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Single Speed Conversion
People often ask me why I chose to work on old bikes. Why I make some of my own tools and not just go out and buy em. Why I reuse the old stuff, go through the hassle and not just help out the economy and replace it with something new. Well, they all have good points, but if you're not too serious about a ride and just want to have fun with it, reusing old parts add character and charm, as my pops puts it (inside, he really means it saves money). As for the economy, what about the environment! Every bike rebuilt is one less mangled steel pile on the trash dump.
If you're going to have to use your bike day in day out, every day to get to work then I suggest going for newer parts for reliability and peace of mind. If, however, you want to just mess around, learn a few things, and have some fun with a single speed, this is the writeup for you!
I started with an old and forgotten French road bike built by a company name Stella. They weren't to big of a company and when it comes to their bikes, I'd say Mediocre at best. This however, makes them cheap, a perfect match for this build.
Cheap usually comes with problems though, and this bike is no different. The rear wheel looks like something fell on it during its life in storage or it got hit by a car. Usually when there's a big damage like this, check the frame for bends and cracks to make sure its still suitable for use.
For this, you're going to need a donor wheel. Something that spins true and is the same size will be a good start. here's one.
I don't want to get into too many specifics, it'll spoil the careless fun but I must, i apologize. When you go for a wheel, try your best to find one that is from an American, Japanese, and or English bike as these are your best bet for a hub that's "normal" threaded. Watch out for Maillard hubed wheels as they use a proprietary hub design that can be a pain to find parts for. Another thing to watch out for is how "Dished" a wheel is. Multi speed (rear) wheels are dished (the spokes on the side with the gears are caved in more in order to give more room for the gears). This is bad if you're trying to put a single speed freewheel on there because it's going to put you out of line with your front chainring. So try to find a wheel that has as little DISH, or simply put, as simmetric on both sides as possible.
Here's the wheel I found, its dished as you can see, but not too bad.
As a side note: With what I've pointed out to look for, please please please, don't buy a cheap bike based on what kind of cheap wheels it has. For example, if I am or anyone for that matter is selling a complete bike, please don't call and ask how dished the rear wheel is or what kind of hubs it has. You do not buy a house based on what color the front doors are is what I'm saying. Wheels can be found separately and changed out later if you like, the frame condition, fit, and the whole performance of the bike should be considered. You'll never find a bike you want if you look at minute things like that.
My wheel came with a 5 speed freewheel, standard back in the day. The hub uses a clamp type tool to remove the freewhell.
I've made two tools that I usually use to remove these freewheels because they pretty common on old bikes. I think that a bike shop should sell something like this, I've honestly never checked and just made my own. First is just a 14mm socket with the face milled down so that two prongs are left, pretty simple. If you're going to make this though, use a deep drive socket, i'll show you why soon. The second tool i made is from an old adjustable wrench. I just filed down the nose to make two prongs that are adjustable.
The short socket i have requires that you remove the wheel axle before you can insert it, that's a huge hassle so I suggest making it out of the longest deep socket drive you can find.
Here I am using the wrench.. Turn counter clockwise to remove.
Once its off it looks like this. This is the threading I was talking about earlier. Again, Japanese, American, and Enlish bikes have the standard threading that persists to today. this is the same threading that is used on BMX bike wheels, which leads us to the next piece.
You're going to need to find or buy one of these. It is a single speed freewheel. These come on BMX bikes if you have an old one lying around. In case you dont, i have these for sale for only $6. you can buy em here or go to any bmx shop. To install the freewheel just twist it on, turn clockwise. the face with the 4 indents should be facing outward as that is what's used to remove it.
Now that you're done with the wheel, move on to the more fun part! Start by removing everything you deem unnecessary. Take off derailleurs, cables take off one brake and leave one on if you like (you need at least one brake dummy, how else will you stop, this isn't a fixie).
Derailleurs: Gone
After you're done with stripping down the bike to your liking, here comes the next hairy part: the crankset.
Here you have a couple of choices and things to keep in mind. If your bike is old, it might come with what's pictured above, this is called a cotter type crankset. There's a cotter pin that goes into the crank arm (red arrow) that keeds it rigidly pined to the bottom bracket spindle. To remove this, undo the nut on top, wiggle the crank arm and the pin should losen. After you pull the pin out, the crank should just slide out. Now cottered cranks are a bit tricky because its takes a bit more work to adjust them to get the chain line as straight as possible. At this point, if you have a few bucks, or your bike comes with it already, use a square taper type crankset as these have more adjustablity (you can change bottom bracket spindle lengths for one) in order to get your chain line straight.
I opted to use the stock crankset and modify it to fit my needs. I removed it and took it all apart.
I only left the big chainring on there so that it looks cleaner. and it probably saved me a couple of grams in rotational mass.
Now you're just going to have to play with it. At first all I did was mount the chainring on the inside of the crank spider in order to push the chain line inwards to match the rear freewheel (This usually does the trick). Here it is with its chain on, testing. You're most probably going to need a new chain because the freewheel as with all BMX stuff are 1/2 x 1/8th. this just means that the chain is wider than the regular 1/2 x 3/32 road bike size. You can get the chain here or any bike shop will have it.
Install the chain, get good tension in there, and turn it to see if it pops out. If the chainline isn't good enough the chain will pop out as you are riding. My setup failed the first test. In order to remedy that, I put shims between the crank spider and the chainring in order to further push the chainring in. after that, the chainline was almost straight and it rode smooth as butter. You're going to have to play with the litle mounting screws and bolts a bit too to get the right lengths for your setup but after you get this part down, you're done!
This tutorial was very brief but it really is that simple. Of course the tinkering with the wheels and the crankset will take a bit of time (most of it will jsut be looking for little screws and shims) but when you get it right, it'll work great. I didn't bother showing exactly what modifications I did to the crankset because it'll be a little different for everyone so you're just going to have to play with it.
There is one last suggestion that I have though. If you want a cleaner build, with no chainline problems and new wheels with shiny hubs check out my single speed wheels. These are not dished, they come ready to have tires and a freewheel installed. You wont have any driveline problems or any problems for that matter. They'll make a single speed build no longer than 3 hours! At my prices, they're a great addition to any single speed bike. Again, you can go here to purchase them.
Good luck and don't crash,


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Eli Roth is a director with boundless energy, energy visible in his scaringly debut film, Cabin Fever. But while a lover of horror and gore, this unique presence in staid Hollywood also wants to bring back sex in the teen comedy. Paul Fischer spoke to the irreverent director.
