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What brings you to Ludlow, California? If you're a history, and a Route 66 buff, you can admire the burned-out shell of the Ludlow Café, and other building from bygone days. Perhaps you're into four wheeling in the Mojave Desert? Or maybe railfanning, BNSF's busy Needles Subdivision? Or if you're like me, maybe you're into fine dining, and reviewing little-known restaurants along the highways and byways of America. Whatever reason brings you to Ludlow, you'll need a place to stay, and the place to stay in Ludlow is the Ludlow Motel. Oh, by the way, it's the only motel in town, and the only motel for 50 miles, in either direction along Interstate 40.
Photo: Taken early on Monday morning, March 16, 2009, there are only three other guests besides myself at the Ludlow Motel. I'm in room #9, at the far left of the building.
Now that you've decided to spend the night in Ludlow, how do you check in to the motel? If you drive up to the office, you'll see that it's quite unused, but a sign directs you to the Chevron gas station across the street, which happens to be historic Route 66. The gas station is open 24/7, so check-in usually isn't a problem, unless the motel is full, which doesn't seem to be very often. To check into the motel, you hike or drive across the street, walk into the Chevron station, and tell the friendly girl at the counter that you want a room. She'll ask for your name and the license on your vehicle -- that's it -- and you can pay by cash or credit, including your Chevron card. After paying for your room, you're handed a key, a real, old-fashioned, brass key, and you're on your way to a blissful night's sleep in Ludlow.
Photo: The Chevron station is located across historic Route 66 from the motel.
I've stayed at the Ludlow Motel several times and each room is the same, as each room features two queen-size beds, a table with two chairs, one of those motel-style combos that combine a dresser, a table and a place to put the television, and a 19" color television that gets about 20 channels via satellite. The air conditioner works quite well, which is very important if you're staying during the scorching Mojave Desert summer. Of course the motel has a phone, but who ever uses a motel phone anymore? Each room is tastefully painted in antique white, and the walls are decorated with cheap, gaudy, pseudo-impressionistic prints that aren't really worth looking at. I especially like the rumpled curtains and the swag lamp, which is soooooooo 1970's! The bathroom is motel-basic, but like the motel room, it's clean, functional, and dare I say... comfortable? The price won't break the bank either, as during my last visit on March 15, 2009, the price was about $55.00, when tax is included. I would definitely say that the Ludlow Motel is a good value.
Photo: Friendly Maria was very happy to check me in, and I take her photo as she runs my credit card.
If you're looking for 5-star dining, a swimming pool, high-speed Internet access, (what Internet access,) room service amenities, a golf course, or a concierge, I'd suggest you look elsewhere. But if you're looking for a good night's sleep, the beds are very comfortable, the pillows feel like the ones at home, and the motel is located far enough away from the interstate and the railroad tracks that you won't even notice any noise. Location! Location! Location... as the motel is less than a 5-minute walk to every business in town, all THREE of them, unless you count the hulks of buildings from the Route 66 days, and earlier times.
Photo: The clean, comfortable, quite spacious, but low-frills room, showing the 1970's era swag lamp, one of the unattractive prints, and the queen size beds in the motel room.
Photo: The Chevron station has an adjacent parking lot that offers plenty of parking for big rigs and motor homes. I guess these guys didn't want to enjoy a night at the motel.
Ludlow Motel is nothing fancy, but you'll enjoy a restful night in a clean comfortable bed, and you'll be able to take in all the nightlife that Ludlow has to offer.
Ludlow Motel
25635 Crucero Rd.
Ludlow, CA 92338


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Free initial consultation, in person, usually taking around 45 minutes.
Single session therapies such as Stop Smoking Therapy and OldPain2Go Pain Elimination have the consultation included the session.
Clients choosing an online program can have their consultation by phone or Skype if they prefer.
A single session taking between 90 minutes and 2 hours. £160.
and the old pain. £160.
Online coaching programs are available with with varying levels of support.
HypnoBand Virtual Gastric Band Therapy.
4 x 1 hour session, plus and additional session for emotional eating.
All other hypnotherapy and psychotherapy sessions.
Block of 4 sessions booked and paid in advance £240.


Digital and traditional art enthusiast. Moderately experienced using Illustrator and Xara Designer. Have an academic background in Digital Media Arts, graphic design and some DTP. Other interest include real ale, curry, fish keeping and anything to do with the natural world.
Beta - 1.7.0.284 The layer blend mode name for grouped shapes has changed from 'Passthrough' to 'Pass Through' which is not a searchable search term.
I'm never quite sure whether to report such minor things or not, particularly as I use 120% Windows scaling. Anyhow... I've noticed two buttons are clipped as shown in the attached screenshot annotated with an arrow (yay!). Both buttons work perfectly ok.
[1.7.0.238] I can't seem to find a way to numerically change the Opacity value for the Fill and Stroke of a Text Frame. I think also the Text Frame colour is showing the 'RGB version' of the colour, when you compare the swatch colours on the left side of each of the opacity sliders.
Only a super-small thing, but within preferences, the drop-down list appears to be in a different order to the displayed icons.
I still experienced the same problem no mater what I did. I've now rebooted computer and returned Affinity Designer to factory defaults by clearing all user settings at start up. Happy to report all is back to normal again.
Sorry for delay in getting back to you. Snapping on/off makes no difference. I'll have another try tomorrow and also test StuartRc's formula to recreate the problem. Thanks.
Hi Gabe, I'll try your installation suggestion. Many thanks.
My workaround is to use Inkscape's Path > Simplify tool. I copy the expanded stroke, paste into Inkscape, apply Simplify, copy and paste back into Designer. The clipboard copying behaves well (on Windows at least) and the result is normally fairly accurate. Of course if you've got a copy of Illustrator handy there's a more sophisticated simplify option available.
Hi Gabe, have uploaded file as requested.
Affinity Designer iPad v1.6.4.45 I've just purchased a set of brushes (Finest Vintage by Artifex Forge) which install and work perfectly on my Windows desktop version but they won't install on my iPad (model A1893). I've tried several times, and have also tried restarting the iPad. When installing everything seems to be going ok, ie from the import brushes option I locate and select the file, it downloads for about 10 seconds, but then it doesn't appear in the list of brush categories. I've also looked for them under the list of pixel persona brushes. The creator of the brushes has kindly sent me a single test brush which does install ok and works fine on the iPad, except when I edit the brush to change its properties, like size variance, the program quits immediately, or if it doesn't do that, it stops the drawing tools from working with any brush until I restart the app. I've seen a few other forum posts relating to brushes not installing on iPads and was wondering if this is a related issue and already awaiting a fix? Thanks.
Hi I believe one of the brushes that J.T could be referring to is 'Etch Single - Short 04' (see screenshot). I've also purchased these brushes and have on the whole been disappointed. I'm new to using brushes and was hoping they would behave like Illustrators vector brushes. They are, as far as I can see, just bitmaps along a vector path. (ie not really scalable vectors). That being the case, I think the problem for me at least, is they are much too low in resolution to be useful for my printed output requirements. In addition to their soft blurriness, I've also experience grey shadowy lines appearing when the size variance and pressure properties are changed (see screenshots, 100% and 300% views).


In most of scenarios we came across sending notification to customer in case any error occur in Oracle Service Bus. In this post I will explain how to configure email in Oracle Service Bus.
· Click on the System Administration link in the left hand navigation in the service bus console.
· Click on Create in the Change Center to create a new session in which you can make changes.
· Click on SMTP Servers link.
Click on Add and enter the details for your SMTP Server.
Port Number - Port of server.
· Select (or create) the project and folder you want to create the email business service in.
From the Create Resource drop down select Business Service.
Select Text as the Request Message Type, leave the Response Message Type as none (sending email is a one-way service) and then click Next.
On the next screen, select the Protocol as email and set the Endpoint URI to be mailto: and click Add.
Click Next, review the summary and then click Save.
Click Activate to enforce these changes to Oracle Service Bus.
Enter a description and click Submit.
(Part-2) contains step by step procedure to send email dynamically.


