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Home Helpers
About Home Helpers15736 S Bell Rd
Homer Glen, IL 60441
Phone: (708) 301-4746
Fax: (815) 221-4269
Provides services to: children, adults, seniors
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About Home Helpers
What is home helpers? we are your team of caring, passionate and resourceful caregivers who do everything in their power to accommodate for the needs of seniors, and anyone in need; we serve areas of greater southwest chicagoland. We are a family owned and operated business available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. We are fully licensed by the state of illinois, correctly insured with comprehensive liability and workers compensation insurance. Our caregivers are bonded and have had complete criminal background checks; they also receive extensive training and continuing education. We provide trusted, affordable and courteous service, because we are passionate about helping those in need. We also offer a 24 hour emergency monitoring system. Direct link is a personal emergency response system (pers), which allows you to reach help 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. Seniors who have a pers are able to stay in their home an average of six years longer than those who do not. To give everyone the ability to be comfortable in their own homes, is why we do what we do. On friday mornings from 10:00am �?? 1:00pm, edward kerfin and ross novak host friends over fifty to discuss health, finance & life style issues for the over 50 crowd on wjol 1340 am. This show has earned quite the following. We are the liaison between seniors, and their advocates; hospitals, social workers, etc. Every week we have guest speakers on the show to talk about what they do and how they help the seniors in the community. Not only is it a great resource for the over 50 crowd in the community, but it is also a great venue for senior advocates to get their name and business some well deserved exposure. But most importantly, we have fun on the show. Our listeners, our guest speakers, our occasional guest co-host, and ourselves just simply enjoy what we do.
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This week's blog is written by Ros Moody, Volunteer Manager at Friendship Works.
It's a great time to be a volunteer manager. All summer, London has been buzzing with the excitement of hosting the Olympic and Paralympic Games. The world has seen London at its best – celebrating diversity, rejoicing in the achievements of others, and there have even been rumours of spontaneous conversations breaking out on the tube.
Beyond the remarkable display of sporting prowess, perhaps the most talked about feature of London 2012 has been the army of volunteers that have 'made' the Games – from the grinning individual standing proudly behind Ussain Bolt as he warmed up for his 100m sprint, to the 10,000 volunteer performers participating in the opening & closing ceremonies. There is a sense of pride in what has been delivered, a sense of shared experience amongst the volunteers themselves, and, from some sources, a sense of amazement that so many people would willingly give time and resources for free, and with no apparent 'return on investment' to show for it.
Personally, I'm not so amazed. Not because I don't think it's fantastic that so many people were willing to give their time to make the Olympics happen, but because having worked with volunteers for a number of years now, I know that there is a great appetite in people to have a positive impact. So many of the volunteers I've met have been motivated by a desire to 'give something back' that I've begun to regard this as the norm.
Rewind to August last year, and the view of London was very different – we were reeling in the aftermath of the riots that broke out across the city; the media was full of theories about why this had happened, with commentaries by people looking to lay the blame at the feet of everyone from 'young thugs' at one end of the spectrum to 'irresponsible bankers' and 'expense-dodging' MPs at the other.
But then something very interesting happened. Images of the 'broom army' – those ordinary citizens who took to the streets to clean up the mess – went viral. Suddenly the stereotype of London as a place where no one knows their neighbours and we have all lost all sense of community was challenged, and a new understanding began to emerge that most Londoners care about our city – our community – and want to look after it.
The response of the majority to the actions of rioters was not to fight fire with fire – the counter-mob they formed was armed with brooms, not pitchforks. They set a positive example of people working together to invest time and effort into supporting their local communities. Some people were pleasantly surprised by this response; again, I wasn't so surprised.
Perhaps I'm fortunate to be in a role where I get to meet a higher than average number of positive, motivated, committed people, but working as a volunteer manager has shown me time and again that there are thousands of people out there who not only understand the value of community, but want to help create it.
The challenge, as far as I can see, lies not in how to pressgang – or even gently persuade – people into volunteering. The challenge we face is how to let people know that there are hundreds of great volunteering opportunities already available right on people's doorsteps and that all they need to do is find the right one for them.
We can all play our part and get the message out about volunteering. Here are some things you can do to help:
- Talk about community! At Friendship Works, we want to see communities where every member can make a positive contribution in supporting children to get the most out of childhood and lay the foundations for a fulfilling adult life. Volunteering, whether as a mentor or in some other role, helps people in communities to really connect with each other to work together and make a difference.
- Talk about volunteering! Don't be shy to tell people that you volunteer with Friendship Works – or about any other volunteering you do. The more people talk about it, then the more volunteering will become a way of life in our communities. For every person who actively seeks a volunteering opportunity, I'm sure there are many more out there who would like to 'do something positive' or 'give something back' but don't know how to access the opportunities available. So let's make sure everyone knows what options are out there.
- Talk about us! The best ambassadors for any charity are its volunteers and supporters – trustees, patrons and, in our case, our wonderful mentors too. These are the people who believe enough in our vision that they willingly give their time and support for free to make sure it happens. And that passion becomes infectious when they talk to others about our work.
- Talk about rewards! As I mentioned, one of the things about the Olympic and Paralympic volunteers that surprised some people is the number of people who will give 'something for nothing'. But, as those of us already volunteering know, the 'return on investment' can be enormous. For many Friendship Works mentors the reward of seeing the 'small changes' that their presence brings about in the life of a child, is reason enough to keep going. They are developing a relationship, and like any friendship, it brings benefits to child and mentor alike. If you're interested in finding out more, you can read a previous blog post on how mentoring works both ways.
The great joy of the Olympics wasn't just seeing Britain's athletes do well, it was seeing people come together in a united effort to make something amazing happen. Ultimately, with volunteering, everyone's a winner.


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Less than 13 hours Eastern Standard Time and Obama is through!
Posted in 2016 Presidential Election, Obama, Worst President in History, tagged 2016 Presidential Election, Americans, Army, Beer, Bill of Rights, Christians, Cops, Donald Trump, Electoral College, First Amendment, Gun Rights, Independence Day, Jews, Marines, mendment, Money, Navy SEALs, Republicans, Ronald Reagan, Second, Tea Parties, The Bible, TMQ2, U.S. Border Patrol, U.S. Military, Veterans on January 19, 2017| 3 Comments »
Less than 13 hours Eastern Standard Time and Obama is through!
