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Your Mitsubishi servicing at Servicing Stop caters for all models within the Mitsubishi vehicle range, if you do not see your vehicle in the list below please call us and we will give you a quote for your car service accordingly.
The Interim and Full Service schedule descriptions we provide are just a guide of what we do and will vary on what each Manufacturer service schedule says, some additional items maybe required to comply with your warranty. However, we always provide a complete quote before anything additional is carried out.
Change oil and oil filter (special oils at extra charge). Top up bonnet fluid levels. Check brakes. Check steering. Check suspension. Check tyres. Check pollen filter. Collection and delivery.
Change oil and oil filter (special oils if required £24.00 + VAT). Top up bonnet fluid levels. Check brakes (remove wheels). Check brake fluid. Check steering. Check suspension. Check tyres. Check pollen filter. Change air filter (if required additional £12.50 charge + VAT). Replace spark plugs if applicable (at extra cost). Collection and delivery.
|Initial Checks
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10 points
|Collect vehicle from specified address
|Check vehicle history
|Note customer comments and recommendations
|Check for damage to body work
|Check trims
|Check lamps
|Check number plates
|Check mirrors
|Check timing belt interval
|Log vehicle condition using Servicing Stop mobile app
|Vehicle on the ground
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|Check ABS
|Check all interior warning lights
|Check horn
|Check condition and operation of seatbelts
|Check operation of interior lights and switches
|Check operation of exterior lights and switches
|Check front and rear windscreen wipers and washers
|Check condition and security of windscreen
|Check condition and security of rear view mirror
|Check fuel cap
|Check air conditioning
|Check and top up power steering reservoir
|Check PAS
|Check auxiliary belt
|Check fan belts
|Check pollen/cabin filter
|Check battery condition and security
|Check clutch operation
|Check handbrake operation and travel
|Check and top up gearbox oil
|Check and top up axle oil
|Check and top up transfer box oil (if applicable)
|Check and top up all under bonnet fluid levels
|Check and top up brake fluid
|Check and top up antifreeze
|Check and top up clutch fluid
|Top up of the above fluids, if required (additional surcharge of £5.99 + VAT)
|Lubricate door hinges
|Lubricate catches and locks (where required)
|Check coolant systems for leaks
|Check engine cooling fan
|Check operation of throttle and lubricate as required
|Replace air filter (if required additional £12.50 charge + VAT)
|Replace spark plugs if applicable (at extra cost)
|Visually inspect condition of HT leads
|Log inspection details using Servicing Stop mobile app
|Vehicle raised / off the Ground
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26 points
|Carry out underbody inspection (check for any corrosion)
|Replace engine oil (specialist if required £24.00 + VAT)
|Replace oil filter
|Check condition and security of steering
|Check condition and security of suspension
|Check condition and security of mountings
|Check condition and security of gaiters
|Check exhaust system for security and leaks
|Check fuel lines for security and leaks
|Check brake pipes
|Check hoses
|Check handbrake cables
|Check cylinders/callipers for leakage (if applicable)
|Check condition of distributor cap
|Check engine and gearbox mounts for wear
|Test starter motor cranking operation and security
|Visually inspect radiator and coolant pipes/hoses for security and leaks
|Check all wheel bearings for noise/free play
|Check tyre condition and adjust pressure (if required)
|Check and record brake pads/shoes for condition and operation
|Check and record drums and discs for condition and operation
|Check condition and operation of front brakes (wheels removed)
|Check condition and operation of rear brakes (wheels removed)
|Refit wheels (if applicable) - set wheel torque
|Additional checks as per manufacturer schedule
|Log inspection details using Servicing Stop mobile app
|Final checks
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6 points
|Conduct road test
|Check exhaust emissions and idle speed
|Reset service light (where applicable)
|Stamp service book
|Deliver vehicle to specified address
|Log vehicle delivery condition using Servicing Stop mobile app
European law, known as "Block Exemption", changed in 2003, which means that Independent Garages can carry out a Mitsubishi service without making your Mitsubishi warranty invalid. A Mitsubishi service with one of our approved garages means that your car service has its warranty protected, because we use OE quality parts. All Mitsubishi service books are stamped on every Mitsubishi service we do – also each Mitsubishi service carries a 12 month Parts and Labour Guarantee.
outstandingMr P. Hooper - Ruislip
Collection was great just as agreed,Mr J. Rios - Romford
EASY SERVICE!Mr B. Westell - Billericay
Great serviceMiss S. Kennyford - Erith
Brilliant service and kind people would def recommend to friends and familyMiss K. Smith - South Croydon
ExcelentMr N. Ragalie - Telford
So easy!Mrs A. Stewart - Colchester
very goodMr E. Sunley - London
Very good and polite serviceMr J. Wright - Barnet
Excellent serviceMiss A. Yussuf - Broxbourne
Was a bit wary at first but great service & prices. Have already sent an email to my colleagues with your detailsMr M. Scott - Aberdeen
It's nice to have the car picked up and redelivered better than leaving it at a garage first thing and then having to make you way back to pick it upMr J. Bishop - Sheffield
Good service for a first time customerMr M. Akrigg - Hartlepool
Prompt collection of the car, good process.Mrs R. Naylor - Aylesbury
Great pre and post job contact and information. I was very surprised at how good the service was!Mr D. Carrott - Whyteleafe
Easy to use and very convenientMr P. Clark - Brighton
Very straight forward, No Hassle, Car Collected & Delivered Back - pay online, what is there not to like?..ThanQMr T. Catanzaro - Bedford
Your MITSUBISHI - COLT servicing at Servicing Stop caters for all models within the MITSUBISHI - COLT vehicle range.
If you do not see your vehicle in the list below please call us and we will give you a quote for your car service accordingly.


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Physical & Occupational therapy center in Corpus Christi, TX
The staff at Affiliated Therapy Group Practice, Inc. would like to extend a warm welcome to you and commend you for taking an active role in the care of your health. We hope that you find your experience here beneficial for not only the condition you have currently sought assistance, but also that we help motivate you to improve your future overall health and well-being.
You will be treated by qualified, licensed therapists. While we attempt to schedule your appointments with the same therapist each time, you may be treated by more than one of our experienced team of therapists. Be assured that our therapists communicate about your case and plan your care in order to achieve your treatment goals as quickly as possible.
Affiliated Therapy Group Practice, Inc. was created to combine two rapidly growing clinical professions – traditional therapy services and alternative health/wellness services. Our outpatient rehabilitation services include both physical therapy and occupational therapy. We offer specialty treatment programs for lymphedema and aquatic therapy. Our facility also offers customized orthotics.

