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Auditory midbrain implant: first clinical experiences with a combined approach for vestibular schwannoma surgery and navigated device implantation
Auditorisches Mittelhirnimplantat: erste klinische Erfahrungen mit einem kombinierten Zugang zur Exstirpation von Vestibularisschwannomen und zur navigierten Implantat-Platzierung
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Objective: The auditory midbrain implant (AMI) is a newly designed auditory prosthesis for patients with neural deafness. It involves a penetrating electrode placed into the central nucleus of the inferior colliculus. In a cadaveric study, we have recently reported the surgical feasibility of accessing the cerebello-pontine angle (CPA) for tumor removal and the inferior colliculus (IC) for navigated electrode implantation by way of a lateral suboccipital craniotomy (LSC).
We now report on the first clinical experience performing concomitant tumor removal in the CPA and AMI implantation in three deaf patients with neurofibromatosis type 2 (NF2).
Methods: The current study for the implantation of the AMI (Cochlear, Ltd, Lane Cove, Australia) in humans was approved by an ethic committee and was conducted according to the study protocol. All 3 patients with the diagnosis of NF2 were deaf and had tumors in the CPA. Preoperative MRI and CT scans were performed in all three patients for surgery planning and for intraoperative navigation. The navigation system provided registration of individual surgical instruments using a trajectory guide (BrainLAB, Germany). All patients underwent a single-staged surgery in the semi-sitting position using a LSC. Following tumor removal via the retrosigmoid route, the IC was exposed via the infratentorial supracerebellar space. After implantation of the receiver-stimulator of the AMI in a bony bed superior-lateral to the LSC, the navigated placement of the penetrating electrode into the IC was conducted. Our experience with the surgical technique and feasibility, morbidity and neurological outcome in these first 3 cases is reported.
Results: Complete tumor removal was achieved in all 3 patients. The implantation of the AMI electrode succeeded in all patients within the region of the IC based on postoperative CT and CT/MRI fusion. In none of the patients did a bridging vein need to be sacrificed to access the IC. In none of the patients was there evidence of postoperative hemorrhage based on CCT. The neurological status after surgery was unchanged in all three patients and none of them suffered from postoperative CSF leak. There was no mortality.
Conclusions: These preliminary results demonstrate that tumor removal in the CPA and AMI device implantation can be safely performed in a single-staged procedure using a LSC. The insertion of a penetrating electrode can be achieved accurately with navigational guidance and does not result in neurological deficits stemming from irritations of the midbrain and/or adjacent structures.


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Cisco buys UK video company NDS for $5bn
Cisco is paying $5bn for NDS, a UK company which specialises in securing subscription TV services
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Cisco is paying $5bn for NDS, a UK company which specialises in securing subscription TV services.
NDS, which is privately owned by the Permira Funds and News Corporation, provides middleware and security software built into set-top boxes. Its customers include BSkyB in the UK and DirectTV in the US.
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In the IPTV space, NDS also provides the technology behind the Sky Go Service for iOS (iPhone/iPad) and Android devices.
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Make a list of your favorite things to do in summer. Is it a picnic, or outdoor dinners with friends? Is it hiking in the mountains, walks on the beach or bike rides to your favorite lake? What is it that really says "summer" to you? It can be anything, but it has to have meaning for you.
You probably can't do everything on your list, but what can you do? What can you fit in? That evening on the porch with girlfriends can still happen, as can bike rides and a grilled feast. Maybe you can't squeeze in that beach trip if it's several hours away, but you can hit the local pool for an afternoon of sun and swimming.
Take a hard look at the list. Choose one item near the top of the list, and make it happen!
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Harman attended basketball camps at the Redding-based campus multiple times during his middle-school years, and he has already forged close-knit relationships with fellow East Union classmates that will also play golf there in the near future.
The cherry on top was head coach Joe Griffin, who aims to use Harman, along with EU senior Tori Souza and alumna Brionna Goulart, as cornerstones for Simpson's new men's and women's golf teams.
Griffin, Souza, Goulart and East Union golf coach Dennis Wells were all in attendance Wednesday at the Harman residence where Kyle signed his letter of intent to compete for the second-year program next year. Goulart and Souza are the Red Hawks' first-ever signees for the women's golf team which will debut in 2010-11.
Harman had been in touch with several NCAA Division I and II programs from Northern California and narrowed his choices down to Stanislaus State and Simpson, a National Athletic Interscholastic Association school that competes in the Cal-Pac Conference.
"I just love the school and the area," Harman said. "I know it's kind of weird, but I like how hot it gets up there.
"I also really got along with coach Griffin right away. He seems real cool and made me feel like I knew him for a really long time."
Wells believes Simpson found a gem in Harman, who helped the Lancers earn Valley Oak League championships in 2007 and 08 and earned Most Valuable Player honors in 09. He is also the third straight Lancer to be recognized as the Bulletin's Golfer of the Year, following Jay Brink (2007) and John Ott (2008).
"Talent-wise he's at the top of the list of kids I've coached with Jay Brink and (current Fresno State golfer) Krysta Clark," Wells said. "He's one of the hardest-working golfers I've ever had, and if he continues to do that I believe he has a chance to go to the next level."
