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A SHOW NEEDS a hook. It doesn't have to grab the audience immediately, but somewhere along the way, a clear idea must take shape. Once an audience becomes hooked, the show can start to move, and the spectators will stay with it until the final curtain, when it releases them. If a show has no clear idea backing it, the cast and crew end up carrying a dead weight. Sometimes a highly talented group of performers and techs manages to breathe life into a show that can't stand on its own feet. More often, as in After Hours, the performance just doesn't "click," and although the singing and dancing entertain, the evening ends up seeming a little pointless.
Billing it as a "Broadway jazz revue," director David McIntosh conceived of After Hours simply as a collection of 19 dance numbers from Broadway musicals of the twenties and thirties. He has made outstanding choices, including hits from the alltime favorite musicals like Kiss Me, Kate and Babes in Arms. McIntosh necessarily draws heavily on the most famous works of Porter, Gershwin and Rodgers, since college students of the eighties are unfamiliar with many great tunes that haven't remained a part of popular culture. The only songs that don't pick up are the slower, less familiar ballads like Porter's "What is This Thing Called Love?" from Wake Up and Dream Unchoreographed, they must rely on the talent of the singer--McIntosh--which, while strong, is not outstanding enough to sustain the show.
During "What is This Thing Called Love?" and David Frutkoff's rendition of Sondheim's more recent "Losing My Mind," After Hours becomes simply a musical recital. Nothing happens onstage, and the tunes lose the original meanings they conveyed as a part of the musicals McIntosh lifts them from. The women's solos work better. Kathy Teague's lively "Thou Swell" and Nancy Cotten's energetic "Nobody Makes a Pass at Me," with typically American lyrics and ideas, capture best the spirit of these musicals.
IN FACT, typical Americana might have provided a successful point of departure for After Hours, better than the barely discernable and categorically almost infinite topic of Love, with which all the numbers have at least a vague connection (but what about "My Favorite Things"?). Perhaps it is even straining a bit to suggest that anything as cohesive as a theme holds this revue together; it seems likely that McIntosh deferred to musical merit in his selections.
Company numbers come off the strongest. The cast of five dance and sing best when all together. Porter's "Too Darn Hot" is the most successful number in the show. The choreography is smooth, the performance fairly polished. The women's trio in "I Can Cook, Too" evoked loud laughter, as did the men's equally amusing rendition of the song in a modern parody of the 1944 Bernstein classic. After Hours could use more of this kind of innovation.
The first act, according to the program, takes place in "A Cabaret After Hours," the second in "A Cabaret." Changes from informal to matching costumes, and from normal to glaring spots in lighting, marked the end of one act and the beginning of the next. In addition, the musicians in the band put away the sixes of Michelob before the second act, or maybe they had just finished them by then. (They managed to keep the beat very well throughout, anyway.) But aside from these contrasts and a long intermission, the "frontstage" and "backstage" of a cabaret don't appear very different.
Almost any attempt at such a "staging" of a revue ends up seeming contrived, despite the best efforts of the director. A revue usually works well only when taken to its logical extreme--when the director and producer put all their efforts into creating a grandiose spectacle. Outrageously elaborate costumes, realistic, intricately constructed sets, a large chorus of Pepsodent smiles, and outstanding singers and dancers can make up for what a revue lacks thematically.
McIntosh's conception of a stark, "theatrical" set, a five-member cast and a three-man band is bound to be difficult to execute. Although the performers are talented and have put a great deal of work into the production, they have set themselves a nearly impossible task. After Hours will entertain you, but you won't get hooked.
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This festive 2013 banner is extremely easy to make. It quickly becomes a perfect addition to a small family party, large kid-friendly party or as a festive decoration around the house.
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Dj Del X DJ Matthew Charles B2B for Groove Gathering OCT202029/10/2020 Duración: 01h32min
Groove Gathering sees a combination of DJ Del and DJ Mathew Charles. Both from Trinidad & Tobago, they put together a really enjoyable b2b set filled with everything from melodic house to tech house, afro beats to trance even. So get ready for a journey on multiple fronts and enjoy the energy they bring to the broadcast! Follow & Support the Artists: https://www.facebook.com/DJMatthewCha... https://www.mixcloud.com/DJMatthewCha... ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- https://www.facebook.com/djdelmusic/ Instagram: @djdelmusic Twitter: @djdelmusic Soundcloud: @djdelmusic Website: https://djdelmusic.com ___________________________________________________ Youtube: www.youtube.com/channel/UCYG1vxjkeXVPhsMeHcawhXg Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/GrooveGathering Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/groove_gathering Mixcloud: https://www.mixcloud.com/Groove_Gathering Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/groovegathering
House and Afro House mix08/08/2020 Duración: 01h11min
A groovy mix of house and afro house music. Live streamed at the Groove Gathering.
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So, we are stuck in the house during quarantine...why not vibe to some house and afro house hits! Let's stay IN THE HOUSE with DJ Del! View live mix on my YouTube channel: https://youtu.be/59Yoq0GP_50 #goodvibetribe
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Mama Warning- Chenko Warning Riddim DJ Del x Chenko Productions
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Feeling for rhythms from the Mother Land to dance or vibe with? Check out my lastest Mix. DJ Del Afro Beat mix 2019
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The stage is in the horizon, the music is vibrating your soul, the misbehaviour is lurking but hold on you have two more weeks to Carnival, so here's something to get you ready!!! Pump! Road Ready Edition
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Throwing it back for you as we heat it up for Trinidad Carnival!! This is the PUMP before your party, before your lime and the PERFECT mix for the gym and to help you prep for Carnival. Dj Del is giving you all the soca HITS you LOVE from last year and before!
Soca Anthems- Carnival 2019 Soca (groovy)08/02/2019 Duración: 50min
The Soca Anthems of Carnival 2019 is here! Featuring popular groovy soca anthems from Carnival 2019 to keep you grooving!
House Music- Sundown at Mazzo(Live)04/08/2018 Duración: 01h02min
Love house music? Take in this live mix of pure house music done LIVE at 'Sundown at Mazzo'. Dropped some of my favs in here so....welcome to MY HOUSE!
Afro Heat20/07/2018 Duración: 27min
Feel the heat with a range of afro house and afro-beat to keep your body moving! With tracks from Timaya, PSquare, Yemi Alade, Mr. Eazi, Black Coffee and Afro Bros; Afro Heat combines the exciting sounds of Afro beats, Afro House and Afro-Latin, all packaged in a powerful 30 minute mix. Available on: ◾djdelmusic.com ◾mixcloud.com/djdelmusic/afro-heat/ ◾soundcloud.com/djdelmusic/afro-heat ◾iTunes podcast
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The May mixtape edition is here! With a mix of mombathon, soca, dancehall, latin, afro beats, pop, EDM, hip hop and reggae, this is GUARANTEED to leave you with that EU4RIC vibe! Listen, stream and download also on djdelmusic.com
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IT'S WOMAN CRUSH WEDNESDAY! #WCW! Here's to the female artistes who significantly contributed to music history! Hit after hit! They are female...and famous! This is dedicated to all the women who are paving the way. its #WCW BABY! Who's your #WCW?


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A typical Aussie breakfast may be bacon and eggs, or smashed avo on toast, but have you ever wondered what the Thais eat? Well it’s possible to eat almost anything for breakfast in Thailand! The… More
This dish is turmeric chicken skewers, which are particularly well suited to Australian summers. This is our family’s favourite dish. I have cooked this dish many times and I am always satisfied.
When I think about recipes to share with you guys for the Lion brand blog post I always want to keep them as simple and as authentic as possible. My idea is that this gives you the best chance (and incentive!) to follow the recipe and make it yourself at home.
