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Active since the establishment of FIC in 2002, Legal Committee has over 70 members which means than one in two FIC members are engaged in the Committee.
Main priorities defined in Committee Programme for the period 2016-2017 are:
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I normally try not to give my readers reasons to leave FilmDrunk, but since Ufford sorta got me this job I guess I kind of owe him. Anyway, I'll stop rambling about things I haven't told you about yet. The story is, WithLeather's head writer is writing a new blog about TV. It's called WarmingGlow, so named for that feeling you get when the hooker stomps your testicles, or a hippie cries. Anyway, you should go check it out, but only if you promise to come back. Please don't make me get a real job! I'm unemployable!
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There are several guides that assist in navigating the ICW. I think this is one of the best. Read on:
Hi Andrew,
Our son is going off to college and Mark and I have moved back aboard full-time.
Unfortunately, we're in Virginia and our fulfillment house in Minnesota is relocating. We need to move our inventory out the door rather than paying other people to move heavy boxes of books for us.
So we decided to throw a "wild and wacky warehouse bonanza sale!"
We're offering all of our cruising guides, chart guides, books and charts at the following discounted rates …
$15.00 Managing the Waterway: ICW (regularly $24.95)
$15.00 MTW: Florida Keys (reg. $24.95)
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These short-term sale prices aren't compatible with our web shopping cart, so if you are interested please reply to this email with your order and a mailing address. I'll reply with options for payment and confirmation of your order.
You can view sample pages and descriptions of each title at: www.managingthewaterway.com.
So please give us a hand here and help us "lighten up"!
And as everyone knows, they make great gifts for other boaters! <hint hint>
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Living room with fireplace, and large balcony with barbecue.
Three excellent rooms, good areas. Wardrobes.
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Full central heating.
Small condominium, and low value.
IMI in the minimum rate of the municipality of Condeixa.
Urbanization with many well-maintained green spaces, has a cafe/bakery, and playground


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City's call on water waste
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Sydney had mandatory water restrictions for the final quarter last year but average annual household consumption was the highest in five years. What does this tell us about mandatory restrictions? They are not useless but they are never more than a minor player in reducing the great Sydney guzzle. Outdoor water use - the target of mandatory restrictions - accounts for just a quarter of overall household consumption. The worrying aspect of analysis of Sydney consumption by the state's pricing regulator is not the seemingly lacklustre impact of mandatory restrictions but how little Sydney water habits have changed over 20 years, despite compelling evidence the city is headed to the big dry.
The Independent Pricing and Regulatory Tribunal (IPART) bluntly warns: "The tribunal is very concerned about the risk that Sydney Water's customers' demand for water will outstrip the existing water supplies." The situation will worsen with environmental proposals to increase flows in the Hawkesbury Nepean river system, it adds.
For all the wise water use promotion, the emphasis on more efficient water devices and restrictions on use, average residential water use last year of 294,000 litres has been mostly constant for the past 10 years. As population grows - Sydney gets an additional 18,500 homes a year - pace quickens to the day of reckoning. Droughts only exacerbate the harsh supply-demand intersection. Their breaking over catchment areas delivers only respite. Clearly, government policies which impose greater water efficiency - such as the 40 per cent consumption reduction on all new houses from July 1 - are only part of a lasting solution.
While Sydneysiders regard life-sustaining water as an inexhaustible, inexpensive commodity, waste will prevail. That two-thirds of Sydneysiders accept the need for restrictions but a similar number complain that their water use is as low as they can take it is a measure of just how much the city fails the ideal. Overwhelmingly, it remains an issue of public mindset. That government has failed to dent this mindset stands as testament to its inadequacy as a water manager.
The first step is to better understand water use patterns - the challenge confronted by the IPART. Household income, pool ownership and dwelling type influence consumption, but the main drivers are household size and responsibility for the water bill.
The 40 per cent of households that do not pay their bills direct to Sydney Water use an average 19 per cent more than households that do. That might recommend the simple solution of including all households in direct billing so that each has a finer appreciation of water's cost. The policy difficulty there, however, is that it would impact hardest on those public and private housing tenants least able to pay.
But substantial change must be affected soon. Jolting consumers to practise conservation by increasing the price of water may prove irresistible, even though it is riddled with equity dilemmas. The easier course is for Sydneysiders to grasp the challenge for themselves.
Uniting states of Europe
Today, Europe unites. That such a moment in history has arrived is, in itself, worthy of great occasion. The accession of 10 mostly former communist nations to the European Union (EU) creates the world's largest political and trading bloc and, finally, dismantles the lingering East-West divisions of the Cold War. Some 450 million Europeans, under the new EU umbrella, will now seek a common path forward in the most ambitious regional integration project every undertaken.
The new EU's detractors say it is at risk of sinking under the weight of a vast, unmanageable bureaucracy and its own, inevitable, internal divisions. Its champions argue the shared commitment of 25 national governments to the EU's structure and ambitions is the best peace movement Europe has ever known. From peace, prosperity and harmony will flow - bridging the cultural, religious and territorial tensions which fomented past conflicts.
The reality will likely be something in between. The eight former Eastern bloc states were struggling under centralised command economies and Communist Party rule only 15 years ago. As new democracies, their economies did not immediately flourish and they bring to the EU a disturbing wealth gap: an average GDP of only 40 per cent of the core 15 EU nations. Along with Malta and (Greek) Cyprus, the accession nations will increase the population of the EU by 20 per cent, but boost its economic might by only 4 to 6 per cent. There is undeniable anxiety in Western Europe over their potential drain on the EU's finances and a possible flood of migrant workers from the East.
The new EU is also likely to face new divisions over Europe's place in the world. France and Germany have sought to project European power as a counterweight to the United States' global dominance, particularly over Iraq and the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. The former communist states, however, have forged loyal links to Washington since the end of the Cold War. National governments are expected to retain vetoes within the EU over foreign affairs as well as taxation, justice and aspects of social policy. The challenges of policy making, and the potential for policy paralysis, under such complex circumstances cannot be exaggerated.
Whether a generic European citizen will ever emerge is another question. It seems most likely, however, that local and cultural identities will be fiercely guarded at least until the impact of the new European architecture can be gauged.


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In the rush to reject bills before the end of session last night (seriously, Sacramento legislators: you have all year to get something done and you just let everything die at the last minute?), state legislators killed the plastic bag-ban bill, AB1998.
The bill's supporters noted that Californians use 19 billion plastic bags every year, which cost the state $25 million to collect and transport. Not to mention the environmental cost of all that plastic — and the aesthetic one. There are some neighborhoods where the only birds are plastic bags that've been caught in trees.
San Francisco's had a plastic bag ban since 2007, and the sky hasn't fallen here. It hasn't killed the economies of Palo Alto, Malibu, or Fairfax either. So eventually, the rest of the state will join us. It would be better to do it sooner than later. But later is the name of the game in Sacramento.


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Amazing Race 21 LIVE Sightings! Tweets Go Here! **please read post 1 update**
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Just came across those amazing race people in sm, while I was stranded w/ no phone and they have camera people to help them. Hmph
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you beat me to it Prophet!
--- Quote from: Prophet on May 25, 2012, 06:00:21 PM ---@callistom Just came across those amazing race people in sm, while I was stranded w/ no phone and they have camera people to help them. Hmph
By sm she means santa monica because her previous tweet said she was there. It's an established account with 671 tweets.
