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Friday, January 23, 2009
The Slide
Kyle Beachy's debut novel The Slide comes out this week. You should get it. I did the cover, but that's not why--it's also a really good read. Beachy does a clever and relentless inversion of a traditional middle-American coming of age tale...complete with ghosts, baseball, statutory rape and a dissolving marriage. He'll be reading from it at the Book Cellar in Chicago on Thursday, January 29th.
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Wednesday, January 21, 2009
King Penguin part four
Images below are from Seashore Life and Pattern (1944), with "colour plates made and printed by John Swain and Sons, Ltd".
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Friday, January 16, 2009
King Penguin part three
Below are images from Spiders (1947) with images "made and printed by" John Swain and Sons; and British Shells (1943) with "colour plates made and printed by The Baynard Press".
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Thursday, January 15, 2009
More Notable Happenings in the Press
The current issue of The Believer features 14 small drawings I did from items in my collection of broken and discarded toys. The drawings are scattered throughout the magazine in the margins. They also printed three different inside covers, each featuring a different painting of mine. Below are a few of the drawings.
The broken and discarded toys themselves are slated to appear in a show at Finestra Art Space in Chicago in mid February.
The broken and discarded toys themselves are slated to appear in a show at Finestra Art Space in Chicago in mid February.
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Monday, January 12, 2009
The King Penguin part 2
Below are images from British Reptiles and Amphibia (1949) illustrated by Paxton Chadwick and British Military Uniforms (1948) with color plates by John Swain.
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Friday, January 9, 2009
Five Days Left
Last week most of the images in the show at Littlebird, Landscapes and Smoke, were posted on the gallery site. Here is the one lone image that was not. It's called Adam and Eve and the Lion of St. Jerome, and is partly inspired by all the St. Jerome images of Albrecht Durer.
The show comes down next Thursday.
The show comes down next Thursday.
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The King Penguin Books
This Christmas I was given a set of amazing little books from a series Penguin UK published in the 1930's and 40's. They are small hardcovers, each with a short section of color plates illustrating its respective subject. I'll be posting further selections over the next few weeks. The images below are from Poisonous Funghi (1945), illustrations by Rose Ellenby; Flowers of Marsh and Stream (1946), drawings by Noel Rooke; and A Book of Roses (1939), with drawings by Pierre-Joseph Redoute. By the way, it really is worth clicking on the images below to get a closer look. Thanks to Heather.
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Drawbacks of the Brewer Diet:
- The Brewer Diet can create stress in the pregnant woman by encouraging her to agonize over all of her food decisions. I would think that stress could have the opposite intended effect by actually causing high blood pressure.
- The Brewer Diet is a lot of food. It is not natural or healthy for women to eat more than they feel hungry for. There is some concern that the caloric requirements of the Brewer Diet may grow overly large babies in women who are adequately nourished.
- The high amounts of protein in the Brewer Diet may put stress on some women's kidneys, if their kidneys are over-taxed, and women usually do not know whether or not their kidneys are over-taxed.
- There are many, many women who have followed the Brewer Diet and still gotten pre-ecampsia.
- Claiming that the Brewer Diet prevents pre-eclampsia equates to patient-blaming and making women feel like their pre-e diagnosis is their fault.
Sound Nutritional Principles for Pregnancy:
- Try eating frequent small meals during pregnancy. This may help with nausea (no guarantees, though) and will accommodate for the decreasing size of your stomach as your baby grows. Listen to your body about how much to eat.
- Avoid eating too many high-carb and sugary processed foods (white bread, baked treats, etc.) and opt instead for whole grains--oats, multigrain bread, brown rice, whole wheat pasta, etc.
- Include protein in your diet each day, but don't worry too much about getting a specific number of grams. Meats, eggs, dairy, beans, and nuts can all be good sources. Many beans and nuts are not complete proteins by themselves, but create a whole protein when eaten along with whole grains. (Edited to Add: Experts now recommend 60-80 g of protein for pregnant women. If you don't eat much meat and/or dairy, you may want to keep track to be sure you're getting enough.)
- Include a variety of colorful fruits and vegetables in your diet, especially ones where the flesh is colorful, not just the skin. Leafy greens are especially healthy--romaine lettuce, spinach, kale, etc.
- Include healthy fats and oils in your diet, but remember that a serving of fat is very small and there is some fat in other foods you are eating.
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|A refusal to mourn the death, by fire, of a child in London
|And Death shall have no Dominion
|The force that through the green fuse drives the flower
|Under Milk Wood
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|In my craft or sullen art
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pretty as usual. :)ReplyDelete
Both are lovely, but loving the strawberry shot especially. :)ReplyDelete
J'aime particulièrement la première !!ReplyDelete
Superbe ! Bisous**
Absolutely lovely!!!ReplyDelete
Simple pleasure?ReplyDelete
Gorgeous pleasure!
Gorgeous ! Loved both picsReplyDelete
Oh so lovely. The strawberry was a sweet surprise.ReplyDelete
In bw or color, that strawberry looks scrumptious! As always, I love your bw photos!ReplyDelete
Une fraise NOIRE ! si NOIRE ! j'en veux !ReplyDelete
bravo....et bises...
Wundervolle, alte Bäume ! Ash trees ?ReplyDelete
Liebe Grüsse, Robert
what amazing look these pictures!!ReplyDelete
Simple beautiful pleasures!ReplyDelete
What a lovely bunch of images, Rosa.ReplyDelete
These are beautiful - and a nice reminder about the beauty of black and white photos.ReplyDelete
Color or Black & White your photos are always so alive and emotionally inspiring!ReplyDelete
Ces fraises et ce paysage sont superbes!!!!!ReplyDelete
By visiting your blog every Wednesday for the B&W photos, I'm inspired to try taking pictures in B&W. :-)ReplyDelete
Both are so different in texture! :)ReplyDelete
Lovely, the strawberries look like they are practically climbing off of the plate!ReplyDelete
Such gorgeous images Rosa. :D I especially love the image of the strawberry. BeautifulReplyDelete
Lumineuses tes photos Rosa.ReplyDelete
Bises et bon weekend.
And when it rains on your parade, look up rather than down. Without the rain, there would be no rainbow.ReplyDelete
-Gilbert K. Chesterton
And just think about all the greenery and growth that will come as well! Fear not my dear Rosa, for things will brighten up!
Cinnamon croissants...love it! Beautiful!ReplyDelete
Gorgeous pics!ReplyDelete
These look yummy! I like the B&W photos too!ReplyDelete
Strawberry picture is lovely!ReplyDelete
I like a lot the title you chose for the photos, in particular the one for the strawberries. Thank you so much for contributing to BWW!ReplyDelete
Gorgeous photos Rosa!ReplyDelete
This reminds me that I should get out more often to shoot pictures. Beautiful!ReplyDelete
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Towfighi A, Zheng L, Ovbiagele B. Sex-Specific Trends in Midlife Coronary Heart Disease Risk and Prevalence. Arch Intern Med. 2009;169(19):1762–1766. doi:10.1001/archinternmed.2009.318
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While recent data indicate that stroke prevalence in women at midlife is double that of similarly aged men in the United States, little is known about current sex-specific trends in symptomatic cardiovascular disease. This study aimed to determine sex-specific midlife prevalence of myocardial infarction (MI) and risk of future coronary heart disease.
We assessed the sex-specific MI prevalence and the Framingham coronary risk score (FCRS) among US adults aged 35 to 54 years who participated in the National Health and Nutrition Examination Surveys (NHANES), cross-sectional, nationally representative surveys, during 1988 to 1994 and 1999 to 2004.
