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Akron-Summit County Public Library was named a Patent & Trademark Resource Center (PTRC) in 1995. PTRCs are a nationwide network of public, academic and special libraries spread throughout the United States. We offer access to resources from the United States Patent & Trademark Office (USPTO) in a variety of formats, including instructional classes, books, databases and handouts.
Some of the activities and services offered are introductory classes in patents and patent searching and in general intellectual property and access to PubEast for advanced patent searching.
Our USPTO-trained librarians can get you started in your preliminary patent search, and guide you to the resources to help you launch a successful business venture.
Check out the Handy Inventor Links page for a variety resources that are available to the inventor or entrepreneur.
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The US Patent & Trademark Office has really great instructional videos on their Trademark Information Network. Check out their Trademark Basics page: http://www.uspto.gov/trademarks/basics/index.jsp. You can also download the booklet Basic Facts About Trademarks or pick up a copy in the Science & Technology department.


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CHATTANOOGA, TN--(Marketwire - Dec 18, 2012) - Advanced Catheter Therapies, Inc. (ACT), (www.acatheter.com) has announced the members of its Scientific Advisory Board, who will advise and assist the company in the development of current and future pipeline products.
"We are incredibly honored to have been able to attract people of this caliber to serve in an advisory capacity," said Paul J. Fitzpatrick, CEO of ACT. "Bringing together these thought leaders will have a profound impact on ACT's ability to develop catheter-based medical devices that improve endovascular procedures. We look forward to their guidance and experience to help accelerate our innovative devices so they can begin to benefit prospective patients as soon as possible."
ACT's lead product is the patented Occlusion Perfusion Catheter™ (OPC), a multi‐lumen balloon catheter designed to temporarily occlude a specific region from blood flow to allow the local delivery of therapeutic agents to the peripheral and eventually the coronary vasculature. The OPC has the ability to create a localized treatment chamber for the delivery of various types of therapeutic agents, including pharmaceuticals, live cells and biologics, to treat a variety of disease states and place the agent circumferentially into the vasculature of the treatment chamber.
The members of the ACT Scientific Advisory Board are:
Frank T. Bunch, M.D. FACC, FSCAI - Dr. Bunch is a partner in Cardiology Associates of Mobile, Inc. and has multiple board certifications and hospital affiliations. He is a member of numerous professional societies. He has served as proctor and faculty for many endovascular conferences. Dr. Bunch is currently president of the New Cardiovascular Horizons Group.
Dr. Bunch graduated from Meharry Medical College in 1987 and completed a residency in Internal Medicine at the University of the South Alabama Medical Center in 1992. He was Chief Resident in his senior year. He completed a fellowship in cardiology at Alton Oschner Medical Foundation from 1992-1995. He continued there as a fellow in interventional cardiology from 1995-1996.
In 1992 he received the P.D. McGehee Award for Scientific Writing. He has many publications and presentations and is on the Editorial Advisory Board of Cardiac Interventions Today. He has been a principal investigator for over 20 clinical investigational research studies.
Henry J. Krebs, III, M.D. - Dr. Krebs is a partner of Atlanta Radiology Consultants, P.C. after spending 15 years in academic medicine at Emory University School of Medicine. He has numeral hospital appointments and serves on many hospital committees. His input on design, development and functionality of devices is sought by many of the invasive device manufacturers.
Dr. Krebs graduated Doctor of Medicine from Texas A&M in 1981. He did a residency in diagnostic radiology at the University of Texas-San Antonio from 1981-1985, serving as chief resident in his senior year. He did a fellowship in angiography and interventional radiology from 1985-1986 at Emory University Hospital. He is board certified and a member of multiple medical societies.
Saami Yazdani, Ph.D. - Dr. Yazdani specializes in cardiovascular biomechanics and vascular biology. His research has included a variety of topics from characterization of device-induced mechanical disturbance, in vitro and computational modeling, pre-clinical modeling, cardiovascular pathology, cell therapy and drug delivery.