Question: So what is it about horror, as a genre, that appealed to you as a filmmaker?
Answer: Well, first of all, in terms of story telling, the different things you can do. You can go wild. I mean there's no boundary in what you can do. I mean, you, in horror movies you have to establish the rules but, you know, if you watch a movie like Evil Dead or Texas Chainsaw Massacre or Dead Alive, I mean, the camera work, the lights, the colours, the sounds are such, there's such energy. You can be so creative. You can do anything and in the genre like, and the beauty of that is that, it's like if you're making a period drama, and a car drives by, the whole movie is ruined. The people are taken out of it. But in horror movies every film maker starts making movies on low budgets, that if you make it on a low budget and it looks grainy it actually adds to the effect of making a movie scarier; you can experiment with sounds, lighting. I mean, there are so many things you can do in a horror film.
Question: And how do you make horror film remake?
Answer: Well, I think that, you know, making it unique is, is the most difficult part now because everybody's seen everything. So, you know, what you have to, I think that what people, the unfortunate mistake that people make, is they try to make it unique by like overdoing it with camerawork and really fast editing and trying to make MTV editing and instead of thinking about the idea, you know, it's the ideas in the core of what is scary that's going to make a movie unique. You know, Texas Chainsaw Massacre is such a scary movie, um, and it really was reflecting you know the fear of what was going on at the time. You know, you know that's why 20 days later it's successful. It's really tapping into a fear that currently was going on in the population and, you know, whereas you look at a forgettable film like 13 Ghosts or Ghost Ship, they kind of blend into one because there's nothing really that scary about the idea. So I think in making it unique, you know, it's the idea itself that has to be unique.
Question: But so many horror films are about teenagers and they deal with, deal with adolescence. So are you tapping into the fears of adolescence in society or are you tapping into what mainstream cinema requires you to deliver?
Answer: Well, I can only tap into what's scary for me. I think that if you make a movie that's honest and truthful with what truthfully reflects your own interests, then that's what's going to make it scary. I think that there's definitely something about adolescence where they have this optimism and they're at an age where they're adults but they still act like stupid kids. So that when you put them in a situation where there's danger, like if you had a bunch of 30-year-olds in Cabin Fever, there would be no conflict because they resolve the problem rationally. But there's something about that adolescent mind where they do think that they're adults and they want to act like adults, but they still act impulsive and irrationally and I think that that's one of the reasons you get so many things with teenagers and that, "cause they can do stupid things and you go oh, it's a teenager that they're acting that way, and I think that everybody can relate to that. You know, teenagers certainly relate to it and older people go yeah, you know what, I was just like that or I had a friend who was just like that.
Question: When you write a script like this, do you base any of these characters on your own?
Answer: Everyone is based on me. Like everything in this movie happened to me. Like in this movie when I was 12-years-old, I got a virus in my head that paralysed me for six weeks and I couldn't walk and I basically sit in my bed reading and watching Elvira, and just thinking that I might never walk again. And then when I was a teenager, like 16 or 17, I went to Russia and I got a parasite from drinking the water which was in me for probably five months after I had mononucleosis and I would be there in my bed drinking this medicine that felt like poison, my stomach was on fire and all I could think about was an army that invaded my body that was eating me, that was eating my flesh and if I didn't kill it first, it was going to kill me. Then when I was 19, I went to Iceland and I was working on a farm and I got this bacteria in my face and I started shaving my face and literally taking chunks of my face off because the skin was dead. Then, when I was 22, I woke up one morning and I feel down and my legs were completely rotted out, like all infected, sort of like cracked and it turns that I had psoriasis. And I went to the doctor, and he said it's not contagious but your body's freaking out, figuring out, how to deal with it. It's genetic, there's nothing you can do and so, I just thought that my God, there is this feeling that we are not at the top of the food chain, it's virus and bacteria, we're not, we don't own our bodies, we're basically renting space and that at any time, my dad's a doctor so I've always had access to the best medical care but at any time, I would have been wiped out. Like if I didn't have good medical care.
And I thought what if you're a bunch of kids and then I read about this flesh eating strep. This bacteria that really can get people in ten hours and it's transmitted through the water. And I thought this is like Evil Dead I was watching Evil Dead. My dreams were like Evil Dead. And I thought, you know, this is it and that really scared the hell out of me that you're with your friend, you're stuck in some location and you need to help them. You want to help them. But you don't want to get near them because you might have to kill them and they might kill you and you're not killing them, you're killing the thing that's inside them with your body. Like, I was really terrified with possession movies and the body being taken over by something else. So, I think that, you know, everybody had something. Everybody had an illness where you wake up and you go what the fuck is this? There's that moment where you think am I going to die, is this it, is my leg always going to look this way, is that always going to be in my eye, am I going to be deformed? Like it's a real fear that sort of happens to everyone. It's about what sort of where, you know, where I, it's from the base of that fear where I started to craft the story.
Question: Who do you think are your influences as a horror director?
Answer: Well as a horror director, definitely Sam Raimi, Toby Hooper, George Romero, John Carpenter, Peter Jackson, David Lynch[ Erazerhead really disturbed me. John Carpenter's The Thing
Question: There are some very gruesome scenes in Cabin Fever, a sequence in a bathtub comes to mind. Do you enjoy the fact that people just shut their eyes during stuff like that?
Answer: Yeah. Absolutely. That's the ultimate compliment. I mean we had a woman from Cosmopolitan magazine in England pass out during the screening and that's the highest compliment we can get. That leg shaving scene is really much more done with sound, but people will always remember something that's more disgusting than it actually was if it was done right. I remember thinking God, you know we had 20 minutes to do the makeup for that. It was like a six-hour makeup sessions so we were getting 40 set ups a day. Between 30 and 40 cameras, it was full of blood and everything. It was a nightmare so, but we were shooting that camera with everything we got. I could make this grosser, I could make this grosser. And I then when I watched it with an audience, everyone was watching it through the crack of their fingers and no one was looking up at the screen and they were all grossed out and screaming. I think, you know, if you've really done your job as a horror director, nobody should be looking at the movie, because they would be looking at the inside of their finger. So I think it's great. The fact that people couldn't watch it means that they were involved in the story, that they really were like getting a reaction and feeling something, they were really kind of freaked out by it.
Question: Where do you go from here?
Answer: In terms of my career?
Question: Yeah.
