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|I could have used it on my 1950 Chevy coupe.... Great idea...
|Yea it really saved my *** getting those springs into my '52! Thanks for the feedback, and I hope it comes in handy for you often! I'll definitely post it in the homemade tools thread so maybe it will help others as well. On a side note, I love "The Scratch Built Hot Rod" by the way. Some amazing tips, especially for someone relatively new to the hobby like myself!
Thanks for this tool Klutchmaster. I could have REALLY used it about three weeks ago when I was trying out a new spring combo on the sedan/deliver...but I'll be putting one together for "next time".
I would also recommend that you go over to this thread and include this tool on that collection of useful hand-built tools. You could either copy the pics and text from here over to that thread or put a link in that thread to this thread along with a brief explanation of the tool. I think a lot of folks would find it helpful.
|I used it to install the springs in my '52 Chevy car. The springs fall about an inch or so short of the shackles with any sort of compression. I didn't think I was going to need anything like it, but when I started to put the leafs on and realized they didn't quite reach I started looking for some tricks online to help out. I found this idea, made the tool, and I'm REALLY glad I did! I was swapping a rear end, so this helped me for FOUR different things. getting the rear ends out of both cars, and getting them back in both cars. It helps to get it out by taking the tension off the shackles when it's partially compressed, so the shackles slide off way easy. I guess it just depends on what car you're working on, but for my '52 it was a life saver! When I first installed new springs in my '52 I didn't have this, and I had to put a wood block in between the frame and the spring, then jack up the axle to compress the spring a little to get things to fit. That was a huge pain in the ***.
Exactly, early Ford transverse springs need to be stretched out to install.
Funny story on this one. Back around 1979 I was working in a full blown restoration shop. I was putting a spring on a 36 Ford Roadster. First off, I was a moron, just a kid with little experience. I was using a 2 ton porta-power as this tool to spread the spring. During the process I broke the porta-power, snapped one of the end fittings right off! So, I grabbed the 4 ton and started at it again. The problem was the spring was too short! Here I was jacking that spring out flat and I mean FLAT. I was hanging out over the top of the spring looking to see it it was lining up with the shackles. Luckly I wasn't over the top of it when the thru bolt gave way and the leafs went flying everywhere! We are talking they flew up to the roof of the shop about 20 feet up! Dented the wood up there! One spring hit me in the knee pretty hard. I was doing this behind a beautiful 40 Ford Convertible that we had just painted. The springs rained down on the trunk of the 40 and then slide down the tops of the rear fenders onto the floor.
That same say I had a recoat problem with the wheels on the 40 and they wrinkled up and we had to have them sand blasted again.
On the way home that day my boss said "You learned a couple good lessons today". I replyed with "Nick, I will be in this trade my whole life and I will tell you someday I will make that painting mistake again, the spring, I will NEVER make that one again!". From then on I rapped a chain around the spring when I installed them just in case.
Give those springs a LOT Of respect. The day this happened an old timer in the shop told of a kid he knew when he was a young man who died with a leaf hitting him in the neck.
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|That's a good spreader for a cross chassis spring like a pre '49 Ford. Any others that are along the frame rails I've installed, the shackles move enough to mount the spring.
Nice, I guess... I've installed many a leaf spring and never needed anything like this though. Can't imaging a circumstance where one would need it...
Home Made Leaf Spring Compressor
So, this is not my idea, but rather I got the idea from a thread on the H.A.M.B. and decided to build one myself. So, thought I'd share! This is the thread where I found the info --> http://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/s...32#post6743432
It's a leaf spring spreader to make installing leaf springs WAY easier.
I decided to do the threaded rod method, and it worked wonders. About $13 for the tube, allthread, nut, and washer. not bad for a tool that is so incredibly helpful with a difficult task.
I did just as described in this thread. I bought a piece of 5/8" all thread, and a piece of square steel tubing just slightly larger than the all thread. 3/4" I believe. Used a couple whacks of a hammer and steel chisel on two opposing sides of one end of the square tubing. basically making one end of the tube look slightly like an hour glass. The point of this was for the two side walls to fold inward instead of outward when I flattened the end. Then I beat the end relatively equal on the other two sides the create somewhat of a chisel tip on one end of the steel tube. Then I used a grinder on one end of the all thread to accomplish the same thing. Thread the nut onto the all thread, stick the washer on it, and slight it inside the tube. Now you have yourself a handy dandy leaf spring stretcher that will save you lots of time when trying to remove or install leaf springs. Just put either end of the stretcher in the crevice near the eye of each side of the leaf spring, tighten the nut, and voila!
Now here come the pictures.
The first few pictures show both ends of the spring spreader so you can see how they were made.
The next two pictures show how both ends are positioned on the leaf spring itself.
And the last two pictures are a before and after, if you will, of the spreader in action.
The first is before the nut has been tightened. The spreader has been extended just long enough to hold it on the leaf spring. In the second picture, the spreader has been extended enough to spread the leaf spring out at least a couple of inches. I didn't measure but you can tell just by looking that the difference is clear. The nut wasn't even getting difficult to turn at this point. This is definitely a great tool to make and keep around.
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viscosity2004 wrote:I think they mean the patronus. It's a Harry Potter thing where there are these wraiths that will suck your soul, but if you can conjure a patronus (which takes the shape of an animal), then the wraiths will be afraid and run away. But in this case, the wraith thinks the kitty is so cute it wants to stay! :3
You got it!
Drakxxx wrote:Very fun character Diana.
Awww thanks Drakxxx! I really like how this little guy turned out!
Jeus wrote:I don't think warner brothers would take kindly to you putting bugs bunny on a shirt drunk on carrot juice.
Thanks Jeus, I've been in meetings with Warner Bros all day because of that post. They are asking for a lot of money to use a bunny in the drawing...I'm going to need to win this thing to pay it so everyone please vote. Thanks again.
Re: beard magic!
Reminds me of "How to Train Your Dragon" which I just saw again a few hours ago.