Google, as promised, responded to concerns over its data collection policy this morning, by announcing a new "opt-out" feature for its location based services. Under the new policy, WiFi operators can remove their home networks from Google's geolocation database by simply adding "_nomap" to the end of their access point's SSID. A network named "Engadget," for example, would be renamed "Engadget_nomap," and dutifully removed from the Google Location Server. In a blog post announcing the change, the company explained that this solution offers "the right balance of simplicity as well as protection against abuse," since it "helps protect against others opting out your access point without your permission." For more details, hit up the source link below, or check out Google's Help Center for more detailed instructions on how to opt out.


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Business, COVID-19, Government, News Releases, Sustainability
Wednesday, April 29th, 2020 By News Release
Farmer Relief Program
HDOA News Release
The Hawaii Department of Agriculture (HDOA) mailed out the first batch of checks under the COVID-19 Emergency Farmer Relief Program last week. Four Molokai grants are among the recipients. HDOA received 333 applications for the grants and was able to award 106 proposals that ranged from $2,000 for individual farmers and ranchers and up to $10,000 for nonprofit organizations, commodity groups, and agricultural associations that have experienced financial damage due to the COVID-19 emergency.
The total funding for the program was $250,000 which was drawn from the State's barrel tax fund (Agriculture Development and Food Security Special Fund) and made available through Gov. David Ige's March 4 emergency proclamation. The Ulupono Foundation contributed an additional $20,000 to specifically assist local pork producers with feed costs, as they no longer can rely on food scraps from closed restaurants. Unfortunately, the limited funds could only fund fewer than one third of all the requests.
HDOA awarded 86 individual farmers and ranchers $2,000 each for a total of $172,000. Thirteen nonprofit agricultural organizations were awarded a total of $76,000 (ranging from $4,000 to $10,000). Relief funds may be used to help utilize an oversupply of agricultural products resulting from the decreased demand due to closures of restaurants, schools and other businesses.
Applications received by the March 27 deadline totaled more than $1.2 million dollars. Priority was given to proposals that demonstrated significant financial damage caused specifically by or exacerbated by the COVID-19 situation that poses a serious threat of permanently shutting down the applicant's agricultural operations. Checks were fast-tracked with about three weeks turnaround to get the funds out as soon as possible.
To provide further financial assistance to agricultural producers, HDOA's Agricultural Loan Division is also administering the Emergency Agricultural Loan Program, which provides low-interest emergency loans.Eligible farmers may apply for emergency loans of up to $150,000 at 3 percent interest. Loans of $100,000 or less will not require credit denials from other financial institutions, which would normally be required for agricultural loans. The board also waived the three-year residency requirements normally required for agricultural loans.
Since the program was approved by the Hawaii Board of Agriculture last week, 96 loan applications have been received statewide.
Besides emergency loans, HDOA also offers micro loans for those needing loans of $25,000 or less. Micro loans involve less paperwork and offer swifter processing.
Farmers interested in applying for emergency or micro loans should contact the HDOA office at (808) 973-9460.
In addition, several farmers with existing agricultural loans are working with HDOA's loan officers to work out payment relief plans.
For more information on agricultural loans, visit hdoa.hawaii.gov/agl/
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Persoon en vernoeming
Hendrik Antoon Lorentz (1853-1928), Nederlands natuurkundige
Naar hem vernoemd:
Lorentzcontractie
Lorentzfactor
Lorentzkracht
Lorentztransformatie
Lorentzsluizen
Lorentz Lyceum (Arnhem), een middelbare school in Arnhem
Lorentz Casimir Lyceum, een middelbare school in Eindhoven
Lorenz Leiden, een multifunctioneel gebouw nabij station Leiden

Hendrikus Albertus Lorentz (1871-1944), Nederlandse expeditieleider en diplomaat
Naar hem vernoemd:
Lorentz (rivier) of Unir; een rivier op het eiland Nieuw-Guinea
Nationaal Park Lorentz

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Lorenz, doorverwijspagina

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How Much Does a Childcare Worker Earn?
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By Samantha Ley
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Childcare workers monitor young children and provide them with basic care in a variety of settings. Regulation of childcare workers varies by state and place of employment, but most childcare workers need to have at least a high school diploma, and some may need to have completed relevant postsecondary work, including early childhood education. Childcare workers can earn professional certifications, and may be required to certify in vital skills such as CPR and first aid. The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics estimated the job growth of formally employed childcare workers to be above average from 2010 to 2020, at 20 percent.
National Earnings
According to May 2011 information from the BLS, childcare workers who were not self-employed earned an annual average wage of $21,320, or $10.25 per hour. The middle 50 percent of childcare workers earned between $17,530 and $23,950 per year, and the median salary was $19,430 per year. 631,240 people in the country were employed as child care workers in May 2011, and the BLS estimates that about 30 percent of all workers were self-employed as of May 2010.
Though the highest concentration and levels of employment were found in child daycare services, the top-paying industry for childcare workers was the state government, with an annual wage of $31,960, or $15.37 per hour. Other lucrative industries for childcare workers were specialty hospitals, where they earned $29,210 per year; outpatient care centers, where they earned $28,900 per year; museums, and historical sites, where earnings were $27,930 per year; and psychiatric and substance abuse hospitals, where they took in $27,620 per year.
Earnings by State
Childcare workers who were not self-employed earned the most in the District of Columbia, where yearly wages were $28,640, on average. Other high-earning states included Massachusetts, with an average salary of $26,200; California, with earnings of $24,590 per year; Alaska, with an average yearly salary of $24,480; and Colorado, where childcare workers made $24,470 per year, on average.
Earnings by Metro Area
The metropolitan area of the country where childcare workers earned the most was San Francisco, where average earnings were $29,930 per year. The Boston area was also in the top ten most lucrative metro areas, with an average salary of $28,110 per year, as was Denver, where childcare workers earned $26,100 per year on average. The only metropolitan region among the top ten highest-paying areas that was not part of one of the highest-paying states was the Nassau-Suffolk region of New York, where childcare workers took in $26,510 annually, on average.
2016 Salary Information for Childcare Workers
Childcare workers earned a median annual salary of $21,170 in 2016, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. On the low end, childcare workers earned a 25th percentile salary of $18,680, meaning 75 percent earned more than this amount. The 75th percentile salary is $25,490, meaning 25 percent earn more. In 2016, 1,216,600 people were employed in the U.S. as childcare workers.
The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics: Child Care Workers
The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics: Child Care Workers, Occupational Employment and Wages, May 2011
U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics: Occupational Outlook Handbook: Childcare Workers
Career Trend: Childcare Workers
Council for Professional Recognition: About the CDA
Samantha Ley writes career and education articles for various online publications. She also works in social media management and creates test materials and other educational content for various companies. Ley holds a B.A. in English and Spanish from Kenyon College and an M.Ed. from the University of Virginia.
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If you're a business owner and you're thinking about selling your company, you might be considering doing this through a merger or acquisition. However, the prospect of handing over your business can be daunting. After all, it's one of the biggest financial decisions you will make, so it's important to get it right.
Like many business owners, you might be unsure about mergers and acquisitions, meaning it's hard to tell whether they're the right choice for you. Luckily, help is at hand. We've put together a comprehensive guide to provide you with some useful information and ensure you make an informed decision.
Mergers and acquisitions are words used to refer to the consolidation of businesses. Companies often merge with or acquire other businesses if they are seeking to expand into new markets, gain a competitive edge or acquire new products, services, skills and expertise.
The terms merger and acquisition are often used interchangeably, but they have slightly different meanings. Put simply, an acquisition is when a company takes over another business, whereas a merger is when two companies join together to form a new organisation. In both of these situations, the underlying premise is that organisations acquiring other businesses or merging with them can become stronger and more valuable when combined. Larger companies will often buy smaller companies to become more competitive and cost-efficient, while smaller firms will allow themselves to be bought if they are struggling to survive alone or their owners or shareholders think it is in their financial interests to take this step.
In mergers and acquisitions, buyers can be strategically and/or financially motivated. Strategic buyers are often direct competitors or businesses operating in similar sectors. Financial acquirers, such as private equity firms, are looking to own the target company but not operate it.
Acquisition: An acquisition is when a buyer takes over a company, including its operations and brand. This usually involves a larger business obtaining the majority stake in a smaller company. In many cases, acquirers buy the shares of a business and carry on trading under the original name.