Simpson is looking to further establish itself at the national level after sophomore Mitch Card was named to the All-American first team in October.
Griffin lured three-time Sacramento Metropolitan Athletic League MVP Nicholas Maddalena of Faith Christian (Yuba City) to Simpson last month and hopes to have one more talented incoming freshman signed soon.
"I expect (Harman) to battle it out with our top three golfers," Griffin said. "I think Kyle can help us take that next step. "I'm anticipating that with the two kids I have coming in and with the ones I have coming back that we'll be (shooting) below 300 every time out. I'm shooting for a national ranking next year."
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With freshman Will Brink, Jay's younger brother, joining a team that returns four Sac-Joaquin Section Division IV Tournament qualifiers, Harman wants to go out with a bang.
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Posters reading 'Congress ka Moon, Priyanka is coming soon," in the Sangam city has again raked up the issue of Priyanka Gandhi Vadra's entry into active politics following the Congress' debacle in the Lok Sabha elections.
The controversial banner has been put up at Subhash Chowk in the civil lines area of the city.
The banner, sans the photo of Rahul Gandhi, has the photos of Congress president Sonia Gandhi, Priyanka along with local Congress leaders Haseeb Ahmed and Shirish Chandra Dubey.
Ahmed, who claims himself to be the city president of the party, said here today that Priyanka would certainly take control of the party and revive it. He said that Priyanka deserves a larger role in the party after Rahul Gandhi led the party to a disaster in the general elections. "Priyanka did not run for polls but managed the campaigns of her brother and mother and constructed an aggressive attack on Mr Modi. It was because of her that the party could win the two seats for Rahul and Sonia," Ahmed claimed.
Earlier, the two leader Ahmed and Dubey who had been suspended from the party for erecting similar hoardings in the city last year but was later withdrawn, has pasted posters a fortnight back saying," Shah ko agar dena hai maat, Priyanka ko saup do Congress ka haath."


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New Name, Same Domini
All investments have social and environmental impacts, some good, some bad. Domini has embraced this simple truth for decades.
Beginning with the inception of our first mutual fund in 1991, Domini has made it a priority to focus on incorporating social and environmental standards into our investment process seeking triple bottom-line results: positive for people, planet, and profits. Over the years, what began as a small movement blossomed into an entire and thriving industry. However, vocabulary has varied – ethical investing, socially responsible investing, values investing, ESG investing, sustainable investing, and more recently, impact investing.
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Pierce County Public Works Director Brian Ziegler has been named one of the top 10 public works leader of the year by the American Public Works Association. You can read the press release below.
Pierce County Public Works and Utilities Director Brian Ziegler was named one of the Top Ten Public Works Leaders of the Year by the American Public Works Association on March 23. This national award recognizes outstanding career achievements of public works professionals in both the public and private sectors and focuses on career service to the public works profession overall, rather than on singular projects. Nominations for the Top Ten are reviewed by an APWA Committee. The association has over 29,000 members across the United States and Canada.
Ziegler has served as the Public Works and Utilities director since September 2003. He supervises over 600 employees who deliver transportation and environmental services to over 800,000 Pierce County residents. He oversaw several high-profile projects at Pierce County including the Chambers Bay Golf Course, and the newly constructed Central Maintenance Facility. While at the Washington State Department of Transportation, Ziegler managed the design and environmental work on the new Tacoma Narrows Bridge. Under his leadership, Pierce County received countless awards and recognitions, including being the first county in Washington State to be accredited by the APWA.
As a manager, Ziegler developed and implemented project delivery systems at Pierce County and WSDOT, which helped projects remain on schedule and within budget. These systems complement his focus on employee development by bringing clear direction and consistent accountability to project managers. He believes in employee empowerment and focuses the department's energies to help foster satisfied, efficient employees.
"This award is an extremely prestigious honor and I am thankful for the nomination from the Washington State Chapter of APWA. The credit truly belongs to the department and every individual who works for Public Works and Utilities. Our business is messy sometimes, but we always commit ourselves to safety, service, and stewardship every day," says Ziegler.
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OLR Bill Analysis
sHB 5285
This bill permits the Department of Social Services (DSS) commissioner, beginning with the 2013 rate year (October 1 through September 30) and annually thereafter, to add to a community health center's Medicaid rate a capital cost rate adjustment associated with major capital projects (i. e. , those costing more than $ 2 million). The adjustment is equivalent to the center's actual or projected year-to-year increase in total allowable depreciation and interest expenses associated with the projects divided by the projected number of service visits. The commissioner can revise these adjustments retroactively based on actual allowable depreciation and interest expenses or actual service visit volume for the rate period.
The bill requires the commissioner to establish separate adjustments for each Medicaid service a center provides (e. g. , dental, behavioral health).
The bill prohibits DSS from granting an adjustment for any depreciation or interest expense that the U. S. Department of Health and Human Services or another federal or state government agency with health services-related capital expenditure approval authority disapproves.
The bill authorizes the commissioner to allow actual debt service instead of depreciation and interest if the debt service amounts are deemed reasonable considering the interest rate and other loan terms.
