Many things matter about a neighborhood, but the first thing most people notice
is the way a neighborhood looks and its particular character. For example, one
might notice whether the buildings all date from a certain time period or whether
shop signs are in multiple languages. This particular neighborhood in Penn Yan,
the Keuka Park / Keuka College neighborhood, has some outstanding things about the way it
looks and its way of life that are worth highlighting.
Notable & Unique: Diversity
Did you know that the Keuka Park / Keuka College neighborhood has more
Finnish and Welsh ancestry people living in it than nearly
any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 3.2% of
this neighborhood's residents have Finnish ancestry and 3.9% have Welsh ancestry.
Notable & Unique: Modes of Transportation
More people in Keuka Park / Keuka College choose to walk to work each day
(22.4%) than almost any neighborhood in America. If you are
attracted to the idea of being able to walk to work, this neighborhood
could be a good choice.
Notable & Unique: People
NeighborhoodScout's analysis shows that the Keuka Park / Keuka College
neighborhood has a greater concentration of residents currently enrolled
in college than 97.5% of the neighborhoods in the U.S. With
20.0% of the population here attending college, this is very
much a college-focused neighborhood.
In addition, if you're nearing retirement age, or in retirement, the
Keuka Park / Keuka College neighborhood is an excellent choice for you to consider
for top-quality retirement living. This neighborhood is rated by
NeighborhoodScout as among the top 9.9% of retiree-friendly
neighborhoods in New York, combining peace and quiet, safety from
crime, and offering diverse housing options from which retirees can
choose. Maybe it's because of these amenities that a large proportion
of the residents here are college educated seniors, mixed with other
age groups. For these and other reasons, NeighborhoodScout identifies
this neighborhood as a top-notch place to consider if you are thinking
of or planning to retire in New York.
Notable & Unique: Length of Commute
Whether walking, biking, riding, or driving, the length of one's commute
is an important factor for one's quality of life. The Keuka Park / Keuka College
neighborhood stands out for its commute length, according to NeighborhoodScout's
Residents of the Keuka Park / Keuka College neighborhood have the pleasure
of having one of the shortest commutes to work of any neighborhood in
America. 63.9% of the residents have a commute time from
home to work (one way) of less than fifteen minutes. This is a higher
proportion of residents enjoying a short trip to work than NeighborhoodScout
found in 96.7% of U.S. neighborhoods. Less time commuting
means more time for other things in life.
Notable & Unique: Real Estate
In addition, vacant homes and apartments are a significant characteristic of this neighborhood. In fact, with 39.6% of the residential real estate vacant, the Keuka Park / Keuka College neighborhood claims the distinction of having a higher vacancy rate than 97.1% of the neighborhoods in America. This can either be because much of the property is seasonally occupied, like in many vacation areas, or that much of the real estate is more permanently abandoned.


We are licensed by the New York State Office of Child and Family Services (OCFS) to care for children ages 18 months-5 years. Children are accepted and placed in one of our age-appropriate classrooms. Priority for morning session days is given to current Play Care families and children enrolled in afternoon programs.
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When customer service professionals follow established protocols and scripts during their interactions with customers, they are engaging in general service performance. Successfully meeting these standards is the mark of a good employee. Still, employees can do even better. One way to exceed expectations is to engage in proactive customer service performance. Employees who do this think about the future and have a long-term-oriented approach to anticipating and solving problems. They are also self-starters who do not wait to be told what to do. Instead, they take initiative to make decisions and do things that will help satisfy customers.
THE RESEARCH STUDY
How can you get employees to engage in proactive customer service performance? New research (Raub & Liao, 2012) has provided some clues. After conducting a large study involving dozens of service organizations, they found a positive relationship between initiative-climate and proactive customer service performance. What is initiative-climate? This is when an organization’s culture rewards and supports employees who show initiative. By doing so, they encourage employees to engage in behavior which is proactive.
The researchers also found that employee self-efficacy is positively related to proactive customer service performance. Why would this be? Employees with high self-efficacy, or the belief that they will be successful at work-related activities, are more likely to take a chance and be proactive. After all, they believe their actions have a high chance of leading to a successful outcome. Employees with low self-efficacy who do not believe they will be successful at work-related activities are less likely to be proactive. The researchers also found that the relationship between self-efficacy and proactive behavior is strengthened in an initiative-climate.
What happens when employees use proactive customer service performance? The authors found that this behavior is related to customer satisfaction, above and beyond general service performance. This means that it’s the extra, proactive behavior that is associated with the increase in customer satisfaction.
BOTTOM LINE FOR ORGANIZATIONS
This study is important because it suggests a method for managers to increase customer satisfaction. It’s both the organization and the employee that make for a proactive environment. Organizations can create an initiative-climate that supports and rewards proactive behavior and recruit employees with high self-efficacy. Taking these steps can create an environment which is ripe for proactive service performance and customer satisfaction. And even if we are not in the service industry, don’t we all have customers whom we would like to satisfy?
Raub, S. & Liao, H. (2012). Doing the right thing without being told: Joint effects of initiative climate and general self-efficacy on employee proactive customer service performance. Journal of Applied Psychology, 97(3), 651-667.

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With a predicted strong wind behind them, this year’s Sydney to Hobart race fleet could break records, competing skippers are predicting.
And with handicap colossus Ichi Ban not racing this year, the fastest of all vessels may well turn out to be one of the high-quality overseas entries.
Local yachts have taken overall honours in each of the past four races, with a staggering 12 of the last 13 emerging winners of the Tattersall Cup, the trophy awarded to the overall winner.
Pre-race weather forecasts suggest it is unlikely to be a small-boat race, with yachts in the 60-to-70-foot range and the always competitive TP52 contingent most likely to feature.
Andoo Comanche skipper John Winning said his supermaxi was unstoppable if sailed correctly in the right conditions, with the boat poised to create Sydney to Hobart history if it lives up to his hopes and expectations.
‘A pretty fast race’
“These conditions look like its going be a pretty fast race,” Matt Donald, co-owner of TP52 Gweilo, which finished second overall in 2019, said.
“If we can get down (to Hobart) early on the 28th then we’ve got some chance of maybe winning on handicap.”
One of the most-fancied local boats is Tasmanian 66-footer Alive, which took overall honours in 2018.
“I’m confident we’ll have a good race but I’m not confident we’d win,” Alive skipper Duncan Hine said.
Donald and Hine were both wary of the eight overseas entrants.
“We have [New Zealand’s] Caro, which is probably one of the best boats out there at the moment in the 52 world. You’ve got Warrior Won [from America],” Donald said.
“[From Australia,] Quest, that does very well every year, Celestial, Zen, so the fleet is deep around that [mid-sized] theme.
“Then you’ve got ones that are slightly bigger, like Whisper and Alive. And URM, Moneypenny, they are racing really well this year, so its going to be competitive.”
Botin 52-footer Caro, which was launched last year, underlined its credentials by winning Division 1 of the 2022 Australian Yachting championship in Hamilton Island, beating several local TP52s, including Ichi Ban.
British 38-footer Sunrise, which will have Australian navigator Adrienne Cahalan on board, was the overall winner of the 2021 Fastnet and second in the Middle Sea race. Earlier this year it won its division of the RORC Caribbean 600.
TP52 Warrior Won took overall honours at this year’s RORC Caribbean 600 and won her division of the Newport Bermuda race.
“If we can hang in the wake of the big boats we will do really well assuming we sail the boat well. It’s sailors who win races, not boats,” Warrior Won’s skipper and owner Chris Sheehan said.
There are potentially even more contenders this year, with the two-handed division eligible to win the Tattersall Cup for the first time after making their race debut in 2021.
Rupert Henry’s and Greg O’Shea’s 34-footer Mistral was the overall winner in this month’s Cabbage Tree Island race, in which all three placegetters were two-handed boats.