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Bio::Align::ProteinStatistics - Calculate Protein Alignment statistics (mostly distances)
use Bio::Align::ProteinStatistics; use Bio::AlignIO; my $in = Bio::AlignIO->new(-format => 'fasta', -file => 'pep-104.fasaln'); my $aln = $in->next_aln; my $pepstats = Bio::Align::ProteinStatistics->new(); $kimura = $protstats->distance(-align => $aln, -method => 'Kimura'); print $kimura->print_matrix;
This object is for generating various statistics from a protein alignment. Mostly it is where pairwise protein distances can be calculated.
D_Kimura - Kimura, M. 1983. The Neutral Theory of Molecular Evolution. CUP, Cambridge.
Mailing Lists User feedback is an integral part of the evolution of this and other Bioperl modules. Send your comments and suggestions preferably to the Bioperl mailing list. Your participation is much appreciated. firstname.lastname@example.com - General discussion http://bioperl.org/wiki/Mailing_lists - About the mailing lists Support Please direct usage questions or support issues to the mailing list: firstname.lastname@example.com rather than to the module maintainer directly. Many experienced and reponsive experts will be able look at the problem and quickly address it. Please include a thorough description of the problem with code and data examples if at all possible. Reporting Bugs Report bugs to the Bioperl bug tracking system to help us keep track of the bugs and their resolution. Bug reports can be submitted via the web: https://github.com/bioperl/bioperl-live/issues
AUTHOR - Jason Stajich
Email jason-at-bioperl.org
The rest of the documentation details each of the object methods. Internal methods are usually preceded with a _ new Title : new Usage : my $obj = Bio::Align::ProteinStatistics->new(); Function: Builds a new Bio::Align::ProteinStatistics object Returns : an instance of Bio::Align::ProteinStatistics Args : distance Title : distance Usage : my $distance_mat = $stats->distance(-align => $aln, -method => $method); Function: Calculates a distance matrix for all pairwise distances of sequences in an alignment. Returns : L<Bio::Matrix::PhylipDist> object Args : -align => Bio::Align::AlignI object -method => String specifying specific distance method (implementing class may assume a default) available_distance_methods Title : available_distance_methods Usage : my @methods = $stats->available_distance_methods(); Function: Enumerates the possible distance methods Returns : Array of strings Args : none D - distance methods D_Kimura Title : D_Kimura Usage : my $matrix = $pepstats->D_Kimura($aln); Function: Calculate Kimura protein distance (Kimura 1983) which approximates PAM distance D = -ln ( 1 - p - 0.2 * p^2 ) Returns : L<Bio::Matrix::PhylipDist> Args : L<Bio::Align::AlignI> Data Methods pairwise_stats Title : pairwise_stats Usage : $obj->pairwise_stats($newval) Function: Returns : value of pairwise_stats Args : newvalue (optional)


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Single-celled archaea are invisible to the naked eye, and even when using a microscope, great care must be taken to observe them. An international team of researchers led by the Center for Geomicrobiology, Aarhus University, Denmark, has nevertheless succeeded in retrieving four archaeal cells from seabed mud and mapping the genome of each one.
"Until now, nobody knew how these widespread mud-dwelling archaea actually live. Mapping the genome from the four archaeal cells shows they all have genes that enable them to live on protein degradation," says Professor Karen Lloyd, now at the University of Tennessee, and leading author of the ground-breaking results published in the renowned journal Nature.
Scientists previously thought that proteins were only broken down in the sea by bacteria, but archaea have now turned out to be important new key organisms in protein degradation in the seabed. Proteins actually make up a large part of the organic matter in the seabed and - since the seabed has the world's largest deposit of organic carbon - archaea thus appear to play an important and previously unknown role in the global carbon cycle.
Like a grain of sand on the beach
Archaea are some of the most abundant organisms in the world, but very few people have ever heard of them. They were originally discovered in extreme environments such as hot springs and other special environments like cow stomachs and rice paddies, where they form methane. In recent years, however, researchers have realised that archaea make up a large part of the microorganisms in the seabed, and that the seabed is also the habitat of the majority of the world's microorganisms.
"A realistic estimate is that archaea are the group of organisms with the most individuals in the world. In fact, there are more archaea than there are grains of sand on the beaches of the whole world. If you bury your toes right down in the mud in the seabed, you'll be in touch with billions of archaea," says Professor Bo Barker Jørgensen, Director of the Center for Geomicrobiology.
New technology links function and identity
This is the first time that scientists have succeeded in classifying archaeal cells in a mud sample from the seabed and subsequently analysing the genome of the cells, thereby revealing what the organisms are and what they live on.
"At present, we can't culture these archaea or store them in the laboratory, so this rules out the physiological tests usually carried out by the microbiologists. We've therefore worked with cell extraction, cell sorting, and subsequent mapping of the individual cell's combined genetic information - that's to say its genome. This is a new approach that can reveal both a cell's identity and its lifestyle," says Professor of Microbiology Andreas Schramm, affiliated with the Center for Geomicrobiology.
The method opens up a new world of knowledge for microbiologists, who can now study an individual microorganism just as zoologists study an individual mouse. Microbiologists have been hoping for this for a long time. Until now, they have only been familiar with the life processes of less than 1% of the world's microorganisms - those they can culture in a laboratory. The new method provides opportunities for studying the remaining 99% directly from nature.
"Applying this novel technique to marine sediments means we don't have to wait a thousand years for archaea to grow in lab to analyze their genomes - we can just sequence them directly from the environment. In future, this method will no doubt reveal new, unknown functions of microorganisms from many different environments, concludes Postdoctoral Fellow Dorthe Groth Petersen.
For more information, please contact:
Professor Karen Lloyd, Department of Microbiology, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN 37996, +1 865 974 4224, email@example.com
Professor Bo Barker Jørgensen, Director of the Center for Geomicrobiology, Department of Bioscience, Aarhus University, +45 8715 6563/+45 2010 2123, email@example.com
Professor Andreas Schramm, Microbiology and Center for Geomicrobiology, Department of Bioscience, Aarhus University, +45 8715 6541/+45 6020 2659, firstname.lastname@example.com
Postdoctoral Fellow Dorthe Groth Petersen, Center for Geomicrobiology, Department of Bioscience, Aarhus University, +45 8715 6506/+45 2211 3627, email@example.com


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Should coast rebuild? Opinions vary on hotly debated topic
The impulse to rebuild follows any catastrophe, but homeowners and public officials are facing questions of whether parts of the hurricane-ravaged Texas coastline will even be salvageable.
Hurricane Ike all but erased the communities of Gilchrist and Crystal Beach along the Bolivar Peninsula. The Gulf of Mexico swallowed some homes along Surfside Beach. Galveston's beach disappeared along the seawall, and coastal highways collapsed.
"We now have a graphic example of why you should build as far away from the dunes as possible," Jerry Patterson, the state's land commissioner, said Monday while flying his Cessna Skylane 182 over the region.
Where someone can build along the Gulf has been a war of ideology and values for years. The debate, however, intensified a few months ago after Patterson, who oversees the state's beaches, proposed new restrictions on coastline construction.
Patterson is asking local governments in the 17 coastal counties to adopt regulations that would limit development of rapidly eroding beaches. The proposed rules call for new buildings to be set back 60 times the erosion rate, as measured from the beach's line of vegetation — so if a shoreline is eroding 6 feet each year, then construction wouldn't be allowed within 360 feet.
The state Legislature ordered the new rules last year to reduce the cost of storm damage, disaster response and erosion. But public officials from Galveston and other coastal communities blasted the proposal, saying the rules represented a land grab by the state.
In a written response to the proposed rules, the Gilchrist Community Association asked: "How can a community exist without new construction?"
Patterson said the desires of those with beach property and blueprints should be considered, but nature is taking away the land through erosion, not the state.
"I've been here for Hurricane Carla in 1961 and Hurricane Alicia in 1983," he said. "Each time you lose more and more of the beach."
The latest hurricane means that the state's multimillion-dollar effort to restore beaches will be on hold, including a $13.5 million project to restore at least 3 miles of eroded Galveston beaches west of the Seawall.
Along the Bolivar Peninsula, more than 100 feet of beach disappeared in Ike's wake, with floodwaters pouring over sand socks and into neighborhoods.
After surveying the coastline by air for the second time in two days, Patterson said it's unlikely that Gilchrist would be rebuilt beyond a "beer joint and bait camp" and questioned whether Rollover Pass should be closed.
The man-made pass linking the East Bay to the Gulf is a popular fishing spot, but it has created severe erosion problems on the peninsula, Patterson said.
In Surfside Beach, the hurricane destroyed 10 of 14 houses at the center of a legal dispute involving Patterson. The homeowners sued him even after he offered them $50,000 apiece of state money to move their houses from areas that obstructed public access to the beach.


