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While this happened almost a month ago, it's amazing enough to share. It is very rare that I am able to go away on my own–no kids, no hubs. So when my coworker/good friend invited me on her girls weekend kayaking adventure, I was game! As the date grew nearer, so did my apprehensions. We would be kayaking into a primitive campsite, then kayaking through three lakes and a river (with a 1/4 mile carry.) Disclosure: I dislike camping. We went a lot when I was a kid and it never failed to hail. I much prefer sleeping in my bed, using my bathroom, and cooking in my kitchen. So…you might be asking yourself why I agreed to this. Well, A. It got me out of the house with some ladies who I adore. B. I am trying to embrace new experiences and roll with things more than I have in the past.
The weekend rolls around and we make the 3 hour drive up into the Adirondack Mountains in New York. After stopping at some stores to stock up and loading up the kayaks, we were good to go!
So I don't lose you on the details, here is our trek:
Don't mind the screenshots–my technological skills are improving slowly! For the first picture, we began at the Raquette Lake General Store Marina. We kayaked following the red line to the Tioga Point Campground. The next morning, we left Tioga Point and traveled down the Marion River. After carrying the kayaks and gear through a 1/4 mile trail, we arrive at Utowana Lake. From there, we went across Eagle Lake and ended up in Blue Mountain Lake. We had parked a truck at the boat launch in Blue Mountain, which is where our journey ended. That is the VERY short version of our trip–from Friday afternoon to Saturday afternoon: in the kayaks for 9 hours and kayaking 15 miles! Now onto the story…
Friday Afternoon/Evening
We leave the Raquette marina all in good spirits. These girls had done this trip the year before and I was so pumped to be out on the lake. It is ABSOLUTELY GORGEOUS in the Adirondacks. I had only driven through it. Raquette Lake is enormous–something like 90 miles of shore line. They had mail boats, barges bringing garbage trucks and excavators, and some of the most amazing houses!
We ended up at Tioga Point Campground after a little over an hour. Tioga Point used to be an estate which was left to the state after the owner's death. Per state law, they had to burn the estate before they could use the land. The chimney is still there, which was our focal point during the home stretch! It was a really beautiful, small campground. Our site enabled us to kayak up to it. We also had some visitors! We all had a blast that afternoon and evening. We're all mom's and busy in our lives so it was nice to be completely disconnected from social media and our daily responsibilities. There's a boys camp on the lake near the campground and they ended up playing a wake up call, so we were up at 5:30 am!
Saturday morning was so calm and beautiful. The fog was still rising off the water, as we were in our kayaks by 6 am. We decided to take advantage of the glass like surface of Raquette and head over to the Marion River. On our way there, I was told the Marion River has three stages: a wide, peaceful stage, a twisty, ever-winding stage, and the final stage is narrow and tiny. Those stages were all true. We spent about 3 hours on the Marion River. There were herons, deer, and beaver dams galore. One group of beavers had blocked up the river in two places, leaving us no room to get by. We ended up having to get out in the sloggy river mud and carry our kayaks over the dam! By this time, the novelty had started to wear off a little bit. When we got to the end of the river, and the beginning of our 1/4 mile carry, I was elated. LAND! There were no spaces to pull off and stretch along the river and my body was feeling being in a kayak for 3 hours.
Let me tell you what…that 1/4 mile carry was a beast. I think we took about 5 trips–we started out unloading the kayaks so they weren't so heavy. Then, we tried double carrying kayaks–didn't work out so hot! We finally ended up dragging two of the kayaks for the last small stretch. When everything was at the launch for Lake Utowana, we took a break to eat and mentally prepare. This was at about 10:30 am.
Utowana was the longest straightaway we had to paddle. We saw a ton of wildlife and some amazing boat houses. Let me tell you what…that first half hour felt like 3 hours. Not gonna lie to y'all, I cracked my first hard seltzer before noon! We finally got through Utowana and into Eagle Lake! Eagle was pretty easy, but Blue Mountain was another beast.
Blue Mountain Lake is a HUGE lake town in the Adirondacks. The lake itself is huge–lots of big, fancy houses, lots of big, fancy boats. The wind picked up and it seemed like no matter how hard we paddled, we were getting nowhere. By this time, my hands had cramped up from holding the paddle, I was adjusting my position every five minutes, and I was just DONE. Once we rounded the point and saw the landing, I was paddling like a mad woman. I did get to see a sea plane (lake plane?) land right near us–that was cool!
We were starving, having survived off of protein bars and beef jerky since Friday night. Strangely enough, there was a pizza place/tiki bar on the way to our next campsite. Once we had retrieved all the vehicles and loaded everyone up, that was the first place we hit. We had some amazing food, beverages, and got pizza to go. The campground was back on Raquette Lake. It was one of the larger campgrounds I've been to–the kind where people take their campers and set up shop for the week. There was even an ice cream truck!
We all sat down by the lake, albeit after enjoying a few adult beverages, and marveled in the wonder that is the sunset. Once the sun went down, we made a fire, had a few laughs, and hit the hay early.
Sunday morning we geared up to hike Castle Rock–I was told there was an INCREDIBLE view that I couldn't miss. Honestly, hiking sounded amazing. My upper body was completely dead from kayaking and my poor legs were aching to get stretched out. Turns out, Castle Rock has multiple incredibly steep inclines! I was sweating like it was 100* in a canning kitchen, my legs were now crying from the incline, and we were all laughing hysterically at how out of shape we were! But let me tell you what, once we got up to the lookout we forgot all of it.
We got to see most of the lakes that we kayaked through! It was an incredible experience being able to see so far in all directions. The way back down was, as it usually is, much quicker! We loaded up into the cars to begin the 3 hour drive home.
For someone who was on the fence about going or canceling, I am SO glad I got to go. It was amazing to be disconnected from my cell phone for the majority of the weekend. I am so tied to it sometimes that I feel I miss out on stuff–something I am trying to make better, but in a world where everyone wants an answer immediately, it's hard! Being able to spend time with other women who are moms and understand how precious the trip was to me, was truly amazing. While I did not get in my kayak for the remainder of the summer, I am SO excited about going next year.


