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Bay Area Hospital is a tobacco-free campus.
We provide some of the most advanced and compassionate care in the region.
Whether you are receiving care or visiting a loved one, our goal is to make your stay with us a positive one.
Bay Area Hospital offers a wide variety of support groups and programs to improve the health of our community.
We are continually looking for opportunities to improve our organization and keep our community informed.
Cervical cerclage — Overview covers definition, risks, results of this procedure to prevent premature birth.
Cervical cerclage is a procedure in which stitches are used to close the cervix during pregnancy to help prevent pregnancy loss or premature birth. The cervix is the lower part of the uterus that opens to the vagina.
Cervical cerclage can be done through the vagina (transvaginal cervical cerclage) or, less commonly, through the abdomen (transabdominal cervical cerclage). Typically, the stitches are removed at around week 37 of pregnancy.
Your health care provider might recommend cervical cerclage if your cervix is at risk of opening before your baby is ready to be born or, in some cases, if your cervix begins to open too early. However, cervical cerclage isn''t appropriate for everyone. It can cause serious side effects and doesn''t always prevent premature birth. Understand the risks of cervical cerclage and whether the procedure might benefit you and your baby.
Before pregnancy, the cervix is closed and rigid. During pregnancy, the cervix gradually softens, decreases in length (effaces) and opens (dilates) in preparation for birth. If you have an incompetent or weak cervix, however, your cervix might begin to open too soon. As a result, you could experience pregnancy loss or give birth prematurely.
Your health care provider might recommend cervical cerclage during pregnancy to prevent premature birth if you have:
Cervical cerclage isn''t appropriate for everyone at risk of premature birth. Your health care provider might discourage cervical cerclage if you have:
Risks associated with cervical cerclage include:
Keep in mind that if you have cervical dilation in the second trimester, it''s possible that you might experience these problems even if you don''t have cervical cerclage.
After receiving a cervical cerclage, contact your health care provider immediately if you have leakage of fluid from your vagina, a sign of preterm premature rupture of membranes. Your health care provider might recommend removing the cervical cerclage early if you have preterm premature rupture of membranes and a uterine infection, depending on your stage of pregnancy.
Before cervical cerclage, your health care provider will do an ultrasound to check your baby''s vital signs and rule out any major birth defects. Your health care provider might take a swab of your cervical secretions or do amniocentesis — a procedure in which a sample of amniotic fluid is removed from the uterus — to check for infection. If you have an infection that requires antibiotics, you''ll complete treatment before the cerclage is done — if possible.
Ideally, a history-indicated cervical cerclage is done between weeks 12 and 14 of pregnancy. However, cervical cerclage can be done up until week 24 of pregnancy if a pelvic exam or ultrasound shows that your cervix is beginning to open. Cervical cerclage is typically avoided after week 24 of pregnancy due to the risk of rupturing the amniotic sac and triggering premature birth. In some cases, cervical cerclage can be done before pregnancy.
If you have prolapsed fetal membranes — a condition in which the amniotic sac protrudes through the opening of the cervix — and your health care provider recommends cervical cerclage, he or she will treat the condition before doing the procedure.
Cervical cerclage is typically done as an outpatient procedure at a hospital or surgery center under regional or general anesthesia. Most cervical cerclage procedures are done through the vagina.
Cervical cerclage might be done through the abdomen if transvaginal cerclage is unsuccessful or anatomically difficult due to an extremely short, lacerated or scarred cervix.
During transvaginal cervical cerclage, your health care provider will insert a speculum into your vagina and grasp your cervix with ring forceps. He or she might use ultrasound for guidance. Your health care provider will likely use the McDonald cerclage or the Shirodkar cerclage. Research suggests no significant difference in outcomes between the two methods.
To place the McDonald cerclage, your health care provider will use a needle to put stitches around the outside of your cervix. Next, he or she will tie the ends of the sutures to close your cervix.
In the Shirodkar method, your health care provider will use ring forceps to pull your cervix toward him or her while pulling back the side walls of your vagina. Next, he or she will make small incisions in your cervix where it meets your vaginal tissue. Then, he or she will pass a needle with tape through the incisions and tie your cervix closed. Your health care provider might use stitches to reposition vaginal tissue affected by the incisions.
During transabdominal cervical cerclage, your health care provider will make an abdominal incision. He or she might elevate your uterus to gain better access to your cervix. Next, your health care provider will use a needle to place tape around the narrow passage connecting the lower part of your uterus to your cervix and tie your cervix closed. Then he or she will set your uterus back into place and close the incision. The procedure also can be done laparoscopically.
After cervical cerclage, your health care provider will do an ultrasound to check your baby''s well-being.
You might experience some spotting, cramps and painful urination for a few days. Acetaminophen (Tylenol, others) is recommended for pain or discomfort. If your health care provider used stitches to reposition vaginal tissue affected by incisions in your cervix, you might notice passage of the material in two to three weeks as the stitches dissolve.
If you had history-indicated cervical cerclage, you''ll likely be able to go home after you recover from the anesthetic. As a precaution, your health care provider might recommend avoiding sex for at least one week and, afterward, using condoms during sex.
If you had cervical cerclage because your cervix had already begun to open or an ultrasound showed that your cervix is short, you might need to remain in the hospital for observation. As a precaution, your health care provider might recommend limiting physical activity and sex until up to week 34 of pregnancy.
Your health care provider might recommend weekly or biweekly visits to examine your cervix until you give birth.
A transvaginal cervical cerclage is typically removed at around week 37 of pregnancy — or at the onset of preterm labor.
A McDonald cerclage can usually be removed in a health care provider''s office without anesthetic, while a Shirodkar cerclage might need to be removed in a hospital or surgery center. After having a transvaginal cervical cerclage removed, you''ll typically be able to resume your usual activities as you wait for labor to begin naturally.
If you expect to have a C-section and plan to have children in the future, you might choose to leave a Shirodkar cervical cerclage in place throughout your pregnancy and after the baby is born. However, it''s possible that the cerclage could affect your future fertility. Consult your health care provider about your options.
If you had a transabdominal cervical cerclage, you''ll need to have another abdominal incision to remove the cerclage. As a result, a C-section is typically recommended during week 37 through 39 of pregnancy. Your baby will be delivered through an incision made above the cerclage. During the C-section, you can choose to have the cerclage removed or leave it in place for future pregnancies.
The effectiveness of cervical cerclage is a topic of debate.
Research suggests that cervical cerclage can reduce the incidence of premature birth in women at risk of recurrent premature birth. However, the timing of cervical cerclage can also affect the outcome. Emergency cervical cerclage done in the presence of advanced cervical change and prolapsed membranes has the worst outcome.


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Johnnie was born April 29, 1920, in Moab, Utah. She spent her childhood swimming in the Colorado River, riding horses between Moab and her beautiful La Sal Mountains. After her high school graduation, she attended St. Joseph's Nursing School in Denver, Colo. While completing her training in Grand Junction, she met her future husband, Joe de Blaquiere – the postman. She had intended to follow her love to Panama, but World War II intervened. They married in June 1942 and she followed Joe to San Francisco, where Joe entered the U.S. Navy. The American Red Cross had started a blood bank and needed nurses. Johnnie was the eighth nurse hired and her skills quickly made her a valuable employee. She loved San Francisco, mainly because of all the world dignitaries and celebrities she met drawing blood.
After the war, Johnnie and Joe returned to Grand Junction and started a family. Joe wanted to be a farmer instead of a postman. He soon realized he wanted to farm in Idaho. In 1952, they moved their young family to Blackfoot. They would move one more time, in 1958, to Rupert, Idaho, acquiring land as part of the Homestead Act.
