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Most of the viewers of "Downton Abbey" who saw Lady Sybil die in childbirth Sunday night were left with a long list of questions accompanying their shock and grief.
What did she die of? Was the diagnosis clear? Could she have been saved? In a show with punctilious art direction, how realistic was this death?
Lady Sybil died of eclampsia, a condition of unknown cause that used to be called "toxemia of pregnancy." (Dr. Clarkson, the family doc pushed aside in favor of silk-stocking-trade physician Sir Philip, used the term at one point.) It is most common in the late stage of first pregnancies. Sybil Branson, 24, was nearing the due date for her first child, so that part's right.
Eclampsia, strictly speaking, isn't present until the woman has a seizure. By that time, the patient, the doctors (and the baby, if not yet born) are in deep trouble. The job is to diagnose what's happening before then, when the condition is known as preeclampsia.
In Sybil's case, there were a lot of clues.
The hallmark of preeclampsia is elevated blood pressure. Taking the blood pressure with stethoscope and inflatable cuff was about the only test a doctor could perform on a woman delivering at home. Sybil's pressure appears to have been up.
Equally important, however, were the other signs and symptoms she showed. As the blood pressure rises, headache and nausea are common. As it gets worse, a woman often gets delirious. As it gets even worse, it can lead to seizures — eclampsia — stroke, coma and death.
Long before then — when there was still time to diagnose her condition correctly — Sybil had "peripheral edema" — the fancy term for swelling of the legs.
Preeclampsia damages the cells lining veins and arteries; they leak fluid into the tissues. Because of gravity, the most common place to notice this is the ankles. Dr. Clarkson saw it early. Sir Philip dismissed the finding, saying the youngest of the Grantham daughters might just have thick ankles. (Not likely!) Message: Have a family doctor who knows you.
Preeclampsia also causes a protein called albumin to spill into the urine rather than stay in the blood. Dr. Clarkson suggests testing Sybil's urine. He may have had a chemistry set in his bag. Or he could have gotten some idea just by shaking up a jar of it. Urine full of protein foams. In any case, he reports elevated protein.
The treatment of preeclampsia is delivery. If Lord Grantham had listened to the country doc and sent his daughter to the hospital for a Caesarean section, would she have lived? Well, of course we'll never know.
One thing is clear, however. Having seizures and dying after delivery is unusual. In a study published last year of 39,000 births in a hospital in India, 1 percent of the women had eclampsia, and only one-quarter of those occurred after delivery.
The mechanism of Sybil's death was a little unclear.
Seizures can cause a pause in breathing. But people rarely suffocate from them. The doomed young woman may have had a massive bleed in her brain. Before she relaxed in the dusky pallor of death, she had what looked like "decerebrate posturing" — an arching of the neck that occurs as the brain is squeezed through the base of the skull.
Nobody knows what caused preeclampsia in the early 1920s or causes it now. It appears to be an out-of-control state of inflammation. There is some evidence it may be a reaction against "paternal factors." That, in turn, has led to the idea of the "dangerous father" as the cause of the condition. Sybil's husband and the father of their daughter is Tom Branson, the former Grantham chauffeur and Irish revolutionary who can't go home. For purposes of drama, it was a fitting way for her to die.
There was another message, too. Beware the "VIP syndrome." Among Sir Philip's mistakes was his apparent desire not to discomfit the Grantham family by sending Sybil to the hospital. However, doctors who treat you differently because you are a very important person can be dangerous to your health.


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ORANGE – Children's Hospital of Orange County will soon open its own emergency department and operating rooms, designed for the needs of patients from premature infants to strapping High School athletes.
A $560 million expansion has tripled the size of CHOC with the construction of a seven-story tower. Various departments will open early next month, but the culmination will come in March when the pediatric hospital opens a 31-bed emergency department and seven operating rooms.
"It will be the first time since we opened our doors that all the services will be provided under one roof," said Kim Cripe, chief executive. "It's a state-of-the-art facility. It's serene. It's cheerful. It's inspirational. We're extremely proud of what we've created."
Since CHOC opened in 1964, it has relied on neighboring St. Joseph Hospital for an array of facilities, services and equipment, including operating rooms and the emergency department. Once the new tower is operational, patients will no longer be transported via underground tunnel between the two hospitals. CHOC also will provide its own cardiac testing, diagnostic imaging and lab services.
"You really can't say it enough: Children truly aren't little adults," Cripe said. "Their anatomy is different; their emotional needs are quite different."
On Saturday, CHOC will offer public tours during a community celebration to mark the finish of the 426,000-square-foot tower. Construction began in the fall of 2009.
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A 3,000-square-foot outdoor play and rehab area was designed to look like a beach boardwalk and can accommodate IV poles. A pool table and air hockey game will outfit the teen area.
Other child-centric touches range from tiny chairs in the emergency room lobby to cardiac testing equipment designed for still growing hearts. When children need to undergo MRIs, they will be given virtual reality goggles that will play movies.
"They've been shown to reduce sedation time, imaging time and help them stay still," said Dr. Nathan Holmes, medical director of radiology.
Dr. James Pierog, interim medical director for the emergency department, said patients will be moved quickly from the lobby to a bed to minimize hours-long wait times. He said CHOC's patients and St. Joseph's older patients will benefit from having their own waiting rooms and facilities.
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CHOC architect Gary Owens said distracting young patients, their parents and siblings, goes a long way in easing anxiety.
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An aging baseball scout, a couple of rogue cops and a charismatic cult leader all debuted this week in theaters and the results fared from so-so to fantastic.
Nobody plays Clint Eastwood better than himself (unless it's Bill Hader of "SNL," who does a wicked impersonation of the octogenarian), so the character of Gus Lobel, a career scout for the Atlanta Braves in "Trouble with the Curve" (PG-13), fits Eastwood like a well worn mitt. Age has caught up to Gus, who instinctively knows a good baseball player when he sees one; the trouble is he can't see anymore. For what will probably be his last scouting trip, his estranged daughter, Mickey (Amy Adams), tags along to help him as they try to make peace when they're not too busy talking 'bout baseball.
This is a predictable, plodding feature that fails to distinguish itself on any level unless you are a die-hard Eastwood fan. Even he looks bored playing the same curmudgeon we've come to expect. This is "Gran Torino" with baseball games instead the gang violence. And with the chemistry lacking between him and Adams, well, he may as well have been talking to a chair. This is what you get for trying to help out an old friend — Robert Lorenz is a longtime Eastwood collaborator and makes his debut as director here, with very mixed results.