Merger: Mergers involve the joining together of two or more companies. Often they occur between businesses of a similar size and type and, in these cases, they can be referred to as a 'merger of equals'. Usually, the combined company has a new management structure and adopts a new name. If the organisations involved were competitors, the merger is known as horizontal integration, whereas if one was a supplier or customer of the other, it's referred to as vertical integration.
Conglomeration: A conglomerate transaction involves the coming together of companies that operate in different industries and have no similar business activities.
Tender offers: When a tender offer happens, a business offers to purchase some or all of the stock at a set price from shareholders in an organisation. Some tender offers result in mergers.
Purchase of assets: The acquisition of assets is when firms bid for the assets of another company after approval from its shareholders. This often happens during liquidation proceedings.
Management buyouts: A management acquisition, or management-led buyout (MBO), is when a company's existing executives purchase part of or all of the business they work for.
The mergers and acquisitions process can be complex and time-consuming, taking anywhere from several months to several years to complete. As such, many business owners and shareholders seek assistance from professional advisors to help them negotiate and complete the deal.
For those looking to sell, the first step in the process is identifying the right candidate by compiling a list of suitable companies. The most effective and efficient way to do this is to use a professional advisor, as they have access to a wide range of potential buyers and can create a competitive bidding process to get the best deal and price. Once you've identified possible acquirers, you'll need to pitch to them by providing further information about your organisation.
At this stage, it's a good idea to sign a non-disclosure agreement (NDA) to keep any shared information confidential and therefore to safeguard your company in case the deal falls through. A buyer will then send an 'indication of 'interest' (IOI), followed by a 'letter of intent' (LOI) with an offer. Next comes the due diligence process, whereby the buyer analyses the seller's firm, including its records, books, premises and inventory. As long as there aren't any problems, both parties sign the purchase agreement and close the deal.
Before going ahead with a transaction, it's important to consider mergers and acquisitions pros and cons. One of the main benefits is that a combined company has more value than an individual company. For buyers, the acquisition process is a quick way to grow a business, increase its market share and gain access to new products, technology, customers and clients. It also allows buyers to gain resources and intellectual property that their companies lack. Acquiring new products and services can be more cost-efficient than developing them internally. For sellers, the benefits can include turning the value of a business into liquidity and no longer facing the risks associated with running a company.
From an operational point of view, there is also the significant cost advantages associated with larger companies to consider, including economies of scale in terms of production and purchase, as well as a company's ability to raise capital. Through shared resources, overheads can also be reduced.
There are several reasons why mergers and acquisitions fail on some occasions, whether it's problems to do with the process itself or unforeseen circumstances. One common cause for concern is that these deals can lead to uncertainty among employees and there is always the chance of job losses. Another risk is integration issues between the firms involved. For example, it may be that there's a clash of cultures between the companies.
There are also complexities associated with structuring these deals. A range of factors must be considered, including accounting issues, taxes, competition law and financing.
Acquisitions and mergers that are done without the aid of professional advisors can also bring about problems. A business owner who has no experience in mergers and acquisitions strategy and chooses to go it alone may struggle to achieve the results they want, whether they are looking for acquirers or searching for target companies. A failed acquisition or merger can mean that an otherwise robust company is left facing a variety of difficulties.
Have you checked your financial status? If you're looking for target businesses, conduct a thorough financial check to determine whether you have the necessary money and liquidity to carry out a transaction successfully.
Have you analysed your business? Examine your firm's strengths, weaknesses and growth opportunities to decide whether it's ready for expansion. Consider whether it's in the best interests of your company and whether it will allow you to make improvements and cost savings.
Have you considered external factors? Analyse the economy and market and consider how this will effect your plans for a transaction.
Do you have the right transaction team? Having an experienced team to assess and process the deal and forecast its results is crucial to ensure a smooth, successful transaction and integration. The team can include shareholders and professional advisors and lawyers.
Have you chosen your strategy? Analysing your current position and future aims can help you choose the right strategy and justify the transaction.
Are the companies involved a good fit? When looking for an acquirer or target firm, carefully consider businesses' markets, products, customers, company cultures and management structures to ensure you're compatible.
Have you assessed the target company's financial status? If you're acquiring a company, it's important to do a detailed assessment of its financial strength, taking into account everything from its assets and revenue to its liabilities and financial projections.
BCMS is a specialist mergers and acquisitions advisor to shareholders and business owners who are looking to sell or merge their company. With over 25 years in the industry, our tried and tested approach has lead to hundreds of successful deal completions in a variety of industries.
Our team of dedicated advisors can help you research and contact potential partners, create a competitive bidding process, provide a detailed financial analysis and prepare key documents and contracts. In fact, we offer our expert advice every step of the process to ensure you get the best possible deal for you and your firm. If you want to find out more about mergers and acquisitions in the UK and how our mergers and acquisitions services could help you, contact us today or visit our events page.


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The primary benefit content marketing delivers for your business is to generate valuable inbound traffic to your blog, website, landing pages or specific pages you want targeted audiences to go to.
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Viking Soul Food is a food cart located in the Green Castle food pod off NE 19th and Everett.
Here, the main item sold is a "lefse," a traditional soft Norwegian flatbread that resembles a crepe. Sure, it may look like a thin tortilla in some of the photos, but it's definitely not a tortilla. Generally, lefse is made from potatoes, milk, cream, and flour, although lard may also be used. Viking Soul Food use traditional methods when making their lefse, right down to the tools being used. Gotta love that!
Looking for a traditional, lighter introduction to Norwegian cooking, I tried their #4: a sweet lefse with Lingonberry preserves and house-made cream cheese ($3.50). Lingonberries are basically a Scandinavian version of cranberries. Viking Soul Food gets their lingonberries from a local supplier in Oregon.
The lefse itself was a perfect thinness, not too thick (so it's no longer a lefse) and not too thin (so it holds the filling in place). The lingonberry preserves retained just a bit of tartness, and kudos to Viking Soul Food for a stunning cream cheese. Very creamy and very light. The bit of sweetness in the lingonberries and perhaps the cream cheese was ideal.
This was really one of those three-bite meals for me, so perhaps it was not necessarily worth $3.50 in that sense. But I could have gotten two sweet lefses for $6, which would be a pretty good deal.
As a note, if you're more of a savory lefse person, their savory lefse of pork/beef meatballs, Norwegian cheese sauce, and sweet/sour pickled cabbage is their other real traditional dish. Check that out as well!
Viking Soul Food brings simple, traditional, and tasty Norwegian flare to Portland! Check them out as soon as you can!


i work in a lab that has mostly specialized in biologically inert non-fouling surfaces. basically, implants that don't need a workover every handful of years, and no need for blood thinners... i'm talking no rejection implants.
silicone is only good for some things and PEG/etc is no good, we all know that.
implants of any decent size usually require these things (cleaning / thinners) due to platelet / stuff attachment to their surfaces as the body tires to de-integrate with them.
Several of us here are interested in better bioproofing methods for implants, especially those that can be applied outside a fully equipped lab. Please post your ideas here about what's available yet within the skillset of an amateur.
Anything requiring greater process control than this would probably need to be jobbed out to a facility that applies such coatings. If you know of any grinder friendly facilities willing to do this for a reasonable price, please pass the word on about that too.
most implants work best if the polymer coating is grafted on instead of spray coated on. this means that the surface of the object is functionalized so that molecular structures can be grown right onto the surface.
however, i do know someone who is working on creating a spray coating that can be applied with an airbrush and works better (and is safer) than PEG. this may be a bit more in line with what people are looking for. it's... never been tested inside people though. rats and oceans only so far (the ocean being a highly organic filled saline environment, like our bodies). it's only been applied to flat surfaces. i could talk talk with him about coating something with edges.
any suggestions on things to try coating?
@glims: Coat some small electronics, a lot of people here (myself included) are pretty interested in the idea of having implanted bluetooth, wifi, etc.
