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Feb. 22, 2007
SANTA CLARA, Calif. - Just when it appeared that the Santa Clara women's basketball team was poised to snap its three-game slide, a cold spell came over the team, allowing the Loyola Marymount Lions to come back and steal a 65-56 victory Thursday night at the Leavey Center. Despite the result, the Broncos received a bit of cheer when senior Ashley Graham became the 16th member of the school's "1,000-Point Club."
The Broncos (13-15, 5-8 WCC) will host the Pepperdine Waves Saturday afternoon at 2 p.m. in the final home game in the careers of six seniors: Graham, Ashley Gonnerman, Yasemin Kimyacioglu, Anna Martin, Lauren Michalski, and Kasey Monteith.
Tracey Walker led the team Thursday night with 11 points, and with Graham, grabbed a team-high five rebounds. Chandice Cronk scored 10 points and became the single-season West Coast Conference record holder for three-pointers made in one season, hitting her 91st of the season.
Yet with 7:05 remaining in the game, it was Graham who reached a personal milestone of her own, hitting a three-pointer from the wing to score her 1,000th career point, making her the 16th Bronco to ever reach that mark.
"I'm very proud of Ashley, she is very deserving of every accolade that she receives," said head coach Michelle Bento-Jackson. "She has been committed to this program for four years, and I've appreciated her commitment and how she has really worked hard to become a better player."
"It's a very cool achievement, and I'm proud to join pretty select company, but right now its all about the team, and turning things around in time for the WCC Tournament," Graham said afterwards.
Graham's three-pointer at that time upped SCU's lead to seven at 51-44 in the second half. The Broncos, who had led 32-39 at halftime, built their lead to as many as 10 points at 48-38 with 8:45 left to play.
But Loyola Marymount, paced by Amanda Patton, who scored 16 points to lead all players, and forward Ashlee Dunlap, who scored 12 points and grabbed a game-high eight rebounds, whittled away at the deficit over the next four minutes, tying the game at 51-51 after Amanda DeCoud picked off an inbound pass and scored an uncontested layup.
"We just had a spurt there where we broke down on both ends of the floor," said Bento-Jackson. "We got very careless with the ball on offense as we were breaking down defensively, and that's just a very horrible combination."
The Lion defense also took over the contest, as after Graham's three, they only allowed the Broncos one more field goal in the final 7:05. SCU managed only five points over that span.
After Sara Majors missed a free throw that kept the Lion lead at 55-54 with 2:45 left, scored the next five points on buckets by Jennifer Hall and Patton, and a free throw from DeCoud. Walker's layup cut the lead to 60-56 with 38 seconds to play, but the Lions converted five free throws the rest of the way to ice the game.
Santa Clara shot 42.9% for the game, compared to LMU's 44.2% showing, but again, rebounds factored into the decision, as the Lions won the battle on the boards, 37-27.
Both teams started off slow in the first half, combining for only 25 points in the first 10 minutes of the game. The Lions built a 25-14 lead with 6:46 left before halftime, but the Broncos heated up and ended the half on an 18-4 run fueled by nine points from Walker.


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Shocking police footage shows the moment two men brandishing an 11 inch knife robbed a store of £2,500.
Police are renewing their appeal for witnesses following the robbery at the Co-op store in Old London Road, Brighton on Friday, December 16.
The two men went into the store at 9.55pm and threatened staff with a large kitchen knife, demanding they hand over cash from the safe, police said.
They also grabbed cash from the tills, stealing around £2,500, and ran northwards along Old London Road, a spokesperson said.
Detective Constable Julian Harrison-Jones said: "This was an alarming and violent robbery with staff having a near foot-long knife brandished at them and being forced to co-operate with the men.
"Thankfully, they were unhurt, but shaken by their ordeal.
"We are keen to speak with anyone who may have been a witness or have any information that may assist in identifying these men."
Both men were white and spoke with Irish accents, police confirmed.
The first man holding the 11inch knife wore a black hooded jacket with the hood up, a black jacket over the top, black tracksuit bottoms, black boots and a black scarf over his face, said the spokesperson.
The second man wore a black hooded top with the hood up, grey tracksuit bottoms and green Nike Air Max trainers, according to the spokesperson.
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2012 Veolia Environnement Wildlife Photographer of the Year
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Photogenic plants, fascinating animals and dramatic landscapes are all ready for their close-ups in this annual photography competition and exhibition. A key component of the show are the stories which accompany the photos, describing the often remarkable conditions under which each photographer captured their winning shot. The Veolia Environnement Wildlife Photographer of the Year competition is a joint enterprise between the Natural History Museum and BBC Wildlife Magazine.
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Without a direct terror strike on the U.S. homeland, and with the death of Osama Bin Laden, it might be easy to assume America is a safer nation since the 9/11 attacks.
But anyone who believes the U.S. is smothered in a blanket of security does so, analysts say, with more hope than certainty.
"I'm skeptical of anyone who can answer the question 'Are we safer?' with a simple yes or no," said Ward Thomas, a national security expert and professor at the College of Holy Cross. "We are better in some ways, but not necessarily in others."
"We created a whole government department, Homeland Security, but regrettably, we are probably not safer," said Darren Hayes, a professor at Pace University and an expert in computer forensics and security. "There is still much work to be done."
We know what has been done over the past 10 years. Including the costs of wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, an estimated $1.8 trillion has been spent on various security measures since Sept. 11, 2001, according to a recent Congressional Research Service report.
Besides the much publicized tightening of airport security, the money has been used to beef up the number of security officers, increase local police terror training, as well as purchase health-care supplies and rescue equipment across the U.S.
A less-visible and less-expensive security gap on 9/11 has also been addressed, say analysts. "The agencies that comprise our intelligence community—the FBI, CIA and others—are working together much more effectively, and trading information and watch lists," said Benn Prybutok, adjunct associate professor of Homeland Security at Drexel University. "That didn't happen before. We also have greater international cooperation."
That cooperation, analysts contend, has prevented plots, such as the one in Great Britain, where police in 2010 intercepted a toner cartridge with explosives bound from London to Chicago.
Intelligence apparently led the FBI to arrest a 22-year-old man who allegedly placed a backpack on a crowded Chicago street corner, also in 2010.
It's estimated that nearly 30 terror plots have been uncovered over the last 10 years.
"Nine-eleven forced changes that made the U.S. much safer in terms of intelligence gathering," said Ed Hammersla, COO of Ratheyon Trust Computer Solutions, a supplier of cyber security solutions for the government and private industry.
On the ground, the U.S. is much better prepared to handle a terror attack, if one happens, said Susan Cherry, a nurse and clinical instructor in the University of Texas, Arlington, College of Nursing.
"The 9/11 attacks woke up the health-care systems, as did Hurricane Katrina (in 2005)," said Cherry, who was director of emergency preparedness at USMD Hospital in Arlington, Texas, from 2001 to 2006.
"The major shift has been from disaster preparedness to disaster management," explained Cherry. "There's more advanced planning and training now to handle patients. Plus, we have better health-care equipment, including drugs and vaccines to fight biological attacks."
Other first responders are also in a better position to save lives, said Dennis Martinez, CTO of Harris PSPC, a leading supplier of communications and equipment for public safety.
"More firemen and police today are better able to communicate with each other because the technology has been updated," Martinez said, noting the deadly confusion rescuers dealt with as they struggled to talk to each other in the World Trade Center Towers on Sept. 11, 2001.
"They were all on different frequencies, and now most systems are interconnected," explained Martinez.
While analysts point to improvements, there are still troubling security threats.
Remaining Threats
"We've got more than 1,000 nuclear reactors, and 15,000 chemical plants refineries and hazardous material sites in the U.S., with many near major population centers," said Jeff Addicott, director of the Center for Terrorism Law at St. Mary's University School of Law. "An attack on one of these would have death tolls in the thousands."
The botched plot of the New York Times Square bomber in 2010 is proof that the intelligence community still has limits, said Darren Hayes.
