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Catch memory problems early, take the SAGE test.
The Self-Administered Gerocognitive Exam (SAGE) is designed to detect early signs of cognitive, memory or thinking impairments. It evaluates your thinking abilities and helps physicians to know how well your brain is working.
Take the SAGE Test
You do not need special equipment to take SAGE - just pen and paper. There are four forms of the SAGE test. You only need to take one. It doesn't matter which one you take; they are all interchangeable.
Click on the link below to download the test. Print it out and answer the questions in ink without the assistance of others. Don't look at the clock or calendar while taking the test, and if you have questions about an item, just do the best you can. The average time to complete this four-page test is 10 to 15 minutes, but there is no time limit.
Why take the SAGE test?
You may want to take SAGE if you are concerned that you might have cognitive issues. Or you may wish to have your family or friends take the test if they are having memory or thinking problems. The difficulties listed can be early signs of cognitive and brain dysfunction. While dementia or Alzheimer's disease can lead to these symptoms, there are many other treatable disorders that also may cause these signs.
It is normal to experience some memory loss and to take longer to recall events as you age. But if the changes you are experiencing are worrying you or others around you, SAGE can be a helpful tool to assess if further evaluation is necessary.
Unfortunately, many people do not seek help for these kinds of symptoms until they have experienced them for several years. There are many treatable causes of cognitive and thinking loss, and in some cases, medications or other treatments can be very effective-especially if provided when symptoms first begin.
Remember that SAGE does not diagnose any specific condition. The results of SAGE will not tell you if you have Alzheimer's disease, mini-strokes or any number of other disorders. But the results can help your doctor know if further evaluation is necessary.
What do I do after I take the test?
After you complete the test, take it to your primary care physician. Your doctor will score it and interpret the results. If indicated, your doctor will order some tests to further evaluate your symptoms or refer you for further evaluation.
If your score does not indicate any need for further evaluation, your doctor can keep the test on file as a baseline for the future. That means, you can take the test again in the future, and the doctor can see if there are any changes over time.
There is no answer sheet provided here for you to score yourself because there are multiple correct answers to many of the questions on the test. SAGE should be scored by your physician.
If you do not have a primary care physician, you can find one through our list of providers at The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center.
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How to administer the test
The test is self-administered and can be taken at a person's home, in a physician's office or virtually anywhere. It requires no special equipment-only pen and paper.
There are four forms of the SAGE test. Only one test form should be given. It does not matter which form is taken, as they are all interchangeable. Multiple forms are provided to reduce practice effect for patients who may take the test more than once and are useful when rapidly screening larger numbers of individuals at the same time.
The steps to administer the test are as follows:
Inform the examinee that there are four pages to complete.
- Have the examinee fill out the test in ink without the assistance of others.
- Calendars and clocks should not be available during the testing.
- Do not answer specific questions. Just say, "Do the best that you can."
- There is no time limit. Average time to complete is 10 to 15 minutes.
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Examinees who download SAGE from the Internet and take it at home are instructed to bring their completed test to their primary care physician. Scoring instructions and explanations for physicians are below:
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The science behind the SAGE test
The Self-Administered Gerocognitive Exam (SAGE) is a brief self-administered cognitive screening instrument used to identify mild cognitive impairment (MCI) from any cause and early dementia. The questions are more difficult than other similar questionnaires, such as the Mini-Mental State Examination (MMSE) in order to pick up those with very mild impairments. There is no fee to use SAGE for individual clinical use and noncommercial educational use.
Researchers at Ohio State evaluated study participants using SAGE and then evaluated the same subjects with other established assessment tools. The test has a sensitivity of 79 percent and a false positive rate of 5 percent in detecting cognitive impairment from normal subjects. Results were published in the January-March 2010 issue of Alzheimer's Disease & Associated Disorders.
In another study, researchers at Ohio State performed an item analysis of the test questions. Results were published in the Winter 2014 issue of The Journal of Neuropsychiatry & Clinical Neurosciences.
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SAGE Validity and Normative Data
These tables and figures provide validity and normative data on SAGE.
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Director, Division of Cognitive Neurology
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Excerpted from Russ & Daughters by Mark Russ Federman. Copyright © 2013 by Mark Russ Federman. Excerpted by permission of Schocken, a division of Random House LLC. All rights reserved. No part of this excerpt may be reproduced or reprinted without permission in writing from the publisher.
For crepes2 cups whole milk4 large eggs1 and 1⁄3 cups all-purpose flour
For Filling1 and 1⁄2 pounds farmer's cheese1⁄2 cup plus 2 tablespoons sugar1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract1⁄2 teaspoon cinnamonUnsalted butter
To make the crepes, combine the milk, eggs, and flour in a food processor and process until smooth. Transfer the batter to a bowl and let it rest for 30 minutes.Meanwhile, prepare the filling. Combine the farmer's cheese, sugar, vanilla, and cinnamon in the work bowl of a food processor and process until smooth. Transfer to another bowl and set aside.Melt a pat of butter in a heavy 8-inch nonstick skillet*. Ladle in just enough batter to coat the bottom of the skillet. (Tilt the skillet to coat it evenly.) Allow the crepe to cook undisturbed until it is set and the bottom is golden brown, 3 to 4 minutes. Loosen the crepe around the edges with a spatula and carefully transfer it to a paper-towel-lined plate. Repeat with remaining batter.
