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Postby Nathan82 » Mon Jan 03, 2011 10:11 pm
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Postby randyrob » Tue Jan 11, 2011 11:55 am
Comfy Ride loving the spring seat. Making it my shopping/pub/cafe bike.
Cheers Rob.
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Re: Ricardo Appreciation Society
Postby zues » Tue Jan 11, 2011 3:45 pm
I have a bare 27" rim which is still in good nick. It has a few surface rust spots that could be polished out. Also a shimano back brake hub that is currently laced to a 700c rim, if you are interested, I can drop them off next week.
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Postby silentbutdeadly » Fri Feb 11, 2011 3:58 pm
Ricardoman wrote:Hi All
More brochure Covers and data sheets to look at from 1989 and 1990.
Will start the big scan work shortly on the entire brochures time permitting.
Well enjoy the sneak peek.
Caution when opening contains 80's styling..
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http://i758.photobucket.com/albums/xx22 ... ec1989.jpg
http://i758.photobucket.com/albums/xx22 ... re1990.jpg
http://i758.photobucket.com/albums/xx22 ... ec1990.jpg
You will note the 1990 range was quite extensive in comparison to the previous years, mainly due to the introduction of imported bikes to the lower range.
All others frames were made in Australia by Ricardo. It's nice to see they were open in regards to identifying their imported models.
Ricardoman.....you are a star.
The Pinnacle is on the 1990 list as you observed previously...
I haven't gone to ground so much (as HappyHumber suggested) as simply haven't had time to visit.
My two Pinnacles (http://www.bicycles.net.au/forums/viewtopic.php?f=23&t=16836&start=75#p380337) remain in my employ with the larger being the weekend fitness hack while the smaller remains hanging in the shed for either a rainy day or a better offer.
The ridden bike now wears a Brooks B17 honey leather saddle, Shimano SPD touring pedals and some Maxxis Refuse tyres .....and is coping quite nicely. However, the forks have shifted out of alignment slightly which is a worry cause I'm stuffed if I know where to source another one...
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Postby basil*2011 » Thu Feb 17, 2011 6:06 pm
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Postby singlespeedscott » Sat Feb 26, 2011 8:53 pm
I Regret selling my old Ricardo. I am sick of cleaning my other bike after riding to work in the rain so I have decided to build a dedicated fixed gear commuter. I am after something Aussie built, ideally a early 80's model Ricardo Elite.
The characteristics I am after:
23" seat tube C - T. Tange 5 PG tubing with eyelets for mud guards front and rear. fittings for standard reach brakes (57mm reach) with 700c rims. Paint condition is not a concern as long as there is no terminal rust.
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Postby Cyclopter » Wed Mar 02, 2011 8:22 pm
Does anyone know what model this is?
And i paid $70 for it...plus parts.
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Postby The Turtle » Mon Mar 21, 2011 7:33 pm
I'm after a bit of info/help on a bike I have.
It's a single speed, red, with an Australia Post sticker on it, and I am starting to think is a Ricardo. It has a sticker on the frame saying"Leisure Cycles Aust, Regency Part SA". The BB is stamped with L6E0856, and the sticker has the number C836942.
It's in really good condition, with the handlebars the same as in the bike posted by Randyrob above. In fact, the whole thing looks really similar save for the colour and basket.
Since it's only a single speed and no branding, are there any ways to tell if it's a Ricardo?
Does anyone know if Australia Post used these bikes legit as delivery bikes?
Any ideas if it's worth anything?
Thanks in advance!
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Postby silentbutdeadly » Mon Apr 04, 2011 3:33 pm
It is worth as much as someone is willing to pay for it.....or how badly you want to get it off your hands.
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Postby HappyHumber » Mon Apr 04, 2011 4:31 pm
The Turtle wrote:Does anyone know if Australia Post used these bikes legit as delivery bikes?
Yes, I have seen them on occasion in the Perth CBD, and there's one that comes across from a relatively close Aust Post Depot to the Shopping Centre/Commercial complex near where I work these days. I see it frequently parked up near the Aust Post Shop in the centre, so it must do some sort of regular run between the depot & the shop.
Any ideas if it's worth anything?
per silentbutdeadly's last comment - it's worth as much as someone is willing to pay for it. Less if you want to be rid of it in a hurry!
I think the relatively scarce Aust Post bicycles that most us would lust after are those constructed quite sturdily, often with a smaller front wheel to allow a lower centre of gravity for a large front rack. One them would make an excellent cargo bike. There was one for sale on the Marketplace forums here last year. Going from your description, your bike sounds like something with relatively traditional or common road geometry.
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Postby Rafael » Mon Apr 04, 2011 10:57 pm
When I was a kid a mate of mine used to have one and I remember it had a very unique paint job made up of various colours with the main one being brown or burgundy.
I think it was around a 24 inch frame size from memory.
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Postby The Turtle » Tue Apr 05, 2011 9:29 am
Yes, I think it's pretty standard geometry, pretty clean lines and in good nic. I picked it up from the "recycle" shop at the tip for a tenner a few years ago. More curious than anything I suppose - not looking to sell for any particular reason.
Since it was sticker-less, I was really interested in what brand or history it might have had, and a bit of digging led me to your site and info on Ricardo's.
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Postby jbchybridrider » Thu May 05, 2011 3:17 am
It had been sitting in one of our sheds for 20 or so years and I dont think its ever really been ridden as everything seems to have no wear but only left sitting to long.
Progress looks pretty spectacular and I'll post pic's when its finished but this is how it came out of the shed.
Singlespeedscott as I type this I just took delivery of the shimano 600 derailliers and shifters and there going on this bike. Thanks mate
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Ricardo Appreciation Society
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Postby patio » Mon May 16, 2011 9:05 am
silentbutdeadly wrote:The Leisure Cycles Aust. sticker and that frame number suggest it is indeed a late era Ricardo frame....
Hi people, i have a "Pursuit"12 speed from about 1990 i think with tange cro mo tubes, rigida rims italian leather saddle and biopace chain rings. i picked it off the verge last week. Thing is it has one of those same leisure cycles aust stickers saying made in australia. does anyone know if ricardo made pursuits? Sounds quite similar specs to the ricardo elite and a friend said he thought it came from the ricardo factory. Thanks.
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Postby silentbutdeadly » Tue May 17, 2011 1:42 pm
It is probably a simialr frame to Ricardo.....just sold through a different outlet (Super Elliot)
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Postby sara » Mon May 23, 2011 10:06 am
Really interesting forum!
I have a much loved Ricardo Viva which i have owned for approx 25 years and had one owner prior to this.It's in good nic and all original components,paint,stickers etc although very dusty and desperately in neeed of TLC as i now ride a mountain bike.
It's a small frame 28 wheel size and is red in colour,it's Ozzie made Cumberland Cycles SA.Just wondering if anyone has any info about this model?
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Postby jbchybridrider » Sat Jun 04, 2011 7:24 pm
I also have a period crank but could'nt fit it in time before getting dark tonight.
I have ridden it though and love it to bits it has a very comfy ride compaired to my carbon Pinarello it just absorbs all the bumps and vibration in the road and at 11.1kg a bit heavy but wont see many hills so thats OK.
The 3 faces of Ricky.
Cross Ricky
Racer Ricky
Retro Ricky
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Postby silentbutdeadly » Mon Jun 06, 2011 2:07 pm
I have a spare Ricardo Pinnacle that I'd thought to make into a cyclocross.....but she's too tight for the fat tyres. Oh well. Yet another excuse to keep lookiing!!
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Postby jbchybridrider » Tue Jun 07, 2011 3:09 am
Retro Ricky has Vittoria Competition Phoenix 32s on him there pretty good too apparently they cant be bought anymore, if I could it would be worth building a light weight 27inch wheel set just for those tires.
As for Racer Ricky it just doesnt look right with high clearance long reach brakes the Sammy Slicks are just about as fast anyway.
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Postby DKR » Tue Jun 07, 2011 10:10 am
jbchybridrider wrote:I like Cross Ricky too those tires are amazing being light weight CX racing tires they roll very fast on the road and they track really well over cracked up bitumen roads.
Retro Ricky has Vittoria Competition Phoenix 32s on him there pretty good too apparently they cant be bought anymore, if I could it would be worth building a light weight 27inch wheel set just for those tires.
As for Racer Ricky it just doesnt look right with high clearance long reach brakes the Sammy Slicks are just about as fast anyway.
Watch out for those "Racer Ricky" tyres, if they are indeed Ultremo R' as they seem to be. They were the Tyres Schwalbe recalled.