"It was the quick thinking of some street vendors who notified the (New York Police Department) in that case," said Pace University's Hayes, who believes more money, not less, should be spent on security.
"It's ironic that at this time many state and local governments, as well as the federal government, have cut back on law enforcement funds due to the bad economy," Hayes went on to say. "It's the wrong direction."
"We've got to do more to address the growing threat of cyber terrorism," added Addicott of St. Mary's University. "We need more resources all around and try to stop the plots before they occur."
The U.S. must also rethink its foreign policy, said security expert Thomas, who has written several books on the subject.
"I doubt very much if the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan have made us safer," Thomas explained. "Al Qaeda is a shadow of its former self, but other groups have adopted its philosophy."
There's also the question of whether America is still secure in its democratic freedoms. Critics say the Patriot Act—signed into law after the 9/11 attacks—is a sign the U.S. has given up more than it should to terrorists.
Among the act's measures, it dramatically reduced restrictions on searches for telephone, e-mail communications, medical and financial data, and other records. It also eased restrictions on foreign-intelligence gathering within the U.S.
"We've created too many dragnets with excessive surveillance and expansive criminal laws, and intrusive security systems," argued Susan Herman, president of the American Civil Liberties Union. "The 9/11 attacks were so frightening, it led many Americans to believe we needed to modify our laws and compromise our rights in order to be safe."
"The Patriot Act sought to provide better protection, but are the borders safer? Probably not," said Pace University's Hayes. "Just look at Mexico and the illegal drugs and weapons that come in to the U.S."
Others say the legal changes were overdue.
"The act provided a firm base through which investigative methods and other tools caught up with 21st century technology," argued Drexel University's Prybutok. "This has been achieved without wholesale violence to our civil liberties."
Whatever their faults, have the Patriot Act and other security measures been effective? Why hasn't there been a successful attack against the U.S. homeland since Sept. 11, 2001?
"It's impossible to answer that question," said Thomas, a security expert. "It's hard to know what's worked and what hasn't. It's likely due to some combination of all the efforts—along with some plain luck."
News reports say that before he was killed, Osama Bin Laden was assembling a team of militants to attack the U.S. on the 10th anniversary of 9/11, according to communications seized from his Pakistani hideout.
Analysts said this indicates more terrorist attacks are at least in the planning stage—both home-grown and overseas.
"There are predictions that radical groups of some kind will employ weapons of mass destruction in a terror attack somewhere in the next year," said St. Mary's University's Addicott. "This struggle will last for generations."
While Americans may wonder if, or when, the next attack will come, analysts say the fear of terror itself is now a permanent legacy.
"The significance of 9/11, beyond the terrible destruction, was the sense of vulnerability it left," said Drexels University's Prybutok. "Anyone passing through an airport knows the changes that have been made in our daily lives. We know we can be attacked. We'll never be what we were before 9/11."


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Tony Kushner: The full interview
Tony Kushner, Suzan-Lori Parks and David Henry Hwang are coming to Colorado Springs for a free lecture on Feb. 3. (Photos by Roy Zipstein, Stephanie Diani and Craig Schwartz).
Perhaps you saw our interview with Tony Kushner in the Jan. 31 Denver Post in advance of his lecture on Wednesday at Colorado College with Suzan-Lori Parks ("Topdog/Underdog") and David Henry Hwang ("M. Butterfly").
As promised, here is the entire transcript, including Kushner's more fully fleshed answers, and a couple that didn't make it into print.


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Egypt pushes transition, naming new prime minister
Jul 09, 2013, 11:10 AM EDT
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CAIRO (AP) — Egypt's military-backed interim leader named a new prime minister and won $8 billion in promises of aid from wealthy Arab allies in the Gulf on Tuesday in moves aimed at stabilizing a political transition less than a week after the army deposed the Islamist president.
The armed forces warned political factions that "maneuvering" must not hold up its ambitious fast-track timetable for new elections next year. The sharp message underlined how strongly the military is shepherding the process, even as liberal reform movements that backed its removal of Mohammed Morsi complained that now they are not being consulted in decision-making.
The Muslim Brotherhood denounced the transition plan, vowing to continue its street protests until ousted Morsi, the country's first freely elected president, is returned to power.
The appointment of economist Hazem el-Beblawi as prime minister, along with the setting of the accelerated timetable, underlined the military's determination to push ahead in the face of Islamist opposition and outrage over the killing of more than 50 Morsi supporters on Monday.
Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates provided a welcome boost for the new leadership. The two countries, both opponents of Morsi's Muslim Brotherhood, celebrated his ouster by showering the cash-strapped Egyptian government with promises of $8 billion in grants, loans and badly needed gas and oil.
In doing so, they are effectively stepping in for Morsi's Gulf patron, Qatar, a close ally of the Brotherhood that gave his government several billion in aid. During Morsi's year in office as Egypt's first freely elected president, he and his officials toured multiple countries seeking cash to prop up rapidly draining foreign currency reserves and plug mounting deficits — at times getting a cold shoulder.
The developments underlined the pressures on the new leadership even with the country still in turmoil after what Morsi's supporters have called a coup against democracy.
The military faces calls, from the U.S. and Western allies in particular, to show that civilians are in charge and Egypt is on a path toward a democratically based leadership. The nascent government will soon face demands that it tackle economic woes that mounted under Morsi, including fuel shortages, electricity cutoffs and inflation.
White House spokesman Jay Carney said Washington is "cautiously encouraged" by the announcement of a plan to return to democratically elected government.
Still, several groups in the loose coalition participating in the political process were angered over the transition plan issued Monday by interim President Adly Mansour. His declaration set out a 7-month timetable for elections but also a truncated, temporary constitution laying out the division of powers in the meantime.
The top liberal political grouping, the National Salvation Front, rejected the plan late Tuesday. It said it was not consulted — "in violation of previous promises" — and that the declaration "lacks significant clauses while others need change or removal." It did not elaborate but said it had presented Mansour with changes it seeks.
The secular, revolutionary youth movement Tamarod, which organized last week's massive protests of Morsi, also criticized the plan, in part because it gives too much power to Mansour, including the power to issue laws. A post-Morsi plan put forward by Tamarod called for a largely ceremonial interim president with most power in the hands of the prime minister.
At the same time, Egypt remains deeply polarized with heightened fears of violence, especially after Monday's shootings. The Brotherhood and Islamist allies say they are under siege by a military crackdown that has jailed five of their leaders and shut down their media outlets. Tens of thousands of Islamists massed for another day outside a Cairo mosque. The crowds waved pictures of Morsi and brought in flag-draped empty coffins representing the slain protesters.
The Brotherhood said the new transition plan "confirms that those who carried out the coup, the dictator generals, don't respect the will of the people."
Still, there was not the huge nationwide turnout that Brotherhood leaders had called for after the killings. Also, for the first time since even before the June 30 protests began, Cairo's Tahrir Square — where Morsi's opponents were centered — was largely without crowds.
That could in part reflect the fact that people are preparing for the start of the Islamic holy month of Ramadan on Wednesday, when Muslims begin 30 days of fasting from sunrise to sunset.
It is not clear if Ramadan will significantly calm the street. The fast cuts down on activity during the day, but the demonstrations have been largely nocturnal affairs anyway. The Islamist camp will likely use it to rally its base.
Mansour called for a reconciliation process called "One People" to begin in Ramadan, traditionally a period for Muslims to promote unity. It called for parties and movements to hold meetings. There was no sign the Brotherhood and its allies would attend, much like Morsi's opponents rejected his calls for dialogue, which were dismissed as empty gestures.
The interim president's spokesman, Ahmed el-Musalamani, said posts in the new Cabinet would be offered to the Islamist camp — including to the Brotherhood's Freedom and Justice Party and the Salafi Al-Nour Party. He spoke to Egypt's privately owned CBC TV channel in remarks also carried by the state news agency. El-Beblawi is to start forming a Cabinet on Wednesday.
The statement by armed forces chief Gen. Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi against political maneuvering underlined how the military — while it says it is staying out of politics — remains a powerful presence in a transition ostensibly being led by Mansour and a collection of political factions.
