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What fun treats for V-Day! I haven't even started to post mine yet. I guess I'd better get to it. Great ideas, thank you for sharing.
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What a great round up ladies! Thanks for including me
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A yummy collection!
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Yum!! They all look so delicious- I know my little guys would love those "fuzzy cookies!" Thank you for including my Chocolate Cherry Whoopie Pies.
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Love these ideas! You need to add this post to this list of Heart Shaped Foods for Valentine inspiration
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WOW!!!!! How ever will I decided what to make??? Very difficult decision for Valentine's Day!
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Thanks for posting my Valentine's Peanut Butter Blossoms!
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Test ID: INHB
Inhibin B, Serum
Useful For Suggests clinical disorders or settings where the test may be helpful
As an aid in the diagnosis of granulosa cell tumors and mucinous epithelial ovarian tumors
Monitoring of patients with granulosa cell tumors and epithelial mucinous-type tumors of the ovary known to overexpress inhibin B
As an adjunct to follicle-stimulating hormone testing during infertility evaluation
Clinical Information Discusses physiology, pathophysiology, and general clinical aspects, as they relate to a laboratory test
Inhibins are heterodimeric protein hormones secreted by granulosa cells of the ovary in females and Sertoli cells of the testis in males. Inhibins selectively suppress the secretion of pituitary follicle-stimulating hormone (FSH) and also have local paracrine actions in the gonads. The inhibins consist of a dimer of 2 homologous subunits, an alpha subunit and either a beta A or beta B subunit, to form inhibin A and inhibin B, respectively.
In females, inhibin A is primarily produced by the dominant follicle and corpus luteum, whereas inhibin B is primarily produced by small developing follicles. Serum inhibin A and B levels fluctuate during the menstrual cycle. Inhibin A is low in the early follicular phase and rises at ovulation to maximum levels in the midluteal phase. In contrast, inhibin B levels increase early in the follicular phase to reach a peak coincident with the onset of the midfollicular phase decline in FSH levels. Inhibin B levels decrease in the late follicular phase. There is a short-lived peak of the hormone 2 days after the midcycle luteinizing hormone (LH) peak. Inhibin B levels remain low during the luteal phase of the cycle. The timing of the inhibin B rise suggests that it plays a role in regulation of folliculogenesis via a negative feedback on the production of FSH. At menopause, with the depletion of ovarian follicles, serum inhibin A and B decrease to very low or undetectable levels.
Ovarian cancer is classified into 3 types: epithelial (80%), germ cell tumors (10%-15%), and stromal sex-cord tumors (5%-10%). Epithelial ovarian tumors are further subdivided into serous (70%), mucinous (10%-15%), and endometrioid (10%-15%) types. Granulosa cell tumors represent the majority of the stromal sex-cord tumors.
Elevations of serum inhibin A and/or B are detected in some patients with granulosa cell tumors. Inhibin B elevations have been reported in 89% to 100% of patients with granulosa cell tumors. In those patients, inhibin B levels tend to be elevated about 60-fold over the reference range value. The frequency of elevated levels varies amongst studies, likely due to the different specificities of the antibodies used in the immunoassays. Inhibin B also appears to be a suitable serum marker for epithelial tumors of the mucinous type with about 55% to 60% having elevated inhibin B levels. In contrast, inhibin is not a very good marker in nonmucinous epithelial tumors. At best, total inhibin is elevated in 15% to 35% of nonmucinous epithelial ovarian cancer cases.
Inhibin seems to be complementary to cancer antigen 125 (CA 125) as an ovarian cancer marker. CA 125 is not as good of a tumor marker for mucinous and granulosa ovarian cell tumors. Inhibin shows a better performance in those 2 types of ovarian cancer.
The majority of the studies for inhibin A and B as an ovarian cancer marker have been limited to postmenopausal women where the levels of inhibin are normally very low. Inhibin levels vary in relation to the menstrual cycle and, therefore, are difficult to interpret in premenopausal women.
Inhibin B has also been used as a marker of ovarian reserve. Every female is born with a specific number of follicles containing oocytes, a number that steadily and naturally declines with age. The number of follicles remaining in the ovary at any time is called the ovarian reserve. As ovarian reserve diminishes, it is increasingly more difficult for the hormones used for in vitro fertilization (IVF) to stimulate follicle development and, thus, the likelihood of successful oocyte retrieval, fertilization, and embryo transfer decreases, all leading to a lower chance of conceiving. As part of an infertility evaluation, attempts are made to estimate a woman's ovarian reserve. Tests to assess ovarian reserve include: day 3 FSH, day 3 inhibin B, and antimullerian hormone levels. The amount of inhibin B measured in serum during the early follicular phase of the menstrual cycle (day 3) directly reflects the number of follicles in the ovary. Therefore, the higher the inhibin B, the more ovarian follicles present. The level of inhibin B that predicts a poor response to IVF treatment has not been established with this assay.
In males, inhibin B levels are higher in men with apparently normal fertility than in those with infertility and abnormal spermatogenesis. Serum inhibin B, when used in combination with FSH, is a more sensitive marker of spermatogenesis than FSH alone. However, the optimal level of inhibin B to assess male infertility has not been established.
Reference Values Describes reference intervals and additional information for interpretation of test results. May include intervals based on age and sex when appropriate. Intervals are Mayo-derived, unless otherwise designated. If an interpretive report is provided, the reference value field will state this.
