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Steve consistently volunteers his time to SHS in many ways. He was an integral decision-maker on the Board Nominating Committee, specifically supporting the nomination effort as we identified a great slate of Board of Director Candidates.
Kevin is a Performance Improvement Leader for Carbon Health Systems. He has authored or coordinated development of two publications which are now available on the SHS website. The first is a presentation outlining Meaningful Use requirements and their implications for Healthcare IEs, and the second is a group-authored presentation intended as an orientation tool for those new to Healthcare Industrial Engineering. In both of these, he volunteered his time and efforts in support for the Tools and Content committee for further the information base of the Society, to the benefits of its members.
Matt was active in the society as a student member and now serves on the Communication committee. He has been very involved in planning, developing and contributing content to the committee's new SHS Social Media strategy. Matt has played a key role in the launch of SHS Blogs and Blogging opportunities that will become more visible and available to members in the coming months.
Matt also works with the student committee and is an editor for the SHS Facebook page. Matt's leadership and contributions are strengthening the Society's presence in the social media world.
Rudy Santacroce of Shands HealthCare at the University of Florida is currently actively serving as a volunteer SHS committee member. He has presented multiple times at SHS conferences including the 2011 SHS Conference in Orlando and has contributed content for the May 2011 issue of the SHS Newsletter. Rudy also developed a successful internship program for IE students at Shands HealthCare.
Narges is a doctoral candidate at Clemson University and has been an active member of the SHS Academic/Student Committee for the last two years. She was integral in the creation of the SHS conference student mentoring program. The program has been very successful and continues to receive positive reviews from both mentors and students. She recently spearheaded the creation of a new SHS academic webinar series which began in July 2011. These webinars allow researchers the opportunity to share their research and endeavors with other SHS members and academicians.
Heather is employed by Premier Inc. and is a volunteer on the SHS Membership Committee. She did a great job in leading and developing the new SHS-only membership option her first year with the committee. In addition to that, she stepped up to the plate and agreed to co-chair the committee this year. She has worked tirelessly to ensure the committee's success including spearheading the development of a membership survey which was a huge success (as judged by the response rate). Her leadership of the committee has been extemporary this year. Heather is a great SHS advocate as is proven by her continued support and leadership of the membership committee. Heather actively serves the membership of SHS through tireless efforts on the membership committee.
While being a member of SHS for more than seven years, John has been a past SHS Board member. He routinely staffs the SHS Booth at HIMSS, which is imperative for SHS to recruit members at the HIMSS conference. John is an active participant supporting students in the Region 6 IISE Chapter as the Advisor to the student committee and won the 2009 Outstanding Faculty Advisor Recognition Award for the region. He has acted as Chair of the Student/Academic Committee of SHS and has been a consistent attendee of the SHS Annual Meeting. He has been willing to participate in the SHS DOME focus group.
Junell provides a face to SHS by being a regular contributor to the monthly IE magazine. She has more than 25 years of industrial engineering experience improving healthcare in the military, public and private sectors. She is a Diplomate and previous Board member for SHS. Through her monthly contributions, she brings awareness to SHS and the healthcare industry. Her articles are continuously consistent and informative.
As the 2011 SHS Conference Committee Chair, Curt organized an outstanding gathering for the Society. This successful three-day event pulled together over 300 professionals from the clinical, quality and performance improvement arenas and 50+ students to learn about engineering principles, concepts, and methodologies in an effort to optimize system performance and increase patient safety. The 2011 SHS Conference was a huge success due to Curt's hard work in orchestrating the entire event.
Sarah actively serves the membership of SHS through tireless efforts on the Membership Committee. She is employed as performance improvement engineer at Franciscan Skemp Mayo Health System in La Crosse, Wis.
Lauren has done an outstanding job as Chairman of the SHS Student/Academic Committee. One of her critical duties is ensuring she has a vibrant, productive team, and she has been hugely successful at this. In her short tenure as the Committee Chair, she has found a way to motivate committee volunteers to execute activity on the SHS Facebook page, identify needs for students at the SHS annual conference and is spearheading new ways to engage IE students in healthcare.


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Premax Ring Lock System Men's Manicure Nail Scissors, Curved Blades - 04PX002
PM04PX002: Men's Manicure Nail Scissors
For generations, high-quality scissors have been manufactured in the Italian town of Premana near Lake Como. Due to the use of high-grade materials, the attention to detail and European craftsmanship, the local scissors manufactories have asserted their position against the cheap Asian competitors and are highly esteem by their demanding clientele. The new scissors series Ringlock is especially innovative. The classical screw of the scissors is replaced by a specially designed and patented locking system. This Ringlock system is manufactured using a watchmaker's technology and works with a Teflon ring and an aluminum bearing. This provides a permanently precise functioning of the shear blades. The Ringlock system guarantees precise and long-lasting problem-free cutting and hence extends the lifespan of the entire scissors. All models are made of high-quality stainless steel with an exclusive surface treatment and convince with their modern design. Curved nail scissors.
The majority of the articles is manufactured using AISI 1050 carbon steel, wihich guarantees a high cutting ability and endurance. Some articles are manufactured also AISI 420 stainless steel, which offers high resistance to corrosion and a optimal cutting ability and endurance.
The scissors are assembled with a screw that allows the regulation and an eventual disassembly for a professional sharpening.
The blades are hardened with chemical salt heat treatment to a hardness of 52-26 HRC, to guarantee a good cutting edge resistance and blades flexibility.
The raw materials undergo several polishing and grinding steps in order to obtain an excellent appearance. The articles manufactured with carbon steel are nickel-plated to protect the steel from corrosion and give a brilliant look to the product. Only the inner blade and the cutting edge are sharpened to improve the cutting performance. It is advisable to avoid contact with water, steam and generally humid conditions.
Some articles are available also with chrome-plated finish, which offers more resistace to corrosion, in comparison with nickel-plated items. Upon request we cannproduce any article manufactured with carbon steel in the chrome-plated finish. Some items are gold-plated, sand-blasted or lacquered.
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Danaher Corp. and Cooper Industries said Wednesday that they will sell a tool making business they created two years ago as a joint venture for about $1.6 billion to private equity firm Bain Capital.
Danaher is an industrial and medical equipment manufacturer based in Washington, D.C. Cooper is headquartered in Ireland and makes electrical components and tools.
The companies announced in March 2010 that they would blend some of their tool making businesses into a joint venture named Apex Tool Group. They completed the deal a couple months later and have each kept a 50 percent ownership interest.
Danaher said the sale price for the joint venture is subject to post-closing adjustments, and it expects to see after-tax net proceeds of about $650 million. The sellers expect the deal to close in the first half of next year, subject to regulatory approval.
Apex is based in Sparks, Md., and it markets brands like Armstrong Tools, Cieco and GearWrench, according to its website. It also makes private-label brands for large retailers and industrial distributors.
Shares of Danaher climbed 42 cents to $55.85 in premarket trading, while Cooper Industries stock fell 43 cents to $73.09.


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Ex-Miss USA Rima Fakih Reaches Plea Deal in DUI Case
"You have to pay the price for making mistakes," says Fakih, who'll likely get probation
Former Miss USA Rima Fakih pleaded no contest Wednesday to a reduced misdemeanor charge in her DUI case, reaching a deal with prosecutors that should spare her jail time.
Fakih, 26, who appeared in the Detroit-area court with her family behind her, is expected to receive probation when sentenced next month on a charge of driving while visibly impaired.
"You have to pay the price for making mistakes, but you move on and make sure you learn from those mistakes," Fakih said outside the courthouse in Highland Park, Mich., after the hearing.
Fakih was weaving in heavy traffic at 60 mph in a black 2011 Jaguar last December and "appeared disoriented and had very slurred speech" after she was stopped, police say. She allegedly had a blood-alcohol level more than twice the legal limit with an uncorked, half-empty bottle of champagne in the car.
In May 2010, Fakih became the first Arab American ever to win the pageant. She competed for Miss Universe later that year but lost.


