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Knee replacement surgery — also known as knee arthroplasty (ARTH-row-plas-tee) — can help relieve pain and restore function in severely diseased knee joints. During knee replacement, a surgeon cuts away damaged bone and cartilage from your thighbone, shinbone and kneecap and replaces it with an artificial joint made of metal alloys, high-grade plastics and polymers.
The first artificial knees were little more than crude hinges. Now, you and your doctor can choose from a wide variety of designs that take into account your age, weight, activity level and overall health. Most knee replacement joints attempt to replicate your knee's natural ability to roll and glide as it bends.
The most common reason for knee replacement surgery is to repair joint damage caused by osteoarthritis or rheumatoid arthritis. People who need knee replacement surgery usually have problems walking, climbing stairs, and getting in and out of chairs. They may also experience moderate or severe knee pain at rest.
As with any surgery, knee replacement surgery carries risks, including:
Although the risk of infection is low, notify your doctor immediately if you notice:
An infected knee replacement usually requires surgery to remove the artificial parts and antibiotics to kill the bacteria. After the infection is cleared, another surgery is performed to install a new knee. Your chances of a good or excellent outcome that reduces pain and improves function decline with each additional surgery.
Another risk of knee replacement surgery is failure of the artificial joint. Subjected to daily stress, even the strongest metal and plastic parts eventually wear out. You're at a greater risk of joint failure if you put more stress on the joint with high-impact activities or excessive weight.
An orthopedic surgeon performs knee replacement procedures. Before the procedure, the surgeon takes your medical history and performs a physical examination to assess your knee's range of motion, stability and strength. X-rays can help determine the extent of knee damage.
Knee replacement surgery requires anesthesia to make you comfortable during surgery. Your input and personal preference help the team decide whether to use general anesthesia, which renders you unconscious during the operation, or spinal or epidural anesthesia, during which you are awake but can't feel any pain from your waist down.
Your doctor or anesthesiologist may advise you to stop taking certain medications and dietary supplements before your surgery. You'll likely be instructed not to eat anything after midnight before your surgery.
For several weeks after the procedure, you may need the assistance of crutches or a walker. Make advance arrangements for transportation home from the hospital and help with everyday tasks such as cooking, bathing and doing laundry. If you live alone, your surgeon's staff can suggest a temporary caretaker.
To make your home safer and easier to navigate during recovery, consider making the following improvements:
During the procedure, your knee is in a bent position so that all surfaces of the joint are fully exposed. After making an incision about 6 to 10 inches (15 to 25 centimeters) in length, your surgeon moves aside your kneecap and cuts away the damaged joint surfaces.
After the joint surfaces are prepared, the surgeon inserts and attaches the pieces of the artificial joint. Before closing the incision, he or she bends and rotates your knee, testing and balancing it to ensure that it functions properly. Expect knee replacement surgery to last about two hours.
After surgery, you're wheeled to a recovery room for one to two hours. You're then moved to your hospital room, where you typically stay for a couple of days before going home. You may feel some pain, but medications prescribed by your doctor should help control it.
During the hospital stay, you're encouraged to move your foot and ankle, which increases blood flow to your leg muscles and helps prevent swelling and blood clots. You may need to receive blood thinners and wear support hose or compression boots to further protect against swelling and clotting.
The day after surgery, a physical therapist shows you how to exercise your new knee. During the first few weeks after surgery, you're more likely to experience a good recovery if you follow all of your surgeon's instructions concerning wound care, diet and exercise. Your physical activity program needs to include:
Most people who have a knee replacement experience significant pain relief, improved mobility and a better overall quality of life. Talk with your doctor about what you can expect from knee replacement surgery.
Four to six weeks after knee replacement surgery, you generally can resume most normal daily activities such as shopping and light housekeeping. Driving is also possible at around four weeks if you can bend your knee far enough to sit in a car and you have enough muscle control to properly operate the brakes and accelerator.
After you've recovered, you can enjoy a variety of low-impact activities, such as walking, swimming, golfing or biking. But you should avoid higher impact activities — such as jogging, skiing, tennis, and sports that involve contact or jumping. Talk to your doctor about your limitations.