Bonus points galore if you can find, and coat, a bluetooth headset (or other small audio receiver) that also has built-in wireless/inductive charging. That would be a godsend to the community.
we'll start w/ some random electronics just as proof of concept. if it can coat calculator guts then it can coat any analogous surface.
i found an inductive wireless charge receiver patch for about 10 bucks. if anyone wants to strip down a bluetooth device, attach the patch and then have it "goo'd", i'm down. lets go with the proof of concept first tho and just glom some random bits.
i'd advise against randomly coating electronics and implanting them. most devices are not designed to be implanted. starting from the power consumtion, over safety aspects up to reliability problems and buildin breakpoints.
for testing out the efficiency of coatings i'd suggest using a dummy which also allows you to test the coating itself. like having a non toxic plate with markers for humidity on it.
you know, i was thinking about this. i think the first step would be just to encase the entire thing in silicon,cause yeah, many breaky bits.
i'm pretty comfortable with the efficiency of the coating. the paper is in review right now. it's more of a 'this stuff is really awesome but maybe not approved yet' kind of thing. also, using this coating method on three dimensional objects is untested at this point.
for coating. with the current circuit i design i plan to use the PTFE shrinking tubes sold by BOLA. with PTFE end-caps (containing additional stuff like magnetic coupled connectors or electrodes). simple, easy, cheap. a bit restricting when it comes to the cicruit board dimensions but that's not a deal-breaker. only point of failure i see with this approach is the thightness of the end-caps. having a humidity sensor checking the inside of the implant, giving early alarm in case of a leak would be a valid option. another way would be to build a liquid detector right into the end-caps. it's just 2 wires and one resistor. doesn't give the early hints but certainly alarms you when the ptfe-enclosure is defective.
this approach was mostly chosen for the availability of parts, ease of handling and the benefits for prototyping. as the implant will be removed after a certain time of implantation and taken apart for analysis.
guess the ptfe tubes or rods could be coated aswell, for experimentation purpose.
so, in place of inductive charging, wouldn't this be a more viable method, using cellular potential to create electricity?
full paper is in the library now for people who can't access.
I'd highly recommend an encasement of some sort before applying silicon. Small bits will slowly wear their way through the silicon. The encasement needs to be something that will not shatter on impact and careful attention also needs to be given to sheer lines. There are a lot of factors that go into this actually.
This is a lesson learned from lovetron experimentation and the Berkley course on medical implant design. But if we are just doing a test on material compatibility then an empty bic lighter might work.
with inductive charging we can easily get power transmittion in the range of 100mW and more. for the implant in development i target about 50 to 100μW. the inner-ear battery delivers single-digit nW. that would miss the target by a factor of about 100000. besides the inner ear is pretty difficult to access without cutting through a lot of bone , not to mention the posibility to damage it. interesting thing tho if there are more places to get such potential from.
@DirectorX empty bic lighter sounds like a great starting block. i'll get on it.
Actually, I have a paper that Kevin Warwick (the same one from Project Cyborg) co-wrote on the use of inductive charging for the purpose of powering implants. His technique is, obviously, not very different from how inductive charging is normally implemented, but it's nice to have some hard numbers on this application.
@glims well if the power output increases with future development it may be worth a shot. but for now it's of no practical use for grinding. using subdermal solar cells or piezo based harvesting of kinetic energy appear to be a lot more promising.
that reminds me, has anyone considered implanting a piezo system? those crystals are really easy to make, but i have no idea how large they would need to be to make the power you need.
the problem i see with piezos are or physical nature. the power you can harvest from mechanical motion is limited to the force*distance over a certain amount of time. and in case of a piezo, the distances are usually just a few micrometers, or a couple of millimeters at best. so you'd either have to work with high forces (like putting them in your shoes where the entire body serves as force source) or you have to shorten the time span of each load/unload process (or in other words, finding a energy source that emits vibrations at higher frequencies).
since no one is shaking his arms 200 times per second, or even 20k times/s. that's not entirely ruling out piezos as such, but it would require to come up with a design that compensates for those issues.
by increasing the available path a mass can move to several centimeters we'd be able to get away from high frequencies. the basic options would be either a tube with magnets sliding through it and a coil wound around it (like those shake-flashlights). or a magnet that rotates over a ring of coils (very similar to what mechanical self-winding wristwatches do).
the linear version is rather easy to build but in terms of power output i'd go with the rotating version as it picks up a wider range of motions.
construction of such a rotating generator is a lot more complicated and may even require micro-gears. so i'll leave this up to some dedicated precision engineer.
last but not least we have solar panels. if we keep the circuit boards single-sided. we could use the other side to directly mount solar panels to it. there are excellent circuits to help harvesting energy from low-power solar setups. for an implant location that's exposed to daylight/sunlight and rather close to the skin surface that's certainly an option worth trying out.
@ThomasEgi I've been working on the magnet/tube idea since we first discussed it, and I had a question: what do you think of capping the ends of the tube with piezos? Most diy magnetic generators use weaker magnets at the ends to prevent the magnet from smacking the end of the tube, but is there any reason we can't harvest that energy too? My current design uses a 10x5 mm neodym btw.
@Saal seems to be an option. altho that's a pretty harsh mechanical crash you run into there. not sure if that kind of impact and potential lifetime reduction is worth the energy you get out of it.
the design is a difficult question. a tube that runs in parallel with the bones would be probably be suboptimal since (my guess) most motion happens along the "thumbs-up" axis (of the arm/wrist).
getting some data on this would be very useful in optimizing such a generator.
so... to all smartpohne owners out there ( SMARTPHONES REQUESTED): please download some acceleromater logging app, attach the phone to your wrist/upperarm/torso/legs/wherever and log the data (whatever timeframe suits you). also please attach what axis the data correspond to.
i'll try a bit of logging myself with a wii controller i have around. the more data, the better.
I have the "Data Collection" app for iOS, and I'm pretty sure it allows recording/exporting of sensor data. I'll see what I can do at some point today/tomorrow.
it may not be the most scientific way and there may be people claiming there are good and bad ways to get hands on acceleromation data.. but if you ask me.. screw that and hand me the damn tape already.
press 1+2 on the wiimote as prompted on the terminal.
if the battery goes low it'll rumble you aware of it.


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The Victory Snatch
By Pure Film Creative
by Eric J Baker
I'm probably one of those annoying white dudes who believes women and men are equals. You're thinking, "Bro, you only say that shit so you can get with chicks." To that I say: Why not? It works.
Raquel Welch, 1981, by Helmut Newton
Seriously, I do believe women and men are equals, which aggravates a lot of cavemen and prompts some of them to hurl accusations like, "You're just empowering the feminists, man." So imagine my chagrin when, in the season opener of Survivor: One World three weeks ago, the cast members were divided into men's and women's teams and the women turned out to be the least competent bunch of halfwits who ever put on bandanas and stopped bathing for 39 days.
I used to say that if NASA astronauts traveled to an alien planet and wanted our extraterrestrial hosts to truly understand American culture, they should show them The Simpsons. But I've changed my mind. Love it or hate it, Survivor is brilliant at capturing us in a microcosmic setting. The show is a multilayered metaphor for navigating the corporate world, understanding societal conflict wrought by ageism and sexism, managing dysfunctional families, and seeing what happens when people wear the same bikini for a month when eating nothing but rice (it's not pretty). Survivor is also a metaphor for how gross humans look when covered with 1,163 insect-bite sores, minus the metaphor.
Survivor captures the essence of PFC: A shirtless hunk and a petite Asian chick
I wanted the women on One World to perform well so I could say, "See, women can do whatever men can do, right ladies? Now, who wants to go to bed with me?" But no.
These "Salani" tribeswomen got down to the business of forming alliances before they bothered to set up shelter or make fire or find out who was worth having in an alliance. Meanwhile, in a predictable orgy of homoeroticism, the men stripped off their shirts, artificially lowered the pitch of their voices, and started building a camp out of heavy things. About five seconds into the first immunity challenge of episode one, Kourtney, an artsy tattoo chick/social outcast, broke her wrist jumping into a net (for Christ's sake, Kourtney. It's a freaking net. You just have to drop into it) and the women, in essence, defaulted. By the end of the episode, the rest of the girls were at each other's throats.
In episode two, the women lost a balance-beam competition – a balance-beam competition! –to a bunch of muscle-bound jocks, a midget, and a comically prissy gay guy. The production designers practically handed them a guaranteed victory and the women still got creamed. Worse than that, they kept begging the men to give them fire and make a shelter for them and groveled at every opportunity. The men, led by a grating douche named Matt, flexed their pecs and said, "Uh, no."