"The future of the nation is too important and sacred for maneuvers or hindrance, whatever the justifications," el-Sissi said in the statement, read on state TV. "The people and, behind it, the armed forces don't want anyone to stray from the right path or deviate from the boundaries of safety and security, driven by selfishness or ... zealousness."
A spokesman for Mansour announced the appointment of el-Beblawi as prime minister and of pro-democracy leader Mohamed ElBaradei, a leader of the National Salvation Front, as vice president.
The naming of a prime minister was held up for days because the sole Islamist faction in the coalition, the ultraconservative Al-Nour Party, blocked candidates from secular, liberal and leftist groups. Those factions have been determined to have one of their own in the post.
Last week, Al-Nour blocked ElBaradei from becoming prime minister, then objected to one of his close allies put forward as a compromise. The moves infuriated the secular and liberal factions. ElBaradei, the former head of the U.N. nuclear watchdog agency and a Nobel Peace laureate, is considered one of the strongest pro-reform figures, but many Islamists vehemently oppose him as too secular.
El-Beblawi is from the liberal-secular camp — albeit a less-controversial, well-known or prominent figure than ElBaradei.
El-Sissi's statement appeared to be a veiled warning to Al-Nour. But it suggests the military is ready to apply pressure on politicians when multiple disputes are almost certain to emerge.
An Al-Nour spokesman, Ibrahim Abaza, told The Associated Press the party welcomed el-Beblawi's appointed. But like secular groups, it complained it is not being consulted. "Our objections are not only about nominations but the dictatorship of the new president, who takes decisions unilaterally without consultations and with clear bias against Islamist current," he said.
El-Beblawi, 76, was finance minister in one of the first Cabinets formed after autocrat Hosni Mubarak was ousted in 2011 and the military stepped in to rule for nearly 17 months. But he resigned in protest in October 2011 after 26 protesters, mostly Christians, were killed by security forces in a crackdown on their march.
A Sorbonnne-educated economist, he has been a professor in several Egyptian universities and served for six years in the U.N. Social Economic Commission for Western Asia. After Mubarak's fall, he was one of the founders of the Egyptian Social Democratic party, one of several secular parties in the liberal grouping National Salvation Front, in which ElBaradei is a leading figure.
He called for dialogue between the new leadership and their Islamist opponents. "Everyone in Egypt must sit together on the table for dialogue to solve current political differences, stop violence and bloodshed in the street," he told the AP.
Under the timetable, two appointed panels would draw up and approve amendments to the constitution, which would be put to a referendum within 4½ months. Elections for a new parliament would be held within two months of that. Once the parliament convenes, it would have a week to set a date for presidential elections.
After Monday's bloodshed, authorities stepped up moves against Islamists.
The military accused armed Islamists of starting the violence by attacking the headquarters of the Republican Guard. Morsi supporters say no such attack took place and that troops opened fire on their nearby sit-in after dawn prayers. Along with 51 protesters, an army officer and two policemen were killed.
An Egyptian security official said 650 people were arrested for allegedly trying to storm the headquarters. The official said there were Syrian and Palestinian nationals among those arrested. The official spoke on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to talk to the press.
The general prosecutor announced that authorities confiscated weapons, knives and homemade explosives and bombs from the protest site and that investigations found that armed men have used rooftops of residential and government buildings to fire at the Republican Guard forces.
Egypt also chided the Islamist-rooted governments of Turkey and Tunisia that criticized the ouster of Morsi. The Foreign Ministry summoned the Turkish ambassador to complain of interference in internal affairs after Turkish officials called for U.N. intervention.
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After reaching $30 billion in 2008, the health care construction market fell to $24.4 billion in 2010 and $23.0 billion last year, according to McGraw-Hill Construction's (MHC) Dodge Project Center. Through May of this year, total starts (in square footage) dropped 24%, out of which hospital construction was down by 30%. "Hospitals appear to be taking the brunt of the cuts," said Jennifer Coskren, a senior economist with MHC, who attributes the declines to an increase in hospital mergers and continued uncertainty about the economy, as well as the debate over health care reform legislation.
However, on June 28, the U.S. Supreme Court upheld the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, the health care law of 2010. Coskren told Architectural Record the ruling should help jump-start projects, even while the economy continues to limp along. "Now that the uncertainty is gone, thanks to the Supreme Court upholding the constitutionality of the law, we feel that the industry will be able to move more confidently ahead with capital expenditure plans," she said. "Demand for health care services is expected to increase, thanks to the more than 30 million people who now will have access to health care insurance."
In fact, in its "2nd Quarter 2012 Construction Outlook Report," FMI Corp., engineering and construction management consultant, is forecasting growth in the health care sector. The firm is expecting health care construction to rise 3% in 2012 and, by 2015, to strengthen to double digits, achieving record highs around $52.6 billion (Figure).
Despite this, some industry executives are less certain about the future of the construction health care sector. Although they predict the health care industry will see an increase in construction projects if the law continues to be upheld, there remains serious political opposition to it in Washington, D.C. Congressional Republicans are pledging to repeal the law, and although President Obama has vowed to veto any such measure, November's presidential election is fast approaching.
Indeed, many hospitals are in holding patterns as they "try to determine the future," according to Dan Noble, executive VP and director of design at HKS Architects and current president of the AIA's Academy of Architecture of Health. Noble told Architectural Record the Supreme Court's decision helps, but it doesn't fully solve the problem. "If the Supreme Court ruling falls in line with the November election there will be a greater chance of getting something done," he said. "This, in turn, will allow our clients to move forward, benefiting all design professionals big and small."
Less is more
Although the Affordable Care Act encourages reduced costs for health care facilities, this has been a concern for hospital administrators since the recession. Regardless of the election's outcome, health systems may remain unsure of their projected revenues. In fact, many are predicting declines in revenue. "Nobody is able to make big commitments, because they can't do financial modeling to see if these projects will pencil out or not," said Sheila Cahnman, group VP and regional health care leader based in HOK's Chicago office, who said her firm has done a considerable amount of strategic planning for health care clients in recent years, but that few are moving forward with major projects.
While their projects remain on hold, health care clients are re-evaluating their infrastructure plans. Cahnman says they are starting to look for ways to make improvements, including upgrading existing chassis so they can support lean operations or improved patient satisfaction. "They will continue to push for improvements to lean their operations and increase their bottom lines," Cahnman concludes.
The aging Baby Boomers, new technology, demand for single rooms, and an increase in the consumption of health care will determine decisions about new facility design, size, and location. Money-saving strategies include new hospital projects minus the frills, including overloaded patient rooms and non-critical amenities, such as atriums, fountains, and courtyards. Furthermore, futurists are predicting a dramatic minimalist change for facilities, including hospitals rooms without beds and bathrooms, reserved for patients only in need of acute care.
Hospital facilities may also eschew traditional design elements for more efficient use of materials as well as for increased flexibility to accommodate multiple uses and changes in the future. "We're building hospitals to allow for wiggle room in the future because there may be other reforms and technical advancements down the line," said Martin Valins, a principal at Stantec's Philadelphia office.
Already, many construction firms are seeing more and smaller primary care projects and outpatient facilities over hospital "mega-projects" (see SIDEBAR: Back to School). According to the FMI Corp.'s report, new construction will focus on ambulatory facilities and consolidation of small physician-owned facilities. Increasingly, physician practice groups are working from leased spaces or have their own buildings. Because of technological advancements, which have led to minimally invasive surgeries that don't require overnight hospital stays, even surgeries can be performed in these outpatient facilities.
"We're seeing a lot of the specialty boutique-type hospitals," says John Wright, president, Alterman, Inc., which has specialized in the health care market since 1923, performing construction, renovation, and maintenance of electrical, voice/data/video, and security installations for major hospital and research facilities in the San Antonio area. "Those are being driven by developers with physicians groups that perform specialty surgeries and treatment."