For a faster pace and better story, "End of Watch" (R) is an up-close encounter with the LAPD and South Central gangs through the eyes of two young dedicated patrol cops, Officer Taylor (Jake Gyllenhaal) and Officer Zavalla (Michael Pena). The two have made a name for themselves as a cocky duo that gets results, but their attitudes cause friction in the department. When a turf war erupts between black and Latino gangs, Taylor and Zavalla go at it full tilt, but their success with drug busts puts a price on their heads.
Filmed in an almost pure cinema verité style, the action and the dialog can sometimes be hard to follow. This gritty, almost documentary-style feature that involves police work in a high crime environment is relentless, bloody and very good. Gyllenhaal and Pena are natural together as partners and friends who call each other "brother" in a harrowing up-close look at gang activity related to illegal drug operations that feels ripped right out of the LA Times.
"The Master," Paul Thomas Anderson's highly anticipated new film, did not open in Beaumont theaters this past weekend, but you can find it in many Houston theaters. This eighth film is more languid than his last, "There Will Be Blood," and more controversial as Anderson treads gently around the topic of cult religion, namely Scientology, and its creator L. Ron Hubbard, on which this is rumored to be based.
Set in post World War II when this country was exploding with opportunity and new ideas, we meet Lancaster Dodd (Philip Seymour Hoffman) a self-proclaimed philosopher and theorist who is really nothing more than an avuncular snake oil salesman selling "The Cause," his invented path to higher awareness, with the help of his dedicated wife played by Amy Adams (far superior here than in her "Curve" role). He meets his greatest challenge and convert in Freddie Quell (Joaquin Phoenix), a volatile ex-serviceman with a flash temper and an alcohol problem, mainly due to his talent as a mixologist who can create potable concoctions with whatever is handy – like paint thinner.
Their relationship of teacher/student, father/son plays out to the beat of Anderson's distinctive directorial style set to the eerie rhythm of Jonny Greenwood's score made up of percussion and atonal chords that are equally jangling and soothing.
Both actors are mesmerizing, this despite the shortcomings in Anderson's character development. We learn more about Quell — his unrequited love and awful upbringing, but Dodd remains more of an enigma. Phoenix is a transformed revelation as Quell. With his shoulders hunched over and arms akimbo, he coils and uncoils into fits of violent anger. His face stays contorted in a perpetual sneer disturbingly set off by eyes that burn with alienated desperation. His thick-tongued speech rolls out with the economy of a soul unaccustomed to interacting with others, and I kept thinking how much he reminded me of Montgomery Clift in his last few roles — the emaciated frame, the scarred face and the hesitant speaking pattern.
This Anderson film is less fully realized than others. There are no stunning "I drink your milk shake" moments, rather a thoughtful, if not disconcerting, detachment. Whatever is there is the product of an accomplished director whose talent is becoming more and more evident with each new film. Every frame, whether a lingering extreme close-up of an actor or the receding azure wake of ship that Anderson keeps returning to, is simply exquisite. Like the film or not, there is a "Master" at work here.


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This dhb Merino Roundneck base layer is very good indeed for most types of cold-weather riding.
I've been testing the short-sleeve round-neck version. Other merino options from dhb include versions with long sleeves and with long sleeves and a high, zipped neck. The vests are also available in two fabric thicknesses (M 150 and M 190, the numbers refer to the fabric's weight in grams per square metre), and in men's and women's cuts. Oh yeah, and they come in a range of colours too.
I've never worn merino stuff before. I thought that wearing wool next to the skin would be itchy, but this vest has a very fine, soft weave, and it was instantly comfortable.
Comfort is one thing, but performance is another. Would the natural wool match the insulation and wicking properties of the synthetic fabrics used for other base layers?
My first test ride was a gentle tootle on the country lanes surrounding Road.cc Towers. The merino wool efficiently wicked the moisture away from my skin, and kept my body dry and at a perfect temperature.
Next I wore it on a longer training ride. With a faster pace, plus a few serious hills, I was exerting a lot of effort. But although the vest was soaking with sweat, I didn't feel cold. The insulation and wicking properties were still working very well, and the vest was still very comfortable.
Two tests down. One to go.
The final test was highly scientific. It involved coming home and making a cup of tea, while still wearing the vest. Here I noticed a difference between wool and synthetic fabric. Wool takes longer to dry out. Within five minutes I was shivering in a cold, damp merino vest, whereas it would be longer in a synthetic vest before the chills set in.
What does this set of fascinating experiments actually mean? It means the dhb merino vest is excellent for touring, commuting or more relaxed rides. It's also great for faster rides, such as training or sportives, as long as you're not planning to stop for long.
However, if you plan to ride hard, sweat profusely, and stop several times, then the vest is not ideal. In reality, this type of riding situation probably applies more to mountain biking, so for most roadies a merino vest could be just the thing for keeping cosy this winter.
The dhb short-sleeve round-neck merino base layer retails at a penny under £31 on the Wiggle website (dhb is Wiggle's own in-house brand). At the time of writing it's discounted to £29.44, which is very good value indeed.
Very comfortable merino wool base layer that's good for winter touring or commuting, and for faster training rides as long as you don't stop for long
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Make and model: dhb Merino SS Roundneck Baselayer
Size tested: Light Grey Marl - M
Tell us what the product is for, and who it's aimed at. What do the manufacturers say about it? How does that compare to your own feelings about it?
The Wiggle website says, "This ultra fine merino wool is comfortable and smooth next to the skin ... In warmer weather you can use [it] like a stripped down jersey ... light low bulk in this season's dark, warm charcoal ... Unlike many synthetics, wool isn't quick to smell and always feels soft and warm against the skin. As it can be used as a base layer all seams are flatlock stitched to avoid unsightly seam marks when removed."
Personally, I don't regard features such as 'this season's colour' as important in an undergarment. And, to be honest, when I come home from a training ride, I'm usually looking pretty rough, so the lack of seam-marks on my lilywhite skin isn't going to make much difference. But the claims about lack of odours, and ability to wear it as a stand-alone garment are fair enough.
Tell us some more about the technical aspects of the product?
