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About 80% of women who develop breast cancer have no identifiable risk factors for breast cancer other than age. The remaining 20% of women may have one or more blood relatives with breast cancer, and of those women, less than half will have cancer as a result of a clearly identifiable inherited genetic factor. Overall, about 5-10% of women who develop breast cancer have a clearly identifiable inherited genetic factor.
In this NetWellness feature you will find information on the following:
These families have what is referred to as a hereditary cancer susceptibility syndrome. In families with hereditary cancer susceptibility syndromes, cancers occur:
Hereditary cancer susceptibility is caused by inherited genetic changes, or mutations, in specific genes.
Genes are:
Normal variations in genes create the variability that makes each of us unique.
The most important genes with respect to the development of cancer are the tumor suppressor genes. Tumor suppressor genes usually make sure that cells stop growing at specific times so the number and type of cell is appropriate. If a tumor suppressor gene is damaged, it may prevent that gene from maintaining regular, controlled cellular growth and division.
A tumor develops when several tumor suppressor genes are damaged and cells are allowed to divide without being controlled. Cancers are tumors that invade normal tissue.
Most genes are present in two copies in each cell. If one copy of a pair of genes is damaged, the remaining copy is usually able to carry on the normal function. However, if the second copy of a tumor suppressor gene is damaged, the cell is now without a working copy to regulate cell growth.
In some ways, it is like having front and rear brakes on a bicycle. If either the front or rear brake is damaged, there is another brake to help stop. However, if both brakes are damaged, the bicycle cannot be controlled properly.
Because we are born with two copies of all our genes, it is possible to be born with one copy of a tumor suppressor gene that is not working, and yet develop quite normally. However, if the second copy is damaged, a cell may proceed through a number of additional steps involving more genetic mistakes to become a cancer. The damage to the second copy can be the result of the normal inaccuracy of cell division or by exposure to carcinogens.
When someone inherits a mistake, or mutation in a tumor suppressor gene, it is like starting out one step into the process of cancer development. This is why cancers generally occur at younger ages in families with hereditary cancer susceptibility.
If someone is born with a mutation in a cancer susceptibility gene, their children will usually have a 50/50 chance of inheriting this mutation from that parent, and a 50/50 chance of inheriting their normal copy. Children who inherit the copy with the mutation are at increased risk to develop cancer, while those who inherit the normal copy are not at an increased risk - in other words they are just as likely as another average person to develop cancer.
"Hereditary cancer susceptibility genes" are genes that have been found to cause a genetic tendency to develop breast cancer and ovarian cancer when there are inherited mutations in these genes. The most common genes found to increase the risk of breast and ovarian cancer are:
Individuals with BRCA1 mutations are at increased risk for breast and ovarian cancers. It is reported that women who carry alterations in the BRCA1 gene have up to an 85% lifetime risk of developing breast cancer and a 40-60% lifetime risk of developing ovarian cancer. This is compared to the 10-12% lifetime risk of breast cancer and 1-2% lifetime risk of ovarian cancer for the average woman.
Males who carry alterations in BRCA1 may be at somewhat increased risk for breast cancer, and are at increased risk for prostate cancer.
Mutations in BRCA2 account for up to 15% of families with hereditary breast cancer. Women who carry alterations in BRCA2 have up to an 85% lifetime risk of developing breast cancer and up to 27% risk of developing ovarian cancer.
Males who carry alterations in BRCA2 are estimated to have a 5-10% risk of breast cancer.
Having a family history of breast cancer is an important risk factor for the disease, especially if a mother or sister (first degree relative) has had breast cancer before entering menopause. Women who have one first-degree relative with breast cancer run a risk of 1.5-2 times the usual risk of developing the disease. The risk can be 4-6 times higher if the woman has two first degree relatives with breast cancer.
Studies indicate that the hormone of primary concern is estrogen. While it is not advisable to eliminate estrogen exposure completely, it is also not advisable to increase unnecessary exposure. Women have a higher chance of developing breast cancer if:
Genetic counseling is available to individuals and families with a medical history or increased personal risk for a wide range of genetic conditions. Genetic counseling provides patient with:
Medical geneticists and genetic counselors are health professionals with specialized training and experience in human and medical genetics and counseling who can give information and supportive counseling concerning many disorders or abnormalities. Genetic specialists should have certification from the American Board of Genetic Counseling or the American Board of Medical Genetics.
Some examples of how the services offered by genetic counselors include:
To find a genetic counselor in your area, please see the National Society of Genetic Counselors Resource Center website (www.nsgc.org).
Women considering genetic testing for hereditary breast cancer susceptibility must receive genetic counseling for accurate and unbiased information about the benefits, risks and limitations of testing.
Women must weigh the benefits of genetic testing against the potential harms that might result from genetic testing. These include the significance of this information for:
Some important facts to consider about being tested for BRCA1 and BRCA2 mutations are:
Many people are concerned that they will experience insurance or employment discrimination if they are found to have genetic testing. To date, there have been no proven instances of people losing health insurance or being denied employment because of a positive genetic test for hereditary breast cancer.
There is some federal legislation that is thought to provide some protection against health insurance discrimination and employment discrimination. In May of 2008 the president signed the Genetic Information Non-discrimination Act (GINA) into law. The first portion of the bill went into effect in May of 2009, and the second portion of the bill went into effect in November of 2009.
GINA was designed to prevent health insurance and employment discrimination on the basis of a genetic testing result. The bill prohibits the use of a genetic testing result as a "pre-existing condition." This protection does not extend to life, disability or long-term care insurance.
A number of states also have specific legislation prohibiting health insurance discrimination or employment discrimination on the basis of genetic testing information. Additional information about laws protecting individuals from genetic discrimination can be found at the following websites:
Genetic testing can be useful in identifying women who are at particularly high risk of developing breast or ovarian cancer. Knowing this information gives a woman:
Women with a strong family history of breast cancer, whether or not they are found to have mutations in genes associated with hereditary breast cancer susceptibility, should be using regular breast cancer screening. This should include:
The earlier cancer is detected, the greater the chance for a cure.
Additional information is available about breast cancer risk and screening on the website for the National Cancer Institute.
This article is a NetWellness exclusive.
Last Reviewed: Jun 22, 2011
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School of Medicine
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Before & After: Floorboards to Cheese Boards
Brooklyn to West's Ariele has done it again. In my opinion, she's the junkyard, dumpster diving, demo-ed house DIY Queen. This gal finds discarded household materials throughout Brooklyn and transforms them into artistic, thoughtful, and beautiful everyday objects. Most recently, she's taken floorboards and changed them into cheese boards. Genius? YES!
Ariele never ceases to amaze me. I've been hooked on Brooklyn to West ever since Daniel of Manhattan Nest added it to his blogroll. If you haven't read about her cross country journey collecting wood, chairs, and artwork needed to design AND literally build a restaurant in Northern California, do it. You will not be disappointed. It's a story filled with ingenuity, creativity, 24-handmade tables, and a general "if you build it, they will come" spirit.
If you couldn't tell, I'm a huge Brooklyn to West fan. I woke up today to find a new ingenious before and after from Ariele. She stumbled upon trashed 10-inch floorboards from a house demo in her neighborhood and turned them into...cheese boards! Yes, cheese boards! After washing and sanding the discarded floorboards for hours, she's taken the saying "another man's trash is another man's treasure" to a whole new level. The cheese boards are beautifully crafted and embody what I think Ariele is all about: giving discarded, overlooked, mundane objects an artistic and utilitarian second chance.