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Do you exercise at the gym every day, without fail? Yeah, me neither. But a very interesting recent study from the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA) has given me a lot more motivation to hit the elliptical machine: The study suggests that as people age, their ability to hear is directly tied to their heart's health.
What's the connection? Good cardiovascular health increases blood flow in your body, including the blood that flows to your head. This keeps your ears hearing and functioning well. Although cardiovascular health is important at any age, the distinction in hearing is noticeable in those 50 and over. In fact, the study shows a person in their 50s who is in good shape can hear as well as a person in their 30s.
I was so intrigued by this study that, with the help of Kimberly O'Sullivan, PR Manager at the ASHA, I asked the study's first author, Dr. Kathleen Hutchinson, a few questions. Here are some excerpts:
In terms of hearing health, how much cardiovascular exercise do you recommend people should get?
The U.S. Surgeon General's report on Physical Activity and Health recommends that everyone engage in some type of exercise on a regular basis. Our research shows the benefits to aerobic exercise in most age groups when cardiovascular fitness is attained. This means large muscle movements, such as walking, bicycling, and swimming, for at least 20-30 minutes at a time, five days per week.
The older a person is, the more important it is to maintain or increase aerobic fitness, which is directly related to increasing cardiovascular health. This will positively affect many well-known health risk factors, as well as hearing sensitivity.
How exactly does cardiovascular fitness contribute to hearing health?
We believe that cardiovascular fitness contributes to better neural integrity in the cochlea, specifically the outer hair cells by ensuring ample supplies of oxygen-rich blood to surrounding organs. Another possible explanation is that people who are heart-healthy maintain overall health better thus limiting damage to hearing due to noise exposure, medications and disease.
Do you have an idea of how this study might affect people with hearing loss?
Recent advances in medicine and positive changes toward healthy lifestyles have challenged some long-held assumptions about "inevitable aging changes" — including age-associated hearing loss. Impaired hearing in older years has always been considered as something to be expected. But age-related hearing impairment is a complex disorder, with involvement of both environmental and genetic factors. Although significant hearing loss is present in approximately 1 out of every 3 Americans aged 65 years and older, hearing sensitivity can be maintained very well into those "older" years.
The exception to these findings would be a hearing loss with a genetic component or a family history of hearing impairment.
What would you like the average person to take away from these findings?
We speculate that if persons with low cardiovascular fitness could improve to just a moderate level of fitness, that the benefits would include a variety of parameters, including hearing sensitivity, and that hearing levels would be maintained as if they were younger, longer. Sit less. Move more. Hear better.
So there you have it. Even though my own hearing loss is genetic, I still take this study's message to heart (pun intended). I'm grateful for the hearing that I do have, and want make sure I have it for as long as possible. Now if you'll excuse me, I'm going to go get some exercise!
Important: The views and opinions expressed in this article are those of the author and not Everyday Health.


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Huckabee has picked up another endorsement from a celebrity strong man.
COLUMBIA, South Carolina (CNN) - In the race for presidential endorsements, Mike Huckabee has the kitschy pop culture celebrity vote on lockdown.
First it was martial arts hero and "Walker, Texas Ranger" star Chuck Norris, who appears with Huckabee in his first TV ad.
Then hard-rocking hunting enthusiast Ted Nugent jumped on the Huckabee bandwagon, citing the Republican's support for second amendment rights.
Now, Huckabee is getting ready to rumble: wrestler Ric Flair, a.k.a. The Nature Boy, is supporting the former Arkansas governor in his bid for the White House.
CNN has learned the WWE wrestler is on board with Huckabee, and will co-host a campaign tailgate with the candidate at the South Carolina vs. Clemson football game on Saturday afternoon in Columbia, South Carolina. More details are forthcoming.
- CNN South Carolina Producer Peter Hamby
Screw all these guys...vote for Machete.
As long as you're not the Bad Guy.
the greatest wrestler in the world supporting a great politician whats better then that.
endorsement for Huckabee-Ray Scott-founder of BASS–cool
Let's see, the Dems have Oprah and a host of girly men and manly women while the Republicans have The Terminator(Arnold), 16 time world champ(Ric Flair) and a black belt in Chuck Norris. Ok, I think Stevie Wonder can see the difference here!!!
Jessie ventura was a wreslter...... think about it.
Flair is a buisness man and and actor. Not a dumb wrestler. You should read his book. Yes he wrote a book. Have you?
Ted Nugent- Loves hunting and likes a simple life. so what.
I to love camo,guns,trucks,beer, I also lace up work boots every day and goto work and I am a proud Navy vet from 1988-1992 era. Gun rights are just that, rights.
Chuck- Just check out what he does for Kids in his real life. This is only a small part of how he gives back.
Chuck Norris also served in Korea if that matters.
Though I dont care for ric flair and some of ted nugents hunting antics are a bit "out there" I think Mike Huckaby represents best, the ideals and values this country was built on. I vote huckaby.
I dont care who becomes president; but to put down a legend or act like you dont care about what a pro wrestling icon thinks is stupid on your part. Dont knock someone you dont know. If you dont like wrstling or its superstars thats fine. But dont put down something you totally dont watch or understand d***ass.
Y'know, it's ironic the people that are talking about "ignorant wrestlers" seem kind of ignorant about the "biz". I'm not suprised that alot of wrestlers are voting towards the republican side/conservative side.
Alot of these guys are from the south and usually southerners are more conservative but not always though. But, you have very liberal or independent politic wrestlers such as Mick Foley and the Rock considers himself independent (yes, I"m aware the Rock is retired) but has stated he's independent.
The WWE has mentioned that they want the youth to vote. But case in point, mocking pro wrestling is just as narrowminded as the conservatives that us liberals like to make fun of.
The wife stealing, limousine driving, jet flying son of a gun! Ric Flair wooooo. Ok, enough already! Who is next to support "The Huckster?" George Costanza? FYI: Ric Flair admitted to the use of steroids and his wife divorced him. Great endorsement! I hear that Charles Manson is also looking for somebody to endorse. C'mon Mike, add Charles to your repertoire of degenerates!
Huckabee is the new redneck of the block open ur eyes people this is the 21st century he might be late for his kkk meeting
How about Ted Nugent for vice-President? He's always been politically correct.


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Cheese and mushroom casserole with chicken
This casserole is simple and delicious, and makes a perfect snack during a picnic (bento anyone?)—you should use it as a basic idea for a casserole, since the pasta sauce is the stable and the most important piece of the meal. It's also a very tweak-able recipe! :-)
French toast
I believe in food recycling, i.e. when something is still edible, and there is a delicious and healthy way to eat it, then why not? We should never let our food spoil, even when there's overabundance of it! :-) Enjoy these delicious, savory French toasts, which make a perfect weekend breakfast.
Coffee cake
My first real cake, made with delicious coffee-flavored buttercream. It was really good, and simple! Because this cake doesn't require leveling, you can simply bake two layers separately, then stack them — a perfect recipe for beginners! :-)
I made my cake with normal instant coffee, but you can also use decaf coffee for same taste, but caffeine-free cake! :-)
When you make your own pasta, you will always end up with some scraps, even more if you make ravioli. You can easily recycle this leftover pasta to make maltagliati, meaning "poorly cut" in Italian, which was traditionally meant as food for the poor. We are way past that, and today you can enjoy rich texture and amazing flavor of your pasta without the social stigma ;-)
Meringue hearts
Let this special someone know you've got your eye on them with a cute, delicious, sweet meringue heart. You only need a couple of eggs, and some sugar, and of course red coloring. These are irresistible and will make an everlasting impression (because everyone loves the person that brings sweets, right?).


