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Santoya Financial Company, LLC, a Phoenix, Arizona-based mortgage loan modification company, and its owners Thomas Montoya and Robert Sanchez have been sued for engaging in deceptive practices.
The lawsuit alleges that since March of 2009, Santoya Financial falsely advertised its services as being endorsed and approved by the federal U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD). According to court documents, Santoya offered its loan modification services for an upfront fee of $1,199 plus the equivalent of one month's mortgage payment. The company claimed that because its program was backed by the federal government these fees were refundable if the loan modification could not be completed. Santoya also allegedly represented that it would provide HUD-approved counseling to consumers as part of its loan modification services, when neither Santoya nor its associate organization, Partners in Charity, were approved by HUD to provide foreclosure avoidance counseling.
The lawsuit also alleges that Santoya falsely told consumers that fees paid for its loan modification services would go to Partners in Charity, a charitable organization. The lawsuit further alleges that Santoya failed to disclose to consumers that any actual negotiations on consumers' behalf would be performed by independent entities for which Santoya had no responsibility.
The lawsuit alleges that Santoya's actions violated the Arizona Consumer Fraud Act and the Arizona Credit Services Act, by:
â"" Falsely representing the company as being endorsed by HUD.
â"" Falsely representing that it and an allied company, Partners in Charity, were approved by HUD to provided foreclosure avoidance counseling to consumers.
â"" Failing to disclose the limited nature of its services, which was simply collecting and forwarding clients' information to independent entities for whom Santoya had no responsibility and who had not complied with Arizona law regulating loan modifications in this state.
â"" Failing to provide consumers with information statements and contracts required by law.
â"" Charging clients upfront fees without having obtained a surety bond.
In the lawsuit, Arizona Attorney General Terry Goddard requests that the court order Santoya, Montoya and Sanchez to:
â"" Refrain from violating the Arizona Consumer Fraud Act and the Arizona Credit Services Act.
â"" Pay full restitution to all homeowners.
â"" Pay the State of Arizona a civil penalty of up to $10,000 for each violation of the Consumer Fraud Act.
â"" Reimburse the Attorney General's Office for its cost of investigation and legal action in this matter.
Attorney General Terry Goddard filed the lawsuit and recommends that homeowners who are in or facing foreclosure seek assistance promptly from their mortgage lender or servicer or a government-approved housing counselor. Federal, state and local governments offer numerous free resources for distressed homeowners, including the Arizona Foreclosure Help-Line at 1.877.448.1211. For a list of HUD-approved housing counselors, please refer to HUD's website at http://www.hud.gov. This lawsuit is the latest action in Arizona Attorney General's crackdown on mortgage loan modification businesses that engage in fraudulent advertising and other deceptive practices.
Additional tips and resources, including the Foreclosure Information Workbook created by the Arizona Foreclosure Prevention Task Force, are available on the Attorney General's Web site, www.azag.gov. This workbook not only describes the tactics used by deceptive firms but also provides helpful examples of common letters, forms and filings for attempting to modify a loan or otherwise avoid foreclosure.
For additional information, contact Anne Hilby at (602) 542-8019.


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The line have been featured on many media (tv, radio, magazines etc...) and is worn by celebrities and rockstars.
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Boycott Le Poisson Rouge in NYC For Horrible Customer Service
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After attending countless shows at Le Poisson Rouge in New York City, August 10, 2011 will be my last time at that venue until their current manager Brett Tabisel and his security staff are fired. It pains me to have to write this, but I refuse to stay quiet when I have a bad experience – and readers, I implore you to do the same. The world has gotten as bad as it has become because for too long, people have kept quiet about the injustices done to them. People are finally starting to speak up and change is in the air!
Super-producer Stuart Price is in a band called Zoot Woman and when it was announced they'd be doing a show at New York's Le Poisson Rouge, I decided to go and check them out. Everything you read about Zoot Woman on the net, from Le Poisson Rouge's website (of which I have screen shots) to Wikipedia mentions Stuart Price being in the band. Perhaps the crowd was a little smarter than I and on the night of August 10, 2011 – Le Poisson Rouge was the most empty I've ever seen. When Zoot Woman took the stage, Stuart Price was nowhere to be seen.
After waiting through a few songs, I saw no sign of Stuart and my friend and I decided to go ask for our money back. We asked to speak to the manager of Le Poisson Rouge – Brett Tabisel. A gaggle of security guards who were just standing around kept telling us that the manager was too busy to speak with us and that we'd have to tell them our issue instead. We tried explaining about the misrepresentation to TWO different security guards but they had no clue what we were talking about and refused to do anything.
Well over 15 minutes later, Le Poisson Rouge's manager Brett Tabisel emerged and for the 3rd time we explained the story. I simply said, I am a frequent customer and I want a refund. He told me there is no mention of Stuart Price on the website, which is not true (see the link above)! I then advised that I will be more than happy to write about this negative experience and name him in the story. He rolled his eyes with the "yeah right" look. Brett Tabisel told us he needed to check on something and scurried away. The security guards advised us Brett would not be coming back and we should go back inside and enjoy the show or leave! The irony is that the tickets for the concert were only $15. It's not like we were asking for our time back that we obviously wasted at a misrepesented event. No apology was offered either by any member of the staff!
That's how Le Poisson Rouge treats frequent customers? HOW DARE THEY?!
Nearly shaking, I asked the security guards for their names and at this point they asked me to leave the venue! I was writing something down on a piece of paper and the guard forcefully grabbed the pen and paper out of my hand. I thought I was about to be assulted and I am sure if I would have stayed for another 30 seconds I would have been. Just for asking for my money back?! WHAT!?!?!?
Readers, I am asking you to boycott Le Poisson Rouge until Brett Tabisel and his security team are fired. They will not get away with this. First of all, would you feel safe at a venue when the security guards want to kick you out for rightfully complaining?
I encourage you to contact Le Poisson Rouge on Twitter or Brett Tabisel's personal Twitter account and let them know that this behavior will NOT BE TOLERATED.
I absolutely plan on telling as many bands as I can about this experience so their management will book them at one of the many other venues in New York who treats their patrons right. As this website has a huge international following, the $15 dollars each that my friend and I will not be getting back will be more than accounted for in Google when people look for reviews of the venue.
Please spread the word.
You can see what Brett Tabisel looks like after the jump so you can steer clear of this guy when you are out and about.
UPDATE: I received an email from the venue, not with an apology, but instead with a note saying I should do my homework before attending shows. What is the big deal with saying "I'm sorry" or "Sorry you've had a bad experience." Really unbelievable.


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I know you love FlavourSpot—so do I. But Gaufre Gourmet, a little waffle cart on the graveled edge of Chinatown, is a whole other sweet and savory beast. Chefs Charlene Wesler and Michael Susak specialize in Belgian Liège waffles, which eschew batter for a yeasted brioche-style dough and pack every bite with crunchy bits of pearl sugar. Yeah, different. And positively wonderful: The sugar-ball-studded dough lends the waffles a chewy, caramelized texture that forms an excellent base for everything from bittersweet mocha chocolate sauce to goat cheese with honey-roasted pistachios ($5.75-$6). And Gaufre's maple-bacon waffle ($4.50) is just plain ridiculous, like a Voodoo Doughnut creation with exponentially more crunchy edges.
- BEST BITE: Try the savory specials: a meatball sub waffle ($6.50) translated to a gut buster of spicy marinara and giant savory balls, luxuriating on a bed of cheesy bread griddled in the waffle iron.
- CHEAPEST BITE: The plain Liège with powdered sugar ($2.50) is sweet perfection.
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Romanian princess pleads not guilty in Oregon cockfighting case, released until trial
PORTLAND, Ore. – Princess Irina Walker, daughter of the last king of Romania, has pleaded not guilty to operating a cockfighting business with her husband at their Oregon ranch.
She entered the plea at a hearing on Friday.