Ariele will hopefully (fingers crossed!) be selling the cheese boards, along with other one-of-a-kind household goods in her online shop. These would make a great holiday gift so be sure to check it out.
Check out the full post about the floorboard makeover over at Brooklyn to West.
Related posts: Brooklyn to West's Tables: Salvaged Wood, Serious Skills
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— Long before Chip Kelly ever arrived as the head coach, the Philadelphia Eagles employed a defensive system in which the safeties were never defined. Both had to be interchangeable and often were.
That's one of the few things Kelly never bothered to change.
Nevertheless, until Thanksgiving's showdown with the Dallas Cowboys, we had mostly seen a de facto setup of Malcolm Jenkins at strong safety and Nate Allen at free safety.
That dynamic was flipped for Thanksgiving's matchup against the Dallas Cowboys, as the more polished Jenkins was dropped into center field, with Allen playing up closer to the line, often right up in the box.
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Taking Your Signature - Guitars Of The Greats
Taking Your Signature - Guitars Of The Greats
- You get the feel of a special instrument. Guitarists normally come across their ideal guitar more or less by chance, there are small differences even between guitars of the same model made in the same year. When a manufacturer teams up with an artist they try and find what makes that guitar tick and make that available you lucky people.
- Custom modifications. Similarly if there were any modifications made to the guitar which don't appear in any other model, particularly electronics and bridge modifications.
- Looks that kill. Sometimes even going as far as to include the wear, tear and cigarette burns of the artists original guitar, signature guitars just look great.
Johnny MarrJohnny's a Jag man since "discovering" one in 2005 while playing with Modest Mouse:
Johnny Marr Interview on his Fender signature Jaguar
"Primarily, I was attracted to the Jag by the way it sounded – this big, clear, ringing sound. My first proper experience playing one was with Modest Mouse in 2005. I had this riff kicking around that ended up becoming the song 'Dashboard', and it went from there really. The Jag suited the way I'd evolved as a guitar player, but at the same time my old stuff sounded absolutely right on it. It sounds like I'm supposed to sound."
Kurt CobainAnother fan of Fender was the late, great Kurt Cobain. He used a Mustang in the video for Smells Like Teen Spirit and on tour for In Utero. Seymour Duncans, phase switches and vibrato give you serious options in terms of tone.
Avril Lavigne
Sometimes a signature model really brings something new to the table and goes beyond a mere replica. The Avril Lavigne Signature Telecaster offers a basswood body, single bridge humbucker and a neat skull and crossbones motif at the bridge.
Jim Root
Another Squier artist, Jim Root has given guitarists a chance to get some of his bone crushing tone. With a signature Telecaster incorporating EMG pickups and a phenomenal Orange amp head and cabinet. It wasn't Jim's intention to offer up one static sound as he'd rather players have something versatile but made to his particular standards. Get the whole Jim Root package with Dolphin.


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Exhibition: The Wolf Inside
...your pet dog.
That's right, our four-legged best friend is essentially a wolf!
How do we know this?
Scientists compared the genes from dogs and wolves and found they are very closely related.
So much so that scientists treat the dog as a subspecies of the wolf rather than a species in its own right.
There are several races of wolf, and genes from those in Europe, the Middle East, Asia and China have all been found in domestic dogs.
There are now thought to be over 500 different breeds of dog in the world, although only 210 breeds are recognised by the British Kennel Club.
They may be different colours and sizes, but they are all the same species.
The different varieties have been produced by selective breeding — where an animal is bred to produce a certain trait.
Dogs have traditionally been bred for hunting, guarding or working with livestock. Their shape and temperament would have been selected for these different tasks.
It is only within the last 200 years that dogs have been bred for the way they look, rather than the way they behave.
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CULLOWHEE, N.C. (March 14, 2007) - It has been 12 years since the ETSU women's basketball team made its lone postseason appearance, but the Lady Bucs drought will come to an end Thursday night when they face old Southern Conference rival Western Carolina in the first round of the WNIT. Tip is slated for 7 p.m. inside The Ramsey Center.
The Lady Bucs earned the automatic bid to the postseason WNIT by advancing further than Jacksonville in the A-Sun Tournament last weekend. Both teams finished tied for second in the regular season, but ETSU came out ahead by defeating the Dolphins in the semifinals, which placed them in the championship game against top-seeded Belmont. Ironically, the last time the Lady Bucs were in the postseason was when DeShawne Blocker was a standout post player, and head coach Karen Kemp was in her first year at the helm. Kemp is now in her 13th season with ETSU, while Blocker is a first-year assistant coach for the Lady Bucs. Despite losing in the A-Sun Championship, the Lady Bucs have still won five of their last seven games and 13 of 17.
Like ETSU, the Lady Catamounts have had recent success on the court as they have won 15 of their last 17 contests and 18 of its last 22 games. Western Carolina also earned the automatic bid to the tournament by winning the regular season SoCon title; however, they fell in the conference championship to the No. 2 seed Chattanooga Lady Mocs, 84-66. The Lady Catamounts have four players who reach double figures in scoring, with Lauren Powell leading the way with 12.1ppg.
Despite losing the last meeting, 65-60 in Cullowhee, the Lady Bucs still lead the all-time series 42-20, and have won five of the last seven games in the rivalry. Five current Lady Buc players have experience playing inside The Ramsey Center as Brooke Wilhoit (Sevierville, Tenn.), Holly Moring (Irmo, S.C.), Michele DeVault (Columbus, Ohio), Nichelle Akers (Sumter, S.C.) and Jenny Norman (Peachtree City, Ga.) have all played against the Lady Catamounts in the last meeting back in 2005, while Wilhoit and Moring also have played against Western during their freshmen year as well.
Fans not able to attend the game Thursday night will be able to listen to all the action live by visiting www.ETSUBucs.com or by clicking on the icon above.


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Yesterday, I expressed the hope that the 2016 presidential and vice presidential debates will serve up better female moderators than Martha Raddatz and Candy Crowley. One reader-friend asked if I could suggest such a moderator.
I can: Gwen Ifill.
Here is what I wrote about Ifill after she presided over the vice presidential debate in 2004:
Tonight's vice presidential debate featured two superb performances. Unfortunately for John Edwards, they were delivered by the incumbent and by moderator Gwen Ifill. . . .
I hope our readers won't mind if I start with Ifill. Because we attack the MSM so often, it seems only fair to praise one of its members when praise is due, and it is certainly due tonight. I saw not the slightest hint of bias on Ifill's part. She asked mostly tough, mostly intelligent questions of both candidates, and somehow managed to be stern, friendly, and entertaining all at the same time. If she can keep it up, the presidential debates could be blessed for decades with that rarest of "brokers" — one that is both fair and intelligent.
Ifill ran into controversy in 2008 because she moderated the vice presidential debate even though she was set to publish a book about Barack Obama. I argued that this raised legitimate conflict of interest questions, and I still believe that Ifill should not have moderated debates in the 2008 cycle. However, her actual performance as a moderator in the Biden-Palin debate was not, in my view, problematic.
Come 2016, Ifill should be on the shortlist for another turn at moderating.
Come to think of it, the list of qualified, competent moderators in that cycle may be short, indeed. Bob Schieffer is 75 years old, and says he will moderate no more. Jim Lehrer is 78. If we're talking about gender, it's fair to wonder who, if anyone, among the male MSM establishment can take their places.
In fact, the real issue here may be generational. Lehrer and Schieffer are relics of an era when the MSM, although hardly unbiased, contained significant precincts in which the distinction between covering news and making it held some sway. With the passing of that generation, we may be condemned to a steady diet of Raddatz-Crowley types regardless of gender.