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So, Im working with Guilt and Shame! The idea is; although I experience it, and it's the small child in me scared to death that I will loose more of my God given rights as a human being; the child sits behind a dresser drawer!
The child in me has been raped, genecide out of existence; out of hope, out of economic possibility, any future goals, schooling! everything destroyed! Given away; abandon! Thrown away! In every direction!
Jesus Christ was not thrown away from a single line of religious beliefs; He was thrown away and killed by many behind the seems working together! It took a whole community to kill Jesus! Ive read the Bible; I do not see where he said anything against anyone! Did not no wrong! And he was crucified in the most brutal ways! So, it's a community murder!
And unfortunately; I was murdered the same way!
Guilt and shame are tied to a shameful past or shame based passed and I dont want to be shamed anymore by random strangers1 I was shamed in order to have me destroyed!
The point is; I had all my rights taken from me and my childhood and life; and I could not fight back! I could do nothing but watch everything die!
I feel horrible and guilt and shame! Someone shamed me and I could do nothing about it and I didn't fight back! Now, in reality, I allow others to continue to shame me!
It's a part of my past I would like to get rid of and Im getting rid of it because it's a toxic lie! Its hard!~ inter-wrapped in all this are my real feelings and the small child in me! He is still stuck under abuse! So he has not be saved from these horrible times! Im still trapped in them! But things are changing!
The guilt and shame need not rule me now! However, as I wake up; Im scared of being bullied back into submission again! And I do not recognize anything or anyone; nor do I remember how I got here!
The memories of the past rule my ability to be intimate in the here n now!
Part of the problem is; I miss them; the memories! But they were fake and must go! Meaning, I was being trained into believing I was safe and with normal people; it was all a lie! I would be dumped at some point in the near future; never knowing what happened or why! I was lied to the whole time; groomed into; lied into! Exploited into! I did not know! I had a head full of dreams concerning my future! I believed everything I saw and wanted! I had no idea I was not in a house of real people! I did not know I would be thrown out of the neighborhood! I did not know I would be thrown out of my life!
Guilt and shame; sexual abuse!
The idea is; it's a lie! If guilt and shame are keeping me from interacting with people as the best person I am; then guilt and shame memories must go! They must be resolved and dissolved and over written by a new set of pre planned memories!
The child is hiding in these lies! So, I must very slowly pull him out of these lies and this pond of scum water! It looks good on the top; clear! As soon as you jump in things change; the deeper you go; thats when the eyes appear from every mud raised corner of the deep! And so the feeding frenzy begins!
I did not know I was living in or on top of a death pond! I thought I was part of a middle class life! The closest I thought about bad people was PBS special!
The idea is to pull the child into the present and expose him to a news PBS special of a different nature! A better way of life!
The hardest part is! Im all alone! No relatives; alone; nothing!
Here I am alone in the world! It's not what I wanted! God has to bring me back and change some things for me! Bring some good people to me!
Im using the regular people around me! They do not see me; meaning; they dont really see my worth!
Saying hello to women; nothing has been effected more by shame and guilt then saying hello to women and getting close; flirting! And this has to do with everything! Money, car, loss of friends and how they treated me; like I was a second class citizen! They never accepted me for whom I was; never! Im not sure why! Now, it matters not! I understand those people! They think they are truly superior to other people! I would stay away from people like this; never go near them ever again for any reason!
Approaching women or confronting them when Im attracted to them or not is horrible! I cant interact with them!
Art; its hard! I don't know what to do with it because part of the art me; is stuck in the past! So I have to create a different more radical future reality for myself; one that Im convinced Im safe and wanting to develop!
I have to deal with the lonely abandon child within me and bring him to me from an un processes part of past! Part of my past; sexual abuse and harassment has to be processed and looked at; nothing is more demeaning and horrifying and terrorizing! its sickening! horrible!


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Cardinals' all-time Top 5 in-season trades
Will the Cardinals swing a deal before the July 31 Trade Deadline? Sometimes it takes years to determine how well a team did in a trade. With the benefit of hindsight, the following are the five most notable trades in franchise history that were conducted during the regular season, according to club reporter Jenifer Langosch. Agree? Disagree? Comment below:
1. June 15, 1964: Cardinals receive outfielder Lou Brock, left-hander Jack Spring and right-hander Paul Toth from the Cubs for right-hander Ernie Broglio, outfielder Doug Clemens and left-hander Bobby Shantz.
In what is still considered one of the most lopsided trades in baseball history, the Cardinals acquired a future first-ballot Hall of Famer in Brock. The Cardinals, in eighth place in the National League when they landed Brock, claimed a division title on the final day of the regular season. Brock then helped lead the Cardinals to the first of two World Series championships that they won with him on the club.
Brock hit .348 and stole 33 bases in 103 games with the Cardinals during that '64 season. Between 1966-1974, Brock led the league in stolen bases nine times, and, in 1977, he broke Ty Cobb's record to become baseball's stolen base king. He finished with 938 during his 19-year playing career.
2. July 29, 2002: Cardinals receive third baseman Scott Rolen, right-hander Doug Nickle and cash from the Phillies for infielder Placido Polanco, left-hander Bud Smith and right-hander Mike Timlin.
Rolen had some of the most successful seasons of his career during his six-year stay in St. Louis. Though the Cardinals' 2002 team fell in the NL Championship Series, Rolen signed an extension with the Cardinals after the season and helped the team get to the World Series in 2004 and '06. St. Louis won the '06 Fall Classic.
While with St. Louis, the third baseman won four of his eight Gold Glove Awards and represented the Cardinals in the All-Star Game four times. He finished fourth in the MVP voting in 2004, a season in which he batted .314 with 34 homers and 124 RBIs.
3. July 31, 1997: Cardinals receive first baseman Mark McGwire from the Athletics for right-hander Eric Ludwick, right-hander T.J. Mathews and right-hander Blake Stein.
McGwire never helped the Cardinals advance to the World Series during his five seasons with the organization, but he did draw flocks of people to the ballpark and help reenergize baseball from the 1994 work stoppage with his power surge.
A year after arriving from Oakland, McGwire shattered Roger Maris' season home run mark when he hit 70. McGwire then hit 65 homers in 1999. He was a three-time All-Star with the Cardinals and later became the organization's hitting coach.
4. June 7, 1981: Cardinals receive right-hander Joaquin Andujar from the Astros for outfielder Tony Scott.
Andujar, who vacillated between the rotation and bullpen while with Houston, arrived in St. Louis in 1981 and was used almost exclusively as a starter during his five-year stay. He was a 20-game winner for the Cardinals twice and went 3-0 during the 1982 postseason, which ended with the Cardinals celebrating a World Series championship.
5. July 24, 2009: Cardinals receive outfielder Matt Holliday from the Athletics for right-hander Clayton Mortensen, first baseman Shane Peterson and infielder Brett Wallace.
It took parting ways with a promising prospect to land Holliday, but the Cardinals have been pleased with the payoff. Holliday hit .353 in 63 games after the trade, helping get the Cardinals into the '09 postseason. Though the Cardinals were knocked out in the NL Division Series, Holliday's positive first impression of the organization was integral in his decision to re-sign with the Cardinals after the season. Two years later, Holliday celebrated a World Series title with the Cardinals.