Berry-the-hoodlum and his Illegal Pinche Pendejos
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Posted in John Kerry, Ukrain, tagged Adolf Hitler, American Sheeple, anti- Commies, Anti-Semitism, Catholics, Democrats, Dickhead of the Day, Dictatorship, Germans, IQ (Intelligence Quotient), Jews, John Kerry, Murder, Poles, Russia, Swift Boat, TMQ2, Trash Talking, U.S. Military, Ukrainian, Vladimir Putin, WW II on February 26, 2014| 29 Comments »
Now all of a sudden John "Swift Boat" Kerry is trash talking the Ruskies like he just wants Putin to make his day.
Now the good war is to come to the defense of Ukrainian anti- Commies.
As far as I'm concerned a Ukrainian civil war is just Syria with peasant blouses, pirogies and vodka.
The Ukrainian anti- Commies are the spawn of the western Ukrainians who showered the Waffen SS with rose petals in 1941.
Look at the records of WWII war crimes defendants and your basic death camp guard was a Ukrainian.
The Jews who survived the Shoah have a saying; The Germans were bad, the Poles were badder, and the Ukrainians were the worst.
Ukrainians killing each other? Boo-hoo. That's another fracas no American boy should suffer so much as a hang nail over.
Fuck 'em.
Also See: Ukraine divided over WWII legacy
Posted in Dictatorship, Martial Law, Obama, Reader Feedback, Tyranny, U.S. Military, tagged Blacks, Civil Unrest, Civilians, Creating Crises Strategy, Democrats, Dictator, EBT, Government Tyranny, Harry Reid, Hitler, Looting Stores and Rioting, Martial law, Misguided Sense of Entitlement, Mussolini, Obama, Obamacare, Race Wars, Stalin, TMQ2 Reader Feedback, Troops, U.S. Army, U.S. Military, violence, Welfare Payment System on January 28, 2014| 4 Comments »
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What will the Army do if called to fight armed civilians in U.S. streets?
The following is an email received by a friend from a 30 year Navy chief who seems to have his fingers into everything. I do question who this actually came from but, all I ask you to do is read it and think about what is stated in the piece. While some of you may dismiss it, remember, these old retired military guys have sources you will never have:
"When I asked my colleague, an Army Colonel, why he thinks Obama is doing this, the reply I received from this life-long soldier and Army leader shocked me.
"Paraphrasing him, this is what he told me in a nutshell.
"He said most branches of the service routinely engage in war games and come up with strategies and tactics on how to handle every type of military conflict and scenario that can be imagined. One of the big new battle scenarios being actively discussed in the military recently is how to handle civil unrest in the U.S. and fighting in the streets. What will the Army do if called in to fight armed civilians in the streets of the United States? How will that urban warfare be conducted? Will troops be able to fire upon other American citizens when they have taken an oath to protect American citizens?
"He said many in the military are discussing the very real possibility that Obama will attempt to stay in office beyond two terms. It's speculated that Obama will do this by declaring a state of martial law. (more…)
Posted in TMQ2, tagged 9/11, Afghanistan, American Civil War, American Revolution, Arabs, Benghazigate, Bill of Rights, Communism, Egypt, Israel, Lebanon, Libya, Marines, Munich, National Guard, NATO, Navy SEALs, Nazis, POW (Prisoner of War), Russia, Soldiers, Somalia, Sudan, Syria, Taliban, Thanksgivukah, TMQ2, U.S. Military, US Army, Vietnam, War, War Casualties on November 27, 2013| 7 Comments »
For all those defending the 'Red, White and Blue' and the 'Blue and White'


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The chief executive of Hong Kong based airline Cathay Pacific, Tony Tyler, has been nominated to take over the leadership of the International Air Transport Association next July, IATA said on Friday.
The airline association said in a statement that its board of governors would recommend Tyler's appointment to replace current IATA director general and chief executive, Giovanni Bisignani, when he retires.
"Tony's leadership of Cathay Pacific through challenging times prepares him well for the job. His knowledge of Asia will help IATA take advantage of opportunities in the industry's largest market," said David Bronczek, chairman of the IATA Board of Governors.
IATA's annual general meeting in June 2011 in Cairo will consider Tyler's nomination before he is scheduled to take up his new duties on July 1.
Tyler paid tribute to Bisignani's achievements, including the introduction of electronic ticketing for passenger travel and IATA's programme to tackle climate change and cut the airline industry's emissions.
"We constantly have to adapt to changing market conditions, new business models, different traffic patterns and frequent crises," the 55 year-old said.
"I am fully prepared to lead future changes to help all participants in this great industry be even more successful," he added.
IATA represents some 230 carriers that account for more than 90 percent of scheduled air traffic globally but does not include many of the big budget airlines.


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On the road in Kampot
Reporting in from Kampot... I've just finishd my mixed grill meal at the Rusty Keyhole after an exhausting day at Bokor Mountain. We spent a couple of nights in Kep, nice and relaxing though we got out and about a fair bit before heading for Kampot yesterday. We crammed in the nearby rapids and the zoo and a night at the Bokor Mountain Lodge before we tackled the real thing at 8.30am this morning. It was horrendous, well the road was. Yes its been widened but it ain't finished and looks like it'll be years before it is. Maybe the Sokimex company have bitten off more than they can chew with this one. I am black and blue from riding in the back of the pick-up truck as we bounced over every hole, bump and crevice in the unfinished road. The ruined hotel, casino, church, post office, King's residence, etc are still the same, perched on the summit, nothing has changed since my last visit a few years ago, though the Ranger station has been spruced up. We had good weather, the mist held off, the sun stayed behind cloud and the 1-hour hike through the forest on the way up was a tough introduction, on top of the bumpy ride. We also hiked to the waterfall, so all in all, I'm knackered. Add to that my eyes are really suffering and look as though I've gone ten rounds with Cassius Clay. Tomorrow we head for Sihanoukville without a specific plan in mind. We'll see where the wind takes us. Much more and of course some photos when I get back home on Sunday. Bye for now.


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NEW YORK, June 16 (Reuters) - The overseer of a $4 billion U.S. government fund to compensate victims of Bernard Madoff's Ponzi scheme expects to start distributing money this year, following criticism of the lack of payouts in the nearly four years since the fund's creation.
Money would go to 35,508 victims from 123 countries whose total losses exceeded $6.5 billion.
Their claims were deemed valid in early June by the Department of Justice, whose fund is overseen by former U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission Chairman Richard Breeden.
More than 26,000 of the 35,508 eligible victims have received nothing since Madoff's fraud was uncovered in December 2008.
Payouts could begin as soon as late October, a person close to the process said.