Government prosecutors warned that Walker is a flight risk because she was born in Switzerland and could be granted asylum in that country.
Judge John V. Acosta ordered her to surrender her passport and told her not to leave her home county, except to go to nearby Hermiston for groceries and doctor appointments.
A total of 18 people have been charged in the case.
Walker's daughter, Angelica Kreuger, says her mother loves animals and would never watch a chicken die in a fight.


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Natural gas is transported from producing wells through large underground pipelines called transmission lines. The gas then travels to cities and towns through main lines. From the main lines, natural gas is carried to your home or business through service lines, which stop at the gas meter.
NIPSCO owns and maintains that pipeline to the meter; however the property owner owns the house lines, including any that extend beyond the meter to the appliances inside the home or business, or to other locations on the property.
We conduct routine inspections of all piping up to the meter, repairing and replacing lines and meters as necessary. It's the responsibility of the property owner, however, to initiate any inspection and necessary repair or replacement of customer piping through a qualified professional, such as a licensed heating/cooling contractor or plumber.
If buried piping isn't maintained, it might become subject to corrosion and leakage over time. For your safety, we inspect gas lines for leakage on a regular basis. If the line is metallic, we also inspect it for corrosion. Our routine inspection covers all gas piping up to and including the meter.
In some circumstances, we are also required to test house lines and inspect gas appliances. If our inspection detects a problem in any portion of your house lines or any of your appliances, we might have to "red tag" the appliance and interrupt your service until you've had it repaired.
Only a qualified heating/cooling contractor or plumber should perform any inspection, installation, repair or replacement of house lines or appliances.


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Remember when Chris Harris drag-raced a Porsche 911 GT2 against a Ducati 1199 Panigale? Rewatch that (spoiler: the Duc blew away the Porsche to 130 mph). But can the Porsche regain ground by 200 mph? Watch and find out.
This week on Chris Harris on Cars, Chris pilots the GT2 against the same Ducati at Bruntingthorpe Airfield and Proving Ground in Leicestershire, UK (yes, there is a Leicestershire sauce). Will the bike sustain its gargantuan lead all the way to the 200 mph mark? Perhaps.
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Pandanales, diverse order of the monocotyledon (monocot) group, whose 1,345 species range from large arborescent plants of rainforests and coastal areas in the tropics to twining herbs and lianas, as well as minute, saprophytic herbs of the forest floor. The order is made up of five families: Pandanaceae (screw pine family), Cyclanthaceae (Panama hat plant family), Triuridaceae, Stemonaceae, and Velloziaceae.
The four genera of the family Pandanaceae—Pandanus (screw pine), Freycinetia, Sararanga, and Martellidendron—are distributed in coastal or marshy areas in the tropics and subtropics of the Old World (Paleotropics). They are abundant in the Malay Archipelago, Melanesia, and Madagascar and have a few species in Hawaii, New Zealand, southern China, and Japan.
Fibre from the leaves and roots of the screw pine is used for mats, baskets, cording, and fishing nets. A few species (P. leram, P. andamanensium, and P. utilis) have edible starchy fruits. Leaves of the most common species, P. odoratissimus, are used to make an Indian perfume and flavouring (kewra attar) popular in Southeast Asia. Several are ornamentals, including P. veitchii, which is appreciated for its dark green glossy leaves with silvery white borders, and Freycinetia banksii, which is trained to grow around peat-covered pillars in New Zealand.
In Pandanaceae the spiral ranks of leaf bases that are pressed closely together are distinctive. The leaves are alternate and arranged in three rows, except in Sararanga, where they are arranged in four. The leaf sheath is not well differentiated except in Freycinetia, and petioles are absent. The simple leaf blades are very long and narrow and usually leathery and rigid, with fibrous spines along the margins and midrib. Silica has not been observed in the family, but calcium oxalate is abundant as raphides and other crystalloid forms. Cyanogenic compounds are reported in some species of screw pine.
Pandanus, Martellidendron, and Sararanga are dioecious. Freycinetia was long thought to be dioecious, but bisexual inflorescences have been discovered in F. reineckei in Samoa.
Pandanus, a genus of about 700 species, occupies many habitats. Its species occur along seashores and lagoons, in mangrove fringes and lowland swamps, along rivers, in mountain forests, and in shady forests, where they may be understory shrubs. They represent a diversity of growth forms. Many are trees, reaching up to 20 metres (about 65 feet) with leaves 5 metres (16 feet) or longer. Most species have large stilt roots that support the trunk. The stem terminates in several equal branches, each of which ends in a dense crown of leaves. Coastal species often have spreading branches supported by lateral roots. Such branches may separate and form new individuals in a kind of vegetative reproduction.
The genus is thought to be pollinated by the wind; however, white to pink spathes enclose the inflorescences, and an odour is known to be emitted from some inflorescences (such as P. odoratissimus), and so insects or animals probably pollinate the flowers to some degree. Animals and sea currents disperse the yellow, pink, or red drupes.
Freycinetia is found from Sri Lanka through Southeast Asia to northern Australia, Polynesia, and New Zealand. The woody plants climb by means of flattened, often long and wiry roots. Their leaves, which are less than 2 metres (6.5 feet) long, are linear, obovate (the widest axis above the middle), or ovate (the widest axis below the middle) in shape. They have membranous earlike appendages near the base and spiny margins, at least near the tip.
The inflorescence in Freycinetia is a terminal spadix, usually borne in groups of three but rarely solitary. The spadix bears several bracts; the lower ones are leaflike, and the next higher are variously coloured (orange, pink, salmon, red, yellow, lavender). The uppermost are often fleshy and edible, containing hexose (sugar). Female spadices bear single or united carpels, and the males bear densely crowded stamens, each with a minute filament, a globose, linear, or oblong anther, and a blunt tip. No perianth is evident at maturity in either male or female flowers. The stamens and pistils are so closely crowded that definition of single flowers is very difficult.
Pollination of Freycinetia by birds and bats has been reported in Indonesia, Samoa, Hawaii, and New Zealand. Bats and birds are attracted by the edible bracts and by the pollen that is borne in a waxy matrix of edible oils.
The genus Sararanga has only two species: S. sinuosa, native to New Guinea, the Solomon Islands, and the Admiralty Islands, and S. philippinensis, native to the Philippines. The plants grow inland in mountain forests and on woody slopes near the sea. Both species are trees with long, narrow leaves. The inflorescences are pendant and borne in panicles, and the flowers have a cupule apparently representing a perianth. The greenish white inflorescences are assumed to be wind-pollinated.
Martellidendron contains seven known species—six native to Madagascar and one endemic to the Seychelles islands in the mid-Indian Ocean. The genus was formerly included in the more widespread Pandanus, but molecular studies have shown it to be distinct from that genus and morphologically separable as well.
The family Cyclanthaceae, with 12 genera and 225 species, is restricted to the New World tropics (Neotropics), extending from southern Mexico through Central America, the West Indies, and central Bolivia and southeastern Brazil in South America. Most of the family is centred in Colombia, where two endemic genera are found.
The family includes herbaceous or slightly arborescent plants and a few lianas. Because their leaves are plicate (fanlike), the Cyclanthaceae are often considered to be related to palms, but there are developmental differences in the leaves of the two families, and the similarities are due to convergent or parallel evolution.
In the Cyclanthaceae the arrangement of leaves is spiral or rarely distichous. Petioles are universally present and may be long (as in Carludovica palmata, the Panama hat plant) or short. The blade is always plicate and varies from entire and small (Ludovia and Pseudoludovia) to bifid or palmately split (Panama hat plant). There are usually one to three major ribs (costae), but the genus Cyclanthus has strongly bifid leaves in which the central costa divides near the base, each branch running to the tip of its segment.
The young leaves of Carludovica palmata have long been used for making Panama hats. Ecuador, where the species is widely cultivated for the fibres known as "toquilla straw," exports more than a million of these hats each year. Older leaf fibres are used to make mats and baskets. Other uses include the making of brooms in Guyana from leaves of C. sarmentosa and thatching in Peru using the leaves of C. angustifolia.
