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The Dark Light Stories
"You created me as your toy and now you're forcing me to sleep with a ghost. Can you still tell yourself that you're not selfish?"*** Warning: This story is Carlisle/Edward slash. There will be sexual scenes between these two characters. If that bothers you, as they should say in marriage: run now or forever hold your peace. These stories will follow Carlisle and Edward through ten life-changing events, from Edward's transformation to meeting Bella. They will explore the love that evolved between the two men and the betrayal that 87 years together can bring.
Each section will be set to a song from HIM's "Dark Light" CD, which I recommend you listen to: A) because it rocks and B) because it follows the story. The chapters will be as follows: 1. Killing Loneliness: Edward's Beginning 2. In The Nightside of Eden: Lovers 3. Rip Out The Wings Of A Butterfly: Carlisle's Doubts 4. Dark Light: Esme's Turning 5. Vampire Heart: Edward's Rebellion 6. The Face of God: Carlisle's Regrets 7. Under The Rose: Edward's Return 8. Drunk On Shadows: Rosalie's Turning 9. Play Dead: Edward's Regression 10. Behind The Crimson Door: The Last Kiss
1. Killing Loneliness: Edward's Beginning
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Carlisle will always remember Edward as being the hardest.
He's tried to chalk it up to first times, he had never changed anyone and wasn't quite ready for the consequences, but he knows that a lot of it had to do with Edward himself.
Edward was born vicious and angry, his eyes a muddy, deranged red. Even soaked in blood and fluids as his human body died, Carlisle could see that his choice had been perfect: Edward was absolutely stunning.
The venom had matured him and squared off his shoulders. Any baby fat that had clung to his 17-year-old cheeks had faded, replaced with a square jaw and angular cheekbones. From the length of his torso, Carlisle could assume that he probably grown a couple of inches. His muscle build was still wiry, always would be, but now it had a catlike ease to it instead of a gangly teen.
He strained at the bonds holding him until Carlisle worried the whole bed would collapse. The street was mostly empty, the flu had taken its toll here, but the thought of someone hearing the ripping mattress and splitting wood was enough to make his skin crawl. He approached the bed, shaking partly from fear but more so from excitement, and pulled out his scalpel. Edward eyed the instrument with a dangerous look that would become his trademark.
"Don't be afraid, Edward, I'm not going to hurt you," Carlisle said.
"Burn in Hell," Edward hissed. Carlisle would have blushed if he could.
He began cutting away the ropes with a tenderness most people only reserved for lovers. All the while, Edward's crazed eyes never left his face. As he cut the last shred of rope, he looked up at Edward, who had yet to move.
Maybe he's too weak. Carlisle thought.
Edward leapt from the bed and pinned Carlisle to the wall with one steel hand to his throat.
"What have you done to me?" Edward said, his eyes blazing a hole into Carlisle.
"I saved your life," Carlisle responded, sounding meek even to his own ears.
Edward parted his lips and laughed harshly.
"This," he said, motioning at his body, "is not my life."
Edward was wheeled into the terminal ward 2 hours after his mother was admitted. He was already unconsciousness when Carlisle first saw him, a wiry teenager with thick, coppery-brown hair and long, graceful fingers. The fever had ravaged their home and they were the only two left out of a large, thriving family. Carlisle took their temperatures and checked their vitals. He noted to the nurses that they would most likely be gone by midnight; it was 3 pm. He glanced at the boy again. Even in this state, he was striking. Carlisle's skin hummed at the thought of touching him, just once, just the graze of a finger. The pang of loneliness rolled up from his gut and engulfed his throat.
Suddenly, he felt a hand grappling at his coat. He turned and saw Edward Masen's mother, Elizabeth, staring up at him with hard, frantic eyes.
"What is it, Mrs. Masen?" Carlisle asked, bending to be close to her lips.
"I know what you are," she hissed.
Carlisle felt his stomach turn to rocks. "I'm sorry?"
"I…know," she whispered, the words clumsy and slow on her fever-swollen tongue. "And I know you can save my boy."
The bustling room seemed to fade around him as Carlisle looked down into Mrs. Masen's green eyes. He had an almost overwhelming urge to run. His shift was almost over anyway, no one would notice. He could flee this room and this mad woman and go hunting for fast, nimble deer in the woods where the fresh, moist air could perfume his nose.
"I know you want to save him," the woman mumbled. "I know that. So you—" at this point she grappled for his hand, which she clutched in hers with a strength that was surprising for a dying woman—"you swear to me that you'll save him. You do every thing you have to."
And then Carlisle had another vision, one of him running through those woods with another shape keeping pace with him. Edward Masen, pale and faster than light, sprinting through the woods beside him with a smile playing across his lips. They would catch deer together and feed and then go home, to wherever that might be, and Carlisle could talk again about who he truly was and teach the boy how to exist in the ever-changing world. He leaned down to Mrs. Masen with a new confidence.
"I will save your son, Mrs. Masen," he whispered, his voice fervent. "And he will never know death again."
The woman smiled at him, a serene smile, and then closed her eyes. Carlisle checked her pulse and it was faint, but present. He looked back at Edward one last time before fleeing to his office. He paced the floor; trying to understand the dying wish he had just given the woman. He had witnessed people being turned before. The Volturi had done it hundreds of times before while he was with them, but he had never taken part, and his interest had been waning at best. He would watch the dying human start to twist and squeal on the marble floor before murmuring that he had enough and escaping to his quarters. His plan to change Edward seemed suddenly massive and terrifying, like a gaping jaw.
A knock interrupted his thoughts.
"Dr. Cullen?" A young nurse poked her head in the door. "Mrs. Masen has just passed."
"And the boy?"
"Two hours at the most," she said, glancing at her chart.
"Thank you."
She closed the door quietly. Carlisle stood and grabbed his medical bag. He thought about stashing a syringe of tranquilizer but then realized it would probably do him no good. Closing the office door behind him, Carlisle went downstairs to collect Edward Masen.
"Where is my mother?" Edward demanded suddenly. He had been pacing the room for the better part of an hour. Carlisle was amazed that he could withstand the thirst so thoroughly. The manifestation of his self-control stunned him. He assumed his newborn would be more helpless somehow.
"The flu took her three days ago," Carlisle said.
Edward stopped and stared at him. "How long have I been here?"
"Almost four days," Carlisle said, glancing at his watch. "You were dying, Edward."
The young man snorted. "As you've pointed out."
He looked around him at the destroyed house, bloodied sheets piled in the corner and broken furniture from his sudden outbursts, and grimaced. Suddenly, human voices could be heard walking by. Edward's head snapped around like it was on a string. Carlisle barely had time to register the voices and the rich, warm smell of the blood before Edward was leaping for the boarded up windows and tearing at the planks. He grabbed the newborn's shoulder but Edward's strength was phenomenal. He had to use every ounce of power in his ancient body to restrain Edward's trashing body.
"Let me go! I want them!" he yelled.
"No, you won't live like that. I won't allow you to murder people," Carlisle murmured.
His muscles strained as Edward threw his force into getting Carlisle off his back. The voices faded into the darkness and the smell of blood drifted off, replaced by the smell of rotting flesh and illness.
Edward started to sob then, his shoulders heaving uselessly. "I'm so thirsty. What have you done to me?"
Carlisle had yet to decide on an answer for that question. He glanced at the plank hat Edward had partially removed and pounded the bent nails back in with one tap of his palm. Edward watched, amazed.
"It was your mother's dying wish that I save you," Carlisle said lamely.
"And what about my dying wish?" Edward demanded. "Maybe it was just to die!"
"Your mother asked first," Carlisle said, chuckling softly.
"Tell me what I am!" Edward screamed suddenly.
Carlisle paced the room, confused. He didn't remember the change being like this. He always knew the newborns' were strong and bloodthirsty but also mostly naïve and dependent on their maker. That they would not question their existence until told. He shook his head at his own naivety. He watched as Edward clawed at his throat, the burn of thirst driving him mad. Pinpricks of blood appeared and dripped onto his nails, the wounds closing almost immediately. His eyes went wide and he suckled at his fingers ravenously.
"That's what you are," Carlisle whispered.
Edward shook his head violently, a force that would have broken a human's neck, and sobbed uncontrollably. "No! I'm not what you are. I don't know what you are but I'm not like you."
"You need to hunt. You need blood. It will stop the burning," Carlisle continued, trying to sound soothing. He reached for Edward's shoulder but the newborn swatted at his hand, breaking Carlisle's index finger. He hissed at the pain and then quickly set it. The sound of the bone healing was like someone chewing on the cartilage in a chicken bone. Edward watched all this with his mouth slightly agape. He looked down at his own graceful fingers and grabbed his pinky in his hand.
"Edward—" Carlisle warned.
The sound of the snap was overshadowed by Edward's fierce whimper.
"Come here, let me set it before it heals." Carlisle said. Edward stared at him. "Hurry up. I'm a doctor. It's fine."
Edward extended his hand and Carlisle snapped the finger back into place with barely a flinch from the young man. Edward stared down at his hand and then at Carlisle.
"I'll get you a coat," Carlisle muttered.
When he came back from the foyer, an extra coat draped over his arm, the room was empty. He could hear the hand pump working in the kitchen and a sinking suspicion filled him.
"Edward! Don't drink water!"
He raced to the kitchen where Edward was bent under the stream of clear water, gulping desperately to cool the flames in his throat and whimpering. Carlisle grabbed him and tried to pull him away but Edward clung to the sink with all his force, bending the metal sink under his grip. Carlisle sighed and took a step back, watching as Edward's back began to heave as he continued to try to drink.
"Oh God," Edward muttered, "I feel—"
He began vomiting clear liquid back into the sink as the water streamed over his hair. Even when his body had purged the unwanted water, he stayed curled over the sink, shaking from his sobs.
"You can only drink one thing now," Carlisle said, rubbing Edward's rock-hard back.
"I don't want to."
"You need to," Carlisle said. "It'll be okay. I'll be with you."
"Take me, then," Edward finally whispered.
Edward was a natural hunter, tracking the herd of whitetail deer with ease. He grabbed two females by the neck, one in each hand, and then looked to Carlisle for guidance. Carlisle took his own deer and lowered his mouth to the fragile neck, his eyes never leaving Edward's. He broke the skin and the blood bubbled up into his mouth. He let the animal's frantic heart pump the blood to him until it slowed and, finally, stopped. His eyes had slid closed, but he could hear Edward's whimper of relief as he drank from, first one animal, and then the other.
"I need more," Edward growled.
Carlisle motioned off into the woods and then followed Edward as he fed from successive animals, seeming to grow more calm and alert as he went. Carlisle had been feeding almost every night before he turned Edward and it was healing to be back outside again, away from all the dying humans and the lights of the city. He finished feeding before Edward and perched on a boulder to watch the newborn kill. When Edward was finished, he approached Carlisle with a calm, steady step. His shirt was torn and dirty and his angular face was smeared with blood.
"How do you feel?" Carlisle asked.
Edward snorted. "Disgusted and satisfied."
"You'll get used to it."
Edward looked up at the sky for a long moment and then chuckled. "Will I?"
Carlisle didn't answer. Instead, he pulled a handkerchief from his pocket and reached towards Edward's face. The newborn didn't flinch, so Carlisle started to hesitantly clean his face. He wiped some of the blood from his forehead before working down to his chin until the cloth was a dirty brown from the old blood.
There's a river nearby. He could clean himself there before we go back to town. Carlisle thought.
"I know," Edward answered.
Carlisle's head snapped around to examine the beautiful man.
"What did you say?"
"I said: I know there's a river nearby," he said. He seemed nonchalant with the information, unaware of what he had just done.
"I didn't say that out loud," Carlisle pointed out.
Edward frowned. His eyes had faded to a softer red, the glow of embers.
"What do you mean?"
Edward, can you hear me? Carlisle thought.
The two men looked at each other as a quiet understanding dawned.
"Is there something wrong with me?" Edward asked.
Carlisle shook his head.
"No. You're a mind reader. I've witnessed it before but I didn't know you would be capable of it."
"Why am I?'
Carlisle shrugged. "Vampires often bring over special skills we had from our human life. You were probably very good at reading people."
Edward looked suddenly distraught.
"Please, don't use that word."
"What word?" Carlisle asks, frowning.
"Vampire. I knows it's…what I am now, but just don't say it."
I want to touch him, Carlisle thought, distracted by Edward's frown. He felt a sudden rush of embarrassment as Edward's eyes narrowed at him.
"I'm sorry."
Edward ignored this and stood.
"I apologize," Carlisle said again, his voice stumbling.
Edward walked off into the woods. His gait was still odd but it has the seed of grace in it. Carlisle stayed seated, uncertain as to whether or not Edward was abandoning him, until he heard the splash of water. He could smell the dried blood dissolving into the rushing water and, above it all, the scent of Edward's skin. Carlisle tried to place it; a fresh, cool scent, like cut melon, coupled with something primal and almost spicy. It made his skin tingle and he closed his eyes and inhaled deeply, letting images of Edward's nude body rush through his mind. He had been forced to strip Edward during his transformation, as he vomited and bled out all over his clothes, his preternatural body purging itself of unnecessary human fluids. He had picked Edward up and bathed him twice in lukewarm water as Edward thrashed and shook, barely conscious. He had watched as Edward's skin lost its pink flush and his muscles became tight and defined, pressing against the white, marble-hard skin, until his biceps and abdomen looked like carved stone.
His name came floating through the forest. It was the first time Edward had used it, even though Carlisle had never formally introduced himself. He was off and running through the woods immediately.
Is he hurt? Carlisle's mind raced.
Edward was standing in the rushing water, his torso bare and shimmering in the blue moonlight. He still looked 17, in a way, it was there if his supple movements and his sharply pretty features, but he was too tall and too well-built to ever be mistaken for a child again.
"I'm fine," Edward said. "Can we go home?"
We, Carlisle thought, smiling softly.
Edward stepped out of the water with rivulets running along the lines of his nude body and looked over at Carlisle. "Yes, we."
Carlisle guided Edward back to his small home on the outskirts of town. The quiet, rustic dwelling was simple but clean and far enough from civilization that Carlisle was left in peace. He owned a horse for show but rarely rode it. He was too tempted to eat it when he did. The house had been bought furnished and still had a massive iron bed in the single bedroom. Edward walked across the floors on the tips of his toes, silent as a whisper. He was still shirtless but his trousers were back on.
"What time is it?" Edward asked, looking in at the bed.
"A quarter past five," Carlisle said, glancing at his watch.
Edward frowned and went into the bedroom. He sat on the edge of the edge and looked back out at Carlisle, who was standing awkwardly in the living area.
"I'm not tired."
"You don't need to sleep anymore," Carlisle said.
Edward's eyes narrowed.
"Ever?" he sounded perplexed.
He lied down anyway, looking sad and curling into a fetal position. Carlisle sat down beside him and placed a hand on Edward's calf. The young man's eyes were closed and his face was still as ice.
He's beautiful, Carlisle thought.
"Thank you," Edward murmured.
Carlisle chuckled. "I'll have to remember you can do that."
For the first time, Edward actually smiled. Carlisle stretched out beside him and left his hand open on the quilt in case Edward wanted it. As dawn crept over the house, Carlisle felt Edward's finger steal into his palm. Sunlight flooded the room and Carlisle heard Edward's quick intake of breath as crystalline sparkles filled the area. Edward stared down at his skin and twisted one arm. The glittering jumped erratically in time to his movements. He squeezed Carlisle's hand and sat up, his eyes wide.
There was a lot Carlisle had to explain.
"Memories sharp as daggers pierce into the flesh of today
The suicide of love took away all that matters and buried the remains in an unmarked grave in your heart
With the venomous kiss you gave me, I'm killing loneliness
With the warmth of your arms, you saved me
I'm killing loneliness with you
The killing loneliness that turned my heart into a tomb
I'm killing loneliness
Nailed to a cross together as solitude begs us to stay
We disappear in the lie forever and denounce the power of death over our souls
As secret words are said to start a war
With the venomous kiss you gave me, I'm killing loneliness
With the warmth of your arms, you saved me
I'm killing loneliness with you
The killing loneliness that turned my heart into a tomb
I'm killing loneliness with you…"
-HIM "Killing Loneliness"
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We have a weekly event at work called Reminiscing Thursday. Our seniors are invited to bring something from their past to share. There isn't an agenda, and we have no idea where the discussions will lead. Since I am the ringleader, the pressure is on for me to bring something interesting each week. Even though I have a lot to choose from, I'm usually searching around the night before for that perfect item.
This week was more of the same, I was searching through a couple of boxes and came across a school register for my wife's grandmother. It's called the Welch's System of Classification, Gradation and Close Supervision. Zella (McConnell) LeVan attended a one room school house in Kalamo Twp., Eaton Co., MI. This register shows the group of students as they proceed from one year to the next "to each succeeding teacher". It contains class curriculum, as well as grades and teachers notes for each student.
Zella grew up to be a teacher. She taught in Charlotte, MI. I'm not exactly sure how she obtained this book. In 1913, Zella was in the 5th grade at Hinkley School. That school year is on the first page of the register, and it ends with the year 1920. It may have been her love of teaching that prompted someone to give the register to her.
That year, Hinkley School had 19 total students in grades 1 through 8. Five of Zella's classmates were her cousins from nearby farms. Her teacher that year was Martha A. Lane. An interesting side note is that in each succeeding school year in the book, there was a different teacher.
As I was finding this register in the box, I also came across a formal portrait of Martha Lane. On the back of the picture holder Zella wrote , "Martha Lane. Our Hinkley teacher when I was 9 years old, in the 5th grade. Obviously she was a favorite teacher and a special person in Zella's life. She may have even inspired her to become a teacher.
I wondered about Martha Lane. What had become of her? Where did she go after that one year at the Hinkley School? Was someone that mentored Grandma as she began her own teaching career?
I looked her up on Ancestry.com. Luck would have it, I found her. And, there was another picture. And there was something unexpected – a death date of April 7, 1919. According to Ancestry, Martha was born on January 27, 1894. This would have made her only 19 when she began teaching school that year at Hinkley. She also married a man named Victor Schinkez.
So, what had happened? How did she die? There is a great repository of Michigan death records called Seeking Michigan. I searched and up came her death certificate. She had died of tuberculosis at the age of 25. Martha is buried in Maple Hill Cemetery in Charlotte, MI.
I wish Grandma was still alive to ask more about Martha Lane.
Zella would have been only 15 when Martha passed away.

