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Recordings of Convocations
Convocation: Pedro Noguera
Created 7 October 2011; Published 14 October 2011
Pedro Noguera is one of America's most important voices for healthy public education. As a leading urban sociologist, he examines how schools are influenced by social and economic conditions in the urban environment. What are the challenges they face in providing safe, academically rewarding environments? What is the state of race relations, racial inequality? What is the role of diversity? What is the impact of violence, parents, and school vouchers? What factors promote student achievement? Which detract from it? What is the impact of immigration and migration?
Noguera holds faculty appointments in the departments of Teaching and Learning and Humanities and Social Sciences at the Steinhardt School of Culture, Education and Development, as well as in the Department of Sociology at New York University. He is also a part-time high school teacher, the author of several groundbreaking texts, and a regular guest on CNN and NPR. Recently, he helped launch A Broader, Bolder Approach to Education, a group of public policy experts in various fields (housing, education, civil rights), and from across the political spectrum, working to break a decades-long cycle of reform efforts that promised much and have achieved far too little. The group works in areas that research shows must be addressed if we are to keep our promises to all of America's children.
A dynamic speaker who translates social theory into concise, hip language with emotional impact and intellectual rigor, Noguera examines the hurdles faced in providing equal education to all – and then unveils the solutions that are already working to overcome them – in his presentation titled "Creating the Schools We Need: A Broader and Bolder Approach to School Reform."
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- Created 17 February 2012; Published 20 February 2012Convocation: Joel Salatin
Joel Salatin is a self-described "environmentalist capitalist lunatic farmer," or as the New York Times calls him, "the high priest of the pasture." Salatin and his family own and operate Polyface Farm, arguably the nation's most famous farm since it was profiled in Michael Pollan's bestseller, The Omnivore's Dilemma and two subsequent documentaries, Food, Inc., and Fresh. Differing from today's industrial commodity-based machine-driven farms, Polyface is a local, pasture-based, relationally oriented farm. Salatin's innovative farming system—where the animals live according to their "ness," the earth is used for symbiosis, and happiness and health is key—has gained attention from around the country. Recognition for his ecological and local-based farming advocacy includes an honorary doctorate, the Heinz Award, and many leadership awards. Salatin has also authored seven books on alternative farming and sustainability issues.
While most Americans seem to think our techno-glitzy, disconnected, celebrity-worshipping culture will be the first to sail off into a Star Trek future unencumbered by ecological umbilicals, Salatin bets that the future will instead incorporate more tried-and-true realities from the past. Ours is the first culture with no chores for children, cheap energy, heavy mechanization, computers, supermarkets, TV dinners and unpronounceable food. Although he doesn't believe that we will return to horses and buggies, washboards, and hoop skirts, Salatin believes we will go back in order to go forward, using technology to re-establish historical normalcy. That normalcy will include edible landscapes, domestic larders, pastured livestock, solar driven carbon cycling for fertility, and a visceral relationship with life's fundamentals: food, energy, water, air, soil, fabric, shelter. We may as well get started enthusiastically than be dragged reluctantly into this more normal existence. The title of Salatin's presentation was "Folks, This Ain't Normal."
- Created 10 February 2012; Published 20 February 2012Convocation: Michelle Alexander
Michelle Alexander is a highly acclaimed civil rights lawyer, advocate, and legal scholar who currently holds a joint appointment at the Kirwan Institute for the Study of Race and Ethnicity and the Moritz College of Law at The Ohio State University. Prior to joining the Kirwan Institute, Professor Alexander was an Associate Professor of Law at Stanford Law School, where she directed the Civil Rights Clinic.
Alexander challenges the conventional wisdom that, with the election of Barack Obama as president, our nation has "triumphed over race." Jim Crow laws were wiped off the books decades ago, but today an astounding percentage of the African American community is warehoused in prisons or trapped in a permanent, second-class status, much like their grandparents before them who lived under an explicit system of racial control. Alexander argues that the sudden and dramatic mass incarceration of African American men, primarily through the War on Drugs, has created a new racial under caste—a group of people defined largely by race that is subject to legalized discrimination, scorn, and social exclusion. The old forms of discrimination—discrimination in employment, housing, education, and public benefits; denial of the right to vote; and exclusion from jury service—are suddenly legal once you're labeled a felon. She challenges the civil rights community, and all of us, to place mass incarceration at the forefront of a new movement for racial justice in America. The title of her presentation was "The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness."
- Created 3 February 2012; Published 20 February 2012Convocation: Shelton Johnson
Shelton Johnson is the author of Gloryland, the fictional memoir of a buffalo soldier—a black U.S. cavalryman and the son of slaves—who finds true freedom when he is posted to patrol the newly created Yosemite National Park in 1903. Johnson is an advocate for bringing minorities, particularly African-Americans from the inner city, like himself, to the National Parks and connecting them to the natural world. He claims that "one of the great losses to African culture from slavery was the loss of kinship with the earth." Although he was born in Detroit and spent much of his childhood there, early on he briefly lived in Germany where his father was stationed in the Army. A family trip to the Bavarian Alps planted a seed in him, a seed that was kept alive only through later experiences with nature via television and movie screens. He dreamed of mountains as a boy growing up in Detroit.
While doing graduate study in poetry at the University of Michigan, Johnson applied to be a seasonal worker at Yellowstone, thinking the park would provide a quiet place to work on his writing. That visit would change the course of his life and his career, which has spanned twenty-five years as a ranger with the National Park Service.
He dedicated his work to this issue when he came upon the history of Buffalo Soldiers (the African-American regiments of the segregated U.S. Army at the turn of the 20th century) in Yosemite and Sequoia National Parks. For the past fifteen years Johnson has told the story of the Buffalo Soldiers in print, on camera, and in person. He has traveled to public schools throughout America, tracked down descendants of the soldiers, and authored an award-winning website. All the while, he has remained true to the reason he started this work. "I can't forget that little black kid in Detroit," he says. "And I think of the other kids, just like me—in Detroit, Oakland, Watts, Anacostia—today. How do I get them here? How do I let them know that our national parks are part of their heritage, and that they own them like all Americans?" The title of his presentation was "Gloryland: Using History and Literature as Tools for Social Change."
- Created 27 January 2012; Published 20 February 2012Convocation: Eric Schwartz
Eric Schwartz has 25 years of senior public service experience at the Department of State, the National Security Council, the United Nations and the U.S. Congress, as well as in the foundation and NGO communities. Currently the dean of the University of Minnesota's Humphrey School of Public Affairs, Schwartz previously served as the Assistant Secretary of State for Population, Refugees and Migration in the U.S. Department of State. He has also served as U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan's Deputy Special Envoy for Tsunami Recovery and at the U.N. Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights.
Evidence indicates that highly effective public institutions will be critical to social and economic advancement in years and decades to come, as governance becomes more complicated and demanding. Americans may have legitimately differing perspectives on the best role for government. But Schwartz believes there should be no disagreement with the fundamental proposition that vibrant democracies require highly effective and accountable public institutions, with personnel to manage complex issues, and with political processes that prize dialogue, civility and a reasoned effort to transcend political differences. Without those elements, he suggests, we will fail to meet the challenges of the 21st century, and our failure will have profound implications for our children and for future generations. The title of his presentation was "Governance is the Solution: 21st Century Challenges and the Public Service Mission."
