text:
Will and Kate may have a royal baby making headlines around the world, but their story can't compare to one that happened in Granton, Pictou County last month.
On June 15 Christie Nugent delivered her baby nine weeks early, at home and breached. Miraculously the baby girl, who weighed just 3 pounds, 6 ounces lived thanks to assistance from her grandmother Robin Patterson and aunt Katie, a 911 operator and paramedics.
Here's how it all happened.
Christie had had a placenta abruption at 24 weeks, so she knew that odds were higher that she might deliver prematurely, but when she woke up with a pain in her side on June 15 she didn't think much of it. Her boyfriend, Mitchell, suggested maybe she was just hungry. Back to sleep she went.
But things changed very quickly. At about 5:50, Mitchell ran into his mother Robin's room and told her that Christie's water had broken.
Robin ran down to the basement where Christie was sitting on the toilet.
"We've got to go to the hospital," Robin told the girl.
"I'm having the baby, I'm having the baby!" Christie replied in a panic.
Well of course you're having the baby, Robin thought to herself. When Christie lifted a towel though and she saw feet, Robin realized why Christie was so panicked.
"When she said the baby's coming. I didn't think she meant that actual second," she said.
Robin ran upstairs and found the phone to call 911.
A man on the other end of the line calmly asked questions about the situation.
"You need to get her off of the toilet," he said.
But Christie could barely move and had to crawl to a spot clear enough that they could lay a blanket down. She propped her back against Mitchell's hockey bag.
Now Robin works at the hospital, but she doesn't do anything remotely close to delivering babies. Her job is to sterilize equipment that doctor's and nurses use. The irony is that she would be forced to deliver her granddaughter in an environment far less that ideal with laundry piles nearby.
She had both her children by C-section so wasn't even sure what all was involved with a typical delivery.
"This is happening, I can't do this," she told the 911 operator.
"You've got to do it," he said.
Step-by-step he walked them through, all the while reassuring that paramedics were on their way.
The baby came quickly though, and before she knew it, Robin was holding the tiny girl in her hands.
"When she came out her cord was perfect," Robin said. "I didn't really have to do anything other than get her out."
But the baby was a bit blue and wasn't crying.
"I don't hear anything, I don't hear anything!" Christie said worried.
"It's ok," Robin's daughter, Katie, the calmest of the group said as she sat nearby.
Robin too was panicked, but swept the baby's mouth and airway as instructed and sure enough the little girl started to cry.
Tears ran down Robin's eyes too.
Moments later the happy sound of the ambulance pulling into the driveway reached their ears. They came in, clamped and cut the cord and tended to Christie, then whisked the baby off to the Aberdeen Hospital, where she was airlifted to the IWK.
A second ambulance took Christie to the hospital and from there drove her Halifax so she could be with the baby.
For the last 5 weeks that's where they've been as the baby girl, Peyton, was incubated for a couple weeks and allowed to grow some. Saturday, weighing 5 pounds, 3 ounces, she returned home for the first time.
"Thank God," Christie says of her daughter making it home.
Looking back, she says she doesn't remember a whole lot from the experience that night.
"It was like a dream," she said. "I felt like I was watching a movie or something."
It was over and done with before she really knew what was happening she said. She's thankful though, that the baby, who had so little odds is now safe at home and she can hold her in her arms.
"There she is, a big bundle of joy," Robin said.
On Twitter: NGNewsAdam


