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Shoreline Community College hosted both the 2010 SolarFest Renewable Energy & Sustainable Living Fair and the 29th Annual Vintage VW Show and Swap on Saturday, July 17, 2010. The VW show has been on campus for more than 15 years. This was the seventh annual version of SolarFest, but the festival's first time at SCC. The weather was great and so were both events. Event organizers and college officials said they were generally happy with the arrangement and look forward to continuing the relationships.
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DescriptionWhomp 'Em tells the tale of a little Native American Indian named Soaring Eagle who is on a quest to fill his magic pouch with totems. These totems are guarded by fearsome bosses at the end of different environments spread throughout the land. Each totem gives Soaring Eagle a new power to help him complete his journey.
Whomp 'Em is a side scrolling action platformer. The hero can run, jump, and attack with his spear. Not only can he jab forward with his spear, Soaring Eagle can also stab upwards or downwards while jumping. Further, he can use his spear to defend from attacks coming from above.
Soaring Eagle must first conquer a bossless, introductory level. From there, he is free to choose from among 6 different lands to explore: Fire test, ice ritual, secret cliff, water test, magic forest, and sacred woods. Each level is highly unique with its own dangerous enemies and lethal boss. After completing these 6 areas and collecting the associated totems, Soaring Eagle is whisked off to a cloud realm where he must use all of his accumulated power to defeat a much larger enemy.
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What should have been a happy day - welcoming a new dog to the family - quickly turned into a sad, franctic one for a Greendale couple this week.
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i've seen this recently on all 3 platforms, using comm branch bits [haven't
played with trunk bits that much recently]. most often see it when using the
modern theme, but sometimes i see it with classic as well.
essentially, the first time a dialog with a checkbox appears, i cannot see the
checkmark. most often see this with the download/helper app dialog, but i've
seen this with the mail password dialog [when the password manager/single signon
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very annoying regression. it reminds me of bug 80600 --except there it was the
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I think it's fairly common to have several "flat" temps in a row -- but it is a funny feeling when it happens! Unless you feel like your temp readings changed dramatically following the water, I wouldn't worry about it. It seems like water would either short it out or nothing (maybe?).
I think you're pretty normal having strange cycles coming off an IUD, also, and there are a lot of ladies on here who have gone through it -- if you need help interpreting your chart, the Charting to Avoid (Or Whatevering depending on what you're doing) is a relaly good resource.
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When my Walgreen's brand thermometer died, it just quit. My temps often even out before I ovulate.
I had the same issue with a Walgreens thermometer, minus the water spilling. I switched to a BD one that got good reviews on Amazon. I'd be able to tell you if that seemed to fix the problem, except I got pregnant the month I started using it!
I tried switching the battery on the Walgreens and it didn't make a difference. 97.18 was one of the temps I always got too. It still showed a shift with ovulation, but I didn't trust it. There were like four or five temps it gave me over and over.
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Thanks for the responses. I also looked up reviews on Walgreen's site and they're all awful! Apparently I'm not the only one getting the exact same temp over and over. Also not the only one with low temps. I'm going to look into the BD thermometer. Any other ones people recommend?
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Sjogren's syndrome (SjS) is an autoimmune disease characterized primarily by exocrine gland dysfunction, specifically, the salivary and lacrimal glands. It can be systemic by affecting other organs including the Gl tract, skin, lungs, vasculature, kidneys, bladder and vagina. Involvement of the musculature can lead to flbromyalgla-llke symptoms and chronic fatigue. Approximately 20% of patients develop various neuropathies, including sensory, peripheral, cranial and myelopathic neuropathies exhibited by cognitive impairments such as dementia, lack of concentration, memory loss and various psychiatric disorders. As with many autoimmune connective tissue diseases, there exists a sexual dimorphism in SjS with women affected 10- to 20-times more frequently than men, suggesting a role for sex hormones in disease susceptibility or progression. A unique feature of SjS in both humans and animal models Is the formation of lymphocytic focus (LF) in the salivary and lacrimal glands. Although one of the more predominant cell populations infiltrating the glands is the pathogenic THI 7 cells that produce IL-17 and IL-22 cytokines, little is known about frequencies of infiltrating cells secreting these cytokines and the genetic profiles of their individual T cell receptors. Using a novel technology called microengraving designed for single cell analysis, this study aims to provide a proof of concept in examining individual TH17 cells that produce IL-22. To achieve this goal, two specific aims will be carried out: 1) characterizing individual IL-22-secretlng cells infiltrating the labial salivary glands (LSG) of SjS patients, and 2) identifying the T cell receptor (TCR)-P gene rearrangement of Individual IL-22 secreting cells in LSG of SjS patients. Results of the proposed study, therefore, will establish proof of concept for identification and characterization of individual T cells with their corresponding TCR-0 gene rearrangement and secreted products.