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America's Swamp: the Historical Everglades Project
Interest in draining and "reclaiming" land in the Everglades began as early as the 1880s, but major drainage activities were not undertaken until the first two decades of the 20th century. Two Florida Governors, William Sherman Jennings and Napoleon Bonaparte Broward, would serve as the primary designers and spokespersons for the draining of the Everglades. In 1904 Governor Broward famously promised to create an "Empire of the Everglades." Of course, in fulfilling this promise the state would have to destroy the ecological systems by dredging, creating canals, and altering the flow of water in the world's most famed wetlands. Alarmed at the potential loss of the Everglades several early conservationists, including Florida's May Mann Jennings, began pushing for the preservation of portions of the Everglades.
The drainage work started by Governors Jennings and Broward was of great interest internationally, and soon real estate dealers and settlers from around the world rushed in to profit from the project. The land sales boom in South Florida at the start of the 1920s was almost unprecedented in the history of the world. So was the rapidity with which it had collapsed by the end of the decade. Two catastrophic hurricanes in 1926 and 1928 effectively ended the boom, but many people had already declared the drainage program a bust. By the time the Depression began in 1929, sales had ceased and the state was forced to halt drainage and dredging activities.
Each of the six collections provides unique and valuable historical evidence regarding the Everglades in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, and it is difficult to research early drainage and conservation efforts without consulting these collections. The papers of Governor Broward and Governor Jennings form the nucleus of the project as they were the primary architects for the drainage and reclamation project. Jennings started the project rolling during his term, drumming up widespread support and resolving a myriad of legal issues, primarily pertaining to land claims made by the Flagler and Plant railroads. However, it was Broward who became the driving force for the project. His popularity, his larger-than-life persona, his attention to the smallest details, and his passion for the project, all combined to make him the perfect man to spearhead the effort. The two Progressive Era southern democrats were friends and political allies, and their common goals and accomplishments are documented extensively in their papers.
The May Mann Jennings Papers complement those of the two Governors because of her advocacy of the drainage project, and also because of her marriage to Gov. Jennings. However, the real strength of the collection is that it documents the conservation movement that developed at the start of the 20th century and the role of disenfranchised women in developing and lobbying for legislation to protect the environment. Jennings was a leading member of the women's club movement and an influential social reformer in Florida and nationwide. As president of the Florida Federation of Women's Clubs in 1915, she spearheaded the effort to establish the Royal Palm State Park, the precursor to the Everglades National Park. Her tireless campaigns to preserve portions of the Everglades may seem at odds with her support of the drainage project, but she was representative of many conservationists of this era who were able to reconcile seemingly conflicting positions. Thus, Jennings was able to support the drainage program promoted by Broward and her husband at the same time that she was arguing for the creation of the Royal Palm State Park.


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Sarah Hartge
Class of 2012
Major/Minor: Anthropology / Dance, Regional Concentration in East Asia.
On Being A Peer Consultant At The Writing Center
Throughout high school, I spent extensive amounts of time helping international students with their English, both in speaking and in writing. I really enjoyed that process and had been toying with the idea of teaching English as a second language. I came to Washington College and I stumbled upon the opportunity to intern at the Writing Center and learn how to be a peer writing consultant. I thought that the internship would be a great opportunity for me to gain experience with tutoring and that it would provide me with knowledge that I could apply to my own writing. I have to say that my decision to apply for the internship was one of the best decisions that I have made here at Washington College. Not only did I learn how to tutor other students with different types of learning styles and needs, but I also learned how to examine my own writing more critically.
Study Abroad: Lingnan University, Hong Kong
During the fall of 2010, I went abroad to study in the cosmopolitan city of Hong Kong. While there, I studied the rich cultural heritage of the overpopulated city. The courses I took at Lingnan University provided me with insight about the city that one would not gain when just walking around in the downtown areas. Not only did I explore the bustling markets, parks, and museums of the Tsim Sha Tsui and Central districts, but I also had the opportunity to travel to small monasteries tucked in the mountains and hike the trails of the Eastern New Territories to see small villages situated next to the sparkling beaches. I took advantage of Hong Kong's proximity to other Asian countries and had the chance to travel to Tokyo, Taiwan, Guangzhou, and other parts of southern China.
Campus Involvement
- Major: Anthropology
- Minor: Dance, Regional Concentration in East Asia
- Presidential Fellows
- Douglass Cater Society of Junior Fellows
- Omicron Delta Kappa (leadership honors society)
- Nu Delta Alpha (dance honors society), Vice President
- Dance Club
- Dance Company
- Service Council, National Committee Co-chair
- Writing Consultant at the Writing Center
- Miller Library employee, Circulation Desk
- Chinese Conversation Hour
- Study Abroad: Lingnan University, Hong Kong, Fall 2010


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ParadigmDev necesitaba un nuevo diseño de logotipo y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 178 diseños de 31 diseñadores freelance.
Tufts-Skidmore in Spain
Tufts-Skidmore in Spain is a study abroad program run by Tufts University with Skidmore College that is located in Madrid and Alcalá de Henares. Students study at a Spanish University for either fall or spring semesters or for the whole year. You will be competing for the logo design.
The logo will be featured on the program website (yet to be built) and will be the basis for stationary for the program as well. Both contests for the web and stationary will be held after the logo is decided on. The winner of this contest will be the preferred choice for this follow-on work.
The website will organize and distribute information about the program for prospective students and parents, serve as a knowledge base for current enrolled students, and be a live blog where students can publish news, reviews, articles, and photos and videos.
I've run design contests before and promise that I will:
-Give feedback at least twice a day
-Provide useful feedback to help you refine your design
-Answer questions and comments clearly and promptly
The target audience for this project is currently enrolled students, prospective students, parents of current or prospective students and administrators of various institutions of education.
We are looking for a clear and simple design for the Tufts-Skidmore in Spain program.
Successful logos will take the two universities names and put them into a attractive logo design. We are open to creative designs so use the following simply as guidelines.
Here are some of our thoughts:
- We want the logo to symbolize studying abroad, internationalization, and the world
- We don't need the logo to symbolize Spain specifically
- The two university names can be in different fonts that work together
-Logo might be customized when needed to also read "... in Madrid" or "... in Alcalá"
-We like the logo NYU has for their program in Dubai (http://nyuad.nyu.edu/)
Reference Sites:
Your Deliverables:
Vector format will be required.
The files we will require are:
Print file format - .ai (CMYK)
Web file format - .jpg and layered .psd (RGB)
Any non-standard fonts
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The District of North Vancouver is separated from Vancouver by Burrard Inlet. It can be accessed by the Lions' Gate Bridge, the Ironworkers Memorial Second Narrows Crossing, and the SeaBus passenger ferry.
The District is bounded by the Capilano River to the west, Indian Arm to the east, Burrard Inlet to the south, and the Coast Mountains to the north. It sprawls in an east-west direction across the mountain slopes, and is characterized by rugged terrain and steep and winding roadways. While there is no true urban core within the District, there are a number of separate commercial neighbourhood centres. These include (from west to east): Edgemont Village, Upper Lonsdale, Lynn Valley, Main Street, Parkgate, and Deep Cove.
The District has a lot in common with West Vancouver and the City of North Vancouver. Together these three municipalities are commonly referred to as the North Shore. Most of the residents of the District live in single family dwellings. Except for a few more historical areas, much of the development of the District has occurred since the 1950s. The City of North Vancouver has considerably higher commercial and residential density. However, the differences between the two "North Vans" are most apparent to their respective residents. For the most part, other Lower Mainland residents rarely distinguish between the District and the City, referring to both collectively as "North Vancouver".