The first year, Johnnie's strength of character was called upon as Joe had a malarial relapse. She and her young sons had to perform the first planting of the crops and farmed until Joe was well enough to take the helm.
Johnnie lived in Rupert for 44 years, helping her husband farm and raising her four children. As they became more independent, she pursued what became her greatest loves after her family – golf and bridge. Golf became a family affair, which is being passed on to subsequent generations.
In 1996, Johnnie's beloved Joe died of cancer. In 2000, she lost her first-born son, Joe Jr., to cancer. That fall, Johnnie returned to Moab, Utah, to be close to her own brother and sister. In 2009, declining health required her to move to Grand Junction, Colo. She spent her final years enjoying her nieces, Mary Prather and Eileen O'Toole, and longtime friends.
Johnnie is survived by three of her four children, Gary, Patricia Sudick (Todd) and Judy Schlicher (Jeff); her sister, Berdene Gramlich; grandchildren; great-grandchildren; nieces and nephews; grand-nieces and grand-nephews; great-grand-nieces and great-grand-nephews; and many friends she has made throughout her life.
As per her request, there will be no services. Remembrances can be given in Johnnie's name to Hospice of Grand Junction and Catholic Outreach of Grand Junction.

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Tuesday, April 10, 2007
Wallpapers and Websites edition 1
Hello tis me Seamus the Leprechaun, cummin atcha again with some hot gaming wallpaper action. Having fulfilled the Wallpaper part of this post, for your delectation in no other particular order, other than from top to bottom, the Websites
Two Worlds (PC, Xbox 360)
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- TheTimeRunner said...
What are you trying to do? Get me in trouble with the wife?
- 3:09 PM, April 11, 2007
- gnome said...
(points towards timerunners hiding place)
Yes ma'am. He's there. besides he's an addicted petter.
Oh, and Mr. Elderly, those are some fine wallpapers mind you.
- 3:33 PM, April 11, 2007
sorry timerunner, working on a digital filter that will make posts like this invisible to the wifes and partners..
(places curtain over wallpapers....) beta stage now underway...
- 1:25 AM, April 12, 2007
- The Elderly said...
thank you Gnome, it's amazing what hunger will do for the average leprechaun....
okay seamus you can eat now.....
- 1:26 AM, April 12, 2007
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- fatherkrishna said...
Nice wall papers Seamus. I'm going to ask my Mrs. if we can deck the living room out in such images...
- 11:15 PM, April 13, 2007
... i'll make up an extra bed, just in case....
- 12:48 AM, April 15, 2007
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Date: April 16, 2010
Description: Peoples Community National Bank
Counterfeit Cashier's Checks of Peoples Community National Bank, Bremen, GA
To: Chief Executive Officers of All National Banks; All State Banking Authorities; Chairman, Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System; Chairman, Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation; Director, Office of Thrift Supervision; Conference of State Bank Supervisors; Deputy Comptrollers (districts); Assistant Deputy Comptrollers; District Counsel; and All Examining Personnel
The above-named bank has reported that counterfeit cashier's checks issued in the bank's name and using a correct routing number of 061120880 are being presented for payment nationwide in connection with a secret shopping scam.
The counterfeit checks do not resemble the bank's authentic items and may be identified by the following traits: the instruments are unknown in color, include the bank's name and address in the top-left corner followed by a telephone number of 1-888-832-5774, which is not associated with the bank. The top border of the item includes the following security statement: "FOR SECURITY PURPOSES, THE FACE OF THIS DOCUMENT CONTAINS A COLORED BACKGROUND AND MICROPRINTING IN THE BORDER." The words "Cashier's Check" and the date are located in the top-center area, and the words "Authorized Signature" are typed below the signature line at the bottom of the check.
Items presented to date have been made payable in the amount of $4970 and contain a remitter name of Customer Service Inspection Group.
Because of possible variations between the appearance of the bank's authentic items and the counterfeit items associated with the scam, officials of Peoples Community National Bank suggest they be contacted to verify authenticity of the bank's cashier's checks if received from an unknown entity.
Correspondence accompanying the counterfeit checks may contain the letterhead of "Customer Service Inspection Group, 2255 Cumberland Pkwy., Atlanta, GA 30339, Phone: 778-223-8700." The correspondence references an earlier telephone interview and informs the recipient that he or she has been selected to represent the company as a secret shopper. It is explained that the enclosed cashier's check is to be used during the assignment to make purchases at various merchants and to transfer money using a nationally known wire service. Recipients are instructed to contact the coordinator at 1-778-223-8700 for detailed instructions.
For additional information and guidance, and to verify the authenticity of Peoples Community National Bank's cashier's checks, please contact Carol Harrington, 400 US Hwy 27 Bypass, Bremen, GA 30110, by telephone at (770) 537-2265, by fax at (678) 821-0355, or via e-mail at [firstname.lastname@example.com].
Consumers who receive a counterfeit or fictitious item and associated material should file complaints with the following agencies, as appropriate:
Additional information concerning this matter that you believe should be brought to the attention of the OCC may be forwarded to:
For additional information regarding other types of financial fraud, please visit the OCC's anti-fraud resource at: https://www.occ.gov/topics/consumer-protection/fraud-resources/index-fraud-resources.html.
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Patriots cornerback Alfonzo Dennard was arrested early Thursday morning on suspicion of DUI, which led the Patriots to issue a statement saying they were "extremely disappointed" to learn of the arrest.
Dennard hasn't issued a formal statement of his own, but Ian Rapoport of the NFL Network spoke to someone who has heard Dennard's side of the story and the second-year cornerback takes issue with some parts of the police report.
According to the police report, Dennard was pulled over after he was spotted straddling a lane line and that the officer who approached the car administered a field sobriety test after smelling alcohol. The report also indicates that Dennard failed to comply with the tests, which is one of the charges he faces along with suspicion of DUI and the initial driving infraction.
According to Rapoport's report, however, Dennard says he blew into the Breathalyzer twice and that the officer told him he registered a BAC below the level for a DUI. Dennard also said that the officer told him he did not blow hard enough, which led to the did not comply charge, and that he was never asked to take a blood test. Dennard also claims that he passed the field sobriety test given at the scene.
Dennard still faces a 30-day jail sentence after being found guilty of assaulting a police officer before the Patriots drafted him last year. That sentence is scheduled to be served next March, but Dennard also faces two years of probation that he could be guilty of violating if he's found guilty on the charges stemming from Thursday's traffic stop.


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Sunday Andy, George and I ran with Pat DeVita the oldest legacy runner of the LA marathon she is 77. She placed 3rd in her age and finished in 6;43.
Ok this was my first marathon in 10 years and last time I ran LA marathon it was 11 years ago. What are the chances of it raining again 11 years later. Yep the last time I ran it it was raining for the first 19 miles but it did let up.
This year that would not be the case. The rain started as soon as the gun went off.
We couldn't find Pat at the start so our plan was for Andy to get in his coral in case she started early and look for and wait at mile 3.
I stayed with George and ran looking for her since we started near the back. I took off on George and said I would run ahead and wait at mile 3.
I meet a few bloggers in the morning Bob who is from Japan and was trying to when his age at 60. He won last year, he ended up finishing in 2nd this year.
Met Zachary who read about me in Born to run, he was running his first marathon in five fingers. he finished ;-)
So we got to mile 3 where we waited for George, I saw a guy running with a watermelon on his head a real one. I saw a guy running with an Alhambra bottle on his back accepting donations for the victims in japan. I saw groups of young kids running. I saw old people , I saw walkers I saw blind people. There was even a 400 pound man running it. And there was even the bass player of one of my favorite bands running Flea from the red hot chili peppers. I was amazed at all the different people running for different reasons. Me i was running for my friend Vicki DeVita who lost her fight with cancer in November. Pat DeVita is her mother so that was why I was there.
