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Set of 6 Antique French Renaissance Walnut Dining Chairs with Embossed Leather
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A rustic set of 6 antique French Renaissance chairs dating to 1900 with a row of charming turned spindles, a carved shell motif on the crest, and handsome straight, fluted legs with bun feet. These Antique French Renaissance Chairs have the original embossed leather backs with a scrolling leaf design, but unfortunately the seats needed to be upholstered with new leatherette material dyed to blend with the original leather backs. This nice set of antique chairs would look great in your home!
In its broadest sense, leather is any type of tanned animal hide. Different types of leather are characterized by both the type of animal skin used and the tanning and manufacturing methods employed. Artifical leather (pleather, leatherette) is a fabric of finish intended to substitute for leather in upholstery and clothing where a leather-like finish is required but the actual natural material is cost-prohibitive or unsuitable. EuroLux Antiques uses the word leather to define both natural and artificial leather.
In overall good condition. Antique and vintage items by their very nature show normal wear to finish and miscellaneous scratches, nicks, and dings due to age and use. As we define 'good condition' relative to the stated age of the piece, we would expect to see 'character marks' consistent with that age and could include nicks or dings on a piece of furniture, normal separation at joints in wood due to expansion and contraction over time, minor damage to veneer has been stabilized, most locks functioning, most drawers and doors open or slide easily, some original trim may be missing or has been replaced with genuine period-correct substitutes or new reproductions, and there may be one or more splits in the wood due to age and use. If there has been a break in the marble, it has been repaired and the repair may be visible. There may be minor restoration that is visible. Chairs considered 'good condition' may have professional structural repairs but are considered to be structurally sound. These types of repairs may be visible upon close inspection. Upholstered items may show wear consistent with age and use and may need to be reupholstered. EuroLux Antiques makes no representation regarding the comfort of chairs or useability for the customer's particular application.
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Shows normal wear, nicks and dings, consistent with age. Seat bottom upholstery has been replaced with vinyl, dyed to blend with the original leather seat backs and there are some imperfections with the new upholstery. Original leather seat backs show minor scuffs, cracks and tears due to age.
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Henry II RENAISSANCE REVIVAL: HENRY II AND HUNTING STYLES
As the middle class rose in status and wealth with the advent of the Industrial Revolution in the 19th century, more people were able to afford furniture. This flattening of society in combination with technological advancements created a surge of furniture production. Improved transportation meant a greater variety of wood was available at lower costs. For the first time, furniture became accessible and affordable to the common man. From the 1830s to the end of the 19th century, furniture makers reached back to earlier historical styles, and reinterpreted them with a great deal of creativity and experimentation. Although machines were used to increase speed and productivity, most of the carvings were still done by hand. Consumers were hungry for large, ornate and heavily carved furniture that would impress their friends and family and show off their newly found wealth.
The Renaissance Revival style is marked by massive proportions and heavy, ornate carvings. Most furniture was produced in dark oak and walnut. There are actually several sub-styles that fall under the broader Renaissance Revival style and include the Henry II (Henri II) style, Hunting style, Mechelen style, and Louis XIII style.
In France, the Renaissance style is often referred to as Henry II (Henri II) style, based on the reign of Henry II (1547 - 1559), although it is surprising that the style was not named for his father, Francis I. Considered to be the great French Renaissance monarch, Francis I (1515 - 1547), a contemporary of Henry VIII in England, was a great supporter of the Arts and the Humanities. Enamored with Italian Renaissance art and architecture, he convinced Leonardo da Vinci and other great Italian artists to move to France and work at his court, decorating his many palaces and chateaux (palaces out in the country rather than in Paris) in the lush Loire Valley. He actively collected artistic works by Raphael, Michelangelo, and Titian, which were the beginning of the magnificent art collection of the French kings on display today in the Louvre in Paris. Decorative hallmarks of the Henry II style include arches, pediments, columns, finials, carved flowers, fruit, scrolls and often references to Greek and Roman mythology, including male and female heads, faces or figures.
The Hunting style developed as an exotic way to decorate the royal and aristocratic hunting lodges (the chateaux of the Loire Valley). Furniture makers specialized in detailed carvings of winged griffins, lion's heads, and trophies of the hunt, including deer, fish, eels, rabbits, birds, and dogs. Lush foliage in the form of leaves and berries were often carved along edges of buffets and on the backs of chairs, while the bases of tables were often carved to represent the beasts of the hunt: dogs, boars, deer, and foxes. 19th century consumers of the Renaissance Revival style were crazy for the massive, heavily carved and ornate Hunting style and many pieces also included intricate stained glass doors in the upper cabinets.