- Created 13 January 2012; Published 26 January 2012Convocation: Dave Meslin
Dave Meslin, journalist and grassroots activist, calls himself a "community choreographer." Meslin's activism started with guerilla-style street antics. Painting bike lanes directly onto the street, altering billboards, and hanging pictures of Bill Cosby and Bill Clinton over "Post no Bills" signs were all part of his repertoire. In 1998, he organized the first "Reclaim the Streets" demonstration in Toronto. Seeing hundreds of people dancing in the street without a permit was motivation enough to continue organizing. Watching the police shut down the party and arrest many of the celebrants was a motivation to explore new ways to organize.
Chosen as one of the Top Ten Activists of the year by NOW Magazine in 2000, Meslin went on to form the Toronto Public Space Committee, successfully rallying a growing group of volunteers to wage war against the commercialization of public space. During the next five years, the Committee became one of the most effective unfunded non-profits in Toronto. In 2006, Meslin coordinated a project called "Who Runs This Town?", a campaign aimed at injecting some fun and creativity into the 2006 municipal elections in Toronto, including "City Idol," an attempt to get alienated citizens to explore and share their political ideas by competing for a spot on City Council in front of a live audience. Meslin believes passionately in getting involved in civic affairs, and demonstrates what can be accomplished through advocacy with dedication, imagination, and hard work. He seeks to build a culture of political engagement in our communities by offering an antidote to apathy. The title of his presentation was "Under the Surface: The Unlimited Potential of Community Organizing."
- Created 6 January 2012; Published 11 January 2012Convocation: Steve Brodner
Steve Brodner's award-winning career as a satirical illustrator and art journalist spans three decades. His iconic caricatures of pop and political culture have appeared in every major publication in the United States, not to mention his visual essays of political campaigns and the struggles of everyday working people and their families. His work is credited with helping spearhead the 1980s revival of pointed and entertaining graphic commentary in the United States. "The face that politicians present to the public is a mask," says Brodner. "Everyone knows it's a mask. The mask is what political cartoons comment on. You're never drawing the person; you're drawing the persona." Politicians have never hesitated to tar their opponents, and neither have their satirist contemporaries. And over his 30-plus-year career, Brodner has proven himself as nothing if not a masterful visual communicator. The title of his presentation was "The Art of Politics".
- Created 4 November 2011; Published 8 November 2011Convocation: Steve Russell
Steve Russell, a Cherokee Indian born and raised in Oklahoma, served for 17 years as an elected trial judge in Texas before becoming an associate professor of criminal justice at Indiana University. Russell views his career path as unusual. Oklahoma schools had little to offer, and he had given up on education in the ninth grade because, he said, "it had long since given up on me." It was the Vietnam era, and Russell joined the Air Force, which he said improved his self-image and resulted in an education through the G.I. Bill. He graduated magna cum laude from the University of Texas at Austin, convinced that his previous educational failures were the fault of a system that expected nothing of Indian children. He was trained to be a high school teacher, and that was his plan, but it had not occurred to him that no school system would hire someone who was so plainly convinced that the public schools were squandering the talent of minority children. Having no teaching offers, he proceeded to law school and set out to be a civil rights lawyer, even though he knew of no Indian civil rights lawyers and the law school he attended offered no course in Indian law.
Russell's experience and education has led to a number of articles about the judicial process. His research focuses on the necessity to redefine national sovereignty to settle disputes arising from globalization and the need for American Indians to redefine tribal sovereignty and Indian identity in response to national and international change. Russell examined the recent challenge over the status of the Cherokee freedmen in his presentation titled "Race and Citizenship Inside and Outside the Cherokee Nation."
- Created 28 October 2011; Published 3 November 2011Convocation: Jeff Lieberman
Jeff Lieberman is the star of Discovery Channel's Time Warp, where cool science is s-l-o-w-e-d down to better understand movement as an art form. Lieberman is also a physicist, roboticist, sculptor, musician and photographer. He explores the connections between the arts, sciences, education, passion, creativity, and the potential future of human consciousness, using technology to see beyond the limits of our normal human perception. He composes music in the duo gloobic, and has performed in Carnegie Hall. He shows technological sculptures around the world, to help people make an emotional and mystical connection with science and the universe.
Having finished four degrees at MIT in physics, math, mechanical engineering, media arts and sciences, he is exploring the applications of technology to evolving and shifting human consciousness. Lieberman presents a fantastical view of the merging of art and science as he helps perceive the world in a whole new way. The title of his presentation was "Asking Why? The Nature of Curiosity."
- Created 21 October 2011; Published 3 November 2011Convocation: Martin Loken
Consul General Martin Loken serves as Canada's senior representative in the Upper Midwest states of Iowa, Minnesota, Nebraska, North and South Dakota. Canada and the U.S. enjoy a unique partnership as the closest of friends, partners and allies. Strong business links are an engine for economic growth for both countries. More than $1 million of goods and services cross the borders every minute of every day. During the past three years, two-way goods trade between Canada and the five-state region of the U.S. averaged $28.8 billion per year, supporting 343,800 U.S. jobs. Canada is by far the number one export customer for each of the five states. Canada is also the largest foreign supplier of oil, natural gas, electricity and uranium to the U.S. The consulate's business development team provides contact and advisory services to help Canadian companies make the most of opportunities for mutually beneficial trade, investment and technology partnerships in the region, while the political and public affairs team builds relationships with decision-makers and the media, promotes Canadian culture, and supports the study of Canada.
Loken has previously been assigned to the Canadian Embassy in Prague and at Canada's Permanent Mission to the World Trade Organization and the United Nations in Geneva. In the course of several Ottawa-based assignments at the headquarters of the Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade, he has been responsible for a range of geographic and functional issues, including science and technology relations with Japan and global human rights. Serving in the Trade Policy and Negotiations Branch, he worked on several major trade agreements and negotiations, such as free trade talks with Colombia, Peru and the European Free Trade Association, as well as involvement with the North American Free Trade Agreement.
Despite having a different history and culture, the United States and Canada share similar challenges. Loken contends that the United States has never had a more important ally than Canada. The title of his presentation was "Canada, Minnesota and the United States: A Vital Partnership."
- Created 14 October 2011; Published 21 October 2011Convocation: James Schamus
James Schamus is an award-winning screenwriter (The Ice Storm) and producer (Brokeback Mountain), and is CEO of Focus Features, the motion picture production, financing, and worldwide distribution company whose films have included Lost in Translation, Milk, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, The Pianist, Coraline, and The Kids Are All Right. The author of Carl Theodor Dreyer's "Gertrud": The Moving Word, Schamus is also Professor of Professional Practice in Columbia University's School of the Arts, where he teaches film history and theory. It is generally assumed that Hollywood movie studios and their brethren in the television industry are the epicenter of our culture's mass production of narrative. But Schamus suggests that the greatest narrative-producing machines ever assembled in the history of the world are located not in Hollywood, but in Bethesda, Maryland; Alexandria, Virginia; and Washington, D.C. The title of his presentation was "My Wife is a Terrorist: Lessons in Storytelling from the Department of Homeland Security."
- Created 7 October 2011; Published 14 October 2011Convocation: Pedro Noguera
Pedro Noguera is one of America's most important voices for healthy public education. As a leading urban sociologist, he examines how schools are influenced by social and economic conditions in the urban environment. What are the challenges they face in providing safe, academically rewarding environments? What is the state of race relations, racial inequality? What is the role of diversity? What is the impact of violence, parents, and school vouchers? What factors promote student achievement? Which detract from it? What is the impact of immigration and migration?
