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text: Enjoy sweeping southern views over adjoining farmland and the close proximity to Main Street shopping, popular eateries and ocean beaches. This is where you'll want to hang your hat this summer. Over-sized great room with fireplace overlooks extensive deck with outdoor kitchen. A gourmet kitchen, formal dining room, 1st floor master suite and four guest bedrooms offer ample room to entertain guests. Huge lower level has games for everyone including and extensive gym. A beautiful heated pool completes this amazing package.

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The most comprehensive psychiatric nursing care planning text available assists students and practitioners in providing effective care in a variety of settings. Clear presentation of information, consistent use of the nursing process, correlation of nursing and medical diagnoses, and prioritization of interventions make this text an invaluable resource. Grounded in the latest classification of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-IV-TR) and the most current list of NANDA-approved nursing diagnoses, this text covers a wide range of disorders, their psychopathology, and appropriate nursing interventions with rationales. Care plans use real clinical situations and include therapeutic and nontherapeutic dialogue examples to familiarize nurses with likely scenarios and equip them with the tools they need to feel confident in any clinical setting.
• The first chapter, The Nursing Process, effectively describes the central principles of psychiatric nursing practice in detailing the ANA's six-step nursing process along with additional information on therapeutic nurse-client communication skills, client history and assessment tools, NIC and NOC, and more.
• The six-step nursing process format is maintained throughout to emphasize a practice-oriented, problem-solving approach to psychiatric care.
• Major psychiatric disorders are reviewed consistently and completely with sections including Etiology, Epidemiology, Assessment and Diagnostic Criteria, Interventions, and Prognosis and Discharge Criteria. With this basis of knowledge, relevant care plans are offered in the second section of each chapter.
• Care plans based on DSM-IV-TR medical and NANDA nursing diagnoses are logically and consistently organized with Assessment Data, Outcome Criteria, Planning and Implementation, and Evaluation sections.
• Assessment Data sections include detailed related factors (etiology) and defining characteristics or risk factors as appropriate for the specific diagnosis.
• Outcome Criteria sections give the reader clear indications of the desired end state.
• Planning and Implementation sections list specific, relevant, and practical nursing interventions with rationales in a clear, comprehensible two-column format. UNIQUE! Therapeutic and non-therapeutic dialogue examples are presented throughout to promote more effective client communication.
• Evaluation sections state the role of outcome evaluation as a critical and ongoing step in the nursing process.
• Client and Family Teaching boxes include Nurse Needs to Know and Teach Client and Family sections covering all aspects of post-treatment instructions for clients and caregivers.
• DSM-IV-TR boxes list all related DSM-IV-TR diagnoses for quick reference.
• Helpful appendices contain information and strategies that are timely and useful in the care of clients with mental and emotional disorders including such topics as psychiatric and psychosocial therapies, grief and loss, spirituality, and many more.
• New care plans, many that focus on the family, join completely updated and revised care plans to make this text the most comprehensive psychiatric nursing care planning text available.
• Dynamic internal design emphasizes the care plans as the focus of the text; tabbed pages noting the relevant disorder and a complete list of care plans with page number references make finding a specific care plan easier than ever before.
• Appropriate Nursing Interventions Classification (NIC) and Nursing Outcomes Classification (NOC) labels are presented with each care plan in order that students become familiar with these emerging classifications and practicing nurses can easily identify them for use in their care setting if applicable.
• A comprehensive pharmacotherapy appendix includes the most recent psychotropic drug information and appropriate related client care.
• Online Resources for the nurse, client, and family conclude each chapter.
This book is a useful reference tool for developing individualized plans of care for a variety of the most commonly seen psychiatric disorders. The last edition was published in 1995. It is organized as a listing of pertinent issues with examples and explanations as well as guidance and goals of care. The purpose, well met, is to contribute in clear language and with clinical examples a powerful professional tool focusing on the client's needs. This book is designed to be used by the spectrum of clinical care -- from the student to the advanced level practitioner. Interdisciplinary applications may also be derived from this text. Both authors are master's prepared nurses and certified as clinical specialists, making them academically and clinically credible at a high level. The major diagnostic groups in psychiatry are addressed methodically by exploring the particular manifestations and suggesting multiple psychiatric nursing treatment options. Helpful rationales are provided. The reference list includes both current contributions and the classic standards so often referred to in this specialty area. The index is cross referenced and consistent, the glossary is thoroughly well done, and the appendixes are especially relevant for outcome-based nursing care. The addition of pertinent appendixes and the critical pathways of care further enhance this useful text. The novice will be guided through the appropriate approaches while the expert can add depth and breadth to existing treatment regimens.

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Don Reyes on one of the rappels in Big Canyon.
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The Grand Canyon remains a big hole in my knowledge of southwestern geography. I’ve spent a lot of time on the Colorado Plateau in Utah, but very little in the Grand Canyon, save a trip to Phantom Ranch to try to climb the Zoroaster Temple (it snowed) and a short hike from the rim when I was a teenager on a family vacation. There’s been a lot of interest in canyoneering in the Grand Canyon lately, especially with the publication of Grand Canyoneering, a masterful overview by Todd Martin, and a film in the Banff Festival in 2013 called Last of the Great Unknown, by canyoneer Dan Ransom, that highlighted exploration in the canyon.
In May, I joined Larry Scritchfield, Jim Akers, and Don Reyes to begin to fill the knowledge hole. Grand canyoneering is famous for long, grueling multiday treks, many of which require the use of packrafts to escape down the Colorado River after emerging from whatever canyon you have descended. None of us have invested in packable boats yet, so for our first Grand Canyon adventure we chose Salt Trail Canyon and Big Canyon, both of which empty into the Little Colorado River about 4 miles upstream from its confluence with the Colorado, a place that is the potential site of a controversial development. The canyons are relatively easily accessed by the steep Salt Trail that connects the rim with the Little Colorado.
We left our camping gear on top of the Redwall Limestone just above the technical section of Salt Trail Canyon, and descended it on our first day before hiking back up the Salt Trail to make camp (a convenient strategy for doing both Salt Trail and Big). Salt Trail Canyon is famous for its huge water-filled keeper pothole, but the water in it was high enough that it wasn’t too hard to escape, and the rest of the canyon required just a few awkward rappels and some wading.