In both epochs, men aged 35 to 54 years had a higher prevalence of MI than similarly aged women, but the gap narrowed in recent years as MI prevalence decreased among men and increased among women (2.5% vs 0.7% in NHANES 1988-1994 [P < .01] and 2.2% vs 1.0% in NHANES 1999-2004 [P < .01]). Among men, the mean FCRS showed an improving trend (8.6% in NHANES 1988-1994 vs 8.1% in NHANES 1999-2004 [P = .07]), while among women, the mean FCRS worsened (3.0% in NHANES 1988-1994 vs 3.3% in NHANES 1999-2004 [P = .02]). Temporal trends in FCRS components revealed that men had more improvements in vascular risk factors than women, but diabetes mellitus prevalence increased in both sexes.
Over the past 2 decades, MI prevalence has increased among midlife women, while declining among similarly aged men. Also, although the risk of future hard cardiovascular events remains higher in midlife men compared with midlife women, the gap has narrowed in recent years. Greater emphasis on vascular risk factor control in midlife women might help mitigate this worrisome trend.
Women in their midlife years have historically been at a lower risk for overall vascular events than similarly aged men. We recently reported, however, that in a nationally representative sample of the US population that participated in the National Health and Nutrition Examination Surveys (NHANES), self-reported stroke prevalence among women aged 45 to 54 years was double that of similarly aged men.1 This sex disparity in stroke prevalence appears to be a new phenomenon that is evolving as a result of increasing stroke prevalence among women.2 Whether similar sex disparities are present or have recently developed in myocardial infarction (MI) prevalence or in the risk of future hard coronary heart disease (myocardial infarction or coronary death) remains unknown. We hypothesized that given the similar pathophysiologic underpinnings of most strokes and ischemic cardiovascular events, coronary heart disease has likely increased in parallel with strokes among midlife women. The aims of this study were 2-fold: (1) to assess temporal trends in sex disparities in MI prevalence among individuals at midlife, and (2) to assess temporal trends in sex disparities in the risk of future hard cardiovascular events among midlife individuals without a history of MI.
The NHANES are composed of cross-sectional samples of the US noninstitutionalized civilian population conducted by the National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS), a branch of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.3 The NHANES were conducted from 1988 to 1994 in 2 phases (1988-1991 and 1991-1994) and from 1999 to 2004 in 3 phases (1999-2000, 2001-2002, and 2003-2004), and the data from the 2 phases and the 3 phases, respectively, were combined herein following NCHS recommendations.4,5 The protocols for conduct of the NHANES were approved by the NCHS institutional review board, and informed consent was obtained from all participants.6,7 The sampling plan followed a complex, stratified, multistage, probability cluster design, with oversampling of non-Hispanic blacks, Mexican Americans, and the elderly, to enhance the precision of prevalence estimates in those groups.
Interviews were conducted in sampled households, and all individuals were invited to participate in medical examinations that were conducted at nearby mobile examination centers. The interviews collected demographic, socioeconomic, dietary, and health-related information. Mobile examinations consisted of medical and dental examinations, physiologic measurements, and laboratory tests. Detailed descriptions of the plan and operation of each survey have been published.6,8
The total sample examined in NHANES 1988-1994 included 30 818 persons, while the total sample examined in NHANES 1999-2004 included 29 402 persons. The NHANES 1988-1994 included 5112 individuals aged 35 to 54 years; the NHANES 1999-2004 included 4594 individuals aged 35 to 54 years. Of those who participated, 4793 individuals in NHANES 1988-1994 and 4592 individuals in NHANES 1999-2004 answered the question regarding a history of a physician diagnosis of heart attack. For the Framingham coronary risk score (FCRS) analysis, 4326 individuals in NHANES 1988-1994 and 4075 individuals in NHANES 1999-2004 had complete data for the components of FCRS.
A history of MI was determined by self-reported physician diagnosis of heart attack. To calculate FCRS, individuals with a self-reported history of a physician diagnosis of heart attack were excluded, and the following components were used: age, sex, total cholesterol level, high-density lipoprotein cholesterol level, systolic blood pressure measurement, the presence or absence of diabetes mellitus, and history of smoking.9 Smoking was defined by a self-reported history of smoking more than 100 cigarettes. Diabetes mellitus was defined by a self-reported physician diagnosis, self-reported current medical therapy (insulin or oral agents), or a glycosylated hemoglobin concentration greater than 7%. Body mass index, calculated as weight in kilograms divided by height in meters squared, was measured using standardized examination protocols. Obesity was defined as a body mass index greater than or equal to 30.
The distributions of each variable of interest were evaluated for normality. The normality of data was determined by the shape of histogram and the values of skewness and kurtosis (−1.0 to 1.0). Transformations (square root transformation of FCRS) were performed when the distributions were skewed. PROC SURVEYMEANS, PROC SURVEYREG, and PROC SURVEYFREQ were used for the comparisons between the 2 NHANES waves. According to the NHANES Analytic and Reporting Guidelines, sample weights and the stratification and clustering of the design were incorporated into our analyses to get proper estimates and standard errors of estimates.4 All data analyses were conducted using SAS (version 9.1; SAS Institute Inc, Cary, North Carolina). Statistical hypotheses were tested using P < .05 as the level of statistical significance.
Table 1 shows the demographic characteristics of individuals aged 35 to 54 years who participated in NHANES 1988-1994 and 1999-2004. Among individuals aged 35 to 54 years, men were more likely than women to report a history of MI (2.5% vs 0.7% in NHANES 1988-1994 [P < .01] and 2.2% vs 1.0% in NHANES 1999-2004 [P < .01]). A comparison of history of MI between the 2 NHANES waves revealed that women's MI prevalence had increased (0.7% vs 1.0% [P = .38]) , while men's MI prevalence had declined (2.5% vs. 2.2% [P = .65]); however, the differences were not significant.
In individuals without a history of MI, the mean FCRS was higher in men than in women (Table 2 and Table 3). The mean FCRS increased with age in both men and women, as expected (Table 2). Analysis of temporal trends in sex-specific mean FCRS revealed that in both age groups, the men's mean FCRS declined (P < .01) from NHANES 1988-1994 to NHANES 1999-2004, while the women's mean FCRS remained stable (Table 2). Also, assessment of individuals with an FCRS of 20% or higher revealed that among men aged 35 to 44 years the prevalence of an FCRS of 20% or higher remained stable in both periods, while no women aged 35 to 44 years had an FCRS of 20% or higher. Among individuals aged 45 to 54 years, however, the prevalence of an FCRS of 20% or higher declined in men from 16% in NHANES 1988-1994 to 10.6% in NHANES 1999-2004 (P = .01) (Table 2). The prevalence of an FCRS of 20% or higher among women aged 45 to 54 years remained stable (0.5% in NHANES 1988-1994 vs 0.6% in NHANES 1999-2004 [P = .78]) (Table 2). As a result, the ratio of men to women with an FCRS of 20% or higher decreased from 32 in NHANES 1988-1994 to 18 in NHANES 1999-2004. When the age groups were collapsed, the men's mean FCRS showed an improving trend (8.6% in NHANES 1988-1994 vs 8.1% in NHANES 1999-2004 [P = .07]), but the women's mean FCRS worsened (3.0% in NHANES 1988-1994 vs 3.3% in NHANES 1999-2004 [P = .02]) (Table 3).
With regard to sex-specific temporal trends in the components of FCRS, all except 1 component remained stable or improved among men. Specifically, the total cholesterol levels remained stable, the high-density lipoprotein levels improved slightly, the systolic blood pressure levels improved, and smoking prevalence declined (Table 3). Diabetes mellitus prevalence, however, increased among men. Women, on the other hand, saw fewer improvements; the mean high-density lipoproteincholesterol level was the only component of the FCRS to improve (Table 3). Total cholesterol levels, systolic blood pressure levels, and smoking prevalence remained stable, while diabetes mellitus prevalence increased (Table 3). Assessment of temporal trends in obesity prevalence revealed that the prevalence of obesity increased in both men and women from NHANES 1988-1994 to NHANES 1999-2004 (Table 3).