Spoon about 4 tablespoons of filling down the center of each crepe. Fold in the short ends and then roll up, burrito-style. Serve the blintzes immediately or rewarm in a 250°F oven.
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Celebrate the 50th anniversary of the ACM Awards with a beer cocktail that will have you dancing like no one's watching, inspired by Lee Brice's "I Don't Dance."
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"It's really simple," said Lee Brice of "I Don't Dance," his ACM Award-nominated song, "but it's so true and to the point."
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Bentley and Crow will perform "I Hold On," Brice will perform his ACM nominated single "I Drive Your Truck," and Paisley will make the national television debut of his new single "River Bank."
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|Hardwick VT Featured in Yankee Magazine
Once the site of a thriving granite mine, Hardwick VT became a pleasant but hardscrabble looking town after the mine closed. Then it got hit by a major fire five years ago which destroyed several important old buildings in the middle of town. But it has made an admirable comeback in recent years. Most of that is due to the local food movement. Several articles have appeared with headlines along the lines of : "The Town That Food Saved."
The current issue of Yankee Magazine now describes Hardwick as "The Center for an Agricultural Economy." It was written by Bill McKibben, a Vermont resident famous for his work on global warming. Mr. McKibben writes about some of the key people involved with the local food movement including the local investor funded restaurant, Claire's, and organic seed producer, High Mowing Seeds. It's an interesting read and provides insight into many of the related types of activities going on in Vermont today.
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Have you ever tried to tie something down for transporting, but just couldn't get the lines tight and/or during transport the lines would continually loosen? Then this is the knot for you! I learned this knot back in the 70s when specialty car racks and ratchet straps were rare or unheard of. I initially used it to tie a canoe on a car rack, both attaching to the rack as well as the lines to the bow and stern of the canoe. Even with all the new gizmos available today, this knot still shines because all you need is a rope and ropes don't hum in the wind like straps.
The unique aspect of this knot is that it gives you a 2-1 mechanical advantage when tightening the rope. Be careful though. You can actually damage some things because of the mechanical advantage. This knot holds fast and is easy to untie, hallmark traits of any good knot.
Below you see the finished knot system ... we'll break it apart in the steps that follow
Step 1: Initial setup
For attaching to the 1st anchor point I chose bowline ... a close #2 on my list :-). There are other instructables on that one so I won't bore you here.
The 2nd anchor really should be round because it serves as a pulley in this block and tackle type knot. I've used it on sharp anchor points and it doesn't work as well.
Definitely the most important and coolest knot in the world :))
It might be a knot but it definately is not a Trucker's hitch!
Using these slipknots makes it hard to impossible to undo the knot after applying a lot of tension on it.
A true truckie's hitch does not use slipknots at all.
This tut only shows a simplyfied version that is neither rated, nor allowed to be used if you actually hold a truck license and use it, as a matter of fact here in AU you will losse your license if you secure your load with the knot above...
This instructable http://www.instructables.com/id/Four-knots-to-make-paracord-into-a-useful-tool/ includes a Truckie's hitch the way that I do them. I've seen them done a few other ways, but most of them are either harder to get right, less secure, or harder to undo.
Yeah, for tying down loads, this is way overkill. A quick-release system is heaps easier - use a sheep-shank for the loop, and then just use a clove-hitch in a bight to tie off - makes it possible to use one rope with one bowline at one end, and you can put it over a trailer 3-4 times, and then when you're done, you just release the clove hitch and the sheep-shanks, and you can pull the rope off without pulling it *through* anything.
It doesn't look like the truckers hitch I use in the UK which is much simpler to do and undo
The Fisherman's knot is commonly referred to as a Constrictor Knot also.
Very nice visual presentation.
I currently have a very large Siberian Peapod bush girdled with this adjustable Trucker's Hitch. I used some high quality yacht line, the kind with the fuzzy outer shell. If it weren't for the girdle, the bush would have broken apart and fallen to the ground. As it is, the thing is nearing 16 feet and can be adjusted as needed.
If the link doesn't work, check in he scouting section. His method of teaching visually is very effective for knots.
The images below show the knot as I tie it. The first two pictures show the clove hitch holding a loop which forms the other loop that you tied in Step 2. As you can see it is not a slip knot nor Artillery loop - it is a clove hitch. The third image shows the system tied off with a slipped half hitch. Unfortunately you can't really see the loop from the left side very well. If you pull on the bitter end as this is, the slipped half hitch falls out to release the tension. Then system falls apart. If you had a lot of tension on it, the clove could be pretty tight but otherwise it will fall apart, too. The next to last image shows the slipped half hitch with another half hitch to keep the loop from vibrating out. The final picture shows the entire system. This picture shows how the loop is formed from the clove on the left to where the slipped half hitch secures it (ala your Step 2).
Well now that I've gone to all the trouble to take the pictures, I found the knot as we tied it at Wikipedia. Their picture on the left clearly shows the clove hitch holding the loop in place. It does not show the knot finished.
As I said earlier, this system of knots goes together very quickly once you see the twists and turns in action. The first time you watch someone with experience, it looks more like a magic trick than anything else. Certainly it takes less than 5 seconds. Seeing it already tied makes it look more complicated than it is.
ohhhh.....well, I guess i can see that on the ovrhnd-knt (maybe not on it pulling the BE through it given the precautions i lined out) but that clove-hitch method would prevent that (in much the same way a water bowline does).