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Oct. 21, 2011
Fullerton, Calif. -
Cal State San Marcos dominated the collegiate competition Friday evening at the Cal State Fullerton Titan Invitational Cross Country Meet, sweeping to a pair of victories.
The Cougars got a 1-2-3-6-10 finish in the women's 5K race and a 1-2-4-5-6 finish in the men's 8K to easily outdistance the fields, which included 10 women's teams and 8 men's squads.
Suzanne Cornwell of CSUSM won the women's race in 17:01.7 and the Cougars' Western Nelson was the first male collegian across the finish line in 24:20.5. Running unattached, Sergy Sushchikh led all the men in 24:05.9.
Host Cal State Fullerton entered only a handful of individuals, resting the "A" team for the Big West Conference championships a week from Saturday. Allison Murray ran 58th overall in 19:17.5 to pace the CSF women while Kyle Lintz was the first Fullerton male to cross the line, finishing 65th overall in 26:40.9.
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Dr. Brower's research interests include ventilation-associated lung injury, ARDS, and clinical and translational research in acute lung injury.
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Truong AD, Kho ME, Brower RG, Feldman DR, Colantuoni E, Needham DM. "Effects of neuromuscular electrical stimulation on cytokines in peripheral blood for healthy participants: a prospective, single-blinded Study." Clin Physiol Funct Imaging. 2015 Oct 16. doi: 10.1111/cpf.12290. [Epub ahead of print]
Amato MB, Meade MO, Slutsky AS, Brochard L, Costa EL, Schoenfeld DA, Stewart TE, Briel M, Talmor D, Mercat A, Richard JC, Carvalho CR, Brower RG. "Driving pressure and survival in the acute respiratory distress syndrome." N Engl J Med. 2015 Feb 19;372(8):747-55. doi: 10.1056/NEJMsa1410639.
Denney JA, Capanni F, Herrera P, Dulanto A, Roldan R, Paz E, Jaymez AA, Chirinos EE, Portugal J, Quispe R, Brower RG, Checkley W; INTENSIVOS Cohort Study. "Establishment of a prospective cohort of mechanically ventilated patients in five intensive care units in Lima, Peru: protocol and organisational characteristics of participating centres." BMJ Open. 2015 Jan 16;5(1):e005803. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2014-005803.
Needham DM, Yang T, Dinglas VD, Mendez-Tellez PA, Shanholtz C, Sevransky JE, Brower RG, Pronovost PJ, Colantuoni E. "Timing of low tidal volume ventilation and intensive care unit mortality in acute respiratory distress syndrome. A prospective cohort study." Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2015 Jan 15;191(2):177-85. doi: 10.1164/rccm.201409-1598OC.
Eberlein M, Reed RM, Bolukbas S, Diamond JM, Wille KM, Orens JB, Brower RG, Christie JD; Lung Transplant Outcomes Group. "Lung size mismatch and primary graft dysfunction after bilateral lung transplantation." J Heart Lung Transplant. 2015 Feb;34(2):233-40. doi: 10.1016/j.healun.2014.09.030. Epub 2014 Sep 28.
Kamdar BB, Yang J, King LM, Neufeld KJ, Bienvenu OJ, Rowden AM, Brower RG, Collop NA, Needham DM. Developing, Implementing, and Evaluating a Multifaceted Quality Improvement Intervention to Promote Sleep in an ICU. Am J Med Qual. 2013 Nov 22. [Epub ahead of print] PMID: 24270169
Eberlein M, Reed RM, Maidaa M, Bolukbas S, Arnaoutakis GJ, Orens JB, Brower RG, Merlo CA, Hunsicker LG. Donor-recipient size matching and survival after lung transplantation. A cohort study. Ann Am Thorac Soc. 2013 Oct;10(5):418-25. doi: 10.1513/AnnalsATS.201301-008OC. PMID: 23988005
Brower RG. Time to reach a new equilibrium after changes in PEEP in acute respiratory distress syndrome patients. Intensive Care Med. 2013 Nov;39(11):2053-5. No abstract available. PMID: 23958739
Eberlein M, Reed RM, Bolukbas S, Parekh KR, Arnaoutakis GJ, Orens JB, Brower RG, Shah AS, Hunsicker L, Merlo CA. Lung size mismatch and survival after single and bilateral lung transplantation. Ann Thorac Surg. 2013 Aug;96(2):457-63. doi: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2013.04.064. Epub 2013 Jun 26. PMID: 23809729
Hager DN, Dinglas VD, Subhas S, Rowden AM, Neufeld KJ, Bienvenu OJ, Touradji P, Colantuoni E, Reddy DR, Brower RG, Needham DM. Reducing deep sedation and delirium in acute lung injury patients: a quality improvement project. Crit Care Med. 2013 Jun;41(6):1435-42. doi: 10.1097/CCM.0b013e31827ca949. PMID: 23507716
Prescott HC, Brower RG, Cooke CR, Phillips G, O'Brien JM; Factors associated with elevated plateau pressure in patients with acute lung injury receiving lower tidal volume ventilation. National Institutes of Health Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome Investigators. Crit Care Med. 2013 Mar;41(3):756-64. doi: 10.1097/CCM.0b013e3182741790. PMID: 23328258
Kamdar BB, King LM, Collop NA, Sakamuri S, Colantuoni E, Neufeld KJ, Bienvenu OJ, Rowden AM, Touradji P, Brower RG, Needham DM. The effect of a quality improvement intervention on perceived sleep quality and cognition in a medical ICU. Crit Care Med. 2013 Mar;41(3):800-9. doi: 10.1097/CCM.0b013e3182746442. PMID: 23314584
Dezube R, Arnaoutakis GJ, Reed RM, Bolukbas S, Shah AS, Orens JB, Brower RG, Eberlein M. The effect of lung-size mismatch on mechanical ventilation tidal volumes after bilateral lung transplantation. Interact Cardiovasc Thorac Surg. 2013 Mar;16(3):275-81. doi: 10.1093/icvts/ivs493. Epub 2012 Dec 12. PMID: 23243035
Miller RR 3rd, Macintyre NR, Hite RD, Truwit JD, Brower RG, Morris AH. Point: should positive end-expiratory pressure in patients with ARDS be set on oxygenation? Yes. Chest. 2012 Jun;141(6):1379-82; discussion 1386-7. doi: 10.1378/chest.12-0155. No abstract available. PMID: 22670017
Needham DM, Colantuoni E, Mendez-Tellez PA, Dinglas VD, Sevransky JE, Dennison Himmelfarb CR, Desai SV, Shanholtz C, Brower RG, Pronovost PJ. Lung protective mechanical ventilation and two year survival in patients with acute lung injury: prospective cohort study. BMJ. 2012 Apr 5;344:e2124. doi: 10.1136/bmj.e2124. PMID: 22491953
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Bizarrely, I have always liked goat cheese salad even though I have never been a great fan of goat cheese. I guess it's that amazing combination of warm goat cheese and honey, cinnamon flavoured pear, pine nuts and beetroot that make me happy with the savour and texture of this dish …. My goat cheese salad is perfect for smart lunch or light supper, however it would also make an excellent starter when cooking for friends.
Just so you know, I created the recipe myself, though I was inspired by several salads I have eaten in various restaurants. The recipe is quick and can be easily adjusted by adding more or less ingredients. I used a honey-mustard-lime juice dressing, yet you may want to substitute it with a good quality virgin olive oil and balsamico. Finally, warm crunchy ciabatta and well chilled white wine, will perfectly accompany this meal.
Satisfying, full of flavours, elegant – enjoy it!
Goat cheese salad with poached pear
Serves 2
You will need:
1 package of mixed baby leaves lettuce
1 cooked beetroot, cut into quarters and sliced
2 radishes, sliced
1 spring onion, sliced
4 large cherry tomatoes, halved
2 logs of soft goat cheese
2 tablespoons of honey
1 handful of pine nuts, toasted
2 small pears
1 small cinnamon stick
zest of 1/2 lemon
2 tablespoons of brown sugar
1 glass of white wine
cold water
1 pre baked ciabata bread
For the dressing: This time I didn't follow a recipe, just mixed some Dijon mustard with honey, lime juice and olive oil, salt and pepper.
If unwashed, clean the lettuce and then divide between two large plates. Add the beetroot, tomatoes, radish and spring onion.
To poach the pears, peal and place in the pan together with white wine, cinnamon stick, lemon zest, sugar. Add cold water to cover the pears. Cook for a few minutes making sure the fruit is soft yet firm at the same time. Avoid overcooking the pears for esthetic reasons.
Arrange the goat cheese in a lightly greased ovenproof dish. Pour over the honey and warm up in a moderate oven. Spoon the dressing over the salad leaves. Arrange the pears in the middle of each plate and finally add the warm goat cheese. To serve, sprinkle the cheese with some toasted pine nuts. This will make a difference to the flavour!
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July 31, 2007
LOS ANGELES - UCLA Anderson School of Management Professor Emeritus Patricia J. Hughes passed away on Sunday, July 29. She was to turn 64 on August 2. She is survived by her husband, UCLA Anderson Professor Emeritus Michael Brennan, their children, Katie, Andrew and James, and their families.
Hughes joined the accounting area at UCLA Anderson in 1983 after earning her Ph.D. at the University of British Columbia. She became an assistant professor and later an associate professor at the University of Southern California, before returning to Anderson as a full professor in 1995. In addition to her professorial duties, Hughes served as a member of the first Faculty Executive Committee from 1995-97, was chair of the Accounting area from 1995-2000 and was vice-chair of the faculty from 2002 until 2005.
During her tenure at UCLA Anderson, Hughes was a well-liked instructor - her Corporate Reporting course was particularly popular among students. She was also a respected scholar, and her research on financial reporting and disclosures appeared in leading accounting and financial journals.
"Pat will be greatly missed by all at UCLA Anderson as a great mentor and friend," said UCLA Anderson Dean Judy D. Olian. "She will be appreciated for her many forms of outstanding service to the school and for her cheerful and generous demeanor."
"Pat was a terrific friend, colleague and co-author," said Professor Carla Hayn, who published a paper with Hughes. "Among many great traits, she had two characteristics that I found really striking. First, her pragmatic, 'down-to-earth' approach to problems, whether administrative or research-related, was a breath of fresh air. When discussions meandered into lengthy digressions as can often happen in academia, Pat would bring the focus back to the issue at hand through a single, clarifying comment. Second, Pat had an inner strength that enabled her to maintain an optimistic outlook throughout her illness. No matter how bad she felt, Pat was in the classroom teaching, counseling students, working with coauthors and performing service for the school. While Pat's spark and wit will be sorely missed, her legacy will certainly live on through the many lives that she has touched."
Professor Eduardo Schwartz, who had known Hughes since their days together in Vancouver more than 35 years ago remarked, "Pat was an exceptional human being. She was a great administrator and an extremely supportive colleague and teacher, much loved by everyone who knew her. Our two families have been friends since our Vancouver days. We even moved together to L.A. sharing the same moving truck. We will greatly miss her."
Professor Sandy Jacoby noted that, "Pat accomplished many things with high competency and low ego." Added Faculty Chairman Antonio Bernardo, "She was one of the loveliest people I've met here at UCLA."
Pat's family has suggested that donations be made to either The National Breast Cancer Foundation or St. Joseph's Center in Venice, CA.
About UCLA Anderson School of Management
UCLA Anderson School of Management, established in 1935, is regarded among the very best business schools in the world. UCLA Anderson faculty are ranked #1 in "Intellectual Capital" by BusinessWeek and are renowned for their teaching excellence and research that advances management thinking and practice. Each year, UCLA Anderson provides management education to more than 1,600 students enrolled in MBA, Executive MBA, Fully-Employed MBA and doctoral programs, and to more than 2,000 professional managers through executive education programs. Combining highly selective admissions, innovative learning programs, and a world-wide network of 35,000 alumni, UCLA Anderson develops and prepares global leaders.


