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What layer is best to use on top of a 5/8" Plywood subfloor for installing a floated pre-finished bamboo floor (ply/osb/particle). And how to secure it over existing subfloor (nails or screws). I will likely need to add at least 1/2" of height to match levels of future tile in other places.
Just moved into a home built in '69 in the East San Francisco Bay Area in CA. Wife is going to pop with our first kid any day (really, any day). Carpet in the house was installed in 1996, and everyone said I had to replace it. Bought some bamboo I have worked with before, tore up the carpet in the main and baby's room first...
Subfloor found: 5/8th Ply over 16" joists (crawl-space, not cement-slab house).
Torn-out: carpet/pad in main bedroom, and carpet/pad + vinyl-glued to 3/8" particle board (rooms were different heights).
Time to completion:Need this done immediately, thus need to be able to get whatever the answer is at the local big-box store in the next 24 hours.
Experience level: Novice, but have put in 1 bamboo floor (500 sqft apt), 1 laminate click floor (1400 sqft house). And reasonably successful general handyman for being an engineer in a totally unrelated field (biotech).
Thanks for the help.
5/8 subfloor is bare minimum and will likely flex too much in-between joists - causing the floating floor joints to pop. Since you need an extra 1/2" anyway, install 1/2" plywood underlayment or 1/2" OSB. It can be nailed or screwed, or a combination of each. If nailed, use a ring-shank so it doesn't pull out. Nails do not have to be long, as you are only going into 5/8". Make sure that you install the top layer so that it doesn't line up with the 5/8 pattern. For 1/2", nails or screws need to be no more than 6" apart in any direction.
The 1/2" layer doesn't have to be a tight, perfect fit as the floating floor can cover a small gap (1/4" or so). You'll need a circular saw for the subfloor. A nailgun or screw gun would be a big help as there will be lots of fasteners - about 150 per 4x8 sheet. Beyond that you probably will be redoing base trim or at the very least adding in shoe molding.
Thanks JayBee. I went out and got 15/32" plywood sheathing to overlay the current subfloor. But in trying to ensure things were level before i started adding layers, i found some over 3/8" differences in less than 10ft.
Went into the crawl space, to try and trouble shoot why my floors had such a high spot. looks like there are 2x6 joists sitting on top of the 4x6 beams (that are held up by metal rods sunk into concrete spaced every 10 ft or so). The 4x6s are 7 ft apart, and the joists seem to have sunk considerably in the middle.
I wanted to try and float this bamboo, but it looks like there is 3/8" difference between one section of the room, and the max height over the big cross-beams. I have no idea how to compensate for that kind of gap over such a huge portion of the room.
The wife popped the night i posted this, looks like we're using plywood subflooring as floor for a while until I have time to figure out how to lay bamboo planks over a wavy subfloor.
Thanks again.
Post a picture of what your seeing under this floor.
I've built sheds stronger the what your discribing.
Yup, sadly you have more going on other than just adding a new floor surface. 2x6 set 7' apart is not going to cut it - your floor joists are too small, that's why you have low spots.
You are going to need some larger joists sistered to the existing ones and perhaps some additional lifting underneath the floor. However, your first step will likely to try to get some sleep - good luck with that!
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2004-05: Second-place finisher in the indoor mile (4:11.70) at the State Farm MVC Indoor Championships ... teamed up with Jeremy Doherty, Joe Marcin and DeAndre Tillman to place second in the distance medley relay (9:58.62) at the State Farm MVC Indoor Championships ... Prairie Farms/MVC Scholar-Athlete of the Week on Feb. 15 ... eighth place finish in the mile at the Iowa State Classic in 4:05.29 ... third place finisher in the 1,500-meter run (3:55.42) during the State Farm MVC Outdoor Championships ... placed fifth in the 1,500 at the Mt. Sac Relays, finishing with a time of 3:49.35 ... member of the MVC Scholar-Athlete team.
2003-04: Missouri Valley Conference Champion in the indoor mile with a time of 4:09.74 ... teamed up with Bronco Meeks, Pierre Woods and Gabe Cruz to win the distance medley relay at the MVC Indoor Championships with a time of 9:58.33 ... finished second in the 1,500-meter run at the MVC Outdoor Championships with a time of 3:52.13 ... finished seventh in the 1,500 at the Texas Relays on April 2, achieving a time of 3:49.87 ... won the 800-meter run at the Saluki Spring Classic on March 27, finishing with a time of 1:53.14 ... placed 36th in the 8K at the MVC Cross Country Championships, finishing with a time of 25:30.
