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mattrick writes:
2008 Dodge Grand Caravan SXT Review
Lots of room. Floor space. Captains back seats are great. Heated. Like how driver can sit up high. DVD entertainment system, Satellite TV & radio are a bonus.
Cost of this vehicle new was high considering the cost of the same one now is the same. Brakes have been replaced several times which is common for this vehicle, poor design. heater y connectors broke like other people complain of. Radiator just went out on with 130K miles which seems premature. Both front bearings have been replaced, another Dodge poor design. Have a rattle in the roof that was never repaired even though it was taken to the dealership many times. Burns through tires but I don't know if that is a tire problem or vehicle problem. I always put on the "best" quality tires until this last time and finally went with the cheep ones if I'm only going to get ~40K miles out of them anyway. A lot of the plastic body clips have broken over time. Oil pan gasket leaked prematurely. Acceleration is ok but not the best. Would be better with the 4.0L in it. Efficiency is good on the highway at 65mph get about 26mpg just under 2K rpm's but get up to 70mph or over and it drops down to 19mpg. Around town it gets ~17mpg. Not good. Back seat is a horrible place to sit, even for the children.
Good Family Car But There Is Better! — Overall a good family car but could be so much better. Design is ugly compared to Nissan and Toyota and Honda. Back seat is phenomenally bad even for children. Resale is terrible of course. Overall, I would not buy a this design of Dodge Grand Caravan again. I would buy the previous rounded version, albeit used, or one of the foreign minivans.
Primary Use: Family transportation
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preechr writes:
2008 Dodge Grand Caravan SE Review
plenty of space
08 model
Grand Caravan — Nice van. Dependable. Plenty of options available. Good service by dealerships. I like the available seating and the stow and go rear seats. has extra storage space in the floor behind the front seats. Easy to work on...not so easy to work under.
Primary Use: Family transportation
ChappyEight writes:
2008 Dodge Grand Caravan SE Review
Build quality, windows, visibility, styling, fuel economy.
Brake issue.
Fairly Priced, Good Quality — I was worried to go away from the Toyota/Honda/Nissan route for a van. However, I could not be happier with this van. The finishes are nice, maintenance is low and what maintenance there is, it's inexpensive. I would recommend a 2008 or newer Grand Caravan to any family looking for some more room.
Primary Use: Family transportation
ncdiscountcars writes:
2008 Dodge Grand Caravan SXT Review
Space and amenities.
The 4.0L V6 has far more power, but the 3.8L engine is adequate. Don't even think about the 3.3L if power is a major selling point.
Pound For Pound King Of Minivans — When comparing the Dodge Grand Caravan to other vans on the market, its easy to overlook...simply because its been around for so long. Chrysler invented the minivan 30 years ago as the first one rolled off the production line in November 1983, and has been on a roll ever since. The van is solidly built with a good powertrain (even though it had some down years in the mid 90s), but its the amenities and the overall value that set this van apart from its foreign born competitors.
Primary Use: Family transportation
Brenda Lee writes:
2008 Dodge Grand Caravan SXT Review
There are too many things to list.
Nothing comes to mind
More Than Pleased! — Great van, great features and a comfortable ride. Purchased just over 6 months ago and we have loved it! The full stow n go is brilliant and we have taken advantage of that feature numerous times. The middle windows that open is also a bonus!!!
Primary Use: Commuting to work
Ron writes:
2008 Dodge Grand Caravan SE Review
Not a lot, everything is "nice."
Gas mileage around town
Dodge Caravan 2008 Review — All round, good value. Not a "forever" type of vehicle, but nice for now. Disposable comes to mind. Great mileage on the highway, not so great around town. Easy driving. Dealers stand behind problems. Inexpensive family transportation, lots of room all round, even in the back for 6' people.
Primary Use: Family transportation
Debbie writes:
2008 Dodge Grand Caravan SE Review
Probably the most versatile car I've ever owned! Nothing you can't do with Mikey the Minivan!
Not the most stylish vehicle that will ever pass you on the road to another skate meet!!!!
Mikey The Mini-van — This is the car you need when you have a speed-skating kid who needs to travel all over the country to take part in speed meets, and you also have two crazy beagles. This car is so versatile - there is nothing you can't do with it! So you have five or six friends and you want to go out in the evening? No problem - this car has three rows of seats. Trip to the vets with the dog? No problem - fold down one of the seats and put the dog box in! Want to carry wood to the dump after a DIY project? Cool - just take out the middle row of seats! Got to go 300 miles to a skate meet? Not a worry in the world - just turn the back seats around to face backwards, put in the table (yes, you even get a table!) and away you go! I love this car so much I even gave him a name - Mikey the Minivan! Mikey is my mate - we've been through a lot together!
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I like that it fits a family of 7 and the seats stows but I'm not impressed with all the recalls and issues in just after a year and a half of owning it. Wouldn't recommend this vehicle unless you buy... Read More
Good Van Option For Reasonable Price
So far this has been a reliable & economical vehicle. Took a long trip and it was comfortable & allowed us to carry a lot of gear & luggage without issues getting it into & out of the van. Used a bi... Read More
2012 Dodge Grand Caravan Reviews
Happy Dodge Owner!
