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Cold Weather Construction Considerations
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Cold weather is just around the corner for much of North America. So before you break ground on your dream project, you will want to carefully look at the requirements for building a quality home in freezing temperatures. Here we give you some cold weather construction considerations that can impact your budget and quality.
One of the more frequent questions I get as a builder is, Can you continue to build throughout the winter? And the short answer is…Anything is possible if you're willing to pay for it. Modern technology allows us to perform just about any type of building activity in freezing temperatures. There are basically two questions you need to ask prior to starting a project in the cold…
- What alternative steps need to be taken to avoid damage from freezing temperatures? In other words, what can we do to ensure quality for each phase of construction given the cold weather?
- Do the costs make sense? Meaning, how bad do we need to get this project done in the cold weather and are we willing to pay the additional expense?
Who's paying?
If you are building your dream home as an owner builder, you will obviously be responsible for the extra cold weather expenses. However, if you are going with a full service builder, the responsible party is less clear. Many production home builders absorb the extra costs for building in the winter in order to keep things going. In other words, they need to keep the machine running and they are willing to pay the extra money to make that happen. These companies don't want to let expensive, finished lots and employees sit idle for the whole winter so they are willing to pay the price to deal with cold weather construction. This is similar to the resort that discounts rooms in order to fill them in the low travel months.
Not all builders are this generous however. So if you choose to use a full service builder, ask them who will be paying for the cold weather costs. If the answer is you, be sure to find out how the costs will affect your overall budget.
Counteracting Cold Weather
Here's a quick look at some typical methods to counteract the cold…
- Admixtures – These are alternative components added to concrete and mortar to help prevent freezing prior to setup. Admixtures for a poured foundation can run in the thousands of dollars depending on the ambient temperatures and the size and type of foundation used.
- Insulation – You can compare this to putting a coat on in the winter. By covering up, it keeps the heat in. Insulation blankets and straw can be used to keep items warm. One example would be to place a layer of straw down over newly poured concrete footings to keep heat from the hydration process from escaping.
- Heat – By adding heat from an outside source, we can counteract the cold. A simple example would be temporary propane or natural gas heaters. A more complicated, expensive example are the large, hydronic heating systems used to thaw ground to pour a concrete slab. These systems have tubes that circulate warm liquid under insulated blankets.
When it Doesn't Make Sense
Some of these cold weather construction considerations will add thousands of dollars to a new home build. If you will be responsible for these costs you will want to seriously consider whether building in the cold makes sense. Are you building a home this winter? If so, we would love to hear about it. Stay tuned as our next article will cover pro builder secrets to help save you money when building in the winter.


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We are impatient beings. We always want what we want right now. It is programmed into us to get things now, get answers now, get there now. We have many lessons to learn during our time here on Earth. Sometimes we are in the middle of lessons that we don't even realize it is a life lesson until later. But when we do realize that we are in the middle of a life lesson, we should take the time to stop and reflect on where we have come from, and where it is we need to go. Of course we want the lesson to be finished so we can move on, but part of the lesson itself is the journey of the lesson. If we were given the opportunity to jump from one lesson to the next without really learning from it, what good would it do? Of course we can get frustrated and angry that the lesson has not passed or come to a conclusion but that is part of the learning process as well. If we just had everything we needed or wanted without the transition phase, we would not get the deeper meaning and we would not appreciate the details in the learning. There are so many details in the lessons we are to learn and once we go through the process we will have mastered that lesson and have a deeper understanding as to why we had to go through what we did to get there. So when you feel stuck or frustrated with a situation you are in, take a look around you. See what has unfolded to that point. See what you have learned to that point. Would it had made sense if you skipped those steps in the greater picture?
Linda Foley
8/19/2016 04:22:34 pm
I could not agree more. They say life is a journey. I can look back at my life and see how one step led me to another. I can also see life lessons not learned do come back until you understand it fully.
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Private Alexander Johnston, a Canadian soldier killed in the waning days of World War I, was laid to rest Tuesday in France while his great grand-niece played Last Post.
The remains of Johnson, who was 33 when he was killed during the Battle of the Canal du Nord on Sept. 29, 1918, in northern France, were identified last spring.
Among those in attendance at Cantimpre Canadian Cemetery in Sailly-lez-Cambrai were Marc Lortie, Canadian Ambassador to France, French dignitaries, a Canadian Forces contingent and members of Johnston's family, including his great grand-niece, Corporal Ann Gregory, a Canadian Forces Reservist and trumpeter with the Governor General's Foot Guards.
In July 2008, human remains were discovered in Sailly-lez-Cambrai, along with two collar badges of the 78th Battalion (Winnipeg Grenadiers). The Directorate of History and Heritage was notified of the discovery in February 2009, and Private Johnston's remains were identified through mitochondrial DNA testing on March 31, 2011, according to the Canadian Department of National Defence.
"After all these years, we are finally able to commemorate and pay tribute to this great Canadian hero who made the ultimate sacrifice in the service of his country," said Peter MacKay, Minister of National Defence. "By honoring Private Johnston today, we ensure that his courage and personal contribution in ending the Great War will never be forgotten."
Private Alexander Johnston joined the Canadian Expeditionary Force on Jan. 5, 1918, and took up with the 78th Battalion in the field on Sept. 4, 1918.
He died less than a month later during the Battle of the Canal du Nord, part of a general Allied offensive against German positions on the Western Front during the Hundred Days Offensive. During the battle, the area of Raillencourt-Sailly was taken by the 4th Canadian Division near the end of September and beginning of October 1918.
The 78th Batallion's goal was to take the villages of Sailly and Raillencourt, following the fight to capture the line along the Douai-Cambrai Road. After crossing the Douai-Cambrai Road, the battalion came under heavy machine gun fire and Johnston was killed during this time, according to the Canadian Department of National Defence.
The 33-year-old native of Scotland was just one of thousands of Canadian casualties during the battle.
"Private Alexander Johnston paid the ultimate price for our country and it is gratifying that we can now properly lay him to rest," said Steven Blaney, Minister of Veterans Affairs.
(Above: Corporal Ann Gregory, the great-grand niece of Private Alexander Johnston, killed in France during World War I played Last Post at his interment in France Tuesday. Photo from Montreal Gazette.)


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We are happy to announce that I will have the honor of joining a group of Oregon Guard soldiers from 2-641 Aviation who are deploying to Iraq to work in the aviation sector at Balad.
This will be my second opportunity to be embedded with an Oregon Guard unit at war. I spent the winter of 2006/2007 embedded with the Oregon Guard in Afghanistan.
Tim King`s Iraq War Coverage (Note times on images are not correct)
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I remember when Agbani Darego first appeared on the world stage years ago, she was beautiful and everything but there was still a lot missing.
It seems i just discovered what was missing.
The world renowned supermodel — Agbani who went to Greece for a friend's birthday party posted this picture of herself online few minutes ago.
Do you see how much bigger those twins have gotten? Agbani Darego just moved 10 places up my sexy females list.
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- PI3K inhibitor BGT226
A phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase (PI3K) inhibitor with potential antineoplastic activity. PI3K inhibitor BGT226 specifically inhibits PIK3 in the PI3K/AKT kinase (or protein kinase B) signaling pathway, which may trigger the translocation of cytosolic Bax to the mitochondrial outer membrane, increasing mitochondrial membrane permeability; apoptotic cell death may ensue. Bax is a member of the proapoptotic Bcl2 family of proteins. Check for active clinical trials using this agent. (NCI Thesaurus)
Synonym: phospatidylinositol 3'-kinase inhibitor BGT226 Code name: BGT226