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Interviewing Family: What Should I Ask? Major Life Events
What questions should I ask? Here's a strategy for coming up with questions based on what you know about the person. Create a rough structure of the person's life. List what you know about the person. List what you know about the time period. Look at it and then let the questions suggest themselves.
The structure of your interviewee's life
The low-tech version uses a piece of paper. High tech version uses a spreadsheet that you can download.
I'll use my dad as an example. He's no longer alive (which is one reason I'll use some specifics from his life)
- Create a document with a few columns across the top: Calendar year, Age (how many years old), and then more columns to note life's events. A column for where he lived, a column for school and work, a column for major life events, and a column for historical events going on at the time.
- Start by noting the year of the person's birth. Fill other years below (The spreadsheet does this automatically)
- Fill in information about locations lived, school, work, relationship and family.
- Fill in some information about history. What was happening in the world and the nation at the time?
Here's a table that lays out some events from my father's life. This demo uses fewer columns than the downloadable spreadsheet, but it's enough to give you an idea how to create this life structure and work from it.
|Life Event
|Market Crash
|WW2 Ends
|High School Grad
|ROTC Reserve
|College Grad + Officer Commission
|Korean War
|Work: Pasadena
The high tech version uses a spreadsheet. Download this Excel spreadsheet: lifeform_blank.xls [25k].
Don't have Microsoft Excel?
This document can be opened in these alternative software applications:
- iWork Numbers (MacOS)
- Open Office, Open source cross-platform.
- Google docs.
Right now, Google Docs has a "new version"—but this spreadsheet looked weird there. If portions of the headers disappear for you, too, then switch to the Old Version of Google Docs.
(You'll need to create a Google account if you don't have one already. If you have a gmail account, you have a Google account.)
Here's what the blank spreadsheet document looks like (I uploaded it to Google Docs so I could display it here):
To start working with your spreadsheet, personalize it for person you want to interview.
- Replace the John Doe name with the name of the person you want to interview.
- Enter the year of the person's birth in the blue cell (currently labeled 1930).
The spreadsheet will automatically calculate the years for the person, for about a 98-year lifespan
- Enter information into the other columns of the spreadsheet, to begin building a picture of the person's life.
As you add to this chart, the questions start suggesting themselves.
Question Strategy 1: Generate questions based on the phase of the person's life.
There are some sample phase of life questions:
- What was your early childhood like?
- What are your earliest memories?
- What were your early impressions of your mother?
- Your father?
- Grandparents and extended family? (Questions about forbearers can also include basic fact-finding about them)
- What is your mother's name and when and where was she born? (If you've been doing any genealogy, you've probably covered this base.)
- Can you talk me through a typical day in your childhood?
- Tell me about your childhood friends.
- Tell me about your experience going to elementary school.
- Did you have a favorite subject?
- A favorite teacher?
- Were there any major events in elementary school? Significant achievements? Significant punishments?
- What extracurricular activities were you involved in?
- When you were very young, what did you want to be when you grew up?
As you can see, the list of questions can get pretty extensive pretty quickly. Continue generating them through the course of the person's lifetime.
First job, military service, dating, relationships, marriage, becoming a parent, raising children, work, accomplishments, job changes, and so on.
There are also other major life events:
- Major illnesses?
- Deaths of family members or others close to you?
- Brushes with the Law?
Question Strategy 2: Tie the stage of life with larger historical events.
This strategy will elicit information that's both personal (What happened to you?) and a personal perspective on the historical events the person witnessed (How did you experience these historical events?).
In my dad's case, he was born the year of the stock crash. His early childhood was during the first part of the Great Depression.
- Were you aware that there was a Depression?
- What were the biggest items that stood out to you?
- Did your family undergo any financial hardship due to the Depression?
He was a teenager during World War 2.
- What were your impressions of the war?
- How were you and your family affected by it?
- Did you know people who enlisted or were drafted? What was your understanding about their situation?
- How did your family help in the war effort on the home front?
- What do you remember about ration books?
- Are there any particular days in the war that stand out in your mind?
- What is your memory of the attack on Pearl Harbor?
- What do you remember about VE day?
- What do you remember about the news of the use of the atom bomb?
- What do you remember about news of Japan surrenduring?
More historical events (this list is so not exhaustive!):
- The McCarthy hearings
- Sputnik
- Vietnam
- JFK assassination
- Civil Rights movement
- MLK assassination
- Bobby Kennedy assassination
- 1968 and Summer of Love
- Women's movement
- Watergate
- Nixon's resignation
- Oil shortage
There's a column in the spreadsheet for other events tied regional history:
- Major weather events?
- Natural disasters? (earthquake, fire, flood, blizzard, tornado, hurricane, volcano)
Local News and Industry
Was the place you were located a "company town"? or "institutional town?"
Were you part of a larger industry that dominated your location? What are your memories of events with that institution?
Some examples:
- A major university
- A company or industry
- A major institution (museum, government entity, nonprofit, professional sports.)
- A military base
What major news about the dominant institution do you remember?
Examples: Strikes, base closings, student unrest or protests, changes in industry, ramping up of work, major layoffs and plant closings, from farmland to urban development, Olympics held in local area, etc.
Strategy 3: Changes in life direction
Look at major life changes and talk about the decisions that went into the change. This is a good way to get a sense of what was happening at the time, as well as the principles and personal values that held major influence in life changes.
Look over the moments of decision and change in the person's life. Explore what led to changes and shifts in the person's career, schooling, marriage, divorce, moves, starting a business, leaving a business, etc.
(This is an area where it's good to remember alternate wordings to the use of Why? as discussed in the previous Interviewing Family post. Remember, you're aiming for the person to tell you their story. It's best to avoid any sense of criticism that might seep into your question… You want to know more and make them feel apprecited for sharing the stories of their lives. Don't make the person feel as though they need to justify their life decisions to you.)
- What led you to go into that direction?
- What were the circumstances at the time?
- What sorts of things were you weighing as you made your decision?
- Was there anyone in your life that was opposed to this move? How did you deal with the difference in opinion?
- What were the results of that change?
- What was paramount in your mind at the time?
- What consequences surprised you after the fact?
- Looking back on it now, what might you do differently?
This line of questioning is also a good thing to have on hand as a follow-up to stories and discussion that you hear.
Finally: Share your resources!
This worksheet/spreadsheet of mine is a build-your-own timeline. Do you use any genealogy/life-history applications or websites that provide you with a similar feature to examine the events of a person's life? If so, please chime in in the comments and share what you're using.
Next time, I'll post a collection of good online resources for filling out your spreadsheet with historical events.
Also, if you have any problems with the spreadsheet, please describe them in the comments.
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Our gen society has been struggling with this subject as we prepare to do oral interviews with the elderly in one of our local retirement communities.
Can I use your example as something to pass around to our small group, and also write it up in our newsletter, with your byline? Or could you write up a summary for our newsletter?
My fallback position is to provide a link to your post but that won't convey the absolute greatness of your post no matter what I say.
Glad to know it's of use, Randy!
I think I'd like to write an intro summary for your newsletter with a link to this page (and the whole series), because this is one in a series on interviewing (and the why not why and other intro stuff is important. Plus, I'll be adding more here.)
When is your newsletter deadline (please, oh please be after Jamboree)?