I love the mini van. I knew I would after driving my mother in law's. The van has great storage the 2012 has made the seats easier to fold down. The storage bin up front are easy to open as well. ... Read More
Nice To Ride, Almost Perfect Seating
A costly Gas HOG at the pumps ... plain and simple ... you know the TV ads that show city is high but road is better ... well they lied ... you will ALWAYS get the city fuel consumption no matter how ... Read More
2011 Dodge Grand Caravan Reviews
Nice Car
Nice reliable car, great gas millage and handling. drives smoothly and transition works just fine. Lots of room for cargo. Both sides have door for easy access and gate at the back. Staring is smooth,... Read More
Great Van.
Great Van. Drives great. Very dependable and stylish. Has push button open and close side doors. The windows in the sliding doors roll down. it has power seats. all around great vehicle to drive. woul... Read More
2010 Dodge Grand Caravan Reviews
Good Value For The Family
Adequate. Featured a 3.3L V6 engine Cheap Plastic feeling interior, but its a cheap van. Excellent stow n go option. 2nd row seats small Appearance: Boxy, its a minivan.. lol It is a g... Read More
It's my mothers car but I drove it most of the time and I love it! We take it to Florida and it does great with gas! When we went to Florida the huge interior was packed full and we still have a lot o... Read More
2009 Dodge Grand Caravan Reviews
Nice Family Car With Lots Of Room And Great For Hauling Stuff
Love the Stow'n'Go! But I believe that Chrysler could do a lot better both quality and price wise. Parts are getting cheaper - electronic technology advancement especially, also cheap plastic parts re... Read More
Great Family Van!
Great family van, a lot of seating. Love the stow and go when all seats are stowed the whole back is available for cargo. Van is high up with no running boards makes it hard for short people and smal... Read More


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We used to get two-foot-long pasta at Trader Joe's, but like so many things at Trader Joe's, it was temporary. I loved that stuff!
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My family had the chance to check out Quirk Book's latest cookbook offering: Noodlemania! 50 Playful Pasta Recipes. How did they know I live in a house full of serious pasta and noodle fans? Pasta night at my house is always a winner.
Whether your kids enjoy elaborate pasta dishes, or simply want plain noodles (as I'm sure many of you with toddlers and preschoolers can testify), Noodlemania! covers a wide range of recipes that will put a smile on any kid's face.
I have memories of spending summers helping my mother cook. She turned me loose in the kitchen and let me test my skills at baking, sautéing and stir frying. Sometimes I'd deliver a winner to my family's dinner table, but a few times the whole thing went into the trash and we ended up having–that's right!–pasta.
For this review, I turned my son loose with a recipe that caught his attention: "Rollin' Chicken Alfredo", which basically is a chicken Alfredo lasagna recipe. My son had a great time doing almost everything with this recipe, except for chopping the chicken (I used a food chopper) and mixing the cheese filling. He assembled the roll ups, placed them in the pan, and garnished them with the Alfredo sauce and mozzarella cheese.
Several of these recipes are truly unique, but we also found that some of them are somewhat contrived to make them relevant to the cookbook. For example, the "Dinosaur Mountain" dish (pictured above) is merely a serving of pasta, sauce, and cheese with two dinosaur-shaped chicken tenders placed on top. The "Kickin' Cowboy" pasta is similar, with a veggie-filled pasta salad garnished with a slice of cheddar cheese cut into a cowboy-boot shape.
Some of the recipes seem very labor intensive. If you think boiling your pasta in food-dyed water–thus giving you blue, teal and pink pasta–will inspire your child to eat their pasta, then go for it! You might have to do a lot of fancy garnishing to accomplish your goal, such as individually punching uncooked spaghetti through horizontally sliced hot dogs to accomplish the "Silly Sea Creatures" dish. Or chopping small pieces of black olive and gently perching them on the hemisphere of a cherry tomato to make ladybugs.
My sons enjoyed learning about the lesser-known pasta shapes: spaghetti lunghi con archetto (four-foot-long noodles!), cellentani (long spirals), and cresti di galli (seahorse-like shapes). There's even a couple ramen noodle recipes, which made my ramen-loving oldest son very happy. Ever tried ramen noodles crumbled on an ice cream sundae? Neither had we!
The cookbook also includes a pasta trivia, cooking tips, and even a recipe for homemade pasta dough.
If your kids are super picky eaters, and you need a way to instill some creative sneaking-of-the-protein-and-produce into the meals, this book is definitely for you. If your kids are beginning to explore cooking, this is also a great book for them.
Noodlemania! retails for $15.95 and is available starting May 14th at major booksellers, including Amazon.
A complimentary copy of Noodlemania! was provided for review purposes.
Patricia Vollmer is a geeky meteorologist mother of two emerging geek sons, ages 9 & 11. She is currently teaching mathematics at the United States Air Force Academy. Patricia blogs about her family's military life at Ground Control to Major Mom. Home is always where the Air Force sends her family, which for now is in Colorado Springs, Colorado. Hobbies include running, playing her violin, needlecrafts and exploring the world with her boys.
We love TJ's pasta at our house too — on my Reserve duty trips to Omaha, I'd fill every crevice of my carry-on with bags of the tri-color vegetable radiatore. My oldest son's favorite!