This proof of concept study will provide a solid foundation for future applications in examining other Individual cell populations in the glands, especially B cells and natural killer cells in this disease. This study will reveal a better understanding of the biological and immunological interaction of each individual infiltrating cell. Results are expected to provide possible therapeutic approaches to the treatment of the disease.
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Even a week ago, Joe's leg was not looking good. In the heat and damp of a "Survivor" setting, a nasty infection is sure to spread unless medical assistance is provided;moreover, the show has been quite aggressive about dealing with hurt contestants in recent seasons. All of which added up to a virtual certainty that Joe would be going home and there would be no tribal council.
But the show, obligated to fill an hour, let us see all the conspiring, scheming, double-crossing and delusion (I mean, how can Coach consider himself a mastermind while effectively doing nothing?). And then how the various alliances, having prepared for council, were left hanging. Mildly interesting, I suppose, at least if it has implications next week because everyone gets a scheming do-over. But for too long, the bride and I sat there saying, "Joe is going home! There's not going to be tribal council!" And still we kept watching. Of course, I would hate to miss the moment when Coach got his comeuppance. It's the hope for that moment that keeps me wanting to tune in.


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Morgellons (/mɔː(ɹ)ˈdʒɛlənz/) is the informal name of a self-diagnosed skin condition in which individuals have sores that they believe contain some kind of fibers.[1] Morgellons is poorly understood but appears to be a form of delusional parasitosis; the sores are the result of compulsive scratching, and the fibers, when analysed, turn out to originate from textiles.
The name was coined in 2002 by Mary Leitao,[2] a mother who rejected the medical diagnosis of her son's delusional parasitosis. She revived it from a letter written by a physician in the mid-1600s.[3] Leitao and others involved in her Morgellons Research Foundation successfully lobbied members of the U.S. Congress and the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to investigate the condition in 2006.[4][5] CDC researchers issued the results of their multi-year study in January 2012, indicating that there were no disease organisms present in people with Morgellons and that the fibers found were likely cotton, and concluded that the condition was "similar to more commonly recognized conditions such as delusional infestation".[6][7]
Medical description
Morgellons is poorly understood but appears to be a form of delusional parasitosis in which individuals have some form of actual skin condition that they believe contains some kind of fibers.[1][8][9][10][11]
Society and culture
Mary Leitao and the MRF
In 2001,[2][12] according to Mary Leitao, her then two-year-old son developed sores under his lip and began to complain of "bugs".[13] Leitao says she examined the sores with her son's toy microscope and discovered red, blue, black, and white fibers.[2][14][15] She states that she took her son to see at least eight different doctors who were unable to find any disease, allergy, or anything unusual about her son's described symptoms. Fred Heldrich, a Johns Hopkins pediatrician with a reputation "for solving mystery cases", examined Leitao's son.[2] Heldrich found nothing abnormal about the boy's skin, wrote to the referring physician that "Leitao would benefit from a psychiatric evaluation and support", and registered his worry about Leitao's "use" of her son.[2] Psychology Today reports that Leitao last consulted an unnamed Johns Hopkins infectious disease specialist who, after reviewing her son's records refused to see him, suggesting Leitao herself might have "Munchausen's by proxy, a psychiatric syndrome in which a parent pretends a child is sick or makes him sick to get attention from the medical system".[14] This opinion of a potential psychological disorder, according to Leitao, was shared by several medical professionals she sought out:[16]
(Leitao) said she long ago grew accustomed to being doubted by doctors whenever she sought help for her son, who is now 7 and still suffering from recurring lesions. "They suggested that maybe I was neurotic", Leitao said. "They said they were not interested in seeing him because I had Munchausen Syndrome by Proxy".[17]
Leitao says that her son developed more sores, and more fibers continued to poke out of them.[13][14] She and her husband, Edward Leitao, an internist with South Allegheny Internal Medicine in Pennsylvania, felt their son had "something unknown".[2] She chose the name Morgellons disease (with a hard g) from a description of an illness in the medical case-history essay, A Letter to a Friend (c. 1656, pub. 1690) by Sir Thomas Browne, where the physician describes several medical conditions in his experience, including "that endemial distemper of children in Languedoc, called the morgellons, wherein they critically break out with harsh hairs on their backs".[14][18] There is no suggestion that the symptoms described by Browne are linked to the alleged modern cases.
