate. We launched the completed site after installing, configuring, and populating her shopping cart. We continue to update her site when changes are needed.
We have been working with KDC since they first began their practice in 2005.
Specializing in cosmetic dermatology, the website contains a plethora of medical information. jQuery is used extensively throughout several areas of the site to give visitors a clean uncluttered interface when there is a lot of information to present.
Linny Morris Photography requested a combination of many features which called for Flash Actionscript to be used.
The photo gallery pages use an XML-based actionscript which dynamically links to images and captions through an editable XML file. By constructing her site this way, it became much more modular and flexible. Additions, deletions, and edits can be done on the fly by simply editing the XML file with new links to uploaded images.
This eliminated the need to open Flash every time an update was made.
Strings For Tomorrow asked for a clean and elegant layout to fit its audience for classical stringed instruments.
The home page features a jQuery slideshow with soft transitions between photos.
The gallery of images on the Instruments page dynamically checks the size of the browser window and enlarges the images accordingly. Thus, smaller windows or monitors will still view the enlarged image at full size.
Built using Joomla CMS, Cooking Fresh For You wanted the ability to update their weekly lunch and dinner menus in-house.
Joomla Content Management System was used so that the client would be able to make reqular content updates to the site themselves as needed.
PayPal was incorporated to give parents the option of paying for their child's School Lunch Program monthly orders online. The system works well and did not require the use of a full-scale shopping cart.
Makana Academy's site was also built using a custom-designed Wordpress theme.
One of the features we scripted into this custom theme (using PHP) is the ability to display a different header image depending on the page being viewed.
The site uses YouTube streaming video throughout many of the pages and has both news and photo gallery sections which the client updates in-house.
Their shopping cart was incorporated using one of the many e-commerce plug-ins available for Wordpress.
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BOWLING GREEN, KY – Quick Fuel Technology (QFT™) has set new standards for racing fuel pumps with its revolutionary series of billet pumps capable of supporting up to 2,500 hp. QFT not only went after the big flow numbers, they designed a series of pumps with increased durability and serviceability, and a new vane and rotor design that delivers a greater volume of fuel in the all-important 12-20 psi range. The new QFT High Performance Fuel Pump lineup includes a 230 gph continuous duty street pump that will support 1200 hp, a drag race/short duration 260 gph pump that supports 1,000 hp in rear fuel cell vehicles and 1,600 hp with front-mounted fuel cells, a 300 gph drag race/short duration pump that delivers fuel for up to 800 hp, and a 400 gph drag racing pump that is good for 800 hp-2,500 hp engines. All of these pumps are compatible with gas, alcohol and E85 fuels.
QFT machines the pump bodies out of aircraft grade 6061 aluminum, then hard anodizes them for wear and corrosion resistance. All critical internal moving parts are coated with DYNA-BLUE® wear resistant coating and the motor's armature shaft is made out of 316 stainless steel for corrosion protection. Huge #10 AN inlet and outlet ports minimize flow restrictions, and both the 260 and 400 gph pumps feature an externally adjustable bypass system with #8 AN ports to reduce cavitation. The continuous-duty street 230 gph pump comes standard with an external bypass regulator (P/N 30-1900).
The part numbers are: 30-230 for the 230 gph continuous flow model, 30-260 for the drag race 260 gph model, 30-300 for the drag race 300 gph version, and 30-400 for the huge 400 gph pump. Every QFT high-output billet pump is tested for flow, pressure and leaks before it leaves the factory.
Rebuild kits and lower housing body kits are available to rebuild these pumps in the future. An added bonus is that QFT is supporting these new pumps with a generous NHRA contingency program, so it is a win-win for racers – great pumps and more prize money.
For more information on QFT's race-winning carburetors and fuel system components, please contact, Quick Fuel Technology, 129 Dishman Lane, Bowling Green, KY 42101. Phone (270) 793-0900. Fax (270) 793-0951. Visit us at www.quickfueltechnology.com


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So much news passes before our collective eyes every day that we couldn't possibly cover it all. Mostly because much of it isn't worth covering! But here are a some borderline tidbits we passed on, just in case.