Noguera holds faculty appointments in the departments of Teaching and Learning and Humanities and Social Sciences at the Steinhardt School of Culture, Education and Development, as well as in the Department of Sociology at New York University. He is also a part-time high school teacher, the author of several groundbreaking texts, and a regular guest on CNN and NPR. Recently, he helped launch A Broader, Bolder Approach to Education, a group of public policy experts in various fields (housing, education, civil rights), and from across the political spectrum, working to break a decades-long cycle of reform efforts that promised much and have achieved far too little. The group works in areas that research shows must be addressed if we are to keep our promises to all of America's children.
A dynamic speaker who translates social theory into concise, hip language with emotional impact and intellectual rigor, Noguera examines the hurdles faced in providing equal education to all – and then unveils the solutions that are already working to overcome them – in his presentation titled "Creating the Schools We Need: A Broader and Bolder Approach to School Reform."
- Created 30 September 2011; Published 14 October 2011Convocation: Gavin Wright
Gavin Wright, Stanford University professor of American economic history, is perhaps today's leading economic historian on the American South. Using the tools of economics to interpret historical developments, his research has looked at the history of slavery, the cotton economy, the California gold rush, and the origins of American technological preeminence. In recent years he has turned to the Civil Rights Revolution of the 1960s, interpreted as an economic phenomenon. Focusing on the American South, Wright asks whether the landmark civil rights legislation of the 1960s produced genuine economic advances for African-Americans, and whether these gains were broadly shared among low-income groups, rather than benefiting mainly the middle class. Wright also examines whether these gains came at the expense of whites, or as part of an economic restructuring that generally enhanced the wellbeing of most southerners. The title of his presentation was "The Civil Rights Revolution as Economic History: Who Gained? Who Lost?"
- Created 23 September 2011; Published 26 September 2011Convocation: Bryan Garsten
Bryan Garsten is Professor of Political Science at Yale University, and serves as Director of Undergraduate Studies for the program in Ethics, Politics and Economics. He writes about the history of political thought and contemporary political theory, with a special interest in the themes of persuasion and judgment. He is the author of the prize-winning book Saving Persuasion: A Defense of Rhetoric and Judgment.
In today's increasingly polarized political landscape it seems that fewer and fewer citizens hold out hope of persuading one another. Even among those who have not given up on persuasion, few will admit to practicing the art of persuasion known as rhetoric. To describe political speech as 'rhetoric' today is to accuse it of being superficial or manipulative. Garsten uncovers the early modern origins of this suspicious attitude toward rhetoric and seeks to loosen its grip on contemporary political theory. Revealing how deeply concerns about rhetorical speech shaped both ancient and modern political thought, he argues that the artful practice of persuasion ought to be viewed as a crucial part of democratic politics. He provocatively suggests that the aspects of rhetoric that seem most dangerous—the appeals to emotion, religious values, and the concrete commitments and identities of particular communities—are also those which can draw out citizens' capacity for good judgment. Against theorists who advocate a rationalized ideal of deliberation aimed at consensus, Garsten argues that a controversial politics of partiality and passion can produce a more engaged and more deliberative kind of democratic discourse. Garsten shared his thoughts about the role of a liberal education in his presentation titled "What Is College For?"
- Created 12 September 2011; Published 19 September 2011Opening Convocation: Rush Holt '70
Carleton's opening convocation is an annual all-college assembly celebrating the beginning of the academic year and recognizing academic achievement. This year's address was delivered by U.S. Representative Rush Holt, who has served Central New Jersey in Congress since 1999. Holt serves on the Committee on Education and the Workforce and the Committee on Natural Resources, where he serves as the Ranking Member on the Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources helping to develop a long-term strategy to decrease our nation's dependence on fossil fuels and protect our environment for future generations. He has also been the Chairman of the Select Intelligence Oversight Panel, created to strengthen oversight of the intelligence community by ensuring that policymakers receive accurate assessments, civil liberties are safeguarded, and the intelligence community is protecting Americans.
Holt earned his B.A. in Physics from Carleton College and completed his Master's and Ph.D. at NYU. He has held positions as a teacher, Congressional Science Fellow, and arms control expert at the U.S. State Department where he monitored the nuclear programs of countries such as Iraq, Iran, North Korea, and the former Soviet Union. Prior to launching his congressional campaign, Holt was Assistant Director of the Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory, the largest research facility of Princeton University and the largest center for research in alternative energy in New Jersey. He has conducted extensive research on alternative energy and has his own patent for a solar energy device. Scientific American magazine named Holt one of the 50 national "visionaries" contributing to "a brighter technological future." Holt was also a five-time winner of the game show "Jeopardy." In February 2011, he beat Watson, IBM's computer system in a simulated round of Jeopardy at an event to promote innovation.
- Created 27 May 2011; Published 9 June 2011Honors Convocation: Stephen Kelly
The Honors Convocation is held each year on the last Friday of spring term to recognize faculty and students for their accomplishments and their service to the community. This year's address will be delivered by Stephen Kelly, the Dye Family Professor of Music, who has taught at Carleton since 1974. Kelly has directed the early music ensemble and taught courses in music history, including a popular course in jazz history. He has been a Fulbright Scholar and has published editions of the music of Niccolo da Perugia and co-authored a video tape on the Medieval Monastery. He has also done research focused on the area of jazz reception and the music of Wynton Marsalis. Most recently he has presented "Joan Baez at Spring Hill: A Study of Intersecting Histories." A performer as well as a musicologist, Kelly plays saxophone and clarinet in "Occasional Jazz." The title of his presentation was "My Carleton Education."
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Postural Spirometry Changes in Ambulatory Myotonic Dystrophy Patients
|The safety and scientific validity of this study is the responsibility of the study sponsor and investigators. Listing a study does not mean it has been evaluated by the U.S. Federal Government. Read our disclaimer for details.
|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT01242007
Recruitment Status : Completed
First Posted : November 16, 2010
Last Update Posted : November 16, 2010
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Myotonic dystrophy Type 1 (MD1, Steinert's disease), an autosomal dominant multisystem disease, is of the most common muscular dystrophies in adults, with a European prevalence of 3-15/100 000. The disease course is progressive, associating muscular weakness, wasting and myotonia. Respiratory dysfunction is common, involving a restrictive ventilatory abnormality and alveolar hypoventilation, originating from respiratory muscle weakness. Depending on the degree of impairment of their lung function, the quality of life and the prognosis of MD1 patients may be very variable. However, time course and prevalence of such respiratory function impairment have not been clearly identified. More importantly, factors able to predict poor respiratory outcome have not been defined and therefore early prognosis can not be assessed during the follow-up of these patients. In other neuromuscular disorders, especially Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS), postural spirometry has been recommended to improve the detection of diaphragmatic involvement and some authors have suggested that the supine fall in the forced vital capacity could be used to initiate noninvasive positive pressure ventilation and predicts some respiratory symptoms.