In an online update posted late Thursday, Breeden said about 98 percent of eligible victims invested indirectly through Madoff, such as through "feeder funds."
They have been unable to recover any funds in the liquidation of Bernard L. Madoff Investment Securities LLC, in which court-appointed trustee Irving Picard is paying only former Madoff customers. He has approved 2,612 claims.
"We are currently planning on a first distribution of cash prior to the end of this year," Breeden wrote. "We are very optimistic we will succeed."
Breeden declined to comment on Friday.
The fund was set up in November 2013, mostly with settlement money from Madoff's bank, JPMorgan Chase & Co, and the estate of former Madoff investor Jeffry Picower.
Criticism over the lack of payouts was fueled by published reports last month that Breeden's firm had billed the government millions of dollars for its services.
The review process took over three years, during which about 50 people, including some with bank examination experience, assessed 65,500 petitions with millions of pages of paperwork.
Hedge funds and other third parties that bought claims from victims are ineligible to recover, unlike in the Madoff firm's liquidation, in which Picard is paying on such claims.
Picard has recovered $11.6 billion and paid out more than $9 billion.
The payout process for the fund Breeden oversees came up on Tuesday when Republican Senator Richard Shelby of Alabama questioned it during a Justice Department budget hearing.
"Obviously they're not working because there are no distributions," he said.
Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein replied that reimbursing victims was important, and said "we should do it as quickly as possible." He pledged to look into the matter.
"Will you get back to the committee on that?" Shelby asked.
"Yes sir," Rosenstein responded. (Reporting by Jonathan Stempel in New York; Editing by Dan Grebler)


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Who Will Draw In The Bigger Box Office: Captain America: The Winter Soldier or X-Men?
Next weekend, Twenty-First Century Fox takes a try at box office glory with X-Men Days of Future Past. Can it outperform Captain America: The Winter Soldier, which so far ranks as 2014's top comic book movie?
Fox spent too much on X-Men: Days of Future Past. A minimum $250 million production budget means the film will have to put up unprecedented numbers for an X-Men movie. That's unlikely given Fox's strategy. Specifically, the studio is bringing all the X-Men together in one film in hopes that fans will show up to see a favorite character.
Walt Disney didn't take that chance, preferring instead to win over fans one character at a time. That way, Iron Man, Captain America, and Thor fans would be willing to see a team-up movie featuring characters they otherwise might not care about. The result? Marvel Studios has enjoyed accelerating grosses in the solo movies that followed the Avengers, including Captain America: The Winter Soldier.
Where as X-Men: Days of Future Past benefits from a 14-year cinematic history dating back to the release of X-Men in 2000. That movie produced more than $296 million in worldwide grosses on a $75 million production budget, a financial win for Fox even without counting DVD sales.
Several of the characters in the follow-up movie, X-2: X-Men United, appear in X-Men: Days of Future Past, providing the sort of connective tissue that made Marvel's The Avengers the box office success it was. Mix in outstanding reviews and a month's worth of weaker box office competition and you've all the ingredients required to top Captain America: The Winter Soldier at the box office.
X-Men: Days of Future Past also kicks off a whole new series of films that will add variety and heft to a franchise that's due for at least two more team-up movies and potential solo spinoffs. Fox investors stand to benefit greatly if this phase starts out well.
Personally my vote goes for the bacon.


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Monthly Archives: July 2014
As far as
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Once upon a time, in the days of yore in the Land of Grammar, people used to say things such as: As far as county towns go, Hertford's nice but a bit quiet. As far as small pets go, guinea…
Breaking News – cat stranded on wet floor
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Tour de France 2014 – guide to the perils of Cambridgeshire and Essex
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Not that I'm envious , but it appears the Tour de France 2014 is snubbing Hertfordshire and has opted for Cambridgeshire and Esssex instead. Presumably they chose Cambridgeshire for its challenging and frankly stunning scenery. As for Essex, well let's…
Alexis (Lex) 1995 – 2014
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The lovely Alexis was born in 1995 and moved to Marylebone in London with her little brother Dexter (Dex). The two fluffies then moved to Essex.
Alexis subsequently moved to Todmorden with Henrietta and Franklin who gave her a fabulous life. She also had two step cats (but largely ignored them), a step horse, and numerous step hamsters, guinea pigs and rabbits.
Lex enjoyed sitting on Franklin. She also liked to pose like a furry bookend on the opposite arm of the chair to Dexter. And they weren't averse to lying on the ironing board. She was also rather partial to cardboard boxes.
Her all-time favourite food was processed ham. And she preferred drinking water directly from taps.
For me, her most endearing habit was rescuing people from bathrooms and toilets. No sooner did you enter, than a small ball of silver fluff came hurtling in like Supercat to prevent you from drowning or whatever.
We'll all really miss her. She was such a sweety.
Invisible Man Sighted in Hertford
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I just love the Hertfordshire Mercury.
OMG Paul Brannen MEP
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Congratulations to my old friend Paul on becoming Paul Brannen MEP. Odd to think I've known him since we were nine. Oh the stories I could tell, but I won't. He'll be a brilliant MEP I'm sure. And he believes in…
Best Vine ever – boy diving into pool
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I know it's been everywhere but ICYMI, here's that amazing Vine of a boy diving into a pool, snatched by a giant hand
Hummingbird Audio Landscaping
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Ovid would approve. Over the last few months, I, a peacock, have metamorphosed into a hummingbird, in the form of the lovely Hummingbird Audio Landscaping That's why I've not been peacockblogging. Like a hummingbird, I've been flapping my wings non-stop and have barely touched the ground. I've also been blogging for Hummingbird.
You may care to poke your beak into some of my posts:
New MEPs – how not to get lost in translation
BPMs to biceps – top tips on gym playlists
What not to do at conferences (with video bloopers)
MRI proof that dogs really understand English
Why 'relaxation' music makes me seethe
The Great Hertford Flood 2014 – dramatic audio
Evolution and hummingbirds – Alfred Russel Wallace at Hertford Museum
Are you an owl, a lark or a hummingbird? Whatever you are, blame your parents
History of football commentaries, with crazy audio clips
Hummingbird Audio Landscaping also has amazing, quirky Twitter stuff: @hummingbirdbeak Follow now, or I'll peck you.
And, on our YouTube channel, you can see me (in a suit) and co-designer Kathleen Griffin doing our thing at glitzy Lancaster House So now you know what I've been up to. Normal service resumes here as from today.


