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Just picked up an '02 convertible for my wife to use as a summer car.
There is some rust bubbles above the right rear wheel. I had planned on having it fixed but she wants to leave it.
A friend mentioned having spray cans made at the local paint shop. I kind of laughed it off but got thinking. Do they work well enough to make an unnoticeable repair?
The plan would be to sandblast, prime and paint the area.
I have painted my last two project cars but never considered do a spot repair (especially with a rattle can).
In the real world, forget about it, not if you want a nice job or anywhere near nice. Remember those rust bubbles are likely the tip of the iceburg and there will be much more when you dig into it being they are coming from the underside not rust on the TOP of the metal you are seeing.
Honestly, unless you are looking for a big project, let her drive it and enjoy it as it is no one else is picking it apart looking for flaws. They see a nice convertible is all they see.
I have a similar situation with my vehicle. It is a 2003, with a few small rust bubbles under the paint around both rear wheel wells. I have 2 repair estimates, $1700. and $1100.
Forget it.
I'll sand the area, Mig any pinholes, rustmort, prime and touch up with the touchup gun.
It's a ten year old car, not a show car, and if it is visible after buffing, it's better than rust.
You should be able to get rattle cans with your color from an auto supply retailer.
The other thought is, first impression, what was your first impression of that car? How long did it take you do see those rust bubbles? Is ANYONE going to look at that car long enough to see them?
OVERALL, what is the cars impression on the average person who will be viewing it?
There are times we go nuts over our stuff just because it's our stuff and we are nuts. We put passion in our cars we may be building because often "The journey is the destination" and I truly believe it, why is it we often have more projects than time? If we REALLY wanted to drive one of these cars we would get on it and finish it yet we collect three more.
My Rambler has a LOT of flaws, brush touched chips, rust bubbles and out and out rust thru on the bottom of the door. But the paint is shiny and from 20 feet outside of the rust thru on the bottom of the door no one sees a thing and they love the little car. They simply don't see that stuff, they have an impression of the car as a whole and they simply don't go looking for a reason NOT to like it, they look for more reasons TO like it.
I don't worry about where I park it, if I were go come back to the car to a big chip in the door yes it would tick me off but I would go brush touch it and forget about it minutes later never to think of it again.
If you WANT to repair this, by all means do so and we can walk you thru some repair. But in my opinion the rattle can spot paint is NOT the way to go. Keeping it small in a brush touch is MUCH more do-able in my opinion.
This thread brings up an interesting question. If you do a spot repair on a SS paint job, do you dare blend the color and clear the panel? Will the fact you have clear on one panel cause the color to mis match? 3 years ago I repaired the damage on the rear of a Buddie's 41 Packard. After three attempts we got a good color match on the non-metallic dark blue paint and it looked very good but their is still that blend line if you really look for it. I have wondered many times what would have happened if I had cleared the blended area.
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What happens most is that cleared panel doesn't fade anywhere as fast as the other panels so years later it looks almost like the day it was painted while the rest of the car looks horrible by comparison. Funny thing is if those panels hadn't been sprayed in a base clear you wouldn't hardly notice the fading on the original color if at all. But with the way it use to look sitting there there to compare, it looks like crap.
I have changed so much in how I look at my daily drivers, they look nice, very nice but they are MILES from perfect.
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It's not a show car by any means. I don't think I listed it but the car is an '02 saab 9-3 convertible.
We knew it had a couple of issues including the rust but we got a good price. I just about have the other issues resolved but the rust drives me nuts. My wife doesn't even see it.
I will post up a couple of pictures tonight looking for suggestions.
The car wont get driven over the winter. I doubt it will see much rain. In fact it is kept in the garage while our newer daily drivers are outside.
Here are a couple of pictures. There are a couple of small bubbles at 12:00 and a larger section at 3:00 (that extends under the gray plastic trim)
.lets say your a talented and handy kind of guy that enjoys this kind of work and just have a lack of funds...Not just a cheepass that has no respect for anyones work but the work YOU do (like a politition) and you want to learn something..there IS a way you can do it ,it wont be very good but at least the color will be a closer match....You can go to an auto paint store with your paint code and have them mix some proper paint for you ...To apply the paint there are Co2 paint guns for touch up ,you put the paint in the bottom and like a rattle can push the top, it wont do a great job but it
ll be the best way to do it without a compressor and a paint gun....at the top of the 1/4 put a pinstripe and paint up to it so you dont have to blend the paint....
Do your wife a favor LEAVE IT ALONE or break down and pay someone to do it right , OR buy some ( entry level ) equipment and enjoy this as a hobby and screw around with your own car.
A quart of paint even the cheapest low end auto paint will cost 50.00 ... you can get an entry level compressor and a paint gun new for about 200.00 at one of these chinese stores.it wont be a good one and it wont last long but it'll get the job done....
A 1000 - 1500.00 is cheap though at a body shop it takes a lot of talent even to get a passable job ...At my shop it would be a min. of 3500.00 for two 1/4s...If your too cheep or cant afford to spend a little on making your wife happy....You can always bring it to Maaco...at least they can do it for the price of the tools and materials you would spend and if they screw it up at least they'll screw it up FAST and she wont be driving around in rattle can primer spots for the rest of the cars shortend life....
This site is where Hot rodders and hobbiests (even pros) come to learn and better their talents and meet other guys with like intrests and the mere mention of rattle can work is disrespectful and has no place here ......
lesson #1
Now,If you have a genuine intrest in the work we'll help you all we can to do a fairly decent DIY job but first you have to have some tools not just an orbital sander and a drill......lesson #2
RULE # 1 Buying a car....
You find a car that you like the looks of but it needs some work..First,get a pro to look at it and give an estimate of what it would cost to do the repairs...Take the price of the car add the repairs to the cost then look up the value of the car...If the total exceeds the value dont buy it...I (try) only buy cars that are worth double what the repaired total costs are... Theres no sence wasting all that money and time on something with no return,even if you love doing the work...
Class dismissed.....dont forget to do your homework...
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I wouldnt necessarly consider myself a "cheapass".
It is our fouth car and as I mentioned in the first post, it is a summer toy.