The inflorescence of the Cyclanthaceae varies in shape from more or less spherical to long-cylindrical and bears two to four or eight spathes that differ in size and may be red, white, yellow, or green in colour. The plants are monoecious, each bearing both male and female flowers. In all but one genus (Cyclanthus), the flowers are borne in sessile groups of a female flower surrounded by four males. The groups are closely appressed in a spiral from the base to the apex of the spadix.
The spadix of Cyclanthus is unusual both in the family and in monocotyledons as a whole. Male flowers, consisting of single stamens, are in four rows in a cycle around the spadix. The female flowers consist of ovaries, which are fused into female cycles, alternating with the male cycles and separated from them by thin wings, which are thought to represent perianth members.
Many of the species of Cyclanthaceae grow on riverbanks and a few in mangrove communities along coasts. A strong scent produced by the flowers attracts weevils, which appear to be the pollinators. Heat is also produced by the inflorescences, and the coloured spathes probably serve as attractants. Dispersal of seeds is largely by ants, which visit the fruiting inflorescences. Seeds of the riverside species are probably dispersed by water, although birds, mammals, and other animals may also be involved.
The American botanist Arthur Cronquist suggested in the early 1980s that Triuridaceae may eventually become established as a separate subclass, but DNA analysis at the close of the 20th century recognized members of this family as being closely related to the Pandanaceae and Cyclanthaceae families, although they are distinctive in many physical ways.
The family Triuridaceae differs from the other members of order Pandanales in being small, achlorophyllous, saprophytic herbs with reduced scalelike leaves and rather small flowers. Members of this family are found in tropical areas around the world and include eight genera and about 48 species.
The leaves of Triuridaceae are small and scalelike with a triangular to ovate shape. There are usually few leaves on the stem, and these probably are unimportant to the plant. They generally have unisexual flowers with 3 to 10 somewhat basally fused perianth parts in one or two series. There are typically three or six stamens fused to the perianth. Many separate or basally united carpels develop over a flat to globose receptacle.
Little is known about the pollination of Triuridaceae, although it is probably accomplished by some insect vector since the flowers have attractive structures and emit a fragrance.
Triuridaceae have developed a symbiotic relationship with mycorrhizal fungi and live on the forest floor of tropical rainforests. The fungal mycelium (body) penetrates the root hairs and other epidermal cells of the plant. The fungi absorb organic matter and nutrients from the substrate and enzymatically convert them into substances that the vascular plant can use.
The family Stemonaceae, with four genera and 27 species, consists of herbs and vines in both tropical and temperate zones. The Stemonaceae are herbs, vines, or shrublets with rhizomes or tubers and petiolate leaves with entire blades. The flowers are usually bisexual and dimerous or tetramerous with four tepals, four stamens, and two carpels. Although formerly associated with the yam family, Dioscoreaceae (order Dioscoreales), they now are considered to be allied to the Cyclanthaceae and Pandanaceae families.
The predominantly woody shrubs of the family Velloziaceae (nine genera and 240 species) are found primarily in the drier parts of South America (with an outlier in Africa).
Velloziaceae can be herbs, but the most conspicuous members are woody shrubs, often with dichotomous branching. The leaves are linear with parallel venation and sometimes possess spiny margins. The flowers are typically trimerous and sometimes possess "coronal appendages" on the tepals. Formerly the Velloziaceae was associated with the Neotropical Bromeliaceae (order Bromeliales). The highest diversity of this family occurs in rocky outcrops of interior mountain ranges in southeastern Brazil.
Learn More in these related Britannica articles:
Monocotyledon, one of the two great groups of flowering plants, or angiosperms, the other being the eudicotyledons (eudicots). There are approximately 60,000 species of monocots, including the most economically important of all plant families, Poaceae (true grasses), and the largest of all plant families, Orchidaceae (orchids). Other prominent…
spice and herb
Spice and herb, parts of various plants cultivated for their aromatic, pungent, or otherwise desirable substances. Spices and herbs consist of rhizomes, bulbs, barks, flower buds, stigmas, fruits, seeds, and leaves. They are commonly divided into the categories of spices, spice seeds, and herbs.…
Liana, any long-stemmed, woody vine that is rooted in the soil and climbs or twines around other plants. They are a conspicuous component of tropical forest ecosystems and represent one of the most important structural differences between tropical and temperate forests. Flattened or twisted lianas often become…
Cyclanthaceae, the Panama hat palm order of monocotyledonous flowering plants, which has 11 genera of mostly stemless, perennial, palmlike herbs, woody herbaceous shrubs, and climbing vines that are distributed in Central America and tropical South America. The plants are characterized by parallel-veined, sometimes fan-shaped, often…
Pandanus, (genus Pandanus), any of some 600 tropical species of Old World trees and shrubs of the screw pine family (Pandanaceae). Pandanus species typically have slender palmlike stems and produce from their trunks and stems aerial prop roots that are often huge; those, together with their…


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Thursday, April 26, 2012
Praise for a late friend
I've been lucky in my 31 years in that I haven't been confronted with death all too often, certainly none of a friend or very close family member. That changed this week when a friend of mine passed away. We weren't particularly close, but close enough that it bears mention here at 2.0.
Richard Hamilton passed away Wednesday April 18 from a heart attack at St. Peter's Hospital in Albany, NY. He was 76.
Just a few months ago he had sent an email out to friends that he was moving to a new address—16 Glen St. in Ballson Spa. When I moved up here in 2007, I lived in an apartment on 18 Glen St. We could've been neighbors.
I met Dick while researching and writing Six Weeks in Saratoga. I pieced together several articles for my John Morrissey chapter when Victoria Garlanda of the Saratoga Room at the Saratoga Springs Public Library told me a volunteer who may be of assistance should I need a reader. She told me when he volunteered so I came by looking for him and saw him eyebrow-deep in pile of papers before him, his downcast eyes sponging all that information.
A hobby of his, if you can call it a hobby, was scanning through the Saratogian for errors, circling them, then sending them in anonymously to the news or sports editor. He was quick to tell me he found the errors all too often.
He told me he was a former steward for NYRA and what better person—an industry insider—to read your book for content and overall accuracy with regards to racing? He was eager to help.
"As a steward, Dick was very professional and very thorough," said Carmine Donofrio, the New York State Racing and Wagering Board steward who worked with Hamilton at Aqueduct Racetrack, Belmont Park and Saratoga Race Course. "He was a very intelligent man, very funny, and a great guy. He really loved horse racing."
My wife would drop of chapters of Six Weeks for him, a pile of pages as heavy as a watermelon, and he'd devour them in a week. His notes were wonderfully insightful and when I had said that Secretariat won the Belmont by 39 ½ lengths, he kindly wrote, "I think it was 31 lengths, but I might be wrong." Of course he wasn't wrong.
He made corrections, suggestions, always saying, "Now, now, you don't have to change anything. You can throw them out if you want!" I used every. One. Of. His. Suggestions. They were that good and made the book better than it was before he had his hands on it.
Dick made sure I wouldn't pay him a dime for any of his work. I rode my bicycle to his old house off Gick Road and sat by him in his living room back in the fall of 2009. I pulled out an envelope and he threw up his hands as if I were handing him a bomb.
"No, no, I'm doing it for free!" he exclaimed.
"I know," I said. "I wish I could pay you, but this is the next best thing." It was a thank you note for his hard and timely work.
Wherever he is, I hope he's got a nice pair of binoculars so he can watch some of the greats long gone. He's in good company, and, likewise, so are they.
Brendan O'Meara can be followed on Twitter right here.
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Astronauts and health club members may seem to have little in common, but these days, some health club members are turning to a technology used in the Russian space program to help them in their fitness pursuit.