The Wiggle website goes onto to mention the following technical features:
* Outstanding all round thermal management
* Next to skin, slim fitting
* Flat lock seams for comfort
* Ultra fine 18.5 micron merino yarn, smooth and comfortable against skin
* Low odour
* Naturally repels water
All these claims are fair, but there is a caveat on the first one ("Outstanding all round thermal management"). Because this base layer holds water for longer than synthetic equivalents, I wouldn't recommend it for rides where you plan to ride hard, sweat profusely, and stop several times.
Construction seems good, with tidy stitching and no loose threads.
Performance is excellent for touring, commuting or more relaxed rides. It's also great for faster rides, such as training or sportives, as long as you're not planning to stop for long. But it's not a total all-rounder; if you plan to ride hard, sweat profusely, and stop several times, then it'snot ideal because it takes a long time to dry out.
We've tested some other versions of this dhb base layer elsewhere on road.cc and they stand up well to continued use and many washes.
This base layer is light in weight, further adding to its comfort.
Extremely comfortable - more like silk than wool.
Did you enjoy using the product? Yes
Would you consider buying the product? Yes
Would you recommend the product to a friend? Yes. However, I'd explain it's suitable for most types of cycling, but not all.
Anything further to say about the product in conclusion?
In many ways, merino wool is the perfect fabric - warm, comfortable, with good wicking and insulating properties, even when wet. If it wasn't for the issue of it holding water once you've stopped, this base layer would score 9 overall.
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Age: 50 Height: 5ft 10 / 178cm Weight: 11 stone / 70kg
I usually ride: an old Marin Alp My best bike is: an old Giant Cadex
I've been riding for: Over 20 years I ride: A few times a week I would class myself as: Experienced
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A judge has granted permission for owners of the CityCenter development to demolish a flawed, half-built hotel tower on the Las Vegas Strip after developers completed a fourth round of testing on the building.
Clark County District Judge Elizabeth Gonzalez approved CityCenter's motion Friday, clearing the way for owners MGM Resorts International and Dubai World to raze the Harmon Hotel tower. CityCenter officials said they would immediately start planning for the demolition, which could happen within a year.
The Harmon was supposed to be a 48-story component of the glittery $8.5 billion CityCenter project that opened in December 2009. But inspectors found flaws in the steel reinforcements used in the concrete structure, and tower construction was frozen at 26 stories.
CityCenter's consultants have said that the building could collapse in a strong earthquake — one that has a 50 percent chance of happening in the next 30 years.
Developers are now embroiled in a lawsuit with builder Tutor Perini Building Co. over who's responsible for some $400 million in damages. A trial on that case is set to begin in February.
Lawyers with Tutor Perini, who previously argued that the building should stay up to preserve evidence for the trial, did not immediately respond to requests for comment Friday afternoon.
It's not the first time a demolition has been approved by a judge. Permission was granted last year but later revoked when the judge questioned the methodology of structural testing on the tower.
With Friday's approval, Gonzalez has accepted the latest round of tests as admissible at trial.
The empty Harmon Hotel building stands at the entrance of the 67-acre master-planned CityCenter development, which features several hotels, condominiums, a casino and an upscale shopping and restaurant complex.


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It's Darren Rovell's first day back at ESPN, and he started it with an Twitter interview with Those Guys Have All The Fun author Jim Miller.
In their back-and-forth, Miller said he heard that ESPN doubled Rovell's salary at CNBC. Rovell didn't exactly deny it:
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Thursday, September 23, 2010
school day bento lunch
Ethan's lunch:
On the left:
- raspberries
- grapes
- baby carrots
On the right he has Wheat Thin Stix, the little green cup has cream cheese to dip them in. A chocolate chip granola bite, cheddar cheese stars.
And before any robbers or random bad guys get any ideas, my hubby will be back home before the kidlets are in bed tonight! So take that, ha!
12 comments:
- jessicah said... [Reply to comment]
Hi, I've just started reading your blog, and haven't commented yet, but I wanted to say I like your warning to bad guys! :)
- September 23, 2010 at 2:39 PM
- mommyof3tx said... [Reply to comment]
Where did you get the little green container for the cream cheese? I've been trying to find something small enough for dips to add to my boys Go Green Lunch Boxes but I can't find anything that's small enough, that looks perfect!
- September 23, 2010 at 3:08 PM
- Melissa said... [Reply to comment]
Thanks, Jessica. ;-)
mommyof3tx - I got those from allthingsforsale - the link is in the right hand side of this blog near the bottom --->
They are in the "bento accessory" section, there are four pieces in the set. :)
(and you can get 5% off with the code "anotherlunch"!)
- September 23, 2010 at 3:12 PM
- Bats said... [Reply to comment]
YAYAYAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I was gonna ask that SAME question. Whoot Whoot! So happy. We have the same lunch box system too. And ALL of the others you have on this site...**sigh** thanks for the new obsession :)
- September 23, 2010 at 5:48 PM
- Angeleyes said... [Reply to comment]
Awww.. you poor girl! I hate it if my hubby has to leave me for biz trips that is longer than 3 days! I'll go crazy minding the kids alone especially night time as those little monkeys of our are super duper hyper!
Though your bento is simple but they looked really fresh, healthy and colorful! I'll love to have it!
- September 23, 2010 at 6:48 PM
- Kristen said... [Reply to comment]
I love how colorful all your bentos are! I'm having a lot of fun making my family's lunches (I actually wake up early because I'm so excited to plan what to make each day), but my son's lunches tend to be blah color-wise. Have to work on that. :-) Hope your headache is better and that you can relax a little when your husband gets home!
- September 23, 2010 at 8:20 PM
- Mommy Moment said... [Reply to comment]
Great blog! I just started making "lovable lunches" for my daughter. I would love to get your blog to my inbox. If you want to put that option on your blog you can check out my tutorials - I'll be your first e-mail subscriber!
Hope you come by and visit my blog!
- September 24, 2010 at 1:45 PM
- RLR said... [Reply to comment]
Wheat Thins Sticks - I'm going to keep an eye out for these!
- September 24, 2010 at 2:43 PM
- afroedge said... [Reply to comment]
I'm looking on the "All things for sale" site for the little green piece you used for the cream cheese but can't seem to find it... Am I missing it? Are there any other similar containers you use for dips, etc?
- September 24, 2010 at 4:10 PM
- faithfulmommy said... [Reply to comment]
GUESS WHAT! You need to put a super quick update on your blog today. Goodbyn is having a sale. $8 off each lunchbox with code "wendy".
I just ordered 3. I've been obsessed with owning three for at least a month now. I'm sure one of your other devoted followers would love to know as well.
