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1976 AMC Pacer X - MopacerWritten by on November 1, 2007 Contributors: David Freiburger, Rob Kinnan, Harrel Lamkin Equal Parts Amc And Jeep, This Little Pacer Makes A Perfect Low-Buck, Dare To Be Different Power Tour(r) Project.
Low-buck and Dare to Be Different often go hand in hand. When it comes to finding a low-buck project, always look toward the road less traveled-especially at cars that need real vision to bring out their potential. Pacers have long suffered the slings and arrows of the automotive community, frequently referred to as fishbowls, moonbuggies, and pregnant roller skates, along with a few other choice monikers that shall go unspoken. Though "automotive oddity" is often the highest recognition that the Pacer gets for its contribution to history, Harrel Lamkin saw potential in the little rolling greenhouse, mainly as a serious drag car.
Harrel had campaigned a Monza and a Vega previously, so he was no stranger to stuffing large engines into cheap little cars, but for his next project he decided to do something even more unusual-a 10-second, 455 Pontiac-powered Pacer drag car. Harrel raced an orange and black Pacer for several years in the '90s until someone made him an offer to buy the car that he couldn't refuse-a decision he later regretted.
As she grew older, Harrel's daughter Anna Beth began to show an interest in hot rods, with posters of musclecars lining the walls of her bedroom and car magazines covering the floor. When she competed in a local teen pageant, she quite atypically told the judges about her love of musclecars and her plans to build one with her father. Harrel took notice and saw the perfect opportunity for a great bonding experience and the chance to pass on his Pacer passion.
After the sale of his race car, Harrel had been pondering building a nice street car and had been steadily stowing away parts, waiting for the right Pacer to show up. Eventually he got wind of a complete '76 Pacer X that had been sitting neglected in a nearby backyard for 18 years. Like most of Harrel's other AMC acquisitions, the car was practically given to him. Though the X status gave the car a decidedly sportier flavor, it initially looked as if it would only be another parts car to add to the stash. But the drivetrain appeared healthy, and when he and Anna Beth tossed in a battery and a new starter, the little 258ci straight-six sputtered to life and ran remarkably smoothly. They'd finally found the right Pacer project car to make a great driver for Anna Beth.
Originally intended to be finished by Anna Beth's 16th birthday, which was six months away when they bought the car, the project kind of snowballed with plans to make the Pacer one-of-a-kind, and it still wasn't ready for her special day. The Pacer project languished on the back burner, but a moment of clarity would put it back in front.
Harrel had met John Glorioso, a hot rodder who had been diagnosed with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS, or Lou Gehrig's disease), on the '05 HOT ROD Power Tour(r) and hung out with him on the '06 Tour as well. When they saw each other at the '07 World of Wheels show in Shreveport, Louisiana, John inquired about the Pacer project and Harrel responded that he thought he and Anna Beth might be able to finish it to make the Power Tour(r) if they could just find the time. John asked, "What do you mean if?" Everyone got the point immediately; you can't always put things off assuming you'll have time later. From that moment on it was full speed ahead to get the Pacer ready for Power Tour(r) '07, which was a tall order since the car still needed everything and they only had five months to get it together.
The rusted floors, quarter-panels, and upper fender support threatened that the Pacer might be too far gone to fix, but once they had it stripped down and in the hands of Delaney Auto Design, the body took shape and was bathed in Plum Crazy in short order. When the Pacer returned home, there were only eight weeks to assemble the entire car before the start of Power Tour(r). Luckily, one of the things Harrel had found time for was building a new drivetrain to replace the reliable but lackluster 258ci AMC six. A boneyard 4.0L from a wrecked '95 Jeep Grand Cherokee received a crank and rods from a 258ci Jeep engine for an honest bolt-together 275ci stroker, and it was backed by a GM 700-R4 utilizing a custom adapter plate. Daunting still was the lack of a fuel system and a completely stripped interior.
With no time to spare, father and daughter spent weekends and late nights thrashing to get everything together. Anna Beth worked on assembly, while Harrel struggled to get the drivetrain installed and make old AMC wires communicate with new Chrysler ones. With eight days to spare they were finally ready to start the car, only to have it fire briefly and die repeatedly. Jerry Ledford, a friend who worked at a local Chrysler dealer, informed Harrel that it sounded like he was up against the antitheft system in the Chrysler ECU, which cannot be bypassed. Jerry offered an old ECU that he had tucked away in his toolbox. With nothing to lose, Harrel plugged it in, and the engine fired and ran without a hiccup. Good news, especially since there were now only 48 hours until they had to leave for Power Tour(r) and the dash, seats, exhaust, and A/C still needed to be installed. Can you say all-nighter?
In a last-ditch effort, Harrel and Anna Beth finally had everything finished on May 29 at about 2:00 p.m. Two hours later they were on the road headed for Power Tour(r) with only 25 shakedown miles on the car. So what was the final reward for the lack of sleep and frustration? During the 2,600 miles they covered on Power Tour(r) the MoPacer didn't give them a single hitch, and it attracted more attention than any Pacer we've ever encountered. But perhaps the greatest return from the whole experience, Harrel and Anna Beth told us, is that the build and Tour were some of the best things they've ever done together and provided them with a lifetime of memories.
You still not sure why there's a Pacer in HOT ROD? It's just the kind of tale we love to hear: unique car, built in a unique style on a budget, and assembled in a mad thrash to go on a father-daughter adventure. Now that's a hot rod story.
Quick Inspection: '76 AMC Pacer X
Anna Beth Lamkin * Ruston, LA
Engine: The unique hybrid AMC engine began as a 4.0L H.O. out of a '95 Grand Cherokee. Internally the sixer sports the crank and rods from '85 258ci AMC and stock 4.0 pistons to yield 4.5 liters and about 9.75:1 compression. The cam is a Crower Baja Beast with 0.448 lift and 208 duration at 0.050. Up top the stock 4.0L head was port-matched. Injection duties are handled by a '91 Chrysler ECU controlling 24-pound Ford blue-top injectors mounted in a '99 4.0L intake. Exhaust flows through a stock stainless tri-Y-style header from a '95 Grand Cherokee.
Power: The six puts out a robust 295 hp at 5,200 rpm and 330 lb-ft of torque at 3,200 rpm.
Transmission: Harrel's transmission expertise came in handy for swapping in a GM 700-R4 using a custom adapter plate and converter pilot sleeve with spacers, all fabricated by Dan Swain at Humble Equipment. Since the 700-R4 and the original 904 trans are the same length, the original driveshaft was reused.
Rearend: The stock Pacer rear still lives despite the extra power, and its 3.08 cogs provide easy freeway cruising and killer mileage.
Suspension: Getting the right stance on a Pacer has a surprisingly simple recipe; just cut one coil out of the stock front springs and call it a day. Other than that and some Gabriel shocks, the suspension is stock.Brakes: The original manual front-disc/rear-drum layout was found to be satisfactory during the 2,600 miles on Power Tour(r), so stock it stays.
Wheels: Since the Purple Pacer looks like it could have come in a little plastic package it's only fitting that it runs 17x-8-inch Hot Wheels-branded wheels by KMC.
Tires: Kumho 215/45R17s fit nicely up front and 245/45R17 plant the rear.
Body: The egg-shaped body is as AMC birthed it with only rust repair in the floors, quarters, and upper fender support needed, plus hours with a sanding block to get the curves smooth. Delaney Auto Design in Shreveport, Louisiana, is responsible for getting everything better than original.
Paint: The MoPacer's purple is Plum Crazy supplied by Sherwin-Williams and sprayed by Robert Stackowitz at Delaney Auto Design. The stripe was designed by Anna Beth to mimic one she spotted on a '73 Road Runner.
Interior: Ruston Upholstery re-covered the stock seats in white Ultraleather and installed a modern foam-backed headliner. The steering wheel looks like AMC installed it, but it's actually a Grant piece. The shark fin on the dash is the antenna for the XM radio receiver that's connected to a Pioneer head unit and amp. Hidden Proton and Rockford Fosgate speakers provide the thump. The rest of the showroom-new interior is the result of having a good stockpile of N.O.S. Pacer parts and a few good parts cars on hand.
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Eighteen years of Louisiana weather aren't kind to unprotected steel, and the quarters showed their neglect.The plastic used in most '70s cars is notorious for deteriorating, and years in the sun certainly didn't help. Luckily Harrel's parts-scrounging had rounded up all they needed, so Anna Beth stripped everything out.The 4.0L Jeep six-cylinder bolts right into a Pacer-Jeep Cherokee header and all. Luckily the engine was assembled and almost ready to drop in when the body came back since there were only eight weeks till Power Tour(r).To mate the GM 700-R4 trans (which Harrel rebuilt in his Shreveport, Louisiana, transmission shop), Harrel had his friend Dan Swain at Humble Equipment cut an adapter plate using a plasma pantograph cutter. This allowed him to use the late-model flexplate with the notched ring for the crank-position sensor. It's still considered low-buck since Harrel leaned on a friend for help.With just a couple of days left before they had to leave for Power Tour(r), the Pacer was mechanically ready but still lacked an interior.Of course the brakes are one of the must-do items on any car that's been sitting in a moist climate for years. Anna Beth rebuilt the system to stock spec before the Tour.
