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Naked man wielding bug spray slaps police at public transit stop
A naked, pesticide-wielding Houston man who bugged out at a public transit stop got zapped by police — and it was all caught on camera.
The clothing-free frolic that ended in chaos started around 5 p.m. on June 6, according to Houston police. A man — who authorities later identified as 49-year-old Keith L. Dean — was allegedly spotted running around in the buff.
A concerned citizen called police to report the nude wanderer. Before officers arrived, the caller drove closer and gave the man a towel to cover himself. But in return, the naked man allegedly demanded the caller's watch and punched him in the face.
When police arrived, witnesses told them the suspect had hopped in the train with a can of pesticide spray he'd lifted from Metro's ground crew.
Officers tried to approach him — but he allegedly spritzed them in the face with the bug spray. After following instructions to put down the can, the man then slapped one of the cops in the face in a sudden outburst caught on camera.
The pair of police tasered the suspect — although initially that didn't seem to have any effect. After tasering the man a second time, he was taken into custody and hit with two counts of assault on a public servant.
Although the strange skirmish happened back in June, it didn't start attracting attention online until nearly a month later — and YouTube commenters praised the police for not escalating the situation further.
Currently, Dean is being held in the Harris County jail on $5,000 bail for each count of assault on a public servant. His lawyer did not immediately return a request for comment.

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As we all should know by now, not only are green building techniques beneficial to your pocket book by saving on energy costs, but a complete green home building program can:
- improve your indoor environmental quality.
- reduce natural resources depletion, save natural and man-made resources.
- lower your overall environmental impact.
- encourage others to go green.
- reduce the amount of building/ solid waste sent to local landfills.
- reduce the amount of energy drawn from local utility companies - buildings account for 39% of US energy use.
- lower air-pollution - buildings account for 38% of US carbon dioxide - CO2 - emissions.
- lower green house gas emissions.
- lower dependency on foreign energy.
- lower water consumption - buildings consume 14% of US potable water.
According to the NAHB Model GREEN Home Building Guidelines, the process of green building incorporates environmental considerations into every phase of the home building process. That means that during the design, construction, and operation of a home, energy and water efficiency, lot development, resource efficient building design and materials, indoor environmental quality, homeowner maintenance, and the home's overall impact on the environment are all taken into account.
On June 20, 2008, the Montana Home Builders Association and Missoula Building Industry Association introduced a new voluntary residential green building program called the Montana Green Building Program, which is partnered with the Green Building InitiativeTM (GBI) and is designed to help produce more environmentally-friendly homes and increase energy-efficiency in Montana. The program has defined a baseline for practical green building methods and training resources for Montana builders.
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Part 2
A matter of Life and Death
In the last blog I said that my view of what life had changed significantly once I saw that we are in fact infinite spiriritual beings. Prior to that understanding I was not sure what to believe. If I had to discribe what I imagined to be true, I would have said my understanding was very much tied and limited to the human expereince. By that I mean,
I believed that somehow my existence began and was linked to my present physical body. I like many others in this world, held to the notion that my life began with the birth of the physical body.
Not to long ago, I read that Jesus said, "And no man hath ascended up to heaven, but he that came down from heaven, even the Son of man which is in heaven."
As this series moves along I will at some point talk further about the Eternal Now Moment where time and space can be recognized as merely illusions we perceive. Before such a concept can be accepted however, it is necessary to have a foundation that is solid enough to build on. With that thought in mind, I would like to get back to the real meaning of Life and Death.
When Jesus said no man goes up to heaven but he who has come down from heaven, he was not speaking of the body but rather the Spiritual self. In other words, as spirit, everyone existed prior to their physical incarnations in another dimension. For this concept to become accepted as Reality however, it is necessary to first realize that only Spirit is alive. Just as you are not the car you drive you are not the body your Now is using. Once this understanding becomes accepted as being true, it becomes apparent that death cannot exist as an eternal experience but is rather a temporary loss of awareness.
This temporary loss of awareness can be maintained, dropped or picked up again. This is why the apostle Paul spoke of dieing on a daily basis while going through his personal jihad.
Regardless of what path you may find yourself on, or what religion you practice, anyone who wishes to awaken and live awakened in this world will have to deal with their own struggles.
More to come…
Love and Light, religion,
Brother Bruce
Last week we heard from Bruce as he stood on the very site where he first heard God speak to him. Tomorrow we return to the scene of the blessing to hear more of Bruce Adams' remarkable tale.In addition, we get some introductory remarks and comments from Steve Allen, never one to give up the spotlight gracefully. As for yours truly, I'll be mercifully short winded this time since my computer is on the verge of crashing and I hope only that there's enough juice left in the old girl to get tomorrow's video uploaded for your enjoyment and edification. Though I won't be able to provide you a blow-by-blow synopsis of what's in tomorrow's webisode, it is hoped that you are all getting to know by now that it'll be fun, funny and uplifting, as is our style, our way and our need.Thanks for tuning in to Prophet or Madman, The Webseries on the world's best internet interfaith platform, Beliefnet.


