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The tire business may not be glamorous or sexy, but in his four decades in the industry, Tony Sagona has had more than his share of excitement.
From locations in somewhat dodgy neighborhoods to areas precarious enough to warrant that police stations keep their doors locked, Sagona has sold tires in some fascinating locales. But as president and CEO of Midtown Tire Inc., the 64-year-old laughs off that sort of thing.
The weather worries Sagona most.
"We spend nine months focusing on three," he says of the season when his industry is busiest.
Roughly 40 percent of his Rochester inventory is snow tires.
"I get two weather alerts on my phone every morning," he says with a laugh.
Midtown Tire has sold more than 400,000 tires annually to some 3,000 customers despite mild winters in Upstate New York over the last several years. The company stocks 80,000 to 120,000 tires—ranging from 8-inch wheelbarrow tires to oversized, off-road tires—at its warehouses in Rochester, Buffalo and Syracuse.
"Midtown Tire is known as the go-to wholesaler for both standard and specialty sizes in Upstate New York," Sagona says. "You have to have a shotgun service level. Joe Consumer has no patience. They want it right now, or they're going to go down the street."
Midtown Tire employs about 90 people, including 50 at its 105,000-square-foot facility on Brighton-Henrietta Town Line Road in Henrietta. The company serves dealerships, collision shops, repair shops, independent tire dealers and gas stations throughout Upstate New York and northern Pennsylvania.
Midtown Tire was founded by Dick Henry in 1962 as an offshoot of Fincher Motors Inc. When Henry's salespeople sold Oldsmobiles, they would persuaded buyers to purchase better tires. The standard tires gathered dust in Fincher Motors' parts room until Henry began selling them to car dealerships to put on used vehicles.
Henry expanded his relationship with Dayton Tire, a division of Bridgestone/Firestone Inc., and began wholesaling tires. In 1965, Midtown Tire moved to a warehouse on St. Paul Street. In 1978 the company moved to a larger warehouse on Forbes Street in the area of Chili and Gardner avenues.
While Midtown Tire was establishing itself, Sagona, who grew up in Buffalo, was getting started as a mechanic at gas stations. After high school he attended SUNY Buffalo and earned an accounting degree in 1971. From 1970 to 1976 he was in the Army Reserve and for a few years he worked as office manager at a Chevrolet dealership in Grand Island, Erie County.
In the mid-1970s Sagona took a job with General Tire and Rubber Co. in Buffalo, where he worked in both retail and commercial sales. Meanwhile, Henry had sold Fincher Motors and moved to Geneva, where he had an Oldsmobile and Pontiac dealership. A mutual friend introduced the two, and in 1983 Sagona arrived at Midtown Tire as a partner and general manager.
In 1990, while working with Henry and other partners in the business, Sagona opened a Midtown Tire location in Buffalo. Six years later, the Rochester facility was relocated to a larger space on York Street. In 2004, the company added a warehouse on Maple Street in Rochester, and the following year it opened a facility in Syracuse.
Sagona gradually had been buying out his partners in the business, and when Henry died in 2006, Sagona took over ownership of Midtown Tire. Four years ago he consolidated the Rochester locations and moved the company to the former BJ's Wholesale Club in Henrietta.
Overcoming challenges
While Sagona declines to discuss revenue figures, he says the company has seen steady growth throughout his time at Midtown Tire, despite increased competition and complications that arose in the broader economy.
When gasoline hit $4 a gallon in 2008, the automotive industry and related businesses felt the brunt of it.
"In the industry, miles driven is a key to our business, because the more you drive, the more you consume tires," Sagona says. "Historically, miles driven had gone up month after month, year after year. When gas hit $4, miles driven went down."
Drivers, for the most part, have not returned to their pre-2008 habits, Sagona laments.
"It really stymied tire volumes across the country. They hit a wall," he says.
The price of gas also has affected Midtown Tire elsewhere: With 50 delivery trucks on the road every day, the company has had to deal with higher operational costs.
A further difficulty is recent mild winters in which fewer customers are buying snow tires.
"It's a challenge. You can pass some of the costs along, but we're all suffering with lower margins," Sagona says. "You find a way to be more efficient."
Moving into a more efficient building has helped control overhead, and Chief Financial Officer Dave Smith says the company has taken a proactive and creative approach wherever possible to reduce expenses.
"We implemented an energy program where we installed high-tech, energy-efficient lighting in our warehouse, which has had a payback period of less than two years," he notes. "We've upgraded our computer printing programs, trying to reduce paper costs."
Year-over-year revenue growth at the company should be credited to Sagona, Smith says.
"Obviously you've had the downturn in the economy to deal with, the rise in commodity prices, which affects raw materials; we had to deal with a Chinese tariff with some of the lower-end tires. We've had a lack of winter for the most part for the last two or three years, which is a significant part of our business," he says.
"I think what Tony is good at is he leverages industry trends," Smith adds. "He stays on top of it, and I think that helps him as much as he can try to predict future business trends rather than just reacting to them."
Creative belt-tightening has meant no layoffs at Midtown Tire, Smith notes.
Where the company does not cut back is service. It is what sets it apart from the competition, both Sagona and Smith say.
"It's about the relationship," Sagona says. "Everybody can have the same price. We have very quick turnaround on orders."
Because Midtown Tire carries products from a variety of manufacturers—including Bridgestone, Firestone, Toyo and Nokian—and has so many different sizes of tires in stock, it can deliver on the same day in many cases, Sagona says.
"It's allowed me to beat up on the competition," he says. "I have built this business on service, relationships."
The company's success is a result of many things, he adds, including its loyal employees.
"There's a lot of teamwork," he notes. "And nobody leaves."
Many of Midtown Tire's employees have two decades or more with the company.
"It's because Tony takes care of his people," says John Callahan, a 26-year veteran salesman.
Management style
Sagona is a self-described KISS—Keep It Simple, Stupid—manager.
"Hire the right people, and give them enough rope," he says of his leadership style. "It's a very simple business, like most businesses are. Don't complicate it. Focus on the customer. Focus on the people."
CFO Smith calls Sagona an optimist and a good leader.
"He's very energetic. I think he takes good care of himself physically and emotionally because it's a stressful position he's in," Smith says. "He's a good leader because he's a good listener. He listens to customers; he listens to employees, to suppliers."
Callahan adds: "He seems to allow the salesmen that are good at what we do to continue to do that. He seems to invest a lot of his time in the business, and he knows quite a bit. Instead of being an out-of-town owner, he's there day to day and working on any problems we have and addressing them on the spot."
Longtime attorney and close friend Thomas Blank says Sagona is laid back in managing employees.
"He is not an A-type outwardly, although he is a worrier," Blank says. "He expects his people to function in the roles that he's given them without direct oversight. He's got facilities in Buffalo, Syracuse and Rochester, and he can't be in all places in all times, so he tries to put the right people in the right place."
Sagona says his strengths are that he is steady, calm and even-keeled. He also tries not to micromanage.