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MURRAY — It's Friday night and the lights switch on.
This is where playmakers shine.
Murray's Andrew Rider is a playmaker.
Once the ball is snapped and it leaves the foot of the opposing team's punter, Rider starts tracking the ball. He takes one last peak to see where his blockers are, and then, he makes sure he securely catches the ball.
Then, it's showtime. And Rider does what he does best — he makes plays.
Rider has become one of the state's most prolific playmakers on the football field, and he's nearing a mark that would make him one of the nation's best playmakers.
Rider ranks first in Iowa history with six career interception returns for a touchdown. That mark puts him one behind the national record set by Dick Maurer of Oregon in 1969.
He is second all-time nationally in interception returns for a touchdown in one season, with the four he has returned this year. He's one short of the national record in that category.
Rider is first all-time in Iowa history for career punt returns for a touchdown with nine. The all-time national record is 11 punt returns for a touchdown, putting the shifty senior within reach of that record.
He is currently tied for second all-time in the state of Iowa for career kickoff returns for a touchdown with six.
Rider never expected to be in a position where he was breaking state records and would have a chance to break national records.
"It didn't really cross my mind," he said. "All I really wanted to do was play football and start and play for the Mustangs."
Return specialist
But what makes Rider such a good returner on the football field?
"I think part of it is he has excellent vision and he sees holes ahead of time," Murray head coach Keith Shields said. "The other thing about him is his ability to stop and make a cut and re-accelerate better than anybody I've ever had around here. You put all those things together and he's had an outstanding career for us in all phases of the game, but in the return game, especially."
For Rider, it's all about trusting his teammates and his teammates trusting him. Winning the special teams battle on the football field is an important part of the game for Rider and the rest of the Mustangs.
"You always want a good special teams," he said. "I think that's what gets our momentum going as a team, gets us fired up."
Kick vs. punt
On punt return, once Rider has caught the ball, he has just a split second to make his decision where he's going.
That initial decision, along with picking up a good block from his teammates goes a long way in deciding the fate of that particular return.
"That's one less person to worry about," he said about picking up a block. "That gives us a higher chance of getting a touchdown and giving our offense a break."
Rider said punt returns require a little bit of luck, much more so than on a kick return, where he knows he'll have a wall of blockers.
"On a punt, it's just kind of whoever gets their guy, and I guess I'd say it's luck," he said. "Just go with the flow — whoever makes the blocks, go that way."
Shields said that approach is by design for the Mustangs.
"In particular, on a punt return, it's a situation where we don't even set up a return right or a return left," Shields said. "Part of our strategy most of the time has been for our defenders to attack the other team's punt team and keep them from getting off the ball, and give Andrew and our other returners the opportunity to use his skills and make plays. There's a lot of blocks that have been made over the years that have sprung him for touchdowns, but there's a lot of natural ability in those, as well."
Shields and Rider agree the most memorable return of Rider's career so far, was his return of the opening kickoff in last year's historic state semifinal game against Gilbertville Don Bosco in the UNI-Dome last year.
"I broke my wrist at the end of the our season against Lamoni and missed all of our playoff games," Rider said. "I had a full-arm cast on my wrist. I got it cut off halfway down so I could play, just the day before the game.
"I got out there, beginning of the game and they kick it off and I take it back for a touchdown," he continued. "The crowd yelling and all the adrenaline rush, it's just something I'll never forget."
Since moving from linebacker last year to safety this year, Rider has found himself picking off opposing quarterbacks much more often. In fact, he had an interception return for a touchdown in Murray's first four games this year.
It's an area of the game that Shields believes he's really improved this year.
"His pass defense has improved," Shields said. "He has the ability to break on the ball, and if he gets his hand on the ball, he has the ability to make plays."
It's a different approach for Rider, now that he's at safety.
"Last year I was at linebacker and was trying to take a step forward and reading and trying to come in on the runs," he said. "Now, I'm back at safety and have to relax and always think pass first, and step back and read."
Rider would like to continue his playing career after high school, but for now, he's just happy to be a Mustang.
And who knows? With at least five more games left in the season and Murray poised for a playoff push, maybe he'll end his Mustang career with a national record.