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Good work. I saw this about when you posted it. She put that message out on Facebook too. I wouldn't have expected them to start on Friday. Keep watching, if this is real, there will be more sightings.
I've asked the woman for more information about what she saw. Hopefully she will reply. Since she mentions not having her phone at the time of the sighting, it could have been a couple of hours ago that she saw them.
Pay attention in @Lax_Official to amazing race sighting!!!!!:!!!!
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not sure what he means...?
he is a legitimate tweeter
Not believed to be us. Deep breath everyone!
Im Nacho i Was saying that Pay attention in lax if there were teams there because of the tweet about santa monica im from Arg. I dont live in the states
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Methodological quality and editorial independence of supranational guidelines for chronic diseases in comparison to national guidelines: progress or regress?
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Background: Guidelines published by supranational scientific societies are available for many diseases and can spare resources of national guideline authors.
Objectives: We sought to examine the methodological quality and editorial independence of supranational guidelines (SG) in comparison to national guidelines (NG).
Methods: We analysed the results of guideline quality appraisals which are part of evidence reports for German national disease management (NDM) programs and NDM guidelines. Assessment was done with the German Instrument for Methodological Guideline Appraisal (DELBI) which is based in AGREE or with the AGREE-Instrument by two reviewers independently. We compared means and maximum values of the domain scores on rigor of development and editorial independence of SG with scores of NG.
Results: Results of guideline appraisals for 12 evidence reports containing 207 guidelines were included. In 7 reports searches for guidelines were done between 2006 and 2007 and in 5 reports between 2010 and 2011. National guidelines included were mostly from US (37%), Germany (18%), Canada (15%) and Great Britain (11%). For rigor of development there was no tendency in favour or against SG according to means whereas according to maximum values SG was rated lower in 11 of 12 cases. The same pattern was evident for editorial independence.
Discussion: Our results indicate that SG when compared with high quality NG are often of inferior quality.
Implications for guideline developers/users: The methodological quality of SG should be further improved in order to allow national users to adapt them.


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OMG: Barun strips for his short film
The 5 min 31 secs short-film is helmed by Hanish Kalia is a beautifully conceptualised project on saving water.
Well, the short film is definitely a treat for all the Barun Sobti fans as the he strips and shows off his body while Kritika Kamra looks pretty with minimal make-up.
The film starts with Kritika, shouting at her younger brother on wasting water. Barun, witnesses her yelling at a small kid and ponders over it.
The guy is then seen entering his apartment and going on the bathroom to freshen up and turning the tap on and then carelessly moving out keeping it open.
Kritika rings the doorbell and asks for a glass of water for little brother. To his surprise, Barun's flat is devoid of a single drop of water. Check out the video to find out what happens next
What do you have to say about this short film?
Do you think Barun looks sexy as he strips for the act?
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Jim Yong Kim, Aaron Shakow, Arachu Castro, Chris Vande, Paul Farmer
The burden of tuberculosis: Individual health burden (2)
- Once 'active', without treatment up to 2/3 die
- Transmission occurs by inhalation of droplet nuclei: small clusters of TB bacteria aerosolized by coughing of a sick patient
- TB is susceptible to UV light, including sunlight, so transmission facilitated by overcrowding and poor ventilation
- Malnutrition and HIV/AIDS increase individual risk of progression from infection to active TB
Once a patient develops active disease, without treatment up to two thirds will die. Transmission occurs by inhalation of droplet nuclei-small clusters of TB bacteria aerosolized by the coughing of a sick patient. TB is susceptible to ultraviolet light, including sunlight, but transmission is facilitated by overcrowding and poor ventilation. Additionally, the transition from infection to disease is highly dependent on the integrity of the host's immune system. Malnutrition and diseases compromising immune response, especially HIV/AIDS, greatly increase an individual's risk of progression from infection to active TB disease.


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These DIY ideas couldn't be easier, right?! Hoping you all have a wonderful ♥ day!
I've got a lunch date with hubby later on.
Hmmm, wonder if we can stop by the craft store on the way back....
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Hi there. If you've arrived at this blog via the Times Union's page in the print edition, then welcome. Every Thursday, I turn over my blog to showcase ten of the best blog articles and posts from my fellow Times Union community and independent bloggers. I hope you enjoy these blogs, and that they engage you in thought, in laughter, in reflection and in consideration. And if you like reading them today, you might enjoy reading them in the future.
And today's collection includes…
- Ken Screven's blog, "Hoffman, heroin and a heroin memory."
- Don Rittner's blog, "Albany's history of destroying its history."
- Zan Strumfeld's "The Zan Blog, "I am a walking cliché."
- Reverand Alan Rudnick's blog, "Bill Nye crushes creationist in debate."
- Alyssa Johnson's "Discovering Wildlife" blog, "What have I been up to?"
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- Azra Haqqie's "Muslim Women" blog, "The 'Nobel Prize' for Public Service."
- Richard Seegal's "Your Brain: An Owner's Manual" blog, "Eat sh*t and live – gut bacteria and your brain."
- Brad Shear's Mohawk Hudson River Human Society blog, "Sochi's Dogs."
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A Demon Gets Around In These 3 Sneak Peeks Of Sleepy Hollow's "Vessel"
Anxiously awaiting that all new episode of Sleepy Hollow? Don't worry, the series makes its exciting winter return this Monday. In the mean time we've got a few sneak peaks to get you ready.
In "Vessel," Frank bumps heads with Moloch's body jumping demon, Anticif, and is ordered to hand over Washington's bible. If he doesn't? Harm will come to Macey. While Frank tries to protect his family, Abbie and Ichabod must search through Corbin's archives for clues about how to defeat the demon. In the process, they uncover a secret about Jenny's past.
RELATED | A Case of Demonic Possession Hits Close to Home in Sleepy Hollow's "Vessel"
Everyone's a potential possession target, from Sleepy Hollow police offers to a young Macey. Can Frank stop the demon in time, and what is he willing to do to get keep his family safe? Corbin also makes a return, popping up in an old recorded video. A 19 year old Jenny is there with him, however something's not quite right…
Check out the sneak peeks below, then watch "Vessel" this Monday, January 13th at 9:00 – 10:00 PM ET/PT on FOX.


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You didn't have to worry about programming, charging the batteries, or need to punch through a series of screen menus just to make a call.
If you were lucky your phone allowed you to adjust the loudness of the ring. You were unable to torture those within a 20-foot radius with Van Halen serenading you every time someone calls.
Nor did you need a technician to tell you how to use the phone. They came out to your house at a specific predetermined time instead of giving you a window between 6 a.m. and 6 p.m. They crawled around pulling wires, scampered up the telephone pole in the alley to monkey with something, and you were in business. You had two choices – a wall phone or a standard phone. If you were drowning in money, you got the princess phone that usually went into the bedroom. And for obvious reasons, most guys didn't like talking on princess phones. Go figure.
It also was pretty simple to figure out what it cost you. The phone company was pretty Unitarian. One phone line cost you $10 a month – you can tell how old I am – while a second phone line was $2. Instead of selling you a phone that costs $350 that you can buy for $50 through a rebate program that combines the worst aspects of scavenger hunting, coupon clipping, and translating hieroglyphics you instead leased the phone for a low, low monthly price. Ma Bell was forced to actually offer to "sell" you a phone when some Swedish company that inspired the original Volvo 240 tank car design started flooding the American market with cheap $10 black phones that were clunky.