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HBOT Late Radiation Tissue Injury
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|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT02425215
Recruitment Status : Recruiting
First Posted : April 23, 2015
Last Update Posted : May 17, 2019
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Background: Radiotherapy is a common treatment for many malignancies. Radiation-related complications developing months or years after radiation treatment are known as late radiation tissue injury (LRTI) and are estimated to effect 5%-15% of all long-term survivors who have received radiation.
Hyperbaric oxygen therapy (HBOT) is a well established treatment of LRTI. Most of the studies evaluating effect of HBOT on LRTI are focused on survival, resolution of tissue damage and improvement in LENT-SOMA scale. Very few studies have addressed effect of HBOT on pain in LTRI. Krahn and colleagues were the first to report the analgesic effect of HBOT in 3 cases of refractory pain in oncological patients with radiation soft tissue injury. Other studies showed significant improvement in pain intensity in patients with breast cancer and pelvic malignancies treated with HBOT for LTRI. In patients that had developed radiation- induced brachial plexopathy, HBOT elicited an increase in warm pain thresholds and a reduction in lymphoedema. A prospective case study of 16 patients with gynecological cancer found no changes with respect to pain and depression outcomes. A trial in patients with radiation induced proctopathy showed that 75% of patients with rectal pain had some improvement, although none experienced a complete resolution of pain symptoms.
There are several mechanisms by which HBOT may elicit analgesic effects. There is a growing body of evidence that HBOT's analgesic effect related to nitric oxide metabolism and endogenous opioid secretion. Furthermore, the inhibition of tumor necrosis factor alph (TNF-α), the production of substance P, and the modulation of serotonergic pathways have all demonstrated a modification in the pain response following HBOT. In animal studies HBOT decreased allodynia and hyperalgesia in different models of neuropathic and inflammatory pain. The long lasting antinociceptive effect of HBOT was found to be dose-dependent in non-injured tissues.
In human studies, HBOT decreased pain and edema and improved function in patients suffering from the complex regional pain syndrome, and improved pain scores and range of motion in patients with idiopathic femoral head necrosis. Women suffering from interstitial cystitis demonstrated a reduction in pelvic pain following weeks and months of HBOT treatment. In patients suffering from idiopathic trigeminal neuralgia HBOT produced a rapid reduction in symptoms and these effects were lasting for 6 months following treatment. HBOT was also found to be an effective treatment for cluster headaches and migraines and alleviated muscle and bone pains in patients with myofascial syndrome, fibromyalgia, and biphosphonate-related osteonecrosis of the jaw.
Based on the evidence presented above and HBOT's known analgesic effect in many conditions, the investigators designed this study with the objective to evaluate if HBOT reduces pain, improves depression and impacts on patients quality of life in patients suffering from late radiation tissue injury.
Study Design: Prospective observational study (n=300). Patients that have had radiation therapy for malignancy, developed late radiation injury and suffer from chronic pain.
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|Late Radiation Injury Chronic Pain
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|300 participants
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|Official Title:
|Does Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy (HBOT) Reduce Pain, Improve Depression and Impact on Patients' Quality of Life for Those Suffering From Late Radiation Tissue Injury?
|Study Start Date :
|June 2014
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|September 2020
|Estimated Study Completion Date :
|December 2020
- Pain Intensity (11 point numeric rating scale, Brief Pain Inventory short form ) [ Time Frame: 6 months post-treatment ]
Pain will be assessed with the 11 point numeric rating scale (NRS; 0 = "no pain" to 10 = "unbearable pain").Patients will be asked to document their pain during the previous 24 hours daily upon awakening and immediately after the intervention. Daily and weekly mean pain scores and the proportion of responders, defined as patients with a ≥30% reduction in mean pain score from baseline to endpoint will be recorded.
The Brief Pain Inventory short form will also be administered.
- Pain Disability (pain disability index) [ Time Frame: 6 months post-treatment ]Will be measured using the pain disability index (PDI). The tool is valid and reliable instrument widely used to assess chronic pain patients in research and clinical settings.
- Quality of Life Measurement (EORTC QLQ C30) [ Time Frame: 6 months post-treatment ]Will be assessed with the European Organization for Research and Treatment of Cancer Quality of life Questionnaire (EORTC QLQ C30). The EORTC QLQ-C30 is a self administered questionnaire developed to assess the quality of life of cancer patients. It has been translated and validated into 81 languages and is used in more than 3,000 studies worldwide. It is composed of both multi-item scales and single item measures.These include 5 functional scales (physical functioning, role functioning, emotional functioning, cognitive functioning, and social functioning), 3 symptom scales (fatigue, nausea and vomiting, and pain), and 6 single items (dyspnoea, insomnia, appetite loss, constipation, diarrhoea, and financial difficulties).
- The Patient Global Impression of Change [ Time Frame: 6 months post-treatment ]The scale has been recommended by Initiatives on Methods, Measurement, and Pain Assessment in Clinical Trials (IMMPACT) to evaluate the efficacy of treatment in chronic pain trials. It assesses global response to treatment and uses a 7-point Likert scale that varies from 1 (very much improved) to 7 (very much worse).
- Depression and Anxiety (Hospital Anxiety (HADS-A) and Depression (HADS-D) scale) [ Time Frame: 6 months post-treatment ]Depression and anxiety will be assessed with the Hospital Anxiety (HADS-A) and Depression (HADS-D) scale, consisting of 14 items (7 each for anxiety and depression).
- Pain medications [ Time Frame: 6 months post-treatment ]Change of pain medications.
Choosing to participate in a study is an important personal decision. Talk with your doctor and family members or friends about deciding to join a study. To learn more about this study, you or your doctor may contact the study research staff using the contacts provided below. For general information, Learn About Clinical Studies.