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- 1900
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- Width: 17 inches
- Height: 35 inches
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- Weight: 68.4 pounds
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Defence Quota for MBBS/BDS 2009-2010
Applications have been invited by the Kendriya Sainik Board, Ministry of Defence, for the reserved defence seats in Medical/Dental Colleges as Government of India Nominee under Defence quota.
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alentejo small marbled pot
Handmade wheelthrown pot made with a mix of stoneware in natural earth colors.
Slightly glazed with a fine layer of transparent. Natural portuguese unprocessed cork lid.
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A legendary won't cut it. I'm talking a complete overhaul of the type. One of the most used types is immune to it, it's weak to one of the two most common attack types, and it's only strong against an incredibly uncommon and weak type that is also weak to two of the better types (fire and ice).
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Perhaps an ability will do it then? Lets have an ability called rust, which makes poison types attack be super effective against steel types. I think this will be a fair trade as it won't be a major changes to the game.
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Which like, 90% of Pokemon can use. And it doesn't get stronger when used by a poison type. Considering all that, why would you ever use a Poison type because of its type? There are no advantages other than absorbing toxic spikes, yet a myriad of disadvantages. That means, on average, over 5% of Pokemon are basically useless merely because of their typing.
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Meh, I've never really cared for the Ferro family. I'd rather have the starter be Steel/grass. Or Dark or Ghost/grass. And as for the fire weakness, well, all I can say is: Some things never change. The fire type so far has destroyed many, many, grass pokemon and it'll most probably continue to do so until kingdom come, or at least until the last Pokemon game comes out. Whichever comes first. At least with Steel a grass type can get rid of a couple weaknesses here and there. Or at least weaken the increased power.
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After eight years of marriage Josh Brolin and Diane Lane have split. Yep another celebrity couple bites the dust.
People magazine has confirmed that Brolin and Lane have decided to go their separate ways. Not only that but the very private couple has actually been separated for a couple of months. A source tells the magazine that it was a hard decision for them but the relationship has simply run it course, blah blah blah. That is what I call a generic statement from an alleged source.
The soon to be ex-spouses were actually introduced by his step mom, who is none other than Barbra Streisand, back in 2002. They dated for two years before becoming hubby and wife in 2004. The relationship has not been without its troubles that is for sure. He has some issue with drinking, which culminate on New Years Eve 2013 when he was arrested for public intoxication.
Speculation that these two may be dunzo began when he was spotted sans his wedding ring in January. The rumors heated up when she headed to the Sundance Film Festival alone so that she could give pal Ricard Gere an award. It has been awhile since Josh and Diane have been spotted together but for most of their marriage they did a really good job of keeping their life on the down low, so them not being seen together was not a big deal.
A Diane Lane and Josh Brolin divorce has not been confirmed, as of now the two are just separated, which means there could be the possibility of a reconciliation. I have to say I liked them as a couple and I kind of thought they would go the distance, despite their troubles. Perhaps it is just because of the characters she plays in her films but I wanted her to find that happy ending. What do you think about the apparently not so sudden split of Brolin and Lnae?


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August 16, 2006 we welcomed our first baby into the world, Big Sister.
Her nursery polka dots and ladybugs, so it seemed fitting her first Halloween costume follow suit.
Being a new mom of a fairly young baby, I felt the need to do something homemade.
My first attempt at making a costume for my own child and I was up for the challenge.
At the time it seemed next to impossible to find the time to work on her little costume. Looking back now I laugh at all the free time I had in those first few months!
I purchased some red duck cloth fabric from Joann's, cut out 4 tiny wings, sewed two together like a pillow, turned them inside out, got out my black craft paint, made a few polka dots and hearts, stitched the two completed wings to a piece of elastic, made two elastic arm holes (which had to be resized 3 times to get them small enough, apparently I'm not a great measurer) and the wings were complete!
We already had a black long sleeved onsie, but no hat...so rit dye and I had a meeting in a large stock pot with a plain white infant hat and a pair of socks. The socks ended up brown so we ditched them, but the hat was perfect. A few pipe cleaners swirled into antenna and sewn to the top of the hat completed Big Sister's very first Halloween costume.
She was too cute, all chubby and wrinkly with little bitty wings.