In a sample of ambulatory patients with MD1, our study was designed to prospectively achieve two aims: 1) to assess the respective prevalence of a ventilatory restrictive pattern, respiratory muscle weakness, hypoxemia and hypercapnia and 2) to evaluate whether postural changes in lung volumes contribute to sensitize the diagnosis of respiratory weakness and could be used as a predictor of poor respiratory function, including hypoxemia, hypercapnia and restrictive ventilatory disease.
|Condition or disease
|Myotonic Dystrophy
|Other: Supine spirometry
|Not Applicable
Materials and Methods :
Adult ambulatory patients (18 years of age and older) with a clinical diagnosis of myotonic dystrophy type I were investigated prospectively as part of routine follow-up, from april 2008 to june 2010. Patients were clinically evaluated in the department of "Internal Medicine" and lung function was assessed in the department of "Pulmonary Function Testing", both from the University Hospital of Nancy. Pulmonary tests were ordered for clinical indications, not part of a study protocol. The supine evaluation was added of the conventional lung function testing. All individual were examined and categorized according to a standardized five-point muscular-impairment rating scale, in which a score of 1 indicates no muscular impairment, 2 minimal signs without distal weakness except for digit flexors, 3 distal weakness without proximal weakness except for elbow extensors, 4 moderate proximal weakness, and 5 severe weakness (MIRS).
Lung and respiratory muscle function:
All pulmonary function tests met or exceeds applicable standards of the European Respiratory Society / American Thoracic Society.
Spirometry was performed in the upright-seated position and in the supine position. Respiratory function data were compared with the predicted normal values obtained by the European Community for Steel and Coal and expressed as percentage of the normal value. The flow/volume curve and lung volumes were respectively assessed by an open-circuit spirometry and plethysmography.
Maximal Inspiratory Pressure (MIP) and Maximal Expiratory Pressure (MEP) were both measured in the seated position using a standard flanged mouthpiece.MIP was measured from Residual Volume (RV) and MEP was measured from Total Lung Capacity (TLC), both in a standard manner. The manoeuvres were repeated at least three times, or until two identical readings were obtained, and the best value was taken. Respiratory Muscle Strength (RMS) was defined as the mean of MIP and MEP expressed as a percent of the predicted values.
Arterial sampling and blood gas analysis :
Arterial blood gases were drawn at rest from the radial artery of the nondominant arm while the patient was comfortably seated for at least 10 minutes. A sterile, self-filling and disposable pre-heparinized system was used to take 1.5 ml of arterial blood.
Arterial oxygen partial pressure (PaO2) and arterial carbon dioxide partial pressure (PaCO2) were determined within 10 minutes after sampling. Room temperature and barometric pressure were recorded on a daily basis and were used to adjust calibrations and measurements. Quality control of the blood-gas equipment was performed twice a day, using standard solution.
|Study Type :
|Interventional (Clinical Trial)
|Actual Enrollment :
|58 participants
|Intervention Model:
|Single Group Assignment
|None (Open Label)
|Primary Purpose:
|Official Title:
|Lung Function Impairment and Postural Spirometry Changes in Ambulatory Myotonic Dystrophy Patients
|Study Start Date :
|April 2008
|Actual Primary Completion Date :
|June 2010
|Actual Study Completion Date :
|June 2010
- Other: Supine spirometry
In addition to the current upright lung function evaluation we performed a supine spirometryOther Name: Supine lung function testing
- Evidence of lung function impairment [ Time Frame: 1 year on average (annual regular follow-up) ]Evidence of ventilatory restriction assessed by lung function testing or hypoxemia or hypercapnia assessed by arterial blood gases analysis
- predictive factors of lung function impairment [ Time Frame: 1 year on average (annual regular follow-up) ]Using results of upright and supine spirometry we intend to define variables that could predict poor respiratory outcome
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|Ages Eligible for Study:
|18 Years and older (Adult, Older Adult)
|Sexes Eligible for Study:
|Accepts Healthy Volunteers:
Inclusion Criteria:
- clinical diagnosis of myotonic dystrophy type 1
- 18 years of age and older
- must be able to perform reproducible ventilatory manoeuvres
Exclusion Criteria:
- required non-invasive ventilation
- non reproducible spirometry results
To learn more about this study, you or your doctor may contact the study research staff using the contact information provided by the sponsor.
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier (NCT number): NCT01242007
|University Hospital of Nancy
|Vandoeuvre-lès-Nancy, France, 54511
|Principal Investigator:
|Bruno Chenuel, MD, PhD
|University of Nancy
|Responsible Party:
|Chenuel /Pr, University of Nancy
|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
|NCT01242007 History of Changes
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|First Posted:
|November 16, 2010 Key Record Dates
|Last Update Posted:
|November 16, 2010
|Last Verified:
|November 2010
Myotonic dystrophy
Steinert's disease
Myotonic Dystrophy
Muscular Dystrophies
Myotonic Disorders
Muscular Disorders, Atrophic
Muscular Diseases
Musculoskeletal Diseases
Heredodegenerative Disorders, Nervous System
Neurodegenerative Diseases
Nervous System Diseases
Neuromuscular Diseases
Genetic Diseases, Inborn


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A Gentry County Jail or Prison is a secure facility located in Gentry County, MO where individuals, referred to as inmates, are involuntarily confined and their freedoms and movement are restricted as a consequence of criminal behavior. Gentry County Jails are short-term facilities where inmates either await trial or sentencing for a crime, or serve relatively short sentences. Gentry County Prisons are longer-term facilities where inmates serve out a prison sentence, usually of a year or more, for their crimes.You may contact Jails & Prisons for questions about:
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Jails are Gentry County government facilities in the county criminal justice system. A Lockup is a particular type of Jail that serves as a temporary holding facility, attached to the Gentry County Police Department or Gentry County Sheriff's Department, which houses suspects while they await bail or transport to another Jail.Prisons in Gentry County, Missouri
Gentry County Prisons can be categorized by level of security: minimum, medium, or maximum. Minimum Security Prisons allow inmates considerable daily movement and are intended for non-violent criminals and inmates who pose little risk of escape or threat to prison staff or other inmates. Medium Security Prisons are somewhat more restrictive facilities, but still allow for daily movement and house inmates in housing units instead of cells. Maximum Security Prisons are reserved for the most violent offenders and those who pose the highest escape threat, and these facilities place the greatest restrictions on inmates.
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Under the Sustainable Planning Act 2009 (SPA) all local governments were previously required to include a Priority Infrastructure Plan (PIP) in their planning schemes. With the introduction of the Sustainable Planning (Infrastructure Charges) and Other Legislation Amendment Act 2014 (SPICOLA 2014), local governments are now required to include a Local Government Infrastructure Plan (LGIP) instead of a PIP.
The purpose of an LGIP is to:
- integrate infrastructure planning with the land use planning identified in the planning scheme
- provide transparency regarding a local government's intentions for the provision of trunk infrastructure
- enable a local government to estimate the cost of infrastructure provision to assist its long term financial planning
- ensure that trunk infrastructure is planned and provided in an efficient and orderly manner
- provide a basis for the imposition of conditions about infrastructure on development approvals.
An LGIP is that part of a planning scheme that identifies the local government's plans for trunk infrastructure that are necessary to service urban development at the desired standard of service in a coordinated, efficient and financially sustainable manner.
A grace period, starting from 4 July 2014 and ending 30 June 2016, or a later date ending before 1 July 2018 and approved by the Minister (the deadline), has been included in the legislation, during which time a local government planning scheme is not required to include an LGIP.
After the deadline local governments will be required to include an LGIP in their planning scheme if they intend to levy infrastructure charges or impose conditions for trunk infrastructure.
Local governments that do not intend to levy infrastructure charges or impose conditions for trunk infrastructure do not need to include an LGIP in their planning schemes.
