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Over the river and through the woods, to the contractor's office we go...
Here it is, the holiday season, again. Where did this year go? I'm still trying to file my summer expense reports.
Even with all of the holiday hassles, I find the next few weeks to be one of the most enjoyable periods of the year. Although we give the gifts of golf outings, lunches, dinners, and other thank you's during the course of the year, we still feel it's necessary to give a little something extra this time of the year as a token of our appreciation for people's business.
Even though I'm filled with the spirit, I'm also challenged by just how much to spend. It seems that a lot of larger customers have enacted rules regarding accepting gifts. These new rules have caused me to plan more effectively.
Helping the new guy
I've never really spent too much money on expensive gifts for my customers, because if you do, they might come to expect it. Most of the time, for the regulars I have serviced over the years, I try to give something that is practical, and something they will enjoy using in the months to come.
One of my counterparts in our stone division asked how I got by with this. I simply answered, "I tell the customers that we spend most of our money trying to make sure that we give them a good product, speedy service, and on-time deliveries." I've even told them that we sell them the product at a lower profit margin so they can make more money themselves.
I did that occasionally to help some of the smaller guys when they got started. Heck, everyone has to start somewhere. It wasn't my goal, but most reciprocated by continuing to do business with me for many years afterward, and not because of deflated prices either.
I walked into a very good customer's office recently, and as we were talking about a couple of jobs that he had coming up, he pulled a small calculator out of his desk to figure the approximate yardages.
I asked to see the calculator when I realized that it was one that I gave him as a Christmas gift a couple of years ago. When I asked about it, he told me that was one of the handiest things that he had received over the years. I told him I was glad to see that he was still using it and that the reason I handed it out that year was we were a little short on sales and that the calculator actually figured about 8% more concrete than he actually needed on the jobs.
"Good," he said. "So can I expect an 8% rebate on all of the money I have spent with you since then?" We both got a good laugh.
Sometimes, we forget the true meaning of the season. We should give gifts to show appreciation for what people have done with us—not for what we can expect in the future.
Merry Christmas and Happy New Year from As The Drum Turns.
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SUMMERSIDE – A Summerside man, who was serving probation for crimes of a sexual nature, is heading back to jail.
Tony Joseph Laviolette, 25, recently pleaded guilty to three counts of breaching a court order and one count of uttering threats. Two of the breaches were for having contact with a child and one was for attending a place frequented by children, a school in this case.
Provincial court Judge Jeff Lantz sentenced Laviolette on Wednesday to 12 months, plus one day, in jail and three years of probation.
According to the facts presented in court, this is Laviolette's third round of court breaches stemming back to a sentence of federal prison time in 2007 for sexual assault and arson, among other crimes.
Nearly all of the breaches revolve around his desire to keep contacting the same underage girl.
The most recent problems started on Feb. 19, 2014, when he sent the girl a Facebook friend request.
The two had several Facebook chat conversations, during some of which Laviolette suggested the two be "friends with benefits."
The girl expressed a desire to be friends, but said empathetically that she wasn't interested in a sexual relationship, and reminded him he could get in trouble for suggesting such a thing.
But Laviolette persisted, even challenging the girl's boyfriend, also a teenager, to a fight on at least one occasion.
He also purchased the girl and her friend cigarettes and alcohol, and delivered it to them, at night, on a Summerside school's property.
In its summations the Crown suggested that Laviolette has basically followed the same pattern every time he has been released. Contacting the girl, then getting caught.
They said that her protection must be paramount at this point.
Their original suggestion had been 18 months in jail.
But Trish Cheverie, Laviolette 's legal aide council, dismissed that suggestion.
She argued that even though her client has been examined and profiled by numerous healtcare professionals over the years, he has never really completed any of the treatment options available to him.
She said this is because of a combination of him not being out of jail long enough to complete any programs and then not being in jail long enough for the same. His diminished mental capacity has also been a factor in disqualifying him from treatment.
"The longer he's in jail, it's not going to deter him," said Cheverie.
"What's going to keep him from repeating is intensive supervision and intensive treatment.
"This merry-go-round of jail, get out, jail, get out, jail, is costing the taxpayers an exorbitant amount of money and it's having no positive consequence at all," she said.
In his decision, Lantz agreed that Laviolette needed more treatment, but said he had to balance that with what services were realistically available to him and with protection of the victim.

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FIRST PHOTO: North West
....Oh you thought we meant Kim and kanye's baby? Well....
Not a big surprise at all that it didn't take long after Kim Kardashian and Kanye West's baby's name, North West, was leaked on Thursday night before Twitter erupted in jokes.
In fact, there are already several North West parody Twitter accounts, including @Its_North_West ("You may laugh at my name but i laugh at your bank balance.") and @NorthKimWest.
Kim & Kanye say that "North West" is non-directional
And this compass happened to be our favorite picture of North West LOL
PHOTOS: Weirdest Celebrity Baby Names
And here is the proof that it is official. Check out North West's birth certifcate below:
"So Blue Ivy got the stripper name and North West got the direction to the strip club? Nice, team work." — Rapper Yonas


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AAA study finds driving costs get small increase
There's bad news and good news for economically battered drivers in auto club AAA's annual report on the cost of owning and operating a vehicle.
There were sharp increases in the last year in the costs of things such as gasoline and tires. But cars retained much more of their value because Americans held on to their vehicles, increasing the value of used cars.
Overall, the annual average costs to own and operate a sedan in the USA, based on 15,000 miles of driving, rose 1.9%, according to AAA's 2012 "Your Driving Costs" study. The average costs rose 1.1 cents per mile to 59.6 cents per mile, or $8,946 per year.
AAA, which has published the driving costs study since 1950, was surprised that the overall increase in owning and operating an automobile wasn't higher, said Michael Calkins, the auto club's manager of approved auto repair.
"We knew the gas prices had increased from the prior year's study," Calkins said. "What we didn't see coming was that used cars would retain so much of their value. What a lot of people don't think about is that depreciation is the biggest single cost of owning a vehicle."
Calkins said "there's a real shortage of good, quality used cars on the market right now. "Usually, there's a good fleet of 2- to 3-year-old cars. Now, because people didn't buy new cars, they're harder to find. Even 3- and 4-year-old cars are retaining more of their value. If your car was worth $15,000 last year, there's a good chance it's worth $15,000 this year."
That scenario is likely to change soon, though. "Within the next 24 months, we're going to see the residual values start to change," Calkins said. "New car sales have been ramping up over the past nine months or so."
Last year, AAA reported that vehicle ownership costs rose 3.4% over 2010. AAA's annual study is based on purchasing a new vehicle and owning it for five years.
The largest percentage increase from 2011 to 2012 was the cost of fuel, which rose 14.8% to 14.2 cents per mile for sedan owners. Tire costs rose 4.2% because of higher costs for natural rubber and the increased cost of oil used in tire production and shipping, AAA said.