- September 25, 2010 at 10:15 AM
- Melissa said... [Reply to comment]
afroedge - the little cups are listed under the "bento accessory" section, I see them on the 2nd or 3rd page there. If you still are having trouble finding them try putting "mayo cup" in the search box. It should pop right up!
- September 25, 2010 at 3:23 PM
- Bundled said... [Reply to comment]
Hi Melissa! Wanted to let you/your readers know that Babies R Us is having a B1G1 50% off sale on the Sassy Boxes and they are only $6 to start with rather than the more expensive Amazon.com price. -Heather
- September 29, 2010 at 9:40 AM


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Ten-man Paris Saint-Germain rallied past Olympique de Marseille 2-1 on Sunday in a match featuring two controversial penalties to go level on points with leaders AS Monaco in Ligue 1.
PSG midfielder Thiago Motta was sent off in the 30th minute for kicking Mathieu Valbuena while attempting to clear the ball and Marseille winger Andre Ayew converted the subsequent penalty.
However, Maxwell beat Marseille goalkeeper Steve Mandanda to the ball on the stroke of halftime to head in a cross from Gregory van der Wiel for the equalizer. Zlatan Ibrahimovic then scored the winner from the penalty spot by sending Mandanda the wrong way in the 65th minute after Andre Ayew had tripped PSG defender Marquinhos.
"Mental toughness made the difference tonight," PSG midfielder Blaise Matuidi said. "There's quality in our team, but there's a soul, too."
Meanwhile, Olympique Lyonnais' poor start to the season continued with a 5-1 loss at Montpellier Herault and Girondins de Bordeaux moved three points clear of the relegation zone by thrashing Sochaux-Montbeliard 4-1.
Marseille were the most threatening side in the first half as PSG struggled to create chances.
Salvatore Sirigu tipped a low free-kick by Valbuena around the post in the 12th minute. The PSG goalkeeper then saved a volley from Jordan Ayew in the 21st and denied Valbuena's effort from the rebound.
Thiago Motta put his team in trouble while chesting a cross. The ball got away from him, Valbuena intercepted it and got kicked in the foot by the PSG midfielder.
Andre Ayew fired the ball into the roof of the net for the opener in the 34th minute.
That goal seemed to wake up the PSG players and Mandanda was forced to punch away a volley from Ibrahimovic in the 41st minute.
The Marseille goalkeeper came off his line late and could not prevent Maxwell from leveling just before the break.
The hosts failed to capitalize on their numerical superiority in the second half, despite a swerving shot from Marseille winger Dimitri Payet that was parried by Sirigu in the 63rd minute.
Two minutes later, Mandanda palmed away a header from PSG defender Alex and Andre Ayew's poor judgement gave PSG an opportunity to take the lead.
"It's always the same story," Valbuena said. "There's not much missing, but in the end we lose. It simply means we're not a big team."
In Montpellier, Victor Hugo Montano opened the scoring for the hosts in the 17th minute and Anthony Mounier doubled the lead by heading home a corner from Remy Cabella on the stroke of halftime.
Alexandre Lacazette pulled one back for Lyon with a long-range strike in the 48th minute, but Remy Cabella converted a penalty in the 60th to make it 3-1 after Lyon goalkeeper Anthony Lopes had brought Montano down.
Cabella slipped the ball past Lopes in the 66th minute and Montano headed in Cabella's cross in the 68th to round off the scoring.
Lyon midfielder Maxime Gonalons was sent off in the 82nd minute after picking up a second yellow card.
Montpellier snapped a five-game winless streak to climb to eighth place.
Lyon have been contenders for a UEFA Champions League spot in recent seasons, but their poor start year leaves them 10 points behind league leaders Monaco after nine games.
"The second half was a string of unbelievable and unforgivable mistakes," Lyon coach Remi Garde said.
Lyon have won only one of their past 11 matches in all competitions.


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As this topic has been discussed multiple time through out this forum, i thought it was high time to actually lay some of the questions and methods to rest. Most of us have at least wondered about this modification, but many have been hesitant to undertake it. This might because of a lack of understanding as to why you'd move a battery from the factory location, or perhaps its one of those things that we want to do but never get around to.
What follows is a brief article with a comprehensive step by step preceedure of how to relocate the battery to the boot of your N12 EXA or ET turbo Pulsar, or for that matter, any other vehicle. There will be different ways in which you can achieve these results cheaper than i have, but i leave the final details up to the reader to choose their desired setup.
Firstly there are a number of reasons that you would want to put the battery in the boot of your car. Here are some of the reasons i came up with whilst deciding to modify my cehicle in this manner.
1). With AFM relocation on the horizon i required space to add a cold air box and to aleiviate some of the room in the under bonnet area for intercooler piping etc.
2). Reduce weight over the front axle when adding an intercooler and allowing th ecar to have a slightly better weight ballance.
3). Batteries that are not subjected to the constant change of underbonnet temperature during operation and shutdown and can maintain a relatively even temperature range will last longer. this is prooven quite simply in my Fathers BMW where all the battery's are located in the boot and last on average 12 years..
So lets begin this little excersice.. I allowed myself 2 hours for this modifcation, and i believe that you can easily do the same give or take 30mins.
Step one should be to aquire all your parts. For this build i used heavy duty Battery Cable (had some but you can find at Jaycar for between $12 and $20 a meter), Jaycar 4 and 8 guage cable ends ($2 - $4.95 each), a plastic Marine switch with 2 red keys ($8.95) , a Supercheap Auto's large battery box ($19) and a Jaycar 120A circuit breaker with LED and voltage display ($49).
Once you have all your bits, you can start to get the car ready. I started by moving our 4WD out of the garage to give my self some space. there is nothing worse than having no room to open the doors enough to get inside the car to remove trim and seats etc..
AS i've already installed a false floor into my N12 EXA i thought about places to mount the battery that would allow me to remove the tyre covering panel and allow access to the rear brake and indicator lights if i should need to replace a bulb at some stage. I marked the floor for an aproximate location so i could calculate cable lengths and room etc.
Just a simple pencil mark for now should do.
The next step you should undertake is mounting the cercuit breaker or fuse. You should always put the fuse on the positive side as close to the batter terminal as possible. that way if there is a short down the line the breaker will trip and the cable wont heat up and potentially cause a fire. locate the breaker/fuse and drill the guide holes. Please note that this breaker requires it to be bolted to an earthing plate, but i will wire around this later becasue its mounted to plastic.