2002-03: Achieved the team's second fastest outdoor 800 time behind teammate Miklos Konkoly at the MVC Outdoor Championships with a time of 1:51.72, placing fifth in the event ... part of the distance medley relay team that had a team-best time at the Alabama Relays with a time of 10:11.84 ... clocked in at 1:53.83 in the 800 during the UNI Invite.
At Quinte Secondary: Set all three qualifying meet records in the 800 senior season ... finished fifth in provincial cross country final prep season.
Personal: Born 1/18/83 ... son of Dennis and Cindy Tripp ... majoring in kinesiology and recreation.


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NEGLEY - Margie Gorby, Negley, is announcing the engagement and forthcoming marriage of her daughter, Heather M. Gorby, to Chad W. Drane, son of Barbara Drane, Columbus; and Bill Drane, East Liverpool.
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To put it simply, I have temporarily misplaced my mind; my IQ has plummeted to approximately that of a patch of lichens or a garden gnome. My vocabulary has begun playing tricks on me: like I might be standing in a bakery intending to buy a doughnut, and suddenly find myself asking the clerk, "Ah, could I have one of those disc-shaped items with a hole in the middle that law enforcement officers are reputedly addicted to?"
That kind of thing.
It's a damnably obnoxious nuisance and a pain in the tuchas, and it's all due to a chemotherapy- triggered syndrome called "chemo brain," which, combined with the "mind fog" my hepatitis keeps sucker punching me with, makes any kind of intellectual process more advanced than "2 plus 2 equals 4, or maybe 5, I guess," or, "Say, those Tea Party people have some interesting ideas, don't they?" really, really challenging.
And while I'm on the subject, what *&^%$#! trilobite came up with the term "chemotherapy" anyhow?
A slight misnomer, I'd say: I recently discovered that at least some of the "therapeutic" substances they've been pumping into my veins were originally developed during World War I as chemical weapons – probably the reason why the first time I was dosed I thought I heard a voice shout "Surrender, you Englischer pig-dogs! Ve haff ze super-veapon, und you viill all die!"
If those are "therapeutic chemicals," then when I was in Afghanistan in the 1980s the Russians were dropping 500-pound attention deficit disorder blockers on me from airplanes and firing thousands of 12.7 millimeter anti-narcolepsy tablets in my direction, and the villains who harassed me and my teammates in Baghdad a few years ago were setting off vehicles packed full of explosives to make the roads safer by ensuring drivers didn't fall asleep at the wheel or fail to pay attention to traffic conditions.
One of the many doctors helping treat my cancer described the benefits of chemotherapy to me this way: "These chemicals we're giving you kill cancer cells on contact. Of course, they have certain side effects; the main one is, they kill all human cells on contact!"
("Side effects" seem to be a problem with almost all of the new "wonder drugs" you see advertised on television these days: "Ask your doctor about the benefits of Malignatrope if your current anti-depressants aren't working effectively! Yes, MALIGNATROPE!" Then the announcer's voice drops radically in volume and accelerates: "malignatropemaycausesideeffetsincludingsuicidaltendenciessudden
The most common side effects of chemotherapy are usually nausea and hair loss, and I was actually looking forward to the latter; I've seen armadillos and desert tortoises with more hair than I have on my head in the first place, so whatever happened scalp-wise was no big deal, and I was really happy about the prospect of not having to shave. Well, so far the same 31 hairs I had on my dome when I began chemo are still doing fine, and I still have to scrape my jaw every morning to avoid looking like Barney Rubble. Bummer. And the nausea has been pretty mild, largely because the docs have dosed me with enough powerful anti-nausea medicines to clog up a dyspeptic hippopotamus...
But this "chemo brain" thing? Nobody really mentioned it, but all I can say is, it's a good thing I didn't return to Afghanistan to work like I'd originally been planning. I'd be picking up that nice hitchhiker with the enormous black turban and the bulging vest adorned with copper wires and double A batteries, or driving from Ghazni to Kandahar with American flag and "GO ARMY" bumperstickers on my car and a hand-painted banner reading "MULLAH OMAR BUGGERS GOATS" in English, Pashto, Dari, Urdu and Classical Arabic. At least I'm reasonably safe here, even with my brain operating in creeper gear.
Now if you'll excuse me, I've got to sign off. I just got an e-mail from a nice man in Nigeria who says my great great Uncle Bocephus X. Schultheis died in Lagos leaving me $100 trillion, and all I need to do is send a measly $10,000 to the President of the Bank of Nigeria, Mr. Phelonius T. Bunco, c/o the Bartender, Krazy Man After Hours Club, Lagos, Nigeria to cover postage and handling and I will receive a personal check for $100 trillion from Mr. Bunco within two weeks. I've got to hurry off to Alpine Bank before it closes, buy a $10,000 cashier's check, and send it off via registered mail. Only a fool would pass on an offer that good.
