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Roofer crew is busy at work. The dog is not amused. She'll be exhausted by tonight, wandering the house restlessly.
Ok here's my Monthly gripe with the current issue. I didn't even need to read the comparison to know that the Chevy would be last and Mazda first, and the justification just doesn't hold up. Let's be honest here, if Mazda made a 5 passenger mini van with baby seats for the 3rd row you'd still say it was the winner. The excuse that since none of them are practical compared to a minivan ( not true, the Traverse can hold a lot more real world cargo with the 3rd row up than any minivan) is why the Mazda won is just lame.
There rant over.4 Replies
I saw an actual M3 CS yesterday.
My dealer was allocated an additional one for selling so many Ms. That means they'll get a total of 2 of the 550 coming to North America. It was 102 grand and didn't have carbon ceramic brakes. It doesn't have comfort access keyless entry or an armrest. It does weigh 50 kg less than an M3 Competition and has 10 more hp and more torque. But 25 thousand US dollars more?11 Replies
maarp wrote:
And styling by Honda.
I like the hood. It's specific to the CS and made of carbon fibre.
The hood on that car is amazing!
John's ShelbyAMG wrote:
The hood on that car is amazing!
Yuck! Whatever happened to subtle?
maarp wrote:
Yuck! Whatever happened to subtle?
maarp wrote:
Yuck! Whatever happened to subtle?
Subtle, you mean like this:
John Albrecht wrote:
Subtle, you mean like this:
I like that kind of subtle. Here's something even more subtle...
John's ShelbyAMG wrote:
I like that kind of subtle. Here's something even more subtle...
Yep, definitely flying below the radar.
John Albrecht wrote:
Subtle, you mean like this:
The colour I love. Does yours have the lumpy-bumpy hood?
maarp wrote:
The colour I love. Does yours have the lumpy-bumpy hood?
Lumpy but not as lumpy:
John Albrecht wrote:
I saw an actual M3 CS yesterday.
Circus comes to town. Elephant sits on your hood...
The car that replaced my underperforming one yesterday overheated at the end of the race. (blinking red lights on the steering wheel cluster) After practice this morning I didn't see any lights but they checked the data and it was at the high end of normal so they gave me another car for qually and the race. Managed to beat the other two masters time wise while all the kids were about a second faster.
A less than stellar start let my masters nemesis slide in ahead of me but I got by him at turn 6 on the second lap and pulled a modest gap. He hung on and closed the gap at about the half way point. He'd make a mistake and I'd get an extra car length then I'd bobble a corner and he'd close back up. Two laps from the end he got a run out of turn 14 onto the main straight but I was able to hold him off into turn 1 and then hold on for the masters win.
We always bring the best out of each other on track.
He's running the full season and I'm just doing the last 4 race events so he'll win the overall masters title but it's fun making him work for it. He's been complaining to Neil Enerson who owns the series about the masters trophies so Neil made up this lovely evocative custom trophy. :-)
Next up Road America!4 Replies
Monday - Once again, my Recent Activity links to the RBT aren't working. I suspect someone is screwing around with the algorithm that generates them and every time they do, the RA links get hammered.
And once again, the Blue Bullitt got kudos, this time in a BP while my wife was getting local newspapers. A lot of that comes, I think, from the Deep Impact Blue, which really suits the Mustang.2 Replies
Yep same problem for me regarding recent links. Will pass this info along.
When a car looks right it just looks right. Sometimes the style and color just pop in a magical way that draws people in. Sounds like the Blue Bullitt is one of those. Good stuff.
Only way I can find my way here today is to locate the RBT down the list on the front page, click the heading to get to the first page, then click the last page number. Wonderful software update.
I was trying to find the windshield fluid reservoir under the hood yesterday. After a few minutes, I gave up and went to the owners manual. It says it's in the engine compartment but it doesn't mention where. I swear I was losing my mind because I couldn't find it. Turns out it's at the passenger side right by the windshield, have to access it from the side right behind the hood, where the blue cap is.6 Replies
Hiding in plain sight in an unexpected place.
It's obvious once I know where it is but it's behind the hood.
Actually a pretty convenient location since I never use a funnel, won't spill everywhere.
Lego wrote:
It's obvious once I know where it is but it's behind the hood.
Actually a pretty convenient location since I never use a funnel, won't spill everywhere.
Wait... So, what you're saying is that, once the hood is open, the hood moves up and out to be in front of the filler? Hmm...
Jim Ciancia wrote:
Wait... So, what you're saying is that, once the hood is open, the hood moves up and out to be in front of the filler? Hmm...
Yes, can only access it from the side of the car and behind the hood once the hood is open. Depending on the angle, I cannot see it from front of the car.
Lego wrote:
Yes, can only access it from the side of the car and behind the hood once the hood is open. Depending on the angle, I cannot see it from front of the car.
Well, that is either excellent engineering, or a major "oh crap! Where are we going to put this?) moment.
Had jury duty today. Sat in a chair for 3 hours, then about 80 people were called up and told to come back in 2 and a half hours to be assigned a trial. After 10 minutes, the rest of us were sent home.2 Replies
I've been called once, and they had their jury selected well before they came to my name. Thank Jebus.