I have the tools (although my paint gun is from HF) and a little experience but i know my limitations. Fading in silver is more than likely beyond my expertise.
If i could get a paint match out if a can it would remove a lot of variables. Thats what i was questioning.
We still have room in the budget to have it repaired but i was hoping to have it done for $500 to $1000.
Ok, here is the cold hard facts for you from the mind of MARTINSR.
That rust is the tip of the iceburg and will require MUCH more than "store made spray paint" to fix. The magic words are "My wife doesn't even see it", let her drive the car with a smile on her face and forget about it. Not unless you want a major project that is going to require proper tools and time to do it right.
You want to think about doing this thing right, the first thing you need to do is get the car up in the air and look at the pinch welds around both wheel arches and the bottoms of the quarters and rockers. The rockers will likely be hidden by mouldings. But get a good look around and see if this is the ONLY rust like that on the car, my bet is it isn't. If you find this stuff all over, for goodness sakes forget about it! Let her drive it with a smile on her face and forget about it!
Take charge, start your leaning curve, try it now. It isn't as difficult as you think. Use what you have.
It will look better than when you started; the rust is gone.
If you keep this car, you may eventually want to repaint the entire car.
I have a different look at things, make repairs where the odds of it being repaired is better than what you have, this is not the case. If you were a pro and could wham bam done kick it's butt, it may make sense but to try your first hand at blending and such, it won't look any better than it does now, only "different". That's what I always will tell customers who want to patch something or brush touch or something like that. It will simply look "different", not "gone". It may be a better "different" but it will NOT be fixed, and invisible.
If this car was from my area in sunny California there is a remote chance that the rust is localized to this area. Just the fact that it is over the whole wheel well pretty much blows that idea. This car has lived somewhere that rust is the norm, not the exception like here. My family's last "family truckster" (96 Windstar) had rust under it like this, severe surface rusted suspension components, rust at the pinch welds, that sort of thing. It was not from around here, that was clear. I got it for a good price and drove it just about 85K miles going to 29 of the states in these United States of America. It worked just fine never having touched that rust. COULD I have "repaired" it all, I guess so but the odds were that it wouldn't make one ant hill of difference so I chose to leave it and saved myself a lot of work and money and simply enjoyed the van.
The rust I am seeing on the Saab is pretty clearly just the tip of the iceburg. Right now you have color that matches, and a wife that doesn't see the flaw.
You try to learn on this car, you are in for some heartache. The learning curve on this one is steep, it isn't a little door ding in the middle of a panel, this baby is a toughie. Like I said, this rust is coming from the inside out, do we think for some reason this is the only rust on the car? Nope, if you don't see it, it IS under every panel on the car working on breaking thru just as this area did. So why fix this when first, it WILL fail very quickly being you aren't going to repair it right by replacing all that rusted metal, and two because it WILL be rusting thru somewhere else in the future, to what end is the question, a full ground up restoration?
The rust won't be "Gone" it will be hidden for a while is all you get from all your hard work. I am sorry, I have been in this business decades and in those decades I have learned that not every repair is worth it there are times when it is simply BEST to leave it. This APPEARS from what I see in these two photos not worth it. If this is very localized and there is no other rust on the car after a thorough inspection of the car then sure it would be a good idea maybe to fix it, but I don't believe this will be the case.
Listen man,
These gents are pros in the body shop dept. Don't take their harsh words too hard..... They are like alot of professionals- do it right or go home.
With that being said, I think you could do a decent patch/hack job of that rear panel, considering that you are doing just that. Considering you don't care the rust is there, and you just want it covered, it can be done fairly easy. It may or may not come out good, but you know that going in. I personally don't like patching over rust because it comes back up. The problem doesn't go away. You can't try to stop the rust, but that will depend on you.
A harbor freight HVLP will work fine. Not the best gun in the world, but folks use them all the time and get good results. You said you painted a couple cars before...
It is possible to blend a very small area. Hard, but possible. If you're gonna try, have your paint store match the color. Then try and blend color out on a body curve or edge. And reduce color each time you go out.
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Discussion in 'Fantasy Sports Central' started by MotownPride, Oct 30, 2008.
Webz, that means he does...
Thanks Slippo, I needed the laugh today.
I think I just broke the record for the most Turnovers in one day. 38! Nash 5, Iguodala 5, S.Jackson 5, Ty Thomas 5, Crawford 4, A.Miller 4, Bibby 4, Bosh 2, Nene 2, Gordon 2 Amazing!
That's pretty incredible. I know I have had teams where I lost turnovers every single match up. But they were great teams. You & Wartie are the cream of the crop this year...by a lot. Looks like you guys are taking no chances on getting left out like last season. Lots can happen, but that appears to be our finals match up to be. Great job you two.
This year has been awlful quiet on the trade front. What is the deal??? Is everybody really happy with their teams? The top 5 or 6 teams seem to be pulling away from the bottom of the pack. Seems like a few GM's are asleep at the wheel and watching their season go in the crapper.
I've been scrambling since my crappy draft and waivered my way from last to 11th place. Make me an offer I can't refuse Life just isn't fair. I get to play Slippy only once this season and he has me out-numbered 48 games to 39 this week.
Oh well, looks like you may only win 7-2 now.
hey things can change quickly...i got a big lead on the league early but i've had a lot of close matches lately. the battle with webz last week was epic...ending in a 3-4-2 loss. he barely squeaked ahead of me in the rankings
Two words... Bibby baby! Nobody wanted him in the draft and he fell all the way to 90 something. No worries, thank you very much. Cha-ching! No, I can't put it all on Bibby. Some other guys have done well too. Absolutely. I'm definitely aware that things have worked out pretty well for me so far. I don't take anything for granted. I haven't had too many injuries and some of my sleepers have awoken this season. There's less than 10 games between 1st and 6th - all it takes is 2 or 3 bad weeks and you're out of the playoff picture... eh Motown??
After tonight's game I was thinking about our possible Oden - Bibby - deal at the beginning of the season; man, that would have been a steal for me, Bibby is having a stellar season! As for trades, I made two at the beginning of the season and I still regret the Bosh- Marion trade. I'm open for everything, but right now, I can't see how to put my team over the hump.