Re: Dark Side of Magic
Some good news is that taternuggets and I have talked and put most of our differences behind us, we've also settled out of court with Generic Wizard and Young Boy Wizard for using their likeness on our last shirt "Size Matters". They did give the OK for the shirt so if woot wants to unreject it, that would be cool.
I have asked taternuggets to join me as unpaid spokesperson for this shirt again and I hope he accepts, but I understand if he doesn't as there were some sour grapes on my part in our feud.
Re: MAGIK
If it were on a tshirt of another color I would totally vote for and buy this.
ignorant wrote:Some good news is that taternuggets and I have talked and put most of our differences behind us, we've also settled out of court with Generic Wizard and Young Boy Wizard for using their likeness on our last shirt "Size Matters". They did give the OK for the shirt so if woot wants to unreject it, that would be cool.
I have asked taternuggets to join me as unpaid spokesperson for this shirt again and I hope he accepts, but I understand if he doesn't as there were some sour grapes on my part in our feud.
Unfortunately Ig, I have been contacted by Warner Bros wanting to know my involvement with this bugs bunny shirt and they told me it would be in my own best interest to just walk away.
I overheard them say something about "putting sheen on the back burner" to deal with this.
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This might be the creepiest design you guys have ever done. Great work.
Re: How to levitate a llama
Really really really like this. Unfortunately that means the voters probably won't but this is prime for an HM or an EC in my opinion. I am also looking forward to seeing more!
Re: Magical Metamorphosis
This would make a great kids' shirt. It's very cute.
Re: HUGE mistake (V2)
This is the most delightful thing you've ever done. That's not sarcasm; this seriously makes me smile.
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More like Epic Light show :P
it'll look like an exploding belly button of doom.
Re: Create life
The butterfly on her head just seals the deal for me.
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tjost wrote:Never turn your back on a rabbit, especially a magic one.
Very nice design. And it's message could truly save lives.
SeedUvPain wrote:Thanks for all the positive feedback everyone! I'm excited to be amongst such talented and/or popular artists this week!
You have a hilarious and simple design! I love it Hope it gets printed, I will definitely buy one!!
Re: AbracadabrAAAAHHHH
I love this :] And I especially love the title!
Re: Underground Magic
This is amazing! Resub plz!
Nice try, but a shirt where the human kills the rabbit just won't print.
It has to be the other way around!
yankeebird wrote:Never read/seen any Harry Potter. Death loves cats?
well...the wizard is holding a wand that the cat is coming out of, so it's safe to assume that the wizard made the cat in hopes to fight the hooded figure. But, the cat isn't helpful at all, hence the wizard's annoyed face. You really don't have to know that the cat is a parody of a "patronus" and the hooded figure is a parody of a "dementor" to get it.
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I absolutely LOVE this! And I hope you win because I will defintely buy one... I think the cat genie looks cool, so it's just a matter of opinion really
I LOVE the design...So cute~~~I would buy one absolutely...I hope it will win next week...
Re: The wrong rabbit for the show
um... what are the birds doing?
Very nicely done, and I like the visual connection between beard and shield.
the603 wrote:This is only thing I dislike about Woot. Awesome shirts like this lose to overly cute ones.
Very true...
Grusome and deranged! I'm amazed by the intricate levels of detail. I particularly love the careful interplay of detailed foreground figures against silouetted background figures. So many of us use sillouettes when we get tired of adding detail. You've employed the two side-by-side with masterful composition, giving it a chilling balance of shocking and mysterious.
kylemittskus wrote:I suppose so. But the problem is that there is no added comic effect here since the movie itself is parodic; hence, by your definition, the movie itself is comedic. You can't take something that is already a parody (by comedic effect) and just use the same idea, characters, etc. and say, "It's parody because it's comedic." The problem is that the source is too.
Parody turns something around from the original to reveal another side; it makes fun of the source; it hides social or political commentary behind absurdity. This design just copies the comedy of the movie.
Parody, by whatever definition you care to ascribe, is not required according to the the derby blurb and is therefore irrelevant.
To quote: "That's why for this Derby we want to see your interpretations of magic: its power, its effects on people and nature, or maybe just your favorite magic trick. Conjure up some images that invoke power, showmanship, and mysticism."
I'd say Tim definitely falls into the showmanship category if nothing else.
I really like the texture on his fur.
It makes me think of the scene in Deathly Hallows part 2, when Ron's about to smash the horcrux.
Dear Beard Magic,
You get my vote because I can't buy anymore asphalt shirts. And I wish I could grow that beard. More cool not bright not asphalt shirts.
This concept is really great!
I love how the bear in the box looks worried.
Re: Big Bad Voodoo Bunny
Re: Shogun's Wizard
I just didn't want to do a rabbit.
Re: The Weasel and the Owl
There's something about the background color that just throws this design off for me. The characters are adorable, though.
Re: Magic Gathering FAIL
haha nice pun.
derkis wrote:This is kind of gross--not sure I'd wear it--but I like it. It works really well as a shirt design too, which is not always the case even with some of the higher quality illustrations that get posted.
Agreed--Awesome job with the very expressive magician character and wearable design. I'd wear it for sure if the dead rabbit wasn't so, uh... gooooshy. Maybe instead of a decapitated bunny, the hat gag could've been, like, "dammit, I pulled out a lobster!". Or something.
chariotherr wrote:Haha, that's great. Although without the title I probably wouldn't have caught the reference. A bit too subtle
A dove with chest hair has a pack of cards in his wings and a dagger in his beak and you think that's subtle?? :P
For the record, I was waiting for a Gob reference in this Derby, so I am definitely voting for this one. COME ON!
Re: Wizard Magic Party
Definitely one of the best shirts I have seen here, and would totally be buying one, should you get in there! I'd say tie between yours and the They call me...Tim. Classic!
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Discussion in 'March 2011' started by roscoe36, Oct 19, 2010.
Am I the only one that thinks the Pistons have an aversion to late 4 Q, scoring.
