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Chocolate Lovers Raspberry Cakes are a delicious way to serve up the love this Valentine's day. We love chocolate around here and it's always at the top of our grocery list, we call it one of the "necessities" in life, because It's one of the items that make life a little happier. These Chocolate Lovers Raspberry Cakes were derived from my Chocolate Bliss cake that I posted last year for Valentine's Day. I wanted to try something different with the recipe this year and these little treats turned out to be one of the best chocolate batters I've come up with so far. I think it was the raspberry sauce that put these Chocolate Lovers Raspberry Cakes over the edge into decadence.
Most of these Chocolate Lovers Raspberry Cakes are in a double stack with a delicious raspberry cream cheese frosting that is lick the bowl clean kind of good! This time I had no grandchildren to do that for me – it was just me and the hubby, standing in the kitchen like two little kids with frosting on our faces! It was too funny. After eating our first cake we were totally in chocolate heaven.
These delicious Chocolate Raspberry Lovers Cakes are a wonderful sweet treat to make for all the loved ones on your list for Valentine's Day!
- 1 cup – Frozen Raspberries
- ¼ cup – Water
- ¼ cup – Sugar
- 2 ¾ cups – Bob's Red Mills 1 to 1 Gluten-free Flour*
- 2 tsp – Baking Soda
- 1 tsp – Baking Powder
- ½ tsp – Salt
- 1 cup – Sugar
- 2/3 cup – Coconut Oil
- 2 – Eggs
- ½ tsp – Vanilla
- ½ tsp – Raspberry Flavoring
- 1 cup – Buttermilk
- 3 squares – Ghirardelli Semi-Sweet Chocolate
- ¼ cup – Hot Fudge Sauce – room temp.
- ¼ cup – Ghirardelli Chocolate Baking Chips
- ¼ cup – Hot Water
- ½ cup – Raspberry Sauce – directions above
- ¼ cup – Butter – room temp.
- 8 oz – Cream Cheese – room temp.
- 1 tsp – Raspberry Flavoring
- 1 16oz package – Powdered Sugar
- 6 drops – Red Food Coloring**
- 2 squares – Ghirardelli Semi-Sweet Chocolate
- ¼ cup – Ghirardelli Chocolate Chips
- 1 tsp – Heavy Cream
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
- Prepare a sheet pan – spray pan with non-stick cooking spray, line with parchment paper, then spray parchment paper with non-stick spray.
- Heat in a small pot on medium – raspberries, sugar and water. Bring to a boil, reduce heat to low and cook 5 mins. Remove from heat and strain berries in a mesh strainer. Keep juice, throw away seeds.
- Sift together in a medium bowl – flour, baking soda, baking flour, and salt. Set aside until needed.
- With mixer blend – sugar, coconut oil, eggs, vanilla, raspberry flavoring, and buttermilk until light and creamy.
- Heat water in microwave for 1 minute in a small bowl. Add chocolate to hot water and stir until all chocolate has melted. Add raspberry sauce and hot fudge sauce to melted chocolate, stirring well. Add this to sugar mixture and blend well.
- Incorporate flour mixture into wet mixture and little at a time, mixing well in between. Pour batter into prepared sheet pan and bake for 15 minutes. Cool completely. Make frosting and chocolate while is baking and cooling.
- Cream together - butter, cream cheese, and raspberry flavoring until light and creamy, about 3 minutes. Add powdered sugar in ½ cup batches, mixing well in between batches. Add food coloring until desired color is achieved. Set aside until ready to frost cakes.
- Heat chocolates and cream in microwave in 30 second intervals until all chocolate has melted. Add melted chocolate to a piping back. Pipe chocolate in shape of heart onto parchment paper lined pan and refrigerate until chocolate has hardened.
- Once cake has completely cooled use a cookie cutter of your desired shape and cut shapes out of sheet cake. Frost cakes and place a heart on top of each little cake.
*Or a gluten-free flour of your choice. **Use more or less until desired color.
These Chocolate Lovers Raspberry Cakes are one of the easiest desserts to make. After whipping up my batter, I just poured it into a sheet pan, baked it for 15 minutes and after cooling, cut them out with a round cookie cutter, added the frosting and a chocolate heart on top! I've broken down all the steps for you in the recipe and the best part is – everything is homemade! I can't wait to make these again for the grandchildren to bring to school on Valentine's Day, although I will just send one layer and not double stacked – less mess in the classroom, and I'm sure they'll be sweetened up most of the day from all kinds of goodies that parents/grandparents send in.
My Chocolate Lovers Raspberry Cakes are a delicious, moist, decadent bite of goodness. They can be made for any occasion just by changing the color of the frosting. Leave them a single layer and send to school or take into work and reward everyone with a little treat to help them get through their day. Oh, and after cutting out the circles from the sheet cake, the outer edges are my favorite part, believe me – you won't be able to stop eating them.
Add a sweet decadence to your Valentine's Day with these Chocolate Lovers Raspberry Cakes that's filled with love and deliciousness.
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It took me the better part of a day yesterday, but I was able to update and test all the 80+ pages of the Ka'anapali Dreamin' site yesterday with breadcrumbs. Part of the work involved was related to the 5 or 6 different page templates I have setup in Dreamweaver for the site, ranging from the simple content pages that only contain one column to the section pages that have a sub navigation menu as well as a sidebar with photos.
It wasn't as complicated as I had thought it would be, since I've been dreading having to do it for a while. Once I got some momentum, it turned out to be more daunting than anything else. That will just go to show me to think of those things up front and work them into a design earlier rather than after that fact. 🙂


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"My dear precious Son, it's hard to believe that you've been gone 3 years already. It's as if time stands still for the broken hearted. I'm grateful for the many blessings that you've brought to my heart & my life as your Mom. Of all the things throughout my life that I've done, there is none more perfect & beautiful than you. There were so many people who remembered & honored your life today. Your life still continues to have a positive impact on others & the world in which we live.You are an amazing son who grew up to be an amazing man. Your light shall continue to shine bright. I love you my Son, my Hero. America's Son & hero. Always. All my love, Mom"
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5 Drawings of James Hansen
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Jimmy O'Keeffe political prankster, who took himself to be the conservative answer to Michael Moore, Borat, Jon Stewart, finds himself and his network of conservo-kids (funded by the Scaifes and Coors) ready for trial and then the Slammer for illegally entering a senator's office.
Here he is on his first day in the Pen, arriving in his Super Fly suit. From here I'd say it doesn't look good for Jimmy. Except perhaps if a Scaife or two can keep him company.


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Individuals interested in a broad variety of career and technical (CTE) programs will have the opportunity to sample these programs through sessions scheduled this fall at Waubonsee Community College.
The CTE Experience event will take place on Wednesday, Nov. 9, beginning at 6 pm. at the Aurora Fox Valley campus, located at 2060 Ogden Avenue. Participants will learn about many of the college's CTE programs in just one night, seeing specialized equipment and labs while having the opportunity to discuss programs with faculty and staff.
For those seeking more detailed information about a specific program, Waubonsee offers ongoing CTE Essentials sessions from 4:30 to 5:30 p.m. on Tuesdays throughout the year at one of the four Waubonsee campuses. These sessions include facility tours, faculty talks, and information focused on program admission requirements and career prospects.
September sessions will feature graphic design, surgical technology and photography. During the month of October, audio production, automation technology, computer-aided design and drafting, health information technology, machine tool technology, mass communications and medical assistant will be featured. November events will focus on computer information systems, emergency medical technician, fire science and web development, while December sessions will highlight nursing and real estate.
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I woke up today before my alarm and thought to myself, "this is a good start - I can get up and start moving." I put shoes on and brushed my teeth...poured some water and went downstairs.
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I warmed up for 5 minutes on the Gizelle and stretched for 5 minutes...and that was all. I just can't seem to keep going. I went upstairs and put on 30DS and did 2 of the stretching exercises with Jillian before I sat down on the floor to cry. I tried to find some more motivating music, but ended up here after checking Facebook.
I HATE EXERCISE. Like seriously hate it. I hate it alone, I hate it with others. I hate it at home. I hate it at the gym. I don't feel good doing it. I feel stupid. I hate the flub flopping around while I'm jumping around. I hate being uncomfortable. I hate sweating. I hate workout videos. I hate exercise machines. And I hate the thought of being seen in public. I also hate being fat and I hate myself for giving up so easily. I feel like I'm being punished...why can't I just be thin again?
