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did you do the experiments yourself? or did a book tell you so. see, there's this thing, it's called lies. and if you aren't careful and don't think, you'll believe one.
that being said, it's only right for you to be skeptical of a god, since a book tells me he exists. but i don't go solely based on that book alone. i use it to think for myself and yes, at times i do test its ideas and philosophy myself. you should have done the same with your 5th grade history book.


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Craftsman 46 in. Advanced Mulching and Bagging Blade Set
Item# 07133826000 | Model# 33826Specifications & Dimensions
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Item Weight (lbs.): | 5.8 |
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Blade Type: | Mulching |
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The Craftsman 46 in. Advanced Mulching and Bagging Blade Set delivers greater mulching and bagging performance while promoting a neater and healthier lawn. The unique design reduces the size of grass clippings by up to 50%. This results in fewer dumps when bagging grass clippings, which saves time and money. It also helps reduce thatch build-up. The Craftsman 46 in. Advanced Mulching and Bagging Blade Set produces a more even, cleaner cut and helps to prevent a ragged or frayed lawn. Contains two blades. Replaces part numbers 24004 (152443), 24015 (176084), 33285 (405380), 33286 (403107).
- Delivers greater mulching and bagging performance
- Reduces the size of grass clippings by up to 50%
- Fewer dumps when bagging grass clippings
- Produces a more even cut, cleaner cut and helps to prevent a ragged or frayed lawn
- Reduces thatch build up
- Replaces part numbers 24004 (152443), 24015 (176084), 33285 (405380), 33286 (403107)
- Contains two blades
Added on May 26, 2010
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Kennedale, TX
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Got two years out of the last set of these I used. Performance was much better than the Craftsman high lift set it replaced. This blade set does a better job of mulching than previous styles.
Richmond, VA
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The blades are high quality steel. This is the second set of them I have purchased. They last for years with minimal upkeep and perform very well.
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Craftsman 46 in. Advanced Mulching and Bagging Blade Set. Blades work great. The description is right on. Delivers greater mulching and bagging performance. Fewer dumps when bagging grass clippings. No more clogged shoot when bagging. Cuts great.
Brookfield, WI
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I was pretty anxious to see how these performed in contrast to the original stock mulchers on my 2013 LT2000. Imagine my surprise when, after dropping the mower deck, I discovered that the end of the spindle where the blades are mounted is shaped like a six point star. If you look closely, these blades feature a five point spindle mounting "star" thingy. (Much cursing followed) Back to the store they went. What baffles me is the amount of mower blade part numbers I see on catalogs and this site, yet none seem to match. Speaking of stars, I'm giving this 1 because of the funky spindle configuration that was a complete unknown until I had the things pulled off.
Dover, OH
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Good mulching blades. Mulching plug doesn't fit as well as it could. Different placement of lugs for straps would help. A little pricey for what you get.
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I bought these to replace regular hi-lift, discharge blades - I'm mowing 2.5 acres, and it grows quick, and I was tired of mowing then having to go back over it with a bagger (have tried the discharge baggers as well, have to empty too often). They discharged well, so I bought the mulching kit to see if they would indeed mulch high grass - and they did. Worked great, left little trace of grass.
Poughkeepsie, NY
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Exactly what the hubby wanted. He was having problems with the grass getting clogged in bagged. This eliminates that problem it cuts the grass smaller no more getting frustrated!
Fairmont, WV
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I ordered these for my mom (who is 65) normally older people have the reaction of "I'm older I don't like different/newer things" but she said her yard has never looked better. So...they work great!
Worcester, MA
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I bought my Craftsman tractor used, it's about 6 years old. I bought a bagger from Sears and hooked it up. I was initially dissapointed with the bagger, it got clogged easily and didn't seem to pick up too much of the grass. I figured the blades needed to be changed or sharpened, so I took the deck off (very easy by the way) and they seemed okay. I talked to a person in the lawn and garden department and he recommend these blades. He said that all the tractors there don't come the special blades you really need to bag the grass. I took his advice, changed the blades, and I can saw is "wow". Sucks up all the grass, not a shred left on the lawn. Awesome, tractor changing purchase for $40.
Suffolk, VA
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Bought these blades based on the description which stated that these blades would reduce the size of clippings and allow you to get 50% more in each load of clippings. I should have known better. I can't tell the difference in the size of the clippings but what really bothers me is that these blades don't bag well at all. Did I have reduced stops to empty the bags? Yes. The problem is that this is because you are picking up approximately 25% of the total clippings. In addition, to keep from clogging the chute with these blades, you have to go extra slow. If you are buying these for mulching, you may be okay, but if you intend to use the bagger, stay away from these and get the high lift blades instead.
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Subareolar abscess is an abscess, or growth, on the areolar gland. The areolar gland is located in the breast under or below the areola (colored area around the nipple).
Abscess - areolar gland; Areolar gland abscess
Subareolar abscess is caused by a blockage of the small glands or ducts below the skin of the areola. This blockage leads to infection of the glands.
This is an uncommon problem that affects younger or middle-aged women who are not breastfeeding. Risk factors include:
Symptoms of an areolar abscess are:
Your health care provider will perform a breast exam. Sometimes an ultrasound or other imaging test of the breast is recommended. A blood count and a culture of the abscess, if drained, may be ordered.
Subareolar abscesses are treated with antibiotics and by opening and draining the infected tissue. This can be done in a doctor's office with local numbing medicine. If the abscess returns, the affected glands should be surgically removed. The abscess can also be drained using a sterile needle. This is often done under ultrasound guidance.
The outlook is good after the abscess is drained.
Subareolar abscess may return until the affected gland is surgically removed. Any infection in a female who is not nursing has the potential to be a rare cancer. You may need to have a biopsy or other tests if standard treatment fails.
Contact your health care provider if you develop a painful lump under your nipple or areola.