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Brain Waves Aid Study of Language Impairment
Callier Researcher Hopes Measurements Can Help Improve Therapies
By looking at how the brain responds to different aspects of grammar, specifically nouns and verbs, researchers at the UT Dallas Callier Center for Communication Disorders are hoping to provide a better understanding of the nature of language disorders in children.
Dr. Diane Ogiela, a post-doctoral fellow at the Callier Center and principal investigator of the study, is using brain waves to study the nature of Specific Language Impairment (SLI) in children. Children with SLI have difficulty in language development while appearing to have otherwise normal cognitive abilities. Grammar is particularly challenging for children with SLI.
"We know that children with a language impairment have difficulty with verbs, which play an important part in developing more complex language skills," said Ogiela. "By using electroencepholography, also called EEG, we can analyze the brain waves to see how children with language impairment respond to verbs as compared to nouns and to what extent their responses vary from children with typical language."
To measure the brain waves, the researchers place a cap embedded with sensors on the head of a participant. The participant then listens to recorded sentences that elicit neurological responses to particular nouns and verbs. The researchers then analyze and compare those responses.
"By looking at the neurological response that children have to nouns and verbs, we can see if the brain processes the two types of words with the same speed, with the same part of the brain and with the same level of consistency in both the children with and without language impairment," said Ogiela.
Ogiela hopes the information collected from the study will be used to develop more focused therapy strategies for addressing grammar problems in children with language impairment.
"Children with language impairment tend to have difficulty expressing themselves and understanding complex language. But with focused therapy that targets the specific problem, they may be able to learn how to compensate for some of those difficulties," said Ogiela.
Ogiela's research focusing on children between the ages of 4 and 7 years is funded by a $30,560 grant from the North and Central Texas Clinical and Translational Science Initiative (NCTCTSI) Pilot Grant Award Program.
She has also been awarded a $10,000 New Century Scholars Research Grant from the American Speech-Language-Hearing Foundation to conduct research with 8- to 10-year-olds with and without language impairment on other aspects of grammar.
Parents interested in enrolling their child in either study may contact Dr. Ogiela at [email protected] or 214-905-3164. The child must be right-handed, be between the ages of 4 and 10, and have either typical language or a language impairment.Dr. Diane Ogiela hopes her study can help find ways to address grammar problems in children with language impairment.
Media Contact: The Office of Media Relations, UT Dallas, (972) 883-2155, [email protected].


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The results came three days after a major industrial accident put locals under a water ban and raised fears about the long-term impact on the environment and fish stocks.
A dam holding back the tailings pond at the Mount Polley gold and copper mine in central B.C. failed on Monday, releasing 10 million cubic metres of water and 4.5 million cubic metres of silt into adjacent lakes, rivers and creeks.
Residents were warned not to bathe in or drink the water amid concerns that toxic heavy metals from the mine, owned by Imperial Metals (TSX:III), could pose a danger to human health.
"All results came back meeting the requirements for B.C. and Canadian drinking water standards — this is very good news," Jennifer McGuire of the province's Environment Ministry told a public meeting in Likely, B.C., drawing cheers and applause.
Nevertheless, the ban on using water from the lake and surrounding rivers and creeks remained in effect while officials awaited further testing.
The samples were collected from three locations on Monday, two on Quesnel Lake and one on Quesnel River. Testing still hasn't been completed on the silt that flowed into the waterways.
A memo released by the provincial government to explain the data said none of the test results fell outside of drinking-water guidelines. It also said potential contaminants were all "well below aquatic life guidelines," though officials were still awaiting test results from fish tissue.
"The testing that was done is very, very reassuring," said Dr. Trevor Corneil, the medical health officer for Interior Health. "We are quite pleased."
Corneil said officials remained concerned about Polley Lake, which was also filled with mine waste and flows into a creek that drains into Quesnel Lake.
He said Polley Lake is backed up with silt and there are fears the water, which hasn't been tested, could break free into an adjacent creek and reach Quesnel Lake. Polley Lake must be tested before health officials will consider lifting the ban, he said.
Tim Jardine, who works in the toxicology centre in the University of Saskatchewan's environment school, examined the data and said he was encouraged by what he saw.
He said in an interview that the major concerns would have been arsenic, cadmium, copper, lead and mercury, all of which appeared to be well below water guidelines.
"It all looks low to me — that's good," said Jardine, who helped examine the impact of a massive tailings pond leak from a coal mine in Alberta last year.
"There could be other stuff in the sediment that they haven't yet tested, but this is certainly an encouraging sign."
Still, Jardine, who studies fresh water food systems, said water quality isn't the only potential impact of the spill.
"This suggests that the metals aren't going to have a major impact on the ecosystem, but it's more likely to be that landscape change that was incurred by a big wall of water moving downstream really fast," he said.
The provincial Environment Ministry ordered Imperial Metals Corp. (TSX:III) to immediately take action to prevent additional water and silt from leaking out of the tailings pond, account for what was in the tailings and provide a plan to clean it up.
The province said the company met a Wednesday deadline to provide a plan to stop continued pollution and for a preliminary environmental assessment and cleanup, though the documents have not been released publicly. Additional deadlines are set for next week.
Premier Christy Clark viewed the spill from the air Thursday and described what she saw as "nothing less than astonishing."
"This is one of the cleanest, most pristine lakes anywhere in the world," Clark told reporters after participating in a First Nations ceremony.
"We want to find a way to get it to its previous pristine state."
Clark said the company has legal duties to clean up the spill and could face fines if it fails to comply.
At an unrelated event in Montreal on Thursday, federal Industry Minister James Moore also said taxpayers shouldn't be on the hook for the disaster and that "those who are responsible for this should pay."
David Lacroix, who was at Thursday's community meeting, said he was relieved by the test results, but he was critical of the company.
"I think it's encouraging to hear that the water table is going to be fine, but I still don't understand how this breach could have happened," Lacroix said in an interview.
"As you've seen in other news accounts, people knew this would happen."
A consultant who authored an environmental report in 2011 said this week that the tailings pond water was too high when he examined it, and a former worker has also come forward to say he warned his superiors that the dam wasn't safe.
The company has insisted the dam has never had any problems before, and the province's mines minister has said the consultant who authored the 2011 did not examine the structural integrity of the dam.
Earlier this week, the federal Department of Fisheries and Oceans closed recreational salmon fishing in the Quesnel and Cariboo rivers. Sockeye salmon are currently migrating toward the Quesnel Lake system.
Quesnel Lake and the Quesnel River are considered important breeding grounds for wild salmon, as are other nearby creeks. The system eventually reaches the Fraser River.
The spill has also raised questions about another Imperial Metals project in the province.
The Red Chris Mine in northwestern B.C. is currently under construction, and the company is discussing a potential benefit agreement with a local First Nation, the Tahltan Central Council.
"This latest news obviously means we have new questions and concerns that we must discuss with Imperial Metals about the tailings ponds at Red Chris," Chad Norman Day, president of the Tahltan Central Council, wrote in a letter to his community that was posted to the council's website.
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I'm speculating in the event that you are perusing this article, it's shockingly in light of the fact that you are encountering issues with skin break out.
Shockingly, skin inflammation is an issue for some individuals all through all phases of life. Therefore, there are a great many items out there used to treat skin break out, everything from creams to topical gels, confront veils to confront washes, pore strips and clogged pore removers. It's staggering for anybody to visit a medication store to be looked with a monstrous divider loaded with skin break out treatment items. These medications additionally change broadly in cost, yet some can cost you many dollars. Furthermore, there is no assurance of results.
Have you at any point thought of utilizing fundamental oils for skin break out treatment?
Basic oils are a characteristic treatment for skin break out and skin break out scars, enabling you to keep away from the cruel chemicals that are incorporated into some business confront washes, covers and creams. These oils contain intense plant extricates that might be utilized to battle various wellbeing conditions. For this situation, we'll center around oils that battle skin inflammation. In any case, try to look at whatever remains of my site to get some answers concerning fundamental oils that battle other baffling and difficult conditions.
Before utilizing any of the oils – Please take note of that non-weakened fundamental oils may aggravate the skin. Make certain to check the marking on your item before utilizing. You can weaken fundamental oils facilitate in coconut oil, jojoba oil, aloe vera gel or even water. On the off chance that you have touchy skin, you may need to a fix test first (I prescribe on the inward arm) just to guarantee the oil won't aggravate your skin.
Tea Tree Oil
Tea tree oil is broadly viewed as the best basic oil for battling skin inflammation. It is taken from the leaves of the tea tree, or Melaleuca alternifolia, local to Australia. It was generally utilized by the indigenous Bundajalung individuals of Australia to treat an assortment of conditions, including sore throats, hacks, colds and an assortment of skin afflictions, including wounds. It was likely fruitful in treating these conditions in light of its antibacterial, against microbial and hostile to parasitic properties. It can execute skin break out causing microscopic organisms, as well as can confine its development too. It might likewise help diminish the skin's oil creation, which may decrease future breakouts.
Geranium Oil
Gotten from the geranium plant, this is an incredible oil for slick, skin break out inclined skin. It is likewise hostile to bacterial and against microbial, so its murders and battles development of skin break out causing microorganisms.
To sweeten the deal even further, it additionally has against maturing properties. It is an astringent and is astounding for conditioning, fixing and recovering skin. It has extra properties that enable the oil to help with recuperating scars too.
Rosemary Oil
Rosemary oil is a regularly ignored herb that likewise does ponders for rejuvenating skin, other than including flavor in the kitchen! It's notable for its capacities to decrease overabundance oil on skin. Moreover, it likewise contains mitigating properties known to ease redness and puffiness, which is ideal for treating breakouts. Other than clearing skin, rosemary likewise enhances flow, which can help firm and tone. It's an adaptable oil that makes an incredible expansion to your excellence schedule.
Frankincense Oil
Frankincense oil is another oil extraordinary for skin inflammation inclined skin. This oil demonstrations in a hostile to bacterial and calming way. It is known as a mending and remedial oil, notwithstanding doing combating pimples successfully. It likewise goes about as a characteristic toner and fixes the skin, lessening wrinkles and scars, so it might have the capacity to do twofold obligation as a skin break out contender and hostile to ager!
Oregano Oil
Not simply astonishing in the kitchen, oregano in its basic oil frame is additionally stunning for disposing of pimples. The common clean and antibacterial properties of oregano oil make it convenient for spot treating zits. Likewise with alternate oils, oil of oregano has astounding hostile to bacterial properties. It likewise has numerous different uses, prominently being utilized to forestall colds.
Ylang Oil
Ylang-Ylang basic oil originates from the blooms of a tropical tree (Cananga odorata) local to South-East Asia. Ylang is additionally extremely well known for it's beautiful flower fragrance, but on the other hand is utilized as a part of an assortment of uses, especially fragrant healing and perfumery.
In customary home grown drug, ylang-ylang oil was utilized widely in topical medicines for skin and hair issues. The oil was additionally to have quieting and against pyretic (hostile to fever) properties. Ylang-ylang oil likewise positively affects skin tone and can enhance slick skin.
Basic Oils for Acne Treatment
Spot Treatment
Best utilized with: Tea Tree oil or Oregano Oil
Instructions to do it:
Tea Tree Oil: You can put your tea tree oil on skin break out undiluted (by and by, I generally suggest a skin test first) or blend a couple of drops of tea tree oil with aloe vera gel. Apply to the influenced territory 1-2 times each day. In the event that your skin has a tendency to be dry, I would suggest weakening the oil as tea tree oil can dry out your skin rapidly.
Oregano Oil: It's best to weaken oregano oil before putting it all over. Combine a balance of oregano oil and a bearer oil, as jojoba, olive or coconut oil. At that point, touch the weakened blend onto the inconvenience spot frequently until the point that your skin clears up.
Make Your Own Facial Oil (Moisturizing!)
Best utilized with: Any of the above oils.
The most effective method to do it:
Choose your most loved bearer oil (this could be coconut oil, jojoba oil, argan oil or even olive oil – however I'd prescribe coconut!). At that point pick your favored basic oil and include around 4-7 drops. Do this gradually, blending or shaking the compartment your oil is in. The aroma ought to be perceivable, however not overwhelming. At that point, you're finished!


