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As computers and developer tools get more and more powerful, tasks that were very difficult 5 or 10 years ago are becoming trivial. The focus of the IT industry shifts to the user, and User Experience is becoming the key differentiating factor between "good enough" and "great" applications. We believe that even Line of Business applications can and should be made enjoyable and productive to use and easy to learn and master. The key to achieving this goal is focusing on User Experience from the start. Our client's feedback and the three Microsoft Innovation Awards we received prove that we are on the right path.
Response is a small company, with a handful of professionals, educated by world-famous universities, and the challenges of working on real-world projects and cooperating with real-world clients. We have developed multiple award winning applications and websites using Windows Phone, WPF (Windows Presentation Foundation), Silverlight and ASP.Net. The GM of Response, András Velvárt is a five time Microsoft Most Valuable Professional awardee for his contribution to the development community in Hungary and worldwide.
Response is located in Budapest, Hungary - one of the fastest growing capitals in the European Union when it comes to Information Technology.
Kinect Quiz is a fully-featured quiz engine for Kinect. This is a fully skinable and configurable engine, which saw its first real application for Yaz at a pharmaceutical exhibition. Our UK partner, ASK created the design and we worked on the development and UX part of the application. For the engine, we went beyond the basic "select an answer" questions, and solved the usability challenges for multiple answer questions, list reordering (e.g. place the items in chronological order) and matching questions and answers. The application is created in a way that allows us to quickly change the graphics and the questions, thus adopt the quiz engine to any other brand.
Winner of Response's third Microsoft Innovation Awars, SurfCube sports an innovative new interaction model while being the most feature rich web browser for Windows Phone 7. It was voted #1 2012 Community App Awards in User Experience category and #3 Productivity App. As one of out users put it, SurfCube is… FUNctional. SurfCube has also piqued the interest of Nokia, who partnered with us to offer SurfCube for free for Hungarian Nokia Lumia users for a limited time. We have branded SurfCube to reflect Nokia's Amazing Everyday campaign.SurfCube on FacebookGet SurfCube
Partnering with 360World, The Hungarian National Gallery and the Google Art Project, we developed a brand new, Kinect-driven way to examine paintings like you never did before.
Three paintings are shown off in stunning detail, complete with Points of Interest and full-body gesture control.
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Zoomery goes where Silverlight Deep Zoom does not. Zoomery allows creating zooms from any digital data - not just images, but folders full of documents, over a 100 presentations from a conference, or even source code! Our latest product, Zoomery Server can handle millions of images, perform arbitrary searches. Our optimized generation algorithms can process 100,000 images or document pages per day on a single server, and require much less storage space. Zoomery server easily integrates with any website, and honors the securit.Zoomery
Partnering with Aera and 360World, we brought a 7.2 Gigapixel panorama to life with Kinect for a tourism exhibition in London. This reusable panorama application is optimized for trade shows, and showcases an intuitive control scheme that utilizes Kinect's full body tracking.
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Out very first Kinect application is a brand new and extremely enjoyable approach to discovering maps. Apart from its Map Mode, it features a fun "Superman" mode where you can fly over 3D cities and Landscapes. The application even has a couple of predefined Favorite places to try, such as Manhattan, Niagara Falls or Las Vegas. Our revolutionary natural control scheme is precise enough so that the user can zoom in from space to street level in a single woosh, and fly around the city, inspecting any building.Introducing Kinect Bing MapsKinect Maps - the Gestures
Our Zoomery technology is another winner of Microsoft Innovation Award. The Zoomery Mix '10 application brings all 130 presentations, 3271 slides of the Mix 2010 conference to your phone in a zooming interface in a searchable manner. The presentation videos are also available.Zoomery
Created for Microsoft Hungary, based on the hardware by Skreeno, this Jedi-powered Demo Wall showcases Windows and other Microsoft videos in a Hungarian store. The application is written in WPF, and while designing the User Experience, special care was taken to simplify the 'Jedi' gestures people passing by can learn. The end result is a cool display that made Steve Ballmer (Microsoft CEO) congratulate us on the job well done.
Művész is out first attempt at breaking away from traditional software design. We strived to revolutionize how LOB (Line of Business) applications behave and to prove that grey buttons and rectangles are not the only way to go. Even business software can be fun and productive to use! The Művész client runs on a touchscreen UMPC without keyboard, and was built using WPF. The application won Microsoft's Innovation Award in 2008 and was featured as the first ever case study in The Architecture Journal"Case Study: Support Technicians on the Road
When we were approached by Grepton Plc. to create a WPF organization chart browser for their client, we started experimenting with how Organization Chart information can be visualized in novel ways. The key thought was that if organization units contain their sub-units, we should show this relationship as such, and not with lines. You can see the result in the video. This application has also been ported to Microsoft Surface, becoming the first ever Surface application in Hungary.


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Every spring, high school seniors anxiously await college admission letters. At Princeton University, admissions officer Portia Nathan is a gatekeeper, evaluating thousands of applicants annually. Year in and year out, Portia has lived her life by the book, at work and at the home she shares with Princeton professor Mark. When Clarence, the Dean of Admissions, announces his impending retirement, the likeliest candidates to succeed him are Portia and her office rival Corinne. For Portia, however, it's business as usual as she hits the road on her annual recruiting trip. On the road, Portia reconnects with her iconoclastic mother, Susannah, and, on her arrival at New Quest, an alternative high school, she reconnects with her former college classmate, idealistic teacher John Pressman - who has recently surmised that Jeremiah, a gifted yet very unconventional student, might well be the son that Portia secretly gave up for adoption years ago while at school. Jeremiah is about to apply to Princeton. Now Portia must re-evaluate her personal and professional existences, as she finds herself bending the admissions rules for Jeremiah, putting at risk the future she thought she always wanted - and, in the process, finding her way to a surprising and exhilarating life and romance she never dreamed of having.