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5 Gift Ideas for Sagittarius Men
Sagittarius men are outdoors men. They would like nothing better than to be outdoors enjoying the fresh air on their faces or go for a hike or climb something. The worst thing you can do to a Sagittarius man is to keep him locked inside for a few hours. He had to feel the outdoors even if it means getting to stand in the balcony and watching the traffic for a few hours. Keep this in mind when you are getting a gift for a Sagittarius man. Here are some more gift ideas for a Sagittarius man.
1. A camping kit
He will be over the moon when he receives a camping kit as a gift. Let the kit include a sturdy tent, a small compact stove, a compass, a sleeping bag, a flashlight and a thermos. Since a Sagittarius man loves the outdoors you can bet that he will leave as soon as possible on a camping trip just to test all the things in his new kit.
2. A good backpack or a rucksack
A Sagittarius man is also very much interested in travelling. Nothing excites him more than going to a new place and exploring a different culture. Gift him a trip to a new place or if you cannot afford a trip, gift him a travel book or a travelogue that is interesting and different from the rest. He'd love you.
3. Toolkit for the house or the car
A Sagittarius man is also a Do It Yourself man. Appeal to his inner handyman by gifting him a toolkit to work around the house and fix things up. H may be clumsy at first but soon he will get the hang of it and your gift can turn out to be a gift for you too as soon he will be helping around the house, fixing stuff.


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This was my first visit to Paris. I flew from Palermo, Sicily to Paris on July 3, 1999. As was my habit back in the day, I had some adventure finding public transportation. I recorded the details in my journal: Take the Roissybus to Paris (48F ~$8 USD). I caught this bus at Terminal D, sortie 11. This bus takes you to Place de L'Opera. Go to the left when exiting the bus, then cross the street to the left when you see the Opera building, walk arond the Opera to the right and cross the street to the Opera Metro. I'll spare you the rest on the Metro since it was specific to my Hotel. Nevertheless, this is the adventurous way. I've had enough adventures in my life in finding a cheap way to satisfy my adventurous spirit, so today I would just take a taxi, and it saves time and energy and that is more important than the extra expense sometimes.
DAY 1 (July 4): Walked from the hotel to the Notre Dame Cathedral. Since it was Sunday, there was a church service in progress. Walked around inside for a while, but could not go to the top because of some construction. It began to rain when I came out. Walked along the Seine to St. Chapelle. Headed down BD st. Michel to Jardin du Luxemborg, but stopped along the way at Musee de Cluny (20F ~$3USD). There are many medieval tapestries here. The Jardin du Luxemborg is a beautiful place, well maintained. There is such an array of colored flowers. Sat here for a while enjoying the beauty. Headed over to the Pantheon and had lunch at a cafe. The Pantheon was also closed. Spent the rest of the day wandering around the latin quarter and beyond and on St. Denis I discovered the red light district, which is sort of sleazy as these places usually are, but it seemed safe enough and there were many tourists about.
DAY2 (July 5): Woke up late because of previous days activities. Wednt to Pont Neuf and had a boat tour along the Seine - Up past Eiffel, then back down to just past Notre Dame and returning to Pont Neuf. An enjotable and useful way to scope out the city. Next, I walked along the Seine to Musee D'Orsay, but it was closed. I continued on to Musee Rodin - closed. Had lunch in a small park near the museum (a few things I had bought in a store that morning). I continued on foot, after lunch, to les Invalides where I saw Napoleons tomb and a museum of armory along the cortyard of the the Invalides hospital. Continued to Esplanade de Invalides, across the Seine at Pont Alexandr to the Champs Elysees, then down Champs Elysees to L'Arc de Triomphe. I didn't much care for this area of Paris as it was noisey, crowded and not really much of interest.
DAY 3 (July 6): Exhausted from the past two days, as I expected I would be, I planned to spend my last day at the Louvre. Just my stupidity, I had not checked the days it was open. It's closed on Tuesdays! I wandered around the museum and jardin des Tuileries and then across the Seine to the Musee d'Orsay. Long lines, probably because the Louvre was closed. I didn't feel like waiting. I wandered back down Quai Voltaire along the Seine to BD St. Michel. I bought some postcards on Rue des Halle (1F each!) good deal. I took the Metro home and had a nap. I woke early evening and took the Metro back to Rue Halle where I had spotted an Irish Pub. I had Irish Stew and a couple of beers while I wrote postcards. Leaving the pub and a few doors down was a place called "Chocollate".
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The Niles Daily Star is pleased to continue the historical series on those buried in Silverbrook Cemetery. We join the Friends of Silverbrook Cemetery in welcoming your suggestions and input for future columns.
Louise Reddick Smith would like these stories. She would be particularly proud of this one. Prior to her death in 1910, in a letter to her children about the early history of Niles, she wrote: It (the history) will probably be of more interest to myself, than anyone else, for old people have a way of looking backward and finding more pleasure, than in anything transpiring around them at the present time.
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The Sound of Music follows the story of postulant Maria as she serves as a governess for a naval captain's seven children in Austria once it seems a religious life isn't in her future. The Captain and Maria find themselves falling in love just as the Nazi regime is about to invade Austria.
Rodgers and Hammerstein's most famous show is an almost perfect musical, with the right balance of humorous scenes, joyful songs, and inspirational moments. It was actually their last collaboration together, as Hammerstein would die less than a year after the show opened on Broadway. For the film version that came after Hammerstein's death Rodgers composed one song, "Something Good," which has been incorporated into the touring production. With the exception of that one change, this version of the show appears to be the original 1959 script with the songs exactly as they were written for the original production, including those that were cut for the movie.
Director Jack O'Brien is to be commended for bringing a fresh take to this familiar story. His leads bring an impulsiveness to their characters that makes them seem real, honest and natural. His staging is fluid and almost cinematic at times as he expertly uses Douglas W. Schmidt's large and lush scenic design to paint some beautiful stage pictures and swiftly move us from one scene to the next. O'Brien also perfectly manages the many tasks required to ensure a rewarding production of this show that includes seven children, comedy, romance and drama, without letting the proceedings veer into schmaltz. Schmidt's smart design also includes some stunning backdrops that highlight the surrounding Alps while Jane Greenwood's costumes are flawless and Natasha Katz's evocative lighting provides some lush colors and hues, especially in one scene that evokes the many colors a sunset displays as it evolves into a nighttime sky.
Kerstin Anderson's Maria is both human and humorous. Anderson is stunning in her portrayal of the many layers of Maria. At first she is anxious and unsure of what her true calling is, then confused by the connection she finds herself having with the Captain, and yet at the same time finding simple joy in the time she spends with the children. Throughout, her every action is natural, with some of the most famous lines delivered in a way that makes them seem like they are being heard for the first time. Anderson has a superb singing voice which soars on many of the score's best known songs. As the Captain, Ben Davis is adept at showing how this stern man softens once Maria comes into his life. He has a stellar voice with deep and rich tones and he and Anderson form a passionate duo.
Melody Betts brings a realism and earthiness to Mother Abbess. Her warmth and strong personality nicely balance the strong and softer sides of this powerful woman, and her delivery of "Climb Every Mountain" soars. Good work is also done by Teri Hansen as Elsa, the woman the Captain is seeing when Maria first arrives to oversee the children, and Merwin Foard as Max, the Captain's friend. Foard adds some nice touches of humor in his scenes. Paige Silvester is the Captain's oldest daughter Liesl, and Austin Colby is Rolf the young man she is in love with. They share a sweet duet of "Sixteen Going on Seventeen."
The Sound of Music is a classic show. With a first rate cast and excellent direction that masterfully combine to instill a freshness into the familiar story, the national tour is an almost perfect production of one of the best loved musicals of all time.
The Sound of Music plays through October 23rd, 2016, at ASU Gammage located at 1200 S. Forest Avenue in Tempe. Tickets can be purchased at www.asugammage.com or by calling 480 965-3434. For more information on the tour, visit www.thesoundofmusicontour.com.
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Football fans are going crazy and excited for the AFL Grand Final Parade. the event will be held on Friday, September 30, 2016 in Melbourne. The day of the 120th season Grand Final Parade has also been declared as public holiday. AFL is the most highly attended spectator sport in Australia, and one of the top five best attended leagues world-wide.
The AFL Grand Final Parade event lets people have the chance to see their favorite players who will be competing in the grand final. More than 100, 000 fans are expected to turn up and witness the parade.
"We're still saying people should take some wet weather gear with them because there is a chance there will be a shower during the parade," said forecaster, Beren Bradshaw of the Bureau of Meteorology. He spoke in an interview shared by The Age. Fans are reminded to take some protective gear with them in case the skies open up.
Also read: AFL Wayne Carey, Stephanie Edwards Split: Cheating History to Blame?