Drill the holes in the Battery Box and then make sure you use a large drill bit to 'de-bur' the faces to allow a snug fit.
Once the holes are drilled you can mount the Breaker or Fuse and screw the bolts through. I decided to mount a piece of thin wood behind to make the setup more rigid because the heavy cables or movement might tear out the small bolts and relatively soft plastic. You might need to cut the bolts off and cover them from behind to protect the battery from sharp objects.
Finished Breaker
The next bit step is to remove the standard Air Conditioning box from under the dash. i'll assume that you're all capable of removing the parts but i will offer the following tips. You'll need to remove the large aluminium block from the engine bay side of the fire wall to allow this box to be removed. Ove that is done the metal plate and rubber grommet can be removed alone with the 3 screws that hold the box up. I've decided to take this out alltogether becasue i have no A/C and this just a waste of space. If your car has an alarm system, now is the time to disable it or turn the siren off because as soon as it detects the battery being 'cut' it will think its being broken into and defen you instantly...
You are more than welcome to work around this box if you have intact A/C, but the job will be a dificult one with a very small working area being left.
Please dont damage this as you'll need it later to run the cable through the firewall and protect it from rubbing on the bodywork.
Start feeding the cable through the car.. First off through the back.
Then under the rear seat and carpet.
Under the seatbelt retaining rods and the side trim.
And then up through the firewall via the same space provided for the computer loom and other wiring. before you ask about electrical interfeerence, i have experienced none since installing this kit.
Now you've got your cable throught the firewall, you can start to cut and prepare the ends for termination.
Before laying the seats and trim back into place use a rubber product to protect cable from wearing on parts of the vehicle that might cause the cable damage.. Keen Exophiles may recognise this as a heater hose and it fits perfectly around the curves in the body.. just a fluke i'd say.
Now that you have replaced everything, you'll notice how invisible the cable really is.. its fantastic.. cant see it at all and it doesn't even come close to any moving parts like the seat rail, or seatbelt mounts. great job.
Ok. now its time to secure the cable into the engine bay. On previous cars (my brothers) the cable went straight to the starter solenoid and then branched off from there. I've decided to keep the standard wiring and fusable links and to do that i decided on a cheap Marin Switch from Sprint Autoparts for $8.95.. well worth it.
Everyones mounting technique will be different but i decided to make a bracket from angle.
As you can see this is a very neat install and it allows the battery to be cut off via two methods.. Marine switch and Circuit Breaker.
i had to make a new power cable to the starter solenoid so i made a simple link cable from 8gauge wire (standard is 12 or 16). This looks leater and i've found that the car cranks much easier without the lights dimming. It also start on the 2nd or 3rd revolution in cold conditions. so its definately an improvement on the standard setup. You can also see the original fuseable link cables attached here as well. they had loops on the top to attach to the positive on the battery terminal so it was just a case of opening the loop out a little and attaching it to the bolt. very easy and it retains the factory protection that the car requires.
Now that the front of the car has been taken care of, its time to attach the rear cables.. I started by mounting the Earth to the bodywork in the back. i used an existing hole and gave it a light sand with 400grit paper to allow a metal to metal contact patch. very neat location.
So.. here we go. all sorted and hooked up. looking great with the LED display.
Ps.. dont forget to strap down the battery box lid with the supplied strap. I have decided to modify it further by cutting the underside off the MDF to allow easier access with the tyre cover panel. this is one of those things were even the best thought out plans can have a little hitch.
Finally you'll need to add a few things for legality.
one of those things is a vent tube (to discharge the gas outside the car when the battery is charging) and the other is a metal retainer like the factory item that held the battery in place.
My version of the vent tube will come out the top of the box and run underthe floor to one of the drain ports or to the tyre well and out of that port. which ever is easier.
Ok then. One last thing. if you want to remove the battery tray, and thus your radiator overflow tank, i have a simple solution. Go find an N/A N12 and take the overflow from that. it screws into the bodywork aproximately where the original Air Filter Box was located. it uses a short hose and it looks rather trick. i'll take a photo soon and post it up.


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Robert F. Kennedy Jr told HuffPost Live host Josh Zepps in an interview Friday that he believes conservative media outlets such as Fox News are damaging the country.
Asked how he thought things have changed in the political landscape, Kennedy pointed to "big money" and "the right wing control of the American media, starting with Fox News" as hurtful to collaboration between differing political interests.
"Twenty-two percent of Americans say their primary news source is Fox News," Kennedy told HuffPost Live. "It's divided our country in a way that we haven't been divided probably since the Civil War, and its [sic] empowered large corporations to get certain kinds of politicians and ideologues who are in the United State Congress elected -- the Tea Party ideologues who control the Republican Party."
Kennedy, who is the nephew of John F. Kennedy and Ted Kennedy and attorney specializing in environmental law, also spoke about the hydraulic fracturing -- or fracking -- and the health risks and associated costs the practice represents for the country.
Kennedy's comments are both hysterical and ahistorical, of course, but they're also completely misleading. (By the way, does he really believe that the United States was less polarized during the heady days of, say, the 1960s, when racial segregation and the war in Vietnam threatened to tear the nation asunder?) Nonetheless, he gleefully suggests that Fox News is endangering the country, and yet conveniently leaves out the fact that during the home stretch of the 2012 election cycle, MSNBC -- the flagship and most widely watched left-leaning network -- didn't do a single negative story about Barack Obama. Yes, that's correct. Zero negative stories. How on earth is this good for the nation?
Nor, of course, did he mention the fact that just last week MSNBC hosts Ed Shultz, Rachel Maddow, Lawrence O'Donnell, and Al Sharpton all attended a meeting at the White House to advise the president on tax policy. It seems like the 'Lean Forward' network isn't even attempting to masquerade as an impartial news source anymore. Yes, Fox News has a right-leaning tilt, but the day to day national news cycle is clearly overwhelmingly controlled by -- and favorable to -- Democrats. And so for Kennedy to proclaim that "the right wing" controls the American media is -- at best -- a gross distortion, especially when one recalls how a number of major networks failed to report on the terrorist attack in Benghazi, Libya (for days at a time!) earlier this year -- an incomprehensible tragedy that left four Americans diplomats dead, including a sitting U.S. ambassador.


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It really pains me to admit this, but I'll confess it anyway: I like Jaime Lannister.
Yes, he pushed innocent 7-year-old Bran Stark from a window, paralyzing him. And, yes, he very-grossly has sex with his own sister. And, yes, he's deceitful, traitorous and completely untrustworthy.