The MoPacer is a father daughter project that will no doubt be a lifelong memory. The shirts were printed up just in time to be their official gear on Power Tour(r). They're a great way to start a conversation, too.This is the custom crank-position sensor Harrel rigged up to provide the ignition signal to the Chrysler EFI.While Harrel handled most of the drivetrain and wiring, Anna Beth laid insulation and sound-deadening over every interior panel.They could have just thrown it together at this point, but Harrel and Anna Beth figured they might as well do it right the first time and sleep later.With literally hours before they had to leave, the nearly finished MoPacer was finally rolled outside. Harrel and Anna Beth finished the details, went home, got cleaned up, grabbed their gear, and hit the road to make the start of Power Tour(r) way up in Cleveland, Ohio.Other than hosing off the mold, this is how Harrel and Anna Beth found the Pacer. Despite the neglect, a new battery and starter shook off 18 years of stagnation and brought it back to life.


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By Chris Penido
January 21, 2011
By roughly 2013, there will be more smart phones in people's hands than personal computers at home, a testament to their ever-increasing utility in today's fast-paced, always-connected world. Each of the popular smartphone platforms—iPhone, Android, and BlackBerry—offers a unique software repository whereby users can download and install applications to make greater use of the phone's capabilities. When coupled with advanced hardware components, smartphones enable their owners to do nearly everything they can on a full-sized computer, including video conferencing, instant messaging, sending emails and making phone calls, all in a small, portable package.
Most people wouldn't dream of going anywhere without their smart phone & it's become nearly as important as house keys. The cultural impact can be seen on the streets of New York; walk down Broadway and you'll be hard pressed to find anyone without one. And at the rate smart phones are evolving, with their multitude of apps and finger-friendly interfaces, you might not even need a full-sized computer in a few years. But, just as you wouldn't leave your house keys in your front door, you shouldn't leave your smart phone vulnerable to attackers. The increasing importance and presence of smart phones in our digital lives highlight the need to protect them and the information you access, store, and distribute using them. A few of the security vulnerabilities smart phone owners should be aware of are described below, along with some steps that can be taken to help protect your device.
There is a community of code developers that hacks iPhones and Androids in an effort to remove certain operating system restrictions imposed by the device manufacturer or cellphone carrier. That community creates tools that allow owners to "jailbreak" (or "root") smart phones, granting owners nearly unfettered control over what programs can be installed and how the device can be used. However, jailbreaking a smart phone often involves exploiting significant security vulnerabilities.
As a case in point, in July of last year the hacker community exploited a yet-undiscovered vulnerability in Apple's iOS that allowed users to install unauthorized, "homegrown" software. In this instance, the intent was not malicious, but the exploit itself revealed a serious security hole that affected every iPhone, iPod Touch, and iPad running the iOS operating system from version 2.0 through 4.0. If the exploit had been discovered first by a malicious group of attackers, the security impact to the iOS platform could have been much more serious. Attackers could have taken control of iOS devices by tricking smart phone owners into clicking a specially crafted URL or by emailing the victim a malicious PDF. Due to the severity of the threat, Apple quickly released a security patch that prevented the built-in PDF reader from being exploited. Regardless of Apple's response to that particular exploit, this incident reinforces the fact that mobile security is still in its infancy and that there are many more vulnerabilities that have yet to be discovered.
This past August, a Kapersky Labs analyst discovered the first SMS Trojan on the Android platform, which, when installed, allowed an attacker to send hidden SMS messages to a premium phone number at a rate of $5 per message. Disguised as a media player, victims were often unaware of the attack because the app ran as expected. The attack was discovered only after users received their staggeringly large cellphone statements.
Unlike devices using the iOS platform, Android devices have fewer application restrictions, allowing owners to install apps from the loosely curated Android Marketplace as well as arbitrary websites. In the Trojan attack described above, the hacker capitalized on the Android platform's lax software installation restrictions and created websites that purported to offer free media players for download. Before completing installation, the "media player" requested access to the smart phone's memory card as well as its built-in SMS application, which it then used to send out the costly secret text messages.
This default installation prompt, built into every Android device, is key in mitigating attacks; if victims had refused to allow access to the SMS app, the Trojan would have failed to execute. Unfortunately, much as is the case with traditional computer users, smart phone owners often grant apps access to many of the phone's resources and neglect to question why, for instance, a media player would need to access the SMS app in order to play a song. To help protect your device, it pays to be cautious about the source and reputation of the apps you install, and to think twice about what information you allow those apps to access.
Smart phones present new opportunities for attackers to exploit key smart phone features such as geolocation to render certain kinds of attacks more effective. Imagine a hypothetical situation in which you step out of your house to run an errand, only to return to find your place was burglarized. Panic-stricken, you wonder, "How could the burglars have known when I left my house?" Following the police investigation, you learn that the thieves tracked your movements by way of your smart phone. They were able to monitor your GPS coordinates because you use a social networking application on your smart phone (such as Facebook Social, Foursquare, or Twitter) to "check in" at various locations—telling not only your friends but also thieves where you are. They also pinpointed your location by inspecting the geolocation metadata that gets automatically embedded in the smart phone camera images you posted to your Twitpic or Facebook account.
Although this scenario may sound Orwellian, the reality is that it's already happening today, with attackers using real-time data from poorly configured smartphones to victimize their owners. Disabling geo-location when not in use or avoiding the "check-in" scene altogether can greatly mitigate these types of attacks. Taking additional steps to help secure your device, as described below, can also provide some protection against these and wider varieties of attacks.
Most smart phones, despite all their wonderful features, lack key security controls that are currently found on personal computers. However, there are some actions you can take to help protect your device and your personal data. (Specific instructions depend on the type of smart phone you have; see your device's instruction manual for details).
The expanding role of smart phones in everyday life is ushering in a new age of security risks. Although current smart phone security features are fairly limited when compared to those found on a personal computer, it still pays to keep up to date with the latest best practices to protect your device and data. For more information on smart phone security and additional steps you can take to help protect your smart phone, visit www.nyu.edu/its/mobile/security.
Chris Penido is a Network Security Analyst within ITS' Technology Security Services.
This Article is in the following Topics:
Technology Security, Connect - Information Technology at NYU, Mobile
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Medical incompetence wins again
November 16, 2007
I called my case analyst this afternoon at the Minnesota Board of Medical Practice regarding the medical complaint against my former rheumatologists. Bad news – the case was closed because the board thought there wasn't enough evidence to justify disciplinary action. This is very disappointing, yet I'm not really surprised. Doctors are so well-protected and even untouchable, it seems. The arrogance, apathy, negligence, and complete disrespect of my doctors put me through months, years even, of hell. In a just world something should have been done to try to remedy this situation. But no. They get off without so much as a slap on the wrist and are free to treat other patients like dirt. Below is the full and actual complaint I submitted as a result of the most recent mistreatment by my doctors. Thanks to them, I was basically left stranded in France last winter unable to get crucial medication and medical help while abroad.
I feel I was unjustly and unethically treated as a patient by Dr. H_____ and Dr. G____ and the group Arthritis ___________ regarding three issues: 1. I was unfairly discharged as a patient, 2. I was refused assistance getting an important and needed medication before I left the United States to live and work abroad, 3. Since June 2005 I received improper care regarding a serious and very painful chronic issue with both of my ankles, from unnecessary treatments to wrong diagnoses.
Unfair Patient Discharge
I received a letter from Arthritis _________ written by S______, Administrator, dated Wednesday, December 27, 2006 stating that my doctors and the group decided they found it necessary to discharge me as a patient (see attached letter). The letter arrived at my house Friday, December 29, 2006. My parents, L____ and R____ L_____, opened the letter for me because I had left for Europe very early the morning of Thursday, December 28, 2006 and did not receive the letter before I departed. My physicians and others at Arthritis _________ knew that I was leaving the country the morning of December 28, 2006 and that the letter would not reach me in time. My parents and I were all in complete shock after reading and hearing this news and had no idea why I had been dropped as a patient and in this manner. The letter from S_____ [Administrator] does not state a reason for discharging me. It does state,
We will continue to provide medical care on an emergency basis
only until January 26, 2007. We feel it is in your best interest
to obtain follow up care with your primary physician. Your
primary care physician can recommend another rheumatologist
as needed ( December 27, 2006).
