A temperature and relative humidity (T&RH) sensor is a simple, durable and low-cost type of electronic hygrometer used in building science. Commonly available models use thin-film polymer technology. The dielectric properties of the polymer film changes with the change with ambient air relative humidity, and the capacitance of the sensor changes correspondingly.
The T&RH sensor directly measures temperature and relative humidity and calculates other psychrometric properties. Unlike dewpoint hygrometer which measures dewpoint, its relative humidity readings are significantly affected by ambient dry bulb temperature. Therefore, it is important to maintain accurate temperature readings on a field test setting. Certain things such as condensation on the sensor probe, direct sunlight, body heat and humidity, non-representative sources of heat or stagnant and/or non representative air samples need to be avoided.
T&RH sensor specification on operating temperature ranges vary depending on application types such as ducted or wall-mounted, indoor or outdoor application types. The widest range is between -40 to 60°C and 0 to 100% RH. T&RH sensor accuracy in general varies from ±1% to ±3% RH and ±0.2°C to ±0.6°C as common depending on the operating temperature range. However, for every 1% RH at 20°C the dewpoint temperature varies by less than 0.2°C. A device with an accuracy of ±2% RH and ±0.2°C is able to measure dewpoint temperature to better than ±0.5°C.
It is recommended for researchers to purchase T&RH sensors and extension wires with right application and lowest uncertainty, unless pre-test uncertainty analysis indicates otherwise. These sensors come pre-calibrated with manufacturer listed total uncertainty limit. But overtime, the readings will drift and lab and in field calibration are required. Good records of T&RH calibration, spot-checking and maintenance need to be kept. It is common in a field test setting to do some salt based spot checking on high and low RH setting such as 11% and 75% RH.
Outdoor temperature and humidity are most often measured with a combined temperature and relative humidity sensor that is housed in an aspirated shield so that it does not artificially heat up in the sunlight. Outdoor aspirated shields have a different geometry than an indoor aspirated shield for temperature measurements, but have the same purpose.
1. Christensen D. et. al. Field Monitoring Protocol: Mini-Split Heat Pumps, NREL report No. TP-5500-49881; DOE/GO-102011-3227.


First-year resident in internal medicine at the University of Toronto in Ontario.
Home-based care is not a new concept. Several models have emerged internationally in order to address access-to-care deficiencies, postpone adverse health trajectories, and reduce overall costs.7 Distinguishing the components and patient populations that characterize each model, however, can be confusing.7 The aim of this commentary is to specifically review the home-based primary care model, and explain how this model of care can be feasibly adopted to better serve older homebound Canadians.
While Canadian data are unavailable, in the United States at least 1 million individuals aged 65 and older are permanently homebound,11 with some researchers estimating the number to be as high as 3.6 million.3 We therefore conservatively estimate that there are at least 100 000 older homebound Canadians.
However, home-based primary care is not limited to these programs, as some independent family physicians maintain ongoing care of their homebound elderly patients through frequent housecalls.
Finally, home-based primary care models must also be distinguished from other modern home-based care models, which primarily include hospital-at-home, home visit outreach, and transitional care programs, along with skilled home-care services (Table 1).14–19 But none of these other models is designed or able to provide ongoing comprehensive home-based primary care.
Recognizing the success of these programs, the most recent US health care reform legislation—the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010—included a provision to test a remuneration incentive and operational model for home-based primary care, known as the Independence at Home program.7 This demonstration program is adopting the core standards that characterize other successful US programs, including using physician- or nurse practitioner–led teams who are available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.7 This demonstration program aims to reduce emergency department visits and avoidable hospitalizations and readmissions, improve patient outcomes, and reduce health care costs.7 A similar investment in home-based primary care in Canada could better ensure the long-term sustainability of our health care system.
La traduction en français de cet article se trouve à www.cfp.ca dans la table des matières du numéro de mars 2013 à la page e120.
. 2006 census of the population. Ottawa, ON: Statistics Canada; 2010.
. Hospitalizations and skilled nursing facility admissions before and after the implementation of a home-based primary care program. J Am Geriatr Soc 2010;58(6):1144-7. Epub 2010 May 7.
. Physical and mental health of homebound older adults: an overlooked population. J Am Geriatr Soc 2010;58(12):2423-8. Epub 2010 Nov 10.
. Canadian Community Health Survey 2009 annual component. Ottawa, ON: Statistics Canada; 2011.
. A randomized controlled study of a home health care team. Am J Public Health 1985;75(2):134-41.
. Medical care for the elderly living at home: home-based primary care (HBPC) and hospital-at-home programs. National Health Policy Forum. Washington, DC: The George Washington University; 2011. Available from: www.nhpf.org/library/forum-sessions/FS_07-22-11_HomeCareElderly.pdf. Accessed 2013 Jan 28.
. Clarifying the definition of homebound and medical necessity using OASIS data: final report. Washington, DC: US Department of Health and Human Services; 2001. Available from: http://aspe.hhs.gov/daltcp/reports/OASISfr.htm. Accessed 2013 Jan 28.
. Medication utilization in an urban homebound population. J Gerontol A Biol Sci Med Sci 2006;61(4):411-5.
. The positive financial contribution of home-based primary care programs: the case of the Mount Sinai Visiting Doctors. J Am Geriatr Soc 2008;56(4):744-9. Epub 2008 Mar 4.
. Home care. JAMA 2003;290(9):1203-7.
. Is there a doctor in the house? Caring 2002;21(8):26-9.
. Can home-based primary care: cut costs? Nurse Pract 2008;33(7):39-44.
. Defining and disseminating the hospital-at-home model. CMAJ 2009;180(2):156-7.
. Transitional care of older adults hospitalized with heart failure: a randomized, controlled trial. J Am Geriatr Soc 2004;52(5):675-84. Erratum in: J Am Geriatr Soc 2004;52(7):1228.
. APN-directed transitional home care model: achieving positive outcomes for patients with COPD. Home Healthc Nurse 2003;21(8):543-50.
. To the hospital and back home again: a nurse practitioner-based transitional care program for hospitalized homebound people. J Am Geriatr Soc 2011;59(3):544-51.
. Multidimensional preventive home visit programs for community-dwelling older adults: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials. J Gerontol A Biol Sci Med Sci 2008;63(3):298-307. Erratum in: J Gerontol A Biol Sci Med Sci 2009;64(2):318.
. Effectiveness of home based support for older people: systematic review and meta-analysis. BMJ 2001;323(7315):719-25.
. Home visits to prevent nursing home admission and functional decline in elderly people: systematic review and meta-regression analysis. JAMA 2002;287(8):1022-8.
. Effects of preventive home visits to elderly people living in the community: systematic review. BMJ 2000;320(7237):754-8.
. Effects of intensive home visiting programs for older people with poor health status: a systematic review. BMC Health Serv Res 2008;8:74.
. Effects of a preventive home visit program in ambulatory frail older people: a randomized controlled trial. J Gerontol A Biol Sci Med Sci 2012;67(3):302-9. Epub 2011 Oct 19.
. House calls for seniors: building and sustaining a model of care for homebound seniors. J Am Geriatr Soc 2009;57(6):1103-9. Epub 2009 Apr 27. Erratum in: J Am Geriatr Soc 2010;58(11):2258.
. Effectiveness of team-managed home-based primary care: a randomized multicenter trial. JAMA 2000;284(22):2877-85.
. Impact of a home-based primary care program in an urban Veterans Affairs medical center. J Am Med Dir Assoc 2009;10(2):133-7. Epub 2008 Dec 20.
. Acute hospital use, nursing home placement, and mortality in a frail community-dwelling cohort managed with primary integrated interdisciplinary elder care at home. J Am Geriatr Soc 2012;60(7):1340-6. Epub 2012 Jun 13.
. Back to the future: home-based primary care for older homebound Canadians. Part 2: where we are going. Can Fam Physician 2013;59:243-5. (Eng), e125–8 (Fr).