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City Paper, Urbanite, WJZ TV, WYPR Radio, What Weekly, Others Cover the Group Exhibition, "Under Cover"
Posted 12.12.11 by MICA communications
BALTIMORE - This year, MICA's Exhibition Development Seminar (EDS) class, along with 11 artists, examines the continuously shifting definitions of shelter and privacy through the interdisciplinary group exhibition, Under Cover. From Friday, Jan. 27-Sunday, March 11, the approximately 50 works of sculpture, photography and video explore how private dwellings and public spaces have begun to merge and how, as a result, concepts of and expectations for shelter, protection and privacy have been irrevocably altered. The class looks at how densely populated cities, surveillance of the public and digital overexposure of personal information have contributed to dissolving the boundary between public and private space. As public domain continues to advance, perhaps the only shelter left is in the privacy of the mind. The exhibition, taking place in Fox Building's Decker Gallery, 1303 W. Mount Royal Ave., will include a reception on Thursday, Feb. 2, 7-9 p.m.
"The class has invited a group of artists to think about privacy in real and virtual spaces, new models of urban or nomadic living, and the omnipresence of surveillance in contemporary life," EDS faculty member Jeffry Cudlin said. "All of these issues are at the forefront of how we live now. They directly affect a group of students who are eyeing the current economic climate and trying to navigate a world in which all activities could be regarded as suspicious-and monitored accordingly."
The annual EDS class enables students to examine the curatorial process through the research, planning and production of a major exhibition.
Featured artists:
James Coupe
In Panoptic Panorama #1: I am Standing in an Empty Room, commissioned for Under Cover, Seattle-based artist James Coupe plays with the idea of public surveillance. Five cameras are located in the center of the gallery, configured to monitor a 360-degree field of vision. Computers process the video captured by the cameras and filter out any footage that contains movement. Five screens on the gallery wall construct a panoramic representation of the space via the camera feeds in this five-channel video work. Regardless of the number of people in the gallery, it always seems empty in the video footage. Although the panorama appears unified, each screen is temporally inconsistent and discontinuous with the others.
Jen Davis
Webcam, a series of photographs by Brooklyn-based Jen Davis, comments on relationships in real and virtual life, which can be parallel to each other or completely dissimilar. Webcam documents a fictional, web-based relationship between the artist and "Alexi," a character that Davis constructs as an avatar for her relationship. Over the course of three months, the fictional relationship evolves from friends to lovers, imitating the progression of an actual real-world relationship, despite the fact that "Alexi" never sees the artist. The photographs fixate on the false sense of intimacy created in the virtual world that attempts to mask feelings of loneliness and isolation.
Vin Grabill
Vin Grabill is a Maryland-based artist who creates video collages that express the movement of both television stills and crowded streets juxtaposed with images of nature. In Grabill's piece, Frontier, window frame structures slowly move, allowing for different visual collages to be seen together and therefore enabling a dialogue between images of exposure and crowdedness with scenes of privacy and calm.
Nate Larson and Marni Shindelman
The collaborative work of MICA photography faculty member Nate Larson and New York-based artist Marni Shindelman focuses on the ever-disintegrating distance between reality and virtual culture. In their series, Geolocation, Larson and Shindelman use Internet-based statements and Global Positioning System (GPS) technology from Twitter to locate the physical places where Twitter messages have been sent. They then capture the location through a photograph and use the original text of the Twitter post to narrate the scene that results. The image is often comically ironic when juxtaposed with the original Twitter post.
Kelly Loudenberg
New York City-based producer and director Kelly Loudenberg's series of video documentaries, New Urbanism, documents artists' efforts to blur the boundaries of public and private space in order to remind people of simple, basic necessities. Loudenberg's piece, New Urbanism: The Waterpod, is a video documentary of a project that studied a fully self-sufficient living space, named The Waterpod, which was equipped with means for producing food, water and shelter. The film follows four artists who lived exclusively on the 30-by-100-foot barge for five months. The video documents life on the The Waterpod, which was open to the public, as it traveled around New York City's five boroughs. New Urbanism: Tent City, another video by Loudenberg, documents the transformation of a vacant lot in New York City into a temporary village for the homeless.
Mary Mattingly
New York-based artist Mary Mattingly comments on economic globalization and the modern nomad. The sculptural work, Wearable Portable Architecture, is engineered out of multiple costumes that combine to transform into a shelter. The costumes are insulated to maintain comfortable body temperatures and come equipped with GPS, Internet and other technologies-all powered by solar panels. They encompass, cradle and protect the body in an attempt to shield against the physical environment. By collectively creating an inhabitable shelter, they also afford private space in a world where existence is increasingly rootless and contingent.
Patrick McDonough
Washington, D.C.-based artist Patrick McDonough addresses American consumerism and playfully critiques the tension between art and the utilitarian object. The installation series, Awning Studies, focuses on the awning as a distinction between public and private spaces. His project, which includes a newly created piece for Under Cover, explores the functionality and relevance of awnings, imagining them migrating free into the world, unattached to buildings. By installing them in trees, over the water and on a combination of steel and clear acrylic supports, he questions the extent to which these decorative structures provide a clear distinction between public and private space.
Anne Percoco
New Jersey-based artist Anne Percoco creates utilitarian objects that meet the basic needs of people in communities around the globe who have been affected by unfortunate living conditions, such as extreme poverty, lack of shelter and pollution. These are all results of growing populations in already dense cities. Percoco collects detritus from these areas-including water bottles, trash and candy wrappers-and then uses them to create shelters and forms of transportation. These constructions, such as the piece, Indra's Cloud-Keshi Ghat, are meant to help people better flourish in environments where community, shelter and privacy are changing due to overpopulation.
