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Pictone - Vision Based Music System
Music 256A Fall 2009 Final Project. Shiwei Song (shiweis)
Modern computers have enabled novel ways for people to interact with and generate sound. My project is to build an instrument where the inputs are pictures drawn with pen and paper. The system takes video feed of simple shapes and lines drawn on paper and converts them into notes of different instruments. The audience sees the performer's drawings, visualization of notes, and hears the corresponding sonic results.
My initial inspiration came from the Birds on the Wires video. The creator converted a picture of birds on wires to musical notes and produced a short piece of music that is both simple and beautiful. I felt that creating sound through drawings has the following advantages:
- Most people can write or draw simple shapes. This system invites anyone to try and make some music/noise (and have fun!).
- The pictorial music language is novel to the audience, so they will be constantly surprised or left wondering what the next output will be.
- The characters/pictures in the music language can itself have some sort of meaning (perhaps when combined together) so there will be both visual and sonic messages conveyed.
- "Live coding" by drawing is fairly unconventional and this itself may be an interesting experiment to perform or observe.
- Drawing has a lot of freedom that cannot be mapped to traditional hardware devices. The performer can further influence the system by change the way images are taken by the system such as by rotating the paper. Combined, the performer has a lot of room for interaction with the instrument.
I hope that my project will serve as the basis for a system that will eventually demonstrate the advantages listed above.
Although the majority of the work for this project was on creating the software, the project can be viewed as having two disjoint parts: the picture language and the software system.
The first component of the project is to figure out what type of things the user can draw and what type of results they might produce. Because of the time constraints, the language supported so far is fairly simple/limited. The language consists of the following symbols.
Although the interpretation of the language is flexible in the system, below is the description of what its mappings are as of now.
- Triangle: plucked string note.
- Square: saxophone note.
- Slant: clarinet note.
- Star: short pause/silence.
- Pin/Lollipop: blowhole note.
- Arbitrary Curve: this is a modifier symbol that does nothing by itself. When combined with other symbols, it modifies the pitch of the previous note depending on its curvature. It's as if the previous note is riding a roller coaster.
The orientation that the above shapes are drawn is irrelevant. Their y-positions control the pitch of the notes.
Software System
The software is designed to be extensible with swappable parts. It includes the vision system for capturing and recognizing drawings, the synthesis system that parses detected shapes and generates sound, and the main routine for tying everything up and display visualization. When idle, the software simply captures camera input and displays the video feed. When the user presses the capture key, the software goes through the following steps:
- Camera stores the picture and pass it to the vision system for recognition.
- Vision system passes the results back to main routine.
- The picture with detection results is displayed. The results are also passed to the synthesis system for parsing and storage.
- The synthesis system converts the vision results into internal music commands and starts playing them in a loop.
- Meanwhile, the main routine syncs with the synthesis system and displays visualizations based on what is currently playing.
The user can repeat the above process. The hope is that one can modify or upgrade one of these systems without breaking the "loop."
The software uses the following libraries/technologies:
- OpenGL for display and rendering visualizations.
- OpenCV for vision/symbol detection.
- STK for instrument sound synthesis.
- RtAudio for producing sound output.
- SOIL for loading png textures.
Each component of the software is described below.
The vision system is powered by OpenCV and converts a still image of the user's drawing into detected shapes. It takes an image as input and returns a vector of results, each consisting of: shape type, bounding rectangle, and (for curves) points along the contour. The system consists of the 'Detector' class and its subclasses. Each subclass can implement its own method for detection as long as it still returns the results in the same format.
I tried several detection methods and ended up using Hu moments of contours for detection. At the initialization of the detector, templates of shapes to detect are loaded and their Hu moments are calculated. To detect shapes in a new image, first, the input image is converted to a binary edge image using the Canny edge detector. From this, contours (shapes) are detected and stored in an hierarchal tree structure. The bounding boxes for the contours are extracted and stored in the result vector. Shape types are identified by picked the templates with the closest Hu moment to the contours. If a shape is labeled as a curve, then its path is extracted and also stored in the results vector. Finally this vector is returned.
The synthesis system uses STK to generate sounds for different instruments. It takes the results from the vision system as input and parses into internal music commands. The system consists of the 'Synth' class and its subclasses. Each subclass can implement its parsing and mapping to STK.
The input results are first sorted by their x-positions (from left to right). Then, for each shape starting from the left, it pushes the corresponding commands to the command queue. A command contains information about the instrument state (clarinet_on), frequency, and duration (until next command). For each sample, the synthesizer calls the STK commands and 'tick' that corresponds to the current command in the command queue.
Main Routine
The main routine is responsible for passing information around between camera, vision, and synthesis systems. It also deals with getting keyboard inputs and displaying visualization. It uses OpenGL for keyboard input and display.
For each frame captured, it converts the frame from OpenCV image representation to OpenGL texture and displays it onto the screen. When the user captures an image, it passes the image to the detector and synthesizer. While sound is playing, it asks the synthesizer for details about which shape the current sound corresponds to. From this, it generates a simple visualization consisting of music note particles flying out of the shape that's being played.
The simple particle system is implemented as a vector of particle position, color, and transparency. A new particle is displayed for every several frames. For every frame the particle's position and transparency is updated. A particle's color and initial position are set when they are first displayed. The implementation is somewhat similar to the waterfall plot implementation in assignment 2.
The user interacts with the system through pen, paper, and webcam. When the software is launched, the user will see the webcam feed along with a green box indicating detection area.
User starts off by drawing arrangements of shapes as described in the Language section above. The shapes can be arranged freely on the page. After this is done, the user simply holds the paper up to the webcam.
When the user presses the spacebar, the current frame is captured and fed into the system for detection and synthesis. Once that is complete, the system will start playing the corresponding sound and display a simple visualization consisting of music note particle floating out of the shape being sonified.
When the user can press the spacebar again to go back to the video feed menu and repeat the process.
Besides picking the arrangement of shapes to draw, the user can further explore interaction with the system by scanning the drawing in different ways. Since orientation of the shapes doesn't matter, by holding the paper upside down, the system will produce a reverse version of the original sound. By holding the paper further up or down relative to the camera, the user can increase or decrease the overall pitch of the sound. By tilting the paper at different angles, relative pitch of the notes will change (and in some cases their ordering will change also).
Milestones & Future Work
The milestones for this project were
- 11/16/2009: Basic system setup with simple detector and synthesizer with no visualization.
- 11/30/2009: Detector complete. Complex synthesizer supporting all shapes in the language. Integration with OpenGL and trivial visualization.
- 12/10/2009: System tweaks, refactoring, simple particle visualization.
This project is just the beginning of a system that can have many extensions. Some of the possible future work includes:
- More complex language with loops/track/speed control, combined symbol behavior, more complex arrangements, colors.
- More advanced synthesizer supporting pitch correction, semi-auto music generation, more instruments, polyphony, tracks.
- Experiment with different visualizations, such as making it into a game, animated story, interactive visualization.
While testing and building the system, I found a few things that did occur to me before:
- It is actually very difficult to make something sound good without some sort of automated music generation.