My father first attempted to speak with Ms. S_____regarding this letter on January 5, 2007. He was told that she was not in or was unavailable and he left a message for her. She did not return his call. He attempted to call Ms. S_____ numerous times after the initial call and had great difficulty being able to speak with her. He left multiple messages which she did not return. He also made attempts to call other physicians for assistance. He spoke with my former rheumatologist, Dr. S______ who is also a physician with Arthritis _______ and asked if Dr. S_______ could help me get the care and medications I needed. Dr. S______ was very unhelpful and refused. My father also contacted and spoke with my primary care physician, Dr. C______ at ____ Clinic in R______, Minnesota, on January 5, 2007. She was very understanding, but because she is not a rheumatologist, she was unable to help and prescribe the medication I needed. According to my father, Dr. C______ expressed that Arthritis _________ discharging me as a patient in this manner was inappropriate, and that if she could have helped me, she would have done so.
Ms. S_______ finally returned my father's phone calls and informed him that Dr. H_____ and/or Dr. G_______ would not provide any medical care for me while I was in France, which is contrary to what the letter said stating they would provide medical care on an emergency basis. She did not offer any help. She also would not give a reason why I was discharged. The date was well before January 26, 2007 when my father spoke with her. The fact that I was refused any further medical care meant that my doctors would not help me get any of my rheumatoid arthritis medications, including the most important and difficult of my medications to obtain and administer – Humira, which is crucial to my health. Without this drug my health and quality of life usually worsens and deteriorates at a rapid pace. At this point I was left stranded in France with no rheumatologist in Minnesota and not enough Humira or other medications to last for the approximately five months I would be in France and Europe.
After weeks of stressful work and research, I did find access to a doctor in France who could write a prescription for Humira for me, however I was repeatedly told by my insurance company, Health Partners, that they would not cover and pay for this medication unless it was prescribed and filled in the United States. Upon receiving this news, I had only two options: 1. Return to Minnesota and find a new rheumatologist who could prescribe Humira for me, therefore being forced to give up my teaching job in France, 2. Use the French prescription for Humira and pay for the drug out-of-pocket, which would cost approximately $1,500 per month (I could not afford this!). After weeks of trying to figure out what to do about this situation, luckily things worked out, thanks to help from Health Partners. Health Partners made an exception because of my situation and agreed to reimburse me the cost of getting the Humira prescription filled in France. However it was an extremely difficult and long process, and I was nearly forced to either go without my medication or to give up my job and plans in France and return home. It should be noted that Health Partners also tried to contact Arthritis _________, requesting for my doctor to call in a prescription for Humira for me, for which they were also denied. My father called Health Partners January 10, 2007 and filed a complaint against Arthritis __________. The complaint was submitted to Health Partners' "Quality Measurement and Improvement" January 11, 2007. I do not know the results of that action.
Medication Refusal
I arrived back in Minnesota May 8, 2007 and I recently requested and received copies of all of my medical records from the nearly ten years I've been a patient with Arthritis _______. After reading the final record/note dictated by Dr. H_______ on December 30, 2006 regarding my final appointment with her on December 26, 2006, I am upset to see the false allegations against me, with Dr. H_____ declaring me a "difficult patient." I have no official statement from Dr. H______ or from Arthritis _________, but from my own assumptions I am inferring that perhaps a possible reason I was discharged is because of this accusation that I was a "difficult patient" – which is false.
Regarding this final medical record, dictated by Dr. H_______ on December 30, 2006 at 4:12 P.M.,
Angela is a difficult patient. She does not want to take responsibility
for her disease (having labs in a timely fashion) yet she wants every ache
and pain attended to immediately (see multiple phone calls over the last
4 months). I told she and her father that medications cannot be refilled
until she has blood work. I made it clear for her father that the ACR
recommends blood work every two months to monitor patients on
methotrexate and she is now almost 4 months from her last labs. She
has known this for a month and ignored it. She has also known that she
is going to France since early in the fall and she has really made no attempt
to find a doctor and figure out her coverage. She just assumed that we would
give her what she wanted which was basically enough meds to cover her
entire time away (H______, December 30, 2006).
The reality of this statement from Dr. H______ is that in fact I was unaware that the ACR recommends blood work every two months. I don't even know what the ACR is, much less that I'm having blood work based on their recommendations. I was also not made aware that it was necessary to have this blood work done in order to have my prescriptions refilled. It is true that I spoke on the phone more than once with Dr. H_____'s assistant about coming in to have blood work done before I left the country. I did not object to this and I had planned to do it. However she never said it was mandatory or that if I didn't get this done that I could not receive my medications. I spoke with her only a week before I left and at this time she still did not inform me of this. She very casually suggested that I have it done. Had I known prior to the late afternoon of December 26, 2006 that I couldn't get my medication without the blood work, of course I would have found a way to come into the office to do this. I did not feel that it was mandatory and unintentionally forgot about it amidst all of the other stressful things I was dealing with at the time. I thought that if I didn't have time to come into the office, then I would find a way to get the blood work done once I arrived in France.
Fall 2006 was an especially difficult time for me health-wise, mainly due to my rheumatoid arthritis. I had surgery on my right ankle November 7, 2006 and during this time I was trying my best to recover in the hope that I could still go to France to teach English. I had already been forced to alter my plans and delay my job in France due to the surgery (the teaching program was from October 1 – April 30), yet I was still very determined to not give up on this job and experience. My COBRA plan with Health Partners was also coming to an end in December and my parents and I were in a panic, scrambling trying to figure out how to get me insured in time before I left the country. Having surgery (significantly limiting my ability to walk and causing serious pain), figuring out new health insurance, planning to move to France, and trying to work all at the same time were all incredibly stressful things to handle.
During the entire month of December I had problems trying to sort out getting my health care and medication issues taken care of for when I would be living in France. Because I was changing over to a new health insurance plan, I had difficulty reaching and speaking to people at Health Partners about my issues – or even getting correct and accurate information regarding these issues. At the same time I had problems trying to figure out how I was going to get my medications in France. Humira is an injectable drug that needs to be kept at a specific temperature range at all times and is therefore very risky to try to transport anywhere. The safest option would be to bring as much of the drug as possible with me on the plane and to my destination, rather than having my parents try to ship it to me (Health Partners could not assist in sending the drug to me in France, which was another long, drawn-out problem I was trying to work on at this time).
The weeks went by quickly while I was trying to get everything organized. I was in contact with the Arthritis ___________ office and Dr. H______'s assistant numerous times. It should be noted here that Dr. G_____ is "officially" my physician, yet because she does not work full time, Dr. H______ takes over her patients in her absence. As a patient I find this practice to be very inefficient, not to mention confusing in terms of what is being communicated between the doctors and the patient. Anyway, during this time I was once again unable to see Dr. G_______, and instead had to deal with Dr. H______ and her assistant. What eventually happened is that I needed Dr. H_______ to call in a new prescription for Humira so that I could have extra doses to bring with me when I left for Europe. The insurance company could not authorize this themselves and I needed the help of a physician. I requested this of Dr. H________ and left multiple messages for her with her assistant. My phone calls were not returned until the very end of the day on December 26, 2006. I stated many times that it was urgent, because it was the last day a new prescription could be called in to ensure that the medication would be delivered to me in time before I left the country. I also do realize that this was very last-minute of me, however in my defense, I also did not know until the last minute that I needed this physician authorization and what the status of my refills were with Health Partners and my pharmaceutical company, CuraScript.
One of the last times I called the Arthritis __________ office regarding this matter was on the morning of December 26, 2006. I left an urgent message for [Dr. H______'s assistant], explaining my situation to the receptionist. I waited for hours and received no return call. I believe I called at least two more times and still received no return call. [The assistant] finally returned my phone call late in the afternoon and proceeded to treat me in a very unprofessional, condescending and insulting manner. She stated that Dr. H______ would not call in a new prescription because I didn't have the blood work done. I explained the situation and she grew even more disrespectful, reprimanding me as though I were a stupid, spoiled child who only wanted her own way, which was untrue and upset me, naturally. In tears and humiliated, I exclaimed and asked, "Why won't you help me?" I explained the situation again and stressed that I wasn't refusing to go against their treatment. She hung up on me. I waited until my father got home from work and then the two of us went to the office to try to meet and speak with the doctor, hoping she could help me with my medication. We did meet with her and I was again treated in a very condescending and arrogant manner and reprimanded like a child. I got my blood work done, which as I already stated, I had no objection to doing in the first place. However by this time it was too late to get the Humira prescription called in, and we left, insulted and not helped. Three days later my parents received the letter addressed to me stating that Dr. G______ and Dr. H______ and Arthritis __________ were discharging me as a patient.
Poor Care
As quoted earlier, Dr. H______ describes in my chart how I am a "difficult patient" with this statement:
She does not want to take responsibility for her disease (having labs
in a timely fashion) yet she wants every ache and pain attended to
immediately (see multiple phone calls over the last 4 months)
(H______, December 30, 2006).
I feel strongly that I must comment on this because: 1. It's incredibly insensitive toward myself as a person and patient, 2. It implies that my "multiple phone calls" were excessive and unimportant, which is quite the opposite, and in fact were related to a serious long-term arthritis issue that I feel has been dealt with improperly by my physicians at Arthritis ___________(see attached document).