text:
Canadians Advance East of Arras 1
The Film
Running Time
09 min 27 s
Canadian War Records Office, Ministry of Information
At the beginning of September 1918, the Canadian Corps attacked the Drocourt-Queant Line and the Buissy Switch, two connected sections of the Hindenburg Line east of Arras. This extraordinarily well-constructed and well-sited German defensive line demanded a massive effort by the Corps' infantry and supporting artillery.
This film clip suggests the scope of the gunners' supply problem. To get the guns the countless shells they needed, thousands of men were employed all along the Corps' lengthy supply chain. Men used trucks and wagons to move heavy shells, while light field gun limbers were loaded and moved forward. Then the barrage began, including fire from huge British railway cannon.
Pieces of History
Military Logistics of the Canadian Expeditionary Force, 1914–1919
Michel Litalien
Canadian military logistics is a dimension of the history of the Canadian Expeditionary Force (CEF) that is often overlooked. Yet just a few days after Canada's entry into the First World War, it was obvious that there was no way of ignoring it. When huge numbers of military and civilian volunteers showed up at Valcartier, near Quebec City, in August 1914, logistical support services, which had only recently been established, were soon put to the test. Clothing and equipping the members of the first contingent turned out to be a real headache. Manufacturers had to be found and contracts drawn up in a hurry for the production of uniforms, boots, belts, weapons, vehicles and so on. From a logistical standpoint, mobilizing the first contingent destined for Europe was a nightmare.
Throughout the Great War, the Canadian Expeditionary Force's logistical support system was an immense, complex operation. Of all the support services, the Canadian Army Service Corps (CASC) was the most diversified. Its main responsibilities were transporting combat troops, delivering equipment and materials, and providing the troops with fresh supplies. In addition to these essential tasks, the CASC also evacuated the wounded (ambulance drivers belonged to the corps), salvaged equipment that had been captured from the enemy or left behind on the battlefield and delivered mail. The CASC worked closely with the Canadian Ordnance Corps, the Canadian Army Medical Corps, and the Canadian Artillery Corps for the transportation of specialized ordnance.
The CASC operated from seaports located hundreds of kilometres from the battlefield, all the way to just behind the front lines. Its replenishment system could supply not only small groups of just a few men but also formations the size of an infantry battalion (approximately 1,000 men).
Resupplying front-line units was a multistep process. From ports and depots, supplies were first taken by railway to railheads. From there, CASC units were responsible for moving the supplies by truck or light railway to supply dumps. These operations took place in the third line of supply. Thanks to their small size, light railways could run and reach areas closer to the front lines more easily. It was also harder for enemy artillery to pinpoint them. The administrative area behind the front lines was crisscrossed by light rail lines that were built and maintained by Canadian railway troops.
From the supply dumps, the CASC's divisional train and ammunition supply column, both of which were horse-drawn, were responsible for bringing supplies closer to the front lines, to their respective divisions or individual units. This was the second line of supply.
Lastly, operations to supply front-line units constituted the first line of supply. These units had to come back to the rear to get their own supplies of gear, ammunition, weapons, technical and communications equipment, water, medication and food. These supply expeditions were carried out chiefly at night so that the soldiers could not be seen by the enemy. But assigning combat troops to this task meant that a battalion's defensive positions at the front would be short of manpower for a time and so vulnerable to enemy attack.
Toward the end of the war, however, a Canadian officer from Montreal proposed using the tumpline system — the method that Canada's aboriginal people and coureurs de bois had used to carry large loads on foot. Before the introduction of this system, infantryman had to carry supplies in their arms, thus limiting the quantity of materials due to their size and weight. The tumpline system, which involved the use of a head strap, allowed the soldiers to carry more weight and freed up their arms, thus giving them more freedom of movement. With this system, each soldier was able to transport a greater quantity of supplies and so fewer men were required for the job, leaving more troops to ensure the defence of the front lines.
Besides regularly providing drivers and vehicles to other units, the CASC also maintained and repaired its vehicles. It also had to make sure that the troops were fed, which meant that fresh and hard rations had to be allocated and distributed properly; its military cooks oversaw the operation of field bakeries and butcheries.
The CASC was not the only logistical support corps to play a key role in the CEF. The Canadian Ordnance Corps was responsible for procuring, storing and distributing uniforms, boots, equipment, weapons, ammunition and shells to combat troops. Specialized supply depots, located in the second line of supply, helped ensure more effective distribution.
The Canadian Ordnance Corps' other major role was to maintain equipment in the field. The repairmen in the specialized ordnance mobile workshops could get closer to the deployed units and repair their weapons, both light and heavy, as well as their equipment. If the mobile workshops were not able to do the repairs on site, the weapons and equipment were shipped to heavy or stationary workshops at the rear, where virtually anything could be reassembled or rebuilt. The small detachments of the Ordnance Corps worked closely with the various units of the Army Service Corps.
Despite the gradual mechanization of the war, horses remained a vital component of the CEF. The cavalry, the artillery and, of course, the Army Service Corps used huge numbers of horses right up to the end of the war. At one point, Canadians were using as many as 24,000 horses and mules in their overseas operations. Horses could often manage in places where motorized vehicles could make no headway! Inevitably, some horses suffered injuries or fell ill. The Canadian Veterinary Corps operated mobile sections to take care of horses; it also ran veterinary hospitals for horses, advanced remount depots and specialized basic provisions depots.
Other logistical support services also played a crucial role in enabling combat troops to get on with their job. The Canadian Postal Corps, for instance, helped maintain the morale of soldiers at the front, at the rear and also those convalescing in hospitals. Army chaplains, who constituted the smallest organized support group, provided religious services to Canadian soldiers of different faiths and offered moral support at difficult times. Lastly, despite the enemy's efforts to maintain a naval blockade by submarines, the Canadian Forestry Corps ensured that Great Britain, France and the Canadian Expeditionary Force obtained all the timber they needed to carry out their military operations.
Thousands of men served in these various organizations. The Army Service Corps, for example, counted over 17,000 officers and non-commissioned soldiers in its organization. Even if these units were not combat troops, many of them, including the Army Service Corps, played important roles in all military actions. One hundred and four members of the CASC were killed, and 363 were wounded.
Selected Bibliography
Brown, Ian Malcolm. British Logistics on the Western Front, 1914-1919. Westport: Praeger Publishers, 1998.
Canadian Army Service Corps, 2nd Divisional Train: Record of Service of Officers, 1914-1919. Brian Pontifex, comp. Toronto: Carswell, 1920.
Davies, W.J.K. Light Railways of the First World War: A History of Tactical Rail Communications on the British Fronts, 1914-18. Newton Abbot, UK: David & Charles, 1967.
French, Cecil. A History of the Canadian Army Veterinary Corps in the Great World War, 1914-1919. C.A.V. Barker and Ian K. Barker, eds. Guelph: Crest Books, 1999.
Jackson, H.M. The 127th Battalion, CEF; 2nd Battalion, Canadian Railway Troops. Montreal: Industrial Shops for the Deaf, 1957?.
Johnston, James Robert. Riding into War: The Memoir of a Horse Transport Driver, 1916-1919. Fredericton: Goose Lane Editions and The New Brunswick Military Heritage Project, 2004.
Love, David W. "A Call to Arms": The Organization and Administration of Canada's Military in World War One. Calgary: Bunker To Bunker Books, 1999.
Phelan, Frederick Ross. "Army Supplies in the Forward Area and the Tumpline System: A First World War Canadian Logistical Innovation." Canadian Military History 9, no 1 (Winter 2000): 31-45 [reprinted from the article published in the Canadian Defence Quarterly in October 1928].
To the Thunderer his Arms: The Royal Canadian Ordnance Corps. William F. Rannie, ed. Lincoln, ON: W.F. Rannie, 1984.
Warren, Arnold. Wait for the Waggon: The Story of the Royal Canadian Army Service Corps. Toronto: McClelland and Stewart, 1961.
Artillery: The Great Killer
Tim Cook
Historian, Canadian War Museum
In 1914 and 1915, artillery proved it was the great killer. For those caught in the open, shrapnel and high explosive shells wreacked havoc. Thousands were left rotting on the battlefields. However, artillery guns were vulnerable to small arms fire, and they could be driven away from the front. But the guns were soon firing indirectly from hidden positions several kilometeres to the rear, still causing terrible damage. Soldiers were forced to find safety in trenches, digging beneath the ground to escape the murderous fire.
As trenches were strengthened with barbed wire, deep dugouts, and machine -guns, an enormous weight of fire was needed to smash the enemy defences and support the infantry. But there were not always enough shells in the early years to feed the guns. And so the infantry were killed in the tens of thousands as they attacked undamaged enemy trenches in frontal assaults. As the war lengthened, artillerymen received nearly unlimited supplies of shells through the enormous production of munitions factories. New tactics were also developed to improve the accuracy of the guns.
Artillery shells contained high explosives, shrapnel, and, later in the war, poison gas and smoke. Both the high explosive and shrapnel shells were timed to detonate in the air above a target. High explosive shells blasted holes in the trenches and the concussion alone could kill, as lungs collapsed under the force of the explosion. Shrapnel shells were equally deadly, consisting of more than 300 rounded metal balls that exploded downward in a cone-shaped rain of whirling metal. As well, the casing of the shell was designed to explode outward, creating jagged, uneven shards of steel that tore through flesh.
By 1916, commanders believed that massive artillery shoots, involving hundreds of thousands of shells, would annihilate the enemy defenders. This would allow the infantry to punch a hole through enemy lines and restore mobility on the Western Front.
However, it was often hard to hit, and then destroy, the narrow and well-fortified trenches. The problem also lay in the shell fuses. Earlier types were not sensitive enough to explode on contact, especially with shells tasked to clear barbed wire. As a result, many of the shells exploded in the ground, killing very few of the enemy, leaving the infantry to fight their way through defences-in-depth. By the end of 1916, newer, sensitive fuses that exploded on the slightest contact harnessed the destructive power of the artillery and, equally important to the infantry, cleared barbed wire from in front of enemy trenches.
Tactics again changed during the later phases of the bloody battles of the Somme in the last half of 1916. The gunners would never be able to destroy all of the German defences, and even one machine -gunner could kill hundreds of attacking infantry. Instead, the artillery sought to suppress enemy fire through a "creeping barrage," and give their own attacking infantry enough time to cross the killing zone of nNo Mman's Lland.
Gunners fired their shells to create a "creeping" wall of fire that slowly moved forward over the enemy lines at fixed intervals: 50 yards (46 m) every couple of minutes, less for muddy ground, more for open warfare. In effect, it was a screen of fire and explosives. As this moving wall of shrapnel and high explosives chewed up the ground in its path, the infantry were told to "lean into the barrage" and stay as close as possible. Although friendly fire was expected and occurred, the casualties would still be lighter than if the creeping barrage moved off and allowed German machine -gunners, waiting in the safety of deep dugouts, to get to the top of their trenches before the infantry crossed nNo Mman's lLand.
At the Battle of Vimy Ridge in April 1917, the gunners had perfected the creeping barrage. Yet enemy gunners still took a fearful toll as they laid down their own counter-barrages to catch the follow-on waves of infantry. The enemy guns had to be stopped, or slowed, but it was exceedingly difficult to identify, target, and destroy camouflaged guns several kilometeres away.
Accurate intelligence was essential, and new and refined forms of science aided the gunners. The Canadian Corps was lucky to have Brigadier-General Andrew McNaughton, commander of the counter-battery office for much of the war, who embraced new technology and tactics. A prewar professor at McGill University, he turned to science to save his soldiers lives.
The Canadian Counter Battery Office (CCBO), established in February 1917, gathered intelligence and processed information on the enemy to assist in knocking out his guns. Aerial reconnaissance from the Royal Flying Corps (later Royal Air Force) was of great assistance as airmen photographed the front from great heights. Later in the war, observation aircraft circled the battlefield, passing real-time information to the gunners through letter drops and primitive wireless radio.
As the CCBO developed after April 1917, this information-gathering and target-selection became more sophisticated, with new technology, like sound-ranging and flash-spotting, assisting gunners to find and destroy enemy targets.
Flash-spotting involved the coordination of observers. At least three posts were needed, usually spread out along several kilometeres. When an enemy gun position was spotted by the revealing flash as the shell left the barrel, the observers were telephoned by headquarters to turn their attention to that spot. After studying the flash of the gun, the observers would hit a key that was connected to a lamp at headquarters. From the observers' bearings, and by triangulating their estimates, enemy guns could be located with high precision.