Leitao started the Morgellons Research Foundation (MRF) informally in 2002 and as an official non-profit in 2004.[14][19] The MRF states on its website that its purpose is to raise awareness and funding for research into the proposed condition, described by the organization as a "poorly understood illness, which can be disfiguring and disabling".[20] Leitao stated that she initially hoped to receive information from scientists or physicians who might understand the problem, but instead, thousands of others contacted her describing their sores and fibers, as well as neurological symptoms, fatigue, muscle and joint pain, and other symptoms.[14] The MRF claims to have received self-identified reports of Morgellons from all 50 U.S. states and 15 other countries, including Canada, the U.K., Australia, and the Netherlands, and states that it has been contacted by over 12,000 families.[20]
In 2012 the Morgellons Research Foundation closed down and directed future inquires to Oklahoma State University.[21]
Media coverage
In May 2006, a CBS news segment on Morgellons aired in Southern California.[22] The same day, the Los Angeles County Department of Health services issued a statement saying, "No credible medical or public health association has verified the existence or diagnosis of 'Morgellons Disease'", and "at this time there is no reason for individuals to panic over unsubstantiated reports of this disease".[23] In June and July 2006 there were segments on CNN,[24] ABC's Good Morning America,[25] and NBC's The Today Show. In August 2006, a segment of the ABC show Medical Mysteries[13] was devoted to the subject. Morgellons was featured on ABC's Nightline on January 16, 2008,[26] and as the cover story of the January 20, 2008, issue of the Washington Post. [27]
The first article to propose Morgellons as a new disease in a scientific journal was a review article co-authored by members of the MRF and published in 2006 by the American Journal of Clinical Dermatology.[28][29] A 2006 article in the San Francisco Chronicle reported, "There have been no clinical studies" of Morgellons disease.[28] A New Scientist article in 2007 also covered the phenomenon, noting that people are reporting similar symptoms in Europe and Australia.[30]
In an article published in The Los Angeles Times on April 22, 2010, singer-songwriter Joni Mitchell claimed to have the condition.[31]
On June 13, 2011, the Australian Broadcasting Corporation's Radio National broadcast The Mystery of Morgellons with guests including Mayo Clinic Professor Mark Davis.[32]
CDC investigation
Following a mailing campaign coordinated by the Morgellons Research Foundation, in which self-described sufferers clicked on the foundation Website and sent thousands of form letters to members of Congress, a Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) task force first met in June 2006.[4][33][34] By August 2006, the task force consisted of 12 people, including two pathologists, a toxicologist, an ethicist, a mental health expert, and specialists in infectious, parasitic, environmental and chronic diseases.[35]
In June 2007, the CDC opened a website relating to Morgellons, CDC Study of an Unexplained Dermopathy, and by November 2007, the CDC opened an investigation into the condition.[5] Kaiser Permanente, a health-care consortium in Northern California, was chosen to assist with the investigation, which involved skin biopsies from affected people and characterization of foreign material such as fibers or threads obtained from people to determine their potential source.[5][36] The U.S. Armed Forces Institute of Pathology and the American Academy of Dermatology assisted with pathology.[37] In January 2012, the CDC released the results of the study.[6][7]
Internet and media influence