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Hedges Family Estate Cabernet - Merlot 1999
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The Hedges have concentrated their efforts on Cabernet Sauvignon and Merlot, and the concept of terroir since their first vintage in 1987. With Anne-Marie Hedges' roots and childhood in the Champagne region of France, it was only natural that a French-style chateau would be built on the slopes of Red Mountain amongst their vines.
Brother Pete Hedges joined the winery as General Manager, becoming head Winemaker in 2002. Son Christophe and his wife Maggie began working for the winery soon thereafter and Hedges Cellars became Hedges Family Estate.
Our future direction is clear: we will continue to work as a family to unite farming, winemaking, and the promotion of our wines and the Red Mountain AVA.


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Archer Awards
Mark Ludwig
Vice president of global risk management and process improvement; assistant secretary,
Chart Industries Inc.
FROM THE NOMINATION: For the past decade, Mark Ludwig has shaped Garfield Heights-based Chart Industries Inc.'s benefits, incentives, training and development programs.
"His innovative ideas have continued to keep the company on the leading edge," the nomination said.
"There is great support for the initiatives he leads because people trust that Mark has set clear goals, ones that are in alignment with the company's priorities, and has vetted the strategy proposed to reach these goals."
Chart Industries has undergone a number of changes in the past 10 years, and along the way Mr. Ludwig has served as an anchor, helping the company's leaders understand employees' needs and clearly communicate through transitions.
"Mark has demonstrated his abilities in good times and bad," the nomination said. "More than once, Chart's business conditions dictated the need for layoffs. Mark did not shy away from these difficult assignments. He told people straight, did not sugar-coat, yet did so respectfully and fairly."
Mr. Ludwig is known for his ability to identify management candidates who fit in well with Chart Industries' culture. He has helped the company hire several executives, including one director, one executive vice president and four vice presidents. He also brought in the Lominger system of hiring, a structured approach that uses pre-set questions.
Mr. Ludwig's skill at attracting employees also is evident during acquisitions, of which Chart Industries has had 11 in the past six years. He always flies to the sites of the acquired companies to speed up the integration process and has succeeded in attracting talent in the Czech Republic, Italy and China, among other countries.
In his time at Chart, Mr. Ludwig co-founded the company's Operational Excellence Team, a group of operations, quality, accounting and human resources personnel working to make Chart leaner. He also introduced the company's Healthy Living Program, which uses a results-based system to promote employee wellness, and he played a big role in Chart's decision during its lean years to freeze its defined benefit plan and focus instead on its 401(k) plan.


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Migrating Connections
Connections in SQL Server 2000 Data Transformation Services (DTS) packages are migrated to SQL Server and converted to connection managers of the appropriate connection type.
A connection manager is a logical representation of a connection to a data source. The connection manager specifies the attributes of the physical connection that the run-time engine creates when the package runs. A migrated package can have multiple connection managers, all of the same connection type, that are configured differently. For more information, see Integration Services Connections.
The only SQL Server 2000 task that uses a connection and can be migrated to SQL Server without issues is the Execute SQL task. Its connections are migrated as OLE DB or ODBC connection managers. Any properties of the existing connection managers that were not previously set are set to the default values in the new connection manager. For more information, see OLE DB Connection Manager and ODBC Connection Manager.
In some circumstances, the SQL Server 2000 data transformation task can be migrated successfully together with its connections. The Data Driven Query task and the Parallel Data Pump task are migrated into Execute DTS 2000 Package tasks. For more information, see Migrating Tasks and Known DTS Package Migration Issues.
Any connections that were used in SQL Server 2000 tasks but cannot be migrated to SQL Server remain part of the SQL Server 2000 intermediate packages that are created as part of the migration. For example, a connection in the SQL Server 2000 Transform Data task remains part of the SQL Server 2000 intermediate package that encapsulates the Transform Data task.
Updating Properties of Connection Managers
The connection managers include properties that are set to default values.
The following table lists these properties.
A value that specifies whether the validation of the connection is delayed until the package runs. This property is set to False by the Package Migration Wizard.
A description of the connection manager. This property is left blank by the Package Migration Wizard.
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What a sad day for our community when an establishment like Smiling Fish Cafe is forced to close because of a rent increase.
There have been far too many closures of restaurants and shops on 30A in the past 10 years due to the hurricanes, the oil spill, slow economy etc. that affected their ability to pay the rent. And I�m sure that all of those aforementioned negatives impacted Smiling Fish Cafe as well, but it did not falter.
For the past 13 years, Smiling Fish has been a constant solid tenant. And what are they rewarded with? A large rent increase.
Now, I understand business is business in all areas of the world, but in a small community such as ours, it is and has to be more than that to succeed.
Places like Smiling Fish Cafe are an example of that. It is not only a restaurant that offers a wonderful, affordable menu, which many of us have enjoyed over the years. It is a meeting place for neighbors, business people and tourists alike.
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I know that I speak for many that have met there regularly over the past 13 years, when I say this is a tragedy.
Not only for all of us, but for George and his staff that have looked to this restaurant as their bread and butter and that have done so consistently, with a smile on their face.
It�s too bad that their slogan �Be Nice or Leave� didn�t apply to them when it came to a �business� decision, because they ALL have been NICE in every way possible. Let�s hope for all of us, that they are able to open soon somewhere else in our community!! Best wishes to them all!
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Gallardo, Brewers shut out Red Sox, complete sweep
Ace continues club's run of strong starts with 6 2/3 scoreless innings
BOSTON -- All spring, Yovani Gallardo spoke with great urgency about bouncing back from a subpar 2013 season. Now he's backing up the big talk with big pitching.
Gallardo led the way to a 4-0 win and the Brewers' first three-game sweep of the Red Sox in more than two decades by scattering seven hits over 6 2/3 scoreless innings on a sunny Sunday at Fenway Park. The outing came six days after Gallardo worked six scoreless innings in an Opening Day victory over the Braves.
Milwaukee left fielder Khris Davis finished a sensational series with two more hits and two runs scored against Boston ace Jon Lester, and Aramis Ramirez improved to 6-for-8 with runners in scoring position when he drove in a final insurance run with an eighth-inning single. The visitors never trailed in the series and swept the Sox for the first time since October 1993, when Gallardo was in the second grade.
"It's always a good feeling to go out there and have good starts to start off the year, but you still have to keep going," said Gallardo, who is 2-0 for the first time. "You can't depend on two starts. You have to be consistent when you go out there every fifth day."
Brewers starters have been a model of consistency. They own a 1.64 ERA in six games, with no individual outings of more than three earned runs. Together, they are holding opponents to a .196 batting average (27-for-138).
Last year, the Brewers were the last team in the Majors to record a shutout. On Sunday, they became the second team in the Majors to win two shutouts this season, and the first in the National League.
"Hopefully this is a sign that it's going to be a great year on the mound," manager Ron Roenicke said. "I think it is going to be."
"That's the idea," Gallardo said. "We see the guy in front of us do a good job, and we want to do even better."
He struck out only three, but walked none and kept the baseball out of the air all afternoon. Only two of Gallardo's first 17 outs came via fly ball to the outfield; the others were strikeouts, groundouts or line drives on the infield, including Gallardo's own slick snare of a Daniel Nava comebacker for the first out of the third.
Only one of the Red Sox's first five hits went for extra bases. When Gallardo surrendered a double to Jackie Bradley Jr. and an infield single to David Ross in the seventh, Roenicke tapped the bullpen. Zach Duke and Tyler Thornburg finished the shutout, with Thornburg striking out three in two scoreless innings.
Through his first two starts, Gallardo has only seven strikeouts and two walks. He has been pitching to contact.
"I think he's changed the way he's pitched, especially since he first came up," Roenicke said. "When he first came up, he was high fastball, strikeout out of the zone. Now, everything he does is trying to be down. When you're down, it usually turns into ground balls.
"I think [Gallardo's strong start] is great. Your confidence goes up, you're in the right place. His rhythm is really good right now, and hopefully he can maintain that, and the bullpen can continue to come in and do the job."
Thornburg's two-inning stint was big for a team that needed to rest some key relievers Sunday. Brandon Kintzler and Will Smith had each pitched in four of the first five games and were deemed off-limits. Closer Francisco Rodriguez briefly began to throw when the Red Sox put a runner on base in the ninth inning, but never got hot.
The Brewers are off Monday before playing Philadelphia's home opener Tuesday afternoon.
"It's always nice to finish a game like that, especially when you feel like you're throwing the ball well," said Thornburg, who has allowed one run in his first four relief innings. "At the start of the game, we felt pretty confident about the way 'Yo' has been throwing."
Lester took a second straight tough-luck loss after holding the Brewers to four runs (two earned) on seven hits in 7 1/3 innings. After Mark Reynolds' RBI single and an error on Red Sox right fielder Nava gave Milwaukee a 2-0 lead in the second, Lester retired 16 batters in a row. Davis snapped that streak with a one-out double in the seventh and scored four batters later on Jeff Bianchi's one-out single. Ramirez added another RBI single in the eighth.
"[Lester's] cutter is outstanding, his curveball, you saw how many guys swung at it in the dirt," Roenicke said. "You don't pick it up."
The Red Sox had not been swept in an Interleague Series since losing three games in a row to the Nationals in June 2012 at Fenway Park, and did not lose more than three games in a row all of last season on the way to winning the World Series.
"Sometimes teams just kind of have your number right then," Sox catcher David Ross said of the Brewers. "Those guys did a good job, kept their pitches down, their pitchers did. They peppered that down-and-away strike zone, couldn't get anything up to drive. Guys hit some balls hard right at guys. It seemed like their center fielder was in the right spot every time we drove a ball in the gap.
"We're ready to see those guys go and get a Texas team in here that we're familiar with."
Picking up a sweep against the Sox was rare for Roenicke, who traveled to Boston often as an Angels coach from 2000-10 before taking a job with the Brewers.
"It's big," Roenicke said. "I think in 13 years coming here, maybe we won one other series. It's really difficult here."


