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AROUND the WORLD By AIR (Jan, 1937)
For the life of me I can't figure out what rules these people use to decide what to capitalize in their headlines. If you want to put the important words in all-caps, fine. But why is the word "the" lower case when the word "By" has one cap?
AROUND the WORLD By AIR
by H. R. Ekins
First Man to Circle Globe Via Air Lines
IT TOOK a flight around the world, entirely by air, to bring home to me the tremendous strides made by commercial aviation in the last ten years. For me the journey of little more than 18-1/2 days, during which I flew a route of approximately 26,000 miles, was a study in aviation as it is today compared to what it was only a few years ago. On my journey I used eight aircraft in all. The first was the German dirigible Hinden-burg, the latest development in the science of lighter-than-air craft. The designers, builders and operators of the Hindenburg expect, however, that soon it will be surpassed by new giant ships of the air.
The other seven aircraft were of the heavier-than-air type. Three were used in the United States. They were twin-motored Boeings of the United Airlines and Douglas DC-2's of TWA—Transcontinental and Western Airways. The three planes which took me all the way from Frankfort, Germany, to Manila were made by Douglas, and the long trans-Pacific hop was aboard Pan-American Airways' "Hawaii Clipper," the big four-motored flying boat built by Martin and powered by Pratt and Whitney.
The aircraft listed above are the most modern and most efficient available to the civilian traveler. The study in contrasts, in sofar as airplanes were concerned, began at Frankfort when I boarded a big Douglas airplane operated by KLM—Royal Dutch Airlines.
Six years ago, when I was flying around the Far East as a war correspondent for the United Press, the most powerful of the air-cooled radial engines of the Wright Cyclone type, were rated at about 525 horsepower. In 1930 it was believed, on the basis of experience and research with the material then available, that it would be decidedly impractical to build an engine rated at more than 600 horsepower and still maintain even a vestige of dependability. Dependability in those days meant an engine that would operate for 250 hours between routine overhauls. By 1931 the power of the Wright Cyclone was increased to 575 horsepower by using slightly larger cylinders to obtain increased cubic inch displacement. During the same year advances in metallurgy and knowledge led engineers to believe that they had underestimated the possibilities of engines of the radial type.
To jump a bit to the advances which had been made by the time I was ready to take off from Frankfort for the Orient I should like to point out the following:
All the way from Frankfort, Germany, to Batavia, Java, flying in only two planes, I flew behind 890 horsepower F-50 Cyclone engines. The plane of the Royal Netherlands-Indies
Airways, which took me from Batavia, Java, to Manila, was powered with 715-horsepower Cyclones. When TWA flew me across the continent on the last leg of the journey they used a Douglas plane, the Sky Chief. It was powered with F-50 Cyclones of an 890-horsepower rating.
The series F engines go back to 1932 when the Wright Aeronautical Corporation announced the development of engines rated at 700 horsepower at sea level. They weighed only two-tenths of a pound per horsepower more than the one pound per horsepower weight which the late Thomas A. Edison said was ideal for an aircraft engine. The success of the Cyclone F was immediate.
Its first commercial application was in the fleet of Douglas Airliners with which TWA equipped itself in 1934. The American and Eastern Airlines followed suit. Strangely enough, most of this I learned while flying with Dutch pilots across Europe, the Near East, and India to the Far East.
While flying over scorched, monotonous deserts I learned that in 1934 the leaders of Dutch commercial aviation were following developments in America closely. KLM negotiated with TWA to purchase one of its ships. TWA had the Douglas production tied up with priority rights.
The Dutch got their ship. Cyclone powered, it was used by two KLM pilots, Par-mentier and Moll, in the McRobertson Lon-don-to-Australia air derby that involved 12,000 miles of flying. They took second place in the speed race and first place in the handicap division. By the time the race was over KLM had ordered a fleet of Douglas planes, all powered with Wright Cyclones.
The performances of Cyclones in Douglas airplanes used to establish records both in this country and abroad caused the Douglas Company to standardize on the Wright Cyclone engine for airliner installation. Of more than 150 Douglas airliners now in use only one, I believe, is powered with other than the standard engine.
It was the dependability of airplane engines that impressed me most as I flew around the world. I was actually in the air 8 days, 10 hours and 26 minutes, and to a man anxious to get home swiftly, yet safely, the matter of dependability was of utmost importance.
The motors behind which I flew in my early days as a passenger in airplanes would run dependably for only about 250 hours before overhaul. Now they will run at least 400 hours. Dutch engineers, great enthusiasts for American airplane power plants, told me that operation of 700 hours without overhaul is possible.