Health care research facilities are seen as a staple in healthy regional economies. San Antonio, which emphasizes its position as a health care innovator and destination, boasts several research facilities. "We see those types of projects too," says Wright. "We do some work at Southwest Research Institute and the Texas Biomedical Research Institute. There has been a fairly steady stream of new projects at both those facilities."
Changes in project delivery are also being made in order to save on construction costs. Many construction firms are exploring alternative project delivery methods, such as design-build and integrated project delivery (IPD) systems. For instance, in 2010, Alterman began preconstruction services and design-assist, using building information modeling (BIM), on the new University Hospital in San Antonio. Through this system, Alterman provided input during preconstruction planning and services, including schedule development, constructability reviews, cost reduction assistance, sustainability study assistance, and assistance in equipment selection.
The use of BIM gave the firm an advantage when competition for projects increased during the recession. "The amount of work did go down for a little while, and you had small- to mid-size contractors bidding work that typically they don't bid," says Wright. "They started getting into our market, so we were seeing competition we weren't used to seeing."
Wright explains that the recession more than any uncertainty regarding the health care act was responsible for this fight for projects. However, even with added competition, his firm's health care division hasn't slowed down. "I've seen more health care projects since the Affordable Care Act first started than we did before," he says. "I haven't seen it slow down."
Currently, the firm is working on providing all electrical construction for the 1-million-square-foot, 9-story acute care tower at University Hospital including an emergency/trauma center with 53 treatment and 10 trauma stations, 336 new beds and 84 future beds, and 30 new operating rooms. Installation includes normal power consisting of two 35kV circuits, essential power consisting of three 2000kW, 4,160V diesel emergency generators, UPS, lighting, and fire alarm with voice evacuation notification. The project is expected to obtain LEED 2.2 Gold designation at its completion in January 2014.
Although the firm's current project portfolio consists mainly of new construction, Wright expects renovation projects to pick up by the end of next year. "After the end of next year, I would say there's going to be a little more renovation," he says. "Right now, the majority of it is new, but there's going to be a mix of both."
For instance, the firm recently completed a 320,000-square-foot hospital for Christus, but the Christus Santa Rosa Children's Hospital is going to be mostly renovation. Baptist Health System is preparing for both a new addition and some renovation.
In fact, many hospitals are choosing to renovate and expand rather than build replacement campuses. "Renovation continues strong," says the FMI report. Changes to existing facilities will make them more efficient, more technologically advanced, and greener. According to the American Society for Healthcare Engineering (ASHE), 73% of construction is currently for facility renovation and modernization to be greener and more patient-friendly and to update IT infrastructure.
The elephant in the room
According to FMI Corp.'s report, the driver for growth in the health care market for the remainder of this year and into next isn't necessarily the economic recovery, and the June 28 Supreme Court decision hasn't put any fears to rest. "This is a factor of baby boomer demographics more than an economic boom," says the report. "The national health care law, reaffirmed by the Supreme Court, will continue to be the elephant in the room that could add millions of new insured needing health care, depending on what the next Congress will do after the elections."
Richard J. Ducci, president and CEO of Ducci Electrical Contractors, Inc., Torrington, Conn., agrees that the aftermath of the Supreme Court decision could be more detrimental to the health care market than any controversy leading up to it. "The decision on its own hasn't changed anything," Ducci says. "The projects we've been working on and bidding have been on the books and were budgeted long before the Supreme Court ruling. There's more a question of the overall uncertainty since this thing has been kicking around for the last couple of years, really."
There's now an urgency, says Ducci, to get these projects out to bid and get them built. "Nobody really understands what this thing is going to mean," he says. "There's a lot of speculation, and health care facility administrators don't want to be left in the dark in two or three years with that project they had in the works and not be able to get it out. So, long before the Supreme Court ruling, there was some impetus to get these things out and built because of that expected
uncertainty once this thing all plays out."
Despite the trend toward smaller, sleeker facilities, in 2010, Ducci Electrical Contractors finished the electrical contract on the 500,000-square-foot, $34-million Yale New Haven Hospital Smilow Cancer Center. The project included radiology and diagnostics departments, operating room suites, and several floors of patient rooms. The project, which required the demolition of the existing hospital facility and construction of the brand new hospital, took more than three years to complete.
Ducci Electrical Contractors' scope of work included installation of all MEP systems, nearly 3-million feet of copper wire, and 12,500 fixtures. Ducci performed 3D CAD drafting and located every piece of equipment, duct, pipe, medical gases, and other utilities on a 3D BIM system. During this, the firm installed massive amounts of switchgear, roof-mounted generators, and all other MEP equipment with well-coordinated move-in paths and final locations. Particular challenges included the downtown site with no on-site storage or office space.
During the recession and the controversy surrounding the Affordable Care Act that followed, Ducci remained active in the health care market with projects such as this one. "We've done an extraordinary amount of health care work over the past many, many years," says Ducci. "Like many kinds of work, it ebbs and flows over time, but in the last three or four years, we've done an enormous amount."
In addition to the New Haven Hospital, the firm completed contracts on two big projects and some other small ones. Ducci also expects several projects to come to bid within the next six months to a year. "There's been a tremendous amount of health care work in Connecticut in the last two or three years, and there will be in the next couple of years out," says Ducci, who is less optimistic about health care spending once the Affordable Care Act goes into effect. "I think after that, then you're going to really see the repercussions of it. Then, I think you're going to see a drop-off."
Ducci is predicting a dramatic decline in three or four years. "We're budgeting tens of millions of dollars for new projects soon," he says. "Those are all happening inside of the next year. So far, in this market in large health care, there's been no drop-off in this state. Now, what's going to happen in three or four years, that's anybody's guess. But my guess is we're going to see things slowing down."
SIDEBAR: Back to School
Kathleen Sebelius, secretary of the U. S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), recently announced the availability of funding for the construction and renovation of school-based health centers. These new investments, totaling up to $75 million, are part of the School-Based Health Center Capital (SBHCC) program, which was created by the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.
The centers enable children with acute or chronic illnesses to attend school as well as help to improve the overall health and wellness of children and adolescents through health screenings, health promotion, and disease prevention activities. By making the connection to health care easy, school-based health centers ensure that children have access to the services they need to lead healthy lives.
"President Obama's health care law is helping keep kids healthy, and as a mother, I know how important a child's health is to how they do in school," said Secretary Sebelius. "Whether establishing a new site or upgrading an existing facility, the availability of funding for school-based health centers will help kids more easily get the health services they need to thrive. The goal is to keep our children healthy so they can learn, grow, and prosper."
The Affordable Care Act appropriated $200 million for the SBHCC program to address capital needs in school-based health centers. This funding opportunity is the third in a series of awards that will be made available to school-based health centers through the Affordable Care Act. The Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), a part of HHS, oversees the SBHCC program.
"It is critical for children and adolescents to be healthy so they can maximize their potential, and being healthy starts with access to primary and preventive care," said HRSA Administrator Mary K. Wakefield, Ph.D., R.N. "These grants will greatly improve that access and help make our children, and America's future, strong."
For more information about HRSA and its programs, visit www. hrsa.gov. For more information about Affordable Care Act investments in community health centers, visit www.healthcare.gov.


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FRA in close cooperation with the European Commission and the Academic Network of European Disability Experts (ANED), funded by the Commission, developed 28 human rights indicators to assess the political participation of persons with disabilities in the EU.
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I read with great pleasure the Sleep Medicine Pearl entitled "Dangerous Driver" by Dr. Turpen et al., published in the Journal of Clinical Sleep Medicine August 15, 2011.1 This article demonstrates the all too common problem of chronic sleep deprivation in our adolescent population. The consequences in this setting not only include sleepy driving but also include the well-described cognitive, metabolic, and academic consequences. In addition, athletic performance likely suffers as a result of sleep deprivation.2
This article also highlights some of the limitations of our current testing procedures to evaluate excessive daytime sleepiness, namely, the multiple sleep latency test. The authors reinforce the AASM Practice Parameters3 recommendation of a minimum of 6 hours recorded sleep on the preceding night's polysomnogram; the relationship of circadian rhythm disorders such as delayed sleep phase syndrome on the presence of sleep onset REM episodes on the multiple sleep latency test; and the effects of sleep deprivation on the recorded mean sleep latency.