That night, the women voted off the one who looked worst in a swimsuit. Since I'm so enlightened, I became outraged that they got rid of her and not Kat, the useless, dumb blonde who looks much, much, much better in a bikini. Much better. Mmmmm. Kat.
Kat, not helping.
This hapless band of women was so wretched at all aspects of game play that Survivor host Jeff Probst lost his composure and declared they were the worst tribe in Survivor history. They were letting down the entirety of womankind. Hara Kiri was the only dignified option.
By the grace of God, or the fact that the boys are dumb as bricks (albeit organized, muscular bricks), the girls managed to pull out a minor win this week in a reward challenge memory game. The much needed spark lasted less than a minute, as the reward was a canoe and fishing gear. The women were like, "Oh." Cut to them standing on the beach, looking at the canoe for five seconds, and then walking down to the men's camp to beg for fire for the hundredth time.
At last came the immunity challenge, which required the contestants to navigate an obstacle course, blindfolded, to collect bags of puzzle pieces while a sighted tribe member called out directions. The men were like, "Take three medium paces. Turn 90 degrees to the left. Take five long paces. Reach up to six feet and three inches off the ground. Pull the cord."
Kat is equally useful without the blindfold.
The women were like, "Keep going. Go. Faster. Watch out! Turn! Not that way. Turn the other way. No, the other other way." The poor, blindfolded ladies were led face-first into poles, directed into the woods, and sent toppling over fences in what can only be described as a pathetic slapstick ballet. The men got all five bags of puzzle pieces back to their station while the women were still meandering like drunken bacteria on a giant microscope slide.
The men started building their puzzle. A 3D puzzle. As you probably know, men are typically better than women are at spatial reasoning, which was just proven handily on the obstacle course. About five minutes later, the women finally drifted in with their final puzzle bag, while the men were coasting toward an easy win. The girls handed the jumble of pieces to Sabrina.
Sabrina, heretofore having shown no indication of competiveness or determination in the game (though she's pretty good with the one-liners), is either an idiot savant or called on divine intervention, because she jammed that goddamned puzzle together in about 10 seconds, triumphantly snatching victory from the jaws of defeat. "Yes!" I cheered. The sisters don't quit! Girl power! RRRRROARRRRR!!!
Then I remembered I'm a guy and canned that shit pronto.
Because I feel like it. By the way, I wonder what Tuttle thinks of these fine fashions.
I must come off as a pseudo-enlightened phony sometimes, talking about equality while decorating many of my PFC posts with pictures of sparsely attired sex kittens. But almost as annoying as sexist, arrogant blockheads like the aforementioned Survivor contestant Matt – about whom the tribe spoke at the end of the latest episode, thankfully – are the neo-Phil Donahues who act like one can't be supportive of women and also find them sexually attractive. Somehow, to be turned on by a woman is to degrade her.
I believe women are social equals. Men should not be leading or controlling the discussion about their reproductive rights and practices. If a woman wants to keep her own name and identity upon marriage, she should not be pressured by anyone to compromise. Women can accomplish whatever men can accomplish, though they may go about doing so in a different way, because being equals is not the same thing as being equal.
At the same time, men are visually oriented creatures. We are stimulated by what we see, and to pretend otherwise is artifice. The fact is that we spend a lot of time thinking about getting all up ladies' stuff. I can respect a woman and also find her sexy, can't I? And, as long as I don't make her uncomfortable with inappropriate or unwelcome behavior, I hope this hypothetical woman would consider my all-encompassing admiration to be a compliment.
Really, I don't know why you bitches can't get all that into your tiny brains. Jeez.
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James Tuttle March 4, 20128:03 pm
Thank you, Eric. I couldn't stop laughing at your exquisitely descriptive play-by-play of the blindfold challenge and I'm really not surprised that the women's team couldn't get it together. The reason more people watch The Bachelor than The Bachelorette is because it's more entertaining to watch a bunch of shrews go at each other than a bunch of guys slap each other on the back and say, "It's cool, dude."
As for the band Survivor and their outfits, I think it was probably appropriate at the time, though the striped jacket with the bracelet sleeve looks like this season's Balenciaga. Holy shit, is that a guy?
Pure Film Creative March 4, 20129:48 pm
I agree. We couldn't have posted a more appropriate piece this week with the War on Women brouhaha raging.
ericjbaker March 5, 20125:15 pm
I assume it's a guy, but I confess to never having looked up the musicians' names in that particular pop/rock ensemble. I'll tell you what, though, I'd wear clothes like that if I could have that lead singer's voice. The man had some pipes.
I'm glad you enjoyed the story! Thanks, as always for reading.
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.@ManohlaDargis 2nd para, by "commercial director" do you mean his work is commercial? In the filmed content world, a commercial director generally makes ads. I might be wrong, but Fincher isn't known as a director of commercials. He might not like it.
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NEW BRITAIN, Conn., June 27, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- Stanley Black & Decker (NYSE: SWK) has won four Comparably Awards for Best CEO as rated by female employees, Best CEO as rated by racially diverse employees, Best Leadership Team and Best Company for Professional Development.
"At Stanley Black & Decker, we know that diversity and inclusion are essential for achieving our vision and living our purpose to honor, support and advance those who make the world," said Kim Williams, Director of Diversity & Inclusion for Stanley Black & Decker. "To succeed in this fast-paced, ever-changing environment, we need to attract the most talented people and create an environment where they can thrive – from employees on our manufacturing floor to the C-suite. That's why we are so honored and humbled to be recognized by our own employees for the progress we are making toward being a place where all employees feel welcomed, valued and able to build successful careers."
Stanley Black & Decker has been on a journey to bring diversity and inclusion into its narrative through various strategic initiatives. Thousands of employees are engaged in Employee Resource Groups – cohorts to provide career advancement, engage in networking opportunities and improve inclusion across the business. The company has also participated in the Business Roundtable Diversity & Inclusion Index, where the largest U.S.-based employers are committed to building a more inclusive environment. And President and CEO Jim Loree was among a group of prominent CEOs to sign on to the CEO Action for Diversity & Inclusion.
"Comparably's annual awards are based solely on how employees rate their companies and executives," said Jason Nazar, Comparably CEO. "These outstanding leaders are being recognized for creating workplaces that inspire, encourage and support diverse voices and contributions. A big congratulations to Jim Loree and Stanley Black & Decker."
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Stanley Black & Decker is a $14 billion revenue, purpose-driven industrial organization. Stanley Black & Decker has 61,000 employees in more than 60 countries and operates the world's largest tools and storage business, the world's second-largest commercial electronic security services company, a leading engineered fastening business as well as Oil & Gas and Infrastructure businesses. The company's iconic brands include Black & Decker, Bostitch, CRAFTSMAN, DEWALT, FACOM, Irwin, Lenox, Porter Cable and Stanley. Stanley Black & Decker is a company for the makers and innovators, the craftsmen and the caregivers, and those doing the hard work to make the world a better place. Learn more at www.stanleyblackanddecker.com.
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In the weeks and months before voting in favor of a highly unpopular housing tract, members of the .Orange County board of supervisors and one board candidate accepted thousands of dollars in campaign donations from project backers, according to campaign reports filed with the |Orange County Registrar of Voters and the |California Secretary of State.
Rutter Development Corporation, the applicant for county permission to build the 162-unit Saddle Crest and Saddle Creek projects in Trabuco Canyon, donated $1,000 each to supervisors James Silva and Chris Norby, and $1,000 to then supervisorial candidate Bill Campbell in December 2002 and January 2003, prior to a crucial January 28 vote to approve area plans, rezone the project site, and amend the Foothill Trabuco Specific Plan to relax restrictions on grading and tree preservation. |(Read Rutter's 14-Page Amendment Weakening the Foothill Trabuco Specific Plan.) The contribution to Campbell, heavily favored to win the seat vacated by former third district supervisor Todd Spitzer, was made on December 12, 2002, before the January 28 hearing date had been set. As it turned out, Campbell was elected on January 28 and did not take office until a week later.