George came up and we told him to go on ahead and look for her. We had cellphones so could call if we spotted her. Andy and I waited for a long while finally I spotted Pat with her daughter Sherry and her friend Liz. Yay!!! She was so happy we found her and felt bad about the mix up on where to meet. Didn't matter we were all together running in memory of Vicki.
The weather was really bad but Pat never once complained just kept pushing through. I was so inspired by her determination and will power to just keep going even though the conditions were awful.
We finished in 6:43 and it was an awesome feeling knowing I got to help push her along. She was very happy we were there. She commented it would of taken her 8 hours had we not been there to motivate her. My goal now is to run LA marathon with Pat DeVita every year in Vicki's memory.
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Hi Catra,
I enjoyed meeting you at A VTSP meeting when I was looking for fellow trail runners. I just read about you in a book I'm enjoying "Born to Run" Small world, thought it would be fun to mention it.
Happy trails
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- Johann said...
Well done Catra! This is so inspiring!
- TokyoRacer said...
It was great to meet you, Catra. My race was hard, but I couldn't imagine being out there for over 6 hours. I was frozen after 3, in fact, after 2. You (and the 77 year old!) are awesome!
- Glenn Jones said...
Kudos on finishing! Those were some pretty nasty conditions to run in.
Hi Catra, I really like what you did. I think LA marathon is like a little walk in the park for you and Andy. But helping a 77yo lady friend crossing the finish line for a noble cause is really inspiring. I hope one day I can do the same. But first I need to be a better runner :)
- Catra said...
Bob you are amazing and so fast. Trust me I was prepared I was wearing a Gortex jacket but yes it was cold. Pat was awesome!!!
Great meeting you. Send me your email and I will send you the photo of us.
- Catra said...
Hi Jay heard you ran with Jerry last week. Hope to see you soon.
- trailturtle said...
What a great thing to do. Love it!


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After only 8 months living in her new home, Sandra has really made it a place of comfort and luxury — especially in the kitchen. The whole package screams luxury, elegance and certainly style.
The dark floors pick up the dark accents of cabinets while the white counters and walls balance everything out. The texture and shape of the backsplash is so rich and perfectly accented by the fabulous glass light fixtures. This strong contrast works really well in the space partly because of the huge windows that fill the kitchen with ample sunlight.
The accessories in the space add to the ambience and serve as the icing on the perfect kitchen cake. The adjacent dining room is filled with color, texture and pattern — a great accent to the more simple kitchen. Sandra had a blast playing with different styles and making them work together all under one roof.
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When I posted about Thomas' plumber's registration card for 1906, I made a note to myself to find the address: 9 Renfield Grove, Leeds. As it was not listed in current maps of Leeds, I did some digging. The West Yorkshire Archive Service was kind enough to provide me with the following information: Renfield Grove was located in the Central Ward of Leeds and was part of the slum clearances of the 1960s and 1970s. It would have been very near the current Sheepscar Interchange, possibly located close to where you would find Nortech Close today.
Looking at a Google map, this is where Renfield Grove would have been located:
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This is a street view of the location:
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You may need to angle the camera down on the street view to see the road...it doesn't seem to want to cooperate for the link.
Many thanks go to the West Yorkshire Archive Service for all their help in locating this long lost street and last known residence for the Ball family in Leeds.
Cheers, K.
A blog to share my research of the Ball family in Devon, England and Glamorgan, Wales.
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Thomas and Annie's Home in 1906 - 9 Renfield Grove, Leeds
2 comments:
- Heather Rojo said...
I loved reading your post, especially the map. My grandmother and her parents emmigrated from Leeds in 1915 to Massachusetts. My great grandparents were married in Sheepscar parish in Leeds, and there is a Sheepscar Street on your map!
- 21 November 2011 at 09:42
- Karen Ball said...
Glad to hear that you enjoyed the post. I had a difficult time pinning down the location of the former Renfield Grove. I don't think that Thomas and Annie lived very long in the Sheepscar parish (may be 2-3 years?)before emigrating to Canada.
Cheers, K.
- 21 November 2011 at 19:10
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A little history behind the studio name: The facility that Grumman Studios is being housed at was the former home of the Apollo Lunar Module. The Apollo Lunar Module was built by Grumman Aircraft Engineering at this site.
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Mother-daughter duo Katie Holmes and Suri Cruise wear matching orange dresses as they play together on a Central Park playground in New York City on Thursday afternoon. Looks like this twosome is ready for Halloween! (Suri carried around her favorite stuffed giraffe.)
Earlier this month, Katie and Suri toted around matching orange Hermes shopping bags. They sure do like to match their oranges!
Can't wait to see what Suri is going to dress up as for Halloween!!!
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A planet in the heart of M13, the Hercules Cluster, would never see the dark of night. The cluster contains hundreds of thousands of stars, all packed into a ball only about 150 light-years across. So while the Sun's nearest neighbor is more than four light-years away, a star in M13 would have thousands of neighbors that were much closer. So the night sky of a planet inside the cluster would boast thousands of stars that are brighter than the brightest star in our own night sky.
M13 is in the constellation Hercules, which is well up in the east and northeast as night falls. Look for a lopsided square of four modestly bright stars known as the Keystone. M13 lies between the two stars at the top of the Keystone. Under especially dark skies, it's just visible to the unaided eye as a faint, fuzzy star.
M13 is a globular cluster. These clusters were born at the same time as the galaxy itself. So the stars in a globular are perhaps 12 billion years old or even older — almost three times the age of the Sun.
Because of the cluster's extreme age, there's been plenty of time for life to develop there — including intelligent life. So 40 years ago, a team of scientists beamed a radio message toward the cluster — a greeting to any civilizations there. Because of the cluster's great distance, though, it'll take a while to get there — about 25,000 years.
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By RAELYNN RICARTE
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March 25, 2006
State and national conservation groups are generally pleased about a proposal to expand Wilderness areas on Mount Hood by 41 percent.
The Hood River Valley Residents Committee is also satisfied that the Mount Hood Stewardship Legacy Act of 2006 better protects the Crystal Springs watershed.
U.S. Reps. Greg Walden, R-Ore., and Earl Blumenauer, D-Ore., will introduce their new legislation next week. They crafted the master plan for uses on Mount Hood after almost four years of public discussions and interviews with stakeholders.
U.S. Reps. Darlene Hooley, D-Ore., and Peter Defazio, D-Ore., have agreed to co-sponsor the bill.
In the Legacy Act, Blumenauer and Walden are seeking Congressional approval for the settlement agreement between the HRVRC and Mt. Hood Meadows Ski Resort.
Under that plan, Meadows will turn its Cooper Spur Mountain Resort holdings over to the U.S. Forest Service. In exchange, the company will receive property to build 480 housing units near Government Camp. HRVRC has chosen to protect the local watershed by not opposing growth in a residential and commercial area of Clackamas County.
"I am pleased to see us making progress toward permanent protection for the historic backcountry on the north side of Mount Hood at Cooper Spur. I applaud the Congressmen for their hard work," said Mike McCarthy, a HRVRC member and pear farmer from the upper Hood River Valley.
"This is a model for solving complex land-use issues in national forests," said Dave Riley, general manager of Meadows.
However, HRVRC joins the Oregon Natural Resources Council and other environmental groups in the belief that 77,500 acres of new Wilderness isn't enough. Land given that federal designation is restricted to all mechanized vehicles — even baby strollers —- and limits human activity.
"Oregonians overwhelmingly support protecting lands on Mount Hood as Wilderness for this and future generations. If anything, our kids will look back and say we protected too little, instead of too much," said McCarthy.