The next day we traversed (arduous) the top of the Redwall from our camp to where it intersects Big Canyon, and despite somewhat threatening weather (flash floods??!!) we descended the beautiful canyon, including rappels down colorful travertine falls, without mishap, to emerge where it entered the turquoise waters of the Little Colorado.
Our camp on the rim, along with Arizona Fish and Game trucks, parked during a humpback chub monitoring project on the Little Colorado, far below.
Blooming prickly pear on the rim.
Don (left) and Larry contemplating the Salt Trail from the rim.
On the Salt Trail.
Don rappelling into the big keeper in Salt Trail Canyon.
Swimming around in the keeper hole, looking for a way out.
Rappelling from the lip of the keeper to the canyon below.
Salt Trail Canyon rappel.
Larry (top) downclimbing in Salt Trail Canyon. Don and Jim below.
A Redwall limestone anchor.
Jim Akers, deep in Salt Trail Canyon.
Adding a stone while climbing back to camp.
We weren't the first to ascend the Salt Trail.
Jim, Don, and Larry (L to R) looking at the Little Colorado from the Redwall traverse to Big Canyon.
Larry downclimbing in Big Canyon.
Rock in Big Canyon.
The crew at the bottom of a rappel into a spring in Big Canyon.
Larry and Jim, Big Canyon.
Travertine falls, Big Canyon.
The Little Colorado River.
Biologists at the rim, soon to fly down the route we had just hiked up so that they could spend a week studying Humpback Chub and drinking cases of beer also flown down by helicopter.
Don and Larry, watching the humpback chub show at the rim.
An old scarecrow at a Navajo hogan near the rim. I spoke to an older Navajo man who was out driving around in his truck. He told me that he grew up near the rim, and that it was great. He and his friends spent their days running up and down the roads and exploring. "Now nobody wants to live out here," he told me.

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The Institute of Medicine and the National Research Council have released a guide to the report Confronting Commercial Sexual Exploitation and Sex Trafficking of Minors in the United States. This OJJDP-funded guide is designed for law enforcement professionals, attorneys, and judges who interact with victims, survivors, and perpetrators of commercial sexual exploitation and sex trafficking of minors. The guide includes key terms, risk factors and consequences, current practices, and recommendations.
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Kidney cancer ranks among the 10 most common cancers in both men and women. It is often a disease that becomes more prevalent in individuals over 60, according to the American Cancer Society.
The experienced specialists at NorthShore Kellogg Cancer Center combine the most advanced scientific knowledge and technology with a comprehensive and compassionate approach to care. They create a program of personalized medicine and patient-centered care for each individual diagnosed with kidney cancer.
Kellogg's medical oncologists have extensive experience addressing the needs of patients with kidney cancer, particularly those with advanced stages of the disease. Research has shown that significant experience is more likely to result in better outcomes for patients. Physicians at the Kellogg Cancer Center collaborate with colleagues at the John and Carol Walter Center for Urological Health when appropriate.
Kidney Cancer Screening and Diagnosis
In diagnosing kidney cancer, physicians may require a variety of tests, including blood and urine tests. Kidney cancer can often be diagnosed based on imaging tests, which may include CT and MRI scans, and ultrasound. These tests also may be used to find out if the cancer has spread or to confirm if a treatment is working.
In some cases, it is necessary to remove a tissue sample of a kidney tumor through a fine needle biopsy, which involves the insertion of a long, thin needle into the kidney. The tissue is sent to experts in NorthShore’s pathology lab. This onsite resource ensures that a majority of tests and novel diagnostics are completed in house, providing our physicians with swift results to determine the severity (stage) of the cancer. This feature allows our specialists to begin treatment as early as possible.
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Multimodal strategies combining the latest in chemotherapy, radiation therapy and surgery are often used to treat patients with both early and advanced kidney cancer. Advances in minimally invasive, robotic and image-guided ablative surgery give our patients more kidney cancer treatment options, including partial nephrectomy, total nephrectomy and ablative therapy. These techniques allow for excellent cancer control and result in less pain, blood loss and a more rapid return to normal activities. In most cases, the kidney can be preserved after treatment, which helps protect long-term kidney function.
Patients with advanced kidney cancer are treated with targeted therapy or immunotherapy. Among the most promising developments in cancer treatment in recent years is immunotherapy. Unlike chemotherapy, which attacks cancer cells, immunotherapy targets the patient’s immune system, spurring the body’s own immune function to unleash an attack on the disease. NorthShore has been an early adopter of immunotherapy, offering progressive treatment options to our patients and supporting ongoing clinical trials and research to further advance this revolutionary field.
ur multidisciplinary team meets regularly in a multidisciplinary conference to discuss each patient’s case in detail and to design a personalized treatment plan. For kidney cancer, your team may include your medical oncologist, urological surgical oncologist (a board-certified urologist specially trained to surgically treat urological cancers), radiation oncologist, geneticist, pathologist, nutritionist, pharmacist, interventional radiologist, social worker and researchers, all focused on you. This "meeting of the minds" provides critical input, resulting in an individualized care plan outlining the best course of action for your care.
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Our vital research enterprise gives Kellogg Cancer Center patients access to the latest drugs and treatment options, as well as a wide array of clinical trials, both at NorthShore and through the University of Chicago, where more than 800 of our attending physicians hold academic appointments.
Several of our clinical trials are using new chemotherapy and immunotherapy drugs that have greatly improved treatment for patients with advanced stages of kidney disease.
Conservative management of incidentally detected small kidney masses is the focus of a clinical study at NorthShore. With improved imaging technology, we are now discovering small kidney tumors, many of which are not aggressive, that went previously undetected. The study seeks to determine the optimal strategy to manage these small kidney tumors with the goal of, whenever safely possible, sparing patients unnecessary treatment.
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Perhaps the garments that I receive the most commentary on are the Houpelandes that I wear from time to time. I originally stumbled across them years ago, while I was bemoaning the fact that only women get to have trains. I think there is nothing so glamorous and sumptuous as a train...why should women be the only ones to have them?
A friend of mine suggested that perhaps I should look into Burgundian clothing of the mid-late 1400's, so I began exploring. Once I did I found some marvelous garments worn by men that had trains on them. Examples of these "great houppelandes" exist in funeral statuary, paintings, and books of hours. Le Tres Riche Heurs de Duc de Berry and other 15th century books of hours are perhaps some of the best places to go to look at things like garments, sleeve treatments, layers, hats, and ornamentation.