Just mean. lol. I'm far from dead though. We just ran into a rough injury patch against some tough competition. We will be back. Watching J. Richardson, Ron Artest, Manu Ginobili and Caron Butler all audition for the role of Invisible Man certainly hasn't helped me cause...
Jammer is putting a big beat down on me this week as I have four guys on the shelf including Zack Randolph who has been out since X-mas, Tmac who has not played in a week and both Hornets David West and Tyson Chandler who have not played this week... I may have to bite the bullet on this as I am not going to waived them and then let someone pick them up....just don't know how much longer they will be out...but hopefully I am playing some team that is equally struggling...
Rebounds... Darth 282 Mikhail 270 Just nuts. You deserved a better fate. :(
Maybe you should make Mikhail a dozen bagels.
and gravlox to put on them.
Funny. HQ was talking about Rice A Roni in chat. I happened to have a box in the house although I maybe eat it twice a year. Our dinner plans changed so I had to come up with something quick. Yep. HQ planted the seed so when I saw the box I made it. There was piece of leftover steak in the fridge so I added that to it. Not bad.
Well I found out that Tyson Chandler is now out until after the allstar break which is cause for waiving...
What's that got to do with Rice A Roni and bagels. Did you mean Tyson Chicken?
Well he was my third leading rebounder behind Zack and Milsap and my best blocker...
I just lost Michael Redd for the season. My luck has not been good this year with injuries. I am just trying to hold on.
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With about 41,000 attendees, 1,800 sessions, and a whooping 63,000-plus slides, Oracle OpenWorld 2010 (September 19-23) in San Francisco was certainly a mega event with more information than one could possibly digest or even collect in a week. While the main takeaway for every attendee depends, of course, on the individual's area of interest, there was a strong focus this year on hardware due to the Sun Microsystems acquisition. I'm a strong believer in the integration story of "Hardware and Software. Engineered to Work Together." and really liked the Iron Man 2 show-off all around the event; but, because I'm an application guy, the biggest part of the story, including the launch of Oracle Exalogic Elastic Cloud, was a bit lost on me. And the fact that Larry Ellison basically repeated the same story in his two keynotes didn't really resonate with me — until he came to what I was most interested in: Oracle Fusion Applications!


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"We must let know one know of these things," he said. "They will be the death of our art."
Know one must know...know one.
The HD20 was the projector I previously owned before I upgraded to a 3D ready HD33. When it appeared in 2009 Projector Central gave it a good review. Optoma has always lead the pack when it comes to performance vs value and the HD20 was no exception.
It puts out a great image and has pretty good color accuracy out of the box. I sold my three year old used HD20 with a new bulb in it for not much less than what it is being offered for here, they really hold their value.
Don't listen to those who complain of $300+ bulbs, you can find them for $150 and less.
I bought an HD20 when Woot had it in August. Awesome.
Good comments to look at with last woot in September: $649.99 tonight, not sure what price was back then
New or used bulb?
hjrw wrote:I bought an HD20 when Woot had it in August. Awesome.
Optoma HD20 High Definition 1080p DLP Home Theater Projector has a really cool deal with a price of $785.00. May be a good alternative for a refurbished one.
How dark does the room have to be?
Amazon (NEW) = $785.00 shipped plus 239 reviews.
Woot refurb $654.99 shipped = $131 less.
For the office?
I am looking for a second projector for the office so we can permanently mount one in a meeting room. Our current projector does not handle high def or wide formats well. Current projector is a Panasonic with 2600 lumens. We usually run it at low power to extend bulb life. So this one should work at high power in most rooms.
So what makes a good home theater unit good for the office environment as well?
I work for a place that shows a DVD in our darkened orientation room using a now old Epson projector with a special costly zoom lens.
The $300 OEM bulb, bought in July, just failed..and we do not show the DVD any more than we used to. (This may have been an aberration, as any bulbs we have used last at least a year.)
I now buy $137 bulbs online (we got the $300 one due to an emergency buy). I think the cheaper ones last longer than the OEM ones.
Serious question: What is the status of LED illuminated projectors for commercial use, as described in my previous post? I'm not talking home theater, but a darkened room (seats at least 30) with a professional screen and a permanently mounted projector.
phxsteele wrote:New or used bulb?
A very GOOD question.
One of the biggest causes for bulb failure is moving the projector BEFORE it has cooled down. This has been happening to all kinds of projectors since the 1930's. I worked in camera stores in the days of movie projectors and saw it all the time.
If the bulb is the original one, it could have been abused by folks who never new this problem.
radi0j0hn wrote:Serious question: What is the status of LED illuminated projectors for commercial use, as described in my previous post? I'm not talking home theater, but a darkened room (seats at least 30) with a professional screen and a permanently mounted projector.
They are starting to come out right now at the 1080p resolution. Prices are over $2000 - which is okay when you consider that it saves on purchasing 4-6 bulbs and quite a bit of electricity. These projectors aren't terribly bright though.
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I got one of these in a previous woot. I use it in a completely darkened room and the brightness, color, resolution, etc. are all excellent. However, the DLP color wheel rainbow effect is quite pronounced for me. This manifests itself as blobs of red, green, blue if I quickly move my eyes across a dark screen with a few bright white features. And since the point of a projector is to have a nice big screen, this is problem enough that I'm considering buying either a tri-DLP or some other non-color-wheel technology projector.
Preformed? Seriously?
madgonad wrote:They are starting to come out right now at the 1080p resolution. Prices are over $2000 - which is okay when you consider that it saves on purchasing 4-6 bulbs and quite a bit of electricity. These projectors aren't terribly bright though.
Sounds like we need to keep on for a couple more years. Thanks.
On a side note, a school where I teach sold all their 5 year old Panasonic projectors (new at $5,000) for $80-&120 each!
Another "+1 excellent projectors for the money" verdict from me. Got my HD180 (HD20 was sold out) from woot 8/30 last year.