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WTP Functional Test R30 Installs
WTP 3.0 Install Scenarios
A. JEE Developer IDE
- Install scenario
- Download most recent JEE package from URL
- Please verify this is the most recent version by checking Ganymede(be sure to download moste recent, if anything is more recent that 20080615).
- On Tuesday, this should be the most recent URL, likely the final version, to be moved to official release URL, on the release date.
B. Update Sites
B1. Ganymede Update Site
- Currently available Ganymede staging site
- Ganymede official release once avaiable
- Using Ganymede update site, you can start with _only_ the Eclipse Platform, and pick individual features to install. Whatever our features need, should be pulled down automatically (no "select required" any longer).
- Main install scenarios
- XML (platform, gef, a few emf pieces and xsd info-set are all required ... that is, should also end up in your install).
- Web Developer (as above ... i.e. still no JDT!).
- JEE Developer (requires JDT, and some features from DTP).
- Secondary install scenarios
- Select "optional" features, by selecting optional feature, it should pull in all required features.
B2. Webtools Update Site
- Currently Webtools site
- Main install scenario to test here
- Install webtools from Ganymede
- Go to Webtools update site to get the matching SDK portion, for those users that need the source and JavaDoc.
Note: for those of you that haven't seen it yet, the current UI for Software Updates has one very different behavior than the old UM UI. (This is documented as an issue in bug 224472) If you install something like "Web Developer" which also includes XML and JavaScript, the included features stay on the "available software" list, as though it was not installed (even though it was). The reason for this is to "match" exactly what the user choose to install, not what was done "under the covers"). I think ... though I haven't tested it myself ... is that this allows for improved uninstall behavior (or, at least will in the future). So certainly open bugs if you find them, or see things you don't like ... but, this final exercise isn't to test or evaluate "Software Updates" UI .. it's just to make sure things work with respect to Webtools installations.
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Q. British author Sir Terry Pratchett recently presented a BBC documentary called "Choosing To Die," about assisted suicide. Pratchett, the bestselling author of the "Discworld" series of fantasy novels, was diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease in 2008. He is a patron of Dying In Dignity, a group that lobbies for the laws in the UK to be changed to give terminally ill people control over ending their lives, and has said, "I believe everybody possessed of a debilitating and incurable disease should be allowed to pick the hour of their death."
The documentary kicked up a storm in the UK by broadcasting the final moments of Peter Smedley, a 71-year-old motor-neurone disease sufferer who traveled to a clinic in Switzerland run by Dignitas, an assisted-suicide group. Smedley is shown drinking a cocktail of barbiturates while his wife sits next to him. Although the camera cuts away from his face, his final words — "My wife's very good at putting me to sleep just by rubbing my hands. Be strong, my darling."— are clear.
In a blog post, Michael Nazir-Ali, the former Bishop of Rochester, calls Dignitas "agents of death." He adds, "The Judaeo-Christian tradition is a surer guide. 'Thou shalt not kill' is about acknowledging the gift and dignity of human life — which, whether ours or another's, we do not have the competence to take."
Care Not Killing, a British-based alliance that is strenuously opposed to any assisted-suicide laws, said, "There is a real risk that copycat suicides will follow the screening [of the documentary]."
Should a terminally ill patient be allowed to choose the time and manner of his or her death? Is it more ethical to keep someone alive who wants to die than it is to allow them to die at a time of their own choosing?
Questions about life — the right to it, the right to end it, and who decides — occupy our column this week and last. These matters are deeply personal and intensely private, yet so fundamental that we must discuss them candidly in public.
My problem with those who would interfere with life decisions is that many who oppose abortion seem to believe that the right to life begins at conception and ends at birth, but also oppose public help for needy families. Some who think suffering people shouldn't be allowed to end their mental or physical pain also want government to stay out of our Medicare.
Needless agony simply shouldn't be tolerated in a rational, advanced society. A life so painful that it cannot be eased should be allowed to end, with assistance if needed. Yes, it is killing, but it is merciful. In rare cases, in accordance with the patient's wishes and the best ethical guidelines, care may equal letting someone go.
In other cases, I suggest that forthwith we adopt "care not killing" as our minimum standard guiding all policy, foreign and domestic.
Roberta Medford
This is one of those topics that I think I am going to get mail about either way. While I do believe there is a moral standard we are to live by as Christians, I also know we are fallen humans, we feel great emotional and physical pain, and we are forgiven. So if someone is terminally ill and in grave pain, I cannot judge their humanness.
I can be clear on what my beliefs are, but to blatantly write here that it is a "sin and wrong," is not going to be helpful to someone suffering who has chosen this path. Judgment won't talk them out of it or show them another way; but grace and love might.
I know that this is another one of those topics that Christians will give a resolving, "Sin!" shout to, just as they might divorce, abortion and emotional or sexual affairs. But I have learned that the world and human life is just not that cut-and-dry. People suffer, and suffering leads to choices perhaps never reached if pain hadn't been involved.
So I am aware my stance here may be different from other responses. But I treat too many people who have not been able to be "perfect" and make moral decisions amidst pain — and I know they love God and they are in agony. So I personally understand from a professional point of view and I do not judge. I just try to do my small part to listen and guide in love. Then, it is every human's right to make their own decisions.
I believe if we are saved, we are forgiven. I do not know what God thinks about this when someone is in too much pain to "not kill," but I do know he frowns on adultery and murder; and yet King David was a man after God's own heart — and forgiven. So isn't every Christian?
The Rev. Kimberlie Zakarian, LMFT
Kimberly Zakarian Therapy
Let's consider what scripture says about this very emotional and personal issue. God our creator made Adam and Eve in his own image and this is true of every human born since. Though God set in place a natural process of procreation, through it he is still the author of our lives. He told the prophet Jeremiah: "I formed you in the womb." (Jeremiah 1:5). He could say that to every one of us today. God made us, he sustains our lives in his providence and he possesses the sole right of ownership to our lives.
The psalmist reminds us that God has a plan and a purpose for every day of our lives: "In thy book they were all written, the days that were ordained for me, when as yet there was not one of them" (Psalm 139:16). God has ordained a first and a last day for every life. In Solomon's wisdom book of Ecclesiastes we're told, "there is an appointed time for everything. And there is a time for every event under heaven — a time to give birth, and a time to die" (3:1-2).
This is a different issue than removing life support from a person whose body can no longer sustain life. Before God it's wrong to interfere with his plan for our lives by purposefully terminating them. And if it's in our power to keep someone alive, it's the right thing to do.
This is undoubtedly one of the heart-wrenching issues of our time and nobody with a conscience enjoys or encourages the suffering of another person. But it is simply not our place to interfere with what belongs to God.
Pastor Jon Barta
Valley Baptist Church
For a long time I have been in favor of a person's being able to choose how to end his/her life. If that means I support "assisted suicide," then call me such a supporter.
Interesting that such a question should arise now, so soon after Dr. Jack Kevorkian died. As a pioneer in the movement to allow choice in end-of-life issues, he went to jail for helping a man with a pitiful condition end his own life, and he did it on the CBS program "60 Minutes." To me, Jack Kevorkian was a hero, not a murderer.
In this very emotional debate, so many have tried to justify their so-called "pro-life" stance by referring to a scripture they like. One of the Ten Commandments, "Thou shalt not kill," is often quoted, and my guess is that most of those who point to that commandment probably see nothing wrong with the death penalty, which also happens to violate "Thou shalt not kill." As I have said before in this column, we always need to keep compassion in our religious views.
One of the Wesley hymns has the line, "Jesus, thou art all compassion." Can it be wrong to allow someone in terrific pain, with no hope of getting better, to choose to end his/her life? I don't think so. Also, is it right to force someone to live who is brain-dead? Again, I don't think so.
We have God-given minds. We have choices. To leave compassion out of the equation is like the woman who came before King Solomon (I Kings 3:26) and wanted the wise king to cut the baby in two in the interest of justice. (The word "compassion" is used in that verse, by the way.) You know the rest of the story; go and do likewise.
The Rev. Skip Lindeman
La Cañada Congregational Church
La Cañada
"Soylent Green is people!" So said Charlton Heston in the movie named for that food product composed of the remains of those euthanized in some future dystopia. When folks got old, they just got put to sleep like diseased pets, then they were ground into nutritious wafers for all those who voted for legalized assisted suicide. Crazy?
Generally, I feel that Hollywood contributes to an atmosphere of heroic self-extermination, and it tugs our heartstrings with endless examples of agony that force us to prefer death for the story's protagonist. How many films have displayed bloodthirsty aborigines capturing someone with designs to torture said person, then off on a distant hill, a compassionate friend with a long-range rifle takes aim and sends his buddy immediately to Jesus so that he won't have to endure the indignities of cannibal fervor? Audiences nod approvingly.
Here we have what is essentially a snuff-film, idyllically killing people with the victim's approval. What's more glorious than sanctioned murder? C'mon, their affliction is awful; wouldn't it be better if they were dead? No more pain — in this life, anyway. And we can watch! Have a heart, you Christian naysayers!
Listen, if someone prefers death, they don't need a sanctioned suicide mill. Can you imagine such clinics popping up like so many medical marijuana shops? Come and get put to death, special rates for Sunday. Where's Grandma? Oh, she decided to end it all after the Thanksgiving fight around the table last night. Hmm.
My understanding of life's value has me at odds with yet another "choice" position related to killing human beings. God gives life, and God alone may take it. Premature death should be viewed by us as tragic, not opportune, especially when we excel at palliative care and do not need to violate the Hippocratic Oath. And at what point will America's patients perhaps lose their option, and healthcare and doctor recommendations simply override their desire to continue living? Call for the euthanizer, medical won't cover continued treatment.
Life is such a valuable commodity, let's not abort it.
Rev. Bryan Griem
Montrose Community Church
I can certainly understand the emotional distress that a person who is in the last stages of an illness feels, and the distress felt by their family, who stand by wishing they could do something to alleviate the pain and gradual loss of physical and mental function.
The thought occurs to me that life is not ours to take. Life belongs to God, for God is life. Are we interfering with the divine plan for our lives, which includes the time of our entrance into life and the time/manner of our exit? Are we interfering with the lessons that the soul who is going through a terminal illness could learn, and with their ability to be a teacher to their family, caring health professionals and others?
I would offer the suggestion of in-home hospice care instead of assisted suicide. My mother made her peaceful transition about four years ago, at home, surrounded by loved ones, with very little distress or pain. Small doses of morphine were administered to her in her last days to manage the pain and to help her sleep.
Our family felt so grateful for the loving care that the hospice physician and nurses showed to our mother and with the follow-up grief counseling that they provided.
The Rev. Jeri Linn
Unity Church of the Valley
La Crescenta
In June 1994, Oregon voters passed a Death with Dignity Act that legalized physician-assisted dying with certain restrictions. Passage of this initiative made Oregon the first U.S. state, and one of the first jurisdictions in the world, to permit some terminally ill patients to determine the times of their own deaths.
In 2005 the U.S. Supreme Court upheld the Oregon law. There was a fear that such a law would open the floodgates for those who wanted to hasten their own deaths, or for relatives who wanted to encourage others to die so that they could reap financial benefits. However, neither of those two things has happened.
Then there were religious groups who came forward, saying that people choosing to participate in causing their own deaths were sinful and were trying to play God. The fact is that doctors play God throughout our lives by curing us of life-threatening illnesses. Why is it different when a doctor acts to help a person who is suffering terrible pain or debilitation to end his or her life? If God is merciful, it would seem reasonable that the easing of suffering would be a positive thing. And, unfortunately, all pain cannot be mitigated by medication.
Although the Unitarian Universalist Association of Congregations has not taken an official stand on euthanasia, I believe that our covenant to "affirm and promote the inherent worth and dignity of every person; and justice, equity and compassion in human relations" speaks to this issue. I am not saying that we should encourage people to take their own lives, or to act out of situational depression. I believe that each person must make his or her own decision about when life has become untenable. And I believe that we who are not suffering their pain cannot make judgments for them.
May we think deeply and seriously about our lives, live our days in purpose and joy, and find dignity and integrity in our deaths when meaningful life is no longer possible.
The Rev. Dr. Betty Stapleford
Unitarian Universalist Church
Of the Verdugo Hills
La Crescenta
The question of assisted suicide is surrounded by tremendous controversy and stirs strong passions on all sides. I believe that any discussion of the issue must begin with a basic understanding that life is a gift from God. From there, we should accept that some things are best left in the hands of God alone. We did not choose to be brought into this world; and in my view, we should not be allowed to choose when the journey to the afterlife will take place.
I feel that assisted suicide presents a grave danger that threatens the moral fiber of our society. If we determine that death can be decided by mortals, then who is to regulate which life should be eliminated? Some may determine that a 95-year-old with terminal cancer should be allowed to terminate his or her life. But how about a 45-year-old man with unyielding, chronic depression? He is arguably suffering more than the older individual, but would we allow him to end his life? Or how about a newborn born in a vegetative state — are we allowed to snuff out that life at birth since, it can be argued, this is not a life worth saving?
Where do we draw the line?
This entire question puts us a very slippery slope. Once we begin to descend, nobody truly knows what frightening end we may arrive at — not to mention what terrifying turns we may encounter on the way down. This is why I believe we are better off following the teachings of our Judeo-Christian tradition, which state unequivocally that all forms of life are sacred and must be preserved. Every moment of life holds infinite spiritual value, and must be cherished.
Of course, if someone is suffering, we must provide them with all the medical care necessary to ease their pain, and we are not required to undertake heroic measures to prolong life. But allowing one human to cut short the life of another is, in my opinion, immoral. Assisted suicide poses an insurmountable ethical dilemma. The moment we endorse this practice, we weaken the decency of our society.
Rabbi Simcha Backman
Chabad Jewish Center
I have no idea where the line is. There's a line in there somewhere, between prolonging suffering in the name of prolonging life, and cutting life short cavalierly. I just don't know where it is.
No one does, really; and that's what scares us about the whole idea of approving assisted suicide. What door would we be opening; where would it end; what grim farces would arise — and how many surviving loved ones would be traumatized by making the decision, and then have their grief multiplied after making it by a lifetime of second-guessing?
That's what scares us about it. But that doesn't mean we should dismiss the question of enabling a choice for death with dignity.
Medical technology allows us to prolong life long after a life is ready to die. That is, sometimes, absolutely a blessing — it allows time for patient and family to have closure, reconciliation, and a chance at some measure of spiritual peace.
Sometimes, though, prolonging life just because we know how to do that is neither the right nor the kind thing to do. Months and years pass, finances are drained, hearts are torn to pieces by a perpetual state of pre-grieving, and personal dignity is destroyed — all for the sake of propping up a physical body long after the person we recognized has disappeared forever, and long after that person wishes (or would have wished) to be kept alive.
Assisted suicide is different from ending life support; it's more active, more intentional. And I guess it's inevitable that opening the legal floodgates to enable it will mean that some segment of the population will lean toward offing themselves the day after a bad diagnosis. It's an especially scary slippery slope. But I think we should be brave and bring that conversation out into the light. It's time.
The Bible places a high value on human life. It also places high value on human dignity. The two must be equally valued within the same process of legislating.
The Rev. Amy Pringle
St. George's Episcopal Church
La Cañada