Keith Perelli
Keith Perelli explores social, political and personal issues through his paintings, prints and drawings. His painting series, Return, catalogs his personal need as a native of New Orleans to come to terms with the slow sociological and ecological recovery of the Gulf region from Hurricane Katrina. In the hours and weeks following the storm, Perelli grappled with the physically and psychologically changed landscape through quiet reflection and observation of both the local populace and the land. Through this series, Perelli attempts to express the loss of not only a physical shelter, but also a community he had come to recognize as home.
Saul Robbins
New York photographer Saul Robbins' series, Initial Intake, exposes the private relationship and space shared between the psychotherapist and the client. The photographs are taken from the viewpoint of the patient's chair, where one can observe intimate details of the office: balled-up tissues, raking light through the window during an afternoon session and books waiting to be examined. In this series, Robbins publically exposes the usually protected privacy of one of the most truthful and intimate relationships.
For updates and more information about Under Cover, visit micaundercover.com. MICA's galleries, which are free and open to the public, are open Monday-Saturday, 10 a.m.-5 p.m.; and Sunday, noon-5 p.m. They are closed on major holidays.
Under Cover is made possible partially through generous support from the Friends of the Exhibition Development Seminar.
Image caption: Saul Robbins, Upper East Side, 2008, photo, 2008.
Founded in 1826, Maryland Institute College of Art (MICA) is the oldest continuously degree-granting college of art and design in the nation. The College enrolls nearly 3,500 undergraduate, graduate and continuing studies students from 49 states and 52 countries in fine arts, design, electronic media, art education, liberal arts, and professional studies degree and non-credit programs. With art and design programs ranked in the top ten by U.S. News and World Report, MICA is pioneering interdisciplinary approaches to innovation, research, and community and social engagement. Alumni and programming reach around the globe, even as MICA remains a cultural cornerstone in the Baltimore/Washington region, hosting hundreds of exhibitions and events annually by students, faculty and other established artists.
Press Materials:
Media Coverage:
- READ: City Paper review
- READ: Urbanite review
- WATCH: WJZ TV interview
- LISTEN: WYPR Radio interview
- READ: What Weekly review
- Also covered by b the site, Baltimore Gay Life, Baltimore Jewish Times, Baltimore Sun and Metropolis.


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As the DOOM Slayer, return to take your vengeance against the forces of Hell. Set to an all-new pulse pounding soundtrack composed by Mick Gordon, fight across dimensions as you slay new and classic demons with powerful new weapons and abilities.
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Super Mario World
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One of the launch titles of the SNES (and bundled with early systems in North America), Super Mario World is the fifth main game in the Super Mario series. (starring Nintendo's mascot, Mario, and his brother, Luigi). The game follows both Mario brothers as they explore Dinosaur Land (known for its large amount of dinosaurs) to find and defeat the evil Koopa king Bowser (and his seven underlings, the Koopalings) while rescuing Princess Toadstool.
Along with new abilities (such as the "Spin Jump"), a new power-up (the "Cape Feather") and more obstacles, the game introduces dinosaur companions (known as Yoshi) that Mario and Luigi can ride. Yoshi, known for using their long tongues to snare and eat enemies, have become a fan-favorite among the series (giving them their own games and spin-offs, most notably this game's prequel).
Special bundles of the SNES in 1994 included a compilation cartridge mixing Super Mario World with Super Mario All-Stars. The only difference in this version is a new sprite set for Luigi. The original game was later ported to the Game Boy Advance on February 11, 2002 as Super Mario World: Super Mario Advance 2. Along with a special version of the original Mario Bros., the port includes a variety of differences, including Luigi as a selectable character (who now has unique features, such as his floating jump from Super Mario Bros. 2), new voice acting, and the ability to save anywhere. The original game was also digitally re-released in Nintendo's Virtual Console platform for the Wii (on February 5, 2007) and Wii U (on April 26, 2013).
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GentleMoon 2
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Don from New Mexico writes:
How do I delete all the information off a flash drive, so that I can put new information on it?
Formatting a flash drive will wipe all the information off of the drive. Start by inserting the flash drive into your computer. Click on Computer (Windows 7) or My Computer (Windows XP) and right click on your flash drive and click format.
In the format screen, you'll see the capacity of the drive and various technical information. The only piece of information you should need to change is the Volume Label, which is the name that will appear next to the drive letter for your flash drive. I like to name my flash drives something short but descriptive like mp3files or workdocs. Uncheck the Quick Format box click Start to format your flash drive.
The formatting process should take a few minutes and you will see a green progress bar. Once it is complete, your flash drive will be completely wiped of all information it contained.


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The attire worn at academic ceremonies evolved from the dress worn by clergy in the 12th and 13th centuries. In 1222. the Archbishop of Canterbury, Stephen Langston, decreed that a closed, flowing gown known as the "cappa clausa" be worn by all clerics within his jurisdiction. Because Oxford and Cambridge were within the provinces of Canterbury, the clerks at both institutions adopted this style of attire. Hoods seem to have served to cover the tonsured head until superseded for that purpose by the skull cap.
Throughout the years European universities have continued to show great diversity in their academic dress. On the other hand, American universities, when they decided to adopt academic dress in 1895, immediately established a code of regulations which today is followed by practically all American institutions. The establishment of this code has made it possible to distinguish the associate's, bachelor's, master's and doctoral degrees and, at the same time, recognize the university which has conferred the degree.
The associate in arts and bachelor's gowns have pointed sleeves and are worn closed. The master's gown has oblong sleeves, open at the wrist. The rear part of its oblong shape is a square cut and the front part has an arc cut away, and may be worn open or closed. The doctor's gown has bell-shaped sleeves, that can be worn open or closed. The majority of gowns are black, but a number of institutions have adopted other colors to identify special programs or groups within that institution.