Answer: Well, um, I have a whole bunch of things going on. On the low budget horror end, I've formed a company with Scott Spiegel who co-wrote Evil Dead 2 and Boaz Yakin, who directed Remember the Titans and Uptown Girls. I am a partner with Green Street Films out of New York to create Raw Nerves and we're going to have a fund to make three, low-budget, very violent horror movies a year. We already have directors like Lefty McKee, Rich Kelly, Tobe Hooper, already interested in making movies for us, because where we're going to be able to say, here's a million dollars and 18 days, go nuts, and with no restrictions. You know, I think a lot of these horror filmmakers really want to make that NC-17 or very hard, or really, really violent, disturbing film that no studio would ever make, but this is going to be the company to make that movie. I'm also writing a movie with Rich Kelly called The Box, and I went to see Johnny Darko while I was cutting Cabin Fever, and I was so blown away by it; and Rich loves Cabin Fever, so we're, we're writing a movie, and that's going to be much more like a psychological horror film, much more at The Ring end of the spectrum. Then I'm doing another movie for Lions Gate, which will be about a $20,000,000.00 horror move called Drawn, that's much more on the scale of like The Shining or The Exorcist, a lot of, more visual effects. And I'm writing a teen comedy for Universal.
Question: How do you, how do you, how did you get a teen comedy out of all of this?
Answer: Because, as much as I love horror movies, second to horror movies, I am obsessed with early 80's sex comedies.
Question: Which ones?
Answer: Last American Virgin is one of the greatest films ever made. I can watch Porky's over and over and over. I think Porky's is a masterpiece, but I also love movies like Zapped, Joystick, Hot Dog the Motion Picture, like anything with Scott Baio. I will go see anything with a monkey, I will go see it. I love, like, I mean Fast Times was great, but it's not really, I mean, that's in a different league, but I love early 80's, like Screwballs, like anything with a fat guy, a cool guy and a nerd, I'l go see. My favourite movies are Boaz Davidson's films, like the Lemon Popsicle films.
I saw Lemon Popsicles 3, Hot Bubble Gum, and it just blew me away, like I will go see Lemon Popsicles 4, Up Your Anchor, Lemon Popsicles 6, Private Popsicles, Lemon Popsicles 1, Lemon Popsicles 2. I have seen them all. They're so hard to find, like, I love those movies so much, and then he made like 15 of them, and he came over the America and made Last American Virgin, which is like the best gags from all the Lemon Popsicle films.
Question: Where does a good Jewish boy get all this stuff from?
Answer: God only knows. I mean, how the hell do, it's like, my parents were, you know, like, I was sawed in half with a chain saw at my Bar Mitzvah, and my cake, my Bar Mitzvah cake was a director's slate with blood splattered on it. And this was when I was 12, like my parents grew up in New York, and my, and always had appreciation of the theatre and film, and my dad's a psychoanalyst; my mom's an artist; and my, my dad always just saw it as like special effects for movies, like he never felt there was anything wrong with us watching it. It was like the whole family would sit around and watch Pieces and Basket Case and Caligula. Like, we knew that it was a movie, like we weren't, we knew that it wasn't real, and as I was older, as I got older, I got really interested in special effects, and I just loved growing up in those late 70's or early 80's movies. It just struck a chord with me, because I was the only kid allowed to see R-rated movies. I was the kid that saw Stripes when no one else was allowed to see it. I was the kid that saw The Exorcist when I was 6. And it was so cool, like, you know what? It started when I was, when I was 8 years old, I remember there was no cable TV, there was no VCR, and the movies that I really wanted to see, like Gates of Hell or Texas Chainsaw Massacre, never went to television. You've look at the ad in the paper, and someone's older brother had seen it, and they described scenes from it, and you were like, I gotta see it, I gotta see it! But you could never get to the movies to see it, and then it was gone. And then you've look at pictures from it, but it's like your imagination's open, just looking from these TV ads, you've think, God, what is it like? What is it that's in these movies that's so bad, that's so forbidden, that you can't even see it because they're not on television. And then, of course, when cable came, I just saturated myself with every single movie, but I was the kid, when I was 10 years old, my friends, I drove them crazy, because after the movie, I would sit and read every credit out of respect for the filmmakers, and always wait to see if there was a tag after the credits.
Question: What's the teen comedy?
Answer: The teen comedy is called "scavenger Hunt." I'm writing and directing for Universal and I want to bring back real kids and bush. That's what's gonna come back. We've gotta bring bush back to movies. If you watch those early 80's movies, it's like watching a National Geographic video. It's amazing. And movies, like the Cheerleaders, the great Cheerleaders that just came out on DVD bush everywhere. There was bush everywhere.
Question: You have no argument from me.
Answer: I just want real tits and bush. That's gonna be the early 80's movies.


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Tropical Iced Tea
2oz Malibu
1tsp Honey
top with club soda or sparkling water
garnish with fresh pineapple or mango
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1tsp honey
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1tsp honey
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1tsp sugar/honey
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Your choice of rum
1tsp honey
garnish- cinnamon stick and/or cranberries
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White Rum
Muddle a Few Mint Leaves & 1tsp Sugar
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Chocolate Mint Chai (after dinner cocktail)
2 heavy tsp Happy Chai Tea
1/2 cup water
1/2 cup milk
1 tsp cocoa powder
2oz Peppermint Schnapps
Simmer all ingredients on the stove for 10 min. Strain, sweeten to taste, add the Peppermint Schnapps and ENJOY!
Pumpkin Spice Apple Cider
6 cups Apple Cider
2 cups Water
6 tsp Pumpkin Spice Tea
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Regarded for thousands of years in the East as a key to good health, happiness, and wisdom, tea has caught the attention of researchers in the West, who are discovering the many health benefits of different types of teas.
Studies have found that some teas may help with cancer, heart disease, and diabetes; encourage weight loss; lower cholesterol; and bring about mental alertness. Tea also appears to have antimicrobial qualities.
"There doesn't seem to be a downside to tea," says American Dietetic Association spokeswoman Katherine Tallmadge, MA, RD, LD. "I think it's a great alternative to coffee drinking. First, tea has less caffeine. It's pretty well established that the compounds in tea – their flavonoids – are good for the heart and may reduce cancer."
Although a lot of questions remain about how long tea needs to be steeped for the most benefit, and how much you need to drink, nutritionists agree any tea is good tea. Still, they prefer brewed teas over bottled to avoid the extra calories and sweeteners.
Here's a primer to get you started.