Referring to my "aches and pains" in the manner of this quote snidely implies that my physical pain is insignificant and that I'm an unreasonable patient, overreacting and causing Dr. H________ an inconvenience by calling the office for help. As a rheumatologist she should realize and understand what a serious and painful disease rheumatoid arthritis is and how strongly it can affect and hurt the lives of the patients who suffer from it. I deal with a very high level of pain on a daily basis and for nearly ten years I have not called in "bugging" my doctors over "every ache and pain," demanding that they be attended to immediately. I have quietly suffered and endured a lot of pain all of these years and I find it completely unprofessional for a physician, and especially a physician in this field, to make such statements about her own patient — someone she should be helping and supporting instead of causing additional distress and pain.
In response to the "multiple phone calls" comment, many phone calls were indeed made by myself during those last four months mentioned and even longer ago than that. The reasons were not simply due to "every ache and pain," but because of a very painful and difficult arthritis problem going on with both of my ankles since April 2005.
Since April 2005 both of my ankles have been inflamed and in serious pain that has never once gone away. My quality of life has diminished significantly, rendering me unable to walk, stand, and function like a normal, healthy person. The pain and swelling began at the end of April 2005 while I was on vacation. I returned home at the end of May and immediately called Dr. S______ at Arthritis _________ in the hope of getting help for my ankles. An injection and MRI scans were done, which did not show much of anything, which was puzzling and frustrating. After these results, Dr. S______ basically dismissed the problem saying there was nothing he could do and left me to try to get help elsewhere. Weeks had passed and I still had very bad pain in both of my ankles. Dr. S_____'s apathetic attitude left me feeling disappointed and alone, and it also bothered me that I had to "pester" him just to give me the name of an orthopedic doctor I could try to see.
Since June 2005, I have seen so many different doctors and specialists, such as podiatrists and many orthopedic doctors, including a rheumatologist and sports medicine physician at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota. I also endured months of physical therapy that were not necessary, not to mention the wasteful and large amounts of money I paid for all of these office visits, therapy appointments and MRI and X-ray scans.
Around August, I believe, I wound up changing to a different doctor within the Arthritis ______ group — from Dr. S_____ to Dr. G______. My reason for changing doctors is that I was frustrated with Dr. S_____'s seemingly lack of care and interest. I also felt he was quite rude and condescending toward me the very few times I ever asked him questions. If I had questions or concerns about my own body and health, I did not feel comfortable asking him. I felt he had no interest in working together with me to help solve the problem with my ankles.
Dr. G______, like Dr. S______, was also impatient and apathetic in regard to the problem with my ankles which I had been suffering with for over a year at this point. Dr. G______ repeatedly told me that nothing was wrong with my ankles, that it wasn't the arthritis and that arthritis damage was not going to occur. She had me go to physical therapy for a second time, and I went to see more orthopedic doctors. After weeks of leg exercises, foot exercises, and ankle taping, it was clear to me that my ankles were not getting better. My worst fear was that it was the arthritis, and I wanted to believe Dr. G______ that it wasn't arthritis, but my deepest gut instinct told me that it had to be arthritis or arthritis-related. I was really frustrated that my doctors would not believe or listen to me.
At this point I was feeling very stressed out and afraid because the pain itself was difficult to deal with, and I was growing more and more worried about if it was actually arthritis and about possible permanent damage (I suffered permanent damage to my right wrist in 1999 after waiting too long to have surgery on it, due to Dr. S______'s unwillingness). After months of going to doctors and therapy I never should have gone to, and after practically begging to get the name of an orthopedic surgeon who could perform a scope on my ankle (Dr. G______ and Dr. H______ discouraged me from having surgery), I was put in touch with Dr. J. C_______, who specializes in feet and ankles. At this time I was also stressed trying to get this sorted out in time before I was supposed to leave for France in October. As one can see, Dr. H______'s statements in my chart from December 26, 2006 (as I previously stated in this statement) asserting that I refused to take responsibility for my disease and had done "nothing" to prepare for France are completely false. I have been working very hard since June 2005 to take care of my health and arthritis, and without adequate help from my rheumatologists.
In September 2006 I finally got Dr. J. C______'s information, but Dr. H______ refused to call Dr. J. C_______ to try to get me in for an appointment sooner, rather than having me wait months because I was a new patient. I was very surprised and upset by her refusal to help me, especially when she knew that I had hoped to leave for France soon, and after all of the months I had been dealing with this problem regarding going to wrong doctors, wrong treatment, etc. Luckily Dr. J. C_______ is a very understanding and kind person, and he agreed to see me right away after I personally called and explained my situation. Based on my MRI scans and his physical examinations, he believed that my ankle problems were indeed from the rheumatoid arthritis. Everything I described concerning my symptoms matched with what he said. We scheduled a scope for my right ankle on November 7, 2006.
Contrary to Dr. S______, Dr. G_______, and Dr. H______'s assertions that my ankle problems were not caused by arthritis, Dr. J. C_______ found a lot of inflammation and damaged synovial tissue in my right ankle that had been building up for over a year and a half, which he removed.
In conclusion, Dr. S______, Dr. G______, Dr. H______ and administrator S_____ and the group of Arthritis __________ behaved unethically in their treatment of me as a patient with regard to unfairly dismissing me as a patient from the practice with no prior notice, in the poor medical treatment I received by them, and most recently the false statements regarding my character and branding me a "difficult patient." I wholeheartedly believe I have been wronged as a patient by my physicians and Arthritis _________.
5 Responses to "Medical incompetence wins again"
January 6, 2008 at 1:12 pm
Thanks for writing so thoroughly about your experience.
I have similar experiences all the time, and so do millions of other people. Most people just accept it and assume they are idiots and destined to suffer.
The problem is not medical incompetence. It is not even medical indifference. What it is is medical narcissism. Basically, doctors and staffs are so involved in gratifying their own needs, whether it be getting really rich, or avoiding having to work hard or carefully, or being accountable for their errors, that they do not have the psychological equipment to care about their patients. They just have lip service mottos like "patients come first". These are of course just PR lies.
Think about it: tens if not hundreds of thousands of people die each year in hospitals because of medical error. Tens if not hundreds of thousands of people get infections in hospitals because doctors, nurses, and aides don't want to be bothered to wash their hands.
Doctors and hospitals actually get paid more if they screw up, because then they get to do even more work on you to fix their screwups.
But, it's all just business. If you start being more trouble than you are worth in the amount of business you are providing, then they will drop you like a hot potato. Or, if they decide they don't like you, for whatever reason. Like, for example, you didn't have infinite patience with some passive-aggressive moron who answers the phone in their office. Or if you didn't agree to go quietly in pain and wait a month for them to get around to you.
This is all par for the course. You are not alone. God only knows how we fix this at this point, since the whole system is rotten. But, by writing this blog, you are doing us all a great service.
(No, I don't have RA.)
June 2, 2008 at 7:51 am
Thanks for this article. I have RA too and very so unhappy with my rheumatologist. We have this lifelong disease and it is unfortunate that we have to see a rheumatologists for life. So it is important that we find a good one. I wrote some articles on my blog about it also:
September 24, 2008 at 11:53 am
I read your story randomly while looking at ways to receive methotrexate for my sister right now that we are studying abroad in France. It really touched me. You had it very tough during the time this all happened. I really do not want my sister to have to return to the states for the medication. loosing her educational opportunity of studying in France. Those are the plans of this moment, looking for an affordable way to receive her medications. Only God knows how we will do that. Thank you for sharing your story.
November 21, 2008 at 10:52 pm
despite all this, you might look in to low dose natrexone,
December 5, 2011 at 9:01 am
Your experience must have been so very frustrating!
The first specialist I visited appeared rushed & angry & told me to come back when my hands appeared deformed, end of 30 second visit. (Very glad it wasn't cancer of the breast I was seeing this specialist for – would hate to go back after waiting for my breast to deform.) I made the appointment hoping we could discuss this DX of RA, talk about a plan of care with options for TX that might prevent any deformities. I guess there is some wisdom to the suggestion that individuals interview prospective physicians before choosing one to work with.


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Home > Food > Recipes > Pan-fried Shrimp, Olives, and Tomatoes
Pan-fried Shrimp, Olives, and Tomatoes
Categories: Comfort Foods, Entertaining, Low-fat, Quick to fix
Type: Main Dishes
Type: Main Dishes
This easy dish is chock full of shrimp, olives, and tomatoes.
Prep Time: 5M
Cooking Time: 15M
Serves: Serves 4
- 1 tbsp olive oil
- 1 onion, finely chopped
- 2 garlic cloves, finely chopped
- 12 large raw shrimp, peeled and deveined, but with tails left intact
- splash of dry sherry
- 6 tomatoes, peeled
- large handful of mixed olives, pitted
- handful of fresh basil leaves and flat-leaf parsley, chopped
- sea salt and freshly ground black pepper
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- Heat the oil in a large frying pan over a medium heat. Add the onion, and sauté for about 5 minutes until soft. Add the garlic, and cook for a few seconds, then add the shrimp and cook over high heat just until the shrimp begin to turn pink.