0-23 months: <430 pg/mL
2-4 years: <269 pg/mL
5-7 years: <184 pg/mL
8-10 years: <214 pg/mL
11-13 years: <276 pg/mL
14-17 years: <273 pg/mL
Adults: <399 pg/mL
0-23 months: <111 pg/mL
2-4 years: <44 pg/mL
5-7 years: <27 pg/mL
8-10 years: <67 pg/mL
11-13 years: <120 pg/mL
14-17 years: <136 pg/mL
Follicular: <139 pg/mL
Luteal: <92 pg/mL
Postmenopausal: <10 pg/mL
Interpretation Provides information to assist in interpretation of the test results
Inhibin B levels are elevated in approximately 89% to 100% of patients with granulosa cell tumors and in approximately 55% to 60% of patients with epithelial ovarian tumors. A normal inhibin B level does not rule out a mucinous or granulosa ovarian cell tumor. Testing for inhibin A in these cases might be informative. Consider ordering INHAB / Inhibin A and B, Tumor Marker, Serum.
For monitoring of patients with known ovarian cancer, inhibin B levels decrease to very low or undetectable levels shortly after surgery. Elevations of inhibin B after treatment are suggestive of residual, recurrent, or progressive disease. In patients with recurrent disease, inhibin B elevation seems to be present earlier than clinical symptoms. Patients in remission show normal levels of inhibin B.
For infertility evaluation, an inhibin B level in the postmenopausal range is suggestive of a diminished or depleted ovarian reserve.
Cautions Discusses conditions that may cause diagnostic confusion, including improper specimen collection and handling, inappropriate test selection, and interfering substances
Inhibin values fluctuate during the menstrual cycle. Inhibin levels in premenopausal women should be interpreted with caution.
Do not interpret serum inhibin levels as absolute evidence of the presence or the absence of malignant disease. Use results in conjunction with information from the clinical evaluation of the patient and other diagnostic procedures.
Tumor markers are not specific for malignancy and values may vary by testing methodology. The same method should be used to serially monitor patients.
Some patients who have been exposed to animal antigens, either in the environment or as part of treatment or imaging procedures, may have circulating antianimal antibodies present. These antibodies may interfere with the assay reagents to produce unreliable results.
Clinical Reference Provides recommendations for further in-depth reading of a clinical nature
1. Mom CH, Engelen MJ, Willemse PH, et al: Granulosa cell tumors of the ovary: the clinical value of serum inhibin A and B levels in a large single center cohort. Gynecol Oncol 2007 May;105(2):365-372
2. Robertson DM, Pruysers E, Jobling T: Inhibin as a diagnostic marker for ovarian cancer. Cancer Lett 2007; 249:14-17
3. Jamieson S, Fuller PJ: Management of granulosa cell tumour of the ovary. Curr Opin Oncol 2008;20(5):560-564


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If you were a celeb and you could name your baby any name (or not name) you wanted what would you choose?
I came across a blog, unfortunately I can't remember the name of it, and it was of a mother with three girls, Pilot, Penn and Poet, the reasons that she called her childen these names were because her and her husband did not know people with these names and they wanted their children to become their own people.
If you had the courage what would you name your children?
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Don't tell them what the other company said as far as price.
It is almost certain that you will have to modify the foundation to make it deeper too - and that is MAJOR structural work.
You need a civil/geotechnical engineering firm with experience in foundation rehab and putting in basements under existing homes to design the process and prepare and seal the plans and specifications, which you will need before you can get a building permit for this. They will also be able to help you select either a foundation excavation or a house moving and jacking company to do the actual work for you.
The engineer can also help you with a cost estimate - because I think you will be surprised how much this is going to cost. I have designed or managed quite a few such jobs, from highrise buildings to homes, and even the smallest houses of about 600SF footprint ran at least $15,000, and generally house basement excavations run more like $25-40,000 unless the foundation was originally designed for it but for some reason the basement was never put in, which is VERY rare except in very deep frost areas were footings are occasionally deep enough to allow a basement to be dug without deepening them. I worked on a couple back east that ran about $100,000 each because they were old 2-story brick buildings, which are very sensitive to differential movements - probably like yours.
A couple of other factors to consider is that in doing this you are likely to get at least some minor drywall cracking and door and window jamming, and be sure the contractor is insured and bonded to the hilt and for the potential rebuild value of the house, not just the job cost, because a major mistake can turn your house into a teardown. Not common, but the less experienced the contractor the more likely he is to do something dramatically wrong, and at the same time the smaller and less experienced contractors generally have lower coverages so your risks is compounded in two ways. With a row home you have the added risk of damaging adjacent units.
One thing to consider cost wise before you go ahead - I have worked a couple of jobs where it turned out cheaper and far safer to scrap the digging in a basement idea and put in an addition with same footprint instead. However, looking back I see you are in a row home, so that is likely not going to work. However, being in a row home, especially if on the Potomac flats south or east of the capital area, the soil conditions are generally the pits once you get off the Georgetown heights, so putting a basement under a rowhome without disturbing the other ones is VERY difficult and pricey - I would be surprised if you could do it for less than $100,000.One other factor is utilities - one of the first things to do is check depth to any utilities like sewer lines, the Metro, etc - if you are over one of those that could well put your project totally out of the frame of reality.