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Finnair published new routes for the summer 2016. Here is the list of new destinations for flights from Helsinki Airport:
Edinburgh, Scotland
From April to the end of October, Finnair will fly to Edinburgh three times a week. Edinburgh is known for its medieval Old Town, and the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, organised each August, draws visitors worldwide.
Billund, Denmark
Billund in Denmark will become a year-round flight destination from April 2016 onwards. Billund is the home of the LEGOLAND theme park, which is a popular holiday destination. Billund Airport is the second largest airport in Denmark and serves an important business market in Jutland.
Svalbard, Norway
Finnair will be the first airline to offer scheduled international services to Svalbard, the Norwegian archipelago in the Arctic Ocean. From June to August, there will be three weekly flights from Helsinki to Svalbard. Svalbard's trump cards are untouched arctic wilderness and the rugged mountain and glacier scenery.
Pula, Croatia
Finnair will start flying a new route to Croatia with two weekly flights between Helsinki and Pula in the high summer. Pula is situated at the southern tip of the Istrian peninsula, overlooking the Adriatic. Pula's well preserved Roman amphitheatre is one of the most famous sights in the whole of Croatia.
Dubrovnik and Split, Croatia
Finnair will also continue flying to Dubrovnik and Split, offering a total of 14 weekly flights to the Croatian holiday destinations in the summer 2016.
Greek islands
In addition, Finnair will offer a weekly flight to the popular Greek islands: Zakynthos, Skiathos, Santorini, Mytilene and Preveza were previously chartered flight destinations but will become scheduled flight destinations in the summer 2016.
Italy and Bulgaria
Finnair will also offer direct flights once a week to Rimini and Verona in Italy as well as to Varna in Bulgaria.
New flights from Oulu
From late June to early August, Finnair will fly once a week from Oulu to Chania in Crete and Alanya in Turkey in cooperation with Aurinkomatkat – Suntours.
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Hi all,
I have done a full revamp of my flashlight review listing site, www.flashlightreviews.ca.
You will still find full lists of all my CPF reviews on the site, but in a much more clearly organized fashion. There is also a lot of new background content, especially under the FAQ and Methods tabs (which have similarly been re-organized for clarity).
I've also started putting a prominent link right on the main page for my most recent review.
One interesting new feature is the custom Google search (top right-hand corner), which searches CPF specifically. I've customized the search result placement box on my site, so it all comes up at the top of the main page box for each given page. To close the search result box, just hit the "x" beside the search input field at the top right-hand corner of the page.
Let me know what you think of the new site!
UPDATE March 25, 2017: Sorry I haven't been around for a long time - my work life got pretty crazy last year, will likely get even worse in the short-term. Between that and my whisky reviewing hobby (http://whiskyanalysis.com/), I have had NO time to even test any of the flashlights I have on hand. I have since informed all the makers who have asked that I am no longer taking lights for the foreseeable future. I do hope to post at least a cursory analysis of the lights on hand, but not sure when I will find the time.


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Remember when D.C. had that quick brush with
greatness the celebs of Parks and Recreation? Check out a sneak peek of the episode that was filmed here, and see if you can spot yourself/us lurking awkwardly in the background. (DCist)
It's no secret that we adore a good bargain — affordable fast-fashion sites are at the top of our bookmarks list. But, it can be a bit of a drag when you see your favorite outfit reflected on every stylish girl on the street. So, in the name of variety, check out some of these lesser-known fast fashion sites. (Washingtonian)
Thought you could turn off MSNBC and escape the election-year madness? Think again. Local restos are pulling out all the stops to keep politics at the forefront, serving up everything from election-themed cocktails to donkey- and elephant-embellished cupcakes. (Eater)
There's always room for a little culture in your weekend, so take in the "Shock of the News" exhibition at the National Gallery of Art, which explores the up-and-down relationship between art and newspapers in the last century. Plus, it'll give you conversation fodder for your next dinner party. (Washington Post)
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Welcome to the Strathmore, this 2013 built condo is perfect for the downtown working executive. This contemporary condo includes one titled indoor heated secure parking spot (stall #11, which is painted on the ground of the stall) and storage. This modern unit is stunning with an open plan kitchen that has modern Weckworth cabinetry, soft closing doors & drawers, white quartz countertops & is open to the living room with its own private balcony that has views of the Legislative building, has natural gas hook up for BBQ & houses the condos magicpac furnace/air conditioner. Back inside, the kitchen, bathroom & foyer have modern subway tile & mosaic tile backsplash. The living room has beautiful engineered hardwood. The master bedroom, ensuite & laundry complete this stunning condo. Condo fees include building maintenance, building insurance, water, snow removal, garbage & reserve fund. Points to note: Quiet building, parking is indoor, heated & secure on grade level not underground, wheelchair accessible with elevator access, visitor parking, built on engineered piles, storage unit, intercom & entry system, all appliances included, central water softener, walking distance to Wascana Park, shops, pubs and restaurants.
Visitor Parking, Elevator, Wheelchair Access
Air Conditioner (Central), Elevator, Floating Shelves, Intercom, Natural Gas Bbq Hookup, Accessible by Wheel Chair
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A grand opening was held Friday at the new Fort Frances Tribal Area Health Services' diabetes and foot care clinic that relocated to town earlier this year.
Despite opening the centre in March, Sandra McNay, RPN and foot care nurse at the clinic, said the festivities were to raise awareness about the clinic, which provides diabetes education and screening, as well as foot care, to the 10 First Nations' communities in the Fort Frances area.
"We've just expanded leaps and bounds in the last year," noted McNay.
"Six years ago when I started here, there was maybe 12 of us [on staff]," she remarked. "And now we're over 80."
The clinic moved from its old location at Couchiching for a bigger space here in Fort Frances.
The grand-opening celebrations included draws, goodie bags, and a free lunch.
The FFTAHS serves Mishkisiminziibiibiing (Big Grassy River), Couchiching, Seine River, Mitaanjigaaming, Lac La Croix, Naicatchewenin (Northwest Bay), Ojibways of Onigaming, Nigigoonsiminikaaning (Red Gut), Rainy River, and Anishinaabeg (Big Island) First Nations, who came together because they wanted various health services provided specifically for their communities.
Currently, there are five locations throughout the area that offer services to these communities, including behavioural health, a nursing station, treatment centre, public health and "Jordan's Principle" office, and the new diabetes and foot care centre.
Not only does the new clinic serve those who walk through the door, they also will take their services to their clients.
"We'll just bring our gear and hop in a vehicle and go to Big Island, [for example]," said McNay. "It's great!"
The clinic also has a chiropodist—a foot care doctor—who visits once a month for three days to provide foot care services to the surrounding area.
"He comes and he fits people for orthodics, he'll do toenail removal, whatever people need," McNay noted.
Dr. Dave Smith, who has been practising chiropody for 31 years, travels from Thunder Bay and spends one day in one of the surrounding First Nations' communities and the rest of his time at the clinic here.
He has been making the trip for the last 18 years.
Dr. Smith initially made the trip every two months but it soon became a once-per-month visit.
"They actually approached me," he noted.
"They were looking to start up a diabetic foot initiative so they were reaching out to chiropodists because there was nobody here at that time in Fort Frances."
The clinic, located at the Rainy Lake Plaza on King's Highway, is open Monday to Friday from 8 a.m.-3 p.m.
It is available to all status First Nations by appointment or walk-in, with no referral required.


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Some training programmes are receiving increasing requests to change posts by existing trainees. Trainees perception is that the training programmes are not full and so any change should be easy.
When trainees join the programme they are allocated a balanced rotation that meets their training needs and this takes into consideration their preferences. They sign to accept this when they join the programme.
When allocating training practices and hospital rotations we try to ensure these rotations reflect your personal choices and your educational needs, matching these as best we can with those posts and placements which are available to the training programme. We aim to do this as fairly as possible, balancing the needs of everyone in the year group and existing trainees. We also have an obligation to ensure our hospital posts are evenly filled to ensure continuity in service provision for patients and that our allocations also take into account the needs and experience of our GP trainers, Whilst every effort is made to meet your needs and preferences, some compromises may be needed. It is the task of the Lead Training Programme Director /Training Programme Coordinator to decide how to do this fairly and the LTPD's decision is final.
All jobs run consecutively and the changeover dates follow dates set by the hospital trusts for hospital posts. Unfortunately this means you may not change your training programme rotation unless there are extenuating circumstances which have developed since commencing on the programme
As changes occur within trusts and GP practices, there may be occasions during the course of your training when we need to alter your programme. In the event of this happening, we will ensure that your training meets the requirements of the curriculum and certification and will liaise with you with as much flexibility as is available to us.
Requests to change posts will only be considered in extenuating circumstances, similar to the advice on Inter-deanery transfers. The LTPD will exercise judgement and make a final decision .
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The Wilkes-Barre Area School Board will be making major decisions on where to build a new high school and what to do with Coughlin High School's buildings — and those decisions will get extra scrutiny in an election year.
In 2015, the board approved a controversial plan to merge Meyers and Coughlin high schools into a new school built on the downtown Coughlin site, and critics have been present at every board meeting since.
Last month, the Wilkes-Barre Zoning Hearing Board rejected the plan.
"We have a lot of decisions to make," board President Denise Thomas said. "There is so much to discuss. We are back to square one."
A feasibility study from 2014 listed seven potential sites for a new high school building. At today's meeting, the board plans to ask the district's design team to conduct a preliminary review of some additional sites.
"The next day after the zoning meeting, we had developers calling, saying come and look at our property," Thomas said.
In January 2016, the district abandoned Coughlin's main building, moved the 11th and 12th grades into the Coughlin annex and moved Coughlin's ninth and 10th grades into the renovated Mackin school in the city's East End.
Since then, district contract workers have gutted the interior of Coughlin's main building, removed asbestos inside and begun work to prepare for a demolition.
Now that the demolition is off, Thomas said the district may appoint a real estate agent who can try to sell the building to "a big time developer."
Hardwood floors and brick interior walls that had been covered up for decades are now visible inside Coughlin's main building, which was initially constructed beginning in 1909.
"This place was the cat's meow when it was first built," Coughlin Principal Pat Patte said during a tour of the empty building with a reporter and photographer. "I'm telling you. It was serious."
The school board didn't consider renovating Coughlin because the cost estimate to renovate the main building and annex was $83 million. The new consolidated high school proposed for the Coughlin site was going to accommodate up to 1,800 students and was estimated to cost $82 million.
Since 2014, the district has spent more than $1.4 million on pre-construction and design work.
Thomas and three other school board members — Joe Caffrey, Ned Evans and Christine Katsock — have terms that expire this year.
Thomas has announced she is seeking a second term. Evans said he plans to run. Caffrey said he's leaning towards running. Katsock could not be reached for comment.
The other five board members — the Rev. Shawn Walker, Dino L. Galella, Dr. James F. Susek, John R. Quinn and James Geiger — won four-year terms in 2015.
In August, Save Our Schools, a group which opposed the plan for a consolidated high school on the Coughlin site, presented an alternative building plan to renovate Meyers in South Wilkes-Barre and build a new Coughlin in Plains Township.
District officials have stood by a $113 million cost estimate to renovate Meyers, but Save Our Schools estimated a cost of $77 million and claimed a new Coughlin facility would cost $40 million.
Save Our Schools is recruiting a slate of school board candidates for the upcoming election, SOS President Richard A. Holodick said. SOS executive committee member Melissa Etzle Patla plans to run, and Bob Holden said he may be a candidate. Holden ran an unsuccessful write-in campaign for school board in 2015.
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Magisterial District Judges for the following districts: 11-1-01, 11-1-05, 11-1-06, 11-2-03, 11-3-01, 11-3-02, 11-3-03, 11-3-04, 11-3-06 and 11-3-09
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Municipal Offices
School Boards
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Primary Election Dates
Feb. 6 — The Luzerne County Bureau of Elections plans to start releasing petition packets to interested primary election candidates.
Feb. 14 —The first day candidates can circulate and file nomination petitions to appear on the primary election ballot.
March 7 — The last day to file to get on the primary ballot.
May 16 — Polling places open for the primary election.
What's next
Wilkes-Barre Area School Board meeting
When: 6 p.m. Monday
Where: the Administration Building, 730 S. Main St., Wilkes-Barre