Gollapalli V, Liao J, Dudakovic A, Sugg SL, Scott-Conner CEH, Weigel RJ. Risk factors for development and recurrence of primary breast abscesses. J Am Coll Surg. 2010;211:41-48.
Hunt KK, Green MC, Buccholz TA. Diseases of the breast. In: Townsend CM, Beauchamp RD, Evers BM, Mattox KL, eds. Sabiston Textbook of Surgery. 19th ed. Philadelphia, PA: Elsevier Saunders; 2012:chap 36.


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Strengths: Some fragrance-free products; all the sunscreens but one contain either avobenzone or titanium dioxide for sufficient UVA protection; some commendable moisturizers with sunscreen; some good, inexpensive cleansers, and scrub for dry skin.
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Health is vital. That's the opening line on Vichy's catalog, followed by "Start with your skin." Perusing the opening pages of this catalog, it's easy to see how someone could get wrapped up in this L'Oreal-owned company's belief in listening to the signals skin sends us and then choosing products to address whatever problem skin is signaling you to correct. That might include acne, blackheads, eczema, discolorations, broken capillaries, and even excess oiliness. No surprises there, and it is sound advice to adapt your skin-care routine as your skin's needs (and signals) change. The problem is that Vichy's products, though well intentioned, are incapable of addressing several common problems, including most of those listed above. About all you can expect from most Vichy moisturizers is relief from dryness. That's it. Every product's claims "talk the talk," but they cannot possibly walk the walk because what's in them is, for the most part, standard, and without any research behind it to show that it makes a difference.
A big-deal ingredient for Vichy is their Thermal Spa Water. It is said to reduce irritation, strengthen skin's natural defenses, and provide free radical–quelling activity thanks to its trace minerals and salt. There is no substantiated proof to support these claims, save for a somewhat primitive chart Vichy provides to show this water helps reduce cutaneous signs of irritation (what it was compared to, if anything, is unknown). Two other L'Oreal-owned brands, Biotherm and La Roche-Posay, have similar special waters, each claiming to be mineral-rich. Yet if these are so unique and wonderfully beneficial for everyone's skin, why don't all L'Oreal-owned lines such as Lancome, L'Oreal, Kiehl's, SkinCeuticals, and The Body Shop, use them, too?
As expected, there are some bona fide winners among Vichy's products, but using Vichy exclusively with the expectation that their products have the answer to whatever your skin needs to have fixed is like thinking green tea is the only food your body needs.
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Cumhard confirmation
Every week or so, I get an email from a particular subset of Twi-Hard. I call them the deniers. These are the ones who refuse to believe that Kristen Stewart and Robert Pattinson are no longer together. And that not only are they not broken up, but that she secretly had a baby last year and everything we're seeing now is an attempt to hide the child. Full Story
Fast-talking and lip-biting
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Kristen Stewart was photographed in New York yesterday on the set of a new independent film called Anesthesia. She's expected to work a short few days. It's the latest in a series of indie projects for Stewart. Reminds me of what Sarah wrote in her Stewart Career Prospectus Full Story
Best Twi-Hard Halloween
How was your Halloween? Did you go to a party? Did you make memories with your friends? Did you Instagram the sh-t out of your costume? Was it the best time ever? I promise you, no matter how great your night was, every Twi-Hard in the world was having a better time than you. Because new photos were released yesterday of Kristen Stewart and Robert Pattinson together. Full Story
House Porn: Robert Pattinson's Graceland for Twi-Hards
Robert Pattinson is selling the house he once shared with Kristen Stewart. The list price right now is $6.75 million. Features: 1.45 acres, beautifully landscaped 3 bedrooms 3 and a half bath lagoon pool amphitheatre And, of course, the most important selling feature: LOVE. This was where Robsten LOVED. Full Story
Courtney and Frances Forever
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The Smiths are getting a lot of attention this week, particularly for the, um, curious Vulture interview -- click here if you missed Duana's post on it. Patterns and Joe Kennedy? Child's play compared to the cray cray that is Courtney Love. Full Story
Dusk Falls on Twilight
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Does that even make sense? I don't know. But I'm running out of times of day. And moon phases. Waning Gibbous on Twilight didn't sound so good. Anyway, the MTV Movie Award nominations were announced yesterday. Mega Twi-Hard anxiety ensued because Twilight, which has dominated this event for the last few years, only received one nomination… and not even the most important one: Best Kiss. Full Story
Neon & Print
It's a great combination. And God, so much more suited to her than the JLO lace and glitter cougar styles that she was working last night in London. Kristen Stewart wore neon to the Spanish premiere of Twilight 5 tonight, complementing the dress with a printed pair of strapped pumps. The messy braid is working too -- young and steezy and fresh. Full Story
One more night
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OMG are you ready? Twilight 5 opens wide wide wide tomorrow! So far the reviews have been... decent? The movie is rating over 65% at this writing on Rotten Tomatoes although amusingly enough, even the ones who are coming in on a "fresh" ranking seem to amount to. Full Story
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Taking style risks is one thing, and although many people hated her sheer dress choice the other day at the LA premiere of Twilight 5, it was fitted to her body type and there was just enough edge and cool to make it a Kristen Stewart fashionable moment. This however... Here's Stewart in London once again in Zuhair Murad with a sudden case of the JLOs. Full Story
Bella & Edward's final Hollywood carpet
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I like it that Robert Pattinson is adventurous about his suit colours. This suit looks like it could have been fashioned out of a handbag. And it's enough. Too much would be a spiked out silly cape, like the Spice Girls video for Say You'll Be There only without the campy irony. Pattinson's green was a nice complement to his girlfriend's provocative Zuhair Murad, not my favourite designer (see Carrie Underwood, Taylor Swift, and Jennifer Lopez for previous), but I appreciate the effort to not look like Ashley Greene in a tired, unimaginative indistinguishable flowy princessy gown. Full Story
Twilight's two future Oscar winners
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Don't be ridiculous. This is not about Anna Kendrick and Kristen Stewart -- why would you think that? The title tells you everything you need to know. Obviously the title refers to Ashley Greene and Kellan Lutz. Last month Lutz declared during a magazine interview that he would win an Oscar one day. Full Story
Mad Max Zoolander now comes with a cape
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Robert Pattinson's L'Uomo Vogue shoot last week - click here if you missed the initial article. Now two more images have been released and this time, Jesus, Pattinson's Mad Max Zoolander is wearing a Zorro cape. As you can see, he doesn't know what to do with himself. Full Story