The houppelande varied in length from very short, to very long (my favorite). It got to the point that the chirch had to speak out against the garments because from behind you couldn't tell a man from a woman as the garments and hats often favored each other.
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An apparatus for controlling a transmission includes a shifting actuator with an plurality of electric motors for shifting gears of the transmission. A load on the synchronizer is measured when shifting the gears of the transmission. The load is measured by sensors on the load fork. Compensating springs can alternatively be included. The position of the fork relative to the synchronizer mechanism is determined by a position sensor in communication with the rod or in communication with the load fork itself.
1. An apparatus for controlling a transmission, having a plurality of synchronizers, comprising:
a shifting actuator having a plurality of electric motors for shifting gears of the transmission;
a rod extending from each of said motors, and rotating in response thereto;
a rack in communication with said rod and moving in a linear direction in response to said rotation of said rod;
a shift fork in communication with each rod extending from each of said motors and moving in response to said movement of said rack, each shift fork helping to effect the engagement of a plurality of gears; and
at least one load sensor positioned on each of said shift forks for determining the load on each synchronizer as a result of movement of said shift fork.
2. The apparatus of claim 1, further comprising a rail upon which said rack is mounted.
3. The apparatus of claim 2, further comprising a plurality of position markers formed on said rail.
4. The apparatus of claim 3, further comprising a position sensor that receives said rail telescoped therewithin such that said position markers are detectable by said position sensor.
5. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein each said shift forks is attached to one end of each of said rails.
6. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein each of said rods includes a gear for communicating with said rack.
7. The apparatus of claim 4, wherein said position sensor sends a signal to a controller regarding the position of said rail.
8. The apparatus of claim 4 wherein said position sensor sends a signal to a controller regarding the position of said shift fork.
9. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein a controller receives a signal from said load sensors on said fork regarding the load of said synchronizer.
10. An apparatus for controlling and monitoring the operation of a transmission, the transmission having at least one synchronizer, comprising:
an electronic gear selector having an interface to allow a user to communicate therewith;
a controller in communication with said gear selector to send signals to an electric motor to shift the transmission into a particular gear for activation thereof to shift the transmission into a particular gear;
a rod extending from said motor that rotates in response to activation of said motor;
a rack in communication with said rod that moves linearly in response to said rotation of said rod;
a shift fork in communication with said rack that moves in response to the movement of the rack to shift gears in accordance with said gear selector; and
a load sensor on said fork for measuring the load on at least one synchronizer and sending a signal to said controller in response thereto.
11. The apparatus of claim 10, further comprising a shift display status for indicating when a gear is being shifted and when the shift is complete.
12. The apparatus of claim 10, wherein said rack is positioned on a rail that moves in response to the movement of said rack.
13. The apparatus of claim 12, wherein said rail includes a plurality of position markers thereon.
14. The apparatus of claim 13, further comprising a position sensor in telescoping arrangement with said rail such that said position markers are detectable by said position sensor to determine the position of said shift fork.
15. The apparatus of claim 10, wherein said controller is in communication with a plurality of motors and thus a plurality of shift forks to accomplish the shifting of various gears.
16. The apparatus of claim 10, wherein said electronic gear selector allows a user to select first gear, second gear, third gear, fourth gear, fifth gear, and reverse and said controller will automatically effectuate gear shifting in accordance therewith.
17. The apparatus of claim 10, wherein said rod includes a gear thereon from communicating with said rack.
18. The apparatus of claim 10, wherein said shift fork has a plurality of position markers that can be sensed by a position sensor to determine the position of said shift fork.
The present invention relates to an apparatus for controlling a vehicular transmission, and more particularly to an apparatus for measuring the load imparted to synchronizers within a vehicular transmission.
In recent years electronically controlled vehicular transmissions employing computers have been developed. The transmission actuators for actuating such transmissions are generally hydraulically operated. These transmission actuator systems were typically too large in size and too heavy in weight and thus to costly to be production feasible.
In an attempt to solve these problems, many different transmission configurations have been developed to effectuate smooth efficient gear shifting. For example, U.S. Pat. No. 4,856,360 discloses a transmission control apparatus that measures the load on the synchromesh by a stroke sensor that measures how far the stroke lever has moved based on the electric current measured from the motor and a known range of prior values. The transmission then shifts the gears based on that measured value.
However, this configuration still has numerous drawbacks, including cost and the accuracy of measuring the load during motor operation as the load measurement is based partly on theoretical calculations and not actual load readings in the synchronizer shift mechanism itself.
The present invention provides for a transmission control apparatus for more accurately detecting the load during motor operation by measuring the load directly at the synchronizers.
Another object of the present invention is to provide a transmission control apparatus which efficiently communicates the measured load to the controller for shifting of the gears when necessary.
According to the present invention, there is provided an apparatus for controlling a transmission, having a plurality of synchronizers, comprising a shifting actuator having a plurality of electric motors for shifting appropriate gears of the transmission. Each motor has a rod that extends therefrom for controlling the movement of a rail. Each rail has a shift fork in communication therewith for shifting gears as required. Each shift fork has at least one load measurement sensor thereon for measuring the load on the fork when the actuator shifts the gears. A transmitter is associated with each of said forks for communicating the measured load to a controller to control the electric motor of the shifting actuator when shifting the gears.
Additional features and advantages of the present invention will become apparent to one of skill in the art upon consideration of the following detailed description of the present invention.
FIG. 1 schematically illustrates the load sensing apparatus in accordance with the preferred embodiment of the present invention;
FIG. 2 is diagram illustrating the operation of the present invention with shift fork load sensors in accordance with a preferred embodiment of the present invention; and
FIG. 3 is a diagram illustrating the operation of the present invention with rail position sensors in accordance with another preferred embodiment of the present invention.
Turning to FIG. 1, a shifting actuator 10 is disclosed. The shifting actuator 10 includes an electric motor 12, an electronic controller 14, a shifting rod 16 extending from the electric motor 12, a worm gear 17 formed on the shifting rod 16, a rail 18 having a gear rack 20 thereon, a shift fork 22, and a rail position sensor 24.
The controller 14 preferably includes a central processing unit for carrying out various calculations. The controller 14 receives a signal from the position sensor 24 via the communication means discussed below and then processes it as required.