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Department of Otolaryngology - Head & Neck Surgery
The Department of Otolaryngology at the Medical University holds as its mission the commitment to improving the quality of life of individuals and families through patient care, teaching, and the discovery of new knowledge. We believe that through the exceptional care of patients, the firm dedication to educating future otolaryngologists and the vital performance of research, the department is achieving its mission.
The heart and soul of any department are, of course, its faculty. Our clinical enterprise consists of 24 full-time physicians, nine audiologists and eight NPs/PAs. Our subspecialties include the following:
- Allergy
- Facial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery
- Head and Neck Oncology
- Laryngology
- Maxillofacial
- Otology & Neurotology
- Pediatric Otolaryngology
- Rhinology & Sinus Surgery
- Sleep & Breathing Disorders
Our research enterprise consists of eight doctorate level and three masters level scientists, representing the following subspecialties:
- Allergy & Immunology
- Auditory Neuroscience
- Tumor Biology
- Voice and Swallowing
Among their many other accomplishments, these faculty members have successfully competed for NIH and other government supported funding, worked closely with the Governor's office on strategies for head and neck cancer prevention in South Carolina, and received both the University's "Teacher of the Year" and "Clinician of the Year" awards.
Our Team
The department recently expanded into new academic space, totaling more than 7,000 square feet. This consolidated area includes a library-conference room for administrative and educational meetings. Our state-of-the-art Dissection Laboratory is designed for multi-specialty use, including: temporal bone, sinus and microvascular surgery. The 11 laboratory stations are equipped with:
- Anspach drills
- BrainLab image guided equipment
- Gyrus soft tissue shavers/drills
- Storz telescopes and hand instruments
- Zeiss microscopes
The Department's growth has allowed our teaching mission to significantly expand, with a number of annual CME courses for practitioners and subspecialty conferences for residents.
- Carolinas Pediatric Airway Course
- Charleston Magnolia Conference
- Charleston Otolaryngology Literature Update Course
- Charleston Pediatric ENT Update
- Charleston Pharyngoesophageal Training Program
- Charleston Rhinology - Sinus Surgery Course
- Charleston Temporal Bone Dissection Course
- Charleston Vestibular Conference
- Maxillofacial Prosthodontics Medical & Dental Billing
- Pediatric Audiology Conference
- Putney Lectureship on Head and Neck Cancer
Undergraduate Medical Education - Otolaryngology Courses
- OTOL 850 - Otolaryngology Primary Care (PDF)
- OTOL 851 - Otolaryngology Externship (PDF)
- OTOL 853 - Community Based Otolaryngology (PDF)
- OTOL 854 - Otorhinolaryngology SC (PDF)
- OTOL 860 - Head and Neck Surg Onc Externship (PDF)
The Auditory Neuroscience division has a long and successful history of NIH funding, including a Program Project Grant now in its 23rd year. Our NIH support places us 10th nationally for departments of otolaryngology. The department's research budget for the fiscal year 2010 exceeded $5.5 million and involved the following major areas:
- Auditory Neuroscience
- Tumor Biology
- Immunology & Allergy
- Swallowing Physiology
Currently, the department is engaged in 13 head and neck cancer clinical trials and 16 other clinical trials representing almost all subspecialty areas.
The following centers of excellence have been established by the faculty.
- Audiology and Hearing Aids
- Aural Atresia and Microtia Program
- Cochlear Implant Program
- Craniofacial Anomalies and Cleft & Lip Palate Team
- Endoscopic Skull Base Program
- Evelyn Trammell Institute for Voice and Swallowing
- Facial Paralysis Program
- Facial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery
- Maxillofacial Prosthodontics
- Minimally Invasive Salivary Gland Surgery
- Pediatric Airway & Aspiration Program
- Pediatric ENT
- Skull Base Surgery Center
- Sinus & Allergy Center
- Snoring and Sleep Apnea Center
- Velopharyngeal Insufficiency Team
- Vestibular and Balance Program
- Wendy & Keith Wellin Head and Neck Tumor Center
These Centers of Excellence offer superb multidisciplinary clinical care and provide structure for clinical and basic research and for teaching initiatives.


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Specsavers in Coleraine is hosting a 'Great Guide Dogs Tea Party' in store on Friday 28 April from 10am until 1pm. The event is part of a UK wide series of tea parties which will raise much needed funds to support people living with sight loss.
Pop-up tea party staff
Specsavers staff will be joined by staff and volunteers from Guide Dogs NI as well as local guide dog owners and their canine companions. Tea, coffee and buns will be available at a pop-up tea party stall and customers are invited to donate to Guide Dogs NI.
Guide Dogs NI staff will also be on hand to provide information about the range of services offered by the charity to adults and children living with sight loss and the many volunteering opportunities available across Northern Ireland.
Welcome customers
Coleraine Store Director Judith Ball says: 'Specsavers has worked with the charity Guide Dogs for many years and has seen at first hand the excellent support they provide to people living with sight loss. We're pleased to support this new community initiative and our staff in Coleraine are looking forward to welcoming customers and shoppers to our store for the tea party.'
Community, tea and good fun
Ursula McCanny from Guide Dogs NI explained that the tea party events are all about community, tea and good fun. 'We're encouraging people at home, work or within their local town or community to host a Great Guide Dogs Tea Party. We're delighted that Specsavers have taken a lead by organising parties in nine of their stores throughout Northern Ireland during April.
Reliance on donations
'Every hour another person in the UK goes blind. When someone loses their sight, our charity is there to make sure they don't lose their freedom as well. We rely on donations and fundraisers to continue our life-changing work.'