People usually self-diagnose Morgellons based on information from the Internet and find support and confirmation in online communities of people with similar illness beliefs.[38][39][40] In 2006, Waddell and Burke reported the influence of the Internet on people self-diagnosed of Morgellons: "physicians are becoming more and more challenged by the many persons who attempt self-diagnosis on-line. In many cases, these attempts are well-intentioned, yet wrong, and a person's belief in some of these oftentimes unscientific sites online may preclude their trust in the evidence-based approaches and treatment recommendations of their physician."[41] Dermatologist Caroline Koblenzer specifically faults the Morgellons Research Foundation (MRF) website for misleading people: "Clearly, as more and more of our patients discover this site (MRF), there will be an ever greater waste of valuable time and resources on fruitless research into fibers, fluffs, irrelevant bacteria, and innocuous worms and insects."[42] Vila-Rodriguez states that the Internet promotes the spreading and supporting of "bizarre" disease beliefs, because "a belief is not considered delusional if it is accepted by other members of an individual's culture or subculture".[39]
The LA Times, in an article on Morgellons, notes that "[t]he recent upsurge in symptoms can be traced directly to the Internet, following the naming of the disease by Mary Leitao, a Pennsylvania mother".[40] Robert Bartholomew, a sociologist who has studied the Morgellons phenomenon, states that the "World Wide Web has become the incubator for mass delusion and it (Morgellons) seems to be a socially transmitted disease over the Internet." According to this hypothesis, people with delusions of parasitosis and other psychological disorders become convinced they have "Morgellons" after reading Internet accounts of others with similar symptoms. This is known as mass psychogenic illness, where physical symptoms without an organic cause spread to multiple people within the same community or social group.[43] A 2005 Popular Mechanics article stated that Morgellons symptoms are well-known and characterized in the context of other disorders, and that "widespread reports of the strange fibers date back" only a few years to when the MRF first described them on the Internet.[44]
The Dallas Observer writes that Morgellons may be memetically spread via the Internet and mass media, and "[i]f this is the case, then Morgellons is one in a long line of weird diseases that have swept through populations, only to disappear without a trace once public concern subsides".[19] The article draws parallels to several media-spread mass delusions.
In 2008, the Washington Post reported that Internet discussions about Morgellons include many conspiracy theories about the cause, including biological warfare, nanotechnology, chemtrails and extraterrestrial life.[45] The Atlantic says it "even received pop-culture attention" when it was featured on Criminal Minds, adding that some people have linked Morgellons "to another illness viewed skeptically by most doctors, chronic Lyme disease".[46]
See also
- List of questionable diseases
- Mass psychogenic illness
- Medicalization
- Münchausen syndrome
- Quaternary prevention
- Somatoform disorder
- Culture-bound syndrome
- ^ a b Halvorson, CR (October 2012). "An approach to the evaluation of delusional infestation.". Cutis. 90 (4): E1–4. PMID 24005827.
- ^ a b c d e f Harlan, Chico (2006-07-23). "Mom fights for answers on what's wrong with her son". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Retrieved 2007-08-04.
- ^ Edwards, Stassa (April 15, 2015), "Real Delusions of an Unreal Disease: A History of Morgellons", Jezebel
- ^ a b Schulte, Brigid (January 20, 2008). "Figments of the Imagination?". Washington Post. p. W10. Retrieved 2008-06-09.
- ^ a b c "CDC Study of an Unexplained Dermopathy". Centers For Disease Control. November 1, 2007. Retrieved 2011-05-09.
- ^ a b Pearson, Michele L.; Selby, Joseph V.; Katz, Kenneth A.; Cantrell, Virginia; Braden, Christopher R.; Parise, Monica E.; Paddock, Christopher D.; Lewin-Smith, Michael R.; Kalasinsky, Victor F.; Goldstein, Felicia C.; Hightower, Allen W.; Papier, Arthur; Lewis, Brian; Motipara, Sarita; Eberhard, Mark L.; Unexplained Dermopathy Study, Team (2012). "Clinical, Epidemiologic, Histopathologic and Molecular Features of an Unexplained Dermopathy". PLoS ONE. 7 (1): e29908. Bibcode:2012PLoSO...729908P. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0029908. PMC 3266263. PMID 22295070.