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Trace Adkins Inducted Into Louisiana Music Hall of Fame
When Louisiana boy Trace Adkins made a stop in his home state at the Baton Rouge's Dixie Landin', he was surprised with a big honor! The singer has officially been inducted into the state's Hall of Fame.
Adkins rode into the amusement park on June 21 for what was supposed to be a regular ol' tour date, but it turned out to be much more than that. Mike Sheperd, the President and Executive Director of the Louisiana Music Hall of Fame, took the stage to give the country crooner the award, and Bobby Jindal, the Louisiana Governor, even issued an official statement.
Adkins has always been quick to show his Louisiana pride -- he even named his band after his hometown! The Sarepta Gentleman's Club was given the name after the town of Sarepta. Adkins was born in the northern Louisiana town in 1962.
The singer will soon make a special tour pitstop in his hometown for a special show. He's playing Sarepta's Muddy Bottoms ATV & Recreation Park on July 5. The event -- called Muddin for the Military -- will raise money for the Lone Star Warriors Outdoors. They strive to connect wounded warriors with the outdoors again (and they do so with hunting, fishing and ATV rides!).
Adkins has tour stops through the end of the year, including a few music festivals, some fairs, a cruise and even a few Christmas shows before the holiday. A full list of tour dates are here.


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This story has been updated. For the most recent numbers and stocks, click here.
It's the basic question when investing in a stock: is it on the way up or will it go down? To answer this question, the street has developed numerous ways of attempting to predict what will happen, estimating various attributes tied to stock performance in order to determine what the future holds for a company's valuation.
After dissecting the data, analysts following a particular stock produce a price target of where they believe the stock is headed. From the entire S&P 500, which stocks are analysts expecting to have the biggest pops? With data from ThomsonReuters, we took a look at which stocks have mean consensus estimates farthest above their stock prices (as of market close on 2/23/10).
So, which stocks do analysts on average predict will have the biggest pop? Click ahead to find out!
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The daily habits of posture and use, at work and leisure, are frequently the unobtrusive, non-violent, yet persistent factors which mitigate towards somatic dysfunction and the consequences of general ill-health. Posture represents the sum of the mechanical efficiency of the body. It may be read as a book, to assess the integrity, potential, and to some extent, the history of the individual.
The ideal posture is one in which the different segments of the body, the head, neck chest and abdomen are balanced vertically one upon the other so that the weight is borne mainly by the bony framework with a minimum of effort and strain on muscles and ligaments. For such posture to be maintained, special postural muscles must be in a state of constant activity. These have a special physiological property called 'postural activity'. Correct posture is one in which the head is centered over the pelvis the face directed forwards, and the shoulder girdle approximately on the same plane as the pelvis.
The position of the bony framework is determined by the soft tissues which invest, support, bind and move it. Faulty tensions in these soft tissues will lead to abnormalities in the skeletal structures, and therefore to function itself. This may also result in changes in the organs and functions (circulation) which are supported by soft tissues. Not only are the soft tissues subject to gravitational stress, but also to a battery of postural and occupational stresses overlaid with the normal contraction that come with age.
Goldthwait [1] points to the importance of posture in the maintenance of health:
It has been shown that the main factors which determine the maintenance of the abdominal viscera in position are the diaphragm and abdominal muscles, both of which are relaxed and cease to support in faulty posture. The disturbances in circulation from a low diaphragm and ptosis (sagging organs) may give rise to chronic passive congestion on one or all of the organs of the abdomen and pelvis, since the local as well as general venous drainage may be impeded by the failure of the diaphragmatic pump to do its full work in the drooped body. Furthermore, the drag of these congested organs on their nerve supply, as well as the pressure on the sympathetic ganglia and plexuses (nerve centres), probably causes many irregularities in their function, varying from partial paralysis to overstimulation. Faulty body mechanics in early life, then, become a vital factor in the production of the vicious cycle of chronic diseases and present the chief point of attack in its prevention .... In this upright position, as one becomes older, the tendency is for the abdomen to relax and sag more and more allowing a ptosic condition of the abdominal and pelvic organs unless the supporting lower abdominal muscles are taught to contract properly. As the abdomen relaxes, there is a great tendency to a drooped chest, with a narrowed rib angle, forward shoulders, prominent shoulder blades, a forward position of the head, and probably prorated feet. When the human machine is out of balance physiological function cannot be perfect; muscles and ligaments are in an abnormal state of tension and strain. A well poised body means a machine working perfectly, with the least amount of muscular effort, and therefore better health and strength in daily life.