You asked for a recommendation - one who specializes in this type of work that I would recommend, though your job might well be too small size for them - but they might be able to give you an engineer and contractor recommendation if so. Company name is Schnabel Foundation Company in Sterling Va and Bethesda, MD in your area - website www.schnabel.com. They could handle both the engineering and construction.
Wow - from way general to totally specific - nice job, you have your scope of work almost ready to contact potential bidders about giving a bid - just need to double check each item hads quantities attached to it, plus a plan with depths (or specify tie-in elevations to existing pipe and required drain/pipe slopes - say 1% or more). Search the List (in green banner bar) for Earthwork and Excavation contractors in your area with good reviews and ratings.
here is a very rough idea of costs - obviously you need bids to tie it down, this should just give you a ballpark to compare to - assuming all this work is done at the same time.
1) & 2) - Tree and rock maybe $100 - more like $200 if you want the stump totally rooted out rather than just the stump and root crown taken out.
3) Walk removal and disposal probably about $100-200 - maybe half if these are 3-4 inch individual concrete squares or rectangles that can be skidded to the side, the excavation and ground sloping done, then slid back into place with a backhoe or bobcat or by wood skids and prybar, eliminating the hauling and disposal cost.
4) Excavation and disposal of soil probably about $20-30/CY, because you are talking a small quantity. Cheaper if you have an on-site area it can be spread out onsite for disposal, or stockpiled in yard as a future project dirt pile, if that is suitable.
5) You don't say what the existing drain is - underground drain for downspouts maybe ? For shallow burial, probably about $5/LF or so. Why square - round is cheaper and far stronger for given material thickness.
6) Fence R&R probably about $150-200, depending on depth of posts and whether concreted in or not.
7) vegetation removal - not knowing how much, $100-200
8) Garden wall around $10-12/SF assuming excavated material from yard is suitable for the general backfill - remember should go 4-12 inches below grade for stability (4" for this wall, more like 6-12 for higher front wall)
Front/side yard:
1) Move large boulder - $50-100
2) vegetation removal and relocate 3 shrubs - $150-300 (not knowing how much vegetation orhow big shrubs are)
3) excavation at $20-30/CY again as above
4) sprinkler system relocate/repair - $75-150
5) garden wall around $12-15/SF as above including concrete footer needed for this height wall
6) area drain laterals about $5-10/LF, assuming not over 3 feet deep
7) slab drainage - I don't know where the quick lime idea came from, but this is a no-go - it will remove a small amount of water (maybe 5-20 gallons) from the soil one-time - it has no long term function as it will quickly become saturated. You are actually likely to have 5 wet circles in your concrete slab from this forever, as the lime will act as a soggy sponge, retaining water that would otherwise wick away. If you have or expect a basement slab moisture problem, then you need a sump pump with sump installed, and possibly (depending on how free-draining the base material under your slab is to carry waer to the sump pump) lateral drains cut in below the perimeter of the slab. Can run from $800-1500 range for a pump and pit depending on capacity and wiring situation, plus $500-1000 for an emergency battery-powered backup if desired. $1000-2500 range typically if lateral drains around the perimeter of the slab are necessary. Cheaper but sloppier and moisture-causing solution is small trenches or above-slab channels to carry the water to sump pump. These laterals are commonly held off on till you see if the sump pump can handle the issue itself, ASSUMING you have unfinished basement so a bit of seepage aroundbthe slab does no more damage than needing a mopping up. Personally, unless you have a continual seepage of water into basement or it is finished so leakage is critical, I would leave sump pump and drains for later - to see if your surface drainage changes eliminates the basement dampness problem, which it commonly does unless your water table rises to the basement slab level. Also, having a sump pump implies water issues and tolls against any future buyer finishing an unfinished basement, so it detracts from resale value if you have one.
Note these are off-the-cuff type numbers, NOT any sort of deliberate estimate - but I felt it was better to give you a ballpark than to just say go get estimates. Except for the floor drains, this sounds like a good job for a small 1-3 man excavation and hauling company, but make sure they have experience in putting in drain pipe and block walls and have good references in that area.
Note- if you are inclined to do it yourself work and have the time, most of this is good homeowner home improvement project material. You could have a contractor with a bobcat or small tractor with small backhoe come and pull the fence posts out (you could remove the above-ground apart easily), trench for the pipes, maybe move the rocks and sidewalk (though you could do that yourself with a few scraps of wood as skids and a 5 foot prybar assuming the walk is in piece, not continuously reinforced, and to do the bulk excavation and hauling for you, leaving the vegetation clearing, pipe work, trench backfilling, final slope dressing, block wall building, transplanting, etc to you - could cut your cost about 1/3-1/2. Basement slab drainage I consider a separate issue which would not cost significantly different if done as part of this job, or later if drainage channels or slab french drains are deemed necessary.
For the excavation - remember to get utility locates - I recommend once for bidding so they know where utilities are, then require the bidder to get relocates just before excavation starts. Gas, telephone, cable TV are commonly less than a foot down - water and sewer usually 3 feet or more but don't count on it. Also worry about septic system is you have that, and any power or water lines to/from well if you have a well. Plus of course your sprinkler system if in the way of proposed excavation.
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WARNING!: This pumpkin is extremely dangerous and you definitely should not make one of these. The instructions were posted here are for entertainment purposes only. I do not condone the manufacture or use of flamethrowing jack-o'-lanterns. Seriously, nothing good will come of making one of these. Don't do it.