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You don't need a turkey to need stuffing on your Thanksgiving table. Many Americans long ago abandoned the fuss of cooking the stuffing in the bird. In addition to cutting the time it takes to get the turkey on the table, this also frees up the side dish to be enjoyed by vegetarians.
But rather than simply spoon the stuffing into a casserole dish, we took it a step beyond. We spooned a delicious savory cornbread stuffing into portobello mushroom caps. The result is as attractive as it is delicious.
And for do-ahead ease, you could prep these up through the stage of stuffing the mushroom caps, then refrigerating them until closer to serving.
Start to finish: 30 minutes
Servings: 8
8 large portobello mushroom caps
Salt and ground black pepper
2 tablespoons unsalted butter
1 small yellow onion, chopped
1 medium leek, green and white parts, sliced
1 medium carrot, grated
1 celery stalk, finely diced
1 tablespoon chopped fresh thyme
2 teaspoons chopped fresh rosemary
2 cups diced cornbread
Vegetable broth, as needed
Heat the oven to 350 F.
Arrange the mushrooms on a rimmed baking sheet, gill sides up. Sprinkle with salt and pepper, then roast for 15 minutes.
Meanwhile, in a large skillet over medium-high heat, melt the butter. Add the onion and leek and saute until tender, about 7 to 8 minutes. Add the carrot, celery, thyme and rosemary and cook until tender, about another 5 minutes. Remove the pan from the heat and gently fold in the cornbread.
When the mushrooms are done, pour any liquid that has collected on the rimmed baking sheet into the cornbread mixture. If the mixture is dry, sprinkle in a bit of vegetable broth. Gently mix. Spoon the mixture into the mushroom caps and return to the oven. Bake for 20 minutes, or until lightly browned on top.
Nutrition information per serving: 180 calories; 50 calories from fat (28 per cent of total calories); 6 g fat (2.5 g saturated; 0 g trans fats); 25 mg cholesterol; 27 g carbohydrate; 3 g fiber; 3 g sugar; 5 g protein; 430 mg sodium.


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Author(s): Donna Leon
In the twenty-seventh novel in Donna Leon's captivating series, a suspicious accident leads Commissario Guido Brunetti to uncover a longstanding scam with disturbing unintended consequences. Exasperated by the petty bureaucracy that constantly bedevils him, Brunetti is steadied by the embrace of his own family and by Sophocles' Antigone, which leads him to consider the terrible consequences to which the actions of a tender heart can lead.
Donna Leon was named by The Times as one of the 50 Greatest Crime Writers. She is an award-winning crime novelist, celebrated for the bestselling Brunetti series. Donna has lived in Venice for thirty years and previously lived in Switzerland, Saudi Arabia, Iran and China, where she worked as a teacher. Donna's books have been translated into 35 languages and have been published around the world. Her previous novels featuring Commissario Brunetti have all been highly acclaimed; including Friends in High Places, which won the CWA Macallan Silver Dagger for Fiction, Fatal Remedies, Doctored Evidence, A Sea of Troubles and Beastly Things.


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For Spring 2012, Alber Elbaz offered a collection of fluid, beautiful clothes that proffered modern ideas about strength, femininity, and wearability. For daywear, he paired high-waisted pencil skirts with oversized organza tees or exaggerated shoulder tops, but it didn't create a football player effect as you would think. Instead it seemed modern, sculpted and strong. Some skirts and dresses were stitched together loosely to create cutouts, a flirtratious approach to ladylike dressing, and a parade of gorgeously draped dresses were done in sheer chiffon, wore over bodysuits, for a look that admittedly wouldn't fly in real life without a slip, but were absolutely gorgeous to look at on the runway, especially styled with the stunning winged necklaces. Finally, there were dresses that had coiled jeweled snakes wrapped around the collar. Was it a reference to the original Eve? We're not sure, but the effect was ultra sexy and provocative, and we know we'll see those on the red carpet.
- Trends: sheerness, ladylike dressing, cutouts, boudoir, draping, minimalism.
- Colors: acid green, sky blue, blush, deep purple, charcoal.
- Key Piece: snake-embellished dresses, draped dresses, the wide-shoulder dresses and tops.
- Accessories: bird wing necklaces, oversized crosses, and other statement jewels.
- Who Would Wear It: sophisticated women with a more modern approach to femininity, like Selma Blair, the Olsen twins, or Michelle Williams.