The actual cost of making a call was straight forward. If it was local – as defined by the toll call area – it was included in the monthly fee. Long distance calls were charged in relationship with the distance you yakked.
Not anymore.
Figuring out calling plans today isn't an art or a science. It is sheer madness.
First there are the plan's basic minutes. Then you might be able to get free calling from 7 p.m. to 7 a.m. during a full moon unless it rains three days prior. Weekends might be included in the basic cost of the plan at no charge unless you exceed your minutes that in turn means you just sign over your next two paychecks to your wireless carrier.
If you get lucky you will have rollover minutes that are then tracked in a billing statement that would befuddle a certified public accountant.
It gets worse. Let's say you have three phones on your plan and you've taken your phone in to find out why it won't charge any longer. The clerk notices that your plan expires in November but you can do a partial upgrade on one line and a full upgrade on the other line, switch one upgrade to your line, tear apart a box and mail parts of it to Bombay and – viola – it will cost you $19 – before tacking on $1,267.18 in various state and federal taxes to buy a new phone.
Then, to show you that you can spend money to save money, they suggest you change your account to save $50 a month. Naturally this makes you a tad suspicious since you once were a customer of Ma Bell and grew up on their marketing strategy. So they show you another plan and because you don't text offers pricing with and without texting. If that doesn't confuse you there is a 35 cent per minute overcharge fee. And even if you don't use web access if you buy a certain phone you have to pay another $11 a month so you can download "Law & Order" while you're driving down Highway 99 speeding past a CHP car.
The clerk then asks which plan you prefer.
It is when you arrive at the point in what was supposed to be a simple five-minute trip to the phone store is on the verge of turning into a two-day ordeal that you realize this is when even Nostradamus would throw up his hands in frustration and tell the clerk, " I dunno, you tell me which one."
Come to think of it, I think Nostradamus did predict the coming of great confusion sweeping the earth with people babbling non-stop using instruments that look like transporters from Star Trek.
As for me I don't need a cell phone that can double as a video projector or web access to keep track of my stocks tanking as I'm walking the dogs. I just want a cell phone that makes calls that I don't need an MBA in accounting to figure out what it is costing me.


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Mike Nolan Hired as Atlanta Falcons New Defensive CoordinatorJanuary 17, 2012
The Atlanta Falcons have found the guy to replace Brian VanGorder as defensive coordinator and his name is Mike Nolan.
ESPN reported the story earlier today via the Associated Press and it seems to be news that will excite the Falcons' fanbase. After the news broke that Dirk Koetter was taking over as offensive coordinator, many Falcons fans questioned the front office and ownership for not bringing in a bigger name.
However, Nolan is definitely a big-name coordinator. He was previously the head coach for the San Francisco 49ers and has been the defensive coordinator for the Giants, Redskins, Jets, Ravens, Broncos and Dolphins. Nolan is one of the most experienced defensive coordinators in the game and is widely regarded as one of the best defensive minds in the NFL.
He is surely going to help out a Falcons defense that has, for the most part, not been much of a threat to opposing offenses in recent memory. The defense in Atlanta has talented players, but it has always seemed to lack something, and hopefully Nolan can figure out what that is.
The Falcons have a good amount of key free agents on defense, including guys like Brent Grimes, Curtis Lofton and John Abraham. If the Falcons can re-sign some of the important pieces to that defense and make good moves in free agency and the draft, then they could be an elite unit in the near future.
Nolan is likely to bring a 3-4 scheme with him, which could be exactly what the Falcons need. They have great linebackers in Atlanta with guys like Lofton and Sean Weatherspoon. The Falcons have the defensive line that could excel in a 3-4 if they make a couple of key moves, like bringing in another elite pass-rusher and drafting a big nose tackle.
Atlanta made a great move by signing Nolan and allowing him to come in and change up their defense. We watched what a switch from 4-3 to 3-4 did this year for Houston, and let's hope something similar happens to the Falcons.
Atlanta definitely has the offense to be a constant competitor in the NFL, and they may have just hired the guy that can give them the same thing on defense.


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Spectral properties of reversible one-dimensional cellular automata
Mora, J. C., Vergara, S. V., Martinez, G. J. and McIntosh, H. V. (2003) Spectral properties of reversible one-dimensional cellular automata. International Journal of Modern Physics C, 14 (3). pp. 379-395. ISSN 0129-1831 Available from: http://eprints.uwe.ac.uk/7898
Publisher's URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1142/S0129183103004541
Reversible cellular automata are invertible dynamical systems characterized by discreteness, determinism and local interaction. This article studies the local behavior of reversible one-dimensional cellular automata by means of the spectral properties of their connectivity matrices. We use the transformation from every one-dimensional cellular automaton to another of neighborhood size 2 to generalize the results exposed in this paper. In particular we prove that the connectivity matrices have a single positive eigenvalue equal to 1; based on this result we also prove the main result of this paper: the idempotent behavior of these matrices. This property is an important feature for detecting which one-dimensional cellular automata are reversible. Hence we present a procedure using the eigenvectors of these matrices to find the inverse rule for a given reversible one-dimensional cellular automaton. Finally illustrative examples are provided.