The hoods vary in length: 48 inches for the doctoral degree, 42 inches for the master's and 36 for both bachelor's and associate's. All hoods are lined in silk in the academic color or colors of the institution conferring the degree. If the institution has more than one color, the colors are shown in divisions using chevrons. The binding or edge of the doctoral, master's and bachelor's hoods are typically made out of velvet in the color designating the subject in which the degree was granted. The associate's hood does not have a velvet border and the outside is black.
Black mortarboards are most commonly worn; four-sided and six-sided tams of various colors are also used.
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Written by Elizabeth Barrett Thursday, 24 October 2013 14:26
Gothenburg police are investigating a local incident of fraud.
According to Gothenburg Chamber of Commerce officials, the incident involves a man that fits the following description:
male around 40 years old
six-foot or taller, stocky build and 250 pounds or more
very short light blonde hair and possibly balding
wearing black-framed glasses
Officials said the man entered a local business to schedule an appointment for his aunt and wanted to pay in advance with a check.
He "accidentally" wrote the check for more than the services and was given cash back.
Officials said the man seemed to know a lot about the area and talked about other businesses he'd visited.
When the check was deposited into a bank, officials said it was on a fraudulent account as there was no known person of that name and the identification he'd given was fake.
If business people have come into contact with a man matching this description, they are asked to contact police chief Randy Olson at the Gothenburg Police Department.
Officials also urge the business community to call the police while the man is in the business.


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That has been the hardest part. I love food,
I don't like to exercise. I get some splitting and moving wood for the fire. Playing with the baby is also some exercise for me.
It's pretty short still though and solid white!
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Quote from: junebug72 on December 31, 2013, 01:58:39 PMIt's pretty short still though and solid white!White is my favorite color. When my hair starts turning white, I intend on painting it fully white and "skip the middleman", as it were. Would you mind PM'ing me a pic?


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The JMPT is the premier scientific journal of the chiropractic profession, dedicated to the advancement of chiropractic health care.
2008 Prevalence of Chiropractic Use in the U.S. Adult Population
Marc W. Sodat, MS, et al.
Objective: The purpose of this study was to produce prevalence estimates and identify determinants of variability in chiropractic use in the U.S. adult population.
Methods: The Medical Expenditure Panel Survey was used to estimate prevalence for the adult population and subpopulations according to several sociodemographic, geographic, and health characteristics. Multivariable logistic regression model was used to explore the effects of the independent predictors on chiropractic use.
Results: The 2008 chiropractic prevalence of use was estimated to be 5.2% (95% confidence interval, 4.7-5.6). The adjusted odds of using chiropractic services were approximately 46% less for Asians, 63% less for Hispanics, and 73% less for blacks compared with whites; 21% less for men than women; and 68% higher for those with arthritis compared with those without. Persons from high-income families have greater odds of using chiropractic services compared with those from middle-income (42%) and low-income (67%) families. There was a significant interaction between Census region and urban-rural location. The results showed the prevalence of chiropractic use to be highest in small metro areas in the Midwest (10.5%) and Northeast (10.4%) as well as micropolitan/noncore areas in the West (10.8%) and Midwest (10.1%).
Conclusions: This study validates previous findings showing the prevalence of use is higher for whites, women, and persons with higher family income or reported arthritis. The results of this study also indicate that chiropractic use varies across the urban-rural landscape depending on the region of the country, suggesting that the effect of geographic location may be more complex than previously reported.
Efficacy of Chiropractic Manual Therapy on Infant Colic
Joyce E. Miller, BS, DC, et al.
Objective: The purpose of this study was to determine the efficacy of chiropractic manual therapy for infants with unexplained crying behavior and if there was any effect of parental reporting bias.
Methods: Infants with unexplained, persistent crying (infant colic) were recruited between October 2007 and November 2009 at a chiropractic teaching clinic in the United Kingdom. Infants younger than 8 weeks were randomized to one of three groups: (i) infant treated, parent aware; (ii) infant treated, parent unaware; and (iii) infant not treated, parent unaware. The primary outcome was a daily crying diary completed by parents over a period of 10 days. Treatments were pragmatic, individualized to examination findings, and consisted of chiropractic manual therapy of the spine. Analysis of covariance was used to investigate differences between groups.
Results: One hundred four patients were randomized. In parents blinded to treatment allocation, using two or less hours of crying per day to determine a clinically significant improvement in crying time, the increased odds of improvement in treated infants compared with those not receiving treatment were statistically significant at day eight (adjusted odds ratio [OR], 8.1; 95% confidence interval [CI], 1.4-45.0) and at day 10 (adjusted OR, 11.8; 95% CI, 2.1-68.3). The number needed to treat was three. In contrast, the odds of improvement in treated infants were not significantly different in blinded compared with nonblinded parents (adjusted ORs, 0.7 [95% CI, 0.2-2.0] and 0.5 [95% CI, 0.1-1.6] at days 8 and 10, respectively).
Conclusions: In this study, chiropractic manual therapy improved crying behavior in infants with colic. The findings showed that knowledge of treatment by the parent did not appear to contribute to the observed treatment effects in this study. Thus, it is unlikely that observed treatment effect is due to bias on the part of the reporting parent.
Determinants of Variation in Chiropractic Episodes of Care for Adults
Joel M. Stevans, DC, et al.
Objective: The primary aim of this study was to report nationally representative estimates of the visit utilization, per visit expenditures, and total expenditures for chiropractic episodes of care in the U.S. adult population. The secondary aim was to identify clinical, demographic, geographic, and payment factors associated with variation in the levels of utilization and expenditures.
Methods: Data from the 2005-2008 Medical Expenditure Panel Survey were used to construct complete episodes of chiropractic care (n = 1,639) for the civilian, noninstitutionalized adult population. Bivariate descriptive statistics were calculated for visit utilization, per visit expenditures, and total expenditures per episode of care by several clinical, demographic, geographic, and payment variables. Multivariable regression models were used to evaluate the effects of the independent variables on each of the three dependent variables.