This was also our first attempt at growing a giant pumpkin in the backyard.
187 lbs-Not too shabby for our first year.


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Submitted by chadm on Thu, 2007-09-06 14:25.While I was in high school a game I really enjoyed was Betrayal at Krondor. It's based on a fantastic series of novels by Raymond E. Feist. I've been re-reading them this summer and it made me nostalgic for the game as well. In looking for my copy of the game I came to discover that it has since been released as freeware and can be played on Linux using DOSBox.


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Iran in Ferment: Civil Society's Choice
It is worth exploring, even anecdotally, the extent to which civil society organizations in Iran have been instrumental to the unprecedented popular participation that marked both the June 12 election and the extraordinary wave of protest that followed when the authorities hastily and unconvincingly named incumbent president Mahmoud Ahmedinejad as the overwhelming winner. The role played in these events by the Iranian civil-rights movement—a name that I will use here as shorthand for women's-rights and student activists as well as human-rights advocates—is one that we will never adequately grasp unless we keep the legal and historical backdrop in mind.
When it was assigned to draft a constitution for the newly established Islamic Republic of Iran thirty years ago, the Assembly of Experts made sure that the sovereignty of the people would not be the government's source of legitimacy. According to the Assembly's intention, the supreme leader's absolute power over the whole government emanates not from the people, but rather from the divine authority of the Twelfth (or Hidden) Imam, which is delegated to the supreme leader during the Imam's miraculous occlusion. Elections, therefore, are mere administrative procedures whose legitimacy depends upon the preelection vetting of the candidates and the postelection approval of the results by the unelected, cleric-dominated Council of Guardians.
In such a setting, elected officials up to and including the president have little power to make democratic reforms. Realizing this, civil-rights activists began some time to ago to debate among themselves what position to take regarding the 2009 vote. In 2005, they had decided to boycott the elections as unfree, and to focus instead on organizing robust civil society organizations that might be able to negotiate with the government as independent entities.
Pushing Back Against Oppression
Semi-official student groups asserted their independence, with the stated goal of defending human rights and students' interests only. Women's-rights activists who had been protesting gender discrimination by holding regular (and regularly repressed) demonstrations decided to launch the Million Signatures Campaign behind a public petition to end unfair laws affecting women. Nobel laureate Shirin Ebadi and other lawyers set up the Defenders of Human Rights Center (DHRC), while other lower-profile but dynamic human-rights groups proliferated during Ahmedinejad's first term and put out a steady stream of reporting on the Islamic Republic's abuses. An alarmed Ahmedinejad administration stepped up repression, hitting not only activists but also ordinary citizens, as the masked goons of the so-called Social Safety Project spread terror and intimidation throughout Iran.
To Vote or Not to Vote?
By 2009, the public was primed to vote Ahmedinejad out, but the activists were feeling vulnerable and isolated after years of savage persecution. They could either ignore these unfree elections as they had four years earlier, or they could plunge in and try to help elect a lesser evil. They knew that the regime might exploit the latter course in order to bolster its bogus claim to be overseeing a genuine electoral process, but they also knew that for international reasons the regime badly needed a big turnout and hence would permit a few weeks of free expression (as it did).
Whatever their stand on voting, many activists were determined to make the most of this brief opening to energize the public and challenge the candidates. In the end, the women, the human-rights advocates, and the students opted for different but compatible approaches.
Most human-rights organizations refused to campaign for or against any candidate. Shirin Ebadi and others set up the Committee to Defend Free and Fair Elections. The state tried to hamper it, even arresting one member. Unbowed, the committee stated publicly on May 18 that the upcoming elections were not meeting minimal standards of freedom and fairness.
The human-rights advocates worked on causes such as raising awareness about the plight of the Baha'i religious minority, especially the way its young people are persecuted in schools and barred from higher education. With the heat thus turned up, the campaign of Mehdi Karrubi publicly acknowledged the rights of Baha'is as Iranian citizens. To induce such a senior regime figure to address such a taboo issue was a coup. On election eve, a group known as Human Rights Activists in Iran published a list of demands calling upon the candidates to seek abolition of the death penalty and respect the human rights of students, women, children, detainees, religious and ethnic minorities, and civil-rights advocates. By this time, rights activists had become a common sight at campaign rallies, holding signs calling for an end to violence against women and capital punishment. They were greeted with nervousness by campaign officials, but the public was ready to hear their appeals and accept their leaflets.