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Down-to-earth wind power | Evolution
Down-to-earth wind power
October 7, 2015 6 Minutes
The growing popularity of wind power to produce electricity with a low carbon footprint has led to the installation of wind turbines that are bigger and bigger. Now a small company in Switzerland is aiming at the other direction, producing wind power on a quieter, more down-to-earth scale.
WEPFER TECHNICS AG
Location: Andelfingen, near Zurich, Switzerland
Founded: Hans Wepfer started his own business in 1991 (Wepfer Technics since 2002)
Business fields: agricultural equipment sales, agricultural and industrial equipment development and manufacture, wind turbine manufacture
www.wepfer-technics.ch
Wind power is a most effective way of producing electricity with a very low carbon footprint, and the trend is towards ever-larger wind turbines. But Hans Wepfer, an inveterate inventor and tinkerer in Switzerland, has developed a small, efficient unit that fits neatly among the houses of a village or the buildings of an industrial estate.
Wepfer has built his company, Wepfer Technics of Andelfingen near Zurich, on his own inventiveness. He's developed machinery for mowing grass, for picking sea buckthorn berries and for bevelling both the outside and inside of pipes in one procedure.
"Someone comes to us and says they need something that doesn't exist," he explains, "and we invent it." He has several patents to his name, and some of his products are distributed worldwide.
The idea for the windmill came from his understanding of aeroplane propellers. Wepfer has a pilot's licence, and if he makes use of something he needs to understand it. "I'm a completely mechanical man," he jokes.
Given the need for energy sources that are low on carbon emissions, it seemed evident that he should use his understanding of propellers to de-velop a wind turbine. To do so, he had to develop the expertise to design the product, even making by himself the equipment needed to manufacture the parts.
But his research into those issues led him in the opposite direction from the present windmill industry. He explains, "You have to research whatever you do, and sometimes your research leads you from the known to the unknown."
While the rest of the industry has been developing ever-larger units – nowadays, there are windmills with 60-metre-long blades and 140-metre-high masts, producing up to seven megawatts – his prototype turbine produces just 83 kilowatts, and its 7-metre blades are just 16 metres above the ground. A row of three turbines on one supporting structure, producing a total of 250 kilowatts, stands in an industrial estate in the nearby town of Schaffhausen and is operated by the local electricity company, EKS, which named it "Windmill3 Hans" in honour of its inventor.
The three turbines turn together over the buildings to face the wind, but they are so quiet that they don't disturb the workers. Indeed, an earlier proto-type was standing just 30 metres from Wepfer's own bedroom window. "At night," he remembers, "I had to get up and look to check it was still working. I couldn't hear it."
His windmill is based around an innovative rotor design – its six blades are each much wider and flatter than those on a conventional three-blade unit. With six blades, the speed at the rotor tip is half that of a similarly sized three-blade rotor, and, according to Wepfer, that has several advantages, one of which is the absence of noise. At 45 decibels, the noise level is that of a quiet conversation.
Its quietness is one reason that Wepfer thinks it will be easy to get planning approval. He expects that his units will be put up in villages or on industrial estates because they won't dwarf the surroundings. That enables decentralized electricity generation, which avoids transmission losses and takes some of the load off the network.
The big, flat rotor blades are harmless to birds and bats as well. According to Wepfer, they see the rotors as big discs, and they don't come near. So far no animals have died in collisions with the prototype, but EKS is comparing the numbers of birds and bats before and after the installation. It could be that they simply avoid the area altogether now that these big "discs" are in the way.
But perhaps the main advantage is the efficiency of the new design. "We can start generating electricity when the wind is blowing at a speed of 1.5 metres per second, while conventional windmills need 3 to 3.5 metres per second," Wepfer says. "In addition, we don't need to turn the windmill off in a storm. We just adjust the pitch to maintain the planned generating level."
The development of such an innovative design has not been without its problems. The main setback came when a rotor blade fell off the prototype and various aspects of the project had to be recalculated. In the latest version the problems have been solved, with carbon-fibre reinforced polymer blades to replace the original aluminium and steel construction, a larger main shaft and redesigned pitch control mechanisms.
Now Wepfer is getting ready for series production. The prototype was relatively expensive, with a lot of handicraft involved. The series will be more efficient in the production and more sparing in the use of materials. "We used 60 tonnes of steel in the prototype, and we'll certainly get that down by quite a bit with a new design for the supporting structure," Wepfer says. Some of the parts will have to be outsourced since Wepfer doesn't have the capacity in his own workshops.
And there is plenty of interest: "We've had enquiries and visits from all over the world – even China and North Korea," says Wepfer, "and we are planning to extend the range of products on offer."
The turbines will be available as single units or as two, three or even four on a single construction. There will be smaller and larger versions, but Wepfer believes there's a limit to the size before the design begins to lose its advantages.
"This is a milestone in my career as an inventor," he says. "It's quite a large project for us, and it's quite different from anything that is currently on offer. I believe it is an important invention."
As you might expect, Hans Wepfer won't stop here. "This has led me to have other ideas for new products," he says. "But I'm not telling you what they are."
Central elements
SKF supplies three central elements of Wepfer's new windmill. The entire construction turns on an SKF slewing bearing fitted in a 2.5-metre toothed wheel. The propeller shafts are held at each end by an SKF spherical roller bearing and SKF housing, and the hydraulic pitch mechanism is supported by two angular contact ball bearings.
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A couple of years ago, the online marketplace Etsy ran a test where they stopped showing upfront shipping fees. For many sellers, sales plummeted. The test showed what many already knew: today's online customer cares about shipping fees.
According to Wharton marketing professor David Bell, a customer will be more incentivized to purchase a product with free shipping (when it would have cost $6.99) than a purchase price discount of $10. It's perplexing, but for whatever reason customers seem to like free shipping more than other (sometimes better) discounts.
Always shipping for free may not work for your business. But what if you offered seasonal shipping offers that kicked in after a certain dollar amount? This could be easier to manage.
If you're a retailer, one of the best times to offer free shipping is during the holiday season when it gives you a competitive edge during a crucial sales period.
A case by case approach could work, too. Before setting a minimum amount that customers need to spend before free shipping kicks in, consider tagging the offer to specific products instead. If you know that some of your products make you more money than others, then you could stick the free shipping offer on those to make them more appealing.
When your supplier offers free shipping, it might make to do likewise and pass the savings on to your customers.
Free shipping needs to be profitable for it to work. If your product margins are already low, then you maybe you can't afford free shipping.
Maybe your shipping model is like Ikea's, which is based on flat rates that favor customers who buy in bulk. This can make for some interesting shopping cart scenarios.
Take, for instance, Ikea's lovely VILSHULT picture of hot air balloons flying over Paris. It's a steal at $50 and I've been trying to get one into my house ever since I saw it at the store. The problem is the painting won't fit in my car.
So, I considered ordering it online and shipping it to my house. The shipping costs (for me) ended up being $139.
Of course, I'm not going to pay nearly three times the price of the product to ship it to my house. But Ikea doesn't care about that. They're not trying to sell paintings. They want me to buy an entire bedroom set. And look what happens when I do.
After I add a bed, mattress, dresser, and wardrobe to my cart, the shipping stays at $139 for all of it (including the picture). That seems a lot more reasonable.
It would seem even more reasonable if I was making the purchase in the store. The perception in-store is a lot different from a customer sees online. While at an Ikea store, I'm thinking that there's no way I can fit all this stuff in my car, and so Ikea is doing me a great favor by shipping it to my house for just $139.
But it's hard to escape the feeling that you're being taken advantage of when you pay shipping for an online purchase. There are just too many online retailers who offer free shipping for anyone to get away with charging an arm and a leg.
Customers also care about how long it takes for the product to ship. eBay recently estimated that when sellers add same or one-business day handling time, they see their products sell 8 percent faster. Businesses who add more shipping options will sell items 11 percent faster.
Starting this summer, eBay sellers who guarantee a delivery date within three days of an item being ordered will be prominently listed in search results.
The increased exposure is an obvious draw for sellers, but there's significant risk involved. If a seller's guaranteed item gets to the customer late, then the buyer gets a refund on the shipping cost. You can guess who foots the bill for that.
Nothing happens when an Amazon Prime product takes longer than two days to arrive. But with eBay's new program, the customer either gets their shipping charge refunded, or when the shipping was free, the customer can request a coupon for savings on a future order. Or if they want a refund instead, they can ship it back to the sender at no cost.
Whether you think eBay's Guaranteed Delivery program will take off or not, there's no denying that today's consumer expects a quick delivery option.
Online sellers will continue to shift toward fast and free shipping. You don't want to be left behind.
It's our opinion that you should always offer some sort of a free shipping option. Whether it be as a promotional tool, after a minimum threshold is met, or through a membership program, customers expect free shipping when shopping online.
You should also be as transparent as possible about your shipping costs and shipping options. Don't wait until the end of the checkout process to tell the customer how much they need to spend on shipping.
We hope these tips help you figure out a good shipping policy for your business. As always, feel free to reach out with any questions you may have.