Health Benefits of Tea: Green, Black, and White Tea
Tea is a name given to a lot of brews, but purists consider only green tea, black tea, white tea, oolong tea, and pu-erh tea the real thing. They are all derived from the Camellia sinensis plant, a shrub native to China and India, and contain unique antioxidants called flavonoids. The most potent of these, known as ECGC, may help against free radicals that can contribute to cancer, heart disease, and clogged arteries.
All these teas also have caffeine and theanine, which affect the brain and seem to heighten mental alertness.
The more processed the tea leaves, usually the less polyphenol content. Polyphenols include flavonoids. Oolong and black teas are oxidized or fermented, so they have lower concentrations of polyphenols than green tea; but their antioxidizing power is still high.
Here's what some studies have found about the potential health benefits of tea:
Green tea: Made with steamed tea leaves, it has a high concentration of EGCG and has been widely studied. Green tea's antioxidants may interfere with the growth of bladder, breast, lung, stomach, pancreatic, and colorectal cancers; prevent clogging of the arteries, burn fat, counteract oxidative stress on the brain, reduce risk of neurological disorders like Alzheimer's and Parkinson's diseases, reduce risk of stroke, and improve cholesterol levels.
Black tea: Made with fermented tea leaves, black tea has the highest caffeine content and forms the basis for flavored teas like chai, along with some instant teas. Studies have shown that black tea may protect lungs from damage caused by exposure to cigarette smoke. It also may reduce the risk of stroke.
White tea: Uncured and unfermented. One study showed that white tea has the most potent anticancer properties compared to more processed teas.
Oolong tea: In an animal study, those given antioxidants from oolong tea were found to have lower bad cholesterol levels. One variety of oolong, Wuyi, is heavily marketed as a weight loss supplement, but science hasn't backed the claims.
Pu-erh tea: Made from fermented and aged leaves. Considered a black tea, its leaves are pressed into cakes. One animal study showed that animals given pu-erh had less weight gain and reduced LDL cholesterol.


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Posts from our building program in 2015Posted by St. John's Highton 1st June, 2015,
All our building work is soon to be complete. We're now less than 2 weeks away from returning (our first Sunday service back on site is 14th June 8am, 10am, 5pm). Today's work includes the installation of our new entry Canopy, continued work (and a little re-work) with concreting, as well as many small details inside (the Parents room to Old Church 'link' for example). Its exciting to be this close to returning. As with most building projects, we're anticipating that there'll still be a little work to do once we return (landscape gardening, purchasing some furniture, etc) but from 14 June it will be all systems go (especially with our Kids Club holiday programdue to begin on June 29th).
The South Valley Rd carpark is ready for concrete curb and channel work, and the courtyard just beyond is soon to have synthetic grass installed.
What a great improvement to our South Valley Rd entrance this is (if you compare with what it used to look like). Much more obvious where the entrance is, much more people-friendly - what a church of God's people should be like!
A big day of concreting last Friday now sees most of our new paths and stairways and drains and ramps in place. These are due to be covered in blue-stone pavers shortly.
The final piece of our Prebuilt puzzle: the entry-way canopy has arrived and is being installed.
Funding update: praise God for the progress on this front also. As of Sunday 31st May our ourstanding balance is just a little over $60,000. We're nearly there!
More info on our Building Projectpage.
A sneak peek inside our almost-complete new buildingsPosted by St. John's Highton 4th May, 2015,
Late last week we got to have a sneak peak of all the action happening inside our new buildings, as the various tradies fit out these great new facilities.
The below video (a bit patchy sorry) gives you a peek inside.
You're invited to come and join us for our first Sunday on May 31st: 8am, 10am and 5pm.
We're also planning a series of larger and smaller 'housewarming' events throughout the months of June, July and August. Events like youth group pizza night and reunion, Bowls Club tour and morning tea, a musical soiree, and more. We'll update this blog and our facebook pagewhen the events have a date and some info.
Our new buildings are being fitted out - May 2015from St Johns Hightonon Vimeo.
The full set of new building modules are now installed!Posted by St. John's Highton 23rd April, 2015
The huge work crew made short work of final module installations this morning, completing the set by 11am!
The four remaining modules were lined up and ready for unloading at 7am, having driven down from Kilsyth in the middle of the night.
Here comes the Kitchen (you can see both servery windows), along with the doors and walkways connecting to the foyer (left hand side).
There were more than just eyes on the ground watching the installation. Prebuilt (our design and construction company) were recording proceedings from the air. We look forward to seeing their footage!
Never far away from the action, the St. John's Building Inspectors monitor all progress: Ken Hudson, pictured (and John Anderson behind the camera).
Enter our new entranceway. This is the all-important piece of the jigsaw linking up new and old, linking up the church auditorium with the Hall, Kitchen, Toilets and office.
Lots of glass and highlight windows means a bright and roomy feel within the various sections of the new building. Notice the large window looking from the conference room area towards the carpark. Compared to previous, it will be so much easier now for visitors to find the front door and to make contact with people. Just what a church should be working hard to do: connect people with each other and God.
A view along the southern fence straight through to South Valley Rd. Notice that the building is all one level. No more steps to navigate up for those with limited mobility. One level makes for much improved movement around the site. You can also see the plumbing pipes underneath: water has already been connected up!
The full set of modules are in. The installation crew have completed their work. There is both relief as well as excitement (with many onlookers dropping by to watch the installation action).
The last remaining unit to be fitted is the entranceway canopy (with some final decisions being taken shortly to address this). The canopy will join up and complete the roof lines from the existing foyer to the new foyer. We expect it to complement and highlight this front door to our church community.
Following these two frenetic days of work, the Prebuilt crew and contractors now change gears to a steadier pace to complete the remaining details. And there are many remaining details, including:
Much to do, but the plan remains on track and on budget: Our plan from months ago had the modules being installed today: we're on track to the day! Isnt it amazing that in 14 weeks a whole site can be transformed like this?
A quick peek inside the Hall yesterday shows a huge, well lit space with some beautiful deep cupboards. Notice the operatable walls (behind the blue packaging). The Hall opens out into a covered walkway (some call it a cloister), which itself flows immediately into the courtyard: at the same level, and covered with astroturf: perfect for kids. Our basketball ring is also returning around the end of the Old Church. But more of this in coming weeks.
Praise God for this excellent work, in what we pray will be a site filled with excellent gospel ministry: building men and women, boys and girls to know, love and serve Jesus their lifelong.