Activists for women's rights met the challenge of the elections by organizing an Iranian Women's Movement Coalition that brought together forty groups and more than seven-hundred advocates. The coalition explicitly demurred from taking a position for any candidate or even on whether people should vote or not. Instead, it focused solely on seeking the reform of Articles 19 through 21 and Article 115 of the 1979 Constitution (which allow for shari'a-based gender discrimination) and securing Iran's adherence to the UN Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW). During the campaign, women organized numerous seminars and debates with representatives of both Karrubi and Mir Hosein Musavi, the other reformist candidate. The women also openly gave out brochures, sought petition signatures, and recruited new members—all activities that just a few months before would have meant jail, a flogging, or both. While neither Karrubi nor Musavi could promise constitutional reform, both vowed to pursue Iran's adherence (with religious reservations attached) to CEDAW. Both also pledged to nominate women to important decision-making posts with the long-term goal of constitutional change. On June 6, the coalition declared success at "raising public awareness about gender issues" and announced that it was dissolving.
The Students and the Candidates
The student groups played a different but no less important role. They rejected the idea of a boycott for the simple reason that the regime would not allow them to campaign for one. On May 1, the biggest students' union, the Office for Consolidating Unity, issued a long list of demands covering items specific to students and universities as well as matters of a more general import. The list ticked off all the obstacles to freedom of thought, expression, and association that becloud university life, and proposed concrete measures to restore these liberties. The demands also included calls for (among other things) academic freedom, an end to gender discrimination on campus, an end to admissions based on political and religious opinions, and an end to rules that allow administrators to suspend student dissidents. On a more general level, the students clearly articulated all the demands that the various forces of civil society had been formulating for most of the previous decade. They called for full religious and minority rights, democratization of the electoral system, judicial reform, gender equality, labor rights, human rights, civil rights, and more. They also urged the candidates to guarantee that they would safeguard the private sphere on behalf of citizens who want to be left alone.
The students sent their list to both reformist candidates and asked them to offer a response to each demand. On May 14 and 15, the students held a seminar on "Civil Society, Agenda-Based Action, and Accountable Government." Representatives of both Karrubi and Musavi showed up to discuss the issues that the students had raised, while attendees from civil society were also allowed to speak. It is worth noting that all the speakers urged participation in the elections—which perhaps explains why the security forces allowed such a subversive gathering to be held.
After negotiations with the two candidates, the students' unions decided to join Karrubi's campaign. They claimed that he had answered their demands most concretely and had promised to push them with the state leadership. Without denying their prodemocratic identity, the students took a pragmatic step toward achieving some of their more feasible goals. During the three weeks that they spent on the hustings for Karrubi, the students used his campaign as a vehicle for the promotion of human rights, women's rights, and civil rights in the streets and squares.
Candidate Response to Civil Rights Demands
If it is hard to measure with certainty the contribution that the civil-rights movement made to the unprecedented level of interest and turnout that the 2009 presidential election featured, it is easy to show how the movement put its mark on the content of the campaign and the rhetoric of the candidates. For the first time in the history of voting in the Islamic Republic, candidates had found themselves forced to rewrite their platforms in response to concrete demands framed by unabashed democrats. Not only did the two reformist candidates pledge to grant as many rights as they could (which is not many, really) consistent with the Constitution, but each openly declared himself to be personally opposed to the laws establishing polygamy and the mandatory veiling of women. Both also vowed to stop militia harassment of citizens in public places, and to abolish the Social Safety Project.
By making the air ring with their demands, the rights activists gave Musavi and Karrubi strongly democratic-sounding rhetorical ammunition to fire at Ahmedinejad during their televised debates in early June. Oddly enough, instead of defending his policies in the name of the regime and its principles, Ahmedinejad reminded both his rivals that he had done nothing that they had not done during their own tenures in high office during the 1980s. Although every candidate vowed loyalty to the late Ayatollah Khomeini, by attacking one another on the axis of demands framed by civil-rights advocates, the candidates were offering the public the stunning spectacle of regime stalwarts chipping away at the regime's own legitimacy. This unprecedented campaign moved citizens to go to the polls en masse with the thought that, at last, something really was different and their votes would finally count. The high-profile presence of so many rights activists at campaign events, banners aloft and stacks of flyers in hand, had powerfully fed this sense that a genuine campaign was afoot, with vital matters concerning the country's future poised for decision.