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Adverse Selection and Incentives in an Early Retirement Program
We evaluate potential determinants of enrollment in an early retirement incentive program for non-tenure-track employees at a large university. Using administrative records on the eligible population of employees not covered by collective bargaining agreements, historical employee count and layoff data by budget units, and public information on unit budgets, we find dips in per-employee finances in a budget unit during the application year and higher recent per employee layoffs were associated with increased probabilities of eligible employee program enrollment. Our results also suggest that, on average, employees whose salaries are lower than we would predict given their personal characteristics and job titles were more likely to enroll in the early retirement program. To the extent that employees' compensation reflect their productivity, as it should under a pay system in which annual salary increases are based on merit, this finding suggests that adverse selection was not a problem with the program. That is, we find no evidence that on average the "most productive" employees took the incentive.
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If you grew up in the Portland area, you remember Tom Peterson's commercials. The always-hustling furniture and appliance salesman gave out free haircuts at his stores and plastered his face on promotional watches and alarm clocks ("Wake up!"). And of course, everyone remembers when he declared bankruptcy and returned as "Tom Peterson... and Gloria's, Too!" Good ol' Gloria.
KPTV just ran a segment checking in with Peterson, who has Parkinson's. I have not watched this video in its entirety because it makes me want to cry; if you think you might be similarly afflicted, just read the story.
I tweeted this story last night and my friend/colleague/troll Suzi Steffen responded "Only reason you have Feels is that you remember the commercials or something." Which is sort of true, I guess, but really undersells it; Tom Peterson was a familiar face in Portland for years and years and years, and seeing him like this hits surprisingly hard. There's a Facebook fan page full of pictures if you need to go wallow in nostalgia for a sec.


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On March 27, 2015, a United Kingdom Court Of Appeal addressed two fundamental but long-unsettled issues in UK privacy law, holding that the right to privacy is an independent tort and that the showing of harm necessary to recover damages does not require economic loss. The decision was based primarily on the UK's 1998 Data Protection Act and common law, but the Court's analysis will likely influence privacy law jurisprudence elsewhere in the European Union and beyond.
In Google Inc v. Vidal-Hall & Ors,the plaintiffs alleged that their browser-generated information ("BGI") was collected via the Safari browser through the use of cookies, without their knowledge or consent, and contrary to a public representation by the collecting entity. The plaintiffs' suit included a claim for misuse of private information and asserted damages based on resulting anxiety and distress—without alleging any pecuniary loss.
The Court acknowledged that many prior decisions treated the violation of privacy rights as a derivative of causes of action such as breach of confidence. But in view of a jurisdictional issue riding on the nature of the asserted claim, the Court departed from precedent to conclude that "misuse of private information should now be recognised as a tort for the purposes of service out [sic] the jurisdiction." The Court claimed that it was not "creat[ing] a new cause of action," but rather "giv[ing] the correct legal label to one that already exists."
Turning to the requirement of alleged harm, the Court addressed the Data Protection Act's goal of implementing the EU Data Protection Directive, which "purports to protect [] privacy rather than economic rights." The Court's analysis of the UK and EU statutory language led it to conclude that the legal framework establishing a "fundamental right" of privacy was not contingent on pecuniary loss.
The Court was then left with the question of whether the collected BGI constituted "personal data" subject to privacy protection, but left that issue for the lower court to determine, stating only that BGI would be personal data if it could be used to (i) identify an individual directly or (ii) render an individual identifiable indirectly, through analysis of the "data and other information which is in the possession of, or is likely to come into the possession of the data controller."
Ultimately, the Court's analysis of privacy rights may serve more as an influential decision than a precedential one, given that the EU Data Protection Directive is being phased out with the adoption of the EU's General Data Protection Regulation, expected later this year.


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|Publication number
|Publication type
|Application number
|Publication date
|Apr 4, 2000
|Filing date
|Jan 27, 1998
|Priority date
|Oct 10, 1997
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|Felix F. Esposito, Lawrence M. Rank, Lawrence Crainich, Paul A. LaRue
|Original Assignee
|United States Surgical Corporation
|Export Citation
|BiBTeX, EndNote, RefMan
|Patent Citations (40), Non-Patent Citations (1), Referenced by (11), Classifications (8), Legal Events (4)
|External Links: USPTO, USPTO Assignment, Espacenet
This application is a continuation-in-part of Ser. No. 08/948,468 filed Oct. 10, 1997, now abandoned.
1. Technical Field
The present disclosure relates generally to a clip cartridge for supporting hemostatic clips, and more particularly to a clip cartridge having a plurality of spaced compartments, each configured to retain a single clip therein.
2. Background of Related Art
Clip cartridges for supporting hemostatic clips until they are needed for use are well known in the art. Typically, clip cartridges include a plurality of spaced vertical walls which project upwardly from a base member and define a plurality of compartments. Each compartment is dimensioned to support a clip therein and to receive the distal end of a clip applicator. Structure is also provided in each compartment to retain a clip within the compartment until needed for use. The retaining structure must permit easy access of a clip applicator into each compartment and easy removal of a clip and clip applicator from the compartment, while providing effective retention of a clip within the compartment.
U.S. Pat. No. 4,696,396 ("Samuels") discloses a hemostatic clip cartridge having a plurality of wall dividers that define individual clip compartments. Each compartment includes a central post for supporting a clip thereon. Each wall divider forms a compartment wall for two adjacent clip compartments. A pair of channel members are located on each compartment wall and extend into the compartment sufficiently to engage and retain a clip within the compartment.
U.S. Pat. No. 5,201,416 ("Taylor") discloses a hemostatic clip cartridge having a base portion and a body portion defining a plurality of clip retaining chambers. A hemostatic clip is supported on a central post positioned within each of the chambers. A pair of retaining means are positioned within each chamber above the top of the central post so as not to press directly inwardly on the clip. The retaining means narrows the distance between upper walls defining the chamber to retain a clip within the chamber. During removal of a clip from a respective chamber, the retaining means are deformed inwardly to facilitate removal of the clip from the chamber.
U.S. Pat. No. 4,961,499 ("Kulp") also discloses a hemostatic clip cartridge including a base and a plurality of spaced vertical walls which define a plurality of clip receiving slots. A clip receiving post is positioned within each slot to support a clip thereon. A retaining projection extends from each wall of each slot adjacent the upper end of the clip receiving post to secure the clip within a respective slot. The retaining projections each include a tapered clip engaging surface. During removal of a clip, the retaining projections move outwardly as a result of the camming action of the clip to facilitate removal of the clip from the slot.