"Everybody's kind of walking this line where we're glad to see this move forward but we all think there is room for more Wilderness," said Erik Fernandez, ONRC wilderness coordinator.
The ONRC has identified 261,000 acres of wilderness-quality land on Mount Hood and in the Gorge. They would like to see the old-growth forests around Boulder Lake, the wildlife migration corridor of Bonney Butte and bio-diverse woodland along Fifteenmile Creek also set aside as Wilderness.
If that is not possible, both the ONRC and HRVRC believe that U.S. Sen. Ron Wyden's former proposal of 177,000 new Wilderness acres is a better option.
However, Walden and Blumenauer stated during recent public forums that it will be difficult to push any new Wilderness legislation through the House Committee on Resources. The political climate in the House, said Walden, has not been friendly to more land regulations. In fact, it has been 21 years since any additions were made to the 186,200 acres of Wilderness on Mount Hood.
"We are pushing the outer limits with the scope of this bill as it is," said Walden, "I respect those who seek more Wilderness but the reality of the legislative process can't be ignored. If you want a bill that can become law, this is that bill."
Congress has signed five Wilderness bills into law during the past several years. However, only the Caribbean National Forest Act of 2005 in Puerto Rico concerned forest land. And that bill only designated 10,000 new acres of Wilderness.
Other legislation added 33,500 acres to the Apostle Islands National Lakeshore Wilderness in Wisconsin and 11,183 acres to the Ojito Wilderness in New Mexico.
The largest recent Wilderness grant from Congress was 251,965 acres of desert in Nevada that was incorporated into a Bureau of Land Management study area.
Three hundred acres has actually been withdrawn from the 9,886 total that made up the Cumberland Island Wilderness in Georgia.
In Washington state, the Wild Sky Wilderness Act of 2002 proposed 106,000 acres along the Skykomish River system for added protection.
In a bipartisan move, nine of the 11 Congressional delegates from the neighbor state supported the first Wilderness expansion in 18 years. The bill failed that year and was re-introduced in 2003, 2004 and 2005 legislative sessions — only to die in the House.
"Many stakeholders, including Mt. Hood Meadows, may feel compelled to ask for more of this or more of that but I believe we all need to focus on supporting what our Congressmen have told us is do-able in this political environment," said Riley.
Fernandez remains hopeful that if the Legacy Act makes it through the House, Wyden, D-Ore., and Sen. Gordon Smith, R-Ore., will be able to further expand Wilderness areas on Mount Hood.
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When solid ground grows soft with emerald moss and rivulets of black mud, and coffee-colored water pours slowly around the trunks of densely carpeted trees, this marks the beginning of Laod Mor: the swamp of Blossom Forest. Time itself seems to slow to a soporific crawl . . . the humid jungle air grows stagnant, thick with the scent of rich flooded earth and an abundance of green things that can be found nowhere else—except perhaps Caidir Olc. In some areas of the swamp, water rises so high the only way to cross it is to crawl across fallen logs or massive roots arching from their liquid beds; in other places a wolf might wade easily through the mire—or find a fortunate stretch of mostly dry earth. Pieces of the great river, Glaesfaet Sceawere, also slice through from time to time: small falls that feed into surprisingly clear pools, only to terminate into tar-like pits. Of course, Laod Mor's beauty shines brightest at night. Here, fireflies gather at all times of the year . . . suffusing the shadowy place with millions of twinkling lights.
Those looking to hunt here of course find a myriad of water prey, including caiman, turtles, fish, crayfish, otters, and toads.


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2 Week Specials, Care & Community in Nepal by Hannah Graham
It is fair to say that travelling to Nepal this year was the best experience I have had in my life so far! The school that I attend traditionally send volunteers away to countries with Projects Abroad every year, and this year I was lucky enough to be chosen! Myself and the three other students who were chosen, researched all of the possible countries we could travel to but the fascinating culture, scenery and levels of poverty, drew us to Nepal almost immediately. Nepal was everything that I had expected and much more!
Before going to Nepal I had researched the country quite well so had a fair idea of what I was letting myself in for! I knew it was home to the largest mountain in the world and bordered India and China. I also had a fair idea of the type of climate to expect as I knew it would be quite humid. Students from my school usually travel to Africa; however Nepal was more affordable for us and seemed to provide a similar experience.
Arriving in Nepal
After a long two days of travelling I touched down in Kathmandu; the sights upon landing were fascinating! We were met at the airport by two Projects Abroad representatives who led us to our taxi where we met with the other volunteers we would be spending the next two weeks with. Everyone was so friendly and I felt comfortable straight away. As we travelled in our mini van through the bustling streets of Kathmandu, I could not take my eyes off the window! The sights were intriguing.
My placement and accommodation
For our placement we were based in a hotel in Thamel in Kathmandu where all of the 2 Week Special volunteers stayed together. I shared a room with another volunteer. I had a bedroom with an en-suite bathroom/washroom; which contained a toilet sink and shower facility, two single beds, a wardrobe, two bedside tables and dressing table and also a small television.
The hotel on the whole was a pleasant place to stay. There was always a sufficient amount of breakfast to eat in the morning with cereal, porridge, fruit and toast, and in the evenings dinner was always good. The hotel always supplied us with fresh bottled water to drink as the water in Nepal is not safe to consume, even for brushing your teeth! There was also a small lounge area in the hotel with computers where you could get in touch with your folks back home in your free time.
My placement was in a primary school in a small village just outside Thamel, which was about a half an hour drive (taking traffic into consideration) every morning. Upon our first arrival at the school we were greeted by the cheery children who were eager for us to play with them. We had an opening ceremony where we were welcomed by the school. I was not expecting this reception; the whole school were so grateful to have us there! During the following two weeks we worked to rebuild a playground for the children of the school, and in the final two days painted a mural to go alongside the playground.
Here there was no such thing as cement mixers or any of the high tech building equipment there is at home, instead we mixed the cement with shovels and carried bricks and chips in true Nepali style, with a basket tied round our heads. Each day we began to notice the progress and the playground was beginning to take shape. With the constant smiling faces of the school children and their eagerness to assist us with our work made every day worth while and even more gratifying. We also had a farewell ceremony at the end of our two weeks where the children performed songs and dances and we all said our goodbyes.
Weekend trip
For our weekend trip we visited Chitwan National Park. This was one of my highlights of the entire trip. The experience was truly amazing. For the full six hour long journey I was captivated by the magnificent views and scenery. Vast valleys, lush green mountains and foamy white rivers lined the route to Chitwan. Nepal never failed to enthral me with its beautiful scenery and breathtaking views. After arriving in Chitwan, we went on a trek through the jungle where we saw an array of wildlife such as rhino and monkeys. We also canoed down a river where there were wild crocodiles! Although, I have to warn you about the heat! It was quite extreme, especially for someone like me who lives in Ireland, where we rarely see temperatures above 10 °.This was a once in a lifetime experience that I will remember forever!
During our time in Nepal we also visited significant landmarks in Kathmandu like temples, including the famous monkey temple. These places gave me a huge insight in the Nepali culture and religion which I have grown to respect and admire a great deal.
We also spent a day at a local orphanage where we got to interact with the children; we were welcomed with open arms! Many of the children's stories as to how they ended up in the orphanage were a huge eye-opener, however they were all full of joy and happiness; all they wanted to do was play and have fun!
I am glad to be able to say that I have made my mark in Nepal, and I would love to visit again in the future. I am extremely grateful to have been given this amazing experience and opportunity. I have not only taken away fond memories, but gained valuable life lessons, friends and learned to treasure the essential things we all take for granted.