I'll have to start getting to work on this version!
A couple of things I've discovered from using this knot: First, it is sometimes useful to tie the half hitches loosely before you place tension on the rope. It can be difficult to tie the half hitch once the ropes are pressing hard against the item you are tying down. Second, in most situations you can maintain the tension while you finish the knot by simply squeezing the running end of the rope with two fingers at the point it passes through the standing loop. There is so much friction it is surprisingly easy.
Great instructable!
With the far end of your rope secured to one of the downward pointing rope hooks on the far side of your truck, pull your rope over your load and towards a near-side rope hook. Using your left thumb and forefinger, hold the rope at a point about 3 feet from the hook.
Now with your right hand, come down about a foot further down the rope and pull that spot on the rope up to your left thumb and forefinger so that you form a loop hanging off to the right of your left hand. Don't cross the rope over itself or twist it. Just bring it up.
Now go down a foot again, bring that point of the rope up, and wind it twice around the loop that you have hanging from your left hand. The wind should go over the top (or clockwise, as seen from the right), and the second wind should be TO THE LEFT of the first wind. This is where the holding power comes from. The pull down on the second wind sucks it in tight behind the first wind so that it can't pop out.
Depending on the thickness of your rope, this double wind will use up somewhere between an eighth and a half of that last foot of rope you grabbed. The rest of that foot of rope will be hanging down, forming another little loop, while the continuing part of the rope hangs down from your right hand.
From here, take the index finger or the ring finger of your right hand and push a loop of the continuing part of the rope towards yourself and to the left, through the loop that is left over from the winding action you just did. Then grab that loop that you just pushed through the loop and pull it down over your rope hook. If you now pull down on the free end of the rope it will pull up on this last loop, snugging it up onto the rope hook with the same two-times-mechanical-advantage as schneidp20's slip-knot-based truckers-hitch.
To finish either version of the truckers' hitch off, just pull down hard on the free end of the rope and secure it to your rope hook with a couple of half-hitches.
To undo, just undo the half-hitches and let out enough slack to take the last loop off of the rope hook. Then pull on the free end of the rope and the whole shebang comes out. That's the advantage of the wind-it-over-twice method. When you are done, you don't have to pull the free end of your rope back through the slip-knot-loop or undo any slip-knot.
Hmmm. I wasn't sure I'd be able to explain that without pictures, but I think those instructions ought to be followable. Anyone want to give it a try and let me know? As schneidp20 noted, it takes a bit of practice get a feel for where to start this kind of knot. The more give there is in your load and in your rope, the further you have to start from your destination rope-hook.
This knot doesn't LOOK that reliable, and indeed, from the front of the knot, it is actually pretty easy to push the inner winding over the outer winding so that the whole thing comes undone, even when there is substantial load on it. But if nobody is pushing on the front of the inner winding then there is no pressure there. All the pressure that the knot itself creates is at the BACK of the inner winding, where downward force is pulling the inner winding hard to the inside of the outer winding.
I have used this hitch thousands of times on some very heavy loads and have NEVER had it come undone. Very fast, very easy to learn, and very reliable in my long experience. Highly recommended.
Why as this product works so well and now we can all do truckers Knots and better, yes BETTER..
Look at this link all you trucker knot fanatics and please send in comments ,but be sure to have one before you comment, as you should never knock it until you tried it ;)
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Why don't we try a grand social experiment?
Everyone has a different idea of what the laws should be, some even claim their way of living is the best. So my question is why not have a grand social experiment and let government be run on a very local scale. I think the most interesting findings would be how those fare that choose a large intrusive government versus those that choose to live under a small limited government.
It seems silly to me that civilization has been around for thousands of years and the scientific method for hundreds but people still can't agree on how to live. It's about time we stop relying on majority opinion or some so-called prophet to decide the best way to live.
Lejan .
Sep 6 2013: This social experiment has been conducted in the history of Europe, which, at some time, was divided in hundreds of small kingdoms, duchies and city states and each of them was on a 'very local scale'.
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Besides an ridiculous amount of 'traveling taxes' and local wars and quarrels, there also was as a vast diversity in 'local laws' and 'rules', units of measurement and currencies ... All in all, those were not the best times to life in ...
Additionally there is to say, that there is no fundamental way of 'how to live', as each generation, each century has to figure it out for itself. And so the 'majority opinion' is actually nothing but the fairest way to install the best possible compromise for a number of people who, more or less, choose to life together and to reduce the numbers of individuals, who keep trying to rule them.
This is an ongoing experiment ever since, but I agree with you, that this process is not based on self-improving mechanisms and does not converge towards fundamental principles of improved life quality.
And as humans are 'social animals' and tend to form communities, I haven't seen any working and self-organizing concept of 'anarchy' so far, in which no 'government' has formed or was needed.
A 'government', at least a truly democratic one, is no entity in itself, as it is the representative form of 'the people'. So if your wish was to reduce or to remove this 'government', you had to reduce or remove 'the people' as well, which, in its highest form was pure anarchy consisting out of individuals which does not form any social group at all, of which I think this won't happen due to our biological nature.