Several developments, I found as I flew, are responsible for the high efficiency of the mechanical facilities which enabled me to get around the world as fast as I did. They included the dynamic damper, a patented development removing all vibration from the engine. There were also improvements in cylinder head designs and better cooling which marked an important step towards increased power. In this connection we can look forward to further advances in supercharging which will allow greater power, especially at high altitudes. A remarkable development in aviation which was not available until a few years ago is the "gear shift of the air"—the controllable pitch propeller operated from the engine oil pressure. And there are the new drives to operate vacuum pumps used to actuate retractable landing gears.
I marveled as I sat in the control cabins of airplanes and as great areas of geography were left behind beneath us I learned of down-draft carburetors, wing de-icers, the complete shielding of the ignition wiring system to prevent interference with radio reception, and many other aviation achievements.
The down-draft carburetor guarded against dirt getting into the engines by taking the carburetor intake air from the top of the motor instead of at the bottom where great clouds of dust were churned up when the plane taxied along the ground.
To attempt to look ahead in the aviation industry literally takes one's breath away. I thought, as I traveled, that I was flying in the last word in heavier-than-air planes. Now I am learning of engines of 1,000 horsepower. More than 600 Wright engines of 1,000 horsepower have been ordered by the United States Army Air Corps for the new Boeing and Douglas bombers now being built to increase the strength of American military aviation. These new power plants have a fuel consumption which closely approaches that of a Diesel engine. The Dutch have ordered new airliners to be equipped with 1,000 horsepower engines. American Airlines and TWA will use them in this country.
Behind the scenes in all these development are advances in manufacturing. One of these revealed to me was the nitriding of the interior of cylinders in which the pistons move up and down. As the results of nitriding, the hardness of the cylinder interiors has been increased three times. They become so hard they will cut glass. This, of course, means that the cylinder walls have great wear resistance and will last materially longer.
Then there is magnafluxing. Manufacturers, after machining and polishing each steel part for an airplane motor—magnetize it. Then they immerse it in an oil solution which has fine iron particles kept in suspension by an air agitator. If there is a surface crack or defect in the steel, the edges of the break form the two poles of a magnet and attract the iron particles. Hence, the break is shown by a thin black line. Defects which might not be discernible even under a microscope of 10 to 20 diameter enlargement strength are clearly shown up in magnafluxing.


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Renowned metal sculptor Grace Cathey has been selected to create an art piece by the Waynesville Public Art Commission.
Entitled "Wild Flowers of the Smokies," the three metal panels (six feet high by four feet wide) will each represent a beautiful native wild flower found in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park.
"There's an incredible diversity in Grace's work," said Jan Griffin, chairman of the WPAC. "Her pieces showcase a great mind of talent, one that focuses on bringing out the essence of nature in this region."
Cathey proposed the idea in March with a smaller piece that was used to show what the ultimate project would look like. With two other finalists, Cathey eventually won the $12,500 art grant, funds that were all privately or publically raised by the WPAC, with no taxpayer monies being involved. This is the fifth art installment for downtown Waynesville.
"I believe in a body of work that is whimsical, abstract and interpretive," Cathey said. "Art adds so much to the quality of life here in Waynesville, and everyone in this community, residents and leaders, supports the artists."
The initial presentation piece, which depicts a Lady Slipper wild flower, was donated back to the WPAC for their upcoming auction. The auction will be at 6 p.m. Thursday, June 27, at the Haywood Arts Regional Theatre in Waynesville. The evening will include a barbeque dinner, live music, with a silent and live auction. Raffles tickets for Cathey's piece are currently available for purchase at $10 each or six for $50. They can be bought from members of the WPAC, at the town municipal building and during the night of the fundraiser.
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Flat omelets known as frittatas are popular throughout mainland Italy. In Apulia, this version is made to celebrate the harvest of spring onions.
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- Serves 6
- 3 tablespoons olive oil
- 1 bunch green onions, chopped
- 8 large eggs
- 6 ounces ricotta salata or feta cheese, cut into small cubes
- 1/2 cup chopped fresh Italian parsley
- 2 tablespoons milk
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1/2 teaspoon pepper
- Heat 1 tablespoon oil in 12-inch-diameter broilerproof nonstick skillet over medium heat. Add green onions and sauté until tender, about 3 minutes. Transfer to large bowl and cool.Add eggs, cheese, parsley, milk, salt and pepper to onions and whisk until blended.