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Any final thoughts on what I can do about noise from my guitar pickups?
This is part 3 of our 3-part series on guitar pickup noise. This section describes a few gear modifications that you can consider, and also talks about a few electronic devices that some players have had success with.
I love the sound of my single coil pickups, but the noise really bothers me – is there anything else I can do?
There are also a few direct modifications to your gear that are possibilities to consider. One thing you can try is to replace all of the unshielded wire inside the guitar with shielded cable. Any length of unshielded wire much longer than an inch can sense the 120 cycle frequency. Fender guitars are typically loaded with about 5 feet of single conductor non-shielded lead wire. However, you have to think about this strategy before you do it. This is because replacing the lead wire with shielded cable can lead to a slight amount of high frequency loss. Your guitar may sound slightly darker after making this swap, which is the drawback of this modification. Another thing to consider is a shielding paint. Some builders we work with paint all of the control & pickup cavities with a conductive shielding paint. It is easy to get hold of at Stewart MacDonald's guitar supply. You paint all of the cavities and also the back of the pickguard. After this is done, and dried of course, you have to attach a ground wire to it. With this approach you can also loose a little high end. The other draw back of shielding the cavities is that it's easy to short out your signal if a lug on a pot or switch touches the shielding paint.
I have heard that there are some other devices out there that can help with reducing noise, is that true?
There are in fact some electronic ways of dealing with guitar pickup hum. For example, a noise gate is a device that will sense the difference between when you are playing and when you're not playing. It will cut off the signal from your guitar when you're not playing. You set the minimal volume level, and then it automatically cuts off the signal to the amp when the volume goes below this (when you're not playing). Unfortunately, this can sometimes sound unnatural, and it can also limit your dynamic range. There is also a device called a hum de-bugger. The manufacturer indicates that it is not a noise gate – they call it a hum extractor. I haven't used one myself, so I can't comment on its effectiveness. What I can say is that when you are working with certain gear combinations, or if you are headed for a venue that you're unfamiliar with, then having several noise suppression devices to work with can only be a good thing.
What do professional musicians have to say about single coil noise?
I have talked to many professional players who tour and record with single coil pickups. Many of them claim that hum is not an issue. Obviously they have learned to deal with it by paying attention to their surroundings and finding a good place and direction to stand. Most often there is a "sweet spot" where noise is dramatically reduced just by pointing your guitar in a different direction. For even more detail on this, please see parts #1 and #2 of this 3-part series.


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"[On Disintegration] they thought I was being 'willfully obscure', which was an actual quote from the letter [received from the band's label at the time, Elektra]. Ever since then I've realized that record companies don't have a fucking clue what The Cure does and what The Cure means."
- Robert Smith, from the book Never Enough: The Story of the Cure by Jeff Apter
Twenty (and some change) years later we know that The Cure's label bosses were indeed wrong; Disintegration is celebrating its 20th anniversary (a year late actually – the album was released in May 1989) with the release of a remastered 3-CD deluxe edition and remastered 2LP. Today, the album remains in the unique position of being both widely considered the group's masterpiece among fans as well as their most commercially successful LP (containing their biggest US hit, "Love Song," which peaked at #2 on the Billboard chart).
There haven't been a multitude of complaints over the years about the mastering of the album, so no surprise here that the main disc is just a bit louder than the original. The real appeal of the 3-CD set is the bonus material…and there is a lot of it! The second disc of rarities is compiled by Robert Smith himself (who was the only original member left in the band by the time Disintegration was released --Lol Tolhurst having been booted by group consensus before its completion) and is largely made up of his instrumental home demos and band rehearsals for the album. It seems like a superfan-only venture with these lo-fi takes sans vocals, but these tracks reveal themselves to be a cohesive and seamless vision even in their infancy; The vocal-free band demo for the title track reveals an even more urgent forward flow than the album cut, with drops of synth gently shimmering in an ocean of flanged-out bass. "Esten," a previously unissued demo of a never-before-released song (of which there are 4 here), is a bit more lively and feral than its siblings that eventually found a home on the album, perhaps a bit more like their 'willfully poppy' tracks from the Head on the Door-era. The absolute stand-out from the Rarities disc, however, is a solo home demo by Smith covering Wendy Waldman's "Pirate Ships." It is a gorgeous lilting sea shanty-like lullaby with ocean sound effects, harmonium and a lovely understated vocal from Smith. With the refrain of "Far away/Far away child," the track could be culled from one of the several rumored-but-never-surfaced children's albums Smith has allegedly recorded.


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Quality Measures
Any hospital can claim they deliver "quality care." But to truly demonstrate effective clinical performance requires both outside review and in–house evaluation alike.
Middlesex Hospital is proud to be one of the first hospitals in Connecticut to voluntarily participate in major quality programs conducted by several government and healthcare industry organizations.
Core Measures
The foremost quality program in which we participate is called "Core Measures." These measures were developed by The Joint Commission — the nation's foremost accrediting body in health care — and based on quality indicators from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. Adherence to Core Measures has been shown to improve patient outcomes dramatically.
Hospitals across the United States, including Middlesex, are measured and compared by The Joint Commission against all other accredited institutions on their performance in these Core Measures. There is a time lag of several months between when data is reported from hospitals and when it is posted for the public to review. This is because Middlesex, like other hospitals, has to wait for state and national statistics to be compiled before we can post quality data for a given period.
There are twelve Core Measures altogether, in four categories - acute myocardial infarction (heart attack), congestive heart failure, community-acquired pneumonia, and surgical care improvement project. Under each category, key actions are listed that represent the most widely accepted, evidence-based care process for appropriate care in that category.
One important thing to keep in mind is that each care process may not be appropriate for every patient. If a physician determines that a patient is not an appropriate candidate for a particular care process, the patient will not be included in the data. A good example is aspirin. Some patients are allergic to aspirin; for others, taking aspirin will make another medical problem worse. In these cases, the physician may determine that aspirin should not be administered or prescribed for the patient. Therefore, the patients will not be included in the data.


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S.J. Watson's debut novel, "Before I Go to Sleep," is a brilliant, nasty noir. It drags you down into deep, dark and disturbing waters. It entertains while touching on complex questions of the meaning of identity and memory.
A young woman wakes up in bed next to a man. She doesn't know the bed. She doesn't know the man. The woman is young and single. The man is much older.
And he's wearing a wedding ring.
Embarrassing, at least, and socially awkward to be sure, this could be the setup of a Candace Bushnell romp, or the sequel script to "Bridesmaids."
Things, however, soon take a sinister turn.
The young woman scurries to the bathroom, shuts the door and stares into the mirror:
"The face I see looking back at me is not my own. The hair has no volume and is cut much shorter than I wear it; the skin on the cheeks and under the chin sags; the lips are thin; the mouth turned down. I cry out," the narrator tells us. "The person in the mirror is me, but I am twenty years too old. Twenty-five. More. This isn't possible."
Forget the strange bed and man. The young woman does not know who she is. She wracks her brain, searching for clues. With growing dread she realizes her mind is blank, her past a mystery.
This is life beyond mere confusion or disorientation. Watson presents a character existing in a condition of perpetual now-ness, a present without context, a life without history. It is a kind of hell —- an intellectual and emotional state devoid of meaning or emotion. It is what we fear when we fear the nothingness produced by Alzheimer's, perhaps, or some other condition that robs one of mind and memory.
Help of sorts arrives in the form of an oddly diffident Dr. Nash.
"You have amnesia," Dr. Nash explains. "You've had amnesia for a long time. You can't retain new memories, so you've forgotten much of what's happened to you for your entire adult life. Every day you wake up as if you are a young woman. Some days you wake as if you are a child."
A neurophysiologist specializing in the relationship between the physical brain and the subjective nature of cognition, Dr. Nash encourages the woman to keep a written journal. In time she remembers her name: Christine Lucas. She recognizes the man sleeping next to her: Ben, her husband. Slowly, she begins to rebuild her past, and with it, her identity.
Yet every memory she uncovers leads to greater confusion. She suspects that she was once an author. She seems to recall having had a child.
But are these memories true or false, facts or fantasies? Dr. Nash seems reluctant to enlighten her. Her husband, infinitely understanding and patient, is evasive. What are they hiding, and why? Uncertain of who or what to believe, Christine begins to seek an elusive self, even as doing so seems to threaten her very existence.
Amnesia may be rare in real life, but it's common enough in fiction, and for good reason. The trope allows the author to place the reader on the same plain as the character. It may be a hackneyed device, but at least it's fair. The amnesiac narrator and reader experience the story in the same uncertain present, searching for the truth of the past and the dangers of the future.
Premises like this come cheap enough. It's in the execution where writers either strike out or strike gold. The search for a priceless statue is a sound enough premise. But it takes a Dashiell Hammett to turn it into "The Maltese Falcon." Raw material, no matter its potential, demands craftsmanship.
One can't help but be impressed by Watson's skill. This British writer's attention to detail and empathy are impressive. No story is so compelling that it can't survive a bad telling; no concept is so clichéd that it can't benefit from a new, fresh and gifted voice.
Having read the book once I was compelled to read it again, enjoying the special pleasure of noting clues missed or misinterpreted the first time. Certain books are so good that they remind you of the vast pleasures good writers can give you if you're willing to pay them attention. If you can stand the chill, "Before I Go to Sleep" is a delicious summer treat.
Shapiro, a former federal prosecutor, currently writes and produces the new television series "The Firm," based on John Grisham's novel, airing this fall on NBC.