Step 1: Go get stuff
For carving the jack-o'-lantern, you will need:
- A large pumpkin (mine was probably about 18" in diameter)
- An assortment of cutting knives. Serrated seemed to work the best.
- A marker
- Paper and pencil
- Scissors
- A spoon
- Other scraping implements. I found a chisel worked very well.
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- SquidBee transmitter and receiver. I had these lying around from a previous project. Any Arduino/Xbee combination should do.
- An extra ATMEGA168 or ATMEGA28 (only if using the Squidbee setup above as the receiver has no chip)
- Small can of WD-40
- 12" x 12" x 1/8" sheet of black acrylic
- SPST 5V relay
- Perfboard
- 5" x 2.5" x 2" project box.
- SPST momentary pushbutton switch
- 10K resistor
- (x2) 9V battery snap
- (x2) M-type plug adapters
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- 16" x 2" x 1/4" aluminum extrusion
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won't be better to put a spark generator in the pumpkin rather than candle?
Hmmm - bringing tricks back to Halloween. I laughed my ass off the second I saw this one!! I agree it's a bit... extreme but what a cool idea!!
The WD40 formula has changed, and will no longer work for this. You might be able to find aerosol hair spray.
I made something very similar to this last halloween. I removed the pump mechanism from an electric weed sprayer, and secured it inside a jack o lantern. I also connected a gas tank of lighter fluid to the back of the pumpkin, and extended the battery pack by about ten feet and inside my house. I then placed an ordinary candle inside the jack o lantern, and sprayed flame by activating the pump from inside the house. Not exactly wireless, but you couldn't tell how it was powered.
The neat thing about this design was that the tank could be filled with any oother liquid such as water or fake blood. The effect was pretty cool.
Wood isn't as flammable as most people think.
A 1-channel RF remote like this would be much easier/cheaper/faster:
Dude who is passing by: pit pat pit pat, walks up stairs to knocks on door*
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The forum was hosted by state Delegates Barbara Comstock (R-Springfield) and Tim Hugo (R-Centreville) and addressed how to identify local trafficking and how to increase awareness about its continuing threat to Northern Virginia communities.
"My office has been briefed by local law enforcement officials about trends they are seeing in the recruitment of unsuspecting minors," said U.S. Rep. Frank Wolf (R-VA 10th District).
"Facebook features prominently, as do more traditional teenage hangouts including the malls — like Tysons Corner just up the street."
According to officials, traffickers, including increasingly local gangs, will target unsuspecting, and typically insecure teenage girls as young as 13 or 14 who are seeking attention and affection.
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"That led police to a sex trafficking ring right here in a local high school," she said.
"Robinson High School a year or so ago, affluent neighborhoods, affluent kids, it was happening there," Hugo later added.
Fairfax County detectives and the FBI recently uncovered a gang-controlled sex trafficking ring in which teenage girls were victimized and sexually exploited for financial gain by the "Underground Gangster Crips" gang. The investigation showed that over a six year period, inside local high schools and via social media networks, gang members and associates attempted to recruit more than 800 teenage girls to work as prostitutes. The gang lured at least eight juvenile girls and several adult women into prostitution, gave them drugs and alcohol to keep them numb and compliant, and controlled them through violent intimidation including chokings, beatings and rape.
In March of 2012, five gang members and associates were arrested and charged with sex trafficking of minors. Each defendant was convicted of this offense and sentenced to between 10 and 40 years in prison.
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Most of us grow up having always known to touch wood or cross our fingers, and what happens when a princess kisses a frog or a boy pulls a sword from a stone, yet sadly, some of these things are now beginning to be forgotten. Legends, myths, and fairy tales: our world is made up of the stories we told ourselves about where we came from and how we got there. It is the same on Discworld, except that beings which on Earth are creatures of the imagination - like vampires, trolls, witches, and possibly, gods - are real, alive and in some cases kicking on the Disc.
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"An interesting listen"
As a big fan of Pratchett I had to check out this book and I found it interesting in general though I usually look for audiobooks I can listen to over and over. I can't imagine listening to this as often as most of my audiobooks but I don't regret getting this book as it compares the lore of our world to the lore of Discworld and I found it quite interesting. But if you are looking for another good story of Discworld this is not it. However if you often find yourself thinking "Where did Pratchett come up with that?", you should find this book interesting as well.
My favorite genres are absurdist humor, Sci-fi & modern fantasy, but, as you can see, I'll read just about anything. Don't mind the typos.
"I wish it could never end."
This is the perfect companion to the series and a educating look back at the books I love. If you enjoy the discworld I would reccomend this one.
"Mostly a very interesting listen"
I am a huge fan of Terry Pratchett and I quite enjoyed listening to some the background behind the myths and tales from which the discworld borrows. My only complaint is that is spent far too many chapters talking about the Tiffany Aching novels and not enough time on the earlier works. Further, I would have loved to have Nation and Long earth included in the analysis even though they aren't discworld books. However, overall it was quite informative, interesting, and entertaining.
"Never knew how well researched Discworld books are"
Among the best, despite the potential spoilers if you haven't listened to/read a lot of the series.
I always thought Pratchett just had a crazy imagination, but the majority of his characters & theories are taken from Earthly lore. This book shows how much effort he goes to in researching his writing.