Results: The unadjusted mean number of visits per episode was 5.8 (95% confidence interval [CI], 5.3-6.4] and varied significantly by race/ethnicity, perceived mental health, urban-rural location, and source of payment. The mean total expenditures per visit per episode were estimated to be $69 (95% CI, $65-$73). There was variation associated with the census region, urban-rural location, and source of payment variables. Total expenditures for an episode of care were estimated to be $424 (95% CI, $371-$477] with variation according to urban-rural location and source of payment. During 29% of the episodes all expenditures were paid with out-of-pocket funds.
Conclusions: Variation in the utilization and expenditures during chiropractic episodes of care is primarily associated with payment source and geographic factors.
Modulation of Pain-Induced Neuromuscular Trunk Responses by Pain Expectations
Charles Tétreau, MSc, et al.
Purpose: The purpose of this study was to investigate the alteration of pain-induced neuromuscular trunk responses by expectations in healthy volunteers.
Methods: Twenty-three asymptomatic participants performed series of flexion-extension movements in three different experimental conditions: innocuous heat stimulation (control) and noxious heat stimulation associated with expectations of low or high pain intensity. These stimuli were administered by a contact thermode placed over the lumbar region (L4 and L5) to assess the modulation of neuromuscular responses and kinematics during the flexion-extension task. Surface electromyography (EMG) of lumbar erector spinae at L2 and L3 and L4 and L5 as well as lumbopelvic kinematic variables were compared across conditions.
Results: Noxious stimulation significantly altered EMG responses, but only in full trunk flexion. Interestingly, this alteration was significant only for muscles where noxious stimulation was applied (L4 and L5) and not for the other segment (L2 and L3). Conversely, expectations significantly altered EMG activity at L2 and L3, but not at the segment where noxious stimulation was applied.
Conclusion: These results confirm previous findings and indicate that experimental pain can alter neuromuscular responses during a trunk flexion-extension task. Furthermore, this study suggests that expectations can alter some of these alterations. Future studies should determine whether neuromuscular changes induced by expectations may contribute to the transition from acute to chronic low-back pain.
Trigger Points, Pain, Disability and Sleep Quality in Neck Pain Patients
Sonsoles Muñoz-Muñoz, PT, et al.
Objective: The purpose of this study was to investigate the presence of active myofascial trigger points (MTrPs) in a greater number of muscles than previous studies and the relation between the presence of MTrPs, the intensity of pain, disability, and sleep quality in mechanical neck pain.
Methods: Fifteen patients with mechanical neck pain (80% women) and 12 comparable controls participated. Myofascial trigger points were bilaterally explored in the upper trapezius, splenius capitis, semispinalis capitis, sternocleidomastoid, levator scapulae, and scalene muscles in a blinded design. Myofascial trigger points were considered active if the subject recognized the elicited referred pain as a familiar symptom. Myofascial trigger points were considered latent if the elicited referred pain was not recognized as a symptom. Pain was collected with a numerical pain rate scale (0-10); disability was assessed with Neck Disability Index; and sleep quality, with the Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index.
Results: Patients exhibited a greater disability and worse sleep quality than controls (P < .001). The Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index score was associated with the worst intensity of pain (r = 0.589; P = .021) and disability (r = 0.552; P = .033). Patients showed a greater (P = .002) number of active MTrPs (mean, 2 ± 2) and similar number (P = .505) of latent MTrPs (1.6 ± 1.4) than controls (latent MTrPs, 1.3 ± 1.4). No significant association between the number of latent or active MTrPs and pain, disability, or sleep quality was found.
Conclusions: The referred pain elicited by active MTrPs in the neck and shoulder muscles contributed to symptoms in mechanical neck pain. Patients exhibited higher disability and worse sleep quality than controls. Sleep quality was associated with pain intensity and disability. No association between active MTrPs and the intensity of pain, disability, or sleep quality was found.
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MALVERN, PA--(Marketwired - Jun 24, 2014) - Ricoh Americas Corporation today announced its participation in SkillsUSA's 50th Annual National Leadership and Skills Conference. Ricoh is once again participating in the Graphic Communications area of the SkillsUSA Championship competition, this year providing digital print devices for the new digital press segment. Its experts will also be on hand to help educate students on digital print technology. The conference takes place June 23-27, 2014 in Kansas City, MO.
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By Colleen Jenkins
WINSTON-SALEM, North Carolina (Reuters) - North Carolina Governor Bev Perdue pardoned on Monday a mostly African-American group known as the "Wilmington 10" after they were falsely convicted of firebombing a white-owned grocery store in 1971 during a time of bitter racial unrest.
Human and civil rights groups had long decried the convictions and prison sentences ranging from 15 to 34 years for the nine black men and one white woman, arguing they were victims of racial prejudice and prosecutorial misconduct.
Perdue, a Democrat who leaves office this week, said many months of review had convinced her the group deserved full pardons of innocence four decades after their controversial trial ended with guilty verdicts.
"These convictions were tainted by naked racism and represent an ugly stain on North Carolina's criminal justice system that cannot be allowed to stand any longer," Perdue said. "Justice demands that this stain finally be removed."
Wilmington, an historic port city on North Carolina's coast, was gripped by racial tension in the years after Martin Luther King Jr.'s 1968 assassination and the desegregation of schools.
Violence erupted on February 6, 1971, when demonstrators set off firebombs in the city's downtown. Firefighters who responded to the blaze set at a grocery store were met with sniper fire.
Authorities blamed the Wilmington 10 for the grocery fire and for conspiring to attack the emergency workers. They were tried and convicted the following year.