- In practice when "live coding" it is tedious to draw complex shapes or switch pens (to get different colors). So the language should be fairly simple and painless to draw.
I also found some interesting usage cases mentioned in the experience section, including:
- Flipping the paper upside down to play arrangement backwards.
- Moving the paper up or down to increase or decrease the pitch.
- Tilting the paper to change the notes and ordering of the arrangement.
For example the drawing below will produce this while flipping with will produce this.
Also the drawing below will produce this, tilting it to the left 45 degrees will produce this, and tilting it to the right 45 degrees will produce this.
The source can be downloaded at http://github.com/InsipidPoint/pictone
note: because of last minute edits and tweaks, the current code is not very "clean."


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I moved to Jersey in 2001, so I guess that's my hometown. so it's Long Valley, NJ
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The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
EEOC Policy Statement on the Issue of Conviction Records under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, as amended, 42 U.S.C. § 2000e et seq. (1982). (2/4/87)
At the Commission meeting of November 26, 1985, the Commission approved a modification of its existing policy with respect to the manner in which a business necessity is established for denying an individual employment because of a conviction record. The modification, which is set forth below, does not alter the Commission's underlying position that an employer's policy or practice of excluding individuals from employment on the basis of their conviction records has an adverse impact on Blacks(1) and Hispanics(2) in light of statistics showing that they are convicted at a rate disproportionately greater than their representation in the population. Consequently, the Commission has held and continues to hold that such a policy or practice is unlawful under Title VII in the absence of a justifying business necessity.(3)
However, the Commission has revised the previous requirements for establishing business necessity(4) in the following manner. Where a charge involves an allegation that the Respondent employer failed(5) to hire or terminated the employment of the Charging Party as a result of a conviction policy or practice that has an adverse impact on the protected class to which the Charging Party belongs, the Respondent must show that it considered these three factors to determine whether its decision was justified by business necessity:
This procedure condenses the Commission's previous standard for business necessity, substituting a one-step analysis for the prior two-step procedure and retaining some but not all of the factors previously considered.(7) The modification principally eliminates the need to consider an individual's employment history and efforts at rehabilitation. However, consideration is still given to the job-relatedness of a conviction, covered by the first and third factors, and to the time frame involved, covered by the second factor. Moreover, the first factor encompasses consideration of the circumstances of the offense(s) for which an individual was convicted as well as the number of offenses.
The Commission continues to hold that, where there is evidence of adverse impact, an absolute bar to employment based on the mere fact that an individual has a conviction record is unlawful under Title VII.(8) The Commission's position on this issue is supported by the weight of judicial authority.(9)
It should be noted that the modified procedure does not affect charges alleging disparate treatment on a prohibited basis in an employer's use of a conviction record as a disqualification for employment. A charge brought under the disparate treatment theory of discrimination is one where, for example, an employer allegedly rejects Black applicants who have conviction records but does not reject similarly situated White applicants.
With respect to conviction charges that are affected by this modification--that is, those raising the issue of adverse impact--Commission decisions that apply the previous standard are no longer available as Commission decision precedent for establishing business necessity. To the extent that such prior decisions are inconsistent with the position set forth herein, they are expressly overruled.
Questions concerning the application of the Commission's revised business necessity standard to the facts of a particular charge should be directed to the Regional Attorney for the Commission office in which the charge was filed.
1. See, e.g., Commission Decision No. 72-1497, CCH EEOC Decisions (1973) ¶ 6352, and Commission Decision Nos. 74-89, 78-10, 78-35, and 80-10, CCH EEOC Decisions (1983) ¶¶ 6418, 6715, 6720, and 6822, respectively.
2. See Commission Decision No. 78-03, CCH EEOC Decisions (1983) ¶ 6714.
3. See, e.g., Commission decisions cited supra nn.1-2.
4. Prior to this modification, for an employer to establish a business necessity justifying excluding an individual from employment because of a conviction record, the evidence had to show that the offense for which the applicant or employee was convicted was job-related. If the offense was not job-related, a disqualification based on the conviction alone violated Title VII. However, even if the offense was determined to be job-related, the employer had to examine other relevant factors to determine whether the conviction affected the individual's ability to perform the job in a manner consistent with the safe and efficient operation of the employer's business. The factors identified by the Commission to be considered by an employer included:
1. The number of offenses and the circumstances of each offense for which the individual was convicted;
2. The length of time intervening between the conviction for the offense and the employment decision;
3. The individual's employment history; and
4. The individual's efforts at rehabilitation.
See, e.g., Commission Decision No. 78-35, CCH EEOC Decisions (1983) ¶ 6720.
Thus, under the previous procedure, business necessity was established by means of a two-step process: first, by showing that the conviction was job-related; then, by separately demonstrating that the conviction would affect the individual's ability to safely and efficiently perform the job upon consideration of the four factors enumerated above.
5. Although the term "employer" is used herein, the Commission's position on this issue applies to all entities covered by Title VII. See, e.g., Commission Decision No. 77-23, CCH EEOC Decisions (1983) ¶ 6710 (union's policy of denying membership to persons with conviction records unlawfully discriminated against Blacks).
6.The Commission's revised business necessity analysis follows a decision by the United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit in the Green v. Missouri Pacific Railroad Company case. Green, 523 F.2d 1290 (8th Cir. 1975), is the leading Title VII case on the issue of conviction records. In that case, the court held that the defendant's absolute policy of refusing employment to any person convicted of a crime other than a minor traffic offense had an adverse impact on Black applicants and was not justified by business necessity. On a second appeal in that case, following remand, the court upheld the district court's injunctive order prohibiting the defendant from using an applicant's conviction record as an absolute bar to employment but allowing it to consider a prior criminal record as a factor in making individual hiring decisions as long as the defendant took into account "the nature and gravity of the offense or offenses, the time that has passed since the conviction and/or completion of sentence, and the nature of the job for which the applicant has applied." Green v. Missouri Pacific Railroad Company, 549 F.2d 1158, 1160 (8th Cir. 1977).
7.See discussion supra n.4.
8.See, e.g., Commission Decision No. 78-35, CCH EEOC Decisions (1983) ¶ 6720.
9. See Green, 523 F.2d at 1298; Carter v. Gallagher, 452 F.2d 315 (8th Cir. 1971), cert. denied, 406 U.S. 950 (1972) (brought under 42 U.S.C. §§ 1981 and 1983); and Richardson v. Hotel Corporation of America, 332 F. Supp. 519 (E.D. La. 1971), aff'd mem., 468 F.2d 951 (5th Cir. 1972). See also Hill v. United States Postal Service, 522 F. Supp. 1283 (S.D. N.Y. 1981); Craig v. Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, 508 F. Supp. 1055 (W.D. Mo. 1981); and Cross v. United States Postal Service, 483 F. Supp. 1050 (E.D. Mo. 1979).
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I joined Mozilla last month to serve as the SUMO Firefox Mobile Support Coordinator and it has been so exciting I wanted to invite you to become a Superhero with me.
Superpowers don't come easy, so I've been participating in lots of exercises to increase my strength.