Russian astronauts used whole body vibration (WBV) to avoid a loss of muscle strength and body mass during prolonged stays in space. Today, a growing number of manufacturers offer this technology in the United States to professional and university athletic teams as a way to build strength and reduce the recovery time from injuries. More recently, manufacturers have begun offering the equipment to the general public through fitness facilities and home equipment sales. But the growing use isn't without controversy.
In general, proponents of WBV say it uses high-frequency vibration to increase the number of muscle fibers, improve flexibility by releasing connective tissue, increase circulation due to the muscle pumping action and provide a hormonal kick. WBV machines offer a vibrating platform on which users can sit, stand or perform exercises for a warm-up, neuromuscular core work, strength training or an active cool-down.
The frequency of the vibration can range from 3 Hertz to 50 Hertz depending on the model and manufacturer. The WBV technology varies from one manufacturer to the next. One vendor's machine evenly disburses vibration through air suspension. Another vendor's machine uses plates that go up and down to activate muscle contractions between 25 and 50 times per second. Still another vendor's machine features a teetering mechanism that seesaws from left to right so that users' hips pivot from side to side.
Effects of Vibration
The technology sounds simple enough, but research studies have been evenly split on the effectiveness of WBV, says Wayne Wescott, fitness director for South Shore YMCA in Quincy, MA. Some researchers have been critical of the effects of high-amplitude vibration on the body, but other research has shown benefits from the use of WBV.
The lack of consensus on the effectiveness and safety of this technology may come from the relative newness of the technology and the research about it. Along with other researchers, Bill Amonette, an exercise physiologist who studied WBV at Johnson Space Center and who is a lecturer at the University of Houston-Clear Lake, discovered that the use of a vibration platform while performing squats makes muscles work more. However, he urges caution about some of the claims about the technology. It will take several years to figure out how best to use WBV, he says. Researchers are still looking for answers regarding the safe dosage of vibration over a given time.
"The research on vibration training is at the same state as resistance training was back in the 1960s," Amonette says. "We know that it works, but we don't know the parameters that we're looking for before it becomes a dangerous device. It takes time for the literature to evolve."
William Kramer, professor of kinesiology at the University of Connecticut, agrees, saying that more studies have been published in the last five years, but researchers still need to fill in the gaps.
"There is a lot of research that hasn't been done yet to understand all the prescriptions," says Kramer, who is planning to study the effect of WBV on warming up the muscles and facilitating strength development. "We are still struggling with the paradigm of what works for different populations."
Despite the need for more research, Amonette says that anyone reviewing existing studies that show negative effects from exposure to vibration should be cautious in interpreting the studies. Some of the studies were based on research of a modality other than vibration platforms and instead actually show the detrimental effects of exposure to vibration while standing on a jackhammer or driving a vibrating truck.
"You don't know the frequency or magnitude of the vibration on a jackhammer, but a vibration platform is much more predictable," Amonette says.
Current research hasn't determined whether or not vibration is detrimental to joints, he says, and although he has never heard of anyone getting injured on a platform, some people are prone to injury and should use caution when using WBV. (See "Contraindications" sidebar on page 60.)
Embracing the Technology
Although researchers are still studying the effects of WBV on the human body, some fitness facilities are investing in the equipment and offering WBV as part of private and group personal training sessions. Powerhouse Gyms International, Detroit, uses WBV machines in a few of its corporate-owned facilities, says CEO Henry Dabish, and he has found that having one to two machines in a club offers members a good way to get a full-body warm-up prior to beginning an exercise program or group exercise class.
Dabish says he doesn't see any additional risk with the WBV platforms compared to other pieces of equipment within the clubs, and he views WBV as a way to maintain members' interest by having the latest pieces of equipment in Powerhouse facilities.
Town Sports International (TSI), New York, has tested the machines in four of its clubs for two years. Ed Trainor, vice president of fitness products and services for the company, says he is impressed with the scope of the technology.
"Athletes are embracing it, and from coast to coast, elderly people are using it where they were previously unable to be put on a training machine to improve their flexibility and strength," he says.
Andy Clay, owner of Blue Clay Fitness and Wellness in Beverly Hills, CA, has seen the effects of WBV on seniors first-hand. He says seniors who couldn't walk up and down stairs or get up off the floor are now mobile again after using the machines. Because members can exercise on the machines in a static position, even clients with a limited range of motion can benefit, Clay says.
"I haven't seen any other type of exercise that is more effective for older people," he says. "For us as a company, it has become a major focus. Clients across the board have gotten dramatic results from this kind of training."
Because proponents say that WBV speeds the recovery of damaged muscles and tendons, some college and pro sports teams' training centers also have invested in the machines. E.J. "Doc" Kreis, the head speed, strength and conditioning coach at the University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA), says WBV has been effective in treating athletes with injuries. UCLA bought two of the vibration machines after Kreis saw what the machines did to help some of the world's top athletes recover from Achilles tendon tears, he says.
Broad Market Reach
Athletes and seniors aren't the only ones turning to WBV. Time-pressed individuals, such as corporate executives, can also benefit from the technology, Clay says. His business offers six boot camps a week at a publishing company in Malibu, CA. The trainers also offer one-hour private training sessions twice a week to the executives.
"They love it," Clay says about the executives. "In 20 to 30 minutes, they can get whole body vibration [training] that would be like 60 to 90 minutes of standard resistance training."
Deconditioned exercisers can also benefit from this technology, says Tony Swain, fitness director at East Bank Club in Chicago. The machine often appeals to individuals who don't want to spend all day sweating it out at the gym because they can achieve a workout in a short amount of time, he says.
"Some people don't want to go into a club and ride a bike and lift weights," Swain says. "With these machines, they can get the benefits of resistance training in a shorter amount of time."
WBV, however, is not a magic pill and is only a complement, Trainor says, not a replacement to traditional resistance training.
Amonette agrees, saying that WBV is just another tool that trainers can use to help improve power, bone density and flexibility in their clients. Resistance training and WBV each affect the muscle in different ways, and vibration can augment weight training.
"We awaken our nervous system through vibration, and if we do an exercise afterwards, we're very powerful after that," says Amonette, who has been studying WBV for five years. "While it's used to enhance the metabolic response to resistance exercise, it's never going to replace it."
Feel the Vibration
Although experts caution against replacing aerobic and resistance exercise programs with WBV, fitness facilities are discovering ways to infuse the technology into their programming. They're also bringing in new revenue by charging an additional fee to their clients to use the equipment.
Swain plans to increase personal training revenues at East Bank Club by investing in four WBV machines, each of which take up about as much room as a chair, can be plugged into an outlet and use less power than a treadmill. The 35 personal trainers and 80 group exercise instructors at the four-story 450,000-square-foot East Bank Club will have the option to receive training on how to use the machines this month before Swain begins offering four-week classes and private sessions to the club's 10,000 members. To encourage the members to use the machines, Swain will strategically place them in high-traffic areas and later move them to a 700-square-foot personal training studio.
"Our ideal situation with the WBV is to be able to have as many members participate in a class who otherwise wouldn't lift on their own or would like a completely different type of workout, which may lead to more personal training sessions," Swain says. "As we have seen here, many members will always prefer to stay in the friendly atmosphere of a small, social class."
Although the prices have not been finalized, Swain tentatively plans to charge $25 per 25-minute class if members sign up for an eight-class session or $30 for a stand-alone class. Members will be able to purchase a certain number of minutes, and by using a key card, they can then operate the machine on their own. To make sure the members don't overuse the machines, they will only be able to purchase the plan in 10-minute increments.
"The ideal situation would be to recoup some of the cost of the machines," Swain says. "For us, it will be a creative program within the class setting that will generate more personal training revenue."
Clay charges his Blue Clay Fitness clients $200 for a one-hour WBV session, he says. He purchased eight WBV machines, paying about $10,000 for each, which is comparable to the cost of a high-end elliptical, he says.
At TSI, WBV training is offered as part of personal training packages. Trainor plans to charge members $1 per minute for key cards, which they can buy for a certain number of minutes.