Glowy Blinky Unofficial Lego Bricks Are Almost as Good as Official Ones
These blinking glowing Lego bricks would have been a wonderful idea if Lego hadn't thought of them first. Still, variety is the spice of life! Even if variety is in this case just multiple things that are similar. [Gadgeteer]
Sony NEX-FS7000 Is Going to Make Some Professional Videographer Very Happy Some Day
This is a wonderful looking camera that can do wonderful (4k resolution, 240fps, etc.) things. But the number of people who will actually buy/use it is very small, because it is expensive and has more horsepower than the average mortal requires, the end. [CyberTheater]
Oh Hey Another Nintendo Controller Coffee Table
It's not that this hand-made Nintendo controller coffee table isn't wonderful, because obviously it is, just look at it if you haven't yet. LOOK AT IT. It's right at the top of your screen. Anyways, yes, good, it's clearly wonderful, but it's also just another in a long line NES controller coffee tables. Gimme a Sega Genesis controller coffee table, then maybe we can talk. [BoingBoing]
Left Behind is our daily collection of chaff we didn't think was quite good enough to post on its own, and why.


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Philadelphia Flyers vs. Toronto Maple LeafsNHL.com @NHLdotcom
GAME: Philadelphia Flyers at Toronto Maple Leafs.
PLAYOFF SERIES: Eastern Conference semifinals; Flyers lead 3-2.
TIME: Tuesday, 7 p.m. EDT.
The Philadelphia Flyers obliterated any momentum the Toronto Maple Leafs might have had with an overpowering performance in Game 5 of their semifinal series.
The question now is whether the Flyers can carry that effort with them to Canada as they attempt to close out the Leafs.
Philadelphia looks to earn the first victory by a road team in the series as it heads to Air Canada Centre for Game 6.
The Flyers brought a 2-0 lead to Toronto for Games 3 and 4, and looked to be in full control of the series. But they stumbled home Friday after being outscored 7-2 in losing both contests in front of the Leafs' raucous fans.
Philadelphia, though, regained control by duplicating the combined score of its two losses Sunday, pounding Toronto 7-2 at the Wachovia Center to push the Leafs to the brink of elimination.
Captain Keith Primeau addressed his teammates in a closed-door meeting before the game, then scored three goals, and Michal Handzus scored twice as the Flyers held on to what appears to be a critical home-ice advantage in the series.
"We were plodding along in a series that we had control of," Primeau said of the losses in Games 3 and 4. "We had to get back to skating and getting to the net. Tonight, we did that and because of that we got rewarded and got a win."
Philadelphia, the second seed in the East playoffs, knows at the very least it will return home Thursday for a possible Game 7. The Flyers have outscored the Leafs 12-4 in winning the three games at the Wachovia Center.
If Toronto doesn't make drastic improvements from Game 5, however, Philadelphia's trip home will be to regroup before opening the conference finals. The Maple Leafs were terrible defensively and were unable to handle the relentless puck pressure generated by the Flyers, who jumped out to a 3-0 lead and never looked back.
The Toronto defense pairing of Bryan McCabe and Brian Leetch struggled the most, with McCabe's first-period turnover leading directly to Mark Recchi's goal at 3:51 to open the scoring. McCabe was a minus-5, while Leetch finished minus-4.
Able to get under the skin of the Flyers in Games 3 and 4 en route to tying the series at home, the Maple Leafs were unable to match the Flyers' physical play in Game 5. Both teams came out hitting, but Philadelphia seemed to feed off the contact and raise its level of play.
"I don't know where to start," said Leafs captain Mats Sundin, also a minus-4. "Before the game, there was no doubt we were mentally and physically prepared."
Victimized by Toronto's soft defense, Ed Belfour was chased in the second period after allowing six goals on 18 shots. He was replaced by Trevor Kidd, who stopped 10 of 11 shots.