An example of how sleep deprivation can affect the multiple sleep latency test not just initially, but for several days thereafter, has been described in a case report by Janjua et al.4 at the Minnesota Regional Sleep Disorders Center. In their report, the patient had been diagnosed with narcolepsy (at an outside center) under similar circumstances to the patient described by Dr. Turpen. Actigraphy performed on this patient clearly showed an erratic sleep pattern with insufficient sleep. Due to persistent concerns, the PSG and MSLT were repeated. However the investigators elected to perform 4 consecutive nights' PSG and MSLT. Eventually the patient discharged her sleep debt in the Sleep Center by being allowed to sleep in an unrestricted fashion. As a result the patient's MSLT normalized in a graded fashion. The authors, like Dr. Turpen, emphasized the value of sleep diaries prior to performing the PSG and MSLT. The authors also contend that the protocol of forced awakenings the morning after the PSG not only can contribute to the potential for the erroneous presence of SOREMs on the MSLT (as indicated by Dr. Turpen), but also may contribute to a falsely shortened sleep latency.
The two case studies show that interpretation of MSLT results can be affected not only by the patient's sleep patterns on a chronic basis, but also how we administer the test itself. We can improve on the first problem through education of our patients; improving on the second involves continued education of sleep practitioners, and potentially changes in our testing policies and procedures.
This was not an industry supported study. The author has indicated no financial conflicts of interest.
Gimino VJ. Sleep deprivation can affect the MSLT for days. J Clin Sleep Med 2011;7(6):683.
Turpen KB, Wagner MH, authors. Dangerous driver. J Clin Sleep Med. 2011;7:408–10. [PubMed]
Mah CD, Mah KE, Kezirian EJ, Dement WC, authors. The effects of sleep extension on the athletic performance of collegiate basketball players. Sleep. 2011;34:943–50. [PubMed]
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- Manifestations of electronic nematic degrees of freedom in the high-temperature iron-based superconductors
- Time: 4:30 pm
- Place: 5310 Chamberlin
- Speaker: Rafael Fernandes, University of Minnesota
- Abstract: Five years after their discovery, much of the interest in iron-pnictide materials remains in understanding not only their superconducting transition at nearly 60K, but also the nature of their normal state. In this context, a hotly debated topic is the origin of the tetragonal to orthorhombic transition, which either precedes or happens simultaneously to a magnetic instability, and persists even in the vicinities of the superconducting dome. Experiments have revealed that the anisotropies in this orthorhombic phase cannot be explained by the small lattice distortion alone, suggesting that the tetragonal symmetry breaking is driven by electronic degrees of freedom, dubbed nematic in analogy to the physics of liquid crystals. In this talk, I will present a consistent microscopic theoretical model for this nematic phase and explore its manifestations in a variety of macroscopic properties of the iron pnictides -- such as elastic, magnetic, and transport properties. The model is rooted on the degeneracy of the magnetic ground state of these materials, which, allied to the coupling to the lattice and to the orbital degrees of freedom, leads to a spontaneous tetragonal symmetry breaking in the paramagnetic phase. The scattering of electrons by spin fluctuations in the nematic phase leads to an anisotropy in the resistivity, whose sign changes from electron-doped to hole-doped compounds. Finally, I will also discuss the impact of both nematic order and nematic fluctuations to the unconventional s+- superconducting state of the iron pnictides.
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The programme has been unveiled for Europe's first video on demand film festival, which will screen through seven VoD providers.
The festival, titled Streams, will feature 14 titles throughout December through the EuroVoD network, which includes UniversCiné Belgium, UniversCiné France, Spain's Filmin, Ireland's Volta, Germany's Good!Movies, Austria's Flimmit, and Switzerland's leKino.ch.
The films include Irish comedy Sensation, directed by Tom Hall, documentary Crossdresser, and Still Life, Sebastian Meise's Diagonale-winning debut.
From Dec 1, viewers who visit www.streamsfilmfestival.com will be re-directed to their respective national VoD platform in the EuroVoD network in order to access the festival's titles in subtitled versions for €2.49 per film or €19.99 for the bundle of 14 films.
EuroVoD was founded in May 2010, representing more than 150 independent producers and distributors, to promote VoD as a new channel for the distribution of films.
The Paris-based network also has member platforms in Finland (Blind Spot Pictures) and Poland (Netkin).
Streams: full line-up
- Still Life, dir: Sebastian Meise, 2011, Austria
- The Fatherless, dir: Marie Kreutzer, 2011, Austria
- Diamond Flash, dir: Carlos Vermut, 2011, Spain
- The Perfect Stranger, dir: Toni Bestard, 2011, Spain
- All That Remains, dir: Pierre-Adrian Irlé & Valentin Rotelli, 2010, Switzerland
- Nomad's Land: In the Footsteps of Nicolas Bouvier, dir: Gaël Métroz, 2008, Switzerland (doc)
- Hotel Deutschland 2, dir: Stefan Paul, 2011, Germany (doc)
- Sohnemänner, dir: Ingo Haeb, 2011, Germany
- Berlin Telegram, dir: Leila Albayaty, 2012, Belgium
- Fils Unique, dir: Miel Van Hoogenbemt, 2011, Belgium
- D'amour et d'eau fraîche, dir: Isabelle Czajka, 2010, France
- Crossdresser, dir: Chantal Poupaud, 2010, France (doc)
- One Hundred Mornings, dir: Conor Horgan, 2009, Ireland
- Sensation, dir: Tom Hall, 2010, Ireland


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Sao Paulo GRAND SLAM | 8 - 13 October 2013
São Paulo, Brazil, October 10, 2013 – Pool Play completed, 24 women's teams, including eight who were undefeated at 3-0 in round robin play to win their pools, head to the start of Friday's single-elimination play at the $440,000 FIVB São Paulo Grand Slam double-gender tournament. Marking the FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour's return to Brazil for the 27th consecutive year, two teams each from Germany and the United States and one team each from Brazil, Canada, Czech Republic, Germany and Netherlands were unbeaten in pool play and will now receive a bye in round of 24, moving to the round of 16 Friday afternoon.
Each receiving a bye into the round of 16, the eight unbeaten pool winners who emerged from Thursday's two match victories to go with their first win on Wednesday, were: Brazil's top-seeded Taiana Lima/Talita Antunes, Germany's fourth-seeded Katrin Holtwick/Ilka Semmler, Germany's fifth-seeded Laura Ludwig/Kira Walkenhorst, Netherlands' eighth-seeded Madelein Meppelink/Sophie van Gestel, USA's 10th-seeded April Ross/Kerri Walsh Jennings, Czech Republic's 14th-seeded Marketa Slukova/Kristyna Kolocova, USA's 15th-seeded Lauren Fendrick/Brittany Hochevar and Canada's 27th-seeded Jamie Lynn Broder/Kristina Valjas,
The 24 teams in each gender who advanced from pool play from the 32-team main draws in each gender, will now move into Friday's start of single elimination play. For the women on Thursday, all eight pool winners were undefeated at 3-0 as the 2013 FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour resumed in South America this week. Friday will see the round of 24, round of 16 and quarterfinal matches in each gender as the 2013 FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour has resumed in South America after a six-week respite. With the event being held for the first time in São Paulo the purpose-built site is located on the expansive grounds of Parque Villa Lobos on the west side of the massive city.
Brazil had one team in each gender advance from Tuesday's qualifiers and the home country had its full allotment of five teams in each gender in the São Paulo main draw. For the women, the qualification team that advanced was Elize Secomandi/Fernanda Alves, who were 0-3 in pool play and were eliminated. Overall, the Brazilian women's teams finished pool play with a combined 8-7 record. Besides Lima/Antunes, the other Brazilian women's team who advanced to Friday's single elimination rounds were second-seeded sisters Maria Clara Salgado/Carolina Salgado (2-1 record), third-seeded Barbara Seixas/Liliana Maestrini (1-2) and seventh-seeded Agatha Bednarczuk/Maria Antonelli (2-1).
