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|CONFIGURATION OF A METROLOGICALLY SEALED DEVICE VIA A PASSIVE RF INTERFACE - Systems and methods that allow for the configuration or reconfiguration of an electronic metrologic device without having to handle the device or open the device packaging. Configuration/reconfiguration is accomplished by way of passive RF communication between a RF read/write device and a RF-enabled memory device installed to the metrologic device. Processing of configuration changes is handled in accordance with legal-for-trade requirements.
|SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR WEIGHING COUPLED-IN-MOTION RAILCARS - Systems and methods for the accurate weighing of coupled-in-motion railcars carrying a flowable or otherwise displaceable material. Systems of the invention employ a scale having a pair of independent scale platforms, each of which captures weight readings while a wheel carriage of a given railcar is isolated thereon. Weight data captured by the scale platforms is analyzed and combined to determine an accurate weight for the associated railcar.
|CHECKWEIGHER PERFORMANCE VALIDATION - A system and method of validating checkweigher performance (weighing accuracy). The invention involves removing an object to be weighed from a conveyor prior to the object reaching a checkweigher to be validated, weighing the object on a static scale, reintroducing the object to the conveyor upstream of the checkweigher, weighing the object with the checkweigher, and comparing the two weight readings of the object to determine if the checkweigher is accurately weighing objects. Validation objects may be automatically removed from the conveyor by a transfer mechanism.
|INTEGRATED POWER SUPPLY PROTECTION CIRCUIT WITH FAULT DETECTION CAPABILITY - An electrical circuit to minimize the damage to internal electronics in the event of a lightning strike or power surge that may flow into the unit through the home run cable used to supply power to device loads, for example load cells and weigh terminals. The circuitry can not only protect, but it can also detect and distinguish from several overvoltage and undervoltage conditions that can occur.
|Method And System To Determine Need For Dimensional Weighing - A system and method for assisting a party (e.g., a freight carrier) in determining whether dimensional weight or actual weight should be used for shipping particular freight. A weighing device may be associated with a forklift, and may also include a DIM comparator in association with the forklift. The DIM comparator may have an input and a display of information, and may also include a CPU unit for storing and processing data. The DIM comparator may allow an operator to input various data through selectable menus and tables. The DIM comparator then determines a theoretical dimensional weight of the freight and compares it to the actual weight as measured by the weighing device associated with the forklift. This comparison is then displayed to the operator and a prompt is provided if a dimensional weight should be determined.
|ULTRASONIC DIMENSIONING SYSTEM AND METHOD - An ultrasonic dimensioning system and method by which objects can be quickly and accurately measured (dimensioned). The system includes at least a stable object support surface, a number of ultrasonic receivers, and an ultrasonic transmitter. The ultrasonic transmitter is preferably part of a pointer device that is properly positioned relative to an object to be measured, the proper position(s) depending on the shape of the object. Subsequent transmission of ultrasonic pulses (waves) from the pointer device are received by the ultrasonic receivers. The time intervals between transmission and reception of the ultrasonic pulses (waves) are used to determine the distance of the pointer from the receivers, which distances are subsequently used to calculate the dimensions/volume of the object.
|HERMETICALLY SEALED SCALE - A hermetically sealed scale for use in a weighing scale. A scale of the present invention may include a load receiving plate and a bottom plate, between which is sandwiched a supporting rib structure that preferably includes a plurality of perimeter members that form sealed upright sides of the scale. The supporting rib structure, load receiving plate and bottom plate cooperate to form a substantially rigid and hermetically sealed sandwich structure. The load receiving plate may be joined to the supporting rib structure by perimeter welding or another bonding technique that permits the joining material to be subsequently shaped to form a smooth transition between the load receiving plate and the perimeter members of the scale.
|WEIGHING APPARATUS HAVING OPPOSED WHEELS - Weighing apparatus for weighing and conveying items of various shape and size. The weighing apparatus apparatus includes at least two oppositely rotating wheels that engage an item to be weighed. A force measurement element, such as a load cell, is provided to weigh the item to be weighed while the item is conveyed by the wheels in a suspended position. More than one pair of wheels may be employed.
|WEIGHING APPARATUS EMPLOYING LOAD CELLS OF DIFFERENT CAPACITY - A weighing apparatus having a load receiving element and a plurality of load cells directly or indirectly associated with the load receiving element such that when an object to be weighed is placed on the load receiving element, the weight of the object is unevenly applied to the load cells. The weighing apparatus includes load cells of different capacity based on the uneven loading applied thereto.
|INTERMITTENT MOTION CHECKWEIGHER WITH OFFSET PRODUCT POCKETS - An intermittent motion checkweigher for weighing products of interest. The checkweigher includes a product transport wheel having a plurality of product retention pockets, each of which retainins one or more products of interest throughout the weighing operation. Products are loaded into a product retention pocket by an in-feed conveyor or similar device, after which the product transport wheel is indexed to advance the products in the product retention pocket toward one or more weighing devices where the products will be weighed while still located in the product retention pocket. After weighing, the products are advanced to a discharge conveyor or similar device by further indexing of the product transport wheel.
|CHECKWEIGHER WITH INDEPENDENT SCALES - A checkweigher for the in-motion weighing of objects being transported along a conveyor line. A checkweigher of the present invention employs a plurality of scales each having its own set of weighing conveyor elements. For example, a first scale may be associated with a set of lighter weight chains to convey and weigh smaller objects, while a second scale may be associated with a set of heavier weight chains to convey and weigh larger objects. This design essentially allows the incorporation of a lightweight and heavyweight checkweigher within one common checkweigher frame. The problem of noise caused by one set of conveyor elements associated with one scale affecting the accuracy of the other scale(s) is eliminated by locating the conveying surfaces of the conveyor elements associated with the individual scales in different planes. Thus, objects transported by one weighing conveyor exert no load on the conveyor elements of the other weighing conveyor(s).
|DEVICE AND METHOD FOR TEMPERATURE COMPENSATION TESTING OF DIGITAL LOAD CELLS - A device and method for effectuating the temperature compensation testing of digital load cells. The device uses conductive heat transfer to establish and maintain the temperature of the load cell(s) during testing. The device may include a vessel into which one or more load cells to be tested are placed. Temperature control of the load cells may be accomplished by circulating a temperature controlled fluid through the vessel. The vessel containing the one or more load cells may then be placed in a load application device that applies a load(s) to the one or more load cells during testing. Readings from the one or more load cells are used to establish a temperature compensation factor for each load cell tested. In other embodiments, temperature control of the load cells may be accomplished by placing the load cells in contact with a solid heat transfer element(s).