For a while now I have been sharing popular classic recipes like Pad Thai, Tom yum and Crying tiger which I believe many of you would have heard of and be familiar with. This time let’s talk about something different but still simple. I would like to show you how to make “Lone” (หลน).
Lone is a dish from the centre of Thailand, The dish is usually categorised as a dip, but is often served as a main dish alongside fresh vegetables such as long bean (snake beans), cucumber, lettuce, cabbage, eggplant, young ginger etc.
The taste is led by sour follow by saltiness and sweetness. The coconut milk in the dish is what makes it distinctively creamy.
Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year everyone. I’m away from my kitchen from today and won’t be back until next year.
I would like to thank you all for your support throughout the year.
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I was commissioned to create silhouettes of an enslaved woman, male, and of a enslaved man picking cotton with a large bag that holds cotton on his back.
The silhouette can seen on the bottom floor of the museum in the Slavery and Freedom Gallery and on the label panel around the large bale of cotton in the museum under To Pick a Bale of Cotton.
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The healthcare industry is going through a major transformation and wireless technology will serve as a key enabler of this shift, noted Sprint Nextel (NYSE: S) CEO Dan Hesse in his keynote at the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS) annual conference.
“In the remote healthcare setting with the continuing decline of home telephone lines and the less than universal availability of broadband, mobile technologies are shaping up to be a cornerstone for information transmission in the future of remote medicine.”
Hesse shared examples of advanced wireless technologies and how they are enabling healthcare providers today to connect people, devices,and systems in new and transforming ways. He also noted future trends such as the increasing use of wireless data transactions and the growing significance of 4G technology.
“With rising healthcare costs and numerous challenges impacting every aspect of care, healthcare providers are using wireless to increase efficiency and better manage costs,” says Hesse. “Healthcare providers are going even further by using wireless to achieve some truly remarkable, transformative advancements in delivering faster, better patient care.”
With wireless technology being an essential part of everyday life for nearly 277 million Americans, it is changing the paradigm of how healthcare is administered. Internet savvy consumers today expect immediate access to health information and care anytime, anyplace. Last year, 89 percent of wireless Internet users sought health information online.
Similarly, caregivers are using smartphones equipped with medical applications for instant, secure access to lab results, x-rays, vital signs, drug-to-drug interactions, and other vital medical records. These trends further validate the key role that wireless will play in shaping the future of healthcare by enabling innovative and cost-effective approaches in delivering quality care.
“Mobile wireless applications within healthcare are rapidly increasing and becoming a more common sight within the hospital environment opening a wealth of opportunities for workflow solutions and simply making information more accessible,” explains Zachary Bujnoch, an analyst at the research firm Frost & Sullivan. “In the remote healthcare setting with the continuing decline of home telephone lines and the less than universal availability of broadband, mobile technologies are shaping up to be a cornerstone for information transmission in the future of remote medicine.”
4G Technology A Game-Changer For Healthcare
As information transactions between healthcare providers become more data-intense, like live streaming video, on-demand applications and virtual office visits: wireless networks will need a lot more bandwidth to handle these data-centric exchanges and to do it instantly. 4G technology holds the promise of taking mobile medicine to another level in healthcare.
With a recent study by ABI Research predicting 2.5 billion connected data-centric devices in use worldwide by 2014, 4G technology will make it easier for healthcare providers to expand their reach to advanced wireless devices beyond just smartphones. Imagine what these connected devices could mean for mobile health care, remote monitoring and home healthcare. For example, 4G could enable:
- real-time virtual collaboration between colleagues across states;
- large radiology images to be accessed from anywhere to speed-up diagnostics and care plan execution;
- live surgery to be broadcast through a wireless video transmission in real time without having to wire an operating room;
- an ambulance to broadcast live video of EMTs treating a patient while on the way to the hospital. The EMTs could upload patient stats and stream live video to the on-call doctor, shortening the time from patient arrival to surgery.
- These are all powerful scenarios that 4G-connected devices and applications would be capable of enabling.
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Could EST-based markers be used for the marker-assisted selection of drought tolerant barley (Hordeum vulgare) lines?
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To improve our knowledge on the genetic control of drought tolerance, the Oregon Wolfe Barleys (OWB), considered as a reference population in genetic mapping, were subjected to various types of water deficit. Overall, when investigating numerous environments and replications, 40 QTLs were identified in three developmental stages. Based on these loci five QTL clusters were separated, which affect various drought-related traits in at least two developmental stages. Several candidate genes were identified for each QTL cluster using an expressed sequence tag (EST)-based map with high marker density. The putative role of the candidates in drought tolerance is discussed. The phenotypic effect of three of the five candidate genes was also tested on 39 barley landraces and cultivars and a significant relationship was found between the allelic composition of these genes and yield production under stress conditions. This study presents a relevant example of the use of reliable QTL data in the candidate gene approach, while also demonstrating how the results could be practically utilized in marker-assisted selection (MAS).
KeywordsCandidate genes Developmental stage Drought Marker-assisted selection Osmotic stress QTL
This work was supported by the National Office for Research and Technology [GVOP-3.1.1-2004-05-0441/3.0] and the German-Hungarian Project ‘Plant Resource’ [OMFB00515/2007]. The purchase of the Qiagen QIAxcel fragment analyser was financed by AGRISAFE FP7-203288. Meteorological data were kindly provided by N. Harnos, ARI, Martonvásár, Hungary. Thanks are due to N. Csabai, A. Horváth and R. Voss for their technical assistance and for the anonymous reviewers for their useful comments and suggestions.
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Mega Man's standard weapon. It can be charged up to fire stronger projectiles. The second level of charge (colored blue) is much more powerful than either of the first two, and most enemies in the game will die to one or two blue-charged shots.
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The credit has been lifted to $2,000 per child under age 17 beginning in 2018. The maximum amount refundable—because a taxpayer’s credits exceed his or her tax liability—is limited to $1,400 per child.
The credit doesn’t begin to phase out until adjusted gross income exceeds $400,000 for married couples or $200,000 for all other filers, compared with the 2017 phaseouts of $110,000 and $75,000, respectively. However, the phaseout thresholds won’t be indexed for inflation, meaning the credit will lose value over time.
Beginning in 2018, a $500 nonrefundable credit will also be available for qualifying dependents other than qualifying children, such as a taxpayer’s parent, sibling, niece, nephew, aunt, uncle, or 17-year-old child.
All of the family tax credit provisions expire after 2025.
Distributions from 529 plans used to pay qualifying education expenses are generally tax-free. The definition of qualified education expenses has been expanded to include not just postsecondary school expenses, but also primary and secondary school expenses. However, primary and secondary school expenses are limited to $10,000 annually. This change is permanent.
Between 2018 and 2025, a taxpayer’s deduction for state and local taxes—including property taxes—is limited to $10,000 if they itemize their deductions. Additionally, the taxpayer still has the option to choose between deducting income taxes or deducting sales tax, but cannot deduct both.
The tax reform act also tightens limits on the itemized deduction for home mortgage interest. Between 2018 and 2025, it generally allows a taxpayer to deduct interest on mortgage debt up to $750,000. However, the limit remains at $1 million for mortgage debt incurred (or under written contract) before December 15, 2017, which will significantly reduce the number of taxpayers affected.
The traditional deduction for interest on home equity debt is also suspended. Between 2018 and 2025, taxpayers can only claim deductions for such interest if the debt was used to buy, build or substantially improve the taxpayer’s home that secures the loan. The deduction is no longer limited to $100,000 of home equity debt, but is subject to the larger overall qualified residence debt of $750,000 discussed above.