"There are moments," he says. "As you get older, what happens? You learn it. You mature. As you mature, you mellow a little bit. You're a lot less knee-jerk."
Having long-term employees and managers helps, he says.
"I use the word 'empower.' These guys know what I want. They know what's going to make the customer happy," Sagona says.
Still, finding younger employees who want to stay with a company for many years can be tough.
"It's really been a challenge," Sagona says. "We're not a glamorous industry: Tires. Round and black. Hold air."
The best part of his job, Sagona says, are the relationships he has developed with vendors, as well as planning for future growth. His short-term goals for the company include continued sales growth and possibly upgrading Midtown Tire's Syracuse facility.
In addition, Sagona is looking at environmental issues surrounding tire production and sales that could affect the brands and types of tires the company sells. Manufacturers have researched guayule as a substitute for natural rubber. More recently, the Russian dandelion or rubber root has created a lot of interest.
Sagona's biggest accomplishments include moving the Rochester division to a first-class distribution center in Henrietta and being appointed last year as chairman of Del-Nat Tire Corp., a worldwide tire purchasing co-op.
But Sagona says he is proudest of his family and his wife, Laurie, who has changed his life.
He takes satisfaction in "getting our family together, seeing our children enjoy their relationships and watch our family grow."
Off the job
While he once dreamed of becoming a construction engineer—and his wife gave him a hard hat for a recent birthday—Sagona is content with the direction his life has gone.
The couple lives in Webster. They have a son, Anthony, as well as two daughters, Michelle and Lindsay.
The Sagonas are active with Catholic Family Center, and they also enjoy traveling. On a trip to Costa Rica, Laurie tried ziplining through the jungles and he climbed a volcano, something he never thought he would do.
Sagona also enjoys golf and gardening. He collects baseball cards and considers himself fortunate to have saved some 3,000 cards from the 1950s, when most kids put them in the spokes of their bikes.
"I've got two Roberto Clemente rookie cards," he says. "I was fortunate that my mother didn't throw them out. I thank my mother; she saved them all in a shoebox."
Blank says that while Sagona has hobbies and loves, two things are always are on his mind: new-vehicle sales and winter weather.
"When you get to the fall, the first thing out of Tony's mouth is 'Where's the snow?'" Blank says with a laugh. "When there's snow, that brings people into his facility and dealerships to buy tires. He's like the ski resorts; if ski resorts are happy, then Tony is happy."
Tony Sagona
Position: President and CEO, Midtown Tire Inc.
Age: 64
Education: B.S., management accounting, 1971, SUNY Buffalo
Family: Wife Laurie; son Anthony, 35; daughters Michelle, 31, and Lindsay, 29
Home: Webster
Activities: Golf, travel, family, gardening
Quote: "Hire the right people, and give them enough rope. It's a very simple business, like most businesses are. Don't complicate it. Focus on the customer. Focus on the people. It just is what it is."
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I spent a recent Sunday with my daughter exploring the Richard Diebenkorn show at the Orange County Museum of Art.
"Amazing," she proclaimed, standing in front of one of the many untitled abstracts.
It was.
More amazing to me were my kindergartner's reactions to "The Ocean Park Series," which runs through May 27. I wasn't sure if the mid-century abstracts would just go over her head (or mine, for that matter), but she loved them.
My drawing-obsessed daughter, who secretly scribbles with a flashlight under the covers in bed, had never been to a bona fide art museum. I found OCMA, which is on the outer edge of Newport Center, as well as the current exhibition, an affordable and age-appropriate place to introduce a young child to fine art.
The mid-century series focuses on the artist's time in the Ocean Park district of Santa Monica, and the canvases' soft color fields separated by hard lines are not only enveloping for adults, but are easily relatable for children, whose scribbles are abstract art in their own right, even if not by design.
In my limited art history vocabulary, which is informed by nothing more than a few college classes and multiple museum visits, I explained to my daughter why some artists strayed from figurative painting and toward Abstract Expressionism. I enjoyed finding words she could understand for why some images were painted from objects seen in real life while others represented light, emotions and atmosphere.
My daughter found these ideas entertaining, given that at her age she works to make her drawings realistic. She is proud that her images look increasingly like her favorite subjects — mommy and daddy (I prefer her earlier, um, surreal period, when I had more hair).
At the OCMA show, she took interest in "Ocean Park No. 11," which she interpreted, I think correctly, as a beach bordered by the ocean. I too saw the same thing and felt swept into the painting's vast sand, but strangely not its tiny sea.
There is also a representational piece showing the rooftop view from the artist's studio, which took me back to my own childhood in Santa Monica, an era I remember more in feelings of warmth than I do in specific images. My experience viewing Diebenkorn took me back to that time and place in my life more so than a historic photograph of the Santa Monica Pier would.
The exhibition reminded me that memory is not only a recording of events but of emotions, "The Ocean Park Series" playing to the latter in my case.
I associate the old Southern California more with an amber glow, a mix of smog and sunlight, the ambience and emotion found in Diebenkorn's canvases.
And the exhibit's intersection of Santa Monica and Newport Beach, two places dear to me, meet in the show in ways I did not expect. These two coastal communities that I've always associated as being quite different connected me both to my past and present in a cohesive way.
The show also got me thinking about whether my daughter would grow up appreciating art. I won't force it, but I hope she does, as objects made by hand seem increasingly precious in this pixilated age.
And maybe she will remember her first trip to an art museum as a special day with her dad. Whether she does or not, I will, always.
JOHN CANALIS is the editor of Times Community News South. He can be reached at (714) 966-4607 and email@example.com.

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Created by: Tory Coyle, Byran Tetzloff, Joseph Ardaiolo, Megan Steele, Sarah Callahan, Jada Engle, Anders Haglund, and Lisa Haglund
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Photorem Group Member Introduction Page
Table of Contents
How Photorem relates to other applications?
Real World Application
1. Development
The owner and developer of Photorem is Alberto Bulletti. Although Bulletti lived in the United States for a few years, he has continued to manage his company from Italy. Bulletti is a web project manager and senior developer for many other companies internationally, working remotely from Italy. Photorem is a personal project that hand developed by Bulletti, leaving many people wondering why he chose to invent the website. The main reason Bulletti created Photorem was to research and test the capabilities of a LAMP (no license for the development, Linux, Apache, MySql, PHP) structure and of the graphic libraries GD. While working as a senior web developer in the United States for a Computer Company in medicine, he developed the first version of Photorem for medical purposes in an open source website (a non-profit website made with code that is visible by anyone who chooses to look); later he developed the second version of Photorem (still being used for medical purposes) entitled VisualMD. In the VisualMD version, the system is able to handle hospital files such as MRI, PET, and CT scan; completely from web, without using third party's software to convert the files. The version "VisualMD" of Photorem took almost two years to develop, and now allows medical professionals to upload, view, and edit hospital files. After the development of VisualMD, Bulletti started on the development of Photorem. He he has continued work on the project since creating the latest version, Making Photorem a place for research purposes, he is able to implement the older version and test the new web technologies coming up every day. Bulletti finished the current version of Photorem in August 2009 posting it online for use in Septembember. Since then, there have been few upgrades to the system as of yet, but he plans on doing so in the near future. The idea behind Photorem is to allow people to share and manage media files online without using external software like Photoshop or other editing software. Bulletti was inspired by Windows Paint because it is easy for most people to understand, going a step further by making it an online program, making it easier to share documents with others. Bulletti openly admits that Photoshop online was the main website he based a model for his website on, but says he used it only as a model and his website is not a copynot a copy. He hand built the website using the code he developed and also has a different set up for video use on his website.