The board of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference has asked a judge to order an opposing faction of the civil rights group to stop claiming they are in leadership positions.
The lawsuit filed late Monday also asks a judge to restore signature rights to the SCLC bank accounts so staff can be paid and the return of more than $12,240 taken from the organization to pay a lawyer to represent the splinter group.
Both factions had board meetings on Monday and Tuesday.
Both groups insist they are they are the official ruling body.
And, most of the time, information from the two factions is in conflict.
A group led by Raleigh Trammell, the ousted SCLC chairman, and Spicer Gordon, the former treasurer, met in Eutaw, Ala. They said almost 30 board members out of 52 attended.
At the same time, the faction that voted Trammell and Gordon out more than a week ago met at West Hunter Street Baptist Church in southwest Atlanta. They said more than half the 44 board members attended.
The two groups not only disagree on who is in charge, they also disagree over how many people are on the board — one claims 52 and the other 44 — and who is on it.
The SCLC has had many internal yet public struggles since its founding in 1957. Rev. Bernice King, the daughter of one SCLC founder, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., was elected president in October but has not taken office or said anything publicly about the fight. She is expected to be installed at the national meeting this summer.
The rancorous split began forming last summer when a former board member raised concerns about SCLC expenditures. In December, several board members asked Trammell, of Dayton, Ohio, and Gordon, of Eutaw, to step aside pending the outcome of an internal investigation into suspected financial improprieties.
According to documents obtained by The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, Trammell and Gordon may have diverted $569,000 of SCLC funds to themselves or to their individual projects. That is why some board members wanted to two men removed.
Trammell and Gordon filed a suit in December, claiming the board had voted to remove them in an improper vote taken over the telephone. Fulton Judge Alford Dempsey agreed, saying the telephone meeting did not comply with the SCLC constitution.
Dempsey gave Trammell and his backers control of SCLC bank accounts and the office on Auburn Avenue in Atlanta.


From March 23, theday the news broke that a 27-year-old African-American exotic dancer said shehad been raped 10 days earlier by three white members of the Duke lacrosse teamafter performing at a party, the Durham County prosecutor seemed to be the oneshaping the case in the court of public opinion. Michael Nifong said that thewoman's injuries were consistent with her story and that he was convinced thata sexual assault had occurred. Outraged Duke students and faculty as well asDurham citizens, perhaps familiar with the team's inglorious record ofexcessive drinking and obnoxious behavior, staged protest marches. They vowedto return every week to the house at 610 North Buchanan Blvd., where thealleged rape had taken place, until the case was resolved. Nifong, who is upfor reelection on May 2, had DNA samples collected from 46 white lacrosseplayers and vowed to bring justice. Then, last week, the defense lawyers swunginto action.
On Sunday, ButchWilliams, a lawyer for Daniel Flannery, a team captain, told SI that eightdigital, time-stamped photos taken at the party show the accuser was injuredwhen she arrived at the house. (As of Monday neither prosecutors nor SI hadseen the photos.) Williams said another picture shows Flannery, 22, helping thealleged victim into a car at 12:41 a.m. The woman appears to be intoxicated,Williams says, and doesn't appear to have been the victim of an attack. Then onMonday, the big blow to the prosecution: Defense lawyers gathered in front ofthe Durham County Judicial Building to announce that the test results wereback--and they showed no signs of the players' DNA on the alleged victim's bodyor clothing.
No charges havebeen filed, and as SI went to press Nifong had not said whether he intended topursue the case in spite of the DNA news. In the meantime the incident has leftthe Duke lacrosse team in shambles. Their season was canceled, and on April 5Mike Pressler stepped down after 16 years as head coach. His resignation camehours after word got out that one of his players, sophomore Ryan McFadyen, 19,had sent an e-mail shortly after the alleged rape saying he would invitestrippers to an apartment and planned "on killing the bitches as soon as[they] walk in." (McFadyen received an interim suspension from the school.)Even if the legal case soon ends, the hard work at Duke may be justbeginning.
GARY BOGDON (DUKE FIELD)
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WALKINGAWAY - Pressler resigned after 16 years as Duke's coach.


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Bosnian capital Sarajevo and the northern city of Tuzla are deploying medical teams to Serbia's southwestern Sandzak region, to help its hospitals cope with the coronavirus epidemic situation that appears to be the worst in that country at the moment.
It was confirmed to N1 that the teams would consist of the staff of the University Clinical Centres from both cities as well as the staff of Sarajevo Canton's Emergency Department.
“As far as we are concerned, we are ready to provide the support in personnel and equipment,” said Tuzla Clinical Centre general manager, Vahid Jusufovic, adding that the two countries should communicate this through official channels.
Bosnia Presidency Chairman Sefik Dzaferovic confirmed the information about the medical teams arriving in Sandzak to Serbia's Trade, Tourism and Telecommunications Minister, Rasim Ljajic.
The Presidency earlier received the calls for the assistance from the General Hospital in Novi Pazar, the Sandzak region's largest town.
The Government of Bosnia's Federation (FBiH) entity held an urgent session on Tuesday and made the official moves towards the deployment of medical teams. It asked the state-level Civil Affairs Ministry to communicate the matter with the clinical centres and hospitals in Bosnia and Herzegovina, to assess their capabilities and provide assistance to the General Hospital in Novi Pazar.
Besides Bosnia's Islamic Community, which is sending 100,000 marks (approx 50,000 Euro) to Sandzak, a Sarajevo-based charity is about to secure necessary medical equipment for Serbia's region.


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This delicious, vegan, low sugar adaptogenic hot chocolate is more than just a treat but a nourishing and restorative tonic to boost your health from head to toe, thanks to the power of adaptogenic herbs and superfoods!
This hot cocoa is perfect for giving you a boost in the morning instead of your usual cup of coffee, or you can even enjoy it as a special dessert after dinner. It's absolutely perfect for the dark chocolate lovers out there!
What is an adaptogen?
Adaptogens are herbs that provide the body with resiliency to physiological and psychological stress. They tend to have a regulatory effect on the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal (HPA) axis, which is the neuroendocrine system that controls your body’s response to stress, among other important physiological processes. In simple terms, adaptogens are natural remedies that can help the body adapt to stress.
Adaptogens are considered calming and energizing, while helping to restore the body’s natural vitality and resilience!
What do adaptogens taste like?
Adaptogens all taste different; however, many of them do have quite a bitter, pungent flavor. Not to worry, blending them with other ingredients like cacao powder, plant-based milk, and a little sweetener perfectly disguises the taste in this adaptogenic hot cocoa recipe!
What are the adaptogens in this recipe, and what are their health benefits?
Ashwagandha is definitely the most widely studied adaptogenic herb. Famous for its use in Ayurveda, Ashwagandha is an evergreen shrub native to India, the Middle East, and Northern Africa that reduces stress.
Ashwagandha contains potent bioactive constituents known as withanolides. Withanolides are the main bioactive phytochemicals within the plant, providing Ashwagandha with its amazing health benefits.
Randomized controlled trials consistently show that Ashwagandha may help lower levels of the stress hormone cortisol, reduce perceived symptoms of stress and anxiety, and improve sleep quality and duration while enhancing cognitive function. By balancing hormones related stress, it may also help to support weight management and healthy testosterone levels in men.
Quality is essential when choosing an Ashwagandha product. That’s why we’ve ensured that our Ashwagandha supplement is 100% organic and derived from the root only, providing the perfect safe dosage of withanolides. Our best-selling Ashwagandha also contains organic black pepper extract, which has been shown to enhance the bioavailability of certain phytochemicals by up to 2000%!
Reishi has long been used as an adaptogenic mushroom in Traditional Chinese Medicine to promote relaxation and restore the body’s strength and vitality after periods of stress.
This medicinal mushroom is also used to support longevity, immunity, liver health, and more, making it the perfect superfood to add to your daily regime.
If you’d like to add even more medicinal mushrooms into your lifestyle, you can give our Mushroom Gummies a try, which are packed full of 10 potent mushroom extracts (including reishi mushroom!)
Maca has been given superfood status over the last few years, and rightly so! This ancient vegetable has been cultivated for thousands of years in the Andes mountains of Peru. It was even used by ancient Incan warriors thanks to its high nutritional content and medicinal properties.
Maca root has also been called “Peruvian Gingseng” since, like Ashwagandha, it has traditionally been prized for its restorative effect on low energy levels. Other potential benefits of maca may include enhanced sexual health and fertility.
Maca root gives this drink malty, nutty flavours that you'll absolutely love!
Do the other ingredients have benefits too?
Yes, they most certainly do! Check it out:
Raw cocoa powder: Cocoa is rich in antioxidant polyphenols like catechins, anthocyanidins and proanthocyanidins. It’s thought that these polyphenols may help to protect against cardiovascular disease, support cognitive health, and elevate antioxidant defenses.
- Ceylon cinnamon: Ceylon cinnamon is a super spice that may help to boost metabolic health by supporting balanced blood sugar and healthy blood pressure levels. Ceylon cinnamon has also been traditionally used to boost digestive wellness and oral health.
(Makes 2 servings)
- 2 cups of plant based, dairy free milk (we love oat milk, almond milk or hemp milk)
- 2 teaspoons of raw cacao butter
- 2 tablespoons of raw cacao powder
- 1 capsule of Ashwagandha, opened
- ½ teaspoon of Ceylon Cinnamon
- 1 teaspoon of Reishi mushroom powder
- 2 teaspoons of Maca root powder
- ¼ teaspoon of Himalayan salt
- Natural sweetener to taste (stevia, monk fruit, raw honey, date syrup, coconut sugar, maple syrup or any sweetener of choice)
- Optional: Vanilla extract
- Add all the adaptogenic hot chocolate ingredients (except the sweetener) into a blender and blend on high speed until frothy and creamy.
- Pour into a saucepan, bringing it to medium heat (try not to let it boil to preserve the beneficial properties of the medicinal ingredients)
- Add your sweetener of choice to taste.
- For a more foamy texture, finish off with an electric milk frother!
- Pour into 2 mugs. Enjoy and feel the stress melt away.