I've been called twice, once for Grand Jury duty, a 3-week commitment, and once for Petit (normal). Obviously Grand Jury duty is brutal since it really is 3 weeks with like 6 cases a day. On the Petit jury I was out in a few days.
Tuesday - Got the lawn done yesterday, and a good thing, because the rain is coming down even as I type here. Might be a good day to fire up the amps and enjoy some music.
So the big dumpster is still on the driveway from the roofers on the weekend. I managed to find quite a few things around the house and garage to add to the old shingles.8 Replies
Surprisingly for my move, I only have 1 garbage bag every two weeks for garbage day and that's including my regular garbage.
Well, I've got 23 years worth of detritus around the house that needs to be taken care of before we move (if/when my wife can come to grips and agree to moving).
maarp wrote:
Well, I've got 23 years worth of detritus around the house that needs to be taken care of before we move (if/when my wife can come to grips and agree to moving).
Excellent use of "detritus", my good man! A highly overlooked word, IMHO.
The truck just came for the 4 yard bin at work and couldn't lift it. He'd said that had never happened before.
maarp wrote:
Well, I've got 23 years....
Interesting. I'm mid-thirties, and have moved 10 times. Its hard to comprehend living in the same place for 23 years.
Trochu wrote:
Interesting. I'm mid-thirties, and have moved 10 times. Its hard to comprehend living in the same place for 23 years.
Most of your stuff must be permanently in boxes.
Lego wrote:
Most of your stuff must be permanently in boxes.
When I moved up to Fort St. John, it all fit in my truck. I got married up there, four years later it took the truck, an 18' trailer, and a second truck with a small u Haul. With the kids and additional time, moving is getting more difficult. Beat the average though, haven't moved in 4 years.
Trochu wrote:
Interesting. I'm mid-thirties, and have moved 10 times. Its hard to comprehend living in the same place for 23 years.
Let's see....
Once when I was three that I have no memory of, when I got married (at 24) and moved to an apartment, then our first house (at 27) lasted 6 years, and been here ever since.
Wednesday - Looking forward to enjoying lunch with a former colleague I haven't seen in quite a while. We worked together on a project several years ago which had a reasonably satisfactory conclusion (not that our employer noticed), and it'll be good to see how he's doing.
The guys next door were throwing out some essentially new lockers. Snagged those and onto Kijiji they go, hopefully make a few hundred for 15 minutes of effort.
Been having a "fun" past few days. Been in meetings for work Tuesday, today and one more tomorrow. Exhilarating! Also, a simple software update on my Mac went south. After two days of various attempts by phone support to remedy the issue, no progress was made, and the worst was feared... Bad hard drive. The last tech suggested that, before I resort to buying a new drive, maybe I should bring it to my local Apple Store for a visit to the Genius Bar. Glad I did. A deeper diagnostic than any of the phone folks did revealed that all systems were A-OK; including the hard drive. So, he asked if I had things backed up. I do, said I. He then proceeded to tell me it was most likely software related, and that we were about to completely erase the drive and load the OS from scratch. Other than the time for that to happen (about a half an hour), the diagnostic time (10-15 minutes), and the time to restore my backup (which I did at home overnight), there was no fuss. I wish I had just gone there to start with. I can see why they are called geniuses. Keep in mind, this is a seven year old laptop. They could have just pronounced it dead and moved on. but instead, they handled it as if I had just bought the thing. I'm quite pleased.4 Replies
Thursday - Unfortunately, my friend caught some kind of stomach bug, so lunch yesterday got indefinitely postponed. We'll get there at some point, I'm sure.
Friday - I'm not a big comedy nut, but last night, I went to Hilarities in downtown Cleveland to indulge in the wellRED Comedy of Drew Morgan, Corey Ryan Forrester, and that ol' Liberal Redneck, Trae Crowder. Definitely a good time.
One of our cats (this one with a cancer history) had a lump pop up above his nose between his eyes. Took him in for a biopsy yesterday and the procedure went well but have to keep him separated from the other cat for 24 hours as the meds make them smell different and smell is their identifier. Won't have the lab work for 5-7 days but the doc said the mass didn't appear to have a blood source (which most cancerous masses have) and came out easily so she was cautiously optimistic.
They put a collar on him so he wouldn't paw at the incision and he would have no part of it. Took it off every time they put it on him. They even tried tying it on him and he took it off every time. Took it off twice in the carrier before giving him to me to take home. So rather than fight the tide we removed the collar and kept him isolated over night and he hasn't been rubbing at the wound. The anesthesia made him hyperactive initially but none of his activity endangered the incision so things are starting to normalize.
So he continues on with reputation intact of being the most expensive rescue shelter cat in North America!3 Replies
Officially on vacation until September 4th. Will need to get a few things done around the house. Next Friday, however, we'll be heading to Vermont for my sister's wedding; which will be on Saturday.
She will be getting married at an alpaca farm. Different, but I'm looking forward to it. I've been tasked with filming the event. So, you know... no pressure there.4 Replies
Good luck with that...
May all your batteries be charged. :-)
I can top it. My wife's sister-in-law is visiting, coming back from her brother's wedding, a themed wedding, in which the groom dressed as a pirate and the bride was a "person who used to be a unicorn".
maarp wrote:
Whereabouts in Vermont? I love that place.