|VEHICLE SCALE COUPLING DEVICE - A coupling device designed to securely connect adjacent weigh platform modules of a vehicle scale. Such a device may include corresponding coupling elements, each adapted for attachment to a respective one of a pair of adjacent weigh platform modules. The coupling elements are designed for mating contact and include fastener assembly receiving cavity sections that, when the coupling elements are properly mated, form a fastener assembly receiving cavity in an exposed top surface of the coupling device. A fastener assembly is located in the fastener assembly receiving cavity and is operative to secure the mated arrangement of the coupling elements, thereby rigidly connecting the associated weigh platform modules. The accessible location of the fastener assembly facilitates both installation and subsequent service/repair procedures.
|LOW ENERGY DATA COMMUNICATION CIRCUIT FOR HAZARDOUS OR NONHAZARDOUS ENVIRONMENTS - The present invention relates to a data communication circuit and system for use in hazardous or nonhazardous environments. In the preferred embodiment, the system is a bi-directional, low energy, current loop data communication circuit primarily for high speed data communications via parallel or twisted pair conductors. The system of the present invention can safely transmit data across long distances (e.g., up to 1000 feet (300 meters)) in an explosive atmosphere.
|MOUNTING FOR INDUSTRIAL INSTRUMENTATION - A flexible, modular mounting system for an industrial process terminal or similar instrumentation. The instrumentation may be panel mounted or DIN rail mounted using an enclosure having only a minimum number of unique components. An instrument housing is included for containing various electronic components of such a terminal. The housing is adapted to mate with a DIN rail, and can easily be fitted with mounting brackets that allow the housing to be used in a panel mounted arrangement. In the latter case, a user interface module is located on an opposite side of a panel wall and connected to the appropriate electronic components of the instrumentation through an opening provided therein.
|SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SCALE-BASED PRICE AND INVENTORY MANAGEMENT OF PERISHABLE GOODS - A system and method for controlling the inventory of perishable goods. An advanced weighing scale serves as a portal to the output of a perishable goods inventory management software application and a perishable goods price optimization software application that receive and analyze inventory and sales data relating to perishable goods of interest. Inventory suggestions and/or price changes recommended by the software applications with respect to a particular perishable good of interest are viewable directly at a corresponding advanced weighing scale. Operation of the perishable goods inventory management software application and perishable goods price optimization software application may be controlled by the advanced weighing scale. An electronic pricing device may be included for displaying the price of a perishable good of interest. In at least certain embodiments, the electronic display may be changed in response to a signal(s) from an advanced weighing scale based on a recommendation of the perishable goods price optimization software application.
|SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING CONSUMER INFORMATION ON A PRINTED COUPON OR LABEL - A system and method for providing consumer information on a printed coupon or label. Consumer information may be gathered/obtained in a number of ways and embedded on a coupon or label in the form if a bar code or other readable format. When consumer information is embedded on a coupon, the promotion presented by the coupon may be selected at least in part using the consumer information. The consumer information may be subsequently collected at a POS location or may be transmitted at the time of coupon/label printing. Additional information about a consumer may be collected subsequent to printing of a coupon or label, and such information may also be collected. The consumer information may be provided to a marketer or other interested recipient.
|SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING RECIPES ON A SCALE - A weighing scale adapted to automatically present one or more recipes to a user thereof, and a method of presenting such recipes. The recipes are preferably, but not necessarily, related in some way to a product being weighed or otherwise examined by the weighing scale. A recipe software application selects one or more recipes from a database of recipes and presents the recipes on one or more display devices of the weighing scale. One or more of the presented recipes may be selected by a user for delivery in one or more forms. Recipes may be delivered to a user according to the present invention, by one or more of providing the user with a printout of the selected recipe(s), by emailing the selected recipe(s) to a user, and/or by providing the user with a website URL from which the selected recipe(s) can be downloaded.
|ULTRASONIC DIMENSIONING SYSTEM AND METHOD - An ultrasonic dimensioning system and method by which objects can be quickly and accurately measured (dimensioned). The system includes at least a stable object support surface, a number of ultrasonic receivers, and an ultrasonic transmitter. The ultrasonic transmitter is preferably part of a pointer device that is properly positioned relative to an object to be measured, the proper position(s) depending on the shape of the object. Subsequent transmission of ultrasonic pulses (waves) from the pointer device are received by the ultrasonic receivers. The time intervals between transmission and reception of the ultrasonic pulses (waves) are used to determine the distance of the pointer from the receivers, which distances are subsequently used to calculate the dimensions/volume of the object.
|FORKLIFT SCALE - A 3-point suspension forklift scale adapted for quick and easy attachment/detachment to/from a forklift—without the need for leveling or other pre-operation setup procedures. Further, due to the single lower reaction point of the forklift scale, there is no concern that the initially installed position of the forklift scale will change during use as a result of a loose adjuster, repositioning due to impact, etc. The forklift scale is designed to accurately determine the weight of a load placed on the forks or other lifting elements of the forklift, regardless of the position of the load thereon. Preferably, a forklift scale of the present invention includes a central viewing window that allows an operator see through the forklift scale when operating an associated forklift.
|WEIGH-IN-MOTION SYSTEM WITH AUTO-CALIBRATION - Weigh-in-motion (WIM) systems for weighing moving vehicles, the systems having the ability to automatically determine and periodically apply calibration factors to WIM scale readings. Auto-calibration may include transferring both WIM and static weight readings for the same vehicle to a database, associating the weight readings, collecting a number of such weight readings, and analyzing the differences between the WIM and static weight readings to calculate WIM scale calibration factors. The calibration factors may be based on vehicle characteristics such as vehicle weight, vehicle class and/or vehicle speed at the WIM scale.
|INTEGRATION OF AN EXTERNAL SOFTWARE APPLICATION(S) WITH A SCALE SOFTWARE APPLICATION - A Scale Integration Framework that allows secondary applications installed on a PC-based scale or at a remote location to interact with a Scale Application that controls the scale equipment in accordance with applicable requirements. The scale integration framework comprises a plurality of Integration Points within the Scale Application such that other value added applications can interact with the Scale Application at these Integration Points.
|WEIGHING APPARATUS HAVING ROTATING WEIGH PLATFORM AND VERTICAL FORCE MINIMIZING SYSTEM - A weighing apparatus having a weighing system, a drive system, and a vertical force minimizing system. The weighing system may include a load receiving surface and a plurality of load cells. The drive system produces rotation of the load receiving surface about its vertical axis. The vertical force minimizing system minimizes the amount of vertical force that is applied to the load cells through the drive system, while simultaneously transmitting forces in the transverse direction to provide for rotational movement of the load receiving surface.
|APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR MONITORING, DETECTING AND RECOVERING FROM AN OVERCURRENT CONDITION - A weighing apparatus having a circuit for monitoring, detecting and recovering from an overcurrent condition is described. The circuit may include a switch, current sensor, latch circuitry and microprocessor. The microprocessor may allow the circuit to recover from the overcurrent condition.
|SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ALERTING AN OPERATOR - A system for alerting an operator of a weighing apparatus is described. The weighing apparatus may be capable of displaying a message in a message area to an operator. The message may be displayed in response to a command sent from a remote device.
|WEIGHING APPARATUS AND METHODS FOR PROCESS MANAGEMENT - A weighing apparatus adapted to facilitate process management and methods associated therewith are described. The weighing apparatus may include a process control interface for including process data onto a label for managing a process.