This itemized deduction will temporarily continue and is enhanced for those two years. The threshold for deducting such unreimbursed expenses is reduced from 10% of adjusted gross income to 7.5% for all taxpayers for both regular and alternative minimum tax purposes in 2017 and 2018.
This deduction for expenses such as certain professional fees (e.g. tax preparation fees), investment expenses, and unreimbursed employee business expenses is suspended between 2018 and 2025. For employees that work from home, this includes the home office deduction.
The deduction for work-related moving expenses is also suspended between 2018 and 2025, except for active-duty members of the armed forces and their spouses or dependents who move because of a military order that calls for a permanent change of station.
The exclusion from gross income and wages for qualified moving expense reimbursements is also suspended, except for active-duty members of the armed forces who move due to a military order.
Between 2018 and 2025, this deduction is suspended, except if the loss was due to an event officially declared a disaster by the president of the United States.
The limit on the deduction for cash donations to public charities is raised to 60% of adjusted gross income from 50%. However, charitable deductions for payments made in exchange for college athletic event seating rights are eliminated. Taxpayers must itemize to benefit from the charitable contributions deduction.
Alimony payments won’t be deductible—and will be excluded from the recipient’s taxable income—for divorce agreements executed (or, in some cases, modified) after December 31, 2018. Because the recipient spouse would typically pay income taxes at a rate lower than the paying spouse, the overall tax burden will likely be larger under this new tax treatment. This change is permanent.
No changes were made to these:
There has been an overall limitation on itemized deductions in prior years, but for tax years 2018-2025 that limitation has been suspended.
Fewer taxpayers will take itemized deductions due to the significantly higher standard deduction. For some taxpayers, the increased standard deduction could compensate for the elimination of the exemptions—and perhaps even provide some additional tax savings. But these changes might also result in a higher tax bill, depending in part on the extent to which those taxpayers can benefit from these credits and deductions.
For those who do itemize, careful planning is critical to help identify each new opportunity.

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Saturday, May 11, 2013
The Necessity of Poetry
I have been thinking about poetry recently, and how important it is. I post my own poems on this blog, and I do so without any apology whatsoever. I firmly believe that poetry should be a bigger part of everyday life. I believe that more people should read poetry, recite poetry, and write poetry. I don't think it has to be good poetry.
There are some people-- especially conservatives (or cultural conservatives, anyway)-- who wring their hands at such poetic populism. I'm thinking about critics like Harold Bloom, Allan Bloom and the Irish poet and polymath Anthony Cronin. The general thrust of these objections is that only great poetry is worth bothering about, that if we bother with anything else we are sapping our critical faculties, and probably contributing to the decline of Western Civilization as well.
I don't buy that for a second. Poetry for the people does not mean that Gemma Higgins, age twelve and a half, becomes the equal of W.B. Yeats or Robert Frost, or that her Poem for Pebbles my Pet Bunny is put on a par with Ode to a Nightingale. That's a ridiculous idea.
Rather, I agree whole-heartedly with the famous aphorism of G.K. Chesterton: "If a thing is worth doing, it's worth doing badly." Nobody complains about amateurs tinkling on a piano, painting a watercolour, telling a joke, or making a casserole. Why should poetry be any different?
But I would go even further than that. I would say that the poetry of ordinary people has-- or, at least, can have-- a naive charm that is all its own, and that is even lacking from the sublimities of Tennyson and Keats and Philip Larkin.
Whatever the reason, I have recently found myself hungering for poetry, and just as pleased to read a certain sort of mediocre poetry as I am to read more competent work. (Of course, when I come across a really good poem, I'm pleased to discover it.)
I say "a certain sort of mediocrity" because there are some sins I find unforgiveable, whether it's in a pamphlet by the Ballymacmurphy Writer's Group or in the Collected Works of W.H. Auden or Louis MacNeice. I can't forgive wilful obscurity-- "the starry dynamo in the machinery of night", that kind of thing. Enigma, ambiguity, and elusiveness are all very well, but when an ordinary person has no chance of guessing what the heck the poet is talking about, then I honk the hokum horn.
Another unforgiveable sin is a reliance on choppy, truncated little lines. I mean this kind of thing:
lost in air
compass in dreams
I rush forward
to the uncomprehending
This seems like a form of conspicuous consumption to me; a flagrant waste of paper. How can you settle in to a poem like that? It has too much of the hairshirt about it for my taste.
Then there are those poems which seem to eschew any kind of commentary or reflection or explicit human emotion, that strive to be the poetic equivalent of a film camera left running. Stuff like this:
Daybreak in Cardiff.
Mist clings to the unpeopled streets.
A sun that strains to penetrate the clouds.
A seagull squeals, and circles.
A toppled bin outside the cinema etc. etc. etc.
Then there is the poetry that draws entirely on mythology or Renaissance history or literature or Peruvian village life. I just don't think poetry can really come alive unless it draws on the poet's own immediate experience-- especially his or her everyday experience, as opposed to that three month stint volunteering in Africa. I think poetry thrives on the familiar, and its best if it is a familiarity shared by poet and reader.
Last (but certainly not least), I hate and reject poetry that wallows in ennui and superciliousness. My father complains about angst in poetry. I can't really agree with him. I think angst is a perfectly good subject for a poet, and many of the best poets have almost confined themselves to angst. A.E. Housman is a good example. I find nothing at all wrong with a despairing ditty like this one:
The stars have not dealt me the worst they could do:
My pleasures are plenty, my troubles are two.
But oh, my two troubles they reave me of rest,
The brains in my head and the heart in my breast.
Angst is only really the shadow of ardour. An angst-ridden person at least yearns for joy and fulfilment and life. But what can you do with those blasé, over-educated, irony-afflicted poets and writers who are apparently too anaemic and sophisticated to get worked up about anything? It is though they are looking at human life from a great distance, through glazed eyes. Any kind of spontaneous, hearty reaction to anything has long become impossible to them. They have read too many books, had too many lovers, thought their way through too many illusions, and all is vanity and vexation of spirit to them.
As always, it's hard to think of an example when you need one. But these lines by E.E. Cummings perhaps show what I mean (though I acknowledge that Cummings is being satirical here):
"next to of course god america i
love you land of the pilgrims' and so forth oh
say can you see by the dawn's early my
country 'tis of centuries come and go
and are no more what of it we should worry
in every language even deafanddumb
thy sons acclaim your glorious name by gorry
by jingo by gee by gosh by gum
This sort of malady is not confined to prize-winning poets who appear in prestigious magazines. It is a temptation to any fairly clever and well-educated person who puts poetic pen to paper.
So, putting it all together, this is what I look for in a poem. A poem where I know what the poet is talking about, and where the lines cover a decent stretch of the page's width, and that draws on familiar subject-matter, and that is not buried under layers of irony and apathy. After that, I don't really care how bad it is-- within reason. I mean, I find myself unable to relish a verse like this, which is the kind of thing I sometimes come across when I am skimming poetry volumes:
Once a month the fair comes to town
And every girls goes in her brand new gown.
The farmers arrive to sell their crops
And the little kids suck their lollipops
If the author of this (fictional) verse were to read me his poems, I would listen respectfully and think of something nice to say about them. But I'm afraid I would be unable to enjoy them, no matter how many allowances I made. Still, even in this case, I think it is better for him to write poetry than not to write poetry.
I think every moment devoted to poetry is a little victory for the human race. Actually, it's quite a big victory. Poetry rarely finds time and space amongst the more imposing business of life: brainstorming, TV watching, gift-shop visiting, car washing, cooking, cleaning, partying, dinner partying, exercising, eating out, working, working, working, working. There is always something more pressing, something more profitable, something more practical to be doing.