Late 4th quarter scoring? They didn't score a point for the first 6 minutes of the 4th quarter.
The Pistons led by 8 at the end of 3, but that 15-0 run to start the 4th by the Heat was the game changer and we had the wrong guys out there when the Heat decided to turn up the defense in the 4th. It was 9-0 before Q called his first time out to get Daye out of there, who seem intimidated all night by the Heat. Other than Rodney, the bench had one of their worst games of the season. Somebody explain to me why Wilcox only played only 17 mins when he was 5-6 from the floor and out playing Dampier and Magliore? I mean I was watching Idol too, so not sure ...did he get injured or something?? Despite the bad start in the fourth, the Pistons stayed within range, but with the Pistons down 4 and less than 90 seconds left, Prince missed a jumper from the wing, as they wasted to much time and he was forced to take it with about 3 seconds on the clock and then after the Lebron missed two FTs. After a timeout Stuckey's short jumper in front of the hoop came up short and Monroe grabbed the loose ball, but missed the layup. And that my friends was it even though there was still some time on the clock. Was it me or did it seem like every time the big three got called for a foul, they were in shock??
The only reason to hire Gordon Ramsey as coach would be for the opportunity to mic him for the game.
2 terrible missed bunnies for Monroe, who otherwise played fantastically. A strong outing from Rip. Agree that Wilcox should have been out there more. I like it when he and Monroe are paired up. Ben Gordon with 0 points and a -15 in 11 minutes of "action." Would have been a great win, except we went with the Charmin lineup for the first half of the 4th. The worst possession was the one where we got called for 3 in the lane (watching Lebron), then we fouled him and they got the ball out of bounds, then we got another 3 in the lane (watching Lebron), then something else terrible happened. Oh well. I'm letting my mind drift toward the draft.
I thought Stuckey had a poor game too, outside of the dunk. Besides that, he was pretty much a waste of space on the floor tonight. Pathetic, really.
Don't be so hard on yourself. You'll bounce back.
Yeah you led the team in assists dishing out 6 and neither you nor Monroe got blocked tonight....in fact the Heat only blocked one shot (on Tay) ...then again we had only one block too, (Daye on Dampier) so no one on either team should have been afraid to go to the hole 2nite.
I thought for sure LeBron blocked that Stuckey floater in the last minute or so of the game. Guess he just airballed that. Even more pathetic then.
I thought it was a block too at first, but they didn't call it and the official scorer didn't note it so it wound up being a short pass to Gmon and he missed the layup by rushing it....
The dunk was one of the best of the season for us, so at least Stuckey provided some entertainment.
Decent game. At the end, a blown bunny by Monroe, and that crazy shot by Tay kind of did us in. Hey, its time to start Daye, and give him every bit of experience we can give him. And time to sit Tay. As he played so little last season, lets not push his minutes his total minutes this season. TMAC is another guy that really should not push it any more. Just no reason. About time to get to see White play. Lets hope there is a season for the Pistons next year - and hope they are still in or near Detroit - and still called the Pistons.
Starters average a +5.4, everyone else a -11.4. Gordon and Daye seemed the main culprits to me, basically giving the game over to the Heat bench in the first four minutes of the fourth. Pretty sad outing. I don't get the Wilcox thing either. So much for perform well and get minutes. Give him Maxiell's minutes last night and pull the plug on the bench about two minutes into the fourth and maybe things come out different.
I'm totally sold on G-Money and am ready to say "nice job" to Joe for drafting this kid. This wasn't one of those "no-brainer" picks as Dumars could have went a lot of different directions with this pick. ...a couple of of sweet passes working out of the high post last night. Looking forward to more! Rip shot the rock well but the dude looks like he's playing for himself out there and not his teammates. For a guy his age and with as many miles as he has on those legs, he sure moves quick when it comes time to get out of LeBron's way. It was kinda strange to see such a good crowd at the Palace. I had to check my DVR to make sure that I wasn't watching a game from a few years ago.
Didn't get home till halftime and thought the same thing about Wilcox's first half mins... Q said during the postgame stuff it was because of matchups when they didn't have there starting center in... and he only played 16 mins they were going really small and were spreading the floor with smaller shooters... While I hate having your players determined by the other team... The way we play, not using our big men enough on offense to warrant both Monroe and Wilcox on the floor I can almost understand it. Did they mention in pregame why Ben didn't play/dress last night? Wilcox starting IMO hurt our 2nd Unit last night...
If Kuester would have just left TMac in for the entire 48 minutes, the Pistons would have won that game.
It's tough to match up when Miami puts LBJ and the four and Bosh at center. Still, might have been worth a try, especially when Wilcox has been shooting the ball so well, just to make Miami react. Particularly since the bench brigade wasn't getting it done. Even Blaha and Kelser were calling for changes. I think they said Ben has a tweaked something or the other. Knee maybe.
This is probably the most eloquent articulation of the team's vision.
I think last night is a perfect example of a coaching loss. WE needed Wilcox on the floor to help with rebounding. I still can't understand giving Max any minutes. This also shows how much we miss JJ this year. I think with him in the starting line up alongside Monroe and Wilcox off the bench; we would be a much better team.
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GREEN BAY, Wis. (AP) _ Vince Young's days with the Packers are apparently over.
The veteran vying for a backup job went on Twitter Saturday to thank Green Bay for giving him an opportunity and wished the team well this season.
Young's apparent departure would leave just B.J. Coleman on the roster to back up Aaron Rodgers. The Packers planned to officially release their moves later Saturday, when teams are required to trim rosters to 53 players.
``Thanks to (Packers) for the opportunity ... Wonderful fans. Good luck this season,'' Young posted.
He struggled Thursday in the final preseason game against the Chiefs going 14 of 30 for 144 yards with two fumbles. That followed a strong showing the previous week against the Seahawks.
The Packers signed Young on Aug. 6.