Sound-ranging worked on a similar principle. Listeners sat two kilometeres behind the line with their microphones. Additional posts were manned well ahead of these positions. As long as there was not more than one shell per second being fired, on hearing the crash of an enemy gun, the forward listening post pressed a key that started an oscillograph, an instrument that recorded on film the sound of the shell in flight as it reached each microphone in turn. The time-intervals between the microphones allowed the CCBO to analyse the information and, if conditions were optimal, pinpoint enemy guns to within twenty-five 25 yards (23 m). All available counter-battery guns would be aimed on that spot to deliver a destructive shoot of 50-100 shells. Chemical shells were also used to kill or force the enemy gunners to wear debilitating respirators that severely affected the rate of fire.
In the last year of the war, artillery had perfected the creeping barrage and was steadily improving its counter-battery work. Further tactical refinement allowed gunners to fire more complicated barrages, like a box barrage. The box barrages set up a wall of fire and explosives around an enemy position —-- usually a trench —-- which effectively isolated it from reinforcements. It allowed assaulting Canadian infantrymen to capture and consolidate a position without fear of immediate counterattack.
By war's end, 43,914 gunners had served in the Canadian artillery, and 2,565 had lost their lives from disease, injury, and battlefield wounds. They had fired tens of millions of shells, reducing the landscape to a desolate wasteland, and an estimated 60% of all wounds were inflicted by shell fire. The First World War was indeed a gunner's war.
Selected Bibliography
Cook, Tim. No Place to Run: The Canadian Corps and Gas Warfare in the First World War. Vancouver: University of British Columbia Press, 1999.
McNaughton, A.G.L. "Counter-Battery Work." Canadian Defence Quarterly 3, 4 (July, 1926).
McNaughton, A.G.L. "The Development of Artillery in the Great War." Canadian Defence Quarterly 4, 2 (January, 1929).
Nicholson, G.W.L. The Gunners of Canada: The History of the Royal Regiment of the Canadian Artillery, Vol. 1: 1534-1919 Toronto: McClelland & Stewart, 1967.
Rawling, William. Surviving Trench Warfare: Technology and the Canadian Corps, 1914-1918. Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 1992.
Swettenham, John. McNaughton, Volume I. Toronto: The Ryerson Press, 1968.
Canada's Mounted Troops
Major Michael R. McNorgan
Instructor, Royal Military College, Kingston
At the beginning of the First World War, horsed cavalry was still an army's principal mobile arm. However, after the onset of static trench warfare on the Western Front in late 1914 – with thick barbed wire barriers and large numbers of machine guns protecting defensive works – the battlefield utility of cavalry was greatly diminished. Cavalry was nonetheless retained in large numbers because of the perennial hope of breaking through the enemy's line and rolling up his defences from the rear. Thus, for virtually every major offensive operation during the war, cavalry divisions were kept in reserve.
Canada contributed two distinct groups of cavalry during the War – the Canadian Cavalry Brigade and an independent cavalry regiment known as the Canadian Light Horse.
Canadian Cavalry Brigade
This Canadian Cavalry Brigade was formed in England in the autumn of 1915, consisting of permanent force units, the Royal Canadian Dragoons and Lord Strathcona's Horse, along with the Royal Canadian Horse Artillery. In early 1916, The Fort Garry Horse, a militia regiment from Winnipeg, was added, along with a Cavalry Brigade Machine Gun Squadron equipped with Vickers machine guns. The Canadian Cavalry Brigade served as part of a British cavalry division for the remainder of the war. Its first mounted action was at the Somme in the summer of 1916. When cavalry units were not needed as reserves for an offensive operation, they were often employed dismounted to occupy quiet sectors of the front.
The Brigade again saw mounted action in March 1917 when tasked to pursue an unexpected German withdrawal to a new defensive position called the Hindenburg Line. During this pursuit, Lieutenant Harvey of Lord Strathcona's Horse earned the brigade's first Victoria Cross for valour during the liberation of a French village. By the time of the Battle of Cambrai in November 1917 – best known as the first major tank offensive of the war – the Canadian cavalry was judged to be among the best brigades in the British Cavalry Corps, and it was tasked to serve in the lead of a large cavalry exploitation force. During this operation, a single Canadian squadron was the only cavalry to penetrate German lines, and Lieutenant Strachan of The Fort Garry Horse was awarded the Victoria Cross for gallantry.
The Brigade served with great distinction during the German's March 1918 offensive toward Amiens, riding from place to place assisting in slowing the relentless enemy advance. Its final action in this operation took place at Moreuil Wood, where Lieutenant Flowerdew of Lord Strathcona's Horse won a posthumous Victoria Cross for leading a gallant cavalry charge against German machine guns. After the war, Marshal Foch, the Allied supreme commander, credited the Canadians with halting the German offensive at Moreuil and preventing the separation of the French and British armies. Later in that final year of the war, the Canadian Cavalry Brigade was in action during the great Canadian Corps victory over the Germans at Amiens in August, and it played an important part in following up the German retreat in the last two months of the war.
Canadian Light Horse
Until May 1916, three of the four infantry divisions of the Canadian Corps maintained their own independent cavalry squadron of some 150 all ranks . These squadrons – from the 19th Alberta Dragoons, the 1st Hussars and the 16th Light Horse – were then amalgamated into an ad hoc regiment that reported directly to Canadian Corps Headquarters. In early 1917, this unit was named the Canadian Light Horse.
The Canadian Light Horse first saw action as a mounted unit in the consolidation of the ground captured in the attack on Vimy Ridge in April 1917. The CLH played a major role in the fighting at Iwuy on October 10, 1918, where the last ever swords-drawn charge by Canadian cavalry took place. During the pursuit of the Germans in the final month of the war, CLH squadrons were always well out in front as a scouting force, ensuring that the Canadian divisions would not be surprised by German lay-back patrols. When the war ended for the Canadians in Mons Belgium on November 11, 1918, the Canadian Light Horse was already well beyond the city.
Modern armoured fighting vehicles – tanks and armoured cars – owe their development in part to the stalemate created on the Western Front by the deadly combination of machine guns and thick belts of barbed wire protecting trench lines, along with massive artillery bombardments that could be brought down with great accuracy on an attacking force. The problem of how an attacking force could be strengthened to overcome well-defended trenches had been studied by British scientists since late 1914. They came up with the idea of a 'land ship' – a tracked vehicle protected by armour plate, large enough that it could carry guns or machine guns, drive over belts of barbed wire, and crossover trenches. This highly secret vehicle was given the code name 'tank'.
Tanks were first introduced in limited numbers during the battle of the Somme in mid-September 1916, and the Canadian Corps was given seven (these models were called the Mark I) for its attack on the village of Courcellette. But these early versions were mechanical nightmares; almost all broke down before they got anywhere close to the German lines. Still, scientists kept improving their tank designs. Finally, in November 1917, tanks were used in large numbers in a successful offensive at Cambrai: the era of mechanized warfare had been born. Tanks then played major roles in the Battle of Amiens in August 1918, in the breaking of the Hindenburg Line in September, and in the pursuit of the retreating Germans in October and November 1918.
Early in 1918 many thought the war might well last into 1919, and the Canadian Army agreed to raise tank units. The 1st Canadian Tank Battalion was recruited from university students, and in June 1918 it was sent to England to begin training at the British Tank School. Despite the general aversion to volunteering at this stage in the war, a 2nd Battalion was also quickly raised. The 1st Tank Battalion had just completed its training and was preparing to leave for the front when the Armistice was declared on November 11, 1918. Thus, while no Canadian tank unit saw action in the war, many Canadians did serve in British tank battalions, and in a number of instances displayed their nationalism by painting maple leafs prominently on their vehicles.
In 1914, Canada created the world's first armoured unit. The driving force behind this achievement was Raymond Brutinel, a wealthy engineer originally from France, who had the idea that lightly armoured vehicles designed to carry machine guns would be especially useful. He offered to raise the funds for the vehicles, a suggestion which was readily accepted by the government. Brutinel designed the vehicles, had them built, purchased the machine guns, and recruited the soldiers, all within two months. His new unit was given the name 'Automobile Machine Gun Brigade No. 1'. In the next few months three other mobile machine gun units were raised, all paid for by private subscription – the Eaton Battery, the Borden Battery and the Yukon Battery. All four units found their way to France where, in 1915, they were amalgamated under Brutinel's command as the Canadian Motor Machine Gun Brigade.
Brutinel's Motors came into their own in the last year of the war, when the stalemate of trench warfare had been broken. This highly mobile force played an especially important role in stemming the onslaught of the Germans' March 1918 offensive, and a second similar brigade was formed. The Motors were a valuable part of a composite formation of cavalry, armoured cars and cyclists, termed 'The Independent Force', during the Battle of Amiens in August 1918. Between September and November this force led the Canadian Corps from one victory to another during the pursuit to Valenciennes and finally to Mons on November 11, when the war ended.
At the beginning of the war, each Canadian division had its own company of cyclists – troops equipped with sturdy bicycles whose tasks included field security and aspects of military intelligence. In the static conditions on the Western Front, they were not very useful, so they tended to be used as guards or labourers. In May 1916 the four companies were amalgamated as The Canadian Corps Cyclist Battalion. In 1918, the battalion was included in Brigadier-General Brutinel's 'Independent Force', and there they served valiantly at Amiens and in the Pursuit to Mons as a form of mounted infantry – riding to the scene of action, dismounting and then fighting as infantry.
Selected Bibliography
Ellis, W.D., ed. Saga of the Cyclists in the Great War 1914-1918. Toronto: Canadian Corps Cyclist Battalion Association, 1965.
Lynch, Alex. Dad, the Motors and the Fifth Army Show: The German Offensive, March 1918. Kingston, ON: Lawrence Publications, 1978.
---. The Glory of Their Times : 1st Canadian Motor Machine Gun Brigade, March 1918. Kingston, ON: Lawrence Publications, 2001.
Marteinson, John and Michael R. McNorgan. The Royal Canadian Armoured Corps: An Illustrated History. Toronto: Robin Brass Studio, 2000.
Mitchell, G.D., Brian Reid and W. Simcock. RCHA - Right of the Line : An Anecdotal History of the Royal Canadian Horse Artillery from 1871. Ottawa: RCHA History Committee, 1986.
Wallace, J.F. Dragons of Steel: Canadian Armour in Two World Wars. Burnstown, ON: General Store Publishing, 1995.
Williams, S.H. Stand to Your Horses : Through the First World War, 1914-1918 with the Lord Strathcona's Horse (Royal Canadians). Winnipeg: Lord Strathcona's Horse (Royal Canadians) Regimental Society, 1999 (1961).
Other Materials
Assault and Capture of the Drocourt-Quéant Line
On the Corps' southern flank three battalions led the 1st Division's attack- the 16th and 13th Battalions on the right opposite Cagmcourt, with the 7th Battalion of the 2nd Brigade on their left. The two 3rd Brigade units pushed forward quickly up the long slope to the enemy wire. They met little resistance at first, the Germans surrendering in large numbers. By 7:30 a.m. the 13th Battalion had captured its section of the D-Q support line. Shortly afterwards the 14th Battalion passed through to take Cagnicourt, where it surprised and captured in the village cellars enough Germans to make a full battalion. The men of the 14th then seized the Bois de Loison east of the village and in a quick dash across 2000 yards of open country reached their final objective in the Buissy Switch directly in front of the village of Buissy.
On Brig.-Gen. Tuxford's right progress was slower. The 16th Battalion, suffering heavily from machine-gun fire coming in across the open southern flank, lost the supporting barrage and had to storm weapon posts which the enemy was quick to re-man in his front line. Among many acts of bravery performed that day two stood out at this stage of the operations. Lance-Corporal W.H. Metcalf, M.M., an American serving with the 16th Battalion, calmly walked across bullet-swept ground guiding a tank and directing its fire against German strong points which were holding up the infantry's advance. Later, after the battalion had broken through the main D-Q position, only to be halted in front of the support line, the Commanding Officer, Lt.-Col. Cyrus W. Peck, went forward through bursting shells and withering machine-gun fire to make a personal reconnaissance, and to compel roaming tanks to protect his open flank. He then reorganized his battalion and led them on to their objective. Both Metcalf and Peck won the Victoria Cross-one of the very few occasions in the war when a battalion twice earned the coveted award in a single day. Pushing through the 16th Battalion at the Red Line, the 15th, suffering crippling casualties, fought slowly forward to the Bois de Bouche, some 3000 yards short of the Buissy Switch, which here angled sharply to the south-east. Here the survivors consolidated as the 3rd Battalion came up from reserve. At 6:00 p.m. British infantry finally arrived to seal off the open flank which had proved so costly to the Canadians.
On the 2nd Brigade's front the 5th Battalion was still engaged in hand-to-hand fighting for the jumping-off line when the 7th Battalion passed through to assault. Aided greatly by the shrapnel barrage and the supporting tanks the 7th had little difficulty in capturing and mopping up the D-Q line in its sector. At eight o'clock the 10th Battalion took over the lead at the Red Line. Up to this stage the tanks had kept well to the fore, knocking out one enemy post after another. East of the D-Q Line, however, they began falling victim to the German artillery fire. Soon the 10th Battalion was halted by the intense fire that came from machine-guns and trench mortars in the Buissy Switch in front of Villers-lez-Cagnicourt. In dogged fighting the battalion had by late afternoon established a line east of the village. One more effort was to be made. An artillery barrage called down at 6:00 p.m. on the German positions eased the situation, and the weary Canadians pushed forward again to capture the Buissy Switch by 11:00 p.m.