But I think poetry is necessary because it reminds us we are alive. It reminds us that we are humans, that we are spectators of and participants in the primal wonder of existence. There is nothing wrong with being a consumer, or a commuter, or a voter, or a citizen, or a viewer. But we desperately need to be reminded that we are more, infinitely more, than the aggregate of those roles we play.
The wonderful thing about poetry is that its subject matter is everything. It has no agenda, no terms of reference, no brief. The Trojan War can share equal billing with the day, aged four years old, when the poet watched the dust motes dancing in her uncle's loft. Doubts and hesitations and confusions are as welcome as convictions, passions and insights. The King James Bible and a sun holiday brochure can both be source texts. Writing and reading poetry should be like that moment when we finally get out of the airplane seat and gratefully revel in the rediscovered gift of space; space to stretch in, space to move through, space to think in. Except the space we are stretching our limbs in, when it comes to poetry, is all time and space and possibility and imagination.
There is a moment from Star Trek: the Next Generation (yes, I'm a Trekkie) which always sticks in my mind. It is a scene in which Geordi La Forge and Data (the android who wants to be more human) are discussing a poem that Data has written about his pet cat. (One of the things I love about the series is all the laudable, self-improving extra-curricular activities that the crew take part in, such as amateur dramatics and trombone recitals and, indeed, poetry readings. In the supposedly more adult and sophisticated Deep Space Nine, the characters tend to prefer holographic sex as a recreation. You decide which is better.) The fact that a scene like that could occur in a science fiction show struck me as almost a little miracle, and also, a delight.
I remember, too, the time I came across a book in school in which teenagers picked their favourite poems and wrote commentaries upon them. I was amazed. Here were kids talking about their own personal reactions to poems, and they were printed in a book. It just didn't fit into my perceptions of what the world treated as important. One of the kids (a girl!) said that she wrote out her favourite poem on fancy paper, drew a decorative border on it, and put it on her wall. I was flabbergasted.
I think poetry is important because I am a humanist. (Incidentally, how on earth did the word "humanist" come to be equated with "atheist"? I don't see how you can be a humanist without believing in God. I don't know how you can believe that every human being is of infinite value if you believe that man is a cosmic freak, and ultimately no more than the sum of his parts; if you believe that mankind was not intended, but simply a by-product of mindless physical processes.)
I think poetry is important because it reminds us that we have souls.
As a Christian, I think poetry is important because it has God's approval; he gave us the Psalms, along with the other poetic works of the Bible.
I wish poetry was more of a part of everyday life. I wish business meetings opened with a short poem. I wish there were poems at hen parties and bachelor parties (though there may be, for all I know). I wish party political broadcasts included heartfelt sonnets. I wish supermarkets were opened with a ceremonial poem, to be inscribed on a brass plaque at the main entrance. I wish there was poetry (as opposed to jingles) in advertisements. And I'm grateful for the everyday situations where you do find poetry, such as greeting cards and in memoriam ads and school exercises.
I think poetry is important because poetry is so easy to sneer at, so frequently sneered at. All the best things in life are easily sneered at; youthful idealism, starry-eyed romance, eccentricity, wholesomeness, sentimentality. The words "I'd like to read a poem that I wrote" is generally accepted as a signal to duck for cover. I submit that this is a mistake. I think that, if we can find time for car shows and reality TV and murder mysteries, we might spare thirty seconds to listen respectfuly to a fellow human being opening the landscape of their soul to us.

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Port Houston Bayport and Barbours Cut Terminals Re-Opening for Regular Business March 20
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Transatlantic Air Freight Rates Soar as US Imposes Europe Travel Ban
Theloadstar.com March 12, 2020
Transatlantic air freight rates are expected to soar, possibly overnight, following the US travel ban on mainland Europe, excluding – for now – the UK and Ireland.
Up to 80% of air freight capacity on the transatlantic could be cut as airlines ground passenger flights, with bellies normally taking the lion’s share of the capacity on the route.
“IAG, Air Canada, Virgin and Aer Lingus are all going to be very busy,” said one senior air freight analyst. “There is a tremendous amount of trade between the two continents, and the vast majority is in bellies. If that capacity plunges, you can only imagine the reduction in trade on the Atlantic. There is going to be tremendous pressure on capacity.”
One European forwarder told The Loadstar: “This is going to be another case of ‘pay to play’. Where prices are going to go is anyone’s guess.” Current dynamic load factors on the transatlantic are 78% westbound, and 60% eastbound, according to Clive Data Services. Even with a modest assumption of 60% of the capacity removed, demand is easily going to outstrip supply.
“There are so few airlines with freighters left,” said the analyst. “The US majors have none, it’s really only Lufthansa and AF-KLM, and they have cut their freighter fleets. This is a big gift for IAG.”
Forwarders said that any BSAs on non-cut capacity would be unlikely to be honored by the airlines, and in any event, most contracts would only last until the end of the month.
“The US market tends to work on spot rates anyway.”
Airlines throughout Europe are said to be in meetings to determine how to manage their capacity, with more information expected this afternoon. Some are already talking about using passenger aircraft just to move freight on the transatlantic – and are looking to command a high price for it.
Trucking is also expected to be key, with mainland European carriers looking to fly goods into Canada and Mexico on passenger aircraft and trucked over the borders into the US. In Europe, forwarders are looking to truck freight into the UK for Virgin and IAG flights into the US.
“Cargo is going to be redirected and trucked,” said one forwarder. “The multinational forwarders will already be diverting it to the UK.”
However, belly capacity from the UK has already been cut. BA announced on 2 March it was cutting back transatlantic flights as passenger demand fell. Norwegian cancelled 22 long-haul flights between Europe and the US from 28 March to 5 May.
Section 301 Large Civil Aircraft (LCA) Trade Remedy – Modification March 5, 2020 and March 18, 2020
CBP Modification, Section 301 duties for EU/EU Member States
The U.S. has been in dispute with the European Union (EU) and certain EU member states concerning the subsidies provided on large civil aircrafts that are inconsistent under SCM Agreement and GATT 1994 obligations. CBP has posted the modification to the additional Section 301 duties for EU and EU member states, on February 21,2020 please see 85 FR 10204. Please see the below chart from Cargo System Messaging Service (CSMS)
CBP CSMS # 41840662
CSMS #41840662 – Section 301 Large Civil Aircraft (LCA) Trade Remedy –
Modification March 5, 2020 and March 18, 2020
The purpose of this memorandum is to provide notice of the United States Trade Representative’s (USTR) modification determination to impose additional duties on products of the European Union (EU) or certain member states. The effective date is dependent on the section of Annex 1 and may be either on or after 12:01 a.m. eastern daylight time March 5, 2020 or on or after 12:01 a.m. eastern daylight time March 18, 2020. The complete list of affected products, countries of origin, Chapter 99 HTSUS numbers, and the associated effective dates and tariff rates is attached to the end of this memo.
Effective October 18, 2019, the USTR imposed additional duties on certain products of the EU and certain EU member States in this Section 301 investigation to enforce U.S. WTO rights in the Large Civil Aircraft (LCA) dispute published in the Federal Register 84 FR 54245. On December 12, 2019, the USTR announced a review of the Section 301 action and requested public comments.
On February 21, 2020, based on this review, the USTR published a Modification to the LCA dispute in 85 FR 10204 to revise the action being taken by increasing the rate of additional duties on certain LCA, and by modifying the list of other products of certain current and former EU member States subject to additional 25 percent duties.