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The first tram from Collins St at Bourke St to Melbourne SC (to connect into a train) wasn't until ~5.40.
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The Cubs coaching staff and front office continues to mull over the final members of the bullpen with some saying that the final decisions will not be made until the Cubs workout day at Wrigley on Wednesday. In the meantime, here are all the position players that will be on the Cubs 25 man roster opening day.
Here's the breakdown of the 13 Cubs position players who will be on the 25-man roster Opening Day:
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UNITED NATIONS - Syria's U.N. ambassador is warning that extremist groups could use chemical weapons against the Syrian people and blame the government.
Bashar Ja'afari reiterated in letters to the U.N. Security Council and Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, circulated Monday, that "Syria will not under any circumstances use any chemical weapons that it may have."
He said this is because the government is defending its people "from terrorists backed by well-known states, at the forefront of which is the United States of America." The Syrian regime and state media refer to rebels fighting to oust the government of President Bashar Assad as terrorists.
Recent U.S. intelligence reports showed the Syrian regime may be readying its chemical weapons and could be desperate enough to use them. The reports drew a sharp warning from President Barack Obama, who said Syria's use or movement of its chemical weapons stockpile would be a "red line" and change his "calculus" about a conflict the U.S. has been loath to intervene in militarily.
Ja'afari said Syria's government is "genuinely worried" that countries supporting "terrorism and terrorists" could provide chemical weapons to armed groups "and then claim they had been used by the Syrian government."
He cited a report in the Turkish newpaper Yurt that al-Qaida members are producing chemical weapons in a laboratory near the Turkish city of Gaziantep which "they are threatening to use against Syrian civilians."
"It would be more appropriate for the states leading the campaign against Syria to monitor those actions and prosecute the terrorist perpetrators and the parties that facilitated their access to chemicals," Ja'afari said.
Ja'afari recalled that when U.N. monitors were in Syria, the government asked that a U.N. team visit a privately owned chlorine laboratory east of Aleppo "to inspect and secure the contents, which terrorist groups were planning to bring under their control."
U.N. monitors were unable to visit, however, because they came under fire "from terrorist groups," he said.
"The facility, which contains tons of toxic chlorine, was recently seized by terrorist groups," Ja'afari said. "The fact that they did so during this latest American and Western campaign means that the situation is all the more dangerous."
He expressed regret that no action has been taken to address these developments and hold rebel groups accountable.
"The government of the Syrian Arab Republic warns that the terrorist groups could use those weapons against the Syrian people," Ja'afari said.
The Syrian ambassador accused the United States of "amorality" in launching a campaign against Syria because it has used chemical and similar weapons, and he stressed that Syria submitted a draft resolution in 2003 on ridding the Middle East of chemical, biological and nuclear weapons. The council never took up the draft.
The Syria uprising started in March 2011 as peaceful protests but quickly turned into a civil war after the government's brutal crackdown on dissent. Activists say more than 40,000 people have been killed.
On Sunday, fighter jets screamed over Damascus to bomb two areas in the southern part of the capital. The Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said fighter jets carried out six airstrikes in the Hajar Aswad area and the neighboring Yarmouk Palestinian camp, where the rebels have been advancing.
The U.N. secretary-general spoke to Syrian Foreign Minister Walid al-Moallem on Monday morning to express concern about the escalation of violence in recent days and especially the attack on Yarmouk, U.N. spokesman Martin Nesirky said.