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I've been following the Casey Anthony trial slightly over the last few weeks, watching the @OSCaseyAnthony and @CaseyUpdates accounts on Twitter. The case is awful, you never want to see a child deceased as an alleged result of neglect, and there are a number of social media pieces that have now come up in trial.
- Casey reported her child missing, and attempted to garner support from friends on Facebook. (Read More)
- Pictures from Photobucket show her partying it up (even a guy grabbing her breast). (Read More)
- Allegedly her former lawyer had a Youtube video of himself running naked with an unnamed man. (Read More)
Both @OSCaseyAnthony and @CaseyUpdates (run by the Orlando Sentinel and WESH respectively) have been presenting the proceedings in real-time on Twitter and Facebook, and the substance of this content is nothing to question. The reporting is perfectly unbiased, and being inside the courtroom allows them to report on the subtle details such as: "Casey smiled to her brother Lee as he took the stand." (@caseyupdates)
But taking a fair and balanced look at things, these accounts are using her real face for the Twitter account avatars. Multiple Facebook pages are dedicated to her in a a plethora of ways ranging from a straight updates page to a Watch Casey Anthony Get Fat page
Are these pages not damaging to her image and humiliating to her as a person? Put the legality of likeness, case details and evidence aside, we are supposed to be innocent until proven guilty. If, and I say if for the sake of fair reporting, she were to be deemed innocent, what would be said of the thousands who have come to view and identify her with the negative comments surrounding all these pages with her face attached?
Now I'm all for fair and balanced journalism, and the ability for new technology to open and inform. But I'd like to pose the question:
Is Social Media in the Courtroom going too far?
I invite comments below. This is meant to start a discussion.
This same issue has been raised all around the country, as well as in Canada. Not only is there a multitude of personal critical details pushed out into the public, but other court information raises safety as well.
In the US
"We've determined that jurors have had access and been posting information on Facebook. If it's a high media or high profile trial, they've been getting responses from their friends saying, maybe you're going to be on so and so's case…I've noted the problem of people trying to take pictures in the courtroom of witnesses, of jurors, to pass on to others for, you know, you have to guess what the reason might really be…" (NPR)
In Canada:
"I had a case recently in Brampton where a witness
who was about to be called by the prosecution was sitting in the corridor on his Facebook account on a cellphone, changing his status and threatening the accused from the courtroom outside" (The Canadian Press)
I wanted to get an expert's opinion on the subject of journalistic integrity in the courtroom, so I spoke with Professor Roy S. Gutterman. A former journalist and lawyer, he currently serves as the Director of the Tully Center for Free Speech and Professor at the S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications at Syracuse University:
"Social or Traditional Media aside, Wether a defendant gets a fair trial is the duty of the judge. It's the judge's role to ensure the jury isn't tainted by extra-judiciary sources, be that a news article, TV story, or Facebook wall post. These [social media] are the new tools of the trade. It's a journalist's responsibility to get information to the people. When before you might have to wait for a court sketch or go to the library to look up the microfilm of a court proceeding, now it's available with a quick internet search."
To me, I think it's great that through new technology, we are able to report in real-time, and I agree with Professor Gutterman that these are the tools of the trade now. But when we take someone and throw them into the spotlight on social media, I think it's important to be a responsible moderator (if you are a credible outlet) and act as an unbiased extension of actual court proceedings.
I'm no expert on the legal system and I only have a minor in journalism, so I'm excited to hear what my journo friends think, but I'm impressed with how the Sentinel and WESH have covered this trial, and I'd love to know what everyone else thinks about the coverage, as well as thoughts on Social Media's Role in Court Reporting.
UPDATE (As of 3:45 pm 3/24/11)
There is a "Fake" Judge Perry Twitter account, @JudgePerrySays under operation by @caseyupdates. This account is documenting the exchanges from Judge Perry in the courtroom.


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Blackbird Theater
Lipscomb's Artist-in-Residence presents
Man and Superman
By George Bernard Shaw
A forceful comedy of ideas, mixing satire with profound philosophical vision, George Bernard Shaw's "Man and Superman" follows the romantic interplay of political firebrand and confirmed bachelor jack Tanner and Ann Whitfield, the charming and scheming woman who intends to marry him. It's a romantic comedy told on an epic scale, moving from a comedy of manners in an Edwardian manor to a dramatic debate set in hell – with Don Juan and the Devil arguing about the ultimate purpose of mankind. It's a brilliant blend of light comedy and weighty convictions.
Director: Beki Baker
Where: Collins Shamblin Theatre
When: Jan. 24-25 and 28, Jan. 30-Feb. 1 at 7:30 p.m.; Jan. 26 and Feb. 2 at 2:30 p.m.
Sampler Package: The Blackbird Theater production of "Man and Superman" is included within the Lipscomb University Theatre 2013-2014 sampler package. The sampler package allows patrons to purchase tickets to three shows of their choice for $30. Contact the Lipscomb Box Office at 966-7077 to purchase this ticket package.
Lipscomb University Theatre is proud to present its most exciting season to date under the theme "Aligning the Stars," so named because the season is produced by three stars of the Nashville theater scene: Lipscomb Theatre; Blackbird Theater, Lipscomb's artist-in-residence; and the Circle Players, Nashville's oldest community theater. These three organizations are combining their efforts to bring you a varied and powerful season – all under one roof.
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Jodi Arias Tweets About God's Love While Awaiting Sentencing
Jodi Arias is tweeting again, thanks to the help of a friend who posts messages on her behalf. In one of her latest tweets, Arias spoke about God's love and quoted a prominent Mormon leader.
"God's love is so great that He loves even the proud, the selfish, the arrogant, and the wicked. – Dieter F. Uchtdorf," Arias posted on Wednesday, as the sentencing phase of her trial began.
Uchtdorf is the second counselor of the First Presidency of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. He was installed on Feb. 3, 2008 but has been a member of the Church since 1962. In addition to being a second counselor, Uchtdorf has given several speeches and addresses as well as written numerous articles, oen of which Arias drew the quote from.
Arias converted to Mormonism in order to keep her relationship with Travis Alexander, who was a devout convert to the religion. The two participated in activities at the church and Arias worked to try and fit into the Mormon lifestyle, while Alexander had no problem with the routine.
Her tweeting throughout her murder trial has brought her even more attention and fame. She currently has over 60,000 followers and has mainly used the site to offer her own commentary about the trial, as well as to promote several projects she is working on, including her personal artwork.
She posted a link to a website that is now selling "Survivor" t-shirts in order to promote awareness of domestic violence. Arias maintained that Alexander was abusive throughout their relationship and that she only killed him in self-defense. Profits from the t-shirt will go to a domestic violence organization chosen by Arias.
Arias has not talked about her faith before, and the tweet marks a seeming change in her attitude. Jurors have determined that she is eligible for the death penalty, and as the case continues, it is likely that Arias will in fact be sentenced to death. She has asked for the death penalty, which she said is "the ultimate freedom."


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Series 5142
Weber County (Utah). Probate Court Probate minute books
Dates: i 1883-1896.
These records are housed in the Utah State Archives' permanent storage room.
Historical Note
An agency history is available.
Scope and Content
This series is made up of minute books in which are recorded the official acts and proceedings of the Weber County Probate Court (which was eliminated at statehood in 1896) while sitting in Ogden, Weber County, Utah. These records were created and maintained by the court clerk, who was required by statute to enter "all orders and decrees of the court or judge...at length in the record books of the court provided and kept for that purpose" (Compiled Laws of Utah, 1888, volume 2, part 11, chapter 12, section 4286, page 537).