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The Civil War at Beloit
Finder's Guides for Civil War Holdings
An inventory of the following Civil War materials:
Civil War Holdings By Box:
Beloit College Students Who Served
Preparatory Students Who Served
Reminiscences & Obituaries
Personal sketches, autobiographies, and memorials of the War by or about Beloit students.
Thomas D. Christie (class of 1871)
Stephen A. Cobb (class of 1859)
Dudley H. Cowles
Eugene B. Dyke (class of 1865)
John M. Estes
George O. Felt
Henry M. Lilly (class of 1853)
Frederick A. Lord (class of 1856)
Lewis O. Thompson (class of 1863)
General and concentrated histories on Beloit's contributions to the Civil War.
Beloit College in the Civil War, by Robert Irrmann (class of 1939)
Beloit College in the War, by Aaron L. Chapin
In Lincoln's Time, by William Fiske Brown (class of 1867), Round Table, 1911
The One Hundred Days Men of 1864, by William Fiske Brown, History of Rock County, 1908
Soldiers' Letters
Correspondence by Beloit students and alumni during the Civil War.
E. R. Barber (class of 1865)
William J. Evans class of 1869)
Dexter D. Hill (class of 1866)
Stanley E. Lathrop (class of 1867)
George W. Tallmon (class of 1864)
Horace E. Warner (class of 1867)
The Diary of Thomas S. McClelland (class of 1864)
A student-transcribed and -annotated excerpt from T. S. McClelland's journal, covering January 1860 to July 1862.
The Diary of Arthur H. Smith (class of 1867) "Ye Army Book By a Soldier"
Transcribed by Emeritus Professor Nelson Van Valen Beloit College History. Smith's diary covers May 16th to Sept. 21st 1864 during his time in Co. B of the 40th infantry Wisconsin volunteers.
"Sons of Beloit"
A listing of Beloit students who died during the Civil War. It includes their hometown, date of Beloit entry, length of stay, military service, and place of death.
Scans of handbills circulated in Beloit advertising lectures and appealing for aid.
Horace White Collection Inventory
The Horace White Collection consists of books and pamphlets relating to Abraham Lincoln and the Civil War period in American history. This inventory includes pamphlet listings by date.