Advice for extension of the LGIP deadline
Section of 997 of SPA prescribes the requirements for local governments to apply for an extension of the deadline to adopt an LGIP in their planning scheme. To assist local governments with the preparation of their applications for an extension of the LGIP deadline, the Department of Infrastructure, Local Government and Planning has prepared advice about how a local government should prepare and submit an application to the Planning Minister.
View the LGIP extension advice to local governments document ( 353 KB)
Infrastructure that the local government has determined to be trunk infrastructure is identified in an LGIP.
Development infrastructure is defined in the SPA and is limited to land and/or works for the following five networks that provide essential services for development:
- water supply
- sewerage
- stormwater
- transport
- public parks and land for community facilities.
Statutory guidelines
The Queensland Government provides local governments with technical assistance to help them prepare their LGIPs. Available tools are included in:
This sets out the minimum requirements that must be followed by a local government for preparing or amending an LGIP, in accordance with section 117 of SPA.
LGIP reviewers
The Queensland Government has appointed a panel of pre-approved LGIP Reviewers from which local government can identify and appoint a contractor to conduct an objective review of their draft LGIP in accordance with the provisions of the Sustainable Planning Act 2009, Statutory guideline - Making and amending local planning instruments and Statutory guideline - Local government infrastructure plans (or relevant provisions that apply under subsequent changes to the legislation).
Details of the panel are provided in the DILGP panel of pre-approved LGIP reviewers - Buyers guide (February 2017) ( 281 KB)
Only reviewers who have been appointed to the panel can be used. Local government will be directly responsible for identifying and appointing a reviewer from the panel without further involvement of the state.
The arrangement commenced on 1 September 2014 for an initial period of 12 months. At the discretion of the department, the appointment of a contractor to the panel may be extended in writing up to a total of three years from the date of commencement. The appointment of the current panel will expire on 31 August 2017 before which date a new panel will be appointed through a public procurement process.
Infrastructure planning, charges and fact sheets
Under the infrastructure planning and charging framework of SPA, there is a close relationship between the LGIP instrument and infrastructure charges. LGIPs for example form the basis to identify trunk infrastructure and impose conditions about infrastructure when local governments deal with development applications. Maximum infrastructure charges are set by the state through the State Planning Regulatory Provision (adopted charges). More information on infrastructure charges, tools and implementation fact sheets can be found in the resources section of this website.


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According to the ancients "Via Combusta" exerted a malefic influence, particularly for the Moon in one's natal chart.[1] Via Combusta is Latin for "the burning way" and generally refers to the first fifteen degrees of the sign of Scorpio.[2] Other astrologers have extended Via Combusta to include the last fifteen degrees of the sign of Libra and/or the entire sign of Scorpio.[3]
Modern astrologers have speculated that the negative influence of the signs of Libra and Scorpio, specified as Via Combusta, had its origins in antiquity when many of the malefic fixed stars were located in those two signs.[4]
Arabic/Islamic civilization is one of three cultures that succeeded the classical period of Greece and Rome. However, this civilization, unlike the Byzantine Greek and the Latin West, did not just inherit from the classical civilizations of Greece and Rome; it also inherited a great deal from the empire that it had completely conquered, the Sassanian Persian.
The last and largest of the great middle eastern empires before Alexander the Great was the Persian Empire, often referred to as the Achaemenid Empire (after a Greek form of the name of the dynasty that ruled it). Alexander the Great conquered it in 331 B.C.E. and the area was subsequently ruled for a time by his general Seleukos and his descendants, what is known as the Seleucid Empire. However, another Iranian people, the Parthians, founded a new state in what had been eastern Persia. Its founder was one Arsaces I who established the new Parthian state in 248-247 B.C.E. As time passed, the Parthian Empire gradually conquered all of the Seleucid Empire except the regions along the Mediterranean coast which were conquered in turn by the Romans.


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Castilla J.C., A.G. Collins, C.P. Meyer, R. Guiñez, and D.R. Lindberg. 2002. Recent Introduction of the dominant tunicate, Pyura praeputialis (Urochordata, Pyuridae) to Antofagasta, Chile. Molecular Ecology 11:1579-1584.
ABSTRACT: The large sessile tunicate Pyura stolonifera (Pleurogona: Stolibranchiata: Pyuridae), has been regarded as a complex taxon with disjointed distributions, including Australia (Pyura stolonifera praeputialis), South Africa (Pyura stolonifera stolonifera) and South America (Chile, Antofagasta: Pyura sp., the "piure de Antofagasta"), which it has been cited at least under five taxonomic combinations. The "piure de Antofagasta" is a competitively dominant species in rocky intertidal habitats and shows a limited geographical range (60-70 km) exclusively inside the Bay of Antofagasta. Using Cytochrome Oxidase I (COI) mitochondrial sequence data from Pyura specimens of the three taxa we test if the Chilean taxon represents (a) a Gondwana relict, (b) a more recently divergent species, (c) a recently introduced species. The results suggest that the Chilean taxon is a recent introduction to Chile from Australian populations and that Pyura stolonifera praeputialis, from Australia, and the "piure de Antofagasta" are geographical populations of a single species: Pyura praeputialis; while the South African taxon represents a second species: Pyura stolonifera.
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Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 23 diseños de 6 diseñadores freelance.
NetReports is a market intelligence tool that allows E-retailers to monitor the prices of their products across various competitor websites in real time.
E-retailers include online travel agencies, tour operators, wholeselers and internet-consumer goods selers.
RateGain develops spiders that bring back the various components of rates such as taxes, rebates/discounts, shipping, fuel surcharge, air passenger duty, bagage handling charges etc.
Travel companies use NetReports to renegotiate contracts with their suppliers or adjust their margins to maximize revenues.
Internet Retailers utilize price comparison reports to adjust their margins and discounts to offer the best price to the consumer for each product. Revenues are thus maximised by increasing or decreasing the prices to increase sales.
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While other alarm systems require you to buy individual panels, keypads, sirens, dialers, two-way voice systems and speakerphones, the Ademco Honeywell Lynx Plus Alarm Kit gives you all of this in one wireless unit! Eliminating the need for grueling hardwired installation, this security kit, which features an all-in-one integrated system consisting of ONE master keypad for controlling system operation, TWO wireless transmitters & ONE wireless motion sensor which provide superior perimeter and interior burglary protection with the option of attaching combustion detectors to provide early fire warning. In addition, optional wireless keypads may also be installed to allow you to control the system away from the master keypad, while the system may also be controlled from a remote telephone and can be used as a speaker phone as well.
The The Ademco Lynx Plus Alarm Kit uses microcomputer technology to monitor all protection zones and system status, display appropriate information on the keypad display, and initiate appropriate alarms.
Two-Way Voice Feature
The Lynx Plus Series supports voice dialog between an operator at the central station and an individual at the premises. This feature allows the central station to listen, talk to or conduct a two-way conversation with an individual(s) at the premises and allows the operator to gather information about the nature and location of the alarm that may be helpful in responding to police or rescue departments.