The civil-rights activists did not directly cause or lead the gigantic public protests that erupted when the authorities pricked the voters' balloon with claims that Ahmedinejad had won 63 percent, but it might well be true that the demonstrations were an indirect consequence of the moral and ideological leadership that those activists had exerted with such élan during the campaign. The instant and bloody repression aimed at students during the postelection unrest, like the arrest and torture of leading rights activists and student dissidents, is the regime's testament to their crucial influence.
"We Made a Mistake…"
"As far as these elections go, the moral of the story is that we should not have been so eager, should not have ignored the minimal standards for free and fair elections, and should not have taken part in an unfair vote," ruefully concluded the journalist and leader of an alumni organization Zeid Abadi a few hours before his arrest on June 16. The students had assumed that there was some degree of popular sovereignty dormant in the 1979 Constitution, a sovereignty that they had thought the electorate might rouse into wakefulness by voting en masse. "We made a mistake," wrote a bitter Zeid Abadi. "We refused to accept that the regime is not animated by the same logic which presides over our understanding."
Zeid Abadi, whose bruised face appeared on television during the first session of the Tehran show trial in late August 2009, may for now persist in that sad conclusion as he sits in the darkness of a prison cell. Yet as one thinks back over the breathtaking events that rocked Iran during the middle of this year, one cannot but recognize that there are mistakes which change the course of history. No doubt the decision of the Iranian civil-rights movement to involve itself in the 2009 elections will count as such a mistake. For if it is true that they failed to help the lesser evil win—and some of them are now paying dearly for this failure—it is no less true that they were instrumental in thwarting the Islamic Republic's plot to usurp popular legitimacy.
The author wishes to thank Ahmad Batebi, spokesperson for the group Human Rights Activists in Iran, and Kianoosh Sanjari, spokesperson for the Committee of Human Rights Reporters, for sharing their respective organizations' views regarding the elections, and for providing insights on the work that human-rights advocates did during the campaign. This piece originally appeared in the Journal of Democracy.


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Elderly Victim Struck with Baton updated: Jan 17, 2014, 4:35 PM
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Santa Ynez Man Strikes Elderly Victim with Baton Attack Followed a Verbal Dispute at Victim's Residence
During the evening hours of January 14th, Santa Barbara County Sheriff's Deputies were called to the 2700 block of Corral de Quati in Los Olivos, regarding a 72-year-old man who had been struck in the leg several times with an expandable baton. The attack followed a disagreement between the elderly victim, who is the landlord of the residence, and 45-year-old Dinu Antofie of Santa Ynez, who was visiting one of the tenants. The two had argued over Antofie smoking inside the residence.
While the argument between the parties was initially only a verbal disagreement, Antofie returned to the residence armed with an expandable baton. He allegedly pushed and struck the elderly victim before shoving him to the ground. Antofie then used the baton to strike the elderly victim at least twice in the leg, leaving welts and marks. Before Antofie left the scene, he threatened to harm the elderly victim if he reported the attack.
In the late evening hours of January 15, Santa Barbara County Sheriff's Detectives with the Criminal Investigations Division learned the location of the suspect and Antofie was taken into custody without incident at a Santa Ynez restaurant.
Antofie was booked on $100,000 bail for assault with a deadly weapon, victim intimidation and elderly abuse.
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Jul 2, 2012, 8:18 AM by Eric M. Zeman @phonescooper
updated Jul 2, 2012, 8:19 AM
Verizon Wireless today announced that the HTC Incredible 4G LTE goes on sale starting July 5 for $149.99 after $50 mail-in rebate with a new contract. The Incredible 4G LTE runs Android 4.0 and HTC's Sense 4.0 user interface, and features a 4-inch super LCD qHD display; 8-megapixel rear-facing camera with autofocus, LED flash, BSI, f/2.2 and 28 mm lens; front-facing camera for video chatting, 1.2GHz dual-core Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 processor; and support for mobile hotspot. It will be available online and in stores.
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June 5th, 2013, 08:08 PM | #1 |
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Used engine- items to replace?
I am in the process of getting a new motor for my 1996 silverado from a member on here. In talks with him (or her?) the motor has about 160k and only has a small valve cover oil leak. I plan on keeping the truck, I doubt id actually ever sell it, so what should I replace on it before it actually goes into the truck?