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Nu-disco
Posted December 24, 2019 by J Matthew Cobb in Pop
Producer: James Jackman
Producer: George Michael, James Jackman
Label: Sony Music Entertainment
Format: Digital, compact disc, streaming
Release Date: 8 November 2019
Spin This: "Praying for Time," "This Is How (We Want to Get You High"), "Last Christmas"
You can play this year round, since it serves as a mini greatest hits collection, plus rarities
All the hits aren't there, of course. And it's quite impossible to toss into a single disc anyway. Plus, much of the music isn't exactly holiday-esque. "December Song" didn't even make the list
A holiday film gets whammed with the music of George Michael
by J Matthew Cobb
You honestly can't go wrong with a soundtrack full of George Michael music.
The late pop legend gets the royal treatment thanks to a David Livingstone-produced film that bears the name of one of his iconic evergreens — the Wham!-era "Last Christmas." And yes, this is one of those Hallmark-esque holiday melodramas that somehow squeezed its way to the big screen.
But we're not reviewing the film, folks. Especially since our Curious George has no real control over how it was engineered. And actually, he had no control over this musical assembly, which combines Wham, solo works, and even a few surprises. But it's only fair to look at this offering for what it is: 1) a motion picture soundtrack 2) a greatest hits collection.
As the latter, especially since the music of Michael hasn't been packaged into a single disc affair, it is definitely missing a good chunk of the good stuff. But in the arena of mood music for this holiday film and avoiding the sociopolitical ferocity and naughty bedroom lust, it walks a thin line to nab the accessible, the feelgood moments of Michael's career. Songs like the sentimentally charged "Waiting for That Day," the karaoke cheese of "Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go," the acclaimed pop of "Freedom! '90" and the easy rock 'n gospel of "Faith" are all aboard, so is "Praying for Time," which fits well lyrically with the holiday hustle and bustle ("These are the days of the empty hand/Oh you hold on to what you can/And charity is a coat you wear twice a year"). The disc also unloads a moving live version of this from Michael's MTV Unplugged session.
The compilation does play with some of Michael's cheeky sides. An edit of the silky '80's soul of "Everything She Wants" and the funky urban sounds of "Fastlove" highlights the second half, while "Too Funky" — infamously remembered by its concept video bearing supermodel royalty — stirs up the early minutes of the disc. And hearing "One More Try," Michael's modern-day attempt at making Aretha's "Ain't No Way," always is a good idea, possibly his greatest vocal performance on record. Still, the curious ear will be seeking out "This Is How (We Want You to Get High)," a previously unreleased track recorded in 2013. It's a good voiced Michael, echoing emotions with an Enrique Iglesias sex appeal. And despite some of the darker content (critiquing imperfect parents, singing about trying "to get my shit together"), he's warmly bundled inside the infectious acoustic guitar and mild funk percussion. It's not a total knockout, but a sweet addition anyhow.
But don't make a mistake about it; this isn't a holiday album. Yes, "Last Christmas" opens the set and "Move On" bears a rhythmic hustle reminiscent of Vince Guaraldi's Charlie Brown work, but Wham nor Michael did holiday music regularly. And even Michael's alluring "December Song (I Dreamed of Christmas)" or its B-side "Jingle (A Musical Interlude)" didn't make the list. So if you're unraveling the plastic from this disc with the hopes for a little jingle bell rock from the "I Want Your Sex" icon, you're not gonna get it.
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Since the game is rendered with low-resolution pixel art, traditional antialiasing is impossible. Though the game does support sprite scaling.
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My co-author, Paul DeChant, MD, MBA, and I had the privilege of presenting a workshop at the Institute for Healthcare Improvement's Annual Forum in early December with Stephen Swensen, MD, medical director for Leadership and Organization Development at the Mayo Clinic.
I was so intrigued by the work that the Mayo Clinic is doing to prevent burnout and restore joy among the work force. I'll mention here three of the strategies that Swensen described: one overarching approach and two more focused initiatives.
Leaders who rank in the lowest tier are provided with additional leadership training. Those who remain in the lower ranks after training are removed from direct leadership responsibilities.
Why so much focus on leadership? Several reasons, according to Swensen, including the fact that Mayo Clinic research has demonstrated increased rates of burnout among physicians supervised by leaders who score lower on this metric.
Swensen also described two focused initiatives that I found really fascinating: IT czar and commensality. The IT czar is a designed position filled by personnel with IT (information technology) training and experience. It the responsibility of the IT czar to halt (and potentially reverse) the scope creep associated with the electronic health record (EHR)—a key driver of burnout, as I've mentioned in another post.
For any change related to the EHR, the IT czar considers these questions: Do we need to do this electronic work? If so, how can we design it to be performed with the fewest clicks possible? And, who is the right person to be doing this data entry work? Rather than tacking on one functionality after another and pushing more of the data entry work towards physicians (when others could complete it), the IT czar helps keep EHR overwhelm at bay.
Swensen defined commensality as "sharing a meal." Knowing that physicians have fewer opportunities to connect with their colleagues these days, Mayo Clinic now funds meals several times a month as a means to fight the isolation associated with the fast-paced, digital world. Through the initiative, any group of physicians can request a sponsored breakfast, lunch, or dinner at the health system. Mayo Clinic leaders see the meals as an investment in improving organizational culture and the work life and professional satisfaction of their clinicians.
The Mayo Clinic has been instrumental in studying the prevalence and underlying causes of physician burnout. It's exciting to see that the organization is translating that knowledge into initiatives that address the causes of burnout at both the individual and system levels.
What larger approaches and focused initiatives is your organization using to address burnout?
Which do you wish they were using?
In your opinion, why aren't approaches and initiatives like the ones described in this post used more frequently? Is it lack of understanding about burnout? The pressure of other priorities?