Dr. Yazdani is currently an Assistant Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at the University of South Alabama. He performed his postdoctoral training at CVPath Institute, evaluating the safety and efficacy of cardiovascular devices using pre-clinical and bench-top models. Dr. Yazdani obtained a Ph.D. in Biomedical Engineering from Wake Forest University, where he developed tissue engineered blood vessels. He has undergraduate and Master's degrees from Virginia Tech in Engineering Science and Mechanics. Dr. Yazdani has published over 80 peer-reviewed journal papers, book chapters and conference abstracts.
C. Rex Teeslink, M.D. - Dr. Teeslink is an inventor and the co-founder of ACT. He is a vascular and interventional radiologist with over 40 years of experience. He received his M.D. degree from Tulane University School of Medicine in New Orleans and completed his radiology residency at the University of Virginia in Charlottesville.
Dr. Teeslink began his practice in 1968 as Chief of Vascular and Interventional Radiology at the Medical College of Georgia, the Veterans Administration and three private hospitals in Augusta, Georgia. He served in this capacity for 30 years, and continues his medical practice through medical consulting companies.
Dr. Teeslink has been actively involved throughout his career in leading-edge technology and continues to assist in the design, development and implementation of numerous medical devices and X-ray equipment. Dr. Teeslink has served as medical director and consultant for several companies. He has been instrumental in helping develop many of the interventional procedures that are utilized today. Dr. Teeslink has always been involved in medical education endeavors, including training medical students, residents, fellows and post graduate physicians. A recognized expert in his field, he has shared his knowledge and experience at numerous medical conferences, both nationally and internationally.
About ACT
Advanced Catheter Therapies, an early stage research and development medical device company, has a portfolio of innovative catheter technologies targeting vascular disease including thrombosis, inflammation, occlusions and restenosis. www.acatheter.com
Contact Information:
Media inquiries:
Lynn Hood
ACT contact:
Paul Fitzpatrick

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Just wanted to let you know that Agility@Scale will be a major theme at this year's IBM Rational Software Conference being held in Orlando May 31 through to June 4. I'll be giving two presentations, Agility at Scale: Mitigating the Percieved Risks of Agile Adoption and Distributed Agile Software Development: Best Practices, facilitating a panel entitled Experience Reports from the Agile Trenches: What's Really Working, What's Not Working, and Why, and running a half-day workshop entitled Become as Agile as You Need to Be: Scaling Agile Software Development to Meet Your Real-World Situation. As usual, it will be a busy conference for me. ;-)
There are of course other sessions and workshops specific to agile topics. Some highlights include:
- Agility at Scale: Scrum and Rational Team Concert (a half-day workshop)
- Achieving Business Agility with Enterprise Architecture by Chris Armstrong
- Agile Enterprise Development with Groovy and Grails by Bjorn Beskow
- A Scalable "Just Enough" Approach to Requirements by Kurt Bittner
- Collaboration Strategies for Agile Quality Management by Anne Burke
- Agility at Scale: Agile Planning and Best Practices with IBM Rational Team Concert by Erich Gamma
- Agile Model-Driven Development for Embedded Systems by Bruce Douglass
- What they don''t teach you about software at school: Be Smart! by Ivar Jacobson
- Social Networking for Agile Developers by Anthony Kesterton
- Agile Modeling: No, It's Not an Oxymoron by Terry Quatrani
- Collaboration Technologies for Globally Distributed Agile Development Teams by Brad Sandler
- Long Distance Running - Sprints and Iterations for Large Projects by Ian Spence
- IBM(R) Rational(R) Quality Manager in a Globally Distributed World by Peter Sun
- Can Agility and IBM(R) Rational(R) Unified Process(R) Coexist in the Workplace? Yes! by Kim Werner
- Agile Requirements at Scale: Putting User Stories in Context by Tina Zhuo, Cherifa Mansoura, and myself.
Of course there's a lot more going on at the conference when it comes to scaling agile software development than just these sessions, but I thought I'd give you a feel for what's going on. Hope to see you at the conference. There's a "March Madness" sale going on right now at the registration page where if you purchase one pass you get the second for half price.