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Union College's physician assistant program will receive a $792,000 grant from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, which will be used to award scholarships to new PA students over the next four years.
Each year between 2011 and 2015, the grant will fund five scholarships for new Union PA students. These $22,000 scholarships will cover tuition and other expenses and can be renewed for a second year. This funding will help expand the program by five additional slots to a class of 30 by the 2011-12 school year.
As part of the Affordable Care Act, congress set aside $30 million for a five-year initiative to fund the training of more than 700 PAs pursuing a career in primary care medicine. Union is one of only 28 PA programs in the nation to receive this award.
"Having Union College's grant application chosen for this award emphasizes the strength of our program," stated Mike Huckabee, PA program director. "We are very excited for the students and what this means for the program's future."
Union's graduate-level physician assistant studies program, one of only two in Nebraska, prepares students for a field that CNNMoney.com recently rated the second best career in the America. Union graduates had a 100-percent first-time pass rate on the national PA certification exam four of the last five years, and 100 percent of graduates have found jobs within three months of graduation.


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Outcomes Mixed For Brain Surgery In EpilepsyAugust 26, 2013 5:55 am | by Cole Petrochko | Comments
Long-term follow-up in children undergoing hemispherectomy for refractory epilepsy showed that most were seizure-free and able to walk independently, but deficits in many areas of daily function were common, researchers said. Among 115 children with a mean of 6.05 years of follow-up, 70 were seizure-free and 96 were able to walk without assistance, according to Ajay Gupta, MD, of the Cleveland Clinic in Ohio, and colleagues.
Doctors Investigate Indian Baby For Spontaneous CombustionAugust 23, 2013 9:32 am | by Gillian Mohney | Comments
A 3-month-old Indian baby is the center of a medical mystery as doctors are trying to determine if the infant suffered from spontaneous human combustion, according to the New York Times. The infant is being treated at the Kilpauk Medical College Hospital in Chennai, India, after his parents claimed he caught on fire four separate times.
MRIs May Have Fueled Increase In MastectomyAugust 21, 2013 10:01 am | by Charles Bankhead | Comments
Older breast cancer patients had significantly higher odds of undergoing mastectomy if their evaluation included MRI, use of which increased exponentially during the study period, investigators reported. Breast MRI was associated with an increase of more than 20 percent in the likelihood of mastectomy versus breast-conserving surgery in women 65 and older.
Hospital Settles Suit Over Safety Data For Embattled Pediatric ProgramAugust 20, 2013 10:27 am | by Elizabeth Cohen | Comments
The University of Kentucky has settled its case with the state over the release of safety data for its embattled pediatric heart surgery program, which was closed last year following patient deaths. The dispute stems from a request last year by a local radio reporter for information about the program.
Surgery Not A Must In Blunt Kidney InjuryAugust 19, 2013 9:20 am | by Michael Smith | Comments
Patients with the most severe blunt trauma to the kidney may be managed without surgery, researchers reported. In a 12-year retroactive analysis of people with grade IV or V blunt renal injury who were hemodynamically stable, nonoperative management was successful in more than 90 percent of patients treated without surgery.
Heart Stents Continue to Be OverusedAugust 15, 2013 11:19 am | by Anahad O'Connor | Comments
Every year, more than half a million Americans undergo procedures to have a narrowed coronary artery propped open with a small metal mesh tube, or stent. In an emergency, when someone is having a heart attack, the operation can be lifesaving. But far too often, studies show, stents continue to be implanted in patients who stand to gain little if any benefit.
Hospital Changes Mind On Teen's Heart TransplantAugust 14, 2013 9:53 am | by Sydney Lupkin | Comments
The family of Anthony Stokes, the 15-year-old boy who was denied a place on the heart transplant waiting list because of "non-compliance," now say doctors at a George hospital have changed their minds. Anthony has an enlarged heart and has been given six months to live, but Anthony's family said doctors told them that they wouldn't put him on the transplant list because of his history of "non-compliance."
New Laws, Rising Costs Create Surge Of Supersizing HospitalsAugust 13, 2013 9:52 am | by Julie Creswell and Reed Abelson | Comments
Hospitals across the nation are being swept up in the biggest wave of mergers since the 1990s, a development that is creating giant hospital systems that could one day dominate American healthcare and drive up costs. The consolidations are being driven by a confluence of powerful forces, not least of which is President Obama's signature healthcare law, the Affordable Care Act.