During a surgical procedure, surgical instrumentation, i.e., needles, clips, cartridges, etc., must be strictly accounted for by surgical personnel to ensure that such instrumentation has not been inadvertently left within the patient during the surgical procedure. Clip cartridges, such as those discussed above, generally support between eight and ten clips. During surgical procedures which require the use of a large number of clips, i.e., greater than the number of clips supported in a single cartridge, or multiple size clips, the presence of a plurality of clip cartridges in the surgical area renders the surgical area more cluttered and increases the likelihood that surgical instrumentation will be left unaccounted for by the surgical personnel.
Accordingly, a need exists for an improved clip cartridge that can be easily manufactured, includes simplified clip retaining structure, and that can be easily accounted for during a surgical procedure.
In accordance with the present disclosure, a clip cartridge is provided for supporting a plurality of clips therein. The clip cartridge is preferably molded and of monolithic construction and includes a body having a base and a plurality of upstanding walls. Adjacent upstanding walls define clip chambers which are configured and dimensioned to receive a clip therein. A pair of supporting members are positioned in each of the clip chambers to support a clip thereon. Each upstanding wall includes at least one stationary wall portion or at least one resilient wall portion. The upper end of each clip chamber is defined between a stationary wall portion and a resilient wall portion. A rigid projection is positioned on each stationary wall portion at a location opposite the resilient wall portion. During removal of a clip from a respective clip chamber, the rigid projection functions to cam the clip into engagement with the resilient wall portion to flex the resilient wall portion outwardly and facilitate removal of a clip from a clip chamber.
The body of the clip cartridge includes interlocking structure formed on each end thereof configured to engage similar interlocking structure formed on other like cartridges. The interlocking structure is preferably in the form of a dovetail recess formed on one end of the body and a dovetail projection formed on the other end of the body. The dovetail recess is configured to slidably receive the dovetail projection of like cartridges to attach two or more cartridges together. Moreover, the external dimensions of cartridges housing different size clips are substantially identical, thus permitting cartridges housing different size clips to be interlocked together.
In an alternate embodiment of the clip cartridge, each clip chamber is defined by a pair of stationary walls. A flexible projection is positioned on one of the stationary walls and extends into the clip chamber to retain a clip within the clip chamber. During removal of a clip from a respective clip chamber, the flexible projection is engaged by the clip and deformed to allow removal of the clip from the clip chamber.
Various preferred embodiments are described herein with reference to the drawings, wherein:
FIG. 1 is a perspective view of one embodiment of the clip cartridge;
FIG. 2 is a top view of the clip cartridge shown in FIG. 1;
FIG. 3 is a side view of the clip cartridge shown in FIG. 1;
FIG. 4 is a cross-sectional view taken along section line 4--4 of FIG. 2;
FIG. 5 is a cross-sectional view taken along section line 5--5 of FIG. 3;
FIG. 6 is an enlarged side cross-sectional view of the clip chamber during removal of a clip therefrom;
FIG. 7 is a side perspective view of two of the clip cartridges shown in FIG. 1 during attachment of the clip cartridges to each other;
FIG. 8 is a side perspective view of the clip cartridges shown in FIG. 7 in a fully attached position;
FIG. 9 is a perspective view of the clip cartridge shown in FIG. 1 secured to a weighted plate;
FIG. 10 is a side cross-sectional view of an alternate embodiment of the clip cartridge;
FIG. 11 is an enlarged side cross-sectional view of the clip chambers illustrating the clip in a supported position within the clip chamber, in a partially removed position, and in a fully removed position;
FIG. 12 is a perspective view of another alternate embodiment of the clip cartridge attached to a second clip cartridge;
FIG. 13 is an enlarged perspective view of the area of detail indicated in FIG. 12;
FIG. 14 is an enlarged perspective view of the interlocking structure of the clip cartridges shown in FIG. 12;
FIG. 15 is a side cross-sectional view taken along section line 15--15 of FIG. 12;
FIG. 16 is a cross-sectional view taken along section line 16--16 of FIG. 15;
FIG. 17 is a cross-sectional view taken along section line 17--17 of FIG. 15;
FIG. 18 is a perspective view with parts separated of a surgical kit; and
FIG. 19 is a frontal view of an alternate clip design for use with the clip cartridge of FIG. 1.
Preferred embodiments of the presently disclosed clip cartridge will now be described in detail with reference to the drawings, in which like reference numerals designate identical or corresponding elements in each of the several views.
FIGS. 1-3 illustrate one embodiment of the clip cartridge shown generally as 10. Briefly, clip cartridge 10 includes a body 11 having a base 12 and a plurality of upstanding walls 14 that project upwardly from the base 12. Adjacent walls 14 define clip chambers 16. Although illustrated as having seven walls 14 defining six chambers, a greater or fewer number of walls are also envisioned. A base flange 18 is formed at the bottom of base 12 and will be described in greater detail below. A dovetail projection 20 and a dovetail recess 22 are positioned at opposite ends of clip cartridge 10. Dovetail projection 20 is configured and dimensioned to be received within a dovetail recess 22' of a second clip cartridge 10' (See FIGS. 7 and 8) as will be described below. The entire clip cartridge 10 can be molded in monolithic form. Alternately, clip cartridge 10 can be formed of multiple portions joined together using any known means, e.g., interlocking structure, sonic welding, etc. The cartridge is constructed of an engineering plastic or metal. Preferably a biocompatible plastic such as ABS material is used. In a preferred configuration, the material of construction is Dow Magnum from Dow Chemical available as code 2620 ABS.
Referring to FIGS. 4 and 5, each clip chamber 16 includes a pair of clip supporting or saddle members 24 configured to receive a clip 26 thereon. Clip saddle members 24 should extend to a height above base 12 greater than the length of legs 28 of clip 26 to provide space for a clip applicator (not shown) to engage the distal ends 30 of clip 26 during removal of clip 26 from clip cartridge 10. A rigid projection 32 extends into clip chamber 16 from a stationary section 34 of each upstanding wall 14 to prevent clip 26 from falling from a respective clip chamber 16. Projection 32 is spaced above saddle members 24 to allow the clip 26 to be loosely held within clip chamber 16. A resilient wall section 36 of upstanding wall 14 is positioned across from projection 32. The distance between the radially innermost surface of projection 32 and resilient wall section 36 is 0.004 of an inch smaller than the width of clip 26 plus or minus 0.003 of an inch.