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AirTran Airways reports that it has signed a new financing arrangement with Norddeutsche Landesbank Girozentrale (NORD/LB) to provide permanent financing to the airline for Boeing 737-700 deliveries in 2011.
The low-fare carrier has now secured committed financing for all the Boeing 737-700 deliveries it has scheduled for 2011.
“Despite the challenging economic climate, we are delighted to announce the backing of NORD/LB for our 2011 aircraft deliveries,” remarked Steve Rossum, AirTran’s executive vice-president and general counsel. “NORD/LB is an important business partner for our airline, and we are proud of its continued confidence in our future.”
NORD/LB has been a long-time partner of AirTran Airways, dating back to the airline’s first owned Boeing 737-700 in 2004. “We are excited about supporting AirTran Airways in this important transaction,” commented Oliver Gruenke, deputy head of NORD/LB’s global aviation team. “The North American market has always been our focus area and we are delighted to combine a strong airline and the attractive Boeing 737 Next Generation product in this transaction.”


Jane Beathard Staff Writer
December 2, 2013
Three Toledo-area men were arraigned in Madison County Common Pleas Court on Monday, Dec. 2, charged with plotting to smuggle drugs and tobacco into London Correctional Institution last summer.
Shane Ybarra, 29, and Steven Houston, 30, are accused of conspiring with Timothy A. Hill II, 29, to drop a packet containing balloons filled with tobacco and marijuana on prison property along Roberts Mill Road on July 23.
Hill, who was serving four years for robbery at the time, allegedly intended to retrieve the packet while serving on a work detail.
Prison investigators intercepted incriminating phone calls between Houston and Hill and were waiting when the men showed up for the drop.
Houston, who handled the packet, is charged with illegal conveyance of drugs. Ybarra, who drove Houston to the area, is charged with complicity to illegal conveyance.
Hill, who was released from prison on Oct. 27, is also charged with complicity. He is currently on parole, according to the Ohio Department of Rehabilitation & Correction.
Toledo-area attorney Phillip Browarsky entered not guilty pleas for all three men. Their trials were set for Feb. 13.
Judge Eamon Costello released Ybarra and Houston on signature bonds and ordered Houston fitted with an electronic monitor. Hill was jailed at Tri-County under a $10,000 cash or surety bond.


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My husband has been out of work for 5 months. His income when he was working was double what I currently bring in. Needless to say, my checks are not paying the bills even with the unemployment he is collecting.
I am starting to panic because bill collectors are calling daily and I cannot tell them when I can make payments so they continuously call at home and work. I feel like I am going to lose my mind!
I am making sure that my house payment is paid, utilities, car insurance, but everything else (car payments, credit card bills, etc.) are getting severely behind. What do I do? Do we have any way of getting out of this mess? Any rights?
Mary in WA
Mary is in a very tough position. Any time that you have debt commitments and lose your job it's going to be very hard to avoid real trouble. What can she do to minimize the hardship and damage? Let's take a look and see what she can do.
Mary can begin by telling the bill collectors to stop calling her. Federal law prevents them from calling if you ask them to stop. They will continue to send you mail requesting payment. Any late penalties and interest owed will continue to build. It won't help the financial situation, but should help reduce the stress.
Next Mary needs to evaluate their current position. A complete listing of assets and debts should be made. Calculate monthly expenses. Then figure out monthly spendable income. She may be tempted to skip this step. That would be a big mistake. She'll need this information to help figure out what to do next.
Look for ways to reduce expenses. It's time to go into 'survival' mode. Anything that's not essential must be eliminated. No one likes to give up their cable TV, cell phones or bowling leagues. But, unless Mary's husband finds a good paying job in very short order, they'll be facing bankruptcy soon if they're not willing to cut every non-essential expense.
If you have children, don't hide the fact that you need to spend less. You won't ruin their childhood. Don't scare them with talk of living under an overpass. But don't pretend that nothing has changed in your life.
Hopefully, the expenses won't be more than 10 to 15% over her income. Some belt-tightening can save that much. Mary's case sounds worse. They'll need to consider making some serious lifestyle changes to bring income and expenses in line. One that can make a big difference is selling a second car. With only one person working they really don't need two cars. And even if they can only sell the car for what they owe it will still be a good move. They will have eliminated the monthly car payment. Not to mention the insurance, gas and maintenance.
Mary should look for extra sources of cash. Do they have something that could be sold? Anything from golf clubs to antiques could provide some needed cash. It's not any easy choice, but they might need to sell their home and rent until the job situation gets better.
Typically, you can't borrow your way out of debt. But if there's reason to believe that Mary's husband will find a good job soon they might want to borrow from a 401k retirement plan or take out a home equity loan. These steps will not solve the problem. They'll only postpone it. So don't borrow more money unless you're absolutely sure that the job problem is temporary.
Another way to close the gap is to make more money. Mary could find a second job. Or her husband may need to be willing to accept work outside his profession. Mary doesn't say what type of work her husband does. But, if he hasn't found work in five months it's possible that he might never find a similar job. He needs to take a good, hard look at his chosen work. Perhaps it's time to try something new even if it does pay less.
Another option to consider is moving where the jobs are. If he hasn't already, it's time to look for a job outside of their community.
Once you've made adjustments to your budget it's time to contact all your creditors. Let them know that you've lost your job. Also offer to show them your budget and be prepared to commit to a minimum monthly payment. Remember that your creditors don't really want to force you into bankruptcy or repossession. They only do that as a last resort. So show them a willingness to pay and the ability to make a partial regular payment. Even if they turn you down, you'll do no harm by trying.
If Mary has already tried all of this and still can't keep up with the bills it's time to consider credit counseling. These non-profit organizations negotiate with the creditors on your behalf for a reduced payment plan. There are many excellent ones to choose from. Just contact them and ask a few questions. They'll quickly be able to tell you whether they can help.
Finally, Mary could declare bankruptcy. Each state has different laws, but usually you can expect to keep your house and one car.
Mary and her family are in a tough place. Unfortunately there's no quick, easy or painless solutions. She can't go back and undo prior financial commitments or keep her husband from being laid off. At this point she'll need to try to narrow the income/expense gap and hope that her husband can find a good job quickly.

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Cheer Coach (all levels): Jill Egmond
Youth Cheerleading - Grades 5&6
Littles Cheerleading - Grades 3&4
Minis Cheerleading - Grades K-2
This year's High School Competition Schedule:
1/9/16 @ Dansville High School (Mod/V)
1/16/16 @ Hornell High School (Mod/V)
1/23/16 @ Wellsville High School (Mod/V)
1/30/16 @ 1 War Memorial (blue cross arena) Rochester (Mod/V)
2/13/16 @ RIT Field House Rochester (Mod/V)
2/27/16 @ RIT Field House Rochester (Sectionals - Varsity)
County Competition TBA
All teams are competitive teams that also cheer at games. See our Facebook Page, Canaseraga Cheerleading
To see videos and pictures of all teams.
Our Elementary teams are open to students from Canaseraga and Arkport. Students from other schools may contact Coach Egmond to discuss possibilities. Elementary starts in July and runs to October with a few events in December and one Competition in January.
To contact the coach please e-mail Jill Egmond at firstname.lastname@example.org