Hannah Graham
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The Scallop (Pectin maximus) is the second most valuable shellfish species in Scotland with total landings from the fishery of 7,523 tonnes worth £15.54 million in 2011. The commercial scallop fishery originated in the Clyde during the early 1930s but developed rapidly during the late 1960s and early 1970s, expanding to other west coast grounds. Fisheries around Shetland and in the Moray Firth also developed over this period followed by those off the east coast of the Scottish mainland in the 1980s.
Fishing now takes place all year round with more than 80% of Scottish landings coming from grounds West of Kintyre, North West, Shetland, North East and on the East coast. Most scallops are caught by vessels using arrays of specialized dredges attached to bars towed from either side of the vessel. The scallop fleet is roughly divided into two groups: smaller vessels that tend to work locally in inshore waters; and some larger vessels up to about 30 m in length, with the capability to fish offshore grounds and venture more widely around the coast of Scotland and the UK. In March 2012, the Shetland Shellfish Management Organisation gained Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) certification of the Shetland inshore scallop fishery against the MSC's standard for environmental and sustainable fishing.
Scallops are also fished commercially by divers, accounting for about 5% of annual landings.
Scallops are bivalve molluscs that live in the waters around Scotland and its islands, the North Sea, and the Atlantic. They can be found on the sea bed anywhere from just below the low water mark to depths exceeding 100 m, preferring sediments comprised of sand, gravel and mud, sometimes interspersed with stones, rocks or boulders. They filter feed on suspended phytoplankton, algae, and other micro-organisms. If undisturbed, scallops usually lie recessed into the sediments with their flat valve uppermost, often disguised by a layer of sediment with only their eyes and tentacles visible when the valves are open. They have numerous eyes around the shell margin. Each is capable of forming an image which, along with other well developed sense organs, make scallops highly sensitive to changes in their immediate surroundings. Although considered sedentary, scallops are able to swim limited distances propelled by jets of water. The jets are produced by rapid closure of the valves and can be redirected to aid recessing.
Scallops are hermaphrodites and release male and female gametes separately into the surrounding water. Spawning is synchronized with scallops nearby improving the chances of successful cross-fertilization. Fertilised eggs develop over a period of 24 to 48 hours into free-swimming larvae that migrate towards the sea surface, spending three weeks or more in the water column. Larvae eventually settle on to the seabed, often becoming attached to the substrate before undergoing final metamorphosis into their adult form. Larvae are affected by water circulation and tides , as well as wind driven currents when they are near the surface. This makes it very difficult to predict where they eventually settle, which may be some distance from the parent population. In Scottish waters, scallops spawn for the first time in the autumn of their second year, and subsequently spawn each year in the spring or autumn. After settlement, scallops grow until their first winter during which growth usually ceases. Thereafter, growth resumes each spring and ceases each winter causing a distinct ring to be formed on the external surface of the shell. These are annual growth rings which can be used to determine the age and growths rate of scallops.
In biological terms the length of a scallop is the maximum dimension parallel to the hinge and, in Scotland, scallops grow to lengths exceeding 175 mm, and can live for 20 years or more. Environmental factors such as water temperature and food availability affect growth rates, which vary between areas.
For scallops current EU legislation specifies a minimum landing size of 100 mm length except in the Irish Sea where the limit is 110 mm. There are no limits on landings in the form of TACs or quotas. Under the Western Waters effort regime (which applies to all UK waters except the North Sea), effort limits are applicable to all vessels 15 m and over in length, including those fishing for scallops. The limits for UK scallop vessels are 1,974,425 KW days for Sub-areas V and VI and 3,315,619 KW days for Sub-area VII.
In Scotland, additional management measures specific to the scallop fishery have been introduced to support sustainable exploitation. In 1999, a restricted scallop licensing scheme was introduced in response to concerns about the expansion of scallop fishing effort. The scheme was strengthened in 2003 by gear restrictions that vary according to where fishing takes place:
· a maximum of 8 dredges per side can be towed in Scottish inshore waters (out to 6 nautical miles)
· a maximum of 10 per side in any other part of the UK territorial sea adjacent to Scotland (out to 12 nautical miles); and 14 per side in any other part of the Scottish zone (out to 200 nautical miles).
Additionally, the use of "French" dredges (a design incorporating water deflecting plates and rigid fixed teeth) is prohibited in Scottish inshore waters.
There are currently no agreed biomass or fishing mortality reference points for scallop stocks. MSS assessments indicate differences in stock dynamics in different assessment areas. In some areas increases in catches are associated with increased recruitment.
To the west of Scotland, SSB has declined markedly in the last ten years and recent estimates of fishing mortality for the West of Kintyre assessment area are high. Under these circumstances advice is for a reduction in fishing effort. Measures to increase spawning stock biomass should be considered. An increase in the minimum landing size has been proposed as a possible management measure for Scottish scallop fisheries. The survival of discarded scallops is high and therefore most undersized scallops returned to the sea have the potential to grow. This measure therefore has the potential to increase the reproductive capacity of the stock, provided that there is no associated increase in fishing effort.
In the North East and Shetland assessment areas, both SSB and recruitment appear relatively stable in recent years. Fishing mortality has been above the long term average. In such circumstances advice is for no increase in effort.
For the stocks in the main scallop assessment areas: West of Kintyre, North West, Shetland, and North East, an aged structured method, Time Series Analysis (TSA) is used. The TSA uses reported landings data, age and length frequency data collected as part of the Marine Scotland Science (MSS) market sampling programme and catch at age data from the annual MSS scallop dredge surveys which are conducted around the coast of mainland Scotland and Shetland. The approach is an improvement on methods previously used to assess scallop stocks and is considered more robust in that it makes use of multiple data sources and can cope with the omission of poor quality or missing data. It provides annual estimates (with confidence intervals) of yield, fishing mortality, spawning stock biomass and recruitment. For the East Coast assessment area the survey catch rate data are the main source of information on stock dynamics. Stocks in the Irish Sea, Orkney, and the Clyde are not routinely surveyed and there are insufficient data for TSA - official landings and market sampling data are monitored in these areas.
The latest assessments were conducted in 2011, using data collected up to and including 2010. For those stocks with analytical assessments, the summaries below show catch (data and model estimates) and spawning stock biomass (SSB) in thousand tonnes of scallop muscle, recruitment at age three in millions and annual fishing mortality averaged over ages four to six, as estimated by the TSA model. For the East Coast, the summary shows mean standardised trends in SSB and recruitment at age three as estimated from the dredge survey data.
West of Kintyre:The continued high catches and only moderate recruitment during the mid 2000s have resulted in a declining SSB which in 2010 reached the lowest level estimated over the 30 year time series. Estimated fishing mortality (F) more than doubled between 2006 and 2010, although the estimates of F in the most recent years are relatively uncertain.
North West: Following a period of high recruitment in the late 1990s and early 2000s, recruitment has declined and has been below the long term average since 2006. As a result SSB has also declined from the relatively high levels of 10 years ago. Catches have been low in recent years and this is reflected by the low fishing mortality.
North East: Fishing mortality in this area increased rapidly during the late 1980s and early 1990s. In the last five years it has been more stable, but with significant uncertainty surrounding the estimates throughout the time period. SSB has declined slightly in recent years after a period of relatively stable/increasing SSB since the mid 1990s.
Shetland: Fishing mortality on the stock around Shetland is estimated to have increased substantially in 2010 to the highest value in the time series. Recruitment has been fairly stable in recent years at around the long term average for the time series. SSB has been stable since the mid 2000s at above average levels.
East Coast: Stock trends as estimated from the dredge survey data suggest that SSB increased during the 2000s as a result of a number of strong year classes. However, recruitment in the last four years appears to have been low and SSB has been declining since 2008.
Marine Scotland Science has been involved in directed surveys to assess scallop abundance for a number of years. These are carried out on all the major stocks and contribute important information on catch rates, particularly of juvenile and recruiting age groups.