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You know what's great about working with a partner who only has a few clients at a time? You get more of their attention! It's simple math. Why let your small or medium sized business be a drop in the bucket with a big company when you can be a whole lot of eggs in some small company's basket? You'll notice a difference.
Nothing's more refreshing in this day and age to pick up the phone and speak to a real live person, particularly at a company you hope you work with. Why jump through phone trees and fill out long, complicated client contracts simply because you want to order some promotional items or set up a distribution partnership? You can avoid those hassles by working directly with a manager or even an owner at a small or medium-sized business.
There's a common misconception that working with big box companies means you'll get better pricing. That's not even almost true! In many cases, small businesses and online companies have lower fixed costs (less spent on insurance, excess staff, and brick-and-mortar locations) which means they'll pass the savings down to you. Buying in bulk isn't always the way companies lower costs, you know.
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383 F. 2d 814 - Nolan v. R W Greene
383 F2d 814 Nolan v. R W Greene
Lucy Mae NOLAN, Administratrix of the Estate of Russell Nolan, Deceased, Plaintiff-Appellant,
R. W. GREENE, Jr., Sand and Gravel Company, Inc., Defendant-Appellee.
United States Court of Appeals Sixth Circuit.
John E. Wise, Louisville, Ky., for appellant, Robert F. Craven, Indianapolis, Ind., on brief.
Armer H. Mahan, Louisville, Ky., for appellee.
Before PHILLIPS and PECK, Circuit Judges, and McRAE, District Judge.*
McRAE, District Judge.
Plaintiff, decedent's widow and administratrix, has appealed from an adverse judgment in her suit for wrongful death under the Jones Act, 46 U.S.C. § 688. The decedent, Russell Nolan, was employed aboard the Martha E. Greene, vessel of the defendant R. W. Greene, Jr., Sand and Gravel Company, Inc., when he drowned in the Ohio River as attempts to rescue him were being made.
Plaintiff alleges that her husband's death was due to defendant's negligence in failing to provide the decedent a safe place to work, in failing to provide a seaworthy vessel and, further in failing to provide proper rescue facilities and to take proper steps to rescue decedent. The jury returned a verdict for the defendant.
This appeal raises two primary questions: Should a Motion for Directed Verdict for plaintiff have been sustained; and, if not, did the trial judge err in his charge to the jury or when he refused plaintiff's requested instructions?
This Court is of the opinion that the trial judge properly denied plaintiff's Motion for a Directed Verdict. Plaintiff alleged several negligent causes for decedent's death, including inadequate lighting, lack of a guard rail, inadequate rescue facilities, inadequate rescue training for the crew, lack of maintenance of the alarm, and others. The evidence presented a jury issue to determine if the defendant was in fact negligent and the further question of causal connection between the seaman's death and any negligence of which the jury might have found the defendant guilty.
A distinction must be made between cases decided by a judge sitting in Admiralty and the right to a directed verdict in a Jones Act case. When a libellant in Admiralty sues under the breach of warranty of seaworthiness there is no issue of negligence. Furthermore, when a question of negligence does arise in a nonjury case the opinion explaining the finding of negligence by the court does not necessarily mean that the judge would have granted a directed verdict for the plaintiff if the jury had been demanded. See Lutz Ruhe v. North German Lloyd Lines, 177 F.Supp. 368 (D.C. 1959) for an example of fact finding by the judge.
Plaintiff's Assignments of Error, 1-4, 8, 9, 10 raise the questions of the duty of a trial judge to charge the jury with respect to some of the particular factual issues involved, namely, failure to provide adequate lifesaving equipment, including the lifeboat, failure to provide adequate lighting, failure to provide guard rails, failure to maintain the alarm, and failure to provide a sufficient crew.
All of these assignments charge in the alternative that the Court erred in not granting a directed verdict or in failing to give a strongly worded instruction on the same principle of law.1
The test on appeal for a court's charge to the jury is: Does the charge, taken as a whole, fairly and adequately submit the issues in the case to the jury? Miller v. Brazel, 300 F.2d 283 (C.A.10 1962); Waxler v. Waxler Towing Co., 342 F.2d 764 (C.A.6 1965).
In the case of Tyree v. New York Central Railroad, 382 F.2d 524 (C.A.6 decided June 30, 1967) Senior Judge McAllister said:
"In 53 Am.Jur. — Trial — Section 842, the general rule is well stated: `In considering the correctness and adequacy of a charge to the jury, it should be taken as a whole and read in its entirety; that is, each instruction must be considered in connection with others of the series referring to the same subject and connected therewith, and if, when taken together, they properly express the law as applicable to the particular case, there is no just ground of complaint, even though an isolated and detached clause is in itself inaccurate, ambiguous, incomplete, or otherwise subject to criticism.' Cited in support of the foregoing rule is Patapsco Insurance Co. v. Southgate, 5 Pet. 602, 621, 30 U.S. 602, 621, 8 L. Ed. 243."
This charge, taken as a whole, presented the issues of negligence to the jury. It was explained that the plaintiff's contentions included the failure to furnish a safe place to work, and that this failure encompassed any equipment and appurtenances which might be lacking. Moreover, the lack of rescue facilities and the failure to take proper steps to rescue decedent were mentioned as part of plaintiff's theories of negligence. Negligence was properly defined. This Court is of the opinion that the jury was fairly and adequately informed of the issues, which is sufficient. Casey v. Seas Shipping Co., 178 F.2d 360, 362 (2 C.A. 1949); Cohen v. Evening Star News Co., 72 App.D.C. 258, 113 F.2d 523 (1940); Moore 51:06.
Assignment of Error No. 5 is based upon the failure of the Court to give the tendered instruction that the deceased was presumed to have been using due care for his own safety at the time of his death. The burden was upon the defendant to prove absence of due care on the part of the deceased, therefore, it was not necessary to instruct the jury that the decedent was presumed to be exercising due care for his own safety. Furthermore, the issue of contributory negligence does not arise in a Jones Act suit unless and until the jury finds the defendant negligent.
In Assignment No. 6, the plaintiff charges that counsel for the defendant improperly argued assumption of risk. The significant portion of the closing argument of defendant's counsel in this regard is as follows:
"Now, the ordinary prudent man does not traverse sidewalks within arm's length of obvious danger with impunity always, for he is subject to lurking unknown and unappreciated transitions in his environment, the invasion of his place of safety by hidden danger, someone hitting him, someone jostling him, a truck coming up over the curb, thus impelling him into the path of danger.
"Now, in such an instance, liability rests with the one responsible for the change in environment. But so long as he stays there, close as he is to obvious mayhem, no liability exists."
Impropriety of the defendant, if any, in the argument was harmless. The term "Assumption of Risk" was never mentioned by counsel or the Court. The subtle similarity of counsel's remarks to assumption of risk as a defense was harmless, particularly in view of the Court's instruction that the jury verdict must be based upon the law given in the Court's charge.
Assignment of Error No. 7, that the court allowed the introduction of hearsay evidence, is not well taken. Coast Guard Commander William C. Jefferies, as an expert witness, was allowed to testify concerning the condition of the boat at the time of his inspection several hours after the casualty; he was not offering testimony on what he had been told about the boat's condition at the time of the drowning. The jury, moreover, had the province of assigning proper probative value to that testimony concerning the condition of the boat sometime after the accident.
Plaintiff assigns as error number 11 that the Court should have directed a verdict for the plaintiff because the failure to have a sufficient number of Coast Guard approved fire extinguishers aboard the vessel "constituted negligence and/or unseaworthiness as a matter of law." In support of this assignment the plaintiff relies on Kernan v. American Dredging Co., 335 U.S. 426, 78 S.Ct. 394, 2 L.Ed.2d 382 (1957). The holding of that case confines an action for the wrongful death of a seaman to the Jones Act because an action for wrongful death does not lie under the general maritime principle of unseaworthiness. Although the case does hold that recovery may be had under the Jones Act for the death of a seaman in the absence of negligence when there has been a breach of a statutory duty, there must be a causal connection between the breach of the statutory duty and the death of the seaman. In the instant case there is no proof that failure to provide fire extinguishers even remotely caused the death of plaintiff's husband.
In Assignment of Error No. 12, appellant contends that the trial court's comments to the jury, concerning irrelevance of the failure to have fire extinguishers, confused the jury because the Court ascribed the requirement of fire extinguishers to "some underwriter", whereas the extinguishers were required by Coast Guard regulations. The purpose of the comments of the judge in this regard was to explain that the failure to have fire extinguishers cannot establish the necessary causal connection in a wrongful death case based upon a drowning where no fire occurred prior to or at the time of the casualty. The agency that prescribed the fire extinguishers was not of significance in this regard, hence this assignment is not well taken.
Assignment No. 13, based upon failure to instruct the jury on the higher duty of a ship owner, is overruled. Although Jones Act cases are negligence cases with a commensurate higher duty of a ship owner, this Court has heretofore considered this duty relative to instructions in Dixon v. Serodino, Inc., 331 F.2d 668 (C.A.6, 1964), where we said: "We find no case, however, suggesting the necessity or appropriateness of making it (the higher duty) the subject of an instruction." Neither do we find such necessity under the facts of this case.
The judgment of the district court is affirmed.
Honorable Robert M. McRae, Jr., Judge, United States District Court for the Western District of Tennessee, sitting by designation
For example, assignment number 2 reads as follows:
"2. Did the District Court err in overruling plaintiff-appellants' Motion for Directed Verdict made at the conclusion of the defendant-appellee's proof based on the fact that the defendant-appellee failed to provide any rescue training or life saving drills for the crew of the motor vessel Martha E. Greene and thus this constituted negligence and/or unseaworthiness as a matter of law, and if not, did the court err in failing to give plaintiff-appellant's tendered instructions No. 12 and No. 14 and plaintiff-appellant's alternate instruction No. 14 on this point?"
Plaintiff-appellant's tendered instructions No. 12 and No. 14 and alternate instruction No. 14 read as follows:
"12. On the issue of defendant's negligence, you may find that the defendant, by not having sufficient lighting, by not having sufficient personnel on board the life boat or work boat, by not having a boat adequate to the purpose and by not having a crew trained in rescue attempts, exposed the plaintiff to an unreasonable risk in not being able to make a reasonable rescue attempt after it was discovered that the deceased, Russell Nolan, had gone overboard."
"14. On the issue of defendant's negligence, you may find that the failure to train the crew in life saving techniques and to hold safety drills exposed the deceased, Russell Nolan, to an unreasonable risk of harm."
(Alternate)
"14. If you find that the defendant failed to provide sufficient life saving techniques and to hold safety drills, then the law is for the plaintiff and you will so find."


Abstract: This study is named a Field Analysis of the Dynamics of Conflicts in the South Kivu /DRC. There are several conflicts which are based on local authority, economic, social issues and land access and so on. In fact, youth have been manipulated by different stakeholders over several years past of conflict. They are enrolled in different armed groups such as Mayi Mayi and so on. We have noticed that there is also the case of misleading of the information among different local stakeholders in the milieu. There is a lack of education through youth. Then we have suggested an Acting Together Performance and Creative Transformation of Conflict Approach as well as we have done with pupils of MAKUNGU high school in Bukavu /DRCongo by sensitizing pupils and teachers in creating peace building clubs in order they may live in harmony with their colleagues and teachers also to take care of community and youth in general and that of the South Kivu province in particular.
It describes also the contribution of different stakeholders who are operational in promoting peace process in the South kivu province as well as Foundation Panzi which has been created by Professor Denis Mukwege. The aim of Panzi foundation is to promote women as a key stakeholder for the development of society. In fact, the mission of the Panzi Foundation/DRC is to fight against all forms of gender- based violence and provide holistic care to survivors of sexual violence and contribute to the empowerment of women and their leadership.