The alpaca farm is in Bridport, VT. The reception will be held at the Kingsland Bay State Park in Ferrisburgh, about a half an hour north.
Saturday - Got a ride in yesterday (and promptly took a nap afterward!). Not as young as I used to be, I guess. So it goes...
The old dog went to Lime Rock this morning at 8am as one of the instructors for the 9a-1:30p autocross session. Was standing in the sun most of that time when not right seating. Only mention this because it was one of those times when that much energy expended would have drained my batteries but given what was to come I felt like I'd just had a good nights rest. :-)
At 1:30 grabbed lunch and went down to the paddock where the Lime Rock Drivers Club was alternating with a BMW club.
One of the members I know has a Radical he wanted me to experience... So, far be it from me to disappoint him. :-)
The car has a motorcycle engine that revs to about 10 grand and a 6 speed sequential gearbox. This is an older 2005 model so while it does have wings and downforce it's not quite as much as the newer models that have bigger motors and more downforce but that said even the older models are impressive race cars.
Grip is impressive due to both large racing slicks and large wings. The high winding motor sounds like a vintage F1 car and 200 hp in a light weight like this is a lot of fun.
My fastest lap in a Skippy open wheel car was 58.2 seconds. My fastest lap in the Radical was 55.3 and that's leaving a little on the table for safety. Grip is great fun as well as tiring... But it's a good kind of tiring. :-)
A personal lap record for me today but another club member has a newer Radical with bigger wings and engine and he was turning 52 second laps... So there's that. (He followed me for a couple of laps before driving by and away.)
It was another good day.2 Replies
T M wrote:
Sounds like shades of an Ariel Atom or something like!
Much more aerodynamic then an Ariel Atom but similar power to weight ratios. Top speed while good is not ridiculous but the downforce lets you carry much more speed through the corners and that's where both the work and the fun is. :-)
Sunday - Got a hangout to attend at noon today. Other than that, probably not much going on, other than watching golf or racing.
Watching the F1 race at Spa was a bit more interesting having recently done a track day there.
With the exception of an occasional helicopter shot the elevation changes aren't apparent with track side cameras. Downforce means the track they're driving is quite different from the one I drove in a track day sedan. Eau Rouge is easy flat in the F1 car and a courage test every lap in a sedan.
With the exception of the opening lap first corner crash that proved the value of having halos the race was a snooze fest. Botas drove from the back to 4th. Vettel had no trouble driving around Hamilton and the rest of the field was almost never within DRS range of another car.
Fun to see a world class track I had a chance to visit but my track day was more exciting than this race.1 Reply
I went to that race two years ago. We sat between eau rouge and Radillon. Cameras seldom do the elevation change justice. There was shot of Martin Brundle shooting down from Radillon toward the base before eau rouge and it did capture the height. I can tell you that walking to our seats from La Source definitely makes the height feel very real.
Saw this sitting behind a local MB dealership today. And, before anyone freaks out about how one would dare paint it banana yellow (matte finish, no less), allow me to point out that it was a vinyl wrap; a very good wrap at that! I believe the true color of the car is black. I do prefer the yellow to that.7 Replies
Wraps are now the automotive equivilant of hair dye. They are relatively cheap, protect the original paint and allow you to make an outrageous color or pattern choice that protects the original paint and value of your investment.
Have mentioned previously the outrageous wraps used on Ferrari and Lamborghini Challenge cars that would be ridiculously costly to paint and maintain. Taste is always subjective but wraps do allow a wider pallet of choice. :-)
Pat Daly wrote:
Wraps are now the automotive equivilant of hair dye.
Maybe more like a bad toupee in some cases.
Pat Daly wrote:
Wraps are now the automotive equivilant of hair dye. They are relatively cheap, protect the original paint and allow you to make an outrageous color or pattern choice that protects the original paint and value of your investment.
Have mentioned previously the outrageous wraps used on Ferrari and Lamborghini Challenge cars that would be ridulously costly to paint and maintain. Taste is always subjective but wraps do allow a wider pallet of choice. :-)
JRT wrote:
Maybe more like a bad toupee in some cases.
Morrie, Morrie... calm down.
maarp wrote:
How about wraps like this?
Why not?
Just saw this on the Twitter...
Staying Public https://t.co/gUrAnInBOu— Tesla (@Tesla) August 25, 2018
Monday - My wife and I went to a dinner at an odd little spot in Orrville, OH, meeting some of her family and friends last night. Today may include a lawn mowing, but I don't know about anything else.
Tuesday - Got the lawn mowed (in 90°F temps!) yesterday, but that was about it. I'll probably have to make a run for kitty food at some point today, but what else is in store, I don't know.
For the 4th time in the past three weeks, I had to clean up after my dog this morning. My wife just texted and said there's another pile. She never even asked to go out like she always has. She's a Scottie, and at only 11 1/2 years old, I wouldn't think that it would be getting to "that time" already, but I'm beginning to wonder...2 Replies
Hopefully that's just a phase. My dog tends to have a little tinkle control problem during thunderstorms. During thunderstorms, when no one is home, she drinks water like a politician getting interrogated by the Senate Judiciary.