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8.3. Error-Handling Techniques
Assertions are used to handle errors that should never occur in the code. How do you handle errors that you do expect to occur? Depending on the specific circumstances, you might want to return a neutral value, substitute the
Here are some more details on these options:
Return a neutral value
Sometimes the best response to bad data is to continue operating and simply return a value that's known to be harmless. A numeric computation might return 0. A string operation might return an empty string, or a pointer operation might return an empty pointer. A drawing routine that gets a bad input value for color in a video game might use the default background or foreground
Substitute the next piece of valid data
When processing a stream of data, some circumstances call for simply returning the next valid data. If you're reading records from a database and encounter a corrupted record, you might simply continue reading until you find a valid record. If you're taking
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If the thermometer-reading software doesn't get a reading one time, it might simply return the same value as last time. Depending on the application,
Substitute the closest legal value
In some cases, you might choose to return the closest legal value, as in the
example earlier. This is often a reasonable approach when taking readings from a calibrated instrument. The thermometer might be calibrated between 0 and 100 degrees Celsius, for example. If you detect a reading less than 0, you can substitute 0, which is the closest legal value. If you detect a value greater than 100, you can substitute 100. For a string operation, if a string length is
Log a warning message to a file
When bad data is
Return an error code
You could decide that only certain parts of a system will handle errors. Other
In this case, the specific error-reporting mechanism is less important than the decision about which parts of the system will handle errors directly and which will just report that they've occurred. If security is an issue, be sure that calling routines always check return codes.
Call an error-processing routine/object
Another approach is to centralize error handling in a global error-handling routine or error-handling object. The advantage of this approach is that error-processing responsibility can be centralized, which can make debugging easier. The
This approach has an important security
Display an error message wherever the error is encountered This approach minimizes error-handling overhead; however, it does have the potential to spread user interface messages through the entire application, which can create challenges when you need to create a consistent user interface, when you try to clearly separate the UI from the rest of the system, or when you try to localize the software into a different language. Also, beware of telling a potential attacker of the system too much. Attackers sometimes use error messages to discover how to attack a system.
Handle the error in whatever way works best locally Some designs call for handling all errors locally—the decision of which specific error-handling method to use is left up to the programmer designing and implementing the part of the system that encounters the error.
This approach provides individual developers with great flexibility, but it creates a significant risk that the overall performance of the system will not
Shut down
Some systems shut down whenever they detect an error. This approach is useful in safety-critical applications. For example, if the software that controls radiation equipment for
A similar approach can be used to improve the security of Microsoft Windows. By default, Windows continues to
Robustness vs. Correctness
As the video game and x-ray examples show us, the style of error processing that is most appropriate depends on the kind of software the error occurs in. These examples also
Safety-critical applications tend to favor correctness to robustness. It is better to return no result than to return a wrong result. The radiation machine is a good example of this principle.
Consumer applications tend to favor robustness to correctness. Any result whatsoever is usually better than the software shutting down. The word processor I'm using occasionally displays a fraction of a line of text at the bottom of the screen. If it detects that condition, do I want the word processor to shut down? No. I know that the next time I hit Page Up or Page Down, the screen will refresh and the display will be back to normal.
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Once you decide on the approach, make sure you follow it consistently. If you decide to have high-level code handle errors and low-level code merely report errors, make sure the high-level code actually handles the errors! Some languages give you the option of ignoring the fact that a function is returning an error code—in C++, you're not required to do anything with a function's return value—but don't ignore error information! Test the function return value. If you don't expect the function ever to produce an error, check it anyway. The whole point of defensive programming is guarding against errors you don't expect.
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A former president of a Massey Energy subsidiary has implicated the company's chief executive officer as he pleaded guilty to charges resulting from an investigation into the 2010 explosion at another Massey operation that killed 29 men.
David Hughart entered the plea to two federal conspiracy charges on Thursday in federal court in Beckley.
He was accused of working with others to ensure miners at Massey operations got advance warning about surprise federal inspections between 2000 and March 2010.
When asked by the judge where the orders for the advanced warning came from, Hughart said it came from the company's chief executive officer.
Former CEO Don Blankenship was not mentioned by name, and federal prosecutors declined comment after the hearing.
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Paul Dukas - Ariane et Barbe-bleue
Gran Teatre del Liceu, 2011 | Stéphane Denêve, Claus Guth, Jeanne-Michèle Charbonnet, José van Dam, Patricia Bardon, Gemma Coma-Alabert, Beatriz Jiménez, Elena Copons, Salomé Haller, Alba Valldaura, Pierpaolo Palloni, Xavier Martínez, Dimitar Darlev | Opus Arte
There are many meanings and cautionary messages that can be drawn from the fairytales of Charles Perrault, but 'Bluebeard' - the tale of an aristocratic serial killer who murders his wives - is surely one of the most gruesome and darkly enigmatic. Even more so in Ariane et Barbe-bleue, the version penned by the Symbolist Belgian dramatist Maurice Maeterlinck, the author of Pelléas et Mélisande, who himself adapted the work - again practically intact - as a libretto for the French composer Paul Dukas. Comparisons with Debussy's opera - written only five years previously in 1902 - are inevitable, but if the musical influences that Dukas draws from are more evident and less distinctive than Debussy, the turn of the 20th century psychological exploration of the characters through the combination of Maeterlinck's words and Dukas's music is no less endlessly fascinating and deeply compelling.