The shifting rod 16 extends from the electric motor 12 and communicates with the gear rack 20 to position the fork 22. The shifting rod 16 preferably includes a worm gear 17 thereon for communication with the gear rack 20. The gear rack 20 is preferably mounted on the rail 18 and the shift fork 22 is attached to a first end 26 thereof. Alternatively, the gear rack 20 can be attached to a sliding fork on a fixed rail (not shown) or the rail 18 need only be in communication with the shift fork 22 and not attached thereto. The shifting rod can include any other means for transmitting movement to the rail, including any commercially available gear, such as a pinion for communicating with the rack. Alternatively, the rack and gear may be eliminated altogether and a clutch mechnaism may be used to transmit the torque from the motor to move the fork.
The rail 18 preferably has a plurality of position markers 28 included thereon. The position markers 28 are preferably located near a second end 30 of the rail 18. The use and attachment of position markers is well known to those of skill in the art and can be accomplished in a variety of different ways. The second end 30 of the rail 18 is configured such that it telescopes within the position sensor 24 such that the position of the rail 18 can be sensed thereby. The position sensor 24 communicates with the electronic controller 14 such that the sensed position of the rail 18 can be conveyed thereto. The communication between the position sensor 24 and the electronic controller 14 may be accomplished by any of a variety of well known ways, including wire, fiber optics or radio waves.
The shifting fork 22 is in communication with the shifting rod 16 for shifting gears between one position and another, for example, from between first and second gear positions. Likewise, shifting forks for shifting the gears from between third and fourth and between fifth and reverse are also included and are similarly in communication with a respective shifting rod. The structure of only one fork has been described, but that description applies to each of the shift forks illustrated in the drawings for shifting the respective gears.
Each shifting fork 22 includes at least one load sensor 40 positioned on one of its prongs 42 to monitor the synchronizer loading. If the sensors 40 indicate that the load is within acceptable limits, the gear shift will be completed. However, if the load is high, the gear shift will be adjusted and/or reattempted. The fork 22 is also in communication with the electronic controller 14 to transmit the synchronizer load information thereto. The communication between the shift fork 22 and the electronic controller 14 may be accomplished by any of a variety of well known ways, including wire, fiber optics, or radio waves. It should also be understood that the sensors need not be positioned only on the prongs of the fork, they can also be positioned on other parts of the fork, including the body.
When the electric motor 12 of the shifting actuator 10 is energized, the shifting rod 16 rotates, thus turning the worm gear 17. The rotation of the rod 16 and the worm gear 17 causes the gear rack 20 to move in the direction indicated by the arrow A. The gear rack 20 is preferably mounted to the rail 18 and thus it also moves in the direction indicated by the arrow A. By thus operating the shifting actuator 10, the transmission can select a desired gear position.
As shown in FIG. 2, an electric shift transmission 50, in accordance with a preferred embodiment of the present invention is disclosed. This is only one example of a transmission configuration that can be utilized with the present invention. Any known configuration can be used therewith. The transmission 50 is connected to an engine (not shown) and a clutch (not shown) by an input shaft 52. The clutch can be either actuated by a driver, such as a typical foot pedal, or by an electronic controller, to allow for interruption of torque transmittal during shifting. It should also be understood that the clutch can be electronically controlled. In this case, a servomechanism such as used in as a semi-automatic transmission or a non-hydraulic automatic transmission.
Based on FIG. 2, the operation of the transmission would be well known to those of skill in the art. Briefly, however, the input shaft 52 is rotating at a given speed and is connected to a first gear 54 which in turn is connected to a second gear 56. The second gear is connected to a countershaft 58 which rotates in response to the rotation of the second gear 56. Depending upon which gears are selected, whether they are selected automatically or by a gear selector, a certain gear ratio will be achieved, and the output shaft 60 will be driven at a certain speed. The output shaft 60 is in turn connected to the axle to drive the wheels.
Positions 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, and R indicate rail and fork position and each have a respective gear ratio to drive the output shaft. In operation, The controller 14 operates based on the receipt of certain signals. The signals that the controller 14 typically receives include (1) shift the motor 12 between positions 1 and 2, (2) shift the motor 12 between positions 3 and 4, or (3) shift the motor 12 between positions 5 and reverse. When the motor 12 receives a signal from the controller 14 to shift the transmission from first gear to second gear, the motor 12 causes the worm gear 17 to rotate, which in turn moves the rail 18 to the left in FIG. 2 such that second gear will be engaged. As shown better in FIG. 1, the rail 18 moves, the shift fork 22, positioned on its first end 26, moves the gears into intermeshing contact by use of the synchronizer 62. The position sensor 24 also monitors the position of the rail 18 and communicates the sensed position to the controller 14. Alternatively, a position sensor detector can also be used to detect the motion of the shift fork. Such a detector would also require the inclusion of position markings on the fork itself to be sensed by a separate detector.
As also shown in FIG. 2, a fork load sensor 40 is included on each fork to monitor the load on each of the synchronizers 62 and each fork load sensor is designated by the letter L. If the measured load is too large, (1) the motor will slow down, thus adjusting the synchronizer mechanisms such that proper engagement of the gears is achieved, or (2) the motor will reverse and re-engagement of the gears will be attempted.
Referring now to FIG. 3, which is an alternative embodiment of the present invention, a plurality of biasing springs 64 are included. The biasing springs 64 bias the shift fork and allow it to move independently of the motor. The biasing springs 64 are advantageous in some respects because the fork apply load cannot always exactly match the synchronizer engagement load profile (for example, in a blockout condition). The biasing springs 64 are preferably positioned between the fork and the rail. The springs allow the gear to remain disengaged in a blockout condition, but when the blockout condition is alleviated, the springs 64 will bias the gears into full engagement. Alternatively, the springs 64 can be positioned between the rail and the rack. It should also be understood that the fork load sensors disclosed and described in connection with FIG. 2 can be used in combination with the compensating springs 64.
Regarding either the embodiment in FIG. 2 or 3, an electronic gear selector 70, allowing a user to select positions 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 and R (thus putting the vehicle in first gear, second gear, third gear, fourth gear, fifth gear, and reverse), a shift display status 72 indicating when a gear position has been selected and when the shift is complete, and a controller are all preferably included for efficient operation of the present invention. The electronic gear selector 70 has an interface 74 to allow a user to communicate with it.