Yeah, I don't know about that. This is so completely out of character for her. We've also noticed that she's going deaf. I often have to wake her up in the morning, whereas she used to greet me at the bottom of the stairs, and she has no idea what direction she's being called from when you do yell loud enough.
Here's a great project car for someone with deep pockets:
Original-Owner 1967 Mercedes-Benz 600 Project
What a beautiful old girl.4 Replies
A free one that's in good condition might bankrupt most people just to keep it in good condition. Isn't all the actuation done with hydraulics rather than electrics?
John Albrecht wrote:
A free one that's in good condition might bankrupt most people just to keep it in good condition. Isn't all the actuation done with hydraulics rather than electrics?
Indeed. If only I was a deranged despot ruling a small country...
These used to be the bad guy spy cars in the early "Mission Impossible" shows.
Anyone on here have experience with a anti-squeal brake compound, such as this?
The brakes on my truck squeal something fierce after the 3rd or 4th stop. I've took a looked, a mechanic took a look, lots of pad left and no apparent deficiencies. He said sometimes the two compounds don't work well together, but I don't really want to buy new pads when the existing units are basically brand new. Its possible he glazed them, and maybe I'll try some sandpaper first, but this might be my fall back plan.5 Replies
Sold plenty of it when I used to work the parts counter. Never used it, however.
You apply it to the backing plate on the pads and after a week or so, the stuff will wear off and the squealing starts again. I used it once and I ended up replacing the pads myself. Personally, unless you are doing the job yourself, you are better off putting in new pads (same shop time).
Alternatively, you can take the truck out onto a deserted highway (Cremona to Carstairs) and give it a few good emergency braking sessions. That might help set the pads in better and help with the squealing.
Thanks guys.
Maybe I'll do a few emergency stops and see if that helps things before tearing it down.
This'll help with the squealing but you may have to go to the brakes a little earlier.
Got a tint done on the Lexus today, 35% all around, didn't want a limo tint. Just enough to block those nasty-ass UV's.
Wednesday - My wife and I and a bunch of her kids and grandkids are off to Cedar Point today. For myself, I plan on doing a tour of a few of their more notorious roller coasters, which should be fun ... depending on how long the lines are.


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NixVAX was supposed to be this magical vaccine that helped smokers kick the habit. Awesome, right? Yeah! Too bad it doesn't work. In testing NicVAX, researchers found that it performed no different than a placebo. As in, it did nothing.
NicVAX, a nicotine conjugate vaccine, is supposed to train a smoker's immune system to create antibodies that'll attach themselves to nicotine. According to the AP, "the goal is to prevent the nicotine molecules from reaching the brain so people can quit smoking and not start again." I imagine that NicVAX is trying to make it so there's no difference between smoking and not smoking. Which all sounds good!
But in a late-stage trial, the vaccine created by Nabi Biopharmaceuticals only helped about 11% of smokers quit. That's the same quit rate for smokers who received a placebo instead of NicVAX. Which means, that shit don't work. Smokers, it's hard to quit. Don't rely on a magical pill that over-promises and under-delivers to help get you there. Stop now, on your own. [AP]

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Be creative – broken tools, pots and whatnots make fun scarecrows …how about those ladybug shoes?
If you have a garden, it's more than likely that you also have a pest or three. It should be no surprise that pests and critters like our yards and gardens as much, or more, than we do. We are encouraged to invite wildlife into our yards and gardens because we love seeing them, and, in theory, they help balance our desire for our garden and nature to coexist. But what happens when they go rogue and start eating, digging and destroying all of our hard work?
Scaring them away, or we could say gently discouraging, wild and sometimes not-so-wild critters to "Step away from the garden," is always a first and sometimes successful option.
When we think about "scare" and "garden," our minds naturally jump to scarecrows, an ancient and very popular form of scaring away crows and sparrows from crops. These birds could devastate a farmer's crop in short order, which could mean food shortages, a very serious matter. The idea is that birds would see a scarecrow and think it was a person and be frightened away. Scarecrows work somewhat … at least for a while, until the birds figure out it doesn't move, and then they're back to raiding crops.
A traditional scarecrow watches over sunflowers, discouraging birds and looking good in the garden. • Some yard-sale finds turn this PVC pipe frame into a cute little hip-hop cowgirl ready to scare. The base is a 2-foot piece of larger PVC pipe concreted into a bucket so it can be moved easily about.
Scarecrows have such a rich history in our agrarian past that a garden without one seems naked or not quite finished. Besides, they add a touch of color and art to the garden, whether they are scary or not.
Easy to make and a fun family project, scarecrow frames can be repurposed from materials you probably can gather from around your garage or barn. It's just a matter of dressing something that can be used as a frame that is currently being used in a different manner, such as pieces of wrought iron, gazing-ball holders, easels or tripods. You can easily use scrap lumber or PVC pipe to construct a frame – a basic "T" or cross shape for you to "dress."
I've always thought that scarecrows could be "new and improved" with a little tweaking … here are some ideas to consider:
• Make your scarecrow moveable – this will hopefully create an element of surprise and some fright. I made a "scare baby" on a metal form I used to display gazing balls. It has a central spike that pushes easily into the ground so I can move it often. You could also anchor the frame to a bucket with concrete, making them more mobile.