Average insurance costs for sedans — based on a low-risk driver with a clean driving record — rose 3.4% (or $33) to $1,001 annually; maintenance costs showed an increase of 0.7%.
Depreciation costs dropped by 4.9%.
According to AAA, the cost of owning and operating a vehicle breaks down like this: depreciation: 39.6%; gasoline: 23.7%; insurance: 11.2%; finance charges: 9.5%; maintenance: 7.5%; tax, license, registration: 6.8%, and tires: 1.7%.
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Contest Rules for Random On Air Station Giveaways
Station: The WHYN-AM cue to call in (the "Station")
Station Address: 1331 Main St 4th Floor Springfield, Ma 01103.
Telephone: Studio - 413-293-0560
NO PURCHASE OR PAYMENT OF ANY KIND IS NECESSARY TO ENTER OR WIN. PURCHASE DOES NOT INCREASE ODDS OF WINNING. Open to legal residents of the United States who are 18 years of age or older unless otherwise announced or stated herein. Void outside Station's Total Survey Area and where prohibited. Do not enter this contest if you are not located in the United States at the time of entry. Odds of winning depend upon the number of eligible entries received during the Contest Period.
Clear Channel Broadcasting, Inc., its subsidiaries and affiliated companies (together, the "Company"), will conduct its contests substantially as described in these general contesting rules, and by participating, each participant agrees as follows:
The Company may from time to time conduct contests concurrently and simultaneously on several participating radio stations owned and not owned by the Company, and in various States, and the Company may add or remove participating stations or change call letters of any participating station at any time during a contest as announced on the affected station. Participating stations are listed above or for a list of participating stations, please visit the offices of this Station during normal business hours.
1. Description of Contest/Participation.
A. Dates of Contest: Periodically the Station will conduct Station sponsored contest giveaways for various prizes. Typically these type of giveaways are done live on-air during the weekdays between 5AM EST and 7PM EST] at various times during the Program, the DJ will announce a Call In To Win opportunity, sounding the "cue to call". Each cue to call announced is specific to the contest or giveaway and serves individually as the specified "Contest Period". These rules are for the period beginning March 30th 2011 thru December 31st 2011
B. How to Play and Winner Selection: Listen to the Station weekdays for the DJ to announce the cue to call in and be the designated numbered caller to the Station's contest line. The correct caller will either automatically win the announced prize or be required to perform a task (i.e., answering a trivia question correctly), as determined by the Station and announced during the cue to call to win. Listen to the Station for details on specific giveaways and for the times to play. The dates, times, winner selection and prizes will vary with each station giveaway, as determined by the Station and announced during the cue to call.
Entrant participation and how the winner will be determined will vary depending on the contest as established by the Station and announced accordingly. Please refer to the on air announcement for specifics on participation and how a winner will be determined. The Company is not responsible for any change of email address, mailing address and/or telephone number of entrants. Notification is deemed to have occurred immediately upon placing of a phone call or sending of an e-mail. The Company is not obligated to leave voice mail, answering machine or other message. The Company is not responsible for and shall not be liable for late, misdirected or unsuccessful efforts to notify potential winners or for any late, misdirected, or if the potential winner is a minor, for late, misdirected, or unsuccessful efforts of potential winner to provide signed parental or guardian consent. All Entries become the property of Company and will not be returned. Company is not responsible for lost, late, illegible, misdirected, mutilated, postage-due or incomplete entries or mail. Should multiple users of the same e-mail account or mobile phone number, as applicable, enter the Contest and a dispute thereafter arise regarding the identity of the entrant, the authorized account holder of said e-mail account or mobile phone account at the time of entry will be considered the entrant. "Authorized account holder" is defined as the natural person who is assigned an e-mail address or mobile phone number by an Internet access provider, on-line service provider, mobile service provider or other organization which is responsible for assigning e-mail addresses, mobile phone numbers or the domain associated with the submitted e-mail address.
2. Prize(s). Prize conditions apply. The total approximate retail value ("ARV") of the Prize will vary from contest to contest as determined by the Station; refer to each contest's official rules for prize descriptions, value and conditions. Prizes for Call In to Win or "Cue to Call" Contests conducted by the Station will vary and be announced prior to the cue-to-call in. The various prizes awarded will normally range between $10 and $200 in approximate retail value. The prize(s) that may be awarded to the eligible winner(s) are not transferable, redeemable for cash or exchangeable for any other prize, except in Company's sole discretion. All prizes must be redeemed from the Station within 30 days of the contest end date unless otherwise stated or instructed at the time the winner is selected. Certain prizes are date specific (i.e. concerts, trips) and the winner or winners must be available on the dates specified. If a winner cannot be contacted or is disqualified for any reason, the Company reserves the right to determine an alternate winner or not to award that winner's prize, in its sole discretion. In the event the prize(s) are event or concert tickets, the Company is not responsible for the cancellation or rescheduling of any event or concert and no substitution or compensation shall be awarded, in Company's sole discretion. If concerts or other ticketed events have been awarded as or part of the prize and the concert or event is postponed, rained out, canceled, or for other reasons beyond our control does not occur, The Company will not be responsible for replacing that portion of the prize. Any provided tickets are subject to certain terms and conditions specified thereon. Tickets and seat locations are as solely determined by the Company in Company's sole discretion. No more than the advertised number of prizes will be awarded. The Prize is subject to certain terms and conditions as specified herein and additional conditions may apply. Winner must comply with all rules and regulations. Failure to do so may result in forfeiture of prize in its entirety. The prize elements will be awarded as described herein (subject to legal restrictions, etc). If the winner is disqualified or is found to be ineligible for the contest, the Company reserves the right to determine an alternate winner or not to award the prize, at its sole discretion. By accepting the prize, Winner must agree to the prize conditions on participation and must sign a release to be eligible to receive a prize and hereby agrees that: (i) that all decisions of the Company, judges, and if any the applicable Contest Entities with respect to the Contest are final and binding; (ii) to release the Company, Station and sponsors and their respective parent companies and affiliates, officers, directors, employees, agents, and licensees from any and all claims in connection with the Contest and the award or use of the prizes; (iii) to allow the Company to and sponsors to use their names, voices, photographs, likenesses, biographical material, in any advertising or broadcasting material relating to this contest, without additional financial or other compensation; and (iv) where allowed by law, sign a publicity release confirming such consent prior to acceptance of the prize. The Company is not responsible or liable to any entrant or winner or any person claiming through such entrant or winner for failure to supply the prize or any part thereof, by reason of any acts of God, any action, regulation, order or request by any governmental or quasi-governmental entity (whether or not the action, regulations, order or request proves to be invalid), equipment failure, threatened terrorist acts, terrorist acts, air raid, blackout, act of public enemy, earthquake, volcanic eruption, war (declared or undeclared), fire, flood, epidemic, explosion, unusually severe weather, hurricane, embargo, labor dispute or strike (whether legal or illegal) labor or material shortage, transportation interruption of any kind, work slow-down, civil disturbance, insurrection, riot, or any other cause beyond the Company's sole control. All other costs and expenses related to prize acceptance and use not specified as being provided are the sole responsibility of winner. Station does not make, and is not responsible in any manner for, any warranties, representations, or guarantees, express or implied, in fact or law, relating to any prizes, regarding the use, value or enjoyment of the prize, including, without limitation, its quality, mechanical condition, or fitness for a particular purpose. The Station will have no further obligation to winner.