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Holger Zilske
This is the debut full-length release by Berlin's Holger Zilske (aka Smash TV) for the Playhouse label. A leading proponent in the ascendancy of the BPitch Control label and the greater electronic landscape, Holger has cultivated his reputation as a techno visionary under the moniker Smash TV with over 8 years and nearly 30 releases to his name. Since then, Holger's distinct blend of complex arrangements and gargantuan bass lines has been refined incrementally. With ten productions laden with bubbling textures, sweat-fueled percussion and tropical artwork, Holz navigates us into summer climates with moist palms and deep, deep eyes. "Lichterfelde" transforms remote boroughs of Berlin into ecstatic wildernesses populated by looming insectoid tones and gusts of humid pad textures. Punctuated by stabbed Eastern melodies, bouncing bass drops and ritual drum patterns, the opener sets the climate perfectly. "Mes Yeux" pulses amidst decompressing pads and reverberant mechanical samples in a deep house descent, while the hazy beginnings of "Roter Rausch" swarm around steadily enveloping synth and bass progressions in an intoxicating techno mirage. Deep and penetrating synth tones define "Druckraum," which probes meticulously with lazy, clicked percussion and the distant chatter of echoing beats. "Work" commands your obedience with mesmerizing melodic passages and dystopian, metallic percussive accents. "Golden" builds a lazy pop lullaby with decaying samples, trickled percussion and the dulcet vocal contributions of Swedish artist August Landelius. "Metrodancer" builds a formidable house strut with poked bass and melodic punches of 8-bit synth. In a similar vein, "Olho Gordo" plunges into dark waters with ghostly pads, dry, percussive tones and enveloping beats to test your after-hour stamina. Under the pseudonym One Chef, August Landelius returns to team up with Holger on "Have A Cup Of This," which disorients with clattering percussion and certifiably dizzy synth lines that dance around plunging bass tones and ringing symbol rotations. Counting to close with resonant, clocked percussion, August reintroduces his intimate vocal reflections in another downbeat pop arrangement, "To Them To Me," providing the perfect soundtrack to the end of an evening, and an appropriate end to an album that signals a new dawn for Holger Zilske.


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Six years ago, Bluffton Today was created and in that first edition we featured a burgeoning subdivision and some of its residents. A few days ago, we revisited some of those families who live in Hidden Lakes. We also spoke to some newcomers. A lot has happened in the past six years, and as BT begins a new chapter, so have a lot people who call Bluffton home. Here's a peek into how some of us have reinvented ourselves, with an eye to the future.
In a house off Simmonsville Road, a woman and her husband unpacked boxes last week. Lauren Hoffer has found a new job, a new house and a new community in Bluffton.
"We started house hunting in the spring ... and we looked all over ... and we really targeted the Old Town. That's where a lot of my colleagues and I spend a lot of our time. We love the Old Town but wanted a newer house."
Lauren, husband Christopher and their Jack Russell terrier Bear chose Hidden Lakes.
"There's always kids out, riding their bikes to school," she said. "You just don't get that in the apartments. There's an ice cream truck and a line of kids following. It just has that kind of feeling and we're enjoying it."
They moved to Bluffton from Nashville, Tenn., so that Lauren Hoffer could take a tenure-track position with the University of South Carolina Beaufort. She is a professor in the English and theater departments.
The 187-house community was centrally located to Hoffer's family, which lives on Hilton Head Island, and to USCB's Gateway Campus.
The Hoffers are first-time homebuyers.
The couple had never purchased before. Being a professor can be a little unpredictable, particularly when employment is based on semester to semester.
"You don't know where you're going to be," she said. "We were looking for a starter home, but with the market the way it is, we were able to get something in which there's room to grow into. We wouldn't have had that opportunity if the market was otherwise."
In 2005, Danny Tighe was more familiar with sandwiches and running a small business, rather than creating lesson plans for 80 fifth graders.
As the former owner of Jersey Mike's on S.C. 170, Danny Tighe had become accustomed to the phone ringing at all hours. The buck stopped with him and when someone failed to show up for work, Florida vacations got cut short.
"It got to the point I was just waiting for the phone to ring," he said.
Something had to give.
"The economy was a factor. The best thing about working and owning Jersey Mike's was interacting with the customers, but then everything was taking a lot of toll on the family life."
And it did. The economy dipped and Danny and his wife, Nancy, re-evaluated what was important to them and their two daughters, Alison, 16, and Stephanie, 13.
"I think I slammed on the brakes and spun the car around and took off in the other direction," he said.
Danny sold the restaurant and went back to school. He earned his master's degree in an accelerated 18-month program.
Last week was the start of his second year as a teacher at Bluffton Elementary School.
"I have 70 to 80 students during the course of the day and so far they have been respectful and have showed an interest in learning and working hard," he said. "I'm looking forward to the year."
The Tighes were one of the first families to move into Hidden Lakes in 2002 after moving south with their two small daughters from a suburb of Chicago.
"We had vacationed down here and had planned on retiring in 15, now more like 20 years," Nancy Tighe said of the shifting economy. She works as a local accountant, keeping books and preparing taxes.
"We're here and we're not going anywhere."
All of Bluffton has seen ups and downs, but Steve Wallace is someone who likes to focus on the ups.
As president of the Hidden Lakes homeowner's association and a local real estate agent, Wallace said despite the downturn in the economy elsewhere, Bluffton and the Southeast are still places where people are eager to move.
"Bluffton is one of the fastest growing places," he said.
"To me, Bluffton and the island are a totally unique part of South Carolina. We have wonderful climates and compared to other places, our taxes are dramatically lower."
Obviously, others agree.
In 1990, there were
783 people living with the town's limits. Today, there are more than 12,000 people who call Bluffton home, according to recent census data.
The increased population is evident just in this one Bluffton subdivision.
Six years ago, Red Cedar Elementary School didn't exist. The Bluffton Parkway was just getting started.
Simmonsville Road was two lanes and the intersection at U.S. 278 was the ire of many Bluffton motorists.
Sheri Davis, for one, was very happy to see the parkway built. It cut down on her very roundabout way of getting to the bank. She did everything and anything to circumvent the Simmonsville/U.S. 278 intersection.
Since those early days of Bluffton expansion, Davis has seen her own growth. Her family has increased. When interviewed six years ago, she had only one son. Now she has two, Nathan is 7, and Cameron is 20 months old. Her husband, Gary, shifted gears, too. He gave up his landscaping business and is now a deejay, a move that fulfills a desire to return to his real passion — music, she said.
And in those six years, Sheri went from baking cakes for friends and family to building a wedding cake empire.
She was featured on TCL's show, "Fabulous Cakes." It aired Feb. 1. This year also marked the 1,200th cake Sheri has baked.
"I'm one of the lucky ones," the Sheri's Edible Designs owner said. "The economy hasn't really affected me. It doesn't matter what's going on in the world, people are still getting married. We're going on our full fifth year; it has not slowed down, not at all."
What has slowed down a bit is the Davis' environment.
Sheri grew up in Chicago and Gary is from outside of Boston.
"I grew up in a metropolitan area, and I cannot image a better place to raise my kids than Bluffton," she said. "We feel like we belong here for sure."
The 2010 U.S. Census showed the town of Bluffton's population boomed in the past decade. The April 2010 count recorded 12,530 residents — an 883 percent jump from 1,275 in 2000.
It was the third-highest percentage change in the state.
Beaufort County was the fourth fastest-growing county in the state — behind York, Horry and Dorchester. The county's population increased from 120,937 in 2000 to 162,233 in 2010 — or 34 percent.
Black: 2,025, 16.2 percent
Hispanic, of any race: 2,355, 18.8 percent
Total households: 4,417
Families with children younger than 18: 1,793; 40.6 percent
One-person household: 762; 17.3 percent
Average household size: 2.84
Total housing units: 5,393
Occupied: 4,417
Owner-occupied: 3,294
Renter-occupied: 1,123
Vacant: 976
Source: U.S. Census Bureau


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The "Further Information section replaces "Recommended Books" under the Development section. It should include:
With khtml, webkit, firefox, opera, ie6 via wine - and now the ie7 rendering engine via wine - KDE is a premier web testing environment. It is beneficial to cover such topics on the site, along with tools used to develop sites (Quanta, KImageMapEditor, KLinkStatus, etc), setting up such testing environments, etc.
An ISV's ability to use a bug management system in place, by taking the app and setting up their own server as well, so that there is a reporting system in place already. They could automate bug information like if desired, like grabbing logs, etc.
Developing software for the flow of enterprise communications has become an extremely wide are of software development as of late. Nepomuk/Akonadi may be part of this.