But Season Three of "Game of Thrones" has taken Jaime Lannister from a villain and changed him, undoubtedly, into a hero.
In the books, George R.R. Martin accomplishes this feat by choosing to make Jaime a point-of-view character in the third book. As with any point-of-view character, the audience can't help but empathize with someone once we're placed into his or her head.
On the show, Jaime's actions will have to speak louder than his inner-monologue.
And they did Sunday night.
Set free from Harrenhal, and on the road to King's Landing, Jaime got some startling news: Brienne of Tarth (who he has a love-hate relationship with) was going to be tortured and possibly killed.
The old Jaime would have laughed and rode on, concerned only about himself. But he's not the old Jaime, anymore.
The older Lannister brother rushed back to Harrenhal in time to see Brienne pitted in a Roman Gladiator-style, fight-to-the-death against a brown bear. Yes, a brown bear, not one of those little black bears. And, anyone who knows anything about grizzlies knows brown bears are natural born killers.
Jaime -- who only has one hand, mind you -- risked his own life, jumped into the bear pit and rescued Brienne. Pretty damn selfless and heroic.
Earlier in the episode, Jaime even promised to find Sansa and Arya Stark and return them to Catelyn.
"I will return the Stark girls to their mother, I swear it," he pledged.
What has gotten into him? Not sure, but if he keeps this up, Jaime might soon become a fan favorite.
North of the Wall
Meanwhile, Jon Snow and the wildlings have successfully scaled the 700-foot ice wall separating the north from the south, and they're plotting an attack on Castle Black.
A bit of jealousy emerges, as Orell reveals his crush on Ygritte, who has totally fallen for Jon. (Incidentally, I'm really beginning to like Ygirtte. She's funny, sarcastic and a helluva good archer.)
Jon warns her that if the wildlings attack the Night's Watch, they'll lose.
"Six times you've invaded and six times you've failed," he says. "If you attack the wall you'll die, all of you."
Robb Stark's camp
Robb and his crew are traveling to The Twins, controlled by House Frey, for the wedding of Edmure Tully to one of Lord Walder Frey's daughters.
"I've seen wet s---- I like better than Walder Frey," Edmure's uncle, The Blackfish says.
They're held up by pounding rain, lateness which will likely make the nasty Lord Frey even nastier. (He's already mad that Robb ditched his daughter for Lady Talisa.)
Lady Talisa is spending most of the day laying around naked, when she breaks the news to Robb that she's pregnant with his child.
King's Landing
In the capitol city, Sansa is standing round being her usual pathetic self, upon learning she must marry Tyrion.
"I'm stupid, a stupid little girl, with stupid dreams who never learned," she says. (True.)
Tyrion isn't terribly excited about it, either, he says.
"Shae isn't going to like it," he says. (Also true.)
Bronn calls this bluff. "You want to f--- that Stark girl," he says. "You just don't want to admit it."
Meanwhile, the boy-king Joffrey is sitting around whining that his grandfather, Tywin Lannister, is holding small council meetings in the Tower of the Hand, and the His Grace would have to walk up a lot of steps to get there if he ever were to attend.
"We could arrange to have you carried," Tywin sneers at him.
Joffrey is worried about Daenerys' dragons, but Tywin dismisses the beasts as "curiosities on the far side of the world."
(I hated Tywin in the books; he was a miserable, hateful man. But in the show, I love how he consistently puts Joffrey in his place.)
Melisandre is sailing with Gendry Baratheon past King's Landing, where she reveals to him -- to his astonishment -- that he is Robert Baratheon's bastard son.
"There is power in a king's blood," she says.
Having freed all the slaves of Astapor, Daenerys is looking to do the same in other neighboring cities.
She and her army march to Yunkai, where 200,000 people are enslaved.
"We have 200,000 reasons to take the city," she says.
(Dany's title is growing in length: She's now "Breaker of Chains" in addition to "Mother of Dragons," "Queen of the Andals," "Khaleesi," etc.)
When the Yunkai send a representative offering gold to negotiate with her, Dany isn't in much of a mood to negotiate. "You will release every slave in Yunkai," she tells him, before her dragons nearly roast him alive and she keeps the gold.
Dany's advisers tell her the Yunkai will not bend.
"What happens to things that don't bend?" she replies, ominously.
Camp of the Lightning Lord
Arya is angry the Brotherhood Without Banners sold Gendry to Melisandre. "I don't talk to traitors," she says.
After another dispute with her supposed protectors, she runs away. But she gets less than a football field away, when she's captured.
By who? It couldn't be much worse: The Hound. (Gulp! Please don't hurt my favorite character!)
Mysterious torture chamber
Theon still being tortured, but it's getting even worse and more gruesome.
Two girls begin to (very-weirdly) seduce him when his torturer returns and attacks him again -- this time in his most sensitive place. It's very likely that, after this latest maiming, Theon will never be able to have kids.
On the road with Bran
After Jojen saw Jon Snow at the wall in a dream, the group is headed north.
Osha promises to get them to Castle Black, but no further. She tells an alarming story of her encounter with a wight (what the frozen zombies are called after a White Walker turns them).
"The north was no place for men to be, not any more," she warns.
And that's a warning all of Westeros should should hear.


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IRONMAN Athlete Sets "Dirty Double" Goal
A sprinter-turned-endurance junkie rises through the IRONMAN age-group ranks.
by Lisa Barnes
In 2007, Brad Austin caught a broadcast of the IRONMAN World Championship on television. Intrigued by the sport and Chris "Macca" McCormack's win, he looked for past broadcasts and came across the inspiring story of Dick Hoyt and his son. "If a father can push and pull his son through this race, I have no excuse not to do it," the 25-year old Los Angeles resident recalls.
At the time, Austin was a collegiate sprinter for Georgetown University, with no room to take on endurance training. His IRONMAN dreams took a back seat, and after college he graduated from the 200-meter dash to the 26.2-mile marathon. It wouldn't be long before the lure of IRONMAN came knocking again.
Austin had been running competitively all his life, and qualified for the Boston Marathon after his first race. He suddenly found himself, however, lacking the excitement to do another standalone marathon. When Austin moved from Philadelphia to LA, he knew thought it was the perfect time to train for a new opportunity. In 2012, he made his full-distance debut at St. George, qualifying for the coveted IRONMAN World Championship in Kona. "It was my experience in Hawaii that year that really ignited my passion for IRONMAN," Austin says. "Up until that point, I was racing primarily for the experience. After seeing the high caliber of athletes in this sport, and feeling destroyed on that course, I changed my whole outlook on training."