Kentucky Surgeon Draws Scrutiny After Babies' DeathsAugust 12, 2013 9:49 am | by Elizabeth Cohen | Comments
The University of Florida's health system is reviewing the application of a heart surgeon from Kentucky who came under scrutiny after a CNN investigation into the deaths of babies in his care. Dr. Mark Plunkett was the chief heart surgeon at Kentucky Children's Hospital before he resigned to take a position with University of Florida Health.
Preventable Cardiac Surgical Errors Often A Result Of Teamwork FailuresAugust 7, 2013 9:06 am | by Michael Smith | Comments
Better communication is the key to improving patient outcomes after cardiac surgery, according to a new scientific statement from the American Heart Association. "Preventable errors are often not related to failure of technical skill, training, or knowledge," investigators wrote, "but represent cognitive, system, or teamwork failures."
Nurse Charged With Assisting Dad's SuicideAugust 6, 2013 9:13 am | by Susan Donaldson James | Comments
Barbara Mancini, the Philadelphia nurse who is being charged with assisting in the suicide of her 93-year-old father, is pinning her hopes on Pennsylvania's attorney general to drop felony charges that could send her to jail. Mancini, 57, is alleged to have given her ailing father, Joseph Yourshaw, a lethal dose of morphine to hasten his death.
Best To Split Up Carotid Opening, Heart SurgeryAugust 5, 2013 9:18 am | by Chris Kaiser | Comments
Patients who underwent carotid artery stenting followed a few weeks later by open heart surgery (a "staged" procedure) had a lower risk of the composite primary endpoint of all-cause death, stroke, or myocardial infarction (MI) than those who underwent staged carotid endarterectomy followed by open heart surgery (CEA-OHS) or those who had CEA-OHS performed on the same day (a "combined" procedure).
Ventilation Method Cuts Postop ProblemsAugust 1, 2013 12:55 pm | by Todd Neale | Comments
A lung-protective method of ventilation improved outcomes for patients who had an intermediate-to-high risk of pulmonary complications before undergoing major abdominal surgery, a randomized trial showed. Compared with standard ventilation, ventilation using positive end-expiratory pressure and a lower tidal volume significantly reduced the occurrence of major pulmonary or extra-pulmonary complications in the first postoperative week.
Teen Kidney Recipients Have Worse OutcomesJuly 31, 2013 9:40 am | by Michael Smith | Comments
Kidney recipients in their mid-teens are at the greatest risk for losing the graft, researchers reported. Additionally, in a retrospective database analysis, black teens, ages 14 through 16, were at the highest risk of having the new kidney fail, according to Kenneth Andreoni, MD, of the University of Florida in Gainesville, and colleagues.
Hospital Closures Stress New York Health SystemJuly 30, 2013 11:01 am | Comments
The controversial LICH closure, which health workers, unions, and politicians have fought for months with protests and lawsuits, appears to finally be coming to fruition in New York. Earlier this month, ambulances were ordered not to go to the hospital, so many went to Brooklyn Hospital a mile and a half away. But extreme temperatures, too many patients and an air conditioner problem caused Brooklyn Hospital to start diverting patients.


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Five people have been charged with distributing marijuana after a suspect killed a child and injured others while fleeing from police, authorities said.
According to the San Antonio Police Department, officers were surveying a suspected drug stash house on Morin Road in East Bexar County Wednesday when David Rodriguez, 30, was seen leaving the property in a black Chevrolet Suburban.
Police said an officer tried to conduct a traffic stop on Rodriguez's vehicle as he traveled west on Highway 1604. Authorities said Rodriguez was speeding away from officers when he struck another vehicle, killing a child and injuring others.
Officer said they found about 420 pounds of marijuana Rodriguez's SUV.
Authorities said they found 670 pounds of marijuana from other vehicles that left the house and about 1,680 pounds of the drug in a shed on the property.
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I am not sure why I cannot find my newest post on my wall, therefore am sending another here.....since I ask of you Lenny fans and animal lovers out there, something.......
I would like to humbly ask anyone who reads this if they could please pray for and keep in their thoughts, my beloved dog, Tika, who is in my avatar. She is a LK fan also and has travelled with me extensively for work daily, listening to one of the various LK CD's I play.....to soothe the "savage" beast in both of us.......
Well she was admitted to my vets' clinic early this week with advanced kidney disease and I miss her horribly and am naturally disraught and totally lost without her.
I am asking God to help her stabilize so that I can bring her home for her last Christmas, spent with dear friends. My vets are extremely competent and so so wonderful and compassionate, and they are trying their utmost.