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Novels and irony go together, in the sense that many of the literary techniques that work best with novels involve some kind of irony, namely, laying down a limit while also transcending it. This always creates some difficulty in adapting a novel to cinema, because cinema does not do irony very well. It's not that you can't have ironic cinema, but there are fewer ways to express it, because the irony of novels arises from suggesting; but in film, suggesting is easily lost in showing.
This problem is intensified when it comes to adapting an epistolary novel, because epistolary novels are even more suggestive in character than ordinary novels. In addition, an epistolary novel by its very structure is related to a dialogue, and dialogues do not easily translate into the spectacle required by cinema.
Thus an adaptation of Austen's epistolary Lady Susan, as Whit Stillman's Love and Friendship is, faces a very large number of problems at the outset. All in all, they are masterfully handled, though. One of the things Stillman certainly did right was to keep the pace fairly swift; the movie is only 91 minutes long. Stillman also makes excellent use of the snippet, that is, the brief scene letting us know something is happening without spending a lot of time dwelling on it, just allowing the snippets to interact by juxtaposition and contrast. Since much of the action of Lady Susan is either suggested or briefly described, this is almost certainly the best way to handle the problem.
Humor is more difficult. Austen's humor is very ironic and sometimes very dry and subtle, as well; there's no way to represent it adequately on the screen, which is why Austen adaptations always run the risk of being too serious. Stillman mostly cuts the Gordian knot with this problem; despite the fact that Stillman manages to be relatively faithful, a lot of the humor in the movie is Stillman's rather than Austen's, and it is inevitably less subtle, since we at times are simply told the punchline, which is then flagged by all the arts of cinema. (Cinema inevitably has more ways of directing our attention to something than any book could possibly have.) This is most obvious at the end of the movie. Austen can simply leave open a spectrum of possibilities; the movie has to show us something definite.
But the humor largely works as well. The Fourth/Fifth Commandment joke running throughout works surprisingly well, and does double duty as an example both of Lady Susan's manipulativeness and as a proof of her power to affect people. Sir James Martin's simpleness is almost absurdly exaggerated, but since everyone else mostly plays the humor straight, it's nice to have a contrast. A goof gets the laugh going, and that gives people a running start on chuckling at the witticisms. In essence, Austen's humor is being blended with British sketch comedy. And the result is, I think, the funniest Austen adaptation ever made.
The chief difficulty with adapting Lady Susan is that Lady Susan is actually quite malicious, and we can see it because we are getting her candid comments along with the reactions of other people. But this is easily lost, and inevitably much of it is lost here, because film, again, cannot so easily build a wall to hide something and then just give us clues about what's on the other side. We need Lady Susan's perspective here -- but we only get it on screen through pretty Kate Beckinsale sweetly saying things that we know would be shocking but which mostly come across as charming and funny -- as indeed they would have to, if Lady Susan actually said them.
But perhaps this works well in its own way; Lady Susan is a liar and manipulator, a villainess to the core, and yet in some fashion she shows up here as better -- certainly more competent and charming -- than many of the heroes and heroines Hollywood throws at us and somehow expects us to admire.


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I've updated the 3D model to include a lid to make an enclosure. The enclosure now will house the electronics and a rotary encoder. I've written the code based on Paul Stoffregen code. Which is below however when I've time this will be integrated into the Spinmatic code.
I've already developed Caffenol with the Spinmatic and Rodinal too (my favorite of all film developers).
The new 3D model parts are now available on Thingiverse -https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2857145
Spinmatic Thingiverse
Rotary Encoder
A small video with a prototype version of the enclosure.
UPDATE: 15 Sept 2018 I've now added a rotary encoder and the time of development can be set on startup. The new code can be found here : https://github.com/glyons/spinmatic
Adding a rotary encoder
Even more improvements
I've add a surround to the servo so that the bottom part of the Spinmatic can be filled with a weight. The parts height has also being increased too.
I hope to find a suitable weight such as metal ball bearings. Once the part is filled a sealant such as wax or some kind of glue should keep the weight together.
Check out the video from Seven Sam who printed out this project.


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All set fine for a dry warm day today across the region but with lower temperatures
PUBLISHED: 11:45 08 August 2018
It's all set fine for a dry warm day again today with lots of sunny spells.
And it comes following the welcome overnight relief with a drop in temperatures and rainfall across many parts of Suffolk and North East Essex.
Many places had a least a shower while others had thundery and heavy rain overnight with many people getting a better night's sleep.
Today is set to be cooler and fresher for all with most places dry with sunny spells.
But showers will develop across the north and west of the UK and some might be heavy and perhaps thundery with temperatures ranging from 17C to 25C.
Weatherquest reported that the cloudy skies across Suffolk and Essex will clear to bring a dry and warm day with long sunny spells.
They will be light to moderate west or south westerly wind with a maximum temperature of 25C.
Richard Jones, a meteorologist at Weatherquest, said the rest of the week will see cooler temperatures but people would still be able to enjoy themselves.
He said: "There's a slight change in the weather with some thunderstorms moving through.
"Today will be a relatively dry day though, but it will be a bit cooler, with temperatures more like 24C and perhaps 25C further in land.
"Towards the end of the week temperatures drop back to the average for this time of year. By Thursday and Friday you're looking at maximum temperatures of about 21C."
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My Hometown on Monday - Sharing Memories
I want to share a neat sidebar to our 55th Reunion of the Class of 1957 in Coon Rapids, Iowa this weekend.
Because we have a small class, we invited members of 'near' classes to stop by and visit. I shared some of those in the link above. I reserved this post, though, for visitor Rebekah "Becky" Thomas ('59), and our neighbor in the Star Community.
Besides the fact it was just nice to see her, and her younger sister, Sharon, she gave me a photo from our earlier life along with a poem she had also come across written by her grandmother about our Star community.
Here is the photo:
Fall of 1946 (or 47)
Left front: Orville and Arlene Peverstorf; in back, from left:
Arnold and Julia Thomas, Eileen (Kinnick) Smith
Front center, my younger brother, Jim; me; Rebekah Thomas
Arnold's mother was Carrie Thomas. Below, in two pages is a poem she wrote, mentioning all the people in the Star Community at the time, in one way or another (click to see bigger, readable version):
As family historians we never know when neat memories like this will come along. Always be ready to receive, as well as to share. Thanks, Becky! ;-)


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The common points between a Pisces and a Libra are that they are each sensitive men and women and avoid those who have really aggressive behaviors. The difficulty using a Pisces is that she sometimes goes into her unique dream world and is not aware of elements that are happening around her which a Libra man will discover hard to adapt to. Apart from this they don't have several serious issues in their compatibility. They've several other similar characteristics such as a warm nature, tenderness and being passionate.
We can discover few similar points among a Pisces woman including a Libra man including their sensitivity and not liking any kind of aggressive behavior and arguments. Pisces woman get into their own dream globe and come to be passive & such case are going to be tough to handle in your Libra man.
Some of the other common traits of their personality are attraction on the tenderness & warmth of relations and liking for passion as well as adore in their relationship. If they make concerned efforts then it would be feasible for getting very good compatibility in this relationship. A Pisces woman will like the nature of a Libra man in which he will often try to support her on how to take proper decisions by deciding what would be the right way.
Pisces woman are very possessive by nature even though a Libra man appears for a lot more freedom in his life, this difference in nature will produce difficulties for them and each will have to make adjustments in their nature to correct these kinds of a situation.
The other difference between these two zodiac signs is that Pisces woman are wistful by nature whilst a Libra man has extremely unpredictable nature. Due to these and numerous other similar difficulties in their nature it would be hard for them to type a relationship which will succeed during the lengthy term.
If we take into account the favorable issues about their character, people are going to be their passion & romantic personality and are going to be helpful in building relationship to some extent. But in most likelihood the relationship are going to be difficult to develop between them.
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What NOT to Do After a Car Accident in the Detroit Metro Area
Tips to Protect Your Right to Full Compensation After an Accident
When you are in an accident and you report it to your insurance company, the first thing your company will want to do is record your statement. When you are insured, you agree to cooperate with the insurer and submit to a recorded statement as a condition of your ongoing coverage under the policy. But you are not under an obligation to give a recorded statement whenever the company asks you to. You have the right to schedule it at your convenience and wait until you are fully ready. Don't give a recorded statement to the insurance company before speaking with an attorney. Insurance companies strive to keep the amount of claims that must be paid as low as possible. The adjustors are trained to fashion their questions in such a way so as to elicit responses from you which can be used to devalue or even deny your claim. An experienced attorney will coach you on how to listen and understand the insurance company's questions, and how to answer their questions in the proper way so as to avoid this problem.
Protect Your Right to Compensation in an Accident
When at the scene of an accident you were involved in, even if you feel responsible, don't apologize. Although it sounds heartless or uncaring, it's not. Even though you may feel the right thing to do is to apologize if you believe you were at fault, the apology can and will be used against you at some later point in during the life of your claim.
As in any case, if you are questioned by police, don't offer extra information such as you were late for work and were in a rush before the accident happened. That can be used later to show that you were being reckless or careless. Only give the most basic of information. For example, if they ask where you were, state only that you were going to work. The added information of the fact that you were late is unnecessary and could create problems. Ideally, you should ask to have your Farmington Hills car accident attorney present for any questions other than the most basic of questions, such as your name, address and so on.
Do not be inconsistent when recounting the accident, whether speaking with your doctor, the EMT at the scene of the accident, the insurance company, or the police. Any inconsistencies will just be used to make you look untruthful, and may even result in an accusation of insurance fraud, which is a crime.
Never accept a settlement on the spot. Some companies, in an apparent effort to help speed up the claims process and help you get your money faster, are actually trying to clear the claim off their books while keeping a payout to a minimum. Never sign a release of claim until you have reviewed it with an attorney who fully understands the law as it relates to car accident claims. Some physical injuries do not manifest themselves until months after the accident. If you sign a release and accept the settlement, you may later find out that you settled your claim for $5,000, but face medical bills of ten or twenty times that amount after the injury surfaces. This is very common with neck and soft tissue injuries. Don't be in such a hurry to get cash from the insurance company. Speak with an experienced Farmington Hills car accident attorney first.
At Abrahams Law, we will help you avoid these common pitfalls. We will review your case and the circumstances of the accident and protect you from being tricked into a low settlement or having your claim denied. As our client, we will represent your interests with the highest standards of ethics, professionalism, and care in order to collect the maximum recovery for you.