Green Bay also released FB Jonathan Amosa, T Andrew Datko, S David Fulton, C Garth Gerhart, RB Alex Green, T Kevin Hughes, WR Charles Johnson, C Patrick Lewis, LB Terrell Manning, CB Loyce Means, DT Jordan Miller, LB Dezman Moses, TE Matthew Mulligan, CB James Nixon, S Chaz Powell, LB Donte Savage, CB Brandon Smith, TE Jake Stoneburner, WR Tyrone Walker, WR Myles White, and TE D.J. Willams.


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Emily is a third-year History of Art student at the University of Birmingham. She worked at MV after winning a Global Challenge award which gives students opportunities to work overseas.
In August and September I spent six weeks in Museum Victoria's Humanities Department helping to plan for the Centenary of World War I exhibition, which will be held at the museum in 2014. My main focus was on a collection of magazines named Aussie published for soldiers during and after WWI.
At the end of my placement I came away eager to contribute more, however small, and link up Melbourne Museum's WWI centenary commemorations with those that will happen in the Birmingham. I set out to find any connections between Australia and the University of Birmingham relating to WWI.
Australian and New Zealand soldiers came to Birmingham in 1914 to be treated at the University of Birmingham's Great Hall, then called the 1st Southern General Hospital (and it is where I will be graduating next summer). Looking through the university's collections, I came across an embroidered quilt that was produced by convalescing soldiers. Made up of nine panels, it includes an Australian panel depicting a crown with 'Australian Commonwealth Military Forces' written on a scroll underneath and a New Zealand panel featuring an intricate fern with 'NZ' over the top.
Australian Servicemen embroidery detail on Matron Kathleen Lloyd's linen cloth.
Source: BIRRC-H0013, Research & Cultural Collections, University of Birmingham
New Zealand Regiment embroidery detail embroidery detail on Matron Kathleen Lloyd's linen cloth.Source: BIRRC-H0013, Research & Cultural Collections, University of Birmingham
I also found photos at the Birmingham Archives and Heritage collections, with wounded soldiers from Australia and Scotland posing with nurses in the grounds of the hospital. Museum Victoria also holds many photographs taken and postcards purchased by soldiers from their time in England during WWI.
Australian soldiers with nurses at the 1st Southern General Hospital, now the University of Birmingham's Great Hall.Source: Birmingham Archives & Heritage: Misc Photos/WW1/Hospitals/1st Southern Gen (89/1863)
In addition, in the university's collections there is an interesting article in The Mermaid magazine, entitled 'A Trip to Gallipoli' by Percival M. Chadwick. He was a Civil Engineering Lecturer at the University of Birmingham who left in 1915 to go and fight in Gallipoli for twelve months, only to return to Birmingham again to be treated at the university in the 1st Southern General Hospital. He was attached to the New Zealand Engineers working with Australian and New Zealand Infantry and Cavalry regiments including a Maori contingent. He states:
The officers with whom I worked gave me a homely welcome, and I speedily felt quite at ease among them.
The officers with whom I worked gave me a homely welcome, and I speedily felt quite at ease among them.
I could reiterate what Percival M. Chadwick said about Australians, about my colleagues at Melbourne Museum. It was a pleasure working there and one of the most enjoyable work experiences I have had. I very much look forward to seeing what Melbourne Museum puts on in its centenary exhibition in 2014 and I hope it is a success for everyone.
Percival M. Chadwick, R.E, 'A Trip to Gallipoli', The Mermaid, issue 13, p121, 1916-17, University of Birmingham Research and Cultural collections.
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- Anti-inflammatory medications
- 5-ASA (mesalamine) oral medications
- 5-ASA rectal medications (Rowasa, Canasa)
- Corticosteroids
- Budesonide (Entocort EC)
- Antibiotics for Crohn's disease
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- Azathioprine (Imuran) and 6-mercaptopurine (6-MP, Purinethol)
- Infliximab (Remicade)
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5-ASA rectal medications (Rowasa, Canasa)
Rowasa is 5-ASA in enema form. 5-ASA by enema is most useful for treating ulcerative colitis involving only the distal colon since the enema easily can reach the inflamed tissues of the distal colon. Rowasa also is used in treating Crohn's disease in which there is inflammation in and near the rectum. Each Rowasa enema contains 4 grams of 5-ASA. The enema usually is administered at bedtime, and patients are encouraged to retain the enema through the night. The enema contains sulfite and should not be used by patients with sulfite allergy. Otherwise, Rowasa enemas are safe and well-tolerated.
Canasa is 5-ASA in suppository form. It is used for treating ulcerative proctitis. Each suppository contains 500 mg of 5-ASA and usually is administered twice daily.
Both enemas and suppositories have been shown to be effective in maintaining remission in patients with ulcerative colitis limited to the distal colon and rectum.
Corticosteroids (for example, prednisone, prednisolone, hydrocortisone, etc.) have been used for many years to treat patients with moderate to severe Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis and to treat patients who fail to respond to 5-ASA. Unlike 5-ASA, corticosteroids do not require direct contact with the inflamed intestinal tissues to be effective.
Oral corticosteroids are potent anti-inflammatory medications. After absorption, corticosteroids exert prompt anti-inflammatory actions throughout the body, including the intestines. Consequently, they are used in treating Crohn's disease anywhere in the small intestine, as well as ulcerative and Crohn's colitis. In critically ill patients, intravenous corticosteroids (such as hydrocortisone) can be given in the hospital. For patients with proctitis, hydrocortisone enemas (Cortenema) can be used to deliver the corticosteroid directly to the inflamed tissue. By using the corticosteroid topically, less of it is absorbed into the body and the frequency and severity of side effects are lessened (but not eliminated) as compared with systemic corticosteroids.
Corticosteroids are faster-acting than 5-ASA, and patients frequently experience improvement in their symptoms within days of beginning them. Corticosteroids, however, do not appear to be useful in maintaining remission in Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis or in preventing the return of Crohn's disease after surgery.