Originated by the Weber County Probate Court during the territorial period, entries in the minute books begin in February 1883. A typical probate or guardianship case spans multiple dates. Copies of court orders and decrees, discharges, petitions, and notices are typical. Most cases involve the estates of deceased persons but cases involving commitment to the state mental hospital and adoption are included throughout the entire series. Entries in all volumes are handwritten.
Chronological by date of court session
Research Note
Probate minute books are a daily record of what documents were filed in court on a particular day. No longer produced, probate minute books provide useful information both for researchers seeking socioeconomic data on households and those seeking biographical or family history data such as information about the estate, the deceased, and the heirs. Access to the minute books is easiest when done in conjunction with the register of actions, which provides the date of each action. Occasionally the microfilmer repeats filming the final few pages filmed at the end of one reel again at the beginning of the next reel, resulting in a slight overlap to ensure that no pages were missed.
Related Records
Probate record books from the District Court (Second District : Weber County), Series 6405, document procedings in probate matters.
Probate case files from the District Court (Second District : Weber County), Series 6874, contain documents filed in probate cases.
Probate Court index from the District Court (Second District : Weber County), Series 21023, records the names of parties in probate actions and provides assigned estate numbers for cases 1-810.
Custody History
The probate minute books, created by the Weber County Probate Court, were transferred at statehood (January 1896) to the newly created district court, which assumed jurisdiction for probate cases. The Weber County Clerk was constitutionally designated as ex-officio clerk of Second District Court in and for Weber County. The minute books subsequently were transferred to the Utah State Archives.
Access Restrictions
This series is classified as Public: Judicial records are public unless restricted under rules of civil procedure (UCA 63G-2-301-[1][f[). Included are custody proceedings, guardianship files, minutes, and probate records..
Preferred Citation
Cite the Utah State Archives and Records Service, the creating agency name, the series title, and the series number.
Processing Note
The Utah Judicial Council has determined that minutes are permanent records. Microfilm copies of the minute books were produced in 1983 by the Utah State Archives. The film copies were archivally processed by W. Glen Fairclough, Jr., in June 2001.
Finding Aids
Indexes: An alphabetical name index appears at the front of most volumes. Other: A research guide entitled "Judicial/Court Records at the Utah State Archives" is available for patron use.
Indexing Terms
- Probate records—Utah—Weber County.
- Court records—Utah—Weber County.
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Sled Island is set to return to the local festival landscape for its seventh year and today festival organizers announced the first wave of artists who will be headlining the annual orgy of alt rock, comedy and art. It includes acts that run the gamut from pioneers to established acts to newbies including: '80s feedback pop purveyors Jesus and Mary Chain; Austin band Explosions in the Sky; soul-infused veteran American alt rock trio Jon Spencer Blues Explosion; Maritime melody makers Joel Plaskett Emergency; NYC post-punk gods Swans; indie supergroup Divine Fits, featuring members of Spoon and Wolf Parade; acclaimed Canadian noisy newcomers Metz; Montreal-based rocker Mac DeMarco; and Colin Stetson, who has toured and performed with such artists as Arcade Fire, Bon Iver and Feist.
The acts were announced at a media event Tuesday at local club Commonwealth, which will be one of the more than 30 venues hosting this year's Sled Island, which will take place June 19 to 22 and feature approximately 250 bands as well as film, visual arts, theatre and standup comedy.
Helping to launch the list was Maud Salvi, who joined Sled earlier this year as their new executive director, moving to Calgary from la belle province where was the artistic director for Pop Montreal.
"I'm really, really happy," said Salvi. "For my first year being part of Sled Island, it couldn't have been a better lineup."
Salvi admits her input into the programming was more part of a democratic process, which also includes festival founder Zak Pashak, Sled staffer Shawn Petsche, a booker out east and even audience suggestions, but she admits that there have been a few acts she pushed for, including Swans.
She says the fact that they were able to attract those legends and the rest of the first wave of acts — who join previously announced guest curators and performers Montreal electro artist Tim Hecker and John Dwyer from San Fran garage rockers Thee Oh Sees — speaks volumes about the direction the event is headed this year.
"I think that it shows already a desire to have something really diverse," she says. "I think we're trying to go along those lines with the rest of the programming . . . it being eclectic and complementary.
"I think it's a good thing for the festival."
Sled will once again take over Olympic Plaza for weekend outdoor event, with Explosions in the Sky headlining the Friday night (June 21) show and Jesus and Mary Chain being the big draw for the Saturday night (June 22).
The next wave of artists, including more headliners, is set to drop in a month's time, and even Salvi admits she's in the dark about some of them, and just as eager to see who some of the acts and artists are.
"There will be some other exciting things, but they're things that I don't even know about yet because it's an ongoing process," she says.
"They're are artists that we're currently working hard on trying to get, so if we can achieve that, I will be very happy. Not necessarily big names but artists that we think are really worth bringing in and having people discover them."
Early bird Sled Island Festival Discovery passes are now on sale for $179, with $299 Festival Discovery Plus Passes also available for a limited time at sledisland.com.
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Budapest City Park
The City Park (Városliget in Hungarian) is packed with things to do and places to see. The park was the main venue of the millennium celebrations in 1896.
Behind Heroes' Square lies the ice-skating rink which is a lake in the summer with boats for rent. Since 1996, the ice-skating rink gives home to speed-skating championships.
Along Állatkerti körút (Zoo Boulevard), to the left from Heroes' Square, the first building is the Gundel Restaurant, built in 1894 (until 1910, it was called Wampetics Restaurant). Gundel Károly has taken over in 1910, and turned it into the best place for fine dining in Budapest.
Next to the Gundel is the ornate Art Nouveau entrance to the Budapest Zoo, which opened in 1866.
Walking past the Zoo walls, the domes and towers of the Széchenyi Thermal Bath come into view; the bathhouse is one of the largest bath complexes in Europe. The thermal spring underneath it was discovered in 1879.
Across from the bath is the Municipal Circus, where the first performance was held in 1891 - since then, 125 shows were held, with 15500 performances and over 25 million viewers.
Next to the Circus is the Amusement Park, which in today's form has been operational since the 1950's.
The Vajdahunyad Castle, originally built of cardboard and wood for the 1896 World Expo, was rebuilt from stone at the end of the expo. It is a copy of three other buildings from the Hungarian countryside, showcasing Hungary's predominant architectural styles.
Address: The park is located next to the Heroes square
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FAIRFAX, Va., Dec. 5 (UPI) -- Virginia technology provider and consulting firm SRA International plans to acquire National Security Solutions Inc., a technology solutions business.
SRA said a definitive agreement with National Security Solutions' parent company, MorganFranklin, has been signed and the transaction is expected to close by the end of this month.
Financial terms of the arrangement weren't disclosed.
"The MorganFranklin National Security Solutions business is a great fit for SRA," said Bill Ballhaus, SRA's president and chief executive officer. "This team brings world-class capabilities in a number of technical and functional domains and a strong professional reputation for surpassing customer expectations that will result in strategic growth opportunities for SRA."
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ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Office products makers 3M Co. and Avery Dennison Corp. said they have not cancelled the agreement for 3M to acquire Avery Dennison's office and consumer products operations and will work to address federal antitrust concerns and seal a deal.
The companies issued a statement late Tuesday in response to a Justice Department release saying the companies had dropped the proposed acquisition. They said they have withdrawn their application for antitrust clearance to work on addressing antitrust worries.
The proposed deal would have given 3M, maker of Post-It sticky notes, more than 80 percent of the U.S. business in both labels and sticky notes. The Justice Department had threatened to sue to halt the acquisition.