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text: Comparison of Initial Experiences of Robot-Assisted Radical Cystectomy With Those of Laparoscopic for Bladder CancerTeishima, Jun MD, PhD; Hieda, Keisuke MD; Inoue, Shogo MD; Goto, Keisuke MD; Ikeda, Kenichiro MD; Ohara, Shinya MD, PhD; Kobayashi, Kanao MD; Kajiwara, Mitsuru MD, PhD; Matsubara, Akio MD, PhDInnovations:Technology and Techniques in Cardiothoracic and Vascular Surgery: July/August 2014 - Volume 9 - Issue 4 - p 322–326 doi: 10.1097/IMI.0000000000000056 Original Articles Abstract Author Information Article Outline Objective The aim of the present study was to evaluate perioperative outcomes in initial experiences of robot-assisted laparoscopic radical cystectomy (RARC) in comparison with those of laparoscopic radical cystectomy (LRC) for muscle-invasive or high-risk non–muscle-invasive bladder cancer. Methods We performed RARC on six patients with muscle-invasive or high-risk non–muscle-invasive bladder cancer starting in October 2011. During the same period, another five patients underwent LRC. Perioperative outcomes in initial experiences of RARC were elucidated by comparing them with those of LRC. Results Robot-assisted procedures were completed in all cases without conversion to open surgery. The median time of pneumoperitoneum was 252 minutes, and the median blood loss was 340 mL. No severe complications were observed. Perioperative outcomes did not significantly differ between RARC and LRC. Although two cases of troubles in uretero-conduit anastomosis sites were observed after LRC, no patients experienced postoperative complication related to urinary diversion after RARC. Conclusions Our data indicate that RARC is an acceptable option even in the initial period, and it may become one of the most favorable procedures for treatment of muscle-invasive bladder cancer in the near future, although more tests and longer follow-ups are required to confirm its effectiveness and safety. From the Department of Urology, Integrated Health Sciences, Institute of Biomedical & Health Sciences, Hiroshima University, Hiroshima, Japan. Accepted for publication December 17, 2013. Disclosure: The authors declare no conflicts of interest. Address correspondence and reprint requests to Jun Teishima, MD, PhD, Department of Urology, Integrated Health Sciences, Hiroshima University, 1-2-3 Kasumi, Minamiku, Hiroshima 734-8551, Japan. E-mail: firstname.lastname@example.com. Abstract MATERIALS AND METHODS Patients Surgical Procedures Statistical Analysis RESULTS DISCUSSION CONCLUSIONS REFERENCES CLINICAL PERSPECTIVE Open radical cystectomy (ORC) has long been widely performed as a standard treatment option of muscle-invasive or high-risk non–muscle-invasive bladder cancer.1 However, ORC has many disadvantages, such as a long incision, long abdominal wall retraction, poor visibility, high rates of blood transfusion, prolonged exposure of the peritoneal surface, and postoperative wound pain. Thus, minimally invasive surgery besides ORC is required. Several studies have reported the laparoscopic radical cystectomy (LRC) as a minimally invasive technique and have demonstrated its safety and feasibility.2–4 In Japan, LRC was approved to be covered by the national health insurance system in 2012. Although LRC is expected to overcome some disadvantages of ORC, its technical difficulty may lengthen operating time or cause fatigue of surgeons.5,6 The da Vinci surgical system (Intuitive Surgical Inc, Sunnyvale, CA USA) was pharmaceutically approved in November 2009. It enables us to perform more precise procedures than conventional surgical approaches do using robotic forceps with joint function and high-resolution three-dimensional vision. Therefore, it is expected to contribute to overcoming the procedural difficulty of conventional laparoscopic surgery. In addition to LRC, robot-assisted radical prostatectomy (RARP) using the da Vinci surgical system has been approved for coverage by the national health insurance system in April 2012, a first for robot-assisted surgery in Japan. It has since spread rapidly. Because robot-assisted surgeries are still just beginning, few studies have evaluated their benefit for Japanese patients. We installed robot-assisted laparoscopic radical cystectomy (RARC) using the da Vinci surgical system with two arms at the same time as LRC. We herein report the initial experience of using RARC compared with that of LRC. Back to Top | Article Outline MATERIALS AND METHODS Patients Starting on October 2011, six patients with muscle-invasive or high-risk non–muscle-invasive bladder cancer underwent RARC (RARC group) conducted by a single surgeon who had experiences with 10 cases of RARP for prostate cancer and had never experienced routine LRC. The ethical committee in our institute had approved RARC before we started because it has not yet been approved for coverage by the national health insurance system in Japan. During the same period, another five patients with muscle-invasive or high-risk non–muscle-invasive bladder cancer underwent LRC (LRC group). Which procedure was selected depended on the desire of each patient. Characteristics of the patients are listed in Table 1. The ages, indices, Charson comorbidity indices, and clinical T stages of the patients in the RARC group were compared with those in the LRC group. TABLE 1 Back to Top | Article Outline Surgical Procedures The outline of RARC is as follows: The transperitoneal approach with six ports shown in Figure 1 was used. Under general and epidural anesthesia, a 12-mm trocar for the camera was placed above the umbilicus by an open laparotomy technique, and then pneumoperitoneum was started. Two 8-mm robotic ports were placed at 8 cm lateral to the umbilicus. A 12-mm assistant port was placed 8 cm lateral to the left-sided robotic port. A 5-mm suction port was placed between the camera and the right-sided assistant port. A 15-mm assistant port was placed between the camera and the left-sided assistant port. The patients were placed in a lithotomy position with 30-degree Trendelenburg tilt. After docking of a patient cart, surgery was started. The colon was mobilized medially, and bilateral ureters were identified. They were isolated proximally and then distally to the level of the bladder wall and were then divided using Hem-o-lok clips (Weck Closure System, Research Triangle Park, NC USA). Frozen sections of ureteral margins were analyzed to confirm whether they were free of cancer tissues. Bilateral cutting margins of the retroperitoneum were jointed at the Douglas fossa, and after the blunt dissection beneath the posterior bladder wall, lateral vascular pedicle of the bladder was divided using a shield device. Bilateral seminal vesicles were identified and isolated. Denonvilliers' fascia was divided, and the posterior layer of the prostate was bluntly dissected from the anterior side of the rectum. Bilateral lateral vascular pedicles of the prostate were divided using a shield device after incision of endopelvic fascia. Medial umbilical ligaments and the urachus were divided, and the prevesical cavity was exposed. The dorsal vein complex was divided. Bilateral common, external iliac, internal iliac, and obturator lymph nodes were dissected. The urethra was sufficiently exposed and divided after suture-ligature for the distal side, the bladder and the prostate were isolated, and then the resected specimen was kept by Endocatch II (Covidien Ltd, CT USA) inserted from a 15-mm port. When necessary, urethrectomy was performed using a perineal approach by other surgeons. The left ureter was moved to the right side through the retroperitoneal cavity. The patient cart was undocked, and the Trendelenburg position was restored to the flat position with the legs open. The wound for the camera port was extended to 5 cm (Fig. 2), and the bladder and the prostate were removed out through it. Bilateral ureters were moved through the wound, and then the ileal conduit was made extracorporeally. FIGURE 1 FIGURE 2 Laparoscopic radical cystectomy was performed using the same approach as RARC. Back to Top | Article Outline Statistical Analysis A two-sided comparison for several variables between the RARC and LRC groups was performed by Mann-Whitney U test using Stat View (version 5.0; SAS, Cary, NC USA). P values less than 0.05 were statistically significant. Back to Top | Article Outline RESULTS Characteristics of the patients are listed in Table 1. There were no significant differences in age, body mass index, or history of abdominal surgery. All 11 patients underwent RARC or LRC without conversion to open surgery. In the first case of RARC, it took a long time to isolate the ureters and move the left ureter to the right side, and blood transfusion was required. Perioperative data are listed in Table 2. There was no significant difference in estimated