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Postby ratfink » Mon Jun 20, 2011 10:48 pm
just trying to I.D. my bike I have owned for the last 15 years It had a repaint quite a few years before I picked it up and it looked pretty old to me then, but still rides well though.
Serial number: L8E2553 so makes me think it is a Ricardo. It seems to weigh just over 10Kg and has a lot of Suntour gear on it and Superbe Pro stamped in the rear dropouts.
The lugs are not perfectly straight with little triangles cut out of them and there are also a couple of Columbus stickers stuck on it.
Any ideas appreciated.
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Postby Kiln » Tue Jun 21, 2011 1:52 am
New member here, after drooling over all of these beautiful Ricardo's I'm looking for any info regarding my own recently acquired machine.
It was an eBay purchase, advertised as a 'Ricardo 12 Speed Elite Sports' with Exage brakes, Biopace cranks, and 'Top quality shimano' all of which I understand to have been standard on Ricardo Elite's. I can see from the 1990 brochure that this bike was a notch below the Elite SX, from what I can gather it has a full tange CroMo double butted frame, but missed out on the CroMo forks.. Would anyone know if the build quality of the 1990 model was any worse than the earlier 80s models?
Anyway, once I knock that seat and those bar-things off it should be a very nice daily commuter!
Here are a few pictures I plucked from the eBay listing...
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Postby ch!ppy » Tue Jun 21, 2011 6:27 pm
The bike he was riding was an unknown make (due to it having been repainted before we got it) 27incher, with some not bad bits of assorted years of running gear (dia comp brakes-suntour gears etc and some 105 cranks, undamaged nice looking mid 1990's light weight Sakae bars, exage motion brake grips etc etc), alloy rims and some shimano hubs w/skewers, a very nice ride overall (great geometry), one both my son and me like riding, it was nice even though i like riding some expensive carbon bikes.
also quite amazingly the bike didnt come off too bad either (a write off i guess but damage wise not too bad), the front rim totalled, the forks a mess but the frame is untouched and still very good, so i was looking at fixing it up for him but at home i only a have steel 27 inch wheel and the forks i had were too short in the head-tube length (replacement forks from ebay cost around $30 del, an alloy rim seemed not so easy to get and might cost up to around $100 new with a pretty ordinary steel hub with no quick release, even then i was considering going ahead (better the devil you know and the frame size and geometry is just very nice and not easy to replace i found) but then i noticed the front derailer was broken as well. once i looked at ebay for estimates what ppl were asking them ($30-$40) it starts to make looking for a new [old] bike a viable prospect again, perhaps another 27 icher for use or parts..i was considering just giving him back my 1991 repco RX-Elite that i have just finished getting back to tip top shape but, well i just didnt want to! i still dont think he has shown enough responsibility in maintaining a bike to safe reliable mechanical condition yet (different unrelated story) so i wasnt keen about giving him back my old ride just yet (he wrecked it in short time before)
so i went hunting for a replacement, i was thinking budget was going to keep us in ther 27 inch market with inflated prices for 700c lately but i came across this apparently nice and clean-ish looking Ricardo Elite for less than it would cost to repair the 27 incher (something in common with my Repco by name and also not my first bike, but the first bike i myself paid for was a brand spanking new Ricardo in the mid-late 70's ,just after they used to be called Porche, did they really think they could get away with copyright infringement! even the logo was near the same!!~!), it was Gas pipe heavy (not that i thought that at the time as a kid) and cost me the princely sum of $176, loved that bike, took it everywhere and over everything, never let me down, i even raced it against much better competition-and won!! fond memories' hey
so i am pretty pleased, more importantly so is my son (i made him pay for it this time, i think maybe there's a chance that will help with him taking more ownership responsibility for maintenance, i hope so
so here's some pics for you to enjoy, i invite comments!! This bike sure is light, nothing like the gas pipe heavy Ricardo i owned when i was a kid, i havnt weighed it yet but i think its a fair guess it is lighter than the 1991 Repco elite, almost so light i am wondering how strong the Tange 900 double butted frame is compared to the Repco ..i date the Ricardo Elite a 1987 model and apart from prob tyres, bell and pathetic plastic pedels the cheapskate put on it, it looks original..unlike my Repco that has matching running gear the Ricardo is a blended mix (thought out blend!?) of gear. SR Sakae sx cranks, SR hubs, SR alloy bars, Shimano Light Action RD and FD and shifter Exage light action, which i must admit although i thought they had a smooth and streamlined look, i assumed they would be rubbish in practice (and since i have some spare RX-100 gear i thought i might replace them), however i dont mind saying they seem to work very well, perhaps not quite as good as RX100 but, why mess with it! i am still considering repainting (CAN DECALS BE HAD FOR THIS , EVEN JUST THE TANGE 900 DOUBLE BUTTED, THOU RICARDO DECALS WOULD BE GOOD TOO sadly this late model doesnt have the South Australian Piper [Magpie] spread winged emblem, just that funny looking Partridge looking bird that makes you want to sing like David Cassidy and his mom on the TV show haha)) the bike, its not so bad that it looks untidy, pretty darn good infact for a ,what, 24 Yro bike, perhaps i am just itching to make something look brand new again
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Victoria [2] is the southernmost of the eastern mainland states of Australia. The state is roughly triangular in shape. New South Wales lies to the north/north-east, with the Murray River forming most of the boundary between the two states. South Australia lies to the west and the southern coast forms the other side of the triangle. Melbourne, the state capital and largest city, is nestled on Port Phillip Bay in the centre of the southern coast.
Cities and Towns
Other destinations
Time Zone
Victoria keeps the time as New South Wales and Tasmania, and is always half an hour ahead of South Australia.
Standard time is 10 hours ahead of GMT and summer time (from the first Sunday of October to the first Sunday of April) is 11 hours ahead.
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By car
Victoria has good cross border road connections into its neighbouring states. The main routes from the north are the Princes Highway following the coast and entering the state near Genoa, the Hume Highway from Sydney entering the state at Wodonga, the Newell Highway entering the state near Shepparton and being the main route from Brisbane, and the Sturt and Silver City Highways entering at Mildura. From the west, the Princes Highway is again the coastal route, and the Western Highway the more direct route.
It is around 6 hours from Sydney to the Victorian border along the Hume Highway, and another 3-4 hours from there into Melbourne.
By plane
Melbourne is the main entry point to Victoria by air and has direct flights to all Australian capital cities, and many international destinations. It is serviced by two main airports. Tullamarine is the main airport, facilitating both domestic and international travellers and is situated approximately 24 kilometres north-west of the city centre. Avalon is the other major airport and is located approximately 57 kilometres south-west of the centre and 23 kilometres north-east of Geelong, Victoria's second largest city. Avalon is domestic only and caters exclusively for the budget airlines. Both airports are serviced via bus. Tullamarine is notoriously expensive for car parking, especially short-term.
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Victoria is serviced regularly by one boat route, which travels between Victoria and the island state of Tasmania. The Spirit of Tasmania arrives daily (twice daily during peak season) at Station Pier in the inner-city suburb of Port Melbourne, approximately 6 kilometres south-west of the city centre. There is a regular light-rail service between the pier and city centre. To encourage tourism, the Tasmanian state government subsidises fares and it can be a relatively inexpensive way to get to Victoria, especially if you are taking a vehicle. If travelling without a vehicle, it is usually cheaper and more convenient to arrive by air. The boat offers deck travel or for a higher price cabins are available. Most people travel by boat overnight, with it being an approximately 10 hour trip.
Get around
Melbourne has an integrated bus, tram and train network, described at the Metlink website.
By car
Touring Victoria by car is a straightforward and practical way of seeing the state. Distances between towns tend not to be as great as in other states, and it is unusual to drive for more than a short while without passing through a small town unless in the Victorian Alps or in far north-western Victoria.
Victoria has the most developed road network of any state of Australia, and most towns are accessible without using dirt or gravel roads. Roads are indicated as motorways, A, B or C roads, but in general there is no need to avoid a C road if it clearly provides the quickest trip to where you want to go.
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Victoria has the most comprehensive rail passenger service in Australia. The state's passenger rail service, V/Line provides rail services within the state. Connecting V/Line coach (i.e. bus) services extend to some towns that passenger trains no longer service.
V/Line train services operate in five regions:
Many services outside of those between Melbourne and the main centres of Geelong, Ballarat, Bendigo, Seymour and Traralgon can be very infrequent, sometimes running only a few times a day.