However, if fans decide not to risk gettng drenched in a downpour, they can enjoy great sports action using their standard or HD TV. There are also live internet and mobile streaming services available in the convenience of their home.
Fans from Australia may also watch live through Foxtel. They offer a free live TV trial for the AFL 120th season. The broadcast will be in HD with no ad-breaks through the combination of Fox Booty and Fox Sports. Fans can check details of the Foxtel Play free live TV trial, which will be broadcasting the footy events and other popular sports. The service also offers Live AFL streaming to eligible mobile devices through the Foxtel Go App.
Also read: Miss Bumbum Pictures Cause Panic: Suzy Cortez Plans to Play Amateur Football?
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Australia Plus
BT Sport
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FOX Sports
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ICD-9 Diagnosis Code 721.1
Cerv spondyl w myelopath
Diagnosis Code 721.1
Short Description: Cerv spondyl w myelopath
Long Description: Cervical spondylosis with myelopathy
This is the 2014 version of the ICD-9-CM diagnosis code 721.1
Code Classification
Diseases of the musculoskeletal system and connective tissue (710–739)
Dorsopathies (720-724)
- 721 Spondylosis and allied disorders
- Dorsopathies (720-724)
Information for Medical Professionals
The ICD-10 and ICD-9 GEMs are used to facilitate linking between the diagnosis codes in ICD-9-CM and the new ICD-10-CM code set. The GEMs are the raw material from which providers, health information vendors and payers can derive specific applied mappings to meet their needs.
- M47.12 - Other spondylosis with myelopathy, cervical region (approximate) Approximate Flag
The approximate flag is on, indicating that the relationship between the code in the source system and the code in the target system is an approximate equivalent.
Index of Diseases and Injuries
References found for the code 721.1 in the Index of Diseases and Injuries:
- Anterior - SEE ALSO See Also
A "see also" instruction following a main term in the index instructs that there is another main term that may also be referenced that may provide additional index entries that may be useful. It is not necessary to follow the "see also" note when the original main term provides the necessary code. condition
- spinal artery compression syndrome 721.1
- Compression
- spinal (cord) (old or nontraumatic) 336.9
- spondylogenic 721.91
- cervical 721.1
- spondylogenic 721.91
- spinal (cord) (old or nontraumatic) 336.9
- Myelopathy (spinal cord) 336.9
- cervical 721.1
- due to or with
- spondylosis 721.91
- cervical 721.1
- spondylosis 721.91
- Spondylosis 721.90
- cervical, cervicodorsal 721.0
- with myelopathy 721.1
- cervical, cervicodorsal 721.0
- Syndrome - SEE ALSO See Also
A "see also" instruction following a main term in the index instructs that there is another main term that may also be referenced that may provide additional index entries that may be useful. It is not necessary to follow the "see also" note when the original main term provides the necessary code. Disease
- anterior
- spinal artery 433.8
- compression 721.1
- spinal artery 433.8
- vertebral
- artery 435.1
- compression 721.1
- artery 435.1
- anterior
Information for Patients
Any part of your neck - muscles, bones, joints, tendons, ligaments, or nerves - can cause neck problems. Neck pain is very common. Pain may also come from your shoulder, jaw, head, or upper arms.
Muscle strain or tension often causes neck pain. The problem is usually overuse, such as from sitting at a computer for too long. Sometimes you can strain your neck muscles from sleeping in an awkward position or overdoing it during exercise. Falls or accidents, including car accidents, are another common cause of neck pain. Whiplash, a soft tissue injury to the neck, is also called neck sprain or strain.
Treatment depends on the cause, but may include applying ice, taking pain relievers, getting physical therapy or wearing a cervical collar. You rarely need surgery.
- Cervical MRI scan
- Cervical spine CT scan
- Cervical spondylosis
- Neck dissection
- Neck lump
- Neck pain
- Neck pain or spasms -- self care
- Neck x-ray
- Spinal fusion
- Torticollis
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- 24 cookies
- 2 1/4 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1 cup (2 sticks) unsalted butter, softened to room temperature
- 1 cup packed light brown sugar
- 2 teaspoons pure vanilla extract
- 1 teaspoon molasses
- 1/2 cup granulated sugar
- 1 large egg
- 1 large egg yolk
- 1/2 cup coarsely chopped pecans
- 1 cup bittersweet chocolate chips
- coarse sea salt for sprinkling
- In a med bowl, whisk together flour, salt & baking soda. Set aside. Start browning 1/2 cup (1 stick) butter. In a med skillet, melt butter over med heat. Once the butter has melted completely, it will begin to foam and froth as it cooks. The butter will also crackle and pop. That's the water cooking out of the butter. Swirl pan occasionally, keep an eye on melted butter. Butter will become very fragrant and brown bits will begin to form at bottom of pan. Once bits are an amber brown, immediately remove pan from heat, pour browned butter (bits and all) into small bowl. Leaving butter in pan will burn it. Allow butter to cool for 20 min. In bowl of a stand mixer fitted with a paddle attachment, cream remaining 1/2 cup of butter with brown sugar. Cream on med speed until light and fluffy, about 3 to 5 min. Add vanilla extract & molasses, beat until incorporated. Once brown butter has cooled slightly, pour butter (brown bits) into creamed butter & sugar mixture. Add granulated sugar & cream for 2 min, until well incorporated. Add egg & egg yolk, beat for 1 min more. Stop mixer, scrape bottom of the bowl to ensure everything is evenly mixed. Add flour mixture, all at once to butter mixture, beat on low speed until flour is just incorporated. Remove bowl from stand mixer, use a spatula to fold in pecans & chocolate chips. Spoon batter onto a piece or parchment paper or plastic wrap, wrap into a disk or cylinder and seal at both ends. Allow to rest in fridge for at least 30 min. Place racks in center & upper third of oven, preheat to 350 degrees f. Line two baking sheets with parchment paper. Scoop dough by the two tablespoonful onto prepared sheets. Be sure to leave about 2-inches of space between each cookie. Bake for 12 to 14 min of until golden brown. Remove from oven, allow to rest on the baking sheet for 5 min.
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Nutritional Info
- Calories219
- Carbohydrates27 g(9%)
- Fat12 g(18%)
- Protein2 g(4%)
- Saturated Fat6 g(32%)
- Sodium111 mg(5%)
- Polyunsaturated Fat1 g
- Fiber1 g(4%)
- Monounsaturated Fat4 g
- Cholesterol36 mg(12%)


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EMMS drag model UDF
hi. i try to make numerical simulation of a circulating fluidized bed riser using fluent. and i want to use EMMS drag model as a coefficient of exchange between solid and gas. so i must use UDF to incorporate this model into fluent.
the problem is i don't know how to write this UDF.
if someone has such UDF please send to me or give me a hint.
There are several drag laws udf in the udf Manuel of fluent.
You can copy the Schiller-Newman drag law udf from the manual and modify it with your own need.
Hope that will help you.
SHK, Thank You very much for your suggestion.
in the UDF manual i found a ''UDF for customizing the default Syamlal drag law'' and i modified it to obtain EMMS drag model. but when i tried to make the simulation. fluent displayed this message '' error: floating point error:invalid number''. i verified the udf but i can't find the mistake.
This is a general problems that happens with udf many times.
Even mostly when i try to compile the udf form the user manual even they also don't work.
U have to still debug it more and try to use different combination of equations and try to make it work if you are using windows. Many times if is very difficult to make udf work.
Else you can interpret the udf in a linux machine.
Hope that will help you.
I have the same problem. did you manage to solve it?
thanks in advance!
Hi everybody I need to use the EMMS drag model to simulate a gas-solids granular flow. Finally, does somebody get the EMMS UDF properly implemented in ANSYS Fluent?
Hi jipaz,
I did it. It is very esay task because you have already Syamlal model for example you should only modify it.
What is your project?
What is your question?
EMMS Drag Model
Kanarya, thanks for your reply.
The first part of my project is to validate a CFD model for a FCC Riser against Knowlton's et.al. experimental data.
I have already done a first aproximation using the Syamlal-O'Brien drag model (already included in Fluent 12.1), and my results are good, but I have read that I could improve my predictions using a better drag model, this is why I want to include EMMS model.
What is the best way to implement the EMMS UDF, interpreted or compiled?
Could you send the EMMS UDF that you did, just to compare with mine?
By the way, I also need to set Johnson and Jackson Boundary Conditions for wall-solids tangential velocity and granular temperature, but I don't know how to do this task, any help is very welcome.
Thanks in advance.
you should compile it.
I think, to send my code to you is not good idea for you!
you should just modify the code from Syamlal-O'Brien drag which is included in the Udf examples.