The bill requires the commissioner to implement policies and procedures to carry out its provisions while in the process of adopting them in regulation. He must publish notice of intent to adopt the regulations in the Connecticut Law Journal no later than 20 days after implementing them. The policies and procedures are in effect until the final regulations are effective.
EFFECTIVE DATE: October 1, 2012
Definition of Capital Costs
The bill defines "capital costs" as expenditures for land or building purchases, fixed assets, movable equipment, capitalized financing fees, and capitalized construction period interest.
Community Health Centers Definition
The law defines a community health center as a public or nonprofit medical care facility that:
1. is not part of a hospital and is organized and operated to provide comprehensive primary care services;
2. is located in an area that has a demonstrated need for services based on geographic, demographic, and economic factors;
3. serves low-income, uninsured, minority, and elderly people;
4. makes its services available to anyone, regardless of their ability to pay;
5. uses a sliding fee scale based on income;
6. provides, on an ongoing basis, primary health services by physicians and where appropriate, midlevel practitioners, diagnostic lab and x-ray services, preventive health services, and patient care case management;
7. provides for needed pharmacy services either on-site or through a firm arrangement;
8. has at least half of its full-time equivalent primary care providers employed as full-time staff members;
9. maintains an ongoing quality assurance program;
10. participates in Medicaid and Medicare;
11. has a governing board of nine to 25 members, the majority of whom are active center users and of the nonuser members, no more than half may derive more than 10% of their annual income from the health care industry; and
12. provides primary care services at least 32 hours per week and has arrangements for professional coverage during the hours it is closed (CGS § 19a-490a).
Rate Setting in Federally Qualified Health Centers (FQHC) and Medical Clinics
FQHC reimbursement is based on medical, dental, and mental health federally approved prospective rates. Included in these center-specific rates is reimbursement for a center's historical interest and depreciation average costs reported in the base 1999 and 2000 Medicaid cost reports. The base rates established using this methodology were effective January 1, 2001, and are inflated annually by the Medicare Economic Index every October 1. Under this federally prescribed and approved prospective rate setting system (42 USC § 1396a(bb)(3)), an FQHC can apply to DSS for a "scope of service" review and possible associated rate adjustments. For example, if a center wishes to add a service it previously has not offered and needs to purchase equipment, it can ask DSS for one of these reviews. DSS has granted numerous scope-of-service rate increases for capital and operational improvements and expansions.
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wow, so sad. it is really good. powerful images. good technique, and you don't use adjectives and adverbs excesively, which is really good, you use very descriptive nouns and verbs.
One thing. you only use a pronoun once in the whole poem, in the line "He cannot see victory for either side." IT sounds odd all by itself. Try and find a way to take it out, like you have for the rest of the poem, I think it will sound better that way.
Hope that helps, and good work,Arwen Starfire
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Cardinal John Henry Newman to be beatified
There has been so much excitement abroad about St Paul's bones that Mary's Dowry was in need of a bit of a spiritual uplift nearer to home. Until 2007, when Tony Blair crossed the Tiber, the case of the Cardinal had been the most famous conversion from the Church of England to Rome. As Mr Blair continues his delusional quest to change the immutable, there is now a degree of doubt of which conversion was more significant.
Cardinal John Newman, one of the founders of the high church Oxford Movement (known as the Tractarians), converted in 1845 and the Newman Society became his cult. He became 'Venerable' in 1991, in recognition of his scholarship and virtuous life. He has now rather cleverly worked a miracle of healing, and, if another ensues, he will be canonised. Significantly, he would be the first non-martyr saint in England since the Reformation.
The Blessed John Henry Newman will now be the subject of the greatest Roman Catholic celebration in the UK since the visit of Pope John Paul II in 1982. He already has a new tomb in the Birmingham Oratory in expectation of waves of new pilgrims. It is likely that Pope Benedict XVI may choose to preside over the ceremony, though he may prefer to delegate it to Archbishop Vincent Nichols who has taken a close interest in the cause. His Holiness might prefer not to visit England at this time - to be sullied by association with Gordon Brown and New Labour - and instead journey here under the premiership of David Cameron for the inevitable canonisation, which would be a far more elaborate and historically significant affair.
And Cranmer would like to suggest 2012 as a suitable year: Olympic euphoria and the patriotic fervour induced by the Queen's Diamond Jubilee could only be surpassed by the spiritual ecstasy of a papal visit.


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I planted the 2014 garden recently. I am going smaller and hoping to maximize the backyard sun. I have the electric fence up and all plants in.
I grew San Marzano tomatoes, sweet bell peppers, parsley and basil from seed in the basement. I purchased Thai basil, cucumbers and more San Marzano tomatoes.


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HEXABRIX is a sterile, non-pyrogenic, aqueous solution intended for use as a diagnostic radiopaque medium. HEXABRIX contains 39.3% w/v N-(2-hydroxyethyl)-2,4,6-triiodo-5-[2-[2,4,6-triiodo-3-(N-methylacetamido)-5-(methylcarbamoyl) benzamido] acetamido]-isophthalamic acid, compounded with 1-deoxy-1-(methylamino)-D-glucitol (1:1) and 19.6% w/v sodium N-(2-hydroxyethyl)-2,4,6 triiodo-5-[2-[2,4,6-triiodo-3-(N-methylacetamido)-5-(methylcarbamoyl) benzamido] acetamido]-isophthalamate.