Kristen Stewart: "keep them guessing"
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Kristen Stewart was on The Today Show this morning promoting Twilight. At the very end of the interview, Savannah Guthrie asked her about whether or not she was back together with Robert Pattinson. It's gross and uncomfortable, these questions, getting them out of your mouth. I know because I've had to do it. Full Story
#RobstenIsUnbroken on late night TV
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Kristen Stewart hit up The Tonight Show last night looking really good in Peter Pilotto right off the runway. Click here to see the entire collection. Good choice of black pumps to go with it and the loose ponytail works well too. As for the leg, since I didn't watch, tell me, did she manage to keep it still? Or was it swinging all around and up and down? While Stewart was sent to the generously easy Leno, Robert Pattinson was over at Jimmy Kimmel. Full Story


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Ergonomic Stools
How to Select the Right Work Chair for your Body Type
With so many different ergonomic chairs on the market today, from Office Star and Jobri to BOSS and ergoCentric chairs, finding the right seating choice for your specific needs can be difficult. Ergonomics are certainly not a one-size-fits-all approach. An ergonomically designed work chair should be able to conform to your height, weight, and body type, and also be appropriate for your line of work and professional environment. A tall and heavyset man will probably need a different ergonomic design than a short and petite woman, just as an IT professional will probably need a different office chair than a laboratory technician. With so many different factors to consider, how does one find the right work chair? The following information should help.
Why are Ergonomics so Important?
Ergonomic design is a multidisciplinary field of science that considers various human factors with the goal of designing furniture, equipment, and tools that complement the human body and mind, ideally resulting in more productive workplaces and happier, healthier workers. The way people sit is a very important part of this. Sitting is not as sedentary of a position as one may assume. When a worker in any given field sits in a chair all day (or for a large chunk of their workday), they are also engaging in activities in that chair, which are all influenced by the way that worker engages with their surroundings – especially their chair. The following video is by Allseating a chair manufacturer that describes the cores needs in building your ergonomic workstation.
What Makes a Suitable Work Chair?
If you're shopping for ergonomic chairs, the most important human factors to consider are the body dimensions of the individual who will be sitting in each chair. And this means all the body dimensions. An ill-fitting chair might be ideal for someone's height, but not appropriate for their weight and body type, for example. This can lead to stress and strain, and ultimately injury, which could in turn leave a worker unable to work and an employer in hot water. There are other factors to consider, such as the costs of repairs and maintenance, in addition to the initial costs of purchasing the chairs. Avoiding repetitive stress injuries is worth the investment, but not if the company goes into the red from the costs of owning the chairs. Luckily, many manufacturers make some very affordable models that are also high in quality. The following video is for the ergoCentric Geocentric petite ready chair.
It All Comes Down to Body Type
Make sure to gather information about the heights of employees before purchasing new ergonomic chairs for the whole office. An ideal work chair will be roughly a quarter of the user's height. While most employees doing similar jobs will probably be comfortable in similar or identical chairs as long as the seat and armrests are adjustable, there will also probably be a few outliers who will have special ergonomic needs and require somewhat different chairs. No one should be punished for being uncommonly short or tall, having a long torso or unusually sized limbs, or being otherwise out of the norm. To avoid repetitive stress injuries and find the ergonomic chairs with the best value, consider body type first.
How to Find the Right Ergonomic Stool
Finding the right ergonomic stool for your work environment may seem like an arduous and overwhelming task, especially if you do not know where to begin looking or even worse do not know what to look for. Unfortunately there is not one universal ergonomic stool that will work for everyone as each individual has their own unique work set up and each requires its own specialized seating solution. The first step towards finding the right ergonomic stool for your work station is to recognize need for one, whether you work at a higher work station and standard office chairs do not meet your height requirements, or you are simply looking for an alternative seating solution to relieve back pain. Anyone who works at a desk station should feel comfortable while they are sitting in order to stay focused and stay productive; when your chair starts making you feel uncomfortable, it is crucial to find an ergonomic solution that will ease your pain and more importantly keep you comfortable while working. Ergonomic stools are a good place to start looking, but first it is important to understand the different types of ergonomic stools available to determine which will work best for your work environment.
Sit Stand Stools
Ergonomic sit stand stools offer a flexible design that provides a surface to sit down when necessary or as a surface to lean against when standing. They permit the ease of transfer from a sitting to a standing position in a quick fashion. They come with an extended seat height that is higher than most standard office chairs and can be adjusted to meet your specific height requirements. Sit stand stools come standard with seat height adjustment while more ergonomic versions come with seat angle adjustment as well to allow for people to lean against while standing. Sit stand stools are most effectively used in environments and professions that require standing most of the day such as labs, pharmacies, production lines, for architects, for artists, for painters, for bank tellers, or for anyone that sits at a counter.Saddle Stools
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Fister up for challenge as Tigers try to solve Halos
After back-to-back offensive outbursts against the Tigers served notice that the Angels might be getting their engines humming, it's Doug Fister's turn to try and throw a monkey wrench in that plan.
A 10-0 defeat of the Tigers on Saturday put the Angels in position for what would be their first series sweep of the season, but Fister is liable to put up a formidable defense as he faces off against C.J. Wilson in the finale of this early meeting between American League powerhouses.
The Angels have won four straight home games, and five consecutive games against the Tigers, dating to last season.
This weekend already has represented a bit of an awakening by their bats, highlighted by a nine-run first inning on Saturday. Mark Trumbo, who has a hit in 14 of the Angels' 16 games this season, was one of four players with multiple hits in Saturday's game, and Mike Trout added his second homer of the season with his first career grand slam.