I think you do not have much experiance with UDF.
I suggest you to get familiar with it and then you will see that it is not so difficult to implement it.
If you have the code and it is not working you can ask some specific questions and I will try to help you!
in case of Johnson and Jackson Boundary Conditions, it is already in the fluent.just go to solid phase wall boundary conditions and you will see the option!
Thanks Kanarya, you are right I don't have any experience about UDF, but I'll try to do my best, and if I'd have any additional question, I'll send it to the forum.
Also thanks about JJ BC reply
I'm running a FCC Riser gas-solid simulation, and I need to set the Johnson and Jackson BC for Tangential velocity of solids and Granular temperature at wall.
What I've done is to define at wall-surfase_body Boundary Conditions for the solid phase in Momentum/Shear Condition a value for Specularity Coefficient, and in Multiphase/Granular Conditions, selected the Johnson-Jackson option and defined a value for the Restitution Coefficient.
Doing this is the way to define the Johnson-Jackson BC?
I think that specifying the Specularity Coeff I defined the Tangential Velocity BC, but I'm not sure that defining the Restitution Coeff I'm defining the Granular temperature BC.
Any help is very welcome.
Hi every body
i want use RUC drag model for simulation of gas-solid behaviour in fluidized bed and i written cod and im sure that cod is correct but i cant compile it .when i compile it fluent display this message : "Deleted old libudf\ntx86\2ddp\libudf.dll
The system cannot find the file specified."
Does anybody know what's problem?
Thanks a lot
hi ,
You should go to User Defined -> Functions->Manage and delete the libudf file...
I believe you have incorporated EMMS based drag model in fluent ?
I am trying to figure out, did you work out meso scale structures related to your system/operating system and then optimise or use exisiting cases and corresponding case derived drag models such as in B. Lu et al. 2009 Chemical Eng. Sci. 64 3437-3447 ?
I am trying to work out for the drag model according to d = 1.2 mm , rhop = 1000 kg/m^3 with U = 0.9 m/s , but I guess this requires solving 7 non-linear complex equations.
Any insight will be appreciated.
Kind regards
Hi Prashant,
You can use simplified version at the beginning like in
LM. Armstrong 2010,Two-dimensional and three-dimensional computational studies of hydrodynamics in the transition from bubbling to circulating fluidised bed
Best regards,
Thanks for the reference. I would certainly go about coding this.
I have a question on applicability of the generalized drag model in the present paper. the whole idea of the drag model was to account for heterogeneity and meso structures in the systems. There is apparent lack of explanation on how the drag model used is successful in producing these meso-structures which are dependent on fluidization regimes and in extension operating conditions.
As a side comment.
For ever since the drag models like ergun wen yu etc have been applied for a heterogeneous system in an ad hoc way. This drag model has certainly more grounds of applicability. But meso-scale drag model for a particular operating system would be quite logical as the procedure is laid down in the publication earlier mentioned.
I would appreciate, If you have insights to these.
Kind regards
Are you PhD student? what kind of application are u simulating?
Have a look on 4th chapter of this book "Computational Gas-Solids Flows and Reacting Systems: Theory, Methods and Practice"
Yes I am a post grad. I am mostly simulating Geldart B/D fluidization behavior. I am not quite sure if I have access to the book. I request if you have a pdf of the book.
However, I have gone through MFIX documentation by same authors, addressing these issues. I will be happy to read it in detail from the book :) if they present an argument supporting/against the applicability of drag models.
Though I am mostly interested in applicability of EMMS drag models presented in this Armstrong paper.
Thanks again for good reference and persistence with the argument :)
Kind regards
EMMS in fluent 14.5 diverging problem
Hi Kanarya:
I'm simulating a 2D Fluidized Bed Riser in Ansys Fluent 14.5 using an Eulerian approach, k-e turbulent model, Johnson-Jackson wall boundary condition. When I use some drag model included into fluent, I havo no problem about the convergence, but I can not obtain the proper mass flux profiles into the riser, so I tried to use the EMMS drag model as an UDF, I compiled it well, without any error message, but when I started the calculation procedure, before the first iteration I got the following error messages:
Updating solution at time levels N and N-1.
iter continuity u-aire u-solidos v-aire v-solidos gt-solidos vf-solidos time/iter
mp-x-momentum equations:
Divergence detected in AMG solver: pressure correction
Divergence detected in AMG solver: vof-1
Divergence detected in AMG solver: pressure correction
Divergence detected in AMG solver: vof-1
Divergence detected in AMG solver: pressure correction
Divergence detected in AMG solver: vof-1
Divergence detected in AMG solver: pressure correction
Divergence detected in AMG solver: vof-1
Primitive Error at Node 0: floating point exception
Primitive Error at Node 1: floating point exception
Primitive Error at Node 2: floating point exception
Primitive Error at Node 3: floating point exception
I test my problem using the modified Syamlal-O'Brien drag model example, and the run progress properly, so I understand that the problem is the EMMS UDF, but I don't know what I should do. Any help is very welcome.
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Keep an Eye on Your License Plates
A woman said her son found his license plate missing so
called the police to file a report. They told him people
were stealing the
plates to get free gas. Given the rise in gas prices,
people have
taken to stealing license plates, putting them on their
car, then getting
gas and running. The gas station will have "your"
license plate # and
you could be in trouble for "pump and run." Check your
car periodically
to be sure you still have a plate. If you should find it
missing, file a
report immediately!!! Keep an eye on your license plate!
Make sure you
always know it's there! When the license plate is
reported as the "drive off vehicle". it's YOU they contact! Be
aware!!!! Be aware of your
license plates, most of us never look to see if the
plates are there or
90# on Your Telephone
operator confirmed that this was correct so please pass it on.
Check out Snopes.com. This is true and also applies to
cell phones.
The author of this article is unknown.
I received a telephone call last evening from an individual;
identifying himself as an AT&T Service Technician (could
also be Telus) who was conducting a test on the
telephone lines. He
stated that to complete the test, I should touch nine
(9), zero (0), the pound sign (#) and then hang up.
Luckily, I was suspicious and refused.
Upon contacting the telephone company, I
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them to place long distance calls billed to your home phone
I was further informed that this
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The GTE Security Department requested that I share this
information to everyone I know. After checking with
Verizon, they also said it was true. Do NOT press 90#
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The Emergency
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interestingly this number 112 can be dialed even if
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Have you locked your keys in the car?
Hidden Battery Power
Imagine your
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Ten Tips For A Safe Hospital Stay
Laura Nathanson, MD, FAAP
Author of What You Don't
Know Can Kill You
We're going through a sticky patch in hospital care. Patients
and their loved ones often feel that there are too many doctors
(and you rarely see the same one twice) and too few nurses (and
it's hard to get their attention). Worse: it's hard to figure
out just who is in charge -- or whether anyone is. Here's why:
Too many doctors:
Many hospitals are Teaching Hospitals. That means that medical
students, young MD's not yet licensed to practice, (Residents),
and practicing doctors who are earning a Subspecialty degree
(Fellows) all contribute to patient care. And all of
them work under the
supervision of a fully qualified Specialist or Subspecialist.
Many patients have complicated conditions and a resulting
profusion of doctors in various stages of training.
All these doctors may appear at your bedside, individually or en
masse. They rotate in shifts that are shorter than they used to
be; your daytime doctor is unlikely to be your nighttime doctor.
And they change crews as often as week to week.
Nobody in charge:
If you have only two doctors, they need to communicate only with
you and with each other. If you have three doctors, there are
six crosspaths for communication. If you have six doctors, there
are potentially 720 types of doctor-doctor communication. Nobody
checks that every such communication takes place and is
Medical specialists often vie with each other for
decision-making power. Who decides if the lung abscess needs
antibiotics, or surgical drainage? The lung doctors, the
surgeons, or the infectious disease specialist?
Just to top it off, many hospitals now employ their own
Hospitalists -- physicians who are charged with being the final
decision maker at the patient's overpopulated bedside, able to
overrule a Specialist's and or a Primary Care Doctor's
Too few nurses:
We are coping as a nation with a severe nursing shortage. Even
if lots more people were eager to become nurses, there are fewer
and fewer expert Registered Nurses around willing and able to
teach them.
nurses may not only be few and far between, but exhausted by
longer shifts, higher patient loads, the paperwork demanded by
Managed Care and the Joint Commission, (a private, non-profit
watchdog for hospital standards,) and the rapid development of
new skills for them to master.
What can be done?
fall out from these developments can be serious: errors and
delay in diagnosis, dangerous glitches with medication and care
techniques, and oversights in ordinary patient safety.