The government said the proposed acquisition, which includes Avery's label business, would have substantially lessened competition in the sale of labels and sticky notes, resulting in higher prices and reduced innovation.
The Justice Department's investigation found that 3M, based in St. Paul, Minn., and Avery, based in Pasadena, Calif., have dominated those areas of the office products business for many years — Avery in labels and 3M in sticky notes. But 3M entered the labels market in 2009 and began competing with Avery. Avery responded by selling its own brand of sticky notes.
The companies said in January that 3M would buy the business from Avery for $550 million.
Avery Dennison's stock rose 26 cents to close at $29.86 Wednesday. 3M's stock rose 7 cents to $91.75.


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Chinese Pour Out Grief for Student
At Boston University, 23-Year-Old Embraced U.S. Culture; Outpouring on Chinese Internet: 'Heaven Has No Bombs'
BOSTON—In a post on the Chinese Twitter-like site Sina Weibo, Lu Lingzi's page shows a photo of a bowl of fried dough along with the words "My wonderful breakfast!"
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That was on Monday at around 9 a.m. in Boston. Just hours later, Ms. Lu became a victim of the Boston Marathon bombing. On Wednesday, as her classmates were already planning her memorial service, a Boston University spokesman confirmed her death.
Ms. Lu, a 23-year-old math and statistics graduate student, was from the rust-belt city of Shenyang in China's northeast. Boston University and the Chinese Consulate in New York both said on Tuesday that a Chinese graduate student had been killed in the bombing but withheld the name at the family's request. Ms. Lu's name began circulating online early Wednesday after social-media users connected the announcements with a post from her roommate that she was missing. By Wednesday evening, tens of thousands of Chinese social-media users had posted virtual candles and farewell messages to Ms. Lu.
"Heaven has no bombs…travel in peace," one anonymous microblogger wrote in a comment left on her final post.
Shuang Guo, president of the Chinese Students and Scholars Association at Boston University, said the group was planning a memorial service for Ms. Lu. "We're all really sad," she said. "We're studying abroad with our families waiting for us in China. We're all a community."
Ms. Lu's Weibo account displayed an obsession with food. She also liked the television series "Downton Abbey" and the British rock band Muse. Her dogs were named Jingjing and Dudu, according to her Weibo account.
She clearly relished life in Boston. While many Chinese students spend their time in the U.S. buried in their books and hanging out with other Chinese students, Ms. Lu appeared to embrace American culture, including its food, its art and its sports.
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She went to watch the marathon Monday with two other Chinese international students, said Lucy Huang, another graduate student. After Ms. Lu failed to return home, her roommate in Boston tried to reach her with a message on Weibo: "Where are you Lingzi? You get lost so easily!" it read.
For its Wednesday edition, Ms. Lu's hometown newspaper, the Shenyang Evening News, filled its front page with pictures of the bombing, including a photo of Ms. Lu, a slight girl with shoulder-length hair. The caption under the photo read: "A Shenyang girl is missing. We hope you're safe." Later, the newspaper's official microblogging account said Ms. Lu had died.
Another Chinese student from Boston University, Zhou Danling, was also injured in the bombing but was in stable condition after being treated at the Boston Medical Center, Chinese state media said on Wednesday. The third student watching the race with Ms. Zhou and Ms. Lu was unharmed, the official Xinhua news agency said.
Vadim Sherman, 28, another graduate student, said Ms. Lu was "incredibly intelligent, and probably one of the nicest, sweetest people I've ever had the chance to know." Ms. Lu was very close to Ms. Zhou, and the two seemed inseparable, he said.
Even before news that Chinese students were among the casualties, Chinese people had mostly expressed sympathy for Boston and those injured in the attack, with many applauding the response by city authorities, regular citizens and the media. While most have continued to mourn the tragedy, some began to question the wisdom of sending Chinese students to the U.S.
More than 190,000 Chinese students studied in the U.S. during the 2011-12 school year, according to the Institute of International Education, a 23% increase from the year before.
There are 2,065 Chinese international students enrolled this year at Boston University, nearly a third of the total foreign-student population, university spokesman Colin Riley said.
Chinese families are increasingly eager to give their children a leg up in the global economy, and the country now accounts for a quarter of all foreign nationals studying at U.S. universities—more than any other country.
For many parents, the emphasis on creativity and analytical thinking in U.S. education makes the expense of sending a child to study abroad worthwhile. But recent episodes of violence involving Chinese students have led some to see the U.S. as dangerous. In one incident in April last year, two University of Southern California graduate students from China were shot dead while sitting in a parked car on a Los Angeles street in what police described as a bungled carjacking.
"If you love him, send him to the U.S., because the U.S. is Heaven. If you hate him, send him to the U.S., because the U.S. is Hell," one Chinese microblogger wrote on Wednesday.
Like many Chinese students in the U.S., Ms. Lu disliked writing essays and got flustered after being scolded by a professor for reasons she didn't understand. And like many students in Boston, she grew frustrated trying to find a decent place to live. "Finding an apartment to rent is driving me crazy," she wrote on her Weibo account last summer.
She often took solace in food, displaying a particular love for ice cream, though she worried about its effects on her appearance. "My face is getting rounder," she wrote. "What can I do?"
Ms. Huang said Ms. Lu acted as a kind of matchmaker among Boston University's Chinese student community, helping people find roommates and make friends, Ms. Huang said.
Tasso Kaper, chairman of the Mathematics and Statistics Department, said Ms. Lu submitted the final part of her research project on the morning of the day she died.
Both he and Daniel Weiner, an associate professor who taught Ms. Lu, said she was an outstanding student. He said she had raised her grade to an A this semester, one of the top in the class, he said."She'd improved a lot since last fall," he said. "She was really coming into her own this spring, mathematically and statistically."
Tuesday evening, some students wanted Mr. Weiner to continue with a statistics lecture as usual to take their minds off Ms. Lu's fate. But halfway through class, grieving students requested the class be dismissed. "Several students were crying and begged me to cancel class," he said.
Invited by Mr. Kaper, Ms. Lu's classmates gathered at the math department for pizza on Wednesday.
He held a truncated class on Wednesday. "She was very well known and very highly regarded in her tightknit community," he said.
Ms. Lu studied at the University of California, Riverside, in the fall of 2010, a spokeswoman for the school confirmed, earning college credits in business and math in order to strengthen her case for eventually matriculating at a graduate school in the U.S. Her undergraduate studies were at Beijing Institute of Technology, Mr. Kaper said.
Just 24 hours before she was killed, Ms. Lu learned from Mr. Weiner that she had passed a key statistics exams she needed for her master's degree. At 3:08 p.m. Sunday, she emailed Mr. Weiner: "I am so happy to get this result! Thank you very much. Very Sincerely, Lingzi"
—Lilian Lin, Kersten Zhang
and Josh Chin in Beijing contributed to this article.
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Corrections & Amplifications
Shuang Guo, the president of the Chinese Students and Scholars Association, is a woman. She was incorrectly referred to as Mr. Guo in a previous version of this article.


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Jon Busch has confronted just about every conceivable shot on goal in his 17-year professional career. He's jousted with target men galore, stood firm on breakaways and made spectacular leaping saves.
But Busch doesn't consider himself to be a hero. That distinction belongs to people who risk their lives so he can chase a ball around.
So Busch has taken steps to help the country's true saviors, donating to the Navy SEAL Foundation, which provides support and assistance to the Naval Special Warfare community and their families.