Before allowing members to use the machines on their own, however, club owners should consider training them on how to use the WBV machines to get the maximum benefit and avoid pain or injury, Swain says. At East Bank Club, members will be offered two, 20-minute training sessions to familiarize them with the technology before they can buy minutes on the machine. TSI also allows members to only use the machines if they are supervised by personal trainers, Trainor says.
"It's too new to the industry to put in a club and turn the consumer on to it without having any guidance," he says.
It's also too new for the technology to be truly affordable, Trainor says, adding that WBV won't truly take off until the cost of the machines decrease. Right now, they cost about twice as much as anything he would buy for any of his clubs, Trainor says.
However, so many brands have hit the market that prices have already started to drop, Dabish says. The technology has been big in Europe for a long time, and if it becomes more affordable, Dabish predicts that WBV's popularity should increase in the U.S. market in the next 18 months.
More research about the technology will also increase WBV's use in the United States, Trainor says, noting that more research will help reticent club owners more readily accept WBV.
"We don't know enough about it yet," he says. "It took two years to get where it is today, and in the next two years, it will be so common that everyone will have tried it."
Trainor even admits a hesitancy to jump all the way into WBV, saying that TSI plans to continue to research WBV and watch how the technology evolves over time.
"We have gotten great value from [the machines]," Trainor says. "But even if we were the front-runners in testing it, we want to wait and see."
Research Roundup
Researchers worldwide are studying whole body vibration (WBV) with mixed results:
A July 2007 study from the University of Hong Kong found that WBV was effective in improving the balancing ability in 69 women over the age of 60 without habitual exercise.
The University of Sweden discovered that long-term WBV exercise positively affected the leg muscular performance of untrained people and senior women, but no clear evidence existed for the effect of short-term WBV on muscular performance.
A Belgium university compared the effect of 24 weeks of WBV training on the body composition and muscle strength of 48 untrained females. The study found that the training did not reduce weight, total body fat or subcutaneous fat in the women. However, it led to a gain in strength comparable to following a standard cardio and resistance training program.
German researchers found that WBV may be an effective and time-efficient tool to enhance glycemic control in Type 2 diabetes patients.
Source: PubMed
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- DKN, www.dkn.com
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Users should check with their doctor before training on whole body vibration (WBV) machines. Because of the high-speed contraction of the muscles, WBV shouldn't be used by people with tremors, muscle twitches or neuromuscular diseases, says Wayne Wescott, fitness director for South Shore YMCA in Quincy, MA. Here are other risk factors:
- Pregnancy
- Pacemakers
- Spinal issues — fractures, osteoarthritis, tumors or osteoporosis
- Bone spurs
- Open cuts or postoperative wounds
- Acute migraine
- Acute rheumatoid arthritis
- Acute back or disk-related problems
- Hip or knee implants


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Apr 30,2009
First probable swine flu case reported in Oregon
by Bend Weekly News Sources
Pandemic Flu Alert Level Raised to Phase 5; World Health Organization Director-General says: "Certain Actions Should now be Undertaken with Increased Urgency, and at an Accelerated Pace"
Oregon's first probable case of swine flu was identified late Wednesday following testing by the Oregon State Public Health Laboratory.
"The probable case was in a Multnomah County adult female who consulted her physician after experiencing flu-like symptoms," according to Dr. Mel Kohn, head of the Oregon Public Health Department. The woman, who was not hospitalized and is recovering normally, had contact with someone who had recently traveled to Mexico and been exposed to the swine flu there, he said.
The specimen from this case was sent to U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) for further characterization, with final results of testing expected in several days.
"It is very likely that this test will be confirmed by the final step of laboratory testing," Kohn said. "So we are not waiting -- we are treating this as a case of swine flu."
This case is identified as probable, rather than confirmed, because the final step of testing has not yet been performed. However, she did test positive with non-typeable Influenza A. Results from the tests done so far by the CDC indicate that more than 95 percent of cases with this test result will ultimately test positive for the swine flu once the final step of testing is finished.
Portland metro area health departments are investigating the situation to identify who may have been exposed to this case, and to slow further transmission.
"Our first priorities are to provide information to people to help them protect themselves and to slow the spread of this new strain of flu virus," said Dr. Gary Oxman, health officer for Multnomah, Clackamas and Washington counties.
State and local health departments continue to operate at high alert. The state public health lab continues to receive new cultures from health care providers. So far the other cases have tested negative for flu, but Dr. Kohn said it is likely that there will be additional cases in the future.
"We have expected to see a case in Oregon and the public health system is responding well," Dr. Kohn said. "Oregon's state and local public health officials are working together and with federal officials to slow spread of the disease and to continue to protect the public.
"I know Oregonians are concerned and want to know what they can do to protect themselves and their families," said Dr. Kohn. "This doesn't change our advice -- wash your hands, cover your cough and if you are sick stay home."
He said these are actions people can take to prevent the spread of the flu:
* Wash your hands often with soap and water, especially after you cough or sneeze. Alcohol-based hand cleaners also are effective.
* Cover your coughs and sneezes with a tissue or your sleeve, not with your hand;
* Stay home if you are sick;
* Try to avoid contact with people who are ill; and
* Practice other good health habits such as eating a balanced diet, exercising regularly, getting sufficient rest and not smoking.
Although not mentioned in the OHDS news release regarding the first probable Oregon swine flu case, information regarding pandemic flu may be found on the U.S. government's web site, pandemicflu.gov. According to the site's report "Interim Public Health Guidance for the Use of Facemasks and Respirators in Non-Occupational Community Settings during an Influenza Pandemic", facemasks and respirators should be used in combination with other preventive measures, such as hand hygiene and social distancing, to help reduce the risk for influenza infection during a pandemic.
Pandemicflu.gov also says, however, that the swine flu outbreak is not yet classified as a pandemic, which they describe as a virulent human flu that causes a global outbreak, or pandemic, of serious illness. Because there is little natural immunity, the disease can spread easily from person to person. "Currently, there is no pandemic flu," the web site stated, but the influenza pandemic alert status was raised to phase 5 on Wednesday.
The World Health Organization (WHO) so far in the progression of the virus, says they are coordinating the global response to human cases of swine influenza A (H1N1) and monitoring the corresponding threat of an influenza pandemic.
WHO Director-General, Dr Margaret Chan, after raising the influenza pandemic alert from phase 4 to phase 5 on April 29, said "This change to a higher phase of alert is a signal to governments, to ministries of health and other ministries, to the pharmaceutical industry and the business community that certain actions should now be undertaken with increased urgency, and at an accelerated pace." Chan further mused, " The biggest question, right now, is this: how severe will the pandemic be, especially now at the start?"
A quick internet search reveals advertisements for and sales of N95 respirator masks are increasing rapidly. Many web sites such as EmergencyMasks.com report heightened sales activity of the NIOSH-certified masks, but advise consumers that surgical masks being sold elsewhere are not likely to provide the same level of protection as the N95 and higher-rated masks. "Surgical facemasks do not form a tight seal on the wearer's face and are not designed to filter out small particles that can be inhaled and that may have a role in influenza transmission. NIOSH-certified N95 and higher filtering facepieces are made of dense material that is certified to filter out very small particles that can be inhaled, and will also block both small splashes and large droplets," their web site stated, quoting information provided on PandemicFlu.gov.
Key facts from PandemicFlu.gov:
· If used correctly, facemasks and respirators may help to prevent some exposures while in a crowded setting.
· When individuals are ill with respiratory symptoms (e.g., coughing, sneezing) during an influenza pandemic, they should stay at home except when it is critically necessary to leave (e.g., to obtain medical care). Individuals with a respiratory illness should wear a facemask to contain respiratory secretions (e.g., to cover coughs and sneezes) if they are in the presence of others.