While preferred embodiments of the invention have been described hereinabove, those skilled in the art will recognize that these embodiments may be modified and altered without departing from the central spirit and scope of the invention. Thus, these embodiments described hereinabove is to be considered in all respects as illustrative and not restrictive, the scope of the invention being indicated by the appended claims, rather than by the foregoing descriptions, and all changes which come within the meaning and range of equivalency of the claims are intended to be embraced herein.


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You receive distress in your neck, again or maybe shoulders and you go for a deep tissue massage therapy to try and ease the problem though not many folks believe going to enable them to enhance their yoga flexibility. Nevertheless, done correctly, sports massage treatments could truly help in case you wish to achieve several of those deeper postures.
Most customers are already in pain or even being affected by several sports-related accidents before they use massage, but exactly why does everybody allow it to reach that point? It’s much more practical in order to take frequent massage as a preventative measure, therefore, such accidents don’t happen and also to boost your general feeling of well-being for a maximum physical and emotional performance.
Proof for the clinical and therapeutic advantages of rub, from both scientific research studies and also patient accounts, has invariably been many and strong extremely sports injury specialists point out massage is extremely useful in treating & lessening soft tissue injuries, enhancing muscle mass conditioning as well as fluid movement, improving overall sports performance and improving a state of health.
The energy of healing in massage will be the electricity which passes throughout the therapist’s hands in contact to refresh, regenerate and also revitalize. There are many kinds of massage on offer, and yes it could be overwhelming to find out what will work best for a specific condition or ailment. Several total body massages concentrate much more on calming the client while others work deeper at repairing damaged muscle cells.
Sports Massage is commonly put into use in order to reduce pressure and also help relaxation and to alleviate pain and also to facilitate healing from trauma. A sports massage uses effective trigger and techniques point work on certain areas and muscle tissues of the body to invigorate as well as renew. Sports massage is a part of countless cancer treatment programmes and is used for premature infants, babies, young kids and the elderly. Additionally, it plays an immensely important component in sports treatment in the prevention of accidents.
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Deep Tissue Massage is an effective kind of remedial massage which concentrates on the deeper levels of muscle tissue used for treating chronic pain and limited mobility. It’s also helpful in recovery from sporting injuries and treating repetitive stress injuries, osteoarthritis, and lower back spasms or pain from incorrect lifting or bad posture.
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Food is understood to motivate behavior.
But it’s not just hunger that does it — not just the need for physical sustenance. People who get their nutritional needs met with a bland, uninspiring diet will still have their thoughts consumed by fantasies of flavor – dreamt-of meals of smorgasbords of exotic cuisine. Few “lost in the wilderness” stories or prison sagas don’t feature food becoming a borderline obsession, even among well-fed people.
Neurogastronomy is the study of flavor perception — a new, interdisciplinary field at the conjunction of psychology, neuroscience and food science. Its proponents’ interests go broader still, into areas of environmental sustainability and population-level health systems.
Dr. Tim McClintock, Ph.D. and Dan (Dong) Han, Psy.D. are colleagues at the University of Kentucky College of Medicine, where McClintock is a Professor of Physiology and Han an Associate Professor of Neurology, Neurosurgery, and Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation. They are each at the forefront of the ripening movement to apply (and extend) our understanding of how smell, taste, and texture combine to create flavor.
The possibilities presented by being able to adjust the dials on one of our most universal drives can’t be overstated. Flavor is a motivator for everyone — and almost all the time. Sleep motivates, but only when we’re tired. Sex motivates, but more in some times of life than others. But chocolate always tastes good.
“What if we could make kale or brussels sprouts induce the same pleasure as chocolate?”
Thinking Differently About Flavor.
Taria Camerino is a gustatory synesthete — meaning that her perceptual senses are unusually wired compared to your standard-issue human brain. She says that while she can’t remember visual images, flavor is the sense by which she interfaces with the world. Luckily (perhaps inevitably), she is a highly sought-after chef. Her work has included interpreting music into flavor — sort of a sensory translation exhibit.
In Episode #202, she explains her technique for designing recipes that include the least traditional of ingredients. (Example: Granite.) And along the way, we discuss the multi-dimensional topic of flavor with experts working across the neurogastronomic spectrum:
- Can the bad taste good?
- Can the good taste better?
- Are humans really the olfactory underdogs we’re widely believed to be?
- Can the tasteless feel their flavor restored?
Episode introduction: What is Neurogastronomy?
This Week In Neuroscience: Mindful Kids.
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Guest introductions: Dr. Tim McClintock, Ph.D., Dan (Dong) Han, Psy.D., and Taria Camerino.
Interview begins: The concept of neurogastronomy.
Taria Camerino talks about her synesthesia and why she chose to be a chef.
The human sense of smell.
Olfaction in comparison to vision and hearing.
The importance of smell.
Is losing your sense of smell an all-or-nothing process?
Methodology of mouse studies.
What advances can we expect in this field down the road?
Current and future applications of neurogastronomy.
The proper use of flavor in healthful eating; transferring flavor preferences to things that are healthy.
Flavor as an emergent property and as an integration of multiple senses.
Smell and the limbic system: emotional responses to flavors and smells.
Neurophysiology of flavor mechanisms.
Popular misconceptions about flavor and olfaction.
The tactility of food.
Neuromodulation and short-term ways of tweaking our taste or flavor systems.
Using flavors to manipulate experiences.
Taria Camerino's thoughts on the color (and possible taste) of Facebook.
Olfaction and memory.
Ruthless Listener Retention Gimmick: How the caffeine molecule affects our overall sense of taste.

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Discussion in 'Musical Instruments' started by Parnelly, Nov 16, 2008.
Thanks for clearing that up and providing the additional info!
Spending some time with the guitars my father has been holding hostage since the mid 90s. Even though I'm a bassist, I gigged a couple summers with the Guild playing typical 60s-90s bar rock.
1968 Guild Starfire V
and a 1968 Framus Nashville 6 string Banjo
The Guild is as perfect as I remember it... the Framus is still playable, but I need to pull it apart to realign everything... and the head is shot. I had planned on replacing it with a coated head to make it more Banjo sounding
Always liked that era Guild. I played a Starfire 3 for years and loved the compact size, light weight and comfortable neck. And while some folks will say the V is just a take off on a Gibson 335 they really are their own instrument with a distinct voice and vibe. Plus the Guild Bigsby doesn't "hurt" either.