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The 2011 Fillet of Solo Festival includes new work by local favorites such as:
Plus Kelli Strickland, Eric Warner, and members of the Lifeline Storytelling Project. (See the complete list of Performers below).
The Festival is also pleased to feature several performers with national exposure this year:
Regular performance times (July 21-August 6) are Thursdays, Fridays, and Saturdays at 7pm and 8:30pm; and Sundays at 3pm .
Performances are at Lifeline Theatre and Heartland Studio Theatre (free parking and shuttle available; see Performance Venues below for more details).
Tickets (July 21-August 6) are only $10 for each performance, and Festival Passes are available for only $30, which allow admission to any number of performances through August 6. Tickets may be purchased from the Lifeline Theatre box office (773.761.4477) or online.
The final performance of the Festival (James Bralys Life in a Marital Institution) will be held Sunday, August 7 at 5pm, at Mayne Stage. Tickets for this special production are $20 (Festival Passes do not apply). Tickets for Life in a Marital Institution may be purchased from the Mayne Stage box office (773.381.4554) or through www.maynestage.com.
Top | Venues | Shows | Bios
Lifeline Theatre
6912 N. Glenwood Avenue
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Heartland Studio Theatre
7016 N. Glenwood Avenue
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Mayne Stage (August 7 only)
1328 W. Morse Avenue
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All three venues are located in Chicago's Rogers Park neighborhood, in the Glenwood Avenue Arts District, steps from the Morse Red Line CTA stop. Free parking is available at the designated lot west of the theatres (NE corner of Morse and Ravenswood) with free shuttle service before and after the shows. Street parking is also available.
For all performances July 21-August 6, call the Lifeline Theatre box office for tickets (773.761.4477) or click here. For tickets to the August 7 performance of Life in a Marital Institution, call the Mayne Stage box office (773.381.4554) or click here.
Jenny Allens essays and articles have appeared for years in many magazines, including The New Yorker, The New York Times, New York Magazine, Vogue, Esquire, More, Huffington Post, and Good Housekeeping. Recent essays appear in "Disquiet, Please!" a new anthology of humor pieces from The New Yorker, and in In The Fullness of Time: 32 Women on Life After 50 (Simon & Schuster). She is the author of a book of fables for grown-ups called The Long Chalkboard, illustrated by her husband, Jules Feiffer. She produces and performs stand-up comedy evenings in Manhattan, has appeared in Spalding Grey: Stories Left to Tell, and is a participating storyteller for The Moth. I Got Sick Then I Got Better was first performed on Marthas Vineyard in the summer of 2007; director James Lapine then collaborated with Allen and with Darren Katz on shaping and expanding the material. New York Theatre Workshop produced the show in 2009, extending it three times. I Got Sick Then I Got Better has been seen in theaters, hospitals, universities and at cancer conferences around the country. Ms. Allen received the 2010 "Its Always Something" award from Gildas Club NYC. She has two children, Halley, an actress, and Julie, a high school student, as well as a stepdaughter, Kate.
James Braly is a writer and performer. His stories have been broadcast nationally on This American Life, NPR, and Marketplace. He has performed in theatres, festivals, and art venues around the world, including The Whitney Museum, Long Wharf Theatre, and the Moth, where he won the Moth Grandslam Storytelling Competition...twice! He is the author of a forthcoming memoir from St. Martins Press as well as the screenwriter of a feature film based on Life in a Marital Institution for Meredith Vieira Productions. Life in a Marital Institution was Jamess first theatrical effort after a successful 20-year career writing motivational speeches for Fortune 500 companies. It premiered at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, had a sold-out run at 59E59 Theaters in New York City, before transferring Off-Broadway to critical raves at the Soho Playhouse. His most recent monologue, The Monthly Nut (How Much Misery Does It Take To Be Happy?), directed by Seth Barrish (Sleepwalk with Me), is in development at The Barrow Group Theatre.
Jimmy Doyle is a Second City alumnus and spoken word performer living in Los Angeles. His most recent one man show, Must Be Nice, was work shopped at the Comedy Central stage at the Hudson Theatre, directed by Bill Cusack; and premiered at the fanaticsalon in November of 2010, directed by Jane Morris. Doyle is a regular performer with Sit n Spin at the Comedy Central stage, and has appeared on the "I Love a Good Story" podcast. Doyles essays have been published in various websites, including "Fresh Yarn," the West Cork writers collective, and "Im From Driftwood." Jimmy was also chosen as a "My Turn" contributor for Newsweek magazine in 2008.
Julie Ganey is a Chicago-based performer, writer and teacher. As an actor, she has worked with Victory Gardens, Northlight, Goodman, Chicago Dramatists, Noble Fool and Drury Lane. She regularly performs her original stories as part of 2nd Story, and has been featured on NPRs WBEZ. Her solo show The Half-Life of Magic was included in Fillet of Solo 2010, and was also produced by Next Theatre as part of the Whats Next series.
Deb R. Lewis is a writer and storyteller. Her work has appeared in many journals, including Cellstories.net, Criminal Class Review, IsGreaterThan.net, Gertrude, Susurrus, Invisible Cities Wiki, Outsider Ink (Artist Spotlight), Velvet Mafia, Blithe House Quarterly, Sleepwalk, Dyversity (UK), and Hair Trigger, as well as the forthcoming Windy City Queer anthology (University of Wisconsin, Fall 2011). Shes a company member with 2nd Story (a hybrid performance group that combines story, wine, and music) and teaches fiction writing at Columbia College Chicago.
The Lifeline Storytelling Project is an incubation program for young professional performers to participate in solo writing/performing workshops led by Artistic Director Dorothy Milne and ensemble member Jenifer Tyler, both veterans of the Chicago solo performance scene. 2011 participants include: Diego Colón, Leah Cox, Eduardo Garcia, Christina Hall, Tiffany Keane, Amanda Link, Darren Meyers, Brittney Love Smith, Jason Weinberg, and Jessica Wright.
Matt Miller is a Chicago-based stage director and teacher. As a storyteller, Matt performs frequently around Chicago with groups like 2nd Story (where he is a company member), Write Club!, Fillet of Solo, Essay Fiesta, Stories at the Store, and The Moth (StorySlam Winner, February 2010). Recent directing credits include the Jeff Recommended revival of The Weir for Seanachaí Theatre Company, the staged reading of 4000 Miles for Steppenwolfs First Look Repertory (with Tony winner Deanna Dunagan), Serendipitys Chicago and L.A. productions of Girl, 20 (Best Director and Best Ensemble nominations LA Weekly 2008 Theatre Awards), and the world premiere of Graceland for Profiles Theatre (Top 10 Plays of the Year 2009, Chicago Tribune and Chicago Sun-Times). Matt is also a proud twelve-year company member of Barrel of Monkeys, a group that provides creative writing workshops for Chicago Public Elementary Schools that lack arts funding. Originally from Kent, Ohio, Matt remains a faithful Indians fan, although he flirts with the Cubs a lot.
Kim Morris earned her MFA from Columbia College Chicago and her BA from University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Her fiction and nonfiction has appeared in numerous publications. Shes written short plays included in Theatre Seven of Chicagos Yes, This Really Happened to Me and We Live Here. Shes a company member of 2nd Story and has performed her stories at many venues throughout Chicago.
Kelli Strickland has acted or directed with many theatres around town. Most recently she appeared in Raven Theatres The Cherry Orchard, and starred in the feature film Hannah Free, which appeared in over 50 film festivals internationally and won multiple awards, including Best in Fest. Kelli is on faculty in the Department of Fine and Performing Arts at Loyola University and is the Director of Education and Outreach of Ravens "Take Flight" program, serving Chicago Public Schools.
The Sweat Girls are best known for their long running Chicago hits Im Sweating Under My Breasts, Sweat Dreams, The Motherlode, Cirque du Sweat, and Sweatily Ever After, as well as a host of briefer runs, including last year's entry in Fillet of Solo, The Sweat Girls Are A-Ga-Ga. Performing in San Francisco, New York, Michigan and Chicago, this collective of women writer-performers has spent 18 years entertaining its devoted following. As individuals, they also have exciting theatrical histories and projects:
Caroline Andres enjoyed playing Bertha in Wants Unwished Work (Sacred Fools in Los Angeles), which garnered her a Drama Critics Award Nomination for comedic acting. Favorite Chicago roles include Lila in Working Magic (Victory Gardens); Rosemary in Picnic (Athaneum Theatre Co.) and Meg in Crimes of the Heart (Village Players). Caroline was a founding member of the Around the Coyote Festival, served as Administrative Director for Piven Theatre, and was Coordinator of Ready Set PLAY with Center Theatre in Los Angeles, an after-school theatre program serving LA Unified School District.
Cindy D. Hanson is the co-writer of Cooking with Lard and co-adaptor of Hen Lake, both first produced at Lifeline Theatre. She has written and performed Evelyn Dances in Chicago, Louisville and San Francisco, where she was nominated for a Bay Area Critics Award. Cindy has also written the play Henry & Helen, nominated for the Cherry Lane Theatre's Mentor Project, and the performance piece Me and My Chakras, work-shopped for Manhattan Theatre Source's Playground Development Series and Flourish Studios in Chicago.
Dorothy Milne is the Artistic Director of Lifeline Theatre. She received a Non-Equity Jeff Award (Direction) for Around the World in 80 Days and Non-Equity Jeff Nominations (Direction) for Pistols for Two, Jane Eyre (After Dark Award), Strong Poison, and Gaudy Night. Outside of Lifeline, she has directed Little Brother, Stardust, and No More Dead Dogs for Griffin Theatre and received an Equity Jeff Nomination for her direction of Eleemosynary at Interplay Theatre Company.
Clare Nolan has performed with the Body Politic, Lifeline, Organic Theatre, Buffalo Theatre Ensemble, New Tuners Theatre, and Blind Parrot Productions. Clare served as Artistic Director of Blind Parrot and co-wrote original productions of American Gothic and Exploits of a Living Newspaper (Jeff Citation: New Work). Clare teaches acting at Columbia College and preaching through the Association of Chicago Theological Schools' Doctor of Ministry in Preaching Program.
Martie Sanders played Mae West in Dirty Blonde (Madison Repertory) and was chosen "Top Ten Performance of the Year." Other favorite roles: Lina LaMont, Singin In The Rain (Theatre at the Center); Janis Joplin, Love Janis (Royal George); Jenny Diver, Three Penny Opera (ATC); Hero, Much Ado About Nothing (Chicago Shakespeare); and Irene, Public Enemies (with Johnny Depp). Marties solo venture, The Me, Mom & Dad Show!, played at 16th Street in the Goodman Theaters "Women Taking the Stage" Festival.
Pamela Webster received a Jeff Award for Artie in Eleemosynary at Interplay, a Jeff Citation for her performance in Noises Off at Pegasus Players, and a Jeff Nomination for best supporting actress for Interplay's Les Liaisons Dangereuses. With a fellow Sweat Girl, Pamela co-adapted a children's musical, Hen Lake, which premiered at Lifeline Theatre. She is a certified LAMAS Qi Gong instructor.
Jeffrey Sweet has been a constant presence in Chicago since 1979, mostly at his home theatre, the Tony-winning Victory Gardens (including Porch, The Value of Names, Flyovers, The Action Against Sol Schumann, Bluff, and Court-martial at Fort Devens, all of which were nominated for or won Joseph Jefferson or American Theatre Critics Association prizes). His plays have been produced on stages large and small around the country, in New York and around the world, as well as on TV and radio, featuring such actors as Helen Hunt, Amy Morton, William Petersen, Nathan Lane, Jack Klugman, Shelley Berman, Michele Pawk, Richard Kind, Reed Birney, Dan Lauria, John Astin, Judy Kaye, Jill Eikenberry, Michael Tucker and Hector Elizondo. Court-martial is scheduled to open in New York at the New Federal Theatre. He co-wrote two musicals: What About Luv? (with Susan Birkenhead and Howard Marren) and I Sent a Letter to My Love (with Melissa Manchester). His book on Second City, Something Wonderful Right Away (a "classic" said the Chicago Tribune) is the starting point of his solo show, You Only Shoot the Ones You Love. His book on playwriting, The Dramatists Toolkit, is in wide use as a text and he consults with writers privately and runs workshops for theatres and colleges. He is on the Council of the Dramatists Guild, is a member of Ensemble Studio Theatre, and is an alum of New Dramatists. He welcomes correspondence on Facebook.
Eric Warner realized in 7th grade that he would have to spend too much time working out in order to be Batman when he grew up, so he re-focused his energies on art & writing. (He still took Home-Ec sewing to make his own costume, just in case.) He moved to Chicago in 2004 to attend the Art Institute on a full scholarship, & co-founded the performance collaboration Nicholas & Warner in 2007, co-creating eight original productions. His new solo works are theatrical monologues, focusing on how the images, stories & details that surround us can enrich or obfuscate our identities.
Scott Whitehair is a writer and actor originally from Pittsburgh, PA. As creator/host of This Much Is True and Story Lab Chicago, he is honored to be a part of the Chicago storytelling community. Scott has been fortunate to work with some amazing groups of people over the last few years, including WNEP Theater, 2nd Story, The Playground Theater, Noah Ginex Puppet Co., Blewt!, and Theater Momentum, to name just a few. Bikes, cook outs, and random acts of kindness make him smile.
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About RBC > Community & Sustainability > News >Award winning RBC garden explores the potential of 'skyrise greening'
May 23, 2013 - A garden sponsored by RBC has won a gold medal at one of the world's most prestigious flower shows. The RBC Blue Water Roof Garden, co-sponsored by the RBC Blue Water Project, RBC Wealth Management and RBC Capital Markets was featured at the Royal Horticultural Society's (RHS) Chelsea Flower Show, in London, UK.
The RBC Blue Water Roof Garden is an exciting vision of an urban rooftop garden that integrates recreational space with innovative biodiversity and habitat features. The garden explores the potential of 'skyrise greening,' bringing trees, meadows and wetlands into the heart of the densest of cities, while addressing the important issue of urban water management.
Professor Nigel Dunnett shows off the gold medal for the RBC Blue Water Roof Garden, co-sponsored by the RBC Blue Water Project, RBC Wealth Management and RBC Capital Markets.
For the third successive year RBC has collaborated with Professor Nigel Dunnett, who was the lead horticultural and planting design consultant for the London 2012 Olympic Park, and The Landscape Agency, to present a garden that is both beautiful and provides innovative solutions to important urban issues.
The garden featured a central wetland, which captured rainwater run-off, and a winding boardwalk that lead to a dramatic 'bird hide' clad in habitat panels. Low-tech living walls which require no irrigation helped enclose the space, and the whole garden was filled with flower-rich planting.
The RHS Chelsea Flower Show, now in its 100th year, attracts over 157,000 visitors each year including senior members of the British Royal Family, who attend as part of their patronage of the RHS. The Show also attracts international media attention, helping to raise the profile of RBC and the RBC Blue Water Project™ both in the UK and abroad.
Following the show, the garden will be relocated to the Aberdeen Royal Infirmary in Scotland, UK, where it will form a core element of the hospital's new Therapeutic Roof Garden development. The facility is designed to allow patients - whether walking, in a wheelchair or bed-bound - access to green space to aid their recovery. It will be located at the heart of the hospital, on the roof above the entrance to a new block housing the Emergency Department and inpatient wards.
Separately, the garden's timber building will be auctioned in July at a client event in aid of Great Ormond Street Hospital in London, in support of RBC Race for the Kids.