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New vaccine: Life-saving bill could die
A UVA pathologist is part of a world-wide research team that is reporting promising results with a new vaccine that could prevent millions of women from hearing the dreaded words, "You have cancer." But while the vaccine appears to destroy several key strains of the virus that causes most cases of cervical cancer, which will kill about 3,700 American women this year, the drug is mired in controversy.
"How can we not vaccinate people when we can prevent a truly horrible cancer and a lot of medical hardship?" asks Mark Stoler, a UVA researcher who contributed to the clinical trial published in the online edition of the British medical journal The Lancet Oncology.
Stoler points out that even when it's not fatal, 10,000 American women will be diagnosed with cervical cancer this year. Treatments include radiation, surgery, and chemotherapy. The lucky ones will only lose part of their cervix, the lower end of the uterus. Other women may be left permanently infertile from having to undergo a hysterectomy, complete removal of the uterus.
The vaccine, owned by Merck, which funded the study, attacks four key strains of the human papilloma virus. It stopped all genital warts caused by the targeted strains of the virus and was 90 percent effective in preventing infections that can lead to cancer.
So where's the controversy? It starts with sex. While people who have sex with only one person (another virgin) during the course of their life have no worries about infection, the majority of Americans may have plenty to fear. Statistics show that at least half of the rest of the population– known as "sexually active" men and women– will be infected by the virus at some point.
Men typically have no way of knowing they have the human papilloma virus unless they develop genital warts. Women, however, typically get the bad news through a "pap" smear, a recommended annual test that indicates abnormal cells in the cervix– a sign of viral infection and a possible precursor to cancer.
Besides being difficult to detect, the virus is also hard to protect against because it is transferred through skin-to-skin contact in the genital area– territory that a condom doesn't necessarily cover. And while the communicable nature of the virus makes it a prime candidate for public health funds, its status as a sexually transmitted infection makes widespread vaccination highly controversial.
"We're going to have this vaccine," Stoler says, "and then we're going to have to go have a conversation with every parent in America."
There's the rub. In order to protect people as adults, the vaccine must be administered before they are sexually active. In other words: children. Stoler and others envision vaccinating youngsters 10 to 13 years old.
But Barbara Loe Fisher, co-founder and President of the National Vaccine Information Center, is in no hurry to add yet another vaccine to the regimen already offered to innocents.
"You will definitely see parents, because of the way they have raised them, [or] for philosophical, religious, or ethical reasons," Fisher says, "who will not want their children to have this vaccine."
Currently, there are 12 potentially serious diseases that can be vaccinated against. The Virginia Department of Education requires seven vaccinations including those that prevent polio, measles, and mumps– for any child entering the public school system.
Vaccines in general are already under fire for allegedly infecting some children with live viruses and dosing them with mercury. So how likely is it that Virginia's General Assembly– which already outlaws certain sexual contact between consenting adults– will add this vaccine to the mandated list?
"Very remote," says outgoing Delegate Mitchell Van Yahres. The Charlottesville Democrat says he believes that such legislation wouldn't even make it out of the House Health Committee until more liberal Democrats get elected.
Another factor working against cervical cancer preventives is the survival rate. Although it's still in the top-10 of American cancer diagnoses, cancer of the cervix has fallen out of the top 10 killers.
While regular pap tests helped dethrone cervical cancer as the most common cause of death of women in developed countries, it is still a leading cancer killer for many women worldwide. In South Africa, for instance, it's still the #1 killer.
So regardless of what happens in the United States, the vaccine, now under study in large-scale trials, has the potential to make a huge global impact. Fred Wyand, a program coordinator with the American Social Health Association, anticipates a big role because of the vaccine's potential to save countless lives beyond U.S. borders.
"Instituted globally," says Wyand, "it has the potential to eliminate most of the cervical cancers found across the world."
Pathologist Mark Stoler wants a conversation with every parent in America.


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The post-apocalyptic world of Rage was created by an asteroid impact in the year 2029. You'd have to assume the lucky survivors would rather not see objects plummet from the sky, right?
Imagine their surprise then, and that of the player, when they see a vehicle launch skywards and, after a brief spell up there, come crashing back down.
Implausible, you say? Well, that's exactly what happens in this glitch, courtesy of solo77!
Watch as this buggy drops towards the surface, sticks in the ground, then spins itself into the air again, eventually resulting in a crashed heap of metal and fire. Quick word of caution about a small use of inappropriate language in the video.
Of note is that the player lives, surviving the second major impact of his lifetime. Survivor indeed.