In Maeterlinck's hands, the perspective of the Bluebeard folktale is rather different from Perrault's, the dark horror and cautionary note of the serial killer storyline rather less prominent than the exploration of the psychology of the female protagonists who seem to willingly submit to the thrall of masculine power and domination through marriage. The story here does indeed touch on the dark fascination of female curiosity for the violent danger of a male sexuality that simultaneously attracts and repels. In Maeterlinck's story, Bluebeard's latest bride, Ariane, has given herself in marriage to the notorious aristocrat who is believed to have murdered his previous five wives, but she has not submitted entirely to his authority. The six silver keys he has given that open doors to wonderful treasures represent the rewards and the boundaries of what Ariane can expect by following the rules set out by the marriage - each of the doors opening to rooms containing amethysts, sapphires, pearls, emeralds, rubies and, finally, diamonds - pure and eternal. That doesn't stop Ariane however from opening the forbidden door locked by the gold key - "After diamonds, there can only be fire and death", she observes.
The final door inevitably holds the secret to the fate of Bluebeard's previous five wives, and it relates to some extent to a female curiosity based on an urge on the part of Ariane to explore the sexual history of her husband. While there is some psychological exploration of that impulse that verges on self-destructive, Maeterlinck and Dukas use that drive towards a more progressive feminist view in Ariane et Barbe-bleue. Ariane may driven by unknown impulses and working to guidelines set out by Bluebeard, but she is not in the thrall of the "enchantment" of her husband in the same way as the other wives. Their charms - the flaming hair of Mélisande, the delicate arms of Ygraine, the fair shoulders of Bellangère - have been hidden by marriage, whereas Ariane is forceful and secure in asserting her own personality and determined to help the other women achieve their own independence and expression. Like Pelléas et Mélisande however, Maeterlinck's work and symbolism defies any simple allegorical meaning and one shouldn't be strictly be applied to the exclusion of other resonances and mysteries that lie within it.
Although it is rather more emphatic in highlighting the specifics of the drama and the words than Debussy, Dukas' score also hints at those other meanings and ambiguities. The references to Debussy's impressionism may be apparent - just as Maeterlinck uses characters from his other works (like Mélisande) for Bluebeard's wives - but Dukas more obviously draws from Wagner and particularly Strauss in Salome (in the scoring of the dark undercurrents in the relationship between Salome and Jochanaan) for more explicit, direct expression. It's a fascinating and rich musical exploration by Dukas in his only opera work, powerful, beautiful and modern, possibly even more influential than Debussy's unique and inimitable opera, with the associations and female psychology explored here evidently influential on Strauss and Hofmannstahl's fairytale-like Die Frau ohne Schatten and its extraordinary use of female voices is matched only by Poulenc's Dialogues des Carmélites.
Considering the psychological nature of the work and the necessity of allowing its openness, ambiguity and symbolism to speak for itself, it's perhaps not surprising that director Claus Guth doesn't follow the libretto too literally. He avoids what would now be considered clichéd imagery in the opening scene of mobs of angry townspeople bearing pitchforks and firebrands, as the latest young bride seems to go willingly to her doom in Bluebeard's castle. The castle here is nothing more than a modern suburban residence, but it's what it represents that is important, and evidently the house is Bluebeard himself and it's the uncomfortable and dangerous nature of the masculinity that Ariane examines, challenges and delves into, not only opening doors, but breaking through the surface of the floor to the horrors that lie underneath. The set design works well in this respect, keeping the visuals clean, simple and symbolic, allowing the singers the necessary space to express the layers of meaning that lie within Maeterlinck's libretto and Dukas' seething score.
Much of the power of the work is indeed delivered through the scoring for powerful mezzo-soprano and contralto female voices and this cast proves to be highly effective in conveying its force. Ariane requires a strong Wagnerian soprano to express her character's inner strength of personality and purposefulness and Jeanne-Michèle Charbonnet's rich tone is commanding and persuasive, yet sensitive to the shimmering suggestion of the score. She is well supported by an equally strong and wonderfully measured Patricia Bardon as the nurse, but all of the female cast here are impressive here as the other wives, although Gemma Coma-Alabert's fiery Sélysette is the only one with a significant role. As the male at the centre of the work, Bluebeard is evidently an important role in Ariane et Barbe-bleue, even if the singing is limited to only a few lines. José van Dam - who has mostly retired from big-scale stage productions - is no longer in possession of a voice as commanding as it once was, but there's consequently a vulnerability as well as a necessary strength of personality here that puts an interesting spin on his Barbe-bleue.
This is an extremely rare work but one that deserves to be better known, and - appearing for the first time on either DVD or Blu-ray - this is a marvellous production of a fascinating work, emphatically delivered with force and sensitivity by the orchestra of the Liceu under Stéphane Denêve. The quality of the Blu-ray's HD image and high resolution sound mixes ensures that the performance is given the best possible presentation. I personally found the surround DTS HD-Master Audio 5.1 mix a little too open, and that it suited the more direct stereo PCM mix better, with the full detail of the orchestration clearer through headphones. Other than a Cast Gallery, there are no extra features on the disc, but the booklet contains a good essay by Gavin Plumley, whose reading of Ariane striking out towards the 20th century while the others refuse to take the freedom offered is a good one, and there's a full, detailed synopsis. The BD is all-region compatible with subtitles in English, French, German, Spanish, Italian, Catalan, Japanese and Korean.