Here are my suggestions for staying safe in the hospital:
Ensure that a competent adult stays at the patient's bedside,
and goes along on trips requiring wheelchair or gurney, as close
to 24/7 as possible.
That adult should serve as a Sentinel, alert to obvious
deviations in care (food being given to a patient who is
supposed to have nothing by mouth, for instance); ominous
changes in the patient's condition unnoticed by the staff
(increased trouble breathing, poor color, incoherence); and
situations that are dangerous, such as an unconscious patient
who is vomiting and in danger of aspirating the vomitus.
The Sentinel should be prepared to perform tasks that free up
the nurse for more sophisticated patient care. Offer to empty
basins and bedpans, sponge-bathe the patient, tidy the bed, know
where vomit basins, bedpans, towels etc. are located, and how to
help the patient put on a hospital gown. The Sentinel also may
have to call for, or even administer, emergency treatment, such
as suctioning the vomiting patient.
Ask every caregiver not only their name, but their exact title.
If you don't know what the title means ("I'm a first year fellow
in Invasive Radiology," for instance) then ask ("What is a
Fellow? What is Invasive Radiology?").
Ask for the training credentials of the Hospitalist.
"Hospitalism" is not a specialty in itself; there are no
required credentials, no Board Certification in Hospitalism.
Your Hospitalist should be a Board Certified Specialist in the
kind of condition the patient has. If not, or if you're not
sure, call your own Primary Care Physician.
Every student, resident, and fellow works under the supervision
of a senior, board-certified physician. Ask each one who their
supervisor is and the nature of his or her credentials. If a
surgeon-in-training appears at the bedside to perform a
procedure, make sure that the senior surgeon knows about it and
agrees to it beforehand (unless it is a truly urgent situation.)
The potentially most dangerous area of the hospital is the MRI
suite. It contains an extremely powerful magnet that acts on
every magnetizable object in the room. Metal devices or
fragments inside the body can shift and damage tissue. Loose
objects in the room, such as an oxygen tank, will "home in" on
the magnet at great speed, regardless of what is in the way --
such as your head. Make sure your technician has checked on all
possible dangers. There are no "national" guidelines for MRI
Every study or lab test performed is ordered to answer a
specific medical question. For instance, Is the bone broken? Is
the pneumonia improving? Has the heart suffered damage? If you
don't know why a test has been ordered, clarify it and write it
down. Once the test is performed, make sure that the physician
who "read" the results actually answers the question.
Wear a shrill whistle on a chain around your neck, hidden under
your top, to use ONLY in the case of a true desperate emergency.
As soon as possible after discharge, obtain and review the
records of the stay with an eye towards accuracy, logic, and the
credentials of the physicians. Make sure the reports of studies
answer the medical question that was asked, and that the reports
of students and doctors in training have been annotated and
co-signed by the supervisor.
this all sounds daunting, well, it is. But after thirty years as
a physician, and sixty-seven days and nights with my husband in
four different hospitals, I can't honestly offer less
intimidating guidance.
is likely to be decades before we get medical care under better
control, and in the meantime it is up to us, the Sentinels of
our loved ones, to become the crucial missing member of the
Health Care Team: that is, the person ultimately in charge.
Copyright © 2009 Laura Nathanson
Dr. Laura Nathanson
is the author of What You
Don't Know Can Kill You (Published by Collins; May
2007; $15.95US/$19.95CAN; 978-0-06-114582-7) and
The Portable Pediatrician,
as well as several other books. She has practiced pediatrics for
more than thirty years, is board certified in pediatrics and
peri-neonatology, and has been consistently listed in
The Best Doctors in America.
For more information, please visit
Good Information! Women & Heart Attacks - Something all
women need to be aware of.. Author Unknown
We all need to
remember that women's heart attacks and men's are different.
I got this from a friend and wanted to share. When you're
done reading this, be sure to do the same.
I've meant to send this to my women friends to warn them
that it's true that women rarely have the same dramatic
symptoms that men have when experiencing a heart
attack...you know, the sudden stabbing pain in the chest,
the cold sweat, grabbing the chest & dropping to the floor
that we see in the movies. I had a completely unexpected
heart attack at about 10:30 pm with NO prior exertion, NO
prior emotional trauma that one would suspect might've
brought it on.
I was sitting all snugly & warm on a cold evening, with my
purring cat in my lap, reading an interesting story my
friend had sent me, and actually thinking, "A-A-h, this is
the life, all cozy and warm in my soft, cushy Lazy Boy with
my feet propped up." A moment later, I felt that awful
sensation of indigestion, when you've been in a hurry and
grabbed a bite of sandwich and washed it down with a dash of
water, and that hurried bite seems to feel like you've
swallowed a golf ball going down the esophagus in slow
motion and it is most uncomfortable. You realize you
shouldn't have gulped it down so fast and needed to chew it
more thoroughly and this time drink a glass of water to
hasten its progress down to the stomach. This was my initial
sensation---the only trouble was that I hadn't taken a bite
of anything since about 5:00 p.m.
After that had
seemed to subside, the next sensation was like little
squeezing motions that seemed to be racing up my SPINE
(hindsight, it was probably my aorta spasming), gaining
speed as they continued racing up and under my sternum
(breast bone, where one presses rhythmically when
administering CPR). This fascinating process continued on
into my throat and branched out into both jaws.
AHA!! NOW I stopped puzzling about what was happening--we
all have read and/or heard about pain in the jaws being one
of the signals of an MI happening, haven't we?
I said aloud to myself and the cat, "Dear God, I think I'm
having a heart attack!" I lowered the foot rest, dumping the
cat from my lap, started to take a step and fell on the
floor instead. I thought to myself "If this is a heart
attack, I shouldn't be walking into the next room where the
phone is or anywhere else.......but, on the other hand, if I
don't, nobody will know that I need help, and if I wait any
longer I may not be able to get up in a moment." I pulled
myself up with the arms of the chair, walked slowly into the
next room and dialed the Paramedics... I told her I thought
I was having a heart attack due to the pressure building
under the sternum and radiating into my jaws. I didn't feel
hysterical or afraid, just stating the facts. She said she
was sending the Paramedics over immediately, asked if the
front door was near to me, and if so, to unbolt the door and
then lie down on the floor where they could see me when they
came in.
I then laid down on the floor as instructed and lost
consciousness, as I don't remember the medics coming in,
their examination, lifting me onto a gurney or getting me
into their ambulance or hearing the call they made to St.
Jude ER on the way, but I did briefly awaken when we arrived
and saw that the Cardiologist was already there in his
surgical blues and cap, helping the medics pull my stretcher
out of the ambulance. He was bending over me asking
questions (probably something like "Have you taken any
medications?") but I couldn't make my mind interpret what he
was saying, or form an answer and nodded off again, not
waking up until the Cardiologist and partner had already
threaded the teeny angiogram balloon up my femoral artery
into the aorta and into my heart where they installed 2 side
by side stints to hold open my right coronary artery.
I know it sounds like all my thinking and actions at home
must have taken at least 20-30 minutes before calling the
Paramedics, but actually it took perhaps 4-5 minutes before
the call, and both the fire station and St. Jude are only
minutes away from my home, and my Cardiologist was all ready
to go to the OR in his scrubs and get going on restarting my
heart (which had stopped somewhere between my arrival and
the procedure) and installing the stints.
Why have I written all of this to you with so much detail?
Because I want all of you who are so important in my life to
know what I learned first hand...
1. Be aware that something very different is happening in
your body..not the usual men's symptoms, but inexplicable
things happening (until my sternum and jaws got into the act
). It is said that many more women than men die of their
first (and last) MI because they didn't know they were
having one, and commonly mistake it as indigestion, take
some Maalox or other anti-heartburn" preparation, and go to
bed, hoping they'll feel better in the morning when they
wake up....which doesn't happen. My female friends, your
symptoms might not be exactly like mine, so I advise you to
call the Paramedics if ANYTHING is unpleasantly happening
that you've not felt before. It is better to have a "false
alarm" visitation than to risk your life guessing what it
might be!
2. Note that I said "Call the Paramedics". Ladies, TIME IS
Do NOT try to drive yourself to the ER--you're a hazard to
others on the road!
Do NOT call your doctor--he doesn't know where you live and
if it's at night you won't reach him anyway, and if it's
daytime, his assistants (or answering service) will tell you
to call the Paramedics. He doesn't carry the equipment in
his car that you need to be saved! The Paramedics do,
principally OXYGEN that you need ASAP. Your Dr. will be
notified later.