Should you be interested, we are still needing to raise the final colspan='1' $95,000 for this $2m+ project. Are you in a position to contribute? If you are, our Building Project direct debit form is here, cheques and other donations can be received at our church office, or you can contribute via the Offertory collection process at church on Sundays at Christian College.
We're on track to have our first Sunday meeting in these new buildings on either 24 May or 31 May.
The first half of our new buildings are now in placePosted by St. John's Highton 22nd April, 2015
On time, on schedule, on budget and on cue the first five modules of our new buildings have now been delivered and placed in position.
Some early-risers were on hand to greet the buildings which travelled down from Melbourne overnight, arriving on site after 5am.
By 11am the first three modules had been craned into place, beginning with the Parents Room.
After so many months and years of planning, it was exciting to see these modules so effortlessly picked up and within minutes positioned in place.
New Hall arriving in pieces and being positioned togetherfrom St Johns Hightonon Vimeo.
After the parents room, the three Hall modules were unloaded. Above is the first of these pieces.
Below is the final Hall module coming off the truck and being slotted into place.
And there you have it. A brand new Parents room and Hall in position - as simple as that!
Tomorrow the crane will unload and position the final four modules.
Praise God for this great progress! If you're interested in more of the work and plans that have led this day, have a look at our Building Projectpage.
Buildings are loading!Posted by St. John's Highton 21st April, 2015
The site is now in readiness, and the Prebuilt buildings are being loaded ready for transport and delivery across Wednesday and Thursday. Exciting times!
In total there are 9 modules for transport, five of these are arriving and being installed on Wednesday, the remaining four on the Thursday.
A complete set of photos before, during and after our building project is available on the Building Project page.
Site preparations are coming alongPosted by St. John's Highton 16th April, 2015
Just four weeks after the old buildings were demolished and removed, we're now really close to having all the foundation works complete, in time for the new buildings to arrive next week!
The new building will rest upon piles that have been screwed down into the hard soil foundations. Metal bearers are affixed to these.
You can see more of the site preparation works on our Building Project page.


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The jubilant Russian exploded in celebration after capturing the gold medal
Tokyo, Japan, November 14, 2010 - Russia captured their second straight world championship and seventh overall by defeating top-ranked Brazil in a five-set marathon (21-25, 25-17, 20-25, 25-14, 15-11) to win the gold medal in front of a full house of 12,000 fans at the 2010 FIVB Women's World Championship at Yoyogi National Stadium in Tokyo on Sunday.
It was the second consecutive edition of the world championship, both times in Japan, that Russia edged Brazil in the final match of the quadrennial competition.
Towering Ekaterina Gamova was literally head and shoulders above the rest of the players, including her teammates, finishing the match with 35 points, including four blocks and 2 serving aces. The Russian ace punished the opponents with a 54.7 percentage of success (29-for-53) with her attacks.Liubob Shashkova, Maria Perepelkina and Tatiana Kosheleva contributed 14,13 and 10 points respectively.
Sheila Castro topped Brazil with 26 points and Natalia Pereira added 18 including five blocks. Jaqueline Carvalho chipped in 16 tallies.
Showing no sign of fatigue from their epic marathon against Japan on Saturday night, Brazil roared ahead 10-3 in the first set, igniting a samba party among hundreds of Brazilian fans wearing yellow and green. Liubov Shashkova led Russia back to 13-10 down, as Brazil called time-out. Teams traded punches, with Fabiana blocking 202-cm Russian ace Ekaterina Gamova to put Brazil up 16-13 at the break. Russia couldn't reign in Jaqueline's spike, as Brazil surged to 20-15, forcing Russia to call time-out. Tatiana Kosheleva sailed a serve way long to give Brazil 21-15. Russia served their way back into the set, inching to within one at 21-20. Jaqueline disputed a call she didn't get her way, and Russia equalized at 21. Sheila slapped down a spike from the left-wiing to retake the lead 22-21. Natalia smacked one off Russian hands, and Sheilla's tip was deflected out, giving Brazil the opening set 25-21.
With Russia up 7-4 in the second set, Sheilla hammered a spike off Shashkova's hands, while Gamova replied with a thunderous slam to keep Russia ahead 8-5. Maria Borodakova twice rejected Brazilian spikes to go 10-6. Russia next blocked Jaqueline, until Sheilla finally penetrated the Russian wall to narrow the gap to 11-8. Maria Perepelkina directed a set for a winner, and Brazil fumbled a reception to fall behind 13-8 and force Ze Roberto to call time-out.
Brazil responded with three straight to make it 13-11. Perepelkina, prowling around the net, turned back another Brazil attack, and then rejected Braziian substitute Joyce, to put Russia up 16-11. Kosheleva tipped into the soft middle between Brazil's front and back row, to go 17-11. Even after a time-out, Perepelkina and Evgeniya Startseva again thwarted a Brazilian salvo, as Brazil could not find a way around the Russian barrier. Brazil made some inspired digs but Fabiola tipped wide, to give Russia 20-12. Trying to alter their attack as they did with success in the semifinals, Brazil found Fabiana on the right and it worked. Natalia made a brilliant diving save with the top of her hand, which Brazil converted, as they scrapped their way back to 20-15. With the crowd chanting "Sassa, Sassa," she served a point which Brazil won on a Jaqueline swat. The towering Gamova hit a winner from the right to calm her side, and Shashkova pelted a spike from the left to give Russia 22-16. Thaisa's spike caught the back-line, but Shashkova smartly flicked the ball into the same yawning gap between Brazilian lines, to go up 23-17. Natalia missed wide, and at set point 24-17, Shashkova sealed the set 25-17 with a right-wing salvo.
The roller-coaster ride continued in the third set. Brazil, which seemed so down to end the second set, roared back with positive new tactics. Instead of feeding Natalia and Sheilla, they fed quick sets to Fabiana, who only had two points the first two sets. Fabiana responded with three quick points to take Brazil up 8-6 at the break. Jaqueline, playing on pure passion, blocked Gamova and twirled with delight, taking Brazil to 10-6. She pummeled a hit off the left wing to extend Brazil's advantage to 11-6, while Startseva smartly redirected a quick set into space for 11-7. Kosheleva served long for 12-8, but Gamova won one back for her to 12-9. Shashkova slammed one after a nifty fake spike by Borodakova, while Sheilla aced Russia down the right side to go 15-10. Russia lost a close call at the net, giving Brazil 16-11. Gamova snuck in from the back row to hit Russia back to 17-13, while Thaisa rejected Nataliya Goncharova to go 18-13. Thaisa and Sheila again blocked Russia's left-wing salvo to go 20-14. Gamova blocked two in a row for Russia to trail 20-17. Brazil looked to Natalia late in the set, and she delivered with monstrous hits to keep Brazil ahead 21-18.