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Windows Phone 8 Review: Good, But Not Good Enough
NEW YORK ( TheStreet) -- The smartphone industry is a little bit like the car industry these days: At more than a certain price, there aren't any bad products anymore. This happened in the last 10-20 years in the car industry, and in the last one to two years in the smartphone industry.
I have now spent a week with the HTC 8X smartphone, which runs the all-new Windows Phone 8 operating system from Microsoft (MSFT). This is not to be confused with Windows 8 or Windows 8 RT, as those operating systems power PCs and tablets.
General Douglas MacArthur reputedly said, "Behind every lost battle there are too words: Too late."
This applies in many ways to Windows Phone 8. If this operating system (and the related phones) had been launched two or three years ago, it would have been class-leading. Today, the competition from Apple (AAPL) and Google (GOOG) has improved so much that I recommend iPhone and Android/Nexus products for most users.First, let's take a look at the various phones that will be available for Windows Phone 8. > > Bull or Bear? Vote in Our Poll Depending on your carrier, your hardware choices are these: Two phones from Nokia (NOK), two from HTC, and one from Samsung. These will be available in various stages across geographies over the next 30 or so days. The admittedly very few Microsoft stores will supposedly carry all of them.
Nokia: Thick and HeavyAccording to camera experts, Nokia is the best. The Nokia also has inductive charging, for those who care about that. Now for the bad news: Nokia is extremely heavy and thick, even with its good 2,000 mAh battery. Unless you're a camera buff, Nokia isn't the best Windows Phone.
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Head coach John Kear caught up with the website on Friday morning to discuss the weekend fixture with the Keighley Cougars.
With the Cougars on the horizon, JK was asked about the recent sequence of interesting friendly results: "Recent results haven't been particularly bizarre in my opinion. If anything they have been what we would typically expect to see - sides have different expectations and priorities from these games. You can sometimes take confidence from some performances or highlight things to work on, but ultimately these games are just part of our preparation."
The Bulldogs' current injury situation is such that three key players will be unavailable and JK was able to give an update on the current statuses of Danny Maun, Paul Mennell and Gareth Moore: "Danny Maun has now had his knee cleared out, and the operation appears to have been very successful. Danny will be up at the Mount on Sunday to cheer the lads on and early indications suggest he'll be back on the playing field in 4-6 weeks. I thought he was a contender for man of the match against Dewsbury on Boxing Day so we'll be glad to get him back in action - he's evergreen and like a fine wine: getting better with age! As for Paul Mennell, he had a bang on the hand on Boxing Day so he'll miss Keighley and possibly Halifax - there's no dramas with Paul, just precautionary.
"Gareth Moore is being operated on next week in Hull, so it's positive news the operation is finally going ahead, but obviously that is tempered by the fact that he'll be out of action for about 12 weeks. A plus point is that Gareth should be both fresh and fully fit for the final two-thirds of the season."
When questioned about team selection for Sunday's game, JK was keen to impress that it is all about game time and rotation in pre-season. "All the newly-signed players have been promised a run-out in two of our three pre-season matches to stake a claim for the start of the season and some utility players will try different positions. Against Halifax we may have a look a look at some of the Huddersfield Giants players that are not selected for Paul Anderson's 19-man Super League squad too. I was impressed with all the new guys who showed up against Dewsbury.
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I have been reading some of the organizational posts here, and am wondering if anyone does something like the care binders suggested by the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia: http://www.chop.edu/service/family-centered-care/organizing-your-care/? If you click on the Care Binder for Parents/Young Adults links, you'll find detailed information on how to create one, what to include, and printable forms/worksheets to include. Basically, the binder would include everything medical about the child, from day to day care, to recurring doctor's appointments, to medical and therapy reports, progress notes, etc.
We are planning to put something like this together for our sons, so that if anything ever happened to us (or even just one of us, and one is left to take everything over we now share), our children's guardians could use the binder like a manual of sorts. In our case, we will also include education information, such as their IEPs, report cards, progress notes, and other pertinent school information. As our boys age, we hope to help them gradually take over their own care, through the use of the binders.
Is there anyone who has something similar and can give me tips, ideas, pointers, advice?
I have one for both of my son's. I basically put most anything I get about them in tere because I have realized I usually regret tossing even seemingly useless items. I keep it easy because I find teh more complicated it is, the less likely it is I will keep up on it.
Front- Current picture/index/Emergency COntact information
Section One:
Medical- list of doctors including specialists and their contact information
Milestones- A list of milestones and when they are reached
A list of medications
List of Vaccines
A list of current diagnosis
Current physical/daycare/school release
All appointment summaries with most current in front
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All Evaluations (EI, School, etc)
Section Three:
Academic- All progress reports, report cards, IEP
(for the baby this is just his EI/IFSP stuff)
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Specialists (I separate these reports from his PCP reports just for ease of access- we see the PCP a lot due to illness/asthma/allergies).
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Misc stuff that may eventually have it's own sections but so far doesn't
This works for me and keeps me organized and helps me not lose items. I will likely eventually have a section for Medicaid/HCBS Waiver stuff and as they age will need to make more sections (SSI/SSD, etc). I'm interested to see how others do it!
I have one for my whole household
Our first section is "Medical"
I then made a section for each family member.