blood loss, operative time, or insufflations time between RARC and LRC. Although two cases of troubles at the ureteroconduit anastomosis sites (urine leakage and difficulty in removal of ureteral stent after surgery) were experienced after LRC, postoperative complication related to urinary diversion was not experienced after RARC. TABLE 2 Pathological examination of specimens resected by RARC revealed that the component of urothelial carcinoma in situ was shown at the resected margins of bilateral ureters in one of the cases but no positive surgical margin in the other cases. The number of resected lymph nodes was 4 to 31 (median, 11) in RARC, which was not significantly different compared with that in LRC (6–42; median, 12; P = 0.8548). Lymph node metastasis was detected microscopically in one case after LRC. All six patients after RARC and five patients after LRC returned to normal daily life after leaving our hospital and have continued to be followed up without clinical recurrence. Back to Top | Article Outline DISCUSSION A previous study has demonstrated that LRC by well-experienced surgeons is expected to obtain surgical outcomes equal to those of ORC.6 Despite its benefit as a minimally invasive surgery, LRC has a long learning curve, and it has been difficult to spread widely because of its procedural complexity. Binder and Kramer7 demonstrated the procedures of RARP as the first report of robot-assisted surgery for urologic diseases. Robot-assisted radical prostatectomy has spread widely as a standard technique since being approved by the Food and Drug Administration. A previous study has demonstrated that more delicate procedures in a small pelvic cavity using three-dimensional vision in RARP lead to less bleeding, shorter hospitalization, and quicker recovery of urinary and sexual functions.8 Because there are many similarities between RARC and RARP, the advantages of RARP are expected also in RARC. The number of times surgeons perform RARP and the surgical outcome of RARC have been reported to correlate positively.9 In our institute, we first had set up a special team for RARP consisting of not only urologists but also anesthesiologists, nurses, and medical engineers and had them master handling the da Vinci surgical system through 10 cases of RARP before RARC was started. Reports about RARC have increased since it was initially reported by Menon et al10 in 2003. Several studies demonstrated its surgical outcomes, including significantly less bleeding than ORC even in the beginning periods.11–14 In contrast, in Japan, although laparoscopic surgery has long been widely spread for urologic diseases and most Japanese urologic surgeons are well experienced in laparoscopic surgery, robot-assisted surgery is still just beginning. On the basis of these situations, which procedure, RARC or LRC, was more suitable for Japanese urologic surgeons in the initial periods was unclear. Thus, we compared the perioperative outcomes in initial periods of RARC with those of LRC in this study. As a result, there was neither perioperative nor pathological outcomes that significantly differed between RARC and LRC. The da Vinci surgical system enabled safe and precise procedures using the forceps with joint function in all steps during surgery including mobilization of the ureters and the intestines. Patients who had undergone RARC had no severe complication. These results indicate that RARC was a tolerable procedure even in the initial period. Because larger targets such as the urinary bladder and the prostate are handled during surgery in RARC, the role of the assistant is very important. In RARC, we used only two arms without the third arm. Although the third arm is a useful tool for a surgeon, it often collides with other instruments of the robot arm or of the assistant in the initial period. Instead of trocar for the third arm, the port for the assistants was placed so that they could perform more effectively using both arms. On the other hand, for surgeons who have gained mature techniques after enough experiences, there might be the advantage of the third arm in some cases. Urinary diversion in LRC has been reported in both intracorporeal4 and extracorporeal6 methods. Also in RARC, although some studies have reported whole processes of surgery intracorporeally,15,16 others have demonstrated the procedures of RARC with extracorporeal urinary diversion after undocking the patient cart.17,18 We considered the necessity of the lithotomy position with 30-degree Trendelenburg tilt in RARC and the elongation of the pneumoperitoneum with CO2. Therefore, urinary diversion was performed after undocking, stopping the pneumoperitonem, and changing the Trendelenberg tilt to a flat position in our observations. The ileal conduit was able to be completed using median wound for the camera port elongated to 5 cm. In the first case, it took a long time to mobilize the left ureter during ileal conduit, resulting in the elongation of total operative time and increase in bleeding volume. It is difficult to isolate and mobilize the ureters in the small midline wound extracorporeally. After that, the ureters were sufficiently isolated, and the left ureter was sufficiently mobilized through the retroperitoneal cavity using da Vinci, and operative time has been shortened since the second case. Another theme in our experiences of RARC is lymph node dissection. A previous study reported that 30 cases of experiences were required to establish a technique dissecting more than 20 lymph nodes in RARC.19 Although the median number of dissected lymph nodes in our experiences is 11, a total of 32 lymph nodes were dissected in the sixth case. The quality of lymph node dissection might be expected to improve after further experiences are accumulated but in a shorter learning curve. Because many patients with bladder cancer are elderly, they often have cardiovascular or respiratory illnesses. Therefore, we must carefully consider the risk for perioperative complication originating in the overload for the circulatory system and elevated ocular tension caused by elongated Trendelenburg position or the pneumoperitoneum. Although there was no severe perioperative complication in our six cases, three have cardiovascular illness and one has a respiratory illness. Although the risk for postoperative complication in RARC has been reported to be equal to that in ORC, biases in the selection of patients were pointed out in such retrospective studies.20–22 Further accumulation of the experiences and long-term follow-up of RARC and high-volume, prospective studies might be required to confirm the safety and efficacy of RARC. Back to Top | Article Outline CONCLUSIONS In Japan, robot-assisted surgery is just beginning, whereas laparoscopic surgery has already spread widely. Even in such situations, we successfully experienced the initial cases of RARC as same as those of LRC. Our impression is that RARC is a safe and acceptable option for surgical treatments of muscle-invasive or high-risk non–muscle-invasive bladder cancer. Robot-assisted laparoscopic radical cystectomy might be expected to become a standard procedure in the near future after the recent rapid spread of robot-assisted surgery in Japan.Back to Top | Article Outline REFERENCES1. Dinney CP. Therapy of invasive bladder cancer. Urology. 2006; 67 (suppl 1): 56–59. Cited Here... 2. Türk I, Deger S, Winkelmann B, Schönberger B, Loening SA. Laparoscopic radical cystectomy with continent urinary diversion (rectal sigmoid pouch) performed completely intracorporeally: the initial 5 cases. J Urol. 2001; 165 (pt 1): 1863–1866. Cited Here... 3. Gill IS, Kaouk JH, Meraney AM, et al. Laparoscopic radical cystectomy and continent orthotopic ileal neobladder performed completely intracorporeally: the initial experience. J Urol. 2002; 168: 13–18. Cited Here... 4. Gill IS, Fergany A, Klein EA, et al. Laparoscopic radical cystoprostatectomy with ileal conduit performed completely intracorporeally: the initial 2 cases. Urology. 2000; 56: 26–29. Cited Here... 5. Basillote JB, Abdelshehid C, Ahlering TE, Shanberg AM. Laparoscopic assisted radical cystectomy with ileal neobladder: a comparison with the open approach. J Urol. 2004; 172: 489–493. Cited Here... 6. Hemal AK, Kolla SB, Wadhwa P, Dogra PN, Gupta NP. Laparoscopic radical cystectomy and extracorporeal urinary diversion: a single center experience of 48 cases with three years of follow-up. Urology. 2008; 71: 41–46. Cited Here... 7. Binder J, Kramer W. Robotically-assisted laparoscopic radical prostatectomy. BJU Int. 2001; 87: 408–410. Cited Here... 8. Ficarra V, Novara G, Artibani W, et al. Retropubic, laparoscopic, and robot-assisted radical prostatectomy: a systematic review and cumulative analysis of comparative studies. Eur Urol. 2009; 55: 1037–1063. Cited Here... 9. Hayn MH, Hellenthal NJ, Hussain A, et al. Does previous robot-assisted radical prostatectomy experience affect outcomes at robot-assisted radical cystectomy? Results from the International Robotic Cystectomy Consortium. Urology. 