We use it on a blank beige ("eggshell" apparently...) wall at ~120" screen size, with 12' throw distance. The image is bright enough to watch TV even in the afternoon sun with the shutter-blinds closed. Movies (especially those with lots of dark scenes) do suffer when it's this bright though - I usually take that as a sign that I should be outside doing something instead of sitting in watching movies ;-)
800 hours on the lamp with no issues, and plenty of 'bright mode' time in there too.
The biggest niggle for me is that the AT&T u-verse remote does not have any codes for powering it on/off!
I have been using 3 HD20's for about a year now, as a home theater projector and for my gaming PC. I have found that it compares extremely well with units 3-5x its price, except for black levels. If you intend to use this primarily for dark images, you will need to be prepared to setup the viewing area so that there is absolutely minimal external light getting in. I also would recommend using a medium-light Gray projector screen, as it really does make the blacks look better without hurting the overall color accuracy.
I have used it for 3D gaming, with the 3 projectors all combining their image into one, and the results are nothing short of incredible. The brightness doesn't drop due to the 3D, and the resolution stays a full 1080p instead of being cut in half.
Also, if you are a gamer and are interested in running Nvidia Surround or AMD/ATI Eyefinity, I can promise you that you will never want to go back to 3x 1080p monitors again after using 3 projectors! No bezels, absolutely seamless transition, and if you are able/willing to have the 2 side screens at an angle, it is beyond "real" feeling. Sure, I would prefer to have 2560x1440/1600 resolution, but with projectors this is much less necessary than with large LCD Displays. I have a trio of Dell Ultrasharp U2711 that I use for my "traditional desktop" (same PC), and while the increased pixel area is insanely useful for productivity, I am hard pressed to find a significant difference between the two display types in gaming. Running a 3930K @ 4.6Ghz on a Rampage 4 Extreme with 32GB DDR3-2540 10-12-11-32, and with a grand total of 4 EVGA GTX680 4GB cards in Quad-SLI overcooked to 1380core/7840mem (CPU/MB/GPU'S all custom liquid cooled), I stillhave to turn the AA down when gaming on the3x U2711 displays, but when using the 3 HD20'S and playing Crysis 2 (DX11 Texture Pack), Skyrim (Extreme Texture Mods), or Metro2033, I am able to run at the absolute highest quality settings AND with 8x(or modded 16x) MSAA/TXAA (TXAA 2 enabled when possible), full Tessellation, 32x Anisotropic Filtering with Triple Buffering, and everything else (Full HDR, etc). With the Dell displays, I have to drop AA down a notch or two and same with AF, in order to maintain a minimum frame rate of >60fps, but with the projectors all these settings make the image quality so smooth that the difference in pixel count, 6.22mil (3x 1080p) versus 11.06mil (3x 1440p), is negligible.
I really can't recommend this projector enough! If you are fortunate enough to have a nice PC and the money to set up a multi-display setup, 3 HD20's with 90-120" screens is as close to virtual reality as you can get! Throw in a nice 11.2ch receiver with some good speakers (I use 2x Definitve Technology BP7000SC towers for Front L/R, 4x Mythos ST SuperTower's for Surround L/R and Surround Rear L/R, 2x CS-8080HD's for a dual-speaker Center Channel, 2x Mythos Gem XL for Front High R/L, 2x SR-8080BP's for Front Wide L/R, and 2x SuperCube Trinity dual-driver subwoofers; all powered by 3x McIntosh MC452 2x450W + 4x MC303 3x300W + 4x MC2KW 1x2000W Amplifiers, a pair of Processors (MX151 + MX120), MEN220 Room Correction Processor, 2x MPC1500 Power Control Systems (Voltage Regulation to less than 0.0005% fluctuation, Automatic Power Factor Correction, Surge Suppression), Furman IT-Reference 20i Line Conditioner/Surge Suppression/Isolation Transformer, and protected by an APC Symmetra 16kVA 12,500W UPS with quad-pass transformers.
I got this projector (the HD180) last time it was on sale here, and have been extraordinarily satisfied. The price was the same, and I can answer a few questions about it:
1- I'm pretty sure it came with a new bulb. You can display the 'bulb age' in the menus, and after playing with the projector for a while and finding this option, mine said '1'.
2- I've used it to watch youtube videos on my wall in the afternoon with the blinds closed, and also in the evening with the lights on, with the bulb on the "eco" (lower brightness) setting. I've never seen the need to switch the brightness up. Of course it's "better" with the lights out / in the dark, but the picture is still very visible even with plenty of ambient light.
3- It's surprisingly quiet. Don't get me wrong, if you listen for the fan you'll hear it. But compared to other (cheaper) projectors I've owned, it's quieter and leaks less light.
I cannot stress enough how much I like this projector. It's the best bang for your buck that I've been able to find anywhere.
I know this is a weird way to compare things, but this $650 projector is at least 4-5 times better than any $450 projector. If you're on the fence between this and something cheaper, spend the extra $200, you won't regret it.


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Gone is the stark delivery room and administration of heavy duty anesthetics. Parents now have more choices than ever as to the environment into which their babies will be born.
With the growing openness of medical staff to complementary and
alternative therapies, now often called integrative medicine, moms-to-be are investigating and choosing new options for delivering their babies. As a result, parents now have more birthing choices than ever before.
A doula, or birth assistant, is a professional woman, or at times a man, hired privately by parents to attend their child's birth. A doula serves the role as support and coach for the laboring woman. The doula does not replace the role of partner, and, very importantly, is not a member of the health care team. A doula is present solely to attend to the laboring mom. Usually trained and experienced in childbirth, doulas can serve as a stand-in when dad is not available. But doulas can be an asset for any mother. Many parents hire doulas even if dad is present.
Since doctors may not have worked with a birth assistant before, most doulas accompany moms to a prenatal visit in order to meet the doctor before the big day. Once the medical staff knows the doula is there for support and not to replace or interfere with them, they are likely to welcome this additional member of the team.
Doulas can be available weeks in advance to help an anxious mother before delivery by answering questions. They can also be helpful after the mother and infant come home. They help new mothers with feeding, recovery, and newborn care. A postpartum doula helps with the transition a family faces with a new baby in the home.