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When I was expecting my first child, I wanted a name with a lot of energy, for reasons that seem insane from the perspective of having raised three kids. But I didn’t anticipate that a high-energy toddler might run me ragged; I just knew I wanted my little boy or girl to be active, outgoing, not hobbled by the shyness and insecurities I felt had plagued my own childhood.
Well, I got my wish. Rory burst into the world, all 9 pounds, 5 ounces of her, with a shock of jet black hair and a voice that woke the whole maternity ward. At two weeks old, she was able to stand on my husband’s lap and sing along with him. As she grew, she starred in all the school plays and dominated on the lacrosse field.
The search for a high-energy name was part of the inspiration for our first name book. It was so difficult to sift through all the conventional name dictionaries on the market at the time and try to find names that sounded energetic (and Irish and that meant red, two of my other criteria). There should be a name book that put all the energetic-sounding names in one place, I thought, along with all the names that sounded smart and stylish, that were good for redheads or popular in the 1920s. That’s the thinking I brought to the first Beyond Jennifer & Jason (Linda, meanwhile, a friend and fellow writer, had conceived the same idea from a different direction), now grown up to Beyond Ava & Aiden.
I wonder, had we named our daughter Molly as my husband wanted, if she would have been bouncing off the walls and bounding out into the world in quite the same way. Or would she have been milder (that’s what the name Molly sounded like to me), sweeter, a more old-fashioned and easy-going girl?
The choice of a name often signals the kind of child we want to have: William might be traditional, Jasper artistic, Serena, feminine and — well, serene. But then, of course, kids pretty much are who they are. My husband and I, wanting an energetic child, may have encouraged Rory to be more outgoing and active, yet she was also, as Lady Gaga says, born that way.
It bears reflection, when you’re looking for a name, on what your favorites say about your hopes and dreams for your child. And if you and your spouse are at odds about names, that might be an indication that you have different visions of the ideal little boy or girl.
Back to those energetic-sounding names. Here’s a selection I think work, with the genders listed together as so many are really unisex. Of course, the image of a name is in the ear of the beholder. What names that aren’t here sound high energy to you?
* Barnaby* Breaker* Clancy* Dart* Dash* Dasha* Finian* Harley* Ivo* Juniper* Keagan* Keenan* Lulu* March* Mateo* Mitzi* Murphy* Piper* Pippa* Poppy* Racer* Ranger* Rogue* Rory* Rosie* Springer* Tatum* Ving* Viva

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By Steve Williams
Christian Academy of Knoxville has earned another shot at Alcoa.
The Warriors rolled to a 48-19 win at Elizabethton in TSSAA second-round playoff action Friday night and will meet the Tornadoes again this week in Alcoa.
“It was a great win for our program, beating a good Elizabethton team,” said CAK head coach Rusty Bradley.
Phillip Nichols had four catches for 128 yards and two touchdowns in the victory. The Warriors built a 27-0 lead by halftime.
CAK suffered its only loss of the season at Alcoa 33-7 in the regular season finale.
The stakes, of course, will be greater this time in the Class 3A quarterfinal contest. Like the Warriors, Alcoa also is 11-1, with its only loss coming at the hands of Maryville.
“Alcoa is a great team,” said Bradley. “We will have to play really well to win. It will be a huge challenge for us that we are excited about.”
Alcoa advanced with a 35-14 win over Pigeon Forge and the Tornadoes’ highly regarded defense once again was stingy.
In other playoff action involving teams from the local area, undefeated Maryville toppled Cookeville 49-10 in Class 6A.
“We are very excited to advance in the playoffs and get to play another week,” said Red Rebels head coach George Quarles. “Last night was one of our better games. We played in all three phases.”
Dylan Hopkins completed 13 of 14 passes for 240 yards and two touchdowns for the Red and Black. Jordan Ervin carried the ball five times for 95 yards and one TD.
Maryville will be hosting Blackman High, which smacked Siegel, another Murfreesboro team, 56-28.
In Class 5A, Sevier County, Morristown West, Rhea County and Ooltewah advanced.
One of Central’s finest seasons in years came to an end in a 27-17 loss at perennial Class 4A power Greeneville.
In Class 2A, Austin-East couldn’t extend its banner season. The Roadrunners traveled to upper East Tennessee to play undefeated Hampton and came up on the short end of a 48-38 shootout.
Grace Christian Academy will get a shot at Hampton (12-0) this week. The Rams (7-5) earned it by winning at Rockwood 35-14
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It is safe to say that you are searching for a pike as much as 40 pounds? Any of these Arkansas demonstrated pike fishing areas will get the job done.
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Lake Conway is the biggest Game and Fish Commission lake and the biggest state untamed life organization lake at any point made at 6,700 sections of land.
Since its foundation on Palarm Creek in 1948, it has been one of the state’s #1 fishing spots because of its huge scope, focal area, and magnificent fishing. The Arkansas Game and Fish Commission constructed Lake Conway as its first lake.
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Millwood Lake was made when the state’s longest earthen dam (3.33 miles) was worked across the Little River on Ark. 32, nine miles east of Ashdown in southwest Arkansas.
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Millwood State Park has 117 camping areas, a full-administration marina, and boat moor, just as climbing and trekking trails.
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Anticipate floods, weighty flows, and flotsam and jetsam if the stream level at Felsenthal Lock and Dam transcends 68 feet.
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The lake, which is encircled by edges of the Ouachita Mountains and made by a dam across the Caddo River, has more than 700 campgrounds going from complete hookups to essential, just as 15 boat-dispatching slopes.
Fishermen love the largemouth bass, half and half bass, and other game fish species that occupy the lake.
fishing on DeGray Lake requires an Arkansas fishing permit.
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Characterization and Development of Universal Ventricular Assist Device:
Computational Fluid Dynamics Analysis of Advanced Design
Authors: Goodin, Mark S.*; Showalter, Michael S.*; Horvath, David J.; Kuban, Barry D.; Flick, Christine R.; Polakowski, Anthony R.; Fukamachi, Kiyotaka; Karimov, Jamshid H.
We are developing a universal, advanced ventricular assist device (AVAD) with automatic pressure regulation suitable for both left and right ventricular support. The primary goal of this computational fluid dynamics (CFD) study was to analyze the biventricular performance of the AVAD across its wide range of operating conditions.
An AVAD CFD model was created and validated using in vitro hydraulic performance measurements taken over conditions spanning both left ventricular assist device (LVAD) and right ventricular assist device (RVAD) operation. Static pressure taps, placed throughout the pump, were used to validate the CFD results. The CFD model was then used to assess the change in hydraulic performance with varying rotor axial positions and identify potential design improvements. The hydraulic performance was simulated and measured at rotor speeds from 2,300 to 3,600 revolutions/min and flow rates from 2.0 to 8.0 L/min. The CFD-predicted hydraulic pressure rise agreed well with the in vitro measured data, within 6.5% at 2300 rpm and within 3.5% for the higher rotor speeds. The CFD successfully predicted wall static pressures, matching experimental values within 7%. High degree of similarity and circumferential uniformity in the pump’s flow fields were observed over the pump operation as an LVAD and an RVAD. A secondary impeller axial clearance reduction resulted in a 10% decrease in peak flow residence time and lower static pressures on the secondary impeller. These lower static pressures suggest a reduction in the upwards rotor forces from the secondary impeller and a desired increase in the pressure sensitivity of the pump.
The CFD analyses supported the feasibility of the proposed AVAD’s use as an LVAD or an RVAD, over a wide range of operating conditions. The CFD results demonstrated the operability of the pump in providing the desired circumferential flow similarity over the intended range of flow/speed conditions and the intended functionality of the AVAD’s automated pressure regulation.
Read the published ASAIO journal article here.
About the SimuTech Contributors
Mark S. Goodin
Mark has over 30 years of experience in the biomedical device field applying both CFD in the design of new products, including: rotary blood pumps used for heart support, blood oxygenators/heat exchangers used in open-heart surgery, artificial kidneys, rotational atherectomy devices, cardiac and thermal balloon catheters, and magnetic stem cell separators. Such modeling results can help clinicians to plan their surgical approaches and evaluate a new device’s performance under simulated clinical conditions.
Michael Showalter is a Lead Engineer at SimuTech Group with over 30 years of experience in applying CFD software into the design of new products. Michael has applied CFD in designing medical devices including: capillary filling of a microfluidic biochip, inflation of an angioplasty balloon, thermal balloon catheter heat transfer, and wicking blood samples into a glucose monitor. Most recently, he has been applying CFD to predict the effects of a mandibular repositioning device on the airway of patients with sleep apnea.