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Skagway's history is intriguing so it should come as no surprise that the Skagway Museum is one of the finest in the Inside Passage. It occupies the entire first floor of the century-old McCabe Building, a former college, and is devoted to various aspects of local history, including Alaska Native baskets, beadwork and carvings and, of course, the Klondike Gold Rush. The display drawing the most looks is the small pistol Soapy Smith kept up his sleeve.
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I use a floor jack to get it to the halfway point & set it on jack stands, then use this extension I welded up to raise it the rest of the way.
As top heavy as it seems it might be, it is surprising stable. I turned the pin that fits in the jack on the lathe so there is nearly 0 slop in the fit. Even so, it only gets used on the flat concrete floor & I am careful to stay as clear of the car as possible until the stands are slid in place, just in case. The "Z" only weighs 1,400 lbs. at this point, but we've had my son's 95 Camaro up on the stands to do exhaust work.
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I've thought of making an extension for my jack before, but never had a reason to really follow through with it. Now that I've seen these stands, I think I have a reason. I always hoped to come across a real cheap vehicle ramp from a used car lot or something - at least until I had a place I could get a lift. Your idea is a much more reasonable solution to get the car high and not take up too much room when it's not being used.
Great idea, and great looking car too!
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What you have been able to show in a few photos is that this is not as difficult as some of the poster's here have made out.
Obviously you are a constructor who has not become so extremely concerned about the trivial crap (and other people's abilities to weld) that appears to have confused some people into NOT sharing their knowledge!
I commenced my ramps project, though it was placed on hold because of other commitments, 2 family funeral's, as well as my travel away from home, but I am planning to get them finished in the next few weeks, and will certainly place photos up here afterward!
I am welding now using my 240vac inverted to
Also, these mini spool mig guns are just awesome and the welds, well they are comparable to the BIG professional units I have used.
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oh I forgot to add that my welder specs are:
Transmig 165
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Weld Metal Analysis Self-Shield 11 AWS Spec
Carbon (C) 0.27 0.30
Manganese (Mn) 0.38 1.75
Silicon (Si) 0.18 0.60
Phosphorus (P) 0.006 0.03
Sulphur (S) 0.004 0.03
Aluminum (Al) 1.56 1.80
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University of New Mexico Assay Overview:
Assay Support: 1R03MH081228-01A1
Dose Response for ABC transporter inhibitors: specifically ABCG2 screen, ABCB1 counter-screen. Follow-up assay.
PI: Richard Larson MD, PhD
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For the high-throughput screening a duplex assay was constructed in which ABCB1 and ABCG2 transporters were evaluated in parallel using flurosecent J-aggregate-forming lipophilic cation 5,5',6,6'-tetrachloro-1,1',3,3'-tetraethylbenzimidazolcarbocyanine iodide (JC-1) as substrate. However, for the dose response cells were tested separately in order to eliminate potential effects of cellular stain used for the color-coding. To account for compound fluorescence, cells were also measured without the addition of the pump substrate (JC-1).
The assay was a high throughput, singleplex no-wash procedure conducted in 384-well format micro plates in a total volume of 15.1 microliters, dipsensed sequentially as follows: 1) PBS buffer (10 microliter/well); 2) test compound (0.1 microliter/well); 3) drug-resistant Ig-MXP3 cells (ABCG2) in 10 percent fetal calf serum/PBS with 1 micromolar JC-1 (5 microliter/well). Final in-well concentration of cells was 3 million cells/mL. Nine point dilution series were made of the test compound and depending on the experimental day the concentration of the test compound in-well varied from 66 micromolar to 0.015 micromolar. The plate contents were mixed, the plate rotated end-over-end at 4 RPM and 25 degrees C for 10 minutes, and then cell samples were immediately analyzed. Sample analysis was conducted with the HyperCyt(R) high throughput flow cytometry platform [Kuckuck, et al., 2001; Ramirez, et al., 2003]. Approximately 2 microliter volumes from each well were collected at a rate of approximately 40 samples per minute. This resulted in analysis of approximately 1,000 cells of each cell type from each well. Flow cytometric data of light scatter and fluorescence emission at 530 +/- 20 nm (FL1) was collected via CyAn flow cytometer (Beckman Coulter). The resulting time-resolved single data file per plate was analyzed by IDLQuery software to determine the compound activity in each well.