Definitely a unique voice... I was a bassist 'slumming it' in a bar band on guitar. I used my bass amp and a Boss ME5 with this Guild as my main guitar and my 1961 Fender Jazzmaster as a back up. I got nothing but compliments on tones and gear choices.
I strung it with a new set of strings after cleaning it up in 1995 and had a spare set in the case before setting it up as a living room display for my Grandmother (it was my Grandfather's before he passed... he bought it from a divorcing friend when it and I was about a year old). My favorite strings... discontinued, reissued and discontinued again since I played it last!!!
Here is Pop in the early 80s playing with a Banjo group out of Glen Rock NJ
So I'm guessing he wasn't the sort to leap up,kick over his chair,dime every knob on his amp and launch into I'm Going Home (Woodstock intro,if you please...) ?
Bet you could get some instant Alvin with that guitar
Beautiful Guild! I've had a late 90's Starfire-4 for a couple years, swapped a Guild acoustic for it. Sadly, not out of the case much, I seem to be too embedded in acoustic...
Pop played 2 kinds of geetar... County AND Western
Roy Clark and Chet Atkins were two of his favorites
He was a Grandpa already when all the hippies went to woodstock
Thanks... I need a decent acoustic. I've got a 70s Yamaha that plays good but the tone is horrible, one of these days it'll be high enough on the priority list.
That Guild is awesome.
My birds tele got a pickup upgrade (Lindy Fralin Big Singles).
I've always wanted a 60's/70's Guild Starfire. They have a great voice all their own. Sort of a mix between a full-sized and a mini humbucker, but with a very focused, more upper-midrange sound with really good "cut" and projection, which makes them great for blues or blues rock. For many years, Buddy Guy's great tone came from a Starfire 4 I believe. I'd love to have a Starfire in my collection.
here it is under regular house lights... the other shots were under a florescent. It has gotten some serious love this week... but I am putting it away in the basement again tomorrow. I'll be back in a 5 or 6 weeks for a few days to repair / rebuild the Framus and plan to have a long talk with my mother about getting this back without causing a new rift with the family
My first guitar, an Ibanez RGAR42MFMT.
my latest purchase, should be here next week...
30" short scale P Bass clone for my Daughter's first bass
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Scores of farmers in Oghalegbu village, Okija, in the Ihiala Local Government Area of Anambra State, have been trapped across the Ulasi River as they can no longer access the upland following the cut-off of the only road leading to the community by gully erosion.
PUNCH Metro learnt that the villagers went to their farms only to discover that they could not return to their houses as the erosion had cut off the road.
A source said, “The road was constructed during the administration of former Governor Peter Obi and it helped in the transport of food crops from the agricultural rich community.
“Due to the heavy rainfall in the past few days, vehicles from outside the community could no longer get to the point where the farmers usually displayed their crops for sale and the farmers, whose crops were being expected in the market, have been trapped.”
An indigene of the village, Mr Charles Okonkwo-Uzor, confirmed that people who went to their farms had yet to return because the erosion cut off the only road to the river.
He said, “Our people were happy when this road was built by Governor Obi as it made it easy for farmers to transport their produce. Outsiders were also coming to the village to buy, thereby improving the economy of the people.
“With the farming season getting to its peak, many farmers have been looking forward to a bumper harvest and the resultant economic empowerment, but their hope may be dashed by this sudden cut off of the area by gully erosion.
“This community is one of the food baskets of Anambra State and the state government should do everything possible to combat the erosion so that food crops can easily be transferred to other parts of the state.”
The state Commissioner for Information and Public Enlightenment, C-Don Adinuba, said he was not aware of the incident.
He promised to contact the Ihiala LGA chairman for more information and get back to our correspondent within 24 hours.
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4 young Romanian professionals teamed up in order to tackle the issues of discrimination and abuse the Filipino domestic workers face in Romania and give them a voice. Produse Domestice (Domestic Products) is a play about domestic work and migration which premiered in Bucharest on October 17th, with a second representation being set for October 25th at WASP-Working Art Space and Production. The leading actress is a Filipino engineer who came to Romania to work as a housekeeper. The play is based on the true story of Ynia and is produced by young Romanian theatre director Ioana Paun, writer Xandra Popescu, journalist Laura Stefanut and artist/composer Catalin Rulea.
Romania is known more as a country of emigration with 2,769, 053 people mainly settling in countries in Europe, according to data visualization project, peoplemov. Back home, some of the immigrants in search for a better life in Romania, are going through similar abuses and discriminations as Romanian themselves face in Europe. Immigration in Romania is a new phenomenon, therefore the institutions who are supposed to protect the migrants who work here don't function properly. At the moment, there are over 750 official migrant domestic workers in Romania, mostly Filipino women.
Laura Stefanut an independent Romanian journalist, is the first one who wrote about the abuses on Filipino domestic workers in Romania. Recently, she presented the story of Ynia, a 30 years old Filipino engineer who arrived in Romania in 2011 to work as a housekeeper. "Romania seemed beautiful. I arrived to Focșani and I saw snow for the first time. It was the most beautiful day. I called my mother and told her: mother, it's snowing and it's amazing! It's as if circles of cotton were falling down from the sky”, Ynia begins her story. She further describes the harsh and humiliating treatment she received from her Romanian employers, how she got exploited by the agency and the impossibility to get any help. With no one to go to and no institution to help her (there is no diplomatic representation of Philippines in Romania anymore), Ynia ends her story in fear: "I am afraid. Since I got in Romania, I am constantly afraid". But Ynia, didn't give up so easily and she eventually found hearted people who were willing to help her. One of those was no other than the secretary of the agency who exploited her and who later resigned and founded her own agency. Oana taught Ynia about her rights. At the same time, Ynia got in contact with the Filipino community in Romania through Facebook and she was not alone in her struggle anymore.
The choice of distributing Ynia as a leading actress in Domestic Products was a natural thing to do as she was directly involved in this phenomenon and at the same time she is a powerful inspirational woman who bravely faced her difficulties and didn't give up. She is a charismatic person and has amazing singing abilities too. About her performance, Ynia says: "today I am going to perform in the theatre play about the Filipino women working as nannies in Romania. Oh, how hard was to get into the character's shoes, my friend Joy. I felt her fear. I constantly feel fear since I got in Romania."