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Wednesday, October 28, 2009
Ready For Philly Phlight After Angel Dive
For the Los Angeles Angels, it's a murderers' low.
The Yankees simply exposed the Halos as hollow.
The Angels as the wrong angles.
The city as Loss Angeles.
So much for my prediction: Angels over Philly in six.
For this World Series, I couldn't be serious.
New York sure is after ousting L.A. in the pennant series.
So now the Yanks and Phils are about to swing away in baseball's championship round.
As for old news:
What happened to the Angels?
How could the Halos look like such zeros?
The short answers:
Yankee pitchers fired strikes. Halo hurlers lobbed balls.
New York's batters hit the damn ball. L.A.'s lineup imitated the MLB logo — all stance, no swing.
So what does Disneyland's neighborhood team do now? Suit up new guys.
Say bye to this costly quartet: Vlad, Figgy, Abreu, Lackey.
Say hi to these famished four: Wood, Sandoval, Evans, Bell.
You'll need an iPhone to ID next season's Angels. And time to brood if you're a Halo fan. The 2010 bunch will hardly win the American League West by 10 games, as this year's version did.
Which sets up the Halos nicely for 2011 heaven. Meaning a leap into the World Series.
Here's saying they'll have to rise that year on the wings of another manager. Mike Scioscia has to wear his Dodger blue one day, so he might as well get that move over with.
But enough about the locals. On the World stage, the Phillie-Yankee show was last set to open in 1964 — until the Phils phlopped horribly in September, handing St. Louis the National League pennant.
Forty-five years later, Philly-New York is a go. Minus Johnny Callison and Mickey Mantle, those teams' stars back then.
Now we're about to watch Ryan Howard slug it out with A Rod.
My call minutes before the first pitch: Philly in phive.
Bucky Fox is an author and editor in Southern California who runs BuckyFox.com.
Saturday, October 10, 2009
Angels Winging It All; Favre Packs A Viewing Punch
Baseball playoffs full of Dodger and Yankee stunners.
College football jammed with Bama and Texas charges.
The NFL packed with Brett Favre.
Is this fall heaven or what? With an apt team riding these clouds: the L.A. Angels.
Yea: The Angel bats, speed and arms broke Boston. Nothing like a sweep to answer the Henderson homer of 1986. And to draw a snappy rallying cry from R.J. in Riverside, as called in to Jeff Biggs' Angel radio show: Create Your Fate.
Boo: Joe Nathan's job title is closer. The only thing he closed Friday was Minnesota's series shot. As soon as he surrendered A Roid's rope, the Twins were done. As was my upset pick.
Yea: Chone Figgins has a funny first name. And he's one fun guy to watch at Angel Stadium. Glove, gun, bullet fast. The third baseman is pure entertainment. Especially on one night this summer. Between innings, the Angels ran their promo with a kid dashing to pick up the third base bag. But he couldn't lift it. So Figgins pulled it up for him, and the little buddy carried it across the finish line in time. Now that's a prize moment.
Boo: NBA teams playing games on consecutive nights. Baseball players chatting with guys on the other team during games. Both are drags, as spelled out by Jeff Biggs on his KLAA radio show.
Yea: Dave Campbell of ESPN radio. No better analyst in baseball.
Boo: Yankee fans. Can they come up with something more original? Their sense of entitlement will take a beating once the Angels whip them on the way to the championship.
Yea: Being an L.A. fan. The Angels and Dodgers could meet in the World Series. The champion Lakers could win 70 games.
Boo: Being a St. Louis fan. The Cardinals didn't exactly have a Holliday in the playoffs. The Rams look worse than their pre-George Allen days. And Mizzou. Playing in the downpour against Nebraska Thursday night, the Tigers looked downright poor. God help us when we go to Texas Oct. 24.
Yea: James Loney's hustle in that miracle Dodger triumph in Game 2 over St. Louis.
Boo: Juan Rivera's hustle. It slows in the field and on the base paths too often for the Angels. Mike Scioscia better get Rivera flowing fast in this title run.
Yea: Good to see Manny stiffening up his bat again. Must be back on those pregnant pills.
Boo: The L.A. Times sports section predicted the Cards would sweep the Dodgers in three. What? Bad enough to knife the local lads. Horrible when you're dead wrong.
Yea: Patrick Cain was dead on. He's an office colleague, sports nut to the max. And he predicted the Dodgers' ditching of the Cards when no one else saw it. Nothing new from Cain. He called the Arizona Diamondbacks' division title of 2007 and the Seattle Mariners' rise from the depths this year.
Boo: Someone at Angel Stadium please fix the typo atop of the visitor-side dugout. It reads: ANGELS BASEBALL '09. With the apostrophe turned the wrong way.
Yea: Jim Tracy. He dropped off the map after managing the Dodgers to the playoffs and directing Pittsburgh to nowhere land. The minute he popped up in Colorado at midseason, I sent a text to a pal in amazement. Now everyone's amazed at how the Rocks rolled under him.
Boo: So Obummer wins the Nobel Prize for piece of what? Considering his girly toss ahead of last summer's All-Star Game, the best line came from the guy behind me at work: He was more deserving of the Cy Young trophy.
Yea: Harold Reynolds. He's as smooth on MLB Network as he was as an MLB second baseman. At least as smooth as he was with the ladies at ESPN, which booted him for exactly that trait. Glad he's been back on the screen a couple of years now. He's the main reason to flip to channel 213.
And one more yea: Favre. You knew his stare-down of his old Green Bay gang would bust ESPN Monday night records. And when he chatted during that usually boring postgame press conference, you couldn't change the channel. That's one quarterback who has it. Period. Paragraph.
Bucky Fox is an author and editor in Southern California who runs BuckyFox.com.
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"Hidden Treasures Of Color"
© David A. Ziser
This image is actually the topic of discussion in our Technique Tuesday today. I was in Tampa filming my upcoming training videos for Kelby Training – this image is from Day 3 of our shoot. We were scheduled to shoot in downtown Tampa at the Curtis Hixon Waterfront Park [link], an urban park right in the middle of the city.
The sun was hot, I had no particular plans as to what I was going to photograph – I was hoping for a creative idea or two to pop into my mind. Fortunately, I came up with a few more than just two ideas ;~)
We had just parked the car and as we exited the parking garage and started heading for the park, I stopped the video crew and suggested we begin with the urban artwork across the street. Nobody quite knew what the plan was except me. I had surveyed the area as they collected and gathered their gear from the car. I thought we had a great location to capture some exciting images of our model.
The secret was in how you perceived the art. Of course you could view it from all directions but from two particular locations, the funky colored sculpture offered some very cool views which would serve as an exciting background for what I had in mind. This is one of those views.
Lighting was from my Quantum flash camera right at full power. Be sure to check out the video tutorial in the following post for the rest of the story [link].
Camera specs: Canon 7D fitted with 18-200mm IS lens at 115mm, F11 @1/320 second, ISO 200. Enjoy! -David


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She made the comments at a global conference on Monday in Germany on Afghanistan's future. Some 100 nations and international organizations are participating.
The conference is focused on the transfer of security responsibilities, international aid and a possible political settlement with the Taliban.
"Together we have spent blood and treasure in fighting terrorism," Afghan President Hamid Karzai said. "Your continued solidarity, your commitment and support will be crucial so that we can consolidate our gains and continue to address the challenges that remain. We will need your steadfast support for at least another decade," Karzai added, echoing an assessment by the World Bank.
The conference was overshadowed by a public display of bad blood between the U.S. and Pakistan, the two nations with the greatest stake and say in making Afghanistan safe and solvent.
Pakistan boycotted the conference, and Islamabad decided not to attend the conference to protest an apparently errant U.S. air strike last month that killed 24 Pakistani soldiers along the rough border with Afghanistan.
"It was unfortunate that they did not participate," U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton said at a news conference. "I expect that Pakistan will be involved going forward and we expect them to play a constructive role."
Participating nations jointly pledged political and financial long-term support to ensure Afghanistan's viability after international troops leave the country in 2014.
The U.S. announced it would free more than $650 million in support for small community-based development projects in Afghanistan, frozen because of financial irregularities in Afghanistan's key Kabul Bank.
Afghanistan estimates it will need outside contributions of roughly $10 billion in 2015 and onward. The country received $15.7 billion in aid this year, representing more than 90 percent of its public spending, it said.
Despite more than a decade of international intervention, Afghanistan still ranks among the world's poorest and most corrupt nations.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.