When the Quakes host the LA Galaxy on Saturday, June 29, at Stanford Stadium, on Military Appreciation Night, fans that purchase the "Saves for SEALs Supporters' Section" package for $200 will receive four tickets to the match, four commemorative T-shirts, and get to watch the postgame fireworks show with the MLS All-Star keeper. With the club's match, Busch helped raise $8,100 last season for the Navy SEAL Foundation.
Busch's deep connection with the Navy SEALs began formulating on one of the country's darkest days: Sept. 11, 2001, or 9/11. He lost a cousin in the 9/11 attacks, a firefighter who perished in the collapse of the Twin Towers. Then, in August 2011, after a U.S. Boeing Chinook military helicopter was shot down in Afghanistan, killing all 38 people on board, including 15 members of elite Navy SEAL Team Six, Busch knew he had to do something.
"For me, it was the clarity I was looking for that said 'this is the direction I need to go,' " Busch said. "I want to help these families because they're still here. There's wives, there's kids, and everybody. Those are the ones that need the help. That event in August kind of shook me and gave me the direction that I needed."
Thus, in 2011, to commemorate the 10th anniversary of 9/11, Busch auctioned off two pair of cleats and two pair of gloves and raised $3,000 to $4,000.
Last summer, when the Quakes rallied for a 4-3 win over the Galaxy in front of 51,000 people at Stanford on Military Appreciation Night, Busch auctioned autographed game-worn gloves with a Special Operations patch sewn on, and cleats with "9-11-01" and "Never Forget" imprinted on the shoes.
But Busch isn't in this for personal glory.
"I don't want it to be anything about Jon Busch," he said. "I wanted to make sure it was about giving back to these guys who can't get any recognition, don't want any recognition, but they're willing to put their lives on the line and do the so-called dirty work in order for us to have our freedom. To make it simple: I've been a professional soccer player for 17 years simply because people like this are so unselfish and willing to do what they do, so I have that freedom to play.
"It's been absolutely amazing, the people I've met, the phone calls, or the emails I've received. I've met some of these guys now, and they absolutely just blow me away. My wife always tells me: It's changed my life forever. I see things totally different now in life."
Late last season, Busch got an interesting item delivered to the Quakes office. It encapsulated his relationship with the SEALs.
"It was this stuff called FrogFuel," Busch said, still sounding amazed. "I go, 'What the heck is this? I've never heard of it.' It is kind of a protein goo that you basically just shoot in your mouth, and it's made by two ex-SEAL guys. It basically gives you added protein and stuff while you're working out. It was made for those guys when they're over there on their missions or whatever. All I got was two boxes of this. No note, no nothing."
So Busch put on his detective cap, and emailed the guy who'd sent him the mysterious package.
"He emailed me back: From the Navy SEAL family. We just want to say thank you for what you're doing. It's absolutely amazing what you're doing for us and we want you to know that maybe you don't really know it and a lot of people don't tell you, but everybody in the Navy SEAL family knows who you are.' It absolutely blew me away because I'm sitting there. I'm getting emotional talking about it.
"It's just, I look at these guys. I play soccer for a living. These guys put their lives on the line every day when they go out, and they're thanking me for what I'm doing for them. To me, that's amazing. It should be the other way around. It's really cool because they all know about it. They all know what we're doing, and they're stoked about it."


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11 Best Dry Shampoos for Revitalizing Your Mane
Find the best dry shampoo for keeping your hair fresh and voluminous
Typically, dry shampoos come in spray or powder form, and the best dry shampoos not only soak up oil, they clean hair, water-free, and leave you smelling fresh. Plus, for those of you who have the time to wash your hair every day (or just happen to be a little less tolerant of dirt), dry shampoos give your hair a volume boost. At least, that's what the good dry shampoos do. Not all dry shampoos are created equal — and our readers can attest to that. In fact, they've been quite vocal about the best dry shampoos that forever simplify their lives, which ones are just alright and which ones fall flat.
This roundup includes some of the best dry shampoos, as rated by our readers. Keep clicking to see which brands you need to work into your routine and which ones just aren't worth the trouble.
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by brianna121791 Monday, May 13, 2013 at 11:17AM Report as inappropriate
Agree: Ojon is great...used to the love the Oscar Blandi until they came out with the invisible spray, now that's my fave. I also agree with bumble and bumble being pricy but TERRIBLE...it's like a thick, sticky hairspray that you can't even brush out. The only part I dont agree on: Tresemme...this has left an awful terrible white residue that has never absorbed any oil. Dont know how that got number one.
by sprout117 Sunday, March 24, 2013 at 08:12PM Report as inappropriate
Where can you buy Klorane Eco-Friendly and/or Rene Furterer? I haven't been able to find them!
by beachcitylights Monday, February 11, 2013 at 12:29PM Report as inappropriate
Why isn't Suave Dry Shampoo on the list? It works fine for me. Although I think I'll try a new one out of curiosity now. I've been using the Suave one for 2 years & like it fine.
by Sonflower Friday, February 8, 2013 at 10:22AM Report as inappropriate
I want to like dy shampoo but none seem to do a good job
by LittleBunny Friday, January 4, 2013 at 10:15AM Report as inappropriate
I'm not a fan of dry shampoo.
by EricaC123 Wednesday, December 26, 2012 at 05:54AM Report as inappropriate
I'm surprised the Suave dry shampoo didnt make the Worst list. It stinks and makes my hair MORE oily than if I didnt use it!
by kimihavens Tuesday, November 6, 2012 at 08:40AM Report as inappropriate
No dry shampoo for me ...
by robyne00 Friday, October 26, 2012 at 05:35PM Report as inappropriate
Cake Beauty Satin Sugar is my holy grail for dry shampoos. It smells INCREDIBLE, like baked sugar, makes my hair fluffy and full of body (I have straight fine hair) and it's tinted so you don't look like Cruella De Ville.
by BeautyPirate Wednesday, October 24, 2012 at 07:22AM Report as inappropriate
I haven't tried any of these products yet. I think the Suave one is my favorite so far. The Dove one is ok too.
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Why 2013 May Be a Great Year for the Undervalued Uranium Miners
One of the sleepiest sectors in energy has been uranium, which is the power behind nuclear energy, but that has already started to change.
At the end of 2012, I was interviewed on uranium and indicated to investors to accumulate as the uranium miners and the uranium price hit three-year lows.
The pullback in uranium miners and price coming into year-end was a potential buying opportunity, as they reached important support levels historically indicative of a bullish reversal. I also warned of an increase in merger and acquisition activity in the undervalued uranium sector, as there are many discount opportunities trading at ridiculously low levels.
This was at a time of great pessimism. Despite being ridiculed by the popular media, my firm's readers were bullish and in fact they believed that may have been the "Post-Fukushima" bottom. We are witnessing a powerful rebound in the uranium price and the uranium miners as measured by Global X Uranium (NYSEARCA:URA).
Last week we heard that Uranium One (PINK:SXRZF) will be bought by ARMZ, its controlling shareholder, for $1.3 billion in a friendly deal. This means the Russians will have an increasing presence in the Powder River Basin.
Putin is pushing nuclear power not only for Russia, but to export technologies to emerging atomic nations. A few months ago, we predicted a growing Chinese and Russian role in developing domestic US assets. In September, I wrote: "Cameco (NYSE:CCJ) has announced that they will be actively searching for North American companies on the cusp of production. Do not forget the Russians and Asians are donning cowboy hats in Wyoming looking for their next target."
This may be just the beginning of an increase in mergers and acquisitions in the undervalued uranium space, as measured by Market Vectors Nuclear Energy (NYSEARCA:NLR). This announcement takes a major uranium equity out of the public market. The next major player who is a producer is Paladin (PINK:PALAF). They have two operating mines in Africa.