So it's a suddenly hot team facing Fister, but this isn't Fister's first rodeo against the Angels. In his third season with the Tigers after playing for the Mariners, Fister is 0-2 with a 6.94 ERA in two starts at Angel Stadium, but overall is 2-3 with a 3.49 ERA in seven career starts against the Angels.
In his last outing, Fister cruised to victory against his former team, beating the Mariners with seven innings of strong work, allowing two runs on seven hits to raise his record to 3-0 with a 2.70 ERA.
Wilson, meanwhile, is 1-0 with a 4.00 ERA this season. Against the Tigers, he is 1-2 with a career ERA of 5.04. In his last outing against the Astros, Wilson allowed one run in six innings.
Tigers: Hunter's homecoming weekend
Torii Hunter, now batting .400 on the season, went hitless in the second game of his return to Angel Stadium, that after going 2-for-4 in the opener. Sunday's game will mark his last appearance of the season there, barring an October meeting between the two clubs.
Hunter, who played for the Angels from 2008-12, is two homers shy of 300, collected his 2,000th hit earlier this season and has 11 multihit games in his first 17 this season.
Angels: Jimenez making early impression
Luis Jimenez has been in the Majors for a little over a week and has made a strong impression. Angels manager Mike Scioscia wouldn't compare his immediate impact directly to Trout's, but did say there are some parallels.
"I think it's unfair to compare anybody to Mike as far as what Mike Trout did in his first go around playing every day last season, it was off the charts, but I think there's definite parallels you can draw between the energy, between the way they go about getting ready for a game, during the game in the dugout, on the field," Scioscia said. "These kids come up playing hard and that's indicative of what our Minor League system is about. Those guys are two examples of that."
Worth noting
• After a long nine-game road trip to the West Coast, the Tigers will head home after Sunday's game to start a nine-game homestand on Tuesday with the opener of a series against the Royals.
• A key early homestand for the Angels continues with a visit from the Texas Rangers, the AL West rivals in town for a three-game set starting on Monday.
• The Angels and Tigers will meet again June 25-27 in Detroit.
John Schlegel is a national reporter for MLB.com. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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ICD-9-CM (ICD9) Diagnosis Codes - 640 Codes
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640.00 hemorrhage early pregnancy threatened abortion unspecified ICD-9 Code
640.01 hemorrhage early pregnancy antepartum condition delivery ICD-9 Code
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640.80 hemorrhage early pregnancy unspecified as episode ICD-9 Code
640.81 hemorrhage early pregnancy antepartum condition delivery ICD-9 Code
640.83 hemorrhage early pregnancy antepartum obstetric condition ICD-9 Code
640.90 unspecified hemorrhage early pregnancy unspecified as ICD-9 Code
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The International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems (commonly known as the ICD) provides alpha-numeric codes to classify diseases and a wide variety of signs, symptoms, abnormal findings, complaints, social circumstances and external causes of injury or disease. Nearly every health condition can be assigned to a unique category and given a code, up to six characters long. Such categories usually include a set of similar diseases.
The International Classification of Diseases is published by the World Health Organization (WHO). The ICD is used world-wide for morbidity and mortality statistics, reimbursement systems (insurance, Medicare, etc.) and automated decision support in medicine. This system is designed to promote international comparability in the collection, processing, classification, and presentation of medical statistics.
ICD has become the most widely used statistical classification system in the world. U.S. hospitals and other healthcare facilities record healthcare data by referring and adhering to a classification system published by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services: International Classification of Diseases, 9th Revision, Clinical Modification (ICD-9-CM). The Clinical Modification or CM system was developed and implemented to better describe the clinical picture of the patient. The CM codes are more precise than those needed only for statistical groupings and trend analysis. The diagnosis component of ICD-9-CM is completely consistent with ICD-9 codes.
\n"; Note that ICD-9 was adopted in 1999 for reporting mortality, but ICD-9-CM remains the data standard for reporting morbidity. Revisions of the ICD-9 have progressed to incorporate both clinical code (ICD-9-CM) and procedure code (ICD-9-PCS) with the revisions completed in 2003. However, ICD-9 has not been phased out by the new revision.


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This charming corner of Italy is renowned for its superb scenery, mouth-watering cuisine and fine weather. Along the dramatic coastline we visit the Roman city of Pompeii and the majestic Greek temples of Paestum. We walk on the summit of Vesuvius where we can look down into its vast volcanic crater. Join us in making classic Italian pizza, or simply enjoy the sunshine by the hotel pool.
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- Scala - Make pizza for the whole group
- Vesuvius - Drive and walk to the summit
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- Italian Food - Sample delicious pizza, ice-cream and local produce
1Join tour Naples Airport; Transfer to the Sorrento Peninsula
2Train to Pompeii; visit site and then drive to Vesuvius
3Morning tour of the Sorrento Town; Afternoon visit agriturismo farm
4Full day trip in Capri with option to visit the Blue Grotto
5Drive to Scala; afternoon pizza making
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Special Olympics is a global movement led by athletes with intellectual disabilities who use sports as a stage to demonstrate the capabilities of all people and to build inclusive and tolerant communities. At its core, Special Olympics believes your personal courage can change our world.
Widely recognized as the pinnacle for measuring management and leadership excellence, the International Standards Organization (ISO) certified Special Olympics Bharat as an ISO 9001 2008 organization.
Special Olympics Pakistan hosted a Family Support Seminar for 40 families from local institutions.
A group of six enthusiastic and well-organized athletes founded the Asia Pacific Input Council for the Athlete Leadership Program (ALP) during the 2012 Asia Pacific Leadership Conference and Regional Meeting, 26-29 April.
Athlete and Mount Kilimanjaro Conquerer Salihin bin Sinai is featured in a Special Olympics Public Service Announcement (PSA), produced by ESPN STAR Sports.