Led by Lima/Antunes, Brazil will have four teams start single-elimination play Friday, but only Lima/Antunes will receive a bye as a pool winner into the Round of 16. The Salgado sisters, Seixas/Maestrini and Bednarczuk/Antonelli will all play in the early morning Round of 24.
Leading both the FIVB World Rankings and the FIVB World Tour/FIVB Open point standings with five gold medals so far this year, Brazil's Lima/Antunes were not only 3-0, but won all six sets on the way to the top spot in their pool. On Thursday, the Brazilian duo ended pool play by winning over Slovak Republic's 16th-seeded Dominika Nestarcova/Natalia Dubovcova, 21-15, 21-16 in a 33-minute match.
The Salgado sisters and Bednarczuk/Antonelli won their first two pool play matches but were defeated by lower-seeded teams in their final match of the day. Both teams were defeated by teams from the USA and both went three sets.
First, USA's new tandem Ross/Walsh Jennings defeated Bednarczuk/Antonelli, 21-16, 20-22 and 15-11 in 55 minutes. The American Olympians came back from a 10-14 deficit in the first set to score nine consecutive points and in the deciding third set Ross/Walsh Jennings overcame a 1-5 deficit to pull out the win in just their second FIVB World Tour event as a team. In the tie-breaker, Walsh Jennings helped end the match and give her team the victory with a two of her patented massive blocks at the net.
In the other three-setter involving Brazil and the USA, American's Fendrick/Hochevar came from behind against Brazil's Salgado sisters, to win their pool, 16-21, 21-18, 15-12 in 52 minutes.
Not really a surprise, but winning both their three matches to win their pool, is USA's newest team features the Olympic pair of Ross/Walsh Jennings who are playing in just their second FIVB World Tour Grand Slam event after Olympic careers with different teammates. Walsh Jennings has three career Olympic gold medals and Ross won the silver medal last year at the 2012 London Olympics. Ross/Walsh Jennings, who both admit they have a long way to go as a team but are very, very pleased with their results so far in São Paulo.
Besides Brazil's Lima/Antunes, both Germany's Holtwick/Semmler and Ludwig/Walkenhorst won all six of their sets on the way to winning the respective pools. On Thursday, Germany's Holtwick/Semmler defeated Netherland's 13th-seeded Marleen Van Iersel/Sanne Keizer, 21-18, 21-11 in 37 minutes while a short time later, Germany's Ludwig/Walkenhorst stopped USA's 12th-seeded Jennifer Fopma/Brooke Sweat, 21-9, 21-14 in 31 minutes.
Always focused, Antunes commented after their win Thursday, saying, "Winning is always good, especially in Brazil. We're sorry that the other Brazilian teams couldn't advance directly to the Round of 16, but we're happy four of us are still in it. We'll support them tomorrow to pass through the Round of 24. About us, we're still focused, thinking game by game, like if each of them was a final. In theory, we're considered the favorites because we're on the top of the ranking, but we need to show it."
After suffering a tough three-set loss to USA's Ross/Walsh Jennings, Brazil's Antonelli reflected, "Both teams knew that it was going to be a tough match. In a game like today's, if you don't feel the tension it's because you don't want to win it. It is positive and important to feel this way. We lost this time, and that's part of the game. But this is not over yet."
This year's FIVB São Paulo Grand Slam will have the semifinals and bronze medal matches for both genders on Saturday and the gold medal matches for both on Sunday. The gold medal teams in each gender in the FIVB São Paulo Grand Slam will each split $33,000, the silver $22,000, the bronze $16,500 and fourth place $12,900.
The FIVB São Paulo Grand Slam marks the 35th time that Brazil has hosted a men's and 30th time Brazil has hosted a women's FIVB international beach volleyball world tour event. Brazil has staged a FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour event every year since the start of the international circuit for men in 1987 and women in 1992. It is also the 295th FIVB World Tour men's tournament and 257th women's tournament.
The 2013 FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour is comprised of 10 Grand Slam events and the 2013 FIVB Beach Volleyball World Championships. Not part of the World Tour but counting towards FIVB points/earnings are five Open events (four double-gender tournaments and one women-only). The last of 10 FIVB World Tour Grand Slams will be the 2013 Grand Slam schedule will now end in China Oct. 22-27 at the double-gender $440,000 FIVB Xiamen Grand Slam.
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Salgado/Schmidt claim men's gold at FIVB São Paulo Grand Slam
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USA's Ross/Walsh victorious in São Paulo
São Paulo, Brazil, October 13, 2013 – In another classic battle for the ages between veteran warriors, USA's 10th-seeded April Ross/Kerri Walsh Jennin... More...
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Germany, United States to meet for women's gold at FIVB São Paulo Grand Slam
São Paulo, Brazil, October 12, 2013 – Digging deep to each pull out come-from-behind three-set semifinal victories Saturday, Germany's fifth-seeded La... More...
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Brazil, United States to battle for men's gold at FIVB São Paulo Grand Slam
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Brazil, Latvia, Spain, USA in men's semis at FIVB São Paulo Grand Slam
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Brazil, Germany, Italy, USA in women's semis at FIVB São Paulo Grand Slam
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Men's field reduced to 24 at FIVB São Paulo Grand Slam
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Brazil's Schmidt/Salgado hope for no. 1 world ranking at FIVB São Paulo Grand Slam
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Walsh Jennings playing with April Ross at FIVB São Paulo Grand Slam
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Women's pool play opens with great play, some upsets at FIVB São Paulo Grand Slam
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Men's Pool Play at FIVB São Paulo Grand Slam starts with four upsets
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Tuesday's qualifying sets main draw fields for FIVB São Paulo Grand Slam
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FIVB São Paulo Grand Slam information fact sheet
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FIVB World Tour resumes in Brazil for São Paulo Grand Slam
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Bubba Watson outplayed 20-year-old Jordan Spieth and won the 2014 Masters in comfortable fashion on Sunday.
He came into the round at 5-under, tied for the lead with Spieth. He finished at 8-under, winning the tournament by three strokes.
It's his second Masters win. He also took home the green jacket in 2012.
The key sequence came in the front nine. Going into the 7th hole, Spieth held a two stroke lead. He bogeyed the 8th and 9th, Watson birdied both holes, and a two-shot deficit turned into a two-shot lead that Bubba never gave up.
He celebrated with his son on the 18th green:
Watson was steady all week. He held the lead on Friday and Saturday night. On Sunday, he was the only one of the leaders to break 70.
The final scoreboard:
Spieth, who could have become the youngest Masters champion ever, had a frustrating day. He hit a ton of bad shots, and finished with an even-par 72, good for second place.


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Rich Internet Applications pick up the ball where plain Web applications dropped it: they promise to bring the power of desktop applications to the Web. Desktop applications almost went out of fashion with the advent of Web applications. But most people still prefer the rich user interface (UI) and interactivity of desktop applications such as Outlook compared to their Web-based siblings such as GMail and Yahoo! Mail. In many cases the convenience of ubiquity compensates for the inferior or cumbersome user interface.
Client-server applications with rich user interfaces first emerged at the beginning of the nineties. Usually implemented in C++ or Smalltalk, they followed a fat-client approach, the predominant client-server architecture at this time. The principal way to organize the presentation layer of such applications was the MVC model. The concept was first proposed by Trygve Reenskaug (see http://heim.ifi.uio.no/~trygver/2007/MVC_Originals.pdf) for the Smalltalk environment. As with any proven object-oriented design, MVC splits up the responsibilities of a user interface component into domain data (Model), rendering (View), and event handling (Controller). Quite often, view and controller are merged together, though.
Today's GUI component libraries still make use of MVC. For example, most non-trivial UI components in Swing employ some sort of MVC. However, if one tries to apply MVC to complex (form-based) applications, which is typical for desktop or Rich Internet Applications, experience shows that criteria such as clean design, maintainability, or reusability cannot be met. There are several reasons:
- What is the model of a form based application with a rich UI? Most developers point to the business object to be rendered in the form as the model. A form-based RIA has more model states than just the business object, though. This additional state is usually kept in the view class and increases the complexity of the view.