3. Don't assume it couldn't be a heart attack because you
have a normal cholesterol count. Research has discovered
that a cholesterol elevated reading is rarely the cause of
an MI (unless it's unbelievably
high and/or accompanied by high blood pressure.) MI's are
usually caused by long-term stress and inflammation in the
body, which dumps all sorts of deadly hormones into your
system to sludge things up in there.
Pain in the jaw can wake you from a sound sleep. Let's be
careful and be aware. The more we know, the better chance we
could survive...
A cardiologist says if everyone who reads it shares it with
10 people, you can be sure that we'll save at least one
the Eyes of a Rapist
This is important information for females of ALL ages.
Please pass it along.
A group of rapists and date rapists in prison were interviewed on
what they look for in a potential victim and here are some
interesting facts:1) The first thing men look for in a potential victim is hairstyle.
They are most likely to go after a woman with a ponytail, bun, braid
or other hairstyle that can easily be grabbed. They are also likely
to go after a woman with long hair. Women with short hair are not
common targets.2) The second thing men look for is clothing. They will look for
women who's clothing is easy to remove quickly. Many of them carry
scissors around specifically to cut clothing.3) They also look for women on their cell phone, searching through
their purse or doing other activities while walking because they are
off guard and can be easily overpowered.4) Men are most likely to attack & rape in the early morning,
between 5:00a.m. and 8:30a.m.5) The number one place women are abducted from/attacked is grocery
store parking lots. Number two is office parking lots/garages.
Number three is public restrooms.6) The thing about these men is that they are looking to grab a
woman and quickly move her to another location where they don't have
to worry about getting caught.7) Only 2% said they carried weapons because rape carries a 3-5 year
sentence but rape with a weapon is 15-20 years.8) If you put up any kind of a fight at all, they get discouraged
because it only takes a minute or two for them to realize that going
after you isn't worth it because it will be time-consuming.9) These men said they would not pick on women who have umbrellas,
or other similar objects that can be used from a distance, in their
hands.Keys are not a deterrent because you have to get really close to the
attacker to use them as a weapon. So, the idea is to convince these
guys you're not worth it.10) Several defense mechanisms he taught us are: If someone is
following behind you on a street or in a garage or with you in an
elevator or stairwell, look them in the face and ask them a
question, like what time is it, or make general small talk: "I can't
believe it is so cold out here", "we're in for a bad winter." Now
you've seen their face and could identify them in a line-up; you
lose appeal as a target.11) If someone is coming toward you, hold out your hands in front of
you and yell STOP or STAY BACK! Most of the rapists this man talked
to said they'd leave a woman alone if she yelled or showed that she
would not be afraid to fight back. Again, they are looking for an
EASY target.12) If you carry pepper spray (this instructor was a huge advocate
of it and carries it with him wherever he goes,) yell I HAVE PEPPER
SPRAY and holding it out will be a deterrent.13) If someone grabs you, you can't beat them with strength but you
can by outsmarting them. If you are grabbed around the waist from
behind, pinch the attacker either under the arm (between the elbow
and armpit) OR in the upper inner thigh VERY VERY HARD. One woman in
a class this guy taught told him she used the underarm pinch on a
guy who was trying to date rape her and was so upset she broke
through the skin and tore out muscle strands - the guy needed
stitches. Try pinching yourself in those places as hard as you can
stand it; it hurts.14) After the initial hit, always GO for the GROIN. If you slap a
guy's parts it is extremely painful. You might think that you'll
anger the guy and make him want to hurt you more, but the thing
these rapists told our instructor is that they want a woman who will
not cause a lot of trouble. Start causing trouble and he's out of
there.15) When the guy puts his hands up to you, grab his first two
fingers and bend them back as far as possible with as much pressure
pushing down on them as possible. The instructor did it to me
without using much pressure and I ended up on my knees and both
knuckles cracked audibly.16) Of course the things we always hear still apply. Always be aware
of your surroundings, take someone with you if you can and if you
see any odd behavior, don't dismiss it, go with your instincts!!!
You may feel a little silly at the time, but you'd feel much worse
if the guy really was trouble.PLEASE READ THEN FORWARD THIS TO EVERY WOMAN YOU KNOW, IT'S SIMPLE
Good Safety Idea
Always place your car keys next to your bed at night. If you
hear a noise outside your home or someone trying to get in your
house, press the alarm key for your car. The alarm will be set
off and the horn will continue to sound until you turn it off or the
car battery dies.
Next time
you come home for the night and you start to put your keys away,
think of this: It's a security alarm system that you probably
already have and requires no installation. Test it. It will go off
from most everywhere inside your house and will keep honking until
your battery runs down or until you reset it with the button on the
key fob chain. It works if you park in your driveway or garage. If
your car alarm goes off when someone is trying to break in your
house, odds are the burglar or rapist won't stick around.... after a
few seconds all the neighbors will be looking out their windows to
see who is out there and sure enough the criminal won't want that.
And remember to carry your keys while walking to your car in a
parking lot. The alarm can work the same way there..... this is
something that should really be shared with everyone.
This tip
came from a neighborhood watch coordinator.
and Gift Cards
Crooks have found
a way to rob you of your gift card balance. If you buy gift cards
from a display rack that has various store cards, you or your gift
recipient may become a victim of theft. Crooks are now jotting
down the card numbers in the store and then waiting a few days to
call to see how much of a balance THEY have left on the card. Once
they find the card is "activated", they go online and start
shopping. You may want to purchase your card from a customer service
person, where they do not have the gift cards viewable to the
public. You can prevent this theft from happening to a friend or
member of your family. Please share this with all your loved ones...
Recognizing a Stroke
A neurologist says that if he can get to a
stroke victim within 3 hours he can totally reverse the effects of a
stroke, totally. He said the trick was getting a stroke recognized,
diagnosed and getting to the patient within 3 hours which is tough.
Thank God for the sense to remember the "3" steps. Read and Learn!
Sometimes symptoms of a stroke are difficult to identify.
Unfortunately, the lack of awareness spells disaster. The stroke
victim may suffer brain damage when people nearby fail to recognize
the symptoms of a stroke.
Now doctors say a bystander can recognize a stroke by asking
three simple questions:
1. *Ask
the individual to SMILE.
2. *Ask him or her to RAISE BOTH ARMS.
3. *Ask the person to SPEAK A SIMPLE SENTENCE (Coherently) (i.e. . .
It is sunny out today) If he or she has trouble with any of these
tasks, call 9-1-1 immediately and describe the symptoms to the
After discovering that a group of non-medical volunteers could
identify facial weakness, arm weakness and speech problems,
researchers urged the general public to learn the three questions.
They presented their conclusions at the American Stroke
Association's annual meeting last February. Widespread use of this
test could result in prompt diagnosis and treatment of the stroke
and prevent brain damage.
Car Theft Scheme
I received this in an email. I don't know if
it's true or not but it could be. Nonetheless, it does off a tip
which you may not have given thought.
Here's the Scenario:
You walk across the parking lot, unlock your
car and get inside. You lock your doors, start the engine and shift
into reverse. You look into the rearview mirror to back out of your
parking space and notice a piece of paper stuck to the the middle of
the rear window. You shift into PARK, unlock your doors, get out of
the car and walk to the rear to remove the paper (or whatever it is)
that is obstructing your view. When you reach the back of your car,
car-jackers appear out of nowhere, jump into your car and take off!
Your engine was running and they practically mow you down as they
speed off. Guess what ladies and gents? I'll bet your purse and/or
other valuables were still in the car...Your child could also be in
the car!
This is a new car-jack scheme that is now
being used....very successfully.
What to do: Just drive away and remove the
object that's stuck to your window - later. This is especially
important for women - their purses contain all of their
identification and you certainly do not want someone getting your
home address, because - guess what - they already HAVE your keys!
Credited to: Tony Bartolome, Bureau of
Investigations, California Highway Patrol
Hotel Keys
You know how when you check
out of a hotel that uses the credit-card-type room key, the
clerk often will ask if you have your key(s) to turn in...or
there is a box or slot on the Reception counter in which to put
them? It's good for the hotel because they save money by
re-using those cards. But, it's not good for you, as revealed
From the California Bureau of
"Southern California law
enforcement professionals assigned to detect new threats to
personal security issues, recently discovered what type of
information is embedded in the credit card type hotel room keys
used throughout the industry. Although room keys differ from
hotel to hotel, a key obtained from a well known hotel chain
that was being used for a regional Identity Theft Presentation
was found to contain the following the information:
a. Customers (your) name
b. Customers partial home address
c. Hotel room number
d. Check in date and check out date e.. Customer's (your)
card number and expiration date!