Side effects of corticosteroids
The frequency and severity of side effects of corticosteroids depend on the dose and duration of their use. Short courses of corticosteroids, for example, usually are well-tolerated with few and mild side effects. Long-term use of high doses of corticosteroids usually produces predictable and potentially serious side effects. Common side effects include:
- rounding of the face (moon face),
- acne,
- increased body hair,
- diabetes,
- weight gain,
- high blood pressure,
- cataracts,
- glaucoma,
- increased susceptibility to infections,
- muscle weakness,
- depression,
- insomnia,
- mood swings,
- personality changes,
- irritability, and
- thinning of the bones (osteoporosis) with fractures of the spine.
Children receiving corticosteroids experience stunted growth.
A serious complication from long term corticosteroid use is aseptic necrosis of the hip joints. Aseptic necrosis is a condition in which there is death and degeneration of the hip bone. It is a painful condition that can ultimately lead to the need for surgical replacement of the hip. Aseptic necrosis also has been reported in the knee joints. It is not known how corticosteroids cause aseptic necrosis. The estimated incidence of aseptic necrosis among corticosteroid users is low. Patients on corticosteroids who develop pain in the hips or knees should report the pain to their doctors promptly. Early diagnosis of aseptic necrosis with cessation of corticosteroids might decrease the severity of the aseptic necrosis and the need for hip replacement surgery.
Prolonged use of corticosteroids can depress the ability of the body's adrenal glands to produce cortisol (a natural corticosteroid necessary for proper functioning of the body). Therefore, abruptly discontinuing corticosteroids can cause symptoms due to a lack of natural cortisol (a condition called adrenal insufficiency). Symptoms of adrenal insufficiency include nausea, vomiting, and even shock. Withdrawing corticosteroids too quickly also can produce symptoms of joint pain, fever, and malaise. Therefore, when corticosteroids are discontinued, the dose usually is tapered gradually rather than stopped abruptly.
Even after corticosteroids are discontinued, the adrenal glands' ability to produce cortisol can remain depressed from months up to two years. The depressed adrenal glands may not be able to produce increased amounts of cortisol to help the body handle the stress of accidents, surgery, and infections. Therefore, patients need additional corticosteroids during stressful situations to avoid developing adrenal insufficiency. Because corticosteroids are not useful in maintaining remission in ulcerative colitis and Crohn's disease, and because they have predictable and potentially serious side effects, they should be used for the shortest possible length of time.
Proper use of corticosteroids
Once the decision is made to use systemic corticosteroids, treatment usually is initiated with prednisone, 40-60 mg daily. The majority of patients with Crohn's disease respond with an improvement in symptoms within a few weeks. Once symptoms have improved, prednisone is reduced by 5-10 mg per week until a dose of 20 mg per day is reached. The dose then is reduced at a slower rate until the corticosteroid is discontinued. Gradually reducing corticosteroids not only minimizes the symptoms of adrenal insufficiency, it also reduces the chances of an abrupt recurrence of inflammation.
Many doctors use 5-ASA compounds and corticosteroids together. In patients who achieve remission with corticosteroids, 5-ASA compounds often are continued alone to maintain remission.
In patients whose symptoms return while corticosteroids are slowly being reduced, the dose of corticosteroids is increased slightly to control the symptoms. Once the symptoms are under control, the reduction of corticosteroids can resume at a slower pace. Unfortunately, many patients who require corticosteroids to induce remissions become corticosteroid dependent, (especially individuals who smoke and have disease of the colon). These patients consistently develop symptoms whenever the corticosteroid dose falls below a certain level. In such patients who are corticosteroid dependent as well as in patients who are unresponsive to corticosteroids and other anti-inflammatory medications, immuno-modulator medications, or surgery must be considered. The management of patients who are corticosteroid dependent or patients with severe disease that responds poorly to medications is complex. Doctors who are experienced in treating ulcerative colitis and Crohn's disease and in using immuno-modulators should evaluate these patients.
Prevention of osteoporosis
Long-term use of corticosteroids can cause osteoporosis. Calcium is very important in the formation and maintenance of healthy bones. Corticosteroids decrease the absorption of calcium from the intestine and increase the loss of calcium from the kidneys. Increasing dietary calcium intake is important but alone cannot halt corticosteroid-induced osteoporosis. To prevent or minimize osteoporosis, management of patients on long-term corticosteroids should include:
- Adequate intake of calcium (1000 mg daily in premenopausal women, 1,500 mg daily in postmenopausal women) and vitamin D (800 units daily).
- Periodic review with the doctor of the need for continued corticosteroid treatment and use of the lowest effective dose if continued treatment is necessary.
- For patients taking corticosteroids for more than three months, a bone density study may be helpful in determining the extent of bone loss and the need for more aggressive treatment.
- Regular weight-bearing exercise and stopping smoking (cigarettes).
- Discussion with the doctor regarding the use of alendronate (Fosamax), risedronate (Actonel), or etidronate (Didronel) to prevent or treat corticosteroid-induced osteoporosis.


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Frozen MargaritaNo fiesta is complete without rounds of Frozen Margaritas. We freeze our Margaritas in an electric ice cream maker for extra slushiness.
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Mint Margarita SlushieA super simple slushie like this one is the perfect remedy to beat the summer heat.
Grapefruit MargaritasRuby red grapefruit juice gives this margarita a blushing pink hue, and the more you add, the richer the color will be. Add frozen limeade concentrate for a refreshing punch of flavor, without all that squeezing. You can even make this recipe the day before your party. Just freeze until your guests arrive and then all you need to do is stir, serve, and enjoy!
Frozen Cranberry-Moonshine LemonadeWith this drink, you can enjoy your favorit holiday flavors all summer long! Just make sure you prepare the cranberry-moonshine mixture ahead of time because it has to stand and room temperature for three days. Then serve and enjoy!
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Guilt-Free Piña ColadasThis guilt-free cocktail recipe is perfect so satisfy your thirst on a hot summer day. Now if only it could come with a side of beach.
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Peach FuzziesServe this festive drink at an early afternoon barbecue. Frozen pink lemonade concentrate gives the drink its color and its sweet-tart flavor base. Add vodka, water, and ripe peaches for extra sweetness, then process with crushed ice.