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Peter Scheemakers or Pieter Scheemaeckers II or the Younger (1691[a] – 12 September 1781) was a Flemish (Belgian) sculptor who worked for most of his life in London. His public and church sculptures in a classicist style had an important influence on the development of modern sculpture in England.
Portrait of Scheemakers by Andreas Bernardus de Quertenmont
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Scheemakers is perhaps best known for executing the William Kent-designed memorial to William Shakespeare which was erected in Poets' Corner in Westminster Abbey in 1740 as well as that to John Dryden in the same church.
He was born in Antwerp and followed in the footsteps of his father, the sculptor Pieter Scheemaeckers. He served his formal apprenticeship in Copenhagen in Denmark where he studied for four years with the court sculptor Johann Adam Sturmberg (1683–1741).
In 1715 he allegedly walked from Copenhagen to Rome (over 1500km) where he studied both classical and baroque styles of sculpture. In 1716 he sailed to England and settled in London where he befriended Laurent Delvaux (who had also studied in Rome). He and Delvaux worked there with another Flemish sculptor Pieter-Denis Plumier on a funeral monument to John Sheffield, Duke of Buckingham, which they delivered in 1722 after the death of Plumier. Scheemakers and Delvaux entered into a formal partnership and set up a workshop in Millbank, south of Westminster in London, in 1723. Their workshop produced many sober classical monuments and garden statuary in the Antique style. The partners sold their stock in the partnership and travelled to Rome in 1728. Scheemakers stayed there for two years to study both antique and recent masterpieces. Upon his return to England in 1730 Scheemakers restarted the Millbank workshop (in St Martin's Lane) on his own. His 'ideal' classical sculptures became very popular with the landowning class and the city merchants. He moved his workshop a few times: first to Old Palace Yard in 1736 and then in 1740 to Vine Street, where he remained active until his retirement in 1771. On retiral he returned to Antwerp where he died at the age of 90.
He worked for a time with Francis Bird, and was the teacher of Henry Cheere and Charles Cope Trubshaw, amongst others. Joseph Nollekens joined his studio in 1747 and served his apprenticeship here, before leaving for Rome in 1762.
Fifteen of Scheemakers' works – monuments, figures and busts – are in Westminster Abbey. Two were executed in collaboration with his master, Delvaux: the “Hugh Chamberlen” (d. 1728, and therefore perhaps produced during his first visit to London); and “Catherine, Duchess of Buckinghamshire.” However, he is best known by his monument to William Shakespeare (1740), but, as this work was designed by Kent, the responsibility must not all be laid to Scheemakers' account.
In addition to these, there are the monuments to Admiral Sir Charles Wager, Vice-Admiral Watson, Lt. General Percy Kirke, George Howe, 3rd Viscount Howe, General Monck, and Sir Henry Belasyse. His busts of John Dryden (1720) and Dr Richard Mead (1754), also in the Abbey, are noted examples of his smaller works.
Other Works in EnglandEdit
- Statue of Thomas Guy (1734) courtyard of Guy's Hospital in London
- Statue of William III (1734) in Kingston-upon-Hull
- Statue of Sir John Barnard (1737) for Royal Exchange, London
- Statue of King Edward VI (1737) in St Thomas's Hospital, London
- Statue of Marwood Turner (1739) in Kirkleatham in Yorkshire
- Bust of William Harvey (1739) in [[Royal College of Physicians]
- Bust of Earl Temple of Stowe (1740) at Stowe House
- Various statues (including the Dying Gladiator) (1743) at Rousham House
- Bust of King Edward (1747) at King Edward's School, Birmingham
- Bust of Roger Cotes (1758) in Trinity College, Cambridge
- Statues of Admiral Sir George Pocock, Lord Clive and General Laurence (1764) in the India Office in London
- Statuary group of Cain killing Abel (c.1760) at Chiswick House
1st and 2nd Dukes of Ancaster at Edenham, Lincolnshire; Lord Chancellor Hardwicke at Wimpole, Cambridgeshire; the Duke of Kent, his wives and daughters, at Flitton, Bedfordshire; the Earl of Shelburne, at Wycombe, Bucks; and the figure on the sarcophagus to Montague Sherrard Drake, at Amersham. Another example of his work is the memorial to Topham Foote (or Foot) in the parish church of St John the Baptist Church, Windsor. This burial monument, which includes the young man's bust and the Foote family crest, greets visitors in the main High Street entrance, just 300 feet (90 m) from the Henry VIII gate to Windsor Castle. There is also a memorial to Sir Thomas Reeve, Chief Justice of the Common Pleas, 1736-37 in the church. He also sculpted a memorial for the Petty family, marking the family burial place in All Saints' Parish Church, High Wycombe, which depicts the family in Roman dress, and designed the gilded equestrian statue of King William III erected at Kingston upon Hull (1734).
Between 1970 and 1993, an image of Scheemakers's Shakespeare statue appeared on the reverse of Series D £20 notes issued by the Bank of England. Alongside the statue was an engraving of the balcony scene from Romeo and Juliet.
- Roscoe, Ingrid; Hardy, Emma; Sullivan, M. G., eds. (2009). "Scheemakers, Peter". A Biographical Dictionary of Sculptors in Britain, 1660-1851. Yale University Press. ISBN 9780300149654.
- Biographical details at the Netherlands Institute for Art History
- Peter Scheemakers at online Encyclopædia Britannica
- "Poets' Corner: William Shakespeare". Westminster Abbey. Archived from the original on 26 July 2008.
- "John Dryden". Poets' Graves. Retrieved 22 October 2008.
- Helena Bussers and Ingrid Roscoe. "Scheemakers." Grove Art Online. Oxford Art Online. Oxford University Press. Web. 27 Mar. 2014; See also Alain Jacobs (1999), Laurent Delvaux 1696-1778, Paris, Arthena, 1999, passim.
- Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). Encyclopædia Britannica. 24 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. .
- "Find A Grave: Sir Thomas Reeve". Retrieved 4 February 2021.
- Hayton, David (2005). Letters of Marmaduke Coghill, 1722–1738. Dublin: Irish Manuscripts Commission. p. xxii. ISBN 9781874280682.
- "What Did Shakespeare Look Like?". The Shakespeare Birthplace Trust. Archived from the original on 14 October 2008. Retrieved 17 October 2008.
- "Withdrawn Banknotes Reference Guide". Bank of England. Retrieved 22 October 2008.

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Winchester Little Theatre continues its 2012-2013 season this weekend as it begins its production of Don Nigro’s play “Ravenscroft”. Directed by Barbara Swink, the show runs every weekend from November 2 to November 17.
Plot Summary from WLT: On a snowy evening in 1905 an unusual death brings a police investigator to a remote English manor. Quirky characters contort his search for the truth into “a riddle wrapped in a mystery inside an enigma.” An outrageous, funny and intriguing dark comedy.
Tickets are available now from the Winchester Little Theatre box office and their website for $18.75 for adults, $16.75 for seniors, and $14.50 for students.

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Ponytails are prohibited at Japanese schools, and females are only permitted to wear white underwear.
According to a poll conducted in the Fukuoka area of the country in 2020, one out of every ten schools had banned the haircut because the ‘nape of women’s necks’ caused male pupils to become’sexually stimulated.’
‘They’re worried boys will look at girls,’ said Motoki Sugiyama, a former middle school teacher, ‘which is similar to the reasoning behind the white-only underwear color rule.’
‘I’ve always criticised these rules, but because there’s such a lack of criticism and it’s become so normalised, students have no choice but to accept them.
He taught for 11 years in the Shizuoka area at five different schools, all of which had outlawed ponytails.
Other school standards control the color of children’s socks, the length of their skirts, and even the form of their brows.
They can’t tint their hair, and if it’s anything other than ‘black or straight,’ they’ll have to show it’s their natural color or style, according to reports.
Motoki uses TikTok to write about the restrictions, and she claims that kids seldom get a proper explanation.
He went on to say that the directives can be inconsistent at times, with certain schools permitting shorter haircuts that would display the nape of the neck anyhow, much like a ponytail.
However, Motoki stated that many schools have strict policies in place to prevent students from going too far — comparable to British institutions.
Undercut haircuts, for example, are prohibited because kids may test the limits of what is acceptable.
‘If the two-block [undercut] is okay, then some students might start saying the mohawk should be okay,’ he explained.
However, he claimed that many of the restrictions were ‘unreasonable demands,’ misogynistic, and inhibited self-expression in general.
According to Vice, the schooling laws, known as buraku ksoku or ‘black rules,’ stretch back to the 1870s.
They were rigorous at first, but as time passed, they began to relax. They still want to make sure that everyone is the same.
Parents and students urged the Japanese government in June to amend school advice across the country, but few schools have seen any changes.
‘Many schools ignore notices that aren’t legally binding or that don’t have penalties,’ Motoki said.
However, after students objected, Hosoyamada Junior High School in Kagoshima now allows students to wear black, gray, or navy blue underpants.
Ponytails, on the other hand, are still prohibited.