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"'Hearts for Haiti' was a great way to raise money," said Sandy Godich, member service representative for Highmark's senior markets division. "Not only was it a friendly competition and an opportunity to support a worthy cause, it was also a morale booster and fun to participate."
Employees from Highmark, along with its subsidiary and affiliate companies, made contributions through a secure Web site that was launched in partnership with the American Red Cross. The site will remain active and has been expanded to allow employees to contribute to relief projects happening globally.
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"While most experts in the health IT profession recognize that the long-term benefits of moving towards a more modernized healthcare delivery system will vastly outweigh the short-term costs, we also recognize that these short-term costs are being proposed during a time of significant economic uncertainty," said H. Stephen Lieber, HIMSS President and CEO. "We are convinced that moving forward with health IT now will not only be critical to ensuring sustainable positive change for consumers, but will also provide an immediate economic stimulus in the way of new jobs across the healthcare sector."
"The promise of information technology to help transform our nation's healthcare systems has been widely recognized for some time, with numerous private and public entities working to leverage federal programs to advance the use of health IT across management and delivery systems," said Rep. Patrick J. Kennedy (D-RI), Chair of the 21st Century Health Care Caucus. "Health IT can lead to reduced costs by creating greater efficiency, reducing mistakes and promoting evidence-based best practices. I remain committed to working in support of healthcare policies that will reform our nation's healthcare system, an issue the incoming Administration has stated will be among its top priorities. I look forward to working with my colleagues on both sides of the aisle on this extremely important policy reform which includes health IT as an integral component."
A Call for Action: Enabling Healthcare Reform Using Information Technology was developed by more than 100 HIMSS member volunteers to ensure that health IT is appropriately addressed in anticipated healthcare reform policy in 2009. Chaired by
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Drake's results underscore the importance of bolstering extinction models with empirical validation--and of accounting for population density--to accurately evaluate risk and enhance recovery programs for at-risk populations. As threats to endangered species continue to mount, biologists will need ever more robust methods to estimate extinction risk. Unfortunately, field biologists typically can't generate the large, high-quality datasets that led to the precise predictions reported here. Conservation efforts will depend on developing methods of generating reliable predictions with the limited data available from the field.
Citation: Drake JM (2005) Density-dependent demographic variation determines extinction rate of experimental populations. PLoS Biol 3(7): e222.


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After a car accident resulted in paraplegia when he was four, Shaun has enjoyed an illustrious career as a member of the Australian men's wheelchair basketball team. After losing the spot on the gold medal podium to Canada in 2004, Shaun was determined not to repeat history in Beijing. The Australian team pushed themselves hard in Beijing and won gold, defeating Canada 72-60.
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It's been about 10,000 years since our ancestors began farming, but crop domestication has taken much longer than expected a delay caused less by genetics and more by culture and history, according to a new study co-authored by University of Guelph researchers.
The new paper digs at the roots not just of crop domestication but of civilization itself, says plant agriculture professor Lewis Lukens. "How did humans get food? Without domestication without food it's hard for populations to settle down," he said. "Domestication was the key for all subsequent human civilization."
The study appears this the current issue of the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.
Lukens and Guelph PhD student Ann Meyer worked on the study with biologists at Oklahoma State University and Washington State University.
Examining crop domestication tells us how our ancestors developed food, feed and fibre leading to today's crops and products. Examining crop genetics might also help breeders and farmers looking to further refine and grow more crops for an expanding human population.
"This work is largely historical, but there are increasing demands for food production, and understanding the genetic basis of past plant improvement should help future efforts," he said.
The Guelph team analyzed data from earlier studies of domesticated cereal crop species, and the American scientists also performed field tests.
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UBM Global Trade, formerly Commonwealth Business Media, Inc., has been the leading provider of proprietary data, news, business intelligence and analytical content supporting commercial maritime, rail, trucking, warehousing and logistics industries worldwide since 1827. The company's portfolio of more than 100 online, print and interactive workflow business solutions includes The Journal of Commerce, The Journal of Commerce Conferences, PIERS Global Intelligence Solutions and an array of international trade and transportation databases and directories. UBM Global Trade, a subsidiary of United Business Media Limited, is headquartered in East Windsor, NJ, with offices throughout the United States and in Canada and Hong Kong. For more information, explore http://www.ubmglobaltrade.com/ or call 800-221-5488 (+1-609-371-7700 outside the U.S. and Canada).
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Schooled on film: Two FGCU classes take politics and journalism to the cinema for discussion
Movies are far more than merely flickering images, snappy dialogue and soaring musical scores. They can educate, inspire and infuriate.
That is why two Florida Gulf Coast University professors offer classes this term using movies to teach political science and journalism.
Students troop into political science professor Peter Bergerson's class in Merwin Hall and journalism associate professor Rick Kenney's class in Reed Hall every week to watch movies. And more.
"It's not eating popcorn and drinking soda three hours a week," Bergerson said.
"Films will explore the nature of the state, political values such as civil rights, government institutions and public policy," Bergerson wrote in his syllabus.
Kenney uses movies for similar purposes in his field.
"I want journalism students to be inspired but also, through these real-life movies, to see that journalism at its best is very messy," Kenney said.
Neither class is about cinematography, acting, film editing or screen writing. Those would be topics for other classes and other majors.
The Oscars will be presented tonight to the best in the industry. The movies in these FGCU classes are sprinkled with Academy Award-winning films, classics such as "Citizen Kane," 'To Kill A Mockingbird" and "All The President's Men."
That last one is on the list in both classes, where the goals aren't winning Oscars but learning government or journalism.
2-for-1 class
Students sign up for these classes for two reasons — love of movies and learning.
FGCU junior journalism major Andrew Friedgen, a 21-year-old Bishop Verot High School graduate, knew Kenney's class would be about more than kicking back on Monday evenings and watching movies.
Naples Daily News correspondent Glenn Miller and features editor Harriet Howard Heithaus came up with their own recommendations for films involving journalism:
"Hemingway and Gellhorn" (2012): HBO film about the relationship of Ernest Hemingway and Martha Gellhorn as war correspondents. Clive Owen and Nicole Kidman star.
"The Year of Living Dangerously" (1982): Australian film about the compromising of both diplomats and journalists abroad. Mel Gibson, Sigourney Weaver and Linda Hunt star.
Tell us your nominations for films that should be in a class in journalism or politics, and why, at Facebook/naplesnews.com
"I had classes with Dr. Kenney before," Friedgen said. "I also had independent study with him. I know anything he teaches will be academically substantial. With the extra material he provides and discussion questions he really turns the class into more than movie night."
But it's still movie night on Monday in Reed Hall room 139. Popcorn crackles in a popper in the back row and cups of hot popcorn are distributed during the evening. Students also bring in dinner.