The two salts have the following structural formulae:
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Each milliliter contains 393 mg of ioxaglate meglumine, 196 mg of ioxaglate sodium and 0.10 mg edetate calcium disodium as a stabilizer. The solution contains 3.48 mg (0.15 mEq) sodium in each milliliter and provides 32% (320 mg/mL) organically bound iodine.
Solutions of ioxaglate (HEXABRIX) provide six iodine atoms for each two dissociated ions. HEXABRIX is an ionic contrast agent. HEXABRIX has an osmolarity of approximately 460 mOsmol/L, an osmolality of approximately 600 mOsmol/kg of water and is, therefore, hypertonic under conditions of use.
HEXABRIX has a viscosity (cps) of 15.7 at 20°C and 7.5 at 37°C. The pH has been adjusted to 6.0 to 7.6 with meglumine, sodium hydroxide or ioxaglic acid.
HEXABRIX is a clear, colorless to pale yellow solution containing no undissolved solids. Crystallization does not occur at normal room temperatures. It is supplied in containers from which the air has been displaced by nitrogen.
Intravascular injection of a radiopaque diagnostic agent opacifies those vessels in the path of the flow of the contrast medium, permitting radiographic visualization of the internal structures of the human body until significant hemodilution occurs.
Following intravascular injection, HEXABRIX is rapidly transported through the circulatory system to the kidneys and is excreted unchanged in the urine. The pharmacokinetics of intravascularly administered radiopaque contrast media are usually best described by a two compartment model with a rapid alpha phase for drug distribution and a slower beta phase for drug elimination. In 10 patients with normal renal function, the alpha and beta half-lives of HEXABRIX were 12 (4-17) and 92 (61-140) minutes, respectively. Following the intravenous administration of 50 mL of HEXABRIX in 10 normal volunteers, the mean peak plasma concentration occurred at two (1-3) minutes, reaching a concentration of 2.1 (1.8-2.8) mg/mL. Approximately 50 (42-67) percent of the intravenously administered dose was recovered in the urine at two hours, and 90 (68-105) percent was recovered at 24 hours.
The joint spaces as well as the uterus and fallopian tubes may be visualized by the direct injection of the contrast medium into the region to be studied.
Injectable iodinated contrast agents are excreted either through the kidneys or through the liver. These two excretory pathways are not mutually exclusive, but the main route of excretion seems to be related to the affinity of the contrast medium for serum albumin. Ioxaglate salts are poorly bound to serum albumin, and are excreted mainly through the kidneys.
The liver and small intestine provide the major alternate route of excretion. In patients with severe renal impairment, the excretion of this contrast medium through the gallbladder and into the small intestine sharply increases.
Ioxaglate salts cross the placental barrier in humans and are excreted unchanged in human milk.
When used for contrast enhancement in computed tomographic head imaging, the degree of enhancement is directly related to the amount of iodine administered. Rapid injection of the entire dose yields peak blood iodine concentrations immediately following the injection, which falls rapidly over the next five to ten minutes as a result of dilution in the vascular and extravascular fluid compartments. Equilibration is reached in about ten minutes and thereafter the fall in iodine plasma concentration becomes exponential.
In brain scanning, contrast media do not accumulate in normal brain tissue due to the blood brain barrier (BBB). The increase in x-ray attenuation usually seen in normal tissue following contrast medium injection is due to the presence of the contrast medium in the blood pool. Disruption in the BBB, such as occurs in malignant tumors of the brain, allows accumulation of contrast medium within the interstitial tumor tissue; adjacent normal brain tissue does not contain the contrast medium. Maximum contrast enhancement frequently occurs after peak blood iodine levels are reached. A delay in maximum contrast enhancement can occur depending on the peak iodine level achieved and the cell type of the lesion. This lag in enhancement is probably associated with the accumulation of the contrast medium within the lesion and outside the blood pool.
The image enhancement of non-tumor lesions, such as arteriovenous malformations and aneurysms, is dependent on the iodine content of the circulating blood pool.
HEXABRIX may also be used for enhancement of computed tomographic scans performed for detection and evaluation of lesions in the liver, pancreas, kidneys, abdominal aorta, mediastinum, abdominal cavity and retroperitoneal space.
In non-neural tissues (during computed tomography of the body), HEXABRIX diffuses rapidly from the vascular to the extra-vascular space. Increase in x-ray absorption is related to blood flow, concentration of the contrast medium and extraction of the contrast medium by interstitial tissue since no barrier exists; contrast enhancement is thus due to the relative differences in extra-vascular diffusion between normal and abnormal tissue, a situation quite different than that in the brain.
The pharmacokinetics of HEXABRIX in normal and abnormal tissues has been shown to be variable.