• Stuff the scarecrow clothes with strong-smelling herbs like tansy, wormwood and lavender. Many critters, as well as some insects, will be repelled or confused and just move on.
Scarebaby might seem innocently sweet with her hot pink skirt and gourd head, but she spreads a little doubt when I move her easily and often around the garden on her gazing-ball frame. • Repurpose CDs to scare away birds in the garden as they spin and glimmer. • Ribbons, especially reflective ones – blow in the wind, creating movement to startle critters.
• Use the scarecrow's arms to hang reflective tape or metallic objects that will move in a breeze, like old Christmas decorations and garland, or even old CDs that will spin and shine in the sun.
• My mom sprays cheap perfume on rags she hangs on fences or posts around her garden to ward off deer with great results. If you have hungry deer, perfume your scarecrows or add a smelly scarf.
• Accessorize your scarecrow with leftover soap scraps, human hair and mashed garlic that can be placed in recycled mesh bags and hung on the scarecrow as another deterrent for deer.
• Hide a portable radio (protected from rain) in the scarecrow, connected to a timer on a 24/7 talk radio station that comes on randomly to catch critters off guard. This works for deer, raccoons, birds and other garden marauders.
• Twinkle lights are always a nice touch in the garden – why not wrap them around scarecrows and connect to a timer that goes on and off during the night to put a little scare into those nocturnal pests?
• Use scarecrows as a hanger for plastic owl or hawk decoys or better yet, rubber snakes. Rabbits, birds and other critters are leery of these birds and reptiles of prey. These, too, work best if moved often to maintain the element of surprise.
• Attach mirrors to do one of three things: Keep some birds busy admiring or fighting with themselves; cast reflective light spots, especially when they are hanging so they can spin around to startle and scare; critters – groundhogs, who are afraid of their own refection – will skedaddle when they see themselves in a stationary mirror placed near the ground by the scarecrow base.
• Pinwheels and spinning whirligigs are not only fun in the garden, but they also add sudden movement to intimidate or surprise, and will send groundhogs running. Old-timers say that these spinners also create vibrations, which will make moles nervous and wary. They'll leave your garden alone and look for calmer areas.
• Don't know what to do with all the shells you get from your beach vacations? String them together and let them hang off the scarecrow as another unusual noisemaker.
• Chimes make noise with the slightest breeze, and let's face it, some of those high-pitched notes are painful; so put them in the garden, where they can be used to make critters hold their ears and skitter, scatter.
• Old-fashioned pie plates hanging around the garden in pairs clang loudly to shoo away birds, or hung singly, they'll spin and glimmer.
Hanging pie pans so they spin is an old-fashioned way to keep some varmints out of the garden.
• Change outfits now and then to fool critters – especially the winged ones. So if you thought those folks with the garden ornaments that wear different clothing throughout the year based on the season were a little strange … think again, they may be onto something!
• And finally, have fun coming up with ideas to scare, befuddle, confuse and disperse trouble makers from your garden, then share what works with your garden friends.
A version of this article appeared in a October 2014 print edition of State-by-State Gardening.
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We're just a few days away from Jack LaLanne's acceptance of our Club Industry Lifetime Achievement Award and his keynote address at our show. We're also a few days away from our first redesigned issue, featuring Jack LaLanne on the cover.
Jack is still in the news, and he's still celebrating his 95th birthday. The timing of all of this couldn't have been better for us.
As with every story, there are quotes and anecdotes that don't get to the finished product. One of those quotes is from Augie Nieto, who shared some of his thoughts about Jack. This was e-mailed to me just a few minutes after I made the request. Keep in mind that Augie is continuing his fight against ALS.
OK, here's Augie on Jack:
"Jack was the pied piper of the couch potato. He got Americans to see the value of physical fitness. His TV show was the conduit for the modern-day health club. We owe Jack a huge thanks!"


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Jon Maestry from BMW Billiards, front, levels a newly installed pool table in the lounge area of PHAZE, a new Loveland nightclub located at 5400 N. Garfield Ave. which plans to open for business on New Year's Eve at 9:00 p.m.
Investigators sift through the wreckage Tuesday, of a Cessna that crashed on Monday south of Carter Lake where Chimney Hollow Reservoir will be built. One person was killed in the crash, but his identity has not yet been released.
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Gone are the days when transplant centers refused patients with HIV. Today, it's common knowledge that with the powerful HIV medicine available, people living with the virus can expect a much longer and healthier life, making the arduous job of a transplant more feasible.
"Most transplant centers are not looking at HIV as a contraindication [two things that don't go together], but as a challenge," says Dr. Patrick Lynch, a hepatologist at Northwestern Memorial Hospital in Chicago. "Although not everyone with HIV will meet all the criteria for a transplant, it's good to know that it's available."
It's especially good news as conditions like liver disease and viral hepatitis become a greater risk for death in people with HIV. Moreover, not only do non-HIV related conditions become a greater risk as treatment successfully wards off the complications of AIDS, but the treatment itself may contribute to disease. The medications might, for example, lead to stress on the liver.