Studies show that doulas have positive medical effects on both mother and baby. A study published in the
British Medical Journal
suggested that doulas result in fewer cesareans and shorter labors for mothers, and a lower admission rate to neonatal intensive care for infants.
A review found that continuous support by a doula reduces
anxiety, shortens labor, decreases the need for cesarean deliveries and other forms of assisted birth, and reduces rates of
postpartum depression.
Water can smooth away aches, drain off tension, and float us into a state of bliss. It's no surprise, then, that many moms who labor and/or deliver their babies in a birthing pool say that they experience less pain and greater relaxation.
These benefits may be passed on to the infant as well. It is considered safe, but there is no evidence supporting that it is better than a conventional birth. Water-immersion birth benefits may include:
Despite its increasing popularity, the American Congress of Obstetricians and Gynecologists and the American Academy of Pediatrics do not support water-immersion birth. The concern among the groups is that if the baby starts breathing under water, the soiled water may cause an infection. Because there haven't been enough studies to find any benefit with water-immersion births, both groups feel that more research needs to be done before they can endorse it.
The bad news is that labor will probably hurt. The good news is that there are many nonpharmaceutical options when it comes to managing the discomfort.
The first step to pain management is relaxation. The tenser you are, the higher the sensation of pain.
Relaxation starts with the environment. Even in the hospital, you can dim the lights, play soft music, light candles, or use
to create a safe feeling. Aromatherapy may reduce the perception of labor pain. Other relaxation techniques include
massage, showers, and baths.
The mind is one of the most effective pain-fighting tools available. Hypnotism, visualization, and imagery are all methods moms have used for pain relief, and there is some scientific support for their use.
Acupressure and acupuncture have been studied as natural treatments for reducing labor pain. Each of these methods may offer some benefits, but more research is needed.
Although red raspberry is an herb traditionally used during pregnancy and labor, a double-blind, placebo-controlled trial evaluating the effects of red raspberry in 192 pregnant women failed to find benefit.
The herb blue cohosh is sometimes recommended by midwives, but it is a toxic herb and should not be used.
When planning your baby's birth, investigate the options and be realistic about your personality and desires. Work with your doctor or midwife early on, and check policies of the hospital or birthing center you've selected. For example, some may allow only family members in the delivery room, or may have policies against candles or other open flames. Be flexible; even the best laid plans can go awry. After all, babies have their own ideas about the way things should turn out!
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Arsène Wenger believes it's important for football clubs to honour the Armed Forces and those who have given their lives for peace.
Sunday, November 13 is Remembrance Day and Arsenal will wear specially-designed 'poppy shirts' when they welcome West Bromwich Albion to Emirates Stadium this Saturday. Those shirts will then be auctioned with funds raised going to The Royal British Legion.
Wenger knows that football can attract negative headlines and he says it's right for clubs to pay their respects this weekend.
"Of course you always want to support the good causes," he told Arsenal Player.
"We are in the spotlight for the wrong reasons many times so when we can be in it for the right reasons we of course want to do it. We have a big responsibility in our game for that and we are very keen to do it."
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Sawatch Range > Huron Peak > Climber's Log
Huron Peak Climber's Log
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|Matt Mahoney
|Route Climbed: NW slopes Date Climbed: June 30, 2004
|A snowy summer day.
|Posted Aug 26, 2004 8:32 pm
|Larry V
|Route Climbed: northwest slopes, S. Winfield TH Date Climbed: July 1996
|Second attempt, first summit. Still we had thunderstorms and a long downpour on our descent, late in the day. Probably the wettest I've been.
|Posted Aug 25, 2004 11:40 pm
|Route Climbed: Standard Route Date Climbed: August 21, 2004
|HIked with my dad under cool, cloudy conditions. The summit was completely socked in when we were there, depriving us of the view of the Three Apostles.
|Posted Aug 22, 2004 3:30 pm
|Route Climbed: Route from Winfield Trailhead Date Climbed: August 8, 2004
|What a wonderful mountain. Excellent trail work by CFI or whoever worked on it. After having done a long hike the day before, Huron was a joy to climb. We had fantastic weather - I dare say one of the nicest days we have had all climbing season.
|Posted Aug 13, 2004 9:53 am
|Route Climbed: Standard Date Climbed: August 3, 2004
|My first successful 14er! A very scenic hike from top to bottom, even the 4 wheel drive approach is nice.
Hiked it from the far trailhead (due to owning a nissan sentra) making it 8 miles roundtrip.
Lost the trail at the peak making for some boulder hoping to top.
|Posted Aug 9, 2004 2:22 pm
|Route Climbed: Standard Date Climbed: August 8, 2004
|GORGEOUS weather, great company. Fun mountain.
|Posted Aug 9, 2004 1:43 pm
|Route Climbed: Standard Route Date Climbed: August, 1997
|Everyone's entitled to a certain amount of error in life, and before getting this mountain, I filled my quota! Three or four years before the successful summiting date shown above, I set out on a beautiful day for a solo climb of Huron. Well, okay, admittedly I didn't exactly study the route--not the route up the mountain, the route TO the mountain--so happily oblivious to the world, took a couple wrong turns en route. Uh...wrong turns I knew nothing about. So, see, eventually it was still this stupendous day, and after working for a couple hours up this nice ridge, eventually reached that wonderful point where the view starts opening up, which in this case meant coming over what I assumed was a shoulder leading to something like a view of the peak itself. To my surprise, not only had I reached the summit of what I'd been toiling up, I was standing, admiring a view with the most definite problem that most of that view included peaks higher than the one I was on! To this day I don't know what it was I climbed. But I know what it wasn't. It was, however, a terrifically nice day.
Returned, though, in August, 1997, and in a magnificent show of map-reading ability, did the real thing with Elizabeth, who of course never doubted for a minute but that we'd make the right summit. (Okay that's enough; stop laughing, Aaron...I've suffered entirely too much as it is over this.)