Ioana Paun, familiar with immigration stories as some of her relatives emigrated to Italy in the 90's, is the theatre director of Domestic Products. Recently, she stated in an interview that the play aims to "raise awareness on the situation of the immigrants working for the rich people in Romania, the country where even the Prime Minister employed a Filipino housekeeper. We want to present the reactions of the Romanian state when the housekeepers are showing up at the police station, after the state cashed in the taxes and the social contributions for these domestic workers." In her view, the biggest problem is the state, which receives taxes from these workers and at the same time fails to protect them. And then comes in the International Organization of Migration (IOM) who deports them "voluntarily" on European and Romanian state money.
The solution is promised to be presented during the play. At the same time, the play is supposed to present the Romanian public the situation of the Filipino domestic workers in a realistic as opposed to a marketable way. The organizers plan to find professional legal and counseling help for this community in Romania and hope that the play will inspire more Romanian women to get a stronger voice, whether in arts, journalism or politics.
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Story URL: http://news.medill.northwestern.edu/chicago/news.aspx?id=178523
Story Retrieval Date: 5/21/2013 6:48:15 AM CST
Courtesy of Justin Raxter
Justin Raxter is a 22-year-old college student. He plays guitar and writes and records his own music. He likes watching “The Office” and “Family Guy,” and will eat anything with bacon.
He is also a registered sex offender.
When he was 18, Raxter, of Loves Park, began dating a girl who was 15. The age difference of three years did not seem important at time. He’ll now spend three times as many years listed on the Illinois Sex Offender Registration.
It's a registry he said ruins people’s lives.
“I want to try to inform the public that not every sex offender is the same and not every sex offender should be treated the same,” Raxter said in a telephone interview.
Raxter said he has been unable to obtain employment since being charged with criminal sexual abuse, a misdemeanor in the state of Illinois for which he’s serving two years of probation. He also was charged with child pornography for photos and videos he had of the girl, charges that later were dropped, he said.
After they broke up and he was convicted at age 21, he had to register as a sex offender for 10 years. So, by the time Raxter gets off the registry, he’ll have spent about a third of his life with that label.
Amie Eipers, a licensed clinical social worker in Naperville who knows Raxter, and Catherine Wilson, a clinical psychologist in Chicago, have both worked with sex offenders.
“Society doesn’t want them to move forward,” Eipers said. “Society wants to punish them forever.”
“In any other crime, we’d call them an ex-offender,” Wilson said. “We don’t make murderers register.”
But while Sharmili Majmudar, executive director of Rape Victim Advocates in Chicago, acknowledges that the registry is not perfect, she said it serves a good purpose.
“What they did is illegal,” Majmudar said about newly turned adults having consensual sex with a minor. “People do want to know when someone has been convicted of a sexual offense in their community. While not a perfect tool, it certainly has provided some transparency around sex offenders.”
Raxter’s probation requires him to be employed or go to school. So Raxter takes classes at Rock Valley Community College.
But he’s not allowed to come in contact with anyone under the age of 18. Raxter said he was removed from an online course because a 17-year-old was in the class. And even though they were not physically meeting in the same classroom, it would have violated the terms of his probation.
Raxter also had to get a court order to see his nieces.
“Before I was convicted, my family would always throw huge dinners on the holiday,” Raxter said. “Unfortunately due to all the restrictions, such as no contact with children, we are no longer allowed to have most of the family over, and because of this holiday dinners haven't been the same since.”
Raxter used to play guitar in bands performing every weekend throughout the state and other parts of the Midwest. He also went to the movies so often that it was hard to even name a favorite. These are examples of things he can no longer do for fear that he would violate his probation.
“It is very hard to predict where a child may be present,” Raxter said.
Eipers, Kyle Cushing, a licensed clinical psychologist in Rockford, and Robin McGinnis, a social worker in Mundelein, all offer therapy to sex offenders. And all said there should be different labels for someone in Raxter’s situation.
“I think the biggest misconception is that once they hit that registry, they’re viewed as pedophiles,” Cushing said. “There’s a hysteria, a not-in-my-backyard philosophy. People need to be more educated about what the specific offense was.”
McGinnis said that the “once a sex offender, always a sex offender” label is not accurate.
“In young adults, male brains don’t mature developmentally until 25,” McGinnis said. “So, some engage in dumb, risk-taking behaviors.” But that does not mean that they will always be a sex offender, she said.
All three agree that therapy and counseling can be useful in treating sexual offenders.
And counseling is part of Raxter’s probation requirements, a service the state does not pay for.
“Right now, I just do the group stuff,” Raxter said. “I’m paying $20 per week for that, and one-one-on would be more like $100 per week.”
Raxter said group therapy has helped with his personal life, but that he does not always identify with the other people in the group.
“The age range isn’t the same,” Raxter said, and it is difficult to hear about a 50-year-old trying to have sex with a 15-year-old.
Raxter is getting A’s and B’s in his classes for the first time ever. He said being labeled as a sex offender has made him want to excel in other areas of his life.
He is working with Illinois Voices, a group that is trying to reform state and federal laws on sex offenders from the one-size-fits-all policies. Raxter has visited Springfield to talk to lawmakers about legislation to get those charged with his misdemeanor removed from the registry. A bill introduced last week by state Rep. Robert Pritchard, R-70th, would accomplish that.
Also, MTV is now filming Raxter for an episode of “True Life” about his problems as a registered sex offender.
“It's hard to think how different my life was just a couple years ago,” Raxter said. “I am somewhat starting to get used it, but I don't think being sex offender for a consensual relationship is something anyone should be getting used to.”

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The luxury hotel chain Sandals Resorts is the new major commercial sponsor of West Indies cricket.
Sandal Resorts has replaced Digicel, the Irish telecommunications giant, who closed its sponsorship, which was due to end in 2020, ending a 13-year commercial relationship.
In a partnership recently announced, the Caribbean resorts hotel brand will sponsor all West Indies representative teams from Under-15s, through the senior men and women’s squads. Sandals will also serve as kit sponsors and will also have major stadium branding and broadcast sponsorship.
Cricket West Indies (CWI) Johnny Grave has hailed Sandal’s sponsorship, noting that both Sandals and CWI share such a prestigious international brand that is synonymous with promoting the best of the Caribbean to the world.