Three witnesses later recanted their testimony, and then-Governor Jim Hunt reduced the group's sentences in 1978. A federal appeals court overturned their convictions in 1980, citing numerous instances of prosecutorial misconduct.
Still, the Wilmington 10 and their supporters remained determined to get the state to declare them innocent of the crime.
Momentum for the pardons grew this year as the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People called on Perdue to act. Supporters noted that four of the Wilmington 10 had died.
Last month, Perdue received the handwritten notes of the prosecutor who picked the group's jury, and the records showed racism had played a dominant role in the process, she said on Monday.
"The notes reveal that certain white jurors believed to be Ku Klux Klan members were described by the prosecutor as 'good' and that at least one African-American juror was noted to be an 'Uncle Tom type,'" Perdue said. "This conduct is disgraceful."
Benjamin Chavis, a civil rights activist who received the stiffest sentence as the suspected leader of the group, said Perdue had removed a "dreadful cloud of injustice" by granting the pardons.
"For the last 40 years, the case of the Wilmington 10 has come to epitomize the struggle for racial justice in the United States," said Chavis, who later served as the executive director of the NAACP and now lives in Florida.
"No better way to end 2012 than to end on a positive note of redemption, reconciliation and the reaffirmation that all of God's people should be treated fairly and evenly," he said.
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After a turbulent ride through the regular season, Gothenburg's boys basketball team put together its best performances of the year during post season action.
It was a good time to peak, said coach Roger Koehler, providing some excitement for a team that saw its share of ups and downs.
Although nerves were visible in the first couple of minutes of the opening round of the C1-11 sub-district at Lexington last week, the Swedes settled down for a 50-40 victory over Chase County.
Then two nights later, Gothenburg took a focused attitude into the sub-district final.
The Swedes played what Koehler believes to be their most complete game of the year against Cozad, in a game that came down to free throws in the final minute.
Gothenburg beat the Haymakers 52-49 to advance to the C1-6 district final Monday night in Grant.
"We were one of 12 teams in Class C-1 still playing," Koehler said. "The kids battled hard. They went out with 100% effort."
But district opponent Kimball, with a shiny 19-1 record coming in, went 8-of-10 from the line in the last minute and a half of the game to pull out a 51-40 victory and advance to the state tournament next week.
Gothenburg ended the season 9-14.
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Gothenburg seemed a little tentative in the first round of the C1-11 sub-district on Feb. 19 but the nerves wore off midway through the first quarter.
"We didn't take care of the ball on two of the first four trips down the floor," Koehler said.
After allowing the Longhorns a 5-2 advantage in the first four minutes of the game, Gothenburg turned the tables.
The Swedes finished the first half shooting 77% from the field and they were 63% for the game.
"When you make that kind of field goal percentage, chances are pretty good that you're going to win," the coach said.
Gothenburg turned a 10-8 first-quarter deficit into a 21-19 lead at halftime and never trailed again.
Koehler said the Swedes' size caused problems for Chase County both offensively and defensively.
Gothenburg's 6-foot-7 and 6-foot-8 post players led the way to the win.
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not tight against Cozad
The rivalry between Gothenburg and Cozad played out in classic fashion Thursday night during the sub-district final in Lexington.
It was nip and tuck the whole way until Swede senior Logan Koehler hit four free throws in the final 12 seconds of the game to solidify the 52-49 victory over the Haymakers.
"I could tell the guys were focused but not tight," the coach said. "They were locked in on what they needed to do and they got the job done."
After trailing 13-12 at the end of the first period, Gothenburg pulled ahead of Cozad 26-22 at halftime, scoring the last eight points of the second quarter.
"I think that set the tone going into the second half," Koehler said.
Then the Swedes extended a 1-3-1 zone defense in the second half with the long arms of Aaron Collins, Tanner Borchardt and Logan Koehler across the middle.
"I don't think Cozad expected that," the coach said. "Those three kids combined have an extremely long wing span."
But Cozad didn't go away, hitting a handful of key three-pointers in the second half to keep it interesting.
Up 48-46 with 20 seconds to play, Logan Koehler was fouled and sank a pair of free throws to extend the lead to four points.
A long three-pointer by Cozad's Jacob Rush on the next possession closed the gap with 6.5 seconds left until the Haymakers sent Koehler to the line again.
The senior made both attempts, despite a Cozad timeout in between in an attempt to ice him.
Borchardt was the leading scorer for Gothenburg with 17 points while Koehler managed a triple-double: 13 points, 10 rebounds and 10 assists.
First district final since
2005-06 season
By winning the sub-district, Gothenburg made its way into the first district final game since the 2005-06 season when the Swedes made it to the Class C-1 state tournament.
The Swedes knew Kimball, with only one loss on the year, would be a tall order but their coach was confident.
"I though going in we would match up with them well," Koehler said. "But they were much quicker as a team than I anticipated and they played more physical than they showed on film."
Still, he said, the Longhorns were a team he thought they could beat.
The first quarter was back and forth scoring as Kimball took a 17-12 lead until Logan Koehler slammed home a dunk at the buzzer to close it to 17-14 Kimball.
Gothenburg carried momentum from the dunk into the second period, taking the lead with 5:12 on the clock with a jumper by Blake Ristine.
A two-minute dry spell for the Swedes that included three consecutive turnovers allowed the Longhorns to get back on top, where they stayed for the remainder of the game.
Gothenburg trailed 31-23 at halftime despite a layup at the buzzer by Tanner Borchardt.
"We knew Kimball wanted to play a fast-paced game," Koehler said. "We fell into their style in the first half and we knew we needed to control the tempo to start the third quarter."
Gothenburg managed to slow things down, the coach said, maybe a little too much.
Logan Koehler hit a shot at the 6:30 mark of the third period and the Swedes didn't score again until he banked another one with just over a minute to go in the quarter.
"We saw a little of the things that plagued us all season," the coach said. "Those mental lapses will kill you."