In NHANES 1999-2004, the mean (SE) FCRS was 3.0% (0.1%) among nondiabetic women and 8.6% (0.4%) among diabetic women, suggesting that the increase in FCRS in NHANES 1999-2004 compared with the previous decade was primarily attributable to the increase in the prevalence of diabetes mellitus.
This is the first study that we are aware of that has assessed recent temporal trends in sex-specific MI prevalence and risk of future hard cardiovascular events among midlife individuals. Data from this nationally representative study comparing the prevalence of MI across the 2 most recent decades showed a trend toward a decline in MI prevalence among men aged 35 to 54 years and an increase in MI prevalence among similarly aged women; however, these results did not reach statistical significance. These results are in accord with recent data among middle-aged individuals in the United States indicating that there is a rising stroke prevalence among women compared with men.1
In support of what seems to be an ominous trend in cardiovascular health among midlife women, evaluation of FCRS, a reliable indicator of future risk of coronary heart disease, revealed that although FCRS remains higher in men than in women, the difference has narrowed. While men's cardiovascular risk improved in recent years, women's risk worsened. Temporal trends in the components of the FCRS revealed that men's smoking rates declined and blood pressure improved in recent years, whereas similar improvements were lacking in women. Diabetes mellitus prevalence was the only component of the FCRS to worsen in both men and women, which might be indicative of rising insulin resistance in the context of the growing obesity epidemic. Because diabetes mellitus was defined by self-reported physician diagnosis, self-reported current medical therapy (insulin or oral agents), or a glycosylated hemoglobin concentration greater than 7%, an increase in the use of oral hypoglycemics or insulin or changes in screening for diabetes mellitus could also play a role in the higher prevalence observed in NHANES 1999-2004.
The lower rates of smoking, improved blood pressure levels, and improved high-density lipoprotein cholesterol levels among men suggest that educational campaigns and drug interventions likely have had a positive impact on cardiovascular risk factor control. These findings are in line with multiple other studies that have shown an overall improvement in hypertension, dyslipidemia, and smoking rates in the United States in recent years.10-12
Although men in their midlife years continue to have a higher prevalence of MI and a higher 10-year risk of hard coronary heart disease than women of similar age, our study suggests that the risk is increasing in women, while decreasing in men. Therefore, intensification of efforts at screening for and treating vascular risk factors in women in their midlife years may be warranted. In the past, perhaps as a result of previous data on cardiovascular risk, women with cardiovascular risk factors were not identified and treated.13-17 For example, previous studies of high-risk individuals have shown that men have cholesterol levels measured more often and treated more aggressively and have lower low-density lipoprotein levels than women14,18-20 and that women are less likely than men to have their hypertension controlled.13 Potential reasons for these sex disparities may include patient, clinician, and health system factors. Patient factors include poorer access to care among women, competing health concerns (eg, women think they are at a higher risk for cancer than for cardiovascular disease),21,22 and higher number of comorbidities.23 Clinician factors include underestimation of women's cardiovascular risks24 and benefits of treatment, confidence in the ability to manage cardiovascular disorders, prioritization of other preventive services over cardiovascular risk factor management, and communication and decision-making styles.23 Finally, health system factors such as disease management programs might play a role.
The patient, physician, and health system factors that affect sex disparities in cardiovascular disease are heavily influenced by the perception of relative risk. Because premenopausal women were historically thought to have a lower risk of cardiovascular disease than similarly aged men, cardiovascular disease prevention efforts have focused on men. Our recent findings of an increase in midlife women's stroke prevalence (resulting in twice as many women reporting having had a stroke than men) and the current findings of a trend toward worsening MI prevalence rates and hard coronary heart disease risk among women suggest that women are not absolutely protected. While the rate of coronary heart disease remains lower in women than in men, more attention should be paid to overall vascular risk factor prevention in women in their midlife years. In particular, efforts to reduce the rising trends in obesity and diabetes mellitus in women will likely be beneficial.
This study has some limitations. First, it relies on self-report of physician diagnosis of MI. While self-reported history of MI has not been evaluated in NHANES, other studies show a sensitivity of 80% to 82%25,26 and a specificity of 99.4%.25 Second, it is cross-sectional; therefore, caution should be exercised in making causal inferences. This cross-sectional design, however, is ideally suited for assessing sex-specific trends in cardiovascular disease prevalence and risk in a broad, nationally representative study. Third, sex differences in FCRS in individuals younger than 45 years must be interpreted with caution, as the score assumes that male sex confers a higher risk of coronary heart disease in individuals younger than 45 years. For example, with all other risk factors being equal, a man younger than 45 years will receive a higher FCRS than a woman of the same age. Finally, the lack of significance in the temporal trends in MI prevalence is likely attributable to the small sample size. Nevertheless, this trend is consistent with similar trends in both stroke and FCRS, suggesting that it is real. Further investigation will be required to determine if this trend has continued in more recent years.
Correspondence: Amytis Towfighi, MD, Division of Stroke and Critical Care, Department of Neurology, University of Southern California, 1510 San Pablo St, HCC 643, Los Angeles, CA 90033 (firstname.lastname@example.com).
Accepted for Publication: July 8, 2009.
Author Contributions: Dr Towfighi had full access to all the data in the study and takes responsibility for the integrity of the data and the accuracy of the data analysis. Study concept and design: Towfighi. Acquisition of data: Zheng. Analysis and interpretation of data: Towfighi, Zheng, and Ovbiagele. Drafting of the manuscript: Towfighi. Critical revision of the manuscript for important intellectual content: Towfighi, Zheng, and Ovbiagele. Statistical analysis: Zheng. Obtained funding: Towfighi. Administrative, technical, and material support: Towfighi. Study supervision: Ovbiagele.
Financial Disclosure: None reported.
Previous Presentation: These findings were reported in an American Heart Association Press Release and presented in abstract form at the International Stroke Conference; February 19, 2009; San Diego, California.


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DENVER -- The impatience began to build after the season's second week.
Chad Pennington, a new addition to the Miami Dolphins' roster in 2008, was averaging less than six yards per pass attempt. His longest of 36 completions went only 24 yards.
Sure, he was a leader. Sure, he was efficient. Sure, he was learning a new system with new teammates. But what about the arm strength? How much was that noodle of an arm -- the one that wasn't going to get any better, mind you -- to blame for an ugly 0-2 start?
"Being in New York for eight years, I learned a lot about patience," Pennington said after a 31-10 loss to Arizona four years ago. "I don't expect it to just one day click and everything start working perfectly. I've been here six weeks. It's going to take time.
"Football is a funny game. You start putting those little things together and start having a little success here and a little success there, it's like a snowball effect and it just becomes an avalanche."
As we continue to closely scrutinize Peyton Manning's future, maybe it'd be wise to take a closer look at the past decade's best example of a quarterback with all of the weapons except the rifle -- a quarterback with a much weaker arm, it should be noted right away, than Manning has displayed through two games with the Denver Broncos.
Do you remember what Pennington did during the next 14 games of that '08 season? He threw just six interceptions. He completed 69 percent of his passes. And he lost only three more games in what was the greatest one-year turnaround by a team in NFL history, from 1-15 in 2007 to 11-5.
So let's get one thing straight: Manning's arm strength isn't the same as it once was, even if it was never elite. But that doesn't mean his comeback is doomed. So far from it. It's instead time we accept this deteriorated arm strength so we can turn this conversation into a more productive one about what we should anticipate, not what we already should have embraced before this season even began.
Perhaps the only problem in each of the first two games wasn't as much Manning's lack of strength as it was his lack of understanding about his physical limitations -- what he can and can't do -- during a full-speed NFL game. Manning has been blunt from the beginning of this process that it's going to take time; that he isn't quite there yet.