Enhancement of CT with HEXABRIX may be of benefit in establishing diagnoses of certain lesions in some sites with greater assurance than is possible with unenhanced CT and in supplying additional features of the lesions. In other cases, the contrast medium may allow visualization of lesions not seen with CT alone or may help to define suspicious lesions seen with unenhanced CT.
Contrast enhancement appears to be greatest within the 30-90 seconds after bolus administration of the contrast agent, and after intra-arterial rather than intravenous administration. Therefore, the use of a continuous scanning technique (a series of two to three second scans beginning at the injection — dynamic CT scanning) may improve enhancement and diagnostic assessment of tumors and other lesions such as an abscess, occasionally revealing more extensive disease.
Because unenhanced scanning may provide adequate information in the individual patient, the decision to employ contrast enhancement, which is associated with additional risk and increased radiation exposure, should be based upon a careful evaluation of clinical, other radiological and unenhanced CT findings.
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One of the most well-known pieces of the twentieth-century classical repertoire is of course Igor Stravinsky's ballet The Rite of Spring. The Southbank Centre's Rest is Noise festival could not miss this piece, and tonight's concert, titled "Revolution in Paris", coupled it with two other pieces first premièred in Paris: Maurice Ravel's ballet Ma mère l'oye and Sergei Prokofiev's Violin Concerto no. 1.
Ravel's Ma mère L'oye is a ballet inspired by a children's story, with music that exudes warmth and humour. However, the London Philharmonic Orchestra's performance of the piece left the listener which much to desire. Even though the notes were played perfectly, the performance lacked heart, it lacked passion and thereby reduced Ravel's music to something much less interesting than it truly is. Even though Mikhail Agrest – a last minute replacement for the ill Yannick Nézet-Séguin – lead the orchestra expertly in the second and third pieces of the evening, I could not help but wish for Nézet-Séguin's touch in the Ravel.
The second piece of the evening more than made up for the lacklustre opening. Prokofiev's Violin Concerto no. 1 received a dream interpretation by Leila Josefowicz and the LPO. A three-movement concerto, it is technically challenging and demands not only skill from the performer but a willingness to bring out its lightness, whimsy and absolutely gorgeous melodies. Although finished in 1917, the concerto did not receive a première until 1925 – many violinists were not interested in playing the piece, though thankfully it is now performed much more often.
Leila Josefowicz is very well known for her interpretations of contemporary violin concertos, having premièred, for example, Esa-Pekka Salonen's concerto. But the more lyrical nature of Prokofiev's piece suited her perfectly, and she clearly enjoyed playing it. To me, the Prokofiev sounds like a very physical piece. Not because of the physical act of the violinist's playing, but because both the music and the way it's played invoke a physical reaction as much as a mental one. This means that a soloist's performance must be an intense as the music requires, and Josefowicz's willingness to immerse herself in the music and play every single note not only with conviction, but with authenticity and intensity made her performance one to remember.
As a violin concerto, Prokofiev's first is one of those that often directs all attention to the soloist to such an extent that you might forget there is an orchestra accompanying her. However, the LPO proved not only a humble accompanist but an able sparring partner and guider as well, making the performance beautifully dynamic and rich. This was especially apparent in the third movement. Once the madness of the second movement died down, Josefowicz and the orchestra gave a beautiful ending with the subtlety and the passion that was so lacking in Ma mère l'oye.
The Rite of Spring is an exhilarating piece of music, no matter how many times you hear it. The story of its première at the Ballets Russes in Paris is often told, where the patrons were so shocked by the ballet and music that many walked out or even started rioting. The negative reaction was mostly aimed at the choreography, however, and not so much at Stravinsky's music. Considering how fresh and dramatic the LPO made the piece sound tonight, I can only imagine just how much impressive its original première must have been.
The physicality of Prokofiev's concerto is also very much present in The Rite of Spring, where even as a listener every single muscle in your body seems to be participating. Every time the orchestra lulled you into a sense of comfort, Stravinsky's music delivered an abrupt awakening, and this is part of its strength. The rhythms, the melodies, the brass and percussion, every note, every melody is in the right place. The woodwinds of the LPO led the orchestra in a faultless performance. We probably won't see any riots at concert halls any more, but if any work deserved to be recorded in history for its thrilling music, it is The Rite of Spring.
The Rite went down rather badly, its language based in deranged rhythm rather than civilised harmony, its choreography changing the point of expression from the ankle to the pelvis.
Ten years later, one of the few to take a shine to Prokofiev's Violin Concerto at its premiere was Stravinsky, who revelled in its childlike beauty and innocence.
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By John Shea
So Tim Hudson, who signed with the Giants for two years and $23 million, made a case for returning to the A's, the team for whom he played his first six seasons.
"Oakland was a place I very seriously considered," he said. "You'd be foolish not to want to play for a winner like that. They have a good ballclub over there and a front office that tries to do whatever it takes to win."
As Hudson said on Tuesday, signing with the Giants was about staying in the National League, pitching in a nice park in front of a packed house and getting deep into the postseason — and let's not forget the little matter of $23 million.
But Hudson made no secret of the mutual interest with the A's when I asked him about it.
"Sure, sure. You always keep your options open," Hudson said. "Billy Beane is a great man. I considered him a friend more than I did a boss when I was out there. There was interest from Oakland, and obviously it was one of those things that can get emotional for you when you start thinking about going back to the team that you started with.