Reorganizing himself with a new coach and a long-term vision to return to the World Championship (and win the amateur race) Austin tore through IRONMAN Arizona in 2013 with a near-flawless execution of performance and nutrition.
"The second half turned into absolute survival mode, but I dug deep in the last five km and caught several people," he remembers. That digging paid off—with a second place finish in his age group. Austin's time of 9:34 hours not only qualified him for the 2014 world championship, it also earned him an IRONMAN AWA Gold Award.
"Throughout the year, there isn't much recognition that comes from a hard bike session on the trainer, or a long run on a Thursday night," Austin says. "It's an honor to receive the award, but I'm most excited about returning to Hawaii knowing that I have another shot at the race that first inspired me, but later humbled me."
This summer, Austin will race IRONMAN 70.3 Vineman before transitioning his training to focus strictly on Kona in October. And that's not all—when he's done on the Big Island, he'll head back to Tempe to take on the race he did in 2013. He's calling it the "dirty double," given that the two events are just one month apart.
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A Few years ago, a Canadian with the youtube name of Phymec posted a computer generated animation video of a KEVA style structure that looked so real, I watched it several times to decide if it might be real. I have knocked down a lot of KEVA structures and watched slow motion video of the real thing. Phymec's videos are incredibly accurate. I contacted him to learn more about him and how it does it. The video to the left has over 5 million views.
How do they do it?
Since Phymec's introduction of the concept, KEVA planks animated destruction videos have grown into a subculture with dozens of animators contributing to the fascinating collection. People find new creative ways to destroy the virtual structures and dramatic new camera angles to view the action. It's done with open source software called Bullet Physics and Blender 3D. It is the same cutting edge software used to create realistic gaming situations...and its free
Beeg Martin has created a top notch instructional video to teach you how to get in on the action. At no cost, you can learn a marketable skill using some of the best software in the world. Or, just enjoy the accomplishment of making something out of nothing. KEVA planks work well for learning virtual destruction because the simplicity of the planks allows video producers to focus on the creative process instead of the planks.
The Math and Science Behind the Technology
These KEVA planks videos were simulated in a virtual 3D space using a computer. The KEVA structures were built programmatically using high-school geometry and trigonometry mathematics. The KEVA structures were then simulated to fall apart under a virtual gravity using the same principles learned in high-school physics (classical mechanics or "Newtonian physics") along with more advanced calculus to calculate collisions and 3D space orientation.
A free open source physics software library intended for programmers called "Bullet Physics" was used to calculate all of the physics in these videos. Bullet Physics is used by many computer and console games you play at home, as well as feature films. It's called "Bullet" because it is very fast at calculating virtual simulated physics. (visit http://bulletphysics.org for more information)
If you would like to play with virtual 3D worlds and simulated physics at home, visit http://www.blender.org where you will find the free open source Blender 3D graphics software (for Windows, Mac, Linux, and more). Blender will allow you to build virtual objects and worlds and simulate those using virtual physics (Blender uses Bullet Physics internally to do this). Blender also includes a built-in game engine, allowing you to create your own games using simulated physics.


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I also use my partner as a test case, he doesn't treat or I should say didn't treat. My average honey production went up so much, while his has been going down, he started treating all his nucs, or new hives last year, now this year isn't much of a test, but we will see when we get a "normal" year next year. and no I gave up counting through a microscope.


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LONDON - BP PLC has written to lawyers of claimants arising from the 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico, warning them that BP could seek to recover some of the payments if they prevail in a legal appeal, a spokesman said Wednesday.
BP has also taken out full page advertisements in the main U.S. newspapers, including the New York Times and the Wall Street Journal, saying that the interpretation of the settlement they agreed last year has resulted in payments to businesses that didn't suffer losses from the oil spill.
"Trial lawyers and some politicians are attempting to capitalize on this misinterpretation by encouraging the submission of thousands of claims for inflated losses, or losses that do not even exist," BP said in the advertisement.
A BP spokesman said: "The letters we are sending put claimants' lawyers on notice that, should we prevail on our appeal, BP will seek to recover payments to which claimants are not legally entitled."
Last year, BP agreed a settlement with the plaintiffs' steering committee--a group representing individuals with economic, property or medical damage claims. The settlement was originally estimated at $7.8 billion.
But the costs have escalated because average payments for business economic loss claims have been higher than anticipated.
In April, BP said that the total estimated cost of the PSC settlement will be "significantly higher" than its current estimate of $8.2 billion because business economic loss claims not yet received or processed are not reflected in the estimate and the average payments per claim so far are higher than anticipated.
The latest escalation in the cost of the disaster, which killed 11 men and triggered the worst offshore oil spill in U.S. history, comes as the company is embroiled in a civil trial to determine environmental fines that could total as much as $17.6 billion.
BP has previously challenged the spill claim fund's process for handing out money, saying in court filings that the administrator has approved "fictitious awards" to some businesses and overestimated the losses of many claimants.
The case is now being heard by the Fifth Circuit court of appeals in New Orleans, with a hearing scheduled for July 8.
A federal judge denied BP's plea to halt payments from the fund in April.
A BP spokesman said Wednesday that although the company was actively litigating the payments by the claims program "for inflated and even fictitious losses," it remained fully committed to paying legitimate claims due to the accident.
BP said in the advertisement that ran in the papers Tuesday that it has already paid out over $25 billion in response, including clean-up and restoration costs and in payments on claims made by individuals, businesses and governments for the 2010 disaster.
BP has spent or provisioned more than $40 billion for the Deepwater Horizon disaster.
Last week, BP called for an independent investigation of the process used to compensate business for the losses, following reports that a lawyer working for the claims administrator had been suspended for alleged misconduct.
The company was responding to an Associated Press report, which said that a lawyer working for the court-appointed administrator had been accused of collecting a portion of settlement payments referred to a New Orleans law firm.


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Here are a 2 sources that I discovered on the internet. I have used them extensively for my tree.
This one in French, "G?n?alogie de la famille Martineau-Lormi?re (branche du district de Montr?al) : suivie de notes g?n?alogiques et biographiques" http://www.nosracines.ca/f/toc.aspx?id=4747
This one in English and lists one of our ancestor as owning a piece of land (#33) under the name "Xaintonge" "Cadillac's Village or Detroit Under Cadillac"
An other excellent source, although in French, is on Ancestry.ca is the Tanguay Dictionaire de la famille Martineau". I have not been able to find it anywhere else.