After a Russian time-out, Natalia's reflexes at the net kept a ball alive, and Sheilla responded by hammering a ball off Shashkova's face, dazing the Russian veteran momentarily. Showing great sportsmanship, Sheilla graciously gave Shashkova a moment to recover, and then served to put Brazil up 24-20, and they clinched the set 25-20.
Desperate to stay alive in the final, Russia went ahead 7-3 after Gamova's thunderous spike down the middle. Russia couldn't dig out a Brazil tip, but forged ahead 8-4, hoping to force a fifth set. Jaqueline hopped up to throw one down from the left, while the wily Shashkova placed one to go up 9-5. Kosholeva made a great diving save to set up Gamova's towering hit, and Natalia flubbed a hit to put Brazil behind six at 12-6. Down 14-6 after five straight Russian points, Ze Roberto inserted Sassa to try and spark Brazil,. Startseva tried so hard to save a ball, she even went under the net to approach the Brazilian bench, but failed to get it. Gamova rewarded the effort with another spike almost straight down, and Russia was firmly in command at 16-8.
Kosholeva smacked a winner to extend Russia's lead to 17-9, and Sheilla hit long. Ze Roberto had seen enough and called time-out. Brazil still could not muster the passion it had earlier, and Russia appeared to benefit from the extra rest they had from their quicker match on Saturday. Perepelkina's swat made it 21-10, as Brazil seemed to be saving their best for the fifth set. Perepelkina's yanked down a ball to give them set point at 24-11. Jaqueline's hits and some blocks won 3 back for Brazil, but Gamova capped a set she dominated by hammering a hit off Fabiola for a 25-14 win.
In the deciding fifth set, Brazil charge ahead 2-0 before Gamova nailed two back for Russia. Sheilla, who already had 23 points in the first four sets, continued to hammer away at Russia's defense, and her service winner ignited a pro-Brazil crowd. Perepelkina slammed one to spark Russia, as the teams battled to 4-all. With Gamova cruising in for another missile, Fabiana leapt up to reject her, and Russia couldn't dig it out, giving Brazil a 5-4 edge. Russia quickly got it back on a deflection, but then a euphoric Jaqueline scored falling out of bounds on a resounding spike for 6-5. Sheilla and Gamova traded punches, and Perepelkina ended a bitter rally with a tremendous block of Jaqueline, to inch within one at 7-6. Brazil lost a close call which Ze Roberto contested, and Thaisa got it back with a right-wing blast at Gamova's feet.
After changing sides, Russia equalized at 8-all, and Sheilla missed long again to give Russia a 9-8 edge. Thaisa slapped down a hit from the center, while Russia attacked back to stay up 10-9. Shashkova targeted Jaqueline deep in the back-court to drive Russia ahead two at 11-9, forcing Ze Roberto to call time-out. Natalia's monstrous hit made it 11-10, but Gamova continued to tower over of the match. Captain Fabiana retaliated for Brazil, but they couldn't stop Gamova's relentless assault to 14-11. In a fitting match point for a tournament she dominated, Gamova soared high and launched a missile deep into Brazil's back-court. Sheilla stretched as far as she could, but her bump sailed farther behind her, and Russia jumped for joy, winning the set 15-11, and capturing their second straight world title in Japan.


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Conversations about senior living and Alzheimer's care call for understanding, patience and respect. By starting with observations, then careful planning, you have the opportunity to have a positive, meaningful dialogue that honors and enriches the lives of those involved and, most importantly, helps your family find the right solution.
It's important to consider several points and/or recognize warning signs that could signal Alzheimer's or a related dementia. Here are a few:
- No longer able or interested in the burden of maintaining a house
- Not living within close proximity to family and friends
- Getting around safely (driving)
- Mobility issues
- Disruptions in regular daily routine, such as grooming habits, a house in disorder, failure to take medications
- Withdrawing from social situations; no interest in cherished hobbies or activities
- Ongoing health issues
- Sudden weight loss
- Changes in personality, such as becoming fearful or anxious; easily upset; or a sudden change in mood
- Confusion, difficulty with familiar tasks; inability to find the right words
- Difficulty with depth perception, judging distance, seeing colors
- Difficulty remembering dates, events, faces and names of family members, conversations from just a few moments ago
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What's the difference between forgetfulness, dementia, and Alzheimer's?
Occasional memory problems are common for individuals over age 65. However, people with dementia cannot retrieve information and in most cases, lose the ability to remember. Dementia can be a variety of diagnoses, the most common of which is Alzheimer's. This disease begins slowly, but over time, symptoms worsen. Only a physician can diagnose Alzheimer's disease.
When is living at home no longer an option?
A few factors to watch for: a senior who suddenly stops doing a longtime hobby, or withdraws. Sudden weight loss. Change in grooming habits. A house in disorder. An inability to follow conversations. If you suspect that your loved one's memory loss is disrupting their daily routine, it could be time to seek medical advice.
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Memory care provides a specialized atmosphere for residents coping with memory loss, Alzheimer's or other dementia-related disorders. Therapeutic activities and programs help maximize cognitive development, diminish anxiety, lessen confusion and increase peace of mind.
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With memory loss, we understand that what remains is far more important than what is lost. That is why we use customized, industry-leading reminiscence tools to record each resident's unique life story. We capture a lasting legacy of details directly applied to programming to maintain a sense of purpose, satisfaction, dignity and quality of life for all residents. This focus on each resident's unique remaining abilities is the spirit, heart and soul of Heartfelt CONNECTIONS—A Memory Care Program®.
What advantages does Bayshore Memory Care offer a senior facing memory loss?
Bayshore Memory Care is solely devoted to providing specialized, best-in-class support and care of residents with Alzheimer's or related dementias. In addition, at Bayshore Memory Care, we hold a Roundtable meeting for every new resident where information from an extensive Quality of Life Assessment and background information is shared with all department heads, as well as those caring for the individuals. Thus activities can be specially chosen to help each resident achieve a sense of normalcy and build self-confidence.
Is any assistance available for Veterans or their spouses?
If either of your parents is a Veteran or the widow of a Veteran, he or she may be eligible for a wide variety of benefits available to all U.S. military Veterans. These include disability compensation, pension, education and training, health care, home loans, insurance, vocation, rehabilitation and employment, and burial. Let us help you get the answers you need!