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FluorDelta = MFI_JC-1 - MFI_non-JC-1
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These dose response of %Inhibition data were fitted via GraphPad Prism to a sigmoidal dose response curve with variable hillslope:
%Inhibition = Bottom + (Top-Bottom)/(1+10^((LogEC50-LogCmpd)*HillSlope))
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Activity Score was calculated based on two weighted criteria; EC50 < 10 micromolar and FIT_PERCENT_SPAN > 20% by the following equation:
Activity Score = 75 * (EC50Cutoff - EC50)/EC50Cutoff + 25*(Span - SpanCutoff)/SpanCutoff
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NIH Roadmap, NMMLSC, high-throughput flow cytometry, drug-resistance transporters, ABCB1, ABCG2, multiplex cell-based screening
Abbreviations: nm for nanometer, RPM for revolution per minute
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Assay Type: Functional
Result Definitions
* Activity Concentration. ** Test Concentration.
Additional Information
Grant Number: 1R03MH081228-01A1
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what are your prefered work boots? laceup or pull ons?
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Never had any last better then double h pull ons
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lace ups, can't stand my socks gettin eat by pull ons. if it weren't for that i'd probably wear pull ons
I used to wear pull ons until a couple of hot berries went down on the inside.
After that it's Red Wing Lace ups.
If you can't control your sparks, do like I do, carry spare laces.
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what are your prefered work boots? laceup or pull ons?
I've owned a number of boots over the past few years and for myself I like Rocky Original Ride boots. First I take the leather mudflap off the toes then I use Mink Oil on em. It waterproofs em a lil more and everything just bounces off of em. Knock on wood but have never had any sparks or cherry bombs go off in these boots. Work ten to twelve and feet and back feel, well pretty darn goo for this dinosaur.
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I have herd a lot about red wings .. I will probably go find some an try them out... I have some danners I like but sometimes they tend to hurt my feet ...
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Chipawa (spelling) loggers for me. They are comfy and tuft plus the factory will rebuild them at half the price.
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Lace-ups with Zippers
You can always add zippers to in place of the laces. I did this and they are faster on and off, well worth $20 or whatever. And when the boots need not be secure, you can unzip and cool off for a bit.
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U.S. Sen. Mark Kirk says returning to the Senate after suffering a life-threatening stroke has been one of the greatest honors of his life, and one he doesn't want to squander by bickering over partisan issues. In an interview with The Associated Press, the Illinois Republican described his return to the Senate as grueling but fulfilling. Now that he is back in Washington, Kirk says he is looking for ways to work with members in both parties and believes that is the best way for the country to address its issues. Kirk is partnering with New York Democratic Sens. Kirsten Gillibrand and Chuck Schumer on two pieces gun control legislation. Kirk says the issue is one of his top priorities.
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Lie back and relax in the wellness area with its indoor pool, sauna, steam room and fitness room. Spa beauty treatments, massage and solarium are also available at a local charge for the ultimate in pampering. Free child supervision is included for children aged 3-12 years at Chritsmas, New Year, Half-term and Easter.
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Launch Vehicle: Delta 7326-9.5 Med-Lite (first use of this model)
Launch Site: Cape Canaveral Air Station, Launch Pad 17-A, United States
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Spacecraft Mass: 486.32 kg at launch
Spacecraft Instruments: 1) MICAS miniature integrated camera-spectrometer and 2) PEPE plasma experiment for planetary exploration technology
Spacecraft Dimensions: 2.5 m high, 2.1 m deep, and 1.7 m wide
Spacecraft Power: Solar
Maximum Power: 2500W (2100W used to power ion engine)
Antenna Diameter: 0.274 meters
Maximum Data Rate: 20 kilobits per second
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Total Cost: Deep Space 1 has a total mission cost of $152.3 million comprised of $94.8 million for development, $43.5 million for launch, $10.3 million for operations, and $3.7 million for science.