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Today is Mae West's birthday, so let's take a moment to appreciate how good that woman was with bawdy one-liners. For example:
"A hard man is good to find." (A classic.)
"I generally avoid temptation unless I can't resist it."
"A man in the house is worth two in the street." (Not sure I even know what this means?)
Have a great weekend!


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What Does a Fireplace Hearth Do?
Friday, 23 March 2012 11:29:14 Europe/London
Working in the fireplace industry there are certain facts about fireplaces I tend to see as so obvious they don't need to be explained. Every so often someone asks an unexpected question, which of course makes me wonder how many other people are unsure about the same thing. Recently one of our customers asked what a fireplace hearth does, and I decided to share the answer in case anybody else is wondering.
Most people just think of a fireplace hearth as the slab of stone which lies at the base of the fireplace below the grate, stove or fire. In fact there are usually two parts to a fireplace hearth - the decorative slab visible at the base of the fireplace, and a thick concrete sub-hearth below which lies flush with the floor. Together they provide a heat shield to prevent the heat from the fire from spreading to nearby joists which could catch fire if not protected. The decorative hearth has additional fire prevention functions - by creating a raised area near the fire it subtly deters people from placing flammable materials too close to the fireplace, and it provides a non-combustible surface around the fire in case any burning embers spill out.
The traditional combination of sub-hearth and decorative hearth harks back to the days when open fires were the norm, but is still important for modern combustion appliances such as gas fires and solid fuel stoves. UK Building Regulations set out strict requirements for hearths for combustion appliances in Document J, which you can download here. It is vital to confirm that your hearth is suitable for any new stove or fire you are thinking of having installed, and this is one of the points a professional will check when visiting your home to do a fireplace or fire installation survey.


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How does one organize a resume?
The entire resume must be targeted to a specific job objective. Arrange a resume to highlight your strongest or most extensive skills. For example, if you have just graduated from college, your education, class-work and internship or co-op experiences are most important and should be placed at the beginning.
If you have an extensive work history which is the highlight of your resume, the education section would go near the end of the resume. If you are not quite finished with your degree and you are currently taking college courses directly related to the position; then either your co-op work history, the highlights of school achievements or specific courses can be indicated. Below are some suggestions in setting up your resume. Link to Resume Content for categories that may be used in the content of a resume and a description of each of these categories.
Organize the resume so it is easy to follow. Margin space should be approximately one inch around the edges.
Write short sentences.
Distinguish categories clearly with headings that are bold, underlined or CAPITALIZED.
Use bullets, underlining and capitalizing sparingly to guide the reader to detail within a category.
Place key words or the main point of each statement at the beginning of each line.
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Cuba celebrates tomorrow the 54th anniversary of the Cuban Revolution, which was led by Fidel Castro Rúz and a group of very courageous people. You probably already know the names: Raúl, Ché, Camilo, Almeida and many more.
On January 31st, 1958, Cuban dictator General Fulgencio Batista knew that he could not stay any longer at the presidential palace in Havana, or at the Columbia Military Barracks, outside of the capital. He realized promptly that he was doomed, and what was surely next for him. If he stayed in the island, he would have to stand, with his back against a wall, facing a firing squad of the soon-to-be-victorious Revolutionary Army of the 26th of July Movement. He abandoned the island early at dawn on the following day, the start of the new year, 1959.
Cuba's horrible nightmare was finally over!
At the end, the U.S. government abandoned their favorite puppet and dictator, a poorly educated mestizo who rose to power by murdering his political opponents. The American government had supported him very strongly since his coup d'etat on March 10, 1952. Millions of U.S. taxpayers dollars had been wasted propping-up a doomed Fascist who faced the wrath of the people. Dictators like Batista and Somoza were the favorite "democrats" that the American government loved to support in the mid 20th century.


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Preaching Grace
Doctrine is the necessary basis for a sound spiritual life, and defective doctrine almost inevitably leads to a distorted spiritual life. Nowhere is this truth more evident than in understanding the relationship between the old covenant law and the gospel …Read More
Praying for Church Leaders
I am not used to being considered a heretic. Yet recently, when a colleague and I visited a friend who teaches theology at a famous British university, we found ourselves faced with this charge! In a conversation that had quickly turned …Read More
Weak Shepherds and Hirelings
The church today is confused, and that confusion is deep and profound. There may be many reasons as to why this is so, but it is true that in this generation, self-doubt, division, and weakness mark the church, even the …Read More
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Just a short piece of news as I continue to battle with upgrading the site behind the scenes. If you are on a Japan Airlines (JAL) international flight this month, I have a feature article in the May issue of Skyward, their in-flight magazine. It's called Bento Love and is about the growing popularity of homemade bentos outside of Japan…a subject I have a bit of familiarity with ^_^ They don't have an online readable version unfortunately, but if you do get to read it I'd love to hear from you. Here's the link to their table on contents.
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i actually read this article last month and copied down addresses to go to in tokyo. one of them turned out to be disappointing and "tokyo hands" (that's the strange department store, right) was much better, but only had one stainless steel bento at the time.
all in all: thanks a lot for writing your piece! it saved me a lot of hours searching.
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Fox's Megyn Kelly Cuts Away From Obama Climate Change Speech To Host Climate Denier Chris Horner
Kelly On Obama's Comment That "The Planet Is Warming": "That Is Not The Full Story"
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Fox News cut away from President Barack Obama's address on climate change in favor of a lawyer from a fossil-fuel-funded think tank, who proceeded to dismiss the science indicating significant manmade global warming.
On Tuesday, America Live interrupted Obama's speech, claiming that the president's statement that "the planet is warming and human activity is contributing to it" is "not the full story." Host Megyn Kelly then interviewed Chris Horner, a Competitive Enterprise Institute (CEI) and American Tradition Institute (ATI) fellow who often appears on Fox News to cast doubt on climate science.
Kelly granted Horner, a lawyer who has no scientific training, nearly as much air time (approximately 4 minutes and 10 seconds) as the leader of the free world (approximately 4 minutes and 35 seconds):
Kelly and Horner each claimed there has been "no warming" in the last 15 years, with the latter laughably declaring "the presidency deserves more than [warnings about climate change]." However, short-term temperature trends do not undermine the extensive evidence that the planet is getting warmer, largely due to human activity, at a rate that will have significant negative impacts.
Horner has spearheaded an ongoing effort to attack the Environmental Protection Agency and hype the Obama administration's alleged "war on coal," even when no evidence backs him up. Both CEI and ATI have financial ties to Koch Industries and other fossil fuel interests.
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In this segment, we'll get the latest from around the solar system, checking in with scientists on both the Mars Phoenix and Mercury Messenger space missions.
A suite of 11 papers examining Mercury were recently published. The papers were the result of a close flyby of the planet earlier this year. Among the findings were the fact that the planet appears to have an iron core, has volcanoes larger than the state of Delaware, and appears to have shrunk over time as it cooled -- and cracked during the process.
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The case of a La Grange woman who alleges Lenoir County Sheriff�s Office deputies mistreated her during a July traffic stop has been continued to mid-February after her family hired a new attorney.
The case of a La Grange woman who alleges Lenoir County Sheriff�s Office deputies mistreated her during a July traffic stop has been continued to mid-February after her family hired a new attorney.
Brittany McPhail, 23, appeared before Lenoir County District Court Judge Timothy Finan on Tuesday with her current attorney, Dal Wooten III of Kinston.
McPhail, who was with her parents and uncles in court Tuesday, said she expected �to be found not guilty without a reasonable doubt� when she returns to court Feb. 19.
She is charged with one count of resisting a public officer, which is a Class 2 misdemeanor according to the N.C. General Statutes.
�She intends to plead not guilty,� Wooten said later Tuesday of McPhail.
McPhail has accused several deputies of pulling her from her vehicle, pepper-spraying her face and shoving her against her car after she was pulled over at the Travelers Service Station in La Grange.
An LCSO incident report confirmed Det. M.P. Williams pulled McPhail over after he observed her driving erratically while traveling west on Pauls Path Road from Kinston. He followed her down Willie Measley Road and onto U.S. 70 West, where he turned on his lights and siren.
McPhail proceeded onto Washington Street and did not stop until she reached the service station, according to the report.
The report stated Williams and other deputies tried to physically remove her from her car, but she fought them in the car. The report further states that when they got her on the ground, it required the use of pepper spray.
McPhail told the law enforcement officers she was on the phone with her father while Williams was following her, and her father advised her not to stop until she reached a well-lit area.
Her father, Jimmy McPhail of La Grange, witnessed the incident at Travelers, and has written to LCSO officials requesting an investigation.
He said Tuesday the family has gathered the �facts and evidence,� as well as witnesses, to corroborate his daughter�s account.
Wooten spoke briefly with Finan during Tuesday�s hearing, informing him he was McPhail�s new attorney � she had been represented by Nick Harvey Sr. of Kinston when she came to District Court in early October.
�We just wanted a change of attorney,� Jimmy McPhail said. �We just felt like it was in the best interest.�
Harvey, who was also at the courthouse Tuesday, declined to comment on why he and the McPhails separated, citing attorney-client confidentiality.
He praised Wooten, however.
�I do wish (Brittany McPhail) well, and I�ll be watching the trial when it comes up,� Harvey said.
The case was postponed to Tuesday after prosecutors won a continuance in October to ensure all law enforcement parties involved were able to be in court at the same time and that McPhail, who is attending UNC Greensboro, could be available for a trial.
Prosecutors did not make any statements during Tuesday�s hearing and could not be reached before press time.
Chief Deputy Chris Hill of the LCSO declined to comment on the case Tuesday since it is still being tried.
�The matter is in the courts right now and we�re waiting to see what happens,� he said.
Hill said the Sheriff�s Office had received the written request from Jimmy McPhail, but Brittany McPhail, as the person who alleged mistreatment, had to file a formal complaint before any action was taken.
David Anderson can be reached at 252-559-1077 or firstname.lastname@example.com. Follow him on Twitter at DavidFreePress.
n Night of July 5-morning of July 6, 2012: Brittany McPhail is followed by LCSO Det. M.P. Williams to the Travelers Service Station in La Grange, where she is pepper sprayed and arrested after a confrontation with deputies
n July 6, 2012: McPhail is released on $500 bond after being charged with resisting a public officer
n Oct. 9, 2012: McPhail appears in District Court, represented by Nick Harvey Sr.; case is continued to December
n Dec. 18, 2012: McPhail appears in court with new attorney, Dal Wooten III, trial date set for Feb. 19, 2013