P.S. The real Huron's actually a very nice peak.
|Posted Jul 28, 2004 2:47 am
|Scott Wesemann
|Route Climbed: Standard Date Climbed: 9/02
|Climbed with Adam Roddy. This was a fun hike with great views from the summit. I did get altitude sickness on top and it made the descent miserable.
|Posted Jun 10, 2004 1:23 am
|Ed F
|Route Climbed: Standard Route from Winfield TH Date Climbed: May 30, 2004
|Unseasonably cold day up high. A fantastic snow climb after a clear, cold night. Couldn't find a continuous snow field to the peak, but only took off the crampons at 13, 800 or so because of talus fields.
By the way, I made it up the road with a Ford Explorer in slight snow with no issues. It's not too bad if you take it slow.
|Posted May 31, 2004 11:11 am
|Route Climbed: North Face Date Climbed: May/03
|Completely off route. Fun climb though.
|Posted Apr 14, 2004 6:45 pm
|Route Climbed: Standard route Date Climbed: September 8, 2002
|We summitted, but clouds obscured our views for most of the day. We only caught one fleeting view of the Apostles. We'll be back...
|Posted Apr 12, 2004 12:19 pm
|Route Climbed: SW Face From Clear Creek Date Climbed: November 4, 2001
|This would be a great mountain to ski when the snow is right. I remember this one as a work out and one more down. If you like a lot of talus and scree then do this one in the Summer!!
|Posted Apr 10, 2004 6:45 pm
|Route Climbed: East basin Date Climbed: July 2001
|Climbed solo starting at 2am for a summit at sunrise - great way to avoid the crowds!
|Posted Jan 10, 2004 7:30 pm
|Jim Clarke
|Route Climbed: South Winfield TH Date Climbed: July 27, 1996
|A nice easy warm-up fourteener. A great starter peak with good camping nearby.
|Posted Oct 13, 2003 11:45 am
|Route Climbed: Winfield 4x4 Date Climbed: September 6th, 2003
|Magnificent and easy hike! Took on trail at 5:30 with flashlight;( first ever hike in the dark) was at timberline by 6:15 and reached summit by 9:15; Cloudy, some fog, then cleared just above the peak once the summit was reached. Four people on the top, pika, marmot..... Great views of Ice Mountain, Missouri Peak, Oxford, Belford, Harvard, Yale, la Plata, Three Apostles. One very distinct " ruby red " peak in the distant South, somehow West of Yale. Can anyone tell me what that is?
|Posted Sep 7, 2003 9:54 pm
|Route Climbed: South Winfield 2WD Trailhead Date Climbed: August 29, 2003
|Beautiful easy hike on a great trail. Only about 7 other people on the mountain in total which made it even better. Reached the summit in about 3 1/2 hours from the lower 2wd trailhead. Great weather the whole way.
|Posted Aug 30, 2003 7:26 pm
|Route Climbed: Winfield 4WD TH Date Climbed: July 28, 2003
|Drove up to the end of the 4WD road from Winfield. A truly beautiful day, stayed on the summit for about 1 1/2 hours. Well maintained trail.
|Posted Aug 7, 2003 8:12 am
|Route Climbed: Lulu Gulch Date Climbed: July 27, 2002
|This day I wanted to do two fourteeners in one day so the plan was to do La Plata first then go back down to the trailhead then do Huron.
When I got to Winfield which is the trailhead for both fourteeners La Plata already had clouds lingering around it so I decided to do Huron first via the LuLu Gulch approach which ascends Browns Peak first (13,500') then a fun ridge walk to Huron then going down the Huron trail.
The way down was pretty uneventful. Back at the car it was about 2:00 the people I was talking to on top were parked right next to me having some beers and lunch. I sat and had a couple of beers with them and talked. I told them that I wanted to do La Plata also, but the clouds were really getting dark and there was no chance that I was going to attempt it. After they left I was sitting in my car to see what the weather was going to do and all of the sudden at about 3:00 o'clock the clouds left the area and it was sunny.
So I went for it. I had about three hours to get to the summit so I would be back at the car by dark. I was really moving passing people on their way down. Once at timberline the clouds were approaching again, and they were building. So at 13,000 feet I sat down and ate a sandwich and waited to see what the weather was going to do. After a half hour the clouds weren't getting any better and I couldn't see anyone in the area, I was all alone and I didn't want to get stuck on the summit in a storm so decided that this was going to be it for the day and went back down.
|Posted Jul 31, 2003 10:22 pm
|Route Climbed: Winfield 4x4 TH Date Climbed: July 23, 2003
|Nice easy hike. Storm chased us down, but we waited it out...
|Posted Jul 30, 2003 7:11 pm
|Route Climbed: North Ridge from South Winfield TH Date Climbed: July 22, 2003
|I had a cheapie 3 cylinder Daewoo rent car so I started from the South Winfield TH. ( I should have looked under the hood- I didnt even know they made 3 cylinder cars- but thats what they said at the rental agency) A halfway decent car could have made it up the road a bit further. The road hike to the 4WD TH was quite easy and enjoyable as there were many fine scenic vistas and campsites along the way. The climb itself was rather easy and uneventful. We got an early start (6 AM- just after daybreak) so no weather problems. A fun climb!
|Posted Jul 29, 2003 6:50 pm


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Why does 'gender' matter to a water manager?
In most developing countries women and girls are responsible for collecting and using water for household purposes while mainly men make decisions about water resources management and development at both local and national levels. In a rapidly changing world where water scarcity, climate variability and climate change, disasters and conflicts are affecting access to safe and sustainable water resources, women are especially vulnerable. Prevailing social inequalities mean women typically have less means and capacity to cope and adapt and consequently bear a disproportional burden of increased competition and climate change induced consequences on water.
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- Involving both women and men in integrated water resources management initiatives can increase project effectiveness.
- Using a gender perspective and ensuring women's involvement can support environmental sustainability.
- Social and economic analysis - as well as documenting natural resource uses - is incomplete without an understanding of gender differences and inequalities.
- Without specific attention to gender issues, initiatives and projects can reinforce inequalities between women and men and even increase imbalances.
- The mainstreaming of gender is critical to reaching the Millennium Development Goals as well as the Johannesburg Plan of Implementation.