This past Monday when "Reds," a 1981 epic about the Russian Revolution was screened, one student brought pizza.
After the movie concluded, Kenney jokingly using a term from the Bolsheviks, asked the class about one of the characters, "So, comrades, your thoughts about Louise Bryant?"
The movies are tools for both instructors.
"Students see it as a film course," Bergerson said. "I see it as a political science course."
His syllabus sets out no-nonsense expectations for the movie course.
From the syllabus: "The nature of this class makes it vitally important to take the course seriously and attend all classes; complete all political science/policy reviews and movie reviews/journal assignments on time each week. "
Late work merits letter grade deductions.
The political science course includes "Bob Roberts," "Mr. Smith Goes to Washington," and "Inherit the Wind."
Agenda or no?
Some of the films and their viewpoints are infuriating to political science major Tina Lawler, a 42-year-old Port Charlotte mother of four.
"This class has been an eye-opener for me," Lawler wrote in an email. "I am an avid movie buff and have seen or heard of all of these at one point or another."
She sees biases in some of these movies, particularly "Inherit the Wind," a 1960 film based on the 1925 Scopes Monkey Trial.
She wrote, in part, " events in the movie were more than greatly exaggerated. It appeared to promote flat-out lies for the purpose of advancing a political opinion (in my opinion.)"
She had the same concerns about "Bob Roberts," a 1992 film starring and directed by Tim Robbins.
" this movie was directed and produced by a hard-line leftist," Lawler wrote.
Political science major Kristina Marijan, however, said "Inherit the Wind" has been her favorite movie of the class.
"It is a clear picture of the political divide in the country during that time," Marijan, a senior and Cape Coral resident, wrote in an email.
She went on to write, "— once the movie gets going you get very caught up in it and forget that it is an older film."
While Lawler found some of movie selections infuriating, a short walk away in Reed Hall, Kenney hopes the journalism movies he selected will inspire and not infuriate his students.
His course's first movie of the term was "His Girl Friday," a 1940 screwball classic with Cary Grant and Rosalind Russell as newspaper people. Kenney loves the movie as entertainment but knows it's not realistic.
Here are lists of films from both classes on politics and journalism at FGCU.
"Journalism and Movies" films:
"His Girl Friday"
"Citizen Kane"
"Good Night and Good Luck"
"All The President's Men"
"The Killing Fields"
"Cry Freedom"
"A Mighty Heart"
"Veronica Guerin"
"Political Science and Movies" :
These documentaries are shown in the political science class:
"Where Do Movies End and Politics Begin "
"First Freedom — The Fight for Religious Liberty"
The HBO documentary on Ronald Reagan
Here are the feature films in that class:
"Inherit the Wind"
"To Kill A Mockingbird"
"Bob Roberts"
"All The President's Men"
"Mr. Smith Goes to Washington"
"Twelve Angry Men"
"Gideon's Trumpet"
"Reefer Madness"
The students have also viewed "Citizen Kane," a 1941 movie milestone about a newspaper mogul. They've also watched "Network," which is about television news.
Next up is "Good Night and Good Luck," which is about legendary CBS newsman Edward R. Murrow.
After spring break, the journalism students will see "All the President's Men," a 1976 film about Watergate and the two Washington Post reporters, Robert Woodward and Carl Bernstein, who uncovered the story.
Kenney said for the purposes of the class, he wants "drama depicting real journalists."
Murrow, Woodward and Bernstein were and are real journalists. So was Veronica Guerin, an Irish reporter killed in 1996 by drug kingpins for her investigative work. Also on the list for the journalism students is "A Mighty Heart," about Daniel Pearl, a Wall Street Journal reporter who was kidnapped and killed by Islamic fundamentalists.
Although the class hasn't seen those movies yet, journalism students are learning the profession carries risks.
"Sometimes when we're watching movies about people getting kicked out of a country, shot or killed it can be intimidating but at the same time I think it kind of gives you inspiration," Friedgen said. "I can make a difference. It's possible to make a difference just by telling a story."
Adding the Unreal
The tragic and real life cases of Guerin and Pearl are a far cry from the harmless madcap antics of "His Girl Friday." In that movie, sophomore Zack Evans recalled a scene where a reporter ducked out a window to avoid a confrontation.
"Nowadays it would be grounds for termination," Evans said.
The political science movie course also deals with serious issues.
"We looked at political culture and the question for the students is, does culture shape politics or do politics shape culture," Bergerson said in his office before a recent movie class.
Bergerson said this is either the second or third time he's taught this class. He makes sure students understand this isn't a fluff course to breeze through with minimal effort.
Students must write about each movie before the viewing and another review/analysis afterward. He has six points that need to be addressed in each review including this: "How politically explicit or implicit were the messages."
In Reed Hall, journalism students such as Megan Drozdowski are learning more through these films. She knows movies are often built around the "fake, fun and fantasy."
Yet, she has watched celluloid journalists risking all to do what they think is best.
"It makes me more inspired," Drozdowski said.
Yes, these are merely movies. But their storytelling and those powerful, compelling, alluring flickering images on screen starring some of the most glamorous people on Earth can make any student forget the next assignment.
As "All The President's Men" started in the political science class, a female student noticed a young Robert Redford playing a reporter. She couldn't help blurting out something unrelated to either politics or journalism.
"Ooh, Robert Redford!"
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Russ Lemmon: Newly formed Green Patrol plans to do its part to keep Vero Beach clean
Woodsy Owl's message to children about littering spans the generations.
The motto has evolved — going from "Give a hoot, don't pollute!" to "Lend a hand, care for the land!" — but every kid, then or now, understands the point.
So, what happened?
Litter is everywhere. Along the road. In the canal. On the beach.
In Vero Beach, a new nonprofit organization is trying to lead by example in picking up after others.
"It behooves us to keep the place clean — from an economic standpoint as well as environmentally," said Shawn Frost, founder and CEO of the Green Patrol. "If you see litter, it leaves an image in your mind."
If you haven't noticed them already, you'll soon be seeing members of the Green Patrol picking up trash in the Miracle Mile area, downtown Vero Beach and the barrier island's business district.
They'll be riding modified electric human transporters — commonly referred to as scooters. Each has a trash receptacle. They'll be wearing green shirts, of course.
"Our goal is to counteract the 'broken-window effect,' " Frost said.
What is that, you ask?
As he explained, when you see a building with one broken window, kids will start throwing rocks at the other windows.
Similarly, he said, "if you see litter on the ground, it's easy to throw another piece."
Frost, 39, is a 1991 graduate of Vero Beach High School. On the day of our interview, he rode his scooter past the Citrus Bowl and stopped to pick up plastic bottles and cups in a storm drain.
"Why?" I asked.
"Because it was there," he said. "It bothers me to see my high school is a garbage heap."
Raise your hand if you would do the same.
Frost believes keeping Vero Beach spiffy is in everyone's best interests.