Work is also carried out by Marine Scotland Science on the impact of dredge activity in order to better inform the management of this activity in different types of habitat.


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Quoting Popes Benedict XVI and John Paul II, Archbishop Jerome E. Listecki of Milwaukee issued a statement on Feb. 16 that came down squarely in favor of workers' rights in the face of efforts by Wisconsin's new governor to restrict those rights. "Hard times do not nullify the moral obligation each of us has to respect the legitimate rights of workers," Archbishop Listecki said. "Every union, like every other economic actor, is called to work for the common good, to make sacrifices when required and to adjust to new economic realities," he said. "However, it is equally a mistake to marginalize or dismiss unions as impediments to economic growth."
Archbishop Listecki was responding to efforts by Gov. Scott Walker, a Republican, to push through measures restricting the rights of unions in a special session of the state legislature. The bill would strip most government workers, including teachers—at the state, county and local levels—of nearly all collective bargaining rights. The only exceptions would be for police, firefighters and the state patrol. Unions would have to gain approval in a public referendum to seek pay raises higher than the consumer price index. The legislation would also require union members to vote every year on whether they want to continue to be represented by their union and would forbid unions from forcing employees to pay dues.
The legislation would require state employees to pay half of their pension costs and 12.6 percent of their health care coverage, moves Walker expects to save the state $30 million in the short term and up to $300 million over the next two years. In exchange for the savings, Walker promised no layoffs or furloughs, but he threatened to lay off 6,000 workers if the bills failed to pass. Republicans, who hold majorities in both houses of the legislature, have said they have enough votes to pass the bills.
About 15,000 people rallied on Feb. 15 in Madison, the state capital, to protest the planned moves. The protests continued in the following days, as opponents of the measures clogged hallways in the capitol building and jammed legislative hearing rooms. Dozens of schools in Madison closed as thousands of teachers participated in a "sick out." State senate Democrats meanwhile fled the state to prevent a quorum from being established that would allow the vote to be conducted on the potentially union-busting legislation.
Archbishop Listecki noted that Pope Benedict XVI said in his 2009 encyclical "Caritas in Veritate": "The repeated calls issued within the church's social doctrine, beginning with 'Rerum Novarum,' for the promotion of workers' associations that can defend their rights must therefore be honored today even more than in the past." The archbishop also took note of what Pope John Paul II said in his 1981 encyclical "Laborem Exercens," that a union "remains a constructive factor of social order and solidarity, and it is impossible to ignore it."
"It is especially in times of crisis that new forms of cooperation and open communication become essential," Archbishop Listecki said. "We request that lawmakers carefully consider the implications of this proposal and evaluate it in terms of its impact on the common good. We also appeal to everyone—lawmakers, citizens, workers and labor unions—to move beyond divisive words and actions and work together, so that Wisconsin can recover in a humane way from the current fiscal crisis."


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4 dogs killed in Reading fire
Firefighter suffered chest pains
READING, Pa. —
Fire officials in Reading said four dogs were killed and a firefighter was hurt in a rowhome blaze.
The fire broke out Wednesday afternoon and quickly spread to the second floor. Firefighters controlled the blaze in about 30 minutes, but four dogs inside died.
A firefighter battling the blaze suffered chest pains and was taken to the hospital by ambulance. His condition has not been released.
The Reading Eagle reported city fire marshals said the blaze started in the back of the house on the first floor and spread. The cause is under investigation.


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Dear Harry Potter,
In all honesty, we haven't read all of your books, or seen all of your films, we weren't at the London premiere of "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2" (though we heard Hermione looked gorgeous in a white ball gown), and we probably won't be first in line to see it here in the US.
But your ascent has been a marvel to witness. (British though your tale is, it really has a can-do, American, rags-to-riches rise feel to it). You've captivated people around the world with your enchanting story and encouraged an entire generation to read. (Even Oprah can't claim that). So we don't want to see you go – and we've heard a lot of people share our sentiment.
Congrats, by the way, on a fantastic premiere for the eighth movie. (We're not calling it the final one). We heard about the star-studded send-off in London's Trafalgar Square Thursday. We read about (okay, more like saw the pictures of) the celebs and the fancy dresses, and we heard about the huge screens and banners in Trafalgar Square. We're not really interested in that (although we would like to visit the nearby street that we heard was transformed into the magical shopping thoroughfare of Diagon Alley).
We're looking forward to July 15, when "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2," opens in US theaters (in 3D to boot!). It'll be dark, we know, depicting your final confrontation with the forces of evil (aka Lord Voldemort).
No surprise, we hear it's good. We thought you'd like to hear all the nice things people are saying about your (maybe not final?) film.
The UK's Metro paper called it, "'Death, doom, danger, more death and dragons, this thrilling finale may be the franchise's darkest installment yet (literally thanks to the unnecessary 3D glasses), but HP fans be assured, it totally delivers on all fronts."
The Hollywood Reporter reports, "It ends well. After eight films in 10 years and a cumulative global box-office take of more than $6.3 billion, the most successful franchise in the history of movies comes to an obligatory – and quite satisfying – conclusion in Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2…. [T]his is an exciting and, to put it mildly, massively eventful finale that will grip and greatly please anyone who has been at all a fan of the series up to now."
From Reuters: "[I]f you've been a devoted follower of the Potter saga in print and at the movies, you'll come away from this final chapter with a feeling of catharsis and, perhaps, a slightly damp handkerchief."
And The Sun: " 'Deathly Hallows Part 2' remains something to be cherished. A terrific movie and a great British success story. Unlike many other franchises, the quality of the Harry Potter films never dropped."
While you ponder these glowing reviews (and consider continuing to share your story with another chapter, say, or another film, perhaps?), we'd like to remind you of the amazing ride you've had so far.
No one thought you would survive a cutthroat publishing marketplace back in 1995, when a single mum on a tight income and benefits penned "Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone" in local cafes whenever she could get her daughter to sleep.
You've since become a global household name, a beloved boy, a teen heartthrob (and you've made your creator one of the richest women alive). Over the last 15 years, we've read about your story in seven brick-thick books, watched you in seven films (soon to be eight). Your story has sold more than 450 million copies worldwide and has been translated into 67 languages. The movies alone have so far have earned more than $6 billion at the global box office.
What's more, you've become a close companion to lots of muggles, young and old, across the globe (we're guessing you're big in the wizarding world, too). And they don't want to lose you, Harry.
With just a few words spoken during the premiere, JK Rowling, who brought you to life, gave us tremendous hope.
Will she bring you back?
"Never say never," she said, adding, "It is my baby and if I want to bring it out to play again I will."
We're elated.
(But then this, from director David Yates, "Lightning doesn't strike twice.")
We're optimists, however, so for now, we go to bed with Ms. Rowling's words in our ears.
Whatever happens, you're in our minds and imaginations and dreams, Harry.
Thank you for the magic.
Husna Haq is a Monitor correspondent.


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The King's College, a Christian liberal arts school in New York City, announced on Friday that it has entered into an agreement with Coin.co, making it the first accredited college in the United States to accept Bitcoin for tuition, other expenses, and donations.
The college's president, Gregory Alan Thornbury, said in a statement, "Allowing Bitcoin to be used to pay for a King's education decreases our costs while simultaneously allowing our students to be a part of this exciting new technology."
Coin.co, unlike most credit card companies, does not charge a transaction fee, so using the emerging payment technology could be a money saver. The college's website lists a cost of $15,950 for 12-18 credit hours.
Two other institutions — the University of Nicosia in Cyprus and England's University of Cumbria — already accept Bitcoin for tuition.
According to a Time story, a semester at King¹s will cost the average student about 28 Bitcoin.