In the meantime the 4th Canadian Division was fighting its own hard battle. At the start the 12th Brigade on the right had to contend with an enemy pocket along the Arras-Cambrai road; and its supporting tanks arrived too late to help here. The leading battalions-from right to left the 72nd, the 38th and the 85th - found the D-Q trenches, as expected, heavily wired and strongly garrisoned. Nevertheless the Red Line, east of the support line, was reached on schedule. But as the 72nd and 38th Battalions crossed the long, exposed crest of Mont Dury they met the full force of the German machine-gun fire. From the objective, a sunken road joining Dury to the Cambrai road, German reinforcements swept the bare slopes with bullets, while on the right the 72nd Battalion was also caught in enfilade fire from the direction of Villers-lez-Cagnicourt. In spite of mounting casualties the Canadians, aided by good work on the part of the tanks, pushed on grimly and by mid-morning they had captured and cleared the sunken road.
The 10th Brigade's initial assault on the divisional left was led by the 47th and 50th Battalions. Wire, largely intact, imposed serious delay as it had to be cut by hand. The two battalions occupied the main line trenches, allowing the 46th Battalion to leapfrog them and advance on the support line, which ran through the centre of Dury. There was particularly vicious fighting for the village, which was taken only after a flanking movement by the 46th had overcome a strong point on the southern outskirts, capturing some 120 prisoners and nine machine guns. With the fall of Dury, the brigade's objective line at the sunken road was secured by 7:30 a.m.
The second phase of the attack began soon after eight, when the 78th Battalion, until now held in reserve, attempted to push forward on the right of the 10th Brigade. But it could make little headway against the storm of machine-gun fire coming out of Villers-lez-Cagnicourt and from a sugar-beet processing plant at the crossroads north-east of the village. A mile east of the sunken road, on a ridge extending from Buissy to Saudemont, German artillerymen were firing over open sights. By nine o'clock the 78th had been brought to a halt 200 yards east of the sunken road. Attempts by the 11th Brigade to exploit the 12th Brigade's gains east of Mont Dury were equally fruitless. By mid-afternoon all brigades on the divisional front reported their advance held up. Armoured cars from the Independent Force made several unsuccessful attempts to reach the lateral Villers Saudemont road; the Force had to confine its efforts to firing at enemy positions with machine-gun detachments posted on either side of the main Cambrai road. On the Canadians' left the 4th British Division was able to capture its part of the D-Q system, but did not take Etaing until the following morning.
Although the Canadian Corps had not achieved all the objectives set (rather optimistically) for the attack, the results of September 2 were nevertheless eminently satisfactory. The Drocourt-Quéant Line had been assaulted and overrun on a frontage of seven thousand yards. In addition, the 1st Division had captured the Buissy Switch and the villages of Villers-lez-Cagnicourt and Cagnicourt. Some German formations in the forward line on September 2 had yielded quickly, but the Canadians had met resolute opposition from regiments of the 1st and 2nd Guard Reserve Divisions and the 3rd Reserve Division.
That evening General Currie issued orders for the three divisions under his command to continue the advance on the 3rd, in order to gain direct observation of all bridges over the Sensée River and the Canal du Nord.68 During the night, however, the enemy withdrew on a wide front. Air patrols flying over the enemy lines on the morning of September 3 saw no Germans between the Cagnicourt-Dury Ridge and the Canal du Nord. At the same time the Third Army reported that it had occupied Quéant and Pronville without fighting and that everywhere the enemy was falling back. By noon the entire Canadian Corps front was in motion as a general advance began to the Green Line. Except for artillery fire, resistance was practically negligible. By evening the 1st Division, having occupied Buissy and Baralle, had swept across the open fields to the west bank of the Canal du Nord. The 4th Canadian Division pushed quickly ahead, liberating the villages of Rumaucourt, Ecourt St. Quentin, Saudemont and Récourt. It reported the east bank of the Canal strongly held and all bridges destroyed. The 4th British Division cleared along the Sensée Canal, occupying the village of Lécluse. By nightfall the Canadian Corps controlled all ground west of the Canal du Nord between Sains-lez-Marquion and the Sensée. The formations which had broken the D-Q position had earned their relief, and during the hours of darkness the new line was taken over from north to south by the 1st British and the 3rd and 2nd Canadian Divisions.
Adapted and used with permission from Nicholson, G. W. L., Canadian Expeditionary Force 1914-1919. Ottawa: Queen's Printer, 1964, p.410-413.
Teaching Materials
World War I Warfare, Part A
Grade Level: Secondary 9-12
Time Allowance: 45 minutes
Films: Battle of Arras 1, 2, 3 & 4 and Canadians Advanced East of Arras 1
Summary: Students study film clips to answer questions to gain an understanding of what the war was like for the soldiers who fought it. This is the first of three related lessons.
Your Task:
Watch Battle of Arras 1, 2, 3 & 4 and Canadians Advanced East of Arras 1 and answer the questions below based upon the evidence that you see in this film excerpt. Some evidence may contradict other evidence. The captions appearing on screen are underlined in the section below. The questions are in chronological order.
Battle of Arras 1
How the Germans in their retreat blew up…
1- What did the Germans blow up to harass the Canadian advance?
a) Woods b) Canadian trenches c) Main roads
2- What two methods of transport did we use in the advance?
a) Cars and bicycles b) Trains c) Helicopters, ships
3- Canadians blew up French houses to build:
a) Trenches b) Canal banks c) Roads
An advance cyclist patrol
4- This "welcoming" was most likely shown to Canadian audiences. Why?
a) To prove we were winning b) To show our soldiers victorious c) Both a & b
A British Tommy reading the news…
5- What is 'Tommy' slang for?
a) An airplane b) A soldier c) A citizen
6- Who is listening to the news?
a) Men b) Women c) Young children
7- Where were the men of this village?
a) Working b) In prison c) In the army
A merry group
8- What message is this scene conveying to Canadian viewers about the French?
a) They don't care if they are liberated b) They dislike Canadians c) Our soldiers are welcome
Building a bridge over the Somme
9- Much of the building in World War I was done by:
a) Machines b) Factories c) Human muscle power
Another bridge over the Somme
10- Besides soldiers, what else provided much of the power to build things?
a) Electric power b) Women c) Horses
A battalion of the North Hampshire regiment
11- On this evidence, was World War I mechanized at the front lines?
a) Yes b) No
Our engineers blowing obstructions
12- What was the Somme?
a) Town b) Bridge c) River
Fruit trees ruthlessly cut down
13- What did the Germans do to French agriculture?
a) Encouraged it b) Left it c) Destroyed much of it
14- How did actions such as this influence the peace talks?
a) No effect b) Helped them c) Made the French want compensation
German observation post
15- What does this clip tell us about German soldiers? They were:
a) Brave b) Cunning c) Cowardly
Incidents in the recaptured village / French president visits / Well constructed dugouts
16- If these are evidence of "comfort," what does that tell you about World War I?
a) It was easy b) It was safe c) It was difficult and harsh
A huge crater at the crossroads
17- Why would armies blow up crossroads?
a) Minimize disruption b) Maximize disruption c) It was an accident
18- On this evidence, was it easy to pursue the Germans?
a) Yes b) Don't know c) No
Battle of Arras 2
A major commanding a gun battery
20- Transport in World War I consisted of:
a) Horses b) Trucks c) Automobiles d) All of these
21- Roads at the front were:
a) Paved b) Muddy c) Blocked with barbed wire
Various ways of supplying
22- The mud in World War I was crossed at the front by:
a) Trains b) Men and horses c) Canals
One of the difficulties
23- Why was it difficult to supply the guns?
a) Distance b) Enemy fire c) Mud
24- An important disability in World War I was:
a) Obesity b) Blindness c) Trench foot
Assisting infantry
25- Soldiers went to the front line by:
a) Truck b) Horse and cart c) Both a & b
The Pack Train
26- Feeding and watering the horses was a major problem in World War I because:
a) There were many horses to feed b) The climate was poor for wheat c) The rail system was poor
A two-seater albatross
27- What did Germany use as its symbol during World War I?
a) A cross b) Swastika c) Star
The bombardment of Vimy Ridge
28- The bombardment caused the French landscape to become:
a) Desolate b) Fertile
Battle of Arras 3
Rifles are tested / The infantry moving up / More guns used in
29- Is it easy to see the German lines?
a) Yes b) No
Gunners who have been at the front
30- What did the soldiers do to relax at the front?
a) Smoked b) Swam c) Jogged
Trench mortars
31- "No man's land" between the Germans and Canadians contained:
a) Shell holes b) Barbed wire c) Both a & b
The enemy shell a recently captured village
32- This shows that the destruction in France was:
a) Slight b) Moderate c) Considerable
And still more 9.2 howitzwers
33- The location of Canadian guns near French villages brought about:
a) Damage to those villages by German guns b) Nothing
South Africans make a raid / and bring back 3 prisoners
34-Trench warfare was:
a) Mechanized b) Based on individual soldiers
35- The effect of World War I on French communications was:
a) Slight b) Considerable
36- Rebuilding French cities would be:
a) Easy and cheap b) Difficult and expensive
Battle of Arras 4
The Bombardment
37- The shellfire in World War I battles was:
a) Enormous b) Moderate c) Slight
The Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) go over the top and raid enemy trenches
38- This evidence indicates that most soldiers in World War I died from:
a) Rifle fire b) Machine guns c) Shell fire
39- Approximately 25% of the Canadian dead were never found because:
a) They were blown up b) Nobody looked for them
Fixing scaling ladders / The Hussars
40- How did soldiers climb out of trenches with their heavy packs?
a) Stone steps b) Brick steps c) Wooden ladders
41- Could cavalry have survived in the trenches?
a) Yes b) No
An observation balloon / Emergency parachute / Our airmen
42- How does the observer relay information to the ground?
a) By radio b) Flag signals c) Telephone
50- How did Canadian soldiers use the information from the observer?
a) Located targets on a map b) Shelled German positions c) Both a & b
51- How, on this evidence, were shells moved?
a) Horses b) Light railway c) Boat
52- Were men careful with heavy explosive shells?
a) Yes b) No
53- Why were light railways used near the front?
a) Insufficient horses b) Trucks were not invented yet c) Railways were more efficient.
54- What evidence is there that World War I was not hi-tech?
a) Men moved heavy shells by hand b) Horses were used extensively c) Both a & b
Canadians Advanced East of Arras 1
Christmas Greetings from Canada
55- What evidence suggests World War I was hi-tech?
a) Field guns were complex b) Men built railways to the front c) Jet engines were used
d) Both a & b
World War I Warfare, Part B
Grade Level: Secondary 9-12
Time Allowance: 45 minutes
Film Excerpt: Battle of Arras 1, 2, 3, 4 and Canadians Advance East of Arras 1
Summary: Students draw on their answers to the questions in the lesson World War I Warfare, Part A to respond to statements about the war.
Your Task:
After watching the films and answering the questions in Part A, use your answers to qualify the statements below.
|The film evidence suggests (see questions)
|1. All the destruction in France was caused by the Germans.
|Q 3 suggests
|2. French peasants did not care who won the war.
|Q 4 and 8 suggest
|3. The French "faked" much of the damage in World War I to get compensation from Germany.
|Q 9, 13, 17, 36 suggest
|4. The Canadian army often fought in kilts; Canada's equipment was outdated for this war.
|Q 20 and 55 suggest
|5. World War I was a modern war fought using up-to-date methods.
|Q 43 suggests
|6. There were very few "unknown soldiers" in WWI because most were killed near their trenches by machine-gun fire.
|Q 4 and 39 suggest
|7. Men were well trained and there were few accidents in this war.
|Q 4 and 52 suggest
|8. After the end of the war, the Canadians and British did not want to impose heavy penalties on Germany, but the French did. This was unfair.
|Q 13, 32, 35 show that France, unlike Canada or Britain,…
|9. Soldiers who survived the war were not affected by it.
|Q 38 and 39 suggest
|10. The costs of the war were not as great as earlier wars.
|Q 9, 32, 35, 43 suggest
World War I Warfare, Part C
Grade Level: Secondary 9-12
Time Allowance: 45 minutes
Films: Battle of Arras 1, 2, 3 & 4 and Canadians Advance East of Arras 1
Summary: After doing Parts A and B, students draw conclusions about the nature of the war.
Your Task:
After answering the questions in World War I Warfare, Part A, and qualifying the statements in World War I Warfare, Part B, answer the questions below.
1 . What evidence suggests that this was a traditional war similar in nature to wars in the 18th century? What other evidence suggests that it was a "hi-tech" war that used advanced methods of mass killing?
2. Explain why France, much more than Canada or Britain, wanted to exact high compensation from Germany at the Treaty of Paris, 1919.
3. List the methods of transportation used in this war. What major changes would you suggest if you were advising the generals on how to prepare for World War II? Remember that the generals do not want to waste money.
4. Did marching in straight lines, on parade, help to prepare soldiers for World War I? What training would you suggest if you had to train Canadian soldiers in 1916 to fight this war?
5. Explain why the tank and the airplane made World War II very different from the trench warfare of World War I.
6. Canadian soldiers were disciplined during the war, but were restless when they found themselves stuck in Europe after the war. Why were Canadian soldiers far more restless than British and French soldiers after the war was over?
7. Canada did not declare war on Germany but entered World War I as a colony of Britain within the British Empire. Imagine that you are advising the Canadian delegation to the Paris Peace Conference in 1919. Do you think Canada should remain subordinate to Britain in the Empire? What changes would you suggest to the Canada-Britain relationship?
8. In World War I, Canadians acquired a formidable reputation as soldiers. How did that influence the way other countries regarded Canada after 1918?