The Flyers also had to switch goaltenders during the game, but not because of poor play. Robert Esche departed with what was originally termed an "upper-body injury" by the Flyers, but turned out to be flu symptoms. He left after the first period and was replaced by Sean Burke, but practiced Monday and could start Game 6.
Esche wouldn't speak to reporters after practice, but did relay a statement through coach Ken Hitchcock: "I had a lot of jump out there today. I felt better this morning after I woke up, and my energy level felt back to normal."
Defenseman Vladimir Malakhov is doubtful, however, after suffering a head injury. He was on the receiving end of a big first-period hit by Toronto's Darcy Tucker that resulted in a charging penalty.
There's little doubt a series that saw the physical play elevate during the first two games in Toronto will continue that theme in Game 6. Things got ugly late in Game 5, with Philadelphia enforcer Donald Brashear receiving a misconduct and Toronto tough guy Tie Domi getting ejected in the third period.
The Flyers will look to duplicate the energy level they had at the outset Sunday, having immediately put Toronto on the defensive. They're sure to be met by a desperate and embarrassed Leafs team that doesn't plan on getting banged around again, especially in front of its own fans.
"We have to make sure we come back and play much better right from the start," Belfour said. "Going home is definitely going to help us."
The Leafs will play Game 6 without veteran Ken Klee, who suffered a knee injury in the first period Sunday. Klee, one of Toronto's steadiest defensemen in these playoffs, will be replaced Tuesday by Karel Pilar, who has yet to play this postseason.
HOW THEY GOT HERE: Flyers - 3rd seed; beat New Jersey Devils 4-1, quarterfinals. Maple Leafs - 4th seed; beat Ottawa Senators 4-3, quarterfinals.
PLAYOFF TEAM LEADERS: Flyers - Primeau, 5 goals; Alex Zhamnov, 7 assists and 11 points; Brashear, 18 PIM. Maple Leafs - Joe Nieuwendyk, 6 goals; Leetch, 8 assists; Leetch and McCabe, 8 points; Domi, 39 PIM.
PLAYOFF SPECIAL TEAMS: Flyers - Power play: 21.2 percent (7 for 33). Penalty killing: 88.1 percent (37 for 42). Maple Leafs - Power play: 10.7 percent (6 for 56). Penalty killing: 89.3 percent (50 for 56).
GOALTENDERS: Flyers - Esche (7-3, 1 SO, 2.04 GAA); Burke (0-0, 1.50). Maple Leafs - Belfour (6-6, 3, 2.04); Kidd (0-0, 1.82).
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Seahawks end mincamp by putting on Super Bowl rings
Normally a stream-of-consciousness speaker, Seattle Seahawks coach Pete Carroll paused in the sun Thursday.
The halting question? Carroll was asked what it would be like to receive his ring Thursday night for winning Super Bowl XLVIII.
"It's really an honor," Carroll said. "The honor in it comes from doing it together with all these guys. You feel very fortunate and humbled that it's come to this now. It's just really cool to have done something like that together."
The Seahawks were mum on the details of the ring ceremony after wrapping up the final day of mandatory minicamp with another 90 minutes of brisk practice in Renton.
With the distribution of the bling, last season is sealed. The first Super Bowl title in franchise history moves into the past.
"When we get that ring, we put that heavy ring on our finger, and we realize that we actually won the Super Bowl, it makes you want to do it again," quarterback Russell Wilson said. "That's what we have, that's the itch that we have and how can we do it again and how can we do it that much better."
Seattle will navigate more than a month between the end of the three-day minicamp and the start of training camp in late July. Carroll hopes different groups on the roster will get together during that time to at least maintain conditioning. He's also wary.
"Just everybody stay safe," Carroll said. "They're on their own now. They've worked so long together. Our guys have worked so hard, I can't imagine they'll lose their conditioning over this time, but we want them to maintain, at least, and improve if they can. It's just kind of the unknown that I'm concerned about."
The Seahawks also have a significant set of injuries to monitor. Surgeries sidelined strong safety Kam Chancellor (hip), left tackle Russell Okung (foot), wide receiver Sidney Rice (knee), and linebackers Bruce Irvin (hip) and Malcolm Smith (ankle) for the duration of the three-day minicamp. Irvin is unlikely to be back until late in training camp. Rice might not be ready by the start, but he should be participating soon after.