And the very moment groups are getting formed, the experiment starts anew ... :o)
Nevertheless, I think we have a high potential for optimization in our modern societies, and as long we manage to continue to exist, we should try to improve the life for as many people possible.
Sep 6 2013: I agree having a diversity of laws also has its downside. I contend that since it is in a communities financial best interest to keep standards for things like currency (precious metals), measurements, and transportation the same, the downsides don't outweigh the upsides.Sep 6 2013: those who favor intrusive government are not likely to allow those who wish to experiment with small limited governments to do so. however if it were possible, i would be glad for such an experiment.
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Sep 5 2013: Biggest problem I see with the idea is "who cleans up the mess?", followed by an equally important "how do we secure funding?"
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Human experimentation is problematic enough without going large scale.
There is assured to be a mess to clean up by the time its done. For every improvement and good idea you stumble upon, you're bound to end up with two dozen bad ones. With these bad ideas affecting how real people will lead their lives, its something of an issue.
Then there's the matter of humans around the globe all coming from distinctly different cultures, with ideas that work for some failing disastrously for others, and you end up with practically no universally applicable data.
Sociology is not an exact science, and it'll take more than a few ambitious experiments to change that. Never mind the problem of getting such experiments off the ground and dealing with the inevitable disasters.
Sep 6 2013: I was imagining a bottom up approach rather than a costly top down approach.
Sep 10 2013: My mistake. Grand implies scale, and scale implies encompassing the whole system, from the top down if necessary.
Starting big comes with the big advantage of shortening experiment time. Finding yourself in the middle of an experiment, over budget with your funding having gone dry is always a possibility after all.
Of course, small scale comes with its own problems. You end up with many of the same issues only in miniature (human testing is human testing, no matter the size of your group), testing in general is an issue due to smaller sample size, and some things simply don't scale up very well.
This is one of the reasons social experiments usually end up half baked. No way around with with the non-exact sciences, especially when testing humans.Sep 9 2013: Brian, I would think life is kind of flexible in that you can get away from government to some degree just by going where there is less development, less of a city or suburb atmosphere, more of a rural one. If you went and lived in a cabin in the Ozarks, grew your own food, spun your own wool, the government wouldn't touch you too much, would they? Maybe government mostly is for people in cities and suburbs, more people together need more rules for getting along. I read that the cities mostly went for Obama in the most recent election, and the rural areas for Romney.
Sep 10 2013: It does seem to be true that the less developed an area is the less "policing" people have to abide by. New York City for example is highly developed and look at the amount of control the local government has: Stop and frisk, limit on sugary beverages.
I agree that people do have flexibility with how much freedom they are granted in their life. To a degree.Sep 6 2013: "Lord of the Flies" and the Donner's party or "Animal Farm" or JonesvilleSep 5 2013: No. You mis read or didn't read entirely. My idea is to encourage diversity so that over time experimentation tells us how certain laws fare for the population. Obviously there is always going to be diversity with matters like gay rights or religion and state. And some people will choose radical lives but what I am saying is that diverstiy will produce statistics about how different societies fare thus giving an overall view of what works best.
Sep 5 2013: But wouldn't it make sense for different ways of living to work best for different people?
Sep 5 2013: Yes.
Here's a scenario. A group of people maybe the size of half a million vote to have a very limited government. Another group of a half a million want a watchdog government that offers more services and more taxes.
Say thousands more groups like this did the same with small tweaks based on regional preferences. On the grand scale could we make some conclusions about what works best. I think so. Basically I'm advocating for broader State rights on an even smaller scale than a State.Sep 5 2013: Sadly we often try things out of the blue that cause problems. Yes, there can beoblems as well as benefits. And when a change is being suggested we are never told the real reasons.Sep 5 2013: If it seems silly to you that "people still cannot agree on how to live," would it seem more sensible to you if people with diverse preferences and interests DID agree on a single best way to live? Do you think homogeneous preferences are more logical or desirable than diverse preferences? Do you think static preferences are more logical than changing preferences?
I think it is very valuable for people to experiment with different ways of living, both as individuals and within the organizations in which they participate. This grand experiment is underway.
If I am not mistaken the TED prize winner from a couple of years ago, City 2.0. is partly a venue and forum for aggregating and sharing the results of local experiments in living/working/decisionmaking. http://www.ted.com/pages/prizewinner_city2 Do join in!
Sep 5 2013: Fritzie see my above comment. It is my response to your statement.