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- Patients who had radiation therapy, developed late radiation tissue injury and are eligible for hyperbaric oxygen therapy.
- Pain ≥ 5 in any anatomic site with duration > 3 months
Exclusion Criteria:
- Patient refusal
- Patient inability to answer the questionnaires
To learn more about this study, you or your doctor may contact the study research staff using the contact information provided by the sponsor.
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier (NCT number): NCT02425215
|Contact: Rita Katznelson, MD
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) – Missouri hunters will now be allowed to use crossbows during archery season.
The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports that the Missouri Department of Conservation has approved the change. A crossbow is a device that fires arrow-like projectiles called bolts.
Missouri deer biologist Barbara Keller says crossbows had been allowed for people with physical limitations. Keller says officials want to remove a hurdle for people who want to participate in archery season. The move follows 25 other states that already allow crossbow use during archery season for everyone.
Bill Brookshier, a longtime member of the Missouri Bowhunters Association, says the group opposes the use of crossbows during archery season because it doesn't feel like true archery. Brookshier says the association supports allowing older adults and people with handicaps to use a crossbow.


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Batman: Damned was quite the topic upon release, but it wasn't for the reasons that DC wanted, and that is something they will address with future Black Label offerings.
For those who aren't aware, Brian Azzarello and Lee Bermejo's Batman: Damned series is the first offering from DC Comics' more mature oriented Black Label imprint. The comic surprised some though when it offered a look at Batman's penis after he exits the Batmobile in the Batcave, and DC quickly moved to censor that in future prints of the issue. At New York Comic-Con DC Comics co-publishers Jim Lee and Dan DiDio offered their take on how things played out in this situation.
"I think we made some choices after it went out," DiDio told Polygon, "and there were some production errors that led to the book being published the way it was ... that ended up being a big story. But thankfully people were very pleased with the story and the content, the beautiful art, and the story that Brian [Azzarello] and Lee [Bermejo] had come up with really resonated with readers."
"It's made us, certainly, look at what Black Label is and think about whether these elements are additive to the story," Lee said. "And that's something that we'll be mindful of going forward, because I don't think we want necessarily a repeat of what happened with the first issue."
That topic became the main focus of reactions to the issue as opposed to just the quality of the story as a whole, and that's at least part of why DiDio kind of wishes it never happened in the first place.
"It's something we wished never happened," DiDio said, "because it really took the attention away from what we thought was quality storytelling, and that's not the way we see this imprint. As a matter of fact, we're excited by all the books that we have under Black Label. And it's an important line for us, so much so that we're actually repositioning some of our older material that has that same tonality and bringing it in and reprinting it under the Black Label name."7comments
So don't expect to see that kind of thing in future Black Label books like Batman: Last Knight on Earth, Superman: Year One, or Wonder Woman Historia: The Amazons when those eventually release.
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The Ministry of the Environment is going to convene the 15th Environment Congress for Asia and the Pacific (ECO ASIA 2007) on September 8 in Fukuoka City, Fukuoka Prefecture. The aim of this meeting is to promote policy dialogue on the environment through a free exchange of views. Representatives from many nations, including environmental ministers in the Asia-Pacific region, and representatives of international organizations, including the United Nations Environment Program (UNEP), will participate in the meeting.
The main topic for discussion at ECO ASIA 2007 is "Asian Efforts to Address Global Environmental Issues." It aims at discussions on international cooperation for waste management and recycling at the national and local level, and climate change.


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Luxury close enough to touch – High-quality cutlery in silver-plated and partially gold-plated versions.
Press release • Feb 10, 2016 11:00 GMT
Most of us only know it from five-star hotels, top restaurants or pictures of stately homes, cutlery embellished with silver or gold. But exclusive high-quality cutlery made of precious metal immediately upgrades any table anywhere. For lovers of classically elegant table-settings, Villeroy & Boch is therefore now presenting silver-plated versions of three successful cutlery lines: the historically inspired Neufaden Merlemont and Kreuzband Septfontaines, and the timelessly modern La Classica. La Classica is also available as a partially gold-plated line, providing that special touch of extra extravagance.
Silver-plated lines for classically elegant table-settings
Thanks to their distinctively traditional design, the cutlery lines Neufaden Merlemont and Kreuzband Septfontaines are true classics. Neufaden Merlemont displays an elegant droplet-shape at the end of the handles and a strand that peters out as it moves away from the handle, a striking design attribute. The historical character of Kreuzband Septfontaines is underscored by delicate ornamentation on the handles and the back of the tops of the cutlery. The La Classica cutlery displays straight contours and a deliberately minimalist design language. The clear lines and simple geometry of this slender cutlery create a fine understatement.
The selected cutlery lines receive their high-quality silver-plating in Germany. Thanks to years of experience and special manufacturing techniques the silver-plated cutlery is food safe and dishwasher proof.
The silver-plated cutlery Neufaden Merlemont, Kreuzband Septfontaines and La Classica are each available in 24-, 30-, 70- and 113-piece sets. They make wonderful high-quality presents, for instance for a wedding or a notable birthday.
Partially gold-plated La Classica for more glamour and noblesse on the table
Partial gold-plating is a traditional technique that gives cutlery that extra special touch. The partially gold-plated La Classica is manufactured from stainless steel 18/10 and has a formal elegance that is highlighted by the addition of gold. The soft, matt gold colour contrasts attractively with the lustrous stainless steel but also forms a seamless part of the harmonious overall impression. All the pieces of cutlery, especially the hollow-handle knives, are very comfortable to hold. The new, partially gold-plated cutlery goes well with the tableware collection La Classica Nuova, but also with expressive décors like Amazonia, Ivoire, Aureus and Samarkand Mosaic, and with the fine white tableware Anmut. The cutlery line is dishwasher safe.
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Villeroy & Boch is one of the world's leading premium brands for ceramic products. The family business, which was founded in 1748 and is headquartered in Mettlach/Germany, stands for innovation, tradition and exceptional style. As a renowned lifestyle brand, Villeroy & Boch offers products from the sectors Bathroom and Wellness and Tableware, and is active in 125 countries.