The train service to Adelaide, The Overland, now accepts travellers to destinations within Victoria. This enables travellers to go by rail to towns in western Victoria beyond Ararat such as Stawell, Nhill and Dimboola.
Travellers can also take the CountryLink XPT train to Sydney twice a day.
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Outside of the rail corridors V/Line runs coach services to some towns. These often extend from train stations in towns with rail services.
Many other larger towns have local bus services servicing their suburbs or outlying towns. See the local guides.
By bicycle
Victoria has a number of rail trails, some of which can be reached by towns which have rail services. Bus coaches will sometimes take bikes if space is available in their storage areas.
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Wearing a black pencil skirt revealing a 10-inch scar that goes through her knee Lorri Winter walks across the room with swagger showing what she playfully calls her "America's Next Top Model" walk.
Three months following knee replacement surgery swagger isn't the only thing Winter has gotten back.
"My life is back," says the 49-year-old Elmhurst resident. "Things I enjoy I can do again."
Originally Winter was told she was too young for surgery and an X-ray showed no damage. But after months of physical therapy followed by steroid injections and wearing a brace — still with little relief — she sought a second opinion.
"I went to the zoo and I was wearing my brace. I did everything I was supposed to and I left in tears I was in so much pain," Winter says.
The second surgeon reviewed her X-ray and an MRI showing her knee was bone on bone and suggested knee replacement.
Joint effort
Many people are finding renewed movement through joint replacement surgery, but it isn't an in and out fix.
"People have a misconception that it's a simple operation and when you are done everything will be normal, almost like a bionic joint. It's not bionic, but it's a wonderful operation," Phillip Ludkowski, orthopedic surgeon with the Illinois Bone & Joint Institute, says of joint replacement.
No matter what the problem with the joint, Ludkowski says surgery is not done at the first sign of pain or discomfort.
People need to understand surgery is only half of it and joint replacement requires a large commitment to rehabilitation afterwards, especially for a knee.
If you go to a well-respected surgeon it is rare to offer surgery on a first visit, Ludkowski says.
"We do try everything to maximize conservative treatment," he says.
Ludkowski says typically a surgeon will get a detailed history and take X-rays to determine or confirm the cause or course of the pain. He says while the pain might be in the knee or hip it could be caused by a problem elsewhere, like the spine.
But when other routes don't work and it is a joint issue, surgery may be the next step.
Step up to surgery
So what does a joint replacement entail?
"Most patients think you are taking out a knee like you take out a carburetor and put in a new knee like putting in a new carburetor," Ludkowski says. The misconception is not surprising since it is called total knee replacement surgery, but it involves replacing the surface of the thigh, shin and kneecap bones with prosthesis made of metal and plastic. For the hip, Ludkowski says, it does involve removing the ball and replacing it and repairing the hip socket.
The precision comes in making sure the joint is straight and properly aligned and the ligaments are all balanced.
"It's a complex operation to do properly," he says.
Ludkowski says going into hip or knee surgery it is good to remember the numbers two and three.
Surgery typically requires two to three days in the hospital for observation and recovery. Patients will often require the use of a walker or crutches for two to three weeks and have to participate in physical therapy for two to three months. It is usually several weeks before the patient can drive and returning to work depends on the activity level of the job.
While those who have had joint replacement in the past may remember the pain post-surgery, Ludkowski says pain management has improved greatly in the past five years with the use of nerve blockers immediately post-surgery.
"Consequently the patients get off to a real good start," he says.
Post surgery
For the patient the real work begins post surgery. Ludkowski says physical therapy first involves learning to move safely with transfers and trying to lessen the risk of falling. The next objective for the knee patient is to strengthen it and increase the range of motion.
This might also include modalities such as icing or cold treatments to help with swelling.
Ludkowski says most patients do use prescription pain medication for a few weeks to a few months — usually prior to a physical therapy session or to help them sleep.
Hip replacements candidates can see major differences within three months.
Ludkowski says people may get back to regular activity or those they had to stop because of pain.
"Low impact activities are encouraged," Ludkowski says. "That's why you had the surgery, to have an active lifestyle, to have a healthier lifestyle."
It is a resurgence of life that Winter says has been worth the work.
"You've got to do the physical therapy even though it's hard and painful and you've got to do exercises at home too," she says.
It was four weeks of extreme pain and seven before things looked a little brighter for Winter. Having a sense of humor and laughing with her therapist helped.
Winter knew she was on the right track when she was standing on uneven ground at a Civil War reenactment doing something she loves — taking photographs.
Shooting from the hip
Ruth Richter, 72, had a similar outcome following two hip replacement surgeries. After two or three years of pain, she found out she had a congenital problem known as hip dysplasia. The pain was not constant, but acute and intermittent effecting her hips, buttocks and back.
"I gave up a lot of things but most important for me was walking my dog and keeping up with my neighbors," Richter says. "My housework probably suffered too. You don't realize how important walking is to you until you have to give it up."
She found she couldn't go to the Chicago Botanic Gardens, concerts at Ravinia or the Lyric Opera because they required too much walking.
"I was giving up a lot of really great stuff," she says.
The first hip surgery was done in May, but not long after that she was ready to see the same improvement on the other hip.
"I was anxious to get it done," she says. "The first went so well I didn't see a reason not to."
Now several weeks after her surgery, Richter says the procedure and recovery were a breeze and she is up to walking 2.5 blocks.
"I have a smile on my face," she says. "I had a lot of encouragement. I wasted two unnecessary years when I should have gotten it done."
Not by the numbers
While the average age in the U.S. for joint replacement is 68, Ludkowski says it does depend on the person and their health.
"You can't make decisions on age alone. Age is a consideration but doesn't discount anyone," he says. "We look at the overall health."
He says it is a team approach with general practitioners and any specialists giving the go ahead.
Ludkowski has performed knee surgery on a 21-year-old woman with rheumatoid arthritis and a year ago performed hip replacement surgery on Harold Weaks three days after his 103rd birthday, believed to be the world record for the oldest joint replacement.
Marlys Weary, speaking on behalf of her father Harold, says he had a lot of hip pain on his right side prior to the surgery. It kept him from walking the block and a half from their Mount Prospect home to the library where he has volunteered for 42 years. Harold was grateful Ludkowski was willing to perform the surgery.
"The next day I was on my feet and the pain was gone," Harold says.
He completed the physical therapy and celebrated his 104th birthday in October fishing off his grandson's pier on the Potomac River.
"He is able now to walk around the condo without assistance," says Marlys adding he uses a cane outdoors.
"I think he was a surprise to a lot of people, but people who know my dad are glad to see him up and around," she says.
Winter says the surgical results will give her a better quality of life for the next 15 to 20 years — when the knee may need to be replaced again, she figures the science will have progressed even further.
"It was the right choice. I'm not ruining my other knee and hips (compensating for the bad knee)," Winter says. "I'm able to work out again which is better for my longevity and basic health."


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By John Groalski
Sports Writer
Rugby coaches humored Rachel Wrinn when she approached them in the spring of her sophomore year. Wrinn wanted to add a girls team to the burgeoning boys program, and coaches agreed to consider it if she could round up any interest. They had no idea the fire that they had lit.
When Wrinn burst through the doors of the preseason meeting, she was leading a small army of Lady Knights. Coaches were left scrambling to meet the sudden surge of interest. At the time, there were just a handful of fledgling programs in high schools throughout the northeast, but Wrinn had single-handedly assembled another one.
Wrinn became the face of the Lady Knights. For three years she led the offense and anchored the defense. She set records. She broke boundaries, and on Thursday, May 9 she raised the bar even further as the first Southington High School player to sign a college letter of intent.
Lady Knight coach Chris Carvalho is no longer surprised by his star player. He's come to expect it at every turn.
"There isn't anything that I've seen from her that makes me cautious," said the coach. "She's ready, but it's going to be a completely different arena. She's going to be playing against other Rachel Wrinns. It's going to be way more competitive, but I think she's going to be ready. She's a competitor."
For three years, Wrinn has been a captain for the Lady Knights. She holds records for most tries scored in a game, most tries scored in a season, and a host of defensive marks. She has the control of a gymnast, the power of a football player, and the heart of a lion. That's what drew attention from the coaching staff at Quinnipiac University.
They liked the way that she could interact on both the defense and offensive ends. She could handle a team. She was a leader, and she was hard to stop. This year, Quinnipiac claimed a third place finish in the national championship. Once again, Wrinn will be called upon to raise the bar.
"It's a little surreal. If you told me three years ago that I would be going off to play rugby in college, I would have said you were crazy, but it's pretty funny to think that I'm here today," she said. "I think it won't hit me until I step on the field for preseason, but just thinking about it has me ready to go."