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The UNDP Water Governance Programme, in collaboration with UNDP Regional Bureaux, UNDP Country Offices, and the Gender and Water Alliance, has developed a practical tool that will assist UNDP staff to incorporate gender perspectives in a variety of water initiatives. The goal of the initiative is to improve the sustainability of water projects through the incorporation of gender equality perspectives throughout the planning cycle.
The Resource Guide on Gender and Water Management has been developed to assist practitioners in mainstreaming gender within 13 water sub-sectors to facilitate access for specific purposes and water uses. The sub-sectors of the resources guide cover among others sanitation and hygiene, water supply, agriculture, coastal zone management, capacity building and gender responsive budgeting. Introductions to the sub-sectors describe current policy debates and gender issues. The resource guide consolidates available materials and gives a quick guide to accessing existing information such as references, resources (including manuals and guidelines), case studies and relevant websites.
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WBB Canada Blog Day 7 - C. Ranger & A. Robinson
The Iona College women's basketball team is in the midst of a nine-day international trip to Canada for a quintet of games and scrimmages against teams from the Ontario province. To keep fans up to date with the action, a different member, or members, of the team will be blogging a daily report on ICGaels.com.
This is freshmen Cassidee Ranger and Aaliyah Robinson with today's blog entry for August 16th. Today we woke up and had breakfast on our own and then had an 11:00 am Pilates workout with Coach Kelly. Then we relaxed around the hotel and enjoyed some free time, until we met for team meal at 2:00 pm.
We ate at Baton Rouge, and they had by far the best food that we have eaten over the past week! We had about an hour before we had to leave for the game to mentally get ready and prepare for the game. Whether it's listening to music or just sitting quietly, we all have a different approach to getting prepared for games.
Today's game was a big game for the entire team, and today was supposed to test us. Not only did we have to play back to back, but because the University of Ottawa was ranked number one last year and was said to be the best of the three teams we'll play in Canada. Once we got there and began warming up I knew we would have a good game. In warm-ups we were focused and made a lot of shots, which definitely reflected in the game. From the tip, we were the aggressors and all played hard, feeling like we out ran them and played very well as a team. I'm glad that we walked away with our third win and we're excited to finish off these next two games the same way!
All in all, we really had another exciting day in Canada with the team. This experience is one we will never forget; having the opportunity to play internationally gives a new perspective of how the game of basketball is played around the world. Everyday is a start to a new beginning to get better in anyway possible at Iona, why not start off early?
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Proving she's a multi-talented young lady, Elizabeth Olsen shows off her vocal chops in the newest clip or "Very Good Girls."
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Sharing the first look at Naomi Foner's coming of age flick, iTunes released a trailer for "Very Good Girls" on Tuesday (June 3).
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Cute! But... didn't really like the font... and the words... perhaps something like... handwritten "Jo <3 Bhaer" in crayons??
DianaSprinkle wrote:Alice In Wonderland. Alice chases the rabbit again but this one is a little different. I don't think she'll like the surprise. =D
I think that Monty Python still qualifies as pop culture.
Re: The Secret Garden
Gorgeous, great job!
Thirdbase9 wrote:I think that Monty Python still qualifies as pop culture.
a carnivorous bunny doesn't a monty python ref make. the joke in that was it was a normal looking tiny rabbit, this is a totally different thing.
sleepingin wrote:Gorgeous, great job!
I agree. I love this one!
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Re: The Raven
My literary side says: "it is a lovely depiction that effortlessly encapsulates the feel of Mr. Poe's classic poem."
My graphic design side says: "excellent composition; simple yet highly effective; nice use of the classic black/white/red color palette."
My consumer side says: "Shut up and take my money!"
...in other words, well done!
bluejester wrote:awww hell looks so cute and inviting and...and...what am I saying?!?!?!
Good luck, voted!
Here in Hell we strive to meet everyone's needs and desires. This year we're looking to improve our cute factor by 30% to attract a different demographic. Next quarter we'll be pushing our, "So cute, it's sinful" campaign.
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Nice! I like how it turned out. Good call on the buckets.
Re: Odysseus's Grecian Positioning System v1.0
No wonder it took him so long to get home.
Re: Black Beauty
I really like the looseness of the artwork. Not fussy, not totally structured, like it could all disappear in a wild flurry of sparks.
For what it's worth, it also reminds me of The Black Stallion, though those books were published much later. Fire imagery (and names like Firetail and Bonfire) figures into several of the books.
Re: The Picture of Dorian (Orange) Gray
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An attempt at parody it may be, but the fact remains that the artwork is stolen, not original.
A few people have told me they don't quite get the reference. Here you go people that haven't seen this sidebar ad.
Re: Moby pencil
This is incredibly charming and needs a lot more support.
wonderful energy!
Re: Hidden Wolf
excellent concept and execution--very creative!
This is gorgeous--I can't stop looking at the depth in those leaves
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She really was quite efficient at it, wasn't she? Nice work, Tony!
norcalbecca wrote:My literary side says: "it is a lovely depiction that effortlessly encapsulates the feel of Mr. Poe's classic poem."
My graphic design side says: "excellent composition; simple yet highly effective; nice use of the classic black/white/red color palette."
My consumer side says: "Shut up and take my money!"
...in other words, well done!
This sums it up very nicely--excellent work, Wences!
Re: Treasure Island
great work--excellent details!
Re: Little Red, Riding Hood
very cool
Re: The Nautilus Encounter
This is a really nice design--I feel like the thumbnail doesn't do it justice
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Re: Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
Love the colors and textures!
Re: The crushed flower and other stories
This looks to be outside the print area, particularly along the bottom?
Re: Alice In Wonderland - Wrong Rabbit
Ooh, twisted. I like it. :D
kevlar51 wrote:This is a really nice design--I feel like the thumbnail doesn't do it justice
Maybe I'll resub a less phallic, better thumbnailed version today,... Does anyone think that is necessary>?
Re: Welcome To The Inferno
Devilishly good. Love all the detailing like the ferryman and cerberus.
OTP may be considered a modern cultural reference. I'd steer clear of "<3" for the same reason
Re: The Odyssey RESUB
Yeah, much better.