Further reading:
- IBM Rational Software Conference 2009
- Rational's Agile Software Development Home Page (for webcasts, whitepapers, ...)


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I don't have many soldiers in my ancestry, at least not in more recent times. Howevever, my father served as a PFC in the US Army during the mid-1950s. Below is a photo of my father's grave.
Robert C. Baca, born 6 April 1932 in Socorro, New Mexico, died 7 June 1999, also in Socorro.


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Hoovervilles-A Downturn In American History
The Dust Bowl
The Dust Bowl of the 1930s lasted about a decade. Its primary area of impact was on the southern Plains. The northern Plains
were not so badly effected, but nonetheless, the drought, windblown dust and agricultural decline were no strangers to the
north. In fact the agricultural devastation helped to lengthen the Depression whose effects were felt worldwide. The movement
of people on the Plains was also profound.
As John Steinbeck wrote in his 1939 novel The Grapes of Wrath: "And then the dispossessed were drawn west- from Kansas,
Oklahoma, Texas, New Mexico; from Nevada and Arkansas, families, tribes, dusted out, tractored out. Car-loads, caravans, homeless
and hungry; twenty thousand and fifty thousand and a hundred thousand and two hundred thousand. They streamed over the mountains,
hungry and restless - restless as ants, scurrying to find work to do - to lift, to push, to pull, to pick, to cut - anything,
any burden to bear, for food. The kids are hungry. We got no place to live. Like ants scurrying for work, for food, and most
of all for land."
Poor agricultural practices and years of sustained drought caused the Dust Bowl. Plains grasslands had been deeply plowed
and planted to wheat. During the years when there was adequate rainfall, the land produced bountiful crops. But as the droughts
of the early 1930s deepened, the farmers kept plowing and planting and nothing would grow. The ground cover that held the
soil in place was gone. The Plains winds whipped across the fields raising billowing clouds of dust to the skys. The skys
could darken for days, and even the most well sealed homes could have a thick layer of dust on furniture. In some places the
dust would drift like snow, covering farmsteads.
There were many Hoovervilles throughout the United States. Most happened to be clustered in the west because of the tenant
famer fleeing the drought. The following shows concentrations of Hoovervilles in the western states:
- High in California, Washington, and parts of Oregon, Nevada and Idaho
- Medium in Nevada, and Utah
- Low in central Califonia and Oregon
Timeline of Dust Bowl
Severe drought hits the midwestern and southern plains. As the crops die, the 'black blizzards" begin. Dust from
the over-plowed and over-grazed land begins to blow.
The number of dust storms is increasing. Fourteen are reported this year; next year there will be 38.
March: When Franklin Roosevelt takes office, the country is in desperate straits. He took quick steps to declare a
four-day bank holiday, during which time Congress came up with the Emergency Banking Act of 1933, which stabilized the banking
industry and restored people's faith in the banking system by putting the federal government behind it.
May: The Emergency Farm Mortgage Act allots $200 million for refinancing mortgages to help farmers facing foreclosure.
The Farm Credit Act of 1933 established a local bank and set up local credit associations.
September: Over 6 million young pigs are slaughtered to stabilize prices With most of the meat going to waste, public
outcry led to the creation, in October, of the Federal Surplus Relief Corporation. The FSRC diverted agricultural commodities
to relief organizations. Apples, beans, canned beef, flour and pork products were distributed through local relief channels.
Cotton goods were eventually included to clothe the needy as well.
October: In California's San Joaquin Valley, where many farmers fleeing the plains have gone, seeking migrant farm
work, the largest agricultural strike in America's history begins. More than 18,000 cotton workers with the Cannery and Agricultural
Workers Industrial Union (CAWIU) went on strike for 24 days. During the strike, two men and one woman were killed and hundreds
injured. In the settlement, the union was recognized by growers, and workers were given a 25 percent raise.
May: Great dust storms spread from the Dust Bowl area. The drought is the worst ever in U.S. history, covering more
than 75 percent of the country and affecting 27 states severely.