3. Eligibility and Limitations. Participants and winner(s) must be legal residents of the 50 U.S. or D.C., be at least 18-years old, as of the date of entry and prize award as determined by the Company, unless otherwise announced at the time the cue-to-call was broadcast on-air. No one under the age of thirteen (13) will be permitted to enter a contest under any circumstances. Participants and winners must reside in the Station's Total Survey Area (TSA) as defined by Arbitron. Commonly the TSA represents a radio station's total listening audience in a geographic area. If the contest is open to minors, a parent or guardian of any participant who is a minor must sign a release on behalf of the minor to be eligible to receive a prize, but the Company reserves the right to refuse to award a prize to or on behalf of any minor. Unless otherwise stated in the official contest rules, only one (1) entry per person. Only one (1) prize per household for the Contest for any thirty (30) day period. If the contest involves listener participation by voting for a contest participant on the station's website then the voting is limited to one vote per person. If a contestant receives multiple and/or irregular votes from the same user or users, regardless of the source, the Station reserves the right to disqualify the contestant in its sole discretion. The potential prize winner and, if the potential prize winner is under the age of the majority in their state of residence (which is eighteen (18) in most states but is nineteen (19) in Alabama and Nebraska and twenty-one (21) in Mississippi), the potential prize winner's parent or guardian, may (in Company's sole discretion) be required to sign and return an affidavit of eligibility, release of liability and prize acceptance agreement ("Prize Acceptance Release of Liability and Publicity Release") within twenty four (24) hours after the first (1st) delivery attempt to entrants e-mail address in order for the potential prize winner to be qualified for the prize, unless otherwise stated in the contest's official rules. The potential prize winner's failure to return all required forms within this time period may result in the potential winner being disqualified and an alternate winner may be selected from all remaining eligible entries. Employees of the Company, the Station, the Contest's participating sponsors and their advertising agencies, employees of other radio or television stations, and members of the immediate family of any such persons are not eligible to participate or win. The term "immediate family" includes spouses, siblings, parents, children, grandparents, and grandchildren, whether as "in-laws," or by current or past marriage(s), remarriage(s), adoption, co-habitation or other family extension, and any other persons residing at the same household whether or not related.
4. Tampering and Delivery Disclaimer. (a) The Company, in its sole discretion, reserves the right to disqualify and prohibit from participating any person, who The Company determines (in its sole discretion) is or is attempting to: (i) tamper with The Company's Website and/or any part of the Contest; (ii) attempting to undermine the legitimate operation of the Contest by cheating, deception, or other unfair playing practices, (iii) intending to annoy, abuse, threaten or harass any other participants or The Company's Agents; and/or (iv) otherwise violating these Official Rules or the Terms of Use of The Company's Website. (b) ANY ATTEMPT TO DELIBERATELY DAMAGE THE COMPANY'S WEBSITE (OR ANY PART THEREOF) OR UNDERMINE THE OPERATION OF THIS CONTEST MAY BE A VIOLATION OF CRIMINAL AND CIVIL LAWS. SHOULD ANY SUCH ATTEMPT BE MADE, THE COMPANY AND ITS LICENSEES (IF ANY) RESERVE THE RIGHT TO SEEK DAMAGES AND ANY OTHER AVAILABLE REMEDIES FROM ANY SUCH PERSON(S) RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY SUCH ATTEMPT TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW. EACH ENTRANT (OR, IF THE ENTRANT IS NOT OF AGE OF MAJORITY IN HIS/HER STATE OF RESIDENCE, THE LEGAL GUARDIANS THEREOF) AGREES TO INDEMNIFY AND HOLD HARMLESS THE COMPANY AND ITS AGENTS FROM AND AGAINST ANY AND ALL CLAIMS, LOSSES, DAMAGES AND/OR LIABILITIES (INCLUDING REASONABLE ATTORNEYS' FEES AND EXPENSES) THAT MAY BE ASSERTED AGAINST OR INCURRED BY ANY OF THEM AT ANY TIME, IN CONNECTION WITH THE USE THEREOF, AND/OR BY ENTRANT'S BREACHES OF ANY REPRESENTATION, WARRANTY OR COVENANTS ASSOCIATED WITH THIS CONTEST. If, in The Company's opinion, there is any suspected or actual evidence of fraud, electronic or non-electronic tampering or unauthorized intervention with any portion of this Contest, or if fraud or technical difficulties of any sort (e.g., computer viruses, bugs) compromise the integrity of the Contest, The Company reserves the right to void suspect Entry and/or evaluations and/or terminate the Contest and award the Prize in its sole discretion. The use of any automated launching or entry software or any other mechanical or electronic means that permits the participant to automatically enter or evaluate repeatedly is prohibited. In the event of a dispute as to the identity of an entrant based on an email address, the entry in question may be disqualified. For all contests the Company disclaims all liability for any delays, misdelivery, loss, or failure in the delivery of any item sent by mail, courier, express, electronic transmission, or other delivery method. The Company is not responsible for mechanical, technical, electronic, communications, telephone, computer, hardware or software errors, malfunctions or failures of any kind, including: failed, incomplete, garbled or delayed transmission of online entries, traffic congestion on telephone lines, the Internet or at any website or lost or unavailable network connections which may limit an online entrant's ability to participate in the Contest, and any injury or damage to entrant's or any other person's computer related to or resulting from participating in or downloading any information necessary to participate in the Contest. If a contest is a call in to win contest and/or a telephone is needed to participate in the Contest, participants are restricted to the use of ordinary telephone equipment. Participants that enable the "Caller ID" block function will not be allowed to participate unless they enter their correct area code and telephone number if prompted, or disable the features inhibiting their participation in the Contest. Participants using equipment not set up for toll free phone exchanges (800, 888, 877, 866, etc.) may experience call connection problems. The Company disclaims all liability for the inability of a participant to complete or continue a telephone call due to equipment malfunction, busy lines, inadvertent disconnections, acts beyond the Company's control, or otherwise. Any entry forms in a register-to-win contest must be handwritten. Photocopies or mechanical reproductions of any entry forms are not permitted. By participating in a contest in which text message-based entry is permitted, entrants acknowledge that text messages are distributed and delivered through third party providers; the Stations do not guarantee, and shall not be responsible for, the delivery or timeliness of any text message entry. Not all wireless carries support access to a common short code (CSC). The CSC being used to enter a contest may or may not be compatible with all wireless carriers, and as such, you may not be able to enter through the CSC method of entry. Entrants may use the alternative entry method to ensure registration. The Station will at all times consider the time that a message is logged as arriving in its system as being the time of entry, regardless of the time at which the entrant attempted to send the entry and any technical problems or other complications that may have delayed its delivery. The Station, through its third party text messaging administrators, will store all messages received on its system, and will send participants reply texts relating to the Contest throughout the Contest Period and up to 60 days. For help text HELP and to stop, text STOP to the specified program short code and follow the instructions provided at the entry process. Standard text and data rates will apply. The Station is not responsible for service outages, message failures, transmission delays or any other factor affecting the availability or performance of the text messaging service. The Station further reserves the right to cancel, terminate or modify the contest if, in the sole discretion of the Station, it is impossible or impractical to complete the contest as planned for any reason, including, but not limited to, infection by computer virus, bugs, tampering, unauthorized intervention or technical failures of any sort. The Station may require, on request, proof of identity as to the rightful owner of the phone number from which the text message entry was sent. The Station reserves the right, in its sole discretion, to disqualify any entry if that entry's source and sender cannot be reasonably determined. In the event of termination of the Contest by Company, Company reserves the right to award any prize(s) in a manner deemed fair and equitable by Company. In no event will the type and quantity of prizes awarded exceed the number of prizes described in the Contest Official Rules.