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It was one of the primary rallying cries of the Donald Trump campaign: A Border Wall.
Liberals who think every human on earth should be allowed automatic and instant access to the United States hated the idea, of course, but people with brains and eyes supported the notion.
Perhaps the biggest concern has been the overall cost of the wall, which will undoubtedly stretch into the billions, and likely at the cost of John Q. Taxpayer.
Now, when Trump got into the White House, he made it plain that he wanted Mexico to pay for the Southern border wall, though most critics said that would never happen.
After some time went by, the Trump administration amended that statement a bit, saying the U.S. would pay to start the wall construction, but they expected reimbursement from Mexico at some point.
The other option would be to split the cost between the two countries somehow.
But either way, it does seem as if the wall will eventually come to fruition and Trump drove that point home during a recent meet-and-greet with the press in Hamburg, Germany at the G20 Summit.
That's where Trump sat right next to Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto and refused to back off from his border wall vow.
A reporter must've assumed that with Nieto sitting there, Trump would back off a bit…but our president doesn't back off.
"We're negotiating NAFTA and some other things with Mexico and we'll see how it all turns out, but I think that we've made very good progress," Trump said.
Then when a reporter asked if Trump still wanted Mexico to pay for the wall, the President simply replied:
This speaks volumes about our country's current leader and his dedication to the safety of American citizens.
Illegal immigration is an undeniable scourge that won't just go away if we ignore it, and we've already wasted billions of dollars and countless man hours dealing with the out-of-control situation.
The wall, along with the travel ban, is absolutely necessary for the U.S. to regain its footing, so here's hoping Trump maintains his bullishness.
And many true Patriots agree:
Our President Trump is AWESOME I can't say it enough I'm so happy with him & the job he's doing Vindication is so sweet #AmericaFirst #MAGA
— Ann Seeger (@aseeger3) July 7, 2017
After what Trump has accomplished to this point, I'm convinced the Mexican President will take out his checkbook and pay up at that meeting.
— Danny Covfefe🍦🍦🐸 (@Daniel_Ohana) July 7, 2017
Yes! Mexico will pay for the Wall!!! 🇺🇸😃❤
— Raggedy Rose (@R3Thorns) July 7, 2017
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The jury in the murder trial of a university police officer who shot and killed an unarmed black man has not been able to reach a verdict.
University of Cincinnati police officer Ray Tensing – who was wearing a Confederate flag T-shirt under his uniform during the shooting – was charged with murder and voluntary manslaughter in the death of Samuel Debose, but the jury needed to pick only one charge. In the end, the jury was hung, said WLWT-TV.
Because the jury was hung, the judge declared a mistrial on November 12.
Here's what you need to know:
1. Tensing Shot DeBose in the Head During a Traffic Stop
Tensing shot and killed DeBose in 2015 during a traffic stop. The jury was asked to decide whether Tensing had a reasonable belief his life was in danger when he shot, which would have given him the right to legally use lethal force.
During the trial, the defense argued that Tensing "thought he was being dragged by DuBose's vehicle at the time he fired the shot," said LawNewz.
The prosecutor argued otherwise; he said "Mr. Tensing was not dragged" and argued the physical evidence showed Tensing only "ran along the car a short distance, stumbled and fell," according to LawNewz.
DuBose was unarmed, said The Chicago Tribune.
2. Body Camera Footage Was Released in the Case
Body camera footage of the shooting had inflamed tensions. The video starts with the officer and DuBose having a calm conversation after Tensing pulled him over. Tensing then repeatedly asks DuBose whether he has a license on him. The officer then reaches suddenly into the car window, shouts "Stop! Stop!" and shoots DuBose in the head. (Warning: Graphic content.)
The police report mentioned a struggle that DuBose's family argued was contradicted by the body camera video.
A prosecution expert testified that the body camera footage contradicted Tensing's story that he was dragged by the car, said The Chicago Tribune. The officer was fired after the shooting, the newspaper said.
3. Tensing Was Wearing a Confederate Flag T-Shirt When He Killed DuBose
The revelation that Tensing was wearing a T-shirt with a confederate flag on it when he killed DuBose upset DuBose's family.
DuBose's sister and mother told WCPO-TV that the T-shirt convinced them that Tensing was "evil" to his core.
The officer was wearing the shirt under his uniform, said WCPO. The shirt was introduced as evidence during the trial.
4. Tensing Testified That He Thought DuBose Was Going to Run Him Over
According to CNN, Tensing, who was 25 when the shooting occurred, took the witness stand in his own defense.
He testified that "he had reached into the car to try to grab the car keys from the ignition but DuBose started the car and began to drive away," catching Tensing's arm and causing him to begin to fall, said CNN.
"I remember thinking, 'Oh, my God, he's going to run me over and he's going to kill me,'" CNN said Tensing testified on the stand.
Prosecutors countered that video showed Tensing standing and the car accelerating after he shot DuBose, said CNN.
5. A Prosecutor Described the Shooting as an 'Asinine Act' & DuBose's Family Said He Was Frail & Sick
Prosecutor Joseph Deters described the shooting as "the most asinine act I've ever seen a police officer make" and said Tensing "should never have been a police officer."
DuBose's family said he was suffering from an illness and was too frail and sick to put up much of a struggle. He had no violent criminal history.


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Ha, it appeared the position was incorrect indeed. The mechanic removed the plastic stopper for some reason and the window was travelling too far. I have noticed the door makes clanking noise when you close it with the window fully retracted. The car is supposed to raise it a bit to prevent the wobbling, which caused the sound, but it was not enough. They've put the stopper back and the window is there like it was before. That hasn't helped with the one touch though.