- ^ a b Aleccia, JoNel. "Mystery skin disease Morgellons has no clear cause, CDC study says". NBC News. Retrieved 2 April 2015.
- ^ Shmidt, E; Levitt, J (February 2012). "Dermatologic infestations.". International Journal of Dermatology. 51 (2): 131–41. doi:10.1111/j.1365-4632.2011.05191.x. PMID 22250620.
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Help with arabic-europe name for Boy
Hello we're expecting our baby in next November . I'm Egyptian and my wife is Slovak
We're looking for an arabic-europe boy's name hat is easy to pronounce/remember/write in English that has no religious connotation at all.
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I really don't know much about Arabic names, but have you considered Zain? I think it's quite quirky and cool, and the more Anglicized Zane is quite popular at the moment, too. I think something like Zain/Zane Alexander or Zain/Zane Julian or something would be nice.
Though a bit "Z" heavy, I think Zain Ziven would be nice, too--I saw somewhere that Ziven means "alive" and Zain means "beautiful"--I think the meaning "alive and beautiful" is really lovely, actually.
Here's also a link to the most popular names in Slovakia in 2011--I think something like Zain Samuel or Zain Patrik or Zain Martin might be nice. A lot of really popular names are related to religion, though, so I don't know if something like Zain Samuel is really something you'd like to do.
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I love Aziz. Zippy and memorable.
Ikram, Imran, Irfan and Iskandar are favourites as well, Iskandar is awe inspiring. Short form Skandar as well
Juda, Nadir, Sabri and the suggestion of Zain is also great
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Located on the top floor of Nana Plaza is Charades Bar one of Bangkok's most well known ladyboy bars. When you enter Charades you notice straight away it's large and they have filled the space well with a large dance floor set in what appear to be boulders to give the appearance that you are in a cave that's the impression I had.
The bench seats are on the RHS and are tiered like in a stadium. There were around ten ladyboys dancing and another five wondering around until I walked in, now its play the pick me game again which I just ignored until I ordered a drink 150฿ for a whiskey, I'm getting to know the game at Ladyboy bars now its time to look at the who's who in this zoo.
First up I have a look at the bar staff there are a few horrors and can be quite pushy wanting a drink when you finally have a drink with one of the dancers.
Now to the ladyboys all in their bikinis and out of the fifteen I'm looking at around five you can tell are 100% a dude, seven of them you need to look twice then you know they're a ladyboy so that leaves three that from 10 ft away look like women one in particular looked all woman no breast implants and has all the curves in the right spots, we have a winner and I call her over, she actually seemed really surprised getting picked and at 160฿ a lady drink it's well worth it to have a chat.
If I ever saw her on the BTS Skytrain then I would think she is a regular Thai lady at around 155 cm. The first question that I asked was how old she was and I really was expecting the game to be over with some dudes voice talking back at me but no it was female as she said 23, Impressive.
Now feeling like a hero that I might have picked the only real female in Charades I said your breasts are real which they where she said yeah I take hormones …. F meee … ok so you got a d..k then? Of coarse the answer was yes.
Charades also has a Jacuzzi at the back of the dance floor which was being filled with bubbles when I was there, but no one jumped in. Music was only coming out of one speaker which does take a lot away from songs being played, everything sounds better in stereo.
A barfine is 700฿, with the wide selection of dancers here and you're into ladyboys then you should find one to your liking.
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In the midst of an emerging scandal, Congressman Mark Foley (R-FL) abruptly resigned from the House of Representatives on Friday. News leaked out this week that Foley had been sending suggestive emails and engaging in sexual online chat sessions with underage congressional pages. The story was made public by one of the former pages on an anti-Republican headhunter website CREW. It was then picked up and investigated by ABC News.