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Frozen Cranberry MargaritosA mojito traditionally uses rum; here we use tequila instead, hence the fun title. Dip rims of glasses in lime juice and a mixture of equal parts kosher salt and sugar for a twist on salt-rimmed glasses.
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Honeydew-Kiwi DaiquirisA pitcher of slushy daiquiris is a great way to start the weekend. You'll use about half of the melon for this recipe and the rest in Sunday's fruit salad.
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There is no Home Country Coverage with this plan.
ACCIDENT means a sudden, unexpected, unintended and external event, which causes Injury.
ACCOMMODATION means any establishment used for the purpose of temporary, overnight lodging for which a fee is paid and reservations are required.
BAGGAGE means luggage, personal possessions and travel documents taken by you on the Covered Trip.
COVERED TRIP (or TRIP) means a period of round-trip travel away from Home to a destination outside your city of residence; the purpose of the trip is business or pleasure and is not to obtain health care or treatment of any kind; the trip has defined departure and return dates specified when the Insured enrolls; the trip does not exceed 365 days.
FAMILY MEMBER includes your or your Traveling Companion's dependent, spouse, child, spouse's child, son/daughterin-law, parent(s), sibling(s), grandparent(s), grandchild, step-brother/sister, step-parent(s), parent(s)-in-law, brother/sister-in-law, aunt, uncle, niece, nephew, guardian, Domestic Partner, foster child, or ward.
FINANCIAL INSOLVENCY means the total cessation or complete suspension of operations due to insolvency, with or without the filing of a bankruptcy petition, whether voluntary or involuntary.
INJURY means bodily harm caused by an Accident which: 1) occurs while your coverage is in effect under the plan; and 2) requires examination and treatment by a Physician.
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SICKNESS means an illness or disease of the body, which requires examination and treatment by a Physician.
TRAVELING COMPANION means a person whose name(s) appear(s) with you on the same Covered Trip arrangement and who, during the Covered Trip, will accompany you.
USUAL AND CUSTOMARY CHARGE means those charges for necessary treatment and services that are reasonable for the treatment of cases of comparable severity and nature.
This will be derived from the mean charge based on the experience in a related area of the service delivered and the MDR (Medical Data Research) schedule of fees valued at the 100th percentile and the Anesthesia Relative Value Guide.
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Pre-Existing Condition means an illness, disease, or other condition during the 180-day period immediately prior to your effective date for which you or your Traveling Companion or Family Member who is scheduled or booked to travel with you: 1) received, or received a recommendation for, a diagnostic test, examination or medical treatment; or 2) took or received prescription drugs or medicine.
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|Dr. An Hue Memorial Scholarship Fund
Ven. Dr. Thich An Hue, also known as Claude Ware, was born on September 2, 1919 and passed away on March 19, 2009. He earned a master's degree in music in 1948 and a Ph.D. in psychology in the 1960s.
Ven. Dr. An Hue began studying Buddhism in 1965 in the Japanese Buddhist tradition at a Zen temple in Little Tokyo, Los Angeles. Ven. Dr. An Hue was ordained as a Buddhist monk in 1981, at Fo Guang Shan monastery. In 1987, he joined and made a great contribution to the establishment and development of Dieu-Phap Temple in the City of San Gabriel and the Bao-Phap Monastery in Azusa. In 1997, Ven. Dr. An Hue became a volunteer-faculty member of University of the West and was promoted to Chair of the Department of Religious Studies there until his retirement in 2006.
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According to the article yesterday the DSA SA-58 are still in stock and available. Considering the current situation and rush to buy firearms and ammo this is one way to add a decent semiauto rifle as others clamor for AKs and ARs.
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I see that some M76 rifles are available as well. That could evaporate as well if people search out alternatives. .308/7.62x51 is hard to find but probably not as hard as .223/5.56 and 7.62x39 ammo.


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It's the second week of September 2008, and dove season is a week old in the North and Central zones of Texas. Game wardens are busy conducting off-the-pavement patrols, checking leases and hunters in the first major season of the year. Many have just returned from emergency response duty for Hurricane Gustav. Even as they are keeping tabs on dove hunters, they are told to keep their "go-bags" packed: Hurricane Ike is headed toward Texas.
In the meantime, Capt. Robert Newman, in charge of far West Texas' Region 1, District 3, gets a call from the Presidio County sheriff: A catastrophic rain event in Mexico's Concho River watershed will potentially wipe the U.S. border town of Presidio from the map. Newman sends the four closest game wardens and two flat-bottom boats to Presidio. More will arrive later to join local, state and federal law enforcement agencies in preparing residents for evacuation, filling sandbags and distributing food and water.
In Kerr County, in the Texas Hill Country, Game Wardens Mark Chapa and Kenny Lee continue filing cases on the operation of vehicles in a public stream bed. "Four-wheeling" in fragile, spring-fed Texas river beds once was a popular pastime in these parts, but was outlawed several years ago after the environmental toll became obvious.
At Lake Lewisville, just north of the Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex, Denton County Game Warden Stormy McCuistion gets a call. A 20-year-old man has disappeared at the edge of a swimming beach in the City of Little Elm. McCuistion spends two hours on the water looking for the young man, then assists the Lewisville Dive Team as they recover his body.
With Ike's landfall still three days in the future, Galveston County Game Warden Kevin Webb and newly-assigned National Marine Fisheries Service Special Agent Matt Clark are inspecting fish houses on Galveston Island when they discover several hundred pounds of red snapper unlawfully unloaded from a commercial snapper boat. The game warden and NMFS special agent obtain written confessions from the owner of the fish house as well as the captain of the snapper boat.
By Sept. 12, a strike team of 50 game wardens from outside Southeast Texas is positioned at Camp Allen, in Grimes County, paying close attention to the hurricane's track, which bends ever-eastward.