As specified in the annexes to FR notice 85 FR 10204 , the USTR has determined to increase the duties on certain LCA from 10 percent to 15 percent. The countries that are affected by the duty increase for LCA are France or Germany.
The USTR has also changed the composition of the list of products subject to additional duties of 25 percent. As of this time, the USTR has decided not to increase the rate of additional duties above the additional 25 percent currently being applied to non-aircraft products. The countries that are affected by the change to the list of products are Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Republic of Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden or the United Kingdom. The LCA Section 301 duties only apply to products of the countries set forth in the Annex to FR notice 85 FR 10204.
The USTR has also determined that going forward, the action may be revised as appropriate immediately upon any EU imposition of additional duties on U.S. products in connection with the LCA dispute or with the EU’s WTO challenge to the alleged subsidization of U.S. large civil aircraft.
The modifications set out in the Annex 1, subparagraphs A and B are applicable with respect to products that are entered for consumption, or withdrawn from warehouse for consumption, on or after 12:01 a.m. eastern standard time on March 5, 2020. The modifications in additional import duties for products set out in Annex 1, subparagraph C, apply to merchandise entered for consumption, or withdrawn from warehouse for consumption, on or after 12:01 a.m. eastern daylight time March 18, 2020. A complete list of products subject to the remedy and assessed duties are set out in FR notice 85 FR 10204.
Any product listed in the Annex 1, except any product that is eligible for admission under ‘domestic status’ as defined in 19 CFR 146.43, which is subject to the additional duty imposed by this determination, and is admitted into a U.S. foreign trade zone on or after 12:01 a.m. eastern daylight time on March 5, 2020 or March 18, 2020 (only) may be admitted as ‘privileged foreign status’ as defined in 19 CFR 146.41. Such products will be subject upon entry for consumption to any ad valorem rates of duty or quantitative limitations related to the classification under the applicable HTSUS subheading.
Reminder: When importers, brokers, and/or filers are submitting an entry summary in which a heading or subheading in Chapter 99 is claimed on imported merchandise, refer them to CSMS 39587858 (Entry Summary Order of Reporting for Multiple HTS when 98 or 99 HTS are Required).
Please ensure the FR notice 85 FR 10204 is passed to all Center Directors, Assistant Center Directors, Port Directors, Assistant Port Directors (Trade), Import Specialists, CBP Officers, and Entry Specialists. If field personnel have any questions regarding the Section 301 remedy described in the United States Trade Representative (USTR) Notices of Action, please contact firstname.lastname@example.org.
Related Messages: CSMS 40430843, 40281968

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BHAWANIPATNA/JEYPORE: At a time when several districts are gearing up for kharif paddy procurement, the unexpected heavy downpour coupled with hailstorm late on Friday night in several places in Kalahandi and Koraput districts have reportedly caused extensive damage to the standing crops in these areas.
While, paddy procurement in Kalahandi is set to commence on November 29, in Koraput district, it is expected to begin sometime around December first week.
In Kalahandi, the situation is grim in Uthla, Chahaka, and Badchergaon areas where several crops like paddy, cotton, and sugarcane are left extensively damaged. While crop damage in such a crucial stage has broken the backbone of farmers, in several places electric poles and trees have been uprooted snapping electric supply and disrupting road connectivity.
Meanwhile, Kalahandi collector P Anvesha Reddy during a strategy meeting on Saturday announced that kharif paddy procurement in the district will commence from November 29. While paddy procurement will begin in the Koksara, Narla, M Rampur, and Karlamunda blocks of the district on November 29, it will start in Bhawanipatna, Kesinga, Dharamgarh, Junagarh, Golamunda and Kalampur blocks from December 1. Similarly, Lanjigarh block will begin its paddy procurement on December 5.
As many as 1,12,282 farmers have registered themselves for selling paddy through 74 primary agriculture cooperative societies (PACS). Meanwhile, 213 paddy procurement centers and 32 women self-help groups (SHGs) will be engaged for the purpose. The meeting also decided to ensure support prices to farmers, combat distress sales, and take action stringent action against middlemen and other unscrupulous persons if they are found harassing the farmers.
Meanwhile, Koraput, too, has been affected by untimely rains ahead of the procurement process. While paddy procurement in the district is expected to begin from December first week, incessant rain in different areas since Friday has brought the paddy harvesting process to a grinding halt. Mild to moderate rainfall was recorded in Jeypore, Borigumma, Kotpad, Kundra, Boipariguda, Koraput, and Damanjodi areas in the last 24 hours of which paddy in Jeypore and Borigumma have been badly damaged.
While farmers of these areas had begun their paddy harvesting process four days back owing to good weather conditions, the cultivation process has meanwhile been suspended due to inclement weather. Reportedly, over 42,000 hectares of land were allotted for cultivation of paddy in Jeypore of which 30 pc crops had reached the harvesting stage. District emergency officer Gyanajeet Tripathy said the weather condition will be back to normal after Monday.

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US 7275328 B1
A mount for a bow sight which includes a vertical adjust mechanism at a second end which is actuated by a rotation of a shaft extending toward an opposing first end. The mount includes a central support which is configured to mount to a bow. Vertical adjustment of the bow sight is accomplished by rotation of a rear end of a shaft extending from the first end of the mount.
1. A vertical positioning apparatus for a bow sight, the apparatus comprising:
a central support with a first end, an opposing second end, and a bow mounting region between the first and the second end, the bow mounting region having fastener apertures for attaching the central support to a bow;
the second end of the central support including a pinion gear connected to a forward end of a sight adjustment shaft, the sight adjustment shaft having a rear end extending through the first end of the central support, wherein the sight adjustment shaft is rotatable mounted through the central support and wherein an adjustment knob for rotating the sight adjustment shaft is mounted to the rear end of the sight adjustment shaft adjacent the first end of the central support;
a bow sight mount movably mounted to the second end of the central support, the bow sight mount including a rack engaging the pinion gear, the bow sight mount movable in a vertical direction and constrained from movement in a horizontal direction with respect to the central support;
wherein rotation of the adjustment knob about a longitudinal axis perpendicular to the vertical movement of the bow sight mount rotates the pinion gear engaging the rack and moves the bow sight mount vertically with respect to the central support.
2. The vertical positioning apparatus of
3. The vertical positioning apparatus of
4. The vertical positioning apparatus of
5. The vertical positioning apparatus of
6. The vertical positioning apparatus of
7. A bow sight system comprising:
a bow sight including a sighting pin;
a sight mount to which the bow sight is mounted;
a support with a first end configured to mount to a bow and a second end opposite the first end, the first end including an upper portion and a lower portion and a slot between the upper portion and lower portion, wherein the upper and lower portion including a plurality of bow mounting locations thereon;
the sight mount vertically movably mounted to the second end of the support;
the sight mount including a rack and the support including a pinion gear, wherein rotation of the pinion gear will move the sight mount and the bow sight vertically with respect to the support; and
a shaft with the pinion gear mounted to a front end and a rear end extending toward the first end of the support through the slot between the upper portion and lower portion, wherein rotation of the rear end of the shaft about a longitudinal axis moves the sight mount vertically.