"I love this place, I really do," he said. "I want to responsibly share it with more people."
The Green Patrol is designed to be funded through operations rather than donations, Frost said. Advertising will be sold on the scooters, for example. They'll also sell scooters.
Another source of funding: Green Patrol-led "eco tours" of the area, with the Indian River Lagoon being the focal point.
"We want to provide a uniquely Vero experience," he said.
Frost, who owns Eco-Ventures USA, envisions the Green Patrol having 50 to 100 members in Indian River County. Right now, there are fewer than 10.
Nancy Wood, known for her involvement in the former Green Team, has been hired as deputy director of the Green Patrol. She starts next week.
"I'm really, really looking forward to it because it's a passion of mine," Wood said.
She will serve as the organization's membership coordinator.
All volunteers will have to complete a safety training program. Before they are allowed to ride EHTs, however, they'll have to learn the basics of trash collection — sorting and recycling.
He says more than half of the trash that's collected is recyclable. Before he started doing it, he estimated it would be 20 percent.
"If only scratch-off lottery tickets were recyclable," he said.
And cigarette butts.
"My background is in psychology," he said. "I can almost develop a profile for the litter bug."
Oh, yeah?
They like eating fast food, buying lottery tickets and smoking."Those (cigarette) butts never break down," he said. "They don't go anywhere."
Frost does not believe the presence of the Green Patrol could lead to an increase in littering. That is, people will know if they litter, a member of the Green Patrol will pick it up eventually.
He says self-responsibility and self-discipline will allow "good" to prevail on the littering front.
While he believes the "eco tours" will be a hit with tourists — at the end of the tours, the guides will point out local restaurants and shopping opportunities — he'll be cognizant of their popularity.
"It's important to keep our footprint light," he said. "We don't want this to become another Myrtle Beach."
Wood can't wait to start.
"If you thought the Green Team was formidable, wait until you see the Green Patrol," she said.
If you're interesting in learning more about the Green Patrol, or you want to become a volunteer, call 772-453-2800. Email inquiries can be directed to firstname.lastname@example.com.
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U18G Bay Oaks Botafogo Captures Third State Championship
On Sunday April 26 at Bartholomew Field in Elk Grove, Botafogo clinched their Third and final State Cup Championship. Playing in the CYSA U18G Championship against Juventas, a team we failed to beat in last year's final, our team fought into a second overtime golden goal period. In the 75th minute Botafogo pulled together, surging as a team, scoring on an Erin Greening cross to Franny Cerny whose quick cut and sharp shooting pulled out the exciting victory! The hero of the game was Ashlynn Jones who due a season ending injury to our keeper, volunteered to take on the responsibility even with very limited experience in goal. Ashlynn made a historic save that was captured for your viewing pleasure on the highlight reel in the first overtime period. For highlights: https://youtu.be/oHdt37qyQqY
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Accession Number : AD0770603
Title : Real-Time Display of Radiation Field Intensity Distribution,
Descriptive Note : Technical note,
Corporate Author : ARMED FORCES RADIOBIOLOGY RESEARCH INST BETHESDA MD
Personal Author(s) : Berardo,P. A. ; Willis,J. A.
Report Date : AUG 1973
Pagination or Media Count : 22
Abstract : A real-time display system has been designed and tested for use with a radiation field monitor. The system uses only pulse and wave-form generators, a multiplexer and an oscilloscope. The display consits of either a three-dimensional representation of the field intensity distribution or a series of simultaneous profiles. (Author)
Descriptors : *Linear accelerators, *Radiation measuring instruments, Cathode ray tube screens, Real time, Signal processing, Multiplexing
Subject Categories : NUCLEAR INSTRUMENTATION
Distribution Statement : APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE


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Volume 36, Issue 6, June 2009
- Imaging Continuing Education Course: Room 213A
- CE ‐ Imaging: Ultrasound I
MO‐A‐213A‐01: Harmonic Imaging36(2009); http://dx.doi.org/10.1118/1.3182196View Description Hide Description
The purpose of this course is to acquaint participants with recent signal processing techniques and modes on ultrasound instruments. Emphasis is on second harmonic imaging, a processing and display mode implemented on most scanners. Harmonic imaging was originally applied to enhance echo signals due to nonlinear scattering by ultrasound contrast agents. However, the modality is much more commonly used in "native tissue harmonic" mode, where echoes originating from nonlinear components of propagating acoustic beams are detected and displayed. The source of these echo signals and the advantages and disadvantages of harmonic imaging will be described. When applied effectively, harmonic imaging provides significant improvements in image quality compared to that obtained using conventional signal processing. A primary reason for harmonic imaging's improved image quality is reduction of acoustic noise caused by reverberations within overlying tissues. Other contributors to high quality ultrasoundimages include spatial and frequency compounding and speckle reduction. These techniques also will be described and placed in context with harmonic imaging.
Learning Objectives
After completing this course, participants will:
1. Describe the origin of harmonic echo signals for both conventional and contrast agent imaging modes;
2. Contrast resolution and penetration capabilities for harmonic imaging and linear imaging;
3. Identify clinical situations where harmonic imaging is used advantageously;
4. Describe how harmonic imaging is used to enhance detection of contrast agents;
5. State the benefits of spatial and frequency compounding, and speckle reduction.
- CE ‐ Imaging: Safety/Risk I
MO‐B‐213A‐01: Magnitude of Radiation Exposure to US Population (NCRP Report ♯160) with Focus On CT Dose36(2009); http://dx.doi.org/10.1118/1.3182203View Description Hide Description
National Council of Radiation of Protection (NCRP) recently released a long awaiting report (NCRP report ♯ 160) on the radiation exposure of the US population from various sources including medical exposure. This new report replaces the current NCRP report ♯ 93 published in 1987.
According to the newly released NCRP report ♯ 160 (March 2009), the medicalradiation exposure to US population has increased by nearly 6 times compared to the previous NCRP publication (NCRP 93). The previous pie‐chart published in 1987 (NCRP report ♯93) indicated contribution of 3 mSv from background radiation, 0.53 mSv from medical exposure and 0.07 mSv from other sources (consumer products, occupational and other sources) exposure while the new pie‐chart published in March 2009 (NCRP report ♯160) indicates contribution of 3.1 mSv from background radiation and 3.0 mSv from medical and 0.1 mSv from all other sources (consumer products, occupational and other sources).
The largest contributor to the collective dose to US population is from CT and Nuclear Medicine.CT scanning has increased nearly 10–11% annually in the US in the past two decade. The number of CT procedures has increased from 3 million CT scans in 1980 to more than 69 million CT scans in 2007.
The purpose of this talk is to provide an overview of the newly released NCRP report ♯160. As a member of the NCRP scientific committee 6‐2 that developed the above report, the author will also focus on the medicalradiation exposure including CT.