The center of Ike passes over Galveston Island in the early morning hours of Sept. 13. The storm will enter the history books as the third-most destructive to ever strike the United States, where 112 deaths are blamed on the hurricane. More than 30 individuals, mostly from hard-hit Galveston Island and Bolivar Peninsula, are still unaccounted for.
In the hours leading up to Ike's landfall, and in the days and weeks after, Texas game wardens reprise their heroic efforts in New Orleans, where they rescued more than 5,000 Hurricane Katrina victims. As search and rescue became search and recovery, they lead teams into massive debris fields, hoping to recover victims' remains and give families some measure of closure. In more than 30 instances, they are successful.
When all is said and done, more than 320 Texas game wardens will have worked over 24,000 hours in response to Hurricane Ike.
100 Years Legendary Service - Some call them heroes
But then, game wardens always have been deserving of that label, in large ways and small. Since 1895, they have built a reputation as "can-do" peace officers with a heritage second only to the legendary Texas Rangers. Eighteen have died in the line of duty.
That proud tradition of service, more than a century old, is carried on today by more than 500 men and women who reflect the diversity of the people of Texas. They come from small towns and some of the nation's largest urban areas. Many have degrees in criminal justice or wildlife management or biology. Others studied the humanities, and worked as bankers and graphic designers, city cops and schoolteachers, before gaining entrance to the Game Warden Academy.
Something they all have in common is their dedication and desire to serve the people of Texas, and to help conserve the state's natural and cultural resources.
Only about 10 percent of applicants to the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department's law enforcement training program make the cut each year. Those who are accepted undergo the most rigorous training of any peace officer in Texas, and are widely acclaimed as the best-trained and best-educated conservation law enforcement officers in the nation. It's a program with an international reputation. In the most recent cadet class, two trainees hailed from the nascent conservation agency of the Mexican state of Nuevo Leon. Conservation organizations hope to send officers from as far away as Africa to attend future courses.


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ARSC HPC Users' Newsletter 251, August 2, 2002
- Performance Monitoring : hpmcount on Icehawk
- Cray Bioinformatics User Group
- BLUIsculpt at SIGGRAPH for Those Who Missed it
- Faculty Camp 2002
- HDF Cray Support
- Vector intrinsics on the T3E
- Quick Tip
Performance Monitoring : hpmcount on Icehawk[Contributed by Tom Logan, ARSC]
ARSC has installed a performance monitoring utility on Icehawk called hpmcount . Hpmcount , which was originally designed by Luiz DeRose from the Advanced Computing Technology Center (ACTC) at IBM research, tracks the number of operations that a user's code performs and gives a summary at the end of the run. One can use hpmcount to report the GFlop rate of an application, as well as other metrics including cache and memory usage.
The beauty of hpmcount is that, like "hpm" on Cray PVP systems, you do not need to recompile or in anyway modify your existing code in order to use the tool; you simply insert it on the command line in your loadleveler script. For parallel jobs, this would look like:
poe hpmcount -o timing <user_command>
Where "timing" is the base name of the hpmcount files to be created, and <user_command> is the normal command that you use to run your code. This will work even if you originally did not use "poe" in your loadleveler script.
Hpmcount creates one output file for each process in your parallel job. Using the command above, these files would be named timing_<PE>.<PID>, where PE is the rank of the process, and PID is the process ID. The files thus created contain a plethora of information about what your program did during execution. From the obvious, like the Mflip/s rating * , to the detailed, like the Average number of loads per TLB miss, one can gain useful insight into a code's operation, and, hopefully, some hints on where an application could benefit from optimization.
ARSC is collecting performance information for user codes on icehawk using the hpmcount utility. This information will allow us to better serve our users in the future by providing long-term tracking, and, thus, guidelines for typical "good" and "bad" performance numbers. Currently, we have only a small database to compare to, however the average Mflip/s seem to be in the 80-100 range (5-7% of peak) per processor for typical user codes.
For further information about hpmcount and interpretation of the output, please refer to the wonderful web page designed by NERSC, at:
Additional information can also be found at the IBM Alphaworks website, at:
(*) hpmcount uses a Mflip/s (million floating point instructions per second) instead of Mflop/s in order to distinguish the floating point multiply add operation. For general intents and purposes, the two numbers are the same.
Cray Bioinformatics User Group
SANBI, the South African National Bioinformatics Institute, has started a Cray Bioinformatics User Group. To join the list, go to:
BLUIsculpt at SIGGRAPH for Those Who Missed it
Some highlights of BLUI's presence in the SIGGRAPH "Studio" are available on line. Go to:
BLUIsculpt is a nifty 3D VR sculpting application. Teamed up with UAF's 3D printer, there's a growing collection of interesting little wax sculptures around here these days. It's been a big hit on ARSC's summer tours (Wednesdays at 1pm through August), and has been invited back to SIGGRAPH 2003.
Faculty Camp 2002
As announced earlier,
ARSC's annual "Faculty Camp" starts on Monday, August 15th. Most sessions are also open to general ARSC users and UAF affiliates, not just camp registrants. Guy Robinson is scheduling the event, and requests that you just let him know before dropping by, so he can worry about available seating, etc.
The final schedule of presentations and activities will be posted on our welcome page as a "Hot Topic" next week. Check back:
HDF Cray Support
HDF Newsletter 68, July 12, 2002, available at:
contained this item:
"In our last newsletter we had mentioned that we were considering dropping support for the Cray computers. We received several responses regarding this, as well as help obtaining new Cray accounts, and will be able to continue supporting the Crays."
This reminds me of a remark I heard this week that, in addition to reporting problems, you should tell people (and vendors) when they're doing something you value. Otherwise, they might never know, and stop doing it.
Vector intrinsics on the T3E
The last issue discussed vectorized versions of common math intrinsics on the IBM SP. Vectorized intrinsics are also available to T3E users.
As far as I can tell, Cray doesn't advise you to code up explicit calls to the vector routines and doesn't even provide the interfaces, as IBM does with "libmassv."