Dr. Lynch notes that 30% of people with HIV will have some form of liver disease, usually with infection by either hepatitis B or hepatitis C.
According to the National Organ Transplant Act (NOTA), people with HIV who are asymptomatic (without symptoms of disease) "should not necessarily be excluded from candidacy for organ transplantation." NOTA goes on to state that these persons "should be advised that he or she may be at increased risk of morbidity and mortality because of immunosuppressive therapy [required for all transplant patients]." It also says that, "Administering treatment to patients who test positive for the HIV antibody should not be optional or discretionary for health care personnel." In other words, NOTA advocates a non-discriminatory policy.
Once a person receives a diagnosis of end-stage disease, he or she can request an evaluation at a transplant center. There are 200 around the country, and each has its own criteria.
The Kovlar Transplant Center at Northwestern is currently evaluating and putting people with HIV on the liver transplant list. The center plans to do more liver and kidney transplants in the future. They are also conducting a study to evaluate the interactions between HIV medications and drugs used to prevent organ rejection after a transplant. (As this will require post-transplant blood work, HIV-positive patients with transplants from other Chicago area centers can join this study.)
"We have the transplant expertise and the HIV expertise. We have Rob Murphy and other infectious disease doctors who've conducted groundbreaking ACTG [AIDS Clinical Trials Group] studies. We're excited about combining the two fields of expertise," says Dr. Lynch. "Additionally, we are looking into new ways to expand the number of organs available for transplant. We were the first center in Chicago to do living donor liver transplants as well as the first center to do a liver transplant in someone infected with HIV. We are also involved in changing the state law to increase the number of organs available for liver transplantation."
Dr. Lynch advises that you select "a center with experience in HIV because both conditions need to be treated well afterwards." He further suggests that you look for the centers interested in HIV-positive transplants and that you ask for referrals to other centers if you're rejected.
He also points out that a center closer to home is important, because post-operative care might require daily visits for a time, and because being far from home puts an extra burden on family members and other support people.
Time -- and Research -- Will Tell
"Experimental" procedures leave the realm of the experimental after a significant amount of work takes place -- with the help of solid research.
It's in this area that HIV-specialists from the University of California at San Francisco (UCSF) are leading the way. Doctors at UCSF successfully struggled to establish a large, multi-center study on transplants in HIV-positive people. This trial opens 17 centers around the country to people with HIV (see box, below). As with the trial at Northwestern and at other centers, this research seeks to determine the best way to make transplants successful for people with HIV.
This does not mean that people with HIV will be able to receive an organ any faster than anyone else. What is does mean is that is that this rigorously designed trial will look at the transplants from A to Z, collecting the information needed to make transplants work best for people with HIV. If it turns out that these transplants are safe and effective, such data should also help put to rest battles for reimbursement from Medicare and private insurance. Also, without a study, transplants can be done in HIV-positive people, but the knowledge gained is either lost or reported after the fact such as with a case report or a chart review -- not the best way to advance scientific information.
Study co-chair Dr. Michelle Roland, an assistant professor of medicine at UCSF at the Positive Health Program at San Francisco General Hospital, points out that there are other studies being conducted as well, and that people with HIV should investigate all of their options. She notes, however, that some of the centers in this study have the most experience in this work. "This is a new area and there are a lot of things to learn. It could be that a center doing this for the first time can do it perfectly. Most people, however, can expect to do better with a center that has a high volume vs. one with a low volume of any particular procedure, such as a by pass."
Dr. Roland and her colleagues have published several papers and presented reports on their work. In their papers, the researchers note that transplants may be a good option for HIV-positive people who are "relatively healthy." This is an important distinction. "End-stage liver disease is different from end-stage HIV disease in the context of transplants. We don't include people with advanced HIV disease in our study," she explains. Dr. Roland stressed that people with HIV "do everything they can to prevent a transplant."
A few suggestions: get screened for hepatitis B and C, get vaccinated for hepatitis A and B, and have your doctor monitor your liver enzymes and other blood work on a regular basis. Says Dr. Roland, "Transplantation is a very serious endeavor. While it's very exciting that this option is available, you would rather not have to exercise this option and take all these meds with all these toxicities for life."
If you do need a transplant, she advises that you get evaluated for one early after you receive that diagnosis, not wait until you're very sick.
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With the arrival of summer, wedding season is in full swing. And along with all the excitement of getting married comes some confusing details. Specifically, how should newlyweds handle credit card changes?
Name changes on your credit card.
Spouses who will be changing their name have to look forward to the monotony of visiting their state Department of Motor Vehicles and their local Social Security office. But when it comes to their credit cards, it can be a lot simpler.
Contact your credit card issuers and request to have your name changed. Some banks will ask for a copy of your ID, while others will accept a fax or emailed attachment of your marriage certificate. Either way, wait until you have your new ID in hand, just in case they ask for it, or you ever need to present it to resolve an error.
Adding a spouse to an account as an additional cardholder.
With name changing issues resolved, the next major decision will be whether or not to add each other to your existing credit card accounts. Even couples who choose to manage their finances separately may still wish to add one another to at least one of their credit card accounts as an authorized cardholder. In this way, both can make purchases while the original card member, referred to as the primary account holder, will still be responsible for payment on all charges. In addition, only the primary account holder will be able to make any changes to the account.