Wrinn said that the choice was an easy one for her. After all, there are only a handful of college program in the northeast. In addition, Quinnipiac University will offer her a chance to study a course in physical therapy, but it's the rugby that really drew her in.
Carvalho said that Wrinn could work herself into the rotation right away, and said that Quinnipiac coaches liked her instantly for her abilities on the field.
"She's a natural rugby player. She's everything that you would look for in a perfect rugby player," he said. "She has the skill. She's got the physical prowess. She's defensive-minded in a lot of ways, but she's also a student of the game. She learns on the fly really well, and that's really important."
As for Wrinn, she hopes that her signing will inspire the next class of athletes to build upon what she started. With her pen still clenched in her hand, she made a final pitch to make rugby into a varsity sport. She said that she hopes that her singing will swing the spotlight toward the up-and-coming sport.
"A lot of kids still ask me what's rugby," she said. "They say it's not even a sport at the high school. It doesn't count or isn't real. It's completely real, and I definitely think this will boost the program and get a lot of people looking to see what it's all about."
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"Shame on you," two women yelled at senators Wednesday afternoon before they were escorted from the U.S. Capitol.
The Senate deserved the opprobrium.
It had just failed to advance a good amendment, born of bipartisan compromise and supported by more than 90 percent of Americans, that would expand background checks on gun purchasers to online and gun-show sales.
The idea is to keep deadly weapons out of the hands of criminals and the mentally ill.
The idea is to save lives.
But the Senate apparently couldn't care less. Only 54 votes in favor of the so-called Manchin-Toomey amendment could be mustered when 60 votes were needed to advance the bill.
Connecticut's two senators — Richard Blumenthal and Chris Murphy — were on the right side, but in vain.
There is no rational explanation for the 46 votes that sank this common-sense, life-saving amendment.
It would have done nothing to infringe on Second Amendment rights. It would have done nothing to create a government repository of gun-owner information — the registration and confiscation bugaboos that needlessly alarmed some gun owners.
There is no guarantee that an expanded background check would have stopped Adam Lanza, the Sandy Hook school killer, or will stop others like him. But the background check that now exists, even with loopholes, has stopped many would-be sales to felons and the mentally ill. This was an improvement that would have stopped even more.
Many of those 46 no votes were doubtless based on conviction. But some votes were based on fear that the gun lobby would back a primary election challenge of any senator who strayed off the reservation. Lives mean less when re-election looms.
"It's a shame. It's appalling. It's disgusting," said one of the women who was bounced from the Capitol, amplifying her feelings.
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Humanity calling in Pakistan: Time has come for the world to come together as one
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It was only last year that one-fifth of the Pakistan's landmass and 20 million citizens were affected by mega flooding which made it one of the largest natural disasters in recent history. Rehabilitation work in these flood-stricken areas was not yet started that one of the country's most badly hit province of Sindh last year is once again suffering by the heaviness of monsoon floods.
It has exactly been a month that floods began and lashing of monsoon rains have compounded them recently which have hampered relief efforts. According to the official sources already hundreds have been killed and some six million people are affected in the province. Thousand of villages have been inundated displacing millions of people and shattering the irrigation system with colossal loss of crops. But ironically, international community is still not aware of the misery of humanity in the Sindh province of Pakistan.
As Islamabad has formally asked for foreign assistance, the United Nations is rushing food and tents, the aid response so far is much less than last year, although this may has to do with the lack of information available before about the severity of this calamity and that the scale of disaster is less this time, but the misery for those affected is perhaps more than last year.
200,000 people have been homeless and there are only few shelters, as water is everywhere, there are even not many places to set up the makeshift tents. Stranded by floodwaters in the town of Badin, army soldier Mohammed Hameed was unable to get to the graveyard to bury his 5-year-old daughter when she succumbed to diarrhea. He laid her to rest in his courtyard.
Thousands of people have no food at all, thousands of women are pregnant and medical aid is too far from them, thousands of people in particular young ones are suffering from diarrhea, skin and other water-borne diseases, thousands of schools are underwater leaving children with no option, but to stop their education. According to UNICEF up to 2.5 million children in Sindh have now been affected by the severe monsoon rains and floods. Already hand to mouth, thousands of household possessions have been drowned in water leaving thousands with nothing except few clothes. Public infrastructure including roads are swamped by water leaving behind no means of transportation other than boats.
The images and news coming from the on ground situation in the Sindh province of the country is heart renching for any human being to heed the call by lending a helping hand to those dying and suffering in the southern province of Pakistan.
Pakistani people remember and sincerely thank the world for generous support for the last year's catastrophe in Pakistan; however, due to the fact that this disaster has hit again just over a year after to the region where the post disaster work was not even started in full swing and people were already coping with tough times, the recent flooding has added up to the miseries for them more than ever before, and therefore all concern citizens of the world must act now to help the people suffering in Pakistan before it is very late.
There are urgent and crucial needs for food, safe drinking water, tents and medical aid. This monsoon flooding is triggering another international aid effort and now is the time that the world must come together as one.
Please see the latest pictures here: http://www.flickr.com/photos/unicefpakistan/sets/72157627518670303/
Bilal Masood National Focal Point-Pakistan UNICEF Rural Voices of Youth


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Mammoth played host to their "official" opening this past weekend. The place was pumping. Three video premieres, a concert, a dusting of snow, but above all, it was a warm remembrance of one of snowboarding's brightest beacons-Jeff Anderson.
"I've never seen this many influential people from the snowboard community in one place," is a phrase I overhead all weekend. It was true. Snowboarders, artists, supporters and scoundrels were all here offering support. The I Am Snowboarding art show went off on Saturday night. Photographers submitted photos and artists manipulated them. Iguchi, Parillo, Lynn, Graves, Blotto, Zacher, Lenhardt, Zaplac, Mosberg, just to name a few. Each piece was unique and there's a chance you've seen the iconic image before, but not tweaked and tuned and beautiful. The gallery is open until November 29. Catch it while you can or pick up some pieces at iamJLA.org.
It was also the last stop of the Get Real tour. The Billabong boys toured the country and wrapped things up here, in the village and around the fire pit. Mammoth also hosted their new film Hot Laps. Check it out next time you come up here. You'll think twice about the place, and realize there's still a solid snowboard scene. The night sank deeper with a Shiny Toy Guns concert and then…Sunday, oh Sunday. Everyone disappeared, but JLA's presence won't.


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The PS3 exclusive title The Last of Us is being developed by Naughty Dog, the studio that brought us the Uncharted Trilogy.
The game's introductory trailer showed a young girl and an older man, presumably her father or some relative, fending off an invasion of deranged mutants infected by whatever pandemic that forms the game's backstory. The trailer will be familiar to those who played Dead Island. A sequence in which the girl hunts for ammunition indicates that it'll focus more on surviving than run-and-gun shooting.
Naughty Dog's co-president just tweeted that everything you see in the trailer was rendered in-engine within the game.


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Marquise Jones was crowned Mr. Bobcat 2013 this past Saturday as Bluffton High School hosted its third annual Mr. Bobcat contest.
Ten Bluffton seniors competed for the title in categories of formal wear, sports wear, talent and question-and-answer.
The contest featured a live stage band and was hosted by Alan Dunson and Tim Holsinger.


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|Terminal Voltage Stabilization of Pelletron Tandem Accelerator
Funding: Heavy Ion Accelerators Education Investment Fund (EIF)
A conventional corona control terminal voltage stabiliser has been investigated on the ANU 14UD tandem accelerator. The fluctuations in the charge transport of electrostatic pelletron generator and their correlation with mechanical oscillations of the chains and terminal voltage ripple have been analysed. Emphasis is placed on the performance of the two-loop feedback system and on the tuning of this system to production of high energy-resolution beams. The transfer function for the corona regulation loop has been determined and examined. The system produces the beam position at the image slit of the 90 energy-analysing magnet with long-term stability equivalent to a few hundred volts rms fluctuation of the terminal voltage. The concept of novel fast control loop utilizing the high-frequency component from the image slits to control the voltage of the last gap of high-energy acceleration tube is discussed.
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Meet Joe and Tawanna. Refinanced with HARP in 2012.
'With an active family every little bit helps… Saving over $300 a month is incredible.'
During a two-week period in 2006, Joe started a new job, he and his wife Tawanna closed on a new house, and their second child was born.
It was probably the peak of home prices in suburban Atlanta, and the young couple looked forward to raising a family in their picturesque 192-home housing development.