Features (dealer):
- Supports two-way voice over GSM radio (with the GSMVLP radio module)
- Supports Internet alarm signaling (with the 7847i-L IP Communicator)
- Supports Total Connect remote services
- GSM signal strength indicator on the display
- Up to 40 wireless zones
- One hardwired zone onboard
- Voice prompt programming mode
- Lack of usage notification
- Real time clock
- Full 16-button keypad with easy-to-read LCD display and status LEDs
- Built-in two-way voice system
- Hinged front and back cover for simpler installations
- Wall or optional desk-top mounting
- 85 dB internal sounder with voice siren
- Internal speaker and microphone
- Supports up to eight X-10(R) devices
- Eight user codes
- 84 event log
- Fully downloadable
- Rechargeable battery backup
- Scheduling
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- 2 x 16 Custom Alpha backlit display "Follow Me" alarm and reminder announcements
- Voice prompted clock setting
- Full voice response
- Family message center that records and plays back voice messages
- Speakerphone operation
- Remote phone control
- Optional bidirectional remote provides system status feedback
- Optional wireless, programmable remotes offer single-button system control
- Activates lights, appliances, garage doors and numerous other applications with the touch of a button or at specified times (with optional X-10(R) devices and transformer)
- Quick exit feature enables users to leave the house for a brief time without disarming the system
- Chime by zone feature sounds chime and speaks location in plain English
- Single button operation
(1) 5800PIR-RES - Ademco Honeywell Wireless Pet Immune Motion Sensor
- Range: 35' x 40' (11m x 12m)
- Battery Life: up to 5 years
- Animal Immunity: 80 lbs
- Operating Temp: 14deg. to 131deg.F
(2) Ademco 5816 Wireless Door/Window Transmitter
- Compatible with 5800 wireless technology
- Includes two unique zones
- Easy open case
- Battery included
- Use with 5899 magnet
Additional Info
Additional Info
|Part Number
|What's in the box
|(1) L3000 LYNX Plus Dialer
(1) 5800PIR-RES Wireless PIR Motion Detector with Pet Immunity
(2) 5816WMWH Wireless Door/Window Transmitter w/ Magnet
(1) Rechargeable battery backup
(1) Transformer
(1) LYNX Plus Video User Guide DVD
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|8-3/4" W x 6-3/4" H x 1-3/4" D
|Voltage input
|9VAC from plug-in 25VA transformer
|Rechargeable backup battery
|Nickel-metal hydride battery pack rated at 7.7Vdc.
|Alarm sounder
|Piezo = 6-14VDC
30mA max/ Bell = 6.14VDC
12mA max (e.g. Ademco's WAVE2EX)
|Formats Supported
|Ademco Express: 10 characters/sec., DTMF (Touch Tone) Data Tones, 1400/2300Hz ACK, 1400Hz KISSOFF
Ademco Contact ID Reporting: 10 characters/sec, DTMF (TouchTone) Data Tones, 1400/2300Hz ACK, 1400Hz KISSOFF
Ademco Low Speed: 10 pulses/sec, 1900Hz Data Tone, 1400Hz ACK/KISSOFF
Radionics/SESCOAA: 20 pulses/sec, 1800Hz Data Tone, 2300Hz ACK/KISSOFF. Can report 0-9, B-F
|Line Seize
|Double Pole
|Ringer Equivalence
|FCC Registration No.
Motion Detector
|35ft x 45 ft (10.6m x 13.7,)
30 zones (8 long, 7 over 7 intermediate, 4 over 4 short-range)
|Pulse Count
|Installer-selectable On/Off link
|Detectable Walk Rate
|0.5-10 ft/Sec (0.15-1.5m/Sec)
|Mtg Height
|7.0 ft recommended (2.1m), but may be mounted at other heights
|Walk Test Indicator
|Red LED with Test/Normal (disable) link
|Two 3-volt Lithium batteries. Use only Ademco No. 466, Duracell DL123A, Panasonic CR123A, or Sanyo CR123A
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Adobe Flash is not supported on Openmoko. We recommend Gnash. Gnash is a free software swf file player that supports up to swf version 8, with swf v9 currently under heavy development. It fully supports streaming video from popular web sites, and most flash based animations. On the Openmoko, Gnash has to use 100% software rendering, so some things, like streaming video over the internet has performance issues at this time.
A screenshot of Gnash on the NEO 1973 is here: http://www.gnashdev.org/images/kif_5699.jpg.
Ipk packages of Gnash for the Openmoko are available from:
If you want to install Gnash, you can follow this instruction:
1.Download Gnash:
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2.put this ipk file on you Neo
3.Install this package:
Opkg install gnash_0.8.1-r0_armv4t.ipk


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Mass Effect costumes coming to Little Big Planet this week
Mass Effect costume pack comes with outfits for Shepard, Wrex, Liara, and Garrus.
Mass Effect costume pack comes with outfits for Shepard, Wrex, Liara, and Garrus.
Don't have time to watch the full Sony press conference out of gamescom 2012? We've picked out the best bits for you in this handy video mash-up.
Job listings at Media Molecule indicate British studio building "brand new IPs" for "different platforms" that are "even more ambitious" than Little Big Planet.
We talk to the former Sega Europe composer about his work on James Bond 007: Blood Stone and the upcoming Little Big Planet 2: The Muppets DLC.
Sony affirms speculation of kart racing gaming in platformer series in development; platform(s) and release date TBA.
New racing game based on platform franchise for PlayStation 3 with 3D support reportedly announced at Sony event; Move racing wheel also inbound.
John Koller stops by to talk about Sony Entertainment Network's 2012 strategy to connect all your Sony devices together.
The end of the year is upon us once again, and it's time to decide the best games of 2011! Check out our nominees now, and vote in the Readers' ...
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Just in case you haven't seen it, here is what many are calling the worst TV commercial ever created. Like, ever.
Thankfully, this locally-made zero budget Chicago insurance company ad is of the "so bad it's good" variety, not the, "so bad it makes me want to kill myself in the quickest way possible" sort.
It's got everything – bad '90s Aquanet hair, horrible, horrible "acting," and, of course, a man in an eagle costume pooping out a giant egg. And what hatches out of that egg is even more horrifying than what you could have ever imagined. Just watch. (Thanks to Reddit user Frostiken for this one.)
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WASHINGTON — Joe Biden's task was to attack. Sarah Palin's was to attack, connect and stick to her folksy script.
While both vice presidential candidates succeeded in their only debate of the campaign Thursday night, the stakes were much higher and the bar was much lower for Palin. So, in the contest of low expectations, Palin won.
If nothing else, the first-term Alaska governor got past the raft of nonsensical and meandering answers in evening news interviews with Katie Couric and Charlie Gibson, the spoofs by Saturday Night Live and the mockery of late-night comics.
From her first words, a confident Palin sought to connect with voters whose confidence in her qualifications has waned. She sprinkled down-home phrases throughout her answers — "bless their hearts" and "darn right." Americans weren't just people they were "Joe Six-Pack" and "Hockey Moms." And who needs polls, she suggested, when there are youth soccer games with parents on the sidelines.
"I'll betcha you're going to hear some fear in that parent's voice," Palin said.
She defended Republican presidential nominee John McCain from Biden's litany of criticisms, and took Biden to task over both his record and that of Democratic nominee Barack Obama.
And yet, it wasn't a perfect performance.
A shaky performance at times
Palin was shaky at times on less familiar issues. Not even halfway through the debate, Palin was asked a question about sub-prime mortgages but maneuvered back to the issue of energy where she was clearly more comfortable — and where she had her lines down. It appeared to be a non-sequitur.
"I want to talk about again my record on energy versus your ticket's energy ticket also," she said. "I think that this is important to come back to with that energy policy plan again that was voted in '05. When we talk about energy, we have to consider the need to do all that we can to allow this nation to become energy independent."