June: The Frazier-Lemke Farm Bankruptcy Act is approved. This act restricted the ability of banks to dispossess farmers
in times of distress. Originally effective until 1938, the act was renewed four times until 1947, when it expired. Roosevelt
signs the Taylor Grazing Act, which allows him to take up to 140 million acres of federally-owned land out of the public domain
and establish grazing districts that will be carefully monitored. One of many New Deal efforts to reverse the damage done
to the land by overuse, the program was able to arrest the deterioration, but couldn't undo the historical damage.
December: The "Yearbook of Agriculture" for 1934 announces, "Approximately 35 million acres of formerly
cultivated land have essentially been destroyed for crop production. . . . 100 million acres now in crops have lost all or
most of the topsoil; 125 million acres of land now in crops are rapidly losing topsoil. . . "
January 15: The federal government forms a Drought Relief Service to coordinate relief activities. The DRS bought
cattle in counties that were designated emergency areas, for $14 to $20 a head. Those unfit for human consumption - more than
50 percent at the beginning of the program - were destroyed. The remaining cattle were given to the Federal Surplus Relief
Corporation to be used in food distribution to families nationwide. Although it was difficult for farmers to give up their
herds, the cattle slaughter program helped many of them avoid bankruptcy. "The government cattle buying program was a
God-send to many farmers, as they could not afford to keep their cattle, and the government paid a better price than they
could obtain in local markets."
April 8: FDR approves the Emergency Relief Appropriation Act, which provides $525 million for drought relief, and
authorizes creation of the Works Progress Administration, which would employ 8.5 million people.
April 14: Black Sunday. The worst "black blizzard" of the Dust Bowl occurs, causing extensive damage.
April 27: Congress declares soil erosion "a national menace" in an act establishing the Soil Conservation
Service in the Department of Agriculture (formerly the Soil Erosion Service in the U.S. Department of Interior). Under the
direction of Hugh H. Bennett, the SCS developed extensive conservation programs that retained topsoil and prevented irreparable
damage to the land. Farming techniques such as strip cropping, terracing, crop rotation, contour plowing, and cover crops
were advocated. Farmers were paid to practice soil-conserving farming techniques.
December: At a meeting in Pueblo, Colorado, experts estimate that 850,000,000 tons of topsoil has blown off the Southern
Plains during the course of the year, and that if the drought continued, the total area affected would increase from 4,350,000
acres to 5,350,000 acres in the spring of 1936. C.H. Wilson of the Resettlement Administration proposes buying up 2,250,000
acres and retiring it from cultivation.
February: Los Angeles Police Chief James E. Davis sends 125 policemen to patrol the borders of Arizona and Oregon
to keep "undesirables" out. As a result, the American Civil Liberties Union sues the city.
May: The SCS publishes a soil conservation district law, which, if passed by the states, allows farmers to set up
their own districts to enforce soil conservation practices for five-year periods. One of the few grassroots organizations
set up by the New Deal still in operation, the soil conservation district program recognized that new farming methods needed
to be accepted and enforced by the farmers on the land rather than bureaucrats in Washington.
March: Roosevelt addresses the nation in his second inaugural address, stating, "I see one-third of the nation
ill-housed, ill-clad, ill-nourished . . . the test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those who
have much; it is whether we provide enough for those who have too little." FDR's Shelterbelt Project begins. The project
called for large-scale planting of trees across the Great Plains, stretching in a 100-mile wide zone from Canada to northern
Texas, to protect the land from erosion. Native trees, such as red cedar and green ash, were planted along fence rows separating
properties, and farmers were paid to plant and cultivate them. The project was estimated to cost 75 million dollars over a
period of 12 years. When disputes arose over funding sources (the project was considered to be a long-term strategy, and therefore
ineligible for emergency relief funds), FDR transferred the program to the WPA, where the project had limited success.
The extensive work re-plowing the land into furrows, planting trees in shelterbelts, and other conservation methods
has resulted in a 65 percent reduction in the amount of soil blowing. However, the drought continued.