But during the recession, the region's job and housing markets were hit hard, leaving Joe and Tawanna "underwater" on the mortgage, meaning they owed more than the home's current value.
Luckily, Joe, a commercial banker by trade, had friends in the mortgage loan industry and hoped to refinance the 6.5% interest rate loan to take advantage of lower interest rates. But because they were so far underwater, they were declined.
In 2011 changes to the federal government's Home Affordable Refinance Program went into effect to help more homeowners who are underwater, or those with little equity in their home, to refinance.
Joe and Tawanna reached out again, and this time they were approved. Most of the information needed to apply was provided over the phone, and the loan closed quickly, saving the family $325/month.
It's a savings they relish: "With an active family every little bit helps. Saving $50 or $100 every month helps. Saving over $300 a month is incredible," Joe says.
His advice? "I tell everyone I know about HARP. It's a great program and really helped our family. It doesn't take long to find out if you qualify, just make the call."
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4:00 pm
NOVA "Deadliest Tornadoes" NOVA examines tornado science in the wake of April 2011's outbreak of deadly winds that leave a trail of destruction and kill more than 360 people. While meeting with victims and scientists, the program looks at possible improvements in tornado prediction and ways to better protect people and communities.G
5:00 pm
Antiques Roadshow "Minneapolis, MN - Hour One" Host Mark L. Walberg and appraiser Sebastian Clarke visit the American Swedish Institute to examine Mora clocks, tall-case timekeepers of the late 1800s. At the convention center, discoveries include a questionable George Elmslie chair that, if authentic, could fetch $50,000; a 1900 McKinley-Roosevelt poster; and a 1976 intense yellow diamond ring, valued up to $160,000. Part 1 of 3G
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Antiques Roadshow UK "Prideaux Place 1" Michael Aspel and the specialists are in Cornwall. Among the items brought to be scrutinized are original artwork for early saucy seaside postcards, and a revealing letter from aboard HMS Victory written by Lord Nelson.G
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Rick Steves' Europe "Barcelona and Catalunya" The creative spirit of Spain's Catalunya, the land of Picasso, Gaudi and Salvador Dali is on a roll. Rick gets caught up in the festivity of Barcelona, enjoying the vibrant street scenes, tasty tapas and pedestrian-friendly Gothic Quarter. Then he takes a scenic side trip to mountaintop Montserrat, and finishes with an artist's pilgrimage along the Costa Brava to Salvador Dali country. In seaside Cadaques he visits his home and in nearby Figueres experiences his playfully surreal mausoleum/museum.G
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The Lawrence Welk Show "Mother's Day Show" This black and white classic show from 1956 features Buddy Merrill playing "Blue Suede Shoes" in tribute to the latest rage - Elvis Presley. The very young Lennon Sisters sing an a capella version of "Kentucky Baby" and Rocky Rockwell provides a humor-filled "When I Take My Sugar to Tea."G
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Are You Being Served? "Forward Mr. Grainger" Mr. Rumbold attends a management seminar for a month, leaving Mr. Grainger temporarily in charge.G
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Keeping Up Appearances - The Memoirs of Hyacinth Bucket "Driving Ms Fortescue" Hyacinth is thrilled when the wealthy Mrs. Fortescue - practically an aristocrat - asks for a lift into town.G
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As Time Goes By "You Must Remember This" Lionel and Jean meet by accident after not seeing each other for 38 years. Each has been married but is now alone. Much has changed in 38 years, including them.G
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Outnumbered There is a lot to discuss during an evening with Ben's parents, including muggers, dangerous chemicals and reenactments of the Great Plague. Mum is still suspicious Jake is hiding something and Karen decides which of the world's great religions to lead.G
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The Red Green Show "Life Cycle" Red in the possum van competes with Harold on a bicycle for distance covered on a $10 bet. Then Red shares his recipe for fire engine chili.G
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Vicar of Dibley "Spring" Alice is busy arranging the forthcoming christening for her and Hugo's new baby girl, but there is still much deliberation over the child's full name. Geraldine is flustered and bewildered by a surprise proposition.G
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Doctor Who Series "The Vampires of Venice" The Doctor takes Amy and Rory away for a romantic break but terror awaits in 16th-century Venice where something sinister lurks within the House of Calvierri.G


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A child actor, radical Leftist feminist, founder of the global womens movement, poet, writer, lesbian, and mother, Robin Morgan gives us a story we have and havent heard before in her memoir Saturdays Child. At times tender, at times tongue-in-cheek, Morgans exploration of her own childhood-in-the-spotlight and adulthood-on-the-frontlines-and-at-the-podium tells not the history of the feminist movement so much as a history of Robin Morgans feminism, and her connection to the larger womens and feminist movements.
Saturdays Child spans an impressive fifty-odd years. Extensively exploring her complicated relationship with her mother, Morgan writes about a childhood spent starring in I Remember Mama, at benefits, and in the public eye. She writes about the struggle for her own voice, and about finding that voice both as a writer and as an activist. She writes about her marriage to Kenneth Pitchford, and about the politics they created as a (presumed) heterosexual woman and a (self-proclaimed) gay man raising a son. She writes of two major relationships with women that affected her writing, her feminism, and her life. She writes through her experience in Leftist radicalism and the early feminist movement, the compilation of Sisterhood Is Powerful, her editorship of Ms. Magazine, and the founding of the Sisterhood Is Global Institute.
Morgan offers an episodic, image-laden history of the great events in feminism in which she participated, as well as some revealing nuggets: Morgans creation of the universal symbol of the womens movement, the womans symbol centered with a raised fist; her coining of the term herstory.
For Morgan, communication and politics alike would be worthless without ironythat ability to see and hold and recognize the incongruities between what is and what should be. And communication and politics (both lifeblood for a writer and activist, or writer/activist) are hollow without empathythe self-aware and unpretentious ability to inhabit the experience of others.
Robin Morgan learns about irony and empathy at an early age; the reader witnesses this precocious ability to identify the incongruent when sneaking a peek at an 8-year-old Robin Morgans diary. With a wisdom beyond her years, the young RM (by this time already one of the most famous girls in America) notes the irony in being told to write about herself, and in being scolded for including her feelings toward the little Negro girl, Roberta, who lives next door in a lot dotted with unstable shacks. The empathy Robin feels for Roberta is not a self-righteous desire to fix Robertas unfortunate situation, but a righteous anger at the injustices Roberta suffers, and a desire to gain a friend who, without exposure to television, might take Robin at face value, and cherish her as a friend, not a TV star.
An older Morgan calls empathy a subversive emotion that has nothing to do with fatuous pretentions of self-sacrifice(423). She writes of meetings with women around the world- Zulu women who traveled miles from their villages to meet with Morgan about the unjust practice of virgin tests and the rape of young girls by HIV positive men, noting her own tears to the reader. Morgans tears, and her inclusion of them in Saturdays Child, are not intended to exonerate her for living in a privileged nation, or to evoke admiration, but to illustrate the personal, emotional motivation and connection Morgan experiences in and through her feminism.
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Family escapes overnight house fire
Family escapes overnight house fire
HONEY CREEK, Iowa —
The cause of the fire is under investigation.
A family woke up in the middle of the night to find a garage fire spreading to their house.
KETV-TV reports, firefighters were called to a home off the Old Lincoln Highway north of Honey Creek, Iowa, around 1:20 a.m. Friday.
Crews reported the garage fire had spread to the house and a camper shell.
Firefighters from five departments helped battle the flames. Water had to be brought in by truck.
All three people inside the home were able to safely escape. A girl and her mother went to a nearby hospital to be checked out for smoke inhalation.
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Corned Beef, Cabbage and Apple Skillet
Serves 4
1 tsp. Meijer Olive Oil
1 small onion, thinly sliced
1½ cups Meijer Naturals Chicken Broth
1½ medium heads cabbage, sliced (about 1½ lbs.)
2 Granny Smith apples, peeled, cored and chopped
1 large carrot, cut into short, thin strips
1/4 tsp. McCormick dried thyme
1 lb. sliced cooked corned beef
1. In a large skillet heat oil over medium-high heat. Add onion; cook 5 minutes or until softened.
2. Add broth; bring to boiling. Add cabbage, apples and carrot. Reduce heat; cover and simmer 10 to 12 minutes or until cabbage is almost tender. Stir in thyme.
3. Place corned beef slices on top of cabbage mixture; cover and simmer 5 minutes or until heated through.
Recipe adapted from Meijer easy recipes, affordable meals spring 2013, Integrated Marketing.