Patrick Foster writes for USA Today. Via RNS.
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Treasury – Monica Charran, Treasurer
Sharon Dominguez, Accounts Payable
Revenue/Tax Collection
William Connolly, Senior Cashier
Property Assessment – John Peneda, Tax Assessor
The Division of Treasury also includes Payroll, headed by Diane Turowski, and Purchasing, headed by Shuaib Firozvi.
The head of the Division of Revenue Collection is the Tax Collector, Shuaib Firozvi.
The head of the Division of Property Assessment is the Tax Assessor, John Peneda.
While each division of the Department of Finance is a distinct entity, they operate collectively as one department to ensure accountability of tax dollars, revenues, payroll and expenditures.
The Division of Treasury, including Payroll and Purchasing, is responsible for many of the daily operating functions of the municipality. Computerized payroll, budget preparation, account reconciliation, accounts payable, maintenance of monthly budget controls and other related accounting procedures are a few of the functions performed by this Division.
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But yes, obviously the PS3 has some textures rendered at higher resolution, and less aliasing. But the most drastic differences are stylistic, not quantitive.
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"I couldn't be more proud of our team for achieving its goal of clinching a berth to the Big East tournament with our series sweep of Rutgers," "We are finding ways to win and playing well at the right time of year for sure," head coach Amy Kvilhaug said. "There is a calm confidence amongst the group when they step onto the field to compete."
Due to a loss by Providence earlier in the day, the Red Storm guaranteed that it will be seeded no lower than seventh in the conference tournament, and could clinch the sixth seed with a win in its final three games.
St. John's will return home to close out the regular season with three home games against Big East leader Louisville on May 5-6.


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Inside Machines: Torque production
A recent consulting project involved selection of electric motors and motor drives for a true articulated joint robot. One major design constraint is that the motors must be physically placed right at the articulated joints, which severely limits the physical size and weight of the motors. A "strong" robot requires maximizing the amount of torque from the embedded small, lightweight electric motors.
As for motor type, a three-phase brushless dc (BLDC) permanent magnet motor with rare earth magnets would appear to be the best choice. Power density is high, and no maintenance should be required unless motor bearings fail. As for the motor drive, since the motors must be operated from a relatively low voltage dc power supply, a traditional three-phase, six transistor MOSFET (metal-oxide semiconductor field-effect transistor) bridge would seem to be the appropriate selection for the power drive circuit. The next design question is to determine the type of motor commutation scheme. Traditional choices would be either six-step (trapezoidal) or sinusoidal (vector control) commutation. The motor is equipped with directly mounted Hall sensors for monitoring rotor position. Hall sensors provide input for a six-step commutation state machine and, since the motor output effectively goes through a substantial speed reduction before engaging the load, the Hall sensor edges, along with a linear interpolation routine, can be used to provide rotor angle feedback with sufficient resolution to drive a sinusoidal algorithm.
Which is the better commutation scheme for this robotic motion-control application? The six-step technique is simple and robust, widely used in many challenging applications. The sinusoidal scheme is more complex, probably requiring a more powerful microcontroller and higher quality, multiphase, motor current sensors.
As stated earlier, this application requires maximizing torque from relatively small motors. Since BLDC motors linear devices, if we commutate the motor properly, output torque will be reasonably proportional to input current. So, the more current we pour in, the more torque we will get out. There are always, of course, limiting factors. Assuming that we can create a drive with as much current generating capability as we want (remember, we are free to mount the drive away from the motor so we do not have a major size constraint), the motor will present a limit on the maximum allowable current in one of two ways.
At some point, as current is increased, we will reach a level where the "permanent" magnets begin to de-magnetize or the motor will reach its maximum operating temperature. If the motor has a good magnetic design and good, strong magnets, then we will reach the maximum continuous current level based on thermal concerns before any concerns about de-magnetizing the rotor.
Given that the motor will operate at its maximum allowable temperature (and maximum allowable internal power dissipation—copper losses), which commutation scheme will deliver more torque? In both cases, the effective thermal resistance from the stator windings to the ambient will be a constant. The greater output torque, at the same level of power loss, would be the correct choice for this application.
The following analysis aims to compare sinusoidal versus six-step commutation for a BLDC motor under certain specific application constraints, producing maximum torque from a given BLDC motor, at relatively low speeds, and with the motor operated at its maximum allowable temperature. The analysis will calculate the expected torque produced as a function of the power dissipated and will show that, if the motor dissipation is held equal in the two cases, then the ratio of the two torque levels produced is constant, and that the sinusoidal method is superior.
Let W = total resistive power dissipation (Watts) for the motor
Let R = line to neutral resistance (Ohms)
Let S = speed in rpm
Let I = six-step current peak (assume flat or dc) in Amps
Let V = peak of sinusoidal BEMF (back electromotive force in volts)
Let P = average power delivered to BEMF (converted to mechanical power) in Watts
Figure 1 depicts an electrical model for motor calculations. Motor inductance is not included because low-speed operation is assumed.
The six-step case in Figure 2 shows motor BEMF and six-step phase currents.
With only two phases conducting at any time, power dissipation in each phase =
Equation 1
Because the situation is symmetrical over the other five steps in a full cycle, there's only a need to analyze over one 60 degree interval. Apply a flat (dc) current, which flows into phase A and out of phase B. This interval is easily identified in Figure 2 as that in which Ia is positive, Ib is equal in magnitude and negative, and Ic is zero. Apply the current in phase with the phase AB line-to-line BEMF in an interval from 60 degrees (30 degrees before the peak) to 120 degrees (30 degrees after the peak). If we now consider the line-to-neutral BEMF (as Figure 2 shows), the instantaneous power being delivered to the two BEMF is:
Vab is the line-to-line BEMF, which for a three-phase, 120 degree shifted waveform is equal in amplitude to the line-to-neutral amplitude times sqrt (3) so that:
Since the current is constant and the BEMF is a sinusoid, the waveform of instantaneous power will look like a sine wave with an amplitude of: . We know from calculus that the average value of a sine wave over the interval from 60 degrees to 120 degrees is equal to:
This gives us Equation 2:
Substituting EQ1 into EQ2 yields Equation 3:
Let T = average torque in IN-OZ
Let K = 1352.18 = a conversion factor such that:
Thus, the expression for torque in the six-step case is
Equation 4:
Let A = RMS value of BEMF (volts line to neutral) = V /
Let B = RMS value of phase current (Amps)
With three phases conducting, power in each phase = W/3
Equation 5:
Assume a unity power factor is maintained, then phase power is BEMF(RMS) times phase current(RMS)
Equation 6:
Substituting for A yields the expression for torque in the sinusoidal case:
Equation 7:
Repeating here, for convenience, the expression for torque in the six-step case is:
Equation 4:
To find the ratio of T (sinusoidal) to T (six-step) multiply T (sinusoidal) by 1/T (six-step)
Conclusion: if we operate a three-phase BLDC motor with a sinusoidal BEMF in a range of speed where only resistive losses are significant (low speed) and load the motor to a fixed level of power dissipation (perhaps that which will produce the maximum allowable temperature rise), then the torque produced by the motor will be 4.72% greater than we would expect operating the motor with traditional six-step commutation under the same power dissipation restraints. This ratio would apply to the average torque in both cases, although the torque in the sinusoidal case would be, theoretically, flat.
– Dennis Nolan is applications engineer, STMicroelectronics, www.st.com. Edited by Mark T. Hoske, CFE Media, Control Engineering, www.controleng.com.