I attended a brainstorming session about use cases for mobile Firefox during my first week. We discussed everything from educational tasks, such as learning the recipes for a variety of mixed drinks, to traditional business communication needs. It was a passionate dialogue about mobile users, their characteristics, and how those characteristics drive needs on the mobile web.
There were a few takeaways from this think tank that I think we should consider when designing mobile support:
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I spend a lot of time these days feeling like an energizer bad ass. And I'm no spring chicken, mind you.
Not only that, but I used to feel tired and weak all the time. Sure, I was rear-ended in 2001 and suffered chronic neck pain for years afterwards. But I also felt tired and weak a lot before that. I've always been healthy and right around my idea weight, so I didn't even have a concrete reason.
Unfortunately, feeling tired and weak seemed normal. When I think of all the times I sat around instead of being productive, it makes me shake my head. And sadly, this is the condition in which many people live.
Weekly Massages, Anyone?
I see a lot of the Weekly Massage Syndrome: People who suffer from undiagnosed aches and pains and don't know how else to get relief other than massages. (If you're rehabbing an injury or using massage for therapeutic purposes, this doesn't apply to you!) The average persons has aches and pains: your low-back hurts, your knee gives you trouble, and your hamstrings feel tight all the time. Maybe you even have headaches.
And it's no wonder – you can get achy just from sitting all day. Your hip flexors become tight from being in a flexed position for a long period of time, and tight hip flexors result in weak glutes and lower back – fundamental components of your core. Your core assists your body in almost every basic movement, so if it's weak, other muscles will kick in to help. This is called a muscle imbalance, and any imbalance in your body can result in injury or chronic pain.
Chronic aches and pains aren't just "part of aging." Muscle tightness, an ache here or there – sure. You might do something weird once in a while that tweaks a muscle or joint for a short time. Or you have an old injury that acts up. But every day? Not normal for the average, otherwise healthy individual. Unfortunately, we accept living this way because we think it's just part of "getting old." Or because we think it's an unavoidable consequence of sitting at a computer all day.
You may think it's easier to get regular massages to address aches and pains than say, start an exercise program. But a massage only replaces what you could be doing yourself (conditioning and stretching your body) and which would actually make you healthier in the process. (And if you work out and love massages, enjoy!)
Too Tired to Get Off the Couch
I'm speaking from experience here. I sat on the couch for an entire Thanksgiving Day once while my family made dinner. I had no energy and I couldn't comprehend how they could be on their feet all day. What I found, however, is that exercise and a healthy diet give me energy. And if I miss more than a week of exercise I start to become lethargic.
Now that I'm at an all-time high with my energy, strength, and badassery (while also being 10 years older), that Thanksgiving is a distant memory. When I get home from a long, long day, yes – I want to sit down and rest my tired muscles. But I never feel like I need to sit down for very long; I can easily chase the cat around the house if needed or clean a room.
The Answer You Really Do Want to Hear
If regular massages, lying down, camping on the couch, and taking ibuprofen aren't the answers to chronic fatigue, aches, and pains, what is?
You already know the answer. You may not believe it yet, but you know you're ready for a change.
I'm proof that consistent exercise can make you groove like you've never grooved. Give you energy at any age. Make you strong, not only muscle-wise but in your heart and lungs. Lose weight. And consistent exercise can and will make you happier and more self-confident. There is really no anti-depressant like exercise, and I know that firsthand, too.
Consistency really is the magic elixir here. Being a weekend warrior can actually cause aches and pains, because your body isn't properly conditioned for what you're asking it to do. Cycling or playing racquetball twice a month is great, but that frequency won't give you the benefits of long-lasting energy and good health.
Once you start exercising and stretching regularly – that is, every day or at least 3-4 times a week, you'll notice your energy increases, your mood improves, and your body composition changes. And you'll jealously guard your workout time lest you lose these qualities.
There's an exercise for everyone. If you're not into lifting weights, there are body weight exercises (calisthenics) you can do. Or outdoor pursuits. Or exercise machines. Anything that keeps you moving, gets your heart rate up, and tests your strength is game.
How to start? Move. Take a walk every single day. Put the gym on your calendar and don't let anything stand in the way. Tell your family of your plans and do it for yourself. Commitment and consistency will erase those aches and pains and make you years younger… and that truly is a miracle cure-all.


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WASHINGTON, June 25 (UPI) -- The U.S. Supreme court, by a vote of 5-4 Monday, summarily reversed a Montana ruling that upheld that state's restrictions on corporate political donations.
The vote was along the court's ideological fault line, the same breakdown that decided Citizens United vs. FCC in January 2010. Citizens United opened the floodgates to corporate and union political donations.
When the U.S. Supreme Court stayed, or temporarily blocked, the state court decision in February, Justices Ruth Bader Ginsburg and Stephen Breyer suggested the high court should take the opportunity to take another look at Citizens United.
The challengers to the Montana law, a small group of non-profits and corporations, told the U.S. Supreme Court in their petition that the riot of independent spending following Citizens United is irrelevant.
The Supreme Court majority said there was little difference between the struck-down federal law and the Montana law.
"In Citizens United vs. Federal Election Commission, this court struck down a similar federal law, holding that 'political speech does not lose First Amendment protection simply because its source is a corporation ...,'" the Supreme Court majority said in a per curiam, or unsigned, opinion, Monday. "The question presented in this case is whether the holding of Citizens United applies to the Montana state law. There can be no serious doubt that it does."
Justice Stephen Breyer, joined by the court's three other liberals, dissented.


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News & Events
Coronavirus Outbreak Response - Boston 25 News
Television report features Dr. Louise Ivers, Executive Director for the Center for Global Health
MGH Doctor Back In Haiti On 10 Year Anniversary Of Earthquake - WGBH
Dr. Louise Ivers of Massachusetts General Hospital was on the ground in Haiti when the earthquake happened in 2010. She recently returned to the country for the 10 year anniversary and spoke with WGBH News' All Things Considered anchor Arun Rath.
Immigration and the Health of LGBTQ+ Asylees - Public Health Post
Article co-written by Matthew Gartland, Director of the Mass General Asylum Clinic at the Center for Global Health
Dr. Myron Rolle On Helping The Bahamas Recover From Hurricane Dorian - WGBH
WGBH Morning Edition Host Joe Mathieu spoke with Dr. Myron Rolle about his experience offering medical aid in his homeland after Hurricane Dorian.
Treating Wounds and Lifting Spirits in the Bahamas
Myron Rolle, International Medical Corps volunteer physician, returns home to support hurricane survivors
MGH staff deployed to aid hurricane relief efforts - Hotline
Coverage of Mass General's response to Hurrican Dorian
Former FSU star Myron Rolle, now a doctor, part of global disaster response team in Bahamas – USA Today/Tallahassee Democrat
USA Today article covering the deployment of third-year neurosurgery resident Myron Rolle to the Bahamas with the Massachusetts General Center for Global Health Office of Global Disaster Response as they travel to the Bahamas to provide medical support after Hurrican Dorian.
Myron Rolle Plans To Assist Hurricane Dorian Relief Effort - Bahamas Tribune
Coverage of Myron Rolle, a Bahamian Rhodes scholar, NFL player and third-year Neurosurgery resident at Mass General, who will be deploying with the Massachusetts General Hospital Center for Global Health (CGH) Office of Global Disaster Response (GDR) as they travel to the Bahamas to provide medical support after Hurrican Dorian.