Grilled Reuben Sandwiches
Serves 4
2 Tbsp. Promise® margarine
8 slices Meijer Deli marble rye bread
1/4 cup Bolthouse® Farms Thousand Island Yogurt Dressing (in produce section)
1 lb. thinly sliced corned beef from the Meijer Deli
3/4 cup Claussen Sauerkraut, drained
4 slices Kraft Deli Fresh Swiss Cheese Slice
- Lightly spread one side of each piece of bread with Promise margarine.
- Spread 4 of the bread slices (without the Promise margarine) with Thousand Island dressing.
- Fill bread slices with remaining ingredients. Top with the remaining bread slice, margarine side out.
- Place in a pre-heated skillet over medium heat and cook 3-4 minutes on each side or until golden brown on both sides.
Enjoy with Dole Salad and fresh berries for dessert.
Luscious Lime Bars
Serves 9
1 cup Meijer white whole-wheat flour
1/3 cup Meijer confectioners' sugar
3 Tbsp. Meijer cornstarch
1/4 tsp. salt
3 Tbsp. Meijer canola oil
2 Tbsp. butter, softened
1/2 cup Meijer granulated sugar
3 Tbsp. Meijer cornstarch
1/4 tsp. Meijer baking powder
1/4 tsp. salt
2 large Meijer eggs
2/3 cup water
1/3 cup lime juice
3-4 drops McCormick green food coloring, if desired
- Make the crust: Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Line an 8-inch pan with parchment paper or foil and spray with cooking spray. Combine flour, confectioners' sugar, cornstarch and salt in a medium bowl. Add oil and butter; using clean hands, use your fingertips to blend the flour mixture until evenly combined. Mixture will be crumbly. Firmly press dough into the prepared pan. Bake until just barely beginning to brown, about 15 to 20 minutes.
- Make the filling: In a medium bowl combine granulated sugar, cornstarch, baking powder and salt. Add eggs and whisk until well combined. Stir in water and lime juice (and food coloring if desired) and whisk until well combined. Pour filling into warm crust and bake until just set, 15 to 20 minutes (center will be a bit jiggly). Let cool to room temperature on wire rack (about 1 1/2 hours). Carefully grab foil (parchment paper) and lift out of pan. Cut into 9 squares. Garnish with Lime zest and mint sprigs if desired. Dust lightly with confectioners' sugar and serve.
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Mar 22, 2013
DUE WEST, S.C. – The Coker men's volleyball team lost 3-0 to Erskine College on Friday (Mar. 22) evening, in a Conference Carolinas match-up.
The Cobras came out cold in the first set and lost 25-13. Coker competed well in sets two and three, but where out edged by the Flying Fleet with scores of 25-22 and 25-23.
Jared Geizer was the leader for the Cobras with seven kills on the night, followed by Liam Flaherty with six. Ricardo Ferrer had a team high eight digs, and tallied 22 assists.
As a team the navy and yellow recorded 22 kills, 22 assists, and 20 digs.
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CHIPLEY � The Washington County Chamber of Commerce held its final �Third Thursday� breakfast of 2013 and took care of some organizational issues during the annual membership meeting.
CHIPLEY � The Washington County Chamber of Commerce held its final �Third Thursday� breakfast of 2013 and took care of some organizational issues during the annual membership meeting.
President Nicole Barefield chaired the meeting and re-nominated board members Amy Wiwi, William Steverson and Wayland Fulford, whose terms on the Chamber Board of Directors are expiring, to serve new three-year terms. The board members were re-elected by acclamation to continue their service.
The board consists of Barefield, Wiwi, Steverson and Fulford, along with Pat Schlenker, Garrett Martin, Terry Ellis, Julie Dillard, Andrew Fleener, Darrin Wall, Jan Page, and Cindy Johnson Brown.
Fulford is replacing Past President Philip Pippin on the board, and Janet Kinney will replace Schlenker on the board after the first of the year.
Barefield also recognized the Chamber staff, including Executive Director Ted Everett and Administrative Assistant Chris MacBlain, and the Chamber Ambassadors.
�Congratulations to the board members, and thanks to the Northwest Florida Community Hospital staff, who provide us our meeting place and this great breakfast,� Everett said.
Board member Amy Wiwi announced the Chamber�s plans to hold its first annual Chili Cook-Off on Dec. 7 as part of the city�s Christmas Fest.
�We�re limiting entry to 10 entries, and we already have six,� Wiwi said. �If you have one of the best chili recipes in Washington County, then be sure to sign up.�
The cook-off will be held from 3 to 6 p.m. at the Farmers Market Complex in downtown Chipley with chili judging beginning at 5:30 p.m.
During the November Chipley City Council meeting, Everett invited Mayor Linda Cain and the city council members to come serve as judges for the cook-off.
The public is invited to attend all of the Christmas Fest events.
The annual Christmas Parade will begin at 3:30 p.m. with line-up beginning at 2:30 p.m. at the old Chipley High School track. Photos with Santa will be available from 2 to 3 p.m. and from 4:30 to 6 p.m. at the gazebo downtown.
At 5:30 p.m. there will be a reading of the Cajun �The Night Before Christmas� by Kermit Soileau.
The Spanish Trail Playhouse will also stage their program, �A Classic Chipley Christmas,� at 7 p.m. at the historic Chipley High School auditorium, on Dec. 7.
There will also be carriage and pony rides, food and drinks and the Washington County Historical Museum will be holding an Open House as part of the Christmas festivities.
The program�s topic was Affordable Care Act: Key Small Business Provisions, and it was presented by Donna Padgug, a business development specialist with the U.S. Small Business Administration North Florida District Office.
�Businesses that have fewer than 25 full-time employees and that pay average annual wages below $50,000 and contribute 50 percent or more toward employees� self-only health insurance premiums may qualify for a small business tax credit of up to 35 percent,� Padgug said. �In 2014 this credit goes up to 50 percent.�
Another change will be the requirement that aggregate annual health care costs be reported on the W-2. However, the W-2 reporting requirement does not apply to employers required to file fewer than 250 Form W-2s in the previous calendar year.
�The employee does not have to pay tax on this amount, it is just for informational purposes.�
Padgug said employees of small businesses will have insurance options in January 2014, with open enrollment now ongoing, through the Small Business Health Options Program (SHOP), which will provide a broader-based insurance pool for small businesses to participate in.
The SHOP program will offer small businesses increased purchasing power to obtain a better choice of high-quality coverage at a lower cost.
The SHOP program will also pool risks for small groups and reduce administrative complexity, reducing costs. In 2016, employers with up to 100 employees will be able to participate.
�The more people you have in your pool, the better it is for everyone and it lowers the risk and ultimately it lowers premium costs,� she said.


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Butler County, like many communities around the country, is feeling the effects of the opioid epidemic more strongly than ever before.
This week the number of overdose deaths confirmed by the county coroner's office reached 74, matching the record-high total from 2016. With toxicology reports still pending on several deaths and six weeks left in the year, the coroner expects the county will see another record death toll.
The people who have lost their lives have ranged from age 17 to 62 and have left behind parents, sibling, children and friends — many of whom watched them struggle with their addictions to no avail.
Meanwhile, law enforcement, government workers, the court system and families are all struggling to find the answers to the epidemic.
"The sad truth is we are having more deaths still despite the fact that there are more reversals. How many more deaths would there be without the naloxone being out there?" Mark Pfeffer, chief deputy with the Butler County Sheriff's Office, asked.


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15 U.S. Code Chapter 22 - TRADEMARKS
This chapter, act July 5, 1946, ch. 540, 60 Stat. 427, became effective one year from July 5, 1946, and repealed chapter 3 of this title as of that date. See notes under section 1051 of this title.
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November 24, 2010
DIY Gift Ideas # 3 :: The year in scraps...
I briefly mentioned it here and also here, this little project of mine. I didn't feel like going out, but was dying to start on something new. Instead of running to the store for yet another piece of fabric, I started rummaging in my closet.
One of the first things I came across was the bag where I keep my fabric scraps. It's a huge bag, by now. As soon as I pulled it out I knew what I wanted to get started on. A quilted table runner! I have deep admiration for all those quilters out there. The real ones. The ones who make these huge blankets, meticulously, patiently, with no mistakes. I have been willing to make something quilted for the longest time, but I never started because I know that I won't succeed. You see, I'm not good at doing the same thing over and over again, I'm not good with repetition, at sticking to the book. Not when I'm sewing. I get distracted too easily for making these huge patterned blankets. I need immediate gratification, too. Given that and the fact that I had a bag full of scraps, of different sizes, I decided to go for some freestyle instead. And I had fun at it! All afternoon I kept on cutting pieces in smaller pieces, combining them just the way I felt, sewing them together, pressing the seams, cutting some more, adding... until I ended up with this. This table runner is my year in scraps...