- Add the sherry, and cook for 5 minutes, stirring, until the smell of alcohol disappears, then add the tomatoes and olives. Cook for 2 minutes longer, stirring occasionally, until the tomatoes start to break down. Season well with salt and pepper, and stir in the basil. Serve with fresh crusty bread.
- If you prefer, use a splash of white wine instead of the sherry.
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My netbook runs a dual OS(Windows7 & Ubuntu 12.04). After Ubuntu login screen appears, that's it, it gets hanged, can't even move my cursor nor type my user name.
I had to turn off my system and boot again. Still its not sure that it won't freeze out at login screen again, but this is the temporary solution I have to get into Ubuntu.
This freezing at login screen doesn't happen every time, it happens randomly. It seems like I had to enter into Ubuntu purely based on my luck, which is quite irritating. I found many other types of login problem in Ubuntu when I googled, which were quite different from my case. So any1 kindly help me out.


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Crafted from solid wood, KidKraft's Avalon table echoes the elegant simplicity of Shaker-style furniture. Timeless in design, and at home in a traditional or contemporary nursery or play-area, the Avalon table is "kid-sized" at 24"H, and is specially designed to accommodate the growing child.
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State and Local Transportation Resources
Clean Vehicles: Clean Fleets
This page provides links to EPA and non-EPA Web-based resources that provide additional information on clean vehicles. Links go directly to specific Web sites or documents that address fleet-related trends and issues.
- U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Resources
- Other Federal Departments & Agencies
- State, Local, and Regional Programs
- Non-Governmental Organizations
NOTE: You will need Adobe Acrobat Reader, available as a free download, to view some of the files on this page. See EPA's PDF page to learn more about PDF, and for a link to the free Acrobat Reader.
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Resources
- Clean Fuel Fleet Implementation Guidance (PDF) (13pp, 40K)
Provides guidance to states and regulated entities in the implementation or start-up phase of the Clean Fuel Fleet program.
- Clean School Bus USA
A voluntary EPA program designed to reduce children's exposure to diesel exhaust and the amount of air pollution created by diesel school buses.
- Green Vehicle Guide
A resource for consumers with information on vehicle emissions, advanced technology vehicles, and alternative fuels – plus infographics, calculators, videos, and the ability to search for SmartWay certified cars and trucks.
- Heavy Trucks, Buses, and Engines
General information about heavy-duty highway engines, such as trucks and buses, and their associated emissions.
- National Clean Diesel Campaign (NCDC)
A national EPA campaign that is working aggressively to reduce the pollution emitted from diesel engines across the country through the implementation of varied control strategies and the aggressive involvement of national, state, and local partners.
- SmartWay Transport Partnership
A voluntary partnership between various freight industry sectors and EPA that establishes incentives for fuel efficiency improvements and greenhouse gas emissions reductions.
- Diesel Retrofit Technology Verification
An EPA program that provides information regarding retrofitting fleets, including fleet assessments, funding sources, example programs, and easy-to-use calculators.
State, Local, and Regional Programs
- Illinois Green Fleets
A voluntary program in Illinois where businesses, government agencies, and other organizations gain recognition and additional marketing opportunities for having clean vehicles in their fleet.
Non-Governmental Organizations
- Diesel Technology Forum
A forum dedicated to raising awareness about diesel engines, highlighting improvements in fuel efficiency and emissions, continuing progress to reduce the environmental impact of the existing fleet of diesel engines, and related information on clean diesel applications.
- Greener Fleets: Fuel Economy Progress and Prospects
A report by the American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy that introduces alternative fuel vehicles; describes federal, state, and local government programs; and provides data on costs and fleet properties.
- U.S. "Green Fleets" Initiative
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Nicole Lemal can't help but think that cooler temperatures and a better training regimen may have saved her life Monday.
Lemal, a Weirton native, finished Monday's terror-shortened Boston Marathon at around 3:24:39. Another 40 minutes or so and she might still have been in the blast zone.
"If this was last year, if I'd run the time I did last year and I was in the medical tent like I was last year after I finished, I would have been feet away from the blast," the Morgantown resident said. "My time was so much faster this year, the heat wasn't so bad and I was in better shape. It possibly saved my life, and my mother's."
Lemal said she was in the family reunion area, waiting for her mother, who'd gone to grab some Gatorade when the bombs went off.
"When I first heard the bangs, I didn't know what to think - I thought it was a bomb, but it was so quiet after the fact that you didn't know. It was really scary, especially when you realized what was happening."
Lemal said it was a sad ending to a day that began with such promise.
"It started off as a great day, a day many of us had dreamed about for months," she said. "It turned into a day of tragedy, just so heartbreaking."
Lemal said she knew going into Monday's race that she wouldn't be back, at least not next year. 2015, though, is a different story.
"I had planned before the race that I wouldn't be back before 2015," she said. "Next year I'm going to run the Pittsburgh Marathon. But this is too special a marathon, this is such an amazing city, I wouldn't want me or anyone else to be deterred (from coming back). I won't let this deter me from the sport that I and so many others love so much."
And while she's glad she and her friends escaped injury, "my heart goes out to the victims."
"Whether you were at the finish line or far away, we were all part of that day forever," she said. "It will never, ever leave my mind."
A graduate of West Virginia University, she was on the cross country, indoor and outdoor track teams for five years.
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8 Famous Movies Made by The Last Person You'd Ever Suspect
#4. Babe, Babe: Pig in the City and Happy Feet Were Directed by George "Mad Max" Miller
Anyone who grew up in the 90s will remember the Babe movies, which feature a talking pig, his barnyard friends and the phrase "Baaa Ram Ewe!" -- which makes about as much sense as the idea that someone would name a boy "Babe."
Happy Feet is also a kid's film starring talking animals -- this one specifically a CGI-animated flick about a tap-dancing penguin shunned by his community because he cannot sing show tunes. Nothing too dark there, right?
But it was made by ...
More or less the father of the post-apocalyptic action movie genre. From 1979 to 1985, George Miller directed, wrote and produced all three Mad Max movies, which to this day remain the most accurate portrayal of Australia in movie history. Amid completing his brutal, post-apocalyptic trilogy starring Mel Gibson, Miller's other major directing credit was a segment of the 1983 Twilight Zone movie.
This one.
At least the Babe movies -- despite featuring a sheep herding pig getting into all sorts of shenanigans -- had their darker, more mature moments.
Seriously, it's a pretty scary place.
Still, with George Miller, you sort of expect "dark / mature" to be more ... well, this:
"Just walk away, pig. Just walk away."
The origin of Happy Feet goes all the way back to the production of The Road Warrior. It was then that Miller had a chat with a grizzled old cameraman named Billy Grimmond who had just come back from shooting a documentary in Antarctica. Grimmond sold Miller on the idea that the South Pole is this spectacular, badass wasteland that should totally be in a movie someday, presumably of the explody-shooty variety.
See, George Miller? Badass Antarctica.*
*We know. Let it go.
Twenty-five years later, Miller went with it and gave us Elijah Wood voicing a flightless bird. You figure it out.
The story behind Babe is even more disheartening. The movie premiered in 1995 but was the product of a 10-year "labor of love" by Miller, which means that when he was filming this ...
... he was secretly thinking about this ...
#3. Stuart Little Was Written by M. Night Shyamalan
Based on the classic children's book by E. B. White, the 1999 Stuart Little film tells the story of a talking mouse adopted by human parents, trying to fit into his new family and find his place in the world. Featuring the voice talent of Michael J. Fox as the title character, the film would go on to spawn two sequels and a decent amount of merchandise.
Including an ill-fated attempt to break Disney's monopoly on the lucrative "mouse ears hat" market.
But it was made by ...
M. Night Shyamalan, famous for The Sixth Sense, Unbreakable, some nonsense about Marky Mark talking to plastic plants, the overused "twist ending" gimmick and, subsequently, flushing a promising filmmaking career down the toilet. The toilet then turned out to exist only in the mind of ghost child aboard a spaceship or something.
Even his career had a stupid twist.
Shyamalan wrote Stuart Little's screenplay and somehow didn't have the ending reveal that the entire cast had been zombies the entire time. It's just a straight-up family film, which makes you wonder why Disney got Shyamalan to write the screenplay for it. And he didn't even follow the book, changing a lot of the original novel, in which Stuart is a mouse actually born (not adopted) to real human parents.
Because WHAT THE FUCK?