In each of the kids section I put
-a current picture
-a copy of their insurance card including the subscriber information
-babysitter release forms so that if someone is watching them and needs to sign for medical services they can
-babysitter information sheet
-a summary sheet including diagnoses, medication dosages and frequency, school information, therapist information, and a list of doctors and contacts
-i also made a sheet with their current tylenol and advil dosing
-i also have a sheet for seizure emergency procedures, what to do if they see one happening and when to call 911
the only thing i haven't gotten around to is making a sheet for the car/carseat like assembly has. both boys are nonverbal and cognitively delayed so it would be helpful in case of emergency
We have a medical care binder and a separate education binder. We put duplicate audiograms and vision reports in the education one and duplicate developmental/assessment reports in the medical binder to share with the dev pedi.
I like to keep them separate because we access them in different ways, and the school does not need all the medical info (and vice versa) It also helps you keep track of what you have shown to whom.
The medical binder is organized by Neuro, Genetics, Eyes, Ears, Dev Pedi, Ortho, Dental, non-EI therapies, research papers and websites we have visited for future reference. I do a written report for most doctor visits so that I remember what we talked about and also jot down stuff I want to bring up at the next appointment as I think of questions.
There are business card holder sleeves in the front. Any dr. who has seen Nate has a card in there. The more frequent ones are on the first page of cards and the less frequent are on the third page. We also have a pencil holder type thing with a disk of his most recent MRI and his immunization book.
I like my binders. Let's people know that I mean business and that I will remember stuff they say and tests that they run.


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Newborns: Why is the PKU test done twice?
Can you please explain the reason why we test for PKU before a baby has even had a chance to consume any milk? A breastfed baby doesn't get milk until about the third or fourth day. Why not just wait a week and test once, rather than test in the hospital and again in two weeks? They say the first PKU test is not certain, isn't it because it is really to early to test?Question:
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What an outstanding question! You certainly have done your homework because indeed the PKU test done in the hospital is usually done when it is too early to test. So, of course, the question becomes "Why do we do it?" The answer is not as simple as it might seem. The screening test for PKU is a nice example of how public policy medicine clashes with individual medical care. Let me explain:
Every test we do in medicine has two properties, sensitivity and specificity. The sensitivity of a test is how well the test will pick up on the fact that the person actually has the disease. The specificity of the test is how well the test does at being negative when the person does not have the disease. Confused? Let me give you a couple of examples:
- A teenage girl fears she has been infected with the virus which causes mononucleosis. The doctor tells her she is going to perform a fancy new test to find out if she has mono or not. It happens that this new test has a very high sensitivity but a quite low specificity. The test comes back positive. Does she really have mono? The answer is maybe but maybe not. The test's sensitivity allows it to pick up every person who has mono but its lack of specificity means it will be falsely positive for a lot of people who actually don't have it. Her's might be a false positive.
Now let's say the test comes back negative. Does she really not have mono? The answer is she probably does not have mono. Since its sensitivity is so high, if she had it, the test would have picked it up.
- A mom brings in her 7 year old son in to see the doctor for a sore throat. A new test for detecting strep throat has just come out. Its sensitivity is pretty low but its specificity is very high. The test comes out negative. Does he really not have strep? The answer is he actually might have strep but because the test's lack of sensitivity may have given a false negative result.
Now, let's say it comes out positive. Does he really have strep? The answer is yes, he probably does. Since the test's specificity is so high, you can be assured that a positive result is specific for strep and not a false positive.
So, how does this all tie in with your PKU question? Well, while it would be nice to have a test which is very high both in specificity and sensitivity, it usually doesn't work out that way. Most tests that are high for both of these are rather expensive to do. The PKU test is a screening test meaning thousands of babies get this test. If it were expensive, the states would go bankrupt. Therefore, the state usually puts most of its emphasis on a test that is high in sensitivity at the expense of specificity. In other words, the state realizes there may be some babies that will have a positive PKU when really they don't have the disease. But they will catch most every baby that really does have the disease.
Misty, I hope I haven't totally confused the issue. But if I have, let me summarize the answer to your question. For most babies, checking a PKU within the first 48 hours is too soon for the very reasons you stated in your question. However, because of the high sensitivity of the PKU test, there are some babies with PKU who will have a positive test within 48 hours. Most states feel it is best to test everyone before they leave the hospital because unfortunately not all babies get their two week checkup. Since it is impossible to predict who will get their PKU recheck at two weeks and who won't make it to the doctor, the states choose to test everyone. There are some states that will allow the parents to waive the PKU test in the hospital. Therefore, parents should inquire about this option. But be sure to get the test done within two weeks of age and preferably on the fourth or fifth day of life.
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From the New Hampshire Fish and Game Department
-- The New Hampshire Fish and Game Department is now offering a basic Hunter Education course online. The course which has a $15 fee, entails online study and testing, plus a written exam and a mandatory field day. Participants must be at least 15 years old to take the online course.
The course covers all the important lessons of hunter education such as firearm safety, hunter responsibility and ethical hunting practices. The online course replaces the former home study option for Hunter Education and is an alternative to traditional classroom hunter ed courses taught by trained volunteer instructors. Those courses are still offered across the state and are listed at http://www.huntnh.com/Hunting/hunter_ed_schedule.htm).
To get started, visit http://www.huntnh.com/hunting/hunter_ed.htm to access study materials and complete the online part of the course.