If anyone has any other sources that they know about, please let me know.
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Sunday, 16 August 2009
Two scientists were racing
But it's about a husband and a wife who have gotten in a bit over their heads with work, research, running and parenting.
Above are photos for our TransAlpine Run passes. The run starts September 5th. Unfortunately, we haven't had much time to train for it.
Instead we've been trying to plan this huge party/Danish wedding we're having in two weeks. And my job has gotten crazy with the planning of my PhD project and working full time in my regular job. Plus SR's job has not become less stressful and he continues, understandably, to be quite affected by every "you're dying" conversation he has with his patients and their families.
Sometimes I wish we could just relax with a duck and a good book.
There have been some highlights in the past week, though.
-SR and I got in some practicing with him pushing my butt as I run uphill. This is one of our tactics for the TransAlpine race. We have no mountains here, but make do with these steep but small hills around here called Åse. (I also love running with my new Gregory Wasatch backpack and I'm looking forward to using it at the TransAlpine Run )
-We were invited to participate in a 5k relay by a friend who's company is going to sponsor us!!! In the race, all 4 participants run 5k. Not only is the race paid for, but we get clothing, too. Our first sponsor. That race is next weekend. The great thing about a relay, of course, is we don't need a babysitter.
Running Songs of The Day:
The Flaming Lips - Race For The Prize (Sacrifice Of The New Scientists)
The following song has pretty lame lyrics, but I love running to it: French Navy by Camera Obscura
8 comments:
- Danni said...
That sounds very busy! But yay for new gear!
- 17 August 2009 at 05:11
- SteveQ said...
I thought the stuffed animal looked like a platypus. Must be the angle.
My current fave running song is "London" by the Rumble Strips. It's impossible to move slowly when it plays.
- 17 August 2009 at 17:29
- sea legs girl said...
Yeah. New gear is great, especially if it makes you feel kind of hard core.
Steve Q. You are most likely correct. It definitely resembles a platypus more than a duck now that I look again. But to us it will always be a duck since I don't know what sound a platypus makes.
- 17 August 2009 at 18:41
- SteveQ said...
I'd tell you what sound it makes, but it's probably different in Danish. Do your children's books have animals making the English or Danish sounds?
I once went to a party made up of international students, who were supposed to make different animal sounds and have others guess what they were. Dogs may say "bow-wow" in English, but it was "boo-boo" in Italian and "wang-wang" in Chinese.
- 18 August 2009 at 17:29
- olga said...
I think you are going to have lots of fun. I am reading a book on "Motivational DNA", and it is fascinating to learn how I and others might be operating so differently - and it so makes sense! You seem to like variables, so go for it! You wouldn't be happy with a simple routine with few challenges.
- 18 August 2009 at 23:49
- Helen said...
I agree with Olga - it wouldn't be fun if it were simple :) But you do have a lot on your plate - PhD studies and all - yikes!! Still, you can forget it all while running the Alps... that will be such an awesome experience. Have fun with the relay.
- 19 August 2009 at 05:23
- Helen said...
PS - congrats on your first sponsorship - nice one!!
- 19 August 2009 at 05:24
- Meghan said...
Hi Sea Legs,
I'm with the others, too simple isn't too good. However, there's a fine fence line of comfort, not too busy, not too quiet, at least for me. Sometimes I'm on one side of the fence, or the other.
Good luck over there! You're going to be running a really fun race!
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An embracing array of services and facilities awaits, Atmospheric dining, distinctive guestrooms, a spa, a dazzling swimming pool and much more mean Andaman Embrace Resort & Spa is a destination in itself, all surrounded by styling influenced by Phuket's very own Sino-Portuguese architecture. But if it is location you want, the sea, sand and waves are only steps away. Andaman Embrace Resort & Spa is a brilliant Phuket hotel that shines from among the other accommodation choices on the island.
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134 rooms | Size: 35.5 sq. m. | Non-Smoking Room | Double/Twin beds | Garden view | En-suite shower or bathtubA casual mix of Sino-Portuguese interiors and modern amenities in 35.5 sq.m. deluxe room that is a fine example of contemporary comfort enhanced by warm colours, harmonically designed wooden furniture and a choice of garden.
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20 Thai Style Cottages | Size: 40 sq.m. included balcony space of 8 sq.m.Thai style thatched roof cottages sit within a landscaped garden separate from the rest of the hotel, featuring private terrace with lush and peaceful surroundings including the picturesque lotus pond.
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AIKEN, S.C. - The Peach Belt Conference (PBC) announced the 2009-10 All-PBC Women's Basketball Teams at a banquet Saturday night, as two Georgia College & State University (21-7) players made the squad.
Junior Chimere Jordan (Gray, Ga.) was selected Second Team All-PBC. Jordan led the team averaging 16.1 points a game, hit 68 three-pointers and 81 free-throws. She had nine 20-point games and upped her scoring to 17.5 per game in PBC contests.
Antoinette Reames (Orlando, Fla.) was named to All-PBC Third Team. The senior forward led the Bobcats with 209 rebounds and 64 blocked shots this season. Reames was also second on the team with 11.1 points a contest. Reames had eight double-doubles this year, including the third triple-double in league history with 10 points, 10 rebounds and 10 blocks at Augusta State University.
Georgia College has 29 All-PBC selections all-time in women's basketball. This marks the second straight season that more than one Bobcat received the honor as Shandrea Moore (Ft. Lauderdale, Fla.) and Tiauna Brantley made the teams last year.
The Bobcats are 21-7 on the season, finished first in the West Division and will face No. 17 Francis Marion University in the Marvin Vanover PBC Tournament Semifinals Saturday, March 6 at 3 p.m.
The GCSU Department of Athletics, winners of the 2008-09 PBC Commissioner's Cup, sponsors 10 varsity athletic programs at the NCAA Division II level. As a Division II program, GCSU prides itself on balancing the life of the student-athlete, evidenced by the Bobcats' multiple appearances in post-season competition as well as documented academic success and community-service involvement. Sign up at Twitter.com username GCSUSID for up-to-the-minute reports, and visit www.GCSUBobcats.com to nominate your favorite former Bobcats and Colonials to the GCSU Athletics Hall of Fame.