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Saturday, April 13, 2002Johnson City, Tenn. (April 13, 2002) - East Tennessee State University's baseball team kept its hot streak going in Southern Conference play as Reid Casey (Kingsport, Tenn.) hurled the Buc's second straight complete game and Jeremy Terry (Cumberland, Ky.) had four hits and drove in four runs in ETSU's 17-1 win over VMI. It was the fifth straight SoCon win for the Bucs and improves their record to 13-20 overall, 6-8 in the SoCon. VMI dropped to 8-23 and 0-13 in a game that was halted after seven innings due to the 10-run mercy rule. East Tennessee State got all the runs it would need in the first inning, scoring four unearned runs. With one out Caleb Moore (Knoxville, Tenn.) reached on an error by the Keydet shortstop and then stole second. Davis Burklin (Knoxville, Tenn.) legged out an infield single and moved to second when the VMI second baseman threw the ball over the first baseman's head, with Moore scoring on the play. Brandon Cross (Bluff City, Tenn.) then walked and with two outs, Terry tripled to right to make it 3-0. Chad Boruff then followed with a run-scoring single for a 4-0 Buccaneer lead. Casey had no problems making that lead stand up, allowing just one VMI run in the second on a leadoff double by Matt Cage and an RBI single off the bat of Chris Brooks. In his seven-inning stint, Casey struck out seven and allowed just one walk and seven hits to pick up his fifth win of the year. ETSU extended its lead with four more runs in the second, with Matt Traylor (Knoxville, Tenn.) doubling home the first run and Terry adding a two-run double later in the inning to drive in the final two runs of the frame. Chad Boruff (Knoxville, Tenn.) had an RBI double in a three-run fourth for ETSU, with Justin Clear (Lafollette, Tenn.) driving in the other two runs of the inning with a single. ETSU blew the game open with six more runs in the bottom of the sixth, with the big blow a bases loaded triple by Cross. Terry finished the day going 4-for-5, including a double and triple, driving in four runs. Cross was a perfect 3-for-3 with three RBIs and three runs scored, while Traylor and Clear each drove in a pair of runs with two hits each. Zach Kennedy led VMI, going 3-for-3 with a double. Duke Acors started and took the loss for the Keydets, getting hit hard in his four innings of work, allowing 11 hits and 11 runs, seven earned. East Tennessee State and VMI will close out their three-game series tomorrow, with a start time of 1:00 p.m. at Cardinal Park.
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I've seen this place mentioned a few times here, but nothing really specific. Could someone elaborate on:
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2. What type of dessert
3. Is coffee/tea and/or juice included in the price?
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P.S. I've been to many buffet places and not looking for any recommendations, just more info on the Boiler District, thanks.
I went to The Boiler House a couple of weeks ago.
Choices in the buffet are pretty typical. There really are too many to list and I believe their website does list out what their buffet includes. What I found to be best was their made to order omelettes and shrimp.
I didn't even have any of their desserts. But I remember a small desserts table with finger-desserts.
Coffee and tea are included in the price.
I just parked in the nearby parking underground. I think it was $6 for 3 hrs. But there is parking on the streets. Not too sure about $$ though.
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We finally made it down here for Sunday brunch.
The decor is very modern, artsy, hip. I liked all the exposed wood beams and high ceilings. The washrooms were unique, I guess is the word? They're unisex and behind wooden doors, which looks like a row of closets. Easy to get into but a pain to get out! They're kind of like individual (and very narrow) powder rooms.
The brunch consisted of roast beef (a better cut than most other buffet places (excluding King Edward, and other upscale hotels), ham, cold chicken salad (very good), regular varieties of salad, smoked salmon, tomatoes with pesto and bocconcini, eggs Benedict (perfectly runny), scrambled eggs (not dry), bacon (very crisp!), sausages, waffles, perogies, mixed veggies, hot pasta, a large variety of danishes, portugese tarts, cheeses, fresh fruit, etc.
I'm more of a cake person, so that particular day, it must have been "tart" day, as that's pretty much all they had for desserts! They were good, but just disappointing for a cake lover!
Service was ok, the wait for refills of coffee/tea could have been better. Overall, a good brunch experience ($25/ per person).
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My husband and I dined at the Boiler House twice now. The first time was just ok, not what we expected, so we waited a few months and tried it again ….. Big mistake! The place is busy, I'll admit, but the service and quality of some of the food items left us very underwhelmed.
Servers, in our opinion, are quite aloof and while polite, it seems to be either forced or insincere.
The waffles, cold chicken salad, eggs benedict (hit or miss), ham and cheese tray were good. The roast beef was medium rare to a bit bloody, which is too rare for us. We even asked for slices off the end, but they were still quite medium rare. The beef was also full of gristle. Quite hard to chew, unlike our first visit. I understand the roast beef typically available at buffets are not of a higher quality (unless it's the King Edward or similar hotel). The sausages were just a mouthful of pure fat (yuck) that were deep fried.
The breads and pastries were disappointing to say the least (think supermarket brand with a margarine/shortening after taste).
On our first visit, the bacon was super crispy and we looked forward to trying it again. We were the first guests seated and at the buffet table, and we noticed right away that the bacon looked very undercooked, limp and the fat part of the bacon appeared raw. What a disappointment. It was a very large tray so we knew it may not be replaced any time soon. We tried to pick a few pieces that "seemed" cooked, but this was a huge mistake in attempting to eat it (can't post the comment here).
About 10 minutes later, a new batch of bacon appeared. I think someone else must have complained, and they dumped the entire batch into the deep fryer, as it was now crispy, but stuck together.
The desserts were the most disappointing part of the buffet. The first time we dined there, we thought we had chosen the wrong weekend, as it appeared to be a "mini tart theme." The desserts consisted of quite a few mini tarts, cookies and one pecan pie. No cakes. They did have portugese tarts though.
On our second time, the desserts were even worse. The mini tarts made a comeback (when I say mini, think the size of toonies, but oval in shape), some mini cookies, inedible white meringues, some carrot squares (awful) and a pumpkin tart (again, just awful). We were so disgusted that we just paid our bill and left.
I'm sure others have had better experiences and respect that food is very subjective, but we will certainly not be back, nor could I recommend this place.