5. Publicity; Use of Personal Information. By participating, where allowed by law, all winner(s) grant the Company exclusive permission to use their names, characters, photographs, voices, and likenesses in connection with promotion of this and other contests and waive any claims to royalty, right, or remuneration for such use. By participating in the Contest, where allowed by law, participants agree that the Company may use such information for marketing purposes, and may include the names of winners in a publicly available winners' list. For more information about how the Company will use information collected in connection with this Contest, please see Company's privacy policy located here.
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This cake just makes you smile! The rich lemon flavored pound cake with its light, airy texture combines with the cast aluminum pan to create a cake with fine detail that requires little embellishment. A simple sprinkle of yellow sugars and chocolate jimmies instantly transform the cake into a daisy – but choose other colored sugars to create another favorite flower!
Preheat oven to 325ºF. Spray perennial pan with vegetable pan spray with flour.
In large bowl, sift together cake flour, 1 cup of the sugar, baking powder and lemon gelatin. Add milk, oil and lemon extract; mix well. Beat in egg yolks, one at a time. Beat egg whites until soft peaks form; beat in remaining ¼ cup sugar and continue beating until stiff but not dry. Gently fold beaten egg whites into batter. Pour batter into prepared pan.
Bake 60-65 minutes or until cake tester inserted in center comes out clean. Let cool 10 minutes. Turn out onto cooling grid; cool completely.
Pipe tip 12 chocolate icing outline around inner circle; top with chocolate jimmies. Place yellow sugars in indented petal areas.


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(NEWSER) – Well, you knew this was coming: Jeremy Meeks, the dreamy criminal whose mugshot is makingmany people rethink their aversion to dating a felon, has landed a modeling contract. Hollywood talent agent Gina Rodriguez signed Meeks last week, and yesterday she announced that he's scored a contract with Blaze Models in LA, CBS Local reports. Rodriguez, who's been getting death threats since taking Meeks on as a client (he has gang ties and is, you know, still imprisoned), insists, "If we can help him in any way with his future and help him turn his life around, that's what I'm about."
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Beautiful, sturdy chair
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Bought this for father's day for my 6'3" husband. He is comfortable in it and it is really nice looking
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I have a small balcony at the apartment I have at a retirement center. this chair is perfect to get out in the small garden I have. Because I have a back implant, it is necessary for me to add a pillow for comfort. I'm having trouble getting out to get the oil to weatherize it, but my balcony is covered so it shouldn't be too bad until my son can get oil for me. this is a DRY climate, so timeisnot to be wasted!
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Pretty rocker-eloquent!
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Great looking rocker & rocking action. It sits a little lower than I like but for shorter people it would be ideal.
Excellent quality
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An attractive addition to my summer collection. A bit larger than I though it would be, perhaps because of the thickness of the wood.
I ordered four
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I haven't had them long enough to judge how weather proof they are. Am waiting for a good long stretch of dry weather so I can treat them with Linseed Oil before I leave them out in the rain.
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Question on making plaster of paris molds from bisque
Posted 21 October 2012 - 02:10 PM
I have searched and looked at other threads, and found that most people recommend vaseline or tincture of green soap, or murphy's oil soap as a release agent when making a plaster of paris mold from a bisque piece.
I googled this topic and watched a few video's on how to do it, but I didn't find exactly a tutorial or video for ceramic bisque - so my question is - how do you do this when using ceramic bisque?
Do I
1) Mix the plaster of paris as indicated
2) coat the bisque piece with release agent and place it in the bottom of my mold tray, mold facing to be duplicated side up
3) pour plaster mix delicately around and eventually over the top of my bisque piece
4) wait until plaster starts to harden (need more information on this, carton says to wait an hour....??)
5) flip over and remove bisque piece
6) let plaster mold harder 24 hours before using
is that the correct process? I guess my question is I am not sure how to use the release agent. I am assuming I just cover my piece that is intended to be duplicated (bisque)?
Any information is much appreciated
thank you
Posted 21 October 2012 - 02:54 PM
this sound like a one piece press mold...are you doing a tile or something?
an hour seems right, youll be able to tap it, but unless you are in a hurry...wait for it
no worries, its pretty hard to mess up...if its a bisc piece you can always try again anyhow
Posted 21 October 2012 - 03:28 PM
1. It has shrunk 5%
2. Any undercuts will break unless you make two or more piece molds.
3. You may need to use a coating that will not be absorbed by the porosity of the bisque....more like a coating of paint or shellac to prevent the absorption
Of the release agent.
Just some things to consider.
Posted 21 October 2012 - 06:43 PM
they were inexpensive, so thought I would give it a whirl.
thanks both for the help
Posted 21 October 2012 - 10:28 PM
good luck.
Posted 22 October 2012 - 07:56 PM
I had to remove the other part of this post; because of guilt.
Edited by Lucille Oka, 23 October 2012 - 04:06 PM.
"For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in Him should not perish but have everlasting life".
Posted 23 October 2012 - 07:39 AM
I found a bisque piece that I like, it is a small oval tile for lack of better description that has a butterfly scene on it, the other like it has a hummingbird on it, but I wanted to make my own mold for them, so I can press clay and make duplicates to raku; that was the purpose; they came from a local ceramic store that does not sell greenware, nor do they fire to cone 06 for Raku, so I thought it should be easy to make my own or make a mold from them....
they were inexpensive, so thought I would give it a whirl.
thanks both for the help
The piece is probably copyrighted and you should be looking for the company that makes the mold rather than creating your own and infringing on the copyright.
This sounds like the inserts made by Dona's Molds. Those molds/masters were sold to Indiana Ceramic Supply and you can still order the plaster casting molds from them for about $15 each.