Learning Objectives:
1. To become familiar with the NCRP report number 160.
2. To learn about the various sources and magnitude of radiation exposure including medicalradiation exposure to US population
3. To familiarize with the types and distribution of medical imaging procedures in US.
4. To examine the various aspects related to CT use and CT dose.
- CE ‐ Imaging: Multi‐Modality Imaging I
TU‐A‐213A‐01: CT Clinical Perspective: Challenges and the Impact of Future Technology Developments36(2009); http://dx.doi.org/10.1118/1.3182311View Description Hide Description
Computed tomography is not the most frequent radiologic imaging procedure, but is arguably the most important in terms of clinical impact. CT is used extensively for emergencies, cardiovascular, pulmonary, gastrointestinal, endocrine, neurological, orthopedic and other applications — often as the first and only imaging procedure needed for diagnosis. The chances are very high that a patient will have a CT scan in the emergency department, as an outpatient or as an inpatient for a multitude of indications — pain, trauma, suspected infection or malignancy, and frequently to investigate symptoms such as pain, or to answer a question raised by another abnormal test, such as an EKG abnormality or ultrasound finding.
Despite the universality of CT in hospitals and clinics as well as free‐standing imaging centers, the technology continues to evolve with greater coverage, faster acquisition and multienergy sources or detectors. Multimodality scanners based on CT incorporate PET/SPECT and in the future, MRI to combine morphologic and functional imaging.
The most demanding imaging applications are cardiovascular, where complex motion and small morphologic features coexist, so imaging methods that are very satisfactory elsewhere in the body may not be successful. Clinical CT scanning consists of administering toxic materials, e.g., contrast media, often monitoring the EKG and illuminating the body with high brightness x‐rays. Larger area detectors and higher acquisition rates are welcome improvements, but don't solve all of the problems encountered with scan variability due to respiratory, random body, and cardiac motion, especially in a spectrum of patients from infant to massively obese adult sizes (< 1 kg to 250 kg or more). The challenges and pitfalls in CT and multimodality imaging will be delineated and evaluated relative to current and future technology.
Learning Objectives:
1. The role of x‐ray computed tomography(CT) in clinical medicine is central to diagnostic radiology and its functions as a hospital‐based department and service to outpatients.
2. CT technology developments, including wide area coverage multirow detector scanners, dual energy acquisition systems, visualization and post‐processing introduce changes in CT applications and utilization.
3. The limitations of a single modality, such as CT, can be overcome by integrating complementary instrumentation, especially PET/SPECT, MRI and others (such as ultrasound and fluoroscopy) to provide simultaneous morphologic and functional imaging capabilities.
TU‐A‐213A‐02: Quantitative PET/CT Imaging for Drug Discovery, Clinical Trials, and Individual Response to Therapy36(2009); http://dx.doi.org/10.1118/1.3182312View Description Hide Description
Recent publications have established quantitative measures of tracer uptake used in positron emission tomography(PET)imaging as a predictor of patient outcome including pathologic response, disease‐free survival and overall survival in single institution imaging and therapy trials. There is increasing interest in using PET as a biomarker to evaluate response to therapy and possibly as an endpoint for cancertherapeutic response in multi‐center trials. However, several sources of variance and inherent in quantifying PET tracer uptake should understood and determined in order to ascertain the significance of differences in serial measurements and aid estimation of expected variances during clinical trial design.
In this presentation we will review the major sources of bias and variability from the patient, imaging protocol, data processing, and image analysis. We will also briefly discuss artifacts from PET and PET/CT imaging.
The presentation will conclude with a review of efforts to address complexities that arise from combining quantitative PET/CT data from multiple patients at multiple sites. Research partially supported by NCI Contract 24XS036‐004 (RIDER).
- CE ‐ Imaging: Safety/Risk II
TU‐B‐213A‐01: NCRP Report On Radiation Protection in Fluoroscopically Guided Interventions36(2009); http://dx.doi.org/10.1118/1.3182317View Description Hide Description
An NCRP report on Radiation Safety Issues for Fluoroscopically Guided Interventional (FGI) Procedures is currently being developed by Scientific Committee 2–3. Because of time limitations, this course provides only an outline of the current draft report and focuses on key proposed recommendations.
The full NCRP report will review FGI procedures, technology, radiobiology, and available information on patient and staff doses. It will also discuss managing patient irradiation and staff radiation protection in the interventional medical environment.
FGI procedures are intended to deliver a specific therapeutic result to a patient. An individual patient's benefit from a successful procedure must be balanced against the radiation risk and numerous other risks associated with the procedure. The performing physician is expected to continually reevaluate benefit and risk as the procedure progresses.
Some individual FGI procedures will affect the patient's skin and hair. Inadequate radiation management on the part of the operator or poor calibration of imaging equipment may result in additional deterministic injuries in the patient. Forcing lower patient doses to eliminate these reactions might result in procedural failures that are not in the patient's best interest. The NCRP report will include a significantly updated review of skin reactions. This review is also being published separately and is in press.
At present, FGI usually result in unavoidable irradiation of physicians and staff. While staff dose should be appropriately limited, common personnel monitoring practices greatly overestimate staff radiation risk. An exaggerated focus on radiation risk diverts attention from other risk factors and may decrease overall staff safety. Patient safety can also be compromised when administrative pressures attempt to drive staff doses to zero.
Increased procedure complexity has resulted in increased total patient dose despite technological reductions in dose rate. The amount of radiation used in FGI procedures is greatly dependent on the technical knowledge and clinical experience of the performing physician. In many patients, tissue reactions are the result of substandard performance. Appropriate clinical privileging and clinical quality assurance feedback processes are essential for safety.
Recommendations are grouped into the following categories:
• Justification, Optimization, Limitation for FGI
• Patient Risk Estimation & Assessment
• Equipment & Facilities
• Protection of Patients During Procedures
• Pregnant Patients
• Patient Dose Documentation
• Patient Discharge and Follow‐up
• Protection of Workers and Worker Risk Evaluation
• Administrative Topics
This course embodies current opinions of the SC 2–3 writing committee. When completed, the draft report will be submitted for NCRP Council review and public comment. The final contents of the report are likely to be modified by the committee and/or the review process.
Learning objectives
1. Understand issues related to patient and staff safety in the FGI setting.
2. Be able to develop policies for both patient and staff safety.
3. Know the essential elements and features of fluoroscopic equipment and procedure room design for FGI procedures.
- CE ‐ Imaging: Ultrasound II
WE‐A‐213A‐01: Ultrasound Beamformation and Image Reconstruction36(2009); http://dx.doi.org/10.1118/1.3182450View Description Hide Description
Modern technologically intensive diagnostic ultrasound systems are utilizing numerous new and powerful beamformation and image construction processes integrated into the design of the transmit, receive and processing chain of the system. These new processes, how the imaging and Doppler data is captured, processed and displayed need to be well understood by both medical physicists and clinicians to ensure proper testing and performance evaluation of the ultrasound device, as well as their attendant transducers (probes), and to ensure the safety and clinical efficacy of the ultrasound study. This presentation will focus on these new processes and advanced imaging technologies, how they can be tested and evaluated for effectiveness and what new imaging and display formats we will likely see in the next 2 to 3 years.