Mass General Monitoring Hurricane Dorian Relief Efforts in the Bahamas
The Massachusetts General Hospital Center for Global Health (CGH) Office of Global Disaster Response (GDR) is preparing to deploy a team this week to provide a professional response in support of residents affected by Hurricane Dorian in the Bahamas.
MGH Global Health News - Spring 2019
The latest news, events and opportunities from the Mass General Center for Global Health
Office of Global Disaster Response Trains Future Humanitarian Responders at Missioncraft Workshop
The Massachusetts General Hospital Center for Global Health Office of Global Disaster Response (GDR) held Missioncraft 2019: Disaster Response Leadership in Austere Environments workshop from April 24th through the 27th.
Advocating for Victims of Gender-Based Violence
GBV is more than violence directed against a person because of their gender. GBV can be physical, sexual, psychological or economic, and often derives from power inequalities between the instigator and the victim.
Physical Therapy in Haiti: Paying it Forward
Rachel Lampros, PT, DPT, a physical therapist with the Sports Medicine Center in the Mass General Department of Orthopedics, recently made her fifth volunteer trip to Haiti thanks to the Durant Fellowship for Refugee Medicine.
Mass General Deploys Team to Support Cyclone Kenneth Recovery Efforts in Mozambique
The Massachusetts General Hospital Center for Global Health Office of Global Disaster Response deployed a team on May 8 to provide a professional response in support of residents affected by Cyclone Kenneth in Cabo Delgado Province, Mozambique.
A Noble Partnership: Supporting Sustainable Pediatric Cancer Care in Uganda
The Pediatric Oncology departments at Massachusetts General Hospital and Mbarara Regional Referral Hospital in Uganda share a unique partnership.
ART Adherence Study Supports Case for Universal HIV Treatment
The success of universal treatment access for all people living with HIV and aspirations for an AIDS-free generation depend on high adherence in individuals initiating treatment during early-stage HIV infection.
Researchers at MUST Receive U.S. Grants to Improve Community Health
A total of seven students at Mbarara University of Science and Technology (MUST) under the community health program have received grant awards from the MGH Center for Global Health.
Make kindness a priority in politics - CNN
article by physician Mass General physician Vanessa Kerry, co-founder and CEO of Seed Global Health and Associate Director of Partnerships and Global Initiatives at the Mass General Center for Global Health.
MGH Global Health News - Winter 2018/2019
The latest news, events and opportunities from MGH Global Health.
Global Nursing Fellow Works with Ugandan Counterparts on Neonatal Intensive Care
MGH Global Nursing Fellow Jennifer Duran, RN, recently spent 18 days teaching and training with nurses, students, midwives and residents in the Mbarara Regional Referral Hospital (MRRH) NICU in Uganda.
"Meet Them Where They Are": The Role of Hair Salons in South African Sexual Health
Less than half of individuals diagnosed with HIV in South Africa, the country with the largest HIV epidemic in the world, receive adequate treatment. Ingrid Bassett, MD, MPH, thinks hair salons could play a role in fixing this problem.
Americares Field Report: Caring for Typhoon Survivors in the Pacific
Americares Field Report on their experience working with volunteers from the MGH Center for Global Health Global Disaster Response Team in the U.S. Mariana Islands following Typhoon Yutu.
Global Health Collaborative Offers 57 Scholarships to MUST Students Under Faculty of Medicine
The Massachusetts General Hospital-Mbarara University of Science and Technology Global Health Collaborative (GHC) handed over scholarships to 57 students in Faculty of Medicine on Monday, December 17, 2018.
The Next Generation of Global Leaders
Salome Maswime, PhD, MBCHB, is well on her way to achieving her goal of becoming a global leader in health care.
Disease and Famine as Weapons of War in Yemen - NEJM
New England Journal of Medicine Perspective article co-authored by Mass General Physicians Amir M. Mohareb, M.D., and Louise C. Ivers, M.D., M.P.H., D.T.M.&H.
What's The Responsibility Of Doctors When It Comes To Yemen? – NPR
article includes NEJM commentary written by MGH physicians Louise Ivers and Amir Mohareb
Good Guys with a Gun…
What role can public health have in preventing gun violence? The Consortium for Affordable Medical Technologies (CAMTech) asked that question earlier this year.
First Mile Program Promotes Health in Rural Uganda
MGH Global Health has helped launch a new program that aims to bring disease prevention and early treatment to the rural communities outside one of Uganda's largest cities, Mbarara.
Northeastern University hosts first undergraduate global health conference
coverage of keynote presentation by MGH physician James Cusack
Companion "ship" - Hotline
Four teams of MGHers have recently deployed to assist in relief efforts following a humanitarian crisis abroad and natural disasters in the U.S.
"We will make it. We will get there": MGHfC 2018 Pediatric Global Health Summit
The MassGeneral Hospital for Children and the MGH Center for Global Health hosted the 2018 Pediatric Global Health Summit on October 15. The event drew health care providers, advocates and scientists from the New England area and was highlighted by presentations from pediatricians across the globe.
Hacking Public Health - Public Health Post
Covers the Consortium for Affordable Medical Technology (CAMTech)
Opioid Challenge Applies Creative Thinking to a Crisis Situation
Covers the Empire State Opioid Epidemic Innovation Challenge, organized by CAMTech
How the Architecture of Hospitals Affects Health Outcomes – Harvard Business Review
mentions MGH Consortium for Medical Technologies
"It's the Reason I Became a Nurse": MGH Deploys to Florida for Hurricane Michael Response
Five MGH employees deployed to Florida in response to Hurricane Michael, the third-most powerful hurricane on record to hit the continental United States.
Project to reduce ratio of maternal mortality in India – Times of India
coverage of Global Health partnership led by MGH physician Thomas Burke
Hurricane Florence: First Responder Update
Video update from the International Medical Corps. Includes coverage of MGH first responders.
Global Health Chief Puts Community Priorities First
Louise Ivers, MD, MPH, DTM&H, executive director of Mass General Global Health, says experience has taught her that effective global health partnerships involve listening to communities in need and trying to serve their priorities first.
Experts Weigh In On The Damage Family Separation Inflicts On Kids - WGBH
Dr. Louise Ivers, executive director of MGH Global Health, discusses the impact of family separation at the border on WGBH News.
Mortality in Puerto Rico after Hurricane Maria - The New England Journal of Medicine
Global Disaster Response Team Member Fabio Racy, MD co-authors special New England Journal of Medicine article regarding the contentious mortality rate in Puerto Rico related to Hurricane Maria.
The Evolution of Global Health Experience: What Physicians Should — and Shouldn't — Expect from Projects Abroad
Massachusetts Medical Society's Vital Signs talked with physicians connected with the Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) Center for Global Health about what clinicians can expect to bring to, and get from, their global health experiences.
CAMTech Launches SheSolves
CAMTech Pulse SheSolves Edition. Empowering girls and women in the STEM and medtech ecosystems.