He said Sandals Resorts’ investment will not only help fuel the game at all levels within the Caribbean but will enable CWI to achieve our strategic objectives.
Sandals were sponsors for the Hurricane Relief Twenty20 at Lord’s, England last month, which saw West Indies face an ICC World x1, to raise funds to rebuild stadia in the Caribbean that were damaged after the passage of Hurricanes Irma and Maria last September.
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Students, faculty, staff and administration attended a presentation hosted by the Ithaca College Student Government Association about the ongoing issue of microaggressions on campus April 25 in Textor 102 — the third of its kind and the first that administrators have attended.
According to sophomore Dominick Recckio, the SGA vice president of communications, more than 70 people attended the meeting, compared to about 30 people who came to a previous microaggression meeting held April 11. While attendance was comprised mostly of students, several administrators were also in the crowd. Senior Cedrick-Michael Simmons, president of the SGA, said he sent invitations for the event to the President’s Council; Rory Rothman, senior associate vice president of student affairs and campus life; and Roger Richardson, associate vice president and dean of student affairs and campus life.
Among the administrators present were President Tom Rochon; Marisa Kelly, provost and vice president for educational affairs; Gerald Hector, vice president of finance and administration; Rothman; and Richardson.
Simmons began the meeting with a definition of microaggressions, which he said are, “common and everyday encounters that include behaviors, jokes, actions and comments that communicate the larger narratives of marginalization and reinforce oppression, whether intended or not.”
He and senior Willa Erickson, SGA vice president of campus affairs, each shared a microaggression they had experienced at the college before opening the floor to the audience to share their own stories.
Sophomore Lisa Dupree said a visiting professor this semester discussed inappropriate words in one of her classes, and during the discussion he attempted to explain why it was OK to use the ‘n’ word. Dupree said the head instructor failed to step in and stop the uncomfortable and offensive conversation.
“I felt like I had to defend myself, my heritage and the other students of color in the class, as well as any other students who felt offended,” Dupree said. “I’ve only been here for two semesters, I’m a transfer student, and that was the first time where I felt victimized on this campus. I don’t even know if that qualifies as a microaggression, or if it could be called a micro-assault.”
After students had shared their experiences with microaggressions, Simmons and Erickson asked students to share incidents in which they had committed microaggressions.
Sean Themea, Class of 2016 senator, shared the story of how he was corrected by a classmate after calling a social event at a music festival ‘gay’ during his sophomore year of high school.
“I’m glad that that person stood up and got me to think about that … because sexuality shouldn’t be a synonym for something derogatory,” Themea said.
Rochon said after the presentation that having conversations about this issue is important to moving forward.
“I think talking about race and difference and how it’s experienced is one of the most important things a community can do,” Rochon said. “The whole conversation about microaggressions clarifies that people don’t always experience words the way they’re intended.”
The SGA administered a survey on April 22 asking students about their experiences with microaggressions and marginalization on campus. Simmons said via email the results are still being collected, as only 150 students have responded so far.
At the conclusion of the event, the SGA presented awards to faculty, students and student organizations that were identified from the survey as those who have played an important role in making the campus more inclusive. There were three awards: the “SGA Faculty Appreciation Award,” the “SGA Mentorship and Empowerment Award” and the “SGA Ally Award.”
Thirteen people were recognized with the faculty appreciation award, including Patricia Rodriguez, assistant professor of politics; Michael Whelan, assistant professor of communication studies; and Peyi Soyinka-Airewele, professor of politics. The 13 award recipients of the mentorship and empowerment award included Erickson; Simmons; sophomore Kyle James, senator-at-large and incoming vice president of communications; Paula Ioanide, assistant professor in the Center for the Study of Culture, Race and Ethnicity; the African Students Association; and the Asian American Alliance, among others. Rothman, Richardson and Michelle Rios-Dominguez, manager of diversity and inclusion in the Department of Human Resources, were recognized with the SGA ally award.
James, who has been working since November 2013 to create an LGBTQ studies minor, said he felt shocked to receive the mentorship and empowerment award, and that it was a sign he was moving in the right direction.
“I feel good knowing that other people see me as someone who is a mentor or that’s empowering to others,” James said. “I hope I can do a lot of good in the future; I hope I can get this minor started … I think this award gives me a check point, knowing that I [am] on the right path so far, and it now gives me kind of more drive to move forward with it.”
James has been successful in creating an LGBTQ Studies class for the Fall 2014 semester, and he said the class was full by the second day of registration.
Simmons said creating spaces such as the April 25 meeting is important for providing a shared opportunity to address microaggressions.
“It’s sad that this is the first time that student, staff, faculty and administrators have … said, ‘Let’s create this space for an honest dialogue about what’s taking place on this campus,’” Simmons said.
Rochon said the stories shared at the meeting would help lead to positive change.
“Every community is on a journey to trying to be more inclusive,” Rochon said. “Events like this one help us along on that journey. We can learn from these [stories], we can find patterns and we can develop greater sensitivity, I think, among faculty and staff.”


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Governor Abbott in a Sunday news conference issued executive orders to put in place new quarantines from several states.
Any air traveler entering Texas from Miami, Atlanta, Detroit, Chicago and the states of California and Washington must self quarantine for 14 days. His original order which included air travel from New Orleans, now includes anyone traveling by road from Louisiana.
The Governor reminded the public that the order is enforceable by the Texas Department of Public Safety and Troopers are stationed at airports across the state. Travelers must fill our forms provided by DPS and are subject to check ins throughout the 14 day quarantine by DPS Troopers. Anyone violating the quarantine would be subject to a fine up to $1,000 and/or 180 days in jail.
As part of the state’s response to COVID-19, Governor Greg Abbott has activated the Texas National Guard to assist throughout the state. The Governor has ordered an initial focus on two critical missions that will directly benefit from Texas National Guard’s unparalleled logistics capabilities, medical expertise, communications support, infrastructure maintenance, and transportation assets: assisting drive through testing sites and bolstering the state’s healthcare infrastructure.
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Sushi and sake bar
Sushi bar with a separate vegetarian menu, most of which is vegan. Helpful staff and excellent, fresh food.
Added by DD on Nov 26 06 (last updated Nov 10 07)
East of Lake Avenue, on the north side of Colorado Blvd.
$$ - average
- Large Group-Friendly

domain: food


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