- Preheat broiler. Heat remaining 2 tablespoons oil in same skillet over medium-high heat. Add egg mixture. Tilt and swirl pan to distribute evenly. Using rubber spatula, lift up edges of cooked egg to allow uncooked portion to flow under; cook until beginning to set. Reduce heat to low. Cover and cook until frittata is almost set, about 8 minutes. Transfer skillet to broiler; broil until frittata is set and top just begins to brown, about 3 minutes. Slide frittata onto plate. Cut into wedges. Serve Warm or at room temperature.


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Dean Kamen is an inventor, entrepreneur, and a tireless advocate for science and technology. He is the founder of DEKA Research & Development Corporation, where he develops internally generated inventions and provides research and development for major corporate clients. He holds more than 440 U.S. and foreign patents for innovative devices that have expanded the frontiers of health care worldwide. Some of his notable inventions include the first wearable insulin pump for diabetics, the HomeChoice™ portable peritoneal dialysis machine, the INDEPENDENCE® IBOT® Mobility System, and the Segway® Human Transporter.
Among Mr. Kamen's proudest accomplishments is founding FIRST (For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology), an organization dedicated to motivating the next generation to understand, use, and enjoy science and technology.
Mr. Kamen was awarded the National Medal of Technology in 2000, the Lemelson-MIT PRIZE in 2002, and was inducted into the National Inventors Hall of Fame in May 2005.


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Dogs, more so than cats, tend to be "repeat offenders." I recall one Labrador in particular who had six surgeries over the course of his lifetime to remove socks lodged within his intestinal tract (in spite of counseling his humans repeatedly on picking up their socks). As many surgeries as this dog had, we should have installed an abdominal zipper!
Not all cases of foreign body ingestion have such happy endings, particularly if the foreign object has perforated through the wall of the stomach or intestinal loop. This allows leakage of nonsterile gastrointestinal contents into the normally sterile abdominal cavity resulting in widespread inflammation known as peritonitis. With emergency surgery and post-operative intensive care, many of these patients survive, but it is certainly becomes a big deal, both for the patient and the pocketbook.
Esophageal foreign bodies are notoriously difficult to remove, particularly if they've been lodged for more than a day or two. (The esophagus is the muscular tube that transports food and liquids from the mouth down into the stomach.) Even if the foreign object is successfully removed, the resulting inflammation within the esophagus can result in the formation of a stricture (narrowing of the esophageal lumen) and chronic, severe swallowing difficulties.
Some dogs and cats are lucky. The foreign objects they eat pass freely without any ill effects. I see the not so lucky ones with objects that have become lodged within their gastrointestinal tracts. There are two means to retrieve a gastrointestinal foreign body, surgery and endoscopy. An endoscope is a long telescope device that can be passed through the oral cavity, down the esophagus and into the stomach and upper portion of the small intestine. The endoscope allows visualization of the inside lining of the bowel and its contents. A grabber type instrument can be deployed through a channel in the endoscope to grab the object and then pull it out through the mouth. Endoscopy requires general anesthesia, but it is often preferred over surgery because of its less invasive nature.
In order for endoscopy to be of benefit, the foreign body must be located within the esophagus, stomach, or the very upper part of the small intestine (this is as far as the endoscope can reach). Some objects (coins, needles, tennis ball fragments, cloth) are well suited to being removed endoscopically because they are more "grabbable." Objects that have traveled further down the gastrointestinal tract (beyond reach of the endoscope) or are without "grabbable" surfaces (large rounded bones, balls) are better retrieved surgically.
What can you do to prevent your dog or cat from eating inappropriate things? First and foremost, "baby proof" your home and yard for your pet. Anything unsafe that your little snookums might want to "mouth" should be put away and out of reach. This is particularly important when caring for a puppy or kitten. Secondly, it pays to know your pet- some cats and dogs never grow out of the habit of putting strange things in their mouths. Some adult cats continue to graze on dental floss found in the bathroom garbage pail, and some adult dogs continue to scarf down panty hose and underwear. If you provide chew toys or bones to your dog, supervise carefully to be sure that he's a nibbler rather than a "swallow it whole" kind of guy. The best defense against gastrointestinal foreign bodies is avoidance of the things your pet might be willing to swallow. In some extreme cases, I've encouraged folks to muzzle their dogs when outdoors unsupervised or on walks, so they can relax knowing that their dog cannot gobble something down in the blink of an eye.
Perhaps my most memorable foreign body retrieval was performed on an adult Saint Bernard. X-rays suggested something was lodged in her stomach, but I couldn't be clear exactly what the foreign material was. I passed my endoscope down into the stomach and saw an intact hand. I thought, "Oh my goodness!" I looked around a bit more and spotted a foot, and then what looked like some human hair. My heart was racing until I finally removed what I could identify as the chewed up remains of a troll doll! Afterwards I chuckled remembering that the view I get through the endoscope is magnified significantly!