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»In this orchestra I collaborate with wonderful colleagues who are constantly inspiring me. That's a very beautiful feeling.«
There were many musicians in his family who played brass instruments. That inspired Gábor Tarkövi, who had already learned piano and clarinet, to switch to the trumpet – especially as he could then play in the family band at weddings. Early on he realized that he wanted to become an orchestral musician, and so he began his studies at the conservatory in Györ, later transferring to the Franz Liszt Music Academy of Budapest. First engagements took Tarkövi to the Württemberg Philharmonic of Reutling and, as principal trumpet, to the Berlin Symphony Orchestra and the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra. Since 2005 he has held that position with the Berliner Philharmoniker. Along with his activities in the orchestra he is a member of the Austrian ensemble Pro Brass as well as the Austrian Brass Connection. As a chamber player and soloist, Tarkövi appears in many European countries, the USA and Japan, and he also gives regular master classes in Hungary, Germany, Austria and Switzerland. His hobbies include swimming, jogging and cinema.


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The Strand
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Looks like a WONDERFUL trip!!! Wish New York was a little closer to me - love shoping vicariously though! ABC Carpet and Home looks beautiful, and Tinsel Trading.....I just can't even imagine how great it is! *smiles* ~Jen
Oh what fun.
I bet she loves her new clothes...no one will be able to copy HER style. Tell her "nice move" from me.
Great that you share your addresses, I knew a few of them but not all. Thanks! Mmm when do I go back to New York?
Cool! Have fun shopping. My daughter would love back to school shopping there too.
I LOVE The Strand!!! :) I'm not much of a book reader, but I'm a book "looker". So much fun!
What a fun shopping trip, thanks for taking us with you.
Thanks so much for visiting me today! I have added your name to my give away...
hope you are having a happy day.
xoxo Lidy
How awesome. I'd be in heaven in those bookstores.
I'm thinking you have just carved out a "to-do" list for the gals attending BlogHer '10 next July in NYC.
I have always wanted to see Tinsel Trading and it looks like it is as good as is rumoured. I cannot, will not, tell Loopy about Lulu's sojourn into that Japanese clothing store. It would induce...
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OMGosh ~ Every store you mentioned are all places we used to go when my daughter was living in NYC. Well,except ABC Carpet- we never made it there. All the others I love!!!!!
I am SO envious! I would like to live in Tinsel Trading if I can't come live with you.
oooh, I love the Strand! We are so lucky to have Powell's Books here in Portland which is almost as good. Looks like you had a great time!
oh my gosh-you shop at all my favorite places too-i actually spotted Jane Fonda in ABC once-wow! and tinsel trading is amazing--as is M & J.
makes me want to go back there soon!
thanks for stopping by my blog and making my day sunnier also-and i would LOVE to be added to your blog list if you wouldn't mind.
thanks linda!
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I always visited your blog site. Your blog is very beautiful and informative.
Do you have more photos of the ABC Carpet and Home? Because I'm planning to buy for my new home.
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Swimming Pool Blog
by Rob Cox, May 18, 2010
Swimming Pool Stains ~ Identification & Removal
Stains on the pool! Nobody likes to look at a stained pool, and even fewer want to swim in a stained swimming pool! Pool stains can form from neglect or from poor source water. Plastered pools are more susceptible to stains than vinyl lined pools or fiberglass pools, so the focus of this article will be on identifying and removing stains from a plaster pool.
If you have a stained vinyl pool or fiberglass pool stains, the techniques described here may not apply. I have planned follow-up articles on how to identify and remove stains from a vinyl liner pool and how to remove stains from a fiberglass swimming pool.
What if I have well-water? Well water is infamous for staining pools with high levels of iron, manganese and other heavy metals that can deposit themselves on the pool surface. If you fill your pool from a well, you would be "well-advised" to use a sequestering agent upon initial fill, followed by regular maintenance doses. Sequestering agents, also called Chelators, do their best to keep minerals tied-up (sequestered, like the OJ jurors) in solution, so that they don't precipitate out of solution and stain your pool surfaces.
Sequestering agents are sold under many brand names, usually with names like "Stain & Scale" or "Metal Magnet". They do not remove stains, but used properly, may prevent some mineral stains from occurring. Many brands abound, I like the GLB Super Sequa-Sol product.
Plaster, grout, mortar, cal-hypo chlorine shock
white crystals or precipitate
Fiberglass Shells
red, blue, gray, or black
Copper algaecides, ionizers, corrosion of copper pipes, fittings and heaters
blue, green, teal, black
Well water, corrosion of iron pipe and fittings
dark, red, brown, black, gray
Well water
pink, red, black or red
This Chart is from our Pool Stains info page. Check it for more information on the sources of pool stains.
Pool Stain Removal:
1. Drain and Acid Wash the plaster pool. This is the most radical treatment, and it is a purposeful stripping of the top 1/16" of the plaster surface. Not something that is without risk, and not something that you can do every year - eventually you'll run out of plaster to strip! The risk comes from empty pools, dangerous chemicals, and possible enviromental problems from the acid, unless you balance the waste water before pumping out. I would recommend that acid washing a pool be done by a professional. See our pool acid wash page for more information on this procedure.
2. Use the No-Dran Acid Wash Kit. This kit and instructions allow you to get close to the same effect of an acid washing, without all of the hazards. You don't empty the pool, but follow the instructions to bring the pool water level down to a very low pH level. Acids combined with some sort of "Jocks Magic" (sorry, couldn't resist poking fun at the product's creator Jock Hamilton), result in a fresh finish for dull, stained plastered pools. This is a popular item in areas that cannot drain the pool due to a low water table, which can create the risk of "floating" or "popping" the pool if drained. Also popular for those pools out in the country, off of the city water line. Filling from a small well sometimes takes too long, and trucked in water can be very expensive.
3. Use Ascorbic Acid - Linus Pauling would approve! Regular Vitamin C, Ascorbic Acid, can in some cases remove stains on a plaster pool. This product can be expensive, but imagine how healthy the water is to swim in! Just kidding, using Ascorbic Acid in your pool water has not been shown to make healthier swimmers! If you have some Vitamin C tablets, crush up a small handful to a coarse powder. Sprinkle the crushed Vitamin C tablets over the stain. If the stain is removed by this test, this may be the treatment of choice for your particular stain. We have containers of Ascorbic Acid for pool stains.
4. Use a Stain Master - The Jandy StainMaster is a device you connect to your pool pole. It has a small diameter, 25 ft hose with a gallon jug cap on the other end. Connect the cap to a gallon of muriatic acid, prime the hose, and you can deliver stain fighting muriatic acid directly to the source of stains. Very effective at plaster pool spot removal, but slow for large stained areas. I once made a "Turbo StainMaster" out of a frisbee, and an enlarged hose. I should of taken a picture of it! We have the regular Jandy Stain Master available.
5. Use Jack's Magic Products. You gotta hand it to Jack. Developing a complete system for pool stain identification and removal. The product line has now expanded to include water treatment chemicals, algaecides and other "stuff", but the main focus is pool stain removal Jack's a bit cheeky, using the naming convention of calling everything by it's color or purpose + "Stuff". Blue Stuff, Sapphire Stuff, Step Stuff , etc. Jack's Magic products have been around now for 10-15 years, so it seems to be working out and catching on. My experience has been that they usually work, but you must follow directions explicitly, and don't cry if it doesn't work. Try something else.
6. Use Pool Stain Treat. Jock Hamilton is at it again. This is probably the most successful products from United Chemicals, Pool Stain Treat is sold in individual Pool Spotting Bags and also in a 2lb jar. A mixture of Oxalic Acid, Pool Stain Treat is suitable for local stain treatments, but may be to expensive for an entire pool treatment. It will even (almost) remove rust stains.
Oh, if you have rust stains, you may need to inspect close up, to determine if metal shavings got into the pool, or if one of the rebar tie wires in the pool shell is rusting through from the inside out! If you have a rebar rust issue in your pool, try using the EZ Patch #7 Rebar Rust Repair Kit.
Identifying and removing a pool stain can be a frustrating experience. It is slow, imperfect and less than what a customer may have thought was possible. Painting a pool can be an option for stain removal (or covering up), but once you start painting, you will need to repeat the process every so often.
Pool Stain Identification:
First of all, you should determine if the stain is Organic or Mineral.
Organic pool stains come from materials including the remains of leaves, algae, worms, and other animals. These will produce a green, brown or black stain usually. Organic stains tend to be more widespread throughout the pool.
Mineral pool stains in a pool can take on many colors and may be isolated in small areas (pool rust stains) or spread throughout (copper pool stains). They may also be isolated in small crevices or etched spots of the pool plaster.
Many people think that their pool plaster is stained, when they really just have an algae problem. If the stain brushes off, even slightly, or responds at all to shocking or sprinkling granular chlorine over it, then what you most likely have is an algae bloom. Visit our Pool Info page for more information on how to treat pool algae.
If it's not algae, it most likely is a mineral stain. But further identification is indicated. Introducing the Jack's Magic Stain ID kit. It has four topical tests to determine the type of pool stain you have. Whichever of the four removes your stain - this tells you what type of stain it is, and what product to remove it with. Works on all pool types. The pool has to be 70 degrees or warmer and their are some other specific pool stain testing instructions $10 ea.
Sometimes, You will not have a stain at all, but just normal mottling of the plaster. Remember that plaster is a natural product and is subject to variations in hue and shading. Streaks or mottled effects are considered natural, and they cannot be removed. Sometimes a pool owner needs to just accept a few stains or discolorations. Others find this difficult to do, and insist on a spotless, stainless swimming pool. If this is you ~ fear not, there will be a solution for you. But be patient, as there are frequent setbacks in stain identification, removal and sometimes a recurrence.
What is distinct about an organic stain on your pool is that it can usually be removed fairly easily with a granular chlorine shock (plaster pools only). Just sprinkle over the affected area, and brush with your pool brush. If that works, great! Just shock and go! If not, then we have some more detective work to do!