It's a bit crooked, I know, but that's part of the free style (lol) and I like it, to the extent that the prospect of tomato sauce being spilled on it made me change my mind! I won't use this as a table runner. I don't know what I'll be using it for instead - maybe I'll just hang it somewhere, until I grow tired of it and use it as a table runner then.
The hardest part, I found to be the quilting itself. I had to start over a couple of times, before getting it 'right' (I know: nothing about this piece of work is 'right'), not satisfied with the chosen pattern. Eventually, I settled for some sort of spirals. Very free style, very me. And that's the interesting part, actually. Those lines add an extra dimension to the piece. Patches, though patched together with other patches to form an new entity, get their own expression, their individuality again, through the lines of the stitches. A revelation to me! To my surprise, I even liked hand stitching the binding at the front. I never thought I would find this a relaxing process.
So, what does this have to do with the holidays? Nothing much, really. Except that making this just made me realize that you can get a long way with just some pieces of scraps. Combine them, cut them and make something personal - be it a table runner, place mats, coasters, a pillow, a throw... make something YOU - give something YOU...
Wishing you a happy Thursday/ Turkey Day!
xo, P.
PS: One thing I might do before hanging it, is washing it to get some shrinkage, which I really like in quilts (the batting is 100% cotton). I'm just worried about the colors bleeding. Any suggestions there?
17 comments:
- One Flew Over said...
I think it is perfect!
- November 24, 2010 at 10:13 PM
- Pascale said...
- November 24, 2010 at 10:16 PM
- Jacqui said...
What a great idea! I always think of my scrap bag as an archaeological dig (well sometimes I think of it that way!) with the newer scraps on top and the oldest ones at the bottom. I love the thought of putting them together. I can't remember where I saw it but someone had an old journal where a woman had put in scraps of all the fabric she used and recorded the details of what she'd used them for. I'd love to get organised enough to do something like that too.
You made me laugh with your "it's my style" line, it reminded me of a quote from Neil Young ages ago when a producer told him he was singing a bit off-key and he said "that's my style man".
- November 24, 2010 at 10:46 PM
- Pascale said...
Need to remember that quote, Jacqui! LOL!!
- November 24, 2010 at 11:10 PM
- meisje van vervlogen dagen said...
Als quilter (durf ik mijzelf zo te noemen?), vind ik hem prachtig. Ik bewonder je palet. Kan mezelf amper beheersen met kleur, maar jouw rustige kleuren zijn zo chic, zo Frans...
- November 24, 2010 at 11:27 PM
- mon ami said...
This is so beautiful Pascale. And it is your style - simple, sophisticated and gorgeous!
- November 25, 2010 at 12:42 AM
kan gewoon gebruikt worden om je ontbijt set op te zetten, zoals brood, confiture enz. en maak je voor elk een kleiner om de tasjes en bordjes op te zetten! zou mooi zijn! vind het in ieder geval een mooi werkje en hou van de kleurencombinatie en free-styling stiksels en handwerk!
- November 25, 2010 at 9:45 AM
It's lovely.. And it feels great, doesn't it, using scraps..? I love it, anyway - using instead of wasting and all that.
Would washing it cold first (with a splash of vinegar..?) help keeping the colours from bleeding, I wonder?
- November 25, 2010 at 1:14 PM
- Kit Lang said...
I always use a handful of colour catchers the first time I wash a quilt - they pull all the excess dye from the water as you wash.
Love your little quilt!
- November 25, 2010 at 1:37 PM
- Andrea, the little collector said...
Pascale, I love it! I really like the hand quilting/embroidery details. Of course it can go out until it's time to set the table for dinner, then tucked far away from the pasta sauce!
As for the color stability...if you have a bit of each of the fabrics left, throw them in a bowl with water, let 'em sit, swirl 'em around and then see if you have any bleeding. If not, just wash your runner in cold and go for it. If so, take precautionary measures.
If there's lot of bleeding, maybe this little cutie doesn't get washed. You can spritz the back with water (or add it to other damp items, like towels), then throw it in the dryer to soften and shrink it a bit.
If there is a little bleeding, use color catchers and go for it.
Don't let it sit wrung out but still wet for long before you dry it. It can bleed more directly that way than from a little dye coming out in the water.
Good luck and good work!
- November 26, 2010 at 7:09 PM
- Pascale said...
Thank you so much, Andrea, for this very useful information. I did the trick with the left over fabric - my main concern is the binding (black) bleeding into the white. There wasn't any bleeding at first but then I let it sit for too long with some minor bleeding as a result.
So, I think for now I'll just stick with the damp towel method - I would never have thought of that myself!
And by the time it will need a real wash I'll make sure to have some vinegar or color catchers handy as suggested by Kit and Jannette! Thank you girls!!
- November 26, 2010 at 11:28 PM
- Dani'sfadingmargins said...
Pretty cool. I crochet, actually, (no, there isn't any cools pics of that like this on my blog) but you make me want to quilt. It is amazing how they sit all that time, isn't it? But then, I think quilters do quite a bit of gossiping when in groups.
- November 28, 2010 at 6:17 AM
- virginia said...
it's like a painting, and i also love the linen (with rose embellishment) tote bag.
your designs always have a nice informality to them, and here's a site you might like (denyse schmidt, and i believe she now farms out the hand stitching):
- November 28, 2010 at 6:45 PM
- Aimee said...
this is gorgeous! love the freestyle look, and such a great idea to use your left over fabrics from the year! all in all, just right!
- November 30, 2010 at 10:22 PM
- cucicucicoo said...
love it! it's just gorgeous, whether you think it's imperfect or not! (i certainly don't think so!) :) lisa
- December 1, 2010 at 11:48 AM
- lightbluegrey said...
All of it (I mean the colors, the style, the imperfection) is very attractive to me. Well done!
- January 10, 2011 at 12:37 PM
- Modern Day Quilts said...
Thank you for letting us feature this on http://moderndayquilts.tumblr.com
- February 2, 2011 at 4:42 PM


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Photos of Horcruxes and Hallows Props from "Deathly Hallows" Featured at San Diego Comic Con
Jul 22, 2010
New photos have been released of Hallows, Horcruxes and more on display at San Diego Comic Con from "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows" via ComingSoon.net's preview of assorted props and products from the film. A number of products are also on display from earlier films in the series. You can find the photos in our galleries at this link or by clicking on the links below:
- Helga Hufflepuff's Cup
- Tom Riddle's Diary (complete with Basilisk fang)
- Salazar Slytherin's Locket
- Rowena Ravenclaw's Diadem
- Loonar Loop Luminator
- Quidditch Trunk
- Time Turner
- Chocolate Frogs, Golden Egg, Skiving Snackboxes, Ron's Howler
- Firebolt
Also featured are a number of LEGO products, due to be released in October, which you can see here (Quidditch Match, Hagrid's Hut), here (Hogwarts Express, Ford Anglia, Burrow and more) and here (Hogwarts Castle). Additionally, LEGO renditions of Harry with what appears to be the Sword of Gryffindor, Hagrid and Hermione were on display; you can find a photo at this link.
Thanks to SnitchSeeker for the heads up!
As we previously told you, the Harry Potter related events are as follows:
11.45pm Saturday: Harry Potter presentation in Hall H (with Tom Felton)
3pm Saturday: Harry Potter Alliance / Chase press conference (room TBA)
2pm-3pm Sunday: Room 24ABC, Harry Potter panel with Leaky, The Harry Potter Alliance, Darren Criss and more
4pm Sunday: Harry, A History signing in the Mysterious Galaxy Booth on the convention floor


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WASHINGTON -- Leaders of Organizing for Action, President Obama's new nonprofit advocacy group, are courting his top campaign bundlers to be part of a high-dollar fundraising network that will help finance the work of the nascent organization.
During a swing through the Bay Area and Los Angeles this week, OFA Chairman Jim Messina and Executive Director Jon Carson met with members of the Obama campaign's National Finance Committee and told them there will be a similar structure in place to support the work of the nonprofit group, which is set up as a 501(c)4 social welfare organization. They were accompanied by Rufus Gifford, who served as finance director for Obama's reelection bid.
OFA officials declined to comment on the record, but confirmed that the group would have a finance committee similar to that of the campaign.