In the fall, the rain comes, finally bringing an end to the drought. During the next few years, with the coming of
World War II, the country is pulled out of the Depression and the plains once again become golden with wheat.


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A Feeling like this...
A Feeling like this Always Wondering!
This is for my baby, Greg! I love you so much!
I always knew it would be hard, but I never knew it would be quite like this.
Days go by slower and slower, as the nights seem to get longer and longer; and I wonder where you are.
Are you safe? Are you alone? Are you in good health? Are you scared? Are you worried? What all is on your mind? There are just so many questions to ask the list just goes on and on, it never seems to get shorter; and I never seem to have the time.
There's no way for me to explain how I feel all I can say is worry. That is all I seem to do these days. What you are out there doing is so heroic in my eyes, but all I do is worry about you and hope you come home soon. While I sit here and think my heart starts to worry there are so many questions I need to ask I can't ask them all at once in such a hurry. So, I sit and wait 'til that time has come when my phone rings and you're the one.
I e-mailed you just the other day, which goes along with the e-mails I send you just about everyday. I just wanted to see how you were doing, to tell you "I love you", and tell you about my day. I wait for your letters, e-mails, and calls
but all is in all it seems so long since we've talked.
Finally, the day has come when my phone rings and it's you my love, what a delight it is to hear your voice. How I have longed so just to hear you say you love me. That is just want you do. You whisper softly, "Babygirl, I love you!" We only can talk a little bit longer; you tell me you are doing ok which makes me stronger. I still can't believe you are out fighting this war, but you're doing what you love so what else can I say but I am here to support you one hundred-ten percent of the way. I tell you, "I miss you" and you miss me too. It's just so weird that I don't get to talk to you like I used to. I'm counting down the days until you come home; as I think about it more and more the tears start to fall. "I love you babygirl" you say once again, I tell you "I love you more, the mostest and I know you grin. You giggle and sigh because you know it ain't true; you seem as sad as me and what to come home too.
Months go by there's more months to come the silence hurts me as I wait for you to come home. While I know you are out doing what you love to do; I still have many things on my mind about you as my day goes on through. I am so proud of you baby, for what it is you do. You are out there fighting this battle wanting to win, although at the same time your life could end. That is a chance you are willing to take as am I, because I know you are fulfilling your dreams which make mine.
I always knew it would be hard, but never knew it would be quiet like this.
Days go by slower and slower, as the nights seem to get longer and longer; and wondering where you are is on my mind, but you know that is the price one pays when being an ARMY WIFE!
I love you baby! I'm always here, will never leave. Please be safe and come home soon, because it's you that I long to be with my whole life through. My dreams are coming true more each day that I'm with you.
This was written by me, Kayla Renee Chesser on 14 of August 2007 the day that my baby went out to do what he loves most in this world. I am so proud of him and although I ain't an army wife just yet (lol) all army wives, girlfriends, fiances' and so forth all go through this one feeling when there soldier deploys and when writtin' this it just fit to put army wife at the end. I love you baby, I am so proud of you! Please be safe come home soon! I love you!!!
Kayla Renee Chesser


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What's your favorite affordable outdoor activity to do with your kids?
I love hiking or walking with my daughter on local trails or state parks. She enjoys the time exploring outside. Every summer, we try to head to Maine for some extra outdoor adventures. We love to walk along the beach, collect shells and rocks, and kayak to small islands nearby. Right now we are also very fortunate to live close to Washington, DC. There is so much to see on foot in the city, without any costs!


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Friday, February 14, 2014
Sports News
skater Plushenko retires from Games, overshadowing men's hockey
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[February 14, 2014]
By Mike Collett-White
SOCHI, Russia (Reuters) — Russia's
flamboyant figure skater Yevgeny Plushenko pulled out of the Winter
Olympics through injury on Thursday in a shock twist that immediately
deflated home fans pumped up by an opening victory for their beloved
men's ice hockey team.