Learning Objectives:
1. Understand modern beamforming techniques
2. Understand ultrasoundimage processing
3. Understand modern image reconstruction techniques
- CE ‐ Imaging: Safety/Risk III
WE‐B‐213A‐01: Medical Response to a Radiological/Nuclear Event36(2009); http://dx.doi.org/10.1118/1.3182456View Description Hide Description
Planning for and exercising the medical response to potential mass casualty radiological and nuclear (rad/nuc) events from accidents or terrorism are very new responsibilities for most physicians, nurses, emergency medical technicians/paramedics and other healthcare professionals. Many medical professional societies are attempting to define the essential knowledge base and performance skills needed to certify readiness and competence in this area of disaster medicine.
Medical physicists and the entire spectrum of radiation safety professionals have critical expertise needed for event preparedness. They can
• Help educate medical personnel to understand radiation issues and gain comfort with techniques and procedures needed to perform effectively and safely
• Help develop appropriate response plans if plans are non‐existent or inadequate, and assist with iterative plan improvement and assessment in formal exercises
• Identify, procure, store, and maintain required response equipment
During events they will help protect first responders, victim transport personnel, and first receivers in hospitals and other medical facilities along the entire continuum of the medical response. Radiation safety professionals may be asked to
• Assist event managers and security personnel in establishing safe response zones
• Supervise or perform radiation surveys of victims and responders
• Assist with estimates of absorbed dose received by both victims and responders,
• Support the implementation of appropriate protective actions
• Participate in the collection and transport of radiationbioassays for contamination
• Supervise decontamination of victims and responders
• Assist with short and long term tracking of both victims and responders
Threat analysis has identified a list of isotopes of potential concern for mass casualty events. Selected medical countermeasures will be recommended for victims with certain levels of contamination and/or exposure.
For physics professionals planning to assist in rad/nuc mass casualty responses, knowledge about existing Federal, State, and local medical response plans in your area is crucial. Implementation of the Hospital Incident Command System will integrate medical activities with other response activities, including public information, forensics, and security.
This lecture will provide an overview of
• The kinds of mass casualty rad/nuc events that have received the most attention from homeland security and medical planners
• The isotopes of concern for mass casualty events
• Available radiation countermeasures for exposure and contamination
• Some of the issues surrounding the assessment of contamination and performance of decontamination in mass casualty events
• The "radiation response zones" likely to be established during certain events
• Suggestions for initiating and equipping rad/nuc medical response teams in your hospital
• How to volunteer to be on rad/nuc response teams
• A bibliography of useful publications and web sites
Learning objectives: After attending this lecture, students will be able to
1. Describe the radiological and nuclear events of greatest concern to US government response planners
2. Identify isotopes of concern and medical countermeasures likely to be associated with various kinds of events
3. Identify the radiation zones likely to be associated with managing the response to a nuclear detonation
- CE ‐ Imaging: Multi‐Modality Imaging II
TH‐A‐213A‐01: Multi‐Modality Image‐Guided Near Infrared Spectroscopy: Optimization and Clinical Applications36(2009); http://dx.doi.org/10.1118/1.3182593View Description Hide Description
Image‐guidednear infraredspectroscopy (IG‐NIRS) provides deep tissue functional characterization at high resolution. This approach combines conventional imaging techniques such as MRI and CT with optical near infrared technologies, giving information directly relating to the vascular and metabolic status of tissue in‐vivo. The resultant estimates of total hemoglobin, oxygen saturation, water, lipids and scatter provide a window towards understanding the mechanisms of cancer in terms of angiogenesis, hypoxia, changes in the interstitium and cell organelle structural changes. This type of spectroscopy has been applied for breast cancer diagnosis and treatment monitoring, as well as image‐guided fluorescence in small‐animals.
Optimization of these systems is essential to provide quantitative and accurate spectroscopy. This optimization encompasses system design for simultaneous multi‐modality image acquisition, methods for intelligently combining spatial anatomical structure from MRI/CT into optical recovery, image segmentation, visualization and interpretation of novel combined optical and MRI/CT parameters.
This talk will provide an over‐view of these aspects of multi‐modality imaging as well as results from in‐vivo clinical applications.
Learning Objectives:
1. Understanding the rationale for multi‐modality IG‐NIRS systems
2. Understanding the type of information and contrast available through these systems
3. Understanding the challenges towards clinical use of these systems.
TH‐A‐213A‐02: Noninvasive Monitoring of Brain Tumor Therapy36(2009); http://dx.doi.org/10.1118/1.3182594View Description Hide Description
Monitoring the efficacy of braintumor therapy is a clinical dilemma. Results of biopsy provide the most reliable indicator but biopsy is too invasive for frequent use. The clinical standard of practice is to perform serial magnetic resonance scans and to assess changes to tumor "size" as seen on gadolinium enhanced images, with "size" measured in one, two, or three dimensions. This review discusses the advantages and disadvantages of the three measurement methods as well as some of the effects of voxel size on the calculation. Problems inherent to the use of gadolinium enhanced images include the effect of steroids and the confounding appearance of radiation necrosis. The limitations of the approach have led multiple groups to explore alternative methods of assessing tumor activity.
Learning Objectives:
1. Understand the clinical standard of practice of monitoring braintumor therapy from T1 gadolinium enhanced images and its strengths/weaknesses.
2. Understand some of the different experimental approaches, often involving different image types, to assessing tumor activity.
- CE ‐ Imaging: Safety/Risk IV
TH‐B‐213A‐01: Risks From Occupational Radiation Exposures36(2009); http://dx.doi.org/10.1118/1.3182600View Description Hide Description
Radiologists and radiologic technicians were among the earliest occupational groups to be exposed to ionizing radiation, and still constitute one of the largest groups of workers exposed to man‐made sources of radiation whilst at work. Studies of human populations exposed to acute, high doses of ionizing radiation have proved valuable in assessing the link between radiation and cancer and have been used to derive quantitative estimates of risk. However, the applicability of these estimates to the assessment of risks following fractionated or low level exposures remains uncertain. A number of epidemiologic studies have been conducted therefore to assess the potential risks from medical occupational exposure directly, including studies of radiologists in the UK, US and China and a cohort of radiologic technicians radiographers in the U.S.
This lecture will provide an overview of these epidemiological studies and their findings, as well as a description of a new study of physicians that perform fluoroscopically guided procedures that we are currently running at the National Cancer Institute. The use of cancer risk projection models that we have developed to estimate potential lifetime cancer risk following specified exposure histories will also be described with examples.