Massachusetts Society of Health-System Pharmacists Hero Spotlight
Covers deployment to Puerto Rico for Hurricane Maria by Mass General Pharmacist Karen M. Ryle, MS, RPh (page 4)
Palliative Care Training for Work in an Austere Environment after a Natural Disaster
Palliative Medicine and Hospice Care article by Mass General physicans Annekathryn Goodman, MD, MPH and Lynn Black, MD, MPH
Winners of Gun Violence Prevention Hack-a-thon
The Gun Violence Prevention Challenge Summit & Hack-a-thon convened over 150 experts in public health, clinical medicine, engineering, design, business, government and community organizing to generate innovations to improve gun violence prevention.
MGH event looks at firearms from public health angle - Boston Herald
The weekend-long Gun Violence Prevention Challenge Summit & Hack-a-thon will begin today, bringing together doctors, engineers, business professionals, policy leaders and gun owners to develop innovative approaches to America's gun violence problem.
Challenge on to curb gun violence – Innovators Magazine
article co-written by Sandra Butler and Nicolas Diamond of Mass General Global Health's Consortium for Affordable Medical Technologies (CAMTech)
The Evolution of Global Health Experience: What Physicians Should — and Shouldn't — Expect from Projects Abroad
Massachusetts Medical Society article. Highlights MGH Global Health and includes quotes from Mass General physicians Adeline Boatin, Hilarie Cranmer and Paul Biddinger.
Putting Humans at the Center of Health Care Innovation – Harvard Business Review
Harvard Business Review article co-authored by MGH physician Kristian Olson, director of Consortium for Affordable Medical Technologies (CAMTech)
CAMTech Pulse: Relaunched CIP, Gun Safety, Join our Consortium + #Hack4Her!
The latest news from the Consortium for Affordable Medical Technologies (CAMTech). Relaunched CIP, Gun Safety, Join our Consortium + #Hack4Her!
Global C-Section Rates on the Rise – Medpage Today
Caesarean section rates have increased in most countries during the past decade, with substantial variations between and within countries, researchers reported. Coverage of study led by MGH investigator Adeline Adwoa Boatin.
Innovation key to achieving Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) - Innovators Magazine
Innovators Magazine article written by Nicholas Diamond, MPH of the MGH Global Health CAMTech program
Funding Opportunity for Underrepresented MGH Investigators in Academic Medicine
The MGH Physician/Scientist Development Award (PSDA) is designed for MD and/or PhD investigators at MGH who are considered underrepresented in academic medicine (URM). This Award is intended to provide transitional funding for support in the development of physicians and scientists underrepresented in academic medicine, and thereby increase opportunities for URM researchers to advance to senior positions in academic medicine at MGH.
Disaster Response Teams Mount Hurricane Effort
Mass General's response to the need for dialysis professionals on hurricane-battered Dominica reflects the versatility and readiness of its global disaster response program.
Funding Opportunity: Smith Family Foundation Odyssey Award
Letters of intent are now being accepted by the Executive Committee on Research (ECOR) for the Smith Family Foundation Odyssey Award. The Smith Family Foundation Odyssey Award was created in 2017 to fuel creativity and innovation in junior investigators in the basic sciences. The Award supports the pursuit of high impact ideas to generate breakthroughs and drive new directions in biomedical research.
Medical Response Teams Outline Situations Faced in Puerto Rico - State House News Service
Deployed to Puerto Rico in November after Hurricane Maria, Massachusetts General Hospital staff saw local emergency rooms "overwhelmed" with patients they knew their team could care for, but lacked the logistical capacity to do so, the team's leader said Wednesday.
HGHI Burke Global Health Fellowship accepting 2018-19 applications
This is a kind reminder that HGHI has officially opened the 2018-19 Burke Global Health Fellowship application portal. Made possible through the generous support of Harvard alumna Katherine States Burke, AB'79, and her husband, T. Robert Burke, the Fellowship was created to help launch and advance the careers of promising junior faculty in global health. The Burke Global Health Fellowship offers two types of funding: research awards up to $75,000 and curriculum development and teaching awards up to $25,000.
Sharing collective experiences and expertise in Ukraine - MGH News
For Gennadiy Fuzaylov, MD, anesthesiologist at MassGeneral Hospital for Children, taking a vacation isn't about relaxing on white sand beaches or skiing on snowy slopes. Instead, Fuzaylov travels to Lviv, Ukraine every September to support pediatric burn rehabilitation efforts by working with a local medical center, Medicover, in support of Doctor's Collaborating to Help Children (DCTOHC), a non-profit organization he founded in March 2009.
Spaulding $150,000 Innovation Challenge
Open to MGH and all of Partners hospitals, the objective of the Spaulding Innovation Challenge is to engage individuals, startups, researchers and teams with solutions and technologies aimed at improving functional ability and quality of life to those with physical impairments or disabilities related to: Spinal Cord Injury, Traumatic Brain Injury/Concussion, Stroke, Musculoskeletal Conditions, Chronic Pain, and Home Care.
Closing the gender gap in medtech - Innovators Magazine
Dr Kristian Olson, Director of the Consortium for Affordable Medical Technologies (CAMTech) at Massachusetts General Hospital Global Health, says closing the gender gap in medical technologies requires co-creation.
MGH team in Puerto Rico faces hurdles in aid effort - Boston Herald
he team of Massachusetts General Hospital medical professionals who deployed to Puerto Rico to assist the thousands of people who have been struggling without proper care since Hurricane Maria decimated the island in September were blown away by the scale of destruction.
Mass General sends 26 medical pros to help Puerto Rico hurricane victims - Boston Herald
Massachusetts General Hospital medical professionals deployed yesterday to Puerto Rico, where they'll spend 16 days helping the thousands of people who have been living without health care since Hurricane Maria devastated the island in September.
CAMTech celebrates 5 years
As CAMTech celebrates its 5-year anniversary, we look back at 4,377 innovators, 659 mentors, 737 organizations and 831 innovations improving population health in low-resource settings since 2012. After the first 12 hack-a-thons, with an average of only 12 months of follow-up, there were 22 patents filed, 15 companies formed and 66 products were undergoing trials on patients and with providers.
How Yemen's Cholera Outbreak Became the Fastest Growing in Modern History –FRONTLINE
Quotes Louise Ivers, Director of Mass General Global Health.
Medicine in the Middle of Nowhere – Harvard Magazine
Profile of MGH physician Stuart Harris
How Does HIV Affect the Brain? – Contagion Infectious Diseases Today
coverage of presentation by MGH investigator Shibani Mukerji
Funding Opportunity: MGH-MIT Strategic Partnership Grand Challenge 1: Diagnostics
The MGH-MIT Strategic Partnership aims to bring together approaches from engineering and basic science with clinical medicine, and to foster the rapid translation from bedside to bench and back to bedside. This is a call for applications for collaborative research projects that focus on critical problems in diagnostics.
MGH responds: Hurricane help - Mass General News
This month several MGH staff members deployed to Texas, Florida and Puerto Rico in response to Hurricanes Harvey, Irma and Maria. The individuals were part of the federal Trauma and Critical Care Team, MA-1 Disaster Medical Assistance Team (DMAT), Arizona-1 DMAT, Colorado-3 DMAT, Project Hope, MGH Center for Global Health and the Logistics Response Assistance Team.