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I want you to try something next time you feel the early signs of a cold or flu.
Using a dropper, fill your ear canals, one at a time for a 10 minutes each side, with Hydrogen Peroxide. It isn't a pleasant filling, the bubbling feels funny, but I've done a trial run and it has worked to kill off my colds symptoms twice now.
Doctors have done research on this and found that humans catch the cold or flu and spread it through their bodies via the ear canals. Everyone thinks you catch them through the eyes, nose, and mouth, but it may not be the case. Think about it, your ear canal is warm, moist, and the perfect breeding grounds for bacteria.
Every time I tell people about this, they look at me with skeptic eyes. But all of my research finds more and more people having excellent results doing it.
Give it a try, just for the sake of giving me results, and leave a comment on this post. I want to see how it works for others.
I don't want you to go at this blind, I'm providing several resources below. I WISH people would spread this around, you know the government won't, the pharma companies won't, the doctor's won't. When it comes to the mighty dollar, they won't tell you about the easy $1 cure.
Anyway, about Hydrogen Peroxide in the ear, I'm providing some reading resources below. Educate yourself and like I said, report back.
Forum – Does It Really Work?
Hydogen Peroxide in the ears for flu and cold remedy?
Hydrogen Peroxide Cure – Common in Germany and India!
How many pandemics have been predicted in the last ten years? There was bird flu, SARS and now swine flu. How many never made it beyond sensationalist headlines? Why do they keep popping up? The latest estimate I read was, there's more than four billion dollars in pure profit to be made on swine flu vaccine and injections. Has anyone else noticed that it's not human suffering that's front and center, but lost time and profits that are used as the benchmark?
Is there more to contracting colds and flu than keeping your hands away from your eyes, mouth and nose. An ongoing strong immune system and frequently washing the hands are good places to start. There's also a lot of research indicating the inner ear is where viruses, flu and colds have the easiest access to the inner workings of the human body.
There are SO MANY RESOURCES out there saying the same thing over and over. Use a search engine, type hydrogen peroxide cure or hydrogen peroxide flu and you'll see what I mean.
Remember, leave me comments. I want to know your results.
One thing for sure Scott is that you won't have any problem with ear wax buildup!
Check the mixture though to make sure it isn't too concentrated.
Yeah, I actually forgot to mention that. Use the standard 3% stuff. Not the 10%!


Goalrilla basketball systems are distributed by Escalade Sports, which has been manufacturing and distributing sporting goods for over 70 years.
Goalrilla GS-III costs about $1000. It has a 54" x 38" tempered glass backboard, 5" x 5" one piece steel pole and a medium flex rim. Height adjustment is easy from 7.5 to 10 feet.
Other Goalrilla systems are available for about $2000.


BRISTOL — The Police Advisory Board plans to take a first step to gauge public support for expanding the police district beyond the village limits to include the entire town of Bristol.
The board this week announced it will conduct a survey of Bristol residents outside of Holley Hall on Election Day.
MIDDLEBURY — The Middlebury selectboard on Tuesday made its revisions to the draft town plan and warned it for a Tuesday, Nov. 13, public hearing during the board's regularly scheduled meeting. That meeting begins at 7 p.m.
ADDISON — Addison planners continued to make headway in their major effort to update the town's zoning laws. They hope to have a finished draft for a public hearing by November, according to September minutes.
PANTON — Panton selectmen have in recent months been overseeing a number of projects to town properties, many to completion.
The most prominent, paving of much of Panton Road, was completed prior to their Oct. 2 meeting. The town also was set to review bids on Oct. 3 for an upgrade of the Dead Creek Bridge, but that meeting was rescheduled.
The highway department also improved a stretch of West Road and installed surveillance cameras at the town garage to help deal with what town officials called persistent theft problems.
BRISTOL — Heading into the second overtime of Tuesday's first-round Division II playoff game in Bristol, the Rice and Mount Abraham Union High School boys' soccer teams had played 195 scoreless minutes this fall, a 0-0 tie at Rice on Oct. 5 and a tense 80 minutes of regulation and then Tuesday's 15-minute first overtime.
MIDDLEBURY — The Middlebury Union High School football team put a rain-soaked exclamation point on its regular season on Friday, Oct. 19, when the Tigers dominated visiting Champlain Valley, 35-7, to enter the Division I playoffs with a 5-3 record and the No. 5 seed.
All the D-I quarterfinals are set for this Friday at 7 p.m. The Tigers will play at No. 4 Rutland (5-3). The winner of that game will meet the winner of No. 1 Hartford (8-0) and No. 8 South Burlington (4-4) the following weekend.
SWANTON — Middlebury Union High School junior Max Moulton won the NVAC small schools boys' cross-country title on Saturday at Missisquoi, and eight other runners from Mount Abraham, Vergennes and MUHS posted top-20 finishes to highlight local teams' efforts.
Overall, the Tiger boys took third with 77 points behind Missisquoi (39) and Rice (74), followed by BFA-Fairfax (87), Milton (151), VUHS (160), Spaulding (172), Richford (179) and Mount Abe (233).
ADDISON COUNTY — Middlebury fell in its Division I first-round game Tuesday as the high school field hockey playoffs opened, while in D-II Mount Abraham and Otter Valley will take the field for Friday quarterfinals.
The No. 9 Tigers' quest for a second-straight D-I crown ended with a 3-1 loss at No. 8 Mount Mansfield on Tuesday. Tiffany Danyow's late first-half goal tied the game at 1-1, but the 6-7-2 Cougars scored twice in the second half for the victory. Goalie Baily Ryan was credited with 11 saves for the 1-12-1 Tigers.


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New community sports thriving in Melton
Sue, seated, with Melton Mowbray Croquet Club members at the start of the 2018 season EMN-180516-095808002
Alternative sports, together with traditional ones, have begun to take off and found a foothold in Melton.
Sue Bailey, a non-sporting person, has championed footgolf, walking netball and croquet over the last three years which has encouraged others not previously involved in sport to give it a go, along with those who felt their sporting days were over.
Footgolf brings families together in both competitive and friendly matches, and has also attracted county and national-standard players to Sysonby Acres which has become the area's prime footgolf centre.
Walking netball, played at the Sports Village, in Burton Road, offers exercise at a leisurely pace, but with a keen competitive spirit, as well as other social activities.
Similarly the Melton Mowbray Croquet Club, set up last July, has attracted a cross-section of the community to play a very traditional game with great social rewards.
Held at Wilton Park, the players are learning both the 'garden' game and the Croquet Association game to keep active both physically and mentally.
The common reward of all three, as well as other similar activities like indoor bowls, is that they provide valuable contact for some who may have become isolated in the community.
Sue Bailey will be happy to provide people with more information and contact points.
Email sue.bailey8@btinternet.com or call 07969 236211.


Is your child interested in learning to play a stringed instrument such as the violin, viola, cello, or bass? Instruction in these instruments is not currently part of the BSD curricular program, but after-school group classes are offered by Southwest Music School at four BSD Elementary School sites: McKay, Oak Hills, Ridgewood, and Hiteon. Click for more information: http://www.swmusicschool.org.


Small, medium and micro enterprises (SMMEs) are the backbone of the South African economy. With an increased focus from government in driving support for emerging SMMEs, including the design of the infrastructure project rollout to favour up-and-coming contractors, there are big opportunities for emerging businesspeople to apply their entrepreneurial ability in the construction, earthmoving and related industries. Those who do so are well advised to consider insuring valuable plant and equipment – machinery which is exposed, daily, to intrinsic risks associated with these activities.
With research showing that between 70 and 80 percent of small businesses will fail within its first five years,[i] the stakes are high for any entrepreneur. There are multiple challenges faced by every fledgling business, but most can be traced to one crucial factor (though the underlying causes are generally multifaceted): cash flow.
Cash-flow pressures can lead to the SMME owner looking for opportunities to cut costs. Insurance is often first in the firing line, as it is often perceived to be a 'nice-to-have' or a 'luxury extra'… if indeed any suitable cover can be found in the first place.
While it is true for just about any SMME, for those in construction, earthmoving and related industries, it is critical that good insurance cover is in place all the time.
At the risk of stating the obvious, your company has to keep three key factors in balance: your plant and equipment (the 'yellow metal') is expensive; your business depends on the availability and reliability of the machinery; and all your plant and equipment operate in inherently dangerous places and unpredictable circumstances.
When times are tough – now or sometime in the future – the insurance premium might feel a lot like an unnecessary expense. However, should one of your trucks or earthmovers is out of order; that could just tip your whole business over the edge.
Not so if your insurance cover is both appropriate and supports your needs.
What to look for in plant and equipment insurance?
For any small business, a 'risk management' approach can be of considerable value. It is probably something you do anyway, whether consciously or not: you look out for the things that might negatively impact operations, and you take action to make sure those risks are understood and a plan is in place to deal with any problems that do eventuate.
Insurance should be a key tool in risk management. Among the risks you might need to manage from a plant and equipment perspective could be one of your yellow metals bulldozing its way into a water main, one of your trucks slipping sideways into a quarry – or just the damage to an expensive tyre caused by stones in the road. Awareness of these and any one of a multitude of other business-specific risks is a very good place to start, because it drives awareness of the necessity for a plan of action.
One of the challenges faced by operators like you is that finding the right cover isn't generally easy. The solutions, which are available, are often targeted at big commercial operators, not SMMEs. The pricing and the scope just isn't appropriate (and that is if you can even get someone to pay you a visit).
The first step for the right insurance is to find the right insurer. You need a company that understands your business, the risks you face and the equipment with which you work. From that will follow an insurance solution, which meets your needs – and budget.
If you have a business with between 5 and 20 vehicles or pieces of equipment, look for an insurer with a specific focus on small and upcoming companies – with a developed range of products that can be tailored to suit individual customers and your unique set of risks. Your insurer should cover everything from cars and bakkies, to medium-sized trucks, and also heavy-duty trucks and yellow metal equipment.