- The presentation logic of a Rich Internet Application is vastly more complex compared to a traditional Web application. The presentation logic has to deal with more events caused by extended interactivity. Another feature of RIAs is an up-to-date rendering of the presentation state. For example, UI components may be enabled/disabled or visible/invisible depending on the state of the application. This is also part of the additional model state as mentioned above. On top of that, RIAs feature instant validation (without interrupting a user's flow of work by throwing a modal dialog into their face). This "silent" validation has to be handled (at least partly) by the presentation logic as well. Naïve design puts all of these aspects into the view class. As a result, the view class becomes overly complex, hardly reusable, and difficult to maintain.
- Automated testing of such view classes can only be accomplished by running the user interface. Tests are executed by triggering user events through a test tool or accessing the components through a library (e.g. Jemmy for Swing component library). This way of testing is slow and fragile: running hundreds or thousands of UI tests takes quite some time and changes to the user interface are likely to break the tests resulting in false negatives.
As a company specializing in RIA, we at Canoo have witnessed quite a few transitions from plain ugly Web applications to the brave new world of RIA. Some of our observations:
- Typical Web developers have not heard of MVC and try to design RIAs like they would design a typical HTML application.
- Seasoned developers who may have had some experience with fat client-server applications try to apply MVC concepts in the same way that they did in the nineties, without adapting to the new scenario.
Both approaches have their weaknesses and lead to poor results. In part two of this blog post series - "The world needs more models" - we will discuss possible remedies to this situation.


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Many musicians have had songs hit No. 1 on their respected music charts, but there aren't many that can claim that they've had three consecutive No. 1 singles, especially in country music.
Chris Young can.
From Murfreesboro, Tennessee, Young watched "Gettin' You Home (The Black Dress Song)," "The Man I Want to Be" and "Voices" climb the country charts to the top spot and all were off his sophomore album The Man I Want to Be.
What makes it more special is the fact "Voices" was a re-release and with that single becoming No. 1, it marked the first time in 25 years since a song had been re-released by a country music artist and went No. 1. The last was 25 years ago when "On the Other Hand" was a chart-topper for Randy Travis.
The first No. 1, "Gettin' You Home (The Black Dress Song)," is now a staple in dance halls across the country. It has basically replaced Brooks and Dunn's "Neon Moon" as one of the most requested songs in country nightclubs.
Young auditioned for the reality show Nashville Star in 2006 and went on to win it and receive a recording contract with RCA Nashville and has since recorded two albums, the first being self-titled and a third, Neon, will be released this summer.
He's been nominated for a Grammy, two Academy of Country Music awards and won the Nationwide Is On Your Side Award at last year's Country Music Association Show.With all this success, it's hard to imagine that Young is just 25 years old.
Young spoke with The Examiner during a touring stint with Rascal Flatts to promote his show March 10 at the Texas Longhorn Club in nearby Vinton, La.
How elated were you about the achievement of those singles?
It's really been an exciting time. Not in my wildest dreams did I think I would have back-to-back-to-back No. 1 songs. When you make a record, something you always shoot for is a No. 1 single, but to have three off one record is a dream come true.
The third song was a re-release, which was the first single off the second record. Why was that particular song sent back to radio?
It was the label that decided to do it. After the first two No. 1 songs, we were looking at what single to put out next and we had a lot of people from the radio industry tell us that the song got lost in the shuffle. The fans really liked it so they decided to put it back out. It was really special because it had been 25 years since a re-release went No. 1. Being able to make history like that made the three consecutive No. 1 singles extra special.
The last artist to do so was Randy Travis and isn't he one of your favorites?
His song 'Diggin' Up Bones' was the first song I learned all the words too.
Was there a particular moment that you decided this was going to be your career path?
Everyone always asked that question and I have no idea what to tell them. I wasn't one of those kids that did voice lessons at three years old. My parents didn't realize I could sing because I never shut up. Then they realized it in there somewhere that I could sing. The first time I played on stage with a band was probably the first time I thought this is what I wanted to do. The more I did it the more progressive I got with the idea to really pursue it. Then I learned how to play instruments and write songs. I think It worked out pretty well.
You won the reality show 'Nashville Star.' There usually comes a stigma with winninga music reality show.
A show like that can get you a record deal, but after you sign is when the work really begins. I put out two records and it was almost four years before I had my first hit, and it came off my second album. Shows like that are great, especially that one, because it has a good track record. Look what happened with Miranda Lambert and myself. It can be done, it's just a matter of what you do after you get your shot.
A new record is on the horizon. Any added pressure going into this one due to the success of your last album?
I didn't feel any added pressure. You know what's weird is, most people feel pressure about the sophomore, or second record, and I actually broke through with that album so I never really faced those questions. Going into this third one, it's a mix of what I thought did really well on the last record and figuring out where I can stretch as a song writer. We used the same producer, James Stroud. We just put out our first single, 'Tomorrow.' We released it to iTunes exclusively before it went to radio and it sold over 30,000 copies and that was a great feeling. It's really my first new music in nearly three years, so I am excited about that more than anything.
Any noticeable differences?
We didn't change my vocals. The sound you hear on the second record with the vocals is the same you will here on this one. There are some mixing differences. The stuff that everyone liked about the second record is here on this new one.
How much songwriting did you contribute to the album?
I kind of make it a point to seek out others. I don't know if it will ever come to a point where as I wrote or co-wrote an entire record. Nashville is such a huge songwriting town, so I always have been able to find good songs, which of course I would love to have written myself. With that being said, I did co-write half the songs on the new album but there are songs on the album that I didn't write, yet fell in love with.
Aaron Lewis of Staind has done a solo project that is country themed. How did you get involved?
They brought me in to sing some harmonies on the song 'Country Boy.' Aaron is making a really cool project and I was able to hook up with him through my producer, James Stroud.
Being on the road is constant in the music industry. Do you ever feel like you need a break?
This is something I love do. I'm almost more comfortable on my bus than my house. It's really easy because I have a great crew, plus you get to work with really great musicians, whether it be with Rascal Flatts or Alan Jackson. When I am home not playing, I am still working on songs and wishing I were playing.
Chris Young will perform at the Texas Longhorn Club in Vinton on March 10 with doors opening at 7 p.m. Tickets are $20. For more information call (337) 589-5647.


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Columbus Crossroads starts this fall
The Columbus Crossroads project, one of the largest highway projects in Ohio, is kicking off this September with reconstruction of the I-71/670 interchange. This first phase of I-70/71 construction will be completed in 2014. The $200 million I-71/670 project will improve safety, reduce congestion, and connect neighborhoods. It will add a new travel lane on I-670 and reduce weaving across traffic lanes to exits. Twenty-two new bridges will be built, including one with a first of its kind cultural wall designed with community input.
Access to the Columbus State campus will be significantly impacted, with
several freeway exits including Spring Street, Broad Street, and Cleveland Avenue
closing at the start of Fall Quarter.
The Ohio Department of Transportation (ODOT) will hold a public meeting to detail the construction timetable Tuesday, August 9, from 6-8 p.m. in the King Arts Complex 3rd floor ballroom, 867 Mt. Vernon Ave. A construction project website is also online at www.odot71670.org.
Maps and construction schedules have not yet been released, but at Columbus State, we have been told to expect the following:
By November, and lasting for at least two years, the two major exits for southbound I-71 traffic (Spring St. and Cleveland/Leonard) attempting to get to Columbus State (and downtown) will be closed.
Southbound traffic attempting to get to Columbus State will need to exit at 5th Avenue or travel further south to Broad.
Northbound travelers will not be able to get onto I-670 west, necessitating exiting at Broad St. to get to Columbus State.
The work on the Cleveland Ave. I-670 overpass will start by winter, increasing congestion on Cleveland Avenue. However, the actual work on Cleveland Avenue (adding a northbound lane beginning at 339 Cleveland Ave. and going north to the I-670 entrance east), will not begin until sometime in 2013.