Actually, the switch was my first guess, because I know the water got inside it during all those months it took them to fix the leak. The mechanic shot it down, but I think I should be more critical of what they say. On the other hand, the switch is designed to get wet, but there must be a limit to how much it can sustain. Also, it's not entirely dead and regular operations function. I would expect it not not work at all in case of damage. But who knows which kind of failure handling logic it has. But it still makes more sense than the motor suddenly having computer problems. Also, it would be cheaper to fix.
Pin corrosion - do you mean water inside the connector? My first guess was that it is exactly what happened. I think the connector inside the door would not be as well isolated you the kind you have on your car. Could you please elaborate why you think it is unlikely?
Looks like it's different in 2nd gen cars: No connector here, the cable goes inside the door. So it's not possible to check for water damage without removing the panel.
Thanks, I will check next time I'me near the car.
The wiring looks fine on the outside and checking the connector inside will require removing the door panel. But this sounds promising. The water did go inside the door near the hinge. If the door computer has trouble communicating with the outside world it would have trouble controlling the passenger side window, like it is.
Thanks, that's not a problem. Indeed, 1 cm is something like I have now. I assume one touch works in your car, so that is not the cause of my trouble. I don't have a better idea though.
HI wizard, Thanks for the response. Half inch is about 13 mm (inch is 2.54 cm). The glass is barely visible through the weatherstrip. So it's much more than 1 mm you wrote about. The passenger side glass is a bit above the weatherstrip, but it may have been adjusted before. Driver side glass was just like that before they started the "repairs". So this works toward my theory.
Hello, This issue needs a little bit of context, sorry for the lots of text. I had a leak on the driver's side of my RHD 2005 Boxster 2.7 Manual. I brought the car to a mechanic, who raised the window with adjustment screws, and leak was gone for a month. I brought the car again, the mechanic raised the window even more, but that worked only for a week. I brought the car the third time, insisting that something needs to be replaced, and they replaced a rubber gasket. This helped with the leak, but now one touch window operation does not work on the driver side and windows are positioned differently. So the symptoms are: 1. No driver side window one touch operation while door convenience feature works fine 2. No passenger window one touch operation with the buttons on the driver's door, but works fine when operated from the passenger door 3. Driver side window goes all the way inside the door and stops about half inch lower than the top edge of the door, while the passenger side window stops just above the edge Here are the photos: Passenger side: Driver side: It's hard to see the edge of the window inside the door and even harder to take a good photo of it. Unfortunately, I did not have the car since new, so I do not know how it is supposed to be with a new gasket. I tried resetting the windows the same way I did after a battery was replaced, and that did not help. I went to the mechanic once more. They said the driver side window is this low because they lowered it to compensate for the new gasket. I expected something like that, but I thought the adjustment would be just few millimetres rather than half inch. Then they hooked up a KTM and discovered window module errors. After the errors had been cleared, one touch operation worked up, but not down. After few times that stopped working again and the errors were back. The mechanic told me it's something with the computer module on the motor and it cannot remember the positions. So entire motor assembly must be replaced. Also, water got inside the door through the place, where the side mirror is mounted. The mechanic assured me the water cannot harm the motor. I have reasons to doubt that, because it's hard to believe that a computer stops working just a little bit. I presume it's made on a single chip, so when memory on a chip goes bust, then everything wouldn't work. The most plausible explanation I can come up with is that the window mechanism is too low now, and the lowest position is beyond the computer memory range. That's why it has trouble remembering it. Could please someone tell me where was the lowest window position on a new car? Is it above or below the door? Do you have a better explanation for the issue than me?
Apparently, the whole edge of the top is a single part: http://www.design911.co.uk/fu/prod129445/Porsche-Boxster-Convertible-Top-Front-Gasket-U-Shape-98756132702/ I doubt it's repairable. Quite pricey, but not that hard to replace: Link to copyrighted materials - removed My only problem may be to properly adjust it.
Yes, I have checked the drains and they are fine. Anyway, there are no reasons to doubt the water comes though that specific corner as I have personally seen that.
Ah, sorry. I always thought model info is impossible to forget about and here I am. It's 2005 Boxster 987.1. 2.7 manual.
Hello Everyone, Edit: the car is 2005 Boxster, 2.7 manual. Recently I noticed that the driver side carpet (right where I live) is wet after a rain. After eliminating several possible explanations I learned, that the water leaks from the point where soft top, windscreen and side window come together. I have made few photos from the both sides to check for the differences. I have noticed, that the rubber tooth-like seal on the roof, which goes into the cavity of the same shape on the windscreen, is bent on the side, where leak is: Also, soft rubber seal on the windscreen on the side with the leak is a bit deformed: But I suspect, that the real cause is that the flocked rubber seal, which the side window goes into, came apart from the roof frame (I marked it on the photo because it is extremely hard to take a good picture of): On the passenger side, where there's no leak, the same seal is completely flush with the frame. Could you please suggest a way to fix the problem or a better explanation? Thanks in advance.


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His poems sound so wonderful! I don't want to just like this poet, I want to love him. But I can't for the life of me figure out what he's smoking.
Looking over his bio, it appears he smoked and drank just about everything. He lived the rock star lifestyle they expected of poets back in the thirties, boozing and sleeping his way around the Europe and America. He wrote a lot of plays and took part in their production, but was notoriously undependable about showing up. He was a party boy–rude, boorish, loud and most often falling over drunk.
I found a book of Dylan Thomas' poems at the library when I was sorting donations and bought it for $1, and I've been trying to read it. I see patterns. I get images. I make some sense of individual lines, and occasionally stanzas. But the gist of these poems escapes me, so far at least. Ah me, another poet I'm too stupid to understand! Let me just stick my tail between my legs and try for another high score on Panda Poets (an absurdly addictive word game on Kindle) and try to unshred my self-esteem.
One thing about Thomas is that, even though his poems sound marvelous, I hate to read them out loud. I want them in Man-voice–with a Welsh accent, if you've got one handy.
I'm just going to type out a whole poem, and hope that something besides syllable counts and a vague theme of filling empty places stands out as I do type.