At the Iceberg Skating Palace, there was disbelief when the
announcement came over the public address system that the
31-year-old would not compete in the men's individual figure skating
event after he injured himself during his warm-up.
The news came just seconds before Plushenko was due to start his
short program, and left a stunned audience wondering if they had
witnessed the end of a glittering career.
Plushenko, a controversial selection for the Games because of the
lack of competitive action in the build-up, won his fourth Olympic
medal on Sunday when he helped Russia triumph in the inaugural team
But during his warmup he repeatedly clutched his back.
"I came out for the warm-up... and in the first triple Axel I
stepped out and felt like I had a knife in my back," he told
"And the second triple Axel, it was a horrible one. It was a hard
landing and after this I didn't feel my right leg. I took four
painkillers and it didn't help. I think it was God saying, 'Yevgeny,
enough is enough'."
A few hundred meters away at the futuristic Bolshoy Ice Dome, the
mood could not have been more different.
More than 10,000 flag-waving Russian fans roared the men in red to a
somewhat labored 5-2 win over Slovenia, underlining the sport's
popularity in Russia and how dearly the home nation would love to
win the final held on the last day of the Games.
As ice hockey mania swept Sochi, the United States laid down a
marker by thumping Slovakia 7-1, and Canada opened the defense of
their title against Norway with a 3-1 victory.
The news of Plushenko's withdrawal, on the sixth full day of
competition, took some of the gloss off a day when six medals were
In the mountains, Joss Christensen of the United States won the
inaugural men's freestyle skiing slopestyle.
Gus Kenworthy took silver and Nick Goepper the bronze in a U.S.
podium sweep, taking pressure off a team that some American media
had begun to question as it languished down the medals leaderboard.
"I am shocked. I am stoked to be up here with my friends. America,
we did it!" said Christensen, after another bumper crowd at the
Extreme Park saw skiers push their acrobatic routines to the limits.
In the women's cross-country 10km classic, several athletes wore
sleeveless tops as temperatures touched 13C in bright sunshine and
contestants complained of tough conditions.
Poland's Justyna Kowalczyk powered to victory, but Russian Natalia
Zhukova, who finished seventh, told reporters: "It's the first time
of my life I've raced in such warm weather."
In the latest weather-related disruption, practice for the men's
freestyle skiing aerials event was canceled because of unseasonably
high temperatures.
But organizers played down concerns about the quality of the snow
that many athletes have described as slushy and difficult, and which
may explain some of the crashes in disciplines ranging from
slopestyle to cross country.
"It is a constant battle for winter sports," said Mark Adams,
International Olympic Committee spokesman. "We are relaxed but we
watch the situation."
Also in the mountains, France's Martin Fourcade won the men's
biathlon 20km individual title, his second gold of the Games.
Back in Sochi, Li Jianrou avoided an early pile-up to win the
women's 500 metres short track speed skating, extending China's
winning streak at the distance to a fourth Winter Games.
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The 27-year-old first-time Olympian described it as "a miracle"
[ID:nL5N0LI2ZK] while Britain's Christie Elise left the rink in
tears after being relegated from second place to eighth after
causing a crash on the first bend which saw three of the four
finalists fall.
Compatriot Zhang Hong claimed the women's 1,000m speed skating title
at the Adler Arena, beating pre-race favorites Heather Richardson
and Brittany Bowe of the United States.
In the sliding disciplines, a track worker was struck by a bobsleigh
and suffered two broken legs during a practice session, IOC
President Thomas Bach told Reuters.
In the last event of the day, the inaugural team relay went to luge
powerhouse Germany, making it a clean sweep of all four luge gold
medals at the Sochi Olympics.
Germany are top of the medals table with seven golds, ahead of
Canada, Norway, the Netherlands and the United States, all on four.
Russia are seventh with two.
For Russian President Vladimir Putin, who has staked his legacy on
holding a successful Games, the ultimate sporting dream would be the
men's ice hockey gold, and the hosts' pool match against the United
States on Saturday has stirred memories of the "Miracle on Ice" at
the 1980 Lake Placid Games.