Lombardi: What to make of Peyton?
Peyton Manning thrived in Week 1 and failed in Week 2. Michael Lombardi writes that patience will be key for the QB. **More ...**
Self-awareness, in this situation, is key. And Manning clearly is gaining it.
Look at the first quarters of each of the first two games against the Steelers and against the Falcons. In those first quarters combined, he had a passer rating of 58.8. Yet if you combine only the final three quarters of each game, Manning's passer rating skyrockets to 120.3 with no interceptions.
Searching for explanations to each game's slow start? Here:
» Against the Steelers, it wasn't until Manning abandoned the huddled offense for a faster-paced, no-huddle system that allowed his intelligence and game management to put the Steelers on their heels.
» Against the Falcons, it wasn't until Manning chilled out -- almost as if he realized he wasn't the quarterback of 2006 or even 2009 -- that he allowed his decision making to get the job done, rather than his arm.
Let's not belittle Manning too much, either. He did average 9.7 yards per pass against the Steelers in a sensational debut (seriously, we're talking about 11 days ago) that led most everyone to say Manning is back. Only five quarterbacks on that same Sunday had a higher average per pass (and yes, each of those QBs also had a big play like Manning's 71-yard TD to boost the average).
Is it possible Manning's own confidence after the big debut got a little too high, leading to three very ill-advised decisions to start the Falcons' game? Not a bad theory. But let's be real: The chief fault with each of those throws was poor decision making (over diminished arm strength). He can overcome that.
Back in 2008, it wasn't until Pennington started to realize and embrace what type of quarterback he was that he began to make magic in Miami. And it wasn't until he tried to do too much -- throwing four interceptions in a playoff loss to the Ravens -- that his team's magical season expired shortly into the postseason.
You're not really going to try to argue that Manning can't exceed Pennington's 2008 accomplishments, are you? Pennington, by the way, was named that season's Comeback Player of the Year.
Manning's arm strength -- or lack thereof -- is only worthy of attention if Manning himself doesn't recognize his own limitations. Just look at San Francisco, where Alex Smith seemingly has recognized his own assets and handicaps. He's thriving as a result.
In Denver, we're talking about arguably the smartest game-managing quarterback to ever play football. We're talking about the man who might as well have a trademark on the pre-snap audible.
It's unfortunate Manning doesn't have a rocket arm, and it could even hinder the Broncos' offense if they can't always keep a defense honest in the deep game. Unfortunate? Yes. Unconquerable? No.
The concern in the wake of a disastrous first quarter against the Falcons certainly is merited. But let's all recognize what's really happening here. Manning is figuring it out, one throw at a time.
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In addition, the rate of deaths on U.S. highways hit a record low last year -- 1.28 fatalities per 100 million vehicle miles traveled, down from 1.36 in 2007, the department said in a news release.
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Cardinal O'Connor's strong words against partial-birth abortions over the weekend matched the equally firm denouncements from Catholic and pro-life leaders across the nation after President Clinton vetoed legislation April 10 that would have banned the procedure.
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Father Frank A. Pavone, national director of Priests for Life, a Staten Island-based pro-life network of more than 40,000 priests and deacons, said the procedure "is one of many proofs of how extreme the so-called pro-choice movement is."
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- The recent unmanned flight by the German-made electric Volocopter represents the latest step in Dubai's pursuit of flying taxis
- Dubai already has invested in another model of a flying, autonomous taxi, and is working to design regulations for their use
With a whirling buzz from 18 rotors, the pilotless helicopter gently lifted off the ground and soared up into the afternoon sky, the spire of the world's tallest building visible behind it.
The recent unmanned flight by the German-made electric Volocopter represents the latest step in Dubai's pursuit of flying taxis, which would not seem out of place among the Gulf city's already futuristic skyline — imagine "Blade Runner," with less rain.
Dubai already has invested in another model of a flying, autonomous taxi, and is working to design regulations for their use. Putting more passengers in the air could free its already clogged highways and burnish the city's cutting-edge image of itself.
"It's public transportation for everybody, so you can use, you can order it, you can pay for the trip and the trip is not much more expensive than with a car," said Alexander Zosel, Volocopter's co-founder. "If you build roads, you build bridges, it's a huge amount and it's always much more cheaper to have a system where you don't need that infrastructure."
Driving in Dubai already makes one yearn for the open skies. Rush hour on Sheikh Zayed Road, a dozen-lane artery running down the length of the city, alternates between dense gridlock and sports-car slalom. Over 1.5 million Dubai-registered vehicles ply its roads, not counting those crowding in from the United Arab Emirates' six other sheikhdoms.
The Volocopter's designers envision the electric, battery-powered two-seat helicopters taking off and landing from pads set up across the city. The prototype used in Dubai has a maximum flying time of 30 minutes at 50 kph (31 mph), with a maximum airspeed of 100 kph (62 mph). Batteries charged in climate-controlled areas near the pads would be swapped in as needed.
"I believe (the) urban air taxi will contribute an interesting addition to the existing transportation modes," Volocopter CEO Florian Reuter said. "There are certain routes that are just extremely beneficial if you can go to the third dimension."
In practice, however, there's a long way to go. Convincing white-knuckled flyers to get into a buzzing, pilotless helicopter is just the beginning. Unpiloted passenger flights represent a new frontier for regulators. Dubai's Road and Transportation Authority, which has invested an undisclosed sum in Volocopter, says it will work the next five years to come up with laws and develop safety procedures.
That's a longer time frame than initially offered by Dubai. Mattar al-Tayer, the head of the RTA, told a conference in February that the Chinese-made EHang 184, a Volocopter competitor, would be regularly flying through the city's skies by July, though that deadline came and went. The RTA did not respond to a request for comment.
Still, Dubai remains at the front of the pack when it comes to embracing new technology.
Dubai's ruler, Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, says he wants 25 percent of all passenger trips in the city to be done by driverless vehicles by 2030. The city has a deal in place with Los Angeles-based Hyperloop One to study the potential for building a hyperloop line between it and Abu Dhabi, the Emirati capital. That technology has levitating pods powered by electricity and magnetism hurtle through low-friction pipes at a top speed of 1,220 kph (760 mph).
For now, the Volocopter's brief flights in Dubai drew VIP crowds and film crews making advertisements. But its executives say after rules are in place, they will be ready for mass production. Already, Volocopter has drawn the interest of automobile manufacturer Daimler AG, which was part of a consortium that put up $30 million in capital for Volocopter. Even Airbus, a major airplane manufacturer, is looking at building its own flying taxis.
"We've proven that it works," Zosel said. "At the end of this five years, Dubai will be ready."


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Of your mind is washed away. - Sen No Rikyu
- Lao Tzu
Heaven on earth and that is on My yatra diary.....thanks Arti.....:)ReplyDelete
photographs r great as usual... the sandstone like mountain was awesome... its so striking and beautiful... the falls r also good and they look like milk falling down:)ReplyDelete
Lovely compilation ,ReplyDelete
Nice pleasing background:) Love the change. And interesting quotes, lovely pictures, as always! Good work, Arti:)ReplyDelete
The second waterfall is awesome! Where is it shot exactly?ReplyDelete
Beautiful photos, lovely sentiments.ReplyDelete
Lovely shots these...you have a good collection in there :)
Any info on which are these?
Gorgeous, breathtaking captures, Arti! I do love waterfalls and had one on my blog yesterday. These are SO dramatic and beautiful! Hope you have a wonderful week!
Awesome pics yaar Arti!! Wonderful!!ReplyDelete
Such beauty and you captured it well. Great camera, great woman you are!ReplyDelete
Nice pictures.
Beautiful pictures are delighting The superb quotes are enlightening,
Many many thanks Arti ji.