An invitation design that uses illustration and a clean type layout to alert and inform the lucky few that got to attend these two beauties wedding. I created two, hand-drawn portraits as a focal point to the design in order to keep things unique and personal. Paired with a modern typeface and effective colour usage, I kept the eye focused on the bride and groom while delivering the necessary information within a personally unique, clear, and modern aesthetic.


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Jimenez wins fourth Hong Kong Open title
December 9th, 2013 / Bernie McGuire
Spain's Miguel Angel Jimenez has set a new European Tour record in winning a fourth Hong Kong Open victory to again break his oldest-ever champion record just 28 days short of his 50th birthday.
Jimenez calmly holed an 18-foot birdie putt at the first extra play-off hole to not only successfully defend his title but to win the event for a fourth time in nine years.
Miguel Angel Jimenez holds the 2013 Hong Kong Open trophy (Credit: Asian Tour)
'The Mechanic', as Jimenez is affectionately known, defeated Welshman Stuart Manley and Thailand's Prom Meesawat after all three players ended regulation play locked at 12-under par in suburban Fanling.
Jimenez first won the event in 2005 and again in 2008 before last year becoming the oldest-ever European Tour champion at age 48 years and 318 days in capturing a third Hong Kong Open title.
The Malaga golfer birdied four of his closing eight holes in a closing round of a four-under par 66.
Manley went into the last day leading and looking to secure victory just weeks after regaining his Tour card at the European Tour Q-School in Spain.
Manley got off to bad start with a first hole bogey and while he birdied the third and fourth holes it was a roller-coaster opening 10 holes for the player who had started the second round of the recent World Cup of Golf – birdie, birdie, ace and then an 11.
The Welshman stalled with four pars from the 11th to 14th before a birdie at 15 and then a chip-in birdie at the last to make the play-off.
However his second shot at the first extra hole, the downhill par four 18th, was right hitting the roof of a corporate enclosure.
Bangkok-born Meesawat made the biggest move over the last day posting eagles at the third and 13th holes in a round of 65 as he strived for his first European Tour victory.
Meesawat's second shot in the play-off was short of the green but he then applied pressure to his two rivals when he chipped to about six inches.
However there was no denying Jimenez with his birdie putt starting out to the right and just managed to find the right side of the cup before disappearing for also his 20th European Tour success since breaking through for a first win in 1992.
"I just love coming to Hong Kong and I just love this golf course, and I just love this tournament," said Jimenez.
"I didn't play well early in the week but said to myself today I have a good chance of matching the record of four wins and I managed to do that."
Jimenez went into the tournament as one of two players along with legendary Australian Peter Thomson to have won the Hong Kong Open three times and with Taiwan's Hsieh Yung-yo the only player to capture the trophy four times.
Now Jimenez has joined Yung-yo sharing the record of four Hong Kong Open wins.
And despite their own disappointment in losing out in the play-off Manley and Meesavat collected a prize cheque of €84,294 to be sharing ninth place on the 2014 Race to Dubai.
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Beth Howells (l.) and Jane Wood offer up strong coffee and local art at the Tybean off Hwy 80.
For a destination that welcomes hundreds of thousands of tourists a year, Tybee Island has a conspicuous shortage of espresso joints.
Maybe it's because beachgoers are more interested in sweet tea — perhaps spiked with something a little stronger. But in the past decade, Americans have come to demand their morning cup of freshly-roasted joe, and not just any weak, muddy brew will do. This may still be a sleepy beach town, but in these modern times, many folks want to wake up with a double latte with a dusting of cinnamon.
And as it stands now, there's only one place to get it without crossing a bridge.
"Tybee's ready for a real cup of coffee," declares Beth Martin, co-owner of Tybean Art & Coffee Bar.
She and partner Jane Wood opened Tybean two months ago to an instant clientele as vacationers and locals clamor throughout the day for the robust stuff. Beans are shipped fresh from Atlanta's Batdorf & Bronson for Tybean's hearty signature blend, Dancing Goats. The specialty drinks come from an industrial espresso machine named "Sophia."
"Well, she's Italian, isn't she?" shrugs Wood with a grin.
Operating out of not much more than a colorful shack, Martin and Wood are hardly your corporate coffee giants. Martin has owned several galleries around the state and Wood is a heralded folk artist. The duo has lived on the island for over a decade and ran Savannah Art Works, then Tybee Art Works, and before that, a little café in Atlanta. When the spot opened up in Tybee Oaks Shops on the north side of the island, they saw an opportunity to synthesize their past experience.
"We've been looking to combine the elements of art and coffee for a long time," says Martin as she washes dishes behind the tiny counter space.
A modest $6000 Kickstarter got them up and running (donors were rewarded with drinks named after them), and they've stocked the former screened-in porch with plenty of cream and coffee stirrers. A full array of espresso drinks, chai tea and whole beans are available. Also on the menu are fruits smoothies and locally-baked key lime cookies and scones from islander Sandra Nix.
Tybean shares real estate with venerated pizza joint Huc-A-Poo's, Hot Sushi's Surf Shack and a bevy of gift shops under the oaks, a micro-community of laid-back local businessfolk for whom authenticity and kindship remain paramount. Tybean's atmosphere is similarly cozy and casual as customers lounge on the outdoor patio or on a red vinyl couch that looks like it came out of your grandfather's pristine Cadillac.
The livin'-is-easy vibe applies to the art as well: On the walls are Georgia Kyle Shriver's bold portraits and Capt. Edwin Longwater's driftwood sunset scenes. Other affordable art pieces include upcycled frames made from found wood and dreamy beachscapes by local photographer Melissa Doud Freeman. Wood's own whimsical wire works range from decorative owls to twisted wall vases to entwined candleholders.
"We don't need to represent a lot of artists, we don't have the space!" says Wood. "It's just me and a few friends."
So far Martin and Wood split the day, from eight in the morning to six at night. Rather than hibernate like the rest of the island, they plan to keep Tybean open through the winter season. Which begs the question, when do they get a day off?
"We haven't had one of those yet," smiles Wood. "But we'll figure something out."
Though some impatient out-of-towners must be schooled on the slowed-down version of reality that is Tybee Time, most customers deeply appreciate being able to find a finely-crafted mug of java or their favorite espresso beverage.
"Coffee is a whole different interaction," observes Martin, who waited tables in the bar next door for years.
"People are tired when they come in and they wake up with good coffee — and then they're happy! You can't beat that."


© 2014 WILEY-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim. The burgeoning field of nanophotonics has grown to be a major research area, primarily because of the ability to control and manipulate single quantum systems (emitters) and single photons on demand. For many years, studying nanophotonic phenomena was limited to traditional semiconductors (including silicon and GaAs) and experiments were carried out predominantly at cryogenic temperatures. In the last decade, however, diamond has emerged as a new contender to study photonic phenomena at the nanoscale. Offering a plethora of quantum emitters that are optically active at room temperature and ambient conditions, diamond has been exploited to demonstrate super-resolution microscopy and realize entanglement, Purcell enhancement, and other quantum and classical nanophotonic effects. Elucidating the importance of diamond as a material, this progress report highlights the recent achievements in the field of diamond nanophotonics, and conveys a roadmap for future experiments and technological advancements.


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The Theological Seminary of Bogotá, commonly known as the Major Seminary of Bogotá (Spanish: Seminario Conciliar de Bogotá; Seminario Mayor de Bogotá) is a Roman Catholic major seminary located in Bogotá, Colombia, and serving both the Archdiocese of Bogotá and the Diocese of Facatativá. With history dating back to 1581, it is the oldest seminary in the Americas, and today is the largest and most prominent seminaries in Colombia, with dozens of alumni having been appointed bishops, archbishops, and cardinals. In addition to religious leaders, two Colombian presidents have been associated with the seminary. José Manuel Marroquín, the 27th President of Colombia, studied there in the 1840s, and Miguel Abadía Méndez, who was president in the 1920s, taught Latin at the seminary in the early 20th century.

History

Early seminaries
In 1581, the Seminary of Bogotá, then called the Seminary of St. Louis (Spanish: Seminario de San Luis) opened in Bogotá, the first Catholic seminary in the Americas. It closed in 1586, but Bartolomé Lobo Guerrero, Archbishop of Santafé en Nueva Granada (the original name for the Archdiocese of Bogotá), reopened it in 1605 under a new name, the Seminary of St. Bartholomew the Apostle (Spanish: Seminario de San Bartolomé Apóstol). Guerrero placed the seminary in the care of the Society of Jesus (Jesuits) and introduced the instruction of indigenous languages to prepare the future priests for pastoral care of natives. But in 1767, King Charles III of Spain expelled the Jesuits from the Spanish Empire in an effort to gain control of the wealth held by their missions. After that, diocesan priests staffed the seminary. The seminary was weakened by the loss of the Jesuits and in 1771 was absorbed into another former Jesuit seminary.