· Since a facemask worn by a coughing person may reduce the amount of potentially infectious material released into the surrounding area, one strategy for reducing the spread of influenza would be to encourage everyone to wear a facemask while they are together if a group gathering is unavoidable. This might reduce the overall risk to the group by increasing the likelihood that all unanticipated coughs and sneezes would be covered and that respiratory secretions would not be widely spread while people are speaking or breathing.
· If a gathering is unavoidable, individuals may consider wearing a facemask or respirator to help prevent exposure to respiratory secretions from symptomatic individuals.
· NIOSH-certified N95 and higher filtering facepieces are made of dense material that is certified to filter out very small particles that can be inhaled. To be most effective, these types of respirators should form a tight seal against the wearer's face. They also will block both small splashes and large droplets.
· Both facemasks and respirators may be beneficial in discouraging wearers from inadvertently touching their nose or mouth with unwashed hands, which could help prevent virus transmission and infection.
· If there is the expectation of close contact with a symptomatic individual, every effort should be made to limit the duration of exposure to the ill individual(s) to as short a period as possible. In such situations, proper use of a well-fitted N95 or higher respirator may be a reasonable choice.
· Planning assumptions project that there will likely be shortages of respirators during a sustained pandemic. For example, quantities of N95 or higher respirators may have to be prioritized for use by certain healthcare workers whose occupational activities place them at increased risk for infection.


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Technically the office was open today, but I really needed a snow day. Justifiable since I couldn't actually get out of my apartment until someone came by to shovel the snow from my blocked doorway.
Anyway in between cleaning out the pantry and reading some Chelsea Handler, I thought this scene (me in my PJs on the couch with the ipad) would be a whole lot more sophisticated if it included a nice hot beverage.
The unopened bottle of kahlua I found at the back of the pantry was a bonus. When choosing your boozing for your vegan hot toddy, you can always check out barnivore for the latest in what's vegan and what's not.
Vegan mocha with Soyatoo
1 cup vanilla soy milk
2 TBS Dutch cocoa
1 cup brewed coffee
2 TBS Kahlua
Vegan whip cream
In a medium saucepan, mix cocoa with soymilk and heat, but do not boil. Add a generous splash of kahlua to a large coffee mug, add brewed coffee halfway, fill to within 1/2 inch with hot cocoa, then top with whip cream. Yum.


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You've got free time to kill, and you want to spend these rare moments with a TV show. But you have a ton of options on a handful of streaming platforms. In an era when keeping up with contemporary TV is beginning to feel more and more like homework, it's about time there was a cheat sheet.
HuffPost's Streamline is a go-to source for what to watch online right now. It includes recommendations for scripted TV shows, both live-action and animated, chosen by writers who watch dozens of series and have an eye on what other critics are ecstatic about this minute.
The weekly list values newness to promote shows that might not be on your radar yet. On the navigation bar above, you can choose specific recommendations for series streaming on Netflix, Hulu and Amazon. The main list below also includes shows that you can stream online with a cable package (such as programs on HBO, Showtime and FX Networks).
The idea: Come to Streamline before you accidentally waste your time with a bad show. Wait a minute to save a minute.
For the weekend of March 3, "Atlanta" tops the list for the first time. The show just returned for a second season after a long hiatus as Donald Glover became a movie star. The show is incredibly good and is the best show of 2018 so far. You can watch it at the FX website.
New To The List This Week
"The Looming Tower," which premiered Feb. 28 on Hulu, joins at No. 8. This is Hulu's most anticipated show since "The Handmaid's Tale" but early critic reviews have been shaky. Read more about it at theHulu Streamline.
"Unsolved: The Murders of Tupac and the Notorious B.I.G." premiered on Feb. 27 and joins at No. 10. It's a solid, if not always great, look at the murders of the two famous stars.
Other Notable New Shows This Week
"Borderliner" on Netflix. This crime thriller is a Norwegian import. It's pretty gruesome, but the backdrop of Norwegian woods is beautiful, so that kind of balances it out a bit. Maybe. Read more about it at theNetflix Streamline.
Recent Shows From The Last Month That Are Also Decent
"Absentia" from Amazon. Season 1. Read more at the Amazon Streamline.
"A.P. Bio" from NBC, also on Hulu. Season 1. You can read more about that show at the Hulu Streamline.
"Baskets" from FX. Season 3.
"Britannia" from Amazon. Season 1. Read more about that show at the Amazon Streamline.
"Divorce" from HBO. Season 2.
"Everything Sucks!" from Netflix. Season 1. Read more about that show at the Netflix Streamline.
"Good Girls" from NBC. Season 1. Read more about that show at theHulu Streamline.
"Homeland" from Showtime. Season 7.
"The Tick" from Amazon. Season 1, Part 2. You can read more about that show at theAmazon Streamline.
"Waco" from the Paramount Network. Mini-series.
Assorted Streaming News
Apple hashired M. Night Shyamalanfor a new thriller series. Shyamalan will executive produce the forthcoming project and then direct the first episode. There aren't many details about the show yet and it remains unclear what the twist will be.
HBO released atrailer for its movie "Fahrenheit 451," based off the 1953 Ray Bradbury novel and starring Michael B. Jordan. There's a lot of fire!
Comedy Centralrenewed "Corporate"for a second season. That show is good!
Adam Scott is nowdefinitely rejoining the castof "Big Little Lies" for the second season.
The upcoming "Snowpiercer" series on TNT now has anew showrunnerin Graeme Manson, the former showrunner of "Orphan Black." The series will be based on the 2013 movie of the same name.
CBS is launching a free streaming service calledCBS Sports HQ. The 24-hour service will air sports news and commentary.
Paramount Networkpushed back the premiereof the "Heathers" reboot in wake of the Parkland high school shooting. The original movie, the series' inspiration, is a dark comedy about a high school murder spree.
And an essay fromAeonwent viral this week titled "Against popular culture" that could cause you to rethink streaming altogether.
News about Netflix, Hulu and Amazon at those respective Streamline articles.
Streamline Newsletter
Streamline now has a weekly newsletter. If you want streaming news and recommendations like this in your inbox on Saturdays, you can subscribe here.
Good luck this week. Hope this helps.
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A note on methodology:
Streamline recommendations do not include reality shows, game shows, awards shows, news shows and other shows that aren't streaming online.
Along with HuffPost's own "research" (watching countless hours of TV), Streamline opinions are informed by critical reviews from publications like The New York Times, Vulture, The A.V. Club, The Ringer and Collider, and aggregators like Rotten Tomatoes and Metacritic. Twitter is also providing HuffPost with data on the most tweeted-about streaming shows on its platform.
Shows can appear on the main list for two months after their most recent season's final episode. Shows that debut all episodes at once will also be eligible for only two months.
If broadcast shows want a chance at showing up on the main list, they should make their episodes easily available to stream.
This article originally appeared on HuffPost.


text: Hi, In building our compute farm, we're currently torn between choosing a SuperMicro 370DLE-based system, and a MicroStar MS-694D based machine. The SuperMicro uses Registered ECC memory, whereas the MS-694D is just using regular ECC memory. The CPU's we'll be using are either Intel PIII 933 or 1 Ghz, and we're planning on putting 1 Gig per machine (using 4 256 Meg DIMMS, we don't ever plan on upgrading them) These machines are going to have a varied set of applications running on them - CPU simulators for our Comp. Arch. group, Gaussian for Comp Chem, a High-Energy physics event-reconstruction code, QCD codes, and mathmatical optimization codes, just to name a few. The price in choosing between these two options is 97,000, which we could use to take 50 of them to be 2 Gig machines :) My questions to the list: 1. Has anyone used the Microstar board? Is it reliable at all? 2. Has anyone run any scientific codes on a MS-694D? This board seems to be all the rage among the overclocker and game community, and as much as I'd like to build a 150-node Quake farm I think the review committee would be a bit unhappy :) 3. What would the coolest, has anyone ever benchmarked their codes on identical CPUs between these two boards? Thanks a lot! (Aren't you glad it's a ServerWorks post but I didn't once ask about the SE vs the HE? :)


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Project: Black Oval Truck
The Project: Black Oval Truck is to be given away at the 2010 F-100 Supernationals & All Ford Show. This project giveaway will be a combined effort of the staff, supporters and sponsors of the F-100 Show. This truck will be given away at the finale of the 2010 edition of the F-100 Supernationals and All Ford Show. To be eligible to win, you must have a registered vehicle at the 2009 and / or the 2010 show. If you are at one or the other, you will have one chance to win, if you are at both shows, you will have two chances to win. This will not be a completed, driveable truck. It is a project truck for you to finish at your leisure at home. The winner will have their photo taken for major magazines, possibly used in sponsors literature, so you must be at the show to win. The truck will be premiered at the 2009 show in whatever developmental stage it happens to be in at that time. That will be a good time for you to start planning what you will do to it whenever you win.