A 53-year-old Sun Valley woman, serving a prison sentence in Boise for a second Blaine County felony conviction for driving under the influence, died early Thursday morning last week after committing suicide in her prison cell.
The Ada County Coroner’s Office confirmed on Monday that Darcie Olsen died of “asphyxiation by hanging.”
Olsen’s death was investigated by the Ada County Sheriff’s Office. Sheriff’s spokeswoman Andrea Dearden said Monday that the investigation confirmed the corner’s ruling.
“There will always be a review to make sure that nothing happened criminally,” Dearden said. “There’s nothing to indicate any criminal activity.”
The Associated Press reported that Olsen was found unconscious in her cell at the South Boise Women’s Correctional Center at 12:07 a.m. on Thursday, Feb. 6. Attempts to revive her by resuscitation were unsuccessful and Olsen was pronounced dead at 12:57 a.m.
Idaho Department of Correction spokesman Jeff Ray said Monday that Olsen was “found hanging from a bunk.” Neither Ray nor Dearden could say what Olsen used to hang herself.
Ray said suicide is not common at IDOC facilities.
“It’s rare,” he said. “It seems like we have one or two a year.”
The South Boise Women’s Correctional Center, with a capacity for 284 inmates, is a treatment and transition facility for minimum-security offenders.
Olsen was sentenced to nearly seven years in prison in April of 2013 in Blaine County 5th District Court. Judge Robert J. Elgee ordered then that Olsen serve at least 22 months before parole eligibility. She was given credit for 252 days already spent in jail.
The conviction stemmed from an accident in Sun Valley on Aug. 14, 2012, when Olsen crashed her vehicle through a fence at the intersection of Moritz Road and Trail Creek Road.
She was also convicted of felony DUI in Blaine County in 2010 and sentenced to 90 days in jail. According to court records, she had misdemeanor DUI convictions in Blaine County in 2005 and 2007. Court records further state that Olsen had at least two other earlier DUI convictions in other states.
At sentencing last April, defense attorney Andrew Parnes said that Olsen “suffers from a serious mental disorder” but that “she understands she needs to change her life.” Parnes requested then that Olsen be placed in an extensive in-patient treatment program rather than be sentenced to prison.
However, Elgee noted that Olsen had been through treatment programs before.
“Nothing works—that’s the bottom line here—nothing works,” Elgee said then. “It’s the repeated, repeated, repeated driving of a car. She’s had multiple chances, but she keeps coming back again and again and again.”


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The referendum on banning food imports from five prefectures in Japan demonstrated again that oversimplifying terms is an effective tool to sway public opinion or mislead people. The so-called “1992 consensus” has received renewed attention over the past few weeks and the public should be careful not to fall for the same trick.
After the passage last month of a referendum calling for the retention of a ban on some Japanese food imports imposed after the 2011 Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear disaster, some wondered why the public made what they believed was an irrational decision.
Of several factors, one is particularly alarming: the use of an abbreviated term that comes with a negative connotation to refer to food imports. Politicians and media outlets with a political agenda simply referred to imports from the prefectures as heshi (核食, “nuclear food”) in a clear attempt to mislead voters into thinking that they were endorsing a ban on food products contaminated with radioactive materials.
In reality, the measure is a blanket ban that prohibits any targeted product from the areas from entering Taiwan, regardless of whether it is tainted. People were already dealing with an overload of information, so Japanese food became stigmatized as “nuclear food.”
The case of the “1992 consensus” is similar. Although the “consensus” has been thrown around a lot by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) and the Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT), it is seldom explained in detail, making it difficult for the public to understand its real meaning.
The Mainland Affairs Council, the top government body in charge of cross-strait affairs, has published several surveys that illustrate the problem.
About 30 to 50 percent of respondents in one survey mistakenly said they believed that the “1992 consensus” means that the People’s Republic of China (PRC) and the Republic of China (ROC) are two governments belonging to two different countries, the council said.
The large number of Taiwanese who do not understand the “consensus” correctly could spell trouble for the ruling Democratic Progressive Party (DPP), because in the eyes of the public it would be unthinkable for the government to reject such a seemingly logical agreement at the expense of cross-strait stability and the economic benefits that come with it.
It is also unclear whether people who say they support the “consensus” understand that they are supporting the idea that both sides of the Taiwan Strait belong to “one China.”
A lack of understanding of the “1992 consensus” makes the public an easy target for political manipulation: People could easily be tricked into making ill-informed decisions that carry dire political consequences they are not aware of, such as leaving Taiwan economically vulnerable to unification.
A clear example of this is a poll published by the China-leaning Want Want China Times Media Group on the eve of the inauguration on Tuesday of Kaohsiung Mayor Han Kuo-yu (韓國瑜) and Taichung Mayor Lu Shiow-yen (盧秀燕) of the KMT — both of whom have publicly endorsed the “1992 consensus” hoping to foster closer cross-strait exchanges.
The poll said that 61.1 percent of respondents supported the development of cross-strait ties on the basis of the “1992 consensus.” It also quoted a hotel association as saying that it welcomed the “1992 consensus” if it could help bring in tourists and money.
The DPP should pay attention to this dangerous tactic employed by CCP sympathizers. It should also do a better job of ensuring that the public understands the actual meaning of controversial political ideas, such as the “1992 consensus” and “both sides of the Strait are one family,” rather than being misled by pro-unification forces.
French firm DCI-DESCO in April won a bid to upgrade Taiwan’s Lafayette frigates, which has strained ties between China and France. In 1991, France sold Taiwan six Lafayette frigates and in 1992 sold it 60 Mirage 2000 fighter jets. To prevent arms sales between the nations, China negotiated an agreement with France and in 1994 in a joint statement, France promised that there would be no future arms sales to Taiwan. From China’s point of view, the DCI-DESCO deal constitutes a breach of the agreement, but the French stance is that it is not selling Taiwan new weapons, but instead providing a
President Tsai Ing-wen (蔡英文) in her inaugural address on May 20 firmly said: “We will not accept the Beijing authorities’ use of ‘one country, two systems’ to downgrade Taiwan and undermine the cross-strait status quo.” The Chinese government was not too happy, and later that day, an opinion piece on the Web site of China’s state broadcaster China Central Television said: “While Tsai’s first inaugural address four years ago was read by Beijing as an ‘unfinished answer sheet,’ the one she presented this time was even more below-par.” Speaking to the China Review News Agency, Shanghai Institutes for International Studies vice president
The COVID-19 pandemic continues to wreak havoc worldwide. Despite countries being under pressure economically and from the novel coronavirus, China’s National People’s Congress last month passed national security legislation for Hong Kong, a decision that has shocked the world. Let there be no doubt: This move is the beginning of the end of China’s plans for “one country, two systems” in Hong Kong and Taiwan. Proposed amendments to extradition laws last year ignited massive protests in Hong Kong, with millions of participants, shocking the world and making confrontation between government forces and those who opposed the change a permanent part of Hong
Protecting domestic workers Ms Heidi Chang’s (張姮燕) article (“Employers need protections too,” May 24, page 6) made the case that “migrant workers’” rights had improved in Taiwan, but employers’ rights had not, going so far as to complain that all employers are treated equally under the law — as though this was not how the law was supposed to work. The truth is that the rights of foreign blue-collar workers have still not caught up with the rights their employers have always enjoyed. This segment of the foreign community in Taiwan is more likely than other groups to encounter abuse. Recently, a care