Lenny's song, "I BELONG TO YOU" has always been my "theme-song" for my love and adoration of not only God but also my dear Tika and likewise I am sure.......and now when I listen to it still, as I am apt to, I get kinda emotional and teary-eyed, cause the words in this gorgeous song have such a personal meaning to me.........
I am certain that Lenny loves his sweet dog Leroy, like I do Tika, as you do if you own a dog, or horse, or cat or whatever pet, so you understand the deep bond forged.
Therefore if you could please take a moment to think of dear Tika, or if you are spiritual, to ask God to continue to watch over my dear gal, I would appreciate it greatly.
She is not "just a dog" but an integral, important part of my life.....
Thank-you sincerely so much.
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Thank-you for your post. I did survive Winter Storm NEMO, although there is about 2 FEET of snow here as of Saturday. And today some freezing rain! I am so done with winter! But that is New England for you!! Can you believe CT. got 3 to 4 FEET of snow??? I was in Enfield, CT. yesterday and was shocked at the massive piles on the side of the highway and also thru Enfield.........
Please keep the 9 people who died in the bad storm in your thoughts and prayers please.
Trying to be patient for Spring!
I am sorry to hear about your loss. I lost one of my Pomeranians last year, so I know how it is. Dogs are just so wonderful and full of love that they are just part of our family. The bless us with their companionship. Just think of the great times you had with Tika. This is what I do in order to deal with the pain of my own dog dying. Amazingly his older sister is still with us and I count that as a blessing everyday.


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Portrait: Arash Yaraghi, Safavieh
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"We've gone from one showroom on Madison Avenue, to an international player with half a million square feet of warehouse space and our own manufacturing facilities on three continents," Yaraghi said. "We now drop-ship thousands of packages daily to end-use customers on behalf of our retailers in all 50 states plus Canada, South America, Europe and Asia."
Today, the company, headquartered in Port Washington, N.Y., employs 250 people with distribution centers, showrooms and sales reps across the country. Safavieh's award-winning collections range from historical reproductions to fashion-forward contemporary and designer rugs.
In 2006, Yaraghi signed a multi-year contract with Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia, giving Safavieh the exclusive license for Martha Stewart-branded area rugs. The first collection was introduced at the Atlanta International Area Rug Market in January, 2007.
Yaraghi's grandfather started Safavieh in 1914 in Isfahan, Persia, an area long renowned for its artistic, cultural and rug-weaving traditions. The original store in Isfahan was named for the Safavid Empire of the 16th and 17th centuries.
"He handed the business over to my father, who built it steadily until 1979, when the revolution in Iran forced us to shut down overnight," said Yaraghi, who was attending Case Western University in Ohio at the time. "My father called to tell me there was no future for our export business in Iran, and asked me to help my brother Cyrus establish a rug store in New York." Arash and Cyrus, then 19 and 24 years old, leased a space at 153 Madison Avenue and 32nd Street in Manhattan.
"We had been exporting rugs to the U.S. and my father gave us the names of two past customers to look up," Yaraghi recalled. "They were our first sales at the Madison Avenue store, which is still our principal rug showroom."
As the business grew, Yaraghi completed his college education, followed with law school, and is currently licensed to practice in New York and New Jersey.
What is your role in the company?
I am a principal of the company, as are my four brothers. We are all involved on a 24/7 basis, each responsible for specific areas of the business -- rugs, furniture and accessories. I focus on wholesale rugs, developing programs tailored to customers in all retail market segments and working with weavers in our manufacturing facilities overseas. In our Port Washington headquarters, my brothers and I supervise a great staff of specialists in product development, design, marketing, operations and customer service.
What differentiates Safavieh from others in the industry?
Safavieh is probably the oldest rug company in continuous operation and among the most recognized brands in the home furnishings industry. Safavieh successfully combines the best of high-tech and high-touch. We've always been considered the authority on fine quality, craftsmanship and style. We kept that focus as we grew our logistics and warehousing capabilities, leading to strong partnerships with the largest retailers in the country. We serve every channel of distribution, from big box stores to multi-unit chains.
How have you seen the rug industry change over the years?
When I entered the business, people were concerned with a rug's knot count and pedigree. Persian rugs were coveted for their traditional patterns and colors -- the finer the weave the better.
As consumers' decorating tastes changed and light neutrals became more popular, Safavieh was instrumental in creating hand-knotted rugs in more contemporary patterns and colors. Design magazines, the Internet and HGTV have all contributed to a more sophisticated, knowledgeable consumer who wants the look of designer rugs at more affordable prices. One of the biggest surprises is how easily rugs transitioned to Internet sales.
When did Safavieh begin its licensing program and who was its first licensing partner?