This acquisition may be a way that Russia can tighten its control on the potential uranium supply, as the Russian HEU agreement ends later this year, and only sell the uranium on the condition of using their nuclear services. This will squeeze other nations to search for available supplies which are few and far between. The coming price spike may occur even as early as 2013.
Although we did see Germany temporarily back away from nuclear following Fukushima, we are seeing a continuation of the trend toward nuclear power globally. Japan has a pro-nuclear government turning back on the reactors, and China is constructing new reactors.
Europe has 160 nuclear reactors and is the largest per-capita user of nuclear, and only has one operating mine in the Czech Republic despite being the largest per capita consumer of uranium. This means they have very little domestic supply on the continent.
Keep a close eye on multi-commodity assets that have a diversified supply of not only uranium but the critical rare earths, as measured by Market Vectors Rare Earth Strategic Metals (NYSEARCA:REMX). Some of these deposits have great leverage to rising uranium and rare earth prices.
Watch the Athabasca Basin. Most notably, Denison's (NYSEAMEX:DNN) acquisition of Fission Energy (PINK:FSSIF) for approximately $70 million. Fission was the most likely candidate for acquisition after Rio Tinto (NYSE:RIO) bought its next-door neighbor Hathor for the Roughrider Deposit.
Keep a close eye on UEX (PINK:UEXCF) as the next potential target. Do not be surprised if Denison is gobbled up as well.
I like exploration companies with seismic experts who have helped discover the major Athabasca Deposits such as McArthur River, Shea Creek, Key and Moore Lakes, and Hathor's Roughrider Deposit. Seismic is critical for discoveries in the Athabasca Basin, which may be the 21st century Saudi Arabia.
2013 may turn out to be a great year in the undervalued uranium miners, and for the patient uranium investors who followed our lead and believed in the long-term viability of this sector.
Editor's Note: This article was written by Jeb Handwerger of GoldStockTrades.com.
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"I did not kill Kathleen!" — Drew Peterson, screaming out his innocence before a judge sentenced him to 38 years in prison for the murder of his third wife.
"Year in and year out, the vaccine is the best protection we have." — CDC flu expert Dr. Joseph Bresee, after the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said the vaccine is proving only 9 percent effective in those 65 and older against the harsh strain of the flu.
"We get stabbings, and gang violence. But this is like something out of a movie. Like 'Die Hard' or something." — Mark Thompson, after the Las Vegas Strip became a scene of violence when someone in a Range Rover opened fire on a Maserati, sending it crashing into a taxi that burst into flames, leaving three people dead.


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The last experimental version of Kinovea introduced the ability to use the perpective grid as a coordinate system, which allows all kind of measurements on the grid. Here I'll describe on what we have done with it in the context of podiatrics.
The experiment
For an experiment in podiatrics, we needed to measure how much people rotate when asked to perform 50 steps in the same spot, blindfolded. This is known as the Fukuda stepping test, it is generally used to detect neuropathologies but it has the interesting feature of being reproducible. I'll not go into much details over the experiment itself or the rest of the setup as it is still unpublished and not my work. I'll focus on the use of the perspective grid.
For this experiment, we developped a custom tool tailored for the Fukuda stepping test. The tool itself might be dissected in a future post, but the important thing here is that it is capable of measuring the angle of rotation of the person relatively to his initial direction (Σ on the tool).
Using the perspective grid's ability to act as a coordinate system was very interesting here. Not only it lifted the need to mount the camera to the ceiling to get the view from above, but it actually allowed us to take series of images weeks apart without fearing measurement errors due to small changes in how the camera was fixed or how the experiment was set up. We could have taken the plastic track and set it up anywhere, even outdoors, and still have reproducible measures.
Once a person had performed the test (about 1 minute), we marked his feet position and took a picture. The picture was later processed in Kinovea to find the rotation angle.
To be able to make measurements on the perspective grid, we first needed to calibrate it. To do this we measured the physical size of four segments on the plastic track that would be guaranteed to always be visible on any image we would take.
After laying down the grid and aligning its corners on these four points, we open the calibration dialog and enter the corresponding measures.
Note that the quadrilateral in the calibration dialog will have the same shape as the real one. This can be handy to give the segments the correct measure, especially when we take a picture from a completely different angle, rotate the camera, etc.
After the calibration is done, we can lay down the custom tool and make our measurement. (We generally do this on a different key image and disable the persistance for the grid so the grid doesn't get in the way of the tool positionning).
During the course of the experiment we tested for the accuracy of the system.
To get the best results, we need to have the most precise calibration possible. It's one of these cases where the number of megapixels does matter, and we used a still images camera rather than a camcorder to collect the measurement pictures.
To adjust the corners of the grid perfectly, we zoom to the max and adjust at pixel level.
To test the reproductibility, we started with the result of a single person and took several pictures from various angles around the room. We then processed the images independently from one another and compared the resultts. We also measured the angle manually, to act as the "ground truth".
We got approximately ±1° margin of error, which was perfectly acceptable with regards to the experiment.
How the perspective grid works
3D geometry tells us that any quadrilateral on a plane can be seen as the projection of a rectangle from another plane. In other words, a rectangle can be mapped to an aribitrary quadrilateral and back, with a transform matrix. In Kinovea, the pixel coordinates of the grid on the screen represent the quadrilateral, while the physical position of the corners on the ground represent the rectangle.
This means that after the calibration is done, any coordinate on the screen plane can be converted to its coordinate in the ground plane. It's as if Kinovea could see the ground from above.
To measure angles in perspective, we first convert the screen coordinates of the three points to physical world coordinates, and we make the measurement from there. After the conversion step all the measurements use regular 2D geometry. A similar approach is used to measure distances, speed, etc.
Many things can be done when we can measure
snakesthings on a plane. Statistical analysis of ball impacts in table tennis? Distribution of scoring angles in football? Tell us what you did with the perspective grid! And report what parts of the tool can be improved to further streamline the process.
- Google Scholar for Fukuda stepping test
- Projective Mappings for Image Warping – Paul Heckbert
- The core quadrilateral transform code in Kinovea is mostly derived from QuadrilateralTransform of AForge.NET by Andrew Kirillov.


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"As my colleague Michelle Menga is reporting, Amazon is now making new source code available for its Amazon Kindle. Basically what it represents is, Amazon's responsibility to make the GPL licenced source code that is used in the Kindle available to others. That's part of the GPL license and Amazon is doing its part. Digging into the code that Amazon is now making available, provides some really interesting insight into the underlying structure of the Kindle."


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When Gemma turned 3 years old, about one month ago, I gave her as a gift a ballerina doll that I made myself. She really loved it, also because she is really devotee to the dance! Since, she liked it very much, I decided to make a tutorial, which you can find on my etsy. I hope you like it and that you will enjoy to make this doll!!
Tuesday, 3 January 2017
Ballerina's birthday
Monday, 10 October 2016
Knock, knock... trick or treat? New cute sets for halloween!
New special sets for Halloween!
One with a scary, cute, little ghost (hand carved rubber stamp and pendant)
One with a cute little bat (hand carved rubber stamp)
One with all you need for Halloween (rubber stamps with the shapes of a spider, a pumpkin and a black cat)
Hoping you like it, take a look on my etsy!
Friday, 7 October 2016
A sushi stamp parade!
A new sushi stamps parade is now available again on my etsy!
Hope you yummy it!!!