Hi, Came in through PN Subramaniam. Lovely pics and beautiful matching quotes.ReplyDelete
WOW, Awesome shots, loved this post Arti:)ReplyDelete
Truth is in the silence of the heart, which is echoed throughout the beauty of our world. You captured this wonderfully with both the images, and the quotes ♥ReplyDelete
Wonderful pictures! And I have never seen anything like the second one. It almost reminds me of a giant's teeth!ReplyDelete
Great photography. The qoutes are so beautiful, Arti. A beautiful post.ReplyDelete
You had me at the first glimpse of the waterfall...these are gorgeous!!ReplyDelete
So beautiful water falls! The second one is my favorite!
Have a great day!
nature at its best!!!ReplyDelete
beautiful pics. really awesome shot and placeReplyDelete
I am a bit late. Lovely shots.ReplyDelete
Loved the way you have woven in the Buddhist quotes and likened the Himalayas as the body of the Buddha. The second pic is especially lovely.ReplyDelete
many thanks for the update :)ReplyDelete
i love the view of the waterfall..
and its really good to read some beautiful quotes with such beautiful images :)
stay connected!!!
its me!!! sharan :)
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I run out of adjectives, to describe your breathtaking pics of the himalayas and the waterfalls. truly wonderful :)ReplyDelete
Beautifully written post n equally stunning pics!
Hi Arti
I'm so happy I stopped by your place tonight. It's a bit like rolling in the deep - always soothing and just what I need at the end of a strange day, when I feel like I need something more but I'm not sure precisely what that something is, or if it's even within reach. thanks for the dip in the pool. I hope you have a happy day. take good care now.
very interesting blog... lovely clicks... wow... words are excellent...
Thanks for ur comment buddy...
Wonderful clicks....ReplyDelete
wonderful waterfall and nicely captured...
So lovely and refereshing this post Arti - water is just what i need today! Have a lovely thursday!ReplyDelete
arti ji
bahut hi khoobsurati ke saath prakriti ka chitrankan kiya hai aapne.
bahut bahut hi achha laga.is manoram yatra ki aapko hardik badhai avam shubh-kamnayen.
'God is the color of water.
Water doesn't have a color.'
- James McBride
prastut panktiyan bahut hi achhi lagin .inhe main apni dayri me note kar rahi hun.
dhanyvaad sahit
What a beautiful and thoughtful collection of the quotes! God is everywhere, just we can not see. Thanks a lot for posting words of Sen No Rikyu and Morihei Ueshiba.
Reading this blog is soothing, inspiring and encouraging to me. I feel words are invisible but have such a great power!
Best wishes,
Arti, these are breathtaking captures of waterfalls! I always feel refreshed and recharged at the waterfalls. Thanks for reminding me of that sensation. And, the meaningful quotes, too.
Amazing pictures Arti... Your nice blog has inspired me to write one on my trek to Gangotri and Yamunotri... lovely postReplyDelete
beautiful pics and like the lines
It does not have a color
Along with trees water has to be one of my favourite things to photograph and you certainly don't disappoint with this post, thanks for these images and the wonderful quotes - they compliment each other so well.ReplyDelete
Your compilation of quotes made me reflect. Everything...should be our teacher. Love your photos as well. Happy weekend, my dear friend! :)ReplyDelete
Lovely post...ReplyDelete
Thank you for sharing the beauty that exists in the waters also love the quotes. I often find myself trying to find answers in the waters of nature. Water can represent every kind of emotion. Have a wonderful weekend.ReplyDelete
It's the colour of happiness! Gorgeous.ReplyDelete
WOW. Such beautiful pics and inspiring lines Arti
hope you had a lovely diwali!!
some nice captures....i always love to stop by waterfalls in the hills..the are so fascinating....the beginning is a mystery ..so is the destination!!!
Waterfalls always fill one with awe right? Beautiful pics Arti. The Surya Kund waterfalls seems so mystic!ReplyDelete
these places would be SO gorgeous in person !! i wish...
~laura xx
Amazing photos, Arti! Thanks so much for sharing with us. :)ReplyDelete
I love these pictures Arti -- and even more the quotes. We try to visit waterfalls whenever we can -- it is nice to have the words to know why I love them so much.ReplyDelete
Hey Arti,
Your blog is truly resourceful.. I didnt knew there are so many beautiful places in my own country..
next time am in India.. ur blog would be perfect to plan a tour. :)
I'd love to see some of these falls in real life - would be amazing!ReplyDelete
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Hello Arti,
I came here for the first time. I'd like to stand by these waterfalls. How wonderful it would be!
Quotes are all so impressive.
Thank you, Arti.
wooooo....I especially love the photo of Surya Kund Waterfall in Gangotri. The stone work is magnificent, God is the consumate artist, his works are remarkable.
thanks for sharing.
I loved how you substantiated the quote with the pictures. It lends to this post a certain - purity? Beautiful one Arti.ReplyDelete
Wonderful..Arti.. Himalayas beckons me..again..!ReplyDelete
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In the wake of Scott Brown's senatorial win, pundits are asking whether racy pics like those of him in a 1982 Cosmo would have torpedoed the campaign of a female candidate.
For those who haven't been following beefcake-gate, Brown won the magazine's "America's Sexiest Man" contest, and was pictured in the centerfold coyly hiding his (small?) penis and balls with his wrist. Joe Coscarelli of Mediaite said the photo could prove "problematic for Brown," but it totally wasn't — Monica Hesse of the Washington Post writes, "The general reaction from the media over the past few months can be described as ranging from 'Meh,' to 'Oh, Sen. Brown!'" But, asks Hesse, "How different would the story have looked if the shoe — Lack of shoes? Lack of clothes? — actually had been on the female body?"
The consensus seems to be: pretty fucking different. Jeanne Cummings and Erika Lovley of Politico write,
If a male attorney general and former prosecutor had been running against a woman who'd posed nude for Cosmopolitan magazine and whose law practice consisted mainly of real estate closings, would he have been the one reduced to praying for a squeaker victory? Would she have even gotten elected to the state Senate?
No and no are the probable answers.
And both Rachel Maddow and James Carroll point out that while Massachusetts is usually thought of as a liberal state, it has a pretty crappy record of electing women. Maddow reports that Massachusetts has never had a female governor or a female senator, and that Brown's opponent Martha Coakley is its first ever female attorney general. And Carroll writes in The Daily Beast,
It's an old story in Massachusetts-one that cuts across the boundaries of party and liberal-conservative competition. Democrats don't tap women for the top jobs, and neither do Republicans. Female nominees are subject to expectation tests, press scrutiny, and double standards that males know nothing of. Beneath all the analysis, something irrational and sinister and sexist is at work.
So perhaps Massachusetts is especially vulnerable to the sexist viewpoint crisis management specialist Eric Dezenhall describes to Hesse: "Men who are naughty are [viewed as] just dudes being dudes. Women who are naughty are unstable and must be stopped." And it certainly seems that no matter what state you live in, images of semi-nude men fail to inspire the slut-shaming often heaped on women who take it off. But maybe we aren't giving voters enough credit. Maybe we truly have entered into an age of acceptance, in which a few pictures of one's young body are no bar to public office. In order to determine the truth of this, we'll have to keep a close watch on the political career of one Carrie Prejean ... if we can stomach it.
Image via Mediaite.
Republican Senate Candidate Scott Brown Posed Naked In Cosmo [Mediaite]
Are Democrats Overlooking The Gender Gap? [MSNBC]
Scott Brown: Naked Double Standard [La Figa]
Women Ponder Massachusetts Glass Ceiling [Politico]
It's Okay. Sen. Brown Was Just Being A (Naked) Man. [Washington Post]
Misogynist Massachusetts [Daily Beast]


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How to Win the Spacing Race
Just as in real estate it's all about location, the same can be said for heat detectors. Knowing the rules, best practices and insider tips to properly space these devices helps ensure they deliver system alerts as intended.