Safavieh began its licensing program in 2006 with Thomas O'Brien. The next year we followed with Martha Stewart. Our goal with licensing is to give the consumer completely unique designs that reflect the style of the designers they trust and admire. Every Safavieh licensing partner has a special look and a strong consumer following.
Have you made any major changes as a result of the recession?
This economy has forced us to become leaner, more creative, and more efficient, which has benefited our business as well as our customers' businesses. The biggest change we've made is to develop great style in many different constructions, in order to make rugs more affordable to a broad base of consumers. That strategy will continue.
What has been the highlight of your career thus far?
The highlight of my career is working with the great designers in Safavieh Couture. I also enjoy working with our people in the technology field to develop logistics and distribution programs.
The ultimate satisfaction that I receive is to see our licensing partners' designs come to life. Not just seeing the finished product, but the chain of people working -- from designers in New York, to weavers in Nepal, to the department store. Seeing the process go full circle, with everyone working together, is the perfect example of globalization.
At a Glance:
Where did you grow up? Isfahan, in Persia -- it's the rug-weaving capital of the world.
Where do you live now? Mill Neck, Long Island, N.Y.
What did you want to be when you were growing up? A lawyer
How do you relax/unwind? I live near the water, so I get on a kayak and paddle in Oyster Bay.
How did you earn your very first paycheck? Aside from the family business, as a student I did everything from landscaping to waiting tables and carpentry.
What are you reading right now? The newest business books are always on my nightstand. My friend Gil Kemp, the former president of Home Decorators, introduced me to Jim Collins. I still refer to his books Good to Great and Built to Last.
Your secret indulgence: Soccer
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The X-ray Science Division of the APS is considering equipping a BM beamline for optics and detector testing and for optics metrology. Planning for the beamline instrumentation is now taking place. Several agendas are being considered.These are:
- Mirror metrology, especially of K-B mirrors.
- Single crystal topography, especially for coherence preservation tests.
- Detector testing, especially area detectors.
- Multilayer diffraction, especially for MLLs.
- A test bed for nanopositioning devices for crystal and mirror manipulators & goniometers, especially incorporating real time feedback from x-ray sensors.
- A test bed for innovative motor control electronics and data acquisition electronics.


text: A contemporary fashion bedding collection in flashy colors, the Victor Mill Crete Ocean bedding ensemble makes for a fascinating masterpiece endowed with contrasting hues and stylish design. The Crete Ocean ensemble features a fascinating blend of light blue, dark blue, gray, and ocean blue that makes it pop out in colorful rhapsody. Available in Queen and King size, the Victor Mill Crete Ocean bed in a bag set includes a comforter, standard or king sham (s), a bed scarf, and two decorative pillows. The comforter is in solid ocean blue on a soft faux velvet ground while standard and king shams reflect the same ocean blue color on a soft faux velvet ground with a petite flange accent. Decorative pillows offer creative juxtaposition in a blend of colors including light blue, dark blue, ocean blue, and gray in concentric patterns mirrored by the bed scarf.


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So we were chatting at work today about Django Unchained and Taken 2 and my buddy said he never saw Taken.
I described as "Liam Neesons daughter gets abducted so he goes and ****ing murders half of Europe to get her back".
Then I described the preview of Django Unchained as "The Jew Hunter is a bounty hunter and he takes Jamie Foxx to rescue his wife and they murder half the Wild West".
I want to see Taken 2 and Django Unchained so badly I can taste it.
Almost as badly as I want to see "Magneto : Nazi Hunter".
So... while I wait for these two flicks to come out.... please recommend me some revenge movies where someone is wronged in the first act and then goes and murders a bunch of people in revenge.
Preferably with at least a hint of humor in it.
Films I've already seen that fit this criteria
Inglorious Basterds
Payback (Mel Gibson)
Kill Bill
HELP ME LGK! Especially you jerseydevil and adgy*!
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I'll admit, writing this review was a little daunting. I mean, how exactly am I supposed to give my
opinion of a non-game game? Well, being
a closet Harvest Moon fan helps a little, but there's still a sizable stretch
between "farm sim" and "puppy sim." So,
I'll give it the old college try...
the big N's latest unconventional title for their so-called developer system,
initially defies defining. Many people
who see me playing it on the bus or after work say, "Oh, that's like those
Tomogotchi things, right?" Well, they're
half-right. Nintendogs takes the
embryonic pet-simulator concept introduced with such early tries like
Tomogotchi and Giga-pet, and then hyper-develops it. Nintendogs is in essence what those
primordial sims were trying to accomplish, and for one big reason: Nintendogs
is based on a real animal, something we're all very familiar with.