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Mary Michael Shelley
Folk Art Americana Painted Wood Carvings
I'm a folk artist, a painter and a wood carver. My artwork has been described as primitive, traditional, untrained, Americana, whimsical, naïve, eccentric, outsider, visionary or carved craft. I like describing myself as "self-taught", as in self-made, in the great American tradition.
I am best known for my carved folkart paintings of waitresses, diners, animals, cows, farms, sailboats, central New York regional themes, and special order commissions. I work out of my Ithaca, NY studio, in the heart of the Finger Lakes region. I use art to explore and make sense of life events, dreams and emotions, sometimes calling my artwork a "picture diary" or "picture story". Find me carving every summer Saturday at the Ithaca Farmers' Market.
As an artist I serve up art, just as a waitress serves up food. My goal is to produce a quality piece of art that will survive and please long past my lifetime.


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The Technical Artist will be responsible for developing, documenting and supporting the game art pipelines and techniques used by the art team. S/he acts as a bridge between the artists and the programmers working on a game title. The TA ensures art assets can be easily integrated into the game without sacrificing either the artistic vision or exceeding the technical limits. S/he supports the art director in defining the technical art constrains and finding the best technical base and production pipelines to create AAA game content. As TA you should identify needed improvements to our DCC-Tools and implement them.
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When William and Marilla Newell came to Kalamazoo County in the 1850s and estabished their farm in Texas Township near the Van Buren County line, little could they have known about the lasting impact their future children would have on the Kalamazoo community. The Newell children—three daughters and five sons—all developed a keen and lasting interest in music. Several would study music and perform, while others would manufacture and sell the instruments of the trade. Two of the Newell sons would grow to become among Kalamazoo's most respected musical leaders of their time, and leave an indelible impression on the youth, education and culture of the community.
"One of the most popular, one of the youngest, and one of the most successful musical directors in the United States."
—A. W. Bowen & Co, 1900
George B. Newell, the third child of William and Marilla Newell, was born on the family farm on 28 March 1865. After attending public schools in Kalamazoo, George moved to Coldwater to become a music instructor at the Coldwater State School for Orphans and an orchestra leader at the local opera house.
In June 1889, George Newell returned to Kalamazoo where he was hired to manage the Academy of Music Orchestra, which was claimed by the Gazette to "stand on a par with any such organization in the state."
Immediately after his marriage to Miss Elizabeth "Libby" Weller in the fall of 1889, George formed the Newell & Bronson Orchestra with fellow local musician, Chester Z. Bronson. The Newell & Bronson Orchestra soon became one of the most popular dance orchestras in Kalamazoo.
"It is pleasing to note the rapid progress being made by the orchestra at the Academy since Bronson & Newell took hold of it. These two men are both first-class musicians."
—Kalamazoo Gazette, 12 December 1889
Following a summertime engagement playing violin at the Arlington Hotel in Petoskey, an offer to lead the orchestra at the Powers Opera House took George and Libby to Grand Rapids where they remained for several years. During his tenure in the Furniture City, George gave music lessons (his younger brother Adelbert (born about 1875) studied under him for a time) and he worked with many of the most popular orchestras of the day, including Frank Wurzburg's orchestra (which featured fellow Kalamazooans W.S. Bronson, Frank Holton, and C.Z. Bronson), F. C. Braun's Orchestra, and others. Newell managed a dance orchestra of his own plus a forty member military band, and worked with the popular Grand Rapids Newsboys' Band for a time. During the summer months, George often played extended engagements at the popular resort hotels in Petoskey and Charlevoix.
"The Inn orchestra, under the direction of G. B. Newell, is easily the leading organization among the resorts. ~Charlevoix Democrat"
—Kalamazoo Gazette, 31 August 1899
When the resort season was over, George worked as a clerk in Julius Friedrich's Music Store in Grand Rapids and once served as a delegate to the 1899 American Federation of Musicians convention. About 1900, Newell went into the band instrument manufacturing business with Frank Millard and Newell L. Thomas, establishing the firm of Newell, Millard & Thomas.
After being expelled from the musicians' union in 1903 for employing non-union members in his orchestra, Newell left Grand Rapids and moved his instrument manufacturing firm to Detroit, where he formed a partnership with Willard Bryant (Bryant-Newell Co.). Newell's younger brother Charles (born in 1879) worked at Bryant-Newell as a superintendent. Bryant and Newell remained partners until about 1930.
G. B. Newell had a lifelong fondness for teaching music and working with young people. While still in partnership with Bryant, G. B. Newell returned to Kalamazoo in 1904 and again became orchestra director at the Academy of Music. Based on an idea he had while working with the Newsboys' Band in Grand Rapids, Newell announced the formation of the 137 piece Kalamazoo Boys Band (also known as Newell's College Band and the Kalamazoo Newsboys' Band), reported to be "the largest and most unique institution of its sort in the world" (Gazette).
Led by Professor George Newell, the band was made up entirely of boys, ages 9 to 16, who provided their own instruments, their own uniforms and their own music. The young musicians were trained en masse according to instrument by some of Kalamazoo's leading musicians; Sam Born, cornets; Otto Schultz, piccolos; John Vlieken, drums; Fred Curtis, clarinets; and Frank Newell, trombone, bass and baritone. The band made its debut before a standing-room-only audience at the Academy of Music on 17 March 1905 after just three months of training.
Many of Kalamazoo's "next generation" of leading musicians passed through the ranks of Newell's immense band, which remained active until 1908.
George Newell remained in Kalamazoo thereafter and led several successful bands and orchestras. In 1905 Newell purchased Banks Baird's Music House on West Main Street (formerly Wallace S. White's Music House) and began selling musical instruments and music publications. A year later he was in partnership with J. G. Troxell as Newell & Troxell at the same location, selling pianos, stringed instruments, music and musical merchandise at that location until 1908.
In 1909, George Newell reorganized the Academy of Music Orchestra and brought in several prominent local musicians, "some of the best in this part of the state" (Gazette). Newell's brother Frank, a highly regarded trombone soloist, joined the orchestra, as did Will Reifsnyder, cornet; Earl Putnam, clarinet; Patrick McKee, drums; Thomas Walton, bass and Otto Schultz, flute. G. B. Newell's daughter, Hazel Belle Newell, took charge of the players while George directed the orchestra. (Putnam was a former member of Newell's College Band, while Frank Newell, Reifsnyder, Walton and Schultz were all associated with various other local orchestras, including the early incarnations of the Kalamazoo Symphony Orchestra.)
In 1911, George Newell was playing violin and directing Ehrman's Orchestra, which included John Ehrman, piano; Garrett Van Eck, clarionet(sic); Leo Lounsberry(sic), cornet; Bert Zanders, slide trombone and Leon Davis, drums; all of whom were once members of Newell's College Band.
After his divorce in 1916, G. B. Newell spent his later years with his brother in Kalamazoo and with his daughter in Grand Rapids. Once said to be among the most popular and most successful musical directors in the United States (Bowen), George Newell organized thirty or more bands during the course of his career and made a significant mark on West Michigan musical history. George Newell passed away in Kalamazoo at the home he shared with his brother Frank on 7 April 1933. He was 68.