She twice referred to the commanding U.S. general in Afghanistan as "General McClellan."
In fact, his name is Gen. David McKiernan and, as Biden said, he called this week for the U.S. and its allies to rush more troops "as quickly as possible" to Afghanistan and warn that the fighting there could worsen before it gets better.
Other political news of note
Animated Boehner: 'There's nothing complex about the Keystone Pipeline!'
House Speaker John Boehner became animated Tuesday over the proposed Keystone Pipeline, castigating the Obama administration for not having approved the project yet.
- Budget deficits shrinking but set to grow after 2015
- Senate readies another volley on unemployment aid
- Obama faces Syria standstill
- Fluke files to run in California
- Animated Boehner: 'There's nothing complex about the Keystone Pipeline!'
She was adept at not answering questions and stuck to breezy sound bites, frequently looking to her notes. She criticized Biden and Obama with a smile and her Alaska accent.
Biden on the attack from the start
Palin's head bobbed up and down from notes on her podium to Biden as she resurrected — and listed — his disagreements with Obama on the Iraq war.
Biden was critical from the start, accusing President Bush of overseeing "the worst economic policies we've ever had." Often tagged as undisciplined, Biden stuck to the Democratic script.
The Delaware senator criticized McCain over his conflicting economic statements. "That doesn't make John McCain a bad guy, but it does point out he's out of touch," Biden said.
He also accused Palin of distorting Obama's record, and said: "Let's get straight who's been right and wrong" on Iraq.
"John McCain has been dead wrong," Biden said before trying his hand at folksiness. "As my mother would say, I love him but he's been dead wrong."
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Items where NERC Author is "Roberts, John"
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Roberts, J.. 2007 The role of plant physiology in hydrology: looking backwards and forwards. Hydrology and Earth System Sciences, 11 (1). 256-269.
Herbst, Mathias; Roberts, John M.; Rosier, Paul T. W.; Gowing, David J.. 2006 Measuring and modelling the rainfall interception loss by hedgerows in southern England. Agricultural and Forest Meterology, 141. 244-256. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.agrformet.2006.10.012
Publication - Book Section
Stratford, Charles J; Ratcliffe, John; Hughes, Andrew; Roberts, John; Robins, Nicholas. 2007 Complex interaction between shallow groundwater and changing woodland, surface water, grazing and other influences in partly wooded duneland in Anglesey, Wales. In: Proceedings CDXXXV Congress International Association of Hydrogeologists : Groundwater and Ecosystems. International Association of Hydrogeologists, 1-10.
Publication - Report
Finch, J. W.; Hall, R. L.; Rosier, P. T. W.; Clark, D. B.; Stratford, C.; Davies, H. N.; Marsh, T. J.; Roberts, J. M.; Riche, A.; Christian, D.. 2004 The hydrological impacts of energy crop production in the UK. Final report. London, UK, Department of Trade and Industry, 151pp. (CEH Project Number: C01937, B/CR/000783/00/00) (Unpublished)


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UMBEL - Annex C
UMBEL Annex Document - 20 April 2015
- Latest version
- http://techwiki.umbel.org/index.php/UMBEL_-_Annex_C
- Last update
- $Date: 2015/4/20 14:28:36 $
- Version
- Version No.: 1.20
- Volume
- Authors
- Michael Bergman - Structured Dynamics
- Frédérick Giasson - Structured Dynamics
|UMBEL: Upper Mapping and Binding Exchange Layer by Structured Dynamics LLC is provided under the
Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 license. See the attribution section for how to cite the effort.
RefConcept) has replaced the notion of 'Subject Concept' (
SubjectConcept). Historical documentation may still use the older term and some use is kept in current documentation for continuity reasons. Please treat the two terms as synonomous.
The UMBEL Reference Concept ontology tries to follow a series of best practices. These same practices, listed below, are also recommended when constructing a domain ontology based on the UMBEL Vocabulary.
- Name all concepts as single nouns. Use CamelCase notation for these classes (that is, class names should start with a capital letter and not contain any spaces, such as MyNewConcept)
- Name all properties as verb senses (so that triples may be actually read); e.g., hasProperty. Try to use mixedCase notation for naming these predicates (that is, begin with lower case but still capitalize thereafter and don't use spaces)
- Try to use common and descriptive prefixes and suffixes for related properties or classes (while they are just labels and their names have no inherent semantic meaning, it is still a useful way for humans to cluster and understand your vocabularies). For examples, properties about languages or tools might contain suffixes such as 'Language' or 'Tool' for all related properties
- Enable multi-lingual capabilities in all definitions and labels. This is a rather complicated best practice in its own right. For the time being, it means being attentive to the xml:lang="en" (for English, in this case) property for all annotation properties and non-annotation properties.
Remember the special mapping and reference roles that UMBEL-based ontologies play. As a result, provide inverse properties where it makes sense, and adjust the verb senses in the predicates to accommodate. For example, <Father> <hasChild> <Janie> would be expressed inversely as <Janie> <isChildOf> <Father>
Recall that reference concepts in UMBEL or based on the UMBEL Vocabulary are referents to real-world concepts with exact definitions and instance members, the combination of which (through both intension and extension[1]) defines what the concept means. The label for the concept is merely a useful handle to the class membership and meaning of that concept, and has no further meaning in and of itself.
As a result, give all concepts and properties a definition. The matching and alignment of things is done on the basis of concepts (not simply labels) which means each concept must be defined.[2]
Providing clear definitions (along with the coherency of its structure) gives an ontology its semantics. Remember not to confuse the label for a concept with its meaning. (This approach also aids multi-linguality). The UMBEL Vocabulary recommends the use of the property
skos:definition, though others such as rdfs:comment or dc:description are also commonly used.
- Provide a preferred label annotation property that is used for human readable purposes and in user interfaces. For this purpose, the UMBEL Vocabulary recommends the use of the
skos:prefLabelproperty. Only ONE preferred label may be used per language variant
- Provide a robust set of alternative labels (see SEMSET section next). For this purpose, the UMBEL Vocabulary recommends the use of the
- Provide a robust set of misspellings for the reference concept (see SEMSET section next). For this purpose, the UMBEL Vocabulary recommends the use of the
- If there are authoritative sources of external information, specifically including Wikipedia, provide a
rdfs:seeAlsoannotation and link to the external URL
- As noted above, provide language tags for all annotations.
Since the UMBEL Reference Concept ontology and domain ontologies based on the UMBEL Vocabulary are used for reference and tagging purposes, it is essential that the ontology specification be sufficiently robust to inform information extraction systems.[3]
This purpose is served by including explicit consideration for the idea of a "semset" to accompany each reference concept. The semset construct is a series of alternate labels and terms to describe the concept. These alternatives include true synonyms, but may also be more expansive and include jargon, slang, acronyms or alternative terms that usage suggests refers to the same concept. The semset construct is similar to the "synsets" in Wordnet, but with a broader use understanding.
Included in the semset construct is the single (per language) preferred (human-readable) label for the concept, the prefLabel, an embracing listing of alternative phrase and terms for the concept (including acronyms, synonyms, and matching jargon), the altLabels, and a listing of prominent or common misspellings for the concept or its alternatives, the hiddenLabels.