We wrote a letter to one of the owners after our first visit (address and name was correct) and didn't even receive the decency of a reply.
We thought we'd give the Boiler House a second try but realize now it was just a waste of time and money. Our regular brunch place is the Hot House Café, while not an upscale brunch such as the hotels offer, but the food is always hot. They also have a huge selection of desserts (Baker Street Desserts, etc) and at least we don't walk away feeling ripped off!
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On Saturday Magnus Carlsen increased his lead in the World Championship match against Viswanathan Anand to 4-2. In a quiet Ruy Lopez, the 22-year-old Norwegian equalized comfortably, got a slight initiative, won a pawn, then another one but the rook ending was probably still drawn. However, Anand again failed to find the best defense and had to resign at move 67.
And he did it again. With an almost unprecedented will to win, Magnus Carlsen ground down Vishy Anand in another rook ending to take a two-point lead in the match. The cold, engine-driven evaluations were constantly saying "draw", but the practical problems Anand had to solve again proved to be too much for the 44-year old Indian GM.
Avoiding the Berlin Ending with the move 4.d3 seemed like a good practical decision by the World Champion, and his 10.Bg5 got Carlsen thinking for 25 minutes. From move 15 onwards, it was clear that Anand was going to try his luck on the kingside. Step one was to try and land a knight on f5.
However, Carlsen found a number of excellent maneuvers and when all the minor pieces were traded it was clear that Black was at least equal. In fact, after 26...c4! it suddenly became clear that it was the Norwegian who was playing for a win.
With a timely exchange, Carlsen left his opponent with a bad pawn structure but the question was how he would improve further. "I thought I got a pretty solid position out of the opening. Then at some point I was little bit better but nothing much was going on." But then, Anand either "sacrificed or blundered" a pawn, as Carlsen put it at the press conference. Asked about his surprising 38.Qg3, Anand said: "What can I say, some days it just goes like that."
Carlsen obviously took the pawn, and it was clear that he was going to torture his opponent for quite some time. "After that I got a very good rook ending but I am not at all sure if it is winning," the challenger said. As he allowed h4-h5 Anand was well on his way to draw the game anyway, until Carlsen found one more miniplan. "I had one little trap, this Kf4-Ke3 etc. Fortunately he went for it."
Both players felt that it was all over when Black got Ke3 in, but analysis shows that there was still one more chance to draw with White, missed by Anand, on move 60.
Vishy Anand was clearly upset. "I mean, today was a heavy blow. I will not pretend otherwise. Nothing to be done, you just go on." A Norwegian journalist asked how he would deal with it, to which Anand answered: "Well you just do your best." The same journalist wanted him to elaborate on his answer, to which Anand answered: "Doing your best means doing your best. I dont know why you don't understand English?"
Sunday is another rest day. On Monday the second half of the match starts, with Vishy Anand again playing with the white pieces. He needs a win soon.
I used to take a look at carlsens expressions during the middlegam, he was way too cool & never doubted the outcome from then on, just get the feeling he's forcing Anand to play to the best of his ability, its all over for Anand anyways. Carlsen simply is the next level, he has given a new dimension to the game, and beating him at this level is a daydream for Anand!
You know, games like this make me wonder whether the majority of chess players have just got a little too comfortable. I'm sure there are many who would have simply agreed to a draw with Anand in this game. Perhaps you get so used to that that when someone tries to play for a win in a completely drawn position, you don't actually know what to do. You make blunders and errors, as Anand has done yesterday and today.
Just because the position is technically drawn doesn't mean it isn't still worth playing. I think Carlsen is proving that in this match.
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If that is your argument...then would Anand fit the category of Genius then?...Why don't I heard western media mention it more often?...Just envy or simply ignorance?
Stupid norwegian journalist ! -Of course I'm rooting for Magnus -but the main thing for us spectators are exciting games. Hope Anand -The tiger of Madras -can still build up some resistance...
The crushing machine has finally warmed up !
Go go Carlsen !!!
i am v.sad for anand. why he is playing such a games!! he never played like this by giving easy pawn, and not attacking at all from the beginning. at other hand, carlsen played really v.good chess... impressed by carlsen and feeling more sad, because anand is loosing...
A very nice article, well written and entertaining, with Carlsen's win making it all the more fantastic. Sorry, but I'm already looking forward to the next WC. There, we will see real fighting chess on all phases of the game (opening, middlegame, etc), probably with Kramnic, Aronian, etc. It will be dazling!
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This kid is a monster in his play. I see another Capablanca in endgames and a warrior in the chess board like Salo Flor. Give the Challenger "the respect he deserves!!" He came here to fight and the results speak for themselves. This aint a fluke. Its brains at work...
(Facepalm) Genius *is* defined as an exceptional intellectual ability or talent. His intuitive ability alone is second to none. He usually 'knows' what move he should play in seconds or in single-digit minute time frames and spends the rest of the time 'just checking' the continuation. This ability to see deeply into a position and do so very quickly (for a human) is exceptional. Yes, his opponents make mistakes (what human doesn't?) but his ability to push them, consistently, into such corners where the mistakes can happen and do happen while maintaining one's own seamless play *is* extreme ability and talent.
If we accept the premise that there is such a thing as 'genius' to begin with (which can be debated), then Magnus Carlsen satisfies the definition's prerequisites. For example:
1) Extreme talent at chess at a very early age.