Here's a link the butterfly: http://www.debmark.c...art=14957#start
And, here's the link to the hummingbird: http://www.debmark.c...art=14944#start
Let me know if these are the correct pieces. If not, post a picture and I'll try to find the molds for you.
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Thursday, September 23 2010 - First Responders/Health Effects
Update on HR 847 From John Feal
September 21, 2010
Dear Friends, Supporters and Fellow First Responders:
As most of you are aware, the past twenty-four hours have been extremely chaotic in regards to the James Zadroga 9/11 Health and Compensation Act. I, along with fellow FealGood Foundation board members, have worked with various union leaders to keep the pressure on our elected officials. As of approximately 5:30 today our bill was moved into the "Rules Committee" of the United States House of Representatives and prepared for full House vote. While a modest victory, this should be considered a step forward to our ultimate goal. However, to our great displeasure, a date for such a vote has not yet been announced. This is unacceptable and over the next twenty-four hours we will continue to place additional pressure on leadership to give us the date we have waited nine years for.
Make no mistake, all involved in this struggle consider it an insult of the highest degree that we are forced to continue to lobby House leaders to merely place this bill on calendar. Despite this, we have been advised that the bill will be given a date for vote tomorrow, September 22, 2010. While promises to this fragile community have been made and broken so many times that I do not expect you to believe this one, we must respect the leadership our New York Congressional Delegation has provided and rely on them to ensure that this promise is kept. Tomorrow, the 9/11 community expects to be able to celebrate its victory at the same time Democratic leaders from around the country converge on New York for political appearances and fundraising.
The fight has not ended my friends and we will not hault our efforts on behalf of each and every one of you until the James Zadroga 9/11 Health and Compensation Bill is voted on by Congress in a full "rules vote." While we place our faith in the leadership of our elected officials tomorrow, we cannot do so blindly. Over the next day we will see whose word is worth relying on and who issues empty promises.
I thank you all for your continued patience, but most of all for your continued perseverance. It is the collective "strength of character" of the 9/11 community that will get this bill passed and each of you are its backbone.
God bless you and God bless America.
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Men's Soccer Ties USC AikenSeptember 8, 2012
Brevard, N.C.- The Tornados battled the Pacers for 90 minutes of regulation and two ten-minute overtime periods to earn a 1-1 tie at home on Saturday afternoon.
USC Aiken's Scott Newby struck first in the game, giving the Pacers a 1-0 lead on an unassisted goal at the 24:07 mark.
Junior Montano scored the tying goal as he beat the goalie high to the left corner from the 18 yard box in the 42nd minute.
Stellar defense from both sides would keep the game scoreless for the duration of regulation and 20 minutes of overtime. Junior goalkeeper Pauli Jussila was stellar, playing all 110 minutes in goal and recording a season-high eight saves in the match.
The Tornados finished with nine shots in the game, including five on goal. Montano, Landon Reid, Efren E. Escobar, Garrett Stone and Jami Uuttu all put shots on goal against a pair of Pacer keepers in Brandon Jarosz and Joshua Poissant. Each goalie recorded a pair of saves.
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THE DARK AT THE TOP OF THE STAIRS - Senior Multi-Media Project
When Friday October 31, 2014 @ 7:30 PM (1000 days ago)
Where University Commons, 170, MainStage Theater
Duration 2 hours
Senior Visual and Communications Arts major Dylan Bomgardner brings to life a theater standard devised with live and recorded video.
The Dark at the Top of the Stairs
Meet the Flood family in small town Oklahoma in the early 1920s.
Rubin, a traveling salesman for a failing company, along with wife, Cora; son, Sonny; and teen daughter, Reenie, all face their unknown demons – marital problems, social insecurities, religious intolerance – in "The Dark at the Top of the Stairs.†Can we dissipate the darkness if we practice compassion, acceptance and understanding?
MainStage Theater – Thursday and Friday evenings at 7:30 pm. Saturday at 3:00 pm and 8:00 pm.
General admission tickets at the door are $5. EMU and Bridgewater student tickets are $2 with ID.
Cast and Crew
Rubin: Zach Sease
Sammy: Ian Walsh
Sonny: Dallas Hetrick
Morris: Matt Nafziger
Punky: Caleb Townsend
Cora: Caitlin Randazzo
Lottie: Molly White
Reenie: Meggan Garcia Sheridan
Flirt: Rebecca York
Director – Dylan Bomgardner
Assistant Director – Sierra Comer
Stage Manager – Elisha Keener
Assistant Stage Manager – Hailey Holcomb
Props Manager – Ezrionna Prioleau
Assistant Props Manager – Vivian Maddox
Costume Designer – Makayla Baker
Assistant Costume Designer – Jeremiah Hines
Technical Director – Derrick Turner
Intended Audience General Public
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Daft Punk unveils 'Random Access Memories' tracklist
Listen to Daft Punk on iHeartRadio
"Get Lucky" is no longer the only song title fans can name from Daft Punk's new album. The French DJ duo has unveiled the full tracklist for Random Access Memories with a six-second, text-only video on the Twitter mobile app Vine.
The 13 song titles are the latest tidbits in the slow trickle of information the robots have been sharing over the past few weeks. They just released an extended clip of what appears to be the set's first single -- "Get Lucky" with Pharrell -- at Coachella this past weekend. Daft Punk's "Random Access Memories" is due out May 21st.
Meanwhile, Billboard reports Daft Punk is teaming up with Saint Laurent designer Hedi Slimane for the "Random Access Memories" cover art. They're also taking part in Slimane's ongoing Music Project series for the French fashion brand, which already includes photos with Marilyn Manson, Courtney Love, and others.
Random Access Memories tracklist:
1. "Give Life Back to Music"
2. "The Game of Love"
3. "Giorgio by Moroder"
4. "Within"
5. "Instant Crush"
6. "Lose Yourself to Dance"
7. "Touch"
8. "Get Lucky"
9. "Beyond"
10. "Motherboard"
11. "Fragments of Time"
12. "Doin' It Right"
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Thread: food for a 1 year old
28th July 2012 01:23 AM #1
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food for a 1 year old
Hi everyone!
My daughter is 1 year and two months old now. I wonder what kind of food is best to give
to her. I have experiment a lot and I got worried because she seemed not interested in food.
Is it true that there's nothing to worry about as long as she is taking milk? I would greatly
appreciate if you could give me insights on this.
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Hello HavingAPrincess,
Up until one year of age, "food is for fun", but after one, food becomes much more important for a child to get the nutrients they need.
Continuing to breastfeed is important too, but breastfeeding becomes less after 1 year of age.
We've got some great posts on Baby Led Weaning and I'm hoping that LJ will see this question and give you some suggestions as well.
She's using Baby Led Weaning with her 1 year old and it has worked very well for her.
Warm regards,
31st July 2012 12:57 AM #3
Hi havingaprincess,
At your daughter's age she will be getting approximately 80% of her required nutrients from the breast milk (if you feed on demand) and the remaining 20% from food. So, it is still a huge proportion from the breast milk and (as long as she seems to be happy and developing as expected) you have nothing to be concerned about.