I haven't, but I've listened to every other Discworld narrator. I'd rank him second behind Steven Briggs. I didn't like his portrayal of the Feegles. They are supposed to be quick in everything they do but he dragged out their speech.
How many magpie rhymes do you know?
Serious spoiler alerts if you haven't read/listened to a lot of the Discworld series. Other than that it's great to hear how much goes into the writing of the series.
"Actually pretty great for a non-Discword fan"
I personally don't get on with Fenton-Stevens' reading. I think I've listened to other readings by him, and there's something I find a little grating about his tone - a kind of heavy-handed emphasis, where for something like Pratchett-related stuff I think a drier, subtler reading works better.
I say I think a non-Pratchett fan would enjoy the book because despite the title, the book is really about the folklore of the Earth, using the Discwrold books as a jumping-off point. This makes sense because practically very bit of folklore in the books is based - often surprisingly - on genuine Earth folklore. Critics who don't actually read Pratchett often give him the side-eye for filling his books with things that can't possibly belong to real literature (a world on the back of four elephants and a turtle, treacle mines, verruca gnomes etc) but this book demonstrates how much of the Disc is built not out of a crazed imagination but solid Earth myth and lore.Which is not to detract from the genius mind that put it all together in unique form; the book in fact serves to demonstrate just how learned and wise Pratchett is as a writer.I'm not sure this book added much to my enjoyment of the Discworld books themselves - Pratchett may have used Earth materials, but he has made them so much part of the Disc in the writing that knowing the origins of the ideas often doesn't add very much for me - but it was a fascinating look at folklore in general. There's also a lovely interview recorded at the end between Practhett and folklorist Jaqueline Simpson. Folklore is certainly an area I plan to read more about now.
I listen to books while I do the repetitive part of my job and while I do yard work. I can't use audiobooks that require strict attention.
"This is not a story"
I was expecting expansion of the myths and tall tales that are referred to by the characters of the DiscWorld. Instead, I found a comparative analysis of DiscWorld and Our World myths and legends.
It isn't uninteresting, but it isn't what I expected.
"A look into the folklore origins of Discworld."
This book can be alternatively a fascinating and a slog to get through. When I purchased it I was hoping for a more narrative approach to the material like the science of Discworld series where the chapters alternate between a chapter of narrative story and a chapter describing the science behind the elements of that narrative. The Folklore of Discworld instead is a straight up concordance of all of Discworld's magical creatures, sayings, and traditions and where Terry Pratchett got his inspiration for them in traditions and mythologies of Earth.
The book is broken down into Discworld locations, Lancre, The Chalk, Ankh-Morpork, etc... The places are then further broken down into the creatures and folklore of that location and where the elements of those stories came from. A strange aspect of the Folklore of Discworld is that It never says that the real world counterparts were influences on Terry Pratchett, but instead treats Discworld as it it were a real place and chalks up the similarities it has to our world to Narrativium. The fictional Element on the Disc that causes it to resonate with other worlds and evolve similar folklore.
The reader does as best as he can with the material since there is no story to speak of. He does get a few character voices wrong (For example he at first reads Magrat's quotes like an old woman, but later realizes that she is a younger character), but overall does a great job.
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I realy like that I can hear the folk lore of Discworld. It is one of my pations to colect storrys, and how bether to do it then via Discworld and retelling of Terry Prattcet?
This was an amazing study of folklore and of all os us in a comically Pratcehettesque manner. The study of the isms of Diskworld in juxtaposition of our own human beliefs of the things we all know but don't understand.
"Not Much New Information"
This is a very good book for those about mid-level familiarity with the series. If you've read it all, you know most of this. There is a lot of interesting information on folklore here, but there's more Discworld summation than new folklore tidbits, and it's a long wait from one to another. Worth it, but not by too much.
This is good for the devoted fan or the moderately curious, but know that most of it is review for the well-read Morporkian.
"Very Disappointing"
The narrator appeared to have no interest in the book and read most of it in a very flat, almost monotonic voice, sounding thoroughly bored. Where he attempted to produce voices for the characters he was quite poor, IMO. The only thing that would improve this audio-book would be a complete re-recording with a narrator who had considerably more empathy.
Listening to the discussion between the two authors at the very end.
He showed no interest and less empathy, losing any trace of the whimsey inherent in any Pratchett book.
Grave disappointment.
We own this in paper format too, and I enjoyed it so much that I wanted it in this format to enjoy on the go. A couple of mispronunciations pulled me out of the narration a few times, but this is such a great book. Full of fascinating insights into the Discworld and our own folklore. It's also worth buying the whole audiobook just for the interview at the end with PTerry and Jacqueline Simpson.
"Where do the Disk world and ours touch"
If you enjoy disk world (I do) the this helps you recognize where the folk lore of disk world draws on ours and may be where in the future our folk lore will draw on that of disk world
Yes because whilst not as enjoyable as other disk world novels as there is no continual narrative it made other disk world novel's references clearer
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Hey woogawelder,
I did just what you are planning to do and I don't reccommend it. It's not just a matter of finding work but also you're fresh out of school and don't have the experience. It's one thing to do stringer beads all day in a flat position on a nice welding table in a nice shop, but that's never what needs to be welded on! Not to say you're not good or anything (i haven't seen your work so I don't know) but there's so much more to welding than laying down stringer beads all day. You really should get some experience in a shop first before you go out on your own. You need to learn the way things are really done and all the tricks that can save you out in the field. A big part of mobile welding is repair and repair takes a lot of weld preperation (grinding, sanding, air arc gouging, etc.). Also, you will find so many costs and things you need to buy that you never anticipated (consumables, gases, tools, welding blankets, etc, etc, etc...).