As for Chancellor, Okung and Smith, Carroll said each "has a chance" to be ready for the start of camp.
"All those guys, we'll have to wait and see," Carroll said. "As they progress and the work builds up, do they handle it well? We won't know that until we get there. Everybody's projected to have a shot at it, so that's what we're counting on right now."
Meanwhile, the Seahawks feel they have built depth at linebacker and wide receiver in comparison with a year ago.
Wide receiver Percy Harvin, who missed almost all of last season after hip surgery, has been healthy this offseason. He sat out the second half of Wednesday's practice just to take a break. Carroll said they do not want to work Harvin three consecutive days.
Joining Harvin are rookies Paul Richardson and Kevin Norwood. Both impressed during organized team activities and minicamp, but they missed time because of slight injuries. The spindly Richardson hurt his shoulder. Norwood had a "sore foot."
Adding Richardson to a receiving corps that already included Harvin has made the Seattle receivers faster overall. Carroll said they could field a track team.
The absence of Smith and Irvin allowed more time for Korey Toomer, who is entering his third season. But Toomer missed the final two days of minicamp because of a hamstring problem. Rookie Kevin Pierre-Louis also is a factor at linebacker.
"I'm hoping that in a lot of groups we just improve some," Carroll said. "That really helps us if we can get that done."
It also would help boost Wilson's ambition to be that much better — which the Seahawks hope leads to a second title.


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Cantor loss jolts landscape
Joe Carr, a GOP Senate candidate in Tennessee waging a long-shot bid to unseat Sen. Lamar Alexander, was addressing a group of 80 tea party activists on the night of Eric Cantor's primary when word of the House majority leader's loss rippled through the audience. "The place went nuts," Carr said.
Over the next 36 hours, his underfunded campaign received between $40,000 and $50,000 from donors. They saw new hope in a challenger who'd been seen as having no chance against Alexander, a two-term senator and former governor.
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"It was absolutely a big shot in the arm," said Carr, a state lawmaker and owner of a family farm.
Only a few weeks ago the tea party's obituary was being written as GOP incumbents and establishment-backed challengers beat back over tea party-inspired foes in one primary after another. Then along came Dave Brat.
( Also on POLITICO: Inside the House GOP leadership shake-up)
The Republican economics professor's win over Cantor has delivered a jolt to what had been a mostly sleepy primary season, infusing underdog challengers with newfound optimism. Campaign contributions that had dried up are beginning to flow. Volunteers are coming on board. And reporters that had been ignoring the underdog candidates are starting to pay attention.
In Kansas, Republican Milton Wolf, a physician and conservative activist who's trying to unseat longtime Sen. Pat Roberts, held a post-Brat win "money bomb" fundraiser that netted about $35,000 in a 36-hour period. Wolf has mobilized supporters by likening Roberts to Cantor, pointing out that, like the ousted majority leader, Roberts has refused to debate his underdog opponent. And Wolf issued a tongue-in-cheek statement invoking Cantor's loss as a way to highlight questions he's raised about Roberts' residency.
"Eric Cantor isn't the only incumbent from Virginia who is going to lose his primary this year," Wolf said in the statement. "On August 5th, it's Pat Roberts' turn."
( Also on POLITICO: Brat's campaign manager: 'I have a better record than Karl Rove')
Other insurgent candidates are taking up Brat's banner as they try to keep up momentum. Claudia Tenney, a New York Republican who's trying to knock off GOP Rep. Richard Hanna, has said she's trying to join the "Brat pack. Bob Johnson, a Georgia Republican who's battling state Sen. Buddy Carter in the race for a vacant congressional seat, has said Cantor's defeat is a "warning" to his primary rival.
Brat's upset is "a win for conservatives who are sick of establishment Republicans accepting the status quo in Washington," Johnson added.