2. How Photorem Works
There is no manual for Photorem at this time, however, a new version is in progress for future development. Bulletti said there are a few simple steps in getting an account and easily managing the information you add to the website.
How to use Photorem in a few steps:
- Go to http://www.photorem.com/
- Create an account.
- On the home page click Create an Account now put in your information and click Create My Account Now.
- Once you have created an account you can log in and begin creating presentations using the top menu.
- From the top menu click +Presentation using the box that pops up name your presentation and click Create.
- Once you have successfully created your presentation it will appear under the My Presentations drop down menu in the right hand side bar.
- Choose your presentation from the drop down menu and you can easily begin uploading media from your computer into your presentation by simply clicking the upload button and choosing what you wish to upload.
- After uploading your media you are free to play with the media in your presentation.
- Editing: Photorem allowed you to use some features of the graphic library GD2 installed in my server. In particular you can: rotate, scale, annotate, paint, zoom, crop and filter images.
Some features are limited by the memory allocated from the server side (the server I'm using is a common hosting service, very cheap and with some memory limits). For this reason big images cannot be resized or painted. These limits can be fixed using a virtual hos and allocating more memory for the execution of php. The current version allowed you to connect with: Picasa (Google Images Software) and YouTube (generic search and single accounts). The next version (upgrade soon)will be connected with Twitter as well but no developments for Facebook have been made as of yet. This will not be an issue for those users that have both Facebook and Twitter accounts; you can redirect your presentation automatically from Twitter to post on Facebook. Photorem allows you to create presentations, giving you the ability to easily organize your media.
3. Getting More Out of Photorem
You can create as many presentations as you want uploading as many different types of media as you choose. When creating a presentation you can upload: images, videos, documents, MP3 and hospital files (DI-COM). You can also add: YouTube Videos and Picasa images to your presentation. After you have created the presentation with your media inside, you can organize your media files (drag and drop the images in the right column). When you have them in the order you like you can create a slide show of the images, email them to your friends and more! On top of these features, you can make a webcam span shot, save it in your presentation and email it to friends (the webcam snapshot is a very advanced component and currently in development for future upgrades, it allowed filters and it has a motion capture pretty accurate).
1. Comparison to Competitors
Photorem offers many different tools that can be used for photo editing. With unlimited storage space for people to upload as many documents, pictures, or other media forms as they want or need. User photos can be shared in slide shows as well as single photos by simply choosing the pictures they want to be displayed. Users can also share the pictures they create on Twitter and Facebook.
2. What Makes Photorem Unique
Photorem accounts are free and only require you sign up and agree to the terms and conditions of the website, giving members unlimited storage for pictures, videos, and other media. The estimated worth of Photorem is $671.6 USD. With about 300 pages viewed daily the ad revenue of each day is around $0.92. Photorem allows users to use editing tools like zoom, annotate, paint, filter, crop, rotate, and resize. Photorem, the project itself, is under construction, Bulletti hopes to one day have a very professional looking website out for the use of the public.
1. Educational Lesson Plans
Alberto Bulletti's idea is to create a program completely based on the idea of educational use for students and teachers. Bulletti gave us advice on how he thinks we can best use Photorem or any other website based for media purposes as educational tools, saying: "I think the best usage can be educational, in particular the creation of presentations allowed you to maintain your assets (media) online and show, restyle, and organize them to avoid as much as possible the usage of third party software like image editors or similar." Bulletti offers workshops to help his fellow colleagues in understanding the version (VisualMD) to my colleagues in AnatomicalTravel. This is because the version VisualMD has different features inside like the ability to read and view hospital files, which is more advanced than anything else. The average load time of this website is 0sec. That is why it is among the 100% website that take longest to load because there are 37 links that direct to the Photorem home page. This could be a problem for teachers because if an entire class is on the application at once the system may be even slower (http://dataopedia.com/photorem-com). Teachers can use this application for making their own photo slideshows or even share their own videos. Teachers may find this useful to their class because it could be a fun way to connect the class to the community. A teacher could use Photorem to make a slideshow of a class project or field trip. This is a good link that is promoting the use of Photorem for teachers (http://www.edutecher.net/links.php?id=923).
i. Elementary Level Lesson
ii. Secondary Level Lesson
US History 1 US History 2 Sketching Objects
iii. Post-Secondary Level Lesson
Journalism Art Photographic Introduction
2. Business/Industry
Currently Bulletti creates and maintains every single component, module, part, or animation used by Photorem. He explained to us what this means and what is used throughout the website including: PHP (in particular php 5 object oriented), JavaScript (AJAX), for the framework and calls, ActionScript (in particular ActionScript 3 with Flash) for the flash widgets like the web cam snapshot, the painter, the zoom, etc. Alberto Bulletti is a very busy man already running three other websites that are up and active. The following are the URL links and description of the web page: http://www.medicando.com/it/register.php (The very first version, is not available in English), http://www.clinicover.com/us/register.php (The very first version in English), http://thevisualmd.com/myvisualmd (More recent version, not public, just for Pharmaceutical Medical Doctors) He also has one large project he is currently working on. It is his latest and best version of an EMR (Electronic Medical Records). This software is now available and contains many features not contained by Photorem. Bulletti is the owner and main developer of a computer company in his home country of Italy named AdFenix.com, as well as owning another company (also in Italy) named InDebug.com. He still works as a Web Project Manager and senior developer for AnatomicalTravel, LLC New York City (http://www.thevisualmd.com, http://www.anatomicaltravel.com). Finally, he is a teacher's assistance to Bologna University in Italy.
IV. How Photorem is used Internationally
Photorem is a LAMP software and it is under CreativeCommons license. The software itself is not storing sensitive data and tries to avoid, as much as possible, the limits or the restrictions imposed by some states. In particular, he is trying to create filters and rules for use in countries like China. Bulletti informed us that there are other forms of Photorem. Such as: VisualMD USA, Italy and International English , EMR English version (under construction). Photorem supports many different languages, allowing for use in many different countries. The only trouble Bulletti has had with language feature is the Oriental characters, meaning some Chinese and Korean terms are not understood by the system. The solution could be the installation of a special characters plug in on the server side, the system itself already supports the Chinese language for the most part, but there is not support for the Chinese language in the media file names. He decided to develop the first version of Photorem in English, but because the system is already multi language based,the application is easily translated into other languages without having to go into the source code of the website. Bulletti accomplished this by enabling a Language Plug-in when creating the website. When we asked if he would want to spread the company to other countries he said, "For sure, I would like to make Photorem a multi language website, like other web applications. But, this will take more time than expected, because I first would want to upgrade the current version. I have not been in touch with the original page enough."