The story actually goes back almost a year, when the GOP leadership became aware that Foley had sent some pages inappropriate emails and took steps to limit his contact with pages. It's also likely that GOP leaders had been aware of Foley's sexual orientation for much longer. The pages involved were all male and, while they were under the age of majority (pages are normally high-school juniors and seniors), they were and are above the age of consent in DC. Transcripts of Foley's online chats with the former page who made the original complaint pretty clearly show that the sexual discussion was mutual and consensual. An ethics investigation has been initiated, but at this time there has been no suggestion that Foley's offenses went beyond inappropriate emails and sexual online chat. It's particularly ironic that Foley was chairman of the House Caucus on Missing and Exploited Children.
Like most gay Republicans, Foley kept his sexual orientation firmly under wraps. He flirted with honesty, but never committed. He attended the Log Cabin Republican convention, but at the same time commented that it's "revolting and unforgivable" for people to speculate he might be gay. Of course, it also would have been correct. Party insiders were almost certainly aware he was gay, but to all appearances he was a good Catholic and a champion of family values. He even voted for the Defense of Marriage Act. His exposure and resignation are reminiscent of the sudden outing and resignation of New Jersey governor Jim McGreevey in 2004. As with McGreevey, Foley's offenses went beyond just being in the closet to include potential ethics violations and perhaps minor criminal activity.
It's easy to say Foley is a liar and a creep and we're better off with him out of Congress, but that misses the big picture. Foley is just the tip of the iceberg. By all accounts, the GOP is loaded with closeted homosexuals, an invaluable 'gay mafia,' which has made great contributions to the success the party has enjoyed in recent years. The problem is that being in the closet makes you vulnerable, and forces you underground into an environment where repression makes excess attractive and exposure can turn pecadillos into a career-ending scandal. Unable to seek normal, public social outlets for their sexuality, these repressed individuals look for satisfaction in the office or with those they can control and manipulate. The fact they are living secret lives makes them more likely to express their homosexuality in the most immoral and exploitative ways.
This kind of scandal is not unique to the Republican Party. 20 years ago, Rep. Barney Frank (D-MA) got caught with his gigolo boyfriend running a male prostitution ring out of his apartment. Frank toughed it out, got a censure, and won reelection by a large margin. He's served 10 more terms in Congress since then and is widely regarded as one of the smarter and more influential figures on the Hill.
Barney Frank has balls. Apparently Mark Foley and a lot of other gay Republicans are endowed like Ken dolls. One of the things which gave Frank an edge was his willingness to be honest and be open about his mistakes and his sexuality. For most gay Republicans with political ambitions, that's not a realistic possibility. The infiltration of the party by powerful religiously-motivated groups has made it inadvisable for gay Republicans to be open about their sexuality and thereby protect themselves from scandalmongers and partisan witchhunts.
Maybe the Foley case is a sign that it's time for this attitude to change. A party facing constant, vicious, and unprincipled partisan assault can afford openly gay members far more than it can afford to lose seats in Congress because of scandal. What Foley did might earn him a censure, but if he handled it with the honesty of Barney Frank — whose offenses were as bad or worse — he could easily have survived and remained in office.
Foley's weakness was manifested not only in his bad behavior and poor judgment, but also in his unwillingness to admit and accept his sexuality and deal with it publicly and honestly. Remaining closeted made him vulnerable, but at least once he was outed, he could have been a man — a proud gay man — and had the balls to stand fast and not choose the coward's way out to the detriment of his party. It might have been a rough ride, but he owed that much to the voters, his party, and the rest of his gay brethren.
Other gay Republicans should take what happened to Foley as a sign and publicly admit their sexuality before unscrupulous elements on the left or homophobes in the religious right decide to target them for destruction. After November 7th, there will be some breathing space before the presidential campaign really gets rolling. What better time for gay Republicans in elected or appointive office to come out and deal with this issue openly, honestly, and in the safety provided by doing it as a group? It would protect their careers, improve their lives, and benefit the party enormously.Powered by Sidelines


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Last October, Penn Air contacted V-LINC to see if we had any requests for projects that their new interns (engineering students) could take on with help from staff engineers. We did have a project in mind! One of the No Limits Team's coaches contacted V-LINC not long before about creating adaptive lacrosse sticks for players who use a wheelchair and want to be able to throw the ball more independently. A celebratory event was held last Saturday after months of work by Penn Air to realize the dreams of these young sports enthusiasts. The president and CEO and employees of Penn Air, V-LINC staff and volunteers, and the whole No Limits Team gathered at a Bayhawks game at the Navy-Marine Corps Stadium in Annapolis. The Deputy Director of the Department of Disabilities, William Frank, met us there and at halftime presented Governor's Citations to V-LINC, Penn Air and Coach Marty who has shepherded the No Limits Team for 16 years!