Whether Brat's win is a fluke or the start of a trend will be answered in the coming weeks, as a number of heated Republican primaries play out on the national stage. The first test is on Tuesday, with elections taking place in seven states, including Mississippi and New York.
( POLITICO Polling Center: See the latest polls in New York's 2014 elections)
Most of the attention is centered on the runoff battle pitting Mississippi Sen. Thad Cochran, who's touting his record of bringing federal dollars to the state, and state Sen. Chris McDaniel, a conservative favorite. McDaniel received 1,418 more votes than Cochran in the June 3 primary and is widely regarded as the favorite in Tuesday's runoff. A McDaniel win, conservatives say, would be evidence that the spirit of Brat's victory is carrying over.
"We have seen a major uptick in the intensity of the grass roots and they are clearly reinvigorated," Ken Cuccinelli, the president of the Senate Conservatives Fund, wrote in an email. "The Brat campaign has re-demonstrated to the grassroots that conservative candidates like Chris McDaniel can take on powerful incumbents and win."
On her conservative radio program Tuesday, host Laura Ingraham, who aggressively supported Brat's campaign, said the Mississippi race was the next stop in a national campaign to oust establishment Republican favorites.
"What's next for Cantor now that he's out of a job?" Ingraham said during the program. "Maybe Cantor should go work as an adviser for Thad Cochran."


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A guide to buying a Kettlebell
Kettlebells, thanks to the unusual movement when being used which involve all the muscles of the body, are a very efficient tool for achieving physical fitness, for everyone from professional athletes, military personnel and regular trainers to people who want to take up physical exercise for the first time. As with any sports activity, training with Kettlebells is beneficial in many ways:
- · They improve coordination, flexibility and endurance.
- · Increase strength, muscle toning and power.
- · Increase your metabolic rate and help burn up calories.
- · Strengthen ligaments and tendons.
- · Speed up recovery from injury.
- · Help combat stress and anxiety.
- · Improve posture.
These accessories, adaptable to the requirements and the level of the user, make it possible to carry out such well known exercises as: deadlift, swing, squat and windmill, snatch, bicep curl, triceps extension, row, single arm row, abdominal crunch, etc.
When buying a Kettlebell, the main things to take into account are what its made of and its weight.


text: Clive Davis has worked with many of the best in the business, and not surprisingly, the music mogul wanted some top-flight entertainment during his Thanksgiving dinner at the Forge in Miami. Sources tell us "the man with the golden ears" hired a performer in a turkey suit to sing and dance at the restaurant. But Davis still seemed wistful when he began talking about his late protégée Whitney Houston. A fellow diner told us, "He talked about when Whitney was at the Forge, and she asked for a mike and sang. He asked to see a photo they had of Whitney. He took it to his table and passed it around to all of his guests. Clive seemed to be a little teary-eyed."


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Dr. Hamilton-Stubbs completed an internal medicine internship, pediatric residency, adult neurology residency and child neurology fellowship. In 1994 she accepted a position as one of only two physicians in the Sleep Disorders Center at Virginia Commonwealth University Medical College of Virginia. In 1997 she resigned to start a Christian based medical practice, SCCA.
In 2006 she began studying the medicinal benefits of foods. Later she returned to the class room. She studied herbal medicine at Centre for Scientific Research into Plant Medicine, Accre Ghana and is currently studying functional medicine.
In 2014 Dr. Hamilton-Stubbs expanded the services at SCCA and changed to name to reflect her goal for patient care: sleep and total wellness
Dr. Hamilton-Stubbs practices a blend of conventional medicine with the best of alternative medicine, integrative - functional sleep medicine.
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Do We Want an Erasable Internet?
This is going to sound silly, but I think Snapchat was the most important technology of 2013.
It sounds silly because Snapchat is just an app. What's more, it's an app used primarily by teens and college students, and wasn't I telling you just a few weeks ago that young people aren't good predictors of tech success?
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The UTD Callier Cochlear Implant Program at Children's Health evaluates children using a best practice, interdisciplinary approach. Children receive hearing evaluations, speech-language evaluations, medical evaluations, and other services as needed. CI Candidacy evaluations are completed at Children's Health Dallas and Legacy Campuses.