Photorem is comparatively smaller than its competitors. "I cannot consider other companies, like Photoshop, my competitors," Bulletti tells us, "especially because the investment for Photorem was around 35 Euro for the first year (domain, hosting and database). In comparison to Adobe and/or other companies except Photorem, they use the server side, which is Akamai and private servers (3 to 5 k per month)." One of the first version of Photorem, VisualMD is available to an exclusive portion of the public, particularly those in the medical field and some pharmaceutical companies. Photorem itself it will be public (free registration) and there is no intention to limit the usage. The Open Source mentality and in general the "CreativeCommons" license is the base on which Bulletti's developed his website. Any actual revenue coming from the site comes from online sponsors, based on the usage of the application.
Alberto Bulletti (developer)
To contact Bulletti the follow website provides contact information: http://whois.domaintools.com/photorem.com.
Here is a nice YouTube link http://mexiledphotos.blogspot.com/2009/11/photorem.html


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The City Council is pursuing a state grant that could provide up to $600,000 for road repairs.
LAUREL HILL� The City Council is pursuing a state grant that could provide up to $600,000 for road repairs.
Although the council will prepare an ordinance that could dissolve Laurel Hill in a referendum March 12, city leaders are taking steps to ensure road funds are in place if the city is dissolved other than money from Okaloosa County.
The council is seeking a Small Cities Community Development Block Grant. This will be the third straight year Laurel Hill has applied for the grant.
Last year�s attempt fell just one permit short, when the city lost its consideration.
�Last time we needed a storm water permit,� Mayor Joan Smith said. �By not having it, we lost 100 points (in the process).�
The engineer and grant writer who worked on that application failed to include the permit with the necessary paperwork, Smith said.
The City Council learned about the city�s removal from consideration last month, Council Chairman Larry Hendren said.
Council members voted unanimously recently to apply for a new grant.
�We got things going the right way and it would be foolish in my opinion to turn that down,� Councilman Clifton Hall said.
The application process will begin this July.
Council members agreed the grant would provide a timelier solution than asking the county for help.
Crestview News Bulletin Staff Writer Matthew Brown can be reached at 850-682-6524 or email@example.com. Follow him on Twitter @cnbMatthew.


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Promotion and protection of the rights and dignity of persons with disabilities at international level
Promotion and protection of the rights and dignity of persons with disabilities at international level
Promotion and protection of the rights and dignity of persons with disabilities at international level
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Promotion and protection of the rights and dignity of persons with disabilities at international level
The European Commission expresses its support for the adoption of a legally binding instrument to promote and protect the rights and dignity of persons with disabilities. The Commission announces its intention to participate actively in the preparation of this instrument.
Communication from the Commission to the Council and the European Parliament of 24 January 2003 "Towards a United Nations legally binding instrument to promote and protect the rights and dignity of persons with disabilities" [COM(2003) 16 final – Not published in the Official Journal].
Equal rights which are often ignored in practice
Human rights are vested in all human beings and everyone is entitled to the enjoyment of those rights without distinction of any kind.
If this principle, which is clearly established in international instruments to protect human rights, obviously applies to people with disabilities, in reality the latter do not however always benefit from the effective enjoyment of these rights.
People with disabilities are often marginalised because they develop in an environment which is unaware of the consequences of their disabilities. They encounter many physical, technical and social obstacles which prevent them from fully enjoying their rights in all regions of the world (even if this situation is more accentuated in the developing countries).
Human rights violations against disabled people generally take the form of indirect discrimination. This discrimination is most often manifest in the creation and maintenance of obstacles preventing disabled people from enjoying full social, economic and political participation in the life of their communities. Countries generally have a narrow understanding of human rights vis-à-vis disabled people and make do with abstaining from measures which have a negative impact on them.
It is necessary to ensure that people with disabilities are not discriminated against and to enable them to avail of their rights and exercise them in the same way as other persons.
Added value of a legally binding international instrument
Certain populations are particularly vulnerable to human rights violations. In order to take these particularities into account, legally binding thematic instruments have been adopted in the framework of the United Nations (racial discrimination, discrimination against women, children). These Conventions have demonstrated added value and complementarity with existing Human Rights instruments.
The preparation of such a thematic instrument concerning people with disabilities will, on the one hand, strongly reaffirm the principle according to which people with disabilities have the same rights as the rest of humanity. On the other hand, it would make it possible to supplement the existing framework in connection with the protection of human rights.
Effective implementation of the principle of non-discrimination is essential to ensure equal treatment. The instrument should protect people with disabilities against all forms of discrimination as regards access to and enjoyment of human rights. Furthermore, it must take into account the diversity of people with disabilities and the situations they are confronted with.
The Commission insists on the necessary participation of disability organisations and people with disabilities themselves in preparing decisions which concern them.
Ever since the 1970's the United Nations has paid particularly attention to people with disabilities. The first instruments recognising the rights of people with disabilities, such as the Declaration on the Rights of Mentally Retarded Persons and the Declaration on the Rights of Disabled Persons, were however criticised for being based on outmoded medical and welfare models of disability. In the 1980's, other instruments were adopted. However, the drawback was that they were not legally binding.
Community policy is in line with international action. As such, the Lisbon Treaty introduces, amongst others, an Article for combating discrimination on the grounds of disability (Article 10 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union). The European Union adopted Directive 2000/78/EC on equal treatment in employment and occupation. The European Charter of Human Rights reaffirms the prohibition of any discrimination on the grounds of disability.
Council Decision 2010/48/EC Decision of 26 November 2009 concerning the conclusion, by the European Community, of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities
The European Union joined the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities. This international Convention represents significant progress. It aims to ensure that the human rights and fundamental freedoms of disabled people in the world are respected.
European Union countries must in turn proceed with adopting the Convention, in order to make it applicable in their national legislations.
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Sunday, March 21, 2010
35 comments:
- March 28, 2010 at 2:18 PM
Thanks for putting the HSDS on a steaming site; just a suggestion, you guys should create a group/playlist for HSDS on veoh, it will be more organized and makes things so much easier when you guys release different projects.
- March 30, 2010 at 12:01 AM
could you guys sub the series PS Man
i heard it is really good
- April 8, 2010 at 8:03 PM
- Heaven and Earth said...
So sorry to respond so late to your suggestion...PS Man has got a great team subbing it already so we are not really needed. But thanks for the suggestion (^_^) I am currently watching it too. How are you liking it so far?