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Another year with great volunteers, well deserving of recognition. The Project of the Year fo 2015 was Asanté's Bicycle.
Last weekend engineers of all types and ages came to V-LINC along with students to volunteer their time helping children with disabilities. After the bikes and trikes were assembled, families brought their children to tryout their bike and then volunteer physical therapists helped with final fittings to suit each child.
V-LINC's Volunteer Services Manager had pre-ordered many parts and bikes, small and large and our group had every conceivable part to make changes as needed: seat belts, high backs, pedal with straps, a variety of seat types, and on, and on.... Each bike or trike was custom fit to the the child.
Monica got a fabulous Mint Green bike that will be the envy of all the kids who see her on it! In fact, half of the volunteers wanted it! She was a little shy to bet onto the bike, but it is very secure with fat side wheels. Monica has down syndrome and in spite of her shyness and some fear about the bike, she was very excited. She was helped onto the bike and got used to the idea of pedaling; then, she took off. Like so many youth before her!
There was pizza, of course, and children riding bikes in the halls, parents smiling, and excited children and youth.
V-LINC plans to continue to do about two bike clinics each year. Eight bikes were completed and six went home that day. Two were for a City school that needed more adaptive bike on site.
Two physical therapists with Monica Volunteers of all stripes at work assembling bikes!
Monica trying out her new bike! UMBC engineering student with physical therapist
And, we can't forget MAX! Here he is with his mom. He is excited about his new bike, but it will still be a challenge for him due to the stroke that made one side weaker and harder to control than the other.
V-LINC recently received grants from the Herbert Bearman Foundation and The Dresher Foundation to re-design an assistive device, originally created for V-LINC by a UMBC team of mechanical engineering students. The device was custom made for Marsha, a lively lady who became quadriplegic 25 years ago as a result of a car accident. She approached V-LINC for help to be more independent. She could not use a computer, or any keyboard, turn the pages of book, or use simple tools.
V-LINC will identify a UMBC graduate student to work under the guidance of Dr. Neil Rothman, UMBC's Graduate Program Director of Mechanical Engineering. Dr. Rothman oversaw the original work by an undergraduate engineering class on the device. The improved Hand Tool will be improved to make it more universal and it will be tested by patients with quadriplegia referred from Dr. Cristina Sadowski, Director of the Kennedy Krieger International Center for Spinal Cord Injuries and Dr. Kenneth Silver, Medical Director of Rehabilitation Medicine at Good Samaritan Hospital.
V-LINC is grateful for the support of these foundations and for the cooperation of everyone who will support the project to help more people with quadripligia gain a higher degree of independence. Work will begin this summer and we will keep you posted through our newsletter and Facebook posts.
V-LINC has lost one of its more energetic and dedicated volunteers, Dr. Andrew Conn, better known as Andy. Andy worked through a difficult and painful illness and left us finally on Friday, November 6, without losing more than two weeks of work at his fulltime V-LINC volunteer position. No one knew how ill Andy was and the courage it took to continue. He expected a great deal and he gave even more.
John Staehlin started working with Dr. Conn providing one VME project to the JHU Whiting School of Engineering's Senior Capstone Class each year. That was about 25 years ago! Andy Conn was the person responsible for creating and teaching that class for many years. When Andy left JHU, he declared that volunteering for V-LINC was his new full-time occupation. And he meant it.
For those of you who knew Andy, we share your sorrow. For those that never met Andy, we know you'll still appreciate his story of compassion and courage. I think it would be fair to say that Andy never saw a person with a disability, especially a child, that he didn't want to help.