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The Distinguished Lecture Series in Sports Medicine at Hope College will focus on ankle injuries in its opening address for the 2011-12 season on Monday, Oct. 3, at 7 p.m. in Graves Hall.
Dr. Phillip Gribble of the University of Toledo will present "New Approaches to Understanding Ankle Instability: Distal to Proximal Neuromuscular Control Alterations."
The public is invited. Admission is free.
Gribble is an associate professor at the University of Toledo. He serves as the director of the Graduate Athletic Training Education Program, and the Athletic Training Research Laboratory, and also teaches courses in the accredited undergraduate athletic training program.
His research interests involve the mechanisms by which disruptions in neuromuscular control impair lower extremity function. More specifically, he is interested in functional testing and postural control measures related to chronic ankle instability. He has published more than 40 scientific papers and given more than 100 national and international presentations from his work on impairments in lower extremity neuromuscular control.
He received his bachelor's and master's degrees in athletic training from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; and his Ph.D. in kinesiology from Pennsylvania State University.
The Distinguished Lecture Series in Sports Medicine is designed for health care professionals with an interest in physically active patients, and is intended for students, educators and clinicians alike. It is co-sponsored by Shoreline Orthopaedics, Holland Hospital Rehabilitation Services, The Bone and JointCenter, and the college.
Additional lectures in the series this year will be "Osteopathic Manipulative Treatment for the Extremities," presented as a lecture/lab on Monday, Nov. 14, by Dr. Brooke Lemmen, a doctor of osteopathic medicine on the faculty of Michigan State University; and "Barefoot and Minimalistic Running: Is Less Really More?" on Monday, March 12, by Dr. Paul Langer, a doctor of podiatric medicine with Twin City Orthopedics of Minnesota.
Additional information about the series may be found online at
Graves Hall is located at 263 College Ave., on College Avenue between 10th and 12th streets.