Adding a spouse as a joint account holder.
Couples who will manage their finances jointly will want to try to add each other as joint account holders. This will allow both of them to be considered primary account holders. They will both be authorized to make account inquiries, report cards lost or stolen, and request replacement cards.
While this can be done quickly and easily with some card issuers, others will require that an account be closed and a new one be opened as a joint account. Unfortunately, closing a long-standing account will shorten your credit history while applying for a new account will require another credit inquiry. Both of these steps will have a small, negative, but temporary affect on your credit.
Thankfully, there is one way to grant your spouse complete access to an account without becoming a joint account holder. Banks will allow you to grant power of attorney to an authorized cardholder. The primary cardholder will still be responsible for paying any debts, but at least both parties will be able to report a card lost or stolen, or dispute a charge. Contact your bank and ask for a copy of this form, which may need to be notarized.
Getting married is not just about planning parties, there are some important decisions to be made when creating a new household. But by taking a moment to think through how your marriage will affect your credit cards, you both can return to more enjoyable tasks — such as planning a honeymoon.
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It's a well known phenomenon in law offices across the country that January sees an increase of couples initiating divorce proceedings. Whether it's a desire to start the new year with a clean (and single) slate, or that the end of the holidays means an end to keeping up appearances, if you're going to split, January seems to be the time to do it.
In January of 2011, I saw four of my closest friends end their marriages in a domino like procession, with my own serious relationship coming to an end later that year. We were all in our early 30's and in relationships that weren't working. It was now or never. Stay, procreate and be unhappy, or take a leap into uncertainty while we were still young. However, what exactly is compelling so many Canadians to part ways at the beginning of the new year?
Iona Monk, a registered clinical counsellor and founder of Vancouver Couples Counselling explains, "I think in general the new year is a time to re-evaluate most things in our life and make resolutions that involve living better." Sometimes "living better" involves ending a relationship that's no longer working.
Monk goes on to explain, "We tend to glamorize and romanticize the holiday season. When January rolls around and we realize that the reality of the holidays falls terribly short of our expectations, it can be the wakeup call we need to really see what is wrong. If your relationship is not happy at the happiest time of the year, it can be hard to rationalize and continue it with our heads in the sand!" she explains.
However, there is some good news. According to Devry Smith Frank LLP, Toronto's largest legal firm outside the downtown core, 74% of couples believe that they can divorce amicably.
Julie Tyas, a lawyer with almost 7 years' experience in family law, says "We expect to see our calendars fill up every January with appointments to explore divorce proceedings but we'd never expect such optimism from Canadians about keeping divorce amicable," she says.
With that said, just because we're in the midst of "divorce month" doesn't mean any of us should approach divorce any less cautiously. As Tyas points out, most Canadians don't prepare for divorce. Instead of making rash decisions, she suggests getting your finances in order and speaking with your partner openly about how you'd like to go about the process.
As Tyas is careful to note, "The reality is that divorce rates are continuing to rise, and difficult conversations before initiating any type of dispute resolution process can help to ensure a more amicable separation." Wise advice, regardless of the time of year.


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Room for Debate (New York Times), March 29, 2009
This article is one of six in the Times' Room for Debate blog on the topic "Europe's Solution: Take More Time Off."
More than 12 million workers in the United States are currently unemployed, with the number rising rapidly. The problem with the economy is that we can produce more goods and services than is being demanded. The way we generally deal with lack of demand is to lay people off, leaving a relatively small segment of the work force (the unemployed) to bear the pain of our economic problems.
An alternative would be to have everyone share in the adjustment to excess supply by reducing work hours. Fewer work hours would mean roughly proportionate reductions in pay, but there would be the offsetting benefit of more leisure time. Workers would have more time to spend with their families or in nonwork activities. This would bring us more in line with the rest of the world, where the standard workweek and year is considerably shorter.
Shorter hours can also be associated with more flexibility in hours making the workplace more family friendly. It may also be more environmentally friendly by reducing the congestion at rush hours and perhaps leading companies to reduce the number of commutes by allowing four day workweeks.
One reason that firms are reluctant to go the route of shorter hours is that many costs, particularly health care insurance, are typically paid per worker rather than per hour. This gives firms a strong incentive to maximize the amount of work they get out of each worker. Health care reform is an obvious long-term answer to this problem but in the short term it suggests that the government can play a useful role by providing an offsetting incentive to reduce work hours.
This can be an important part of a new stimulus package. Effectively, the government would be paying people to work less. This can be done with modest employer tax credits, for example, the government could give a credit of up to $2,500 or 10 percent of a worker's time to cover paid time off for workers. (This credit would cover 10 percent of the pay of someone earning $25,000 a year or less.) The paid time off can take the form of paid family leave, paid sick days, paid vacations, shorter standard workweek, or some combination.
The arithmetic on this is very straightforward. Suppose employers of 50 million workers reduced work time by an average of 5 percent. Demand would be little changed, since workers are still getting paid almost the same in spite of their shorter hours. With these workers putting in 5 percent fewer hours, and demand unchanged, employers should want to hire (or not lay off) roughly 5 percent more workers, or 2.5 million workers. (The impact on total employment is the same whether this tax credit averts layoffs or leads to new hires.)