subset: commoncrawl


text:
Bookmark this site
GRANADA HILLS, CA -- Operator Ralph Sehnert closed the doors on his world-renowned Family Fun Arcade on Dec. 31 after a 39-year run.
The facility, which featured videogames almost exclusively, was one of six standalone arcades left in the area. Its legendary Street Fighter tournaments drew players from as far away as Canada, Japan and Australia, Sehnert told the Los Angeles Times.


text:
Latest news:
To read the latest MEA-MFT News, please go to our home page and look for Breaking News and Member News. (Bottom right.)
Click on the links at the left of this page to see:
• Opinions
• State News (specifically the Montana Legislature)
• Work That Matters campaign
• Political Action
• MEA-MFT Today (our newsletter)


text:
Katrina inspires 'Based on Images' performance
A pair of visiting faculty artists at the University of South Carolina will present an original interpretative work for dance and theater May 27 – 28 that is inspired by national media images of Hurricane Katrina.
Choreographed by Thaddeus Davis and Tanya Wideman-Davis, "Based on Images" will take place at 7 p.m. in Drayton Hall Theatre. The Wideman/Davis Dance Company will perform the Katrina-inspired work as well as an additional piece to the music of Etta James and James Brown.
Tickets are $15 for general admission, $10 for students and $7 for children ages 12 and younger. Advance tickets are available through the Carolina Coliseum box office, via phone at 803-777-5112, online at www.capitoltickets.com and at the door.
On May 26, a panel discussion on Hurricane Katrina will take place at 7 p.m. in Drayton Hall. The panel will feature university faculty members, including Davis, Wideman-Davis and Dr. James Barilla of the English department. Barilla's writing on Katrina inspired portions of the choreography. An excerpt of "Based on Images" will be performed.
" 'Based on Images' examines the desperate and frustrating days in the aftermath of Katrina when everything in New Orleans and the Gulf Coast hung in the balance," said Davis.
The performance combines movement with dialogue to depict Katrina images. The dialogue is based on research and the books, "Come Hell or High Water: The Color of Disaster" by Michael Eric Dyson, "The Great Deluge" by Douglas Brinkley and "Breach of Faith" by Jed Horne. Music is from Ryuichi Sakamoto's album, "1996."
"It is important to be relevant to what is going on today," Wideman-Davis said. "Our work is about creating movement that inspires discussion and dialogue, instead of just making movement that is about itself alone."
For more information about "Based on Images," contact Kevin Bush at 803-777-9353.


text:
'"I don't think being compared to a player like Michael Peca is more pressure at all," said Paille, the two-way forward who agreed to terms with the Sabres on Monday. "That is a great compliment. The way he plays is pretty much the way I play. It's the same style: a skilled forward that plays physical."'
'Peca-like' Paille is new Sabre
June 1, 2004 Submitted by
Via: Buffalo News


text:
Detroit Pistons Tickets
Get your Detroit Pistons tickets on viagogo, your online ticket marketplace. The Pistons are an organization with a rich basketball history, having won three NBA titles. From the 1940s to the "Bad Boys" era of the 80s and 90s, the Pistons have always put a competitive team on the floor. Armed with a young and exciting roster powered by Greg Monroe, Brandon Knight and Tayshaun Prince, it's your time to come check out a Detroit Pistons game at The Palace of Auburn Hills. You can also sell your spare Detroit Pistons tickets on viagogo, and listing tickets is free. All Pistons tickets are covered by the viagogo Ticket guarantee!
Sign Up for Detroit Pistons Ticket Alerts
Sign up for the latest information on upcoming Detroit Pistons events. Be the first to know when Detroit Pistons tickets go on sale!


text:
Bookmark this site
LITHONIA, GA -- A wide variety of technical support videos covering widely used vending machines and payment systems is available at A&M Equipment's website.
The materials are available to any operator who signs up for the A&M newsletter, and to A&M customers. Videos in the technical library cover equipment by Automated Merchandising Systems, Automatic Products, Coin Acceptors, Conlux, Dixie-Narco, MEI, National Vendors, Royal Vendors and Vendo.
A&M Equipment Sales grew out of an operating company founded in 1964, and still is family owned and operated. It maintains an extensive inventory of new and refurbished vending machines, changers and accessories at its 40,000-sq.-ft. facility in Lithonia, in the greater Atlanta metropolitan area. Visit Visit amequipmentsales.com.


text:
Free Campus Wifi
GBMC is pleased to offer our patients, their loved ones and visitors free wireless Internet access while on our campus.
Getting Started:
Most laptops will pick up the wireless connection once you turn them on. If yours does not, follow the instructions here to use the service
To search for and connect to the wireless network please choose from one of the following operating systems:
General FAQs:
What if my laptop is not wireless compatible?
Many new laptops already come with built-in Wi-Fi capability to allow for wireless access on your laptop. If you computer is not Wi-Fi compatible, you will need to purchase a wireless adapter. Please note that GBMC does not provide wireless adapters.
What can I do if I can't get connected to the network?
Verify that your laptop has wireless capabilities and that it is enabled. Then, try following the Getting Started instructions again. If the wireless networking device on your laptop does not automatically detect our Kiosk network, manually type Kiosk into the appropriate field within your utility and try connecting to it that way.
Where is wireless access available?
Wireless access is available on most areas of our campus except in some physician offices.
What can I access through the wireless network?
You will have access to all public sites available through the GBMC Internet connection. However, not all web sites are accessible through the GBMC Internet connection.
Can I print from my laptop?
No, printing is not supported from your laptop to any GBMC printer.
Can I use a hospital computer to access the Internet?
No, we are unable to offer computers to our patients. Please use your laptop for Internet access.
Where can I store my laptop?
GBMC is unable to take responsibility for laptop storage or damaged and missing belongings. Please keep your laptop with you at all times or store in a safe location.


text:
This section is for prospective students who need to apply for a non-immigrant F-1 student visa. Whether you are applying for your first U.S. student visa or renewing a visa that has expired, you should do so at the earliest opportunity.
Applicants for student visas should generally apply at the U.S. embassy or consulate with jurisdiction over their place of permanent residence. Although you may apply at any U.S. consular office abroad, it may be more difficult to qualify for the visa outside your country of permanent residence.
Initial/beginning students: Please note that embassies and consulates are only able to issue your student visa 120 days or less before the start date indicated on your I-20.
Initial/beginning students: If you are coming to the United States on a new I-20, you cannot enter the U.S. more than 30 days before the start date indicated on the I-20. Please consider this date carefully when making travel plans to the U.S.
Student visitors should be aware that a visa does not guarantee entry into the United States. The U.S. Customs and Border Protection (USCBP) has the authority to permit or deny admission. Student visitors must have their Form I-20 in their possession each time they enter the United States.
International student featured in International Educator magazine article on 2+2 transfer success
Received Export Achievement Award from the U.S. Dept. of Commerce in 2012
Find out more about our Transfer Agreements(pdf).
Foothill is now an
iTEP Test Center.
Instead of TOEFL/IELTS,
Take iTEP for admission.


text:
Toggle: English / Spanish
Shoulder replacement is surgery to replace the bones of the shoulder joint with artificial joint parts.
Total shoulder arthroplasty; Endoprosthetic shoulder replacement; Partial shoulder replacement; Partial shoulder arthroplasty; Replacement - shoulder; Arthroplasty - shoulder
You will receive anesthesia before this surgery. Two types of anesthesia can be used:
The shoulder is a ball and socket joint. The round end of the arm bone fits into the opening at the end of the shoulder blade, called the socket. This type of joint allows you to move your arm in most directions.
For total shoulder replacement, the round end of your arm bone will be replaced with an artificial stem that has a rounded metal head. The socket part (glenoid) of your shoulder blade will be replaced with a smooth plastic shell (lining) that will be held in place with a special cement. If only 1 of these 2 bones needs to be replaced, the surgery is called a partial shoulder replacement, or a hemiarthroplasty.
For shoulder joint replacement, your surgeon will make an incision (cut) over your shoulder joint to open up the area. Then your surgeon will:
Your surgeon may place a tube in this area to drain fluid that may build up in the joint. The drain will be removed when you no longer need it.
This surgery usually takes 1 - 3 hours.
Shoulder replacement surgery is usually done when you have severe pain in the shoulder area, which limits your ability to move your arm. Causes of shoulder pain include:
Your doctor may not recommend this surgery if you have:
Risks of any anesthesia are:
Risk of any surgery are:
Risks of shoulder replacement surgery are:
Tell your doctor or nurse what medicines you are taking. This includes medicines, supplements, or herbs you bought without a prescription.
During the 2 weeks before your surgery:
On the day of your surgery:
Shoulder replacement surgery relieves pain and stiffness for most people. You should be able to resume your normal daily activities without much problem. Many people are able to return to sports such as golf, swimming, gardening, bowling, and others.
Your new shoulder joint will last longer if less stress is placed on it. With normal use, a new shoulder joint can last for at least 10 years.
Azar FM, Calandruccio JH. Arthroplasty of the shoulder and elbow. In: Canale ST, Beatty JH, eds. Campbell's Operative Orthopaedics. 11th ed. Philadelphia, PA: Elsevier Mosby; 2007:chap 8.
Goldberg VM, Kraay MJ. Surgical treatment of joint diseases. In: Canale ST, Beatty JH, eds. Campbell's Operative Orthopaedics. 11th ed. Philadelphia, PA: Elsevier Mosby; 2007:chap 299.
Izquierdo R, Voloshin I, Edwards S, et al. Treatment of glenohumeral osteoarthritis. J Am Acad Orthop Surg. 2010;18(6):375-82.
A.D.A.M., Inc. is accredited by URAC, also known as the American Accreditation HealthCare Commission (www.urac.org). URAC's accreditation program is an independent audit to verify that A.D.A.M. follows rigorous standards of quality and accountability. A.D.A.M. is among the first to achieve this important distinction for online health information and services. Learn more about A.D.A.M.'s editorial policy, editorial process and privacy policy. A.D.A.M. is also a founding member of Hi-Ethics and subscribes to the principles of the Health on the Net Foundation (www.hon.ch)
The information provided herein should not be used during any medical emergency or for the diagnosis or treatment of any medical condition. A licensed medical professional should be consulted for diagnosis and treatment of any and all medical conditions. Call 911 for all medical emergencies. Links to other sites are provided for information only -- they do not constitute endorsements of those other sites. © 1997- 2013 A.D.A.M., Inc. Any duplication or distribution of the information contained herein is strictly prohibited.


text:
|The NewsPlus Global Equities site has ended service. Customers who previously used the site and wish to continue using Dow Jones as their source for market information may contact their Sales Representative or Customer Service for more details and options. If there are any questions about this please email: firstname.lastname@example.com
|Copyright © 2011 Dow Jones & Company, Inc. All Rights Reserved.