Other donors connected with the project kicked in an additional $8,700 prior to the January 2003 vote, including financial backer Kennedy Wilson, engineering firm Hunsaker and Associates, lobbyist Lyle Overby, geotechnical consultant Leighton and Associates, and principals of HDR Engineering, the firm that helped prepare the environmental impact report.
The board did not disappoint Rutter. Although dozens of speakers from all areas of the county urged supervisors to deny the project or delay the vote until a representative from the third district in which the project is located could be seated on the board, the day-long public hearing ended in a 4-0 vote of approval. Fifth district supervisor Tom Wilson, who had accepted a September 18 donation of $1,000 from Kennedy Wilson, told the audience that he, as board chairman, adequately represented the third district, and urged his fellow board members to vote for the project. "Colleagues, I would ask for an 'aye' vote on this item based upon the testimony we've heard today, based upon the research we've all done on this project, and based upon the comments I've just made to assure you and the audience that lack of representation is not a reason to continue this item," Wilson said.
Following the January 28 vote, RCCF along with the Endangered Habitats League, the .Sierra Club, the Sea and Sage Chapter of the Audubon Society, the California Native Plant Society, and the California Oak Foundation challenged the approvals in superior court, alleging violations of state environmental and planning law. (See |Supervisors OK 162 Houses in Unrepresented Trabuco, RCCF Sues.) Despite the lawsuit in progress, Rutter continued processing the project through the county, filing subdivision maps in August 2003. With Campbell now seated on the board, Wilson running for a seat in the state assembly, and the maps scheduled for a November 18, 2003 board vote, a second round of campaign donations occurred, totaling over $6,500, including $1,700 toward Wilson's assembly race.
Supervisors again did not disappoint Rutter. Despite public opposition, the board, this time including Campbell, approved the subdivision maps on a 5-0 vote.
As approved by the board, the Saddle Crest/Creek projects would place suburban tracts along both sides of Live Oak Canyon Road between Cook's Corner and the Harris Grade Summit, and along the north side of Santiago Canyon Road between Cook's Corner and Modjeska Grade Road. Grading to create large flat building pads would bury canyons and cut down ridgelines 50 feet or more, and destroy between 500 and 1,000 mature oak trees, many exceeding five feet in trunk diameter.
The court hearing on RCCF's challenge to the board's approvals of the Saddle Crest/Creek approvals will take place on Friday, April 2, 2004 at 9:30 a.m. in Department CX 103 of the .Orange County Superior Court, Civil Complex Unit, located on the corner of Santa Ana Blvd. and Flower Street in Santa Ana.


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'Cancer patients view radiation therapy wrongly'
Radiation oncologist and director of RST Regional Cancer Hospital Dr Pankaj Chowdhary addressed many of these myths while talking to reporters. The hospital has decided to start a series of talks between oncologists and the public to dispel myths about cancer.
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Nagpur: Thanks to its name and other reasons, people have a lot of wrong ideas about radiation therapy given in cancer. In fact, many people hesitate taking radiation because of such misconceptions. Advances in the field of radiation therapy over the last couple of decades have removed many of the disadvantages that existed earlier.
Radiation oncologist and director of RST Regional Cancer Hospital Dr Pankaj Chowdhary addressed many of these myths while talking to reporters. The hospital has decided to start a series of talks between oncologists and the public to dispel myths about cancer. The first in the series was conducted on Wednesday.
"Even today, when patients are told they required radiation, they ask if there were side-effects of the therapy. Most of them don't know that technology has improved so much that there are no side-effects of the treatment at all. People don't realize that for some types of cancers, radiotherapy is the first choice of treatment," said Dr Chowdhary. In fact, he added, some cancers are cured by radiation alone.
It was not just for treatment that radiation was useful, informed Dr Chowdhary, but "in several cases, the disease has already reached a stage where saving the patient is not a possibility. In such cases, radiotherapy can be used as a palliative therapy. It can help make life of patient less painful or for improving quality of life. However, the patients usually think of radiotherapy as a last resort instead of a full-fledged treatment option."
"The treatment itself has become very precise with a 3-D planning system. This helps to direct radiation to the exact part of body affected by cancer. Machines like CAT scan and MRI help to make the precision of the treatment down to millimeters. It also helps in affecting very little of non-cancerous tissues nearby and saving most of the normal tissue," said Dr Chowdhary. He added that considering these advances, it was sad that there were patients who refused to be administered radiotherapy.
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The Latest: Adrian Peterson hobbles off field in 3rd quarter
PUBLISHED: September 18, 2016 at 1:23 p.m. | UPDATED: May 17, 2018 at 4:59 a.m.
The Latest on Week 2 of the NFL season (all times Eastern):
Minnesota Vikings star running back Adrian Peterson hobbled off the field late in the third quarter with an apparent injury to his right ankle.
Peterson was injured after a 5-yard run. His ankle was rolled up on by a Packers defender during the tackle and Peterson could not put any weight on his right leg as he was helped off the field. After being examined on the sideline, Peterson was helped to the locker room for further tests.
The leading rusher in the NFL a year ago, Peterson has had a difficult start to 2016.
He had 19 carries for 31 yards in the season-opening win at Tennessee and just 19 yards on 12 carries before he was injured against Green Bay.
After leading the Minnesota Vikings on an impressive touchdown drive in the second quarter, quarterback Sam Bradford had to go to the locker room to have his left hand examined.
Bradford could be seen shaking his non-throwing hand in pain for several plays before throwing an 8-yard touchdown pass to Kyle Rudolph that tied the score, 7-7. Backup Shaun Hill, who started the opener while Bradford learned the playbook following his trade from Philadelphia, was warming up on the sideline and ready to come in.
But Bradford was able to get back out in time to start Minnesota's next drive.
For the Packers, defensive tackle LeTroy Guion left the game with a knee injury and is listed as questionable to return.
— Jon Krawczynski, Minneapolis
Sam Bradford is Minnesota's starting quarterback against rival Green Bay.
Vikings coach Mike Zimmer refused to reveal his decision all week. The team didn't even acknowledge Bradford in the lineups that were announced about an hour before the game. Shaun Hill, who started the season opener, was still listed.
Bradford took snaps with the first team in warmups about a half-hour before kickoff, however, and led the Vikings offense onto the field for the first drive.
The Vikings traded two premium draft picks, including their first-round selection in 2017, to Philadelphia for Bradford after Teddy Bridgewater suffered a season-ending injury to his left knee on Aug. 30. Bradford is the 13th different starting quarterback the Vikings have sent out since Adrian Peterson was a rookie in 2007.
— Dave Campbell in Minneapolis.
Everyone in the NFC West is tied for first.
And last, too.
Sunday's results — Seattle's loss in Los Angeles, Arizona's romp over Tampa Bay and San Francisco's defeat at Carolina — left the entire division with 1-1 records.
A similar anomaly nearly happened in the AFC West as well, but Denver (2-0) pulled away in the final 2 minutes to finish off a win over Indianapolis. Had the Broncos lost that game, they would have also been knotted with Oakland, Kansas City and San Diego at 1-1.
NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell says he is encouraged by the direction players are taking the demonstrations related to the national anthem.
Goodell spoke before the Minnesota Vikings hosted the Green Bay Packers on Sunday night. He says "I truly respect our players wanting to speak out and change their community. We don't live in a perfect society. We want them to use their voice. And they're moving from protest to progress and trying to make things happen in communities."
He says he admires the players' willingness to stand up for perceived injustices and believes they understand that it is important to respect differences of opinion "our flag and our country." But Goodell says he has yet to speak with 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick, who sparked the demonstrations across the league.
"I think where they're moving and how they're moving there is very productive and we're going to encourage that," he said.
Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones says injured quarterback Tony Romo "looked good" during an examination by team doctors before Sunday's 27-23 victory at the Washington Redskins.
The 36-year-old Romo is sidelined after breaking a bone in his back when was tackled awkwardly during an exhibition game — his fourth back injury in less than four years.
Jones called Sunday's check "medical protocol" and Romo's progress will depend on the QB's "own ability to heal."
Only three teams in NFL history have recovered from an 0-2 start and gone on to win a Super Bowl — the Dallas Cowboys (1993 season), the New England Patriots (2001 season) and the New York Giants (2007 season).
New Orleans might not be a Super Bowl team. But the Saints aren't exactly a typical 0-2 team, either.