I would reccommend you start out slow and get the word out. Don't expect advertising to work instantly; word of mouth is much better. Make up some nice business cards and hand them out to people. I sent out a "flyer" to about 10 different vineyards in the area with my business card mounted on a magnet in the envelope. A couple months later, one of those vineyards called me because they kept the card on the fridge. After I did the job for them, they reccommended me to another vineyard who has continually kept coming back to me with work. Bottom line, If you do good work, people will come back to you and the word will get around.
As far as truck vs. trailer, get at least a 3/4 ton truck and mount the welder in the back. Then use this truck for your daily driving, people will see you welder (especially the Miller blue ) and ask you about welding. I've got jobs before from just driving around town!
Anyways, I could probably go on forever so, good luck! I hope you are very successful...Oh and one more thing, never get discouraged !
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Thread: I want to be my own boss!!!!
05-19-2007, 10:50 AM #12Junior Member
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I understand. But I would like to clarify breifly what I've been doing in class. First as I progressed through stick my instructor started putting me in a some very awckward positions. Layin on my back, standin on a ladder doin overhead, layin sidways on a table and runnin verticle etc.... I infact did the same all through mig. I agree with your point but I have to believe that Im gettin an above average instruction and experience. Now having said that I dont mean to sound like I know it all cuz I sure as shootin dont. I simply believe that I'll be better prepared to handle unexpected situations than the next guy down the road. God I hope I dont sound ****y because I really dont mean to. Im gonna stop while Im ahead!
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Go back to that grant thing for start up costs. How does that work?
05-19-2007, 11:43 AM #14Junior Member
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Lots of folks were tellin me that they knew people who got grants rangin from 500 to thousands of dollars to start small business. I did some research and it looks like its true. Im in the preliminary stages of applying.
Not meaning to be dicouraging
I'm going with Dabeldesign on this one.
In no way am I trying to diminish what your instructors are trying to teach you but that is still in a classroom. It's not going to prepare you very well for rebuilding the c-frame of a D8 cat out in the bush at 20 below when the phone rings at 2 in the morning. An extreme example yes, but you get the point. You have been given valuable advice - get a steady job, and built up your experience, reputation, and clientelle as you go. Upgrade your equipment as you can afford. Then when you're ready, you'll hit the ground running instead of falling flat on your face.
I've been where you are. I went out on my own with a single unit trucking company. I never received a complaint for the work I performed. I never had a customer that didn't call back, I had top notch equipment - but without the proper connections, the work is not steady enough, and I couldn't survive. Now it's three years later, I still have my contracting on the side, but it's pretty much dormant. I discontinued the WCB coverage etc. because I haven't generated revenue with it for a while. I've taken on a shop job with steady income to dig myself out of the hole I dug with the trucking company. Everything is still in place though so I can re-activate my company with a couple of phone calls.
Listen to the advice you have been given. I appreciate your desire to go out on your own..... I am just trying to save you from making my mistakes.
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the big thing is probaly advertising since your just starting,, i'd go with the trailer tho .. and yah you could tow it behind a motorcycle just not a good idea.. don't doubt yourself tho if you want to start a company you probaly can it's just alot of hours to get it going and keep it running as apposed to working for somone else.Jorgensen MFG.
Custom trailers:from utility to semi trailers i make em all.
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Are you hinging this whole business thing on getting this grant?
Bankrupt by 20 years old
Bad side:
I can't say enough of these guys looking out for your back !!! Lot of 'em tried to do their own business. VERY long hours, work all day, then doing all the paperwork at night = that IS your life; extra costs that you never expected, list goes on. So many of us did that (I tried other little side businesses, not welding), that now we err on the side of caution. when I talk to other small businesses, they threw their arm,leg, and the baby also! Used all the credit cards to the max, etc. Very few made it well, 95% failed miserably. You may have grants coming, but no contacts or jobs lined up!!! At least not for full time work! You may want to get experience first, then use those grants for when you really ARE ready! Buiild up your portfolio, then do it, otherwise, if you fail, you won't be able to get grants/loans again!
Good Side:
Who the heck wants to work for "the man?" Not us!!! If you are willing to do the work and bust your butt, it's up to you. things to consider:
1) Can you do small things in your garage before renting commercial space?
a) commercial space=electric,insurance,water,etc. Although building
(noise) in your garage might p off the neighbors!
b)start with small projects: truck racks, small gates, etc.
2) Vinyl magnetic sign on your truck doors vs. carrying around your welder.
a) Although it's cool to have your welding machine and oxy/acet tanks on
your truck, think about theft and sucking more gas with the extra weight.
b) Welding machine on your trailer, use it only when you need it.
3) Advertising in newspaper: usually wasting your money then passing out
business cards,handing out flyers, talking to people at home improvement
shops,design centers,contractors,welding stores.