As Hurricane Maria Devastation Endures, Bostonians Look For Ways To Help - WBUR
A five-person team of nurses and physicians from Massachusetts General Hospital and Brigham and Women's Hospital was asked to help with a hospital's hemodialysis unit (for people with kidney failure) in the island nation of Dominica.
Meet the researcher who wants to diagnose respiratory disease with a smartphone
Peter Moschovis, MD, MPH, is helping to develop new digital technology that could provide an efficient and cost effective way to diagnose childhood respiratory illnesses across the globe.
MGH Team In Texas To Treat Patients Hit By Harvey And By Chronic Health Problems
A medical team from Massachusetts General Hospital is in the small city of Rosenberg, Texas, about 45 minutes southwest of Houston. The city was badly flooded during Tropical Storm Harvey when the Brazos River overflowed. In the weeks since the storm, the MGH team has set up a mobile clinic in a local church.
MGH Team In Texas To Treat Patients Hit By Harvey And By Chronic Health Problems - WGBH
A medical team from Massachusetts General Hospital is in the small city of Rosenberg, Texas, about 45 minutes southwest of Houston. The city was badly flooded during Tropical Storm Harvey when the Brazos River overflowed. In the weeks since the storm, the MGH team has set up a mobile clinic in a local church.
Ending DACA could have dire public health consequences – Medical Xpress
Article about the possible public health impacts if Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) is terminated. Features MGH physicians Atheendar Venkataramani and Alexander Tsai.
Mass General Staffers Are Helping Hurricane Victims
With Houston grappling with the devastation of Hurricane Harvey and the state of Florida girding for Hurricane Irma, disaster response professionals from Massachusetts General Hospital have deployed to both areas to aid in relief efforts.
August 2017 CAMTech Pulse
The latest news from the Consortium for Affordable Medical Technologies (CAMTech), including coverage of the recent 2017 CAMTech Uganda Medtech Hack-a-thon
Mass General teams deploy in response to Hurricanes Harvey, Irma
Seventeen Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) staff members were deployed today as part of two teams headed to Texas and Florida in response to Hurricanes Harvey and Irma. These individuals are in addition to four staff members who recently returned from Texas after assisting with the federal Trauma and Critical Care Team.
CAMTech Uganda Accelerator Program Applications Open
Are you an innovator in Uganda seeking acceleration support? The CAMTech Uganda Accelerator Program will provide robust support for global health technologies focused on improving health outcomes in Uganda. In partnership with CAMTech Uganda, the CAMTech Uganda Accelerator Program opportunity supports innovations at Mbarara University of Science and Technology (MUST).
Strong support - MGH News
Wellesley teenager James Mooney and his supporters have raised money to help construct a new 15-bed pediatric oncology unit at Mbarara Regional Referral Hospital and to train the only oncologist in Southwestern Uganda, which has a population of more than 10 million people
Global Glimpse: MGH around the world - MGH Hotline
"When in distress, every man becomes our neighbor." Those words were penned by MGH founders more than two centuries ago, yet they continue to ring true today. Clinicians, researchers, students and staff travel the world to provide care, comfort and education to those in need. Here, Hotline highlights just some of the people and efforts happening in Uganda.
Doctors press for Uganda breast cancer screening
Two doctors from the MGHhave teamed up with the Mbarara University of Science and Technology (MUST) to help reshape public health in sub-Saharan Africa. Their goal is to dramatically decrease the mortality rate from breast cancer with accurate and early diagnoses and treatment.
Sacred ground: A granddaughter's dream realized - MGH News
Dorothy Ndishabandi, a research technician in the MGH Department of Pathology, is building the Elizabeth Memorial Health Center – named in honor of her late grandmother – to bring care to nearby communities.
Cuts to NIH Program Could Disrupt Infectious Disease Research at Mass General and Around the World
Mass General researchers working to stop the spread of infectious disease are worried that proposed cuts to the NIH budget would eliminate a key resource for global health efforts.
Funding Opportunity for MGH Assistant, Associate or Full Professors
Applications are now being accepted by the Executive Committee on Research (ECOR) for the MGH Research Scholars Program, which was established with the aim of supporting MGH research faculty who are pursuing either fundamental (basic) or clinical research at the level of Assistant, Associate or Full Professor.
Innovations in Global Health: Augmented Infant Resuscitator Empowers Birth Attendants to Save Newborns - GBCHealth
Covers the Augmented Infant Resuscitator (AIR), a low-cost technology that recently won a Transition-to-Scale Grant from Saving Lives at Birth.
5th Annual CAMTech Uganda Medtech Hack-a-thon: News from the CAMTech Pulse
Updates from the Consortium for Affordable Medical Technologies (CAMTech), including details of the 2017 CAMTech Uganda Medtech Hack-a-thon
Art of Talking Science Competition: Rise of the Machines
From the MGH Research Institute: Are you working in the rapidly growing fields of artificial intelligence and deep learning? We want to hear from you! Submit a short first-person video and complete our online application form (below) for a chance to present your science to a live audience and panel of celebrity judges during HUBweek this fall.
Funding Opporunity: The MGH Claflin Distinguished Scholar Awards for Female Junior Faculty Investigators in Fundamental & Clinical Research
Applications are now being accepted by the Executive Committee on Research (ECOR) for the Claflin Distinguished Scholar Awards. Applications are due October 11, 2017.
South African Discovery Nursing Leadership Development Program - MGH Caring Headlines
Article covering the Nursing Leadership Development Program, a 10-day nursing leadership program offered by Mass General Global Health Nursing in partnership Discovery Health South Africa.
CAMTech-X: Jugaadathon winner announced - CAMTech Pulse
The latest updates from the Consortium for Affordable Medical Technologies (CAMTech), including the winner of CAMTech-X: Jugaadathon
Moms Helping Moms: Uganda Effort Expands
A Bank of America grant is enabling the Moms Helping Moms program to accelerate its work on quality assurance at the Mbarara Hospital in Uganda.
In a Big Country - Harvard Medicine Magazine
How doctors are tackling the health care disparities that challenge our nation's rural residents. Covers MGH physician Matt Tobey, who spends a quarter of each year seeing patients on the Rosebud Indian Reservation in South Dakota.
Doctor Seeks High-Tech Test for Typhoid Fever
Working with tiny, magnetic nanoparticles, a Mass General doctor is creating a quick and accurate test for typhoid fever, a life-threatening disease that affects millions worldwide.
MGH Global Health Summer 2017 Newsletter
The latest news, events and opportunities from MGH Global Health.
This $100 CPAP Prototype Could Save Lives in Uganda and India - MedTech Boston
Dr. Ryan Carroll (Director, MGH-MUST Collaborative) discusses the development of an inexpensive CPAP prototype that could save lives in Uganda and India.
Kelli O'Laughlin Wins "Hidden Gem" Award from the Academy for Women in Academic Emergency Medicine
Dr. O'Laughlin conducts research focused on assessing health needs of refugee populations and on designing and evaluating refugee-specific interventions to improve care. She works in collaboration with Medical Teams International and the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees to evaluate the HIV care continuum in a refugee population in Nakivale Refugee Settlement in Uganda.