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Cabinet members signed off on the measures yesterday, and they were signed by Health Minister Simon Harris, Taoiseach Leo Varadkar and the Attorney General last night.
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5A, 3A boys soccer state semifinals postponed to Thursday; 4A on as scheduled
The 5A semifinals will be Thursday at Sports Authority Stadium, Fairview vs. Mountain Vista at 12 p.m. and Heritage vs. Broomfield at 2 p.m.
3A will be Thursday, Kent Denver vs. Vail Mountain at 12 p.m. and Fountain Valley vs. Coal Ridge at 2 p.m at All-City Stadium.
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Brother Ali, Omar Offendum to explore relationship between hip hop, peace at Nobel Peace Prize Forum
Nationally known hip hop artist Brother Ali and Syrian-American artist Omar Offendum will explore the relationship between hip hop and peace at 8 p.m., March 9, at the 25th Annual Nobel Peace Prize Forum in Minneapolis.
The artists will speak about their music, their roles as activists and humanitarians, the social and moral dimensions of their music as a force to unite communities, and whether artists have a special moral responsibility. Each presentation, at Augsburg College's Kennedy Center, will feature a short music set, followed by a talk that includes audience question and answer.
"Brother Ali and Omar Offendum will show us how music can play an inspiring and everyday role in our work to create a more just society," said Maureen Reed, executive director of the Nobel Peace Prize Forum. "We are honored to have these inspirational, young leaders join us, and to build upon the message and topics explored last year by Doomtree's Dessa."
"Music can be a message from the heart of humanity," said Robert Stacke, Augsburg College associate professor of music in a 2012 interview about the impact of music on the Arab Spring. "Music can motivate a population in a manner that words alone cannot do. It is a powerful tool that can inspire political action and send its message to the world."
In March 2012, renowned rapper, singer, and writer Dessa spoke at the Forum. She discussed social and moral dimensions of hip hop as a force for peace with the power to unite communities in her presentation "Mic Lines: Art, Ethics, and their Contested Connections." Nearly 800 people attended the event.
The Nobel Peace Prize Forum, March 8-10 in Minneapolis, is a premier international event designed to inspire peacemaking. Now in its 25th year, the Forum celebrates the work of Peace Prize Laureates, and deeply explores questions of peace and conflict. This year's program addresses issues in business, health and science, and global issues.
Keynote speakers include Peace Prize winners Tawakkol Karman and Muhammad Yunus. Learn more about Karman, Yunus, and how the Forum brings the world to Minneapolis in a January 21 article.
The program is housed and coordinated by Augsburg College in partnership with the University of Minnesota's Humphrey School of Public Affairs, and five other Norwegian Lutheran colleges. The Forum's corporate sponsors include Land O'Lakes. Details and tickets at nobelpeaceprizeforum.org.
Register to attend the Nobel Peace Prize Forum
All college/university students, faculty, staff, and members of the community must register to attend the Forum; register for one day or multiple days.
Augsburg students, faculty, and staff can attend for a discounted price. Student tickets are $10. Augsburg faculty and staff tickets are half price when purchased using the promo code listed in the January 15 edition of the Daily A-mail.
Artist Bios
Brother Ali is a hip hop artist, speaker and activist from Minneapolis with six critically acclaimed albums and mentorships with hip hop legends Chuck D and Rakim to his name. He's performed on late night talk shows with Conan O'Brien, Jimmy Fallon, and Craig Ferguson. Ali's latest album, "Mourning in America and Dreaming in Color," was issued in 2012 and is his commentary on the political, socioeconomic, and cultural suffering in modern American Life. It also is a declaration of hope and possibility for a brighter future.
Omar Offendum is a Syrian-American hip hop artist, educator, speaker, and activist, who was born in Saudi Arabia, raised in Washington, D.C., and lives in Los Angeles. He has been featured in media including Rolling Stone, PBS, Al Jazeera, Los Angeles Times, and The New York Times. He is an activist who helped raise hundreds of thousands of dollars for humanitarian relief, and who writes and sings about democratic uprisings in the Middle East and North Africa.
Photo: Courtesy of Omar Offendum


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French probe opened into under-age prostitution
A France national team player is under suspicion for soliciting an under-age prostitute as part of a preliminary investigation opened by Paris prosecutors.
Prosecutors' office spokeswoman Agnes Thibault-Lecuivre told The Associated Press on Wednesday that "an international player'' is under suspicion after a 16-year-old girl was arrested for shoplifting and his name appeared on her mobile phone records.
"An inquiry is under way. A minor was arrested a few weeks ago, for shoplifting, and her mobile phone was examined,'' Thibault-Lecuivre said. "It's after the examination of this telephone that an inquiry was opened for prostitution of a minor, but I won't confirm the name of those who could be cited, notably football players.''
She confirmed that the player concerned "is an international player'' for France without giving further details.
"Checks have to be made first of all. For the moment it is (a case of) suspicion,'' she added.
French Football Federation president Noel Le Graet has distanced himself from the investigation.
"Honestly, I don't know who it is. This has got nothing to do with the France team anyway,'' he told RTL radio. "I don't know what happened or what might happen. That said, this belongs in the private domain.''
Three years ago, preliminary charges were filed against France internationals Franck Ribery and Karim Benzema for soliciting an underage prostitute - the latest setback for a national team that had returned from the 2010 World Cup in disgrace and disarray.
Ribery and Benzema were questioned as part of a probe into a suspected network of prostitutes that operated out of a nightclub on Paris' glitzy Champs-Elysees. The scandal, which broke before the World Cup began on June 11, made front-page news in France and included allegations by a self-described escort girl, Zahia Deharm, who says Ribery flew her to visit him as a birthday present to himself when she was still under 18.
Deharm has always maintained that she told both players she was an adult and of legal age and that they did not know she was a minor.
Ribery and Benzema are set to appear before a criminal court in June.
Prostitution is legal in France, but prostitutes must be over 18.
Those events caused an outcry in France, with politicians harshly criticizing the players' attitude, legislators in parliament questioning the coach and even President Nicolas Sarkozy weighing in on the athletic debacle.
The behavior of national team players has been heavily scrutinized in France - even all the way up to government level - since a training ground strike at the 2010 World Cup in South Africa. The squad refused to train in protest at Nicolas Anelka being sent home from the squad for insulting then-coach Raymond Domenech. Former captain Patrice Evra and Ribery were suspended for five and three games, respectively.
Former France coach Laurent Blanc also had problems with the players at last year's European Championship.
Midfielder Samir Nasri was banned for three games for insulting a journalist in an expletive-laced tirade, winger Jeremy Menez got a one-game ban for using inappropriate language toward his own goalkeeper, Hugo Lloris, and winger Hatem Ben Arfa escaped a ban but was reproached for speaking on his mobile phone when Blanc was issuing his post-match talk following the 2-0 loss to Sweden.


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One of my favorite rifles. mine has a sturdy topcover scopemount, and i can do head shots at 500 yds. It would do better but I cant shoot any better than that. in the hands of my friend the former Marine sniper its like magic. Really something to behold to see him clanking a 12'' gong at 700 yds.
way back in the day we were doing our thing way back in "boonie" land , we had to meet up with some south african mercs.
some of them could sort of speak english kinda--LOL anyway they all carried FNFAL rifles.
the could have used m16s, HKs or AKs --the FNFAL was their baby--
i have had several over the years metrics, inch pattern , 58s -- i bought one of the metrics at a gun show in the 80s for $220 with the tri-lux scops set up and a box of mags -(think big box)-LOL
i won't say the FN-FAL is not without a few distractions though most can be tuned out of the system.
the biggest problem with one today ain't the weapon it is it shoots rather expensive
7.62x51 nato ammo.
so if you shoot um like we did decades ago the ammo is going to be far more costly than the rifle itself.
back then surplus ammo was everywhere and dirt cheap. today 5.56 is going for nearly $1 ROUND-- a $1,700 FNFAL is not unreasonable as it is a lot of iron for the $$ today. the problem today is the ammo. it is a wee bit late to be stocking up on .308 less you won a lotto recently.
I've just posted a kit with 922r parts in the Classifieds. Have a receiver available too.
I do not consider myself a marksman, but, the one FAL I had a chance to shoot was easy to get good groups. If I had that one or one like it, I would be very happy. I might even trade away a couple of my other toys (ha, ha, just kidding!). But, I was impressed with the one I got to target shoot with.