In 1794 Archbishop Baltazar Jaime Martinez de Compañón reestablished the seminary, staffed by diocesan priests. In 1797, the archbishop died and the seminary closed as a result. In the years that followed, the struggle for Colombian independence would render it impossible to reopen the seminary at that time.

Ordinand's College and merger
In the years after Colombian independence, the need for a seminary in Bogotá became feasible. Fernando Caycedo y Flórez, the archbishop at the time, proposed to the new national government the reestablishment of the "Ordinands' College." The Congress of Colombia approved the establishment in 1823, assigning it a location, budget, and internal regulations. The seminary's curriculum was subject to government approval, which caused conflicts with the government. This time, it was renamed the Ordinands' College of St. Joseph (Spanish: Colegio de Ordenandos de San José). The seminary operated independently until 1838, when the government merged it with the National College of St. Bartholomew (Spanish: Colegio Nacional de San Bartolomé).

Independent seminary
Archbishop Manuel José Mosquera y Arboleda, who had been appointed only three years before the merger, began campaigning for the Bogotá seminary to be reestablished as an independent institution. He efforts succeeded on 21 April 1840, when Congress passed a decree separating the Theological Seminary of Bogotá from the National College of St. Bartholomew. The new seminary, unlike its predecessor, had its own private property, donated by Archbishop Mosquera, and was governed by the archdiocese, not the government. However, the government did reserve the right to require approval for the appointment of the seminary rector. The new statutes for the reestablishment of the seminary, containing 13 chapters and 227 articles, date from 24 August 1840, and the seminary resumed work on 4 October of that year. In 1845, Archbishop Mosquera decided to divide the separate the minor seminary program from the major seminary, entrusting the former to the Jesuits and leaving the latter in the hands of diocesan clergy. However, in 1850 Colombian President José Hilario López expelled the Jesuits as part of his anti-clerical campaign, making it necessary to reunify the two seminaries.

Closures and reestablishments
The seminary closed briefly in 1851 when the government ordered the seminary building to be converted into barracks. Then, in 1852 the government ordered the seminary to once again merge with the National College of St. Bartholomew. In 1855, Archbishop Antonio Herrán y Zaldúa decided to reopen the seminary as an institution independent of the college. The seminary officially reopened on 13 January 1856. Archbishop Herrán also decided to divide the minor and major departments of the seminary, putting the Jesuits back in charge of the former, as they had returned to Colombia in 1858. However, the major seminary closed in 1861 when Herrán was exiled. Herrán returned to Colombia in 1865 and reopened the seminary in 1865 with 50 seminarians.

In 1868, Vicente Arbeláez Gómez was appointed Archbishop of Bogotá, and he signed off on new statutes for the seminary on 14 December 1868. He named Rev. Dr. Indalecio Barreto Martínez, who would later become an auxiliary bishop, as rector. In 1871, Rev. Bernardo Herrera Restrepo, a 27-year-old priest trained at St. Sulpice Seminary in Paris and who would later become a bishop, became rector. Under his leadership the seminary saw a revival of their customs, improvements to the physical campus, and a reformed curriculum. In 1876 the government confiscated the building to use as a political prison, and the seminary closed. It reopened in 1878, still with Herrera as rector, but at different locations: first in the house where Colombian military and political leader Francisco de Paula Santander had died, and next in the former convent of "La Enseñanza (English: The Teaching). Finally, the seminary gave its building to the College of St. Bartholomew, and was given a former Augustinian Recollect monastery building by the government in exchange. In 1885 the seminary's work was again interrupted as the government seized the building for military purposes and used it as a base for staff of the National Army reserves. Earlier in the year, the seminary rector, Monsignor Herrera, was appointed Archbishop of Medellín. He was replaced by Rev. Dr. Joaquín Gómez Otero.

Growth and new buildings

In 1891, Archbishop Herrera was appointed Archbishop of Bogotá, putting him back into contact with the seminary. He gave the seminary new statutes, and wished to construct it a new building. Construction began on the building, located on 11th Street in Bogotá, and the seminary moved its facilities there, but the building was never fully completed. In 1917, upon the publication of the new Code of Canon Law, the seminary's statutes were updated to keep in accordance.

In 1928, Archbishop Ismael Perdomo Borrero divided the seminary into two, a major and minor seminary. In the mid-1940s Perdomo also commissioned the construction of a new seminary building, located in the old "El Chico" haienda, which was completed in 1946 and is still home to the seminary to this day.

Vatican II and changing times
In 1960 Archbishop Luis Concha Córdoba entrusted the administration of the seminary to the Society of Saint-Sulpice, a religious order headquartered in France. The Second Vatican Council, or Vatican II, came to an end in December 1965 and produced noticeable changes in the way Catholic priests were being formed. In the years that followed, there was a significant decline in the number of vocations to the Catholic priesthood, and a large number of priests left the priesthood. At that time the Seminary of Bogotá became notable nationally because few dioceses in the time after Vatican II had enough vocations to support their own seminary. The seminary benefited from professors from foreign countries, as a result of its sponsorship by the Sulpicians, as well as seminarians from many different areas of Colombia, often places that could not support a seminary of their own. From about 1965 until 1985, the seminary served students from the departments of Santander, Boyacá, Cauca, Amazonas, Putumayo, Cundinamarca, Valle del Cauca, Tolima, Meta, and other regions. There were also seminarians from Venezuela, Peru and Central America.

With the completion of Vatican II and the arrival of the Sulpicians, both the atmosphere and educational style of the seminary changed. A larger emphasis was placed on getting to know the people that a future priest will serve, and concern about social causes became more prominent. The environment became more similar to that of a university, although the rector still holds direct leadership and responsibility of all training.

Since 1980
In 1980, the Society of Saint-Sulpice left the seminary, turning its administration back over to diocesan clergy. Today, the Major Seminary of Bogotá is administered by priests of the Archdiocese of Bogotá, with visiting educators, both clergy and laity, who have greater expertise in various subjects that are part of the seminary curriculum. Most of the priests on faculty have advanced degrees in specialized subjects from European universities, especially the Pontifical Gregorian University in Rome, which is run by the Jesuits.

In 2016, the Major Seminary of Bogotá celebrated the 70th anniversary of the completion of the seminary building. The festivities began on 19 March 2016, the Solemnity of St. Joseph, with a "Feast of Families," in which families of seminarians were invited for a meal, and later a Mass.

Campus
In 1943, Archbishop Ismael Perdomo Borrero commenced the construction of the new building of the Major Seminary of Bogotá, designed by architect José Maria Montoya Valenzuela. The building, a four-story red brick Romanesque edifice, was completed in 1946 in the Chico neighborhood of Bogotá, in the eastern hills of the city. The land on which the seminary was built was donated by Enrique Pérez Hoyos and Mercedes Sierra de Pérez.

Rectors
 Rev. Dr. Indalecio Barreto Martínez (1868–1871)
 Mgr. Bernardo Herrera Restrepo (1871–1885)
 Rev. Dr. Joaquín Gómez Otero (1885–1895)
 Rev. Manuel Maria Camargo (1895–1912)
 Rev. Jose Eusebio Diaz (1913–1919)
 Rev. Emilio Valenzuela (1920–1935)
 Rev. Jose Manuel Diaz (1935–1950)
 Rev. Jesús Martínez Vargas (1951–1952)
 Rev. Alfredo Rubio Díaz (1953)
 Rev. Carlos Ortega Bermúdez (1953–1960)
 Rev. Alfredo Morin, PSS (1961–1966)
 Rev. Gerardo Yelle, PSS (1967)
 Rev. Rodrigo Arango Velásquez, PSS (1967–1974)
 Rev. Alfredo Botero Maya, PSS (1975–1980)
 Rev. Gabriel Romero Franco (1980–1986)
 Rev. Oscar Urbina Ortega (1986–1994)
 Rev. Héctor Cubillos Peña (1994–1996)
 Rev. Jesús María Rincón Rojas (1996–2000)
 Rev. Jose Roberto Ospina Leongómez (2001–2006)
 Rev. Luis Augusto Campos Flórez (2006–2010)
 Rev. Germán Medina Acosta (2010–2014)
 Rev. Leonardo Cárdenas Téllez (July 2014– )