As promised last month in the discussion on when the use of a heat detector should be considered, we now turn our attention to the basic requirements for the spacing of these detectors. There are two NFPA 72 sections within Chapter 17, Initiating Devices, that need to be consulted. They are 17.5, Requirements for Smoke and Heat Detectors, and 17.6, Heat-Sensing Fire Detectors. One may also consider Section 17.3, Performance-Based Design, but only if you are a professional engineer with a competency in fire protection.
While I am referencing the 2013 edition of NFPA 72 for this discussion, a number of its requirements were present all the way back in the first edition of NFPA 71-D, Thermo-Electrical Fire Alarms, published more than a century ago in 1899. At that time the devices were referred to as "thermostats." Some of the requirements from the 1899 edition are shown in the sidebar to this article. So let's get started reviewing what you need to know based on nearly 115 years of wisdom.
How and Where to Begin the Process
Section 17.5 covers requirements for both smoke and heat detectors. This section needs to be consulted first when starting the process of laying out the locations in which heat detectors for a project are to be mounted. The first rule to consider is that a detector is not to be recessed mounted unless it is listed for that use.
Partitions within a protected premises are to be looked at next. If the partitions extend to within 15% of the ceiling height, the spaces separated by the partitions shall be considered as separate rooms. For example, if you have a room with a typical ceiling height of 10 feet, any partition that exceeds 18 inches to the ceiling would invoke this rule.
Section 17.5.3 covers detector coverage. I will not go into that this time around, saving that area for another column. However, the designer or installer does need to be aware of the four categories: Total (Complete), Partial or Selective and Non-Required.
Section 17.6, Heat-Sensing Fire Detectors, contains the majority of the spacing requirements that are to be followed. When using heat detectors, the first item to consider is the expected performance objective of the system. This is different than performance-based design, and you should not confuse one for the other. In this case, the designer is to provide a simple narrative of what the expected results of the system with the heat detectors shall be. The same requirement is found in Section 17.7, which covers heat detectors.
The next item that needs to be considered is the ambient ceiling temperature of the space the detectors are to be installed and the temperature rating of the detectors. Depending on the detector temperature and type (fixed or rate-of-rise), the spacing of the detectors will be affected. The temperature rating of the detector must be 20° F below the expected maximum temperature at the ceiling.
3 Steps to Setting Detector Spacing
Once the type of heat detector has been selected, the spacing of the detector may begin. Through the years, I have used the following three steps: 1. Ceiling height; 2. Ceiling slope; and 3. Ceiling projections. This is not the order these items are found within NFPA 72, but I have found that taking into consideration the height of the ceiling first will simplify matters in the end. When looking at the ceiling height, slope should also be looked at. Not all ceilings are flat.
Table 184.108.40.206.1, Heat Detector Spacing Reduction Based on Ceiling Height, should be looked at first. If the ceiling height is 10 feet or less, then the manufacturer's published spacing is to be used. For ceilings higher than 10 feet and up to 30 feet, the table is to be used in reducing the spacing. For ceilings higher than 30 feet, performance-based design would be required. For example, a ceiling height of 15 feet would require a reduction of 0.77.
Slope is to be factored into the layout next. The majority of times, you may have a flat ceiling. But this is not always the case and should not be assumed when laying out the detectors from a set of building drawings. If the information is not clear, then it needs to be obtained either from the framing plans for the ceiling or a site visit if the building is existing. As I have told many a designer, you need to "look up" when performing a site visit.
There are two typical styles of sloped ceilings, peaked and shed. A peaked ceiling comes to an apex in the center, while a shed ceiling has a high wall on one side and a slope to a lower wall on the opposing. The degree of the slope is the next variable to consider. If it is less than 30°, all of the detectors shall be spaced based on the height of the peak, or the high point of a shed ceiling. If the slope is 30° or greater, the spacing shall be based on the average height of the ceiling. To determine the average, take the sum of the height of the highest and lowest point and divide by half.
The configuration of the ceiling is to be looked at next. While a number of ceilings are smooth, as with slope it should not be assumed. When the ceiling is smooth, the limits of the spacing is per the listing, ceiling height and slope. Half of the distance shall be used at right angles to walls.
One may also apply the rule of .7 (point seven), in which the ceiling shall have a detector within a distance equal to .7 times the listed spacing. This is very useful when dealing with irregular areas.
When looking at beams or joists within a ceiling, any protrusions of 4 inches or less are classified as a smooth ceiling. If the protrusions are greater than 4 inches and spaced at 36 inches or less to center, then the heat detector is to be placed at 50% of the listed spacing at right angles to the joist. The detectors are to be mounted at the bottom of the joist.
If the spacing of the protrusions is greater than 36 inches to center, they are to be considered as beams. In the case of beams, the ratio of the beam depth to the ceiling height is to be taken into consideration. When the ratio of the beam depth to ceiling height is greater than .10 and the ratio of the beam spacing (center to center) is greater than .40, the heat detectors are to be mounted within each beam pocket. When the ratio for the beam depth to ceiling height is less than .10 or if the ratio for beam spacing is less than .40, the detectors are to be installed at the bottom of the beams.
When a beam projects more than 4 inches, the detector shall have a spacing of two-thirds the listed spacing at right angles to the beams. When the beams project more than 18 inches and are greater than 8 feet to center, each beam pocket shall be considered as a separate area. Finally, when the beam is less than 12 inches AND less than 8 feet on center, the detectors may be placed at the bottom of the beams.
The rules for the spacing of heat detectors can be confusing at first. However, when you map out the placement of the devices on a set of plans for the protected premise using the rules, the locations for the detectors will become second nature.
Shane Clary, Ph.D., has more than 37 years of security and fire alarm industry experience. He serves on a number of NFPA technical committees, and is Vice President of Codes and Standards Compliance for Pacheco, Calif.-headquartered Bay Alarm Co.
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OCEAN CITY – Locals and visitors alike got their first taste of the delicious prix fix meals that restaurants participating in the Ocean City Restaurant Week had to offer this week.
Ocean City's premier Restaurant Week began June 2, marking the beginning of a week-long opportunity for diners to enjoy prix fix meals at any of the participating restaurants. This is the first year that Ocean City will be participating; however Restaurant Week is a popular event all across the country, reflecting the latest trend of "Culinary Tourism."
Diners have the option of a prix fix three-course dinner for $30 and/or the prix fix lunch for $20. Each restaurant chooses a menu for the prix fix option that reflects some of their most popular and tasty dishes. For those wishing to order off of the regular menu as well, that is still an option. There is no ticket, pass, or coupon required, all one needs is their appetite.
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According to Susan Jones, of the Hotel-Motel-Restaurant Association, both restaurants and diners were pleased with how the week was going. "It's going really well. I've talked to participants and diners who were really pleased with this week."
In particular, Jones mentioned Shenanigan's. "They sold about 15 of the prix fix dinners on Saturday night," she said explaining that it not only brought good revenue to the pub, but also got the chef excited about creating a new and creative menu.
Tammy Cebula, owner of Galaxy 66 Bar & Grille, was delighted with both the event and the turnout. "It's been a very nice, successful week so far," she said. "It's been a great experience for people. We've had a lot of people coming and trying it out."
According to Cebula, people are really enjoying coming in and having the option of the prix fix menu. "We've had positive responses from the customers, they really enjoy the option."
When asked whether she prefers having the event this week or later in the summer Cebula said, "I think this is a nice week to have it. It's bringing a lot of business to a normally slow week."
Fresco's Fine Dining owner and operator Pino Tomasello also saw good response throughout the week.
"It's been a pretty good response and so far it's working out pretty well," he said. "As for June, this was a good week to have it," he said, noting that the prix fix featured menu was bringing in a good crowd of people.