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Your Life with COPD
Answers to the Most Common Questions about Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
A diagnosis of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, or COPD, can seem like devastating news. A life with COPD is different from a life without the condition, and coping with these changes is a significant challenge to overcome. The good news is that people with COPD continue to live active, full lives. But you may have a lot of questions about your disease. Here are answers to some of the most frequently asked questions.
Should I wear my oxygen in the shower?
If your doctor has prescribed oxygen for activity, it's also very important that you wear it in the shower. Showering is a demanding activity. Therefore, as with any other activity, you should wear your oxygen.
Once I start on supplemental oxygen, will I have to stay on it?
This is a good question to ask your doctor. Some people may need to continue oxygen therapy routinely to maintain the oxygen level in their blood. We all need oxygen to survive and for our bodies to operate more efficiently and effectively. It's important that you have the proper levels of oxygen in your body so that your heart and lungs are not working too hard or inefficiently. Depending on the progression of your disease, exercise may help your body systems work more effectively and may decrease the amount of supplemental oxygen needed.
Can I just take a "hit" of oxygen when I need it?
No. You should use your supplemental oxygen as prescribed by your doctor. Your oxygen is a prescription, just like your medication. Do not try to "wean" yourself off or use amounts other than as instructed by your doctor. We don't know what our body's oxygen needs are without a formal oxygen titration test. During this test, your oxygen level is measured with a pulse oximeter while you exercise. Your doctor uses this test to determine the amount of oxygen you need when you rest and when you exercise.
While most major airlines do allow portable oxygen concentrators on board, it's important to plan ahead.
I do a lot of yard work and housework, and my job is physically demanding. Do I still need to exercise?
Yes. Even though it is good to work outdoors and to continue doing physical work, it is important to do the exercises given to you by your physical therapist. Usually, work around the house or on your job is of a start-and-stop nature, as is dog walking. It's important to progress to doing some form of endurance exercise for 30 minutes or more, continuously, to improve the function of your heart and lungs. Endurance exercise will help to make everyday tasks easier.
Why am I short of breath if my oxygen saturation is good?
Depending on your disease, sometimes you may feel short of breath even though your body is getting the oxygen it needs. It's important to use good breathing techniques, use your medications properly, and discuss your symptoms with your doctor so your specific needs can be met. Exercise can be used to improve functional endurance and strength so tasks become easier with less shortness of breath.
Is COPD the same thing as emphysema?
COPD is short for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. COPD includes lung conditions such as emphysema and chronic bronchitis. Most people with COPD have a combination of both.
Since I've had COPD, I'm worried about being around my grandchildren and catching their colds. Is there anything I can do other than avoid being around
Fortunately, there are other steps you can take to lessen your risk of lung infections. Ask your doctor about the yearly flu vaccine (which is released every fall) and pneumonia vaccines. Pneumonia vaccines prevent common types of bacterial pneumonia. Also, avoid touching your nose, mouth, or eyes, and wash your hands (with soap) thoroughly and often. Good handwashing is one of the easiest and best ways to avoid getting all sorts of infections. Though keep in mind that it's still important to avoid close contact with people who are coughing and sneezing.
Chronic lung pain is not commonly associated with COPD. However, pain can come from the wall of the chest and not directly from the lungs.
Should I eat a special diet because I have COPD?
It's important for everyone to eat a healthy diet and maintain a healthy weight, but even more so when you have COPD. If you are underweight or overweight, talk to your doctor about your specific needs. Overall, it's important to eat foods that are nutritious and easily digested. If you get short of breath when eating, eat smaller meals more often. Also, eat slowly and drink your beverage after eating to avoid early fullness.
What sort of arrangements do I need to make before a flight?
People using daily supplemental oxygen will need oxygen on a plane and may need to turn it up one to two liters when flying. Some people with COPD who are not on daily oxygen may also need it during airplane flights. Check with your doctor about your need for supplemen- tal oxygen during air travel, and with the airline to make arrangements. While most major airlines do allow portable oxygen concentrators on board, it's important to plan ahead. Contact the airline and oxygen company ahead of time to get the appropriate forms your doctor will need to sign.
Is it safe to try alternative therapies to treat COPD?
Currently, there is little scientific evidence to support the use of alternative therapies, such as homeopathy, herbs, and acupuncture, for COPD. While a number of therapies are probably harmless, others may pose considerable risk. Things like yoga and acupuncture are probably safe. However, other alternative therapies, such as herbal medications, vitamin supplements, and restrictive diets, pose greater risks. A few herbal medications contain a variety of contaminants, ranging from aspirin, steroids, and narcotics, to toxic substances such as lead, mercury, and arsenic. The most concern is for the herbal preparation ma huang, which contains ephedra, a natural bronchodilator. This has several side effects that can lead to heart attacks, strokes, and blood pressure crises. Prescribed bronchodilators, such as albuterol, have considerably fewer side effects.
I have severe COPD, and I use a nebulizer. What precautions do I need to take with the nebulizer?
If you're using a nebulizer, you may have an increased risk of lung infections, as it is difficult to completely clean the nebulizer chamber. Taking inhaled medications without a nebulizer is preferred (for example, metered dose, dry powder, or soft mist inhalers). There are some things you can do to help prevent infections in your lungs if you must use a nebulizer. For example, use a non-disposable nebulizer, rinse the nebulizer cup after each use, shake it out, and then re-attach the cup to the nebulizer. Turn on the compressor and leave it on until the nebulizer is totally dry and free of any droplets of water. Also, disinfect it by boiling the nebulizer or soaking it in a vinegar and water solution regularly. See the nebulizer package insert for complete instructions. It's important to correctly clean any respiratory equipment that you use.
Is having pain in the lungs typical of COPD?
Chronic lung pain is not commonly associated with COPD. However, pain can come from the wall of the chest and not directly from the lungs. This in fact can be seen in COPD. Pain in the chest can come from coughing very hard and straining the muscles of the chest. Pain in the chest can be due to a rib fracture from coughing hard. Pain in the back of the chest can come from osteoporosis, or thinning of the bones. Check with your doctor to find out the cause of your pain. If you have new chest pain, or have pain that frightens you, call 911 or go to the emergency room at the nearest hospital.
How can I help bring up mucus when I cough?
Simple devices, such as Acapella or Aerobika airway clearance devices, combined with effective coughing techniques can help break up mucus in the lungs, making it easier to cough up thick mucus. Medications or other devices may also be helpful. If you have difficulty bringing up mucus, you should speak to your doctor about this.
Source: National Jewish Health, nationaljewish.org
This article was originally published in Coping® with Allergies & Asthma magazine, Spring/Summer 2017.


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A Baltimore City Circuit Court judge has dismissed a lawsuit by Orioles owner Peter G. Angelos that challenged the city's plans for the long-delayed Superblock project.
In the decision, signed last week but announced by the state on Tuesday, Judge John Philip Miller wrote that Angelos' 120 W. Fayette Street LLLP "failed to state a claim upon which relief can be granted."
In the lawsuit, Angelos contended that the head of the Maryland Historical Trust did not have the authority to act for the trust when he approved preliminary plans for the west side redevelopment in December. The trust's board later protested that decision.
Angelos' suit — the second he has filed about the Superblock — alleged that the city's plan to sell blighted property to be redeveloped as a mixed-use project circumvents rules and fails to preserve historic buildings.
But Miller said he was dismissing the case because Angelos' property-ownership company was suing to enforce an agreement — made between the state historical trust and the city — to which it was not a party.
M. Albert Figinski, an attorney for Angelos, said he had not seen the decision but was "disappointed" with the result.
"I will consult with my clients as to what additional efforts are appropriate," he said.