2) GM status at the age of 13.
3) Intuitive feel for the game without the need for calculation and memorization.
4) Exceptional spatial intelligence.
5) Exceptional memory.
6) Also, exceptional at blitz (blitz champion).
7) Exceptional at blindfold simultaneous and simultaneous chess.
8) Exceptional statistical achievement in his field (Elo rating/major tournaments and so forth versus age).
I think I am beginning to understand that the (hint Freudian) " ----- " envy is strong here in this forum with some people but it would be nice if these people actually started giving Carlsen due credit instead of looking for ever more creative excuses for Anand (age, tired, etc)- or inventive ways in which to denigrate Carlsen (crazy, dirty, evil, tricky, non-classical, computer-assisted, lulz!, etc). Take good care.
i aready told on yester day magnus got the confidence to convert draw games to win.this is bad luck for anand .after seeing all the games upto now anand is sacrificing pawns to get good attack or position .magnus is taking those pawns and defing the attack and position and get in to win or drawn. i think after 4 draws anand goes little bit agressive on giving pawns and tring for win .but anand have to come back in the series with his lot of experience.i hope so
its game over
Its really surprising Anand and his Team have not prepared any novelties against the Berlin now! or the Caro Kann which he may repeat!
i told you we have our new champion....
@ErosThanatos, So most people does'nt know much about rook endings!
In them material doesn't matter at all. What is only important is activity of pieces, most of all king, and how much pawns advanced are.
This is great coverage. All of it. Congratulations to all the Chess.com crew.
I think Anand was trying to play a safe game, instead of forcing a complicated position, to take the defeat out of his head. But when you make mistakes like that, its a defeat. I don't think it was the wrong plan or attitude, he just made more mistakes than he can against Carlsen.
Hope he can win tomorrow, because now he doesn't have the time to take a defeat out of his head, it's time to play for a win (going for sharp lines) even with black.
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The new novel in the #1 New York Times best-selling Dresden Files series. Long ago, Susan Rodriguez was Harry Dresden's lover - until she was attacked by his enemies, leaving her torn between her own humanity and the bloodlust of the vampiric Red Court. Susan then disappeared to South America, where she could fight both her savage gift and those who cursed her with it.
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Butcher's latest Dresden File is OUTSTANDING. Yes, totally worthy of All Caps OUTSTANDING. If you think that because you've read his past Dresden novels, you know how this one is going to end... prepare to be shocked. "Changes" is definitely an appropriate title for this book. I won't go into the plot, because anything beyond what the publishers already described would be far too spoilerish.
I also have to say something about James Marsters- the narrator. Holy Cheese Doodles is this guy good. He can make a shout sound like a shout without it hurting your eardrums, he can meld his voice so it sounds, very believably, like a female whisper. He can produce the crack of dry humor and the choke in his throat when deep sorrow is called for. He did an excellent job of narrating this book and I was left wishing he had been hired to narrate the Codex Allera books that Butcher has also written. (but that is another review.)
Can't say enough good things about this one. Definitely worth the buy.
"Really BIG ???Changes???"
Wizard Harry Dresden face his most daunting battle ever in this latest installment of his war with both the evil in the world of magic and the demons within. This time he must fight to save both himself and the daughter he only recently learned existed.
Like all of Dresden???s adventures, the book begins with the revelation of an evil plot leading to lots of little battles culminating into an epic confrontation. We know that Dresden ultimately will win, but author Jim Butcher does and outstanding job of ramping up the suspense by creating heart stopping how-is-he-ever-going-to-get-out-of-this-one encounters with the badest of the bad monsters from the netherworld. This one, however, is different. The ending is a twist I didn???t see coming, and it does indeed change everything.
The next book in the series is due out this fall and it will no doubt be very interesting to see how Butcher does get Harry out of this one. I think there may be clues in some of the recent books, but we???ll have to impatiently wait and see.
Narrator James Marsters, as always, does a magnificent job of channeling Dresden and bringing Butcher???s imaginative writing to life.
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This is easily the best of the Dresden series thus far. The book is aptly named and aptly written along those lines. The character development is phenomenal and many questions are answered. Those who are saying this is a Finale? Nope. I ain't buying that one. I highly recommend this to Dresden fans but STRONGLY DISCOURAGE this being your FIRST book to introduce Dresden.
I am so pleased that Audible now has the complete series now and I recommend you start at the beginning and have the sweet experience of going through all twelve books.
James Marsters does his very best in this audiobook. It's almost more of a dramatized version than an unabridged audiobook! Thanks, James for such an excellent performance.
"I love this novel!"
I really enjoy the entire series; I really enjoy the way Butcher writes. This one is a lot of transformation all at once in Dresden's life, but James Marsters does a fantastic job of reading it, as always. Marsters is an absolutely amazing reader. Not perfect, but vastly entertaining!
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"Summoned Up Another Great Book!"
Literally, from the first line to the last I was captivated and riveted. This is a fast pace story with many of the old characters returning. You will laugh at the humor, cry at the "changes" and be thoroughly entertained in the imaginery world that Jim Butcher has created. The scenery details are amazing and the storyline is a paranormal rollercoaster of making bargains, meeting demons (don't want to say any spoilers) and visiting "never never" places (outside of Chicago). Harry Dresden learns more about his family and his friends, and in order to save one he has to sacrifice. James Marsden is the voice of Harry Dresden and he portrays him flawlessly. He is Harry, and he projects the other characters very well. This series gets better with every book, now is the waiting for the next. Highly recommend reading the Harry Dresden series in order.