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by Dylan Thomas
Light breaks where no sun shines;
Where no sea runs, the waters of the heart
Push in their tides;
And, broken ghosts with glow-worms in their heads,
The things of light
File through the flesh where no flesh decks the bones.
A candle in the thighs
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The fruit of man unwrinkles in the stars,
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Spout to the rod
Divining in a smile the oil of tears.
Night in the sockets rounds,
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Day lights the bone;
Where no cold is, the skinning gales unpin
The winter's robes;
The film of spring is hanging from the lids.
Light breaks on secret lots,
On tips of thought where thoughts smell in the rain;
When logics die,
The secret of the soil grows through the eye,
And blood jumps in the sun;
Above the waste allotments the dawn halts.
Mmmmmm. Not getting much, but a few things:
1. It has to do with aging.
2. I'm not the only person who uses a lot of semicolons.
3. The images and mood come through distinctly, even if the "logics die" before I ever find them.
4. The word choices keep surprising me all the way through. I would never in a million years have thought of some of those verbs.
5. More or less iambic.
I have no following poem in mind. I'm just going to close my eyes and type.
Prayer Flags
Marriage makes the bed to die
From seasons in the years of rusted cloth;
A linen shroud
With fear to break the wings of lust and care;
And play no more;
The middles lost in voices on the wind.
When pulled down on the floor
Once clean, enlightened traceries in light
Made winter warm;
In breath the sainted travesties in time
Remained the frame
Of interests and mountains greenly fought.
When white shakes out of gauze
In flag-whip gusts of memorized replies,
My love and I
Take consternation at the nearish miss;
Remove the hearts
to lie asleep on pillows wound in snow.
Gray wounded weathers rise;
The unmarked frozen miles of dearest land,
In bursts of flesh,
Of promises that miss the lips of gods,
Partake the sheets
That can't conceal the riddle side of two.
Vacant prayers arise
To satiate the jaws that limit force of air;
Toil unto death;
Imprint two signatures atop the sun;
Ice memorized,
Divorcing jumps the rocks and falls like sounds.
Okay, there you have it. I know what I was thinking when I wrote it. But how would anybody else every figure it out?


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The problem with headaches, as they're treated nowadays, is we only focus on treating the pain once it has started. Rarely do we aggressively target what is causing the headaches to prevent them in the future. That's why we need to look at lifestyle changes. Here are some things I want you to consider as you figure out how to avoid suffering from headaches.


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WASHINGTON–After House Republican leaders ordered that C-SPAN cameras be shut off during the Democrats' sit-in protest on the floor of the House of Representatives this week, the protesting legislators used Periscope and Facebook Live to stream the protest live.
When the sit-in—which was led by Georgia Rep. John Lewis—began, House Speaker Paul Ryan called the House into recess, which in effect, forced C-SPAN's cameras to be turned off because House rules dictate that cameras can only be used while in session. C-SPAN noted through a tweet during the sit-in that the network "has no control over the U.S. House TV cameras."
That didn't stop Democratic legislators who proceeded to broadcast the sit-in through Periscope and Facebook Live from their smartphones and C-SPAN was in fact able to eventually cover the protest by picking up those feeds and broadcasting them live on their own network. Those feeds can be seen on C-SPAN's website, where numerous clips are shown.
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As organizational psychologists, we always pay close attention to the Tech Council's C-Suite of the Year Awards, particularly the descriptions of why the finalists are seen as "Tops" in their fields. We hope you do too. This best-in-show data is a great source for insights into two key factors that are core to the performance of any organization: culture and leadership. We've delved into what we've learned about organizational culture from Top Leaders in past TEQ editions (see "Culture Counts: Lessons from the Culture Leader of the Year Finalists," September 2017). We've also touched on the unique competencies of Top Leaders (see "What Makes a Great CIO," April 2018). But what have we learned about how a leader becomes one of the best and brightest? Not surprisingly, what we hear from the Top C-Suite Awardees matches the evidence we've garnered from leadership development research.
Top Leaders Move Around, Not Just Up.
The best and brightest seldom, if ever, spend all of their time in a single function or unit of a business. It's just not possible to understand the complexities of today's organizations without being exposed to a variety of assignments and perspectives. Experiences like switching from a staff role to operations (or vice versa), starting up a new unit or department, closing down a chunk of the business or negotiating a major sale or supplier contract are hallmarks of successful careers. These varying experiences not only help build perspective and business insight, but they are the experiences from which other critical leadership competencies are gleaned. Competencies that are highly related to future leadership potential (such as being comfortable with ambiguity, actively learning by trying new things and making sense of complex and contradictory information) can only be developed by navigating experiences that demand that they be learned and effectively applied.
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Top leaders not only navigate a variety of challenging and complex situations but they learn from them; they are learning-agile. Being learning-agile means that you are not just able to pick up and apply technical knowledge. It also involves being curious and considering novel approaches, gaining insight on people-related matters, being comfortable with risk and change and enjoying the challenge of delivering results in tough situations. Interestingly, we find that development occurs not just from success but also failures: Top Leaders sometimes goof up. The difference is that learning-agile leaders learn from the mistakes so that they are never repeated.
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A large global study found a strong positive relationship between the prevalence of the competency of self-awareness among an organization's leaders and overall business performance. Top Leaders know their strengths and weaknesses by using a regular combination of requesting feedback and reflecting on their experiences. Research has shown that, without regular feedback, what we learn from developmental experiences is significantly reduced. The feedback also needs to be requested from others, not imposed or unsolicited, or the human brain reacts to the feedback as a threat. In addition, research has confirmed that regularly reflecting about the actions we have taken and what we learned from the experience significantly improves how effectively we apply a new skill. In fact, the same field and laboratory research showed that increasing the amount of reflection had more impact on learning than having more experience with the skill. Reflection and feedback build intentionality into a leadership development. Want to be a Top Leader someday and stand in the spotlight on the Tech Council stage? The formula to achieve that goal is very clear. Strive to have a variety of jobs and assignments in all parts of the organization. Ask for opportunities outside of your comfort zone. Not only have a wide range of challenging experiences but learn how to learn from them – both successes and failures. And take the time regularly, maybe even daily, to solicit feedback from others and to reflect on your progress. Be intentional about your learning.