8. The bow sight system of
9. The bow sight system of
10. The bow sight system of
11. The bow sight system of
12. An apparatus for adjusting the vertical position of a bow sight relative to a bow, the apparatus comprising:
a support having a length that extends from a front end to a rear end, the support including a bow connection location positioned between the front and rear ends;
a sight carriage adapted for carrying the sight, the sight carriage being positioned adjacent the front end of the support;
a gear arrangement for moving the sight carriage up and down relative to the support, the gear arrangement including a rack and a drive gear, the rack being connected to the carriage so as to move up and down with the carriage; and
a drive shaft rotatable mounted in the support having a longitudinal axis that extends along the length of the support, wherein rotation of the drive shaft in a first direction about its longitudinal axis causes the gear arrangement to move the sight carriage upwardly relative to the support, and rotation of the drive shaft in a second direction about its longitudinal axis causes the gear arrangement to move the sight carriage downwardly relative to the support;
wherein the drive shaft includes a front end and a rear end, wherein the front end of the drive shaft is connected to the drive gear and wherein the drive shaft extends through the rear end of the support such that the rear end of the drive shaft is positioned rearward of the rear end of the support.
13. The apparatus of
14. The apparatus of
15. The apparatus of
This application claims the benefit of U.S. Provisional Patent Application Ser. No. 60/575,787, filed May 28, 2004, which application is hereby incorporated by reference in its entirety.
This invention relates to archery equipment and more particularly to a positioning mechanism for use with an archery bow sight. In particular, the positioning mechanism of this invention, in conjunction with a bow sight, adjusts the position of the sight point of the bow sight by vertically adjusting the level of the bow sight.
Bow sights are used to assist an archer in more accurately aiming at an intended target. Many bow sights have a single sight point, which provides an aiming point for a target at a set distance away. A fixed sight point is generally suitable for aiming at the set distance. Thus, when aiming at targets positioned at other distances, the sight point produces inaccurate results.
To accommodate for various distances, bow sights having multiple sight points are known. See for example, U.S. Pat. Nos. 5,103,568; 5,676,122; and 5,685,081, which show multiple sight points held by horizontal pins, and U.S. Pat. No. 6,418,633, which shows multiple sight points held by vertical pins. Each of these designs is intended to provide a sight point for a set target distance.
An alternate concept to accommodate various distances has been to move the sight point. Moving the sight point to compensate for the distance to the target allows the archer to use a single sight point to aim at multiple target distances. Movement of the sight point is typically easiest accomplished by moving the entire sight, which includes the housing supporting the sight point, typically in a vertical direction.
Various height adjustment mechanisms for allowing a user to vary the position of the bow sight are known. See for example, U.S. Pat. No. 6,505,407, which teaches a sight adjustment mechanism that operates off a pivoting principle to raise and lower the sight, inversely of the position selected by the archer. Height adjustment mechanisms that operate on a direct motion principle to raise and lower the sight are also known; see for example, U.S. Pat. No. 6,609,306, which teaches a mechanism to raise and lower the sight directly related to the position selected by the archer.
The invention is generally directed to apparatus for positioning a bow sight. Certain embodiments relate to devices for easily adjusting the vertical position of a bow sight.
One inventive aspect of the disclosure relates to an apparatus for adjusting the vertical position of a bow sight, the apparatus having a vertical position control member that is accessible from the back side of a bow. In certain embodiments, the control member allows the vertical position of the sight to be adjusted without the use of a tool.
Another inventive aspect of the present disclosure relates to a bow sight elevation adjustment mechanism including a drive shaft that extends generally in a front to rear orientation when the mechanism is mounted to a bow. In certain embodiments, the shaft is turned about its central axis to drive a gear mechanism. In other embodiments, a knob or other member is secured to a rear end of the shaft to facilitate manually turning the shaft.
A further inventive aspect of the present disclosure relates to a vertical positioning apparatus for a bow sight. The apparatus includes a central support configured for attaching to a bow. A second end of the central support includes a pinion gear connected to a forward end of a sight adjustment shaft. The sight adjustment shaft has a rear end extending toward an opposite first end of the central support. A bow sight mount is mounted to the second end of the central support. The bow sight mount includes a rack which engages the pinion gear. The bow sight mount is movable in a vertical direction and constrained from movement in a horizontal direction with respect to the central support. Rotation of the sight adjustment shaft moves the bow sight mount vertically with respect to the central support.
Still another inventive aspect of the present disclosure relates to a bow sight system including a bow sight having a sighting pin. The bow sight is mounted to a bow sight mount. The system also includes a support with a first end and an opposing second end, the support configured for mounting to a bow. The bow sight mount is mounted to the second end of the support. The bow sight mount includes a rack and the support includes a pinion gear. Rotation of pinion gear will move the bow sight mount and the bow sight vertically with respect to the support. The pinion gear is mounted to a front end of a shaft. A rear end of the shaft extends toward the first end of the support, and rotation of the rear end of the shaft about a longitudinal axis moves the sight mount vertically.
A further inventive aspect of the present disclosure relates to a bow for propelling an arrow. The bow includes a handle with a grip adapted for grasping by an archer. The handle includes an upper arm and a lower arm, an arrow rest and a mount for a bow sight. A bowstring extends between distal ends of the upper and lower arms. A bow sight assembly is mounted to the mount of the handle. The bow sight assembly includes a support connected to the handle, the support having a first end and a second end. A bow sight is movably attached to the second and of the support. The bow sight assembly includes means for moving the bow sight with respect to the support connected to the handle of the bow. A shaft is connected to the means for moving the bow sight. The shaft extends from the means toward the rear end of the support, and the means is actuated by rotation of the shaft about a longitudinal axis.
These, and additional illustrative aspects of the disclosure, are described below.
The accompanying drawings, which are incorporated in and constitute a part of the description, illustrate examples of several inventive features and together with the detailed description, serve to explain the principles of the disclosure. A brief description of the drawings is as follows:
In the following description, reference is made to the accompanying drawings, which form a part hereof, and in which is shown, by way of illustration, specific embodiments in which the inventive aspects may be practiced. It is to be understood that other embodiments may be utilized and structural changes may be made without departing from the scope of the inventive concepts upon which the present disclosure is based.
Referring now to the figures, wherein like features are referenced with like numerals, a bow 10 is shown in
Bow 10 includes a string 40 connected to lower arm 22 and upper arm 24. String 40 provides the propulsion of the arrow shot from bow 10.
Bow 10 is illustrated as a compound bow, with pulley or cam 42 at the end of lower arm 22 and pulley or cam 44 at the end of upper arm 24. Bowstring 40 extends between cam 42 and cam 44. Cams 42, 44 provide a mechanical advantage to the archer when drawing bowstring 40. A peep sight 46 is typically positioned on bowstring 40 to facilitate targeting and aiming.
Mounted on handle 25 of bow 10 is a bow sight assembly 122 (schematically shown in
The bow sight 50 can be any suitable bow sight for use with archery equipment. As depicted, the sight comprises a pendulum sight having a single vertical sight pin. However, it will be appreciated that non-pendulum sights, horizontal pin sights, multiple pins (as disclosed in U.S. Pat. No. 6,418,633, which is hereby incorporated by reference) or any other type of sight for aiming at a target, could also be used. Example sights can include lighted sight points such as fiber optic sight points, painted sight points, or sight points defined by the end of a sight pin or other structure. Further details concerning the depicted sight 50 can be found in U.S. patent application Ser. No. 11/137,131, entitled Pendulum Bow Sight Having A Vertical Pin, and being filed on a date concurrent with this application.
Referring now to
The horizontal adjustment arrangement 136 includes a horizontal adjustment block 139 mounted to slide horizontally relative to the carriage member 144. The horizontal adjustment arrangement 136 also includes an adjustment screw 141 that is rotated about its longitudinal axis to adjust the horizontal position of the adjustment block 139 relative to the carriage member 144. The horizontal adjustment arrangement 136 further includes a set screw 140 a (see
As shown in
The carriage member 144 of the bow sight mount 116 is connected to the first end 112 of the central support 111 by a slide linkage that allows the carriage member 144 to slide vertically relative to the central support 111. As shown in
In addition to the pinion gear 128, the gear arrangement 106 also includes an inner toothed surface or rack 152 (shown in
Shaft 124 is configured to rotate about a longitudinal axis which is oriented perpendicular to the vertical movement of bow sight mount 116. Rear end 130 of shaft 124 is oriented toward the archer when the archer is in a normal shooting position behind bow 10.