2010; 76: 1111–1116. Cited Here... 10. Menon M, Hemal AK, Tewari A, et al. Nerve-sparing robot-assisted radical cystoprostatectomy and urinary diversion. BJU Int. 2003; 92: 232–236. Cited Here... 11. Wang GJ, Barocas DA, Raman JD, Scherr DS. Robotic vs open radical cystectomy: prospective comparison of perioperative outcomes and pathological measures of early oncological efficacy. BJU Int. 2008; 101: 89–93. Cited Here... 12. Guru KA, Sternberg K, Wilding GE, et al. The lymph node yield during robot-assisted radical cystectomy. BJU Int. 2008; 102: 231–234. Cited Here... 13. Pruthi RS, Smith A, Wallen EM. Evaluating the learning curve for robot-assisted laparoscopic radical cystectomy. J Endourol. 2008; 22: 2469–2474. Cited Here... 14. Kauffman EC, Ng CK, Lee MM, Otto BJ, Wang GJ, Scherr DS. Early oncological outcomes for bladder urothelial carcinoma patients treated with robotic-assisted radical cystectomy. BJU Int. 2011; 107: 628–635. Cited Here... 15. Jonsson MN, Adding LC, Hosseini A, et al. Robot-assisted radical cystectomy with intracorporeal urinary diversion in patients with transitional cell carcinoma of the bladder. Eur Urol. 2011; 60: 1066–1073. Cited Here... 16. Canda AE, Atmaca AF, Altinova S, Akbulut Z, Balbay MD. Robot-assisted nerve-sparing radical cystectomy with bilateral extended pelvic lymph node dissection (PLND) and intracorporeal urinary diversion for bladder cancer: initial experience in 27 cases. BJU Int. 2012; 110: 434–444. Cited Here... 17. Murphy DG, Challacombe BJ, Elhage O, et al. Robotic-assisted laparoscopic radical cystectomy with extracorporeal urinary diversion: initial experience. Eur Urol. 2008; 54: 570–580. Cited Here... 18. Gondo T, Yoshioka K, Nakagami Y, et al. Robotic versus open radical cystectomy: prospective comparison of perioperative and pathologic outcomes in Japan. Jpn J Clin Oncol. 2012; 42: 625–631. Cited Here... 19. Hayn MH, Hussain A, Mansour AM, et al. The learning curve of robot-assisted radical cystectomy: results from the International Robotic Cystectomy Consortium. Eur Urol. 2010; 58: 197–202. Cited Here... 20. Sung HH, Ahn JS, Seo SI, et al. A comparison of early complications between open and robot-assisted radical cystectomy. J Endourol. 2012; 26: 670–675. Cited Here... 21. Smith AB, Raynor MC, Pruthi RS. Peri- and postoperative outcomes of robot-assisted radical cystectomy (RARC). BJU Int. 2011; 108 (pt 2): 969–975. Cited Here... 22. Orvieto MA, DeCastro GJ, Trinh QD, et al. Oncological and functional outcomes after robot-assisted radical cystectomy: critical review of current status. Urology. 2011; 78: 977–984. Cited Here... Back to Top | Article Outline CLINICAL PERSPECTIVE This case series examined 6 patients who underwent robotically assisted laparoscopic radical cystectomy and compared those to another 6 patients undergoing laparoscopic radical cystectomy for muscle invasive or high-risk non-muscle invasive bladder cancer. There were no differences in perioperative outcomes between the two small groups. The authors felt that robotically assisted laparoscopic radical cystectomy is a feasible option in this group of patients and further studies are needed to confirm both effectiveness and safety. The principal weaknesses of this study are the small number of patients and its non-randomized nature. 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So I saw it while it was open (although he gives me permission anyway) and while it was mostly not all that bad--he searches a bunch of our mutual friends both girls and guys--I did notice that some people cropped up more than others, usually girls, but all girls he knows. A couple were older ladies he knows through a work organization, some good friends of both of ours from HS, even a couple exes here and there, but not very often. The one that made alarm bells go off in my mind was a girl who had a crush on him before, but he never went out w her or hooked up or anything bc he didn't like her in that way. Plus she has a boyfriend now and lives far away. If he would've wanted her he totally could've had her cause she really liked him! I just don't get why he would search for her somewhat frequently ever since then, but then again, I don't get why he'd also somewhat frequently search for some of those other randoms (i. e. old ladies, etc) in the mix either. Am I acting paranoid and psychotic or do I have a valid concern? PS- he's never really given me reason to doubt and is "squeaky clean" in his messages and interactions w people on FB. He's also moving out of state for a job which isn't helping my state of mind any! PPS- I'm usually NEVER like this and am feeling embarassed for even asking!
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Go to bissell.com and look it up there.or call all-type vacuum and janitorial supply and ask for lisa or bonnie.tell them pete reccomended them.314-275-8006 ... Vacuums
My bissell brush band has come off and wont stay on thus the brush will not turn, there is also a black arm type thing on a spring inside (on both sides) on the pump belt side it has broken - the side where the brush belt is, help im searching for parts and a way to fix it but im getting no joy, incidentley the brush belt thickness looks way to thick for the small thickness for the brush belt cog (?) to stay on........am i missing something? so i need to get the arm thing replaced plus find a
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Hi my proheat bissell 7901 stopped pumping water to the floor, but it pumps water from the hand hose. I read the manual and followed how to check belt and the flat belt on right side of shampooer is fine and I turned on and it turns and so do the brushes at the bottom of the machine. I was reading online and I guess there's two belts on this machine? where can I find the other belt to see if it needs replacing. I guess it's a ribbed belt? that is the water pump belt?
Just taken ours apart with the same problem... found it was caused by the 2 halves of the main casing coming apart in the area where the upright pedal release is. I found this to be due to the upper casing having broken in 2 places - the bottom of th ... Bissell 7901-1 ProHeat Scotchgard Upright Wet/Dry Vacuum
I have a Bissell Upright Proheat 2x and the dual power brushes wont rotate. I went to replace the drive belt and noticed the drive shaft does not turn when power is turned on. What shall I check next?
Is there a light that comes on when you "turn the power on." If there is no light, and the unit is plugged in, how do you know there is current going to the motor? Sounds like there might be a break in the cord. Examine the cord near the plug end ... Bissell 9500 ProHeat 2X CleanShot Upright Deep Cleaner, Red Berends Vacuum
We have a Hoover upright vacuum cleaner, model Core 7. There is a switch that turns on and off the brush drive. This operates via a cam with a bearing putting pressure on the final drive belt to engage the brush head. My brush head is not turning and with the lever set to engage the drive there is still considerable slack in the final drive belt. There appears to be only a bearing deflecting the belt, should there be a pully or other device mounted on this bearing? There is so much slack a
Yes, there should have been a white plastic sprocket on top of the bearing - in its channel the belt would sit. Unfortunately no parts are available for this unit that can be bought retail - only available by order to dealer repair shops.\012\012\012 ... Hoover Vacuums
I havea Bissell ProHeat Model 7901. My problem is that the brush doesn't rotate. I have removed the access cover and both belts and found that the central cylinder for both belts is frozen and will not turn easily. Both belts are fine, except they are now burnt from this cylinder not being able to rotate. What I need is how do I remove the top cover to get at this cylinder to remove it and free it up?
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Bissell Power Track Cyclonic Upright Bagless Vacuum.. ..The spin brush works laying down....when upright it won't spin! I cleaned any and all hair from the roller....belt is not broken....but do I need a new belt though? The vac is a few years old bever replaced the belt yet.
You need a new belt. ... Vacuums
Bissell 8910e Aromapro. Jams when being pushed along floor. I think brushes drop down and cause problem. However brushes turn when machine is laid flat. Motor works. Doe it need new belt ?
Check your depth adjustment on your brushes ... Bissell Vacuums
I need instructions on replacing the belt that drives the brushes on a Bissell powersteamer pro deluxe carpet cleaner. Could the broken belt have anything to do with the suction of the cleaner?