Thirty-four years ago, a group of American college players beat the
then Soviet Union's "Big Red Machine" 4-3 in a mismatch of David and
Goliath proportions en route to a highly unlikely gold.
The Cold War climate that then prevailed may have thawed, but Putin
has conjured frosty relations of the time to attack Western
criticism of his human rights record, and allegations of corruption
connected with the Games, which marred the build-up.
Underlining the level of mutual suspicion, a poll taken at the start
of the Games showed that nearly two-thirds of people in the United
States hold an "unfavorable" view of Russia and its president Putin.
Putin has dismissed charges of widespread corruption, leveled at
organizers after the estimated costs topped $50 billion, making them
the most expensive Olympics ever held.
Officials dispute the figure, and say that many of the huge
construction projects associated with Sochi will help turn the area
into an international sports centre of the future.
They hope one of the main lasting legacies will be a Formula One
racetrack being laid in and around the Olympic Park, which is
scheduled to be ready for Russia's Grand Prix on October 12.
But Sergei Kolesnikov, a Russian biophysicist who campaigns to
expose what he says is major corruption in the country, said during
a visit to Washington this week that Sochi may not end up as the
triumph Putin hopes it will be.
"I think... the Olympics drives many Russians crazy because the
standard of life is decreasing," he said.
"Everyone is going to look back from this and remember only that $52
billion was thrown away for nothing... everybody knows how much
money was stolen to make the Olympics happen, so what should we be
proud of?"
(Additional reporting by the Reuters Winter Olympics team in Sochi
and Rosa Khutor and John Shiffman and Susan Heavey in Washington)
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Remember that character I submitted a while ago from the anime/manga series Vampire Knight? Well I am about to submit another character from the very popular show and manga. I will show you "how to draw Zero Kiryu" step by step. Zero is the companion and best friend to Yuki Cross (the girl that I submitted a week ago). Zero is determined to find and kill the murderers that slayed his brother and father. He is a member and student at Cross Academy, and he is only one year older than Yuki. I only watched a few episodes of Vampire Knight, and I can honestly say that the series looks awesome. When I am all stabilized and situated, I will have to look further into the series and manga because it is definitely something I can get into. I will be back in a few days to write a more detailed description on Zero Kiryu. In the mean time have fun learning "how to draw Vampire Knight characters" Zero Kiryu step by step. I still have more drawing fun on the way so stay tuned in and join me in a little while. Peace out gang and have fun drawing your little hearts out!
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Organize your life.
As we're sure that you know, the life of a triathlete is one spent on the road. And further complicating this lifestyle, is that your three disciplines require three different sets of gear. So, to bring some much needed organization to your life, TYR created its Convoy Transition Backpack.
This backpack features an ample 30 x 15 x 15in dimension to house all of your race day essentials. And for thoughtful organization of your gear, TYR included three internal mesh dividers. Accordingly, you're able to organize your pack by swim, bike, and run. If you're wondering where your wetsuit is going to go, don't worry. The Convoy comes with a wetsuit dry bag in order to keep your dry gear dry. TYR added two external water bottle pockets for hydration, while also adding external zippered compartments for either small goods or nutrition. Furthermore, the bag also has dedicated helmet storage on the exterior. Basically, below the closure, there's a stretchable mesh compartment that accommodates most helmet sizes. So, your internal volume isn't taken up by your TT helmet.
However, if all of these compartments and pockets are starting to paint the picture of a log-jam, that's only because we haven't told you how the bag opens. Essentially, TYR designed the Convoy to open like a tool chest. This way, all of your gear is presented on the horizontal plane, not leaving you to aimlessly dig into a pit of despair.
As for the construction itself, TYR made the exterior of the bag from a durable, water-resistant nylon. There's padding throughout the lower back, mid back, shoulder, and obliques, as well as a supportive metal frame in order to take the edge off of carrying weight. And furthering this concept are padded waist buckles that still grant easy access to the pack when buckled.
The TYR Convoy Transition Backpack is available in one size and in the colors Black/red and White/black.


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