By state law, anyone planning to buy a hunting license in N.H. must complete a Fish and Game hunter education course (or show proof of a previously issued license).
Hunter education is made possible by the Federal Aid in Wildlife Restoration Act. Excise taxes are collected from the sales of firearms, ammunition and archery equipment. These funds are distributed to state agencies to conduct research, manage wildlife populations, protect habitat and conduct hunter education programs.
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Charities that meet the above criteria may submit an application. Applications are due to TCA by March 15 of each year. Applications must be completed in their entirety; incomplete applications will be disqualified.
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These images of the Santa Cruz River flowing are courtesy of a tropical storm off the coast of Baja California that pushed moisture into the American Southwest.Continue reading
Category Archives: Westside
Most of you know that I have reviewed a few established Southern Arizona microbreweries recently, including Thunder Canyon at Foothills Mall, Barrio Brewing Company downtown Tucson, & Nimbus Bistro on Tanque Verde. I always take my trusty beer expert, Michael Polletta, with me to explain the finer point of microbrewing. I didn't even know […]Continue reading
There are several routes to the top of Mt. Wasson in the Tucson Mountains. This is a pictoral story of Sweetwater and Kings Canyon trails.Continue reading
This back road is one of our favorites, partly because it's practically in our back yard and because it's so indicative of the Sonoran Desert. Here in Saguaro National Park West you will be driving through a forest of giant Saguaros. And, within an easy quarter mile hike, you can … Continue reading
Mt. Wasson is the highest peak (4,687′) in the Tucson Mountains west of the city. Take El Camino del Cerro (exit 252 from I-10) west about 5 miles from the freeway to the trailhead. From the top you will have an expansive east view of the city and Catalina Mountains. … Continue reading
A docent at the desert museum talks about the Saguaro Cactus. Enjoy a walk about the extraordinary sourrounding and learn about the wonders of the Sonoran desert from knowledgeable volunteers.Continue reading
A docent at the Desert Museum talks about the fierce little Kestrel. This is one of four videos featuring docents from the Arizona Sonora Desert Museum, Southern Arizona's jewel in the desert.Continue reading
The Yetman Trail is an easy to moderate hike through a pretty saguaro-rich valley and up over the mountains near Gates Pass.Continue reading
Starr Pass Golf Club is 27 holes of nearly perfect desert golf. Pricey in-season, but worth it. Designed by some guy named Palmer. Visit the Website 3645 West Starr Pass Boulevard, Tucson … Continue reading
About 2 miles down the road from the Desert Museum is the Saguaro National Park Visitors Center.
I know this is odd, but there are two Saguaro National Parks – East & West. In between is Metropolitan Tucson. If you only have time to visit one, go West.


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Laser Invasion
|Laser Invasion
Also known as: Gun Sight (JP)
This game has anti-piracy features.
Laser Invasion is an NES game by Konami built around a wacky headset controller. Don't worry – it can also be played with a controller or Zapper.
As with most games Konami has published since 1990, this game features a form of copy-protection. When booting, the game checks for the presence and integrity of a CHR bank with copyright tiles; part of the copyright message screen contains the string "(c) KONAMI 1991", and the copy-protection routines check for that string.
If the test fails, the Japanese version turns on "Hard Mode", where one direct hit kills you instantly. Strangely, the US version does all the same checks and sets the same flag...but has none of the effects.
Games > Games by content > Games with anti-piracy methods
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Seafood Lasagna Recipe
- 1 green onion, finely chopped
- 2 tablespoons canola oil
- 2 tablespoons plus 1/2 cup butter, divided
- 1/2 cup chicken broth
- 1 bottle (8 ounces) clam juice
- 1 pound bay scallops
- 1 pound uncooked small shrimp, peeled and deveined
- 1 package (8 ounces) imitation crabmeat, chopped
- 1/4 teaspoon white pepper, divided
- 1/2 cup all-purpose flour
- 1-1/2 cups 2% milk
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1 cup heavy whipping cream
- 1/2 cup shredded Parmesan cheese, divided
- 9 lasagna noodles, cooked and drained
- In a large skillet, saute onion in oil and 2 tablespoons butter until tender. Stir in broth and clam juice; bring to a boil. Add scallops, shrimp, crab and 1/8 teaspoon pepper; return to a boil. Reduce heat; simmer, uncovered, for 4-5 minutes or until shrimp turn pink and scallops are firm and opaque, stirring gently. Drain, reserving cooking liquid; set seafood mixture aside.
- In a large saucepan, melt the remaining butter; stir in flour until smooth. Combine milk and reserved cooking liquid; gradually add to the saucepan. Add salt and remaining pepper. Bring to a boil; cook and stir for 2 minutes or until thickened.
- Remove from the heat; stir in cream and 1/4 cup cheese. Stir 3/4 cup white sauce into the seafood mixture.
- Preheat oven to 350°. Spread 1/2 cup white sauce in a greased 13x9-in. baking dish. Top with three noodles; spread with half of the seafood mixture and 1-1/4 cups sauce. Repeat layers. Top with remaining noodles, sauce and cheese.
- Bake, uncovered, at for 35-40 minutes or until golden brown. Let stand for 15 minutes before cutting. Yield: 12 servings.
Full-Bodied White Wine
Enjoy this recipe with a full-bodied white wine such as Chardonnay or Viognier.