With baby led weaning (blw) you should offer your toddler a wide range of food and eat together as a family. You can offer a cup of water or expressed milk with this. Allow your daughter to take her time and feed herself. Non-processed foods are best and a typical meal may include: avocado, tomatoes, potatoes, steamed chicken, cheese etc. As long as you avoid salty food, processed food and nuts/fruit with stones anything is fine.
Sounds like you are doing a great job!
14th November 2012 04:09 PM #4
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I'm diabetic and I was told that my baby has a higher risk of getting diabetes as well. She is now 14 months and I would like to find out are there any particular food that will help decrease her chances of getting diabetes?
16th November 2012 12:00 PM #5
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Hi Jersey1210,
The best thing you can do for your baby's health is to teach her how to choose and even prefer foods that are healthy.
One of the best ways to start this is by offering her green smoothies through a straw. Babies love green smoothies and the smoothies are full of good nutrients. You can start with just blending bananas and greens (i.e. spinach, chard, kale, lettuce, etc.) or you can add other fruits to the banana, like pineapple, orange, strawberries, cherries, blueberries, etc.
If you feed your daughter a diabetic friendly diet now, she will naturally grow up to prefer those foods. Right now she should be able to tolerate fruits, whereas you may not, but if she grows up not eating sugar (except for the occasional treat) and not eating fast food, and not eating white flour or processed foods she very likely will not get diabetes when she is older.
My husband has diabetes, and his father and mother have diabetes. This means my children likely have a higher chance of getting it if they don't watch their diet. I am teaching them now how to make wise nutrition choices in hopes that it will pay off later.
Here's a fun video you may find inspiring - shows you how to make a green smoothie and how to feed it to your baby. This mum doesn't use a straw, but your baby may be able to suck from a straw.
Hope you enjoyed this video - post back and let me know what you thought.
Warm Regards,
16th November 2012 12:07 PM #6
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Hi Kate,
These are great suggestions
Thank you
19th November 2012 11:26 PM #7
Hi Jersey 1210,
I was just wondering if you breastfeed your 1 year old? If you do, I'd encourage you to continue as this can help to decrease the risk of diabetes.
Best wishes,
20th November 2012 07:41 PM #8
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Hi LJ,
Unfortunately I was only able to breastfeed her until 2 months. For some reason, there just wasn't enough milk for her. This was also my problem with my first child, I was only able to breastfeed her for 1 month and then the milk stopped.


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MSI displayed its new high performance F series notebook at CES 2011, including the 14-inch FX420, 15.6-inch FX620/FR620, and 17.3-inch FX720/FR720.
The new models all feature Intel's second-generation Core processor with Intel's Turbo Boost Technology 2.0 and Intel Hyper-Threading technologies.
The FX420, the FX620 and the FX720, are all equipped with a discrete graphics card that supports DirectX 11 and comes with 1GB DDR3 display memory.
- Wireless broadband developments in Southeast Asia markets
As of 2013, the 10 ASEAN nations had a total of over 700 million mobile subscriptions, with the CAGR from 2003-2013 reaching 24%. This Digitimes Research Special Report analyzes the various mobile broadband markets in ASEAN and looks at the respective trends in 4G LTE development for those markets.
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Did you also run into the error with dhcpd3 not being found?
Since SET is one of my most commonly used tools for pentesting, it's the first tool I used as soon as I booted the live version.
On picking the no. 8 option (Wireless Attacks), it gave me two errors.
- airbase-ng was not found ergo it was using one in SET
- dnsspoof was also not found
It was easy enough to rectify. Open up a Terminal.
Change directory to set configuration folder
Use Gedit to open set_configCode:cd /pentest/exploits/set/config
Scroll down to the end where it says dnsspoof (or search for it)Code:gedit set_config
You should see an entry given below
Change this to/usr/sbin/dnsspoof
And if you just wanna make sure that you are using the airbase-ng in the system,/usr/sbin/local/dnsspoof
Find airbase-ng (second last entry)
Then change whatever location is written there(/pentest/wireless/aircrack-ng/src/airbase-ng) to
Some times you may have to kill an existing DHCP process to make it work correctly/usr/local/sbin/airbase-ng
Did you also run into the error with dhcpd3 not being found?
Will hack for bandwidth!
Inkognito good doc for manually fixing the issue... I wanted to make you aware that a simple 'svn up' will resolve the issue immediately.
a quick recap for simplicity ::
Code:cd /pentest/exploits/set svn up
-tally ho'
'see the fnords!'
I have the same issue as DaKahuna, when I select the WAP option (8), dhcpd3 is not found. 'locate dhcpd3' gives nothing for me. Any suggestions?
Has anyone ever figured out what to do about the error on the wireless attack vector? dhcpd3 is not found. I have the same problem as raycewest and DaKahuna.
I am using backtrack 5 64bit and I have a different path of both tools; For DNSSPOOF I have /usr/sbin/dnsspoof and for AIRBASE_NG_PATH I have /usr/sbin/airbase-ng. I changed the path on the config file. I think the best approach is to look for the path by using the locate command.
Well the way i got it to work for me, i reinstalled dhcp3-server and it just seem to work. Hope that helps guys!


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I have problems with login in. I know that I have to type 'login' then 'bt login:' pops up and 'Password:' However, the combination root / toor doesn't work. Is there any way to reset it or change or do something about it?
I downloaded the copy of BT from this website, did step-by-step tutorial to put it on my USB (including downloading another program and booting my USB through BIOS)
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Jeanne Collins will be the new superintendent of the Rutland Northeast Supervisory Union. The board of the union announced her hire on Thursday.
Collins will step down as superintendent of the Burlington city schools on June 30. Her departure follows revelations that the district has racked up millions of dollars in budget deficits over the last 10 years. The IRS is seeking $500,000 in missing payroll taxes and penalties, according to the Burlington Free Press.
Collins was named superintendent of the year by the Vermont Superintendents Association in 2011. She led the Burlington city schools for nine years and previously served as director of special education in Burlington and Washington West Supervisory Union for 11 years.
Carol Brigham, chair of the Rutland Northeast Supervisory Union, said in a statement that Collins has been given a one-year contract.
The board, Brigham wrote, was impressed with Collins' "comprehensive knowledge of educational issues and passion for successful outcomes for all students."
"The Board chose Collins following a thorough search process which included several interviews, site visits, and over 60 personal and professional reference checks across the state," Brigham said. The Board was impressed by an overwhelmingly positive response from those referenced and believes that RNESU is gaining a strong, positive leader in Ms. Collins. We look forward to her contributions and leadership in advancing our innovative model of education."
Rutland Northeast oversees two preschool programs, six elementary schools and a high school for the towns of Leicester, Whiting, Sudbury, Brandon, Goshen, Pittsford, Mendon and Chittenden.