Saturday, 1 October 2016
New special cute sets
I am glad to announce some new special set of creations, which are available on my etsy shop. A set inspired to cute teeth, another to little stars and a bunch of owls in the last one. I hope you like it!!
Etichette: bracelets, cold porcelain, Handcarved Rubber Stamps
Thursday, 8 September 2016
Make me magic! A new make-me-droll stamp set version
I am pleased to announce a new version of my make-me-droll stamp set: make me magic!
With these hand carved rubber stamp, you can turn each member of your family in a magic one... even your mother in law!You cam find this stamp set on etsy.... I hope you like it!!
Saturday, 3 September 2016
Back to school special cloud set
Back to school! To celebrate the beginning of the school year, I made a special cloud set, which is composed by a couple of cloud smiling brooches and a stamp set. You can find on my etsy, I hope you'd like it!!
Etichette: Handcarved Rubber Stamps, special offer
Friday, 27 May 2016
yummy food creations
Children are very exigent and, also at table, they prefer when food is not only good, but also cute. Desperate mums, who are, like me, in this daily struggle to create some yummy for children, could find a valuable help into Japanese accessories for bento boxes, which helps in turning food into something simply cute. Since I have discovered the nori punches, I add little eyes to everything and, in a second, all becomes so "kawaii"
Being enthusiast about these creations, I decided to create a couple of special set to kawaii food. Onigiri and little eggs become cute hand carved rubber stamps e little accessories thanks to their cute faces! I hope you like them, they are available on my esty
Etichette: Felt Brooch, Handcarved Rubber Stamps
Tuesday, 10 May 2016
Make me meow! New hand carved rubber stamp set
I am glad to announce that I have made another stamp set of the collection "make me droll", called "make me meow", which could enable you to turn everyone you'd like into a cute cat! You can find this stamp set on my etsy, I hope you like it!
Initially, I made this stamps set to play with Gemma, who loves cats very much (maybe this is her way to mock Fifi!) She also like to go to "le Café des chats", a place in which, more than the usual things that you can do in a coffee, you could also spend some time in company of a lot of cats... it is situated in16 rue Le Compte, 75003 Paris, more information on their website.
Etichette: Handcarved Rubber Stamps, little treasures of Paris
Sunday, 27 March 2016
Happy DIY Easter
Happy Easter to everybody! And many thanks to Petit-Bateau and to Steffie Brocoli for this cute DIY project with which to realise funny boxes with the shape of a bunny. Steffie is an illustrator who lives and works in Paris and who creates really cute stuffs (take a look on her etsy shop!). If you'd like to realise you too these amazing boxes, you can download the pattern here. On www.petit-bateau.fr, you can also find many other DIY projects signed by this illustrator that will made your Easter!! I am sure!!
Etichette: Free Patterns, my favorite illustrators, tutorials
Wednesday, 23 March 2016
Rilakkuma in Paris
Wednesday the 9th March, Rilakkuma and his friends Karilakkuma e Kiiroitori came visiting Paris directly from Japan. Gemma and I, who we are amongst his greater fans, met him at BonTon, one of our favourite shops in Paris.
There were a lot of Kawaii surprises, of which Gemma promptly benefited, such as the Rilakkuma's nail-gaze (created in collaboration with nailmatic-kids), balloons, temporary tattoos and colouring draws. At BonTon, there was also a new collection of cloths, bags and accessories inspired to amazing world of this little lazy and glutton bear.
For souvenir of this cute day, I carved a rubber stamp on Rilakkuma and his friends, with a little Parisian touch. Au revoir les amis!
Etichette: gemma, Handcarved Rubber Stamps, little treasures of Paris
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Linked by Thom Holwerda on Mon 16th Jan 2012 19:33 UTC
Big news from Capitol Hill in Washington DC today: House Oversight Chairman Darrell Issa has said that the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) has been "shelved" in the House of Representatives, meaning it has been put on indefinite hold until a consensus about the act can be reached. Sadly, SOPA's counterpart in the Senate, the Protect IP Act (PIPA) will still be pushed forward, meaning we must remain vigilant. Despite all of this, Wikipedia has announced it will join the blackout coming Wednesday.
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Whether they're transporting us into a world of fantasy or revealing a deeper truth of our present moment, great films have a way of touching our hearts and changing how we look at the world. Using elements such as sound, cinematography, and lighting, filmmakers are able to tell powerful stories and create moments that are unforgettable. This summer, we'll be examining these elements of filmmaking through some of the films that employ them best.
Miss a lesson or looking to review one from the past? Well look no further! Here you can find links to all our articles from previous weeks of Hulu Summer Film School. We'll also be updating this post regularly as the new lessons are released. Happy learning!
1) Introduction to Story Structure and Screenwriting by Hulu Staff
2) The Three Act Structure: The Repeating Phantasm of Story by Jonathan Katz
3) Famous Screenwriters: Not Always an Oxymoron by Christopher Rowe
4) Links and Additional Resources for the Aspiring Screenwriter by Kelly Lin
1) Introduction to Cinematography by Hulu Staff
2) A Feast for the Eyes: Dissecting the Cinematography in Jiro Dreams of Sushi by Kelly Lin
1) Introduction to Color Theory and Lighting Selections by Hulu Staff
2) Lighting Persona by Michael Koresky of the Criterion Collection
1) Introduction to Soundtrack, Score, and Sound Design by Hulu Staff
2) Setting the Score with Source by Jonathan Katz
1) Introduction to Costumes and Set Design by Hulu Staff
2) Valley Girls and Alien Hunks: The Cool Costumes of Earth Girls are Easy by Rookie Magazine writer Marie Lodi
1) Introduction to Animation by Hulu Staff
2) The Secret of Animation: An Exploration of the Guiding Principles behind The Secret of Kells by Kelly Lin
1) Introduction to Post-Production by Hulu Staff
2) Making the Cut by Jonathan Katz
And that's a wrap! This project was put together by a bunch of passionate film buffs at Hulu and we really appreciate you tuning in each week to learn about film. We hope you've looked at movies a different way and learned something you didn't know before!
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Terry Collins' solid managing was rewarded this afternoon when National League All-Star manager Tony La Russa named Collins to his staff. It is a well-deserved honor for Collins, and also a testament of how others recognize the Mets are making positive strides.
Considering their pitching questions entering the season, including the physical status of Johan Santana, and a patchwork bullpen, and a list of injuries that encompassed David Wright, Jason Bay, Andres Torres, Ruben Tejada, and nagging slumps of Bay and Ike Davis, there's a lot that's happened to this team.
And considering what has gone on with this team, nobody could expect four games over .500. Have the Mets survived their slide? I don't know, but Collins has them playing aggressive, alert baseball and instilled a confidence that insists they won't be pushed around.
"I've known and respected him for years," La Russa said. "But I think the job he's done last year, with nobody had more adversity than that, and he kept the club competing. And he's doing it again this year.
"I just think you need to recognize when somebody is handling a ballclub and day in and day out there's no difference in how they compete. If the starters are hurt, they still keep competing, and he keeps getting contributions. I think it's a well-deserved honor."There will remain dry stretches and lulls, but Collins has the Mets playing with a sense of purpose that has the rest of the league watching.
Aside from Collins, two Mets figure to be named to La Russa's team should they continue at their current paces. I would think Wright would get on with the fan vote and R.A. Dickey should be appointed to the staff.
Here's tonight's lineup behind Dickey:
Andres Torres, cf
Daniel Murphy, 2b
David Wright, 3b
Scott Hairston, rf
Jason Bay, lf
Vinny Rottino, dh
Ike Davis, 1b
Mike Nickeas, c
Omar Quintanilla, ss
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