Reviews for Seafood Lasagna
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"Delicious with lobster meat instead of crab !!"
"Very good recipe. I had made it on Christmas Day. Used real crab meat. It is one of those special occasion recipes."
"This is a truly delicious lasagna. The leftovers taste amazing too. I will definitely make this again. Next time I won't precook the seafood. The shrimps were slightly overcooked in mine. Still, I can't complain. This recipe is a keeper!"
"Don't try this on kids' activity night! This dish is time-consuming but oh-so worth it! "Imitation" crabmeat???? I don't think so! I use 3, 6-oz. cans lump crabmeat. I also use half & half instead of whipping cream, which is what I do for all recipes calling for whipping cream. Other than those 2 changes (minor), the recipe is excellent as written."
"I made this for Father's Day! It was delicious. It had the perfect combination of seafood. I used real crab meat."


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This was a bit of a shocker. Several weeks ago, Dean Chambers famously attacked Nate Silver in an Examiner.com article:
Nate Silver is a man of very small stature, a thin and effeminate man with a soft-sounding voice that sounds almost exactly like the "Mr. New Castrati" voice used by Rush Limbaugh on his program. In fact, Silver could easily be the poster child for the New Castrati in both image and sound.
And yesterday, Chambers wrote a second post in which he blamed this ad hominem rant against Silver on something I wrote about Chambers. Yes, me.
While I make absolutely no excuses for my inappropriate comments in that article, I will mention this which was my motivation for writing them. Again, I make no excuses whatsoever, I want that to be clear. I only mention this to provide context.
In this article about me and the UnSkewedPolls.com web site, on some web site called "The Daily Banter" whatever that is, I was described this way by the author of the article, Bob Cesca, writing about me and judging me by only one picture of me he saw, because I"ve never personally met Mr. Cesca…
Yes, I referred to Chambers as "portly." The horror! However, I was attempting to describe the total contrast between Chambers and Silver. Chambers, I wrote, is the "Bizarro Nate Silver," a reference to the Bizarro Superman character who's exactly the opposite of Superman in every way. That's Chambers. Elaborating, I wrote that Silver, among other complimentary things, is "a skinny New Yorker who's devised astonishingly accurate forecasting models for both sports and politics." Conversely, Chambers is a "a portly Southern amateur who thinks he's uncovered a widespread polling scam when, in fact, he's merely stripped out any and all accuracy or calculated methodology and just, you know, made stuff up." Etc, etc, etc.
Odd that Chambers would retaliate against Silver for something that I wrote.
Whatever. None of it changes the fact that Chambers was wrong about everything because he was in total denial about math, reality and his candidate's flailing campaign — indicative of the broader contra-reality crisis within the Republican Party.


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Article of the Week: Urinary Incontinence
Tara Dairman
March 13, 2007
Sometimes diabetes, gynecological issues (such as those Jan Chait writes about in her blog entry this week), and urinary problems go hand in hand. In fact, women with diabetes have a 70% higher chance of developing urinary incontinence (the involuntary loss of urine) than those without. This article describes the different types of incontinence and several methods of treatment, including bladder retraining, drug therapy, and inserted devices.
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Yummy food for your brood
Jan 11, 2013
Vegetarian Entrees for Families to Make Together
Vegetables aren't just for sides! Reinvent them as main dishes with these yummy recipes that'll get parents and children in on the meatless movement.
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Vegetable Enchiladas
Instead of shredded chicken or beef, these vegetable enchiladas from Martha Stewart are filled with black beans, corn and chopped spinach. Finish off the dish by rolling up the filling into corn tortillas and then topping them with a homemade sauce you bake on top.


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Classic Games to Collect
With vibrant lithographed imagery, turn-of-the-century parlor games claim a monopoly on fun.
By Katy McColl
Educational Toys
Spelling slips cardboard strips that players combined to make phrases were designed to improve childrens reading skills. This collection by McLoughlin Brothers cost 30 cents when it was first sold, in 1890, but can now command up to $150.
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Course dates: 2010 - 2014
Choosing Newcastle
I visited Newcastle on a bright sunny day and immediately fell in love with the city. I loved how I could walk from the School of Chemistry and be in town in two minutes. The people, both at the university and the locals, are kind and friendly, and are always willing to help.
Studying at Newcastle
I have really been enjoying Chemistry at Newcastle, all the lecturers strive to keep classes interesting, and there is lots of help available when needed. The lab facilities are excellent and labs really help you better understand the theory.
The good thing about Chemistry here at Newcastle is that you can change your mind about your course at almost any point throughout the first two years, so if you decide after first year that you'd like to spend a year abroad, or a year working in industry, you can do it!
Living in Newcastle
Living in Jesmond is really great as it's were almost all the students live, so all your friends are quite close by! There's also a good selection of shops, restaurants and bars, meaning you can have a good night there without having to traipse into town.
Socialising at Newcastle
There's so much to do in Newcastle, there's almost no time to work! The city centre is great for shopping, and Newcastle is known for its amazing nightlife. You're also extremely close to the beach, countryside for walking and climbing, and even a quick day trip to Edinburgh if you fancy it.
Best thing about Newcastle
At Newcastle you can have the best time of your life studying at a fantastic university, meeting loads of amazing people, and living in a city with almost everything to do in a small and beautiful space.