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Adoption assistance may be available for children with special needs. Often, assistance is provided to encourage the adoption of special needs children and remove the financial disincentives to adoption for the families. If you have questions, please call the North American Council on Adoptable Children (NACAC) at 651-644-3036 or our subsidy help line at 800-470-6665, or e-mail us at email@example.com.
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The Adoption Council of Ontario
Winning Kids (Eastern Ontario)
Northumberland Children's Aid Society web information:
1. Northumberland CAS's legal definition of special needs is as follows:
There is no official or legal definition of special needs. However, each child is looked upon as an individual and thus the child's needs are viewed as being specific to that child and the family's ability to meet those needs.
2. If available, the standard adoption assistance rate at Northumberland CAS is:
There is not a standard rate. Any financial assistance is based on the needs of the child and the family's ability to meet those needs.
3. Specialized rates, if available, are based on the extraordinary needs of the child, and/or the additional parenting skill needed to raise the child. If Northumberland CAS offers special allowances over and above the standard rate, the criteria used to define the higher rates are as follows:
Any kind of financial assistance cannot be more then it would be to continue to raise a child in foster care.
4. In addition to monthly payments, what sort of post-adoption services (respite, counseling, residential treatment, parent training, etc.) are provided? When available, are these services formally specified in the adoption assistance agreement at Northumberland CAS?
The adoption worker and the family, determine what will be the most appropriate support the family that may be financial or support services, like counseling.
5. What medical or dental services are available at Northumberland CAS?
Ongoing service of a psychological nature might be available should the child/family require it. The inclusion of additional services is infrequent.
6. When my child turns 18, which benefits, if any, are available to our family?
When a child turns 18 the assistance ends, except that the child may now apply for their non-identifying information.
7. Do relatives adopting under the program receive the same benefits as non-relatives?
The adoption policies and procedures do not differentiate between kin and non-kin placements.
8. Do children adopted from private agencies receive the same subsidies as those children adopted from public agencies?
Programmatic Procedures
9. When do subsidy payments begin?
This depends on what the agreement is. It could be at the beginning of the probation period or it could be at finalization.
10. Will Northumberland CAS consider my family income to determine my child's benefit package?
11. Are prospective adoptive families routinely notified of all benefits available to them by Northumberland CAS?
12. Who sets the assistance rates and how are they established?
The individual agencies have their own standards for assistance and each executive director signs off on any permanency agreements.
13. Who makes the final determination of a child's eligibility at Northumberland CAS? What roles, if any, do workers and administrators at the agency or regional level play in eligibility determination and/or assistance negotiation?
Executive Director makes the decision with input from the Adoption Manager and the Adoption Worker.
14. Once a child is determined eligible for assistance, is there any requirement to look for an adoptive family who will accept a placement without assistance?
15. Once eligibility is established, how and by whom are assistance agreements negotiated at Northumberland CAS?
The agreement is negotiated between the family and the adoption worker. It then comes to the adoption manager and is signed off by the executive director.
16. A child's adoption assistance agreement may be periodically reviewed by the agency. What is the typical process used at Northumberland CAS?
Permanency agreements must be reviewed annually and this is done by the adoption worker. It may be done by interview or over the telephone and a new agreement is signed.
17. Can adoption assistance agreements be modified if requested by adoptive parents?
Yes – this would occur at the annual review.
18. A deferred or nil agreement is one in which the initial monthly assistance payment is $0. If a child's needs are listed as high risk and symptoms later manifest, the payment is renegotiated. Are deferred agreements offered at Northumberland CAS?
With the new legislation, anyone who adopted after November 30, 2006 is eligible to come back to request assistance even if they did not complete a permanency agreement.
19. What are the exact steps a family must go through to access the appeal process with Northumberland CAS?
A family would start with speaking with their worker, it then goes to the adoption manager, to the executive director, the internal complaints panel and finally to the CFSRB.
20 Families may request assistance after the finalization of an adoption under certain circumstances. Below is the process by which families access adoption benefits after finalization.
Please see question #18.
System Operation and Program Funding
21. How is the adoption assistance program operated and funded at Northumberland CAS?
The CAS is funded by the government of Ontario and each year when a budget is created included in it is funds for adoption assistance.
22. Below are other programs that may delineate Northumberland CAS's adoption assistance program from others around the country.
Northumberland is a part of a regional adoption program working cooperatively with Hastings and Kawartha-Haliburton Children's Aid Societies.


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Now main guide points to /ubuntu, new guide for now is called /ubuntu_dapper, the thing is, when dapper comes out, what are we going to do? Then the dapper guide will be main, so we could rename /ubuntu to /ubuntu_breezy (or smth. like that) and point it to /ubuntu_dapper, when next one comes out, we'll point /ubuntu to /ubunut_nextname
But the thing is, that we'll lose link integrity, that is, if someone has linked to /ubuntu/something, then there's big possibility that in the new guide that point will be somewhere else so link will be broken...
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Agias contented himself by asking Mago to tell Drusus about him, as soon as the master returned.
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Exercise in Lessening Fatigue Caused by Cancer in Patients Undergoing Chemotherapy (EXCAP)
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RATIONALE: Physical activity may help lessen fatigue caused by cancer in patients receiving chemotherapy. It is not yet known whether a home-based walking and resistance-band exercise program is effective in lessening fatigue.
PURPOSE: This randomized phase III trial is studying how well exercise works in lessening fatigue caused by cancer in patients undergoing chemotherapy.
|Fatigue Unspecified Adult Solid Tumor, Protocol Specific
|Behavioral: exercise
|Phase 3
|Study Type:
|Study Design:
|Allocation: Randomized
Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment
Masking: Open Label
Primary Purpose: Supportive Care
|Official Title:
|A Study of the Effects of Exercise on Cancer-Related Fatigue
- Improvement of cancer-related fatigue as assessed by the Brief Fatigue Inventory total score at day 41 (after exercise intervention) [ Time Frame: 7 weeks ]
- Improvement of aerobic capacity, strength, and quality of life as assessed by the 6-minute walk test, handgrip dynamometry, and Functional Assessment of Chronic Illness Therapy-Fatigue total score at day 41 (after exercise intervention) [ Time Frame: 7 weeks ]
|Study Start Date:
|September 2009
|Study Completion Date:
|October 2016
|Primary Completion Date:
|February 2016 (Final data collection date for primary outcome measure)
|Assigned Interventions
Experimental: Standard Care + EXCAP
Personalized exercise prescription
Behavioral: exercise
home based walking and progressive resistance training exercise
Other Name: EXCAP
No Intervention: Standard Care
Wait list control
Detailed Description:
- Determine the efficacy of a home-based walking and progressive-resistance exercise program in reducing cancer-related fatigue (CRF) in patients undergoing chemotherapy.
- Determine if a home-based walking and progressive-resistance exercise program can improve aerobic capacity in these patients.
- Determine if a home-based walking and progressive-resistance exercise program can improve strength in these patients.
- Determine if a home-based walking and progressive-resistance exercise program can improve quality of life of these patients.