What crazy thing has your dog or cat eaten in the past? Did it pass on its own or was it necessary for your vet to come to the rescue?
Happy holidays to you and your loved ones,
Nancy Kay, DVM
Diplomate, American College of Veterinary Internal Medicine
Author of Speaking for Spot: Be the Advocate Your Dog Needs to Live a Happy, Healthy, Longer Life
Author of Your Dog's Best Health: A Dozen Reasonable Things to Expect From Your Vet
Recipient, Leo K. Bustad Companion Animal Veterinarian of the Year Award
Recipient, American Animal Hospital Association Animal Welfare and Humane Ethics Award
Recipient, Dog Writers Association of America Award for Best Blog
Recipient, Eukanuba Canine Health Award
Recipient, AKC Club Publication Excellence Award
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Please visit http://www.speakingforspot.com to read excerpts from Speaking for Spot. There you will also find "Advocacy Aids"- helpful health forms you can download and use for your own dog, and a collection of published articles on advocating for your pet's health. Speaking for Spot is available at Amazon.com, local bookstores, and your favorite online book seller.


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At the Mercedes-Benz press event "SLS AMG Track Xperience" at the Zhuhai International Circuit in southeast China, one journalist in an SLS braked too early and got thoroughly rear-ended by a C63 AMG.
Car News China reports that the car hacks were out on the track on their own.
Both drivers were fortunately unharmed, but these crashed Benzes are two more casualties of car hacks killing press cars on the track. Hey, if you're not crashing, you're not testing, am I right?
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NCAA(R) Division I Men's Basketball Championship
Entering this weekend's Final Four, CBS Sports' and Turners Sports' exclusive coverage of the 2012 NCAA(R) Division I Men's Basketball Championship is averaging a 5.7 U.S. household rating, making it the second highest tournament-to-date average since 2006.
With the quarter now over, TBS officially reigns as basic cable's #1 network in primetime among adults 18-34 (670,000) and adults 18-49 (1.2 million). TBS's primetime growth compared to Q1 2011 is extraordinary, with adults 18-34 up 28%, adults 18-49 up 33% and TBS's total audience up 32% to 2.2 million viewers. No other network in basic cable's Top 10 came anywhere near to delivering compatible growth.
Much of TBS's success this quarter was driven by the powerhouse performance of The Big Bang Theory. The show averaged 3 million viewers in Q1 2012, easily ranking it as basic cable's #1 sitcom for the quarter.
TBS's Emmy(R)-nominated late-night series CONAN has enjoyed a significant jump in ratings over last quarter. In Q1 2012, CONAN has averaged more than 1.1 million viewers in Live + 7 delivery (+25% compared to Q4 2011); 432,000 adults 18-34 (+12%); and 734,000 adults 18-49 (+19%). Last week, CONAN averaged 1 million viewers in Live + Same Day, with 366,000 adults 18-34 and 669,000 adults 18-49.
TBS closed out the quarter by winning the March ratings race as basic cable's #1 network with key adult demos. TBS added to its fortunes with success on the movie front, as the March 4 telecast of Shrek 2 ranked as basic cable's #1 movie for the month among adults 18-34. The animated comedy was also one of six TBS telecasts that ranked among basic cable's Top 10 movies for the month.
Adult Swim
Among Adult Swim's original series in March, China IL (Sundays, 12 a.m.) earned double-digit delivery gains among adults 18-24 (263,000) which grew by 41% and men 18-24 (183,000) which grew by 83%.
Across all of March 2012, Adult Swim again ranked #1 on basic cable for Total Day Delivery of adults 18-34, 18-49 and 18-24, and men 18-34, 18-49 and 18-24. Compared to March 2011, adults 18-24 (291,000) by 7%.
Adult Swim programming in March accounted for 20 of the top 50 telecasts for the week on basic cable among adults 18-34 and 14 of the top 50 among men 18-34, both more than any other network.
Cartoon Network
Across March 2012, Cartoon Network stands as television's #1 network - broadcast and cable--for boys (2-11, 6-11, 9-14) in Early Evening Prime (7-9 p.m.). Versus March last year, prime delivery grew by strong double digits across the board: average kids 6-11 (665,000) grew by 29%, kids 2-11 (935,000) by 25% and kids 9-14 (516,000) by 29%. Average Total Day delivery saw double-digit increases across all kid demos, between 16% - 24% in March.