Well, OK, it might not be that hard to explain. Before 1999, the only major directing work Shyamalan had done was Wide Awake, a tremendous box-office bomb co-starring Denis Leary. We're pretty sure that making a bad movie with Denis Leary must be like the filmmaking equivalent of exposing yourself in front of a nursery. At the time, Shyamalan would have probably gotten onboard a Stuart Little porn spoof if it meant staying in the Hollywood game. In the end, his perseverance paid off when his next project, The Sixth Sense, proved to be a massive hit, and Shyamalan went on to become the butt of every movie joke on the planet.
#2. You Only Live Twice Was Written by Children's Author Roald Dahl
Even if you don't remember this 1967 James Bond movie, you'd instantly recognize it because it has been copied and parodied by every spy film in history. Some of its most iconic elements include Connery's Bond stopping a rocket launch, a secret lair hidden inside a volcano and a greater focus on Bond's gadgets.
How am I firing thish gun, you ashk?
But it was made by ...
Roald Dahl, who wrote the screenplay. If that name sounds vaguely familiar, it's because Dahl is the guy responsible for writing your entire childhood. His literary works include such classics as James and the Giant Peach, Matilda, Fantastic Mr. Fox and Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. In the 1960s, Dahl also briefly went into scriptwriting, applying his signature dark yet kid-friendly style to, for example, the 1968 family film Chitty Chitty Bang Bang.
You know, the family film with the dick-nosed creep who kidnaps and murders children?
The reason why Dahl was hired to write the movie (despite having no experience with scriptwriting) was because it just so happened that he and Ian Fleming were close friends. So naturally, Dahl's first step was to throw out almost the entire plot of the You Only Live Twice novel and just do his own thing with the script (which, in his defense, did include ninjas).
Ninjas wielding assault rifles.
The movie turned out to be a huge success, both financially and critically, but man, the relationship between Dahl and Fleming must have taken a hit. He also decided to not kill off Bond's archnemesis, Ernst Stavro Blofeld (the villain with the Persian cat), inadvertently helping create Dr. Claw and Dr. Evil.
#1. Staying Alive Was Directed by Sylvester Stallone
Staying Alive is the 1983 sequel to Saturday Night Fever, which basically created disco. It starred John Travolta reprising the role of Tony Manero, now grown up and working his life out in the aftermath of the disco craze. It sucked.
Hard to believe, we know.
But it was made by ...
Sylvester Stallone, star of Rocky, Rambo, The Expendables and other movies where Stallone punches/shoots/stabs people in the mouth.
Director's trademark: Glistening muscular dudes in headbands.
Stallone is an interesting guy. Before doing Staying Alive, the man had already done porn, science fiction, sports and action movies, so why should a disco flick be anything special? Because in Stallone's 40-year career, Staying Alive remains the only movie where he did it all -- working as director, producer, writer and actor. Hell, he probably also made the coffee and yelled at himself in the mirror for going over budget. And he did it right after finishing Rocky III and First Blood.
"Can we speed this along? I have polyester swatches to pick."
Staying Alive was actually one of the highest-grossing films of 1983, making enough money to commission a scaled-down statue of Stallone made entirely out of cocaine. But it however performed terribly with the critics, many complaining that the sequel lacked the grittiness and shock of the first movie.
Pictured: Grittiness and shock, apparently.
Considering that just a year before that, Stallone had punched Mr. T unconscious and blown up a gas station, we can see how they would have been disappointed.
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18 Mar 2012 7:28 AM #1
Designer 2 Workflow - Possibility to use Designer & Texteditor
i startet to try Sencha Touch and Designer 2 some Days ago.
So far, i don't really understand the workflow.
I have to create an app that don't really looks like a standard app. How can i extend the layout in Designer? Can i extend my Designer-Project by a custom CSS an own IconClasses?
Sometimes, when i use helper tools like Designer, i prefer to make changes directly in the code, rather than searching for the Place to do it in the tool (if it is possible). Can i use a text editor to make changes directly in the code?
Sorry for my bad English an if this Questions eventually are a bit stupid.
It's hard for me to learn this concept in a Language i don't really use very often.
18 Mar 2012 10:54 AM #2
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When you say language are you reffering to JS or english?
Anyway, Designer is mean to be an IDE even if still lacks some features like custom CSS/theme. But you can craft an application with it then on your deploy environment have your own css/theme.
For example, I'm developing an application backed up by Glassfish (JEE 6) using eclipse so I deploy Designer's project to /WebContent folder. Instead of using the generated designer.html I created one called app.html which includes my own code (DataUtils.js, UIUtils.js and so) and there I can, if I wanted, include my own theme. I will work on a theme for the app but for now I'm focused in application's code. I dont use "lauch" in designer, instead I lauch manually my app directly in the browser pointing to app.htmt instead of designer.html.
About code editing: The idea behing Designer is to easy the UI design and generate 100% well writen code so editing generated code is out of question. If you were able to modify it Designer be unable to manipulate again or your code would be overriden next time code is generated.
I know that there are a lot of limitation like UX components, use 3r party components and so but the time saved because the Designer worth the effort to look for an alternatives that normally, with hand crafted applications, were very easy.
Regards.UI: Sencha Architect 3.x / ExtJS 4 & 5
Server side: JEE / EJB 3.x / CDI / JPA 2.x/ JAX-RS / JasperReports
Application Server: Glassfish / WildFly
Databases: Oracle / DB2 / MySQL / Firebird
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18 Mar 2012 11:39 AM #3
Thank you for fast answering.
I'm referring to english. It's not so easy to search in forums, Google or following screencasts and tutorials when you're missing practice and specially vocabularies ...
Do i understand you correct:
I create my App in Designer. There i can see the unthemed Version in the Preview. At same time i can create an app.html (or index.html), my own entry-point to the app, next to the designer.html, where i create my own styling?
Thank you
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Definitely knowing english (read at least) is very helpfull because is lot more information about technical stuff in english than other language.What language you spoke?
About styling:
Sencha's frameworks (ExtJS and Touch) use sass/compass to create theming.
It seems very frightening at first but is not so hard. For example, to change whole base color of the theme you only need to setup a variable then builr your css file.
Look this:
Other usefull sencha videos here:
Regards,UI: Sencha Architect 3.x / ExtJS 4 & 5
Server side: JEE / EJB 3.x / CDI / JPA 2.x/ JAX-RS / JasperReports
Application Server: Glassfish / WildFly
Databases: Oracle / DB2 / MySQL / Firebird
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18 Mar 2012 1:43 PM #5
I'm from Germany. I learned English in school ... more than 15 years ago.
And i'm not often in the situation to speak/read it. And technical things are more difficult to understand.
I know Compass/Sass a little bit. I like it, because it brings CSS a little bit more to PHP or CSS. I think in future i will use Sass more often instead of writing CSS.
Thank you for the links i'l watch them tomorrow (here it's 10.45 PM).
I wish you a nice week.


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January 30, 2013
All in the family
On a cold winter day, four students sat together at a table in a sea of red chairs inside Beatty Hall's cafeteria catching up about one another's experiences at Wentworth. At first glance, they appeared to be friends meeting for lunch. But a closer look revealed that this was actually a family gathering.
Right now at Wentworth there are four cousins—three men and one woman—sharing the same last name: Estano. There's Justin and Eric Estano, brothers from Plymouth, and Kerri and Kevin Estano, siblings from Norton.
It may be a curiosity to outsiders that so many members from the same family are attending college together, but, for the Estanos, it's a fortunate coincidence.
Mechanical engineering technology major Justin Estano ('15), ended up at Wentworth after his older brother, Joe, also a mechanical engineering technology major, attended and graduated in 2003.
"I noticed growing up he always had a good job," Justin said. "I figured Wentworth would be the best school to go to."
Justin's brother, Eric, a computer networking major ('15), simultaneously decided to go to Wentworth, but majored in computer networking instead.
"We happened to be looking at schools at the same time," said Eric, who visited Wentworth with his brother and then met separately with the computer networking department.
"It had more of the hands-on stuff that I was looking for."
Regardless of how they all ended up at Wentworth, the Estanos now feel like they have brought a piece of home with them to college.
"It's nice to be able to have that convenience of having a little bit of family here," said Kevin Estano, pursuing his master's degree in architecture ('13).
Sister Kerri Estano, an interior design major ('16), finds comfort being in close proximity to her brother and cousins.
"It's definitely good to know familiar faces as a freshman," she said.
Since they don't have frequent family get-togethers outside of school, the cousins said, Wentworth has helped the Estanos strengthen their bond by providing them with more opportunities to meet up.
"It is almost like we have gotten to know each other a little bit more through school," Kevin said.
22average class size85%students receive financial aid
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I have a problem when I try to create a synonym like this:
Why does this happen and how can I correct it?
I have a problem when I try to create a synonym like this:
Why does this happen and how can I correct it?
As the documentation says implicitly, you can create synonyms in the current DB only. So the first
In Oracle, DDL on remote database is not permitted. One likely reason is that a distributed transaction commit can not be initiated at the remote site (you can't
You would get an
You can create the database link by connecting directly to the remote database.