I'm not sure I really want to break open a perfectly good motor to replace parts that haven't actually worn out yet, but at the same time I don't want to have to replace something major 5,000 miles after I put the motor in. So I was thinking maybe the intake gasket, and possibly timing chain, oil pump/ oil pan gasket? I plan on getting a set of shorty headers so the manifolds will be going away either way. I have always wanted to build up the motor a bit, I have a tuned pcm from black bear customs, so would now be the time to instal a new cam? I would rather not spend a hole ton of money on it since the truck is really just a PP and I don't have a ton of extra money to throw at it....but would it be worth it to throw a few extra bucks at it now? Last edited by wave_crusher; June 5th, 2013 at 08:12 PM. |
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Master gasket kit and run it.
Those motors are easy enough to find. You are going to loose the rings or a valve before 190 anyway. Just toss it in and keep a eye out for a rebuilt one they are all over. Like this thing for $1400. http://grandrapids.craigslist.org/ptd/3849796455.html Tons of others out there if you look for them. |
June 6th, 2013, 09:16 AM | #6 |
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You do make a good point. I could build it way up over a longer time
But at the same time; I might as well build up this motor before I put it in, I wouldn't have to wait as long and I already have a different truck to drive in the mean time...I'm just a cheap ass and I don't really want to spend money I don't need to....unless it's a really good deal lol ..........this all being said, i'm probably going to end up just running the motor as is because I don't want to actually do the work lol I wanted to see what other opinions there were from the gl4x4 community, if it really is worth the time |
June 6th, 2013, 11:56 AM | #7 |
If it is a vortec 350 put a intake gasket in it, they all go bad. Check the dist and dist gear for wear, another common problem. Make sure it doesnt have any busted exaust bolts stuck in the heads.
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NBA Legend Bob Lanier and Milwaukee Bucks Jerry Stackhouse Join Vaccines for Teens Educational Campaign to Urge Local Teams to Get Vaccinated
Basketball Superstars Encourage Local Teens to Stay in the Game and Get Vaccinated - It's More Important Than Ever
Basketball Hall of Famer and former Milwaukee Bucks Bob Lanier along with current Milwaukee Bucks player and Vaccines for Teens spokesperson Jerry Stackhouse have teamed up with NBA Cares and the Society for Adolescent Health and Medicine (SAHM) to bring Vaccines for Teens to the Milwaukee community. Vaccines for Teens is a national awareness campaign designed to educate teens and their parents about the importance of vaccination against serious and potentially life-threatening diseases.
To tip off the campaign locally, Lanier and Stackhouse will appear at the Roosevelt Middle School of the Arts in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, on Tuesday, May 4, to urge parents of preteens and teens to discuss adolescent vaccinations with their family physicians.
Teens are at risk for influenza disease, both seasonal and the influenza A (H1N1) virus, as well as for other serious infectious diseases such as meningococcal disease (including meningitis) and whooping cough (pertussis). The basketball superstars and local community leaders agree that because the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and other leading medical groups recommend vaccination for preteens and teens against influenza, meningococcal meningitis and whooping cough (pertussis), it is now more important than ever to help protect preteens and teens in the Milwaukee area from the potentially life-threatening complications of these diseases.
"Vaccination can help teens grow into healthy adults, and is beneficial for the students at Roosevelt Middle School of the Arts and for teens throughout the Milwaukee area," said Stackhouse. "In basketball, the best offense is a good defense, and the same holds true for protecting teen health."
Adolescent Immunization is More Important than Ever in Milwaukee
Although the CDC and other leading medical groups recommend vaccination against influenza, meningococcal disease and whooping cough, the rates for all three diseases among preteens and teens remain alarmingly low in Wisconsin, where only around half of teens between 13 and 17 years of age have been vaccinated against meningococcal disease and whooping cough.
Adolescent immunization in Wisconsin is a very important community health issue. Complications related to the pandemic influenza A (H1N1) virus resulted in more than 200 hospitalizations among Milwaukee County residents during the 2009-10 season. When parents get ready to send their children back to school in the fall, they should also prepare to have their families immunized against influenza as soon as vaccine is available. It's never too early to begin thinking about the flu.
Parents also need to know meningococcal disease can spread from person to person through common summer activities, such as sharing water bottles or eating utensils and living in close quarters at camp.
In addition, whooping cough is highly contagious and continues to strike Wisconsinites, with 132 cases reported in 2009. To help protect adolescents, the Wisconsin Department of Health Services requires that students entering sixth grade receive one booster dose of the tetanus, diphtheria and acellular pertussis (Tdap) vaccine.