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Black Swan director Darren Aronofsky won't get to try his hand at directing a big superhero movie after all. Fox announced that the auteur is leaving the Wolverine movie.
So we may never get to see the mind behind Pi and The Wrestler get his Christopher Nolan on. What happened?
Twentieth Century Fox has issued this press released from the director and the studio:
Darren Aronofsky: "As I talked more about the film with my collaborators at Fox, it became clear that the production of 'The Wolverine' would keep me out of the country for almost a year. I was not comfortable being away from my family for that length of time. I am sad that I won't be able to see the project through, as it is a terrific script and I was very much looking forward to working with my friend, Hugh Jackman, again."
Fox: "While we are of course disappointed that Darren can't do 'The Wolverine,' we also understand and respect his reasons. Having done both 'The Wrestler' and 'Black Swan' with Darren, we know he is an extraordinary talent and we look forward to working with him on other projects in the future. Hugh Jackman and Fox both remain fully committed to making 'The Wolverine.' We will regroup and move forward aggressively."
Well that certainly throws a wrench in the plans for an excellent rebooted Wolverine film. We wish Aronofsky would reconsider, but what-are-ya-gonna-do? Hopefully these are the actual reasons, because we all remember what happened on the set of Wolverine Origins, when the studio execs repainted the entire set behind director Gavin Hood's back, insisting he shoot a more "family-friendly" Wolverine.
Cover by Arthur Suydam.
Via ComingSoon.net


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Club owners are searching for new ideas and more knowledge to help them survive and thrive in today's economy. You can find many proven and practical business and operational ideas from seminars, conventions, business magazines and books, but they are all worthless until they are implemented. Remember, just because your members join your club, it doesn't mean they will be healthy. They actually have to show up and do something to get healthy. Your business model also needs execution for your club to get results.
Ideas have no value until you do four things. First, you must adapt ideas to your club, your market and your management style. Unfortunately, many club owners hope to operate their businesses by just stating their goals. Most club operators get distracted with operational, day-to-day issues and forget their goals. Because they are operations focused and not marketing or sales focused, they must change their attitudes to survive. Many facility owners have a blind spot for sales. They want sales. They even invest in sales training now and then, but they lack the discipline to create a sales and marketing culture. To be successful, they must either change their focus — which is unlikely — or invest in a person who naturally focuses on sales, which means paying this person well. (The return on investment that this person can offer makes this worthwhile.) If club owners don't hire a sales-focused individual, they must arrange for a professional sales coach to come in several times a year. The cost is the same either way, but a coach often can be easier to find.
Second, ideas must be converted into actions, which is the implementation or execution phase. You must decide who will do what, how and by when. Deciding on who, what, how and when converts the idea into action. You need the discipline of accountability and follow through to implement your good ideas.
Third, you must follow up, assess progress, and uncover barriers and problems. This is the accountability phase. Selling is challenging in 2009. You need to ensure a strong selling process to get the best results. It should include tracking sales numbers daily. Give sales people tools to generate their own leads. Hold brief, daily sales coaching meetings. Create a marketing/promotion plan for the next six months using different guerrilla marketing tools. Track and report monthly on performance, retention and all other numbers. You also should track ratios, such as the cost of sales. Examine the total dollars spent to produce your desired quantity of new members. Also, look at revenue per employee to determine the efficiency of your staff in producing revenue, and review your total labor cost to serve the number of users you have.
Lastly, you must improve on all the action steps and make this part of your organization's habits and culture, so it is done consistently even when you are not there. Your team must be focused on execution and accountability. This is the results phase.
Having the right people on your team makes a real difference. Their ability to learn and create is what enables productivity. If you have a 5 percent annual increase in productivity, your business will be healthy. It is about working smarter, not just harder. Clubs without this focus need more people, more time and more resources every year.
Club owners of most well-run organizations have realized that getting the best people and making them better is the critical element in success — not capital, not land and not equipment. Even when the economy or your business slows down, do not stop recruiting the best. Do not stop developing and training your people, and do not stop holding them accountable to get the best results.
Ed Tock, a club sales and marketing consultant, specializes in performance/profitability programs. He also is a partner in REX Roundtables. He can be reached at 845-736-0307 or email@example.com.