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Just Announced at TechEd in Barcelona, España: Microsoft Assessment and Planning Toolkit 3.2 Now Available!!!!
I did a post back in October titled MICROSOFT ASSESSMENT & PLANNING TOOLKIT 3.2 BETA PROGRAM IS NOW OPEN FOR REGISTRATION. I'm pleased to let you know that last week at TechEd in Barcelona, the RTM release of the Microsoft® Assessment and Planning Toolkit (MAP) was announced.
If you're doing any planning for IT migrations or upgrades this toolkit will make your job so much easier!!! Read the BLUE excerpt below from the MAP 3.2 website that explains in detail why you'll find this an invaluable addition to your toolbox!!!
From the website:
The Microsoft® Assessment and Planning Toolkit (MAP) makes it easy for you to assess your current IT infrastructure and determine the right Microsoft technologies for your IT needs.
MAP is a powerful inventory, assessment, and reporting tool that can securely run in small or large IT environments without requiring the installation of agent software on any computers or devices. The data and analysis provided by this Solution Accelerator can significantly simplify the planning process for migrating to Windows Vista®, Microsoft Office 2007, Windows Server® 2008, Windows Server 2008 Hyper-V, Virtual Server 2005 R2, SQL Server 2008 and Microsoft Application Virtualization 4.5 (formerly SoftGrid), Microsoft SQL Server 2008, Microsoft Online Services, Forefront/NAP.
MAP expands upon the assessment features included in the Windows Vista Hardware Assessment Solution Accelerator. These features include Windows Vista assessment, Microsoft Office 2007 assessment, and non-Windows device inventory, using the Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP). Reports for these assessment scenarios are localized in French, German, Japanese, Korean, Brazilian Portuguese, and Spanish.


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Forward Andrew Shaw will not be playing for the Chicago Blackhawks in Game 2 against the Minnesota Wild, coach Joel Quenneville announced before the game Sunday.
Quenneville wouldn't say who will replace Shaw in Sunday's game but added that Kris Versteeg is "likely" back in the lineup.
Andrew Shaw out for Game 2. Q said he'll travel to MIN and likely play in Game 3. Versteeg "likely" in, so he's in. #Blackhawks — Tracey Myers (@TramyersCSN) May 4, 2014
UPDATE 2:08pm Central: On the preliminary roster report, Quenneville had Jeremy Morin, not Versteeg, listed as active for the game. When the final roster was handed in, Versteeg was back in, but so was Morin. Shaw and Brandon Bollig are the scratches for the game.
Quenneville did say Shaw will make the trip to St. Paul for Game 3 and that he will likely be back in the lineup for that game.
Shaw's injury came Friday after Minnesota's Clayton Stoner nailed him with a high hit, sending Shaw's head snapping backward toward the glass. He was able to limp off the ice, but soon found himself heading to the dressing room, where he remained for the rest of the game.
There's a short list of players who would replace him in the lineup.
First and foremost on that list is Kris Versteeg, who has been a scratch in each of the Hawks' last two games. He was replaced by Joakim Nordstrom due to the Swede's versatility at center and wing, and even though he didn't play a lot, he didn't make any of the mistakes that one would think that a first-time playoff participant would make.
The other potential option would be to have Jeremy Morin, who also has never played in a playoff game, come back into the lineup. He looked great in the last few games that he played during the regular season, and his speed could counter the physical game of the Wild very well.
At any rate, neither of those players would end up filling in for Shaw's power play responsibilities. Morin is more of a speed guy who sticks to the wings, while Shaw camps out in front of the net on the Hawks' power play. Versteeg usually plays second line minutes, so while he could just bump up to the top line, it's more likely that he would stay where he is and fill the role as a facilitator for that group. Ben Smith took Shaw's place on the power play in Game 1, and either he or Bryan Bickell would take that spot over in Game 2.
The question then is this: which player will take over for Shaw in even strength situations if the forward can't play? Odds are that Quenneville was leaning toward taking Nordstrom out of the lineup anyway, so the most likely scenario would be that Versteeg would replace Shaw on the third line, and then it would be a battle between Morin and Nordstrom for the 12th forward spot.
Truthfully, Quenneville should put Morin in the lineup. Yes, Nordstrom's versatility is a great asset on the ice, but Morin's speed is something that the Hawks need a good dose of in this series. The Wild aren't a team that is just going to clog up the neutral zone and try to slow the game down. They can speed things up too, and the Hawks occasionally have a tough time adjusting to that. Morin would help them add a bit more flow to their offense, and even though he hasn't played on a big stage yet, his play at the end of the regular season makes him a worthy candidate of a lineup spot.


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TWO-STROKE racing isn't dead, but it's surely looking for life support, and one of the nails in its coffin is the Honda CRF150R.
As Grand Prix and large capacity motocross have moved to four-stroke engines, the change is also taking place in the smaller classes, although it's taking longer. Honda, however, signalled, its intentions when it was the first company to offer an alternative to two-stroke 85cc machines with the release of the CRF150R in 2007.
The bike remained unchanged until last year, when a new carburettor was fitted to make tuning easier, redesigned much of the engine's top-end and modified the valving in the Showa USD forks and Pro-Link rear suspension.
The Cycle Torque CRF project bike is an CRF150RB – big wheel (19-inch front, 16-inch rear) – model. The same bike with smaller wheels (17-inch front, 14-inch rear), for younger competitors, is also available (the 'B' on the end of the name is for Big Wheel).
The chassis is steel, not alloy, and I suspect that's because the mums and dads in the paddock can't afford alloy – and we can't afford fuel injection either.
With a RRP of $7440 the CRF150RB is at the top-end of the kids' bike MX pricing scale, but I was happy to do the deal on the machine with Western Motorcycles, Penrith, because I hope Damien gets a few years' service from the bike – and then we can pass it on to his little brother.
You have to be 12 to ride a big wheel 150 four-stroke in competition, and you can ride one until you're 16 – but Damien will be physically too big for the bike by then.
Who's it for?
The CRF150R isn't a great first bike – the performance is probably too high for most youngsters who never tried to negotiate a clutch, throttle and brakes before, but for a kid stepping off a smaller MX or fun bike – our project bike pilot, Damien, has been riding a Kawasaki KLX110 for a while – it's a great bike which will hopefully last him a few years before he grows out of it.
While it might not be suitable for the raw learner, it's still a whole-lot more user friendly than the 85cc two-strokes it will line-up against on race start lines though.
I'd hate to teach kids who'd never ridden a bike how to use the clutch on one of those… I enlisted our motocross tester and coach, Todd Reed, into helping Damien learn the ropes on riding the CRF – I'm not a Dad who thinks he knows everything about a sport he's never competed in.
The first thing Todd did was adjust the clutch lever to better suit Damien, so he could pull it in easily and get great feel. "Use all four fingers Damien, and you don't need to use the clutch when changing gears today," Todd told Damien.
I was surprised, I'd thought down-changes might be ugly without a clutch, and I thought MX riders only use one or two fingers on a lever… "That's all true, Nigel, but when kids are learning they need all the feel in the lever they can get, and complicating downshifts with the clutch isn't necessary yet," Todd explained.
Damien loves his new bike – he's especially proud of the wheelie he pulled, despite it being a bit accidental – but it was captured on video, which is all that really matters.
I also wondered what sort of maintenance schedule I would need to adhere to with the little four stroke wonder. Todd has this to say on the subject, "Keep the air filter clean and oiled – do this every time the bike is ridden – and you'll get at least 50 hours out of the motor before you have to touch the top-end.
"Also don't be frugal with oil changes. Modern four stroke dirt bikes rev hard and offer loads more performance than those built 20 years ago so regular oil changes are a must.
"Other than that the bike needs a good set of alloy handlebars, an hour meter and not much else", added Todd.


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This week The Blended Blog is asking what a Fall day in my world looks like. Let's start by pretending for a minute that it's actually Fall-like outside and not 80+ degrees with 1,000% humidity right now.
Okay, now that we're in the Fall spirit, we're going to turn this into an ideal Fall day in my world, since most of my Fall days just involve going to work, and honestly, who wants to read about that?
So, my ideal Fall day would be cool – probably in the upper 60s – and everyone in the house would sleep late (until at least 9…how wonderful would that be?!?). After we woke up and got ready, we would go get breakfast somewhere.
Our next few stops would involve going to Fall festivals, outdoor markets, anywhere outside where we could walk around and see all kinds of different things (and to get some pumpkin coffee, of course). When we finished going to those places, we would come home and go out in the back yard for a little bit. Charlotte would play on her play set, Koopa would run around like crazy, Will would watch the kiddos, and I would lay on a blanket and read…or nap! Hey, if we're talking about the ideal day, I'm going all out!
When we were ready to go inside, Will would make dinner while I gave Charlotte a bath. After bath time, we would eat dinner together, then I would put Charlotte to bed. I don't know what the rest of the night would hold – maybe some writing, maybe reading some more, or maybe even going to bed super early – but it would be the perfect end to my ideal Fall day!
Admittedly, this one was a little tough to write. We don't really have "typical" Fall days during our weekends since it depends on what else is going on. Hopefully the other bloggers in this linkup are able to describe their days better than I was able to!