As suggested in the askTom discussion, you can also use
if one enters the statement in sqlplus (Oracle10.2, Solaris 5.10) I get the following is displayed:
SQL> CREATE SYNONYM BILLING_USER_ACTIVITY@PACOMNET 2 FOR firstname.lastname@example.com; CREATE SYNONYM BILLING_USER_ACTIVITY@PACOMNET * ERROR at line 1: ORA-00905: missing keyword
After the statement the failing line is printed and below the failing line an asteriks (*) marks the character where the sql parser has located the problem. So the problem is located at the '@' character. The syntax diagram of the 'create synonym' statement can be found in the manual
CREATE [ OR REPLACE ] [ PUBLIC ] SYNONYM [ schema. ] synonym FOR [ schema. ] object [ @ dblink ] ;
In contrast to the object specification after the 'FOR' the synonym specification before the for does not contain a '@dblinK'.
For syntax problems you should use an appropriate tool (e.g. sqlplus) that displays the exact position of the error where the statement fails.


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Ehrlichiosis, found throughout
the US, is caused by a number of
different species of the organism Ehrlichia. Some species infect white
blood cells, while others affect platelets – cells that help blood to clot.
Ehrlichiosis has 3 phases:
The acute phase starts 1-3 weeks after a tick bite and lasts 2-4
weeks. Common symptoms include fever, decreased appetite,
weight loss, swollen lymph nodes, and lethargy. Less-common
symptoms include nose bleeds, bruising, and joint problems.
The subsequent subclinical phase often has few clinical signs,
aside from low levels of platelets and white blood cells.
The chronic phase, which occurs if the dog cannot fight the
infection, may include bleeding problems, nervous system signs,
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WHO: Elke U. Weber, psychology professor at Columbia University's Earth Institute Center for Research on Environmental Decisions
WHAT: Public lecture: "Our Energy Efficiency Paradox: Psychological Barriers to 'No-Brainer' Solutions"
WHEN: Tuesday, October 23, 2012 from 6-7:30 PM
For more information about the Educating for Sustainability series, or other NYU Sustainability programming, please call 212.998.1073 or go to www.nyu.edu/sustainability/.
In her public lecture, "Our Energy Efficiency Paradox: Psychological Barriers to 'No-Brainer' Solutions," Weber, the Jerome A. Chazen Professor of International Business at Columbia Business School and a professor of psychology at Columbia University's Earth Institute Center for Research on Environmental Decisions, will place the psychological dimension of climate change within the broader context of human dimensions of climate change. She will address (a) human causes of, consequences of, and responses (adaptation and mitigation) to climate change and (b) the links between these aspects of climate change and cognitive, affective, motivational, interpersonal, and organizational responses and processes.
Weber is an expert on behavioral models of decision-making under risk and uncertainty, investigating psychologically and neurally plausible ways to model individual differences in risk taking and discounting, specifically in risky financial situations and environmental decisions.
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I've just installed Ubuntu and I need either video, wireless, or some sort of other manufacturer (non-opensource) driver. How can I run the tool that will fetch all of these for me? I'd like graphical instructions.
I've just installed Ubuntu and I need either video, wireless, or some sort of other manufacturer (non-opensource) driver. How can I run the tool that will fetch all of these for me? I'd like graphical instructions.
Unity (12.04)
Ensure that you are connected to the internet, if you are installing wireless drivers then usually you need to be plugged in via an ethernet cable. Click on the Ubuntu logo in the launcher and type drivers and click on the icon that appears.
If you have hardware for which there are supporting drivers to download, they'll show up in this window and allow you to install them. If nothing shows up in this window then you probably don't need drivers installed for your hardware as they come bundled with Ubuntu.
Unity (15.10 and 15.04/14.04/13.04/14.10/13.10/12.10)
Click on the gear icon on the top right corner of your screen and click on "System Settings" from that menu, click on Software Sources (or you can click on the Ubuntu button and search for "Sources":
and then on the Additional drivers tab:
to complete the already excellent accepted answer
Important: Firstly, ensure that you are connected to the internet either wirelessly or via fixed ethernet.
and what happens next...
and after selecting Additional Drivers (or Hardware Drivers in 10.04)
The following briefly appears
Followed by:
Choose from the list of offered drivers - click the Activate button.
Then reboot.
Unlike Windows, most hardware is natively supported in Ubuntu and does not require separate drivers to work. Generally speaking, if it works don't worry about a driver not being installed. Please note: there is a bug so that your graphics card will be displayed as
If however something isn't working:
Ubuntu uses a graphical user interface called
To open it hit Alt+F2 and type
A window will then open that will allow you to select additional drivers for sound, video, wireless etc. Here's a screenshot of this window, I already have several drivers enabled.
If something still doesn't work and you don't see a relevant driver in Jockey, please post a specific question including as much information about your hardware and what you have tried!
New applications on the other hand--as opposed to drivers--will have to be installed manually. However, unlike Windows, Ubuntu manages software centrally using repositories--in short, you don't have to go find/download software yourself. Ubuntu Software Center is one option for installing software (see this question) but you can also install from the command line using
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Our Kidney Tonic is a superb herbal remedy for dogs and cats to help with a number of different urinary tract issues. The organic herbs in this formula have a strong affinity for the kidneys and urinary tract. Developed by a certified Master Herbalist to provide gentle anti-inflammatory, antimicrobial and circulatory benefits that are needed with general kidney inflammation, FLUTD and renal failure.
How much should I purchase?
We recommend getting enough for at least two to four weeks to start. With this remedy we are trying to provide the body with what it needs to tonify and strengthen the kidneys. This is far different than using a prescription medication and may take longer, but, when possible, will result in true healing. A one ounce bottle contains 30 ml. We recommend providing this herbal remedy at least three times per day at first until desired results are seen. This means a 25 pound dog will receive 3 ml daily, so a one ounce bottle will last for ten days. In this case we recommend you purchase at least the two ounce size. If you then decide the product is working for your dog or cat try to place your reorder so there is no interruption in your animal's treatment.
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Arizona sheriff Joanna Brady confronts two complex cases in this dazzling novel of suspense from New York Times bestselling author J. A. Jance
Back at home, Sheriff Joanna Brady has a newborn, a teenage daughter, a writer husband, and a difficult mother to deal with. But in the field, it turns out that she has much more. A rainstorm sweeping across the desert has revealed gruesome evidence: two trash bags stuffed with human remains.
In a separate case, an elderly couple whose car has gone off the side of a mountain leaves behind a note stating that they intended to take their lives. Yet when a contradictory autopsy report surfaces, Joanna knows that this is more than just a suicide pact. And she will go all out to find the truth no matter where it leads.
About the Author
J. A. Jance is the New York Times bestselling author of the J. P. Beaumont series, the Joanna Brady series, the Ali Reynolds series, and five interrelated thrillers about the Walker family, as well as a volume of poetry. Born in South Dakota and brought up in Bisbee, Arizona, Jance lives with her husband in Seattle, Washington, and Tucson, Arizona.
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Grilled Lemon-Pepper Mackerel with Tomato-Green Olive Relish
Categories: Entertaining, On the Grill
Type: Main Dishes
Type: Main Dishes
The tomato-green olive relish gives this mackerel dish Portuguese-inspired overtones.
Serves: Serves 4
- 4 mackerel fillets, about 8oz (225g) each (or substitute fillets of bluefish, pompano, or salmon)
- 2 tablespoons olive oil
The rub
- 2 tablespoons freshly cracked black pepper
- 1 tablespoon finely minced lemon zest
- 1/2 teaspoon ground ginger
- Kosher salt to taste
The relish
- 1 tablespoon cumin seed (or 11/2 teaspoons ground cumin)
- 2 ripe tomatoes, cored and diced large
- 1/2 cup roughly chopped pitted green olives
- 1/4 cup extra virgin olive oil
- 1/4 cup roughly chopped fresh parsley
- 1/4 cup roughly chopped fresh mint
- 2 tablespoons drained capers
- Kosher salt and freshly cracked black pepper
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- If using whole cumin seeds in the relish, toast them on the stove top in a skillet over medium-high heat until they are fragrant and just a shade darker (3-5 minutes). Set them aside.
- Build a fire in your grill. When the coals are all ignited, the fire has died down, and the temperature is medium (see Gauging the temperature), you're ready to cook.
- While the coals are heating up, make the relish: Combine the cumin, tomatoes, olives, olive oil, parsley, mint, and capers in a medium bowl and mix well. Season to taste with salt and pepper, and transfer to a serving dish.
- Now make the rub: Combine the black pepper, lemon zest, ginger, and salt in a small bowl and mix well.
- Rub the mackerel fillets all over with the olive oil and then coat with the spice rub, pressing gently to be sure it adheres. Put the fillets on the grill over the coals and cook until they are nicely seared on the outside and just opaque on the inside (4-6 minutes per side). To check for doneness, manipulate one of the fillets so you can see inside it at its thickest point to be sure it is just opaque all the way through.