The first end 112 of the central support 111 includes a rearwardly facing reference strip 142, (shown in
Reference strip 142 may allow for easy erasure and placement of marks so that sight assembly 122 can be adapted for use with different bows, different styles and weights of arrows, and different atmospheric or weather conditions.
In use, adjustment arrangements 136 and 138 permit an archer to fine tune the location of sight 50 with respect to the archer's particular bow 10 and style of sighting and shooting. The horizontal adjustment arrangement 136 permits lateral adjustment of sight 50 to account for windage. The vertical adjustment arrangement 138 allows the sight assembly 122 to be “zeroed-in.” To “zero-in” the sight assembly, the carriage member 144 can be centered relative to the gear 128, and the vertical adjustment arrangement 138 can be used to vertically move the sight 50 relative to the central support 111. If desired, the sight can be moved by the adjustment arrangement 138 to a vertical position corresponding to a standard mid-range shooting distance (e.g. 25 yards). When the sight 50 has been moved to a vertical position which results in the desired shot accuracy for the desired mid-range distance, the sight assembly has been “zeroed-in” and a mark 400 a can be placed on the strip 142 corresponding to the set location of the pin 300. The vertical adjustment arrangement 138 is then preferably locked-down via the set screw 140 b. Thereafter, the vertical positioning mechanism 100 is used to vertically move the sight 50 to establish mark locations 400 b, 400 c corresponding to shot distances greater and less than the mark 400 a.
Because of the vibrations associated with shooting a bow, vibration dampening is desirable. To assist in dampening vibration, a pair of harmonic balancing devices 148 are mounted in the carriage member 144 to cancel out or compensate for some of the vibration generated and transmitted through the bow during the process of shooting an arrow. Alternatively, carriage element 144 may include no such devices, may include more or fewer balancing devices, or may include different accessories as may be desired by the archer.
The above specification and examples provide a complete description of the manufacture and use of the invention. It is to be understood that other embodiments may be utilized and structural changes may be made without departing from the present invention. Although a bow sight has been described, the details of this invention can be incorporated into other projecting shooting applications and systems, such as sights for rifles and shotguns. Since many embodiments of the invention can be made without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention, the invention resides in the claims hereinafter appended.


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Study Shows Blue Blocking Glasses Could Improve Mental Health
Posted by Blue Block Glasses Team on October 20, 2016 . 0 Comments
Scientists have long known that sleep and mental are interconnected. A recent study shows that using blue light filtering eyewear in the evening hours could improve mental health.
Sleep and Mental Health
First some facts on sleep. Based on a 2016 survey of 2000 Canadian adults :
These are alarming statistics and indicate that sleep related problems are increasing in severity.
Mental health issues are also on the rise, a recent study showed 20% of Canadians would personally experience a mental health illness in their lifetime, and approximately 8% of adults would experience major depression at some time in their lives .
The prevailing and longstanding view is that sleep problems are often the causes and symptoms of psychiatric disorders. However, growing evidence is suggesting that the relationship between sleep and mental health is more complex, and includes bi-directional causation. Recent studies revealed that treating some psychiatric conditions could improve sleep while treating sleep disorders could also greatly affect the treatment outcome of psychiatric disorders .
A Study using Blue Blocking Glasses
Treatment of mental disorders typically involves medications or rehabilitation at clinics and hospitals, however a recent study showed that alternative low-cost, non-intrusive methods can potentially be used to achieve positive mental health results . The study method is shown below.
Results between the two groups were compared using the in Young Mania Rating Scale (YMRS), which measures the severity of manic episodes. The experiment group had an overall YMRS score that was 12% lower than the control group, indicating that the results were about two times of the YMRS clinically significant difference threshold . Additionally, some symptoms of mania, including motor activity, language-thought disorder and irritability were attenuated after just a single night of intervention. The results indicate that wearing blue blocking glasses are an effective add on treatments for such patients.
Significance and Implications of the Study
The study is significant because the results indicate that utilizing blue blocking glasses as an additional component of treatment is simple and effective. The glasses are low cost, virtually non-invasive and effective.
Potential side effects from wearing blue blocking glasses were minor but might require further investigation. According to the research, the glasses were well perceived by the patients, and the treatment did not aggravate existing conditions such as headache or uncomfortably low mood and energy. On the other hand, some common side effects of mood-stabilizers for bipolar treatments included nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, trembling, drowsiness, weight gain and etc .
Considering the cost, effectiveness and nature of the intervention it’s possible that blue blocking glasses could become common practice both at home and at clinics.
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When Clearwire reported quarterly results last week, the company disclosed that it had changed its deal with Intel that had required Clearwire to be exclusively WiMAX into 2012. Now, it can opt for another technology with 30-days notice.
CEO Bill Morrow explains in an interview with CNET:
When we drafted the original commercial agreement with Intel, it was about promoting the ecosystem for 4G. And part of the condition for creating a bigger ecosystem is that Clearwire wouldn't offer a competing commercial technology on the network for three years, which would have taken us to 2011 or January of 2012. But a lot has changed in the market since that agreement. And each of us realized we needed more flexibility to deal with the evolution of technology. So we amended the agreement so that either party can terminate the technology agreement within 30 days. So we aren't bound to using one kind of technology or another...
Clearwire has been hinting for some time that it might eventually shift from WiMAX to LTE, a competing standard being pursued by AT&T and Verizon. Though Clearwire has a head start of nearly two years, the backing of the country's two main wireless carriers gives LTE a major boost.
...we haven't exercised that right, and I don't see the need for us to anytime soon. We won't be deploying LTE anytime soon and definitely not before 2012. But it does give us greater flexibility.
Intel spent years developing the WiMAX standard, and a couple billion in Clearwire itself. The company hoped to shift the wireless industry off of proprietary standards. From the start, though, some observers considered it a longshot bid to unseat the wireless industry's leaders.
It certainly sounds like Intel is now hedging its bets -- but the company insists it's not writing off WiMAX.
"(W)e are very bullish," spokesman William Giles tells me via e-mail. "Both Intel and Clearwire have stated numerous times that there is a great deal of overlap in technology between LTE and WiMAX, and both companies could and may support both technologies over time."
So will both technologies co-exist?
"There's never been a single standard in the wireless industry (e.g. GSM and CDMA for 3G, EVDO and HSPA for 3.5 G)," William writes, "so there's no reason to believe there will be only one in the 4G space."

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Primary Care: Today and Tomorrow
When provisions of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) expand access to Medicaid and facilitate the purchase of private insurance through health insurance exchanges, the U.S could potentially have thirty-two million newly insured seeking health care between 2014 - 2019. This, together with a pending shortage of primary care physicians, has become an increasing concern for the future of health care.
In addition to the newly insured, the challenges facing primary care include increased demand due to a prevalence of chronic disease and an aging population.
This Issue Brief considers new models and tools for primary care as well as new incentives, such as pay for performance and value-based design, medical homes, and Accountable Care Organizations (ACOs).