"They obviously have a great team over there. Billy's done an awesome job putting a winning ballclub out there year after year. It was challenging, but at the same time you have to look at all the factors that are in play and I just felt like San Francisco was the place that felt right. I think staying in the National League was something that was pretty important for me."
On the Giants, Hudson is missing old pal Barry Zito, his brother in the days of Oakland's Big Three, by one year. Zito's seven-year, $126 million contract has expired, so Hudson is filling Zito's spot, in a round-about way.
"It's a bit odd," Hudson said. "Obviously, Barry and I were good friends. We go back a long ways."
They texted when it became known Hudson was becoming a Giant.
"He's obviously very happy for me and my family, but at the same time it was a little bittersweet," Hudson said. "I wish he had been here with me, but the game is what it is. Chapters open and close in this game. He's a great guy. He was a great teammate in Oakland. I'm pretty sure everybody in San Francisco would say the same thing about him."
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At its annual conference in Salt Lake City in November, the National Partnership for Highway Quality (NPHQ) presented its "Making a Difference" awards to organizations that excelled in highway design, construction, or management over the past year. The 10 honorees were recognized for their accomplishments in the areas of State Quality Initiatives, Risk Taking, Breaking the Mold, and Partnering.
"It's great to bring people together and showcase their good work to their peers," says NPHQ Administrator Bob Templeton. "We see the awards as a form of technology transfer, where one State can see the success that another has had, and can turn around and use those ideas themselves."
The State Quality Initiatives award recognizes collaboration among State highway agencies, local industries, and FHWA Division Offices. This year the gold award went to the Oregon Department of Transportation's (DOT) Constructibility Review Team for its process for bringing contractor input into the project design stage. NPHQ specifically lauded the State's approach to constructing the flyover and pedestrian structures on the Interstate 5/Highway 217 project, in which facilitators worked with stakeholders to eliminate risks, prevent millions of dollars in added costs from accruing, and shave years of construction delays off the project. The silver award went to the Utah Pavement Council, an assembly of Federal, State, and local industry heads formed to assess pavement issues and make recommendations that will improve road quality while lowering costs.
|The Kentucky team, above, won the gold award in risk taking for its rehabilitation of I-64.
|The Forest Height Bridge Team, above, won top honors in Partnering for its reconstruction of a Knoxville, TN, bridge.
The Risk Taking awards are given to groups that take an unconventional approach to a project. The gold award this year was presented to the team that rehabilitated a 5.6-km (3.5-mi) section of Interstate 64 near Louisville, Kentucky. Instead of closing a few lanes and making the improvements in a piecemeal fashion as is often the norm, the Kentucky Transportation Cabinet and its contractors opted to close the segment entirely. This created a safer environment for workers and allowed them to complete the work 7 weeks ahead of schedule. The silver award went to the Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) and its Queen Isabella Causeway Reconstruction Team, which rebuilt a collapsed bridge near Brownsville a month ahead of schedule through the use of incentives and disincentives and an aggressive schedule. To accomplish the work, TxDOT convinced its partners to accept the challenge of accelerating construction in the face of peak hurricane season.
Utah DOT's Interstate 15 Team received the gold award in the Breaking the Mold category for its use of the design/build technique in the reconstruction of Salt Lake City's main north/south highway corridor. The move saved Utah $32 million and shortened the delivery time on the project from at least 7 years to 4 1/2, ensuring completion before the city hosted the Winter Olympics in February 2002. The silver award was given to the Maryland State Highway Administration and its Neighborhood Conservation Program, whose "When Main Street is a State Highway" planning and design approach matched transportation improvements to each small community's individual character. And a bronze award was given in this category to TxDOT's Plans Online System, an electronic document management system that saves the State $2.5 million per year in paper, printing, and postage.
Finally, Tennessee's Forest Heights Bridge Team won top honors in Partnering for its 7-hour demolition and reconstruction of a dual-span section of Interstate 40/75 in Knoxville. The group's massive coordination of contractors, the trucking industry, law enforcement, firefighters, and the media ensured the success of the project. Maryland won the silver award for its Maryland Quality Initiative Partnering Subcommittee, which is concentrating on communication and cooperation among stakeholders in bringing a greater degree of quality to the State's highways. Taking the bronze in Partnering was Oregon for the redesign of the congested interchange at Interstate 5 and Oregon 217; the $41 million project used steep incentives and disincentives along with A+B contracting to complete the work 56 days ahead of schedule.
NPHQ was founded in 1992 and known until 2000 as the National Quality Initiative. The consortium is comprised of members from the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials, FHWA, and 10 industry associations. To be considered for an award, States must nominate their projects for honors in one of the four categories. The nominations are reviewed by NPHQ's awards subcommittee, which makes its award recommendations to NPHQ's Steering Committee.
For more information on NPHQ or the Making a Difference awards, contact Bob Templeton at NPHQ, 512-301-9899 (email: firstname.lastname@example.com), or visit the NPHQ Web site at www.nphq.org.