The college will temporarily lose about 100 parking spots at the far east boundary of the 4-S and 5-S parking lots.
Two grants to aid international student program
Columbus State recently received two grant awards totaling $88,000 from Community Colleges for International Development (CCID) for the Community College Initiative (CCI) international student program at the college. This coming year Columbus State will host two student groups, one from Pakistan and the second from a mix of other countries targeted by the program.
Renée Hampton, director, and Vanessa Kumar, specialist, in Diversity, Travel Abroad and TRiO Programs, will implement the third year of the program. The Career and Technical Programs provide the education to the students for the year.
According to Kumar, the grants, which fund the students' tuition, housing, furniture, transportation, and global leadership activities, will be expanded to support more leadership activities and projects for students, provide basic necessities for their apartments, and offer a customized ESL course during their bridge program. The CCI program has three students from Pakistan, two from Indonesia, and one from South Africa arriving at the end of this month, said Kumar.
"Results from the first two years have shown what a profound impact this program has on international students who would not otherwise have the opportunity to obtain further career/technical education," says Jan Rogers, vice president for Student Affairs. "The year they spend with us is truly life-changing."
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Bookstore has new website
Visit the Bookstore at www.cscc.edu/bookstore to find out what's new, order textbooks, shop online and more. The new site was launched to give the Bookstore more functionality and the ability to post more current information about what's going on in the store. In addition, the Bookstore site is now part of Columbus State's main website, allowing visitors to find the Bookstore pages by using the search function.
Visit the site for updates on current sales and in-depth information on how the Bookstore works to make education more affordable for our students.
"Clicker" forum offered Aug. 17
Four Columbus State instructors will present their experiences using clickers in the classroom at the Innovation Center on Wednesday August 17, in CT-107, from 2 - 3 p.m.
The session will be a good opportunity to learn about clickers and how they can be used in the classroom. You may participate whether you know nothing about clickers or you are an expert! The workshop will include a question and answer session and open discussion.
Register for the session here: http://cscc.edu/CSCCtraining/registrationForm.asp?idKey=2428&CID=398
Hire a student employee for Autumn Quarter
Are you interested in hiring a student employee? Student Employment Services will hold information sessions for hiring supervisors as we gear up for another busy fall quarter. Come learn the easy process for posting a student opening, understand your funding options, and hear the many benefits a student employee can bring to your department.
When: Tuesday, August 16, 11 a.m. – 12 p.m.
Thursday, August 18, 2 – 3 p.m.
Where: Rhodes Hall Room 114
RSVP to Clayton Gibson.
If you cannot make it to either of the two available times, contact Clayton Gibson at ext. 3622 to arrange a one-on-one meeting.
Columbus Chamber seeks participants in Logistics Job Fair Sept. 13
The Columbus Region Logistics Council and the Columbus Chamber, in cooperation with Columbus State, will offer a Logistics Job Fair on Tuesday, September 13, in the CEWD Conference Center. There is no cost to attend or exhibit at the job fair. Some of the companies expected to attend include: Acloché, BNSF Logistics, Cardinal Health, The Columbus Dispatch, COWIC, Crane Worldwide, FedEx Ground, Kelly Services,
McGraw-Hill, ODW Logistics, and many more.
Employers interested in exhibiting at the job fair should contact Jeff Brashares at email@example.com to sign up.
Some employee parking closed Aug. 10-12
Sections of the 6E and 7E parking lots will be closed August 10–12 for tree removal. Please do not park in the marked areas on those days.
Bookstore offers free headphones
Visit the Columbus State Bookstore August 8- October 1 for a special offer: free iLove Bubble Gum2 headphones with the purchase of a Memorex Jump Drive for $17.99.


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For as long as I knew my friend George he was an enthusiastic bread maker. Often when I visited his home in Carlisle, Mass, he had a freshly baked loaf of rye bread for us to enjoy.
One time when George came to visit my family in Carmichael, I put him to work, showing me the way he makes his rye bread.
The following is a recipe that will yield two loaves.
Actually, I don't think one can easily learn to make bread by reading about it.
It really helps to get your hands in it and learn directly from someone who can say, "See? This is the right consistency for the dough." If you are interested in learning more about bread making there are a few links at the end of this post that you may find useful.
As for the bread? It was wonderful. Light, soft inside, and a crusty crust. My father doesn't like caraway seeds so they were kept out. I love them so the next time I make this bread they're going in.
Homemade Light Rye Bread Recipe
- 2 packages active dry yeast
- 2 1/2 cups of warm water (just barely warm to the touch)
- 2/3 cup molasses (regular unsulphured, not blackstrap)
- 5 cups bread flour
- 2 cups rye flour
- 1 tablespoon salt
- 1/4 cup vegetable oil
- 1/4 cup cocoa powder
- 2 Tbsp caraway seeds (optional)
1 Dissolve the yeast in the warm water with the molasses. Put yeast mixture into a large metal bowl.
2 Add caraway seeds, salt, vegetable oil, cocoa powder, 2 cups of rye flour and then 2 cups of bread flour, mixing into the yeast mixture after each addition with a wooden spoon.
3 Add more bread flour, a cup at a time, until the dough is not so sticky and it is too hard to mix it with the wooden spoon. At that point, spread a half cupful of flour onto a large, clean, flat surface and put the dough onto the surface.
4 Knead the dough by pressing down with the heel of your hand, stretching it, turning the dough a quarter-turn, pulling the dough back toward you and then pressing and stretching again. Knead additional bread flour into the dough until it reaches the right consistency. Knead for 5-7 minutes, or until the dough is smooth and elastic.
5 Spread some vegetable oil around a large bowl and place the dough in it, turning it so it gets coated in the oil.
Cover the bowl with plastic wrap or a damp cloth. Let rise at room temperature until it has doubled in size, about an hour and a half.
6 Gently press down on the dough so some of its air is released.
7 Knead the dough a few turns and then divide it by cutting it in half with a sharp knife.
8 Shape each half into loaf. Place dough loafs into either oiled bread loaf pans, or onto a flat baking sheet or peel that has been sprinkled with corn meal, depending if you want to cook the loaves in pans or directly on a baking stone. Cover with plastic or a damp cloth.
9 Let rise again, this time not doubling in volume, but rising by about half of its volume, about 45 minutes, half as long as the first rising. The dough should be peeking over the top of the loaf pan if using a loaf pan.
10 If you are using a baking stone, place the stone in the oven. Preheat oven to 350°F for at least half an hour before baking.
11 If baking on a stone, score the dough a few times on the top of the dough right before putting it in the oven.
12 Put dough in the oven. If you have a mister, mist the dough with a little water the first 10 minutes of baking. Bake for 40-50 minutes, or until done. The bread should sound hollow when tapped.
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SF Tube, Hayward, CA, a tube and pipe subcontractor with more than 20 bending machines, has added an all-electric software-controlled tube bender to its arsenal. The machine, from UK manufacturer Unison, allows the company to produce more complex tubular shapes than it can using its hydraulic machines, say company officials. These complex shapes include rotary-draw bent and rollformed curves, performed in a single machining operation—parts that in some cases used to require successive operations on as many as three different machines.
The firm notes one example—a highly styled handrail for buses and trains that it now forms on the Unison machine at a 70-percent labor reduction.
Unison tube benders are distributed in the United States by Horn Machine Tools, Madera CA: 559/431-4131; www.hornmachinetools.com.
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I really enjoy how easy Laravel makes forms. Being able to pass in a model to Laravel and have it take care of everything is awesome. Sometimes I simply don't want to make a whole model for my form data, though. If you are similarly lazy at times then there's a simple way to still have your default form values based on previous input.
Simply create a StdClass object and store the input values in there.
$sorting = new StdClass; $sorting->sort_by = Input::get('sort_by', 'displayname'); $sorting->sort_order = Input::get('sort_order', 'asc'); $sorting->sort_region = Input::get('sort_region', 'all');
Pass $sorting to your template and use it with Form::model() and you're good to go.
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