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Saturday, October 6, 2012
Cape Gooseberries
Today I finally picked some perfectly ripe Cape gooseberries! It took them almost 2 months to be ready. The bright orange color is very Halloweenish! They definitely look like an autumn fruit. One of the reasons I fell in love with them right away besides their taste is that I always feel like opening a little present when I break the papery calyx to get to the berry. It's such a fun fruit to eat.
I have 4 Cape gooseberry plants but so far the one in the pot has most berries. Since Cape gooseberry is native to tropical Peru, Columbia and Ecuador and related to tomatoes, I figured it must like heat and lots of sun. I was able to move the potted Gooseberry around to get most sun. In the winter I can bring it into the sun room if the temperature gets too low. I hope they all survive the winter and produce more berries next year.
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Title: Unbroken
Author: Laura Hillenbrand
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Beginning as an unlikely athlete going to the Olympics with Jesse Owens to WWII bombardier, then stranded on a life raft for months in the Pacific; we have a compelling story of endurance by the author of Seabiscuit.
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Book InfoUnbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience, and Redemption
Publisher: Random House
Started: 02/28/2011
Finished: 03/08/2011
Source: Overdrive ePub
Reason: New York Times Hardcover Non-Fiction #1 Best Seller - January, 16, 2011 - 14 weeks
Format: e-Pub
Map: Torrance, CA
Publisher Synopsis
On a May afternoon in 1943, an Army Air Forces bomber crashed into the Pacific Ocean and disappeared, leaving only a spray of debris and a slick of oil, gasoline, and blood. Then, on the ocean surface, a face appeared. It was that of a young lieutenant, the plane's bombardier, who was struggling to a life raft and pulling himself aboard. So began one of the most extraordinary odysseys of the Second World War. The lieutenant's name was Louis Zamperini. In boyhood, he'd been a cunning and incorrigible delinquent, breaking into houses, brawling, and fleeing his home to ride the rails. As a teenager, he had channeled his defiance into running, discovering a prodigious talent that had carried him to the Berlin Olympics and within sight of the four-minute mile. But when war had come, the athlete had become an airman, embarking on a journey that led to his doomed flight, a tiny raft, and a drift into the unknown. Ahead of Zamperini lay thousands of miles of open ocean, leaping sharks, a foundering raft, thirst and starvation, enemy aircraft, and, beyond, a trial even greater. Driven to the limits of endurance, Zamperini would answer desperation with ingenuity; suffering with hope, resolve, and humor; brutality with rebellion. His fate, whether triumph or tragedy, would be suspended on the fraying wire of his will. In her long-awaited new book, Laura Hillenbrand writes with the same rich and vivid narrative voice she displayed in Seabiscuit. Telling an unforgettable story of a man's journey into extremity, Unbroken is a testament to the resilience of the human mind, body, and spirit.
Author Info
Laura Hillenbrand is the author of the #1 New York Times bestseller Seabiscuit: An American Legend, which was a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award, won the Book Sense Book of the Year Award and the William Hill Sports Book of the Year award, landed on more than fifteen best-of-the-year lists, and inspired the film Seabiscuit, which was nominated for seven Academy Awards, including Best Picture. Hillenbrand's New Yorker article, "A Sudden Illness," won the 2004 National Magazine Award, and she is a two-time winner of the Eclipse Award, the highest journalistic honor in Thoroughbred racing. She and actor Gary Sinise are the co-founders of Operation International Children, a charity that provides school supplies to children through American troops. She lives in Washington, D.C.


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Nov 23 (Reuters) - Futures for Canada's main stock index edged lower on Friday amid a fall in oil prices and ahead of Sino-U.S. trade talks next week.
The leaders of the world's two largest economies are expected to hold talks during the G20 summit in Buenos Aires next week as their trade ties become increasingly fraught.
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Welcome to our OOH-media (Out-of-Home) Library. Here are some examples of campaigns we've recently seen advertised during each OOH & DOOH 'in-charge' period, starting on the date shown. If you'd like to see the very latest #OOH and #DOOH campaigns check our Instagram account. Enjoy!
Bet you didn't know that we've been collecting OOH and DOOH creatives since 2003. And we've literally hundreds of thousands of images all collated and database catalogued. Interested to know more? Get in contact.


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Fan Experiences at 2018 World Football Tournament
At the most prestigious soccer tournament in the world, Avaya put champion-level technology and solutions throughout the stadiums. The international association #football competition that took place in Russia during June and July was the most widely viewed and followed sporting event in the world, as more than 200 countries competed for a coveted spot and a chance to win the cup. With such a global stage, timely communications and real-time fan experiences were critically important. And Avaya's seamless connections and reliable communications in multiple venues delivered the ultimate team and fan experience.
Filling 81,000 spectators per game, Luzhniki Stadium is the national stadium of Russia, and was the location for the opening game, the final match, and opening and closing ceremonies. Luzhniki has enhanced stadium infrastructure and implemented six access control stations with 39 inspection lines, opened 427 entrances/exits, and implemented 3,000 surveillance cameras and 900 scanners, monitors, and detectors to make the on-site and in-person fan experience as smooth as possible.
Everyday operations at these stadiums require phone calls, emails, conferences, video conferencing, instant messaging, and more. This ramps up and becomes especially important during big sporting events. It's all about starting with a reliable infrastructure—one that can scale up and scale down for a variety of world-class sporting and entertainment events. The importance of these communications cannot be overestimated or undervalued. Stadium services like video surveillance, IPTV, and systems for security, parking, and monitoring, must function securely and seamlessly. Avaya's Customer Experience and Contact Center solutions demonstrated a high level of fortitude that is required to ensure an uninterrupted gameday experience.
Avaya has proven to be a reliable provider of UC, CC, and mobile solutions for successful projects in sports infrastructure time and time again. For this event, there were thousands of communication interactions, hundreds of people engaged in operations, and millions of TV viewers around the world. Not to mention the 1.5 million visitors that participated in tournament festivities.
Preparation for such a global sporting event requires a massive amount of engagement and collaboration. Roman Babaev, General Manager of Professional Football Club CSKA Moscow, provides benefits at VEB Arena. He says, "The new Avaya UC infrastructure deployed in the arena provides an exceptional level of reliability and redundancy, so the staff can comfortably operate with each other, and our guests can feel truly welcome."
At this event, Avaya's 21st-Century technology and solutions helped power five of the 12 stadiums including:
Additionally, two prominent stadiums in Moscow—CSKA Stadium and VTB Arena—were outfitted with Avaya Unified Communications and used as training bases during the event.
Beyond the tournament, these stadiums will continue to deliver world-class experiences when hosting other international sports and events. Which is why Avaya's smart connected stadium approach to team and fan experiences is built to deliver a seamlessly across multiple stadiums, cities, countries, and continents. #Avaya is connecting everyone to everything through the #ConnectedWorld.


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I love the movie Christmas in Connecticut!
It's a 1945 film starring Barbara Stanwyck as Elizabeth Lane, a homemaker columnist for "Smart" magazine who writes about her idealistic, romantic life in the country of Connecticut (think WWII-era Martha Stewart). But she really lives in a small New York apartment and can't boil water. The world she has created for the magazine is completely fabricated, until she is forced to create it in order to entertain a war hero (Jefferson Jones played by Dennis Morgan) for Christmas.
Elizabeth Lane writes about the farm, her cow, her husband and baby boy, the spinning wheel by the fireplace, and most of all her homemade meals with delectable dishes that would make your mouth water. Again, completely fabricated. Except her beloved uncle Felix is a chef, and he supplies the ideas and recipes to her for her column in the magazine.
Now let me interject here that this movie appeals to me in so many ways. First of all, I love 1940s history. I collect etiquette books from the era, and cook books. I love the clothes, the furnishings, the manners, customs and patriotism. If we were each given a super-power, I would select time travel.
And I love to see what people served for dinner. Every decade has its trendy foods, like sushi in the '80s and fusion food in the aughts, and the 1940s was no different. It was the height of souffles and congealed meats, chipped beef on toast, and Spam.
Here is Miss Lane's published Christmas Dinner...
Miss Lane's Christmas dinner doesn't look too old fashioned, but one item did capture my attention.... Celery Souffle. Have you ever heard of it? I haven't. So I went to work looking for it.
Celery Soufflé (serves 4)
10 oz can condensed celery soup
3 celery stalks, chopped
4 egg yolks
1/2 teaspoon ground ginger
1/4 minced garlic
4 egg whites
2 tablespoon grated Parmesan cheese
butter, for greasing salt and freshly ground black pepper, to taste
1. Heat the oven to 350°F. Grease a souffle or ovenproof dish with butter.
2. Pour the celery soup into a saucepan and warm through gently. Stir in the celery.
3. Remove the soup from the heat and stir in the egg yolks and nutmeg. Season to taste with salt and freshly ground black pepper.
4. In a clean, dry bowl whisk the egg whites until they are standing in stiff peaks.
5. Using a metal spoon, fold a spoonful of the egg whites into celery mixture and then fold in
the remainder of the egg whites.
6. Pour the mixture into the prepared dish and bake in the oven for 40 minutes.
7. Carefully slide the oven shelf out a little way, sprinkle the grated Parmesan over the souffle and return it to the oven for a further 5 minutes. Serve at once. I wasn't too sure about what this would taste like. In fact, I was told not to bring it to Christmas dinner because no one in the family likes celery. But let me tell you this. That simply means more for me!
Celery Souffle is delicious!!
It tastes like a very creamy and light celery omelette, though I'm not sure it's supposed to taste that way. The puffing clearly fell. And I've never tasted this before. But delicious is delicious.
I think Miss Lane would approve.