When you turn them in to the front desk your personal
information is there for any employee to access by simply
scanning the card in the hotel scanner. An employee can take a
hand full of cards home and using a scanning device, access the
information onto a laptop computer and go shopping at your
Simply put, hotels do not erase the information on these cards
until an employee re-issues the card to the next hotel guest. At
that time, the new guest's information is electronically
"overwritten" on the card and the previous guest's information
is erased in the overwriting process. But until the card is
rewritten for the next guest, it usually is kept in a drawer at
the front desk with YOUR INFORMATION ON IT!!!!
The bottom line is: Keep
the cards, take them home with you, or destroy them. NEVER leave
them behind in the room or in the room wastebasket and NEVER
turn them in to the front desk when you check out of a room.
They will not charge you for the card (it's illegal) and you'll
be sure you are not leaving a lot of valuable personal
information on it that could be easily lifted off with any
simple scanning device card reader. For the same reason, if you
arrive at the airport and discover you still have the card key
in your pocket, do not toss it into an airport trash basket.
Take it home and destroy it by cutting it up, especially through
the electronic information strip!
Information courtesy of:
Pasadena Police Department
Safer Cooking Tips
Follow these tips to protect you and your
family when in the kitchen. Whether stirring up a quick dinner or
creating a masterpiece four-course meal, here's a recipe for safer
cooking you need to use daily.
*To Prevent A Cooking Fire in Your Kitchen*
Keep an eye on your cooking an stay in the
kitchen. Unattended cooking is the #1 cause of cooking fires.
Wear short or close-fitting sleeves. Loose
clothing can catch fire.
Watch children closely. When old enough,
teach children to cook safely.
Clean cooking surfaces to prevent food and
grease build-up.
Keep curtains, towels and pot holders away
from hot surfaces and store solvents and flammable cleaner away
from heat sources. Never keep gasoline in the house.
Turn pan handles inward to prevent food
*To Put Out a Cooking Fire in Your Kitchen*
Call the FIRE DEPARTMENT immediately. In
many cases, dialing 911 will give you Emergency Services.
Slide a pan lid over flames to smother a
grease or oil fire, then turn off the heat and leave the lid in
place until the pan cools. Never carry the pan outside.
Extinguish other food fires with baking
soda. Never use water or flour on cooking fires.
Keep the oven door shut and turn off the
heat to smother an oven or broiler fire.
Keep a fire extinguisher in the kitchen.
Make sure you have the right type and training to use it
Keep a working smoke detector in your home
and test it monthly.
Keep Your Pets Safe During Winter
Keep your cat inside.
Outdoors, cats can freeze, become lost or be stolen,
injured or killed
During the winter,
outdoor cats sometimes sleep under the hoods of cars.
When the
motor is started, the cat can be injured or killed by
the fan belt. Before starting the engine, bang loudly on
the car hood to give the cat a chance to escape.
Never let your dog off
the leash on snow or ice, especially during a
snowstorm--dogs can lose their scent and easily become
lost. More dogs are lost during the winter than during
any other season, so make sure they always wear I.D.
Thoroughly wipe off your
dog's legs and stomach when he comes in out of the
sleet, snow or ice. He can ingest salt, antifreeze or
other chemicals while licking his paws and his paw pads
may also bleed from snow or encrusted ice.
Own a short-haired breed?
Consider getting him a coat or sweater with a high
collar or turtleneck that covers the dog from the base
of the tail on top to the belly underneath. While this
may seem like a luxury, it is a necessity for many dogs.
Never leave your dog or
cat alone in a car during cold weather. A car can act as
a refrigerator in the winter, holding in the cold. The
animal can freeze to death. If your dog is sensitive to
the cold due to age, illness or breed type, take him
outdoors only to relieve himself.
Puppies do not tolerate
the cold as well as adult dogs and may be difficult to
housebreak during the winter. If necessary, paper train
your puppy inside if he appears to be sensitive to the
If your dog spends a lot
of time engaged in outdoor activities, increase his
supply of food, particularly protein, to keep his fur
thick and healthy.
Antifreeze, even in very
tiny doses is a lethal poison for dogs and cats.
Unfortunately, because of its sweet taste, animals are
attracted to it. Be sure to thoroughly clean up any
spills from your vehicle. To prevent accidental
poisoning; more and more people are using animal
friendly products that contain propylene glycol rather
than traditional products containing ethylene glycol.
Call your veterinarian or the ASPCA Animal Poison
Control Center (1-888-4ANI-HELP) if you suspect your
animal has been poisoned
During the winter time
dogs and cats need just as much water as during the
summertime. Make sure water bowls are not frozen over
and never assume they can get their water needs met by
eating snow.
Please remember your pets count on you for their
safety in emergency situations. They cannot fend for
themselves. Treat them as you would any other member of your
family. Here are a few valuable tips from ASPCA.
Emergency Pet Preparedness by the
Hurricanes, wildfires, flood...if disaster
strikes, are you prepared to protect your pets? A few simple
steps can help ensure you won't be caught off guard.
Display a Rescue Alert Sticker - A personalized sticker on your
front door alerts rescue worker to the type and number of pets
indoors. For a free sticker, visit the ASPCA website at
Arrange a Safe Haven - Should you need to evacuate, have a list of
reputable boarding kennels, shelters or local hotels that accept
pets or arrange ahead to bring your pets to a friend's home. Red
Cross disaster shelters will not accept pets.
Prepare an Emergency Travel Kit - Store an emergency kit and leashed
near your home's exit. Include a pet first-aid kit; a two week
supply of pet food, water, pet medications, food dished,
disposable litter trays and photos of your pets (in case your pet is
lost and you need to make posters). A flashlight, blanket (handy for
scooping up fearful pets) and a carrier or traveling case are also
Choose a Designated Caregiver - Give a set of house keys ahead of
time to a trusted friend or neighbor in case you're unable to return
home to your pets. Arrange for a temporary or long-term foster home
in case you cannot care for your pets.
Prepare Your Pets - Collars and tags with up-to-date contact
information are essential for all pets. Bring pets indoors at the
first sign or warning of a storm or disaster. Should your animal
become lost, know where your local shelters and rescue organizations
are located and start looking for a missing pet as soon as possible.
Prepare Your Home:
For high winds: Utility rooms, bathrooms and
basements offer safe havens clear of such hazards as windows or
flying debris.
For loss of electricity: Fill up bathtubs and
sinks with fresh water ahead of time.
For flooding: Select the highest room in you
home that has a counter or shelves where your pet can take
For more information,
to make donations or to report animal cruelty visit the
ASPCA Web site at
Tips from the US Forest Service & Leave No
Trace for Safe & Low-Impact Campfires
Camp in areas where wood is abundant. Go
without a fire if there is little wood at higher elevations, in
heavily used areas or desert settings.
Don't build your fire under overhanging
If there is a fire ring, use it. Keep your
fire small and burn it only while you are using it. Allow the
wood to burn to ash. Put out the fire with water, not dirt.
Don't build fires next to rocks, where black scars will remain
for years.
Clean combustible debris from around the
fire ring
If there isn't a fire ring, consider a
mound fire (directions at the end). A fire pan will also work;
Use a metal oil drain pan or backyard barbecue grill that has
sides at least three inches high. Elevate the fire on rocks or
on mineral soil so the ground isn't scorched.
Collect small pieces of wood no larger
than the diameter of your wrist. Pick them up over a wide area
away from camp. Leave standing wood, dead or alive, intact so it
can provide habitat for birds and insects. Fallen trees increase
the water-holding capacity of the soil and recycle nutrients
back into the environment when they decompose. Avoid using
hatchets or saws or breaking branches off standing or downed
Keep wood and other fuel sources away from
the fire.
Burn all the wood to white ash, soak with
water and scatter the remains over a large area away from camp.
In river corridors, pack out aches. Replace the soil you used in
your mound fire and scatter unused wood.
Pack out campfire litter, including
plastic items, glass and foil-line wrappers that should never be
burned in a campfire.
Provide adequate supervision for children
Never leave your fire unattended
Building a Mound Fire
You'll need a garden trowel or other
digging tool and a ground cloth or plastic garbage bag.
Collect mineral soil, sand or gravel from
an area already disturbed (a hole left by a toppled tree, for
Lay a ground cloth on your fire site and
form the soil into a round, flat-topped mound that is at least 6
inches thick and larger than your intended fire (to allow for
spreading of coals). The thickness is important because it
insulates the ground from the fire's heat. The ground cloth
makes it easier to clean up.