"With teens in such close contact in classrooms and on school sports teams, these infectious diseases can spread easily from student to student," said Wendi Ehrman, M.D. of the Society for Adolescent Health and Medicine. "Vaccination is a safe and effective way to help teens stay protected, yet immunization rates remain low in this population."
Teens and their parents can learn more about risk factors for getting sick with vaccine-preventable diseases, and the benefits of vaccination, by visiting www.vaccinesforteens.net.
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Immunization is critically important for adolescents because they are at risk for serious and potentially life-threatening diseases.
Influenza is a viral infection that can become serious enough to keep teens home from school, sports and other activities. It can sometimes result in a visit to the hospital or lead to serious complications like pneumonia or even death. Vaccination is the best protection against the spread of the influenza virus. The CDC recommends that everyone 6 months of age and older get vaccinated against influenza each year. Vaccination begins as soon as vaccine becomes available, usually in August, and continues into spring or as long as the influenza virus is in circulation. In most seasons, influenza virus activity peaks in February or March, so vaccination throughout the entire influenza season is beneficial and recommended.
Meningococcal Disease / Meningococcal Meningitis
Although rare, meningococcal disease, including meningitis, is a serious, life-threatening infection that moves quickly and can lead to death within 24 to 48 hours of first symptoms. Early symptoms may be similar to influenza, making it difficult for health-care providers to diagnose. The CDC recommends that all preteens and teens 11 through 18 years of age be vaccinated against meningococcal disease at the earliest possible health-care visit - ideally, during the routine 11- or 12-year-old check-up.
Pertussis, Commonly Called "Whooping Cough"
Pertussis is one of the most common respiratory diseases in American teens and adults. It causes a prolonged cough that can last weeks or months and can result in pneumonia or hospitalization. Teens and adults can spread Pertussis to younger children, who can develop a life-threatening Pertussis infection. The CDC recommends a single booster dose of Tdap vaccine for people 11 through 64 years of age; immunity to the whooping cough vaccine decreases over time, so teens who don't receive a booster vaccine may become vulnerable to this disease.
About the Vaccines for Teens Campaign
The NBA and the WNBA are collaborating with the Society for Adolescent Health and Medicine (SAHM) and Sanofi Pasteur on Vaccines for Teens, a national campaign designed to help educate parents and their teens about the importance of getting vaccinated.
About NBA Cares
NBA Cares is the league's social responsibility program that builds on the NBA's long tradition of addressing important social issues in the United States and around the world. Through this umbrella program, the NBA, its teams and players have donated more than $120 million to charity, provided more than one million hours of hands-on service to communities around the world, and created more than 465 places where kids and families can live, learn, or play. NBA Cares works with internationally recognized youth-serving programs that support education, youth and family development, and health-related causes, including: KaBOOM!, Special Olympics, Boys and Girls Clubs of America, UNICEF, the Make-A-Wish Foundation, and the Global Business Coalition on HIV/AIDS, Malaria, and Tuberculosis.
About the Society for Adolescent Health and Medicine
SAHM is a multi-disciplinary organization of health professionals who are committed to advancing the health and well-being of adolescents. Through education, research, clinical services, and advocacy activities, members of the Society for Adolescent Health and Medicine strive to enhance public and professional awareness of adolescent health issues among families, educators, policy makers, youth-serving organizations, students who are considering a health career as well as other health professionals. SAHM members come from many different professional disciplines but share the common goal of better understanding the unique health needs and concerns of adolescents. For more information on SAHM, log onto www.adolescenthealth.org.
About Sanofi-Aventis
Sanofi-Aventis, a leading global pharmaceutical company, discovers, develops and distributes therapeutic solutions to improve the lives of everyone. Sanofi-Aventis is listed in Paris (EURONEXT: SAN) and in New York (NYSE: SNY).
Sanofi Pasteur, the vaccines division of the Sanofi-Aventis Group, provided more than 1.6 billion doses of vaccine in 2008, making it possible to immunize more than 500 million people across the globe. A world leader in the vaccine industry, Sanofi Pasteur offers the broadest range of vaccines protecting against 20 infectious diseases. The company's heritage, to create vaccines that protect life, dates back more than a century. Sanofi Pasteur is the largest company entirely dedicated to vaccines. Every day, the company invests more than EUR 1 million in research and development. For more information, please visit: http://www.sanofipasteur.com or www.sanofipasteur.us.