Here is a link to the belts you need and a link to the manual:Bissell 1697-7 Manual and Replacement Belts ... Bissell 1697-7 Powersteamer Pro Deluxe Vacuum
Have a bissell easy vac 3130-B and the brush on the bottom stopped turning i never looked before so i don really know if it turned in the first place
Behind the brush will be a metal thing that spins when the vacuum runs. That's what the belt loops over with the other end around the brush. You can sometimes find the belts a places like wal mart. ... Vacuums
Need new belt 210-0130, bissell easy vac - Bissell 3108 EasyVac Powerbrush Upright Vacuum
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Bissell Proheat 2x Series 8920 - Brush Belt Metal Shaft Sprocket won't turn
Most likely the brush motor is bad and not turning, part #2036757, would sell for around $23. To get to it, start taking out screws on the top cover, that motor is under the that top access cover. ... Bissell 8910 ProHeat Clear View Upright Vacuum
My Bissell Model 3760-4 is not working properly. The belt has been replaced (and checked 3 times), but the brush bar does not move when the brush motor button is on. The little metal turning piece that turns the belt is turnable with one's finger when the belt is off, but when we put it all back together and turn on the vacuum, the brush bar does not go around and the burning belt smell returns. The portable part of the machine works properly. It's the brush bar. It has been cleared of hair, etc
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I have the bissell power force bagged upright vacuum and the brush is not turning, I have replaced the belt but the brush will not move but the metal piece that is hooked to the motor that spins the belt and brush is turning but the brush won't, and the belt starts to burn
Sounds like your brush roll is seized. Remove the brush roll (see picture) and make both of the end caps spin freely. If not, replace it and you should be set. *An example of a brush roll* ... Bissell 3522 PowerForce Bagged Upright Vacuum
I have a bissell easy vac and the metal part that spins the rubberband and brush keeps overheating and burning all the belts I replace. What should I do?
Sounds like the beater brush is frozen and won't turn. Remove the beater brush and clean off all debris, especially at both ends. ... Vacuums
Hi, i have a hoover steam vac agilty. the brushes on the bottom front quit spinning. they are not locked up as i can freely turn them by fingers. is there a belt that i need to replace? if so, how do i get at it to replacec it? thank you for any assistance
The brushes on all hoover steam vacs are air opperated it uses the suction of the vacuum motor to spin a turbine and in turn spin the brushes. Most likely that path of air is clogged with hair or carpet fuzz. On the top of the machine there is a litt ... Hoover Vacuums
I have a Hoover Windtunnel U 6439-900. The agitator brush will not turn. I installed 2 new belts, # 38528034, and # 38528-035 There is so much slack in belt # 3852034 (brush drive) that it cannot grip the brush. There does not seem to be any adjustment to take up the slack. I've put in new belts twice now & cannot get brush to rotate or tighten the belt to the brush.
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We are trying to replace the belt on the bissell 89q9 model. We purchased belt 8 and got in onto the brush however the brush doesn't spin anymore. Even trying to turn it by hand doesn't work. One end of the brush has a round end to slide in (clear end piece); however the other has a rectangular end to slide in (black end) so we don't even know how it ever turned. Any suggestions?
Remove the beater brush assy & remove the\015\012shaft & brgs that go through it 7 clean out the \015\012hair,fuss ect,so it will turn\015\012\015\012You need to take your vacuum apart once a year or more\015\012to clean ... Vacuums
Kenmore Canister Vac, Progressive, 25512 255513 model. Brush won't turn. One end of the brush roller, end closest to belt, is off center which is keeping it from turning freely. The end cap is like a square. Other ends turns fine. Do these end caps come off? If so how? Can't get it to budge. This is exactly what is keep brush roller from turning.
Take a flat head screw driver and pry the end cap off. It will come off. You might have some string or hair around it causing it to not turn. ... Kenmore 25512/ 25513 Progressive Canister Vacuum
Bissell 8920 proheat x2 brushes not turning i only noticed this after i finished cleaning.. or kinda cleaning because of the brushes ntot turning.. water comes out fine suction is fine but its not scrubbing so its not as clean as it could be. manual part works well water coming out hot. I did take it apart and cleaned off all the hairs in hopes maybe that was it.. put it together still nothing.. No idea how the belts should look onit and i cant find a picture or a video showing how belts look o
Hello,\015\012\015\012Here's a link to a very helpful video that shows you step by step on how to access and replace the belt on your machine. When the brushes stop spinning, but the rest of the machine works fine, this is a tell-tale ... Bissell 9500 ProHeat 2X CleanShot Upright Deep Cleaner, Red Berends Vacuum
Hoover windtunnel t series belt is loose- roller brush doesnt turn. Its brand new belt is slipping. we bough new belts and putthem on same problem. Can not find solutio in manual. Is the belt supposed to go around the "metal pulley". I know it goes around the little metal motor thing, then thru the guide and around the brush. What is the metal pulley??? Is is the larger round silver thing between the guide and roller?
I also have a loose belt and have bought additional belts but have the same problem. I put the it around the metal rotor and around the brush roller a shown by he Hoover video, and it is loose. ... Hoover S3765-040 WindTunnel Bagless Canister Vacuum


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As you probably already noticed, in MM4 there's a nice device config page, which displays a device image. This image can be specific (for the iDevices, for example) or generic.
In my house there are six or seven different devices (5th gen iPod, Nokia 5310, microSD cards, USB thumb drives, wife's Xperia, ...), which I sync frequently, using MM (obviously!). As I wanted all my devices displaying the CORRECT device images, I dug the Internet searching for hi-res images and edited then all to create MM friendly transparent PNG versions.
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As I found it funny, I just searched for other well known devices and also created device images for them. Now I'm sharing all the device images I've created, so you all can benefit. If you want other well known devices added to this gallery, just let me know. I'll find a good resource image, edit it appropriately and publish here.
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Kenny Rogers has announced his star-studded "All In For The Gambler: Kenny Rogers' Farewell Concert Celebration" will take place at the Bridgestone Arena, in Nashville, Tennessee on October 25.
Related: Country Music Legend Kenny Rogers Announces Retirement from Touring
Rogers had previously announced that the world tour he is currently on would be his final time performing around the globe.
This event will honor Roger's iconic 60-year career and feature a final duet between Rogers and Dolly Parton. The night will showcase performances from Rogers, Little Big Town, Alison Krauss, The Flaming Lips, Idina Menzel, Jamey Johnson, Elle King and more.
"This will be an unforgettable way to celebrate with my talented friends, who I'm so grateful to have crossed paths with," Rogers said. "It means so much that they would feel compelled to do this for me. Of course, the night would not be the same without Dolly Parton being part of it. We've enjoyed a special friendship for decades, and I'll forever look back fondly on the many collaborations, performances, and laughs we've shared as some of the most extraordinary moments of my career. I know it will be a moving experience for us standing on that stage together for one last time."
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TITLE: Reconciliation
By Helga Doermer
"Thanks for showing me the ropes. I don't need your help anymore."
Stunned, I didn't know how to reply to the girl I had considered my best friend over the previous four years. What had I done? There had been no warning that something was wrong with our relationship. I walked away in shock. I couldn't even cry.