2011 was an incredible year for the Asia Pacific Region. We have grown to more than 1 million athletes in 25 countries participating in year round sports and competitions. And alongside those athletes we have incredible supporters, volunteers, and families ensuring that each athlete achieves a personal best.
Special Olympics Malaysia in discussions with FIFA to grow Malaysian athlete footballers.
The 2011 Special Olympics World Summer Games capped a series of firsts for striker Rattanaporn Thamsiwaphat, on and off the football pitch.
The Government of Bihar in eastern India presented Dr. Shivajee Kumar, one of Special Olympics Bharat's Area Directors with the prestigious Khel Samman award. Dr. Kumar is lauded for his 12-year contribution towards the promotion of sports among the intellectually disabled community in Bihar.
Leading international mobile media company, Affle has today announced the launch of 'Pinch A Dollar for Special Olympics', a unique Corporate Social Responsibility campaign which will drive the generation of donations for Special Olympics, the world's largest sports organization supporting children and adults with intellectual abilities.
The convivial atmosphere of the World Games was a catalyst for Mio Osato to blossom, and gave her father a new dream.
Over 70 members of the Procter & Gamble (P&G) ASEAN team spent a games afternoon with athletes from Special Olympics Singapore on September 7, interacting through bocce, soccer, field hockey, basketball and badminton.
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Rolling along to a Gold medal, Sunita Suryavanshi was part of the 24-strong roller skating team from India competing in Athens, Greece, at the World Summer Games. Four years of training paid dividends in a Gold medal finish in the 2X200M Relay, and a fourth place in the individual 100M and 300M Race.
Special Olympics celebrates Singapore athlete Salihin bin Sinai's ascent of Mount Kilimanjaro.
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Nearly 70 people including Special Olympics Bharat staff, State Area Directors, Sport Directors and Special Olympics Asia Pacific staff attended the Bharat Program Area Directors Meeting in New Delhi, India, 18-19 July 2011.
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A San Francisco Chronicle and Atlantic Monthly Best Book of the Year
Hig somehow survived the flu pandemic that killed everyone he knows. Now his wife is gone, his friends are dead, and he lives in the hangar of a small abandoned airport with his dog, Jasper, and a mercurial, gun-toting misanthrope named Bangley.
But when a random transmission beams through the radio of his 1956 Cessna, the voice ignites a hope deep inside him that a better life exists outside their tightly controlled perimeter. Risking everything, he flies past his point of no return and follows its static-broken trail, only to find something that is both better and worse than anything he could ever hope for.
Excerpted from The Dog Stars by Peter Heller. Copyright © 2012 by Peter Heller. Excerpted by permission of Vintage, a division of Random House LLC. All rights reserved. No part of this excerpt may be reproduced or reprinted without permission in writing from the publisher.
A conversation with Peter Heller
Author of THE DOG STARS
Q: You've set out to master surfing in a year (as described in the book Kook), traveled with eco-pirates taking down Japanese whaling ships (Whale Warriors), and were part of what has been called one of the greatest river expeditions in history through Tibet's notorious Tsangpo Gorge (Hell or High Water). And that's not counting exploits recorded for Outside, National Geographic Adventure and Men's Journal. THE DOG STARS is your first work of fiction. Were you looking for a new adventure? What drew you to fiction now?
A: Fiction is something I've wanted to do since I was a kid. Great fiction and poetry are what I always most admired. When I got out of college I worked on them both—short stories and poems—while I did every other job under the sun. Cutting wood, lobster fishing, teaching kayaking, guiding river trips. Pizza delivery. When I started writing about expeditions and the outdoors for a living I thought I'd found the dream job. It was. So I was happily diverted into non-fiction, explored some of the wildest places on earth on assignment, and the non-fiction books grew out of these experiences. Two years ago I took a deep breath. I had money saved, I had some time, and I felt that I might come to, at last, what was for me the greatest adventure of all: writing a novel. The Dog Stars grew out of this sense of excitement.
Q: What were some of the challenges (and maybe the joys?) of writing your first novel after years as a successful non-fiction author? Were there any surprises?
A: It was like coming home. My spirit just sang. One thing I knew was that I never wanted to know what was going to happen next, what the ending would be. With all the non-fiction books, of course I always knew. There is this incredible sense of adventure when you kayak a river that has never been done. Or that was maybe run but never well described. You come around a tight bend in a walled canyon and you have no idea what you'll see around the corner. It might be a waterfall. I wanted that experience again in writing. I wanted to be surprised, shocked, thrilled, awed. Maybe terrified. I called my old friend Carlton Cuse, who was the showrunner and producer of the TV show Lost. We've been best friends since we were fifteen. I said, "Carlton, do you know any novelists that just start with a first line and have no idea where it will lead?" He didn't hesitate. "Oh, yeah, lots. I've worked with a bunch. Stephen King, for one; Elmore Leonard." I was jazzed. It kind of gave me permission. I sat down and wrote a first line and it was Hig talking and he spoke The Dog Stars. Of everything I've ever done, that was the most thrilling.
Q: The core of THE DOG STARS is Hig, who is living in an abandoned airport with his beloved dog, Jasper, when we first meet him. How did you first "meet," imagine, conceive of Hig?
A: I was sitting in my local coffee shop, where I like to write—and incidentally where I met my wife, whom I was too shy to talk to and so wooed with a note written on a napkin—and I set down the first line of the book. Then the second and third. The fourth and fifth lines were: "My name is Hig, one name. Big Hig if you need another." That's how I met him. I knew immediately that this was a voice worth listening to. The depth of heartbreak and trauma were evident, but so was this formidable toughness combined with a huge love of the world, a generosity of spirit and the sensitivities of an artist. I was transfixed. The story is told from his point of view, first person, so all I had to do was get out of the way.
Q: Hig's story takes many twists and turns, including some near death encounters and, perhaps equally panic-inducing, a potential love affair. Without giving away too much, can you talk about the journey you wanted Hig to take and why a rather dark near-future was the setting you chose?