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Conyers advises Aircastle on issuance of shares to Marubeni Corporation
Conyers Dill & Pearman has advised Aircastle on its issuance to Marubeni Corporation of 12,320,000 common shares of Aircastle, representing 15.25 per cent of Aircastle’s issued and outstanding common shares, after giving effect to the issuance, at a price of $17 (£11) per share, for gross proceeds of approximately $209m.
The transaction closed on 12 July 2013.
Aircastle acquires, leases and sells high-utility commercial jet aircraft to airlines throughout the world. As of 31 March 2013, its aircraft portfolio consisted of 158 aircraft leased to 66 lessees located in 36 countries.
Conyers’ Jason Piney from the firm’s Bermuda office advised on the transaction, working alongside Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom. Clifford Chance (New York) acted for Marubeni.
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International co-operation in cross-border insolvencies: smoothing the path for foreign liquidators in Hong Kong
A decision of the High Court of the Hong Kong SAR should make the task of liquidators of BVI, Cayman and other foreign companies more straightforward in the region.
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Book Volume 9
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Author: Mahesh N. Samtani*, Amarnath Sharma and Partha Nandy
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Antimicrobial drug development over the last two decades suggests that the choice of dose and dosing regimen can be selected at a very early stage. This is achieved by optimizing several key factors that are properties of the drug, the bug, and the host species. Drug exposure metrics, relative to the potency of the drug, are computed during the early stages of anti-infective drug development. These metrics serve as predictors of efficacy in the animal models of infection. Drug exposure relative to its potency can be expressed using a few metrics such as AUC/MIC, T>MIC, or Cmax/MIC. The class of drugs that the anti-infective belongs to often determines the optimal choice of the metric for a given anti-microbial (and is empirically chosen based on pre-clinical data). There are various anti-microbial drug classes available on the market. Despite a large number of drug classes, there is reasonable consensus that the PK/PD target, i.e. metric of relative drug exposure described above, obtained from in vitro and animal experiments can predict the efficacy of specific drugs in humans. The steps involved in the derivation of this crucial PK/PD metric and dosing regimen in humans are as follows: (a) First, the metric is chosen and then the magnitude of the metric is computed using in vitro and animal PK/PD experiments; (b) Next, drug properties such as plasma protein binding are included as correction factors for the PK/PD target; (c) Finally, the non-clinical information is combined with early clinical pharmacokinetic data to estimate which dosing regimen has the greatest probability of attaining the PK/PD metric. This methodology of computing the dosing regimen and estimating the probability of successful target attainment accounts for two key sources of variability. These are between-patient variation in clinical pharmacokinetics and the gamut of MIC values that reflect the susceptibility of pathogens to the anti-microbial drug. These sources of variability are incorporated by running Monte Carlo simulations that are populationbased in nature i.e. they account for variability in both the pathogen and the host. These sophisticated simulations answer the critical question around the rate of target attainment for dosing regimens of the new antibiotic drug. In summary, combining invitro data, animal PK/PD, early clinical pharmacokinetics, and Monte Carlo simulations expedites decision making in antimicrobial drug development. These efficiencies can lead to earlier and faster entry into full development for anti-microbials and aid optimal choice of dose regimen for phase 2/3 studies.
Post-Translational Modifications: Host Defence Mechanism, Pathogenic Weapon, and Emerged Target of Anti-Infective Drugs
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Post-translational modifications are changes introduced to proteins after their translation. They are the means to generate molecular diversity, expand protein function, control catalytic activity and trigger quick responses to a wide range of stimuli. Moreover, they regulate numerous biological processes, including pathogen invasion and host defence mechanisms. It is well established that bacteria and viruses utilize post-translational modifications on their own or their host’s proteins to advance their pathogenicity. Doing so, they evade immune responses, target signaling pathways and manipulate host cytoskeleton to achieve survival, replication and propagation. Many bacterial species secrete virulence factors into the host and mediate hostpathogen interactions by inducing post-translational modifications that subvert fundamental cellular processes. Viral pathogens also utilize post translational modifications in order to overcome the host defence mechanisms and hijack its cellular machinery for their replication and propagation. For example, many coronavirus proteins are modified to achieve host invasion, evasion of immune responses and utilization of the host translational machinery. PTMs are also considered potential targets for the development of novel therapeutics from natural products with antibiotic properties, like lasso peptides and lantibiotics. The last decade, significant progress was made in understanding the mechanisms that govern PTMs and mediate regulation of protein structure and function. This urges the identification of relevant molecular targets, the design of specific drugs and the discovery of PTM-based medicine. Therefore, PTMs emerge as a highly promising field for the investigation and discovery of new therapeutics for many infectious diseases.
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Antimicrobial resistance of Gram-negative bacteria is a major concern, and no new classes of antibiotics that are effective against this type of bacteria have been discovered since the 1960s. During the last decades, multiple approaches have been developed to combat such bacterial resistance. However, the combination of antibiotic resistance mechanisms by bacteria and the limited number of effective antibiotics available, decreases the number of interventions for the treatment of current bacterial infections. The solution to emerging antibiotic resistance will likely involve new therapies or new classes of antibacterial agents. For a few years now, there was a real interest in the design and synthesis of hydrazones possessing an azometine -NHN=CHproton and constituting an important class of compounds for new drugs development as anticonvulsants, antidepressants, antitumoral agents. In this context, the design and antimicrobial evaluation of hydrazone derivatives have constituted one of the new strategies developed to fight bacterial resistance. As pointed out, the range of biological activities is very broad, and this review will deal exclusively with the synthesis and use of hydrazones as antimicrobial agents and will not cover the other biological properties already well depicted in literature. Thus, we will report herein the scope and limitation of such an approach providing numerous examples demonstrating structure-activity relationships and potent interesting antimicrobial activities against both fungi, Grampositive and/or Gram-negative bacteria.
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Leishmaniasis is a neglected tropical disease caused by a protozoan parasite of the genus Leishmania, mainly associated with the lack of community hygiene and poverty in the developing countries. Leishmaniasis can be cured but the emergence of drug resistance makes it difficult to completely eradicate the disease. Even after so many years, there is still no vaccine available against leishmaniasis. Therefore, treatment of the disease is mainly dependent on the available therapeutic drugs. However, the current chemotherapeutic drugs have several drawbacks such as high toxicity, less efficacy, high cost and emergence of drug resistance, etc. So, to boost the elimination of disease, development of newer therapeutic agents is imperative. As all this is very well-known, including the current anti-leishmanial drugs with their adverse effects, the authors state that the main objective of this book chapter is to present an overview of the disease, its different clinical forms and the diagnostic tools available for the detection of the disease. Natural sources such as plants and microorganisms have shown great results against Leishmania species over the years, indicating that they may be considered as therapeutic agents. Hereafter, potent investigational drugs obtained from the natural sources such as medicinal plants and microorganisms are also discussed in this book chapter.
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Dengue is the most significant arthropod-borne viral infection of humans. More than 3.8 billion people live in endemic areas. Dengue virus infection (DVI) results in more than 500,000 hospitalizations every year, with increased threats of dengue hemorrhagic fever (DHF) and dengue shock syndrome (DSS) during secondary infections. In spite of the high disease burden of the dengue virus, there are no specific antiviral drugs available, and the approved vaccine is harmful in the naïve population with respect to the initiation of primary dengue infection. Several clinically approved drugs have entered human clinical trials. This review addresses the repurposing drug targets that have been investigated in DHF and DSS patients. Furthermore, their essential antiviral action and specific classes of clinically approved drugs have been clarified. These clinical trials' outcomes can enhance our understanding of the antiviral activities of these repurposing drugs to alleviate the clinical severity of dengue viral infection.
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Author: Atta-ur-Rahman and M. Iqbal Chaudhary
This book series brings updated reviews to readers interested in advances in the development of anti-infective drug design and discovery. The scope of the book series covers a range of topics including rational drug design and drug discovery, medicinal chemistry, in-silico drug design, combinatorial chemistry, high-throughput screening, drug targets, recent important patents, and structure-activity relationships. Frontiers in Anti-Infective Drug Discovery is a valuable resource for pharmaceutical scientists and post-graduate students seeking updated and critically important information for developing clinical trials and devising research plans in this field. The ninth volume of this series features 5 reviews that cover some aspects of clinical and pre-clinical antimicrobial drug development, with 2 chapters focusing on drugs to treat leishmaniasis and dengue fever, respectively. - Use of preclinical and early clinical data for accelerating antimicrobial drug development - Post-translational modifications: host defence mechanism, pathogenic weapon, and emerged target of anti-infective drugs - Scope and limitations on the potent antimicrobial activities of hydrazone derivatives - Current scenario of anti-leishmanial drugs and treatment - Dengue hemorrhagic fever: the potential repurposing drugs

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For industrial applications and future space vehicles, improving functions and reducing weights and sizes are crucial challenges. One difficulty is the shrinking of motors; when scaled down to sizes of a few millimeters or less, the effectiveness of routinely used electromagnetic coil-based motors drops substantially. However, recent advances in piezoelectric ultrasonic motors (USMs) may help bridge this technological divide. When high speed and great accuracy are equally crucial in a motion application, piezoelectric USMs provide significant benefits. They are also ideal for applications where size and weight are critical factors, such as in drones or other unmanned aerial vehicles. Additionally, their high efficiency also results in lower energy consumption and reduced operating costs.
What are USMs?
In 1965, V.V Lavrinko created the first practical USM. In standard motors, the electromagnetic field provides the driving force, which is common knowledge. In USMs, however, the ultrasonic frequency range (20 kHz to 10 MHz) that is inaudible to human ears is used by the piezoelectric effect to power the motors. Therefore, we refer to it as piezoelectric USM technology. USMs are equipped with ultrasonic technology and run on the ultrasonic vibration power of a component. The theory behind piezoelectric USMs is the "converse piezoelectric effect," which states that applying an electrical field to piezoelectric materials causes them to vibrate.
How does a piezoelectric USM work?
The motor's vibration is induced into the stator and then used to transmit motion to the rotor and control the amount of friction between the two. The rotor is held in place by a friction liner, while the stator is coated in piezoelectric ceramic. A rotor with a friction liner attached to it makes axial contact with a stator. When current is passed through the stator, a traveling wave is produced on its surface, which in turn spins the rotor. Since the rotor only makes contact with the stator metal at the peaks of the traveling waves, the resulting motion is elliptical, and the rotor spins counterclockwise relative to the direction of the traveling waves. The elliptical motion of the rotor also allows for smooth acceleration and deceleration, making it ideal for use in conveyor systems or other automated machinery.
How do these differ from other motors?
While USMs include a stator and rotor like conventional electromagnetic motors, USMs replace the coil and magnet pairs in the stator with a piezoelectric device connected to the stator for convenience and portability. When a driving voltage is provided at a frequency that is a perfect match for the ultrasonic vibrations of the piezoelectric structure, the stator is subsequently vibrated. Therefore, the mechanical motion and torque result from the frictional contact force between the rotor and stator.
When compared to conventional electromagnetic motors, the USMs' small construction and adaptable design allow for a high torque density (torque/weight ratio). In some cases, they can bypass the need for a gear or gear train altogether by being able to directly drive the payloads. Importantly, thanks to the benefits of piezoelectric materials and the low inertia of rotors, USMs can respond to stimuli in a matter of microseconds. In addition, they can self-lock, have a high holding torque, and regulate motion precisely, making them useful in fields like medicine, manufacturing and quality assurance where a high degree of accuracy is required.
Moreover, USMs are very useful in magnetic resonance imaging since they produce no electromagnetic interference. USMs are the preferred choice for usage in aerospace applications such as space missions since they can be operated in extremely cold or hot environments. In addition to all the above qualities, their noiseless operation makes them ideal for places where noise reduction is a priority.
What are the different types of piezoelectric USMs?
Piezoelectric USM designs may be classified into linear and rotary subsets (type of motion), or standing and traveling wave vibration subsets. However, they are generally categorized into traveling wave and standing wave ultrasonic motors based on the type of wave used to generate motion. The delicate nature of the resonant high-voltage drive, minimal outgassing for space applications, frequency matching between the drive circuit and stator resonances, quality factor of resonance, and the material and geometrical qualities of an appropriate friction pair (to obtain high force and low wear) must be taken into account in all designs. Other factors such as the number of stators and rotors, driving frequency, and power source can also be used for classification.
USMs are equipped with ultrasonic technology and run on the ultrasonic vibration power of a component. The rotor is held in place by a friction liner, while the stator is coated in piezoelectric ceramic. When current is passed through the stator, a traveling wave is produced on its surface, which in turn spins the rotor. USMs can respond to commands in a matter of microseconds, can self-lock, have a high holding torque, and regulate motion precisely, making them useful in fields like medicine, manufacturing and quality assurance where a high degree of accuracy is required.