Down 37-27 to start the fourth quarter, Gothenburg couldn't chip into that lead much and was forced to foul to stop the clock in the final two minutes.
Koehler was high scorer in his last high school game with 17 points. He also had 11 rebounds and five assists.
Borchardt contributed 10 points and 12 rebounds.
"The kids never gave up," the coach said. "I even told them that a lot of lesser men would have given up on the season when our record was 6-11. It's a life lesson. That's what it's really all about.
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- As a part of a rehabilitation project on 1st Street, a roundabout was constructed at the intersection of N 1st Street and Adams Street. In the past, left turns onto N 1st street from Adams and left turns from southbound N 1st Street onto Adams were difficult to make at times. While vehicles waited to make these turns traffic would stack up behind the turning vehicles. The roundabout will make these turning movements easier and keep traffic flowing smoothly.
- 10th and Salt Creek Roadway - Haymarket Infrastructure Project
- This project represents the first transportation and roadway work for the West Haymarket, providing access to Memorial Stadium and the arena. Construction began in April 2011 opened to traffic in August 2011.
- 14th & Superior / Alvo
- As part of the City's Capital Improvement Plan, the City of Lincoln installed a multi-lane roundabout at 14th & Superior and a single-lane roundabout at 14th & Alvo. The project also included widening of 14th Street north of Superior Street, reconstruction of the 14th Street Bridge over I-80 and utility improvements throughout this area, including a water main expansion.
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Another week, another celebrity being profoundly sorry on a late-night talk show. Two weeks ago it was Jonah Hill apologizing for his words on "The Tonight Show." Wednesday night, it was Gary Oldman on "Jimmy Kimmel Live" addressing his controversial remarks in a Playboy interview.
Oldman, who stars in "Dawn of the Planet of the Apes," had an interview in Playboy's July/August issue in which he railed against political correctness and accused many who have criticized Mel Gibson and Alec Baldwin's remarks about Jews and gays as hypocrites. The comments quickly kicked up a firestorm, and even after Oldman penned an open letter of apology to the Anti Defamation League, the ADL responded that his apology was "insufficient and not satisfactory."
So, rather than cancel on Kimmel and hide out, Oldman went on TV and continued to express his remorse.
As always, the performer on the hot seat was squirming, but Oldman spoke long and directly, telling the audience, "I said some things that were poorly considered. And once I had seen it in print, I could see that it was offensive, insensitive, pernicious and ill-informed."
He continued, "I have deeply injured and wounded a great many people .... From my heart, I am profoundly, profoundly sorry and deeply apologetic .... Especially to the fans, because they've been so incredible to me and very loyal. My nickname is they are 'Team Oldman.' And I really feel that I let them down .... I'm an A-hole. I'm 56 and I should know better."
"I'm stuck on the fact that you call your fans 'Team Oldman'" Kimmel said, trying to keep things light.
"I'm so happy someone has to apologize on this show and it's not me for once," Kimmel said.
Last year, Kimmel aired a sketch in which children attempted to solve complex world problems. The skit featured one child who suggested we should kill everyone in China. That didn't go over well with Chinese American groups, who staged a protest outside ABC headquarters in Burbank. Kimmel later issued an apology during his show.
"I think it's important when someone apologizes to accept their apology," Kimmel said. "But you are a great actor so we cannot trust anything you say."
"Oh, no, trust me," Oldman said.
Though Kimmel attempted to shift the topic to "Dawn of the Planet of the Apes," it was obvious Oldman wasn't quite finished working through his psyche publicly.
"This news cycle and event has, sadly, derailed what my initial purpose was," Oldman said.
"It's not fair to the apes," Kimmel said.
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Congressmen spar over meningitis blame
A House Energy and Commerce Committee meeting about the meningitis outbreak ended on a bitter note Wednesday, with lawmakers asking the FDA what regulatory changes, if any, would give it proper authority, and others arguing the agency failed to exercise powers it already has.
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The meeting, headed by the subcommittee on oversight and investigations, followed the deaths of 32 people killed by contaminated versions of methypredinsolone that were made by the New England Compounding Center (NECC). The session lasted just under four hours Wednesday, with lawmakers also clashing over whether it would be possible to grind out effective legislation before the New Year rings out the 112th Congress and brings in the 113th, forcing discussions to start from scratch.
In addition to killing patients in 19 states and sickening 438, the same drug, made by the same company, was linked to meningitis-like symptoms in the 2000s. Both the FDA and the Massachusetts Board of Pharmacy had identified a series of violations at the NECC locations over the course of 10 years, but the center continued to operate.Those facts played into the title of the meeting, "The Fungal Meningitis Outbreak: Could it have been prevented?"
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Commissioner Margaret Hamburg proposed creating two compounding classifications -- traditional and large scale, with the traditional compounders falling under state regulations and the large-scale compounders who are more like manufacturers to come under FDA authority. A back-and-forth between Hamburg and Rep. John Dingell (D-Mich.) tried to highlight the limited authority Hamburg asserted her agency had when it comes to compounders.
This Q&A indicated that putting large-scale compounders under the same scrutiny as drug manufacturers would mean the FDA would be able to require compounders to report adverse events, give the FDA that authority to review company records without having to use subpoenas and to require good manufacturing practices, among other measures.
Although the impact has been nationwide, and despite the FDA's clear oversight of drug manufacturers, its authority over compounders has been fuzzy, in that the most traditional definition of a compounded medication is a drug that is made for an individual patient, meaning a small-scale operation that makes customized medications with a limited geographic range. The FDA does not regulate such businesses, nor are they required to register with the FDA.
The NECC qualifies as a compounder in name, but its actual business model was at a far larger scale than that of a traditional compounding facility. This difference presents a blind spot, and Hamburg told lawmakers that the agency did not have full power over the compounder because current laws create a gray area that allow the business label -- compounder vs. manufacturer -- to determine its scope.