Let me
explain further. Tomogotchi's were
popular as a novelty and among quirk-gamers simply because they were new and
different. A blob of grayscale pixels
that roughly resembles a cute little beastie will appeal to the offbeat crowd,
but non-gamers won't get it. Here again
is Nintendo's philosophy of broadening the market. They're expanding an idea with a lot of
promise by marketing it to people who have never
played video games before, and it's working.
The funny
thing is, I'm as enamored with Nintendogs as my ten-year-old sister is, and I
hope I can explain why in this review. I
have an inkling that it's because puppies are just one of those things that are
practically irresistible to any human, unless you happen to really hate
dogs. Puppies are adorable, soft, cuddly
and loyal, and I'd better end this sentence before I need to take an insulin
shot. The fact is that Nintendogs
recreates the feel of man's best friend so accurately, you'll be instinctually
drawn to these virtual canines as you would a real dog.
Yes, the Nintendogs are noticeably
polygonal. They have data points and
textures like any other 3D representation, and at the end of the day they're
still stuck in your DS, behind those double screens. But their behavior
is so well done, you'd swear there was a real animal behind those
screens. The actions of these puppies is
as random and dynamic as a real dog's; they'll jump up and paw at the back of
the screen when you turn on your DS, like you've just come home from work. You feel as if they're genuinely happy to see
environments are somewhat surreal; a white glow permeates every area and gives
them all a comforting, serene atmosphere.
But the way the dogs interact with their surroundings is remarkably
realistic, whether you're chilling at home, at the park or out on a casual
walk. These places all have a double
purpose, as they are training grounds for the contests you can enter your dog
into. For instance, the park is great
for tossing the frisbee around, your house is better suited for teaching
tricks, and the gymnasium is exclusively for agility exercises.
While the
scenery is rather unrealistic in some ways, the objects in this world are all
very real. I have to hand it to
Nintendo; the physics engine in this game is so spot on, and yet so subtle at
the same time, you'll hardly notice it. And that's the way it should be. Playing fetch with the tennis ball or tug of
war with the pull rope should all feel completely natural, so that you forget
that you're playing a game. And it
does. Of course, your pet does require
some virtual maintenance to keep healthy, such as feeding, cleaning, and
exercise, but another beauty of this game is that your puppy will never
die. They may get surly and take off for
a while if you neglect them, but they remain eternally youthful, never develop
debilitating diseases, never run into the street and get hit by a car...it's
all the fun of a puppy without any of the heartbreak.


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Attorney General Eric Holder has announced that Khalid Sheikh Mohammed is going to be tried in a civilian court for his role in 9/11.
UNITED STATES LYNNE STEWART TO THE SLAMMER! Radical lawyer had passed on messages for Omar Abdel-Rahman. $500 MILLION SEIZED FROM ALAVI FOUNDATION, TERRORISM GROUP: four U.S.
THE NETHERLANDS INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL TRIBUNAL FOR THE FORMER YUGOSLAVIA ETHNIC CLEANSING TRIAL of Radovan Karadzic, head of the Serbian Republika Srpska, stalled again. Charged with ordering massacres in Srebrenica that killed 8000, Karadzic, representing himself, requested a 10-month extension to study millions of pages of documents.
How to Survive the Most Critical 5 Seconds of Your Life
The first book written for the everyday layperson that clearly, methodically and unemotionally makes the case for using violence as your ultimate survival tool.
This week [20 November], while "the most traveled president in history" was on his latest foreign adventure and bowing to Japanese Emperor Akihito, the rest of the O-Team was busy kowtowing to political correctness. The headlines tell the story:
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Why do you volunteer? Is it because you're deeply passionate about a certain cause? Maybe your friend got you involved or it'll look good on your college resume? Whatever the reason we LOVE that young people are making such a huge impact globally, not to mention this is happening across a wide range of issues (think: discrimination, environment, homelessness and poverty, etc.).
We polled over 4,300 young people (the first national survey of its kind!) across the country because we wanted to know what makes them tick. What are the driving forces causing them to take action? The results were pretty amaze balls. Check out our top 11 results from The DoSomething.org Index on Young People and Volunteering [1] below!
- Having friends that volunteer regularly is the primary factor influencing a teen's volunteering habits.
- 40 percent of young people who volunteered in 2011 did it with clubs, friends, family, or on their own. They didn't go through a traditional "organization."
- Teens want volunteering to feel like a party – activities should be social.
- Over 70 percent of young people with friends who regularly volunteer also volunteer.
- The number one concern for students is paying for college. After that, it's getting in.
- Young people want to volunteer with people their age, but not the same gender.