Monday nights (7-9 p.m.) ranked #1 among all boy demos, posting delivery gains across all kids and boys demos between 2% - 14% across March. Both Adventure Time (7:30 p.m.) and Regular Show (8 p.m.) ranked as the #1 show in their time periods among all kids (2-11, 6-11, 9-14) and boys (2-11, 6-11, 9-14).
Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday nights (7-9 p.m.) also ranked #1 for boys 2-11, 6-11 & 9-14. Tuesday and Wednesday nights charted impressive double- and triple-digit delivery gains across the board - between 40% - 109% - and each boasted multiple shows (The Amazing World of Gumball, Level Up, Adventure Time, Johnny Test) that ranked as the #1 telecast in their time periods among boys.
One stand-out series, Ninjago (Wednesdays, 8 p.m.) ranked as the #1 program on Wednesdays overall among kids 6-11, kids 2-11 and all boy demos on broadcast and cable television, posting triple-digit delivery gains among all key demos between 123% -162%.
The premiere of the Cartoon Network original CG-animated movie, Ben 10: Destroy All Aliens (Friday, March 23, 7 - 8:30 p.m.) was the #1 telecast of the day with boys 6-11 and 9-14, while #1 in its time period with boys 2-11. Ben 10: Destroy All Aliens increased by double-digits across the board vs. the same time period year ago.
Cartoon Network's DC Nation (Saturday mornings from 10 - 11 a.m.) earned double- and triple-digit delivery gains in March across all kids and boys demos vs. 2011.
With the quarter now ended and two weeks of time-shifted viewing left to be counted, truTV remains on track to claim its biggest quarter ever in primetime delivery of two key demographics: adults 18-49 (615,000) and men 18-34 (159,000).
Demonstrating its growing strength against the competition, truTV is also poised to finish the quarter among basic cable's Top 10 entertainment networks in primetime delivery of men 18-49. The network also claims the youngest primetime median age (42) of its direct non-fiction competitors, including Discovery (44), A&E (46) and History (48).
truTV capped the quarter with an extraordinary performance last week, garnering double-digit growth in primetime across the board.
truTV's hit series Hardcore Pawn returned Tuesday night at 9:30 p.m. to kick off the second half of its fifth season, and the results were truly golden. The Hardcore Pawn premiere drew an impressive 2.9 million viewers and more than 1.4 million adults 18-49. The episode topped the charts as ad-supported cable's #1 program in the timeslot with men 18-34 (386,000) and men 18-49 (844,000). Hardcore Pawn also ranked second in the timeslot in total audience delivery and third among adults 18-49.
Also scoring extremely well last week were new episodes of Lizard Lick Towing, which averaged more than 2 million viewers Monday night, as well as Wednesday night's Operation Repo (1.2 million viewers) and South Beach Tow (1.2 million viewers) and Thursday night's World's Dumbest (1.1 million viewers).
TNT has grown considerably from Q4 2011 to Q1 2012. The network has scored a Q1 average of 2 million viewers (+26% vs. Q4 2011); 887,000 adults 18-49 (+55%); and 892,000 adults 25-54 (+39%).
The harrowing season finale of TNT's acclaimed cop drama Southland delivered 2.4 million viewers in Live + 3 last week (1.7 million in Live + Same Day). The show also scored 1.1 million adults 18-49 and 1.2 million adults 25-54. With two weeks of Live + 7 data left to be counted, Southland is currently averaging more than 2.9 million viewers (L+7 through 3/6), with 1.3 million adults 18-49 (+4% vs. season 3) and 1.4 million adults 25-54 (+2%).
TNT's telecasts of The Mentalist are scoring big growth, with Q1 deliveries up 24% among total viewers, 14% among adults 18-49 and 15% with adults 25-54 compared to last quarter.
Through 31 games, TNT's NBA coverage continues to deliver double-digit gains vs. last year's corresponding coverage. The NBA on TNT is averaging a 1.7 U.S. household rating (+13% vs. 1.5 for last year's corresponding coverage); 2,594,000 viewers (+11% vs. 2,338,000) and 1,963,000 households (+12% vs. 1,760,000). The Top 5 NBA regular-season games on cable have all aired on TNT.
Source: Nielsen Media Research. Based on Live+SD. NBA Regular Season on TNT STD; 31 games vs. 26 games. (12/25/2011-3/19/2012) vs. (12/30/2010-3/22/2011)
Through 13 weeks of NBA TV's 2011-12 regular-season schedule, the network continues to experience significant increases compared to last season. NBA TV is averaging 350,000 total viewers (+36 %) and 275,000 households (+35%) through 70 games. Through 12 weeks of NBA TV's 2011-12 regular-season schedule, the network continues to experience significant increases compared to last season with three of this season's games among NBA TV's top five most-watched games ever. NBA TV is averaging 348,000 total viewers (+36 %) and 272,000 households (+36%) through 68 games.