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If you follow my blog, you would notice that I've been blogging less frequently as of late. I'm still enjoying my food and food photography, just that it was getting a little tiring to upload and edit photos and compose blog posts (sometimes I get a little weary thinking of what to write). I've been blogging since my high school days (through my personal blog in the past), so it has been say close to ten years? I've only started to blog about food for the past three years or so. And while it has been a really fun and exciting journey documenting my food experiences, I think I just hit a plateau somewhere in the beginning of this year.
While I don't think I would stop blogging, I might take a short step away from frequent postings this few months, probably because I'm really busy at work these days, and I just want to rest and go out with my friends on the weekends, and not worry about pending blog posts work. Once I get my funk back, I should be posting more regularly again.
Back to this brownie cheesecake. I had a block of cream cheese in the refrigerator which I had bought just as a "just in case I need it" item. Well, I never got around to using it, and since it was nearing its expiry date, I decided to make something good outta it. I've always wanted to try making a brownie cheesecake of some sorts. I mean, it just sounds so rich and sinful and everything...
I modified the recipe slightly, making additions here and there and the end results were amazing. I was afraid that the layers might be overbaked or dry, but as I had reduced the baking time and used a damp kitchen towel (instead of a water bath), both layers were delightfully moist and gooey and dense. Mmmmmm. Be warned that this brownie cheesecake is really rich though, so a small slice definitely goes a long way.
This is one sinful, indulgent and guilty dessert. And that just about sums it all up. :)
Cappuchino praline brownie cheesecake (adapted from here)
Cappuchino praline brownie
100g butter
90g dark semi sweet chocolate
3 tbsp ground hazelnut praline powder
150g sugar
3/4 tsp vanilla
2 eggs, lightly beaten
60g plain flour
20g cocoa powder
2.5 tbsp instant coffee granules
Over a double boiler of simmering water, melt the butter and chocolate. Once melted take it off the heat and add in the eggs, sugar and essence. Mix well.
Add the flour, cocoa and coffee granules. Stir with a spatula and fold until just mixed and no flour remains visible.
Pour into an 5.5" inch removable bottomed pan that has been buttered and floured. Bake in a pre-heated oven of 150C for about 20 to 25 minutes or until the top is quite firm but not too firm.
225g cream cheese
75g castor sugar
1/2 tsp vanilla essence
2 eggs, lightly beaten
Cream cheese in a mixer until smooth. add the sugar, essence and continue to beat until smooth. Add the eggs a little at a time until well mixed. Pour batter over the brownie bottom and bake in 170C oven for 40 -45 minutes or until the top of the cheesecake feels firm and is a lovely golden brown, amber almost. Turn off the oven an allow to cool in the oven with the oven door slightly ajar so that the cheesecake will not crack.
TIP : As I did not want the brownie layer to be overcooked, I wrapped the baking tin with a wet kitchen towel - providing some insulation to the bottom brownie layer from the heat so that it does not overcook.


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In the produce industry's mounting war against contamination, an all-natural fumigant shows promise in bridling ever-changing forms of molds and bacteria, according to a University of California microbiology researcher.
Trevor Suslow, of the Department of Vegetable Crops at UC, Davis, says practices in agricultural production for more wholesome foods have triggered tougher strains of microorganisms.
Even these, however, are prey for a fungus known as Muscodor albus that lives within plants. It destroys the tiny pathogens, which become resistant to both physical removal and disinfectants such as chlorine and ozone, lodged between cell layers of produce.
"We are coming to understand that different strains of pathogens have very different resistance to environmental stress. We believe we may be selecting for different strains that weren't there before changes in agricultural production," he said.
Like methyl bromide
Speaking at the 22nd Annual Agribusiness Management Conference in Fresno recently, Suslow said the new strains form a protective biofilm of dead cells on the surface of produce, allowing for explosive growth of a few remaining beneath.
Muscodor penetrates that growth. Recovered from Central American rainforests and being developed under exclusive license by AgraQuest, Inc. of Davis, Calif., it produces a natural fumigant that acts like the chemical fumigant methyl bromide.
AgraQuest seeks to market Muscodor as a replacement for the once widely used chemical, which is being phased out of use. The company also envisions applications of Muscodor for control of mold and bacteria that cause "sick building syndrome."
The fungus, discovered during an expedition by Gary Strobel, a professor at Montana State University, produces volatiles that prevent growth of both plant and human pathogens on tomatoes, bell peppers, and cantaloupes.
Suslow said harmful, superficial fungi are important to food safety because they can breach natural barriers, such as the rind of melons, and move inside.
Turning to general comments on food safety, Suslow, who has probed risk assessment of pathogens such as Salmonella, E. coli, and Shigella, said the likelihood is very low that a person in the U.S. will become ill from a definitely identified contamination of fresh foods prior to preparation.
However, he added, "It is equally clear that disease outbreaks linked to fresh produce from various production areas have occurred and that those outbreaks have affected large numbers of individuals across many states and into Canada." At particular risk are the young, the very old and those having weak immune systems.
Global sourcing of foods on a year-round basis and discoveries that certain produce has cancer-fighting and other benefits have intensified the importation of foods to the U.S. Precise tracking of the origin of produce and centralized distribution help officials locate the source if contamination occurs.
But at the same time, Suslow said, with consolidation of produce distribution, disease outbreaks may be widespread and therefore require amplification of food safety standards.
Microbial safety
In addition to disease outbreaks, other events have brought focus and concern for microbial food safety of produce. Those include positive detection of human pathogens on random samples of domestic and imported produce, research reports of difficulty in cleaning and disinfecting produce surfaces, and reports documenting the potential for pathogens to move inside produce during postharvest handling.
Focusing on prevention of contamination, the produce industry has adopted Good Agricultural Practices as guidelines and criteria for handling. These range from use of clean, disinfected water and ice in packing to pest control and sanitation for workers and equipment.
Nevertheless, Suslow added, "Implementation of sensible and practical GAP programs has been hampered by the pervasive misconception that most microbial risk reduction is just common sense hygiene."
The "common sense" approach may be adequate in many instances, but, he said, recent data from around the world reveal persistence of pathogenic microbes in places previously thought to be safe from them.
To expand the understanding of how pathogens move and how they persist, several scientific disciplines are being assembled to learn how the pathogens move in soil and in water.
Meanwhile, he added, crop management and post harvest technologies are being marshaled and evaluated for their effect on risk and risk reduction.
Packer responsibility
Packers, he said, "have to make sure that produce that goes into fresh-cut processing is not already contaminated before they get it, because there's almost nothing that can be done to guarantee there are no pathogens on fresh produce that is not cooked."
Since there is no "one size to fit all" when it comes to microbial food safety, Suslow said efforts have to be at least regionalized and may have to be tailored to the ranch level. "You have to know how your operation influences food safety, all the way from seeding to the shelf and beyond," he said.
Use of portable field toilets in the field is an important sanitary practice, but so is proper disposal of wastewater from hand washing and even attention to footwear that can track contaminants into a field or processing plant.
"More and more, people in the fresh produce industry are realizing that rather than dealing in raw agricultural commodities, they are food handlers," he said.
While the movement toward improved measures for food safety advances, researchers have become aware of the need for "better and more discriminating tools for segregating, for identifying, and for rapidly typing" harmful microorganisms."
Suslow warned that there is no silver bullet to eliminate contamination once it is in produce. "The more we study it, the more we learn how difficult it is to remove microorganisms without cooking."


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Underwear Clad 'Big Brother Canada' Stud, Kenny Brain, Returns!
Instinct Staff | March 31, 2014
You all proved to be big fans of Big Brother Canada's bearded and nearly naked gay participant Kenny Brain the last time we featured him here on Instinct!
So, with that in mind, we figured we'd give you these new underwear clad clips of the hirsute stud--just consider them an aid as you battle your case of the Mondays!
The clips come courtesy of Menof BigBrotherCanada YouTube channel:
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