Deep Space Chronicle: A Chronology of Deep Space and Planetary Probes 1958-2000, Monographs in Aerospace History No. 24, by Asif A. Siddiqi
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Deep Space 1 (DS1) was designed to test innovative technologies appropriate for future deep space and interplanetary missions. It was the first in a new series of technology demonstration missions under NASA's New Millennium program.
The spacecraft's main goals were to test such technologies as ion propulsion, autonomous optical navigation, a solar power concentration array, a miniature camera, and an imaging spectrometer during a flyby of the asteroid 9969 Braille.
A month after launch, on 24 November 1998, controllers fired the Deep Space 1's ion propulsion system (fueled by xenon gas) while the spacecraft was 4.8 million kilometers from Earth. The engine ran continuously for 14 days and demonstrated a specific impulse of 3,100 seconds, as much as ten times higher than possible with conventional chemical propellants.
DS1 passed by the near-Earth asteroid 9669 Braille at 04:46 UT on 29 July 1999 at a range of only 26 kilometers at a speed of 15.5 kilometers per second. It was the closest asteroid flyby at the time. Photographs taken and other data collected during the encounter were transmitted back to Earth in the following few days. DS1 found Braille to be 2.2 kilometers at its longest and 1 kilometer at its shortest.
Once the very successful primary mission was over on 18 September 1999, NASA formulated an extended mission. Originally, the plan had been to make DS1 fly by the dormant comet Wilson-Harrington in January 2001 and the comet Borrelly in September 2001, but the spacecraft's star tracker failed on 11 November 1999.
Mission planners revised the manifest to include a flyby that would not require a star-tracker- a single flyby of Borrelly in September 2001. By the end of 1999, the ion engine of DS1 had expended 22 kilograms of xenon to impart a total delta V of 1,300 meters per second. On its way to Borrelly, it set the record for the longest operating time for a propulsion system in space.
By 17 August 2000, the engine had been operating for 162 days as part of an eight-month run. On 22 September 2001, DS1 flew past the coma of comet Borrelly at 16.5 kilometers per second to obtain pictures and infrared spectra of the nucleus.
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I would like to try CSunitec's 6" grinder but I know they would be too expensive for what I do with one. They have a cool flex shaft that screws on the 5/8X 11 threads.
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700 bucks for the 4 1/2" variflex. It looks pretty cool but it would have to last a really long time. Or come with a 10yr warranty. I can't find a price for that attachment...?
$700 for one grinder is not in my grinder budget.
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The cords on the ones I use last forever. I think its another sales item, the customer doesn't want "that cheap plastic cord" and you got to give what sells.
Unfortunately for Bosch I believe there is a lot of truth in what you say..... but I think it's foolish when the CEO of company allows bean counters to go so cheap it ruins a companies reputation.
I won't order another Bosch tool because of the wire experience... I live to far away from a box store or an industrial store to drive to one to check out a tool before I buy one, the gas there and back would cover half the cost of a new grinder, that's why I rely on a companies reputation and am willing to pay more to get a tool that will last...
I don't see how people think companies can put the same quality of bearings and other components in a $30 grinder as in $100 tool and expect it should last just as long as a $100 tool..... especially when it's being used for gouging/angling or power brushing as much as sanding and polishing away metal....at least it should work that way. For me, Makita, Metabo and my favorite grinder company Hitachi will get my money.
If you look at the top left, second grinder to the right, you can see the one Bosch whose cord needs to be fixed.
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I have had my 2 Bosch 4 1/2 grinders for 5 years. Got them on sale, 2 pack for $50. Never had a complaint or an issue with the cords. Got easily 200+ hrs of run time in both. Got a Mikita free with my roto hammer I bought last year, no complaints with it either. I could never justify buying a $100+ grinder (4 1/2"), when I could buy multiple for that price and just treat them like a disposable item.
I have many Bosch tools for my business ( general contracting), they are far superior for many things carpentry related at least.
Tack, how are you storing your Bosch grinders? Mostly curious about how tight you wind your power cords. Sounds like maybe you tie them too tight or something?