NBA TV's Fan Night is also experiencing incredible increases compared to the same time last year. The Fan Night game featuring the Miami Heat vs. the Orlando Magic (March 13) was the No. 1 Fan Night game of the 2011-12 season among households, 367,000 (+20%) through 17 Fan Night games.


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In the latest episode of "Elevator Pitch," host Alan Meckler talks with Marissa Evans founder and CEO of New York startup "Go Try It On." It's an iPhone app that acts like a virtual stylist. Users upload a photo of an outfit they plan on wearing and let their friends and the community respond.
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Annual Pumpkin Festival is right around the corner
PUMPKINTOWN — The 35th annual Pumpkin Festival is coming on Saturday, Oct. 12. The theme for this year's festival is "35 Years-Memories."
As usual, the day will begin with the festival parade around 9 a.m. that begins at the Pumpkintown Fire Department and ends after passing the Oolenoy Community Building (5301 Dacusville Highway – S.C. 135).
Festivities will continue until 5 p.m. Saturday afternoon and crowds in the 30,000 to 50,000 range is expected to attend this much anticipated event.
So come early and bring your blankets and lawn chairs to set up in front of the music stage and enjoy the day long music and cloggers, and you also wander through the grounds which will have more than 165 arts and crafts booths containing a variety of handmade/homemade products (no commercial products are allowed at this festival). Also there will be a number of food booths selling hamburgers/cheeseburgers, hot dogs, sausage dogs, turkey legs, chili, fried fish, fried pies, brick oven/wood fired pizzas, and our famous barbeque chicken dinner plates.
Then you can finish off all these offerings with a wide variety of treats such as funnel cakes, cookies, cup cakes, cotton candy and delicious homemade ice cream. Breakfast items will be offered inside the Community Building starting at 6 a.m. that morning.
Amusement rides for children will be available on the back side of the festival grounds. Cotton candy and kettle corn will be set up in the children's area.
Festival souvenirs will be available outside and inside the Community Building, which will include T-shirts, sweat shirts, totes, car tags, and books written by local authors. A large display depicting the early days in the Oolenoy Valley will be on exhibit inside the Community Building.
Also inside the Community Building you will find a table set up for the sale of raffle tickets for the festival quilt which is given away each year.
The quilt for this year was designed by Susie Flowers and quilted by Ann Stowe. Tickets for the quilt are $1 each, and the drawing will be held at 4 p.m. that afternoon and you do not have to be present to win.
The greased pole climb will again be held at 3 p.m. in the afternoon. Pole climbers must be 8 years old or older.
Pumpkins of all sizes will be available for purchase at the entrance to the Community Building. TD Bank will have a tent set up with paints available for children to dress up their pumpkins. The pumpkin pile is also a popular spot for parents to take pictures of their kids.
The festival is free and open to the public. Handicapped parking is available in the Oolenoy Baptist Church parking lot and golf carts will be available to shuttle folks to and from the festival grounds throughout the day.
No pets will be allowed on the festival grounds unless it is a service animal.
The annual event is sponsored and organized by the Pumpkintown Community Club and it raises money for community projects that benefit many area organizations.
For additional information on the festival or rental of the Oolenoy Community Building contact Susie Flowers at 864-898-0261.


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Clinical Trial Brings Positive Results for Tinnitus Sufferers
Dr. Sven Vanneste
UT Dallas researchers have demonstrated that treating tinnitus, or ringing in the ears, using vagus nerve stimulation-tone therapy is safe and brought significant improvement to some of the participants in a small clinical trial.
Drs. Sven Vanneste and Michael Kilgard of the School of Behavioral and Brain Sciences used a new method pairing vagus nerve stimulation (VNS) with auditory tones to alleviate the symptoms of chronic tinnitus. Their results were published on Nov. 20 in the journal Neuromodulation: Technology at the Neural Interface.
VNS is an FDA-approved method for treating various illnesses, including depression and epilepsy. It involves sending a mild electric pulse through the vagus nerve, which relays information about the state of the body to the brain.
Dr. Michael Kilgard
"The primary goal of the study was to evaluate safety of VNS-tone therapy in tinnitus patients," Vanneste said. "VNS-tone therapy was expected to be safe because it requires less than 1 percent of the VNS approved by the FDA for the treatment of intractable epilepsy and depression. There were no significant adverse events in our study."