Contemporary jargon or slang as may be drawn from Web tagging or folksonomies. (For example, Web 2.0, Web 20, web20, web_20, web-20, etc., can be expanded variants.) The construct of semsets may also apply to named entities . In this case, their use is closer to the sense of an alias (such as nicknames, or "great Satan" or "uncle Sam" for the "United States").
There is no limit to the number of
altLabels or
hiddenLabels a semset may have.
One important feature of the semset construct is its relation to a language. For each language, the parts of the semset construct should be labeled specifically for that language. The construct may then be replaced for alternative languages. This means that a semset can be seen as a bag of related labels and that this bag of labels is related to a language. The goal is to relate a semset construct to a language instead of relating each label to the proper datatype. This means that all contributing members to a semset construct should have a relation to the lexvo[4] instance that describes the current language.
semset Example
Here is an example of the parts to a semset construct related to the Project reference concept,
skos:prefLabel """project"""@en ;
skos:altLabel """projects"""@en ;
skos:altLabel """undertakings"""@en ;
skos:altLabel """undertaking"""@en ;
skos:altLabel """enterprises"""@en ;
skos:altLabel """enterprise"""@en ;
skos:altLabel """programs"""@en ;
skos:altLabel """program"""@en ;
skos:altLabel """programme"""@en ;
skos:hiddenLabel """programz"""@en ;
skos:hiddenLabel """projeckt"""@en .
See further the TechWiki Ontology Best Practices for a broader set of guidances.
- ↑ The intension of a concept is provided by its definition as the described scope and coverage; the extension of a concept is the set of its members, which collectively imply its scope and coverage. Use of both approaches is encouraged and allowed in the idea of a "reference concept".
- ↑ As another commentary on the importance of definitions, see http://ontologyblog.blogspot.com/2010/09/physician-decries-lack-of-definitions.html.
- ↑ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Information_extraction
- ↑ http://lexvo.org/


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All that and no cover
Here's Victoria Beckham in Vogue this month, NOT the cover. Even though it's a pretty long ass article. The kind of long article that usually belongs to the front page subject. The kind of article with the kind of access that, for any other celebrity, comes only with a front page guarantee.
But Posh...
Posh gave it up - she allowed the writer insider her design studio, inside her hotel rooms, inside her Los Angeles home, invited him for dinner at the house, with her children, and David - and still... she only gets the inside and NO COVER.
Because Anna Wintour keeps f-cking with her. Extraordinary, isn't it?
Anyway, if you haven't already, I highly recommend reading the entire piece, and not just for the part where she reveals that Romeo received Pax's Bieber guitar. Skim past the first few pages about how she designs all her own clothes. It starts getting really good a third of the way in. You'll laugh when she refers to herself as "enormously pregnant" at the Royal Wedding. As if she's ever been enormously anything. And what is her issue with tomatoes???
What's best is what happens at her house. The way it's decorated, yes, yes. But mostly at the dinner table, when she's interacting with her kids, and how obviously in love she (still) is with her husband. And how her boys wanted this so badly for her, even her boys!, they started performing, doing tricks, whatever it took to impress the guest. Like a new family in the neighbourhood that desperately, desperately wants the community to come to their bbq.
Come on. Did your heart just break a little for her?
I mean, Brooklyn sang a song! Cruz spun on his head! It was like the whole family was begging ...
And still...that woman, that Anna Wintour, just shut it down.
Click here for the full article and to see a few photos from Mrs Beckham's fashion past, something I suspect Anna put in there as a reminder of who she'll always be.


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I would like to know some reference (articles, books...) about any kind of moduli spaces of any of the following objects:
vector bundles
torsion-free sheaves
principal bundles
parabolic bundles
over singular algebraic curves (reducible or not), in any of the following frameworks:
algebraic geometry (in characteristic zero and in positive characteristic)
holomorphic geometry
integrable systems
gauge theory
differential geometry
...anything you like...
I would be particularly glad to have some reference about torsion-free sheaves in the algebro-geometric setting.
Edit: I should emphasize that my reference request is about some structures over singular curves. The freedom I expect in a typical answer should be on the structure (e.g. bundles, torsion-free sheaves,...) and on the viewpoint (e.g. pure algebraic geometry, trascendental methods, ...), but the base curve must be singular (for the answer not to be offtopic).


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England v Fiji, Twickenham, November 10
England and Fiji braced for fresh encounter
ESPN Staff
November 5, 2012
England's Jonny Wilkinson cops a high shot in the last time the pair met © PA Photos
Saturday's match between England and Fiji will be the first time the teams have come face-to-face since 1999.
It is the fifth official Test between the two sides with England currently unbeaten against the Pacific Islanders. Their first Test meeting was back in June 1988 where England prevailed 25-12 in Suva with a brace from Rory Underwood and a further score from Bryan Barley enough to get them over the line against 14-man Fiji who had Mosese Taga sent-off.
Their most recent match came during the 1999 Rugby World Cup and it was a similar story for England who ran out four-try victors against the Islanders. Fiji pushed them close on the try-scoring stakes with three of their own but the boot of Jonny Wilkinson - who slotted seven penalties and a conversion - was enough to give the home team a 45-24 victory.
While the record books show four official Test meetings between the two countries, Fiji have played a further three Tests against an England XV side with the Rugby Football Union not recognising the matches as capped internationals. The England XV won on all three occasions triumphing in Suva in 1973 and 1979 and also at Twickenham in 1982.
England v Fiji
All-time record: Played: 4, England won 4, Fiji won 0
Biggest winning margin: Eng: 35 (England 58-23 Fiji, November 4, 1989) ; Fiji: 0
Highest score: Eng: 58 (England 58-23 Fiji, November 4, 1989) ; Fiji: 24 (England 45-24 Fiji, October 20, 1999)
Most tries: Eng: 10 (58-23, 1989); Fiji: 4 (58-23, 1989)
Most points (individual): Eng: 32 Rory Underwood; Fiji: 26 Severo Koroduadua Waqanibau
Most tries (individual): Eng: 8 Rory Underwood; Fiji: 1 (14 players)
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text: Minnesota Vikings quarterback Brett Favre was the talk of the town on SportsCenter this football season, and not solely because of his ailing ankle. dbking/flickr hide caption toggle caption dbking/flickr Blog Of The Nation The Center Of Sports, Revisited January 19, 2011 ESPN's SportsCenter is a favorite program among Americans, known for its upbeat, fast-paced analysis of the games and its respective players. But would a foreigner favor sports broadcasting outside his or her home country? An Englishman tells all.


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A COUPLE'S dream wedding day was delayed after a man stormed into the church having just hacked his testicles off.
The vicar and florist were putting finishing touches to All Saints Church, in Hutton, east of London, ahead of the ceremony at the weekend, when the blood-soaked man entered the church, The Brentwood Weekly News reports.
A friend of the bride and groom, who did not wish to be named, turned up for the wedding at around 12.45pm to find a police car outside.
He was told by the vicar that guests were not allowed to enter the church as a man had injured himself.
The guest said the vicar told him "the man had chopped his testicles off with a pair of scissors and was going berserk, chucking chairs around. I'm surprised he didn't pass out.
"When I went in the church, I saw something on the floor which I could only describe as flesh, which I thought was part of his arm but that was one of his testicles."
The police had wanted to close the church because it was a crime scene but the wedding went ahead soon after, with the bride none the wiser to the bizarre events.
"There was a bit of an atmosphere," the witness said. "The bride didn't know anything about it, I'm sure she does now. But it took place. I'm surprised the vicar held it all together."
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