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There are literally thousands of magazine articles, TV programmes, diet books and YouTube videos advising us on how to eat well and telling us what we should and shouldn't be consuming. It can be both daunting and really confusing to decide which advice is sound and sensible and which is misleading or indeed, a reuse to encourage us to purchase some special 'diet pill' or new-fangled 'superfood'.
We know that healthy eating is about in to your body, the food that it needs not only to survive, but to give us sufficient and beneficial nutrients for energy, weight management and strength, not only for the body, but for the mind too!
It's also about balance. We all know that if we sit and eat chocolate all day we are going to gain weight and feel terrible, as we know that if we eat nothing but lettuce all day our weight will plummet and not in a good way at all. Going to both extremes will have a pretty devastating effect on our overall health and ultimately, lead us to long-term illness.
There are lots of arguments today that suggest that eating a low-fat or calorie controlled diet isn't the way forward for weight management and indeed, general health and wellbeing, and many low-fat options are cleverly disguised as such and contain more sugar and chemicals than in fact the higher calorie options. Many personal trainers advise that to keep a strong and healthy body in tip top form, a 'good' fat, high protein and sensible carb diet option is the way forward.
The ethos of many personal trainers and nutritionists is to be sensible with your diet and exercise regime. The 80% kitchen, 20% gym term is now considered the stats to think on when it comes to getting fit and maintaining it. High protein and good fats (such as oily fish, avocado, eggs & coconut oil) and good carbs with a low glycaemic index, on the days when you are training or exercising is also advised.
Sugar is considered the devil's food in many nutritionist's eyes, as it carries very little or no nutritional value, causes spikes in insulin levels, leading to more consumption of the white stuff and in many cases, addiction. Sugar addicts tend to have mood swings, headaches and can often, be overweight. Replacing sugar with low GI foods which release energy slowly in the body can regulate insulin levels, reduce cravings and ultimately lead to weight loss.
Taking into account any health conditions you may have is extremely important when considering your nutrition and your GP can offer some advice on which diet is most healthy for you if you do have a specific concern. For example, if you suffer from diabetes, a paleo or low-carb, high-protein diet may be advised, and avoiding refined sugars altogether and sticking to a measured amount of carbohydrates could be the sensible option. However, you should always obtain expert medical advice before embarking on any new diet regime for a specific medical condition.
In short, for your body to function well and to stay in good shape, opting for a diet high in vitamins and minerals, eating plenty of fresh vegetables (monitor fruit intake as it contains sugar and though it's fructose, is still a sugar), clean proteins, low GI carbs and avoiding refined sugar, artificial ingredients and carbs with poor nutritional value can be a great platform to start from.
It should be said however, that for most of us, if not affected by medical conditions which state otherwise, the odd slice of cake here and there can be a welcome treat and indeed, food for the soul!


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Recommended and current intakes
How, and what we eat, including dietary patterns, food choices and intakes of nutrients can impact a person's long term risk of developing certain chronic diseases. To lower chronic disease risk, the Acceptable Macronutrient Distribution Ranges (AMDR), Table 1, were developed to reflect the ideal contribution of protein, carbohydrates and fat to our overall energy intake. The AMDR's, developed by The Food and Nutrition Board of the Institute of Medicine (IOM) are based on the current evidence from ecological studies, case-control studies, cohort studies and intervention studies focused around body weight, cardiovascular disease, Type 2 diabetes, nutrient inadequacy and cancer to name a few.
For carbohydrate, the recommended contribution to daily energy intake is 45-65%.
Table 1: Acceptable macronutrient distribution ranges
% contribution to total energy intake
The primary purpose of carbohydrates is to provide energy. Consumption of carbohydrates also avoids the risk of ketoacidosis. Whilst the amount of dietary carbohydrate required to provide optimal health is unknown, a range of 45-65% of total energy intake was set as a likely reflection that diets high in either fat or protein can have adverse effects. According to IOM and NHMRC, the lower limit of 45% is additionally based on an increased risk of obesity with diets low in carbohydrate and high in protein or fat, with the upper limit being set to accommodate the essential requirements for these nutrients.
The Ministry of Health and National Medical Research Council have no specific limit on the amount of total sugar we should be consuming. Dietary guidelines simply advise for 'added sugars' and the intakes of foods and drinks high in sugars to be limited. Guidelines encourage that carbohydrates consumed are preferably wholegrain. Setting a specific sugar recommendation has been challenging. There is a lack of consensus on what the recommendation covers; free sugar, added sugar or total sugar. There is also no concise methodology to measure added or free sugar, therefore it would be difficult to monitor or determine a populations performance against the recommendation.
Despite the challenges, international authorities such as the World Health Organisation released recommended intakes for free sugars in early 2015. They state there is strong evidence on the basis of predominantly dental health that intake of free sugars should be less than 10% of total energy. A conditional recommendation was developed to suggest a reduction of free sugars to less than 5% of total energy may provide further health benefits. Further information on these recommendations can be found in this Q&A. The Scientific Advisory Committee on Nutrition (SACN) also reviewed the evidence on carbohydrates and health in a 2015 report. They recommended intakes of 'free sugars' be limited to less than 10% of total energy intake in line with the WHO recommendations.
On the other hand, the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) reviewed the evidence in 2010 and found insufficient data in order to set an upper limit for intake of (added) sugars. The conclusion was based on risk of dental caries, weight gain, micronutrient density of the diet, serum triglyceride and blood cholesterol. EFSA focused the review purely on the scientific evidence rather than considering the social, economic and political impacts which the WHO recommendations also consider.
It is often assumed that both Australian's and New Zealander's are consuming a high intake of sugar, however, based on the latest national nutrition surveys the average person consumes only a moderate amount.
Intake of carbohydrates in Australia is at the bottom end of the recommendation at 45% with 24% coming from total starch and 20% coming from total sugar. The main sources of total starch in the Australian diet, based on the latest Australian health survey were breads and bread rolls (21%), mixed dishes where cereal is the main component (16%), flours and other cereal grains (mainly rice) (10%) and breakfast cereals (9%). The most common sources of total sugar were fruit products and dishes (16%), soft drinks & flavoured mineral waters (9.7%), dairy & milk (8.1%) and fruit & vegetable juices and drinks (7.5%).
Additional analysis of the data to determine added sugar intake is yet to be finalised, however based on previous data Australian's consume around 9-10% of total energy from added sugar. For more on sugar consumption data see our handy infographic, 'Spotlight on Australia's Sugar Consumption'.
This is a similar story in New Zealand. Median sugar intake sits around 20-22% of total energy and sucrose, used as a measure of added sugar, is around 9-9.5% of total energy. In New Zealand the main sources of carbohydrate were breads (17%), grains and pasta (9%), fruit and non-alcoholic beverages (9%) and potatoes, kumara and taro (8%). The main contributors to total sugar were fruit (18%), non-alcoholic beverages (17%), sugars and sweets (15%) and milk (10%).
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Friedrich Wilhelm Herschel, better known as Sir William Herschel, is best known for discovering Uranus; however, he went to England to further his career as a musician.
His son, John Frederick William Herschel was even more famous as a scientist.
Friedrich Wilhelm Bessel was a great astronomer and mathematician. He was the first to demonstrate the parallax of a star; John Herschel said it was "the greatest and most glorious triumph which practical astronomy has ever witnessed."
This article tries to show something good about Friedrich Wilhem Nietzsche's philosophy.
Friedrich Wilhelm Murnau made the classic horror film Nosferatu (really Dracula) in 1922.
Frederic William Goudy was a prolific early typeface designer.
Frederick William MacMonnies' most famous sculpture is that of Nathan Hale.
Polage, Time
Some things I thought of that others thought of first and have done properly:
This lady does "paintings" in polarization of cellulose. (Yet another use for a laser etcher: draw the stuff in Adobe Illustrator and cut the cellulose with the etcher.)
I wrote a note on making a polarimeter out of blue sky and water, and also thought of a polarization clock to hang in a north/south-facing window. Here's a combination of both ideas.
Star Wars toys that never were
Be sure to check out the rest of the museum, too.
A better solution than taping an upside-down milkjug to the back of the bike
For more biking fun: http://dclxvi.org/chunk/operations/chunk/image/hires/joust150.jpg
But if you're really serious, you're gonna need one of these: http://www.dodge.com/tomahawk/flash.html