He further explained that he was pleased with the crowd that the event was bringing in during a week that is normally a "June Bug" week for Fresco's.
According to Tomasello, Fresco's would be more than willing to participate in next year's Restaurant Week aptly stating, "It if brings business, then why not."
Phillips Seafood House assistant manager Sean Bryan felt the week was starting off a little slow. "It's going okay," he said. "We have had some customers come in and ask for it." Bryan explained that although the Restaurant Week has been in all of their advertisements he attributes the slow start to it being something new.
Bryan agreed that the timing of the event was beneficial. "I think this is a good week for it because it's slow." He also agreed that the concept and potential for the town were both advantageous. As for next year, he sees potential. "We will probably participate again. I just think it might not be catching on yet."
Local diner Chelsea Remines said she enjoyed the additional menus provided this week. "It's a nice option to have," she said. When I heard about it, I thought this was a chance for me to try some restaurants that I hadn't been to yet this year."
"I hope we see this again next year," she said. "I think it's a good event for the town and for the restaurants."
Restaurant week will come to an end Saturday, June 9.


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The former CEO of Southwest Airlines, Jim Parker, told me,
"Don't set artificial goals for yourself."
Begin with noble ends:
Leadership is about people. Set people goals. Production and profitability are useful and necessary but never enough.
Increasing profits by 6% is important but not noble.
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- What contribution will you make to the way others think and feel about themselves?
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For others:
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- Relevant.
- Time-specific.
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How do you want to feel about you when 2013 slips away?
How do you want to make others feel?


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[201 U.S. 344, 344] The York Manufacturing Company has appealed from a judgment of the circuit court of appeals, which held that the company had no lien upon or right to remove certain machinery, as against creditors of the Mount Vernon Ice, Coal, & Milling Company, a bankrupt corporation. The facts upon which the question arises are as follows:
The corporation above named was organized under the laws of the state of Ohio, and was doing business at Mount Vernon, in that state. The company desired to enlarge its plant for the purpose of making ice, and to that end it was necessary to secure the proper machinery. It therefore entered into a contract, which was concluded October 27, 1902, with the appellant, the York Manufacturing Company, to supply that machinery for the sum of $7,375, to be paid in instalments, as stated in the contract. The contract also contained a stipulation 'that the title to the ownership of the machinery, apparatus, or plant herein contracted for, shall remain in the York Manufacturing Company until the entire purchase price herein agreed to be paid . . . shall be actually paid in cash.' The vendor [201 U.S. 344, 345] was given the right to enter the premises of vendee and remove the property in case of default. Twenty-five per cent only of the price of the machinery was ever paid. This contract was never filed, as required by the statute of Ohio relating to conditional sales. Section 4155, which is set forth in the margin.
The corporation, being short of funds for the purpose of building, desired to obtain them by the execution of a mortgage on the lot on which the building was to be erected. One William Mild was the president of the corporation and was the owner of and had the legal title to the real estate upon which its plant was being constructed. Mild applied to Messrs. Waight & Ames to assist in raising money, by lending their credit as sureties on notes to be given for loans to the corporation up to the sum of $10,000, by such persons or banks as loans could be
Section 4155, Revised Statutes of Ohio, provides as follows:
At the date of the Waight & Ames agreement,-November 1, 1902-no part of the machinery had come to the possession of the company, but it began to arrive in January, 1903, and was finally installed in the plant three or four months later.
On the same date that the agreement was executed, a mortgage, without date, was also executed by William Mild, in whom the title was, to Waight & Ames, conditioned for their indemnification for becoming sureties, as contemplated by their agreement. This mortgage was not recorded until July 16, 1903, and on the next day the corporation made a general assignment for the benefit of its creditors. On July 22, 1903, a petition by creditors of the corporation was filed for an adjudication of bankruptcy against it, and on December 11, 1903, the adjudication was made.
Soon after the adjudication the York Manufacturing Company filed an intervening petition, which set forth the contract under which they sold the machinery to the bankrupt, and alleged default in payment, and prayed that the company might be allowed to enter the premises and remove the machinery therefrom. This petition was resisted by the creditors.
A short time thereafter Waight & Ames filed their intervening petition, setting up their mortgage, and alleging that they had no knowledge of the contract with the York Manufacturing Company at the time of taking their mortgage, and prayed that they might be given precedence over that company. It appears they did raise for Mild the sum of $10,000, by indorsing for him to that extent, and a portion of it they have since been compelled to pay, and they are liable for the balance.
The referee in bankruptcy, before whom the question came, held that the mortgage of Waight & Ames was a valid lien on all the bankrupt's property, including the machinery furnished by the York Manufacturing Company, subject, however, to a [201 U.S. 344, 347] purchase-money mortgage on the lot for $1,000. He also held that the York Manufacturing Company had no lien on the machinery, but was a general creditor only.
The district court, on a petition for review, reversed this ruling, and held that the mortgage of Waight & Ames did not cover the machinery supplied by the York Manufacturing Company, but that the latter had no lien thereon as against general creditors; that the mortgage of Waight & Ames was a valid lien on the rest of the property, subject to the purchase- money mortgage on the lot; that they were not creditors of the bankrupt corporation, except as to the sum of $1,500 they had charged for becoming sureties under the contract above mentioned, but the court held that they might prove the debts of the creditors who held the notes on which they were sureties, if the creditors failed to do so, and that they might be subrogated to the rights of the creditors to the extent they had paid or might pay any balance due on said notes remaining after applying thereon the surplus of the proceeds of the sale of the real estate, after the purchasemoney mortgage had been paid, and that the entire $10,000 of the notes, which were mentioned in the contract between Waight & Ames and the company, and for which they were to be sureties, might be included in this right of subrogation. This, of course, did not include a note for $1,000, which had been paid five months before the proceedings in bankruptcy. The district court held that the mortgage of Waight & Ames was subordinate to the lien of the York Manufacturing Company, because no part of it had been placed on the ground of the bankrupt until two months after the making of the mortgage to Waight & Ames. The court, however, held that the general creditors were entitled to have the plant of the York Manufacturing Company sold for the payment of their claims because of the failure of that company to file the conditional sale contract, as required by the Ohio statute, and such failure rendered the contract void as to the creditors. Waight & Ames did not appeal from the district court's decree. [201 U.S. 344, 348] The circuit court of appeals, upon appeal by the York Manufacturing Company, affirmed the district court (67 C. C. A. 526, 135 Fed. 52), and that company has appealed here.
Messrs. Constant Southworth, John L. Lott, and Louis J. Dolle for appellant.
[201 U.S. 344, 350] No counsel for appellees.
Mr. Justice Peckham, after making the foregoing statement, delivered the opinion of the court:
The question is simply whether the York Manufacturing Company has a right, under its conditional sale of the machinery to the bankrupt corporation, to take the machinery out of the premises where it was placed, as against all except judgment or other creditors by some specific lien. There are no judgment creditors in the case and no attachment has been levied, and the question is simply whether the adjudication in bankruptcy is equivalent to a judgment or an attach- [201 U.S. 344, 351] ment on the property, so as to prevent the York Manufacturing Company from asserting its right to remove the machinery by virtue of the reservation of title contained in its contract.
In Wilson v. Leslie, 20 Ohio, 161, the court was construing the language of the statute relating to chattel mortgages, which declared a mortgage absolutely void as against creditors of the mortgagor, and as against subsequent purchasers and mortgagees in good faith, unless the mortgage or a true copy thereof should be deposited forthwith, as directed in the act. The court held that the mortgage was not void for lack of filing, as between the parties thereto, but that the statute only avoided the instrument as to those creditors who, between the time of the execution of the mortgage and the filing thereof, had taken steps to 'fasten upon the property for the payment of their debts.' As against such as had in the interim secured liens by attachment, execution, or otherwise, the mortgage would be void. When filed with the recorder the instrument became valid as against all persons except those whose rights have attached upon the property before the recording of the instrument. See to the same effect Re Shirley, 50 C. C. A. 252, 112 Fed. 301.