A: I have a good friend, Kirk, who is one of the world's leading paleobotanists. He studies seventy million year old plant fossils, so you might say he has the Long View. One of his areas of expertise is the "K-T Boundary", the geologic layer that represents the line between when there were lots of dinosaurs and when they all went extinct about 65 million years ago. Kirk is an aficionado of extinction. We go to breakfast now and then and one of the topics that always comes up is how we're now in the middle of the Sixth Great Mass Extinction, this one caused by us. This often leads to imaginings of what the apocalypse will look like when it comes, which it surely must. The eco-sphere as we know it is unraveling so fast. The odd thing is, these are not depressing discussions. To us, they are exciting, riveting. Scary, too. But the prospect that the earth may try to shrug off Homo sapiens after what he has inflicted on millions of other species does not seem unjust. What would you do when everything really hits the fan? How would you reckon the losses? How do you reckon the losses that are occurring now? I think that when I came at last to writing a novel this is the subject that was most on my mind. And in my heart. I am, if I am moved by anything, profoundly moved by nature. Have been since I was the smallest child. And moved by her struggles right now. These themes had to be central to this book.
Q: Another main character and great love of Hig's is the Beast, his 1956 Cessna plane. It just so happens you own a 1956 Cessna and are a pilot yourself. For those of us who don't (and can't) pilot a plane would you tell us what it's like to fly?
A: Flying! Pulse quickens just talking about it. Like Hig, I came to it as something that I'd been meant to do my whole life. To see the world from the air, the way landscapes, topography fit together, how the creeks thread, the rivers unwind. You get this sense flying a small plane not too far from the ground that the world below is perfect. Neat. Everything in its place. And you are detached from it. It's like flying through a landscape painting. All the earthly problems, sickness, poverty, death, they vanish, they can't touch you. Then you get hit by turbulence and you are jolted sideways and you stop being all poetic and right the controls and get an adrenalin rush like nothing else. So fun. I got my pilot's license in twenty days in northern Montana with crazy bush pilots. It was an assignment for Men's Journal: How to Be a Bush Pilot in Three Weeks kind of thing. When I showed up I didn't even know what a flap was, a rudder. It was like drinking from a fire hose. And I was not a natural. Dave Hoerner, my instructor, turned to me after one of my landings in the first week and said, "You came in like a sick goose. That was atrocious!" He had been a logger all his life. To haul out and use the word "atrocious" was a very special circumstance. I loved it.
Q: Can you tell us about the title, THE DOG STARS, and why you chose it?
A: It came from Hig's proclivity to make up constellations when he sleeps out under the stars every night. He used to have a book of the stars, but now he doesn't. So he makes them up. His are almost
always animals, and his favorite being at this point in his life is his dog Jasper.
Q: The world Hig inhabits is fully formed and packed with details, from scenes of gardening to mentions of poetry to excitement about the best gun for a particular shot. Was there any research or outside expertise you called on during the writing of THE DOG STARS?
A: Most of the details in the book come from the things I love to do. But I did get my Navy SEAL friend to take me out to shoot a couple of sniper rifles, which I had never done. That was eye opening. And I've had a garden over a couple of different summers, but I'm a bad gardener, so I called a friend who is an incredible, prolific, obsessive gardener and had her make sure my details in that piece were correct.
Q: The book is full of the outdoors and nature – fishing, hunting, camping, even farming. Did you bring your passions to the book or did the demands of the story introduce you to any new passions?
A: Every passion is in here--all things that have brought me great joy. Well, not farming. I've tried it, and like Bangley, don't like it much. I hunt deer and elk out the back fence of our place in western Colorado. Like Hig, I love to hunt and hate to kill anything. The off-the-grid living piece came from building a small adobe house out there, off the grid, solar powered, and it took a long time because I'd never built anything on my own. I love to fly fish. Really love it. And to be out in the mountains, on rivers. I have been on extreme kayak expeditions all over the world and that sense of being on the edge, of not really knowing if you will live through the day or the next, and being somehow okay with that, informed the story and Hig's situation. The verdant box canyon in the book is an actual place. I spent a week there with a master survival instructor—no food, no sleeping bags, tents, or matches. He taught me to catch trout by hand and start fires with a sage bow and drill. Five of us slept on piles of pine needles and huddled for warmth. It made a big impression on me.
One thing, though, that the novel introduced me to was the complete joy of being able to make it all up. A story, I mean.
Q: Who are some of your favorites writers?
A: The T.S. Eliot of The Four Quartets and Ash Wednesday, Li Po, Rilke, Derek Walcott, W.S. Merwin, Neruda, Haruki Murakami, Mark Twain, Virginia Woolf, Faulkner, Cormac McCarthy, the Marilynne Robinson of Gilead. The David Foster Wallace of Infinite Jest. Italo Calvino.
Q: What are you working on now?
A: Another novel. There is no going back.