Information is also gathered from the child's physicians, current teachers and/or speech-language pathologists. The purpose of these evaluations is to determine if a child is a candidate for a cochlear implant and to provide the family with information about the benefits a cochlear implant might provide the child.
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Hearing testing is completed to determine if the child's hearing qualifies him/her as a candidate for a cochlear implant. Unaided (without hearing aids) and aided testing (with hearing aids) is conducted, as well as testing to evaluate if the child is able to understand any sounds or speech he/she may be able to hear. This evaluation typically requires more than one appointment for young children.
An evaluation of the child's communication skills is conducted in order to determine
A medical evaluation, including an MRI, is completed.
Children may also be referred for other testing if needed.
A basic behavioral assessment is completed on each child.
Additional resources may be provided depending on the family's needs.
Family Meeting and Device Selection
A family meeting is scheduled with all team members to discuss if the child is a candidate for a cochlear implant, test results and the potential benefits of having a cochlear implant.
To schedule an appointment for a cochlear implant candidacy evaluation, please call 214-905-3074.


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When patients have hip, knee or dental replacement surgery, they run the risk of having their bodies reject the implant. But the smart coating developed at NC State mitigates that risk by fostering bone growth into the implant. The coating creates a crystalline layer next to the implant, and a mostly amorphous outer layer that touches the surrounding bone. The amorphous layer dissolves over time, releasing calcium and phosphate, which encourages bone growth.
"The bone grows into the coating as the amorphous layer dissolves, resulting in improved bonding, or osseointegration," says Dr. Afsaneh Rabiei, an NC State associate professor of mechanical and aerospace engineering, associate faculty member of biomedical engineering and co-author of a paper describing the research. This bonding also makes the implant more functional, because the bonding helps ensure that the bone and the implant do a better job of sharing the load.
"We call it a smart coating because we can tailor the rate at which the amorphous layer dissolves to match the bone growth rate of each patient," Rabiei says. This is important because people have very different rates of bone growth. For example, young people's bones tend to grow far faster than the bones of older adults.
The researchers have also incorporated silver nanoparticles throughout the coating to ward off infections. Currently, implant patients are subjected to an intense regimen of antibiotics to prevent infection immediately following surgery. However, the site of the implant will always remain vulnerable to infection. But by incorporating silver into the coating, the silver particles will act as antimicrobial agents as the amorphous layer dissolves, Rabiei says. This will not only limit the amount of antibiotics patients will need following surgery, but will provide protection from infection at the implant site for the life of the implant. Moreover, the silver is released more quickly right after surgery, when there is more risk of infection, due to the faster dissolution of the amorphous layer of the coating. Silver release will slow down while the patient is healing. "That is another reason why we call it smart coating," Rabiei says.
The research was funded by the National Science Foundation, and was accomplished with assistance from the Center for Nanophase Materials Sciences and Shared Research Equipment User Facilities at Oak Ridge National Laboratory.
The research, "Functionally graded hydroxyapatite coatings doped with antibacterial components," was co-authored by Rabiei, former NC State Ph.D. student Xiao Bai, and Oak Ridge National Laboratory researchers Karren More and Christopher Rouleau. The research is published online by Acta BioMaterialia.
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"Functionally graded hydroxyapatite coatings doped with antibacterial components"
Authors: Xiao Bai, Afsaneh Rabiei, North Carolina State University; Karren More, Christopher M. Rouleau, Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Published: Online January 2010, Acta BioMaterialia
Abstract: A series of functionally graded hydroxyapatite (FGHA) coatings incorporated with various percentages of silver were deposited on titanium substrates using ion beam-assisted deposition. The analysis of the coating's cross-section using transmission electron microscopy (TEM) and scanning transmission electron microscopy equipped with energy dispersive X-ray spectroscopy has shown a decreased crystallinity as well as a distribution of nanoscale (10–50 nm) silver particles from the coating/substrate interface to top surface. Both X-ray diffraction and fast Fourier transforms on high-resolution TEM images revealed the presence of hydroxyapatite within the coatings. The amount of Ag (wt.%) on the outer surface of the FGHA, as determined from X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy, ranged from 1.09 to 6.59, which was about half of the average Ag wt.% incorporated in the entire coating. Average adhesion strengths evaluated by pull-off tests were in the range of 83 ± 6 to 88 ± 3 MPa, which is comparable to 85 MPa for FGHA without silver. Further optical observations of failed areas illustrated that the dominant failure mechanism was epoxy failure, and FGHA coating delamination was not observed.