What makes Bayshore Memory Care "next-generation" design?
Forget outdated, uninspired or institutional. Bayshore Memory Care breaks the stereotype with a memory care lifestyle choice that residents are proud to call home…an engaging address teeming with new design, best-in-class service, and amenities you'd expect in a luxury condominium. Every detail is the result of thoughtful design aimed at creating a beautiful community.
You say Bayshore offers a high level of hospitality. What are some examples?
Bayshore Memory Care distinguishes itself by offering a lifestyle experience reminiscent of a fine hotel, where residents are respected and treated with kindness and care. And no detail is forgotten. From framed artwork to stylish accessories to lush landscaping to beach-inspired hues, the result is a luxurious, relaxed residential setting that soothes and stimulates. At Bayshore Memory Care, high hospitality is both what you see, and what you feel.
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At a time when I was strapped for a bit cash but don't really need the full amount usually guaranteed by pawnshops which accept most iPhone versions and was too lazy to go around scouting for pawnshops, I was glad PawnHero Philippines was already there.
It was sometime in June 2017 when I tried PawnHero, an online pawnshop of some sort. At the time, I previously had my iPhone 6 Plus pawned to a local pawnshop which offered me a great deal but I was too burdened by the interest. I had to use my Android phone extensively while my iPhone 6 Plus was on a sabbatical and that was how I discovered the PawnHero mobile app in Google Play Store.
The PawnHero mobile app has a simple interface from registration of members to pawning your electronic gadget. There is a guideline, of course, as to which electronic gadgets are accepted. I sent photos of my iPhone 6 Plus and the accessories I still have for it and within 24 hours, I received a confirmation that my item was accepted. I also was able to pick the loan terms from 3 or 4 options – I picked the PhP6,543 loan for a 1-month period. I chose the details for the pick-up of the item and their delivery guy made sure I had the photocopy of a valid identification card and that my signature was also on the copy of the PawnHero form for when I complete the loan period.
The PhP6,543 loaned to me was even easier to claim because I chose to be paid via Coins.ph and the transfer was instant. (If you don't have a Coins.ph account yet, just click on link to register.) I remembered paying PhP6,959 when I finally made the claim in August. I paid the loaned amount plus the interest using my Coins.ph account, too. It did not even take a few days after payment for my iPhone 6 Plus to be returned to the address I chose in the same condition as I had pawned it a month ago. The PawnHero delivery guy made sure I opened the package and checked my items thoroughly before he left.
PawnHero's customer service is prompt and I definitely recommend you try pawning your electronic gadgets when you need a bit of cash for a while. I was invited by PawnHero to one of their seminars in Makati back in September-October 2017 but I declined as I was in another location at the time. This article is my way of telling them I did appreciate their services while encouraging others to try Pawn Hero, too.


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This recipe took love, and several tweaks, but I finally think I've got it: an absolutely incredible classic peach cobbler, with a moist sugar cookie like doughy crust. As in, you must, must, must make this recipe. You will not be sorry. Actually, you'll be really happy. And full of caramelized peaches and sugary dough. And happiness. Seriously, so much happiness.
Let's talk peaches. I love them. They're basically a perfect vehicle for dessert. And though I'm making this peach cobbler right now at the peak of summer peach season, truly, canned and/or frozen peaches work so well in cobbler too.
I actually scored a whole basket of freshly picked peaches a few weekends back at our local farmer's market, which prompted me to want to make ALL of the peach things.
Well, those peaches we could actually get home.
I thought about making something more elaborate, but then I realized, what I really wanted was a classic peach cobbler. (Oh, and these amazing 10-minute peach dumplings, roasted peaches with yogurt and homemade streusel, peaches and cream muffins with cream cheese frosting, the perfect peach cake, and roasted peach and oatmeal cookie no-churn ice cream.) Sometimes I worry that a recipe can be too overdone to share it here on the blog, but truth is, it's those classic comfort foods that are some of my favorites. And when it comes to desserts in particular, I LOVE a tried-and-true sweet treat. And cobbler. I mean, oh my gosh. It's so good. I love basically any fruit-based dessert; both this vegan triple berry crisp and slow-cooker apple crisp are just a few favorites, and really, if you scroll through our recipes, you'll find so many desserts where fruit is the star of the show.
So classic peach cobbler it was!
Traditional cobbler is a baked fruit dessert topped with a homemade batter or biscuit crust; unlike a crisp or crumble that's more of a baked fruit dessert topped with a homemade streusel or granola. This version of cobbler, one of my favorites, has an almost sugar-cookie-like doughy crust that you won't be able to get enough of.
There's something so satisfying about cooked-down peaches. They have this amazing roasted, caramelized quality to them, that almost tastes sugary and buttery all on it's own. Then of course, there's the cobbler crust. I've tried a lot of cobblers, and this one, that resembles a doughy sugar cookie dough, is just right for cobbler. It's thick, and sweet, and buttery, and did I mention it tastes like a warm-baked cobblery sugar cookie?
Classic Peach Cobbler
You are going to absolutely LOVE this version of a classic peach cobbler! Caramelized, cooked down peaches are topped with an almost sugar-cookie-like doughy crust that you won't be able to get enough of. YUM.
- 2-3 cups sliced and peeled peaches and/or nectarines*
- 1-2 Tablespoons + 1 cup granulated sugar (can use 3/4 cup of sugar to keep sugar down), divided
- 1 pinch of cinnamon (optional)
- ½ cup butter, softened slightly
- 1 Tablespoon + 1 cup all-purpose flour, divided
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- pinch of salt
- pinch of nutmeg (optional)
- 1 large egg
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- *I used fresh peaches this time around, but frozen and thawed or canned and drained works great too!
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Grease a 2 quart baking dish with non-stick spray or butter.
- Spread sliced peaches out in a single layer in prepared dish. Sprinkle tops of peaches with 1 or 2 tablespoons sugar and 1 tablespoon of flour and cinnamon (optional); toss gently.
- In a mixer, or in a medium bowl with an electric hand-mixer, beat 1 cup sugar and softened butter together until well combined. Add flour, baking powder, salt (and nutmeg if using). Stir once more. Add in your egg and vanilla. Continue to mix together until just combined. (Batter will be the consistency of soft cookie dough batter.)
- Using a spatula, carefully spread batter over the tops of your peaches, trying to spread out as evenly as you can and covering most of the peaches. (I use my hands to help spread it as well.)