The Saints lost 16-13 to the Giants on Sunday, a week after dropping their opener to Oakland 35-34. That's two losses by a combined four points to start the season.
Quarterback Drew Brees pointed to a blocked field goal being returned for a touchdown — a 10-point swing, he correctly pointed out — as a big reason why Sunday didn't go the Saints' way.
But Brees also says the Saints were one play away from winning both games so far, and he thinks the season can turn around quickly. "It's a long season … a lot can happen," Brees said.
Jameis Winston might not be the biggest fan of Cardinals right now.
The Tampa Bay quarterback — who played his college football at Florida State — has surely seen enough scoring out of teams with a Cardinal on the side of their helmets this weekend already.
His beloved Seminoles got rolled by the Louisville Cardinals on Saturday, 63-20.
And on Sunday, Winston and the Buccaneers were facing a 24-0 halftime deficit against the Arizona Cardinals.
Cleveland quarterback Josh McCown plans to play next week.
His left shoulder may have other ideas.
McCown couldn't even lift his left arm after Cleveland's 25-20 loss to Baltimore on Sunday. He walked to the trainer's room after his postgame news conference with it pinned against his side.
McCown's eyes were teary as he talked about staying in the game, saying his dad and older brother don't feel great every day when they go to work, either.
San Diego's offense corps may have just taken another hit.
Running back Danny Woodhead — one of the Chargers' best pass-catchers — left in the first quarter of San Diego's game against Jacksonville on Sunday with an apparent right knee injury, and was taken off the sideline on a cart on his way to further evaluation.
Woodhead would not return, the Chargers said.
The Chargers lost Keenan Allen last week, so if Woodhead's injury is ultimately determined to be serious then San Diego would be reeling offensively.
Also, Tampa Bay running back Doug Martin left the Buccaneers' game against Arizona early in the second quarter with a hamstring injury.
The NFL has returned to Los Angeles with a bang.
The Rams and the Seattle Seahawks are underway in the first regular-season game in LA since Dec. 24, 1994.
The football is only part of the action on a sweltering day at the Coliseum, where LeBron James is hobnobbing with owner Stan Kroenke and a litany of entertainment celebrities on the sideline.
The Red Hot Chili Peppers played a high-energy pregame show for the packed stadium, with Rams fanatic Flea leading the way on bass. Anthony Kiedis sported a Jared Goff jersey until he stripped down to football pants to announce the Rams' starting defensive lineup.
After CeeLo Green sang the national anthem, the Rams marched down the field and scored their first points of the season on a field goal by Greg Zuerlein.
True to his word, Brandon Marshall of the Denver Broncos took a knee again Sunday for the national anthem.
Marshall has received plenty of support and criticism over his decision to join San Francisco quarterback Colin Kaepernick and other NFL players in a cry for social change. Marshall even lost some endorsements, but said he would continue his protest.
Marshall also met with Denver police Chief Robert White this past week to discuss his call for better police training and treatment of minorities.
Marshall and Kaepernick were college teammates at Nevada.
Among the anthem reactions at other games that were starting late Sunday:
— San Diego Chargers offensive linemen Joe Barksdale and Chris Hairston held up their right fists during the national anthem before their game against the Jacksonville Jaguars. There was also a malfunction with the giant American flag, which appeared to have a bunch or knot in the middle and the Marines and sailors weren't able to fully unfurl it.
— The Seattle Seahawks again linked arms during the national anthem, while the Rams assumed their usual line of players on the sideline. Defensive lineman Robert Quinn again raised his right fist in the air during the anthem. He was not joined by receiver Kenny Britt, who raised his fist before the Rams' opener.
The early games in Week 2 brought some wild finishes, replete with big rallies and big mistakes, and each of the first seven games to finish were all decided by one touchdown or less.
— Tennessee beat Detroit 16-15, rallying from 15-3 down going into the fourth. Matthew Stafford was intercepted in the final seconds, as the Titans sealed the win.
— Baltimore beat Cleveland 25-20, in one of those proverbial games of runs. Cleveland scored the game's first 20 points. Baltimore then scored the next 25.
— Houston held off Kansas City 19-12, needing to recover an onside kick in the final minute to secure that victory.
— New England topped Miami 31-24, a game where the Patriots lost Jimmy Garoppolo to a shoulder injury and saw the Dolphins score the last three touchdowns. Miami's Ryan Tannehill threw an interception in the end zone in the final seconds.
— Pittsburgh beat Cincinnati 24-16, despite Andy Dalton throwing for 366 yards for the Bengals.
— The New York Giants got past New Orleans 16-13, with Josh Brown's field goal late being the difference there.
— Dallas topped Washington 27-23, needing to survive a last-play toss into the end zone before escaping with that NFC East win.
For only the third time, Ben Roethlisberger is enjoying a three-touchdown day against the Cincinnati Bengals.
Roethlisberger's pass to a wide-open DeAngelo Williams midway through the fourth gave the Steelers a 24-9 lead. It was Roethlisberger's third TD pass of the day — the third time he's reached that many against the Bengals.
His other three-TD days against Cincinnati came in 2005 and 2014. He also had a three-touchdown performance against the Bengals in a playoff game in January 2006.
It's Milestone Sunday for a couple of the NFL's elite quarterbacks.
Reigning MVP Cam Newton has passed Jake Delhomme for the most touchdown passes in Carolina Panthers franchise history.
Newton broke the record with a 9-yard touchdown pass to Kelvin Benjamin — his second TD catch of the game — in the third quarter, helping the Panthers take a 31-10 lead. It was the 121st scoring pass for Newton in his six-year NFL career.
And earlier Sunday, Drew Brees passed Dan Marino for No. 3 in passing yards in NFL history. Marino finished his career with 61,361 yards; now Brees is only behind Peyton Manning (71,940) and Brett Favre (71,838).
— Steve Reed from Charlotte, North Carolina
Some great finishes might be ahead as the early games in Week 2 are starting to near completion.
There's six games right now that are within eight points or less:
Baltimore was down 20-0 and is now within 20-19 in Cleveland as those rivals head to the fourth quarter. Washington leads Dallas 23-20 going into the fourth, Houston took 13-6 lead over Kansas City into the final quarter, Pittsburgh leads Cincinnati 17-9 with 15 minutes left, Tennessee just got within 15-10 of Detroit, and the Giants and New Orleans are knotted at 10-10.
The Detroit Lions lead Tennessee 15-3 late in the third quarter, but it looks like they'll have to finish the game without some key players.
Tight end Eric Ebron came off with an apparent injury after he tried to make a diving catch in the end zone toward the end of the third. He stayed down on the turf in pain before walking off.
The Lions also lost running back Ameer Abdullah to a foot injury late in the first half, and defensive end Ziggy Ansah left in the first quarter with an ankle problem.
Some high-profile injuries are becoming big storylines in Week 2.
New England quarterback Jimmy Garoppolo is out for the rest of the Patriots' game against Miami with a shoulder injury. Carolina running back Jonathan Stewart and Miami running back Arian Foster are both done for the day as well after first-half leg injuries.
There was a bit of good news, though: New Orleans Saints second-year cornerback P.J. Williams, who needed to be placed on a backboard and carted off after making a tackle in the first quarter of his team's game against the New York Giants, was moving extremities at a nearby hospital and evaluated for a concussion, Fox Sports reported.
Patriots quarterback Jimmy Garoppolo was hurt late in the second quarter of New England's home opener against the Dolphins.
Garoppolo had to be looked at by trainers after being driven to the ground by Miami linebacker Kiki Alonso with 4:20 left in the half. He landed hard on his right arm, and that appeared to be the problem.
Replays showed Garoppolo wincing in obvious pain moments after Alonso's hit sent him into the turf.
While subbing as the starter during Tom Brady's four-game "Deflategate" suspension, Garoppolo led the Patriots to a victory over Arizona in the opener. They also scored touchdowns on their first three drives in Sunday's game against Miami to take a 21-0 lead.
Rookie Jacoby Brissett took over for Garoppolo.
Brissett is a native of West Palm Beach, about an hour north of Miami. In his college seasons at Florida and North Carolina State, Brissett never faced off against the Miami Hurricanes — but now makes his NFL debut against the Dolphins.