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If you've visited Jindee, you may have seen how many of the streets are already lined with trees that are ready to grow and mature over time.
Once complete, Jindee will actually feature around three times more street trees than you'd find in a typical new development. There are over 200 tree types that could be used through Jindee's through-fares and to delineate the different transect zones within the estate.
Of course this means beautiful streets well into the future (a win for property value!) but there are actually a whole range of reasons why trees are an important part of Jindee... and these go well beyond the aesthetics.
While trees visually enhance and add character to any neighbourhood, here are some of the other great benefits of living in a leafy suburb you may not have thought of.
Boosting values
By increasing the street appeal and neighbourhood aesthetics, trees can help to appeal to buyers, contributing to property value within the area. Recent research by the University of Queensland has shown that trees really can boost your home's value. This is why it so important to look at 'green infrastructure' including street trees when considering building, whether you are looking for your next family home or are investing.
In Stage One at Jindee, each street features a different tree, from the leafy Coral Trees you'll see on Limestone Street to the beautiful Cape Lilacs along Swimmer Terrace. Feature trees are also at the end of most streets to form what is known as 'terminating vistas'. All of this means a more appealing - and valuable - neighbourhood.
Trees for your health
There is no shortage of studies pointing to the health benefits of trees, for example by encouraging people to get out and exercise more. In fact, the Heart Foundation urges local governments to use tree planting and landscaping along streets and in open spaces for this very reason.
According to the Heart Foundation, the presence of trees is even associated with reduced incidence of type 2 diabetes and heart attacks as well as lowering the risk of skin cancer.
And it's not just physical – living in an area filled with shady trees gives your mental health a boost too.
Summer relief
There's nothing quite like a Perth summer but those hot summer days can become intense. Tree canopies take some of the heat out of those days, reducing temperatures of the areas they shade by as much as 25%.
They also provide atmospheric cooling through a process called evapotranspiration and reduce glare.
Reduce energy consumption
Trees, if strategically selected and planted, provide shade which can reduce reliance on air conditioning in your home over summer. Lower energy bills? Yes please!
Clearing the air
Trees play a crucial function in improving air quality, trapping dust and particulates. By absorbing airborne pollutants, trees are even are linked to lower levels of childhood asthma.
You would also be well aware of how important trees are in helping to reduce the impact of global warming. They do this by removing carbon removing from the atmosphere – the more trees there are, the better our planet is!
Improving water
Trees are also helpful in rainy weather, working to slow stormwater flow rates, reducing runoff and filtering heavy metals from water through their leaves and roots. This all leads to better water quality.
Homes for wildlife
Many species of birds, mammals, insects and other wildlife rely on trees to give them both shelter and important food sources.
Better communities
So trees have the potential to make us healthier and happier, our neighbourhoods prettier, our properties more valuable and our environment more sustainable. On top of all that, they can even bring about social benefits.
Jindee has been planned carefully to draw people outside of their homes and to socialise within their community and trees play a role in this. Green urban spaces and tree lined streets encourage the community to gather and interact, adding to the sense of belonging and community cohesion. They help make the estate more immersive, encouraging people to head out to explore their neighbourhood's different zones.
At Jindee, all of the trees have been carefully selected to ensure they will maximise the above benefits and provide real shade, including species such as Tipuana Tipus and Figs. The Tipuanu Tipus trees planted along Oceania Ave are on a five year pruning plan to be shaped into a stunning shady arch along the main street and footpath down to the village and foreshore.
Want to see for yourself how trees are a big part of the vision for Jindee? Give Nicola a call on 1800 JINDEE or pop into our sales office on the corner of Marmion Avenue & Oceania Ave, Jindalee – she will be happy to show you around.


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Warning! Explicit material within! naughty word ahoy! Look away kiddies, lest u go blind. ...ok, you were warned....i promised zombie squirrels....and ..well, their almost here....but what i do have is the poster for the zombie squirrel comic i've been working on - 'NUTZ'. It was gonna be 5 pages but over the course of the train journey became 8 or 9. We'll see. Anyways, gotta pretty much all the pages figured out, couple of tweaks here and there then i'll rough them all out on post-it-notes and blow them up to near a4 for cleanup. In the meantime you have my scribble fest which is somehow gonna become this comic, man i love drawin squirrels :)
Hope u enjoy the poster! That's it for this week probably, have a good weekend folks!
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Wednesday, July 13, 2011
Baby GAP Haul
Check out all the stuff shopaholic mama bought from Baby GAP!
The crew neck tees are made from very comfy cotton, and they cost only HK$21something!
Total purchase HK$224 with free shipping to Hong Kong since I've used paypal to make payment. Woohooo!
The tees seemed too big (for each design, I've bought 1 current size and 1 size bigger), and I wanted baby M to try them on...
...but he's busy playing at his favorite spot. Under the dining table ^_^
He wasn't being happy being pulled to be dressed up...
...but I'm glad the polo tee fits him nicely ^_^
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GREECE'S left-wing Syriza coalition government is hoping that Chancellor Angela Merkel will persuade the German Parliament that a compromise is necessary. As The Business Times went to press on Friday night, negotiations on Greece's debt had reached a climax after Germany rejected a request from the Greek government to extend its bailout.
After two weeks of fractious negotiations with eurozone members, Syriza abandoned several election pledges. In an official letter, it asked the European Union for a borrowing extension of six months after Greece's bailout programme expires on Feb 28.
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European equity and bond markets were sanguine that a short-term finance deal would be reached to provide Greece's new government the opportunity to improve tax collection, counter corruption, encourage growth and reduce overall unemployment of 26 per cent and youth unemployment of 51 per cent.