Referring to FIG. 6, when a clip 26 is removed from clip chamber 16 in the direction indicated by arrow "A" by a clip applicator (not shown), the clip is cammed into resilient wall section 36 by rigid projection 32. Engagement between clip 26 and resilient wall section 36 causes resilient wall section 36 to bend outwardly in the direction indicated by arrow "B" to facilitate removal of clip 26 from clip chamber 16. It is also contemplated that the clip chamber be configured and dimensioned to provide a clearance between the clip and at least one wall section.
Referring to FIGS. 7 and 8, clip cartridge 10 includes a dovetail projection 20 on one end thereof and a dovetail recess 22 on the other end thereof. Dovetail projection 20 is dimensioned and configured to be received within the dovetail recess 22' of a second clip cartridge 10'. Dovetail projection 20 is slidable downwardly in the direction indicated by arrow "C" in FIG. 7 into dovetail recess 22' to attach two clip cartridges 10 and 10' together. A multiplicity of clip cartridges can be attached together to provide an integral clip cartridge assembly having the required number of clips for a surgical procedure. Although recess 22 and projection 20 are illustrated as being dovetail-shaped, other interlocking configurations are also envisioned.
Referring to FIG. 9, a weighted plate 40 having an elongated slot 42 configured and dimensioned to receive base flange 18 of clip cartridge 10 may also be provided to secure clip cartridge 10 at a fixed location during a surgical procedure. Base flange 18 is slidable into slot 42 to secure clip cartridge 10 in place. Alternately, elongated slot 42 may be formed along the top surface of a surgical table (not shown) and cartridge 10 can be secured directly thereto. It is further contemplated that base flange 18 be provided with a plurality of slots in either parallel, box or other configuration.
FIGS. 10 and 11 illustrate an alternate embodiment of the clip cartridge shown generally as 100. Clip cartridge 100 differs from clip cartridge 10 in that a resilient projection 132 has been provided on a stationary wall section 136 of clip cartridge 100 opposite a second stationary wall section. The distance between the radially innermost surface of projection 132 and the second stationary wall section 136 of clip cartridge 100 is preferably about 0.004 of an inch less than the width of clip 126. During removal of clip 126 from clip chamber 116 by a clip applicator (not shown), projection 132 is deformed by clip 126 as clip 126 is moved in the direction indicated by arrow "D" in FIG. 11 to facilitate removal of clip 126 from clip chamber 116. Alternately, projection 132 may be formed of a brittle material which is sheared off by clip 126 as the clip is removed from clip chamber 116 by a clip applicator.
FIGS. 12-17 illustrate another alternate embodiment of the clip cartridge, shown generally as 200. Clip cartridge 200 is attached to a second clip cartridge 200' using interlocking structure such as disclosed above in reference to clip cartridge 10. Clip cartridge 200 is substantially similar to clip cartridge 10 in most respects. However, clip cartridge 200 further includes retaining ribs 202 formed on dovetail projection 220 of cartridge body 211 and retaining grooves 204 formed along dovetail recess 222. Grooves 204 are positioned and dimensioned to receive retaining ribs 202' of a second cartridge, e.g., cartridge 200'. The rib/groove construction ensures a tight connection between adjacent cartridges and prevents relative movement therebetween.
Each of the cartridges 10, 100 and 200 disclosed above can be constructed to accommodate various size clips, e.g., small, medium, medium-large and large. For example, FIGS. 15-17 illustrate cross-sectional views of cartridges 200 and 200' for accommodating different size clips 226 and 226', respectively. Preferably, the external dimensions of these cartridges and other cartridges housing different size clips are substantially identical regardless of the size of the clips supported therein, i.e., each of the cartridges has substantially the same length, height and width as each of the other cartridges. The internal dimensions of the different clip chambers 216 are modified to accommodate the various size clips. For example, saddle members 224 and 224' formed in cartridges 200 and 200', respectively, can be dimensioned and configured to support a specific size clip. Further, the width of upstanding walls 214 and 214' can be varied to accommodate different size clips. Since the external dimensions of clip cartridges 200 and 200' are substantially the same, these cartridges may be connected together using the disclosed interlocking structure, e.g., dovetail projection 220' and dovetail recess 222.
It is also envisioned that each cartridge may be color-coded to identify the size of the clips supported within the cartridge. For example, blue cartridges may be used to identify cartridges carrying large clips, whereas red cartridges may be used to identify cartridges housing small clips. Alternately, other indicia may be used to identify the size of the clip housed within a respective cartridge, i.e., lettering, numbering, tactile indicators, etc.
FIG. 18 illustrates a surgical kit shown generally as 240. Kit 240 includes an enclosure having upper and lower halves 250 and 252, respectively. Upper and lower halves 250 and 252 each include a plurality of indentations configured and dimensioned to receive clip cartridges 200, 200', 200" and 200'". Although the kit is shown having four cartridges, kits having more and fewer cartridges are also envisioned. Each cartridge 200, 200', 200" and 200'" include substantially identical external dimensions and an internal dimension or configuration to accommodate small, medium, medium-large or large clip.
FIG. 19 illustrates another clip configuration for use in the clip cartridge of FIG. 1. The clip 26' has a substantially rounded crown portion 27 transitioning into legs 28.
It will be understood that various modifications may be made to the embodiments disclosed herein. For example, the shape of the cartridge interlocking structure need not be dovetail-shaped but rather may have any shape which provides the interlocking function. Further, the clip cartridge need not have a base flange to secure the cartridge to a weighted member, but rather may be secured in place by an adhesive positioned on the bottom of the cartridge. Therefore, the above description should not be construed as limiting, but merely as exemplifications of preferred embodiments. Those skilled in the art will envision other modifications within the scope and spirit of the claims appended thereto.
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|Hemostatic clip constructions
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|Codman & Shurtleff
|Surgical staple cartridge
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|Peter B Samuels
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|Aug 7, 1969
|Sep 14, 1971
|Codman & Shurtleff
|Multiple stapler cartridge
|Jun 13, 1969
|Jan 4, 1972
|Weck & Co Inc Edward
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|American Hospital Supply Corporation
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|Citing Patent
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|Oct 25, 2011
|Vesocclude Medical Llc
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|Dec 15, 2005
|Levinson Melvin E
|Surgical clip, clip applicator and method therefor
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|Jun 18, 2009
|Cannady Freddy R
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|Dec 21, 2012
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|U.S. Classification
|206/339, 206/340
|International Classification
|Cooperative Classification
|European Classification
|Jul 9, 1998
Owner name: UNITED STATES SURGICAL CORPORATION, CONNECTICUT
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With the threat of cyber attacks continuously materialising, cyber is now a top risk to national security in several countries, including the UK.