text:
A to Z Grantwriting Advanced Microsoft Excel 2007 Advanced Web Pages Creating a Classroom Web Site Creating Classroom Centers Creating K-12 Learning Materials Creating the Inclusive Classroom: Strategies for Success Creating Web Pages Designing Effective Websites Differentiated Instruction in the Classroom Differentiation K-12 Assessments Easy Classroom Podcasting Empowering Students with Disabilities Enhancing Language Development in Childhood Get Assertive! Going Green at the Workplace Guided Reading and Writing Strategies for maximum Student Achievement Guided Reading: Strategies for the Differentiated Classroom Guiding Kids on the Internet Homeschool With Success Integrating Technology in the Classroom Intermediate CSS3 and HTML5 Intermediate Flash CS5 Intermediate Microsoft Access 2010 Intermediate Microsoft Excel 2007 Intermediate Microsoft Excel 2010 Intermediate Microsoft PowerPoint Intermediate Microsoft Word 2007 Intermediate Microsoft Word 2010 Intermediate Photoshop CS4 Intermediate Photoshop CS6 Intermediate to Photoshop CS5 Introduction to Dreamweaver CS4 Introduction to Dreamweaver CS6 Introduction to Flash CS4 Introduction to Flash CS5 Introduction to Microsoft Access 2007 Introduction to Microsoft Excel 2007 Introduction to Microsoft Excel 2010 Introduction to Microsoft Outlook 2010 Introduction to Microsoft PowerPoint 2007 Introduction to Microsoft PowerPoint 2010 Introduction to Microsoft Word 2007 Introduction to Microsoft Word 2010 Introduction to Photoshop CS5 Introduction to Photoshop CS6 Introduction to Teaching ESL/EFL Leadership Making Movies with Windows XP Microsoft Excel 2007 in the Classroom Microsoft Excel 2010 in the Classroom Microsoft Powerpoint 2007 in the Classroom Microsoft Powerpoint 2010 in the Classroom Microsoft Word 2007 in the Classroom Photoshop CS4 for the Digital Photographer Photoshop CS5 for the Digital Photographer: I Photoshop CS5 for the Digital Photographer: II Photoshop CS6 for the Digital Photographer: I Photoshop CS6 for the Digital Photographer: II Photoshop Elements 10 for the Digital Photographer: II Photoshop Elements 9 for the Digital Photographer: I Photoshop Elements 9 for the Digital Photographer: II Practical Ideas for the Adult ESL/EFL Praxis | Prep Ready, Set, Read Response to Intervention: Reading Strategies that Work Singapore Math Number Sense & Computational Strategies Singapore Math Strategies: Advanced Model Drawing for grades 6-9 Singapore Math Strategies: Model Drawing for Grades 1-6 Solving Classroom Discipline Problems Solving Classroom Discipline Problems II Spanish in the Classroom Speed Spanish I, II or III Survival Kit for New Teachers Teaching Adult Learners Teaching ESL/EFL Grammar Teaching ESL/EFL Reading Teaching ESL/EFL Vocabulary Teaching Math: Grades 4-6 Teaching Preschool- A Year of Inspiring Lessons Teaching Science: Grades 4-6 Teaching Smarter with SMARTBoards Teaching Students with ADHD Teaching Students with Autism: Strategies for Success Teaching Writing: Grades 4-6 The Classroom Computer The Creative Classroom The Differentiated Instruction and Response to Intervention Connection Understanding Adolescents Using the Internet in the Classroom Web 2.0: Blogs, Wikis and Podcasts
REGISTER FOR CLASSES and get more information on each class by visiting the link for teaching professionals.
Melanie Oard
308 W. Ramshorn
P.O. Box 175
Dubois, WY 82513
Email: Dubois Center


text:
ACLU Asking Ohio Sheriffs To Ignore Fed Requests To Hold Illegal Immigrants
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WSPD) -- The American Civil Liberties Union of Ohio has sent letters to seven county sheriffs in Ohio asking them to ignore requests from the federal government to hold illegal immigrants until they can respond. The requests usually come from U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, but the ACLU says they're unconstitutional.
"ICE detainers are not legally binding if they're not accompanied with probable cause or a warrant. They're merely requests," said Shakyra Diaz with the ACLU of Ohio.
Diaz says many sheriffs across the country are ignoring the requests from ICE because they are liable for holding people in jail longer than usual.
The letters went to sheriff's offices in Butler, Clark, Cuyahoga, Franklin, Mahoning, Montgomery, and Warren counties.
"Those were the counties that had the highest amount of ICE detainer holds," said Diaz.
Hamilton County also has a high number of the requests, but changes are already being considered, so the ACLU didn't decide to write them a letter.
In most cases, the person being requested to be held has already been released on bond or they've had the criminal charges dismissed. Diaz says it's then that the requests come to allow ICE more time to determine if the person is in the country illegally.
"You need probable cause first and then you can hold someone. You can't hold them first and then try to build up on the probable cause after the fact," said Diaz.
The ACLU says ICE detainer requests have gone out to at least 126 prisons or jails in the state.
The cases typically involve an individual who has either been released on bond or had criminal charges dismissed. In such cases, ICE officials will ask jails to continue to hold individuals, suspected of being here illegally, while the agency determines if they're ready to take custody over the issue.
ICE spokesman Khaalid Walls released a statement saying the hold requests are simply to have local law enforcement agencies notify them before they release the person and to maintain custody of them for no more than 48 hours, excluding weekends and holidays. He says it's an effort to allow ICE to assume custody of the suspect.
"When law enforcement agencies turn criminals over to ICE rather than releasing them into the community, in enhances public safety and the safety of law enforcement. To further this shared goal, ICE anticipates that law enforcement agencies will comply with immigration detainers," he said.
Recent federal court rulings on the issue have the ACLU warning that complying with the requests could open counties up to lawsuits.
"Sheriff's don't want to be in a position where they are illegally holding someone in jail," Diaz said.
She says they'll keep an eye on the issue and be following up.


text:
Every part in our house need decoration, it can give different touch of every part. There are many ways to decorate your house, and everyone has different want and different taste in decorate their house. Front room is one of part of the ro...[Read More]
Recent Posts
Our Partner
Popular Design
Get Connect
Home | About | Contact | Sitemap | Topics | Privacy Policy | Term of Service | Copyright/IP PolicyCopyright © BIEICONS.COM 2012 – All Rights Reserved.


text: 'Sometimes I'm not sure it's luck. Tonight we let the second period get away from us after a good first period. Then in the third period with a one-goal game, we found a way not to win the hockey game [sic]. We couldn't close it off, they played defense real well and we didn't get real dangerous in the third.'


text:
PHILADELPHIA -- It was an exciting evening for the University of Pennsylvania men's and women's swimming teams, which defeated West Chester for the tenth year in a row. Both the men and the women claimed 11 event wins, with the women winning 169-120 and the men 182-113.
Penn's 200 medley relay A and B teams took the top two spots. The women swam first, with the "A team" – junior Lauryn Brown, freshman Haley Wickham, sophomore Lauren Church, junior Christina Hurley -- giving the Quakers their first 11 points with a time of 1:46.98, which was followed up by four more points from the "B team" – sophomore Emily Baturka, sophomore Catherine Yee, junior Taylor Sneed, freshman Rochelle Dong -- which finished second at 1:47.82.
Next up to swim was the men, where the "B team" – freshman Phillip Hu, sophomore Kyle Yu, freshman Jimmy Jameson, sophomore Eric Schultz -- took first with a time of 1:32.83 and the "A team" – junior Dillon McHugh, sophomore Bobby Francis, senior Rhoads Worster, sophomoreJohn Germanis -- came in second at 1:33.27.
Freshman Madeleine Jardeleza and sophomore Chris Swanson tacked on the next events wins for the Red and Blue in the 1000 free. Jardeleza finished at 10:27.18 and Swanson completed the race at 9:24.90.
Both the men and the women completed the first 10 events of the meet with almost identical finishes, with the exception of the 200 free and 100 breast.
Adding another element of excitement to the already successful meet was senior Shelby Fortin, who broke the 500 free pool record -- 4:54.33 -- with a time of 4:51.96. Fortin was also a part of the 200 free relay, which also broke the pool record of 1:36.94. The "A team" – Fortin, Church, junior Irene Katopodis, Dong – which competed in the race as an exhibition heat, touched the wall at 1:36.13.
The men closed out the meet, tacking on another new pool record. The "A team" – junior Alex Porter, Schultz, McHugh, Worster – raced the 200 free relay as an exhibition heat. Worster, entering the pool as the anchor, needed a split of just under 21 seconds to break the record. He completed his leg at 20.47, and the Quakers finished with a time of 1:22.05, breaking the record of 1:22.55.
Penn will be back in action tomorrow in Sheerr Pool for the last home meet of the season. The Quakers will take on La Salle at noon and will celebrate Senior Day.
Download: Swim WCU Results.pdf