According to Vanneste, more than 12 million Americans have tinnitus severe enough to seek medical attention, of which 2 million are so disabled that they cannot function normally. He said there has been no consistently effective treatment.
The study, which took place in Antwerp, Belgium, involved implanting 10 tinnitus sufferers with a stimulation electrode directly on the vagus nerve. They received 2 ½ hours of daily treatment for 20 days. The participants had lived with tinnitus for at least a year prior to participating in the study, and showed no benefit from previous audiological, drug or neuromodulation treatments. Electrical pulses were generated from an external device for this study, but future work could involve using internal generators, eliminating the need for clinical visits.
For the study, a stimulation electrode was implanted directly on the vagus nerve of 10 tinnitus sufferers. They received 2 ½ hours of daily treatment for 20 days.
Half of the participants demonstrated large decreases in their tinnitus symptoms, with three of them showing a 44-percent reduction in the impact of tinnitus on their daily lives. Four people demonstrated clinically meaningful reductions in the perceived loudness of their tinnitus by 26 decibels.
Five participants, all of whom were on medications for other problems, did not show significant changes. However, the four participants who benefited from the therapy were not using any medications. The report attributes drug interactions as blocking the effects of the VNS-tone therapy.
"In all, four of the 10 patients showed relevant decreases on tinnitus questionnaires and audiological measures," Vanneste said. "The observation that these improvements were stable for more than two months after the end of the one month therapy is encouraging."
Researchers at the University Hospital Antwerp, Belgium, and MicroTransponder Inc. also contributed to the study.
A larger study involving four different centers will soon begin in the United States.
Media Contact: The Office of Media Relations, UT Dallas, (972) 883-2155, [email protected].


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Oral disease is the most frequently diagnosed health problem for pets. Without proper preventive or home care, plaque and tartar can build up, which may cause oral infections, bad breath, infected gum tissues (gingivitis) or even bone loss (periodontitis).
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Softball league seeking memorial
August 15, 2009
Brenda Depperman is working a softball memorial to honor her mother, Carol Depperman, who worked to start the Clovis women's league years ago.
Carol and few other women campaigned to get the softball league going back in the early 1970s in Clovis by talking to Guy Leeder about having a night set aside for them.
"The way Guy tells it is that he had a meeting over at Duboise's house," Brenda said. "They proposed for them to play a night and he...let them have their own night."
Carol was the organizer of the group, with Gloria Willet Duboise and Jerre Howell.
Leeder, Tom Wade and others in Clovis at the time had started the men's program. Duboise went over to Leeder's house and asked for a night for the women to play.
In 2003, Duboise and Carol were both presented a plaque for starting the women's softball league. Carol also got the scorekeepers going because after the games she and Brenda would get all the stats together to take to the newspaper.
The little plaque or statues of the women Howell, Carol and Duboise would be added to the memorial that is at Guy Leeder Softball Complex. One idea is to get a small statue with all three women on it.
"For one person it is $800, and the Clovis Softball Association is going to donate $200," Brenda said. "I don't know if we can get something with their pictures and plaque."
Darrell Chancey, vice-president of the New Mexico Amateur Softball Association, has been involved in softball for 23 years. Chancey said he is going to nominate Carol for the Softball Hall of Fame in New Mexico. The national Hall of Fame is in Oklahoma.
"She was a big contributor to the Clovis Softball Association and a large contributor to the women's league," Chancey said. "I firmly believe if it had not been for her and Gloria Duboise, it is very possible the women's league could have been way behind in their drive to form a league."
Chancey has been talking to Brenda about putting together a softball fundraiser to help raise money. Once a date and a time are set in place Chancey said he would sanction the event.
Michele Pogue is the daughter of Duboise said that the women who started the league were very tough. Duboise and Carol were been friends for a very long time and played on the first women's softball team.
"My mom didn't understand why women were not out there playing because she played fast pitch before," Pogue said of her mother's hunger to play softball. "She just really bugged Leeder until he gave in and let them give it a try."
Pogue said that was back when players wore metal cleats and anything goes. Pogue said the rules have changed from back then.
"I didn't know Brenda was doing this until she approached me about it," Pogue said. "I know that the women who were involved would enjoy the honor."
People who want to donate for the memorial can do so at the Cannon Federal Credit Union under Founder's Savings at the Clovis location.


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An industry group that aims to make WiFi access from smartphones and other devices as simple as connecting to a cellular network will begin certifying WiFi network equipment and end-user devices for the new connection method next month.