Using them is similar to vectorizing code on the PVP systems or using the " xlf -qhot -O3 ... " on the IBM. You write vectorizable loops, and the compiler does the translating.
Here's the relevent documentation for Fortran, taken from CrayDocs:
Cray T3E TM Fortran Optimization Guide - 004-2518-002 ===================================================== 4.6. Vectorization The CRAY T3E compiler offers a method to vectorize select math operations inside loops. This is not the same kind of vectorization available on Cray PVP systems. On a CRAY T3E system, the compiler restructures loops containing scalar operations and generates calls to specially coded vector versions of the underlying math routines. The vector versions are between two and four times faster than the scalar versions. The compiler uses the following process: 1.Stripmine the loop. (For more information on stripmining, see Example 4-6.) 2.Split vectorizable operations into separate loops, if necessary. (For more information on loop splitting, see Example 4-6.) 3.Replace loops containing vectorizable operations with calls to vectorized intrinsics. Vectorizing reduces execution time in the following ways: By reducing aggregate call overhead, including the subroutine linkage and the latency to bring scalar values into registers needed by the intrinsic routine. By improving functional unit utilization. It provides better instruction scheduling by processing a vector of operands rather than a single operand. By producing loops that can be pipelined by the software. (For more information on pipelining, see Section 4.2.) The programming environment also offers the libmfastv library of faster, but less accurate, vector versions of the libm routines. These routines deliver results that are usually one-to-two bits less accurate than the results given by the libm routines. Less accurate scalar versions of the library routines are also used to provide identical results between vector and non-vector invocations within the same program. The libmfastv routines reduce execution time spent in math intrinsics by 50 to 70%. Because the vector routines may not provide a performance improvement in all cases (due to necessary loop splitting), vectorization is not turned on by default. It is enabled through the compiler command-line option -O vector3. The default is vector2, which currently does not do intrinsic vectorization. The vector1 and vector0 options have their own meanings on Cray PVP systems, but on the CRAY T3E system, they are the same as vector2: they turn vectorization off. If you have selected -O vector3, you can further control vectorization by using the following: Vector directives NEXTSCALAR and [NO]VECTOR. They allow you to turn vectorization on and off for selected parts of your program. In the case of ambiguous data dependences within the loop, you can express a loop's vectorization potential by including the IVDEP directive (see Section 4.6.1). IVDEP tells the compiler to proceed with vectorization and ignore vector dependencies in the loop that follows. Access to the libmfastv routines can be controlled with the -l compiler option. For example, the following command line links in the faster, but less accurate math routines rather than the slower, default routines in libm: % f90 -Ovector3 -lmfastv test.f Transformation from scalar to vector is implemented by splitting loops. This may cause extra memory traffic due to the expansion of scalars into arrays and reduce the opportunity for other scalar optimizations. This could negatively impact the profitability of the vectorization. The less accurate version offered through libmfastv varies from default libm results generally within 2 ulps, although some results could differ by larger amounts. Exceptions may also differ from the libm versions, where some calls to libmfastv may generate only a NaN for a particular operand rather than an exception, causing exceptions later in the program. Vectorization is only performed on loops that the compiler judges to be vectorizable. This determination is based on perceived data dependencies and the regularity of the loop control. These loops will likely be a significant subset of those seen as vectorizable by the Cray PVP compiler. Vectorization of conditionally executed operators is deferred. Vectorization of loops that contain potentially early exits from the loop is also deferred. Vectorization will be performed on the following intrinsics and operators. The first set supports both 32-bit and 64-bit floating-point data: SQRT(3) 1/SQRT (replaced by a call to SQRTINV(3) LOG(3) EXP(3) SIN(3) COS(3) COSS(3) (replaced by a combined call to SIN(3) and COS(3) The following support 64-bit floating-point only: RANF(3) X**Y POPCNT(3) Note: Early versions of the Programming Environment 3.0 release may not vectorize loops with multiple RANF(3) calls. The IVDEP directive enables RANF vectorization, but the values returned may be different than those returned without vectorization. The vector intrinsic routines are designed to read an arbitrary number of operands from memory and write their results to memory. They can also handle operands and results that do not have a stride of one. The compiler stripmines and splits (if necessary) any loop for which intrinsic vectorization is indicated by the programmer. The stripmine factor is currently 256. The loop is stripmined to limit the size of scalar expansion arrays and to decrease the likelihood of cache conflict. The following example illustrates the kind of loop to which the vectorization optimization can be applied: Example 4-18. Transforming a loop for vectorization DO I = 1, N A(I) = B(I) * SQRT( C(I) + D(I) ) ENDDO The loop in this example will be transformed into the following loop. The vector version of the square root function is called after the first ENDDO statement. DO II = 1, N, 256 NN = MIN( II+255, N ) DO I = II, NN T(I-II+1) = C(I) + D(I) ENDDO SQRT_V( NN - II + 1, T, T2, 1, 1 ) DO I = II, NN A(I) = B(I) * T2(I-II+1) ENDDO ENDDO
The C/C++ documentation (also available from CrayDoc) is nearly identical, but you use "-h" to specify vector3:
% cc -hvector3 test.c
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Thought I should take a moment and apologize to all the members of this forum for my recent lack of, well, everything. No one here deserves this kind of irresponsibility.
Going back to professional work and being on the road so much is tough, but the real work is coming home and getting everything back in order again.
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• Carolina has won 20 games under Sylvia Hatchell 19 times in 27 seasons and 11 times in the last 12 campaigns.
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• Hatchell has coached her teams to at least 20 wins on 29 occasions in 38 seasons, good for fourth-most nationally. Only Pat Summitt, Vivian Stringer and Jody Conradt have coached more 20-win seasons.
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The Ships List website, online since August 1999, will help you find your ancestors on ships' passenger lists.We also have immigration reports, newspaper records, shipwreck information, ship pictures, ship descriptions, shipping-line fleet lists and more; as well as hundreds of passenger lists to Canada, USA, Australia and even some for South Africa. Be sure to check the "special projects," listed below.
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