- May 6, 2010 at 11:57 PM
Any chance you can release in soft sub? The reason being is that some of us have certain versions of .mkv's and looking for softsubs and it will be easier for us to edit if we see something wrong with it, or may want to edit it. But I love your site though!
- May 14, 2010 at 3:18 AM
I think it would be awesome if we could sub Book and Sword: Gratitude and Revenge, the 2002 series. Currently I am only able to find subs for episodes 1-8.
- June 16, 2010 at 1:41 AM
hi, is it possible to suggest subbing for The Myth/Shen Hua staring Hu Ge. The one that is produced by Jackie Chan. I don't think anyone is subbing it
- June 18, 2010 at 2:38 AM
- Soysuva said...
@ Anonymous June 18, 2010
I don't think we will sub that because it has already been sub at viikii.
- June 23, 2010 at 11:04 AM
OMG!! THANK YOU!! i didn't know it was already sub. well off to watch it now :D thanks again Soysuva and for replying.
- June 23, 2010 at 12:38 PM
- Heaven and Earth said...
Wow, you guys are finally using the suggestion page (^_^)
Sorry, I can't sub nor recommend subbing BSGR, I hated that drama!!! I loved the male actor, but I couldn't even get pass ep2 or 3...or whatever it was. It was a total yawn! yawn! I think that is why subbers stopped at ep8...no interest:(
I am wondering if we should sub San Guo/3 Kingdoms...80 episodes O.O and I tend to find Chinese Historical pretty boring, so I really don't know. But some of my favorite actors are in there...and I am wondering if this new version is good? Maybe do it as a side project in ViiKii?
Anyone got any other suggestions? I am also running out of dramas to watch...anyone got suggestions for moi?
- June 24, 2010 at 1:48 AM
Would you guys do english soft sub srt files for Journey to the West 2009? I really cannnot watch this online because I lag bad. I think more people will watch this if it has english sub without having to watch it online in viikii.
Thanx in Advance
- July 29, 2010 at 8:42 PM
Hi guys,
I'm here to sugguest some drama that I think would be good to subbed. I been searching through alot of wuxia drama, but havn't watch any of them, because it didn't have any english sub. In other words, i don't know if its any good, but u guys can look it up and decided it for ur self.
World's Finest(Tian Xia Di Yi)2005
Meteor, Butterfly, Sword 2010
(Liuxing, Hudie, Jian)
The Adventure of Lu Xiao Feng 2007
Mei Gui Jiang Hu (Rose of Jiang Hu) 2008
The Legend of Big Flag Hero (Da Qi YingXiong Zhuan) 2006 *this one looks good*
Anyways, thats all the series for now. Maybe when i find more i can sugguest more, but please look it up and see if u guys are interesting in any of them. Maybe then I can help u guys on timing.
- August 6, 2010 at 2:56 PM
- Heaven and Earth said...
Thanks for listing those drama suggestions!!! I saw Meteor Butterfly up to ep4, and it is GOOD!!! It is sub worthy:D
I actually read a Chinese article about this show verse HSDS and Meteor Butterfly was actually more popular. So I do hope we can get some translators to sub this.
As for the rest of ur suggestions...I haven't got to them yet...but I will tell you once I can give you an opinion.
- August 6, 2010 at 11:59 PM
oka. I hope u like them all and would sub them all. That would be help to those who dont know chinese.
Remember to post up ur review in here, i will come n check it out.
- August 7, 2010 at 8:56 PM
- Heaven and Earth said...
I hate to watch low quality videos too...but if I can't find anything better...I do with what I got:D
As for translating it while watching...sorry Zack, that is not going to happen!!! I plan on enjoying it...if I start subbing...I don't even watch it bec I am only focusing on the words. If I do find a better quality raw, I will let you know in the suggestion page. As for Meteor Butterfly, I searched it on Tudou...someone has created the files for ep1 & ep2, but they have not upload, so you will probably have to wait a little bit for them to upload it.
And if you want us to translate any of these dramas, find me a dedicated translator to work on anyone of them, then I will help to translate the drama. So I will advertise for you right now!!!^^
Dedicate, proficient Chinese - English translators wanted to translate any of the above dramas!!!
- August 7, 2010 at 10:40 PM
Hi Zilly,
It's really up to u. I really have no one esle. My best option is u. You could be my translator. I know you have a load of works left to do. I guess you'll have to watch them all and see which is good and then you can decided which to translated. IF you don't want to translate any of them because you don't like it then its up to you too. I could help to do the timing if you willing to translate....
- August 8, 2010 at 2:17 AM
can you guys sub Let's Go Watch Meteor Shower 2? i know it's being subbed on viikii and all but i won't be able to see it until i reach QC status. so it'll help if you guys can sub that. i'll even offer to time if you guys want.
- September 5, 2010 at 6:37 PM
- Lets get Digital said...
I have a suggestion that acutally fits your fansub group name loL!
It's called
Legend of heaven and earth - the Beauty Mermaid
I've always really loved this series and would almost sub it myself but just doing the subbing and timing takes too long, and I still can't find any raws, I do have the dvd but don't have the right programs to make it into avi or any other format.
If you are interested in doing this, I'd defitneily help out!
- October 1, 2010 at 6:57 PM
- Oasi Fansub said...
Is it possible subbing the new Wang LeeHom's movie "Love Announcement" (aka Love in Disguise) ???
- October 3, 2010 at 4:02 PM
Hello, what dramas are you guys planning put eng sub on.
- October 20, 2010 at 1:38 AM
- Heaven and Earth said...
ViiKii has started subbing Meteor Butterfly Sword:D Here is the link: http://www.viikii.net/channels/goto/MeteorButterflySword#
I hope you get to watch it sub complete.
And so sorry everyone, to have forgotten this page! I will come check this more often.
Sorry, we will not be subbing Let's Go Watch Meteor Shower 2. Just be a little patient, soon you will be able to view it once the license has been finalized. There are many dramas out there that you can watch during the meantime.
Lets get Digital & Oasi Fansub,
Sounds intriguing!!! Thanks for your suggestions, I will go check it out and let the both of you know^^
I watched video clips for both, here are my replies to your suggestions.
Lets get Digital,
Legend of heaven and earth - the Beauty Mermaid 天地傳說之魚美人, I was only able to find the old verison 2002...not really interested in subbing it. Your link didn't work for me at v.ku6.com
LeOasi Fansub,
Wang LeeHom's movie "Love Announcement" (aka Love in Disguise) looks pretty interesting and I hope it do get subbed soon. As of right now, we don't have enough members to sub any new projects. You can easily just open a channel in ViiKii and get people to sub it. As long as you can find the raw HD videos. Movies are very easy to sub as they are usually only a few hours long.
- November 3, 2010 at 1:51 AM
- Belladonna said...
I would like to express my appreciation once again for taking the time and effort to translate the Myth 2010 series to English speaking people with no Chinese comprehension skills whatsoever. :)
My only suggestion regarding the whole Viikii/sub debacle would be, to perhaps release the whole translated files in softsubs/.srt files. Considering that HD raw files of the series are readily available, the srt files would save you much time in comparison to hard-subs (the Korean drama fandom has employed this for as long as I could remember, and there has been no known problems to date.)