text:
Results 25 to 36 of 46
Thread: Pittsburgh/Giants observation
Re: Pittsburgh/Giants observation
According to Merill Hodge they will win the division."Screw it, let's ride"!
Re: Pittsburgh/Giants observation
have happened. Yea, the Ravens lose games but never got embarrassed in
Denver, not even by Manning and now we're the champs. Your secondary sucked when it got Tebowed and last year too, so I was just asking about now.
08-11-2013, 11:41 PM #27Regular 1st Stringer
- Join Date
- Oct 2011
- Posts
- 816
Re: Pittsburgh/Giants observation
Sorry, I misinterpreted your reply. Text does not accurately reflect meaning.
Anyway, the Steelers I believe had just about the best secondary in the league last year. The problem was they just did not force turnovers. They could cover receivers, but interceptions and turnovers were very rare. And Tebow did throw for impressive yards two years ago, but the majority of those yards were on two or three throws. For whatever reason, it was his day. He earned it.
And yes, the Ravens are the champs. I take nothing from that. Just miscommunication, sorry.
Re: Pittsburgh/Giants observation
Yea, just like Namath vs us in SB 3. Jets have never been back-lol. We have all those
trophies from two different teams.
You kept it close in two games vs us last year w/o Ben and beat us with Charlie Batch
for crying out loud.
No prob man, and please keep posting, especially during the season.
We need info from enemy territory and we'll provide the same to you.
We also keep hearing that Woodly has slowed down and the fans won't miss
Harrison who was slow with injuries last couple of years.
Last edited by AirFlacco; 08-12-2013 at 12:10 AM.
- Join Date
- Aug 2009
- Location
- Wilton, CT
- Posts
- 23,911
- Blog Entries
- 8
Re: Pittsburgh/Giants observation
The Packers offense got shut out against the Cardinals last week. No one thinks they're terrible.Putting the Fanatic back in Fan
08-12-2013, 06:23 AM #30On The Practice Squad
- Join Date
- Dec 2010
- Posts
- 43
- Join Date
- Feb 2009
- Location
- Frederick, MD
- Posts
- 41,534
- Blog Entries
- 3
08-12-2013, 10:02 AM #32Regular 1st Stringer
- Join Date
- Oct 2011
- Posts
- 816
Re: Pittsburgh/Giants observation
Woodley was a tub of goo last year. Which lead to speculation about his dedication and even was the reason for his injuries. This year he seems to be in much better shape (as are a few others who have been letting themselves slide) and the hope is he can be more productive. I am not convinced Harrison will be missed too much. At least I hope not. I do look forward to watching him play for the Bengals. He was injured quite a bit over the last few years too. There is hope Jones can fill a linebacker spot as rookie. That will be a tall order in the AFC North. His first game had some highs and lows so hopefully he will develop.
And yes, those two games last year were crazy. I am convinced that no matter who they put in to play, the score will be close. I hears as stat last year that compiled he scores of all the games, and the total point difference was something like 3 points. And that was out of hundreds of points! Many of the other stats were incredibly close as well. Very rarely is there a blowout. I think the last one was two years ago when the Ravens won 35-7 or something like that.
Honestly, I don't like when they play the Ravens. I hate losing. I get sooooo nervous. I don't hold anything against them, it just drives me nuts. I am not a fanatic or anything, but it feels much worse to lose against the Ravens than when they win. Weird, I know. They always, always, always, play the hardest game against Steelers. One thing is for sure, when those two get on the field we get our money's worth! Like em' or hate em!'
Re: Pittsburgh/Giants observation
Here is why I think the reactions about the Steelers O-line are accurate:
They were shitty last year and I think got worse.
Mike Adams who was a revolving door at right tackle has moved to left.
Marcus Gilbert, sucks.
Ramon Foster plays like he's wearing cement cleats.
Pouncey is overrated, way overrated. He's better than average, but not b much.
And Decastro, is basically still a rookie, so who knows about him.We are all born ignorant, but one must work hard to remain stupid. - Benjamin Franklin
Re: Pittsburgh/Giants observation
Yea, but like Complex said, they have a new RB similar to Rice's running style and they changed the blocking schemes to accomodate him. Like he said, they will be running a lot but we beefed up our run game with Canty who was great in Tampa, Doom, Spears, Brandon
Williams and we still have Nagata, ARt Jones and McPhee and Suggs plus Arthur Brown who will be faster than Ray was last year.
Thanks Complex. Sounds like Woodly was your McKinnie last year-lol. Everyone
brings their A game vs us especially your guys and the Bungals no matter how bad
they are they can always beat us. I'm always the same as you during the games. I
tape the games and watch it later if we win. My heart can't take it when we lose. You gota love our division.
Re: Pittsburgh/Giants observation
The Steelers have bad timing on getting the running game going. Last year we were vulnerable to the run, this year it looks like a strength. It'll be tough sledding.
it feels much worse to lose against the Ravens than when they win.
Re: Pittsburgh/Giants observation-JAB


text:
Pink Heart iPhone 5 Case iPhone 5 Case
Case-Mate Vibe iPhone 5 Case Boost your iPhone 5 and music with the customizable Case-Mate Vibe case from Zazzle. Contoured perfectly to fit the iPhone 5, this case features SoundScoop™ technology to amplify the power of your iPhone speaker while protecting it with an hard shell plastic exterior and rubber liner. Designed specifically for the iPhone 5, this sleek and lightweight case is the perfect way to show off your custom style and share your favorite music. Impact resistant & lightweight hard plastic case with rubber lined interior. Designed for the Apple iPhone 5 (AT&T, Verizon, and Sprint models). Printed in the USA.


text: April Fool's Day, April 1st of each year, is the official prank and joke day of the year. It's a day when even the most mundane office co-worker becomes the office prankster looking to trick someone. This used to be a mild annoyance for people but with the rise of the Internet it's become a really dangerous day… Continue reading


text:
Road Test: Molton Brown's Renew Ambrusca Shower Gel
Everyone needs a little sumpin' sumpin to wake up in the morning.
-PJ Gach
I don't know about you, but I loathe mornings. Stumbling around half-awake, making coffee, walking the dog, all the while your bed is calling you back is sheer hell.
Read Road Test: Sephora Supreme Cleansing Foam
If I can find anything that can make the transition from dreamland to daytime easier, I'm down! I decided to try the Molton Brown Renew Ambrusca Shower Gel ($34, moltonbrown.com) in the hopes that I'd smile earlier in the day. Or at least be more cognizant.
The shower gel has a faint citrus scent that gently woke me up. It lathers quickly, washes off easily (no icky film) and leaves my skin feeling soft and moisturized. The Renew Ambrusca Shower Gel contains Moroccan argan oil, castor and grapeseed oil and Ardeche ambrusca grapeleaf. Together they work to clean, tone and keep free radicals from damaging your skin.
It's a great product to help transition you from sleepy to awake and your skin from winter to spring.
PJ Gach is the Senior Editor: Style + Beauty at BettyConfidential.


text:
Elena R. Lucas
- Music Theory
The music of Elena Roussanova Lucas has been performed and heard around the world. Her prolific writing encompasses many diverse styles including music for orchestras, wind ensembles, chamber ensembles, solo pieces as well as Broadway and popular style songs.
A partial list of organizations and artists that have performed Elena's works include: the Prague Radio Symphony Orchestra, the Tchaikovsky State Orchestra of Moscow, Vladimir Fedoseyev, Music Director, The Russian National Orchestra Brass Quintet, Moscow Radio Symphony Orchestra, members of the Bolshoi Ballet, the Dallas Brass, "Las Vegas Music Festival" NV, Festival of International Contemporary Music "Moscow Autumn", "Kremlin Festival" (Moscow), Mid-West International Band and Orchestra Clinic, (Chicago, Il ), Charles Castleman, violinist, Terry Everson, trumpeter, Ballet Lubbock, and others.
Lucas began studying music at the early age of three, when her family noticed her extreme talent and interest in music. Recognized as a child prodigy by Anna Artobolevskaya at the age of five, she was accepted to a special "Wunderkind" program at the Central Music School of the U.S.S.R.
As a pianist, Elena Lucas has performed extensively in Moscow, the United Kingdom, the Netherlands and the United States. She is the recipient of the First Prize in a Russia-wide piano competition sponsored by the Russian Ministry of Culture, and the "Achievement Award" from the Moscow Chief Administrator of Cultural Affairs for piano music written in remembrance of the 50th Anniversary of the end of World War ll. Her piano students have won competitions as well as acceptance into the Moscow Conservatory, Longy School of Music, and Salonica Conservatory, among others.
As a composer for Warner Bros/Alfred Music Publishers since 2001, Elena's compositions have been regularly chosen for Editor's Choice distinction by the J.W. Pepper Co. Many of her pieces for orchestra, string orchestra and wind ensemble are included on U.S.A. state music lists including Virginia, Texas, Florida and others.
Elena is an Assistant Professor in the Composition Department at Berklee College of Music. Previous work experience includes Boston University, Texas Tech University, Boston Ballet School and Ballet Lubbock. She is an elected member of the prestigious United Russian Composers Union and member of ASCAP.
Website: www.roussanovalucas.com
Tchaikovsky Conservatoire, Moscow, Russia, Red Diploma (Summa cum Laude, Highest Distinction) Diploma (2000) in Composition, Music Literature, Music Theory, Instrumentation. Five-year Masters Program, 1995-2000; Ippolitov-Ivanov College and Academy of Music, Moscow, Russia, Diploma (1995) in Piano Pedagogy/Piano Accompanying. Four-year Bachelor of Music Program 1991-1995
2010-07-27Expand to view more


text:
Usually, teenagers have a lot of imagination to express their life. Most of them like to try something new including any hobby, style, and so on including their personal property. It is because their personal property is the only things tha...[Read More]
Recent Posts
Our Partner
Popular Design
Get Connect
Home | About | Contact | Sitemap | Topics | Privacy Policy | Term of Service | Copyright/IP PolicyCopyright © BIEICONS.COM 2012 – All Rights Reserved.


text:
I was really hoping for a 200 dollar price point on this one. In the end I think I will hold off for a price drop in 6 months
My problem is why do they have to take a step backwards to move forward with a new product. A5 instead of A6, no retina display. It's just so predictable. Next years model will be what this years model should have been. They will get on stage next year and show the ipad mini two with the A6 and retina display for the same great low price and all the idiots in the audience will applaud like they have just been given an amazing surprise. What is the difference to them in price, a few bucks when their ordering millions of processors and displays. It may cost them lets say 20 bucks more per unit but will cost their loyal followers another $329 and up next year. They do this to get people to buy the next one a year later(or six months). The problem is that people are finally wising up. I see plenty of comments on this site of people who are already willing to wait for the next one because they know it will be what this one should have been. Their greed is legendary.
I use to get the latest greatest but now I skip generations.
Outdated already, the only selling point is the smaller size, no retina display and lacking a lit of the current generation iPad, as an Apple Fanboy, I was greatly disappointed in the mini. Apple better step up their game, the initial looks of the Microsoft Surface is pretty awesome!!!
Its over priced and not really needed the iPad is a great size not that I'd buy one because I hate the tablet market, I'd rather buy something with more power and ability, like the MacBook Air
You sob your spider avatar scared the jeblees out of me! I hate bugs n I thought there was one on my iPad!
There's an interesting thing in America (assuming you live in America) called the free market system. You should really study it and find out how it works.
You should take your own advice and study the free market system. But study how it actually works in reality, not the business-biased crap you find in books. One of the main principles of the free market system is that both parties in a transaction expect to gain from it. When both parties are happy with their exchange, they do business again. If one party or both parties are not happy with their exchange, they don't do business again. It's a simple principle.
Unfortunately, that most basic principle is where the majority completely screws it up. The majority is stupid and continually opens their wallets back up to the same companies that screw them time and time again. Those companies thus have no incentive to compete because they know that the stupid will line up in droves to get raped. Thanks to the stupid majority, the free market only rewards greedy companies with very good marketing departments. And that is how you end up with Apple.
In the words of my all-time favorite comedian,"You can't fix stupid." As long as stupid makes up the majority, nothing will change.
Last edited by RokeSmoreMeefer; 2012-10-25 at 03:59 PM.
This is a site for apple products. Some of you seem to be very much against apple. Which makes me wonder why you are on this site at all. There is another site called modmymobile.com that I think might be better suited for you.
When you say, "the majority is stupid," what you really mean is that the majority disagrees with you and it bugs you. It doesn't make them stupid. It makes them different.
BTW, if you hate Apple products so much why the hell are you on this forum? It'd be like me visiting a University of Alabama merchandise store and kicking and screaming about how much I hate everything in the store.
In any case, when you call other people stupid for buying Apple products then say that Apple continually rips off their customers it isn't much of a stretch at all to infer from that that you hate Apple products, and I'd be willing to bet money that I'm not the only person here who thought that.
Macintosh 512K
Power Macintosh 8500/120 (it still works!)
Power Mac G4 Cube
PowerBook G4 500 (case made of Titanium, but it didn't survive the free fall from the 3rd floor balcony - now rests in a box in pieces)
Mac mini
iPhone (later sold to buy...)
iPhone 3GS (later sold to buy...)
iPhone 4
iPad 3g/wifi (1st gen)
Apple TV2 (1st gen, 720p)
iMac 27" (2011)
I do not hate Apple products, I just hate the ridiculous prices. The only products in that list that I bought myself were the Mac mini and Apple TV2, and the mini only because it was a customer return and I had a friend that worked at the Apple store that had it - it's fully loaded but I got it for $400. Everything else was either free (512K found in an abandoned apartment in 1990, Cube picked up at a yard sale and thought to be non-functional - $0), a gift (8500/120, PowerBook), or purchased by my company (everything else). If I had actually bought everything in that list at retail myself, I would have spent over $17,000.
Do you see $17,000 of value in that list? I sure don't. Even excluding the 512K and 8500/120, it's still roughly $10,000 for the rest. Utterly ridiculous. And that's why when it comes to spending my own money, Apple is not even considered.