"Extraordinary. . . . One of those books that makes you happy for literature." —Junot Díaz, The Wall Street Journal
"This end-of-the-world novel [is] more like a rapturous beginning. . . . Remarkable." —San Francisco Chronicle
"For all those who thought Cormac McCarthy's The Road the last word on the post-apocalyptic world—think again. . . . Make time and space for this savage, tender, brilliant book." —Glen Duncan, author of The Last Werewolf
"Heart-wrenching and richly written. . . . The Dog Stars is a love story, but not just in the typical sense. It's an ode to friendship between two men, a story of the strong bond between a human and a dog, and a reminder of what is worth living for." —Minneapolis Star-Tribune
"A dreamy, postapocalyptic love letter to things of beauty, big and small." –Gillian Flynn, author of Gone Girl
"Heartbreaking" —The Seattle Times
"A brilliant success." —The New Yorker
"Beautifully written and morally challenging" –The Atlantic Monthly
"A book that rests easily on shelves with Dean Koontz, Jack London or Hemingway." —The Missourian
"Dark, poetic, and funny." —Jennifer Reese, NPR
"Terrific. . . . Recalling the bleakness of Cormac McCarthy and the trout-praising beauty of David James Duncan, The Dog Stars makes a compelling case that the wild world will survive the apocalypse just fine; it's the humans who will have the heavy lifting." —Outside
"A post-apocalyptic adventure novel with the soul of haiku." —The Columbus Dispatch
"An elegy for a lost world turns suddenly into a paean to new possibilities. In The Dog Stars, Peter Heller serves up an insightful account of physical, mental, and spiritual survival unfolded in dramatic and often lyrical prose." —The Boston Globe
"Take the sensibility of Hemingway. Or James Dickey. Place it in a world where a flu mutation has wiped out ninety-nine percent of the population. Add in a heartbroken man with a fishing rod, some guns, a small plane. Don't forget the dog. Now imagine this man retains more hope than might be wise in such a battered and brutal time. More trust. More hunger for love—more capacity for it, too. That's what Peter Heller has given us in his beautifully written first novel." —Scott Smith, author of A Simple Plan and The Ruins
"With its evocative descriptions of hunting, fishing, and flying, [The Dog Stars], perhaps the world's most poetic survival guide, reads as if Billy Collins had novelized one of George Romero's zombie flicks." —Publishers Weekly (starred)
"The Dog Stars can feel less like a 21st-century apocalypse and more like a 19th-century frontier narrative (albeit one in which many, many species have become extinct). There are echoes of Grizzly Adams or Jeremiah Johnson in scenes where Heller lingers on the details of how the water in a flowing stream changes color as the sun moves across the sky." —The Dallas Morning News
"Full of action and hope…. One you'll not soon forget." — The Oklahoman
"A heavenly book, a stellar achievement by a debut novelist that manages to combine sparkling prose with truly memorable, shining, characters." —The New York Journal of Books
"Gruff, tormented and inspirational, Heller has the astonishing ability to make you laugh, cringe and feel ridiculously vulnerable throughout the novel that will have you rereading certain passages with a hard lump in the pit of your stomach. One of the most powerful reads in years." —Playboy
"The Dog Stars is a wholly compelling and deeply engaging debut." —Pam Houston, author of Contents May Have Shifted
"Beautiful, haunting and hopeful. . . . Makes your breath catch and your heart ache." —Aspen Daily News
"At times funny, at times thrilling, at times simply heartbreaking and always rich with a love of nature, The Dog Stars finds a peculiar poetry in deciding that there's really no such thing as the end of the world—just a series of decisions about how we live in whatever world we've got." —Salt Lake City Weekly
"What separates Heller's book from other End of Days stories is that it doesn't rely on the thematic fail-safes to tell the story—The Dog Stars is quite simply the story of what it's like to be alonet." —The Stranger
"Proves a truth we know from our everyday nonfictional lives: Even when it seems like all the humans in the world are only out for themselves, there are always those few who prove you absolutely wrong—in the most surprising of ways." —Oprah.com
"Heller has created a heartbreakingly moving love story. . . . It's an ode to what we've lost so far, and how we risk losing everything." —Cincinnati City Beat
"A stunning, hope-riddled end-of-the-world story. . . . Bound to become a classic." —Flavorwire
"Heller's writing gives you a heartbreaking jolt, like a sudden wakening from a dream." —The Seattle Times
"Heller is a masterful storyteller and The Dog Stars is a beautiful tribute to the resilience of nature and the relentless human drive to find meaning and deep connections with life and the living." —Julianna Baggott, author of Pure
"Terrific . . . With echoes of Moby Dick, The Dog Stars . . . brings Melville's broad, contemplative exploration of good and evil to his story." —Shelf Awareness
"Heller's surprising and irresistible blend of suspense, romance, social insight, and humor creates a cunning form of cognitive dissonance neatly pegged by Hig as an 'apocalyptic parody of Norman Rockwell'—a novel, that is, of spiky pleasure and signal resonance." —Booklist (starred)
The prose style of The Dog Stars is clipped, terse, often fragmented. Why would Heller choose this way of writing this particular story? In what ways is it fitting?
2. At the beginning of Chapter III, the narrator wonders why he's telling this story. What might be his motivations? Who does he imagine his audience will be?
3. Hig says that Bangley "had been waiting for the End all his life. . . . He didn't do anything that wasn't aimed at surviving" [p. 71]. He also clearly enjoys killing people. In what ways is Hig different from Bangley? How did "the End" affect him? How does he feel about killing?
4. How and why does Hig's relationship with Bangley change over the course of the novel?
5. Jasper's death is a turning point for Hig. How and why does it affect him so powerfully?
6. When Cima's father asks Hig why he came to their canyon—why he flew beyond the point of no return—Hig can't find an answer. What might have prompted Hig to take that risk? What was he looking for?
7. When they decide to take a ewe and a ram with them on the plane, Hig says, "Like the Ark. Here we go" [p. 273]. He says it jokingly, but does the novel offer a sense of hope that life on the planet might continue, postapocalypse? What other biblical references occur in the novel?
8. The Dog Stars is a serious book about a devastating subject, but what are some of its more lighthearted moments? Why is it important that the book have this mixture of tenderness and violence, anxiety and peace?
9. What has caused the end of human civilization in the novel? Why have the scattered survivors become so savage? Does the postapocalyptic world Heller presents seem accurate and likely, given the state of the world today?
10. Why is Hig's relationship with Cima so important in the novel? What makes it particularly touching, given what each of them has suffered?
11. The novel's ending is ambiguous. Cima, Hig, Bangley, and Pops have formed a kind of family, the spruce and aspen are coming back, eagles and hawks are flourishing, but the trout and elk are gone, water is disappearing, and mysterious jets are flying overhead. What might happen next, or in the next ten years, for these characters and the world they live in?
12. Why does Heller conclude The Dog Stars with Hig's favorite poem "When Will I Be Home?" by Li Shang-Yin? Why is this a fitting way to end the story? In what ways is the novel about the longing for home?