According to a Merrill Lynch survey of fund managers in recent days, participants shrugged off the Greek crisis.
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Today marks both the 37th anniversary of the death of Elvis Presley and the 75th birthday of Billy Joe Shaver. While the two men never met, they did share a musical bond: In 1973, Presley recorded Shaver's anything-for-love ballad "You Asked Me To" for his 1975 album Promised Land.
Shaver doesn't remember where he was when Presley died on August 16, 1977, but he says he always looked up to the entertainer for his versatility with a song.
"I wanted to take every song and make it about something different. I kind of learned that in a way from Elvis Presley," Shaver says. "It's funny, I would hear a song come out and I'd say, 'Who's that?' And it would be him. He sounded a little different and it would knock you out. It was always a good song. His songs are always dangerously good."
Presley's take on "You Asked Me To" was more produced than the spare version Waylon Jennings recorded on his seminal Honky Tonk Heroes album in 1973, but both interpretations are suitably moving. Presley recorded a number of takes of the song — some of which have since been released — which Shaver views as a sign of a truly committed artist.
"I admired Elvis quite a bit. A lot of people didn't like him, but I did. I thought he was really great. From what I hear, he would do songs over and over and over," Shaver says. "Anyone who cares that much about it has got to be a good person."
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Children, whose parents do not have an education beside the final exam of primary school, perform significantly worse than other children in primary school. They already perform worse in the first national tests in 2. grade (Danish) and 3. grade (mathematics), and register data analysis show that very few children manage to catch up with their classmates during the school days. Internationally tested efforts with tutors and structured student collaborations have shown good results – especially in the USA. Can they be targeted to classes with a high proportion of socioeconomically weak children and thereby promote learning and inclusion in a Danish context?
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Recruitment occurs in spring 2016. It is expected that 600 classes in total will participate in the test, comprised of a combination of 3., 5., and 8. grades.
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Tutor procedure. The school gets resources to include young students in the teaching. The tutor gives intensive mathematics training for students who need extra support.
Structured student collaboration. The school receives support to accomplish structured student collaboration, in which 8. grades students read one to one with students in 3. or 5. grade. The expectation is that the effort strengthens the youngest students' reading skills, increase their well-being and strengthen the eldest students' sense of responsibility and well-being
The effect of the school-targeted efforts will be evaluated in a randomized controlled trial and it is carried out with the Ministry of Children, Education and Equality. Among classes that join the trial scheme, it is decided by lot which of the two efforts the class should implement, or if the class should function as a comparison group. Thus, it will become random, whether the class will have to implement the one effort instead of the other (or no new effort). As a rule this implies that you can expect that the students will be comparable across the different effort groups, and that the differences between the students over time is due to the form of supporting effort they receive.
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Coming off of an international break, all eyes were at the top of the Damallsvenskan table as both FC Rosengård and Linköpings FC remained neck and neck.
At the other end of the spectrum, KIF Örebro, Mallbackens IF, Umeå IK and Kristianstads DFF were all fighting to further themselves away from the relegation places.
The top two continue to set the pace
Malmö was the focus of a lot of attention this weekend as many were hoping to see new signing, Swedish superstar Lotta Schelin in the colours of the team for the first time but she was not listed in the matchday roster.
Rosengård had no problems dispatching KIF Örebro without her though, recording a routine 3-0 win at home. Emma Berglund, who continues her fine form in this campaign, Sara Gunnarsdottir and Ella Masar picked up the goals for the home team. The win leaves Rosengård at the top of the Damallsvenskan on goal difference.
Linköping may have been playing away from home, but they too showed no signs of slowing down and came away as 4-1 winners over a solid Piteå IF outfit. Tempest Norlin opened the scoring in the match for Piteå in the tenth minute, but Renee Slegers immediately tied things up for the visitors with her first goal of the season.
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Elsewhere, Djurgårdens IF completed a 2-0 nil win over Kristianstads which left the relegation outfit three points away from safety and right at the bottom of the table. Djurgårdens were looking to bounce back from their loss in the previous round, and goals from Mia Jalkerud and Hanna Lundqvist ensured the win for the home side.
Sitting one point above Kristianstads, Umeå could do nothing as they were rolled over by a Kvarnsvedens IK side that were looking to find form again. The home side managed to put three past Kristianstads, with the goals coming from in-form Malawian striker Tabita Chawinga, who got a brace, and Marie Salander. Lotta Ökvist got the solitary goal for Umeå.
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Man facing 20 years for child porn found dead in jail
A Schertz man pleaded guilty Thursday to child pornography charges, but sentencing was canceled for another child-porn defendant from San Antonio because he killed himself in a federal jail.
Both men, Larry Joe King Sr. and Matthew Phillip Lehr, were investigated by the FBI in separate cases.
Lehr, 44, pleaded guilty Oct. 13 to distributing child pornography and was awaiting sentencing when guards found him about 2 a.m. Monday in his cell at the Central Texas Detention Facility in downtown San Antonio, authorities said.
That jail is run on a contract by Florida-based The GEO Group, which did not respond to calls seeking comment Thursday.
He had hung himself with a bed sheet and had slit his wrists, the U.S. Marshals Service confirmed.
"He was not on any suicide watch," said Supervisory Deputy U.S. Marshal Preston Browning. "Attempts were made by the jail staff there to resuscitate him, but it was too late."
Earlier this year, the FBI found more than 100,000 images on Lehr's computers after searching his Northeast Side home. Lehr told agents he was addicted to child porn and that he sought out teenage boys for sex. He was not charged with anything beyond accessing peer-to-peer networks for child porn.
Larry Joe King Sr., 63, of Schertz, meanwhile, pleaded guilty to distributing child porn. The FBI raided his home Feb. 23, 2010. A forensic examination of his computer hard drives turned up 273 images and 56 videos of child porn.
He faces up to 20 years in prison when Chief U.S. District Judge Fred Biery sentences him Feb. 24.


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