text:
Bookmark this site
FORTY FORT, PA -- C-N-A Vending of NEPA (formerly CNA Vending) has announced the launch of its updated website at a new location: cnavendingofnepa.com.
The website illustrates and describes the company's novel conversion kit, which enhances the reliability of Pearson's Mint Patties vending machines by rectifying common problems with double vends and product jams.
Also shown on the new site are C-N-A's point-of-sale enhancements. The Pearson Mint Patties display card is an insert measuring 3" x 3.5" that calls attention to the popular peppermint confections.
"Gumball sun screens" are colorful inserts that protect the product in bulk gum venders exposed to direct sunlight from photochemical deterioration; they're offered in 5" x 8" and 5.75" x 6.75" sizes to fit many popular makes of gumball vender.
An eye-catching "Gumball Advice" 5" x 5.5" display card generates interest by matching gumball colors with entertaining words of wisdom.
Founded in 1998, C-N-A of NEPA is a family-owned business providing bulk vending services across northeastern Pennsylvania's Wyoming Valley, including the Scranton and Wilkes-Barre markets.


text:
Bradley is a male Roborovski hamster with the standard tan & white coloring. We estimate he was born approx. 11/2015. Sons, Daugherty and Keest are the same colors as dad, estimated born Feb. 4, 2016. Son, Wolvek, is the gray & white coloring known as "marbled", also born Feb. 4, 2016.
Adoption fee: $20 per pair, $30 for foursome
Bradley (living with Daugherty), Hamster has been shared from Shelter Exchange.
We also do adoptions by appointment only, if Saturdays are not convenient. Please contact us for more information.
2. Meet with an adoption volunteer who is trained to help make the best pet match for you and the pet. Each pet up for adoption has received behavioral and health assessments in order to help determine the best home for that pet. Volunteers will help you decide if the animal you are interested in is a good match for your lifestyle and will direct you to any pets that may be appropriate. If you are looking for a companion for an animal that you already have at home, please let us know and bring the animal with you so that we can check them over and begin introductions to make sure we find the best match for your situation.
3. Complete the adoption once you and our adoption volunteers agree that you've found a great match. We prefer that all members of the household (including other pets that will be interacting with the new animal) are present during the adoption process to ensure that the chosen pet is compatible with everyone. If they are unavailable, a "hold" may be placed on the pet for a short period in order for any family or other pets to come in and meet with us and the pet.
4. At the time of adoption, you will be asked to sign a contract stipulating:
1. You will not breed the animal.
2. The animal will receive veterinary care
3. The animal will be treated humanely
4. If you are unable to care for the animal for any reason, it is to be returned to Wee Companions.
The Adoption Contract is a binding legal document, you must be 18 years or older to sign.
Bring a carrier with you to safely transport your new family member home.
Single Rabbit - $50.00
Bonded Pair of Rabbits - $75.00
We reserve the right to deny adoption to anyone.
Thank You!
Your message has been sent to Wee Companions.
You'll receive a copy, too, at to help you keep track of which pets you've inquired about, and which shelters and rescues you've emailed.
NOTE: Some shelters have physical locations you can visit; some of these shelters may only have pets for a limited time, so please do not wait for a reply—just go visit the shelter! Other organizations are rescue groups run by busy volunteers who may take a while to reply. You can find information about the shelter or rescue group caring for this pet, and their adoption procedures, on the pet's details page on Adopt-a-Pet.com.
Contact this Rescue Group about Bradley (living with Daugherty) again.


text:
We only support BackTrack 4 here.
Hi everyone, i have a eeepc netbook with an atheros AR9285 wireless network adapter.
The internet on my netbook works good but
When i go to the VM menu/removable devices, mi wireless adapter doesnt appear.
When i type airmon-ng it doesnt appear.
Anyone can help me please.... what should i do?? how can i install it?
We only support BackTrack 4 here.
Capitalisation is important. It's the difference between "Helping your brother Jack off a horse" and "Helping your brother jack off a horse".
The Forum Rules, Forum FAQ and the BackTrack Wiki... learn them, love them, live them.


text:
PATINACK'S Queensland operation will not have runners until the second week of January because of a broken water-walker and a swimming pool in need of maintenance at its Canungra base.
Racing Queensland stewards and a veterinary officer conducted an inspection of the training facilities on Monday after the racing and breeding operation scratched all four of its runners from the Doomben meeting on Saturday.
Rumours that horses were not being fed were quickly laid to rest as staff explained it had been a directive from Patinack boss Nathan Tinkler that the horses be withdrawn.
''Nathan Tinkler has instructed staff that none of the horses are to run until everything is fully operational,'' steward Daniel Aurisch said.
■Years of travel between New Zealand and Australia has left trainer Bjorn Baker well adjusted to life in economy class in planes, but should his second-hand staying star Cantonese triumph in the Perth Cup on Tuesday, the young Kiwi may plump for a first-class upgrade for the return flight to Sydney.
Baker left New Zealand to set up shop at Warwick Farm 15 months ago with just three horses, but has since built a strong team of 30 gallopers, and winners have been coming thick and fast in the past three months, headed by Cantonese.
''I saw him running around the provincials and midweek races and thought that he looked like a stayer of good potential, so I made an offer to [owner] Gerry Harvey and bought him,'' he said.
''I invited some new Australian-based clients into him and they've had a brilliant time so far.''
In nine runs for Baker, Cantonese has won six races, including a six-length success in the Christmas Cup at Rosehill at his latest appearance, and has netted prizemoney more than seven times his purchase price.
''When you start out on your own, you've got to let people know you're there and training winners is the best way to do that,'' Baker said.
''He [Cantonese] has been great for the business, and so was the result in the Inglis Nursery [Baker trained the quinella]. I bought Twilight Royale and Fuerza without any owners and they've given another bunch of clients a great thrill.''
Cantonese's task became easier on Monday when the Perth Cup favourite, Chester Road, was scratched. The Adam Durrant-trained Mr Moet is the new $3.40 favourite, with Cantonese next pick at $3.90.
■The Australian and New Zealand racing industries have been hit hard by the death of jockey Ashlee Mundy, who died on Monday from injuries suffered in a fall in New Zealand on Sunday.
Mundy, 26, settled on the Gold Coast in 2011 after beginning her career in New Zealand. She had returned home to ride on the South Island summer circuit when the fall occurred at Kurow, in North Otago.


text:
The point is, 20 minutes before our family therapy session Friday, I get a call from a counselor. She says the doctor is ready to release my daughter on the condition that she be released to her biological dad and to go live at his house.
His reason was because my daughter refused to agree to any verbal or written contracts stating she won't harm herself, she'll take her medicine, and she will give therapy her fullest effort if she comes home with me. She'll only do it if she can live with her dad. Basically, she said that if she doesn't get what she wants (to live with her dad), she will try and kill herself.
When we got in to the session, but before my daughter was brought in, the counselor (not the doctor, I have yet to see a doctor) told everyone that she couldn't believe the doctor's suggestion. She didn't think it was right for my daughter to go with her dad. So she tried to call my daughter out in the session.
She asked my daughter why she wanted to go to her dad's. Daughter's reply was 'because my step dad and I butt heads too much'. Councelor asked her over what. She said that she didn't think she should have to work out 4 days a week. Counselor said what else? And my daughter couldn't answer.
So we answered for her. We butt heads when she doesn't do her homework, when she doesn't unload the dishwasher, when she doesn't clean her room, and when we absolutely know she's lying about something.
The counselor said to her, 'You said yourself you butt heads because you're not doing the things you're supposed to be doing. Couldn't you be doing things differently and having little to no problems? Aren't you bringing this on yourself?'
My daughter answered 'Yes'.
She has gone to this length, ripping our hearts out, simply because she doesn't want to have any responsibilities. Her father won't make her have any. It's always fun there. That's what she wants.
I have to let her go, for many reasons, even though it Is the worst thing for her. Hell, I could make this post even longer by C&Ping a text from her dad of HIM saying it's not the best thing for her.
But the point is, she has declared war on my family. She will do and say anything she has to to get what she wants no matter who she hurts. She had CPS called on my family. She claimed my husband and I make fun of her weight and verbally abuse her. She has ripped our hearts out. She has won what she set out to win without having to bear one consequence.
She will be getting out Monday. She will be coming here to gather her belongings and go with her father. Her reward for putting us through hell is getting exactly what she wants.
My question is: How much more should she be rewarded? What should she get to take with her? All of her electronics? Her expensive clothes? Her computer? Her phone? Things that would just put the icing on the cake for her? She would know 1000% from then on that lying pays off- big time, and that there are no consequences for it.
There isn't going to be a whole lot of visitation going on that involves her spending the night here, or even coming to the house for quite some time. She has hurt us so much with her lies that my husband told me tonight that he WON'T be able to be around her for quite some time. And I can't have her here doing something crazy and possibly hurting the babies and her older brother.
Yeah. Ain't that some shit? Her older brother lives here. He's the one who told CPS, the counselors, and their dad that my daughter is full of shit. He can not believe what she is doing to all of us.
I believe in my heart that she just can't see it. That she doesn't realize what she's doing to the people around her who love her and bend over backward to give her the world.
What do you do, DT? What do you let her take?
I'm now sitting here wondering if I'm going to get flamed for choosing my husband over my child. I hope you guys realize that I'm also choosing my other three kids, too, over the one that doesn't want me right now, because I'm not together with her dad. That's what she wants. She's told the counselor that she'll quit it if we get back together. She's delusional. We divorced in 2000. 4 days before my daughter was 2.
Fuck it. I'm posting anyway. I've been crying for 36 hours now. I'm finding a counselor for myself on Monday. Right now, you're all I got.
I have to make this decision by monday. What do I let her take?