4) Start your portfolio: Have pictures of what you built to show potential
clients (and us )
5) Business classes: I went to a really good entrepeneurship class ($400)
that basically we went through a cd tutorial and listed all of our business
expenses (instructors helped a LOT with ideas)
6) grants: if you are part of a minority group (ie: Indian,Native Hawaiian, etc.)
there are a lot of grants out there for start up companies). Unfortunately,
here in Hawaii, if you went to jail for drug use, there are HUGE grants for
starting up your own business (ha! think THAT'S fair?!!!)
We HOPE you do good, but we don't want you to have to sell your 1st born!
This forum is excellent, with excellent people as was mentioned before, I wish I had my own house that I could invite everyone over for a BBQ
1st REAL advice I have: Plan, right out expenses (labor,material and other expenses,layout, and build a welding trailer: see how close you are at getting the money you want with the time it takes you. that will be a good start!
*I had a friend that designed and built trailers all his life. When I met him, he
was averaging over $120,000/yr. before he retired. BUT, he went to
engineering school for 2 years and worked for a welding company for 6
years before he went out on his own and started building trailers on the
The Island of Hawaii (Big Island) has 7 mobile welding trailers on the Kona side. They said they haver work for 7 more. So much construction! No one charges less than $70/hour. they do mostly repair work on 'dozers and other heavy equipment. Lot of weldors aren't that good, repairs break less than 2 days, and no one will ever call you again! Word gets around too fast! But what I see from this forum, most guys would charge 1/2 that, depending on your area.
Sorry for being long winded, just watching out for your back
bertI'm not late...
I'm just on Hawaiian Time
Hey woogawelder just dig a little deeper into your research please.
still have your business but also have a regular job to for awhile anyway.
And most of all dont get discouraged.
not to change the subject...
Hey Bert! My brother lives in Kona and he almost had me convinced to ship my welding rig over and move out there. I've been there a couple times to visit him and there's SO much construction and not enough weldors....


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Popular, pretty Bianca Stratford (Larisa Oleynik) is in dilemma. A family rule forbids her from dating until her unpopular, rebellious, boy-hating older sister Kat (Julia Stiles) gets a suitor of her own. In an attempt to win Bianca, a potential boyfriend (Andrew Keegan) desperately attempts to set Kat up with Patrick Verona (Heath Ledger), another rebel whom may just be able to win Kat's heart.
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The boys reflected the next day on the game with a recovery training session in the morning and then a guided tour and some free time in Madrid. They also got to meet a legend in World soccer in Fernando Hierro, captain of Spain and Real Madrid for over 10 years who also appreared in 4 World Cups.
Wednesday sees an even tougher test with the boys facing Real Madrid's Academy team at the Ciudad Real Madrid. Having watched the team demolish a league opponent 8-1 early this week, the guys are anxious to see how they match up against some of the world's best youth players. The game will be followed by a trip back to the Estadio Santiago Bernabeu, to see Real Madrid in Champions League action.


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With album titles like Apokalypsis and The Grime and The Glow, it shouldn't be much of a surprise that the music of singer-songwriter Chelsea Wolfe is almost universally described as "dark." The Sacramento native, who currently resides in Lala, recently completed her third album, Unknown Rooms: A Collection of Acoustic Songs. But, this time around her music is as beautiful as it is bleak. Unlike her first two LPs, which mixed industrial elements with folk, pop, and more, Unknown Rooms features a spare assortment of songs she had previously shelved and later decided to revisit.
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WGN-TV entertainment critic Dean Richards was among the outlets talking to Gomez during her media blitz. "You're, you know, probably as close a friend to Justin Bieber as they come," he said. "Is there something about him that we don't get or we don't understand? I mean, there is one story after another of, you know, pretty outrageous behavior that we're reading about."
At first the "Come & Get It" singer looked down uncomfortably ― almost as if she were wishing away the awkward situation ― and then she smiled to someone off-camera. Despite Gomez's obvious hesitation, Richards pressed on, following with, "What don't we get about him or what is it that he's not getting out there?"
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A rep for Gomez has not yet responded to omg!'s request for comment, so it's unclear whether the disconnection was intentional or if it was some type of glitch (the latter of which occasionally happens during satellite tours). The timing, though, seems to indicate it was no accident.
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"Mark Sanchez is the ex-quarterback of the Jets. He's done. He's finished. He's earned a demotion and an eventual ticket out of town. It is just a question of when."
"If Sanchez was an average quarterback, the Jets would have knocked off the Houston Texans on Monday night in an upset special. "
"Nobody should be surprised. Mark Sanchez can't protect the football. He is totally inaccurate."
"On our SiriusXM NFL Radio show, former NFL MVP Rich Gannon explained, "A quarterback needs to know who he is throwing the ball to." Cumberland needed the ball in the bread basket. Sanchez simply can't deliver."
"And we haven't even gotten to the worst part of the Sanchez act. Mark Sanchez consistently flunks the fifth quarter."
"Klecko brilliantly summed up what he heard: "Sanchez is becoming a good loser.""
"In reality, the Jets don't have a quarterback. John Madden said it perfectly on our "Madden Football" show on SiriusXM NFL Radio when he said, "Maybe it isn't either. Instead, it's neither.""


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House Speaker John Boehner is a poker-playing legislator who appreciates foreplay. And he's been in the game so long that his definition of foreplay is a subcommittee markup.
The context is immigration, and Boehner is certain a deal will be struck in this Congress. This is among the many nuggets to emerge from a 46-minute interview Boehner gave to correspondents and TV anchors hours before the State of the Union address Tuesday.