State agencies currently regulate compounders, but the seeming intersection between the FDA and Massachusetts were a flashpoint throughout the proceedings, because the FDA had issued a warning letter to the NECC in 2006 that threatened the compounder for noncompliance. Committee Chairman Clifford Stearns (R-Fla.) asked how the FDA could issue such a letter if it lacked the authority to follow through. This trope was repeated and countered by various lawmakers, without resolution.
Several Congressmen picked at the perceived divide between compounders of scale and drug manufacturers, and pressed Hamburg how her agency could not see that a large-scale manufacturer was operating like a drug manufacturer. "If all you need is a cloak of invisibility of saying, 'I'm a compounding pharmacist'...that's nonsense. No one believes that's the way it should be," said Rep. Michael Burgess (R-Tex)."We need a strong, clear appropriate legislation. We cannot have a crazy quilt where different parts of the country," have different rules, Hamburg told the committee.
The agency was also criticized for failing to turn over emails committee members requested last month. Hamburg said the emails were coming, but the same people who would handle the emails are the ones handling the NECC fallout, displeasing several lawmakers, including Burgess who threatened to issue a subpoena to get them. "Give us the stuff," he said, adding that seeing the correspondence will allow them to understand the shortcomings of the current legislation.
NECC President/Co-Owner and Director of Pharmacy Barry Cadden pled the fifth to all of the committee's questions.
Congressmen also heard from a victim's family. "We have lived a nightmare," recently widowed Joyce Lovelace told the committee members before proceedings kicked off. "We will be living this nightmare for ages to come...it was such a useless thing that happened to my husband."We are angry. We are heartbroken. We're devastated. And I'm here begging you to do something about the matter," Lovelace added. She found out her 78-year-old husband's death was linked to the contaminated drug from news reports. Her doctors initially said he died of a stroke.


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Red Cooked Butternut Squash
- Jenny
One thing I have learned as a kitchen duffer: it is important to always try new things, but one really must also respect one's place. Who was I to go messing with the recipes of thirschfeld? I mean, sure, one can skip a garnish, maybe substitute an herb here and there, but in terms of seriously messing, in the words of George Costanza, who was I to play God?
In truth –- and Jenny tells you all the ugly truth about her kitchen, like about the pizza soup I made Saturday night, which should not be confused with the lasagna soup I recently had on a road trip in Illinois, because that was totally intentional -– I do not usually attempt our man in Indiana's recipes during the week.
This is because, in general, I do not find them quite easy enough for a working mom on a Monday night, unless of course that mom is married to a guy who apparently starts his day butchering a chicken out of the backyard, then cooking up something incredibly fabulous for his family with the kill, which is sort of like a Bridges of Madison County for the foodie set scenario.
But I decided to take the plunge as I clicked around the site looking for something to do with red miso. (This is an ingredient that needs no further explanation, right?) So I landed on Red Cooked Butternut Squash by thirschfeld, a recipe for which I had almost every ingredient, including my super-awesome homemade beef stock, which I highly recommend for this dish.
But then, I had to go get all short-cutty. Mistake. First of all, I used frozen cubed butternut squash, thinking this would shorten the prep and cooking time. Also, short on chilies, I sprinkled on some red pepper flakes instead, which really, of course, does not have the same effect. The net result was a bowl of soy and beef scented mush, unpalatable, deeply wrong.
But the hint of miso and the depth of the broth were just enough to nudge me to go back to the recipe a day later, with the proper vegetable (I only needed one large squash to get the slices he calls for) and the correct use of seasonings. (Okay so I never got a chili. But this time I used a squirt of sriracha instead, which in my view is an imperfect though highly reasonable substitute.)
Because this is basically, as our author suggests, a braise, it is truly a very simple dish to make, as long as you have the components on hand. You get your broth going in a few seconds, and during that time, you will be peeling and cutting your squash. While it cooks, you make the rest of your dinner.
About a half hour later, a highly fragrant, slightly sweet and pleasant looking bowl of squash is at the ready. Because side dishes are my enemy, I decided to dump this over a bowl of jasmine rice, mixed with some Korean-style skirt steak leftovers from the night before. Had the cilantro at the store not looked so punk, that would have been the final delightful touch for me. As you know, I do not garnish, but for thirschfeld, at least I considered it.
Red Cooked Butternut Squash by thirschfeld
- 1 to 2 butternut squash, tops peeled to the orange part, no green strips they are bitter, and cut them into 1/2 inch rounds, you should have 10 to 12 rounds
- 1 tablespoon garlic, minced
- 2 cups beef broth
- 2 tablespoons soy sauce
- 1/2 teaspoon sesame oil
- 2 red chiles, hot ones
- 1 teaspoon red miso paste
- sesame seeds for garnish
- scallions cut into thin rounds for garnish
- cilantro, minced for garnish
- 1 fuji apple, grated, for garnish
- In a sauce pan place the garlic, broth, soy sauce, seasame oil and one of the chiles. Bring the broth to a boil and then reduce the heat. This is to bring the flavors together since it is a short braise.
- Add the squash and miso, bring it back to a boil and then reduce to a simmer and cook until it is tender. About 20 to 30 minutes.
- Remove the squash to a bowl and ladle some broth over it. Place the garnishes in small bowls and let the diner choose which toppings they want. Serve.
By day, Jennifer Steinhauer, aka Jenny, covers Congress for The New York Times. By night, she is an obsessive cook.


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STORRS — — The lack of substantive public debate on the future of two of the state's most public structures worries me. In fact, it bothers the hell out of me.
There I said it.
After two months of entertaining secret bids, the Capital Region Development Authority is scheduled to make a final decision this week on who will operate the XL Center and Rentschler Field.


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