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Look around. To move, use the keys W, S, A, D. The left mouse button is to interact with objects. Right mouse button - zoom in objects that you take into your hands. To accelerate - hold down the Shift key.
Go to the front door, move the white dot on the center of the screen on the door and hold down the left mouse button. So you grab the door. Now move the mouse to the left side to open the door. There are several doors on the ground floor. The door to the right leads to the kitchen. There is a door to the pantry in the kitchen. The door on the left is locked, where there are traces of paint and the note. Behind it is the artist's studio, but so far that it can't get you.
The door near the studio leads into the basement. At the end of the basement, there is another door but it was locked. Finally, there is another door leading to the bathroom. In the hall, in the lobby and other areas, you can open tables, study the different notes. To do this, as it were optional, but recommended if you want to know about the artist as much information as possible.
Climb the stairs in the hall to the second floor. There is a grand piano. You can play on it. After a few keystrokes piano closes. There is an office on the second floor, which is the noise. Go through it. Left in the study are more shelves with books. Come to the table and find the note and key. Click on the key to pick it up. The presence of any object in the inventory shows its image in the lower right corner of the screen.
Also, there are two locked doors on the second floor, children's room and another room. You can explore them. Go back down to the first floor and open the door key with traces of paint and the note. Go to the workshop. Learn everything here. In the end, pull the sheet on the easel to look at the big picture. There will something sinister.
Episode 1. Canvas
Come out of the artist's studio, and you'll see that you were in a completely different place. Walk through the front door to get into an unfamiliar room.
Go to at the open window and read the inscription on the fence behind him. Soon the window will close. Go back to the door, through which you have come, open it and you will see a totally different corridor. Follow the corridor to the rotary valve in the ceiling until you go to the other door. Open the door and enter the office with a desk, wardrobes and paintings on the wall. On the left, there is a table stand with a small chest. There is the lock on the trunk. You must enter the three-digit code. Go to the front of the chest wall, turn left, to the nearest corner and light three candles in the wall. In the pictures you will see three digits of the code - 5, 4, and 8. Enter the numbers on the lock and open the chest.
Inside you will find the ring. Look at it, read the inscription on the lid of the chest.
Go through the door between the busts of two men in front of the table. Go down the hallway and enter the room with a fireplace and two chairs. Go to a picture hanging on the wall opposite. You can see the doll boy on this picture. Once you look at it, then you fall down into the basement.
Go to the barrel with a candle, turn from it to the left and move forward to the wall. This wall must have a switch. Click on it to turn on the lights in the basement. Look at the picture behind. Then climb up the stairs and pull the lever on the wall. Go back to the room with a fireplace and two chairs.
Go through the door on the left, move to the hallway with the pictures, until one of them falls. Turn it and find a sketch with the wife of the protagonist. After a few memories you go through the nearest door. Go to the picture of a burning fireplace. Turn around and, if you have not closed the game with fear, go through the same door.
You will find yourself in a bright room with a seating area, flowers and other items.
Follow through the door on the right, go down the hall, turn left and go through the door. Follow the utility room with cupboards, go to the kitchen. The door to the kitchen is closed. Look all around and picture on the wall. The second time, go to the locked door, the light should go out. Go back to the picture and look at it. Take a piece of skin. It would be in your inventory. Go through the same door and find yourself in a room with an easel. Click on it to change the picture. You will see two flamingos.
Episode 2. Painting
Go through two doors, move the grille and enter the elevator. Be sure to shut the grille and pull the lever to the right. Lift rises to the top.
Exit from the elevator; check the two doors on the left side, one on the right and one at the end of the corridor. Everything will be locked. Go back to the very first door and see that it is now open. Go into the room and pick up key from the cabinets. Read a note. Exit the room, enter the room opposite. You will see a picture of the woman playing the piano. Examine the notes and hear the memories of the artist.
Return to the hallway and go left. Open the front door key (locked door on the right). Open the door to the left and climb the stairs to the attic. You turn around and see another door. Open it and go out into the corridor. Examine the contents of the chest near the table and go through the door on the right. Continue through the next door and find yourself in the bright hall.
Inspect turn left and turn right, then go through the door ahead. You will find yourself in a room with a fireplace and rocking chair. Go through the door in front and hear the roar. You turn around and see that the room was destroyed. You'll find a small safe if you go back into the room and look at the wall to the left of the doorway.
Go down the hallway a few doors. After painting with the dogs turn left, go through two doors and find yourself in a long corridor. Follow to the end, open the door and see a great picture. Turn around, go to the wall and look at the smaller picture. Again, turn around and see the new corridor.
Follow the room where ran the rat (to the left). Walk down the hallway to the next door. The door will close. Walk past it and hear what it reopened. Go back to the door and enter a small room with a bed and a table. In the cabinet to the right of the table is the key. Take it. Turn around. The door begins to someone knocking. Light three stand with candles and knocks will end. Open this door.
Exit the room, turn left and go to the portrait, which leads to the trail of paint. Portrait will mutate. Turn around yourself and see cane from the portrait. Take this cane to hear memories from the past.