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"Hold on tight! It's a great ride!!"
"Changes" or should it be "Finale'". The book builds up to a major end game, and provides a lot more answers then questions. Enjoyed seeing old characters come back into the picutre. I hope this isn't the end of the series, because I'm addicted!! James Marsters does a phenominal job as narrator! His acting pulls you into the story, bringing out all the emotions and humor. Over all, a well built story, great adventure, surprises, and as always a fun and thrilling ride. A must buy, definitely credit worthy! Mr. Butcher, please write more NOW!
"Jim Butcher at his best!"
This is probably the most fast moving of the books in terms of action, but it doesn't reduce the rich drama and character development along the way that is the hallmark of Butcher's writing.. The only problem I had with the story was the ending, but don't let that keep you from buying it. For any fan of modern/urban fantasy, this book is at the top of the pile.
"6 stars - How could it get any better?"
I was hooked on Harry Dresden practically from the first moment of Storm Front. While early books were a little shaky - and James Marsters took a while to reach his stride as a reader - by the time I listened to White Knight, I was convinced that Butcher & Marsters were at the top of their games. Yet over the course of the next several books, Harry and the cast of supporting characters became even more complex, more interesting, more human. And Butcher kept revealing surprises and "Aha!" moments that kept me engrossed.
From the opening moments of Changes, I knew that Butcher had trumped himself with this one. Everything - and I do mean everything - comes together here in a deeply satisfying way (despite a cliffhanger conclusion). Plots that have been unfolding for several books are finally resolved and new ones introduced.
Changes reminded me a lot of the final chapter of The Lord of the Rings - a series referenced by Harry as he and his friends (and even former foes) form a fellowship in order to complete the ultimate quest. The book culminates in a battle of good vs. evil of epic proportions and has a valedictory feel to it. But according to Butcher, there are several more books planned for the series - good news for his devoted fans.
I urge anyone who has not read previous Dresden Files not to begin with this. The impact of this book is meant for devoted fans - it is a payoff 12 books in the making - as well as a glimpse of new directions for Dresden and Company.
Any criticism I have seems petty by comparison to the towering achievement Butcher has realized in Changes. There are a few moments where I felt the editing should have been tighter - which is perhaps why Butcher has pushed back the release of his next outing - Ghost Story - from April to July, 2011. The worst part of being a Dresden Files fan is figuring out how to feed our addiction between fix.
Bravo, Mr. Butcher! A tour de force.
"Pivital Point for the story IMO"
Consider "Changes" to just be a pivot point in a extremely well told story. When you go through it you get to see Harry make his usual hard choices even his hardest. There is also some interesting character development with some of the bit part characters. One of the major characters dies and Jim fleshes out a good portion of the rest of the major players. Uriel makes an appearance as well as a unexpected god (note the lower case for you religious nutters). And Thomas is by Harry's side through most of it. Excellent read for the Dresden Crack addicts we all are.
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Here we go agian cant streach the field.
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Sip weldmate 140???If you ain't burnin' you ain't learnin'
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Hey Cori,
This is kinda of a tough question for a USA board. Not likely there will be a decent cross section of folks that even heard of a SIP let alone touched one.
Might get in a bit of trouble here but try this site for the particular question maybe. Probably get better info.
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Basic bit of low-budget transformer AC welder with a top end of about 130 Amps. It will stick bits together but will be very hard to strike an arc if it's anything like others of it's kind. But the price is right if it works.


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You, too, can have a gas powered pencil sharpener. All you need is a weedeater, a pencil sharpener, and a few scraps of wood and metal.
This weedeater was left in pieces after one of my students decided they didn't want to fix it. I managed to mix and match enough parts to get it running and piece this together.
Still isn't running quite right yet because the carburetor isn't correct, but it runs enough to sharpen a pencil and get real hot!
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My "classroom" is fairly conducive to this sort of thing- several vent fans, a large roll-up door, and lots of space
Do you have plans for collecting the pencil-waste, or is this finished?
when I was a kid I used to sharpen the pencils with a knife x)
actually sometimes I still do it!!
@dorkpunch: about the dust of sharpening the pencil (if it is really dust if you let them airborne in a small space you could provide a explosive situation just like happens in cereal silos) if you have splinters of wood you could pile them soap them in flammable liquid and aggregate with glue or resin to produce fire-starters.
Again with the dust it is explosive.. but! there is still use for the dust as a filler with wood glue to repair some holes or you could use it dry to heat up a biomass boiler (the coal power-plants use dust of mineral coal) with that principle you can produce heat in a boiler with the dust. If you want a way to do so just ask.
Especially if their made of Pine.
That said, when very fine, it is also going to be somewhat explosive :p [like basically anything else flammable when it gets small and has a high enough surface area it can flash fire], i hope it never gets too bad. Maybe you should add a shrapnel shield around the whole device?
Now if it a four cycle it wouldn't be a problem. I've converted several mowers over to propane.
Anything than runs at a specific RPM for it's job is simple.
You made the Instructables newsletter which is how I saw this.
This is worthy of a Tim the toolman award for sure
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