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Via the terminal, run these commands:
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The University of San Diego will host its own version of "March Madness" with the annual Southern California Botball Tournament.
The tournament features 31 students teams from grades 7 – 12 from all over Southern California who will compete using the robots they have worked on for seven weeks. Because the robots are light-sensitive, the best times for filming are the practice sessions between 8:30 to 10 a.m. and noon to 1:30 p.m. Finals for the competition will be at 4:30 p.m. with an awards ceremony to follow. The competition takes place at USD's Sports Center, just east of the main campus entrance at the top of Linda Vista Road.
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"We've been at it since 1986," said Lori Bridwell, who runs the camp. "Most of the people who sign up, 80 percent, come just once. But we do have people who come back. Some come back several times. We had a guy come three times last year alone. He's from New Jersey."
The first two days are spent at Lorill Equestrian Center in Scottsdale; then the scene shifts to a working cattle ranch (the location varies by session). The Cowboy College provides horses, saddles and gear, though students can bring their own, provided they meet the camp's safety standards. And how many schools include a cowboy hat, chaps and a harmonica on the list of items for students to bring. Eat prairie dust, Harvard.
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No longer does little Scrumpy have to sit in a kennel, sad and lonely, while you are off frittering away his inheritance by galloping across the desert, sewing or eating bacon at exotic summer camps. Camp Unleashed, Sept. 22-25 in the Blue Ridge Mountains of North Carolina, is designed for dog owners and their pets to enjoy together. There are activities, presentations and workshops. Costs range from $799 to $999, depending on accommodations. campunleashed.net
Banjo camp
Pick and grin at the Sonny Osborne Banjo Camp, featuring some of Nashville's top musicians. The Oct. 21-23 camp, in its 11th year, offers small workshops, large group sessions, elective classes and jam sessions, and welcomes high beginners to advanced students. (Need more? A weeklong bluegrass and songwriting camp in August has a few slots left for day campers, but you'll need to find an off-site place to stay.) The toe-tapping details are at nashcamp.com/newsite/Nashcamp/Bluegrass_%26_Songwriting_Week.html.
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Rugby World Cup
Rucking all over the world
Graham Jenkins
September 25, 2011
Former Otago and All Blacks captain Taine Randell lifts the NPC trophy following his side's victory over Waikato in the 1998 season finale © Getty Images
There can be little doubt that Dunedin and southern New Zealand in general have left their mark on the World Cup with the enthusiasm of the people and a clear love of the game ensuring a welcome to rival any other host city in the country.
But making an impact on the game is nothing new to this region. A rugby heartland if there ever was one, it has helped shape not only the game in New Zealand but also the rest of the world.
This colourful contribution is celebrated in an exhibition entitled Ruck It! How Otago Shaped Rugby History that is currently drawing fans to the city's Hocken Library. It is here where you will learn how the modern scrum and rucking originated in Otago and formed the basis of the "uncompromising style of play" that scarred many but influenced so many more. But it is the players and coaches who carved that reputation that demand and are given pride of place.
The impressive Hocken Collections archive help re-tell the story of such notable figures as Otago-born Tom Ellison who captained New Zealand against Australia in 1893 - the first team chosen under the auspices of the New Zealand Rugby Union that was only formed the year before.
Ellison, who made his first international appearance for the New Zealand Native side that toured Great Britain and Australia in 1888-89, was described as 'a magnificent forward' and 'recognised as THE authority on the game in New Zealand' and would later be responsible for the idea that the national side wear a black shirt with a silver fern logo having previously been decked out in dark blue with a gold motif.