"See him and hear a bass part played"
—Kalamazoo Gazette, 30 April 1892
The sixth child of William and Marilla Newell was Frank A. Newell, born on the Newell family farm in Texas Township on 9 June 1872. Some two decades later and by then a master musician, Frank was working as a carriage trimmer in Kalamazoo and playing bass in the Academy of Music Orchestra, Sam Folz' Minstrel Orchestra, and Wallace S. White's Second Infantry Band. In 1894, Frank joined an elite group of fellow local musicians in the first incarnation of the Kalamazoo Symphony Orchestra.
On 20 October 1897, Frank Newell married Miss Helen G. Scudder of Kalamazoo and went into the grocery business with Helen's father, Eben Scudder, as Scudder & Newell at 720 N. Burdick Street. Frank and Helen often spent their summers in Charlevoix, where Frank played in the orchestra (most likely with his brother George) at the Charlevoix Inn.
"Rosenbaum's orchestra gave one most pleasing selection, entitled 'Coon Band Contest,' in which Frank Newell, on the trombone, showed himself to be an artist and a master of the instrument."
—Kalamazoo Gazette-News, 26 June 1901
"The orchestra will be ably assisted by Frank A. Newell, one of the best trombone soloists in the middle west."
—Kalamazoo Gazette, 20 January 1907
By 1899, Frank Newell had joined Fischer's famous orchestra as its celebrated slide trombonist, and was traveling with that organization on its many tours of the Midwest and beyond, including extended engagements at the 1901 Pan American Exposition in Buffalo, and at the 1904 World's Fair in St. Louis. Between tours, Frank offered instruction in trombone and double bass from his home on North Edwards Street.
At times Frank would break from Fischer's outfit to perform with Goddie Rosenbaum's Orchestra, Kalamazoo's celebrated Chamber of Commerce Band (which occasionally included his brother Charles, a noted clarinet soloist), Edward L. Weinn's popular orchestra, and the Lake View Casino Orchestra.
With a child on the way and undoubtedly needing a reprieve from Fischer's relentless touring schedule, Frank Newell resigned his position with Fischer's Orchestra in October 1909 and took up playing with Herman Salomon's Orchestra, an immensely popular but far more localized dance orchestra. During the 1920s, Frank joined Ed Snuggs' orchestra for summertime evening concerts, where his baritone solos were a popular feature. (Snuggs was yet another College Band alum.)
Just like his brother, George, Frank Newell had a deep appreciation for community culture and education. During the spring of 1919, Frank Newell chaired a committee of residents who were advocating the construction of a new school building in the Frank Street school district. Describing the enthusiasm of residents toward the project to the school board, Newell called it "one of the biggest and best meetings ever assembled." Three years later, the new Frank Street School was opened as Lincoln School in honor of President Lincoln. During the dedication ceremonies on 14 November 1922, Frank Newell was a guest speaker and Newell's Orchestra gave a concert in the new school auditorium to mark the occasion.
Though a grocer by trade and once a two term city alderman, being a professional musician seemed to be Frank Newell's calling. His trombone solos were often highlighted during the massive summer band concerts in Bronson Park, and his tireless work on behalf of the local musicians' union was often commended. Along with fellow bandsman C. Z. Bronson, Frank helped establish the Musicians Protective Association (Local 228), the local chapter of the American Federation of Musicians. Frank was a trustee when the organization was launched in 1902, and served on the executive board for eleven years. He was a local delegate to the national convention for nine years, vice president for two years, and union president for eleven years. In 1936, Frank was named a life member.
"A council appropriation for the establishment and maintenance of a Kalamazoo Symphony orchestra will be considered by the finance committee... The matter was brought up in a petition from the Musicians Protective association of this city. Following the reading of the petition, Frank A. Newell spoke at some length urging the consideration of the matter... as a means of providing uplifting, wholesome concerts for the citizens of the city, and 'rescuing music from the depths where it had been dragged by the cheap theaters.'"
—Kalamazoo Gazette, 21 April 1914
Throughout his lifetime, Frank Newell was actively involved in the various stages leading up to the establishment of the Kalamazoo Symphony Orchestra. Frank was a member of the Academy of Music Orchestra in 1891 and played a prominent role in establishing Kalamazoo's first Symphony Orchestra in the spring of 1894. Frank joined many of his fellow local musicians in the Grand May Festival Orchestra of 1901, and served as vice president and performing member when the second Kalamazoo Symphony Orchestra formed in 1914, an organization that he and Chester Z. Bronson worked diligently to promote.
Frank was a member of C. Z. Bronson's Fuller Symphony Orchestra in 1920 and was a member when the current Kalamazoo Symphony Orchestra was formed in 1921. He performed with the KSO until his retirement about 1936.
Frank was the last survivor of the Newell children when he passed away at his home on 28 July 1941 at the age of 69.


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JERSEY CITY, N.J. -- This year's cast of playoff teams serve as another no-nonsense reminder: You're going nowhere in this league without somebody legitimate under center.
Outside of Cam Newton and Nick Foles -- both Pro Bowl players -- every one of this year's postseason quarterbacks had voyaged to the playoffs before. Save for the rare exception, teams just don't wind their way into January with a half-baked pretender at signal-caller.
Seahawks fullback Michael Robinson knows Seattle's back-to-back playoff runs wouldn't have happened without Russell Wilson, saying Monday: "I'll tell you one thing: If your quarterback isn't right, you can't have a good football team."
Said Robinson: "There's no slight to any of the quarterbacks I had in the past, but it just felt like it didn't get right until Russell got here. And we saw his work ethic, and we saw how he handled himself in the locker room, we saw how he handled himself in the media and it just didn't seem right until we got our franchise quarterback. And he's special."
Pete Carroll acknowledged Monday that not everyone in Seattle was married to the idea of drafting a diminutive passer. The coach echoed, as he has before, that it was general manager John Schneider who "led the charge" on picking Wilson in the third round, essentially tugging others in the room along with him. While Carroll believed, not everyone bought in.
"It was really exciting for us," Carroll said. "We knew we were going to do something that was going to surprise maybe some people out there. We knew that we had a chance to get a guy that we were totally in love with that might be the difference-maker."
Picking the wrong quarterback in this league typically leads to men -- many men -- losing their jobs. Picking the right one, as Schneider did, means he'll never pay for a drink again in Seattle city limits.
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Broncos cornerback Champ Bailey will do something that only two players in NFL history have done before him: Play in a dozen Pro Bowls.
Sunday's Pro Bowl will be the 12th of Bailey's career, which ties him with Randall McDaniel and Will Shields for the most Pro Bowl appearances in NFL history. Bailey has been in the NFL for 14 seasons and has been selected to the Pro Bowl in all of them except two, his rookie year and his injury-plagued 2008 season. Unlike most stars, Bailey always plays in the Pro Bowl when he is chosen.
Falcons tight end Tony Gonzalez could have joined Bailey, McDaniel and Shields in the Dozen Pro Bowl Club, but he pulled out of Sunday's game with an injury. Gonzalez has actually been selected to the Pro Bowl 13 times, but has twice pulled out.
The record for most Pro Bowl selections belongs to former Oilers/Titans offensive lineman Bruce Matthews, who played in 10 Pro Bowls and was selected to four others. Gonzalez, Reggie White and Jerry Rice are the three players in NFL history to earn 13 Pro Bowl selections.


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"In summary, the similarities between follow-up studies with and without baseline randomization are becoming increasingly apparent as more randomized trials study the effects of sustained interventions over long periods in real world settings. What started as a randomized trial may effectively become an observational study that requires analyses that complement, but go beyond, intention-to-treat analyses. A key obstacle in the adoption of these complementary methods is a widespread reluctance to accept that overcoming the limitations of intention-to-treat analyses necessitates untestable assumptions. Embracing these more sophisticated analyses will require a new framework for both the design and conduct of randomized trials."