- Lack of time is the number one reason teens give for not volunteering.
- Many young people want to remain anonymous or help from a distance.
- For religious youth, volunteering habits aren't determined by the importance of religion in their life. Rather, by how frequently they attend religious events, including youth groups.
- Young people want volunteer opportunities that are close to home, but not at home.
- Short activities that allow for different levels of engagement are best (5 min vs. an hour vs. half a day).
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YAMIdentd aims at being a simple, small, and functional ident daemon that can both process local requests and forward requests triggered by masqueraded hosts (when it is running on a Linux gateway). It currently only runs on Linux (2.4 and 2.6, 2.2 untested). The daemon can forward to any ident daemon that accepts forwarded requests. The code aims at being stable, fast, and RFC 1413 compliant. It is meant to be run from inetd. It doesn't use any configuration file. It should do the right thing automagically.
Perf4CDI is an add-on package for implementations of CDI (Contexts and Dependency Injection for the Java EE platform, also known as JSR-299) providing convenient integration with Perf4j, a performance monitoring library for Java applications. For basic usage, it's enough to annotate the profiling method in CDI-based applications. Many settings can be customized.
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A relational and transaction-based database system.


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By this time next month, Hannah Pilla may have one fewer kidney. And she can't wait.
The recent graduate of Roosevelt University has been cleared for organ donation at Northwestern Memorial Hospital, bringing her one step closer to a personal goal: Giving away one of her kidneys to a stranger.
The 21-year-old's interest in nondirected living donation — the medical term for giving organs to a purposely unknown recipient — began after she read about it in her seventh-grade social studies class. When a close friend lost a kidney in high school, Pilla found herself making a lighthearted promise.
"I always joked with her and said if she lost a kidney, I would lose mine, too," Pilla recalled.
She then set a more concrete goal: to commemorate her entrance into the adult world with the philanthropic surgery. Her donor approval came Nov. 13, less than a month after she cold-called the hospital about the procedure and a few weeks before she graduated from Roosevelt.
Pilla is one of a growing number of altruistic donors at Northwestern Memorial Hospital, according to the director of its living donor kidney program. Dr. Joseph Leventhal said he has seen an "explosion" in interest in altruistic donation, which was almost unheard of as recently as a decade ago.
Leventhal attributed the rising awareness to social networks that allow heart-touching tales of life-saving donations to reach more people than ever. Pilla said she was encouraged in part by inspirational accounts on YouTube.
In 2011, 165 out of nearly 6,000 living donors, or 3 percent, were "unrelated anonymous" givers, according to the National Kidney Foundation. Leventhal said his hospital receives five to 10 inquiries about altruistic donation per year and has been involved in three this year.
"They're more common than you would think," said Nancy Lepain, a nurse practitioner with the foundation's Illinois branch. "There are good people out there."
Altruistic donorism can raise serious questions about medical ethics. Hospitals worry about eager individuals rushing into the application process without fully understanding the risks, which can include surgical dangers such as excessive bleeding and infection, as well as kidney disease down the line.
The chance of dying during donor surgery is less than 0.04 percent, or 1 in every 2,500 operations, according to Leventhal's data. He tells patients that there is a 0.1 percent to 0.5 percent chance they will later experience kidney disease.
Leventhal said he stresses to all patients they are making an informed, voluntary choice to put themselves "in harm's way to help another person."
"(My doctor) said, 'I'm not telling you not to do it, but you need to know exactly what you're getting yourself into,'" Pilla recalled.
At Northwestern Memorial Hospital, all living donors are assigned an "independent donor advocate" who has no contact with the recipient and helps the living donors navigate a sometimes overwhelming process. Pilla recalled a battery of pre-clearance assessments: blood testing, a urine sample, X-rays, a psychological evaluation and an application that asked about her family's medical history.
Leventhal said his program pays close attention to an altruistic donor's motivations, making sure that their interest is not "transactional," or rooted in a desire to make money.
"If we sense there is something going on … we reserve the right to deny any individual going forward," Leventhal said, noting that donors can call off the process at any point.
At the end of the day, altruistic donors are just generous people by nature, Leventhal said. He added that applicants for altruistic donation at his hospital are often denied for medical reasons, not because they have psychological problems or an ulterior motive.
"These are people who in their life have always been characterized as giving individuals," Leventhal said. "They feel like they want to make a difference."
Pilla said she has digested all the information the hospital provided her and is excited to finally make that difference. Pilla, who is now working part-time while applying for graduate school in psychology, can no longer recall the specific literature that inspired her in middle school.
"But it just kind of stuck with me since then," she said. "I remember thinking that was so cool, and I could do it someday."