Bundlers will probably be asked to raised $500,000 to be part of the committee. Such top fundraisers will get perks in return. One reward that was floated as a possibility was an invitation to quarterly meetings with Obama.


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This isn't the first time Gutro has questioned the city's big plans for expensive projects. Recall that at a city council meeting in November, Gutro expressed concern about changes to the Merchants Row plan.
In a letter to Quincy Mayor Tom Koch sent last week, City Councilor Doug Gutro asks a legitimate question: How does the mayor plan to pay for the proposed Adams Green park.
It has a complicated answer.
As our Aug. 9 story explained, Koch plans to pay for the proposed $25 million park through the state's Infrastructure Investment Incentive Program, or I-Cubed. The financing program would allow the city to repay the loan through new tax revenue from private redevelopment downtown.
The first problem with that scenario is that the state hasn't approved the funding because the city must first prove it can generate new tax revenue. The second problem, of course, is that private redevelopment in the city's downtown imploded last October when the city's partner and master developer, Street-Works Development, stopped all work on the $1.6 billion downtown revitalization project.
This isn't the first time Gutro has questioned the city's big plans for expensive projects. Recall that at a city council meeting in November, Gutro expressed concern about changes to the Merchants Row plan.
"I'm a little bit concerned about the financing piece, and I'm just looking for you to shed a little bit of light," Gutro asked of the city's partner, Street-Works' Richard Heapes.
Turns out his concerns were justified.
Four months later, the city severed its contract with Street-Works. A year later and all that's left of the much anticipated Merchants Row, which would have been Phase I of the project, is a gaping hole and three fewer businesses.
A spokesman for Koch said the mayor is sticking with the original plan for the Adams Green, though the city may seek other sources of funding.
"Nothing has changed," said Chris Walker, a spokesperson for Koch.
We can think of 1.6 billion things that have changed.
He also said that a proposed 39-unit condominium complex, again proposed, at the former Central Middle School will generate taxes for I-Cube, but the ink isn't yet dry on that six-week-old deal. We would remind the mayor of the danger of counting eggs.
We believe the mayor has good intentions. The proposed Adams Green would run between City Hall Plaza and the Church of the Presidents, and based on the plans, it's generally a sound concept. Like the Rose Kennedy Greenway in Boston, it would serve as an inviting greenscape to connect tourists and residents to the business community. Yet without a thriving business community, whom does it serve?
Given there's no concrete funding mechanism in place, it's appropriate to question the first phase of the Adams Green park. Especially when that first phase, $7.9 million in largely state-funded road work, has cost the city 20 parking spots and closed a portion of the roadway.
The mayor via his spokesperson was wrong to suggest that Gutro shouldn't have sent the letter and that he should have simply spoken directly to Koch. This is a public project being paid for with public dollars and deserves to be fully transparent.
We would urge the mayor to work with the council, revisit the downtown plans and be open and honest with residents – and himself – about what projects the city can reasonably fulfill.
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Presiding Judge: Janet T. Neff
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As Said Haddadi made his way toward a meeting at the Hisham Mubarak Law Center, there were hints of a paranoid and xenophobic turn of mood on the streets of Cairo.
The car the Amnesty International researcher was traveling in was stopped twice by armed men dressed in street clothes who claimed they were military. As he neared his destination, Mr. Haddadi saw a mob of men with clubs beating and dragging a man toward a military police checkpoint. The baltagea, or pro-regime thugs, were shouting that the man was a spy from the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas.
The Amnesty International researcher and a group of colleagues changed their route to the law center, a leading Egyptian human rights group, to avoid trouble. They were seeking information on the treatment of Egypt pro-democracy protesters at Tahrir Square. But the mob caught up with them. Instead of gathering information on the human rights situation, they soon found themselves trapped in a chaotic, Kafkaesque day-and-a-half ordeal that illustrates the tactics being used by the regime of Hosni Mubarak and his new Vice President Omar Suleiman to control information and stifle dissent, despite their promises of reform.
"Our experience shows the sort of pattern of repression that exists," says Haddadi. Indeed. The state Mubarak presides over has come increasingly to rely on arbitrary detention, torture, and intimidation to control its opponents, from local human rights groups to labor organizers to Islamist activists from the Muslim Brotherhood. Haddadi, a French national who has since left the country, and his friends were about to get a taste of the tactics they have worked to expose.
He finally made it, with his colleagues, to Hisham Mubarak in central Cairo at about 12:30 pm on February 3. After about half an hour there, with reports of an increasingly dangerous situation out on the streets, they decided it was time to leave. Someone came up to the third-floor office and said that was a bad idea. "You can't go, the baltagea are outside and they're going to kill you," he said. A glance outside confirmed that the mob, whipped up by reports on state television that the democracy protests were the result of a foreign plot and operating with at least the tacit support of the police, were there.
'If you move, I'll shoot'
Soon the police, both military and from the Interior Ministry, were there too. They pushed their way into the office with a group of civilian thugs and began to zip-tie the hands of everyone present behind their backs. A military police officer put one foot on a chair and another on a desk as he exerted his authority over the room. "I have orders from the military ruler... if anyone moves, I'll shoot them."
About 35 people were rounded up, Haddadi, Human Rights Watch researcher Dan Williams, and four other foreigners among them. An elderly woman and a mother with her 13-year-old daughter were allowed to go. Elsewhere in Cairo that day, hundreds of activists and foreign journalists were rounded up at hotels, at road blocks, and on the city's streets, in what appeared to be a coordinated effort.
As the civilians began to rifle through their bags and the office files ($4,000 Haddadi was carrying, a cell phone, and other of his possessions disappeared), the officers began to question and abuse their detainees. "Looting our stuff was probably their payment," guesses Haddadi.
When Ahmed Seif Al Islam, the center's former director and founder received a call, one of the officers said, "He's getting his orders from Iran." Another cop didn't like the fact that Williams was still chewing gum, and beat him across the back off the head three times to make him spit it out. Another told the group, "You're all Israelis, and you've come to destroy our country for money."
As the regime struggles to hold on, the state-owned media has convinced some Egyptians that Iran, Hamas, and Israel are all working together to damage Egypt. (The United States and the Lebanese group Hezbollah are also lumped in with the conspiracy.)
Cattle prods and curses
After much bickering and confusion among the police about what to do with their new prisoners, two micro-buses were brought to take them away. The group were led out into the waiting cars, a mob of hundreds – kept back by the cops with cattle prods and sticks – hurled abuse them. Police officers alternated between abusing the prisoners and assuring them their detention was for their own safety, as the mob rocked the cars and spit on the windows. Finally, the cars sped off. Haddadi had the sense the police were losing control of the crowd they'd unleashed.
The group was soon blindfolded. They were shifted between at least three different military detention centers over the next 33 hours, handcuffed and blindfolded the whole time.
In one courtyard, that Haddadi believes was near the Cairo airport, the blindfolded group could hear the sounds of beatings and men screaming in pain in the night. "We know we're the lucky ones – being foreigners gives us some protection," says Haddadi. "We had the sense that larger groups of people were around us everywhere we went."
At one point, an officer tired of Haddadi's repeated demands to make a phone call. "He told me, 'Shut up or I'll shoot you.' He was joking, but that's not funny to someone who's blindfolded and in detention."
At around nine, after again being told that all this had been for their protection, the foreigners were released. (Ahmed Seif and the group of Egyptians were held another 12 hours.) Before they went, an officer asked Haddadi if the conditions of his detention had been reasonable. He responded that given the torture routinely used on detained activists in Egypt, he considered himself lucky.
They had further hurdles to cross to get home, which put the lie to the claims this was for their safety. The military police dumped Haddadi and four others at the Sonesta Hotel near the Cairo airport and sped off – before they realized that the Sonesta was closed for renovations. It was after curfew.
It was not only technically illegal to be traveling, but Cairo was now broken up by a maze of roadblocks run by the military, the police, and the "popular committees" of citizens that have sprung up to secure their neighborhoods. Some popular committees are simply neighborhood watch groups, others feel like they're run by local gangsters, and still others under the influence of regime propaganda warning of dangerous foreigners infiltrating Egyptian society.
The five got a cab, but a suspicious roadblock group soon forced them to go back to a state security building – after seizing their passports. Haddadi suspected the building they were directed to was one they had been held in earlier, but couldn't be sure. There was more suspicious questioning. Finally, around midnight, a cab navigated enough roadblocks to get them to a hotel in the nearby neighborhood of Heliopolis.
Hundreds of Egyptians arrested in the past week remain detained or worse; little information is available about their whereabouts or their treatment.