Notable alumni
The Seminary of Bogotá has produced dozens of alumni who have gone on to become bishops, archbishops, and cardinals. They are listed below:
 Hernán Alvarado Solano, titular bishop and Vicar Apostolic of Guapi 2001–2011
 Jorge Ardila Serrano, Bishop of Girardot 1988–2001
 Emilio Brigard Ortiz, titular archbishop and Auxiliary Bishop of Bogotá 1944–1986
 José Gabriel Calderón, Auxiliary Bishop of Bogotá 1958–1962 and Bishop of Cartago 1962–1995
 Daniel Caro Borda, Auxiliary Bishop of Bogotá 2000–2003 and Bishop of Soacha 2003–2016
 Luis Concha Córdoba, Cardinal-Archbishop of Bogotá 1959–1972
 Pablo Correa León, Auxiliary Bishop of Bogotá 1957–1959 and Bishop of Cúcuta 1959–1970
 Héctor Cubillos Peña, Auxiliary Bishop of Bucaramanga 2002–2004 and Bishop of Zipaquirá 2004–present
 Mario E. Dorsonville, Auxiliary Bishop of Washington, DC
 José Daniel Falla Robles, Auxiliary Bishop of Cali 2009–2016 and Bishop of Soacha 2016–present
 Fernando Sabogal Viana, Auxiliary Bishop of Bogotá 1996–2013
 Joaquín García Ordoñez, Coadjutor Bishop of Santa Rosa de Osos 1969–1971 and Bishop of Santa Rosa de Osos 1971–1995
 Ciro Gómez Serrano, Bishop of Girardot 1961–1972, Coadjutor Bishop of Socorro y San Gil 1972–1975 and Bishop of Zipaquirá 1975–1980
 Héctor Gutiérrez Pabón, Auxiliary Bishop of Cali 1987–1998, Bishop of Chiquinquirá 1998–2003 and Bishop of Engativá 2003–2015
 Bishop Victor Lopez Forero, Auxiliary Bishop of Bogotá 1977–1980, Bishop of Socorro y San Gil 1980–1985, Bishop of the Military Ordinariate of Colombia 1985–1994, Bishop of Nueva Pamplona 1994–1998 and Bishop of Bucaramanga 1998–2009
 Alfonso López Trujillo, Cardinal-Archbishop of Medellín 1979–1991
 Crisanto Luque Sánchez, Cardinal-Archbishop of Bogotá 1950–1959
 José Manuel Marroquín, 27th President of Colombia, studied literature and philosophy at the seminary in the 1840s
 Gabriel Montalvo Higuera, titular archbishop and Apostolic Nuncio to the United States 1998–2005
 Francisco Antonio Nieto Sua, Auxiliary Bishop of Bogotá 2008–2011, Bishop of San José del Guaviare 2011–2015 and Bishop of Engativá 2015–present
 Alvaro Ortiz Carrillo, Auxiliary Bishop of Bogotá 1986–1989, Coadjutor Bishop of Garagoa 1989–1989 and Bishop of Garagoa 1989–2000
 Ismael Perdomo Borrero, Bishop of Ibagué 1903–1923, Coadjutor Archbishop of Bogotá 1923–1928 and Archbishop of Bogotá 1928–1950
 José de Jesús Pimiento Rodríguez, Cardinal-Archbishop of Manizales 1975–1996
 Jaime Prieto Amaya, Bishop of Barrancabermeja 1993–2009 and Bishop of Cúcuta 2009–2010
 Mario Revollo Bravo, Cardinal-Archbishop of Bogotá 1984–1994
 Gabriel Romero Franco, Auxiliary Bishop of Bogotá 1977–1986 and Bishop of Facatativá 1986–2010
 Alfredo Rubio Diaz, Auxiliary Bishop of Santa Marta 1953–1956, Bishop of Girardot 1956–1961, Bishop of Sonsón 1961–1968 and Archbishop of Nueva Pamplona 1968–1978
 Héctor Rueda Hernández, Archbishop of Medellín 1991–1997
 José Ruiz Arenas, Auxiliary Bishop of Bogotá 1996–2002 and Archbishop of Villavicencio 2002–2004
 Enrique Sarmiento Angulo, Auxiliary Bishop of Bogotá 1986–2003 and Bishop of Fontibón 2003–2011
 Fabio Suescún Mutis, Auxiliary Bishop of Bogotá 1986–1993, Bishop of Pereira 1993–2001 and Bishop of the Military Ordinariate of Colombia 2001–present
 José Roberto Ospina Leongómez, Auxiliary Bishop of Bogotá 2004–2012 and Bishop of Buga 2012–present
 Oscar Urbina Ortega, Auxiliary Bishop of Bogotá 1996–1999, Bishop of Cúcuta 1999–2008 and Archbishop of Villavicencio 2008–present
 Alberto Uribe Urdaneta, Auxiliary Bishop of Manizales 1954–1957, Bishop of Sonsón 1957–1960, Bishop of Cali 1960–1964 and Archbishop of Cali 1964–1985

Notable faculty
 Cardinal Luis Concha Córdoba, served as a prefect of studies, professor of Sacred Scripture and moral theology, and spiritual director at the seminary during the 1910s and 1920s
 Cardinal Marc Ouellet, PSS, was a professor of philosophy at the seminary 1970–1971
 Archbishop Bernardo Herrera Restrepo, Rector 1871–1885
 Archbishop Oscar Urbina Ortega, Rector 1986–1994
 Bishop Indalecio Barreto Martínez, Rector 1868–1871
 Bishop Emilio de Brigard Ortiz, taught in the early 20th-century
 Bishop Jesús Martínez Vargas, Rector 1951–1952
 Bishop Alfredo Rubio Díaz, Rector 1953
 Bishop Rodrigo Arango Velásquez, PSS, Rector 1967–1974
 Bishop Gabriel Romero Franco, Rector 1980–1986
 Bishop Mario E. Dorsonville, was a professor of pastoral counseling and catechesis at the seminary 1995–1996
 Bishop Héctor Cubillos Peña, Rector 1994–1996
 Rev. Diego Jaramillo, Eudist priest and major figure of the Catholic Charismatic Renewal in Colombia, was a professor at the seminary during the 1960s
 Miguel Abadía Méndez, President of Colombia 1926–1930, was a Latin professor at the seminary during the early 20th century

See also
 List of Roman Catholic seminaries

References

External links
 Seminary website (in Spanish)


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The temptation is irresistible to conceptualize the Clinton Machine's strategy going into the first US presidential debate; let Donald Trump metastasize into a pretzel. Mission not impossible; in fact, accomplished.
Sniffin' and slidin', beepin' and sippin', angrily chokin', even swoopin' on the mic to choreograph a blow, "Donald" (as addressed by "Secretary Clinton") fell for every shape and size of bait thrown by a canny, relentlessly focused and rehearsed-to-death, Yale-trained, Lawyerly Mother Superior. Freud, Jung and Lacan must have shed tears of joy in their heavenly pad watching the Ego-unraveling show.
While Secretary Clinton controlled the debate, Donald could not even control his temper; but this being The Donald, it did not prevent him from launching an out of left field self-elegy to his "temperament."
The latest installment of the longest job interview on the planet, played out in a deep blue stage with white stars featuring an American eagle with an -- out of place -- olive branch, may have qualified as wild, wacky TV at its apex.
Yet on the Donald front it was mostly painful to watch. Stream of consciousness non-sequiturs ruled, as in, "I have a son who's 10, he's so good with computers" -- running commentary on US cyber-security vulnerability.
But then, from a global public opinion point of view, there's geopolitics -- something that vastly infantilized swathes of Americans consider at best a big, meaningless word. Yet Secretary Clinton herself was keen to emphasize, "words matter."
So let's see how (and if) geopolitical words made sense at the Trump/Hillary cage match.
Trump defuses WWIII
Donald demonized mostly China (on trade) and Iran, while Secretary Clinton forcefully demonized Russia and Iran. North Korea and terrorism were also on the cards; thus both sides amply paid tribute to the Pentagon's top five 21st century "existential threats" to the American eagle.
Trump's view of China seems to come from someone reading Sun Tzu on LSD; "You look at what China's doing to our country in terms of making our product, they're devaluing their currency and there's nobody in our government to fight them... They're using our country as a piggy bank to rebuild China, and many other countries are doing the same thing."
Beijing is not practicing quantitative easing (QE); actually it's the US, Japan and Germany who do.
Unfortunately Donald did not elaborate on climate change; a November 7, 2012 Trump tweet ruled that global warming was invented by China to devastate the US manufacturing industry.
On the other hand Trump may have -- indirectly -- validated China's One Belt, One Road (OBOR), a.k.a. The New Silk Roads, which are all about infrastructure upgrading; "You land at La Guardia, Newark, L.A.X., and you come in from Dubai and Qatar, you come in from China, you see these incredible airports, we've become a third-world country."
Donald blamed Secretary Clinton for turning Iran into a "major power" -- a shtick that may have been written by dodgy casino mogul Sheldon Adelson (in the audience, and courted like a monarch). He described the Iran nuclear deal as "one of the worst deals made by any country in history," insisting "$400 million in cash" were part of the deal, and Hillary's responsible. Donald knows it because "I met with Bibi Netanyahu the other day."
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