I replace the cords on my own grinders when needed. I bought a roll of 14-3 so or sa cord, i cant remember exactly what the cord is but its the more expensive of the 2 types of cords that lowes stocks. And another thing i havnt done yet but already bought the stuff for is switch everything over to twist lock... the reason for that is to keep the cord short. With a short cord 2' or less you dont have to wrap it up, and with a standard plug you will have to tie a knot which will get in the way while your using it...u following me so far? I think the reason your cords break at the grinder is because of the way it has to get wrapped up. It usually pulls the cord tight at the grinder.
Mr C, I wind them all up the same way, I don't think I'm pulling on them so hard I break them... it's the cords jacket material, it's so soft it tears easily, that's why both cords broke at the exact same place. I had a Bosch grinder for 25 years with the same cord on it, albeit it had been taped in a few places. Finally, after I did replaced the cord the grinder went belly up in less than a year.
I have two Bosch cordless drills, a 4000 or 4001? portable table saw, the two grinders in the picture, and a Bosch hand held power planer, all older tools.... I just hope it isn't the same O' same O' global competition thing with Bosch. These companies better realize quality is number one with some people not only low prices.
And now Amazon has FED X and UPS deliver my free shipping packages to the post office and has them deliver it, adding even more time to replace a tool or part.


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55 Queen St.Stratford, ONN5A 6V2Map to the Festival TheatreDetailed Seating Map
History and StageThe Festival Theatre began in 1953 as a tent standing over a wooden thrust stage which was surrounded on three sides by the audience. Such a stage had not been seen by theatre-goers for centuries. Designed by Tanya Moiseiwitsch to specifications proposed by Tyrone Guthrie, this stage has subsequently influenced the design of over a dozen other theatre buildings throughout the world. With the overwhelming success of the Festival's first season, plans were made for a permanent structure. Designed by architect Robert Fairfield, the award-winning building opened in 1957.The building and its stage have seen a number of changes since then, the most recent of which took place in 2007. At that time the Festival Theatre Store was relocated to the Discovery Centre, and the theatre lobby opened up to allow space for new amenities, including a café. Click here for an expanded article about the historical significance of the Festival Stage. Food and BeverageThe Festival Theatre houses a licensed café for light lunches, pastries, ice cream and other sweet treats. Picnics can be pre-ordered online or through our Box Office staff for you to savour in our beautiful gardens. There are three licensed bars in the theatre where you can enjoy wine, beer and spirits, as well as bar snacks and fresh baked goods.The theatre also houses two private lounges for our generous supporting Members. Those at the Playwright's Circle level are welcome to visit the PWC Lounge, and those at the Benefactor level and higher are invited to visit the Eaton Lounge.The Stratford Festival ShopThe Festival location of the Stratford Festival Shop is in the Stratford Normal School – the red-brick building across the parking lot from the theatre. It offers a wide selection of books, music, custom clothing, giftware and souvenirs. Open before performances, during intermission and afterwards. We recommend shopping before the performance.AccessibilityEntry to all seating is by aisles from the rear of the auditorium. The theatre is wheelchair accessible, and a limited number of designated special-access parking spaces are available nearby. Service and Guide dogs are welcome in all our theatres; we ask patrons with service dogs to sit on an aisle or in our special access seating. House Programs are available in Braille and can be borrowed from the coat check staff at Aisle 1. All theatres are equipped with a wireless hearing assistance system. Please reserve your headsets in advance.For complete information on all of our accessibility services, click here.Booster SeatsComplimentary booster seats are available on a first-come, first-served basis. Please see an usher for assistance. They are available in both the balcony and orchestra levels.Parking
Limited free parking is available along the circular drive in Upper Queen's Park (Richard Monette Way), adjacent to the theatre, and on both sides of the Avon.
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Special Access Parking is available in the Buick Drive parking lot. There is limited availability, so we recommend that you reserve Special Access parking when you book your tickets. Cost: $10 with valid permit.
ToursIf you'd like to learn more about this incredible venue, consider taking a Festival Theatre tour. You can also tour the theatre's spectacular gardens during the summer months.


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Of relatively recent origin and uncertain etymology. It is first recorded in the 19th century. It may be a shortened form of Belinda, an adoption of Spanish linda 'pretty', or a Latinate derivative of any of various other Germanic female names ending in -lind meaning 'weak, tender, soft'. It was popular in the 20th century, especially in the 1950s.
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