- Serve each fillet topped with a spoonful of relish, and pass the remaining relish on the side.
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If you want a more realistic bowling experience while using Kinect, you'll need CTA Digital's Bowling Ball for the XBOX 360 Kinect. This ultra-realistic accessory looks and feels like the same ball you'd find in an actual bowling alley. The Bowling Ball for XBOX 360 Kinect is compatible with all Kinect bowling titles including Kinect Sports and Brunswick Pro Bowling and also features a locking wrist strap to safely secure the ball to your wrist. Now get ready to rack up those strikes! Compatible with all bowling based XBOX 360 Kinect titles.
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WTF?? The main purpose of the kinect is hands-free controller-less play! Im assuming they have a steering wheel, golf clubs, paddles and everything of the sort?? Wow
Yeah that's pretty silly.
Also something for your friends to throw through your TV


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$15 shipped. If you haven't purchased a toy helicopter yet, what in the world are you waiting on?!?
Worked for me.
Sham..."due to hurricane Sandy you need an additional $10.00 to qualify for free shipping" nullifying free ship.
Logging in and using the code, my order of 2 came up 36.98 with free shipping. Could the 100 order limit have been hit?
@anoriega2: i guess your in an affected area, bc it said only in affected areas. I got free shipping to Texas.
Coupon code just worked for me, and free shipping! Yay! Can't wait for my helicopter!!
I'm in New Mexico --- didn't work for me either. Says it wants an extra $10 purchase.... so I tried to order two. Still said it wanted an extra $10.
Deal now seems to be dead. "Coupon Limit Exceeded"
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worked for me. i got 3
They are now offered at 17.99 --- no coupon needed - you can order more than one.
I just picked up two of them. The coupon code didn't work, but for $17 shipped for each one, it's STILL a great deal.


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LORENA (December 21, 2012)--A boil order issued Thursday for Lorena water customers on the east side of I-35 was lifted Friday.
The order was issued after contractors working on the I-35 expansion project broke a pipe while digging, the second time in less than three months.
It affected customers south of Lorena who live in the Quarry Subdivision, Evelyn, Sutton Place, Old Rosenthal Road, South Old Temple Road, Creek Road, Telephone Road, Gruetzner Road, Woodlawn Road, Skyline Circle, South Old Bruceville Road and Clay Hill Road.


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We live just north of NYC, and the house was built in 1906. We're putting on a new roof and trying to figure out if it's worth it to insulate too. It's a cathedral ceiling on the inside, and we do not have vented soffits right now. The contractor says it might not be worth it since he'd have to vent the soffits etc.
Insulating the roof will be worth it - you will save significantly on heating and cooling, and doing it while the roof is open is the best time. There are other things you can do at the same time to maximize the return on the roof insulation. Reducing the chimney effect from basement to roof-line with proper air sealing will multiply the savings.
One caveat: if your roofing contractor does not know if it's worth it, he's the wrong person to be installing insulation. The right insulation, installed properly, is worth it. The wrong insulation installed incorrectly is not worth it, for example, it's easy to make R-19 fiberglass batt insulation insulate as poorly as an R-2. As a rule of thumb, if his prior experience says that customers aren't getting a good payback on insulation, then he or his subcontractor is not insulating properly.
You don't want to just "insulate" - you want to get an energy audit and do the kind of insulation and air sealing that's needed for your house in your climate.
There are tons of incentive programs in NY state (http://www.dsireusa.org/library/includes/map2.cfm?CurrentPageID=1&State=NY&RE=1&EE=1), as well as special low-interest loans run through the utility companies that you pay via your utility bill - and whose payments are designed not to exceed the amount saved by the efficiency measures you make.
There are also federal tax rebates for energy efficiency measures. Find a BPI or RESNET HERS certified auditor to assess your house and help you figure out how to maximize your savings. Between rebates and energy savings, you'll find that insulating is one of the smartest investments you can make for your family.
It's not very clear what the assumptions of the model, but I found this tool that makes recommendations based on heating systems, zip code, etc. Taking those factors into account it recommends R38. Just based on zip code it is recommending R49.
I also learned that you can use dense pack cellulose without having to vent the space since humidity is not a problem because there is no air flow to carry the humidity, so that should reduce the cost.
For somewhere that has cold winters and humid warm summers your should be looking to insulate. The cost to heating and cooling a house is greatly effected by how you loose all that heat.
Although specifically for your dwelling its not possible for me to say, However on average over multiple dwelling analysis with infra-red heat loss it has been shown that you loose 26% through the roof, 33% through the walls, 18% through the windows, draughts 12%, floors 8% and doors 3%
The costs of this add up significantly especially through winter times or in climates that are colder. You can also shove the whole environmental thing in there as well as your going to be using more energy to heat it however most are not to interested in environmental effects.
Using insulating foam board followed by fibreglass wool in both the walls and roof along with double or triple glazed windows will dramatically decrease your energy consumption.


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Cora Kinard passed away peacefully after a lengthy decline on Sept. 18, 2010.She was born Cora Virginia Hughart to Ruth Myrell Parlett and Robert Samuel Hughart on the Sept. 29, 1921 in Spokane. She grew up at 909 W. Gordon in Spokane, attended Emerson Elementary graduated from North Central High School.She attended Whitworth College and a trade school that awarded her a certificate in Comptometer operations. She married Lyman Vincent Kinard on May 27, 1951 at Knox Presbyterian Church. Cora was employed with Jensen Byrd and by the Stevens County Credit Bureau. Her passions included cooking, sewing, music, gardening and huckleberries. Cora's memorial will be held Friday, May 27, 2011 at First Congregational UCC at 205 N Maple, 1:00 p.m., where she had been a member since the fall of 1960. The Danekas Funeral Chapel and Crematory in Colville has been entrusted with arrangements.


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Is there a way to configure Empathy so that when a new IM arrives I can open it using a keyboard shortcut rather than having to click the envelope icon of the Indicator Applet?
It isn't exactly what you want, but in Empathy there is an unfortunately-labelled box in preferences: "Display incoming events in the notification area."
Make sure that isn't checked and new messages will open right away in the background.
This answer to another Empathy question might meet your needs.
The solution I ended up using is as follows:
N.B.: The options name may differ as my actual version is not in english.
You can do it using the xdotool package.
All it really does is move the mouse on top of the icon, click the icon, and move the mouse back where it was. I have it bound to F11 and so far it's great.
Important: the number
I think the default shortcut for the messaging menu is Super+M (Super = Windows-key).
There is at least one Compiz extension that uses that shortcut too. In that case you have to remove that shortcut in Compiz, and then restart the indicator-applet (e.g. log out & back in).


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If business is a hamster wheel, what kind of hamster do you want to be? The one who runs all day long, huffing and puffing to keep things turning? Or the sleek and happy rodent who works in the corner office down the hall? Stanley Bing has seen the way the big furballs operate in good times and bad.
Core skills taught in this book:
DelegationTelling people what to do and having them do it.
AbsenceOperating from the digital vacuum.
Abuse of statusIt can be done.
DecisivenessEven when confused.
EngagementBut only when necessary.
Step off the wheel.Grab this book.And relax.
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Stanley Bing is a columnist for Fortune magazine and the bestselling author of Crazy Bosses, What Would Machiavelli Do?, Throwing the Elephant, Sun Tzu Was a Sizzy, 100 Bullshit Jobs . . . And How to Get Them, and The Big Bing, as well as the novels Lloyd: What Happened and You Look Nice Today. By day he is an haute executive in a gigantic multinational corporation whose identity is one of the worst-kept secrets in business.
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Is there a plugin/app that would allow me to see a pie chart of how I'm spending my time based on my Google calender? Maybe by the color that I use or the first word of my title?
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There is no such plugin and I could not find any app doing such.
What you could do is use the Calendar API together with the Google Charts API that Rahun Gautam posted and try to create something yourself.
I think the major problem with such a plugin/app is that with most people, events, although categorized the same, will have a different name, so that it is very difficult for the plugin the categorize the events itself. You would probably have to either categorize all your events manually or give all same-categorized events the same name.


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A delightful recent problem about disconnecting the plane by straight lines suggested me the following further question, that I can't resist to post.
Let $\mathcal{F} $ be a countable family of straight lines, which is generic in the sense that no two of them are parallel, and no three are concurrent.
What can be said about the distribution of the areas of the polygons in which the plane is disconnected by $\mathcal{F} $?
After Yaakov Baruch's answer given in the linked question, we know that they can't be all equal. On the other hand, one can easily make examples where the areas are at least bounded below, and also examples where areas are bounded away from zero. But is there an example where all areas are between two positive constants? I tend to think there isn't any. More generally, what can we say about the distribution of these areas? (say, in an asymptotic sense, as limit of the distributions of the areas of the tiles within a ball of radius $R$).