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Number: 105-2
Date: May 15, 1997
IOn April 29, 1997, the House passed by voice vote H.R. 1048, The Welfare Reform Technical Corrections Act of 1997. The bill was introduced on March 12 and the Subcommittee on Human Resources amended and reported H.R. 1048 on April 9.
On April 23, the bill was further amended by the fttll Committee on Ways and Means and approved by a 33-0 vote. The bill passed the House without further amendment.
The House-passed bill includes the following provisions of interest to SSA:
Eligibility Redeterminations for SSI Recipients Who Attain Age 18
Provides SSA with the authority to make redeterminations of disabled childhood SSI recipients who attain age 18, using the adult disability eligibility criteria, more than one year after the date such recipient attains age 18.
Continuing Disability Review Required for Low Birth Weight Babies
Permits SSA to schedule a continuing disability review for a child whose eligibility for SSI benefits is based on low birth weight at a date after such individual's first birthday if the Commissioner determines that such individual's impairment is not expected to improve within 12 months of the child's birth.
Eligibility Redeterminations Not Made Within the Initial Time Period
Extends from one year to 18 months (that is, unt il February 22, 1998) the amount of time from the date of enactment of P.L. 104-193 (August 22, 1996) that SSA has to redetermine the eligibility of children who are affected by the new disability criteria.
Exceptions to Benefit Limitations: Corrections to Reference Concerning Noncitizens Whose Deportation Is Withheld
Reflects the redesignation of Immigration and Naturalization Act section 243(h) to 241(b)(3) in order to assure that noncitizens whose deportations are withheld under either section are treated the same way effective April 1, 1997. Such noncitizens may be eligible for SSI during the 5-year period beginning the date their deportations are withheld.
Notification Concerning Noncitizens Not Lawfully Present; Correction of Terminology
Provides for replacing in section 1631(e)(9) of the Social Security Act "unlawfully in the United States" with "not lawfully present in the United States."
Veteran Exception: Application of Minimum Active Duty Service Requirement; Extension to Unremarried Surviving Spouse; Expanded Definition of Veteran
- Requires a minimum of military service--generally 24 months--in order to qualify for SSI and Medicaid.
- Provides SSI eligibility to an unremarried surviving spouse of a noncitizen veteran or active duty military personnel generally if they were married for at least one year.
- Provides that the term "veteran" includes military personnel who dies during> active duty service.
- Provides that certain Filipinos who fought for the United States military during World War II are considered veterans for benefit eligibility purposes.
Disclosure of Quarters of Coverage Information
Authorizes SSA to disclose quarters of coverage information about the spouse or parent of an alien for purposes of determining the alien's eligibility under certain Federally funded benefit programs.
Correction To Assure That Crediting Applies To All Quarters of Coverage Earned By Parents Before a Child is 18
Clarifies that all quarters of coverage earned by a parent before a child is aged 18, including those earned before the child was born, may be credited to the noncitizen child for purposes of the child's eligibility for SSI.
Definition of Qualified Alien: Inclusion of Noncitizen Child of Battered Parent as Qualified Alien
Provides that the benefit-paying agencies rather than the Attorney General make certain determinations. Such determinations would be made under guidance promulgated by the Attorney General. Also provides "qualified alien" status to noncitizen children whose parents are abused.
Disclosures Involving Fugitive Felons and Probation and Parole Violators
Authorizes SSA to charge fees as a condition for processing requests by law enforcement authorities for SSN and address information regarding SSI beneficiaries who are fugitive felons or probation or parole violators.
Treatment of Prisoners
Authorizes prisoner reporting incentive payments to a penal institution with respect to an inmate who receives an SSI benefit for the month preceding the first month throughout which he is an inmate of the institution. and who is determined to be ineligible for an SSI benefit based on the information provided by the institution.
Conforming Title XVI Amendments
Provides for a fifty percent reduction in an 55I prisoner incentive payment if a Social Security incentive payment is made on the same report; expands categories of institutions eligible to enter into prisoner incentive payment agreements with 55A.
Continued Denial of Benefits to Sex Offenders Remaining Confined to Public Institutions Upon Completion of a Prison Term
Provides that an individual confined in a penal institution pursuant to conviction of crime-san element of which is sexual activiry-will continue to be ineligible for Social Security benefits if, immediately following the completion of such confinement, the individual is confined by co urt order in an institution at public expense pursuant to a finding that the individual is a sexually dangerous person or a sexual predator or a similar finding.
Clarification of the Effective Date of the Denial of Disability Benefits to Drug Addicts and Alcoholics
Clarifies the meaning of the term "final adjudication" and clarifies SSA's authority to make medical redeterminations after January 1, 1997.
Expands the applicability of the provisions in P.L. 104-121 which require treatment referrals and authorization of a $50 fee for organizations serving as representative payees for beneficiaries who are incapable and have a DAA condition. Under current law, the provisions are limited to applications and reapplications filed after July I, 1996. This amendment extends these provisions to beneficiaries whose applications are adjudicated after enactment ofP.L. 104-121-March 29, 1996--(regardless of when filed) and to individuals allowed benefits before March 29, 1996 and who filed a request for a new medical determination before July I, 1996.
Repeal of Obsolete Reporting Requirements
Repeals two obsolete reporting requirements in Subsections (a)(3)(B) and (b)(3)(B)(ii) of section 201 of P.L. 103-296, the Social Security Independence and Program Improvements Act of 1994. Reports were to have been made to the House Committee on Ways and Means and the Senate Committee on Finance on SSA's experience with beneficiaries whose disabling condition is primarily caused by alcohol or drug addiction.
Extension of Disability Insurance Program Demonstration Project Authority
Extends through June 9, 1999 the Commissioner 's waiver authority (which expired on June 9, 1996) with respect to conducting title II experiments and demonstration projects regarding the treatment of work activity by disabled beneficiaries and provides that applicants may participate in such experiments and demonstration projects.
Implementation of Prohibition Against Payment of Title II Benefits to Prisoners
Authorizes prisoner reporting incentive payments (currently applicable only to the Supplemental Security Income program) for the OASDI program.
Elimination of Title II Requirement That Confinement Stem From Crime Punishable by Imprisonment for More Than 1 Year
Provides that individuals confined throughout a calendar month are ineligible for Social Security benefits for such month if their confinement is based on a conviction of any criminal offense, a finding that the individual is not guilty of such an offense by reason of insanity or similar finding, or a finding that the individual is incompetent to stand trial in connection with such an offense.
Inclusion of Title II Issues in Study and Report Requirements Relating to Prisoners
Includes OASDI issues in the study and report to Congress requirements (currently applicable only to the Supplemental Security Income program) of the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act.
Exemption from Computer Matching Requirements
Exempts all automated prisoner matching agreements from the Data Integrity Board review process of theComputer Matching and Privacy Protection Act; allows SSA to compare prisoner information with SSA representative payee records.
Perfecting Amendments Related to Withholding from Social Security Benefits
Amends section 207 of the Social Security Act to allow voluntary withholding from Social Security benefits for income tax purposes.
Compensation of Social Security Advisory Board Personnel
Deletes the current law provision that would allow the Advisory Board to hire three professional staff members. Allows for the appointment of such personnel the Advisory Board determines to be adequate.
Collection and Use of SSN's for Usc in Child Support Enforcement
Modifies the requirements for recording a personts SSN on certa in State issued documents.
Sense of the Congress Concerning the Treatment of Hmong Veterans
Expresses the sense of Congress that, based on their service on behalf of the United States during the Vietnam War, Hmong veterans should be treated like other noncitizen veterans for purposes of continued eligibility for assistance benefits.


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The principal objective of the Science Mission Office is enabling research,
both within STScI and in the broader astronomical community.
SMO maintains the internal science infrastructure for STScI research staff.
SMO is also responsible for science policy issues, including supporting the Space Telescope Users Committee, the HST and JWST telescope allocation processes and policy implementation for JWST.