This would be a quick bureaucracy-free way to reduce the unemployment rate at a relatively low cost (a $2,500 credit for 50 million workers would cost $125 billion a year). In addition to the short-term benefit, there could be a long-term benefit in that workers and employers may like the new work arrangements and keep them in place after the tax credit is removed.
At this point, few people in Congress are actively discussing further stimulus. Of course, Congress has underestimated the severity of this downturn all along, passing a stimulus package in 2008 that everyone now concedes was inadequate. This will soon be the case with the more recent package. When Congress again realizes its mistake, there may be interest in a pay for play tax credit as the quickest and best way to get the economy back to full employment.
Dean Baker is the co-director of the Center for Economic and Policy Research (CEPR). He is the author of Plunder and Blunder: The Rise and Fall of the Bubble Economy. He also has a blog on the American Prospect, "Beat the Press," where he discusses the media's coverage of economic issues.


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LOS ANGELES — The Garfield Medical Center, an acute care facility in Monterey Park, Calif., will pay $530,000 to settle a lawsuit alleging the sexual harassment of its staff, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) announced today. According to the federal agency, several of the female targets of the harassment were either retaliated against or compelled to quit after their complaints were ignored by hospital management.
The EEOC said that from 2007 the hospital allowed a male emergency room admitting representative to harass a class of female employees by subjecting them to inappropriate touching, propositions for sex, graphic discussions of sexual activities, obscene pictures and comments regarding female body parts, including those of underage patients. One employee was terminated upon reporting the harassment, while others were compelled to quit rather than endure the hostile work environment. Despite complaints to hospital management, the offending employee was not terminated until 2009, more than two years after the initial complaints were lodged.
The EEOC originally filed suit against the hospital in August 2010 in U.S. District Court for the Central District of California (EEOC v. AHMC Garfield Medical Center dba Garfield Medical Center, Inc., Case No. 10-CV-06179-GHF[FMOx]). As part of the settlement, Garfield Medical Center entered into a three-year consent decree providing for the monetary relief for at least ten named victims along with sweeping injunctive relief designed to prevent and appropriately deal with future instances of harassment. Of the settlement amount, $100,000 will be set aside as a class fund for victims who have yet to be identified. The consent decree also requires that Garfield maintain a toll-free complaint hotline; retain a consultant to monitor and track complaints; provide anti-harassment and anti-retaliation training for all staff; and report compliance efforts to the EEOC.
"In order to be productive, employees deserve a workplace free from sexual comments, repeated propositions and inappropriate touching," said Anna Y. Park, regional attorney for the EEOC's Los Angeles District Office. "We commend Garfield for agreeing to sweeping injunctive relief remedies to ensure this does not happen again. The EEOC is committed to remedying any disregard for the well-being and civil rights of workers."
Olophius Perry, district director for the EEOC's Los Angeles District Office, added, "Employers who ignore signs of harassment in the workplace ultimately pay the price. The problem usually escalates over time, causing greater potential liability for employers and a demoralized staff."
According to its website, Garfield Medical Center employs over 1,300 people, treating over 50,000 patients annually in Monterey Park.
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Restrictions at this year's kapa haka championships has led to members of the public criticising mainstream media for the lack of coverage.
One Maori media outlet snubbed last week's competition, saying the lack of full access was a slap in the face. Te Matatini, held in Rotorua, finished on Sunday.
Members of the public have swarmed social networking sites criticising mainstream media for the lack of coverage.
One person wrote: "Mean! Matatini on TV3 news. Love it when the world's biggest Maori event gets a 20 second mention in mainstream news! #sarcasm."
National MP Tau Henare waded into the debate, saying: "TV One news had no coverage. Spose nothing is better than something. Still sulking about MaoriTV lol."
Henare later wrote: "Maybe they should have more respect for the rules."
The Herald has also received calls and complaints from readers upset about the lack of coverage and photos. However a photographer was not allowed to take pictures of performances at the event.
Mana Magazine, an urban Maori glossy magazine, was so unhappy with the restrictions it decided not to cover the event in its next issue.
Associate editor Aaron Smale said he was dumbfounded when told they would not be able to take their own photos at the event, despite being a bi-monthly magazine. "Our coverage wouldn't have been seen until much later - when the event was done and dusted.
"If we've got to source photos from the same place as where everybody else has, then it's old. What's the point? We just thought, 'oh, bugger it'."
Maori Television and Te Matatini Inc Society managing director Darrin Apanui did not return messages last night.
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* Only official broadcaster Maori TV can conduct interviews backstage.
* Television broadcasters are restricted from showing content until 10pm nightly.
* Print media cannot take own photos of performances and must take pictures from official site.


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If A is an abelian category(or quasi abelian category) having enough projectives, then category of pointed diagram(which means diagram has final object,or for simplicity, one assume the diagram is finite)(A_D=(D--->A))has enough projectives.
I want to construct a pair of adjoint functor between this two category. Then use left adjoint of exact functor maps projectives to projectives
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