We are sad to lose this skillful and compassionate man who contributed solutions to so many people with disabilities. We hope his family is comforted by knowing of all the lasting good he has done for many people with disabilities, especially all the special needs children who now have a bicycle because of Andy and his crew.
We could go on and on about all of Andy's work, but a few pictures will say so much more perhaps.
He tackled everything from floating physical therapy chairs, to camera assists for camera lovers who have suffered strokes (with no use of their right clicking finger now) to all those custom bikes for children with special needs.
What I Wish for My Child is an annual program that offers families an opportunity to win a customized solution for their child with a disability! V-LINC engineers and engineering students design and fabricate these unique solutions.
Terrence's Adaptive Lacrosse Stick (15-021W) - Terrence is a 14-year old wheelchair lacrosse player with cerebral palsy, seizures, and a history of hydrocephalus; but that does not stop him from being a team player. He plays for a team at the Northeast Regional Recreational Center in Parkville, MD and loves the game. Terrence communicates by gesturing and is fed by a G-tube. His coach sent in a wish for Terrence to have a better functioning adaptive lacrosse stick that will have a catapult appearance and usage. (Baltimore City resident- Idlewood neighborhood – 21239) - This project will be done by UMBC.
Nikita's Dressing Device (15-028B-W) – Nikita, also known as "Nik", is a rising 8th grade honor roll student. He attends Parkville Middle School. He was born in Russia with no arms and his right leg is 5.5" shorter than his left. All of his daily functions are done by his feet. As he moves into his teenage years, he is especially in need of more opportunities for independence at school and travelling. His wish is to be able to have a dressing device so that he can put on his school polo shirt without assistance. (Resident of Rosedale, MD) – This project has not been assigned yet.
Jenna's Adaptive Float Pak (15-029W) – Jenna and her family love to swim. They have an above ground swimming pool in their backyard. However, Jenna has a challenge that limits her ability to swim for any length of time. She has Autism and a genetic disease called Methylmalonic Acidemia, which causes many complications including kidney failure and inflammation of the pancreas. It requires her to use a feeding pump 23 hours a day to stay hydrated and receive nutrients. For one hour a day, her mom is able to disconnect the tube. Jenna's mom wishes for V-LINC to create a custom designed waterproof device that is compatible with her feeding tube that will not allow water to get inside of the pump. It needs to be floatable to prevent the alarm from sounding. Currently, her mom is using triple plastic bags as a makeshift solution and it limits the amount of swimming Jenna can do. (Baltimore City Resident – Canton - 21224) – This project will be done by UMBC.
Megan's Adaptive Chair (15-030W) – Six-year old Megan has a very rare chromosome disorder – only 30 in the world have the condition, only in the USA). She is non-verbal and non-ambulatory with low muscle tone. When it's time to eat a meal, Megan is required to sit in a special high chair that she has now outgrown and has been hard to find in her size and requirements. Megan's family reached out to V-LINC to design a "cool-looking" high chair solution that will allow Megan to be safe, well positioned due to her low muscle tone, and to be able to eat with the family. She has a younger brother and stays with her grandparents afterschool. (Resident of Baltimore – Gardenville neighborhood - 21206) – This project will be done by CCBC- Essex.
Spencer's Trailer Bike (15-039W) – Twelve-year old Spencer is a friendly young tween. He enjoys bike riding in his trailer bike with his family, but has outgrown the one he has. Finding another trailer bike that clamps onto his mom's bike as well as fits his size and condition is a challenge, so the family turned to V-LINC for assistance. Spencer has cerebral palsy and is a quadriplegic. He has a twin brother and an older sister. (Resident of Ellicott City) – This project will be done by CCBC Catonsville.
Five year-old Assante has Achondroplasia (Dwarfism) so riding a bike is a struggle. His legs are not strong enough or long enough to pedal the usual way. V-LINC's Designing Our Future through Technology program completed his request for a small bike he can power with his hands & arms through one of our school partners, UMBC.
Watch as Assante rides his custom made a bike for the first time! The bike was made by an engineering student team to fit his exact proportions. He and his family are delighted!
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