Other revelations:
- The sequester will happen March 1 unless Senate Democrats hurry up and pass an alternative backed by President Obama. If they don't act, House Republicans won't budge an inch to stop what Boehner called the "meat-ax" from falling.
- Tax reform is dead.
- Gun control is on life support.
- When it comes to entitlement reform, Obama is gutless.
- One other thing: Boehner doesn't tweet. (Based on recent experience, he may be on to something.)
Seriously, Boehner's certainty on immigration reform signals as loudly as anything—as loud as Sen. Marco Rubio's prominence as the State of the Union responder and his transformation on the issue—that Republicans are dying to find compromise. But it will take time. When asked if the House GOP was ready to join Rubio in backing a path to citizenship for the estimated 11 million illegal immigrants here now, Boehner demurred.
"How about a little foreplay? Slow down. Let these things work their way along," he said.
Boehner, though optimistic about immigration reform, is skeptical of a comprehensive bill. "Big, comprehensive bills carry lots of risk," he said. "You can move an immigration bill—various pieces of it." That's one potential complication, a potentially large one. Boehner won't commit to a big bill until he sees the language and can count noses on both sides of the House. In other words, more foreplay.
On the question of entitlement cuts and spine, Boehner was brutally honest about Obama.
"I think he'd like to deal with it, but to do the kind of heavy lifting that needs to be done, I don't [think] he has the guts to go do it," Boehner said. "He doesn't have the courage to take on the liberal side of his own party. I'm sorry, but it's clear as a bell to me."
When reminded that Obama often says it doesn't take courage for Republicans to seek cuts to health care for seniors (Medicare) or the poor (Medicaid), Boehner grew exasperated.
"We're not talking about cuts, we're not talking about hurting people. We're talking about saving programs that will not exist if we don't get serious. You tell me what's worse: having some tweaks in a program, or having no program at all? Come on! He's running up over $5 trillion of new debt in the last four years. How much more is he going to run us into the sewer?"
Boehner described in rich detail his talks with Obama during the August 2011 debt crisis and the December fiscal-cliff negotiations (incidentally, Boehner's last substantive legislative conversation with Obama occurred just before Christmas). I asked Boehner why he gave in so early in the fiscal-cliff talks on GOP ideas to reform Medicare (premium support) and Medicaid (block grants to the states).
"There was a lot of discussion about them," he said. "There was a lot of discussion from the president, too. [He said] no way, shape, or form. All right. If you won't do premium support, what will you do? And that's where eligibility and combining Part A and B, having a Medigap reform [came up]. There are a lot of other things that can be done on Medicaid—we had a lot of Medicaid reductions on the table in August of 2011. December of 2012—all off the table. Can't do anything. I said 'Nothing?' Nothing. Trust me, I've had it all on the table. But the president hasn't been willing to do it."
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Boehner did give Obama credit for embracing a change in the federal benefit inflation calculations. But Boehner demands a high courage quotient and wants more. The White House contends Obama can't go any further.
"Changing the inflator across our government, commonly known as chained CPI, is a big step in the right direction that has significant savings in the first 10 years, and in the out years it has a huge savings," Boehner said. "It's time we put Medicare eligibility on a path to age 67 over the next 20-25 years."
Those ideas may get kicked around again if there is a return to the bargaining table. It's all a poker game with big stakes and a lot of silent eyeballing across an expanse of partisan mistrust.
But Boehner won't pick up the phone first. He will try to sweat Democrats on the sequester, using the lever of across-the-board spending cuts to drive Obama back to the table on entitlement spending cuts.
House Republicans now believe negotiations with Obama have allowed Senate Democrats to sit on the sidelines and avoid tough budget votes. When Boehner purrs about the benefits of "regular order," what he means is forcing Senate Democrats to walk the budget and appropriations gauntlet they've avoided during most of Obama's presidency.
If they don't, sequester happens, and the nation and its modestly recovering economy begin to be stalked by a potential government shutdown and default crisis. Boehner says he has no crystal ball and can't predict any outcomes. And if you thought tax reform might be the crucible for a big deal, forget it.
"The president's gotten his revenue," Boehner said five times, to drive home the point that tax reform must be revenue-neutral. "We'd love to do tax reform. Why go through all that effort if it's not going anywhere? Whenever I started a legislative effort, I always tried to look at the end of the line. Where do I want to end up? And then I could start a lot of different places, but I knew where I wanted to end up. And we know where we'd like to end up, and it's probably not in line with where the president would want to end up."
Sounds grim, Boehner conceded.
"We've got a divided country, we have a divided Congress, and we have a divided government. But I'm of the opinion that sometimes that actually is the time when you can come to an agreement on lots of issues. But you have to creep before you can walk."
I guess we need to change the cliché. Can Washington creep and chew gum at the same time? Maybe if there's enough foreplay.
This article appears in the February 13, 2013 edition of NJ Daily as Boehner Unplugged.
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So Shane, what led you down the path towards anti-semitism?
Hey MC, it's not too late to vote for me in the FH March Madness!
This dude is FORTY-ONE and behaves like this on the Internet. Wow.
Guarantee this dude is drawing disability checks and pounding on the keyboard of his Toshiba Satellite laptop from his couch. Probably has the shakes and sucks air thru his oxygen tank.