Learning Objectives:
1. Understand the strengths and limitations of the epidemiologic studies of medical radiation workers
2. Understand the strengths and limitations of risk projection models to estimate lifetime cancer risks from occupational radiation exposures


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1 THE Lord called to Moses out of the Tent of Meeting, and said to him,
2 Say to the Israelites, When any man of you brings an offering to the Lord, you shall bring your offering of [domestic] animals from the herd or from the flock.
3 If his offering is a burnt offering from the herd, he shall offer a male without blemish; he shall offer it at the door of the Tent of Meeting, that he may be accepted before the Lord. [Rom. 12:1; Phil. 1:20.]
4 And he shall lay [both] his hands upon the head of the burnt offering [transferring symbolically his guilt to the victim], and it shall be an acceptable atonement for him. [Heb. 13:15, 16; I Pet. 1:2.]
5 The man shall kill the young bull before the Lord, and the priests, Aaron's sons, shall present the blood and dash [it] round about upon the altar that is at the door of the Tent of Meeting.
6 And he shall skin the burnt offering and cut it into pieces.
7 And the sons of Aaron the priest shall put fire on the altar and lay wood in order on the fire;
8 And Aaron's sons the priests shall lay the pieces, the head and the fat, in order on the wood on the fire on the altar.
9 But its entrails and its legs he shall wash with water. And the priest shall burn all of it on the altar for a burnt offering, an offering by fire, a sweet and satisfying odor to the Lord. [Eph. 5:2; Phil. 4:18; I Pet. 2:5.]
10 And if the man's offering is of the flock, from the sheep or the goats, for a burnt offering, he shall offer a male without blemish.
11 And he shall kill it on the north side of the altar before the Lord, and Aaron's sons the priests shall dash its blood round about against the altar.
12 And [the man] shall cut it into pieces, with its head and its fat, and the priest shall lay them in order on the wood that is on the fire on the altar.
13 But he shall wash the entrails and legs with water. The priest shall offer all of it and burn it on the altar; it is a burnt offering, an offering made by fire, a sweet and satisfying fragrance to the Lord.
14 And if the offering to the Lord is a burnt offering of birds, then [the man] shall bring turtledoves or young pigeons.
15 And the priest shall bring it to the altar, and wring off its head, and burn it on the altar; and its blood shall be drained out on the side of the altar.
16 And he shall take away its crop with its feathers and cast it beside the altar on the east side, in the place for ashes.
17 And he shall split it open [holding it] by its wings, but shall not cut it in two. And the priest shall burn it on the altar, on the wood that is on the fire; it is a burnt offering, an offering made by fire, a sweet and satisfying odor to the Lord.
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Silver penny of Alfred the Great
Anglo-Saxon, AD
Kingdom of Wessex, southern England
The restoration of London
Alfred the Great (AD 871-99) was king of Wessex, an Anglo-Saxon kingdom in the far south of England. Although London was not part of this region, one of his coin types has a monogram of the name LONDONIA. These coins have traditionally been linked with a reference in The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle to Alfred 'restoring' London in 886. This has been taken to mean that Alfred captured London from the Vikings that year, and celebrated his conquest with a new coinage.
However, we know that throughout the mid- to late 870s London was in the hands of Alfred's ally Ceolwulf, king of Mercia (reigned 874-about 879). Alfred and Ceolwulf apparently issued a joint coinage throughout Ceolwulf's reign. Alfred's London coinage immediately followed this, suggesting that Alfred took control of London long before 886. According to one theory, Alfred gained London as part of a treaty following his victory over the Vikings in 878. Another theory suggests that it was around 880, following the death or deposition of Ceolwulf.
Either way, the coins have nothing to do with Alfred's 'restoration' of London in 886, as reported in The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle. By 886 London had been in Alfred's hands for several years. The 'restoration' is more likely to refer to repairs to damage done during a Viking raid of 885 than any new conquest by Alfred.
More information
H.A. Grueber and C.F. Keary, A catalogue of English coins i (London, 1893)
S.D. Keynes, 'King Alfred and the Mercians' in Kings, currency and alliances: (Woodbridge, Boydell Press, 1998), pp. 1-46
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Idera Unveils Comprehensive Updates to Flagship Products, Adds Support for Microsoft Hyper-V
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HOUSTON, Aug. 19, 2014 – Idera, a leading provider of application and server management solutions, today announced significant updates to its award-winning products including SQL Compliance Manager, SQL Diagnostic Manager and SQL Safe Backup. The new features highlight the company's commitment to bringing unmatched ease of use, efficiency and performance to database administrators (DBAs).
As part of today's announcement, Idera has added support for Microsoft Hyper-V to SQL Diagnostic Manager, the company's powerful 24x7 performance monitoring, alerting and diagnostics solution. With support for Hyper-V, which is quickly gaining share of the hypervisor market , customers can now easily monitor the performance of physical and virtual server environment across both VMware and Microsoft. In addition, Idera has added advanced SQL Server 2014 support to each of these new releases.
The updates to SQL Compliance Manager and SQL Safe Backup as well as the introduction of Hyper-V support for SQL Diagnostic Manager are based on customer feedback and introduce a range of new features that help organizations eliminate downtime, increase productivity and lower costs.
Enhancements to SQL Diagnostic Manager include:
- Microsoft Hyper-V support extends SQL Diagnostic Manager virtual support providing more extensive insight into the performance of customers' virtual systems. Users can track and monitor Hyper-V performance metrics for a complete view of the virtualized server and physical host.
- Advanced monitoring and alerting allow users to define specific alert responses that are triggered after multiple user defined key metric thresholds have been breached.
- Tech preview of the new SQL Diagnostic Manager console provides non-DBAs with quick access to the overall health and status of the SQL Server environment from any browser.
Enhancements to SQL Safe Backup include:
- Availability group support recognizes which AlwaysOn Availability Group replica is defined as the preferred replica in SQL Server and applies that backup. If the preferred replica goes offline, future backups are taken from the new preferred replica. Users can also restore backups taken from multiple replicas in the same availability group database.
- Support for SQL Server Express features backup, restore and log shipping polices for SQL Server Express Edition. In addition, the SQL Safe repository is now supported on SQL Server Express.
- Centralized multi-instance licensing enhances users ability to deploy SQL Safe in large enterprise environments.
Enhancements to SQL Compliance Manager include:
- Scheduled repository archiving provides advanced automation features allowing users to schedule automated repository archives and more efficiently manage their systems.
- Compliance Configuration Wizard offers step-by-step help for attaining SQL compliance.
- SNMP alert notifications allow users to use SNMP to send alerts when critical SQL Server events occur.
"Our customers drive value every day by managing database and application performance challenges. Our goal is to provide the tools, guidance and resources that make it as easy as possible for them to stay ahead of these issues and be more effective and proactive DBAs," said Randy Jacops, CEO at Idera. "With more and more customers virtualizing database platforms, adding deep Hyper-V support to our already best-in-class VMware support was a big focus for this release."
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Idera customers can upgrade to receive these latest releases through the Idera Customer Portal. New users may download trial versions from the Idera Website.
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