Young American Builds Cancer Ward at Mbrara Hospital - ChimpReports (Uganda)
A new pediatric cancer ward was opened at the Mbrara Regional Referral Hospital in collaboration with James Mooney and Mass General Hospital.
Standing Up for Science - MGH Hotline
MGH President Dr. Peter Slavin, Mass Representative Stephen Lynch, and over 400 MGH staff attended a rally on the Bulfinch lawn before the April 22 March for Science in Boston.
Global Health Service Award Nominees
The Global Health Service Awards celebrate the spirit of innovation in the field of global health and recognize individuals within the Mass General community who inspire, advance, and improve healthcare for our global neighbors.
GE puts more than $20K behind two startups to combat drug overdoses – Boston Business Journal
General Electric Co. will fund two teams from last fall's Opioid Hack-a-thon. The hack-a-thon was co-sponsored by Consortium for Affordable Medical Technologies (CAMTech), MGH Global Health Medicine and the GE Foundation.
Digital Pathology Advances Health Care Worldwide
Mass General is a leader in the field of digital pathology, which increases the accuracy of diagnoses from biopsies and expands what they can tell us about patient health. Because of the increasing ease and accuracy of digital pathology, doctors at Mass General have the ability to provide high-quality rapid service to anywhere in the world.


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SharePoint ClientSide Extensions
I had a bright idea for a fairly simple SharePoint feature a few months ago when one of my students showed me the extensive work they had done using JavaScript via the Content Editor Web Part.
My idea was to allow for a simple way to "get JavaScript frameworks on the page". This would allow non-technical users to simply copy and paste various little JavaScript widgits from around the web and place them on their SharePoint page.
I began working on the feature slowly, mostly during commercial breaks and other short bursts of free time. I finished the simple idea rather quickly – but then I let the scope creep monster attack. I kept adding more and more features UNTIL…
Recently when other blogger's implemented very similar ideas. Most notably:
- Jan Tielens – Integrating SharePoint and JQuery (series)
- Gunnar Peipman – SharePoint JQuery Deployment Feature
So I decided to stop making small tweaks and additions and get this code out into the wild, it obviously has a need.
With that said, I'd like to introduce you to the
SharePoint ClientSide Extensions
SharePoint ClientSide Extensions is a simple SP solution. Once you add the solution, a site feature is provisioned which, when activated, gives you this screen in the Look and Feel column of the site administrator:
You can add any of the above JavaScript libraries to your site, and then, via JavaScript in a Content Editor Web Part, access them. This gives users instant access to the various widgits and UI components that these libraries provide.
For times sake I haven't whipped up an example of how you might use this, but I will post that soon. Until then feel free to grab the WSP and play around with it.
I also want to point out that Jan and Gunnar have done a great job and I wanted to acknowledge their work.
– By Nik Molnar


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The sale of a 57-year-old golf course near Lake Minnetonka has pitted Orono citizens who want the land undeveloped against a buyer who plans to build high-end homes there.
The controversy has inspired standing-room-only meetings and yard signs in the west metro city over the past two months, leading the Orono City Council to postpone a final decision until mid-January.
At issue is the future of picturesque Lakeview Golf Course, a private business that has been open to the public since 1956.
Its 143 acres are classified as park, recreation and open space in the city's comprehensive plan, but they are zoned as rural residential.
Lakeview's situation is not unlike that of many golf courses losing money because of the recession, competition and golf's falling popularity among young people.
But the controversy has some unusual elements exclusive to a highly affluent area. The homes that would be built on the land would cost $800,000 or more. And opponents are seeking pledges of millions of dollars for their cause.
Citizens got wind of the plan in October and organized Citizens for Lakeview Preservation. The nonprofit group wants the city to consider alternatives that would keep the area open for recreation.
Bryce Johnson, the organization's board chairman, said that allowing the development would be "breaking a promise to the community" and that "once open land is gone, it's gone forever."
The developer, Source Land Capital, signed a purchase agreement for the property last May and submitted a concept plan last month. It wants to build about 55 high-end homes on parcels that average 2 acres, but needs the city to amend its comprehensive plan to do so.
"We want this to be a development that the surrounding neighbors and the city of Orono can be proud of, in addition to the people who will be living there," said Source Land partner Pat Hiller.
Seller describes losses
Lakeview has its roots in Tonka Toys, whose former CEO, Russ Wenkstern, purchased the land in the 1950s and developed it as a golf course. Wenkstern's son Grant, who has owned and managed the 18-hole course with his wife for decades, said he decided to sell it when Source Land Capital approached him last May.
"There's only so much money that you want to keep borrowing and borrowing from your local lender to basically subsidize every round of golf that's played," Wenkstern said. Lakeview still receives plenty of compliments, he said, but financial losses and its age have taken their toll.
"Some of the culverts are caving in, the drainage systems can flood, the irrigation systems are old, the pond … needs improvements and the parking lot needs to be replaced," he said. "We decided as a family reluctantly to let it go."
Johnson said he and other golf course neighbors learned in October about the development plan. They quickly spread the word and began raising money to oppose it, he said, and are seeking pledges to raise $4 million to $6 million to show council members that there may other ways to manage the land.
"We're not specifically taking issue with the detail of this developer's plans," Johnson said, "but we have a better alternative."
Johnson said citizens envision a future for the land that could offer a park with trails, natural habitat and an interpretive center, or perhaps an updated nine-hole golf course combined with a park.
Big homes, big concerns
Meanwhile, Source Land Capital officials have made it clear that they signed a valid contract to purchase the land. It is not for sale, they said, although they have not closed on the purchase.
Hiller said that he and his partners will provide a first-class project. Homes built on the site are likely to have 4,500 to 6,000 square feet of finished space, he said, and cost "$800,000 and up."
The company held an open house last Thursday evening to answer neighbors' concerns.
Donna Hager, who has lived along the southern edge of the course for 53 years, said she fears that septics from the development will leak and contaminate her private well and that runoff from the streets, roofs and roads will pollute nearby Forest Lake and Lake Minnetonka.
Mary Sladek, who also lives nearby, was concerned about safety from increased traffic on the nearby roads, and said Orono would be better off leaving the land as open space where residents and future generations could hike, bike, ski and enjoy nature.
Hiller and others tried to assure neighbors that the development would work with the natural beauty and contours of the land and that wetlands and other features would be protected and enhanced by conservation easements.
City Council to decide
Both the citizens and Source Capital are looking to the city for a decision about the future of the land.
Mike Gaffron, Orono's assistant city administrator, said that the property is zoned as rural residential, but that zoning cannot be acted upon unless the comprehensive plan is amended.
Such plans provide guidance for each parcel in a city and what the city's long-term expectations are for those properties, he said.
Changes in Orono's plan have been rare, Gaffron said.
He said Orono is obliged by law to consider a developer's request to amend the city's comprehensive plan. "It becomes a legal question, ultimately," he said. "And there are potential legal consequences if the city was to say no."
But citizens question why the city cannot use its authority to refuse or at least to slow down the process to explore whether there are alternative uses for the land.