- January 2, 2011 at 6:58 PM
Thank you SO much for subbing Butterfly Lovers!
I only got to watch the first 13 eps, but I love it! I was devastated when I couldn't find eng subs for the rest of the series. >_<
Thank God you kind souls picked up! ^_^
Ummm...not to be a leech, but could you also sub Bold Beautiful Woman?
It's a gender bender with a strong female lead (I love strong girls xD)and takes place in a corporate environment(I think). The drama looks pretty good, in my opinion anyway.
You guys are the best!
Thanks for reading my comment! =D
- January 3, 2011 at 12:37 AM
- Heaven and Earth said...
Bold Beautiful Woman has been subbed by Pomi a million years ago. Go find it.
If the .srt files are ready for release, then the hardsub video is ready for release. No know problems...I know plenty of problems, but I will let you figure it out.
- January 4, 2011 at 11:36 PM
Please upload HSDS ep 22 on youtube!
- January 14, 2011 at 8:11 PM
- Anubhav said...
Nice Work you guys are doing.
It would be nice if you could sub some old TVB wuxia shows like :
1 . The Flying Fox of the Snowy Mountain 1985
2. The Blood Stained Intrigue 1986
3. The Zu Mountain Saga 1991
I have seen these shows many years back in my country's language, they were dubbed and aired on TV.
But now all i could find is Mandarin dubbed or Viet dubbed and i don't understand these languages at all.
- February 19, 2011 at 10:53 PM
- Anubhav said...
Please make subtitle for
Brothers under the skin
Land of the condors
The Grand Canal
Return of Luk Siu Fung
The other side of the horizon
- May 3, 2011 at 7:58 AM
hello, the myth is already subb at viikii.net. i was wondering can u guys help subb Meteor, Butterfly, Sword 2010 please please. thanks
- May 11, 2011 at 11:13 PM
please...can u make subtitle for The Myth 2010?cuz all the video at viikii are nowhere to be found..only episode 1 till 3 are working at viikii
- May 15, 2011 at 5:43 AM
hi there,
it's more a question than a suggestion. regarding the last night of madame chin, the story sounds rly interesting. where did you get the raws, coz i was looking for them somewhen last year when i first read about it here, but wasn't able to find anything.
and regarding the myth ... it'd rly rly be nice, if there is a chance for softsubs [same goes for the rest of madame chin] :)
tq, arík
- August 11, 2011 at 6:56 PM
can you sub Shen Hua please? other sites claim to have it on stream but most of their episodes are missing.. plus if you do youll be the first subbers to release it in hard/soft subs ;D a feat which would be greatly appreciated by fans and watchers since no other fansub groups are bothered subbing such an awesome drama. :)
- September 2, 2011 at 7:13 AM
- TaoJessy_陶婕曦 said...
I'm addicted to 甄嬛传, the Legend of Zhen Huan. Maybe sometime you could sub it? Viikii only subbed it up until episode 11, and now I'm sad because I'm addicted and don't know what to do! My Chinese is too poor! I'd pay to see all the episodes subbed!
- July 6, 2012 at 10:20 AM
- Heaven and Earth said...
甄嬛传, the Legend of Zhen Huan is pretty good:D I finished it. Would need some really good translators to sub this drama as it has very difficult chines and so many episodes lol. I wouldn't want to sub this even if you wanna pay us bec it really is difficult, we would need like a 100 subbers to do it. But I don't think you need to pay to see it sub, as it is fully subbed in Viki, no? Just really weird/difficult directions to see the subs.
- January 26, 2013 at 10:17 PM
hi can u create english subtitles for the flying fox of snowy mountain 1985 ? i can upload the drama in high quality if u want... also i have the wild bunch 1983 tvb dram which has srt chinese subtitles can u helpe me translate them into english plz... plz contact me on email@example.com if ur willing to help
- July 18, 2014 at 2:42 AM
- Heaven and Earth said...
hi rated_x75, subs for flying fox of snowy mountain 1985 is available online, you just need to search for it. As for the wild bunch, probably not as we are all backed up on whatever projects we committed to working upon...everyone is now busy with school, work, and life in general.
- September 5, 2014 at 5:07 PM


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Modernised cooking The Autonomous Region of Aragon is a land of hearty dishes bursting with aroma and taste and which frequently contain meat, especially lamb. Ternasco with D.O. is very appreciated (the Spanish word "ternasco" comes from the word "tierno" - tender - and refers to the suckling lamb) and has been exported to other autonomous regions in Spain. Chicken is also very popular and years ago used to be eaten at festivals, giving rise to a very admired Aragonese dish: "pollo al chilindrón", a chicken stew (lamb can also be used) which is prepared with onions, tomatoes and red peppers. Also worth special mention are the wonderful sausages and salted meats, such as cured ham from Teruel, "arbiello" and "longaniza" sausages from Aragon. There is one product which can only be found in this region: "fardeles" from Calatayud and Daroca, which are made with pork liver and spices. Rabbit and hare stewed in their own blood ("civet"), partridge, deer, roe deer and wild boar are excellent examples of its game cooking.
Diversity of offer But not all Aragonese cooking is based on meat. This region also prepares dishes using river ingredients. Trout, eel…even the frog can be used to make natural well-seasoned dishes. Bread is another basic component of this cuisine which adopts many forms and names depending on the region.. Fruit is often eaten at the end of a good meal, but there are also excellent and traditional local desserts. The chestnut is used in the preparation of many sweets. The almond is used to make "guirlache", made from toasted almond and lots of caramelised sugar. Fairy cakes are found throughout the region and often fruit is used to prepare a typical dessert, such as "frutas de Aragón" (sugar-candied fruits covered in chocolate). "Almojábanas" (cheese flavoured rolls), "tortas de alma" made with pumpkin, honey and sugar, "trenza de Almudévar" with nuts and raisins soaked in liqueur, and many other dishes make this region a paradise for the sweet-toothed traveller.
Wines and restaurants The following Denominations of Origin exist in this region: Cariñena, Campo de Borja, Calatayud and Somontano. They also have a D.O. of cava which it shares with other Autonomous Regions. Aragon also prepares its own drinks, reminiscent of the home-made liqueurs of long ago. One of these drinks is the Colungo liqueur from Huesca. This full-bodied liqueur is made from morello cherries and cinnamon. Fruit liqueurs (wild berries, cherries) or nut ratafias are excellent digestives after a meal. The restaurant called La Ontina in Zaragoza, which has been awarded with one sun by the CAMPSA Guide, has an excellent choice of seasonal dishes and good wine menu featuring local wines. Ontina, Carambola and Aragonia in Zaragoza together with Las Torres, Lillas Pastia, Venta del Sotón in Huesca, all awarded one sun by the CAMPSA Guide, and La Menta in Teruel, are musts for the traveller passing through Aragon.