The WiFi Alliance said its Passpoint program aims to make WiFi a "true extension of service provider networks," letting users roam from one hotspot to another with no manual effort, just as cell phone owners already switch seamlessly from one cell tower to another.
"With Passpoint, devices automatically identify and join WiFi networks, and users are not required to complete a cumbersome manual login process," the WiFi Alliance said in an announcement today. "Passpoint also automatically configures industry-standard WPA2 security protections without user intervention. Passpoint certification for network equipment and end user devices is expected to begin in June, and is based on the WiFi Alliance Hotspot 2.0 Specification."
A cell phone's SIM card could be used to authenticate mobile users to WiFi hotspots. The advantages are fairly obvious—users get faster Internet access without password hassles, and service providers can divert traffic away from congested cellular networks. The Passpoint program is complementary to a new revision of the IEEE's 802.11 WiFi standard, which was announced yesterday and supports faster devices and networks as well as better handoff between cellular and WiFi networks.
While it's likely your cellular service provider will be involved in the Passpoint program, the organizations involved aren't saying exactly what it will cost or how users will be billed. Whether it's an extra charge will be determined by service providers, WiFi Alliance CEO Edgar Figueroa told Ars. With certification about to begin, Figueroa said he "would not be surprised" to see Passpoint-enabled WiFi networks available to consumers in the third quarter of this year.
Figueroa said unnamed service providers have been participating in field trials worldwide, and that the technology will support roaming agreements similar to those seen in today's cellular networks.
Network providers silent on pricing
We asked Verizon Wireless, AT&T, T-Mobile, and Sprint if they plan to offer Passpoint services and, if so, how users will be billed. We heard back from Verizon Wireless, Sprint, and T-Mobile. Among those, T-Mobile was the only one to confirm that it's involved in PassPoint.
"As a member of the WiFi Alliance Board, T-Mobile has been involved with Passpoint (also known as HotSpot 2.0) since October 2009," T-Mobile said in a statement provided to Ars. "This program is already a part of our OEM device requirements. In the future, we expect that our Connection Manager on our devices will leverage Passpoint as an authentication mechanism. We have no announcements to make at this time regarding specific devices."
Sprint told us that it is "exploring all the options available to maintain our networks' performance at optimal levels, but have nothing to share at this time about specific services." Verizon similarly said it won't discuss future plans regarding Passpoint. "We do not have 'Passpoint' on our phones today, but we are aware of the WiFi Alliance and its ongoing work," Verizon said.
Basically, any device that can connect to WiFi and supports WPA2 security will be capable of using Passpoint services, Figueroa said. "That's the great news about this. There's no hardware requirement. It will be a software update," he said. "The bulk of devices shipped in the last several years will be upgradeable."
The cell phone industry doesn't have the greatest track record providing software updates in a timely manner. Figueroa does note that "the availability for the update will be highly dependent on the equipment vendors," but he said there is a lot of excitement in the industry about this project.
The WiFi Alliance surveyed 1,001 US smartphone and tablet owners, finding that—unsurprisingly—people generally want the type of service Passpoint promises to provide. About 72 percent of those surveyed would even pay more for the ability to connect automatically to WiFi hotspots, and 70 percent said they would switch providers to get such an offering.


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So much for the Republican plan to aggressively sell the tax cuts ahead of the midterm elections.
Reuters' David Morgan reports: "The most vulnerable Republican incumbents in the tightest congressional races in the November elections are talking less and less about the tax cuts on Twitter and Facebook, on their campaign and congressional websites and in digital ads, the vital tools of a modern election campaign, a Reuters analysis of their online utterances shows."
Overall, the number of tax messages from Republicans in those key races has fallen by an average of 44 percent since January, and by as much as 72 percent in some cases.
The analysis comes with a few caveats, though. Reuters did not include candidates' emails, direct mail, private conversations or stump speeches in its tally of tax mentions. And conservative groups like those backed by the Koch Brothers are still spending millions to tout the new tax law. We've also still got about six months to go before Election Day, so the Republican tax talk could still ramp up significantly — though some polls show voters aren't as enthused about the tax law as Republicans might have hoped.
"Let me be very clear, our campaign moving forward will be based on lower taxes and less regulation," Sen. Dean Heller, whose seat is considered to be the most vulnerable among GOP senators, told Reuters. "The trend you've seen in the first quarter of this year, I assure you, is not going to be the trend over the next six months."
Heller has continued to promote the GOP overhaul in his online messages, but his tax-related messages have fallen by 44 percent since the end of January.