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From the Curious Mind of PJ Rigney, Drumshanbo Gunpowder Irish Gin is slow distilled by hand with oriental botanicals and gunpowder tea at The Shed Distillery in Drumshanbo, Co.Leitrim. Through the years, the Curious Mind has taken many journeys from the familiar into terra incognita. The Drumshanbo Gunpowder Irish Gin botanical trail began in China, with PJ discovering and carefully selecting different botanicals as he made his way back through Indonesia, Morocco and Europe, finally finishing in the wild and unspoilt landscape of Drumshanbo, Co. Leitrim. He created The Shed Distillery, Connacht's first Distillery in 101 years, with its gleaming medieval copper pot stills, and began a quest to fuse oriental botanicals with the local Irish ones. As it turned out, they got on very well indeed. The method combines vapour distillation of fresh Chinese lemons, Kaffir limes, and oriental grapefruits, along with the intriguing gunpowder tea, and pot still distillation of 8 other botanicals ranging from Chinese star anise to local Drumshanbo meadowsweet.
Launched in May 2016, Drumshanbo Gunpowder Irish Gin was awarded Great Irish Beverages' "Best Irish Gin and Tonic", as well as "Best Irish Cocktail", by public vote in Davy Macs, Waterford.
In 2017, Drumshanbo Gunpowder Irish Gin was awarded Great Irish Beverages' "Best Irish Gin and Tonic", by public vote in An Púcán in Galway.
Festival Event: June 26th, An Púcán Galway, 9.15pm
"Ready, Steady, Drumshanbo Gunpowder Irish Gin!"
Join the team from the Shed Distillery to learn all about the Curious Journey of the Curious Mind of PJ Rigney, that resulted in Drumshanbo Gunpowder Irish Gin – slow distilled by hand using oriental botanicals an gunpowder tea.
Enjoy their entry into the Irish Gin & Tonic Fest 2018 – "The An Púcán" – featuring Drumshanbo Gunpowder Irish Gin served with fever tree tonic, and garnished with mint, cucumber, and jalapeno pepper.
Afterwards, learn from one of the Shed's expert mixologists on the art of creating the perfect, curious cocktail, then a lucky few will go head to head to create their own bespoke drink with some ingredients that, like those used by the Curious Mind, may be a little out of the ordinary.
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We received an email from a reader looking to vent. They purchased a jersey from NFLShop.com on Dec. 6 as an intended present, since the site promised—in large, bolded text—that it would arrive before Christmas. It still hasn't shown up. If that was an anomaly, it'd be understandable, even excusable. But our reader went looking for other reviews, and discovered hundreds of angry fans who hadn't received their packages in time for Christmas. The NFL Shop killed Santa.
Go ahead, read some recent reviews of NFLShop.com on ConsumerAffairs.com, SiteJabber, and most hilariously, on the NFL Shop's own Facebook page. They all sound pretty much the same. A sampling:
I made a christmas order on 12/6/13 and NEVER received any feedback on expected shipping date. After wasting a LOT of time on the phone with them 12 (!) days later and trying to escalate the problem they finally said that some of the items were not available and were holding up the shipping!
I placed an order on December 19 where your website stated there was 2 day shipping in time for Xmas. My order did NOT arrive by Xmas. In fact, I am still waiting it's arrival....15 days later!! I called 4 days ago to see what was going on with my order to be told my order was never fulfilled by the warehouse! The operator ensured me my order would be sent out the next business day and overnighted for free. Here I am...still no order.
I placed my order for two jerseys that my children asked for from Santa on Dec 14th. My credit card was charged immediately, even though the items were nowhere near ready to be shipped. The items showed as in stock (as they still do today 12/24) - however the items were never shipped to me. After holding for hours, and speaking to customer service representatives feeding me false promises that they would get things taken care of... I have not received my package.
I ordered a Jamaal Charles jersey weeks before christmas (w996997431) and was promised it would be delivered for the holiday. I then email as it gets closer and am told it will still make it on time. Then low and behold right before the holiday my order is cancelled on your end for no reason other than you being unable to fill it on time.
I ordered a Xmas present jersey on the 9th of December, plenty of time to get here by Xmas (especially with the "ship next business day promise on the websit")and what happens is I am on the phone 3 times only to discover today...11 days later that my order will not actually ship until the 12/30.
Order an Alshon Jeffery jersey for my son last week 12/17 to arrive in time for Christmas. Confirmation email said order would ship in 3 business days. Called customer service twice to check on order. Each time they told me they were "upgrading" my shipping so my order would arrive on time. After hearing that again today, I asked to speak with a supervisor. 40 minutes of "on-hold" and 2 supervisors later, I was finally told the jersey wasn't made yet, didn't know exactly when it would be made and they were sorry but nothing that they could do.
So, rough times at the NFL Shop (especially for the poor customer service rep frantically replying to every Facebook complaint). But rougher times for people who bought Christmas gifts that will end up as Presidents' Day gifts. We've asked NFLShop.com for comment and will update if we hear back.
Did you get hosed by the NFL Shop this Christmas? Leave your tale of woe in the comments below.


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FabCOR F6 wire is said to provide higher deposition rates and faster travel speeds than solid wires to help increase productivity on single-pass, flat and horizontal welding applications. It is designed for welding on galvanized or thin-gauge steels, and is suitable for automated and mechanized welding on automotive and transportation applications.
The Element family of six wires features a flux-fill formulation said to achieve low manganese levels without sacrificing mechanical properties or weldability. The wires provide very low spatter levels and consistent arc stability, ensuring reliable welding performance on a variety of applications, the company says.
Maxal 4943 aluminum MIG wire and TIG cut-lengths are classified by the American Welding Society for wrought commercial applications. The wires offer high strength and corrosion resistance as well as low hot-cracking sensitivity.


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A bag is turned inside out and a child is allowed to reach into the bag to prove it is empty. A handkerchief is dropped into the bag and the child is asked to wave a wand above the bag to make the handkerchief vanish. This is unsuccessful and allows itself to comedy by-play. Finally, the handkerchief vanishes and in its place is a hat. The bag is turned inside out once more, but this time it has changed into a costume, which is put onto the child.
- I usually perform my children's magic shows dressed as a wizard so I thought this might fit well into my act. I was not really expecting much because the price was so low but I was very pleasantly surprised. The robe is well made from durable fabric and it works well. I just used it in a performance and it went over great. Two warnings: The robe is not very big so don't expect to use it if your audience will be a group of 11 year olds. Also, the pattern of the material on mine was not like the one in the picture on the web site. Mine has colorful pictures of planets on a black background, I think it looks very good but it's quite different from that pictured. I'm happy I bought this and I plan to use it often. - Drew Owen
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