Also discussed are the barriers in “getting there” which include:
- Regulatory barriers
- Implementation barriers
- Professional educational barriers
- Financial barriers
- Physician alignment barriers


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Why we invest: Rootopia - A relief in Vietnamese education costs17/11/2022 Regarding public research on education from The Vietnam National Institute of Educational Sciences (VNIES), the number of students has been increasing in the last ten years. Still, 4.7% of children at the age of 5 have yet gone to school; the rate of educational transferring in students declines, especially from secondary to high school (90% to 69%), regardless of the indicated 80% rate from education strategy 2011-2020. The graduation rate from universities also experienced a downtrend to 11.4% in 2020 compared to 2015.
The inability to afford expenses has emerged as one of the causes of this educational decline. Many families have decided to take a mortgage. However, banks and traditional finance companies show shortages in offering loans, especially for educational expenses.
Acknowledging the circumstance, Rootopia, an ed-fintech startup, is trying to solve this puzzle by providing financial loans for educational demands. In early September, ThinkZone Ventures decided to invest in Rootopia due to its values and the potential it can bring.
Key features from Rootopia.
Rootopia is a potential candidate for supporting the Vietnamese education ecosystem by solving financial demands. The startup introduces a multi-sided platform that receives financial requests from families and, on another end, raises funds for those requests. Eligible requests are the ones that send sufficient proof of study and information on the platform. Families only need to pay interest and service fees in advance, then the remaining balance in installments. As long as providing sufficient proof, students can request credit payments for all study courses, such as CFA, MBA, and art. For students who have yet to earn a stable income, parents will be the ones who register for them. Employees with constant earnings who wish to continue studying can register themselves.
Rootopia is progressing in partnering with public and private institutions from different education levels and tutoring centers to approach more customers. In this sense, education organizations can work directly with Rootopia on payments while eliminating lengthy fee-collecting procedures. It relieves financial burdens for learners and prevents sudden dropouts. Despite its early stage, Rootopia has established connections with over 60 schools. The startup still aims to expand its network to more than ten cities and provinces where parents have long-term plans for their children’s education.
Sharing about the values of Rootopia, Mr. Truong Bomi, Founder & CEO of Rootopia, mentioned: “The fund raised from angel investors will be transferred directly to the institutions, guaranteeing the investment purpose. Although Rootopia is a credit-issue model, the platform is friendly and convenient, leading to a good customer retention rate.”
In the early stage, the loans issued by Rootopia were from angel investors. Each fundraising can consist of more than one investor who exerts the authority to choose the amount of mortgage lent. Rootopia is aiming for bigger shots like enterprises and finance institutions.
The process to apply for financial loans and funds is operated online for convenience and accessibility. Rootopia is currently adopting a credit scoring model, and with the advantage of data management, the application-handling process is lean, guaranteeing a high level of credibility in each deal.
ThinkZone Ventures foresees and is highly interested in the potential of Rootopia to be the leading startup in resolving educational expenses.
Vietnamese families tend to pay tuition and fees in cash. Therefore, the Vietnamese market scarcely adopts financial leverage like student loan models in foreign countries.
Regarding the issue of solving financial expenses in education, banks, and traditional finance organizations, up to now, have made little progress in introducing support packages for tuition fees. The main reasons for this come from the shortage of evaluation and the inability to retrieve loans. Banks are focusing on plans to encourage credit card activation. However, 35-40 million people use bank cards, yet, 10% use credit cards. Finance organizations, on the other hand, slightly focus on the education field, since the loans are small. These companies also have high-interest rates, making households hesitate to take out mortgages. Therefore, the market opportunity for Rootopia is expanding, favoring this ed-fintech startup to be the market leader.
Besides the market opportunity, the morals and ethics behind Rootopia’s work are heart-touching for ThinkZone Ventures.
The income of the Vietnamese labor force is still at a low level. According to the General Statistics Office of Vietnam, the per capita income of Vietnam in 2021 is VND 4.205.000 (under $200) per month, 1.1% lower than in 2020. Meanwhile, each household spends 47% of its income on educational expenses. A dilemma for several families appears since their budgets are limited, while the financial burdens continue to rise (especially for universities having strategies to raise 10% of their tuition fees annually). Many students drop out or postpone their college or grad studies each year. For instance, HCMC University of Food industry reported having 2,500 students prolonging the postponement of their tuition fee payments.
The solution from Rootopia has provided families with flexible liquidity and convenience, easing financial burdens for them. Students can pursue ongoing education and possibly be motivated to be the new “angel investors” to nurture future generations’ dreams - a sustainable circular.
Rootopia’s team capabilities are another criterion influencing ThinkZone Ventures to invest.
The board of directors from Rootopia consists of experienced entrepreneurs in the finance field. They were in Director/Head positions in top finance companies such as Momo, Techcombank, Zalo Pay, and Ernst & Young. Mr. Truong Bomi, Co-founder & CEO of Rootopia, has experience building startups. He is the former CEO of Ahamove, one of the largest Vietnamese on-demand logistic platforms. ThinkZone Ventures believes that with the capabilities and experiences of the board of directors, Rootopia can achieve milestones and go much further.
ThinkZone Ventures is proud to accompany Rootopia in supporting millions of Vietnamese students to earn a better education. More than just financial investment, ThinkZone Ventures committed assistance and growth to Rootopia with resourceful support, local experts network and global venture expansion.


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Technical modification. It can only be opened in the editor. Contains 2 sofas and 2 chairs (if you try to open the game will get an error message).
- Main game: Philosopher’s Stone
- Difficulty: Low
- Download files of this modification: Yandex.Disk Google.Drive (7z; 92 KB)
- Author: Профессор Тушканчик
- Date Added: 30 Jul 2013
- Known problems: —
- Extract from the archive folder of modification and copy them to a folder with the game.
Example of installation of modification (MOD)
- open packages in the level editor
Note: after downloading the modification from any site, be sure to scan it with antivirus software.


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Texas Judging Trip
Quick 24 hour trip to Texas to judge a great College Meet in College Station-Texas A&M and Auburn in chilly temps. So thankful to be heading home to life in Southern Cali.
I Will Not complain about our high of only 65 tomorrow. Stay warm and safe all of our friends dealing with this crazy cold streak going on now.


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Movie remakes and adaptations have been around since ages, although not all attempts have been justified or successful. At times, the original versions are lucky enough to get a mention in the newer adapted versions, but mostly, directors/writers play it safe and prefer to call the originals as “inspirations.”
Its remakes have been both hits and misses at the box office. However, none compare to the original movie that won 3 awards at the 1999 César Awards.
Le Dîner de Cons has also been adapted in Chinese in the form of a stage show at the Shanghai Dramatic Arts Centre in 2007, starring Canadian freelance performance Dashan as Pierre Brochant.
Encouraged by the success of Bheja Fry up North, the South Indian Film industry too made its own adaptations.
- April Fool was the Malayalam adaptation released in 2010.
- The Kannada remake was titled Mr. Garagasa. It was released in the summer of 2008.
Personally, I like the idea of remaking an original classic in other languages and viewing the same theme from a different cultural perspective. However, one must always give credit to the original, and the remake/adaptation should be true to the spirit of the original film.
I believe that art is not always defined as creating something new. It can also be the interpretation of a pre-existing form. Many times, a fresh set of eyes adds new dimensions – that extra zing – to the original.
Every story can be retold a hundred times – it’s the narration that brings it to life and gives it wings to fly.


An Evening with Colin Powell
January 24, 2013
Welcome to Central Michigan University and the CMU Events Center. In accordance with the Americans with Disabilities Act, this blog will provide a live account of tonight's event.
The Philip A. Hart and William G. Milliken Endowed Speaker Series for Integrity in Politics presents Retired General Colin Powell as part of the Martin Luther King Jr. Week celebration at CMU.