While high-profile targets like major banks or critical infrastructure such as power stations or transport networks may be seen as facing the most obvious risk, the legal sector should not underestimate the threat it faces.
Law firms often benefit from a long, trusted relationship with their clients. They have privileged access to sensitive, high-value information such as intellectual property, commercial details around mergers and acquisitions and personal information. Law firms may also be considered targets for cyber attacks due to their client base and connection to public interest or high profile cases.
If any of this information were to fall into the wrong hands it could affect client relations and cause irreparable damage to a firm's reputation. Furthermore, a major cyber security incident could trigger potentially devastating legal proceedings and result in regulatory sanctions.
Law firms are increasingly being targeted because they are often regarded as a weak link in the security chain and an easy route to clients' data. Attackers are likely to be highly sophisticated and will invest time and resources in getting to the information law firms hold. Companies must adapt their security to respond to this threat.
Companies are now recognising the risk posed by third party security breaches and are starting to take action, for instance by contractually requiring suppliers to maintain a certain level of cyber security. In the US, many banks are now auditing their law firms to assess their level of security, with non-compliance having the potential to result in the loss of business. With increased regulatory scrutiny on both sides of the Atlantic regarding cyber security, we expect this trend to quickly spread to Europe and to all industry sectors.
Legal organisations need to act now to address their cyber security risks. They must ensure their systems are appropriately protected to retain the trust of their clients and the competitive advantage.
Law firms should consider three key points:
-To work towards long term cyber resilience, they need to understand their risk profile and identify what specific threats they face, which assets in the organisation are most at risk and what the potential impact of an attack would be.
-They must then consider implementing flexible and focused security strategies that will continuously improve their security. Activities include training and awareness programs, risk assessments, policy and procedure creation and role-play simulation to increase board-awareness of the cyber issue.
-In the immediate term, firms need to consider what would happen if a successful attack was to happen tomorrow. They must decide how will they react and how will they notify any affected clients and the appropriate regulator. Firms must ensure they are monitoring their systems so that they know as soon as possible if an attack is happening, and have a clear and effective response procedure to quickly stop the attack and limit any damage.
Law firms should not view cyber security as a drain on valuable resources; instead it should be considered a business enabler. By proving they are taking the risk seriously and reassuring clients that their data is safe, they can secure clients' trust and gain business from competitors who do not offer the same protection.
James Alexander, cyber security partner at Deloitte


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The Diary of Lizzie Dopps
Chapter X
I haven't told of our unwelcomed,
air-minded guests--the grasshoppers*.
If they had only continued to be air-minded and made a "from
coast to coast hop," we would not have minded, but they decided to
make a landing field of our twenty-acre cornfield and hop on our corn.
I will remember the first of these pests I
ever saw as long as I live, I
had my washing ready to hang out on the line, but as I started out of
the door with it, I noticed a black cloud off in the distance, although
the sun was shining brightly, and heard a queer distant murmur.
On came the cloud with the wind and the
murmur, now a distinct humming, growing louder and louder.
Now this strange and roaring cloud was overhead blotting out the
sun. Then suddenly the wind
died down and the cloud descended on our corn-field.
Of course, by this tine I know what that
black living, wriggling cloud was -- grasshoppers.
Our corn was in the silk and tassel stage,
young, milky kernels forming, too young to gather, but it must have
tasted wonderful to those horrible things,
I thought possibly if the corn wasn't
standing upright but cut and lying flat on the ground so they could not
get at it so easily, they night get discouraged and fly away. I grabbed up the corn knife and ran out into the field,
slashing at it right and left.
About this time Eli came and took
the corn knife and told me to go back in the house.
I gave up the corn knife to him as I knew he could wield it
better than I, but I ran to the house and returned with the butcher
knife and tried to help but it did no good.
They ate the corn--stalks and all, just the same as though it
were standing.
Oh, it was awful!
They were everywhere--in the house and all around.
That crackling, crunching sound they made was sickening.
They were with us all that day and night,
but about dawn the next morning, a wind came up in the direction they
wanted to go, and they arose in a cloud again and left as they had come.
But the havoc had been wrought.
Our twenty acres of corn was as flat and smooth as though some
kind of a machine had gone over it.
Our corn was gone. We were not the only ones thus robbed. Others all around were visited in the same way.
Perhaps, after all, we were fortunate.
I have heard when there was nothing for them to feed upon when
they made a landing that they attacked human beings, especially small
children. I could not vouch
for the veracity of this as I never personally knew of such a case, and
it might be just "hear-say" but the grasshoppers surely had a
most satisfactory feast of corn that time.
Of course, the roots of the corn stalks
were not dead and to our great surprise and delight, young stalks of
corn shot up from them, and we were so happy to know we were going to
have a good crop of corn that year after all.
The corn grew and was just about to the
silk and tassel stage again when, low, and behold, the grasshoppers came
again and ate it all up.
It was too late after that for a corn crop,
so there was not much corn in that locality for that year. However, we did raise a little corn on a five acre field
about five miles away,
That was my first experience with the grasshoppers, but not my last, but it was our most severe experience with the pests.
* The
grasshopper plague descended on Kansas in late July of 1874.
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Liverpool make the trip in good spirits having arrested a mini-slump by beating Middlesbrough 3-0 in midweek to rise to second in the table and will want to keep up their impressive recent record against their neighbours.
The visitors are unbeaten in 11 top-flight matches against Everton, who are in eighth place, culminating in last season's 4-0 win at Anfield under Klopp in April.
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The German confirmed that Simon Mignolet would keep his place in goal after replacing Loris Karius for the win over Middlesbrough, adding that striker Daniel Sturridge and midfielder Emre Can could also get run-outs.
Karius was criticised after making mistakes in the 2-2 draw with West Ham last weekend and the 4-3 defeat at Bournemouth, and Klopp said it made sense to ease the pressure on the 23-year-old German.
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Apologies for breaking rules by not posting BSOD files, but I can't get to them! Hoping you can still help to some extent.
My father's PC is quite new, with Intel i5200 chip, 4Gb RAM and ASUS motherboard with onboard graphics. About a month ago he experienced random BSODs, he is not aware of any particular program causing them, and the dump files I have seen are all different.
BSODs increased in frequency, so I said I'd take a look at it, reinstall Windows, whatever. Anyway, it took me hours to back up his photos between crashes, and then I found I couldn't boot from HDD or WIn 7 DVD (full retail disk). I get to the Windows did not start successfully, run Repair screen, but it doesn't run it. Likewise from the DVD, it loads the initial files, then crashes to the Repair screen, only to not run it.