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If you want to get away from it all, a quirky journey to Dursey Island is definitely the place to head…
Lying beyond a tumultuous sound at the tip of the Beara Peninsula, you'll find Dursey Island. The most westerly of Cork's inhabited islands, Dursey is dotted with historic husks: the ruins of a church said to have been founded by monks from Skellig Michael, a Napoleonic-era old signal tower, a castle built by O'Sullivan Beara. To get there, the Dursey Island Cable Car is your means of transport…
Ah yes, the cable car... Strange as it seems, this hardworking contraption is the only one of its kind in Ireland. Hop on board the steel capsule at Ballaghboy, feel the click of the wooden door as it closes, sit back as you're hauled 250m across the Atlantic Ocean (look out for dolphins in the blue below).
Dursey Island's cable car spares islanders the hazardous journey across the sound, and practicality oozes from its every pore. It carries tourists, islanders and supplies, dogs and sheep. Wisps of hay stick out of the seat. It's like a Coney Island fairground ride ending at a fantasy Irish landscape – though if time or inclination are limited, there are stunning views from the Beara Peninsula too. Either way, it will be etched in your memory forever.
Visitors can trace a 9km looped walk, taking in Atlantic vistas, ragged cliffs and ancient patchworks of ditches and dry-stone walls. Stark, desolate and small, you won't find honking horns or bustling commuters here. Dursey's soundtrack is composed of waves and wind and the call of teeming seabirds. It's a complete and utter escape. The only deadlines belong to the cable car returning you to the mainland with the gentle sting of salt on your lips.
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Welcome to my Space Is The Place* home page. I have been
interested in spaceflight all my life. Perhaps this resulted from my coming of
age and developing an awareness of the larger world during the 1960's, when
mankind made its first tentative steps beyond our protective Earth, decided
that the Moon was the first goal, and BY GOLLY GOT THERE WITHIN THAT SAME
DECADE!!! Pretty impressive for someone of my age in those years (i.e. 6 to
16), and proof to me that anything is possible. Mankind's destiny has to be
in space.
"The dinosaurs went extinct because they didn't have a space program"
- Arthur C. Clarke, science/science fiction writer, visionary and author of "2001 - A Space Odyssey"
My Space Is The Place website consists of two main parts:
*Note - credit for the name of this website goes to the late jazz band leader, black prophet and native of the planet Saturn (so he claimed), Sun Ra, who titled a song, album and film "Space is the Place". (note this is an MP3 file, as are other audio files on this page)
Edgar Mitchell visits "the Shrine" - in June 2006 I was honoured to have Dr. Edgar Mitchell, Apollo 14 astronaut and sixth man to walk on the Moon, visit my home, and in particular the "Shrine" (click to go page 3 with "Shrine" section).
AVAILABLE - Books by Chris Gainor:
(one of the "Baikonour Boys")
Click here to access Chris' Canadian Space History pages, and here for an
interview with Chris
about "Arrows to the Moon".
Click here to access Chris' Canadian Space History pages, and here for an interview with Chris about "Arrows to the Moon".
Over the past 25 years or so I have been privileged to be able to visit several of the world's most important space centres. For someone with a life long interest in this subject like me, this has been a thrill beyond words. My trips to the following space centres are briefly reviewed below:
In July, 1992 I toured space facilities in Russia and Khazakstan with a group of 24 people for about ten days. While we did the usual tourist things like see Red Square and the Kremlin, for we "space cadets" the highlight of the trip was a three day visit to the Baikonour Cosmodrome, the once top secret Soviet spaceport on the steppes of central Asia in Khazakstan.
This is a photo of our tour group in front of a sign (in Russian, of course) announcing "Baikonour". I am top left popping my head out from behind the fellow in the red and white striped shirt with a hat. I have become life-long friends with a number of the fellows I met on this trip, the so called "Baikonour Boys". You will see reference to several of them on this site.
The high point of our visit to Baikonour was watching the launch of three cosmonauts, two Russians and one French, in the Soyuz-TM15 spacecraft to the Mir space station.
To the left is a photo of me standing in front of a Proton rocket on its pad. The Proton is a heavy lift vehicle used, amongst many other things, to place modules of the Mir space station and the International Space Station in orbit.
We were allowed incredible access to the facilities in Baikonour. We were taken inside and under the pad that launches the Soviet space shuttle Energia-Buran (video file), then from there right up to the level where the cosmonauts enter the spacecraft.
We walked underneath in the flame pit and on top of the historic "Gagarin Pad" from which the first man in space, Yuri Gagarin, was launch on April 12th, 1961. This pad also launched the first artificial Earth satellite, Sputnik (MP3 file audio file), on October 4th, 1957, and thus began the space age, as well as the Soyuz TM-15 launch we witnessed. We toured a number of the buildings at Baikonour as well (see thumbnails below).
In the photo on the left I am relaxing on the runway in Baikonour on which the Buran space shuttle orbiter landed (video file) after its two orbit, unmanned flight in November of 1988. The Buran only flew in space that one time, and its huge carrier rocket, the Energia only one other time (May 1987). Shortly after developing this impressive capability the Soviet Union dissolved and Russia did not have the funding to carry on with this program. One of the impressions I came away with, especially after seeing the magnitude of the equipment for the Energia-Buran project, was that the Soviet Union had been a poor, almost third world country with a superpower's military and space program. Resource mis-allocation on this scale could only be possible in a totalitarian society.
We were back in the Moscow area three days after the launch of Soyuz TM-15 and were in the Russian mission control centre in the Moscow suburb of Korolev (named after the great Soviet chief designer of spacecraft and launch vehicles whose name was a top secret until his death in 1966) to see the Soyuz spacecraft dock with the Mir space station on a live television link.
Next to the Russian mission control is the S.P. Korolev Space Corporation Energia Museum, which contains many historic exhibits, including the first manned spacecraft, Yuri Gagarin's Vostok re-entry module. This museum blew the minds of all of us, and is surely on a parr with the Smithsonian's National Air and Space Museum in Washington, DC. However, unlike the crowds one typically finds at the NASM, the 24 of us were virtually the only people in the Energia Museum that day!
While in the Moscow area, and before heading to St. Petersburg where our Russian tour ended, we also took in the Yuri Gagarin "Star City" Cosmonaut Training Centre, Monino Air Museum (Soviet Air Force), and the Khrunichev Plant where the Mir Space Station and Proton rockets are manufactured.
In late February/early March 1993 I spent eight days in Florida visiting and touring buildings at the John F. Kennedy Space Centre, staying with my friend Ron Caswell. This is undoubtedly the most famous spaceport in the world and is named for the American President who set the landing and safe return of a man on the moon within the decade of the 1960s as a national goal in a speech to Congress on May 25th, 1961 (MP3 audio file). In the photo at left I am standing in front of Pad 39B. This is one of two pads (see also thumbnail below of Pad 39A) built back in the 1960's originally for the Saturn V moon rocket, and refurbished to accommodate the Space Shuttle in the late 1970s. Interestingly, the pad that launches the Soviet space shuttle, Energia Buran, has a similar history, having originally been built to launch the long secret Soviet moon rocket, the N-1.
I was lucky enough to have a friend (the late Butch Head) able to pull strings with NASA officials to get a "Centre Director's Gold Pass" (which is what I am holding up in the photo in front of Pad 39B), which allowed us access (when accompanied by Ron Caswell, an engineer at KSC) inside many of the buildings at KSC, including the Vehicle Assembly Building (VAB), the Orbiter Processing Facility (OPF) where Discovery was being refurbished at the time and the Operations and Check-out Building (O&C) - see thumbnail photos below. I am now most thankful that I had the opportunity to tour inside these buildings when I did. In this post-911 world, I am quite sure an "ordinary citizen", not to mention a Canadian citizen, would not be allowed such access.
Incidentally, I had originally booked my flight to Florida and vacation to see the launch of the Space Shuttle (STS-55). In the event this launch took place two months late (technical glitches, followed by a pad abort). It was almost 13 years before I returned to "the Cape" and finally did see a launch there in January 2006 (though not a Shuttle launch)..
Click here to continue on to the second page which continues with descritions about my visits to various space centres around the world, while the third , fourth, fifth, and sixth pages display some of my models of historic spacecraft and launch vehicles.
This page will change and evolve over time, so check back periodically. I welcome any questions or comments and can be contacted at:Ken R. Harman last revision date: December 2013