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Nice one.
Welcome back to the mix.
There's a new demographic since you last submitted, so let's hope you see the proper appreciation.
Re: Winnie the Pooh
Winnie the Pooh first appeared in a poem in 1924, so this does not fit the pre-1920 rule.
Impressive work Helgram, love your clean and precious style =D
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I really love the style and colors - would definitely wear this shirt.
This I'm totes digging. Nicely played sir.
This is gorgeous and so alive with animation.
Re: History is Written by the Victors (3 Little Pigs)
That nose is amazing! Great atmosphere here.
We had a similiar idea, with really different execution. Great!
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Some of you may have seen my first Mando attempt. It is my Mandalorian Combat mechanic, Aaray "Spanner" Murraan. This is the kit I used and have trooped it as part of the Mandalorian Mercs Costuming Club, and as Alor'ad of the Murraan Clan.
Well today I started on "Spanner Murraan Mark II - Bigger, beefier, burlier! I used my own Stencils and I am doing sort of a Modern Era/Legacy Era hybrid for this build.
I Started with 6" PVC pipe and traced the stencils on. I did A rough cut and then final cut.
I used a heat gun and another scrap piece of PVC as a buck to smooth and shape the breast plate. I also traced the design of the chest insignia.
I used a dremel to cut reliefs in to denote the shapes of gorget and individual armor plates. I also used the dremel to carve out the Cog shape a bit and to bevel the edges of the plate. I have a real steel cog that I will be inlaying in the chest then carving a reeks head into the center (Murraan Clan sigil)
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What's your fav manufacturer. If not listed, then choose "other" and tell us in a message...
Still sticking with my S&W's.
S&W 1911/.45 scandium PD Commander. http://i66.photobucket.com/albums/h2...y/IMG_1631.jpg
S&W 1911/.45 SS Government
That's kewl :)
I was asked to start a new one w/ more options to vote for... :smt023
Now we just have to wait and see how Shipwreck votes. :smt083
I'm with Baldy, I still like my Smittys.:smt023
i chose other for IWI (Israel Weapon Industries) because i just love my Jericho, and it's my only gun what else would i pick? lol
H&K usp is my fav, even though I just bought a Glock.
Since I haven't owed much of a varity I had to say Glock since that's my main carry. I did like my Ruger's though.
Walther's all the way!
You left out T/C.....have 2 rifles and 2 hunting handguns with the T/C brand name...
I could not put EVERY name. Sorry. I looked at a few sites to make sure I did the major ones w/o skipping any. We had a prev poll on another thread, and it was limited in choices because of the prev site software. But, even w/ more options, there's no way to put EVERY brand.
I am slightly familiar with that brand now that U mention it, but it doesn't come up too often. You should post some pics of your guns for us to see :smt023 :smt023 :mrgreen:
Well I started to recommend that we should get 1 vote for each gun we own of a particular brand. That would give me 6 votes for S & W and then someone comes along with 7 Walthers! So never mind.:?
I voted Walther, although Smith & Wesson is dearly loved at my house. Walther has really impressed me in the last couple years.
Yea, this poll doesn't mean that you dislike other brands. I like other brands as well. It's just to pick your all time fav...
Had to stick with the saints of firearms Saint Sam Colt And Saint John Moses Browning, combined unbeatable everything else is just an attempt to copy.
I am a Beretta guy. I love how my 92 shoots and fits... my favorite gun I've shot thus far.
I am surprised I am the first to vote for them. :watching:
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Only played in 26 games but managed to lead the team in goals (46) while also recording 17 assists and 32 steals during her junior year...Recorded a hat trick in three key victories against George Washington on Feb. 20, Claremont Mudd-Scripps on March 14 and Cal State San Bernardino on March 20.
Led team with 64 goals... also led team with 31 assists... scored four goals in a game twice on the season... named to all-WWPA second team.
Was second on the team with 48 goals...Tallied four goals against UC Santa Cruz on Feb. 2...Recorded 25 steals and 15 assists in her freshman season...Also lead the team with 142 shot attempts...WWPA academic all-conference.
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Competed in water polo and swimming for four years...Four-year varsity letterwinner in swimming and water polo...Was an all-state selection four times in water polo, earning first-team honors once...Helped lead Fenwick to three state championships...Named All-American in swimming and was MVP one season.
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Monday July 23rd, 2012 4:38pm
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PROVIDENCE, R.I. – It was a rainy, muddy, cold day in Providence, but the No. 3 Cornell men's lacrosse team shined, putting on a dominating performance to defeat Brown, 18-5, this afternoon at Stevenson Field. With the victory, the Big Red improved to 10-2 on the season (5-0 Ivy) to earn the 16th outright Ivy League title in program history. Brown falls to 5-8 overall and 1-4 in the conference.
Rob Pannell finished the day with seven points on five assists and two goals, as 11 different players found their way into the boxscore and every single healthy member of the Big Red got onto the field. David Lau tallied two goals and two assists and both Steve Mock and Roy Lang finished with three goals on the day. Midfielders Jack Dudley and JJ Gilbane each scored twice and Chris Langton rounded out the multipoint scorers with one goal and one assist.
In goal, AJ Fiore was great, making seven saves and allowing four goals in 45:00, before Andrew West came on in relief and finished with one save and gave up just one goal.
Brown, which was plagued by 27 turnovers, was kept in the game thanks to many brilliant saves from Matt Chriss, who finished the contest with nine stops in 50:43/ Will Round closed the contest for the Bears and allowed two goals while making just one save.
Rob Schlesinger scored twice and Parker Brown had two assists for the home team, while Andrew Feinberg, George Sherman and Jeffrey Foote each scored once.
Cornell, which outshot Brown 51-25, dominated time of possession in the contest and used a 5-1 run to open the game, eventually taking an 8-2 lead into the intermission. But the Big Red wasn't done and outscored the Bears 7-2 in the third quarter to make it a 15-4 contest. With both sides subbing liberally, Cornell held the 3-1 scoring edge in the fourth quarter as well to account for the 18-5 victory.


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