Another injury note from that Patriots-Dolphins game: Miami running back Arian Foster, who was dealing with a hamstring issue over the last few days, now is dealing with a groin injury.
In Denver, the Colts and Broncos are preparing for their first matchup since Oct. 3, 1993, that didn't feature Peyton Manning under center.
His time in Denver will be noted, however, when the Broncos unveil new signage in their stadium honoring the players who have had their jerseys retired.
That's No. 7 for John Elway, No. 44 for Floyd Little and No. 18 for … Frank Tripucka.
Tripucka was the first quarterback in franchise history and wore No. 18 from 1960 to '63.
Tripucka gave his blessing to Manning to wear the number when Manning played for the Broncos from 2012 until his retirement this year a month after Denver won Super Bowl 50.
Manning's name will be mentioned on the No. 18 sign honoring Tripucka.
— Arnie Stapleton in Denver.
Tom who?
Jimmy Garoppolo went on the road and led New England to a season-opening win at Arizona last week, and this week he is shredding the Miami Dolphins in the Patriots' home opener.
Garoppolo — starting for the suspended Tom Brady — threw for three touchdowns in little over one quarter, and the Patriots were out to a fast 21-0 lead over the Dolphins.
Danny Amendola had never caught a TD pass against the Dolphins. He's got two early ones today.
Cleveland quarterback Josh McCown had an eventful first quarter against Baltimore, to put it mildly.
McCown is starting in place of Robert Griffin III, who broke a bone in his left shoulder last week against Philadelphia. And the Browns got off to a flying start, with McCown throwing two touchdown passes and helping stake Cleveland to a 20-2 lead over the Ravens.
Isaiah Crowell burst through the line for an 85-yard touchdown run to give Cleveland a 14-0 lead with 6:47 left in the first quarter — the second-longest rushing play in Cleveland history, and coming on a day where the Browns unveiled a statue of Hall of Fame running back Jim Brown.
The score came just three minutes after McCown threw a 31-yard TD pass to rookie Corey Coleman. McCown and Coleman connected again for an 11-yard score not long afterward, though the Ravens blocked the extra point and returned it for two points.
McCown left briefly with a left shoulder injury as well.
— Tom Withers in Cleveland.
New England is paying tribute to Red Sox slugger David Ortiz.
David Ortiz popped down to the Patriots game to be honored before the team's home opener against the Miami Dolphins.
The Patriots showed some clips of Ortiz's career, including his celebrated speech after the Boston Marathon bombings . The Red Sox slugger then came out of the tunnel wearing a Tom Brady No. 12 jersey. He got a hug from owner Bob Kraft and a Patriots jersey with his No. 34 and "Big Papi" on the back. He also was handed a Patriots helmet.
Ortiz has the afternoon off with the Red Sox playing the Yankees on Sunday night.
Ortiz went out for the coin toss as an honorary captain and posed for selfies with members of the officiating crew.
New Orleans Saints second-year cornerback P.J. Williams has been carted off after making a tackle in the first quarter of the game against the New York Giants.
Williams' head hit the knee of Giants' tight end Larry Donnell after he caught at pass with 6:15 left in the quarter. A split second later New Orleans' linebacker Craig Robertson hit Williams in the back of the helmet trying to help on the play.
Giants receiver Victor Cruz immediately waved his arms toward the Saints bench calling for help. Trainers and doctors from both teams went on the field to aid Williams, and players from both teams took knees with a few even appearing to console one another.
Medical personnel placed Williams on a backboard and he was carted the field. He did not wave to the crowd at MetLife Stadium.
The game was delayed more than five minutes.
Other injuries in the first quarter of games on Sunday included:
— Redskins nose tackle Kedric Golston injured his right hamstring on the first play from scrimmage and is out for the rest of the game. He was replaced by Ziggy Hood.
— Lions defensive end Ziggy Ansah left in the first quarter against Tennessee with a left ankle injury. Ansah was being tended to on the sideline. He had 14 1-2 sacks last season.
San Francisco 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick continued his protest against social injustice by kneeling for the national anthem before the Carolina Panthers' home opener on Sunday.
Safety Eric Reid kneeled next to Kaepernick.
Kaepernick's protest continued with support from some quarters and amid critics speaking out this week against him, including Iowa GOP congressman Steven King who said the player kneeling is akin to "activism that is sympathetic to ISIS."
Before the game, as Kaepernick stopped to take selfies with fans and sign autographs, one fan in the distance began yelling, "USA! USA!"
In New England, three members of the Miami Dolphins — safety Michael Thomas, wide receiver Kenny Stills and running back Arian Foster — all took a knee again for the anthem. And at Detroit, Tennessee defensive tackle Jurrell Casey and Titans cornerback Jason McCourty appeared to raise their fists at the end of the anthem, after standing near midfield during the song.
— Steve Reed in Charlotte, North Carolina; Kyle Hightower in Foxborough, Massachusetts and Noah Trister in Detroit.
NFL games have an NBA feel, at least in Washington and Carolina right now.
On the field for warmups of the Cowboys-Redskins matchup was Washington Wizards star guard John Wall, who surely raised some eyebrows by wearing … a throwback Emmitt Smith jersey .
Wall hasn't made any secret in the past that he's a Dallas fan.
Meanwhile, at Carolina, part of the San Francisco 49ers' warmups included players running the three-man weave up and down the field. It's a drill commonly used during warmups for high school basketball games, except the 49ers were flipping a football to each other instead of a basketball.
Earlier this week Panthers safety Kurt Coleman compared 49ers coach Chip Kelly's fast-paced offense to the Kentucky Wildcats basketball team in how quickly they get up and down the court.
Maybe he's on to something.
— Steve Reed in Charlotte, North Carolina.
The Detroit Lions and Tennessee Titans were playing games even before kicking off Sunday.
Detroit and Tennessee announced who would be inactive, including linebackers DeAndre Levy and Derrick Morgan, because they were required to 90 minutes before meeting at Ford Field.
The Lions, though, refused to reveal who would start for Levy at outside linebacker. The Titans, in turn, chose to decline announcing who would play in Morgan's spot at outside linebacker.
Usually, teams do release lineup changes along with the list of players that won't play that day.
— Larry Lage in Detroit.
Some big division matchups highlight the eight early NFL games, including what is likely to be a brutal rematch between Cincinnati and Pittsburgh.
The Steelers eliminated the Bengals in a physical wild-card game last season, and Cincinnati will be without linebacker Vontaze Burfict because of a suspension for his helmet-to-helmet hit against receiver Antonio Brown near the end of that contest.
The Ravens travel to Cleveland in another AFC North game Sunday, with the Patriots playing at home against the Dolphins in the AFC East. The other 1 p.m. games are Tennessee at Detroit, Kansas City at Houston, the 49ers at Carolina, the Saints at the Giants and Dallas at Washington — another division matchup, in the NFC East.
(This story has been corrected to show Roethlisberger's three-touchdown games were against Cincinnati.)
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The Champion Pub Realistic Wall SideBlades™ really are a great mod and improvement of your pinball machine, bringing different art work images to the interior edges of the cabinet. Pre cut on anti-scuff materials and prepared to go straight inside the game, they need just mere minutes to set up. Read further down for more info.
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Salisbury Forum favorite Akhil Reed Amar is returning to speak on the topic of his most recent publication, The Constitution Today: Timeless Lessons for the Issues of Our Era. Dr. Amar, the Sterling Professor of Law and Political Science at Yale University, is examining the constitutional significance of the most critical and often divisive modern cases and controversies. In addition to addressing gun control, gay rights, the electoral college, filibuster reform and impeachment, Dr. Amar will answer questions about America's constitutional system—past, present and future. Free.
Equal parts spooky, enchanting, creepy and fanciful. The artists of Maxon Mills have transformed the space into a Haunted House suitable for kids during the daylight and the main show for adults as the sun goes down. Family-friendly festivities include hayride, a costume contest, face painting and more carnival activities, after which the adults get to venture up the winding staircase of Maxon Mills for seven floors of thrills and chills. At 9PM the party moves to the Lantern for the Monster's Ball. Enjoy live music, DJ sets, beverages, crazy costumes and more. Haunted Mill is Free, Monster's Ball tickets $15.
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