We have not been referred to any decision of the supreme court of Ohio as to the meaning of the statute requiring the filing of contracts of conditional sales, but we concur with the circuit court of appeals in this case, that the statute would render the unfiled contract void as to the same class of creditors mentioned in the chattel mortgage statute. Therefore the contract would be void as to creditors who, before its filing, had 'fastened upon the property' by some specific liens. As to creditors who had no such lien, being general creditors only, the statute does not avoid the sale, which is good between the parties to the contract.
The mortgage of Waight & Ames cannot be a lien on the machinery sold by the York Manufacturing Company, because the mortgage was prior to the time when any portion of such machinery was placed upon the land. There was no clause in [201 U.S. 344, 352] the mortgage covering after-acquired property, and, in any event, the mortgage would not cover property so acquired, the title to which, as in this case, was reserved to the vendor. This was the ruling of the district court, and no appeal was taken therefrom by the mortgagees. There are no creditors with any specific liens, nor is there any other mortgage, and there is no attachment.
We come, then, to the question whether the adjudication in bankruptcy was equivalent to a judgment, attachment, or other specific lien upon the machinery. The circuit court of appeals has held herein that the seizure by the court of bankruptcy operated as an attachment and an injunction for the benefit of all persons having interests in the bankrupt's estate.
We are of opinion that it did not operate as a lien upon the machinery as against the York Manufacturing Company, the vendor thereof. Under the provisions of the bankrupt act the trustee in bankruptcy is vested with no better right or title to the bankrupt's property than belonged to the bankrupt at the time when the trustee's title accrued. At that time the right, as between the bankrupt and the York Manufacturing Company, was in the latter company to take the machinery on account of default in the payment therefor. The trustee, under such circumstances, stands simply in the shoes of the bankrupt, and, as between them, he has no greater right than the bankrupt. This is held in Hewit v. Berlin Mach. Works, 194 U.S. 296 , 48 L. ed. 986, 24 Sup.Ct.Rep. 690. The same view was taken in Thompson v. Fairbanks, 196 U.S. 516 , 49 L. ed. 577, 25 Sup.Ct. Rep. 306. It was there stated that 'under the present bankrupt act, the trustee takes the property of the bankrupt, in cases unaffected by fraud, in the same plight and condition that the bankrupt himself held it, and subject to all the equities impressed upon it in the hands of the bankrupt.' See Yeatman v. New Orleans Sav. Inst. 95 U.S. 764 , 24 L. ed. 589; Stewart v. Platt, 101 U.S. 731 , 25 L. ed. 816; Hauselt v. Harrison, 105 U.S. 401 , 26 L. ed. 1075. The same doctrine was reaffirmed in Humphrey v. Tatman, 198 U.S. 91 , 49 L. ed. 956, 25 Sup.Ct.Rep. 567. The law of Ohio says the conditional sale contract was good between the parties, although not filed. In such a [201 U.S. 344, 353] case the trustee in bankruptcy takes only the rights of the bankrupt, where there are no specific liens, as already stated.
The remark made in Mueller v. Nugent, 184 U.S. 1 , 46 L. ed. 405, 22 Sup.Ct.Rep. 269, 'that the filing of the petition [in bankruptcy] is a caveat to all the world, and in effect an attachment and injunction,' was made in regard to the particular facts in that case. The case itself raised questions entirely foreign to the one herein arising, and did not involve any inquiry into the title of a trustee in bankruptcy as between himself and the bankrupt, under such facts as are above stated. The dispute in the Mueller Case was whether the court in bankruptcy had power to compel, in a summary way, the surrender of money or other property of the bankrupt, in the possession of the bankrupt, or of someone for him, without resorting to a suit for that purpose. This court held, as stated by the chief justice in delivering its opinion: 'The bankruptcy court would be helpless indeed if the bare refusal to turn over could conclusively operate to drive the trustee to an action to recover as for an indebtedness or a conversion, or to proceedings in chancery, at the risk of the accompaniments of delay, complication, and expense intended to be avoided by the simpler methods of the bankrupt law.' It was held that the trustee was not thus bound, but had the right, under the facts in that case, to proceed under the bankrupt law itself and take the property out of the hands of the bankrupt or anyone holding it for him.
In this case, under the authorities already cited, the York Manufacturing Company had the right, as between itself and the trustee in bankruptcy, to take the property under the unfiled contract with the bankrupt, and the adjudication in bankruptcy did not operate as a lien upon this machinery in favor of the trustee as against the York Manufacturing Company.
The decree of the Circuit Court of Appeals is reversed and the case remanded to the District Court, with directions to enter a decree in conformity with this opinion.
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Wizards President Ernie Grunfeld announced today that the team has signed guard Shaun Livingston to a ten-day contract. Per team policy, terms of the deal were not announced.
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Born in Cheshire, and schooled in Liverpool, Stephen Jones burst on to the London fashion scene during its explosion of street style in the late seventies. By day, he was a student at St Martins; after dark he was one of that era's uncompromising style-blazers at the legendary Blitz nightclub – always crowned with a striking hat of his own idiosyncratic design.
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Heartsaver DVD navigation and menu options have been designed to support the various Heartsaver Portfolio course formats, including Instructor-led and blended learning courses. The Heartsaver DVDs include home menu options that allow the Instructor to easily choose which Heartsaver courses they are teaching, playing each one independently for a variety of course combinations. The DVD set also includes tailored DVD course tracks that incorporate skills, such as choking and an introduction to CPR, if, for example, the Instructor is only teaching the Heartsaver First Aid Course.
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People have done many terrible things to cockroaches in the name of fear: impaled them with a shoe, squashed them in a tissue, and water tortured them down the drain. Now People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) is claiming that a government-funded neuroscience startup is doing terrible things to roaches in the name of education.
Backyard Brains in Ann Arbor, Michigan, which is backed by the National Institute of Mental Health, sells a $99 kit that lets anyone with time, patience, and a spare cockroach create a RoboRoach, a living cockroach whose movements are remotely controlled by its human caretaker. "It's an educational kit, it's not a toy," says Backyard Brains co-founder Greg Gage, who adds, "we want people to learn about the biological systems."
Using the same concept as deep brain stimulation, in which electrodes implanted in people's brains help control symptoms of Parkinson's and other neurological disorders, the kit attaches electrodes to the antennas of a live cockroach, then shocks it with three-volt jolts to get the bug to move in whichever direction the user designates. (The kit comes with a toy remote control for now, but upcoming versions will work with most smartphones.)
Building your very own cyborg bug involves dipping a live cockroach in ice water to anesthetize it, cutting off most of its antennas, inserting electrodes into the remaining stumps, then supergluing a little headset atop the insect's head. A small receiver snaps into the headset and rests on the bug's back. Feeling queasy yet?
To stop any more Franken-bug kits from being created – about 300 have been sold so far, according to the company — PETA filed a complaint with Michigan's attorney general and state regulators charging that Backyard Brains is practicing veterinary medicine without a license. That's a felony, by the way.
"It's not okay to torture and mutilate cockroaches," says PETA attorney, Jared Goodman. "There is no way a child is going to learn anything about neurological diseases or be interested in studying it in the future based on mutilating a cockroach."
'We're not breaking any laws," says Backyard Brains' co-founder Greg Gage, who adds that the ice-water anesthetization ensures a painless operation and that the roaches lead normal lives once the electrodes' effect wears off after a week or so. "These are roaches that people would easily kill in their apartments."
True, but most people wouldn't stick electrodes in them. We'd just flush them down the toilet and forget 'em.