- To determine if a home-based walking and progressive resistance exercise program can improve inflammatory profiles (IL-6, IL-8, IL-10, IL-1b, IFN-y, & TNFr1) among 300 patients receiving chemotherapy.
- To provide an initial examination of whether changes in IL-6, IL-8, IL-10, IL-1b, IFN-y, & TNFr1 mediate the relationship between physical exercise and CRF.
- To determine if a home-based walking and progressive resistance exercise program can increase total energy expenditure in kcal/kg/min assessed using actigraphy among 300 patients receiving chemotherapy.
- To determine if a home-based walking and progressive resistance exercise program can increase two specific components of exercise dose: 1) duration of physical activity measured in total minutes of non-sedentary activity, and 2) intensity of physical activity measured in minutes of sedentary, low, moderate and vigorous activity using objective actigraphy assessments.
OUTLINE: This is a multicenter study. Patients are stratified according to participating site, chemotherapy course length (2 weeks vs 3 weeks), gender, and degree of fatigue reported on the study assessment questionnaire (≤ 5 vs > 5). Patients are randomized to 1 of 2 intervention arms.
- Arm I: Patients receive standard chemotherapy.
- Arm II: Patients receive a home-based walking kit comprising an Exercise for Cancer Patients Manual, a pedometer, and therapeutic resistance bands. Patients undergo moderately intense aerobic exercise (walking) monitored by a pedometer, and low to moderately intense progressive-resistance exercise using therapeutic resistance bands for 6 weeks. Patients also receive standard chemotherapy.
Patients in both arms undergo assessment of their aerobic capacity and strength by the 6-minute walk test and handgrip dynamometry at baseline and at day 41. They also have a fasting blood draw and wear an actigraph for one week at baseline and week 6. Patients complete Functional Assessment of Chronic Illness Therapy-Fatigue and -Cognitive Subscales, Brief Fatigue Inventory, Multidimensional Fatigue Symptom Inventory, Center for Epidemiological Studies-Depression Scale State Trait Anxiety Inventory, Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Inventory, Profile of Mood States, Aerobic Center Longitudinal Study Physical Activity, and Symptom Inventory questionnaires at baseline and at day 41 and keep a daily exercise diary during study intervention.
|Ages Eligible for Study:
|21 Years to 120 Years (Adult, Senior)
|Sexes Eligible for Study:
|Accepts Healthy Volunteers:
Inclusion criteria:
- primary diagnosis of cancer other than leukemia, with no distant metastasis
- chemotherapy naïve
- starting chemotherapy treatments for cancer and scheduled for at least 6 weeks of treatments with treatment cycles of either 2, 3 or 4 weeks. Oral chemotherapy (e.g., Xeloda) is acceptable
- Karnofsky Performance level of 70 or greater
- able to read English
Exclusion criteria:
- diagnosis of leukemia
- metastatic disease
- receiving concurrent radiation therapy
- physical limitations (e.g., cardiorespiratory, orthopedic, central nervous system) that contraindicate participation in a low to moderate intensity home-based walking and progressive resistance program
- identified as in the active or maintenance stage of exercise behavior as assessed by the Exercise Stages of Change Short Form
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT00924651
|United States, New York
|James P. Wilmot Cancer Center at University of Rochester Medical Center
|Rochester, New York, United States, 14642
|Principal Investigator:
|Karen M. Mustian, PhD
|University of Rochester
Additional Information:
|Responsible Party:
|Gary Morrow, Professor, University of Rochester
|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
|NCT00924651 History of Changes
|Other Study ID Numbers:
U10CA037420 ( U.S. NIH Grant/Contract )
UCCO-08106 ( Other Identifier: URCC )
URCC 0701 ( Other Grant/Funding Number: NCI )
|Study First Received:
|June 18, 2009
|Last Updated:
|January 4, 2017
|Individual Participant Data (IPD) Sharing Statement:
|Plan to Share IPD:
Keywords provided by Gary Morrow, University of Rochester:
unspecified adult solid tumor, protocol specific
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
Signs and Symptoms
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B2 [ U ] physical, especially violent, strength, or power:
› [ C or U ] specialized in scientific use, (a measure of) the influence that changes movement:
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Physics: energy, force & power
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force verb [ T ] (GIVE NO CHOICE)
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Golden moles are burrowing mammals native to southern Africa that are completely blind. Yet, their fur produces "a rainbow of colours when viewed from various angles, much like the surface of a compact disc," according to Dr Kevin Rowe, Senior Curator of Mammals. This raises the question: why would an animal that lives in the dark, and can't see anyway, be brightly coloured? Kevin and his colleagues, including MV Research Associate Dr Karen Rowe, have published a new study in Biology Letters that considers the implications of how and why iridescence evolved.
Golden mole specimen from the Museum Victoria collection.Source: Museum Victoria
Many insects, reptiles and birds use iridescence to attract mates, but this depends on keen eyesight on the part of the viewer. Analysis under scanning electron microscopy and transmission electron microscopy showed that the golden mole's colourful sheen is produced by the same mechanism as other animals: microscopic surface structures that refract light. The minute layers of scales on the surface of each hair are "most likely to reduce drag and damage while the moles swim through sand and soil," explains Karen. "The colours they produce are merely a by-product."
Hairs from these four golden mole specimens were analysed with scanning electron microscopy and transmission electron microscopy in this study.Source: Museum Victoria
The only other known example of mammal iridescence is the 'eye shine' seen when torchlight reflects from the retina of nocturnal animals, a useful trick for spotting animals in trees. With more investigation, the researchers may find other species with true iridescence and thus piece together the story of its evolution.
Holly K. Snyder, Rafael Maia, Liliana D'Alba, Allison J. Shultz, Karen M. C. Rowe, Kevin C. Rowe and Matthew D. Shawkey (2012) 'Iridescent colour production in hairs of blind golden moles (Chrysochloridae)' Biology Letters
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Donuts, coffee, cards, and conversation were among the distractions offered by a group of American Red Cross workers to US troops serving near the front lines in Europe during World War II. The trucks they drove were outfitted with mobile kitchens and helped them earn the nickname "Donut Dollies."
"Just to talk to us meant so much (to the troops)," recalled Gerry Kelley.
In our on camera conversation Ms. Kelley explained the loss of her first love, a combat fighter pilot, drove her to sign up for service in the Red Cross. Once overseas, at the age of twenty-four, she experienced firsthand the horrors of war. For months she served on the grounds of the concentration camp at Dachau. She arrived after it had been liberated but there was still blood on the walls inside the buildings.
"It made a very lasting impression on me," said Ms. Kelley.
She does has mostly fond memories of her two years of service with the Red Cross. From 1945 to 1947 she learned to drive a three-quarter ton truck, to ice skate, and to ski in some postcard settings across Europe.
At age ninety-two Ms. Kelley has saved close to a half-dozen albums loaded with dozens of personal pictures that chronicle her days in the Red Cross and coming of age during her service.