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Guardian environment correspondent David Adam reveals some shocking environmental news … in his third paragraph:
The UK risks losing its international authority on climate change because of its failure to cut greenhouse gas pollution, according to a leading scientist.
Bob May, president of the Royal Society, said new figures showing that UK emissions of carbon dioxide and other gases which contribute to global warming have risen for the last two years, made it difficult for British politicians to be taken seriously on the issue.
He said: “It is very difficult to criticise other countries such as the United States if we are unable to meet our commitments. Indeed, emissions by the United States have actually declined over the last two years …”
Excuse me? The US has actually become cleaner under the rule of enviro-hater Bush? You’d think—although May also notes that US pollutant outputs are “still some 20% above 1990 levels”—that this might rate more highly as a news story. Then again, Bush apparently reduced industrial pollution by 11% during his governership of Texas, and nobody cared for that news, either …


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Saturday, October 31, 2020
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Thursday, October 29, 2020
Batman Lobo Sketch
Some years back I did a few sketches for Bob Chapman's Batman Art Book. Each print had an image of Lobo in the upper right, then I drew different sketches of Batman in the lower left.
I thought I'd throw a few of them up here.
Wednesday, October 28, 2020
Tuesday, October 27, 2020
Maxx 2021 Calendar
There's a lot of incarnations Maxx has experienced: Comics, Trading Cards, Posters, Trade paper backs, Animates series, but there's one last format that Maxx hasn't experienced yet:
As usual, I was skeptical, but then I figured, what the hey... why not? So here's a way you can sign up for alerts to back a Maxx 2021 Calendar on Kickstarter - HERE.
The good news about KS this sucker is, if there's enough demand for it, cool beans.
If not, we'll take the hint and graciously do something else.
Monday, October 26, 2020
Sunday, October 25, 2020
Maxx-Julie Cover - in 3 Steps
first here is the finished cover,
Next is Julie's done, but before I finished the Maxx,
Saturday, October 24, 2020
Maxx 7, Panel 2.
Friday, October 23, 2020
Thursday, October 22, 2020
Wednesday, October 21, 2020
Classic Maxx Cover
Collaged photos of some gears and other junk from an old magazine.
Not sure it really works, but the Maxx figure sorta makes up for it.
Tuesday, October 20, 2020
3 Halloween Joker Pieces
Monday, October 19, 2020
Sunday, October 18, 2020
Fellow Artist and friend did this ...
Paying respect to an amazing artists who passed this Maxx art along to me -Vassilis Gogtzilas- i can't say enough about this guy, but better yet check out his blog HERE .
Also buy some of his art too, lots of it is way better than mine is.
Seriously. Plug plug plug.
Saturday, October 17, 2020
Friday, October 16, 2020
Finished Maxx Painting ~ DONE ~ !!!
I know I've posted some progress pics of the Air-Whales 'eye' already, but here's the final Three Finished Pics of the 'Maxx half ' of this piece.
Thursday, October 15, 2020
Venom Blank Cover
This one's kinda interesting, this Venom Blank Cover was black instead of white, so I drew Venom on Bristol board, cut him out and attached Venom's head with an acid free fixative adhesive.
If I had to do it all over again, and I probably wouldn't bother, but at least it's got an unusual back story.
Wednesday, October 14, 2020
Tuesday, October 13, 2020
Monday, October 12, 2020
Abstract Chicken's page - 2 Different Views
Sunday, October 11, 2020
Saturday, October 10, 2020
Something New . .
Decided to try another one of these Blank Comic Covers, since I have a few lying around the studio after the Batman-Maxx mini series.
Friday, October 9, 2020
Thursday, October 8, 2020
New Blank Wolvie Cover
Wednesday, October 7, 2020
Tuesday, October 6, 2020
Monday, October 5, 2020
Sunday, October 4, 2020
Batmaxx - Way$hak & Kieth
Saturday, October 3, 2020
Friday, October 2, 2020
Juggernaut Variant Cover From Clover
If you know me, you know how reluctant I am to plug anything, including my own stuff. Some fans just want to check out the blog for free, which is cool.
And some just wanna buy the comics, which is also cool.
A few wanna pop for a pricey limited edition signed comic or art book, which is also cool. Something different for everybody. However, for fans of pricier stuff, if i don't let them *know* it exists on my blog, then it's a lose/lose all around.
Sooo, all that said . . .
Signed and unsigned copies!
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New Look26 Feb 2007
Retailer braced for buyout
Private equity groups Apax and Permira are preparing for a potential Â£2bn (â‚¬2.98bn) sale of New Look, a UK fashion chain, after receiving at least three unsolicited approaches from suitors including Texas Pacific Group, a rival buyout house.
Speculation has been mounting in recent weeks that New Look is being groomed for a stockmarket return later this year, after being taken private three years ago by founder Tom Singh.
However, sources close to the matter said a buyout was now the most likely option amid heated public debate over private equity.
New Look recently hired Ernst & Young, the accountancy firm, to help lay down an international expansion strategy after signing a deal to open 40 stores in the Middle East over the next five years through a franchise agreement. Further stores are planned for France and Belgium.


Kazakhstan asks UN to help investigate deadly clashes
Kazakhstan has asked the UN to help investigate violence that left 16 dead in an oil town last week.
Clashes between striking workers and police in the western town of Zhanaozen last Friday led the government to declare a state of emergency.
The authorities promise a transparent inquiry into the worst violence in the Central Asian country's recent history.
A video posted on YouTube appears to show riot police shooting at protesters and then kicking and beating some of those injured.
Rayhan Demytrie reports.
22 Dec 2011
- From the section Asia


Celebrate Christmas with York Musical Society
Start your festive season with a family-friendly afternoon concert of Christmas music old and new and carols for all to sing. Conductor Caius Lee, with David Pipe on the piano, the York Musical Society chorus and a brass ensemble.
Tickets (unreserved) £10; students & children 12-18 £5; children under 12 free with adult ticket. Available in advance on Eventbrite, or on the door.
The Citadel, Gillygate, York, North Yorkshire YO31 7EA
Sat 10 Dec 2022


ND man pleads not guilty in deaths of 100 cattleA North Dakota man has pleaded not guilty to starving about 100 cattle to death.
By: Forum News Service , Forum News Service
BISMARCK, N.D. — A North Dakota man has pleaded not guilty to starving about 100 cattle to death.
Forty-four-year-old James Schnabel is charged in McIntosh County with four misdemeanor counts of mistreating animals. He could face up to four years in jail if convicted.
Forum News Service reports that court documents indicate Schnabel told authorities stray dogs chased some cattle into a shed in January, leading to trampling and suffocation deaths.
A veterinarian concluded almost all of the dead cattle died of starvation.