13. What does the novel imply about human nature, after the constraints of civilization have been removed? What does it suggest about the possible consequences of the way we are living now?
What similarities does The Dog Stars share with other recent dystopian novels like The Hunger Games and The Road? In what important ways does it differ from them?


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Right. The only connection between the new acceleration in fglrx (A2AA) and Direct2D is that the fglrx developers re-used a test option left over from Direct2D development to enable the new accel code before it became on by default.
after your "tweeks" i got fu**** up some sites, dunno why, only part or one page...
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I just installed the 10.10 on SUSE 11.3 64 bit ( Asus HD 5750 )
I can't open the control center. from the desktop.
Solved the FF scrolling problem, by turning off smooth scrolling in FF.
egrep 'glesx|GLESX' /var/log/Xorg.0.log returnsIs that what you're looking for?Code:[ 231.471] (II) LoadModule: "glesx" [ 231.471] (II) Loading /usr/lib64/xorg/modules/glesx.so [ 231.472] (II) Module glesx: vendor="X.Org Foundation" [ 231.472] (II) Loading extension GLESX [ 231.472] (II) fglrx(0): GLESX enableFlags = 528 [ 231.472] (II) fglrx(0): GLESX is enabled
BTW, got a kernel update today on openSUSE 11.3 (fixing the RDS vulnerability) so I reinstalled fglrx 10.10. On first reboot I get the same FPS yoyo in Guild Wars (through WINE) as mentioned in the other fglrx 10.10 thread.


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Olpe City Lake
Olpe, KS
½ mile W, 1 mile S of Olpe
City of Olpe, 620-475-3780
GPS Location: 38.25174 -96.18366
Olpe, KS
Impoundment Type: Community Lake
Surface Acres: 90 acres
Maximum Depth: N/A
Normal Lake Level: 1,212
Current Lake Level: N/A
Olpe City Lake is situated on the eastern edge of the Flint Hills region of Kansas. The lake is located one mile west and one mile south of the city of Olpe. Construction of the 90 acre lake was completed in June of 1964. The 1,280 acres of native tall grass prairie drainage basin would seem to contribute to good water clarity; however, gradual shoreline gradient, little wind protection, and colloidal clay bottom sediments all contribute to a modest mean water transparency of 15 inches.
The lake was originally constructed to supply water for the city of Olpe, although Olpe currently receives water from Emporia. The lake and 278 acres of City property around it are now managed for its civic recreational values including fishing, swimming, picnicking, boating, and wildlife observation. A handicapped nature trail was constructed in 1995. Five earthen and rip-rapped fishing piers and an island were constructed in 1996 to break-up the prevailing winds and improve water quality. Water willow was planted in 12-18 inches of water around the shoreline in 2001, 2002, 2003, and 2009 to improve littoral habitat, water quality, and reduce shoreline erosion. A solar powered automatic fish feeder was added in 2001.
Fishing Population | Creel Limit | Min Length Limit |
Bluegill | ||
Channel Catfish | 5 | 15 |
Crappie | 50 | |
Flathead Catfish | 5 | |
Largemouth Bass | 5 | 15 |
Saugeye | 5 | 15 |
Wiper | 2 |
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The goals of multiple sclerosis (MS) treatment are to relieve symptoms, prevent relapses, and slow disease progression. The treatment and management of MS involves lifestyle changes, medicine, and other treatments, such as physical therapy or mental health services (counseling).
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Lifestyle changesMedicationsOther treatmentsAlternative and complementary therapiesAt this time, there are no surgical options to cure MS. But there is a surgical option, called deep brain stimulation, for patients who have severe tremor. Deep brain stimulation involves implanting a device in the brain that sends electrical signals, which can block the signals that are triggering the tremors.


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The three-story home is configured in a sawtooth plan to maximize views to the outdoors, daylighting, and natural ventilation. The stacking of floor levels preserved as much outdoor space as possible on the narrow 50-by-100-foot lot.
In the core of the home, the open great room allows for easy interactions between the kitchen, dining area, and living room.
The kitchen features a salvaged sink and cabinets made of reclaimed Douglas fir with repurposed hardware.
Large covered patios and porches can be used year-round and help facilitate social connectivity with neighbors.
Social spaces are located on the south end for daylighting and the occasional warmth of direct sunlight.
Abundant clerestory windows and high ceilings facilitate the distribution of natural daylight.
Hancock Residence, Neskowin, Ore. Builder: Tom Spring Construction, Otter Rock, Ore. Carpentry: Paul Jordan Custom Carpentry, Salem, Ore. Architect: Nathan Good Architects, PC, Salem Size: 2,185 square feet Cost: Withheld Certification: LEED-Gold
The Hancock home reflects the owners' love of rustic buildings such as barns, mining structures, and historic lodges. Douglas fir reclaimed from a 1930s warehouse was used for columns and beams, flooring, cabinets, paneling, doors, and interior trim. For added nostalgia, metal bolts and split-ring connectors from the disassembled warehouse were re-purposed into towel bars, coat hooks, cabinet pulls, and guardrails.
In addition to the look of the home, the clients and the design team focused on energy-efficient strategies including a well-insulated building envelope, an ultra-efficient heating and hot water system, reduced lighting and electrical loads, extensive natural daylighting, and a Zehnder HRV system.
The residence was built for durability and comfort in its harsh coastal environment, where 80 inches of rainfall a year is not uncommon and high winds pound horizontal rain at the sides of the buildings. In response to the threat of rising sea levels, the floor of the home was elevated 2 feet above the natural grade of the site. As a precaution to protect the home in the event of a tsunami, the side of the home facing the coast was constructed with a 4-foot high concrete wall to resist the surge and impact forces of debris.
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At the top of each game is a grid with two rows of letters. All of the letters of the alphabet are set out in the first row of the Secret Decoder. The second row of letters is the key. Use the key to unscramble the Christmas words.
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