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WASHINGTON — The Massachusetts congressional delegation, after holding a rare emergency meeting Wednesday, launched what could be a final effort to preserve more than $250 million in bonus Medicare payments to the state's hospitals that critics call the "Bay State boondoggle."
But the prospect of holding on to the windfall is dimming. The Democrat-controlled Senate voted earlier this year to end the payments, enacted under President Obama's health care overhaul law and which come at the expense of most other states. A similar bill was introduced in the Republican-led House this week.
"We're all on high alert," Representative Richard Neal, a Democrat from Springfield, said in an interview following the hourlong meeting during which he briefed the delegation about the impact of the House bill.
Neal said Massachusetts members would argue that the state's hospitals are a national treasure and urge Congress "not to do anything in haste, because you jeopardize one of the crown jewels of the American medical system."
Massachusetts hospital representatives said the bill would affect every hospital in the state and, if passed, could result in layoffs and harm patient care if hospitals can no longer afford to invest in state-of-the-art facilities and technology.
But many members of Congress from other states believe that Massachusetts is getting unfair treatment. The additional payments are being made under an obscure provision that sets rates based on payments at a state's rural hospitals.
Massachusetts wins under a Medicare rule that says a state's urban hospitals must be reimbursed for wages paid to doctors and staff at least as much as rural hospitals. As the only federally designated rural hospital in the state, Nantucket Cottage Hospital sets the floor for wage reimbursement for the state's 81 other hospitals. Wages on the tony island are high because of its remote location and high cost of living.
Massachusetts' annual bonus has resulted in a financial loss for 40 other states as a result of an amendment to the 2009 health care overhaul law requiring that Medicare reimbursements for hospital wages come from a national pool of money instead of from each state's allocation.
"I just think the Bay State boondoggle is the worst kind of policymaking — it's done behind closed doors and favors one specific group over the nation's interests," said Representative Kevin Brady, a Texas Republican who heads the Ways and Means Committee's health subcommittee and who sponsored the bill, along with 12 other Republicans. "It is my hope that Congress will act this year to repeal this misguided policy. It's time to stop rewarding one state at the expense of all the others."
The fight to preserve the Medicare payments is also a test of how much influence the Bay State's once-powerful delegation still wields. Four members have left in the past year alone, including former senator John Kerry and former representative Barney Frank.
"It's going to be a real fight," said Representative Edward Markey, a Malden Democrat who is running for Kerry's Senate seat. "We will fight this bill as one delegation, and we will find other allies."
The Medicare provision initially was pushed by Kerry and Senator Robert Menendez, a New Jersey Democrat. Eight other states, including Connecticut, New Hampshire, and Rhode Island, benefited from the amendment, but none nearly as much as Massachusetts. Bay State lawmakers defended the Kerry-Menendez measure as a fix to previous Medicare payment rule changes that had hurt the reimbursements to the state's hospitals.
Now, with Kerry serving as secretary of state, some hospital executives worry that Massachusetts will end up waging a lonely battle, with a delegation that lacks the clout to defeat Senate and House bills that would benefit the majority of states at no additional cost to taxpayers.
The Senate in March passed a budget amendment to kill the provision. The vote — 68 to 31 — represents a significant symbolic step toward repealing the provision, but does not carry the force of law since the budget is a nonbinding measure, said an aide to Senator Thomas Coburn, a Republican from Oklahoma who cosponsored the amendment and a similar bill in January with Senator Claire McCaskill, a Missouri Democrat.
With the House bill on the horizon, a McCaskill spokesman said she will be working to reintroduce the Senate bill either as stand-alone legislation or as an amendment to another bill as soon as possible.
In the Senate vote in March, 22 Democrats joined 45 Republicans and independent Angus of King of Maine to kill the provision. Senators Elizabeth Warren and William "Mo" Cowan of Massachusetts were among the 30 Democrats who voted against the amendment along with Vermont independent Bernie Sanders.
The Massachusetts Hospital Association called the House bill introduced Monday "ill-advised" because it would lead to "significant financial repercussions for many hospitals" across the country. The association said it supported a "comprehensive review" instead of "narrowly directed tweaks to individual adjustments," said Tim Gens, executive vice president of the association.
Cowan said the bill unfairly targeted Massachusetts and would have "a devastating impact on our local communities that are served every day by some of the finest hospitals in the nation."
Warren spokeswoman Lacey Rose said the senator "strongly opposes this punitive proposal, which threatens the quality of medical care in several states while doing nothing to reduce the deficit."
No Democrat has yet agreed to cosponsor the House bill, given the political sensitivity around Obama's health law, which Republicans have promised to make an issue in the 2014 midterm elections. But Republicans control the House by a 233 to 201 margin, and the party expects to gain some Democratic support for the measure given how much money is at stake for their states.
The biggest losers under the current system are Texas, New York, Michigan, Florida, and Illinois, which lose tens of millions of dollars each year, according to 2013 federal data.
Significantly, the federal Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services has recommended changes to the system that could eliminate the provision that benefits Massachusetts.
Dr. Donald Berwick, Obama's former CMS administrator, said earlier this year that the payment system is so complex that it's highly "susceptible to gaming and manipulation."
"It's a zero-sum game," Berwick said. "What Massachusetts gets comes from everybody else."
During the March budget debate in the Senate, Menendez, along with Warren and Cowan, had introduced an amendment calling for a comprehensive approach for wage index overhaul, but it was narrowly defeated.
Given that a comprehensive overhaul is unlikely to pass, Massachusetts congressmen said they are prepared to lobby their colleagues to preserve the status quo, citing the extraordinary care Massachusetts hospitals displayed following the Boston Marathon bombings.
"Sometimes it's the tug of regionalism, rather than the tug of substance" that sways members, Neal said. "I happen to think that on this issue, we are right on both region and substance."
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MILLEDGEVILLE, Ga. – The Georgia College volleyball team will host a "White-Out to Wipe Out Cancer" day at their final home match of the season Saturday, Nov. 16 against Paine College, featuring a number of fundraising efforts for the American Cancer Society.
To start the day, there will be a 3-on-3 Tournament at 11 a.m. on the west court at the top level of the Centennial Center. The entry fee is $15 per team, with the winning team being awarded more than $50 worth of gift cards from various local stores and restaurants, The winning team will also be awarded "The Best Seat in the House", a couch on floor level, and a free pizza lunch during the match later that day. The online registration form for the tournament is available at http://gcbobcats.com/vbtourney , but walk-up registration will also be available.
All fans are encouraged to wear white to the match in support of the fight against cancer, with Bobcat Fan Rewards members earning double points for doing so. Long-sleeved GC volleyball shirts will be for sale for $20 and paper volleyballs will also be sold for $1. These will be hung at the entrance of the Centennial Center. Individual pledges per kill will also be accepted during the match.
At the conclusion of the match, fans are welcome to meet the players of the Bobcat volleyball team, getting autographs and taking pictures.