Be On Your Guard - A New Identity Theft Scam
Almost On One Knows About
Identity theft scammers, pretending to work
for local courts, are calling potential victims with the news that
they have failed to report for jury duty and that a warrant has been
issued for their arrest. They then ask victims for personal
confidential information, including Social Security numbers, birth
dates and credit card numbers for verification purposes. This is
exactly the information scammers need to commit identity theft.
The jury duty scam is very new and has already
been reported in nine states: Arizona, Illinois, Michigan,
Minnesota, Ohio, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Texas and Washington.
In reality, court workers do not call
potential jurors and ask for their social security numbers, credit
card numbers and other personal information. Most courts use Postal
mail exclusively for jury matters.
"Whereas it's easy to avoid many scams by
simply using common knowledge, it makes it much easier to protect
yourself if you know about the other scams in advance," said Dr.
Audri G. Lanford, co-editor of Internet ScamBusters.
woman hated to tell him "no" because he had just rescued her
from having to change her flat tire all by herself, but she felt uneasy.
Then she remembered seeing the man put his briefcase in her trunk before
shutting it and before he asked her for a ride to his car. She told him
that she'd be happy to drive him around to his car, but she just
remembered one last thing she needed to buy. She said she would only be a
few minutes; he could sit down in her car and wait for her; she would be
as quick as she could be.
hurried into the mall and told a security guard what had happened; the
guard came out to her car with her, but the man had left. They opened the
trunk, took out his locked briefcase and took it down to the police
police opened it (ostensibly to look for ID so they could return it to the
they found was rope, duct tape and knives. When the police checked her
"flat" tire, there was nothing wrong with it; the air had simply
been let out. It was obvious what the man's intention was and obvious
that he had carefully thought it out in advance. The woman was blessed to
have escaped harm. How much worse it would have been if she had children
with her and had them wait in the car while the man fixed the tire, or if
she had a baby strapped into a car seat. Or if she'd gone against her
judgment and given him a lift.
world we live in has a lot of crazies in it....better safe than sorry.
this along to every woman you have access to. Never let your guard down.
Never tuck an electric blanket in on the sides. It may overheat and
start a fire.
Never flush insecticides down a drain or toilet.
Never smoke while using an insecticide, it may catch fire.
Never use a fan while in a darkroom working with chemicals. The fan
could blow some of the dry chemical into the air and cause a health
Keep baking soda on hand to extinguish a kitchen fire in an
Change all the locks when you move into a new home. You don't know
how many extra keys are floating around town.
Instead of keeping a spare house key in the usual places, like
under the doormat or in the mailbox, wrap the key in foil and place in a
35 mm canister and bury it where you can easily find it.
Don't leave notes for workmen or family members. It's a shout to
burglars that there's no one home!
To keep your tools or items such as ladders, paint the handles of
tools and parts of the ladder with bright colored paint. Thieves tend to
avoid stealing items that are easy to identify.
Fireplace logs can be hollowed out to make a hiding place fro small
Hollow out the leg of a table or chair for hiding small objects.
Drill from the bottom, then cap all the legs with rubber tips.
Frost or cover your garage windows so burglars won't be able to
tell if the car is gone.
Install a peephole in the door separating the house and garage.
That way, if you hear some noises, you can check it out without opening
the door. Always keep this door locked.
Perfumes, makeup and deodorants can lead to the accidental
poisoning of a small child or animal. Keep them stored high.
Install a second peephole for the children who may be home alone,
at some time or another, if they are not tall enough to see through the
standard peephole.
What To Do If Your Wallet
or Purse is Stolen
We've all heard horror stories about fraud that's committed using your
name, address, SS#, credit, etc.
Unfortunately I (author of this piece) have firsthand knowledge, because
my wallet was stolen last month and within a week the thieves ordered an
expensive monthly cell phone package, applied for a VISA credit card,
had a credit line approved to buy a Gateway computer, received a PIN
number from DMV to change my driving record information online and more.
But here's some critical information to limit the damage in case this
happens to you or someone you know. As everyone always advises,
cancel your credit cards immediately, but the key is having the toll-free
numbers and your card numbers handy so you know who to call. Keep those
where you can find them easily (having to hunt for them is additional
stress you WON'T need at that point!).
File a police report immediately in the jurisdiction where it was
stolen--this proves to credit providers you were diligent and is a first
step toward an investigation (if there ever is one). But here's what is
perhaps most important: and I never ever thought
to do this.
Call the three national credit reporting organizations immediately
to place a fraud alert on your name and SS#. I had never heard of
doing that until advised by a bank that called to tell me an
application for credit was made over the Internet in my name. The
alert means any company that checks your credit knows your information was
stolen and they have to contact you by phone to authorize new credit.
By the time I was advised to do this--almost 2 weeks after the
theft--all the damage had been done (there are records of all the credit
checks initiated by the thieves' purchases, none of which I knew about
before placing the alert). Since then, no additional damage has been done
and the thieves threw my wallet away this weekend and someone turned
it in. It seems to have topped them in their tracks.
The numbers are:
Equifax 1-800 525-6285
Experian (formerly TRW) 1-800-301-7195
Trans Union 1-800-680-7289
The Social Security Administration also has a fraud line at
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passing this information along--it could help someone else!
A quick check of the following could make your vacation safer and more
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Ahead of telling a Bible session, you must look for a creative strategy to introduce it. The children know you're going to inform a story sometime, so you don't really need to declare being: "Now it's time for your Holy bible lesson." Also, be careful not to give out the ending inside your intro as: "Today I'm gonna explain to you the tale about how precisely David destroyed Goliath." As an alternative, find a imaginative strategy to create it that will charm the children's attention. In this post, I'll cover 5 effective session introductions. hosea jennifer rothschild
Ask a subject. Think through the storyline and the key position you need to stress and request a question regarding this which the market can relate with. Use the answer to tie up into the start of the history. Let's make use of the scenario of David and Goliath for an instance.
The storyline and the key position
- To the narrative of David and Goliath, the tip of Goliath's spear.
- You might ponder how you can produce concept.
- "How many of you like to enjoy football? How great.
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"Have you been difficult by way of a bully? Bullies are no enjoyment and can make living miserable. Individuals aren't the only models with bully difficulties; often a whole country may be stressed by 1. The nation of Israel was experiencing a massive bully by the name of Goliath."
Been difficult by way of a bully
Inform a concise story. Promote an event in your daily life or somebody you know that should go combined with design of your storyline. If you had a bully problem when being raised, or even have one now, share the problem and ways in which you taken care of it after which switch into your story.
One now share the problem and ways
"After I was your actual age, I had a bully in my classroom that (provide the practical experience.) The challenge I had using the bully had not been fun in any way. Nowadays we're going to take a look with a Enormous bully which was bothering the country of Israel." preaching illustrations
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A straight begin. Often the perfect launch is merely merely setting the picture and moving right into the storyplot.
Often the perfect launch is
"The nation of Israel was disobeying God, and now they dealt with a massive trouble. That issue was really a enormous called Goliath."
With a massive trouble That issue was
Make use of an illustration. Some alternatives incorporate local newspaper cuttings, athletics tales, publication articles, headlines occasions, unconventional information, poems, cartoons, studies, wildlife in nature, and solar power system points. Try to look for an issue that will get hold of the children's interest.
An illustration Some alternatives incorporate local newspaper
"What percentage of you love to perform golf ball? How high off the ground is actually a baseball rim? That's correct, twenty foot. Is it possible to picture just how much the NBA would shell out someone high sufficient, that anytime he stood on his tip-feet his mind would strike the edge? Amazingly, the Holy bible conveys about someone large enough to do exactly that. His label is Goliath."
Use an subject lesson. Study scripture passing for the session and discover what main factor you'll teach. Brainstorm achievable objects you could utilize on your release that correspond with it. Look for a religious application with that object, inquiring God for information and track. Should you need aid, there are many target course guides available online or perhaps in bookstores. bible lessons about faith
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For that tale of David and Goliath, the idea of Goliath's spear weighed 15 lbs. so that you could generate a excess weight and provides the kids a way to attempt lifting it. Yet another probability is to produce a sling (2 very long strings linked to a sq part of cloth) and get the kids should they could just imagine battling a skilled soldier from it.
The idea
You might speculate how one can think of notion following notion for the each week Bible course. The fact is you don't. To discover the release for my Bible instruction, I just request The lord for his direction. The God we function is quite innovative and if you may well ask, he'll promote it with you and give you some astounding course introductions. Whenever you introduce your training in the unstable way it improves the children's entertainment and can make your idea additional thrilling for you. explain the book of revelations
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- Tell a brief story. Share an.
- For that narrative of David and Goliath, the hint of Goliath's spear considered 15 pounds. which means you could.
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