Move in the opposite direction and open the door with the key. Go through a few doors to the bedroom. There is a gramophone in the middle of the room. There is plate on the cabinet to the right of the gramophone. Take a plate, set on the gramophone, and turn on. You can change the settings and switch tunes. To start, simply turn the handle a few times. Go back to the door, through which you have come here. It begins to spread, like a painting. If it does not, then play with the gramophone. Above, on the left of the plate is a speed selector. Set the maximum speed and lost the first and second melody (the side there is a switch, below the pipe), each time come to the door. At some point it will distort.
You turn around and see that the whole room will distort. Go to the gramophone, and behind it, on the floor get a jar of blood. Take it and listen to the memory. Jar will be in your inventory.
Again, use the gramophone. At this time, set the average speed and play one of the melodies in the normal mode. Come at this time to the door. It must once again become normal. Open the door and go through another. You will be to the first room with an easel. Examine the flask of whiskey in the cabinet on the left. Wardrobe right has six sections. One section is open and it is a piece of skin from the first chapter. Apparently, all found the items in the chapters will place in the cabinet. Click on the easel, to select the next chapter.
Episode 3. Primer
Go through the door, turn right and follow the other door. Walk up to the piano, it will move to another room. Open the cabinets on the left and find a new picture in the clothes.
Go through a few doors. Behind one of the doors will be the wall with a chain. Turn around and you will see that another door is gone. Turn to the other side and you will see the pass into the corridor. Do not hurry! Opposite is the door. Open the door and the doll drops. There hangs the key on dolls' neck - take it.
Go down the hall, up the glass. Through the glass you see the room. Turn around and find yourself in this room. There is a calendar on the cabinet. You need a door on the left. Go through it, move through several doors until you find yourself in a familiar hall.
Walk through the front door and look at the canvas on the right side. Under is the glasses. Look at them and hear memories from the past.
Return to the hall and go through the door on the right. Go down the stairs on the left side. Go around the circle. You will hear the phone ring. On the right is the stand inside of which is a note. At some point you will see broken phone on the floor. It will gather together and fly up to the top. Move in a circle on, until you see the right side of the small cabinet. Stay near it. It should fly up the phone. But you can't do anything with it.
From this point go in the opposite direction!!! In the end, the phone should fall and break. Pick up the phone and hear a memory from the past. Go in the same reverse direction until the door would be right. Go through it, open another. Please try again and enter the room. Look up - you see a table with drawing with inscriptions about bats. Look at him.
Find the switch on the wall near the open door. Activate it to turn on the lights and return the room to its normal state. Go through the door, which was back in place, try to go down the hall, but it is constantly changing. Turn around to the door, through which you came here, and click the switch to the left of it. Now quietly go to the end of the corridor, open the door and enter the elevator. Push the grille, turn the lever to the left, and then go down the elevator.
Downstairs, open the chest to the right and read the note. Go through several doors until you find yourself in the bathroom. Look at the doll in the bathroom and find a note on the mouse. Examine it. Exit the bathroom and look to the left. You see a few things which block the way. Go to a wooden pallet and move it down. Follow the corridor, open the door and find yourself in another a long corridor.
There are several doors on the right and left side. The doors are closed on the right, but in the upper part there are bolts. Open the door to the third in a row to the right, push back the bolt. Turn on the light, enter the room and move the drawer in the cabinet on the right. Take one more picture.
Exit and go through the door on the right, at the end of the corridor. You will find yourself in a room with four doors. Three new doors will not give you anything. Open the one through which you came here. Run down the long corridor with candles, open the door at the end and go down to the basement. Go ahead to the piano, start play. All items will be flying around the room. Walk around the room until everything finally falls. Look around and see a cabinet with light box. Look inside and find a bone. Examine it and take away. Get out of the basement, open the door and see the easel. Click on it to start a new chapter.
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Linked by Thom Holwerda on Thu 21st Oct 2010 09:13 UTC
After the news that the new MacBook Airs do not ship with Flash pre-installed (which is news considering Flash has been part of Mac OS X for a very long time), we now have news that Apple is also taking what appears to be the first steps towards removing Apple's own Java runtime from Mac OS X.
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RE[2]: Thank You
by Clinton on Mon 25th Oct 2010 05:57 UTC in reply to "RE: Thank You"
You probably don't know how valuable it is in the enterprise. It is powering many crucial applications where availability and performance is crucial. Of course, for simple webapps it is not best option anymore. True. But banking systems, medical data systems etc. benefit from Java.
I think that isn't so much because Java is great, but more because those industries simply won't switch from Java to something easier to work with because they are slow moving industries. I've worked at a couple of banks, and some apps are still written in COBOL, but that doesn't make COBOL a great language.
Performance and high quality software is possible in Java; but you need to know what you are doing. It is very easy to write crappy code that is very inefficient.
That's the problem with Java, I think. It is far too wordy and complicated, so developers (especially those new to Java) end up writing crappy code.
And the development of other languages on the JVM (Scala/Groovy/JRuby) is also very valuable.
I won't comment on Scala or Groovy, since I've never used them, but languages like JRuby and Jython exist due to ePenis envy on the part of Java developers since developing in languages like Python and Ruby is much more rewarding than developing in Java.