"Orono has a history of taking its time on everything, and I don't understand why this is moving so fast without enough questions being asked," said Robyn Johnson, another golf course neighbor.
The City Council has set a meeting to hear from the developer and citizens on Jan. 6, and it is scheduled to make a final decision on Jan. 13.
Source Capital also has purchased another golf course just down the road from Lakeview, the nine-hole Red Oak Golf Course in Minnetrista, also developed and owned by the Wenkstern family.
That sale closed recently, has not generated opposition and plans are to build about 55 homes on 20 acres.
Both golf courses closed shortly before Thanksgiving.


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Many of you have been requesting more photos of Mr Valentino from the screening last night.
Because, to borrow from Mrs Jones, he's so orange he's almost purple. He IS purple! No, but really, that infomercial presenter man who had an affair with Bridget's mother…I love him so much.
Anyway…you asked so here he is: more Orange by request. Mr Valentino with Anne Hathaway. Mr Valentino on his own.
You'll note his neck is a totally different colour. So there's a foundation problem here as well as a burn victim.
I think he knows though. I think he knows and he doesn't care. Remember the last moment in the trailer? What Giancarlo says to him?
You look a little bit too tan…
I would eat them!
This movie will become the guidebook for my life.
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Singing Dog
He longs for the wide open spaces of the moor and sheep to chase. Alas he lives by the bypass with its fumes and growl of engines on tarmac. But at dawn and dusk the wild dog in him seeps out in a sweet, sharp, poignant howl.
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She's an old fashioned disciplinarian who can't be doing with mouthy gits.
Soft Spot
I often seen him down The Dog & Duck where he's wont to cheat at darts and neck back unattended pints of beer. I walk back home with him time to time as we live in the same part of town though I've never invited him in for a coffee. I've a soft spot for him but I don't want fleas in my flat.


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Re: BOOKS by Afrigeneas Contributors! - Part 2
In Response To: BOOKS by Afrigeneas Contributors! - Part 1 ()
This is but part 2 of the list of folks, past and present, who have contributed to the content and 'Spirit' of Afrigeneas.com - and are published. They serve as beacons and inspiration for the rest of us.
by Alva H. Griffith
by Barnetta McGhee White
'A Quest for Enslaved Ancestors: The Extended Family of Griffin Fountain of Virginia and North Carolina'
'Somebody Knows My Name: Marriages of Freed People in North Carolina, County by County'
'Enslaved Ancestors Abstracted From Deed Books, etc. Vol. I and Vol. II'
'Index of Loose Estate Papers of Granville County, NC.'
'Labor Contracts for Freedmen in 1867 North Carolina'
by Louis S. Diggs
'Holding On To Their Heritage'
'In Our Voices'
by Karen E. Sutton
'The Nickens Family: Tracing Non-Slave, Virginia African-American Revolutionary War Patriots (audiocassette)'
by Elizabeth Kambourian
by Betty Craft
by David E. Patterson
'A Perspective on Indexing Slaves' Names (American Archivist; vol 64 Spring/summer 2001).'
by Bijan C. Bayne
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MRI (Magnetic Resonance Imaging) is a way to take detailed images of organs and tissues (muscles and fat) throughout the body, without the use of X-rays. MRI uses a powerful magnet, radio waves and computers to produce images that will help your doctor determine if you have an injury or disease.
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Tel: 902-752-7600 ext 2920
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Cape Breton Regional Hospital
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Tel: 902-473-4276
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St. Martha's Regional Hospital
Tel: 902-867-4500 ext 4216
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Tel: 902-679-3819 ext 2
Monday, Wednesday, Friday: 6:30 a.m. to 8 p.m.
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And all those ambitious parents on Toddlers & Tiaras, all of them are taking notes, admiring the latest move by the Cyruses who have written the definitive book on raising JailBait, following up their Miley masterpiece with what could very well be the Mona Lisa of all JailBait...
Take a look at 9 year old Noah Cyrus at Jamie Lee Curtis's Halloween party on Saturday dressed as...
Underage Box?
Available soon at Walmart for $19.99.
Look at that face. There's the familiar hunger. The same hunger for fame, the unmistakable thirst for attention we've seen already from every Lohan, an insidious craving sweeping through a generation, producing kids who would rather be called "special" than called "smart".
Everyone wants to be special.
What do you do with special? Special has no function. And this is why they're all so useless. Useless twats everywhere.
Meryl Streep's mother told her she was Capable. Not Special but Capable.
They don't care about Capable.
I hate people.
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The common burdock, that well-known source of annoying burrs matted in dogs' fur, is also a medicinal herb of considerable reputation. Called gobo in Japan, burdock root is said to be a food that provides deep strengthening to the immune system. In ancient China and India, herbalists used it in the treatment of respiratory infections, abscesses, and joint pain. European physicians of the Middle Ages and later used it to treat cancerous tumors, skin conditions, venereal disease, and bladder and kidney problems.
Burdock was a primary ingredient in the famous (or infamous) Hoxsey cancer treatment. Harry Hoxsey was a former coal miner who parlayed a traditional family remedy for cancer into the largest privately owned cancer treatment center in the world, with branches in 17 states. (It was shut down in the 1950s by the FDA. Harry Hoxsey himself subsequently died of cancer.) Other herbs in his formula included red clover, poke, prickly ash, bloodroot, and barberry. Burdock is also found in the famous herbal cancer remedy Essiac.
Despite this historical enthusiasm, there is no significant evidence that burdock is an effective treatment for cancer or any other illness.
Burdock is widely recommended for the relief of dry, scaly skin conditions such as eczema and psoriasis. It is also used for treating acne. It can be taken internally as well as applied directly to the skin. Burdock is sometimes recommended for rheumatoid arthritis. Unfortunately, there is as yet no real scientific evidence for any of these uses.
A typical dosage of burdock is 1 to 2 g of powdered dry root 3 times per day.
As a food commonly eaten in Japan (it is often found in sukiyaki), burdock root is believed to be safe. However, in 1978, the Journal of the American Medical Association caused a brief scare by publishing a report of burdock poisoning. Subsequent investigation showed that the herbal product involved was actually contaminated with the poisonous chemical atropine from an unknown source.1 Safety in young children, pregnant or nursing women, or those with severe liver or kidney disease is not established.
If you are taking insulin or oral medications to reduce blood sugar , it is possible that burdock will increase its effect.2,3
1. Bryson PD, Watanabe AS, Rumack BH, et al. Burdock root tea poisoning. Case report involving a commercial preparation. JAMA. 1978; 239:2157.
2. Bever BO, Zahnd GR. Plants with oral hypoglycaemic action. Q J Crude Drug Res. 1979;17:139–196.
3. Farnsworth NR, Segelman AB. Hypoglycemic plants. Tile Till. 1971;57:52–56.
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An accident on the M62 has caused queues after three lanes have closed.
The incident occurred on the M62 eastbound between junction 24, A629 for Ainley Top and junction 25, A644 for Brighouse.
The accident involved a lorry and a van, which had overturned.
West Yorkshire Police have confrimed that nobody was injured in the incident.
Clear-up operations are underway.