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I am quite tickled at Amitabh Bachchan and, goodness gracious, the usually prim and proper Aishwarya Bachchan brandishing their middle fingers for the benefit of photographers after they voted during the Mumbai polls yesterday. The world knows exactly what it means, even 12-year-olds, and for quite some time even in Asian countries like India and China. And I suspect the teen in Bangladesh and Pakistan too.
To put it straight, it was neither needed, for the noble cause of voting, and nor was it decent. Other actors followed suit and soon there was a sizeable stream of Bollywood's glitterati making the obscene gesture. I won't be surprised if hordes of young Indian voters, suitably impressed by the finger flaunting celebrities, come out of polling booths across the country shouting "Up Yours" – directed to, I suppose, no one in particular. I mean, it can't be to the politician they have just voted for. It can't also be to the press which is just there to cover it, and nor can it be to the Election Commission that has gone to great lengths to organize the gargantuan exercise.
Some actors, though, fully aware of the significance of holding up their middle digits made a sideways slant to show the mark of ink on their fingers. Yet others exhibited all their fingers, more gracefully and correctly.
While I have nothing against the gesture as such, or any other thing that people do privately, quite a large number of people seem to have taken offence at someone like the Big B and Aishwarya getting so blasé and blatant. Certain things, however trendy and rebellious or youthful and iconic, are just not cool, especially when you subject others to it. It's like smoking or using the f word. Or burping. There's an implicit ugliness in it. And those who do it are not going against society – they are going against their own selves.
In case Amitabh and Aishwarya have totally missed out on all Western films, many of which, even the real good ones, are replete with the gesture, mostly by punks, adolescents and goons, and have no idea what the middle finger jutting out of the palm means, here's a refresher. In Western cultures, says Wikipedia, the finger (as in giving someone the finger) is a well-known obscene hand gesture made by extending the middle finger of the hand while bending the other fingers into the palm. "The origin of this gesture is speculative, and quite possibly thousands of years old. It is identified as the digitus impudicus (impudent finger) in ancient Roman writings and reference is made to using the finger in the ancient Greek comedy to insult another person…Another possible origin is the phallic imagery of the raised middle finger (the middle finger being the longest finger on the human hand), similar to the Italian version of the bent elbow insult…"
PS: India is planning a manned space mission by 2015, the first nuclear test explosion was done way back in 1974, SLV was launched in 1979 and ASLV in 1987, INSAT and IRS followed suit and Chandrayan I already has a spacecraft in the lunar orbit.
Can we please have a less medieval and more modern way of voting now? So that there's no ink on our fingers and there's no need for Big B and Abhiash to flash The Finger at us first thing in the morning when the go to vote next time? This will be one invention at least I will keep all my fingers crossed for.
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LONDON, February 8, 2013 /PRNewswire/ --
The communications equipment industry is expected to grow at a solid pace in the next few years as telecommunications companies invest heavily in wireless networks. This augurs well for communication equipment companies such as Tellabs Inc. (NASDAQ: TLAB) and Alcatel Lucent SA (ADR) (NYSE: ALU). StockCall has newly initiated technical research on Tellabs and Alcatel Lucent. These free reports are available by registering for free at: http://www.stockcall.com/register
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The outlook for the communications equipment industry in 2013 is quite optimistic. Also, an improvement in the global economy should boost investments in wireless infrastructure projects.
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Rooney Mara was the girl to get this Oscars season and it appears the house of Givenchy has emerged triumphant. The Oscar nominee, whose choice of gown drove the conversation at Paris Fashion Week, arrived at the 84th annual Academy Awards in plunging white Givenchy couture, accessorized with little more than red lips and a glossy chignon.
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Prabal Gurung, Calvin Klein and Givenchy were all thought to be leading contenders in the Rooney Mara race, courting the it-girl starlet with razor-chic, industrial-punk runway collections—seeming homages to Mara's guttural portrayal of anti-heroine Lisbeth Salander. In the end, the Vogue cover girl chose a frosted fishtail Givenchy ensemble with sculptural bodice and gauzy overlay. A single Fred Leighton diamond ring sat perched on her left hand, barely noticeable, which was probably the point.
Jessica Chastain, also a fixture at Paris Fashion Week (she got the call that she was nominated for best supporting actress while sitting at Giorgio Armani) arrived at Hollywood's Kodak Theater in an exquisite gold bead-encrusted Alexander McQueen frock. Gwyneth Paltrow continued her spate of Awards season style hits, arguably saving the best for last in a striking alabaster Tom Ford gown and matching cape.
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Girl Wounded in Colorado High School Shooting Dies
Claire Davis was shot in the head.
Dec. 21, 2013 -- Claire Davis, the 17-year-old Colorado girl shot in the head in a shooting at her high school, has died, hospital officials said tonight.
"It is with heavy hearts that we share that at 4:29 p.m. this afternoon, Claire Davis passed away, with her family at her side," a statement from Littleton Adventist Hospital Facebook said.
The girl's family also posted a long statement on the hospital's Facebook page, honoring their daughter and asking again that their privacy be respected.
"It is with unspeakable sadness that we write and say that Claire has passed away from the gunshot wound she received at Arapahoe High School on December 13, 2013," the statement read. "Although we have lost our precious daughter, we will always be grateful for the indelible journey she took us on over the last 17 years—we were truly blessed to be Claire's parents. The grace, laughter and light she brought to this world will not be extinguished by her death; to the contrary, it will only get stronger.
"Last week was truly a paradox in that we lost our daughter, yet we witnessed the wonderful love that exists in the world through the tremendous outpouring of support we received," the statement continued. "We'd like to take this opportunity to thank the first responders, the school resource officer, security guard and vice principal at Arapahoe High School, the Arapahoe County Sheriff's office, and the physicians, nurses and staff at Littleton Adventist Hospital. Each played a significant role in giving Claire a chance to live, and demonstrated extreme amounts of professionalism, courage and love. Please know that we will never forget the extraordinary work you did on Claire's behalf.
"We ask that you give us time to grieve the death of our daughter by respecting our wishes for privacy," it concluded.
Davis, a senior at Arapahoe High School, was critically wounded when she was shot at point blank range by Karl Pierson on Friday, Dec. 13. She suffered severe head trauma in the shooting, according to the hospital.
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According to police, Pierson was seeking "revenge" on the school's debate team instructor, Tracy Murphy, who had dropped him from the team.
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The critical role of coastal ecosystem management in curbing climate change and the need to fully integrate it in climate change and biodiversity policies were the focus of the "Blue Carbon – Managing coastal ecosystems for climate change mitigation" symposium that took place in the European Parliament in Brussels yesterday.
"Preserving and restoring coastal and marine ecosystems should be fully integrated in all climate change mitigation strategies and biodiversity policies at International and European level", argued Struan Stevenson, Member of the European Parliament and Chair of the symposium.
Pia Bucella, Director in DG Environment, European Commission urged the European Parliament, as the political arm of the EU, to raise the profile and encourage the integration of coastal Blue Carbon-based activities, such as the conservation and restoration of these systems, in climate change policies.
Blue Carbon is the carbon stored by coastal and ocean ecosystems. A square mile of coastal ecosystems such as mangroves, seagrasses and tidal marshes, which can be found all over the world except Antarctica, can store and remove more carbon from oceans and the atmosphere than a square mile of mature tropical forests.
But coastal and marine ecosystems are facing some serious threats from pollution, coastal activities and unsustainable management practices. Speakers at the symposium warned that the continued disappearance of coastal ecosystems will have a negative impact on climate change: when lost, they stop sequestering CO2 and release the carbon they have been storing for centuries.
"A single 100g shrimp cocktail that is unsustainably produced through mangrove clearance can have a carbon footprint equivalent to 40 liters of gasoline", says Dr. Boone Kaufman, Professor Department of Fisheries and Wildlife, Oregon State University.
"Blue carbon provides new compelling reasons to urgently prevent the loss of marine and coastal ecosystems and biodiversity", says Dan Laffoley, Vice Chair of the IUCN World Commission on Protected Areas- Marine. "It's not just about marine habitats or species, but also about the 'hidden' value they have for humankind. Increasing the restoration and sustainable management of these critically important ecosystems through strong political leadership and ambitious actions is a necessary prerequisite for successful climate change strategies."
"We need to employ a targeted strategy that prioritizes the conservation of specific, high-carbon coastal zones," said Dr. Emily Pidgeon, Senior Director of Strategic Marine Initiatives at Conservation International. "The challenge we face is to show how these ecosystems provide a service, acting as a carbon sponge, and that their conservation does not stand as a roadblock to development or food production."
Bringing together high level International and European policy makers and experts, the symposium was held back to back with the second workshop of the International Blue Carbon Policy Working Group.
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November 16th, 2011 | By QGODFEAR
This video below is truly captivating with complete regard for the turbulent times we are living in. I have been speaking about this to many folks who personally know me, and those abroad through my music for over 10 years!
"The belly(USA) is full of honey(Assets, Better way of life), what you(Government) gone do when the bee's start swarmin?(Angry folks taking to the streets rioting) Swallow the hive(Kill us all) or Start runnin (The 1% flying to the Space Station our Government is working on in space right now)" – QGODFEAR from SKY CHURCH CD song "LIFT MY SAVIORS NAME" Feat: Queen Victoria & TY-P
The GODFEARMOVEMENT.com website/blog you are reading receives up to 12,000 legitimate hits per week, I believe this has to do due to the critically important issues I write about. Folks wonder why music sales are suffering, and it's simply clear to me that as I look back in time, all music was a shadow or clear reflection of World/Community Events. You have folks singin and rappin about money, cars, weed smoke, and screwin, when most of that idle chatter is not a major impact on the struggling individuals mind. As a good friend of mine put it "The American dollar is losing value every day! Our future will be trading of goods such as gas, gold, oil, wood, herbs, medicine, water and the survival like"
We as Americans have been born into a force fed lie, as we have been born into spending and wasting much to frivolously for many, many years. It's almsot like a drug dealer givin you dope for free for years then once your addicted, he takes off his sheeps clothing, reveals he's a wolf, and now demands payment for what you've become completely physically and mentally addicted to.
Even in our worst neighborhoods people still have clothes on. Look across the world and you'll see folks walkin on Water Bottle made flip flops and wearing dirty rags as clothing. Even the majority of our homeless people have fat bellies and will not completely starve from begging and eating on what you and I consider trash. NOW IS THE TIME, to cut back! And take notice to the rising prices of our bare necessities. Now is the time to WAKE UP, research the OCCUPY Movement and Understand its core intended meaning….Before you know it, mobs of folks with nowhere to turn, due to no Government relief or care, will be at our door steps demanding all we have. You think I'm doin to much by writing this or I'm trippin?? I say to YOU again WAKE UP!!! Save this message, and read it again in 3 years or less and tell me where we are as a nation….
W A K E U P. Parties Over. New World Order has already begun.
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