Likely culprits? HDD? RAM or PSU?
It's in warranty, but I'd like a steer on possible causes before he sends it back, you can never know too much!
Thanks for any help you can offer,
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You say the computer is under Warranty.
I strongly suggest that you should seek further advice asap.
Under Warranty terms a duty of care applies.
Be aware that attempting any hardware troubleshooting steps may, in some cases, void your warranty.
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Thanks for the advice. I've built and fixed my own PCs in the past, but I wouldn't open a warrantied box - that's why I haven't swapped out the memory etc. already.
Back to the manufacturer, I suppose!
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Good luck.
Let us know the results please.
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Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bits 7601 Multiprocessor Free Service Pack 1
Are you very sure it boots (or at least try to boot) from DVD? So you get the "press any key to boot from DVD" and after pressing a key it boots immediately? So keypress is accepted.
So it crashes if booting from DVD. Is it in the boot phase or when you try to install windows?
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|03 May 2012
It reads some files from DVD then will go no further, citing a missing file in WIndows32 folder, winexe or something close.
Managed to get it to boot again, still crashes regularly. Dump files finally attached, hooray!
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Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bits 7601 Multiprocessor Free Service Pack 1
FILE \windows\system32\winload.exe
Status: 0x?????
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winload, that's right. It appears to boot from the DVD, the screen displays the white bar indicating it's loading files, and it looks quite different to when windows is loading. I'll get the exact code now.
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Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bits 7601 Multiprocessor Free Service Pack 1
User Account Control is disabled as seen in perfmonreport.html. Why not enable it??? This is not the cause of the problem btw.
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And that is that
I made the very first post at Strikethree.com back in 1998. (It's still here if you want to poke around for it. It's not very good though.) To say that I had no idea what the intervening years would bring would be an understatement. It's been fun, a hassle, hard work, no work, and an enormous bummer at various times. There were highs, such as watching our traffic grow in the first couple of years, the 1998 home run chase, and the 2001 Mariner season. And there were lows, like when the national sports network we joined went under, leaving us with worthless paychecks they had stalled in issuing in the first place while the CEO left (no doubt with a large golden parachute) to start a network exactly like the one he left to burn.
This isn't really the last post – it's more like a new statement of purpose – but it's definitely the end of the road for the old Strikethree.com.
When we started this site, there was nothing like it on the Web: stats for the statheads, sarcasm for the sarcasmheads, and humor for everyone. But over time the world caught on. Baseball Prospectus prospered with its übergeekiness, The Hardball Times combines interesting writing with a balanced approach, and Deadspin took over the court jester role (even if Gawker seems to have a no-actual-baseball-knowledge requirement for their hires). We were the pioneers, but there are a host of others who took the torch and ran with it, farther than us day-job-holding folks could hope to. My hat is off to them all.
Some of the old Strikethree.com core set up shop a few years ago at USSMariner.com, thereby circumventing their editor's repeated pleas to write something that's not about the Mariners. They do an awesome job there.
Having established the good, let's move straight on to the ugly: in the last 11 years, conventional sports reporting has gone from being crappy to being crappy and mean-spirited. And it's harming the sport these guys claim to love.
The biggest story of the past decade has not been the steroid scandal – it's been the self-righteous piling on of every bozo to overeat at the free media buffet. It's a slam-dunk for a guy who's never done a push-up in his life to blast Alex Rodriguez for trying steroids for a year or two. They hang on minutiae such as whether "A-Roid" (sooo creative) has met with the team to discuss…what? Something they've all already known about for years? And who broke the story? Selena Roberts, the former NYT reporter who was last in the national media eye passing judgment on the Duke lacrosse team (for which she apparently met Sports Illustrated's hiring criteria).
In fact, SI has cultivated the idea of sports-as-soap-opera in order to sell a few issues when the swimsuit issue falls off the stands. Between Roberts, Jeff Pearlman and Rick Reilly, the magazine has become the sports version of the Globe. Reilly is really the worst offender here, trailing the parade like the elephant dung scooper but proceeding to fling that dung with glee, he fans the flames of controversy but adds zero to the discussion.
The steroid "controversy" (something most normal people could care less about, as evidenced by a Colbert Report audience booing Reilly for suggesting Barry Bonds' record should have a syringe beside it in place of an asterisk) is only the tip of the iceberg. In the past week alone, the media has gone nuts on Carlos Zambrano for joking about replacing Wrigley (using it as a platform to fan more flames) and blaming some sort of Canadian drinking epidemic on the tossing of one baseball (along with a few paper airplanes and paper-thin plastic cups) onto the field (Jim Leyland said he'd never seen a baseball tossed onto the field – while I can't say he's lying, I can tell you he's been to many, many more games than me, and I've personally witnessed it on multiple occasions).
And it trickles down to the local media as well – newspapers are failing all over and they're running with the idea that conflict sells. Here in Seattle we've had to witness one reporter bang a constant drum of Ichiro-as-clubhouse cancer, based on the expert testimony of Carlos Silva an unnamed clubhouse source that is not, I repeat not, Carlos Silva, no matter what his former manager told you. And it apparently sold papers and got clicks, resulting in the preseason grilling of Ichiro by said reporter, in turn resulting in the reporter's line of questioning being insulted by Ichiro (in his culturally polite way) and Ken Griffey Jr. (in his culturally direct way). Even loose cannon former teammate Jose Guillen basically told Jim Caple that it was an idiotic inference. Meanwhile, the local reporter was last seen personally attacking online commenters who disagreed with him. Hooray for journalistic integrity.
Don't even get me started on sports talk radio. It's a cesspool.
My point here is that increasingly I find the stuff I want to write consists of brutal bashings of the sportswriters with nothing but a pocket full of schadenfreude and an outlet that pays them to voice it. I'm the last one to take a "love it or leave it" attitude, but I think there should be random IQ testing in the business and the failed tests made public.
But I don't want to gripe. I want to watch baseball and enjoy it (even the new ballparks, Mr. DeMause – I know, I know, you've found your niche. Keep stirring up that Quixotic anger). And I think I'm going to concentrate on doing that.
Like I said, I'm not hanging up my keyboard entirely. I can also be found at my current labor of love, Tao of Bachelorhood, where I help single guys dress themselves, get fit, and meet women. I'll post here from time to time (didya see this one?), and I'm prepping a great clearinghouse of news from the Internet's best baseball sites so that you can come here for your total daily fix.


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