- Cover loosely with a sheet of tin foil and bake in preheated oven for 35 to 40 minutes, then remove the foil and bake for another 5 to 10 minutes, or until crust is golden brown. Remove from oven and let stand about 10 minutes before serving. Top with vanilla ice cream or whipped cream, because, why the heck not?! YUM.
Recipe adapted via Life in the Lofthouse
Classic cobbler is classic for a reason. It's simple to make, reminds you of home, and is filled with all of the best ingredients: fruit, sugar, and butter. What's not to love?
And you can change your cobbler up with the changing of the seasons. Experiment with fruit.
And ice cream. Always remember the ice cream. Melted vanilla bean ice cream running all over warm cobbler is basically dessert perfection.
If you make your own classic peach cobbler, be sure to tag me on social media (@glitterinclexi) so I can live vicariously through all of your yummy desserts!
Can't get enough peaches? We've got you covered! Try these amazing 10-minute peach dumplings, roasted peaches with yogurt and homemade streusel, peaches and cream muffins with cream cheese frosting, the perfect peach cake, and roasted peach and oatmeal cookie no-churn ice cream.
Recipe photos by Annie Watts Photography


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I love urban legends. Sure, many of them prey on people's ignorance, and a fair chunk are born out of ugly stereotypes, but I can appreciate how they add a touch of the bizarre to everyday life, and how, even in an age where political revolutions are being Twittered, we still have a tendency to whisper to each other about monsters lurking in the night. Might be silly, but I find it very humanizing, and humbling, after a fashion.
This, however? The mortal peril of going to sleep in a closed room with a fan on? Oh man.
It's apparently possible that electric fans could, in rare cases, contribute to heat stroke, but consider some of the reasons given for fans supposedly being deadly:
"That an electric fan creates a vortex, which sucks the oxygen from the enclosed and sealed room and creates a partial vacuum inside."
"That an electric fan chops up all the oxygen particles in the air leaving none to breathe."
"The fan uses up the oxygen in the room and creates fatal levels of carbon dioxide."
"That if the fan is put directly in front of the face of the sleeping person, it will suck all the air away, preventing one from breathing."
Come on. I'm an abject moron when it comes to science, and even I know it doesn't work that way. The way you die from an electric fan is by sticking your fingers through the grate, then the fan blade severs your fingertip clean off and you bleed out. From your finger.
I think my favorite aspect of this urban legend is that Korean electric fan manufacturers cater to people who believe in it by putting timers on their products. GUYS. We're in the 21st century. Surely you'd make a lot more money if you slap some copy on the box about using the timer to reduce carbon emissions.
Wednesday, July 1, 2009
Entry: Fan death
3 comments:
- Galadriel said...
Aw, c'mon! There are so many more methods of death-by-electric-fan. I'm thinking removing the plastic cover to the motor while it's running...water + electricity in all its many forms...hanging yourself with the cord...dropping it on your head...
- July 1, 2009 at 9:29 PM
- Regina said...
Man, at that point, I'll take my chances with chopped-up oxygen molecules. o_O
- July 3, 2009 at 5:19 PM
- Pooka said...
As urban myths go, this one seems fairly... blah. I'm much more a fan of the old cockroach-eggs-on-the-envelope story.
Meanwhile, while reading the fan death article: they've done RESEARCH on this???
- July 6, 2009 at 8:14 AM
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BMW North America has announced a recall concerning several of their vehicles for an air bag issue. In all, 76,565 of the following vehicles are a part of the latest BMW recall:
- 2006 325i, 325xi, 330i, 330xi sedans and 325xi sports wagons
- 2007 328i, 328xi, 335i, 335xi sedans and 328i and 328xi sports wagons
- 2006-2007 525i, 525xi, 530i, 530xi, 550i sedans and 530xi sports wagons
- 2006 760i sedans
- 2006-2007 750i, 750Li, and 760Li sedans
- 2006 X5 sports activity vehicles
More specifically, the front passenger seat occupant detection mat may fatigue over time, as well as develop cracks. This may lead to the mat not working properly. The detection mat is used to determine whether or not the front passenger air bag should deploy in the event of a collision, as determined by the crash sensors. In the event of a collision, if it were not to deploy, it could increase the risk of the front passenger sustaining injuries. Thus far, the German automaker has not reported any accidents or injuries as a result of the defect.
The latest BMW recall will have the automaker send out what is known as an "interim notification letter", which will let owners know when the parts to remedy the situation will be available. Although the letter will be sent out in January 2014, parts are expected by March of next year. Once they're available, BMW will then send out another letter, instructing them to contact their local BMW dealer, so that they can repair the occupant detection mat at no charge.
Moreover, owners of the following vehicles will receive an extended warranty on their occupant detection mat at no charge to them:
- 2006-2007 3 Series with standard seats
- 2006-2007 5 Series with comfort seats,
- 2006-2007 Z4 models
Source: eNews Park Forest


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Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) are 10 common childhood traumas, identified by doctors and surveyed by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and Kaiser Permanente. ACEs are the biggest determinant of health and social outcomes identified to date – bigger than healthy eating or physical activity (although both of those are parts of the "antidote" that build resilience and improve outcomes). This is where the CDC and Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (the biggest leaders to improve health in this country) are taking their focus to improve health in this country.
It's important to note that it is not WHAT specific traumas someone's experienced, it is HOW MANY. That's what impacts health. The good news is there are interventions that organizations and individuals can participate in to build resilience – again, the antidote to ACEs.
The original Kaiser study, conducted in San Diego, found 70% of the population surveyed in doctor's offices had one or more ACEs. As the number of ACEs increased, health problems (and costs) did too. With three ACEs, the risk for heart disease and depression goes through the roof. With six or more, people die 20 years younger. Yet, there are actions we can take to turn these outcomes around. Learn more about the statistics and resources.
To quote Dr. Robert Anda from the film, "ACEs are not destiny…ACES are a tool for understanding the health of a population as a whole. For individuals, an ACE score can be a tool for understanding their own risk for health and social problems, and empower them to make changes for themselves and their children."
Trauma informed care is the response that mitigates ACEs. In Wake County, we have an opportunity to make this bigger and more impactful. Some organizations are already using this, and together we can do more by harnessing our community's resources. This takes shared leadership, and we hope you will lead with us.
AHA will be forming a steering committee in the coming months. Contact AHA if you would like to be part of working within your organization, or community wide, to lead on this work, and if you would like to host a film screening.
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