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Theophylline is available as pills, capsules, liquid, and
Theophylline is a methylxanthine.
Sustained-release methylxanthine medicines are used to control
inflammation in the airways in the lungs (bronchial
tubes). Short-acting methylxanthine medicines are used to control narrowing
of the bronchial tubes. This may reduce
asthma symptoms.
Theophylline is used in
mild-to-moderate persistent asthma. It is usually used
with an inhaled corticosteroid. It can be used by itself or with an inhaled
corticosteroid to control symptoms at night.
Theophylline is considered an
alternative medicine for persistent asthma in adults. Inhaled corticosteroids
are preferred. It is also considered an alternative addition to inhaled
corticosteroids in moderate persistent asthma in children and adults.
Long-acting inhaled beta2-agonists are the preferred addition to inhaled
corticosteroids.footnote 1
In rare cases,
theophylline may be used instead of another asthma medicine:
Different types of medicines are often used together in
the treatment of asthma. Treatment for asthma depends on a person's
age, his or her type of asthma, and how well the treatment is controlling
asthma symptoms.
Your doctor will work with you to help find the number and
dose of medicines that work best.
The addition of theophylline to an inhaled corticosteroid can improve lung function in adults
with uncontrolled mild-to-moderate persistent asthma.footnote 2
All medicines have side effects. But many people don't feel the side effects, or they are able to deal with them. Ask your pharmacist about the side effects of each medicine you take. Side effects are also listed in the information that comes with your medicine.
Here are some important things to think about:
Call your doctor right away if you have:
Common side effects of this medicine include:
See Drug Reference for a full list of side effects. (Drug Reference is not available in all systems.)
Many other medicines
(such as antibiotics, medicines to control stomach acid, birth control pills,
medicines to calm people, heart medicines, and seizure medicines),
alcohol, and some medical conditions can affect the levels of theophylline in
the blood. High blood levels of theophylline cause increased side
Because theophylline interacts with many different
medicines, tell your doctor about all medicines you are taking. Your doctor
also will check the level of theophylline in your blood regularly to make sure
it is not too high.
Babies are especially at risk for developing
high levels of theophylline in the blood. So they need their blood levels
checked regularly. Slow-release theophylline has an even greater risk for
causing side effects than the short-acting medicine.
Medicine is one of the many tools your doctor has to treat a health problem. Taking medicine as your doctor suggests will improve your health and may prevent future problems. If you don't take your medicines properly, you may be putting your health (and perhaps your life) at risk.
There are many reasons why people have trouble taking their medicine. But in most cases, there is something you can do. For suggestions on how to work around common problems, see the topic Taking Medicines as Prescribed.
If you are pregnant, breastfeeding, or planning to get pregnant, do not use any medicines unless your doctor tells you to. Some medicines can harm your baby. This includes prescription and over-the-counter medicines, vitamins, herbs, and supplements. And make sure that all your doctors know that you are pregnant, breastfeeding, or planning to get pregnant.
Follow-up care is a key part of your treatment and safety. Be sure to make and go to all appointments, and call your doctor if you are having problems. It's also a good idea to know your test results and keep a list of the medicines you take.
Complete the new medication information form (PDF)(What is a PDF document?) to help you understand this medication.
CitationsNational Institutes of Health (2007). National Asthma Education and Prevention Program Expert Panel Report 3: Guidelines for the Diagnosis and Management of Asthma (NIH Publication No. 08-5846). Available online: http://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/guidelines/asthma/index.htm.Dennis RJ, Solarte I (2011). Asthma in adults (chronic), search date April 2010. BMJ Clinical Evidence. Available online: http://www.clinicalevidence.com.
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Tragic: 17-Year-Old Girl Commits Suicide After Being Raped By 4 Classmates & Haunted By Photo Circulation! (No Prosecution Of Rapists)
"Rehtaeh Parsons, a teen from Nova Scotia, was a gorgeous, kind, straight-A student with her whole life ahead of her. On Thursday, she hung herself in her bathroom. On Sunday night, her family took her off life-support.
Rehtaeh could no longer take the anguish and torment.
Approximately a year and a half earlier, in November 2011, when Rehtaeh was 15 years old, she was reportedly gang-raped by four boys, classmates of hers. The trauma did not end there. One of the boys reportedly took a photo of the act and circulated it among Rehtaeh's school and community where, as noted, by Rehtaeh's mother, "it quickly went viral." Authorities reportedly investigated the sexual assault but claimed there was insufficient evidence to make formal charges" - Mediate
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VIDEO: What happens to the Clippers if they have to play without Chris Paul next season?
HANG TIME HEADQUARTERS — If the Donald Sterling affair didn't have your undivided attention before, it should now.
The Los Angeles Clippers' ownership drama has taken a sinister turn. Clippers superstar and Players Association President Chris Paul is throwing out the possibility of a boycott if Sterling remains owner of the team.
The mere mention, in a probate court hearing, of Clippers president and coach Doc Rivers wanting to go elsewhere if Sterling stays was bad enough. But Paul leading a boycott of his team is a doomsday scenario no one wants to see. If Paul, All-Star Blake Griffin and the rest of the Clippers refuse to take the court when training camp begins, this situation takes on an entirely new dynamic.
Paul and Rivers have discussed what might happen if Sterling remains in control of the team that former Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer has agreed to purchase for $2 billion. Jeff Goodman of ESPN.com caught up with Paul Thursday after he finished up coaching his AAU team in Las Vegas:
"That's something me and Doc are both talking about," Paul said Thursday after coaching his AAU program, CP3. "Something has to happen, and something needs to happen soon — sooner rather than later."
Interim Clippers CEO Dick Parsons testified earlier in the week in state court that Rivers told him on multiple occasions that he doesn't think he wants to continue coaching the team if Sterling remains in control of the franchise.
"We're all going to talk about it," Paul said. "We're all definitely going to talk about it. Doc, Blake [Griffin], DJ[DeAndre Jordan]. It's unacceptable."
"Unacceptable" is the most appropriate term for the ongoing hijacking of the Clippers' championship window. They didn't deserve to have their 2013-14 season irreparably damaged in April when Donald Sterling first was caught on tape making racist and derogatory comments, remarks that led NBA Commissioner Adam Silver to ban him from the league for life.
Paul's dual role as leader of the Clippers and the players' association requires him to take a dramatic stand if Sterling is in control of the team when training camps start in early October. Solidarity is a must. A potential boycott may be the only leverage available to players to voice their disappointment in a matter that is going to be decided in the courtroom, not on the court.
The Clippers considered a boycott when the news of Sterling's comment broke during the first round of the playoffs in April, but decided to play instead and stage a formal protest by not wearing the Clippers name across their chests during warm ups before Game 5 against the Golden State Warriors.
"It was a real consideration," Jamal Crawford told us on the Hang Time Podcast after the Clippers' season ended. "We were all ready to stand strong and do whatever had to be done."
Rivers is the one who convinced Crawford and the rest of the Clippers to play on. Now, this talk about Rivers bolting and the players boycotting if Sterling remains illustrates the seismic shift in the mood around the organization as the court proceedings continue. Parsons, appointed by the NBA to be the interim CEO of the Clippers, testified in court that the franchise could fall into a "death spiral" if Clippers fans, sponsors, players and coaches flee the scene should Donald Sterling remain the owner.
The closing arguments in the current legal fight — determining whether Sterling's wife, Shelly Sterling, was within her rights to sell the franchise to Ballmer for that record $2 billion — come Monday in probate court. That's when we'll find out if the agreed-upon sale to Ballmer will proceed or all involved will be plunged into even deeper legal waters. (And even if the sale is allowed, there's a good chance that Donald Sterling will appeal the ruling.)
Deadlines for the sale to be finalized have shifted with each and every legal turn. The initial date was July 15, before the extension to Aug. 15. The NBA will resume termination proceedings if the sale is not closed by Sept. 15. That could provide Paul and his teammates just weeks to decide what they're going to do before training camp begins.
Based on what he said in Vegas, Paul is still formulating a plan. But it seems as if he and the rest of the Clippers are ready to dig in for a long, hard fight.


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CATIA Product Experience provides multiple elements to help people collaborate at the level of the product experience – where people sit together and review the overall project. Ease of use, simple dashboards, powerful analysis, search etc etc deliver the right information so managers and non specialists can find and interact with the product information they require.
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A complex assembly often gathers together thousands of parts. Without requiring to open all these parts in CATIA editor, the new Live Weight product enable managers or designers to track the weight of an assembly in the 3DLive navigation platform.
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text: On Mon, Apr 25, 2005 at 08:26:33PM -0400, Joe Landman wrote: > Not sure I agree with this. If there were no value in TCP offload, then > why would Intel announce (recently) that they want to include this > technology in their future chipsets? If you go read the research papers of the guy who invented I/OAT, he is adding minimal hardware features to get nearly the same benefit as offload, without offloading. His approach is similar to PathScale's approach. Intel's marketing is to position I/OAT between dumb nics and TCP offload engines (TOEs). TOEs are much more expensive and Intel's marketing position is that they're going to be a niche. Now I'm not going to debate the merits of Intel's marketing position, but I wanted to point out that it didn't match at all what you were saying. > Most of the codes we play with are latency bound. Then you should note that offload generally doesn't improve latency. Offload's main strength is high bandwidth with less overhead. There are several examples of Linux software that gives low latency on standard ethernet hardware: Scali, Par-Tec, Gamma, MVIA. -- greg


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Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 30 diseños de 17 diseñadores freelance.
Need font driven logo for my make up company called: Mandala Mineral Cosmetics. No image. I will be putting the logo on business cards, letterhead, email signiture and lables to go on product. The logo (name) will be printed onto circualr lables that will have the mandala in the background. The Mandala I have chosen is orange, yellow and black.
A Mandala is a visual meditation. They are ancient symbols or depictions of intricate design used in many cultures from buddhist, tibetan, hindu, aztec etc. They are meant to have emboddied powers of transformation and healing through their vibration. Mandala Mineral Cosmetics is a company branding and distributing pure mineral make up, chemcial and additive free.
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text: On Fri, Jun 22, 2001 at 10:55:08AM -0700, Brian LaMere wrote: > why does every guide around talk about diskless clients? I mean...disks are > stinkin cheap nowadays... [rant about boss-man making silly hardware choices for cluster deleted] > [other stuff about pvm, networks, etc deleted] > Just a little genetics research firm, needing some serious horsepower to > start running big hammer and blast jobs. The data we have now is just the > bare minimum we need to get by, but if we had things like a working beowulf > the scientists upstairs would start making, since they'd be able to use it, > much more data. They hired me on as the unix guy here knowing I don't know > squat about beowulfs, but that I really want to learn :) Got "how to build > a beowulf" <grin> and I've read the manuals for pvm, mpich, lam-mpi, etc, > and several other beowulf how-to guides. All are about diskless. Is > diskless better? Is it just better because its cheaper? Are there other > reasons its better? Would having gig-ethernet in the boxes instead of hard > drives be far better performance-wise? It seems like you are doing bioinformatics type stuff (BLAST, etc). We have found that many of these types of applications are close to I/O bound, and especially when you consider having 50+ nodes stream lots of data over the net at the same time, using a local disk sounds better and better. We use local disks here (we do bioinf stuff as well) and have a copy of some core data on each node. When we need more data, we push it over via rsync before computation begins. The performance of this is very nice and only requires a 10GB fast EIDE disk per node. Management isn't bad since we have scripts to push data out and use systemimager (www.systemimager.org) to install/manage node software. Chris -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: not available Type: application/pgp-signature Size: 232 bytes Desc: not available URL: <http://www.beowulf.org/pipermail/beowulf/attachments/20010622/945dc3d1/attachment.sig>