Perhaps more significantly, he developed the role of the wing forward in 1892 that was superseded by the flanker position with the move to the eight-man scrum in the 1930s. His rugby knowledge and insight lived on long after his premature death in 1904 thanks to the widely-respected coaching manual he produced two years before his death - The Art of Rugby Football.
But he was not alone in producing a seminal rugby text - step forward Billy Stead. Born in Invercargill, Stead was vice-captain of the 1905-06 All Blacks, the first side to tour outside Australasia, and more commonly known as the Originals. The epic tour to the British Isles, France and the United States of America was a great success - with just one defeat to Wales - and come the end of the trip, Stead and his captain Dave Gallaher were commissioned by a British publisher to put their thoughts on the game into print. The result was the The Complete Rugby Footballer that remains one of the most influential books produced in the realms of rugby literature.
But the imprint left by southerners does not end there. Another Dunedinite in the form of Jimmy Duncan was the first All Blacks coach, guiding them into their first ever Test clash on home soil against Great Britain in Wellington back in 1904 - a game won 9-3. A key figure at Otago Boys' High School in the 1920s and 30s, Duncan is also credited with creating the term 'five-eight' when changes in the scrum created an extra back. As the game already featured two half-backs and three three-quarters he simply opted for the fraction between the two.
The coaching world also owes a debt to the Cavanagh family. The father-and-son duo, known as Old and Young Vic, created and refined the 'rucking game' that catapulted the game to a new level and became a well-thumbed blueprint for coaches around the world.
Old Vic, who steered the Otago University side to 10 club titles between 1923 and 1934, made his reputation as a master tactician with his "dynamic personality and cunning use of psychology" creating a "strong team spirit". As 'Professor of Football' to the University, he developed his famous 'loose scrum' technique that was devised to help lighter forwards win ball in broken play.
Young Vic, who coached the rival Southern side after his playing career was cut short by injury, was another keen student of the game and quickly modified this technique into what became known as the 'Southern style'. With innovation came success with the Ranfurly Shield a near-constant companion throughout the 1940s and was even retained when the 1949 Otago side were stripped of their 11 All Blacks.
His influence stretched far beyond his active years and celebrated British & Irish Lions coach Carwyn James is said to have immediately sought an audience with Cavanagh following his side's arrival in Dunedin during the celebrated 1971 tour of New Zealand.
This ground-breaking approach to the game was further developed by another Otago representative - Charlie Saxton. A pupil of Duncan's at Otago Boys' High School, he later captained the 2nd New Zealand Expeditionary Force, or the "Kiwis", on their successful 1945-46 tour of Britain and Europe. But it was as manager of the 1967 All Blacks alongside coach and former army team-mate Fred Allen that he wielded perhaps more influence.
A long line of influential coaches from Otago has since included Eric Watson, Laurie Mains, Gordon Hunter and Tony Gilbert with the latter overseeing a golden period for the region that saw them claim the national title in 1991 and 1998 and produce a record number of All Blacks - eight on seven occasions between 1999 and 2001. At one time they also had three players who had led the All Blacks - Taine Randell, Anton Oliver and Tom Willis - within the same squad.
A total of 156 All Blacks have come from Otago, a feat surpassed by just three other regions - Auckland, Canterbury and Wellington - while the University club has no equal when it comes to providing New Zealand internationals.
And while it is the people of Otago who have written much of the game's history, Dunedin's iconic stadium - Carisbrook - arguably commands greater respect. The 'House of Pain' is synonymous with Otago's no-nonsense approach to the game and has played a role to rival that of any individual in reinforcing the region's reputation.
But now, after over a century of rugby, it has been replaced with a new, purpose-built venue in the form of the Forsyth Barr Stadium. Renamed the Otago Stadium for the duration of the World Cup, it may not yet have the formidable reputation of its now dated predecessor but its futuristic fully-enclosed design certainly adds to the city's reputation for innovation.
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