The daughter of our new minister, she was a stranger to our church when I first met her, a few years earlier. Close in age - we were both twelve - it seemed quite natural for me to approach her and befriend her. She readily responded to my invitation. Over the next few years we frequently played together, dreamed together and shared our fantasies. Our friendship blossomed. When she dropped her bomb, it seemed to come from nowhere and penetrated so deeply, I wasn't even aware of the depth of the wound. By that time, she was well-acquainted with the other members of the youth group. She flourished and become a popular someone who frequently basked in the spot light of center stage. Meanwhile, weighed down by a broken trust and suddenly uncertain of myself, I faded into the shadows and silently looked on from the periphery of a group that I had once been an integral part of. When she finally married and moved away, it mattered little to me. At some level, I may have been relieved.
Years later, when we were both mothers of adolescents of our own, we came face to face at a women's retreat. My intent was to stay out of her way. When she approached me, I could feel the shock waves of the old wound surging through me. My response to her greeting was polite, but wary. When she pursued the conversation, by asking how I was and asking about my family, the same wariness framed my answers. With no real interest, but a sense of obligation, I inquired about her well-being and that of her family. Throughout the weekend, she spoke to me whenever she saw me, even though she seemed to have an awareness of my lack of warmth. It was almost as if she was attempting to work out a puzzle, and was searching for the missing pieces. I had no intention of enlightening her. My guard remained up in her presence. She would not be given the opportunity to hurt me again.
My discomfort in her presence was so great, that after that weekend I lived with a sense of dread of running into her again. She had moved back to the city and belonged to the same church conference, so it seemed inevitable that our paths would cross. It was at this juncture that the root of the wound surfaced in my consciousness. Something needed to be done. The feelings of anxiety and antagonism needed to be addressed. Walking into every conference activity loaded with the apprehension of a chance meeting could not go on. Finally, I could bear the tension no longer. Compelled by the Spirit, I wrote her a letter, at last responding to the insensitive words she had spoken so long ago. I gave voice to my feelings; including my need to forgive her, to free myself from the power I had given her to hurt me. The writing was cathartic. The dread of meeting her dissipated.
After two years of silence, a soft pink envelope arrived in the mail. When I saw her neatly printed return address in the corner, my hands began to tremble. Unable to imagine why she would write after such a long time, I could not open the envelope immediately. Bracing myself with deliberate, slow, deep, breaths, I finally gathered up the courage to see what was inside. The letter surprised me. It began with an apology for the delayed response. It continued with the hint of an invitation to mend the rift in our relationship. The message was to call. I could not do it. Rather than racing to the phone, my response was a cautious note. It was to give me much needed time to compose myself and prepare for our first intentional meeting after twenty-five years of estrangement.
She was the first to initiate person to person contact. Two phone calls later, we made arrangements to meet. It had been a little more that two months from the time I received the letter that we finally saw each other. Our meeting place was symbolic – a coffee shop midway between our homes. Though both of us experienced the need to get together, we also experienced some apprehension. Our nervousness was apparent as we took turns getting our coffee, then fussing with the cream and sugar as if we were partaking of a sacred ritual. It also took a while to get comfortable in our seats. It was only then that we began to observe the formalities of greetings. Gradually we eased into conversation about our families, our present lives, and our faith. Finally, we addressed the situation that had caused the rift between us. For the first time I heard what had compelled her to abandon me so callously out of the blue. Still a residual tension lingered. The clock moved on. When the time we had allocated for our meeting had run out, we both knew that the last moment could make the most significant difference to our relationship. It was as if we simultaneously set aside our caution, rose from the table and reached out to each other in a spontaneous embrace. Years of separation were spanned. An old wound was healed, with an understanding born of maturation and the willingness to risk trusting again.
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Mayor Daley's Kids and Kites
September 20, 2003
Early in the day, this Circoflex was one of the few kites flying.
Before the kite festival could start, There were several attempts to get the Spirit of Glen Ellen, a Wright Flyer replica into the air. Unfortunately, this is as close as it got in the almost non-existant winds.
The lack of wind did not keep Charlie Sotich and his crew of kite makers from making around 2000 kites during the day.
Here is the obligatory shot of my Trilobite after the wind had "bubbled up".
I was joined by Bob Rymaszewski, Greg and Carrie Rasberry and Barbara Wagner.
All of those little specks in the background are the sled kites from Charlie's workshop.
Early in the day, this Circoflex was one of the few kites flying.
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The 2016 Democratic National Convention might have had a tumultuous opening on Monday in Philadelphia — but it ended in triumph.
On the one hand, there was the matter of leaked internal emails that showed the Democratic National Committee plotting to undermine Bernie Sanders and propel Hillary Clinton's campaign, which forced DNC Chair Debbie Wasserman Schultz to put down her gavel and resign from her position.
Then there was an entirely different matter of disappointed Sanders supporters who repeatedly interrupted pro-Clinton supporters with loud boos and jeers. The "Bernie or Bust" crowd kept on chanting the Vermont senator's name, prompting comedian Sarah Silverman to call them "ridiculous." This, of course, was followed by a cacophony of "Bernie! Bernie!"
However, once the former presidential hopeful took the stage himself, his fans calmed down a little.
"I understand that many people here in this convention hall and around the country are disappointed about the final results of the nominating process," Sanders began. "I think it's fair to say that no one is more disappointed than I am."
The senator, in a methodical and pragmatic manner, explained to his supporters that they had no choice but to make peace with the situation and participate in the election. To drive his point across, he told them to take a moment and think about how Republican presidential nominee, Donald Trump, would mean to "civil liberties, equal rights and the future of our country."
"Any objective observer will conclude that based on her ideas and her leadership, Hillary Clinton must become the next president of the United States," Sanders told a cheering crowd. "The choice is not even close."
The truth is, the Democratic Party cannot afford any infighting right now. While the cracks in the party leadership are as clear as day, the Democrats have to present a unified front if they want to tackle the possibility of a Trump Presidency.
Sanders not only praised and endorsed Clinton in her speech, he also told the crowd that he would hold her to the promises she has made, once she is elected as the next commander-in-chief.
He also made it clear that this election is not about him — it is about "the needs of the American people" and, "ending the 40-year decline of our middle class." The senator talked about "the reality that 47 million men, women, and children live in poverty" and about "ending the grotesque level of income and wealth inequality that we currently experience."
Unlike the 2016 Republican National Convention, where "Never Trump" movement made quite a ruckus and a former presidential hopeful refused to endorse the party nominee, the DNC seems to have better odds when it comes to party unity. The real test will be when Clinton takes the stage.
For the Democrats, the stakes are simply too high to allow divisions. If Michelle Obama's rousing speech is any indication, Clinton has the whole-hearted support from popular party figures — including many of Sanders supporters.
However, there is still some room for contention — as Jane Sanders was caught on a mic, saying, "They don't know your name is being put in nomination. That's the concern," right after the senator told delegates, "We have got to elect Hillary Clinton and Tim Kaine."
"They don't know your name is going to be put in nomination" Jane Sanders caught on hot mic at #DNC2016 pic.twitter.com/IQhY1FXyzJ— Ruptly (@Ruptly) July 25, 2016
Here's to hoping that the next three days of DNC will provide more proof of party unity, because America definitely cannot afford a loud-mouthed, lying, racist, sexist billionaire with no political experience whatsoever, in charge of its economy and military.