All proceeds for this event will go to the American Cancer Society.
The Georgia College Department of Athletics, two-time winners of the PBC Commissioner's Cup, sponsors 11 varsity athletic programs at the NCAA Division II level. As a Division II program, Bobcat Athletics prides itself on balancing the life of the student-athlete, evidenced by the teams' multiple appearances in post-season competition as well as documented academic success and community-service involvement. Sign up at @GCBobcats on Twitter and Facebook for up-to-the-minute reports, and visit www.GCBobcats.com for more information, and to nominate your favorite former Bobcats and Colonials to the GC Athletics Hall of Fame.


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I will miss the Pope
I found it quite interesting that Pope Benedict the XVI wants to retire at the age of 85. Apparently he feels that his health, both physically and is not psychologically is not strong enough to continue his duties as Pope.
He plans to retire Feb. 28.
I always felt close to Pope Benedict XVI. He's written several books, and he was always quite vivid in nature and thinking. I am going to miss him greatly and wish him the best for the rest of his life on this earth.
Good bless the pope!
-- Arlene Ascenzo, Torrington
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They feel that the world today is less safe than before Sept. 11, 2001. We lost thousands of soldiers and innocent civilians during the atrocious war. At the same time we are not seriously concerned about North Korea, Iran, Syria, South East Asia where the military are torturing, raping, and executing ethnic groups and burning villages, not counting many other atrocities and injustices which are being committed. These inhuman atrocities should be taken in more serious consideration if we refer to moral and ethical principles which very often we mention!
-- Dario Diorio ,Torrington
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Instead of spending this money for another plan, the city should spend that money aggressively recruiting companies to locate to Torrington to create jobs and add to the tax base. Will we just see another $100,000 report sitting on the Mayor's desk collecting dust because there's no money to hire anyone to implement the plan anyway? We don't need to hire to a consultant to tell us how to "brand" and "market"
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Nereus Project Team
Andrew D. BowenWoods Hole Oceanographic Institution
Bowen serves as lead principal investigator (PI), responsible for overall leadership of this project and for overall strategic planning, scheduling, budget authority, and personnel. He oversees the overall mechanical, electrical, and systems design, and direct at-sea operations.
Dana R. YoergerWoods Hole Oceanographic Institution
Yoerger serves as a co-PI responsible for vehicle control, acoustic telemetry, navigation, vehicle manipulation strategy, and the science sensor suite.
Louis L. WhitcombThe Johns Hopkins University
Whitcomb serves as a co-PI responsible for vehicle control, navigation, microfiber tether design, and the science sensor suite.
Albert M. BradleyWoods Hole Oceanographic Institution
Bradley is an engineer who has experience with autonomous underwater vehicles at WHOI, including the vehicles ABE and Sentry. His background has helped the Nereus team overcome numerous technical challenges.
Tito Collasius
Collasius led the assembly of the vehicle.
Daniel Gomez-IbanezWoods Hole Oceanographic Institution
Gomez-Ibanez leads the design and development of both the lithium ion batteries and vehicle propulsion system.
Barbara FletcherSpace and Naval Warfare Systems Center (SSC) San Diego
Fletcher is an engineer and the project manager responsible for designing, building, testing, and integrating the fiber optic cable system for the HROV. Also consulting on the ceramic pressure vessel design and utilization.
Matthew C. HeintzWoods Hole Oceanographic Institution
Heintz is an engineer responsible for vehicle manipulation and workspace design.
Jonathan C. HowlandWoods Hole Oceanographic Institution
Howland is an engineer responsible for lighting, imaging, and control system design.
Casey MachadoWoods Hole Oceanographic Institution
Machado has done a great deal of mechanical design work on Nereus, working closely with Don Peters.
Cathy OffingerWoods Hole Oceanographic Institution
Offinger is responsible for coordinating field trials and logistics, and generally keeping the project organized.
Donald B. PetersWoods Hole Oceanographic Institution
Peters is an engineer responsible for overall mechanical systems design.
Hanumant SinghWoods Hole Oceanographic Institution
Singh is an associate scientist who has provided input to the design of the lighting and imaging systems of the vehicle .
Christopher L. TaylorWoods Hole Oceanographic Institution
Taylor is an engineer responsible for overall electronic systems design.
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John Bailey
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
Bailey works on electrical engineering and acoustic communications.
Lisa Borden
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Borden provides expertise on electrical manufacturing and assembly.
Megan Carroll
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
Carroll has worked on a wide variety of the mechanical subsystems for the vehicle. In particular, she has had an important role in the development of the LED lighting system.
Daniel Duffany
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
Duffany has worked closely with Don Peters and Glenn Macdonald on much of the mechanical design.
Christopher Griner
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
Griner works on bonding the ceramic housings and has run many of the pressure tests.
Mike Jakuba
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
Jakuba, a former postdoctoral investigator at Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, developed flight control and terrain-following algorithms.
Melissa Keane
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
Keane provided administrative oversight and cost accounting for the project.
Christopher Lumping
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
Lumping designed the oil-filled junction boxes for Nereus and has also helped with a wide variety of mechanical design tasks.
Steve Martin
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
Martin works as a mission controller.
Marlene Messina
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
Budget preparation for year 1 as well as projecting and tracking real-time expenses from all sources during years 2-4.
Robert McCabe
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
McCabe contributes in a variety of ways to the overall development and building of the vehicle.
Glenn McDonald
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
McDonald's contributions to the project have been primarily in the area of design of the ceramic pressure housings. His expertise in finite element modelling has been critical to the success of this part of the project.
Karlen Wannop
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
Wannop works on electrical assembly and wiring.
Sarah Webster
The Johns Hopkins University
Webster, a student with Louis Whitcomb, assists with acoustic communications.
HROV Advisory Team
Patricia Fryer
University of Hawaii
Lawrence Lawver
University of Texas at Austin
Chuck Fisher
Pennsylvania State University
Deborah Kelley
University of Washington
Keir Becker
University of Miami
Jim McFarlane
International Submarine Engineering Ltd, British Columbia, Canada
Related Links
» Space and Naval Warfare Systems Center
The fiber-optic cable link used on Nereus was designed and built by the Space and Naval Warfare Systems Center in San Diego. It allows for real-time communications with the vehicle.
» Hydroports/Stachiw & Associates
Engineer Jerry Stachiw consults on the vehicle's ceramic floatation and pressure case design and testing.
» Deep Sea Power and Light
Deep Sea Power and Light manufactures ceramic spheres for Nereus.
» CoorsTek
CoorsTek maufactures ceramic spheres for Nereus.
» Kraft Robotic Science & Technology
Kraft Robotic Science & Technology manufactured the vehicle's manipulator arm.
» Teledyne RD Instruments
Teledyne RD Instruments provided deep Doppler sonar used for navigation.
» Imagenex Technologies
Imagenex Technologies manufactured the vehicle's mapping and obstacle avoidance system.
» Paro Scientific, Inc.
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